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Ditch The Hero's Journey
Popular culture has never been more interested in heroes. From Hollywood's reliance on superhero franchises, to the news media's readiness to build up (and then tear down) leaders, we're fascinated by people who do the extraordinary. That makes for spectacular stories and attention-grabbing journalism. But it's a disaster for our careers.
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When it comes to our own life choices, we've too long subscribed to the "hero's journey." This concept, developed by Joseph Campbell, started out as a fairly technical account of mythmaking. It centered on how societies reinforced order while allowing certain people to break free, surmount a tremendous obstacle, experience transcendence, and return back to move the society forward.
Popular films, from Star Wars to the Fast and the Furious, have secularized and propagated the journey as a fable of great risk and accomplishment. Anyone could be a hero—if they took a big and scary chance. Either succeed mightily, or face certain disaster based on this binary choice.
We love the romance and adventure of epic journeys, probably even more so after a year of pandemic-induced soul-searching. But instead of teaching us how to thrive, this "succeed or fail greatly" version of the hero's journey leaves most of us fearful at the thought of taking a risk at all, professionally or personally.
I understand this fear well, having felt the pressure of a single large choice multiple times in my own career. I remember one particularly big decision—to leave a senior position at Google to become a first-time CEO at a startup. I took the leap, but then fell out with the startup's founder and was out of a job six months later. I was consumed with anxiety that this single costly failure would prove ruinous to my career. Only it didn't.
"The Myth of a Single Choice," as I call it, keeps many of us from embracing a new goal. But our fears are misplaced; it's time to replace this mythical model in our heads with a more realistic and constructive perspective on risk-taking that can truly drive career success.
Careers As Portfolios
To do so, we can look at the financial services industry. Venture capitalists have learned not overweight any single choice, but rather to place multiple bets, some smaller and some bigger, and to focus on people and markets more than specific products. Asset managers likewise preach selective diversification in building a high-return portfolio. They've learned to take a series of risks and learn from successes and failures. They become calculated risk-takers over time, while building compounding positive returns overall. The same logic applies to our careers.
In my own career, I learned to treat risk-taking as a muscle, built up through consistent, careful repetition, rather than a one-off event. In the last twenty years I've made a series of career decisions to join, execute, lead and leave companies, and enjoyed compounding professional benefits from these choices Some of those experiences were "successes," others "failures," yet the relationship between any single risk taken and reward achieved been much less clear. A success might boost my bank account more, but a failure often led directly to other successes, and vice versa. I've had small choices result in big outcomes, and big choices that resulted in only small wins. And almost none of my choices were binary.
Rather than a focusing on a single choice, the most rewarding careers are built progressively as a series of choices, impacts and then more choices. They involve taking a variety of risks. Some work as expected, some don't, but most push us forward and make us smarter in choosing our next possibilities. A single reward is rarely proportionate to the specific risk taken, and often the rewards aren't apparent for a long time. But we stay in the game by continually choosing and getting better with each choice.
In the moment, a big choice may feel singularly daunting, and therefore paralyzing. You think, "I'm no hero, I'm not ready to risk everything; my life is ok as it is," and so you hold back. But even the biggest opportunities can usually be broken down into a set of manageable risks and incremental choices that you can start on today.
This is all the more true now, when the "key choices" of earlier generations have lost most of their power. Instead of the usual path of prestigious consulting firm, MBA, and career ladder at a big company, people are finding opportunities in all sorts of entrepreneurial experiences, including side hustles. Disruption continues to ripple throughout the economy, technology-induced, pandemic-induced, or as a result of other new forces. These disruptions bring with them non-linear paths that may drop opportunity into your lap when you don't expect it – as long as you're in the game and ready to take the risk.
In an increasingly volatile macro-environment, what it takes to lead has also changed. In fact, researchers at LinkedIn found that the quickest path to the CEO seat is a winding one, through multiple functions. CEOs who reach their position faster than average rarely had the usual pedigree. They might take on a smaller job in order to gain skills or experience, accept a position for which they felt unprepared, or volunteered to tackle a tough business problem. It was making several moves flexibly, rather than making one single linear move, that made these careers successful.
For most people, their greatest career enemy is not risk or failure, but stasis. If you shy away from opportunity, convinced that the only risk worth taking is a single mighty one, then you're likely stuck in the status quo. Taking a chance, even if it fails to pan out, usually gets you learning and networking more than remaining where you are. If you aren't growing, it's time to try something new. It turns out that consistently embracing risk-taking in your career might be the least risky move of all.
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is a leading technology executive and entrepreneur, board member, and investor with 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon, and Yodlee. Most recently, she served as president of StubHub, which sold in 2020 for $4+ billion under her leadership. She is the founder of theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities, and the author of Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail) (HMH; August 17, 2021; a Wall Street Journal bestseller).
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Q: Entity-level access restriction in the microservice architecture based on user or group membership In the systems, there may be data that is restricted in nature.
Sometimes access to specific entities should be easily restricted or granted based on user or group membership.
What is the best way to implement this in the microservice architecture?
#1
Should access control, managing permissions etc. be the responsibility of the microserive itself? Developers will have to implement access control, store, and update permissions for every service. Seems like not very robust and error-prone approach.
#2
Create dedicated microservice handling permission management? This service will be called by other microserives to check access permissions for each entity and filtering entities before returning results. Centralized permissions storage and management is an advantage but microservice will have to make a call to "Permission Service" for each entity to check access rights what may have a negative influence on performance. And developers still have to integrate access checks into their services what leaves space for an error.
#3
Make access control responsibility of the API Gateway or Service Mesh. It is possible to think of an implementation that will automatically filter responses of all services. But in the case when the microservice returns list of entities permissions should be checked for each entity. Still a potential performance problem.
Example
Consider the following synthetic example.
Healthcare system dealing with test results, X-Ray images etc. Health information is very sensitive and should not be disclosed.
Test results should be available only to:

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*patient

*doctor

*laboratory

Attending doctor may send the patient to another specialist. A new doctor should have access to test results too. So access can be granted dynamically.
So each entity (e.g. test results, X-Ray image) has a set of rules what users and groups are allowed to access it.
Imagine there is a microservice called "Test Results Service" dealing with test results. Should it be responsible for access control, manage permissions etc.? Or permissions management should be extracted to separate microservice?
Healthcare system may also handle visits to a doctor. Information about patient's visit to the doctor should be available to:

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*patient

*doctor

*clinic receptionist

This is the example of a different entity type that requires entity level access restriction based on user or group membership.
It is easy to imagine even more examples when entity level access control is required.

A: I came to the following generic solution.

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*ACL security model is used. Each object in the system has associated set of permissions. Permissions defines who and what actions can perform on the object.

*Microservices are responsible for entity-level authorization and filter objects in responses based on permissions of the objects.

*Central Access Control Service is responsible for the creation, update, and deletion of permissions for all objects in the system. Access Control Service database is the primary store of objects' permissions.

*Permissions stored in microservices databases are synchronized with Access Control Service database using event-carried state transfer. Every time, permissions are changed an event is sent to the message broker. Microservices can subscribe to these events to synchronize permissions.

*API Gateway can be used as the additional protection layer. API Gateway can call Access Control Service directly (RPC) to check response objects' permissions or load recently revoked permissions.

Design features:

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*A way to uniquely identify each object in the system is required (e.g. UUID).

*Permissions synchronization in microservices are eventual consistent. In case of partitioning between message broker and microservice permissions will not be synchronized. It may be a problem with revocation of the permissions. The solution to this problem is a separate topic.

A: Looks like security is a part of business logic here. In both examples.
Then security could be a part of data scheme.
For example,
Patient can see his tests:
select * from test_result where patient_id=*patient_id*
Doctor can see all test from his medical department:
select * from test_result where branch_id=*doctor_branch*
I believe that to have separate MS for access control is a really bad idea and could lead serious performance problems. Just imagine situation that somebody with zero entity access tries to fetch all entities each time :) You will always need to handle larger result sets than actually needed.

A: Firstly, this is very bad idea to have a separate (per microservice) security model. It should be single always cross-cutting all application, because it can lead to a hell with access management, permissions granting and mapping between entities in different microservices.
In second, I assume that you are wrong with understanding how to organize microservices..? You should dedicate the principle of splitting functionality into microservices: by features, by domain, etc. Look at Single Responsibility, DDD and other approaches which helps you to achieve clear behavior of your MS.
So, in best case, you should have to:

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*Choose right security model ABAC or RBAC - there are a lot of other options, but looking at your example I guess the ABAC is the best one

*Create separate MS for access management - the main responsibility of this MS is a CRUD and assignment of groups/roles/permissions/attributes to the people accounts.

*Create separate MS for providing only permitted health information.

