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Company Info Gap Inc.
2 Folsom Street
San Francisco California 94105
Employees 135,000
Sector Clothing Retail
Industry Retail/Wholesale
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Description Gap Inc.
Gap, Inc. operates as a global apparel retail company. It offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women and children. The company operates through segments: Gap Global, Old Navy Global, Banana Republic Global, Athleta, and Intermix. The Gap Global segment includes apparel and accessories for men and women under the Gap brand, along with the GapKids, BabyGap, GapMaternity, GapBody and GapFit collections. The Old Navy Global segment offers clothing and accessories for adults and children. The Banana Republic Global segment provides clothing, eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags and fragrances. The Athleta segment offers fitness apparel for women. The Intermix segment features styles from various designers. Gap was founded by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher in July 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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Bob J. Fisher, 64 Non-Executive Chairman, President & CEO Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Conservation International Foundation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gap, Inc.
Mayo A. Shattuck, 64 Independent Director Gap, Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., Capital One, NA, Exelon Corp., Johns Hopkins Medicine, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University, Alarm.com, Inc., Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
Jorge P. Montoya, 72 Independent Director Gap, Inc., Advanced Multimedia Group, Inc., The Kroger Co.
Bob L. Martin, 70 Lead Independent Director Gap, Inc., Conn's, Inc., Continuum Energy Services LLC, Enactus Group, Conn's Appliances, Inc., Continuum Energy LLC
Isabella D. Goren, 58 Independent Director Gap, Inc., LyondellBasell Industries NV, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
William Sydney Fisher, 62 Independent Director Pisces, Inc., Gap, Inc., Byredo AB, Space NK Ltd., Exploratorium, Lanetix, Inc., Pisces Fund (California)
Tracy Gardner, 55 Independent Director Women in Need, Inc., Gap, Inc.
Christopher R. O'Neill, 46 Independent Director Shop.org, Evernote Corp., Gap, Inc.
Amy C. Bohutinsky, 44 Independent Director Zillow Group, Inc., Hotel Tonight, Inc., Gap, Inc.
John J. Fisher, 57 Independent Director Pisces, Inc., Charter School Growth Fund, Gap, Inc., KIPP Foundation
Lexi Brownell Reese, 44 Independent Director The Taft School Corp., Gap, Inc.
Bob J. Fisher Non-Executive Chairman, President & CEO
Sally Gilligan Chief Information Officer
Rathi Murthy Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President
Sonia Syngal President & Chief Executive Officer-Old Navy
Julie Gruber Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer & Executive VP
Sebastian DiGrande Chief Customer Officer & Executive VP-Strategy
McNeil Seymour Fiske President & Chief Executive Officer-Gap Brand
Amud Krishnamurthi Director-Software Engineering & Architecture
Tina Romani Investor Relations Contact
Mayo A. Shattuck Independent Director
Jorge P. Montoya Independent Director
Bob L. Martin Lead Independent Director
Isabella D. Goren Independent Director
William Sydney Fisher Independent Director
Tracy Gardner Independent Director
Christopher R. O'Neill Independent Director
Amy C. Bohutinsky Independent Director
John J. Fisher Independent Director
Lexi Brownell Reese Independent Director
Average Growth Rates Gap Inc.
Revenue +0.18% Net Income -4.10% Earnings Per Share -1.97%
Capital Spending -0.25% Gross Margin +40.80% Cash Flow -10.45%
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Capitol Journal: Sacramento wants to tax soda, tires, guns, water, pain pills, lawyers, car batteries...
A vending machine in the basement of the state Capitol.
(Rich Pedroncelli / AP)
By George SkeltonCapitol Journal Columnist
Reporting from Sacramento —
To plagiarize T.S. Eliot, April is the cruelest month. But not for the reasons the poet wrote. Rather, for all the taxes.
And there are bills in the Legislature to make taxes sting even worse.
By April 10, Californians must pay their local property taxes. Five days later is the deadline for filing state and federal income tax returns. Also, the state and the feds want any initial pre-tax payment that's required on current earnings.
So tax collectors get three swings at us this month.
It's a perfect storm for millions of Californians because of the federal tax overhaul enacted in 2017 by the Republican Congress and President Trump. For the first time, deductions for state and local taxes on federal returns are limited to $10,000. That's much less than Californians have been deducting in this high-tax state.
Making the bite even sharper for salaried employees who receive a W-2, non-reimbursed job expenses are no longer deductible on federal returns. That hits teachers particularly hard because they often buy their own classroom supplies and have been deducting the costs.
So blame that tax shaft on Trump and Republicans.
But in California under Democrats, it's tax, tax, tax — a drip and a drop, nickel and a dime — all the time. That's not a political statement. It's a fact.
Not all taxes are evil. Some are justified. But many are unwarranted. And others are eye-rollers.
One of the more controversial and annoying taxes currently being proposed is a state levy on sugary soft drinks. More on that later.
Here's an eye-roller: A bill that would authorize San Francisco to turn its crooked Lombard Street — a tourist attraction after so many movie appearances — into a toll road, maybe even requiring reservations. Think they have a traffic jam now on weekends? Wait until cars are lined up behind a tollgate.
There are a whole bunch of taxing ideas in the Capitol: on new tires, firearms, water, prescription painkillers, lawyers, car batteries, corporations based on their CEO pay, estates worth more than $3.5 million, oil and gas extraction. The list goes on.
The oil and gas extraction tax is long overdue. We're the only major oil-producing state without one. It would raise an estimated $1.5 billion a year.
The California Tax Foundation has counted more than $6.2 billion worth of tax increase proposals pending in the Legislature. It expects the figure to grow substantially as bills are amended with details.
Polls show that California voters already think they're overtaxed. No surprise there.
When voters were asked recently by the Public Policy Institute of California whether they paid more or less state and local taxes than they should, the answers were: more 63%, the right amount 32%, less 4%.
Asked whether the federal tax changes had a positive or negative effect on their families, voters replied: positive 18%, negative 35%, no effect 42%.
"As the April 15 deadline looms, many Californians are complaining about the state and local tax systems and the impacts of recent changes in federal law," PPIC President Mark Baldassare says.
"What part of 'tax fatigue' don't these lawmakers understand? It's political malpractice," asserts Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio, referring to the proposed soda tax that he's fighting against on behalf of the beverage industry.
The bill, AB 138, is being carried by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) with backing from the California medical and dental associations. It would hike the tax on sugary soda by 2 cents an ounce, or 24 cents for a 12-ounce can.
That would raise around $3 to $4 billion a year to spend on health programs.
But the tax's main purpose, backers say, is to discourage unhealthy soda drinking by raising the price — just as California has done by jacking up tobacco taxes.
"Children are consuming over 30 gallons of sugary drinks every year," the sponsors' pitch reads. "About half of adults and two-thirds of youth consume a sugary drink every day."
"Sugary drinks are the single largest source of added sugars in the American diet," the pitch continues, leading "to increased risk of diabetes, heart and liver disease, obesity, tooth decay and some cancers."
There also are other anti-soda bills pending. One is an anti-"Big Gulp" measure that would ban soda containers larger than 16 ounces. Another is a prohibition against grocery stores stocking sugary drinks near the checkout counter.
"Soda consumption is going down on the natural while obesity is increasing," counters Dana Williamson, who was a political advisor for former Gov. Jerry Brown and now is a strategist for the beverage industry. "There doesn't seem to be a connection between the two…
"We're singling out one product without looking at others. There's far more sugar in some other products, like candy."
Right. How about chocolate shakes, cotton candy and other yummy stuff sold at the ballpark?
At least they have some nutritional value, the anti-soda lobby answers.
Both sides in the fight — beverage and medical interests — are major political donors in the Capitol.
Meanwhile, there's a legislative proposal to lower the marijuana tax. We want more potheads but fewer soft drink sippers. Crazy.
It smacks of too much nanny state for me.
The state should just leave us alone sometimes. Back off on tax, tax, tax. April hits hard enough.
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John Quigley is the founding director of the Center for Environment, Energy & Economy and Lecturer in Sustainability at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He served as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from January 2015 to May 2016, and as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from April 2009 to January 2011. He is the first and only person in Pennsylvania history to serve as secretary of both of the state's natural resource agencies. Quigley also served as a two-term mayor of Hazleton (PA), and as an Alternate Federal Commissioner on the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. He was the founding executive director of a non-profit economic development corporation; held a number of management positions with two industry-leading manufacturing companies in the private sector; worked for a statewide environmental NGO; was an instructor in economics at a Penn State University campus; and wrote a weekly column for a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper.
Quigley earned an M.P.A. from Lehigh University and a B.A. in economics from Bloomsburg University.
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Thousands of American prisoners spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement
Image caption: Gabriel Eber
Credit: Tony Richards
By Greg Rienzi
/ Published Spring 2015
Gabriel Eber has no shortage of macabre tales of life inside the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, a notoriously violent and chaotic men's prison on the outskirts of Meridian. Assaults (staff on inmate, inmate on inmate) are frequent. According to accounts, cells are infested with rats that crawl over prisoners; some inmates tie leashes to the rodents and sell them to the mentally ill as pets. Men are kept in small, unsanitary isolation cells with scant human attention for months and years. Self-mutilation and suicide attempts are not uncommon.
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But words alone, Eber says, can't bring home the facility's gruesome conditions. "I can show you a video of what I'm talking about, and I have some pictures," says Eber, dressed in a loose-fitting dark suit as he sits in his cramped Washington office at the American Civil Liberties Union. He clicks open a file to show footage shot by the private corporation that now manages the prison. Two corrections officers stand outside a cell in one of the EMCF's isolation units. (One such unit is known to inmates as the "dead zone" or "dead man's zone.") The officers are here for an unknown reason, perhaps to respond to a medical emergency, but if so, Eber says, they are already too late. One hears garbled shouts from other unit inmates, intermixed with a rhythmic, buzzing cacophony of machinery. The man inside, Eber says, suffers from asthma, which has likely worsened due to pepper spray in the air. Corrections officers routinely spray through a cell door's tray slot if the inmate refuses to close it. Inmates often leave the slots open as a cry for help to receive medical attention, food, or a shower, and such defiant acts are common. Some inmates flood their cells by cramming whatever they can into a toilet, or use damaged electrical sockets to set fire to their mattresses. Some cut themselves.
Eventually the door opens, revealing a tall, thin 40-year-old African-American man, hunched over with one hand on a wall splattered with blood. Eber conjectures the blood might be a symptom of forceful or long-term coughing. On the floor lie "fishing lines," a rudimentary mechanism for prisoners to pass messages or contraband—matches, a razor, a piece of glass—back and forth. Out of the cell now, the man coughs and shows signs of wheezing. After a few wobbly steps, he collapses. A sliver of pink phlegm shoots from his mouth. A small cadre of prison medical staff, yards away, looks on.
He tells people to ask themselves this: What kind of person do you want leaving prison?
Cell visits in isolation units don't have to be so cruel, says Eber, SPH '02, a senior staff counsel with the ACLU's National Prison Project. The project investigates the nation's prisons and jails and advocates for compliance with the U.S. Constitution, domestic law, and international human rights principles. The investigators assert that prison inmates should be guaranteed proper medical and mental health care and basic human decency. There's no justification, Eber says, for intentional abandonment so that medical symptoms or pre-existing conditions go untreated or receive only rudimentary attention.
He details other cases at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, all part of a class action lawsuit filed in May 2013 in a U.S. District Court on behalf of the 1,170 prisoners there. According to reports filed by the plaintiffs and expert witnesses involved in the case, a 25-year-old inmate was not granted timely access to a urologist following an abnormal ultrasound that showed a testicular mass, which later swelled to the size of a softball and metastasized to his abdomen. A 64-year-old patient with untreated diabetes reported losing his vision and has not, as far as Eber knows, received an ophthalmological evaluation or referral to a retinal specialist. A 43-year-old black male with a severe heart condition recently died in an isolation cell. His symptoms, as documented by an expert witness, indicated that his cardiac function was deteriorating. He spent several months in the medical observation unit but was then discharged back to isolation, where he died a month later. Two days before his death, he set fire to his cell, apparently in a desperate effort to get help. He had earlier been found putting a rope around his neck, and he'd been cutting himself. In a dated and time-stamped note in his chart, a registered nurse listed his vital signs as stable and said he was in no acute distress. At that point, however, the man had been dead for 10 hours. "That's indicative of the quality of care prisoners sometimes receive," Eber says. "I've seen a case where a nurse will document 'normal' exams a week or two after a patient has died, because they're being made up."
