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FSU continues to break record for admission applications
FSU received a record number of applicants for the second consecutive year.
FSU continues to break record for admission applications FSU received a record number of applicants for the second consecutive year. Check out this story on fsunews.com: https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2019/02/15/fsu-continues-break-record-admission-applications/2878293002/
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Florida State has already received nearly 57,000 first-year applications for admission to the 2019 summer and fall semesters before early notifications on Jan. 31. (Photo: Tallahassee Democrat)
A record number of applications were received from those who desire to attend the Florida State University. The future class of 2023 has continued this trend and set a few groundbreaking achievements in their wake.
The previous class of 2022 set several new standards at the university with its 17 percent rise in entrance applications from the previous academic year, coming in at a total of 51,098. They represented 43 states and over 21 different countries. Biological science, business, engineering and psychology were the most popular choices for majors.
While these statistics were impressive, the next set of incoming freshman have already broken these standards in early admissions alone.
Early notifications on Jan. 31 for the semesters of summer and fall 2019 saw first-year applicants rise to a whopping estimated 57,000, with more coming before the final deadline of Feb. 7. That comes to an 11.9 percent increase from the previous year's total, and 19,230 students received an admittance letter from their early application.
The average range of academic scores with the incoming applicant class is not yet set due to the anticipated final round of submissions, but the current medians are successful and expected to increase. GPA medians range from 4.1-4.5, total SAT scores range from 1270-1390 and ACT composite scores range from 28-32.
Geographic diversity is a major hallmark of this incoming class. Currently, accepted applicants are located in 49 of the 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C.
Students applying from out-of-state received a 19.5 percent acceptance rate, but saw over a 40 percent increase in their number of applications.
While that last state is still unclaimed, the potential new class makes up for it by representing 37 countries across their applicant pool.
Potential students are not the only ones moving up in the academic world. In just three years FSUjumped 17 places to No. 26 in US News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, bringing the university one step closer to President John Thrasher's goal of making the top 25.
This placement highlights the university's increasing competitiveness amongst undergraduate institutions.
"The word is out: If you are looking for a student-centered, research university with outstanding faculty, staff and students, FSU is the place to be," said Director of Admissions Hege Ferguson. "Florida State is dedicated to giving students the best possible experience, and our state-best, four-year graduation rate is a prime example of FSU's commitment to excellence."
While the application total as a whole is expected to reach well over 60,000 after the numbers from the last deadline are tallied and reported, FSU is anticipating an incoming class size of just over 6,000 freshman. The campus as an entire body has approximately 33,000 undergraduates attending class each semester.
Although the number of applications has increased, the number of acceptances does remain the same as past years, and will do so until the campus potentially expands. This ratio does, however, reduce the university's overall acceptance rate and make the application process more competitive for future classes.
March 23 is the acceptance release date for the final round of applicants. Those accepted will have until May 1 to decide whether or not they want to make FSU their collegiate home.
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I'd highly recommend this clinic to anyone who has to have surgery – especially a complex one – done on their furry family member. This type of thing is never easy – on the pet and their loved ones. And the staff truly turned this experience into as much of a positive experience as it could've been.
From the very moment I called, their head Tech, Shannon, was a God send. She's the most outgoing, understanding, compassionate woman I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. She squeezed my baby in the very next morning for surgery, and went over every detail with us. She treated us like family. She made sure Charlie had the best care possible, went above and beyond her job title, and even gave Charlie a bath so he didn't smell like urine (he had been catheterized twice in the last week and unfortunately smelled pretty bad ). She is AMAZING.
I'm truly disappointed they only perform surgical procedures, because I would love to take Charlie here for the rest of his life!
Dr. Larsen is very good at what he does, and performed Charlie's surgery using laser technology which minimized bleeding, bruises and much more, as opposed to other vets that uses scalpels. Charlie is home and safe with a long life ahead of him thanks to the staff and doctors at AVCG. I couldn't thank them enough for their compassion and affordable surgical prices.


National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled a six-man methamphetamine syndicate. The members of the syndicate were arrested in connection with a total of 309 kilograms of ephedrine and a clandestine laboratory. The arrested suspects are Okeke Chukwunwike Celestine, Ezeagba Paul Sunday and Ike Chukwuma Samson. Others are Eze Christopher Ikechukwu, Nwokolo Amobi Sunday and Adelakun Ilelabayo Oluade.
The drug trafficking organization is specialized in the illegal importation of ephedrine to run methamphetamine laboratory in Nigeria, especially in the Eastern and Western parts of Nigeria.
Upon tip-off, Enugu State Command of the Agency had intercepted 100 kilograms of Ephedrine, a precursor chemical for the production of methamphetamine. Upon follow-up, the Command discovered that the precursor chemical is being used by a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory located at Trans- Ekulu Estate in Enugu. The Laboratory has been dismantled by the Agency.
Further investigation led to the arrest of the three other members of the syndicate in FESTAC Town in Lagos from whom 209 kilograms of the illicit ephedrine was recovered, bringing the total ephedrine seizure to 309 and total arrest to six suspected persons.
Only last year, the Agency also discovered another clandestine laboratories in Enugu and Imo States leading to the destruction of 20 kilograms discovered in Enugu and 77.960 kilograms in Imo.
This brings to 16 the number of Methamphetamine laboratories so far discovered in Nigeria between 2011 and 2018. Methamphetamine is an emerging drug clandestinely produced in the country. It is a highly addictive substance that affects the central nervous system. It gives a false sense of well-being and energy. The continued use of the drug creates several negative effects and irreversible harm.
In 2011, Nigeria acquired the status of Methamphetamine producer nation through the discovery of the first methamphetamine laboratory in Lagos. Other laboratories were discovered in the following states, Lagos, Anambra and Delta States. The discoveries of these laboratories across the country, apart from the fact that Nigeria is highest producer of cannabis in West Africa, portends a grave danger for the country and its image which invariably affects the national security of the nation.
Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs. It has many nicknames—meth, crank, chalk or speed. It is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle. Some even take it orally, but all develop a strong desire to continue using it because the drug creates a false sense of happiness and well-being—a rush (strong feeling) of confidence, hyper-activeness and energy. One also experiences decreased appetite. These drug effects generally last from six to eight hours, but can last up to twenty-four hours. The first experience might involve some pleasure, but from the start, methamphetamine begins to destroy the user's life.
Methamphetamine production also has a devastating impact on the environment where the clandestine laboratory is located. It pollutes the air, ground water, soil and the vegetation within the locality of the meth laboratory while posing a great threat to human security.


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Have a question about the awards?
Here's everything you need to know.
What are the Great British Food Awards?
The Great British Food Awards were launched in 2014 to celebrate the country's finest home-grown ingredients, as well as the hard-working folk who produce and cook with them. This year, the awards are bigger and better than ever, with lots of new categories and amazing celebrity judges, including Michel Roux Jnr, Madeleine Shaw, Glynn Purnell, Monica Galetti and lots more!
How do the awards work?
Step 1: Companies enter their products here (add link to form) and then send two samples of each to the following address as soon as possible:
Jenny O'Neill
Great British Food Awards 2020
1 Phoenix Court
Hawkins Road
CO2 8JY
Step 2: Our in-house team of experts will test out every product, giving each a final mark out of 15. Marks out of 10 are given for taste, and marks out of 5 are given for provenance – based on the information given in your entry form. We will also fill out detailed feedback forms for companies who want them.
Step 3: Our team will shortlist the best scoring 10-15 products in each category. Shortlisted companies will then be required to send samples to our celebrity judges around the UK during the week of 7th-10th August. For more information about them click here (link to judges page). Our judges will pick one winner and two highly commendeds in each category.
Step 4: Winners will then need to send samples into our studio for photography, and to the chosen judge of our Best in Britain category, the award which goes to our champion of champions and the ultimate endorsement in British artisan food and drink.
£70 (+ VAT) per product, plus and additional £20 (+VAT) if you wish for your product to be entered into the regional awards. Feedback from our in-house judges is £100 + VAT.
When do entries close?
The winners and runners up will be announced to the public on October 15th 2020, though winners and runners up will be informed beforehand in order to arrange photography samples to be sent out.
Why should I enter?
Imagine being able to say the likes of MIchel Roux Jnr, Nathan Outlaw or John Torode chose your product as the best cheese, gin or pie in all of Britain? The Great British Food Awards give you the opportunity to have your food and drink tasted by some of the UK's most acclaimed chefs, critics and influencers.
The Great British Food Awards brings with it a great deal of kudos; as the only food awards scheme entirely dedicated to discovering the best British food and drink products, winning or even being shortlisted in one of our of categories is an incredible feat.
Simply fill in our entry form here
How does feedback work?
When entering your product you will have the option to receive feedback from the Great British Food team for an extra fee. Forms will include a score out of 15 (marks out of 10 are given for taste, and marks out of 5 are given for provenance) plus detailed and constructive comments from our judges. Previous entrants have found the comments very useful for marketing purposes. Even if you don't win, getting feedback provides invaluable knowledge that may help you grow, improve and develop your offering, or reassess certain aspects of your product's taste or packaging.
Who will be judging the awards?
Firstly the Great British Food team will painstakingly test every product entered to compile a shortlist of the best in each category. Next, we have enlisted a fantastic group of celebrity judges to pick our winners; each and every one is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about their chosen category. Find out more about them by clicking here.
What is the Best of Britain award?
All of our winners will be required to send their product out one last time to our prestigious judges and buyers. They will then pick their overall favourite product, based on a strict criteria taking into account provenance, packaging and innovation – but first and foremost, taste.
How will the winners be promoted?
Our winners and highly commended products will be announced in the autumn issue of Great British Food magazine (on sale 15th October 2020), with lots of online and social media promotion across our platforms. There will also be coverage in the December issue of Speciality Food, which has a significant audience in the fine food industry. Winners and runners up will all receive a detailed press pack with logos, quotes, promotional material and tips on how to make the most of their win.
When will I receive the invoice for my entry?
Invoices will be sent out approximately 14 working days after entries close on June 22nd 2020.
What are the terms and conditions of entering?
The final closing date for entries is 22nd June 2020. Entries made after this time will not be counted. Payments are made securely using Stripe. No card details are stored once payment has been made. Invoices will be generated within 14 working days of the closing date. By entering you agree to Aceville Publications contacting you regarding the Great British Food Awards. The decision of the judge is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entries and those that do not abide by these terms and conditions will be disqualified. Once you have completed the form please send a sample of each entry, clearly marked with the product name and category, to this address:
Jenny O'Neill, Great British Food Awards 2020, Aceville Publications, 1 Phoenix Court, Hawkins Road, Colchester, CO2 8JY.

