The MRI-Compatible Cello, a CIRMMT development, is featured on the cover of the November 2015 issue of IEEE Sensors Journal (volume 15, number 11).
The MRI-Compatible Cello is a CIRMMT/BRAMS project developed by former PhD student Avrum Hollinger and his supervisor, former CIRMMT Director Marcelo M. Wanderley in collaboration with Robert Zatorre (CIRMMT member and BRAMS co-Director, McGill MNI), Virginia Penhune (CIRMMT Collaborator, Concordia University) and CIRMMT student member Melanie Segado.
"The Design, Implementation, and Testing of a Sensitized MRI-Compatible Cello," was published in this month's issue of IEEE Sensors Journal. The MRI-Compatible Cello was also featured on the front cover of the same issue. A preliminary version of this paper received the best student paper award at the 2013 IEEE Sensors conference.
The project was also featured in Wired and Canal Savoir. You can also learn more by visiting McGill University's YouTube channel and watching Playing musical instruments in the MRI - the brain on music.
The development of MRI-Compatible musical instruments was funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.


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Interview with Guitarist Fulvio Carlini from Sixty Miles Ahead
All That Shreds Magazine October 11, 2016 No Comments dean guitarsEclipse RecordsGuitarHard RockInsanitySixty Miles Ahead
By Andrew Catania
Fulvio Carlini has a bright future. A guitarist for the hard rock band Sixty Miles Ahead out of Italy. An endorsement from Dean Guitars, and a band that seems to have a bright future with their upcoming record release on October 21, 2016 via Eclipse Records. Fulvio has a condition called Dystonia. After reading about his condition, I was wondering how he was playing the guitar with such resilience. Fulvio gave me a more in depth look at Dystonia:
"It's a life-changing neurological movement disorder. Basically you're not in control of your muscles anymore, in my case especially when I try to do precise movements with my right hand/arm and sometimes my right leg/foot. It results in having painful cramps and my limbs twisted to abnormal positions. It has no cure at the moment…hopefully it will be found soon, and I'm looking forward for that day to come 🙂
When I was diagnosed with this condition I was scared. Obviously fear is the first thing that comes to my mind thinking about those days, but I was also angry. It took almost a year to get the diagnosis (which is less than what it usually takes) and by that time it was almost impossible for me to play for more than 5 minutes. I thought that my career as a guitar player was over, and worst of all I felt different. I felt like I was not worth being near other people and not good enough for anything. It's very hard to explain, but not being able to do normal things like writing or cooking or having a shower is something that can make you feel worthless. I lost my self-esteem and fell into a sort of depression. Luckily I had and still have amazing band mates, great friends and the most wonderful girlfriend I could ever think of. I don't know how I got through that period, but thanks to them I made it. Now I'm slowly learning how to deal with it, both physically and mentally. It's not easy, but I know I can do it. I can give my best and be who I am in my own way. Michael J. Fox said something amazing about this: "acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it"
Right now I'm trying different therapies with my doctor: sometimes they work better than other times. But no matter which pill I take or which result has the therapy, I have to stay positive and think positive even when it's hard to do."
Fulvio's amazing recovery in dealing with this condition has made him shred guitar with ease. I asked Fulvio what his current rig consists of:
"My rig: well, my rig is very very simple. When I play live I use my twins Dean guitar (Cadillac Jekyll&Hide – I customized them, but there's no J&H signature model in stores) Marshall JCM2000 100 watts and Marshall/Laney 4×12 cabinet. I have a tuner, Mar micro amp and Boss digital delay DD3. I'm one of those who don't really like to carry more than the necessary on the road. My guitar tech Moreno keeps testing new products for me but every time I try to add something new it doesn't feel the same. I don't know if it's good or bad but right now I don't need anything else in my rig.
I use 0.11/0.54 Ernie ball string on both my guitars. The black one has a drop c tuning, the white one is tuned a half step down. I really like my two twins, they're probably the best guitars I've ever had.
I also use tortex triangle 1.14 picks.
For the "Insanity tour" I will probably use a line6 g30 wireless system."
Check out Sixty Miles Ahead new record from Eclipse Records on October 21, 2016 via streaming services, Amazon, and other online outlets.
Sixty Miles Ahead are a hard rock band hailing from the suburbs of Milan, Italy. Formed in 2011, the quartet has proven to be one of the most interesting outfits in their country, thanks to their impactful, captivating sound and their ability to hybridize hard rock canons with fresh solutions stemming from melodic heavy metal and a hint of contemporary rock. So far Sixty Miles Ahead have released two studio recordings, harvesting highly favorable reviews from all around the globe. The band's intense live activity has seen them perform alongside the cream of the Italian hard rock scene, as well as international giants such as Richie Kotzen and Tygers of Pan Tang.
After a summer of composing and experimenting, the band released their 2011 debut EP "Blank Slate", which exemplified how 21st century hard'n'heavy music should be done. Throughout the year, they performed many shows, and build a loyal following locally and internationally. The opening track "Polite Conversations" (also the band's first video clip) piqued the interest of Italian music channel Rock TV, which invited them to perform a live-in-studio broadcast television performance in Italy. In 2012, the band released their debut full-length album "Millions of Burning Flames" via German label, Antstreet Records. This twelve-song album marked another step forward in terms of songwriting and boldness. The album received much critical acclaim from both old-school hard rock fans and modern metal heads with an open mind. Powerful catchy vocal melodies delivered by vocalist Sandro Casali, are paired with first-class riffing and exquisite solos by axeman Fulvio Carlini, both of which are sustained by the valuable rhythmic work of Luca Caserini. Even the most careless listen to the four singles selected from the record testifies to the extent of the band's musical spectrum.
At some point in 2015 the band parted ways with Antstreet Records, and former bass player David Bosio made way for long-time fan and friend Francesco Li Donni. The band began recording new material, and started searching for a new label to call home. Shortly after the album was finished, Sixty Miles Ahead was signed to Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Bobaflex, A Breach of Silence). At this point the four-piece seems unstoppable and the band is ready to meet and shake the global rock scene with their new full-length album entitled "Insanity". Sixty Miles Ahead are set to show the world (once again), that they mean business… Stand up and get ready to rock, because your ears are in for a treat!
'Insanity' is scheduled for release worldwide October 21, 2016.
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Lectures are often too long with too few breaks to keep students interested
Isabelle Bilton
Could shortening lectures and increasing the number of breaks increase motivation and productivity? Source: Shutterstock.
You have no doubt all been there at one point or another; sat in a lecture bored out of your mind, willing the hands on the clock to speed up and reach the hour so you can leave.
Is it because your lecturer is dull? Or you don't care about the material you're learning? While possible, it's doubtful. Chances are it's just a little taxing to sit there doing nothing but listen for hours on end.
New data from Flipd, an app that self-regulates students' phone use, could revolutionise the length and structure of university lectures. The app is collecting data on which points in a lecture students switch off from the class and switch on their phones.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University Dr. Alicia Drais-Parrillo began using Flipd in 2016 and told Study International the optimum length of lecture for her students varies from class to class.
It is "tough" to determine what is best for each individual student collective, she explained.
A 3 hour lecture is way too long.
— Laura Haistead (@laura_haistead) February 9, 2018
"It varies by course and level. I have some classes that lend themselves to a 50-minute class period and others that really need 75 minutes," Drais-Parrillo said.
"Usually the distinction lies in the complexity of the material and length of discussions we get."
What do the numbers say?
Flipd co-founder Alanna Harvey shared some of the app's data exclusively with Study International.
"Out of three randomly selected classes of 300 to 400 students, we found that a 45-minute lecture had the highest average time spent 'Flipd Off' compared to all other lectures that were two or more hours in length."
When students use the app to 'Flipd Off', they are unable to access certain things on their phones, including their social media accounts.
"We found that students in a 45-minute lecture were 50 percent more likely to spend almost the entire class (39 out of 45 minutes) off their phones," Harvey explained.
"Whereas students in a two-hour lecture were more likely to spend only 90 out of 120 minutes off their phones, and in some cases only half of the lecture."
It can be hard for lecturers to know what to do when faced with a sight like this. Source: GIPHY.
Harvey admits "while this alone would not be considered statistically significant and would require further analysis, I think at face-value it says a lot about shorter classes and the impact it has on a student's willingness and ability to pay attention [for] a longer time period."
Is the time of day a factor?
According to Flipd's data, the earlier in the day a seminar is, the more likely students are to remain off their phones.
In an 8am – 11am class, students spent 75 percent of time off their phones. Interestingly, Flipd reported that in a two hour morning lecture, the same group of students who spent three quarters of class time paying attention, managed around only half of class time 'Flipd Off' in the afternoon session.
Social media can pull students away from learning. Source: GIPHY.
So what are students doing when they're not engaged?
Social media seems to play a key role in students' use of mobile devices and their disengagement with the seminar.
Assistant Professor of Biopsychology at The State University of New York College at Old Westbury Dr. Lorenz S. Neuwirth told Study International "one critical factor is a student's own self-promoting through their social media accounts."
These "are by far the most reinforcing of all cellular phone use applications as it provides real-time updates on how the world pays attention to them."
"Perhaps, social media offers much stronger self-valued reinforcers with a faster turn-around-time and frequencies than other avenues of life."
Drais-Parrillo agreed: "I think, students, over the last few years, have become more distracted and people, in general, struggle with delay of gratification."
Social media consumes a lot of most modern students' attention. Source: GIPHY.
Drais-Parrillo told Study International when she was a graduate student she taught and assisted in various courses. She ventured down other avenues for a few years before returning to teaching part-time in 2010.
"I immediately noticed a change in students' focus, expectations, and isolation compared to 1997-2000," she said.
In 2012 when she began teaching full-time, she said she noticed even more drastic changes to student behaviour in the classroom.
"Students are consumed with the ends, not the means of education and getting immediate information about their performance."
Could 'tech breaks' work instead of shorter lectures?
A solution to the problem could be the use of regular breaks to allow students to play on their phones should they so wish. With the craving satisfied, students may then more likely to go back to concentrating on the task at hand.
Researcher Larry Rosen claims students need a tech break every 15 minutes.
"Understand that your students have a short attention span," Rosen told NPR. "We have watched students study something very important and even with us watching them they only attend less than 10 of the 15 minutes."
Do college students need help with cellphone addiction during class? @bjkingape looks at some of the brain science. https://t.co/KZ6UnkF9A7
— NPR (@NPR) October 24, 2017
So perhaps the answer lies in regular breaks rather than shorter lectures. Students would still be able to spend the time 'in class' on their phones but without missing any of the lecture.
Maybe it isn't about lecture length but rather how the time is spent
Dr. Drais-Parrillo claimed students are unlikely to be engaged if she simply talks at them for the whole duration of the lecture.
"I don't like to speak at students the entire time," she said.
"I don't pander to gimmicks to keep students entertained, but I do like to switch gears for students to move from listening to speaking, to analyzing, etc.," she said.
I zoned out when the lecturer was talking about the suffragettes and now he's quoting Winnie the Pooh.
— Lawrence Khajehnoori (@LKhajehnoori) February 9, 2018
For Drais-Parrillo a sign of an unsuccessful lecture is if she spent "80 to 90 percent of the class" talking.
However, she admits: "That may be in my own head because I like students talking and learning from each other. So, my expectations probably differ from others focused on semantic knowledge."
Unfortunately, no matter what, students are likely to be tempted to check their phones during class. Whether it's through tech breaks, shorter lectures, or apps like Flipd, educators might want to consider how to combat the waning attention span of the modern student.
Educators rethink healthy tech use in the classroom
Your emotions affect your learning more than you might think