In third, how it works?:

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*With ABAC you can setup hierarchical roles/permissions (based on groups/attributes) - it helps you to resolve a delegation path of who is permitted to the data

*Setup authorization (via auth-MS) and store the list of permissions (in session, cookies, etc)

*Check access for a given user for a needed data in health-info-MS. Here we have several options how to do this:

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*If you use memory-grids (hazelcast, coherence), you can easily create filters with predicates based on security attributes.

*If you're using SQL (hibernate, plain SQL, etc.) you should generate queries to return only permitted data - add security specific criteria to the where clause
Few more details about SQL queries with security check in where: before the SQL execution (if hibernate & spring is easy to do with spring-method-auth hook) you should resolve all permissions assigned to a user - you can do this with call to auth-MS.
Example
We created CRUD permissions for TestResult entity - VIEW, EDIT, DELETE.
The role DOCTOR can see any TestResults - so, it has VIEW permission
The role PATIENT can see only his/her TestResults
So, you create a business rules which provide the correct where clause for each business role (DOCTOR, PATIENT, LAB, etc.) and at the end the SQL request would be like:
For patient who has assigned VIEW permission:
select * from test_result where id=*patient_id* and 1=1

For patient who hasn't assigned VIEW permission:
select * from test_result where id=*patient_id* and 1!=1

NOTE: In business rules we can add 1=1 or 1!=1 to permit/restrict query result

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marta writes: good night christmas.
i hope it was merry. i hope it was magic. i hope it was one for the scrapbooks.
we played all day long. after the gifts were unveiled, we leisurely sat and watched our boy race his cars. i sprayed new perfume and poked sparkly earrings into my ears. in traditional christmas fashion, dan immediately put on the new shirt i got him. which always makes me glad. the sun shone and we went sledding in an empty park with snowy hills until lunchtime. it was pretty perfect. except for the jump that threw me off the sled and onto the ice. moaning and then laughter.
right now, right here, my boys are asleep. the twinkle lights are steadily glowing and everything is quiet. the wrapping is put away and the presents are still out on display; ready to play another day.
i have big plans up my sleeve–as usual–am wondering if they will show themselves this year. i am starting it off with a little re-invent with the blog. (did you see the new header?) baby steps. i hope to figure out how to balance everything i dream to do with everything i must get done. i want to make the most of the moments. i can't stop thinking about the fact that i will turn thirty in 2011. that, in itself, gives me pause. for tonight, i am off to cuddle up and gather up our mugs and leave the dishes in the sink.
p.s. i seriously love that blogging can be a vehicle for whatever you wish.
I've been following your baby steps since the very beginning, and they've always led you to adventure and success. I can't wait to see where they take you in 2011.
I am really looking forward to another year of Marta Writes. I love to hear about your life and thoughts. And to watch lil' Benji grow up!
That new header is wonderful! The picture, the doodles, the typesetting... It's all great. Merry Christmas!
I like the new header, very writer friendly. Thanks for always sharing fun ideas and thoughts. Happy 2011 to you and yours.
I hope that 2011 will be a good one for you!
Thanks for letting us tag along.
Sounds like a great Christmas. I just watched Little Women too, and I always hope that somehow this time when I watch it, Jo will end up with Laurie. Great story!
Merry Christmas Marta! I think your 30's will be your best years yet. Thanks for inspiring me with the words you write and your example as wife and mom. Love the new header too!
What a fun day you and the little fam had. Sounds dreamy! I love the new header and the post. I can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for you.
I can't wait to see what this year brings to you and your blog Marta. Thanks for being so candid with your ideas and feelings. It's nice to know I'm not the only one trying to balance individual desires and dreams with the responsibilities and goals that I have for my family as well. It's why your blog is the first thing I read every morning. Merry Christmas!
Glad your Christmas was merry Mart. I always love hearing what you and the boys have been up to.
I noticed the the new blog header a few days ago and loves to see the familiar handwriting. Definitely a Marta trademark and glad it has made its way to the blog.
I too am excited to see what you have up your sleeve for the new year. I am always amazed at how much you are accomplishing.
I hope it's another wonderful year for you and the fam.
lovely new header and here is to the new year.
That Jo doesn't end up with Laurie bothers me, too. And that he ends up with Amy is insult to injury. Awkward. It's a good thing that I like Gabriel Byrne.
I'm glad that you had a Merry Christmas! I love the new blog header!
what a lovely end to what sounds like a lovely christmas. i love little women on christmas. looking forward to everything you dream up for 2011.
Yay for new perfume! Can't wait to see what you have in store, Marta.
Ooh! I like the new header!
Love the new header! And I am so with you on the Jo-should-have-ended-up-with-Laurie train of thought!
Love this post, it fills me with the sense of calm and peace in your home as I sit here in the silence of my own pondering over the fact that the festivities have been and gone.
So glad that you had a wonderful family celebration and I wish you and your family the very best for the rest of the festive season and new year ahead.
And what a great ride it has been thus far Marta! Cheers to many, many more!
Just wanted to say, I got a kindle for Christmas, and the first book I downloaded woas Little Women. And I too secretly wish Jo ended up with Laurie!! Hope your new year is truly blessed! Your blog is among my favorites!
I'm loving the new header! It's perfect and it's really you.


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75 Рака () — спектрально-двойная звезда, которая находится в созвездии Рака. Главный компонент, 75 Рака А, — жёлтый субгигант класса G.

Характеристики
Основным компонентом системы является жёлтый субгигант спектрального типа G5IV-V, его эффективная температура 5741 ± 40 К. Он вращается со скоростью до 6 км/с, точной оценки его массы нет, но предполагается, что она составляет от 0,9 до 1,2 солнечных. О втором компоненте мало известно, его предположительная масса, вероятно, на 29 % меньше, чем масса Солнца. Орбитальный период этой двойной системы составляет 19,412 дней, а орбита умеренно эксцентрична (ε = 0,20).

С точки зрения химического состава, 75 Рака имеет высокую металличность — относительное обилие элементов тяжелее гелия, и, вероятно, похожа на солнечную, с индексом значения для его металличности [Fe/H] между 0,08 и −0,09. Оценка уровня различных элементов, таких как кальций, ванадий, хром и никель, имеет ту же значения, что и железо. Примерный возраст этой системы находится между 5,9 и 6,723 млрд лет.

