Our latest Beach Clean was, once more, well attended with something like 55 people turning out to do their bit. Seemed to us there was a more diverse crew compared to last time – and we're glad of it. We're grateful to everyone who came (and to the council boys who came and cleared the bags at the end.
We had dry weather, which helped us unearth a couple of tyres, a cupboard door and loads of plastic bags. Overall we had less rubbish to find, which must be good thing. Maybe people are leaving less around, certainly we're aware of more people taking a bag and clearing litter they find when out walking.
Best of all, it was a really fun day – not too much hard work followed by some great food at the Sailing Club provided by volunteers from the Club as well as our very own cake specialist. It took a long time for people to drift away from what was a lively and cheerful gathering.
Some, of course, went on their way, but a goodly bunch made their way into the artists Gilyan Noble and Elaine James' workshop where they were able to discuss and try out ideas for what to do with the bits they'd collected. So successful was this that we had 21 entries for the Art is Rubbish competition exhibited at the WASPs Links Studios the following Sunday. There were an awful lot of fantastic pieces and the judges, Denise Collins from Castle Gallery in Inverness and Eleanor Harcus, had a tough time picking the winners of the two categories. Amazingly, up against 8 other youngsters, George Hibberd won the under-16's for the second time in a row. Our adult winner was novice artist and experienced sailor Gina Holmes. Both win a free taster session with the Sailing Club. George plans to take some swimming lessons first, while Gina insists on sharing her prize with artist Gilyan Noble.
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Microsoft shows revenue hand with Office for iPhone
Ties iPhone app to Office 365 subscription, but analysts unsure whether the carrot is enough to push customers to adopt the rent-not-own concept
By Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter, Computerworld |
Last week's release of Office Mobile for the iPhone nailed down one of the mysteries pundits had pondered -- how Microsoft planned to generate Office revenue from Apple's iPhone and iPad.
The answer: as part of Office 365, the expanded set of rent-not-own subscription plans that debuted earlier this year.
But analysts were split on how effective the strategy would be in generating revenue for Microsoft's Office division. The most optimistic was Bob O'Donnell of IDC, but even he hesitated to call it an unqualified bonus to Microsoft's bottom line.
"It will push some to move to Office 365, but the challenge is that customers are not crazy about [subscriptions]. They're still tough for people to swallow," said O'Donnell.
On Friday, Microsoft released Office Mobile for iPhone, which lets customers run versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint on Apple's smartphone. The app, Microsoft acknowledged, is primarily intended for document viewing, but users can also create new documents and, with the app's basic tools, edit existing ones.
Microsoft also spelled out the tie to Office 365. While Office Mobile can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store, it only works when linked to an Office 365 account. Subscriptions range from the consumer-grade Office 365 Home Premium -- which costs $100 annually -- to several business plans that start at $150 per user per year and climb to $264 per user per year.
Although rumors of Office on iOS had circulated since the iPad's 2010 introduction, it heated up last November when reports claimed Microsoft would launch a mobile version of the suite this year and tie the software to Office 365. At the time, most analysts agreed that Office 365 was the smart move because it could boost interest in the subscription concept that Microsoft was betting would result in higher and more regular revenue from its Office cash cow. Linking Office on iOS to Office 365 would also let Microsoft avoid the Apple "tax," the 30% cut that Apple takes from all App Store sales.
Apparently, the experts were dialed in to Microsoft's thinking.
"This assigns no revenue to the [Office Mobile] app per se," said Wes Miller, analyst with Directions on Microsoft, in a Friday interview, pointing out that because the app is free, Apple gets nothing.
The approach was not unprecedented in the App Store, as other developers, Intuit for one, give away their iOS apps while requiring that they be linked to a valid software license before they'll work.
But Microsoft has not completely cut Apple out of the revenue loop, as Miller observed. Consumers who haven't yet subscribed to Office 365 Home Premium can purchase a one-year subscription from within the iPhone app.
"That's pretty significant," Miller said of the Office 365 Home Premium offer. Significant because under the App Store rules, that subscription payment is considered an "in-app purchase," thus earning Apple its 30%, or $30 per Home Premium sub.
Most analysts figured Microsoft would circumvent the App Store 30% entirely, but Miller was one of the few last year who thought that the company might pay Apple its split to get Office onto the iPhone and iPad.
In fact, Microsoft is using a hybrid model by keeping the Office Mobile app free, but letting potential customers, at least consumers, buy into Office 365 via the app.
It's possible that the in-app purchase was part of a deal Microsoft and Apple struck during their negotiations, which reportedly were hung up as long ago as late last year over submission and payment issues. Microsoft's handling of its SkyDrive online storage service, which in its iOS app form was stripped of an earlier in-app purchase option, suggests that the offer in Office Mobile wasn't its idea.
Microsoft and its customers can circumvent payments to Apple, however. Because Microsoft also sells Office 365 Home Premium subscriptions directly to consumers -- via its online store as well as at retail -- not all consumers who want Office Mobile will be filling coffers at both Microsoft and Apple.
Business-grade Office 365 accounts will be outside Apple's reach, since they're sold only by Microsoft or its channel partners.
Renewals of subscriptions originally bought from within the app, however, will award Apple 30%, as the in-app purchase results in automatic renewals, also through the App Store. As Miller noted, the only way for a customer to avoid contributing $30 to Apple would be to cancel the subscription in iOS -- Apple has instructions for that in a support document -- then renew using Microsoft's Web-based account management page. "But no one will do that," said Miller.
While analysts saw the Office 365-Office Mobile connection as consistent with Microsoft's strategy to promote the Office-by-subscription model, most were unsure the iPhone app would significantly boost Office 365's sign-up and retention rate.
"I think [additional revenue from Mobile Office sign-ups] will be incidental," said Miller. "Microsoft's mostly back filling a need that's been there for a while."
"I don't see this as a powerful incentive for companies to get to Office 2013," said Frank Gillett, an analyst with Forrester Research, referring to the version of the locally run software suite that Office 365 customers can install on up to five desktop and notebook computers.
Like O'Donnell, Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, portrayed Office Mobile as an interesting carrot, but not one to tip large numbers onto the sub side. "Office Mobile takes away an objection for enterprises that are looking at Google Apps rather than staying with Microsoft," Moorhead said. "This is more about keeping existing Office customers happy."
Part of their pessimism was triggered by the iPhone-centricity of Mobile Office. While the app can be run on Retina-equipped iPads and the iPad Mini, on those tablets it appears as either shrunken to the actual size of an iPhone display or as a blocky 2X-expanded view, neither of which are satisfactory.
By nature, tablets with their larger screens make a more efficient platform for Office, the analysts said, and would be a bigger draw -- a better carrot -- for Office 365 than the iPhone, even though Apple's smartphone is well-entrenched in business and popular with consumers.
"They're continuing the artificial advantaging of one product over another to change customer behavior," said Gillett of Forrester, criticizing Microsoft's iPhone-only emphasis. "We think that's a major mistake. In their eyes, not providing Office for iPad will motivate people to buy Windows tablets. That's baloney. People have already bought iPads."
If Microsoft does produce an iPad version of Office it will likely use the same Office 365 tie-in to monetize it, the experts said.
Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers is available on the App Store. As of Monday, it was the 34th most popular free app on Apple's outlet.
This article, Microsoft shows revenue hand with Office for iPhone, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His email address is gkeizer@computerworld.com.
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Magnificent City
Aceyalone And RJD2
Aceyalone's jazz ethos has always gone far beyond beats and production. The Freestyle Fellowship frontman brings a jazzman's relentlessly curious mindset to hip-hop; he's playfully fascinated with twisting and contorting the form to suit his needs, and he has a deep affection for album-length rather than song-length collaborations. He previously collaborated with Definitive Jux instrumentalist superstar RJD2 for several tracks on Love & Hate, but the disappointing results barely hinted at the splendor of their remarkable new feature-length collaboration, Magnificent City.
