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In this episode of the Core Exchange, Laila Waggoner, senior healthcare strategist, Core Health, interviews Tom Duncan, vice president, Froedtert South Hospital, located in southeastern Wisconsin. Laila and Tom discuss what indicates the need for a healthcare website redesign, how to stand apart from competitors, and how to make the web experience easier for patients and providers to navigate. They also cover how to get buy-in from internal stakeholders, who should be involved in decision making, and how to set priorities and expectations so your healthcare website project can be a success.
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Laila Waggoner: Welcome to the Core Exchange, a healthcare marketing podcast. I'm Laila Waggoner, senior healthcare strategist with Core Health, Core Creative's specialized healthcare marketing practice. This week, we are so pleased to be joined by Tom Duncan, Vice President at Froedtert South to discuss planning for a website project. Tom, welcome to the Core Exchange.
Tom Duncan: Thank you. Glad to be with you.
Laila Waggoner: We're so excited to have you with us because as I understand, you recently went through an amazing project to revamp the Froedtert South website. But before we get into the details of that, I'd love it if you could just tell our guests, our listeners, a little bit about yourself, your career path, and your current role and responsibilities.
Tom Duncan: Sure. Will be happy to share that information with you. So I've had 47 years in a progressive leadership positions with many, many healthcare organizations, most recently, of course, with Froedtert South, where I've been for 32 years. Some of you may say the kid can't be that old, but I've been there. I'm trying to do it.
Tom Duncan: And I think what probably positioned me well for this project was that I've been the vice president and chief operating officer for a number of years. So I really crossed over many, many service lines within our hospitals, and in so doing became really personally knowledgeable of many, many people and of the services that we provide. So I think I really have become available and knowledgeable to walk the talk. And I think that's what probably made it important along the way in building the new website, because having worked with so many people, they knew who I was and I knew them. I'd hired probably 80% of our physicians. And so there was a confidence, I think, in me, knowing that I wasn't going to be setting them up, but I was really looking for how to extract from them their personality and what makes them so good at what they do and delivery the type of healthcare that they have.
Tom Duncan: I have a master's degree in business administration. I have an incredible wife who is retired, a speech pathologist. We have two kids, a daughter that teaches English and creative writing, and a son that's an orthopedic surgeon. And we have five grandsons, no granddaughters that we're anticipating, but we have two grand dogs, one a boy, and one a girl. So one got squeaked in one way or another. So got a great family and we've had a lot of fun lately. And quite frankly, I'm also part of the bad boys club. We started when we were 40 years old. And so every year, we have to go do something like climb Mount Rainier or go to Kilimanjaro or go to the Tour de France. We're trying to stay active, which means that our waistlines should stay in shape. So glad to share a little background with you.
Laila Waggoner: That's wonderful, Tom. It sounds like you enjoy adventures both on the job and outside of work, which is fantastic.
Tom Duncan: Work hard, play hard.
Laila Waggoner: That's right. That's right. So we're here to talk a little bit about the process that you underwent in planning for a new website. And before we even get into that detail, we'd love to hear what led to the decision to engage in this website project and what were the drivers or the motivating factors that led to this project.
Tom Duncan: Well, I think senior leadership sat around for a long time and was very concerned that the current website that was about five years old was old. It really was not capable of being updated. And as a result, it was our objective to build a new, user-friendly website that would be easy to navigate, capable of being updated internally and easily, very easily, and provide clear messaging about our strengths and identify what differentiates us from our competitors. And so the team set about and came up with six objectives, and those six objectives were four that were patient-focused and two that were staff-focused. The four patient-focused objectives were to build awareness of what services that we had to offer, and through that, strengthen our identity, simplify the access as I indicated just previously, and educate our community as to those services that we can provide, because for so many years, people have thought that they have to leave Kenosha to get good healthcare.
Tom Duncan: And you really don't have to do that. Yet, unless you educate and reeducate and reinform, without that messaging out there, people aren't going to know what you can provide. And I think as we're seeing, as we're utilizing so many of the analytics that Core has provided us with, that messaging is getting across. And then the two staff-focused objectives were to improve retention of our staff and to drive recruitment. Without recruitment, we can't get the staff and we can't serve our patients. And clearly, right now in the pandemic, that's been a major challenge for us is to keep, retain, and get new staff.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. There's no question that that is a priority for many, many healthcare organizations. And as you know, we're this... We call ourselves the say it, live it agency, and that's really about communicating externally, but then also strengthening that internal piece as well. So that's great.
Tom Duncan: Both have to go hand in hand.
Laila Waggoner: That's right. Exactly. Yeah. So tell me a little bit, if you would, about the process in getting leadership buy-in and the budget approval to do the project. Was that a challenge or what were the steps that you took there?
Tom Duncan: That was a huge challenge. Leadership buy-in is incredibly important, but leadership also need to be educated as to what was missing, and what was missing was our digital footprint. Because for so long, we had relied on the print media, the newspapers, as an example. Unfortunately, newspaper circulation has dropped dramatically. In Kenosha several years ago, we were right around 35,000 homes receiving a newspaper. We're down to about 10. And not even certain if people are reading the newspaper because they can go online now and watch it digitally.
Tom Duncan: So with what we began to do in a very small type of way, we put some ads out to various organizations that would put out on their digital media. And through that, we got analytic information back that would allow us then to go to leadership and basically say, "Look, folks, we have no sense of what we're getting through the print media. We do have a sense from the impressions whether it was Google Analytics, from Facebook, Instagram, et cetera. And when we were predicting that we might be 1 to 2,000 impressions on Facebook and we're getting 15,000 impressions, that says where our marketplace is looking to learn more about us."
Tom Duncan: And so that helped us with leadership to begin to say, "We've got to make a change. We've got to get to a website that can bring forth the messaging that we want. And more importantly, let them see who we are through the videotapes and other forms that right now they haven't had an opportunity to do. And without that, it's not going to happen." And when we found out that as we began to work with Core, that our drop-off average was 78%. That very clearly and simply said nobody cared to do anything to further their information find with respect to Froedtert South. So we had to get to it. We had to get to the project. And quite frankly, that platform development, that first step was extensive.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. So how did you begin the process of gathering the input internally for how... What functional areas did you need to engage? How did that process work?
Tom Duncan: Well, I think Core helped us a lot. We identified, probably for the first time, I'm embarrassed to say, how many real service lines we had. And we went through the list and came up with 43 and then said, "We're going to start to work on those that were the highest revenue generators." I mean, makes sense. That's what you want to sell. That's where you want to bring people in.
Tom Duncan: But as we began that process, COVID hit. Boom. Here we are. We want to get as many people as we possibly can get interviewed. Unfortunately, interviews are best that they can be done in person, and that now was simply not going to happen. Then it became the structure to put the interview schedule together. And that was like herding cats, especially with physician schedules. But we were successful. We sent out a list of questions to all the interviewees in advance of their interview session so that they had a sense of what we were going to be asking of them, hopefully so that they could be as succinct as possible given what we are going to hopefully do within 45 minutes. And this construction project, as we began, it ultimately became pretty successful.
Tom Duncan: And I think the takeaways from those sessions, particularly with the physicians, allowed us to get a huge dive into why they A, went into medicine, why they're practicing the style of medicine that they are today, and the outcomes from what they're able to provide through their specialty services. And so as we get through that and working with Devin and others, I think we found, and we can talk about that in a little bit, but how we really came to believe we were providing breakthrough medical services in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Became very, very significant. And I get goosebumps as we talk about it because it was so revealing as to what we can do to help people in the Kenosha and surrounding areas get the type of quality healthcare that they are expecting to receive.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. It almost sounds like that was an unexpected benefit of the process. It wasn't necessarily what we were setting out to discover, but through the gathering of the input, it gave you all this additional insight and information.
Tom Duncan: It really did. I'm just so thankful for the folks that really poured their heart out to us in sharing their stories. It also allowed us... Subsequently, we decided that we were going to establish a magazine, and the magazine that we call Healthy Connections is really about individual physicians and the services that they have provided, and then patient testimonials to go along with it, that then identifies why they feel so richly enhanced due to a service that a physician was able to provide.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah, that's fantastic. So I know sometimes projects like this website projects, just like many other projects, have a tendency to grow over time. And as people find out what you're working on, there's additional input that comes in. So how did you stay focused on the priorities and how did you keep people involved in the progress?
Tom Duncan: We put together, I think, a really good Gantt chart and a site chart that basically said, "Here's where we need to be by the end of March, April, May, June, July," and while those were all excellent to assist us in keeping the locomotive on the tracks, in retrospect, I think where I made a mistake was that I included too much of our leadership team on the governing board. And I say that because not everyone in that group understands marketing and promotion and messaging, and yet every one of them wanted to become an expert. And so everybody had a vote, and sometimes that vote took a lot longer than what we anticipated. So literally, we got to a point where we had to say, "If we're not going to keep to the timeline, we aren't going to make our go live. We're not going to be there."
Tom Duncan: So ultimately, I think if I were to have a redo, I'd go back and say, "If you who want to be a participant, you've got to be 60, 70% down the road knowing what marketing and messaging, especially now that digital age needs to be." And so we probably should have had some educational programs on the front end and then had a failure rate for those folks that weren't going to make it. Because I think that would have helped streamline the process because that became worse than trying to get some of the physicians together at times, just getting leadership to have the type of buy-in that we needed to have. And that did cost us more money because there was delay, and our go live did not happen on the timeline that we had thought.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. So that both the understanding of the scope of the project, I think, as well as having that perspective, it sounds like that's something that you might suggest to others is do that level-setting understanding of how website projects work, the importance of digital as part of the mix, all of that level-setting at the beginning of the project might've been something that you would recommend for others.
Tom Duncan: Very much so on the front end. I think it would have saved us a significant amount of time during the project duration. Absolutely. I do think that what also helped us is that we were queued up every week with Core folks to have our conversations about where we were at and if we were on target or not. And that was very, very significant. So I'd highly recommend to anybody that's going to undergo the massive challenge of a journey of rebuilding a website to have that type of activity on a regular basis. It focused you and forced you to try to do your very best to stay to the project.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. Really having those milestones and knowing that people were going to be accountable to answer to it. Yeah. Those weekly calls are important for information-sharing, but also for, like you said, meeting those objectives and keeping everybody with a little bit of a fire lit. Yeah.
Tom Duncan: And lots of emails in-between.
Laila Waggoner: And lots and lots of communication. Exactly.
Tom Duncan: I think I've got carpal tunnel.
Laila Waggoner: I bet you do. Well, there's probably a specialty that can take care of that.
Tom Duncan: I know that guy very well.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. So overall, Tom, what advice would you give to others who may be considering a website development project? Maybe-
Tom Duncan: Don't do it.
Laila Waggoner: Don't do it.
Tom Duncan: No. But all kidding aside, I mean, well, it was extremely difficult. I mean, it was such a rewarding exercise, as I was just sharing with you, because of some of the inspirational messaging that was coming out of our physicians. And while scheduling of them, it was difficult at times, I think their dedication, their passion, their achievement of the very best was overwhelmingly heartwarming. And those conversations resulted in a very strong outcome statement for our organization, as I shared briefly, but to put it succinctly, we are bringing forth a very compassionate, community-centered group of caregivers providing breakthrough care. That's awesome. I mean, that says it all. I mean, I feel like that old movie I saw years ago, We are the Titans. We are Froedtert South.
Laila Waggoner: There you go. Yeah. A real pride, it sounds like in that.
Tom Duncan: Truly, truly, truly, truly. And I think through that then, we personalized our website. One of the objectives that I had was to use the least amount of Shutterstock that we possibly could. I wanted our staff in the pictures, even if they were going to have masks on. I mean, we'll go back now over time, hopefully. We get through this next surge and we'll de-mask and we'll have the full face of our staff. But even so, you can look at these staff with the mask on and you can see the smiles through their eyes. That is another story to be told, that they love what they're doing.
Tom Duncan: And so throughout our website, you will see our staff in the various pictures, and they're proud of it. I mean, they done go tell their friends, "Go to our website. You got to check me out." Okay. That's pretty good marketing, telling your own story.
Laila Waggoner: Absolutely. Yeah. And who better to do it than the team, for sure.
Tom Duncan: Yep. Absolutely.
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. That's really great. So-
Tom Duncan: I think another thing, just as an aside that we found, and I mentioned a little bit, we decided that we were going to offer physician videos. And about 50% of the physicians took advantage of it, but it was a very nice way to tell their story. And there's a huge story that can be told through a two- to three-minute video about a physician, not necessarily where they went to medical school, where they did the residency, but, "I've got a family. We like to camp. I play a piano. I play the trumpet. We go to the theater. I'm on the soccer field." Those are some of the personal issues that people can identify with and say, "I like that person. I'm going to go to him or her."
Laila Waggoner: Yeah. I think that is an underutilized medium for the physician directories. That's something that we've certainly seen is that people want to not just know that they're... They expect their physicians to be qualified, right?
Tom Duncan: Right.
Laila Waggoner: They want to see who they are as a person and have that connection with them. So I totally agree with you that that's... My guess is that you'll find the metrics are high for the viewings on those videos.
Tom Duncan: And I was just going to comment about that. For those physicians that have the video, they have the longest read time.
Laila Waggoner: There you go. That's the metric that you need, right?
Tom Duncan: And so we're seeing that someone is following Dr. Garretto or Dr. Gauthier for four and a half minutes, outstanding. We know that they're paying attention to what those physicians have to offer, and it's because they can watch the video.
Laila Waggoner: Are there other metrics, Tom, that you've been tracking or that you would recommend that people pay close attention to in terms of before and after? How do you know that you're getting the success that you want?
Tom Duncan: Yeah. Actually, there are several that we've been following. And just most recently, because we've got the dashboard set up. But the read time, the number of visitors daily, the highest click-through rate, the drop-off rate. And I'm sure as time goes by, we'll be measuring others as well. But those are the ones that we've been looking at right now. And once again, just how many visitors we're getting daily versus what we've had before. What's the read-through time especially as it relates to those physicians with their videos? And our fall-off rate has dropped dramatically. So I have to say that the success of the new website is there.
Laila Waggoner: That's fantastic. And that's what we're hoping for. We know for sure that people more and more are using digital means to find information about their condition, to find physicians, and to find information about service lines that their healthcare providers are offering. And so having that resource has to just be a really big boost to complement all of the other efforts that I'm sure you're undertaking.
Tom Duncan: Absolutely. I mean, as these metrics came through and we were able to share with leadership, we were, "Yahoo!" The touchdown, the sign went up. We made it. But I'd have to say, as I just said, as we made it, don't ever believe that just because you went through some website rebuild that you're done. You're going to be rebuilding over and over and over again because you add new technology, new providers, new services, that messaging has got to be out there. You just have to be telling your public what you can do.
Laila Waggoner: Well, that's great. Well, Tom, thank you so much for sharing this story and sharing some of your time with us and with our listeners. A reminder to our listeners to please subscribe on Apple Podcasts to the Core Exchange, or you can sign up for our newsletter on corecreative.health. Be sure to join us again for the next edition of the Core Exchange.
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Laila Waggoner is a Senior Healthcare Strategist at Core Health, Core Creative's specialized healthcare marketing practice. Laila has over 30 years of experience with systems such as Mercy Health and ProMedica, as well as with academic medical centers, managed care organizations and clinically integrated networks in markets across the country.
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Q: Modifying a decomposition to obtain a singular value decomposition of matrix I've encountered the following question:
Assume that we have
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A =
\begin{pmatrix}
1 & -1 & 1\\
 -1 & 1 & 1 \\
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 0 & -2 & 0 \\
 0 & 0 & 2
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2 & -1 & 1\\
 1 & 2 & 0 \\
 -2 & 1 & 5
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Now, label the columns of leftmost matrix as $a_{1}, a_{2}$ and $a_{3}$, the diagonal entries of  the middle matrix by $t_{1}, t_{2}$ and $t_{3}$, and finally the rows of the rightmost matrix by $b_{1}^{T}, b_{2}^{T}$ and $b_{3}^{T}$. The question is:
Question: Show how to modify the $a_{i}, b_{i}$ and $t_{i}$'s to yield a singular value decomposition for $A$.
Here, I can write $A$ as sum of rank-1 matrices using $a_{i}, b_{i}$ and $t_{i}$'s (which was  asked in the latter part of this question). But I don't know what the question mean by modifying $a_{i}, b_{i}$ and $t_{i}$'s? Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

