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Most Americans have 'toxic' boss horror stories
Some bosses are mentors; others are monsters.
One West Coast writer who wished to remain anonymous told Moneyish that when she worked for a travel website a few years ago, she reported to an editor who made her want "to quit and stab myself in the eye."
The manager engaged in "emotional warfare" by pitting co-workers against each other, this 38-year-old explained. "She would also make me go on business trips with her because she hated to be alone and (she would) get drunk most of the time so I would have to do all the work," she recalled. "And then she'd scream and yell at me that I wasn't any 'fun' because I wouldn't get drunk with her."
But this writer stuck around because the position was otherwise perfect. "I loved the job. I had a ridiculously good salary and I liked the other people I worked with," she said. "She was the only bad thing about the job and for the most part, I could manage her. (So) none of us quit." Instead, she and the other writers left when the website folded.
A 24-year-old accountant working in India, who also asked to remain anonymous, has been struggling under "an extremely demanding and insensitive taskmaker and sadist" for the past four years. "He puts me down in front of everyone, micromanages everything and tries to trip me up so I'll fall," he said. For instance, he recently put an important legal document in his desk drawer while he went to lunch — and his boss went into his desk and took it without telling him."
"I started panicking and searching for it everywhere — and up comes my boss and asks me with an evil smile what I was searching for," he said. The boss then admitted that he took it to review it. "Later I found it buried in his desk drawer at the bottom." He has reported his boss to HR, but nothing is being done, so he's looking for another job. In the meantime, "I try to keep my interaction with him to the bare minimum," he said.
Turns out, these two are among many workers struggling to manage horrible managers. In fact, three in four US employees currently has or recently had a toxic boss, according to a survey that Monster.com released in time for National Boss Day on Tuesday. The job search site found most respondents with a toxic boss (26 percent) complained their manager was "power-hungry" and only looking out for themselves. Another 18 percent said their boss was a micromanager; 17 percent said their boss was incompetent, and 15 percent said their MIA manager was never around.
"Chances are that either you or a friend has had a toxic boss and that's really bad. That impacts your morale, your work outlook, your productivity, everything," Monster's career expert Vicki Salemi told Moneyish. "Your boss can really make it or break it for you in terms of your job happiness, your growth and your career trajectory."
And a related LinkedIn survey released Tuesday also found that horrible bosses drove 35 percent of professionals to quit their jobs and another 15 percent are strongly considering taking off due to their manager. The top complaints accuse managers of holding expectations that aren't clear or that frequently change; the bosses micromanage; the leaders are aloof and not involved, or they are not fostering professional development.
Yet many miserable employees told Moneyish that they have toughed out terrible supervisors because they were reluctant to give up an otherwise comfortable position over just one person. An NYC media professional told Moneyish that he toughed out an abusive boss for 15 months — even going to therapy — because he was worried about finding another job in his 50s.
"I was sending out resumes, but I wouldn't have quit without some other job. I had been unemployed for two years during the recession and at my age, in this profession, I felt sticking with it was the way to go," he said. Plus, he also said it was his "dream job" otherwise and he liked the other people he worked with.
But it was tough when his manager would berate him in front of everyone — and then turn around and praise him. "In one 20-minute conversation, she went from flipping out over a minor problem and wondering, 'Can I trust you to work on your own at night?' — and later telling me how 'reliable' I am and how everyone she speaks to loves my work," he said.
Another time, when she told him she didn't end up using any of his research on an assignment, he jokingly responded, "You're such a monster." It caused a scene. "She loudly flipped out and started screaming, 'How could you call your boss a monster?'" he recalled. "I was totally taken aback. I even asked her, 'Don't you know I was clearly kidding?' (So) I was stressed out and walking on eggshells around her." His situation was resolved when she was fired.
Now, it should be noted that there are many managers out there who are helping their employees advance. Monster's survey noted that almost one in five workers (19 percent) described their boss as a mentor and someone they learn from and they know has their back.
But Salemi suggested that as personal and professional boundaries blur with our 24/7 work cycles, troublesome behaviors (like late-night emails and weekend texts) can follow. A recent survey of 3,000 workers by Olivet Nazarene University found that most workers (68 percent) have their boss's personal phone number; about a third (34 percent) confess they've asked their boss for advice on a personal issue, and 32 percent say they're friends with their boss on Facebook.
And people who are talented professionals in their fields can be promoted to managing positions before acquiring the leadership skills necessary for leading a team of employees with different needs and temperaments.
You can use this as a learning opportunity to weed out potentially toxic bosses in the future. And this can also teach you to be the best boss you can be. "I actually think having terrible bosses has made me a really good boss and manager," mused the West Coast writer. "Since I've been on the other side of it, I constantly think about how people feel when you say something or treat them a certain way."
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Who is Ken Langone? All about the Home Depot billionaire!
Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers relationship timeline – how long were they together?
Ella Kipling
After thirteen years together, Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers announced their split on Instagram in July 2020.
The pair met back in 2006 and share two children together: Harper Grace Hammer and Ford Armand Douglas Hammer.
In their divorce announcement, they wrote that they had decided to "turn the page and move on from [their] marriage."
UPDATE: Clap for Heroes founder announces its return
When did Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers get together?
Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers got married on May 22nd 2010. They met in 2006 through a mutual friend, who had planned an 'adventure day,' for the group. Speaking about it, Armie told Vulture:
"Our friendship continued to grow and grow until one day when I was like, 'I can't be friends with you anymore. You've got to break up with your boyfriend, and we've got to start dating,'."
The pair have two children together: Harper Grace Hammer and Ford Armand Douglas Hammer.
Harper was born in 2014, and Ford was born in 2017.
Photo by Jemal Countess/FilmMagic
When did Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers break up?
On July 10th 2020, Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers both announced on their Instagram accounts that they had split up. They wrote:
"Thirteen years as best friends, soulmates, partners and then parents.
It has been an incredible journey, but together, we've decided to turn the page and move on from our marriage. As we enter into this next chapter, our children and relationship as co-parents and dear friends will remain our priority."
They continued:
"We understand this news lends itself to public dialogue, but in the interest of our children and our family, we're asking for privacy, compassion and love during this time."
In other news, Who is Sheldon Adelson's wife? Dr Miriam Adelson bids farewell to her "one true love"


