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Education Builds Foundation for Sustainable Development in 25 Years
It's Tibet's investment in education that makes the improvements sustainable.
When I drove with my wife and young sons some 40,000 km around China in 1994 to gauge the scope and pace of reforms in remote areas, the highlight was Tibet Autonomous Region in the southwest, which I'd dreamed of visiting since reading Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton, which created the concept of an ideal world among the high mountains of Tibet, as a child.
As we crested the Tanggula Pass at 5,231 meters above sea level into the Roof of the World, lightning bolts slammed nearby peaks and hail pelted our wheezing van as if the elements conspired to deny my childhood dream, but we finally made it to the county of Amdo in north Tibet, and spent the night in a tiny room heated with a yak dung fire. The next morning, I was intimidated when four tall, sun-darkened Tibetans swathed in colorful clothes approached me, hands on daggers. But they grinned, tousled my sons' blonde hair, and shyly asked in halting Mandarin, "Can take photo?"
Although I was delighted by Tibet and her people, I was dismayed by their harsh living conditions and poverty. The West had romanticized Tibet as a Shangri-La of mystics but the reality was less idyllic. At such altitudes, with no trees and few plants or animals, even Tibetans struggled to survive.
Given Tibet's remoteness, elevation and unearthly climate, I saw no hope—until I revisited 25 years later.
In 2019, I drove with Xiamen University colleagues over 20,000 km around China to see if President Xi Jinping's goal of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020 was feasible, and we were astonished at the changes in every place we visited—even in the remotest counties in Tibet.
Shuanghu County at an average altitude of more than 5,000 meters above sea level is said to have only two seasons: winter and almost-winter. With only 14,398 people in an area of more than 110,000 square km, relocating people to lower altitudes would be most cost effective, but they were reluctant to abandon their traditional lifestyle. To ensure adequate medical care, the government spent 930 million yuan ($135.78 million) on a 220-km road to a hospital. They also built new homes with Tibetan architectural motifs, and spent 320 million yuan ($46.72 million) on solar power for 3,000 people.
"At 106,000 yuan ($15,476) per person, there is no economic benefit. We do it only so they can have light at night," said Liang Nanyu, a government official who came from Beijing to help Tibetans in "death zone," as the region at over 5,000 meters above sea level is called due to the lack of oxygen in the air, get out of poverty.
To protect the fragile ecosystem that is the source of many great Asian rivers, Tibetans were taught appropriate animal husbandry and many were employed to protect an environment in which it takes decades for a patch of grass to regrow.
Thanks to massive investment, the sacrificial labor of volunteers, and donations by companies such as PetroChina, Tibetan residents in Shuanghu lead happier and longer lives. Since 2016, PetroChina has donated 390 million yuan ($56.42 million) on 113 poverty relief projects in the county.
Teaching to dream
But it's Tibet's investment in education that makes the improvements sustainable.
In regional capital Lhasa, I met with Yeshe Tenzin, Xiamen University's first Tibetan student, now a Tibet University professor. Hailing from a tiny village of 200 people, Yeshe Tenzin had the world at his feet after studies in Beijing and degrees earned in Xiamen, the U.S. and Singapore, but his success has given him a deep sense not of entitlement but of responsibility.
"After I graduated from Xiamen University, friends asked me to join their businesses, but I thought I should return to Lhasa to improve Tibetan education and help build the region," he said.
He is grateful for Tibetan youths' new opportunities. He said, "I've seen the changes in education over the years and, frankly, if it was 25 years ago, I don't think a young guy like me from a common family would have had an opportunity for such a rich education—and it was all free tuition!"
"Has life changed in your village?" I asked.
He said, "When I was a kid, we didn't have TV, or even radio. Life was pretty simple, but now even my tiny village has TVs, refrigerators and the Internet. Everyone keeps in touch through [social media app] WeChat. Village life can even be better than city life thanks to subsidies for things like electricity and water, and healthcare is better. If villagers want to see a doctor in a city hospital, the government pays maybe 70 or 80 percent. And Tibetan houses are more beautiful now and bigger—like the Midwest in America, and they have their own cars and trucks."
"How can they afford these big houses and trucks?" I asked.
"Some get jobs in cities or work as contractors, architects and craftsmen. Some do big businesses like real estate or urban construction. Money is pouring into Tibet and better economic conditions provide more opportunities," Yeshe Tenzin said.
I myself had seen that e-commerce was booming. Even in remote valleys, trucks were hauling Tibetan products sold online. Online sales in Tibet amounted to 2.46 billion yuan ($385.2 million) in the first half of the year, growing by 19.72 percent year on year, according to official statistics.
"So why did you keep returning to teach at Tibet University after overseas studies?" I asked.
"I have had opportunities many of my friends could not have dreamed of," he said. "I think it is my responsibility to return and share with my friends and community what I have learned, seen and experienced out there," Yeshe Tenzin said. "I wrote a book, Faraway Tibet, to encourage friends, students and children to work hard and dare to dream. Every lecture or class, I remind my students that they must dream big because look at me—I did it! I visited all these places and they can too."
Yeshe Tenzin talked about the government's many preferential policies to help young Tibetans and other minorities to become entrepreneurs. He said, "Some of my friends are lawyers, teachers and professors. And a big change from 25 years ago is that families used to want their kids to stay at home and work locally, but today, they see education is more important than fast money earned in construction, so they are gladly sending their children to school."
"One last question!" I said. "What do you think of Tibet's future?"
He said, "The quality of life has rapidly improved and this will continue for a very long time."
Two months after I met Yeshe Tenzin, he would begin his doctoral program in Sichuan Province that neighbors Tibet. But he said as soon as he finishes his studies in Tibetan history, society and economy, he would return yet again to Tibet University because his two main goals remain unchanged—improve Tibetan education and help build the region.
In 1994, Tibet's poverty seemed insurmountable, but today, Tibetans are prosperous, healthier and happier. The average Tibetan lifespan has nearly doubled from 35.5 years in 1959 to 70.6 years today. No wonder Yeshe Tenzin is confident in Tibet's future. And so am I.
The author is OneMBA academic director at Xiamen University School of Management and ambassador of New Channel International Education Group
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Amidst consumer activism, court interventions and stalled projects, some builders are adopting out-ofthe-box strategies to find ways to bring projects back to life.
In Noida, builder Amrapali is tying up with third-party contractors to complete part-built towers in many of its projects where work had been stalled due to a cash crunch and litigation.
In this deal, a contractor would take up 4-5 towers in a group and put upfront money of his own to revive the work and take it to a stage where construction-linked customer payments can be sought.
"We have signed up 10 contractors for finishing around 50 towers in Noida and these contractors have already increased labour strength on sites to around 5,000," says Shiv Priya, executive director at Amrapali.
"Once the project ends, they will get a share of our profits apart from their regular fees," he says. What this would do is improve liquidity by restarting the cycle of payments from home buyers.
According to data from property research firm Liases Foras, a third of more than 25 lakh apartments launched between 2008 and 2014 were delayed by at least a year. While some builders want to find in-house solutions, others have decided to get out of the project altogether.
In Bengaluru, for instance, Essar Group's real estate arm Equinox recently sold an 8-acre under-construction project in Hebbal called Water's Edge to local developer SNN Builders for Rs 490 crore. This also included all customer liabilities.
SNN has now taken over the responsibility of finishing and delivering the project with a revised timeline. Nitin Agarwal, director at SNN, says the company will now focus on making sure that customers who had bought apartments in the project get their homes within a reasonable time. "We will also relaunch the project at an attractive price to sell to newer buyers," he says.
Anuj Puri, country head at property consultancy JLL India, says builders are hiving off projects that they are unable to complete. "The real estate market is in a constant state of flux, and a project that appeared feasible earlier may no longer have the same business logic at a later point.
The reasons can range from financial capability to revised business strategy, but there are usually other players who can make a go of it," he explains. Last week, Mumbai-based Kanakia Group acquired a 2.5-acre land parcel in the Kanjurmarg suburb of Mumbai from Windsor Realty as the latter was unable to take construction forward. "It's a good opportunity for us to take the project ahead from here.
Permissions take time and in this case we have the advantage of time in our favour with minimised approval risks," says Rasesh Kanakia, chairman, Kanakia Group. Another model being used by builders is to bring in a joint venture partner in their brownfield project.
A Mumbai-based mid-sized builder is currently in talks with a larger, more established brand to come in as a JV partner in its under-construction project in the suburbs. While JVs in real estate are usually inked for greenfield projects, here the builder has already constructed 15 storeys but was faced with a sales challenge.
"He realised the challenge he is facing and is pre-empting a struggle that he is likely to face later. He wants to solve the problem before getting into trouble as sales are not stacking up," says a person involved in the transaction. He did not want to be named.


