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James Drake (1667–1707) was an English physician and political writer, a Jacobite and Fellow of the Royal Society.

Life
He was born in 1667 at Cambridge, where his father was a solicitor. He was educated at Wivelingham and Eton College, was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge, 20 March 1684, and graduated B.A. and M.A. In 1693 he went to London, and was encouraged in the study of medicine by Sir Thomas Millington. He became M.B. in 1690 and M.D. in 1694. In 1701 he was elected F.R.S., and was admitted fellow of the College of Physicians 30 June 1706.

Drake became disillusioned with his treatment at the hands of some of the Tories. He died of a fever, at Westminster, 2 March 1707.

Works
In 1697 Drake had a share in a well-known pamphlet called Commendatory Verses upon the Author of Prince Arthur and King Arthur (Richard Blackmore).

Tory controversialist
Drake became known as a vigorous Tory pamphleteer. A New Test of Church of England's Loyalty (1702) by Daniel Defoe was answered by Drake as "A True Englishman" in Some Necessary Considerations, Relating to All Future Elections of Members to Serve in Parliament (1702).

In 1702 also Drake published The History of the Last Parliament, written in the Tory interest with the help of Anthony Hammond. It accused the Whigs of contemplating a new model of government and of traducing Queen Anne while she was a princess. The House of Lords had been investigating the report that William had plotted to secure the succession to the crown for the Elector of Hanover. Drake's pamphlet was noticed in the course of the debate. He confessed the authorship and was summoned before the House of Lords, which ordered him to be prosecuted. He was tried and acquitted.

In 1703 he published Historia Anglo-Scotica, allegedly from a manuscript by an unknown author. It was offensive to presbyterians and was burnt at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, 30 June 1703.

In 1704 he joined with Henry Poley, MP for Ipswich, in composing The Memorial of the Church of England, humbly offered to the consideration of all true lovers of our Church and Constitution; also involved was William Pittis. (In the past this anonymous work has been attributed to Pittis alone.) There was an answer, Occasional Thoughts (1705) on the Memorial, which is attributed to William Stephens. John Toland was paid to write another reply, Memorial of the State of England. Defoe answered, also, with The High Church Legion, or the Memorial Examined (1705).

This pamphlet gave offence to the Duke of Marlborough and Godolphin, who were beginning to separate themselves from the Tories. The book was also presented as a libel by the grand jury of London on 31 August 1705, and burnt by the common hangman. The Queen mentioned it in her speech to the new parliament (27 October 1705). After voting that the church was not in danger, both houses of parliament (14 December) requested the queen to punish persons responsible for scandalous insinuations to the contrary. A proclamation was issued offering reward for the discovery of the authors of the memorial. The printer made a statement implicating three members of the House of Commons, Poley, John Ward III, and Sir Humphry Mackworth, but stated that the pamphlet was brought to him by two women, one of them masked, and the printed copies delivered by him to porters, some of whom were arrested. No further discoveries, however, were made.

Drake escaped for the time, but was prosecuted the following spring for some passages in the Mercurius Politicus, a paper of which he was the author. John Hawles acted as his counsel, and a fellow physician John Radcliffe met some legal costs. He was convicted (14 February 1706) of a libel, but there had been a technical error and Drake was acquitted 6 November 1706. The government then brought a writ of error; but meanwhile Drake had died. In 1706 Drake had also edited an edition of Leicester's Commonwealth, with preface.

Medical works

A medical treatise called Anthropologia Nova, or a New System of Anatomy, was published just before Drake's death in 1707. In it he had the collaboration of William Cowper, for both text and plates. Contractually the book was a legacy of a project involving instead Clopton Havers, author of Osteologia nova (1691), who had died in 1702; and as a consequence used plates copied from Stephan Blancard. Drake's wife Judith edited the work and secured a dedication to Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort.

Anthropologia Nova reached a second edition in 1717, and a third in 1727. It was edited by William Wagstaffe, and was popular up to the publication of William Cheselden's Anatomy. Drake had in it a theory of acquired immunity to smallpox, which was then taken up by Clifton Wintringham.

Drake's Orationes Tres on medical subjects were printed in 1742, with a preface by Edward Milward. He contributed a paper concerning the influence of respiration on the action of the heart to the Philosophical Transactions.

Other works
Drake also wrote The Sham Lawyer, or the Lucky Extravagant (adapted from John Fletcher's Spanish Curate and Wit without Money), acted in 1697 and printed, according to the title-page, "as it was damnably acted at Drury Lane". He is also said to have written The Antient and Modern Stages Reviewed (1700), one of the replies to Jeremy Collier, and prefixed a life to the works of Tom Brown (1707).

Family
His wife was Judith Drake, a medical practitioner as well as a writer. The baptism of a daughter Ann is recorded. There was also a son James, who gained the M.D. degree.

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Q: Installing Android Studio issue with .gradle file I just install android studio on a VM machine (VM Fusion). When I try to create a new project, I get the message "org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not install Gradle distribution from 'http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.6-bin.zip'.: Could not install Gradle distribution from 'http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.6-bin.zip'."
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*Copy the contents of gradle-1.6 to
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*Copy gradle.jar to \Android\android-studio\lib\

*Restart Android Studio
It did not work. I get the error message
I tried to copy the zip package /gradle-1.6-bin.zip to the following location
C:\Documents and Settings\myusername.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-1.6-bin\72srdo3a5eb3bic159kar72vok\
the .gradle file was not there. I look in setting and notice that it under \vmware-host\sharefolders. I went there and the file was still not there. I unhide hidden file and folder with no luck.
In addition, when I create a new project, I notice the project location is \vmware-host\Shared Folders\AndroidStudioProjects\MyApplicationProject.
How can I get a new .gradle file or tell android studio to look at a different folder? How do I change the project location so it does not default to \vmware-host but instead to c:\development.
Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
JF

A: Copying Gradle inside Studio will not help. Just install it somewhere else and after manually creating a project you can import it in Studio and select which installation of Gradle to use.
You have to create the project manually, because right now creating a project from studio always use the wrapper that automatically download gradle from the online repository.
We are working on having an offline mode for project creation, but it's not available yet.

A: Just edit your System's DNS settings, and redirect services.gradle.com to 127.0.0.1 then use a small web server and serve the file under its appropriate directory (distributions)

A: As you said,"Copy the contents of gradle-1.6 to \Android\android-studio\plugins\gradle",this folder under the setup path.
Why did you copy it to  "Documents and Settings"?

