During late 2014 the decision was taken to pause the development of the Seabank 3 project. This situation remains unchanged, stakeholders will be updated should the development of the project recommence.
Seabank Power Station in Severnside (near Bristol) is operated by Seabank Power Ltd (SPL) of which SSE is a 50% stakeholder. The gas-fired power station is currently made up of Seabank 1 and Seabank 2. SSE is now proposing to extend the plant with two additional CCGTs in a project known as Seabank 3.
We propose the development of two additional high efficiency combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) with a combined capacity of up to 1,400MW integrating with existing gas and electricity transmission infrastructure. We anticipate that these new units will run in parallel with the existing 1,140MW of generation capacity giving a total output for the combined Station of up to 2,500MW.


The Asian Studies Centre and Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba will be hosting the provincial premiere of In the Name of Confucius on April 18, followed by a panel discussion with professor Terry Russell and director Doris Liu who will be connecting via Skype.
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The University of Manitoba was once in talks with Beijing's Hanban (the Confucius Institute Headquarters) regarding opening a Confucius Institute on campus. Due to the strong opposition from the University of Manitoba Faculty Association, including outspoken faculty member professor Terry Russell, as well as McMaster University's closure of its CI, the administration of the university eventually gave up the plan on hosting a CI.


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The 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days 2019 in retrospective
Categories: Conferences, symposia and Vienna Music Business Research Days
Tags: 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days, 10th VMBR-Days, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Chris Carey, Cliff Fluet, Daniel Nordgard, Dennis Collopy, digital music business, Future of the Music Business, Konstantin Hondros, Label service contracts, Michael Smellie, music copyright, music streaming, Nermina Mumic, Paul O'Hagan, Peter Jenner, Phil Graham, Rebecca Brook, Ros Lynch, Sally Gross, Sam Edrisi, Steve Stewart
At the 10th anniversary Vienna Music Business Research Days music business researchers and music industry representatives from around the globe looked into the crystal ball to highlight and discuss the "Future of the Music Business".
The Young Scholars Workshop traditionally opened the conference as a forum for master and PhD students to present and discuss their research results with renown international music business scientists. This year two papers were awarded by an international jury with the first prize: "THE NEW MAGIC PEOPLE: An Ethnographic Study of East London's Cultural Workers at Shoreditch House" by Sam Edrisi of Westminster University and King's College London and "Creativity, Constraints, and Copyright – Hired Music Guns and the Case of Soundalikes" by Konstantin Hondros of the University Duisburg-Essen. Both papers are considered tob e published in the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR).
On the following Conference Track Day, music business researchers from Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romenia, Spain, South Africa, UK and the US presented their research results on a broad range of music business topics, such as gender aspects in the classical music sphere, the live music business in the Netherlands, self-management and entrepreneurship of musicians, the demand for music in the music streaming age, music branding, music labour markets and music education issues (see program).
The final Invited Conference Day on September 13th focused on the conference main topic the "Future of the Music Business". The London-based entertainment lawyer Cliff Fluet held the introductory keynote "The Music Business & Technology – How Their Past and Present will Dictate Their Future" and joined the following panel discussion on "The Future of Music Copyright" with Ros Lynch (Intellectual Property Office, London) and the blockchain start-up founder Steve Stewart (vezt, Los Angeles), moderated by Sally Gross (University of Westminster, London). The panelists discussed the impact of new technologies such as the blockchain and artificial intellectual on copyright legislation.
Michael Smellie, the former COO of Sony/BMG and Australian start-up investor, closed the morning session by looking back into the music industry's recent past with his keynote on the music industry's "Seven Deadly Sins" to learn more about the industry's future.
After the lunch break Paul O'Hagan of the University of Ulster had a conversation with music manager Peter Jenner on the concept of label service contracts, which Peter Jenner introduced by signing Billy Bragg to Cooking Vinyl. Label service contracts have become very popular among superstars such as Taylor Swift, since there is no need to contract away all rights to the labels. Peter Jenner was also a mastermind and initiator of the "Music 2025" project, which was introduced for the first to the public by him and Dennis Collopy (University of Hertfordshire, UK) in 2014 at the Vienna Music Business Research Days. This year Dennis Collopy presented the project's results to an international audience.
In the following keynote "What Are the Key Drivers of Growth in Music Streaming?" music industry analyst Chris Carey outlined the past, present and future developments in the music streaming economy. This was a good starting point for the final panel discussion on "Future of the Music Business – What's Next after Music Streaming?" with Rebecca Brook (music industry consultant, London), Chris Carey (Media Insight Consulting, London), Phil Graham (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) and Michael Smellie (start-up investor, Australia), moderated by Dennis Collopy (University of Hertfordshire).
The 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days were supplemented by a book presentation event in the evening of September 11th. Daniel Nordgård of the University of Agder in Kristiansand/Norway presented the first volume of the Springer book series "Music Business Research" entitled "The Music Business and Digital Impacts. Innovations and Disruptions in the Music Industries". Phil Graham of the University of the Sunshine Coast/Australia followed with the presentation of the book series' second volume "Music, Management, Marketing, and Law. Interviews Across the Music Business Value Chain". Subsequently both authors joined a panel discussion on "Big Data in the Music Business" with the Vienna-based start-up entrepreneur Nermina Mumic and music manager Peter Jenner.
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10th Anniversary Music Business Research Days 2019 on "Future of the Music Business"
Tags: 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days, 10th VMBR-Days, blockchain, Cliff Fluet, Dennis Collopy, Future of Music Copyright, Future of the Music Business, Karl Ryan, Michael Smellie, music streaming, Paul O'Hagan, Pete Downton, Peter Jenner, Phil Graham, Rebecca Brook, Ros Lynch, Steve Stewart
The Vienna Music Business Research Days conference celebrates its 10th birthday this year by looking into the past to learn more about the future of the music business. In the past ten years the VMBR-Days were a platform for forward looking and controversial music industry topics. In 2011, Dagfinn Bach highlighted the high CO2 emissions of music streaming compared to music downloads – a topic, which has become highly relevant in the times of climate change. In the same year the founder of the German music streaming service Simfy, Steffen Wicker, and then PRS for Music chief economist, Will Page, who later joined Spotify, discussed if music streaming would be the next big thing in the music industry. In 2013, Mike Michalke introduced the project of a creative commons collecting society, which was established a few years later as the Cultural Commons Collecting Society (C3S) in Germany. Also in 2013 international experts, among them the doyen of intellectual property rights research, Adolf Dietz, discussed how copyright legislation has to be adapted to new technological and social challenges. Some of the proposals, which were discussed in Vienna, later entered the recently enacted EU Copyright Directive. In 2015, alternative instruments to finance music projects such as crowdfunding, angel investment and start-up funding, which are common practice now, were highlighted by keynotes and panel discussions. In 2017, the blockchain technology and its impact on the music business was in the focus of the 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days. And further topics such as the live music and concert business, self-management of artists, new music consumption behavior and music file sharing were discussed in the past years.
In 2019, some of the topics will be resumed in the 10th anniversary conference. After a keynote by London-based copyright lawyer Cliff Fluet of Lewis Silkin LLP, he will discuss on "The Future of Music Copyright" with Karl Ryan (Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google UK), Ros Lynch (Intellectual Property Office, London, UK) and Steve Stewart (vezt, Los Angeles, USA).
The former COO of Sony/BMG and Australian start-up investor Michael Smellie will look back in the recent history of the music industry by highlighting the music industry's "Seven Deadly Sins". In the afternoon, Paul O'Hagan (Ulster University, UK) and music manager Peter Jenner (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Billy Bragg) will discuss the future of artist contracts in the recorded music business, before Peter will join Dennis Collopy (University of Hertfordshire, UK) to present the results of the "Music 2025" project, which was introduced by them to the public at the Vienna Music Business Research Days 2014. Then the founder of the British music streaming service 7digital, Pete Downton, will highlight the drivers of growth of music streaming. In the following panel discussion on the "Future of the Music Business – What's Next after Music Streaming?", Pete will exchange thoughts with music industry consultant Rebecca Brook (London, UK) communications researcher Phil Graham (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) and start-up investor Michael Smellie (Brisbane, Australia).
The Vienna Music Business research Days will be opened on Sep. 11th with the Young Scholars' Workshop for master and PhD students to present their research to renown music business researchers in a closed workshop atmosphere. On Sep. 12th scientists from all around the world will present their research finding on different music business/industry topics (see program).
Tickets for September 12-13, 2019: https://ntry.at/vmbrd2019
Promotion YouTube video: https://youtu.be/GkgAZX5uS_M
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Live video-stream of the last conference day on Sep. 13th, 9:00-17:30 CEST: https://live.mdw.ac.at/VMBRD_2019
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Introducing our guests: Rebecca Brook (music industry consultant, London)
Tags: 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days, 10th VMBR-Days, blockchain, music industry consultant, music streaming, Rebecca Brook
In the 10th anniversary Vienna Music Business Research Days on the "Future of the Music Business" at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna/Austria) music business researchers and music business professionals look into the recent past of the music industry to learn more about its future. Find the program here.
Rebecca Brooks (music industry consultant, London) will discuss on the "Future of the Music Business – What's Next after Music Streaming?"with Michael Smellie (former COO of Sony/BMG, Australia), Pete Downton (7digital, London, UK) and Phil Graham (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia).
Becky advises technology and music companies on music rights & licensing. Current and prior clients include 7digital, JAAK, Lirica, Lickd and TagMix.
Prior to becoming a consultant, she was Vice President of Commercial Development at digital music services firm Omnifone, where she headed up the Global Licensing team. Before that, she held a variety of strategy and business development roles at companies including EMI Music, SeeSaw, Sony Pictures and Warner Music Group.
She has extensive prior speaking experience including panels/presentations on music rights and licensing at various 4.5 Seminars, CISAC AGM, C/O Pop, MusicWeek Tech Summit, The Great Escape, Wide Days Edinburgh."
Introducing our guests: Steve Stewart (vezt, Los Angeles)
Categories: blockchain, seminars etc., symposia and Vienna Music Business Research Days
