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Currently in private practice in South Co. Dublin.
With over 10 years experience of providing support to children I have worked in a variety of settings including a children's hospice, primary schools, addiction support services (children affected by parental addiction) and a bereavement support service in a hospital setting. I started out working in the area of special needs in primary schools with children on the autistic spectrum. Here I developed strategies to help ease anxieties and fears for these children surrounding everyday life in a mainstream school environment.
I then went on to complete a Masters Degree in Play Therapy in the Department of Psychology at Roehampton University in London. There I studied child development, attachment (child-parent dynamics) and developmental psychology as well as infant observation and assessment and child-centred Play Therapy techniques. This type of intervention has been recognised by family services throughout the world as a very successful form of therapy for children experiencing social, emotional and psychological difficulties.
In 2013 I completed training in Filial Therapy – which offers a slightly different approach to Play Therapy. Filial Therapy is instead done with the main caregiver(s) and is a way of helping parents and their children to reestablish positive bonds and clear communication. It also helps to facilitate safe and healthy expression within the child-parent relationship.


Now this is something I've been meaning to review for a while now. I must have bought it 4-6 weeks ago, maybe longer, but as I'm not wearing foundation all that much right now, it's taken me a while to get around to reviewing it.
This is the 2nd foundation from Bourjois that I own, with the other one being the healthy mix serum. It claims to give you a flawless complexion for 16 hrs, and with fruit therapy formulas to help enrich your complexion including: apricot for radiance, melon for hydration and apple to 'protect your youth'. Both foundations are the same shade, Light Vanilla - No 51. You get a pretty typical 30ml of product for your £9.99 which is pretty reasonable, and it comes in a pump dispenser (wooo).
For me, this foundation gave me a beautiful near-matte finish with a slight dewey glow - definitely a radiant glow. It reminds me of the NARS sheer glow foundation, while I haven't had full bottle of it (sad face) I did get a good sized sample over the counter which lasted me for about 10-14 uses and this has a very similar coverage and finish.
I always set my foundation with powder and need to blot throughout the day, thanks to having oily skin - but some foundations tend to make me need to blog a hell of a lot more, and this didn't do that, I was only having to blog my t-zone and chin once every couple of hours. The coverage remained good from application (about 7am) up until about dinner time (about 7pm) - then, for me, it started to go a little patchy, this might not have happened if I hadn't been blotting though.
It's quite a thick formula but blends and spreads really well. I use 1 pump for each cheek, half a pump for my chin and less than that for my nose and about 1 pump (maybe just under) for my forehead, and then I blend it all in with my Sigma F80. You can see from the pic where it's just on half my face how well it's evened out my skin and covered freckles and little red marks.
Overall I love this foundation - it's become one of my go-to foundations (depending on what type of skin day I'm having), it's either this, or my Makeup Forever photo-ready foundation or my Makeup Revolution 'The One' foundation. Bourjois are knocking it out of the park with their great launches once again!
I do keep meaning to try this foundation as I have in the past been quite the fan of them from Bourjois.


Mauritius island is an independent and sovereign nation strategically situated in the Indian Ocean, is one of the rare countries with hybrid legal system based on English and French law. Mauritius has earned a good reputation as a world class international financial services center, ensuring a high level operation security and flexibility to investors. The island has become a remarkable offshore center with many banks and financial companies. Mauritius offshore company (GBC2) registration can provide a unique variety of features which can suit your requirements and add offer a wide range of global investment vehicles.
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These startup founders believe tech and commerce can transform communities
August 30, 2022 | By Jodi Helmer
Marvin François spent a decade on Wall Street, gaining extensive exposure to private lending transactions and complex deal structures with multi-billion-dollar corporations, private equity and hedge funds. But he felt unsatisfied, driven to do more to make the world a better place — a feeling that intensified in the wake of a string of killings of young Black people by police.
"We had seen that there were no consequences for these shootings," François recalls. "I chased a lot of ideas trying to piece together a strategy to tackle issues around criminal justice reform and economic empowerment. I came away with the thesis that if we could figure out how to catalyze socioeconomic change, we could address these issues."
Arriving at a similar conclusion, Jennifer Gomez, a global marketing executive for Fortune 500 companies including L'Oreal and Time Inc., also wanted to merge her corporate experience with her educational and family roots in social justice. So, she joined forces with François.
Convinced that communities flourish when small businesses flourish, they launched oneKIN, a mission-driven retail tech company, in 2016 with the goal of helping small businesses compete in the digital landscape, grow sustainably, and ultimately have widespread community-level impact.
Initially operating as a research and advisory firm, the company spent 18 months working with economic development agencies and minority business associations to figure out how they could help small business owners from various racial and ethnic backgrounds succeed in ways that could also help transform communities.
Entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups are forced to navigate what is essentially an inequitable system, they say. According to a U.S. Federal Reserve study published in 2017, Black business owners are twice as likely as white applicants to be rejected for a loan. According to a survey from 2017, only 17% of Black-owned businesses reported not experiencing any financial challenges during the prior 12 months, compared with 38% of white-owned businesses.
Their first product and proof of concept, oneKIN Marketplace, launched with a curated collection of beauty products and books from 30 small businesses owned by people of color, and it has expanded to include categories such as jewelry, candles, kids and family, and gift boxes.
"We were meticulous about our curation process," Gomez says. "It was about the craftmanship and unique value of the brand."
It was a process that took time. François and Gomez were "boots on the ground," attending pop-up markets and shopping brick-and-mortar retailers owned by people of color to find small business owners who were the right fit.
In the years since, oneKIN marketplace has proven to be a success for the small businesses that are using the platform. Merchants are seeing increased revenues and more repeat customers from a built-in community of shoppers looking for quality products from underrepresented brands, they say, with one business owner on the oneKIN Marketplace generating more revenue in six weeks than their previous two years selling via their brick and mortar store.
For their next endeavor, François and Gomez are rolling out oneKIN Live. Gomez calls it "QVC meets Amazon," an integrated experience where merchants can display their products and engage with their audience via livestream, and consumers can chat and purchase seamlessly. It will include an AI element that finds consumers who are likely to buy from the brands.
The startup is part of Mastercard's Start Path In Solidarity program, which is specifically geared toward early-stage startups led by traditionally underrepresented fintech founders. Through the program, they will receive mentorship, network opportunities with the company and its customers and partners, access to Mastercard products and opportunities to integrate its technology.
Start Path In Solidarity is part of Mastercard's $500 million commitment to help close the racial wealth and opportunity gap by, among other steps, helping fintechs scale and make the connections they need to fine-tune their products and attract investment and strategic partnerships. "Mastercard is really a data and technology company, which adds tremendous value to us and what we're trying to build," Gomez says.
François and Gomez are already thinking about their pipeline of new product offerings. Their future plans include a digital funding platform to provide short-term working capital to small businesses based on their revenues. "We are targeting a market segment historically underserved by the banks, who lack the risk appetite and are slow and reluctant to innovate," says François, the former banker.
"Our vision is to find the gaps and create solutions that build on each other," Gomez says. "We're constantly thinking about how we can help small businesses succeed and thrive together."
Jodi Helmer, contributor
When the economy stumbled, these Black entrepreneurs rose up
By Sophie Hares
Meet the woman on a mission to eliminate the racial wealth gap in banking
By Jodi Helmer
Black-owned restaurants have supported their neighbors. Now they need help
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The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Modulation of the Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions during Ischemia and Reperfusion
Fernando López-Neblina
Dr. Karim Essani
Dr. Susan Stapleton
Dr. Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in several metabolic pathways and physiological phenomena. The role of NO in inflammation after ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) is controversial. The early phases of inflammation include the leukocyte-endothelial (L/EC) cell interactions which have been divided in rolling, activation, adhesion and migration.
The first experiment was to demonstrate the role of NO in a model of renal I/R. We demonstrated that exogenous NO improves survival and renal function tests after renal I/R, while endogenous NO does not appear to be an important contributor to renal I/R. We also demonstrated that NO modulate the infiltration of neutrophils (migration) in postischemic damaged kidneys, by counting the neutrophils and by measuring the activity of myeloperoxidase in renal tissue. Finally, using the model of intravital microscopy, we demonstrated in a model of mesenteric I/R in the rat, that exogenous NO down-regulated the L/EC interactions (rolling and adhesion).
These results suggest that NO exerts a beneficial effect in I/R through its ability to down-regulate the rolling, adhesion and further migration of neutrophils into the ischemically damage tissue.
López-Neblina, Fernando, "The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Modulation of the Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions during Ischemia and Reperfusion" (1996). Masters Theses. 4500.
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Any web development company worth their salt knows that the customer is king. If you are creating mobile apps, you will need to think about how the mobile device is being used and what consumers expect from a mobile user interface. But this can be difficult for even the most successful web development companies in South Africa, as consumer requirements are always shifting.
If you are looking into mobile web application development the user experience should take priority. But, what exactly do customers expect? If you can answer this question, you are well on your way to creating a mobile website or app that will wow customers. Below we discuss what users expect from UX and mobile developers.
Take a leaf out of Goldilocks' book and prioritise the right features. Sometimes, a mobile web or app development company tries to add multiple features, which does not make for a pleasant user experience. It will confuse the user and could even cause them to visit another site or use another app to perform the services they need.
Your mobile website design should be simple, clean, and should only have the most necessary features on offer to users. It should be highly focused and only offer what can improve the UX. For example, you could use a simple menu for people to choose from with simplified pages that take them directly to where they need to be. A hamburger button is ideal for a mobile website as it is simple, easy to implement and provides the right amount of features.
For a desktop site, having more content is great. But for a mobile website, this is not the case. You should never overwhelm your users with large amounts of irrelevant content and always keep the smaller screen in mind when you are uploading blogs, photographs or videos to the site.
You will also need to be sure that the content you load on both your desktop and mobile website is supported by all devices and whatever operating system the user's phone has. And you should shorten page descriptions for easy bookmarking on a mobile device. The content that you do put onto the mobile site should still have the same value to consumers, so be sure to curate content that will add value. Or you could look into making a desktop site that can be translated into a mobile version.
Navigating a mobile website should be as easy and quick as navigating a desktop site. It is important to remember that smartphones have touch screens and no mice, which makes for navigation that can be difficult if the site they are on is confusing and cluttered. Therefore, you should make navigation easy for users, including improving the site speed and menus.
You should use navigation patterns that users know and understand. For example, placing the logo on the top left-hand side of the page and making it so that it links back to the homepage from whichever page they are on. Think about your information architecture and look for ways to improve it so that destinations only require the minimum amount of actions to reach. Keep navigation consistent on every page for a good user experience.
In today's digital world, people expect personalisation, especially in mobile websites and apps that they use. It is important to build websites and apps that react to demographics such as location, interests, needs, and habits. This way, your users will have an engaging experience that is tailored to their preferences, allowing them to interact with your brand on a deeper level.
While you might not be able to build a mobile website that changes for every user, you can use AI and machine learning to provide them with offers that relate to their location or preferences. For example, if you are building an e-commerce website, you could provide users the option to set their location in order to view the deals in their area. Or you could provide suggestions for them based on their shopping preferences and website activity.
Thinking about UX is an important part of building any website, whether it is mobile or desktop. Start by including only the necessary amount of features and removing those that do not add value to the site. Be sure that the content included is relevant and valuable but not overwhelming. Ensure that the navigation is simple and easy-to-use too. A personalised site is always ideal, so speak to us today about what we can do for you.