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Former Jail Prisoner Awarded $8,000 for Abuse; PLRA Attorney Fee Limit Inapplicable to Juveniles
Loaded on April 15, 1999 published in Prison Legal News April, 1999, page 5
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Snitch Jacketing, Overcrowding, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Civil Procedure, New Trial Motions, Municipal Liability, Failure to Protect (Juveniles). Location: Arkansas.
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The court of appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that there was sufficient evidence that the county's policies regarding the housing of juvenile detainees, resulted in overcrowding, which led to a juvenile being beaten, raped and otherwise tortured by other pretrial detainees. The court further held that because the juvenile was not a "prisoner," as defined by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), when the lawsuit was filed, the PLRA provision limiting attorney fee awards does not apply.
In 1996, a fifteen year old was placed in a "short-term holding cell" at the Washington County (Arkansas) Detention Center, while pending trial. At some point the juvenile began to fear for his safety, and a guard moved him to a different cell. An hour later, however, another guard returned the juvenile to the holding cell, telling the other detainees that the juvenile was a "snitch," and directing them to "handle it." As a result, over the next four or five days the prisoner was beaten, raped, tortured, and relentlessly abused by his cellmates.
After the prisoner was freed, he sued the county and several county officials, but all of the individual defendants were ultimately dismissed. The case eventually proceeded to trial against the county and the sheriff in his official capacity. Although a jury found the county liable, no damages were awarded to the victim.
The trial court granted the juvenile's motion for a new trial on the issue of damages, and a second jury was empanelled. The prisoner was then awarded $8,000 for his injuries, and the district court awarded him attorney fees and costs in the amount of $34,824.92.
On appeal the county argued that because no municipal individual was found liable, the evidence was insufficient to impose liability on the county. The court rejected this claim, noting that a municipal entity can be liable under section 1983 for its harmful policies or customs, even though no municipal official is found personally liable.
Because the Supreme Court has yet to define the contours of a state's due process obligations to pretrial detainees, the court analyzed the situation under the Eighth Amendment jurisprudence articulated in Farmer v. Brennan , 511 U.S. 825 (1994). Recognizing the conceptual difficulty of meshing the municipal liability standard of Monell v. Department of Soc. Serv., 436 U.S. 658 (1978), with the subjective intent requirement of Farmer , the court nevertheless found "there was more than enough evidence to convince a reasonable juror of a constitutional violation."
The court based this finding on the sheriff's admission at trial of the inherent "dangers of housing five juveniles together in a 200-square-foot, short-term holding cell for months at a time," and his acknowledgement that "the juveniles probably should have been locked down in individual cells to 'protect[] [them] from each other.'"
The court also noted evidence that the county jail was "extremely overcrowded," due to a policy of housing state prisoners as "trustees." The county was being paid by the state to house these state prisoners, and it used them as a source of labor. This practice resulted in an estimated $400,000 in benefit to the county during the year of the incident. In fact, it was this rental scheme that forced the juveniles to be housed together in the one cell.
In an attempt to limit the attorney fee award, the county argued that the PLRA, specifically 42 U.S.C. section 1997e, should apply. However, the court recognized that the "PLRA unambiguously applies to only those suits filed by prisoners." Since the juvenile in this case was not a "prisoner," as defined by the statute, when the lawsuit was filed, the court found "the provisions of the PLRA are inapplicable." See: Doe by and through Doe v. Washington County, 150 F.3d 920 (8th Cir. 1998).
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Doe by and through Doe v. Washington County
150 F.3d 920 (8th Cir. 1998)
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Doe v. Washington County, 150 F.3d 920 (8th Cir. 07/30/1998)
[1] U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
[2] Nos. 97-3969/98-1126
[4] July 30, 1998
[5] JOHN DOE, JR., BY AND THROUGH HIS NEXT FRIEND JOHN DOE, SR., APPELLEE,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, APPELLANT, KENNETH MCKEE, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS; BILL WOLBER, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A DEPUTY WITH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AS A JAILER FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY; TIMOTHY JACOBS, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A DEPUTY WITH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AS A JAILER FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DEFENDANTS.
[6] Before Beam and Murphy, Circuit Judges, and Melloy, District Judge, *fn1
[7] The opinion of the court was delivered by: Beam, Circuit Judge.
[8] United States Court of Appeals for the eighth circuit
[9] Submitted: May 12, 1998
[10] Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
[11] John Doe, Jr., a juvenile, sued Washington County, Arkansas, after he was beaten, raped, and tortured by other juvenile detainees while being held in the Washington County Detention Center. He brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment. The jury returned a verdict against the county, which appeals. We affirm.
[12] I. BACKGROUND
[13] In 1996, when he was fifteen years old, Doe was detained pending trial at the Washington County Detention Center (the jail). He was placed with four other juvenile detainees in cell 239, a short-term holding cell of about 200 square feet. He remained in that cell, for the most part, from April 26 to May 16. On or about May 11, a "towel-popping" fight among the cellmates turned dangerously rough. Doe banged on the door to summon help. A guard responded and escorted him to a different cell. However, approximately one hour later, despite Doe's protests, another guard moved him back into cell 239, telling the other detainees that Doe was a "snitch," and that they should "handle it."
[14] Over the ensuing four- or five-day period, Doe's cellmates subjected him to unrelenting abuse, torture, and humiliation. Among other things, they raped him and beat him with weapons such as a hand-made "club" and a plastic milk crate. They squeezed orange juice in his eyes, poured salt in his wounds, and cut his arm and forced him to suck the blood from the laceration.
[15] Doe sued Washington County and several county officials, alleging, inter alia, that the failure to protect him from these assaults violated his right to substantive due process secured by the Fourteenth Amendment. The individual defendants, Kenneth McKee, Bill Wolber, and Timothy Jacobs, were ultimately dismissed without prejudice. The case proceeded to trial against the county and Sheriff McKee in his official capacity. A jury found that the county was liable for Doe's injuries, but awarded no damages. The district court granted a new trial on the issue of damages, and the second jury awarded $8,000 in compensatory damages. The district court also awarded Doe attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $34,824.92. The county appeals.
[16] II. DISCUSSION
[17] A. Liability of Washington County
[18] The jury found that by failing to protect him from assault at the hands of other detainees, the county violated Doe's constitutional rights. The county argues that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support the jury's verdict of liability. We review a claim of insufficiency of the evidence to determine whether, viewing all the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, no reasonable juror could have returned that verdict. See Newhouse v. McCormick & Co., Inc., 110 F.3d 635, 639 (8th Cir. 1997).
[19] Although it is not entirely coherent, the county's argument on appeal seems to be that the evidence would not support a finding of individual liability against Sheriff McKee or other municipal personnel. This argument is irrelevant, because the jury rendered a verdict against the county, not against any jail officials or guards individually. A governmental entity can be liable under section 1983 even though no government official was found personally liable. See Parrish v. Luckie, 963 F.2d 201, 207 (8th Cir. 1992) (citing Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati, 475 U.S. 469, 484-85 (1986)). Municipal liability under section 1983 is appropriate in cases where a municipal "policy" or "custom" causes the constitutional violation. See Monell v. Department of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 694 (1978). We are therefore concerned with whether the county's acknowledged policies regarding the housing of juvenile detainees in the county jail can properly be found to have caused any violation of Doe's constitutional rights.
