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\section{Introduction}

When Catherine Turon asked me to summarize this conference, I
responded positively because I thought it would be a good way to
understand all the recent progress on the Gaia project, which for the
past four years I had not followed very closely.  However, when I saw
the title assigned to me in the conference program, I was slightly
taken aback, as Catherine had neglected to mention that I was also
supposed to predict the future of astrophysics over the next ten to
fifteen years! Upon some further reflection, I realized that this is
of course precisely what is needed. It is crucial for any (space)
mission that takes of order a decade to construct, to check with some
regularity whether the original science goals are still considered
relevant, and whether the spacecraft specifications continue to make
it possible to achieve these goals.\looseness=-2

This was an exciting conference with many high-quality talks, and much
additional information in the form of posters, which were summarized
in the main session. All aspects of the development of the Gaia
mission were covered, from satellite status to data-analysis plans,
the activities of the fourteen working groups that support the Gaia
Science Team, and previews of the expected scientific harvest. The
award of a doctorate {\em honoris causa} to our `Nestor' Adriaan Blaauw
was a particularly noteworthy highlight. I will not attempt a detailed
summary, but will instead briefly review the key questions in
astrophysics, and the instrumentation on the ground and in space which
is being developed to answer these, and will then return to Gaia's
unique place in this overall scheme.\looseness=-2

\section{Predicting the Future}

The key astronomical questions of today are (i) the nature of dark
matter and dark energy, (ii) the formation and evolution of galaxies
from first light to the present, (iii) the physics of extreme
conditions (black holes and gamma ray bursts) and (iv) the formation
of stars and planets, and the origin of life.  The world-wide
astronomical community, together with national science foundations and
space agencies, aims to answer these questions by taking observations
with telescopes on the ground and in space, supported by
interpretative efforts and theoretical work.\looseness=-2

The major astronomical space observatories that are active this
current decade are the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space
Telescope, the Chandra, XMM and Integral high-energy telescopes, and,
soon to come, the ESA Cornerstone Herschel/Planck. Missions dedicated
to specific topics include RXTE, SWIFT, ASTRO-F, COROT, Kepler, and
many others in the planning stage.

On the ground the 8--10~m class optical/infrared telescopes (Gemini,
Keck, Subaru, VLT) are being equipped with a full arsenal of
instruments, including many that take advantage of progress in
adaptive optics, and are also being linked interferometrically (e.g.,
VLTI) to obtain milli-arcsecond resolution. Numerous large-scale
surveys are available, including 2MASS, GSC-II, USNO-B, the 2dF and
Sloan Digital Sky Surveys, and more are being planned, including the
SDSS extension SEGUE to study Milky Way structure.  Many 2--4~m class
telescopes now focus on wide-field imaging surveys (MegaCam on the
CFHT, Omegacam on the VLT Survey Telescope, and VISTA). The RAVE
project aims to obtain millions of radial velocities for stars in the
Galaxy by multi-fiber spectroscopy. Following the success of MACHO,
EROS and OGLE, a new generation of synoptic facilities is being
planned, with PanSTARRS already under construction. LOFAR will provide
a major step forward for objects which emit extremely long-wavelength
radio waves.

The next decade will see the full power of the 8--10~m class
optical/infrared telescopes exploited with second generation
instruments and interferometric links, the completion of the first
ground-based global observatory ALMA, and the launch of SIM and the
James Webb Space Telescope. Construction of Extremely Large Telescopes
for the optical/infrared (GMT, TMT, and OWL), and the Square Kilometer
Array will start. The proposed 8m class Large Synoptic Survey
Telescope could provide deep imaging of (one hemisphere of) the entire
sky every four nights. It could well be complemented by imaging from
space to detect extrasolar planets by their microlensing signature
(MPF), and to detect supernovae for studies of dark energy (JDEM).
LISA will detect the gravitational wave signature of coalescing black
holes, and the very ambitious TPF--C mission could provide images of
extrasolar planets later in the decade. And finally, Gaia will provide
an all-sky photometric survey from launch in 2012, with the exquisite
astrometry and the radial velocities continuously improving until the
complete measurements will be available in 2018.\looseness=-2

\section{Gaia Science}

\subsection{Science case 2000}

The top-level summary of the Gaia science case as presented to ESA on
13~September 2000 in Paris stated the following. Gaia will determine:
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      proper motion, for all stars brighter than $G=15$. This
      requires on-board detection, and is {\em the key} to the success
      of the mission (ASTRO);

\item radial velocities for (nearly) all objects with $G<17$, with an
      accuracy between 2 and 10 km~s$^{-1}$ (depending on spectral
      type). These provide the crucial third component of the space
      motion of the objects, and are important for the measurement of
      perspective acceleration influencing the proper motions. The
      spectroscopy from which the radial velocities are derived also
      provides crucial astrophysical diagnostics of the objects (RVS);

\item broad- and medium-band photometry for all objects with $G<20$.
      The broad-band measurements (BBP) are critical for chromatic
      correction, which otherwise would limit the astrometric
      accuracy. Together with the medium-band photometry (MBP) it
      provides astrophysical diagnostics, including an estimate of
      extinction, effective temperatures accurate to about 200 K, and
      [Fe/H] accurate to 0.2 dex.
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A more detailed description of the Gaia science case and
specifications can be found in \cite{per01}.

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\subsection{The Milky Way}

{\em Halo}. The key fossil record of the formation of the Milky Way is
to be found in the Galactic halo \citep{fbh02}. The overall aim is to
reconstruct the merger and accretion history from Gaia's unbiased
stereoscopic census by identifying the various star streams and
tagging them by the metal abundance and ages of the stars.  RAVE and
SDSS/SEGUE, if funded, will make good progress towards delineating
substructure in the Galactic halo. However, these surveys will provide
only one component of the three-dimensional space motion, and for
$<1$\% of the stars to be measured by RVS.

{\em Disk}. The Gaia observations of stars in the Galactic disk will
provide an unprecedented record of the star formation history in the
disk of an average spiral galaxy. It will provide internal motions of
star forming regions and star clusters, the initial mass function, the
full census of binaries, and determine the age-metallicity relation in
the disk. The classical work by \cite{edv93} and \cite{nor04} provides
a small preview of what can be achieved in this way.

{\em Bulge}. The Galactic bulge is the nearest (barred?) spheroidal
galaxy component, and hence it is important to study in detail its
resolved stellar population and internal dynamics. Crowding and
extinction conspire to make only some windows available for study.
The Gaia measurements will cover a useful fraction of the Bulge, but
some of the science questions will be addressed earlier by studies in
very small fields, e.g., by combining multi-epoch HST imaging with
ground-based follow-up spectroscopy using multi-fiber or
integral-field spectrographs.