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TARKOVSKY/EDWARD ARTEMIEV, ANDREY
Solaris. Sound And Vision
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SONG CYCLE RECORDS
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[note: the Blu-Ray disc is NOT region free as the label intended; it is manufactured to be Region B for Europe and will not play on standard USA Blu Ray players] Song Cycle Records present the release of Solaris. Sound And Vision, a collector's edition box set, that includes the soundtrack realized by the great Russian composer Edward Artemiev for Andrey Tarkovsky's masterpiece film Solaris (1972). The box includes the soundtrack in two formats: 180 gram, high-quality virgin vinyl and, for the first time, CD. The release is also accompanied by an exclusive, hardcover photo book with unreleased images of the movie set and essays about music and cinema of the duo Artemiev/Tarkovsky, and the BluRay version of the film, in original language with English subtitles; BluRay region B (Europe only). The set comes in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
The collaboration between Tarkovsky and Artemiev started in conjunction with the completion of Solaris when the director was seeking for a film score capable to give back and complete, through the sound, the meaningful images of the film. Back in the day, Artemiev was a member of the legendary Experimental Studio of Electronic Music in Moscow, a place of high experimentation in the field of the electronic music, in the context of which the ANS synthesizer was conceived and employed for the first time for music composition. Invented almost ten years before by Murzin, the ANS was used by Artemiev to create the special sound atmosphere that Tarkovsky was looking for. Artemiev and Tarkovsky's association will also extend to two other undisputed masterpieces of Tarkovsky, Mirror (1975) and Stalker (1979), both forthcoming. A unique artistic joint-venture is that among the duo, in which the musician is seen as a sound organizer, more than a composer, within the process of giving form to a soundscape intertwined completely with the film in its unfolding: always essential and never to be experienced as an accessory element. What emerges here is how and at what degree for Tarkovsky the sound is part of his own existence. Made in collaboration with the Andrey Tarkovsky Institute, Solaris. Sound And Vision is a compelling publication for everyone who wants to dive deep into the Tarkovsky's realm.
Other releases on SONG CYCLE RECORDS


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Riverstone's FamTin offers modern and trendy accommodation for 4, in 2 en-suite rooms. If you're looking for an escape from the City, to a fabulous farmstay in quirky and contemporary accommodation, FamTin is exactly what you need. Completed in 2018, an eco-build double container conversion, Riverstone's FamTin is fully equipped for a great self-catering stay. You will find inside and outside dining spaces and lounge areas, a deep covered patio with a built in BBQ, and an economical and efficient wood burning stove inside the central space. Cosy in winter, and with fans throughout to keep cool in summer. FamTin is situated on the farm dam edge, which is perfect for swimming. Uninterrupted views of the gorgeous Mostertshoek Mountains, you can expect pink and orange sunsets every evening. We purposefully have no TV in FamTin, but do offer uncapped wifi. We are proudly pet-friendly too, with an enclosed dog paddock behind the unit and pet-sitting on request. Servicing on request as well.
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Both FamTin rooms are ensuite. The main room is double, with a Victorian slipper bath and a private star-gazing outdoor shower. The second room is twin, with an inside shower. Both enjoy views to the mountains. White ironed guesthouse quality linen, and soft white towels. Standard, firm and anti-allergy pillows to choose from, all to ensure a good rest. Both rooms have overhead fans.
FamTin is fully self-catering, with high end appliances and finishes. Our equipped kitchen includes coffee plunger and dishwasher. We have a closed combustion fireplace inside the lounge for cosy winter nights, and a large built in braai on the patio. We offer uncapped wifi and all linen and towels- bath and swimming. With a large covered patio, you can enjoy the view no matter the weather. Dog / baby sitting and servicing on request.
Ideal for family and friend getaways, without leaving your pooch at home! Pet policy applies, ask for it upon reservation.
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Since its foundation, ERIC has coordinated, managed or participated to various EU projects.
About 10% of the ERIC incomes derives from direct contracts with companies or Institutions to perform R&D activities or studies to explore the potentialities of specific areas.
Industrial and European projects require a great effort to write the proposal and manage the same projects, allowing your Organization to finish on time, within budget and delivering all that was expected.
The increasing competition at European level, most of the time, make a proposal successful or rejected by the fraction of a point. Writing a good proposal, strictly within the terms given by the funding authority, and capable of telling a "story" to the evaluator, giving the big picture, the real advantages and the unique features of that very proposal, is often the key for being financed.
In Industrial production, companies are challenged to provide products and services in a more timely, efficient manner while at the same time assuring quality and customer satisfaction. Effective and practical project management practices are essential to addressing these challenges.
ERIC consultants have project management experience both within European and Publicly funded projects as well as within the chemical processes. ERIC also provides services to independently assess project status and to assess the value of the Intellectual Property deriving from a project.