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Report: 5 Investigations of Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
Officer Rusten Sheskey was investigated for his actions in traffic stops in 2015 and 2017, although the reviews found he didn't violate department policy
Published November 13, 2020 • Updated on November 14, 2020 at 2:55 pm
The white Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot a Black man in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, had been the subject of five internal investigations since he joined the department in 2013.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that it has reviewed the personnel file of Officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back on Aug. 23 while he and two other officers were trying to arrest him during a domestic disturbance.
Sheskey was reprimanded three times over three years for crashing his squad car on separate occasions, causing at least $7,000 in damage. He also was investigated for his actions in traffic stops in 2015 and 2017, although the reviews found he didn't violate department policy.
The records show Sheskey, now 31, joined the Kenosha department in 2013 after working as a campus police officer at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. During his stint at Parkside he investigated a series of death threats and nooses targeted at Black students in an alleged hate crime.
The first crash occurred in 2014 when he made an illegal left turn and hit another vehicle. No one was injured. Five months later he backed out of a city parking space and hit a concrete pillar. And in 2016 he smashed into a light pole after pulling away from a traffic stop. He received a one-day suspension — the only suspension on his record — and remedial training.
Sheskey was among a group of four officers who were investigated in November 2014 for their actions during a traffic stop. According to the records, a woman called 911 from a car saying her boyfriend was driving and wouldn't let her or her children out of the vehicle.
The officers stopped the car. Officer Ryan Alles drew his gun and ordered the driver out of the vehicle. Dash-cam video shows the man struggling with his seatbelt while officers bombarded him with commands.
The driver appeared to take his foot off the brake and the car slowly moved forward. Officer Willie Hamilton told him to put the car in park or he would "blow your (expletive) head off." The driver stopped the car. Sheskey and Alles dragged him from the vehicle, took him to the ground and handcuffed him. A fourth officer, Trevor Clayton, briefly kneeled on the driver's head.
Then-Deputy Chief Daniel Miskinis wrote in a memo to then-Chief John Morrissey that Sheskey and Alles' decision to drag the man from the car was "justified and appropriate."
Sheskey was investigated again in 2017 after a driver alleged discrimination during a traffic stop. According to the records, the man and his car resembled the description of a domestic violence suspect who had threatened to bomb a local women's shelter where his ex-girlfriend was staying.
Sheskey and other officers stopped the man at gunpoint because the suspect in the bombing threat was known to have a gun. The man was handcuffed but released after officers verified he wasn't the suspect. All the officers involved were cleared of any discrimination.
The records show Sheskey has earned 16 awards, letters or formal commendations. He received two awards two months before the August shooting.
Sheskey's attorney, Brendan Matthews, said his clients' personnel records show he's a "great officer and an asset to the KPD and the citizens of Kenosha as a whole."
Sheskey's shooting of Blake sparked several nights of protests, some of which turned violent. Prosecutors have charged Illinois teen Kyle Rittenhouse with fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during a protest on Aug. 25.
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6 Jun 2018 // Latest Airline Route News // Comments OFF
Laudamotion gets moving across Europe
Starting on 1 June, Laudamotion officially opened its base at Vienna Airport. Four aircraft will be permanently stationed in the Austrian capital city. "Laudamotion represents the start of a new low-cost carrier with a base and a variety of flight connections in Vienna. In addition to growth at the airport hub, the new airline also comprises a great offering for passengers departing from Vienna. Effective immediately, fantastic destinations can be reached with Laudamotion for people going on holiday in the summer", says Julian Jäger, Joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport. Opening the new base with Laudamotion crew members were: Andreas Gruber, Laudamotion CEO; Niki Lauda, Laudamotion; and Julian Jäger, Joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport.
Erik Bergmüller, Head of Business Development & Cooperation of Laudamotion (fourth from left) and Martin Altemöller, Head of Traffic at Hannover Airport (fourth from left), are looking forward to the first flight from the German airport to Palma de Mallorca with the airline's crew.
"In terms of passenger numbers, Palma de Mallorca is one of our most popular European destinations," says Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO of Hamburg Airport. "Almost a million passengers flew from Hamburg to Mallorca in 2017 alone. So we are delighted that Laudamotion is responding to this great demand for flights to the German people's favourite island, increasing the service on this route and filling the gap that had arisen compared to last year's services. Our passengers benefit from an even greater range of choice for flights to their holiday destination." The German airport's Senior Manager Traffic Development & Sales Alex Ringel heralded the new route with the inaugural flight's flight crew.
Münster/Osnabrück Airport celebrated the inaugural flight of Laudamotion's scheduled service to Palma de Mallorca on 1 June. The route will be operated daily. Handing out the flowers to the first flight crew were the German airport's Detlef Döbberthin, Manager Aviation Marketing (left) and Mathias Richter, Manager Aviation Marketing (right).
Laudamotion has started 32 new sectors in the past week, as the LCC looks to fill the void left behind by the now defunct airberlin and NIKI operations. The longest sector is the 3,668-kilometre route from Berlin Tegel (TXL) to Tenerife South (TFS), whereas the shortest city pair is the link from Vienna (VIE) to Pisa (PSA), at 686 kilometres. The average sector length of all 32 services is 1,743 kilometres, while the average frequency is 5.1 flights per week. Only eight of the 32 airport pairs will see no incumbent airlines, with the Tegel to Heraklion (HER) route seeing Laudamotion face seven competing carriers. See how FTWAs from Hannover and Palma de Mallorca compare to others from around the world.
Aircraft (WF)
01-Jun Berlin Tegel (TXL) Faro (FAO) B738 (4) easyJet (3), Eurowings (2), Germania (2)
Girona (GRO)
Heraklion (HER) B738 (3) Eurowings (3), Germania (3), SundAir (3), TUIfly (2), Aegean Airlines (2), Corendon Airlines Europe (2), Ellinair (2)
Lanzarote (ACE) B738 (2) Germania (1)
Malaga (AGP) B738 (4)
Milan Malpensa (MXP) B738 (6) easyJet (7)
Palma de Mallorca (PMI) EQV (23) easyJet (35), Eurowings (19), Germania (7), Ryanair (6)
Pula (PUY) B738 (2) Eurowings (3), easyJet (1)
Cologne Bonn (CGN) Palma de Mallorca (PMI) B738 (20) Eurowings (43), Condor (14), Ryanair (13), TUIfly (6)
Hamburg (HAM) A320 (7) Eurowings (31), Condor (7), Ryanair (7)
Hannover (HAJ) A320 (9) Condor (21), Eurowings (21), TUIfly (12), Norwegian (2)
Linz (LNZ) A321 (3) Eurowings (2)
Münster/Osnabrück (FMO) A320 (7)
Salzburg (SZG) A321 (7) Eurowings (4)
Vienna (VIE) Chania (CHQ) A320 (3) Austrian Airlines (2)
Palma de Mallorca (PMI) A320 (23) Eurowings (16), Vueling (4)
Pisa (PSA) A320 (3)
02-Jun Berlin Tegel (TXL) Corfu (CFU) B738 (3) easyJet (2), TUIfly (2), Germania (1)
Fuerteventura (FUE) B738 (2) Germania (2), TUIfly (1)
Gran Canaria (LPA) B738 (3) Germania (2), TUIfly (1)
Ibiza (IBZ) B738 (4)
Kos (KGS) B738 (3) Germania (2), SundAir (1), TUIfly (1)
Rijeka (RJK) B738 (2) Eurowings (2)
Vienna (VIE) Brindisi (BDS) A320 (1)
Malaga (AGP) A320 (2) Eurowings (3)
Santorini (JTR) Austrian Airlines (2), Eurowings (2)
03-Jun Berlin Tegel (TXL) Tenerife South (TFS) B738 (3) Germania (2), TUIfly (2)
Innsbruck (INN) Palma de Mallorca (PMI) A321 (2) Germania (1)
Vienna (VIE) Ibiza (IBZ) A320 (2) Eurowings (3), Austrian Airlines (1)
Paphos (PFO)
04-Jun Graz (GRZ) Palma de Mallorca (PMI) A321 (2) Eurowings (3)
Vienna (VIE) Kalamata (KLX) A320 (1)
Source: OAG Schedules Analyser w/c 5 June. WF = Weekly frequencies.
ACE AGP BDS CFU CGN CHQ FAO FMO FUE GRO GRZ HAJ HAM HER IBZ INN JTR KGS KLX Laudamotion. TXL LNZ LPA MXP PFO PMI PSA PUY RJK SZG TFS VIE