Eber talks slowly and pauses often. He recounts these cases matter-of-factly, but his indignation simmers just under his stony expression. "I've never seen people treated quite the way they are in Mississippi prisons. The conditions there are horrific—the worst I've ever seen or heard of." Eber, an associate faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School, is no neophyte. Since 2007, he has investigated large-scale class action lawsuits in five states, representing thousands of prisoners. He guesses he currently has somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 clients, probably more. His work at the National Prison Project focuses on cases alleging inadequate medical and mental health care, with a particular interest in solitary confinement.
Colleagues describe him as persistent and detail-oriented. Margaret Winter, the associate director of the project, says, "He bores in and gives a brilliant overview of what is broken and what needs to be done to fix it. He has an incredibly scientific mind combined with his passion for justice. It's not easy what he does. It takes a level of patience that not many have."
Eber, now 40 with a beard flecked with gray, grew up in Chappaqua, New York, an upscale hamlet in northern Westchester County. The son of an attorney, he occasionally visited his dad in court. He first toured the inside of a jail cell at age 5. He thinks the jail was in Yonkers, but all he can remember today was the unexpected sight of women behind bars. He attended Harvard, where he graduated in 1997 cum laude with a degree in social anthropology. For the next three years, he took course work in epidemiology and biostatistics at Harvard's school of public health, and then switched to the Bloomberg School, where he earned his MPH. He next enrolled at Georgetown University Law Center. After passing the bar, his interest in public health drew him to the National Prison Project, where he first served as a litigation fellow before becoming a staff counsel.
A sentiment that Eber and others in the same fight sometimes hear is: Why should we care about the health and well-being of inmates? These are convicted criminals. Some are serial rapists, murderers. They sell drugs to our children. They concoct fraud to steal money from our grandparents. Prison should be rough. That's what deters people from breaking the law, right?
Eber argues that we all should care what goes on inside prison walls. The system, he says, is built on a rehabilitation model, not a torture model. He tells people to ask themselves this: What kind of person do you want leaving prison? Someone who is healthy and rehabilitated? Or someone so damaged as to likely be a burden to society? The issue, he says, is clear and serious. In far too many U.S. prison systems, inmates who have serious medical needs are either ignored or get substandard care. The result, he says, can lead to unnecessary amputations, the spread of disease, suicides, and the exacerbation of pre-existing psychiatric disorders. Even basic care for treatable conditions, like diabetes, can be a challenge in prison. "We hear it all," he says. "It's heartbreaking. The system is sick."
Leonard Rubenstein, a senior scientist in the Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health and Human Rights, says the treatment that some inmates receive is unconstitutional and perverse. For the past 30 years, Rubenstein has been involved in the investigation and analysis of medical complicity in torture, medical ethics and human rights, and war crimes. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, he served as a senior fellow at the United States Institute for Peace and executive director and president of Physicians for Human Rights. "There is a system of punishment in this country based on locking them up and taking away their freedom. That's it," says Rubenstein, who co-teaches with Eber a course on health in prisons at the Bloomberg School. "Your freedom is taken away. There is nothing in our system of law that authorizes harm, no matter how terrible a person you are. That is not part of constitutionalized civil order. And quite frankly, it's barbaric."
Eber's first ACLU case was from a women's prison in Wisconsin, where there were reports of medications administered by correctional officers, not nurses; in some instances, inmates were given the wrong medications or the wrong dosages. "It was a disaster. In fairness, the corrections officers wanted no part of this. It was just a practice that was allowed to continue. And it took a lawsuit to change," he says. "We eventually reached a settlement. I still go out there periodically to monitor conditions and make sure that what we asked for is being done."
He first traveled to Mississippi five years ago to conduct routine monitoring. He volunteered to spend three days at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, reading medical records. Nationwide, he says, substandard care is too often the norm, and the level of violence in prisons is disquieting. But the real horror, Eber says, can occur in the isolation units, where inmates are confined 23 hours a day—24 hours in many cases—to a cell the size of a small bathroom, behind a solid metal door with a small and narrow glass window and a narrow port for passing food trays. Human contact is limited to the few times during the day that staff come to the front of the cell to deliver a food tray or for brief mental health or medical rounds. At times, he says, the level of care borders on the absurd. He mentions a case of an inmate at East Mississippi who complained of chest pains and wouldn't close his tray slot until seen by a medical professional. A nurse had the inmate reach his hand through the door to take his blood pressure. "That was the extent of the exam," Eber says. "No other vitals checked. No questions asked. It's ludicrous."
Out-of-cell time for exercise occurs at best an hour a day a few times a week. Conversations with inmates in other cells are possible only by shouting. Prisoners might be deprived of the opportunity to shower for days at a time. A television is mounted on a wall at a distance across the dayroom, and it is often impossible to see or hear. Access to the telephone is almost nonexistent. Toilets frequently back up, so inmates are forced to defecate on their food trays and slide them through slots. One of the ACLUs experts in the Mississippi case, a sanitarian and dietitian from the Dallas County Jail, took photographs of various parts of the prison and found broken lights, dirty showers, congealed blood, rodent droppings, filthy kitchens, burned-out cells, and pills scattered on floors. In one isolation cell, she stood in a pool of blood left by an inmate who had gashed himself the day before.
Hanson balks at a ban on segregation practices. "I think it's a valuable tool for me and others in the correctional system."
Eber says the response from the Mississippi Department of Corrections and many in the prison system is, "It's not a problem." "They are fighting this lawsuit tooth and nail," Eber says of the Mississippi case. Many corrections officials, he adds, accuse his clients of lying, no matter how much evidence they present. "That is when we end up in litigation. And that is why we review medical records and conduct site inspections. We want to know the truth, and we want the public and the courts to know the truth."
Leonard Vincent, general counsel for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, says that although the East Mississippi Correctional Facility is not a state-run prison (it's operated by the private, Utah-based Management & Training Corporation), the state is the defendant in the case and has denied the allegations. Vincent also notes that EMCF has been accredited by the American Correctional Association in the past three years and received a "high score," although he admits that the level of health care is just one component of the accreditation. When asked about the significant gap between the state's and the ACLU's assessments, Vincent cites divergent philosophies. The standards and viewpoint of how a prison should be run are clearly not the same, he says. "These two sides come from different backgrounds and differ in their opinions for how this should be done."
For the better part of the 20th century, stays in solitary confinement were relatively short—days or weeks at a time. That changed in the 1980s and early 1990s when the U.S. prison population began to swell and so-called "supermax" prisons were built, facilities where thousands of inmates now spend years locked in small cells. America's prison population is the largest in the world and currently stands at around 2.3 million people—about one in every 100 American adults—incarcerated across federal, state, and local levels. The number denotes a fourfold increase from 1973. The tally of inmates held in some form of segregated housing is harder to come by because the definition varies from state to state and figures are often underreported. A 2005 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics used a figure of 25,000 in isolation, but that only applied to those in supermax prisons. The real number, Eber and others assert, is likely closer to 81,000.
The prison system prefers terms such as "isolation" or "administrative segregation" or "restricted housing" to the more colloquial "solitary confinement" or "in the hole." Inmates are placed in wings called Special Housing Units or Special Management Units to maintain order. The most violent prisoners can be sequestered. Isolation can be used for discipline when an inmate disobeys prison rules. Eber says high-ranking gang members are often put in segregation. Corrections officials first turned to this strategy in response to growing gang violence inside prisons. Once gang members are placed in solitary, however, they rarely get out. "You're going to be deemed a threat forever," Eber says. Prisoners can be put into isolation units for an indefinite period, from days to decades. A 2012 report from the Colorado Department of Corrections found that prisoners spent a mean of 19.5 months in isolation. The federal Bureau of Prisons system currently confines about 7 percent of its 217,000 prisoners in isolation units for roughly 23 hours a day, according to a 2013 U.S. Government Accountability Office report. When they do get out, for exercise or a shower, prisoners are typically escorted by two or more high security officers. "But if there's a staffing shortage or unrest in another part of the prison that is demanding resources, then those prisoners are not going to be let out," Eber says. "That happens too frequently, so inmates might go weeks without getting out."
Twenty years ago, when Annette Hanson began working in the Maryland correctional system, she expected to encounter reams of evidence in the medical literature about the bad effects of solitary confinement. Hanson, a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine, has worked extensively in the Maryland correctional system as a psychiatrist, directly treating prisoners. "It was shocking how little evidence there was to the statement that segregation was damaging to a person's health," she says. "In my experience, the general claims and reports of the detrimental effects of incarceration on the physical and mental health of inmates has been somewhat overstated. I simply did not see what I've been reading in the news. Even in terms of medical isolation, in my experience their health did not deteriorate. In fact, some were relieved to have some peace and quiet, and be separated from the rest of the prison population where they might be harmed."
Segregation can be useful for medical purposes, Hanson says. An inmate might have tuberculosis or chickenpox and need to be isolated to protect the rest of the prison population. "It's not solely for disciplinary purposes," Hanson says. She balks at a ban on segregation practices. "I think it's a valuable tool for me and others in the correctional system," she says. "It can restore order. And it's a safe place. Let's say you are grieving for the loss of a family member. In prison, if you cry, you might as well paint a target on your chest."
A study published in 2013 in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law examined administrative segregation involving Colorado prison inmates with and without mental illness. In the longitudinal study, researchers examined whether inmates in segregation showed greater psychological deterioration over time compared to those nonsegregated. The subjects, male inmates in both administrative segregation and the general population, completed a brief symptom inventory at regular intervals for one year. Results showed some differentiation between groups at the outset and small but statistically significant positive change over time across all groups. The study's findings were inconsistent with the hypothesis that inmates, with or without mental illness, experience significant psychological decline in solitary confinement. This study, however, has since been attacked on methodological grounds. Some critics say it relied too heavily on self-reports by inmates, with only marginal use of records and professional assessments, in circumstances where prisoners have disincentives to report psychiatric symptoms. Reports of psychiatric emergencies and medication changes were apparently not considered and, according to some critics, would have dramatically changed results.
Decreased social network size is known to be a huge risk factor for mortality, bigger than alcohol, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, or air pollution.
A 2014 study published in the American Journal of Public Health, "Solitary Confinement and the Risk of Self-Harm Among Jail Inmates," analyzed the medical records of more than 134,000 New York City jail prisoners from 2010 to 2013. The study found that solitary confinement was strongly associated with increased risk of self-harm, which ranged from self-inflicted lacerations to headbanging on walls to suicide attempts. Of the 7 percent of inmates in solitary confinement, 53 percent committed acts of self-harm, and 45 percent committed acts of potentially fatal self-harm. For the total population studied, the absolute risk for self-harm during incarceration was 0.5 percent and for potentially fatal self-harm, .03 percent.