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You are here: Home / Full Archive / The Case for EU Special Forces
The Case for EU Special Forces
THE problem with the EU Common Security and Defence Policy is that it isn't common, it is not about defence and that it's short on actual policy. A critical commentator would compare the power and reach of the Union to that of the Vatican or the UN rather than great powers such as China and the US.
But most commentators are not critical. The pretence that the EU is some sort of a Super Power is maintained by cadres of academics enthusiastically over-stating the progress made. In all the excitement it is easy to forget that Europe remains a security consumer and that the EU has yet to make its mark on world politics in a way that we might expect from an actor of its size.
JUST to clarify one thing, I am not among those who believe that to develop a pan-European security policy is necessarily a bad idea, or that the EU should scale back its ambition to a focus exclusively on economic integration.
Quite the contrary. I cannot think of a single serious issue – from preventing spread of weapons of mass destruction to countering international terrorism or standing up for human rights – where the nation states would do a better job alone.
I am, however opposed to self deception. It is simply irresponsible to pretend national resources – diplomatic, military and economic – to be EU resources when they are not under EU control. The EU is not the world's biggest aid donor, it does not control a formidable foreign service – and it certainly does not have an army.
The Commission, the stewards of integration, have so far been given very little hand in the making of EU foreign and security policy. Under the government representatives in the EU Council the CSDP has become over burdened and under driven.
They have proclaimed a common foreign and security policy without practicing it, promised common defence without committing the means.
The original idea was that the EU would act «one for all, all for one» as in Operation Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This approach increasingly seems to have been overtaken by a state-centric concept as seen in Operation Artemis in Congo where major powers lead coalitions of the willing and Brussels contribute with little more than its blessings.
THIS trend is worrying since it hands the major powers a disproportionate influence on common policies. One example is how EU-25 have been sidelined by EU-3, France, Germany and Great Britain over the non-proliferation efforts directed at Iran.
We are in danger of ending up with a CSDP resembling a re-run of the pre-world war Viennese Concert. Peace and stability built on the sandy ground of great power politics.
With integration on the defensive the alternative to great power dominance would seem to be inertia. There are, however, two potential champions that could offer a way out – one likely and one unlikely: The EU Commission and the United States.
THE US could seem an unlikely champion for integration. But America is the only actor powerful enough to call in favours, knock heads together, make the Europeans arrive at common positions. The US has 50 years of practice at this in Nato. Therefore the obvious question should be to find ways to persuade the US to apply pressure.
A stronger Europe is in US interest. The US is over-stretched and need allies to shoulder part of the security burden of the West. The notion that the EU would somehow rival the US is self-delusion. At the end of the day the policy distance is shorter from London to Washington – than to Paris. End of story.
The failed attempts at reinventing Nato has if anything illustrated that the EU is the now only plausible vehicle for a European force. Enlisting US support would be the easiest, most cost effective way to make the CSDP happen.
Unfortunately the current transatlantic climate makes such initiatives unlikely.
A SECOND prospect is for the Commission to seize the initiative. Improbable as it may seem with the integration project reeling from a lack of public endorsement. This is exactly the time to deliver something the average European understands, time for a bold move.
One way to do this would be to assemble a small, directly recruited military outfit, EU Special Forces. Today the EU forces are the same national soldiers that – depending on circumstances – also serve Nato, the OSCE and the UN.
Much as "multi-hatting" is a clever political compromise it fails to deliver the sort of imagery that captures the imagination of the ordinary citizen. Possessing its own force, even just a battalion, would set the EU apart from these institutions. It would help make the EU an actor in its own right, not just an arena for great power politics.
Obvious tasks for the EU Special Forces would range from protecting EU institutions and dignitaries en route to rescuing hostages and evacuating EU nationals from trouble spots.
IN DOING so the EU would deliver easily comprehended "added value." since most of the EU states are unable to effectively protect or rescue their citizens beyond their own borders. The force would provide a corps to "carry the flag" that will not disappear at the drop of a hat.
A battalion of Europe's finest would further embody a feeling of community. It would give the EU a face that is not that of a Eurocrat. Actually possessing force would also help forming an institution based EU strategic culture.
With Nato sliding into irrelevance and the US pulling its forces out of Europe we must remain watchful that we do not relapse into the national interest driven foreign policy that has undone Europe so many times in the past.
UNLESS the EU is ready to match its capabilities to its ambitions in a wholly realistic way it will again find itself piously wringing its hands the next time a crisis occurs.
THE question of EU Special Forces would involve the Commission challenging the Council in an unprecedented fashion. When considering this option Commission President Barroso should remember a maxim often attributed to Henry Kissinger: Courage and success do not stand in causal relation –they are identical.
Published in YES – Young Europeans for Security 09.06-2005