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Davos: A chance to make the case for solidarity
Sight of wealthy discussing needs of less well-off in posh ski resort can often ring hollow
Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 00:05
Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters marched through Zurich on Tuesday (January 23) to demonstrate against a planned visit by US President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week.
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos appears in many ways an increasingly anachronistic gathering. In a world where so-called elites – whether in business or politics – are under fire, the sight of the wealthy discussing the needs of the less well-off in a posh ski resort can often ring hollow. The expected presence this year of US president Donald Trump will only add to the surreal nature of the occasion.
The gathering happens this year against a surprisingly strong global economic backdrop. The IMF has just upgraded its forecasts for world growth and while the projections for the UK have not been increased, even there the expected hit after the Brexit vote has not emerged. US growth has been strong and may get a short term boost from the tax reform Bill, while the recovery in the euro zone economy has exceeded expectations.
The IMF now expects world economic growth of 3.9 per cent this year, 0.2 of a point higher than its previous forecast. As ever there are dangers – Brexit has not yet happened, there are some fears about the financial markets and a general sense that if trouble hits, the buffers have not been rebuilt since the last crisis. Government finances worldwide are only slowly recovering from the crash, public and private debts remain high and interest rates are already at low levels.
The leaders would be well advised to pay heed to IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, who said this period of higher growth should be used to "repair their roof" – working to make growth sustainable and spread the gains more widely. Environmental concerns will also feature, particularly given President Trump's scepticism about climate change and the uncertainty it brings about global action on the issue, as will the opportunities and threats from the rapid advances in technology across many spheres.
Trump's presidency – and his "America first" message – are the clearest sign of a move away from the old multilateral approach to tackling issues like climate and trade. In the opening address at the forum, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi warned scientific and technological advances are "creating fault lines that can inflict a very painful wound". However, he argued that global leaders needed to show solidarity to address this. With other leaders likely to echo this, President Trump's message may stand in contrast to the wider mood.
The old model of international cooperation run through institutions such as the the UN, World Bank, IMF and the World Trade Organisation clearly has its failings. In many ways the old system is broken – but the question should be how to repair it, rather than abandon it. In a globalised world it is surely only stating the obvious to recognise that many key issues can only be tackled cooperatively. If there is one useful message to come out of Davos, this might well be it.
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Samsung has taken the fight to BlackBerry and its traditional enterprise stomping ground with the launch of its new flagship smartphone.
The Galaxy S IV is the successor to the popular Galaxy S III, and boasts a bigger display and several new features, including a significant addition which promises to unsettle BlackBerry.
The phone will launch globally in the second quarter of this year. No specific date or pricing has been provided. All major Australian telcos will offer the phone locally.
The phone's main selling point for enterprise users is its Knox feature, a partitioning mobile device management system that separates work and play. The feature isolates data and applications from the personal and work profiles of the user into separate containers to secure the corporate network.
The feature was first shown off at Mobile World Congress earlier this year and is a direct rival to BlackBerry's Balance.
Samsung's Knox runs on Secure Boot, ensuring verified and authorised software can run on the device, and Security Enchanced Android, a mechanism separating based on confidentiality and integrity requirements, Samsung said on its website.
"Security and privacy are understandably held up as barriers to businesses embracing BYOD demands," said J.K. Shin, president of Samsung's Mobile Division, in a statement last month.
"Meanwhile, users are seeing the latest smartphones and tablets and knocking at the door of IT demanding to be able to use their own devices. The solution is clear -- combine the business and personal in a single device."
Other features offered on the new handset include facial recognition technology which uses the front camera to track a user's eyes as they view content and act accordingly; gesture sensor and control; and the ability to automatically copy details from a picture of a business card into the user's contact database.
Specification-wise, the smartphone offers a 13MP camera, 5in display, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB storage, 4G compatibility, running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It will be available in both black and white.
BlackBerry recently released its Z10 touchscreen and Q10 QWERTY-toting smartphones globally. The company has struggled to maintain momentum in a crowded smartphone market with the advent of BYOD, and is pinning its hopes on its two new offerings to grow market share against Apple and Samsung.


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ESA Foundation
Number of Awards & Eligibility: One award offered annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
This award is for international and U.S. students.
Must pursue a major in culinary arts, dance, music, fashion design, theater, or writing.
Must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Must be a high school senior or current undergraduate or graduate student.
Description: This award is available for U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in culinary arts, dance, music, fashion design, theater, or writing. Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Application requirements for the Charline E. McCue Memorial Scholarship are:
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$5 application fee per scholarship
Additional Information: Please note: The required $5 application fee is used to cover the costs of running the scholarship program. Any fee monies remaining after costs have been covered are put back into the general scholarship fund to support future scholarship awards. Applicants are selected based on the following criteria: leadership/service; financial need; and scholastic ability. Winners will be notified by June 1.
Award Amount: $500 annually, non-renewable.The award may be applied toward tuition, registration fees, books, dormitory fees, or any other college fees or academic expenses. The award will be made payable to the college or university of the recipient's choice. If the college or university of original choice is changed, the scholarship director must be notified immediately. No special consideration will be given to previous winners. The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $500.
Deadline Information:
Deadline for this scholarship is Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Applications are available on the Epsilon Sigma Alpha International (ESA) website. The application must be completed online via the ESA application system. The following supporting documents must be uploaded to the online application: a signed transcript that includes current grade point average, an explanation of the school's grading system, and SAT/ACT documentation (may be included as separate document); two letters of recommendation; and a personal essay that discusses career plans, reasons for applying to the scholarship, reasons the student should be selected for the scholarship, the student's leadership and service accomplishments, and any additional information that is not included in the application. Please note: The student must select the scholarship(s) for which he/she wishes to apply and add them to his/her application "cart". The student must pay a $5 application fee for each scholarship for which he/she wishes to apply. Scholarship applications must be submitted by 11:00 p.m. MST on the deadline date.
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Chicago Film Archives and the Black Cinema House complete this summer series with two films that explore and express the transcendent nature of dance. Doug Crutchfield never doubts the source of his inspiration to dance in the film DANCING PROPHET. And DANCE BLACK AMERICA recalls its spiritual African roots in this extraordinary documentary of a 1983 dance festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, created by D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Doug Crutchfield, son of a minister from Cincinnati, Ohio, knew what he wanted to do with the rest of his life…and it wasn't what his father wished for him. Theater, then dance sent Doug to New York City and on to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he finally found his calling. The film (and Crutchfield's dance career) unfolds to the rhythms of the antagonistic back and forth that often happens between father and son. Opening a school of jazz dance in Denmark, Doug finds himself expanding and sharing his love of dance… from his students to the elderly, to the disabled and handicapped. A singularly unusual film from CFA's Chicago Public Library Collection.
This rarely seen documentary navigates a four-day festival of black dance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Incorporating archival footage, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus unwrap the history and legacies that influence the artistry of mid-twentieth century African-American dance. Movement derived from African spiritualists, Katherine Dunham, and the Lindy Hop connects with the music of Smokey Robinson, Charles Mingus and Dejan's Olympia Brass Band. The Alvin Ailey Dance Company provides a theatrical finish to the film, but watch out for the haunting performance of Eleo Pomare's Junkie tucked somewhere in the middle.


