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State constitution's economic liberty protection could help fired Durham police sergeant
The N.C. Constitution's protection of economic liberty could help a fired Durham police sergeant in his lawsuit against the city. A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court's ruling against the fired officer.
Michael Mole' will be able to pursue his claim that Durham violated his rights under one piece of Article I, Section 1 of the state constitution. The state's governing document guarantees that all people have the right to "the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor."
Mole's case stemmed from a June 2016 incident. He was called in as a hostage negotiator. Mole' spoke for two hours with a man, Julius Smoot, who had barricaded himself in an apartment bedroom and threatened to shoot himself.
"During this time, Smoot said he planned to smoke a 'blunt,' a marijuana cigarette," according to the court opinion. "Sergeant Mole', reluctant to allow an armed and barricaded subject to impair his mental state, asked Smoot to refrain. Sergeant Mole' promised Smoot that if he disarmed and peacefully surrendered, he would be allowed to smoke the blunt."
"Smoot then dropped his gun, handcuffed himself, and surrendered to Sergeant Mole' in the apartment," the opinion continued. "Still in handcuffs, Smoot asked for his pack of legal tobacco cigarettes and lighter, which were on a nearby table, and Sergeant Mole' handed those items to him. Smoot then pulled a marijuana blunt from behind his ear, lit it with the lighter, and smoked approximately half of it."
Durham police investigated Mole's actions. Four months after the incident, he was given a one-day notice of a pre-disciplinary hearing, despite a departmental policy of giving three days notice. After the hearing, Mole's immediate supervisors recommended a reprimand. Durham fired him instead.
"In November 2018 Sergeant Mole' filed a complaint alleging Durham had violated his state constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, and the fruits of his labor under the North Carolina Constitution," according to the court opinion.
A trial court dismissed Mole's complaint. But the Court of Appeals will allow Mole' to continue to pursue the "fruits of his labor" claim.
"Article I, Section 1 of the North Carolina Constitution, in a provision unique to that document as compared to the federal constitution, protects the people's rights to enjoy the fruits of their own labor," noted Judge Lucy Inman in the court opinion. "This provision was recently applied by our Supreme Court in Tully v. City of Wilmington. Following the Supreme Court's reasoning in Tully, we hold that Sergeant Mole's complaint adequately pleads a claim for violation of Article I, Section 1."
Inman explained the unique nature of the claim. "Unlike the due process and equal protection provisions of our state constitution, which have been interpreted to provide the same protection as provisions in the federal constitution, this guarantee has no analogous federal constitutional clause."
The judge offered a brief history lesson. "The 'fruits of their own labor' clause was added to our state constitution in 1868," she wrote. "It was adopted the same year the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, at a time when formerly enslaved persons were newly able to work for their own benefit."
"Our appellate courts did not consider the clause until the 20th century, when it was applied to check the State's professional licensing powers," Inman added. "These decisions recognized a person's ability to earn a livelihood as a protected constitutional right and struck down licensing restrictions not rationally related to public health, safety, or welfare and not reasonably necessary to promote a public good or prevent a public harm."
"In recent years, our Supreme Court has extended application of the fruits of one's labor clause beyond licensing restrictions to other state actions that interfere with one's right to earn a livelihood," Inman explained. "King v. Town of Chapel Hill held that a town ordinance capping towing fees was arbitrary and violated tow truck drivers' rights to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Tully v. City of Wilmington held that a municipal police department violated a public employee's constitutional right to enjoy the fruits of his own labor when it failed to follow its own promotion procedures."
The Tully case dealt with promotions, but Inman and her colleagues saw enough similarities to extend the state Supreme Court's reasoning to Mole'.
"Tully detailed the underlying constitutional injury in that case in terms broader than the promotional process, and the logic employed in that decision applies with equal force to the disciplinary action taken against Sergeant Mole'," Inman wrote. "Our understanding of Tully and its
rationale, combined with its instruction to 'give our [state] Constitution a liberal interpretation in favor of its citizens with respect to those provisions which were designed to safeguard the liberty and security of the citizens in regard to both person and property,' leads us to hold that Article I, Section 1 applies to the disciplinary action taken against Sergeant Mole'."
The Tully ruling, citing an earlier precedent, explained that "[t]he right of a citizen to live and work where he will is offended when a state agency unfairly imposes some stigma or disability that will itself foreclose the freedom to take advantage of employment opportunities."
"It is undeniable that unreasonable employee discipline — including termination — by a government employer implicates this same right and raises the same concerns," Inman wrote.
Appellate judges did not order Durham to give Mole' his job back. The case will head back to a trial court.
"We only hold that Durham must follow its own disciplinary procedures — created to protect its legitimate governmental interest in treating city employees fairly — in discharging Sergeant Mole'," Inman wrote. "If the evidence shows that Durham failed to do so and that Sergeant Mole' was harmed by that failure, Article I, Section 1 of our Constitution provides a remedy."
The Appeals Court rejected Mole's other claims, so his case rests on the potential violation of the "fruits of their own labor" clause.
Inman ran as a Democratic candidate for state Supreme Court in 2020. Carolina Journal has reported on Inman's likely run for the state's highest court again in 2022.
Critics of Currituck's occupancy tax spending bolster N.C. Appeals Court case
Opponents of the way Currituck County uses occupancy tax proceeds offered their final written arguments Monday to the N.C. Court of Appeals. The court will hear oral arguments in the case next week.
New NC Supreme Court holds first oral arguments Tuesday
The N.C. Supreme Court hears its first oral arguments of 2023 on Tuesday morning. Four cases scheduled from 9:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. mark the first public business for the court since voters made a significant change in its partisan composition.
Orange County school impact fee fight heads to NC Appeals Court
The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks ahead whether Orange County will need to repay millions of dollars collected for school impact fees since 2009. Judges heard an hour of oral arguments Tuesday in the case Zander v. Orange County.
Appeals Court rules for UNC System in case over COVID semester tuition, fees
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the University of North Carolina System in a dispute involving tuition and fees paid during the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The court ruled that students cannot seek partial refunds because of COVID-related shutdowns across the UNC System in spring 2020.