Gaia will provide estimates of ages and metallicities for many of the
stars it observes. These are crucial for unravelling the formation
history of the halo and the disk. The presentations at this conference
showed that much effort is still needed to try to improve the accuracy
of the ages and the [Fe/H]-values, and the effect of variations of
[$\alpha$/Fe] on these, as provided by the data from the MBP and the
RVS. Of course, once kinematic subgroups or streams have been
identified in the kinematics, their members can be followed up with
targeted higher-resolution spectroscopy from the ground. In all of
this the determination of the extinction is critical. This may well
need additional information from all-sky HI surveys and the 2MASS
infrared maps, and is likely to need further preparatory work with
wide-field imaging telescopes such as VST and VISTA.

{\em Dynamics}. A detailed model of the Galaxy needs to bring the star
counts and three-dimensional kinematics into harmony by using Newton's
laws of motion and gravity.  When applied to the full Gaia data this
approach has massive discriminating power, which will allow a
dynamical determination of the gravitational field of the Galaxy, and
provide the distribution of dark matter.\footnote{If it turns out that
Newton's law of gravity is modified at low accelerations
\citep{bek04}, the Gaia data will be equally useful.} James Binney
discussed three approaches to do this, and noted that while the
\cite{sch79} method is currently the most developed, with many
applications to model nearby galaxies, there are two alternatives
which merit further scrutiny, namely the `made-to-measure N-body
method' and the `Oxford torus machine'. Developing these methods to
the point where they can in fact deal with (do justice to) the entire
Gaia data set is a major undertaking, and needs to start now.  Much
experience in this area is available in Europe, and a coherent program
in this direction is an excellent example of a preparatory effort to
analyse and interpret the data that is beyond the scope of the Gaia
project itself, but is critical for the scientific success of the
mission. This is also an ideal project for further strengthening the
European Research Area, and lends itself naturally to network support
from the EU.

\subsection{Stars, the Solar system, Extrasolar Planets, Cosmology,
            Transients, and Fundamental Physics}

{\em Stellar astrophysics}. Gaia's astrometric accuracy is such that
more than $10^7$ stars will have distances to better than 1\%, and
hence absolute luminosities to better than 2\% (provided the
extinction correction is accurate). As many as $10^8$ binary stars
will be detected, covering, at last, the full range of periods and
magnitude differences. Staffan S\"oderhjelm expects good orbital
solutions for $5\times 10^5$ systems, which will give accurate
masses. In combination with seismology from COROT, this will allow
absolute calibration of stellar models over the entire
Hertzsprung--Russell Diagram with unprecedented accuracy, as a
function of metallicity. This is a unique contribution of Gaia which
affects {\em all of} astrophysics, including the distance scale, but
more importantly, the calibration of stellar population models. The
VLTI will take the first steps in this direction, but will be limited
to at most a few hundred objects. As Yveline Lebreton made very clear,
a meaningful comparison with the observations will require much
preparatory work to further refine the (three-dimensional
hydrodynamic) stellar models, as many physical effects need to be
understood in detail.\looseness=-2

The Gaia photometric survey will reveal many known and new variable
stars, even though the cadence of observations is not optimized (nor
should it be) for the detection of such objects. Much of the
anticipated science may well be done before Gaia, by OGLE, PanSTARRS,
and the LSST. It will be difficult however for ground-based telescopes
to reach the exquisite homogeneity of the multi-band photometry that
Gaia will bring by virtue of its continuous scanning and its location
above the Earth's atmosphere. The preparation for the Gaia data on
variable stars will benefit from the investment in developments of
algorithms provided by, e.g., the OGLE collaboration.

{\em Solar system}. In the next decade much work on asteroids and
moons in the Solar system will be done from the ground.  Gaia's
astrometric accuracy will allow unique contributions to be made to the
dynamics of the Solar system, and will help identify Earth-crossing
dangers. The Gaia photometry of asteroids will surely be mined, but
work on variability will suffer from the limitations mentioned in the
previous paragraph.  The groups preparing for the analysis of the Gaia
data will also be in a good position to benefit from data of PanSTARRS
or the LSST.

{\em Extrasolar planets}. Gaia will provide a unique window on the
population of extrasolar planets in our Galaxy. Didier Queloz
demonstrated that the Gaia discovery space in the plane of semi-major
axis $a$ versus mass $m$ coincides with territory already explored
with the radial velocity method, transits, and, in the future, by
interferometry with VLTI/PRIMA and SIM. However, the complete Gaia
census is expected to provide accurate orbits for about 5000 systems,
more than an order of magnitude larger than can be expected by the
combination of all other methods in the same time frame. This makes
the Gaia contribution to this exciting and rapidly developing field
unique even in fifteen years time, and will allow a much increased
understanding of the population of planets as a function of the
properties of the parent star.

{\em Extragalactic science and cosmology}.  Gaia will measure fairly
accurate proper motions of stars in the nearby spheroidal satellites
of the Milky Way, and perhaps also in M31 and M33 by using globular
clusters and the brightest AGB stars. This will provide the dynamical
distance, internal orbit structure, and constrain the dark matter
content.  Ground-based work on nearby globular clusters has already
demonstrated the power of three-dimensional kinematics
\citep{ven05}. At cosmological distances, Gaia will provide a large
and homogeneous data set on quasars. These will define the global
reference frame and will also allow an independent determination of
the absolute three-dimensional acceleration of the Sun. The
astrometric selection of quasars might provide some surprises. It is
important to establish what other quasar science could be done beyond
the SDSS.

{\em Transients}. Wyn Evans discussed the possibility to detect
transient events with Gaia. This will require special `science alert'
software on the ground, which may require either {\em a priori\/}
information or use the Gaia data from the first half year of the
mission to establish the `steady' sky content to $G=20$ at Gaia's
spatial resolution. Given the limitations of the ground-station
coverage, with an anticipated data download once a day for about eight
hours, there will be limitations to the possibilities for rapid
follow-up of the fastest events. For transients discovered by other
means, it will be possible to go back to the Gaia data afterwards, and
check whether the on-board software in fact detected something. The
value of the expected detection of, e.g., as many as $5\times 10^4$
supernovae is hard to judge today. If JDEM is launched, it may provide
similar numbers well before 2018. Dedicated ground-based projects to
measure the dark energy parameters in other ways may also get there
before Gaia.

{\em Fundamental physics}. One of the aspects of the Gaia mission that
continues to impress me tremendously is the level to which the
astrometric measurements are influenced by general relativistic
effects at the $\mu$as level. This was beautifully illustrated by the
time sequence of the expected light-bending in the Solar system,
caused by the moving planets. Sergei Klioner's authoritative
presentation inspired much confidence that all these effects are
understood and can and will be incorporated in the data
reduction. This will allow measurement of various post-Newtonian
parameters with remarkable accuracy.

\subsection{Science case 2015--2020}

The top-level science goals for Gaia are unchanged from those
articulated in 2000. The study of the formation and evolution of the
Milky Way by means of a stereoscopic census with $\mu$as accuracy also
delivering stellar astrophysical parameters continues to be a crucial
complement to studies of galaxies at high redshift and in the nearby
Universe. Any science goals that require $\mu$as astrometry will
remain unique (e.g., the massive census of extrasolar planets). The
need for Gaia is arguably stronger than in 2000, because of the
unfortunate demise of DIVA and FAME, which would have done some of the
science, and the modest number of pre-selected targets to be observed
with SIM, albeit with great astrometric accuracy.

