Did you know that there is a very profound form of soft-tissue treatment called Visceral Manipulation that helps resolve internal restrictions within the viscera (tissue supporting the internal organs) within the abdominal cavity.
When restrictions occur organs, valves and supporting structures can sometimes loose the ability to move freely. Each organ has an inherent movement, without that movement structures of the body start to over compensate. This can then lead from a simple functional problem such as IBS to a more serious structural problem which could then lead to a decline in health leading to possible surgery.
In order for your body to function correctly and for all your systems to work in harmony it is essential that your internal organs all have the ability to move freely without restriction. Emotional tension can have a very negative impact on our organ health, causing many problems such as IBS, Crohn's, anxiety and depression as well as fits of anger and rage. Have you ever noticed the link between periods of great difficulty in your life and stomach and gut issues? maybe feelings of weakness and tiredness, general malaise and low par. This can all be related to internal restrictions that can easily be released.
By gentle manual therapy (similar to remedial massage) the practitioner can identify restrictions within the body and gently encourage full motility back to the liquid world where the organs live. Before the therapy takes place a full consultation is taken down in order to make sure all the patients concerns are addressed, the treatment is very gentle and the client can feel very different even after the first treatment has taken place.
Did you know that left sided shoulder and neck pain can be caused by issues related to your Liver? Maybe re-current shoulder pain treatment is not working, combining Visceral Manipulation with some positional release therapy or KMI Myofascial Integration can resolve chronic shoulder pain for very long periods of time.


Angelcare's AC115 movement and sound monitor allows you as parents to relax while your baby is resting. Digital audio and movement monitoring let you as parents to better respond to your baby's needs.
Under-the-mattress movement sensor pad: the sensor pad monitors all your baby's movements, even the slightest ones. An alarm will sound if no movement has been detected for 20 seconds.
Variable sensitivity settings: sensitivity may need to be adjusted as your baby grows and becomes more active.
Mattress sensor pad - an alarm sounds after 20 seconds of no movement.
Parent unit includes mains adaptor - batteries required for parent unit 2 x AAA (included).
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When using an Angelcare Sensor Pad from any Angelcare Movement Monitor in a moses basket as with all cots, cot beds, the cords MUST be routed through the base and secured safely away from baby as per the set-up information within the manual.
At no point should baby be able to reach out and touch/grab any cords or units. We appreciate baby is only small when placed in a moses basket but they still flail there little arms & legs about.
We advise that all Angelcare Sensor Pads supplied with all Angelcare Movement Monitors detect your baby's movement on the surface of their mattress and not their breathing.
Whilst the Sensor Pad is able to detect movement it cannot distinguish between your baby's movements or other forms of movement from outside the basket and may not alarm if required.
You should not use a mobile, toy that plays music etc. in the basket – these all emit a form of movement, albeit small on the surface of the mattress or the basket itself.
You must be mindful of where the basket is placed in the room as it cannot be placed where there is constant footfall or any form of vibration albeit small ones that the Sensor Pad could detect.
The basket must always be static and not swinging.
Do not place the basket directly against a wall, skirting board as it can detect movements from piping etc.
If you are using a basket in your room at night the basket cannot be touching your bed. When touching your bed the Sensor Pad could detect your movements on the surface of your mattress. The basket must be minimum 30cm away from your bed/bedding.
Your baby must NOT be in the cot during this test.
**If however the monitor does not alarm when you step away from the cot reduce the sensitivity down to level 1 and repeat the Four Corner Test, keep adjusting this until the alarm sounds ensuring that movement is still detected in all four corners.


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The NHL is in a holding pattern while the league looks into possibilities of restarting the currently-paused season in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but that hasn't stopped the Sharks from being active. On Monday, San Jose added to its organizational depth by signing two European prospects to entry-level contracts.
After going into the weekend as "front-runners" to sign Russian goaltender Alexei Melnichuk, the Sharks sealed the deal and made the signing official on Monday. Melnichuck, 21, was ranked eighth on NHL Central Scouting's list of 2018 international goaltenders.
"Alexei was being pursued by a number of teams and we're pleased that he decided to join the Sharks," San Jose general manager Doug Wilson said in a team statement. "He has a unique blend of athleticism and technical play and has impressed at each level he has advanced. This past season he has proven that he can more than hold his own amongst players much older than he and we are excited for him to work with Evgeni Nabokov and our development staff."
In 16 games during the 2019-20 season with SKA St. Petersburg in Russia's top league, the KHL, Melnichuk went 8-5-1 with a 1.68 goals-against average, .930 save percentage and four shutouts. He won several honors, including KHL Goaltender of the Month (Sept.), two-time Goaltender of the Week (Sept. 23/30) and two-time Rookie of the Week (Sept. 30/Dec. 30).
"I think that this gives [the Sharks] a glimmer of hope," NHL.com's Pete Jensen said of the Melnichuk signing on Monday's episode of the "NHL Fantasy on Ice" podcast, "and a piece to solidify their biggest position of weakness, which is huge. It sounded like many teams were in the running for this guy, Melnichuk, and the fact that they could get him speaks that maybe the window might still be a little, couple of inches open."
Also on Monday, the Sharks announced the signing of 26-year-old center Fredrik Handemark. The 6-foot-4, 209-pound native of Sweden brings plenty of European experience with him to San Jose, along with a penchant for winning faceoffs.
"Fredrik is a well-rounded player who can play in all situations and ranks as one of the top faceoff centers in Europe dating back to his time in juniors," Wilson said of Handemark in a team statement. "He is a powerful skater with high character and leadership qualities having been the captain for the Malmo Redhawks the past three seasons and has played well the last few years at the National level. We are happy to have him join our organization."
Across 52 games with the Redhawks in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) this past season, Handemark recorded 38 points (14 goals, 24 assists), posted a plus-nine rating, led the SHL in face-off percentage (.615) and in total faceoffs taken (1,029), and finished tied for seventh in game-winning goals. In his time with Malmo dating back to the 2015-16 season, Handemark never finished a season below a 50-percent win-rate in the faceoff circle. In 329 career SHL games, he tallied 136 points (47 goals, 89 assists) with a 57.3 faceoff win percentage (2,770-for-4,834).
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Goaltending has been the Sharks' Achilles heel over the last two seasons, and San Jose was tied for 25th in the NHL in faceoff win percentage when the season was indefinitely paused. Clearly, Wilson is hoping Melnichuk and Handemark can eventually help bring about improvement in those areas.

