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Posts Tagged 'MSNBC'
MSNBC needs to get rid of the Dallas Cowboys star
MSNBC has a blue star as its political logo that is exactly the same as the Dallas Cowboys star. They need to remove it immediately.
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News reporters spotted in Bethesda
Over the last few years I've seen a bunch of news reporters in Bethesda. Ok, it's not Hollywood, but we do get a bunch of TV news people here.
Here's an incomplete list:
Howard Fineman, Huffington Post reporter and MNSBC regular – the Apple Store
John King, CNN, the Apple Store
Mike Viqueira, MSNBC – Fitness First
David Gregory, Meet the Press, MSNBC – Starbucks and Bethesda Avenue.
Tony Kornheiser, PTI – Bethesda Avenue, going to Landmark movies?
Lisa Sylvester, CNN – Bethesda Avenue
Greta Van Susteren, FOX – Capital Crescent Trail
Chris Matthews, Hardball, MSNBC – Landmark Theaters
Cokie Roberts, NPR – Regal Theaters
Wolf Blitzer, CNN – the Pines of Rome restaurant
George Smith, ESPN – Bethesda Avenue
Michael Wilbon, ESPN – Cafe Deluxe
David DuPree, sportswriter – Bethesda Avenue
Chris Gordon, local TV reporter – Bethesda Avenue
Tim Brandt, sports reporter – Bethesda Avenue
Years ago, not in Bethesda:
George Stephanopoulos, Austin Grill, Glover Park
Tim Russert, Cafe Deluxe, Glover Park
Chick Hernandez, Comcast Sportsnet – Chadwick's in Chevy Chase
Laura Evans, FOX 5 News – Clyde's in Chevy Chase
real celebrities?
the list is pretty thin – all I can think of is Sandra Bullock, 2000, Atomic Billiards, Cleveland Park, and another bar in D.C. around the same time, and Gary Sinese, Old Ebbitt Grill, 2011.
I guess our celebrities are the news people. Next – sports figures.
Tags:Bethesda Avenue, CNN, MSNBC, news reporters, spotted in Bethesda
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Most Beautiful TV News Women 2008
Here's my very subjective list of the Most Beautiful Women on TV news. Of course, it's biased toward cable because I watch mostly cable, and I know there are many beautiful local reporters around the country (and the world) who I haven't had a chance to see. The truth is, you could put most of the top 50 on a list in any order and not be wrong.
1. Sharon Tay
2. Melissa Theuriau
3. Georgie Thompson
4. Amy Robach
5. Jackie Johnson
6. Carmen Dominicci
7. Lisa Sylvester
8. Amy Poehler
9. Karen Finerman
10. Kristine Johnson
11. Nicole Chang
12. Tracey Neale
13. Courtney Friel
14. Susan Lisovicz
15. Hannah Storm
Norah O'Donnell
Campbell Brown
(By the way, I know I may seem hypocritical, because in another blog entry I rip people who put too much emphasis on looks, but in that one I'm mainly saying it's a shame that people treat people better based on looks and status. You can admire beauty and still treat everybody equally. I treat women who aren't as beautiful just as great – probably even better. This list is basically just a fun thing.)
Anyway, I think that personality (at least as much as you can tell on TV), humor, moxie, and intelligence count for a lot so that's why there are a few non-traditional choices on the list. For example, I think that Karen Finerman and Nicole Chang are amazing. Their pictures aren't the best but they come across much better on TV.
I decided to do this in a single-elimination "tournament" format after ranking the top 16 seeds. See the attached bracket for how things ended up in the fantasy tournament (This is the one area where you can use the word "fantasy" and sports together and it actually fits. I know – I need to get a life). So let's begin.
Sharon Tay, Anchor/Reporter, KCAL, Los Angeles. I think a lot of the women in TV news are good looking but many of them look the same (i.e. the ones on Fox News). Not Sharon Tay. My jaw dropped to the ground the first time I saw her on TV. Forget about TV anchors – I think she is one of the most beautiful women in the world. The only possible downside is that she is only 5-2.
Mélissa Theuriau, M6, Paris, France. Often called the most beautiful TV news reporter in the world. You really can't make an argument against her. She is pretty stunning.
Georgie Thompson, Sky Sports. ESPN wouldn't know what hit them if she came to work for them. She is a superstar.
Amy Robach, NBC. She just about has it all. A beauty who became a newswoman who also has a lot of credibility.
Jackie Johnson, KCAL and KCBS, Los Angeles. Meteorologist. Classic tall blonde looks.
Carmen Dominicci, Univision. Awesome, devastating, exotic look. After four blondes in a row, Dominicci crashes the party.
Lisa Sylvester, Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN. Amazing eyes, hair, and smile. Ranks 6th on www.Super-Hair.net list of top ten hairstyles in the world. I can vouch for that (we dated for a year three years ago.)
Amy Poehler, Weekend Update, Saturday Night Live. Wow. She is funny and great looking. She has radiant eyes and an unbelievable smile. They will have a very hard time replacing her.
Karen Finerman, Fast Money, CNBC. Obviously there are others who have better classic looks. But there's something about her. She is so cool. She has excellent knowledge. And she is very good looking.
Kristine Johnson, WCBS, New York. I haven't seen her on TV but her pics look pretty great. Brown hair, brown eyes, awesome.
Nicole Chang, Sports Action Team. This is a fake show, and she isn't even a reporter on the show. She's plays the producer. But she is hot. And humor and moxie rank highly.
Tracey Neale, former anchor, WUSA, Washington. Both beautiful and cute.
Courtney Friel, Fox News. Very solid. I had to include someone from Fox but I think many of them are overrated.
Susan Lisovicz, CNN. Classy and older. Represents the financial set along with the Chairwoman.
Hannah Storm, ESPN. She is very sharp. She's gotten better in sports knowledge and looks as she's gotten older. I didn't expect to include her but now I can't keep her out. Her work is absolutely stellar, way better than it was years ago.
Play-in game: Norah O'Donnell, MSNBC vs. Campbell Brown, CNN. Who says vanilla is boring?
Honorable Mention: Julia Boorstin, CNBC; Contessa Brewer, MSNBC; Erin Burnett, CNBC; Colleen Dominguez, ESPN; Erica Hill, CNN; Robin Meade, CNN; Arthel Neville, KSWB.
So here's how the tournament played out. The newswomen played a one-on-one game of basketball up to 11 – having to win by two. There was one fairly significant upset, and a few minor surprises, but for the most part the games held to form. Check out the brackets. (Obviously, this tournament is purely fictional. Don't you wish it was real, though?).
Click here for the brackets! Most Beautiful TV News Women – 2008 Tournament Brackets
Play-In Game
Norah O'Donnell, MSNBC vs. Campbell Brown, CNN. This was a very evenly matched game. O'Donnell's tenacity gave her the edge in the end over Brown's solid decision making as O'Donnell advanced into the main draw.
Sharon Tay, KCAL (1) vs. Norah O'Donnell, MSNBC (16). O'Donnell couldn't keep up with Tay's repertoire of shots and moves in this one, as the speedy point guard ran around O'Donnell all game long despite O'Donnell trying to post Tay up.
Amy Poehler, SNL (8) vs. Karen Finerman, CNBC (9). Finerman pulled the minor upset here – the Chairwoman studied hard and analyzed trends to prepare, using fundamentals to get by. Meanwhile, the spritely pixie had fun and entertained, but jokes didn't result in a victory.
Jackie Johnson, KCAL and KCBS (5) vs. Tracey Neale, WUSA (12). You always have to watch for upsets in the 5-12 matchup and it happened here. Johnson didn't know what to expect from the underrated, scrappy former DC anchorwoman, who upset Johnson and her superb inside shooting by taking the tall meteorologist outside and playing tough defense.
Amy Robach, NBC (4) vs. Courtney Friel, Fox News (13). The opposing coaches, Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly, started arguing before the opening tip and were both ejected, resulting in a ban of all coaches from the tourney. The actual game was much more civil, but wasn't much of a contest with Robach using her jumping ability and elite athleticism to get past Friel.
Georgie Thompson, Sky Sports (3) vs. Susan Lisovicz, CNN (14). The hard working Lisovicz put up a game effort, but this superstar from across the pond possessed superior athletic ability. Thompson's netball skills translated well to basketball as she sent the classy financial whiz packing.
Carmen Dominicci, Univision (6) vs. Nicole Chang, Sports Action Team (11). Dominicci dominated this one from the outset, using quick and precise moves. Chang's skill at being a Bossy Boots didn't help sway the refs in this one-on-one matchup.
Lisa Sylvester, CNN (7) vs. Kristine Johnson, WCBS (10). This eagerly anticipated matchup of graceful, photogenic stars went to Sylvester in overtime with help from, or perhaps despite, Lou Dobbs' incessant taunting of Johnson, reminiscent of Robin Ficker heckling opposing players at Washington Bullets games.
Mélissa Theuriau, M6 (2) vs. Hannah Storm, ESPN (15). Storm played like her name, making this a surprisingly close battle. She just gets better with age, but Theuriau's silky smooth, fluid skills did the prolifically talented Storm in.
Sharon Tay (1) vs. Karen Finerman (9). In one-on-one battles, quickness and agility usually win out, and Tay's athleticism proved too much for Finerman, who pored over stats and tendencies to prepare for the game, which was close only in the first half. Critics questioned Finerman's decision to play in a business suit, while Tay's short shorts allowed for greater flexibility.
Amy Robach (4) vs. Tracey Neale (12). Neale didn't have much left after the upset of Jackie Johnson. Robach, who never loses her cool, displayed a killer jump shot, and used crossover and spin moves to get to the hoop.
Georgie Thompson (3) vs. Carmen Dominicci (6). This one was a double overtime classic. Fans lined up for hours for tickets. Each player had vociferous fan support though Thompson's UK fans became a little unruly. Dominicci's aggressive play led her to the Final Four in Hotlanta over Thompson and her creative arsenal of shots.
Lisa Sylvester (7) vs. Mélissa Theuriau (2). Sylvester kept this one close, using her trademark great intensity and versatility, but Theuriau had a large contingent of French soccer fans who made the trip to support their countrywoman in the basketball game, inspiring the French star. In the end, Theuriau had a little too much.
Sharon Tay (1) vs. Amy Robach (4). Sparks were flying in this matchup, held in Hotlanta, of a national anchor against a local major market star. Tay used her quickness to slash to the basket and create opportunities against the former gymnast, who had Bela Karolyi behind the bench exhorting her on, yelling, "You can doo eet!" Tay withstood Robach's impressive athletic ability, overcame a 3-point deficit, and drove to the hoop for the game winner to make it to the final. A few L.A. stars even showed up to support Tay as Hollywood beat the Midwest.
Mélissa Theuriau, M6 (2) vs. Carmen Dominicci (6). Giving the Final Four an international flavor, French fans flocked to Hotlanta to support Theuriau while raucous Spanish speaking fans everywhere chanted, "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole" to support the Puerto-Rican born Dominicci. This was a true clash of the titans. Theuriau's scoring mentality and determination helped her score almost at will at times, but she was a little overwhelmed, perhaps even intimidated by Dominicci. The Univision model-journalist delighted fans by dancing during timeouts, and pulled the upset with strong, polished moves around the basket, getting the win despite playing the first quarter in high heels.
Championship Game
Sharon Tay (1) vs. Carmen Dominicci (6). A sold out crowd was on hand in Hotlanta to witness this historic battle of two 40-year old beauties in their prime, and they did not disappoint. Dominicci threw everything she had at Tay, with an impressive array of spin moves, double pumps, fakes, and even rejected the shorter Tay 3 times. However, the relentless number one seed twice stole the ball from the taller Dominicci, driving to the hoop and drawing fouls several times, and used her overall perkiness to win the championship. Tay was virtually unstoppable in crunch time and showed why she is the best.
It was a spectacular tournament. Stay tuned for the real tournament – March Madness in 2009, when there will be a great deal of controversy over who gets the 64 spots in the tournament. Millions will be glued to the tournament announcement show, studying brackets, making bets, watching intently, and wondering who will make it to the Final Four. But enough about the Newswomen Tournament of 2009. Don't forget about college basketball…
Tags:Amy Poehler, Amy Robach, anchors, beautiful, Campbell Brown, Carmen Dominicci, CNN, Courtney Friel, ESPN, Fox News, Georgie Thompson, Hannah Storm, Jackie Johnson, Karen Finerman, Kristine Johnson, Lisa Sylvester, Melissa Theuriau, MSNBC, Nicole Chang, Norah O'Donnell, reporters, Sharon Tay, Susan Lisovicz, Tracey Neale, Women
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The political commentary shows on MSNBC, such as Countdown, have really gone off the deep end. They were unbelievably biased in favor of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, and have been even more biased in favor of Obama over John McCain. Let me preface this by saying two things. 1) That I understand that Fox News is so one-sided that it has been a caricature for many years. What Fox and the Rush Limbaughs of the world did with their anti-Hillary rhetoric for no good reason for the last 15 years lasted long enough to impact her chances in this election. And 2), I'm about as Democratic as you can get. Why?
· I believe very strongly that poor and sick people should have the same opportunity at health insurance that wealthy and healthy people do. People shouldn't die fighting insurance companies to cover their bills.
· I believe that we should not only try to minimize the damage from climate change, but that we should have a clean environment. Large corporations shouldn't be allowed to pollute our air, water, and soil, causing the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat to be contaminated. I believe we need more regulation on businesses to ensure that the environment is safe, and we also need regulation to make sure that products don't have dangerous chemicals. All of these problems are leading to birth defects and disease.
· And I believe that we need gun control so that automatic weapons, etc. aren't easily available by anyone.
So I'm definitely pro-Democrat on most issues.
Back to MSNBC. Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Rachel Maddow have become even more to the left than Fox News is to the right. Strangely, they really jumped on the anti-Hillary bandwagon. It was odd, because Hillary and Obama had basically the same policies. They made Hillary out to be a villain, exaggerating each misstep during the primary campaign, delighting in and ignoring any of Obama's flaws, being completely unwilling to criticize him at all. But it's more than the anti-Hillary bias that seems odd. MSNBC was so vehemently against the Republicans that it became ponderous to watch.
Olbermann has been the worst culprit. I never would have thought that Olbermann, a former ESPN Sportscenter anchor, would be hosting his own national show on politics. The self-important Olbermann has such a bizarre style, yelling into the camera and constantly slamming his opponents. He is so over the top. There's nothing worse than people who think they are much funnier than they are. I never thought I would defend George W. Bush, John McCain, and Sarah Palin, but Olbermann's commentaries against them have become personal and nasty. Olbermann also had a couple of nasty special comments for Hillary Clinton, blowing campaign miscues way out of proportion.
One other thing – you have to wonder about someone who constantly yells and screams while on TV. It's not professional. I've had the same criticism of Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on ESPN. In sports it's more understandable, but even then, stop yelling all the time.
I believe in telling it like it is, but Keith has gone way off the deep end. Olbermann is now wearing those wire rim glasses which fit him perfectly because he is so pretentious.
Matthews may be just as bad – because though his bias isn't as blatant as Olbermann's, his show is ostensibly more objective, as he interviews people from both the left and the right. However, he was clearly anti-Hillary, and his rhetoric was almost all pro-Obama against McCain. His stream of consciousness statements have become increasingly wacky. He interrupts answers of his interviewees constantly with non-sequiturs. Some of the panelists are amused by his humor; others clearly are laughing at him. His increasing bias has left him on the sidelines rather than in the game. He used to be a heavyweight; now he's a lightweight.
Finally, if Rachel Maddow is so deserving of her own show, why would so many commentators have had to congratulate her so much for the first two months of her show?
CNN is probably a little more boring, but at least they are more objective.
Part of the problem is that politics has become too partisan. The shows are simply a moderator interviewing one person from the left and one from the right – each one equally biased. And these are the objective shows. Fox and MSNBC are heavily slanted in one direction. This us vs. them mentality isn't anything new, but people can take news shows more seriously if they at least pretend to be objective. Whereas most people understand that Fox News is a joke, I think that most reasonable people are now understanding that MSNBC is too.
Keith: you're a buffoon. Keith Olbermann – tonight's WORST PERSON…IN THE WORLD!"
Maybe I should just watch PBS.
P.S. If there was any doubt that MSNBC was not a channel devoted to news, on Friday, November 28, just two days after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, MSNBC showed a highlight show of the most wild videos caught on tape, or something like that, while the attacks were still going on.
Tags:Chris Matthews, Countdown, Fox News, Hilllary, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Obama
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Glenfiddich Excellence 26 Years Old is aged entirely in American oak ex-bourbon casks, with no finishing. It's actually the first whisky in the company's permanent collection to be entirely aged in ex-bourbon casks.
While it's got Glenfiddich DNA through and through, this is a powerful spirit from the Speyside giant. The nose is intense with fruit — pears, apricots, and a dollop of orange blossom honey to sweeten things up. Fairly light oak notes emerge here as well. The body is a powerhouse to match the big nose. Intense honey character gives this the impression of a Sauternes-finished whiskey, with notes of vanilla, almond, charred wood, and roasted cereal grains coming along toward the finish. The body is rich and viscous, which adds to the depth of flavor and a quite lengthy finish. It's not the most complicated whisky in the world, particularly considering its age, but its power and deep honey notes make it compelling in its own right.