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NEW YORK (AP) — There was more than one story line playing out in the stock market Wednesday.
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The culprit was an unspecified problem at Knight Capital, one of the largest processors of stock trades. The New York Stock Exchange, where the shares are traded, eventually decided to cancel some trades in six smaller stocks.
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'Future is Rail' campaign is here to enhance rail's importance
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The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) launched on 31 March its new rail transport-oriented initiative under the title 'Future is Rail'. Following the official kick-off of the European Year of Rail and the launching of the 'Connecting Europe Express' initiative, CER now aims to use its new campaign to promote the benefits of rail and encourage more customers and passengers to use it as their primary transport option.
According to CER, the three pillars of the 'Future is Rail' initiative relate to the mode's main characteristics: smartness, connectedness and cleanliness. Similarly to rail transport, Europe should change its habit and start 'moving' in a smarter, more connected and cleaner way. "Rail is ready to be at the centre of a fully decarbonised transportation system in line with the European Green Deal. Investment in rail is an investment in more mobility, more economic activity and more growth, but sustainably. Because rail is cleaner, smarter and makes us more connected. Rail is the future", said Alberto Mazzola, CER's Executive Director.
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Movement is an integral part of human nature but also of the way that products reach our homes. Consequently, achieving sustainable objectives does not depend only on the type of products we use or their production procedures. In contrast, their transportation is a crucial piece of the whole puzzle that we need to complete to become an entirely environmentally friendly society. The same applies to how we as people move around to get to our jobs or anywhere else we need. That is why, according to the Green Deal, Europe's target until 2030 is to double the amount of rail passenger and make sure that rail freight's share will reach at least 30 per cent.
However, one of the most important things to be achieved during the European Year of Rail is a shift of mentality towards the way people perceive theirs' or goods' transportation. If Europe needs a smart transportation system, then rail is unavoidably the future. The safety that rail provides, together with its efficiency, quality of services and, lately, digitalisation, make it the most sustainable transport mode and the primary component of a flawless and genuinely connected system.
Speaking of connectedness, if someone could visualise a rail network, it could be easy to realise that it looks like a human body's neural system. It connects the most central parts of the continent, but it also reaches remote and afar regions. According to CER, "the seamless rail network of tomorrow is being built today", and apart from it being seamless, it will be also CO2 neutral. In these times, while we go through the 21st century, environmental issues have become more urgent than ever. Consequently, having a reliable and far-reaching mode of transport would be nothing without a reduced environmental impact. And rail, both passenger and freight, pollutes eight times less than other modes, offering us a healthier future.
Connecting Europe Express will celebrate the year of rail on tracks
Tags: 2030, CER, European Green Deal, European Year of Rail
Author: Nikos Papatolios
Nikos Papatolios is editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.
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Sugar Creek trail, also known as Hotel Creek track, is a short walk through lush rainforest and dense palm forest. Starting from Sugar Creek picnic area, it's a nice hike or easy mountain bike trail that the whole family will enjoy. There is an abundance of wildlife to keep you entertained. You're bound to spot popular locals such as wallabies, goannas and echidnas. If you're lucky you might also spot koalas, yellow-bellied gliders and a powerful owl. There are also over 200 bird species found in Wallingat so keep your binoculars handy to get close up views of king parrots, glossy black cockatoos and blue wrens. Find a place along the way to sit and take in the peaceful sounds of the forest. You can then head back to the picnic area to cook up a storm on the barbecue and relax among the tall cabbage palms and flooded gums.
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What's all the fuss about? Summer 2007: Why did the central banks of the most sophisticated economies in the world have to bail out the Big Banks? Autumn 2007: Why did the CEOs of America's biggest bank and biggest brokerage firm resign? Why did Citibank and Morgan Stanley have to get financing from The Saudis and from China? Why did several Canadian banks announce monster "write-offs?" Why did the European central banks loan $500 billion to European big banks? What's wrong?
It appears that million of Americans cannot afford their mortgage payments. As they hand their keys back to the lenders, houses have to be sold to pay off the defaulted mortgages. The selling pressure of all those extra houses on the market has caused a down trend in US house prices. If a home owner was having trouble making mortgage payments, and their mortgage was $300,000 –but the value of their house has dropped to $290,000, it makes them more likely to give up and walk away. In addition to that, potential home buyers are reluctant to buy when prices are going down. Increased supply of houses for sale, decreased demand: the down turn feeds on itself. It's like a spiral – lower house prices cause even lower prices.
The reason that the world's central banks have been so aggressively lending to the Big Banks stems from the way the banking system is structured. A bank has a certain amount of capital or the net worth. It also has a certain amount of deposits, the amount of money their customers have placed in accounts and investment certificates. The amount of money that a bank can lend to do its business is a multiple of their capital and their deposits. If their capital includes $1 billion of American sub-prime mortgages, and they realize that millions of Americans can no longer afford their mortgage payments, they realize that their $1 billion might not actually be worth anywhere near $1 billion.


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The tower got its name from the huge drum located within the building. In contrast to the Bell Tower, where bell rung at dawn, drum was rung at sunset at the Drum Tower.