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People on the move: Cherry Bekaert elects new MP/CEO
KPMG names national partner of campus recruiting and university relations; Raich Ende Malter adds two principals; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.
Mike Triantos was named the new head of partner development at Gusto, San Francisco.
Chiew Chun Wee, regional head of policy for Asia Pacific at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, was appointed a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, London, to serve a three-year term starting Jan. 1, 2018.
Keith Browning was hired as a managing director for the corporate performance improvement practice in the Atlanta office of Alvarez & Marsal.
James Acton, Rachael Bivens and Amanda Niehoff were promoted to staff accountant advanced at Louis T. Roth & Co., Louisville.
Hannah Castellano, a manager in the wealth advisory services group of RubinBrown, St. Louis, was honored with the 2017 Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants Women to Watch – Emerging Leader Award for her professional achievements and leadership efforts.
Eric Hespenheide was appointed chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative Board of Directors, Amsterdam, effective Jan. 1, 2018.
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Johnpaul Crocenzi was hired as a principal specializing in high-net-worth individuals and their businesses, and Melissa Abbott was promoted to principal, specializing in tax compliance and planning for trusts, estates and private foundations, at Raich Ende Malter, Melville.
The National Conference of CPA Practitioners, Mineola, elected its 2017-18 officers and directors: President Stephen Mankowski, Mankowski Associates CPA, LLC, Hatboro, Pa.; executive vice president Neil Fishman, Fishman Associates, CPAs, Boynton Beach, Fla.; vice president Frank Gallo, Gallo & Company, CPAs, LLP, Jericho, N.Y.; vice president Stephen Palmerio, Stephen L. Palmerio, CPA, Broomall, Pa.; vice president Mark A. Stewart, Jr., Feldstein & Stewart, LLP, CPAs, New City, N.Y.; treasurer Stuart Lang, G.R. Reid Associates, LLP, Woodbury, N.Y.; secretary Barry Zalk, Barry D. Zalk, CPA, Huntington, N.Y.; and immediate past president Sandra Johnson, Sandra G. Johnson, CPA, PC, Bellmore, N.Y. NCCPAP also elected, as directors: Scott Cheslowitz, Mary Duff, Aaron Futterman, Robert Gaines, Kenneth Hauptman, Donald Ingram, Lynne Marcus, David J. Rothfeld and Sanford Zinman.
Michelle Thompson was elected firm managing partner and chief executive officer of Cherry Bekaert, effective May 1, 2018, and based in the Raleigh office. Thompson, who joined the firm in 1998 and became an assurance partner in 2001, will transition from her current position of managing partner of the firm's assurance services practice and succeed Howard Kies, who will be stepping down May 1, 2018, after 27 years in the role of managing partner.
GBQ, Columbus, announced three new partners: Jeff Harden, director of assurance and business advisory services, who has been with the firm since 2015; Scott Bechtel, director of tax and business advisory services, who joined the firm in 2008; and Joe Borowski, director of valuation and financial opinion services, who joined the firm in 2005.
Jeff Jorge, principal and leader of the center for the return of manufacturing (CFRM) at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, was a keynote speaker and panelist at Baker Tilly's Return of Manufacturing Forum at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, sponsored by the firm's CFRM.
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Nashville, presented three awards at its 110th annual meeting, held in New York City Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. E. Kent Smoll, director-at-large on the NASBA Board of Directors and chair of NASBA's enforcement resources committee, of Dodge City, Kan., received the NASBA Distinguished Service Award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated an unswerving commitment and dedication to enhancing the mission of NASBA. Nicole Kasin, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Accountancy, of Sioux Falls, S.D., received the Lorraine P. Sachs Standard of Excellence Award, which recognizes a current state board executive or administrator that has shown outstanding service to improving the effectiveness of accounting regulation-on local and national fronts. Thomas Sadler, member of NASBA's Past Chair Advisory Council, of Lakewood, Wash., received the William H. Van Rensselaer Award, which recognizes those who have contributed to the development of a new program, improvement of a current program for the Boards of Accountancy, or who have influenced passage of rules or statutes to strengthen accountancy regulations.
James Powell was named national partner-in-charge, campus recruiting and university relations, at KPMG, where he will also continue to serve as office managing partner for the Nashville office. Powell will work with the human resources vice chair and recruiting leadership team to maintain and enhance the firm's university relations, succeeding Becky Sproul, a KPMG audit partner, who led the firm's campus recruiting efforts since 2013.
David Romig was hired as a principal and leader of THIncIT, the new business unit at Cherry Bekaert that was announced concurrently with the acquisition of The Computer Solution Company of Virginia. The THIncIT business unit will develop and deploy innovative technology-based solutions, with the Richmond-based TCSC adding more than 30 technology professionals to Cherry Bekaert's technology consulting practice.
Scott Burgess was hired as a managing director for the corporate performance improvement practice in the Washington, D.C., office of Alvarez & Marsal.
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Riot Police In Turkey Move To Quash Protests
Turkish mothers wave the national flag during a vigil on Friday in memory of those killed during recent demonstrations in Istanbul's Taksim Square.
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Turkish riot police backed by armored vehicles sealed off Istanbul's Taksim Square, firing tear gas and water cannons to dislodge protesters after two weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
The police moved into the square hours after an ultimatum issued by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that security forces "know how to clear" the area. Erdogan had given the demonstrators until Sunday, but police made their move late Saturday.
NPR's Peter Kenyon, reporting from just outside Taksim Square, says he could see tear gas wafting over the park. Erdogan, he says, "has issued a series of ultimatums sometimes specifying 24 hours, other times just saying, 'This is your final warning.'
"The question is whether they can keep the people from coming back," Peter says. "The protesters say they are coming back."
The protesters had earlier refused to leave Taksim Square despite the prime minister's pledge not to develop its Gezi Park site, setting the stage for another confrontation between demonstrators and police.
"We will continue our resistance in the face of any injustice and unfairness taking place in our country," the Taksim Solidarity, an umbrella group of protesters, said in a statement Saturday before the police crackdown.
The protest began as a dispute over developing Gezi Park, but quickly blossomed into a broader protest against Erdogan and his Islamic-leaning government.
The resistance encompasses "citizens' anger that accumulated over 11 years of A.K.P. government," the statement said, referring to the acronym for the ruling Justice and Development Party.
Peter reported earlier that Erdogan's government has been trying to downplay the two-week-old protests by clamping down on broadcasters who aired the demonstrations.
Peter says that some of the protesters have taken to T-shirts around Gezi Park showing a penguin with a gas mask and anarchy symbol — a mocking stab at one television channel that aired a wildlife documentary as police moved in last month to the park and sprayed demonstrators with tear gas.