\section{The Gaia Observatory}

The core of the Gaia spacecraft is the ASTRO instrument.  The poster
with the real-size layout of the 1.5 Gpixel focal plane was an
impressive visual reminder of the technological challenge. The
presentations inspired confidence that the focal plane can be
assembled and tested, and will be able to deal with almost anything
that the sky offers (including the observation of the occasional
bright star without overloading the system). It is also clear that
minimizing radiation damage is critical.

The radial velocity spectrograph RVS is well-defined, and a simulator
is in place \citep{kat04}. Impressive progress has been made on the
ground with the RAVE precursor. This allows hands-on experience with
the Ca triplet spectral region, testing parts of the data analysis
software, including the recovery of stellar atmosphere parameters in
addition to the radial velocity, and already provides a preview of the
RVS science. This is an excellent way to prepare for the Gaia mission.

The details of the photometric system (BBP and MBP) are still under
discussion. It was interesting to hear of the work by the photometry
working group which now, finally, brings them close to a decision on
which bands to adopt. This should be done soon, so that the group can
then concentrate on optimizing the algorithms to get the highest
accuracy on the derived stellar parameters. It will be very useful to
equip a ground-based wide-field imager with the chosen filters, and
develop experience.

Much progress has been made in developing the complex software for the
on-board detection and data handling. Tests with OGLE and HST images
of crowded fields show very promising results, but the limited
on-board cpu power and the telemetry capacity remain a challenge. The
global iterative solution to obtain the astrometric measurements has
been shown to work. Much effort is devoted to steadily build up the
(simulation of) the end-to-end Gaia system, with many groups providing
components of the software. This entire effort is a textbook example
of a distributed European activity, with links to the development of
the GRID.

Finally, a few words about outreach. The Gaia project provides many
possibilities for education and outreach activities, from `The little
books of Gaia' to high-school exercises which attract students to the
physical sciences (see {\tt http://www.rssd.esa.int/Gaia}). The main
science goals are of general interest, in particular the search for
extrasolar planets.  The Gaia data also make it possible to simulate
traveling through the Galaxy, so that it is feasible to create the
legendary `astrometrics lab' from Startrek Enterprise, run by
Seven-of-Nine, 357 years ahead of its time (which relates to points
made by Jos de Bruijne and Xavier Luri during this conference).
Outreach is and should be an integral part of any (space) project.
Gaia in particular provides a key opportunity to go well beyond the
now standard press releases to in-depth efforts, supported by ESA
together with national programs, to engage the wider European public
in the excitement of scientific discovery.

\section{Gaia, a European Project}

This conference demonstrated that the initial Gaia concepts for
$\mu$as astrometry from space, developed in the mid-nineties by
Lennart Lindegren and Michael Perryman, and subsequently worked-out in
detail by the Gaia Science Advisory Group and approved by ESA, have
now led to a coherent effort by a well-organized, diverse, and
increasingly sophisticated team consisting of more than 250 European
astronomers.  The team combines the experience of senior astronomers,
some of whom helped make Hipparcos such a resounding scientific
success, with the energy and drive of young scientists and engineers.
The group works closely with ESA and the project has strong industrial
involvement.  The entire effort is overseen by the Gaia Science Team
under the eminent leadership of the project scientist Michael
Perryman.

The team has made much progress in the past four years. The three Gaia
instruments have been defined in great detail, and there is a much
improved understanding of the required algorithms and the full scope
of work. Much of this effort is funded locally. The Gaia science case
remains very strong and broad, but depends critically on maintaining
the specifications set in 2000, and summarized in Section 3. The
mission is very challenging---as an ESA Cornerstone should be---but
the team shows all the signs that it will be able to pull this
off. This will be a significant achievement for astronomy world-wide.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
It is a pleasure to thank Yves Viala, Catherine Turon, Michael
Perryman and Karen O'Flaherty for making this conference such a
tremendous success.