Tags: 10th Vienna Music Business Research Days, 10th VMBR-Days, blockchain, Steve Stewart, vezt
Steve Stewart is the CEO & Co-Founder of Vezt Inc., a music-driven tech platform giving people the ability to participate in the royalties of their favorite songs. The blockchain-based app makes it easy for artists, writers, producers, labels and publishers to monetize their IP directly from music fans.
Steve has more than 20 years of professional experience in the music, tech and television industries, and is the former personal manager of multi-platinum alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots, managing their career from their inception through their fifth major label release on Atlantic Records. Under Steve's management, the band's worldwide record sales exceeded 25 million records, generating more than $450 million in gross revenues. Along the way, they were awarded a Grammy, an American Music Award, numerous Billboard Music Awards, MTV Music Video and MTV Movie Awards, and a number of Pollstar, ASCAP and BMI accolades. His acts have toured with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Neil Young and Cheap Trick, playing live to more than 5 million people worldwide.
As CEO of Steve Stewart Management, he has negotiated and secured lucrative major label record and publishing contracts on behalf of approximately 20 recording artists with companies such as Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, Disney's Hollywood Records, A&M Records, Geffen Records, Elektra Records, American Records, Maverick Records, EMI Music Publishing, Famous Music Publishing, Rondor Music, Warner Chappell Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing.
He has held COO positions at tech startups – GoYodel (retail deal bundler) and SportsBuddyz (sports video platform). As well as Head of Business Development at SURKUS (social engagement app). He has also managed and handled business development for new media personalities, including one of the Top 25 Most Viewed Channels on YouTube ("Hot For Words" 440 million views, 460,000 subscribers), creating, negotiating and securing media, sponsorship and advertising opportunities with companies such as HarperCollins, Go Daddy, Guthy-Renker, DC Shoes, among others, including a 100 episode deal with Russian television network RTV. He has secured venture funding for new media ventures in the mobile/sports/video space. Steve has produced a number of multi-million dollar national tours (800+ live shows), at most of the major arenas in the country, including Madison Square Garden, The Los Angeles Forum and San Francisco's Shoreline Amphitheater, and worked with rapper/actor Ice T during development of the first Lollapalooza Tour.
He has also produced television programming for Comcast/DirecTV, MTV and VH-1. He was contracted to create the studio facility and production package for the Larry King Now show on Hulu and as well as Larry King's 2012 Election live coverage for YouTube, and was supervising production assistant for Stephen J. Cannell Productions' "21 Jump Street," "Wise Guy," and "Hunter".
Introducing our guests: Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (JAAK, London, UK)
Categories: Conferences and Vienna Music Business Research Days
Tags: blockchain, JAAK, Vaughn McKenzie, Vienna Music Business Research Days 2019, VMBR-Days 2019
In the afternoon panel discussion on "What's Next after Music Streaming?" the blockchain start-up entrepreneur Vaughn McKenzie-Landell is one of the panelist along with Lucie Caswell (Featured Artist Coalition, London, UK), Pete Downton (7digital, London, UK), Phil Graham (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) and Michael Smellie (Start-up investor, Brisbane, Australia)
Vaughn McKenzie-Landell is CEO and co-founder at JAAK. He has been a pivotal figure in communicating the bold vision of JAAK to build a space for convergence and collaboration for media industries, and has spoken at conferences around the world including SXSW, FastForward and EthCC. Following an initial spell in finance at Dow Jones, Vaughn co-founded music production group, The Arcade, before venturing into the world of User Experience Design and Product Development. Vaughn most recently spent four years consulting at Virgin Media on Software Adoption. In early 2018, Vaughn was named one of Forbes' '30 Under 30′.
International Journal of Music Business Research – October 2018, vol. 7, no. 2
Categories: International Journal of Music Business Research
Tags: Alan Krueger, artist, blockchain, concert tickets, disruption, emotional engagement, endowment effect, fairness, fan, Marie Connolly, marketing, meta data, music industry, music marketing, primary market, recorded music, Sarita Stewart, secondary market, self-management, social constraint, transition management, Wolfgang Senges
Marie Connolly & Alan B. Krueger open the October 2018 issue of the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) with "The secondary market for concert tickets: theory and evidence". They model the secondary ticketing market by considering that "performers do not want to be perceived as gouging fans, they choose to underprice tickets and provide consumer surplus to customers" (p. 6).
The second article by Sarita M. Stewart "The development of the artist-fan engagement model" develops a model to explain the relationship between musicians and their fans. It is based on hedonic consumption and parasocial interaction theory and explores how the effects of music and artist drive fan engagement through access or ownership of recorded music.
The third and concluding article of this issue is "Blockchain for Music Business: Preventing the Threat of Disruption" by Wolfgang Senges. This article considers the blockchain as a disruptive power for the music industry that needs a useful framework to prevent damage. Therefore, he recommends a "collaborative approach, agile methods, and transition management … as a toolset to allow for successfully shaping the impact of disrupted processes" (p. 83).
Volume 7, no 2, October 2018
Editorial by Peter Tschmuck, pp. 4-5
Marie Connolly & Alan B. Krueger: The secondary market for concert tickets: theory and evidence, pp. 6-51
Sarita M. Stewart: The development of the artist-fan engagement model, pp. 52-82
Wolfgang Senges: Blockchain in the music business: preventing the threat of disruption, pp. 83-106
Interview by Peter Tschmuck on ABC's "The Music Show": The Future of Music
Categories: Analysis
Tags: ABC, Andrew Ford, artist income, blockchain, CD market, music industry, music majors, music streaming, Peter Tschmuck, record labels, The Music Show, vinyl
Today on July 21st, national Australian radio station ABC broadcast a longer interview by Peter Tschmuck on the "Future of Music" in "The Music Show" presented by Andrew Ford. This episode will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday 9pm, Wednesday and Thursday 11pm (Australian eastern time).
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/the-future-of-music/10018986
International Journal of Music Business Research – April 2018, vol. 7, no. 1
Categories: International Journal of Music Business Research and Uncategorized
Tags: Abner Pérez, April 2018, back catalogue, blockbuster economy, blockchain, Código Ingenios, compulsory licenses, copyright, Ecuador, Hendrik Storstein Spilker, IJMBR, intellectual property rights, International Journal of Music Business Research, IP, music rights database, music streaming, Opal Gough, phonographic industry, Rasmus Rex Pedersen, record labels, Sony Music Denmark
The first article of this issue of the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR), "Exploring bounty and spread: key changes in the Danish music streaming economy" by Rasmus Rex Pedersen examines the structural effects of the transition to the access-based business model of music streaming, at a time when the global music streaming market is growing and developing quickly. The second article is "Blockchain: A new opportunity for record labels" by Opal Gough, which points to the opportunities for the music industry from blockchain technology, especially the chance to develop an international industry database for musical compositions and sound recordings as well as streamline processes, remove inefficiencies and improve cash flow. The concluding article of this issue is "Compulsory licensing in Ecuador's music industry: A daring strategy within the new intellectual property law in order to regulate music piracy" by Abner Pérez Marín. This paper examines compulsory licensing in relation to the management of music piracy in Ecuador and describes how, in October 2016, Ecuador's Government replaced its Intellectual Property Code with the Organic Code of the Knowledge's Social Economy and Innovation, branded as Código Ingenios. Daniel Nordgård's book review of "Digital Music Distribution: The sociology of online music streams " by Hendrik Storstein Spilker rounds up the IJMBR's April 2018 issue.
Volume 7, no 1, April 2018
Editorial by Dennis Collopy, pp. 4-5
Rasmus Rex Pedersen: Exploring bounty and spread: key changes in the Danish music streaming economy, pp. 6-25
Opal Gough: Blockchain: A new opportunity for record labels, pp. 26-44
Abner Pérez Marín: Compulsory licensing in Ecuador's music industry: a daring strategy within the new intellectual property law in order to regulate music piracy, pp. 45-71
Book review by Daniel Nordgård: Digital Music Distribution: The sociology of online music streams by Hendrik Storstein Spilker, pp. 72-74
8th Vienna Music Business Research Days
Categories: blockchain, Conferences and symposia
Tags: 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days 2017, blockchain, disruptive technology
New technologies had always an impact on the music business – last but not least in the course of the digital revolution. However, new disruptive technologies as the blockchain technology, 3D concert projections and interactive human-computer-interfaces might revolutionize again the value-added processes in the music industry. The 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) from September 12-14, 2017 will highligh recent technological developments and their impact on the music business.
Live video stream from Joseph Haydn Hall of mdw starts on September 14, 2017 at 9:15.
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8th Vienna Music Business Research Days on "Unchaining the Digital Music Business?"
September 12-14, 2017, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna
Tickets for passive participation for EUR 50.- are available on Eventbrite.
A detailled programme of the 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days can be found here: https://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/vienna-music-business-research-days-2/
Introducing our guests: Kelly Snook (University of Brighton/UK)
Categories: Conferences and symposia
Tags: blockchain, concordia project, Kelly Snook, mi.mu, music gloves, NASA research scientist, University of Brighton
The 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days from Sep. 12-14, 2017 are devoted to the question "Unchaining the Digital Music Business?". Over the past few years new gatekeeping processes in the digital music business have emerged and international music business experts, therefore, highlight the role of new and old gatekeepers as well as the impact of innovative technologies such as the blockchain on structures and processes in the musis biz. Find the program here.
Kelly Snook, Professor of Media Arts Technology at the University of Brighton, is one of the dicussants in the panel on "Unchaining the Digital Music Business?" in Joseph-Haydn Hall in the afternoon of Sep. 14. She will highlight the impact of blockchain technology but also other innovative technologies on the music business. Other panelists are Carlotta de Ninni (Mycelia for Music Foundation, London/UK), Alan Graham (OCL – OneClickLicence, London) and moderator Wolfgang Senges (ContentSphere, Berlin).
Kelly Snook is a music producer, engineer, and data sonification researcher based in London and Portland, Oregon. She is one of the original developers of the mi.mu gloves for gestural control of music and visuals. She currently serves as Professor of Media Arts Technology at the University of Brighton and holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. She spent two decades as a NASA Research Scientist with a focus on Mars and the moon, before turning her attention to music full-time in 2010 when she joined Imogen Heap as her studio manager and musical assistant. Her current research project is the development of Concordia, an immersive musical instrument for scientific exploration based on the work of Johannes Kepler, which allows people to experience and play the music of the spheres. She also runs her own recording studio, called "It's Not Rocket Science Studios," in Portland, producing and mixing music by independent musicians.