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The Highland Lakes Honor Guard is a 501(c)(19) tax-exempt organization consisting of war veterans from every branch of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served their country honorably. We are certified by the Department of Defense as Authorized Providers to render military funeral honors for deceased members who have been honorably discharged from military service or who have died while on active duty. Essentially, we function as a quasi-military unit for the rendering of military funeral honors when performing those duties.
Although some of our members may be members of other veteran organizations, we are not affiliated with any other veteran organization and are independent of them.
At graveside, funeral home, church or private location, the Highland Lakes Honor Guard appears in full uniform. We provide a flag display consisting of the National, Texas and POW/MIA flags together with the service branch flag under which the deceased veteran has served. We provide a rifle squad to execute a full three-volley rifle salute, a bugler to sound TAPS, a flag folding ceremony wherein the symbolic meaning of each of the 13 folds isexplained, insertion of spent casings from the three-volley rifle salute into the folded flag, and the presentation of the folded flag to the next of kin.
These services are offered free to surviving members of the decedent's family within Burnet or Llano County, Texas. Although donations are appreciated,they are not asked for, expected or required for the services we offer. What we do is an act of love for those who have honorably and faithfully served their country and have now gone to their eternal rest.
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The public should remove incompetent leaders from office: Leading Medical Journal
October 9, 2020 Benjamin Leo
That is the message in an article on the planet's driving clinical diary, the New England Journal of Medicine, which asked Americans to boot out the nation's present administration for its disappointments in managing the Covid pandemic.
Do it for the wellbeing of your own, the 35 marking specialists told citizens in the publication, Dying in a Leadership Vacuum. Do it to spare your daily routines and the lives of others.
They didn't name names, yet got down on activities.
"This emergency has created a trial of authority," the article said of the Covid pandemic. "With no decent choices to battle a novel microbe, nations had to settle on hard options about how to react. Here in the United States, our chiefs have bombed that test. They have taken an emergency and transformed it into a misfortune."
Ordinarily hesitant about political issues, the grave clinical distribution, which has distributed since 1812, broke out of its standard M.O. to caution the democratic public about the danger to their lives if the U.S's. treatment of the Covid pandemic proceeds on its present direction.
"We infrequently distribute articles marked by all the editors," Dr. Eric Rubin, NEJM supervisor in-boss and a creator of the article, told CNN.
Coronavirus has taken the 212,594 lives in the United States and 7.6 million have been tainted of the world's 36.4 million cases, as indicated by Johns Hopkins University information. Around the world, a little more than 1 million have kicked the bucket.
The article spread out additional information. Driving the world in disease and passing from the viral contamination, the U.S's. aggregates far surpass the numbers in a lot bigger nations, for example, China, the specialists said.
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1274 viewsOn Nov. 23rd. the Daytona 200 M/C held their 31th Annual Toys for Our Kids Bike Run to benefit "Our Children First / A Child's Dream. With a perfect weather day, the 426 riders began the run at the 200 Clubhouse on U S 92. Riders were welcomed in the morning by Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus with coffee and donuts from Krispy Kreme.This year's ride ran through the country roads with stops at Critter's Pub, Dale's Ale, and the Shady Oak Tavern. The final destination was Trader Jacks Roadside in Deland, where riders were treated to Jim and Lisa's BBQ plate donated by them. Music was by the Big Rick and the Troublemakers. Their Biker Blues music made for agreat Party Atmosphere.The prizes were in abundance, with door/raffle prizes totaling 588. The live auction was presented by Jay Lloyd from the auto auction. He did an incredible job. A total of 48 auction items from various resorts, Nascar, retailers and many others, made the auction very popular and successful. Total retail value of all items donated was $21,100.00. Now, that's an incentive to ride our Toy Run The winners of the dice roll, each won $150.00 for high and low score. 200 Club member Alleen Fields had the winning 50/50 ticket worth $367.00 and donated it back to the charity. Club Challenge was won by the Daytona HOG chapter with a showing of 38 riders. The Southern Cruisers and Blue Knights settled for 2nd. and 3rd. The total revenue benefit for Our Children's First was $11,933.00 plus an abundance of toys, which were given to Director Fran Moccia at O.C.F.
Many thanks go out to all the sponsors and donors who helped make this Toy Run our best ever. Also, thanks to the members of the Club for all their effort. Needless to say, without the Bikers participation and digging deep in their pockets during these hard times there would be no charity for our kids in need at Christmas time. The brotherhood and sisterhood of bikers continue to show they have the biggest hearts of any group of people. Thanks to each and every one of you. In closing on behalf of our club we hope you have a very Blessed Holiday Season, and Best wishes for the New Year….
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Hjem / Politikk og organisasjon / Om Kristiansand / Information in foreign languages
Information about our services in different languages and some useful external links.
Pre-school day care centres
There are many kindergartens in Kristiansand, which offers childcare for children under six years. The kindergarten is a good place to be and a good place for learning.
We are updating brief information about kindergartens in several languages. The information will be available from this site.
Kristiansand International School
International education is available from 1st to 10th grade through the Kristiansand International School. Pupils with parents from abroad are given priority when they live here for a limited period of time.
Kongsgård skolesenter
Kongsgård skolesenter is the first meeting with the Norwegian school system for children and teenagers that have moved to Kristiansand and do not speak the Norwegian language.
Tuition in the Norwegian language and social studies
Adult immigrants have a right and obligatian to participate in Norwegian language and sosial studies tuition.
Kongsgård skolesenter offers tuition in the Norwegian language and sosial studies in Kristiansand.
Leisure activities for youth and children
Kristiansand municipality operates a variety of leisure and cultural activities for youth and children in Kristiansand. The administration and leisure activities are divided into three geographical zones:
Samsen Art Centre (City Centre) and Leisure Administration
Several houses and rooms at the different locations can be rented by organizations or individuals for parties, meetings, courses and conferences.
Samsen Culture Centre
In Samsen Culture Centre young people can experience a varity of cultural activities and events. The Centre has studios for art, music, dance and film, seminar rooms and a concert hall which can be rented.
Samsen Culture Centre is a rebuilt slaughterhouse close to the city centre. It has a floor area of 6,000 square meters.
About 75 voluntary organisations and groups play an important role in the centre. Samsen also have a café and a daytime art school.
Tel:. 38 00 64 00
Address: Vesterveien 2, 4613 Kristiansand
Leisure Administration
Leisure Administration facilitate a diversity of cultural and leisure activities for children, youth and for people with special needs and particular life experiences. They run several youth clubs/leisure clubs and the content varies from club to club. All have multiple activities and courses in various cultural areas. For young people who like music and dance, many of the clubs have rehearsing, recording and dance studios.
Leisure administration is located near the centre of the town.
Tel: 400 01 906
Address: Vesterveien 15, 4613 Kristiansand
Kristiansand School of Music, Drama and Arts
Kristiansand School of Music, Drama and Arts is the place to be if you are aged between seven and 20 and wish to be creative after school hours.
The school's mission is to provide training in music, theater, dance and visual arts. You can learn to play an instrument, take theater or dance lessons, develop your interest within visual art, learn more about stage lightning and sound or maybe take a film and animation course.
In addition to weekly lessons, the school offers participation in various events throughout the school year such as concerts, performances, exhibitions, The Cultural School Day etc.
Address: Kongens gate 54, 4608 Kristiansand
Kristiansand Public Library is situated in the heart of the city, right next to the Cathedral and the market. You can choose between nine languages; nor. Choose your language on the right side on top of their website. There are also libraries in Vågsbygd, Hellemyr, Flekkerøy, Søgne and Songdalen.
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Norway.no is the gateway to the public sector in Norway. The portal aims to help members of the public find public information and access public services more easily.
From Norway.no, you can access the one-stop online service centre MyPage. MyPage offers citizens a secured interaction point with public agencies, presentation of personal data stored in public registers and the opportunity to submit online applications and notifications.
Norway.no presents information and services in Norwegian and English.
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Q: How to verify if Ids are present in each day within a period of x days? The problem is the dataset has variable data rates per ID, I would like to filter out the IDs that do not have at least one data point per day.
I have a dataframe with IDs, dates, and data, in which I counted the daily sampling rate for each ID.
dfcounted = df.reset_index().groupby(['id', pd.Grouper(key='datetime', freq='D')]).count().reset_index()

Now, i have taken the first and last date of the dataframe, and created a dataframe of each day between the starting and ending dates:
# take dates
sdate = df['datetime'].min()   # start date
edate = df['datetime'].max()   # end date

# interval
delta = edate - sdate       # as timedelta

# empty list
dates = []

# store each date in list
for i in range(delta.days + 1):
    day = sdate + timedelta(days=i)
    dates.append(day)

# convert to dataframe
dates = pd.DataFrame(data = dates, columns=["date"])

From here, I am lost on how to proceed. I have created a sample dataframe
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import random
import string

letters = string.ascii_lowercase
ids = random.choices(letters,k=100)

date_today = datetime.now()
days = pd.date_range(date_today, date_today + timedelta(99), freq='D')

np.random.seed(seed=1111)
data = np.random.randint(1, high=100, size=len(days))

df = pd.DataFrame({'date': days,'ids': ids, 'data': data})
df = df.set_index('date')

With the sample df, i would expect to create a "results" df with only the ids that have data in each date.