A: Let us take the following notations:
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 2 & 1 & 0
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1 & 0 & 0\\
 0 & -2 & 0 \\
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\end{pmatrix}}_T
\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix}
2 & -1 & 1\\
 1 & 2 & 0 \\
 -2 & 1 & 5
\end{pmatrix}}_B$$
$A$ has orthogonal (but not normalized) columns.
$B$ has orthogonal (but not normalized) lines.
$T$ is diagonal but one its entries is negative (instead of all positive).
These deficiencies can be compensated by inserting diagonal matrices in the following way:
$$M=A\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix}
1/\sqrt{6} & 0 & 0\\
 0 & 1/\sqrt{3} & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1/\sqrt{2}
\end{pmatrix}}_{D_1}
D_2D_2
T
\underbrace{\begin{pmatrix}
1/\sqrt{6} & 0 & 0\\
 0 & 1/\sqrt{3} & 0 \\
 0 & 0 & 1/\sqrt{30}
\end{pmatrix}}_{D_3}B$$
with $$D_2:=\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 0 & 0\\
 0 & -1 & 0 \\
 0 & 0 & 1
\end{pmatrix}$$
Setting $$U=AD_1D_2, \ \ \ \Sigma=D_2T, \ \ \ V^T=D_3B,$$ we recover the SVD of $M$:
$$M=U\Sigma V^T$$

