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Opening an IE, legalization by D3 visa and EU Blue Card. Answers to frequent questions of our clients.
Friends, hello everyone, this is MoveToCascais. We continue to tell you about the intricacies of immigration and life in Portugal in the format of "Answers
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One of the most stressful part of a manager's responsibilities is providing feedback to employees who are underperforming or doing something incorrectly. Some managers use the sandwich approach to offer feedback: tell them the negative, sandwiched between something nice. In my experience, the problem with the sandwich approach is sometimes the meat of the feedback gets lost between the niceties. It is like trying to find a slice of meat in a Subway sandwich among the bread, lettuce, tomatoes, and other toppings.
Feedback should be direct. Feedback is only negative if delivered in a negative way. During my coaching workshops, I educate managers on being able to provide direct, positive feedback which addresses the issue and works to improve behavior by ensuring it contains the following five elements.
Feedback is Current - when you delay feedback, employees may not realize the impact of their actions. The old adage is no news is good news, and if nobody said I was doing anything wrong, I must be doing it right. Other employees are likely to believe the behavior is acceptable and may follow suit as well. Also, the longer you delay feedback, the more likely the details of employee behavior is forgotten by you and/or the employee.
Feedback is Focused on Specific Behaviors - employee behaviors are observable, measurable, and factual. Feedback should be delivered using "I" statements: I saw, I heard, I reviewed. This lets your employee know you are aware of what they have done, or failed to do; coming from your perspective of the situation.
Feedback is Not Personal, Judgmental, or Accusatorial - feedback should not be a personal attack on the individual. Dr. Stephen Covey teaches to seek first to understand, then to be understood. After detailing to the employee what I have observed, I then ask them "why?" This allows me to understand the employee's perspective. This doesn't necessarily mean you will agree with the employee; it helps you develop a plan to correct the behavior.
Feedback is based on behaviors which Can be Changed - asking why also determines how easily the behavior can be changed. Maybe the employee's lateness has to do with child care issues, and the employee is taking his/her child to school or daycare as soon as it opens. Perhaps you can work with them on adjusting their schedule.
I spent 22 seasons as a high school wrestling referee. I worked a tournament with another official who lost his middle finger in a work accident. The correct signal for awarding a takedown was to raise both your index and middle finger simultaneously, awarding two points for the score. This official signaled with his index finger and pinky. Regardless of the feedback, there was no way he could change behavior to signal the way other officials did.
Feedback is Focused on How the Employee Can Improve Next Time - one of the reasons leaders get so anxious about providing feedback is because they struggle with how to tell employees they are doing something wrong. Feedback should be less about what is wrong, and more about how to make it better next time. You cannot coach an employee on what not to do without providing instruction on what is expected. Explaining the reason why a task is required to be performed a certain way will increase employee buy-in, and be more likely to change behavior.
In the example above, the feedback provided was direct and nonjudgmental. The manager understood the employee's point of view, agreeing that her way was quicker. You informed her of the correct procedure and why it was important to adhere to it. You also asked the question at the end to confirm buy-in. Providing effective feedback in the manner described above will take the stress out of the process, and help improve employee performance.


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Francisco Adolpho "Chico" Serra (born 3 February 1957) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Biography
Serra made his mark in International motorsport when he won the 1979 British Formula 3 Championship, one season after his compatriot Nelson Piquet had won the title. His performance caught the eye of Emerson Fittipaldi, he himself a British Formula 3 Championship winner in 1969, who signed him for his Formula One team Fittipaldi.

Serra debuted alongside Keke Rosberg on 15 March 1981 in Long Beach, finishing seventh. Serra's result would turn out to be the best one for the team over the rest of the season. In 1982, with Rosberg moving to Williams, Fittipaldi resized the operation, fielding only one car for Serra. Serra scored his first championship point for finishing sixth in the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. At the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, Serra and countryman Raul Boesel made headlines for having a short scuffle after the qualifying session. Serra was furious at Boesel for blocking his last flying lap after waving Rosberg by. Boesel denied that this was intentional. Fittipaldi's lack of pace meant that Serra occasionally failed to qualify. As the best of the non-qualified drivers, he was in contention for starting the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix after Ferrari withdrew Patrick Tambay's entry but FIA rejected Serra's request on the ground that Ferrari announced Tambay's retirement, who on Sunday morning did not feel well enough to race, too late.

In 1983 Serra raced for Arrows. Despite scoring three top-ten finishes in his first four outings with the team, he was released after the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix and replaced with Thierry Boutsen. Overall Serra participated in 33 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.

Following the end of his Formula One career, Serra made one CART Champ Car start in 1985 at the Portland International Raceway for Ensign Racing but suffered an engine failure.

Serra has participated in Brazilian stock car racing since the 1980s and was series champion in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Serra was a good friend of Ayrton Senna as they both climbed the motorsport ladder at the same time. In 1981 Serra recommend Senna to Ralph Firman, who had his team in the Formula Ford 1600. In 1994 Serra refused to attend Senna's funeral. In an interview with the Brazilian magazine Grid he said that he disliked the hypocrisy surrounding the event. "There was too much pretence, which made me sick. Some people came a long way just to use the situation for their own good. These people never helped him, and they wanted to make us believe that they were great friends who were suffering so much. Going to the funeral was more beneficial to them than winning at Indianapolis".

Serra is the father of racing driver Daniel Serra.

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Silverstream New World was awarded a Silver Award at the 2014 Commercial Project Awards.
This New World Supermarket, located in a busy community village, is the sixth new build undertaken by ADC on behalf of Foodstuffs. The project was a new build with a gross floor area of 2282m2 next to the existing operating supermarket increasing retail floor space from 670m2 to 2282m2.
The new supermarket was sited within a busy village complex featuring retail and service businesses ranging from retail to community care. The site was very compact with high traffic use from people accessing the services available and casual traffic turning in from a busy adjoining access route to Whiteman's Valley and beyond. Adjacent school, kindergarten and medical services added to the traffic and pedestrian mix.
ADC took a unique approach to minimising disruption by creating the new structure in six component parts with each element completed before moving to the next. This required careful management and building a strong connection with existing building owners, leases and their business customers.
The Silverstream site is in a residential valley between a large river and bush covered hills among residential streets. The site had strict resource management restrictions covering access, a maximum building height limit of eight metres and a one metre flood level requirement.
To meet flood control requirements, the site needed to be built up by one metre, requiring 3000m3 of fill to be brought on to the site and compacted prior to construction starting.
Because of the residential nature of the location, the resource consent minimised disruption to all neighbours by restricting work onsite between 7am and 7pm.


The article gets at the idea of these specific "P" and "D" words having an impact on our work cultures (I would argue they also have an impact in our homes, families and friendships).
Unfortunately, the Ds are often more prevalent, especially in the workplace.
As the article points out "there really is no middle ground here." We must focus on the Ps and eliminate the Ds.
Sometimes we just need a little reminder like this to get us back on track. Thanks for all your support in following my Blog. May it at least make a small difference in your own life and your path towards personal growth.
The stranger you're friendly with now may well be your friend from now on.
Sir, you're a great mentor and leader! I truly enjoy all the days i get to work with you because you teach me so much! Not only do you teach my about the medical profession but also about how to be a genuinely good and optimistic person. Thank you for all that you do for our clinic and Military family.


The reigning World Series champs are off to a terrible start as it is during the early stages of the 2019 season, but now they have to deal with mysterious drones in the area as well.
During Thursday night's 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays — some fans in the crowd just so happened to look up and noticed an object that turned out to be a flying drone over Fenway.
The Federal Aviation Administration was not in least bit amused by the action of whomever this fan was, issuing a statement Friday morning that it has launched an investigation into the incident.
For all major sporting events in open air stadiums, including Major League Baseball, the NFL, and NASCAR, the FAA declares the area around the stadium a no-fly zone.


A perfect end to a puppet party is a storytelling session, where the children gather once more in front of our colourful booth to listen to, and join in with the creation of a story to suit their age/party theme. These stories often involve puppets and always involve interaction.
Our favourite for young audiences is the tale of the Brave Little Dog, whose grumpy owner tries to stop him barking- and when he succeeds, realises what the dog was barking about!