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Alum Offers Advice to Pulitzer Reporting Fellow Hopefuls
Varsha Ramikrishnan, MBBS, MPH '13, always loved to write, trying her hand at fiction and non-fiction in high school and medical school. However, the time demands on a physician-in-training left her little free time to pursue writing on a professional level.
Last year, as an MPH student at the Bloomberg School studying gender-based violence, Ramikrishnan found a way to combine her passion for public health and her dreams of writing through the Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Center Global Health Reporting Fellowship.
The inaugural recipient of the $5,000 fellowship, she spent last summer training with journalists at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington, D.C., before traveling to India as a correspondent to report on dowry violence against women.
It was a transformative experience for Ramikrishnan, whose powerful feature appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health.
"Although it was an emotionally trying journey, I have grown so much as a person, a physician and a public health professional with this fellowship," she said.
The fellowship is just one example of the many scholarship and funding opportunities available to students.
Now a public health consultant with the World Bank in India, Ramikrishnan will share her experiences in person on March 4 at a fellowship information session at noon in the Anna Baetjer Room, W1030. Pulitzer Center staff will also provide an overview of the program.
All degree students at the School, including May 2014 graduates, are eligible to apply. The deadline is March 26.
Ramikrishnan's advice for students interested in the fellowship: "Find something to write about that incites anger within you, something you wish the world would be equally angry about."
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Carolina Sabino under house arrest, requests donations via Facebook
by Neda Vanovac September 14, 2009
Colombian actress Carolina Sabino is in significant legal trouble and allegedly is requesting donations via Facebook.
In 1998, Sabino was involved in a car accident which left the other driver a paraplegic. In 2005 a judge ordered her to pay 345 million pesos (approx. US$175,000) in compensation. Four years later Sabino is yet to do so and has thus been ordered to complete a house arrest and sign an act of commitment to pay.
Ever mindful of the big picture, Sabino's lawyer will request that she be allowed to leave the house in order to participate in the play in which she is currently involved.
According to website La Fiscalia, Sabino's Facebook status asks that her 90 friends each donate a generous one million pesos (US$500). She prudently also lists account details for where the money can be deposited (Bancolombia savings account 20245732633 in the name of Yadis Donado, should any kind readers care to contribute to her cause).
To date, Carolina Sabino has appeared in major Colombian television productions such as Final Time, The Lady of Troy, and Zona Rosa, among others. Unfortunately it appears that her flourishing career may be curtailed for a time… darn those pesky court cases!


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Le Milieu du monde es una película de drama romántico franco-suiza de 1974 dirigida por Alain Tanner. La película fue seleccionada como la entrada suiza a la Mejor Película en Lengua Extranjera en la 47.ª edición de los Premios Óscar, pero no fue nominada. Se proyectó en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Mannheim-Heidelberg de 2011.

Sinopsis
El joven político suizo casado Paul da un discurso electoral en un restaurante y se enamora de una camarera italiana llamada Adriana que trabaja allí. Su historia de amor se convierte rápidamente en conocimiento público. La esposa de Paul lo abandona y se lleva a su hijo con ella. Su reputación dañada le hace perder las elecciones. Él busca consuelo concentrándose en su relación con Adriana, pero ella siente que ella era solo una especie de objeto para él y también lo deja.

Reparto

 Olimpia Carlisi como Adriana
 Philippe Léotard como Paul
 Julieta Berto como Julieta
 Denise Perón como Schmidt
 Jacques Denis como Marcel
 Roger Jendly como Roger
 Gilbert Bahon como Alberto
 Pierre Walker como Presidente de ADP
 Paul Paquier como Gavault
 Adrien Nicati como El padre de Paul

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Películas de Suiza presentadas para el Óscar a la mejor película internacional

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How many times have you seen little pieces of crayons left over and thrown them away?
If you throw out those crayon bits, you are wasting them!
Use those little pieces to make larger crayon disks, or crayons in any shape you like!
Just grab your crayon pieces, and a mold. I'm just using a basic silicon cupcake mold.
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Fill your molds like this, and you can keep same colors together, or mix them up for fun crayon colors!
Bake them in the oven at 220º for about 30 minutes, or until melted.
OR – you can melt the crayons first, and then pour them into your molds.
Let them cool (I placed mine in the freezer for a few minutes because I'm too impatient!) and then pop them out of your molds.
Voila! You now have crayon disks, or crayons in whatever mold shape you used!


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Crayford Sainsbury's shopper Jo Clarke hits back at critics as Nick Clegg joins debate
By Sam Christie
THE Crayford shopper at the centre of a national checkout etiquette debate has hit back at her critics.
As reported by News Shopper, Jo Clarke was refused service by a Sainsbury's checkout worker because she was talking on her mobile phone.
The supermarket apologised to 26-year-old, who was ordered to end her conversation by the woman staff member.
In a News Shopper poll 88 per cent of people so far believe the Stadium Way checkout assistant was right to speak up and Miss Clarke was the one being rude.
Today Miss Clarke, of Alfriston Close, told News Shopper: "I think everybody's been guilty of it (using a mobile at a checkout) sometime in their life – that's how it is."
The property manager said: "I was in my surveying examinations yesterday so I've not seen any of the comments."
This morning Nick Clegg waded into the debate which has got the nation talking.
She blasted: "I don't care what Nick Clegg says – this is ridiculous.
"Why does he care?"
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed "sneaking sympathy" for the Sainsbury's checkout worker who initially refused to serve Miss Clarke.
He said he understood why Sainsbury's did this, but he admitted that it drove him "round the bend" when people constantly had their "noses glued" in smartphones and iPads.
Mr Clegg was asked about the incident, during his weekly LBC radio phone-in.
"I strongly suspect I have spoken on the phone in a queue. I like to think I probably wouldn't do that at the front of a check-in queue," the Liberal Democrat leader replied.
"If the customer was not responding, then the check-out woman couldn't do her job and she's perfectly entitled to ask 'Well, do you want it or not?'.
"I have a sneaking sympathy for her. But I understand Sainsbury's have to be on the side of their customers."
Mr Clegg said he and wife Miriam try to avoid using phones and iPads at the dinner table with their three sons - although he conceded it was not a "rigid" rule.
"I have sat in numerous meetings where people don't look each other in the eye - they drop in and out of the conversation," he said.
"It drives me round the bend. I have an old-fashioned view that people are supposed to talk to each other. They don't - they just mumble at each other."
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The reasons for maintaining and nursing your friendships are plenty.
Living with a chronic disease can affect your social life. But even if pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) may set limits in your everyday life you can still have an active social life. It is a matter of finding a way to keep up with your friends without exhausting yourself too much.
Even if you use oxygen all the time it is possible to get out of the house and meet up with friends. You can get many devices to transport your oxygen easily and discretely, eg. in an oxygen handbag.
You can also choose to meet with friends at home if leaving the house is too exhausting for you. Going out for social arrangements or having friends for dinners are something that most people do, and it is a great way of maintaining a social life which can have a direct impact on your wellbeing.
On the other hand, low social support is linked to negative health consequences such as loneliness, depression and a higher blood pressure.
Hence, the reasons for maintaining and nursing your friendships are plenty. It does not have to mean that you can only stay happy and healthy if you have a vast amount of friends. It is not so much the quantity as the quality of your friendships that counts.
The better you describe what consequences PAP has on your everyday life the easier it is for your friends to understand what the disease is all about and how it impacts your life. Like yourself your friends – and family – also need to know how to cope with the illness in their everyday lives. Do you need any kind of help? Are there things that you cannot do? What can they expect from you? Sometimes friends and family find it difficult to understand that you are feeling weak. You are the only one who can feel what is going on in your body. That is why it is a good idea to tell them how you are feeling.
My friends know not to call me before 11 o'clock in the morning. They know that the mornings are difficult for me and that I need time and peace to get hold of myself before I am able to talk to my friends.
But how do you explain a disease that few people know anything about and that you often cannot see by looking at you?
It may work to keep it simple: PAP is a rare lung disease that makes it hard for you to breathe, so sometimes you don't have energy for anything else.
The more concrete you can exemplify what this means for your everyday life the more likely it is that your surroundings will understand and be able to help you when needed.


