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Cognitive Ergonomics: Contributions from Experimental Psychology
Gerrit C. van der Veer, Sebastiano Bagnara, Gerard A.M. Kempen
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This collection of papers illustrates how concepts, theories and techniques from experimental psychology can be applied in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). An experimental psychological basis for cognitive ergonomics is presented, built on a foundation of theoretical and experimental research. In addition, various issues in cognitive ergonomics are closely examined, including performance in specific interactive tasks - such as computer programming and program debugging. Other subject areas covered include database interrogation, text editing and graphics design.
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van der Veer, G. C., Bagnara, S., & Kempen, G. A. M. (1992). Cognitive Ergonomics: Contributions from Experimental Psychology. Elsevier Science.
van der Veer, Gerrit C. ; Bagnara, Sebastiano ; Kempen, Gerard A.M. / Cognitive Ergonomics : Contributions from Experimental Psychology. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, 1992. 338 p.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida. Votes: 6
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From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change. Votes: 6
Pornography and violence are by-products of societies in which private identity has been ... destroyed by sudden environmental change. Votes: 4
Life has had to deal with environmental change, especially climate change, since the beginning of its existence on Earth. Votes: 4
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Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul, architects should lead in procuring social and environmental change. Votes: 4
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The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage. Votes: 4
We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over which we have no control. Votes: 4
The responses that environmentalists evoke - fear, anxiety, numbness, despair - are not helpful, even if they are understandable. It should be fascinating, even enthralling, to be in the milieu of environmental change. Votes: 4
Paul Hawken
Women spend 80 cents of every dollar in the marketplace. We could be the most powerful force for economic and environmental change in the 21st century if we focused our money where it could make the biggest difference. If a million people did that, it would have a $1 billion impact. Votes: 4
Diane MacEachern
The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences. Votes: 4
We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida." Votes: 3
We study the past history, with the conscience of the present environmental changes; we can only predict the future ecological changes, by emergence of the past into the present. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty Akita
Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. Votes: 2
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments. Votes: 2
The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it. Votes: 2
Barry Commoner
When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behavior that compromises the lives of millions of people around the world can truly change. Votes: 2
Simon Mainwaring
Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation - not just with climate change but with a host of health, environmental and societal threats. The implications for the planet are grim. Votes: 2
Michael E. Mann
Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change. Votes: 2
Muhammad Yunus
We know that childhood and adolescence are the most crucial times for environmental stimuli to affect breast cancer risk, but changes made during adulthood and even after diagnosis still have the potential to create positive changes in the body. Votes: 2
Joel Fuhrman
Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes. Votes: 2
Zac Goldsmith
I hope that in future Congresses there will reemerge a recognition that climate change is a reality, that our policies to meet our energy needs must also deal responsibly with environmental issues, including the damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Votes: 2
Jeff Bingaman
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more. Votes: 2
At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement was happening, the environmental movement was happening. There was suddenly a generation ready to change the course of history. Votes: 2
To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. Votes: 2
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Incredibly, oil and gas companies don't have to pay certain environmental costs that amount to small change to them, while an offshore wind project start-up is faced with fees that could mean the difference between building a wind farm and packing up and going home. Votes: 2
Chellie Pingree
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming. Votes: 2
On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so. Votes: 2
Geoff Mulgan
During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come. Votes: 2
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make visual art become more like music, in that it changed the way that music changes. Votes: 2
Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics Votes: 0
Jonathon Porritt
There's something very environmental about quality. We live in such a disposable society, but real style doesn't change that much. Votes: 0
What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change. Votes: 0
Our overriding environmental challenge tonight is the worldwide problem of climate change, global warming, the gathering crisis that requires worldwide action. Votes: 0
William J. Clinton
Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a technology, water, food, energy, population issue. None of this happens in a vacuum. Votes: 0
David Titley
It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to climate change and other environmental crises Votes: 0
No matter if the science is all phoney, there are collateral environmental benefits.... climate change [provides] the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world. Votes: 0
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Yas has finished stripping my ride of the last 15 months back to her bare naked frame.
Tomorrow I will takes her to be sent overseas probably never to return. However hopefully a new hot model will come back in her place.
In the meantime the original and heavy oppy has come out from under the stairs and been restored to a ridable form. I don't know another with the parts this oppy is showing off. God she is heavy.


David Cain proposes a new tradition - "The Depth Year" - where you don't start anything new, but focus instead on what you've already begun. Martin Worthy shares memories about his life-long friend, writer and musician Paul Quarrington. And you'll hear an extraordinary performance of Quarrington's story "The Conversion", recorded just five months before he died.


We announce you that from March 31st 2017 until April 1st 2017 at the Parliament Hall in St Andrews (Scotland) there will be the conference "Technology, Mobility and Modernity in Italian and European Poetry and Cinema" organised by Dr. R. M. Riccobono.
Please find attached the programme of the event.
The programme of the conference "Borders of Modernism" has been published in the Download Area (submenu of events).


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Texas Gospel Group Shines in New Film at SXSW
KUT 90.5 | By Laura Rice
The Jones Family Singers is made up in part of five sisters, two brothers and their father. The gospel music band is based in Bay City, Texas – outside of Houston.
For the last several decades, the Jones Family Singers have been touring churches and winning singing competitions. But it wasn't until recently that the group started getting some real attention.
That's thanks in major part to music critic Michael Corcoran. Austin-based Arts and Labor produced an album last year. And now, their story is being told in a film getting its world premiere at South by Southwest: The Jones Family Will Make a Way.
Bishop Fred A. Jones, Sr. Th.D. is the patriarch of the group.
On expecting success:
"We knew that we had a talent that needed to be exposed and shared with the world and we were satisfied at one time in the local area until God would expand our territory."
On criticism for performing outside of church:
"We got quite a bit of it. Criticism like, 'What is wrong with you? You take your family to a club or out in a festival – that's not church, that's the devil's territory.' I told them, I said, 'Well, I've been reading the wrong book then because the book I read said go ye therefore into all the world' – and my definition of all is all means all and that's all that all means."
On being called the 'perfect gospel band for atheists:'
"I heard that. And I applaud that. I love that. That's one of the reasons we're out here."
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Alan Berg directed "The Jones Family Will Make a Way."
Alan Berg directed The Jones Family Will Make a Way.
On why he decided to make this film:
"The music. I was asked by Michael Corcoran – who is about as rock n' roll a journalist as I've ever met – and he called me three years ago and said, 'Hey, there's this gospel band performing at South by, do you have anybody that could tape them because I think they're really cool?' And so, we went out and we taped them. I didn't really know what to expect. And they came out and performed and it just sort of blew me away. And so we went down and started taping more in Bay City and one thing leads to another and, eventually, we have a film."
On the challenge of making this film:
"Everybody that works with the Jones Family for any length of time they get, as the Bishop would say, 'raptured in.' You start feeling and seeing how special they are and you want to convey that. It's a heavy burden. I don't know if we've hit it or not – but the film is coming out!"
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Laura first joined the KUT team in April 2012. She now works for the statewide program Texas Standard as a reporter and producer. Laura came to KUT from the world of television news. She has worn many different hats as an anchor, reporter and producer at TV stations in Austin, Amarillo and Toledo, OH. Laura is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, a triathlete and enjoys travel, film and a good beer. She enjoys spending time with her husband and pets.
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Increasingly, Open Source Coexists With Proprietary Software
CodeWeavers 9.0 For Mac and Linux Released With New Interface
Netbooks and the Disruptive Dual-OS Future
Jolicloud's Netbook OS is Getting Noticed, Looks Unique
In the ongoing debate between open source purists and people who appreciate and defend proprietary software, extremists will always have their voices, but many people in the open source community are waking up to the fact that proprietary platforms and applications can co-exist peacefully with open source ones. There are several trends boosting this fair dinkum version of the software landscape, including the growing ease with which open source and proprietary titles can work together in heterogenous network environments, and platforms aimed at consumers that embrace the sharing of proprietary and open source applications.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has an excellent piece posted on how to get Windows and Linux to cooperate on a network. For example, he discusses how Samba can help make Linux servers behave just like Windows file and print servers on a network. There are many advantages to running Linux and Windows in tandem, ranging from broader application availability to better security profiles with Linux than Windows can possibly offer.
There are even new operating system offerings that are built around the idea that open source platforms and applications can coexist with proprietary ones. Just this week, the Jolicloud OS arrived. It's a client OS that caters especially to web services and categorizes applications according to how they are used, whether they are open source or proprietary.
Jolicloud has a heavy-hitting management team behind it, including Tariq Krim, founder of Netvibes. One of the big bets that it makes is that people will use it alongside other operating systems, as a way to aggregate everything from open source applets to cloud-based services in one easy interface. It may very well ship alongside other operating systems. You can get a sense of how it organizes disparate types of applications in the screenshot below.
The concept of open source software coexisting with proprietary software isn't new. After all, Wine is just one of many bridges that have long existed between open source and proprietary platforms. But the general trend toward the two types of software being used together is growing, and, of course, gaining more influence.


