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Sergei Alexandrowitsch Schargunow (, wiss. Transliteration Sergej Aleksandrovič Šargunov; * 12. Mai 1980 in Moskau) ist ein russischer Schriftsteller.

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Er studierte in Moskau Journalistik und ist Literaturkritiker von Zeitungen wie Nowy Mir und Nesawisimaja Gaseta. Nach eigenen Angaben schrieb er schon im Alter von zwei Jahren sein erstes Gedicht. 2001 wurde er für seinen Erstlingsroman Zwei Inseln mit dem russischen Debüt-Preis ausgezeichnet, sein Preisgeld stiftete er dem inhaftierten Schriftsteller Eduard Limonow.

Schargunow zählt neben Autoren wie Irina Deneschkina zu den "neuen Realisten" der russischen Literatur und schreibt über den Alltag der heutigen Jugend in Russland. Anders als Deneschkina schlägt er dabei durchaus kritische Töne an und fordert die Jugend zum Protest auf. Selbst grenzt er sich scharf von seinen Kollegen ab. Er wirft ihnen ein "immergleiches Schema" vor und bezeichnet ihre Werke als "Abgründe schamloser Schreibwut".

Schargunow war Mitglied der regierungsnahen Partei Gerechtes Russland und sollte bei den Parlamentswahlen 2007 ursprünglich auf einem der vorderen Listenplätze für die Duma kandidieren. Auf Druck aus dem Umfeld des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin hin wurde seine Aufstellung jedoch zurückgenommen, da er sich mehrfach negativ über Putin geäußert und ihn unter anderem als "Totengräber des Landes" bezeichnet hatte. Später wurde Schargunow aus der Partei ausgeschlossen.

Bei den Wahlen 2016 zog er als Kandidat der Kommunistischen Partei der Russischen Föderation, deren Mitglied er mittlerweile geworden war, in die Duma ein.

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1993
Im Jahr 2013 veröffentlichte Schargunow das Buch 1993. Das Buch beginnt im Jahr 1993, in der Zeit nach der Perestrojka, es handelt sich um eine Familienchronik, die mit historischen Untersuchungen verknüpft ist. Im titelgebenden Jahr ist beinahe Bürgerkrieg im Zentrum von Moskau; in dieser Zeit der großen Hoffnungen und großen Erschütterungen befinden sich sie und er auf unterschiedlichen Seiten der Barrikaden. Die Geschichte einer Familie wird plötzlich zur Geschichte des ganzen Landes.

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 Artikel zu einem Bericht über ihn auf 3sat (not valid now)
Sergey Shargunov Offizielle Website - https://shargunov.com/

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Schriftsteller (Moskau)
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Russisch)
Roman, Epik
Person auf der EU-Sanktionsliste infolge des Konflikts in der Ukraine
Russe
Geboren 1980
Mann


The following summarize final 1999 budgets for schools and highlights of education-related action in legislatures. Totals for K-12 education include money for state education administration, but not federal, flow-through dollars.
Legislators made no changes to previously approved education appropriation for fiscal 1999, second year of two-year budget.
Governor had proposed in January that legislature appropriate $5 million for remedial education for 10th graders who hadn't yet passed state's high school graduation test and $500,000 to enable students to take the Preliminary SAT for free. Lawmakers rejected his proposals, so governor opted to use administrative funds from education budgets for fiscal 1998 and 1999 for the initiatives.
Legislature approved biennial budget in April.
Budget sets aside $7 million for new scholarship program, which--starting in 1999-2000 school year--will provide sliding-scale scholarships to students based on need and grades.
New school safety programs receive $5 million in fiscal 1999 and $10 million in fiscal 2000.
Budget provides minimum 2.3 percent salary increase in 1998-99 school year for certified teaching and administrative staff members.
Legislature passed 2.5 percent annual growth limit on school district and other local government spending. Lawmakers also fine-tuned school finance formula approved last year, establishing minimum amount for handful of schools in very sparsely populated areas.
In first move toward state-mandated accountability, legislature approved measure that provides for statewide tests of students' academic performance.
Testing measure also calls for statewide financial-reporting system and rewards for districts that meet certain standards, including having at least 60 percent of graduating seniors take a college-entrance exam on which, in aggregate, they score above the statewide average.