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Free Essays Research African Lost Wax Casting
African Lost Wax Casting
African Lost Wax Casting is a process that started several years ago around 900 AD and mostly in the West African regions. Ancient "Lost Wax" bronze castings have therefore been around for quite a long time. These castings represent the social standings of the people who do them. Their religious views, culture and traditions can also be deduced using what they mold. That is, what kind of molds, shapes and art are they casting. As ModernSculpture.com (2000) puts it, the society may have changed in the recent past where the way of life has changed, religious views and technological changes have occurred, but this process except for a few changes has remained consistent.
The process of lost wax casting is slowly changing and adopting newer and much easier methods of casting. It is for this reason that most foundries apply it to plaster, stone or wood before transforming it to bronze. Lost wax casting therefore will involve making a model of a specific shaped jar or item by cutting out the shapes and designs required or the preferred decorations using wax from honeybees. This is then slowly and carefully smeared with clay both in the inside and outside and then bronze pins are stuck through it to fasten the outside clay to the inside one. When the clay has dried up it is heated up to allow the wax to melt and come out. Molten bronze is then poured into the mold and cooled for some hours. Afterwards, the clay is then broken both from the inside and the outside (The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2011).
The process of lost wax casting involves the following steps. According to Lost Wax Found Bronze (2007)it begins with creating a clay model using preferably oil based clay that does not stiffen easily allowing ease of work without worry. This kind of clay will also allow decorations and alterations to be made easily. This is referred to as a Marquette. If necessary a wooden or wired armature can be used inside it to hold the clay in place.
In the next step the Marquette is smeared with silicone rubber forming a mold of the original Marquette before it is then allowed to dry up and harden, and then it is covered with plaster. The rubber and plaster are later removed. When the plaster jacket is hard, the rubber and plaster are removed in two or more sections, depending on the size of the sculpture. Once the plaster and latex mold is done, molten wax is then poured into it and swished around until an even coating covers the entire inner part of the mold consistently.
The next step is what is referred to as 'Wax chasing' which means joining wax pieces together to form a full sculpture. The seam-lines are removed and trimmed and the wax pieces are fitted for perfect alignment. At this point the artist is expected to inspect the sculpture and make changes where necessary or approve it if it has met the requirements. Some rods called sprus or gates are put in the sculpture and a large vessel, jar or funnel is then attached to one side of sculpture so as to receive molten bronze in. In this stage, care must be put in place in ensuring that there is even distribution of bronze. Perfect conditions like ventilation and shrinkage factors must also be considered (Americanbronze.com 2011).
The wax sculpture is not strong on its own and therefore there is need to reinforce it to stop them from falling off. This can be done by building a hard cover or shell all over the sculpture. In the ancient times, a plaster sand and water was used but with the inventions and development of technologies it has been improved into ceramic shells which make the work a little bit easier. Ceramic shelling involves dipping the wax casting into liquid several times to create several layers. As AsuBronze.com (2012) explains, after this is done, it is placed in an oven or fire which allows the wax to melt. A hollow ceramic shell mold is formed and then molten bronze is then poured in. It is then cooled for hours before the shell is broken to expose the bronze and then polished to the correct requirements.
At this point the metal must also be chased or cleaned out to correct defects through a sandblast. The sculpture is also polished and color is added through a process referred to as patination. This is blending several chemicals and techniques with a variety of colors (Sculpture by Daniel Rotblatt 2007).
Just as the same way bronze has been of use for centuries in Africa and the world at large, lost wax casting has also played a major role in the region. It is a practice that has become a source of income for many people and also a source of revenue to the relevant countries. Lost wax casting also combines the skills associated with both metalworking and pottery which leads to unique products that suits every taste. Accuracy is also achieved because molding using the wax allows for correction to take place before the final product is made. Landmarks have been molded through lost wax casting and other prominent pieces of art like theBronze head, kingdom of Benin, and Nigeria in early 16th century which is now at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (A World History of Art 2012).
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September 14, 2018 We came to the wrong office location. It appeared on the appointment card to be at West Jackson Road, AA. The appointment was actually in Ypsi. The appointment card could be improved to carefully indicate which location. Turned out not to be a big issue, but it could be made more clear to patients.
September 13, 2018 I just want to tell the staff that they were very nice about a mixup in my schedule. They accommodated me and did not make me feel that I had upset their routine. Dr. Lee was very kind and professional and I feel I got the best possible care.
August 28, 2018 Dr. Lee is my orthopedic specialist. All my other health care specialists are associated with UM HCS. [...]. I am very pleased by the care Dr. Lee has furnished to me.
August 23, 2018 Through, caring, explains my problems and the required action I must do for my condition.
August 21, 2018 Need to allow access to the calendar for future appointments.
August 19, 2018 He is friendly.
August 17, 2018 Very knowledgeable.
August 16, 2018 Excellent, very informed doctor. Knowledgeable yet very friendly. Totally professional doctor.
August 15, 2018 The doctor had a preconceived diagnosis before he talked to me. He did not listen to my questions.
August 15, 2018 Dr. Lee was very helpful and professional - I would recommend him to anyone that has ortho needs.
August 15, 2018 M.D. Competent and receptive. Support staff need to get it together!
August 3, 2018 Dr. Lee is a very good doctor in all aspects and has a professional staff!
August 2, 2018 excellent care.
July 31, 2018 Everyone was kind and respectful. Everyone seemed to be happy, smiling, and joking @ times. Felt I was listened to and my concerns were addressed.
July 31, 2018 Understanding and thoughtful. I appreciate that he had a scribe so he could engage with me directly without being distracted by the computer. Ultimately, I needed to see a surgeon, so Dr. Lee could really only refer me to someone else.
July 30, 2018 The nurse was very good about keeping me updated on getting an ultrasound scheduled.
July 30, 2018 He diagnosed the problem with my shoulder and treated it on the spot. Treatment worked...very pleased with the visit, as it was the first time I had seen Dr. Lee.
July 25, 2018 Dr. Lee is personable, well-informed, patient. Injections were almost painless.
July 25, 2018 Other than radiology, I was very pleased with my visit.
July 22, 2018 When I finally met with Dr. Lee, it was a very good visit and I felt well care for. Dr. Lee had given me a prescription for a fitted knee brace. There is no where within 30 miles of my home that I can get this brace and takes my insurance. I called the office back and asked for someone to call my insurance company to request a gap exception and I explained that they needed to tell the insurance company that it was urgent in order for the review to happen within a couple of days as opposed to a couple of weeks. The person that called me back acted put out that I was making the request and when I followed up with my insurance company, they were not told that it was urgent. I now need to go to Sylvania, Ohio to order this knee brace because the wait to get the exception and the knee brace would be about 5 weeks. I am very frustrated about this part of my experience because the knee brace is to help alleviate my pain, not just an accessory.
July 21, 2018 I thought Dr. Lee was very nice.
July 19, 2018 Dr. Jong Lee and his support staff were excellent as was the receptionist . It is pity that last impression of my visit was based on contact with this scheduler.
July 17, 2018 Dr. Lee was very sensitive, good listener and respectful and I felt he asked all the right questions.
July 17, 2018 Dr Lee and your staff were very gracious and prompt. Your survey is pretty half assed though!
July 16, 2018 Dr. Lee rocks and the staff are fantastic. Thanks for providing such a high level of care (it matters).
July 16, 2018 Dr. Lee was very thorough during the examination, listened to my concerns, took the time to explain the next steps, and was personable.
July 13, 2018 very pleasant and comfortable.
July 12, 2018 I have had 19 surgeries over the years and this IHA group is wonderful!
July 11, 2018 The office was very busy, despite this he staff was very efficient! I was very pleased.
June 26, 2018 He seemed very caring. The cortisone shots he recommended help me greatly!
June 26, 2018 I found Dr. Lee very informative and warm in his discussion about my knee and condition of my overall health. He was extreemly thorough in my examination and discribing my knee problem. I am completly confident in his diagnosis and would highly reccomend him to anyone needing a Doctor for orthopedic care.
June 25, 2018 Dr Lee was thorough, thoughtful, professional, and friendly.
June 24, 2018 Dr. Lee was very friendly. His technique was much better than other physicians or P.A.'s when it came to giving a cortisone injection for my knee.
June 15, 2018 The doctor was very helpful and answered all of my questions and explained the problem with my knee very carefully.
June 15, 2018 This was the third time I had been in a doctors office concerning my arm and the first time a doctor had actually touched my arm! Dr. Lee took time to examine my arm and gave me a diagnosis and reassurance I would get better over time. Grateful for him and the staff that was working with him in the office!
June 12, 2018 I felt he was very thorough and listened to all my concerns.
June 7, 2018 Dr. Lee took the time to explain what he would be doing and also gave me some information on another medication. This was the first time I saw Dr. Lee and was completely satisfied with him.
June 5, 2018 The office staff was very organized and had read my chart. I got there early, and was actually taken BEFORE my appointment time. They got me ready so I could see Dr. Lee in a timely fashion. Dr. Lee was great. Very knowledgeable and good at fielding my questions.
May 30, 2018 My appointment was for 12:45. I arrived to the office at 12:35 to see a sign on the receptionists desk stating that this office is closed until 12:50 for lunch. If the office is closed until 12:50, why was my appointment scheduled for 12:45? This shows a complete lack of respect and a total disregard for a patients time and needs. The nurses were also complaining in front of patients about how they didn't want to be at work and they wish they could have a half day so that they could enjoy the sunshine. I did not want to have to take a day off of work to see the doctor just to arrive to find out the office is closed and then subsequently listen to employees complain. My appointment was for 12:45 and I was there until 2:10. That is completely ridiculous considering I spent about 10 minutes with the doctor. Most of that time was spent having unrelated banter with the doctor. This was a complete and total waste of time. I am so distrusted with this experience that I will never go back to this office and I am looking into alternatives to IHA in general.
May 25, 2018 Not everyone comes into the office hoping for a prescription of pain killers. It seems I've been in a loop with ALL providers that the first step is your GP who inevitably sends you to a specialist who ALWAYS sends you to a physical therapist if your ailment is part of the moving structure of the body. It would be so refreshing if the doctor could NOT prescribe a pain killer and could leave the "Ponzi Scheme" PT out of the equation for now and give written and verbal instructions on how one can exercise and rehab on one's own at home with their own ice and heat. Just a thought that I'm sure many of us have considered.
May 24, 2018 Dr. Lee was awesome!
May 23, 2018 Dr. Lee was friendly and empathtic. However, he spent very little time examining and talking to me. I would say less than 10 minutes in all.
May 22, 2018 Dr. Lee is very kind and knowledgeable.
May 17, 2018 Very nice dr. like him a lot.
May 16, 2018 Dr. Lee was very clear to understand about what he thought my problem is and what to do about it.
May 7, 2018 He seemed very caring.
May 6, 2018 Excellent physician. IHA is better with this physician.
May 4, 2018 Dr Jong Lee was very nice, attentive, and assured me that I would find the answers I needed.
May 4, 2018 Dr. Jong was friendly, concerned what was going on with my L knee.
May 3, 2018 First time I met Dr. Lee. I liked him and he took my concerns seriously.
April 30, 2018 I thought he was very caring & understood me well. He didn't seem like he was in a hurry.


