There have been various studies and speculation abounding regarding the relationship between the autism spectrum and the schizophrenia spectrum. That is not surprising because there are some similarities in behaviours between the two. Both conditions feature such things as social withdrawal, difficulty with empathy and difficulty with reading verbal and non-verbal cues.
What happens if both conditions collide and exist together within a person?
This is an area that is not often explored. It is almost as if the population of people who have both an autism spectrum diagnosis and a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis do not exist in the minds of most people. However -- such people do exist.
I am one of them. I have Asperger's syndrome, as well as Schizoaffective Disorder.
How can it be, though? I must note that the DSM-IV-TR does note this possibility. Although rare, it does happen.
With this article, I hope to raise greater awareness of people who have both conditions. We do exist and we do have a voice as well.
I knew from a young age that I was different to my peers. I had obsessive interests that my peers did not share, such as Australian horseracing. I would religiously follow the form guides in the newspaper, and I could rattle off the layout of all the metropolitan racetracks around the country, as well as some country ones. I knew when each major race was held, where and their distances and I would spend my spare time reading about the history of horseracing.
I also enjoyed such pursuits as sorting out coins, lining up my toys in neat lines, and I had such a deep and abiding love for a certain actor that I would spend hours watching and practicing his various mannerisms.
To say I was socially awkward would be correct. I didn't understand nonverbal communication and would constantly misread people. I didn't understand how to hold conversations. I didn't understand people, and people didn't understand me. As a result, I was teased and ostracised - which apparently is an unfortunate experience shared by many on the autism spectrum. I tried to make friends, but most of my attempts would end in disappointment.
When I was a teenager, my experiences began to change. Not only was I socially awkward, but I began to develop strange beliefs. One of them involved believing that my mind was like a human radio, broadcasting all my thoughts and secrets to everyone in my vicinity against my will. Whenever this happened, I would see my mind as a sieve, with me endlessly trying to "plug" the "holes" in my mind while my thoughts and secrets leaked away.
I also experienced these voices within my head that felt alien to me, and were beyond my control. They felt like other entities who were living in my head and sometimes they would converse with each other and comment on my actions. I alternated between thinking of them as God conversing with me, as malevolent spirits in my head or as "internal monologue."
As I hit my 20s and began university, I began to experience deep bouts of depression. I had experienced depression as a teenager, but these depressions were deeper and more pervasive. I began to develop suicidal ideation. My depression also made me apathetic and drained of energy, so I would spend great amounts of time in bed. There were periods where I fell behind on my work, and I suffered the indignity of facing exclusion from the university due to poor grades.
These periods were broken by times when I felt fantastic. During these periods, I was more sociable, and I would talk in a rapid-fire manner. I would sleep perhaps three or four hours a night, but I didn't feel the lack of sleep. I was confident, and my mind had many thoughts all fighting for supremacy. Most importantly, I felt very happy. I was highly productive and I felt I was able to accomplish anything.
For most of my 20s, I alternated between those two areas. Eventually, I went to see a doctor, who referred me onto a psychologist who thought I was bipolar. Then I went to a psychiatrist who confirmed the diagnosis of bipolar.
The strange beliefs, however, still remained. There were times when the beliefs would coincide with a mood episode. They would usually occur when I was depressed. The concept that my thoughts were being broadcasted was one reoccurring theme. There was another reoccurring theme where I believed malevolent spirits were monitoring me.
I began to see a new psychiatrist and found myself developing more bizarre ideas. One time I developed the belief that there were hidden messages written specifically for me in print articles. Another time I believed my psychiatrist was secretly attempting to kill me with medication, so I stopped taking them. My diagnosis changed from bipolar to schizoaffective disorder-bipolar type, which is when a person has symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder at the same time.
Eventually I stabilised. Meanwhile, my autistic behaviours remained. I had moved onto new obsessions by now, and one of my obsessions at the time was (and still is) guitars. I was able to talk at length about guitar models and guitar makers and would spend long periods reading about guitars. My psychologist began to advocate that I had Asperger's syndrome, but my psychiatrist seemed unwilling to accept that premise. According to my psychologist, I exhibited all the signs of Asperger's syndrome: I had obsessive beliefs, I had issues with social communication, and I had impaired empathy. While I cared about people, I saw people from an intellectual standpoint, and therefore people were more "objects that spoke to me" rather than "a person with emotions." Emotions were not something I understood very well.
One of the difficulties in getting a clear picture is the similarity of some of the behaviours and thought between autism and schizophrenia. My psychiatrist believed that all my difficulties could be explained by the schizoaffective label. He wasn't entirely convinced that my autistic behaviour was a separate phenomenon to the schizoaffective, while my psychologist thought otherwise.
This continued for two years until my schizoaffective had remitted to the point where it became clear my autistic behaviour was not being caused by it, and I received the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome. I was glad when I heard, because it put two years of limbo to an end. I had spent two years being confused by what I was hearing and I was glad to have finally received a straight answer.
I also felt that the Asperger's diagnosis was correct. During the two years of limbo, I had spent time researching Asperger's and realised I could relate to the literature. I also knew that some of my behaviour, such as social withdrawal, was not caused by a lack of motivation. Instead, it was caused by repeated rejections from my peers. I had wanted friends, which is different than the mechanism for the schizophrenia spectrum where there is a disinterest in having and maintaining friendships due to a general apathy towards life itself.
How does it feel like to live with both Asperger's syndrome and schizoaffective? It can be challenging in some ways, although for the most part I'm lucky that my schizoaffective manifests itself largely as "positive" symptoms. That is, I have delusions and hallucinations, but none of the "negative" symptoms such as lack of motivation or blunted affect. In a nutshell, I experience both conditions separately. My Asperger's affects me in my every day life, while my schizoaffective will rear its ugly head now and again like some monster from the deep.
There are times when both conditions seem to affect each other. Sometimes I will become depressed due to an issue caused by my Asperger's -- for instance, being told I had been socially inappropriate and had hurt someone's feelings. Then the depression will deepen and the psychosis begins, with me going from believing I was a bad person for hurting someone to being an object of God's wrath who deserved to die. While the logic can seem far-fetched, the rigidity of thinking that sometimes accompanies my Asperger's means that I find it hard to think of alternatives when my thinking becomes dark.
In a way, I'm glad to have received both diagnoses because it makes my world make more sense. I finally had an answer as to why I found social interactions so difficult, and I also found the answer regarding my moods and thinking. Also, I discovered that having both conditions didn't necessarily mean my life was over. Looking back, I managed to obtain a degree while I was undiagnosed and unmedicated, despite the challenges of both conditions. I think it's important to note that while conditions can circumscribe your life, they don't prescribe it.