Strain Highlights: Sweet like cookies, this strain has an intense flavour, sweet like vanilla, earthy. The high has a long lasting effect that starts with a happy head lift that is both euphoric and creative and then moves into a blissful body high that is relaxing.
One of the most delicious strains I've ever tried.
Really liked this one, sweet yummy buds. Nice high.
Pretty nice, a bit more mellow than I expected but still a nice really happy high.


We are going to be out of the office until the 27th. I wont be able to respond to any emails or phone calls during the time in case you try to reach us. We had a very busy last year, and this years calendar is filling up so quickly! We are extremely humbled by all the support we are receiving. I say we because my husband Steve is part of this too. He is my right hand and second shooter. We are going through this together and learning every step of the way while we go out there and shoot with all our heart and energy. Again, thank you for all the support. It's so awesome to be recommended by people we don't even know! So to you out there, a very sincere thank you. We are taking time time off to recharge and come back full of energy to pull off another busy year! See you guys soon!!!


I'm a big fan of Boomerang. If you use Google Apps for business, you don't have a choice, but to pay the $15/month. It's definitely worth it.
Regarding respondable, it's new, so I hope it gets smarter. The major benefit is that it forces me to re-read my email before I send it.
It does not do a good job with context. For example, I wrote to my colleague, "Will you please go to hell, blah, blah, blah". Just a test 🙂 and it approved.
At this point, Respondible is not very helpful, IMO.


I love these Baked Italian Meatballs and Park Avenue Pizza in Bloomfield, Ct. makes the best Baked Meatballs and Baked Sausage. Since I am back on my low carb diet after my cruise, I decided that I was going to make a low carb version of Baked Italian Meatballs. So I have substituted Garbanzo flour for bread crumbs, and they came out perfectly. I know you are going to love them.
Preheat oven to 350 and spray 9 x 9 inch casserole dish with non stick cooking spray.
Put the meatballs into the casserole dish.
Then pour the marinara sauce or Meat sauce over the meatballs.
Spread the mozzarella over the sauce and next spread the Parmesan on top of the mozzarella.
Put in the oven and bake for 1 hour.
I made mine in two batches, one with cheese and one without cheese for David. I only got 7 meatballs, but you could easily get 8 meatballs. Serve with a salad and you've got a meal.
I hope that you like my gluten free Baked Italian Meatballs. I always love hearing from you.
These look FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing this at my Pin Me Linky Party.
They were so good. Thanks so much for visiting. Have a great day.
Oh yum! Another great low carb recipe! I have never heard of or used garbanzo flour... Will have to be on the lookout for it!
These look really delicious! I'm going to pin them! Thanks. Visiting through What to do Weekends. Congratulations on being spotlighted!


An estimated 25% of businesses don't reopen after a large-scale disaster. Numerous critical functions will need to be restored post-disaster in order to maintain profitability, from customer service to technology. To ensure a cogent disaster response, these functions must be prioritized. Critical elements are restored efficiently and effectively in a tiered manner and agreed upon by all stakeholders. Aren't agreements nice?
To flesh out and reinforce the BCP plan, Joffe will conduct a post-disaster tabletop and drill. A tabletop will include an individual from each disaster team to simulate a disaster. They will utilize the knowledge and expertise to provide a logistical outline of how, when, and where they would build their base, determine their next steps, and ensure the safety of all their employees.


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Superextra – drugi solowy album polskiej raperki o pseudonimie Wdowa. Ukazał się 19 czerwca 2010 nakładem wytwórni Alkopoligamia.com. Album w wersji podstawowej składa się z jednej płyty, zaś w wersji specjalnej jest dwupłytowy. Album był promowany teledyskiem do utworu "Cholera tak!!!".

Album zadebiutował na 26. miejscu listy OLiS w Polsce. Pochodzący z albumu utwór pt. "Zapomniałam" znalazł się na liście "120 najważniejszych polskich utworów hip-hopowych" według serwisu T-Mobile Music.

