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Ivanka and Jared to be ordered to hand over private emails and texts
Admitted to using personal accounts for White House business, implicating security risks and lack of compliance with federal records laws 🐷
"The House Oversight Committee voted on Thursday to authorise a subpoena for all work-related texts and emails sent or received by White House officials on personal accounts, part of a long-running probe into whether senior administration aides have violated federal records laws by using private messaging services for official business.
"The 23-16 vote, divided along party lines, puts into the crosshairs President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, both of whom have admitted through an attorney to using personal accounts in the course of their work.
"The effort is also a turnabout of sorts for House Republican efforts in 2016 to highlight Hillary Clinton's use of personal emails for her official work as secretary of state.
"The committee has obtained direct evidence that multiple high-level White House officials have been violating the Presidential Records Act by using personal email accounts, text messaging services, and even encrypted applications for official business — and not preserving those records in compliance with federal law," Elijah Cummings, chairman of the committee, said."
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher to be ordered to hand over private emails and texts
The Independent, July 26, 2019


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I just got back from my FIRST cruise ever with Royal Caribbean on their "Anthem of the Seas" ship and my best friend, Isaac Tullis! They reached out last month and asked if I would be interested in taking a 12 day (YES, 12 days! haha) cruise down to the Caribbean to visit Puerto Rico, St Martin, Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbados and St. Kitts with a few other menswear bloggers (@igeeokafor, @themodernotter and @mustafakacar). Of course being someone that loves to travel as much as I can, I went! Generally when I travel, I like to spend as much time is a destination to really absorb the culture and find those whole in the wall spots. With a cruise, I knew I would only have a day tops to explore each island so it was going to have to prioritize the places and things I wanted to see/do. We set sail from New Jersey and it took about 2.5 days to reach our first destination, Puerto Rico. The ship (Anthem of the Seas) was actually pretty amazing. The food options were abundant and there were so many activities like skydiving, rock climbing, swimming and even surfing! I loved laying out in the sun on the beautiful deck by the pool while looking at the vast ocean. Below are my highlights and things we did at each island.
I'm actually 25% Puerto Rican so I've been to the island a few times in the past! We docked in the harbor around 3pm and had to be back on the ship around 8:30pm so we didn't quite have a full day to explore. I found the most adorable coffeeshop called Cafe Con Ce (thanks @kayleighharrington) that I absolutely knew I had to check it out. Right when we docked, we called an Uber that took us to the cafe. After drinking some coffee and sitting outside, me and Isaac decided to head to the beach which was only about 3/4 blocks away. It wasn't the sunniest day so we headed back into the neighborhood (Parque) to explore a little more and find a cute spot to drink. We found a spot called Trebe where we ordered a few coconut mojitos before heading back to Old San Juan. In Old San Juan, I was told we had to grab cocktails at La Factoría so that's where we went before heading back to the ship!
Our next stop was St Martin! I was told St Martin got hit the hardest by the hurricane, but really didn't know how hard it got hit until we got out of the touristy area and started driving through the country side. We travelled to Orient beach which was about a 25 minute drive from where our ship docked. The devastation was heartbreaking! Complete houses decimated and destroyed. Roofs completely stripped off homes and cars flipped over.
When we got to the beach, it was beautiful, but it was also devastated! Bars and restaurants were flattened. There was only one little shack that was serving drinks, and even that was pretty rough. Even with all of the devastation, the people of the Island were so hopeful for the future! It was inspiring to see people that lost everything still have so much love and compassion. I'm glad I was able to visit this incredible island and experience everything I experienced first hand. Tourism is their main economic driver so visiting the Island, even if it's not fully recovered aids in helping them rebuild!
Antigua! OH ANTIGUA, the island I will always remember almost missing the cruise ship :O! We decided to go to Half Moon Bay which was probably the furthest beach we could have chosen from where the ship docked (about an hour taxi ride), but after hearing about Half Moon bay, we all decided it was worth going to... It's apparently top 10 beaches in the world!! The water was SO clear and the sand had a gorgeous pinkish tone to it. There was a small restaurant at the beach that we went to after swimming and grabbed some lunch and a few rum punches... Lets just say we all ordered a few too many rum punches and didn't have enough cash for it. The closest ATM was 20 minutes away (Ooops)! Long story, so ask me about it sometime.
Half Moon bay. This photo truly does not do this beach justice!
Me and Isaac initially wanted to go to the pitons but when we googled how to get there from where our ship docked, it was way too far and super expensive to get to by taxi so we decided to go to Pigeon island which was about a 25-30 minute taxi ride from our ships port. The beach was probably one of the most picturesque beaches that we went to on this trip. The green mountains literally dropped into the turquoise water and sail boats sailed by as we swam. The water wasn't quite as clear as the beaches in Antigua and Barbados, but I want complaining.... We hiked up to the top of Fort Rodney to see the panoramic views of the bay and island. Truly amazing!
Barbados was one of the most raw days we had on the cruise... We decided to head a bit further out from Bridgetown (main city in Barbados) and head to a beach area in Christ Church called Oistins. We got dropped off right near the Oistins fish market where locals were skinning and selling fish. There were outdoor vendors selling local produce from the island and small restaurants that lined the Main Street. We headed towards the beach to find a spot to soak up some sun and swim. The water in Barbados was crystal clear and we spend most our time in the water and laying out. After getting a bit too much sun, we headed back towards the Main Street area and ended up at a coconut stand where we bought a whole jug of coconut water (kinda by accident...We thought we could order alcoholic coconut drinks at the stand). The guy who sold it to us said, "local secret, go to the grocery store around the corner, buy a bottle of rum, some ice and a little bit of pineapple juice and make your own drinks at the beach" and that's exactly what we did!! We brought all the goods back to our spot on the beach and made a ton of drinks (and made a few friends from Canada).


President Donald Trump's series of tweets announcing a ban of transgender people from the U.S. military was at once explicit and totally unclear.
The commander-in-chief didn't mince his words in describing his plans to bar transgender people from serving "in any capacity." But while it's clear that enrollment will no longer be a possibility should the order hold up, no one knows what's going to happen to transgender soldiers already serving in the armed forces.
A White House spokesperson refused to comment on the future of transgender troops currently serving in the military when asked by the Associated Press.
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in her Wednesday briefing said the White House and Defense Department would work together to implement the "military decision," but did not provide a timeline for the process.
In a statement to TIME, Navy Captain and Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis referred all questions on the matter back to the White House.
The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit think tank that offers research and analysis to the U.S. armed forces, estimates there are somewhere between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender people on active duty in the military. Another 830 to 4,160 are estimated to be serving in the reserves.
For now, the future of those troops remains uncertain.


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After months of buildup, Marvel studios has finally released its first official trailer for the upcoming Deadpool movie. Teasers were released a few days ago and now there is a full fledged trailer that gives us a real look inside this rather odd superhero movie.
Deadpool has always been a bit of an offbeat antihero and the movie appears to be one that is going to stay with the theme for this film. We get a little bit of the backstory of Ryan Reynold's character and we get a peek at some of the villains he's going to fight. Check out the entire video and buckle up because this film isn't going to be out until 2016.
Finally! The Deadpool trailer is here!


Shermon Cruz, founder and executive director of the Center for Engaged Foresight, will be joining as one of the 7-member facilitation team of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) Resilience Frontiers, a disruptive brainstorming conference on the future of resilience, which will take place at the Songdo Convensia, from 8 to 12 April, 2019, in Songdo, South Korea.
The event marks the beginning of a collective intelligence process on how best to respond to the deep societal transformations driven by emerging technologies and new sustainability trends, and to maximize our resilience to climate change beyond 2030.
It will be hosted by the Government of South Korea, during the Korea Global Adaptation Week. It is an interagency effort, undertaken by the UNFCCC secretariat in collaboration with Climate-KIC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Global Water Partnership, the International Development Research Centre, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
Over the course of the five days of Resilience Frontiers, around 100 visionary thinkers and thought leaders from international organizations as well as non-profit, private and academic/research entities, working across fields and disciplines in all parts of the world, will be offered a variety of tools to experiment, discuss, reflect on, and co-create visions for our common future against the backdrop of resilience. Inspired by UNESCO's well-established Futures Literacy Laboratory action-learning framework and by Futur'io's Moonshot approach, the collective intelligence process in Resilience Frontiers has been co-designed so as to maximize participants' learning, creativity and innovation.