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import { createDiagnostic } from "../shared";

const createBucklescriptDiagnostic = createDiagnostic("bucklescript");

export function parseErrors(bsbOutput: string): { [key: string]: LSP.Diagnostic[] } {
  const parsedDiagnostics: { [uri: string]: LSP.Diagnostic[] } = {};

  const reLevel1Errors = new RegExp(
    [
      /File "(.*)", line (\d*), characters (\d*)-(\d*):[\s\S]*?/,
      /(?:Error|Warning \d+): (?:([\s\S]*?)(?:We've found a bug for you!|File "|ninja: build stopped|\[\d\/\d] Building )|(.*?)\n\S)/,
    ]
      .map(r => r.source)
      .join(""),
    "g",
  );

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    const endLine = Number(errorMatch[2]) - 1;
    const startCharacter = Number(errorMatch[3]);
    const endCharacter = Number(errorMatch[4]);
    const message = (errorMatch[5] || errorMatch[6]).trim();
    const severity = /^Warning number \d+/.exec(errorMatch[0])
      ? LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Warning
      : LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Error;

    const diagnostic: LSP.Diagnostic = createBucklescriptDiagnostic(
      message,
      startCharacter,
      startLine,
      endCharacter,
      endLine,
      severity,
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    if (!parsedDiagnostics[fileUri]) {
      parsedDiagnostics[fileUri] = [];
    }
    parsedDiagnostics[fileUri].push(diagnostic);
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  const reLevel2Errors = new RegExp(
    [
      /(?:We've found a bug for you!|Warning number \d+)\n\s*/, // Heading of the error / warning
      /(.*) (\d+):(\d+)(?:-(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)?\n  \n/, // Capturing file name and lines / indexes
      /(?:.|\n)*?\n  \n/, // Ignoring actual lines content being printed
      /((?:.|\n)*?)/, // Capturing error / warning message
      /((?=We've found a bug for you!)|(?:\[\d+\/\d+\] (?:\x1b\[[0-9;]*?m)?Building)|(?:ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed)|(?=Warning number \d+)|$)/, // Possible tails
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      .map(r => r.source)
      .join(""),
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  );

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    const fileUri = "file://" + errorMatch[1];
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    let endLine = Number(errorMatch[4]) - 1;
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      endCharacter = endLine + 1; // Format is L:SC-EC
      endLine = startLine;
    }
    const severity = /^Warning number \d+/.exec(errorMatch[0])
      ? LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Warning
      : LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Error;

    const diagnostic: LSP.Diagnostic = createBucklescriptDiagnostic(
      message,
      startCharacter,
      startLine,
      endCharacter,
      endLine,
      severity,
    );
    if (!parsedDiagnostics[fileUri]) {
      parsedDiagnostics[fileUri] = [];
    }
    parsedDiagnostics[fileUri].push(diagnostic);
  }

  // Only added because of the special output format of interface/implementation mismatch errors
  const reLevel3Errors = new RegExp(
    [
      /(?:We've found a bug for you!|Warning number \d+)\n\s*/, // Heading of the error / warning
      /(.*)/, // Capturing file name
      /\n  \n  ((?:.|\n)*?)/, // Capturing error / warning message
      /((?=We've found a bug for you!)|(?:\[\d+\/\d+\] (?:\x1b\[[0-9;]*?m)?Building)|(?:ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed)|(?=Warning number \d+)|$)/, // Possible tails
    ]
      .map(r => r.source)
      .join(""),
    "g",
  );

  // If nothing was detected before, try to parse interface/implementation mismatch errors
  if (Object.keys(parsedDiagnostics).length === 0) {
    while ((errorMatch = reLevel3Errors.exec(bsbOutput))) {
      const fileUri = "file://" + errorMatch[1];
      // No line/char info in this case
      const startLine = 0;
      const startCharacter = 0;
      const endLine = 0;
      const endCharacter = 0;
      const message = errorMatch[2].replace(/\n  /g, "\n");
      const severity = /^Warning number \d+/.exec(errorMatch[0])
        ? LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Warning
        : LSP.DiagnosticSeverity.Error;

      const diagnostic: LSP.Diagnostic = createBucklescriptDiagnostic(
        message,
        startCharacter,
        startLine,
        endCharacter,
        endLine,
        severity,
      );
      if (!parsedDiagnostics[fileUri]) {
        parsedDiagnostics[fileUri] = [];
      }
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    }
  }
  return parsedDiagnostics;
}

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Dr Katharine Vincent is in Cape Town this week, participating in a CDKN Knowledge Accelerator lab with the DECCMA Ghana team. The Knowledge Accelerator lab forms part of an initiative of CDKN to move "from knowledge to action" in selected African countries. Building on findings from 4.5 years of research on climate change, migration and adaptation in the Volta delta, the DECCMA Ghana team, led by the University of Ghana, submitted a project concept under the call on empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana. The lab will provide the opportunity to further develop the concept into a proposal that supports a transition to gender-responsive adaptation in the delta. Katharine is a member of the multi-stakeholder team, which comprises researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.
Dr Katharine Vincent is working as part of a team led by CowaterSogema to cost South Africa's National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (which also acts as the National Adaptation Plan under the UNFCCC). The aim of the costing exercise is to highlight the business case for investment in adaptation in South Africa, for use both within national government and to seek alternative sources of adaptation finance. The strategy has a 10 year lifespan as is due to be formally adopted in 2019. The team are applying mixed methods to cost the strategic interventions, which will then be presented to a stakeholder workshop prior to finalisation.
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Gaborone this week, contributing to a day of training on gender and climate change. The workshop has been organised by the Botswana National Designated Authority, with the support of the Southern Africa Climate Finance Partnership (a programme supported by DFID and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), and aims to build capacity to develop project concept notes and proposals that are successful in receiving resources from the Green Climate Fund. Katharine will be outlining the Green Climate Fund's Gender Policy and Action Plan, and running interactive exercises to enable participants to identify opportunities to make climate change projects gender-responsive.
The Future Climate For Africa website features three blogs from the UMFULA project with inputs from Kulima. In "Lessons I took away from my first Adaptation Futures Conference" Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema reflects on what she learned at the meeting in Cape Town and its relevance for Malawi. In "Writeshops – key tools for generating outputs in international research projects" Joanna Pardoe (LSE), Katharine Vincent, Rebecka Henriksson Malinga (UKZN) and Neha Mittal (Leeds) reflect on the benefits of sitting together to work on a common output. In "What if applied research projects required a carbon budget, alongside a financial one?" Katharine Vincent considers one way of limiting carbon emissions in international projects.
Dr Katharine Vincent and Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema are representing Kulima this week at the annual meeting of the UMFULA project (part of the Future Climate For Africa programme) in Dar es Salaam. The meeting brings together the climate scientists, impact modellers and social scientists from the UK, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania and Cameroon to feed back on research findings and, with less than a year until the end of the project, to synthesise emerging lessons. It will be followed by a range of stakeholder events, including presentations to the Tanzania Meteorological Agency and TANESCO (electricity company), and a student session at the University of Dar es Salaam.
Dr Katharine Vincent is part of a project team led by Urban Earth which is working on an assignment as part of GIZ's Provincial Climate Change Support Programme. The aim is to support the development of adaptation project proposals from six of South Africa's provinces. Kwazulu Natal, Mpumulanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, Northwest and the Northern Cape have all identified priority projects out of their provincial adaptation strategies that are related to water and climate change. Kulima's role is input to the development of financial proposals based on appropriate adaptation finance sources.
As it nears the end of its 4.5 year lifespan, the Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project has released a summary of its key findings on climate change, migration and adaptation. Deltas are home to 500 million people worldwide and play a key role in the economies of countries. Climate change exacerbates environmental change due to sea level rise, salinisation, flooding and coastal erosion, and different levels of social vulnerability create different risk profiles (including for men and women). Migration has long been evident in deltas (primarily from rural areas to urban areas) but environmental change alters the context in which migration decisions are taken, particularly when environmental factors reduce the ability to earn a living. As mobile environments, adaptation has always occurred, but more is likely to be required in the future. The publication also outlines some of DECCMA policy impacts building achievements. Kulima's role in DECCMA has been to ensure integration of gender, champion research impact activities, and contribute to adaptation research.