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Diversity is overrated (in this one instance)
By James Fegan
"@scottmerkin I'd settle for just "offense".— Mysterion3000 (@Mysterion3000) January 31, 2014"
No matter what happens, we never get all the way past Matt Christopher-level analysis of how home runs are hit, where they are some sort of hedonistic departure from fundamental hitting, and require the batter to suddenly whip for the fences rather than focus on everything else he's ever cared about.
""We had gotten to the point where it was hard for us to beat clubs without pounding on them," general manager Rick Hahn said. "We wanted to build a club that can beat you multiple ways.""
There's room for re-examination whenever an offense is as terrible as the 2013 White Sox, but somehow criticism always seems to work its way around to questioning to whether a team that plays in a homer-friendly park should be less built around home runs.
It's a funny place to start with the team that finished 13th in the American League in isolated power, or played empty average slappers like Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez, or stuck newly powerless Paul Konerko in the heart of the order. Maybe level-swinging Conor Gillaspie is the perceived culprit. Dayan Viciedo is the poster child for recklessly gunning for home runs, and if he's to be believed about his thumb injury sapping his power, he could have been one of team's actual, real-live above-average hitters…if he just hit for more power. But really we're not debating production, we're discussing approach.
Scrappy-Dappy-Do // Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Beyond complaining about a team being too dependent on something it's bad at and can easily profit from focusing on, the diversity talk rings too familiar to the Juan Pierre days of lauding the how and why of runs as much–where sprinting out an infield hit is looked at more fondly than a wall-single–as the number.
The White Sox haven't organically produced hitters of any kind or significance in nearly a decade. To pretend their scrappy collection of veterans explored the upper potential of a power-based lineup is complementary, but an exaggeration. Perhaps And whether it's been Jose Bautista batting in the No. 2 hole, or singles-hitting Allen Craig being a middle-order RBI man, there's a neverending wave of evidence that roles do not matter, or if they do, their influence and purpose is easily drowned out by production.
Perhaps the cycle of having decent offenses when big power totals are produced (2008, 2010, 2012) and terrible ones when the power dissipates is tiring, but other teams are going to come in to U.S. Cellular and jack home runs. The White Sox would be wise to do the same.
Adam Eaton could be an on-base machine, Avisail Garcia could use his speed to pump up his batting average. Both of these are interesting qualities in terms of how effective they make each as individuals, and progressively less interesting as they become valued for how much it differentiates them from the power-centric games of Matt Davidson and Jose Abreu. Worrying about diversifying the attack and not being pigeonholed seem like playoff match-up concerns, which for the White Sox is worrying about the gravy before the turkey has been killed.
This has been a great off-season full of solid acquisitions and improvements. All fetishizing speed over power does is suggest that if they pushed aesthetics aside, it could have been better.


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Q: How can I connect Ariba with Python? I'm looking to read documents off Ariba in Python and then use Text Analytics on them As part of a Text Analytics use case, I need to read files from Ariba into Python and then use my already ready model to classify them. However, I am not able to find an API that connects Ariba with Python, anywhere online.

A: There are a couple of ways to achieve this and the variable here are what documents are we talking about.
Ariba Integration Toolkit [AITK]

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*You need to configure Integration Toolkit in order to extract data from Ariba.

*To achieve this, find a customer realm and check if AITK is enabled. If yes, you will need to contact the owner of the custeomer realm to know the 'Shared Secret'.

*By all means refrain from resetting the AITK password without contacting the administrator. This could break you existing integrations if not done right.

*Well, after you know the 'Shared Secret', extract a dump of documents that you are most interested in. E.g: Contracts and Purchase Orders [POs].

*Until this point you will not make use your Python language as AITK itself comes with several wrapper code snippets for both UNIX and Windows platforms.

*After extracting the data dump or file attachment dump you can perform text analysis.

*I will talk about two usecase here -

*Use case 1: Getting PO data and analyzing the PO Title, line items details and comments etc. using your Python Text Analytics. You have structured text coming from Ariba already.

*Use case 2: You extract a contract attachment which is a PDF document. In this case you will use Python OCR to extract text from such PDF document and then use text analytics.

Web Services

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*Next up, you may use the OOTB WebServices to export data from Ariba.

*Kindly note that WebServices don't have the same level of support to export attachments from Ariba as AITK. Thus AITK scores better in this area.

*To call Web Services, your client application can be a Python application with API libraries on the top of it.

*Remember this is SOAP Protocol
APIs

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*Ariba opened up APIs only in the last couple of years

*All the fancy stuff you would expect from APIs is already there and being constantly improved.

*The process to get up and running is to request API, get your Customer Admin to approve it and then Ariba company reps to approve it.

*Due to the lifecycle of approvals inolved before you can start building your client applications, it is better to assess your needs and find the best-fit API. There are a lot of them :)

*Remember this is REST API

*You can call these APIs using cURL and of course, your Python programs with HTTP request libraries.

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Groveland Achieves Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Community Designation for Climate Change and Extreme Weather Planning
GROVELAND -- Town Planner Rebecca Oldham is pleased to announce that Groveland has received a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Community designation for its efforts to prepare for climate change and extreme weather events.
October 7, 2020 JGPR Staff City/Town News
GROVELAND — Town Planner Rebecca Oldham is pleased to announce that Groveland has received a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Community designation for its efforts to prepare for climate change and extreme weather events.
The Town of Groveland was notified that it had achieved the designation on Sept. 30 by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs following its completion of the Community Resilience Building planning process.
The MVP program is an effort by Governor Charlie Baker's administration to provide municipalities with technical support, climate change data and planning tools to identify hazards and develop strategies to improve preparedness and resilience.
In April 2019, the Town of Groveland was awarded a $25,000 grant to develop a resiliency report and conduct a Community Resiliency Building (CRB) workshop. Oldham wrote the application for the grant, and has overseen the Town's MVP program planning initiatives.
The CRB workshop was held in December 2019 andgave community stakeholders and town staff the opportunity to work together to complete a climate change and natural hazard vulnerability assessment. During the workshop, possible solutions to the effects of climate change and natural hazards were also identified.
The Town of Groveland has experienced multiple disruptive and damaging weather events in recent years including Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, Tropical Storm Sandy in October 2012, winter Nor'easter Nemo in February 2013, winter Nor'easter Quinn in March 2018 and Hurricane Barry in August 2019. These storms brought heavy rain induced flooding, wind damage to trees and snow that caused widespread damage to Groveland and other communities in the state.
During the Community Resilience Building planning process, the town also identified possible vulnerabilities tied to climate change including the impact of projected sea level rise and associated flooding, and determined what options are available to mitigate those risks.
The top three recommendations found by the process were Johnsons Creek floodplain management as well as for the town to perform a Comprehensive Climate Change Vulnerability and Resiliency Assessment and Town-Wide Stormwater Management System: Vulnerability/Resiliency Assessment.
"We're so thankful to have had this opportunity to assess the steps we can take to help our community prepare for the impact of climate change and for extreme weather," Oldham said. "The MVP program is a valuable resource for municipalities as they seek to address their vulnerabilities to these factors and strengthen their communities against them, and we're excited to continue this important work."
As a result of the designation, the Town is also now eligible for MVP Action grants overseen by the EEA.
To maintain the designation, the Town of Groveland will submit annual progress reports to the EEA and with any applications for MVP Action Grants.
To learn more about the MVP program, click here.
City/Town News
climate change, designation, Groveland, planning, severe weather, Town of Groveland