So what does happen to people deprived of social contact for months or years on end?
Gul Dolen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine and an expert on social cognition in health and disease, has studied the impact of isolation-induced changes in the brain. Dolen says social isolation of animals causes all kinds of physical changes. Even after just one to three days, her research indicates that the plasticity of the brain and how it encodes memory are altered. A number of studies in rats and monkeys have shown that early-life social isolation leads to heightened aggression. Dolen also points out that in human studies of the general population, decreased social network size is known to be a huge risk factor for mortality, bigger than alcohol, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, or air pollution. Although it's unclear how social isolation is causally related to increased mortality, studies have shown that the brain processes associated with social pain use the same circuitry that encodes physical pain. "Social pain is not only caused by isolation but also physical bullying, exclusion, and humiliation; these latter types of social pain induce a massive stress response, called social-defeat stress, which reorganizes the brain's response to pleasure, pain, and fear, and has been used in animal studies to model depression."
Eber points out that prison populations differ greatly from the general population in prevalence of psychiatric illnesses. "People in prisons have a higher risk of psychiatric disease to begin with. Then you insert them into an environment that has the potential of bringing out those conditions. It's bad mix," he says. Experts say that American prisons are full, in part, because of the fallout from the underfunding and closing of psychiatric institutions. Prisons around the country have seen the numbers of mentally ill inmates increase as state hospitals have closed and community mental health services have been reduced by budget cuts. In California, more than 27 percent of male prisoners and almost 38 percent of female prisoners suffer from mental illness, according to state corrections department statistics. "What are these people doing in prison?" Dolen asks. "Even if you can show me evidence that this was necessary and good for our society, which has the largest prison population in the world, I'd be hesitant."
Dolen says social interaction is a good thing. We learn how to be tolerant. How to be compassionate. How to live in a society. People have to relearn how to be social after extended isolation. Dolen likens placing someone with an anti-social personality disorder into isolation to feeding only cheeseburgers to an obese person. Eber asks why solitary confinement has become the mental institution of last resort. "If you're seriously mentally ill and placed in solitary confinement, chances are you're going to be in there for a long time. Chances are you're not going to get quality care, and chances are you're not going to get better. In fact, you're going to get worse. Why do we consider this rehabilitation? What purpose are we serving? We need to make a decision as to how we're going to treat prisoners and how we want them to come out when it's time for them to be released. If we take a population that is sick to begin with, then throw them in a system not equipped to take care of them, they are going to get sicker. And they're going to die."
There is little oversight of American prisons compared to what occurs internationally. American prisons, Eber says, tend to be closed worlds where abuse is tolerated. "And it's only by shedding some light that we're even able to begin talking about change." Jean Casella, co-director of Solitary Watch, an advocacy group focused on human rights violations in the prison system, says that for years problems went unaddressed because prison systems generally are unregulated, unmonitored, and invisible, with no independent monitoring. She calls prisoner abuse the crisis that nobody has heard of. Correctional facilities have explained away any practice as necessary for safety and security. The National Commission on Correctional Health Care has since the 1970s offered a health services accreditation program and technical services to improve health practices in correctional facilities. But seeking such accreditation is voluntary unless the prison has been directed by law or a court. (The East Mississippi Correctional Facility is not an NCCHC-accredited facility.)
Prison reform, Eber says, is a painfully slow process. To build cases for change, advocates need detailed, rigorous assessments of the harm done, and they must demonstrate successful alternatives for maintaining order in prisons. Then there must be a change to the mindset inside the system. "They have gotten used to operating like this," he says. "It takes a lot of work to make sure things are actually improving, and that is why we don't bring legal cases lightly. If we win, it's huge. Enforcing the victory—that is another story."
Today, solitary confinement and prison health have become more mainstream issues. A coordinated hunger strike at California's maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison in summer 2013 attracted national attention. The strike, started by four gang members in isolation units, protested indefinite long-term incarceration in solitary confinement and sought other demands like adequate food and expanded privileges like calendars and exercise equipment. One prisoner, Todd Ashker, had been held in the prison's Security Housing Unit for 23 years, devoid of any normal face-to-face human contact. On the first day of the strike, 30,000 prisoners across the state's prison system refused their meals. The strike lasted 60 days and resulted in some modest reforms, including the implementation of a "step-down" program that at least in theory makes it possible for inmates to leave segregation provided they follow a formal process and demonstrate good behavior.
Casella says her organization gets hundreds of letters from inmates about conditions inside prisons. She admits her group tends to hear the horror stories: suicide attempts, inmates throwing bodily fluids, teams of corrections officers donning riot gear to extract one inmate. "One of the things that is chilling for me to think of is that we are probably only hearing from a small representative sample," she says. "One-third of inmates are illiterate or have serious mental conditions, so they're not writing us. From what we observe, isolation never changes behavior for the better."
Solitary confinement, says the Bloomberg School's Rubenstein, who also on the faculty of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, creates an ethical dilemma for health professionals in prisons. If they are truly looking after an inmate's mental health, then solitary is never good. He testified last year before a Maryland Senate Committee on a solitary confinement bill that didn't pass. He started a review of state policies on the role of health professionals in solitary confinement. Some states say that if an inmate has a serious mental illness, that inmate should be excluded from solitary. Rubenstein says that although this policy keeps some inmates out of segregation, the involvement of mental health professionals—psychologists, nurses, and doctors—in this "gatekeeping" process raises serious ethical concerns. "The practice amounts to a tacit medical endorsement of the use of solitary confinement for the nonexcluded prisoner, thus involving health professionals in punishment," he says. "It also forces the health professional to ignore evidence that many mentally healthy prisoners placed in solitary confinement suffer serious psychological harm from the experience."
"The people on the inside are not villains. There are many good, very well-intentioned people working under impossible conditions and circumstances. They long for people to come in and clean it up."
Margaret Winter
Rubenstein has initiated a dialogue with the Maryland Department of Corrections to better understand how the Bloomberg School could contribute to the improvement of inmate health. "The people in the corrections world are not evil," he says. "They are dealing with problems that they are concerned about— assaults on officers and staff, assaults on other prisoners. But once you have a system of punishment in place it perpetuates itself and takes on a life of its own. We need people to step back and look at this." To achieve some limitations on the use of solitary and the use of force in prisons, Rubenstein says, interested parties have to come up with alternatives. He was part of a group leading the American Public Health Association's resolution titled "Solitary Confinement as a Public Health Issue." The document recommends changes to federal, state, and local correctional policies on solitary confinement, including exclusion of prisoners with serious mental illnesses and those under 18. Prisoners also should be closely monitored and removed from solitary confinement if their health deteriorates or necessary medical or mental health services cannot be provided. They also want to ban solitary confinement for disciplinary purposes and create alternative means of discipline.
Eber does believe conditions will improve. As states begin to re-evaluate their criminal justice policies and make smarter decisions about who does and does not need to be in prison, the population will drop and take some of the pressure off the system. He says there is an increasing realization that the prison population has reached an untenable level, and recognition of the health impact on both the individual and communities when an inmate is denied adequate care. He notes that the ACLU just settled a statewide case in Arizona and has hopes for some reform there. New York City recently removed juveniles and people with mental disabilities from the list of those who can be placed in isolation. Corrections officials in California have announced significant changes in the use of solitary for mentally ill prisoners, revising decades-old policies.
Colorado Corrections Department Director Rick Raemisch has promised to reform solitary confinement policies in his state after he spent 20 hours in an isolation cell. The experience left him "feeling twitchy and paranoid" after just one night. In a newspaper editorial, Raemisch admitted that many prisoners who get thrown into solitary confinement already have mental problems, and isolating them only makes those problems worse. He wrote: "For a sound mind, those are daunting circumstances. But every prison in America has become a dumping ground for the mentally ill, and often the 'worst of the worst'—some of society's most unsound minds—are dumped in Ad Seg. If an inmate acts up, we slam a steel door on him. Ad Seg allows a prison to run more efficiently for a period of time, but by placing a difficult offender in isolation you have not solved the problem — only delayed or more likely exacerbated it, not only for the prison but ultimately for the public. Our job in corrections is to protect the community, not to release people who are worse than they were when they came in." Colorado has since begun to review its policies regarding administrative segregation.
Margaret Winter says now other prison systems need to engage in reform. "It's natural to be resistant when you're being criticized," she says. "But we do see change. There's been a dialogue. Now there needs to be more monitoring. There are people inside the system saying, 'Finally!' and who are glad to see changes. The people on the inside are not villains. There are many good, very well-intentioned people working under impossible conditions and circumstances. They long for people to come in and clean it up."
Eber envisions real movement on an issue that seemed hopeless a decade ago. "What we have is a system that can be quite cruel, and reforms are needed," he says. "We just need to make sure that those reforms go far enough. There is a lot of suffering."
Greg Rienzi is assistant editor of the Johns Hopkins Gazette.
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Movies: Megan Fox Starting to Gain Some Traction in Hollywood.
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Firstly, use a firewall and a virus scanner. Preferably a hardware firewall but software will do. Win XP service pack 2 comes with a firewall but I would still recommend installing a separate program. As soon as you install windows make sure the firewall is up and running. Next install an anti-virus package. I still can't see past Nortons Anti-Virus and probably Zonealarm but Nortons Security Suite will do both. PC Pro also recommended F-Secure Internet Suite as their recommended net security tool so that's worth a look too.
That's the pc secured but it won't stop spyware from being installed and taking over your machine. The next best step is to install an alternative browser to Internet Explorer. You could try Opera but Firefox for me is faster, offers more features through extensions and is free. By doing this many of the spyware tools that takeover your browser will be eliminated from ever running on your machine. This however is still not enough.
Next I would download and install three different spyware detection and removal tools. They are Microsoft's Spyware beta, Ad-Aware and Spybot. The reason why I suggest all three rather than one is that they all seem to detect spyware to a greater or lesser extent. The advantage of Microsoft's tool is that you can have it running in the background so that new spyware threats can be trapped before they are installed. Ad-aware and Spybot are recognised as industry leaders when it comes to spyware – I would recommend running them at least once a month and deleting anything that they find.
The above should lead to a clean pc free of any nasties that are downloading in the background while you surf. However the key to hassle free pc is to make sure all the signature files and virus updates for the above software are downloaded as frequently as possible. It's a pain but there's no point having a virus scanner whose signatures are a year old.
Once final brownie point goes to the Microsoft Spyware beta. It has a couple of nice features that make it easy to track and remove other problems. One is the System Explorers. From here you can easily see what is currently running on your pc and what is started up each time you reboot your machine. In fact using this tool today I found a search bar that wasn't automatically detected by any of the above tools but could easily be disabled and then removed from the System Explorer screen. The second feature is a tool to restore the default IE settings in case your browser has been hi-jacked by another search engine – very nice.