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Willem Buiter is an independent economic adviser. Since 2015 he is Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. Since 2014 he is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
He was Special Economic Adviser at Citigroup from 2018 till 2019. From 2010 till 2018 he was Global Chief Economist at Citigroup.
He was a founding external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England from 1997 till 2000, Chief Economist and Special Counselor to the President at the EBRD from 2000 till 2005 and an Adviser to Goldman Sachs from 2005 till 2009. He has been an adviser to the IMF, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Commission, central banks, finance ministries and corporations across the world. He is a member of the Advisory Scientific Committee of the European System Risk Board (ESRB).
He has a BA from Cambridge University and a Ph. D. in Economics from Yale University. He has held full-time professorial appointments at Princeton University, the University of Bristol, the LSE, Yale University and Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. He was awarded a CBE for "services to economics' in 2000. In 2012 he received a Honorary Doctorate from the University of Amsterdam.
He has published six books on economics, with a seventh forthcoming. He has written several hundred articles on monetary economics, open economy macroeconomics, international finance and public finance. He is a frequently commentator on global economic developments.


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SOLARWATT joins Solar Trade Association to help shape future of the UK industry
At SOLARWATT we're committed to bringing the best solar PV modules, energy storage and management systems to UK customers, supported by leading service and warranties. But we're also keen to spread the word on the contribution solar PV is making to energy independence in the UK while protecting the environment.
Now, SOLARWATT has joined the Solar Trade Association, underscoring its commitment to the UK industry. Since 1978 the STA has promoted the benefits of solar energy and pushed to make its adoption easy and rewarding for domestic and commercial users. The STA promotes standards and best practice in the industry as well as shaping strategy, hosting events and communicating with policy makers, planners and specifiers. It's a not-for-profit association funded entirely by its membership, which includes installers, manufacturers, distributors, large-scale developers, investors and professional firms.
The trade body is pushing for solar to deliver the maximum possible share of UK energy by 2030 by enabling a bigger and better industry, reinforced by exceptional synergies with storage, EVs and smart grids. In partnerships across the energy industry, the STA is working to secure the smart systems that solar and storage need to thrive.
The STA are knowledgeable, passionate people and we're happy to work with them, playing our part in shaping the UK industry's long-term future.


Home Radio News Did Saga Successfully Get An LPFM License Revoked?
Did Saga Successfully Get An LPFM License Revoked?
Nearly nine years after the FCC granted its approval for the construction of an LPFM serving the biggest city in western Massachusetts, Saga Communications filed a petition to revoke its license for this 100-watt operation.
Why? Saga alleges that this micro-station interferes with the signal of one of its full-power stations, is not operating from the location or with the antenna specified in its license, and has violated the law and rules governing underwriting announcements.
Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey has given her say on the matter, with a Memorandum Opinion and Order distributed Thursday (8/24).


TCES Group/Teaching Talent Recruitment's policies and procedures adhere to the law as defined in the Children Act 1989 and the guidance given by the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Employment and the Home Office in the document "Working Together Under the Children Act 1989".
Teaching Talent Recruitment aims to positively promote the well being of Children and is committed to safeguarding and child protection at all times. Teaching Talent expects all its staff & volunteers to share this committment.
needed to safeguard or promote the child's welfare.
any person...to assist them with these enquires...if called upon by the local authority to do so".
to observe abuse or neglect. It is their duty & responsibility to report suspected or alleged abuse. If a teacher is working within a school it is his/her duty to take note not only of major incidents, but also of signals which give cause for suspicion or concern. If or when this transpires, the teacher must report any concerns / suspicion to the school's designated member of staff responsible for child protection work and liaison with youth services. It is also the teacher's responsibility to adhere to the specific guidelines set out in each school's Child Protection Policy. (This is usually the procedure outlined above).
If a teacher is working outside of the school environment (for example home tuition) it is his/her duty to report any concerns to the Social Services Department.
Teacher's have a responsibility of explaining on first contact that they cannot keep information confidential. If abuse is suspected the concern should be recorded, discussed with the TCES Group t/a Teaching Talent Recruitment's director and reported to Social Services.
If a teacher has reason to believe that a young person is being abused, then the safety and welfare of that child has to be the paramount consideration in deciding what action needs to be taken.
If there is an allegation of abuse made against a teacher it should be immediately reported to the Teaching Talent Recruitment's Director. Action will be taken in accordance with Teaching Talent Recruitments disciplinary procedures and the local child care procedures.
child protection. Should you be unsure of any aspect of the above please ask your consultant to explain them to you in more detail.


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Montana Administrative Register Notice 8-94-180 No. 4 02/28/2020
BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
In the matter of the amendment of ARM 8.94.3814 and 8.94.3815 pertaining to governing the submission and review of applications for funding under the Treasure State Endowment Program (TSEP)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO: All Concerned Persons
1. On March 20, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., the Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing in Room 228 of the Park Avenue Building, 301 South Park Avenue, Helena, Montana, to consider the proposed amendment of the above-stated rules.
2. The Department of Commerce will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who wish to participate in this rulemaking process or need an alternative accessible format of this notice. If you require an accommodation, contact the Department of Commerce no later than 5:00 p.m., March 17, 2020, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation that you need. Please contact Bonnie Martello, Department of Commerce, 301 South Park Avenue, P.O. Box 200523, Helena, Montana 59620-0523; telephone (406) 841-2596; TDD (406) 841-2702; facsimile (406) 841-2771; or e-mail to docadmimistrativerules@mt.gov.
3. The rules as proposed to be amended provide as follows, new matter underlined, deleted matter interlined:
8.94.3814 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF RULES FOR THE ADMINSTRATION OF TREASURE STATE ENDOWMENT GRANTS (1) The Department of Commerce adopts and incorporates by reference the 2018 2020 Montana Treasure State Endowment Program Project Administration Manual (March 2018) (March 2020) as rules for the administration of TSEP grants.
(2) and (3) remain the same.
AUTH: 90-6-710, MCA
IMP: 90-6-710, MCA
REASON: It is reasonably necessary to amend this rule to incorporate updated information in the 2023 biennium administration manual.
8.94.3815 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF RULES GOVERNING THE SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THE TREASURE STATE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM – PROJECT GRANTS
(1) The Department of Commerce adopts and incorporates by reference the 2018 2020 Montana Treasure State Endowment Construction Application Guidelines (March 2018) (March 2020) as rules governing the submission and review of applications under the TSEP program.
REASON: It is reasonably necessary to amend this rule to incorporate updated information in the 2023 biennium guidelines.
4. Concerned persons may present their data, views, or arguments either orally or in writing at the hearing. Written data, views, or arguments may also be submitted to the Department of Commerce, Community Development Division, 301 South Park Avenue, P.O. Box 200523, Helena, Montana, 59620-0523; by facsimile to (406) 841-2771, or e-mail to banseth@mt.gov, and must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., March 27, 2020.
5. The Office of Legal Affairs has been designated to preside over and conduct this hearing.
6. The department maintains a list of interested persons who wish to receive notices of rulemaking actions proposed by this agency. Persons who wish to have their name added to the list may make a written request that includes the name, e-mail, and mailing address of the person to receive notices and specifies for which program the person wishes to receive notices. Notices will be sent by e-mail unless a mailing preference is noted in the request. Such written request may be mailed or delivered to the Department of Commerce, 301 South Park Avenue, P.O. Box 200501, Helena, Montana 59620-0501, by fax to (406) 841-2701, by e-mail to docadministrativerules@mt.gov, or by completing a request form at any rules hearing held by the department.
7. The bill sponsor contact requirements of 2-4-302, MCA, do not apply.
8. With regard to the requirements of 2-4-111, MCA, the department has determined that the amendment of the above-referenced rules will not significantly and directly impact small businesses.
/s/ Amy Barnes /s/ Tara Rice
Amy Barnes Tara Rice
Rule Reviewer Director
Certified to the Secretary of State on February 18, 2020.


1. What is the purpose of the "Vitals" chapter?
In the "Vitals" chapter Feynman briefly outlines his life from birth to the time the book is published. He refers to it as "Some facts about my timing."
2. Why does Feynman fix radios for people as a child?
While still a child he is hired to fix the radio in a hotel (which turns out to be owned and operated by his aunt). After this point, he is hired by many other people around town to fix radios. He suspects his services were in demand because of the depression (since he was a kid, he worked cheaply). However, Feynman seems to believed that, since he was continually hired to take on more and more complicated radio repair jobs, his set of technical skills were greatly enhanced. One customer is so impressed with his talents that he decides young Feynman must be fixing radios by thinking.


At the end of 2010 Harm started recording (LDS) hymns and other gospelsongs as demo versions for his new band Harm's Fork. Although he used the band name several times throughout the years, this will be the final one. The repertoire ranges from his own spiritually based songs to hymns and other popular gospel songs, for example by Solomon Burke.
Harm Wierda – vocals, (Vox) organs.
Previous members include Niels Duizendkunst on guitar, Bram Nigten on drums, Edser Riemersma on bass, Maria Tuni on vocals, Annemarieke Coenders and Christy Bagerman in the choir.