[20] At issue here is Doe's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law. When these incidents occurred, Doe was a pretrial detainee and not a prisoner being punished for having committed a crime. The government cannot inflict punishment, as contemplated by the Eighth Amendment, "'until after it has secured a formal adjudication of guilt in accordance with due process of law.'" City of Revere v. Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., 463 U.S. 239, 244 (1983) (quoting Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651, 671-72 n.40 (1977)). Therefore, Doe's failure to protect claim arises under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and not the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. See A.J. v. Kierst, 56 F.3d 849, 854 (8th Cir. 1995) (citing Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 535 n.16 (1979)). The Supreme Court has not yet defined the contours of the state's due process obligation to pretrial detainees. This case does not require us to do so either, because the due process rights of a pretrial detainee are at least as great as the Eighth Amendment rights of a convicted prisoner. See City of Revere, 463 U.S. at 244.
[21] In order to make out an Eighth Amendment claim for failure to prevent harm from inmate attack, a prisoner must prove that government or its officials were deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994). The county contends that this would necessarily entail a showing that county officials were aware of a risk to Doe, as distinct from other juvenile detainees. The county is mistaken. For purposes of the Eighth Amendment, "it does not matter . . . whether a prisoner faces an excessive risk of attack for reasons personal to him or because all prisoners in his situation face such a risk." Id. at 843. Doe did not claim that he was more likely to be assaulted than any other juvenile detainee at the jail, but that is not fatal to his constitutional claim. Reasonable jurors could properly have concluded that all juveniles in Doe's situation faced a substantial risk of serious harm.
[22] The county also argues that no reasonable juror could have found subjective knowledge of the risk of harm, as is required to make out an Eighth Amendment claim against an individual defendant. See id. at 837. The county, however, is not an individual defendant, and the Court has not directly addressed the question of how Monell's standard for municipal liability meshes with Farmer's requirement of subjective knowledge. *fn2 Clearly, this is not an appropriate case for us to decide that question. Whatever the standard may be, the evidence nonetheless adequately establishes subjective knowledge on the part of Sheriff McKee, who, in his own testimony, acknowledged the dangers of housing five juveniles together in a 200-square-foot, short-term holding cell for months at a time.
[23] Doe presented evidence that during his detention, the county jail was extremely overcrowded. Guards apparently had to return Doe to cell 239 only one hour after he had requested their protection. When Doe complained that he was afraid to go back, he was told that the space was needed to hold newly arriving females. The jury may have concluded that the overcrowded conditions contributed to Doe's inability to remain safely away from his attackers in cell 239 on the day of the towel fight.
[24] Furthermore, the evidence showed that the county had a policy of accepting additional prisoners transferred from state prison, known as "309 trusties." These prisoners served food, washed dishes, performed custodial services, and the like, and the county was paid by the state to house them in the county facility. The 309 trusty program saved the county an estimated $400,000 in 1996. Sheriff McKee testified that the juveniles probably should have been locked down in individual cells to "protect[] [them] from each other," but that due to the overcrowding, they were not. According to McKee, "You could fill the place with preachers and you'd have problems if you get them in there stacked heavy enough like we're doing."
[25] The jury could easily have found that the trusty program contributed to the severe overcrowding, and that Sheriff McKee, as a county policy-maker, knew of the risk to which juvenile detainees were thereby subjected, but that he did not reasonably respond with corrective action. Our review of the record satisfies us that there was more than enough evidence to convince a reasonable juror of a constitutional violation.
[26] B. Inconsistency of the Verdict
[27] The jury found liability on the part of the county, but not on the part of the sheriff in his official capacity. The county correctly asserts that the jury's verdict is inconsistent in this respect. A suit against a county official in his official capacity is the equivalent of a suit against the county itself. See Parrish, 963 F.2d at 203 n.1 (citing Kentucky v. Graham, 473 U.S. 159, 166 (1985)). The official is distinct only in his individual capacity. Therefore, the county claims the finding that the sheriff was not liable in his official capacity somehow exonerates the county by implication. We do not agree.
[28] Naming both the sheriff and the county as defendants was merely duplicative. The jury found that the county was liable, and, as explained in Part A above, there was overwhelming evidence to support that verdict. The inconsistency is likely a result of the jury's mistaken belief that Sheriff McKee was a defendant in his individual capacity. After reviewing the record, it is clear to us why the jury was confused about the sheriff's status as a defendant in this case.
[29] Throughout the trial, defense lawyers behaved as though they misunderstood the "official capacity" designation. In closing, for example, defense counsel argued to the jury, "for you to find against Sheriff McKee, you must find that he knew that [Doe] was about to be hit, struck, raped or otherwise attacked." The defense's entire trial strategy followed along the same lines. If the jury was misled, it was primarily the result of defense counsel's conduct. We will not allow the county to reap any benefit from an inconsistency it was instrumental in creating. See Parrish, 963 F.2d at 207.
[30] In any event, the county waived the claim of inconsistent verdicts by failing to object to the inconsistency before judgment was entered. "If a party feels that a jury verdict is inconsistent, it must object to the asserted inconsistency and move for resubmission of the inconsistent verdict before the jury is discharged or the party's right to seek a new trial is waived." Id. Therefore, we reject the county's claim regarding the inconsistent verdicts.
[31] C. Prison Litigation Reform Act
[32] The county contends that the district court erred in concluding that certain provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, did not apply to limit the award of attorneys' fees to Doe. These provisions apply to a "prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility." 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). The statute defines "prisoner" as "any person incarcerated or detained." 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(h). When he filed this complaint, Doe was neither incarcerated nor detained in any jail, prison, or correctional facility. The PLRA unambiguously applies to only those suits filed by prisoners. Doe was not a prisoner, and the PLRA therefore does not apply to his case.
[33] We are not persuaded by the county's argument that the PLRA should apply to all suits that arise in prison. The policy behind the PLRA was to deter suits by inmates who are very quick to litigate "simply because they have little to lose and everything to gain." 141 Con. Rec. S7524 (daily ed. May 25, 1995) (statement of Sen. Dole). The PLRA was designed to discourage the initiation of litigation by a certain class of individuals-prisoners-that is otherwise motivated to bring "frivolous complaints as a means of gaining a short sabbatical in the nearest Federal courthouse." 141 Con. Rec. S7526 (daily ed. May 25, 1995) (statement of Sen. Kyl). Congress therefore fully intended to distinguish between those who are "prisoners" when they decide whether to file a complaint and those who are not. Because Doe was not a prisoner when he filed this case, we find that the provisions of the PLRA are inapplicable.
[34] We have reviewed the other issues raised by the county, including the claim that the district court erred in granting a new trial on damages, and we find them to be without merit. Accordingly, we affirm the district court.
[35] III. CONCLUSION
[36] For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
[37] A true copy.
[38] Attest:
[39] CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
Opinion Footnotes
[40] 1 The Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Chief United States District judge for the Northern District of Iowa, sitting by designation.
[41] *fn2 We are mindful of the court's statement in Farmer that "considerable conceptual difficulty would attend any search for the subjective state of mind of a governmental entity, as distinct from that of a governmental official." Farmer, 511 U.S. at 841. The statement did not, however, directly address the relevant question.
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InfoComm: Using a Work Breakdown Structure
rAVe Team
April 19, 2012 - ProAV News,
This article is reprinted with permission from InfoComm International and originally appeared here.
This is the eighth in an ongoing series of organizational project management articles by InfoComm University senior instructor Brad Malone. To read the seventh installment, "Creating Common Sense, Communicating Assumptions and Risks," click here.
In the 1950s, the U.S. Department of Defense came up with a common-sense project management concept that AV companies should use today. Back then, according to the Journal of Defense Software Engineering, the Navy began using something called the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) in support of the Polaris missile program. Though it was codified in later years and is currently used primarily as an estimating technique, PERT is considered the starting point for the work breakdown structure philosophy.