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Partners for Progressive Israel Applauds Israeli High Court Ruling on Non-Orthodox Conversions
Partners for Progressive Israel applauds this week's historic 8-1 Israeli High Court ruling that recognizes conversions to Judaism performed by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel. Israel's Declaration of Independence guaranteed "complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion" as well as "freedom of religion." The new ruling takes an important step toward protecting non-Orthodox Israelis from those who would deny them this equality and freedom.
Since Israel's founding, the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate has wielded near-exclusive control over Jewish life-cycle events, including marriage, divorce, conversion, and burial. The High Court, as Meretz chair, MK Nitzan Horowitz, correctly noted, has now taken "an important step in dismantling [this] monopoly." As Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg stressed this week, Judaism is multichromatic, and all its many varieties must be welcome in Israel.
We do note with concern, however, that as Israel approaches its March 23 elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu's ruling Likud party and his core Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox political allies have condemned the High Court ruling and are threatening to pass legislation that would override the Court and re-impose the exclusion of non-Orthodox conversions. Such legislation would both undermine the country's judicial branch and send a message of disdain to the vast majority of Jewish Americans.
By Dinesh Sharma| 2021-04-15T14:48:08-04:00 March 3rd, 2021|Advocacy, American Jewish community, Civil Rights, Democracy, Israel Horizons, Policy Statements, Religious Pluralism|0 Comments