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New York Comic Con to Honor Fairy Tail Creator Hiro Mashima
October 2, 2017 Matt Schley
Hiro Mashima, he of the recently wrapped-up Fairy Tail, has got some time on his hands, and while we're sure he's enjoying some Final Fantasy XV DLC, he's also made time to visit New York. Mashima will be at New York Comic Con, which runs …Read more »
Gender-bending Theater Troupe Takurazuka Revue Heads To America
January 28, 2016 Matt Schley
For about a week this July, there will be nary a human male in sight on the stage at New York's Lincoln Center. That's where the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's all-female musical theater troupe, are making their U.S. debut, performing Chicago (in Japanese) between July 20 …Read more »
Waku Waku NYC Report
September 7, 2015 David Cabrera
Despite the conveniences New York City does offer its otaku – Japantown groceries, fresh imports at Kinokuniya, cheap manga and old games at Book-Off, a wide selection of quality ramen – we have longed for an anime convention. Though there are a lot of us, …Read more »
Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There English Dub Trailer Released
April 16, 2015 Matt Schley
When Marnie Was There , the latest (but hopefully not last) film by Studio Ghibli and director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, is about to hit the States courtesy GKids, who have just released the English dub trailer. Take a gander! Marnie stars Hailee Steinfeld as Anna Sasaki …Read more »
Attack on Titan Real Escape Game Ready To Hit New York, California
Those of you bummed out Attack on Titan is being cut from Toonami's schedule might find some consolation in the fact you'll soon be able to experience Titan for real – well, if you live in or around major cities, at least. San Francisco will …Read more »
Attack on Titan Real Escape Game Heads Stateside
December 8, 2014 Matt Schley
We reported back in October the Attack on Titan Real Escape game, a real-life puzzle game based around the titanically popular series, would be busting out of Japan and hitting other countries, starting with Singapore. We also asked – and I quote (myself) – "America …Read more »
X Japan, Takeshi Obata, Anime Shorts hit NYC
Residents of the Big Apple are about to get hit with a triple punch of Japanese pop culture. First off, playing Madison Square Garden on October 11, it's X Japan, one of Japan's biggest and most successful visual kei bands. The legendary group, who have …Read more »
Hatsune Miku Coming To New York
August 14, 2014 Matt Schley
Japan's most popular non-human idol is heading Stateside. Hatsune Miku, the virtual idol, will "play" two back-to-back concerts October 17th and 18th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan. She'll also be the subject of an exhibition entitled "Universal Positivity" running from October 9th to 19th …Read more »
Perfume to Play LA, NY
June 26, 2014 Matt Schley
It's taken a while, but Perfume are finally set to play the States. Perfume will play two shows as part of their 3rd world tour in Los Angeles November 9th and New York November 15th. Perfume is, of course, the techno-pop trio produced by überproducer …Read more »