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Transversal and Capgemini are shortlisted for Best CX Transformation Through Technology Partnership at the 2018 Contact Centre Association Awards.
By using Transversal's knowledge automation technology, Prescience™, leading BPO Capgemini has been able to enhance the service it provides to clients across the world. Lee Beardmore, CTO of Capgemini Business Services, describes how Capgemini halved training times and reduced handling times by 75%, simply by enabling its agents to find answers more efficiently. "Knowledge really is the essential ingredient," he writes.
The CCA Awards recognize excellence in customer service and contact centre management across the UK. Transversal is proud of our record at the awards. We and our clients won Best Technology Partnership three years running, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Other past winners include Marks & Spencer, HomeServe, and Sainsbury's/Argos.
Winners of this year's awards will be announced at a gala dinner in Glasgow on 15th November.


This beautiful lightly-oxidized oolong enjoys luscious notes of honey, tropical pineapple and pleasant floral blossom. Also known as Si Jie Chun, this fragrant oolong is a relatively new cultivar, discovered on a mountain in Taiwan about 20 years ago. It is thought to be a cross between Wu Yi and Chin Xin oolong varietals. The leaves are harvested and produced year round, hence the name 'Forever Spring'. Enjoy through multiple infusions.
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New Music: EP's & LP's
Plastic Cowboys bring the grooves on new single 'None Like You'
Following the enormous praise they received for their formative singles '99 On A Saturday' and 'Not As Cool' over the last year, Dublin-based outfit Plastic Cowboys are now looking to continue their upward ascent on 'None Like You'.
Filled with driven guitar hooks and soaring production, 'None Like You' sees the group deliver one of their most engaging offerings to date. With a richer and more dynamic sound than most, this new offering cements them as ones to keep a close eye on in the coming months. Speaking about their new release, the band said, "None Like You was written in the height of the first lockdown we were subjected to in Ireland due to Covid-19. Naturally, the walls were feeling tighter than I had ever felt before, and a lot of forced introspection followed. None Like You prepared itself as an answer to that introspection, as the message of the song conveys the highs and lows of being human. It is about riding those highs and lows rather than expecting one or the other. It is about learning and improving as an individual, with an emphasis on improving. I think it's easy for us as people (especially Irish people) to ignore our problems or mend it with the bare minimum amount of care, and then expecting everything to be solved. "This cosmonauts shining a light on the dark side of the moon, thinking this ought to do"
Watch the video for 'None Like You' below:
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In the C++ community fork, we're considering dropping support for several features which are not biologically plausible, but which may be useful nonetheless.
This is a variant of the Temporal Memory algorithm. It is specialized for anomaly detection, and on the Numenta Anomaly Benchmark it scores approximately 5% higher than the regular Temporal Memory.
It is not biologically plausible.
Numenta has stopped working on it in favor of the regular TM.
It should probably only be used for anomaly detection.
It is not in the published literature. Details about how it works are hard to find, and even we the maintainers can not explain what all of the code does.
The purpose of both of these methods is to do the inverse of the HTM algorithms. The decode methods reverse the encoding process, taking an encoded SDR and returning which inputs likely created it. The TopDownCompute methods reverse the HTM algorithms, and find the inputs which likely resulted in the output.
None of the core algorithms currently support these methods.
The Spatial Pooler process could in theory be reversed, but this is unimplemented and unproven.
The Temporal Memory can not be inverted, these methods simply can not be implemented for it.
There are fundemential limitations on the accuracy of these methods, since the HTM discards a significant amount of information.
Do you use any of these features, currently or maybe in the future?
If yes, for what applications do you use these features? Tell us about your use cases.
We will leave this discussion open until April 10th before making a decision and acting on it.
TP, implemented in Cells4.hpp in c++ (do not confuse with TM, Temporal MEMORY, which is the new, used algorithm).
TP is an old implementation, originally described in the Numenta Whitepaper, but has since then been superseded by TM/Temporal Memory, which is faster, better performing and more featureful & tested.
TP's current only useful functionality is that it's used by BacktrackingTM, which is discussed above.
and Matt is with us on the removal side, we're going to approve the removal.
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My client are a five star builder who have an opportunity for an experienced Assistant Site Manager for a development based in Crewe.
In return for your skills the company offer a competitive salary up to £35k with an extensive benefits package including company car/car allowance, bonus scheme, pension, healthcare and continued training & development.
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Micro-investing app Acorns is partnering with Adam Dell's Clarity Money in a deal that adds value to both sides.
A personal finance app, Clarity Money will allow its users to easily become Acorns investors and use the automated investing features and Found Money, a cash forward rewards program which sees money deposited into their account when they shop at such partner brands as Casper, Dollar Shave Club, Nike, Warby Parker, and Airbnb. Clarity Money employs data science and machine learning to provide personalized customer insights.
Acorns will be embedded into the Clarity Money app, and investors can view snapshots of their activity in the Clarity Money app.
"Acorns empowers consumers to become investors, which is an important step in financial health. We are delighted to offer this solution to our customers," said Adam Dell, CEO and Founder of Clarity Money.
Both apps can be downloaded on any smartphone device and are available on iOS. Acorns is also available as an Android and web app.


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Bengals WR Marvin Jones eyeing huge season, wants to double his stats
Marvin Jones quietly put together an excellent season for the Bengals last year, and the third-year player is eyeing an even bigger season this year.
Jones caught 51 passes for 712 yards and 10 touchdowns last season and told Larry Brown Sports in an interview last week that he has some "huge goals" and aims to double his stats this season.
"Two-times better than I did last year," Jones said with a laugh when LBS asked him about his goals for this season. "Near 100 (catches). I have some huge goals. My confidence in just me going out there and doing what I'm supposed to do no matter how many plays I get — whatever my opportunity is — just go capitalize on that."
The Bengals have a new offensive coordinator now that Hue Jackson was promoted to replace Jay Gruden, who left to take the Redskins job. Jones told me about some of the differences between the two.
"I would have to say the attention to details. Coach Jay had great attention to detail, but it's even more heightened with Hue. And we love it," Jones said.
"One big thing is our running. Everybody runs. Everybody runs downfield after a play, helps out your brothers, stuff like that. That aspect of the game is a difference."
There has been a lot of talk that Jones will be the team's No. 2 receiver behind A.J. Green. Jones says he is looking forward to having an increased role.
"Definitely," Jones said when asked about an increased role. "All of us are ready for an increase (in our roles). And I can't wait to get an increased chance. I'm just happy that (the season is) nearing."
Jones also said it's the team's mindset and goal to repeat as AFC North champions.
If you're playing fantasy football and looking for a good, fairly late-round wide receiver to draft, keep Jones in mind. It sounds like he could be in for a big season.
Larry Scott finally fired as Pac-12 commissioner
The Pac-12 will finally have some new leadership.
Larry Scott was fired as commissioner of the Pac-12 on Wednesday. CEOs of the conference finished a meeting that led to the decision.
NEWS: Pac-12 agrees to part ways with commissioner Lar
Bradley Beal upset NBA is making Wizards play so soon after COVID issues
Bradley Beal is upset with the NBA for making his Washington Wizards play on Friday.
The Wizards have not played since defeating Phoenix on Jan. 11. The team had a COVID-19 outbreak that led to five games being postponed, including their g


