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Behavioral Prediction: A New Trend in Talent Acquisition?
By John Zappe May 25, 2011 July 23, 2015
I've been trying to figure out what to make of Jobaline.
In some respects, what the recruitment tech vendor offers is just another — if more clever — screening variant intended to weed out resume spammers. Interesting, but no game-changer as I told Jobaline founder and CEO Miki Mullor.
What did catch my attention, though, is that Jobaline also attempts to rank applicants on their "seriousness." An elusive concept to be sure, Mullor says "People who are more serious about a job will take more time on the website."
Mullor wouldn't detail everything that goes into the Jobaline mixer, but the amount of time a candidate spends responding to questions is one of the measures, as is the number of jobs a candidate has applied for. Out of the crunching comes a score Mullor says suggests the candidate's level of interest in the job.
Before we go any further, some background.
Jobaline launched a few months ago on the premise that it could cut the time recruiters spend reviewing resumes, yet still find quality candidates. It does this by having recruiters and hiring managers mark up their job postings so candidates have to provide specifics for the most important of the requirements. Jobaline codes these posts, which can be placed anywhere: corporate site, job boards, etc.
Both sides can come up winners here. The employer flags the most important requirements, while the candidate can amplify what's in the resume, or offer details that might not be in the resume at all. These micro-resumes, as Jobaline calls them, can prompt some candidates to opt-out and resume spammers aren't very likely to start filling in response boxes.
However, it's hard to see how that would compensate for the work involved in reviewing all the extra information. Heck, if you read my post yesterday about recruiters not even reviewing the resumes of those they want to phone screen, it's evident that the last thing recruiters want is more to read.
Perhaps needless to say, Mullor makes the point that by reviewing just the responses to the tagged requirements recruiters can quickly build a short list. It's the second piece of this, though, that's particularly intriguing. Jobaline ranks the candidates on their seriousness.
The obvious question is whether this score has any significance. Neither the content of the responses nor the candidate resume are considered. Pure and simply, Jobaline looks only at the mechanics of the process to create a behavioral score.
It doesn't take an I/O psychologist to wonder about the validity of the score. Mullor acknowledges that Jobaline is too new to have enough data to be able to say what or even if there is any correlation between the seriousness score and candidate quality or interest. Anecdotally, he says, some of the clients who are testing the service are reporting good results. (Recruiters themselves can affect the score, as they review the micro-resumes.)
What I find interesting is that Jobaline is part of what seems to be the cusp of an emerging trend to adapt behavioral marketing — and search — concepts to recruitment. It's probably not just coincidence that Jobaline and Bullhorn partnered a couple months ago.
Bullhorn, a dominant force in the staffing and sourcing world, not long ago introduced Reach. Among its many features is a predictive formula that looks at a recruiter's LinkedIn network and lists those who may be preparing for a job search. It, too, takes its cues from search and marketing, looking at such behaviors as profile updates and new recommendations.
Intuitively, what Bullhorn Reach does makes sense. The more time I spend getting my profile in shape and posting content, particularly if this is a change from what I've been doing in the past, then it seems reasonable to say something is up. Whether I'm preparing for a job search or simply making good on my New Year's resolution is still up in the air. It will require validation to establish the degree of correlation. But for not now, Bullhorn Reach simply raises a flag that a recruiter might want to pursue.
With Jobaline now available to Bullhorn users, Mullor points out that it adds a second data point for recruiters. Bullhorn scores resumes on keyword matching and other elements to create a ranked list of applicants. Jobaline, Mullor notes, is "an additional layer of scoring."
Does it make a difference? It will be sometime before Jobaline is able to collect enough data to know. Even so, it's an indicator that vendors are beginning to adopt behavioral measures for talent acquisition.
Some years ago, Yahoo! HotJobs talked about doing this very thing. By analyzing both the profile activity of its members and their Yahoo! search behavior, HotJobs was thinking it could predict who was about to become an active job seeker. I don't know if it ever went beyond a thought exercise, although something similar was tested for predicting car-buying behavior and it turned out well.
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How to Wrap a Gift Box with Sheet Music in a Snap!
When I showed my professional bow-crafting neighbor this cutely wrapped gift, she smiled with her cute southern accent, that I adore, and said "It's precious!" And you know what ya'll? It sure is!
Wrapping gift boxes with sheet music is a creative, and cheap way to wrap gifts with materials you probably already have. Look around your house especially near the piano and you're likely to find sheet music from 20 years ago when you had braces and took piano lessons. Do you remember those days? I'll show you How to Wrap a Gift Box with Sheet Music in a Snap!
Isn't it darling? Use it to wrap a box of chocolates to give to your church choir, pastor or school teachers. It's the perfect wrapping paper for music lovers and a great way to save money on gift wrapping paper too.
If you're looking for the rustic look, use sheet music that has brown around the page edges which you can find at second hand stores or antique shops. But, plain, newer sheet music works well too.
Before I show you how to wrap a gift box with sheet music in a snap, gather your supplies, the gift and let's make this tasty Cranberry Vanilla Coke-tail recipe to drink while you're wrapping!
Get Your Coca-Cola® at Walmart!
I bought my Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar at Walmart along with some gifts I needed to buy. I always find great prices at Walmart!
This Cranberry Vanilla Coke-tail is a delicious drink and super easy to make! Wrapping gifts can make you thirsty. Right?
Plus, Coca-Cola®is a good holiday gift for anyone on your list! So stop by Walmart and pick up a bottle to bring to your holiday party so you can bring the magic of the season to life, one glass at a time. Make this tasty holiday drink for your friends!
The printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post. Recipe courtesy of The Coca-Cola®Company.
Fill a glass 3/4 of the way with Coca-Cola® or Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar. Add 2 to 3 drops of imitation vanilla flavoring and top it off with cranberry juice. Give it a good stir, then serve.
For more great Coca-Cola®holiday recipes and ideas, click here.
O.k. Are you ready to start wrapping now?
You'll need only a few supplies to wrap a gift box with sheet music. I'd go far as to say you probably already have most of them. I chose a brightly colored red ribbon for this project because it stands out against the black and white music notes and compliments them.
But, blue, green or gold ribbon would look sharp too… get it? Musically sharp?
Instead of holly, you can use Christmas tree twigs or pine cones. Bells would be perfect too.
In the tutorial below, I'm wrapping an iPad box to give you and idea of the size of the box. The larger the box, the more sheet music and tape you'll need. Keep that in mind if you're low on tape. You can pick that up at Walmart too.
First, tape two pages of sheet music side-by-side and lie them down, centered, on bottom of the box you're going to wrap while folding it up over the sides. Tape it to the side of the box facing you.
Next, add pages of sheet music, by lining them up to the others, to cover the entire box. Tape it to the sheet music already on the box.
3. Then, fold over the edges as shown below and tape them as you'd normally do using gift wrapping paper. Fold and tap both ends of the box.
4. Next, place the ribbon vertically on the front of the box and go under the box with it twisting it horizontally around to the front of the box and form a bow on the front of the box. This will cover the tape running along the front of the box.
5. Then, add the holly and faux holly berries.
Pin this tutorial on Pinterest. Get creative this year and make this adorable gift box with sheet music in a snap along with this tasty Cranberry Vanilla Coke-tail drink for when you get thirsty. Go out to your local Walmart and get your Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar and the rest of your holiday needs at low prices. I know you can't wait to get started wrapping gifts!
A simple, yet delicious mocktail recipe made with Coca-Cola®, cranberry juice cocktail and Vanilla.