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I think it should move along!
Well comments are independent from events.
If you want to move a combo of events/comments, select the event and the comment.
Comments by themselves are merely labels standing at a certain line in the code. They don't have much relation with the events.
So I'd say this is by design, and would probably be a pain to modify for very little gain as for results/workflow.
This is by design, closing as not a bug.


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15 Best Improvised Scenes From Marvel Cinematic Universe
POSTED BY Hilal Zia, UPDATED ON February 13th, 2022
Over the last 11 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established itself to be a global phenomenon. With over 22 incredible films, the "Infinity Saga" has made a good home in our hearts. Several A-list performers have been a part of this phenomenal journey and have, without a doubt, given their best. Speaking about performers; a good actor not only does what he is told to do but also adds something impressive to their performance that wasn't asked of him but he does it regardless as he believes that his contribution will sit well with the people watching the movie. This unscripted contribution is referred to as "improvisation" and MCU films are packed with improvised scenes and lines. We have handpicked 15 best-improvised scenes from Marvel Cinematic Universe for you:
15. Try Me, Beyonce (Doctor Strange)
Benedict Cumberbatch is one of those artists who can completely catch you off-guard with his witty one-liners. He portrays the Master of Mystical Arts, Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His first solo outing in 2016 featured the character traveling to Nepal to find a mystical cure for his severely injured hands.
His initial encounters with then-librarian, Wong were quite funny. When he reached out to Wong to get a book on astral projections, Wong denied handing Strange the book as he was inexperienced.
This caused Strange to say, "Try Me, Beyonce". This was a shot at Wong for having just a single name. B.D. Wong (the actor who portrays Wong) later revealed that the line was completely made up by Cumberbatch himself. You can also notice his reaction in the scene.
14. We are Putting Together a Team (The Incredible Hulk)
The Incredible Hulk was the second film in the MCU franchise. Although the flick has its ups and downs, it is an integral part of the expanded Universe now.
One of the most talked-about scenes in the film doesn't even involve the titular hero. Yes, we are talking about the post-credits scene where Tony Stark pays Thunderbolt Ross a visit and informs him about the Avengers Initiative, after exchanging a few jabs with him. According to William Hurt (who plays Ross in MCU), the scene was completely improvised.
13. Don't Interrupt Odin! (Thor)
The first two Thor films don't receive much appreciation but that doesn't mean that they aren't packed with powerful scenes. The first Thor film featured the titular character as a hothead who did what he thought was right without fearing the consequences.
This led to Odin taking away Thor's hammer and banishing him from Asgard. Thor's stepbrother, Loki tried to intervene but was quickly put off with a fierce growl by Odin. The growl part of the scene came totally out of the blue and shocked everyone involved in the scene, as it is evident from Loki's reaction.
12. Noticed you've Copied my Beard (Avengers: Infinity War)
Infinity War was one of the most ambitious and highly anticipated crossovers in Cinema history. From breathtaking scenes to an intriguing plot and interactions we thought we would never see on the big screen, the film had it all.
This once-in-a-lifetime experience caused many actors/actresses to throw in a few unscripted lines here and there. One such instance of this claim was when Thor arrived in Wakanda and had a brief interaction with Captain America (who was sporting a beard due to him being on the run). Thor took a funny shot at Captain America for copying his beard and it was revealed that the scene was purely an idea of Chris Hemsworth.
11. I am Iron Man (Iron Man)
There's a saying that nothing beats the original and it's completely true when it comes to Iron Man, the film which kicked off the MCU. There are reports across the web about the film containing a lot of improvised scenes due to a complete script not being ready before the filming initiated.
In an ocean of improvised scenes, one which clearly stands out is the final scene before the credits where Tony Stark, in a press conference, announces that he is Iron Man. The scene was not included in the script. Robert Downey Jr. threw the line by himself and it was liked so much that it made the final product.
10. A Worthy Rack? (Thor: The Dark World)
Thor: The Dark World might not be considered a great film, but it has its moment and is crucial to the MCU continuity. It features the reality stone, which is one of the six infinity stones. In addition to that, Chris Hemsworth's screen presence and comic-timing make the film quite watchable!
One of the scenes in the film involved Thor resting his hammer, Mjolnir on a coat rack after returning from another realm. This scene surely raised a lot of questions but it was so sudden and unexpected that the audience let it pass after a strong laugh. To top it all, the scene was improvised by Hemsworth himself!
9. The Super Soldier (Captain America: The First Avenger)
Ironically, the final film before the mega-crossover event, "Avengers" introduced the first avenger, Captain America. It showed the journey of a scrawny kid, Steve Rogers who wanted to join the army. He was selected for the super-soldier program.
After the program completely transformed his physique, Peggy Carter's reaction was priceless. She was literally in awe of Roger's physique. The scene seemed too genuine to be scripted. Hayley Atwell revealed later that it was her genuine reaction to seeing Chris Evans shirtless for the first time. She added that she did her best to hide her reaction but thankfully, to no avail or else we would have been deprived of such a sweet moment.
8. The Adults are Talking (Avengers: Infinity War)
Infinity War makes yet another appearance on this list! Quite frankly, a whole list should be dedicated just to the improvised scenes of Infinity War. The talent associated with the flick had too much to offer aside from simply reading the script.
One such scene was when Tony Stark and Doctor Strange were arguing after disposing of Ebony Maw. Peter Parker tried to chime in too but was quickly asked by Stark to stay out of it as he was still young and the conversation was going on between adults. It was something Tony Stark would say but surprisingly, it wasn't a part of the script, and Downey himself felt the need to add it in the scene, which convinces us how dearly he embodied the character of Stark.
7. Hilarious Hawkeye (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
It can't be denied that Hawkeye was one of the key characters in the second Avengers film. His dialogue delivery, focus on his family, and everything else involving him was classic. His sarcastic one-liners made for feel-good moments when tensions rose high.
One such scene involved Quicksilver speeding right past him, leaving Hawkeye alone. At this point, the archer aimed an arrow in the direction where the speedster went and said,
"Nobody would know… 'last I saw him, Ultron was sitting on him!'"
What makes this funny line even better
6. I don't wanna go (Avengers: Infinity War)
One of the most heartbreaking scenes in the Infinity War was seeing our favorite characters turning into dust after Thanos snapped his fingers to erase half of the life in the Universe.
Peter Parker/Spider-man's demise was the most emotional one. Upon sensing that something was wrong, he ran to Tony Stark and fell into his arms, and slowly turned into ash while repeatedly saying that he wasn't feeling good and that he didn't want to go. Surprisingly, such a masterpiece of a scene was Tom Holland's creation. He was just told to act as if he didn't want to go and he nailed it brilliantly.
5. Star-Lord, Man (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Many people predicted the first Guardians of the Galaxy film to be the first MCU failure due to people not being familiar with the characters. However, looks like keeping low expectations made it easier for the film to not only exceed the audience's expectations but also make its place in their hearts as one of the most enjoyable MCU films.
The film is packed with hilarious one-liners and mind-blowing visuals. One scene featured Star-Lord getting caught by Korath. He explained to him that he was Star-Lord, whom Korath had no idea about. This caused the legendary outlaw to sigh in disappointment and explain further about himself.
The disappointing feeling when someone doesn't recognize your achievements (or mischief acts) is quite relatable and Chris Pratt portrayed it excellently and interestingly, the line, "Star-Lord, Man; Legendary Outlaw" was improvised on the fly.
4. Blueberries? (Avengers)
During the filming of the first Avengers film, Robert Downey Jr. hid food items all over the set. Many people tried to locate it but to no avail. Downey would then pick any item up during the filming and eat it.
The Lab scene where Stark offers Rogers and Banner's blueberry was completely unscripted and Mark Ruffalo's acceptance of the offer was merely due to the fact that he was hungry while Chris Evans did what Steve Rogers would do in such a moment i.e. ignore the offer in the midst of a serious conversation.
3. Why is Gamora? (Avengers: Infinity War)
The first encounter between the Avengers and the Guardians went exactly as we all expected it to, BERZERK. There was a short fight scene that ended when both teams realized that they were fighting a common enemy.
The closing moments of the fight saw Star-Lord asking Iron-Man where was Gamora, to which Stark responded by asking who was Gamora. Dave Bautista, who portrays Drax, then contributed by asking,
"I will do you one better, why is Gamora?"
The line came off as incredibly funny and was completely made by Bautista. It was completely illogical but we wouldn't have it any other way!
2. A Friend from Work (Thor: Ragnarok)
Ragnarok was a 180-degree turn from the previous Thor films, in terms of theme. It was such a monster hit that it singlehandedly revived the Thor franchise. A compelling plot, quirky dialogues, and catchy visuals made for a highly entertaining flick. A number of scenes were improvised as well.
One of the scenes in question featured a joyful Thor after he spotted Hulk after a long time. Although they were set to battle each other, Thor let everyone know that Hulk was a "Friend from Work". This line wasn't a part of the script and was suggested by a make-a-wish kid who was brought to the set. The suggestion was highly favored and the line ended up getting added to the scene.
1. The Shawarma Scene (Avengers)
Have you ever thought what was the inspiration behind one of the best MCU post-credit scenes i.e. the Shawarma scene? Well, it was the man, Robert Downey Jr. himself.
After nearly sacrificing himself to save the world, Stark suggests that the team should try shawarma in one of the nearby blocks. The entire shawarma discussion was coined by Downey and this led to the creation of the epic post-credits Shawarma scene featuring all six Avengers.
Do you agree with our list of the best-improvised scenes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Have you any other suggestions in mind? Sound off in the comments and enlighten us!