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What is Destiny 2 Forsaken
What is Destiny 2 Forsaken - The first expansion?
Destiny 2 has changed a lot over its second year. New and old exotics were introduced into the game, three new raids were added, and the story of the universe of destiny expanded upon. With the season of opulence just being released and year 3 coming in September, lets take a look at everything that destiny 2 year 2 had to offer. The second year of Destiny 2 can be broken down in 4 major seasons. Forsaken, Season of the Forge, Season of the Drifter, and the all new season of Opulence.
Forsaken was the first major expansion that started off year 2. Forsaken added a full campaign, new Strike missions, new Crucible maps and modes, 2 new locations, a New raid, and the new game mode Gambit.
The expansion introduces a new faction of enemies, the Scorn. In the lore, they are undead Fallen that where released from the Prison of elders. The Scorn were an excellent addition to the pool of enemies to fight.
In addition to new enemies. Hunters, Warlocks, and Titans all gained new super abilities for each of their subclasses. Hunters got the new super for Gunslingers called Blade Barrage, Spectral Blades for Nightstalkers and Whirlwind Guard for Arcstriders.
Blade Barrage
The player can throw flaming knives from high in the air. The spread of these knives are great for clearing out a room, taking out fellow guardians in Crucible or Gambit, and deal massive amount of damage to strike or raid bosses.
Spectral Blades:
The player can form two void light daggers and be as stealthy as the night itself. Players can turn invisible and see through walls. Making this a perfect super to use in PVP.
Whirlwind Guard
This super is like the original Arcstrider subclass but with a twist. Players can now block and reflect projectiles by spinning their Arc Staff. This improves the survival right of using this super in PVP and also hunters to be more defensive rather than being purely offensive.
For Warlocks, the new super for Voidwalkers is called Nova Warp, Chaos Reach for Stormcallers and Well of Radiance for Dawnblades.
Nova Warp
This new super allows players to teleport and unleash a Void explosion. Great for clearing adds or wiping out the enemy team.
Chaos Reach
This super unleashes a ray of Arc energy that can be cut short to save super energy. This is a great dps super for gambit and killing strike bosses and is fun to use in PVP.
Well of Radiance
Players can create a supersized healing and empowering aura for other players to stand in. Paired with the Warlock exotic "lunafactions" makes this super the backbone of any raid team.
For Titans, the new super for Strikers is Thundercrash, Burning Maul for Sunbreakers, and Banner Shield for Sentinels, allowing players to use their Sentinel Shield to unleash a protective barrier that players can also shoot their weapons through.
Thundercrash
Players can launch into the air at a high rate of speed and slam onto the ground causing a larger wave of arc energy to be released.
Burning Maul
Players wield a large flaming hammer that can be used to land repeated blows on enemies.
Banner Shield
Players can now use their Sentinel Shield to unleash a protective barrier that players can also shoot their weapons through. Damage taken by this shield generates light orbs for other players to pick up and weapons fired through the shield gets a damage buff.
Each new subclass supers can be unlocked by obtaining an item called a Seed of Light. The first Seed of Light is obtainable through playing the campaign of Forsaken, while the other two can be obtained by playing through blind well and through the Last wish raid.
Gambit is a new mode that combines PvE and PvP. In this game mode, two teams of four players play against each other by defeating PvE enemies. These enemies drop an item called motes that can pick up and deposit in a bank in the center of the arena. Depositing 5, 10, or 15 motes sends small, medium, or large enemy blockers to the opposing team's side and stops them from banking motes. Once these blockers are defeated, the bank reopens.
Once 25, 50, and 75 motes are deposited, a portal where one team member can invade the other team's side. Motes are removed if a player is killed. After depositing 75 motes, a Primeval boss will spawn at the bank. The bosses can heal if a team member is defeated by an invading member of the opposing team. The first team that defeats their Primeval wins the round. First team to win 2 rounds, wins the match.
The new raid mission that was add is called Last Wish and was opened on September 14, 2018; unlike the Calus raids, there is no Prestige mode. The first completion of the raid triggered a three-week curse cycle in the Dreaming City, opening up new activities and missions for players. An all new weapon type, Bows, was also added in the expansion. The EXP level cap was raised to 50 and the Light level cap was raised to 600
The Plot of Forsaken
Forsaken focuses the story of Prince Uldren Sov and his sister, Queen Mara Sov. Uldren is in search of his lost sister, believing her to still be alive after the events of the taken war that happened back in Destiny 1.
The player and Cayde-6 travel to the prison of elders, where they meet up with Petra Venj in securing a prison break carried out by an enemy called the Scorn. During the assault, Petra discovers that someone else had released the prisoners and escaped. Cayde-6 goes to find them, only to be attacked by the Scorn, have his Ghost destroyed and be severely wounded. In the end, Uldren Sov murders Cayde-6 with his own gun (Ace of spades) before fleeing.
The Player flies Cayde's body back to the Tower, where Ikora holds a funeral for Cayde. Ikora wants blood, but Zavala refuses to go to war. The player vows to deal with it and sets out alone to hunt down Uldren Sov. The player hunts down his Barons one by one, makes allies with Petra and The Spider, which is the leader of a Fallen crime syndicate in the reef. Meanwhile, Uldren Sov is guided by visions of Mara to free her, and takes a shard of the Traveler from the European Dead Zone. The Player eliminates six of the eight Barons:
Hiraks (The Mindbender) and his Hive throne world
Araskes (The Trickster) and her plan to sabotage engrams for the Tower
Kaniks (The Mad Bomber) from blowing up the Tangled Shore
Yaviks (The Rider) and her gang
Reksis Vahn
Pirrha
After this, the player is contacted by Petra. She informs the player that Uldren is headed for the Awoken Watchtower in the Tangled Shore. After killing the seventh Baron, Elykris (The Machinist), the player fights through waves of Scorn and ends up killing Fikrul (the final Baron). The Guardian makes their way through the Watchtower, as well as the Ascendant Realm in search of Uldren. Once the player finds him. Uldern offers the shard and his own Darkness to open a gateway to the Dreaming City.
Though, instead of his sister, Uldren is devoured by a grotesque Taken creature called the Voice of Riven. The player kills the creature and releasing a weakened Uldren. The player retrieve Cayde's gun, and soon after, Petra arrives, with Uldren adamantly declaring that everything he did was for his sister. The Guardian and Petra then point their weapons at Uldren and the screen cuts to black.
Black Armory
Following the events of that unfolded in Forsaken, the Player is given a mysterious seal by The Spider, leading them to a hidden section of the Tower known as the Annex. This is where all the dlc takes place for the rest of the year. In the annex, The player meets Ada-1, an Exo who is the curator of the Black Armory. This is a weapon foundry that was founded during the late Golden Age.
Despite Ada-1 one wanting to kill the player at first, the player eventually earns her trust and wares by showing her the seal spider gave to them. The player slowly starts to piece together the identity of the Black Armory's mysterious assailant who has been stealing the Lost Forges and getting them back online.
After discovering three of the forges (Volundr in the European Dead Zone, and Gofannon and Izanami on Nessus) the player finds that the mystery assailant is a Fallen captain named Siviks, Lost to None, the forsaken brother of The Spider. Siviks, wants to plunder the Black Armory vault that is in the Last City. He dispatches an invasion force led by Insurrection Prime, a Prime Servitor built into an immense bipedal war machine for itself. This leads into the new raid "scourge of the past". Upon discovering and igniting the Bergusia Forge, the player is able to unlock a mysterious box, containing a unique weapon frame, of which Ada has never seen.
After a lengthy quest involving returning to Eleusinia and once more igniting the Bergusia Forge, the player returns to Ada and forges "Izanagi's Burden", the same weapon used by Ada centuries prior to take vengeance on the founders' murderers. One last time, the player returns to the Bergusia Forge and confronts Siviks, killing him and returning a device known as the Obsidian Accelerator to her, restoring her lost memory and rebuilding the Black Armory once and for all.
Season of the Drifter
After the events of Black Armory, the player is summoned by the Drifter, who has moved down to the Annex. In this season, a new version of Gambit is released called Gambit Prime. The drift also invites the Guardian to visit his ship after the completion a couple matches. The player, upon exploring the Drifter's ship, discovers that the mysterious haul tied to the back of the ship leads into the realm of the Nine in unknown space.
The Guardian fights waves upon waves of Taken inside the haul, including powerful Taken copies of Nokris and Oryx. The player also meets the Emissary of the Nine inside the haul (she is from trails of the nine back in year 1) , who reveals to the player that it was the Nine who gifted the Drifter with the haul itself, and that the Taken and Primevals bosses that the Drifter uses in Gambit originate from there. These creatures are created by the Darkness and the Drifter's force of will.
The Drifter finds out about this and advises the Guardian to not trust the Nine and to stop talking to the Emissary; he reveals that the Emissary was an Awoken named Orin who was close to Mara Sov before dying and being resurrected as a Guardian herself, and that she sought the Nine to gain power and was subsequently transformed into the Emissary. Despite the Drifter's objections, the player continues to make contact with the Emissary via Xûr over the course of nine weeks, which leads to a dark omen from the Emissary, foretelling the return of the Darkness.
During the season, the player is contacted by a Praxic Warlock named Aunor, who strongly advises the Guardian to not trust the Drifter (big shocker there). Aunor has been investigating the Drifter due to his connection with the Shadows of Yor. A group of outcast Guardians known as Dredgens who idolize Dredgen Yor. He was former Guardian who had been corrupted by the Hive and the Darkness. He ended up being killed by a legendary Gunslinger Hunter named Shin Malphur.
The major plot twist is that the Drifter has been training Guardians to become Dredgens themselves through Gambit and Gambit Prime. Aunor has made several attempts to talk the Vanguard into expel the Drifter from the Tower by any means necessary. In light of this revelation, the Drifter contacts the player and asks where the Guardian's loyalties lie. With the Vanguard or with him.
Regardless of the choice made by the player, they learn more about the Drifter and his past through recordings found across the EDZ. In these recordings, it is revealed that the Drifter was resurrected by a Ghost during the Dark Age of humanity. He became one of the first Guardians known as the "Risen", but he did not trust the Traveler's Light nor His Ghost. After several years trying to survive and live a normal life, the Drifter departed the Solar System during the City Age with a crew in search of a power "greater than Light". It was also revealed that the Drifter was also part of the Shadows of Yor for a short time until he had a falling out with a fellow Shadow named Callum Sol, followed by a confrontation with Shin Malphur. The Drifter warns the player of an impending second Collapse, and that the new game mode, the Reckoning, in the Derelict's haul was created to prepare Guardians for this looming apocalypse.
Season of Opulence
In this newly released season, the player is given an imperial summons by Benedict 99-40 on the orders of Emperor Calus of the Cabal. The player is invited to take part in treasure hunts and play in the game mode called Menagerie that is onboard the Leviathan. After the player participates in the Menagerie, the player returns to Werner 99-40 on Nessus and is informed by Calus that one of his Loyalist Shadows, Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer, was given a Hive artifact called the Crown of Sorrow in an attempt to control the Hive, but instead triggered a trap laid by Savathûn, causing Gahlran to fall under her control.
This is what leads into the new raid "Crown of Sorrows". Wanting the Leviathan cleansed of the Hive infestation, a fireteam of Guardians assembled by Calus make their way into the vessel's treasure vaults and confront Gahlran. With the aid of Savathûn's magics, the Guardians slay the mad Shadow, rendering the Crown of Sorrow inert. Calus rewards the Guardians with treasure and formally makes them his Shadows.