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Duggan to House: Slash auto insurance, not tax rates
Mayor Mike Duggan
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan wants the Republican-controlled state House to abandon an income tax cut and instead focus on policies that would slash the high cost of auto insurance in Michigan.
Duggan used the end of his hourlong State of the City address Tuesday to appeal to outstate GOP lawmakers who could vote as early as Wednesday to gradually reduce the 4.25 percent individual income tax to 3.9 percent over four years.
Lowering the income tax rate will save workers "a couple hundred bucks," Duggan said.
"If you solve the car insurance, you'll put three or four times that back in people's pockets, and you won't hurt any state services," Duggan said.
Gov. Rick Snyder has opposed the House GOP's tax cut plan because of the hole it would blow in the state budget without corresponding cuts in services. The nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency estimates lowering the income tax to 3.9 percent will reduce general fund revenue by $1.1 billion by 2022.
In the last legislative term, Duggan unsuccessfully sought the creation of a separate auto insurance plan for Detroiters that would cost less, but no longer offer unlimited lifetime medical coverage for auto accident injuries. The plan was criticized as creating inferior accident coverage for Detroit drivers.
Duggan's "D-Insurance" proposal suffered the same fate of numerous other attempts to reform Michigan's no-fault auto insurance coverage and died in the last legislative session.
But while lobbying for it, Duggan said he found frustration from outstate lawmakers about the high cost of auto insurance.
"And they're right, everybody in this state is getting screwed by the no-fault system," Duggan said.
Duggan didn't propose any new solutions for lowering auto insurance during Tuesday's speech before 500 invited guests at Focus: HOPE's near west side Detroit campus.
But the mayor's commentary on the cost of auto insurance in Detroit and the state as a whole won praise from Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, whose companies employ about 17,000 workers in downtown Detroit.
"Mayor is 100% right. Time for D's, R's, business, clergy, unions & everyone to come together & end the MI car insurance scheme. Long overdue," Gilbert wrote Tuesday night on Twitter.
Detroiters pay among the highest rates for auto insurance in the country – a cost that is driven up, in part, by auto thefts and a high percentage of uninsured drivers.
Duggan said he hopes to find bipartisan consensus for reducing the cost of auto insurance
"We know what the problems are – the hospitals in the medical community are charging triple what they're getting from Blue Cross in those rates," said Duggan, a former CEO of the Detroit Medical Center. "The insurance companies are doing fine, the lawyers are doing fine, the hospitals are doing fine and all of us are paying the bill."
The mayor's remarks drew a sharp rebuke from the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, a group that represents medical providers who care for auto accident victims, as well as consumer and patient advocacy groups.
"We agree that Detroiters are paying far too much for auto insurance," John Cornack, president of the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, said in a statement. "However, to blame Michigan's no-fault system is completely misleading. The medical benefits provided by Michigan's no-fault law make up roughly one-third of the cost of a policy, so to say no-fault is the main problem behind the cost of auto insurance is simply untrue."
Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, also rejected Duggan's characterization that medical providers are driving up the cost auto insurance.
"There is simply no evidence that cutting medical benefits for millions of Michiganders, or hundreds of thousands of Detroiters, will lead to lower premiums," Peters said in a statement.
Duggan ended his address sounding hopeful that this might be the year state lawmakers and the powerful hospital and insurance lobbies can agree on a compromise to lower rates for drivers and costs for insurers.
"Because nothing could raise the spirits of this city faster than a new auto insurance bill," Duggan said.
Young to take on Duggan in Detroit mayoral bid
State may end sale of 7-day auto insurance plans