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Dr. Spagnoli completed his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Dentistry and Charity Hospital in 1989. In 1991 Dr. Spagnoli became certified by The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is a past board examiner. Following residency, he entered private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina at University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery which eventually became The Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery. While practicing in Charlotte, Dr. Spagnoli maintained academic affiliations with Louisiana State University and the University of North Carolina. The Charlotte practice became a training site for OMFS residents initially from the UNC, and then and currently from LSU. From 1990-2000 Dr. Spagnoli served as director of Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Training as Carolinas Medical Center.
In 2012 Dr. Spagnoli became the James Peltier Chairman of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the Director of Dental School Hospital affairs at the LSU Health Science Center School of Dentistry. During his time as chair he worked to grow the OMFS department's academic program and faculty, as well as develop new clinic and hospital relationships for the department.
Dr. Spagnoli now brings his years of private practice and academic experience to our new practice in Buncombe County North Carolina. Asheville Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is a practice that embraces the latest technology to enhance the safety and efficacy of care. Our state of the art facility includes an Electronic Medical Record, Comprehensive Anesthesia Monitoring, Cone Beam Cat Scan Imaging, Guided Implant Surgery, High Tech surgical instrumentation, and the equipment and biologicals required for hard and soft tissue regeneration via tissue engineering solutions. Upon visiting our office patients will benefit from diligent and concerned staff attention, and the luxury of our Boyd ultra-leather memory foam exam and surgical chairs.
Dr. Spagnoli is the author of over 30 articles and book chapters. He has served as a section editor of the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal and AAOMS Knowledge Update. In 2005 and 2006, he co-authored two award-winning papers published in the Journal of Periodontology and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery related to Bone grafting and Bone Morphogenetic Protein. Recent articles include "Dental Implants and the Use of rhBMP-2," coauthored with Dr. Bob Marx which appeared in the May 2011 issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, and was reprinted in Dental Clinics of North America the same year. His Chapter authored together with Dr. Christopher Choi on Extraction Socket grafting with BMP was published in the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America in 2013, and his recent book Co edited with Dr. Myron Tucker and Dr. Brian Farrell on Orthognathic surgery was published in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America in 2014. His research, numerous lectures, and continuing education courses are focused on Bone grafting, Dental Implants, Tissue engineering, Reconstructive surgery, Temporomandibular joint surgery, and Preprosthetic surgery.
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San Francisco Litquake 2018 with Gerritsen and Robben
11 October 2018 — 20 October 2018
Esther Gerritsen and Jaap Robben Featured at San Francisco's Litquake Festival Oct 14
Dutch authors Jaap Robben and Esther Gerritsen will be featured at San Francisco's Literary Festival Litquake, where Gerritsen will engage in a conversation on her book "Craving" with American writer Alice Sebold, and Robben will be featured in a panel on the family dynamics in his book "You Have Me To Love."
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Sunday, October 14 • 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Dutch author and screenwriter Esther Gerritsen makes her first appearance at Litquake to discuss the recent novel Craving, a sparse and lucid story of a woman who moves in with her dying mother, a venture that quickly sends both parties spiraling out of control. In conversation with Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones.
About Esther Gerritsen
Esther Gerritsen (1972) is a Dutch novelist, columnist, and scriptwriter. She made her literary debut in 2000. She is one of the most established, widely read, and highly praised authors in the Netherlands. Gerritsen had the honor of writing the Dutch Book Week gift in 2016, which had a print run of 700,000 copies. In 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize for her oeuvre. Her novel "Craving" was shortlisted for the Vondel Prize, and has recently been made into a Dutch film under its original title Dorst.
Sunday, October 14 • 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Family is what we know best, but it's not always comfortable. This universal theme can also yield stories of horrific crime, institutionalized children, and accidental death. Authors Emer Martin, Kagiso Lesego Molope, and Jaap Robben discuss family dynamics of their recent books set in Ireland, South Africa, and an unnamed island somewhere between Scotland and Norway.
About Jaap Robben
Jaap Robben (1984) is a poet, playwright, performer and acclaimed children's author. "You Have Me to Love," his first novel for adults, has received international glowing reviews and is the winner of the 2014 Dutch Booksellers Award, the Dioraphte Prize, and the ANV Award for best Dutch debut. To date, the novel has sold over 50,000 copies in the Netherlands and is available in ten languages. "You Have Me to Love" is currently being adapted into an English-language film.
Find more information and tour dates on Esther Gerritsen and Jaap Robben in our "World Editions" blog here.
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Four decades later besides our robust warehouse and online donations program, we are proud of the work of our Education Center that develops programming for teachers, students, and the general public emphasizing the value of incorporating Creative REuse into their lives while contributing to a healthier planet. Last year alone we served 20,877 students, 4,811 school staff, and 5,583 members of the public through our education programs.
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Today's complex and challenging health care environment requires that physicians and practices pay particularly close attention to an ever-evolving compilation of regulatory and compliance issues and regulations. The practice of medicine has changed dramatically over the past few years and that trend is not likely to stop - or even slow - in the coming years. BSM consultants and colleagues have developed a number of tools and resources that can help you stay abreast of the continuing change occurring in the regulatory and compliance world. All tools and resources in this section are included with your annual membership to BSM Connection®.
The PowerPoint presentations in this section are designed to provide interactive HIPAA and OSHA training for all staff. These can also be found in the Staff Training section with resources to help train your staff on various other topics.
OSHA and Bloodborne Pathogens Training for the Medical Office: This "Jeopardy" type PowerPoint game is designed to help facilitate a fun and engaging training session, and reinforce principles learned in the "OSHA and Bloodborne Pathogens Training for the Medical Office" distance learning course on BSM Connection®.
A Guide to HIPAA and Patient Confidentiality: This "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" type PowerPoint game is designed to help facilitate a fun and engaging training session, and reinforce the principles learned in the "A Guide to HIPAA and Patient Confidentiality" distance learning course on BSM Connection®.
Stay informed of recent changes in law and new government regulations in the areas of human resources, HIPAA, compliance, tax, Medicare and Medicaid, Federal Trade Commission, and others. The Federal Government passes new legislation on a regular basis that impacts the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. In order to help practices stay abreast of changes that have taken place, BSM publishes highlights of recent activity that could affect your business. For additional information on issues specific to your practice, we recommend you consult with qualified legal and tax advisors.


(AP) LAGOS, Nigeria - A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday morning on a busy road after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people in a massive blast that rattled a city long at the center of religious, ethnic and political violence in the nation.
While no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on a radical Islamist sect blamed for hundreds of killings in the oil-rich nation this year alone. And some fear the attack could further inflame tensions around Kaduna, a region on the dividing line between Nigeria's largely Christian south and Muslim north.
At least 38 people were killed in the blast, said Abubakar Zakari Adamu, a spokesman for the Kaduna state Emergency Management Agency. Others suffered serious injuries and were receiving treatment at local hospitals, Adamu said.
A witness, Augustine Vincent, said he was riding a motorcycle just behind the car when it exploded.
"God saw our heart and saved us," he said.
Churches have been increasingly targeted by violence on holy days in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people of Christians and Muslims. A Christmas Day suicide bombing of a Catholic church in Madalla near Nigeria's capital killed at least 44 people.
Police and soldiers quickly cordoned off the blast site, though citizens looked on at the flames and damage. Authorities said they had no immediately suspects in the attack, though a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram has claimed similar attacks in the past.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north, is waging an increasingly bloody fight with security agencies and the public. More than 380 people have been killed in violence blamed on the sect this year alone, according to an Associated Press count.
The near-daily attacks by the sect — and Nigeria's weak central government's inability to thwart them despite public promises — has sparked anger and fear about the group's reach. The United Kingdom and the United States had warned its citizens living in the country that violence was likely over the Easter holiday. Nigeria's government dismissed the warning, with local newspapers quoting presidential spokesman Reuben Abati saying: "Easter will be peaceful for all."
Abati did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday. In his Easter speech at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned the ongoing violence in Nigeria. Catholic churches have been targeted in previous attacks.
"To Nigeria, which in recent times has experienced savage terrorist attacks, may the joy of Easter grant the strength needed to take up anew the building of a society which is peaceful and respectful of the religious freedom of its citizens," he said.
Britain's Africa Minister Henry Bellingham condemned the attack, calling it a "horrific act."
Meanwhile, authorities said an explosion struck the city of Jos in neighboring Plateau state on Sunday night, another city where religious and ethnic violence has killed hundreds in past years. Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said there were some injuries in the blast, but had no other details. State police commissioner Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni said the cause of blast was still being investigated.


Draw and color North America according to simple directions, such as, "Color the USA green." Or go to the answers.
Take a quiz on the map of North America. Or go to the answers.
A political outline map of North America to print (country lines marked).
Basic information on the geography of Canada.
Answer questions about the map of Canada.
An outline map of the Dominican Republic to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
The Great Lakes are five huge, connected lakes located between Canada and the USA. The lakes are (from biggest to smallest) Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. These lakes were formed by glaciers during the last Ice Age.
An outline map of Greenland to print.
An outline map of Guatemala to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
An outline map of Haiti to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
An outline map of Honduras to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
Information on the geography of Mexico.
Label the states of Mexico.
A printable quiz on the major geographic features of Mexico. The student reads a map to answer 10 geography questions. Or go to the answers.
An outline map of Mexico to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
An outline map of the states of Mexico to print.
Use a pictorial interface to get Information on Mexico, incuding maps, flag, animals, explorers, fossils, a quiz, and printouts on Mexico.
Label the map of Panama.
An outline map of Panama to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
An outline map of Trinidad and Tobago to print.
Information, maps, printouts, quizzes, etc.
Use a pictorial interface to get information on the USA, including maps, flags, animals, explorers, fossils, a quiz, and printouts on the USA.
Label many maps of the USA.
Label the 50 US states on the map.
A page on each US state listing facts, map and symbols (each one with links to map and flag printouts/quizzes).
An outline map of the United States of America to print. Or go to printable worksheets that require research (using an atlas or other geography reference): a simple map research activity, a medium-level map research activity, or an advanced map research activity.
A page on US rivers with a glossary of river terms.
Color US state flags and answer questions about them.