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'Outdoor fun this weekend at PEEC' and more
What's going on in arts, leisure and community January 28 to February 3
Photo contributed by the Chamber of the Northern Poconos
The Chamber will honor Wayne County Community Foundation Executive Director Ryanne Jennings with the Community Achievement Award.
Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:25 am
Chamber of the Northern Poconos membership event, community Awards recipients announced
ONLINE — The Chamber of the Northern Poconos was unable to hold the annual Community Awards Banquet in 2020 but did not want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge deserving individuals. The awards portion will be included in the annual virtual membership event to be held on Thursday, February 4. Members are encouraged to virtually attend that function to catch up on chamber news, honor the awards recipients, listen to a brief update from the Wayne County Commissioners and vote in the 2021 slate of officers and board members.
The Community Achievement Award celebrates those who have made a significant contribution through a unique achievement or outstanding service in any area that provides a benefit to communities in Wayne or Pike counties. The chamber will honor Wayne County Community Foundation Executive Director Ryanne Jennings with the Community Achievement Award. The chamber will also grant Joshua Keiper, owner of Naked Toffee, LLC, the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The chamber will also be honoring Genevieve Reese of The French Manor Inn and Spa as Business Person of the Year.
The general public is welcome to watch the meeting and awards live through Facebook at The Chamber of the Northern Poconos.
For more information, visit www.northernpoconoschamber.com.
Preparing for DVAA 2022 exhibition season
NARROWSBURG, NY — The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) has announced an open call for solo, two-person, group and curated exhibitions for the 2022 exhibition season.
The application portal is open now through Saturday, January 30, 2021.
Artists must fill out the online submission form, which includes a bio, artist statement, list of works and 10 to 15 images. DVAA convenes a jury of three to five visual arts professionals to select the exhibitions based solely on the projected images of artwork, so it's important to submit consistent, high-quality images.
DVAA will notify applicants via email by Thursday, April 1, 2021.
For more information, call DVAA's gallery director Krissy Smith at 845/252-7576 or email gallery@delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.
'Two Acoustic Guitars'
ONLINE — On Thursday, February 4 at 6 p.m., the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library will present Steve Schwartz and Antoine Magliano in "Two Acoustic Guitars."
Schwartz and Magliano have been playing together for more than a dozen years. Their repertoire ranges through a variety of genres including folk, blues, swing, rock and country music. Schwartz, of Steve's Music Center in Rock Hill, NY, is a virtuoso guitarist and Magliano, host of the Monday night open mic at Dutch's in Rock Hill, sings and plays guitar and dobro, an acoustic type of steel guitar.
Registration is limited to 100 people.
For more information and to register, visit www.ebcpl.org and click on "February 2021 Adult Calendar."
Outdoor fun this weekend at PEEC
DINGMANS FERRY, PA — The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is hosting outdoor events on its campus, located at 538 Emery Rd., this weekend.
On Saturday, January 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, join PEEC on a trip north in search of eagles and other rare wintering birds. Dress warmly and feel free to bring your camera. Participants will follow the PEEC van in their own vehicles. Limited spaces are available.
On Sunday, January 31, learn the basics of snowshoeing and enjoy a winter walk through the woods. No prior experience is necessary. Equipment is provided and PEEC staff will teach you everything you need to know. Register early to reserve a pair of snowshoes and guarantee a spot. Cost is $10 per adult and $5 per child.
For more information and to register, visit www.peec.org, call 570/828-2319 or email peec@peec.org.
Virtual caregiver support
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Family caregiver support groups are offered several times a month, providing guidance, community resources and educational materials to individuals assisting an aging or ill family member or friend. Hosted virtually until further notice, Caring for Caregivers support groups are facilitated by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Sullivan County's Caregiver Resource Center in partnership with Office for the Aging of Sullivan County.
Caregivers who care for a person with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, can join meetings on the third Tuesday of the month at 5 p.m. Family caregivers can join weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. These meetings are open to all types of caregiving (not specific to any disease).
Registration is required to participate in all support group meetings. To register, contact CCE Sullivan County Dependent Care Educator Bonnie Lewis, RN at 845/292-6180 ext. 122 or register online at www.sullivancce.org/events. Meetings can be joined by computer or phone.
'Thursday Night Lights'
TOWN OF THOMPSON, NY — The Town of Thompson and Holiday Mountain have brought back "town ski night," now featuring snowtubing and snowboarding and called "Thursday Night Lights." Every Thursday night from 5 to 9 p.m., town residents can enjoy lower rates on winter activities at Holiday Mountain. Residents must show an ID with a Thompson address to enjoy the deals: $14 lift tickets, $14 lessons, $14 ski rentals and $22 snowboard rentals. Snowtubing sessions, from 4 to 6 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m., cost $14 per person; participants must be at least 42" tall. Make reservations in advance. Masks are required.
For more information, visit www.holidaymtn.com.
'Madness of the Q' virtual author talk
ONLINE — The Western Sullivan Public Library Book Club is hosting a virtual author talk with Gray Basnight, author of "Madness of the Q," on Thursday, January 28 from 6 to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit www.wsplonline.org and read "Sam Teagarden's back in 'Madness of the Q'" from River Reporter's Annemarie Schuetz.
'Family to Family'
ONLINE — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Northeast Pennsylvania offers its Family-to-Family education program, a free eight-session course, every Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
This course is for families, partners and friends of people with mental illnesses to help them better understand mental illness. The course is free but registration is required.
For more information and to register, call 570/342-1047 or email info@naminepa.org.
The Chamber of the Northern Poconos,	The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance,	acoustic guitars,	Steve Schwartz,	Antoine Magliano,	Pocono Environmental Education Center,	family caregiver support,	skiing,	Madness of the Q,	Gray Basnight
The only constant is change
Eagle Watch bus tours scheduled for February and more
Happy birthday, Zane Grey!
In the Victory Garden

