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The Saigon Camaro
John Stein
You Could Order Anything From The PX
Back in 1968, army supply clerk-turned-MP Carl Virden knew he'd need a car when he was discharged from his Vietnam service. While on R&R in Hawaii, he rented a Datsun 1600 roadster one day and a stripper Camaro the next. It was no contest, and when he returned to his post in Saigon, he went to the Post Exchange (PX) and ordered a new '69 Camaro, checking all the right boxes, including those for the 350-cid/300-horsepower engine, four-speed transmission, Positraction and the SS package.
After a long six months, Virden flew to Oakland, California, to be discharged, caught a helicopter to San Francisco and took delivery of his Camaro at Les Vogel Chevrolet. Curiously, it was delivered with the incorrect badging — a Chevrolet Bowtie instead of an SS on the rear panel — and it had to be returned to a southern California dealer to have the correct badge installed.
With 300 horsepower and his newfound freedom, Virden headed south toward his home in Redondo Beach, stopping for lunch at a small cafe. After his meal, he walked back to the Camaro to continue his trip home. "My new car was surrounded by about 50 people who had just arrived on a bus," he says. "It was a great feeling to make my way through the crowd after answering several questions about it."
Almost 50 years later, retired carpenter and occasional actor Virden is still the proud owner of the Camaro he took delivery of the very day he was discharged from the army.
The Camaro was Virden's family car until 1979, when he retired it from daily use after what he refers to as a "fender bender." Though he never completely restored it, after the body repairs, Virden had the Camaro resprayed in its original Le Mans Blue. The odometer now shows 109,000 miles, the vinyl top has never been replaced, and the interior and transmission also remain original, while the original engine has been rebuilt.
Today, Virden uses the car sparingly, showing it occasionally and sometimes driving home with a trophy or two. Returning from one show, a driver in another lane wanted to buy the Camaro and kept waving a handful of hundreds, hollering out the window while motoring down the freeway. But there is no way he could ever sell it. For Carl Virden, the Camaro is as much a part of the family as his grown son and daughters. Son Bret agrees and has already staked claim to Dad's "Saigon Camaro," ensuring that it will remain in the family for at least another generation.
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Militants invade Igando area of Lagos
Militants have again invaded Igando area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with people feared killed.
There was pandemonium in the area as at this morning as the militants broke into people's houses to wreck havoc.
The affected community is Ewedogbo area of Igando, along LASU road. The streets are empty as the militants have taken over everywhere.
A resident in the area, who craved anonymity sent a SOS message to the police and the state government to quickly act as the militants were killing people.
"Please help us call emergency line right now, Ewedogbo area of Igando, LASU Road is on war, Niger Delta militant are killing people right now, no one can call or go out, I am eye witness, please, help us spread the information," he said in an urgent whatsapp message around 8.00am on Tuesday.
According to him, the policemen who came to the area had run away as the militants had occupied everywhere.
"The police that came have run back, the militants have occupied everywhere right now in Ewedogbon. They just broke our house's main gate right now," he said.
A top police officer, who craved anonymity, said the police were aware of the invasion, saying that policemen had been drafted to the area to protect lives and properties.
He added that an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, had been stationed in the area. He said the police were on top of the situation, but could not confirm if there were casualties.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Dolapo Badmos, when contacted said the police were aware of the invasion and that everything was under control as policemen had been drafted to the area to protect lives and properties.
Recently, militants had invaded communities in Igando killed people and destroyed properties worth several millions of naira.
In Ikorodu area of Lagos, residents of Igbolomu are still living in fear as militants had severally attacked them and killed scores of people. Several residents who fled the area had not returned as they feared that the police would not be able to protect them.
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The culture includes music, literature, history, cooking, art and theater. Here are just some samples. LISTEN: De Leon: Indie rock band with 15th century Spanish influences infused with cadences of the ancient Sephardic tradition. http://jdubrecords.org/artists.php?id=22 Pharoah's Daughter: Jewish folk group infuses an eclectic instrumental blend of traditional Ju- daic tunes with Arabic rhythm and African beats in "Haran," an infectiously beautiful album full of haunting joy. http://www.pharaohsdaughter.com/bio.html Vanessa Paloma: Singer, performer, scholar and writer specializing in Sephardic women's songs and their connection to women's spiritual expression. http://vanessapaloma.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mMlqeR-NV30 Peter Svarzbein Vanessa Paloma, a singer and scholar, is now living in Morocco, where she can find out more about her past. READ: "Cry of The Peacock," by Gina Nahai (Crown, 1991): The Iranian Jewish author's first novel (she's writing her fifth) charts seven generations of a Jewish family begin- ning in 18th-century Persia to modern-day Iran. "The Rabbi's Cat" and "The Rabbi's Cat 2," by Joann Sfar (Pantheon Books, 2005, 2008): A funny and wiry graphic novel about an Algerian rabbi in the 1930s whose cat sometimes speaks but always narrates these tales that investigate Jewish, Arab and French culture. "Dropped From Heaven," by Sophie Judah (Schocken, 2007): A collection of mov- ing stories about the everyday life of a fictional community of Indian Jews (Bene Israel) as its ancient culture confronts the modern world. "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World," by Lucette Lagnado (Harper Perennial: Reprint edition, 2008): Lagnado's memoir of her father and her family's life in cosmopolitan Cairo and their painful relocation to poverty in America. "The Schocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature," edited by Ilan Stavans (Shocken, 2005): This anthology of fiction, memoirs, essays and poetry from 28 writers spans more than 150 years and offers a collective portrait of the "other Jews," Sephardim who long for their lost ancestral home even as they create a vibrant, multifaceted literary tradition in exile. "Sephardic Jews in Amercia: A Diasporic History," by Aviva Ben Ur (New York University Press, 2009). 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"Arabesque: ATaste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon," by Claudia Roden (Knopf, 2006): The authority on Middle Eastern and North African food offers 150 recipes from three countries. "Mama Nazima's Jewish Iraqi Cuisine," by Rivka Goldman (Hippocrene Books, 2006): A cookbook-memoir with 100 family recipes with Mongolian, Turkish and Indian influences. Jori Klein De Leon, an Indie rock band shown in a live performance, features music with 15th century Spanish influences. idea what the songs mean. It doesn't seem to matter. "It wasn't a Ladino-fluent crowd," Saks jokes after the show, referring to the Judeo- Spanish language from the Middle Ages. "I think people can get past the language barrier. In a place like New York City, we're acclimated to hearing music in foreign languages." Saks grew up near Wash- ington listening to Sephardic music played by his mother, whose family lived in Italy for centuries after the expulsion from Spain before coming to the United States. Years later he would name his band after his great- grandfather Giorgio DeLeon and philosopher Moses De- Leon. With its haunting melodies and the Spanish timeless themes of love and God and murder, he thought the music "held up well, better than most songs." He knew there were plenty of people recording traditional music, but "I thought I could bring it to my peers and bring new light to them." DeLeon is part of a new crop of modern Jewish artists drawing on their Sephardic roots--from Spain and Por- tugal, to Morocco, Iran and Syria, to India and Greece. Many of those Jewish com- munities, although not all, were created by Jews who left Spain following the Inquisi- tion, when they were ordered to convert or leave the country by July 31,1492 (Tisha B'Av of that year). Now, more than five centu- ries later, dozens of musicians, writers, poets, playwrights, filmmakers, historians, edu- cators and chefs are reclaim- ing that culture to create a veritable Sephardic renais- sance. 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Hey everyone..I finally got some time out and managed to do an outfit post for you guys. It feels like ages since I last did one. So for todays look I'm wearing my all new blouse that I got from SheInside a while ago.
I paired this blouse with my leather pants and jacket to make this outfit more edgy and appropriate for this windy weather.
In accessories, I am carrying my favorite quilted leather satchel that is from Forever21. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it on display.
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CFBA Book Spotlight: Love Finds You in Bridal Veil Oregon by Miralee Ferrell
About the Book: Against a backdrop of thievery and murder in Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon, a historic logging community, a schoolteacher is torn between the memories of a distant love and the man who could be her future.
Sixteen-year-old Margaret Garvey had given her heart to Nathaniel Cooper the night he disappeared from town. Four years later, just as she's giving love a second chance with Andrew, a handsome logger, Nathaniel suddenly returns. He steams back into Bridal Veil on a riverboat to work at the nearby sawmill to town with a devastating secret.
While grappling with the betrayal of those she trusted most, Margaret risks her reputation and position by harboring two troubled runaways who might be involved in the murder of a local man.
When disaster strikes the town and threatens the welfare of its citizens, Margaret will be faced with the most important choice of her life.