The work breakdown structure (WBS) is a deliverable-oriented grouping of project components that helps organize and define a project's total scope of work. Effectively, the WBS describes a project's product or service through a "what-goes-into-what" process. It also relates each of the deliverable work 'components to one another and to the total product or service as a whole.
This interrelationship between components facilitates the definition of the project's scope and begins to reveal potential complexities. As when AV companies detail a project's assumptions and risks (see the previous article in our project management series), the WBS helps create "common sense" among stakeholders (client, sales, project managers, technicians, vendors, general contractors, etc.). And once developed, a WBS can be used as a template for similar projects, with the benefit of developing a common language and thought structure.
The Roots of the Project
In the beginning, a WBS does not address the project's who's, when's, how's, or how many's. These are addressed later, as the project moves through the planning processes. The WBS is a noun-based thought process, not a verb or activity-based schedule, although it will ultimately help the AV team formulate a schedule of activities and the associated effort required to fulfill each deliverable.
As a project-management document, a well composed WBS is essential because it serves as a foundation for initiating and planning the project. It's best to think of the WBS as the roots of a tree, where the tree is your project. For a tree to bear fruit, its roots must be deep, wide and exhaustive. And just as roots become finer as they descend into soil, the WBS should define the project's deliverables and list supporting documentation in greater detail as it goes on to addresses the subcomponents of every deliverable.
Three to five levels of what is known as "decomposition" are usually sufficient to describe most AV projects through a work breakdown structure. The roots of the WBS may include product components, functions (for software deliverables) or process steps (for business process-engineering projects). Refer to the graphic below as we discuss the essential elements of an effective WBS.
The WBS serves many critical purposes, the most important of which is defining the work to be performed and breaking it into manageable components. Developing a work breakdown structure generates a number of other planning benefits, such as a greater ability to determine the types of resources needed; a better comprehension of their roles; and a more accurate understanding of the skill levels required to manage the pieces of the project.
Creating a detailed WBS also improves an account manager's and/or project manager's ability to define, quantify, measure, and estimate the costs and effort required to deliver each component of the project. It is always easier and more accurate to perform these tasks at a lower level of decomposition. Doing so also enables you to better identify, document, and control changes.
A well-crafted WBS also helps a project manager define the performance-measurement baseline from which he or she can judge a project's status. When the status of the project is asked at its summary level ("How's project XYZ going?"), we often hear answers such as "Fine", "Great", and "Moving along". However, when the project's status is judged at the third or fourth level of the WBS — instead of at the summary level — the judgment will likely be far more accurate because the questions are more binary in nature. When asked at a finer level of the WBS root system, the question may be, "Is the podium installed?" While someone could answer, "Almost," the real answer is either "Yes" or "No."
Details of the Work Breakdown Structure
The purpose, as described at the top of the WBS, is the "why" of your project. Sales should enter it in operational terms, as viewed from the customer's perspective. In the case of a product-oriented classroom installation, for instance, you might describe the purpose as: "A flexible, multipurpose, multimedia classroom that enables participants to engage interactively in an adult-learning environment. Equipment and furniture need to be durable and easy to maintain and reposition."
From there sales and the client would define in greater detail each of the measurable parameters (flexible, durable, etc.). Without a purpose statement, the big picture will be unclear and the project implementation (and service) team might lose sight of the customer's ultimate requirements.
As employees of an AV company, you'll learn that there is no perfect WBS. That said, you should strive to create one that is both exhaustive and exclusive. Exhaustive in that it contains all the components and details necessary to satisfy the customer's operational objectives; exclusive in that an item is entered into the WBS exactly and only where it fits, and is not forcibly duplicated elsewhere. In our example of a product-oriented WBS, the cabling would not be entered under the each of the pieces of equipment, because cabling will be part of the facilities and will serve the entire room configuration.
It's important to build a WBS in a team setting because different project participants might use different words to define the same components, or the same words to define different components. For example, are cabling, conduit, electrical, wire, etc, synonymous, or do they describe different objects that perform different functions? To eliminate potential confusion, the AV team must facilitate communication and agreement instead of having several versions of the same work breakdown structure done by different departments or individuals, each with their own vocabulary.
A well crafted WBS also helps identify how a change in one aspect ripples across the product and project. In the absence of a WBS, change notification is typically limited to those who deal with the particular piece or part of the project that's being changed. A WBS visually demonstrates the product and project-wide ramifications of making a change in one component and therefore gives the project's stakeholders a more global understanding of the interrelationships among all components.
Although changes are often made at the component level, based on their technological efficacy, they should be assessed and approved at the project level and in consideration of the project's purpose. Consider, for example, the classroom project. Just because a new type of cabling is less expensive and could possibly provide better performance, it does not necessarily mean that the new cabling is appropriate for the project, nor does it mean that it will save the project money or enhance the client's ability to achieve their purpose requirements. In fact, changing the cabling may actually require changes to multiple components or control panels.
Managing the WBS
Once a work breakdown structure has been developed, a numbering system can be created to identify and position each level and/or component. This numbering system can be used in conjunction with both the organization's project management tool — Microsoft Project, for example — and its cost accounting system. Tracking the costs and effort required at a lower level allows an AV company to validate its estimation process and manage risk – similar deliverables will have estimates with narrower ranges, more unique deliverables will have estimates with wider ranges. Using WBS templates and tracking appropriately can help close the loop among sales, estimation and implementation teams, allowing for the regular refinement of estimates and their assumptions.
During the implementation phase of a project, the project manager typically manages down to the third or fourth level of a project's WBS. These are usually the levels at which components are more standard across projects. (Most organizations deliver projects composed of standard components structured into somewhat unique configurations.) The project manager shouldn't manage components below a level at which they're standard. In our sample WBS, "projectors" represent a component at or below a standard level. If, by some chance, the projector for a given project is being configured in a unique fashion, or must interface with other equipment in a unique configuration, then the project manager should manage down to a lower level.
At the end of the day, a deliverable-oriented work breakdown structure is a powerful planning, estimating, learning, communicating, status-reporting and change-controlling tool. Every project should have one. And the good thing is, once a company has built one, it has a template for future similar projects, which ultimately saves time and helps avoid potential mistakes and oversights.
Bradley A. Malone, PMP, is an InfoComm University senior instructor and president of Twin Star Consulting, an organizational excellence and program management consulting company serving multiple industries. He holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is one of PMI's highest-rated instructors. Please share your thoughts with him at brad@twinstarconsulting.com
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'I really think this is criminal': WFAA viewers getting heated about being left in the cold by ERCOT
"We need hope. I need a timeline. I need to know that somebody is doing something. I need hope," one angered WFAA viewer shared.
Author: Kevin Reece
Published: 5:35 PM MST February 16, 2021
Updated: 6:04 PM MST February 16, 2021
DALLAS — If anger, angst and frustration could be used to spin the blades of an electrical turbine, Texas would have more energy and warmth than the entire frozen southern United States might need.
WFAA opened a phone line for viewers to share just how bad their situations are as they deal with the winter storm. From Garland to Granbury, and Wylie to Waxahachie, viewers showed that wherever you live, you are most definitely not in this alone.
"Rolling blackouts, I think not. I have friends who have been without power this whole time, and here I am in a house with a toddler and it's 40 degrees. We are freezing," a woman named Ashley said from her home in Dallas.
"We're scared. We're confused. We've been without electricity since Monday morning," added another caller from the south side of the city. "We're making due the best that we can but this is really nerve wracking, especially when we have no idea when it will come to an end."
Each caller shared they were in their home with thermostats plummeting to the 40s and 30s. Many said they were huddled in front of fireplaces, but running out of wood. Some have even taken to tearing apart wooden pallets and any recycled cardboard they can find to burn.