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As COVID-19 Closed Schools, Iona College Educators Thought Beyond the Campus to Support Local Schools, Families Online
Iona College's free, online tutoring program was recently featured on NBC Channel 4.
COVID-19, Service
When all K-12 schools closed, Iona College education majors began virtual tutoring for local elementary students. Iona students Molly Hines '22 and Julianna Barbieri '22 tutor and 3rd graders from Greenvale School in Eastchester.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — As COVID-19 forced schools to close, Iona College's Education Department was quick not only to bring its own curriculum online, but also to look beyond the campus and see a greater need – supporting the community's K-12 students.
Emblematic of the College's mission of service, faculty engaged undergraduate Education majors to help support elementary students and ease the homeschooling burden for parents by offering free, online tutoring and literacy lessons. Originally piloted in partnership with two Eastchester schools, the Iona College Tutors Online program this week launched more broadly to the public and was the subject of a "Lesson in Giving" feature on NBC Channel 4.
At the same time, seniors and graduate students who normally would do their student teaching in an actual classroom have risen to the occasion and successfully shifted to online platforms as they plan and teach their classes remotely.
"Our continuous efforts, even prior to this pandemic, to foster and maintain personal relationships with the local schools and their teacher and student populations, has really made all of this possible," said Malissa Scheuring Leipold, Ed.D., chair of the Education Department. "In addition, we try to carry on the original mission of Iona's founders, the Christian Brothers – to educate those in most need. How fitting in this time! As an Education Department we are all really committed to this and work closely together to make this happen."
Twenty sophomores kicked off the online tutoring effort by working with 11 students in small, grade-level groups from two Eastchester elementary schools: Waverly (grades K-1) and Greendale (grades 2-5). Amanda Howerton-Fox, Ph.D., assistant professor, said the goal of these pairings is threefold: First, to help Iona students gain the practical skills they need to improve as teachers; second, to engage K-12 students in meaningful literacy experiences; and lastly, to relieve some of the burden of homeschooling that many parents are experiencing.
Meanwhile, 22 seniors are doing their online student teaching with seven local schools including Ward Elementary, New Rochelle High School, and Salesian High School in New Rochelle; St. Francis Xavier Universal Pre-K and Preston High School in the Bronx; Colonial Elementary in Pelham; and Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers.
Ellen Small, director of Student Teaching at Iona College, said that the student teachers were able to immediately transition to a virtual learning environment with the support of their classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, children, and college supervisors.
"The willingness of our 'village' to impart mutual support demonstrates the importance of fostering community relationships," said Small, a 45-year educator. "I recently read that success is based on your ability to be flexible, to adapt and to be able to pivot when faced with a challenge. The 22 student teachers have done just this. I could not be prouder of them. As the famous mathematician Peter Hilton said: Adaptation to change is itself a hallmark of a successful education."
Iona student teacher Maria Kalten'20MSEd said everyone's support allowed her to be more directly involved, and to know that the work being created was developmentally appropriate. "Once we had goals to work towards, the priority became providing curriculum to students in a way that was engaging and interactive," she said. "This experience made us feel empowered, in that we were deepening our skills as upcoming teachers and that students as well as teachers were seeing us as part of the education team."
Looking to expand its impact, the Iona College Tutors Online program launched this week to provide free, online tutoring for any students in grades 2 through 12. Developed between the Education Department and the Office of Mission and Ministry, online tutoring is available from 4-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Parents can sign up via www.iona.edu/onlinetutoring for online, drop-in tutoring with Iona College volunteers.
Mark Kessler, an Eastchester parent of a kindergartner and 5th grader who are being tutored remotely, said: "These online classes have been great for the kids, especially my kindergartner who really needs some group learning right now. It's awesome that they're jumping in, just when we all need some help. Plus, it adds a touch of normalcy."
Juliana Barbieri'22, an Iona sophomore involved in the literacy tutoring, said: "I had never had any experience in distance learning until the coronavirus outbreak. It feels amazing to give back to the Westchester community, as we've been hit pretty hard with this pandemic. And getting positive feedback from parents was very reassuring, especially during times like this when there can be an overload of stress on parents/guardians."


We all love Christmas; family, friends and great food and drink all combine to a wonderful few days. However when Christmas is over and the New Year begins we turn our thoughts to taking down the decorations and starting the New Year afresh.
Many people have been using the same Christmas decorations for a number of years and may even give a wry smile when they take the same decorations out of the box they have been using for decades. But in all this time have you ever thought about cleaning any of your Christmas decorations?
Christmas decorations are sometimes in our homes for up to a month at a time but throughout this period they are never normally cleaned. So, when you take your Christmas decorations down this year perhaps a clean will be well-overdue.
Some decorations cannot be cleaned due to the material out of which they can be made. But baubles, for example, can be given a wipe over with a damp cloth when they are removed from the tree so they'll sparkle like new in eleven months' time. Larger items such as garlands and wreaths also need regular dusting and can be cleaned before they are consigned to the loft.
So before you pack away those decorations for another year, consider if they need a quick clean – you'll be happy that you did next time they are needed.


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ETSI - TS 103 174
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); ASiC Baseline Profile
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The present document defines a baseline profile for ASiC that provides the basic features necessary for a wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of AdES signatures, on which ASiC is based, to be interchanged across borders. In particular it takes into account needs for interoperability of AdES signatures used in electronic documents issued by competent authorities to be interchanged across borders in the context of the EU Services Directive [i.3].
The profile defines three different conformance levels addressing incremental requirements to maintain the validity of the container signatures over the long term based on the corresponding conformance levels specified in CAdES [3] and XAdES [4] profiles, in a way that all the requirements addressed at a certain level are always addressed also by the levels above. Each level requires the presence of certain attributes in the container signature, suitably profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible and referring to the forms that are specified in CAdES [1] or XAdES [2] as applicable.
NOTE: The mentioned CAdES and XAdES profiles define an additional LTA (Long Term Archive time-stamps) conformance level that allow validation of the signature long time after its generation. An equivalent level for AsiC requires a revision of the mother specification (currently TS 102 918 [6] (V1.2.1)). It is anticipated that the present document will be updated to include the LTA level when a suitable version of the AsiC mother specification will be available.
Clause 2 in the present document contains references to the relevant documents and standards.
Clause 3 includes definitions of relevant terms and abbreviations used in the present document.
Clause 4 identifies the three conformance levels and shows how these levels might encompass the life cycle of the electronic signatures.
Clause 5 provides details on the way that the requirements on both signer and verifier will be presented throughout the present document.
Clauses 6, 7 and 8 specify the requirements for ASiC containers that are applicable to all the conformance levels specified in clause 4. Clause 6 specifies profiling requirements for elements common to all ASiC containers while clauses 7 and 8 specify profile requirements related to ASiC-S and ASiC-E respectively.
TS 103 174
The present document defines a baseline profile for ASiC that provides the basic features necessary for a wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and...
The present document defines a baseline profile for ASiC which corresponds to the minimum basic requirements in the context of the EU Services Directive, and provides the same basic features...
TS 101 533-1 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Data Preservation Systems Security; Part 1: Requirements for Implementation and Management
Published by ETSI on April 1, 2012
The present document addresses the Information Security Management System of Data Preservation Systems, by specifying Security requirements for Data Preservation Service Providers to abide by, when...
TS 101 733 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures (CAdES)
The scope of the present document covers electronic signature formats only, previous versions of the present document covered both Electronic Signature Formats and Electronic Signature Policies. The...
TS 101 861 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Time stamping profile
Published by ETSI on July 1, 2011
The present document is based on the Time Stamp Protocol (TSP) from RFC 3161 [1] including optional ESSCertIDv2 update in RFC 5816 [9]. It defines what a Time Stamping client must support and what a...
TS 101 903 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES)
Published by ETSI on December 1, 2010
The present document defines XML formats for advanced electronic signatures that remain valid over long periods, are compliant with the European Directive and incorporate additional useful...
TS 102 176-1 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Algorithms and Parameters for Secure Electronic Signatures; Part 1: Hash functions and asymmetric algorithms
The present document is targeted to support advanced electronic signatures and the related infrastructure. The present document defines a list of hash functions and a list of signature schemes, as...
SR 003 186 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) Testing interoperability and conformity activities to be run during the implementation and promotion of the framework of digital signatures
The present document details a proposal for ETSI activities related to testing conformance and interoperability performed in parallel with the building up and promotion of the Rationalized Framework...
TR 119 300 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Guidance on the use of standards for cryptographic suites
Published by ETSI on March 1, 2016
The present document provides business driven guidance on the use of standards for cryptographic suites, and in particular for digital signature creation algorithms. The present document explains the...
TR 119 100 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Guidance on the use of standards for signature creation and validation
The present document, which addresses area 1 of the Framework [i.1], provides a business driven guided process for implementing generation and validation of digital signatures in business' electronic...
TR 119 001 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); The framework for standardization of signatures; Definitions and abbreviations
The present document provides definitions and abbreviations for use in the ETSI ESI framework for standardization of signatures.
TS 119 442 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Protocol profiles for trust service providers providing AdES digital signature validation services
Published by ETSI on February 1, 2019
The present document specifies the semantics of a protocol for requesting to a remote server (and for receiving the corresponding response) the validation of AdES digital signatures compliant with...