The Day the Music LIVED!
PLAY SOME PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED! WOOOOOOO!
Wild Billy Lives! The Chatham Jack!
This "Doctor Gee" is just what the doctor prescribed for Jangle Deficiency.
The day the music lived!!!
More Rutles! Try Rutles Highway Revisited!
Neil Innes does rule, seriously. He's coming back to the beatle nerd convention this year and I can't wait to see him again!
What a set this second section is! GBV ringers in the best of all possible ways.
Oh wow, this set makes me happy.
Is that Patti Smith singing on that?
Hello Joe! Tuesday is HERE!
This reminds me of Apollo Sunshine. Good stuff.
detroitdave, you sound very cheery today.
Be cheery for me, too.
Ugh, I'm gonna spend a small fortune buying music later on today.
I'm gonna spend a packet gettin' ripped!
I am Cecile, things are finally going right after a LONG dry spell and I'm shitless!
niiiiiiiiiiice. Glad to hear it.
Joe, I love your Belock twist on this silly "day the music died" crap.
who else saw "Belock twist" and instantly thought of "Bedrock Twitch"?
I want to sing "Four Strong Winds" to the tune of this Dex Romweber song.
Who's name is Joe, he's BELOCK!
Joe, you'll have to stay until 4:30 today. I wont tolerate a change from this while I'm working..........understand?
this scots live really cooks!
ha ha ha, that's a good one efd. twitch twitch, rubble!
Oh, an Joe, can I getcha to come in on Saturday as well........super, thanks a bunch.
I'm going to that show. And I lost my phone two days ago. Karma, she is a bitchface.
Joe, have you ever heard Alice Cooper's version of this from Flush the Fashion '80 of Talk Talk? Good stuff.
what a rather fun set.
Negator, speaking of the Coop, what was the name of the song where he says..love me, yes we love me..etc.
Thanks BR. I was trying to figure that one out for a long time.
NP - I do love Alice!
dang...the Hives always have that smokin' production, the songs jump right out at you.
Hi all, working mostly away from the desk, so missing a good show it seems...thanks for what I'm hearing now though Joe.
RZ, if you ever get a chance to see S.C.O.T.S. live..DO IT ( I think they are still together), talk about energy....one of my all time favorite shows.
Joe is on an 8 cylinder Hemi pumpin charge today!
Yes I've seen them often GP-and they're still together. Always a fantastic show!
definitely have to check them out! did catch the hives last year.. and it was a good show!
EC - Nice - Kojak Variety!
The driver's awake...........I get scared easy.
super show Joe! The music LIVES!
Thanks for playing so much VEEDEE!!!


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Amplio Ventures Hosts Colombian Ambassador to the United States
"Most significant was that the Ambassador chose to divert from his mission to win investment in Colombia's agricultural aspirations to talk with us about the refugee crisis and how it is being addressed in Colombia." — Chris Chancey, General Partner, Amplio Ventures
On the evening of November 11, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Francisco Santos Calderón stepped into an Atlanta office-building conference room to speak to a small group of invitees working in assorted ways with refugees in various international locations. He had been in Atlanta, and other parts of the U.S., seeking investment in Colombia's burgeoning agricultural industry. But this evening he would talk about how Colombia is addressing its refugee population of 1.5 million Venezuelans.
When Santos, who served as Colombian Vice President from 2002 to 2010, talks of refugees, he speaks from experience. Working as a journalist in 2000, he received death threats and sought refuge in Spain. He was welcomed and given opportunities to "work and contribute," he said. Thus, his evident empathy for the Venezuelan refugees currently flooding into Colombia, which he characterized as "a crisis, but also an opportunity."
Substantiating the characterization, he pointed out that "our poultry industry needs workers," and added that in 2009, "the Venezuelans saved our coffee crop."
Given recent political and economic upheaval in neighboring Venezuela, Colombia is taking in nearly 5,000 Venezuelans a day, 3,000 of whom will remain in Colombia, Santos reported. As opposed to closing their borders or sending refugees back to Venezuela, Colombian officials are responding with policies and programs to help the refugees participate in the Colombian economy.
"Colombia is setting an example that not many in the world know about," he said. A government decree allows any Venezuelan with a contract from a Colombian employer to obtain a two-year working permit. Much of that work is being provided by Rappi, an on-demand delivery service. As well, Venezuelan women are setting up beauty shops throughout the country that are competing favorably in price and quality for the business of Colombian women.
Employment is enabling the refugees to become self-sustaining.
"We have only one refugee camp," Santos offered, "and that one only because there were so many people in that area sleeping in the streets. But they can only stay for two months, so they have to start thinking about, "Where am I going?" And they have spread out all across Colombia.
The Venezuelan refugee population includes a substantial number of professionals, including lawyers and doctors.
"Many of our cities with as many as 50,000 inhabitants don't have a doctor," Ambassador Santos noted. "Doctors from Venezuela can go there and work. We need to integrate them. We've been swamped, and those policies take a little longer to make happen, but integration is already happening."
Santos is enthusiastic about Colombia's agricultural future.
"I think there are great opportunities in Colombia for companies here in the United States to invest in forestry and agriculture," he said. "Colombia is the last frontier of agriculture in Latin America. There is no more land elsewhere. We have more than 25 million acres ready to produce exports to America and China."
Amplio and remote employment
Amplio Ventures General Partner Chris Chancey, who arranged for the meeting with Santos, moved to Cartagena, Colombia for the month of August to learn ways to invest in Colombia's initiatives on behalf of Venezuelan refugees.
"We lived in Colombia and got to see how they are leading the world in engaging the refugee community and recognizing that how we engage immigrants today affects our economy tomorrow."
Amplio Recruiting, now in its sixth year, is providing employment for refugees resettled to the United States and to date has placed more than 5,000 refugees into U.S. jobs, Chancey explained. From this experience, Amplio Ventures was born in late 2018 with the mission of channeling private investment to refugee stabilizing enterprises.
Amplio Ventures has created a Remote Refugee Employment Fund (RREF) to "develop a comprehensive framework for the creation of 150,000-plus jobs at a living wage and market rate, and in the process provide a 5 to 8 percent annual return to our investors," Chancey said.
The RREF invests in selected U.S. and European employers—there are currently 20 companies in Amplio's pipeline—who are "seeking to develop remote workforces in Latin America and in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, and committed to the ongoing training and development of refugee talent," added Amplio Ventures General Partner Dalton T. Sirmans. In Colombia, Amplio has targeted the Norte de Santander region, where the Colombian government is actively building infrastructure to accommodate the refugee population.
A bi-national powerhouse
Ambassador Santos views the Venezuelan refugees as helping to fuel a reunion of the two countries that 200 years ago were founded as the Republic of Greater Colombia, including what are now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama.
"For many years Venezuela looked at us as poor Colombians who had to export drugs and we looked at them as rich guys who don't pay taxes and get all their money from oil subsidies," he said. "I see the future of Colombia and Venezuela as a bi-national powerhouse in the region with lots of resources and culturally integrated."
Santos said that there has as yet been "no cultural clash" between Colombians and Venezuelans. "Many Colombians went to Venezuela in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The relationship is still there." He pointed to political rhetoric as a primary threat to the relative calm. "Obviously, fear of migration is always a great way of getting votes. That can happen at any time, so we have to be careful."
Colombia wants to "lead by example," he continued, "that you can really benefit from (integrating refugees), that … a democratic country needs to be open in that sense. There are costs, but if it is well managed, it can be a very good policy with many opportunities. There's a place for refugees, a really interesting space if we create the right incentives."
"Our firm is in the midst of raising $50 million," Chancey concluded the meeting. "Part of that raise is targeted for remote employment for refugees in Colombia with U.S. tech companies. Jobs like bookkeeping, data entry, sales research and lead generation can be done from wherever with a wi-fi connection. So we are voicing our commitment to remain engaged with Colombia."
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package org.coursera.potlatch4u.ui.gift;