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Transfer mixture to the 8x8 pan, cover with lid or foil and cook for 20 min. at 350 degrees. Uncover and sprinkle with parmesan and paprika. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes until everything is hot and bubbling.


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Saint-Julien-les-Villas (Municipality, Haute-Corse, France)
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Flag of Saint-Julien-les-Villas - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 1 September 2020
Presentation of Saint-Julien-les-Villas
Flag of Saint-Julien-les-Villas
Aube (Department, France)
The municipality of Saint-Julien-les-Villas (6,801 inhabitants in 2018; 526 ha) is located just south-east of Troyes.
Saint-Julien-les-Villas was originally known as Sanceium, first documented on a cartulary of the Clairvaux abbey in 1121. In the 15th century, the town was renamed to Sancey-Saint-Julien, as a tribute to a Roman soldier martyred in 304 in Brioude.
In the early 20th century, there were 85 municipalities named Saint-Julien in France, which caused troubles in mail distribution by the postal service. On 16 March 1919, the Municipal Council unanimously adopted the name of Saint-Julien-les-Villas, which was confirmed by a Decree issued on 5 August 1919 by the State Council. The inhabitants, however, kept their name of Sancéens and Sancéennes.
[Avec vous Saint-Julien, 25 June 2016]
Olivier Touzeau & Ivan Sache, 2 September 2020
The flag of Saint-Julien-les-Villas (photo) is a banner of the municipal arms, "Gules three roses argent a chief of the same charged with a fess wavy azure".
The arms, designed by François Gilot, journalist at L'Est-Éclair and local historian, were adopted in 1985. The field of the shield belongs to the arms of the Rémond family, owner of the castle of Les Cours. The wavy stripe azure in chief represents river Seine.
[Armorial des villes et villages de France]
The domain of Les Cours and La Renouillère was known in the 13th century as Courts arpents (lit., Short acres), then composed of a very modest manor built in the center of a low-valued plot.
Jacques Rémond, King's Councillor in Troyes, purchased the domain on 25 September 1642; he built a castle after plans designed by Louis Maillet, canon at the Troyes cathedral. Inaugurated in 1678, the castle was surrounded by a 40-hectare park and gardens designed by André Le Nôtre (1613-1700). Jacques Rémond and his brother Nicolas, self-styles Rémond des Cours, were noted scholars, authors of La vie d'Abélard, Lettres à Héloîse, La véritable politique des hommes de qualité, Les lettres philosophiques et galantes de Mademoiselle G., and Lettres sur la poésie.
The castle became a center of cultural life and the residence of the most famous writers of the time. The poet Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) wrote there Le chêne et le roseau, a fable which he dedicated to the Simon brothers, lawyers and writers in Troyes. Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) wrote there parts of his Art poétique. Bernard de Fontenelle (1657-1757) composed there several of his obituaries (Éloges des membres défunts de l'Académie française).
The park's most famous tree was a Flemish poplar widely known as the Troyes poplar, 40 m in height and 13 m in trunk basal circumference; the tree fell down during a storm in 1895. Ruined, the castle was demolished in 1942.
[Avec vous Saint-Julien, 1 April 2016]
The arms of Nicolas Rémond, Squire, lord of Cours, are shown in the Armorial Général (image) as "Gules three roses argent".

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Neymar's move to PSV has been a big success for the Portuguese. The player has already scored a lot of goals for the club and has already become one of the main stars of the team.
The player's transfer has been well received by the fans and the club. Neymar is a player who can bring a lot to the team and has a lot potential. However, it is also true that he has a number of faults.
Numerous fans and experts have already criticized the player's behavior during the transfer campaign. This is why the fans have been waiting for the results of the player's game for a long time.
The transfer of Neymar to PSM was a good decision for the team, because the player has a great potential and is able to help the club in many ways. The team has already managed to win the Champion League, so it is now important to show a good performance in the Europa League.
However, the transfer of the Brazilian to the club has also its problems. First of all, the player was not able to prove himself in the Premier League. He was not always able to show his best game.
This is not the first time when the player fails in the transfer market. In the summer, he was already involved in a scandal with Chelsea. The club had paid a lot for the player, which was not justified.
In addition, the club failed to pay the transfer fee for the Brazilian. The transfer cost the club a lot, so the club management was not happy with the results.
It is also worth noting that the club did not pay the fee for Neymar. The Brazilian was transferred to the PSG for a price of around 100 million euros. This transfer was not the best decision of the club, because it was not necessary, and the player did not show his maximum.
Many fans have criticized the transfer to the French club. They say that the player is not a good player, and that he is not able in the English Premier League, which is why he was not successful.
If we look at the transfer results of Neymer, we can say that he was able to make a positive impact on the club results. However this transfer was also not the most profitable for the PSM.
Will the club be able to repeat the transfer success of the previous season?
In the previous transfer campaign, the PSV made a good transfer campaign and managed to get a good number of points. This can be seen in the fact that the team managed to finish in the top 4.
Of course, the team needs to improve its results, but it is obvious that the players are ready to fight for the champion title.
Another thing that can be said is that the transfer cost of Neymers is not very high. The cost of the transfer is around 100 millions euros. The players were able to get the necessary money for the transfer, and this is also a good result for the players.
There is still a long way until the end of the season, so there is a high probability that the PSL will be won by the team of Neymars.
What are the main problems of the French team?
The French team is not always in the best shape. The last season, the players did not manage to finish the Champions League. This was a big disappointment for the fans.
One of the reasons for the failure of the players was the transfer policy of the management. The management did not have a good idea of how to use the transfer budget.
They did not spend the transfer funds on the most important players for the squad. This led to the fact, that the French players were not able at the end to finish at the top of the Champions league.
Fans have criticized this decision of management, because they say that it is not good for the French to be in the Champions club tournament.
Moreover, the management did a bad job in the domestic championship. The French team did not finish in a high position in the EPL, which led to a lot criticism from the fans, who called for the resignation of the head coach of the national team. This decision of Neymes was not a success.
Do the players have the right to leave the club?
This transfer of a player to a new team is a big decision. The decision of a club is not an easy one, because a lot depends on the results in the next season.
For this reason, the fans are waiting for a good game of the new team. The new team has a good potential, because many players have already been playing for the new club for a while.
All the players who are leaving the club have a lot in common. They are young and have a high potential. This potential can be used in the future.
Therefore, it can be expected that the new players will be able not only to win, but also to do well in the international arena.
How will the players of the Paris Saint-Germain team be able in future to compete against the best clubs in the world?
There are a lot more questions than answers when it comes to the Paris team. However the players will have a chance to prove themselves in the season ahead.
Recently, the Parisians have shown a good level of performance.