Is your tea or coffee making you anemic?
Those who get their iron from plant-based sources are especially at risk and should reconsider their tea and coffee habits.
August 16, 2013, 5:08 p.m.
Since I learned that my iron stores were extremely low last year, the topic of iron absorption has been of great interest to me. I love both coffee and tea, but I was concerned when I heard that both could prevent me from absorbing as much iron from meals.
While this is not necessarily a bad thing for everyone — in contrast, high iron levels are a risk factor for some (men in particular) — but this could present a problem for those who have low iron.
For example, this study looked at the effect of different beverages on iron absorption when consumed with a hamburger. When the meal was served with tea, there was a 62 percent reduction of iron absorbed; with coffee, a 35 percent reduction. Orange juice increased iron absorption by 85 percent, while pure alcohol and wine increased absorption just slightly (though wine with a high iron content significantly increased the amount of iron absorbed). Milk and beer had no effect, and Coca-Cola increased absorption slightly.
So yes, tea and coffee had a definite effect on iron absorption, but here is the catch — this was regarding non-heme iron. Heme iron is iron from meat sources. Non-heme iron is from plant sources. In other words, those who are depending on plant-based foods for their iron should be especially careful.
Another study found that phenolic-rich extracts from both rosemary and green tea reduced iron absorption from non-heme sources.
Does this mean that coffee and tea are bad for you? In my opinion, no. As someone who struggles to keep my iron levels normal, I simply make sure that I don't consume coffee and tea with my meals or near the time when I take my iron liquid supplement (since it is a non-heme iron source).


The percentage of total average healthcare costs covered by a health insurance plan. Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance plans sold through the state-based and federally facilitated exchanges as well as in the private market fit into four coverage levels based on their actuarial value. These are known as the metal levels because they are classified as bronze, silver, gold and platinum.


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Comes up with innovative product De India Express Instant Khichdi
In today's fast paced life everyone needs a quick solution to move smoothly in their daily routines. From smart home systems to food people wants an instant result at once to utilize the time.
With an aim to provide a instant and nutritious solution to people Deepak Foundation launched an innovative product De India Express Instant Khichdi supported by Deepak Nitrate. The product is a community owned initiative for food and nutrition security in tribal area and gives them a source of employment.
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Tribal farmers often find it difficult depending upon agriculture as a sustainable livelihood as costly agriculture inputs, dearth of transport, storage and processing facility leads them into vicious cycle of poverty, drudgery, and poor nourishment. Moreover, tribal women's engagement into agriculture is unpaid labour, without landrights and scope of engaging into business enterprise.
With a need to engage them collectively into business model to improve livelihood and food security Deepak Foundation had implementing Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana covering 6000 tribal women farmers in Kawant and Naswadi blocks of Chhota Udepur district of Gujarat. After training them in sustainable agriculture techniques 300 women's Farmers Producer Groups formed under this project were collectivized into two Farmer Producer Companies.
With the objective of creating value addition systems through food processing for these women, the Foundation conceptualized the innovative product. The business model is FPG operated processing units to prepare a culturally acceptable "Instant Khichdi Mix" using locally grown pulses, rice and vegetable enriched with spices and mineral mix as a nutritious meal supplement. It creates livelihood opportunity for nearly 3000 women farmers within a period of coming two years.
"Pre-mix khichdi will help overcome under nutrition in entire family and reduce drudgery and save fuel. The mix is prepared and packed at the plant at Naswadi keeping the equal Dal Rice proportion and protein content intact. The plant is run by the group of trained local females and 1000 of them are stakeholders in the company. The aim is to provide nutritious food to the tribal people and make it cost effective to easily afford by everyone," said Archana Joshi Director Deepak Foundation.
The pre mix "de India Express" Instant Khichdi is ready to be launched in the market and the target areas are hostels, mini bars, flights, gyms, supermarkets and many others. They are also in talks with IRCTC to include it in their menu. It could also supply as mid-day meals in school and pre-school and PDS shops.
The concept won the prestigious Millennium Alliance Round IV innovation award and a grant for product development. A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Anand was roped in to develop the product, and M. S. University of Baroda's Foods & Nutrition department help for sensory evaluation and nutrition assessment.
"Deepak Group of Industries set the first plant at Naswadi and in future targeting Kawant, Pavi Jetpur and Sankheda. The biggest challenge is to make it cost effective and reach every household in villages as well as cities. The product is high rich in protein, low fat and suitable for infant to the elderly in families. One can use vegetables and other things to change the taste as per their requirement. In future we will plan to make Kasuri Methi and instant rice in the facility," says Joshi.
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South African Law Centre is a registered non-profit organization, created to improve access to justice by providing information and knowledge to help cultivate a society that has a better understanding of the laws that govern it. People need to be able to access legal expertise quickly and to be able to find practical answers to common legal problems. It was founded by well-known consumer law activists and Attorneys of the High Court of South Africa, Nicky Campbell and Stephen Logan.
South African Law Centre seeks to broaden access to justice by assisting the vulnerable in society to obtain justice and legal assistance. Its aim is to foster legal education and development by cultivating a society that has easy access to a better understanding of the laws that govern it. We believe that this is a noble cause and addresses a very real need. With less than 28 000 attorneys and over 50 000 000 South Africans we have, at best, one attorney for every 2 000 legal residents (excluding an estimated 5 million or more illegal immigrants). The real situation is far worse than these numbers suggest as very few people can in fact afford legal services. For this reason, South African Law Centre was founded and has since developed the legal information portal, www.salawcentre.org.za / www.salc.co.za.
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Modern portfolio theory is a financial theory that describes how investors can construct a portfolio of assets that maximizes the expected return for any given level of risk or minimizes the level of risk for any given rate of expected return.
Modern portfolio theory is based on a few foundational ideas from financial theory.
Modern portfolio theory is based on the idea that there is a balance between the risk of an asset and its potential reward. The higher the expected return for an asset, the greater the variance of those returns. While this is not a strict linear relationship across all assets, it is a general feature of most assets.
Another key foundational idea of modern portfolio theory is the concept of systemic risk. All assets have a historical relationship relative to the market as a whole that influences their expected future performance and their role in the development of an optimized portfolio according to modern portfolio theory.
Two stocks, for example, can have the same expected return and risk profile, but if one falls by 0.5% for every 1% gain in the market as a whole while the other increases by 2% for the same market gain, then these two stocks will have dramatically different impacts on any portfolio that they are included in.
The final fundamental element of modern portfolio theory is the existence of correlations between assets. Similar to the concept of systemic risk, this correlation means that different assets will have predictable relative price movements. For example, gold and gold mining companies are likely to increase and decrease in tandem, though not necessarily at a one-to-one relationship.
Modern portfolio theory uses these 3 foundational ideas to create a system for investors to create optimized portfolios that maximize the expected rate of return for any given degree of risk.
At the center of modern portfolio theory is the concept of the efficient frontier. This is a curved line that represents the maximum possible expected return for every given level of risk in the portfolio.
Any point on the graph that is on the line is the maximum possible expected return for that level of risk, while any point inside the efficient frontier is a sub-optimal portfolio that could be enhanced by altering the assets that it is composed of.
Because all assets have an interrelationship between each other and with the market as a whole, it is simply a matter of finding the optimal combination of assets given their respective risk-reward profile and interrelationships with other assets and the market.
Modern portfolio theory is absolutely central to contemporary finance, and it is critical that traders understand how it shapes the investment decisions of most financial actors.
Practically every institutional investor will practice modern portfolio theory to some extent, from mutual funds and investment managers to insurance companies and banks.
Investors build portfolios of assets to spread their exposure to risk across multiple different assets, and then they maximize the expected return of those combined assets by examining their interrelationships.
This means that institutional investors act in predictable ways when developing their portfolios or reacting to changing circumstances in the market.
Modern portfolio theory leads to the demand for gold, yen and treasurys during times of risk and uncertainty and it leads to investors who hedge their investments by buying assets that will increase in value while other assets in their portfolio decrease.
This dominance of formulaic investing in contemporary finance means that traders can predict large trades by institutional investors, which allows traders to profit from portfolio re-balancing.
Using modern portfolio theory, traders can predict what certain institutional investors will do in the short term as a result of events that have already occurred without even needing to make accurate forecasts of future market events.
Modern portfolio theory is so absolutely central to the functioning of contemporary markets that it is essential for all day traders to understand the basic concepts behind it.
While the mathematics involved in constructing an optimized portfolio may be slightly complicated, the basic ideas behind modern portfolio theory are both accessible and applicable for the average day trader.