/**
 * An Interface for each that allows each C.R.U.D. (Create, Read, Update,
 * Delete, + List) Activity that allows its Fragment to open up the appropriate
 * other Fragment, when needed. (This is implemented to allow single APK to have
 * different behavior on tablets and phones.
 *
 * @author Michael A. Walker
 *
 */
public interface OnOpenWindowInterface {

    public void openViewGiftFragment(long index);

	public void openCreateGiftFragment();

	public void openListGiftFragment();
}

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import AbstractState from './Abstract'
import Phaser from 'phaser'

export default class extends AbstractState {
    /**
     * Extract state parameters and build the game over message
     *
     * @param p1Name   Name of player 1
     * @param p1Health Health of player 1
     * @param p2Name   Name of player 2
     * @param p2Health Health of player 2
     */
    init(p1Name, p1Health, p2Name, p2Health) {
        if (p1Health == p2Health) {
            this.message = "Draw game.\nYou both are really big noobs!"
            return
        }

        if (p1Health == 0) {
            this.message = p2Name + (p1Name == p2Name ? " (right)" : "") + " wins!\n" + p1Name + (p1Name == p2Name ? " (left)" : "") + " is the big noob now."
            return
        }

        this.message = p1Name + (p1Name == p2Name ? " (left)" : "") + " wins!\n" + p2Name + (p1Name == p2Name ? " (right)" : "") + " is the big noob now."
    }

    /**
     * Load assets
     */
    preload() {
        this._addPreloadProgressBar()
        this.game.load.audio('game_over', './assets/common/sounds/game_over.mp3?__version__');
    }

    /**
     * Scene initialization stuff
     */
    create() {
        this._addBackground()
        this._addMainMessage()
        this._addPressKeyForMenu()
        this._registerMenuKey()
        this._playGameOverSound()
    }

    /**
     * Add the background
     *
     * @private
     */
    _addBackground() {
        var myBitmap = this.game.add.bitmapData(1280, 800);
        var grd=myBitmap.context.createLinearGradient(0,0,0,500);
        grd.addColorStop(0,"#333333");
        grd.addColorStop(1,"#111111");
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Q: 2 passwords 1 account login Is there a way of having more than 1 password for the same user account. At the login screen so that I could have an account,more than one person uses it but they have separate passwords

A: I don't realize why you need this, but maybe a second user whit the seame uid the first one could work. This way you can have 2 distinct usernames and password besides same permissions.

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Applications for first semester 2019 have closed and the stats are in – the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) received more than 75,000 domestics applications for undergraduate study in 2019.
The most popular fields of study chosen by applicants were Health, Management and Commerce, and Society and Culture.
The majority of those applications – around 50,000 – were from current Year 12 students who are about to begin their university careers.
Jessica Murphy is one of these applicants. Having received an early offer to the Bachelor of Business Leadership and Commerce at Macquarie University she accepted it straight away and has avoided a nervous wait for ATAR release and offer rounds.
After nearly three months of summer holidays, and despite some casual retail work, she is also keen to start the university year, 'I'm looking forward to getting back into a routine,' she says.
Seth Hennessy is also looking forward to starting university. He received an offer to a Bachelor of Medical Sciences.
Seth is preparing himself for a long university career. His aim is to use this degree as a stepping-stone to medicine and eventually becoming a surgeon.


Just for curiosity how long it takes to export image?
It takes about 10 seconds per image (DP1 Merrill raw to 16-bit TIFF). And SPP uses all four cores plus four virtual cores with hyperthreading for those exports. It is much slower than Aperture with my 5Dii 16-bit TIFF exports (which I rarely do from Aperture), which take about 3 seconds per file.


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Henry Dorling
Asset Based Community Development; ABCD….as easy as 1,2,3?
December is the month for community here at globalbridge and amongst other things we have turned our attention to what community means, how we can do more in our community and what ways communities develop and progress. A community is nothing without the people who operate within it, so it is important to think about who they are, what they do, how they are motivated, their areas of interest, their challenges and the relationships that they build. If we look to try and help and develop a community more traditionally we would perhaps look for a gap and decide how we could fill it.
For example, we see individuals who are unemployed in a community so we bring in experts to tell the community how they can get a job and link them to outside agencies to help, or we see that the kids in the area are exhibiting anti social behaviour so we decide to start up football sessions from the local football club on a Friday night to help get them off the streets, or we start up a cooking club for parents and children because there has been a rise in obesity in that particular community. All of these community projects can add tremendous value to individuals and groups and certainly help to address specific issues that a community may have in the short term. However this type of community development is known as deficit based development - we see a problem and label it and then bring in people and organisations, usually from outside, to try and fill that gap and improve the quality of life, or resources for those specific people. It is not driven by the people who are being helped and as such it often doesn't last very long.
'It is a citizen-led approach working to build and develop a community feel with those who have lived experience of the area and who have built relationships and developed trust with each other..'
A new way to think about community improvement is through Asset Based Community Development or ABCD. Rather than seeing holes in a community and trying to fill them with those who do not live there or experience it, ABCD actually looks at what assets already exist in a community and uses those people who are part of it to start to address those issues from the inside. In fact, there may not even be any obvious issues but the process of engaging with those in a community allows people to see what they can offer, what others can bring and how they can all work together to achieve more in their own space.
Deficit Based
Asset Based
Possibilities
Shared ownership
What's missing
What's there
Risks
Courageous leadership
Strengths, capacities, assets
Control-outside in
Lead by stepping back
Inside-out
Do to
Do with & enable to do
Clients & passive receivers
Co-producers & active creators
Provider-led
Citizen-led
Different Perspectives of Deficit Based vs Asset Based - taken from www.nurturedevelopment.org
In ABCD, communities are not thought of as complex masses of needs and problems, but rather diverse and capable webs of gifts and assets (www.nurturedevelopment.org). It works on the basis of five clear premises; Individuals, Associations, Institutions, Place Based and Connections. It is a citizen led approach working to build and develop a community feel with those who have lived experience of the area and who have built relationships and developed trust with each other, and not about parachuting in organisations who are allegedly 'experts' and who have not linked with the people or area, and who attempt to fix issues with a top down approach.
In our own community sometimes we spend too long in our own bubble and don't look around at others and notice what they can offer. Do you know what your neighbour does for a living, what hobbies they have, what skills they possess and how much is already happening in your community?
In the examples above, rather than labelling a community as unemployed, anti social or obese, perhaps it is time to look within and ask who might possess the skills knowledge or ability to help themselves and each other before these things become issues, or how individuals and groups can be empowered to respond and address issues within their own communities.
Within our own globalbridge community we strive to work together, to understand each others' strengths, and to ensure all areas are addressed and progress is made. It is not always easy and there are often areas that need to be looked at, methods discussed and objectives changed, but the important thing is that everyone's assets are being utilised and everyone feels part of something progressive and collaborative.
So as we head into this festive period perhaps take a look at you and your own community, be that your workplace, a hobby group, your own family or the neighbours in the street you live on and think about what you could offer, how others might help and whether you can build long lasting and meaningful connections that could help support and improve your community.
New year, new approach: How can we better reach our goals?
Community: What is it and how can I be part of it?
There's no 'I' in team... but there is a 'ME'!