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Economics Media Library
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Brooklyn 99 — Moneyball
Captain Holt and Lieutenant Jeffords want to streamline the department and improve efficiency across the precinct. Jeffords is concerned that Capt. Holt is getting to greedy and can't make many more improvements, but Capt. Holt believes he's taking a Moneyball approach to the department. The film is his favorite and he finds the statistical analysis beautiful.
While he may be improving efficiency through his new statistical approach, the two should be concerned about diminishing returns. Productivity can increase with revised strategies, but additional productivity may require a significant increase in cost. In order to determine the optimal outcome, the two should focus on marginal analysis.
Moneyball — What's the Problem?
In Greg Mankiw's favorite textbook (and one of the best-selling principles textbooks worldwide), he introduces students to the notion of "thinking like an economist." Across the start of most economics textbooks exists a section about thinking strategically by using the notions of opportunity costs, scarcity, and rationality. Moneyball can be used as a starting point for discussing the assumptions of economic thinking.
In a scene from the movie, Billy Beane is seen in a boardroom full of scouts discussing replacing former players and evaluating potential draft picks. This scene serves as a great opening dialogue to economic issues of scarcity and rationality. While the A's would like to keep Jeremy Giambi, they do not have enough space in their budget to keep him and must let him sign with other teams who are willing and able to pay more for his services. The resounding question that Beane poses to his scouts is a question that can be integrated throughout almost any economics course, "what's the problem?"
Battle of the Sexes — The Press Release
Billie Jean King left the United States Lawn Tennis Association because of the promoter's refusal to compensate the female players the same as the male players. Promoter Jack Kramer (played by Bill Pullman) argues that the men are paid more because they are stronger and faster. His colleague argues it from a reservation wage standpoint, that men needed to be paid more to attract them to the circuit. King (played by Emma Stone) argued that women should be paid equally based on marginal revenue product theory since the women sell the same number of tickets as men.
This same issue has been recently discussed regarding the US men's and women's national soccer teams.


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Distribución geográfica
Habita en la Provincia del Cabo en (Sudáfrica).

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Trilobatus
Coleópteros de Sudáfrica

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Engine & Gear box 1.5 BMC Diesel – was running when put it to the boat but it's not been started for 17yrs so I would recommend removing and sell it for spares .
Boat has never been on the water it come direct from Birchwood in the 1980 when you could purchase Birchwood 22 /25/29/33 Hull & Superstructure and fit out to your own design.
It would make a great boat for someone that has the time to rip out what I have done and start again .


Hello. I'm Dr. Kobad Bugwadia, Owner & Center Director of Mathnasium of Campbell-Los Gatos, your neighborhood math-only learning center. We help kids in grades K-12 understand math by teaching the way that makes sense to them.
At Mathnasium of Campbell-Los Gatos, we specialize in teaching kids math the way that makes sense to them. All Mathnasium students receive one-on-one instruction and a customized learning plan based on the unique needs and goals of each child. We focus on filling in the gaps in your child's mathematical foundations while providing him or her with the help, guidance, and encouragement necessary to tackle what's being taught in school. The results are measurable progress, a renewed sense of confidence, and a positive attitude toward math and learning.
My son really enjoys the math. He always comes out of his math session in a good mood.
I'm thrilled by my son's experience at the Mathnasium in Campbell! When he was little, he had such confidence in his abilities. Numbers danced. He thought Math was fun. Somewhere along the way, that changed and I had started to see not only his grades fall, but worse, his confidence and love of Math. Every time I pick him up from his session at Mathnasium, he gets in the car and says, "Hi Mom, that was fun." I know he means it. His confidence is back and he's grades are already improving.
Great instructors who are friendly and enthusiastic; my son enjoys going.
Since he started attending Mathnasium my sons anxiety has been reduced. He needed more confidence and the team have worked hard to support him. I am really glad that my friend recommended this, the curriculum is excellent and the staff fabulous.
Great coaches and flexibility with weekly schedule!
My daughter enjoys going and loves the teachers. She started being behind year. And now is ahead.
Thank you for making math fun! My two daughters actually ask me if they can go to mathnesium. They're both getting ahead in math and are disappointed when it's not a night they are scheduled. They really benefit from the homework help as well as test preparation. The staff are all patient and kind. I also really appreciate how accommodating Glenda is with scheduling my kids, especially when it's last minute.
I especially like that the staff are always accessible and responsive to my requests to adjust my son's schedules as needed. My sons like the positive learning environment and enthusiastic instructors that are there to assist them. Unlike other tutoring and learning centres, the Mathnasium model does not promote the usless and stressful rote memorization of learning.
Incredibly pleased with our experience so far. The instructors make every session fun and engaging for my easily distracted daughters.
Daughter enjoys attending; Mathnasium staff are always willing to discuss how to get the most out of sessions for my daughter.
My daughter does not like math and did not want to spend extra time on math, but she connected with the staff members and happily worked on her math skills!
Our girls are excited to go to tutoring. They love getting help on their current homework and learning something new every session. They both are doing great in math this year! I also appreciate how we're able to schedule them in so easily. I call and get them in the same day if needed. Very accommodating.
The kids really enjoy coming, thank God. We are very pleased with the teachers, especially Fernan.
Within the short time my son was there he was able to grasp some math concepts better.
We just started so I can't state the math progress, but the Manager is extremely accommodating.
I have already refereed many people to this location.
Well Organized. We Like the low tutor to student ratio. My child likes taking classes here.
Lucas always enjoyed going to Mathnasium.
We are very happy with the instruction and staff!
Mathnasium has brought the love of math back for my son. He had a rough 3rd grade year in math and Mathnasium made all the difference. He loves the instructors, the math and I love the convenience! Thank you so much for making math fun again!!
My 10 year old initially wanted nothing to do with math tutoring. After the first visit he said "That was fun! When do I get to come back?"! The personal instruction is so helpful and I like that he does not move to the next skill , until he masters the one he is working on. Very highly recommend!
Just a great group of tutors!
Our two high schoolers are enjoying Mathnasium in preparation for their Sophomore year. The instructors are engaging, knowledgeable and seem to be helping them with their specific challenges.
I was hesitant at first to have my daughter in another academic program in which she would drag her feet to attend. After the assessment, which she was unsure of at first, but left smiling, we drove home with her beaming about how she can fill out her stamp card and earn cool prizes. I was hopeful with this being a glimmer of interest that she might feel comfortable and happy to be doing more "work". We are 5 weeks into her attending 2, sometimes 3 times a week, and she still loves this program and loves that she feels more confident in her math abilities.
My kids want to go. I asked them if they wish to finish and they said No they chose Mathnasium over other activities as they know they have done better at school because of it. Thank you No more arguments with me not explaining the problem correctly.
My daughter went up a level in her math group and she is improving her quizzes also. We are happy with this place!
Mathnasium of Los Gatos-Campbell is very unique in terms of listening to customer feedback. Working with each child's strength and weakness, they try to achieve a balance of fun and performance throughput. I can say that my child has renewed interest in Math on month by month basis. Thanks!
So far so good. We plan to finish up the summer retention and stay through the school year. The kids like it too!
Mathnasium is an excellent way to combat the summer learning gap! This is our second summer with Mathnasium of Campbell-Los Gatos. I have children that range from primary grades to upper upper middle-school, and their individualized learning plans have them filling gaps from past years as well as being challenged in areas they need to be pushed. You can't beat small-group instruction. Their tutors are well liked by my kids, and the owner/ managers are professional and kind. Their online scheduling makes it easy to work around our vacations. I see continued math-growth in all of my kids. I'm happy to have found this branch! We continue throughout the school year, but I am especially thankful to keep my kids learning (not losing) over the summer months.
You guys have done wonders for Madi! I love that you make math fun. Thank you!!
My son was in desperate need of math help. What made it more complicated is he is a teenager and going to tutoring just isn't his idea of a good time. BUT the tutors here are great and he enjoys his time with them . They have connected with him in a way that makes him more engaged and ok with going. We are so happy to have found you.
Our son has had a very positive experience there, and everybody is us super friendly and helpful! He loves learning and so much more confident in himself since going! Thank you for all of your help!
I am very happy with my daughter's progress in Math since she has been going to Mathnesium. it is finally sticking and she is improving her grades and her understanding of the material. Some kids just need more repetition, more work and a different method of looking at it than the ones Common Core curricula currently uses to keep up with school math and I think this really is the way to go. I wish I had known about it sooner because it really makes a difference to have a method that works and a place where my daughter really enjoys going to. it has made all the difference. Thank you!
Our kids are progressing nicely. I like the awards system.
We just started with Mathnasium but so far, it's been a wonderful experience. My son enjoys going and says it's been helpful with his schoolwork. From day 1, the staff have responded to my emails and in-person questions professionally and have been helpful in explaining how Mathnasium works. I've read great feedback on Mathnasium only to find out a good friend of mine has had her son going to Mathnasium for the last 7 years and they love it, too! Keep up the great work and thank you, Mathnasium!
My son LOVES to attend Mathnasium. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable about the subject and help him with his work and concepts. It's fun to watch him really excited to go and learn.
Mathnasium has made a huge difference in my daughter's grades! She is more confident now and likes participating in her math class. She even helps her classmates! She likes going there and says some teachers are funny, I like the fact that she gets different teachers and that she feels the classes are interesting and dynamic. I wish there had been a Mathnasium when I was in school! I recommend it to anyone who wants to get better grades or would like to keep being challenged in math. Great place with good teachers and very nice staff!
Great tutors. Willing to wrk with different schedules .
I recommended Mathnasium to my friends because it is a math tutoring program that gets results - more confidence and better grades in my kid's math classes.
WE really like the program, we tell everyone about it.
My daughter has been more confident in math and the teachers are really supportive and encouraging!
We have good experience at Mathnasium during this summer. I liked this program. But for my point view, the children need at least a little bit homework.
Mathnasium of Campbell-Los Gatos is such a godsend to our family. My kids run the spectrum of math needs, and Mathnasium has been the answer, offering both challenge and extra support in a small student-to-tutor ratio. Their instructors are young and enthusiastic. Even my math-reticent child enjoys his sessions. I couldn't be more pleased. The difference showed in his standardized math scores in school. Mine have become more confident in math and in all of their schoolwork as a result. I am also thankful for Mathnasium's flexibility with scheduling. I can change tutoring sessions online with ease when our schedule changes, even on the same day! I now have three of my kids in the center because it's WORTH EVERY PENNY!
We have three kids, each very different, in the program does a great job of meeting all of them where they are and guiding them along to great progress. The teachers have been a consistently very good quality. I would recommend Mathnasium to anyone without reservation.
My child had negative experiences with other tutoring places but likes Mathnasiasm.
We really love Mathnasium. MY daughter doesn't complain about going....so a win win!
Very flexible and organized which works great for our crazy family schedules!
Our son enjoyed the tutoring he received.
Mathnasium has given my daughter confidence with her math skills that she did not have before. She is a straight A student (no A minuses).
I like the one on one attention my son gets.
The teacher is great and my daughter loves to go.
They get kids interested in the subject and have a structured path for them at their own pace. Also, quite accommodating with schedules on as as-needed basis.
My son Joseph [LAST NAME REMOVED] had a F in January; we as parents were worried. Now I'm happy to say he has an A+. Thank you Mathnasium we appreciate it. I think this is a program we will always have our son in. He fwlt comfortable and not excelled but felt confident. We we're are happy he liked going. I believe that it important to have your child want to learn.Thank you again.
It's only been a month so far but my son likes doing math with Mathnasium where as before he hated math.
My daughters have learned so much from the Mathnasium program. Both of their math skills have improved and they are getting A's in their math classes at school. One area that would work better for us is if we were able to purchase a plan for a certain amount of classes (for example, a package of 20 that can be used in a 6 month period). Both girls are very busy with school activities and it is sometimes difficult for them to make it to Mathnasium twice per week. Since my girls have been taking classes on and off for several years, this would be a great alternative to having to stop when they get too busy.
Our 5th grader is really enjoying her weekly sessions. We just started last month, d she was reluctant to go. The instructors have been fantastic! They ask her about her hobbies and school and really engage. She is having fun with math! So glad we started this program!
When paired with the right tutor, my daughter has said she finally understands and even likes math. This year, within a few months, she improved by 2 grade levels. Now she doesn't struggle as much during regular classroom time. In fact, she prefers to work alone rather than in groups because she is able to work out the problems on her own.
Wonderful. My daughter never complains about going and you are always very flexible about the schedule.
Overall it's a great example experience! Kids are always excited to go to Mathnasium. Their confidence has increased and they really want to do better. Teachers are patient . The place offers a lot of flexibility. If you cannot make it on a particular day, they will willingly reschedule.
My daughter has been going for about one month and is already showing great improvements in her math skills.
The staff at Mathnasium are extremely helpful and friendly, but most importantly have given our daughter more confidence with math.
our daughter just loves the math tutoring.
Just 7 weeks in and Lily already likes math more than she did before, she looks forward to her time at Mathnasium!
My kids love it and now they love math!
Our daughters have learned from the tutoring, and no longer fear Math.
My son really liked it. He really is dong well in school and you played a big part. Thanks!
It's a helpful environment and 60-minutes is perfect. Sometimes it gets a little loud with the non-math chatter but overall, I'm very happy so far.
My children like going to Mathnasium and are learning by leaps and bounds!
My children truly enjoy the tutoring at mathnasium. It helps them gain confidence to do well in math, gives them a different perspective at times, and make their transition back into math after summer easy. I like that the scheduling is flexible, and there is no pressure to do homework as well.
10 sessions in, my daughter still enjoys going. I was fully anticipating having to drag her to Mathnasium; this may still be the case in the future but I sure wasn't expecting her to like it so much. Also, my daughter has always struggled in math and therefore hated it. She's been building confidence and sometimes exits the building very excited about what she's accomplished. I like that, so far, Mathnasium has been very accommodating about scheduling and that my child can do her math homework there if she needs to. I really wish I'd found Mathnasium a couple years ago.
Mathnasium has helped our daughter enjoy Math and believe that she is capable to solve Math Problems. Kobad has really listened when we've raised some concerns - whether it's about the instructors paired with her or catching up with the Math being taught at school. Thank you!
Good results both times my son has attended for a 10 week summer session. Greater comfort with the subject, pride of accomplishment and he has fun.
My kids were both really struggling with math and didn't like it much. After a summer @ Mathnasium they both LOVE going to Mathnasium and begged us to sign them up for the school year. It has really boosted their confidence in math and they really enjoy the staff and the extra help they get.
My son has attended Mathnesium for a few months now. He always comes out happy after what he calls a fun session. His math grade has improved and we look forward to resuming classes after the summer break.
We are very grateful for the opportunity for our son to attend Mathnasium. We had researched other tutoring options and chose Mathnasium because it's sole focus is Math. We also like that everything is done in very small groups with lots of individual attention and that no work is sent home. Our son has actually enjoyed the program and worked hard to earn his iTunes card as a reward for completing various components of the program. We appreciate that he seems to have a better understanding of the concepts he was struggling with during the school year and that he hopefully will not have suffered from the dreaded "summer slide". This program definitely worked for our son and our family. Thank you Mathnasium!
I have referred several of my friends.
The teachers seem to be able to teach the kids and keep it fun. My grandson really enjoys going,!
Kenedy has improved in her math skills and I feel it has given her the extra practice /experience she needs to stay current with her class. She sometimes complains about going but always leaves happy. Thank you.
My son has only been going a couple of short months but we can already see a difference in his school work.
Kobald and Glynda were wonderful. They created a specialized program for my daughter and allowed her to come in before the other kids got there so it could be a quiet leaning environment as she is easily overstimulated. They took the time to create a program that worked for her and she successfully achieved her goals.
You are helping my child in math to understand concepts better.
Staff is super friendly and accommodating special needs. They created a special program for my daughter to work for her.
My kid looks forward to doing math homework with the teachers at Mathnasium! I referred this center to Emily Colyer, who now loves math too. Happy to see how girls get inspired to do math!
Mathnasium has been such a huge help for getting my kiddo on track with math. I think the small groups and one on one interaction with the tutors is great, and I think it's really helpful to have the tutors also be young. I think it's much more relatable for my son - they don't feel like adults / teachers, it's more like an older kid helping him out.
We should have started this years ago - - both my kids now have an A in math and we have been nothing but impressed.
You were responsive at all times and were accommodating to the kids' schedules. The kids enjoyed going to Mathanasium.
The program is organized very well and the coaches present the material in a way that is enjoyable for students. The individualized program allows children to work at their own pace. My daughter was very resistant to any math 'tutoring', but walks out of Mathnasium with a smile on her face literally each time she attends! Mathnasium is building her confidence as it builds her skills so that she can be a successful mathematician!
We are still improving and catching up with the 'core' system but Mathnasium has helped to make math fun, get extra practice in and has instilled a confidence I now see in my daughter that is helping her improve in math in general. Thank you.