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Tag Archives: Political Science
WORDS OF WISDOM: A quote by Dr. Sam I. Spector can be seen on the wall of the MBA classroom that now bears his name. Berry President Steve Briggs (center) joined family members and other guests for the September naming.
Dr. Sam I. Spector
Dr. Peter Lawler
Beloved faculty members have been remembered and celebrated this fall with campus namings made possible by the generosity of alumni and friends. Their gifts, in turn, have seeded opportunity for future students by supporting scholarships named for those same faculty legends.
Recent honors include the naming of the MBA classroom in Berry's Campbell School of Business for the late Dr. Sam I. Spector, whose accomplishments at Berry include the 1973 establishment of the MBA program. Read more.
Similar recognition has been bestowed upon the late Dr. Peter Lawler, whose famously messy office remains a touchstone for the many Berry alumni privileged to have known him during his nearly 40 years on the faculty. His former office space in Evans Hall isn't so messy anymore, but it fittingly bears the name of the man whose unexpected death in 2017 generated an extraordinary outpouring of love and remembrance.
While both of those alumni-driven campaigns benefited existing scholarships, another honoring longtime student publications advisor Kevin Kleine has resulted in nearly $6,000 in gifts toward a new fund supporting study-abroad experiences for communication majors.
Kevin Kleine, left, with another legendary member of the communication faculty, Dr. Bob Frank.
Alumni from as far away as Texas gathered for an informal Mountain Day reception celebrating Kleine's 30th year at Berry. Fittingly, this recognition coincided with Kleine's receipt of a national advising award from the College Media Association. Fundraising for the Kevin Kleine Study Abroad Scholarship continues with an ultimate goal of $25,000 in gifts to endow the award.
Also on Mountain Day Weekend, friends, family, colleagues and former students gathered for the official naming of the Ouida Word Dickey Living Room in Berry's Ford alumni center, made possible by a successful 90th birthday giving challenge. This effort resulted in more than $570,000 in gifts to the Ford Auditorium renovation, pushing fundraising for that project past the halfway mark to $3 million in total commitments.
Tags: Campbell School of Business, Communication, Crowdfunding, Ford Auditorium, Kevin Kleine, MBA program, Ouida Dickey, Peter Lawler, Political Science, Sam Spector, Scholarships
Fitting honor
The late Dr. Gordon Carper spent the better part of his life guiding Berry students, so it's only fitting that the new mentoring program within the college's budding Integrity in Leadership Center bear his name.
"Nothing gave Dr. Carper more pleasure than to see his students do well," said Dr. Keith Parsons (74C), professor of philosophy at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, capturing the essence of a man who positively influenced the lives of countless students during his 38 years teaching history and political science at Berry.
The Gordon and Joyce Carper Integrity in Leadership Mentoring Program honors that legacy by providing opportunities for students to gather regularly in small groups with community mentors for in-depth discussion, case studies and other activities. In 2014-15, a total of 60 students met with 15 mentors; the eventual goal of the program – just completing its second year – is to increase those numbers to 200 and 40, respectively, with students from all Berry majors participating. More than 70 students already have been accepted for 2015-16.
"Leadership is one of the most overused words in our culture today, yet most of the living examples we see in the media represent leadership that is bad, unethical, self-serving, and at best, ineffective," said mentor and Berry trustee Cecil "Buster" Wright (73C). "The mentor program was created to expose Berry students to intellectual and experiential learning about what ethical leadership really is."
Wright, a retired regional president for Wells Fargo Advisors, has been a force behind the Integrity in Leadership Center, believing strongly in the college's unique ability to foster both qualities in young people. He also has played a significant role in the development of the mentoring program, recruiting the community leaders who serve as mentors and helping to shape its curriculum and procedures.
Look for more in the summer issue of Berry magazine. Gifts to the program in memory of Dr. Carper can be made at www.berry.edu/gift.
Media coverage: Mentoring program connects students, community leaders
Tags: Buster Wright, College Bowl, Gordon Carper, History, Integrity in Leadership Center, Joyce Carper, Keith Parsons, LifeReady, Mentoring, Political Science
Two beloved members of the Berry faculty have been granted honorary membership in the Berry Alumni Association. Provost Kathy Richardson and Dana Professor of Government Peter Lawler were recognized at the gala celebration held during Alumni Weekend. Richardson has served on the communication faculty since 1986; Lawler first came to Berry in 1979. Both have won the respect of countless alumni while earning acclaim as teachers and scholars during their distinguished careers.
Richardson recently made headlines as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Lawler, meanwhile, is in the early stages of a two-year appointment to the Georgia State Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Tags: Berry Alumni Association, Communication, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Honorary Alumni, Kathy Richardson, Peter Lawler, Political Science, United States Commission on Civil Rights, University of Georgia

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Another country is switching over to the euro currency tomorrow...
132 million individual banknotes have been brought in and euro coins have been minted.
By AFP Wednesday 31 Dec 2014, 2:35 PM
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ANOTHER COUNTRY IS signing up to the Euro currency and will be able to withdraw the notes from midnight tonight.
Lithuania is the last Baltic nation to adopt Europe's single currency as it hopes to boost stability despite fears of inflation and eurozone debt woes.
Baltic leaders will withdraw their first euros from a Vilnius bank machine just after midnight, as the eurozone gains its 19th member and fireworks sign off a year marked by alarm over Russia's role in the Ukraine conflict and its economic crisis.
Lithuania brought in 132 million individual banknotes — standard across the bloc — from the German Bundesbank but minted its own euro coins.
They include the national coat of arms, a knight on horseback with sword and shield, which has appeared on the national currency since the 14th century.
The two currencies will circulate together for two weeks, while dual pricing will remain in shops until June.
The central bank warned residents to take out enough cash for New Year festivities in case of technical disruptions.
The European Commission meanwhile draped a huge banner over its Brussels headquarters:
Welcome to the euro area, Lithuania!
For a nation scarred by decades of Soviet occupation, eurozone entry is an important step and symbol of "deeper economic and political integration with the West", Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said in a statement.
A woman passes by a poster reading The euro is coming to Lithuania soon in Vilnius. Source: AP/Press Association Images
Other countries once behind the Iron Curtain are now enjoying top positions in the European Union: former Polish premier Donald Tusk took over as president of the European Council in December, while Latvia assumes the rotating EU presidency 1 January
The three Baltics broke free from the Soviet Union in 1990-1991 before joining the EU and NATO in 2004. Estonia and Latvia became eurozone members in 2011 and 2014.
But in the run-up to the change from the litas to the euro, public support has wavered.
Just over 53% of the population of three million backed the euro and 39 percent were against, according to a November survey released by the central bank.
"I support the euro because it leads to greater integration into the EU and makes travelling in the EU easier," said 26-year-old lawyer Karolis Turcinavicius.
But pensioner Danute Petkeviciene remained skeptical.
"The euro will not increase pensions or wages, it will only increase prices. But they have already decided," she said.
Vilnius resident Teresa said she regretted losing a symbol of the country's statehood.
"But it's part of globalisation," she added.
Political uncertainty
Lithuania's membership comes as political uncertainty in Greece is once again stoking fears that the eurozone's debt crisis could flare up.
Vilnius has already committed hundreds of millions of euros to the eurozone's rescue fund for struggling members.
"Financial commitments are a huge burden and increase the country's debt. I think we should have delayed entry," financial analyst Valdemaras Katkus told AFP.
The litas has actually been pegged to the euro since 2002, making it dependent on the European Central Bank. Vilnius had hoped to adopt the euro in 2007 but failed to meet the inflation criteria.
The global financial crisis put the goal on hold in 2009, when Lithuania suffered a deep recession.
Biting austerity measures far exceeding any applied in Western Europe turned the economy around, resulting in recent growth of around three percent.
But social security cuts and other slashed public spending also encouraged record emigration to richer European nations such as Britain.
Most analysts say eurozone entry will foster export growth and encourage investment.
"Government, businesses and households will benefit from lower borrowing costs," said Vaiva Seckute, a senior economist at Swedbank Macro Research.
- © AFP, 2014
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Q: Improve performance of double - java Here is a simple code snippet of java
float start = System.nanoTime();
for(int i=0;i<1000000000;i = i+1){}
float end = System.nanoTime();
System.out.println("Time taken : " + (end-start)/1000000000);

This gives output 0.004194304 seconds where as :
for(double i=0;i<1000000000;i = i+1){}

this code where I just changed the type of i from int to double takes 3.8970327 seconds. My question is how to improve this really bad performance of double in java

A: First of all, I think your int benchmark is giving a specious answer.  The number simply fails the common sense test!!
Incrementing from 1 to 1,000,000,000 should perform 1 billion increments, 1 billion stores, 1 billion tests, 1 billion branches.  All of that is supposedly happening in ~0.004 seconds.  That implies a 4 billion instructions in 0.004 seconds, or 1 trillion instructions in 1 second ... or a clock rate of some multiple of 1.0E12.  But the fastest intel processors around have clock rate less than 10 GHz ... or 1.0E10.
In fact, what I think has happened is that the JIT compiler has figured out that your loop is doing no useful work, and has optimized it away.
For some reason, the JIT compiler has not figured out that the version with the double is also not doing useful work either.
But either way, 1 billion floating point operations in 3 seconds using a single processor is pretty good performance ...