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Avnet Protects Business Intelligence with Veeam and Azure Blob
Fortune 500 company replaces Veritas Backup Exec with Veeam Availability Suite to meet compliance requirements and savings of more than $200,000 annually
COLUMBUS, Ohio – December 16, 2020: Veeam® Software, the leader in backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™, today announced that Avnet, a global electronic components distributor with extensive design, product, marketing and supply chain expertise for customers at every stage of the product lifecycle, replaced Veritas Backup Exec with Veeam Availability Suite™ to protect business intelligence and align with the company's cloud initiative.
Veeam simplifies and centralizes data protection for Avnet in the Americas and APAC by simultaneously backing up to NetApp Storage on-premises and to Azure Blob, making it easier for the IT team to meet service level agreements (SLAs) with the business and comply with regulatory requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the Controlled Unclassified Information Program (CUI). Veeam also saves Avnet $200,000 each year in backup licensing costs and migrates critical workloads quickly and seamlessly, enabling the company to move on-premises workloads to Azure Blob fast during political unrest in Hong Kong.
"Our Hong Kong office is close to where people were protesting, so our executive board was concerned about employees' safety and the safety of our data," said Mark Wysolmierski, Senior Manager of Systems Administration at Avnet. "We were already using Veeam to back up to Azure Blob, so we used Veeam to migrate critical applications to Azure Blob as well. The applications are used daily by offices throughout the region, so migrating them to the cloud quickly, easily and effortlessly was a big win for Avnet."
Wysolmierski said Veeam also migrates workloads when Avnet acquires companies and when data centers are consolidated or decommissioned. "Veeam migration is quick, easy and seamless—even over low bandwidth because of its built-in WAN Acceleration," he said. "Veeam is a business enabler in so many ways."
Wysolmierski provided another example of enablement: Microsoft named Avnet a strategic partner for Azure Sphere, a secure application platform providing communication and security features for internet-connected devices. Avnet was the first company to distribute a starter kit powered by Azure Sphere to help customers accelerate their internet of things (IoT) deployments. "Veeam backs up the analytical data in this environment too," he said. "We're confident data is protected and can be recovered quickly and easily so we can serve our customers."
Avnet's customers are diverse, and so are their products. "Our customers vary across industries, but they have one thing in common," Wysolmierski said. "They trust Avnet to help them turn their ideas into products, and we trust Veeam to protect the business intelligence that powers that process."
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Decision to secure supply of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules
We have secured ongoing supply of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules.
We're pleased to announce that we have secured ongoing supply of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules.
This decision means that:
the Cardizem CD brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem capsules supplied by Sanofi will be funded from 1 October 2021.
the Apo-Diltiazem CD brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules supplied by Apotex will be delisted from the Pharmaceutical Schedule on 1 February 2022.
From 1 February 2022, the Cardizem CD brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules will be the only funded brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules.
An alternative brand of 120 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules has not been secured. We are continuing to work to source an alternative brand of this product.
What does this decision mean?
People taking diltiazem hydrochloride 180 mg and 240 mg capsules will need to change to the Cardizem CD brand by 1 February 2022 if they want to continue accessing funded 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem capsules. After this date, the Apo-Diltiazem CD brand will no longer be funded in New Zealand.
Any changes to the original proposal?
These decisions were subject to a consultation letter dated 19 February 2021.
Further consultation was undertaken in May 2021.
Following the consultation period and consideration of the feedback we have made the following changes:
The Cardizem CD brand of 180 mg and 240 mg will be funded from 1 October 2021.
We had originally consulted that it would be funded from 1 August 2021.
No other changes have been made.
Who we think will be most interested
People using these medicines and their family, whānau or caregivers.
Hospital and community pharmacists, DHBs and wholesalers.
Clinicians and other prescribers of these medicines.
Suppliers of medicines to the New Zealand market.
Details about this decision
This decision follows Apotex New Zealand Limited's (Apotex) decision to consolidate its international presence and leave the New Zealand market. Apotex currently supplies the funded brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules (Apo-Diltiazem CD). To continue accessing a funded brand of these medicines people will need to change to the Cardizem CD brand of diltiazem capsules.
From 1 October 2021 Sanofi's Cardizem CD brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules will be listed in Section B and Part II of Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule as follows:
Price &
Diltiazem hydrochloride
Cardizem CD
From 1 February 2022 the Apo-Diltiazem CD brand will be delisted from the Pharmaceutical Schedule and the Cardizem CD brand will be the only funded brand of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules until at least 30 June 2024.
A discretionary variance (DV) limit of 1% will apply to these medicines in DHB hospitals. This means, 99% of the total volume purchases of 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules are required to be the Cardizem CD brand.
Our response to what you told us
We're really grateful for the time people took to respond to the consultation on this proposal.
The table provides a summary of the main themes raised in feedback and our responses to the feedback received.
PHARMAC Comment
Support of the proposal
Respondents supported the proposal noting that it will ensure continued supply of medicines for New Zealanders.
Noted.
Request for brand switch fee
Requests for a brand switch fee be applied to medicines used in the treatment of chronic conditions.
A Brand Switch Fee will not be applied to 180 mg and 240 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules as they do not meet the criteria for a brand switch fee due to recent brand changes for these medicines in 2018.
120 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules
Respondents requested that further efforts are made to secure supply of 120 mg diltiazem hydrochloride capsules
Noted, we are continuing to work to source an alternative brand of 120 mg diltiazem hydrochloride.
Transition Period
Requests for a five-month transition period where both the incoming bands and the currently funded brands of these medicines would be listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.
There will be a five-month period where both brands of diltiazem hydrochloride capsules will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule. The actual transition period may be shorter or longer than this, depending on how quickly Apotex's remaining stock of these medicines is used.
If you have any questions about this decision, you can email us at enquiry@pharmac.govt.nz; or call our toll-free number (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday) on 0800 66 00 50.
Last updated: 5 August 2021