-	Leon King (2004) – Leon is the youngest in the group, and despite technically being a U15 player, he has already played, and captained Scotland, at U16's.
-	Kyle McLelland (2002) – Kyle has been in the Rangers Academy since a young age in the Pre-Academy phase and joined as a professional in January 2018. He is a centre back who has also played full-back and in midfield. Kyle despite being U17 has featured in our Reserve team, playing with and against experienced first team players.
-	Kai Kennedy (2002) – Kai is another Scotland international and is part of the group who have just qualified for the elite stages of the European Championships which will be played in March. Kai has played the majority of his matches this season in the Reserve team while, despite only being 16, also having the opportunity to train with Steven Gerrard's first team.
Scotland: Jay Hogarth, Adam Devine, Matthew Henderson, Harris O'Connor, Leon King, Ciaran Dickson, Murray Miller, Kai Kennedy, Cole McKinnon, Arron Lyall, Alex Lowry.
Northern Ireland: Lewis MacKinnon, Kyle McClelland, Charlie Allen, Ross McCausland, Chris McKee.


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Russell is located in Pennsylvania. Russell, Pennsylvania 16345 has a population of 1,271.
The median household income in Russell, Pennsylvania 16345 is $51,635. The median household income for the surrounding county is $44,391 compared to the national median of $53,482. The median age of people living in Russell 16345 is 53.7 years.
I am interested in 2447 Rhine Run Road, Russell, PA 16345.


Donald Knuckey has handled hundreds of criminal defense and bankruptcy cases throughout the state of Illinois. As a criminal defense attorney, he has handled cases ranging from traffic stops to Class X felony cases. He is well qualified to represent clients on white collar crime, fraud and other financially sensitive charges.
Donald graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in history and received his Juris Doctor at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. Donald enjoys spending his spare time with his wife and children, who are growing up too fast. Donald also enjoys playing disc golf, fishing, and participating in community theatre.


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Is Trump reaching out to Europe's far right before he talks with the heads of state?
The Washington Post reports: Marion Maréchal-Le Pen — a rising star in France's far-right National Front and the niece of the party's leader, Marine Le Pen — wrote on Twitter on Saturday that representatives of President-elect Donald Trump had invited her to "work together."
Le Pen, 26, became the youngest member of France's Parliament in 2012. She was elected to represent Vaucluse, a region in southern France with heavy ties to the National Front, a party founded by her grandfather, the 88-year-old Jean-Marie Le Pen. He once referred to the Nazi concentration camps as a "detail of history."
Je réponds oui à l'invitation de Stephen Bannon, directeur de la campagne #Trump, à travailler ensemble. https://t.co/tPSoY5A2vS
— Marion Le Pen (@Marion_M_Le_Pen) November 12, 2016
"I answer yes to the invitation of Stephen Bannon, CEO of @realDonaldTrump presidential campaign, to work together," Marion Maréchal-Le Pen tweeted.
Bannon — the former executive chairman of Breitbart News Network with ties to the so-called alt-right — is rumored to be among the possible candidates for Trump's chief of staff. [On Sunday, Bannon was named as chief strategist and senior counselor to the president.]
Her tweet reflected a highly unusual phenomenon: an American president-elect seeking to forge relationships with ultranationalist and populist factions overseas that are often sharply critical of their countries' governments. It also raised the question of whether Trump and his representatives have been reaching out to foreign populist parties before first reaching out to foreign heads of state. [Continue reading…]
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People in countless cultures and musical traditions have long favored music made by the guitar. For that reason, lots of people have a deep desire to learn to play guitar themselves. The piece that follows will help anyone interested in picking up the guitar get started in a productive, successful way.
No matter if you are classical guitar fan or a rock and roll die-hard, learning guitar requires you to start simply. Pick songs that are not that complicated. The song about Mary's lamb may seem babyish, but it's going to be very easy to play when you're starting out.
Buy a metronome. This can help with the tuning of your songs. It will help you develop the proper pace. When you use a metronome as you learn; it can greatly improve your skills.
Guitar music is beloved by millions of people across the globe. Perhaps that is why the idea of playing guitar is something that so many folks find so alluring. Hopefully the material found above has provided all aspiring guitarists with the inspiration and guidance they need to begin the learning process.


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Best Places to Work: Where Innovation and Mindfulness Meet
June 26, 2016 Richard Levin
FROM THE BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
By Barrie Sanford Greiff and Richard J. Levin
As improbable as it seems, Star Trek and the Dalai Lama have joined forces in the workplace.
Star Trek is the inspiration for several technological inventions and disruptive innovations, including the cell phone and the tablet computer. The program is also noted for its progressive stance on workplace diversity, boasting one of television's first diverse casts.
The Dalai Lama, meanwhile, is impacting the speed of work. In a fast and frenetic business environment that often triggers mistakes, companies are paying more attention to work styles designed to slow us down. In a business climate that rewards speed, there is new attention to mindfulness — being "present" to facilitate greater focus and fewer errors.
Both mindfulness and technology are leading to renewed attention to the whole worker. An employee who has better tools to work with, and feels more of a seamlessness among work, family, personal interests, and community, will be more attentive, energized, and productive. This is also crucially important in communicating to current employees and prospective hires that they don't have to check their outside interests at the door. Witness the addition of music rooms and play spaces to the workplace.
Much of this is emerging from increased attention to employee suggestions about work spaces and work styles that foster innovation, collaboration, productive work, and the reduction of stress.
We are also seeing a greater awareness that technology, applied wisely and respectfully to employees and customers (or health care professionals and patients), enhances disruptive innovation. A good example of an innovative workplace will be CBS's new fall series Pure Genius, whose storyline adapts technology, mindfulness, diverse perspectives, and creativity to holistic health care.
In addition to enhancing productivity and yielding a healthier bottom line, a best place to work is a powerful recruitment tool. In an era of increased competition for the best and the brightest, telling an authentic story of an innovative, respectful, collaborative workplace enhances a company's competitive status as an employer of choice.
All of this leads to a handy five-part recipe for creating a best place to work:
Treat people with dignity. Create and nurture a diverse community that values and respects people for their unique perspectives and contributions.
Acknowledge that a business is part of a wider universe that symbiotically benefits from shared experiences between their employees and local communities — from shopping at local businesses to volunteering at community organizations.
Promote an environment of learning and discovery, understanding that creativity requires risk.
Encourage healthy lifestyles that integrate work and personal/family life, support mindfulness, and promote wellness.
Foster an environment of transparency and open communication where ideas and feedback are freely shared, where executives model ethics and values, and where leaders say what they mean and do what they say.
In the words of the Dalai Lama: "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
And in the words of Mr. Spock: "Live long and prosper."
Barrie Sanford Greiff, M.D. is former psychiatrist at the Harvard Business School. Richard J. Levin, Ed.D. is one of the country's first executive coaches.