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Osina peut faire référence à :

Toponymie

Osina, un village de la voïvodie de Łódź ;
 Osina, un village de la voïvodie de Lublin ;
 Osina, un village du powiat de Goleniów dans la voïvodie de Poméranie occidentale et la gmina d'Osina;
 Osina, un village du powiat de Myślibórz dans la voïvodie de Poméranie occidentale.

Osina, un village de la province de Blagoevgrad.

Osina, un village de la province d'Ideato North fde l'Etat d'Imo.


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Transporter's death: Government's credibility at stake, says Indira Hridayesh
Leader of the Opposition Indira Hridayesh on Saturday said the BJP government's credibility was at stake for evading the responsibility of providing financial aid to the family of debt-ridden transporter Prakash Pandey
dehradun Updated: Jan 13, 2018 20:45 IST
Neha Pant
Hindustan Times, Dehradun
Uttarakhand Leader of Opposition Indira Hridayesh (HT Photo.)
Leader of Opposition Indira Hridayesh on Saturday said the BJP government's credibility was at stake for evading the responsibility of providing financial aid to the family of debt-ridden transporter Prakash Pandey.
The Haldwani transporter had consumed a poisonous substance before attending a 'Janata Darshan' (public grievance redressal) programme at the BJP's headquarters in Dehradun on January 6. Later, he died at a hospital on January 9. In a video, Pandey blamed demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax and the 'insensitivity' of the BJP governments for his financial crisis.
Kaladhungi's BJP legislator Banshidhar Bhagat had spoken to chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and subsequently asked the Nainital district magistrate to announce ex gratia of Rs 12 lakh to the transporter's family "based on the CM's assurance".
Hridayesh said the district administration provided Rs 2 lakh to the family but the government later dissociated itself from the announcement claiming that compensation to a suicide victim's family would encourage more such deaths.
"Not fulfilling an assurance (made to a bereaved family) puts the credibility of the government at stake, irrespective of the party which is in power. We (the Congress) don't wish to endorse suicide either but want help for Pandey's family as it had been promised earlier," Hridayesh told Hindustan Times in an interview.
Darshan Singh Rawat, the chief minister's media coordinator, confirmed that there had been "no decision on the government's behalf so far to provide monetary assistance to Pandey's family". He refused to comment on Bhagat's letter in which he spoke about the CM's assurance.
In a video shot before he consumed poison, Pandey had claimed while he had failed to get any help from the CM, it was "only Hridayesh who could help his family". The transporter's office was based in Haldwani – a part of Hridayesh's constituency - while his house is in Kathgodam, which falls in Kaladhungi constituency.
"He expected help from me even though he was a BJP supporter. The government cannot shy away from its responsibility," the Congress leader said. Hridayesh said she told the CM that one cannot be "too idealistic in government" all the time. "There's a difference between being idealistic and being practical…at times, one has to take decision according to time and circumstances."
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BBC could get power to access private data
Independent consultation proposes giving BBC a raft new powers to crackdown on licence fee evasion
Broadcasting House Photo: AP
By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor
10:00PM GMT 12 Feb 2015
The BBC could be given new powers to access to people's private and public data as part of a raft of new measures to tackle licence-fee evasion.
An independent consultation suggested that the corporation could be given access to "new data sources" to help make collection of the charge more efficient.
A spokesman confirmed that as well as publicly available records, the databases could include information from banks, utility companies and other sources as long as it was considered "proportionate".
The data would feed into the TV licensing Authority's database of 31 million households, which it has been building for the last 26 years.
The review also suggests that new legislation could be introduced to prosecute anyone who fails to inform authorities that they don't have a television.
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Other measures include giving the BBC to the power charge people for periods when they did not have a television licence, on top of any fines.
The plans to strengthen the licence fee are detailed in a series of options published in an independent consultation published yesterday.
The consultation options range from doing nothing to strengthening the licence fee or decriminalising it.
The consultation will feed into a review will be presented to Parliament in June next year, giving the next government a series of options for the future of the licence fee.
Earlier this month members of the House of Lords faced anger after they voted to delay for two years an attempt to end the criminalisation of 150,000 people who fail to pay the licence fee every year.
The BBC argued that the government-backed reform could see the threat of evasion double, potentially costing the corporation £200 million a year.
The future of the licence fee will now be shaped by an independent review led by David Perry QC, a senior barrister who has represented the government.
His consultation, published yesterday, includes an option to give the corporation access to "new data sources" to help reduce levels of evasion.
At present, the TV licensing authority uses a database drawn from the Royal Mail's register of postal addresses and information provided by inspectors and households.
A spokesman for Mr Perry's consultation said that submissions would "not restricted to publicly available stuff" and could include suggestions that the corporation has access to private data.
He added, however, that it would have to be "proportionate" and pay heed to people's rights under the data protection act. The spokesman said: "This is an open-ended consultation. They want to look at what people come back with."
The consultation says that the prosecution of people for evading the licence fee represents one in 10 cases in deal with in magistrates, costing the court £17 million a year.
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Conquer the Kitchen aims to empower disadvantaged children & teenagers and teen mums and dads to prepare nutritious meals safely, without compromising on their budget.
Plus refers to a holiday breakfast club where our Conquer the Kitchen users are active in delivering BREAKFASTS to kids in need.
Our survey revealed that due to poverty too many kids have unhealthy diets.According to the School Food Trust, 64% of adolescents "go without prepared healthy school meals."
2)Unhealthy lifestyle due to lack of knowledge.
3) Time-consuming to prepare,especially when compared to the convenient temptation of fast foods.
Poor diet is also responsible for exacerbating common health issues.
Conquer the Kitchen engages 160 young careers, children and teenage mums and dads between the ages 10-18 and inspires them to have control of their kitchens, budget and health .We will deliver 5 basic cookery classes weekly which will accommodate up to 32 users each. Cookery Class will incorporate, shopping and budgeting skills, nutrition techniques and cost and waste effectiveness of resources.
We also offer a breakfast and lunch club for children in need. Cookery Class users will deliver it.
» 5 free weekly cookery classes engaging over 160 children. Class covers basic cookery,packaging,storing and hygiene skills.
» A quarterly food exhibition for users` parents,schools and community to showcase users work.
» An illustrate recipe book created by users.
Users will complete food logs reporting on what they ate,how much they spent on and how they prepared it.Teachers will comment on number of students who consistently bring lunch.
Users will learn to navigate food options and be empowered to cook and eat healthfully.
» Each cookery lesson will be preceded with a 15 min fun and stimulating healthy awareness workshop.
User daily food logs will indicate healthy eating habits. Overweight users have agreed to monitor progress with weekly weigh ins by nutritionist who will share statistics.
Users will learn to cook healthy meals without COMPROMISING on BUDGET.
» A competition where children are challenged to prepare a healthy quality meal with minimal costs.
All local children should have access to nutritious breakfast and lunch-even during holidays.
User sign in sheets and end of holiday feedback forms. Pictures of children enjoying nourishing breakfasts.
Users will acquire culinary skills including the ability to use resources rather than having to buy all ingredients prescribed by recipes.Skills will be reinforced when users apply them at breakfast club.
Health eating workshops reinforce positive health habits for life.
Lack of interested users. However this is unlikely and easily mitigated as it is our users along with other local children and parents who requested this project. We have a large network and excellent publicity strategies so that we can target more users.
Funders of this project will receive a bi-monthly newsletter / email, report on the project detailing the ongoing and forthcoming progress, and any necessary changes that have been made to the project plans. We will also utilize social media to report project detail.
£5,500 nutritionist Meet with children individually and deliver groups workshops.
£13,000 Breakfast club food Sunday and holidays for 200 children.
Our of service users are means tested benefit recipients living in Hackney ;which has one of the highest rates of child poverty in England. (L. B. Hackney Child Poverty needs Assessment 2014). The Hackney rate for children living in poverty using the End Child Poverty Campaign measure stood at 41% in 2013. This is the second highest rate in the country and in London. (A Profile of Hackney,January 2016). Similarly,the London Food Poverty Profile reports that 49% of local kids are affected.
48% of users are affected by learning or physical disability.
41% of users have classes themselves as socially isolated.
We target a diverse group of kids from mixed backgrounds and genders between the ages of 11-16 .
A caterer an mastermind of a local social enterprise food business . We are privelege to have him as cookery teacher.
Licesnsed nutritionist to ensure that health goals are attainable and sustainable.
Mom might be sad and unable to care for me,Tully and Abe. That doesn`t mean we have to eat baked beans every day or go like beggars to the soup kitchen. Young and Inspired will teach me to cook for my family.
By giving £25.85 you teach a hungry child to cook; you have fed him for life.
Feed a man a fish; you fed him today. Teach the man to fish; you fed him for life!