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TRON 5-Disc Combo Set
Disney presents a high-tech motion picture unlike anything you've ever seen in an astonishing 3D Combo Pack. Immerse yourself in the digital world of TRON, as celebrated actor Jeff Bridges stars in a revolutionary visual effects adventure beyond imagination. When Flynn, the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra, father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil. Bring home an unrivaled entertainment experience with TRON: Legacy in jaw-dropping Disney Blu-ray 3D – complete with never-before-seen bonus features that take you even deeper into the phenomenal world of TRON. It's Magic In A New Dimension.
The Woodstock Experience CD Box Set
Back in 1969 Santana, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Winter and Sly & the Family Stone weren't all label mates. Some recorded for RCA, some for Columbia, some for Epic. In recent years, those labels have each been absorbed by Sony, putting that company in the position of being able to bundle music from each of those artists into a single package on its Legacy label.
The Woodstock Experience is an interesting concept. For each of the mentioned artists, Sony Legacy has put together a two-CD package that includes the artist's performance at Woodstock and a studio album released by the artist in 1969. Quite a few of the Woodstock performances are being released for the first time.
Whitney Cummings: Money Shot DVD
Money Shot finds Whitney Cummings riffing on a wide range of topics chiefly, the differences between men and women and how both tend to behave in relationships. And before you roll your eyes at the very thought of another comic covering this well-worn territory, Cummings has found an approach to the material that's unique enough to make her take on it very compelling. She's a foul-mouthed "guy's girl" who surrenders none of her femininity in order to be accepted by the male half, and she's just as honest and critical of women as she is of men. Her act never turns into "we're smart, you're not."
Well, mostly.
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My children's preschool does a wonderful program called Book Cook in which parents volunteer to read a book to the class, followed by a cooking activity. Last year we read the adorable book Sophie's Squash. This year we chose one of our favorites called Chopsticks. The first time we read this book it instantly became a favorite. The book is about a pair chopsticks that do everything together. When one of the chopsticks gets injured, the other has to learn to do things on his own. As a mom of twins I especially love the message of this book because it's important for the kids to get along, but they also need to function independently. It's such a sweet and funny book!
After reading the book we made vegetable sushi. I thinly pre-sliced cucumbers and shredded some carrots and yellow peppers. To assemble the sushi we laid out a cucumber, spread some Boursin cheese on each slice, topped with carrots and peppers, then rolled them up.
At our favorite Japanese restaurant the kids are always given chopsticks with a plastic attachment that makes it easier for them to use. I found Chopstick Helpers on Amazon and ordered them. The kids in their class loved using them!
This vegetable sushi is a great snack and can be adapted depending on what vegetables your kids like. Cabbage or chopped broccoli would work well too. Almost all of the kids in the class tried our creation and enjoyed it. When I picked my kids up at the end of the day they were begging to make more. Luckily I had leftovers so that's exactly what we did when we got home!
Lay out a slice of cucumber. Add a small spoonful of cheese. Top with carrots and peppers. Roll up and enjoy!
OH wow! I would love to try these for the kids!
Yummy treat any of my kids would love. I need a pair of those chopsticks, then maybe i would learn how to use them. Thanks for sharing on Wonderful Wednesday.
These look like a great snack for the kids. I love the idea of that book too - will have to look for it!


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Dealmakers offered glimpses of their strategy while taking the measure of the market at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday during the first full day of the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual spring event.
Dealmakers by the thousands dashed through the cavernous halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday during the first full day of RECon, the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual spring event. ICSC expects more than 35,000 real estate professionals from around the globe to attend before the convention concludes on Wednesday.
More than 35,000 real estate professionals are expected at RECon's annual spring event in Las Vegas.
A sampling of opinions from attendees on Monday indicated a mood that was at least as positive as at the 2014 edition of RECon. "The vibe to me is that it feels even busier," said Mark Garside, who was recently promoted to CFO of EDENS after serving for 10 years as the Columbia, S.C.-based company's managing director & head of capital markets.
Some executives also sensed a new tone of commitment from attendees. In 2014, some participants appeared to be interested primarily in listening and learning, recalled Rick Chichester, CEO of Faris Lee Investments. In 2015, the mission is changing from education to action. "There's a lot of definition on display in today's conversations," Chichester said.
Leading industry owner/investors also paused from dealmaking to offer glimpses of their strategy while taking the measure of the market. "Most of the new development you're hearing about is the grocery-anchored stuff" ranging in size from 200,000 to 250,000 square feet, said Matt Lougee, senior vice president of finance for DDR. Like several other leading retail REITs, the Beachwood, Ohio-based REIT has departed from the Las Vegas Convention Center and holds its meetings at a Las Vegas resort—in DDR's case, the Bellagio.
DDR is continuing its transition to a power-center specialist and expects to be a net seller this year, Lougee explained. DDR has sold some 500 properties since the recession and would like to dispose of about 75 more in its current portfolio. The buy side is proving somewhat more challenging than the sell side; the inventory of available power centers is smaller than might be expected, Lougee reported. Moreover, "We miss out on a lot of deals because we're not willing to pay a 5-cap," he said.
Some companies will be testing the waters at the first RECon since the completion of a watershed event. EDENS wrapped its $825 million acquisition of AmREIT Inc. only three months ago. The deal expands the firm's footprint to Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. As it completes the integration of AmREIT, EDENS also plans to focus on investing in its existing portfolio. "There's opportunity in our existing portfolio to redevelop our assets," explained Garside.
Some veteran executives took the occasion to raise concerns about proposed policy changes that they contend could stifle growth. Joe Cosenza, vice chairman of the Inland Real Estate Group Inc., pointed to a proposal by the Obama Administration to eliminate 1031 exchanges as a way to raise revenue. Such a step, he noted, would affect homeowners, small private investors and REITs alike.
"This is completely opposed to what Congress enacted in 1921," Cosenza noted. Eliminating the option to defer taxes on profits from sales would discourage investment and hurt the economy, he argued, pointing to a recent study by Ernst & Young that estimates an $8.3 billion reduction in gross domestic product would result from eliminating 1031 exchanges.