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How Short Can Your Shorts Go?
Because apparently the length of a guy's shorts has a direct correlation to his sexuality.
Once upon a time, before the emergence of metrosexuality, men took around 15 minutes to bathe and dress up, and they ate whatever they wanted to eat, not caring if they get pudgy. Consequently, they get labelled as "gay" when they make an effort to look good before going out, which doesn't even make sense. Now, we live in a time when men take care of themselves more, just as women do. They diet to lose weight, use skincare products, and they take more time choosing what to wear on a normal day out.
Yes, men aren't how they used to be. With the pressures of society and the opening of their eyes to possibilities expressing themselves through clothing, men's fashion had evolved, and their sexuality got questioned because of their style choices. One train ride ago, I overheard two girls checking a guy out, but they called him gay after they saw that he was wearing a pair of orange corduroy shorts cut off an inch above his knee. The guy reminded me of my own brother, who wore shorts of that length, but he definitely was not gay; he just found those shorts extra comfy and he thought they looked good on him.
My brother always just wore what he felt was comfy. Or, as others might say, he has no fashion sense. One time, I caught him wearing a red shirt with red shorts. It was definitely not a look I see anyone rocking in public (because he looked like he had a jumpsuit on) so I told him to change and put on a pair of dark blue denim shorts. Still comfy and slightly more fashionable. So I let him loos out in the world wearing something that would not turn heads for all the wrong reasons. It was the same case with his inch-above-the-knee shorts. It may not be the height of fashion but it was still comfy and it should most certainly not be an indicator of one's sexuality.
Here's a more factual and less relative example of how ever-changing and confusing clothes can be. King Louis XIV wore high heels during the 16th century to appear taller and save his ego, since he thought his height left something to be desired. France being a male-dominated society, women felt the need to mimic what they saw in men for them to feel equal, to be at par with men. Women then chopped their hair short, smoked pipes, and eventually, adapted high heels into their ensemble. So eventually, men got away from wearing high heels, to distinguish themselves more from women. So high heels were essentially a man's thing, but I don't see women ostracized for wearing high heels now, do I?
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It's a Real Kick: Leading the Soccer Life
What is the WUSA?
How did Kristine and Kate get involved in the WUSA?
How do female players prepare and train to play hard-core soccer?
Have Kristine and Kate ever tried any alternative health practices during training?
What do these superstars do when they're not playing soccer?
What are the challenges of being a female career athlete?
How do they feel before a game?
What advice do they have for girls who want to play sports?
Back in 2000, iEmily caught up with two soccer superstars—Kristine Lilly and Kate Sobrero—to ask them about the world they kick around in. Both ladies were players in the Olympic silver medal winning U.S. national soccer team, and then joined the WUSA New England team, the Boston Breakers. The interview was conducted just as they were about to break into a newly created soccer league - just for women. back to top
The WUSA is a U.S. soccer league for females only. The WUSA women get paid for playing offense, defense, and for kicking that black and white ball into the net. Being a professional soccer player is a great opportunity for a female athlete. It was created in 2000 after the inspirational Olympic success of the women's U.S. national soccer team in 1999. The teams in the league are: Atlanta Beat, the Bay Area (California) CyberRays, Boston Breakers, New York Power, Philadelphia Charge, Carolina Tempest, San Diego Spirit, and Washington Freedom. Each season, teams play about 21 regular games and some playoff games from April through September. back to top
Both Kristine and Kate got drafted into the WUSA because of their fancy footwork playing soccer for the women's national team and for the Olympic team. Kristine, now 37, is a long-time veteran of the sport. She joined the national team in 1987, when she was 16 and a junior in high school. She also played in college for the University of North Carolina, so she has watched the sport evolve and grow for the past 13 years. Kate, now 32, has also played competitive soccer since she was in high school. She moved on to playing for her college team at Notre Dame and then joined the national team in 1998. Both are experienced soccer players and both are psyched to be playing for the WUSA. Kate admitted, "[Playing in the WUSA] is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'm really glad to be a part of the new team."
Kate said sometimes she pinches herself because she still can't believe she gets down and dirty with the soccer goddesses she looked up to for so long. When she played in high school, she read about and drooled over the lives of Kristine Lilly, Mia Hamm, and Julie Foudy. A few years later, she was one of their teammates! While she's played with them for two years now, she says she still finds it amazing to kick it with these great players who have really shaped the world of soccer for women.
But to get where they are today, both Kate and Kristine had to make a big commitment to the sport. It wasn't easy missing out on the high school and college social scene, like Kate did. She hung out a bit with her friends, but didn't get to do a lot of socializing because she was always at practice or having to get up early for a game. Kristine also feels that some of the choices she made when she first started playing with the national team weren't all that easy. But both soccer wonders believe that the sacrifices are all worth it if you're doing something you truly love. And when you see them in action, it's obvious that the thing these gals love most is to play some mean soccer. back to top
Being a player for the national and Olympic women's soccer teams is more than just kicking a few balls around. It takes determination and hard work from the beginning. Both Kristine and Kate started playing soccer when they were about 6 years old, following their older brothers into the sport.
Both women train heavily to keep in shape for competition. WUSA training is intense, and the teams practice about six days a week for two or more hours a day. Players do weight training two to three times per week and play a game once or twice a week. Talk about full-time employment! "It's going to be a commitment," said Kristine "It's a pro league, so it's your job. And we're going to have to do a lot more work trying to promote the league and trying to get people in the stands." It is important for all professional athletes to make their league a huge success. back to top
Both soccer gals have experimented with yoga for flexibility, even though Kristine's first experience with the powerful postures wasn't very successful. "I tried yoga during the [Summer 2000] Olympics, but it didn't last long," said Kristine. "I think it was making me a little sore!" But as much as she ached after her first yoga encounter, Kristine wanted to give it another go.
Massages are a regular part of the life of a female soccer player, especially when they're playing tournaments and in training. Massage therapy helps keep the body limber and increases blood flow. It also strengthens the circulatory system, improves the muscular and skeletal systems, and balances the nervous system, all of which are bodily functions that need to be in top working order for a female athlete. Kate and Kristine both felt that massage helps their bodies stay in peak performance. Kristine also got massages on her own time because she feels her body really benefits from it. back to top
A career as a full-time soccer player can really do a number on your social life. There's a lot of travel involved and it's really difficult to stay in touch with your friends and family. Kate said there are times when she travels to games for 4 weeks in a row and is only back home for 4 days before she has to take off again. Both women tried to keep in touch with friends and family using e-mail and cell phones. But, "It's hard," as Kristine said. "You get a little tired of the phone."
Even though soccer is a full-time career, neither Kate nor Kristine had ever found it difficult to be a woman involved in a challenging sport. Both women have supportive parents who always told them they could do anything in life. "I grew up playing soccer with boys," said Kristine, "and my parents never said I shouldn't play because I'm a girl." When she was a kid, Kristine also tried her hand at music by playing piano and flute, and she checked out other sports, but soccer was what she was best at. As a female soccer player, she liked being a role model for girls who are into the sport. "Hopefully there's not any kind of stigma about being a girl." Kristine said. "And that's what [the women's national soccer league] has tried to promote for young girls. We tell them just do anything you want in life. You can."
"When I was a kid, my parents told me I could play any sport I wanted to, except for football," Kate said. They steered her away from football because they knew there wasn't a woman's football league in the U.S. and they wanted Kate to be able to play on a national or professional team when she was ready for it. They obviously guided her in the right direction, because she is a star defender for the U.S. national team. (Editor's Note: If Kate had started playing sports this year, her parents wouldn't have dissuaded her from playing football. Recently, a new national football league for women, the WPFL, has started up, which provides more opportunities for girls and women interested in the gridiron.) back to top
While they're the best in their sport, these first-class athletes still get some butterflies before a game. "I always feel nervous," Kate said. "If I don't feel nervous, I know I'm not really ready to play." But that anxious feeling left once the whistle blows to start the action. Then Kate focused on taking the ball away from the other team, which is her primary job as one of the team defenders.
Even though Kristine had played soccer for many years, she still got nervous before she ran out onto the playing field. "You've got to have some nerves because you're putting yourself out there," Kristine said. "You say to yourself. 'I've got to produce today, I've got to show what I'm made of.'" But once she started to play the sport she loves, all her nerves disappeared and she just focused on her teammates, the other team, and the ball. That kind of concentration is what made her a great midfielder, whose job it is to be the anchor of the team. The midfielders are a part of every play and often make goals, but their biggest job is to be in a position to help defense. Kristine was one of the best midfielders in the world. With 81 goals scored, she is the third-highest all-time goal scorer of the U.S. women soccer players. back to top
Often, girls at games and soccer clinics ask Kristine, "How do I get to the next level in my playing?" Her tips: "When you're at your training, put the time into that. Focus on training and when you're done, have some fun." Kristine feels the best advice she can give to girls is to "concentrate and want to learn. And work hard. Working hard is the most important thing, because basically you have to work hard to get anywhere."
These athletes always encourage girls to give sports a try, because they feel that any girl who wants to can succeed at it. "Always go for it and do your best!" is Kate's advice. Kristine says, "Always believe. Believe in yourself and believe in what you want to do. Because you can do it." Having self-confidence and working hard to accomplish their goals are what got these superstars to where they are today. These words of wisdom can help you attain your goals as well.
Kristine and Kate said playing the sport you choose may be difficult sometimes and you may have to make some big decisions and sacrifices along the way, such as when Kate had to miss her college graduation in order to go to a big game. But ultimately, if you do your best, you'll feel great about the commitment you made to your game, your team, and yourself.
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So I have a smallish river by my house, it doesn't flow fast but I believe it does have some downed trees and stuff along it occasionally. My question is, would it be better to use smaller fins on the board, so that because the fin doesn't go as deep, there's less of a risk of smacking into something I didn't see? I'm new to SUP so not sure how it would really work in practice but I've been thinking about it.
Re: Board fin setup for rivers?
For river supping with some current and some moderate depth, I've seen some people use 2 sidebiter fins and 1 large thruster fin (2 + 1 setup), but the number of fins is based on their board length (10' and under).
On some longer sup boards, (11' and over), I've seen a few people use 1 large fin. As for the length of the fins on the two fin setup,, I don't have any info on that.
The above is just to give you some food for thought.
Hi everybody from Italy, this is my first message, I guess, thus a short presentation: I'm Andrea, 50 y.o., 30 years amateur paddling on all kind of canoes and waters and since 2011 only sup. I've been practising river sup since last year.
To reply to your question: The trend now for river sup is 2+2 lateral fins 2" height. Central fin is not used. Moreover in turbulent waters a taller fin proves contraindicated because of instability trasmitted to the board. On the contrary, for calm rivers central taller fin (say 5") helps a lot the directivity.
I'll echo acquamossa's advice about the short side bite type fins, with the caveat that my experience is on a Red Paddle Co 10'8" Ride, with a 2+1 setup, but all three are 3ish inches in height (depth?) which I'm thankful for when I hit shallow sections, or pull off into a shallow eddy near the bank.
Maybe there is a need to have directional stability that a taller fin would provide, but at my casual level, the short fins are adequate.
I wouldn't go any shorter than 8 inches. You need a certain amount of fin for stability and tracking. You also might want a fin that is fairly swept back so that it doesn't catch and drag weeds.
A weed free fin is almost a necessity if you intend to paddle on Great Bay near where you live or you might be stopping every 15 minutes to remove eelgrass.
Weed fins track really well. A fin with a curved leading edge will slide over obstructions easier whereas the straighter knife like blades will stop the board more abruptly when they hit something.
You simply cannot go on whitewater with fins even half long the one you mention.
But he brings up a good point, and one that argues for small flexible fins, and that is when your moving along under the river's power, not your own, it's more likely that you might unexpectedly hit something, and the greater the fin, the greater the chance of getting launched...part of the fun I guess!
ZombieOtter isn't doing whitewater. His river is very slow with almost no current. He's really just doing flatwater. He probably should have posted in the flatwater section.
This is also his first board so he's a total newb. He's mostly worried about hitting submerged logs from trees that have fallen in the river. I don't think he needs any specialized type of river fin for what he's doing.
In fact the problem is in the terminology: river sup should be sup in rivers, which do not necessarily occur to have white waters. And if not, the boards (and the fin set) should be almost the same as for open waters (I use a flexible long central fin in such rivers).
What we usually call "river sup" should more precisely be defined as "white water (river) sup".
For white water, I have two small soft 2" lateral fins, and one 4''7 soft central fin. 4"7 is sometimes too big when crossing cross-current areas, but the advantage is that when water level is low, the fin hit the floor first, I feel it (and if not with the fin it's with the paddle) and can drop out of the board, grab it and walk, so that the board don't hit the floor. Fin hitting the floor is not an issue since it's soft. Other advantage is that row effect is low on flat sections.
For ZombieOtter, the issue is different, it's just hitting something in I suppose opaque water. So I would recommend him a big soft central fin.
A soft flex fin is a good option as it might lessen the severity of the hit a bit. For flat rivers, a soft flex weed fin with a nice swept back curve to it might be the best of both worlds as it might help ride up and over the obstruction but I'm not sure if anyone makes such a thing.
Myself, I just be really careful in areas wherever I think there might be logs or rocks. Reading the water and anticipating the hit is the key, which takes practice of course.
For flat rivers, a soft flex weed fin with a nice swept back curve (...) but I'm not sure if anyone makes such a thing.
But for me, on transparent flat water there is no need for this. Like Badger said, anticipation is enough.
For not getting stuck in shallows or hitting hidden branches.
I use standard fins on the Hudson. There's always a small risk of hitting something with the fin, which I've done! So my fins get a little beat up. On the other hand, with all the river chop a bigger fin just makes more sense.