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Forum : United States Coast Guard Forum : Coast Guard News and Events : TA assistance now available for master's degree
TA assistance now available for master's degree
Last Post 26 Feb 2014 02:00 PM by pepperdoggie. 0 Replies.
pepperdoggie
26 Feb 2014 02:00 PM
Coasties looking to complete a master's degree can now get help from the service's tuition assistance program, according to a Feb. 20 service-wide message.
The Coast Guard will now fund 75 percent of tuition costs for active-duty members seeking their first master's, up to $187.50 per credit hour, with an overall cap of $2,250.
"This expansion of benefits is for graduate courses taken towards a master's degree and not for doctoral degrees, similar terminal degrees, or certificates," the message said.
The cost-sharing program was instated for fiscal year 2014, the first time the service has used it since 2002. The Coast Guard had suspended tuition assistance altogether in March 2013, then opened it up a month later, but only for E-6s and below seeking undergraduate degrees.
Extra funding in the FY13 budget allowed the service to reopen TA for all in August. However, a smaller 2014 budget made it necessary to reinstate cost-sharing, a Force Readiness Command spokesman told Navy Times in November, in order to keep the funds available to all active-duty Coast Guardsmen.
The service spent more than $12 million on TA in fiscal year 2013, according to FRC spokesman Chief Warrant Officer 2 Donnie Brzuska. The FY14 budget included only $7.8 million, he added, because of a cut in the service's training and education budget.
To assure full funding for "A" and "C" schools, he said, cuts had to come from TA. Rather than limiting funding to certain ranks, the service decided cost-sharing would allow at least some benefits to get to the widest-possible pool of applicants.
Full details of the expansion are available in ALCOAST 065/14. For information on funding the remaining 25 percent of tuition costs, including grants, scholarships and the GI Bill, visit the Coast Guard Institute's website at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/cgi/.
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The automotive industry has been desperately trying to convince consumers to go electric for almost a decade. However, in most countries, pure electric vehicles still only represent less than 1% of the total vehicles shipping, despite the relative success stories of Nissan (Leaf) and Tesla (which struggles to scale production to larger volumes). While the consumer adoption barriers are well known (range anxiety, price, limited model range, etc.), the more serious issue is the lack of a market driver. The very large majority of consumers simply don't seem to care about the type of powertrain when making purchase decisions.


text:
<?php
namespace Topxia\WebBundle\Controller;

use Topxia\Common\SmsToolkit;
use Topxia\Common\ArrayToolkit;
use Topxia\Common\NumberToolkit;
use Topxia\Common\JoinPointToolkit;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Topxia\Service\Order\OrderProcessor\OrderProcessorFactory;

class OrderController extends BaseController
{
    public function showAction(Request $request)
    {
        $currentUser = $this->getCurrentUser();

        if (!$currentUser->isLogin()) {
            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('login'));
        }

        $targetType = $request->query->get('targetType');
        $targetId   = $request->query->get('targetId');
        $orderType  = JoinPointToolkit::load('order');
        if (empty($targetType)
            || empty($targetId)
            || !array_key_exists($targetType, $orderType)) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('参数不正确'));
        }

        $processor = OrderProcessorFactory::create($targetType);
        $checkInfo = $processor->preCheck($targetId, $currentUser['id']);

        if (isset($checkInfo['error'])) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $checkInfo['error']);
        }

        $fields    = $request->query->all();
        $orderInfo = $processor->getOrderInfo($targetId, $fields);

        if (((float) $orderInfo["totalPrice"]) == 0) {
            $formData               = array();
            $formData['userId']     = $currentUser["id"];
            $formData["targetId"]   = $fields["targetId"];
            $formData["targetType"] = $fields["targetType"];
            $formData['amount']     = 0;
            $formData['totalPrice'] = 0;
            $coinSetting            = $this->setting("coin");
            $formData['priceType']  = empty($coinSetting["priceType"]) ? 'RMB' : $coinSetting["priceType"];
            $formData['coinRate']   = empty($coinSetting["coinRate"]) ? 1 : $coinSetting["coinRate"];
            $formData['coinAmount'] = 0;
            $formData['payment']    = 'alipay';
            $order                  = $processor->createOrder($formData, $fields);

            if ($order['status'] == 'paid') {
                return $this->redirect($processor->callbackUrl($order, $this->container));
            }
        }

        // $couponApp = $this->getAppService()->findInstallApp("Coupon");

        // // if (isset($couponApp["version"]) && version_compare("1.0.5", $couponApp["version"], "<=")) {
        // $orderInfo["showCoupon"] = true;
        // // }

        $verifiedMobile = '';

        if ((isset($currentUser['verifiedMobile'])) && (strlen($currentUser['verifiedMobile']) > 0)) {
            $verifiedMobile = $currentUser['verifiedMobile'];
        }

        $orderInfo['verifiedMobile'] = $verifiedMobile;
        $orderInfo['hasPassword']    = strlen($currentUser['password']) > 0;
        return $this->render('TopxiaWebBundle:Order:order-create.html.twig', $orderInfo);
    }

    public function smsVerificationAction(Request $request)
    {
        $currentUser    = $this->getCurrentUser();
        $verifiedMobile = '';

        if ((isset($currentUser['verifiedMobile'])) && (strlen($currentUser['verifiedMobile']) > 0)) {
            $verifiedMobile = $currentUser['verifiedMobile'];
        }

        return $this->render('TopxiaWebBundle:Order:order-sms-modal.html.twig', array(
            'verifiedMobile' => $verifiedMobile
        ));
    }

    public function createAction(Request $request)
    {
        $fields = $request->request->all();

        if (isset($fields['coinPayAmount']) && $fields['coinPayAmount'] < 0) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('虚拟币填写不正确'));
        }

        if (isset($fields['coinPayAmount']) && $fields['coinPayAmount'] > 0) {
            $scenario = "sms_user_pay";

            if ($this->setting('cloud_sms.sms_enabled') == '1' && $this->setting("cloud_sms.{$scenario}") == 'on') {
                list($result, $sessionField, $requestField) = SmsToolkit::smsCheck($request, $scenario);

                if (!$result) {
                    return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('短信验证失败。'));
                }
            }
        }

        $user = $this->getCurrentUser();

        if (!$user->isLogin()) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('用户未登录,创建订单失败。'));
        }

        if (!array_key_exists("targetId", $fields) || !array_key_exists("targetType", $fields)) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('订单中没有购买的内容,不能创建!'));
        }

        $targetType = $fields["targetType"];
        $targetId   = $fields["targetId"];

        $priceType   = "RMB";
        $coinSetting = $this->setting("coin");
        $coinEnabled = isset($coinSetting["coin_enabled"]) && $coinSetting["coin_enabled"];

        if ($coinEnabled && isset($coinSetting["price_type"])) {
            $priceType = $coinSetting["price_type"];
        }

        $cashRate = 1;

        if ($coinEnabled && isset($coinSetting["cash_rate"])) {
            $cashRate = $coinSetting["cash_rate"];
        }

        $processor = OrderProcessorFactory::create($targetType);

        try {
            if (!isset($fields["couponCode"]) || (isset($fields["couponCode"]) && $fields["couponCode"] == $this->trans('请输入优惠券'))) {
                $fields["couponCode"] = "";
            } else {
                $fields["couponCode"] = trim($fields["couponCode"]);
            }

            list($amount, $totalPrice, $couponResult) = $processor->shouldPayAmount($targetId, $priceType, $cashRate, $coinEnabled, $fields);

            $amount         = (string) ((float) $amount);
            $shouldPayMoney = (string) ((float) $fields["shouldPayMoney"]);
            //价格比较

            if (intval($totalPrice * 100) != intval($fields["totalPrice"] * 100)) {
                $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('实际价格不匹配,不能创建订单!'));
            }

            //价格比较

            if (intval($amount * 100) != intval($shouldPayMoney * 100)) {
                return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('支付价格不匹配,不能创建订单!'));
            }

            //虚拟币抵扣率比较
            $target = $processor->getTarget($targetId);

            $maxRate   = $coinSetting['cash_model'] == "deduction" && isset($target["maxRate"]) ? $target["maxRate"] : 100;
            $priceCoin = $priceType == 'RMB' ? NumberToolkit::roundUp($totalPrice * $cashRate) : $totalPrice;

            if ($coinEnabled && isset($fields['coinPayAmount']) && (intval((float) $fields['coinPayAmount'] * $maxRate) > intval($priceCoin * $maxRate))) {
                return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $this->trans('虚拟币抵扣超出限定,不能创建订单!'));
            }

            if (isset($couponResult["useable"]) && $couponResult["useable"] == "yes") {
                $coupon         = $fields["couponCode"];
                $couponDiscount = $couponResult["decreaseAmount"];
            }

            $orderFileds = array(
                'priceType'      => $priceType,
                'totalPrice'     => $totalPrice,
                'amount'         => $amount,
                'coinRate'       => $cashRate,
                'coinAmount'     => empty($fields["coinPayAmount"]) ? 0 : $fields["coinPayAmount"],
                'userId'         => $user["id"],
                'payment'        => 'none',
                'targetId'       => $targetId,
                'coupon'         => empty($coupon) ? '' : $coupon,
                'couponDiscount' => empty($couponDiscount) ? 0 : $couponDiscount
            );

            $order = $processor->createOrder($orderFileds, $fields);
            if ($order["status"] == "paid") {
                return $this->redirect($processor->callbackUrl($order, $this->container));
            }

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('pay_center_show', array(
                'sn'         => $order['sn'],
                'targetType' => $order['targetType']
            )));
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            return $this->createMessageResponse('error', $e->getMessage());
        }
    }

    public function detailAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $order = $this->getOrderService()->getOrder($id);

        preg_match('/管理员添加/', $order['title'], $order['edit']);
        $user = $this->getUserService()->getUser($order['userId']);