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First 2013 Mustang Boss 302S race cars delivered to customers
By Drew Phillips - December 13, 2012 – 10:50 amOne Comment | 11,465 views
Last week we told you about production of the 2013 Mustang Boss 302S getting underway at Watson Engineering in Taylor, MI. At that time we assumed that deliveries to customers would still be a few weeks away, but apparently several of the turn-key race cars were already on trucks being shipped out to their customers. How do we know this? Our good friends at Galpin Ford in Van Nuys, CA received their allotment of three cars this week and were kind enough to invite us over to see one before its lucky new owner took it home for good.
From the outside the 2013 Boss 302S looks fairly similar to its road-going siblings, featuring the same 1970s-inspired graphics. However, the more aggressive front splitter, tow hooks and large rear wing give away the car's true purpose. The differences are minimal under the hood as well, with the same 5.0-liter V8 squeezed in between the fenders. It takes a closer inspect to see the remote reservoirs for the adjustable shocks and the caster/camber plates below the shock towers. The difference between race and road car is more apparent inside, with the interior fully stripped and fitted with a single Recaro bucket seat, full roll cage, Sparco race wheel, fire extinguisher and more.
Just fifty Boss 302S race cars will be produced for 2013 – this particular example is number five – available in either Performance White or School Bus Yellow and sanctioned for racing in the SCCA World Challenge GTS class, NASA's American Iron class and other racing series.
You can see our detailed photos of the 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302S at Galpin Ford in the gallery below.
Photos © 2012 MustangsDaily.com


Happy Belated Birthday Greetings to Our Sikh Friends!
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"Decca 18837 (10-in. double-faced). (Album A-424)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2019. Web. 21 April 2019.


Wellness, or rather the lack of wellness, is a worldwide issue. An unhealthy lifestyle is no longer something specific to the West; obesity has doubled worldwide since 1980. Adding to that is stress, which has been called the "health epidemic of the 21st century" by the World Health Organization.
Traditionally, employers have managed health by providing isolated medical benefits. However, as benefit costs have continued to rise, companies now have to balance providing the best benefit package against a need to containing cost. A good wellness programme will enable a company to measure and manage the health risks of its population, and will help to reduce costs.
Even in countries where healthcare costs have not increased as dramatically as they have done in the US, or where medical costs are largely covered by social taxes, there are still economic pressures on headcount and payroll costs. A focus on wellness can help companies everywhere by reducing absenteeism and increasing productivity.
Employees can get healthier through awareness, education and specific behavior changes. A good programme will empower the employee to make good health choices for themselves. The best plans work holistically to address all areas of a healthy lifestyle, including physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental, and even spiritual needs.
A simple questionnaire can help employees to identify their own risk factors for illness, and therefore provide motivation for change.
An EAP is an assessment, short-term counseling and referral service designed to provide employees assistance in managing life problems.
Work/Life plans are designed to create more flexible, responsive work environments, supporting commitments to family and home.
Health risks can be reduced if identified early by screening key factors such as cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, and BMI. The use of screening varies significantly around the world, and even the measures used differ from country to country.
Given the time spent at work, employees make many health choices in the workplace. Employers can help by making healthy options available. This could be as simple as setting up a walking club after work, or providing more nutritious snacks.
Awareness training can help employees to recognize and manage stress, at home and in the workplace.
Coaching can support an employee to identify and work on good health habits. Coaching can be focused on general lifestyle changes, or designed to help with a specific challenge such as weight management or stopping smoking.
Be clear from the start about what the programme is meant to achieve, and how success would be measured.
A successful programme will be advocated by leaders, and will be designed to inspire employees to participate. Ideally, make it interesting and fun for everyone to get involved.
A good wellness programme must be sensitive to local issues and cultural attitudes. It should be designed to meet the specific needs locally. Health risks vary substantially by country, as do the legal issues impacting what employers can do.
Many specific local factors need to be considered before rolling out an appropriate plan, and it may make sense to outsource to an organisation with experience on-the-ground in the countries concerned.
Develop a comprehensive communication plan, taking care to account for language ability and cultural differences. Ideally, make it a special promotion and create a 'brand' that your employees will notice.
Make the most of technology available to reach your employees. Some providers offer an online analysis tools to generate specific information on the key health issues affecting your workforce.
Set up measures to evaluate if the project has been a success. Review regularly, and amend as necessary, keeping the wellness programme itself alive and healthy.