In the North Netherlands a regional Healthy Ageing innovation network has been developed in which many partners in research and education, health and welfare, business, and regional authorities have been collaborating since 2009.
The founding father of Healthy Ageing in the Northern Netherlands is the University Medical Centre Groningen. A powerful player in this field, with projects like Life Lines, one of the leading bio-banks in Europe, and the European Research Institute on the Biology of Ageing.
The four Universities of Applied Sciences in the Northern provinces also make valuable contributions. They educate the new professionals that are needed in the fast changing health care and welfare system and they also play an important role in applied research and innovation, often in collaboration with health institutes.
Activities got a boost by the new Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing, with Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen as lead partner. It is supported by the Ministry of Education and Research, to stimulate innovation through public private partnerships. Within two years the number of partners has increased from 35 to 150 organisations, 50 of which are commercial companies. Now, 25 innovation labs (living labs) have been realised all over the northern region.
The innovation labs are important for the development of this Centre. Stakeholders from universities, health organisations, business partners and regional authorities like municipalities work together in the development and implementation of innovation in health care, with economic as well as societal impact.
From a European perspective, it is amazing how fast active and healthy ageing has made its way into the European political agenda. As part of the prestigious EU2020 Strategy and its Innovation Union, active and healthy ageing can be found in many other European initiatives and programmes. The European Innovation partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA), the EIT Health (Knowledge and Innovation Community Health) and the prominent place active and healthy ageing has been assigned in the EU research programme Horizon 2020 are all proof of the high political attention for this theme.