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The Reserve caught up with French artist Bernar Venet in Cognac as he unveiled his new decanter designed for Martell
Widely regarded as one of France's most prolific artists, Bernar Venet began exhibiting his work in 1965. Today, almost five decades on, he shows no sign of slowing down with an impressive collection of shows and exhibitions this year alone in Korea, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and the US. In July, the conceptual artist launched the Venet Foundation, an exhibition space and sculpture park set within four hectares at Venet's French estate otherwise known as Le Muy. Even more recently he was in Cognac (where The Reserve spoke with him) to unveil a crystal decanter that he was commissioned to make for Martell Premier Voyage, the cognac house's 300th anniversary blend.
Reminiscent of Venet's 2011 sculptures presented in the gardens and the Marly Estate at the Palace of Versailles, the design of Martell Premier Voyage's presentation comprises metal arcs that are divided into three clusters that shelter the teardrop-shaped Sèvres crystal decanter. In the artist's words, "I was inspired by the date 1715, as it was the year that Louis XIV died and this great cognac house was born. In the past I have created a sculpture around a statue of Louis XIV, and I wanted a sense of continuity with my work. The arches in the work symbolise this continuity, and a sense of time. The three arc clusters represent the three centuries that we are celebrating. There are so many parallels between Versailles, the birthplace of Art De Vivre, and Martell and with what I do."
According to the artist, the Palace of Versailles presented an ideal backdrop for his sculptures and gave him an opportunity to capture his conception of space. "I found Versailles fascinating even before they started organising contemporary art exhibitions. I made my own photomontages, overlaying my sculptures and the Château de Versailles backdrops. I kept that project secret, along with several other 'perfect views' for my work. Versailles, as I see it, is all about wide open spaces and perspectives that stretch as far as the eye can see."
Known for creating abstract pieces that make reference to the language of mathematics and science, Venet translates his passion for mathematical equations and scientific theories into three-dimensional form. One such representation of this expression was his 2012 collaboration with Bugatti when he was invited to create a work of art that combined the artist's vision and passions with the carmaker's Grand Sport model. The result was an application of mathematical formulae calculating the power of the Bugatti engine on the car itself, integrating the symbols of speed and performance both inside and out.
Commenting on the Bugatti collaboration, Venet remarks, "A Bugatti is already a work of art in itself, one that transports both its beholder and its driver into new dimensions of reality. I realised how I could translate my passion for mathematical equations and scientific treatises into three-dimensional form. My works are usually self-referential. So I found the idea of translating the equations of the Bugatti engineers onto the bodywork of the car very appealing. It was, so to speak, a logical conclusion and a new challenge in terms of the specific form of collaboration and implementation. To me, the result is also exceptional when measured by artistic standards and bestows the object with a mythical character."
Bernar Venet is represented in many important public and private collections all over the world, including The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles). In recent years, important retrospectives of the artist's work have been mounted in Germany, Hungary, France, Spain and South Korea. In Hong Kong, Venet is represented by de Sarthe Gallery, located on the 8th floor of the Club Lusitano building in Central.
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Broad Ripple residents concerned after pair of weekend shootings – WISHTV.com
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)- There is real concern in the heart of one of Indy's most popular neighborhoods.
Less than 48 hours after two separate shootings rocked Broad Ripple, people in the area say they're on edge.
"It's scary to think that people are getting shot," Broad Ripple resident Graham Watson said. "Scary to think that violence is even local here."
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told News 8 detectives are investigating both of the weekend shootings in Broad Ripple.
"I mean, it's definitely pretty crazy," Eric Roberts, who visits Broad Ripple daily, said.
IMPD say they found two people with gunshot wounds just after 1:30 Sunday morning at the corner of Broad Ripple and Guilford avenues. Less than an hour later, another person was found shot just a couple blocks down Broad Ripple Avenue near the FedEx Store.
"It's unnerving," Watson said. "Just living here locally, we've lived here for 2 years. Broad Ripple should be a safe spot, especially being here on the area. But we've had these occurrences up and down over the last few years, but we thought these kind of ended and stopped. But it's a little terrifying. We're trying to have our family grow up here. So, it's unsettling."
Monday night, police tell News 8 the two victims are stable.
"I wish a speedy recovery for those people involved in this," Sudesh Nadar, who lives in Broad Ripple, said.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call IMPD's aggravated assault detectives at 317-327-3475 or call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.