Today was a good day. Three really nice things happened, and I'll go backwards in the order of their appearance.
Tonight I went to Kent State's Trumbull County campus, a satellite of the main campus which is actually in Kent, Ohio. The Trumbull campus is a place where a lot of students in this region get a start, and tends to function, in its own way, hovering somewhere between community college and full-on university. I began my own undergraduate studies there back in 1993, staying for a year before moving on to Youngstown State University. It's a place where small town-y people like myself go for a variety of reasons: tied to the region out of inability to access resources to take them to a different university, tied to a marriage or children or a job they can't afford to leave or don't want to leave. I was the sort of kid who had grown up in so small a rural community that my graduating class was around 50 people. The prospect of going far away to school was really frightening to me, but aside from that I didn't really have a lot of people around me that could help me figure out how to get funding to go away in the first place. So I started my education beyond high school at this little campus. This afternoon I went back to meet students in classes who have been reading my first novel, set of course in and around their own home places, and to give a reading. It felt like a bit of a homecoming (as Youngstown, which I write about as a setting often, is sometimes mistakenly thought of as the place where I grew up–it's not, it's where I came to eventually complete college, and is my second home, really; Ami, Japan being my third after that), and I saw people I hadn't expected to ever see again (an old schoolmate from kindergarten through senior year's mother) and people who knew me when I was a child, though my recollection of them, like a child's, was a bit fuzzy. I love this sort of thing.
Secondly, I was asked by The James Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio to come this summer, the day after my birthday in July, to participate in a reading by New Voices in Ohio for their literary summer picnic series. I've added it to my list of appearances on the site, and am incredibly excited to go and do this, even though it's months away.
Indeed, I don't know if people who have grown up in the post-Cold War years have a stronger literary advocate than Christopher Barzak. Half of this is that Barzak gets it: it's not that Barzak's young characters are apathetic, it's that they desire to feel strongly and truly in a time when all existing cultural systems of thought and action have been revealed as simplistic, confining, and false. Too often cultural traditions seem at war with a desire for self-awareness and self-expression, sharing and intimacy. Magic and the supernatural in Barzak's writing become a way of articulating the disconnect between what characters are told of the world and their own intuition of its possibilities. So many of Barzak's characters are ghosts because they are unable to instantiate themselves, unable to find anyone able to listen to what they need to say. So many of his characters are able to speak only through impulse decisions and actions that break with norms and traditions—his characters reflect a sense that the only choices that are truly ours, are our impulses: to fall in love, to leave, to remain; a lover, a nation, a life.
And there's plenty more lovely review writing where that came from, courtesy of one Matt Denault, who has provided a really amazing perspective on some of the aspects of my novel. Stuff like this, too, I love. It's one of the things about writing that makes it hit all the right spots for me. Sending out messages in a bottle, getting messages back in return.
I'd say I wish every day could be as nice and good a day as today was, but then, if that were so, I'm sure days like today wouldn't feel at all special.
Recently, while communicating with friends and acquaintances on Facebook and MySpace, I've been reading the user status posts, and also the information sections where people describe themselves, and have been coming across self-descriptions in which people state that they are happy and live life to the fullest. It's an interesting statement to make, and I'm glad to see so many people who are happy with their lives, but I sometimes wonder what living life to the fullest looks like to other people.
So that is my question, if you'll be so kind to indulge me. What is a full life for you?
Specificity is what I'm hoping for here.
This Saturday will be one big party downtown. Why? Because I'm throwing a party for the release of my new book, which comes out tomorrow, The Love We Share Without Knowing. There will be food (cross-cultural selections, since the book is set in Japan) and drink (wine and sake), and art (from the Artists of the Mahoning Commons), and though last year we also had music, this year we will be directing you down to the Cedars Lounge, where my favorite local band, The Zou, will be celebrating the release of their first CD, Archeopteryx. Together, it will be a celebration of the local talent that inhabits this little Rust Belt city.
The Love We Share Without Knowing Release Party will be held at the Oakland Center for the Arts, on Boardman Street downtown, from 7-10 PM. Come drink, be merry, listen to me read a section of the novel. Then head down two blocks to Cedars for the Zou's New CD Release Party from 10 to 2 PM (23 N. Hazel).
It's going to be a fun evening. I hope to see you out.
My Japanese mom sent this picture to me today. Apparently the new book has arrived at her doorstep earlier than it has here. I love seeing this photo of the book, in Japan now, where I wrote it.
It seems like ages since I gave a writing (or publishing?) report, but here it is. In August my short story "The 24 Hour Brother" will appear in the new issue of Bantam Spectra Pulse. At the end of November, my second novel, The Love We Share Without Knowing will be released by Bantam Books (very excited, very anxious, very everything, as usual, about the release of a new book). In December, a short story called "A Thousand Tails" (also a section of the second novel) will appear in Firebirds Soaring, a YA anthology edited by Sharyn November. And today, I found out that my novelette "The Ghost Hunter's Beautiful Daughter" (set in Warren, Ohio, for local readers) will appear in the October/November 2009 issue of Asimov's. This is the first time I've sold a short story to Asimov's, and I'm really happy and excited to see a story of mine appear there.
More later as it happens.
1. It is beautiful outside today. I am going to spend most of the rest of the day out in it after writing this.
2. My kittens are adorable. Seriously, no one has better ones. They're sitting in the window watching birds together at the moment. Last night, after a serious catnip binge, they chased each other around in circles in the kitchen, sliding on the floor like little kids in socks. It doesn't get better than that.
4. Netflix has the most awesome shows you can watch online without actually having to have the discs delivered. I watched Heroes this way last season when I didn't feel like being tied down to a weekly day and time. Now I'm watching Weeds. Did anyone see this show? It's got some good writing and some bad writing going on it, but it's captured me. I love the intro song to the show. And the crazy characters.
5. It's summer. Screw working for a while. I just got done working! I am totally going to go do some summery things and let myself relax a little.
6. I have strawberries growing in my side garden. I love having a side garden, as well as three back gardens. Now I just have to get them all into shape and maybe get a nice stone table (I would so love it to be stone) to sit at out there in the shade and eat at for the next three months. Outside is sounding more and more appealing to me.
It's been brought to my attention that my novel One for Sorrow has made it onto the list of finalists for Best First Novel in the Locus Awards this year (thanks Rick and John!). Very excited, of course, especially to be named among that list of other first-time novelists. Congratulations to everyone in all the categories.
Voting in this year's Locus Poll and Survey has closed. Winners will be announced in June at the Locus Awards Ceremony in Seattle, June 21st.
Here are the finalists — the top five ranking items — in each category, listed here alphabetically by title, then by nominee.
A broken-down, deserted house also figures in "It's A Wonderful Life," you might remember.
What's wrong with Northeast Ohio? Why can't we seem to catch up to the changing world?
A lot of it is old-school mindset that even young people who grow up here have, including me. There are all these echoes that you pick up when you grow up here, and you begin to believe certain stereotypes about yourself; and I've said many times that we have an inferiority complex. I look at it and it's basically an insult to myself. I'm sure I could have made a life somewhere else, so have I settled for second rate? And that's not true. I have a 4-minute commute, I have a house I could never afford in other markets, and I have things that I would struggle to get in other places. Plus, our thrift stores here rule.


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We went to TGIFridays tonight after church for a birthday dinner for me with our friends. We happened to have two servers because we caught one on the tail end of their shift. When each of the servers was informed on separate occasions that the get-together was for my birthday, they asked how old I was. They were both startled when I said "31".
A few months ago I encouraged a jr higher to keep playing guitar, because after all, I didn't start learning until I was 19. He was horrified to find out that I was older than 19.
When we were in California for Thanksgiving, we went to a restaurant with my family. Without asking, the hostess gave my sister a kid's menu.
It will be interesting to see how many more years Beth and I can keep surprising people. What will people think when I turn 40? It's not that far away.