        $orderLogs = $this->getOrderService()->findOrderLogs($order['id']);

        $users = $this->getUserService()->findUsersByIds(ArrayToolkit::column($orderLogs, 'userId'));

        return $this->render('TopxiaWebBundle:Order:detail-modal.html.twig', array(
            'order'     => $order,
            'user'      => $user,
            'orderLogs' => $orderLogs,
            'users'     => $users
        ));
    }

    public function couponCheckAction(Request $request, $type, $id)
    {
        if ($request->getMethod() == 'POST') {
            $code = trim($request->request->get('code'));

            if (!in_array($type, array('course', 'vip', 'classroom'))) {
                throw new \RuntimeException($this->trans('优惠券不支持的购买项目。'));
            }

            $price = $request->request->get('amount');

            $couponInfo = $this->getCouponService()->checkCouponUseable($code, $type, $id, $price);

            $couponInfo = $this->completeInfo($couponInfo, $code, $type);

            return $this->createJsonResponse($couponInfo);
        }
    }

    protected function completeInfo($couponInfo, $code, $type)
    {
        $couponContents = array(
            'all'       => '全站可用',
            'vip'       => '全部会员',
            'course'    => '全部课程',
            'classroom' => '全部班级'
        );

        $couponContent = '';
        $target        = '';

        $coupon     = $this->getCouponService()->getCouponByCode($code);
        $couponId   = $coupon['targetId'];
        $couponType = $coupon['targetType'];

        if ($couponType == 'course') {
            if ($couponId != 0) {
                $course        = $this->getCourseService()->getCourse($couponId);
                $couponContent = '课程:'.$course['title'];
                $url = $this->generateUrl('course_show', array('id' => $couponId));
                $target = "{$couponContent}";
            } else {
                $couponContent = '全部课程';
                $url = $this->generateUrl('course_explore');
                $target = "{$couponContent}";
            }

            $couponInfo['message'] = $this->getServiceKernel()->trans('无法使用%code%优惠券,该优惠券只能用于《%couponContent%》', array('%code%' => $code, '%couponContent%' => $target));

            return $couponInfo;
        }

        if ($couponType == 'classroom') {
            if ($couponId != 0) {
                $classroom     = $this->getClassroomService()->getClassroom($couponId);
                $couponContent = '班级:'.$classroom['title'];
                $url = $this->generateUrl('classroom_introductions', array('id' => $couponId));
                $target = "{$couponContent}";
            } else {
                $couponContent = '全部班级';
                $url = $this->generateUrl('classroom_explore');
                $target = "{$couponContent}";
            }

            $couponInfo['message'] = $this->getServiceKernel()->trans('无法使用%code%优惠券,该优惠券只能用于《%couponContent%》', array('%code%' => $code, '%couponContent%' => $target));

            return $couponInfo;
        }

        if ($couponType == 'vip' && $this->isPluginInstalled('Vip')) {
            if ($couponId != 0) {
                $level         = $this->getLevelService()->getLevel($couponId);
                $couponContent = '会员:'.$level['name'];
            } else {
                $couponContent = '全部VIP';
            }

            $url = $this->generateUrl('vip');
            $target = "{$couponContent}";

            $couponInfo['message'] = $this->getServiceKernel()->trans('无法使用%code%优惠券,该优惠券只能用于《%couponContent%》', array('%code%' => $code, '%couponContent%' => $target));

            return $couponInfo;
        }

        return $couponInfo;
    }

    protected function getLevelService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Vip:Vip.LevelService');
    }

    protected function getAppService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('CloudPlatform.AppService');
    }

    protected function getCashService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Cash.CashService');
    }

    protected function getOrderService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Order.OrderService');
    }

    protected function getCouponService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Coupon.CouponService');
    }

    protected function getVipService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Vip:Vip.VipService');
    }

    protected function getCourseService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Course.CourseService');
    }

    private function getClassroomService()
    {
        return $this->getServiceKernel()->createService('Classroom:Classroom.ClassroomService');
    }
}

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← If I had it all to do again….
E-books — even better than the real thing?
I was previewing some books today on Kobo when I realized how much I've changed my book-buying habits over the last year. For the past five or six years I've maintained more or less a 50-50 split between buying books in stores or buying them online (at first through Amazon but then Chapters when I started to worry about Amazon's business practices). I've generally tried to buy in stores first and have then gone online when I couldn't find the book, but I haven't been religious about it.
Since I started using Kobo, however, I've shifted my book buying to e-books without even really noticing I was doing it. I estimate about 70 per cent of the books I buy now are e-books, almost all of them from Kobo. Most of the physical books I purchase are through Chapters online, and generally that's because I can't find an e-version. I probably haven't bought more than three or four books in an actual store this year.
There are all sorts of arguments for choosing the physical book over the e-book — design and the physical book as fetish object being the main ones — just as there are good arguments for visiting physical bookstores, such as supporting the cultural ecology of a community.
There are also valid arguments for choosing e-books over physical copies. For me, a major one is ease of use. I love being able to read and bookmark a book on multiple devices, so I can pick up where I left on an any computer I happen to be at. There are also the space savings — I just get overwhelmed by my physical books sometimes and have to clear them out, but you don't have to worry about that with a digital library. They're probably also more environmentally friendly, although stand-alone e-reader devices may skew that equation. I don't use stand-alone readers, though, so I'm probably greener than I used to be in my reading habits. And, of course, there is the issue of availability. I'm rarely able to find the books I want in physical bookstores for various reasons — they're not mass market enough, they're older books I've discovered through word of mouth, they're poetry. And let's face it, the design of e-books will improve, and in the future e-books will likely be more interesting than their print counterparts, not less. Check out the Alice in Wonderland app for a hint of things to come.
I suspect I may be buying more books now, which is good news for writers and publishers alike. I'm going to see if I can figure out the differences between years when I tally up my receipts at tax time.
I wonder how many other people are experiencing a similar transformation in their book-buying habits. I suspect it's a large number, and it's going to increase as e-books are now — finally — becoming widely accepted and read. I was at a conference recently where many of the attendees were enthusiastic about e-books and the possibility of shaking up the publishing industry — and the very ways we read. The only people pushing back seemed to be those working in publishing, who obviously had personal interests at stake. There were also some publishing types who saw it as a way to improve their business by allowing them to produce books that might not have made financial sense in print form.
Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud here, not trying to write some manifesto about how e-books are better. I'm curious about other people's experiences with book buying. Any stories to share?
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Seth Kikuni (born 14 December 1981 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician who was one of the candidates in the 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election. He was the youngest candidate.

References

External links
Official website

Living people
1981 births
People from Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo businesspeople
Democratic Republic of the Congo politicians
Candidates for President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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text:
import Vue from 'vue';
import createStore from '~/notes/stores';
import noteActions from '~/notes/components/note_actions.vue';
import { userDataMock } from '../mock_data';

describe('issue_note_actions component', () => {
  let vm;
  let store;
  let Component;

  beforeEach(() => {
    Component = Vue.extend(noteActions);
    store = createStore();
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    vm.$destroy();
  });

  describe('user is logged in', () => {
    let props;

    beforeEach(() => {
      props = {
        accessLevel: 'Maintainer',
        authorId: 26,
        canDelete: true,
        canEdit: true,
        canAwardEmoji: true,
        canReportAsAbuse: true,
        noteId: '539',
        noteUrl: 'https://localhost:3000/group/project/merge_requests/1#note_1',
        reportAbusePath:
          '/abuse_reports/new?ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A3000%2Fgitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ce%2Fissues%2F7%23note_539&user_id=26',
      };

      store.dispatch('setUserData', userDataMock);

      vm = new Component({
        store,
        propsData: props,
      }).$mount();
    });

    it('should render access level badge', () => {
      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.note-role').textContent.trim()).toEqual(props.accessLevel);
    });

    it('should render emoji link', () => {
      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-add-award')).toBeDefined();
    });

    describe('actions dropdown', () => {
      it('should be possible to edit the comment', () => {
        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-note-edit')).toBeDefined();
      });

      it('should be possible to report as abuse', () => {
        expect(vm.$el.querySelector(`a[href="${props.reportAbusePath}"]`)).toBeDefined();
      });

      it('should be possible to copy link to a note', () => {
        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-btn-copy-note-link')).not.toBeNull();
      });

      it('should not show copy link action when `noteUrl` prop is empty', done => {
        vm.noteUrl = '';
        Vue.nextTick()
          .then(() => {
            expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-btn-copy-note-link')).toBeNull();
          })
          .then(done)
          .catch(done.fail);
      });

      it('should be possible to delete comment', () => {
        expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-note-delete')).toBeDefined();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('user is not logged in', () => {
    let props;

    beforeEach(() => {
      store.dispatch('setUserData', {});
      props = {
        accessLevel: 'Maintainer',
        authorId: 26,
        canDelete: false,
        canEdit: false,
        canAwardEmoji: false,
        canReportAsAbuse: false,
        noteId: '539',
        noteUrl: 'https://localhost:3000/group/project/merge_requests/1#note_1',
        reportAbusePath:
          '/abuse_reports/new?ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A3000%2Fgitlab-org%2Fgitlab-ce%2Fissues%2F7%23note_539&user_id=26',
      };
      vm = new Component({
        store,
        propsData: props,
      }).$mount();
    });

    it('should not render emoji link', () => {
      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-add-award')).toEqual(null);
    });

    it('should not render actions dropdown', () => {
      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.more-actions')).toEqual(null);
    });
  });
});