With the exception of his brief but fairly regular cameos on "Saturday Night Live," its executive producer Lorne Michaels is a man who prefers to work behind the scenes, someone who doesn't normally seek the spotlight.
But as one of the most powerful producers in the business, he was the laser focus of attention last week at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom, in the hot seat alongside one of the many comedic actors whose careers he has nurtured over nearly four decades, Martin Short.
Despite the venue, there were no laser cat videos being pitched by eager, young Andy Samberg types. The occasion was the Hollywood Radio & Television Society's Newsmaker Luncheon, "Comedy on TV," held April 16, in which Short acted as moderator. Normally a confab where the wealth is spread amongst networks and producers, this was a one-man show, and deservedly so.
Michael's entire career, going back to his days as a young writer on NBC's "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" and projecting forward next year to his stewardship of "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" has been all about getting laughs.
Ironically, the last time Michaels had been in the room was when two others on his multitudinous list of protégés—Tina Fey and Amy Poehler-- killed it as hosts of this year's Golden Globe Awards.
The capacity crowd – several of whom were heard remarking on the way in that this was the most highly anticipated HRTS luncheon conversation of the year – was treated to an opening montage that featured classic "SNL" moments and characters and bits from Michaels-produced films, including "Wayne's World," "Mean Girls" and "Tommy Boy."
The clips led into more than an hour of the Michaels brand of candor and wit, along with some zingers from Short, obviously an expert himself in the comedy department.
Interestingly, both men have their humor roots in Canada. Michaels first worked as a writer and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, while Short plied his trade on Canada's SCTV Comedy Network, which initially brought him to the attention of "SNL" producers in the early 1980s.
Michaels moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 and worked on "Laugh-In," but left the West Coast for New York in 1975 to start "SNL" and founded his production company, Broadway Video, in 1979. He's been closely identified with New York ever since. But those hoping for any inside scoop about the new East Coast—based "Tonight Show" didn't get much, as most of the discussion focused on Michaels' helming of NBC's long-running Saturday night comedy sketch series.
Michaels recalled having then-NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani on after 9/11 and asking him, "Can we be funny?" Guiliani's well-known retort: "Why start now?"
"It was an icebreaker, but he had started grinning in rehearsals, knowing he was going to do the joke. He couldn't stop smiling," Michaels said. "I had to glare at him so he wouldn't."
"We deal with things that are much bigger than comedy and showbiz. Gilda [Radner] used to say if you just watched cable, you wouldn't know if World War III started, but we're broadcast, and you have to deal with it."
Then Short asked what seemed like a basic question: Why does the show have to be live?
"We go on not because we're ready, but because it's 11:30," Michaels answered. "Everyone falls into line in service of the show. If you were doing takes, it would be endless and would spiral out of control—especially when it came to big name movie stars."
Reflecting back on "SNL's" beginnings, he said it was about not having a pilot and all that involved. "Overthinking was eliminated," he said, a strategy that holds true to his philosophy today. "Dress rehearsal is the great leveler. We don't sweeten anything," he said proudly about vetoing any use of canned laugh tracks.
Short and Michaels also took a walk down memory lane with some of the great talent the show has spawned—Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Will Ferrell, Fey, Samberg, Kristen Wiig, Poehler, Conan O'Brien, David Spade, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, Jimmy Fallon—the list is seemingly endless. And it was during that discussion that Michaels revealed one of his greatest regrets.
Missing out on Jim Carrey.
It seems that after giving up total control, meaning, hiring a rank of producers beneath him, said producers passed on Carrey's audition, with Lorne being none the wiser at the time. Oops. Big oops.
Even as cast members have moved on to huge comedy careers, there is great job security for the crew—and no age discrimination. Announcer Don Pardo is 95, Michael said, and lighting director Phil Hyms is 90.
Although claiming that "we don't attack our own [cast] normally," he admitted an incident in which Eddie Murphy was criticized by David Spade during the show for one of his movies that bombed—and how Murphy called and railed about it for half an hour. "You're standing on my shoulders," he told Spade. "I regret it," Michaels said about the Murphy diss. "But there were a lot of things we didn't do," he admitted.
"Let's list them," Short interjected, to the appreciative laughter of the crowd. But no go. Lorne's lips were zipped.
As for keeping up with cultural and industry changes, Michaels said it's hardest for him with music, a big change from the early days of the program in the late 1970s and 80s when he knew every cut off every album of each featured artist—and noted that it was different talent than would have been booked on the "Tonight Show" of the time.
He also noted that no one had publicists then.
One thing that's remained the same—sketches that have been worked on all week—or longer-- get cut at the last minute and the people in them get upset. "You've invited your friends and family, and then you're not even on, until the hugs and schmoozing under the final credits."
"It isn't fair," Michael said, summing up "SNL," showbiz—and life. "People's feelings get hurt."
Short asked the question on everyone's mind in Burbank and Hollywood, about why the "Tonight Show" is moving to New York when Fallon takes it over from Jay Leno next year.
"Now with air travel, stars come to New York," Michaels said, drolly--and Short retorted, "But it's included."
"People's opinions of the city are different now," he said, before reflecting on how he came to Gotham as a teenager and was in the studio audience when Jack Paar hosted "Tonight" in the City That Never Sleeps.
"It was magic—and Hugh Downs and the band did a warm-up and the audience was in a frenzy."
Looks like Lorne plans to re-recreate that magic, from his comfortable home of many decades at Rockefeller Center. No laugh tracks required.
Hillary Atkin is the editor and publisher of The Atkin Report, www.atkinreport.com and has written extensively on media and entertainment for USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Daily and Weekly Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, TelevisionWeek, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Observer and LA Confidential. She is an award-winning journalist who began her career as a television news writer, reporter and producer. As a broadcast producer at KCBS in Los Angeles, she won numerous Emmy, Associated Press and Golden Mike Awards for live coverage and entertainment special events programming, and then produced and directed biographies on Robert Duvall, Elizabeth Montgomery, Linda Darnell and Nicolas Cage for A&E and E!. She can be reached at hillaryatkin@yahoo.com.
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LA-12-10: Presidential Inaugural Events
In this legal advisory, OGE summarizes the ethical requirements relevant to a Federal employee during the 2013 Presidential Inauguration celebration, particularly those requirements regarding gifts. [The guidance in this advisory was modified in 2017 by legal advisories LA-17-02 and LA-17-03.]
LA-12-09: Scope of the Exception for Representation of a Parent or Child before the Government under 18 U.S.C. § 205(e)
This Legal Advisory clarifies that the exception at 18 U.S.C. § 205(e) for representation of persons with whom an employee has a personal relationship before the Government in connection with most matters may permit representation of an employee's stepparent or stepchild when the relationship is one that invokes certain family responsibilities.
LA-12-08: A Reminder about Holiday Gifts and Fundraising
OGE updates a poem that reminds executive branch employees, in an entertaining way, about the ethics rules on solicitation and acceptance of gifts.
LA-12-07: Continuing Waiver Validity for Transferred Employees
This Legal Advisory clarifies that an individual waiver issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 208(b)(1) to an employee who has transferred from one agency to another will remain effective until the receiving agency makes a determination to either cancel the waiver or issue a new waiver.
LA-12-06: 2011 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey
2011 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey
LA-12-05: Speaking and Similar Engagements Involving the Presentation of Information on Behalf of the Agency
This Legal Advisory clarifies when an employee's participation in an event will constitute "otherwise presenting information on behalf of the agency" for purposes of the "speaking and similar engagements" gift exception at 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(g)(1).
LA-12-04: Public Financial Disclosure—Periodic Transaction Reports
This Legal Advisory explains the STOCK Act provision that requires certain employees to file periodic public reports of their transactions. The Legal Advisory also includes a copy of the new form that employees should use to file their periodic transaction reports (OGE Form 278-T). [The guidance in this advisory regarding periodic reporting of spouse and dependent children transactions was updated in 2013 by Legal Advisory LA-13-01.]
LA-12-03: Annual Update of 18 U.S.C. § 207(c) Component Designations
OGE asks each agency to forward to OGE its annual letter stating whether its components that are currently designated should remain designated for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 207(c). Any request to modify the existing list of components should be submitted in accordance with regulatory procedures.
LA-12-02: Mortgage Reporting Requirement under the STOCK Act
Section 13 of the STOCK Act requires certain Presidential Appointees with Senate Confirmation to include on their OGE Form 278 mortgages secured by their personal residences.
LA-12-01: Post-Employment Negotiation and Recusal Requirements under the STOCK Act
This Legal Advisory explains STOCK Act provisions requiring certain employees to: (1) Notify their DAEOs of any negotiation or agreement for future employment or compensation within three business days after commencement of the negotiation or agreement; and (2) Recuse whenever there is a conflict of interest or appearance issue with the entity. [The notification/recusal format was updated in 2013 in the attachment to Legal Advisory LA-13-06.]