Good workout today.  THe squats weren't heavy but it was still a challenge to do the full 10 sets of 2.  10 sets of anything is challenging...in a good way.  Bench was light too but it felt good to get some blood flow into my shoulders.


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We all like to think we are good recyclers. Especially anyone born after 1980 when the nascent environmental movement began to gain traction in the U.S. and recycling became more common. At least we like to think we are, anyway!
But it can be a challenge sometimes to distinguish between items that can and should be recycled and those types of materials that are probably doomed to end up in a landfill. Yet, there are a very surprising number of common items that really can be recycled.
The reality of waste management is that almost every type of material that ends up in the residential waste stream is either recyclable or reusable. While this is the case, many common household materials that make up the bulk of our trash and junk are often disregarded as items that can be recycled.
By reducing the quantity of these overlooked materials that do end up going into the household trash, homeowners can add significantly to the recycling efforts in their community. In other words, by intentionally setting aside these items for reuse and recycling, you can be a "strategic partner" with effective junk disposal practices.
As you can see in this graphic, not only can we make sure that the common materials we use get recycled from our homes, such as paper, plastic, cans and glass, but with many other common items that can also be recycled or restored through reuse.
But what if we find that we have a large amount of junk and unwanted personal belongings we need to get rid of? Maybe it's large household items like furniture, exercise equipment or lawn care tools. No matter what it is or why you no longer want or need them, you still have to dispose of them.
So, why should you consider recycling as opposed to dumping them into the waste stream?
Recycling has a significant impact on the environment because it helps conserve up to 95 percent of the fresh water used to process materials, prevents waste from going into the oceans, and it reduces the use of fossil fuel energy which reduces CO2 emissions.
The unfortunate reality is that most people simply toss everything out in the trash. That is, if it's not too big for the trash bin. Otherwise, they will end up being hauled off to the local landfill or, worse, illegally dumped in a vacant field or lot.
But as we've pointed out here, simply adding to the municipal waste stream or your local landfill isn't the only or even best option. Because much of what we tend to think of as useless junk or trash can actually be reused or properly disposed of in better ways – such as at your local recycling center.
Junk King is proud to be North America's greenest junk removal service. We pioneered recycling-based junk removal in 2005 and have been going greener ever since. We sort every job for metals, e-waste, paper, household goods, textiles, furniture and appliances, in our recycling warehouses.
But "going green" also means we donate, repurpose, and reuse everything from clothing, toys, baby cribs and strollers to office furniture and supplies. We run many of our trucks run on biodiesel, a domestically produced fuel made from more environmentally safe non-petroleum, renewable resources. Junk King is committed to continuing to lead the way to help keep our planet clean, green and beautiful for the generations to come.
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Having moral opinions is not the same as having moral convictions. You will argue for your opinions but you will die for your convictions. We admire people who have the courage to take a stand in the face of adversity and honor their convictions when they are morally based and bring value to others.
First, they believe in people. They believe they are worth the investment of their time and energy to develop, empower and deploy to significant opportunities, not just mundane routines. If your team members aren't increasing their skills and feeling better about themselves every day, of what value is your leadership other than increasing the bottom line profits?
Second, they believe in telling the Truth. They understand that honesty is telling the truth every time, and integrity is telling it even when it's uncomfortable. Telling the truth is no longer a core value in most workplace environments. Without truth, trust, the glue that holds every team together, is difficult at best, or worse, impossible.
Third, they believe in servant-leadership and shun every hint of command and control models. They detest the title of boss. They no longer have direct-reports, but see themselves as a direct-support to everyone on their team.
Fourth, they believe in the brevity of life, the uncertainty of tomorrow and live each day as if it were their last. They look through the same lens when considering each team member, their life as human being and their contribution to the team.
Fifth, they believe that great individual talent may not always be the best fit for their team. When choosing team members, they are not looking for the best talent, but the best person. Someone who has the basic skills, a willingness to learn, but most of all plays well with others.
Sixth, they believe in being a hope dealer for tomorrow, not a dream killer. They passionately look for ways to enhance the daily work experience that causes their team to want to show up tomorrow, not find an excuse to be AWOL.
Seventh, they believe you must win the hearts and minds of people before you ask for hands and feet. That requires more than a weekly paycheck. They know if you ignore people's emotions and their ability to think for themselves, you de-energize their passion to produce quality results.
Without courage, conviction and the ability to understand people, you may be a boss, but you will never be a leader. Courage, conviction and compassion are the breakfast of all Champions! What have you been eating for breakfast lately? Would your team like to change your menu options?