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Wallace Park
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This 26-acre park was given to the town of Lisburn by its landlord, Sir Richard Wallace in 1884 as 'a public park and recreation ground'. Originally known as the People's Park it was renamed Wallace Park by the Town Commissioners after Sir Richard's death in 1890.
Wallace Park largely retains its original layout and much of its Victorian character. The Lisburn Cricket Club ground predates the park as does the duck pond which was built in the seventeenth century as the town reservoir.
In 2010 Lisburn City Council undertook a major refurbishment of the park, which was completed in 2012. This included works to restore the duck pond and Victorian bandstand, resurface the roads and pathways and install new lighting, CCTV, litter bins and seating. A new children's play area was also created and a new sports pavilion built beside re-laid tennis courts.
The park provides a green oasis in an otherwise urban landscape and is often busy with visiting dog walkers, families, cyclists and workers on a lunchtime stroll. The many mature trees around the park have lots of cracks and crevices in the bark for small birds to nest and bats to roost. The trees will attract a wide range of invertebrates such as caterpillars, aphids, moths, spiders and beetles - upon which the many birds which use the park will feed. Midges, moths and other flying insects will usually become active around dusk and provide a rich source of food for foraging bats such as Common Pipistrelle and Leisler's Bats.
The large areas of grassland are managed for amenity activities but they also shelter a range of worms, caterpillars and other invertebrates upon which many of the park's resident birds - Rook, Jackdaw, Magpie, Pied Wagtail and Robin for example - will all feed. A small pond attracts Mallard and Black-headed Gulls, also many other bird species which visit to drink and bathe.
Urban green spaces such as Wallace Park are much more important than many people realise. For example, did you know that many trees are able to absorb toxic exhaust fumes that are produced from our cars? They essentially clean the air that we breathe. Lots of trees in our urban centres mean that people are healthier and less likely to suffer from breathing complaints such as asthma, which are often triggered or made much worse by air pollution.
Trees also help to absorb noise from busy roads and also provide shelter from the worst of the elements throughout the year.


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Eukryt () – grupa meteorytów kamiennych należących do achondrytów. Stanowią one 50% całego klanu HED, stanowiąc dwa rodzaje brekcji monomiktycznych. Są skałami magmowymi. Eukryty dzielimy na eukryty kumulatywne i eukryty bazaltowe. Eukryty kumulatywne powstają z krystalizacji minerałów na dnie basenu magmowego, z czego dominują u nich kryształy takie jak: klinopirokseny i plagioklaz wapniowy (An 89-90), zawierający chromit oraz krzemionka, fosforki, ilmenit, troilit i cyrkon. Z kolei eukryty bazaltowe są skałami wulkanicznymi, które powstają również w potokach lawy. Zawierają one szarego koloru klinopiroksen oraz piżonit i plagioklazy wapniowe o składzie podobnym do takiego jak u meteorytu Stannern. Podobne są one do ziemskich bazaltów, są jednak szare, nie czarne. Skały fakcji eukrytów bazaltowych są drobne lub średnio ziarniste. U większości eukrytów widać metamorfizm uderzeniowy, mający miejsce ok. 4,56 miliarda lat temu.

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I understand the importance of preserving our environment, coastline, lagoons, and open spaces while fostering an economic climate that puts people to work. As a candidate for County Supervisor in the Third District and as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Solana Beach, it has been one of my top priorities to protect our precious natural resources and do so in a balanced way. For those reasons I have been endorsed by the Sierra Club, U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce, the League of Conservation Voters and the friends of the San Dieguito River Valley.
I am currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the San Elijo Joint Powers Authority (SEJPA). It's difficult to believe today, but up until the 1950's, wastewater was privately collected and discharged directly into the San Elijo Lagoon and the ocean! The SEJPA serves the cities of Solana Beach, Encinitas and portions of Rancho Santa Fe. The agency is committed to protecting public health, the ocean and the coastal environment. As such, creating recycled water from wastewater is an integral part of the Agency's service to the local community.
Through the recycled water program, more than 350 million gallons of wastewater are treated and recycled each year. This water would have otherwise been treated and then wastefully discharged into the ocean.
There is a new project I would like to share with you that aspires to push the boundaries of what a recycled water program might be able to accomplish. At SEJPA, we want to minimize ocean disposal of wastewater and support the growth of our recycled water program. In order to do so, we are investing in the main treatment process for purifying recycled water for our current water quality needs, and other future opportunities.
Concurrently, we are evaluating ways to address some storm water runoff and pollution issues in a capture-treat program as part of these upgrades. This is a small element of the project, but one that we're particularly proud of, as it has the potential to increase our effectiveness in reducing coastal pollution. This project is also a shining example of the success of collaboration. SEJPA has been developing the different aspects of this project in partnership with Solana Beach's engineering staff, the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy and the cities of Solana Beach and Encinitas.
Many impressive efforts have been undertaken throughout our county to make improvements in our region's water management. I'd like to recognize the Water Reliability Coalition that Surfrider helped establish, whose efforts resulted in the City of San Diego's Recycled Water purification project. In North County, SEJPA has teamed up with 11 other government agencies to evaluate how we can do more with recycled water. These evaluations range from expanding existing purple pipe projects to Indirect Potable Reuse.
In my eight years serving on SEJPA, it's been an honor to be able to develop sustainable water policies that have long-term benefits for our entire county. If elected Supervisor for the Third District, I will continue to work hard to ensure that San Diego is always using smart solutions for a better quality of life for everyone.


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Ezekiel Elliott reportedly offers to pay for funeral of slain middle schooler
Ezekiel Elliott reached out to a grieving family with a kind gesture, according to a report.
Jaylon McKenzie, an 8th grader who was a top football prospect, was shot and killed while leaving a party after being struck by a stray bullet on Saturday night. The 14-year-old was featured in Sports Illustrated last year and already had scholarship offers from Missouri and Illinois.
His family is going through a difficult grieving period, and Elliott reached out and offered to pay for the funeral costs, according to 105.3 FM's Ben Rogers.
Tragedy in STL this wkd as 8th-grade football phenom was killed by a stray bullet. I've learned Ezekiel Elliott (from the area) reached out to the family to cover the funeral costs. Kind gesture from someone who continues to grow off the field. Sad story: https://t.co/PMUSJOXOHJ
— Ben Rogers (@BenRogers) May 8, 2019
Elliott is from the St. Louis area, nearby the East St. Louis area McKenzie is from.
That's a generous and thoughtful offer from Elliott, who has been trying to be a positive influence in the community this offseason despite taking some heat.
He also received some positive attention for comforting a fan hit by a puck at a recent Dallas Stars playoff game:
The best way to feel better after getting hit by a puck?
Selfies with @EzekielElliott! #STLvsDAL pic.twitter.com/SSrWLaH41X
— #StanleyCup on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) April 30, 2019
Nothing can replace the tragic loss of family member, but the offer to ease the financial burden helps.
Ezekiel Elliott, Jaylon McKenzie


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Rima Fakih, former Miss USA, arrested on suspicion of DUI
Rima Fakih, the 2010 Miss USA, was arrested by police early Saturday morning near Detroit on suspicion of DUI.
It seems the first Arab American to win the Miss USA crown at first didn't want anyone to know what happened. According to the Detroit Free-Press, a tweet was sent out on the beauty queen's official account Saturday after media began reporting on the arrest, claiming that it was a different Fakih who had been arrested. The tweet was later removed.
Fakih's attorney, Doraid Elder, told the newspaper on Sunday: "She is taking full responsibility. She wants to apologize to everybody she let down."
According to Elder, Fakih was acting as designated driver for her friend when she realized she was too intoxicated to drive herself. When she pulled over, she was spotted by police and picked up.
Local TV station WXYZ reported that Fakih blew a .20 on the breathalyzer, far above Michigan's legal limit of .08. Elder said he hadn't seen the police report and couldn't not confirm the number.
During an appearance on the Fox News program "Fox & Friends," Miss USA pageant organizer Donald Trump responded to the arrest by saying, "I am very surprised to hear it, I'm very disappointed actually. I hope she's fine."
Fakih, the first Miss Michigan to become Miss USA since 1993, ended her reign in June.
Samantha Ronson arrested on suspicion of DUI
Rick Springfield arrested on suspicion of DUI in Malibu
Redmond O'Neal arrested again on suspicion of drug possession
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Photo: Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih. Credit: Getty Images