Tasty Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry Meal Prep Lunch Boxes are the easiest way to make sure you are ready for the work week ahead. Served with brown rice and grilled vegetables, it's a balanced meal!
It's Fridaaaaaaay and am I glad that this week is over. It started with nothing major going on and then exploded into a super crazy week! Which also happens to be the story of my life.
But I realised that we were so unprepared. I was trying to juggle between work, cleaning the house and trying to make sure I had something to eat for lunch every day. I don't know what its about working from home that you forget your own meals. I do that every.single.day.
And it's not a great feeling when you suddenly realise that you stomach is growling and you don't even have leftovers in the fridge. And all this in spite of the fact that I've been making these fun lunch boxes for the sister.
So I've decided to meal prep ahead. With these super yummy teriyaki chicken stir fry meal prep lunch boxes. Which took me exactly an hour to put together and I now have four lunch boxes ready!
I've been loving the whole teriyaki thing since I made this super quick teriyaki shrimp broccoli stir fry a while ago that you all loved so much! Which you can also use for these meal prep lunch boxes.
It's so easy to make your own teriyaki sauce at home with simple ingredients like soy sauce, honey, chilli flakes, ginger, garlic and some cornstarch. And that's why these teriyaki chicken stir fry meal prep lunch boxes are also clean eating with ingredients that you already have in your kitchen pantry.
Now if you've never done meal prep before, it's super simple to do.
How do I meal prep these teriyaki chicken stir-fry lunch boxes?
Being prepared or making meal prep lunch boxes is really easy. You basically triple or quadruple one serving size and get everything ready – the protein, veggies and carbs which in this case is saucy teriyaki chicken that has a finger licking sauce, roasted vegetables simply tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper and boiled brown rice. You can swap the rice for quinoa, noodles or anything else you like.
What containers can I use for meal prep lunch boxes?
This is super important because you need containers that are refrigerator/freezer safe and microwaveable. Because you will probably carry them to work and just pop them out of the fridge and into the microwave. I love these glass containers with lids. But if you don't like glass or want something lighter, these reusable containers are pretty great as well.
Have I got you excited about meal prep? Because there is more where that came from! I wish I could give you some kind of money back guarantee because that's how good these teriyaki chicken stir fry meal prep lunch boxes are.
This recipe looks delicious and I plan on making this for our lunches next week. When you say vinegar though, what type of vinegar? Is rice vinegar ok? Or should it be a different type?
Hey Michelle – yes, rice vinegar works!
Okay these were soo good!! Super easy to make, and it has so much flavor!!
So is the rice okay to keep in the fridge all week? And to reheat each day? Or it it best eaten cold?
Yea, rice can last in the fridge for a week, so you can reheat it and eat it.
Hey Deb, I've never tried freezing these so I can't really say. But you can probably cut the recipe in half if you prefer small portions.
Thanks Sara – so glad you liked it!
Oh, this was divine. I was looking for something new for lunch and stumbled upon this recipe. I'm so glad I did! I wasn't sure what "garlic paste" was, so I just threw veggie oil, a ton of garlic, salt, pepper, and a little lemon juice in with the garlic.
Drank the sauce? I may have done that at times too 🤣 Garlic paste is just a ton of garlic that I grind to a paste and refrigerate or freeze. It makes prep really easy.
Can I use ground ginger instead? If so, about how much?
Hi! Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂 I tried it last night and I must have waited 20 (30? I was prepping several things at once lol) minutes for the sauce to thicken, but it never did. Just cubes of chicken in Teriyaki water. Should I try reducing the water next time? Was it supposed to be 1.5 tablespoons……? Thanks!
Hey Jessica – thanks for letting me know. That's really strange because the cornflour should thicken the sauce. I'll retest the recipe and let you know if you need to make any changes. Thanks for trying.
Thanks for your feedback Lexi, I'll retest the sauce and see if it needs any changes.
Hello! thanks for this recipe. I have a question. How long do you microwave it for the reheat?? And how to prevent the rice from being dry due to reheat? Thanks!
Hello! This looks delicious! One question – to marinate the chicken in the garlic paste, do I simply put 1 tsp of garlic in a bag with the 1lb of chicken?? The proportions seem off. Thanks!
Hey Stephanie! I basically pound the garlic into a paste and then use it to marinate the chicken but you can easily use minced garlic and rub it all over the chicken.
Do you have the macros on this meal?
No I don't but you can easily input the ingredients into myfitnesspal and it'll throw up the nutritional information.
Can't wait to try this out next week! Can you provide clarification as to what you mean by "garlic paste"? Is this something that is store bought? Thanks!
Hey Brittany, you can just use minced garlic here!
My pleasure! I'm looking forward to trying more of your recipes!
So yummy! I can't wait to make it! This is brilliant and obviously, this picture of the recipe makes me hungry. I will bookmark this recipe and after making it I will share my cooking experience with you. Thanks, thanks a lot.
Rice Vinegar works best Kylie!
Pictures are absolutely drooling and tempting. Great Photography!
And thank you for sharing the recipe.
this is a fantastic idea for lunch. im going to try this next week!


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UK expats waste £40k over 5 years buying BTL properties back home
New research by Thistle Finance and global currency specialist, Mercury FX has revealed that UK expats acquiring buy-to-let property back home are typically squandering £40,000 on unnecessary transaction costs, exchange and loan rates in the first five years.
Specialist currency firms can typically save their clients up to 4% on transaction fees compared to the average high street bank. For an expat transferring the equivalent of £500,000 of foreign currency into GBP to purchase a buy-to-let, that's an immediate saving of around £20,000.
Far too many UK expats then squander additional funds by taking out specialist expat buy-to-let finance without shopping around. On a £500,000 loan, the interest rate differential between the best and worst rates can conservatively amount to £4,000 annually — or £20,000 over a 5-year period.
With millions being squandered each year, Thistle Finance and Mercury FX have recently teamed up to deliver UK expats end-to-end savings when purchasing buy-to-let property at home while residing overseas — helping them to avoid the double whammy of punitive transfer costs and property finance rates.
Mark Dyason, Managing Director, Thistle Finance, commented: "Far too many UK expats purchasing buy-to-let property at home are being hoodwinked by the high street banks when getting their money back into the country. They're then compounding their misery by failing to search for the best finance rates in what is an increasingly competitive market. It's a painful and wholly avoidable double whammy. With more and more demand from expats for UK buy-to-let, particularly in Scotland due to the arrival of challenger lenders with significantly improved criteria and rates, it's vital they do their homework before they transact. The result can be savings of tens of thousands of pounds."
Alastair Constance, Founder, Mercury FX, added: "For UK expats, buy-to-let is the easiest way to hedge against rising house prices back home. You might be off the radar geographically but you're on the UK property ladder, which can provide real peace of mind. What's equally important is that you purchase buy-to-let property in the most cost-effective way possible. Right now, far too many expats are paying an unnecessary premium for the privilege, in terms of both the money transfer costs and the buy-to-let loan finance they secure."
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package org.springframework.core.codec;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;

import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
import org.springframework.core.testfixture.codec.AbstractEncoderTests;
import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

/**
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 */
class ByteArrayEncoderTests extends AbstractEncoderTests<ByteArrayEncoder> {

	private final byte[] fooBytes = "foo".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

	private final byte[] barBytes = "bar".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

	ByteArrayEncoderTests() {
		super(new ByteArrayEncoder());
	}

	@Override
	@Test
	public void canEncode() {
		assertThat(this.encoder.canEncode(ResolvableType.forClass(byte[].class),
				MimeTypeUtils.TEXT_PLAIN)).isTrue();
		assertThat(this.encoder.canEncode(ResolvableType.forClass(Integer.class),
				MimeTypeUtils.TEXT_PLAIN)).isFalse();
		assertThat(this.encoder.canEncode(ResolvableType.forClass(byte[].class),
				MimeTypeUtils.APPLICATION_JSON)).isTrue();