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Bernie Sanders rallies Wisconsin voters before President Trump, Obama visits
Posted 10:33 am, October 22, 2018, by AP Wire Service, Updated at 05:29PM, October 22, 2018
MILWAUKEE — Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders urged college students and other supporters Monday at an early-voting rally on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus to throw Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office and re-elect Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
The event comes at the start of a week during which President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were both scheduled to host their own rallies in Wisconsin, a state President Trump won but where Democrats are feeling optimistic they will perform well in the midterm election in two weeks.
Bernie Sanders in Milwaukee
Polls show Walker's race against state education chief Tony Evers to be a tossup, while Baldwin has consistently led Vukmir.
Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who won Wisconsin's 2016 presidential primary by 13 points over Hillary Clinton, attracted more than 1,100 to the event Monday, according to organizers. He has been holding similar rallies in battleground states across the country as he eyes another run for president in 2020.
Sanders said he was "painfully aware" that President Trump barely won Wisconsin in 2016 and called on young people to lead a record-high turnout for the midterm election in 15 days.
"Mark my words on this, if the younger generation, people under 30, vote as the same level as the rest of the population you will transform the United States of America," the 77-year-old Sanders said. "Let's tell Trump and Walker and all of these guys, we want a government and an economy based on justice."
The Sanders rally came hours after Walker said during a radio town hall that Democrats were "bringing in all the muscle." Walker also repeated, on the "Jay Weber" on WISN-AM, his long-held concern that Republicans were growing complacent in Wisconsin after he's won three elections for governor since 2010, including a 2012 recall.
"The left is angry and their rhetoric is full of hatred and they're bringing in all the muscle," Walker said, noting the Sanders rally and Obama's planned stop in Milwaukee on Friday, both to encourage early voting. "They've got people worked up and pumped up, and we cannot take it for granted."
Walker's opponent Evers, speaking before Sanders, made his pitch for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, criminal justice reform, a 10 percent income tax break for the middle class and increasing funding for education to roads to fix what Democrats have been calling "Scottholes." Evers also hit Walker for supporting a federal lawsuit to do away with the Affordable Care Act, a position Evers said Walker took to help his presidential bid that ended in September 2015. Walker also refused to accept money from the federal government to expand Medicaid.
"His running for president caused people in Wisconsin to suffer," Evers said. "We're going to change that and we're going to take that Medicaid money for the state."
Walker reiterated in the radio town hall that he would not drop Wisconsin from the federal lawsuit seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Walker supports replacing it with a state guarantee of insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
"Never retreat from doing the right thing," Walker said.
Retired salesman Jack Klepp, 74, from Milwaukee, who attended the Sanders rally, said that while he thinks people are "disturbed" about President Trump, Democrats in Wisconsin are most excited about being able to vote to oust Walker.
"I think people are sick of Walker, just sick of him," Klepp said. "That's the primary motivator."
Alexa Lovo, an 18-year-old freshman at UW-Milwaukee, said she looks forward to casting her ballot for Democratic candidates in two weeks — the first election where she's old enough to vote.
Lovo said she's on a group chat with friends from high school who are also motivated to vote for Democrats because "they're for human rights, they're open, they can see the answers to a better future."
Sanders was also holding a rally later Monday in Kenosha with congressional candidate Randy Bryce, the Democrat running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan. He faces former Ryan aide Bryan Steil.
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Osaka is known to be one of the best shopping destinations in all of Japan. From the thrift stores and flea markets around Amemura to the high-end boutiques in the Umeda district, Osaka boasts a bit for everyone, regardless of budget or tastes. Should your tastes lean more toward the luxury end of the spectrum, and particularly towards jewelry, this article is for you. Here, we look at the top 9 jewelry stores in Osaka – both brand boutiques and retailers where you can buy a unique gift for someone special, or, why not, for yourself.
It would be hard to start this list with a different brand. Tiffany is one of the leading jewelry making companies in the world, producing everything from custom engagement and wedding rings to pendants, necklaces, and bracelets. Although Tiffany is often associated with New York (mostly grace to the movie), there are Tiffany boutiques in most big cities around the world. Osaka is one of them, and you can find it in the Umeda shopping district.
Here's another brand that doesn't require an introduction – Cartier. Cartier has become a household name when it comes to high-end jewelry, and you can never go wrong with one of their Love bracelets, or a timeless diamond ring, or, on the contrary, a bold choice from the Panthere de Cartier collection. All of these can be found in the Cartier boutique in Osaka, which is located inside the Shinsaibashi Osaka Building. The boutique itself is worth seeing, with its decadent design and flawless service (English and Chinese speaking staff are always available), but their selection is also top-notch.
Star Jewelry is a very popular Japanese jewelry brand. Thir flagship store is in Tokyo, but the Osaka branch has one of the best selections available in the whole country. Star Jewelry specializes in both casual and bridal jewelry and has a special branch known as Star Jewelry Girl, which sells funkier designs and colors at slightly lower prices. Their Osaka branch is located inside the Takashimaya department store in Namba.
MIKIMOTO is the brand that invented and perfect the art of the cultivated pearl. The brand has been in business for over 125 years now and is constantly getting creative with pearls, either pairing them up with sapphires and diamonds for an exquisite look or finding new ways to tweak the classic string of pearls. If you're looking for some really unique, yet classy Japanese jewelry, and you happen to be in Osaka, hit up MIKIMOTO, located inside the Hilton Plaza in Umeda.
Yet another international brand, Piaget is known for their watches and jewelry. When it comes to Jewelry, Piaget produces both extravagant pieces and regular collections, as well as bridal and engagement rings. Their designs are dainty and feminine, often featuring diamonds and fluid, elegant lines. There are two Piaget boutiques in Osaka, one inside the Umeda Hankyu Department Store, and another one in Daimaru Shinsaibashi. Both stores offer an excellent selection and service – it's just a matter of where you're most likely to go shopping.
Graff is a world-famous jewelry maker that specializes in diamonds. Their designs are bold and dramatic, making excellent statement pieces for adorning a simple outfit. They also offer bridal services, which include wedding and engagement rings, hair pieces, and more – all featuring Graff's trademark diamonds. There is a Graff store inside the Takashimaya department store in Osaka, located in Namba shopping district. Takashimaya is a great place for jewelry shopping, as there are multiple brand boutiques and retailers within the same complex.
Niessing is a German jewelry maker who has been around since 1873(!) Despite being in the jewelry making business for such a long time, the manufacturer tends to stray away from classic shapes, and instead look for the ultimate elegance in modern and avant-garde designs. Their most famous design is the Niessing Ring, or the 'floating diamond ring', which literally features a 'floating' diamond secured between the edges of the frame. If you're looking for a truly unique piece of jewelry to bring home from Osaka, drop by the Niessing boutique, located in Nishi-Shinsaibashi.
Chopard is famous for their signature rings for women, featuring 'floating' diamonds and an 18K white gold frame. The brand also produces watches and leather accessories, but they are best known for their jewelry. For extravagant customers, they also produce several high jewelry lines, as well as a bridal/engagement ring custom service. You can find a Chopard boutique inside the Hankyu Umeda department store in Osaka.
Lastly, here's a slightly more affordable option for those who can't really afford to drop $10k on a pair of earrings from Chopard or Cartier. Himie is a Japanese jewelry maker whose pieces retail for anything between ¥20,000 and ¥70,000, which is much more affordable than any of the luxury high-end brands we mentioned above. Their designs range from quirky to elegant, and they use both pearls and precious stones to adorn their designs. If you're looking for a gift for that special someone while in Osaka, check out Himie.
Osaka is a paradise for jewelry shopping – you can find both big jewelry maker houses and smaller, local brands that produce unique designs you can't buy anywhere in the world. Whichever you end up going for, you'll surely find the perfect piece to buy for that special someone.