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Gateway Event: Robotic surgery and its challenges
Abstract: From sci-fi we know what we want from surgical robotics; basically, it's simple: super human performance, speed, and precision without trembling, without mistakes ... reaching minimally-invasively deep into the human body, but reacting adequately, gently, and quickly to any unforeseen event, sharing the work space with the legacy human OR staff. And will the surgeon become obsolete anytime soon? Let's look at the state of the art in robotics, industry robotics, as well as surgical robotics that we do have today. How does the reality in the operating theater look like today?
What do we do at OtoJig and why is our envisioned system certainly almost completely unlike a surgical robot? What are the/our main challenges to bring a robot into the OR? How to navigate the human body securely and precisely? Regulatory requirements, reimbursements, and patients reservations are further deliberations for medical robotics. What might the future of robotic surgeries look like?
Bio: Samuel John, born in eastern Germany in 1982, studied informatics and natural sciences at Bielefeld University with the specialization on neural networks and robotics. Quantum informatics and number theory remained a hobby. After that, at Honda Research Institute (Europe), he worked with the ASIMO humanoid robot and investigated generative models for computer vision. That is where he learned to love the Python programming language and its machine learning eco system. From 2013 onwards he worked as a project leader at HörSys GmbH, Hannover, applying machine learning algorithms to clinical data sets in hearing research and CT imaging. He co-authored an international patent application, which will enable minimally-invasive inner ear implantation surgeries involving a sterile robotic manufacturing process during the surgery. Based on the invention, he approached investors and co-founded OtoJig GmbH in 2018 where he is now CEO, leading a small team to bring the cochlear implantation surgery of tomorrow to market.
Friday, 26 October, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
Samuel John
OtoJig GmbH
Robotarium, Heriot-Watt University

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This Talavera ceramic tile has a white 8-petal flower in the center along other decorations in a black background. The pictures show the patterns when four or more are put together and when a single tile line is put together.This talavera tile is just one of many examples of the exquisite beauty the Mexican craftsmen put on each item they create. It is hand-crafted, which means no two tiles are exactly alike! There might be small differences in size, weight and even the color. Because it is handmade, it is not perfectly flat, unlike machine-made ones, it might even be bent, which will not result in perfectly flat walls. This tile is great for small patches or entire wall decoration, however, Talavera tile is primarily intended for accents.DISCLAIMER:All of our Talavera tiles have a heavily hand-made process involved; as such, imperfections are expected. Color variations are to be expected from batch to batch. What you see on your screen might not be exactly what you will get, this is mostly due to several factors, among others: lighting when the picture was taken, lighting in your own monitor, but mostly changes in the glazes used between batches. All these factors are beyond our control. If in doubt, we recommend you to order a sample before committing to a bigger order.


Working under the Chinese flag for inspiration, I'd already gathered my tools. Including my trusty snow-white pencil sharpener; a must-have for any serious DIY'er. The math and doodling stage went on for a while as I constructed my first prototype. Gathering the materials was quite a challenge. First I had to find out what the Chinese was for "thick cardboard" then "silver foil" and so on, and so on. Of course; everyone I asked wanted to know what I wanted it for, trying to explain the concept of a ringflash was so geeky.
Left: the prototype. Basically a template for my final version. Center: A snap taken with the prototype; I quite liked the diffuse light. Right: The (almost) finished final-version. Urgh; far too many man hours went into it. A good 5hrs of cutting, glueing and sticking.
My secret weapon throughout; 502. Maybe in the west we have some rules about the maximum strength of super glue; because this stuff makes super glue look like primary school PVA. It's STRONG. I stuck my fingers after holding them together for about 4 seconds, and then took a good 2minutes to seperate them with soap, hot and cold water.
The almost-finished product. Just missing its tracing-paper front-diffuser. Again; tracing paper was another particularly hard thing to find.
Some sample photos. None of these really do it justice; so I hope to take some better ones soon. The one on the right was taken with my 50mm lens; which is a lot smaller than my 24-105; which resulted in some light from the flash being sprayed straight into the lens; causing the wierd gloomy effect. I kinda like it; but I'm gonna build an extra diffuser to stop it happening.
The pringles can is a bit too specular to use a ringflash; but the shadow behind the can is purrdy!
Another random test shot. A bit too much ambient light in this one.
I like the catch lights too. Again; slightly less than perfect light diffussion…but; I probably spent about £4 on materials, including buying all the stationary…so; I can't complain!