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Press Release Dec 20, 2017
Local Businesses and Park Community Representatives to Secretary Zinke: Don't Price Families Out of National Parks
Increasing entrance fees would harm gateway communities that depend on park visitors.
Zion National Park camera icon Photo © Kan1234/Dreamstime.
Washington, D.C. — More than 80 businesses and community representatives near national parks from across the country joined National Parks Conservation Association to send a letter to Secretary Zinke this week speaking out against massive fee increases, as the public comment deadline nears.
This Friday, December 22 is the last day to submit a public comment on the Trump administration's proposal to increase fees threefold to as high as $70 during peak seasons at 17 of our most visited national parks, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Acadia. The administration has stated that Joshua Tree National Park could experience a drastic fee increase as soon as possible in 2018, with many of the other proposed parks implementing the new fee structure by May or June of 2018.
"American families should not be forced to pay for what Congress and the administration have failed to," said Theresa Pierno, President and CEO for National Parks Conservation Association. "The solution to our parks' repair needs cannot be pricing some visitors out of them, and hurting the local economies that rely on them. We implore Secretary Zinke to take into full consideration the comments submitted by Americans across the country, including those from local businesses. If this administration wants to fix our parks' budget challenges, it must commit to working with Congress to adequately fund parks, including passing the National Park Service Legacy Act."
The outdoor industry is a powerful force in support of America's economy, with consumers spending $887 billion annually on outdoor recreation. In 2016, the 17 national parks included in the fee proposal supported $6.7 billion in economic activity and supported more than 75,000 private-sector jobs. If the fee increase is implemented as proposed, local businesses across the country could lose millions of dollars in lost visitor spending. According to a study released last month by the University of Montana's Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research, gateway communities around Yellowstone alone could lose $3.4 million.
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), a membership-driven trade organization for the outdoor industry argues that doubling or tripling fees could make these parks unaffordable for people to visit, which would negatively impact gateway communities and the nation's outdoor recreation economy. "OIA encourages anyone, whether you are an outdoor recreation business, member of the general public or gateway community resident to submit a comment encouraging the administration and Congress to work on a solution that avoids drastic fee increases and appropriately funds the iconic national treasures that truly set our nation apart from the rest of the world – our parks," said Amy Roberts, Executive Director of Outdoor Industry Association.
While the administration states the revenue generated from the increase will help pay for the Park Service's $11.3 billion in needed park repairs, the amount collected from increased fees would address less than one percent of the backlogged maintenance and infrastructure needs. At the same time as proposing these massive fee increases, the administration has proposed the largest budget cut to the National Park Service since World War II.
The public has until December 22 at midnight (MT) to weigh in on the proposal. Comments can be submitted on the Park Service's official comment page. To learn more about the National Park Service Legacy Act, a bipartisan legislation that would address the $11.3 billion maintenance backlog at the National Park Service, visit here.
Businesses from across the country are making their voices heard:
"My business, Skinny Skis, is located in Jackson, Wyoming—at the gateway to two spectacular national parks, Grand Teton and Yellowstone," said Phil Leeds, co-owner of Skinny Skis. "Increased Park funding is absolutely necessary, but should be done carefully and should include discussions with local businesses, non-profit groups, local government and the public at large. Together we can formulate a long-term strategy that will work for all."
"I am not sure tripling the entrance fee is the best way to proceed, especially for families," said Ann Langenberg-Miller, owner of Denali Dome Home Bed & Breakfast in Healy, Alaska. "I love Denali National Park. It also means an enormous amount to Alaska economically. Families who take the shuttles into Denali National Park will become the national park's strongest fans for the future. They will get hit the hardest. Before any increase is put in place, local businesses and community members and families should be included in the conversation."
"The Grand County Economic Development Office and the Grand County Tourism Board are deeply concerned about the impact of the proposed increases in entrance fees and commercial vehicle fees into Rocky Mountain National Park," said Dede Fay, Sales Director for the Grand County Tourism Board. "We strongly urge the NPS to reconsider the proposed fee increase in favor of a more responsible, inclusive, and comprehensive funding strategy that factor in differences in the visitation bases of our unique national treasures."
"The proposed national park fee increases will not only impact visitors to our national parks, but the proposed fee increase for commercial operators will impact the regional economy and be devastating to small wildlife and road based tour companies," said Ken Sinay, Director of Yellowstone Safari Company. "Considering national park related tourism in the state of Montana is approaching 10,000 jobs and 762 million dollars in economic output, it seems absurd that this segment of our economy is being threatened. Economic survival in Montana is about innovation, creativity, and hard work. I suspect some good ideas would surface if the regional businesses impacted would be considered and consulted."
About National Parks Conservation Association: Since 1919, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association has been the leading voice in safeguarding our national parks. NPCA and its 1.3 million members and supporters work together to protect and preserve our nation's most iconic and inspirational places for future generations. For more information, visit www.npca.org.
About Outdoor Industry Association: Based in Boulder, Colo., with offices in Washington, D.C., Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is the leading trade association for the outdoor industry and the title sponsor of Outdoor Retailer. OIA unites and serves over 1300 manufacturer, supplier, sales representative and retailer members through its focus on trade and recreation policy, sustainable business innovation and outdoor participation. For more information, visit outdoorindustry.org or call 303.444.3353.
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He fought against his forced imprisonment, all the way to the Supreme Court. Today, the National Park Service helps interpret the dark history behind World War II incarceration camps.
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TNC staff at HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION continues to focus on customer needs and has recently introduced two new support avenues: a dedicated hotline and two new email addresses. These additional methods of contact are in place to streamline assistance for TNC control users that require it.
These points of contact will be manned during normal CST business hours and promise to deliver assistance in a timely manner.
Also, as introduced a few months ago, a long list of TNC training classes are now available. See December 2017 article.


Washington's political atmospherics couldn't be much worse for taking on big, complicated things after the bungled Obamacare launch. One unlucky and little noticed casualty: climate change.
A sweeping cap-and-trade bill, like the kind that died in President Barack Obama's first term, remains the best policy tool for addressing global warming at the federal level.
But the Affordable Care Act's early implementation problems offer a gut check for anyone considering putting their political muscle behind making another run at either a comprehensive legislative or regulatory fix to the climate issue - a remedy that could easily match, if not exceed, the bureaucratic complexity of Obamacare.
Obamacare's stumbles have also fueled a debate in policy circles about alternative history - as in, would Obama's New Year's headache be even worse if climate change had also won congressional approval alongside health care?
There's plenty of irony in all this. Health care and climate change have been rival siblings battling for attention since the start of the Obama administration (Health care, so far, has been the winner).
Like key parts of Obamacare, the cap-and-trade concept originated with Republicans seeking a business-friendly way to control pollution. And EPA regulators have actually used the marked-based system with success for almost two decades to deal with acid rain and smog.
It stings even more for climate advocates that the country's recent natural gas revolution has led to a sharp drop in greenhouse gas emissions as electric utilities wean off coal. No one predicted this during the 2009-10 climate debate, but the U.S. is already nearly half way to the targets of the cap-and-trade bill that passed in the House but couldn't get out of the Senate.
With Obamacare implementation on the ropes, there's something of a wistful feeling among many of the failed climate bill's proponents that they wouldn't be causing the administration anywhere near the same problems. Their legislation had implementation in mind during the drafting phase by leaning on a number of existing programs, including channeling rebates to low income people via the food stamp program to compensate for energy prices that went up because of cap and trade.
But not only did cap-and-trade legislation get left at the altar when the Senate balked, Obamacare's unsteady debut leaves the future for any big climate proposal even dimmer. Supporters can only think of what might have been - and even some opponents acknowledge global warming might have been an easier governmental lift than health care reform.
"Perfection is an elusive human quality, but the larger picture of economic growth related to the energy sector would have been so profound that I think the benefits would be hard to roll back," Sen. Ed Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat and former congressman who led the cap-and-trade push in 2009, told POLITICO.
Republicans banking on Obamacare as their ticket to 2014 mid-term election gains counter that Democrats should be relieved the climate bill isn't law. The GOP would have spent the last three-plus years trying to repeal it and defund it just like they did with Obamacare. And just imagine how many more punches the administration would be taking if it was juggling implementation of a climate law at the same time it was rolling out health care and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms.
"Beating up on EPA is a lot easier than attacking the creation of a new entitlement," said Chris Hessler, a former deputy GOP staff director on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Democrats from states and districts with a heavy reliance on fossil fuel production or consumption resisted the cap-and-trade bill despite pleas from Obama and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several built-in incentives that could have helped transition their economies. With the bill's demise, many said they dodged a bullet.
But from a practical standpoint, Democrats and even some Republicans acknowledge that Obama probably would be having an easier time implementing the cap-and-trade bill compared with health care. After all, the administration had many of the biggest industries on board, including electric utilities, automakers and chemical companies.