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Iraqi Kurds: 'Losing to ISIL is not an option'
Unpaid salaries, outdated equipment and landmines will impede the battle against ISIL, Peshmerga forces say.
Peshmerga commander Sheikh Jaffar says morale among frontline fighters remains high 'because they are fighting for their homeland' [Lara Fatah/Al Jazeera]
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Sulaimania, Iraq – "The difference between them and us, is that they are coming to die on the battlefield, while our men want to defend their homeland and then return to their families," said one Iraqi Kurd who has been on the front lines in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
"There are among them Indonesians, Pakistanis, Chechens, and even Chinese. They've all come here to die in battle, to be martyred. How do you kill a man who wants to be killed? That's the dilemma."
There are dilemmas wracking every player on the scene in Iraq today, and no fewer among the country's Kurds, whose patience and patriotism are being tested by the seemingly never-ending war against ISIL. The mantra among average Iraqi Kurds these days is that if the Americans wanted to end the war, they could have done so.
Peshmerga forces making gains in fight against ISIL
As the United States comes under fire for its half-hearted efforts against ISIL, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters continue to man the front lines across northern Iraq. According to one brigade commander, morale is high, but the challenges are many.
RELATED: A year of ISIL: 'There is no future for Iraq'
Some 150,000 Kurdish Peshmerga troops are on active duty across the north of Iraq, even though they have not been paid their wages for over three months and carry outdated weapons. Political squabbling between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional capital, Erbil, has meant that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not received its share of the annual budget, and regional government employees, including the Peshmerga, have not been paid their salaries.
Still, Sheikh Jaffar, commander of the Peshmerga's 70th brigade, says morale among frontline fighters remains high "because they are fighting for their homeland". Nationalist fervour is palpable among the Iraqi-Kurdish population, with reports of babies being named "Kobane" in solidarity with their brethren in the northern Syrian town, which was under siege by ISIL from September 2014 until January 2015.
Besides the issue of wages, Sheikh Jaffar says his troops are faced with a number of logistical challenges, which could make or break the ground war against ISIL.
"Right now, ISIL has placed landmines just about everywhere, and many Peshmergas have been martyred or severely injured because of that," he told Al Jazeera in an interview at his barracks in Sulaimania.
Sheikh Jaffar said the Peshmerga need landmine detectors, along with heavy weaponry, RPGs, handguns, heavy artillery, tanks and even helicopters – "we need everything", he said. He expressed gratitude for the US-led air strikes that have significantly aided the troops on the ground since August 2014, but insists it is not enough to win the war against ISIL.
This is about carving out a state for the Sunnis, and the Kurdish Peshmerga are spilling their blood for it. The poorest of our people are fighting someone else's war again - just like in 2003 - and they might as well send us the bill for the weapons we are using too.
Dana Qadir, Sulaimania businessman
"The Peshmergas advance and the coalition air strikes target ISIL bases or artillery before we reach the area," he said. "Any progress on the ground against ISIL has been made possible by the support given to us by the US and the coalition."
These sentiments were echoed by Falah Mustafa, the KRG's de facto foreign minister.
"The fight against ISIL is our duty. It means the security and stability of this region and the ability of this region to survive," Mustafa told Al Jazeera in an interview at his office in Erbil. "We are proud of our Peshmerga in halting the progress of ISIL and liberating the territories we lost to them, but the war on ISIL isn't over yet. And losing to ISIL is not an option.
"From the Americans and our other friends, what we need is heavy weapons, ammunition, capacity-building and continued cooperation in the air and on the ground," he added. "We are the coalition's partner on the ground and we have shown the rest of world that ISIL can be defeated, and it's not some invincible force."
Sheikh Jaffar is equally confident.
"We can win this," he said. "We can kick them out. We managed to stop them from coming into Kirkuk last year with our outdated weapons and no help from the Americans or anyone else. Now with the help of the coalition, we can achieve much more."
Invincible or not, there is a serious concern that the asymmetry in weaponry and capacity may tip the balance at some point. According to Kurdish official figures, more than 2,000 Peshmerga fighters have been killed, and over 6,000 injured since the war began. Some local media reports place the figures much higher.
A veteran Peshmerga who fought the Baathist army during the Kurdish resistance in the 1980s, Sheikh Jaffar says he has never seen fighters like ISIL in his entire life.
"I've been a fighter all my life, and I've never seen such a difficult war. These guys will drive a car full of explosives through a Peshmerga barracks just to kill the Peshmergas. They cover themselves with explosives, and if a Peshmerga comes near them, they detonate," he said. "The difference between [ISIL] and us is that they are ready to kill themselves. They are willing to blow themselves up for their cause, while we want to fight and defend our land."
Sheikh Jaffar calls them "Drrinda" – Kurdish for barbarians. But he concedes they are "well-trained barbarians".
"[ISIL fighters] have expert knowledge on all kinds of sophisticated weapons, and they are trained in how to set landmines and make bombs," he said.
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To what extent the Kurdish Peshmerga forces coordinate their efforts with the Iraqi army or the mostly Shia Popular Mobilisation Units is a moot point. One source close to the Kurdish region's security agency said that "at least the Shia militias and the Kurds are not fighting each other".
"Yes, they are fighting a common enemy, but not for the same reasons," he said. "This does not mean they are friends and it may not necessarily rule out a clash at a later stage."
According to Falah Mustafa, the KRG's de facto foreign minister, 'the fight against ISIL is our duty' [Lara Fatah/Al Jazeera]
With the Russians now entering the scene to help fight ISIL, could it be an alternative source of support and weapons for the Kurds if the Americans do not deliver?
"That's a difficult question," said an Iraqi Kurd close to the region's security agency. "It would mean a quick fix, but it would come at a cost in the long term. Are we ready to lose our friendship with the Americans? I'm not so sure."
Dana Qadir, a businessman based in Sulaimania, said "it's all a big theatre".
"The Western powers have already decided how all this is going to end. The borders of the new map have already been drawn up," Qadir told Al Jazeera. "This is about carving out a state for the Sunnis, and the Kurdish Peshmerga are spilling their blood for it. The poorest of our people are fighting someone else's war again – just like in 2003 – and they might as well send us the bill for the weapons we are using too."
Whoever's interests the war against ISIL ultimately serves, on the ground, Iraqi Kurds remain immensely proud of their Peshmerga, and military paraphernalia sell like hotcakes in the bazaar.
Dara Rauf, a Peshmerga who fought under Sheikh Jaffar in Kirkuk last year, said: "Our commanders come with us to the front line and take the same risks we take. This helps to keep our morale up, because they are with us every step of the way. They eat with us and fight with us."
Asked whether he was worried, Sheikh Jaffar laughed heartily.
"No, I'm not worried," he said. "But we need those weapons."
Will Kurds be the decisive factor in fighting ISIL?
Supporting the Kurds and Free Syrian Army on the ground is essential to win against ISIL.
American veterans of Iraq war join Kurds battling ISIL
Soldiers with combat experience from US occupation say reports of ISIL atrocities have brought them back – on their own.
Why the threat of ISIL is exaggerated
The group's ability to sustain its 'nation state' remains very much in doubt, political and military analysts say.


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Фи́дон Папама́йкл (; родился в феврале 1962 года) — американский кинооператор, кинорежиссёр и кинопродюсер греческого происхождения, племянник Джона Кассаветиса. Двухкратный номинант на премию «Оскар» и BAFTA

Карьера и жизнь
Фидон Папамайкл родился в 1962 году в Афинах в Греции. Его отец, Федонас Папамихаил, грек по национальности, мать — немка. В шестилетнем возрасте мальчик с семьей переехал в США, куда его отца пригласили работать. Продолжает жить и работать в Голливуде, хотя имеет дом в Леонидионе на Пелопоннесе, куда частенько наведывается.

Самостоятельно научился снимать кино с помощью своей первой камеры, полученной от родителей на Рождество. Началом карьеры обязан Роджеру Корману, под чьим руководством начинал свою работу. Также снимал для Вима Вендерса и Джона Тёртелтауба. Фидон любит минимализм, избегает штампов и раздражается, когда зрители узнают его почерк. Он выдвигался на «Оскар» в номинации «Лучшая операторская работа» за фильм «Небраска».

С 1997 года является членом Академии кинематографических искусств и наук. В 2000 году стал членом Американского общества кинооператоров.

Избранная фильмография

Оператор

  — Раздетая для убийства 2 / Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls
 1989 — Танец проклятых / Dance Of The Damned
 1989 — После полуночи / After Midnight
 1989 — Некуда бежать / Nowhere to Run
  — Улицы / Streets
 1990 — Химия тела / Body Chemistry
 1990 — Молитва роллеров / Prayer Of The Rollerboys
  — Сумасшедшая история / Driving Me Crazy
  — Ядовитый плющ / Poison Ivy
  — Дикие пальмы / Wild Palms
 1993 — Крутые виражи / Cool Runnings
  — Тёмная сторона гения / Dark Side of Genius
  — Пока ты спал / While You Were Sleeping
 1995 — Белый карлик / White Dwarf
 1995 — Сумасшедшие герои / Unstrung Heroes
  — Био-Дом / Bio-Dome
 1996 — Феномен / Phenomenon
 1996 — Срывая звёзды / Unhook the stars
  — Саранча / The Locusts
 1997 — Мышиная охота / MouseHunt
  — Целитель Адамс / Patch Adams
  — Отель «Миллион долларов» / The Million Dollar Hotel
  — Лето, или 27 потерянных поцелуев / 27 Missing Kisses
  — Любимцы Америки / America's Sweethearts
 2001 — Многое произошло / Viel passiert — Der BAP-Film
  — На десять минут старше: Труба / Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
 2002 — Миля лунного света / Moonlight Mile
  — Идентификация / Identity
  — На обочине / Sideways
 2004 — Матильда / Mathilde
  — Переступить черту / Walk the Line
 2005 — Синоптик / The Weather Man
  — 10 шагов к успеху / 10 Items or Less
 2006 — 2008 — Люди в деревьях / Men in Trees
 2006 — В погоне за счастьем / The Pursuit of Happyness
  — Поезд на Юму / 3:10 to Yuma
  — Буш / W.
  — Затерянная Аркадия / Arcadia Lost
 2010 — Рыцарь дня / Knight and Day
  — Мартовские иды / The Ides of March
 2011 — Потомки / The Descendants
  — Любовь по-взрослому / This is Forty
  — Небраска / Nebraska
  — Охотники за сокровищами / The Monuments Men
  — Белоснежка и охотник 2 / The Huntsman: Winter's War
  — Короче / Downsizing
  — Форд против Феррари / Ford v. Ferrari

Режиссёр
  — Рисовальщик / Sketch Artist
  — Тёмная сторона гения / Dark Side of Genius
  — Изнутри / From Within
  — Затерянная Аркадия / Arcadia Lost
  — Потерянный Анджелес / Lost Angeles

Продюсер
  — Потерянный Анджелес / Lost Angeles

Примечания

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Q: How to dynamically create linq code at runtime and get results I have this LINQ code that returns sum of a column.
I have 10 columns in this table with these names : Role1, Role2, Role3 to Role10.
How can I dynamically create LINQ code at runtime, run this code and get results for all columns without repeating code?
for example :
decimal result = 0;
for(int i=0; i <=10; i++)
{
  result += STList.Where(c => c.Row_Role[i].ID == row.ID).Sum(p => p.Role[i]Current);
}

A: Here you go
decimal result = 0;
result = STList.Where(c => c.Row_Role.Select(p=>p.ID).Contains(row.ID)).Sum(c => c.Row_Role.Select(p=>p.Current));

A: I think you are trying to using dynamic results to get linq query.
See here will solve most dynamic linq problems.