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Books, arts and culture
Spirituality on screen
Examining "The Young Pope" in light of contextual theology
Through Pius XIII, the show highlights how faith grows out of personal experience
by B.A.
THE title of Paolo Sorrentino's Vatican drama "The Young Pope" has been met with confusion and derision. Many see it as a simplistic description of his age, others an allusion to his spiritual maturity. Both are integral to understanding this compelling character, and the show draws a clear thread between Pius XIII's (Jude Law) difficult formative experiences and his religious beliefs. "The Young Pope" is an exercise in contextual theology: only by considering the pontiff's life as a young boy can we begin to understand his current position.
Orphaned as a child, Pius has not accepted his past or forgiven the parents that deserted him. His fellow Cardinals regard his behaviour as that of a "vindictive little boy". He lashes out at his contemporaries. He taunts his confessor by suggesting that he may or may not believe in God, and manipulates him into divulging people's secret sins. He is irritable, intransigent and whimsical, scorning an entire breakfast in favour of a diet cherry Coke. When an elderly Sister kisses Pius's face, he wipes away the affection with a napkin and gives her a lecture that brings her to tears. There is an alarming continuity between the resentful, grudge-holding man on the papal throne and the despondent boy given up by his parents. "You've never budged from the front gate of that orphanage," a Cardinal tells him, "where one fine day, without explanation, your parents abandoned you."
Indeed, Pius surrounds himself with parental surrogates such as Cardinal Michael Spencer (James Cromwell) and Sister Mary (Diane Keaton). Both have their concerns that unresolved childhood anxieties might negatively affect Pius's papacy. "Your personal aches, your enormous sufferings, your terrible memories—they must take a back seat," she says. Pius is no longer to think of himself as a fatherless, motherless boy, because he is now Father and Mother of the Catholic Church. But it is a role that he cannot identify with; his first pontifical address was cold and impersonal—"I will never be with you"—because his faith grew out of his cold abandonment.
Saint Anselm considered theology to be "faith seeking understanding" (fides quaerens intellectum). The "seeking" can only be done by an individual with a particular set of views, conditioned by a particular set of circumstances. All theology, then, is contextual.
Theology has always been done in this way, both at community and individual levels. Liberation theology, for example, which was championed in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, arose in a time of stark inequality and argued that God offered a "preferential option for the poor". Frustrations with white patriarchies led to the development of feminist, black and queer theologies. Contemporary theology, meanwhile, has emphasised the Bible's anti-imperial passages, which have been taken up by Occupiers railing against Wall Street and critics of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A notable example of an individual whose theology is informed by their social conditions is Pope Francis: his "theology of the people" extends its roots back to his work with marginalised communities in his native Argentina.
"The Young Pope" wants viewers to understand the context informing Pius's behaviour, which in this pontiff's case is his childhood. In espousing the idea that human belief in God arises out of a childish feeling of helplessness when faced with a daunting universe, the series also bears significant traces of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic reading of religion. He considered belief in God to be little more than wish fulfillment, arguing that "a personal God is, psychologically, nothing other than an exalted father," the appeal of which is obvious to an individual whose faith was forged in an orphanage "in the cold and the dark of night". Freud, as he often did, overstated his case. But where he got it right, and where "The Young Pope" gets it right, is in highlighting that individual approaches to theology grow out of particular human experiences.
Pius, however, has yet to make that connection for himself. He wrongly presumes that his "needs are the same as those of a billion Catholics"; he does not acknowledge that individuals turn to God for myriad reasons, from a variety of starting points. The most successful and empathetic religious leaders are aware of these variances, and will preach and act in ways that honour them. But this level of empathy requires a maturity that Pius doesn't yet possess, one that he will only be able to attain by confronting his own demons. Whether that confrontation will take place is one of the mysteries of the series; whether it will destroy the Church in the process is quite another.
Pius XIII is an unlikely man of the cloth, taken from the same mould as Graham Greene's "whisky priest" (though his substance of vice is tobacco), or, more recently, Rob Lowe's cocky Father Jude in "You, Me and the Apocalypse". Mr Law convincingly depicts the limping spiritual journey of a troubled man. Mr Sorrentino may have frustrated some viewers with the lack of insight into Pius's inner workings, but as the series continues to lift from the ground, the young pontiff's questionable objectives will become clearer. Viewers may come to temper their scorn with an empathy that Pius himself wouldn't understand.
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Indonesia is moving to settle its maritime border issues with East Timor and is keen to see Australia do the same, according to a senior government advisor. East Timor is keen to renegotiate its maritime boundaries with Australia to maximise its share of the rich Timor Sea oil and gas resources, a move Australia is resisting. Indonesia, however, is watching developments closely.
SNOWDON: Australia is keen to preserve the existing boundaries between itself and East Timor based on the Timor Sea Treaty signed earlier this year and which it says is fair to all sides.
The result is a 90 to 10 per cent split in East Timor's favour of the revenues from the joint petroleum development area. Those boundaries are based on the 1972 agreement between Australia and Indonesia, which created the Timor Gap and the division of resources.
While Australia and now it seems Indonesia will be happy to have the existing boundaries made the permanent borders, East Timor has indicated it might want to change them in order to access the larger and more valuable resources of the Greater Sunrise Field, which mostly falls outside the treaty boundaries.
Complicating the picture is that while Australia owns the seabed resources of Greater Sunrise, the waters around it fall under Indonesia's economic zone.
Hasjim Djalal says Indonesia would expect to be consulted if there are any changes, making any negotiation a three-way affair and potentially a more complicated one, something Australia understandably wants to contain as much as possible.
Professor Djalal says there have been some constructive moves in Indonesia to negotiate its separate issues with East Timor, and says Australia should just sit down and get on with it too.
DJALAL: Now how I were to negotiate with East Timor? I should refrain from expressing my views, but if you ask me is Indonesia asking for renegotiation of the boundary between Indonesia and Australia on the seabed as well as economic zone, my answer is that so far I have not heard anything on that from the Indonesian side.
SNOWDON: So would Indonesia be most comfortable with as much as the status quo remaining?
DJALAL: Well yes but whatever status quo we have that must be agreed upon and I'm not so sure why we cannot find an agreement as quickly as possible, but you have to sit down on that one to agree.
SNOWDON: Would you be urging Australia to get on with the job and negotiate as soon as possible with East Timor?
DJALAL: Yes, again I must refresh what I cannot say anything for Australia, but I would urge Indonesia and East Timor to sit down. I would urge Indonesia and Australia and East Timor also sit down to discuss the matter. But whether Australia and East Timor will sit down and agree on a boundary, that's for them to decide.
SNOWDON: And from Indonesia's point of view what's most important having boundaries established and settled and having the matter finalised or Indonesia being part of the negotiations if there is economic benefit to be had through a shifting of boundaries?
DJALAL: Well as I said already the fixing of the boundary is important for all of us but then the second thing is whether in the existing arrangement Indonesia has interest, the answer is very clearly yes. The second thing is in the agreement of 1997 there is already the principle that some of your seabed resources are in fact under Indonesian economic zone as we have agreed, and the agreement says that the parties will consult so that it will not prejudice the right of the others. Now my feeling is of course that Indonesia and Australia will have to consult on that one.
SNOWDON: So Australia does have to sit down at the table with Indonesia?
DJALAL: I think so yes.
SNOWDON: And as soon as possible?