Zoo-phonics® WILL REACH every child!
The problem with the alphabet and learning how to read and spell is that it is too abstract. So we made it concrete!
Toddlers and preschoolers are so ready for learning but parents often wait for the school to begin the literacy process and miss years of precious time. Researchers tell parents, "Teach your children; their brains are ready!" However, you cannot teach young children through abstract methods and materials – they do not understand abstractions. Make it concrete with Zoo-phonics® and there is no limit to what they can learn. Their neurons are making pathways like freeways!
Our Animal Letters are delightful and memorable. Here's why: A bear is a bear, is a bear, no matter how you turn him!
Can you say this about a "b"?
Our society is capital letter and letter name entrenched. The problem is that we use capital letters only 5% of the time and then only for specific reasons (in a name, to begin a sentence, etc.).
The same goes for letter names. We never say "double u" (w), or "ache" (h), "el" (l), "em" (m), etc., when reading. Traditionally, capital letters and letter names are always taught first. This is incidental (important, but incidental) information, not immediately needed for beginning the reading, spelling and writing process. Let's hit the bull's eye with relevant instruction, and we will maximize children's learning.
The Zoo-phonics® Program fully involves the child's eyes, ears, mouth and body as they learn phonemic awareness, the alphabet, and how to decode (read) and encode (spell/write).
Zoo-phonics® is so playful. Watch baby animals as they play. They are in constant motion as they wrestle, jump, roll, snarl, yip and growl. This is important preparation for adulthood. The same goes for children. They're in constant motion, and they love to make noise. So let's use what is natural for them and channel it for learning! If they are moving, they are not only having fun but they are processing information through this important movement and sound production!
Zoo-phonics® has a strong parent component because we know that helping parents to help their children is crucial. Parents bond with their children as they "play" Zoo-phonics®.
Teachers love Zoo-phonics® because students learn quickly, without stress, and retain what they learn. Zoo-phonics® brings fun and excitement into the classroom, thus motivating students.
Zoo-phonics® fosters success by helping children feel good about their reading, spelling and writing ability. No child slips between the cracks! School is a good place to be where successful learning takes place.
Head Start teachers love the results of Zoo-phonics® too!
I teach a Head Start class that includes three and four-year-old children. I was initially concerned about presenting the entire Zoo-phonics® alphabet to the children at one setting. But the first time I presented the alphabet they wanted to do it again! They loved it! They learned the sounds and movements after just one week. Every day they would come in and ask to do Zoo-phonics®. They were proud that they had learned it! Within a week I noticed that the children were relating the sounds and movements to letters and words around the room and in books. I would pick up a book and a child would say, "'Home' is a word like Honey Horse." They just started to become aware of the letters and sounds. Within six-weeks the children could combine the sounds of letters to start to form words like c-a-t. They also began to notice if a word ended in "Sammy Snake." The best part was the feedback I got from the parents when the children went on to kindergarten this last fall. The children from my class were very well prepared and had great advantage because of Zoo-phonics®!


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package org.sparkcommerce.common.util;

import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource;
import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;

/**
 *
Replaces the deprecated {@link BLResourceBundleMessageSource} by using a {@link ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource}
 * instead. The main advantage of using this is the out-of-the-box ability to merge multiple property files together. There
 * is one important difference: When there is a conflict for a property (declared in multiple files) this implementation
 * assumes that the later one in the list takes precedence. This follows with normal Spark assumptions that bean
 * definitions declared later in the merge process win.

 *
 *
While this theoretically supports caching via the features provided in ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource, this should
 * not be used and instead should have cacheMillis always set to -1 (which is the default implementation). This ensures
 * that codes are always obtained from a merged property list.

 *
 *
The basenames in this implementation are Spring path resources so if you need to refer to a resource on the classpath,
 * these should be prefixed with classpath:. This is slightly different from the {@link ResourceBundleMessageSource}; see
 * {@link ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource#setBasenames(String...)} for more information.

 *
 * @author Anand Dasari
 * @see {@link ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource}
 * @see {@link ResourceLoader#getResource(String)}
 * @see {@link #setBasenames(String...)}
 */
public class SparkMergeResourceBundleMessageSource extends ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource {

    /**
     * The super implementation ensures the basenames defined at the beginning take precedence. We require the opposite in
     * order to be in line with previous assumptions about the applicationContext merge process (meaning, beans defined in
     * later applicationContexts take precedence). Thus, this reverses basenames before passing it up to the super
     * implementation.
     *
     * @param basenames
     * @param resourceBundleExtensionPoint
     * @see {@link ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource#setBasenames(String...)}
     */
    @Override
    public void setBasenames(String... basenames) {
        CollectionUtils.reverseArray(basenames);
        super.setBasenames(basenames);
    }

}


Little Miss asked me to go out one evening to do a "photo shoot" in the yard. Of course I obliged. I grabbed my Helios and we headed out at dusk. It was entirely too steamy to be out before the sun went down. I do love my Helios 44-2 58mm. It doesn't always play nicely with my Nikon camera body, so it can be a bit tricky to shoot, but when I get it right I'm in love.
In other news, my sweet little niece turned two this week! We all enjoyed celebrating with this cutie pie who brings us so much joy. Hard to believe she's the big t-w-o already!
Thanks for visiting! Stay cool and have an awesome weekend!!
She's getting so big - both of them!
All your photos are amazing, but I love that first one so much!!
Those curls! Such beautiful photos as always. Have an amazing weekend!
She's growing up and becoming a little lady:) The next-to-last capture is so cute! Have a great weekend.
Aww... looks like you two had fun with your photo shoot, great pics. Thanks for hosting!


The Child of Hagar is a 2D/3D hybrid game where you feed the thing you gave birth to. Dig up graves, lie to the police, do what you have to: it is hungry.
Music by the awesome Conciliator. Check out his stuff here.
Resolution Issue HOPEFULLY FINALLY Fixed!


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Bermuda Public Holidays in 2023
Bermuda has a total of 25 holidays in 2023. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.
Sunday, March 12, 2023 Daylight Saving Time starts in Bermuda
Monday, March 20, 2023 March Equinox in Bermuda (Hamilton)
Friday, May 26, 2023 Bermuda Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Monday, June 19, 2023 National Heroes Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 June Solstice in Bermuda (Hamilton)
Thursday, August 3, 2023 Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Mary Prince Day
Friday, August 4, 2023 Mary Prince Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Monday, September 4, 2023 Labor Day, International Workers' Day, and May Day, is a day off for workers in many countries around the world.
Saturday, September 23, 2023 September Equinox in Bermuda (Hamilton)
Sunday, November 5, 2023 Daylight Saving Time ends in Bermuda
Saturday, November 11, 2023 Remembrance Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Day off for Remembrance Day
Monday, November 13, 2023 Remembrance Day is a public holiday in Bermuda
Friday, December 22, 2023 December Solstice in Bermuda (Hamilton)
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Boxing Day is a public holiday in Bermuda