Others are spending time in their vehicles in their driveways (as WFAA's Kevin Reece did while he wrote this story) using cigarette lighters and inverters to chare electronic devices. Some are also using the car heater for a few moments of warmth.
A reminder: NEVER run a vehicle in an enclosed space like a garage. Always make sure there is adequate ventilation. North Texas hospitals are already dealing with multiple carbon monoxide incidents from people running vehicles, generators, or outdoor cooking appliances in an enclosed space.
RELATED: Do's and Don'ts: Carbon monoxide poisoning is highest during cold weather
"It's freezing in my house. I have pets. I have an elderly mom. I have children there. And the government don't give a s***," one woman said.
But if you could bottle up the anger in these phone calls maybe we'd have a new power source.
"They need to fix this freakin' mess. I've been without power since Sunday. You call them, you can't get through. They don't respond. This is a freakin' mess."
"I come from Chicago," another caller said. "So there is no way we are without power because of the energy supply and demand, that's crap. I'm frustrated. This is ridiculous. I'm nine months pregnant sitting at home unable to leave and do anything."
"I really think this is criminal, some people should definitely resign over this."
"He was talking about this being a historic even. That's no excuse," said a man in his 80's from Keller, talking about WFAA's interview with the director of ERCOT. "They should have been prepared for this. People are suffering because of the lack of planning by people in positions to do so."
"The biggest message I have is quit lying to us," another caller said in reference to ERCOT and ONCOR promising only rolling outages. "All the old people that didn't know what to do and weren't given a warning. Quit lying to us is all I can say. Quit lying to us."
And one final note to show this is a completely shared experience, power returned, albeit briefly at Reece's house in Dallas at noon on Tuesday. Two hours later, with an explosion reminiscent of a 12-gauge shotgun, the nearest transformer exploded in a cloud of smoke. The Dallas Fire Department responded, deemed the fire out, and alerted ONCOR of yet one more issue to fix. So, he has no power for the foreseeable future either.
Our team of WFAA staff, most without power at their homes too, is also working in a variety of unique locations including driveways, hotel rooms, and a fleet of vehicles -- thankfully installed with electrical inverters.
So, let's cling to this message from a viewer in Fort Worth.
"We're gonna figure this out," she said in her voicemail. "What I would ask is, we need hope. I'm lucky I have a fireplace. But we need hope. I need a timeline. I need to know that somebody is doing something. I need hope!"
Hope and heat - we'd all like to see soon.
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Cole, 65, of Beverly Hills, Calif., was under electronic monitoring when he was freed on bond in March but has been using a radio-and-telephone-based system that only tells officials when he's at home or not at home.
Cole is under house arrest in his home state of California. His bond was reduced from $500,000 to $100,000 in March.
Also during Monday's hearing, Pelikan tentatively scheduled the trial for February. It was the judge's first time seeing Cole after receiving the case on a change of venue from Randolph County.
The Mamtek project was financed with $39 million in bonds issued by the city of Moberly's Industrial Development Authority. The project collapsed after Cole's company missed a bond payment in August 2011.
In addition to criminal charges, Cole faces a civil lawsuit from the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and a bankruptcy suit filed by UMB Bank, the bondholders' trustee.


The resident electoral commissioner (REC) in the state, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud, gave the advice during an interactive session with stakeholders in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kebbi state has urged politicians to be wary of social media posts after voting prior to the official declaration of result by the commission.
"Fake news is now a trend and can mar our efforts to ensure free, fair and credible elections.
"We urge you to be wary of social media posted results before official declaration.
"Only INEC returning officers at wards, local governments and state levels have the statutory authority and power to declare the results," he said.
He said that 1,938,171 permanent voter cards (PVCs) were received from INEC headquarters out of which 1,860,239 were distributed, leaving 77,932 PVCs unclaimed.
"We have all the sensitive materials at CBN custody, so we have no fear for the materials now.
"I collected the remaining sensitive materials that we had been awaiting for and by Wed, Feb. 20, we are going to start distributing them to remote areas and by Friday 22.
According to him, the state has 225 wards, 1,345 voting points and 2,398 polling units in the 21 local government areas.
"We still maintain our arrangement as we had earlier told before the postponement that, we are going to use 520 vehicles in the transportation of ad hoc staff and election materials.
He assured that INEC was determined to ensure free, transparent and fair elections but urged the people to continue to pray for successful conduct of the exercise.
The REC said that special arrangements had also been made to take care of physically challenged persons to enable them exercise their franchise without hitches.


Yes, I do see the humor in the fact that I am hosting a scrapbooking crop and have only attended 1 before in my life! Hopefully I will be able to pull it off- Thursday night I packed my stuf to take with me to the crop- being that I am more concerned with all the details of making the event happen I didn't want to spend a lot of time sorting and packing- so my solution... bring it all... well not ALL but a lot... instead of sorting through paper- I just grabbed my 4 most grabbed paper containers... (for those that want to know they are my American Crafts 1 & 2 container, Jillibean Soup and my favorites container- where I put all my other favorite pieces of PP that I want to use) I also grabbed a stack of white cardstock and a few different shades of brown! After that I pulled my oh.... 20 or so favorite packs of thickers, and filled up 2 big ziploc bags with embellishments and a layout holder with stickers. Finally I grabbed my punch tote with all my favorite punches and I threw in my go to stamp pads, stamps and pens. I printed pictures in common sizes I use for 6 different layouts...to be honest- I will be happy if I complete 2 of the 6 ;) so I think I am all set!
I also finished up the last layouts for the crop kits... the "be silly" layout of my niece Anna and her BFF Maddie is my favorite of the lot...so fun to do a girly page every now and then! "Whoooo loves you?" and "1st Day" are both slight revisions to layouts I had done before... but also are 2 of my faves of the bunch! So off to begin set up and get things ready to roll! Have a Happy Saturday- I know I will!
A question for you...do you print your own pictures @ home or do you use an outside service? I love the white borders on your photos and ALL of your layouts! Thanks for sharing!!
That was the best crop ever! I'm so glad we made the trip for it. It just cracks me up that it was your second crop!
Last night I was lifting a couple of your layouts (and altering to 11x8) using the Love kit. I came home with sooo much inspiration.
Today I uploaded my crop layouts to my blog.
Hi Shannon! I had such a great time at your crop! Can't wait for the next one:) hint, hint, wink, wink!
All of your LO's are so awesome and inspiring... thanks for sharing your gift!


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LUDO New Project in Rotterdam: Inspired by Warhol's Soup Cans
February 15, 2012 Artists
You may never know for sure who or what will influence the work of a Street Artist, but sometimes you know instantly. As we mark this month the 25th anniversary of his death, it could easily be said that the single most influential artist on the work of this generation is 20th century pop art superstar Andy Warhol. His aesthetic sensibility and merging of commercial advertising with fine art continues to appear in new work daily.
Andy Warhol soup cans (© WallyG)
Street Artist LUDO is currently in frozen Rotterdam where he is installing his own Warhol-inspired Del Monte cans wheat pastes in bitter cold that has dipped to -15°C. Rather than elevating the pedestrian to art status as Warhol did, LUDOs somewhat darker work has a more serious mission of drawing attention to modern methods of food production and the legacy of our scientific manipulation of the natural world. The large wheat pastes feature food items merged with symbols of death and bathed in his signature acid green wash.
When in Los Angeles last August to participate in the BSA "Street Art Stories" show he toured the MoCA museum while attending our panel discussion at the museum and he says at that moment he gained some new appreciation for the can.