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Q & A with Lizette Beard
BY CHRIS MARTIN 10/31/2014
Q. Where are you currently serving?
A. For the last six years, I have served as a project manager at LifeWay Research in Nashville, Tennessee. I work with our online assessment tools and coordinate research projects. I also do a lot of qualitative research, which includes focus groups and interviews.
Q. What are you studying at Southeastern?
A. I am in the Ph.D. program in applied theology and specifically, the North American missiology cohort. We all work full time, live in different places around the country, and we come to Southeastern a couple times a year to work together.
Q. Why Southeastern?
A. I was interested in the flexibility offered in the cohort Ph.D. program because I knew I wanted to do my Ph.D. but I didn't want to leave LifeWay or relocate in order to do it. Also, I was looking for a school that is just as committed to applying theology as it is teaching theology.
Q. What was your most influential moment at Southeastern?
A. This past January, in our ecclesiology seminar with Dr. Hammett I finally felt like the hard work of the Ph.D. program was paying off and I was seeing how the all of the pieces we learned in other classes were beginning to come together. Ecclesiology is where theology and practice meet.
Q. What is the greatest joy that you have as a researcher?
A. I love interacting with church planting organizations and helping them analyze church planting research and learn to use our assessment tools.
Q. What challenges do you face in your role as a researcher?
A. Working on the same project for an extended period of time is really difficult for me. Thankfully, at LifeWay Research, we get to change projects quite frequently, but sometimes when I've been working on one project for an extended period of time, it can get challenging to stay interested and focused on the same material.
Q. What advice do you have for current and future students who work full time?
A. It's important to have a really good idea of why you're pursuing your degree. I would encourage students to not get so engrossed in seminary culture that you are divorced from other areas of your life in which you may be able to apply some of what you're learning. I think seminary students, especially those of us working full time jobs, need a balance.
Q. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
A. I am a new gardener, so I've had a lot of fun learning how to plant flowerbeds and grow tomatoes and other plants. I'm learning the hard way that you can't grow tomatoes too close together.
Q. What are a couple books that everyone should read?
A. "The Drama of Scripture" by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen does an excellent job showing the grand narrative of Scripture. "God at Work" by Gene Veith explains the doctrine of work and has had a big personal effect on me.
Q. What has God been teaching you lately?
A. That I'm not spending enough time reading His Word. Since I've been in seminary, my time in the Word has increased, but recently I haven't been in it nearly as much as I'd like to be. I've just been so caught up in work and school that I was recently convicted God's Word had become increasingly scarce or something I was "fitting in."
Q. Southeastern is known as a Great Commission seminary, how did Southeastern prepare you to fulfill the Great Commission?
A. Southeastern is not only known as a Great Commission seminary, it actually is a Great Commission seminary. We are constantly confronted with the question, "Why does this matter?" Southeastern and its faculty make their students not only learn theology, but also apply theology. Since being a student at Southeastern, I have been challenged to reach out to and love my neighbors, people literally living in my neighborhood.
Q. How has Southeastern equipped you to live out your faith in the midst of our changing culture?
A. I've always been pragmatic and occasionally dismissive of too much of what felt like "abstract theology." But I'm developing a love of theology here that has brought a richness to how I think about the practical.