… the "Right", as it once was on the eve of the Oslo process, is totally extinct in terms of the substantive content of its then-political credo…True, in terms of organizational labels of what are commonly accepted as denoting "Left" and "Right", political factions labelled as "Right" have regularly defeated their adversaries labeled as "Left" in parliamentary elections and, in fact, have for almost the last decade, comprised the ruling coalitions.
Indeed, in the wake of Oslo and up until recent years, the "Right" focused its energies in (rightly) condemning the dangerous defects of the concessionary policy of political appeasement and territorial withdrawal that the "Left" had embarked upon—without ever offering an actionable prescription of its own…With no comprehensive, countervailing policy paradigm to promote or defend, the "Right" found itself gradually forced to give way … and to adopt increasing portions of the failed formula it had once rejected.
Indeed, as Ha'Etzni points out: "Not only ideology, but also reality repudiates any attempt to evade the responsibility that necessarily arises from our right over the Land, all the Land".
….In the final analysis, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, there can—and eventually will—be either total Jewish sovereignty or total Arab sovereignty. The side that will prevail will be the side whose national will is the strongest and whose political vision is the sharpest. If that is to be the Jews, the "Right" needs to arrest the current process of "pussification" it appears to be undergoing.


https://github.com/patrickod/stem/pull/1 introduces support for all Ed25519 identity and signing key descriptor properties associated with the implementation of props 220 and 228.
Hi Patrick. First thing I noticed was that this adds a dependency on pynacl. On #21086 you're swapping out pycrypto for cryptography - can we use that for this?
Speaking of which, these are really substantial improvements so I gotta ask: are you fine with all your contributions being in the public domain?
Just pushed a change to bring the copyright header for certificate.py up to scratch.
I will do some more research now to see if we can resolve these dependencies into one.
Thanks Patrick! Spotting a few things that need to be tweaked but they're minor. Overall looks good! I'll try to get this merged tomorrow.
Hmm https://github.com/patrickod/stem/pull/1/files#diff-ae666c31dc370e3ab59989f4aad057ccR1 definitely shows the certificate.py file there, and when I check out that branch locally the tests pass for me.
Ok. I've cleaned up the Python 3 issues.
It also includes the commit from https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21583 (with author attribution) to fix Python 3 issues with the cryptography module.
The Python 3.6.0+ test suites break on test.unit.manual.test_parsing_with_example due to some OrderedDict ordering issues in the comparison. They appear to be unrelated to the changes made here, though I'll investigate fixing them separately.
Bah. Hoped to have this merged by now but sadly been too busy with work. Flying out on a trip until the 26th during which I won't be able to push but I plan to work on this branch a bit during the flight.
Sorry about the delay! Merged support for ed25519 certs.
Thanks Patrick! Honestly overhauled this quite a bit (additional tests, tweaks, and most notably pynacl is now only required for validaton, not parsing). That said, your work was *very* useful - especially the crypto bits. Many thanks Patrick!
Fantastic! Excited to see it merged. Thanks for shepherding it into master!


Back by popular demand country music artists Keith Anderson and Tim Dugger will perform at the Budweiser Acceleration Concert on Saturday, Aug. 16 after the truck race.
Anderson will headline the always popular and free post-race concert in Lot 10. The Budweiser Acceleration Concert will begin shortly after the Careers for Veterans 200 presented by The Cooper Standard Foundation and Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation.
Diehard NASCAR fan Tim Dugger will open the concert before Anderson takes the stage.
The concert is free for anyone with a Careers for Veterans 200 race ticket, an infield wristband or an APEX wristband.
Anderson's sophomore CD garnered the biggest hit of his career, "I Still Miss You", which peaked at number two and another Top 25 hit, "Sunday Morning In America".
Taking the lead with other gold and platinum artists, Anderson decided to take hold of the reigns this time by launching his music his own way and letting the fans help drive his music and passion.
Anderson's latest song "I'll Bring The Music" sums up Anderson to a T. That is one thing that you can always say about this academic athlete from Miami, Oklahoma who has always excelled at anything he has put his mind to, is he WILL bring the Music.
Although he has co-written hits for other artists, most notably "Lost In This Moment", the No. 1 smash for Big $ Rich which garnered him a CMA and ACM Song of the Year nomination, Anderson does not write with other artists in mind. Anderson also co-wrote the Grammy-nominated, "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" for Garth Brooks and George Jones, "The Bed" for Gretchen Wilson and "Barn Burner" for Jason Michael Carroll.
Dugger will open the performance in Lot 10. Dugger is addicted to the "fast lane" – whether it's horsepower in the pursuit of superstardom in country music, or hanging-out at the track with the major names in NASCAR who just happen to be his "good buddies." Speed is in the blood of the Alabama-born native.
As an avid NASCAR follower, Dugger developed a loyal fan base in the country music clubs surrounding the race circuit.


"Announcing Two New Speakers at the All-Ohio conference on Technical Co"
News release announcing two speakers, William T. Reid and Anthony A. Farkus, slated to attend the All-Ohio conference on Technical Communication.
"Announcing Two New Speakers at the All-Ohio conference on Technical Communication" (1959). News Releases. 225.


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Here's Where Clinton's VP Short List Stands On Cannabis
Ever since Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic Party's 2016 presidential nomination, pundits have been speculating about her running mate. But the only thing that's certain is that whomever she picks for vice president will have tremendous influence on important issues like marijuana reform. Here's where her rumored running mates stand on cannabis (based on the Los Angeles Times' short list).
1. Tim Kaine
The Virginia Senator and former Governor of the Old Dominion state is one of the frontrunners for the Clinton ticket. And that's bad news for marijuana reformers because Kaine received an 'F' in the grades given to each member of congress this year by the National Organization for Reforming Marijuana Laws (NORML). The grade reflects Kaine's staunch opposition to legalization.
While speaking at a Virginia high school last March, Kaine said that he wanted to change America's sentencing laws for marijuana offences, but he opposed repealing pot prohibition. "I wouldn't vote for a law at the federal or state level that would decriminalize marijuana," he said.
2. Elizabeth Warren
The Massachusetts senator is one of the most progressive VP options on the cannabis issue. That's why NORML gave her a 'B' for her efforts to reform America's marijuana laws. She's supported medical marijuana since 2012, when she told Boston's WTKK-FM, "It should be like any other prescription drug. That there's careful control over it."
And when The Boston Globe asked Warren if she would support the 2016 ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use in Massachusetts, Warren said, "I'm open to it." She noted that there has been success in states that have passed similar reforms. But she wanted to study legal states more before committing to a decision.
She has also openly criticized the War on Drugs and the American judicial system. "A kid gets caught with a few ounces of pot and goes to jail, but a big bank breaks the law on laundering drug money or manipulating currency, and no one even gets arrested. The system is rigged," she said at a 2014 conference hosted by Netroots Nation.
So choosing Warren could lend some put some teeth in Clinton's promise to reform America's drug laws.
3. Tom Vilsack
A relatively unknown quantity among the prominent names on Clinton's shortlist is former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who has been President Obama's Secretary of Agriculture since 2009. He hasn't said much about cannabis in the past, but he did make a pot joke during a chat with former President Bill Clinton in 2015 when discussing cash crops at an event hosted by the Clinton Foundation.
Vilsack was talking about a non-cannabis crop that could be worth $1-million per acre. "Now with the exception of the state of Colorado and a few other states that have legalized another product, there are not many commodities that you can plant an acre of and get a million bucks." As you can see in the clip below, Clinton nearly fell over chuckling and began joking about the controversy he would cause if he spoke at an event for cannabis growers.
Vilsack also heads an interagency task force created by President Obama in January 2016 to combat opioid abuse in America. So he'll likely offer more insight about cannabis in the near future, as politicians like Senator Warren have called on researchers to study cannabis as a potential solution to America's opioid epidemic. So far, Vilsack hasn't mentioned the dubious "gateway drug theory" while discussing opioids addiction, which is a positive sign.
4. Sherrod Brown
The Ohio senator received a 'D' in NORML's congressional grades because he doesn't want to take an active role in the fight for cannabis reform. Back in 2011, the activist group Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) asked Brown if he would introduce a bill in the senate to repeal marijuana prohibition. "Probably not," Brown said "I've got other priorities. Sorry."
Since then he has expressed support for medical marijuana. But he remains leery about recreational cannabis use. "I have significant concerns about it," Brown said in a conference call in July 2015, when Ohioans were preparing to vote on legalization via ballot measure. "It's a step that we should take with great caution."
His constituents seemed to agree: the 'No's' won the ballot question last November.
5. Cory Booker
The New Jersey Senator rivals Elizabeth Warren as the most outspoken marijuana reformer on Clinton's VP list. Booker scored a 'B' in NORML's congressional grades because he is an outspoken critic of the War on Drugs and a proponent of liberalizing cannabis research. During a 2013 Reddit AMA, then Newark Mayor Cory Booker harshly criticized America's policy on illegal drugs.
"The so called War on Drugs has not succeeded in making significant reductions in drug use, drug arrests or violence," Cory Booker wrote."We are pouring huge amounts of our public resources into this current effort that are bleeding our public treasury and unnecessarily undermining human potential."
During a senate hearing in June 2015, Booker tore into the prohibitionist rhetoric of Kevin Sabet - co-founder of the anti-cannabis group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). His combination of passion for the issue and poise as a speaker are impressive. Check it out.
6. Wild Cards
Unfortunately, not all VP candidates reportedly being vetted by the Clinton campaign have clear stances on marijuana. The unknowns right now are two members of Obama's cabinet and one former military commander: Julian Castro, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Tom Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor; and James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
Banner image: Clinton speaking at the Brown & Black Presidential Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, January 11, 2016 (wikipedia.org/Gage Skidmore)