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Korg is a minor foes of the Avengers, about whom little is known. He appeared in 1994/95, during the "The Gathering" story long arc.
Group Affiliation: The Gatherers.
Base Of Operations: Greenwich Village, New York.
Height: Weight:
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Korg is extremely strong. There is a tough, dark rock covering the surface of his bulky body.
He can also project blast of energy from his hands.
Korg is a native of an alternative reality. His Earth fell victim to the madness of its Sersi. He was saved by Proctor, who claimed his reality had also been a victim of his Sersi. Proctor recruited Korg into his second team of Gatherers, to hunt down and stop the Sersi's of other dimensions before they did the same to their worlds.
Some travellers to alternate realities have trouble physically adapting to a dimension where a version of them already exists. They can be left disoriented and weakened. Proctor discovered the 'Gathering' ritual as a way around this. It involves locating the traveller's counterpart and killing them.
But since Korg is probably a counterpart of the Thing, it's unlikely he's undergone the Gathering.
While Proctor was advancing his machinations against Sersi, some of his new Gatherers attacked the Black Knight (Dane Whitman) and Sersi, without his permission. When the battle turned against them, Proctor teleported them away, and castigated them for their actions.
He soon confronted and captured Sersi, bringing her to his secret base. There he revealed to her who he was and how he had caused her breakdown.
Proctor moved his machines to the middle of New York. He used the captive Sersi and Ute as power sources for these, to begin the collapse of reality. The Avengers rushed to the scene, and clashed with Proctor and his Gatherers.
When Proctor was momentarily stunned by lightning, the feedback from his link with the Gatherers knocked them all unconscious. Before Proctor could fully come to, the freed Sersi ran him through with his own Ebony Blade.
Korg is a brawler, attacking all problems head on.
Although not as impulsive as Tarkas, he's equally happy to lead the attack against the Gatherers foes.
"It's batterin' time."
"Cool your pits, Proctor babe, I'm on it."
The Gathering would probably work better in the DC Universe. There it's already established that travellers in Hypertime cannot survive on a world where a counterpart of them already exists. Substitute Zatanna for Sersi, and the Justice League for the Avengers.
A 502 Point Character
Dex: 06 Str: 12 Bod: 10 Motivation: Seeking Justice
Int: 04 Wil: 04 Min: 04 Occupation: Gatherer
Energy Blast: 08, Skin Armor: 02
None demonstrated.
The Gatherers (High).
Strange Appearance.
By Gareth Lewis.
Helper(s): Sébastien Andrivet.
Avengers scans on DVDs (issues #355, 356, 358-361, 363)
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NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko briefed professors and students at the March 28 lecture at the Italian Society for International Organisations (SIOI) in Rome on ways Kazakhstan is working on deeper cooperation among Central Asian states.
President of SIOI and the former Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini introduced Vassilenko noting the role Kazakhstan has been playing in the region and beyond by hosting the OSCE summit in Astana and the talks on the Syrian peace settlement under the so-called Astana Process.
Roman Vassilenko (L) and Franco Frattini (C). Photo credit: Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Vassilenko's lecture was titled "Central Asia and the Regional Stability: The Strategic Role of Kazakhstan." In it, he noted that as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in 2017-2018, Kazakhstan promoted the common interests of Central Asian states and advanced issues important to the region.
"As the ninth largest country in the world and the largest economy in Central Asia, we generate 60 percent of the region's GDP. We take great interest in the stable and prosperous development of our nearest neighbours, the strengthening of mutual trust, and recognition of common interests. We firmly believe that regional security can only be achieved when every country is politically, economically and socially stable and prosperous," Vassilenko said.
He noted the expansion of positive regional relations, including recent multilateral events, such as the first consultative meeting of the leaders of the Central Asian states held in March 2018 in Astana (recently renamed Nur-Sultan), the fifth Summit of the Caspian Littoral States held last summer in Aktau and the Summit of the Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for the Salvation of the Aral Sea (IFAS) last August.
"We are proud of the recent progress which has been made and the significant expansion of cooperation in the areas of trade and commerce as well as greater interactions among citizens," he said.
Vassilenko added that, unlike for many countries in Europe, many forecasts for Central Asia predict rapid population expansion in all five nations.
"The combined population of Central Asia is expected to boom from 60 million people today to 90 million people by 2030," Vassilenko explained as he noted the importance of cooperation with outside partners, such as the European Union, in addressing the challenges associated with such rapid population growth.
The European Union is the largest trading partner and the largest investor in Kazakhstan, as well as for several other countries in Central Asia. Its strategy for the region, first adopted in 2007, has served as a wide-ranging platform for cooperation on matters such as the rule of law, education and the environment.
In his remarks, Vassilenko also focused on the fight against terrorism and the commitment of the Central Asian states to combat terrorism nationally, regionally and globally.
"Kazakhstan calls on all countries to adopt within the UN of the Code of Conduct to reinvigorate our collective commitments to end terrorism by 2045, the UN's centenary. We hope we can count on the support of the UN Security Council and all UN member states to advocate for this worthy cause. As of today, 78 countries have signed the Code of Conduct initiated by Kazakhstan and personally by (former) President Nursultan Nazarbayev," he said.
During Kazakhstan's membership on the UNSC, the country used that platform to promote the interests of Central Asian nations, including Afghanistan. Kazakhstan also organised the first visit in seven years by Security Council members to Afghanistan. This gave UNSC members an opportunity to see the situation on the ground and meet with Afghan leaders, business representatives and NGOs.
Vassilenko also told the students the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and Kazakhstan's accession to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are significant not only for his country, but for the region.
Concluding the lecture, Vassilenko noted the friendly relations between Kazakhstan and Italy.
"We are going to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this August. Today, Kazakhstan and Italy continue to develop a robust political dialogue, engage across a range of multifaceted economic and cultural areas, and continue to build contacts at the interregional level. We have established trusting relationships thanks to our joint work across many international organisations such as the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and others," he stressed.
According to Vassilenko, the two countries share similar positions on key international issues. Italy is also Kazakhstan's second largest trading partner, ranking first among E.U. countries in terms of foreign trade and is one of the largest investors in the Kazakh economy.
"I want to emphasise the positive experience of Italian investments in Kazakhstan. Today, there are 164 joint ventures with Italian participation in Kazakhstan across a range of key sectors. There are successfully implemented investment projects in mechanical engineering, light industry, construction, mining and metallurgy," the diplomat said.
According to the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while in Rome, Vassilenko also met with the Italian lawmakers, including Ettore Rosato, vice chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, and Edmondo Cirielli, quaestor of the Chamber of Deputies. Italian deputies assured of their intention to ensure the speediest ratification of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Kazakhstan and the European Union and its member states, the foreign ministry noted in a press release.
As of today, 27 out of 28 EU member states have ratified the agreement, with only Italy remaining to do so. Once the agreement, which now is in force provisionally and partially, fully enters into force, it will cover 29 areas of cooperation ranging from trade to public procurement to fighting crime to people's mobility.


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Barrik Van Winkle is an American linguistic and legal anthropologist who has done research on the language and culture of the Washoe Nation and on gang violence in the United States.

He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he studied with Raymond D. Fogelson, and an M.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied with Warren D'Azevedo and William Jacobsen.

His publications include Scott H. Decker and Barrik Van Winkle, Life in the Gang: Families, Friends, and Violence (Cambridge University Press, 1996), which won an Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science.  His articles on the Washoe are published in Social Analysis, Cultural Anthropology, and New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations.

References

Sergei Kan and Pauline Turner Strong, eds. (2006) New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations.  University of Nebraska Press.