In marketing, it is fundamental to analyze the next moves of clients. This Involves psychological analysis which will help business enterprises to respond to expected changes so as to meet the desired outcome. When the changes can be foreseen then the vendor can modify or upgrade their product so as to meet the prevailing state. Such moves involve the use of artificial intelligence promotion solutions which are deemed efficacious as it delivers what the clients need.
Technological development has modified many facets of the business. Sales have been greatly boosted due to the evolution of big data and analytics. Through such avenues, business enterprises have been able to develop a clear picture of their customers. Such kind of understanding has helped them to customize their products so as to endear them well. The outcome of such customer intelligence is great profitability.
The mode of rolling out marketing remotely has been greatly touted. This is a result of the benefits they are capable of causing. Such advantage has enhanced the widespread application by different entities. Some of these include reducing costs and catapulted efficiency. Movements are limited in such case thus making the profit margin higher. Business entities will, therefore, realize their goals through such an approach.
Intricacies exist in the digital marketing application. They are quite complex to be understood by most business organizations which lack exposure to such aspects. Examples include a powerful solution, big data, and machine dynamics. In such situations, business owners do not spare seeking extensive consultation from experts. They will then be guided appropriately thus get an insight. This, however, will require payment of charges which are commensurate to the value offered. These charges are however subject to negotiation to avoid disputes.
Several benefits are reaped by incorporating artificial intelligence marketing. That acts as a clear justification of investing heavily in such a unique mode of running sales programs. Some of the key essences include advanced intelligence searches and smarter adds. These will then help marketing specialist to understand where they should focus so as to gain their sole goal. Such an informed approach will deliver the expected outcome.
Maintaining existing clientele base is a major threat for most business enterprises. The reason being every changing taste and preference making fulfillment a difficult task. The force being this being an unstable state of taste and preference. However, when consumers bots are used such challenges will be offset. Such platforms aids in the engagement of customers which will lead to long-lasting rapport which is favorable.
The valuable aspects among sales personnel is continuous learning. It plays a phenomenal role in ensuring that previous sales experience can be positively utilized to enhance the performance of an entity. The cumulative results of such impacts entail the reduction of time wastage and increased conversations which can help significantly in the decision-making process. This outcome will be an endearment to such an undertaking.
Modern trends have surpassed the traditional mode of artificial intelligence application. This has been profound in the field of marketing due to its dynamic state. Some of these emanations include email promotions, language generation and multivariate machines leaning. They are unique ways of handling marketing errands which posts explicit results. Those entities which employ than are capable of thriving well in any nature of market turbulence.


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In Florida with Fabulous Friends
Editor's Notes By Marivir R. Montebon I just concluded a perfect summer vacation in Florida, with fabulous college buddies and new ones. As I write, I still marvel at my sun-tanned skin which rarely happened in my eight years of stay in the Big Apple. And my heart smiles in gratitude for the friendships […]
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Ali Ewoldt: Phantom's New Christine Owns the Stage
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City – I would have to quote directly my colleague Asian Journal editor Momar Visaya for the peg of this reportage. Filipino-American Broadway actress Ali Ewoldt, lead star of the Phantom of the Opera, was amazing. "She owned the stage and her voice was soaring. It is the […]
Memoirs: Life is a Struggle, But We Choose Our Battles
By Wally Linder The one thread running through all of these experiences is the inspirational role and leadership potential of young people. Editor's Note: Wally Linder is a respected labor leader in New York whose life of struggle is best expressed in his dedication to the rights of working people, he being a […]
Fr. Miranda: Rebuild the Churches, Break Stereotypes
By Marivir R. Montebon New York City — Fr. Dionisio Miranda said there were at least two things Filipinos here could do as far as the heritage churches are concerned – one was to help rebuild these valuable structures and second was to break the stereotype that the Philippines is simply a backward country. […]
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We strive to produce positive, inspiring content, and people simply love to share it New York City — The OSM! online magazine has reached more than 868,000 pages read and 3.3 million hits as the year 2014 closes in a few hours. The OSM! team, composed of writers and contributors in New York City, […]
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Mets 6, PawSox 5: Syracuse foils Pawtucket's comeback effort
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — David Thompson's double in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Cole Sturgeon with the game-winning run as Syracuse edged Pawtucket, 6-5, on Sunday afternoon.
Pawtucket (1-3) erased a 5-0 deficit with five runs in the top of the seventh inning before Thompson, the No. 9 hitter, came through with his second hit of the game and third RBI.
After falling behind 5-0 through six innings, the PawSox went to work in the seventh inning, sending 10 batters to the plate. With the bases loaded, Gorkys Hernández laced a bases-clearing triple to the left-field corner to pull Pawtucket within two. Michael Chavis added a sacrifice fly and two batters later, Josh Ockimey tied it with an RBI double to the center-field wall to make it 5-5.
Rusney Castillo (2-for-5), Sam Travis (2-for-5) and Mike Miller (2-for-4) each notched multi-hit games, and Chavis made his professional debut at second base.
Pawtucket left-handed reliever Josh Taylor took the loss, though he fanned four in two innings. Starter Josh Smith struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings in which he allowed three earned runs.
The PawSox continue their road trip in Buffalo on Monday at 6:05 p.m. Pawtucket right-hander Ryan Weber (9-6, 2.73 ERA in Durham in 2018) is scheduled to oppose Bisons righty David Paulino.