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Elaboration of the W-Criteria
The W-Criteria
Students have opportunities to use writing as a way of learning the content of the course and are taught to write in the forms and for the purposes that are typical of disciplines and/or professions.
Examples of writing within the disciplines are used as a means of instruction about typical structures, modes of reasoning, styles of address, and the use of technical language and of evidence.
Students receive appropriate feedback and response to their writing that is based on explicit criteria and is directed at improving the quality of their writing.
Revision is built into the process of writing for formal assignments, usually in terms of revisions of the same paper, or alternatively, in revisions accomplished through successive similar assignments.
At least half the course grade is based on written work for which students receive feedback (see Criterion 3).
Please click on each link above to read an explanation and sample assignments illustrative of the W-Criteria.
Writing is not used simply as a medium through which students can be evaluated on whether they have understood course material. Rather, students are given opportunities to use the process of writing as a way of exploring and critiquing complex concepts and coming to understand them. They are also given instruction and practice in writing in such disciplinary forms as lab reports, literary analyses, or policy briefs.
Writing to Explore and Critique a Concept
Early in the semester students do short writing assignments during tutorials to help them determine whether they can explain concepts introduced in the lectures.
Take 7-10 minutes to explain the significance and implications of identifying a country's human development index and also explain what is meant by "relative deprivation". Write quickly with the purpose of explaining as fully as you can but without trying to construct an essay or formal paper – you just want to set out some ideas to show what you understand at this point. Your writing will not be graded and no one will criticize your grammar, etc., but you will be exchanging assignments with a neighbour to determine the ideas about which you agree and disagree. Because you will not have time to write down everything, this exchange also provides an opportunity to get some more ideas. Together you might arrive at most of what needs to be said!
Writing in the Forms Typical of the Discipline
Assignment: Policy Brief -- AirCare for British Columbia?
Your task is to prepare a policy brief of approximately 3 pages (approximately 1250 words), using the AirCare benefit-cost study. A policy brief is the means by which economists make recommendations to government on what action to take in particular situations. The policy brief should be for the Minister of the Environment for British Columbia and indicate whether or not the AirCare program should be continued for Greater Vancouver.
You will need to complete the study by computing the present value of the net benefits of AirCare from the data provided in the study. You might also want to compare your result to the present value of net benefits from no policy, or operating AirCare differently (e.g., less frequent testing). If there is no AirCare, it is still possible to have improvements in air quality from the normal turnover of vehicles (people replacing their old vehicles with new ones that produce less pollution per kilometre traveled).
Your policy brief should be clear and concise, following the guidelines covered in tutorials. Data and analysis should be incorporated where appropriate.
As part of the engagement with and instruction in writing, students read samples of typical forms of the writing in their discipline, not only for what they say but how they say it and what that means for them as writers who need to produce such texts themselves. To this end, they may analyze various kinds of texts in the discipline, focusing on matters of structure, logic, style, and evidential support and learning to recognize how successful writers use strategies that will meet the expectations of their readers.
Analysis of Features and Goals to Develop Strategies for Writing in a Discipline
1. Critiques of Scholarly Papers
In the final assignment, you will need to read original research and write a critique of that research. The following process illustrates a way in which you might approach this task:
Using guidelines, you have read (a) a scholarly research report on orangutans: Xu and Arnason, The Mitochondrial DNA Molecule of Sumatran Orangutan and a Molecular Proposal for Two (Bornean and Sumatran) Species of Orangutan and (b) a critique of that research, posted in a professional journal: Muir et al., Is There Sufficient Evidence to Elevate the Orangutan of Borneo and Sumatra to Separate Species?
In class, we will review the critique through the questions below to examine the structures and modes of reasoning. You will then apply these strategies in writing a similar paper on a topic of your choice.
Reading with a view to critique:
What do Muir et al. select to critique from the Xu and Arnason paper?
What were they paying attention to as they read the Xu and Arnason paper? What questions could we say they seemed to have in mind as they read?
the sample – what sample was used?
the method of analysis – what method was used and how appropriate was it?
key concepts - how did Xu and Arnason define key concepts and why?
do X & A support their claims and evidence with their own or other's data?
how thorough are X & A? – have they asked enough questions and considered all aspects of the context they are examining?
are the data valid and reliable?
do the data support the conclusion?
What did Muir et al. have to know to critique at this level?
2. Essay Openings
Good openings in English essays include:
essential information about the text;
a narrow focus on a general topic;
evidence: quotation and paraphrase from primary source texts;
indication of the writer's view/position/critical stance toward the topic;
method--indication of how the paper/argument/topic will be developed.
Here are two samples from first-year English essays:
Sample 1:
Topic: In some works of literature, a character who is a significant presence appears briefly or does not appear at all. Write an essay in which you show how such a character functions in the work. You may wish to discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters.
Opening of student's essay:
In her passionate novel Obasan, author Joy Kogawa introduces a silent character who has enormous influence on other characters in the story and on the story itself. [essential information] The author presents a saga of two Japanese-Canadian families through the eyes of a main protagonist, Naomi. [narrow focus] Her mother's character appears briefly in the novel, yet has tremendous influence on the Naomi's development. [textual evidence] The mother's character becomes a prism throughout which one is able to understand Naomi's journey in her life. [writer's position] Mother, the ideal, the loss, the mystery, the silence about her fate, and her rediscovery is a preoccupation of this novel. Moreover, her request to keep her children unaware of her fate affects Naomi's life as well as the theme and atmosphere of the novel. [method of development]
Topic: Develop a topic on relations between the individual and society in Thomas Hardy's novel, Under the Greenwood Tree (1872).
The need for collective approval from family members, peers, and people within a community is as apparent today as it was in the middle of the nineteenth century. Thomas Hardy's novel, Under the Greenwood Tree, [essential information] displays this necessity, and through his character, Miss Fancy Day, we can see this desire for social acceptance. [narrow focus] The desire for approval from her father for her actions, and from the community for her actions and appearance, is apparent throughout the novel. [textual evidence] Hardy also shows that even though public acceptance is so important to Fancy, there is also a desire within her to maintain individuality. [writer's position] Through her courtship with Dick, we can see Fancy's need to conform to the standards of society while still maintaining a tinge of distinctiveness. [method of development]
One of the fundamental means by which all writers improve their writing is through response intended to assist in improvement. Such response, however, is more likely to be understood and acted upon when students know what is expected of them. They need to be well informed about what will receive comment, how and by whom comment will be given, and what qualities and characteristics in their writing will be reflected in the grades received. The criteria on which writing an assignment is evaluated should be clearly expressed in writing when the assignment is given and should coincide with the analyses of the features and goals of academic and disciplinary discourse (as discussed in Criterion 2).
Responding to Writing:Peer Review and Grading Criteria
Working with another student's draft
As you read your partner's paper,look for the following and describe what you see to the writer, usingthe example we did in class. When you have finished reading each other's papers, take 5-7 minutes to write on your draft and pass it into your TA:
What part of the draft is the strongest?
What 3 things might you do to change this text? Why would you make these changes? (You might think here in terms of details to include, examples, rearrangement of ideas, use of sources, sentence structures, terminology etc.)
What to look at and comment on as you read:
sets out a context for the argument – lets us know why theargument is important and relevant to the study of archaeology, whatyou have realized about the study of archaeology and why that realization is useful or important; or
introduces the source of information on which you draw and says why it is useful and relevant;
establishes a thesis;
cues the reader to the development of the paper.
regularly reminds the reader of the thesis and follows the development indicated in the opening;
provides accurate details as evidence to convince the reader of the thesis;
uses references and language to explicitly draw attention to how different interpretations reflected different world views and led to different treatments of the mounds;
draws on information from class, textbook and film.
closes with some observations of the larger significance and importance of the thesis;
raises questions to think about this significance;
reflects on what has been presented – acknowledging limitations perhaps or suggesting what else should follow by way of research or practice.
Grading Criteria
You will be writing a brief based on your own research study. You will need to refer to the study and voice your recommendations in the appropriate ways. In class, we will practice these ways of wording and use the example brief on Thailand's coral reefs.
An "A" range brief will do the following:
The title identifies the issue to be addressed and names the site of the research.
The introductory paragraph explains the issue named in the title in a little more detail and makes claims that show the writer's belief that this is a problem and lets us know the writer's view. Opening statements may do some of the following:
restate the problem or issue;
offer a solution that the brief will support;
provide evidence for the credibility of the solution – refer to authorities, like researchers;
summarize the recommendations made as a result of the study.
The body of the brief will elaborate on the relevant and key aspects noted in the opening statement. It may include some of the following:
tables, graphs or graphics, which are explained;
headings and graphics, which tell us what is important and what to notice;
both descriptive and informative language.
The conclusion or final paragraphs will answer the question "So what"? It will do some of the following:
summarize findings and draw conclusions;
critically assess the data presented, the research method and its limitations, or the sample used;
make a policy recommendation that is consistent with the perspective the writer has taken in presenting the argument in the brief.
The brief is written so that it:
defines/explains key terms and concepts in the beginning;
uses economic and environmental language but in ways that are helpful to non-specialists;
uses tables and graphs that will support the text and the argument or position of the paper;
explains and points out what is significant in the data from thetables and graphs so the reader can understand without referring to them;
uses headings that identify the key topics and ideas –often they come from the opening statement;
is typed and proofread with few errors and is written in standard English.
W courses acknowledge that writing is a process. Writing instruction will typically include instruction, assistance, and practice in all stages of the process, from initial brainstorming or other idea-generating strategies through organization, drafting, revising, and submitting a completed paper. These techniques not only assist in making a final paper worth reading, they also mean that students rethink what they are saying about a topic and are more likely to get it straight in their minds and on the paper. If successive similar assignments are employed, the characteristics being marked in each assignment should be explicitly identified and and show that there is a planned cumulative effect on students' development as writers over the course of the semester. Through revision, students have opportunities to make use of the responses described in Criterion 3, thereby enhancing their evolving knowledge and skills. This criterion assumes a process that includes responding to but not necessarily grading drafts nor, in the interests of not increasing workloads, giving further extensive feedback on revised work. It also assumes that response and marking will not be left entirely to TAs but that some will be done by, and/or carefully guided by, instructors.
Rubric, Feedback Criteria, and Cycle for Revision
Assignment 3 – Argument Essay: A Meteorite Did/Did Not Cause the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Purpose: In this assignment you will research and locate journal articles or books (not the Internet) dealing with the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction. You will need to demonstrate anawareness of the scientific terminology/vocabulary used in these articles and books, and show that you can summarize other people's ideas without plagiarizing. After reading the information you have found, you will argue for or against a meteorite causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. There is no right answer to this question. I want to see you choose a side of the argument and back up your choice with evidence from the scientific literature. The library web page that will help you start your search is:http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/easc/easc.htm.
Assignment Topic: Find information about the events that happened at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Read the articles and books, summarize their information, and decide whether you think a meteorite did or did not cause the extinction of the dinosaurs. Write your essay explaining your stance on this issue and support your ideas with evidence from the scientific literature. Cite your references correctly.
Genre (form of thewriting): Literature search presented in the form of an argument essay.
Intended Audience: Your instructor or your scientific peers (use scientific language; no flowery, creative writing).
Assignment Format: The assignment should adhere to the followingr equirements:
Title Page: include course name and number, assignment title, student name and number and date.
Body Text Length: 5 pages maximum.
Spacing: double-spaced.
Font: Times Roman, 12 point.
Margins: 1 inch left, right, top and bottom.
Pagination: upper right corner on all pages, first page is not numbered.
References: use more than 3 scientific articles or books and list them on a separate page from Body Text, double-spaced, cited using the style of the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. Please don't use the Internet for this assignment.
Grading Sheet for Dinosaur Assignment 3 – Argument Essay
Writer's Name: Date:
Comprehension:
Understanding of scientific terms/vocabulary
Scientific ideas or concepts are clearly expressed
There is a thesis
Supporting evidence is adequately developed
Each paragraph contains relevant details
Mechanics:
Spelling and punctuation
Grammar and usage
Handed in all writing
References and citations
Final Mark – /80
How You Can Improve Future Assignments:
Quality Control in Large Classes with Many Markers
Training sessions and explicit grading criteria are essential for consistent feedback among teaching assistants, but consistency in comments and grading may remain an issue, especially for a large class with first-time TAs. In response to this potential problem, teaching assistants are required to identify the best and worst papers for each of their tutorials. The instructor reviews the identified papers for appropriateness of comments and for grading anomalies. Where necessary, further training is provided to teaching assistants, comments are revised, and grades are adjusted.
The feedback received may be either before revising an assignment or on a succession of similar assignments (see Criterion 4). Writing on which no feedback is received by the student (including such things as essays in final exams) is not included the calculation of this 50 percent. The grade for written work encompasses all aspects of theassignment; it does not distinguish effective expression from knowledge of content as evident in the written work.
For more information on writing-intensive learning, including a searchable database on relevant articles, please click on the following link from SFU's Centre for Writing Intensive Learning: http://www.sfu.ca/cwil/library_db/library_db.html


A steady-state mass diffusion model used with simple measurable and calculable inputs for determining sediment oxygen demand (SOD) is compared to an intact core incubation (ICI) SOD method using samples from three lakes. The mass diffusion model coupled with inputs is known as the measure-calculate method (M-C) and is a potential alternative to existing methods for measuring SOD which are more complex, time-consuming, and costly. The M-C method requires inputs for volumetric sediment oxygen uptake (Ṅsed), sediment density and porosity, and water properties. Ṅsed was determined by suspending sediment in oxygen-saturated water with a DO probe and determining the steady state rate of oxygen decline for the volume of sediment suspended. The SOD values determined using the M-C method were not significantly different from SOD determined using the ICI method using water property inputs representative of lake conditions. Thus, the study confirms the method's efficacy under test conditions and encourages further research. A separate comparison using water property inputs representative of conditions within incubated cores showed that M-C SOD correlated negatively against ICI SOD despite having similar mean values. This appears to be a result of different boundary conditions for flow velocity and DO within the core, and may discourage the ICI method's use, as tested, for determining actual in-situ lake SOD.
Beirise, Adrian, "Evaluating a Measure-Calculate Method for Determining Sediment Oxygen Demand in Lakes" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1678.