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Miss out on ARchitect User Forum 2019? Catch up with our highlights!
Another great ARchitect User Forum is in the books. We opened this year's event with some very exciting ARInsights' announcements:
Firm Research Calendars are now available in ARchitect
ServicePlus offering to help with time-consuming tasks in ARchitect
Brand new HTML template-based Analyst Emailer
Analyst Portal can now host your videos targeted for authenticated analysts
New dashboard with analyst heat map coming soon
Web API for tighter integration with your other enterprise systems coming soon
Check out how our amazing customers are leveraging ARchitect to create powerful AR metrics, and how the four Peer Review sites are transforming the AR landscape!
Customer Experience: 2020 Initiatives
Build Your AR Plans with Planned Research & Events
Crystal Golightly presented on new initiatives as part of the Customer Experience team, including our Learning Series starting in January 2020 and our newest service offering, ServicePlus. Crystal also explored how ARchitect is allowing users to plan against analyst firm research calendars for new projects. The ARInsights' development team has been working tirelessly to transform ARchitect into a system of planning, allowing AR professionals to follow research calendars, plan projects against them, and report on their findings.
Crystal is the Vice President of Customer Experience and Operations at ARInsights. She tweets at @crysgolightly and can be found on LinkedIn at in/crystalgolightly.
Company Update & ARchitect Roadmap 2020
Shashank delivered two presentations. The first was focused on how ARInsights has strengthened the core business, evaluated customer feedback in our recent survey, and announced our exciting new ARchitect dashboard that will be launched in Q1 of 2020.
Shashank's second presentation explored the big themes and technical initiatives to support ARInsights' goals for 2020.
Shashank is the CEO at ARInsights. He can be found on LinkedIn at in/shashankkulkarni.
ARchitect Feature Enhancements 2019
In Andy's presentation, he reviewed and explained new enhancements that were made to ARchitect in 2019.
Andy is Senior Developer at ARInsights. He can be found on LinkedIn at in/andymclandrich.
ARchitecting Our Future: Building Blocks to Metrics & Reporting
Faced with slim resources and big objectives, the Verizon team was tasked with delivering insight and value back to the business. Since they are distributed globally and seeing a convergence in areas of coverage, it is important they maintain line of sight into ongoing activities by their teammates. Using ARchitect daily and reinforcing the notion that quality input produces quality output, the team is able to showcase success at a moment's notice.
Cathy Mullaney is the Director Strategic Marketing including activities for all Verizon Business Group: Analyst Relations, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Program Office and Near-term marketing strategy. Cathy received her MBA at Loyola Business School in 2001. She is also a Certified Industry Analyst Relations Professional and has been recognized by TMT News as the "best female Analyst Relations Professional in North America and in Telecommunications". She tweets at @cmullaney and can be found on LinkedIn at in/cathy-mullaney-9862552/.
Measuring Analyst Share of Voice
It's expected that PR takes the lead when it comes to measuring Share of Voice (SOV). But what if there was a way to also measure Analyst SOV in a way that's consistent with how PR measures SOV? In recent months, Dell Technologies has collaborated with ARInsights to do just that; measure Analyst SOV in a way that's consistent with how business leaders expect to see results. Dave presented insights from his experience measuring Analyst SOV and the actions that have resulted from some of the initial findings. Fluctuations in Analyst SOV from month to month and quarter to quarter can shed a light on what's working and where the opportunities lie to do more.
Dave Matson is an Analyst Relations Manager at Dell Technologies, covering Services & Digital among other areas of the business. He has extensive experience in technology services marketing and communications and previously worked in a product management and marketing capacity at Forrester Research in Cambridge, MA. He tweets at @dcmatson and can be found on LinkedIn at in/davematson1/.
Measure What Matters
If you're a 108-year old company, you need to constantly change, so transformation is ever-present across the IBM Corporation. IBM's worldwide Analyst Relations team reflects this dynamism, and IBM has relied heavily on ARchitect to support and enable its evolution.
In his session, Leo Kluger explained how IBM-AR has used innovative data management, metrics and analytics to directly attribute quarterly marketing and sales pipeline and wins to individual AR initiatives. Leo reviewed how ARchitect is used as a system of record to fuel first-of-a-kind Natural Language Processing (NLP) analytics that gauge IBM's share of voice, sentiment and Analyst influence. Leo also discussed IBM-AR's ongoing ARchitect journey, introducing new, data-driven processes, transforming the platform from a passive, relationship-management tool into an essential daily dashboard and system of engagement that enables AR Pros to work smarter and more efficiently.
Leo Kluger is currently Principal Data Scientist for IBM's worldwide Analyst Relations team. Previously, he was the data science practice leader with IBM's Chief Analytics Office. He was also founding manager of the worldwide database analytics team in IBM's Market Intelligence unit. Leo received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a dual MBA in both Information Systems and Marketing, from New York University's Stern school of business.
Futureproof: 7 Key Pillars for Digital Transformation Success
Learn the digital transformation secrets of the world's most enduring companies: Find out what they do to build stability in times of constant change, and most importantly, how they make their business "Futureproof."
More than ever before, well-established companies are succumbing to wave after wave of disruption from new entrants, new technologies, and new customer expectations. Companies like Kodak, Blockbuster Video and Xerox weren't able to cope with the pace and scope of disruption, and now they're all but gone. No business leader wants to be next. The pressure is on to adapt.
As organizations begin to cope with the realization that digital transformation is the key to their survival in the age of technology-driven business, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that digital transformation is merely a technology investment play. It isn't. There is a larger operational vision at play here, and the world's most adaptable companies have already figured out what it is. Broken down into its core components, it consists of 7 operational pillars that help organizations accelerate digital transformation, manage change, and turn disruption into a tireless engine of opportunity.
Daniel Newman is the Principal Analyst of Futurum Research and the CEO of Broadsuite Media Group. Living his life at the intersection of people and technology, Daniel works with the world's largest technology brands exploring Digital Transformation and how it is influencing the enterprise. From Big Data to IoT to Cloud Computing, Newman makes the connections between business, people and tech that are required for companies to benefit most from their technology projects, which leads to his ideas regularly being cited by CNBC, Barrons, Business Insider, Squawk Box, Yahoo Finance and hundreds of other sites across the world. A 7x Best-Selling Author including his two most recent "Human/Machine," and "Futureproof." Daniel is also a Forbes, VentureBeat and MarketWatch contributor. MBA and Graduate Adjunct Professor, Daniel Newman is a Chicago Native and his speaking takes him around the world each year as he shares his vision of the role technology will play in our future. He tweets at @danielnewmanUV and can be found on LinkedIn at in/daniellouisnewman.
Enterprise IT Review Sites: Presentations and Q&A
B2B technology buyers are now turning to their peers more than ever as a source for their buying decisions. AR professionals should be aware of this growing resource and determine how enterprise IT review sites fit in their AR programs. At ARchitect User Forum 2019, we had the pleasure of having TrustRadius, G2, IT Central Station, and Gartner present on their leading enterprise IT review sites, as well as Carter Lusher facilitating a Q&A.
In leading Marketing for TrustRadius, Russ Somers balances a data-driven approach and an interest in growth hacks with narrative instincts honed by years as a songwriter and performer. He has led marketing teams for high-growth startups including TrendKite (acquired by Cision), Invodo (acquired by Industrial Color Studios), and sonarDesign, and he started his marketing career with Fortune 500 companies including Dell and Sabre Holdings. Russ spends his spare time with his family, as well as collecting and restoring vintage guitars.
Michael Fauscette is Chief Research Officer at G2 which is Building out a platform and community where people can connect, share experiences about business software, and learn what software might work for them. Taking the rich content in the community and refining it for more efficient and effective use in the software selection process. Finding new ways for other constituents including software providers, services firms, analysts and business strategists, bloggers and media to utilize that content to enrich their own business activities. Michael tweets at @mfauscette with 14k followers and can be found on LinkedIn at in/mfauscette
Russell Rothstein is Founder and CEO of IT Central Station which is disrupting the $3 trillion market for enterprise technology through the power of crowdsourcing, product reviews and voice of the customer. Before founding IT Central Station, Russell was leading product marketing at companies like Nolio (acquired by CA Technologies), Op Tier and OPNET (acquired by Riverbed) and was co-founder and CEO of Zettapoint (acquired by EMC). Russell is active on Twitter (10K+ followers): twitter.com/RussRothsteinIT and can be found on LinkedIn at in/Russell
Richard Cho is responsible for Gartner Peer Insights, Gartner's internal lean startup focused on enterprise software reviews and ratings, as well as Gartner's overall digital client experience. Richard is a digital product leader, investment strategist, and strategy consultant with over 15 years of product, investing, and consulting experience at Gartner, Bridgewater, and McKinsey. He can be found on LinkedIn at in/richardncho.