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Issue #46 (August 2018)
DASHing toward lower blood pressure
There are lots of diets out there that can lower blood pressure. This network meta-analysis looked at which ones work best.
Study under review: Comparative effects of different dietary approaches on blood pressure in hypertensive and pre-hypertensive patients: A systematic review and network metaanalysis
Over one billion[1] adults suffer from high blood pressure, or hypertension, worldwide. It affects one in four men and one in five women. Heart disease is the number one[2] cause of death in the world, and hypertension is one of its leading risk factors[3]. The global direct medical costs[4] of hypertension are estimated at $370 billion per year, while savings from effective management of blood pressure are projected at about $100 billion per year.
Current management and treatment for hypertension commonly involves medication, supplements, and/or lifestyle changes. The average reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure for antihypertensive drugs, supplements, diets, and exercise have been reported[5] to be 9/5 mmHg, 4/2 mmHg, 6/4 mmHg, and 5/3 mmHg, respectively. While drugs are generally the most effective way to reduce blood pressure, adherence can be surprisingly low, reported at 18.8% of participants in one study[6].
On the other hand, dietary approaches to reduce blood pressure (BP) are effective and have reported adherence levels of up to 95%[7]. But, which dietary approach is best? Unfortunately, guidelines sometimes emphasize different aspects of diet, and are occasionally inconsistent with one another. For instance, the American Heart Association's guidelines[8] suggest that hypertensive and prehypertensive people should consume less alcohol and sodium and more fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products. The European Society of Hypertension and European Society of Cardiology[9] guidelines, on the other hand, includes extra emphasis on reductions in saturated fat and cholesterol, accompanied by increases in fiber and plant protein.
These inconsistencies become all the more obvious when considering all the different dietary approaches that exist in the context of blood pressure reduction. To list a few, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet[10], the Mediterranean diet[11], and a simple low-sodium diet all have evidence suggesting they have some impact on BP. Are all of these equally effective? The study under review sought to answer this question by performing a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing anti-hypertensive diets.
The prevalence of hypertension is high and increasing, impacting global mortality and health costs. A variety of diets are recommended for and have demonstrated efficiency at lowering blood pressure. The study under review was designed to compare these diets, so as to establish a clinically meaningful hierarchy of antihypertensive dietary patterns.
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NERD Mini: Exercise recommendations for people with different cardiovascular disease risk factors
There's little question that exercise is generally useful for reducing the risk of CVD. But do different risk factors require different doses and forms of exercise? We summarize some experts' consensus statements on the matter here.
NERD Mini: Expert consensus statements on multivitamin and multimineral supplement use
Nutritional experts came to a consensus on nine statements about multivitamin and multimineral supplement use. Take a peek at what they came up with.
Does overeating on a keto diet help build muscle?
There's been quite a bit of research on keto dieting's effect on some disease states, but relatively little on its effect on body composition in strength training, especially when the diet's hypercaloric. This research aimed to fill the gap.
Are diet drinks really a sweet deal?
Diet drinks using low-energy sweeteners are supposed to help with weight loss. But some research has suggested that they could actually stimulate appetite and food intake. This study explores the issue.
Is melatonin useful for more than just sleep?
Do saturated fats fatten up your liver?
Overfeeding can contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but does the type of macronutrient that's consumed also play a role?
Got (chocolate) milk?
Chocolate milk has a lot of things going for it that could make it a great exercise recovery beverage. While lots of small studies have examined whether it works, this is the first meta-analysis to attempt to synthesize the evidence.
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Compliance 'well-situated' to handle increasing ESG scrutiny
Whether your company is several years into measuring environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives or just getting started, compliance departments are uniquely positioned to help.
From: Compliance Week
By Aaron Nicodemus
The Securities and Exchange Commission has made it abundantly clear that it will likely require publicly traded companies to disclose risks associated with climate change and ESG. The agency has launched a number of initiatives and created new positions that telegraph this intention. Companies will have to be careful in how they describe these ESG-related risks, both to avoid lawsuits from disgruntled investors when generic wording or lofty goals don't meet reality and to avoid describing ESG initiatives as more effective than they really are, also known as greenwashing.
How and where do ethics and compliance play into ESG?
"I think there's going to be growing connections between the ESG world and the compliance and ethics world, because I don't think you can do one without the other." - Stuart Altman, EVP and Chief Compliance Officer, ContourGlobal
For one, strong ethics and compliance programs are already deeply involved in governance issues, monitoring risks arising in areas including antitrust, conflicts of interest, anti-corruption, and privacy. By definition, a company that monitors and properly addresses these risks is displaying good corporate governance. The "G" in ESG covers more than these risks, of course, but compliance can also provide expert guidance in managing them.
On social issues, compliance supports an ethical workplace by monitoring supply chain risks for possible links to human trafficking and promoting sustainable and ethical sourcing of goods and services. Whistleblower hotlines provide an appropriate place within the company for workers to report workplace concerns, anonymously if necessary. Compliance also plays a key role in supporting a workplace culture that promotes ethics and integrity in all business interactions.
On environmental initiatives, compliance's role is more muted. Companies might not be asking compliance to take the lead on developing plans to reduce a firm's carbon footprint or convert to renewable energy. But after environmental goals are set, compliance might be asked to play a role in assessing how close a company is to meeting its targets, and perhaps, vet company data for relevance and accuracy.
"I think there's going to be growing connections between the ESG world and the compliance and ethics world, because I don't think you can do one without the other," said Stuart Altman, executive vice president and chief compliance officer at ContourGlobal, during a panel at Compliance Week's 2021 National Conference. ContourGlobal manages and develops wholesale power generation contracts.
"Ultimately, what we're seeing is a coming together of the nonfinancial controls worlds within organizations—compliance and ethics, ESG, HR, and anti-trafficking," said Altman, who was previously global CCO at the Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Compliance clients of advisory firm StoneTurn have a lot of questions about how to handle requests to manage ESG initiatives, according to Valerie Charles, an attorney and StoneTurn partner.
"We're seeing a trend of CCOs getting the responsibility for ESG," Charles said during the panel. "I'm getting mixed reviews. I've had some people say, 'This is so far out of my wheelhouse, to think about the carbon footprint. How do I know about this? Now I've got to get an environmental consulting firm.'"
"Others say this is multidisciplinary. … If they've operationalized their run-of-the-mill compliance program, then this is just one additional piece," she said. Compliance is "well-situated to handle and codify ESG initiatives."
How ESG and compliance work together at FedEx
FedEx Corp. has been setting sustainability goals and measuring its progress for 13 years, said Mitch Jackson, the company's staff vice president of environmental affairs and chief sustainability officer. For the first 12 years, progress was measured in a Global Citizenship Report. This year, the report's title was changed to ESG to better reflect the goals it is monitoring and measuring, Jackson said.
Issued last week, FedEx's 2021 ESG Report noted the company's progress on environmental goals like achieving carbon neutral operations and having 100 percent electric vehicles, both by 2040; social aspirations like nurturing a workplace that is safe, positive, and performance-driven with a workforce that is ethical and diverse; and governance of the risks that are "prioritized based on likely financial impact, probability of occurrence within the next fiscal year, and amount of residual risk remaining to the organization."
"This isn't a marketing document. It shows what we believe and says, 'Here's how we're performing,'" Jackson said. "We have long realized (ESG) is not a nice-to-have—it is an integral part of our business operations and has become a necessary part of disclosure."
At FedEx, Jackson and CCO Justin Ross report up through the general counsel. Much of their work is related, particularly in terms of social and governance issues.
"It's a partnership," Ross said recently, describing the relationship between compliance and ESG at FedEx. "One that is growing."
Compliance is already heavily involved in governance issues, providing training in areas such as code of conduct, anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, and monitoring compliance-related risks. On social issues, compliance is involved in ethics and culture initiatives; manages third-party compliance and reputational risk; and oversees the company's privacy programs. Compliance is also involved in the development of the content of the ESG report, Ross said.
Compliance and sustainability permeate the organization, Ross said, and the priorities of each often overlap.
"Compliance teams are in a good position to push ESG initiatives because of the overlap in goals and initiatives," Ross said. "Because both compliance and ESG impact all areas of the company, compliance teams can help push ESG initiatives in much the same way they push compliance initiatives."
ESG the buzzword of 2021
ESG initiatives are in place at 88 percent of publicly traded companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, according to a NAVEX Global survey of 1,250 management and senior-level executives released earlier this year. But there are wide variations in how far along those plans are. And while the United Kingdom announced last year it will require companies to report the material impact they experience by climate change, American regulators have so far not mandated ESG disclosures or even suggested which metrics companies should measure their ESG performance against.
"Compliance teams are in a good position to push ESG initiatives because of the overlap in goals and initiatives. Because both compliance and ESG impact all areas of the company, compliance teams can help push ESG initiatives in much the same way they push compliance initiatives." - Justin Ross, Chief Compliance Officer, FedEx
As a result, American companies have lagged behind their European counterparts in pursuing ESG initiatives and formal program implementation, according to the NAVEX Global report.
"A lot of companies don't have that connection between compliance and ethics and ESG," said Altman. Some company executives will say to their compliance departments, "Hey, here's where we were marked down on this ESG scorecard or metric. Go fix it for next year."
"Obviously, that's not the ideal approach," Altman said. "I think the ethics piece of compliance is often undersold. Ethics is more than just, 'Don't break the law.' It's how you would want people to behave in their ordinary lives. That includes ESG factors."
Article Link: https://www.complianceweek.com/esg/social-responsibility/compliance-well-situated-to-handle-increasing-esg-scrutiny/30392.article


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Q: how to reference object as string name I need to reference my object as a string  but I am having issues.
ideally I would like this to work ['mystring'].myproperty; but obviously this wont work.
Is there another way besides the options below?
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var mystring = {
myproperty :'test'

}
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var optionA =mystring.myproperty; // works

var optionB = window['mystring'].myproperty; //gives issues

var optionC = eval('mystring').myproperty; //gives issues

var optionD = ['mystring'].myproperty; // wont work

A: If your variables are defined on a global scope, the following works
window[ mystring.myproperty ].data

If you are in a function's scope, things get a lot harder. Easiest way then is to define your objects in a specific namespace on window and retrieve the objects similar to the above code.