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CCUSA submits comments in opposition to Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review interim rule
CCUSA submitted comments (see here) in opposition to the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)'s interim rule that reorganizes key programs that may affect Catholic Charities agencies. The rule outlines the functions of the Office of Policy and the roles of this newly-formed office and the Office of General Counsel within EOIR. It transfers the Office of Legal Access Program's (OLAP) responsibilities to a division in the Office of Policy and removes references in the regulations to OLAP and the OLAP Director, effectively moving OLAP to the Office of Policy. OLAP oversees the Recognition & Accreditation (R&A) program, which allows non-profits to become accredited and employ full- or partially accredited representatives who assist immigrants with their immigration cases. At least 89 Catholic Charities agencies have a full- or partially accredited representative on staff. We argued that moving these programs into a policy office will politicize the program. We stated our opposition to the move. CLINIC also submitted comments.
CCUSA's Advocacy and Social Policy team advocates for policies that uphold human dignity and promote integral human development. Informed by the experience of local Catholic Charities agencies, the team urges policy makers to encounter the needy and vulnerable in their communities and to create policies which assist and support them.
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Controversial Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang dies aged 29
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As well as being behind the camera, Hang also published a number of books
Controversial Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang has died at the age of 29.
Hang was known for his controversial images, which Yahoo describes as "a carnival of milky limbs and botanical beauty". His images were notoriously censored and the artist was arrested several times in China for his explicit photographs.
Hang's images often featured nude subjects who tended to be his friends or fans. The self-taught photographer developed a knack for his unique, provocative and powerful photography which he shoots with "no plans".
Outdoor nudity and pornographic images have been banned in the People's Republic of Chian since 1949. Nevertheless, Hang had always maintained that his work was not "taboo" or seeking to "push boundaries." He once said, "I just do what I do." Hang was even championed by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who he collaborated with.
Blouin Art Info reports that whilst a cause of death has not yet been confirmed, several outlets have reported that Hang committed suicide.
Hang had suffered from cynical depression, which he often documented in his poetry under the title My Depression. Furthermore, Hang published seven photo books including Ren Hang, Nude, Republic and Son And Bitch.
The artist's images often drew comparisons to photographers such as Ryan Mcginley, Richard Kern, and Nobuyoshi Araki. Hang was considered as one of the most promising voices of his generation, with his work being showed in galleries nationwide.
Two high-profile solo exhibitions of Hang's work are currently on view in Europe: "Naked/Nude" at the Foam Photography Museum in Amsterdam, and "Human Love" at the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm.
Alexander Öberg, of Galleri Tryffelgrisen, a longtime collaborator of Hang, told TIME: "We are shocked and incredibly sad about Ren's death. He was such a lovely person. We still cannot believe it is true. We can only speculate about what led him to end his life at the young age of 29."
Öberg said that Hang was a "lovely person and an incredibly creative artist who had so much more to share with the world," describing him as a "kind, humble and somewhat shy person."
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Spot Advertising
Television is one of the most powerful and emotive advertising platforms available. TV has unbeatable scale and reach, with the average Irish adult watching almost 3 hours of broadcaster TV every day*. Virgin Media Television reaches 3.4 million viewers every month on average and is Ireland's largest commercial broadcaster.
To advertise with us, email
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*Full year average 2020. Source: TAM Ireland, Nielsen
Why advertise with Virgin Media Television?
By advertising with Virgin Media Television your brand will have access to some of Ireland's biggest and best TV programming. This includes homegrown favourites such as Ireland AM, The Six O'Clock Show, Virgin Media News, The Tonight Show and Gogglebox Ireland, as well as the best of international content such as Love Island, Britain's Got Talent, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Is there a set format for Spot Advertising?
There are many different options available to brands when it comes to advertising on Virgin Media Television. We can offer time lengths from 5 seconds to 120 seconds and you even have the option of a full break takeover where your brand owns the entire ad break. The most popular time lengths are 10, 20 and 30 second ads but our team of experts will be more than happy to guide you in the right direction.
My business has been never on TV before, where do I start?
Don't worry if you don't know where to start to get your brand on air. We will listen to your business objectives and create a bespoke media plan tailored to your individual budget that best serves your brand's needs, in a very cost effective way. In TV spot advertising there is no one size fits all approach and we can tailor your campaign to suit your strategy. This could be anything from short, high frequency campaigns for a big impact to a longer, brand building campaign.
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A while ago I read Steve McConnel's latest book, Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, which is a fantastic treatise on the "Black Art" of software estimation.
One of the key discoveries the book highlights is just how bad people are at estimation, especially single point estimation.
One of several techniques given in the book focuses on providing three estimation points for every line item.
Best Case: If everything goes well, nobody gets sick, the sun shines on your face, how quickly could you get this feature complete?
Worst Case: If your dog dies, your significant other leaves you, and your brain turns to mush, what is the absolute longest time it would take to get this done? In other words, there is no way on Earth it would take longer than this time, unless you were shot.
Nominal Case: This is your best guess, based on your years of experience with building this type of widget. How long do you really think it will take?
The hope is that when development is complete, you'll find that the actual time spent is between your best case and worst case. McConnell provides a quiz you can try out to discover that this is harder than it sounds.
Over time, as you reconcile your actual times into your past estimates, you'll be able to figure out what I call your estimation batting average, a number that represents how accurate your estimates tend to be.
Once you have these three points for a given estimate, you can apply some formulas and your estimation batting average to create a probability distribution of when you might complete the project. Here is a simple example of what that might look like (though in real life there may be more point values).
So the numbers above show that there's only a 20% chance the project will be complete within 50 developer days and an 80% chance of completion if the development team is given 90 developer days.
This technique showcases the uncertainty involved in creating estimates and focuses on the probability that estimates really represent.
After reading this book, I fired up Excel and built a nice spreadsheet with the formulas in the book and columns for these three estimation points. Now I can simply enter my line items, plug in my best, worst, and nominal cases, and out pops a probability distribution of when the project will be complete.
However, as I mentioned before, the crux of this technique relies on that estimation batting average. But when you're just starting out, you have no idea what that average is, so you have to pull it out of the air (I recommend pulling conservatively).
The reason I bring this all up is that I watched an interesting interview today on the ScobleShow. Robert Scoble interviewed FogCreek founder and well known technology blogger, Joel Spolsky.
Joel let it be known that they are building a new scheduling feature for FogBugz 6 that reflects the reality of software estimation better than typical scheduling software.
For example, one key observation he makes is that estimates tend to be much shorter than the actual time than they are longer.
For example, it's quite common to estimate that a feature will take two days, only to have it take four days, or eight days. But it's rare that the feature actually ends up taking one day. Obviously it's impossible for that feature to take 0 days or -4 days.
This makes obvious sense when you think about it.
The amount by which you can finish a feature before an estimated time is constrained, but the amount of time that you can overshoot an estimate is boundless.
Yet many software scheduling software completely ignore this fact, hoping that an underestimation on one item will be offset by an overestimation of another. They assume these over and under estimates are balanced, which they are clearly not.
This new feature will attempt to take that into account as well as your track record for estimates (your batting average if you will), and provide a probablity of completion for various dates.
Sounds like a brilliant idea! If done well, that would be quite hot and allow me to chuck my hackish Excel spreadsheet.
great post, hope you write more on this topic.
Isn't this the basis for team/developer velocities in Agile development? To turn a developers estimate into something more like an actual figure.
@Dave, in a way it's similar. With XP, you rate every user story with a business value score (usually 1 to 5) and a technical difficulty score (1 to 5 as well). Over time, you'll start to get a picture of how much "Business Value" your team can deliver per week.
That approach gives you a number that's called your Velocity.
This approach is slightly different in that we're not scoring features according some scale. Instead, we're looking at how accurate our past estimates have been. So rather than saying, "My team delivers 20 pts of business value a week", you can say, "My team's estimates are within their min/max ranges 90% of the time." You might also be able to say how wide that range is as well "1 standard deviation".
Either way, the key point is to use past performance to create more quantitative estimates rather than relying on pure subjectivity.
The last post about Velocity is incorrect. Velocity does not measured in business value, velocity measured in abstract effort units. Maybe you mean than BV *is* abstract effort unit, but you mixing terms here for sure.
Abstract unit has nothing common with BV. The idea is in "estimate-by-compare". For example, you may say that login page is 1 point, and then compare all the other features with "login page". For example, "As project manager I want to see all project members" feature may be 3 points since it 3-times harder than "login page". That's the main idea in abstract effort units. People great in comparative estimates, not in absolute.