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CWA e-Newsletter: Nov. 13, 2014
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Want to be in next week's CWA Newsletter? Send your stories and photos to blog@cwa-union.org or @CWANews. Follow the latest developments at www.resistancegrowing.org.
CWAers, Allies Unite Against TPP in Week of Action
CWA President Larry Cohen Talks TPP on MSNBC
Cohen: Our Veterans Deserve Better Than a Trade Deal that Dishonors our Democracy
Feds Slap Cablevision with Third Labor Complaint in Less than Two Years
CWA: Don't Give a Free Ride to a Handful of Companies at the Expense of All Broadband Users
Petition on AT&T Retiree Health Care
Remembering the Crew of United Flight 93
Organizing Update
Next CWA Telephone Town Hall Call on Nov. 20
This week has seen CWA members in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, New York, California, Texas and Colorado leafleting work sites and pushing members of Congress to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and "fast track" authority that will make any amendments to this job-killing deal impossible.
There's still time to participate in this week of action and make your voice heard.
Click here to send an email.
At StopFastTrack.com, activists can get information from a broad coalition of organizations determined to stop fast track and TPP.
More than 30 national organizations are participating in the Week of Action, sending email blasts to members, pushing out the "stop fast track" message on social media and joining in 19 separate on-the ground rallies.
CWA Local 9509 members protested outside the San Diego office of Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA), calling on her to stand up against fast track.
At a TPP Community Forum in Sacramento, sponsored by CWA Local 9421, CWA D9, Citizens Trade Campaign, Food & Water Watch, The Sacramento Central Labor Council, Sierra Club, Global Exchange, Alliance for Democracy, and SEIU 1000, a representative of Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) joined the event.
In Washington, D.C., petitions with more than 750,000 signatures opposing "fast track" authority were delivered to the offices of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR).
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, "some of the greatest public skepticism about trade and foreign investment is found in the United States." A growing coalition of small business, labor, environmental, social justice and good government groups – and voters of both parties – oppose fast track and TPP.
More than two dozen CWAers and coalition partners rally at the office of Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) in Boulder to protest "fast track" trade promotion authority for the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
In Sacramento, CWAers and allies hold a community forum on TPP.
CWA Local 9509 members called on Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) at her San Diego office to tell her to stand up against fast track.
IUE-CWA "mentees" from the union's mentorship program lobby Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) on how fast track and TPP will harm working families and communities.
CWA President Larry Cohen talked about TPP with MSNBC host Ed Schultz. Watch it here.
CWA President Larry Cohen issued this message on Veterans Day, Nov. 11:
This week, we celebrated Veterans Day as our Executive Board met in Washington. We made sure to honor and recognize the service of so many CWA sisters and brothers, something that rightfully should be done not just on Veterans Day but every day, by ensuring that our veterans have the jobs, opportunities and services they need.
Washington, D.C., was focused on a huge concert on the mall. Our board members however, were focused on our ongoing campaign against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal that has Vietnam as a leading "partner."
How can our nation honor our veterans, yet promote the worst trade deal we've seen yet, a deal that undoubtedly will result in jobs leaving the U.S., lower pay for U.S. workers with "tradeable" jobs, and huge gains for the Vietnamese government?
We will remember the service of so many. But we also can honor our veterans by fighting back against TPP during this week of action and in the months ahead. Vietnam has a minimum wage of 28 cents per hour, an average hourly wage of 75 cents and virtually no worker, consumer or environmental rights or protections.
When our veterans come home, we should greet them not only with parades and concerts, but with good jobs and benefits, not trade deals that dishonor our democracy and our rights and those of working families around the world.
So let's double down and do all we can to defeat TPP, for our veterans, and working families everywhere.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued another sweeping federal complaint against Cablevision and its CEO James Dolan last Thursday for violations of federal labor law at its Brooklyn unit. Cablevision was charged with illegally firing Jerome Thompson, conducting an illegal sham poll of workers to determine if they wanted to leave their union and illegally implementing changes in working conditions without bargaining with CWA.
This complaint comes on top of charges that two separate NLRB regional offices authorized against the company in April 2013: One in Brooklyn for illegally firing 22 workers, bargaining in bad faith, and spying on workers, and another in the Bronx for illegally intimidating, harassing and essentially bribing workers during a union representation election. Briefs in that case were filed on Feb. 28, and an Administrative Law Judge's decision on those charges is expected soon.
The NLRB issued another sweeping federal complaint against Cablevision and CEO James Dolan last week for violations of federal labor law.
"The federal government has once again charged James Dolan and Cablevision with shamelessly breaking federal labor laws," said District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton. "This discriminatory and illegal treatment of hard-working men and women is unacceptable, and it's time for public officials to make clear to James Dolan that just because he's a billionaire, he doesn't get to supersede the law or trample on workers' rights. Brooklyn Cablevision workers deserve equal pay, the respect of having their federally-protected labor rights honored, and a fair contract."
The NLRB complaint cites Cablevision, Dolan and the so-called "Honest Ballot Association" (HBA) for violating the National Labor Relations Act in the following ways:
Cablevision illegally firing Thompson, an 11-year employee and leader of the union drive, for engaging in a "protected, concerted" effort to demand that Cablevision pay its Brooklyn employees the same as workers elsewhere in Cablevision. Thompson had previously compared the way Cablevision's discriminatory treatment of the Brooklyn workers hurt the company's reputation to the way that slavery stained America's reputation.
At an unannounced meeting at a company garage in September, according to the complaint, Dolan illegally threatened workers. If they voted to keep CWA in his sham poll, he implied that they would not get a pay increase, would lose their jobs and would be left behind in training.
Dolan illegally offered to pay off the union to "disclaim interest in representing" Cablevision workers.
The NLRB also charged Dolan with illegally bypassing the union at the meeting to discuss wages and working conditions directly with the employees.
The NLRB cited the HBA for its illegal conduct of the sham election on Sept. 10, saying that the workers were given personal PIN numbers by the HBA prior to the vote that gave workers the impression that their votes were not secret. Furthermore, the HBA illegally "surveilled" workers as they cast their ballots.
The NLRB also cited Cablevision for implementing two different work rules changes without bargaining over them as required by the National Labor Relations Act.
Recently, 42 of the New York City Council's 51 members wrote to the Commissioner of New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication to express concerns that Cablevision may not meet city franchisee requirements because of the pending NLRB charges against the company.
For more information, visit www.thecablevision99.org.
CWA issued this comment concerning President Obama's statement this week on net neutrality:
CWA supports strong rules to protect an open Internet: no blocking, full transparency, and no unreasonable discrimination. These were the rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010, and they have worked to promote free expression on the Internet and the virtuous circle of job-creating investment until successfully challenged in court by Verizon.
Jobs and investment matter. The focus of Internet policy must be grounded in the reality that building a truly high-speed Internet will take hundreds of billions of dollars. Policies that tilt the Internet economy in favor of companies like Google, Amazon, and Netflix that make billions of dollars in profits are shortsighted. Such policies won't create the incentives necessary for investment and will cost good-paying jobs that our nation can't afford to lose.
CWA believes that the strongest legal basis to protect an open Internet is to follow the road map provided by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year based on Section 706. As an independent agency, the FCC should move forward with strong open Internet rules based on that road map.
A petition campaign organized by Steve Tisza, president of CWA Local 4250 and head of CWA Retired Members' Chapter 210, is mobilizing CWAers to fight back to safeguard retiree health care.
Be a part of the campaign and sign the petition here.
Nick Pino, a United Airlines Flight Attendant and AFA-CWA Local 21062 member, ran his first marathon to honor his colleagues, the heroes of United Flight 93, who perished in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nick Pino, a United Airlines Flight Attendant and member of AFA-CWA Local 21062, had never run a marathon. But when he was selected in a company lottery to run in the NYC Marathon, he jumped on the opportunity to run and honor his colleagues, the heroes of United Flight 93 who perished in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nick dedicated his training and race to those colleagues and raised funds for the Jason Dahl Scholarship fund; Dahl was the captain of United Flight 93.
AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson said, "We're very proud of Nick for this personal memorial to our colleagues, and want to recognize his tremendous effort. We honor our friends and colleagues who lost their lives on Sept. 11 every day, through our work for the safest skies and our vigilance as aviation's first responders."
CWA, IBEW Workers Continue Strike at FairPoint
Dozens of union activists protested yesterday outside a New York City conference attended by officials of Angelo, Gordon & Co., a Wall Street hedge fund that owns the biggest stake in the troubled telecom company FairPoint Communications. CWA and IBEW members in northern New England have been on strike at FairPoint since Oct. 17.
FairPoint negotiators walked away from the bargaining table in late August and imposed a contract that ended restrictions on subcontracting and outsourcing, froze pensions, increased health care costs for active workers, slashed retiree health care, added a two-tier wage plan and more. That move by FairPoint forced 215 members of CWA Local 1400 in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine and 1,500 members of IBEW Locals 2320, 2326 and 2327 to strike.
Angelo, Gordon & Co. owns nearly 20 percent of FairPoint shares. The Wall Street hedge fund also manages a portion of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), the nation's third largest public pension fund.
"The hypocrisy of Angelo, Gordon is appalling," CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton said. "They want to make huge profits by investing public employees' pensions, and then they stand by while FairPoint tries to gut workers' pensions and end retiree health care. This is a betrayal of their investors and the public and we will expose it at every opportunity."
CWA and the IBEW have filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board over FairPoint's illegally imposing contract proposals before the impasse was reached.
FairPoint bought Verizon's northern New England landlines in 2007 and filed for bankruptcy protection 18 months later. CWA and IBEW led a campaign fighting the sale at the time.
AT&T Mobility Technicians in Ohio
Eight AT&T Mobility Network technicians in Ohio have joined CWA Local 4320. The entire unit of former Alltel technicians signed up for union representation.
A strong majority of Cricket retail employees in both Oklahoma and Arkansas have joined CWA; the results were certified by the American Arbitration Association.
Helping make this happen were:
Local 6012 – President Chad Barnhill, Secretary-Treasurer Dave Ratcliff, VPs Shelley Mims and LareRonita Ratcliff, and Chief Steward Roger Waldrup.
Local 6016 – President Monica Eason and VP Jay Albertson.
Local 6502 – President Mary Ann Hopkins, EVP Jim Murray, and Stewards Will Wooten and Todd Seaman.
Local 6505 – President Michael Richmond and Secretary-Treasurer Joe Grubbs.
Local 6507 – President Gerald Murray and VP Carolyn Williams.
Elko County, Nevada Deputy Sheriffs
The Elko County Deputy Sheriffs Association, representing 44 deputies, voted to affiliate with CWA Local 9110/Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers.
Sign up now for the next CWA town hall call on Thursday, Nov. 20, starting at 7:30 pm ET. The call will last half an hour.
Register at http://cwa-union.org/cwacall and pick up the phone when you get the call.