Says the artist, "Funny because the first time I really saw the Warhol Campbell cans, it was when I went to the MOCA panel this August with you – there was some kind of retrospective. Then I thought I would do mine, 'Del Monte Cans'."
Ludo (image © courtesy of Ludo)
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Climate Scientists Warn That The Future Is Sweaty And Moist
TORONTO — Acknowledging that presenting people with the facts just isn't working anymore, climate scientists adopted a new tactic that involves highlighting how repulsive and disgusting excess sweat can be.
"It really doesn't do any favours for your social agenda," said Sharon Reeves, lead climate researcher at the University of Toronto. "We have conducted studies that observe how people react to those who are sweating profusely from each gland, and we can confirm that the future indeed looks revolting. Body odour will become an act of chemical warfare, and the only winners will be deodorant companies."
For decades, scientists offered a bleak outlook on the perils of a warmer climate, such as famine and disease, yet the public has grown immune to these threats. Instead, scientists will now resort to body-shaming those with sweaty armpits and moist physiques as a result of warmer temperatures.
"In addition to all this research, we have also found that people have an innate disdain for the word 'moist'," said Reeves. "And we will use all our resources to ensure this word is advertised in every corner of the world."


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Tonight - Partly cloudy. Winds from N to NNW at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C).
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How can I toggle off the GIS maps?
How can I replicate the left hand menu links?
Why change the WEB page?
Where's a tutorial on the new site?
How do I navigate the new site?
What browsers can I run the GIS maps on?
If I find a bug, how do I submit it?
How can I pan and zoom the GIS interactive maps?
How do I access historical data?
Where can I find NOTAMs?
For those with older browsers or slow network connections, it's recommended to toggle off the GIS interactive maps. This is done through the User Settings page.
The old left hand menu offered a quick way to access several pages. The new layout won't allow this. To replace this functionality, a "Favorites" bar has been added to the page. The favorites bar displays at the top of every page and offers the user a set of quick links into any page on the site. This can be tailored to each user. This is done through the User Settings page.
New Layout
In the fall of 2012, the National Weather Service web site http://weather.gov was upgraded to a new modern layout. All NWS and NCEP sites are in the process of upgrading their sites. The AWC website was upgraded to the new layout on March 25th, 2014.
JAVA Problems
In October of 2012, a "Day Zero" vulnerability was discovered in the JAVA browser plug-in. Various patches have been applied as well as recommended setting changes. Many ISPs and organizations are disabling JAVA as a precaution. For this reason, many of our users are unable to fully utilize parts our WEB site which are JAVA intensive.
Also, with Oracle's upgrade to Java version 7, we've noticed that the Java tools no longer work reliably on older systems such as Windows XP. In these cases, the applets either run slow or just hang. We've even had problems getting the Java tools to run on Windows 7. This lack of reliability is forcing us to move away from Java for the client applications.
In early 2013, we decided to move in a new direction with Open-Layers, GIS (Geographic Information System) interfaces to eventually replace the Java applets and applications.
We will continue to support Java for the conceivable future for the Java applications such as the Flight Path Tool. The Java applets will be removed by the end of 2014. Of course, some of the Java issues will be resolved by future Java upgrades. In the meantime, here are some steps to try and get Java running on your system:
The latest version of JAVA (and probably every update from now on) sets the security to "Very High" by default. This needs to be changed to "High" (the old default).
From your "Start" menu,
Select "Control Panel"
Select "Java
Select the "Security" tab
Change the Security level to "High(minimum recommended).
A brief tutorial on the new functions is available at /help/tutorial. Please check it out.
The left hand menu is gone with the new NWS layout. Most of what was in the old left hand menu is available from the drop down menus. The categories for Advisories, Forecasts, Observations and User Tools are roughly the same. It will take some getting used to but we're hoping people like the cleaner interface.
Many of the old pages were cleaned up and simplified for the new site. You'll be able to access much of the same data even though it will be laid out differently on the page. Please check out the online tutorial for more information.
The GIS Maps use an interface called OpenLayers which provides a Javascript based interface for accessing geospatial data. We've found that not all browsers work the same with Javascript and we're working to make sure the GIS maps run on as many browsers as possible.
OpenLayers is built around Mozilla Firefox. Here is the list of supported browsers for OpenLayers:
Mozilla v1.8
Safari v2.0+
Opera v9.0+
Netscape vX.X
We've tested the site on the latest browsers for iOS (iPad, iPhone), Android and Windows 8 and RT for phones and tablets. We've noticed some issues on Windows Surface displays that we're looking to fix. Please let us know of any browser issues.
You can use the feedback page to submit a bug, a suggestion for improvements or a general comment. There are some new features and there will be some initial bugs. Please don't hesitate to let us know. We run a deployment of functionality upgrades every Tuesday, if needed. Critical bugs will be fixed ASAP. To submit feedback, go to: /contact.
To pan on the map, hold down the mouse button on the map and move it. This will drag the map and then the data will redraw to the new location. On a tablet or phone, press your finger to the display and move it. On the keyboard, the arrow keys can be used to pan the map.
To zoom on the map, use the mouse wheel. Moving the wheel away zooms in and moving the wheel toward you zooms out. You can also use the "+" and "-" buttons in the upper left of the display to zoom in and out. Double clicking on the map (or double tapping on a tablet) will also zoom in. And by pressing the "shift" key and dragging the mouse, it will select a region to zoom in to. On the keyboard, the "+" key will zoom in and the "insert" key will zoom out.
It depends on the data type:
METARs/TAFs Up to 36 hours:
http://www.aviationweather.gov/metar (via "Request METAR Data)
METARs/Aircraft Reports/Tafs/AIRMETs/SIGMETs/G-AIRMETs/Station Info up to 3 days:
http://www.aviationweather.gov/dataserver
For all else ... The official resource for archived NWS data is the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC):
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
To access the online archive, go to:
http://has.ncdc.noaa.gov/
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Every Day (Paperback)
David Levithan (author)
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From the genius of David Levithan, co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, comes a love story like no other you've read before.
Each morning, A wakes up in a different body. There's never any warning about who it will be, but A is used to that. Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.
And that's fine - until A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with - every day ...
A stunningly original novel that will make you view the world from a different perspective. You can also read Rhiannon's side of the story in Another Day.
Levithan's powerful novel explores the complexities of first love in a unique way that will captivate anybody who loved Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park and Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You the Sun.
David is the New York Times best-selling author of Boy Meets Boy and Marly's Ghost. While among his many collaborations are Will Grayson, Will Grayson with Fault in Our Stars author John Green. David's latest collaboration with Rachel Cohn, The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily, was picked by Zoella for her Book Club with WHSmiths. David is also a highly respected children's book editor, whose list includes many luminaries of children's literature, including Garth Nix, Libba Bray and Suzanne Collins. He lives and works in New York.
Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
`Fresh, unique, funny, and achingly honest . . . I didn't just read this book - I inhaled it.' Author Jodi Picoult `Rich in wisdom and wit.' Entertainment Weekly `An awe-inspiring, thought-provoking reminder that love reaches beyond physical appearances or gender.' Kirkus, starred review
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Assessing Pharma's Constraints, Opportunities, and Investment Options in Global Health R&D: An Analysis of SEC 10-K Filings
The private sector is the primary investor in health research and development (R&D) worldwide, with investment annual investment exceeding $150 billion, although only an estimated $5.9 billion is focused on diseases that primarily affect low and middle-income countries (LMICs) (West et al., 2017b). Pharmaceutical companies are the largest source of private spending on global health R&D focused on LMICs, providing $5.6 billion of the $5.9 billion in total private global health R&D per year. This report draws on 10-K forms filed by Pharmaceutical companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the year 2016 to examine the evidence for five specific disincentives to private sector investment in drugs, vaccines and therapeutics for global health R&D: scientific uncertainty, weak policy environments, limited revenues and market uncertainty, high fixed costs for research and manufacturing, and imperfect markets. 10-K reports follow a standard format, including a business section and a risk section which include information on financial performance, investment options, lines of research, promising acquisitions and risk factors (scientific, market, and regulatory). As a result, these filings provide a valuable source of information for analyzing how private companies discuss risks and challenges as well as opportunities associated with global health R&D targeting LMICs.