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Zip through Imaginarium: Into the Space of Time with this Traveller's Guide and discover what time means to different people and cultures. Suitable for children and the young at heart, use the guiding questions in the Traveller's Guide to explore the worlds that present themselves in this Imaginarium.
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Explore the mysteries of our lands with this trusty Adventure Kit. It comes with a handy Ranger's Handbook – a go-to guide for all the curiosities you will encounter along your journey; a pair of all-seeing binoculars to map out your paths and a colouring pencil for personalising your kit in any washes of colours you fancy!
Breeze through your Imaginarium journey with this handbook that is choke full of fun insights and activities, plus useful tips on how everyone can be a responsible Ranger of the Earth!
Travel over the ocean and explore under the sea with this interactive diver's logbook as you make your way through Imaginarium's aquatic landscape. Appealing to all ages, the logbook is filled with beautifully detailed illustrations waiting to be brought to life through sketching and colouring by you.
Have you ever wondered how other people live? Or what happens in their country? Using the clue in the traveller's diary, take a trip around the Asia-Pacific. Find out more about the history and culture of other people, record your observations and share your favourite memory with everyone! For use in conjunction with the Time of Others exhibition.
Where is your utopia? Follow 3 explorers—Elizabeth, Marco and Utama—as they explore the 4 different worlds in After Utopia: Revisiting the Ideal in Asian Contemporary Art. Suitable for both children and adults, this treasure map will guide you through selected artworks in the exhibition and challenge you to probe deeper. Your journey to utopia begins here.
Travel through time and space with this limited-edition passport as you make your way around Imaginarium: A Voyage of Big Ideas. Featuring artists' impressions, fun facts and leading questions, come discover and explore realms of new possibilities through your very own personalised passport and work your way to being a fully certified citizen of the Moon—a Moonwalker!
Who's Afraid Of Contemporary Art? A Survival Kit is an education kit designed by SAM with Singaporean artist Dawn Ng to introduce contemporary art to children, using detailed, easy-to-use activity plans and teaching aids.
Suitable for children aged 6 and above, the kit takes children through the artist's conceptualisation of the artwork WALTER, exploring the idea and concept of spaces, drawing inspiration from stories and applying what they have learnt to create their own artwork.
Let's Discover Contemporary Art! With Natee Utarit is an activity book specially designed for children aged 9 and above to discover Southeast Asian contemporary art through interesting information, challenging questions and engaging activities based on Thai contemporary artist Natee Utarit. Children will find out more about painting as an art form and see how it can show interesting ways of looking at the things around us.
Are You Afraid of Contemporary Art? (Natee Utarit) is a book developed for young adults to discover Southeast Asian contemporary art through interesting information and challenging questions based on the works of Thai contemporary artist Natee Utarit. Readers will find out more about painting as an art form and see how an artist explores the various elements of painting.
Are You Afraid of Contemporary Art? (Vincent Leow) is a book developed for young adults to discover Southeast Asian contemporary art through interesting information and challenging questions based on the works of Singapore contemporary artist Vincent Leow. Readers will find out more about how an artist can be inspired by personal journeys and events, and see how ideas or concepts are important elements in his creation of art.
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With so much netball happening in the London and South East Region there is always a demand for umpires. Below are some of the opportunities that have been received by the Regional Office. If you are looking for something closer to home it is always worth approaching your local clubs as it is very rare that clubs have too many umpires! If you need help contacting local clubs your Netball Development Officer can help put you in contact.
Umpires (C+) wanted for a friendly evening league at Clapham Common.
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The pivotal role of being a mother is still the divine mission assigned to women alone. From a classic poem written by William Ross Wallace entitled 'What Rules the World', he said that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. It illustrates the influence a mother plays to her child and in the long run to the society; that as a mother strives to nurture and teach a child, she explicitly makes the world a much better place. Women are actually given an opportunity and a privilege by God to be His partner in giving life to another human being. The pivotal role of being a mother is still the divine mission assigned to women alone. From a classic poem written by William Ross Wallace entitled 'What Rules the World', he said that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. It illustrates the influence a mother plays to her child and in the long run to the society; that as a mother strives to nurture and teach a child, she explicitly makes the world a much better place. Women are actually given an opportunity and a privilege by God to be His partner in giving life to another human being.The pivotal role of being a mother is still the divine mission assigned to women alone. From a classic poem written by William Ross Wallace entitled 'What Rules the World', he said that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. It illustrates the influence a mother plays to her child and in the long run to the society; that as a mother strives to nurture and teach a child, she explicitly makes the world a much better place. Women are actually given an opportunity and a privilege by God to be His partner in giving life to another human being. Mothers are timeless teachers in the classroom of life . Women especially mothers are the most influential educators. They bequeath to us timeless wisdom, a legacy so precious and valuable. Mothers have often shaped our world from the cradle, by rocking, nurturing and instructing children to grow up to make life changing and history- making accomplishments. For every person, there is a mother behind who fostered her child's sensibilities to their full potential. Mothers remain some of our most powerful teachers in the hands-on laboratory of everyday living. Of all their many attributes...all that comes down to is the heart – a mother's heart. It has everything to do with the tenderness and toughness, the compassion and conscientiousness of the heart. There is nothing quite comforting as having our mother's arm wrapped around us when we are sad, lonely, or afraid.Mothers teach us to have confidence and belief in ourselves. Mothers knew from experience how important for people to believe in themselves in order for children to be whole, strong and grow with a healthy estimation of oneself. One way of parents to breed confidence in a child is to affirm and sharpen his/her thinking. A healthy sense of self-confidence can result in a person to achieve more and celebrate more. Mother's lessons in life gives us the space to believe in oneself as there is no limit to greatness one can attain or the great things you can accomplish. Mothers teach us the power of words. The words that mothers speak have power. Words can build up a child or tear him down. How are we shaping our children as we speak to them? Are you like a potter, shaping the soft clay of your children's hearts with words with a light guiding hand at some times and with a gentle pressure at others? Or are you a sculptor, using your words like hammers, chisels, and knives because you are too busy and stressed to speak kindly and exercise patience? When your children finish a conversation with you, do they look like fine pottery in the process of being molded by your words with love and care or do they look like stone, having had parts of their hearts chipped away by negative, sharp or angry words. Be very careful with what we say. Remember that death and life, blessings and cursing are in the power of our tongue. With the words of our mouth, we can impart greatness or smallness in someone else's life. You and I can fan the flame of a dream or you and I can snuff it out. Let us use our words for good.