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Pieklik – część wsi Turośl w Polsce położona w województwie podlaskim, w powiecie kolneńskim, w gminie Turośl.

Dawniej wieś.

Historia
W latach 1921–1939 wieś leżała w województwie białostockim, w powiecie kolneńskim (od 1932 w powiecie ostrołęckim), w gminie Turośl.

Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku wieś zamieszkiwało 58 osób w 11 budynkach mieszkalnych. Miejscowość należała do parafii rzymskokatolickiej w m. Turośl. Podlegała pod Sąd Grodzki w Kolnie i Okręgowy w Łomży; właściwy urząd pocztowy mieścił się w m. Turośl a z urząd z dostępem do telefonu m. Kolno.

W wyniku agresji Niemiec we wrześniu 1939, miejscowość znalazła się pod okupacją i do stycznia 1945 była przyłączona do III Rzeszy i znalazła się w strukturach Landkreis Scharfenwiese (ostrołęcki) w rejencji ciechanowskiej (Regierungsbezirk Zichenau) Prus Wschodnich.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa łomżyńskiego.

Przypisy

Turośl (wieś w województwie podlaskim)

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You may have seen Do featuring in some of our most iconic heritage images – with beautiful eyes and elegant features, Do Moore was quite the starring lady of the Parker Knoll brochures back in the late 60's to early 70's.
Modelling some of our most iconic pieces, Do became a Parker Knoll icon in her own right over the years and we still use her images today to illustrate our rich British heritage.
This week's blog is a tribute to Do, her life and her successful career, with special thanks to Do's dear family friend, Ms Lowes.
Do's father, Fred Moore, joined the Air Force at the outbreak of World War 2, where he served in a South coast base that was attacked during the Battle of Britain. After Do's birth in 1942 and the family returned to London with many other families seeking to begin a new life at the end of the war.
Do, her mother, father and two sisters moved into a London pre-fab, a pre-cast concrete home part of a scheme organised by Winston Churchill to tackle the huge housing shortage that had emerged in Britain.
Do's mother found work in a Daily Mirror office and Do, intelligent and beautiful, obtained job with a prestigious West End photographer, Baron, as soon as she left school.
Baron was the Royal photographer at the time so Do had the exclusive opportunity of making regular trips to Buckingham Palace, delivering proofs of Royal pictures so that the official portraits could be chosen.
In a spare moment, Baron would take her photograph – this collection of images became the beginning of Do's portfolio. Her mother was thrilled, and when the newspaper ran a photo competition she proudly entered. The prize was a day on set and an appearance as an extra in the 1959 movie Tiger Bay.
Winning this prize inspired Do to begin her work as a photographic model. Joining a London-based agency, Do began to win jobs almost immediately.
Do soon met her husband, Ian Fawn-Meade, who was the writer/producer on one of her commercial shoots. Their engagement was covered by national newspapers as her face was well-known nationwide as the "Yo Ho Ho" girl, an advertising campaign for Captain Morgan's rum in 1965.
Do made multiple appearances in the Parker Knoll Book of Comfort in the late 1960's, early 1970's and, as Do became increasingly recognised, worldwide opportunities laid themselves in front of her.
Benny Hill spoofed her appearance in a washing up liquid commercial and she was a guest at the Number 10 Downing Street party for Ted Heaths election win, collecting an award from him at the annual TV Awards dinner.
Do continued to work in the modelling industry in both Australia and Japan throughout her life where she gained the nickname "Transistor Glam"!


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Jean-Louis Beaumadier est un flûtiste français.

Biographie
Jean-Louis Beaumadier a commencé ses études de flûte au conservatoire de Marseille avec Joseph Rampal et les a poursuivies au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris avec Jean-Pierre Rampal. Ses autres professeurs furent Jean Augier, Gaston Crunelle, Robert Hériche et surtout Alain Marion.

Son goût très vif pour le piccolo et les instruments en bois date de ses jeunes années quand sa famille lui avait acheté un magnifique piccolo ancien, un "Bonneville" en ébène. Depuis plusieurs années, il a entrepris un travail en profondeur pour faire mieux connaître le piccolo et faire partager aux autres  sa joie d'en jouer.  Au début, piccoliste aux Concerts Colonne puis, pendant douze ans, piccolo solo à l'Orchestre national de France, il joue sous la direction de chefs prestigieux (Sergiu Celibidache, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawallisch...) et travaille également dans d'autres orchestres en France et ailleurs, comme au Japon, à l'Orchestre international Saito Kinen de Seiji Ozawa.

Son abondante discographie (Calliope-Harmonia-Mundi, Classic-Talents, Lyrinx, Rodolphe, Skarbo-Intégral...) assortie d'un Grand Prix international du disque de l'Académie Charles-Cros pour le cd La belle époque du piccolo et sa collection pédagogique aux éditions Billaudot, lui confèrent la reconnaissance et l'amitié de flûtistes qui l'invitent à travers le monde dans les grandes conventions et festival de flûtes (Japon, USA, Grande-Bretagne, Pays-Bas, Brésil, Costa Rica, Autriche, Slovénie, Équateur...). Il se produit également dans de très nombreux concerts en France et dans le monde (Israël, Irlande, Italie, Belgique, Allemagne, Sénégal, Croatie, USA, Autriche, Slovénie, Espagne, Pays-Bas...).

Jean-Louis Beaumadier est professeur au Conservatoire de Région de Marseille et anime également des Master-classes dans les grandes institutions musicales à travers le monde.

« Jean-Louis fut l'élève de mon père avant de devenir le mien. Doué d'une merveilleuse technique, il se fit remarquer dès le début par sa personnalité attachante et son sens artistique développé. Il s'est spécialisé avec bonheur dans l'interprétation du répertoire pour la petite flûte et c'est une joie de l'entendre tour à tour virevolter ou rêver... c'est le "Paganini du piccolo" ! » (Jean-Pierre Rampal).