American Sign Language (A.S.L.) tours are the best way to provide accommodations for d/Deaf visitors. Guides will act as docents, using A.S.L. rather than English to talk about your collections. The Art Institute of Chicago, for example, offers A.S.L. tours in which the docents are Deaf and use sign language, with translators translating for hearing visitors on the tours.
C.A.R.T., or Communication Access Realtime Translation, can also be used at events your institution holds. C.A.R.T. involves a translator typing all dialogue that is projected onto a screen. This can be read by d/Deaf guests or guests with hearing loss and allow them to fully participate in the event.
To find translators, look at the American Sign Language Interpreter Network or the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. To reserve C.A.R.T. services, see your local Deaf association's website.


text:
Jimmy Savile, Westminster
Savile, the King. And it was Margaret Thatcher who crowned him (28.02.2015)
The Times, 28th February 2015
by Janice Turner
At Stoke Mandeville, the abuser was allowed to operate because of a toxic mix of his fundraising power and Tory policy
The Jimmy Savile hospital reports read like a grotesque trilogy. Leeds General is Savile Begins — the sly, young abuser honing his style and modus operandi: buy the porters a TV, flatter the top brass, brazen it out with nurses and the rest. Broadmoor is Savile Unbound — free to roam, keys jangling, inviting famous mates to gawp at women's ward bath time, making playthings of the mad, the forgotten, the unloved.
But Stoke Mandeville is the most complex story. It is, of course, still about sexual abuse: the 60 reported victims, almost half of them children, the horror put in cool officialese that here his fondness for groping patients beneath bedclothes probably evaded detection "as paralysed individuals would not have felt anything below . . . their spinal lesion." But this is also about how politics and money gave him absolute power. Savile, the King. And it was Margaret Thatcher who crowned him.
If "Name the NHS's first public-private partnership" comes up in a pub quiz, here's your answer. Although famously the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, Stoke Mandeville was a hospital village of wooden huts in rambling grounds when, in 1979, the roof of the acclaimed National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) collapsed. Since the new Tory government was set on sweeping cuts, its future was grim.
Now Savile, already a prolific abuser in his guise of unpaid porter and resident celebrity, saw his chance. He offered to raise £10 million to rebuild the unit under his personal charitable trust. The Tories were excited by his financial model, saw this harnessing of private fund-raising as the NHS's future. In a reckless act of political expediency they ceded this eccentric, with his sweaty nylon tracksuits and tendency to kiss right up women's bare arms, total control. As Dr Androulla Johnstone's report says, the same "it's just Jimmy" exceptionalism that made people shrug off Savile's bizarre acts also freed him from conventional restraints. Shackle this maverick with bureaucracy, civil servants feared, and he might "disengage".
So Jimmy was free to choose the architect, select a more grandiose scheme, with a higher upkeep, than was required. But the government wasn't concerned because Savile pledged also to fund the additional running costs. Millions were donated by a generous public. But how this was spent — ultimately whether Stoke Mandeville lived or died — was put solely in Jimmy Savile's hands.
Since "his" charity had paid for it, he believed he owned the NSIC, could shape it to his whims. He insisted on thick lobby carpet though it was hell for wheelchair users, demanded pimp flourishes such as zebra-striped ward curtains, had hospital crews service his Rolls, the canteen named "Jimmy's" and his own vast office have a gold letterbox and flip-down bed. "I'll withdraw all the trust's funds," he threatened.
Once you understand that Savile was not merely a major donor or Mrs T's well-connected New Year's Eve party pal but a despot who could summon the hospital's general manager to his office, making him wait while, feet on desk, he finished his call to the Duchess of York, his criminal impunity is not hard to fathom. Ministers did not know about Savile's abuse — though were disgusted enough by his crudeness and promiscuity to withhold a knighthood, until Mrs Thatcher interceded — but placed him, as the report says, "outside the regulatory processes designed to prevent such abuses of power".
But what does it mean to "know" anyway? Reading this report I am reminded of Gitta Sereny's book about Hitler's architect: "I think," she quotes Albert Speer as saying, "that we saw only what we wanted to see and knew only what we wanted to know." The Nazi wives who summered at the Obersalzberg with the Führer, whose husbands kissed them fresh from some Eastern Front atrocity or Final Solution conflab, did they "know"? Or did they merely not think too hard?
Certainly, on some level, the nurses knew: they detested Savile, fled when he passed by, told little girls to pretend to be asleep, sometimes physically kept him at bay. His bedroom was in the nurses' quarters. A memo circulated warning new recruits to lock their doors. One occupational therapy tutor recalls tearful teenage students lingering in class on a Friday night because they couldn't bear to face him. The tutor's concerns to management were slapped down with a reprimand.
"Victim 21", whose father made the only official complaint, was told by a Sister Cherry "that Savile would not do such a dreadful thing and that he raised a great deal of money for the hospital". Spinal patients he abused kept silent for fear he'd kick them out of the NSIC, which was saving their lives.
And what of Savile's secretary, Janet Cope? She is all over the Stoke Mandeville report: one victim claims she walked in on his abuse, another to have written her an unanswered letter. But after 32 years at his side, Mrs Cope says she saw, heard, knew nothing.
Savile's abuse at Stoke Mandeville ended in 1992 around the time his absolute power was seized back by the newly created Buckinghamshire NHS hospital trust. Later, having raised money for the children's ward, he demanded an access-all-areas swipe card as reward. It was denied. Next time the BBC or NHS are damned as dark enclaves of the Stalinist state, too huge and sclerotic to address his crimes, remember that at Stoke Mandeville Jimmy Savile was privatisation's paedophile prince.
Unpublished letter to the editor of the Times, by Peter McKelvie:
Your superb coverage by Janice Turner in Opinion February 28th highlights an issue that should have been front page news on every newspaper, not hidden away on Page 23 in an Opinion column, as if it just the opinion of a guest journalist.
"Savile the King
And it was Margaret Thatcher who crowned him"
As someone who has known a great deal about the cover ups by all 3 main political parties over the last 50 years regarding the behaviour of Establishment Paedophiles, I find it very difficult to accept that we are allowing the deaths of key figures (like Thatcher, Thorpe, Brittan, Smith, Morrison,) , and the slide in to "medically unfit to stand trial" status of others (such as Janner and Ball) to just happen without a public outcry fuelled by completely honest but unbiased reporting by the media of what those individuals should have been made to account for while alive and in good states of health.
Peter McKelvie (source of information behind MP Tom Watson's PMQ of 24th October 2012)
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Politicians,across the commonwealth,have been covering up CSA in order to protect there own.The Heiner Affair would have to be the most damning indictement in Australian Political History.14yr old Indigenous girl is pack raped whilst on an escorted outing from the John Oxley Youth Detention Center, the following link lays bare the Prima Facea evidence brought out of the Queensland Child Protection Commission Of Inquiry. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heiner-Affair-Australias-Shredgate/780943801979360?ref=hl
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Thirty-one years old, Len was an Affiliate Scholar of the IEET since 2010. He was an internationally acclaimed cypherpunk and privacy advocate, a PhD candidate at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and a researcher with the COSIC research group. Suffering from depression, Len ended his own life on July 3, 2011.
Len worked on privacy enhancing technologies and anonymous communication systems such as the open source Mixmaster remailer software. He worked for Network Associates on the PGP encryption software, was a member of the Shmoo Group, a contributor to the OpenPGP IETF working group, the GNU Privacy Guard project, and often appeared at technology conferences like DEF CON. He was the cofounder of CodeCon along with Bram Cohen, coauthor of the Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol, and was an organizer of the protests following the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov.
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After placing third at his first indoor competition, the Jan. 20 United States Collegiate Archery (USCA) South Regional championships in Kentucky, Liberty University junior Louis Boyd swept his way to the USCA Indoor National Championship late Friday night at the South Pointe Hotel Casino and Resort in Las Vegas.
Boyd demonstrated tremendous consistency, shooting total scores of 146, 147, and 146 in the quarterfinal, semifinal, and gold-medal rounds, respectively, to edge Mississippi State's sixth-seeded Justin Rakestraw (144), Southeastern Illinois' seventh-seeded Eli Bond (146), and Murray State's fourth-seeded Brandon Shaw (143).
Boyd fired bullseyes on his first three arrows on the 20-yard range, opening a three-point lead on Shaw after the first of four sets of three arrows before holding on to win by a 46-43 count.
It was the 10th national championship in the 10-year history of Liberty's archery program, ranking it among the top five winningest collegiate programs in the nation. Rigney, who won three individual and one team title as a member of the Flames from 2011-15, guided Boyd and teammates Spencer Foster and Jason Lynch to a men's bowhunting team title at the USCA 3D National Championships, Oct. 8 in Illinois.
Read complete coverage on Liberty's Club Sports website.