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#include <aws/ce/model/ProvideAnomalyFeedbackRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::CostExplorer::Model;
using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

ProvideAnomalyFeedbackRequest::ProvideAnomalyFeedbackRequest() :
    m_anomalyIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_feedback(AnomalyFeedbackType::NOT_SET),
    m_feedbackHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

Aws::String ProvideAnomalyFeedbackRequest::SerializePayload() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_anomalyIdHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("AnomalyId", m_anomalyId);

  }

  if(m_feedbackHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Feedback", AnomalyFeedbackTypeMapper::GetNameForAnomalyFeedbackType(m_feedback));
  }

  return payload.View().WriteReadable();
}

Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection ProvideAnomalyFeedbackRequest::GetRequestSpecificHeaders() const
{
  Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection headers;
  headers.insert(Aws::Http::HeaderValuePair("X-Amz-Target", "AWSInsightsIndexService.ProvideAnomalyFeedback"));
  return headers;

}

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How to find out if you are included in Apple's $450M e-book settlement
Neil Hughes | Mar 07, 2016
With the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear Apple's appeal, the company will now dole out some $400 million to consumers to offset changes it caused in e-book pricing. Here's how to know if you'll get some store credit (or cash) back.
tl;dr: If you bought an e-book from a major publisher between April 2010 and May 2012 and you live in America, you may automatically receive a small credit (up to $6.54 per title) as part of Apple's settlement.
The official website for the settlement is ebooklawsuits.com, where interested parties can keep track of Apple's payout. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to review Apple's appeal, which means the original $450 million settlement will be paid.
Per the terms of the 2014 settlement agreement, Apple will pay $400 million to e-book consumers. The remaining money will go to legal fees and to the states involved in the suit.
Importantly, the payout does not solely apply to e-books purchased through Apple's iBooks store. For example, Amazon.com told AppleInsider on Monday that the company is prepared to distribute settlement funds to Kindle customers as soon as they are instructed to move forward.
Consumers are included in the Apple settlement if they purchased a qualifying e-book from one of the five publishers involved in the suit during the time period in question. Those publishers are:
Hachette Book Group, Inc.
HarperCollins Publishers LLC
Macmillan, aka Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC
Penguin Group Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc. & Simon & Schuster Digital Sales, Inc.
The settlement applies to purchases made between the dates of April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012. The settlement applies only to American citizens, and does not apply to rented, free or gifted e-books.
Citizens who bought an affected title will have their residency determined by the billing address of the credit card they used to buy the e-book.
Those who bought New York Times bestsellers in the appropriate window of time will receive between $6.05 and $6.54 per e-book. Non-bestsellers will result in compensation of between $1.39 and $1.50 per e-book.
E-book purchases from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo will result in an automatic account credit. Purchases through Sony will result in a check in the mail. No forms are needed.
However, if you bought an affected e-book from Google or any other retailer and you didn't act, you may be out of luck: Purchasers who didn't use the services above were required to submit a claim form by Oct. 31, 2014. Those who submitted a form will be included in the settlement.
Similarly, if you wanted to exclude yourself from the Apple settlement, you're too late — Â opt-outs had to be submitted by Oct. 31, 2014.
To ensure you receive the settlement funds, make sure your profile with the appropriate bookseller is up-to-date with your current email address and mailing address.
Finally, some e-book customers may have received settlement credits back in 2014, but that was a different payout associated with the publishers, not Apple. For that settlement, e-book buyers received a credit of $3.17 for each New York Times bestseller, and 73 cents for those not on the bestseller list. Apple's own settlement is a separate, additional payment.
As for how this legal defeat will affect Apple's bottom line, the answer is: not much. As of the end of last quarter, the iPad maker had nearly $216 billion in cash.
eightzero
I'd be curious how many of the recipients of the funds even remember buying a qualifying book.
teejay2012
Amazon and Jeff Bezos and their DOJ are just the best. /s
I have a feeling Apple has made itself an enemy of US government. It's now on the hand of Apple fans to support the company or it will be gone forever.
sirlance99
kevin kee said:
That's a little overly dramatic
Nigeru
"E-book purchases from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo will result in an automatic account credit. Purchases through Sony will result in a check in the mail"
Obviously Apple has to refund but why even Amazon, B&N, Kobo and Sony? I don't get it...Can someone explain it to me please?
Apple's catalog of iPad models covers an extremely wide range of price points for its customers. Here's what iPad you should be getting for your budget.
New iPhone SE and iPad Air surface in regulatory database
Indications Apple may be preparing the rumored iPhone SE and iPad Air for launch may have surfaced, via new listings found in the Eurasian Economic Commission database.
OLED iPad panel production could start on Wednesday
The iPad Air could arrive with an OLED display quicker than first thought, with a report predicting production using the display technology could start on Wednesday.


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in Breaking News, Movies
BOX-OFFICE CHAMPS: How did KathNiel movies gross through the years?
by Angela Baltan September 12, 2018, 2:47 pm
Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla recently starred in The Hows of Us.
This serves as the only KathNiel movie to surpass the Php 500-million mark.
Real-life couple Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla has starred in a string of box office hits. Their latest starrer The Hows of Us recently surpassed the Php 500-million mark, earning more than Php 505 million.
Here's how much other KathNiel movies grossed during their respective theatrical runs:
Must Be Love.
KathNiel starred in Must Be Love, a movie about best friends Patchot and Ivan. Patchot started to fall in love with her best friend and Ivan only sees her as that. Patchot's cousin, Angel (Liza Soberano), later enters Ivan's life. This movie earned Php 113 million in the box-office.
Pagpag: Siyam Na Buhay.
This is a movie which followed a group of teenagers terrorized by an evil spirit. This also starred Michelle VIto, Miles Ocampo, CJ Navato, Dominic Roque, Paulo Avelino and Shaina Magdayao among others. The movie garnered Php 188 million in the box-office.
She's Dating the Gangster.
This 2014 movie was based on a Wattpad book with the same title, She's Dating the Gangster written by Bianca Bernardina with the pen name, SGwannaB. Kathryn portrays both Athena and Kelay while Daniel plays both Kenji and Kenneth. This movie amassed Php 296 million in the box-office.
Crazy Beautiful You.
This movie is about Jackie (Kathryn), a troubled teen who was sent to a medical mission camp in Tarlac with her mother (Lorna Tolentino). There, she meets Kiko (Daniel) who actually helps her mother in the said camp. Crazy Beautiful You grossed Php 322 million in the box-office.
Barcelona: A Love Untold.
Ely (Daniel) can't get over his past love who looks exactly like Mia (Kathryn). Barcelona: A Love Untold earned Php 321 million. This movie became a huge hit as it was the first time that Kathryn and Daniel shared a screen kiss.
Can't Help Falling in Love.
Gab (Kathryn) is engaged to her boyfriend, Jason (Matteo Guidicelli). She, however, turned out to be married to a total stranger Dos (Daniel). She approached him to have their marriage dissolved but ended up falling for him. This movie garnered Php 320 million in the box-office.
The Hows of Us.
The movie broke numerous box-office records. This film had the biggest opening weekend of all time for local films. They portrayed George and Primo, a couple who has to endure the problems of a long-term relationship.
The Hows of Us grossed over Php 505,672, 777.80 as of September 9, Sunday.
ABS-CBNBarcelonaBarcelona: A Love UntoldBianca BernardinaCan't Help Falling In LoveCJ NavatoCrazy Beautiful YouDaniel PadillaDominic RoqueKathNielKathNiel moviesKathryn BernardoLiza SoberanoLorna TolentinoMatteo GuidicelliMichelle VitoMiles OcampoMust Be LovePagpagPagpag: Siyam na BuhayPaulo AvelinoSGwannaBShaina MagdayaoShe's Dating the GangsterStar CinemaWattpad
Erik Santos celebrates 15 year in the music industry with 'My Greatest Moments' concert
Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day clocks best ever performance in history; hits over 5.8 million orders in 24 hours


Iran's capital remains in a high state of tension amid a continuing crackdown on dissidents over the outcome of the presidential election.
Heavy restrictions have been placed on foreign news organisations, with reporters banned from covering unauthorised gatherings or moving around freely around Tehran.
The Foreign Ministry says Western powers are seeking to undermine Iran by spreading "anarchy and vandalism".
A spokesman said foreign media were "mouthpieces" of enemy governments seeking the disintegration of Iran. He spoke as Tehran remained tense but quiet amid heavy security aimed at preventing new protests.
Challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi says the vote was rigged in favour of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and must be re-run.
Mr Mousavi has told his supporters, who have taken to the streets in their thousands for more than a week, to continue their protests but not to put their lives in danger.
At least 10 people were reported to have been killed in clashes between protesters and police and militia forces on Saturday. That violence followed a warning on Friday from Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that further demonstrations against the election result would not be tolerated.
The protests began after incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named as the winner of the presidential election of 12 June.
Results showed Mr Ahmadinejad won the election by a landslide, taking 63% of the vote, almost double that of Mr Mousavi, his nearest rival.
Speaking at a news conference on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi accused Western governments of explicitly backing violent protests aimed at undermining the stability of Iran's Islamic Republic.
"Spreading anarchy and vandalism by Western powers and also Western media... these are not at all accepted," he said.
He said the West was acting in an "anti-democratic" manner, instead praising Iran's commitment to democracy and stressing once again that the results of the presidential election were unimpeachable.
Iran has strongly criticised the United States and British governments in recent days, and Mr Qashqavi reserved special scorn for the BBC and for the Voice of America network, which he called "government channels".
The BBC and other foreign media have been reporting from Iran under severe restrictions for the past week. The BBC's permanent correspondent in Iran, Jon Leyne, was asked to leave the country on Sunday.