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Q: Attach a click() event to the google plus button? I'd like to add a alert message on the page when a user clicks 'g+' button. how can i achieve this ?
here is code :
<g:plusone href="http://test.com//" annotation="inline" width="300"></g:plusone>
<script type="text/javascript">
 (function() {
    var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
  })();
</script>

A: Just incase you want some code to get you started, the following markup will enable the interaction events in a +1 button:
<div
  class="g-plusone"
  data-expandto="bottom"
  data-onendinteraction="onEnded"
  data-onstartinteraction="onStarted"
  data-recommendations="false"
  data-annotation="inline"
  data-height="25"
  data-autoclose="true"
  data-callback="onCallback"
  data-width="300"
>

The following code will handle the events:
function onStarted(args){
  console.log("started");
  console.log(args);
}
function onEnded(args){
  console.log("ended");
  console.log(args);
}
function onCallback(args){
  console.log("callback");
  console.log(args);
}

The callback will return the +1 state of the button, start/end interaction indicates the user state. You can see a demo of all the events here.

A: Try reading their documentation which is actually quite good. They provide access to a callback function. See the section tag attributes.
https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/+1button/#script-parameters

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I am interested in graph theory and combinatorial optimization.
92 When should a result be made into a paper?
44 Does every triangle-free graph with maximum degree at most 6 have a 5-colouring?
21 Finding a 5-cycle in a sparse graph efficiently.
14 Random 3-SAT: What is the consensus experimental range of the threshold?
11 Any relation between the size of maximum independent set and the chromatic number on graph of bounded degree?


Traces of asbestos found in the Reserve Bank building in Wellington, prompted an evacuation this afternoon.
A Reserve Bank spokesperson, Angus Barclay, said the entire building was evacuated at 4pm as a precaution.
Yesterday people on level one were sent home after asbestos was found there.
Mr Barclay said an air test done on level one has since come back clear, but the whole building will be checked before staff can return.
He said the earliest staff might be able to return is Friday.


Social Innovation Fund Ireland, a non-profit organisation catalysed by the Government in order to establish a fund of significant size and impact to aid the development of social innovation in Ireland, was officially launched last week by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D. in Dublin.
The organisation aims to provide growth capital and support to the best social innovations in Ireland and in doing so to enable those groups to maximise their impact.
In December 2015, Social Innovation Fund Ireland opened the inaugural Animate Programme, Ireland's first "non-profit accelerator". The Animate Programme supports early stage innovations, projects and organisations to get to the next stage of their development. The award consists of a package of financial and non-financial supports that target growth.
A grant of up to €10,000 supplements the non-financial support includes : growth planning supports from a business consultant, a mentor, technical supports and access to Social Innovation Fund Ireland's networks. Since launching, the programme has received over 55 high quality applications.


After 200 years, I finally, finally, finally had my fisheye lomo pics developed.
The first roll of film turned one year old this April hehehe—coz those were taken during our Singapore trip.
We dropped by Westpoint today and picked up my photos. Then I realized we don't have a scanner. And since I'm planning to build up my Lomography portfolio this year, I asked Husband if he could buy me a Canon All-in-One Printer.
He bought me the Canon MP240. It can print documents, photocopy, scan and print digital photographs.
We printed a couple of photos (it came with free photo paper) and it turned out great. Like it was printed from a photo printing center. Aliw!!!
My first lomographic experience was simply different. Since the tool I chose to "play" with is the plastic BUT mighty mighty Holga, which is all low-tech and very manual art. I repeat, very manual. From choosing the format (whether you want your photos to turn into a 6×4.5cm or 6x6cm), to the loading of the film (which was very tedious at first), to the taping of sides of the Holga to avoid light leaks, to focusing (there are certain meters to consider), to winding up the spool for the next capture of photo/s, 'til the unloading of the film. And since I use a 120mm film, there's also that challenge to find a processing lab where I can have my films developed (good thing I found one near Central Station). It's a whole lot of adjustment especially when you're used to the ever-reliable and automatic digital camera.
Very manual indeed, but very satisfying. Like literally making art with your bare hands. And then waiting, waiting and more waiting to see what your creation looked like. There's something about the discipline of lomography which makes you unhurried, patient and romantic. You shoot…you think or you don't…shoot some more… anticipate what your photos would look like in print…shoot again and again…ahhh, your roll of film is over. And then you take it to the lab for processing…waiting, excitement and more anticipation, like waiting for a child to be born or waiting for a loved one to come back. And then it's handed over to you, fresh and still warm. Now you see your work of art and then you smile, giggle, almost laughing…surprised to see that it didn't turn out bad at all. Yes, that's how my first lomographic experience turned out.
For my first roll of film, the lab was able to process, develop and print nine photos. I was aiming for at least 15 but since half of the time, I was making a lot of errors and forgetting to set up the camera properly, only nine were acceptable enough to print. Not all nine photos were good though. There were about four that was better than the rest.
To achieve this, I had to use one of the split image lens I bought.
I'm now on my second roll of film and still very clumsy with use of the Holga. But I'm definitely enjoying the learning part of it. And I'm looking forward to lots and lots of happy accidents with my Holga.
2. Use it any time – day or night.
Special thanks to Larry Anda for photographing my Holga.


Crop growth stages are about a week back on where they were this time last year, because of the late spring.
Septoria tritici is the main threat to crops and can be found on leaf 4 in most crops and even occasionally on the tip of leaf 3; however, this does tend to be in the crops where unfavourable weather conditions delayed T1 applications.
There is some yellow rust about on susceptible varieties but at low levels. Powdery mildew is also starting to appear lower in the canopy in some fields, but this is not a cause for concern.
Most T2s were applied in the last three weeks and unlike the T1 timing the conditions are good.
The SDHIs and triazoles provide the most robust disease control. The use of multisite actives at this time is also likely to improve disease control and yield and will insure a level of control is maintained in the event of resistance development.
Last year's Real Results Circle was the first really big series of tramline trials done using Agronōmics, a collection of spatial and statistical approaches that will help farmers draw robust and scientifically credible conclusions from their own on-farm trials. We really learnt as much about the process as about the treatments.
We learnt lessons about choice of field; where the farmers had chosen a really even large field we got far more precise results than with an odd-shaped uneven field and so we passed that message onto the farmers. We have, on average, better fields to work with this year.
When yield mapping is used we were struck with how much more interesting and useful the report we can produce and give to the farmers is, because then we are able to do statistics on the results and know how confident we can be in those results.
Some of the farmers last year had yield mapping on their combines but didn't manage to come through with the data. They used weighbridge results which are just two numbers and you can't do statistics with that. This year we are very hopeful that we will get a lot more yield mapping data in.


Greg Schulz explains how to choose the right RAID level for your SMB in this Ask the Expert response.
Choosing the right RAID level for your SMB depends on performance, availability, capacity, economics and Quality of Service (QoS) or other service requirements. For an SMB environment, multiple RAID levels, similar to having multiple tiers or types of storage may be applicable. You need to look at your specific environment to find out what RAID level is right for you.
For example, for a balance of high read and write performance with high availability for database or similar transactional applications, RAID 1 (mirroring) or RAID 10 (RAID 1 with RAID 0-Stripe) on fast 10K or 15K Fibre Channel (FC) or SAS disk drives is a good option. For applications that need a good read performance, little write activity, and where there is a need to reduce costs, RAID 5 (stripe with rotating parity) is a good fit. For applications where there is a focus on having as much capacity as possible at the lowest cost, yet maintain availability using large capacity 1 TB or 2 TB SATA disk drives, RAID 6 (stripe with dual parity) or vendor specific variations are a good option. Of course, you can use a mix of RAID levels, because most storage systems today support multiple RAID levels. Overall, the key to finding the perfect RAID level for your SMB is finding that balance of performance, availability, capacity and economics to meet your particular application needs.