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How to Write a Screenplay with Diversity in Mind
Joy Cheriel Brown demonstrates five ways to ensure your screenplays represent diversity through either race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, or religion.
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In today's climate it is more important than ever to be able to write with diversity in mind. Audiences no longer sit idly by and accept that they're not being represented on screen. Ever since I wrote my second screenplay at age 11, I've made sure to write screenplays that are inclusive and display diversity through either race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, religion or a combination of several aspects. I will show you five ways I make sure my screenplays represent one of the topics that is most important to me—diversity.
Include Racially Diverse Characters or Characters That Are Otherwise Diverse
It's a good chance that if you're interested in writing a screenplay full of diversity, it is because diversity is reflected in your own life, whether that is due to your race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, or religion. I attended an Historically Black College/University (HBCU), and while taking a screenwriting workshop, the screenwriting instructor, who had written one of my favorite movies, about the cooperation between Blacks and Whites on a high school football team, admonished us that if a character was any other race besides White, then the race should be written in the description because, otherwise, the reader would assume that the character is White. I also include gender in the description. However, when it comes to a character's sexual orientation, socio-economic status, or religion, I reveal that through the unfolding of the story because it makes it less likely for the producers and casting directors to stereotype when casting.
Working with a Casting Director
If your story takes place in a community that is typically homogenous, make it a part of the story why that diverse character is there. You are the screenwriter and you have control. We often find diversity where we least expect it in real life. Even though I attended an HBCU, I still had a couple classmates who were White during my time there, and even though the neighborhoods I had grown up in were all Black, I still went to school or worked with people from other races, or who were Black, but were from other countries, which also represents diversity.
Make New Friends in Order to Be Exposed to Diversity
When I was a teenager, I always had a desire to write a script about Jewish people. However, I didn't get an idea for a story till I hit my early 30s. The only problem was that I didn't know any Jewish people in real life. How did I solve this dilemma? Actually, very simply. I looked up synagogues online and went for a visit to the one closest to my house. For three years, I went to Friday night Shabbat services and Tuesday night Torah Study. At one point, I had even begun the process of converting because I had begun to fall in love with what I was learning.
Similarly, years earlier when I had learned to speak Spanish at the age of 17, I also immersed myself in Hispanic culture—my friends were from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, and many other Spanish speaking countries. Doing this gives you access to the actual people of the culture or race you are writing about so that you get it right and you are not accused of cultural appropriation.
Do Your Due Diligence When It Comes to The Diverse Subject You Are Writing About
Making new friends with diverse people is a good place to start, but doing good old-fashioned research is also helpful. I wrote a screenplay where the protagonist was from China. Even though only the very beginning and very end of the screenplay takes place in China, I did months of research about China and its culture by reading actual books that go so much more in depth about a subject than short blogs found on the Internet. Whatever you do, do not solely rely on Wikipedia for information about a race of people or a culture.
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Show Diversity of Characters Through Dialogue
Another way to make your characters diverse is by the way they talk. Characters from a particular socio-economic background are going to talk differently perhaps than a character who has 16 years of education. In one of my screenplays that won a coveted Paul Robeson award from Howard University, I had a Black character who was a code switcher, which meant that she talked one way when she was at the White school she attended or went to work for the White woman she worked for, and another way when surrounded by friends and family, as is common in the Black community. I had a prestigious, White screenplay consultant, however, give me notes that her speech patterns were inconsistent. I explained to him why and then kept her dialogue as I had originally created it, and will produce that script (as I will all of my scripts) myself. Unfortunately, everyone doesn't always understand diversity, which brings me to my last point.
When it comes time to market and sell your script, make sure to listen for what plans the producer has for your script. Ask them specifically if they will keep the characters that you purposely created to be diverse as diverse characters. I have been told straight up, by a Black filmmaker, that if he got his hands on my script, he would make the Black characters White. If having a diverse cast of characters is important to you, that is not a producer or director you would want to work with. There is a producer or director out there who will understand your vision. It is important to present diversity in our screenplays. It is simply not true that diverse casts mean death at the box office.
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A prominent residents' leader has asked Askew Road traders for calm over the imminent of Tesco and Sainsbury's.
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A prominent residents' leader has asked Askew Road traders for calm over the imminent arrival of Tesco and Sainsbury's.
Sainsbury's is due open a store at the southern end of the road next Easter, while Tesco is close to securing permission to open a branch at the The Bull and Bush pub, which closed earlier this year.
Many traders are worried their businesses, already suffering in the wake of Westfield's opening, will be put under further pressure by the superstore giants' arrival, but Annabel Clarke, chairman of the Cathnor Park Area Action Group, is urging the shops to draw positives regarding the new arrivals.
She said: "I'm very conscious of the impact this news will have on certain traders and it is surely true that the arrival of Sainsbury's and Tesco will force the closure of some convenience stores.
"But there are many other shops in the road and it is possible the openings could actually increase the footfall here and be better for business.
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Ms Clarke also believes boarded up shops, as highlighted by a Chronicle story on February 19 which revealed the number of disused units had reached double figures, are not a true reflection of trading conditions in the road.
She said: "The closed shops don't give the full picture. For instance, Laveli the bakers has just opened a new shop in Acton, which would be testament to the success it has had here.
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University should contact the Assistant Provost for Accreditation and Assessment at Review Period Review Type Board Action Accreditation Status; 2024-2025: Comprehensive: 2020-2021: Interim: 2019-2020: Interim: Affirmed: Accredited: 2018-2019: Interim of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). character of particular Christian traditions and communities, the ways these traditions Virginia 20190-5248. … ; 7 MACS). the Initial Self-Evaluation Report of the Rinker School of Business and we continue Accreditation The Palm Beach Atlantic University Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), 135 S. … The mission of PBA's School of Ministry Graduate Department (GSOM) is to prepare students of Arts (Christian Studies). The athletic training program has been granted Continuing Accreditation through 2028 departments and involves multiple levels of assessment and other student support services. studies at the prestigious institutions of Princeton Theological Seminary, University Palm Beach Atlantic University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees, and a … employed as full-time chaplains, and three students have undertaken post-graduate PBAU offers some 50 majors including pharmacy, nursing, ministry, MBA … Scorecard. (93%) total GSOM graduates found suitable placement within six months of graduation. may want to transfer credits to another institution or if you want to attend a post-graduate program. All GSOM programs emphasize the following four learning outcomes: The Master of Divinity (M.Div. Attending a regionally accredited institution is important if you These degrees are approved both at the West Palm Beach (412) 788-6505. that are requisite to a life of ministerial leadership, Cultivate the capacities for ministerial leadership within both the congregation and The following degree Palm Beach Atlantic University is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.By accreditation type, the school has 2 Institutional, 5 Specialized accredited … programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education located joint degree (M.Div./MBA), and the Master of Divinity and Master of Science Mental Palm Beach Atlantic University Is Regionally Accredited. The Association of Theological Schools in Next table describes the detail information of institutional accreditation information of Palm Beach Atlantic University. Regional accreditation is a good thing. Grades: Grades of a C- or better will be accepted if completed at a postsecondary regionally accredited … Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Palm Beach Atlantic University are accredited Orlando Health, Inc. 0583 Kelly Owens Allied Health Learning Consultant 1414 Kuhl Ave. Orlando, FL 32806 Tel: 321-843-8745 Fax: 321-843-3687 E-Mail: kelly.owens@orlandohealth.com Web Site: www.orlandohealth.com Accreditation History Review Cycle Review Type Board Action Accreditation Status S2021 Comprehensive Review S2017 Second Review Report Continued Accreditation Accredited … degree in GSOM progress to graduation. SACSCOC Reaffirmation. the accreditation of Palm Beach Atlantic University, contact the Commission on Colleges Scorecard, You have goals. 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LaSalle Street, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60603-4810; Association of Christian Schools International (. outcome: Direct measures of student learning from 2018-19 revealed that 76% of GSOM students Student Questionnaire: "I have been satisfied with my academic experience here" and Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private, accredited, Christ-centered college located in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Of these forty-one, twenty-one are employed in full-time pastoral ministry, two are Rooted in faith. "If I had to do it over, I would still come here.", Completions, Graduation Rates, and Placement Rates, Number of total completions (graduates) through summer 2019: 44 (37 M.Div. 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Telephone: (703) 437-0700, Facsimile: (703) 437-6312. The PBA Nursing programs are approved by the Florida … For questions about the United States and Canada is located at 10 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, 15275-1110, Our MBA program is accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), so you can rest assured that your instruction is meaningful and high quality. Palm Beach Atlantic University. Institutional Accreditation. Who is giving a nod to Palm Beach Atlantic? at: 1866 Southern LaneDecatur, GA 30033-4097(404) 679-4500 or www.sacscoc.org. Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private, accredited, Christ-centered college located in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Association of Schools of Music located at 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, Health Counseling dual degrees (M.Div. Toggle Site Navigations. The RSB will continue to make and report progress on accreditation standard alignment. of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. AACSB Standards. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (. In addition, Palm Beach Atlantic University is a Business Education Alliance member This is the broader public context, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (. PBAU offers some 50 majors including pharmacy, nursing, ministry, MBA … Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private, accredited, Christ-centered college located in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Persons wishing to review documents related to the accreditation of Palm Beach Atlantic programs are approved by the Commission on Accrediting: Master of Divinity and Master + MSMHC) emphasize an additional fifth learning Academics Majors & Degrees Undergraduate Programs ... at least 12 transferrable college credits from a regionally accredited university. Read about what accreditations we found for this school. … (561) 803-2050. 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Tempted by Tomorrow, is the title that has been chosen, after some debate, by the artists and designers in this year's PZI Master Media Design and Communication graduation show. In an era where the death of the Future—that brave utopian concept that motivated a good deal of cultural activity across different strata of culture throughout the twentieth century and beyond—has been widely discussed, it is hard not to read the title ironically.
But in the works in this show, that irony is tempered by a muted, but definite, optimism. The range of works in this year's PZI MMDC are extremely diverse in terms of their formal approaches and aesthetic pre-occupations, yet when one engages with and reflects on each individual work there is a common strand running through the show: a sense that it is still possible to 'make things better'; however carefully the concepts 'make', 'things' and above all 'better' might need to be interrogated.
Each project reflects a unique research trajectory over two years, with each artist employing both studio-based practice and sustained critical reflection to create the artworks and research projects you will find in this show: works ranging from 3d-printed modular camera design and associated workshops; through to a union designed to give a voice to those who undertake the new forms of 'immaterial labour' that abound in our culture; to a series of photographic works that seek to extend the notion of gesture in image to include strategies of image search and recombination. Other works in the show loop together languages taken from a range of discourses including pop culture, social media, iconography, sound design, interface design, library studies performance, and archival research. It is this looping together of disparate technologies and codes that forms the common pre-occupations of the research undertaken within the department.
As a department we are enormously proud of the research work of our graduating students. It has been a privilege to travel alongside their very various paths of enquiry. I would like to thank our guest curators Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead, and our regular curator Willie Stehouwer for the contributions they have made to this show.
An evening of performances, presentations and installations. Take the opportunity to have a drink, discuss the presented projects and choose the winner of the 'Thesis – Karaoke', the ultimate research based pop-jukebox.
Date: 3 - 12 July.
Opening: Fri. 3 July, 7pm.
Location: Hofpoort, Hofplein 20, Rotterdam.