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A curfew is in place on the streets of Sheffield, but nobody appears to be paying much attention. It is past 9pm, the designated time when, since August, gangs of under-16s are banned from being out in the city's Page Hall area. A police van trundles past.
"You! How old are you? Time to go home now," says an officer pointing out of the window at a large group of youths clearly in their early teens. The children laugh and scatter into the alleys, before appearing back behind the van further up the one-way road. They resume their play: shouting, smoking, fighting, practising backflips against the walls of houses and kicking the ubiquitous piles of rubbish. Basharat Ali watches wearily from his doorstep. Tonight, the 26-year-old says, is a quiet night.
Their home, he says, has been burgled three times in the past three months. On the first occasion the burglars kicked down his front door at 2am and stole his car keys. The other two times they smashed a back window stealing cash and a laptop. The police are investigating, but it is clear where he feels the blame lies. And he is not alone.
The spectre of the race riots that blighted the North 12 years ago has this week reappeared over the narrow terraced streets of Page Hall, the former estate of 19th-century magnate Mark Firth, one of the kings of this steel city. David Blunkett, a former Labour home secretary and MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, has warned that the antisocial behaviour of the thousands of Roma migrants who have moved here has resulted in "understandable tensions". If the Roma do not change their ways, it is feared, the community could "explode" as Bradford, Oldham and Burnley did in the summer of 2001.
The riots (one night of violence in Bradford left 326 police injured and caused £11 million of damage) left lasting scars. To invoke their memory is a sign of how serious the situation has become. On Thursday, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Sheffield Hallam, warned Roma communities they must avoid "intimidating" locals and be "sensitive to the way life is lived in this country".
But on the streets of Page Hall – the second most deprived part of the city – there are few signs of that. Battle lines are being drawn between the Roma (the city council says 1,500 Roma children live in Sheffield but do not know the exact number of adults) and the locals – predominantly Pakistani families who arrived to work in the mills in the 1950s and have laid down roots among the post-industrial rubble.
The atmosphere is poisonous, a breeding ground for trouble. Roma youths and adults hang around in groups, dozens at a time throughout the day and night. Rumours swirl between them and the Pakistani and white community, with each blaming the other for fuelling drugs, prostitution, and the increase of rubbish. There have been numerous reported fights. One Pakistani shopkeeper's wife had her hand broken in a recent altercation with Roma youths. "It is all over now," her husband says.
After dark on Hinde Street, the centre of the area where the Roma live, a furious Pakistani man runs out of his house screaming at the children who have been pelting his walls with a blue Manchester City football. He grabs the ball, and leads me inside.
A report published last month estimated that there are 200,000 Roma in Britain; in 2011 the Government claimed that "relatively few" had settled here. The Page Hall Roma come from a clutch of four or five towns and villages in eastern Slovakia. They started arriving after Britain opened its borders to EU migrants in 2004, something which Jack Straw, another former Labour home secretary, admitted this week had been a "spectacular mistake".
Whole extended families have moved over, fleeing from the prejudice and hostility to which Europe's estimated 10 million Roma have long been subjected. They are also attracted by Page Hall's cheap rents (£400-£500 a month).
One landlord, who has Roma families in two properties, tells me they are excellent tenants, but says other landlords cram several families into small two-up, two-down terraced homes where "seven or eight children" end up sleeping on the carpet.
The Roma say they are proud to live in England and want to work, an opportunity denied in Slovakia. It is an attitude not shared by all. Throughout the day, hordes of young Roma men pack out the gambling machines at a nearby betting shop. Others simply walk the streets, content to pick up benefits to which nationals from EU countries are entitled.
Those that are working, though, feel they are being victimised for their race. Last month's case of the blonde-haired Maria – where a Greek Roma couple were charged with child abduction – has not helped.
This week, one chip shop owner, Colin Barton, told me that a Roma man recently tried to sell him a baby over the counter for £250. The police have interviewed him twice, but found no evidence to support the claim.
Barton is one of the few white faces I came across in the area. Others stare into pint glasses at the nearby Firth Park Working Men's Club. Here too, the community feels polarised; the language incendiary. "There is going to be a battle eventually," warns Pete, a 50-year-old construction worker.
Some £55,000 of taxpayers' money has been invested in the Pakistan Community Advice Centre to help new arrivals settle. It also helps train Roma volunteers to become teaching assistants and organises Roma-led community evening patrols. In August, South Yorkshire Police introduced the dispersal order ban to large groups congregating and prevent antisocial behaviour. Residents say it is ineffective, but yesterday it was extended until February.
But Migration Yorkshire, which coordinates EU Roma inclusion, says Sheffield is actually one of the best examples of integration at work; out of the estimated 25,451 Roma spread through Yorkshire (the third largest number behind the North West and London). Residents, however, still feel the authorities have got their head in the sand.
As I walked the rubbish-strewn streets with one council cabinet member – where every hole dug up for roadworks has been turned into a mini-landfill site – he suggested that the litter levels were as a result of it being a windy day. At that moment, two young Roma children were kicking a cardboard box to pieces directly in front of us.
In reality, the council says there is not much it can do without better national direction and acceptance of the problems, particularly with Britain's borders opening up to Bulgaria and Romania next year.
But for those who live in Page Hall, the community feels at breaking point. "When it goes off, it will be like an atom bomb here," a shopkeeper warns as he picks up a broken glass bottle from the street.
A group of Roma youths swagger past. Nobody looks anybody in the eye.


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As you all may know, Governor Abbot has declared a state of disaster in all 254 counties in the State of Texas in response to the threat and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 49th District Court, Webb and Zapata counties, along with all other courts in Webb County have recently passed the Webb County Emergency Orders Regarding Covid-19 State of Disaster which gives directives and guidance during this time. In addition, the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals have recently issued orders and amended Emergency Orders Regarding the Covid-19 State of Disaster. Our orders in Webb and Zapata Counties aim to comply with the said orders. Therefore, in an effort to do just that we will not be conducting proceedings in person that will be contrary to local, state, or national directives (whichever is more restrictive) regarding maximum group size allowed in one location.
Please note that our emergency order addresses all matters, or gives guidance, moving forward. The public should click on the order above for all of the detailed information in the emergency order. The following highlights a few of the changes included in the order:
1.	Jury Trials for the month of May and June 2020 have been cancelled and litigants must contact the courts for further instructions.
2.	The in person court appearances will be limited in accordance with the orders.
3.	Attorneys and litigants can contact the court coordinator to provide further instruction on hearings taking place (49th State District Courts Rules for Remote Hearings)
5.	Emergency COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Webb County Judiciary
We want to thank for your cooperation during this global pandemic. Please keep in mind that all of us have a responsibility to our families, community members, colleagues, coworkers, and all litigants to do our part in adhering to the experts recommendations , during this time, in order to keep everyone as risk free as possible.


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Islands share many common attractions including natural resources, coral reefs, fishes, mangroves, coastal vegetation, and beautiful white sandy beaches with clear blue waters. Lives on the islands are normally peaceful and harmonious. However, some islands are well-developed while others remain relatively undeveloped. The common pertinent questions asked with regard to islands are: How do we maintain and protect islands' ocean resources? What will happen to the resources in undeveloped islands? What are the threats that affect undeveloped islands? And, more importantly, how can the government transform these undeveloped islands and their populations?
Challenges such as climate change (Richardson et al. 2009), high levels of environmental degradation (UNEP 2009), peak oil consumption (Kerr 2007), decline of water quality (Spait, 2001), and limitation in energy sources (Ooi & Chew, 2012) have a strong impact on these islands and make them unsustainable. Therefore, the ability to change to new arrangements when the current state is no longer viable (Gass 2010; Brookfield 2012) are needed to protect such islands and their communities. Transformation in communities is seen in the way society and culture change in response to such factors as economic growth and development, industrialization, modernization, andwar or political upheavals (Polanyi, 1944). The transformation of an island is often the result of its dependence on tourism that brings about cultural, social, economic and political changes, and it affects its ethnic and historical identity and geography (Currin, 1999).
An example on the impact of transformation of an island and its communities is Pulau Banggi, Sabah. The coastal communities of Pulau Banggi are economically underdeveloped, and they are overly dependent on the island's reef fisheries for livelihood. Population growth, international market demand, and the arrival of illegal fishing vessels have combined to increase pressure on reef fishery resources, leading to perceived declines in catch rates over the past 20 years.
Energy source was another concern at Pulau Banggi. Limitations in energy sources and overdependence on fossil fuels have impeded development. The introduction of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) activities is possibly the best solution for Pulau Banggi and its communities. Through the OTEC Solution, Pulau Banggi may experience a great transformation that could have major implications, particularly for the economic, social and environmental development of the island.
According to Chan (2014), OTEC implementation may herald economic and social development of the coastal and rural areas of Sabah. With the supply of reliable and cheaper source of electricity, the quality of life and wealth of the local communities will be enhanced. It also enhances fishermen's livelihood along the island coastal area. It is postulated that OTEC may bring more business opportunities in the coastal and rural areas of Sabah, especially in the diversification of tourism products and services undertaken through community tourism. The transfer of skills and knowledge to the local community is envisaged in multiple areas, leading to better quality products and services. The implementation of OTEC offers more avenues for research and innovation in various product developments in various fields, such as marine and coastal aquaculture, agriculture, tourism products, tourism leisure and recreation activities, water quality and skin care products. More importantly, the implementation of OTEC brings an alternative reliable and cheaper source of electricity to the coastal areas of Sabah.
OTEC will likely support the region in terms of job creation; lower oil dependency; improvements in the efficiency of technologies; promotion of self-sustaining industries and greater employment opportunities; boosting of leisure, recreation and tourism activities; improvements in the transportation of goods, services and people; provision of a viable source of renewable energy; sustenance of biodiversity and waste disposal systems; and a natural sea defence. It would also promote research and education resources and help preserve the geographic heritage.
It is important to note that the Federal Government of Malaysia and the Sabah state government are embarking on aggressive policies to promote large-scale use of renewable or green energy, and there is strong consensus that Malaysia is looking at OTEC as a primary source of oceanbased renewable energy (Yaakob 2013).
1. Brookfield, S. D. (2012). Critical theory and transformative learning. Pages 131-146 in E. W. Taylor and P. Cranton, editors. The handbook of transformative learning: theory, research and practice. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, USA.
3. Gass, R. (2010). What is transformational change? Pages 12-14 in R. Gass, editor. Framing deep change: essays on transformative social change. Center for Transformative Change, Berkeley, California, USA.
5. Lian, J. C. K., (2014). Social Transformation Of Undeveloped Coastal And Island Communities With OTEC Solution. Unpublished presentation to UTM Ocean Thermal Energy Centre. Ground floor, Block Q, UTM KL.
6. NEW STRAITS TIMES, (2012). [Online], Available at: <http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/sabah-to- boost-productionof-green-energy-1.146813>[Accessed 19 October 2012].
8. Polanyi, K., (1944). The Great Transformation. Boston: Beacon Press. 1957: The Economy as an Instituted Process. In: Karl Polanyi/Conrad M. Arensberg/Harry W. Pearson (eds.), Trade and Market in the Early Empires. New York: Free Press, 243–270.