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IT LOOKS deceptively familiar. The patient rolls up his sleeve, the doctor sticks a needle into his arm, and soon it's all over. But this is no routine vaccination. Instead, the patient has been injected with a fleck of silicon that will uniquely identify him when zapped with radio waves. Now, nearly three years after their use was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are the focus of a new controversy.


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The producers also decided to remove the standard opening night from the red carpet for celebrities, VIPs and influencers. They want to honor, as much as possible, the tickets of the patient audience who flocked to reserve seats in record numbers in February, for performances that have been postponed or canceled.
In September, the original Broadway production won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical: a historic moment for Australian production company Global Creatures.
Set designer Derek McLane was one of those who received an award. He says that, if New York is a guide, there will be added energy to the first performances in Melbourne.
"The excitement in the [Broadway] the theater is visible and palpable ", he declared, on Zoom from London where the company is preparing to open the show on the same date as Melbourne. "Our first return performance [from the pandemic shutdown] was unlike anything I have ever seen before. He was stopped by something like 10 or 11 standing ovations – I think the opening number had four standing ovations on its own.
"It was such a crazy and euphoric celebration … the triumph of seeing a theater full of people and seeing the show again was absolutely thrilling."
There have been strict controls on access to the Regent Theater so set builders and rehearsals can maintain a COVID-safe 'bubble' – few have been inside to see the finished product.
McLane said he was taller than the New York and London stages, although the difference was not huge. What was "cooler" about the Regent, he said, was the beauty of the theater, the design of which better matches the period of the film.
"It lends itself to becoming the Moulin Rouge, it feels more European, the architecture feels closer to 1899 and there is a lot of opulence, which is really helpful.
He had less work to do to get clients in the mood for the show – despite having installed an impressive number of chandeliers.
"The idea is that when you walk in, it's not just a landscape. There is music and there are artists in the auditorium. We have the impression that we have just entered this crazy and decadent club that is the Moulin Rouge. And we wanted to create that experience as much as possible as they walked through the doors. "
The set is flanked by two enormous decorators, a large red windmill and a large blue elephant (cut from styrofoam with a chainsaw and shipped from New York). But the most difficult part of his job, says McLane, was to be confronted with a staging saying that after Satine and Christian fell in love, "they fly off to the streets of Paris" and finish the first one. act.
"I spent a lot of time scratching my head on this. I mean, how do you do that, in a way that seems magical and surprising? "
He won't say.
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I spent a lot of time during the past 12 months working as technical editor on the fourth edition of Managing energy price risk from Risk Books, which is scheduled to be published in December. This work was not an only an opportunity to interact closely with some of the guiding lights of the industry, but also to reflect on the developments of the past 10 years.
We lived in a very different world when the third edition was published in 2004. The mission of stabilising the world economy and creating a more prosperous and secure world had been largely accomplished, or so we were told. Advances in the science of macroeconomics and financial economics, as well as in the theory and practice of risk management, created a more orderly and safer world. At the macroeconomic level, this manifested itself as the 'great moderation' – a pronounced drop in the volatility of gross national product, investments, employment levels and inflation going back to the 1980s.1 This trend was attributed, to a large extent, to changes in the economic structure of developing countries and the enlightened policies of central bankers, orchestrating advanced nations' economic policies like maestros.
At the microeconomic level, advances in risk management allowed financial institutions to identify and measure risks to an extent unprecedented in history. The corollary of this widely accepted thesis was that the financial industry was able to slice and dice risks, distributing them across many different dimensions to reduce or fully neutralise the impact of exogenous shocks.
This rosy picture stood in sharp contrast to many gloomy predictions regarding future energy production and price trends. Forecasts for US natural gas markets anticipated a looming shortfall of North American production and the need for growing liquefied natural gas imports. The most popular energy blog was The Oil Drum, with many postings offering dire predictions of peaking worldwide oil supplies and future liquid fuels shortages. On the demand side, accelerating economic growth in emerging markets, primarily China, would interact with supply constraints to produce ever-climbing prices, suppressing economic growth. Today, energy markets are more worried about the US oil and gas supply glut and reduced rates of economic growth in China, translating into falling prices for many critical commodities.
These examples demonstrate the perils of forecasting in an era of fundamental structural economic transformation and rapid technological change. The Italian poet Dante Alighieri had a point when he placed the diviners, astrologers and others with enough audacity to attempt predictions of the future in the eighth circle of hell, with their heads turned backwards and tears flowing down their backs.2 At the time, if somebody had predicted correctly what would happen over the next 10 years, the person would have been a laughing stock. They might have even been denounced as a heretic or ended up in a room with well-padded walls to repent their sins against established orthodoxy.
Today, we are not only much more humble, but also busy cleaning up the mess created by years of exceptional exuberance. The first section of the book, The winds of change, contains a review of the external shocks that hit financial and commodity markets and ongoing efforts to steady the ship of the world economy.
Another objective of the book is to help readers to address a great cognitive challenge of our times: an incessant flow of very detailed information, which overwhelms our ability to process and organise it. We operate in a 24-hour news cycle, with access to multiple overlapping data sources, and the media have to compete for our attention and elevate every minor development to the status of an earth-shattering event. In other words, we face the task of separating signal from noise – and once we have done it, we have to avoid the temptation to mechanically project current trends into the future. Unfortunately, a pile of bricks is not a house and sheer accumulation of facts is not knowledge. We hope that the experts who contributed to the new edition will help readers to discern emerging patterns hidden in market data and see the proverbial forest for the trees.
Yes, we have definitely taken the riskier road. We shall see where it takes us.
1. This term was popularised by Ben Bernanke, the then-chairman of the US Federal Reserve. See: Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke at the meetings of the Eastern Economic Association, Washington, DC, February 20, 2004.