My question is how to improve this really bad performance of double in java

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*It is not really bad performance.

*It is (approximately) real performance ... and the int performance you are seeing is bogus.

*You can't improve on it.

Actually, you are kind of lucky that the double loop terminates at all.  Consider this version:
 for (double i = 0; i < Integer.MAX_VALUE; i = i + 1){}

 for (float i = 0; i < Integer.MAX_VALUE; i = i + 1){}

The float version should be faster.  Right?
Wrong!
The problem is that a float only has 24 bits (7.22 decimal digits) of precision.  So, somewhere between 1.0E7 and 1.0E8, you will get to a point where i + 1 evaluates to i ... due to rounding.  That leads to an infinite loop.
When you think about it, it is this kind of thing that could cause the JIT compiler to not optimize away a floating point loop.

A: It's normal because a int take 4 bytes in memory while double takes 8 bytes (it has decimals).
Maybe you can prove BigDecimal.

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Q: What are different categories of caching?
Holding output of webpage at client system is called as client side caching.
Advantage: Number of round trips to server from client can be reduced.
Holding output of webpage at server system is called as server side caching.
Advantage: Number of page lifecycles can be reduced, so that request response time can be reduced.
Q: What are the different types of caching in asp.net?
?Complete output of webpage will be maintained at client or at server for a specified amount of time.
Single output caching: Only one output for page will be maintained.
Multi Output caching: We can maintain multiple outputs of same page in cache due to some cange in input given by user.
If Data is stored in cache then it is called as data caching.
Data Stored in cache can be accessed in any webpage and for any client.
Q: What are the types of output caching?
Q: What is fragment caching and is it possible to implement it at client side?
Q: How to implement fragment caching?
Ans: Fragment caching can be implemented by using Web user control and Substitution control.
Q: What is data caching?
Ans: If Data is stored in cache then it is called as data caching. Data stored in cache can be accessed in any webpage and for any client.
Q: What are the different types of expiry for Data caching?
??Data will be existing for a specified amount of time only, once time period has been completed automatically data is removed.
Expiry time will be automatically extended based on the data access.if time period is 20sec, and no request for 20 secs then data will be removed. If there is a request at 10th sec, then time period will be extended for 20 secs.
File based expiry: Data will be existing in the cache until one of file content has been modified. Once file content has been modified automatically data will be removed.
Ans: It is introduced from asp.net 2.0. If Data cache expiry dependents upon state of mupltiple files then it will be called as Aggregate Cache Dependency.
Q: Where do you find usage of Data Caching?
While dealing with company quarter results, DataSet can be maintained in Cache.
In news website common news will be maintained in Cache.
Q: What is the advantage of Caching?
It can be used as performance tuning technique.
Number of round trips to server can be reduced.
Number of page lifecycles can be reduced.
Q: Is it possible to implement data caching at client?
Ans: No, it will be possible at server only.
Q: Where the memory for cache is allocated?
Ans: As part of appDomain of website. .i.e., in the process memory of asp.net worker process.
Q: How much data can be stored in cache?


Once upon a time there was an attorney named Mr. Ballantine.
He lived in the spacious gracious days of the nineteenth century.
Mr. Ballantine didn't know they were spacious and gracious.
He thought they were terrible.
The reason he thought they were terrible was that love had passed him by.
Mr. Ballantine had never received a valentine.
He said to his partner, My name is Mr. Ballantine and I have never received a valentine.
His partner said, Well my name is Mr. Bogardus and I have received plenty of valentines and I just as soon wouldn't.
He said Mr. Ballantine didn't know when he was well off.
Mr. Ballantine said, I know my heart, I know my mind, I know I long for a valentine.
He said here it was St. Valentine's day and when he sat down at his desk what did he find?
I find affidavits, said Mr. Ballantine.
That's the kind of valentine I get, said Mr. Ballantine.
Mr. Bogardus said that affidavit was better than no bread.
Mr. Ballantine said that affidavit, affidavit, affidavit onward, into the valley of death rode the six hundred.
Mr. Bogardus said that any many who would rhyme "onward" with "six hundred" didn't deserve any affidavits at all.
Mr. Ballantine said coldly that he was an attorney, not a poet, and Mr. Bogardus had better take the matter up directly with Lord Tennyson.
Mr. Bogardus said Oh all right, and speaking of lords, he couldn't remember who was the king before David, but Solomon was the king affidavit.
Mr. Ballantine buried Mr. Bogardus in the cellar and went out in search of love.
Towards evening he encountered a maiden named Herculena, the Strongest Woman in the World.
He said, Madam my name is Mr. Ballantine and I have never received a valentine.
She said, My name is Herculena the Strongest Woman in the World, and I have never received a valentine either.
Mr. Ballantine and Herculena decided to be each other's valentine.
All was merry as a marriage bell.
Mr. Ballantine nearly burst with joy.
Herculena nearly burst with pride.
She asked Mr. Ballantine to pinch her muscle.
Mr. Ballantine recovered consciousness just in time to observe the vernal equinox.
He thought she said bustle.
Published in 1938, Samantha posted this wonderful Nash verse on her blog, Perched in the Search . She discovered the poem in "I'm a Stranger here Myself" which was cherished by her grandparents and handed down to her.
If you'd like to learn more about Ogden Nash's lifelong valentine read 'Loving Letters from Ogden Nash'.
Hello. My name is Kimberly Stickrath, and I have been following your site for some time. I wanted you to know that I have nominated your site for The Sunshine Award , which is a blogger-created award, given to those whose "Positivity and Creativity Inspire Others."
Thank you for your kindness in sharing your site with me.
Hi Kim, Thank you for your support and kind praise. Your recognition of Ogden Nash's positive influence is aligned with how Nash wanted his work to impact others. Ever the teacher, even when Nash wrote gripes and satire, he still was very much focused on creating positive change.