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'Sometimes a Great Notion': Sink or Swim
<p>[imgbelt img=KenKeseyStatue1.jpg]Fifty years after its publication, Ken Kesey's novel Sometimes a Great Notion still raises fundamental questions about life in rural America. Do we hang together or hang separately? And are those the only choices?</p>
by Tarence Ray March 31, 2014 March 31, 2014
A statue of Kesey stands in Portland, in his native state of Oregon.
[imgcontainer] [img:KenKeseyStatue1.jpg]A statue of Kesey stands in Portland, in his native state of Oregon. [/imgcontainer]
A striking cartoon from Kentucky artist Joel Pett features a strip miner carving into a mountain with a front loader. With each scoop of the machine the miner pleads, "Save my job!" Once the mountain is gone his boss flies in by helicopter, fires him, and tells him to go home. The miner looks at the wasteland he has created and scratches his head: "Home?"
[imgcontainer left] [img:joel_pett_save_my_job.jpg]A detail of Joel Pett's cartoon. [/imgcontainer]
The cartoon asks a basic question: How much is one willing to surrender to maintain a lifestyle? This question is at the heart of Ken Kesey's rural masterpiece, Sometimes a Great Notion, which turns 50 years old this year. The novel concerns a stubborn logging family in the coastal Oregon town of Wakonda. The Stampers, led by patriarch Henry and his son Hank, refuse to join a union strike against a local lumber company and continue to log trees. To satisfy production quotas – and thereby break the strike – Hank begrudgingly hires his estranged, quasi-socialist brother, Lee.
The Stampers have a family motto: "Never give an inch." Hank's decision to hire his rebellious brother is the first compromise he makes, and thus the first inch he gives. The remainder of the story is a cascade toward doom, as Hank's obsession with defeating the strike becomes embodied in his battle with Lee, and costs him lives, relationships and, ultimately, a place to live.
[imgcontainer right] [img:SometimesAGreatNotion.jpg]Many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion to be Kesey's best novel, but his first, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, is better known. [/imgcontainer]
Kesey's objective is to show the value of one inch: At what point does it cost more – environmentally, mentally, physically – to live the life of the detached yeoman, the rugged libertarian? Even if this is the ideology to which one subscribes, it is increasingly difficult to follow. Fifty-five percent of America's streams no longer support healthy levels of aquatic life. Agricultural policies and the rise of corporate farming have pushed the American laborer off the land, so that now less than 1% of Americans pursue farming. Aquifers are drying up; pipelines carve through the earth and its water sources; chemical spills blanket coastlines.
A haunting image in Notion is that of a solitary deer swimming perilously far off the Pacific coast. Henry Stamper and his coworker haul the deer into their boat, but as they near the shore, the buck jumps overboard and swims, frantic, back out to sea. The reader is left to contemplate the creature's suicidal behavior. Has it made a conscious decision to pursue certain death? When confronted with the choice between brutal individualism and routine collectivism, do we react similarly? How is this choice affected by the awareness of environmental stress, of depleting resources, of the monomaniacal Ahabs – such as Hank Stamper – who drag down entire communities into the fight against nature's "intangible malignity" with them?
Kesey bleakly suggests there is a third option – death – that is the ultimate compromise between libertarianism and collectivism; between West Coast individualism and East Coast intellectualism; and, most importantly, between rural and urban society. Consider the title of the book. It is taken from Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene":
Sometimes I live in the country,
Sometimes I live in the town;
Sometimes I get a great notion
To jump into the river … and drown
Kesey is saying that to merely engage in any American enterprise is itself a form of death. An example is found in an argument between Hank and Lee regarding the "proper" way to die. Hank has just saved Lee from being drowned by a gang of teenagers who have targeted Lee for his last name. (In other words, for being a Stamper and thereby a scab.) Hank cannot understand why Lee would passively welcome a watery grave. He declares that the only way to make it through life – and remain sane in the process – is to absorb hostility in all its forms, to walk into a room "knowin' everybody there would like to take a pot shot at me." The fight is the ultimate validation of enterprise. To Lee, the honorable way to die is to submit to nature's "intangible malignity;" not to fight, but to go down with the ship.
One is racing towards death; the other is fleeing from life. Are they really all that different? This depends on how one views rural communities. Can we afford to keep boxing them into impossible choices and false compromises?
Sometimes a Great Notion is bracketed by a grisly image: a detached arm, dangling from a fish line high above the Wakonda Auga River. Its middle finger is outstretched. Never Give An Inch. In the 50 years since Notion was published, this attitude has been used as a justification for policies on both sides of the rural-urban divide. But it is important to remember that the arm is detached from the body. And what is a middle finger without a body?
Tarence Ray lives in Whitesburg, Kentucky.
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Quijorna es un municipio español de la Comunidad de Madrid.