When Halloween is around the corner, your child may have his or her eye on the fun activities that go along with the holiday. When your child has an accident, however, that lands her on crutches, trick or treating may no longer be a viable option. When your child is just starting out on crutches, getting around is no longer easy. Much less in a cumbersome costume in the dark. Here are a few alternatives to trick or treating that might help your child get through the holiday while having a little fun at the same time.
The tradition is to simply walk around your neighborhood, ringing doorbells and shouting trick or treat in order to get candy. There are plenty of other places you could consider, however, especially when your child is on crutches. Ask friends and family members for advice and check into places like malls, church parking lots, schools and other local areas that have a trick or treating activities. Your child would not have to work as far in these locations, and you might even be able to use a wheelchair to get her from store to store.
While your child may grumble about staying home on Halloween, there are plenty of ways to make it fun. Station her on the porch with a scary mask and have her sit as still as possible with a bowl of candy in her lap. Then, when trick or treaters approach to take some candy, have her move and scare them. She will get to see just as many costumes, and she will get to have a little scary fun of her own.
If your child is really bummed about missing her normal trick or treating activities, contact some of your friends, neighbors, and nearby family members and ask them to help. Ask each person to package up a bit of the candy they have prepared for their area and deliver it to your child. She will have a good time seeing people she knows and enjoys, and she will get just as much candy as before without having to go through the strenuous work of going door to door on crutches.
Just because you do not feel your child is safe out on Halloween on crutches does not mean she cannot venture out at all. Look into the alternatives to crutches and see if one of the options looks like something that would keep her mobile and safe on Halloween. You might find that the Hands-Free Crutch or the Knee Scooter work so well that she wants to use it for everyday activities after she is finished with her trick or treating session.
For adults, Halloween might be just another day of the week. If you are dealing with a disappointed child, try to take yourself back in time and remind yourself how you felt on the special holiday. By putting yourself in your child's shoes (or shoe, as the case may be due to her injury) you will inspire your family to think up creative alternatives to the normal trick or treating fun.


Moose Charm 3D. Made of 925 Sterling Silver.
Traditional style charms can be used on bracelets, anklets, chains, use two to make earrings and more.
Comes on a SPLIT RING: a double circular ring. Keep charms connected without having to solder. You attach the charm just like you would put a key on a keychain ring. Use to attach charms to bracelets and chains.
To use on a Pandora style bracelet, use a charm holder adapter bead.


Dr. Yan Lijin is the Chairman of the Law and Globalization Research, Co-Chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Council and Vice President of the Asia-Africa Development and Exchange Society of China. He worked for international corporations for over thirty years, visiting many parts of the world and accumulating rich professional experiences in diplomacy, international cooperation, enterprise management, system integration, and R&D. He also carried out major projects and contributed significantly to the friendship between China and the world. He has won Pakistan's highest civil award for his outstanding contribution towards Pakistan-China relations.


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List of MPs elected in the 1727 British general election

This is a list of the 558 MPs or Members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1727, the 7th Parliament of Great Britain and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.

Elections took place between 14 August 1727 and 17 October 1727.

By-elections
List of Great Britain by-elections (1715–34)

See also
1727 British general election
List of parliaments of Great Britain
Unreformed House of Commons

References

 The House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R Sedgwick  (1970)

External links
 History of Parliament: Members 1715–1754
 History of Parliament: Constituencies 1715–1754

1727
1727
1727 in Great Britain
Lists of Members of the Parliament of Great Britain

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This simple innovative, but versatile jig was invented in Australia. It bolts to a bench and can be used for parallel jointing boards, mitre joints, corner joints and even the difficult task of locating dowels when jointing shelves to uprights. For use with 6mm and 10mm dowels, the jig is case hardened to ensure it remains accurate.
Cross slide lock for accurate shaping and carving. Positive stop for accurate drill depth control. Easy-to-read protractor scale has 5 graduations. Dual locking knobs for holding precise angle setting. Lock pins hold tool firmly on flat surfaces and enter the tool for drilling. Stock will be automatically rounded on center by V-groove for drilling.Convert your power drill into a mini portable drill press. Two guide rods control the movement of a secondary drill chuck. The adjustable base tilts and locks relative to the chuck axis for angled drilling. An adjustable stop collar controls the depth of cut when required.
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This Align-Rite jig has been designed to accurately install overlay and inset drawer slides. Your first step is to assemble the wood handle and clear template for one of these two applications. For overlay drawers, insert the template into the wood guide and fasten with enclosed bolts through the second set of holes in the clear template.
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What are the top Leo likes and dislikes? We have compiled a list of our top Leo likes and dislikes. Don't approach the Lion(ess) with knowing them.
Leo is ruled by the Sun, and the Sun burns bright in the sign Leo. Because of this Leo is imbued and linked intimately to the awesome star of the solar system. This linkage is reflected in the Leo likes and dislikes that follow.
Giving advice - Leos love giving advice to others; they are as generous with their wisdom as they are with their money. It's a part of the inner drive to protect those who they love and those who depend on them.
Protecting their loved ones - Make no mistake, the lion will protect its pride. Even if they are inwardly fearful, they will not let their feelings stop them from doing what needs to be done. They have so much faith in themselves, they'll ignore the odds that may be stacked against them and push forward driven by their honest trust in divine protection or luck, being certain that these intangible forces will come to their aid, their courage holds.
Loyalty - As an extension of their natural loyalty, they will almost never let anyone down. If a friend is in need, they'll dig deep in their pockets to help them out, and if necessary borrow from another to take care of the suffering friend. The risks they take may even be due to their loyalty to others; they'll face down seemingly impossible foes in order to prove themselves.
Taking risks - Leos are known to take on dangerous work, or to gamble extravagantly. Some writers think that Leos are born "adrenaline junkies" because of the way they take chances, but Leos rarely do things that haven't worked for someone before. Despite this risk taking nature, you'll seldom find a Leo who is not a financial conservative, or who makes their budget a low priority.
Flattery - The typical Leo also loves flattery and being complimented; in fact, it is their greatest weakness. You can throw a compliment at a Leo when they are at their most dramatic and turn the roaring Lion into a purring kitten; it's an almost certain way to push any Leo into a better mood.
Boredom - A Leo does not do well when there is nothing to do. Their vacations are usually filled with activity; at the very least they give themselves an opportunity to do something dramatic, and then lounge around on the beach, or pool side, or some other activity where they can be pampered and taken care of.
Doing what's not necessary - They rarely do things just to keep busy because they have an aversion to doing things that aren't necessary. You'll seldom find a Leo wasting time in futile activities or doing things that aren't ultimately for their benefit. Even when they do favors or act to protect others, it's usually because they relish the idea of being appreciated or respected for what they have done.
Taking orders - Leo people also dislike taking orders; they are self-driven and self-motivated individuals who consider being under the command of something other than their own ideals as being undignified.
Pettiness - Mean and petty actions are so far beneath their radar that they rarely think about it until it affects them or those they love, and then the perpetrator of such acts has a raging Lion on their hands.
Being dependent on others - By the same token, the regal nature of the Lion or Lioness does not like to ask for favors, or to be dependent on others. Even if their daring and courage get them into financial trouble, their pride drives them to work doubly hard to make things right; they'd rather do so than to accept a loan or gift from their friends or family.