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American efforts to stop Nord Stream 2 have failed & gas pipeline will be completed in next few days – Russian foreign minister
in Europe, World News
Years of economic sanctions and political efforts from Washington have come to nothing, and work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now nearing the final stages of completion, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Speaking at a meeting in St. Petersburg on Monday, the veteran diplomat announced that final preparations are being made on the underwater link, which will connect the gas fields of Siberia to consumers in Western Europe. "It will be completed in a few days and will begin working," he said.
According to him, efforts by the US government to sink the pipeline now have no chance of success, despite the introduction of new sanctions in recent days. "There is still a full-frontal attack, in spite of everything, on Nord Stream 2," he said, despite the fact "everyone knows the Americans have realized [it will be completed.]"
Lavrov's comments came as Russia's state energy firm Gazprom announced that the final pipe of Nord Stream 2's second string was being welded into place. "The next step will be to connect the section of the gas pipeline from the coast of Germany," the company behind the project stated.
Last month, US President Joe Biden signed into force a new package of sanctions aimed at companies involved in the construction. In a letter sent to Congress, the White House said that "certain Russian energy pipeline projects" would expand Russia's influence in the region and weaken "Ukraine and Eastern flank NATO and EU countries," thereby threatening "the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
The news came as German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both countries have continued to back the scheme despite opposition from the US, and Biden had previously acknowledged that work on the gas link was at an advanced stage. Shortly after taking office, he said that "to go ahead and impose sanctions now, I think is counterproductive in terms of our European relations."
The month before, American and German officials reached a deal to allow the construction to go ahead in exchange for commitments from Berlin to support sanctions against Moscow if it shows "aggression" toward Ukraine. Kiev has warned that it could stand to lose billions of dollars in gas transit fees each year if Moscow turns off the taps on its Soviet-built overland network of pipelines after the completion of Nord Stream 2.
El Salvador buys its first bitcoin lot on eve of becoming first country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender
Biden: US 'Long Way Off' From Officially Recognising Taliban as New Afghan Government


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Pietro Sandro Nenni (Faenza, 9 de febrer de 1891 - Roma, 1 de gener de 1980) fou un polític socialista italià. Provinent d'una família de camperols, va ser periodista i posteriorment es va convertir en polític. El 1911 va ser empresonat per organitzar una manifestació en contra de la invasió italiana de Líbia. En la seva estada en la presó va conèixer Benito Mussolini. El 1921 es va afiliar al Partit Socialista Italià (PSI).

El 1922 com a redactor en cap del periòdic Avanti, va atacar durament Mussolini, qui havia arribat aquest mateix any al poder. El periòdic va ser definitivament clausurat el 1926 i Nenni es va exiliar a França, on fou escollit secretari general del PSI. El 1936 va participar en la Guerra Civil Espanyola com comissari polític de la Brigada Garibaldi. Després de la Segona Guerra Mundial i de nou a Itàlia, va ocupar diferents càrrecs governamentals, entre ells els de vicepresident del consell de ministres (1945-1946) i Ministre d'Afers exteriors (1946-1947).

El 1951 va ser guardonat amb el Premi Lenin de la Pau entre els pobles.

Com a conseqüència de la divisió del PSI, Nenni es va quedar al capdavant del bàndol més a l'esquerra, aliant-se amb els comunistes, amb els quals va trencar el 1957 a causa de la invasió d'Hongria. El 1963, la seva entrada com a vicepresident d'un govern de centreesquerra va originar l'escissió de l'ala esquerra socialista que va donar naixement al PSIUP. Després de la reunificació el 1966, va ser elegit president del partit i va ocupar novament el ministeri d'Afers exteriors el 1968. El 1969 va dimitir de tots els seus càrrecs al sortir derrotada en el congrés del partit la seva moció favorable a la continuació de l'aliança de centreesquerra. El 1970, va ser nomenat senador vitalici. Anys més tard va tornar a presidir el Partit Socialista i el 1978 es va presentar amb aquest partit com candidat per a la presidència de la República italiana.

Referències

Ministres italians
Premi Lenin de la Pau entre els pobles
Persones de Faenza
Socialistes italians
Morts a Roma
Polítics d'Emília-Romanya


As we enter the last week of January I have been thinking about the people I've grown closer to since the last Geek Girl Strong 1up Challenge.
Those in recovery from addiction are encouraged to no longer go where they use to go or see who they use to see.
Therapists comfort patients who are making positive changes in their lives when it seems that they may have to leave a friend or loved one behind.
We need people around who reflect the best parts of ourselves, and help us better the parts we aren't so crazy about.
We need people around who will stand up for us, encourage us.
All of this and more is why a support network, or a "Super Team" is of the utmost importance.
Having life partners with similar goals and values aren't just attributes to look for in a romantic relationship.
We need each other, we need mentors, we need coaches.
You could do it alone, but if you open yourself up enough to allow a little bit of help in, you may find a power within yourself you wouldn't have found otherwise.
For all of these reasons and more, I am super excited to start the 1up Wellness Challenge this week.
I learn something new from each and every client I have.
I am just the accumulation of every awesome person I've ever met (or worked with).
You know who you are, and if you're reading this, thank you!
Leave a comment and share this post with your Super Teammates.


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Howard's Announces Promotion of Matt Horwitz to Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
by GlobeNewswire
in Top News
Independent retailer continues strengthening its executive team with internal candidate
LA HABRA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Howard's, Southern California's premier independent appliance retailer, today announced the promotion of Matt Horwitz from his current position as Howard's VP of Merchandising to Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role, Horwitz will be responsible for merchandising, sales, and training, as well as managing and directing the development of strategies and tactics to make the most informed purchasing plans with a focus on inventory management and profitability.
"Matt has been a valued member of our Howard's team for almost 11 years," said John Riddle, CEO of Howard's. "As SVP, he will continue to advocate for our customers, overseeing the sales organization, training and Howards innovative sales approach, Revolutionizing the Appliance Retail Experience (RARE). We all look forward to seeing what he brings to the position while playing a critical role on our executive leadership team in support of the long-term strategic vision for the business."
As Chief Revenue Officer, Horwitz will oversee the execution of Howard's overall category and competitive pricing strategy, manage product availability demand, and market trends. Horwitz will oversee both procurement and sell through while strengthening relationships with vendor partners and driving the customer experience.
A longtime merchandising team leader, Horwitz has most recently served as Howard's Vice President, Merchandising, supporting the buying and selling process from purchasing to product delivery as well as creating a roadmap for the introduction and promotion of new Howard's products. Horwitz has spent over 24 years in retail, nearly 16 years of it on the sales floor learning to anticipate customer needs, discovering how to qualify and care for shoppers, and providing creative solutions to their needs. Before joining Howard's, Horwitz worked for both the Good Guys and Paul's TV.
"Matt has been instrumental in our company's sustained growth over the past decade," said Michelle Nein, president of Howard's. "He possesses deep insight and immense knowledge of the needs of our customers. He is solidly committed to Howard's philosophy of helping customers find the products that best match their needs and providing open communication from first conversation to post-sale follow up. This promotion recognizes both his performance and the expanding needs of our company."
"It is a privilege to work for an independent appliance retailer that empowers its staff to help the customer all along the sales journey," says Horwitz. "Employees are encouraged to make decisions to resolve minor issues while offering the highest levels of customer service."
Howard's anticipates capturing 10-15 percent of the Southern California appliance retail market by 2024 and is well-positioned for regional development across the Western United States into new markets. In addition to its large showrooms located throughout Southern California, Howard's is on the fast track to roll out additional Experience Centers including the recent openings of the Agoura Hills and Murrieta Experience Centers in 2023.
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YOUNGEST TO RECITED 66 BIBLE BOOK TITLES
Paavan S. September 12, 2019
Master Yallamilli Jonathan (Born on November 1, 2011) S/o of Suraja Ram and Praveena of Hyderabad, Telangana state, India has recited 66 bible book names in Telugu and English within 1 min 18 sec. This event was organized by Improve Multi Skills Training Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana and adjudicated by Venkatachary Chintapatla on 12th September 2019.Read More
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Paavan S. June 24, 2019
Prof. Dr. Mansoor Showghi Yezdi (Born on 23rd September 1957) a Founder of Cafe Irani Chaii Restaurant, Mumbai, Maharashtra produced a short documentary movie "CAFE IRANI CHAI" a documentary film based on Irani Chaiwalas who came walking all the way from Iran in the 18th and the early 19th Century and made this beautiful country […]Read More
FASTEST GUITARIST
David Prabhaker Bandi (Born on 29th July 1969) a Musician of Hyderabad, Telangana, strummed total 768 notes at a tempo of 1708 BPM in 1 minute on Electric Guitar and set a New World Record on March 25, 2019 in the presence Dr. T.S. Satish Kumar, Music Teacher at Kalindi School of Music, West Marredpally, […]Read More
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Jyoti Patel (Born on 18th October 1998) an Author and Story Writer from Hyderabad, Telangana becomes the youngest published author who wrote three books 'Sensation of a Soul' 'The Mystic Soul' & 'Whispers of the Soul ' by the age of 19 years. The first book was published by Author's Ink Publications in the Year […]Read More
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Mrs. Padmavarthi Kasula (Born on 2nd March 1970) an Artist of Hyderabad, Telangana State, made 50 traditional spiritual paintings on Australian Emu Egg Shells using acrylic paint and she broke her own record by painting on 30 Emu Egg Shells and set a New World Record on July 21, 2018.Read More
MOST PAINTINGS ON PISTA SHELLS
Mrs. Padmavarthi Kasula (Born on 2nd March 1970) an Artist of Hyderabad, Telangana State, made 108 paintings on Pista Shells using acrylic paint. She painted different types of Ganesha on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi and set a New World Record on July 21, 2018.Read More
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Preneeja Peelukhana (Born on 28th February 1992) an Organizational Psychologist from Hyderabad, Telangana becomes the youngest psychologist author who wrote the book 'An Anonymous Soul' (ISBN: 978-1-5457-1909-1) at the age of 25 years. It was published by Educreation Publishing, Bilaspur, Chattishgarh in the Year 2018.Read More
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Mr. T. S. Satish Kumar (Born on 16th November 1975), a Music Teacher and Composer of Hyderabad, Telangana, India became a first Indian to completed 8th Grade in Acoustic Drums in the Year 2017 and Piano in the Year 2011 and it was certified by Trinity College London, UKRead More
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Q: Clean "WIP and indices" on git history I want to ask how I can clean the "WIP on" and "index on" entries from my git history. These are entries created by stashes which have already been dropped. The branch multiTE_loop_develop does not exist any longer. Ideally they would just disappear and after hash 864c002 follows 854a54c of course with the changes of the WIPs applied.
Thanks for your help.