Medio físico

El municipio se encuentra situado en la zona oeste de la Comunidad, a unos 39 km de Madrid limitando con el municipio de Brunete y Villanueva de la Cañada al Este, Navalagamella al oeste, Valdemorillo al norte y Villanueva de Perales al Sur. Está situado dentro de la comarca denominada "Cuenca del Guadarrama".

Uno de los afluentes del Guadarrama pasa por Quijorna.
Aproximadamente la mitad del término municipal de Quijorna está protegido dentro de la denominada zona de protección: Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves (ZEPA).

Tiene una extensión de 25,7 km² y una altitud aproximada de 573 m.

Educación

Primaria y secundaria

En Quijorna se encuentran los siguientes centros educativos:

 dos guarderías (una pública y otra privada)

 un colegio público de educación infantil y primaria llamado C.E.I.P. Príncipes de Asturias

Servicios
Quijorna cuenta con un centro ambulatorio diurno de atención primaria, una biblioteca pública, oficinas bancarias, numerosos parques, instalaciones deportivas y una piscina municipal.

Carreteras

El término municipal de Quijorna está surcado por las siguientes carreteras:

 M-521: une Villanueva de la Cañada con Robledo de Chavela, pasando por Quijorna, Navalagamella y Fresnedillas de la Oliva;
 M-522: une la M-501 (también conocida como "carretera de los Pantanos") con Quijorna;

Medios de transporte

 581: Madrid (intercambiador de Príncipe Pío) - Villaviciosa de Odón - Brunete - Villanueva de la Cañada - Quijorna.

Demografía

 2001 --> 1194 Habitantes

 2002 --> 1342 Habitantes

 2003 --> 1565 Habitantes

 2004 --> 1847 Habitantes

 2005 --> 2067 Habitantes

 2006 --> 2177 Habitantes

 2007 --> 2378 Habitantes

 2008 --> 2703 Habitantes
 2016 --> 3239 Habitantes
 2019 --> 3439 Habitantes

Historia

En terrenos de esta localidad tuvo lugar parte del enfrentamiento de la llamada batalla de Brunete, desarrollada desde el 6 hasta el 25 de julio de 1937 durante la Guerra Civil Española. Esta ofensiva lanzada por el ejército de la República tenía como objetivo disminuir la presión ejercida por las fuerzas sublevadas sobre Madrid y al mismo tiempo aliviar la situación en el frente Norte.

Como consecuencia de los bombardeos, Quijorna fue totalmente destruida, a excepción de una parte de la iglesia que quedó en pie.

En octubre de 2013 Quijorna saltó a los medios de comunicación, cuando su ayuntamiento gobernado por Mercedes García (PP),organizó una exposición de la guerra y sobre sus acontecimientos, ya que allí tuvo lugar la batalla de Brunete.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Ayuntamiento de Quijorna
Datos estadísticos oficiales de Quijorna

Municipios de la Comunidad de Madrid
Localidades de la Comunidad de Madrid

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The speed of dark
Elizabeth Moon
An edition of The Speed of Dark (2003)
by Elizabeth Moon
This edition was published in 2003 by Ballantine Books in New York.
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of society. But they will never be normal.Lou Arrendale is a member of that lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the awards of medical science. Part of a small group of high-functioning autistic adults, he has a steady job with a pharmaceutical company, a car, friends, and a passion for fencing. Aside from his annual visits to his counselor, he lives a low-key, independent life. He has learned to shake hands and make eye contact. He has taught himself to use "please" and "thank you" and other conventions of conversation because he knows it makes others comfortable. He does his best to be as normal as possible and not to draw attention to himself. But then his quiet life comes under attack. It starts with an experimental treatment that will reverse the effects of autism in adults. With this treatment Lou would think and act and be just like everyone else. But if he was suddenly free of autism, would he still be himself? Would he still love the same classical music--with its complications and resolutions? Would he still see the same colors and patterns in the world--shades and hues that others cannot see? Most importantly, would he still love Marjory, a woman who may never be able to reciprocate his feelings? Would it be easier for her to return the love of a "normal"?There are intense pressures coming from the world around him--including an angry supervisor who wants to cut costs by sacrificing the supports necessary to employ autistic workers. Perhaps even more disturbing are the barrage of questions within himself. For Lou must decide if he should submit to a surgery that might completely change the way he views the world . . . and the very essence of who he is.Thoughtful, provocative, poignant, unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping exploration into the mind of an autistic person as he struggles with profound questions of humanity and matters of the heart.From the Hardcover edition.
Patients, Autism, Fiction, Science Fiction, Autistic people, Large type books
2004, Random House Publishing Group
E-book in English
March 2, 2004, Ballantine Books
Paperback in English
2003, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st ed.
2003, Thorndike Press
Work Description
Library of Congress PS3563.O557 S64 2003
Dewey 813/.54
PS3563.O557 S64 2003
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Internal Revenue Code §104(a)(2) and §130(c) further clarified that the full benefits received from a qualified structured settlement annuity that derived as a result of a personal physical injury would be tax-exempt when received.
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Financial Security -Thanks to the financial strength of the issuing life insurance companies, the income from structured settlement annuities will always be there.
Tax Advantages – All qualified structured settlement payments benefit from the tax-free status of the structured settlement vehicle for the original victim. This includes the lump sum payouts, periodic payments, and interest earned in the annuity. This is established in the Internal Revenue Code section 104(a).
Customized Payments – Guaranteed income settlement annuities are typically tailored to the needs of the recipient. One client will have differing needs from the next, and when properly constructed, these period certain annuities address the needs to the recipient for decades into the future. As an example, any victim who is no longer capable of working as before the accident can have a structured settlement established to supplement income each month or to substitute for lost income. In other cases where the victims need special attending care for the rest of their lives, these guaranteed settlement payments can be established to meet this need. For those beneficiaries who are minors, they can set up payments that will not start until a future fixed point. These might include payouts for vocational school, college or university, or once the minor reaches adulthood.
Protection From Waste – a huge benefit consistently raised with these guaranteed income streams is that they prevent any spendthrift habits from wasting the award the victim receives. This is critical for those beneficiaries who have been badly injured. They need certainty that their award will always deliver an income when they require it.
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They provide freedom from fear and worry – thanks to the income that is both guaranteed and completely income tax-free, the victims and their families are able to concentrate their entire efforts on rebuilding their shattered lives following a case of wrongful death or a life-altering tragic accident.
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General income stream – Many victims will simply be grateful to have the guaranteed monthly income payments that substitute for lost wages and earnings from their past lives and former employment.
The Congress knew what they were doing when they established guaranteed income structured settlement annuities over 35 years ago. They crafted a vehicle that ideally suits many different cases, particular needs, and circumstances of accident victims.
A number of independent studies and surveys reveal that as injuries are more severe and lasting, this increases the odds that the courts and defendants will consent to the vehicle of guaranteed income structured settlement annuities.


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