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Q: Find the polynomial that goes through points B and C and is tangent to $f(x) = (2/3)x+4$ at A, Interpolation I have 3 points:
$$A = (0,4) \\
B=(-5,0) \\
C=(5,0)$$
I need to find a polynomial that goes through B and C, and is tangent to $f(x) = (2/3)x+4$ at A.
I know that tangent means it must be equal to the derivative of f(x) at that point.
This is probably wrong, but I did the interpolation using points B, C and $(0,2/3)$. I got

Help?

A: You have four conditions
$$\begin{align}f(0)&=4\\f(-5)&=0\\f(5)&=0\\f'(0)&=\frac23\end{align} $$
and so we should be looking for four unknowns, i.e., $f$ is of degree $3$, or
$$ f(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d$$
and the four conditions translate into linear equations in the unknown coefficients:
$$\begin{align}d&=4\\-125a+25b-5c+d&=0\\125a+25b+5c+d&=0\\c&=\frac23\end{align} $$
As $c$ and $d$ are available immediately, you are essentially left with a simple system of two very user-friendly linear equations in $a$ and $b$.
Your interpolation considers only the first three givens.

A: $P(x)=(x^2-25)(ax+b)$
$P(0)=-25b=4\iff b=\dfrac{-4}{25}$
$P'(x)=3ax^2-25a-\dfrac{-4x}{25}\Rightarrow P'(0)=-25a=\dfrac23\Rightarrow a=\dfrac{-2}{75}$

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(Washington, DC) — Two leading disability group coalitions – the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and the National Disability Leadership Alliance – sent letters to President Obama and to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate recently, urging them to oppose any effort to reduce the Social Security and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) by adopting the chained consumer price index (CPI) formula during debt-ceiling negotiations.
The letters, which were signed by a total of 35 organizations, identified specific and significant cuts to benefits that would occur in programs that people with disabilities greatly depend on – Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income – should the chained CPI be used to calculate the annual COLA. Those cuts are detailed in this fact sheet.
A list of the organizations that signed one or both of the letters is below.
The Strengthen Social Security Campaign is comprised of more than 320 national and state organizations representing more than 50 million Americans from many of the nation's leading aging, labor, disability, women's, children, consumer, civil rights and equality organizations.


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RIOT - Civil Unrest is split into four campaigns (each with four stages) and sixteen single level scenarios. Players must play them as the protesters and the police.
Posted by MergeGamesLtd on Dec 8th, 2017
Indignados (Spain), No Tav (Italy), Karetea (Greece) and Arab Spring (Egypt) are campaings and contain the following levels (these levels are playable as single scenarios too, once beaten).
Indignados (Spain)
Mossos Retreat
Pozo Soton
No Tav (Italy)
Maddalena's Clearing
The A32 Highway
The Beginning of an End
Karetea (Greece)
Bloko Keratea
Black Tuesday
Eftihis' Ballad
La Fin
Arab Spring (Egypt)
Friday of Anger
Friday of Anger Pt. II / Friday of Anger Pt. III
Battle of the Camel
We won't go! He will go!
In addition, these are the sixteen single scenarios.
Rome October 15th – Roma Indignati, in 2011, 200,000 people protest against the influence of the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the government of Silvio Berlusconi.
NoMUOS - Protests occurred in Sicily after that the government approved the installation of several M.U.O.S. military antennas without the approval of the local citizens.
Syntagma Square - The anti-austerity movement in Greece involves a series of demonstrations provoked by plans to cut public spending and raise taxes as austerity measures.
Tahrir Library - An old library which contained thousands of ancient historical books, was burnt down during a riot near Tahrir square in Cairo.
Confederations Cup Riots - After protesting against the increased price of public transport tickets, the Free Fare Movement unmasked several corruption cases in the Brazilian government.
Chilean Student Protests - Students in Santiago protest to demand a new framework for education in their country.
Clichy sous Bois - After escaping the police, two kids get killed by electrocution in a power station. The two deaths caused riots across many suburbs of Paris.
Notre-Dame-des-Landes - People in the country side of Notre-Dame are fighting to stop the construction of a new airport for ecological and human reasons.
Nacional Bogotá University - As public universities across the country go on strike, thousands of students are discussing the next step on how to make sure the reform isn't passed.
Foxconn Riots - In 2012 nearly 2,000 workers at a Foxconn facility temporarily shut down the factory as a sign of protest because of the apparently inhumane working conditions.
Korean Training - Based on the popular video, this map shows the extreme organization of the Korean riot police during an organized demonstration.
London Riots - Thousands of people rioted in cities and towns across England following the death of Mark Duggan, a local man who was shot dead by the police on August 4th.
Occupy Oakland - Occupy Oakland refers to a collaboration and series of demonstrations in Oakland, California that started in October 2011.
Gezi Park Turkish Revolution - Taksim Square, in 2013 the Turkish government planned to cut down all the remaining trees in Gezi Park to build a gigantic enclosed shopping area.
Ukrainian Revolution - The Ukrainian revolution took place after several violent events in Kiev that resulted in the ousting of the then-President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.
Venezuela Riots - People protested in Venezuela in 2014-2017 against the government of Nicolás Maduro, as a consequence of corruption and shortages of basic products.
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RIOT - Civil Unrest Real Time Tactics
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Viagra (sildenafil), taken within hours of the drug Cardura (doxazosin), results in an undesirable hypotensive effect in some patients, according to recent data released by Pfizer. This finding has resulted in addition of a new precaution to the package insert of Viagra. The precaution is of less concern than a "warning," which would herald a more serious interaction, e.g., that seen with nitrates.
"When the alpha blocker doxazosin (4 mg) and VIAGRA (25 mg) were administered simultaneously to patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), mean additional reductions of supine blood pressure of 7 mmHg systolic and 7 mmHg diastolic were observed. When higher doses of VIAGRA and doxazosin (4 mg) were administered simultaneously, there were infrequent reports of patients who experienced symptomatic postural hypotension within 1 to 4 hours of dosing. Simultaneous administration of VIAGRA to patients taking alpha-blocker therapy may lead to symptomatic hypotension in some patients. Therefore, VIAGRA doses above 25 mg should not be taken within 4 hours of taking an alpha-blocker."
This precaution is important because many men on alpha-blocking agents for BPH are also taking the drug Viagra for erectile dysfunction. Moreover, both drugs are often taken in the evening hours. Thus, this interaction is potentially a very common one.
Other alpha-blocking agents in widespread usage today include FloMax (tamsulosin), Hytrin (terazosin), and Minipres (prazosin), with a new entry (alfuzosin) expected in the U.S. in 2003. Although Pfizer issued a general precaution for the entire alpha-blocker class, data are currently available only for Cardura (doxazosin), which was actually used as an anti-hypertensive agent before being used for BPH. The newer alpha-blocking agents, tamsulosin and alfuzosin, have no indication for treatment of hypertension and thus may be less likely to cause this interaction than the other agents.