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Gordon Pederson
Gordon "Gordy" Pederson, 90, of Redwood Falls died Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Wood Dale Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 from Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls. Burial, with military honors, will follow in Redwood Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2017, from 4 until 7 p.m., at Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls and will continue on Wednesday, from 9 until 10 a.m., at the church. Arrangements are with Nelson-Hillestad Funeral and Cremation Service of Redwood Falls. E-mail condolences may be sent via www.nelson-hillestad.com. Gordon Alvin Pederson, the son of Iver and Lena (Johnson) Pederson, was born August 30, 1927 on the family farm near Walnut Grove. He grew up on the farm and received his formal education in Walnut Grove Public School. Gordy's parents died when he was 11 years old and he shouldered much of the responsibility of running the farm and caring for his siblings. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharge, Gordy returned to the area. On December 21, 1957, Gordy married Marlys Westley at the Lutheran Church in Cottonwood. The couple lived in Marshall for a short time, then moved to Redwood Falls. Gordy worked as a mechanic, first for Scott-Preusse, then Burris Oldsmobile and later Baker Brothers. He then opened his own small engine repair shop. Gordy was a member of the American Legion and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. He had a strong faith and regularly listened to church services on the radio and television. Gordy enjoyed collecting John Deere tractors and memorabilia and particularly enjoyed spending time with his family – especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Gordy was a good guy. He is survived by his daughter Peggy (Dave) Kuehn of Redwood Falls; son-in-law Dwight Davis of Renville; grandchildren Chad Davis, Ron (Tasha) Kuehn, Dillon (Jen) Kuehn, Amber (Jim) Tisue, and Michelle (Curtis) Stellmacher; and great-grandchildren Madisyn and Carter Kuehn, Hunter and Jaxson Tisue, and Brayden and Paisley Kuehn. Gordy was preceded in death by his wife Marlys in August 2000, daughter Deb Davis, grandson Seth Kuehn, great-grandson Parker Tisue, three brothers, and two sisters. Blessed be his memory.
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We finished the laundry - new floor, new cabinets, new countertops and a new paint color - Iced Cube Silver - on the smoothly sanded walls. From start to finish this took us four years but 90% was done in one month-long period in tandem with the Master Suite.
The domino effect of making our bedroom beautiful caused us me to take a long look at the guest bedroom - and it was found wanting. We made it more comfortable with new roman shades that enhance the geometric shapes of the windows.
The great room sectional got its pretty pillows and because the dining room was feeling left out I went ahead and ordered new drapes for it. We also decided the rug we'd originally chosen for Verity's room would be better suited to the dining room - if we removed the old stained carpet and laid hardwood floors - so that's what we did. What? Crazy? Well, we had already decided to put down hardwood in the kitchen so it seemed sensible to just go ahead and run it into the dining room, too. I know, that's not much justification for undertaking another project!
Which brings us to the major update, the renovation we'd been looking forward to since 2004, the ultimate undertaking: the Kitchen. It isn't completely finished yet, although the countertops will be installed in less than two weeks, but so far I love everything about it, including the new energy saving windows (a big bouquet to the new carpenter who spent two days on these fixing the previous guy's mistakes) and mud-room door.
And while we are in the kitchen, let's not forget the final touches we made to the powder room. It got its third makeover in as many years: new wallpaper - just two rolls (that's a double roll if you speak US design) - and a pint of black paint.
and one interior undertaking: the Great Room makeover including re-upholstering the twelve-piece sectional.
It's been a fun rwelve months but I'm impatient to get the last pieces in place and the furniture back in the first floor rooms so I can finally sit back and enjoy the house.
Tijd voor een beetje rust, neen?
You have a lot of which to be proud and pleased.


Geneva - Dozens of recent death sentences have been issued against political opponents of the ruling al-Houthi group on charges of communicating and collaborating with hostile foreign parties, reported the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties in a joint press release today. These sentences have been issued by the Criminal Court in Sana'a City, which investigates terrorism and matters of state security.
Since the beginning of the yet-ongoing armed conflict, the court has issued dozens of death sentences against political and military opponents, as well as supporters of the Arab-led coalition forces to support the Yemeni government.
Dozens of undeclared executions have been carried out by the Houthi group via the abuse of judicial power and by extrajudicial killings. Most of the Court's trials relate to political affiliations and are politically motivated.
Most of the verdicts pronounced have been preceded by a series of grave violations against the detainees before and during their court trials, including forced disappearance, physical torture and secret transfer from one facility to another for several months. Detainees' families have not been informed about their places of detention nor have they even been allowed to see their parents or to contact a lawyer, let alone being blackmailed and robbed.
Mass executions appeared recently after the killing of a leader in the group named Saleh al-Samad, by an airstrike carried out by the Arab Coalition Forces in Hodeidah City. On April 30, the court sentenced 11 defendants to death for collaborating with foreign countries, providing assistance to Saudi Arabia and the Coalition in Yemen, or fighting alongside government forces, including Issa Ali Jubran Abu Salah and Muhammad Hadi Ali Zafar, and Bakil Dahan Jaber Abu Said, who was arrested in September 2016.
Earlier, on January 30, 2018, the Specialized Criminal Court sentenced to death Asma Mater Al Amisi, 22, a mother of two, in addition to Said Al-Ruwaished and Ahmed Bawazir, on charges of spying for the UAE and aiding the Arab Coalition in the war against Yemen. The group also sentenced Mater Al Amaisi to 15 years in prison.
The three defendants were arrested at a checkpoint in Sana'a in October 2016. In addition to the death sentence, Asma al Amisi was sentenced to 100 lashes for committing "inappropriate behavior;" traveling with persons who were non-mahrams. Al-Amisi was denied a lawyer, the court continued its own proceedings ignoring the defendant's' right to defend herself. Al-Ruwaished and Bawazir were tried in absentia after they managed to escape from prison and move to areas not under the Houthi group's control.
The Sana'a Specialized Criminal Court also played a prominent role in numerous death sentences against Yemeni journalists and opinion activists. On April 12, 2017, the court managed to sentence the 63-year-old journalist, 'Abd al-Raqib al-Jubayhi, to death in a two-session trial for communicating with a foreign state.
In January 2018, the same court sentenced the activist Hamed Haidara to death and took his money based on charges of belief. Haidara, whobelongs to the Baha'i Yemeni minority, was arrested in 2013, and is still in detention until the moment. He is sentenced to death based on accusations of acts affecting the independence of the Republic of Yemen, insulting Islam and working for a foreign country.
Euro-Med Monitor and SAM for Rights and Liberties expressed their deep concern over the case of the 36 detainees taken by al-Houthi group for assassination or espionage in favor of the Arab Coalition. The last trial session was held on April 1, after nearly 22 hearings for a full year.
During the previous court session on 4 March, the Prosecution failed to bring 14 witnesses whose written testimony was only recorded without ever appearing before the Prosecution or the court. A defendant named Abdul Aziz al-Hakami could not be brought to the courtroom during the hearing because of his disability, which only occurred inside the prison.
The defendant's lawyer stated that the court decided to hold the next hearing on 13 May 2018 so that lawyers can present the rest of their procedural and substantive arguments. Lawyers came later to know that a closer date (29 April) was chosen for the hearing at the request of the Prosecution. Sources inside the prison also reported that the detainees had been subjected to torture.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties call on all the concerned parties to exert pressure on the Houthi group to end their policy of politicized sentences against dozens of Yemenis on trumped-up charges and baseless legal grounds.