On the Drum Tower's first floor, lies a hall with many large drums. Each is decorated with intrinsic and beautiful Chinese writing, which symbolizes good fortune. The impressive arrays are only on display and visitors are not allowed to touch. But there is an extra drum near the front entrance where visitors can pose for pictures for a small fee.
Standing on Sheshan (Snake Hill), at the bank of Yangtze River (Yangtze River cruises) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the Yellow Crane Tower is considered one of the Four Great Towers of China. Tourists can obtain a fine view of the Yangtze River from the top of it. It has the appearance of an ancient tower but was built with modern materials and includes an elevator. Displays are presented at each level. To the east on the hill, a large temple bell may be struck by tourists for a small fee.
Legend: There are at least two legends related to the tower. In the first, an immortal named Wang Zi'an rode off on a yellow crane from Snake Hill. A tower was later built in commemoration to it. In the second, after becoming an Immortal, Fei Wenyi would ride a yellow crane and often stop on Snake Hill to have a rest.
Built in 1061, Penglai Pavilion is a famous tower in Penglai, Shandong Province. It is seated on the cliff of Danya Mountain close to the sea in the north of Penglai. Noted as one of the Four Great Towers of China, it is the resting place of the Eight Immortals according to the legend and famous for its occasional mirages. The dividing line between the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea is also marked and clearly visible from the area.
Located in the northwest of the city of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province (a tourist province always included in China tour packages ) and on the east bank of the Gan River, Tengwang Pavilion (The Pavilion of Prince Teng) is one of the Four Great Towers of China. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over its history. The present building was rebuilt in 1989 on the original site.
Completed in 1989, the present pavilion is a landmark of Nanchang. It was built with reinforced concrete structure, but decorated in faux-Song Dynasty (960–1279) style. It is 57.5 meters tall and has nine floors. The building has a total floor area of 13,000 square meters.
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Endowed with location advantages and scenic beauty, Guanque (Stork Magpie) Tower is located in Yongji city, Shanxi Province which is an optional tourist destination for popular China tours. It occupies a land area of 1,700 mu, and has a total of six layers.
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The Back Road Cafe - Café Talk - Life is Sacred! So What?
Some time ago I was in a small group discussion that tumbled into the issue of abortion. A man told the group that life is sacred. He didn't say this aggressively. He wasn't angry. It was obvious he meant what he said. He was, of course, implying that it was therefore wrong to terminate life, or in other words, because life is sacred it is wrong for us to kill.
The claim that life is scared is a belief statement. There is no way of proving the claim. For most people it also implies the existence of a conscious intelligent deity that interacts in human life and endows life with sacredness. This is also a belief statement that cannot be proven. But for the moment let's accept the claim that life is sacred and that offending the sacredness of life is also to offend the deity. How would that quality affect our behavior?
All living things have to kill living things to continue living. Human beings are no exception. The odds were that the man in my small group was a meat eater and thus killed animals or relied on others to kill for him. But even if he were a vegetarian he would still have to kill to live. Obviously, there is a difference between killing a cow and killing a carrot. But if life is sacred, what is the difference? Is the cow more sacred than the carrot? Does the deity love cows more than carrots? If so, why?
I once asked this question of a friend who is a vegetarian and ethicist at Oxford University specializing in animal rights and theology. His response was simple: It is immoral to kill sentient beings. By saying that some animals are sentient he means that they are in some way aware of their life story. The definition of sentience would include: the ability to feel, perceive, and to have some experience of one's self, or the ability to experience subjectivity. My friend said the jury was still out on fish, but it was unlikely the possessed sentience. From his perspective, while all life may be sacred, it only wrong to kill sentient life. So, if we were to accept this reasoning, it would be okay to eat a carrot or a fish, but not a cow or a pig.
Fair enough, but the gentleman in the discussion group wasn't speaking of vegetables and animals. He was speaking of human beings. So, for the sake of argument, let's narrow it down and only address the possibility that human life is sacred.
The sacredness argument implies that killing a human being is wrong. The question of when a human being actually becomes human is more than complicated. I would guess that most people who oppose abortion, for example, believe that we are human at the point of conception. Others would disagree, but I don't want to get into that here. My point is that the man in question certainly believed a foetus is human and that because human life is scared it should not be killed.
Liberals are fond of pointing out that often people who oppose abortion support capital punishment. I'm sure that there are many liberals who condemn capital punishment and also support some limited military actions and all out war. The argument that human life is sacred does not stop the direct or indirect killing of human beings. It never has and never will. It only stops the killing of some human beings and in some circumstances.
It is estimated that around 378,000 people die violent deaths in war each year. Given that the main purpose of war is to kill human beings, those who believe human life is sacred should explain and justify why they are not pacifists. Why argue for just war theories instead of pacifism?
Each year approximately 1.3 million men, women and children die on the world's roads due to accidents. That's an average of 3,287 deaths a day. Vehicle death is the 9th leading cause of death and is 2.2% of all deaths globally. This is an indirect result of human behavior. If life is sacred, how do you justify 1.3 million violent deaths a year?
Obviously we are not going to stop fighting wars and driving cars because life is sacred. Many a noble person has argued for the end of war and yet the preparation for wars and the conducting of wars is one of the biggest and most profitable human endeavours. And imagine a person advocating that we stop driving cars and trucks because life is sacred. I suspect it would be a rather unpopular movement.
If you are arguing for the sanctity of life and that it should impact human behavior, blanket statements won't do. You need to read up on your ethics.