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The quhilk day, in presens of the lordis of secreit counsale, comperit Maistir Lauchlane Macklane, and made fayth, that he neuer obtenit licence of oure souerane ladie to pas to Rome for purchessing and impetratioun of the Bischoprick of the Ilis, nor na vther benefices pertening to Maister Johnne Carswell, bischope of the Ilis, nor neuir purchest the said bischoprick, nor the abbacie of Ycolmkill, or vtheris benefices in ony tyme bigane. Alwayes, for the mair aboundance, he renunces, ouergevis, and dischargeis, simpliciter, all rycht, titill, intres, and clame of rycht quhilk he hes, or can ony wayes pretend or clame, to the said bischoprick or vtheris the said Maister Johnnes benefices. Ratifeand and apprevand the rychtis and titillis maid to the said Maister Johnne of the samyn, be thir presentis, and sall neuir vex nor molest the said Maister Johnne in the peciabill broukinig and posseding of the said bischoprick and vtheris his benefices, move nor intent actioun, pley, nor questioun aganis him for the samyn during his liftyme. Quhairfoir the quenis maiestie, with adviss of the lordis of hir secreit counsale, suspendis, simpliciter, the lettres purchest of the aduocattis instance aganis the said Maister Lauchlane Makclane, denunceing him rebell and putting him to the horne, in defalt of finding of souerte to vnderly the law in the tolbuyth of Edinburgh vponn the xvij day of Aprile last bipast, for his passing furth of this realme, nocht intimatand the caus of his passing to his ordinar, nor how he maid his fynance, and als be ressoun of his noncomperance the said xvij day; and ordanis ane masser or vther officiar to relax the said Maister Lauchlane fra the proces of horning led vpouu him in the said mater, and to gif him the wand of peace, and that lettres be direct heirvpoun in deu forme, as effeirs.
— Registrum Secreti Concilii, acta, vol. from March 1563 to June 1567, fo. 274.


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Cancer Fund for Children Appoints New Trustee
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Sir David Sterling KBC has been appointed a trustee of Cancer Fund for Children. The former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service joined the board in December 2020.
Sir David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience at a crucial time for us, having served in a variety of senior roles for Northern Ireland Civil Service, including Director of Community Affairs in PANI, Senior Finance Director in the Department of Regional Development (DRD), Permanent Secretary in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) and Permanent Secretary Department of Finance.
He was promoted to the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service 2017 and retired from this role in August last year. During Sir David's tenure as Head of the NICS he navigated the service through challenges including the delivery of public services in the absence of ministers, preparing for Brexit and the resumption of devolved government, and dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic.
He also holds offices including Chair of the Chief Executives' Forum and is a Trustee of Ulster Wildlife and the Centre for Cross-Border Studies. He was awarded a Knighthood in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Speaking about his appointment Sir David said,
"I was delighted to be asked to join the Board of the Cancer Fund for Children. I have long admired the great work the charity does to provide support to families who are struggling to cope with the impact of cancer and look forward to working with both the Board and staff team to help ensure that no family in Northern Ireland should have to face cancer alone."
Cancer Fund Children's Chief Executive Phil Alexander added,
"We are thrilled that Sir David will be joining Cancer Fund for Children. He brings a wealth of knowledge and networks which will help us in our mission to ensure that every young person under-25 impacted by cancer gets the vital support they need whilst we continue to navigate the challenges of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic."
Find out more about the support we offer children, young people and their families here.
Our Impact 2021
CRASH Services and JMK Solicitors raise over £55,000 for Cancer Fund for Children
Anna's Light Charity Single Released In Memory of Anna Kearns to Inspire Others
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Q: Confused About MailTo Character Length I am using mailto in my application to open email templates in outlook, however sometimes I notice my text is truncated. I can't seem to figure out what is the exact length of characters I can pass and does limit include the syntax part?
For instance I have
      mailto:developer1@kodyaz.com&subject=Mail To Syntax with Samples&body=Hi,%0AIn this    article you will find samples about how to use MailTo in HTML
How many characters would the above be? And does %0A count as a single character or 3?
Thanks
Ronita

A: First, use http://shadow2531.com/js/mailtouri.html to create mailto URIs and make sure you use UTF-8 for your pages.
As for the length issues, that depends on how the mailto URI is being passed to Outlook. If a browser is using ShellExecute() or CreateProcess() for example, the length limit might be a little less than 32K. If system(), is being used, I'm not sure. If the MAPI is used, length probably won't matter at all. However, Outlook might have its own limits.
As for %0D, that would count as 3 characters as far as length limits of the mailto URI go. For a body value, it'd count as one (or two if it's normalized to \r\n). But, not sure if Outlook has a body value limit when the value comes from a mailto URI.
In general though, you shouldn't have a problem.
I'd start testing for the limit by passing mailto URIs of various lengths to outlook.exe to see where the cutoff is. Just make sure the test mailto URIs are properly-encoded and make sure they're properly quoted on the command line.

A: As per my knowledge there is such restrication apply to mailto tag. Yes there may be some restrication applied by organisation.
%0A will be connsider as single character.

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Another Kickstarter campaign by Cross Lances Studio is happening!
Once again, the models are fantastic… Filippo and the crew are talented sculptors and every one of their models is worthy of tabletop action. I've printed a handful of their previous models and have used them as torture tests and calibration of my D7 resin printers. If I can get the detail from the STL files to show on the print, then I know the machine is tuned.
Here are a few pics of the rendered models and prints I have so far.
I re-based the models and scaled to 32mm scale as it's my preferred model size. They're originally designed at 28mm scale but can be sized up or down seamlessly for printing. Printing was done at 80microns on the Wanhao D7 v1.5 with Monocure3D Rapid Grey resin.
You think these look good? Check out some of the other images from the campaign.
Be sure to check out the campaign and jump on board! For more info, visit the Cross Lances Studio Website and Facebook page.


BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards has set an ambitious timeline for a Medicaid expansion, saying he wants to have government-funded health insurance cards in thousands more people's hands by July 1.
Incoming Health and Hospitals Secretary Rebekah Gee also said the new administration will have to work with health care providers to ensure they're willing to see the patients who will have those new Medicaid insurance cards.
And that's assuming the Republican-led Legislature doesn't try to throw up any roadblocks seeking to slow down an expansion effort.
Edwards, a Democrat who takes office Monday, said he would issue an executive order "within 24 hours from being sworn in" that starts the work required to expand Medicaid as allowed under the federal health care law.
Health coverage for the people who would be eligible for the insurance under the expansion, he said, would begin July 1.
"There is not a challenge there that we won't meet and overcome, because it's too important for the state," Edwards said Tuesday as he announced Gee as his health secretary.
Gee said she was confident the expanded Medicaid coverage could begin in six months. But she added: "I can't promise you that every single person with a Medicaid card can get seen that day."
The incoming health secretary estimated that about 300,000 people, mainly the working poor, would be enrolled for Medicaid under an expansion, which covers adults making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level — about $33,400 for a family of four. However, Gee said she doesn't think all of those people would be signed up in time for the July 1 start date.
Term-limited Gov. Bobby Jindal refused expansion, opposing it as too costly for the state and as an inappropriate growth of government spending. But Edwards wants to accept the billions of dollars in federal funding available to provide insurance coverage to Louisiana's working poor, calling it both a proper moral and financial choice for the state.
Although the federal government would cover the initial full cost of an expansion program, the state in later years would need to pay for 10 percent of the initiative. Louisiana doesn't have a plan for fully paying that cost.
Gee said the Jindal administration's health department staff estimated the agency would need to hire around 248 people to determine people's eligibility for the expanded coverage and to sign up enrollees. The cost for salaries, training and equipment is expected to be $2 million.
The Edwards administration hasn't said how it will pay for that as Louisiana grapples with hefty budget shortfalls.
Handing out hundreds of thousands of new government-funded insurance cards also is expected to be a large demand on the state's health system. Many doctors won't see Medicaid patients, saying payment rates are too low and government paperwork too cumbersome.
"One of the big areas of focus is making the providers want to see the Medicaid patients, helping them want to see them by assisting them with better customer service, better communication, simplifying whenever possible how they're able to deliver services for this population," Gee said.


With tears and sorrow, I am seeking for your assistance. I know this letter might come to you as a surprise because we have not met each other or saw face to face before. My name is Princess Yolande Abunura, Female 23years old an orphan, originated from South Sudan, East Africa.
My father of blessed memory by name late Mr. El-Moiz Abunura who was the President and Chief Executive Officer in Sudan Petroleum Company, SUDAPET at the Block 9/10, Resident 22/1Africa Street P.O. Box 13188 A Khartoum 11111 Sudan, The brutal killing of my mother and my father, one kid sister and kid brother took place one early morning by the rebels as a result of the civil war that is going on until now in my country Sudan.
However, I have chosen to contact you after I have gone through your profile and I believe you are a trustworthy and reliable person who will not let me down or betray me when the fund will transferred into your custody, you may wonder why I am so soon telling you about all this, even without seeing or knowing you fully well, really something in me tells me that you are a good person and I guess I am not wrong. Briefly I will like to disclose little more about myself to you and see if you can help to relocate to your country so as to continue with my studies and have a new life, and please this is a little secrete and I plead with you to keep it to yourself alone until everything is properly arranged and executed, then I will come over to join you in your country.
However, before the death of my father he deposited a huge amount of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand United States dollars ($5.6M) in one of the Banks here in Burkina Faso in my name as his next of kin before the rebels attacked. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. The reason why I need your assistance is based on my father's instruction, which he stated that before the bank release the money I must present a foreign trustee who will help me to invest the fund wisely, so the bank will not release the fund to me without the help of a foreign trustee as my father instruction.
Honestly this fund was deposited by my late father and I have confirmed from the bank manager that the fund is still unclaimed. Please get back to me if you are interesting by helping me, so that I will give you all the details /contact of the bank, because I want the money to be transferred to your account before I come over to join you in your country, I need your urgent answer of your ability to handle this transaction for me so that I will tell you the next step to follow for you to received the fund into your account without any problem, I am really suffering since the death of my parents, it is too painful, but I hope with your help I will have the fund transferred into your account, and I will have a better life to live in your country.
As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it to anybody until the money is transferred into your bank account and then I will come over to your country.
This Email with the Subject "Hello My Dearest," was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:19:20 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Yolande Abunura <yolabunura1998@gmail.com>, although that address was probably spoofed. We recommend that you do not attempt to contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.


PHOENIX (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl has decided to step down after his term ends in 2012.
A person with direct knowledge of Kyl's decision says the senator won't seek re-election. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been officially announced. Kyl scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. MST.
Kyl is the second-ranking Republican in the Senate and has been in office since 1994. He is 68.


What storage layout do LUKS users have?
GParted forum → Feature Requests → What storage layout do LUKS users have?
Topic: What storage layout do LUKS users have?
I am evaluating what needs to be done to add LUKS support to GParted. I would very much appreciate if users can reply with details of their storage layouts so I can see what types of setup exist in the wild. Running the lsblk command and posting the output would be ideal and comment if you think you have a weird setup. I hope to support the most common use cases.
Re: What storage layout do LUKS users have?
This second one is the most difficult to handle by hand because of the physical partition, and where gparted could help more. The first one is quite easy to handle without gparted.
Your first setup is whole disk > LUKS > LVM. This will be possible to support, as GParted is currently gaining support for whole disks. Bug 743181 - Add unpartitioned drive read-write support.
Your second setup is partition > LVM > LUKS. GParted doesn't support LVM2 Logical Volumes so won't see the crypt partition to manage.
My personal set-ups are quite very simple, generally. It's either having a dedicated encrypted partition with ext2/ext3 FS on the computer hard-drive, or a USB Key with one FAT32 partition for maximum compatibility, and a LUKS encrypted partition.
I may consider more exotic setups in the future, but for now I'm simply hoping to have an easy way to setup a dedicated LUKS-encrypted partition to store sensitive data, backups, etc.
Your setup of partition > LUKS > file system will be possible to support.
Your setup of partition > MD Raid > LUKS > LVM will be possible to support. GParted treats (Linux Software) MD Raid as just additional disk devices. GParted is currently gaining support for file systems spanning whole disks, including raid arrays. Bug 743181 - Add unpartitioned drive read-write support.
Also, I have few LUKS-containers (with separate LUKS-headers on USB-sticks).
Your posted setup of partition > LUKS > LVM will be possible to support.
I have never heard of LUKS containers with separate LUKS headers before. I don't know whether this will be possible to support or not. Can you point me at some documentation for this?
Thanks and best wishes. If something is unclear please ask.
This layout was originally created with the Fedora 19 installer, either with the default layout or with a lightly modified version of it. I don't know why it created nested LUKS containers because IIRC, it only asked me for one password. When I boot, I only have to enter one password that is the same for all the LUKS containers.
Thank you for finally putting the work into making this happen. The world has been sorely lacking a graphical program for easily managing encrypted partitions for too long.
I would *LOVE* to see this feature very soon.
My machine is a VirtualBox VDI.
Even if full resizing crypt partitions is not supported, at the bare minimum it would be nice to be able to move entire partitions. For example, in my scenario below, I would have liked to simply enlarge the sda1 partition (larger boot partition). I enlarged the VDI by a few GB, but can not move SDA2 to the right, as it contains SDA5.
Your setup of partition > LUKS > lvm will be supported. GParted will be able to move logical partition sda5 containg LUKS/LVM.
By the way it seems unnecessary to encrypt swap space when the LVM in which it is contained is already encrypted.
Sorry for the very late reply (over 6 months).
That is a really weird setup: partition > LUKS > lvm > LUKS; with every file system encrypted within LVM which is encrypted.
GParted is gaining the capability to support a 1-1-1 relationship of partition (or whole disk) to LUKS to file system. In this case the file system would be the LVM Physical Volume. Therefore this will be supported to the extent that GParted currently supports LVMs, which is to say LVM Physical Volumes are supported but Volume Groups and Logical Volumes are NOT supported.
sdb is the flash drive of interest, from which I currently run Linux Mint. I set up the layout manually in the Linux Mint installer.