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Deacs Fare Well At Wooden Legacy Tournament
By Christian Odjakjian 1 month ago
Wake Forest men's basketball turned in a strong showing at the Wooden Legacy Tournament in Anaheim, Calif., this past week. The Demon Deacons won their first two games to reach the tournament final, where they couldn't overcome the talent of No. 12 Arizona.
Wake Forest began the tournament on Thanksgiving with a win over the College of Charleston, 65-56. Having a 21-27 shooting performance from the free-throw line was crucial for the Deacs, as they pulled away late in the second half.
Thriving in his new bench role, Olivier Sarr put up a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Torry Johnson contributed 13 of his own. Wake Forest was also able to hold Charleston's star guard Grant Riller to just 11 points, as opposed to his season average of more than 20.
Free-throw shooting and Sarr were significant boosts for the Deacs once again on Friday against Long Beach State. The 49ers upset Providence in their opening game, making Wake Forest's path to the championship a bit less intimidating. The Deacs size and experience were too much for LBSU to overcome, and they steadily extended their second-half lead to come away with an 88-75 victory.
"Wake Forest controlled that game," said Long Beach State Head Coach Dan Monson. "We could never really make a run because we just couldn't keep them off the foul line or keep them from offensive rebounds."
The Deacs secured 19 offensive boards, which turned into 20 second-chance points. They also set a Wooden Legacy record with a 96% conversion clip from the charity stripe in the contest, making 24 of their 25 attempts.
Sarr delivered another strong performance with 16 points and eight rebounds. Brandon Childress led the team in scoring with 17 and was joined in double figures by Isaiah Mucius, Torry Johnson, Andrien White and Chaundee Brown.
While the first two wins in the tournament were admirable, the opponents weren't of a very high caliber. The real test came Sunday night in the championship matchup against the undefeated Arizona Wildcats.
The Wildcats led by as much as 15 in the second half, but Wake Forest was able to trim the deficit to just four with under a minute left. Ultimately, Arizona won the tournament with a 73-66 victory. Sarr came up big once again with a 21 and 13 double-double, and Childress scored 19. The performance should be looked at as a positive by Demon Deacon fans, however. Considering the amount of blowout losses the team experienced last season, to take a powerhouse program like Arizona down to the wire is definitely a sign of improvement.
Sarr won ACC Player of the Week honors for his outstanding efforts in the tournament. He averaged 17 points and 11.7 rebounds across the three games. He is the first Wake Forest player to win the award since John Collins did three seasons ago in 2017.
"He was a presence inside in all three games and was productive on both ends of the court," said Head Coach Danny Manning. "To average a double-double and set career highs in points and rebounds in a tournament like the Wooden Legacy shows how his game has developed, and we look forward to seeing him continue to improve."
Unfortunately, the West Coast trip has been tainted by an incident that came to light on Twitter Sunday, which resulted in freshman Jahcobi Neath and sophomore Mikey Wynn being held out of the Arizona game. The two players allegedly used offensive language, including a homophobic slur, directed at a Disneyland employee.
After taking on Penn State in the ACC Big 10 Challenge on Dec. 4, Wake Forest welcomes rival NC State to the LJVM at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Christian Odjakjian
odjact18@wfu.edu
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FILE - A view of the El Feel oil field near Murzuq, Libya, July 6, 2017.
Eastern Libyan forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar carried out four airstrikes near the El Feel oil field as a warning to a rival commander, a field engineer said Saturday.
It was the first military action by the eastern army since it banned all flights in southern Libya without its authorization on Friday.
The strikes were directed at commander Ali Kennah, who was inside the compound at the time, the engineer told Reuters.
Kennah is allied with the internationally recognized Tripoli government, while Haftar backs a parallel administration in the east.
The fractured political climate has caused significant disruption to the country's oil industry.
The Tripoli Government of National Accord (GNA), backed by the United Nations, said in a statement that the strike targeted a civilian plane that was trying to evacuate a number of wounded people from the oil field to Tripoli.
The strikes damaged the oil field's infrastructure and its airport runway and "put civilian lives at risk," the statement added, without adding details of any casualties.
State oil firm NOC, which runs the El Feel field with foreign partners, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Haftar is a dominant figure in eastern Libya where his Libyan National Army group seized the second-largest city of Benghazi in 2017 by expelling Islamists and other fighters.
Last month, his forces started an offensive in the south to fight militants and secure its oil fields, and on Wednesday made good on the promise by moving on the closed El Sharara field.
His forces have occupied a pumping station 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the main El Sharara field but not the rest of the 315,000-barrel-a-day site, according to a field engineer.
The El Feel field is located in the same southwestern region and is still producing crude, usually around 70,000 barrels a day.
El Sharara was shut in December after tribesmen and state guards seized it.
Kennah, the commander of the Sabha military zone who served under former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was appointed by Prime Minister Fayez Seraj last week. Fayez leads the GNA.


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Missing 3yo boy found in 'Easter miracle' after wandering off from campsite at Razorback
By Lily Mayers, Nick Lowther and Jennine Khalik
Updated April 01, 2018 20:31:47
Map: Razorback 2571
A three-year-old boy who went missing last night from a central western New South Wales campsite is found safe five kilometres away, with his father saying it is an "Easter miracle".
James Skillen disappeared from a campsite on private property at Razorback, north of Bathurst, and a search was launched yesterday at 7:00pm.
Photo: James Skillen went missing last night. (Supplied: NSW Police)
The search was suspended overnight and resumed at daybreak on the 100-acre property, with authorities and volunteers searching bushland, and a police helicopter looking from the skies.
Shortly before noon, James was found safe and well by members of the public in Sofala on a 4WD track, south-west of where he went missing, and then airlifted back to be reunited with his family.
James' father, Peter Skillen, said his lost son had tried to get a lift home from a kangaroo.
"He said he tried to jump on a kangaroo this morning because he thought the kangaroo might take him home," he said.
"It's an Easter miracle, it's just amazing and we just can't thank the emergency services so much for everything they've done.
"He was very chirpy, he was very happy he got to ride in a helicopter."
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Video: Father says missing boy in good spirits after 'Easter miracle' (ABC News)
James was with a group of about 20 family members at the campsite for the Easter break.
Earlier during the day, Inspector Dan Skelly from Dubbo said police, SES members and volunteers were involved in the search and authorities were "hoping he's laying under a tree waiting for us to come and get him".
Photo: An aerial view of the private property in Razorback where James Skillen was camping with family. (Supplied: Eyetrix Productions)
Photo: A police helicopter joined the search at the property in Razorback. (ABC News: Nick Lowther)
Topics: missing-person, razorback-2571, nsw, bathurst-2795
First posted April 01, 2018 08:46:15
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The beta3 is looking good so far except for a couple of things.
I found the work around.
If you have any buttons on the bottom bar, you can go into preferences--->viewer---->UI settings and turn off any of the bottom buttons, instantly gone, and of course your using the S19 project, which you can also turn on and off.
I am pretty sure there is probably a keyboard shortcut as well, but I can't remember what it is.
Well that's all nice Niran, but I use them for other things, and it would be nice to have the floater button for it. I mean there is lots of features and things people do and do not use which you may or may not use.
Sorry and all that but I thought I'd let you know these things were not right. Didn't know you had deliberately not put it in.
im always open for ideas , but i will also comment those ideas , if its possible or if there could be problems , and if it makes sense to implement those , i dont want to bloat this Viewer with too much useless stuff like Phoenix/Firestorm/Imprudence etc do , i also want to show people with this Viewer that it doesnt take lots of tiny shiny super options like a uber mega radar with lots of information no one needs to know , i just want to keep it mostly V2 and show people "hey , this is V2 , that doesnt mean its bad"
I totally agree with you Niran. A bloated viewer or a cluttered UI is not very nice and will put people off. There is a fine line between useful and just there for bells and whistles.
I apologize if I sounded a little harsh it was not my intention since I think this viewer is very very good. It has just the right amount of stuff, it's just I personally happen to use the camera button an awful lot for various reasons.
So far the viewer is very stable, quick rezzing and the inventory loads very well. The only dwelling question is regarding the use of OpenGL 4.2 or at least the ability to use a driver that runs 4.2 without so many crashes. I am sure there is possibly a link to something somewhere if you don't wish to reply regarding it.
Good work Niran and thank you for responding to my posts.
Alright, so I don't know if I have a setting wrong here, but I just went to change my outfit and when I right click, if I am wearing part of the outfit it come up with the ability to "take off - remove from current outfit", however once everything is removed and even when wearing other things, the right click "wear outfit - replace current outfit" and "wear outfit - add to current outfit" remain greyed out and unclickable.
I have never seen this before, so I could have somehow turned it off.
Thank you Niran, just not seen it happen before, even after I took everything off, still no option on any outfit to simply wear it.
Would something like a cache clear etc work, or does it just have to be accepted?