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The best managers are not those who dismiss as many employees as possible with a 'golden handshake', but those who achieve excellent performance within their team – and in doing so, ensure growth and shape the future of the company.
Source: Practical Guide to Human Resources Management by Fleet Street Publications (Pty) LtdThe best managers are not those who dismiss as many employees as possible with a 'golden handshake', but those who achieve excellent performance within their team – and in doing so, ensure growth and shape the future of the company.
What hurdles have you had to overcome with problematic employees?
How much time, patience, energy, money and talk have you wasted on under-performing employees? And all without the slightest bit of success?
One thing is certain: your team also includes highly motivated, hard working and successful employees who you should be investing the same energy in, as they will achieve great results.
But ask yourself: couldn't everything be run even better?
e.g. if Mrs….. would refrain from selling cosmetics during working hours.
How can I legally dismiss an employee without being taken to the CCMA?
How can I reward top performers without incurring high costs?
How can I educate my employees faster and at a lower cost?
How can I motivate my employees o think in terms of innovation and enterprise?
How do I train employees to achieve-in only one week-the desired level of performance, which others would only reach after eight weeks?
How can I achieve consensus in difficult matters by negotiating with confidence?
2. Clarify the facts with him in order to establish whether he really is responsible for the mistake.
3. Listen to his excuse or response.
4. Point out to him the consequences of this inappropriate behaviour.
5. Assess the facts and if necessary, issue a warning. State precisely what you expect from your employees in the future.
6. Find a positive conclusion by expressing your hope for future trouble-free co-operation between yourselves.


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Millions of people love prepaid cards for their ease of use and wide availability. Find out how taxpayers are reaping all the amazing benefits offered by the leading prepaid cards this tax season.
With tax season underway, many people are looking for the safest and fastest way to get their income tax refunds. For this reason, millions of taxpayers have opted to have their refunds sent directly to a new or existing prepaid card.
According to IRS statistics, the average refund is about $3,000. Additionally, it's estimated that approximately 70 percent of tax refunds are sent directly to financial institutions to be deposited in savings or checking accounts. This can take time many people don't have.
However, funds loaded to a debit card by direct deposit are available instantly. This can be a lifesaver for taxpayers who find themselves in financial difficulty, since some banks don't release funds immediately.
Even the IRS understands the importance of expediting tax refunds. In 2011, the agency spearheaded a large-scale pilot project that distributed prepaid cards to over 80,000 tax refund deposits.
The IRS reasoned that providing prepaid debit cards would help taxpayers access their funds sooner than they would if they used direct deposit to a traditional bank account. Additionally, these individuals would also save money in check cashing fees and be less susceptible to theft.
The project did not see a significant rise in new taxpayer enrollments. However, the fact is that many Americans already use prepaid cards. Furthermore, they prefer to receive their tax refunds this way.
Another reason prepaid cards are a preferred option for depositing income tax refunds is that the US Treasury can reduce costs by minimizing the amount of paper checks printed, as well as the postage used to distribute funds. However, prepaid card benefits don't stop at the government level. Consumers have long realized the many benefits of using a prepaid card as an alternative or supplement to a traditional bank account.
Most major prepaid cards issuers also advertise that deposits to prepaid cards are credited sooner than deposits to most banks. The cards can also be used to help taxpayers avoid the excessive tax preparation fees associated with refund anticipation loans.
Prepaid card issuers widely advertise that taxpayers can get their money much sooner than using a traditional Banks direct deposit. But just how fast can a taxpayer expect to receive their funds?
Taxpayers who electronically file their tax returns and have their refunds deposited onto a prepaid card can see refund in as few as 10 days from the IRS acceptance date. Most prepaid cards provide account alerts via email or text message. That way, taxpayers can be delete notified as soon as their funds are available.
Avoiding mailed checks is one of the biggest advantages to getting a tax refund deposited onto a prepaid debit card. Not only is it faster, it's also safer. This is because there is no risk of the deposit getting lost, stolen, or even accidentally destroyed. Sadly, there are many people who prey on those who receive refund checks. Some thieves even go so far as to look in mailboxes for tax refund checks.
Another reason people love prepaid cards is because prepaid cards help them manage their money more effectively. This is exactly why many people prefer to have a large sum of money like a tax refund deposited onto a prepaid card.
If someone is concerned about keeping money separate for a specific purpose, a prepaid card may be one of the best ways to do this. There's no need to worry about hidden costs and fees, and there is no way to spend money that has not been loaded to the card.
Not everyone will need to separate all of their funds. However, those who have had financial struggles in the past and are learning to adhere to a budget may find this method useful.
The IRS is not the only entity to try their hand at prepaid cards for the purpose of depositing tax refunds. The largest tax preparers in the country have also incorporated prepaid debit cards into their service offerings.
Even companies that don't have their own dedicated prepaid cards have found a way to incorporate them into their business model. For example, in 2016, TaxACT collaborated with a popular card issuer. TurboTax went from offering its own prepaid card to collaborating with an industry-leading prepaid card issuer. Other tax-preparation companies are likely to follow suit.
Taxpayers who choose to put their tax refunds on prepaid cards should be mindful of a few things. All associated fees should be understood, and taxpayers should plan accordingly. This is especially true for ATM fees, as these can add up quickly. You may also incur fees from both your card issuer and the bank that maintains the ATM. If you wish to get cash, it's usually easier to request cash back when making a purchase.
Consumers have made it clear just how much they value the option of prepaid cards in their everyday transactions throughout the year. Since these cards are so widely available and easy to use, more taxpayers are expected to get refunds on these cards in the future.