If you have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), you have chronic body-wide inflammation.
Recently, Dr. Felice Gersh, M.D., a leading expert on the subject share her views on this topic. Dr. Gersh is one of the top integrative gynecologists in the United States and an expert in the field of PCOS. Her philosophy involves looking at a patient's whole being in order to help them achieve optimal health. She believes that doctors don't heal people; they merely help patients resource their own healing abilities and find the right balance in their bodies, ideally through the right mix of exercise, nutrition and lifestyle. In our recent interview, she delivered cutting edge information about PCOS and its causes as well as practical advice on how to begin healing.


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Q: Find matrix of projection and prove direct sum Let $\mathbb{R}_n[X]$ be a space of polynomials of degree $\le n$ and coefficient from $\mathbb{R}$
consider subspaces:
$V_1= \{f \in \mathbb{R}_n[X]: \forall a\in \mathbb{R} \ \ f(a)=f(-a) \}$
$V_2= \{f \in \mathbb{R}_n[X]: \forall a\in \mathbb{R} \ \ f(a)=-f(-a) \}$
show that $\mathbb{R}_n[X]=V_1 \oplus V_2$ and find matrix of projection on $V_1$ along $V_2$ at basis $1,x,x^2,...,x^n$
I know $V_1$ are even polynomial and $V_2$ are odd polynomial so it will suggest that $V_1 \cap V_2= \{0\}$ and I think we can obtain any polynomial by adding some from $V_1$ and some from $V_2$ so we then have $V=V_1+V_2$ but I don't know how to solve part with matrix

A: The basis of $V$ is given: $1,x,x^2,\dots, x^n$. Now $1,x^2,\dots$ make up a basis of $V_1$, while $x,x^3,\dots $is a basis of $V_2$.
Now the projection onto $V_1$ along $V_2$ is a splitting of a polynomial $p$ into an even and an odd polynomial.
You have to specify the projection only for the elements in the basis of $V$:
$P(x^{2k})=x^{2k}$, $P(x^{2k+1}) = 0$. Then the matrix representation of this mapping is a diagonal matrix with 1 at odd rows, 0 at even rows.

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Q: Passing value in my inputext field to controller I am working on a VisualForce page where a user updates a record by inputting value into inputtext field and presses the SAVE button.
For testing I tried to make it as simple as possible.
VF - updated
<apex:form >

<td>
<apex:inputText id="TeacherWageFromPage" value="{!inputText1}"/>
</td>

<td>
<apex:commandLink action="{!save}" value="save" >
<apex:param name="saveOrder" value="{!o.id}" assignTo="{!OrderToUpdateFromPage}"/>
</apex:commandLink>
</td>

</apex:form>

APEX
public String inputText1 {get;set;}

    public void save() {
    System.debug(inputText1);
    System.debug('o ' +ordertoupdate);
    }

When I check the log the inputText1 value is always NULL even though I have typed something into the inputtext box. The 2nd value the order I have passed in from the apex:param is working though.

A: I would suggest to go through with the First Answer to this question here:
Passing Inputtext field value in table to Apex controller
This should resolve your confusion regarding how to make certain that your variables are being set correctly.