The work of the American novelist Nathanael West (1903-1940) is strikingly original. It is characterized by its use of Mythic themes in contemporary settings, terrifying symbolism, profound pessimism, and grisly humor.
Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City of affluent Russian-Jewish immigrants. After graduating from Brown University in 1924 with a bachelor of philosophy degree, he held a number of nonwriting jobs. In 1927 he became manager of the Kenmore Hotel in New York City and in 1928 of the Sutton Hotel; he frequently gave rooms rent-free to indigent friends. West's acquaintance with poverty grew more directly personal in 1929, when his family suffered complete financial ruin.
The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931), West's first novel, was written at college and is generally regarded as the weakest of his four novels. It is based on a Quest motif, but settles into a misanthropic, scatological attack on Christianity and Judaism.
West's next novel should have marked an upturn in his writing fortunes, but he was the victim of freakishly bad luck. His masterpiece, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), was enthusiastically reviewed, but the publisher went bankrupt, the printer refused to deliver most of the edition, and the book sold fewer than 800 copies. (It has sold over 300, 000 copies since West's death.) A variation on the Scapegoat theme, Miss Lonelyhearts explores attitudes toward the problem of suffering. Its hero, who is never named but is identified by his role as a newspaper columnist, is an idealist; he refuses to accept the other newsmen's cynical view of his lonely hearts newspaper column as a joke. Moved by his correspondents' grotesque but genuine pleas for help, he becomes caught up in their lives and is ultimately killed by one of them. A contemporary projection of a Christ figure, the novel is a masterpiece of economy. Critic Stanley Edgar Hyman called it "one of the three finest American novels of our century."
West's third novel, A Cool Million (1934), utilizing the myth of the Holy Fool, is a bitterly satiric treatment of American politics. Lemuel Pitkin, who is in the Candide—Horatio Alger mold, sets forth with naive good will, only to be consistently victimized, often violently.
West spent his last five years in Hollywood as a scenarist. His final novel, The Day of the Locust (1939), is based on the Mythic Dance of Death. A group of characters on the fringe of Hollywood are used as a quintessential symbol of American violence and emptiness. Especially jarring is its final scene, a grotesque, surrealistic treatment of a film premiere which deteriorates into mob frenzy. The book received favorable reviews but sold fewer than 1500 copies. (It, too, has sold over 300, 000 copies since West's death.) On Dec. 22, 1940, West and his wife, Eileen McKenney, were killed in an automobile accident near El Centro, Calif., just a few days before the opening of My Sister Eileen, the hit play immortalizing Mrs. West, written by her older sister, Ruth McKenney.
Since publication of The Complete Works of Nathanael West (1957), critical treatments have proliferated. Probably the best study of his life and work is Stanley Edgar Hyman, Nathanael West (1962). Other good accounts are the critical biography by Victor Comerchero, Nathanael West: The Ironic Prophet (1964), and the more comprehensive biography by Jay Martin, Nathanael West: The Art of His Life (1970). A recent useful critical study is Randall Reid, The Fiction of Nathanael West: No Redeemer, No Promised Land (1968).
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WKU Public Radio is part of a new regional journalism collaborative known as the Ohio Valley ReSource. It's made up of public media stations across Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. The collaborative will focus on the changing economy in the region and its effect on jobs, healthcare and infrastructure. Each station taking part in the Ohio Valley ReSource is hiring a reporter to contribute to the effort. WKU Public Radio's reporter is Alana Watson, who will be based in the Bowling Green newsroom. The Ohio Valley ReSource is made possible by member stations and through a grant from the Corporation For Public Broadcasting.
HIV Infection "Clusters" Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs
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Health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, say a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That's in a city that usually sees about eight HIV infections in a year. As with an earlier such cluster in northern Kentucky, officials say the primary cause of infection is needle drug use.
Health officials say a harm reduction program is an effective tool against HIV infection. The programs usually offer a syringe exchange, access to addiction counseling, and health screening services such as HIV testing.
The programs have expanded rapidly in the Ohio Valley, a region hit hard by the opioid crisis and at highest risk in the nation of infectious disease outbreaks due to needle drug use.
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But many people remain wary of syringe exchanges, and health officials are concerned that a backlash means some programs will close just when they're most needed. The Huntington cluster of HIV cases appears to be correlated with the controversial closure of a nearby harm reduction program.
"The boomerang effect, the recoil, is going to be if these programs start closing, you're going to see explosions of blood-borne pathogens, specifically HIV," said Dr. Michael Brumage, director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program in the West Virginia University School of Public Health.
High-Risk Region
In 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spotlighted the counties in the U.S. at the highest risk of an HIV outbreak. Of the 220 high-risk counties, about a quarter were in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. The ten counties CDC found at highest risk were all in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Public health officials in the region have been working to implement syringe exchange harm reduction programs, which are widely supported as the most effective tool in combating HIV and other infectious diseases associated with needle drug use.
Dr. Greg Corby-Lee is the strategist with the University of Kentucky's Harm Reduction Initiative. He said community-based harm reduction programs can be a lifeline to those still using drugs.
"It takes a while for them to build that level of trust up to come in," he said. "That's their one bridge, where they can be respected, and be given nothing but help to stay healthy."
Corby-Lee said HIV prevention is the primary focus.
"That's what they were designed for. But there are a lot of other benefits that come with it," he said, such as peer counseling and screening for other diseases, such as Hepatitis C.
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HIV/AIDS educator Greg Corby-Lee talking about harm reduction.
Corby-Lee said prevention and testing for HIV are becoming more widely available in the area, and stigma – which can thwart outreach, testing and treatment – is gradually diminishing.
But he and other health officials also worry about a backlash brewing in many communities, threatening the harm reduction programs. They fear that misconceptions about the programs may threaten the very communities at greatest risk of an outbreak.
Daniel Raymond is Deputy Director of Planning and Policy for the National Harm Reduction Coalition. He said that while harm reduction programs are generally expanding, some are closing in the communities where they are needed most. The programs can become the focal point for other problems associated with the addiction crisis, he said, such as litter from used needles, homelessness, and petty crime.
"A lot of these programs have been starting in communities that don't have a long history with harm reduction," Raymond said. "So the programs that end up being at risk of closure are often the ones that are getting scapegoated for a community's drug problem."
Closure, Then A Cluster
Dr. Brumage says that's part of the problem he encountered when leading a harm reduction program in Charleston, West Virginia. The program ended most of its services last year amid local political pressure and complaints about discarded needles.
"I think it's a simplistic view to look at and blame one program for all of the city's woes, with homelessness, with use, with all these other things," Brumage said. "And I think that's a trick that many politicians use very well, is to find a culprit scapegoat and to blame it rather than really looking at deeper issues."
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Dr. Michael Brumage directs the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at West Virginia University.
The deeper issue, he says, is that the HIV threat is real and not going away. Less prevention equals more sick people. In Huntington, one person in the HIV cluster has died. However, Brumage is concerned that some Huntington residents are now viewing the cluster of infections as evidence to close its harm reduction program as well.
"Currently, some people in that community are saying, 'Well, look, we have the syringe program, and we still got HIV, maybe we just need to close the program,'" he said. "The fact that you have a fire doesn't mean you should close the fire department. You know, you bring more trucks on the scene."
Brumage worries that the closure of the Charleston program may have contributed to the rise in HIV infections Huntington is now experiencing. The two cities are less than an hour's drive apart along Interstate 64. And Brumage argues that Huntington's cluster of infections could be much worse without a syringe exchange in place.
"My guess is had Huntington not had a syringe program, this problem would have exploded far worse."
Other health officials say the growing HIV cluster in Huntington is a cautionary tale.
"It's the looming disaster that we were all afraid of," West Virginia University School of Medicine Professor Dr. Judith Feinberg told Mother Jones magazine.
Signs of Hope
Still, harm reduction proponents remain optimistic. The National Harm Reduction Coalition says that for every program closing, 20 more open. Kentucky has witnessed rapid growth in such programs.
Van Ingram, who leads Kentucky's Office of Drug Control Policy, said that has only been possible with a fundamental shift in thinking about drug use as a health problem instead of a problem for law enforcement. He admits he was skeptical that the programs could take root in Kentucky. But it's happening.
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Kentucky Drug Control Policy Director Van Ingram.
"I never dreamed we'd have 56 programs," he said. "I did not think as many communities would have said, 'Yes, we have a problem, and yes, we're addressing big issues.' Those communities are much, much quicker in recognizing the problem than I thought they would. I'm glad to say, I was wrong."
Bourbon County, Kentucky, is an example of the phenomenon Ingram is describing. After several failed votes the county approved a syringe exchange program last year. Judge Executive Mike Williams said he braced for the complaints and backlash.
"I got gas yesterday afternoon and had three conversations at the gas pump about three different things," he said, but the syringe program was not one of the things people had concerns about.
Since the syringe program opened, helping about 100 people, he said he's only heard concerns from three people.
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Chapter 17a – Peak Oil: Energy is the lifeblood of any economy and a steady supply of energy is necessary to maintain the status quo, while an ever-increasing supply is needed to grow an economy. In this chapter, Dr. Chris Martenson explains that Peak Oil is not a theory, rather it is a description of how oil production increases over time, reaches a peak, then declines. Evidence points to a global production peak in the near future, which is troubling since the U.S. imports two-thirds of its oil and relies on it to much of its transportation and food production needs.