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Army Training Phase Restrictions
US Military Careers Joining the Military
Basic Training, OSUT, and AIT
••• Sgt. Teddy Wade/OCSA/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
All of the military services restrict privileges and personal freedoms during basic training and job training. Below are the training/restriction requirements for U.S. Army personnel undergoing Initial Entry Training (IET) as required by TRADOC Reg 350-6.
IET is the period from the first day of basic training, through job training, and ends when the soldier graduates from their job training and reports to their first permanent duty assignment (PDA).
The Army has two different IET processes. The first process is where the recruit goes through basic training for nine weeks and then goes to a separate school called Advanced Individual Training, or AIT to learn their Army job. The second method (used mostly for combat jobs) is called One-Station-Unit-Training, or OSUT. It combines basic training and job training into one single course.
When we discuss the training phases below, Phases I through III are for basic training, and the first nine weeks of OSUT, which is the basic training portion of OSUT. Phase IV begins on the first day of AIT (job school) or week 10 of OSUT.
General Restrictions During Army Initial Entry Training
The goal of IET is to transform civilians into technically and tactically competent soldiers who live by the Army's values and are prepared to take their place in the ranks of the Army. This transformation from civilian to soldier is accomplished during a five-phased soldierization process which begins with a soldier's arrival at the reception battalion and ends with the awarding of a MOS upon completion of IET. By definition, soldierization is a tough, comprehensive process which totally immerses an IET soldier in a positive environment established by active, involved leadership.
This environment sets high standards, provides positive role models and uses every training opportunity to reinforce basic soldier skills. This demands that all soldiers in IET, regardless of rank, strictly adhere to the standards of excellence and commitment.
It is essential that the officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and Department of the Army (DA) civilians assigned the crucial responsibility of transforming America's sons and daughters into professional soldiers be motivated, disciplined, and competent professionals. Leaders must not only demand that IET soldiers achieve the Army standard during high quality, rigorous training, they must also demand that every IET soldier is treated with the dignity and respect entitled all soldiers. It requires active involvement by professional leaders and trainers who maintain the highest levels of technical and tactical competence in their profession.
Phased Training In Basic Training, AIT and OSUT
The concept of phasing and associated goals was established to provide intermediate objectives that give common direction and serve as milestones for IET soldiers during IET. The training cadre informs IET soldiers of the goals and standards for each phase of training. IET soldiers then know what direction to work towards and generally what effort must be applied to achieve the goals. Movement from each phase is viewed as a "gate" or "passage" for each soldier. The training cadre evaluates each soldier against the desired standards for each phase before advancing to the next phase.
The first three phases of IET are associated with basic training and the basic training portion of OSUT. The last two phases are associated with AIT and the MOS skill portion of OSUT. In OSUT courses, Phases III and IV may be combined. It will generally depend on how early in the course MOS training begins and whether basic skills testing is conducted at mid-cycle or end-of-cycle. The installation commander as part of the phased training program will determine actual phase lengths.
Phase I (Basic Training)
Phase I is designated as the "Patriot" Phase (Red Flag). This phase encompasses weeks one to three of basic training and OSUT. It is an environment of total control where an active, involved leadership begins transforming civilians into soldiers. Training during this phase is focused on inculcating Army values, traditions, and ethics, as well as beginning the development of individual basic combat skills and physical fitness training. The goals for soldiers in Phase I include but are not limited to:
Pass Phase I test
Pay strict attention to detail
Conform to established standards
Master basic skills
Maintain individual and platoon areas
Develop physical fitness consistent with time in training
Receive an introduction to Army values, history, heritage, and traditions
Phase II (Basic Training)
Phase II is designated as the "Gunfighter" Phase (White Flag). This phase encompasses weeks four to six of basic training and OSUT. As its name implies, this phase is centered on the development of basic combat skills, with special emphasis on weapon proficiency. Skill development, self-discipline, and team building characterize phase II along with a lessening of control commensurate with demonstrated performance and responsibility. IET soldiers receive additional instruction on Army values, ethics, history, and traditions. The goals for IET soldiers in Phase II include, but are not limited to:
Pass the Phase II test
Display self-discipline
Qualify with the M16A2 rifle or assigned weapon