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Fantastic, cumulative adventure as a family cheerfully sets out on a brave hunt to find the bear. It could be frightening but they're not scared. They're full of confidence in what they are doing. Caves, mud, rivers, forest … whatever obstacles the family encounters, they resolutely overcome them happily repeating the chorus:
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Follow the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits in the cave on the other side of the dark forest.
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Year Groups: Early Years
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Michael Rosen is a hugely bestselling author of picture books and poetry. Michael frequently appears on radio and gives talks and lectures on children's literature. Michael was the Children's Laureate for 2007–2009 and the winner of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. He lives in London. Michael Rosen on Michael Rosen:I grew up in the London suburb of Pinner, a place my parents often wondered about. How had we landed there? My parents were teachers, politically committed (socialists), and great storytellers and readers. I was lucky to have found them. Most of my adult life, I've ...
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Experiences in Speaking Telugu and Writing 'Ramkoti' – [Sankupurana – Memoirs of an Engineer] – M.S.Menon, New Delhi
Kalluru was a bigger village than Gopalapuram in those days and could boast of having a number of state government offices apart from medical and educational facilities. Before the formation of Andhra Pradesh, it was part of Nizam's territory and therefore the local travellers bungalow (TB) was being maintained as per the then existing manuals, providing for cooks, khalasis, gardeners and a host of other workers for its upkeep. Such a liberal provision ensured not only well-furnished rooms, but also neatly laid out gardens with every such bungalow.
I left Gopalapuram early in the morning hoping to reach Kalluru by lunch time. Being a touring officer, the organisation had approved the provision of a cook cum helper for helping me out during tours. Hence in the jeep, I used to carry a ration box and a folding cot with mosquito net apart from my suitcase containing dress, toiletry and office papers.
The ration box had separate partitions for keeping cooking stove and kerosene oil, grocery items like rice, pulses etc. Such back up was essential during tours to interior project sites since in the villages enroute, there were no eating places or even rest houses. Like the officers of the Survey of India Department, field officers of WADA also were oriented to work under such situations.
The metalled road to Eluru was in a shambles after the rains. According to local PWD engineers there was no hope of getting the repairs done till next February as the budget allocation was expected only by then. Since the budgeted amount had to be spent before 31st March, the quality of the rush work would naturally be below par and hence the condition of the road would continue to be the same as before.
The highway from Eluru to Kalluru was a well maintained one fully tarred and hence I could reach Kalluru by 12.30 noon. The TB had a conference room, attached with a dining hall, rooms with attached baths, a kitchen and a store room. An annexe building in the same compound had provided accommodation for junior staff.
Ramaiah , Technical Officer attached to the regional office at Vijayawada who was coordinating the activities told me that other colleagues from Eluru and Tiruvuru were expected shortly. He had Kept the rooms ready for us, room no. 1 for the Chief, Subbaiah, room no.2 for Officer from Tiruvuru, room no.3 for the officer from Eluru and room no. 4 for me, being the junior most officer.
During lunch, Subbaiah introduced me to the other colleagues, Partha Rao in charge of Tiruvuru office and Prasad Sastry in charge of Eluru office. He also introduced me to the four Technical Officers, Keshava Rao, Ramaiah, Venkayya and Dharma Rao attached to the regional office. He was of the view that we should meet at 3.30 pm and decide on the programme of work for the Unit.
After lunch, we three, Partha , Prasad and myself sat in the hall to get more acquainted about ourselves. Partha Rao, an officer in his thirties, appeared as a pleasant and jovial officer. He was stocky built and of medium height, had a remarkable physique but not over weight and had a square jaw and sparkling eyes. He had earlier worked in Kerala and hence had a working knowledge of Malayalam. Earlier he was posted in the Project Appraisal Unit at the headquarters. When he was offered a posting in Andhra Pradesh, he was quite happy to join the place since Delhi was a crowded city and his wife, a native of Warangal, could not adjust with the life style of Delhi.
"Here I do not have to rush to catch a transport to reach the office in time. I could just walk down to the office." Partha told me. "Further being a field assignment, I have a challenging task."
Prasad had only a few months experience in the organisation, that too in the main office. He was a fresher to the field organisation, just like me. As soon as he was asked his willingness to be posted to Vijayawada Region, he jumped at the opportunity to be in the field and that too in his native district. He appeared fully enthusiastic about his new assignment. Prasad said. "I too wanted such an assignment instead of sitting at the head quarters and doing odd jobs, I was finding it difficult to adjust with that life soon after my appointment when we were all aspiring to build civil engineering structures instead of whiling away time reading routine reports and commenting on them. I got married when I got admission in the engineering college as was the custom in our place," he added while talking about his marital status. "But the marriage got consummated only after my getting the job!"
When we all reassembled at the scheduled time for the meeting, tea was ready. Subbaiah initiated the discussions giving a brief of the work entrusted to the Unit and what he expected of us in the field season.
"Our Gopalapuram office should be able to complete the dam site investigations at Polavaram and prepare the report within this year so that that office could be shifted to Venkatapuram to start the dam site investigations there", he said." The Eluru and Tiruvuru Offices would continue with the investigations for the upper and lower link canals proposed for connecting the Godavari with the Krishna River. You may draw up the further work plans accordingly to-day so that we could discuss the issues involved"
I was happy to hear that my office would be shifted out of Gopalapuram village by year end since I felt that any other place would be better than this small village. Venkatapuram was the Taluk headquarters and hence the facilities there should be better, I thought. But later events proved that I was thoroughly mistaken.
According to the plan I prepared, the field work could be completed before June and thereafter, the detailed report could be prepared. If any data needed verification on the ground or any gaps were to be filled by field surveys, the needed action could be taken from our office itself since we would be having 3 months of field season from October to December before we shifted to Venkatapuram. Partha's suggestions based on his past field experience helped me to draw up the plan by the third day of our stay at Kalluru.
The time available for the Eluru and Tiruvuru offices to complete the works were another 2 years, as they were entrusted with the investigations for the link canals each of about 150 kms. in length. Hence they were also busy during these days to draw up their further work plans in consultation with Subbaiah. As per our programme, we were to finalise these plans the next day before we dispersed,
In the evening , when we 3 were having a stroll in the garden, Partha asked me as to how, I was able to spend the time after office hours and on holidays at Gopalapuram.
"During my days in Delhi, I did not have any difficulty as I had many colleagues and friends in a similar position and Delhi had many places of entertainment, but your case is different."
"True, initially I had some difficulty to adjust with the place", I told him. "But after a doctor, Prakash Rao, a bachelor, joined the newly opened government dispensary, I had some company to go to the local cinema theatre to watch Telugu films mainly based on Ramayana or Mahabharata and at times on social issues."
"But you do not know the local language then to enjoy such movies", Partha expressed his doubts.
"The doctor used to brief me on the story and during the show explained to me any dialogue which I could not understand. Thus I could pick up the language to some extent and it helped me to deal with the locals."
"Limited knowledge of the language can put you in trouble sometimes." Partha cautioned me. "The locals have their slangs and if you do not follow that, you could be misunderstood as happened to me while working in Kerala".
"True, it did land me in a very peculiar situation", I said. "My washer-man (dhobi) who used to come to collect clothes on weekends, always was curious to know why my people have not come to stay with me. He might have probed my cook about it, but not getting a proper reply, he must have decided to ask me directly. One day, while collecting the few clothes for washing, he asked me in Telugu about the details of my family and when he would be lucky to see my 'Amma'. I explained to him that being the mother of seven children, she could not afford to come and stay with me at least for a couple of years. He stood shocked for some time, murmured a few words and walked out of the house in a huff. I could not understand the reason for his change in mood."
Next day, when Dr. Prakash Rao came to my house, he was laughing continuously. He had come to know from the local villagers about the contents of my conversation with the dhobi.
"I did not expect that you had deserted your wife and 7 children to come and stay here", the doctor told me narrating what he heard from the local people. "According to the dhobi, you are not a man of virtue but a villain only interested in producing children and leaving the girls at the first available opportunity while looking for new pastures."