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Downtown South
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A dense community filled with great diversity with everything Vancouver at your doorstep.
If someone had never visited Vancouver, looked on a map and placed a pin in the spot they would like to live in, it would be the West End! Bound by water (on 2 sides), thensandwiched between a 1000 acre rainforest (Stanley Park) and the Downtown core, this is a truly extraordinary piece of real estate. Within 20 minutes of just about any location in the West End, you can walk to Stanley Park, English Bay, the Sea Wall, Sunset Beach, Coal Harbour, Robson Street, Davie Village and Downtown! There is a neighbourhood feel here which separates it from the rest of Downtown. The streets are quiet and tree lined and it's hard to imagine that this is still one of the most densely populated square areas in North America.
There is a great socio-economic mix here,including singles of all ages, a vibrant Gay community, seniors and young familiesmany of whom are new to Vancouver. The West End also changes a lot through the year with the summer drawing huge numbers of tourists to add to the mix. The Celebration of Light (an International Fireworks Competition launched from a barge in English Bay) and the Vancouver Pride Festival are two of the season highlights. The crown jewel is Stanley Park itself, frequently voted "best park in the world" for good reason. Year round this is an amazing place to get lost for a few hours. Take a walk around Beaver Lake, hidden in the middle of the park's old growth rain forest and you will have a hard time convincing yourself that you are still right in the centre of a major metropolis!
Something that often surprises newcomers to the West End is that there are a lot less condominiums available to buy here than meets the eye. The large character homes that were built in the early 1900s, started to disappear fast from the 1950s onwards, being replaced with mid to high rise apartment buildings. However the large majority of these are apartment rental buildings. There are also a dozen leasehold buildings where you can buy individual rental leases (til the year 2073) and a number of co-ops (the precursor to condos) where you buy shares in the co-op then lease your suite from the company in which you own shares. As these co-ops were some of the first to be built they are also in the some of the very best locations, including the prized area "West Of Denman" directly adjacent to Stanley Park.
In terms of condos, there are a handful of high rises including several on Beach Avenue overlooking English Bay. However, the majority of condos are smaller low rise wood frame offerings mainly built in the 70s and 80s, tucked away on quiet side streets throughout the area. There are also a number of small townhouse complexes and, as of the latest count, approximately 40 privately owned single family homes that have somehow survived the years!
New condos, built since 2000, do exist but are mainly in the Alberni/Georgia corridor north of Robson Street. To find something recently built in the "true" West End is harder but not impossible especially with the right guide! With further increased density on its way, as part of the City's plan, and development sites in other parts of Downtown becoming rarer and rarer, expect to see older rental buildings coming down and making way for more new condos in the next few years. These will hopefully be smaller, high end, boutique style buildings which would be a welcome addition to the neighbourhood.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Tour Down Under stage 4, a 149.5km road race from Norwood to Campbelltown.
Today's stage starts in just under 45 minutes. Riders will take off from Norwood at 11:30 local time and eventually make their way to the finish in Campbelltown. The start and finish are very close as the crow flies, but the peloton will take the "scenic" route to get there.
Today's star once again features one KOM and two iiNET intermediate sprints.
The Category 2 KOM at Checker Hill Road comes 25.1km into the day.
Looking back to yesterday's third stage, Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) took his second stage win of the race. Check out the top 10 from stage 3.
Rider have started out on their 8km neutral.
While the riders loosen up their legs with a neutral tool out, let's look at some of today's news.
Belgian cycling federation president Tom Van Damme is in Australia for the Tour Down Under, and people have been talking about a possible run for UCI president. Cyclingnews editor Daniel Benson asked Van Damme about the rumours. Read more HERE.
The Tour de San Luis is gone, but the Vuelta a San Juan will take place in Argentina January 23-29. Read our preview of the race HERE.
Lance Armstrong is back in the news after it was announced he and several teammates will compete in the Old Pueblo 24-hour mountain bike race. Read more about it HERE.
Trek-Segafredo's Edward Theuns broke his back in a nasty crash at the Tour de France last July. Now he's jumped back into competition at the Tour Down Under and has two top 10 finishes. Read about Theun's comeback HERE.
The race has started and the peloton is all together. Attacks have started.
While the riders are sorting out who will make the escape today, you can take a look at this article about Chris Froome's favourite climbs.
Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Maurits Lammertink (Katusha-Alpecin) and Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors) have a small gap.
Will Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac) and Francois Bidard (Ag2R) are in pursuit.
The three up front have 12 seconds, but the two chasers have been caught.
The Ansteys Hill is putting a few riders in trouble.
Ondrej Cink (Bahrain-Merida), Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors) and Cam Meyer (UniSA-Australia) have a small gap.
The gap has grown to 45 seconds. This could be the move of the day.
Cink, who started the day 57 seconds down on race leader Richie Porte, is now the virtual leader on the road.
Cink has jumped away in search of KOM points. The former mountain biker was also in the breakaway on the opening day.
Some action from Thomas De Gendt and Esteban Chaves between before the KOM.
KOM points go back four places, so they're angling for anything left after the breakaway riders get the first three spots.
The peloton appears to be feeling stingy today, as the gap to the three leaders is down to 2:10.
The gap is down to 2 minutes. Having a rider just 57 seconds down in a breakaway with two motivated and veteran riders makes this move dangerous.
Cink is a 27-year-old Czeck rider who came to road racing from mountain biking. This is his first year of pro road racing.
Bauer is a 31-year-old from new Zealand who has been a pro since 2010. He rode wight he Garmin and cannon dale teams for seven years before moving to Quick-Step this year.
Meyer is a 29-year-old Australian who is leading the UniSA-Australia national team after four years with Orica.
Australian Nathan Haas is laying it all o the line this year at the Tour Down Under. he's currently fifth overall and says today could be his best chance for a stage win. You can read more about Haas at this year's race HERE.
Jay McCarthy (Bora-Hansgrohe) is currently 4th overall, 24 seconds behind Porte. The ambitious 24-year-old Australian has his sights set on the final overall podium. Read more about McCarthy HERE.
As you'd expect, BMC riders are on the front of the peloton keeping this dangerous move in check for Richie Porte. The gap has been at 1:45 for a spell now.
Movistar's Alejandro Valevrde conformed today that he'll ride both the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in 2017. Read about Valverde's plans HERE.
South Australia has put in a bid to host the 2020 World Championships in Adelaide, and Tour Down Under Race Director Mike Turtur said he would consider a role in organising the event once further information emerges. Read more HERE.
22-year-old Caleb Ewan has already won two stages at the Tour Down Under. How many more can he add? He spoke with TV this morning before the start.
"it was a pretty tricky final yesterday, but I stayed calm and just moved up when I could and luckily there was a headwind in the final straight, and it only takes a few seconds of hesitation in a headwind in a sprint that you can move up pretty easy. I got pretty lucky there and had an open run at the finish."
Looking to today's stage, Ewan expects a hard day.
"It is a hard one. It is one of those stages which can go either way. It is going to be a really tough climb straight out of the blocks here, and obviously it doesn't descend straight away, it stays up the top of the ridge and up and down all day. It won't be an easy one."
The peloton is going through the feed zone now. The breakaway has already been and the riders are eating and drinking.
The leaders are throughout he second intermediate sprint. Meyer takes the maximum pints and time bonus, but the trio just rode through. They didn't contest it.
BMC still lined up on the front of the peloton. There's no sense of urgency in the bunch, that's clear.
Jack Bauer has attacked the group. Meyer responds but Cink is gone, possibly for good.
BMC riders just stormed past Cink.
There are two strong veteran riders left out front now. Meyer and Bauer, the New Zealand TT champ, appear to be working well together. They have a word with each other and seem to confirm their temporary pact as they immediately get back to work.
A group of three riders has jumped out of the peloton and is in no-man's land.
A rear puncture for Will Clarke.
Clarke is rolling again, but his day out front appears to be done.
The gap between the two groups out front is now 25 seconds. They could be linking up soon.
Bak is now the best-placed breakaway rider at 45th, 1:20 down. He's not quite the virtual leader yet.
The race is reporting that both Bauer and Meyer will be awarded the most combative rider prize today.
The gap is now 35 seconds between the break and the chase and 1:25 to the peloton.
The stage will end with a fast descent into Campbelltown for a slightly uphill finish. Is this the day Peter Sagan gets his first win of 2017?
Gap down to 45 seconds, but Bauer and Meyer show no signs of giving up.
Scratch that. Bauer is alone. Meyer has been dropped. It's not clear if there was a mechanical problem or if he decided to give up the ghost.
Orica are on the front of the peloton now, and it's single file with riders struggling on the back. Luke Durbridge is doing the damage.
The two leaders continue to plough along but the bunch continue to have the measure of them. BMC did the lion share of the work early on but a number of sprint teams have started to move up as the bunch lines out.
It's just Bauer out there now though and he has 45 seconds with 25 km to go.
Bauer of course is racing on a new team this year and he's looking to impress his Belgium squad. Dimension Data are leading the bunch now but Bauer is still holding that lead of 45 seconds.
The road rises and dips as the New Zealand rider uses his TT skills well and tucks himself over the bars. National time trial champion of course now and the lead continues to hold at 45 seconds with 22km to go.
How much firepower does Bauer have left? On paper he has little chance at this stage but you never know... As BMC lead Porte towards the front in order to keep him out of trouble. It looks like Dimension Data are working for Renshaw today.
Another KM ticks by and the gap remains at 45 seconds. Bauser drives down a short descent and from the decent arial view we have from the CN blimp that gap isn't 45 seconds, it's a lot less.
The race is hotting up now as Bauer looks to just minimise the damage on another rolling section of the course. He's throwing the bike through each corner, fatigue is surely starting to take a toll. Bauer though knows a few things about winning from the break. He won a thrilling stage of the Tour of Britain last September. He hung on by just a matter of a few feet that time.
Here come Sky, as they muscle towards the front of the peloton to join BMC and Dimension Data. The gap to Bauer is now at 33 seconds. The QuickStep rider is having a fantastic day out there and he's making the bunch work.
I have to say this is a perfect scenario for Porte. He can enjoy other teams lining out the bunch as BMC simply have to keep the race leader safe and sound. The Tour de France contender is ticking off another stage here at the Tour Down Under.
Bauer is full gas, positioning himself right on the edge of the saddle. He's looking for every watt he can find in that 'suitcase of courage'. TM Paul Sherwin.
Bauer is climbing again and with 19km to go the bunch is about 15 seconds off the Quick Step Floors rider. Will Patrick Lefevere be waking up this morning to find his team with another win?
BMC are losing a couple of men off the back of the bunch as Porte moves up on Caruso's wheel. 17km to go.
Bauer has 20 seconds still as Orica move up, Ewan second wheel and they'll be looking to perhaps set up Gerrans for the sprint today. Haas is up there a well.
12 seconds now as Bauer hits 80kpm on the descent. Dimension Data again wrestle control at the front of the peloton. 10 seconds now.
10km to go, the gap at 10 seconds.
Into the final 7km and the bunch are about to make the catch.
6km and he's still leading. He looks back though and he can hear the peloton coming.
Van Poppel is at the back of the Sky train as they move up. Bora are trying to organise their effort too as we head into the final 5000m. Bauer is still out there and giving it everything as he takes another tight corner.
And with 4km to go it's all over for Bauer. He's sat up.
And Cannondale take a march and hit the front as they look to make sure Woods is well positioned before the finish. Porte is where he needs to be as well.
This left hand turn is crucial. Ewan is coming up with Impey.
Sagan is there to as we head towards the sprint finish.
There's an attack from Bora.
The road now kicks up as Van Poppel comes up.
Ewan is on his wheel.
Ewan comes out of the Sky rider's wheel and he's level. He's level.
Ewan takes it. Another win for the Orica Scott rider.
Sagan was fighting to come back there but he lost Ewan's wheel and takes second on the line. Van Poppel is third, Ben Swift is fourth and Haas fifth.
Van Poppel was on course there after a better leadout from Team Sky but with Ewan on his wheel the writing was on the wall. Sagan close again, just lost Ewan in the final stages and left himself with too much to do.
As you can see from the top ten there, Gorka Izagirre isn't there. We're not sure if he stopped during the stage or just lost contact in the final few kilometres. What it means though is that Chaves is up to second overall, 22 seconds off Porte's lead.
You can find our brief report, results and photos, RIGHT HERE.
No DNFs yet from the race organisers but not all of the results are available yet. No news on Gorka Izagirre just yet but his GC ambitions look over if these provisional results are to be believed.
A reminder of the top ten for today's stage as Porte and Ewan head for today's podium.
That's Ewan's fifth TDU stage win in two years. Impressive tally for the 22-year-old.
"It was ok. I think the strongest won. It was a hard finish and I was maybe more patient than yesterday. I was screaming at Luke [Rowe] to go, but in the end he went much later and it was better for me with the uphill finish. With 200m to go I went and two people came across me. I think it's no shame to be third behind those two names," Van Poppel said at the finish.
"I felt like I had good legs, but if you wait too long everybody will come from behind and that happened yesterday. I didn't want to make that mistake again. For me, third is ok, you see Sagan and Ewan are top sprinters."
"It is the stage this week that I thought there was a small chance of the break going to the line. A few years ago, Bobridge held off everybody to win in Campbelltown. Obviously it wasn't the same stage but a similar finale and similar run in. we never had enough rope really to vie for the stage but I was going to give it a crack anyone."
"You have to gamble, you have to roll the dice. It always depends how the bunch is feeling behind you and apparently they were feeling pretty good because it is not all downhill, that Gorge. There is a fair bit of uphill in it too. Inside the final 20, 15 kilometres I rolled the dice but by four kay they had me. Good day out but no cigar."
New and corrected top ten with Izagirre back in at second on GC.
"I don't think I have ever said that. It would be nice but obviously there is a lot of depth in sprinting at the moment, a lot of good young guys coming through and a lot of older guys are still good. Like Cav and Greipel and those guys so it will be hard to become the best sprinter in the world but hopefully one day."
"Yesterday and today, I had so much to lose and not a lot to gain so to get that one done is a massive relief and now it's Willunga which I know quite well. But that's a different scenario going into it now. I don't have to attack, I've just got to follow. So it's not all about the stage win tomorrow, it's more about trying to defend the ochre jersey," Porte explained.
"We have a great team and I'm pretty relaxed with where I'm at. If they [General Classification contenders] want to hit out early, we have the team to try and control it. But we have a trump card in Rohan Dennis, he's lean, he's strong and he's pretty motivated."
"The atmosphere on Willunga is incredible. It's like riding the Tour de France every year, so it's a special stage to win. So we'll just see how it all pans out."
We will leave it there for today. You can find our report, results, images and quotes, RIGHT HERE.
We will be back tomorrow for the stage to Willunga Hill. See you then!