The idea of the title for this work and of my exhibition of paintings at Villanova came about as a default title. Originally, the show was intended to be a retrospect, much like is this blog. The gallery at Villanova would only hold 50 paintings and that would mean condensing the retrospect into little more than one or two pieces of art of each time frame in my career. I also knew that I might have the "writers" to include in my show as well as two series that haven't been shown in the Philadelphia area. So I cut the time frame from 45 years down to 25 years, and began with the painting of the Media Theatre.
When laying out the walls, I realized that I was presenting a fairly strange body of work in numerous styles and genres. The connection between all of them was that the were all done in acrylic on canvas, and all were done by George Rothacker.
The first thing I thought when trying for a title was diversity. In art, unless you are Picasso, diversity of styles can be confusing. One can readily identify an Edward Hopper, or a Lichtenstein, but one may not easily recognize a piece of artwork as a Rothacker.
After settling on the word Diversity, I wondered if that word has been so recently defined in ethnic or sexual terms, that my terminology of diversity might be misconstrued. So I added the word Artistic. The Artistic Diversity of George H. Rothacker didn't seem quite complete.
"Ah, Universe! Perhaps pompous, but large and complex.
Though I will turn the age of 69 in July, I hope that my Diverse Artistic Universe keeps expanding. With each new project, I find new purpose. I am hoping to continue with the writers for a while, but then, I am continually finding new subject matter from which to learn.
By the way, this story is not meant to be complete. I recently read about Robert Oppenheimer, the man responsible for the atom bomb that ended World War II and destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. Though he was a scientist, he was also a moral man who had great difficulties with the results of the science he brought to the world. He didn't believe in furthering the type of science that could destroy the world, and because of his vocal acknowledgement of his beliefs lost his government security privileges.
"Old Blue Eyes" Robert Oppenheimer - acrylic on canvas - 36" x 36"
After further research I found that the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University not only kept Oppenheimer on after the U.S. government took away his privileges, they gave him a raise. He spent the rest of his life working on research projects such as the study of black holes and the universe. He also had a small home on the island of St. John where he relaxed and enjoyed the rest of his life. 19 1963 he was awarded the Enrico Fermi Award by President Lyndon Johnson. The award honors scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy, and is administered by the U.S. Department of Energy.
I have no idea where the painting will take me. My thoughts range famous people connected to Princeton to American Scientists of the 20th Century. Maybe there will be a market for the series I choose, or not. One thing, by painting people I admire, I feel closer to them, as if I am part of their world rather than an onlooker of their life.
Oppenheimer as well as many other great men and women have qualities that surpass the tasks they've taken on in life. The actor Jimmy Stewart is more memorable as a person then the movies in which he appeared. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates will be long remembered for their good works as well as their accomplishments in business.


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Persons who commit disruptive acts of unacceptable behaviour in public places may be warned, arrested and subsequently prosecuted by the authorities. The offender shall be liable for a fine, imprisonment or both upon conviction. How is this enforcement of our rights achieved by an ordinary citizen?
A public nuisance is a criminal wrong; it is an act or omission that obstructs, damages, or inconveniences the rights of the community. The term public nuisance covers a wide variety of minor crimes that threaten the health, morals, safety, comfort, convenience or welfare of a community.
Legislation offers relief in this respect, in specific by-laws of local Municipalities. A by-law is a law that is passed by the Council of a municipality to regulate the affairs and the services it provides within its area of jurisdiction. A municipality derives the powers to pass a by-law from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
With regards to Public Nuisances one would look to By-law Relating to Streets, Public Places and the Prevention of Noise Nuisances, 2007. The main body of this by-law lists certain acts that are deemed prohibited behaviour and are therewith criminalised. Various acts including begging, using abusive or threatening language, being under the influence of drugs or alcohol and causing a disturbance by shouting, screaming or making any other loud or persistent noise or sound, including amplified noise or sound are listed therein.
Should anyone and his conduct fall within this definition and perform any or multiple prohibited acts of public nuisance, the authorities are to be alerted immediately. The authorities have the power to instruct the offender to immediately cease the offending behaviour, failing which he will be guilty of an offence.
Section 23 states that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this by-law or disobeys any instruction by the authorities enforcing this by-law, shall be guilty of an offence. This offender shall be liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
It is therefore evident that by identifying certain acts of unacceptable, aggressive, threatening, abusive or obstructive behaviour of persons in public the offender may be ordered to immediately cease such offending conduct or be arrested for not complying with any order to do so.
If you default on a credit agreement and action is taken against you by the credit provider, you still have time, according to Section 129(3)(b) read with 129(3)(a) and S129(4) of the National Credit Act ("NCA") as well as the case of Firstrand Bank Limited v Nomsa Nkata to re-instate the credit agreement until the goods have been sold in execution.
Prior to the National Credit Act coming into force, the position regarding the right of a consumer to re-instate a credit agreement was determined by the principle of redemption in common law. According to this principle, a consumer would be able to re-instate the credit agreement by paying the credit provider the full amount of the debt, together with 'default charges' and reasonable costs of enforcing the agreement. According to the National Credit Act, ownership and possession of an item or premises can be redeemed by paying only the amount overdue at that date, together with charges and costs.
(b) after complying with paragraph (a), may resume possession of any property that had been repossessed by the credit provider pursuant to an attachment order.
The Supreme Court of Appeal found in the FirstRand Bank Limited case that in terms of both the common law as well as the NCA, "the Rubicon has been, and remains the sale in execution." This means that at any point up until the time of the sale in execution, the consumer can put a halt to the execution proceedings and reinstate the agreement by paying the amount overdue, together with charges and costs.
The reason that the above provision was placed in the NCA was to make provision for the fact that many consumers borrow money over an extended period in order to finance the acquisition of large purchases such as a home or a motor vehicle. It was also noted in the above judgment that less affluent citizens may make use of extended credit to purchase household items and appliances. Therefore the NCA assists consumers in providing them with the option of paying the overdue amount rather than having to pay the entire amount of the debt.
The Court established in the FirstRand Bank Limited case that Section 129(4) (b) can only be used before the sale has taken place and not thereafter. Once the sale has taken place the credit agreement cannot be re-instated between the consumer and the credit provider. Should you find yourself in the temporary position of not being able to pay the monthly installments of your credit agreement but are able to pay those installments at a later stage, and to not want to cancel the credit agreement, then it is imperative that you pay the money which is overdue to the Credit Provider prior to any sale in execution as you will not be able to re-instate the agreement thereafter.
Does the service of a notice of joinder interrupt prescription?