"My god! I never told him any such thing." I said. "He just asked me about my family and when my mother would come to stay with me. I then told him that mother would not be able to come here and I have to make my own arrangements."
"I immediately knew that your half baked knowledge of Telugu had landed you in a mess." The doctor told me."Amma in local parlance means wife and when he came to know that at this young age you had fathered 7 children, it really shocked him. And when you said that your wife would not come here and you have to make local arrangements, he really got annoyed and felt bad about your intentions".
"Now the locals must be thinking that I am really a bad man", I said. "How to correct them? Otherwise I would not be able to survive here".
"Nothing to worry", the doctor consoled me."Knowing you and your family background, I had already explained to the dhobi and others that the misunderstanding occurred due to your lack of knowledge of Telugu. Even they had a hearty laugh at your expense. Hence please remember that in future till you master the language, while dealing with the locals, ask your khalasi to explain to them rather than your venturing to clarify doubts."
I looked at Partha to know his reactions to my experience. He just smiled.
"Though I had a good working knowledge of Malayalam, I also had gone through such embarrassing situations and hence my advice," he said enjoying the episode.
Prasad did not have any such language problem during his comparatively short stay while at Delhi because he had a good working knowledge of Hindi. But he was unhappy with his assignments there. I was under the impression that the work in the Planning Unit at the head quarters would be more interesting than all other jobs since this would expose those involved with planning of water resources a great opportunity to know about the work at a national level. So I was curious to know why Prasad opted for a field posting.
"Being a fresh recruit, seniors were not interested in entrusting me with the work of any responsibility or of works of urgent nature." Prasad said."So they asked me to study some reports and make briefs on them. I felt it more like a repetition of our life in college when professors used to ask us to go to library to locate references whenever they were in no mood to take classes.
"Getting bored of the work, I asked my colleague, Mahesh, a veteran in the section, to advise me as to how to meaningfully use the time available".
Prasad then gave us a gist of his conversation with Mahesh as below.
"You are from Andhra and you must be knowing all about the famous Bhadrachalam Sree Rama temple there", Mahesh asked me.
'"Yes, I know that it is an important pilgrimage centre. But what has it got to do with our work here?" I wanted to know from him.
'"Well, you then must be knowing all too well that if you write the holy name of 'Sree Ram' one crore times and deposit the work there in the temple, you would be able to get any boon you wish from the Lord." The old man said smiling. "Since you have enough time here after doing the job entrusted to you by your boss, why not then start writing 'Ramkoti (Ram one crore times) like me?"
'"For writing 'Ramkoti', I need a life time," I told Mahesh. "Those in service would not be able to do that. It can be done only by retired people or those who have lots of spare time and interest in doing it. How come you are able to do that in this office? Who told you about its efficacy?"
'"I was exposed to this holy work when I was posted in a major R&D organisation." Mahesh replied. "When I joined that office as a fresh recruit, I had gone there with lots of hope of doing some good work, like you now. But the seniors imbibed in me a work culture that doing no work is the best way to get time-bound promotions without any hassle. In that set up, none asks for progress reports nor a target date for completing a research project. After all, research takes a lot of time to fructify, the old timers used to insist. They had always that excuse for doing nothing.
'"It was in this organisation one of the frustrated officer explained to me the benefits of writing 'Ramkoti to achieve bliss not only in this life but also in the next". Mahesh continued." As I too got frustrated within a couple of years there, I also got initiated into this spiritual exercise and blessed by Him, I landed in this organisation, another heaven. I do not think I would be able to complete another 'Ramkoti' here as I have only a few years to go, but I would certainly attempt it to get salvation." Mahesh squeezed my palms to ensure that I was following him.
'"Look to write a single word 'Sree Ram' takes a maximum of 7 seconds, ie. in a minute, one can easily write 8 such words or in an hour a maximum of 500 words." Mahesh explained." Our working hours being from 9.30 A.M. to 5.30 P.M. with a lunch break of 30 minutes, normally extended to one hour and 2 tea breaks of 15 minutes each extending to 30minutes, our effective working hours per day work out to 6 hours and we work for six days a week from Monday to Saturday.
'"In a year of 365 days, we are allowed to take 30 days of earned leave, 12 days of casual leave, 16 government holidays, 2 restricted holidays and also have 52 Sundays and 3-4 days of unscheduled holidays due to deaths of VIPs, elections etc. Hence we are left with 250 working days-ie. 1500 working hours per year. Are you able to follow me?"
"So far I am able to understand you" I said.
'"Out of these 1500 hours, since some time has to be kept for attending to personal work such as bill payments, local purchases and other demands from home, we have say about 1000 hours per year to do this spiritual duty of writing 'Ramkoti'. Hence in 20 years time you would be able to complete this exercise. Then you could go on pilgrimage to Bhadrachalam temple to submit the book of 'Ramkoti' at the feet of the Lord and get His blessings."
'"But this would need many reams of papers," I raised a genuine doubt. "It is a costly investment."
'"Do not worry about the costs". Mahesh pacified me. "I have worked out that also. In a single sheet, using both sides, one can write 500 such words and hence, you would need only 4 such sheets per day, which the department can easily afford to give you for such a noble purpose. Hence you can do the work without bothering about the costs involved."
Both myself and Partha enjoyed the episode narrated by Prasad.
"We are enjoying your discussions with Mahesh. Please continue", I told my colleague.
"The nature of working at the headquarters in those few months gave me the feeling that ultimately I might also turn out to be a follower of Mahesh if I continued there" Prasad said reminiscing those days of boredom and inaction. "I then decided I should get out and join the field assignments as and when opportunities came. Hence I gave an application to the administration to consider my posting to a field assignment early. Mahesh had told me that there were no takers for field jobs and if requested, I would get it early and here I am."
As planned, we completed the year's work schedule and discussed and got it approved by Subbaiah on the last day of our stay at Kalluru. We also decided that we all would meet at the same place every 3 months to review the progress.
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He said: "It was the first day of a fortnight's job and we were working in the front garden. Just after 12pm we smelled smoke and thought maybe it was a barbecue.
"Then we heard a woman screaming from her top bedroom window, she was shouting on us for help. John, Alec and I ran over to help and the flames were right up the hall. We told her to jump out the window, that we would catch her, but she wouldn't jump.
"We kicked in the front and back doors but the fire was too strong and there was too much smoke. We got ladders up against the wall, but they just folded because of the heat – they melted under me.
"She was screaming at us hanging out of the window – we were helpless. We tried our best and tried everything we could, but she was covered in black smoke and we heard window after window smashing with the heat.
"We had to come away for our own safety. All the neighbours were shaking our hands saying we were heroes for trying. I just wish we could have got her out."
Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, but the elderly woman – who has not yet been named by police – sadly died at the scene.
A total of nine fire appliances sped to the street to deal with the burning house and were still damping the premises down well into the afternoon.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson said: "Operations Control mobilised a number of fire appliances to Dochart Crescent where firefighters extinguished the fire.
"Sadly a woman was found to have passed away at the scene, and our thoughts are with those affected at this time.
"A joint investigation between SFRS and Police Scotland is now underway."
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A Police Scotland spokesperson added: "Police in Forth Valley responded along with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to a report of a fire in Polmont. The incident was reported to police around 12.15pm on Monday, May 13 at an address in Dochart Crescent.
"As a result, a 72-year-old woman sadly died at the scene and a joint investigation is underway to establish the full circumstances surrounding this fire."
A resident of the street said: "It's awful when something like this happens to someone you know. She was a nice lady who would never pass you in the street without talking to you. I used to see her a lot walking the dogs with her husband."
Other residents of the house – an elderly man and his dogs – are now being temporary accommodated by neighbours, who are working to get the man, believed to be the victim's husband, clothing and other essential items.
A Just Giving page has been set up to help the elderly man and his dogs and has already collected almost £800.
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<?php
namespace Splash\LinkedIn;