Executive Summary, Full Report
Review of EPAR's Research on Gender
This brief presents an overview of EPAR's previous research related to gender. We first present our key takeaways related to labor and time use, technology adoption, agricultural production, control over income and assets, health and nutrition, and data collection. We then provide a brief overview of each previous research project related to gender along with gender-related findings, starting with the most recent project. Many of the gender-related findings draw from other sources; please see the full documents for references. Reports available on EPAR's website are hyperlinked in the full brief.
Review of EPAR's Research on Nutrition and Food Security
This brief presents an overview of EPAR's previous research on nutrition and food security and outlines summaries and key findings from 15 technical reports and research briefs. Key findings are drawn from our own original analyses as well as from other sources, which are cited in the individual reports. We also include appendices briefly summarizing EPAR's research on health and climate change, topics somewhat related to nutrition and food security, and EPAR's confidential work on nutrition and food security.
Respondent Bias in Ugandan LSMS Time Use Data
Labor is one of the most productive assets for many rural households in developing countries. Despite the importance of labor—and time use more generally—little research has empirically examined the quality of time-use data in household surveys. Many household surveys rely on respondent recall, the reliability of which may decrease as recall length increases. In addition, respondents often report on time allocation for the entire household, which they may not know or recall as clearly as their own time allocation. Finally, simultaneous activities such as tending children while preparing dinner, may lead to the systematic underestimation of certain activities, particularly those that tend to be performed by women. This paper examines whether the identity of the survey respondent affects estimates of time allocation within the household. Drawing on the Ugandan LSMS-ISA household survey, we find that individuals responding for themselves report higher levels of time use over the previous week than when responding for other household members. Moreover, male respondents tend to underreport time allocation for females over the age of 15 as compared to female respondents, especially time spent on domestic activities. In addition, an analysis of the effects of two economics shocks—having a baby and floods or droughts—suggests that the identity of the respondent can affect substantive conclusions about the effects of shocks on household time use.
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Review of LSMS-ISA Research
Household survey data are a key source of information for policy-makers at all levels. In developing countries, household data are commonly used to target interventions and evaluate progress towards development goals. The World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) are a particularly rich source of nationally-representative panel data for six Sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. To help understand how these data are used, EPAR reviewed the existing literature referencing the LSMS-ISA and identified 415 publications, working papers, reports, and presentations with primary research based on LSMS-ISA data. We find that use of the LSMS-ISA has been increasing each year since the first survey waves were made available in 2009, with several universities, multilateral organizations, government offices, and research groups across the globe using the data to answer questions on agricultural productivity, farm management, poverty and welfare, nutrition, and several other topics.
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Measuring Time Use
This brief summarizes the evidence base for various types of commonly-used time use measurements, lists categories of time use as identified by major organizations and reports, and identifies studies finding significant impacts of interventions designed to reduce specific time constraints. The various approaches to time use measurement method each have different limitations (cost, timing, seasonality, susceptibility to recall bias, etc.), which may have implications for data analysis. The choice of how to measure time use may be particularly important for analyzing women's time use. For example, limiting respondents to one activity per time slot when measuring daily time allocation may underestimate women's productivity or time allocations, as they are more likely than men to conduct simultaneous activities, such as childcare along with other activities.
Measuring Food Security
This four-part analysis describes the current suite of food security measures, then analyzes the respective relationships between food security and poverty, GDP, and crop yields using findings from in-depth literature reviews. Food security measures are criticized for inaccurately characterizing food security at individual, household, and national scales, yet guidelines exist to prescribe a food security measure for a given situation. Some authors see the potential of a combination of indicators that apply at different scales rather than a single, universal food security measure. Limited literature exists on the relationship between food security and poverty, GDP, or crop yields. The relationship between food security and poverty is particularly challenging because neither term has a consistent definition, and the limited literature suggests a lack of consensus among experts. Little empirical research exists on the relationship between food security and GDP, though studies generally note an association between the two Studies that evaluate food security and crop yields provide limited evidence that the two are associated, though many studies use measures of crop yield as food security indicators and vice versa. More research is needed to establish whether there are preferred food security measurement tools for specific scales and situations, and to further explore the relationship between food security and poverty, GDP, and crop yields.
Measuring Aid
This brief provides a summary of background research for future aid-related EPAR projects. We first review prominent measures of aid, examining the definition and scope of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as well as common criticisms and alternatives to this measurement. We also provide a summary of current research on bilateral and multilateral aid allocation trends. The aid allocation literature broadly concludes that donor countries target aid based on both the needs of recipients and on strategic interests, but that aid allocation criteria differ by donor and by type of aid. Finally, we summarize current aid effectiveness literature and key challenges in exploring the impact of aid. A number of challenges in determining the effectiveness of aid were common in the literature, including the micro-macro paradox, difficulties in identifying causal mechanisms and direction of causality, and data limitations.


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REVIEW // Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?
September 5, 2017 Darren song reviews, tunes
Taylor Swift's latest single is an A-grade banger. No ifs or buts about it.
Verdict? 
SNEK.
So, out of respect for what limited musical cred that I have, I probably don't see myself reviewing the album, but I knew I had to review this track the moment I heard it. 'Ready For It' is a swaggering, gloriously unhinged track tailor Taylor-made for the club floors. And if it doesn't want to make you want to furiously thrust your hips and shoulders to and fro, you probably have no soul.
This is basically the kind of deliciously over-the-top, throwaway music that briefly hints at something deep and profound, despite the polished and unconvincingly edgy affectations of its production and writing. It reminds me of just why I enjoy pop music, and why I'll always always have a soft spot for the Queen of the Snakes. I would call it a guilty pleasure – except it's a legitimately well crafted pop song that delivers. So on that count…there's not really much to feel guilty about. Or maybe my descent into madness is further along than I thought it was.
Despite all the darker bells and whistles, it's still very much a Taylor Swift song, and the menace of its verses don't last long once the anthemic chorus kicks in. Instant earworm. Lyrically, it's the usual vanilla nonsense of a burgeoning relationship, albeit with a predictably edgier flavour – and very much a declaration of intent consistent with what we should expect from the rest of 'Reputation'. That's not to the say the lyrics themselves are forgettable – they're anything but – and any perceived lack of sincerity is offset by some surprisingly clever wordplay and allusions that effectively capitalise on the hip hop approach.
Melding distorted trap beats, Diplo-esque house rhythms and some effortlessly addictive hooks, it's unapologetically derivative and relentlessly enjoyable. The post-chorus boasts the kind of chants you'd hear in a Santigold song, and the rapped verses feel like a logical evolution from the Kendrick Lamar 'Bad Blood' remix.
But that's what great pop music does in shamelessly stealing trends from a profusion of genres, and distilling it down to something that at once pushes the envelope whilst still being as tepid and radio-friendly as possible. It's incredibly fun, and shows that Taylor Swift is ready to throw away any pretensions of maintaining some kind of image in order to just let loose and do whatever she feels like right now. And luckily for her, she's good enough to pull it off.
Based in: Pennsylvania, US.
Sounds like: Purity Ring, Diplo, Kanye West…I think.
Say what? The diamond bath in her 'Look What You Made Me Do' video cost $12 million.
Over and out, Darren.