A: If you want to re-write your git history you probably want to use the git rebase command. Do be careful with this though, if you've already pushed these changes to something like bitbucket or github you probably just have to leave it.
With rebase you can edit the commit messages, squash commits together, tear them apart, and all sorts. In this case you might want to re-word the messages or squash the commits together into a single commit. For this you'll want to use the interactive rebase.
You can follow the steps provided by Rob here: Git: Interactively rebase a range of commits which shows you how to run an interactive rebase on multiple commits. Once you've got a text editor open during the rebase you can then squash the various WIP commits together and reword their messages following the instructions printed into the editor.
If you have already pushed these changes to a public remote (github, gitlab, bitbucket, etc) you probably don't want to do this. Re-writing the git history will put you at odds with anyone else working from the remote git server, this will make things pretty nasty for your team mates to unpick. A general rule of thumb by most people is if you've pushed your changes to somewhere public, you shouldn't change the history even if the history ended up looking a bit ugly.


An unusual set of Soldbuch & Wehrpass from a driver in the Pioneers. This soldier served throughout the war on the Western Front in 1940, the Balkans in 1941 and also on the Eastern Front. He received several awards and was promoted to Oberschirrmeister in 1943. These are a very intersting set of books, especialy for an expert to do more research on. There is too much information in them to give a better description in this site.


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Why is Ray Dalio's Bridgewater betting big on China?
Equity hedge funds endured their worst annual performance since 2018 in 2022, according to data from Hedge Fund Research. But Bridgewater Associates' multi-asset, all-weather approach in China helped it to become last year's top foreign hedge fund.
- Bridgewater's main China fund has an annual return of 15.6% between October 2018 and October 2022
- Founder Ray Dalio says "the longer term picture in China is still bright"
- Most emerging market ETFs have high exposure to Chinese equities
Ray Dalio's Bridgewater doubled its assets under management to 20bn Chinese renminbi (¥), Reuters reported last week. Around ¥2.7bn of this was thanks to a new product that launched in December.
"Bridgewater goes to show that building a scaled business in China is very much possible," Peter Alexander, managing director of fund consultancy Z-Ben Advisors, told the news agency.
"The commentary surrounding China as being too competitive or that foreign firms face certain barriers to growth are simply untrue."
Bridgewater's main China fund, launched back in October 2018 and which targets wealthy clients, delivered an annual return of 15.6% through October 2022. A smaller fund, launched in December 2021, returned 8.4% in its first 12 months. For comparison, the SSE Composite Index tumbled 15.1% last year, while the CSI 300 Index logged a loss of 21.6%.
Bridgewater's bets tumble in value in Q3
The latest 13F filing from November reveals that Bridgewater's big bets on China declined in value in the third quarter (Q3).
The firm dumped internet giant Baidu [BIDU], reducing its position by 19%, with the value dropping by 36% from Q2. It also cut its position in ecommerce solutions provider Baozun [BZUN] by 3%, with the value plunging 45% sequentially.
While the firm increased its position in social network Weibo [WB] by 5%, the value of its stake tumbled by 22%. Similarly, its stake in cancer treatment biotech Beigene [BGNE] lost 15% in value, despite the size of the position rising by 2%.
The stake in private education company New Oriental Education and Technology [EDU] was cut by 6%, but the value rose by 11%.
The 13F filing for Q4 won't be released until next month. The big question for other investors is whether it'll show an increase in bullish bets on Chinese companies.
China's reopening weighs on US and European stocks
The answer to whether Bridgewater has continued to invest in China in Q4 is: yes, probably. Speaking at the Greenwich Economic Forum on Bloomberg TV in October, Bridgewater's founder Ray Dalio said "the longer term picture in China is still bright, because I know the people and I know the culture, and I think it's good".
Looking beyond Dalio's own conviction, the current macro environment is challenging for developed markets, potentially creating investment opportunities in Chinese equities.
Bridgewater's co-chief investment officer, Greg Jensen, told Bloomberg TV last month that China's Covid lockdowns had been a "blessing" for other global economies – they were "such a disinflationary force into global inflation".
"China opening and the effect that's going to have on commodity prices, in competing for raw materials in the world, while the US and Europe are entering recession, will probably make the central banking dilemma worse," said Jensen, who is expecting a recession double the normal length.
Funds in focus: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
With China's reopening presenting risks to developed markets, emerging markets could potentially be a hedge against a recession. BlackRock strategists wrote in their weekly commentary published 9 January that "China replacing the US as the driver of global growth underpins our preference for emerging market equities, including Chinese equities, over [developed market] peers".
BlackRock's iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF [EEM] is heavily weighted in favour of Chinese equities, with five out of the fund's top 10 holdings in Chinese companies as of 13 January (with the others being from Taiwan, South Korean, India and Brazil). The fund is down 15.6% in the last year, but has gained 9% since the start of 2023.
China also accounts for approximately a third of the total exposure of the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF [VFEM.L] portfolio. The fund is down 6.1% in the past year, but is up 5.7% since the start of 2023 .
The Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF [SCHE] offers a similar level of exposure to Chinese companies as well. The fund is down 13.1% in the last year, but is up 8.7% since the start of 2023.
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Q: Oracle 19c zero hour default date format with time without using any formating function I am trying to insert zero hour 20 mins date with time without using any formatting function, but I am getting some errors as follows
insert into employee(created_date) values('4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM');

ORA-01849: hour must be between 1 to 12
how to insert zero hour in oracle 19c without using any formatting function

A:
without using any formatting function

That would be a really bad idea. It means that you're about to insert a string into a DATE datatype column, hoping that Oracle will "recognize" that string, implicitly convert it to a valid DATE datatype value and insert it into a column. There are just too many "what if"s that might go wrong and - sooner or later - some of them will.
Sample table:
SQL> create table test (id number, datum date);

Table created.

This is your query:
SQL> insert into test (id, datum) values (1, '4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM');
insert into test (id, datum) values (1, '4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM')
                                        *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected

I'll apply to_date to it, using appropriate format model (yes, I know, you don't want that - just see what happens):
SQL> insert into test (id, datum) values (1, to_date('4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM', 'dd/Mon/yy hh:mi:ss am'));
insert into test (id, datum) values (1, to_date('4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM', 'dd/Mon/yy hh:mi:ss am'))
                                                *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01843: not a valid month

How come "Jan" is not a valid month? Well, it is not. In Croatia (and that's the language my database speaks), it is "Sij". But OK, I can add additional parameter to TO_DATE:
SQL> insert into test (id, datum) values (1, to_date('4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM', 'dd/Mon/yy hh:mi:ss am', 'nls_date_language = english'));
insert into test (id, datum) values (1, to_date('4/Jan/21 00:20:00 AM', 'dd/Mon/yy hh:mi:ss am', 'nls_date_language = english'))
                                                *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01849: hour must be between 1 and 12

As Zakaria commented, 00 is an invalid value; change it to 12:
SQL> insert into test (id, datum) values (1, to_date('4/Jan/21 12:20:00 AM', 'dd/Mon/yy hh:mi:ss am', 'nls_date_language = english'));

1 row created.