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The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics Awards Inaugural Safety Net Health Champion Award to Senator Andy Gardiner
The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) has presented its First Annual Safety Net Health Champion Award to Senator Andy Gardiner from Orlando, Florida. The Safety Net Health Champion Award recognizes an individual's dedication to Free & Charitable Clinics and the medically underserved.
"Senator Gardiner is a champion for Free and Charitable Clinics and was instrumental in securing a $10 Million appropriation for Florida Free and Charitable Clinics," said Nicole Lamoureux, NAFC CEO. "His tireless dedication to our clinics, their staff, volunteers and most importantly their patients makes him the perfect individual to be named as the 2016 NAFC Safety Net Health Champion Honoree."
Andy Gardiner represents Florida's 13th State Senate District. First elected to public office in 2000, Senator Gardiner served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives, including one term as House Majority (Republican) Leader under Speaker Allan Bense.
Senator Gardiner was elected to the Florida Senate in 2008 and served as the Senate Majority (Republican) Leader under President Mike Haridopolos from 2010-2012, joining an elite group of legislators who have served as the Republican Leader in both Chambers to include former Senate President Jim King and former House Speaker, now Congressman, Dan Webster. In November 2014, Senator Gardiner was unanimously elected by his colleagues to serve as the 86th President of the Florida Senate since statehood in 1845.
A lifelong resident of the Orlando-area district he represents, Senator Gardiner works as the Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Community Relations for Orlando Health. He previously served as the Executive Director of the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce.
"President Gardiner has been an important friend to our sector who for years has championed Florida's Free and Charitable Clinic's work and impact in communities in opening up health care to uninsured and low-income residents of Florida," said Nick Duran, executive director of the Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. "He has invested time and effort, visiting local clinics in his district to learn and see it for himself. For his willingness to learn and his leadership in Tallahassee on behalf of the clinics and specialty care networks, we are so grateful."
About the Organization:
The NAFC is the only nonprofit 501c(3) organization whose mission is solely focused on the issues and needs of the medically underserved throughout the nation and the more than 1,200 Free and Charitable Clinics that serve them. Founded in 2001 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., the NAFC is working to ensure that the medically underserved have access to affordable quality health care and strives to be a national voice promoting quality health care for all. The organization believes that access to health care should be a right, not a privilege, and it values volunteerism, community ownership, service and collaboration.
For more information about the NAFC, please visit www.nafcclinics.org. Follow the NAFC on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NAFClinics and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NAFCClinics.
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As the Indian diaspora in Thailand gets ready to say Sawasdee PM Modi (Welcome PM Narendra Modi), USA may be getting ready to say Kār xảlā (farewell) or Lā k̀xn (bye-bye) to President Donald Trump. PM Modi is visiting Thailand for the ASEAN-India Summit, the East Asia Summit and the RCEP Summit.
For those who do not understand the American political or governmental system, it is too difficult for me to explain it here but I would suggest that you get yourself a copy of my book "MR.PRESIDENT…YES, PRIME MINISTER", which explains the differences between the Indian parliamentary system and the American presidential system and also gives examples of other types of political/government systems, such as the Dual Executive Premier-Presidential System followed in France, Poland, Sri Lanka, and 20 other countries; the President-Parliamentary System followed in Russian and some 15 other countries; and the Monarch-PM dual executive system in some countries. It also gives details of different types of elections for parliament, which are followed in Germany, Israel, New Zealand, etc. The book is available for ₹349 (with Free Delivery for Prime members) on Amazon HERE and for ₹299 (with Free Delivery for everyone) at my Website HERE.
Anyways, let me come back to the current situation with Trump in USA. He was elected as the 45th POTUS (President of the United States) on a Republican Party ticket. The US has just 2 main parties, all others are much smaller and have no Representatives (similar to our Lok Sabha MPs) or Senators (similar to our Rajya Sabha MPs). In fact, in living memory, none have ever had.
Since Day 1, his opposition party – the Democratic Party – has been wanting to impeach him (throw him out of office) on alleged charges of colliding with Russia to win his election. Impeachment requires a 2/3 vote in the House of Representatives (Lower House) as well as the Senate (Upper House).
Since the Democratic Party is now the ruling party in the House of Representatives and the Senate – told you that you need a copy of my book to understand the American system – it has upped the ante. Many politicians and mediapersons (most of the media hates Trump just as he hates them) claim that many republicans are willing to "cross the aisle" and vote in favour of impeaching him.
Leading pollsters (market research firms), including YouGov, IPSOS, Selzer & Co, and Morning Consult, carried out surveys to gauge the mood of the public. Leading Statistics firm STATISTA has put the results together, including an average of the 4 polls, in the graphic attached with this post.
The average of the 4 polls suggests that 46% of the American public want Trump out, 42% want him to stay, while 13% are "not sure". Will Trump become the 3rd POTUS to be impeached?
Impeaching an American President is rare. It's only happened twice in American history — to Presidents Andrew Johnson (in May 1868) and Bill Clinton (in December 1998) — and neither of those times resulted in the POTUS being removed from office.
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According to the schedule, we should read Hebrews 9 today.
This chapter in Hebrews continued the argument that Christ was better than the Old Testament sacrificial system. The author of Hebrews presented a tight argument comparing the sacrificial system under the old covenant (vv. 1-10) and the new covenant Christ has set up and mediated (vv. 11-28).
The key point of this chapter is that Christ's death on the cross accomplished the new covenant. The blood of his sacrifice was offered in heaven not on earth (vv. 11-14) and it purified everything, including us (vv. 15-28). This is why the sacrificial system revealed by Moses is no longer necessary. Christ's redemption was better and brought that old system to an end.
One of the key takeaways from this chapter for us is that Christ's death accomplished something for us spiritually that the animal sacrifices of the Old Testament law never could. In verse 13 the author of Hebrews mentioned that the blood from those animal sacrifices had to be sprinkled on the people to make them ceremonially clean. That process was described in Numbers 19 and was used on someone who touched a dead body. But in verse 14 (here in Hebrews 9), the author of Hebrews argues that the blood of Christ removes the works of death from our consciences. In other words, it gives us true relief from the guilt of our sins. Yes, it is true that "the wages of sin is death" (Rom 6:23) but Hebrews 9:14 says that Christ's death cleanses our conscience from those works that lead to death (in other words, sin).
Are you tormented by guilt for the sins you've committed in your life? Don't be! Not because they were not wicked but because, if you are in Christ, they are fully forgiven. Your past has been redeemed in him so now you have the freedom of conscience to live and serve the Lord.


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Americans Voted In Some Pretty Strange Places On Election Day
Christian Storm
A voter looks over her ballot for the U.S. midterm elections at a laundromat used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 2014.
REUTERS/Jim Young
Voting is an inalienable right in the United States, one every citizen should be able to exercise if they so choose, no matter where they are.
While many of us voted on Election Day in a school, civic center, or church, sometimes those facilities just aren't available. When that happens, communities have to get creative.
Voters in Chicago and elsewhere in the US found themselves voting in some unusual places. Some visited their local car mechanic, others their laundromat or neighborhood diner, all of whom volunteered their space for the day. It's just another example of American ingenuity.
(Captions by Christian Storm and Reuters)
A cook prepares food orders in a kitchen as voters cast their ballots for the U.S. midterm elections at a restaurant used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A woman votes at a polling station inside a local grocery store in National City, California.
REUTERS/Mike Blake
A voter is seen casting her ballot inside a dessert restaurant being used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A voter casts her ballot in the U.S. midterm elections at a car dealership used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
People vote at the Louisville Fire department Engine Co. No. 11 polling station in Louisville, Kentucky.
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A voter is seen casting her ballot at a barber school used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A man votes with children inside a gym at the Bellarmine University polling station in Louisville, Kentucky.
A voter stands in a voting booth to cast his ballot at a restaurant used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
Voters cast ballots at a polling place in the Neptune Society's Columbarium on Election Day in San Francisco, California.
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A voter looks over his ballot at a martial arts school used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A voter prepares to cast her ballot in the U.S. midterm elections at a restaurant used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
People fill out their ballots at a polling place at a swimming pool on Election Day in Los Angeles, California.
A voter leaves a car dealership being used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A voter hands over her ballot to an elections worker at a barber shop used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A sign outside of Starview United Church of Christ calling all to vote and eat inside on U.S. midterm election day in Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania.
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A voter sits in a voting booth to cast her vote at a billiards hall used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
A voter leaves a computer repair shop being used a polling station in Chicago, Illinois.
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For beer enthusiasts this personalized amber glass beer growler with white screw-on cap is perfect for draft or craft. Designed to be refillable, this makes a great gift that will keep the hops and barley fresh and available at the first hint of a party. At a charitable 64 ounces there will be plenty to go around. Add a clever "Hoptimistic" message to up the fun quota. You may even want to gift one to yourself.


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Review of Anne Laurence, Women in England, 1500-1760: A Social History
Carole Levin, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Published in ALBION: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL CONCERNED WITH BRITISH STUDIES, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring, 1995), pp. 121-122. Copyright © 1995 Appalachian State University, published by University of Chicago Press. Used by permission
Anne Laurence's study of the social history of women in early modem England has much to recommend it, though it will probably be much more appealing for students than for scholars doing serious research. The purpose of this book, as Laurence states it, is to examine the experience of a wide variety of women, and how expectations about women may have changed between 1500 and 1760, from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution. The goals in her study include not only seeing the differences between male and female experience but also the differences as well as shared experience for women depending on class, marital status, location, religion, and ethnic/racial background. The book is organized in thematic sections: historians' views of women; gender, class, and race; women's life cycles; marriage; sex; motherhood and friendship; health; work; material culture; leaming; religious communities and practice of Christianity; popular belief and custom; law; crime; and women's and men's worlds. ... Unfortunately, Laurence has very few notes, and only provides a rather sketchy general guide for further reading, but someone who wants a well-written and interesting introduction to the lives of women in early modern England will certainly find it here.
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package zutil.net.smtp;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import static zutil.net.smtp.SmtpClient.NEWLINE;