It wasn't so long ago that everyone was wondering when rates were going to rise. Now it's looking like we will be waiting for a while before the Reserve Bank of Australia puts up official rates.
We don't expect the RBA to raise rates until 2020.
How is this so, you may ask, given inflationary fears are playing some havoc with stock markets, particularly in the US?
Indeed, the global economy is seeing its fastest growth in years and the US Federal Reserve has increased rates five times since December 2015 and is on track for more hikes this year.
This is a case of the negatives outweighing the positives. Mining and non-mining investments are rising; infrastructure investment is booming, and net exports should add to growth helped by strong global conditions.
However, housing construction is slowing, and consumer spending is constrained with downside risks around slow wages growth, high debt levels and falling house prices in Sydney and Melbourne.
Personal tax cuts tabled in the Budget will help keep the consumer going but were minor. So, while growth has improved from the 2.4 per cent pace seen last year, it is likely to be to remain roughly between 2.5 and 3 per cent, below RBA expectations for a pick up to 3.25 per cent.
Growth is unlikely to be strong enough to eat into significant spare capacity in the Australian economy.
Continuing weak wages growth along with excess capacity and high levels of competition in goods markets will keep underlying inflation around the low end of the RBA's 2-3 per cent target for a lengthy period yet.
Some say Australian rates just follow those in the US, but there has been a big divergence in recent years. In 2009 while the Fed left rates near zero the RBA started raising rates only to start cutting them from 2011. And while the Fed started hiking rates in 2015 we continued cutting them in 2016.
Banks tightened lending standards around interest-only loans and loans to investors a few years ago. Recently the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority toughened its requirements for banks, including the need for better checking of income and expenses and constraints in terms of the number of loans going to high total debt to income borrowers. This will particularly hit lower-income borrowers and high home price to income markets like Sydney and Melbourne. This is basically doing some of the RBAs job for it and so takes pressure off the RBA to raise interest rates. While a credit crunch is unlikely it's hard to reliably predict the impact of tighter lending standards.
There has been a slowdown in property price growth led by a fall in prices in Sydney and Melbourne. APRA measures to constrain investor and interest only borrowers have worked. These measures, combined with poor affordability, rising unit supply, falling expectations for price growth and the end of FOMO (fear of missing out) are pushing prices down.
As a result of these considerations, we have pushed our timing regarding the start of interest rate increases into 2020. Of course, the risk here is that by 2020 the US economy may be weakening making it hard for the RBA to then start considering rate hikes.
And of course, if the declines in home prices turn out to be deeper the next move could end up being a cut.