		// SPR-15464
		assertThat(this.encoder.canEncode(ResolvableType.NONE, null)).isFalse();
	}

	@Override
	@Test
	public void encode() {
		Flux<byte[]> input = Flux.just(this.fooBytes, this.barBytes);

		testEncodeAll(input, byte[].class, step -> step
				.consumeNextWith(expectBytes(this.fooBytes))
				.consumeNextWith(expectBytes(this.barBytes))
				.verifyComplete());
	}

}

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WeatherWorks is excited to be exhibiting at the ASCA 2018 Snow and Ice Show this year in Hartford, CT. The show runs from May 1-3 at the Connecticut Convention Center. We will have our sales staff on hand at booth #110 to demo our latest products and services including the nation's #1 trusted and respected quality controlled post winter event verification service, Certified Snowfall Totals™. The conference will also include ASCA in-classroom certification, industry-specific education classes, along with the chance to network with other professionals in the snow and ice industry. We hope to see you there! For more information on the 2018 Snow and Ice Show visit www.snowandiceshow.com.


Tav Falco is a self-propelled man of constant motion. The free-spirited, Arkansas-born entertainer has been touring the world as a self-proclaimed "art-action provocateur" for over three decades. In "Tav Falco: Make Me Know Your Mine," filmmakers JP Olsen and Kristen Nutile follow the mercurial Falco as he begins his 2015 North American tour, supported by punk rock icon Mike Watt on bass.


Summary: I'm the vociferous voice calling for a new business measurement standard, and for good reason. However, in making that call, many people get the wrong end of the stick. They think I'm a socialist or environmentalist, hell bent on getting business to serve everybody else apart from its owners, the shareholders.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I know how important it is to look after shareholder interests, but I also understand that serving those interests is not achieved through adopting a myopic financial perspective of business. It's best served when business takes a broader, all encompassing perspective of all its stakeholder needs. It's our myopic, narrow financial vision which is riddled with many basic misunderstandings, which this article addresses.
I have been at great lengths to explain we need a new business measurement standard. I've called our current measurement standard the "cancer of our time," because, it is. It's aggressively eating away at the fabric of life by supporting and encouraging the exploitation of planetary resources, for the benefit of a few. It's driving us to the brink of a vastly changed, and less favourable place for many. Extinction for some. Only when we make business accountable to all stakeholders, who represent these planetary resources, to deliver value to them, for their participation in business processes, will we create balance and prosperity for all.
So, while I'm calling for a fairer distribution of the spoils of business, it may appear that I'm, anti-business and shareholders. That's the first MISUNDERSTANDING. In fact, the well-being of business should be our primary concern. This is because business is at the centre of life. We need business to prosper over the long-term, to help everybody - it's the engine of our society. However, it would be naive and ignorant to believe that the interests of business can be achieved at the expense of other stakeholders. Business interests are best served through providing mutual benefit to all stakeholders. Who reading this article believes that a "give and take" approach is a load of baloney? If so, don't bother reading any further.
While we acknowledge we have to look after all stakeholders, we must also acknowledge that our first and most important priority is to look after business itself. It's like saying you must look after your family, friends and community, but that all starts by looking after yourself first. Unless you are strong and successful, you can't help your family, friends or community. In fact, you become a burden to them. Without strong business, we don't have a strong society. Therefore, looking after business must be our primary objective.
Business is an inanimate entity, so who represents business? Shareholders are the owners of business, so shareholders are synonymous with business. Therefore, our primary objective must be to look after shareholder interests. That's what our current measurement standard does - it looks after the interests of shareholders, so why change it? This leads me onto my second MISUNDERSTANDING. Looking after shareholder interests is definitely not synonymous with taking a narrow financial perspective of business performance. Looking after all aspects of business is what serves shareholder interests best. That's where my journey of discovery started over twenty years ago. I saw that business needs were not being met by our current measurement standard, and so, I started looking for something better. Others were of the same opinion. This saw the growth of ideas like the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). The BSC tried to provide a balanced perspective of business performance. While I heralded the idea of a balanced perspective, I never supported the BSC, as it failed our most elementary requirement for a measurement standard.
This failure leads me onto my next MISUNDERSTANDING. For any measurement standard to be successful it has to be universally applicable, where results can be verified and compared across all businesses, irrespective of sector or size, just like financial accounts are comparable. The developers and promoters of the BSC failed to understand and appreciate this elementary requirement, and as a result, the BSC fizzled out, just as developers of Integrated Reporting are failing to recognise the same requirement.
Many will respond by saying, "It's impossible to have a universally applicable measurement standard as all businesses are unique. How can you compare a steel manufacturer with a shoe retailer - the businesses are vastly different?" "One size does not fit all." Well, that's my next MISUNDERSTANDING. Firstly, our financial measures are universally applicable, so how's that possible if business is unique? The fact is, business is made up of both common and unique processes. At a conceptual level, all businesses are identical, but at a micro-operational level, we find all businesses are unique, even within the same sector. If you can think of business processes as a triangle - the top represents the conceptual level and the base the operational level. If you draw a line midway between the top and bottom, the top half represents common processes and the bottom unique processes. Information percolates from the bottom up, so eventually, all information ends up in the common process section. If the cut-off point between common and unique processes provides sufficiently adequate common process to provide meaningful understanding of business performance, then that's all we need for a universally applicable measurement standard. Fortunately, research has revealed that business shares enough in common, across all facets, to support a universal measurement standard.
The need for a broad perspective of business performance, is critically important. The introduction of the BSC way back in 1994, was as a result of business crying out for a better understanding of performance. Business needs a window into how it's doing across all facets of business. The idea of measuring and managing these different facets, or perspectives (as the BSC called them) was, therefore, appealing. It showed a realisation that financial considerations, although important, only represent a small part of the wider picture, and that these other facets of business are important and need to be measured and managed. It is estimated that financial measures account for less than 20% of the value creating potential of business. That means that 80% of business is not measured or managed effectively (i.e. not comparable with other businesses.) The eventual demise of the BSC had nothing to do with its failure to measure and manage different perspectives. It failed because its measures were not universally applicable. Its measures had little or no relevance outside the business. The outside world was only interested in measures they could compare - financials. So, although internal BSC measures would suggest a certain course of action, these were ignored in favour of financial measures because these were the only (external) measures they would be judged on. Bonuses and careers depended on continually producing "good financials", despite what the BSC measures may recommend. It became an exercise in futility measuring things you would not action - being forced to follow financial measures, despite knowing them to be counterintuitive. Living under the shadow of financial measures led to the impotence of the BSC. Any measure not universally comparable will live under the shadow of financial measures and be treated as useless, and as a consequence, will die away. Non-financial measures are compromised to ensure strong financials.
All the initiatives to address the inadequacies of our measurement standard have been directed at large corporations, and yet the reality is, SMEs provide the backbone to our global economy, and are likely to play an even bigger future role. So the next MISUNDERSTANDING is that the solution we seek has to be practical and applicable to all, particularly SMEs. The solution isn't just for large businesses - we need a universal solution. We must also appreciate that while it's critically important to provide new measures, these new measures also need to provide another benefit. It needs to provide a framework, or road map, on how business goes about creating value to meet the long-term value creation needs of all its stakeholders. It's important for SMEs to have this "roadmap" as they often can't afford the multi-disciplinary experts a business requires. This will help increase SME longevity, which is poor. Business success and longevity is important to all of us.
The reason people focus on large corporations is because they believe the solution to be complex and difficult. It's this belief, which leads me onto my next MISUNDERSTANDING. At a conceptual level, the solution to our measurement problem is simple and straight forward, not complex or difficult. This is not surprising as it has to apply to all businesses, from the smallest to very largest. Just like our Accounting Model applies to the biggest and smallest. Conceptually, all businesses are the same, but with size comes complexity. It's not surprising people see complexity in business, but when all its complexities are pared back to reveal the basic components and relationships of the value creation causal model, it's strikingly simple and logical.
No matter who you are - an environmentalist, deeply concerned about global warming, habitat destruction, or species extinction. A social reformer or worker concerned about lack of community investment, worker exploitation, poor wealth distribution. Perhaps you are concerned about financial and economic systems not serving the broader community, or about sustainability issues. No matter if you have social, environmental or economic concerns, here's the BIGGEST MISUNDERSTANDING you need to come to terms with. Put your concerns aside for a moment and make business needs your first priority. If we can get business to change because their needs are met, they will jump at change. Then, and only then will the position change for other stakeholders. If you don't get business to change, then whatever you do is going to have, at best, a marginal impact, because the cause remains. Remember, we are talking about a business problem. One which affects us all. In providing business a workable solution, all others will be provided a solution. I know it may seem strange to say, "look after the fat cats first," but unless we do, they won't shift their position. Remember, it's not a "them and us" situation, but one of working together co-operatively. Business is a hugely important societal tool - we must ensure it lives up its promise through an effective measurement standard, and not have it destroy society as it is doing right now through an inadequate and inappropriate measurement standard.