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Q: How do I loop through an array python with apply? My question is, how can I do it without using more than one for-loop?

#Example:
#samples : [0.1, -0.3]
#return : [0.5, -0.5]

import numpy as np

vq = np.array([-1.5,-0.5,0.5,1.5])
vd = np.array([-1,0,1,2])
samples = [0.1,-0.3]

k = []

   g = []

   for t in range(len(vq)):
       if(i[t] == True):
          g.insert(t,vq[t])

   k.append(g[0])

b = []

for n in range(len(samples)):
    i = samples[n] < vd
    b.append(i)

def v(e,m):
   if(m == len(b)):
       return k

   if(b[m][e] == True):
       k.append(vq[e])
       return v(e,m+1)
    else:
        m = m - 1
        return v(e+1,m)

How could I use it? I'm trying to use a function.
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A: Are you looking for something like (1 for-loop in a list comprehension):
In []:
[vq[np.where(vd > x)][0] for x in samples]

Out[]:
[0.5, -0.5]

No for loops (not recommended!!!):
In []:
np.vectorize(lambda x: vq[np.where(vd > x)][0])(samples)

Out[]:
array([ 0.5, -0.5])

A: Could use it with lambda instead of for?

A: assuming "closest" value, you may consider abs.
[vq[np.argmin(abs(j-vq))] for j in samples]
[0.5, -0.5]

so you wouldn't need lambda, but in case you want to know how it works or maybe your problem is more complex, the same operation with lambda is;
my_lambda = lambda x, y: [x[np.argmin(abs(j-x))] for j in y]
my_lambda (vq, samples)
[0.5, -0.5]

A: You don't need a loop at all. First observe that you can find the closest value in vq by comparing to values in vd. For example, a sample will be closest to -0.5 if it is between -1 and 0.
As vq and vd are sorted you can use the aptly named searchsorted method to search for the indices in vd where the samples fit in. These indices applied to vq reference the corresponding closest values:
>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> vq = np.array([-1.5,-0.5,0.5,1.5])
>>> vd = np.array([-1,0,1,2])
>>> samples = [0.1,-0.3]
>>>
>>> vq[vd[:-1].searchsorted(samples)]
array([ 0.5, -0.5])

Technical note: before applying searchsorted it is useful to remove the last element from vd since it is not in between values of vq. Without this precaution a sample > 2 would yield an out-of-bounds index.

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Eighteen days ago (which was four days before my wedding), I wrote about how I was excited to walk down the aisle with my dad. Then it happened, and we walked. We stood at the front, and my dad kissed me on the cheek and gave me away.
And while I tried not to cry, I thought about how it was everything I'd imagined.
That's when I started to cry a little bit.
Then Jordan took my arm, and I felt safe and happy and more excited then I'd ever felt about anything. It was exactly like I'd imagined.
Before I knew it, Jordan had kissed me, and I was walking back up the aisle on my husband's arm.
And it was better than anything I could have imagined.
Linking up with Tia for Flashback Friday!
This is my first FF week. And I'm glad I came across your blog. Your wedding flashback is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it. I look forward to more.
I just got home from Mexico & immediately wanted to check if wedding photos were up! haha YAY I'M SO GLAD YOU POSTED SOME! You look beautiful & so happy. Big congrats! ... or muchos felicitaciones, Senora!