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Wizards District Gaming (4-4) snapped a two-game losing streak by handing Mavs Gaming (5-3) a 72-65 loss.
Dimez and Dayfri were hot from the start of the game, scoring 25 out of the Mavs Gaming 39 points through 12 minutes. Mavs Gaming also completely shut down Boo Painter and xGREATxGILLY13 in the first half, as the two combined for only eight points and struggled to get past Dayfri and HazzaUK2K near the boards. The Wizards Distric still kept pace thanks to their small forward Jin, who made 7-of-11 attempts for 15 points, but were still down 39-31 entering the third quarter.
After struggling in the first half, Wizards Gaming trotted out to a 10-2 run to quickly erase the Mavs' Gaming lead and eventually earned a nine-point lead at the end of the third. This 27-12 outburst was done in part by Boo Painter, who snapped out of his funk to deliver a few quality buckets in the paint. He wound up ending the game with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
With less than a minute left to play, Jin threw the dagger into the Mavs' Gaming heart, hitting a long two to end his day with 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Although Dimez and Dayfri ended the game with 47 points combined, their efforts could not undermine HazzaUK2K's rough outing. He struggled to work underneath the basket, missing all but four of his 15 attempts and bobbling several passes from Dimez while sitting in the paint.
The Mavs' Gaming achilles heel has crippled them in the race for a top-three seed for THE TICKET tournament, but Dallas will most likely stay in the top-five teams with a game against the Warriors Gaming Squad next week expected to go their way.
As for Wizards District Gaming, they will have an opportunity to keep climbing the NBA 2K League standings next week when they face the rejuvenated Grizz Gaming, who beat the Knicks Gaming an hour before the Mavs-Wizards tip-off.


This four-page tool is designed for auditing Start of Care & Recertification OASIS assessments for accuracy and consistency. Using the case-mix items as the focus, the auditor determines whether or not the clinician's response to each item is supported by documentation within the assessment. Item-specific OASIS guidance tips & reminders are included for each audit element.


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Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO after Qur'an burning
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden on Monday that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Qur'an outside Ankara's embassy in Stockholm.
Erdogan's furious comments further distanced the prospects of Sweden and Finland joining the Western defense alliance before Turkiye's presidential and parliamentary polls in May.
Turkiye and Hungary are the only NATO members not to have ratified the Nordic neighbors' historic decision to break their tradition of military non-alignment in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised that his parliament would approve the two bids next month.
But Erdogan has dug in his heels heading into a close election in which he is trying to energise his nationalist electoral base.
"Sweden should not expect support from us for NATO," Erdogan said in his first official response to the act by an anti-Islam politician during a protest on Saturday that was approved by the Swedish police despite Turkiye's objections.
"It is clear that those who caused such a disgrace in front of our country's embassy can no longer expect any benevolence from us regarding their application for NATO membership," Erdogan said.
Sweden reacted with extreme caution to Erdogan's remarks.
"I cannot comment on the statement tonight. First, I want to understand exactly what was said," Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Sweden's TT news agency.
Swedish leaders roundly condemned far-right politician Rasmus Paludan's actions but defended their country's broad definition of free speech.
"I want to express my sympathy for all Muslims who are offended by what has happened in Stockholm today," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tweeted on Saturday.
Erdogan has already set out a series of tough conditions that include a demand for Sweden to extradite dozens of mostly Kurdish suspects that Ankara either accuses of "terrorism" or of involvement in a failed 2016 coup.
Sweden's courtship of Turkiye appeared to be making headway with a flurry of visits by top ministers to Ankara.
Stockholm has also enacted a constitutional amendment that will make it possible to pass tougher anti-terror laws demanded by Ankara.
But things turned sour when a small Kurdish group hung an effigy of Erdogan outside Stockholm's city hall earlier this month.
Turkiye summoned the Swedish ambassador and revoked an invitation for its parliament speaker to visit Ankara.
The Swedish police decision to approve Paludan's protests drew a similar response.
Turkiye summoned Stockholm's ambassador for another dressing down and canceled a planned visit by Sweden's defense minister.
Erdogan said the burning of the Muslim holy book was a hate crime that could not be defended by free speech.
"No one has the right to humiliate the saints," he said in nationally televised remarks.
"When we say something, we say it honestly, and when someone dishonors us, we put them in their place."
#Viktor Orban


Before I awoke this morning I decided that today would be a good day. I had a slight setback after realizing that the thing that has been ailing me for days is all over the internet. After a brief breakdown, a ton of woe is me moments, and twenty seven minutes of watching Law of Attraction videos on break ups I decided to just avoid Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Tumblr is safe. Thank God Tumblr is safe.
Someone I follow on Tumblr most be going through a break up. I've had to stop myself from reblogging their posts a million times. I don't want to be that girl. I hate sad Adrien. Honestly sad Adrien must die. Or move to Kivalina. Anyways, The kid and I went house shopping which was actually a pretty good experience even though he is an entitled rich kid from Beverly Hills in his head. He even suggested that he should get the Master Suite at one house before I gave him the child what look.
I fell in love with a home, almost signed a contract to pay way more than I was comfortable with, then I woke up. I refuse to make emotional decisions based on the fact that my heart is broken. I refuse to be that girl.
I realize now more than ever that I am surrounded by the most loving warrior women in the entire world right here in my little corner of Tampa. They have surrounded, supported, and pushed me in all the right directions over the past couple of days. I could not be more grateful. Particularly when it comes to my mom. Her strength often astounds me, #momgoal to be as good as she is to my child when he becomes an adult.
I spent the middle part of my day talking to a friend that I thought I would lose in the break up. It is common knowledge that whenever people split someone gets to keep the friends, especially if they were their friends before the relationship started. I took a chance that I wouldn't have normally taken and messaged her letting her know that I wanted to remain friends no matter what. She responded in kind and we spent hours talking about life and love. She reminded me that I needed to reclaim the parts of me that I have lost in this relationship and instructed me to write what I want for my life down. To focus on manifesting these things and to focus on the positive. I couldn't be more happy to add another warrior woman to my repertoire.
I don't hate her for breaking our engagement. I wish it had been done a different way, I wish I had some say in the matter, I wish she'd never called me about having a serious relationship, but I don't regret my love. I never want to stop loving the way that I do. I never want to stop being me. I want to always be as awesome as I can be.