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Q: Rails - create or update according to time range I have a table where I need to create a new entry or update if one of the columns is inside a range of dates (today).
For example, I have a table of shuttles registration with [name, time] where name represents someone and time is when he would like to take the shuttle on.
Each (name) can register at most once a day.
When someone registers, I would like to update an existing row (of the same day), if exists, or create a new one.
The following query extracts the relevant row, if exists:
Shuttle.where('name= ? AND time BETWEEN ? AND ?', params[:name], DateTime.now.beginning_of_day, DateTime.now.end_of_day)

Tried to use first_or_create and equivalents but couldn't find the right syntax to apply the range query.
Any idea?
Thanks

A: Try this:
 Shuttle.where(:name => params[:name]).
         where(:time => DateTime.now.beginning_of_day..DateTime.now.end_of_day)).
         first_or_create(:time => DateTime.now)

Reference: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.2.13/active_record_querying.html#first_or_create

A: first_or_create doesn't apply in this scenario, because the condition doesn't make sense as the value of an update.  It would be like saying "Find a shuttle where the time is any time on this given day, and if you don't find one then create one where the time is any time on this given day".  That doesn't make sense: you need a specific time when you create a shuttle.
You need to think about the logic of what you want to do: it's not obvious to me at least.

A: If I understand you, I would do the following
@shuttle = Shuttle.where('name= ? AND time BETWEEN ? AND ?', params[:name], DateTime.now.beginning_of_day, DateTime.now.end_of_day).first
@shuttle.columnname = "new value"
@shuttle.save

If you are doing multiple
@shuttles = Shuttle.where('name= ? AND time BETWEEN ? AND ?', params[:name], DateTime.now.beginning_of_day, DateTime.now.end_of_day)
@shuttles.each do |shuttle|
  shuttle.columnname = "new value"
  shuttle.save
end

A: What about something like this?
@shuttle = Shuttle.where(
      name: params[:name],
      time: DateTime.now.beginning_of_day..DateTime.now.end_of_day
    ).first_or_initialize do |s|
  s.attribute = value
  s.save
end

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What can we learn from Adriano Olivetti? Our reflections at the end of the exhibition
The exhibition in Marostica, "Adriano Olivetti: an Example for Social Innovation", has now closed, having attracted a surprising number of visitors.
The historic typewriters and calculators have been returned to their boxes, but the good counsel of this great Italian remains increasingly relevant for the entrepreneurs of today.
Adriano Olivetti was one of the most influential and unique figures of the twentieth century. An extraordinary entrepreneur, intellectual and politician, an innovator in social sciences and pioneer in town planning, between 1930 and 1960 he took his father's typewriter company to the heights of international success and to the forefront of technological innovation. His project for reforming society as a form of community, centred on respect for individual dignity, on cultural values, and on using the opportunities offered by technological progress to build a spiritually better world, is now recognised as one of the most relevant and advanced examples of sustainability.
"By organising libraries, study grants, and courses of many types, to an extent that no other factory has ever done before, we wanted to demonstrate our faith in the liberating virtue of culture; so that our workers, still striving against many difficulties, can overcome, day by day, that inferiority of which Italian society is so guilty".
"And it is equally important to ensure that the power and strength of the factory, achieved by virtue of the dynamics of the modern world, are harnessed not just for your wellbeing, but also for the civilised advance of the places where you were born and where you live. For none of us should let slip a single opportunity to create an island of higher civilisation, when all around us there is ignorance, misery and unemployment." Adriano Olivetti
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Parks & Recreation's Nick Offerman and Never Rarely Sometimes Always Actress Talia Ryder have joined the cast of Dumb Money, an upcoming film about last year's GameStop stock market explosion, Deadline reports. They join an all-star cast that includes Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Dane DeHaan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Anthony Ramos, America Ferrera and Myah'la Herrold. Per the trade, the movie follows "the story of the fortunes made and lost overnight in the David vs. Goliath GameStop short squeeze that impacted Wall Street"…
Stargirl will conclude with its current third season, according to Deadline. The series follows high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore — played by Brec Bassinger — as she inspires a new generation of superheroes to stop the villains of the past. Luke Wilson and Amy Smart also star. New episodes will continue to air on Wednesdays through December 7…
Cristin Milioti, best known for playing Tracy McConnell in How I Met Your Mother from 2013-14, is joining Colin Farrell in HBO Max's The Batman spinoff series centered on The Penguin, according to Variety. Farrell will reprise the role of the titular Batman villain, who he played in the film. Milioti will star as Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone. Plot details for the series are under wraps, but it will reportedly delve into The Penguin's rise to power in the Gotham criminal underworld…
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Canada is set to legalize Cannabis for recreational use on October 17, 2018.
Their connection to Snoop Dog.
Their recent acquisition of HIKU Brands. IMO, HIKU Brands has quickly become a house of brands that is at the forefront of coffee, cannabis, and clothing culture all rolled into one.
Tilray – Vancouver based Tilray could easily be a frontrunner in the lead up to legalization. However, the companies current lack of sales means the LP is unsure of how relevant the Marley Naturals license will be with Canadian millenial customers until the product hit shelves. Additionally, based on Canada's diverse population, we are well positioned to validate whether American Pop Culture or Jamaican Folklore will be a better catalyst for sales and brand presence.
Several companies are worth discussing after CGC and Tilray, but in keeping with music culture as the fundamental pillar of growth, Newstrike (the owner of the Tragically Hip cannabis license) is poised to be the third most relevant brand in the Canadian marketplace. It just seems right that if you were to put the Hip, Snoop and Bob all on the same stage that such a musical collaboration would define the Canadian cannabis community to the world.