Reinforce Army values, history, heritage, and traditions, and define the seven Army values
Phase III (Basic Training)
Phase III is designated as the "Warrior" Phase (Blue Flag). It is the last phase of basic training and encompasses weeks seven to ten of basic training and OSUT. This phase is designed to develop and foster the IET soldier's understanding of the importance of teamwork. This phase culminates with the application of all skills learned in basic training (and basic skills portion of OSUT) during a 72-hour field training exercise. This exercise is designed to stress IET soldiers physically and mentally and requires each soldier to demonstrate their proficiency of basic combat skills in a tactical field environment while operating as part of a team. The goals for soldiers in Phase III include, but are not limited to:
Conform to Army standards
Pass the APFT to Basic Training standard (50 points each event, 150 points total)
Pass the EOCT
Complete all Basic Training POI requirements
Demonstrate the ability to think, look, and act like a soldier, without detailed supervision
Demonstrate knowledge of the Army Core Values, history, heritage, and traditions
Phase IV (AIT and OSUT)
Phases IV (Black Flag) and V (Gold Flag) of the soldierization process occur in AIT and OSUT and are characterized by lessening of control and increased emphasis on the technical aspects of an IET soldier's designated MOS. IET soldiers also receive reinforcement training on values and an introduction to the history, heritage, and traditions of their specialty branch. This lessening of control, expansion of privileges, and focus on MOS skills are all part of the evolutionary process marking the transformation from a civilian to someone who thinks, looks, and acts like a soldier.
Phase IV begins at the start of the first week of AIT, or the tenth week of OSUT. Phase IV continues to the end of the third week of AIT, or the thirteenth week of OSUT. It is characterized by reduced supervision by drill sergeants (DSs), reinforcement training of common skills, values, and traditions taught in basic training and an introduction to MOS tasks. IET soldiers starting AIT will receive initial counseling upon arrival at the AIT unit. This session will be used to establish goals consistent with the soldier's MOS training requirements as prescribed in the appropriate POI and this regulation. During this phase and Phase V, DS's should evaluate IET soldier's behavior, and their behavior should be consistent with Army core values.
Phase V (AIT and OSUT)
Phase V begins at the start of the fourth week of AIT (fourteenth week of OSUT) and continues until graduation from AIT/OSUT. It is characterized by reinforcement training of common skills, training, and evaluation of MOS skills, a leadership environment which simulates that in a field unit, and a culminating tactical field training exercise that integrates common skills and MOS tasks. This exercise is designed to reinforce the basic combat skills learned in basic training and how they apply to the soldier in the execution of their MOS duties in a tactical field environment.
Graduation From AIT or OSUT
Graduation from OSUT/AIT signifies successful completion of the first five phases of the soldierization process. All IET graduates, by definition, have demonstrated the technical and tactical skills necessary to join the ranks in the field and be a contributing member of the unit's mission accomplishment. It does not signify the end or completion of the soldierization process. Soldiers continue to develop professionally throughout their military careers, both in and out of the institutional training base. Reinforcement at the unit level and in the non-commissioned officer education system (NCOES) are essential aspects of the Army's soldierization program.
Amount and Type of Control
During IET, the cadre leadership should evolve from total control over soldiers to the point where it duplicates the leadership environment in field units. This gradual change supports the soldierization process, yet lets the DS gauge how self-disciplined the soldiers are and maintain or relinquish control accordingly.
A period of total control (e.g., continuous cadre supervision, soldiers restricted to company area, limited free time) will be enforced during phase I of IET.
Privileges/Limitations for IET Soldiers
Privileges granted in IET should support the phase training program, which establishes intermediate goals to help recruits in their transformation from civilians to soldiers. Specific privileges will be associated with each phase as incentives, and soldiers should be eligible for those privileges as they progress in training. However, the decision to award privileges must be based on individual performance. Soldiers should be given additional freedom as they demonstrate more self-discipline and the ability to accept responsibility. These are privileges, not rights, and as such, can be withheld, modified, or withdrawn by commanders based upon performance, mission, and program requirements. The following privileges are the outer limits and, as such, commanders can be more restrictive, if desired.
Phase I (weeks 1 through 3 of basic training). No passes are permitted, and IET soldiers are restricted to the company area. IET soldiers in this phase will be escorted to post exchange (PX) by the DS for necessities or as a reward for achievement. Soldiers are prohibited from driving privately owned vehicles (POV) and from wearing civilian clothes. They are also prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages and using tobacco products.