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Mar 1, 2017; Tampa, FL, USA; The sun sets behind the stadium in the first inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
New York Yankees: Starting rotation battle power rankings after Week 1
Christian Kouroupakis
With Week 1 of spring training contests in the books, where do the contestants for the final two New York Yankees rotation spots currently sit?
One week of spring training action is in the books for the New York Yankees, and we got to see first-look (some even two) at all of the contestants for the final two rotation spots.
The candidates — Luis Severino, Chad Green, Luis Cessa, Bryan Mitchell and Adam Warren — have combined for an ERA of 1.50 across 18 innings of work and have struck out 12 batters compared to giving up five hits.
RELATED: Castro believes the New York Yankees can shock the world
Those numbers are a far cry from what Yankee-land expected in 2017, which was a rotation that contained depth, but not solidity.
The candidates have instead demonstrated superb potential that, if tapped into, can turn what was the biggest question mark facing this team into a major determinant of success.
Who would get the final two spots if today was April 2, though? Elite Sports NY brings you its frontrunners in the "Clash of Hurlers" now that all of the competitors have commenced their showcase.
Luis Severino


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Q: Laravel's UploadedFile store method's behavior doesn't correspond with Storage::url behavior So I am having an UploadedFile I want to upload to specific disk 'local'.
// $storedFilePath == "kml/uploadedfile.xml";
$storedFilePath = $request->file->store("kml", "local");

The file is actually uploaded into storage/app/kml/uploadedfile.xml - that is CORRECT, following the config for local disk:
    'local' => [
        'driver' => 'local',
        'root' => storage_path('app'),
    ],

On the other hand, I need to get the full URL path (relative from project root) to this file. I tried
 Storage::disk("local")->url($storedFilePath);

But this gets me /storage/kml/uploadedfile.xml - note the path does miss app/ folder.
One line in Laravel's FilesystemAdapter.php that determines the path is here (function getLocalUrl):
    $path = '/storage/'.$path;

Given the fact that $path is starting with kml/ it perfectly makes sense that it doesn't work. My question is, why. Why are these not corresponding and how do I get the full internal (so not public) path?

A: Ok so it was actually quite simple, yet I believe the documentation about this in Laravel is quite confusing. Laravel is just expecting everyone to have a symlink from public/storage into storage/app/public
They somehow even think that everyone using local disk and method url wants to know the public url, which is quite always true only for public disk.
config/filesystems.php
added 'url'
   'local' => [
        'driver' => 'local',
        'root' => storage_path('app'),
        'url' => storage_path('app')
    ],

Works correctly now


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Q: Extension of functor between small categories to presheaves - proof check On Sheaves in Geometry and Logic MacLane and Moerdijk show (Theorem VII.2.2 pag. 359) that a functor $F:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathbb{D}$ between small categories extends to an essential geometric morphism between the categories of presheaves. As their notation felt quite cryptic I tried to prove it in a slightly different way, but I'm not really sure about it (I guess otherwise I wouldn't be asking for a check)
The preliminary step (Corollary I.5.2, pag. 43) is to show that the Yoneda embedding allows to extend any functor $A:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathcal{E}$, where $\mathbb{C}$ is small and $\mathcal{E}$ is cocomplete, to a functor $L_A:\mathbf{Set}^{\mathbb{C}^{op}}\rightarrow\mathcal{E}$ which happens to be a left adjoint for $R_A$ such that for $E\in\mathcal{E}$ one has $R_A(E)=\operatorname{Hom}_\mathcal{E} (A(-),E)$. $L_A$ is also unique up to natural isomorphism.
Now consider $F:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathbb{D}$ and denote by $F^*$ the functor $-\circ F^{op}:\mathbf{Set}^{\mathbb{D}^{op}}\rightarrow\mathbf{Set}^{\mathbb{C}^{op}}$:

By the uniqueness (up to iso) of the extension it follows immediately $F^*\simeq L_{F^*y}\dashv R_{F^*y}$.
On the other hand, by Yoneda lemma
\begin{equation}
R_{yF}(Q)=\operatorname{Nat}(y(F(-)),Q)\simeq F^*(Q)
\end{equation}
naturally in $Q$ and hence $L_{yF}\dashv F^*\dashv R_{F^*y}$, which is the geometric morphism extending $F$.

A: You have to show that the adjunction $F_!\dashv F^*\dashv F_*$ exists: given $F : C \to D$ there is a functor
 $$F^* : [D,{\bf Set}]\to [C, {\bf Set}]$$ (the "inverse image", this name is self-explanatory), acting as precomposition and sending a presheaf $P : D \to \bf Set$ into the presheaf $PF  :C \to \bf Set$. This functor now has a left adjoint and a right adjoint, characterized as left and right Kan extensions along $F$ (Borceux tome I and Mac Lane's CWM have excellent introductions to this notion).
I would like to point out that Not only theSE Kan extensions exist (because $\bf Set$ is cocomplete) but they are pointwise, as you can write the co/limits (or the coends <3) that define them. See §2.1 of my coend note for further infos and do not hesitate to ask more details!


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Crozdesk is a web service launched in 2015, which connects buyers and sellers of business software and offers an algorithm to rate platforms and assign a score. Its founder is Nicholas Hopper, a London-based German entrepreneur.

Hopper revealed Crozdesk attracted a six-figure seeding round from a Swiss investor.

In July 2016, Crozdesk announced a partnership with app and software discovery platform Softonic.

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Obama says 'absolutely no justification' for killing U.S. ambassador in Libya
John Christopher Stevens
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 12, 2012
President Obama indirectly criticized an anti-Muslim movie Wednesday that sparked violence against U.S. embassies in the Middle East, but he said there is "absolutely no justification" for the killings of four American diplomats in Libya, including Ambassador John Christopher Stevens.
"Make no mistake, we will work with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people," Mr. Obama said in the Rose Garden at the White House, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at his side. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack."
The protests in Libya and Egypt Tuesday appear to have been sparked by a film produced by Sam Bacile, a California real estate developer who calls himself an Israeli Jew. The film calls the prophet Muhammad a fraud; clips of the film were put on YouTube.
Mr. Obama was apparently referring to the film when he said, "Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the beliefs of others."
But he said there was no justification for "this type of senseless violence."
"We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done," Mr. Obama said. "The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts. Already, many Libyans have joined us in doing so. This attack will not break the bonds between the United States and Libya."
The flaring of anti-U.S. sentiments in countries where Mr. Obama supported "Arab spring" uprisings immediately had an impact in the presidential race. Republican nominee Mitt Romney said it was a mistake for the U.S. embassy in Cairo to issue a statement Tuesday that sympathized with the anti-U.S. protesters.
Of the assault on the U.S. embassy in Egypt, Mr. Romney said it was "disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks." His first criticisms came before the White House confirmed Wednesday morning that the U.S. ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, was among those killed in the attack in Libya.
Hours before the attacks, the U.S. embassy in Cairo issued a statement condemning "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions." An administration official later said no one in Washington approved the statement and it didn't reflect the views of the Obama administration.
Mr. Obama, who did not address Mr. Romney's criticisms, praised Mr. Stevens as a diplomat "who worked tirelessly to support this young democracy" in Libya.
Right after his Rose Garden statement, Mr. Obama visited the State Department to personally deliver his condolences and pay tribute to Mr. Stevens.
At least a couple hundred people gathered in the State Department's courtyard for the president's remarks, some people watching from the windows.
Flanked by Mrs. Clinton, Deputy Secretary Tom Nides, Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, Under Secretary Pat Kennedy and Jake Sullivan, director of the Policy Planning Office, Mr. Obama, speaking without prepared remarks, thanked the foreign service for their outstanding work representing the U.S. around the world and spoke highly of Mr. Stevens and his colleagues who lost their lives Tuesday night.
Mr. Obama concluded his visit by shaking dozens of hands and talking one-on-one with people. When he turned to leave and waved goodbye, the crowd erupted in applause.
• Staff writer Susan Crabtree contributed to this story.
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.