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Petra and I love going to auctions. We have a couple of pieces in the 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design sale at Chiswick Auctions taking place on Tuesday 9th October at 11am so we are doubly excited to see how they do.
To add to our Scandinavian offering, which we will bring to light at the end, and some private pieces from the home of Kandya designer Frank Guille, there are some wonderful pieces of British Design set to make good hammer prices in the Chiswick sale, including some work by ceramicist Lucie Rie, a studio potter who, having established a name for herself in Vienna, fled the burgeoning Nazi influence present in her home city for London. If you have not already heard of the potters' potter, she arrived here in 1938 and established her studio in Albion Mews, Paddington.
The collecting trend for British studio pottery was already strong with Bernard Leach founding the movement in St Ives in the 1920's and once Lucie Rie started making her mark she became a collector's dream with fragile-looking pieces sculpted using sturdy stoneware, melting and rainbow colours such as peacock blue, magenta and gold.
Prices for Rie's work have been steadily increasing since her death and the market remains buoyant. A top tip for buying her work at auction is to pay close attention to the condition of the particular piece. A porcelain bowl (c. 1985) by the potter realised an impressive £36,600 (including premium) at Chiswick Auctions in May last year, which attests to the popularity of Rie's pieces amongst collectors across the globe. This auction you will be able to snap up a fine twenty cm high tapering vase (above), circa 1970, with textured volcanic glaze, stamped underneath with the artist's seal.
Also offered is a coffee pot and milk jug, circa 1960s, with pulled handle design and four coffee cups and saucers with manganese glaze to the exterior and off white glaze interior which Rie designed with Hans Coper who was another refugee Nazi-exile who came to London to work with Lucie Rie and together they collaborated on various items. The cups are stamped with both their seals as you will see below.
Ancient influences are accompanied by an interest in varying aspects seen in the work of more recent and acclaimed potters; the formal strength of Hans Coper, Lucie Rie's use of light and colour and Ian Godfrey's experimentation with form and texture. Sometimes altered by cutting and rejoining to create ridges and grooves between curving surfaces, a pebble is then used to burnish the work.
While not midcentury it is worth also looking at a stunningly graphic black and white glaze pot by John Ward. Ward's pots are twice-fired in a kiln and he uses only matt glazes. Prices for his work have been climbing sharply and continue to go over estimate and break new records. One example (seen below) was purchased at The Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London, in 2014.
Unlike the works of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie that fetch stratospheric prices at auction, the British ceramic artist is increasingly popular with collectors on the look out for a wave of new options available in this market. Widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest potters, Ward is attracting particular attention in the field for his hand-crafted, sculptural vases. Influenced by the clean and pure forms of ancient Chinese and Egyptian pre-glaze pottery, early Cypriot pottery and early Persian bowls, Ward uses flattened coils of clay and a pinched base to produce the hollow forms that characterise his sculptural vases.
Purchased by the same collector from The Contemporary Ceramics Centre in 2016, Peter Beard (seen above) uses wax resist technique to create matt and semi-matt textured glazes in vibrant turquoise. Beard won both the Inax Design prize and Vallauris Biennale and is also a highly collectable ceramic artist.
The Kandya Trimma cabinets (above) at this 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design sale designed by Frank Guille, have a lovely story to tell as they were part of the furnishings in his own home as was the bent plywood chair with cut away back, white painted top and steel base, below which is most likely to be a Trimma prototype that was never put into production.
Guille also had his own kilns and produced some studio pottery but did not sell it commercially and produced it for his own pleasure in very limited numbers. You will have the rare chance of being able to buy the above and more at this sale.
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In addition a Dieter Rams Braun music centre, furniture by Charlotte Perriand (above) Norman Foster – the Nomos table, some stunning Scandinavian desk and chair combos, an Archie shine desk and sideboard as well as Modern Shows' own highly collectable Illum Wikkelso coffee table and Hans Wegner side table from the Danish masters.
Head directly to the sale here at CHISWICK AUCTIONS NOW to bid for the Illum Wikkelso coffee table (below) and all the latest offerings.
Also a collection of sixties lights and this John and Sylvia Reid Stag children's dressing table (below) will feature in the sale.
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All employees of the Company are subject to the pre-employment checks such as references and may be subject to credit scoring, SIA licence and DBS checks. These checks are conducted due to the nature of risk associated with the type of business that we operate and that we operate within a highly regulated industry.
We use your information to enable you to register your interest with us and, once your registration is complete, for the administration of your account, to contact you, to update our records about you, and to respond to and process your queries and requests. All personal information is checked against an independent system that reviews the electoral register and other databases to validate your identity. All data that we collect is held on servers located within the EEA and are kept secure and personal and sensitive data is only accessed by authorised personnel.
NoteMachine Group use your personal information so that we can provide you with products and services which you use, may be relevant, similar products or services which we think may be of interest to you and to meet our contractual obligations to you. This may include information concerning promotions or offers which could benefit you. We also use your information to notify you about changes or developments relating to our products and services that you use.
We might contact you by mail, telephone, email, or text unless you have asked us not to. If you are a registered customer, we may also display personalised advertising to you when you use our online account service and mobile app. You can change your preferences at any time by calling us, writing to us, contacting your local branch or by updating them online. If you do opt out, you may still see some generic, non-personalised advertising when you are using our online services.
We will not provide information about you to companies outside our Group to use for their own marketing purposes unless you have given us your consent to do so.
We record and may monitor and use transcripts of our telephone calls with you in case we need to check we have carried out your instructions correctly, to resolve queries or issues, for regulatory purposes, to help improve the quality of our service and to help to detect or prevent fraud or other crimes. Conversations may also be monitored for staff training purposes.
We may share your information with other members of the NoteMachine group of companies where we need to do so to provide you with any of the products or services you have requested or where you have asked us to do so.
We may share your information with anyone (for example, an agent) who you have told us or who we are otherwise aware is acting on your behalf, or who introduces you to us, or who you have asked us to contact.
NoteMachine Group and our products and services are subject to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and regulation by HM Revenue and Customs. Some of our products and services are also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"). We may be required by the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, by HM Revenue & Customs, by the FCA or other regulatory bodies, by the Police or other law enforcement agencies (for example, in connection with criminal prosecutions, money laundering or fraud investigations), by order of a court or otherwise by law to use your information in the detection, prevention or prosecution of crime, tax evasion, fraud or audit purposes.
We may share your information with credit control or debt collection agencies, for example, if you owe us money and we engage their services to recover it from you.
If we decide we want to sell our business or receive an offer to buy our business we may have to share your information with a prospective purchaser and their legal, financial or other advisers. In these circumstances, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that your information is properly protected.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless explicitly requested by you. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. You may sometimes ask us about, or we may sometimes ask you if you are interested in, products or services which we are unable to provide but which someone else we know ("NoteMachine Group contact") may be able to provide (for example, travel or financial services). We will never pass your information to a NoteMachine Group contact unless you have asked us to do so. Please note that we are not responsible for and cannot be liable to you for any products or services of any NoteMachine Group contact or any acts or omissions of any NoteMachine Group contact.
Your information will be passed to third parties for the purpose of validating identity and for the completion of credit references and DBS checks for employees of NoteMachine Group of companies.
We are required to handle information which we hold about you that is capable of identifying you (either alone or with any other information we may hold about you) in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 ("the Act"), which regulates the use of "personal data" in the United Kingdom.
You have the right under the Act to ask us in writing (Subject Access Request) for details concerning the "personal data" we hold about you, including a description of that data, the purposes for which it is being used and to whom that data has been or may be disclosed. We may charge you an administration fee for providing additional copies of information and depending on the volume requested.
The personal and sensitive information that we hold about should be accurate and kept up to date. Please keep us informed of any changes to your information and please be assured that you can delete or correct any information either by visiting your account online, email or writing to the Data Protection Officer (details can be found in the 'How to Contact Us' section of this policy).
NoteMachine Group will retain your details for as long as they are needed for the relevant purposes listed under the 'How we use your data' and the 'Data Sharing' section of this notice. The Company may also retain certain records for other legitimate reasons (including after your relationship with the Company has ended), for example to resolve any potential disputes, cross-check against future applications and to comply with other reporting, legislative and retention obligations.When your personal information is no longer needed as defined by our Retention Policy it will be permanently deleted from our databases.
The nature of our products and services means that we may need to share your information with people or businesses based in countries outside of the United Kingdom. All countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the UK, have similar standards of legal protection for your personal information. We may run your accounts and provide other services from centres outside the EEA (such as the USA and India) that do not have a similar standard of data protection laws to the UK. If so, we will require your personal information to be protected to at least UK standards. We may process payments through other financial institutions such as banks and the worldwide payments system operated by the SWIFT organisation if, for example, you make a CHAPS payment or a foreign payment. Those external organisations may process and store your personal information abroad and may have to disclose it to foreign authorities to help them in their fight against crime and terrorism. The countries to which we may need to send your information would normally be obvious to you. For example, if you have instructed us in connection with a purchase of a property in France then we will usually be dealing with people or businesses based in France (which may include banks, lawyers and estate agents) that are connected with the purchase in order to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. In many instances we will be dealing with people or businesses which you have asked us to deal with or who you already know or who already know you.
If these are based outside the EEA, your personal information may not be protected to standards similar to those in the UK.
We use industry-standard products to protect your personal data held on our servers and ensure that any third parties, with whom we share your information, has the same level of protection.
Whilst we currently use some automated systems that are designed to assist us in identifying individuals for employment and transacting purposes we ensure that any automated decision is always reviewed by the business and arbitrated with human intervention.
In general, you can visit NoteMachine Group websites without identifying who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, cookies are used to store small amounts of information on your computer, which allows certain information from your web browser to be collected. Cookies are widely used on the internet and do not identify the individual using the computer, just the computer being used. Cookies and other similar technology make it easier for you to log on to and use our websites during future visits.
This policy replaces all previous versions and is correct as of November 2017. We reserve the right to change the policy at any time. You should check our website periodically for any changes which may affect you.
then you have the right to take your complaint to the relevant supervisory body. You can find out more about the Act and your rights by visiting the website of the Information Commissioner at https://ico.org.uk. The Information Commissioner's Office can also be contacted by telephone on 0303 123 1113.
This policy was approved by the Board of Directors and is issued on a version controlled basis under the signature of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).