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Q: angular gmail login with selected host domain I am using angular-6-social-login in my angular app for google login. It's working fine. But I want to specify hosted domain in this. So only two specified domain users will be able to login on it. Currently this module does not support this functionality. Is there any way to overwrite it.
existing code:
`GoogleLoginProvider.prototype.initialize = function () {
    var _this = this;
    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
        _this.loadScript(_this.loginProviderObj, function () {
            gapi.load('auth2', function () {
                _this.auth2 = gapi.auth2.init({
                    client_id: _this.clientId,
                    scope: 'email'
                });
                _this.auth2.then(function () {
                    if (_this.auth2.isSignedIn.get()) {
                        resolve(_this.drawUser());
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    });
   };`

my requriment:
    `GoogleLoginProvider.prototype.initialize = function () {
     var _this = this;
     return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
        _this.loadScript(_this.loginProviderObj, function () {
            gapi.load('auth2', function () {
                _this.auth2 = gapi.auth2.init({
                    client_id: _this.clientId,
                    scope: 'email',
                    hosted_domain:'abc.com'
                });
                _this.auth2.then(function () {
                    if (_this.auth2.isSignedIn.get()) {
                        resolve(_this.drawUser());
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    });
   };`

A: Angular 6 social login package doesn't support for the custom configuration to specify the hosted domain.
Instead, you can change the angular-6-social-login.umd.js file in node_modules.
Change the GoogleLoginProvider.prototype.initialize function and add the below details in gapi.auth2.init function
 1. scope should be 'email'
 2. fetch_basic_profile: false
 3. hosted_domain: your domain.
gapi.load('auth2', function () {
                _this.auth2 = gapi.auth2.init({
                    client_id: _this.clientId,
                    scope: 'email',
                    fetch_basic_profile: false,
                    hosted_domain: <your-domain> ,
                });
                _this.auth2.then(function () {
                    if (_this.auth2.isSignedIn.get()) {
                        resolve(_this.drawUser());
                    }
                });
            });

This will work for the specified domain.
The second option You can use angularx-social-login provides you to configure the hosted domain in the configuration option.

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Moon Lake Resort has seasonal sites available. All sites have electric and water.
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I had a very interesting battle with Gen 2 RHEL/CentOS/OracleLinux 7.x VM's vhdx files not compacting.
VM OS: Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.x or derivative of RHEL as listed above.
Checkpoints: NONE – if you have any then export a copy of the VM for a backup and remove all checkpoints/snapshots.
Compacting virtual disks on Generation 2 Linux Hyper-V 2012 R2 VM's was a real pain until I figured everything out.
Hyper-V is an interesting Hypervisor when it comes to working with Linux virtual machines because the support is a bit behind other Hypervisors when it comes to Linux. However it exceeds in Windows VM's because Microsoft wants their product to run their operating systems better than anyone else therefore it is their main focus on support, not Linux or BSD.
After trying various things from forums all over I was about to just create another virtual disk, boot a rescue ISO and just image the original disk to the new one. Then and swap around the vhdx files and boot on the new one but that's a lot of work if it needs to be done weekly or monthly. I was determined to find a better way, and I did.
To save yourself some trouble don't waste time with systemrescuecd with zerofree under this configuration as it did not recognize the keyboard at all on the VM. I also tried creating another VM with no disks and mounting a copy of the VHDX file, Gen 1 and 2 with no positive results.
discard_granularity and discard_max_bytes were both greater than zero so that means that it can discard within the VM. Check out the documentation on kernel.org for further understanding.
discard_zeroes_data is set to 0 which I had the feeling that it would be since Hyper-V 2012 R2 as well as 2016 do not support TRIM passthrough to Linux VM's.
You have to fill the virtual disk with zeros using the following command tailored to your requirements.
This is writing a file to /home/zerofile.000 zeroing out the space in blocks of 1MB at a time so it can take a while depending on your hardware and size of thinly provisioned disk.
If you are paranoid about having the system lockup if it's always busy just calculate a comfortable percentage that you would fill your disk to e.g. 80% calculate that out and define the count number to that. If you want to fully fill then just remove the count= option and it will write until it's full.
Once the file is created then delete the file and shutdown the VM.
Then compact the VHDX file and you are good to go! Finally turn the VM back on and it will boot back up and you will see the free space from the hypervisor. This is extremely important if you are using any block level backup or disaster recovery programs or appliances since it will consume a master backup of the vhdx file(s).
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Filled up the complete drive then deleted the file. But when I run a compress there is no change in the file size. CentOS is taking about 10GB of 500GB but the VHDX is about 480GB!
The article was for a Gen 2 VM so unfortunately it appears to not be working. You could re-build the VM as a Gen 2 and then backup and restore the other VM's data to the new VM. Then moving forward it should work.


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Seventeen hours in a train is actually not such a bad thing. I loved the sceneries of the Canadian Rockies, enjoyed the dinner last night and had a good sleep when my seat was transformed in a comfy berth.
This morning I had shower on the train and had breakfast on the dining car. Slowly (very slowly) the train was entering the outer suburbs of Vancouver in the early morning. I think Viarail has a great timeschedule, but if a train is too early, it won't arrive at the terminal earlier. Somehow the train stood still for half an hour. On one side of the car I saw a trailer park and the other side was water.
But I made it to Vancouver in the early morning. I arrived at about 7, got my baggage and waited for my pickup. My third official Canadian hostess, Gail Edwin, had emailed me last week asking if I needed a ride to the airport when I'd leave Canada. Well, that ride was already arranged, but I could need some help to get from the train terminal all the way to the ferry terminal as I had to get myself straight to Victoria on Vancouver Island today!
Gail and I came to a great teamwork. She would pick me up in the morning, take me to her home to relax a bit (and do some work through her internet connections) and after she had finished a report for her work as a researcher, she could drop me off south of Vancouver, in Tsawwassen.
It was interesting to meet her again, as she has been following my entire trip through her country and basically ended up at her place again. As she had already a friend staying over in her apartment (she invites all kinds of people over all the time, I have heard) we first went for some coffee and a donut to her favorite lunch deli across the street.
We talked about my trip and about how things had developed all the way. It all seemed to have worked out, with help of sponsors I got all the way to the cold north, flew to Baffin Island, received sponsoring by Viarail and made it all the way to see icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland!
Well, the idea was that she would take me to the ferry terminal, but unfortunately she was kept at her apartment, waiting for a new report or something she had to do for her work. She decided to just give me some change to take the bus to the terminal. I thanked Gail for her support and waved goodbye at the bus stop down the street.
The bus drive took quite a while, because I missed a connection half way. Then again I made it on the 5 o'clock ferry at the Tsawwassen ferry terminal where I boarded the ferry. The ferry cost 10 dollar and I could pay that with the 20 dollar donation Tammy Ingram in Calgary had given me last week.
On the ferry I saw Vancouver in the background and slowly the Gulf Islands passed me by. Some 90 minutes later the ferry arrived at the bay of Swartz Bay, north of Victoria. I made it to Vancouver Island, again!
After visiting Vancouver Island for the first time some five months ago, I knew I wanted to come back again. The island has a vibe, a good feeling, it's hard to describe. Up north British Columbia, in Prince George, I met up with Anna Rutherford and her family. Five months later Anna has moved from Prince George to Victoria. We stayed in contact by email and she told me I could always come over and spent the last days of my Canada trip at her little apartment. I could not say no to that. I am a bit tired of traveling so much and meeting so many people. At this moment I love to meet people that I know a little bit already, than to have fresh starts with strange people every day.
At 6.30 pm Anna picked me up at the ferry terminal of Swartz Bay and drove me all the way to Victoria. It was great to be back here, because I started recognizing things from the past. And that doesn't really happen to me that often.
But boy, do they have many billboards along the road here. I think they mentioned any activity, lodge or rental place of the entire Vancouver Island, which is three times the size of my own home country.
Anna gave me a lot of options of things to do for the few days I would be on the island. I told her that she shouldn't fill up all days with all kinds of activities, but just take me along with whatever I should really not miss.
In Prince George Anna was employed as a sales manager at a big retail store, but she decided to give up that job and move to the most sunny part of the country and try her luck there. She found a job at a dry cleaners and fell in love with a man called Ian.
After dropping off my stuff at Anna's place, we walked from her neighborhood to downtown Victoria. The sun was already setting the whole city had a fascinating orange glow. Anna treated me on a dinner at a local restaurant before we headed back to the house. I was pretty tired after this whole travel day and settled myself on the couch for the night.