/**
 * Simplifies sending of a email
 *
 * @author Ziver
 */
public class Email {

    public enum ContentType{
        PLAIN, HTML
    }
    private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH);
    private static final Pattern PATTERN_NEWLINE = Pattern.compile("(\\r\\n|\\n)");

    private String fromAddress;
    private String fromName = null;
    private String toAddress;
    private String toName = null;
    private String replyToAddress = null;
    private String dateStr = dateFormatter.format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
    private ContentType type = ContentType.PLAIN;
    private String subject;
    private String message;

    public Email() {}

    public void setFrom(String address) {
        this.fromAddress = sanitizeParam(address);
    }
    public void setFrom(String address, String niceName) {
        fromAddress = sanitizeParam(address);
        fromName = sanitizeParam(niceName);
    }
    public String getFromAddress() {
        return fromAddress;
    }
    public String getFromName() {
        return fromName;
    }

    public void setReplyTo(String address) {
        this.replyToAddress = sanitizeParam(address);
    }
    public String getReplyToAddress() {
        return replyToAddress;
    }

    public void setTo(String address) {
        this.toAddress = sanitizeParam(address);
    }
    public void setTo(String address, String niceName) {
        this.toAddress = sanitizeParam(address);
        this.toName = sanitizeParam(niceName);
    }
    public String getToAddress() {
        return toAddress;
    }
    public String getToName() {
        return toName;
    }

    public void setDate(Date date) {
        this.dateStr = dateFormatter.format(date);
    }
    public void setDate(OffsetDateTime date) {
        this.dateStr = date.format(DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME);;
    }

    public void setContentType(ContentType t) {
        type = t;
    }

    public void setSubject(String subject) {
        this.subject = sanitizeParam(subject);
    }
    public String getSubject() {
        return subject;
    }

    public void setMessage(String msg) {
        message = msg.replaceAll("(\\r\\n|\\n)", NEWLINE);
        message = message.replaceAll(NEWLINE + "\\.", NEWLINE + "..");
    }
    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }

    private String sanitizeParam(String param) {
        return PATTERN_NEWLINE.matcher(param).replaceAll("");
    }

    /**
     * Will write the data from this object into a PrintStream.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if from address and to address has not been set
     */
    public void write(Writer out) throws IOException{
        if (fromAddress == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("From value cannot be null!");
        if (toAddress == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("To value cannot be null!");

        //************ Headers

        // From
        if (fromName !=null)
            out.write("From: " + fromName + " <" + fromAddress + ">" + NEWLINE);
        else
            out.write("From: " + fromAddress + NEWLINE);

        // Reply-To
        if (replyToAddress != null)
            out.write("Reply-To: <" + replyToAddress + ">" + NEWLINE);

        // To
        if (toName !=null)
            out.write("To: " + toName + " <" + toAddress + ">" + NEWLINE);
        else
            out.write("To: " + toAddress + NEWLINE);

        // Date
        out.write("Date: " + dateStr + NEWLINE);

        // Content type
        switch(type) {
        case HTML:
            out.write("Content-Type: text/html;" + NEWLINE); break;
        default:
            out.write("Content-Type: text/plain;" + NEWLINE); break;
        }

        // Subject
        out.write("Subject: " + (subject!=null ? subject : "") + NEWLINE);

        out.write(NEWLINE);

        //*********** Mesasge

        out.write(message);
    }
}

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Whenever I include images or screenshots within the body of a blog post, I resize them so they aren't unnecessarily large. iPad Pro screenshots, for instance, are 2732x2048px and often larger than 1MB. There's no need to share these images full-size, so I reduce their dimensions to something like 1024x960px. This usually gets the file size down to around 200KB.
Back when I used a Mac to write blog posts, I would have also taken the step of optimizing the images using ImageOptim. This app uses clever compression techniques to reduce the file size while preserving quality. It was a simple drag-and-drop process that could drastically reduce the file size further. I haven't yet found an equivalent iOS app that does something similar, so image optimization isn't something I've been doing.
However, there are web services that perform image optimization. One such service, TinyPNG, has an API that can receive images and return a URL to an optimized version. Using Workflow's recent API support, I've created this workflow that both resizes and optimizes JPG or PNG images using the TinyPNG API. When the action extension workflow is run, there's an option to resize the image (using Workflow's built-in image resize action), after which it's uploaded to TinyPNG for optimization. An alert displays the difference in file size before the optimized image is downloaded. TinyPNG uses randomly-generated filenames, so you're asked by the workflow to specify a new one.
The following PNG screenshot, resized to 1024x960px, was originally 202KB. After optimization, it's just 57KB.
TinyPNG is free to use if you're optimizing up to 500 images per month, which is plenty for most bloggers. As with most API services, you need an API key to use TinyPNG (the workflow has an import question that prompts for this).
Before you start optimizing images, keep in mind that TinyPNG is a web service and you're uploading images to a third-party. It's entirely up to you about what images you feel comfortable optimizing. I'm happy to use this for any public images and screenshots I'd share on my blog anyway, though I wouldn't use it to optimize images that contain sensitive information (scans of passports, screenshots of bank account details, etc.).
One of my favorite and most frequently used iOS apps is currently 25% off for a limited time. If you want to make use of Git on your iPhone or iPad, you need this app (I manage this website using Working Copy and GitHub).
Many apps include keyboard shortcuts that are available to iOS users with external keyboards. Unlike macOS, there's no menu bar to view commands and their associated shortcut.
Using an external keyboard connected to an iPad, press-and-hold the Command key to bring up a list of keyboard shortcuts.
Spotlight offers a great way to search for almost anything on iOS device, with results from both Apple and third-party apps. If you have a lot of apps and are finding that search results are a bit too cluttered, you can exclude some of them from appearing in the results.
As you go through the list of apps that Spotlight can search in, keep in mind that not all apps necessarily have content that is searchable. Even if an app is listed, it's still up to the developer to support Spotlight. To make things easier, only turn off apps that you know are showing results that you don't want to include–some apps may be enabled but don't have content that is searchable.
Until 2015, my blog was at sparsebundle.net. I eventually decided to change where my blog was located, so I moved it over to jordanmerrick.com, making sure to keep the URL structure the same.
I used to host jordanmerrick.com on a fairly standard web server at DigitalOcean. This server had an additional host configured for the sparsebundle.net domain which simply redirected any sparsebundle.net links to the equivalent jordanmerrick.com version. Nowadays, I use a git-based workflow and host the site with Netlify, so redirecting sparsebundle.net links is done differently.
I use DNSimple to manage the DNS records of my domains. The service offers a useful URL record that redirect entire domains from one to another while retaining the URL path. Anyone trying to find an old sparsebundle.net blog post are redirected to the post located here. It's a really simple solution to something that is often more complex than it feels it needs to be.
The redirect functionality doesn't work to, or from, HTTPS URLs, though sparsebundle.net never used SSL in the first place. Although jordanmerrick.com does use SSL, any non-HTTPS links are gracefully redirected to HTTPS by Netlify.
With today's 1.7 update, the Workflow team isn't introducing Instant Variables. Instead, they've rebuilt the engine behind variables on a new system called Magic Variables, which completely reimagines how you can create workflows and connect actions for even more powerful automations.
More than a mere tweak for power users, Magic Variables are the next step in Workflow's goal to enable everyone to automate their iOS devices. By making workflows easier to create and read, Magic Variables are the app's most important transformation to date, and the result far exceeds my expectations.
Federico isn't exaggerating when he says this is a significant update to Workflow. Magic Variables fundamentally changes how workflows are created, making them both easier to build and much more powerful.
Up Next is a feature of Music that allows you to queue up songs to play next. It's a great way to ensure you have a steady stream of music to listen to without interruption.
You can find the Up Next queue by swiping up on the Now Playing screen in Music. All the songs currently in the Up Next queue are then displayed. You can drag any of the songs in Up Next to re-order them.
Should you select a song that is part of an album, any remaining tracks are added to Up Next automatically. For instance, you can just start playing the first track of an album and Music automatically queues up the rest of the album for you.
There are a few different ways to bring up the Music options pane to add any songs, albums, or playlists to Up Next.
Play Next: Adds the music to the top of the Up Next queue. This music is played next, then the queue continues with previously added music.
If you just want to add to your Up Next queue and continue listening to the queue in its current order, use Play Later. If you want to listen to a particular song or album immediately after the currently-playing song has finished, use Play Next. Keep in mind that if you're listening to a particular album or playlist, anything you add using Play Next is played immediately after the song has finished. If you like to listen to complete albums, you won't want to use this as often.
If you've added a selection of music to the Up Next queue and then try to play a different song entirely, a message appears that asks if you want to keep, or clear, the Up Next queue.
The majority of email providers offer so much storage capacity that it's often unnecessary to delete messages purely to save space. Instead of sending messages to the trash, Mail can be set up to archive messages. Managing emails is basically the same, but instead of deleting a message, it's moved to a separate archive folder.
In Mail, any action that would previously delete a message now archives it within an "Archive" folder instead. If you still want to delete a message, tap and hold the Archive button when viewing a message brings up a secondary menu.
Many online services offer two-factor authentication (also known as two-step verification) as an additional layer of security that helps protects your account. 1Password can be used as an authenticator app that generates six-digit codes for services that make use of one-time passwords.
Instead of opening or switching to 1Password on your iPhone or iPad whenever you need a verification code, the 1Password app for Apple Watch keeps them within easy reach.
Your login now appears within the 1Password Apple Watch app and displays a verification code that refreshes every 30 seconds.
Now, your verification codes are always available just by pressing the side button and selecting the 1Password app.


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