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Disney's shares fell 5% in after-hours trading when the firm posted figures that missed analysts' forecasts.
Profits at the entertainment giant fell 51% to $1.4bn in the last three months, despite revenues rising 33% to $20.2bn.
Avengers has become the biggest grossing movie ever, beating Avatar.
But profits from a string of movie hits, including Aladdin, failed to offset other costs at the company.
In March, Disney bought the TV and film assets of 21st Century Fox for $71bn.
Disney chairman and chief executive Robert Iger said the third quarter results "reflect our efforts to effectively integrate the 21st Century Fox".
The company is also gearing up for a new digital streaming service, Disney+, which it is launching in November to challenge Netflix.
Costs to build online services will weigh on profits for several years, the company has said.
Streaming competitors from AT&T's Warner Media and Comcast's NBC Universal are expected next year.
Disney's direct-to-consumer and international unit reported an operating loss of $553m, up from $168m a year earlier, from consolidation of Hulu and spending on Disney+ and the ESPN streaming service.
At the theme parks unit, overall operating income rose 4% to $1.7bn but fell at Disney's US parks. The company attributed the drop to expenses for an ambitious Star Wars-themed expansion in late May at California's Disneyland and lower attendance.
Media networks, which includes ESPN, the Disney Channels and FX, reported a 7% increase in operating income to $2.1bn.
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While police were investigating an accident at around 12:15 a.m in North Dallas, another vehicle struck a police vehicle that was parked at the scene of the accident. The wreck occurred Wednesday night as police were investigating an accident that occurred at North Central Expressway at Churchill Way.
An hour into the investigation of the first accident, a woman driving a Fiat 500 hit the front side of an empty police vehicle. No one was injured in the second accident, and police arrested the woman who caused it. It is not clear what charges (if any) the driver will be charged with.
Both accidents caused a large section of North Central Expressway to be closed until around 2:30 a.m.
As a car accident attorney, I know how difficult the aftermath of a wreck like this can be. I wish the victims and their family a speedy recovery.


Anger and withdrawal are often indicative of a deep desire to connect.
As we get to know people more deeply, we tend to get better at translating them. I know, for example, that my best friend always tells me she's "done" with her marriage whenever she feels acutely rejected by her husband. I also know that my daughter gets viciously angry (often at me or my husband) when she's done something of which she's ashamed. These translations help me feel empathy, at the same time that they increase my patience for these comments and behaviors.
But skill at decoding may not always have a positive correlation with intimate knowledge of a person. Our decoding capabilities, for example, may seem to get worse over time with our romantic partners, particularly if the relationship is in any kind of distress.
The ability to decode another person typically works well when we're doing well, and works less well (or not at all) when we're emotionally activated or impaired. This is why so many couples in distress have trouble making things better. They take at face value the comments and behaviors and emotions they're confronted with.
Words spoken in anger and actions taken in anger are, by nature, the hardest to translate. They consistently read as aggressive, attacking, rejecting, and punitive. They're often perceived to be the catalyst for damaging attack-withdraw cycles that are consistently judged by researchers to be the most corrosive kind of conflict (Christensen & Shenk, 1991). In these cycles one partner appears to come on too strongly emotionally (nagging, shouting, or verbally attacking) and the other partner pulls back, shutting down or outright disengaging. A review of 74 studies that included more than 14,000 participants suggests that the demand-withdraw pattern is one of the most significant predictors of divorce (Schrodt, Witt, Shimkowski, 2014).
One solution is to reframe anger as certain therapists do. According to emotionally-focused therapists—those subscribing to a theoretical approach developed by Drs. Sue Johnson and Leslie Greenberg—it might be counterproductive to take anger at face value. Instead, it's useful to read it as a protest against feeling disconnected (Johnson, 2006). According to the EFT perspective, anger is actually a product of an intense desire for connection, and a frustrated attempt at feeling connected. Such an intense desire could only exist with a deep investment in the relationship and the partner, and a deep sense of hurt at being rebuffed.
In their work with couples, Greenberg and Goldman find it easier to deal with anger, or even attack and withdraw, than mutual withdrawal. They argue that for a couple to affect meaningful change, "the process must be hot: Emotion must be activated (Greenberg & Goldman, 2008)." Most therapists would agree that conflict is not the biggest problem a couple can have; a bigger problem is disengagement (Whisman, Dixon, & Johnson, 1997).
As she does with anger, Johnson (2004) frames withdrawal and defense in the context of a deep desire for connection. She doesn't see it as coldness, hostility, or indifference. Without an abiding interest in and overarching value of the other person, she argues, partners would not feel the need to withdraw so abruptly or self-protectively.
Although they may feel representitive of drastically different coping styles, anger and withdrawal are essentially two side of the same coin. According to EFT therapists, both are motivated by a strong need for attachment with the other person. Both are indicative of care rather than lack of care, and desire rather than lack of desire. Both approaches tell you, if you let them, that you still matter to your partner, that they care enough to be hurt by you, that want so much for something better.
Decoding your partner's anger or withdrawal is unlikely to solve all your problems, but it can be an important first step in staying engaged. It might also help you keep perspective, cope more calmly, have more patience, and feel more empathy, all of which (when placed in the context of toxic relational patterns) can have dramatic effects on good you feel about your relationship.
Brennen, K. A., & Shaver P. R. (1995). Dimensions of adult attachment, affect regulation and romantic relationship functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 267-283.
Dandeneau, M. & Johnson, S. M. (1994). Facilitating intimacy: A comparative outcome study of emotionally focused and cognitive interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 20, 17-33.
Johnson, S. M. (2005). The practice of emotionally focused couple therapy: Creating connection, second edition, New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Schrodt, P., Witt, P. L. & Shimkowski, J. R. (2014), A meta-analytical review of the demands/withdraw pattern of interaction and its association with individual, relational, and communicative outcomes, Communication Monographs, 81(1) March, 28-58.
Whisman, W. A., Dixon A. E., Johnson B. (1997) Therapists' perspectives of couple problems and treatment issues in couple therapy. Journal of Family Psychology,11, 361–366.
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In being transparent about our thoughts, we develop a unique power of mind.
Blaming the pattern rather than the person might bring us closer together.
From birth on, our distress is intimately tied to our children's.