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Positive Psychology News Digest | No. 11/2017 (World Happiness Day Ed.)
My favorite news and blog articles covering Positive Psychology and adjacent topics from (roughly) the last seven days.
Forbes: Steal Tesla's Strategy For Growing Grit by Jessica Amortegui
Fast Company: Why A Happy Career Can Still Feel Unfulfilling by Marc Crowley
Inc: Science Says Happier People Are Raised by Parents Who Do This 1 Thing by Jeff Haden
Sloan Management Review: The Smart Way to Respond to Negative Emotions at Work by Christine Pearson
Harvard Business Review: Pressure Doesn't Have to Turn into Stress by Nicholas Petrie
GretchenRubin.com: For the International Day of Happiness: The Most Important Thing I've Learned About Happiness by Gretchen Rubin
Greater Good Science Center: Is the Placebo Effect More Powerful Than We Think? by Alex Shashkevich
Greater Good Science Center: How to Awaken Compassion at Work by Jill Suttie
Greater Good Science Center: What Positive Leadership is Not by Chris White
Huffington Post: The World Is Waking Up To The Importance Of Happiness by Mark Williamson
Guardian: I ❤ you: meet the NYU professor whose love course is becoming a phenomenon by Paul Willis
Blind Guardian, Emily Esfahani Smith, Fast Company, Forbes, Greater Good Science Center, Gretchen Rubin, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, Income, Jane Dutton, Monica Worline, Sloan Management Review
Heavy. Metal. Heart. Finding Happiness in Angry Music…
The second and final semester of the 2013/14 MAPP program is under way. The first onsite period is history already. While the first semester has (more or less) focused on the theoretical underpinnings of positive psychology, the second semester focuses on the practical application of that knowledge in different contexts. One of this semester´s course is reserved exclusively for the connection between positive psychology and the humanities. We will systematically explore how "the good life" can be found in art, poetry/novels, and music (among other things).
Therefore, last Friday, the whole course went to see a concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra, an evening that focused on Russian composers, especially Tchaikovsky´s 4th Symphony. While I enjoyed this evening tremendously, it is unlikely that I will go to another classical concert in the near future – because for more than 20 years now, my heart has been captured by a different kind of music: Heavy Metal!
By Heini Hansen (GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
It started out around age 12 with "soft" stuff like German superheroes The Scorpions, moving over to (the at that time inevitable) Guns n' Roses, than progressively getting heavier with classics such as Iron Maiden or Savatage, and German Speed Metal à la Helloween, Gamma Ray, and Blind Guardian. Later I moved on to neo-classical sounds such as Stratovarius, guitar heroes like Yngwie Malmsteen, and Symphonic Metal as played by Rhapsody (of Fire).
During my adolescent years, I´ve also had a long-term affair with some Dark/Gothic Metal bands such as Amorphis and Tiamat – but I never really embraced those growling or screaming vocals. As a consequence, I stayed clear of really heavy Thrash and Black Metal. Around 23, I got rid of most of the typical clothing – but the love for the sound of heavily distorted guitars and a solid double bass drum remained – and probably will do so until the end of this life.
Now where´s the connection to (positive) psychology here? The thing is: there´s not too much official (psychological) research on heavy metal. And the few studies that do exist typically deal with (supposed) negative consequences of listening to heavy music, such as aggression, suicidal risk, and drug abuse. At the same time, there´s no doubt about the fact that most people use music to control (dampen or amplify) and even create certain moods and emotions.
Heavy Metal concerts are distinctly peaceful and non-violent places – if you manage to avoid the mosh pit, that is…
I´m really trying not to be lopsided here – but to me there always seemed to be something wrong about these studies. Heavy Metal is – for the most part – aggressive music, agreed. But this does not automatically imply Heavy Metal fans are aggressive people. I´ve been to hundreds of concerts in my lifetime. From these experiences, I can say that Heavy Metal concerts are distinctly peaceful and non-violent places – if you manage to avoid those inevitable mosh pits, that is. 🙂
Most of us are truly amicable and fun-loving guys (and girls of course). It just so happens that some of us are also a little burly – and not to fond of shaving or going the hairdresser.
I did not choose it. It chose me. Listening to the arpeggios in the first solo of Yngwie Malmsteen´s Mad Dog elicits feelings in me that otherwise can only be aroused by sex and really really good dark chocolate.
Quite obviously, different people have different "internal energy levels" and therefore react to "different vibrations" when exposed to music (please excuse the esoteric language…). What I mean is: my favorite TV series of all times is Ally McBeal. I love shopping and romantic comedies starring Hugh Grant. And I happen to LOVE Heavy Metal. I did not choose it. It chose me. Listening to the arpeggios in the first solo of Yngwie Malmsteen´s Mad Dog (starts approx. at 1:42) elicits feelings in me that otherwise can only be aroused by having sex or eating really really good dark chocolate.
My esoteric hunch is echoed in one of those rarer studies that finds headbangers are just regular people that happen to feel good while listening to high-intensity music. It´s not a coincidence that a lot of metalheads are also very fond of Wagner. The study concludes by stating that the
"most widely accepted conclusion is that heavy metal fans are in general angrier, more agitated, and more aroused than fans of other musical styles. The results of this study do not support this speculation. No pretest differences were found among subjects' levels of state arousal, state anger, or trait anger."
In addition, the researchers find what is called an interaction affect. To cut a long story short: there actually are people who become angry when listening to Heavy Metal. Precisely, people who do not like Heavy Metal. Surpriiiise! Happens to me when I have to listen to Miley Cyrus. I mean, I love to watch Miley Cyrus – but only when the TV is muted. Wrecking Ball is a great piece of visual art when accompanied by Manowar´s Heavy Metal Daze.
I was inspired to write this post (and stole the second part of the title…) by a piece on The Atlantic magazine. The author elaborates on the potential uplifting effect of getting in touch with our innate animal-aggressive nature when listening to Heavy Metal: "There's something cleansing about engaging with emotions we might not usually let ourselves feel."
Closing remarks: While doing some research for this article, I was quite amused to find out that the Mano Cornuta (Sign of the Horns; as displayed in both pictures) is also an ancient Buddhist mudra by the name of Karana – which is used to fight off evil spirits. There you have it! We´re the good ones, really…
Source for picture of wheelchair headbanger
Amorphis, Anger, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Happiness, Heavy Metal, Helloween, Humanities, Music, Orchestra, Positive Psychology, Rhapsody, Savatage, Scorpions


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Better Together: Women in Big Data™ Luncheon
September 19, 2018 WiBD Staff
The Women in Big Data Luncheon at the Strata Data event in New York City was held on Wednesday September 12, 2018. It was sponsored by Intel, SAP and Women in Big Data, and over 200 guests attended the event. We had an engaging panel discussion by Clare Gollnick, Ziya Ma and Karuna Mukherjea, and Fadi Zuhayri served as the moderator.
Fadi, Ziya, Karuna, Clare
The panel discussion topic was: How can technology be used to encourage diversity?
Key discussion Points
Moving beyond the talk about diversity as a social topic, let's talk about how we can use technology to achieve diversity. We don't want our biases into the model.
What is tech doing to help solve the problem of unconscious bias e.g. eliminating bias in talent recruiting, use of certain language in job post can prevent some kinds of people to apply.
How can we eradicate unconscious bias in data, in Artificial Intelligent and Machine Learning (AI/ML) algorithms? One way to use open source and 3rd party to validate the models to make sure no biases included (more of having independent parties).
How can we address economic diversity and the democratization of AI? Diversity and inclusion not just the right thing to do but also good for business.
Clare Gollnick is the CTO and chief data scientist at Terbium Labs, an information security startup based in Baltimore, Maryland. As a statistician and engineer, Clare designs the algorithms that direct Terbium's automated crawl of the dark web and leads the crawler engineering team. Previously, Clare was a neuroscientist. Her academic publications focus on information processing within neural networks and validation of new statistical methods. Clare holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Georgia Tech and a BS in bioengineering from UC Berkeley.
Ziya Ma is vice president of the Software and Services Group and director of data analytics technologies at Intel, where she is responsible for optimizing big data solutions on the Intel architecture platform, leading open source efforts in the Apache community, and bringing about optimal big data analytics experiences for Intel customers. Her team works extensively with internal product teams, the open source community, the industry, and academia to further Intel's efforts in the big data analytics field. She is also a cofounder of the Women in Big Data Forum. Ziya was honored as one of the "women of the decade in data and analytics" by the Women Economic Forum in 2018. Ziya holds a PhD and MS in computer science and engineering from Arizona State.
Karuna Mukherjea is senior director of product marketing at SAP, where she is responsible for the marketing for the SAP Leonardo portfolio that includes machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics. Her product marketing team drives success for these solutions in the marketplace through new product launches, product messaging, and evangelism with customers, partners, thought leaders, and analysts. They also support the execution of effective lead-generation programs through new business and customer-focused activities like events and PR. She has been with SAP since October 2008 working on an extensive portfolio of solutions in the Analytics and Emerging Technologies space. Previously, she worked in product strategy for key technology solutions to support high-value business processes at Oracle. Karuna holds a master's degree in finance from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a master's degree in commerce, accounting, and finance from Osmania University, and a bachelor's in commerce and accounting from St. Francis College.
Moderator: Fadi Zuhayri, Director, Big Data Strategic Marketing at Intel
Technology Panel: Big Data and Machine Learning
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Events Planned For The Upcoming Yakama Nation Treaty Days Commemoration
D-Rez Published: June 2, 2022
Photo By D-Rez/ TownSquare Media
My home tribe, the Yakama Nation. Is getting ready to welcome back everyone for this years Treaty Days. This is the commemoration of the Treaty of 1855.
When the U.S. Government and Yakama Nation tribal leaders. Came together to sign the treaty of 1855. This treaty is still recognized today.
These events include the return of the rodeo and pow wow in White Swan, Wa. The parade in Toppenish, WA. Located at the Cultural center. And many other events.
Each of these events has their own committee. Through social media each committee has announced what is happening. But a lot of the Yakama Nation is excited to have a lot of these events return.
A lot of these events are free to attended. And open to the public. But it is also recommended to bring some cash. Just incase a vendor does not take any cards.
For the cowboys and cowgirls. The Treaty Days Rodeo is set for June 4th. At rodeo grounds in White Swan, WA. Located near the White Swan Community Center.
So for the Treaty Days Pow wow. The pow wow was originally scheduled for Jun 3rd and 4h of 2022. But the pow wow had been rescheduled to June 10th and 11th. The pow wow is returning to the White Swan Pavilion. Located in White Swan, WA.
The Treaty Days parade is set for June 10th for 10 AM. At the Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish. This is also the 42nd Anniversary for the Cultural Center.
There will also be a softball tournament. That will be at the Yakama Nation Sport Complex. Located at the Yakama Nation Tribal High School.
For these events. Times are subject to change. I know each of these committees are looking forward to see everyone.
The Yakama Nation Cultural Center Facebook page. Has been doing their best to keep all these events up to date. If you would like to learn more about the Yakama Nation, check out the tribes website here
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"What Can I Do?" ("Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai?") is a French popular song composed in 1947 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by Édith Piaf. The English lyrics were written in 1949 by Harold Rome.