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Developments in the Colorado Legislature
By: Colin A. Walker
As the 2018 Colorado Legislative session draws to a close, there have been several developments which may be of interest to employers, human resources professionals, and employment lawyers.
On April 10, 2018, Representatives Coleman and Petterson introduced House Bill 18-1377. This bill would amend the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act ("CADA") to make it an unfair employment practice to ask job applicants for compensation history. The main justification for this bill is equal pay, the idea being that employers are likely offer compensation that is comparable to past compensation, which would perpetuate historically lower compensation received by women. Opponents feel that recruiters should be able to quickly identify applicants whose compensation needs are not in alignment with the position. The bill has been assigned to the House Finance Committee. A hearing has not been set.
On March 16, 2018, Representatives Petterson, Bridges, Donovan, and Todd, introduced HB 18-1298, the Colorado Secure Savings Plan. This bill would require all employers to participate in a state-administered retirement plan for employees unless they have a "qualified" retirement plan, "qualified" being defined by reference to the Internal Revenue Code. The requirement would apply to employers which have been in business for two years or more and which have 100 or more employees in the first year, 50 or more in the second, and 5 or more in the third and in every succeeding year. The sponsors argue that retirement savings are far too low and that requiring retirement plans through employment would encourage employees to save for retirement. Opponents feel that administering such programs is extremely expensive and time-consuming, particularly for small employers, and point out that many employees do not use them even given the opportunity. It has been assigned to the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee. The sponsors of the bill have asked that it be reclassified as a "study." In that event, the Legislature would commission a study by staffers but it would not be presented for a vote.
HB 18-1256, the Colorado Civil Rights Division ("CCRD") Sunset Bill, has passed the House and has been set for a hearing before the Senate Judicial Committee on April 18 at 1:30 p.m. As almost no one, not even staunch business advocates, seems to think the CCRD should cease to exist, it is nearly certain to pass, though possibly conditioned on business-friendly amendments to CADA.
On April 10, 2018, HB 18-1378, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, was introduced by Representatives Danielson and Buckner and Senators Donovan and Fields. This bill would amend the existing Wage Equality Regardless of Sex Act, which prohibits discrimination in compensation based on sex, in several ways. It would authorize lawsuits by employees for actual damages, liquidated damages in the amount of the actual damages, and attorneys' fees, where previously the Department of Labor had sole enforcement authority. The Department of Labor would continue to have regulatory enforcement authority. Employers would have a good faith defense and could have differentials if they could prove that the differential was based on a bona fide seniority, merit, or similar system. The bill would also prohibit retaliation against employees who exercise their rights under the act. It would also require record keeping for job descriptions and wage rates for all employees for the duration of the employee's tenure and three years thereafter. In addition, the bill would require employers to announce all opportunities for promotion simultaneously to all existing employees, to disclose a salary or wage range in all job listings, and to select a salary or wage within the posted range. If the employer intended to select a salary or wage outside the published range, it would have to republish the job listing. The bill has been set for a hearing on April 23, 1:30 p.m., before the House Finance Committee.
Two bills which could affect employers with arbitration agreements with their employees (HB 18-1261 and HB 18-1262) were also introduced. These bills require certain disclosures by arbitrators, designed to identify bias, and more ability to challenge the award of arbitrators, apparently on the theory that employees and consumers do not have sufficient bargaining power regarding arbitration. Opponents point out that Colorado already has a law regarding arbitration, the Colorado Uniform Arbitration Act, which adequately addresses these issues and is consistent with the laws of other states. Both bills have been set for hearings on April 18, at 1:30 p.m., before the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
Several of these bills, if enacted, could require significant changes in the policies and procedures of employers. Though it is far from clear that they will pass, especially so late in the legislative session, it is certainly possible. In addition, bills are often reintroduced in future legislative sessions when they may have a better chance of passing, particularly if there has been a significant change in the composition of the legislature. Employers would be well advised to keep abreast of these bills and to consult competent employment counsel.
This Article is published for general information, not to provide specific legal advice. The application of any matter discussed in this article to anyone's particular situation requires knowledge and analysis of the specific facts involved.
Copyright © 2018 Fairfield and Woods, P.C., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Colin A. Walker


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The stainless steel pool meets the international standards for swimming competitions, has water temperature of 27.2 °C and offers a grandstand from which up to 440 spectators can watch races.
The pool and the whole complex, is completely barrier-free. These conditions will allow for great results together with enough space for swimming, friends, supporters, DJ and refreshments.


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Anthropologist Nancy Chen was featured in a Washington Post story about qi gong, a Chinese martial art that utilizes controlled breathing, exercise, and meditation. The article focused on the controversy that followed a Beijing TV station's coverage of a form of the art. Chen is writing a book about qi gong and popular healing in China.
"Agent for Change" was how West (the Sunday magazine in the San Jose Mercury News) described hist. con.'s Angela Davis. Davis was featured on the cover of the magazine and in a lengthy article. The story detailed her far-reaching work as a political activist, past and present.
An article in the Dallas Morning News about supernovas and gamma ray bursts featured the comments of astronomer Stan Woosley, professor of astronomy and astrophysics.
Columnist Julianne Malveaux wrote in the San Francisco Examiner about the latest edition of Bill Domhoff's classic Who Rules America: Power and Politics in the Year 2000. She focused on the future of small businesses in this country, which Domhoff maintains will never have enough collective power to challenge the corporate community.
Biochemist Phil Crews, professor of chemistry, was quoted in Inside Wine magazine in an article about Enologix, a company in Sonoma that analyzes wines using scientific flavor analysis.
Sociologist Craig Reinarman penned a commentary about U.S. drug policy for a Dutch daily newspaper following the recent visit of U.S. drug czar General Barry McCaffrey to the Netherlands. The piece, about the U.S. aversion to Dutch drug policy, was reprinted in the Italian daily Il Manifesto.
An article about sea otters expanding their range into Santa Barbara County, published in the Santa Barbara News Press and several other newspapers, featured marine biologist John Pearse, professor emeritus of biology, commenting on conflicts between commercial fishermen and otter lovers.
Manuel Pastor's media moment continues with extensive coverage in the Los Angeles Times of his study of Los Angeles County's trade "winners and losers" in the wake of the explosion in global trade. . . . The same paper tapped Pastor for comment in a story about upcoming transportation projects in California. . . . And Pastor appeared as part of a panel discussion on KCRW-FM, the NPR affiliate in Los Angeles, talking about inequality in California and Los Angeles.
The Santa Cruz County Sentinel covered a summer science camp for middle and high school students from the Pajaro Valley and Monterey County hosted by UCSC's MESA program. MESA--Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement--provides outreach to minorities and others from disadvantaged backgrounds, preparing them to take the more advanced classes required for UC admission. MESA director Tony Garcia was interviewed for the story.
The news that swim coach Mickey Wender will leave UCSC caught the attention of the Santa Cruz County Sentinel. In the story, the Sentinel quoted one of the people responsible for bringing Wender to his new school, the University of Washington. She stated that, "with Mickey, we believe we can be nationally competitive. We're thrilled to start a new era under Mickey's direction."