What is Leadership and what makes a good leader?
A lot is talked about leadership but few people actually stop to ask: "what is leadership?" Here I will give you my answer, and that of other famous leaders. But I actually believe the answer lies in all of us, so I invite you to go beyond simply reading other people's opinions and think more deeply about why you are asking the question and what leadership means to you.
If you aspire to lead, the chances are you have a calling to do so. By asking the question what is leadership, you clearly have a thirst for self-improvement and a certain humility, so important in leaders, that recognises we continue to learn throughout our lives. Only by constantly questioning ourselves and our constantly-changing environment can we begin to provide answers to the daily challenges we and our people face.
There are two reasons I say this. First off, in the twenty-first century, I believe all of us should be leaders. Clearly not in the traditional or conventional sense, driven in most cases by a thirst for power. We should all think like leaders, believing we have the power to change things (not least in our own lives) and not accepting the proclamations of others if they go against the greater good of all. I was inspired in this message in part by some passionate people in Nepal who are developing tomorrow's leaders and this video (also from Nepal) explaining how we all must take responsibility to improve our lot.
The second reason is based on my curiosity and constant questioning of myself and others and I have learnt that we already have all the answers we need to succeed. The fact you are reading this means you obviously have an interest in leadership. The fact you have read this far implies that interest goes beyond a passing curiosity as most casual visitors do not read beyond what they can see without moving down the page.
As I write this and attempt to put myself in your, the reader's position, I ask myself why that is. There is, of course, more than one possible answer, but I imagine only a very small proportion of you are not interested in being a leader, or a better leader. If not, you would not be asking what is leadership at all.
However desirable it is for people to know about the world, education is not about stuffing facts and figures into young (or old!) minds and insisting on repetitive regurgitation, especially in these technological days of instant access to almost all accumulated human knowledge. Nor is it about telling people what "should be done" and how. It is about helping people maximise their potential and their use of the available knowledge and resources to conceive solutions to the challenges of life.
A good coach, teacher or trainer really educates in the truest, original sense of the word – to "draw out". To guide and enable independent, questioning thought using the natural talents all of us possess to a greater or lesser extent. The "e" in education, as fellow scholars will know, means "out" in Latin. So education is not, or rather should not be, inculcation, which obviously has opposite connotations, and means "force in". Sadly it usually is.
This is why I feel it's so important to throw the question back to you and ask – what is leadership for you? What is it about leadership that attracts you, excites you, even impassions you?" It will hopefully be clear from this site (and the time and effort producing it) that this is not simply a cop-out on my part but a genuine conviction that leadership and learning are all about finding the answers within, helped along by strong guidance and unswerving support.
Similarly, a good leader is adept at seeing the often hidden talents of individuals (hopefully before hiring them!) and drawing them out, for the benefit of all: increased motivation for the individual and increased effectiveness for the whole team. They are also good at motivating people to take responsibility for those talents and the actions they take using them.
In order to do this, you first need to recognise and take responsibility for your own life and talents. If you are unsure about your leadership role, recognise this and take action. Either clarify your motivation and (re)connect with the reason you took – or want to take – the position, or step aside and take some time to find your true purpose and passion.
If you can truly say you have a calling to lead, recognise and believe you have what it takes, since however afraid or unprepared you might feel, you would not feel this way if you were not meant to do it. As the brilliant speaker Anthony (Tony) Robbins (the "Why Guy") says, "if you can't you must and if you must you can". Everything flows from there! If we were to ask Tony "what is leadership?" he would probably answer something like "what's in it for me to lead? And what's in it for you to follow?
So, one final thought for this page. Why do people follow leaders? Is it not because they offer hope of something better, something they wish to accomplish? To inspire people to follow you, you need to be credible, to have realistic solutions and to display the qualities to which they aspire even if they can't see them (yet) in themselves.
In fact, the people you attract should be better than you, in their fields – they pick up where you leave off, as Richard Branson puts it, in reference to recognising both your strengths and your limitations. After all, what's the point in recruiting people to your organisation or cause if you can do the job better?!
Only in this way will people have the natural motivation to do whatever it takes to achieve the common objective, which also needs to be as clear and bright as a candle; while confidence is essential for credibility, it is dangerous without the humility to recognise that in reality it is the goal they are following not you, however charismatic you may be.
If confidence and humility are two (perfectly compatible) leadership characteristics required to attract people to follow you, I would say that passion and your ability to transmit it is the magnetism that keeps people with you on the path to success. Like a candle – a metaphor for a good leader – apart from giving off light, is also alive with the heat of fire. Your passion is the fire within which flows from inspirational leaders, lighting little fires in everyone around them. You can be an inspirational leader just by following your passion and feeding the flames!
Ok, so despite my proclamation at the top, I have sort of answered the question "what is leadership" for you! In broad terms, anyway, and the rest of this section will provide plenty more food for thought – and facts and figures! Not to mention anecdotes, quotes and even jokes. But I challenge you to look inside yourself for the answer to what being a leader means for you.


Don't you just love a house tour? In Montana it was a treat to take part in the Parade of Homes—new construction on display. In Savannah, Georgia your historian's heart will say pah to anything built this century and as you step back in time to tour homes from a much grander—architecturally speaking—era.


Question: Recently Frank Islam has been selected for the prestigious 2015 Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award currently he is living in which country?
Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam (63) has been selected for the prestigious 2015 Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award.
He has been chosen for this award in recognition of his achievements and outstanding contributions in a foreign country.
He will be bestowed upon with award by UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at the inaugural UP Pravasi Diwas on January 4, 2016 in Agra.
The award is conferred by the Uttar Pradesh Government on the NRI who hails from state. It is bestowed on NRI for making significant contribution to the field of science, technology, medicine, culture, education, public service and commerce in foreign countries.
In 1994, he had founded an Information Technology (IT) firm the QSS with him as the sole employee.
Later in 2007, he spent rest of his life in philanthropy, both in India and the US. Currently, he heads the FI Invest Group a firm that he established after selling his IT Company.
Frank has donated USD two million to Aligarh Muslim University for the construction of a new school of management in the 140-year-old institution.