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z/OS ist ein Betriebssystem für IBM-Großrechner, das seit 2001 vertrieben wird. Seine Wurzeln reichen bis in die 1950er Jahre zurück. Erst die dritte Generation der damaligen IBM-Großrechnerbetriebssysteme aus den 1960er Jahren konnte sowohl für wissenschaftliche als auch für geschäftliche Zwecke eingesetzt werden und wurde ob ihrer vielseitigen Verwendbarkeit in Assoziation zu den 360 Grad der Kompassrose OS/360 genannt.

Eigenschaften
S/360, S/370, ESA/390 etc. waren eigentlich eher die Hardware-Komponenten, auf denen verschiedene Betriebssysteme (u. a. MVT, MVS, MVS/ESA, OS/390 und VM) laufen konnten. Die wichtigsten Entwicklungsstationen im Bereich der Software waren die Einführung von MVS in den 1970er Jahren (24 Bit) und MVS/XA in den 1980er Jahren (31 Bit – das 32. Bit wurde für die Abwärtskompatibilität verwendet) sowie der Nachfolger OS/390. Etwa um die Jahrtausendwende wurde mit z/OS die 64-Bit-Architektur eingeführt. Als jüngste Generation einer über 40-jährigen Entwicklungsgeschichte nimmt z/OS noch heute eine dominante Position unter den Großrechnerbetriebssystemen ein.

Im Parallel Sysplex Verbund, einem nahe gekoppeltem Cluster aus IBM-Großrechnern, übertrifft z/OS noch die für die Vorgänger-Generation OS/390 angegebene Verfügbarkeitsrate von 99,999 % (sog. five-nines, was einer Downtime von fünf Minuten pro Jahr entspricht): Das z im Namen steht für zero downtime. Nach Definition von IBM ist eine Downtime immer eine nicht-geplante Betriebsunterbrechung.

Skalierbarkeit
Das Betriebssystem unterstützt die Skalierbarkeit eines Großrechners mit bis zu 640 64-Bit-IBM-Prozessoren und so gut wie alle höheren Programmiersprachen. Verschiedene Subsysteme ermöglichen den gleichzeitigen Betrieb im Dialog und im Batch (Stapelverarbeitung). Durch das integrierte z/OS UNIX (Komponente z/OS Unix System Services), wird der Anschluss an die Unix-Welt und die Open-Systems-Welt gewährleistet. (z/OS UNIX ist nicht zu verwechseln mit zLinux. zLinux kann unabhängig von z/OS als eigenständiges Betriebssystem auf IBM Z Hardware installiert werden.)

Die Verbindung zu anderen Rechnern oder zum Internet erfolgt sowohl über proprietäre Protokolle als auch über TCP/IP. Umfangreiche Kryptographiefunktionalität mit Unterstützung nicht nur für Standards wie TLS, SET, VPNs, und Hardwareisolation erlauben die Erstellung sicherer Anwendungssysteme.

Das Zusammenspiel von z/OS mit der System-z-Hardware ist optimiert für sehr hohes I/O-Aufkommen (siehe Eingaben und Ausgaben, Transaktionen) bei sehr vielen Nutzern und unter größtmöglicher Sicherheit (Datenintegrität, Zugriffsschutz).

Komponenten bzw. Standardsoftware, die unter z/OS häufig eingesetzt wird

 System zur Eingabe von Programmaufrufen und zur Ablaufsteuerung
 JES (Job Entry Subsystem) zur Ausführung von JCL-Skripten
 JCL (Job Control Language), eine Steuersprache für Stapelverarbeitungen
 OPC (Operation Planning and Control), ein Werkzeug für die Jobablaufsteuerung

 Zugriffskontrolle
 RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) für Authentifizierung, Autorisierung und Auditing
 Alternative: ACF2

 Datenbanken und Transaktionsmonitore
 CICS (Customer Information Control System), ein Transaktionssystem
 DB2, ein relationales Datenbanksystem
 IMS (Information Management System), ein Informationssystem, das unter anderem einen Transaktionsmonitor (IMS/DC) enthält

 Interaktiver Zugang mit Kommandozeilen- bzw. Menüzugriffen
 TSO (Time-Sharing Option), ein interaktiver Kommandozeileninterpreter
 ISPF (Interactive System Productivity Facility), eine menügesteuerte Benutzerschnittstelle zur Nutzung unter TSO
 UNIX shell via SSH (oder auch telnet, rlogin). Mit sh, tcsh oder bash stehen verschiedene UNIX shells zur Verfügung.

 Weitere Komponenten
 WLM (Workload Manager) und SRM (Systems Resource Manager) für die Verwaltung von Betriebsmitteln
 RMF (Resource Measurement Facility) und SMF (System Management Facility) für die Sammlung und Auswertung von Betriebsdaten
 SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended) für die Installation und Wartung des Betriebssystems und der Komponenten

 Spezielle Hardware
 Assist Processors, Spezialprozessoren für die Ausführung von Teilaufgaben (z. B. Java VM)

Literatur
 Mike Ebbers, Bill O'Brien, Bill Ogden: Introduction to the New Mainframe. z/OS Basics. IBM, International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie NY 2006, ISBN 0-7384-9597-2, (IBM redbooks, SG 24-6366-00).
 Wolfram Greis: Die IBM Mainframe Architektur. Open Source Press, München 2005, ISBN 3-937514-05-8, (Eine praxisorientierte und kompakte Einführung).
 Paul Herrmann, Wilhelm Gustav Spruth: Einführung in z/OS und OS/390. Web-Services und Internet-Anwendungen für Mainframes. 3. Auflage, Oldenbourg, München 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70428-0.
 Michael Teuffel, Robert Vaupel: Das Betriebssystem z/OS und die zSeries, Oldenbourg Verlag, München 2004, ISBN 3-486-27528-3.

Weblinks
 Offizielle z/OS Homepage
 z/OS basic skills information center
 IBM Library Server z/OS

Großrechner-Betriebssystem (IBM)
Proprietäre Software


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Football | August 9, 2015
Wenger rues Emirates 'accident'
Arsene Wenger has described Arsenal's 2-0 loss to West Ham on the opening day of the season as "an accident", and expects an instant response from his crestfallen side.
The Gunners entered Sunday's Emirates Stadium encounter as heavy favourites for the win, but goals in either half from Cheikhou Kouyate and Mauro Zarate saw the Hammers take all three points back with them across London.
This, despite Wenger's men enjoying the lion's share of possession, as well as peppering Adrian's area with 22 shots over the 90 minutes.
"We will respond to that accident," said the Frenchman in the aftermath of their defeat.
"The players were maybe too nervous and put too much pressure on themselves. Today we have been hurt mentally and it is a good opportunity to respond."
He added: "We were not convincing offensively or defensively. I knew it could be a tricky game, if you can't win the game, make sure you don't lose it."
Home Football Premier League Wenger rues Emirates 'accident'


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Frances Green
January 7, 1953 - November 1, 2017
Frances Oakley Green, 64, passed away Wednesday, November 01, 2017, at her home. She was a proud native of Booneville, born to Henrietta Yates and L.H. "Tate" Oakley on January 7, 1953. She was a member of her beloved Booneville High School Class of 1970, and was a proud graduate of Mississippi State University where she received both her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Education. The majority of her career was spent as an Administrator at Baptist Memorial Hospital and as an Educator in the Booneville School District. She was member and past president of the Booneville Junior Auxiliary, the Booneville Women's Club, and an active member of the Jumpertown United Methodist Church. Frances had a love for life, her friends, and most importantly, her family. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, J. F. "Bud" Green; her daughters, Emily Green Pollard (Charles) of Booneville, Rose Anne Green Parker (Eddie) of Collierville, TN,son, Tommy Green of Tupelo; four grandchildren, Harper Pollard, Mary Dalton Parker, Caroline Parker and Anne Thomas Green: two sisters, Charlotte Oakley Whitehead (Ron) and Shirley Oakley Cole (Phillip) both of Booneville; and a host of special nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be Friday, November 3, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jason Franklin and Bro. M. J. Pope officiating. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5:00 till 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Jumpertown Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Danny Jumper, Kent Geno, Berry Moore, Donald Harris, Steve Mac Nabors, Joseph Hankins, and Sammy Green. Honorary pallbearers will be her "Root Friends". Memorials can be made to Jumpertown United Methodist Church, Jumpertown Cemetery, or any charity of your choice. Condolences may be extended to the family at boonevillefuneralhome.net.
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