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10 Ways To Reimagine Your Brand
This year has reminded businesses and brands that the work of being a consistent source of value is never finished. In helping clients reimagine their offerings and relationships for lasting value we discovered ten things that may help you do the same.
1. Acknowledge what you're not. This is the flip side of "Stand for something." It's just as important to cite what you never want to become. During its founding years, Google had signs on its walls that said, Don't be evil. (They meant don't be like big, anonymous IBM.) Apple was computers for the rest of us. Declare your place in the universe.
2. Instead of mass markets, seek niche audiences. Products produced at mass harm markets and the ecology. Look at the mass dumping of fashion products each season. We waste one third of the food we produce. Look around and you'll see fistfuls of smaller companies selling clothing, cheese, bikes, beauty products, even media. If you find it's harder to connect to these niches, it may be because they don't want you to.
3. Create your own bubble, own your audience. Apple pioneered this "walled garden" model long ago: own the community of fans and advocates that surrounds you. Water them and help them grow. It's fine to be on FB and IG (in many cases it's a necessity) but email and other content tactics can feed more people straight to you.
4. It's not a media plan, it's a media ecosystem. Share content across social, digital and traditional media networks to create an amplified media chorus. Synchronize content engagements with advocates to feed their zealotry and build positive word of mouth. In an era where the public view is that whatever the company has to say as a lie (over 80% think you're baiting them) your responsibility now is to feed them the facts. So when trolls and haters arise, your zealots define and defend you. Brand affinity and advocacy (word of mouth) come for free.
5. You're not a Brand, you're a belief system. People are attracted to others who believe in the same things they do. This "just like me" constellation of parts builds audiences, fans, ecosystems. Belief systems function from seven data points: they all have a creation story, creed, icons, rituals, lexicon, nonbelievers and leader. This systematic approach is the simplest, surest way to build any brand around people, places and things — your products and services.
6. Be amazing online. Build your own team of content creators — and solicit others who can help you build more content. People are willing to opt you into their lives if you provide the information, entertainment and adjacencies they desire. (Example: People who like artisan cheese, also like artisan bread, wine, travel, photography (and other arts), music and more.) Think about other companies that you can partner with.
7. Be amazing offline. Tweak out your user experience so that is friendly, frictionless, fantastic. Terrific online experiences can be dashed by horrible delivery or other reasons specific to your category. Since customers may not be able to see you in person, single out other experiences that might be possible. Some beauty companies throw free samples into their boxes. Grocers throw in free food samples. What can you do?
8. Don't get lost in the FOMO. Each day, we can get lost in the chatter of bullshit metrics, AI, VR, AR, B2B2C, chatbots, brand safety, virtual assistants, growth marketers, rankings, updates, and more. Stick to your brand. We have a tendency to mimic — to assume that what was right for another company will work for us. Lemming love. The folly of paying Instagrammers for their thousands of followers — just to get a mention, has been revealed as a quick fix to replace the millions of viewers lost from massive T.V. exposure. Forget the possible fraud, it was fraudulent strategy. Make your own audience, make your own numbers.
The year 2021 puts us fully two decades into the new century. Legendary brands founded upon 20th century need-states are in a precarious position and should take a second and third look at their methods and motives if they want to remain relevant, resonant and desired.
9. Search the metrics for new markets, fresh strategies. Make Google your friend for life. Their analytics can help you uncover what customers are searching for — before and after they look for you. (Many consumers under the age of 35 are searching for new companies, new products that answer to their own ideals. Be aware.) Toughing it out on old models is a shortcut to extinction (e.g. Sears, Kmart, Kodak, Payless, who's next?).
10. Marketing by rote is over. The fragility of traditional enterprise has never been greater. The opportunity for digital-first enterprise has never been stronger.
The pandemic will be with us at least the next 18–24 months. But listen up, the plague of the Middle Ages was followed by the great rebirth known as the Renaissance. We hope that with the help of the concepts above, you will reimagine your brand's value for a successful future.
Contributed to Branding Strategy Insider by: Patrick Hanlon, Author of Primal Branding
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The Panasonic PT-DZ570U WUXGA Projector is flexible and powerful enough to thrive in a variety of working conditions. It is specifically designed to deal with full-HD widescreen sources, such as from a Blu-ray player. With a brightness of 4000 Lumens and a contrast ratio of 2000:1, the PT-DZ570U uses a single lamp and efficient focusing reflector to minimize consumption to only 415W. It has a widescreen aspect ratio and WUXGA resolution of 1920 x 1200 that are complimented by an increased functionality and a variety of features.The PT-DZ570U uses an RGB Booster to enhance color. It increases color brightness through Vivid Color Control technology. The lamp Modulation Drive System controls lamp intensity for each color. This optimizes light usage and obtains color balance without lowering brightness. The PT-DZ570U also thrives in the daylight, by correcting image sharpness when projecting in light areas.
The PT-DZ570U enjoys multiple input terminals, which enhance flexibility. There are HDMI and DVI-D inputs, as well as composite, RCA and S-video inputs. For network connection, the PT-DZ570U has an RS-232 and RJ45 terminal. The RS-232 jack even has an Emulation feature that lets you replace an existing Panasonic projector on your network, without changing the control settings.The PT-DZ570U includes a web browser control for LAN operation. Through this connection, administrators can control and monitor multiple projectors at the same time. Any errors that occur at each projector are emailed back to the administrator's computer. An optional wireless adapter (sold separately), lets you give wireless presentations from your laptop. When you're finished, the projector reconnects to the LAN network automatically.
When installing the PT-DZ570U, plenty of features aid with proper installation. The horizontal and vertical lens shift will let you accommodate many room sizes and shapes and the zoom increases the chances that your existing ceiling mount will not need to be moved. The Flexible Angle feature lets you rotate the unit 360° vertically, to ensure angled installation is problem-free. Panasonic's cooling system allows installation even with ambient temperatures reaching up to 113° F. Panasonic has also included several features that limit maintenance. The Cooling system and dust-resistant design extend lamp and air-filter life to 2000 hours of operation. Plus, when the lamp is ready to be changed, the PT-DZ570U affords easy lamp replacement even when it is ceiling mounted. The rear hatch opens, making lamp replacement quick and simple.The lens-centered design also ensures that installation will be easy and not require multiple placements around the room to establish what works best.
Comments: RGB Booster significantly improves color, Waveform Monitor, Daylight View optimizes sharpness and brightness according to the surroundings, Rec.709 Mode for HDTV Projection, the optional ET-WM200U Wireless Module allows wireless operation.