Akash Ambani And Shloka Mehta's Engagement Was A Star-Studded Affair! PICS INSIDE.
After a star-studded pre-engagement function on Thursday, Mukesh and Nita Ambani's eldest son, Akash Ambani got engaged to his bride-to-be Shloka Mehta in a grand ceremony on Saturday evening. The party saw some of the biggest Indian celebrities, including sportsmen and politicians, revelling under one roof. Everyone from Ranbir Kapoor to Shah Rukh Khan were spotted at the Ambani residence, Antilla on this special evening. Keeping it classy, the entrance of the Ambani's house was majestically decorated with flowers and lights.
While Akash opted for a royal sherwani in the shade of maroon, Shloka donned a heavily embellished lehenga in pink and grey hues, with simple, yet elegant jewellery to match the outfit. While most of the guests did put their best fashion forward, a few stood out with their dazzling style statements. Since the grand affair, social media has been flooded with pictures and videos of celebrities posing and pouting and bonding like never before. Though the wedding date is yet to be announced officially, rumours are there that the two will tie the knot in December this year.
For the unversed, Akash proposed to his longtime girlfriend and childhood friend Shloka in March at a private ceremony in Goa. Shloka is the daughter of Russell Mehta, who heads Rosy Blue Diamonds, one of the country's leading diamond companies. Shloka is currently a director with Rosy Blue Foundation and is a co-founder of ConnectFor.
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Q: Flutter issue - Flutter_driver from sdk depends on file 5.0.6 and flutter_gallery depends on file 5.0.7 I got this issue using flutter packages get:
Because every version of flutter_driver from sdk depends on file 5.0.6 and flutter_gallery depends on file 5.0.7, flutter_driver from sdk is forbidden.
So, because flutter_gallery depends on flutter_driver any from sdk, version solving failed.
pub upgrade failed (1)
I don't know what I am supposed to do here, I was trying to compile this flutter example: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/tree/master/examples/flutter_gallery

A: This may be because flutter dependencies are locked to fixed versions.
You can check this in the pubspec.yaml for flutter_driver which is in

\flutter\packages\flutter_driver

and compare it to the latest version at GitHub
If so, flutter upgrade won't necessarily update the dependencies versions. Doing a forced update of the packages may resolve your problem.
flutter update-packages --force-upgrade


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As you progress through the hiring process, you know that when the interviewer asks for your references, you're on the shortlist for the position. Your references can make or break whether or not you receive the offer. When is the last time you thought about whom you have on your reference list?
It may be time to update them.
When you start your career, your references may be teachers, coaches or family friends. That will surely not be the case with your second job.
Shift in focus. If your career has evolved over the years, your current references may no longer be able to speak to your abilities in the areas that are critical to the new job. Reevaluate your reference list based on the kinds of jobs you are looking for.
Ongoing relationship. Your references don't have to be your best friends – in fact, they shouldn't be. They should, however, be people you stay in touch with. You should have accurate contact information and know where they currently work if they have changed jobs.
Willingness to help. You want references who will recommend you enthusiastically, not those who grudgingly agree to take the call.
Memories fade. The manager who thought you were among the best employees five years ago may barely remember you now if you haven't been in contact.
Add to your list. Most employers will ask for 3-5 references. In an ideal world you will have at least twice that, first, so that you can select the best reference for each situation and secondly if your search is long and involved, you don't want them to be contacted by multiple employers.
Stay in touch. References are valuable to your career and an important part of your professional network. Pay attention to what's going on in their lives, and stay connected to them on social media. Give them a heads up when an employer may be calling them and if you get the job, be sure to thank them.
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Forecasting the Impact of Sustainability Issues on the Reputation of Large Multinational Corporations: New Research Released
Submitted by: Cambridge University Judge Institute of Management
Categories: Corporate Governance
Global CEOs predict that Environmental and Social Credibility will have a significant impact on the future reputation of Multinational Corporations
Apr. 10 /CSRwire/ - Research released today by the Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge's Business School, suggests that environmental and social credibility will have a significant impact on the future reputation of Multinational corporations.
Within three scenarios of the future business climate (fortress world, market world & transformed world) the CEOs of the Global Fortune 500 were asked to rate the significance of seven elements of reputation to the preservation of a positive corporate reputation.
34% of the CEOs from the Global Fortune 500 completed the survey - if combined the revenues of their respective companies' amount to almost US$5 Trillion. Taken holistically this small group of people controls the direction of massive capital flows, their daily decisions affecting the current and future lives of billions worldwide.
The table shows the seven elements of reputation listed in order of their perceived future impact on the preservation of a positive corporate reputation. The scores are averaged across differing scenarios and they represent CEOs opinion regardless of the business climate. By averaging the scores we have, in effect, put a 'damper' on outliers, extracting the underlying trends.
1: [LV] LEADERSHIP & VISION
2: [Q] QUALITY
3: [KS] KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
4: [SC] SOCIAL CREDIBILITY
5: [FC]FINANCIAL CREDIBILITY
6: [EC] ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIBILITY
7: [EM] EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS
In his foreword to the report Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, the chairman of Anglo American plc, suggests that "It is not surprising that Leadership and Vision, Quality and Knowledge and Skills consistently rank in the top three. With the possible exception of Quality these are all elements which are difficult to measure".
Despite recent financial scandals (Enron, WorldCom etc.) CEOs predict that in the near future social credibility will be as important as financial credibility, and environmental credibility will only be marginally less important.
On average, and in virtually all of the data variations, 'Emotional Connections' was considered to be the least important element to the preservation of a positive corporate reputation. However its average score suggests that it is still of medium significance.
The remaining six elements form a core group, whose upkeep is predicted to be invaluable to the future preservation of a positive corporate reputation.
The position of the seven elements displays considerable regional variation, for example: European companies consistently assign the future importance of 'Environmental, Financial and Social Credibility' a higher level of significance to the preservation of a positive corporate reputation than their North American counterparts.
Download the executive summary [pdf, 600KB]
http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~akob2/ReputationsSurvey.html
Notes for editors :
Forecasting the Impact of Sustainability Issues on the Reputation of Large Multinational Corporations (executive summary) is released on April 10th 2003.
The project was supported by the British Safety Council.
The views expressed in FORECASTING THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES ON THE REPUTATION OF LARGE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS are not necessarily those of the British Safety Council.
Arlo Brady is a doctoral candidate at the Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University. He is a consultant for a number of multinationals on sustainable development issues, specialising in 'triple bottom line' strategy, reputation, branding and sustainability reporting.
The Judge Institute of Management is the University of Cambridge's business school. Founded in 1990, it has over 200 students and 70 teaching and research staff. It offers a portfolio of undergraduate, graduate and executive management programmes, including the Cambridge MBA. Teaching and Research benefit from a wide range of associate faculty in other departments within the university. The recent arrival of the Centre for Business Research means that the business school now hosts one of the largest concentrations of interdisciplinary business and management research activity in the Europe.
Arlo Brady Cambridge University
Emily Genochio Judge Institute, Cambridge University


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Building a better America; providing opportunity and justice for all Americans. I believe that Barrack Obama speech got him elected by the way he shared to the Nation his feelings and concerns about the current climate throughout the nation. He focused in pointing out the current struggles the nation was encountering and giving the people the blue print on what needed to be done to be able to get America back where every individual living here will be able to live a productive life without fearing on what the future would bring. Obama's first crusade he amazed groups of onlookers with powerful discourses about "evolving Washington. He said he needed to "push off the well-used out thoughts and polices of the past".
In 2007 when then Senator Barack Obama declared his keep running for the administration of the United States, the nation was encountering awesome turmoil and individuals were prepared for an adjustment in initiative. Regardless of what political assembly you held, it gave off an imprint of being a mind-boggling idea that individuals were searching for a move in bearing, mainly identifying with the terrible self-controlled positions a significant measure of Americans had wound up in. The greater part of the complications that the nation was encountering was a sign that the following President would need to toxic on social, political and sparing situations. This different request was familiar to the more current investigation of match the pioneer's style with the request of the task.
One of the real issues in those days was the human services. There were numerous reasons why it was so questionable and needed a ton of consideration from the future president. Numerous healthcare protection arranges didn't cover some of specialist's visits. More than forty-five million Americans didn't have any medical coverage by any stretch of the imagination. The vast majority of these individuals just couldn't manage the cost of their doctor's visit expenses. Significantly rising social insurance expenses was additionally making it progressively troublesome for little organizations and different bosses to give protection to their workers. This also included the families of our veterans who were having such a rough time staying afloat without their love one's full income help. He also mentioned the Veterans that return hurt but still lacked long term health benefits because they were reservist. Barack Obama explained that this was not the way that our soldiers and their families should be treated after the sacrifices they go through to put our Nation first. Barack understood and shared the ways he felt was appropriate for the veterans and families to be treated and respected.
Another of the difficulties that some Americans where facing at this time was no jobs and no opportunities. Barack Obama talked in his speech about the workers he met in Galesburg, Illinois, who were losing their union jobs at the Maytag plant which was moving to Mexico, and they were having to compete with their own children for jobs that pay seven bucks an hour. He also met a father who was also losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay 4500 dollars a month for the drugs his son needed without the health benefits that the job provided. For an American it was really difficult to find a decent job where the wages where enough to feed your family and afford childcare for your children.
Barack Obama clarified that it was the ideal opportunity for change and clarified that the general population in America didn't need for government to settle every one of their issues he shared that the people sensed, somewhere down in their bones, that with only an adjustment in needs, we can ensure that each kid in America has a tolerable shot at life, and that he entryways of chance stay open to all.
The Obama battle outlined the enormous, important effect that online networking can have on getting youngsters connected with and included. Mybarackobama.com was not only a site; it was a development that made governmental issues available through online networking individuals were at that point utilizing each day. It changed the substance of political crusades everlastingly; however considerably all the more thus, it made getting included as simple as opening up a web program and making an online profile. Most importantly, The Obama battle left a mark on the world: It demonstrated the force of online networking to do downright changing the world.
The incorporation of innovation into the procedure of field arranging … is the accomplishment of the Obama battle," says Sanford Dickert, who acted as John Kerry's boss innovation officer for the 2004 crusade. "In any case, the utilization of innovation was not the end-all and be-all in this cycle. Innovation has been an accomplice, an empowering influence for
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