Mental Illness or Diabolical Possession? Can You Tell the Difference?
With Halloween upon us, many of us are probably thinking about the otherworldly, the evil, the mysterious, the ghoulish. Maybe you're watching some classic Halloween movies. A favorite subject of horror movies tends to be demonic possession. The Exorcist and The Exorcism of Emily Rose come to mind immediately. But sometimes diabolical possession can look like a … Continue reading Mental Illness or Diabolical Possession? Can You Tell the Difference?


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News / Metro
Fires caused by e-bikes up 74.5% this year
Zhu Yuting
Authorities report significant increase in fires caused by e-bikes with two deaths, 22 injuries and property losses of 2.82 million yuan in the first five months of 2021.
The number of fires in the city caused by e-bikes had increased significantly by May 31, an increased of 74.5 percent compared with 2020, local authorities said on Monday.
There were 267 e-bike fires in the city, resulting in two deaths, 22 injuries and property losses of 2.82 million yuan (US$440,000). That was 15 more people injured compared with last year and a 120.6 percent increase in property losses, according to Tan Xun, chief engineer of the fire and rescue authorities.
He said typical e-bike cases related to electrical faults.
In one case, two residents died while another was injured after a fire triggered by charging an e-bike at the entrance to a house in a village in the Pudong New Area on May 16.
Tan said the authorities will strengthen supervision on manufacturers, take more active steps to prevent e-bike charging in residential complexes and trace the cause of every e-bike fire, especially those that cause injuries.
There were 7,076 fires in Shanghai this year, with 26 deaths and 51 people injured. Losses amounted to around 63.6 million yuan, said Li Weimin, head of the fire and rescue authorities. The number of fires had increased significantly, by 131.7 percent, compared with previous years.
Kitchen fires, electrical faults and smoking were the most common causes, authorities said.
Source: SHINE Editor: Cai Wenjun
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A Covid-19 Vaccine With A 90% Rate Of Effectiveness Could Arrive In The UK By Christmas
Alex Landon • November 9, 2020
The Pfizer vaccine has seen strong results from initial clinical trials.
There's a long way to go and still plenty of hurdles to overcome, but one coronavirus vaccine trial is showing promising signs of efficacy, per results released today. US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer – one of many private companies working on a vaccine for Covid-19 – and partner BioNTech have just released initial results which show their vaccine may be up to 90% effective at preventing people from contracting coronavirus. Whilst the vaccine requires further testing and approval from regulatory bodies, there's hope it could be saving lives and preventing transmission sooner rather than later – and the UK would be an early beneficiary, with up to 10 million doses potentially arriving by the year's end.
A Downing Street spokesman confirmed that the UK has 40 million doses of this potential vaccine on order (with other competing vaccines, including one being developed at Oxford University, also on order), and could see as many as 10 million of these arrive before 2020 is done. Rigorous testing and reviewing of the Pfizer vaccine will continue apace, but early results show it has been tested on 43,500 people across six countries already, with no safety concerns raised. This particular vaccine requires two doses, three weeks apart, and could offer up to 90% protection from the virus a week after the second dose has been administered.
Though several regulatory hurdles are yet to be overcome, Pfizer is upbeat about the chances of providing a safe, effective, and widespread vaccine before long. The BBC reports that they'll be seeking emergency approval to start using the vaccine by the end of the month, and thus begin shipping it to customers including the UK. The scientific community – who've warned repeatedly that getting a vaccine by the year's end would be a Herculean effort – are upbeat about the chances of success, with Oxford professor of medicine and government adviser Sir John Bell telling Radio Four's The World at One that life could be back to normal by the springtime if the vaccine became available soon.
2020 has taught us the hard way to take hopeful news with a pinch of salt, but the progress being made on a vaccine has been a rousing success, far outstripping the usual timeframe for developing such a treatment. We'll be keeping our fingers firmly crossed for further news on the Pfizer vaccine, with the faint hope that life could be returning to normal sooner rather than later. Until then, keep the usual mix of face masks, hand washing, and social distancing going, and let's hope further good news is on the horizon.
In the meantime, England will remain in lockdown until December 2 – find out what you can and can't do here.


A two-level analysis method for certain separable problems is introduced. Unlike standard two-level analysis methods, based on Fourier analysis, it is based on spectral analysis, hence applicable to non-normal problems and to certain problems with variable coefficients. It motivates the definition of improved versions of Black Box Multigrid for diffusion problems with discontinuous coefficients and indefinite Helmholtz equations. For anisotropic problems, it helps in choosing suitable implementations for frequency decomposition multigrid methods. For highly indefinite problems, it provides a way to choose a suitable mesh size for the coarsest grid used. Numerical experiments confirm the analysis and show the advantage of the present methods.


When is a balloon not a balloon? When it's a concert hall.
Designed by Anish Kapoor, Ark Nova's inflatable structure created several challenges -- not least of which was that the interior of a balloon is acoustically poor. So, Kapoor and his architects added a tube. "By using a tube, the structure was deformed, so that the sound being reflected inside would be diffused," explains Ryo Makino, an architect at Isozaki, Aoki & Associates, which realised the project.
The sound was still below par, so Makino used acoustic modelling software to determine the best position for the acoustic reflectors - which was right above the stage. In typical concert halls, these hang from the ceiling, but that was impossible here. "So we created a balloon that floats by itself." This "acoustic cloud" also bears a lighting rig. Inflated with helium, it is tethered above the stage.
Ark Nova takes about five hours to inflate, although in theory, it could be done in 20 minutes. "We need to take care not to damage it," Makino says. "It's not a normal building, it's also a sculpture."


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Q: SQL Replace NULL Values with Own text I need to display the keyboard players from a list of bands, and I've been able to using the following SQL:
SELECT BAND.NAME AS Band_Name, KBPLAYER.NAME AS Keyboard_Player
FROM BAND
FULL OUTER JOIN (
    SELECT M.NAME, MO.BID
    FROM MEMBEROF MO, MEMBER M
    WHERE MO.INSTRUMENT='keyboards'
    AND M.MID=MO.MID
    ) KBPLAYER
ON BAND.BID=KBPLAYER.BID
ORDER BY BAND.NAME, KBPLAYER.NAME

The above query displays the names of all the band and the keyboard player (if any) in that band, but I also want to display 'No KeyBoard Players' for those bands that don't have a keyboard player. How can I achieve this? Please let me know if you need me to furnish with details of the table structure.
Update: Please note that I'm not able to use any of the SQL3 procedures (COALESCE, CASE, IF..ELSE). It needs to conform strictly to SQL3 standard.

A: I've decided to do it differently since I wasn't going anywhere with the above SQL. I'll appreciate if anyone has suggestions to make for the above SQL with the set constraints.
SELECT
  band.name AS Band_Name, 'NULL' AS Keyboard_Player
FROM
  memberof
INNER JOIN
 member
ON
  memberof.mid = member.mid
FULL JOIN
  band
ON
  memberof.bid = band.bid
AND
  instrument = 'keyboards'

WHERE
  member.name IS NULL

UNION

SELECT
  band.name AS Band_Name, member.name AS Keyboard_Player
FROM
  memberof
INNER JOIN
 member
ON
  memberof.mid = member.mid
FULL JOIN
  band
ON
  memberof.bid = band.bid
WHERE
  instrument = 'keyboards'

A: Use the coalesce function. This function returns the first of it's arguments that are not null. Eg:
COALESCE(KBPLAYER.NAME,'No KeyBoard Players') AS Keyboard_Player

A: As per your comment to replace empty string to some text, the simple solution is to use case statement like below.
SELECT BAND.NAME AS Band_Name,
CASE WHEN KBPLAYER.NAME = '' THEN 'No Player' ELSE KBPLAYER.NAME END AS Keyboard_Player
FROM BAND
FULL OUTER JOIN (
    SELECT M.NAME, MO.BID
    FROM MEMBEROF MO, MEMBER M
    WHERE MO.INSTRUMENT='keyboards'
    AND M.MID=MO.MID
    ) KBPLAYER
ON BAND.BID=KBPLAYER.BID
ORDER BY BAND.NAME, KBPLAYER.NAME

A: Try this....
    SELECT BAND.NAME AS Band_Name,
ISNULL(NULLIF(KBPLAYER.NAME,''),'No KeyBoard Players') AS Keyboard_Player
    FROM BAND
    FULL OUTER JOIN (
        SELECT M.NAME, MO.BID
        FROM MEMBEROF MO, MEMBER M
        WHERE MO.INSTRUMENT='keyboards'
        AND M.MID=MO.MID
        ) KBPLAYER
    ON BAND.BID=KBPLAYER.BID
    ORDER BY BAND.NAME, KBPLAYER.NAME