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Acting Chairman Khouri Delivers Luncheon Keynote at Pacific Admiralty Seminar
Acting Chairman Michael Khouri delivered the luncheon remarks today at the Pacific Admiralty Seminar in San Francisco, where he shared developments related to the work of the Federal Maritime Commission, trends in the shipping industry, and thoughts on potential public policy issues related to the ocean-linked supply chain.
The Pacific Admiralty Seminar is a regular, usually biennial, event that features experts in maritime law, academia, and the shipping industry.
"Not all those who attend the Pacific Admiralty Seminar practice before the Federal Maritime Commission, so I am grateful for the opportunity to explain to an audience involved in maritime law, but who may not frequently deal with the Shipping Act, how the Commission assures competition and integrity for America's ocean supply chain," said Acting Chairman Michael Khouri.
During the course of his speech, Acting Chairman Khouri outlined the importance of container shipping to the broader American economy; the size of the ocean-linked supply chain serving the United States; the value of carrier and terminal agreements in delivering efficiencies that benefit shippers and consumers; and not only how the Commission reviews and monitors agreements, but ways in which it adjusts its oversight based on developments in industry and the marketplace.
"The Commission is the competition and commercial practices regulator for an industry that is vital to our Nation's economy. When market competition is evident, then we can have confidence that each dollar saved by the ocean carriers in cooperative alliances will likely be passed along, ultimately to the benefit of the American consumer," said Acting Chairman Khouri.
Remarks of Chairman Khouri at the Pacific Admiralty Seminar


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Becoming Western
Stories of Culture and Identity in the Cowboy State
Liza J. Nicholas
In the Cowboy State (also known as Wyoming), the Wild West has never died. The West has long been the favored repository of the East's cultural fantasies, and in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Eastern expectations and demands largely shaped Wyoming's image in this role. Becoming Western shows how the myth of the "American West" has acted as a force both in history and in individual lives.
Liza J. Nicholas interrogates the creation of Western lore by looking at five stories that focus on, respectively, Jack Flagg, a Wyoming legend and the supposed model for Owen Wister's Virginian; an equestrian statue of Buffalo Bill sculpted by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; the dude ranch; the creation of the American studies program at Yale; and a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Each story reveals the ways in which the East consciously imagined and manipulated the West and how Wyomingites in turn interpreted this identity, manipulated it, and put it to work for themselves. Becoming Western is a fascinating study of how invented traditions can become potent cultural and political ideology on a local as well as a national level.
Liza J. Nicholas is an adjunct professor at Montana State University and an independent scholar. She is the coeditor of Imagining the Big Open: Nature, Identity, and Play in the New West.
"The book significantly gives a clear view of the powerful literary, artistic, social, and corporate forces that gave form to myth. It also shows how the myth makes Wyoming something larger than just a very large state. . . . Becoming Western shows that somewhere between myth, fact, patriotism, and place is what can be seen as unique about Wyoming and common about its relationships to the nation as a whole."—James H. Nottage, Nebraska History
"The book highlights fascinating vignettes from Wyoming's complicated history, ably told by a skilled historian."—New Mexico Historical Review
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Joseph Siegman
Foreword by Mark Spitz


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" Balthazar has a great New York vibe with the accent of a Parisian brasserie. I usually have the corned beef hash with a fried egg on top and wash it all down with Krug Champagne. "
" A lot of chefs don't have a natural sense of economy. I was with one guy the other day, and I had to show him how to peel a turnip, because the way he was peeling turnips, he was throwing half of it in the garbage. It's not about being cheap. It's about being proper. "
" I always had a lot of fun in America, with much more freedom than if I had tried to cook in France. I wouldn't have the same motivation or inspiration, and I wouldn't have cooked for the same kind of people in France, so it wouldn't have given me this edge I had in America. "
" I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies. "
" Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken. "
" I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it. "
" I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem. "
" I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection. "
" In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets. "
" For me, good service is efficient and discreet; it's that critical balance. As soon as the client sits down, the communication flow has to start. Customers need to feel that the waiters are supervised - that there's a system in place. "
" A lot of young chefs today get carried away by trends, by influences, by movements. "
" I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history. "
" The hardest thing for a chef is to become comfortable with what you do. Not to be too neurotic and worried with what you are doing and how wrong or right you are. "
" The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's like art - you can see the cycles from many past artists and new artists being inspired by past artists. "
" To me, there's no great chef without a great team. "
" I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat. "
" From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets. "
" In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid you add should not be so high that you wash away the extracted flavor you're aiming to create. "
" For me to go casual is not to go simple. To me, it is to be able to bring back the art of tradition and the soul of French food and my interpretation of that. "
" The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home. "
" In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami is almost close to Vegas when it comes to an amazing presentation of chefs. But they don't have these massive hotels that have become their own culinary villages. "
" I think in France, for example, we can say whatever we want about the French, but going out and dining is more about the intellectual moment to share with the people you dine with than trying to figure out what the chef did with that little piece of salmon or lobster and all that. "
" In the springtime, we have softshell crab from Maryland, which I'd never had until I came to America. In the summer and early fall, we have striped bass, 'stripeys,' which come all the way up the Hudson River but mostly gather in the sound at the tip of Long Island, off Montauk. "
" I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion. "
" I never go to Vancouver without stopping by Thomas Haas' shop for the best chocolate in North America. A former chef patissier at Daniel, he returned to his hometown and created a top quality brand by sticking to his passion. "