class Client {
    public $domain = "https://api.linkedin.com";
    /**
     * Authorization and AccessToken api endpoints are special in that they live on www.linkedin.com not api.linkedin.com
     */
    public $authorizationUrl = "https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/authorization";
    public $accessTokenUrl = "https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/accessToken";

    /**
     * Curl handle
     *
     * @var resource
     */
    protected $curl;

    /**
     * Authorized user's access token (provided at the end of the auhorization process)
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $access_token;

    /**
     * API key provided by LinkedIn for your application
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $api_key;

    /**
     * API secret provided by LinkedIn for your application
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $api_secret;

    public function __construct($api_key, $api_secret, $curl = null) {
        $this->setApiCredentials($api_key, $api_secret);
        $this->setCurl($curl);
    }

    /**
     * Performs a request on a specified URI using an access token
     *
     * @param string $resource The relative URI for the resource requested (e.g. "/v1/people/~:(firstName,lastName)")
     * @param array $payload
     * @param string $method
     * @param array $type Headers : multipart/form, application/json, application/xml
     * @return array
     */
    public function fetch($resource, array $payload = array(), $method = 'GET', $type = array('Content-type: multipart/form-data')) {
        $url = $this->domain . $resource;

        $payload = array('oauth2_access_token' => $this->getAccessToken(), 'format' => 'json')
                + $payload;
        return $this->_request($url, $payload, $method, $type);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the fully qualified authorization url to redirect the client
     *
     * @param $redirect_uri
     * @param null|string $state
     * @param null|string $scope
     * @return string
     */
    public function getAuthorizationUrl($redirect_uri, $state = 'NOSTATE', $scope = null) {
        $params = array(
            'response_type' => 'code',
            'client_id'     => $this->getApiKey(),
            'redirect_uri'  => $redirect_uri,
            'state'         => $state,
            'scope'         => $scope,
        );

        return $this->authorizationUrl . '?' . http_build_query($params);
    }

    /**
     * Confirms the verification code and redirect URI and produces an array containing the access token, will also set
     * the access token internally if one was properly returned
     *
     * @param string $verification_code the code provided by LinkedIn
     * @param string $redirect_uri the exact redirecturi used in the getAuthorizationUrl step
     * @return array
     */
    public function fetchAccessToken($verification_code, $redirect_uri) {
        $params = array(
            'grant_type'    => 'authorization_code',
            'client_id'     => $this->getApiKey(),
            'client_secret' => $this->getApiSecret(),
            'code'          => $verification_code,
            'redirect_uri'  => $redirect_uri,
        );

        $url = $this->accessTokenUrl . '?' . http_build_query($params);

        $response = $this->_request($url, array(), 'GET');

        $response['expires_at'] = time() + $response['expires_in'] - 3600; //Give 1 hour of fudge time for renewal

        if (isset($response['access_token'])) {
            $this->setAccessToken($response['access_token']);
        }

        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * @param string $url full url
     * @param array $payload Payload values to passed in through GET or POST parameters
     * @param string $method HTTP method for request (GET, PUT, POST, ...)
     * @param array $type Headers : multipart/form, application/json, application/xml
     * @return array JSON-decoded response
     * @throws Exception
     */

    protected function _request($url, array $payload = array(), $method = 'GET', $type = array('Content-type: multipart/form-data')) {
        $ch = $this->getCurl();
        if(!empty($payload['oauth2_access_token'])){
            $url = $url.'?oauth2_access_token='.$payload['oauth2_access_token'];
        }
        if (!empty($payload) && $method == 'GET') {
            $url .= "&" . http_build_query($payload);
        }
        curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
            CURLOPT_URL => $url,
        ));
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);

        switch (strtoupper($method)) {
            case 'POST':
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $type);
                if (!empty($payload) && stripos($type[0], "multipart/form-data")) {
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
                }
                else if (!empty($payload) && stripos($type[0], "application/xml")) {
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload['message']);
                    curl_setopt(
                            $ch,
                            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
                            array(
                                $type[0],
                                'Content-length: ' . strlen($payload['message'])
                            )
                    );
                }
                break;
            case 'PUT':
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-type: multipart/form-data'));
                if (!empty($payload))
                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
                break;
            case 'GET':
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);
                break;
            default:
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);
                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, strtoupper($method));
        }

        $body = curl_exec($ch);

        $errno = curl_errno($ch);
        if ($errno !== 0) {
            throw new Exception(sprintf("Error connecting to LinkedIn: [%s] %s", $errno, curl_error($ch)), $errno);
        }

        $code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

        if ($code >= 400) {
            throw new Exception(trim(strip_tags($body)), $code);
        }

        $response = json_decode($body, true);

        if (isset($response['error'])) {
            throw new Exception(sprintf("%s: %s", $response['error'], $response['error_description']), $code);
        }

        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * @param string $access_token
     */
    public function setAccessToken($access_token)
    {
        $this->access_token = $access_token;
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getAccessToken()
    {
        return $this->access_token;
    }

    /**
     * @param string $api_key
     * @param string $api_secret
     */
    public function setApiCredentials($api_key, $api_secret)
    {
        $this->api_key = $api_key;
        $this->api_secret = $api_secret;
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getApiKey()
    {
        return $this->api_key;
    }

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getApiSecret()
    {
        return $this->api_secret;
    }

    /**
     * @param resource $curl
     */
    public function setCurl($curl) {
        $this->curl = $curl;
    }

    /**
     * @return resource
     */
    public function getCurl() {
        if (!is_resource($this->curl)) {
            $this->curl = curl_init();

            curl_setopt_array($this->curl, array(
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 2,
                CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
                CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS      => 1,
                CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
                CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 10,
                CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 30,
            ));
        }