A: The above solutions will not handle an empty string.  This one will.
COALESCE(NULLIF(KBPLAYER.NAME,''),'No KeyBoard Players') AS Keyboard_Player

A: If NVL is allowed, below should work.
NVL(KBPLAYER.NAME, 'No KeyBoard Players')


I have been using feast watson floor sealer (tung oil) do you know how toxic this is?
You must be from Australia, as this is the only place I could find info on this product. And the closest I could find was the Orica Woodcare products manufacturing co. They make the Feast Watson brand of finishes, along with Cabot and Intergrain. Here is a list of the stuff they put into this mildly toxic stuff. This was taken from the Cabot Danish oil web site, and this is most likely similar or the same as the Feast Watson.
Unlike here in North America they don't have to list the percentages of the ingredients, but typically these oil/varnishes contain about 80% solvents. These range form the safest called odorless mineral spirits (also called light aromatic naphtha) to the more toxic trimethylbenzene (which is probably the synthetic polymer) and lastly and worstly the Kerosene. Kerosene is a possible carcinogen, a severe mutagen, (causes inherited defects) and a severe skin irritant. All the solvents have the effect of causing drowsiness, hallucinations and distorted perceptions. And are all very flammable.
So all in all I would say this stuff is very toxic and you would be exposed to less toxins if you thinned (with odorless mineral sprits) a good quality oil modified polyurethane and used this a first coat instead. I simply use a 14″ steel drywall trowel to apply a thin coat of my favorite poly (full strength) and avoid most all of these deadly solvents, and expense. But I do wait at least overnight for this to dry. But in most cases this is the end of a long floor sanding day, and I am glad to go home.
If you want to try a really non-toxic oil finish take a look at Tried And True oil/varnish at http://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com. This finish has NO petroleum based solvents and no metallic dryers. But it may be too weak for floors. You would need to apply at least 5-6 coats over about a 2 week period, scuff sanding between all coats.


Of the 8.7 million plant and animal species on Earth, 23,000 are considered to be threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), here are some of the ones in America.
Most New Yorkers are not used to seeing farm animals roam the city streets, which is why some motorists were no doubt confused when a cow was spotted wandering along the Major Deegan Expressway in the..
These Animals are DEER Friends!
Some of the cutest animal videos I've ever seen have featured unlikely animal friends – maybe that's why I love this clip so much! Two dogs are playing and hanging out with a deer, of all..


Transporting items to the Maskelynes continues to be a challenge with no direct access by road or air. We are very grateful to the captain and crew of Tallship "Soren Larsen" for helping with the transport from New Zealand of donated items of medicines, books and clothing over the past 2 years.
Once again, the Butterfly Trust will need help with transport in 2012. If anyone can help or know of anyone who can, please contact us by email to david.lynn@butterflytrust.org.
We use our yacht, Rireana, as a base for the work of the Butterfly Trust.
Rireana is an Owen Woolley designed yacht, 10.6m long, 3.0m in the beam, with a draft of 1.9m. She is sloop rigged with an added inner forestay. She is constructed of wood – triple skin, diagonally planked kauri – with epoxy and fibreglass sheathing. She was built by Ian Hyde-Hills and launched in 1990. We took over guardianship of Rireana from Ian in early 2006. Since then Ian has remained an integral part of Rireana's journey.
Here are some photographs of Rireana.
We returned to Rireana in February 2011 (after a stint in far north Queensland looking after the vanilla farm of Fiona and Matt George-Allen). We then did a lot of maintenance work on Rireana, before heading south through the Sandy Straits to Mooloolaba and Brisbane. We eventually ended up at Scarborough Marina just north of Brisbane to ready ourselves for the sail back to Vanuatu.
We were a bit anxious about the trip east across the Coral Sea, it being against the prevailing south-easterly trade winds. However, in the end, the weather window we picked (with the help of Bob McDavitt) was even more placid than we expected. So placid in fact we motored almost two thirds of the way to Noumea. By the time we docked in Port Moselle we had 25 litres of fuel remaining. Luckily we had Ted Jordan on board for this trip who was great at calculating optimum engine revs and fuel usage.
We had a quick turnaround in Noumea, Ted flew back to New Zealand, and we sailed up to Vila, a trip of about 3 days.
After a month spent in Vila doing the bureaucratic side of Trust work, we again headed for the Maskelynes on an overnight trip. It is about a 17 hour sail and has to be timed so that we can enter the reef at Sangalai Harbour in daylight.
We lived at anchor in Sangalai Harbour for the next 3 months, although had to move anchorage on occasion to escape strong south-westerly winds which put us onto a dangerous lee shore in the harbour.
We returned to Vila, spent some more time on a mooring there, and then sailed again for New Caledonia. This was a relatively fast trip. After two seasons of sailing we had used up a lot of our long term supplies and reduced the weight on the boat. With relatively light winds forward of the beam and a slight sea, we averaged just under 6 knots on the trip to Noumea. That is quite respectable for a boat of Rireana's size.
Once in Noumea, we decided to leave Rireana there while we returned to New Zealand for work. The reason for this being that ocean voyages, including the time spent waiting for suitable weather windows, take up a lot of time. We believed this time was better spent fundraising and working this year, given the effects of the global recession. So we left Rireana tucked up in Port du Sud marina in Noumea in early November and flew back to Auckland. Our friend Thierry Boujon is keeping close watch on Rireana while we are away. We hope to be back on board in mid-April and sailing back up to Vanuatu soon afterwards.
We sailed from Opua, New Zealand, in June 2010, with Tim Frost as crew, and headed directly for Port Vila in Vanuatu. The trip took about 10 days and was largely incident free. Lynn suffered from bad seasickness initially but in the last 2 or 3 days, when we were being knocked around by 30 knot winds and a very confused sea, she was luckily feeling much better. Tim paid off in Port Vila and flew back to New Zealand.
From Vila we headed north to the Maskelyne Islands. This was an overnight trip in relatively light winds with patches of rain.
We had Ian Hyde-Hills on board for this leg of the trip. Ian had joined us in Vila and spent most of the night helming Rireana. He eventually went below about 0500 hours after relishing the opportunity to steer his creation in tropical waters for the first time. Ian had generously offered his time to come up to the Maskelynes to provide vocational training in building skills and the use of power tools.
We lived on Rireana at anchor in Sangalai Harbour for the next couple of months (with one return sail back to Vila for Trust work). Then it was back to Port Vila to attend to more work there and to prepare for leaving Vanuatu. From Vila, we sailed south to New Caledonia. We cleared in at Lifou, one of the Loyalty Islands, and then made our way through the Havannah Passage in the south-east corner of New Caledonia and on to Noumea. We spent a couple of weeks on mainland New Caledonia, before setting sail for Bundaberg in Australia.
We were joined for the Australian leg of the voyage by Jim Hawke, an old sailing mate from Auckland, now resident in Queensland. We copped a gale halfway across the Coral Sea and at one stage were caught surfing down a wave at just under 14 knots. That's not bad for a small boat with a maximum hull speed of about 7.5 knots. We made landfall at Bundaberg after about 6 days sailing where Jim left us.
We hauled Rireana out of the water at Bundaberg and returned to New Zealand for work and more fundraising. We were away for the period of the Queensland floods and luckily Rireana was on the hard (as Jim had advised). As a result of the floods, about 60 boats were lost out of Bundaberg, some never to be recovered. Rireana remained high and dry with our mate in Bundy, Judy O'Donoghue, checking on her every so often.


Please note that clients must send a bank transfer the first time they fund their account. Once funded, the debit card functionality will be activated.
Please note that we will not allow third party transfers and each client can use a maximum of 3 cards. There will be a limit of USD 100,000 per transaction and maximum 30-day running sum limit of USD 160,000.
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It may take a few days for your bank to process the transfer. Please ensure the funds originate from an account in the client's name, otherwise the payment will be rejected.
Funding instructions are the same for Investment Wrapper accounts, ISAs and normal trading accounts.
Please complete the fund withdrawal form and send to Treasury.
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Join us for a tour of the USS Jimmy Carter, the third and last Seawolf-class submarine built by the Navy.
Carter is roughly 100 feet (30 m) longer than the other two ships of her class, USS Seawolf (SSN-21) and USS Connecticut (SSN-22). This is due to the insertion of a plug (additional section) known as the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), which allows launch and recovery of ROVs and Navy SEAL forces.


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Evangeline "Evelien" Koogje (born 31 July 1959) is a retired Dutch rower.  Her teams finished in eighth place at the 1975 World Championships in the coxed four and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed eight events.

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1959 births
Living people
Dutch female rowers
Olympic rowers of the Netherlands
Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
People from Appingedam
Sportspeople from Groningen (province)