Story
In 1947, Édith Piaf and Yves Montand had just quit amicably and Édith Piaf had written the lyrics of a song in memory of their love story whose departure was "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai à tant l'aimer que ça me donne envie de crier!". She asked Henri Betti to put the music on his lyrics inspired by the style of Yves Montand.

When they finished writing the song, Henri Betti left to propose it to Yves Montand and he also proposed to him "C'est si bon" that he had written with the lyrics of André Hornez at the same time "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai?" and registered at the SACEM the same day (18 August 1947).

On November 3, 1947, Yves Montand recorded the song with Jean Marion and his Orchestra but before recording it in the studio, he sang the song at the Théâtre de l'Étoile on 9 October 1947. On 6 October 1958, he recited the song at the Théâtre de l'Étoile with Bob Castella and his Orchestra.

In 1959, he sang the song for the concert An Evening with Yves Montand presented at the Henry Miller's Theatre from September 22 to October 31. In 1961, he sang the song for another concert presented at the John Golden Theatre from October 24 to December 16.

Cover versions
On January 5, 1948, Bernard Hilda recorded the song with his Orchestra. On the other side of the disk, he recorded "C'est si bon".

On May 20, 1948, Henri Betti performed the song on the piano on the radio program Un quart d'heure avec where he also performed "Dictionnaire" (lyrics by Jacques Pills) and "La Chanson du Maçon" (lyrics by Maurice Chevalier and Maurice Vandair).

On September 27, 1948, Raymond Girerd recorded the song with Louis Ledrich and his Orchestra. On the other side of the disc is recorded "C'est si bon" by Maria Sandrini with Louis Ledrich and his Orchestra.

In 1949, Yvonne Blanc recorded the song on the piano. On the other side of the disk, she also recorded on the piano "C'est si bon".

In 1950, Nila Cara recorded the female version of the song, always with lyrics by Édith Piaf, for the album Les Chanteuses de la Place Pigalle.

In 1958, Léo Chauliac recorded the song with his Orchestra for the album 25 ans de succès.

In 1960, Roland Bourque recorded the song on the piano for the album Piano Moods à la Française.

In 1963, Henri Leca recorded a medley of music with his Orchestra for the album Surprise-Partie Monstre where he also recorded a medley of three other musics composed by Henri Betti: "La Polka des Barbus", "C'est si bon", and "Maître Pierre".

In 1965, Raymond Berthiaume recorded the song with Roger Gravel and his Orchestra for the album L'inoubliable. In 1958, he recorded "C'est si bon" with his instrumental group Les 3 Bars for the album Rêver. In 1993, he re-recorded "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai ?" for the album Les Grands Succès.

In 1974, Bruno Lorenzoni recorded the song with his Orchestra for the album Danse avec Moi where he also recorded "C'est si bon" and "La Chanson du maçon".

In 1985, Nelly Gustin sang the song with Robert Quibel and his Orchestra at the TV show Thé Dansant hosted by Charles Level.

In 1993, Stéphane Chomont sang the song with Jean Sala and his Orchestra at the TV show La Chance aux chansons hosted by Pascal Sevran.

In 2013, Clark Baxtresser recorded the song playing the Wurlitzer electric piano.

In 2015, Lambert Wilson recorded the song with the musical arrangements by Bruno Fontaine for the album Wilson chante Montand.

In 2020, Tássia Minuzzo recorded the song with accordion accompaniment. The next year, she performed it with guitar accompaniment at the Centro Cultural 25 de Julho on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the association.

Adaptation
In 1949, Harold Rome wrote the English lyrics and the song is recorded in March 1950 by Madelyn Russell with Mitch Miller and his Orchestra. The title song became "What Can I Do?".

Filmography
In 1951, the narrator of Compositeurs et Chansons de Paris hums the song and he also hums "La Chanson du Maçon", "Le Régiment des mandolines", and "C'est si bon".

In 1953, the melody of the song is played by an orchestra in Soyez les bienvenus in which the melodie of "C'est si bon" is also played.

Anecdotes
In 1925, a song with the same title was written by Henri Christiné (music) and Rip (lyrics) for Marie Dubas who performed in the operetta P.L.M played at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.

In 1993, another song with the same title was written and performed by Christian Vidal.

References

1947 songs
Yves Montand songs
French songs
Songs with music by Henri Betti
Songs with lyrics by Édith Piaf