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Roots In Cold War Politics Asia's Olympic
Reasons Video Games Should Be More Widely Use
Rules Allow Kids On Video Games Just 3 Hours A Week
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China, the host of the 2022 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games, is now a major sporting power. This can seen in its recent Rio Olympics medal count. Japan will host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and South Korea will host the 2018 Pyeong chang winter games. These are just two examples of the increasing influence of Asian countries within the International Olympic Committee IOC.
This all indicates that the time of Asia in Olympic sports has arrived, as Thomas Bach, IOC president, recently stated. However, East Asia isn't all Asia. For example, an Indian bid to host the Olympic Games seems unlikely in the near future. The bids of the countries in Southeast Asia and Central Asia to host the 2000 Summer Olympics or 2008 Summer Olympics were also unsuccessful.
Iran is an anomaly. It was consider to be a serious contender for the Olympic Summer Games host until 1979's Islamic Revolution. Other countries in West Asia, the Middle East and Qatar have gained notable influence in sport affairs due to their financial wealth.
Many of these developments date back to the 1970s. This was a time of significant reconfiguration in Asia of Olympic sport and calls for greater influence by the IOC to Asian countries. The Seventh Asian Games Tehran 1974, which was a regional sporting event that served as a training platform for the Olympics, was what accelerated the rise of the above-mentioned Asian nations in the Olympic movement.
Problem With Two Chinas Olympic
All this is root in the struggle between Taiwan and China for legitimacy. Both countries have claimed to be China's sole representative since 1949. This meant that neither country would participate in sporting events in which the other was participating.
China's conflict with Taiwan had led to China leaving the Olympic movement in 1958. The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, led to Beijing's exclusion from all international sporting events. Only in 1980 did the country return to the Olympic Games. It was due to earlier negotiations with IOC regarding Beijing's participation in the Seventh Asian Games.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran was one of China's most important supporters. After Tehran recognized Beijing diplomatically in 1971, his engagements with China resulted in increased anti-Soviet cooperation. Soon after, Beijing assumed the China seat in the United Nations. Previously, Taipei had held it. This was due to decolonisation, and a growing number UN member countries becoming sympathetic to Beijing's claim.
Important supporters of China's participation were also the Japanese members of Asian Games Federation. The Japanese concluded that Beijing was China, and they wanted to make the Asian Games more challenging by including Chinese athletes.
In the same time, many Arab countries were impact by the Tehran Games, which was the first Asian Games event to be hosted in West Asia. Some of these countries had just experienced decolonisation and financial booms during the 1973 Oil Crisis. Seven of them eventually joined the Asian Games Federation prior to or during the Seventh Games. This encouraged their participation in Olympic sports affairs.
The Geopolitical Background Olympic
The Iranian government's plan of leveraging China to counterbalance Soviet Union was greatly affect by geopolitical shifts. Since the 1950s, strong ideological tensions existed between China and Soviet Union. In 1969, the USSR declared its intention to withdraw all its troops east of the Suez Canal. This was the reason for increased concern in the 1970s. This was a major contributor to the decolonisation of the Persian Gulf.
These tensions convinced the Iranians that China could be used as a tool to restrict the USSR's freedom to act. To support Iran's anti-USSR plans, it was important to intensify cooperation with Asian countries and, especially, China, through the hosting the Seventh Asian Games.
After Japan and China established normal relations in September 1972, the Japanese Olympic Committee began to be interested in China being included in the Asian Games. Discussions with Iran intensified. The Asian Games Federation council met on November 16, 1973 to reach a final decision.
China's representative was selected as the People's Republic. Taiwan was then expelled from the Asian Games, until 1990 when it accepted to be renamed Chinese Taipei and left its international status unclear.
After decades of Cold War-related political disputes within the Olympic movement for decades, international sports federations IOC finally accepted China's participation. This was in spite of the extremely problematic discrimination towards Taiwan.
Asia's Increasing Influence
China's participation in the Olympics began with the 1980 Winter Games at Lake Placid. It was influence by the Seventh Asian Games, which saw China return to the Olympic movement. Japan's increasing importance in the international arena was highlight by the acceptance by the IOC of Asian countries decision regarding China, Taiwan and other issues. Japan had hosted the Olympics twice before, in 1964 and 1972.
Although less influential, Arab nations became more involved in Olympic affairs via the Seventh Asian Games. Iran was the only country that could not take advantage of this new influence.
Lord Killanin, then-IOC president, had attended the Seventh Asian Games and judged Tehran eligible to host the Summer Olympics of 1980 (eventually in Moscow) or 1984 (eventually in Los Angeles). However, the Shah's government had to address the superpowers' demands to host these events. In 1979, the Islamic Revolution overthrew it. The new government, however, was not interest in continuing with these plans.
Iran did not apply for the 1988 Summer Games. These games were held in South Korea, which the second Asian country chosen (instead Iran) to host the Olympics. The next Asian Games (Jakarta 2018 and Palembang 2018, respectively) will show if Indonesia is ready and able to host the Olympic Games in the near future.
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These photos were taken at a recent exhibition of Australian Contemporary Women. These photos show my eldest contribution to that field of excellence.
This is one which has been altered in Photoshop by my consultant guru – Frank. He is a wizard at PS as well as being one of the best picmen I know. Makes me kind of cringe when I send him stuff to have a look at – but he is always positive and loving.