Not it succeeded. What did I insert? Right, that's 20 minutes past midnight.
SQL> select id, to_date(datum, 'dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss') datum from test;

        ID DATUM
---------- -------------------
         1 04.01.2021 00:20:00

SQL>

If you insist on what you asked, then make sure Oracle understands it.
SQL> rollback;

Rollback complete.
SQL> alter session set nls_date_language = 'english';

Session altered.

SQL> alter session set nls_date_format = 'dd/mon/yy hh:mi:ss am';

Session altered.

SQL> insert into test (id, datum) values (1, '4/Jan/21 12:20:00 AM');

1 row created.

SQL> select * From test;

        ID DATUM
---------- ---------------------
         1 04/jan/21 12:20:00 AM

SQL>

If I were you, I wouldn't do it.

A: A DATE is a binary data type that consists of 7 bytes (century, year-of-century, month, day, hour, minute and second); it ALWAYS contains those components and is NEVER stored with any particular format.
If you want to store a data and a time then you can either use:

*

*A DATE literal and an INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND literal:
INSERT INTO employee(created_date)
VALUES ( DATE '2021-01-04' + INTERVAL '00:20:00' HOUR TO SECOND);

This requires the date in ISO 8601 format and the time in the 24-hour clock.

*A TIMESTAMP literal (which will be implicitly cast to a DATE):
INSERT INTO employee(created_date) VALUES ( TIMESTAMP '2021-01-04 00:20:00');

This requires the date and time in ISO 8601 format (with a space instead of T between the date and time components) and the time in the 24-hour clock.

*Explicit conversion from string-to-date:
INSERT INTO employee(created_date) VALUES (
  TO_DATE(
    '4/Jan/21 12:20:00 AM',
    'DD/Mon/RR HH12:MI:SS AM',
    'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE=English'
  )
);

You can explicitly set the format and language you wish to be used. (Note: in a 12-hour clock you want 12 instead of 00 for the hours.)

*Implicit conversion from string-to-date:
First, set the format model to be used with implicit string-to-date (or date-to-string) conversions:
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD/Mon/RR HH12:MI:SS AM';

Then:
INSERT INTO employee(created_date) VALUES ('4/Jan/21 12:20:00 AM');

*Something non-standard, like directly creating the binary DATE value:
CREATE FUNCTION createDate(
  year   int,
  month  int,
  day    int,
  hour   int,
  minute int,
  second int
) RETURN DATE DETERMINISTIC
IS
  hex CHAR(14);
  d DATE;
BEGIN
 hex := TO_CHAR( FLOOR( year / 100 ) + 100, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( MOD( year, 100 ) + 100, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( month, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( day, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( hour + 1, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( minute + 1, 'fm0X' )
      || TO_CHAR( second + 1, 'fm0X' );
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( hex );
  DBMS_STATS.CONVERT_RAW_VALUE( HEXTORAW( hex ), d );
  RETURN d;
END;
/

Then:
INSERT INTO employee(created_date)
VALUES (createDate(2021,1,4,0,20,0));

Options 1, 2 & 3 are standard ways of creating dates.
Option 4 is bad practice (since any user can change their own session parameters at any time so the query will fail if they NLS_DATE_FORMAT is changed from your expected format) but will work if you can guarantee the NLS_DATE_FORMAT will not be changed.
Option 5 is only really useful for creating malformed or erroneous dates for testing purposes since it bypasses the normal error checking process.

how to insert zero hour in oracle 19c without using any formatting function

The only one of those options that uses a formatting function is Option 3. However, options 1, 2 and 5 involve formatting the date differently to your format and option 4 requires you to set the implicit format model in a separate statement.


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UPDATED Free Press Summer Fest: The Worst Things Inflicted Upon Us, 2013
Houston Press June 3, 2013 10:00AM
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Geto Boys Get an "Incomplete" The absolute and definitive one goddamn thing I was truly looking forward to seeing at this year's festival was a reunited Geto Boys unleash their fury in the shadow of the downtown skyline. Regardless of the circumstances of Bushwick Bill's absence, and despite a still-tremendous effort by Willie D and Scarface, my biggest "must-see" quickly turned into my biggest disappointment and heartbreak of the year. Here's hoping it doesn't take another ten years before we see all three rappers perform together in Houston once again. MARCO TORRES
REWIND:
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Twenty minutes after the Geto Boys were scheduled to perform, I began to wonder what could be happening backstage. I wondered what would happen if the show didn't. Scarface and Willie D eventually came out, but Bushwick Bill was a no-show. I was excited to finally see the former two rappers onstage together, but it disappointing that a third of the group was absent. Scarface and Willie D's show great, but the Geto Boys are a three-piece, and I came to see all of them. MATTHEW KEEVER
Mom-Jean Cutoffs... Seriously? The worst fashion trend I saw at the festival entailed young ladies wearing high-waisted, mom-jean cutoffs. Unless your name happens to be Lynda Carter, this is an unflattering look for your body type, and there aren't enough moccasin boots in the world to make it work. Judging by the sheer number of ill-fitting pairs I saw both days, though, this is probably the only kind of shorts that Forever 21 sells, so I guess we're all out of luck. NATHAN SMITH
Not For My Junk There wasn't really much to be negative about this year. Got hot? I went in a tent or in the shade. Beer cost too much? I drank tons of free water and felt the better for it. Got hungry? I ate Cracker Jack'd. I did wear bad shoes on Saturday but I was lucky enough to meet a girl who introduced me Monistat chafing cream, which I will be adding to my survival festival kit next time. Of course that's after loudly announcing while buying it that "this is for my feet, not my junk." APRIL BREM PATRICK
Waste Not, Want Not? The portapotties (is that how you spell that?) were overflowing -- like legitimately overflowing -- while Iggy Pop was playing. I don't need to spell out why that's the worst thing ever; it's pretty self-explanatory and really, really gag-inducing. Surely someone could have thought that shit out better, pun fully intended. ANGELICA LEICHT
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Big Time Butter Baron has hired you to put in your shift at the factory. You must strategically place the butterblocks as tightly as possible on the board completing entire lines for maximum points. Your job is safe as long as you cover more than 50% of the board in this mind puzzling game made for players who has a vision for success.


Washington, DC - The most common form of job piracy-among neighboring localities in the same metro area-can be ended, as agreements in the Denver and Dayton metro areas have proved for decades. The agreements prohibit active recruitment within the metro area, and they require communication and transparency between affected development officials if a company signals it might move.
Those are the main conclusions of a new study released today by Good Jobs First. "Ending Job Piracy, Building Regional Prosperity," is online at www.goodjobsfirst.org.
The study finds that even regions like the Twin Cities, with revenue-sharing systems intended to deter job piracy, have rampant job piracy because they lack the procedural safeguards Denver and Dayton have. Multi-state metro areas like Kansas City suffer the problem on steroids because state subsidies fuel the problem.
Career economic development professional staff-not elected officials-are best suited to institute anti-piracy systems, although politicians and the public generally should be educated about the value of such agreements. Information-sharing about companies considering relocation is also key. And states need to amend incentive codes to stop requiring local subsidies to match state awards, to deny state monies for intra-state relocations, and to deny eligibility for such relocations to locally administered tax increment financing (TIF) districts. These changes will deter job piracy and promote regionalism, the study concludes.
"The anti-piracy agreements we describe focus on economic development professionals communicating openly with each other in a transparent system," said Leigh McIlvaine, GJF research analyst and lead author of the study. "When local officials cooperate for the benefit of the metro area, they can better focus on attracting investment and jobs that are truly new."
"We know from previous studies that intra-regional job piracy fuels job sprawl, harming older areas, communities of color and transit-dependent workers," said GJF executive director Greg LeRoy. "By favoring retention, anti-piracy agreements help stabilize employment in areas that need help the most, and areas that provide more commuters the choice of transit."
Good Jobs First is a non-partisan, non-profit group promoting accountable development and smart growth for working families. Founded in 1998, it is based in Washington, DC.


Unfortunately this picture is proof that my sculpt named "Charlize Harlow" has been destroyed in the process of trying to reproduce it. Do I consider it a failure? I do not know. To be honest there were parts of the sculpt that I was not 100% happy with and I was already thinking about reworking it. Of course, it is a bit painful to see it all shattered without even having the ability to make a few decent casts. Then again, I learned a valuable lesson and that is what I value above everything else. So, you will probably see some of the elements resurface in the near future but changes will occur.