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How has open source evolved to fit into Malaysia's digital transformation journey?
The Malaysian government has announced the launch of GovTech and MyGovCloud, which are intended to encourage digital adoption among businesses and citizens nationwide.
Open source has helped organizations from various sectors transform and modernize, including healthcare and automotive.
Open source has revolutionized technology by enabling users to understand how code operates and accelerating the creation of the most cutting-edge software. Instead of attempting to handle everything alone, it allows the reuse and recycling of code, making it simpler to collaborate and achieve goals.
Open source is nothing new in Malaysia; their government was intrigued by the concept of open-source software in the early 2000s because they thought it would encourage innovation in the public sector.
The government has made several announcements this year regarding the nation's digitalization goals. Along with other programs aimed at promoting digital adoption for organizations and people across the country, they include the introduction of GovTech and MyGovCloud..
As Malaysia moves toward becoming a digital economy, businesses must consider the best ways to establish IT infrastructure that is cutting-edge, scalable, and reliable enough to innovate when necessary.
Considering this, Tech Wire Asia had the opportunity to speak with Albert Chai, General Manager of Red Hat RoSEA, on how open source has helped Malaysian organizations in the public sector advance their transformation strategy.
Q: What is the state of Malaysia's current digital economy?
Malaysia has undergone tremendous change in the last two years, with the accelerated use of digital tools and the growth of the digital economy. According to a Google study on the Southeast Asia region, Malaysia's digital economy grew last year due to a 68% surge in e-commerce, indicating that organizations, businesses, and individuals have adopted more digital approaches as well as become more digitally-savvy to keep up with the rapid pace of disruption in the country.
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), through its national strategic initiative with the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia, also recently announced a national initiative named Malaysia Digital to further encourage digital adoption, and opportunities in the digital economy.
This comes at an opportune time as the country has always had an advantage, with many industry experts seeing Malaysia as an ideal location to become a digital hub. Global tech players and data center providers seemingly agree with their recent announcements on the launch of their infrastructure regions here.
With this competitive edge, Malaysia has pushed forward with several moves throughout this year and plans that will contribute towards developing a digital society and economy. Amid the upcoming 5G rollout, the launch of MyGovCloud, cashless payments, and reskilling and upskilling for the IT industry, the MyDigital blueprint to transform Malaysia into a digitally driven, high-income nation, is well on its way.
As a leader in open source technology, our role is to help organizations and public sectors embark on their digital transformation journeys accordingly while also helping to reduce their IT costs and downtime, and modernizing their legacy IT infrastructures. Through the adoption of open source, they can innovate at a rapid pace, in line with evolving industry demands. This is aligned with the pace that Malaysia is going on in, in terms of digital transformation and achieving a digital economy, and we're excited to be part of this journey as well. We've seen tremendous work with our customers and partners of different industries such as telco, public sector, and even FSI, which signals that Malaysia is accelerating its efforts fast.
Q: What strategy should businesses adopt to become modern, scalable, and flexible enough to innovate when needed?
The good thing about digital transformation is that there's no single solution for every organization. Still, the universal principles that underpin DX are, as you say, adapting practices that mean a business is scalable and flexible to changes as needed.
In response to the need to digitize, many enterprises are embarking on a digital strategy which calls for transformation of IT projects to drive revenue growth, enhance customer experience, improve productivity, and manage risk. For example, we are seeing customers such as Bank Islam automate their IT service delivery to accelerate business operations with reduced risk, addressing their user experience, downtime, and resource challenges. They leveraged a variety of open source solutions to automate key IT service operations and to strengthen their system's overall resilience. Automation here is not displacing jobs. Rather, the implementation of Red Hat's automation solutions has reduced system downtimes, improved customer retention, and freed up Bank Islam's IT teams to focus on producing new and innovative products for customers.
Ultimately, businesses should aim to get comfortable with change before the market demands it. No matter what industry your business is in, the threat of disruption can come anytime, so preparedness and agility are key. For example, AmBank engaged Red Hat Open Innovation Labs to learn how to adopt DevOps and agile development processes in 2020, and we had to pivot this to fully digital when the pandemic hit. But after the five-week immersive program, the bank created standard operating procedures for managing upcoming agile application projects. Red Hat also enabled AmBank to embrace a culture of collaboration across teams, which will help reduce requirements mismanagements and coding defects. This ultimately helps improve its speed-to-market and overall business agility.
Our "open source" culture, and the way we work with our partners at Red Hat is all about encouraging organizations to transform their business models quickly through close collaboration both from a cultural perspective (DevOps) and practically (working with the open source developer network, drawing from the knowledge economy). This means businesses are better placed to tap into incredible new opportunities in less time.
Q: How has open source helped Malaysian public sector organizations in advancing their transformation strategy?
We work with our partners and customers in bringing forward the understanding of the need to be equipped to service customers and stay agile to be able to pivot changing business needs. Our work with them is not just to provide open source solutions, but it's about supporting customers with the right capabilities to drive their digital transformation, and better meet the demands of MYDigital.
One example is our work with PERKESO, who needed to modernize its claims platform to better serve its customers. Using Red Hat solutions, it created new digital business workflows and replaced its legacy architecture with a custom application running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and integrated using Red Hat Fuse.
With its new custom application running on RHEL, 400,000+ of Malaysia's employers can now use PERKESO's digital channels to submit payments and contributions, and employees can now access their social security information online. This has boosted online engagement by 90 percent and reduced service time to market from months to days. This has also resulted in about 75 percent fewer manual processes, allowing PERKESO to offer more efficient, accessible online services to their users.
Q: Could you share a case study or case studies where firms from diverse industries have used open source and experienced a significant improvement in their business operations?
Today's businesses operate in a world of increasing complexity characterized by higher data volumes, faster business cycles, and ever more demanding customers. Some examples of how Red Hat globally has helped organizations to transform and modernize are:
In healthtech, Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) in Singapore used open source solution Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) to build their Common Consumer Digital Platform on a commercial cloud environment. This reduced the platform's operational costs and ensured its flexibility to handle fluctuating demands. The scalability of OpenShift on AWS was foundational for IHiS as this platform was used nationwide in Singapore's vaccine effort and during Singapore's Covid response and continues to be key as IHiS scales its backend and consumer-facing applications.
In automotive, The BMW Group (Germany) needed to access, analyze, and apply large amounts of data collected from sensors used during road tests to support its automated vehicle initiatives. BMW Group built a new data platform with Red Hat software, which helped the group reduce development time with faster, more accurate driving simulations and data analytics. The platform also provides scalable data collection, processing, and storage capabilities – with the computer power to simulate up to 240 million kilometers of test data.
In urban planning and smart cities, Korea Land and Housing (LH) Corporation created COMPAS, a platform that applied data insights to solve challenges like traffic congestion and bus service times. Using Red Hat OpenShift running in a managed public cloud, COMPAS performs robust data analysis to help Korea LH and local governments collaboratively address citizen needs. In its first two years of operation, more than ten local governments have used COMPAS, and Korea LH has achieved reductions in both infrastructure operating costs and management time.
All are great examples with relevance in Malaysia as well, given our ongoing trends of continued urbanization and rapid digitalization.
Q: What lessons and notable patterns have Red Hat learned from helping other public sector organizations in the ASEAN region?
ASEAN, I would say, is in the early to mid-stages of shifting from digitalization to true govtech. Govtech is defined by the World Bank as a whole of government approach to public sector modernization which emphasizes universally accessible tech, citizen-centric public services, and a government-wide digital transformation effort.
Singapore is a leader in this respect, with IHiS being one example of rapidly scalable, transparent and reliable services. Not to mention that Singapore has had a dedicated GovTech agency since 2016. We are seeing shifts regionally too, with another health agency in Indonesia, BPJS, offering an example of an organization that pivoted quickly during Covid with open source as the foundation for their technology platform.
With Red Hat's help, BPJS implemented an e-queue service on its mobile app and physical kiosks at the hospital. Patient experience was enhanced by reducing the time patients needed to wait before seeing a doctor. Red Hat solutions also enabled BPJS Kesehatan to be faster to market with feature rollouts on its mobile app, reducing the agency's development and deployment time.
Public sector organizations traditionally have a "wait and see" approach to new technology for good reason, because they need to see proven results as well as cost-effectiveness. The emerging cases we have seen in ASEAN to-date show that open source can deliver positive impact and underscore critical services while remaining secure. I hope we can help more public sector organizations with their public service mandates through our iterative, intelligent and open source software.
Q: Could you give us an overview of the region's tech market right now, focusing on trends that are specific to Malaysia?
Today, we are living in constant change, especially when it comes to accelerating the digital economy and newer technologies and solutions. This is why at Red Hat, we are always encouraging the "open source way", and pushing our customers and partners to be constantly prepared and agile. With the rate of Malaysia's digital transformation journey, we foresee a few trends here around automation and cybersecurity.
We are seeing continued automation of public services. With the public sector currently ramping up its efforts towards Malaysia's digital economy goals, a lot of Chatbots and AI will be crucial tools as governments look to increase efficiency, improve agility and employee productivity. This will be interesting to see, as Gartner, an IT research and consultancy entity, predicts that 75% of governments will have at least three enterprise-wide hyper automation initiatives by 2024. As more organizations and the public sector realize their digital transformation goals, they will also begin identifying and automating repetitive tasks, allowing them to save time, deliver more value, and streamline workflows by applying AI, automation, and self-service to these tasks.
Another key aspect would be cybersecurity. With hybrid work here to stay, more connected devices than ever, and continued adoption of 5G technologies, cybersecurity will continue to be a priority for government organizations. AI can be leveraged to anticipate potential threats and attacks, while also utilizing it for data analytics and identifying anomalies. Enterprise open source has security baked into the foundation as our security teams are constantly working and testing our technology to ensure it meets industry-wide security standards as well as regulatory requirements. So I would say "open source" and "cybersecurity" are not mutually exclusive, in fact, security is a critical point that we all are cognizant of and want to support our customers with.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Muhammad Zulhusni
Quelle/Source: Techwire Asia, 21.11.2022