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"What's a fairy to do? Jack Frost has stolen three enchanted pearls that control the magic of the oceans. Now the tides are all wrong, the sea creatures are confused, and even daytime and nighttime have gotten mixed up! When Shannon the Ocean Fairy asks Rachel and Kirsty for help, they set off on a magical adventure to an underwater world. But will they find the pearls in time ... or will the girls be lost at sea?"--P.  of cover.
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Less than 30% will expand their businesses in next two years.
The three leading concerns of North American manufacturers are the general state of the economy, taxes and the cost of materials, according a study by Small Business Research Board (SBRB) based on a survey on the second quarter of 2007.
Health care costs which had been the top concern in the first quarter moved down the list to number six. Energy and fuel costs as well as finding quality employees ranked ahead of health care expenses this quarter.
The result of these concerns is that only 29% of the respondents said they would expand in the next two years. Of those that will expand, 28% said they are considering expanding at current locations, while 21% said they will add more products and 20% indicated they intend to increase customer service. Adding more services was cited by 16% of the respondents, while the addition of locations was cited by only 7%.
The small business owners said adding more automation or technology as well as improving existing automation would be their primary means for enhancing productivity during the coming 12 to 24 months. Improved staff training, hiring of additional employees and incentive programs also were cited as important methods for improving productivity.
"While there are several categories that manufacturers have either no influence or, at best, can exert a relatively modest amount of control such as on the effect of government regulation, it is imperative that a tight reign is sustained on every item in their purview if they intend to improve profitability," said Gregg M. Steinberg, president of IPA, the sponsor of the study.
Even though the SBRB recently reported that its Manufacturing Industry Small Business Confidence Index rose 3.3 points to 40.3 during second quarter, there is great concern about the state of the economy -- now and into the future. Only 36% believe the economy will improve during the coming 12 months versus 40% in the first quarter.


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I started this blog during my first college semester. A fresh beginning means starting a new blog, y'know how it works.
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I can read a million lists that tell me that anger is one of the grief stages. Logically, I know that, and most likely, you do too. However, those lists never prepared me for what grief anger actually feels like. Oh, sure. I've been mad before, but never before have I felt the deep down guttural anger that came from the loss of my best friend.
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Just as I thought I knew what grief was before he died, I also thought I knew anger. I didn't, though. Not really.
1. Give yourself permission to be angry.
I come from a background of be happy. Don't let anyone know you're upset. Never show anyone life isn't perfect. It was all about external appearances and nevermind how we felt. If there's something wrong, don't talk about it. Because of this upbringing, I thought it wasn't okay to feel such anger. That only caused my anger to grow as I targeted my frustration towards myself because I wasn't able to just be happy.
It is okay to feel exactly as you feel. Allow it to be.
Nothing has to trigger our anger. So many times we wonder what 'set us off'. Did something remind us of our lost loved one? Maybe. Or maybe the grief, the longing for them, just always takes up its place in the back of our minds and comes forward whenever it feels like it. I believe that's most likely.
If you try to suppress your feelings, the anger sneaks up on you and finds a way to come out, often in very unhealthy ways.
Mine came out as impatience with my children, anger at my husband for the most mundane things. I created an anger energy field within my home and through it, I know I affected my sweet family in a negative way. I'm so sorry I did that and am thankful I am now back on track. Please learn from my experiences.
Talk about it – find a trusted family member, friend, counselor and talk. Be honest. Admit your anger even if you can't quite put the words on 'why' you're angry. Yes, it's because your loved one died, but maybe there are small details, reasons why, too. It's okay if there aren't or if you don't know what they are specifically. Just talk. Ramble. Let it out.
Write about your anger. Writing out my feelings helped me most. I felt more comfortable journaling my thoughts and feelings, I think because so many times I felt like I 'shouldn't' feel a certain way (I was wrong about that. There's no 'should' or 'shouldn't' in how we feel. We just feel). Try writing out your thoughts and feelings and keeping them in a journal. Add some strategies you might use to deal with each particular occasion as there's not a one-size-fits-all solution. Over time, you can look back through and see how you've coped and how you've grown. Click here to access a free printable version of the journal pages I used for writing out my anger.
3. Be gentle and patient with yourself.
If you're like me, you want to control every situation, every emotion. There will be times during your grieving process when you will not be able to control the emotion of anger. Focus on controlling your reaction but don't try to control what you feel. Let it be. And when you do have those overwhelming feelings of anger, be easy with yourself. It is perfectly okay to feel exactly the way you do at any given time.
Let me be clear that I am not a grief counselor. I'm just someone who lost someone dear to me who has learned the very hard way what a devastating grief feels like. No matter where you are in your grief journey, please know you are not alone and there is hope for joy and purpose again.
Here's a link to those free printable anger grief journal pages again.
What strategies do you use to manage your anger in grief?
Great tips for those who struggle with this. I usually don't get angry. I get sad. When I miscarried many years ago (prob more times than just that one), I wasn't angry, but there was a profound sadness. I am a bit more angry about the loss of the me I once was due to chronic illness. Mostly I'm sad, but there is a little anger at the frustration that comes with all the pain and fatigue and what I can't do anymore. At drs for not helping. At folks for not understanding. Stuff like that. Thank you.
The loss of you due to chronic illness is definitely still grief – grieving yourself and who you used to be. The important thing is expressing it and working through it and somehow being productive with it which you do through your blog and helping others. Bless you!