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Don't Look Behind You!
A Safari Guide's Encounters With Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, And Lovesick Rhinos
Peter Allison
Incredible true tales from a world-renowned safari guide and celebrated author
Romantic notions aside, being a safari guide isn't always particularly enjoyable or glamorous. Quite often it is beset with challenges, like having to spend a night in a thorn tree with marauding hyenas below. But safari guide Peter Allison lives for such moments. Here, the author of the widely praised Whatever You Do, Don't Run details his time spent in safari camps not only in Botswana but also in South Africa, Mozambique, and Namibia—places he loves, despite how much it feels like they might just be trying to kill him.
In Don't Look Behind You, Allison recounts adventures few would live to tell. Like the time he and a group of bored guides launched a makeshift raft into a foaming, flooded river teeming with hippos and crocodiles. Or the afternoon he heard monkeys telling him that a leopard was walking around the camp, and then realized the leopard was in his tent, with him in it.
In addition to relating his encounters with animals, Allison shares the stories of those tourists who have long been pushing him toward early retirement. Normally respectful of all his fellow creatures no matter how many feet they have, Allison fantasizes about leaving one in particular behind on the Skeleton Coast, a place that receives less than half an inch of rain a year, and is patrolled by lions and hyenas.
Join Peter Allison for another riveting, rollicking, behind-the-scenes dose of everyone's dream experience—going on safari—and come through amazed but, thankfully, without a scratch.
Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 272 • Trim: 5¼ x 7⅛
978-1-59921-469-6 • Paperback • September 2009 • $19.95 • (£14.99) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
Subjects: Nature / Animals / General, Nature / Animals / Wildlife, Travel / Africa / General
Peter Allison is the author of Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide (Lyons Press). His safaris have been featured in such magazines as Vogue and Condé Nast Traveller, and he has assisted National Geographic photographers and appeared on television shows such as Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures. He currently lives in Sydney, Australia.
Praise for Whatever You Do, Don't Run:
"Allison's infectious enthusiasm for both the African bush and his job showing its wonders to tourists is readily apparent." --Booklist
"His misadventures make Whatever You Do, Don't Run an absorbing read. . . . The material is rich, and Allison is a gifted storyteller. And the only thing stranger than African fiction is African truth." --National Geographic Adventure
"After reading this entrancing memoir, an African safari may move to No. 1 on your travel wish list. The only catch is you'll want the author as your guide." --Chicago Sun-Times
Praise for Don't Look Behind You:
"The best compliment you can pay a travel writer is to read his work and feel like you're right there with him. For more than two hundred pages, I felt like I was in Africa, up to my neck in danger. I don't even know this guy, but more than once I lay awake at night, worrying for his safety. Enough adventure, action, life lessons, and laughs to fill a movie and four sequels. The fact that Allison survived to write any of this down is a miracle in itself." --Cash Peters, author of Naked in Dangerous Places and Gullible's Travels
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South Africa, Botswana, Mozambigue, and Namibia


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Q: Does mongodb automatically move small non-partitoned databases to spread read load? I have a few hundred small databases, each between 0.2GB and 4.0GB in size. These are sitting on a sharded mongodb environment with 10 or so shards.
At any one time, only a very small subset of these databases are being (intensively) written to.
All of them are being intensively read from, all of the time (Target OTE 300,000 queries per second). I can exert enough control over the read order to spread the reads across the databases fairly evenly.
Right now, none of these small databases are partitioned.
When I look at the output of the db.printShardingStatus() command, I see that most of the databases are sitting on shard0001. Indeed, mongostat shows that most of the reads are hitting that one machine.
I have (so far) done nothing to try to influence which db goes on which machine.
My question is this: Left to it's own devices, will mongodb automatically move the primary for these small databases so that the load (eventually) ends up being more balanced, or do I have to intervene in the process myself?
(Or should I try to partition these databases over multiple machines so that the index size is smaller on each shard, then re-sequence my reads so that I hit each database one at a time?)

A: Left to its own devices, no, MongoDB will not move those unsharded databases to a different primary shard - the automatic balancing only applies to chunks from sharded collections.
It will round robin through your shards as the databases are created to spread them out across all the shards from that perspective.  If you had one shard originally and expanded to many, the databases may have been concentrated on that shard - the round robin aspect only applies when you create the database, not the collections inside it.
Once the databases are created, and assuming you can predict what will be used and when, you can then move them to whatever shard you wish using the movePrimary command and distribute load accordingly:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/movePrimary+Command
Naturally, this will be a quicker process if there is no data in the databases, but should still be possible after the fact.


Expanding recruitment strategies to out of state candidates widens an organization's talent pool. Here's how to land those crucial hires.
How to recruit the best hire for your company Companies are using a range of new recruiting tactics to win the tech talent war.
Business professionals—especially those in tech—tend to gravitate towards the coasts for work. With Silicon Valley known as one of the world's most prominent hubs for innovation, opportunity in big coastal cities appears to be plentiful.
However, large companies are also beginning to expand into the Midwest. The East and West Coasts are becoming overpopulated, with the cost of living skyrocketing. Surprisingly, some of the best states to job search in 2019 include Iowa, Minnesota, Virginia, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, according to a recent Zippia report.
Whether your organization is located in an overpopulated coastal city, or a small town in the Midwest, looking for out-of-state talent can be incredibly advantageous; attaining that talent, on the other hand, is a different story.
Convincing people to uproot their lives and move states can be a challenge, especially if the candidate has a family, said Brittany Hale, senior enterprise recruiter at Mondo. "If they're a recent grad, they're obviously a little bit more flexible. They don't have a family. It's a lot easier to entice them to move," she added.
Difficulties aside, organizations can benefit greatly from out-of-state talent. Seeking candidates outside of the local area opens up a whole new array of talent for the company, but businesses may find the task daunting.
One-quarter (25%) of recent hires obtained their current jobs through online networking, according to a Clutch survey, and 15% said they secured a job via a social media platform.
LinkedIn is one of the best resources to start with, said Stephanie Daniel, senior partner at Keystone Associates, as it combines online networking with social media to target recruits. The company posting a job listing should clearly articulate what they are looking for, instead of just a canned description, Daniel added.
"If you look at job postings, they start to look the same after a while. They're just a long list of bullet points," said Daniel. She suggested instead focusing on the culture in the description, on specific, actionable tasks the employee would complete, along with the qualities they are looking for in a worker.
The basic way to attract and keep an employee begins with a dollar sign, said Liesl Bernard, CEO of Cannabizteam. "Companies have to offer a full compensation package as far as base salary, equity, benefits," Bernard said. "They usually pay for relocation to make the move attractive, and they also have to outline their career path."
"At the end of the day, money talks," Hale said. But "a lot of companies are offering flexibility as they transition."
Flexibility is a huge motivating factor for candidates—and technology allows for that. If a top candidate's family isn't onboard with moving, some companies offer the flexibility to work remotely part-time, but come into the office for a portion of each month, said Daniel.
Organizations could also offer remote work for a transition period, giving the candidate time to move and get settled, Hale added.
At the end of the day, the biggest factor in moving is location. Even if the location doesn't seem appealing on the surface, companies must sell the city, Hale said. This involves "showing the candidate the city, taking them out, showing them different places. Obviously, having them on site versus remote, meet with everyone, make sure it's a good fit," Hale noted.
Companies should begin selling the city before offering the job. "Flying the candidate out for the interview, putting them up in a hotel for a few days, wining and dining them," are crucial to getting the candidate fully onboard, said Hale. The new location is this person's home, so the more they like it, the more they are willing to put down roots and stay for the long haul.
For more tips on how to recruit the best new hires, check out this TechRepublic article.