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Flûtiste classique
Flûtiste français
Élève du conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Marseille
Professeur au conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Marseille
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)


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Average Global Connection Speed Up 14% According to Akamai's 'Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report'
Data shows 4K readiness and broadband connectivity increased steadily in the third quarter of 2015
Cambridge, MA | December 16, 2015
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, today released its Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics, notable Internet disruptions, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation.
Data and graphics from the Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site. State of the Internet Report-related discussions are also taking place on the Akamai Community.
"While we did observe an increase in the number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to Akamai, the third quarter of 2015 saw the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for North America completely exhaust its available inventory of IPv4 address space," noted David Belson, editor of the State of the Internet Report. "The continued depletion of IPv4 space, in both North America and around the world, should further spur organizations to expand or accelerate their own IPv6 adoption, particularly as the cost of obtaining IPv4 address space may rise as scarcity increases."
Highlights from Akamai's Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report:
Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband Connectivity
Global average connection speed increased slightly (0.2%) to 5.1 Mbps from the second quarter, accounting for a 14% increase year-over-year.
South Korea had the top average connection speed at 20.5 Mbps, despite a year-over-year drop of 19% since the third quarter of 2014.
After a 12% quarterly increase in the second quarter, the global average peak connection speed declined a slight 0.9% to 32.2 Mbps in the third quarter. This accounts 30% year-over-year growth.
Singapore (135.4 Mbps) and Macao (73.7 Mbps) saw double-digit quarterly gains at 25% and 18%, respectively. Singapore also retained its position as the country/region with the highest average peak connection speed.
Globally, 5.2% of unique IP addresses connected to Akamai at average speeds of at least 25 Mbps, a 6.3% increase over the previous quarter. Year-over-year, global 25 Mbps adoption increased by 15%, in contrast to the 0.5% yearly decrease seen in the second quarter.
Three of the top 10 countries/regions – South Korea (24% adoption), Hong Kong (14% adoption), and Japan (13% adoption) – saw yearly declines, losing 37%, 15%, and 2.5%, respectively.
In the U.S., 10 states had 10% or more of unique IP addresses connected to Akamai at average speeds of at least 25 Mbps, with the District of Columbia holding the top spot at 22% adoption.
The global percentage of unique IP addresses connecting to Akamai that met the 4 Mbps broadband speed threshold increased 2.7% to 65%. Year-over-year growth was 9.8%.
In the third quarter of 2015, 27% of unique IP addresses across the world connected to Akamai at average speeds above 10 Mbps, an increase of 2.4% over the previous quarter. Year-over-year, this was a 19% increase.
15% percent of the unique global IP addresses connected to Akamai at average "4K-ready" connection speeds of 15 Mbps or above, up 5.3% from the second quarter. Year-over-year, the global 15 Mbps adoption rate grew 21% with seven of the top 10 countries/regions seeing gains ranging from 8.9% in Latvia (31% adoption) to 73% in Norway (37% adoption).
Partially offsetting the second-quarter drop, the number of unique, worldwide IPv4 addresses connecting to Akamai increased by about 4.8 million in the third quarter.
The U.K. saw IPv4 counts hold steady, while the U.S. saw a small 0.5% decline from the second quarter.
On a global basis, close to 60% of the countries/regions saw a quarter-over-quarter increase in unique IPv4 address counts in the third quarter, compared with roughly half in the second quarter
43 countries/regions saw IPv4 address counts grow 10% or more, while 27 saw counts decline 10% or more as compared with the previous quarter.
European countries continued to dominate the top 10 countries/regions, taking eight of the top 10 spots with the largest percentage of content requests made to Akamai over IPv6 in the third quarter of 2015.
Despite an 8.4% quarterly drop, Belgium again maintained a clear lead, with 35% of content requests being made over IPv6.
Verizon Wireless (72%) and Belgium's Telenet (53%) continued to lead as the two companies with more than half of their requests to Akamai made over IPv6.
Nine of the top 20 providers had at least one in four content requests to Akamai via IPv6, down from 11 in the second quarter. However, all of the top 20 – up from 17 in the previous quarter – had at least 10% of their requests to Akamai occur over IPv6.
About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. For additional information on the metrics in the report and how they are analyzed, please visit http://akamai.me/sotimetrics. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit http://www.stateoftheinternet.com/soti-reports. To download the figures from the Third Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report, please visit: http://wwwns.akamai.com/soti/soti_q315_figures.zip
As the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer, enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere. To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are helping businesses move faster forward, please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
Chris Nicholson
Akamai Media Relations
cnichols@akamai.com