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MPA Award Winners 2011
Four organizations received the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award during the 2011 MPA convention. Each organization met all five criteria for the award (i.e., employee involvement, employee recognition, employee development, work-life balance, and health & safety); however, each organization is also expected to be exceptional in at least one of these criteria. I will single out an exceptional practice for each of our award winners.
Hennepin County has more than 9,000 employees serving the largest county in Minnesota. To better serve its employees, the County recently reviewed employee health claims and conducted a health survey. This study revealed that 53% of employees or their spouses reported that they experienced "emotional concerns." In addition, 3 of the top 10 prescription drugs taken by employees and spouses were anti-depressives. The county suspected that these issues were driving disability claims and requests for ADA workplace accommodations. In response, Hennepin County launched an Emotional Wellness Project. This project provided training for supervisors in two departments on recognizing and working with employees whose performance may be impacted by emotional concerns. A 90-day, follow-up survey of these supervisors found that 50% had a recent performance issue with a "troubled employee" and more than 96% reported that they had used the tools and resources from their training to work more effectively to resolve performance issues with their supervisees. As a result of this project and other initiatives, Hennepin County realized a return of $81 for every $1 spent on this program. The County hopes to expand this training program to other departments.
Kate Keeper of Park Nicollet Health Services
accepted a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
Award from MPA President, Joy Piccolino, Psy.D., L.P.
Park Nicollet Health Services sponsors a Healthy Living Program. This program provides many options for employees for healthy living, including stress management tips, walking trails, recipes for healthy meals, a farmers market, and a recreational center/gym. Options for yoga and back massages are also available. Park Nicollet encourages employees not to work through lunch, but to take a well-deserved break. Employees expressed enthusiasm about the level of care hospital leadership took in their health and safety. For example, the hospital has installed ceiling lifts, along with other patient lifting equipment, to lessen the possibility of injury. Park Nicollet also has an ergonomics division, which provides equipment and training to employees to avoid workplace injuries.
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota–LSS Financial Counseling Service is located in Duluth. Its exceptional practice lies in its commitment to regularly gather together employees scattered across 11 locations for meetings and an annual retreat. These gatherings provide employees and supervisors with an opportunity to get to know each other, share issues and solutions, and hold training sessions. Both supervisors and nonsupervisory employees were very positive about the meetings and the networking. They also felt that because of these meetings, they were able to communicate more effectively about client issues and obtain helpful answers quickly, both from supervisors and peers. These gatherings convince employees that leadership supports them in dealing with frequently distressed and difficult clients.
Stephen Hage accepted the PHWA on behalf
of Orion Associates.
Orion Associates is a for-profit company in Golden Valley, specializing in providing management services to human services organizations. Orion Associates won MPA's PHWA award two years ago and went on to win APA's Best Practice Award for its outstanding efforts around volunteerism. Since that time, Orion continues to provide opportunities for volunteering that are head and shoulders above other organizations. More than 90% of employees participate in volunteer activities supporting the community. The volunteer committee plans four major projects per year for which employees and non-employees may volunteer. Employees raise money to pay travel expenses and Orion Associates provides paid work time to support these projects. Recent trips have included Haiti and New Orleans. Employees also receive two personal volunteer days each year to use as they choose (e.g., volunteer at school, attend a child's field trip, etc.).Over the past six years, eight previous state award winners have gone on to receive Best Practice Honors awards from the American Psychological Association. This award is an opportunity to recognize organizations that strive to do well for their employees. It also gives our association the opportunity to promote psychologically healthy workplace practices throughout Minnesota. Please nominate organizations that you believe go beyond "the usual fare" with their employees.
Minnesota had two Best Practice Honorees in the APA's 2011 Psychologically
Healthy Workplace Awards program: The Minnesota Chapter of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society and Harbinger Partners. Pictured from left to right
at the ceremony in Washington, D.C., in April: Jack O'Regan, Ph.D., ABPP,
L.P.; Joy Piccolino, Psy.D., L.P.; Scott Grausnick, CEO Harbinger Partners, Inc.;
Holly Anderson, Chapter President, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota
Chapter; Maureen Reeder, Executive Vice President, Midwest Region, National
Multiple Sclerosis Society; and Edmund J. Nightingale, Ph.D., National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, Minnesota Chapter Board of Trustees.
Over the past six years, eight previous state award winners have gone on to receive Best Practice Honors awards from the American Psychological Association. This award is an opportunity to recognize organizations that strive to do well for their employees. It also gives our association the opportunity to promote psychologically healthy workplace practices throughout Minnesota. Please nominate organizations that you believe go beyond "the usual fare" with their employees.
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China's 'Best And Brightest' Leaving U.S. Universities And Returning Home
Kenneth Rapoza Senior Contributor
I write about business and investing in emerging markets.
For thousands of Chinese teens flocking to American colleges, the pursuit of the American dream is... [+] often dependent on the H1-B visa. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese college students studying in the U.S. are finding it just as interesting these days to return home to the world's No. 2 economy rather than staying a few years in the world's No. 1.
Some 82.23% of students who studied abroad returned to China last year, up from 72.38% in 2012, according to government figures.
China's 21st Century Education Research Institute said foreign countries' job markets could not accommodate the surge in Chinese students. It wasn't just Chinese studying in their preferred country -- the United States -- but also included students that were studying in New Zealand and Australia as well. National Institute of Education Sciences researcher Chu Chaohui said returning students had more resources and better networks in China to find a job, while Chinese students in the U.S. were dependent on 20,000 H1-B visas for tens of thousands of students, not only from China, and the majority of them working in computer sciences.
Most wealthy Chinese that buy real estate in the U.S. are buying properties for their children to live in during their college years. In fact, college is the number one driver of Chinese real estate sales here. But as this market gets more saturated, and as China's economy becomes more entrepreneurial, students are finding the market to be just as welcoming to them there. Having a U.S. diploma helps.
See: Trump Immigration Plans Bad For India IT Outsourcers -- Forbes
Silicon Valley Hast Very Little To Complain About On H1-B Visas -- Forbes
China students are leading recipients of H1-B student visas, but still pale in comparison to Indian students who tend to be swept up by the big Indian outsourcers like Infosys upon graduation. Under the visa, foreign students are allowed to stay in the country for three years. The visa is renewable for another three.
President Donald Trump has said that he wants the U.S. immigration policy to focus on the "best and the brightest". To some degree, that is the H1-B visa program which is also designed to keep foreign college students in the U.S. economy, primarily in the high-tech fields.
China accounts for less than 12% of all H1-B visas, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Most of the move home is due to the difficulty of finding work abroad, and a better market for private sector jobs in China, according to a number of students.
Top 10 U.S. Colleges Admitting Chinese Students
1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2. University of Southern California
3. Purdue
4. Northeastern
5. Columbia
6. Michigan State
7. Ohio State
8. University of California at Los Angeles
9. Indiana University
10. University of California at Berkeley
Source: Foreign Policy magazine using U.S. Department of Homeland Security data. Enrollment figures are based on the F-1 student visa.
Kenneth Rapoza
I've spent 20 years as a reporter for the best in the business, including as a Brazil-based staffer for WSJ. Since 2011, I focus on business and investing in the big eme...


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from social_core.exceptions import AuthFailed, SocialAuthBaseException
from django.contrib import messages
from social_core.utils import social_logger
from social_django.middleware import SocialAuthExceptionMiddleware
from social_core import exceptions as social_exceptions
from django.contrib.messages.api import MessageFailure
from django.shortcuts import redirect
from django.utils.http import urlquote

class CustomSocialAuthExceptionMiddleware(SocialAuthExceptionMiddleware):

    def get_message(self, request, exception):

        # typeEvent = 'socialexception'
        # infEvent = 'socialexception:'
        # # infEvent = 'socialexception:' + request._messages.level
        # logLevel = 'ERROR'
        path = 'Internal Server Error: ' + request.path+'\n'
        msg = path
        if 'USER' in request.META:
            user = 'USER:' + request.META['USER'] + '\n'
            msg += user
        if 'REMOTE_ADDR' in request.META:
            remoteaddr = 'REMOTE_ADDR:' + request.META['REMOTE_ADDR'] + '\n'
            msg += remoteaddr
        if 'HTTP_REFERER' in request.META:
            refferer = 'HTTP_REFERER:' + request.META['HTTP_REFERER'] + '\n'
            msg += refferer
        else:
            refferer = 'HTTP_REFERER:' + '-' + '\n'
            msg += refferer
        if 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' in request.META:
            useragent = 'HTTP_USER_AGENT:' + request.META['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] + '\n'
            msg +=useragent
        msg += 'EXCEPTION:' + str(exception) + '\n\n'
        msg += 'Backend information' + '\n'

        ACCESS_TOKEN_METHOD = 'ACCESS_TOKEN_METHOD:' + request.backend.ACCESS_TOKEN_METHOD + '\n'
        ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = 'ACCESS_TOKEN_URL:' + request.backend.ACCESS_TOKEN_URL + '\n'
        msg += ACCESS_TOKEN_METHOD +  ACCESS_TOKEN_URL

        return msg

    def get_redirect_uri(self,request, exception):
        strategy = getattr(request, 'social_strategy', None)
        return strategy.setting('LOGIN_ERROR_URL')