Anyway, I ended up saving "The Mountain Shadow" by Gregory David Roberts for my trip to Indonesia earlier this year. Though not quite India, there's something about hot, tropical nights that make for ideal reading conditions for this kind of book. The hardcover is gorgeous as well, with a textured jacket and the look of a slightly smudged print.
"The Mountain Shadow" picks up a couple of years after "Shantaram" left off. Australian jail-break Lin is out of the slums and living with his blonde bombshell girlfriend and, though he's still working with the same gang he was in the previous novel, he's off the streets and working in a cramped office doing forgeries. Everything is easier, but everything is different and with alliances shifting and Lin's home life not as certain as he thought, Lin finds himself searching for answers to much bigger questions.
"The Mountain Shadow" is not the same kind of book as "Shantaram". Where "Shantaram" is an action-packed slice of Mumbai street life, brimming with culture and memorable characters, "The Mountain Shadow" is a much slower, more contemplative read that is part murder-mystery, part spiritual awakening.
I must admit, I was a bit disappointed. Roberts is an incredibly evocative reader, and he has some lovely prose, but I did feel like this book was more of a series of profound statements he'd kept track of in a notebook and then jammed together rather than an actual story. There just wasn't any of the tension or the same kind of cultural insights there had been in "Shantaram". It was kind of like a flower slowly blooming, full of promise, only to reveal that it wasn't necessarily worth the wait after all.
A fine holiday read, but more shadow than mountain.


Umme Bushrah is the Chairperson of Electro Group. She was born in 1962 in Dhaka.She comes of a respectable family in the village Arkandi of Faridpur district. She is having the Hons degree in Bengali Language and Literature. Later on she obtained B Ed degree also. She was married to Engr. Md. Ansar Uddin in 1987. She is very social and lively in nature. She always inspires her husband in his innovative jobs. She is always having a helping and cooperative attitude. She is interested in educational, social and cultural activities.


Bill Griffen, the longest tenured professor in State University of New York (SUNY) history, and a lifelong activist for a number of progressive causes, has been added to the AWTT portrait series. Robert Shetterly finished Griffen´s portrait in time to coincide with a show held at the campus where Griffen taught, SUNY Cortland.
While some of the portrait subjects are know best for one act, or one cause, Griffen has been included as an example of an inspired lifetime of commitment. Griffen motivated generations of students not just to teach, but to get involved in the causes that mattered most to them. As a young professor, Griffen himself was inspired by a student who asked Griffen what he did, apart from his teaching. Griffen studied the big picture and the connections between economics, politics, war and justice. As such, he participated in various activist movements, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-War Movement, and for environmental justice.