Introduction: Short interpregnancy periods increase the likelihood of preterm delivery and low birth weight,1 both of which are significant causes of infant morbidity and mortality.2 Since nearly half of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned,3 opportunities exist to better understand barriers to contraceptive services. Studying these barriers as perceived by clinical staff can better guide programs to improve interpregnancy spacing.
Methods: Between September and November 2017, 76 staff and 95 primary care clinicians from two family medicine residency practices (Highland Family Medicine (HFM) in Rochester, New York and St Margaret Family Medicine (SM) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) completed surveys. Questions assessed perceived barriers to providing contraceptive services, contraception knowledge, and opportunities for improvement. Survey-based analysis focused on comparative descriptive statistics between staff and provider responses.
Results: Clinicians ranked side effects and patient lack of awareness and misconceptions about contraceptive methods more highly than staff (P=0.0073 and P=0.0001, respectively). Staff identified childcare and work absence as more significant barriers (P=0.0114 and P=0.0380, respectively). Providers felt appointment timing was the largest constraint to contraceptive care. Staff perceived financial limitations and scheduling to be the top barriers. Nonclinician staff exhibited significant knowledge gaps regarding contraception.
Conclusions: Numerous modifiable barriers contribute to difficulty providing contraceptive services. Providers and staff largely agree on the perceived barriers, but there is a significant gap in nonclinician staff knowledge of contraception. Education can address one of the leading concerns, but improvement efforts should also address areas such as availability of devices, scheduling issues, and resident supervision.
Family planning and adequate birth spacing serve as critical aspects of women's reproductive health. Unintended pregnancies result in an increased number of premature/low birth weight infants, decreased rates of breastfeeding, and increased risks of physical and mental illness in children. Shortened interpregnancy periods increase the likelihood of preterm delivery and low birth weight,1 which contribute significantly to infant morbidity and mortality.2 Between 2008 to 2012, use of highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods was associated with a period of decline in unintended pregnancies.3 Despite this decline, 45% of pregnancies in the United States remain unplanned.3 The IMPLICIT Network has developed an innovative, evidence-based approach to interconception care by screening mothers during their babies' well-child visits, addressing risk factors such as provision of effective contraceptive methods to ensure adequate birth spacing.4 Network data demonstrates that use of contraception rapidly declines after the first 6 weeks postpartum.5 More effective strategies must be developed to provide access to contraception during this period.
Background literature has identified a variety of challenges based upon patient and health center factors. Patient-related barriers include misconceptions about contraceptive methods, appointment access, lack of insurance, and cultural and religious beliefs. Health center barriers include cost, limited LARC device availability, and obstacles to same-day LARC initiation. Providers encounter challenges in patient-provider communication, adequate training, knowledge gaps regarding safety, appropriateness of candidates, and confidentiality for adolescents.6-14 A paucity of literature exists examining the impacts of nonclinician staff knowledge on contraception access. Our study examined barriers perceived by health care providers and staff at two family health centers in order to identify clinic-specific challenges and improve patient access to contraception.
We developed two surveys for providers and staff available from the STFM Resource Library.15 We designed the surveys with consideration of barriers previously identified in the literature and input from local experts and office staff. We investigated barriers in two different ways to provide internal consistency and included free response options. Ranking score maximum numbers varied by question depending on how many potential barriers were listed as options for selection. Participant demographics and general contraception knowledge was also collected. Eligibility criteria included current employment at one of two residency affiliated family health centers: Highland Family Medicine (HFM) in Rochester, New York or St Margaret Family Medicine (SM) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Participants were recruited by email invitation and asked to complete the electronic survey via the SurveyMonkey platform. Analysis focused on comparative descriptive statistics between staff and health care provider responses. The University of Rochester and University of Pittsburgh's institutional review boards exempted this study of quality improvement. All participants completed the survey between September and November of 2017.
The participants' ranking of perceived barriers demonstrated largely concordant responses for providers and staff at both residencies. Providers felt misconceptions about contraceptive methods and side effects posed the top patient barriers to contraceptive care access. When combining data from both health centers, we found four statistically significant differences between providers and staff (Figure 1). Providers ranked misconceptions about contraceptive methods and side effects more highly than staff (P=0.0073 and P=0.0001, respectively). Staff identified childcare and absence from work as more significant barriers than providers did (P=0.0114 and P=0.0380, respectively). Staff at both sites also reported a lack of patient self-motivation. Providers felt appointment timing was the largest constraint on their ability to provide contraception (Figure 2). Staff questions included additional barriers they would more directly encounter, all of which survey participants identified as relevant (financial, stocking supplies, scheduling, room availability; Figure 3).
Nonclinician staff exhibited knowledge gaps regarding contraception with 32% of staff respondents incorrectly indicating that prophylactic antibiotics are recommended for intrauterine device (IUD) insertion, 38% incorrectly listing prior ectopic pregnancy as a contraindication for IUD, 55% responding that immediate postpartum LARC is unsafe, and 30% answering that a Pap smear is required for IUD insertion. Providers also had knowledge gaps specifically regarding requirements for a Pap smear (up to 14% answered incorrectly at one site) and sexually transmitted infection testing (35% incorrect) for IUD insertion (Table 2).
Our findings highlight modifiable factors that decrease patient contraception access. Participants identified many of the factors already noted in medical literature, but the additional ranking findings enabled characterization of factors that might be considered the greatest challenges at specific clinic sites. This data can facilitate the ability to target site-specific interventions to modify factors.
As predicted by level of training, providers generally demonstrated a solid knowledge base regarding contraception. However, a significant gap existed in staff knowledge regarding intrauterine devices. This inadequate knowledge may lead to inaccurate patient counseling, inappropriate scheduling, and delayed care.
We note several limitations with this study. Providers who indicated they do not provide maternity care represented the majority of the incomplete health care provider surveys. Upon review of individual responses, some apparent misinterpretations existed with the survey's ranking system, either noted in participant comments or inconsistency between responses to Likert and ranking questions. Several partial responses to ranking may have also hindered the weighted score calculations used to compare the strength of each potential barrier. Staff perceptions of top patient challenges appeared to vary by area of employment, but the study's limited sample size did not provide sufficient power for inferential statistical analysis. We also acknowledge that although staff knowledge of contraception is important, not all clinic staff require the same level of knowledge. Finally, we note the use of a nonvalidated survey instrument, since none currently exist.
Our survey of personnel at two practices identified numerous modifiable challenges to the provision of contraception, and found that provider and staff respondents exhibited inaccurate knowledge about contraception. Future research directions include discussion of potential quality improvement projects to address modifiable challenges, and staff education outreach. A similar survey could be useful for other health centers seeking to enhance contraception access.
Content from this article was presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, May 5-9 2018 in Washington, DC.
Behrman RE, Butler AS, eds. Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention: Institute of Medicine Brief Report. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; July 2006.
Taggart C, Matthews A, Holub D, et al. Culturally-Sensitive Interconception Care: A Model of Implementation and Selected Project Data. Presentation at Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, May 2016, Minneapolis, MN.
Cowen L, Hartman S, Loomis E, Srinivasan S, Gasbarro C, Young J. Barriers to Contraception Access Survey. STFM Resource Library. https://resourcelibrary.stfm.org/viewdocument/barriers-to-contraception-access-su?CommunityKey=2751b51d-483f-45e2-81de-4faced0a290a&tab=librarydocuments. 2017. Accessed January 24, 2019.


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Spring is a season that sums up the word "transition" to me. I love the process of slowly shedding those winter layers for more flowy and romantic outfit options.
This dress is an excellent find from a thrift store in London. I actually found it only an hour after we first checked into our hostel. I basically picked it up and said "Ahh, this is gonna be a good trip, I can tell!". The fabric is ridiculously light, which gave a playful contrast to the heavier woven knee-highs and super chunky platforms.
Oh, and these are far and away THE most comfortable heels I have ever worn in my entire life. Ever.
that pic with your heels in motion is really cool.
Oh my, these are beautiful.
The light in these pictures are great too. ahh.
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Love this outfit, it's so cute and perfect for a Spring transition.
Love this outfit and the lghtness.
Love the heels and the knee highs, very cute!
And here I was foolish in thinking that only outdoor photos are fit for a blog. Actually no wait, it's my indoor photos that aren't up to par to yours. I LOVE the last photo, breathtaking indeed.
I also love the playful feel of this whole outfit, the lighting gives it this golden feel.
Spring is a fantastic time of year, I agree.
The greatest blend of warm and cool.
that is a really pretty color on you! It's actually 90 degrees here so spring has come and gone!
ever so lovely. great spring item find.
Oh, are you in London? JEALOUS!!
I like this new spot, the window seal is always very calming. Those shoes are amazing, haven't seen any like that. You look so peace-ful.
Beautiful pictures! I adore the dress, what a great find!
I love this outfit! The dress is amazing!
A great find! Love the heels too.
Very pretty picture window also. I love the lighting and angles you used in these pictures.
Love your heels, esp since you say they're comfortable. Plus, you've got such fun hair!!
You are looking fabulous in heels.. Lovely pictures.. Your outfits are nice.. I love spring because it bring new fashion trend every year..
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UCI kicks off largest philanthropic campaign in Orange County history
Campus seeks $2 billion for research, healthcare, scholarships, cultural endeavors
Brilliant Future: The Campaign for UCI seeks to spur groundbreaking discoveries and transform the campus through private donations. It also strives to increase engagement with UCI's alumni community by establishing connections with at least 75,000 former students by 2024. Steve Zylius / UCI
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 4, 2019 — Aiming to bolster scientific research, healthcare, student scholarships and cultural endeavors, the University of California, Irvine today publicly launches a $2 billion fundraising drive, the largest philanthropic effort in Orange County history.
Brilliant Future: The Campaign for UCI seeks to spur groundbreaking discoveries and transform the campus through private donations. It also strives to increase engagement with UCI's alumni community by establishing connections with at least 75,000 former students by 2024.
"UCI's mission is to change lives for the better, and a vital part of accomplishing that involves support from community partners, grateful patients, alumni and parents who share our vision," said UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman.
Chaired by UCI Foundation trustees Jimmy and Sheila Peterson, the campaign will focus on four overarching objectives: advancing the American dream for students, transforming healthcare and wellness, accelerating world-changing research and exploring the human experience.
"We're excited to lead an effort that will have a transformative effect on the UCI campus, the region and, in fact, the world," Sheila Peterson said.
Jimmy Peterson, who was CEO of Microsemi Corp. for 18 years, agreed, adding: "UCI's academic and research prowess makes it one of the greatest resources on the planet. Its impact extends far beyond Orange County."
Susan and Henry Samueli, whose record-breaking gift in 2017 created the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, are serving as honorary chairs for UCI Health in the campaign. About half of the $2 billion goal is earmarked for strengthening UCI's healthcare enterprise, partly by expanding the college and clinical facilities.
Other noteworthy projects include constructing research buildings, a new center to house multiple student success programs, and a world-class museum and institute to showcase the university's acclaimed collection of California art.
This is UCI's second 10-figure funding campaign. Its predecessor, a decadelong initiative launched in 2005, raised more than $1 billion to finance 500 scholarships and graduate fellowships, endow 50 academic chairs and triple UCI's overall endowment, among other achievements.
The new campaign began in 2015 and remained in a "quiet phase" until today. Currently, Brilliant Future has tallied $776 million toward its $2 billion goal.
"No matter what issue you care about – climate change, health, the arts, clean energy, educating the next generation – UCI is working on it," said Brian T. Hervey, president of the UCI Foundation and vice chancellor for university advancement and alumni relations. "Philanthropic funding will allow us to set our sights on carrying out UCI's ambitious strategic plan despite the realities of state funding."
The UCI strategic plan, which lays out the university's vision for the future, calls for expanding the graduate student body, hiring more faculty, boosting UCI Health's clinical impact, enhancing the arts and humanities, and strengthening UCI partnerships within the community and among its alumni.
To announce the campaign, UCI is hosting a series of events today at the main campus and at UCI Medical Center in Orange, including an address by Chancellor Gillman and an invitation-only celebration at the Bren Events Center.
In addition, local cities will be showing their support for the Brilliant Future campaign. The cities of Orange and Huntington Beach will light up their City Halls in blue and gold from dusk to 11 p.m. Oct. 4-10, and the City of Santa Ana will do the same with its iconic water tower. On campus, the UCI Student Center will be bathed in at night in Anteater colors for the entire month.
About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 36,000 students and offers 222 degree programs. It's located in one of the world's safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County's second-largest employer, contributing $5 billion annually to the local economy. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu.
Media access: Radio programs/stations may, for a fee, use an on-campus ISDN line to interview UCI faculty and experts, subject to availability and university approval. For more UCI news, visit wp.communications.uci.edu. Additional resources for journalists may be found at communications.uci.edu/for-journalists.
Giving – and getting – a helping hand
UCI researchers to join national effort to build atlas of human breast cells
Physician-to-be benefits from philanthropy
UCI Health Affairs town hall provides COVID-19 updates
Tom Vasich
tmvasich@uci.edu
Brilliant Future: the Campaign for UCI
http://brilliantfuture.uci.edu
Brilliant Future