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How forecasters see Iowa's 2022 Congressional races
Thursday, Dec 30 2021
As election year approaches, the leading national political forecasters have updated their analysis of the coming U.S. Senate and House elections. Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball revised its House ratings on December 16, while Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales and the Cook Political Report did so on December 28 and December 29, respectively.
The consensus is that Republicans are favored to win most of Iowa's Congressional races, but the one House district held by a Democrat is a toss-up.
EMILY's List to play in Iowa; won't commit to positive Senate race
One of the leading Democratic-aligned political action committees endorsed three Iowa candidates this week. EMILY's List, which backs pro-choice Democratic women seeking federal, state, or local offices, endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer on December 15 and U.S. House candidates Christina Bohannan and Liz Mathis in the new first and second Congressional districts on December 16.
The PAC endorsed U.S. Representative Cindy Axne for re-election in the third district in March.
This week's announcements were no surprise, since EMILY's List supported Axne and Finkenauer in their 2018 and 2020 U.S. House campaigns, and said in April that Senator Chuck Grassley was one of three Republicans the group planned to target in 2022 Senate races.
Backing from EMILY's List helps candidates raise money through the organization's large network of donors. Perhaps more important, it indicates the group is prepared to pay for advertising on behalf of endorsed candidates or against their opponents.
The big question is whether EMILY's List will keep its messages positive before the June 2022 Senate primary, or also target Democratic rivals. I couldn't get an answer from the group yesterday.
Why Miller-Meeks will likely move rather than run in IA-03
There are winners and losers in every redistricting plan. The second set of nonpartisan Iowa maps, which the Legislative Services Agency released on October 21, was much kinder to U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson than the first map, which put Hinson in a Democratic-leaning Congressional district.
Fortunes were reversed for U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks. The first plan put her in a district that Donald Trump carried by more than 10 points in 2020. Today's proposal puts most of the territory she now represents in a district Trump carried by about 2 points. She was certified the winner last year against Rita Hart by six votes in a district Trump carried by 4 points.
Even worse, Miller-Meeks' home in Ottumwa (Wapello County) is part of the proposed third Congressional district, where Trump outpolled Joe Biden by just 0.4 points.
On Iowa social media feeds today, I've seen some speculation about how Miller-Meeks might fare against Democratic Representative Cindy Axne, or about Democrat Christina Bohannan being able to run for Congress in an open seat covering most of southeast Iowa.
I wouldn't spend a lot of time pondering those scenarios.
Iowa's Plan 2: A status quo Congressional map
Evan Burger
Part 8 in Evan Burger's series on Iowa redistricting.
This morning, Iowa's nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency (LSA) released their second redistricting proposal on October 21. Here's a quick analysis of the Congressional map included in Plan 2; Laura Belin will write a companion piece examining the legislative maps later today.
The big takeaway is that this plan strongly resembles Iowa's current map of U.S. House districts, especially when you look at the ten largest counties. Here is how Plan 2 groups those counties:
IA-01: Johnson (Iowa City), Scott (Quad Cities)
IA-02: Linn (Cedar Rapids), Black Hawk (Waterloo/Cedar Falls), Dubuque
IA-03: Polk (Des Moines area), Dallas (Des Moines suburbs)
IA-04: Story (Ames), Woodbury (Sioux City), Pottawattamie (Council Bluffs)
The current map groups those counties the same way, with the exception of Pottawattamie, which moves from the Polk district to the Story district.
Delayed map didn't hurt Iowa Congressional 3Q fundraising
Candidates running for U.S. House in Iowa raised a surprising amount of money from July through September, given that we have no idea what their districts will look like in 2022.
Follow me after the jump for highlights from the latest quarterly filings to the Federal Election Commission. Notable numbers from Congressional candidates' fundraising and spending during the first half of 2021 can be found here.


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Friends are life! Parting from them is never on the list. Mostly it happens when you move from school to university and not all our friends can go along with us in the same university and opt the same course. It is time we feel down in the mouth and worry about making new friends at the new place. But here is good news. Making new friends is not that difficult as you think. It becomes easy when you find all the other students sailing in the same boat. It the fact that not all the boats are the same but this article will help you with a whole bunch of tips and tricks in easing the process of making new friends.
Social media will be your first friend at a new place. 'Put your detective caps' on and check out others around you on social media platforms.
What you would do is first reach the university page on Facebook, find who else has taken up the same course, living in the same hostels. The next step is diving into their other social media profiles and know if you can reach them. It could sound creepy to you, but it works. It's not only you who would be doing this, so get your phones and start searching.
Joining sports clubs or any other clubs will help you in finding people in accord. Striking a conversation becomes easy in such a situation. Choose one and kick-start finding new friends and enjoy your college life.
Go to Frosh no matter you like it or not. It is one of the best opportunities as the entire class is divided into groups opting the same course. So, all the students tend to experience the same and talking to each other becomes easy. Another advantage of attending such fun events is that you get a break from your academic routine and get time to find the best essay writing service as well in the meantime and get your work done by experts.
You get more than 100 opportunities in a week to strike up a conversation. What holds us is the discomfort in doing so. You can apply the trick of sitting beside new classmate every day. You have multiple lectures in a well, and this will help you in getting a bunch of chances in fulfilling your desire and comforting them as well. But if you notice that another person is not that interested in talking to you, despite all your efforts, then you should make a shift toward others.
Participating in an online forum is a way out when you are not that confident to reach the people face to face. Introverts can be found sharing their issues on different problems. Connect to them on school-designated Facebook groups, chat groups on Kik, Reddit forums. This will pave the way for your new friendship.
Budding friendship can lead to open communication by partaking together. It can lead to improvement of relationships among the students. Sharing food and some ideas on the current affairs can give a kick-start to the friendship wheel.
It can write your first page of friendship. Offer them help. It can be in any form, whether a pen or guidance to the right room for the next lecture. If you stay in the hostel, then at times when your roomie feels homesick or is stressed, cheering him/her with some songs and movies can bag you their friendship.
Make your room look nice. This attracts hostel-mates and invites them to your room. People will come in and talk to you to appreciate you. Everyone is new to the college and the hostel, so everyone has the same need and desire of making new friends. So, just one step in this direction can change everything and ease the things for you.
These are the 8 quick and easy methods which you can use for making new friends.
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In terms of academics, Debora Reis Totton received a Master of Arts in Cinema & Media Studies at University of California – Los Angeles/UCLA, where she has worked as a Film Researcher. She begun in theater, transferred over to the sciences, and finally made a leap into film. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a BA in Comparative Literature with a concentration in Cinema Studies. In her last year at UW, she spent a semester abroad in China, where she studied Chinese Film History and Criticism at the Beijing Film Academy. As a Brazilian native, with a BS in Geology and graduate studies in Civil Engineering, she has refined her analytical skills and transferred them to the film industry. In the theoretical field, she investigates the effects of marketing and publicity for Hollywood films on Latin American audiences. Recently, she represented UCLA at the Second Workshop and Co-production Meeting of Latin American Cinema Schools in Quito / Ecuador with his short film "Two Lovers, One Train". She also has been extensively promoting Brazilian Cinema in Los Angeles. On the production side, she worked with REMAP and Hollywood Nokia Center of Research developing high concept short movies for cell phone platforms. Her recent directorial works include a 8mm short "Despair", 16mm "No Choice, No Pleasure" and "Dormant Butterflies", digital's "Two Lovers, One Train", "City of Angels" and, "Brazil My Love".
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What Day Of The Week Was September 2, 1964?
September 2, 1964 was the 246th day of the year 1964 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 120 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
A person born on this day will be 54 years old today. If that same person saved a Half dollar every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $9,431.00 today.
Here's the September 1964 calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1964 calendar.
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