Phase II (weeks 4 through 6 of basic training). Passes in brigade area may be authorized. (Outside brigade area, in formation and escorted only). This modification is used as a reward for excellent achievement as determined by the battalion commander for the use of theaters, swimming pools, etc., which may not be available within the brigade area). IET soldiers in this phase are prohibited from driving POVs and from wearing civilian clothes. They are also prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages and using tobacco products.
Phase III (weeks 7 through 9 of basic training). On-post passes may be authorized. Off-post passes may be authorized after graduation from Basic Training. IET soldiers in this phase are prohibited from driving POVs and from wearing civilian clothes. After graduation, if of legal age, they may be authorized to consume alcoholic beverages while on pass. IET soldiers are prohibited from using tobacco products.
Phase IV (weeks 1 through 3 of AIT or weeks 10 through 13 of OSUT). Off-post day passes on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) may be authorized. IET soldiers must remain within a 50-mile radius of the post, and all passes must end NLT 2200 hours. IET soldiers will wear the proper military uniform while on pass (includes off-post passes). IET soldiers are prohibited from driving POVs. If of legal age, they may be authorized to consume alcoholic beverages while on pass. IET soldiers are prohibited from using tobacco products.
Phase V (weeks 4 through 9 of AIT or weeks 14 through 19 of OSUT). The first off-post pass will be a day pass only. All others may be off-post and overnight passes on weekends. Distance limitations will be imposed by local commanders; however, all passes must end NLT 2200 hours Sunday (or 8 hours prior to the next training day, whichever is earlier). If of legal age, they may be authorized to consume alcoholic beverages while on pass. IET soldiers are prohibited from using tobacco products or driving POVs. Uniform for off-post passes is left to the Commander's discretion.
Phase V, plus (more than 9 weeks of AIT or more than 20 weeks of OSUT). The following policy applies to all IET soldiers upon completion of the 9th week of AIT (or 20th week of OSUT):
For those installations with the facilities to separate Phase V soldiers (at weeks 9/20), from other IET soldiers, privileges will be the same as permanent party soldiers.
On installations where separation is not possible, use of tobacco and alcohol will be restricted.
Completion of Phases
In addition to the attainment of published training objectives, every IET soldier is required to meet the qualification standards. These requirements include but are not limited to:
Basic Training and Phases I-III of OSUT:
Pass the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) with a minimum of 50 points in each event, 150 points total
Qualify with individual weapon
Pass all end-of-phase tests
Pass the End-of-Cycle Test (EOCT)
Complete all obstacle and confidence courses as prescribed in the appropriate POI
Complete bayonet and pugil fighting training as prescribed in the appropriate POI
Complete hand-to-hand combat training as prescribed in the appropriate POI
Throw two live hand grenades and successfully complete the Hand Grenade Qualification Course as prescribed in the appropriate POI
Complete the Protective Mask Confidence exercise
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Army Core Values
Complete all tactical field training, to include foot marches and field training exercises (FTXs) required by this regulation and the appropriate POI in Basic Training, OSUT
AIT and Phases IV-V of OSUT:
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Demonstrate performance of MOS-specific critical skills (skills determined mandatory for the awarding of a MOS) as identified by the proponent school and as prescribed in the appropriate POI
Complete all tactical field training, to include foot marches and field training exercises (FTXs) required by this regulation and the appropriate POI in AIT, and OSUT
These requirements are set forth in order to produce the high-quality soldier demanded in today's Army. Therefore, only in extraordinary circumstances will constructive credit be granted. The installation commander may grant constructive credit to an entire class or an individual soldier for a missed training event.
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This constructive credit authority is applicable to all IET graduation requirements. Constructive credit authority resides with the TRADOC ATC or installation commander level and may be delegated no lower than the IET brigade commander level. For those training sites located at non-TRADOC installations, this authority will reside with the first general officer in that school's chain of command.
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Q: Zeal vs. Zest. Am I Using them Correctly Here? Hello beautiful people,
I'm writing a poem and I want to make sure I'm using "zeal" and "zest" correctly. To give context, it's about a storyteller (being I) retelling a story of a man who is giving an inspiring speech and he's saying that the speech gives me such energy that I can retell it a thousand times more without getting tired:
"The zeal in his words blessed zest to my tongue - Unwearied if I a thousand times told"
I don't really get the difference between the two words. The reasons behind the word choice is a bunch of poetic devices.
Are they being used correctly here?
Thanks again!