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The Differentiator's Handbook
Master Course
IDEA FIRST. Teaming directly with company leaders, we uncover the mechanics of your vision and your Big, Own-able Idea at the beginning of the project, rather than a 'surprise' at the end (which may not be correct). We can make this promise after decades of practice, hundreds of cases and writing award-winning books.
ALL ELSE SECOND. With the Idea at the center, we focus on the most critical element for success: the installation of the #1 strategy within the company. That includes Naming, Taglines, Brand Story and Micro-Scripts designed to keep the Website, Sales Pitch and Messages from from veering off the road. Nothing is more crucial to your brand than achieving this alignment during the first few months.
Category & Branding
Every brand has an entitlement: to be positioned as #1 in a Category. Your Dominant Selling Idea (DSI) is your positioning sharpened to its most penetrating, effective point.
Our process starts with R&D that answers what we call the 3 W's: What is it? Why do I need it and Why should I buy it from you? To answer, we must know about your competition, how they are positioned, and more. R&D for us is a common sense practice that relies on in-person interviews. We only use paid research when requested by our clients.
Your Position is the one unique, important, ownable idea that you will stand for — the big difference that sets you apart. It's as important for your employees as it is for your customers.
Current Category. Step one defines your current "base" Category: the context in which customers place you. Before a customer can choose your brand, they look for a basic Category that fills a need. This step identifies the business bucket you're perceived to be in, and where you fit compared to competition.
The Category You Will Be #1 In. The next Step attaches the one most important attribute you can own to your base category (safest car, most durable watch). This either sets you apart in your category or creates a whole new Category for you to own.
Dominant Selling Idea. Step three distills your Big Idea into a specific set of words that describe your Category's value proposition in a two-part statement which says: Here's the Unique Benefit we offer and the Unique Reason to Believe us.
Selling effectiveness is at the heart of everything we do. The Dominant Selling Idea is by definition the core of any brand's "value proposition". In finding and wording the DSI, we examine the way the company "goes to market" — particularly the language of sales people in the field and the logic and sequence of pitches and presentations. Salespeople as well as Marketing People must be in total sync with the Dominant Selling Idea that sets your brand apart.
No branding element is more important than your name. We create distinctive, memorable names for companies, products, services, technology platforms and proprietary processes.
Every name created at BrandTeamSix must stand up to the following criteria. It must be:
A direct statement or highly supportive of your Dominant Selling Idea. Its object is to launch your DSI instantly in the customer's mind.
Descriptive, evocative or colorful.
Ownable by you.
Easy or pleasing to say.
When necessary in the process, we will also conduct…
Qualitative/Quantitative Research
Trademark/legal search
Web domain search
Micro-Scripts
The DSI Tagline (Selling On Sight)
Each Tagline is designed to be a precision selling tool--the catalyst for your Dominant Selling Idea. We call them DSI Taglines because they turn any place they appear into an instant selling opportunity.
Every BrandTeamSix Tag:
Must directly state, or specifically support the DSI
Must be ownable — another product couldn't substitute their name for yours and say the same Tagline
Must be evocative, colorful or phonetically memorable.
Micro-Scripts. The Phrases People Love to Remember and Repeat. It's not what people hear, it's what people want to repeat, after they've heard it! A Micro-Script is the creative verbalization of your Dominant Selling Idea--an "instant message" that people like to repeat, word-for-word. It's short as a word or phrase – custom designed for Word of Mouth.
A Micro-Script is much more than a standard sound bite or an empty slogan. It's a Story bite. It triggers a whole story or a key piece of one in the mind of the listener.
Brand Story & The One-Floor Elevator Pitch
The Brand Story is narrative brief that consolidates all your key themes and language onto a single page. It is the blueprint for all your communication going forward. Written in problem/solution story form, it contains the language that become your first Micro-Scripts as well as your "elevator pitch." It is a primary alignment tool for your brand.
We bring your brand to life via distinctive logos, key visuals, graphic design and graphic standards for a consistent, distinctive look and feel. We treat these graphics as the physical incarnation of your DSI – the "pictures that say a thousand words."
With world-class graphic designers, we can work across all mediums:
Cards and Stationary
Real Brand Stories
Bringing it all together, our Brand Story tool is a critical one-page narrative that tells a story only you can tell. It's like an extended elevator pitch. It shows how the pain is taken away or how new opportunity is gained in a way no other brand can do. It is the blueprint for all communications going forward.
Here are some examples.
Rackspace: NYSE RAX
MapleMama Craft Maple Spritzers: 100% Sweetened by Mother Earth
AstraZeneca: NYSE AZN – Diabetes Division
Jungle Disk: The Data Security Suite for Main Street
MV-1: First car built for people in Wheelchairs
Medspoke: The Mobile Revolution in Medical Staffing
The #1 Managed Cloud Company
Around 2003, Amazon built what became a computing revolution: the first, general-purpose, Public Cloud. API driven, virtualized, instantly provisioned, billed like a utility--it was a game changer for early users who could suddenly access immense computing resources on demand.
But as businesses needed to scale on these commodity-like Clouds, big problems appeared. The Clouds were incomplete because:
General-purpose, commodity Cloud companies just provide raw infrastructure, built on thousands of low reliability, "disposable" servers. It lets them offer raw computing at what appear to be low unit prices--but only covers a fraction of the Cloud's real costs. Because…
These Cloud companies don't manage or support the complex tools and technologies you need to make their fragile infrastructure reliable and efficient for your critical apps.
The Cloud has to be managed by someone to build reliability and efficiency back in.
It means that you are responsible for engineering your software and systems to manage their fragile infrastructure. You have to hire people and become the Cloud expert. Otherwise, you suffer the pain of degraded performance, frequent downtime and all the extra costs that go with it.
But at Rackspace, we knew it didn't have to be this way. We knew businesses would demand a choice: the ability to hire a company of specialists to manage all this complexity for them, so they could spend their resources elsewhere.
So we decided to offer that choice--a new category of Cloud that's delivered as a unique integration of Cloud infrastructure and Cloud experts for every customer--so you have everything you need to design it, run it and scale it on day one. A new category we call Managed Cloud.
Here's what we did:
We made our cloud professional grade--built reliability into the infrastructure, so you don't have to engineer it later on
We began creating specialized Clouds to run services like Mongo DB, DevOps; and whole practice areas like SharePoint and Digital Commerce
We developed a unique Hybrid approach to make multiple platforms work as one
We wrapped it all in our legendary Fanatical Support—teams of cloud engineers and application specialists on call 24x7x365 to make your hardest problems simple.
And here's what thousands of customers around the world are now getting:
Cloud computing that takes out more real costs, more risk and more inefficiency than any commodity Cloud can. Value far beyond low unit prices.
A Cloud that comes with all the experts you need to run it, so you can run your business. A different model: They sell units of computing. We sell units of Managed Cloud.
For these customers, the best Cloud is Managed Cloud. It's why they've made us #1 in DevOps automation, #1 in services like MongoDB, #1 in Sharepoint, #1 in hosted private OpenStack Cloud, #1 in Digital Commerce and that's just the beginning.
Rackspace. The #1 Managed Cloud Company
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Imagine a Sweetener That's Good for you…
Until we created MapleMama—there was no soft drink or spritzer or soda or anything like it that was 100% sweetened by Maple—mother earth's very own sweetener—so rich in minerals and over 54 anti-oxidants—it's like nothing else on earth. Because nothing comes to us like Maple does. It's from the life-giving sap that rises up from the deep forest soil, filtered by thousands of tiny rootlets, literally the stuff that makes the great forests burst open with life every spring! Artificial Splenda and cane sugar sure as heck can't do that!
The founders of MapleMama used to tap their own Maple trees in their yard in Western Massachusetts to make homemade maple syrup for the family. But as their little kids began growing up, they didn't want to feed them chemical drinks like diet Dr. Pepper or sugary Coke. They wondered why they couldn't make a drink with their own Maple. After all, the indigenous people of the area had been flavoring with Maple for 300 years. And they knew that Maple had amazing nutritional properties. It's even used as a key ingredient by people looking to de-tox their bodies in cleansing regimens. So the family started concocting recipes on the kitchen stove with sparkling water and other natural flavors. And the kids loved it. And the neighbors loved it. And their friends started asking for it. And that's how MapleMama was born.
One of our slogans is "Imagine a Sweetener that's good for you." Well now you don't have to. You're holding it in your hands.
Thanks for trying MapleMama. We hope you love it as much as we do.
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Diabetes Division
Type 2 Diabetes is a often called a journey. But it's a journey that no one wants to complete. It has three progressive phases:
First is the Diet and Lifestyle phase where we can manage our physiology with relatively benign adjustments in eating and exercise. Our bodies are still functionally independent.
Next is the Mid-Control phase. We now require the assistance of diabetes medication for healthy function, but since we still produce our own insulin and have a wide range of treatment options, we retain a large measure of independence and control, with less fear of acute complications.
Last is the Insulin Dependent phase. And now we are unremittingly tied to our medication and monitors for the rest of our lives. We must plan our activities around our illness, which can include a complex routine of regular blood glucose monitoring, counting carbohydrates, and calculating and injecting precise doses of insulin every few hours of every day. Access to our medicine becomes a matter of life and death.
While there is no doubt that Insulin replacement is a uniquely effective therapy--over the decades the word 'Insulin' has also become a symbol. Rightly or wrongly, being "on Insulin" signifies a milestone that diabetes patients desperately want to avoid. It means crossing the threshold into the phase of dreaded complications and life-changing inconvenience-- from independence to dependence--even a sense of personal failure. Doctors also understand these fears and naturally want to help their patients delay this phase as long as possible.
At AZ Diabetes, this is our unique mission--to prolong every patient's time in the Mid-Control phase; to delay insulin dependence for our patients as long as possible. That's why, more than any other company, we specialize in providing the broadest portfolio of non-insulin medicines, support programs and research, designed to give you and your HCP a broader range of options to stay in control and delay or even avoid full insulin dependence as long as possible.
The portfolio aspect of what we do--what we call 'Portfolio Care'--is a key feature of this commitment. It's a different approach than focusing on stand alone, 'one-size-fits-all' medicines for the simple reason that there are no 'one-size-fits-all patients.' Portfolio Care for the mid-control phase means we constantly develop a whole range of non-insulin dependent options in different drug classes, explore new combinations, develop new molecules, create new support and even pricing programs--to help HCPs find more ways to individualize the care they give to every patient.
But our broad Portfolio will also include new non-insulin + insulin combination products for patients who need to bridge the gap with partial insulin replacement. Because our mission is not to fight Insulin as a therapy, it's to fight and delay insulin dependence.
Modern medicine is increasingly the province of specialties and we believe the same is true for the modern medicine makers. For us, Non-Insulin Dependent Portfolio Care is the pathway to better personal care in a critical phase of Diabetes. And that means better care for millions of our patients around the world.
AZ Diabetes Portfolio Care. The Specialists in Non-Insulin Dependent Care.
Jungle Disk:
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The shift from stand-alone computers to connected computers on the internet has caused a revolution in business productivity. But it's also caused a revolution in risk--the risk of cyber-hackers destroying your data and putting you out of business from anywhere on the globe. And the threat is increasing at an alarming rate—up over 40% from 2014 to 2015 alone. The consequences have never been greater: according to one study, 43% of companies with a major loss of data never reopened. Only 6% survived long term.
Electronic files and data— the lifeblood of your business—is now under constant, active threat from ransomware, malware, viruses, bots and global networks of criminal hackers who can disrupt and destroy in seconds.
Data backup alone used to be enough to protect your business from accidents like equipment failure and human error. But now that's only half the battle. Today, you need equal protection from deliberate attacks to be safe. You need security against breaking and break-ins.
And that's exactly what you get with Jungle Disk: the integrated security suite for 'Mainstreet' businesses from 2-250 employees. Our Data Threat Protection™ platform is double threat protection--a complete security combination that protects from both of kinds of threats: accidents and attacks in one simple, affordable package.
This level of protection used to be too complex and expensive for anyone but large enterprises with a big IT departments. But as these big enterprises tightened security, 'Main Street' businesses suddenly became prime hacker targets—increasingly subject to catastrophic attacks.
That's why we built our Data Threat Protection platform to combine the most powerful, multi-layer military grade technology with the cost savings and speed of the cloud. It provides an active security shield that's so simple to affordable to deploy, companies of any size can now have a digital fortress for their data.
Here's how it works: Data Threat Protection merges encrypted backup and file sharing with a Unified Threat Management system for networks in one integrated solution:
Jungle Disk Unified Threat Management, powered by MyDigitalShield technology, provides network threat protection through a Cloud-Link™ gateway which provides firewall, virtual private network (VPN), data leak prevention, anti-malware, web content filtering, botnet protection, DDoS defense, intrusion prevention and more.
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To be accessible for any sized business, pricing is made easy with no pre-paid annual fees, no contracts, low monthly packages and no hidden costs.
With it's unique ability to bring true Data Threat Protection to Main Street—Jungle Disk has already earned the trust of more than 25,000 businesses nationwide—from Law Firms, to Medical Practices, Financial Advisors, CPAs, and Real Estate Brokers—companies whose data is every bit as precious to their customers, owners and employees as it is for the biggest global enterprises.
They all know that in today's hyper-connected world when it comes to protecting your data, it's a jungle out there! Now they can have the best possible solution at the most affordable price. And so can your business.
Jungle Disk. The Data Security Suite for 'Main Street.'
Introducing the MV-1:
The First Car Built from the Ground Up for People in Wheelchairs
As people with disabilities, there is a bond we share because of the health, work, social and family challenges we face each day. And since we're not a "mass market" per se, one of our biggest challenges has always been to make the commercial world understand our real needs and manufacture products fit for us—the way they seem to design products for every other specialized niche in the abled marketplace.
Nowhere is this more critical than in personal transportation—specifically, the vehicles we have to buy and drive. For people with disabilities, our car is not just a status symbol or an indulgence—it's literally our lifeline to the rest of the world in every aspect. But like so much else in our world, purchasing a vehicle has often been a costly and difficult compromise. Instead of being a manufacturer's first thought, we've been an after-thought.
To start with, our main option has only been to buy an "after-market" converted vehicle—an original factory van or truck whose frame was cut in half and its interior rebuilt by a different shop to become accessible and ADA compliant. This conversion process not only adds thousands to the cost, it leaves the frame weaker, heavier, less durable, and even voids the original factory warrantees! We're forced to pay a lot more, to get a lot less in performance and affordability.
But now the big news is that a company has been formed specifically to design and build vehicles for our needs, our comfort and our safety from the ground up. These new mobility vehicles (MVs) will eliminate all the compromises, while costing thousands less than any converted vehicle ever made. Here's how--
First, there is no more converting. Each vehicle is built from the ground up for its intended purpose without altering the factory frame. That means they can make it strong as a truck, but drive like a car. They designed it with the help of the people who'll depend on it—people like us with disabilities and our advocates--so it would be more spacious, easier to maneuver inside, easier to carry cargo in the trunk, better to drive and simpler to enter and exit with wider doors and ramps. It's specifically designed to be more durable and reliable—with a proven drive train and parts systems so it will last years longer, spend less time in the repair shop and cost less to maintain. And all that makes it safer too. In fact, it would keep its original factory warranties and safety ratings because its frame wouldn't have to be cut in half and rebuilt before it drove its first mile.
But because of this new company's founding commitment, it's doing even more. It wants to change our whole experience of buying and owning the car. That's why they'll be bringing the car to us to see at our homes or work or rehab place--not making us travel long distances to a show room. And they'll pick the car up when it needs service. Small things maybe—but really important when it comes to ease and convenience.
No traditional car company either wanted or had the manufacturing efficiencies to build this vehicle. It took a whole new company based on the newest manufacturing technology and business models. One that's building the cars for us from the ground up because of a commitment from the ground up.
The name of the company is VPG and its mobility vehicle is the MV1. It's the company and the car that changes everything—simply because it's the first car that's built for us from the ground up.
MedSpoke
The Mobile Revolution in Medical Staffing
In recent decades nearly every industry and field of endeavor has undergone a revolution. It is the analog-to-digital revolution and it has forever changed the way we live, work and invent. Although it's disruptive to the owners of the status quo--the shift from analog-to-digital creates so many opportunities and efficiencies, it's both inevitable and unstoppable. It brings undeniable advantage to those who embrace it.
The Problem in Medical Staffing
Some industries have been quick adopters of the digital shift; some slower. But a surprising few have not even begun. Given the desperate need for efficiencies in healthcare today, it's ironic that Medical Staffing is one of those outliers—a field still running in the analog era.
As a result, the system is increasingly overwhelmed and out of sync as:
A growing percentage of doctors and providers are moving from captive employment in single practices to multiple affiliations and variable shifts;
Hospitals are under constant pressure to fill those shifts at any cost.
Both sides must rely on employer agencies running analog systems to schedule, assure that complex credentialing requirements are met, and to recruit the needed professionals.
And the consequences are increasingly acute:
Doctors feel they are losing control of the time and compensation promised by their profession.
Hospitals have no way of accessing the entire pool of qualified providers in their regions, too often having to fill positions on a last minute, emergency basis at triple cost.
Medical Employers have a limited pool of local physicians to fill shifts, exposing them to the risk of losing hospital contracts unless they hire exorbitantly priced out-of-area staff.
The MedSpoke Revolution
Recognizing that change was long overdue for tens of thousands of medical professionals, a team of doctors, programmers and technology entrepreneurs got together to create a company called MedSpoke with one purpose in mind: to bring the digital revolution with its myriad advantages to medical staffing, once and for all. By merging Cloud computing power, state-of-the-art database and mobile UI technologies, and compiling a central data infrastructure on a region by region basis, MedSpoke transforms the staffing experience and its economies for providers and employers alike.
The MedSpoke Difference: Before and After
The result is a number of dramatic firsts for Medical Staffing:
The first integration of medical Credentialing, Scheduling and Recruiting (iCSR)™. With MedSpoke iCSR, users can access…
The first mobile user experience and centralized administrative process in medical staffing history.
For Doctors and Providers, it means--
MedSpoke can provide a simple Mobile phone app that literally puts the world of staffing in the palm of their hands, 24/7.
Now, they can instantly see shift availability in hospitals and facilities throughout their region, comparing compensation, time slots and workloads.
Credentialing that used to take months, takes minutes!
Doctors have control of their own shift staffing decisions, anywhere, anytime.
For Employers, it means--
A region-wide, consolidated view of available shifts and status, a wider pool of credentialed physicians, and instant communication via a central dashboard.
Credential status--including expirations—can be constantly monitored and updated.
Significantly reduced overhead; much greater labor and administrative efficiencies.
The analog-to-digital shift has been called the Industrial Revolution of our time. Its effects have been transformational in nearly every aspect in every industry it's touched. Now, finally, the Medical Staffing industry can make that shift—the MedSpoke shift.
MedSpoke. The Mobile Revolution in Medical Staffing.
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A: Мне кажется, вместо того, чтобы задавать такие вопросы пачками, лучше всего взять какую-либо хорошую книжку по C++ и начать по ней заниматься.
Просто то, что на такие вопросы вам ответят здесь, будет, скорее, лишь некоторым частичным пересказом сути, может быть, даже неправильным.