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Q: Python Как сделать int итерабельным? Суть самой проблемы заключается в том, что я получил изначально int в виде str, а после перевёл в число. Перевод был выполнен успешно, но когда это число я применяю в цикле for, выдаёт ошибку:
TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

A: Есть несколько способов проитерироваться по числу

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*Перевести в итерабельный тип, например, строку или список

*Целочисленно делить на 10 и брать остаток:
n = 123
while (n != 0):
    print(n % 10)
    n //= 10


This plan establishes a forward-looking path for Binghamton's Information Technology to support the goals and strategies of the University Roadmap. It is a living document that will continue to evolve as our needs and priorities change and members of the community bring forward new ideas. Commissioned by the Chief Information Officer, the plan was developed with input from the University community during the fall of 2016 and guided by the external perspective of higher education consultants, Goldstein & Associates. The process included an assessment phase to evaluate the current state of technology and a planning phase to define strategies. The process was highly participative and included interviews and focus groups with more than 120 students, faculty and staff and a similar number of professional technology staff. Goals and strategies were created with input from planning groups, faculty focus groups, and University leadership, and an Advisory Committee helped guide the process and the work of the consultant.


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Blog Tour: Faithful by Michelle Hauck
Author: Michelle Hauck
Pub. Date: November 15, 2016
Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse
Formats: eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Goodreads
About the Book: Following Grudging--and with a mix of Terry Goodkind and Bernard Cornwall--religion, witchcraft, and chivalry war in Faithful, the exciting next chapter in Michelle Hauck's Birth of Saints series!
A world of Fear and death…and those trying to save it.
Colina Hermosa has burned to the ground. The Northern invaders continue their assault on the ciudades-estados. Terror has taken hold, and those that should be allies betray each other in hopes of their own survival. As the realities of this devastating and unprovoked war settles in, what can they do to fight back?
On a mission of hope, an unlikely group sets out to find a teacher for Claire, and a new weapon to use against the Northerners and their swelling army.
What they find instead is an old woman.
But she's not a random crone—she's Claire's grandmother. She's also a Woman of the Song, and her music is both strong and horrible. And while Claire has already seen the power of her own Song, she is scared of her inability to control it, having seen how her magic has brought evil to the world, killing without reason or remorse. To preserve a life of honor and light, Ramiro and Claire will need to convince the old woman to teach them a way so that the power of the Song can be used for good. Otherwise, they'll just be destroyers themselves, no better than the Northerners and their false god, Dal. With the annihilation their enemy has planned, though, they may not have a choice.
A tale of fear and tragedy, hope and redemption, Faithful is the harrowing second entry in the Birth of Saints trilogy.
About Michelle:
Michelle Hauck lives in the bustling metropolis of northern Indiana with her hubby and two teenagers. Two papillons help balance out the teenage drama. Besides working with special needs children by day, she writes all sorts of fantasy, giving her imagination free range. A book worm, she passes up the darker vices in favor of chocolate and looks for any excuse to reward herself. Bio finished? Time for a sweet snack.
She is a co-host of the yearly contests Query Kombat and Nightmare on Query Street, and Sun versus Snow.
Her epic fantasy, Kindar's Cure, is published by Divertir Publishing. Her short story, Frost and Fog, is published by The Elephant's Bookshelf Press in their anthology, Summer's Double Edge. She's repped by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary.
Visit her: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Tumblr
2 winners will receive signed paperbacks of book 1, Grudging, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
11/7/2016- Books, Dreams, Life- Interview
11/8/2016- Bibliobibuli YA- Review
11/9/2016- Book in the Bag- Interview
11/10/2016- History from a Woman's Perspective
11/11/2016- Marty Mayberry- Guest Post
Week Two:
11/14/2016- Book for Thought- Review
11/16/2016- Always Me- Review
11/17/2016- Dazzled by Books- Interview
11/18/2016- The Autumn Bookshelf- Review
Blog Tour Michelle Hauck
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Every step can be fully integrated both vertically within an organization and horizontally across all organizations.
To strengthen everything from their brand to the way they deliver their services, healthcare providers are consolidating and integrating at a furious pace, especially clinically. It's becoming increasingly commonplace for patients to be able to access their clinical records across multiple settings.
Today, a growing number of organizations are seeing the need to turn their attention to consolidating and integrating the business office side of their operations, specifically with respect to patient payments. There are good reasons for this, both financially for the hospital and experientially for the patient.
As patient payments constitute upwards of 30 percent of hospital revenues, leveraging technology that works across different healthcare information systems can streamline and maximize payment collections, while keeping patients happier and making them more likely to pay their medical bills on time. This ease-of-payment is "the norm" in other industries, like online retail or banking, so patients likewise expect it now in healthcare.
Indeed, every step, from preauthorization through final payment, can be fully integrated not just vertically within a given organization, but also horizontally across all the organizations. However, it takes open architecture technology systems to accomplish this.
Such benefits would be a welcome addition to the business side of healthcare. Currently, confusion reigns supreme on both the patient and provider sides when it comes to patient payments. Patients' frustration is well documented, and on the providers' side, payment reconciliation and settlement are still largely tedious, manual processes that take place across multiple systems. As a result, neither patients nor providers get true visibility into where they stand financially.
Add to that the fact that the U.S. banking system, for the most part, is still not set up to work easily with clinical systems. The inescapable conclusion is that current healthcare payment systems, which have been designed around payer payments, need to be redesigned from the ground up to solve for patient payments, which constitute the fastest growing piece of the healthcare revenue pie.
The good news is that innovative payment solutions are coming to help healthcare organizations to get the most out of their patient payment stream. These solutions enable hospitals and health systems to capture a bigger slice of the patient payment pie and to help patients keep better understand their healthcare bills.
These solutions work across multiple different practice-management and health information systems, promoting greater efficiency and effectiveness. For example, your technology should be able to automatically reconcile and post 100 percent of all payment types--cash, check, credit card, FSA, etc.--no matter where the payments come from or when they arrive. It should also be able to take the data out of siloed billing systems and holistically put it together in one place for improved access by everyone on the revenue cycle team.
Perhaps most importantly, it should be founded on solid technology, which can be managed to lower costs as well as influence patient and provider behavior and improve payment rates. Indeed, with these technology solutions, both the patient and provider can get--for the first time--a complete financial picture of the patient encounter.
Because both sides enjoy a clearer picture of what to expect financially from a given episode of care, providers and patients can openly discuss payment concerns and options that are good for both parties. The enterprise realizes more satisfied patients who are more likely to settle their financial obligations promptly and gets a clearer, more comprehensive and accurate picture of patient payment status. This institutional knowledge, in turn, leads to better revenue management and results.
The benefits don't stop there, either.
Enterprises get greater reliability on the payment collection side--technology never "calls in sick"--and the billing office comes to know and understand their patients' entire financial obligation for a given episode of care across all providers.
Today's patients and providers alike are demanding the same simplicity and ease of payment processing that they have been getting for the past several years from online retailers. Providers who can meet those consumer demands will succeed in the increasingly competitive world of value-based healthcare, where delivering value on the financial side is becoming just as important as delivering value on the clinical side.


Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have again made the shortlist for the CAF player of the year award.
The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup is not yet over but already the new campaign starts in the continent's secondary knockout competition on Tuesday.
Raja Casablanca striker Soufiane Rahimi scored twice against AS Vita Club as the Moroccan side seized control of the CAF Confederation Cup final.
Moroccan side Raja Casablanca and AS Vita Club from the DR Congo will contest the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup final after big semifinal victories.
Enyimba need to overturn a 1-0 home loss against Raja Casablanca on Wednesday to qualify for the final of the 2018 African Confederation Cup.
Dr. Kofi Amoah of Ghana's Normalisation Committee, has backed the decision to pull all Ghanaian clubs out of next year's CAF competitions.