A: Both words can relate to enthusiasm and energy.
Zeal refers to passion or for a cause or objective sometimes extreme or fanatical manner.
http://www.memidex.com/zeal
Zest is more about enthusiasm or eagerness. It also has a secondary meaning relating to cooking - scrapiing the outer part of citrus fruit. Originally it has the sense of "thing that adds flavor" https://www.etymonline.com/word/zest

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I fully intended to have posted before now, but life got in the way!!
This is a card I made for a swap in a group of New Zealander cardmakers. The brief was to make a card using the 'double pleat' technique. A tutorial is here.
Again I needed double sided paper, but this time I did not need a full sheet.
The contrast between the patterns was not as great as I thought when I folded it, so I sponged the edge of the exposed side with Tea Die D.I.
The image I used as a focal point on the band, made of two ribbons, was from a magazine. It was stamped in Rich Cocoa Ink and coloured with polychromo pencils, and die cut with a S/B oval. The hello was embossed with platinum embossing powder.
After layering the folded panel and ribbon band onto the purple background I them placed it all onto a soft green panel, and added the sparkly punched dragonflies.
Welcome back - it's great to know you have visited.
Believe it or not, this beautiful image is of a Silk Moth, not a butterfly!
It was manufactured by the now defunct Layers Of Color, and is one of my original stamps that I bought from overseas, and I still love it.
I stamped it directly onto the card base and gold embossed it before painting it with Twinkling H20's. The camera was unable to capture the gorgeous sheen the finished image has.
The left hand side of the insert in the card was stamped with the same image in a soft pink ink.
A change of pace today - my first love for many years on the craft spectrum was embroidery, and in the past 12 months I have renewed my membership in the local Embroiderer's Guild.
This year is the national bi-annual conference of the Embroiderer's Guilds, and there is a theme given that the guilds can create a banner for, as one of the competitions/exhibitions.
We chose to create a Noah's Ark as our interpretation of the theme. Each member was able to select from a range of animals sketched onto some fabric by our talented co-ordinator of the project, and we were also given a small image of the animal.
After collecting my critters, I did some research, compliments of Mr G**gle, and printed out some more images.
I then searched my stash and selected my colours - just a note, some of my stash has been around for a while, and I discovered to my dismay part way through the project, that ordering the same thread number did not ensure I had the same shade of colour when it arrived!
I also learned that Rhinos have a wee tassel on the end of their tails - who would have knowed!
Followed closely by Arthur - who found a new mud puddle to wade in, but Ethel would not let him stop, so hence he only got partially submerged, and it shows. Well that's my story, and I am sticking to it!!
And here is the banner all but finished, with Ethel and Arthur, Snip and Snap (the geese), Slither and Slide (the snakes) Jumbo and Nellie, Fanny and Flinn (the flamingos), and Jemima and Jimmy (the Giraffes)... and company!!
The names were given by the various members who stitched them when on a weekend retreat.
Carlins Kaartenparadijs, a new Challenge blog.
Bugaboo Stella Says Sketch Challenge. I thought I may have missed it as I have not been well, but thankfully it is a month long challenge this time!! Phew.
I coloured the image with my Polychromos, then trimmed it, and distressed the edges before mounting it over the tags and some layers of (cereal box) card to give some dimension before adding it to the embossed background.
Before adding the green embossed layer to the base, I wound the twine around it three times and tied a bow for some added interest, and to 'hide' the blank top of the embossed panel, as the British stationery sizes (which I use) differ slightly from the USA ones.
I created this card for a woman who loves to ride her bike, and not just around the streets, but also on Scenic Cycle Trails here in New Zealand, which are a challenge in themselves. I suspect she has a somewhat more 'grunty' and appropriate bike than this one.
I started by water colouring the sky and ground then stamped the sun.
I was not happy with the result, so added some Tsukineko Electric Yellow Irresistible Neon using the Pico Embellisher. Loved the results it gave.
I die cut the bicycle using this Memory Box die towards the base of the card, painted it with watercolours and re-inserted it into the base, and added some 'shadow' to the ground..
The flowers and butterfly were some wee stamps from a magazine set, stamped with die inks and then loosely painted using the same inks.
The sentiment was stamped onto a scrap of black card stock and white embossed, cut to a banner and mounted over some yellow . The edges of the main panel were sponged with yellow ink and then it was mounted over a strong blue base. Some white/iridescent sequins added and all was finished.
I have been sorely lacking in mojo of late, and then on Friday last week there was a challenge set in a facebook group that I am part of, and did that get me going!!
and make three cards (or more).
This is the paper that I chose, part of a RAK from Alicia of Papercraft Secrets, it is from a Kaisercraft release, Romance, apparently unavailable now, and it is a double sided sheet.
This was my first card, using an unidentified die cut. The edges of the card base and paper were sponged first with memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, then with Sweet Plum. The card was finished with some ribbon and a simple bow.
The next card I embossed the white card base, and used a diagonal cut of the paper.
I was inspired by the STAMPlorations 5th Birthday celebrations to get my Stamplorations stamps out, so stamped this butterfly tile from STAMPlorations Hope Blooms set, coloured with water colour pencils and blended with water. The card was finished with a fine strip of the paper and some very narrow white lace up the side of the card, and the embossed word hope from the same set. All edges were swiped over a pad of Memento Dark Cocoa ink.
The rose was stamped in Memento Desert Sand and coloured with poloychromo pencils, the highlights were made with a white Signo pen.
The final card uses both sides of the paper. There were strips cut from the main sheet and then cut into smaller lengths before being adhered onto a rectangle about 5cm wide. The Thanks was die cut out of those layers before placing it onto the dark brown base.