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Business | Photography
Down with the shutters
Competition in digital photography takes another turn
Mar 23rd 2006 |
AT THE end of this month, Konica Minolta will make its last camera. After more than 100 years the Japanese company, which is also the world's third-largest producer of photo film, will begin a complete withdrawal from the photography business. In future it will stick to making photocopiers, printers and medical devices. The company is the latest victim of the wholesale change brought to an entire industry by the digital camera.
Other big names in the photography business have suffered badly in the digital age. Kodak, an American group which lost almost $1.4 billion last year, is only midway through a restructuring. Like Japan's Fuji Photo Film, which after Kodak is the world's second-largest film supplier, it has seen revenues from its traditional business collapse much faster than was expected.
In little more than a decade, sales of digital cameras have soared; they have now almost completely replaced film cameras. But now even the digital camera business is maturing. After growing by 670% in 2000-05, unit sales of digital cameras are slowing. Worldwide sales are expected to rise to just over 100m a year by 2009, an increase of only 26% (see chart). At the same time, prices are tumbling. Digital cameras have rapidly become a "mature" consumer product.
Persuading people to trade up to more expensive digital cameras is one obvious response. An intense battle is looming between Canon and Sony, the two market leaders. Last year Canon captured about 18% of the worldwide digital-camera market, Sony some 15% and Kodak around 12%, according to IDC, a research firm. Sony has acquired some of Konica Minolta's photography assets and will use them this summer to launch a range of digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras, which use interchangeable lenses. Sony will be up against some powerful brands, including Nikon and Olympus. But Canon has the most enviable brand among serious snappers: it makes those long, white telephoto-lenses wielded by pros at sporting events. Even so, Sony will not be alone in attacking this market. Its arch-rival, Matsushita, is planning to launch a digital SLR under its Panasonic brand and South Korea's Samsung also has a model in the works.
With the top end of the market about to get crowded, profits will be harder to come by. But the market for the simple point-and-shoot cameras is likely to be just as tough. Kodak has managed to maintain market leadership over Canon and Sony in America thanks largely to its decision to specialise in easy-to-use digital cameras, often sold complete with a home photo-printer. But it too needs to persuade people to trade up. It recently launched cameras with built-in Wi-Fi to connect directly to printers or the internet.
To offset their losses, Kodak and Fuji have also expanded aggressively into digital-photo kiosks. These are proving popular with consumers, who find them an easy and cheap way of obtaining prints, says Chris Chute, an analyst with IDC. But competition here is also getting hotter. Hewlett-Packard has decided to enter the kiosk market with a rival system.
But how many people still print pictures? Billions of images never make it on to paper, but are simply e-mailed to friends or shared on websites. Yet with so many digital pictures being taken, Mr Chute believes a big market will develop for storage and archiving systems, both online and offline. No one, it seems, is really sure just how long digital pictures will survive stored on conventional hard-drives or burned onto CDs. If people want their memories to last long into the future, they may have to buy or subscribe to new products and services. And it may not be photography companies that provide them.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "Down with the shutters"
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Knights Varsity Senior Athletes
Christina Hayduchok: aiming to end on empty
By Zehra Madhavan on October 28, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )
"End on empty." That is the motto Homecoming Queen Christina Hayduchok lives by. Anyone who hears her résumé of activities and commitments knows that she's certainly on track to achieve her goal. Though Hayduchok is an active participant in field hockey, diving, Student Council, and more, the most impressive aspect about her is that she remains a genuine, kindhearted person despite her incredibly hectic and demanding lifestyle.
Hayduchok made field hockey history when she became the first freshman ever to make the varsity team, and at that point, she had only two years of experience with the sport. She is now the varsity captain. Hayduchok transitioned from the field position to the cage position after her freshman year, though this year she has returned to the field, where her skillful play consistently impresses. "Christina is an excellent, explosive player," coach Paula Tessein said. "When she gets the ball and explodes towards cage, it is very difficult for other teams to defend."
Hayduchok has been blessed with talent from the beginning, but her sporting capacity doesn't end there. She has been a starter on the varsity diving team all four years of high school. She's the diving team captain and has placed in the Top 20 at states. And she rows crew for the Mercer club team, which she cites as one of her favorite activities.
Hayduchok's leadership skills come into play not only on the field but also around the school. Starting out as a Student Council representative for her sophomore class, she has remained her class's president for two consecutive years. She is also a senior Peer Leader for the school and co-president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) organization. Outside of school, Hayduchok has coached gymnastics for two and a half years at Hamilton's Gymland, where she works with boys and girls of various ages. "My best leadership advice is that communication is key," Hayduchok said. "Simple communication can clear up misunderstandings and help to avoid problems, and I always make sure I am in contact with those who I am working with."
Needless to say, Hayduchok's schedule requires her to stay extremely organized; she keeps two separate planners—one for schoolwork and another for extracurricular and social activities. With her calendar in check, Hayduchok's main goal is to accomplish her tasks, and she does this in a commendable manner. "Christina stays focused on the goal and gets it done, but you still have a fun time doing it," said Student Council Executive Board Special Assignments Officer Naomi Shah.
Hayduchok is a familiar face to the majority of students and faculty at North. "I'm a people person," Hayduchok said. "I don't have a lot of free time, but when I do, I like to hang out with my friends and talk to people. I love being around others and helping them."
Her supportive attitude shines on the field hockey field as well. "She motivates her teammates both on and off the field. Christina is usually one of the first players in from a run; she'll go back out and help another player finish," Tessein said. Hayduchok's friends specifically praise her ability to strike up a conversation with anyone, even strangers, and her diligence when it comes to work. "She's determined to get whatever task we have done," FCA co-leader Annie Voltmer said.
Hayduchok is often asked how she keeps up with everything and why she does it all. "I care about others, and I care about making a difference," she said. "I think that if you care about what you're doing, you should be involved. I'm lucky to have enough support that I am able to do so." Hayduchok credits her family and friends as her greatest support system, and they can often be seen on the sidelines of her games cheering her on. For a recent field hockey game, a group of Hayduchok's friends even painted her name on their stomachs and made posters to show their support.
For Hayduchok, the end result is always the most rewarding aspect of her hard work, especially with Student Council. "During last year's prom season, while other girls were stressing about what dresses they were going to wear, I was stressing about the logistics of the dance and whether we could pull it off! But seeing all of our work succeed at prom really made it all worth it," she said.
In the future, Hayduchok hopes to play club field hockey or row crew, depending on the college she attends. She is particularly interested in pursuing a career in physical therapy. When asked whether she planned to continue participating in numerous activities in college, she said that she was considering taking a short break to focus more on the college experience. Well, if there's anyone who deserves a break to reload fuel, it's Christina Hayduchok.
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This is about everything that is evolving around us with time .... the changing trends .... their highs and lows .... The changes that are making an impact on our lives .... From technology to social, economic and political issues ... Some books, some sports, some personal anecdotes.
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Goa trip - Day 2 - Mario Gallery, Museum of Goa, Anjuna Beach
(This post continues from Goa Trip - Day 1)
Mario Gallery
On the second day, November 30, we set off for the Mario Gallery in Calangute. It has a delectable collection of illustrations by India's well-known cartoonist late Mario Miranda. Mario Gallery is not an imposing structure; it is a small store on the side of a busy road, and can be missed, but for the statues of some of the characters in front of the store.
"Please wipe that expression off
your face; people might think
we're married!"
This place was of particular interest to me because I grew up laughing my heart out over Mario's cartoons (with characters like Miss Fonseca, Bundaldass, and Rajani Nimbupani) that used to appear in The Illustrated Weekly. He brought out not only the subtle ironies and humour that punctuate the fast-paced lives of upwardly mobile Indians caught in the urban maze but also the tranquillity of the traditional Goan culture.
At the gallery, the cartoons are kept alive are on multiple fancy stuff like figurines, key chains, t-shirts, cups, wall-hangings, etc. I bought a few framed illustrations and refrigerator magnets, some as gifts for my friends and some for myself. They can be bought online too from the gallery website.
Museum of Goa
If you are riding around Goa in a motorbike (like we were), or in a car, then keep an eye on the fuel level. There aren't many petrol stations so it will be a good idea to have your tank topped up. That's what we did after the visit to Mario Gallery.
With a full fuel tank, we headed to the Museum of Goa, at Pilerne. This is a three-storied art gallery, that spreads over an area of 1,500 square meters, curated by artist Subodh Kerkar. The best thing is about this place is that you can enjoy looking at the works of art, even if you are not such a great art fan. Not a surprise, considering that one of the Kerkar's aims is to take art and local history to the larger audiences.
Each of the works has a historical context to it, and there is an informative write-up beside each of them that makes understanding the art easy. The art gallery is a sort of confluence of the historical legacy as well as the innate culture of Goa.
The section on chillies, a major component of
Indian recipes, but a foreign import
There is one section on chillies, which is a major component of many Indian recipes. But chillies are not originally Indian. They came to India for the first time in the 16th century on a Portuguese ship at Goa from South America. Now, India the world's largest producer and consumer of chillies.
Read more on the museum website and on Wikipedia
It was almost 3 pm, and after lunch, headed back to the hotel. Changed our dress, and left for Anjuna beach.
This is arguably the most well-known beach in Goa. More than natural beauty, it is known for the wild trance parties youngsters have here. If there is a loose equivalent to Las Vegas in India, it is along the beaches here. One can sense the "no one cares" attitude hanging heavily in the air.
The culture goes back to the 1960s when foreign tourists, especially of the hippies of the flower generation, started flocking to the beach. Now you won't find so many of them. The place is actually swarming with crowds of young Indians who are looking for some fun. There are also plenty of shops from where you can buy anything from clothes to curios.
Sunset from Anjuna beach
Anjuna is also famous for the Wednesday flea market. We missed that as we arrived on Thursday, and would be leaving on Monday.
We watched the sunset from the Anjuna beach and headed back to the hotel.
(Goa Trip - Day 3)
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Goa trip - Day 1 - Assagao, Vagator beach, Mapusa Hanuman temple
On way to Goa, somewhere in north
Karnataka, as seen from the train.
Goa is the smallest state (by area) and the richest state (by per capita GDP) in India. It is globally renowned for its beaches and natural beauty. It was a Portuguese colony for over 450 years, from 1510.
On way to the hotel from Margao railway station, in a cab
Not many, including Indians, know that Goa continued to be under Portuguese rule, for as many as 14 years after India won Independence in 1947. After Portugal repeatedly rejected Indian demand to leave, India had to send the military and annexed the State in a 36-hour battle called Operation Vijay, in December 1961.
Though the Portuguese left, the State continues
to have their influence, which makes it culturally a bit different from the rest of the country. Wild parties are common, and a carefree ambience generally pervades the coastal belt. In a sense, it's the Vegas of India. What happens in Goa, stays in Goa!
A trip to Goa has been long-pending. And finally, it was happening. On November 29, we, my wife and I, alighted at the Margao station around 6.15 am.
We had breakfast at a restaurant in the railway station and booked a cab from the pre-paid taxi counter. We reached our hotel (which was around 40 km away) in Assagao, Bardez sub-district, around 8 am.
The lush green landscape and the undulating roads and the quiet streets reminded me of the small towns in my home state of Kerala. This was a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle (even early in the day) in Bengaluru.
The cab driver was a deeply religious person but was driving at a very high speed. I was at times a bit worried and was tempted to tell him to drive slowly. I could see he was drawing a cross and saying a prayer every time we passed a church.
The check-in time at the hotel is 2 pm. So we kept our luggage in the cloakroom; freshened up and had breakfast.
One good thing about Goa is that you get cars and motorbikes on rent. That makes moving from one place to another easy and inexpensive. I checked the rates: Rs 400 a day for a
motorbike; if it's for more than a day, then it's Rs 300 a day. It's Rs 1,500 a day for a car. I hired a motorbike for four days. We were to leave on the fifth day.
Fountain in the park in Mapusa
It was 10 am. It wasn't difficult to decide where to head first. A beach, where else?! We chose to begin our tour with the Vagator beach, which is the northernmost beach in the Bardez region of the state. Being early in the day there wasn't much crowd. Clear waters. Gentle waves. Spent about an hour and a half there. Had some snacks in one of the beachside restaurants, and later lunch on way back to our hotel.
Rajasthani folk songs at hotel's poolside restaurant
At the resort, we had a single bedroom house all to ourselves. It was on the ground floor. We would have been happier if it was on one of the upper floors. But, that was okay, since the overall ambience and the environment of the hotel premises was so quiet, peaceful, and refreshing.
The day was the second death anniversary of my father. Traditionally, we go to a temple to pray for his soul. In the evening around 6 pm, we went to a Hanuman temple in Mapusa, about 5 km from the hotel. This is a very old temple, built in 1843. It has a very impressive architecture with marble floors.
A Rajasthani dance at hotel's
poolside restaurant
There is a park nearby, where we spent some time. There were about 20 people, young and old. Some chatting away, others on a brisk walk around the park. Some children were running around. A small illuminated water fountain kept the children entertained.
The ride back to the hotel through narrow and quiet roads (some of them dark with no streetlights) was an experience in itself.
We were back in the hotel around 8 pm. At the poolside restaurant, there was folk music and folk dance performance by artists from the state of Rajasthan. That was really good.
Claire Nelson's miraculous survival from the depths of despair
We Are The World Blogfest
This is an amazing story of hope triumphing over despair.
Thirty-five-year-old travel writer Claire Nelson from New Zealand was hiking in Joshua Tree National Park in California, in May this year, when she accidentally strayed off the trail. She hadn't checked the GPS and she had no idea that she was on a wrong track.
She climbed on a rock, which she thought was steady but actually wasn't. To her horror, she slipped and came hurtling down into a canyon 15 ft below.
It took awhile for her to realise what had happened -- she fallen into a place where she couldn't be heard by anyone nor anyone could see her. Worse, she had badly broken her pelvis, and she couldn't move.
There was no mobile connectivity; so she couldn't call anyone nor she could text. She survived a scary first night, amidst fears of being bitten by rattlesnakes.
With the sun shining bright. She made use of the material available with her to make a contraption that would shield her from sunlight.
She was getting dehydrated as time went by. She was running out of the 3 liters of water she had carried; and was left with no option but to drink her urine to keep herself hydrated.
She was desperate and fears of not being able to survive was threatening to overpower her. She needed to talk to someone. So she videographed updates, so that in case she didn't make it, her family and friends would know what had happened.
But in the midst of all this, she didn't lose hope. After nearly four days she heard the sound of a helicopter, and she stretched herself as much as she could and waved the umbrella-like contraption she had made to protect herself from the sun.
The authorities had been alerted by a friend of Claire, who hadn't heard from her for a while and began panicking as to what might have happened.
Claire was rescued and after surgery and prolonged medical treatment, she is finally learnt to walk again.
BBC's Outlook Weekend, last week, featured Claire Nelson, in which she spoke to presenter Emily Webb narrating the entire sequence of events. The 25-minute programme is worth a listen.
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COP25 international climate summit in Madrid: The Nordic countries need a joint "climate law"
17 Dec, 2019 by Helena-Reet Ennet
NordenBladet – "The Nordic region needs a "climate law" that is binding on all of the countries. National legislation isn't enough," says Sofia Geisler, a member of the Nordic Council from Greenland.
The Greenland MP made the suggestion at an event during the COP25 international climate summit in Madrid. Like everybody else in Greenland she sees the impact of climate change on her daily life and says that strong measures are called for.
"It is natural for the Nordic countries to work together on climate issues, especially with regard to the Arctic and the northern areas. That's why I think we should draw up a kind of "climate law" binding on all of the countries," she says.
Nordic countries make the best partners
She points out that the population of Greenland is only 56,000 and that the country needs an alliance on climate issues with the other Nordic countries, as well as with NGOs in the Arctic. She also says that the Nordic countries make the best partners for Greenland because they know about the Arctic and are so far ahead in work on the 17 sustainable development goals.
Climate issue overshadowed
Geisler is also worried that the focus in the debate about the Arctic has changed after the talk of the USA wanting to buy Greenland.
"After a certain man – I don't even want to mention his name – said he wanted to buy Greenland, the debate changed. The focus shifted to Greenland's military and strategic importance and the most crucial issue of all, climate change and its consequences for the people and the environment, has been completely overshadowed," says Sofia Geisler.
The Nordic Council hosted a day of six events in the Nordic Pavilion at COP25 on 11 December. A further four events were held in the other Nordic COP pavilion in Stockholm.
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NordenBladet — The Government approved the order governing travel from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Estonia. As of 1 January, …