Про один из возможных подходов к изучению C++ с соответствующими книгами можете посмотреть здесь.

A: я всецело поддерживаю мнение Котика,которыйхочет_кушать
но если это всерьёз надо, то модули в C++ называются заголовочные файлы и пишутся очень просто(в отдельный файл добавляется нужный вам код, файл помещается в ту-же папку, что и исходный код программы(притом он должен иметь англ. название и расширение .h, .hpp), а в самой программе пишется #include "header.h" именно в кавычках и именно с расширением).
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center was awarded a $31.8M NIH grant for The Precision Medicine Initiative with a project end date of December 2022. The all-encompassing objective of the Precision Medicine Initiative's (PMI) is to transform our understanding of the factors that contribute to health and disease, and eventually, to use this data so we can prevent and treat disease. This funding for Vanderbilt and PMI has been extended thru 2019.
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If you have been considering temporary work, now may be the perfect time to enter the market. The ABS reported in 2012 that nearly 2.2 million Australians (19%) were employed on a casual or temporary basis. Companies may consider employing temporary staff for any number of reasons including assisting with special projects, covering extended leave of employees, allowing greater flexibility of staff numbers to fit company needs, or trialing candidates before hiring them permanently. But let's look at the benefits from the vantage point of you, the potential employee!
If you would like to get back into work sooner rather than later, taking on a temporary role can often be a much shorter process than securing a permanent role within the same company.
Do you have other commitments outside work, such as family or study? Are you on a working holiday visa or have a long holiday booked? If so, temporary employment may be just the right thing for you. Unlike a more traditional role, temping can afford you greater flexibility and control over your schedule. You can choose to work in short term, long term, or contract assignments to fit in and around your chosen lifestyle.
A temporary assignment is a great way to prove your worth to a company, and with a notable work ethic and personality, you can utilise a temporary assignment as a way to get your foot in the door. If you want to stand out, you will need to be a fast learner and be willing to work hard. Always arriving on time (or early) and staying late when needed and taking on additional responsibility are ways to grab the attention of your employer, who may extend your assignment or offer a permanent role.
If you have recently graduated or would like to try a new career, temporary assignments may allow you to quickly learn new skills, be exposed to a range of systems and procedures, and trial different companies and industries to see what is right for you before committing to a permanent role.
Temporary roles are available in a range of businesses: international organisations, not-for-profit, SMEs, locally-owned businesses, and government departments, as well as across a number of industries including financial services, FMCG, healthcare, manufacturing, security, and more.
The company you're temping with may not have a vacancy when your assignment ends, but if you have made a good impression, you may leave with solid references. These connections may lead to other longer term positions in the future. Your temp consultant will also be very keen to keep you working if you have proven yourself to be reliable and a hard worker.
It can be hard to explain prolonged periods of unemployment/inactivity to a potential employer. Keep your skills fresh and close any gaps by taking on a temporary assignment. Maintaining a solid timeline of employment where possible can give you a competitive advantage in the job market.


How did Hal and Charles differ from their predecessors, Francois and Perrault?
They were "greenhorns" - they overloaded the sled, they did not feed the dogs properly, and they did not take advice from the experienced travelers around them.
Hal and Charlie were mean to their dogs. Although Francois and Perrault worked their dogs hard, they let them rest and fed them. They did not beat or curse them. They recognized dog psychology. Hal and Charles are not so mindful of their dogs. THey ambitions to find gold, but are also incompetent and lazy. THey are out of place in the harsh environment. They have no understanding of the dogs, and mistreats them terribly.They put too much of a load on and they do not let them rest or eat properly.


I was a nine year old with a 110 camera and that's my Dad just home from work as a psychologist at Richmond State Hospital. Under his arm is a brown bag of beer from Hornak's Liquor – a little booze shack still in business near the tracks in the warehouse district of town.
It's probably cans of Pabst.
There's something wonderful about this photo and whenever I think of my Dad, I think of this picture, that sidewalk where I learned to ride a bike (a hideously wonderful bright yellow thing) and that a tree fell on our VW Rabbit right there in that parking space.
John Parrish died in 1985 when I was thirteen. I was young and most of the hurt subsided a long time ago, but I still think about him often and would love to know him now that I'm an adult.
I'm certain we'd be friends.
Thank you for sharing this picture and the story behind it. I love how it seems to be a universal trait that kids cut off people's heads in photos so that gave me a big smile.
I also love that you instantly know that this picture was fueled with love and it flashes me right back to when I was that age taking random photos of friends and family as well.
I feel very full when I look at this photo– things long forgotten come back to me and I end up back on the front porch listening to him sing and play guitar. Good times. Very good times.
I cannot express how much I love this photo. Fantastic, even without the story behind it.
My gran always chopped the heads off people with her 110 camera. I think it was because it was so light that she moved the camera down a little when she pressed the shutter. Or maybe it was art – one or the other!
He wore a cowboy hat. We lived in a small city in Indiana, but he wore a cowboy hat because he wanted to, and he didn't care what anyone thought about it. I bought it for him. We were quite a pair…him with his cowboy hat and me with my big Afro hairstyle!
A man full of mischief, super smart, interested in everything. Even after 25 years, a song or the smell of Captain Black pipe tobacco, or a picture as above surprises me with the sharpness of the sense of loss. It will pass, of course, until the next time I get ambushed by it. It's funny, though, although the episodes are painful, they also bring me the memories I'd love to be in again.
One of my favorite pictures of you and John is the one of the two of you on the carnival ride. He always had as much fun as you did!
Thanks for the picture and the jolt to my heart. It was familiar and good.
I just read my comment from last night, and I am so embarrassed. I tried to express the feelings that the photo gave me and why John was so special. I tried to do it without getting too mushy and personal, but it came out stilted and superficial.
I should have just said that he loved his cowboy hat, he was special to me, and I still miss him.
I loved your comment Mom.
OMG…Jen are you trying to make us cry.
The photo is awsome, though probably not as awsome as the man himself. I wish there was some way I could talk to the guy that played such a pivotal role in one of my favorite peoples life. Dunno, maybe it's a girl thing or just your personality but I doubt I'd have the stones to share such a personal side of myself.
Glad to see your happy.
Thank you Steve- I can actually see you and my Dad going for a beer. He would've liked you.


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Alex is married with two young daughters. He is a keen traveller having visited many interesting countries, including a recent adventure to Nepal. Given the choice, Alex prefers travelling on holiday by train which allows him to relax and soak up the local culture and environment. That's assuming he gets a seat of course!