Like every summer, July 7th marks the existence of one of the world's most famous festivals, San Fenmin. July 6th starts a big ol 'shot and "Fiesta" start.
Daily is locked throughout the week, then the calves run and walk when they walk on the way to the faucet ring.
The boys of Cuxeicus are carrying bulls of San Fermin, in their own unique way, where the racing rides (tied with a red room) and introduced by the 6 bulls.
If you like "Fisia" and you want to decorate your screen in honor of the event, this San Fermín background will suit you well.


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I've officially taken the next step in my career. I'll soon be working at Fueled as an Android Engineer! I'm so excited for this next chapter and wanted to write a quick post talking about my thought process behind this change. My hope is to provide a little look into how I've come to think of career decisions for those who might be curious about this stuff.
Before we jump into the thought process, I'd like to take a slight detour and talk about how I think about careers in general. Most of these ideas are things I've learned about over the last few years and they've been really important in helping me make sense of what it means to me to be a working professional.
Job vs. Career
A job is different from a career. A job to me is a contract where you do some work or offer services in order to get paid money in return. A job is a way for us to survive in this materialistic, capitalist world we live in — and that's okay! A job helps you take care of yourself, provide for yourself. You do not have to love your job. Your job doesn't have to be awesome, it doesn't need to fulfill you. It just has to…pay.
An obvious disclaimer here is that if your job is killing you, or is a toxic place then you most definitely can switch your job. You can go out there and get a better job for yourself.
A career on the other hand is something more long term. It is something you build over time. I think of it as a series of jobs (or roles within the same job) in a particular domain of work that interests you. This is why phrases like having a writing career or a career in software engineering exist.
Due to the long term nature of a career, you don't want to be in a career that you hate. If you are in one, then it's best to leave and go out and get a job! Work jobs till you figure how you can jump back into a career again. Doing this is totally fine!
At any given point in time, you can be working a job or building yourself a career. Both are totally valid ways of living your life! I'm personally in the "building a career" phase right now, trying to build a career for myself as a Software Engineer.
I must acknowledge that being in a "building a career" mode is definitely a privilege. It's a privileged to be in a situation where you can focus on a career and not have to worry about making ends meet on a day-to-day basis.
If you're reading this blog post and are in a place where you're trying to go from having a job to building a career (as a Software Engineer) or are just confused about anything Software related, feel free to drop me a DM on my Twitter to have a chat. I will try my best to help!
Due to the long-term nature of careers, career decisions are often very contextual. They depend a lot on the work you have been doing, the work you want to be doing in the future, your financial situation, family situation etc.
My decision to work at Fueled was a contextual one as well.
After spending the last 3 years working in an early-stage, fast-paced startup environment where I was routinely wearing multiple hats at work, I felt that the time was right for me to step into something that allows me to dive deep into just one thing. This one thing is of course building apps for Android.
I taught myself how to build Android apps in 2014 and have wanted to work on Android full-time since then. My job description at Fueled allows me to do just this! It's finally happening 😁
Processes, Support, Culture
Fueled has a super streamlined set of internal processes, a solid team of engineers (a lot of them senior to me — which is great!) spread across the globe, and a team culture of "making things" (which I learned about while interviewing). These three things combined will be super valuable for me as I try to grow in my career.
I'm excited to be a part of the Fueled team and contribute towards improving the processes, support systems and company culture!
I couldn't be more thrilled! I start work on 1st September. You can expect a lot more Android themed blog posts on here going forward as that's where I'll be spending most of my time writing code. Wish me luck! 👀
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The Hamilton Beach Coffee Maker is considered a perfectly thought out household coffee maker which continues to receive great reviews for brewing a great tasting cups of brewed coffee. It is very easy to use and quick as well. The best part is that you can even choose the brand, strength and flavor of coffee that you really prefer. Since it can only brew a single cup at a time, you can easily vary the flavor of every cup.
Simply choose between 8 or 14 ounces of coffee for every cup, as well as the "bold" or "regular" setting in order to perfectly suit your tastes. This particular coffee maker model can also accommodate a thermal travel mug, while it may also be adjusted in order to brew into a cup or mug. At the same time, this unit also comes with two scoops, along with a convenient hook located on the side in order to hang one on.
The Hamilton Beach Coffee Maker is a popular machine because of its features. A regular cup of coffee is ready after brewing for 90 seconds. At the same time, it can also accommodate a travel mug. This single cup drip coffee is perfect for personal use which enables you to brew coffee of any brand or flavor which is of standard grind. You can easily adjust coffee strength with the use of more or less water, finer or coarser grind, even though finer grinds can result the machine to possibly overflow.
For a mess free brewing, it is recommended to use a looser and coarser grind. Your coffee may be directly scooped in by using the accompanying scoop filter, one that is placed in its filter holder, making it very easy to use and setup for brewing. There is an LED light which notifies you whether the coffee is still brewing. It automatically goes off after completing. This coffee maker can shut itself off after brewing. This unit is very cheap.
In order to make the best decision when it comes to choosing the best coffee maker, it is best to know what your options are. In the world of coffee makers, there are primary brands that gain the attention of many coffee lovers. Aside from Hamilton, another known brand is Keurig. Keurig Mini Plus is a great household coffee option. This tank has the capacity to hold about 10 ounces of water. For this, you need to add water every time you brew. You can easily control the strength and size of the coffee cup by selecting the right K-Cup type.
Another player in this industry is the Black and Decker Coffee Maker. Its sneak a cup feature is what makes this model different. It comes with an option that allows you to pause the process to pour the coffee out. Aside from that, it also comes with an auto-shut off option which turns the unit off after two hours.
Hamilton, on the other hand, is great because of its flexibility. It can allow you to choose the amount of coffee to brew, allows you to use other brands, and can even accommodate travel mugs. Now that you have an idea of the options that are available, it is best to identify what your needs are in order to choose well.