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UBUNTU_VERSION="${1:-16.04}"
PHP_VERSION="${2:-5.6}"
ENVIRONMENT="${3:-prod}"

# Ignore the post install questions
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

echo '-- Update & Upgrade Apt --'
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

# Install language pack de_DE
/usr/share/locales/install-language-pack de_DE

if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "dev" ]; then
	echo '-- Install Dev Tools --'
	apt-get install -y \
		vim git dos2unix zip lynx curl
fi

echo '-- Install wkhtmltopdf --'
apt-get install -y wget
wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.3/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
tar -xf wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
mv wkhtmltox /opt/

echo '-- Enable expires & headers --'
a2enmod expires
a2enmod headers

echo "-- Install PHP ${PHP_VERSION} --"
apt-get install -y \
	libapache2-mod-php${PHP_VERSION} \
	php${PHP_VERSION} \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-cli \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-common \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-mysql \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-curl \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-gd \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-mysql \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-bz2 \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-xml \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-soap \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-zip \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-mbstring \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-mcrypt \
	php${PHP_VERSION}-intl \
	php-gettext

a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
a2enconf php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm

if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "dev" ]; then
	echo '-- Install PHPMyAdmin --'
	apt-get install -y phpmyadmin
	echo 'Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf' >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
fi

phpenmod mcrypt
phpenmod mbstring

# Change PHP settings (short_open_tag, ...)
sed 's/short_open_tag = Off/short_open_tag = On/g' -i /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini
sed 's/^post_max_size.*$/post_max_size = 50M/g' -i /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini
sed 's/^upload_max_filesize.*$/upload_max_filesize = 50M/g' -i /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini
sed 's/^max_execution_time = .*/max_execution_time = 240/g' -i /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini
sed 's/^; max_input_vars = .*/max_input_vars = 1500/g' -i /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini

echo '-- Install Composer --'
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer
chmod +x /usr/bin/composer

if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "dev" ]; then
	echo '-- Activate XDebug --'
	apt-get install -y php-xdebug
	cat >> /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/apache2/php.ini <<EOF
[xdebug]
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host="172.17.0.1"
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_handler="dbgp"
EOF
fi

if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "dev" ]; then
	# install imap
	apt-get install -y courier-imap

	# activate history page up/down in inputrc
	sed 's/^# \(.*history-search.*\)$/\1/g' -i /etc/inputrc

	# activate AllowNoPassword in phpmyadmin config
	sed 's#// \(.*AllowNoPassword.*\)$#\1#g' -i /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

	# create vagrant maildir
	mkdir /home/vagrant
	chown vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant
	su vagrant -c 'maildirmake /home/vagrant/Maildir'

	# modify postfix main.cf
	cat >> /etc/postfix/main.cf << EOF
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command =
virtual_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/virtual-regexp
EOF

	# create postfix virtual-regexp
	cat > /etc/postfix/virtual-regexp << EOF
/.+@.+/ vagrant@localhost
EOF
	postmap /etc/postfix/virtual-regexp

	# disable postfix bouncing
	sed 's/^.*bounce.*$/#\0/g' -i /etc/postfix/master.cf

	# install squirrelmail and set vagrant passwd
	apt-get install -y squirrelmail
	chown -R vagrant /etc/squirrelmail/ /var/lib/squirrelmail/
	ln -s /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/squirrelmail.conf
	usermod -p '$6$VIHcMG0a$ACsnlC6J0LzqraKV5a9sm3jgBypFp4kCd7ju9BYgcdMeQtqVo1wuNHhF3MEWQUQVsKrzKgcHQZUc6p8PCZYFK.' vagrant
fi


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Fire in the Kitchen
Fire in the Kitchen History
"How the spark became a flame"
Around 1997, members of this present Celtic Appalachian group met up at a local Celtic jam session. It was held at the former, but very wonderful, independent bookstore 153 West Main Street Books in Abingdon, VA. The folks that showed up to make music together were strangers. However, it wouldn't be very long until the sweet harmonies of music made the strangers into good friends. Some of the members of the group had already been playing music for years either on their own or in other groups. So it was a hodge-podge of novice and veteran musicians that came together in "the pit" to form Abingdon's first and only (as far as we know) Celtic jam session.
As the jam session became well known in the area, it wasn't long until the simple jam sessions turned into mini performances. Folks who were waiting to attend the nearby Barter Theatre would come into the store to purchase a book and give a listen to the music that could be heard wafting along the sidewalk near Main Street. Thus, a house band was born.
Within time, the house band was asked to perform at the ever popular Virginia Highland's Festival. Well, this meant that the house band had to have a name. The group became known as Celtic Knotes. Before too long, the house band was asked to do other performances. At one asking however, only three members could attend. This was the whistle player, the dulcimer player and the guitar player. And that is really where the history of Fire in the Kitchen begins....
The three of us answered the calling of our local Southwest Virginia 4-H Center in providing entertainment for an Elderhostel that would be visiting. It was from this performance that folks seemed to like the sound of our trio. From there the dulcimer player, who had been invited to provide music at another function, invited the whistle and guitar player to join her and from that moment on they became known as Fire in the Kitchen. Later our group added a fiddle player, the kind and talented Bill Kittrell. However, he was soon called away to do bigger and better things with his profession. It wasn't long though until we found another fiddler that we really liked. She had been performing, and was continuing to do so, with another group as well as with our local symphony. After six months of our guitar player "courting" the recent newlywed on the phone, he won her over and we indeed won a wonderful friend and a talented musician. Linda Waltner devoted a lot of talent to our group as a fiddler for a period of time, but alas...distance, miles and time does make for wear and tear on one and after a few years she decided to stay closer to home in TN and is still enjoying playing the fiddle and viola. In the meantime, our dear Debbie decided to pick up the fiddle and give it a try at the ripe old age of....well.. we won't say...and is doing a mighty fine job... anyhow...our journey continues.....
Fire in the Kitchen Bio
Playing together since 2002, the trio of Fire In The Kitchen specializes in presenting lively Appalachian and Celtic music to its audiences. Instrumentation of the ensemble includes: Teddy Helton on guitar, bass and banjo, Tammy Martin on hammered dulcimer, Irish Bodhran, Cajon and vocals, Debbie Shrewsbury on classical and Irish flutes, Irish low and penny whistles, fiddle and vocals. Representing the beautiful region of southwestern Virginia, members hail from Bristol, Abingdon, and Emory, VA. Fire In The Kitchen has performed at venues such as: Dollywood, The Virginia Highlands' Festival, The Bristol Paramount Theatre, The Barter Theatre, The Carter Family Fold, The Capital Theater, Sycamore Shoals Celtic Festival, Blue Ridge Celtic Festival, Wake Forest Celtic Festival among many others. The group has been featured on Public Radio programming "Live in Studio 1A" and performed at the BCMA's (Birthplace of Country Music Alliance) 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Bristol Sessions. The group has also performed three times on the Blue Ridge Public Television series "Song of the Mountains" which is being broadcast by local and national PBS stations across the United States.
This fine group of musicians has released two CDs of their renditions of traditional Celtic and Appalachian music and one Christmas CD. Their first CD, "An Appalachian Celtic Journey" was released in 2002 and was archived at the Smithsonian Institute's Folklife Museum in Washington, D.C. in celebration of the Year of Appalachia. The second compact disc, "The Journey Continues" was released in December 2006. This CD features a refreshing variety of styles. Tunes were gathered from diverse sources: Ireland, Scotland, France, West Virginia, Texas, and Southwest Virginia . They range from the haunting strains of "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing", to the driving acceleration of the polkas, "Riding on a Load of Hay" and "Cobbler's Polka", to the loving affirmation of the Carter family vocal "Storms Are on the Ocean." Fire in the Kitchen's Christmas CD (released 2011) "Drive the Cold Winter Away", features many unique tunes that are not the ordinary Christmas song, but will soon become holiday favorites.
Fire in the Kitchen has come into its own. They display a clean, virtuosic flair with a sound that is uniquely their own. The word is spreading! You can look for them most anywhere...from a small coffeehouse to a large festival or even on your local PBS station. They just love to play!
Playing together since 2002!