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The Patrol Division of the Artesia Police Department is the largest and most visible division of the agency. Officers assigned to Patrol are the city's first line of defense, providing safety and security to the citizens of Artesia.
The Patrol Division works around the clock (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) providing trained officers that are capable of responding to any and all emergency and non-emergency calls, including:
Calls for service
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Crimes in progress
Preliminary investigation of criminal activity
Traffic enforcement and investigation of traffic accidents
Maintaining public order
Identifying hazards and community concerns
Making arrests for criminal and traffic offenses, when applicable
Building relationships within the community
The Patrol Division is under the command of John Beasley. He oversees four rotating shifts of officers who provide seamless coverage. Each rotating shift is supervised by a Sergeant.
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Heather: Hello everyone from ESPC19 Heather Newman here from Prague with the lovely and talented Spencer Harbar hello.
Spencer: Hello everybody welcome.
Heather: Yeah so, we're at the end of day what date day two date you yes you know when you take three oh thanks Shane. Day three they blend together a little bit long day yeah; they have been long days. So, Will you tell everybody what you've been doing while you're here.
Spencer: Yep so I've been I've been giving one presentation at the event as that was requested from the audience last year and then I've also done some booth duty with asking attempting to answer at any rate customer question that's around predominantly SharePoint migration to office 365 or I should say SharePoint migrations SharePoint Online and the hybrid scenarios as my main area focus at the event not necessarily what I'm doing day-to-day but at the event and also basically you know meeting everybody reconnecting and you know working on the relationships keep their relationships alive and creating some new ones.
Heather: Yeah that's awesome and you mostly you play yours you're a specialist in identity.
Spencer: To a certain degree I mean that's kind of a happy accident I'm probably known for you know SharePoint profiles and authentication of things like that but before I work to a SharePoint I was part of a team that built the first deployment in the United Kingdom of what became forefront Identity Manager. Which was a Canadian product that Microsoft acquired so I have a I did a period of security consulting and so on and so forth and so yeah I have you know quite a large portion of my career has been dedicated on the security side effects or the identity space more accurately.
Heather: Yeah and when you when you talk identity versus sort of like cybersecurity or do, they play in the same thing it's an umbrella really?
Spencer: Yeah very much related very tightly right it indeed all of computer science should be tightly related to the principles of security yes confidentiality integrity availability is the mantra of information security discipline in the early days of IT and that still underpins basically all of the common scenarios that need to be protected against so anything from conditional access to rights management and all of those types of things fundamentally intrinsically linked to those principles and if you don't understand information security from a technology perspective you can't be successful in Identity Management.
Heather: All right yeah that makes sense um what do you think if you were gonna tell everybody one thing that you must do that sort of you know not maybe as admin or you know like just one thing that absolutely everybody should do as far as identity and security what is that?
Spencer: Understands the risk. So okay don't think about things from a technology perspective right model the threat and understand the risk because if you don't understand the risk you can't possibly choose how to either insure against the risk, mitigate the risk, remove the risk and so I would actually give that advice in a better in a more understandable language to for example my elderly mother who we you know the way we keep in touch we live very far apart and the way we keep in touch of course is via Skype. But I have to continually educate her to not you know not sign up to Amazon. Not answer weird Skype calls. Exactly yeah you just get some random freak show from out of nowhere you have that kind of stuff and so the only way you can actually get that message across to that user and my mother in this case is to describe the risk yeah. It's not a question of frightening them right you know if you understand the risk then you can mitigate it or you know and it is the case particularly with IT and till very recently it's always an option to ignore the risk and that is a valid strategy in some cases and shouldn't be overlooked but yeah so.
Heather: That doesn't sound like I get you but that doesn't sound like the right wave.
Spencer: But yeah again it all comes down to what that individual risk is and there are some situations where if you don't you know if you're not even aware that you are at risk or so for example let's say you have a set a small SharePoint farm and you're not doing any kind of governance on that platform and then three months down the line you realize that actually there's like 30 or 40 external accounts well you didn't know right you know that's the ignore the risk.
Heather: Are you talking about my tenant? Do you like the board game Risk?
Spencer: Yes, I yeah, I used to play that in old games have risk sixth-grade study hall in high school was risk you know at that point.
Heather: Do you have you seen that documentary the great hack.
Spencer: I yes I did see that okay and a lot of those types of show that have come about recently are a little bit to kind of almost that they're very interesting but they're very kind of long-winded very verbose I actually preferred the there was an essay that was the input into that and I prefer to you know that's personally my preferred way to consume those things it was a very interesting coverage of the individual that was being followed around you know I don't think that really contributed to it but yes I mean very accurate.
Heather: Yeah and do you think in I so I saw that documentary so if you haven't seen it good the great hack it's about Cambridge analytic and all of the sort of different elections and data and all of very interesting documentary around Amazon Prime or whatever and but I also in looking at you know just data in general and speaking of Microsoft and companies like Facebook or you know Twitter I mean Microsoft we saw software and hardware you know and I think as a company you know we're not necessarily relying on the selling of people's data necessarily right and we have very strong privacy and security and that's something actually to be really proud of I think.
Spencer: Absolutely I mean the you know obviously commercial organization there's no mandate or you know to necessarily take these leadership positions on these type of issues and yeah I think it's incredibly important that there is not just Microsoft but there in the perfect example of somebody who takes their corporate responsibilities as you know with absolute conviction and they're also extremely good at changing at pace just think to the you know new threats the new scenarios which you know not to kind of deliberately criticize some of the competitors they seem to be slower but also much more reactionary. Microsoft does take a leadership position in these spaces and it's done from the context of because it's the right thing to do not judge not because it's the way the best way to brand themselves to sell their product yes yeah. We need that leadership because the other the other parts of our society that are supposed to be providing that leadership are failing us so massively at this time. Not that we want to turn it into a sci-fi movie where this you know this big bad terrible corporation that takes over but leadership role is extremely important and to do it with compassion and empathy is yeah really nice to see.
Heather: Absolutely I love that about it too. Do you think that as far as sort of talking about security and data and privacy and all of that like at the end of the day we've got these things that are called terms and conditions you know do you think we in the software industry and also like are we doing a good enough job but like you do you read them I guess do you read them?
Spencer: Unfortunately I do read some of them and I have actually written some as well okay not recently but yes I mean we I guess what you're driving towards is you know are we taking that side of things seriously enough and I think the answer to that is unfortunately no. A good example of that here in Europe is the general data protection regulations and a confusion about what we are allowed to do with personal data and there's a kind of blanket or week that's too complicated you can't deal with that so we just put a we'll just put a web page up that says if you're coming from the European Union and I'm sorry you can't read my terrible news article great. Well that's an example if somebody who doesn't really truly understand that all the organization needs is a policy that defines how they deal with the situation it doesn't mean you can't do something and that's an example of where we we've created a policy that is correct but we've made it too complicated and that's the terms and conditions or their end user License Agreement you know all those kind of things. We've moved towards quite significantly in terms of if I install an application on my phone you know I just do the retina thing with the fingerprint or the eyeball yeah but you know what are you actually agreeing to at that point you know we're very good at complaining about people misusing our data after we've already given them permission implicitly to misuse it yeah so whose fault is it you know we're all in this together and we're all part of the solution.
Heather: Yeah well it's sort of like those car commercials on TV you know we're like the cars and then all of a sudden at the end of it it's like and and two point font in the bottom of the it's like your mom isn't gonna read the terms and conditions my mom isn't but she sure as heck loves posting all over Facebook and posting where she's at here and there and somebody I'm like mom I know I taught you how to do this and I love you very much but like but you know at the same time I'm like I need you also to be careful and understand what you're doing.