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Q: How do I apply folder permissions in WiX, keeping existing permissions, but without recursion? The following will apply (modify) permissions recursively, and respect current permissions:
<util:PermissionEx User="[MYUSER]" Domain="[NT_DOMAIN]" GenericRead="yes" GenericWrite="yes" GenericExecute="yes" Delete="yes" DeleteChild="yes" />

But, I don't want to apply it recursively!
I want it non-recursively, i.e. just that folder and no children.
(I believe that the older  element clears the inheritance of permissions from the parent folder, which means it is no good for my purposes, as I must preserve existing permissions).
Is there any way to tell PermissionsEx not to apply the permissions recursively? Can I combine PermissionEx and Permission nodes in some way to get the desired effect? Or is my only option to issue a custom action command line call to cacls.exe?

A: I'm not sure any of the three built-in patterns ( two from MSI and one from WiX extension ) handle this scenario.  FWIW, I think it's not really a function of the object that you are setting permissions on rather a function of all the child objects that have choosen to inherit.  In other words,  the parent doesn't enforce propogation the childen opt into inheritance.
So you might have to do some reflection of all the children and then set them to block propogation.  The effort and risk is high so I'd wonder why this is actually needed and if you couldn't just create your own new child directory and set the permissions there that way you didn't have to worry about this problem.


This was marked up some 6 months ago at the same time as the cross roads. You can still make out the original yellow markings.
This is extremely hazardous to cyclists and will cause and accident resulting in serious injury. It needs addressing ASAP and a temporary repair will be insufficient.
This trench now extends nearly to the centre of the carriageway. Cyclists and drivers are having to cross into the path of oncoming traffic to avoid it. Please will somebody do something about this. ?


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Q: Debug dockerized nodejs application on startup I have a setup of containers running ( docker-compose ) and one with a nodejs application running inside of it. Currently i debug the application by connecting via VS Code to the debug port (9229) of the application. The problem with this approach is that i can't connect to the application on startup. If the error is on some event like an http connection that is no problem, but if i want to check the initialisation process the process is already running for some time until i can connect so the process ran past my debug points.
Is there a solution to this?