The way businesses are thinking about themselves is changing and that change is coming fundamentally from the people who make up organisations and the stories they are telling about themselves.
More and more we are sensing that, rather than bringing in experts on creativity and attempting to add on to ourselves the creative imagination we already inherently possess, we are starting to understand the necessity to activate it in ourselves and bringing it out in the questions we ask and the conversations we have amongst ourselves.
There has always existed a simple, almost obvious approach to addressing that which we spend so much in time and resources importing. It might seem paradoxical at first, but increasing engagement and ownership, as well as activating creative thought development can be initiated by deeply listening to what others around us have to say. Often it's about not listening to the words spoken, but rather listening for bigger, wider meaning, or the intention behind the words.
Incredibly this type of listening begins to open doors.
As we continue to listen a space forms and in that space bigger questions appear than might otherwise in a "normal" conversation. These bigger questions arising from deeper listening are often unexpected, surprising and powerful motivators for a shift to take place. As we change the way we show up everything else changes around us.
People begin to notice a difference, not from what is being said, but rather from a different quality of attention they notice around them. This in itself begins to draw people in, to open up a new, still delicate quality, of wonder.
As we are really listened to we begin to respond and yes, we begin to engage. It might feel uncertain at first because we are on a new edge; something new has entered the quality of our conversations.
But what happens when you personally and honestly engage without any necessity for a plan or structure is that you default directly to a creative field. Suddenly you are in creativity; you are treading the new ground actively. And this new ground is a playing field of possibility and potential that requires also a bigger, wider container to hold it in.
Without spending huge amounts on bringing in experts to tell you how to be creative, or how to engage people, you side-step straight to action, straight into the experience of the thing you are wanting more of.
By doing this you connect to the huge field of wisdom already existent within your organisation. It's an aware and intelligent approach, which paradoxically radically innovates the term "Managing People".
And the more you listen to your own organisational wisdom, the more you actively engage with engagement and ownership thereby growing more of it.
It's not about adding on or adding to something as if there was a shortage of it. It's actually about creating the right environments for engagement, ownership and creativity to grow and flourish.
We are all creative. From somewhere I know that to be true. All of us can create including those who consider themselves to be working in the most uncreative and mundane of working environments. It is my belief that in spite of what we actually do in our jobs, or how we might describe what we do, that wherever people exist, also exists the potential for creativity and new stories and narratives to blossom. In short, what exists is the possibility for positive change to happen.
In my line of work people are always stating that they are not creative. It's almost like they've divided everyone into camps – those with and those without it. I sense we generally feel safer in the non-creative camp. Yet time and time again this theory is disproved when we get together and CO-create with teams in organisations. The people I encounter in even the most self-described "dull" lines of work are infinitely fascinating. No matter where we work there are characters and histories; storylines with heroes and heroines, challenges and dramas. It's all there everywhere you go; it's all part of the human experience and it all exists within the human imagination.
It occurred to me recently at an in-house event how we story ourselves into corners and then yearn for something more. We tell the story that what we do is dull and that therefore we too are dull, and effectively believe that story to be true. From there we simply create the actions that affirm the greyness of our story and create what we don't actually want.
Organisations today sense that creativity is needed for growth so they hire in creative experts who then teach them the "how to's". And yet all along there is a creative inside each of us rather stuck and stagnant and (I believe) yearning to get out.
Paradoxically though there is a phenomenon that occurs when creative "types" enter big organisations. It seems that their presence somehow puts the possibility of a new story into the organisational field where a sort of permission giving occurs. People respond to this new creative energy by mirroring it with their own. A participant at a company event recently got intrigued while watching us draw a 'Big Picture' for his organisation. He asked us if we might be able to create an image that visually expressed an idea he had which the picture was triggering for him. What was interesting however, is that as he asked us for help he suddenly had his own answer, his own idea for an image that summed up his idea most brilliantly.
There is so much waiting to happen at work and we are hovering around and beginning to touch on it.
How might you close the gap? What conversations would you love to have? Where might the edges want to expand in your organisation? What potential are you sitting on?
We would love to hear more from you on this and are excited to begin this conversation.
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YouTube will soon stop working on older devices, thanks to an API change coming from Google. Those affected can only update their software, if possible, or rely on other devices for their viewing pleasure.
In a blog post Google is announcing that the old Data API v2 is being deprecated in favor in a newer v3 version, which offers better support for comments, captions and push notifications. What this actually means is that older devices such as Smart TVs, Android and Apple TVs, games consoles and iOS devices will no longer be able to stream YouTube content.
Some of the affected devices are Google TV version 3 and 4, any Apple device running something older than iOS 7, games consoles "without support for Adobe Flash or HTML5" and numerous Smart TVs and sic players that never get updated.
Starting today the affected devices will display the video embedded above, while in early May all such devices will only display 410 Gone HTTP errors.
What can you actually do if you're affected? First of all update your device to the newest software that's available, and hopefully that's enough. If not, you may be able to continue using YouTube through the device's browser as long as it supports HTML5. On iOS devices you'll also be able to stream content via AirPlay.
Unfortunately many users of Smart TVs will likely be affected, especially as these devices don't get replaced often and are also likely never updated. For those users, there's not much that can help them.