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iraq museum (baghdad, iraq) (1)
kulcsar, sue ann (1)
mcclelland, r.e. (1)
thomas, jean, 1881-1982 (collector) (9)
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louisville (ky.) (25)
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ashland (ky.) (2)
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Christina Fold Anderson/Jonkopinslan/Sweden.
Anderson, Christina Fold, 1826-1914
The quilt piece represents the skirts with the many pockets that Christina and her daughters wore when they came to America. / Most of the sewing was done on a sewing machine. The effect of a full skirt was achieved by cutting the fabric on the...
Votive statues, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq, two worshipers, front views.
Sumerian; Near Eastern; Mesopotamian
"Further insight into Sumerian religious beliefs and rituals comes from a cache of sculptures reverently buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) when the structure was remodeled. Carved of soft gypsum and inlaid with...
Group portraits of children with calves, Oldham County, 1920.
Girls; Boys; Children; Cows; Clubs
Three photographs of a group of children from the Calf Club with calves in Oldham County, Kentucky. The first photograph is of four white girls with their calves on leads. The girls are dressed nicely in skirts or dresses. Three girls have large...
New Indiana Railroad car, interior view, 1931.
Railroad cars; Electric railroads; Indiana Railroad; People; Transportation
A group of well-dressed people sit in a railroad car. The seats are couches and armchairs and face each other as if one were in a sitting room. The car includes side tables with lamps and standing ashtrays. The men wear suits and the women wear...
Western Departmental School with children on stairs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1926.
Schools; Children; Group portraits; People; Buildings
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students pose for a group portrait at the entrance to the Western Departmental School, which started out as Madison Street School; was renamed in 1911; and later became Madison Street...
Graduates of Western Junior High School, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Group portraits; Students; Children; People
Two images of the graduating students from Western Junior High School, located at 22nd and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The backdrop of each image is a brick wall with sheets of white fabric tacked up. In each photograph there are seven...
Actors from dramatic cast, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Pianos; Hats; Students; Theatrical productions
Two young men dressed in drop-waist skirts and cloche hats stand next to a piano. Another young man dressed in a similar costume sits at a piano. The invoice indicates they were performers in a dramatic show that was affiliated with St. Xavier's...
Circus performers at Kosair Crippled Children Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Children; Hospitals; Clowns; Kosair Children's Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
Two men dressed as clowns and two women in short skirts and halter tops pose with children at the Kosair Crippled Childrens Hospital. The hospital was located at 982 Eastern Parkway.
Four men dressed as clowns and two women in short skirts and halter tops pose with children at the Kosair Crippled Childrens Hospital. The hospital was located at 982 Eastern Parkway.
First National Bank anniversary celebration, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928.
Women; Costumes; Banks; Steamboats
A group of young women dressed in dresses with hoop skirts and bonnets are lined up in two rows of three facing each other. They're standing in front of a model of a steamboat called the John B. Mitchell that is in a display case. The invoice for...
Women; Costumes; Banks; Men
A group of six young women dressed in dresses with hoop skirts and bonnets stand on either side of Embry Lee Swearingen, president of First National Bank. The invoice for the photograph indicates this is part of an anniversary celebration for the...
Field hockey players and cheerleaders at Kentucky Home School for Girls, Louisville, Kentucky, 1946.
Girls; Women; Children; Students; Schools; Educational facilities; Sports; Field hockey; Field hockey players; Cheerleading
A group of girls in front of the Kentucky Home School for Girls located at 1649 Cowling Avenue (was Everett) in Louisville, Ky. The majority of the girls are wearing KHS uniforms. One woman in the middle is wearing a plain sweater and has a whistle...
Asbury College group portrait, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1920.
Group portraits; Suits (Clothing); Stairways; People; Students
Eight Asbury College students pose on the steps of a building. The five men wear suits and ties and the three women wear dresses or skirts with tops. All the students appear to be of Asian descent.
Children at Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School, Louisville, Kentucky, 1921.
African Americans; Children; Group portraits; Schools; People
Location: Thirteenth and Liberty Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Hundreds of African American school children and their teachers pose for a portrait in front of their school, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School at 1228 W. Liberty St. The girls...
Bannecker School, Louisville, Kentucky, 1921.
Children; School children; Group portraits; African Americans; Schools; Buildings; People
Address: 1534 Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students and teachers of the Benjamin Bannecker School stand outside for a group picture. The school building appears to be built of wood plant siding and has a small awning over the front...
Miss Hope Hampton and young boy in front of Associated First National Pictures, Louisville, Kentucky, 1921.
Motion picture actors and actresses; Actresses; Children; Women; Crowds; African Americans; People
This is one of four photographs of silent film actress and a soprano singer Hope Hampton, employees of the Associated First National Pictures Co., Colonel Levy, and a young boy at 221 S. Third Street. In this photograph Miss Hampton is noticeably...
Byck's Brothers and Company window display, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930.
Stores & shops; Clothing & dress; Window displays; Merchandise displays; Storefronts
The Byck's Brothers and Co. store at 532 - 534 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is lit up and decorated with "college girl" wares. Signs in the window read "So you're going to Wellesley," and "The College ... offers you enrollment." The...
Gustav Flexner, Emilie Gardner, Olive Palmer, and Nikola Conti pose for WHAS, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Music ensembles; Musical instruments; Pianos; Wind instruments; Men; Women; Microphones; Radio broadcasting; WHAS (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.)
Gustav Flexner, secretary of the Greater Louisville Savings & Building Association, and Emilie Gardner, musical director of the Greater Louisville Ensemble, stand to the left of a piano next to a WHAS microphone. Olive Palmer, acclaimed soprano, is...
Beaumont College, Harrodsburg.
Women; Students; Stringed instruments; Guitars; Violins; Mandolins; Pillows
Twenty-one college women in pale striped shirts and dark skirts stand and sit in a group with five musical instruments, some chains of flowers, and a pillow decorated with a musical staff as well as some other decorative pillows. They are in front...
Scene in Shakertown.
Women; Dogs; Dwellings; Houses; Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Ky., Inc.
Two women in dark skirts and dark blouses, as well as three small dogs, stand in front of a two-story brick house with shutters and a porch. The porch has white wood pillars curving up to notched arches under the porch roof. All of the porch...


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April 3, 2018 Former Meet Berlagian Turned Chef: Meet Berend-jan
"I really liked what Felix (the founder of Meet Berlage) was creating, and I wanted to be a part of it. Working at Meet Berlage made it clear to me that the hospitality industry was the right industry for me."
Ever since borrowing his mom's cookbook in school and creating festive dishes for his friends and housemates, Berend-jan discovered his love for cooking great meals.
After spending two years as the Meet Berlage host, where he was responsible for food + beverages and ensuring guest satisfaction, he eventually decided to escape the big city to pursue his cooking ambitions — he headed east to Hellendoorn, where he found a job at a local restaurant.
"Living in Hellendoorn was really the opposite of my Amsterdam life, but I think I needed to move out of the city to really find what I wanted to do in life," he said. "I love being around nature, something I missed a lot in Amsterdam. Being in touch with nature makes life go by a little bit slower and more in balance. In Amsterdam, everything was always 'on' and in a continuous rush."
When the now Zwolle resident learned of the English trend of converting old, vintage horse trailers into mobile kitchens and bars, he knew exactly what his next project would be. He eventually made his dream a reality: Berend's Bar is his very own food catering service, right out of the back of a horse trailer.
"I met quite a lot of really great people at Meet Berlage," he said. "It's a vibrant work environment for people that don't want to work at home, but instead want to meet other entrepreneurs. By doing so, it creates this nice atmosphere of work and networking under the same roof."
"There is a lot of coffee drinking and exchange of ideas around the lunch table. This makes it a nice place to work and meet new entrepreneurs who might be able to help you with something or connect you to new people. For me, this resulted in meeting my girlfriend at Meet Berlage who now lives with me in Zwolle. Serendipity in optimal form!"
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