A: Run the following commands to find the running container and navigate into the container...
List all Docker images: docker image ls
View contents of a running Docker container: docker exec -it <container-id> bash

once inside the container, then you can stop the node process inside the container and start by node app.js where you will be able to see the logs from initialisation Or if you have a logs file then there aswell you can check.
The basic idea here is to navigate inside the docker container and then its like running node server like how you would run normally from ay linux terminal.


Jean-Marc Giraud joined Societe Generale's Inspection department in 1982 after beginning his career as a consultant at the OECD in Paris in 1980. He moved to the Real Estate division of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) in 1989, first within the Genefim subsidiary then as Deputy Head of Real Estate Financing. He was appointed Global Head of the Leisure and Transportation sectors within the coverage department of the Bank in 1995. He created, managed and was head of Strategic and Acquisition Finance in 1998. He was appointed Head of Global Capital Markets in July 2008.
Since June 2012, Jean-Marc Giraud has been Group Head of the Inspection and Audit division and a member of the General Management Committee.
Jean-Marc Giraud is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Bordeaux, France) and holds a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Paris II.


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IoT use cases dominate Techweek'18 Waikato
Kai Ping Lew
Waikato's week-long technology symposium, Techweek'18 Waikato, has been hailed a success by organisers, participants and attendees.
Running from May 19 to 25, Techweek'18 Waikato hosted information and communications technology (ICT) and innovation-inspired events at Waikato Innovation Park and locations around Hamilton and the wider Waikato region.
The Waikato event ran in parallel with the nationwide Techweek festival, organised by NZTech and supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
According to the 2017 Technology Investment Network (TIN) report, Waikato is the fastest growing technology region in the country.
Waikato Techweek'18 project lead Jannat Maqbool says a key focus of the week was showcasing the breadth of technology talent and expertise across the region.
"We had more than 1300 people join us at 21 events across the Waikato," says Maqbool.
"We wanted to showcase the advantages of working in ICT in the Waikato region, and the depth of tech talent here.
"It's amazing how much creativity and innovation there are in small towns, and we can tend to overlook them for the bigger cities, so we made sure events in Raglan, Thames, Taupo and Paeroa were on the agenda."
Maqbool says the featured event, the Internet of Things (IoT) tour, was a highlight among the Waikato events.
The Internet of Things focuses on the connectivity between things – devices, appliances and machinery – and how data can be collected, analysed and shared to solve problems and drive innovation.
"During Techweek'18 Waikato more than 200 attendees were able to gain great insights into how IoT is being applied around us at a regional level," says Maqbool.
"This included the work of world-leading technical and scientific experts in Raglan to the applications of IoT in healthcare showcased at Zealong Tea Estate in Gordonton.
"Attendees learned about a telepresence robot and what the future looks like for pro-active primary care," Maqbool adds.
"The focus in Hamilton was smart cities, and in Paeroa they learned about the application of IoT in primary industries."
"In its early days, the Internet of Things centred on individual consumers and how they can use technology to enhance their lives," she says.
"Now we're seeing large organisations and cities start to adopt this technology to create connections between information technology (IT) and physical objects on a much larger scale."
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Home Knowledge Centre Blog Personal issues affecting employees performance at work: What can you do?
Personal issues affecting employees performance at work: What can you do?
There has been a lot of talk in the news of late regarding personal issues affecting employee's performance in the workplace, with public figures such as Wayne Rooney allowing the strain of their personal life to affect their performance at work. But how should employers go about dealing with potentially fragile personal issues employees may be facing?
Here, Leanne Greenfield from Peninsula's Advice Service explores.
The key component when deciding on what action to take with regards to employees' personal issues would be to sit down and discuss the problem with them. This can help you as a business to discover the extent of the problem and whether or not you accept their dip in performance. In addition, by discussing the issue with the employee it shows that you are there to help, which can be a real motivator for them as it shows that you value them.
The action you take and way in which you deal with the issue depends on the conclusion you come to once you have consulted with the employee.
If it is not a problem which you believe warrants a drop in performance then it is important you outline this to the employee and tell them it is a problem that they should leave at home and not bring into the workplace.
An issue seen as substantial enough may warrant a company offering the affected employee time off in order to help them get over their personal issue. The amount of time off will depend on how the company perceive the problem and how long they believe it will take for an employee to be back to normal. Again, consultation with the employee here can allow both parties to come up with an agreed amount of time off. This time can be paid or unpaid at the discretion of the company.
Another option is to reduce the employee's workload, or offer them a more 'watered down' role within the company until they feel ready to work to their full potential again. The more difficult and stressful a role is, the more difficult it will be for an employee to carry out their job if they have other problems on their mind. By giving an employee a less taxing job it can help reduce their stress levels, whilst keeping them busy at work.
As a business you can also recommend how you believe your employee can deal with their problem externally. Once you have understood the issue they have, you could put them in touch with counsellors or help groups who can assist them with their problem. This can work well as if they are receiving professional advice it can speed up the recovery process meaning that the employee is firing on all cylinders in no time at all. Dependant on the business, you may decide to pay part, or all of the money for the counselling or treatment the employee receives.
If you believe the employee is ready to resume their full responsibilities after allowing them some special dispensation and their performance shows no sign of picking up it is important to outline to the employee that their poor performance will not be tolerated for much longer. If you give an employee some time off or allow them to take a watered down version of their role, they may begin to take liabilities where they believe they can continue to get away with half hearted performances at work. If this is the case it is important for businesses to discipline the employee in question (and go down a performance management route as an employee who is not fulfilling all of the obligations of their contract could end up having their employment terminated). It is a dismissible offence if an employee in not fulfilling all of the obligations outlined in their contracts to their full capability.
It is important for businesses to understand that none of the above are legal obligations when it comes to how to deal with an employee who is allowing a personal issue to affect their performance at work, unless it is backed up with a Fit Note. At the end of the day, it is up to the business itself to decide how they will go about dealing with an underperforming employee. For example, a company who take pride in looking after their employees may decide to give an employee time off in order to get over their personal problems. In contrast however, a smaller company who cannot afford to lose an employees productivity may decide that they cannot accept less than 100% off the employee in question. Both of these are acceptable responses unless there is a Fit Note, which outlines that an employee cannot work.
The decision taken may also be decided by how important the employee is to the organisation. A well respected, high performing employee may be offered the time off to deal with their personal problems in order to keep them motivated and make sure they stay loyal to the company. By the same token however, you may come to the conclusion that you cannot afford to lose the services of one of your top employees, therefore you do not allocate them the time off to recover.
Overall, this is a difficult issue for businesses to deal with so my advice would be to make sure you consult with the employee to find out the extent of the problem and try to come up with a solution that suits both parties.
If you need any advice on how to deal with underperforming employees please contact our advice line on 0844 892 2772.


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A million people are being advised to register so that they donít lose any money to tax on their savings interest. From the 6 April, the rules are changing so that if your annual income is under £15,600, you will be in line for tax-free savings.
In order to register, the saver must get hold of an R85 form for each of their taxable accounts and fill out the necessary details. Such forms are available at building societies and banks. A customer is able to verify if they qualify for this scheme at the HMRC website.
The change will see the negation of the original regulation that a saver must pay 10% on their savings interest of their first £2,880, with the qualification that your annual income falls below the required amount. Under the new rules, there will be a zero-tax band on the savings interest of their first £5,000.
Those looking to qualify for the tax-free savings interest must add up their entire taxable income with the proviso that they do not add in the interest from their savings account. Therefore, this includes benefits, all income from stock market investing as well as pensions.
Furthermore, there could be as many as 500,000 people eligible to reclaim some of the tax they did lose on savings interest. To qualify for this their non-savings income total must come to less that £15,600. If entitled to this benefit, it is necessary to full out an R40 form or put the figure down as part of their total tax return form.
A number of examples have been offered by the government to further elucidate the scheme.
Derek (part-time gardener): Derek takes in £12,000 a year and £10,500 of this a personal allowance which comes tax free. He therefore is charged 20% tax (basic percentage income tax) on the remaining £1,500. Additionally, he take in £400 per annum in interest through savings. This all comes to less than the stipulated £15,500 and thus he qualifies to register for tax-free savings interest.
Claire (Chef): Claire takes in £25,000 per annum and her personal allowance that is tax-free is £10,600. Therefore she receives 20% tax on £14,400 of her income and gets £80 per annum in savings. Because she earns over the stipulated £15,600 she does not qualify for the scheme.


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