        return $this->curl;
    }
}


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Update: Naʻalae Road added back to Boil Water Advisory list
December 29, 2021, 1:29 PM HST
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Residents of Naʻalae Road were added back to the County of Maui's Boil Water Advisory list today, Dec 29, 2021. The area was previously removed from the list, but was added back today because the department is conducting maintenance in the area, replacing standpipes, and flushing lines.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we are placing the road back on the boil water advisory until we receive negative sample results from the new equipment," according to a County of Maui press release announcement.
The following areas are advised to continue boiling water as a precaution against bacteria: Naʻalae Road, Waipoli Road, Polipoli Road and Lower Kula Road between Naʻalae and Waipoli Roads.
The department has posted answers to frequently asked questions on its website at https://www.mauicounty.gov/126/Department-of-Water-Supply
County officials say the boil water advisory will not be completely lifted until daily water sample testing shows that tap water meets public health standards.
The Department of Water Supply reminds Upcountry residents and businesses that if they did not lose water service during the Dec. 5-6 storm, then their water has not been affected. If they lost water service and they reside on or near areas where E. coli/total coliform are present, then they should continue to boil water as a precaution.
Potable Water Available
Affected residents are advised to use bottled water or bring water for consumption to a boil and let it boil for a minute. Let it cool before using. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms possibly in water.
Potable water tankers have been removed from the Silversword Condos (above Kula Lodge), Bully's Burgers, and Kainaio locations.
Potable water tankers remain in the following areas: Fong Store, Ching Store, ʻUlupalakua Ranch Office, Kula Community Center, Rice Park, Copp Road at Kula Highway.
As the process of flushing waterlines and taking water samples for testing continues, it is important to remember that it takes about 24 hours to get water sample test results.
The department's 24-hour service line is also available at 808-270-7633 for water service problems.
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You're really good at building online communities. You've volunteered for years, labored with love, and you wear that Internet Leadership role so very well. You're ready to make the leap into the world of professional Community Management.
To make the leap, you need to stand out from the field of applicants, regardless of their professional experience—a tough task when trying to break into a new career, but very doable. By laying the following groundwork, you can turn your day job into your Community Manager dream job.
Boosting your blogging output (or starting blogging period) is the very first thing you can do to up your employability.
Write often—at least weekly. Treat your blog as a living resume, filled with personal branding and a delightful display of your writing prowess.
Your audience is your future employer. Write about what you learned from the vicious flame wars of 2007, or how to do [this awesome Community thing]. Analyze news stories from a CM perspective. Big companies commit social media faux pas all the time, and each represents a chance for you to jump in and weigh in.
Write even when nothing's coming to you. Write about your side projects and what you learned the day before. Not every post has to be directly CM-related; in fact, it's better if they aren't. Vary it up!
As an added benefit, when a hiring manager asks you for writing samples, you'll be armed and ready.
I dove into a longer list of potential skills and tools in a Quora thread dedicated to landing your first CM gig. While you're at it, consider taking an online course or two at MediaBistro. Having a teacher show you the ropes, even on a basic level, speeds up the learning process by an order of magnitude.
Another step for adding new bullet points to your resume: Install everything you possibly can on your own website. Use this as a sandbox to install WordPress, Google Apps, phpBB forums, and other out-of-box products. They don't have to be public; rather, use them as an excuse to start tinkering. Even if you're never called on to set up a new blog from scratch, knowing how looks good.
Find a friend with a crazy startup idea, and offer to manage the heck out of his Tumblr. If you're already active on a forum, apply to be a moderator. Target anything that involves creating content, such as blogging, tweeting or managing a Facebook fan page. Prior to professional experience, your side projects create your most important community manager resume material.
Websites that run on user generated content rock for volunteer positions, especially if they're niche. UGC sites need a mix of curation, evangelism and moderation that you can turn into bona fide experience.
Make yourself useful to as many people as possible. If you have to, give it away for free—but if you can charge, charge. Even if it's just a few dollars an hour, having someone else pay you validates the skills you're putting on your resume.
While you're volunteering, focus on deliverables you can turn into resume bullets. Offer to rewrite the site's Moderator Guidelines, take over the YouTube account, double the listenership of their podcast, or take it on yourself to recruit new volunteers.
As James Baldwin wrote here on TCM last year, networking gives you a significant edge in finding your first CM job. To that end, go where your people are. Presentations, lectures, happy hours. Anything that puts you in front of those doing your dream job is time well spent.
Start by searching for CM meetups in your area. For networking opportunities in general, Plancast will expose you to happenings you might not (yet) be invited to.
Social Media Club runs events all over the world, and is targeted for social media marketers, community managers and tech types. Presentations like Ignite and Nerd Nite get smart, like-minded folks in the same room.
Once there, say hi! Video game industry vet Darius Kazemi maintains a fantastic how-to guide for networking and personal branding designed to help you get noticed. Prep your personal elevator pitch and hit the town.
You've got skills, connections and side projects. Time to start applying.
Your best chance of success comes from companies that have an established community team with multiple positions. Companies hiring their first (or only) community manager tend to have different expectations, regardless of whether they consider it "entry level." While not impossible, you'll have much more to prove if the company intends to rely on you and only you.
Companies with multiple job openings (usually more customer service oriented) tend to know what they're looking for, and are more likely to see the value of your shining skillset.
Don't let that narrow your net, though. Apply everywhere. Each interview teaches you more about what hiring managers seek. Most importantly, stay in touch with the people you interview with. You're looking for mentors as much as employers.
Every skill learned, hand shook and interview scheduled puts you one step closer to landing your first CM job. You'll have some duds, but they're all part of the process. Just keep learning and keep applying, and one day you'll be rocking your new gig.
Nicely done Matt. I'm going to bookmark and send this to candidates.
Going to your local Community Manager Meetup is a great first step. I know the one here in Boulder is always filled with great people that bring inspiring ideas and always have something insightful to share.


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Cognitive abilities of female southern pied babblers found to decline with age even as they produce more offspring
by Blake Goodwin December 24, 2022 033
(a) Wild pied babbler interacting with the cognitive task used to quantify associative and reversal learning (left); and schematic of the associative and reversal learning task (right) showing both the overhead and front view. (b) Example of task used to quantify inhibitory control (left) and schematic of the inhibitory control task (right), which includes a frontal view and an overhead view with a black arrow indicating the direction of approach. The red X represents the location of the food reward: behind the barrier in the inhibitory control task and in the well of the rewarded color shade (assigned randomly for each test subject) in the associative or reversal learning task. Photo: Nicholas Pattinson. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2022). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1748
A team of researchers at the University of Western Australia, working with a colleague from the University of Exeter, has found that as female southern pied babblers grow older, they produce more offspring—even as they lose some of their cognitive abilities. In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group tested the cognitive abilities of the birds as they aged in the wild while also noting their reproduction levels.
Southern pied babblers are small, black-and-white birds that live in dry savannah regions in Africa. In this new effort, the researchers were interested in learning more about their cognitive abilities as they age. To that end, they captured, studied and released multiple generations of the birds over time to determine their cognitive levels. They also counted the number of chicks produced by each of the females included in the study.
The researchers found that the birds' cognitive levels peaked early and then began to decline in females as they matured. But they also found that as their cognitive abilities declined, the birds produced more and more chicks.
The researchers suggest their findings indicate a tradeoff. Cognitive abilities require a lot of energy. For the birds to survive, they need to conserve energy, and one way to do that is by reducing the energy requirements of the brain. This increases the amount of energy that can be used for producing eggs and rearing chicks. The researchers also note that females of the species compete with other females for breeding rights, which also uses up a lot of energy but does not take much brain power.
Conversely, the researchers found no changes in male cognitive abilities as they grew older. They also found no evidence that birds living in larger groups tended to do better on cognitive tests than those living in smaller groups, a claim made by some prior research teams. The researchers also found that females who had less cognitive decline than the others tended to produce fewer chicks.
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Ezekhiel Obasi es un deportista nigeriano que compitió en taekwondo. Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Africano de Taekwondo de 2009 en la categoría de +87 kg.

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Q: Creating a dual spinner in Android I am trying to recreate an Apple app in Android. The Apple app includes a dual spinner (see image below). You can select a letter on the left hand side, and it finds the first item that starts with that letter on the right hand side (or rather, the last item of the previous letter, so the user is more likely to choose something and not just accept the first item).

Is there any way of achieving something similar in Android? I'm thinking of trying to use a dialog with a couple of ListViews, but I'm not sure if I'm barking up the wrong tree there?

A: For the record, I was able to achieve the result I wanted using a custom dialog containing 2 ListViews side by side (with another View acting as a divider between them).


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