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Q: How do i generate security code/key for woocommerce checkout? I am developing a one page order in WordPress with woocommerce as platform. I use jquery ajax to submit the details.
Before I can successfully submit the details of checkout, I must fist go through a url https://www.mywebsite.com/?wc-ajax=update_order_review and initialize these values:
security: hf7f684bw1
postcode: 8000
city: asdas
address: adasd
s_postcode: 8000
s_city: asdas
s_address: asdas
has_full_address: true
post_data: billing_customer_type=Company&billing_company_name=Test&billing_org_nr=123213&billing_address_1=adasd&billing_city=asdas&billing_postcode=8000&billing_phone=1213123&billing_email2=aaa%40gmail.com&_wpnonce=3c1080kf3&_wp_http_referer=%mywebsite%2Fcheckout%2F

This security: hf7f684bw1 value is important so I can submit successfully the checkout details.
Do you know how can I dynamically generate the checkout key/code so that I don't have to manually set it every 24 hours?

A: I was able to solve this issue with the code below:
<?php
wp_nonce_field( 'update-order-review', 'update_order_review_nonce', false, true );
?>

The code will generate a code with update_order_review_nonce as the name property of the input element.
Simple explanation:
The first parameter is a unique name of the action that woocommerce plugin uses. Second parameter is the name of the element. Third parameter ignores the referrer field so I can place and use the key on the page that I prefer.
The code above can be found on: \woocommerce\includes\class-wc-frontend scripts.php and just find the line 'update_order_review_nonce' => wp_create_nonce( 'update-order-review' ),
You can use jquery to get the value or whatever will be your purpose.


Carolina and Orianna: two Colombian students who knew where to find the best language school in the United States to reach their academic and professional goals. Curious to find out where they choose to study? Check it out now!
Have you ever imagined you could travel to study a new language abroad and end up staying until your Graduation prom? Brazilian student Gabrielle just wanted to take an English language course in Colorado but now she is up there among the best, studying at a world-class business school in the US! Find out how she managed it.
We know that when you're studying abroad, you want to enjoy and travel around as much as possible; and, yes, we also know that you're on a budget, but that doesn't mean your trip has to be boring! Check out the list with the top 10 cities to visit while you're doing your study program in Latin America.
A school in Canada is donating a dollar a day to a Brazilian NGO for every Brazilian student enrolled in their courses. So, if you study at VGC Language School, all your Brazilian schoolmates will be making it possible for underprivileged children and youth in Brazil to also have access to education. Learn more about the initiative and how to be part of it.
Colombian comedy star on studying in the UK: "is like a holiday"
Studying in the UK is getting more and more popular and international students are coming from everywhere - even TV stars. Suso "El Paspi" is a famous comedian in Colombia who has been learning English in Devon. Want to know his new English jokes? Better read the interview!


Though we often think of spring as the time to thoroughly clean our homes, fall is the time to put away that summer gear and start looking for the umbrellas and snow shovels you will soon need. The more you do in the fall to clean and arrange your space, the more pleasant it will be during those cold winter days and nights. To discover five great tips for cleaning for fall, take our quiz.
What's a good reason to do fall cleaning in preparation for winter?
It's more pleasant to clean when the weather is nice.
It's more pleasant to clean when the days are longer.
Falls from _____ are among the leading causes of work-related injury and death.
Clogged _____ gutters can cause problems with water on your roof, walls and foundations.
What equipment will you need for a day of roof gutter cleaning?
In which part of the gutter should you start your cleaning job?
When is the best time to clean your roof gutters?
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What's the best way to reroute water from the roof gutter's downspout away from your foundation?
Buy a sloped splash box.
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It keeps the germs under control.
It keeps the grease buildup under control.
What type of cleaner should you use to clean your refrigerator?
Which refrigerator cleaning job can help you save energy dollars?
Which common baking ingredient can be used to clean and deodorize your dishwasher?
What items should you keep in your car during the winter months?
What should you store in your glove compartment?
What should you store in your garage?
What's the first step when organizing your garage or any space that is full of clutter?
What's the second step when organizing your garage or any space that is full of clutter?
Decide what you want to throw away.
Decide what you want to keep.
At what temperature should you wash bedding in order to kill dust mites and bacteria?
Which common household product is great for cleaning mold and mildew?


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'Zaxai' is an independent artist and former NBC "The Voice" Season 15 semi finalist. 'Zaxai' will be releasing 3 singles throughout the summer of 2020 and a full length album entitled "SON OF THE XROWN: Warrior" in November. The first single will be released globally on JULY 17th and is Read more…