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Monday – Salmon with mango salsa. Pan seared salmon with a refreshing mango salsa.
Tuesday – Slow cooker chili Mac. I'm convinced Spring is skipping right over Connecticut. I. can't believe it's end of April and I'm still cooking hearty comfort food in my crockpot!
Wednesday – Mediterranean lentil salad. This was the recipe I used, but my lentils came out looking NOTHING like the pictures. No idea why, so I improvised and placed all ingredients on top on spinach. It still tasted great!
Thursday – Kale salad with lemon vinaigrette. I loosely followed this recipe. I used dried cranberries instead of the pomegranate arils and I didn't add quinoa.
Friday – BBQ chicken and bacon grilled cheese. Bacon isn't just for breakfast!


Escape Job is another point and click escape game developed by Mirchi Games. In this game, You are in the situation to escape from the house by unlocking various levels and advance to the next room to find the final exit door. Solve some interesting puzzles with the help of hidden clues. Click on the objects to interact. Good luck and have fun!


Yesterday tartan, today checked, I believe I've gone print crazy, but I love the concept of prints so no need to call any special institutions… Today I've injected a substantial amount of Toshop into my outfit and even if you don't believe me, I'll tell you it was totally by accident. Putting outfits together are tricky when it comes to branding, nobody wants to look like they walked straight out of a catalogue for one fashion brand, well, nobody should! We should all want variety in our lives. A bit of H&M contrasting with some Zara, maybe rounded off with a little Chanel, it doesn't always have to be that your outfit is made up of pieces from one particular store. Regardless, this is the dilemma I faced, saying one thing and my outfit contradicting me completely, but as I said, in my defence, it was a genuine accident and I did manage to break up the Topshop frenzy with some shoes from Primark so all was well in the end. My black and white patterned cropped trousers were a personal favorite of my mums and belonged to her, but she claims they don't look right on her anymore, soooo, they are now mine! Really couldn't tell you how much they were as they were bought a long, long time ago, but they are real beaut's so I'm guessing, knowing Topshop, they'll be a little pricier than your average cropped trouser. Moving on, my silk cream zip-back top is from Topshop also, was £28 and is a personal favorite of mine. As for my beige suede heels, I think they are really perfect for spring. They are a great easy-to-walk-in heel and made my much-loved blue polish look exceptionally bright, which is always a plus. They were an impulse buy in Primark a while back, probably the end of last summer come to think of it which explains why they were put away pretty much as soon as they were purchased, I truly have only worn them out of the house once to see a film I think and that's really all the attention they've received until now! They were £13 and quite cheap I thought for a pair of sturdy heels, but truthfully what was I expecting from Primark? I find this outfit is useful for that awkward transition from Winter into Spring and even into Summer, as it keeps me sufficiently covered to protect me from any cold winds that may try to attack me on my travels but also exposes the arms, chest and feet letting them breathe and if they're lucky, catch a bit of sunlight!


The BEST WESTERN Jayleen 1918 is a very practical and comfortable accommodation for both business and leisure travellers. Due to its central location at the Boat Quay and near the business district it is an attractive place for those who like to be in the middle of action. The handicapped amenities make this hotel stand out from the crowd.


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Q: How do I create a session to use my profile? Version of AWS SDK for Go?
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.28.9

Version of Go (go version)?
> go version                                                                                master [c6a9853] modified untracked
go version go1.13.6 darwin/amd64

What issue did you see?
Creating a session doesn't pick up the specified profile.
I set the following environment variables:
AWS_CONFIG_FILE=~/.aws/config
AWS_CREDENTIALS_FILE=~/.aws/credentials
AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE=~/.aws/credentials
AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1

And I create the session like this:
sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
  Profile: "dev",

  Config: aws.Config{
    Region:                        aws.String("us-west-2"),
    CredentialsChainVerboseErrors: aws.Bool(true),
  },

  SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
})

if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

ssmsvc := ssm.New(sess)
keyname := "/dev/ops/test/slack/api_token"
withDecryption := false
param, err := ssmsvc.GetParameter(&ssm.GetParameterInput{
  Name:           &keyname,
  WithDecryption: &withDecryption,
})

if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

value := *param.Parameter.Value
fmt.Println(value)

And I get this as a result:
panic: NoCredentialProviders: no valid providers in chain
caused by: EnvAccessKeyNotFound: failed to find credentials in the environment.
SharedCredsLoad: failed to load profile, dev.
EC2RoleRequestError: no EC2 instance role found
caused by: RequestError: send request failed

However, AWS CLI can pick up my profile easily:
>aws ssm get-parameter --region="us-west-2" --profile="dev" --name="/dev/ops/test/slack/api_token"
{
    "Parameter": {
        "Name": "/dev/ops/test/slack/api_token",
        "Type": "SecureString",
        "Value": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx==",
        "Version": 1,
        "LastModifiedDate": 1580165013.606,
        "ARN": "arn:aws:ssm:us-west-2:xxxxxxxxxxxx:parameter/dev/ops/test/slack/api_token"
    }
}

More reference (my dev profile as well as my bridge profile):
> cat ~/.aws/config                                                                                master [c6a9853] modified untracked
[profile dev]
role_arn = arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxxx:role/admin
role_session_name = name
source_profile = bridge
region = us-west-2

> cat ~/.aws/credentials                                                                                master [c6a9853] modified untracked
[bridge]
aws_access_key_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
aws_secret_access_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Steps to reproduce
Configure a session to use a role from the ~/.aws/config file.

A: Fixed: needed to use the absolute path for the environment variables pointing to the .aws files.

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We make the Custom Moulding ordering process for you as simple as it should be. If you are building or remodeling a home simply have your builder, contractor, architect or interior designer, forward drawings, plans in a PDF file via email to chris@oldworlddesign.net or mail to 2250 AspinWall Street. Sarasota, FL. 34237. Once Old World Design has received a copy of your plans we will then begin the bidding, estimating process.
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