Museo del Títere | Source: Texts and Photo: Ayuntamiento de Cádiz.
The Museo del Títere (Puppet Museum) is a space whose main objective is to exhibit, document and preserve the memory of the activity of the puppeteers, companies, craftsmen and artists both Spanish as well as others from the rest of the world. It has 1,500 meters and has 18 recovered domes that are divided between the first floor and the ground floor of this attractive architectural enclave.
Its content is focused on the permanent exhibition called "Puppets of the world", with pieces are from the collection acquired by the city of Cadiz from Ismael Peña in 2008, consisting of over 500 elements among which are some 350 international puppets.


I made this reskin of longest over a weekend around the only MOTM I ever entered.
You should make an ancient reskin for Hang Em High. That'd look really sick I think!
Lol, like this. You should do an ancient damnation.
Too bad it's incomplete. This is one of my favorite reskins.
You better... If you know whats good for ya.
I really wish there were some cp_egypt like maps from TF2 in Halo. It would be pretty cool.
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Honda joins business coalition
By Matt Sanctis
Honda recently became the first auto manufacturer in Ohio to join a coalition of businesses and other entities that supports statewide LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination policy.
READ MORE: Historic Springfield manufacturer to ramp up hiring
Honda announced it is joining Ohio Business Competes,which also includes firms like Whirlpool Corporation, American Electric Power, Bob Evans and Proctor & Gamble. The company employs about 15,000 Ohio workers, including Clark and Champaign Counties. That coalition also includes universities, law firms and small and medium-sized businesses.
"Honda joined Ohio Business Competes because its mission to achieve equality and non-discrimination in Ohio aligns with our fundamental belief in respect for the individual," said Yvette Hunsicker, assistant vice president of Honda North America's Office of Inclusion and Diversity in a news release. "Just as we have taken steps to focus on inclusion in our workplace, we believe that joining Ohio Business Competes will improve equality in our community and across the state of Ohio."
READ MORE: They started their Springfield potato chip company with a deep fryer Christmas present. Here's how they've grown.
Honda operates three auto plants in the state, an engine plant and a transmission plant, along with a major R&D Center.
According to the organization's website, there are 21 states with policies to protect employees from being denied jobs based on issues of perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Ohio is not included on that list. The coalition argues discriminatory laws can drive away talented workers needed to fill high-tech career fields.
"Treating LGBT people fairly and welcoming them warmly costs nothing and would change our state's brand for the better, while creating quantifiable, long-term economic benefits," the coalition states on its website.
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Board raises concerns about proposed Springfield housing development
A large Clark County group that battles substance abuse has a new, full-time director
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Setting up your Managed cluster involves creating your first cluster node by downloading and installing Dynatrace Managed. To set up your Managed cluster, follow the steps below.
Ensure that your system meets the specified hardware and operating system requirements.
Note: Installation of the datastores for the various Managed components to network/remote disks isn't advised due to possible performance and update-stability issues.
Log into the Linux machine where you want to install Dynatrace Managed.
Copy the wget command line from the activation email you've received.
Paste the wget command line into your terminal window. Wait for the download to complete and then continue with step 2.
The Dynatrace Managed installer file is digitally signed. The signature file is distributed along with the Dynatrace Managed installer. In conjunction with OpenSSL and the Dynatrace root certificate, the signature file can be used to verify the authenticity of the installer. The signature file has the same name as the installer, with a .sig extension.
Download the Dynatrace root certificate file.
You need root rights to install Dynatrace Managed. You can use su or sudo to run the installation script. To do this, type one of the following commands into the directory where you downloaded the installation script.
/bin/sh dynatrace-managed.sh --system-user dynatrace:dynatrace --sudo-cmd  "/usr/bin/pbrun \$CMD"
Note: Do not remove or overwrite dtrun. It is required by installation and update procedures. The installer calls dtrun without arguments to validate that the user has administrative privileges, but for normal operation Dynatrace calls dtrun with arguments to actually run commands.
The Dynatrace Managed installer works in interactive mode. It displays prompts for values like installation path and user account. Accept the default values by pressing Enter. To override the settings, type your choices in the terminal and press Enter.
Note: Please have your Dynatrace Managed license key available. You can't complete installation without a license key.
Can I bypass interactive mode?
To bypass all questions and install with default settings, run the installer with the --install-silent parameter. Be sure to provide your Dynatrace Managed license key as the --license parameter value.
Dynatrace Managed cluster is a set of specialized components that have been configured to host your monitoring environment and process-monitoring data.
Pre-configured Java Runtime Environment (your operating system settings aren't affected by this). Not visible in your alternatives options.
Swap is turned off (with swapoff).
iptables "PREROUTING" rules are enhanced to enable forwarding of communication to Dynatrace Server (via HTTPS on port 8021). To see the exact rules, type iptables -L -vt nat into your terminal.
Limits for users are changed globally (unlimited locked-in-memory address space, unlimited address space, increased limit for number of processes and open files). See /etc/security/limits.conf for details.
Where can I find installation logs?
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Peter O'Neill
Peter joined the CBC pastoral staff in March, 2014. Graduating from Talbot Seminary in 2011 with his Master of Divinity (MDiv), he moved from California to join our thriving and Biblically-based church. He is passionate about preaching, teaching, and evangelism. Peter oversees the staff, preaches, teaches and continues the passion of making disciples of Jesus Christ at Cornerstone.
One fun fact about Peter is that he used to be a Chemist for 12 years before entering full-time ministry. He has an Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry and a Minor in Biology. As such, he loves Apologetics and using the literal truth of the Bible and science to understand how God made the world. Two more fun facts about Peter is that he also enjoys scuba diving and playing Airsoft.
Peter lives in Lilburn with his wife, Cami. They have two children: Logan and Chase.
Rob kocher
Rob joined the CBC pastoral staff in June 2018. Graduating from Cedarville University in 2000 with a BA in Biblical Education, Rob has had a wide array of experience in both professional and ministry environments. Prior to joining CBC, he served nine years as an administrative missionary in the international missions organization called AFCI (Ambassadors for Christ International).
Rob is passionate about helping others become all God has made them to be in the Body of Christ.
Rob lives in Lilburn with his wife Tammy. They have two children: Robby and Charisa.
Children's Ministry Director
Debra Sanders
Debra joined the CBC staff in 2016. She is passionate about teaching God's word to our children from their head to their heart to their feet. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economic Education from the University of Georgia. She taught Home Ec. & English in the public schools and homeschooled her children for 15 years.
Debra oversees cbcKidz (Children's Ministry) and VBS at CBC. Most of the week you will find Debra preparing for the Sunday School classes or dreaming about making our cbcKidz even better.