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Kosher tax conspiracy theory
For taxes formerly imposed by European governments on kosher foods, see Kosher tax. For the cost of certifying foods as kosher, see Kashrut § Costs.
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The "Kosher tax" (or "Jewish tax") is the idea that food companies and unwitting consumers are forced to pay money to support Judaism or Zionist causes and Israel through the costs of kosher certification. This claim is generally considered a conspiracy theory, antisemitic canard, or urban legend and is mainly spread by antisemitic, white supremacist, and other extremist organizations.
Common refutations include: because consumers who prefer kosher foods include not only Jews, but also Muslims, Seventh-day Adventists, and others, food companies actively seek kosher certification to increase market share and profitability; the fees collected support the certifying organizations themselves; extra business generated by the voluntary certification process more than makes up for the cost of supervision, hence the certification does not necessarily increase the price of products, and may in fact result in per item cost savings.[1]
The kosher tax conspiracy theory states that the kosher certification of products (typically food) is an extra tax collected from unwitting consumers for the benefit of Jewish organizations. It is mainly spread by Antisemitic, white supremacist, and other extremist organizations, and is considered a canard or urban legend.[2][3][4][5] Similar claims are made that this "Kosher tax" (or "Jewish tax") is "extorted" from food companies wishing to avoid a boycott,[5][6] and used to support Zionist causes or the state of Israel.[7]
University of Pittsburgh professor of sociology Kathleen M. Blee reported that some racist groups encourage consumers to avoid this "Jewish tax" by boycotting kosher products.[8]
The 2000 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents by the B'nai Brith Canada reported citizens being encouraged to request a refund from the government on their income taxes.[9]
In 1997 the Canada Revenue Agency issued a news release noting the existence of flyers recommending that consumers claim a deduction on their taxes "because they supposedly contributed to a Jewish religious organization when they purchased these groceries." In it Jane Stewart, then Minister of National Revenue stated, "The intent and message in this literature is deeply offensive to the Jewish community and, indeed, to all Canadians. The so-called 'deduction' described in these flyers does not exist and I urge all taxpayers to ignore this misleading advice".[10]
During the 2014 Quebec provincial election campaign, Parti Québécois candidate and academic Louise Mailloux defended the PQ government's proposed Quebec Charter of Values by asserting that kosher and halal certification was a religious tax used to fund religious wars and enrich religious leaders. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs called on the PQ to debunk the "urban legend of the kosher tax" but PQ leader and Premier of Quebec Pauline Marois defended her candidate's comments saying of Mailloux, "Her writings are eloquent, I respect her point of view."[11]
Kosher certification symbol. Kosher certification is a voluntary process.
Although companies may apply for kosher certification, the cost of the certification is typically minuscule,[7][12][13] and is more than offset by the advantages of being certified.[12] In 1975 the cost per item for obtaining kosher certification was reported by The New York Times to be 6.5 millionths of a cent ($0.000000065) for a General Foods frozen-food item.[14]
Certification leads to increased revenues by opening up additional markets to Jews who keep kosher, Muslims who keep halal, Seventh-day Adventists, vegetarians, and the lactose intolerant who wish to avoid dairy products (products that are reliably certified as pareve meet this criterion).[15][16][17] According to the Orthodox Union, one of the largest kashrut organization in the United States, "when positioned next to a competing non-kosher brand, a kosher product will do better by 20%."[18]
Quebec's Bouchard-Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accommodation refuted what it described as "[t]he most fanciful information is circulating among Quebeckers"[11] about the so-called kosher tax in its 2008 report and stated that there was no evidence of price inflation as a result of kosher certification and that rabbis made little money from granting certification.[11]
According to Berel Wein, "The cost of kashrut certification is always viewed as an advertising expense and not as a manufacturing expense."[13] Dispellers of the "kosher tax" legend argue that if it were not profitable to obtain such certification, then food producers would not engage in the certification process, and that the increased sales resulting from kosher certification actually lower the overall cost per item.[1][19] Avi Shafran adds that "[i]f the kosher item in fact proves more expensive, [the consumer] can simply opt for one that hasn't been supervised by a rabbi..."[19]
Obtaining certification that an item is kosher is a voluntary business decision made by companies desiring additional sales from consumers (both Jewish and non-Jewish) who look for kosher certification when shopping,[16] and is actually specifically sought by marketing organizations within food production companies.[citation needed] According to Snopes.com, the fees charged for kosher certification are used to support the operation of the certifying bodies themselves, and not "some special Jewish fund used to advance Zionist causes".[7]
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Dania suddenly shot up from the couch.
"It's not the same…" Dania sighed. She turned back to her phone, switching from Facebook to Vine Archive, the surprisingly intricate platform dedicated to preserving every Vine uploaded to the app since its 2013 launch. Dania had filled her Favorites playlist with all the biggest hits: the one about changing the music, the one about having priorities, the one about the Endive – or the Spongebob vine with the same joke.
"Hard to believe it's been a year," Eleanor mused.
Eleanor stood, leaning over the couch to peer at Dania's phone. On the screen was a Nintendo Mii with the face of Shaquille O'Neal, vogueing to the opening strains of "Welcome To The Black Parade." It was a simple vine – less than a thousand loops, only 13 revines – and yet, the absurd comedy went another layer deep with each repetition. Who had created the Shaq Mii? Why was he programmed to dance? What made the author notice that he danced to the exact tempo of My Chemical Romance's biggest hit? And did the melancholic piano chords reveal some dark sadness behind the cheery exterior? The caption, "Shaq ' s personality," implied as much.
Altogether, Eleanor was surprised to find herself smiling as the Mii posed on a loop for the third time. She walked back to her chair.
Eleanor considered this. Dania had a point – the best vines in her memory always left her wondering about the circumstances before and after it was filmed. Is the small girl okay after getting a Strike in Wii Bowling? Was Zach actually arrested for kicking too much? And of course, What happened back at that Krispy Kreme?
Eleanor hummed approval, and a silence settled in the room. Eleanor, engrossed in a book, suddenly cast her eyes to the wall, stifling a laughing smile.
Dania joined in: "Oh my God! Oh my God, Sylvia!" Eleanor shrieked, like the small child in the vine. Both of them laughed, sinking into their chairs.
She stood, and turned her back on Eleanor. The room was quiet. She began wiggling her shoulders up and down, and spitting out a rhythm through her teeth. After a moment, she whipped her head around – a toothy, Joker-like grin spread across her face. Right around the moment when the vine would have looped, Dania stopped, noticing Gwen standing at the edge of the room.
"What are you doing?" Gwen said.
"Barely yesterday, at this point," Dania said, slumping back into the couch.
"They get stuck in your head," Gwen said.
Eleanor looked to Gwen with agreement.
"Who's that Pokémon?" Dania asked.
"IT'S PIKACHU!" Eleanor responded, whipping her head around.


In this meeting we updated Hein Jan on our progress and showed him our prototype. We then determined that to keep the structure of the doll house also a lot more flexible for the communities, our prototype structure should look more like a hollow cube which can have facades added as well as furnishings inside. So Mirthe made this cube in time for our Terugkomdag presentation.