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View 151 - 160 results for goal set comic strips. Discover the best "Goal Set" comics from Dilbert.com.
Tags confession, schedule, calendar, lazy, self-esteem, annoyed
Carol says, "For the past five years I've managed your calendar based solely on what would create the least work for me." Carol says, "It all started when you told me to use my judgment to set priorities." Carol says, "In retrospect, you should have hired someone with low self-esteem."
Tags meeting, poison pill, company takeover, front, surprise, angry, awkward, uncomfortable, skip, pre-meeting, business
CEO says, "Mister Dogbert will describe our 'poison pill' strategy for preventing an unfriendly takeover." Dogbert says, "It turns out that no one wants to buy a criminally mismanaged quagmire. So you're all set." Dogbert says, "Maybe next time you won't skip the pre-meeting."
Tags sales bonus level, happy, smile, employee, salesman, too low
The Boss says, "Ken, you've almost reached your sales bonus level with time to spare." The Boss says, "Obviously I set your bonus threshold too low. I'll need to adjust it upward retroactively." Ken says, "Maybe I'm just a great salesperson!" The Boss says, "That's the spirit! Stay hungry!"
Tags selfishness, rudeness, sales, internet, confusion, sabotage, business, technology
The lucky sales guy man says, "My sales quotas were set too low. I plan to buy a yacht with my commissions." man says, "Would you mind programming the navigation system so I can get drunk while my boat takes me places?" Asok says, "Why are you researching where all the pirates attack?" Dilbert says, "It's better if you don't know."
Tags housing, mortgage, payment, unemployed, finances, banks, money
Dilbert says, "I can't afford to pay the mortgage this month." Dogbert says, "There's no reason to worry." Dogbert says, "I doubt your bank can afford postage to send you an eviction notice." Dilbert says, "That didn't make me worry less." Dogbert says, "How are we set for firearms?"
Tags stupidity, ignorant, cruel, clueless, angry, yelling
The boss says, "I hired a temp to cover your job while you're on vacation." The boss says, "She's far more qualified than you, and her stated goal is to replace you but don't worry." Carol says, "How am I supposed to not worry about that?" The Boss says, "yoga?"
Tags dreams, aspiration, angry, scared, yelling, economy, screaming
Asok says, "I'm recalibrating my hopes and dreams to be consistent with the state of the economy." Asok says, "My new goal is to not be smothered to death by an old mattress that falls off a salvage truck." Asok says, "And I am saving money by drinking nothing but mugs of stale air." Wally says, "You're scaring my coffee!"
Wednesday June 03, 2009
Tags leadership, assignment, describing, happy, ridiculous
Dogbert the CEO Dogbert says, "Ratbert you're my new VP of sales." Dogbert says, "Your job is to set impossible goals for the salespeople and punish them for failing." Ratbert says, "Yay! I always wanted to be a sadist!" Dogbert says, "Dreams do come true."
Tags suggestion, sitting, typing, annoyed, sarcasm
The boss says, "Our VP of Sales asks that you answer customer questions through the sales reps, not directly." Dilbert says, "Is the goal to reduce the timeliness of my answers or just to filter out the accuracy?" The boss says, "Why are you like this?" DIlbert says, "Should I tell you or the sales reps?"
Tags sitting, talking, discussing, plan, deception, greed, corruption
Dogbert the CEO Dogbert says, "We'll start ten mutual funds, each with randomly chosen stocks." Dogbert says, "Later we'll build our advertisements around whichever one does the best purely by chance." Dogbert says, "My goal is to be the premier provider of imaginary expertise." Wag! Wag!


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FCA chief admits 'We're not perfect'
By Victoria Ticha
The gender pay gap at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) worsened by 0.3 per cent over the year from 2017 to 2018, but its chief executive claims the regulator is moving in the right direction.
In 2017, the gender pay gap at the FCA was 20.9 per cent, this compares with 21.2 per cent in 2018.
Speaking at the first Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (Pimfa) wealth and diversity conference today (5 February), Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA, said: "Yes, we went backwards by 0.3 per cent; we have more to do but our direction of travel is going in the right way.
"While we all want the system to operate, unfortunately, that's not always the case.
"There's no one size fits all solution – it's no simple thing and we will want to discuss it more broadly.
"We too are on a journey; no one's perfect. I can tell you ours isn't – it has got room for improvement."
At the end of last year the FCA stated it was "on track" to meet its gender and black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) senior leadership targets over the next decade, as the regulator bolstered its support of diversity in financial services.
At today's Pimfa event, Mr Bailey went on to discuss the FCA's future diversity targets. Currently, 39 per cent of senior leaders within the organisation are women.
The FCA's target is to get to 45 per cent by 2020 and 50 per cent by 2025.
He said: "We face some very big changes but I believe the direction of travel is in the right way.
"For any institutions to rise to these challenges; we need a mission. That is not a marketing tool – it is a reason for being."
Pimfa formed in June 2017, bringing together the Wealth Management Association and the Association of Professional Financial Advisers.
The professional body aims to create an optimal working environment for financial service firms, to deliver their services and meet clients needs, whilst battling the copious amount of regulation within the sector.
Also speaking at the conference, Amy Clarke, co-founder of Tribe Impact Capital, pointed out that by 2025 more than 60 per cent of wealth will be in female hands.
She said: "This is game changing – there is a profound inter-gender transfer that's going on, and no one is talking about it."
She suggests organisations look at how women engage in capital.
"We can see a massive inter-gender transfer of wealth; we've heard about inter-generational, but not this, and we run the risk of missing this opportunity."
The role of values in driving the right clients to your business is important, she continued.
"It's about building a company that is fit for purpose and values, that will attract more women and millennials, not because it was built for them in mind but because it represents strong values."
She added: "The question to ask the organisation you work for isn't 'whether it is fit for women', but rather, 'is it fit for the future?'"
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Q: Method annotation issue in Java 8u45 I have the following scenario.
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface ExampleAnnotation {}

public abstract class AbstractExample<T extends BeanInterface> {
    public abstract void exampleMethod(T bean);
}

public class ImplementationExample extends AbstractExample<BeanImplementation>{
  @Override
  @ExampleAnnotation
  public void exampleMethod(BeanImplementation bean) {
  }
}

Where BeanImplementation is an implementation of BeanInterface.
If I compile the code using Java 8u45 and I list which methods of the ImplementationExample class have the annotation ExampleAnnotation using the following piece of code:
    Class<ImplementationExample> cls = ImplementationExample.class;
    List<Method> methods = new ArrayList<Method>();
    methods.addAll(Arrays.asList(cls.getDeclaredMethods()));

    for (Method method : methods) {
      System.out.println("method: " + method.getName() + " annotation: " + method.getAnnotation(ExampleAnnotation.class));
    }

Then I get that both these methods:
ImplementationExample.exampleMethod(BeanImplementation)
ImplementationExample.exampleMethod(BeanInterface)

If I use Java 7 or the Java 8 Eclipse Compiler then only the first method is annotated and this should be the correct behavior.
Is this a bug in the java 8 compiler? Or am I doing something wrong?


Rumble / Dogs & Puppies - Let us be clear, all puppies are precious and extremely adorable, but if we had to choose, these puppies would be on top of the adorableness list. They skyrocket the serotonin levels in our blood and make us their adoring slaves for all eternity.
There is nothing better to brighten up your day like an energetic ball of fur, crashing through all of your gloom. Puppies have so much power over our emotions, even the most cruel of men couldn't stand a chance against their adorableness. Their goofy antics and kind child eyes are what gets to us every single time.
They can barge in our lives, one bark and one lopsided smile at a time and that's it, they are the best friend we never knew we needed, just like that! We find them in the most unusual of places, the most inconvenient times and the weirdest situations, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Even though this video is very short, you can very much tell about a puppy just by the way it reacts from a young age. This little guy gets fussy by the simplest of things like its owner tapping their fingers onto the mattress. If you are considering buying a puppy for your self this video is just one of those one's that prove that dogs can sometimes be a handful.
However don't lose hope just yet since we are just about to reveal a secret to you in how you can manage to train you K9. Pets can do anything for a treat. Actually, this is their drive for food that helped our ancestors to make animals domesticated. Their passion for treats is so huge that you can easily train them with help of these tasty rewards. Dogs are easily trained with treats but as it turned out the it works for horses as well. They are also ready to do something for a treat. If human wants a stick, no problem. The horse will fetch the biggest one to please him!
We strongly stand behind this statement as it has proven to be a very effective way of getting your dog interested in learning new tricks. And if that doesn't work, well, can one resist their overwhelming cuteness?