Debra lives in Stone Mountain with her husband, Leavitt. They have five grown children and eleven grandchildren.
Pastoral Assistant
JILL WALKER
Jill has been attending CBC since 1983. After finishing college, Jill was a 6th grade teacher in Gwinnett County for ten years. In 2006, she joined the church staff in an administrative role focusing on shepherding duties. Shortly thereafter, she began serving in the role of the church bookkeeper. More recently, she has moved into a new role as pastoral assistant which encompasses many tasks including administrative, shepherding, building, and pastoral assistance. Jill comes from a large family and enjoys spending time together whenever possible.
angie Durham
Angie joined the staff in 2018. With previous bookkeeping experience, her primary responsibilities are in the financial/bookkeeping aspects of the church.
Angie has been active in local church service for the past 24 years, singing with the choir and worship team, and teaching Sunday school. She is currently a member of the Lessons and Carols choir, and is involved in small groups here at CBC.
Angie grew up in the Lilburn area, but now resides in Snellville with her husband Doug. She has two adult daughters, Abbie and Maggie. Her first grandchild, Emmie, arrived shortly after the new year in 2019!
Cornerstone Bible Church is and Elder lead church. Several men serve as elders. Their roles include pastoring and equipping the congregation for service, and corporately deciding ministry and personnel policy issues. Paid staff who are qualified according to biblical precepts may join lay leaders to form the board of elders in guiding and governing the church. Staff members do not vote when matters come before the board that touch on issues of salary or benefits.
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Response to Police Incident
By Zach Grant
Screenshot of the last two texts sent out by Public Safety during the incident on Friday, April 11. (Image courtesy of Melodie Miu)
At approximately 6:40 p.m. [on Friday, April 11], I was standing at the smoking area between Underwood and the Courtyard Town Houses when suddenly, multiple California Highway Patrol vehicles came flying up Underwood Rd. toward Prospect Hill, some with lights and sirens in operation. I immediately called Public Safety to inquire about any possible threat to campus. Before I could finish my sentence, which began, "Hi, I'm in front of Underwood and there's…" the gentleman who answered the phone replied, "Yeah, we got it," and hung up without even knowing what I was actually calling for. While I was in fact calling about the police activity, it hypothetically could have been for anything, and to be met with such an abrupt, ignorant and inconsiderate response is inexcusable. It wasn't until more than 30 minutes after I initially called Public Safety that I received some information. My partner received an official warning via text message, which stated, "Mills College alert: There is an active incident in progress on the Mills campus. Shelter in place until further notice. This is a precaution." I was rather puzzled by the wording of that notification, specifically its ending. "This is a precaution" makes it seem as though there isn't any problem. As my frustration mounted, we got yet another notification via the Mills College Alert System, this time via email, which read, "Mills College alert: There is an active incident on campus. Shelter in place until further notice. There is no confirmation there is a concrete problem. This is a precaution." My frustration turned to shock as I was reading, "There is no confirmation [that] there is a concrete problem." Excuse me? There are dozens of police flying through campus setting a perimeter, and a police helicopter flying so low that it looks as though it is going to land on Holmgren Meadow. Is that not a concrete problem? I think it is. In February of last year, The Campanil quoted Niviece Robinson, the Director of Public Safety, saying, "It's really important when something's going on, you want to give the correct information." I couldn't agree more, and it is shame that providing correct information is still an issue for the Department, now close to 18 months after that article was written.
While events spilling onto campus may be rare, those occurring in alarming proximity to campus are certainly not. Over just the past two and a half years I have lived on campus, I have heard gunshots close to a hundred times, sometimes so close that I couldn't believe they weren't on campus. Events like the April 2013 shooting and subsequent death of Lionel Fluker, a 54-year-old former Oakland Tribune freelance photographer who suffered a bullet to the brain while driving past the Valero station on Seminary Avenue adjacent to campus, have revived yet another on-again off-again debate. Does the Department of Public Safety need to utilize its alert system for events that occur off campus? My question is, why wouldn't they? In this case, DPS did utilize the system, nearly two hours later. I don't expect Public Safety to have to notify us about what is happening by the Coliseum or in West Oakland, but when it's happening right outside our gates, we deserve to know and shouldn't have to google "shooting mills college" to find out what's happening outside our homes. And, as we all know, major media outlets are seldom informative of what is occurring in blighted urban communities, such as East Oakland–all the more reason for DPS to divulge this under reported information.
I think the common thread in all this is the failure of Mills College, especially DPS, to acknowledge Oakland, specifically East Oakland, and incorporate what is happening on our streets in the dialogue that occurs on campus and how it relates to the idea of social justice. The refusal of the College and DPS to report incidents like the ones I have described and, more importantly, the poverty that exists in Oakland which fuels the crime, perpetuates forms of oppression that other Mills students and I actively learn to challenge and change in the name of Social Justice. Like it or not, we are all East Oakland residents, and we should be involved with what's happening in our community, both on and off campus as should the College and all of its departments. We may not all be in a position to, or care to get personally involved, but we all deserve to know what's going on when it's going on, whether it occurs on campus or off. College students, staff, faculty and residents don't exist in some sort of a vacuum that excludes us from anything beyond the gates, and it's a shame that Public Safety seems to think so.
I work for Bon Appetit in Founders Commons, my partner is a Mills student, and our six year old daughter attends the Mills College Children's School. We live here and, in good faith, entrust our safety regarding incidents that occur on campus to those tasked with ensuring it, The Department of Public Safety, which on this occasion severely dropped the ball. Thirty minutes is enough time for a whole lot to happen, but apparently not enough time to be well informed, as that is still yet to occur.
Response to Police Incident was published on April 21, 2014 in Column, Letters to the Editor, Opinions


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Minnesota United adds fourth Brazilian
by Soccer America , Feb 11, 2014
[NASL 2014 COUNTDOWN] Minnesota United FC added its fourth Brazilian with the signing of 32-year-old midfielder Juliano Vicentini from Audax Sao Paulo, a Sao Paulo-based club.
NASL: 2014 Preseason Schedule
"We are incredibly excited as a club," said United head coach Manny Lagos. "He has had a very good career in Brazil and Italy and he is a very well respected player. We are excited for him join the roster and help our club win games."
Vicentini started his career at Palmeiras and also played in Italy for Novora and Lecce. He joins fellow Brazilians Tiago Calvano, Pablo Campos and Cristiano Dias.
"We want to always be open to looking for good quality players," said Lagos. "In the past, we have been limited in the resources and perspective to look outside of the United States for talent. Part of the new vision of the club and ownership is to build a great team. We want to try to open ourselves globally, and we are trying build a club where players want to come here."
Other offseason signings included Calvano, Serbian-born midfielder Mozzi Gyorio and Colombian-American forward Christian Ramirez.
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