Spencer: Absolutely yeah we certainly you know we often get into a situation where we're overlooking just how bewildering the modern world is to anybody over the age of about 60 so if you think about the automated machines at the airport that scan your passport well you know we can get all pent up and angry because the person in front of us doesn't know how to work the machine but for an elderly person that is a bewildering it and completely confusing experience. So of course you know having an automated scanner is progress but we should also do it with enough compassion to simplify it and make it accessible to everybody regardless of their abilities yeah you know their background etc.
Heather: So yeah you know we're talking a little bit before we got on camera about kindness yeah and compassion links into kindness obviously and I think that you touched on something I think it's really important because it is all levels of people that are at any given time in an organization doing you know creating administration or rolling out software or Identity Management you know and all of that and you know obviously you want people who know what they're doing to do these sorts of things but I think we all are learning at any given time and things are changing so fast on us how do you keep up I mean you're I mean you've been doing this a long time you're wicked smart so it's like but do you find sometimes you're like can you keep up?
Spencer: Yeah it's interesting I mean that I have a slightly different perspective on the pace of change because one of the one of the downsides have been doing it for so long as you know yeah you kind of you've always got that in the back of your mind you know oh god I need to you know I need to keep and basically forever studying a whilst I'm working but at the same time particularly when it comes to software and them and the move towards the software as-a-service in particular it's actually a cycle. So things are repeating themselves right so thank you like everything yeah exactly rights management would be the perfect example of that which was something that was actually launched in Europe in tech ed 2002 maybe 2001 and of course that never really took off because of the you know the investment and impact on premises but now that spear basically the forefront of the Microsoft 365 platform right. So in terms of keeping up I struggle with one aspect of it individually which is everything these days seems to be a video as we are doing right now and I prefer to read that's not you know I can learn quicker that way I don't need to I don't want to spend three minutes being told to smash the like button and all that kind of stuff before you actually get to the information so that's one struggle for me in terms of keeping up but I'm pretty good sort of or been let's say I've been lucky in terms of being able to kind of predict well I think is coming next. Mainly based on the gaps so if you know the gaps you can see okay, we know they're going to invest in that area in the next 12 months. I don't really again one of the things that I tell the people joining the business may be out of university or college right is that if you learn if you truly study the fundamentals of computer science you'll be ok it doesn't matter if it's JavaScript now and yeah and whatever comes along in the future of that you know whichever framework it is those principles will you know serve you well just like any other science discipline or any other discipline which is based on science yep if you truly study and understand and internalize the fundamentals so higher the higher level changes will not impact you also it's helpful in career term in most cases you are going to be selling to somebody who has a vastly more experience than you do and the sales pitch isn't going to work unless you have that degree of credibility and again that's where you know if you understand like for example the suppose of acidity of a relational database then you can work with any relational database platform right in the market.
Heather: Yeah absolutely. Well it's always a delight to talk to you and I got to visit this one in Scotland was that two years actually sitting in here as well that was a delight by the way so thank you for that yeah it was super fun. So yeah brilliant thank you for sharing all of that I think that this you know privacy and data and I didn't hate all that it's really important and it's and it's not just for it is for us who are in technology and technologists as it were because technology runs pretty much everything we do but it is on a personal it's a really it's a personal thing and I think it's important to address it on a personal level.
Spencer: Yeah absolutely and do it again you know not to kind of drum the beat the drum but in with compassion and empathy for you know what could be a completely different situation you know even just like 200 miles away could be something completely different yeah as we as we haven't sort of inevitably ended up in a situation where basically everything we do is via some form of computing device the importance of privacy and identity increases but at the same time we should need to simplify it yeah because if we don't simplify it we're just basically contributing to a problem which inevitably at some point is going to explode and you know not only commercially will that hurt us but prevent us to keep in a moving forward. You know Uber is a classic example of that where certain cities you know have got their you know removed the license for some spurious reason there may be other good reasons why you might argue for and against there's not really the point but that's the fact that even that conversation becomes very complicated which leads then to the coverage of that issue to be vastly sort of binary you're either for them or against will no actually there's 15 different opinions and that yeah.
Heather: And that absolutely like it's like either we're in or out yeah, we don't like you or we like you and this there are so many shades of gray.
Spencer: Absolutely yeah, we are not we don't live in a black and white world it's irresponsible to put things in that context because the context is invalid yeah, we need to yeah shades of gray.
Heather: Yeah rainbow absolutely.
Spencer: The colours of unity.
Heather: Yeah exactly isn't he great. So, thank you first for having me yeah thanks for chit-chatting and always being so lovely. Everybody that's ESPC19 are we the last one of the day nope okay never mind we're not the last one of the day so you got one more joining us keep joining us on YouTube here and lots more live streaming and hanging out with lots of different folks I'm gonna be on a chunk in the morning tomorrow. So, if you want to catch me with a bunch of folks come back tomorrow morning and Thank You Spencer.
Spencer: Thank you very much enjoy the rest of the live streaming
Heather: Absolutely bye y'all.
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The broadcaster has also confirmed this morning that it will accept Comcast's £17.28 a share takeover offer immediately, calling it "an excellent outcome for independent Sky shareholders".
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In the Rev. Mark Whitlock's office, a wood depiction of the Last Supper offers a markedly different perspective than most. Instead of Jesus Christ and his disciples facing out, the table is turned with disciples on both sides, Jesus at the head.
It's as if you have a seat at the table.
Less than two weeks after Donald Trump stunned most people and scared more than a few with his ascendancy to the presidency, Whitlock is leading a call for the religious community to have a seat at Trump's table.
A visible, vocal and permanent seat.
Never mind separation of church and state.
"The Earth is the Lord's," Whitlock says. "And "everybody belongs to God," especially – he points out – the weak, the poor, the downtrodden.
Never before in American history, the head of Christ Our Redeemer Church says, has there been such a need for a strong and loud voice calling for equality within the walls of the White House.
Already, Whitlock, who prays every day for racial reconciliation, is girding for what may be his most important battle in a life of important battles. He is not alone.
For seven days and seven nights, Whitlock pondered why people voted for Trump, who voted, what they thought of his record.
It wasn't about Republicans or Democrats. It wasn't even about Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump.
It was about the very core of Christianity, religious values, having a faith-based compass.
He asked himself if voters understood the moral implications of Trump's words. He wondered if they considered those same morals against those of their religion.
I point out that Trump is still forming his administration, making Cabinet-level decisions. Should such a push wait until after the inauguration?
A constellation of powerful religious leaders ranging from Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren to Bishop Kevin Vann of the Diocese of Orange, Whitlock says, could make a difference in the Trump administration, set a course of brotherhood.
Whitlock, like Trump, believes in the power of the internet. He says the tools for lobbying for racial harmony include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
Social media worked for Trump. It should work with Trump.
Richard Flory is a senior director at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC. He also is an Orange County resident, a very concerned citizen and, mind you, has exceptionally strong opinions. But as a scholar, it's worth hearing from him.
Although he no longer considers himself evangelical, Flory grew up evangelical and once worked for an evangelical organization. In short, the religion scholar knows the territory.
Last week, Flory wrote an article for the International Business Times that offers a blunt assessment of evangelical voting patterns in the election.
During a wide-ranging discussion with Flory and Whitlock, the reverend adds there also is tension within the wider Christian community.
In some churches, they already are.
RockHarbor Church members in Mission Viejo have visited Whitlock's church in Irvine. In February, Christ Our Redeemer's congregation will visit the RockHarbor campus in Mission Viejo.
Whitlock says he is hopeful that church leaders "will join in the symphony that we must take care of those with the least.
I look at the Last Supper hanging above Whitlock's and Flory's heads. The place-setting opposite Jesus is open.
It's a table for everyone.


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