Photos of Ubatuba in Sao Paulo state. Some of the last remnants of the Atlantic rainforest. This has now become a published book available in Brazil. Please contact me on my website to get more information on buying this book please.
A brassy-breasted tanager in a courful tropical scene in Ubatuba, Brazil.
A brassy-breasted tanager (Tangara desmaresti), sits on a branch in the Atlantic rainforest in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
A reflective sunset on Praia Itamambuca, Ubatuba, Brazil.
A surfer at sunset in Brazil.
A surfer makes his way out of the water at sunset in Itamambuca, Ubatuba, Brazil.
Praia da Justa beach with long exposure at sunrise in Ubatuba, Brazil.
A green-headed tanager in a trpoical environment in Brazil.
A green-headed tanager in a trpoical environment in Ubatuba, Brazil.


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FDU Falls at Robert Morris in NEC Opener
By fduequinox on January 4, 2019
By Admir Durakovic and Justin Rimpi
The FDU men's basketball team entered NEC play at Robert Morris Thursday night, falling 69–62, for their third loss in a row. The 5-8 Knights return to NEC play Jan. 5 at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa.
The Knights were shorthanded as FDU junior forward Kaleb Bishop scored 10 points but left with an injury with 18:13 remaining in the second half. Sophomore guard Xzavier Malone-Key did not play, leaving the Knights without a crucial starter, averaging 13 ppg.
With just over two minutes left in the game at the North Athletic Complex, the Knights cut the Colonials' lead to 62-60, but that was as close as it would get.
The Knights were careless with the basketball in the last minute when they found themselves chasing another game, the second game in a row in which they were trailing by 6 or less with a minute left. The team was throwing passes to no one and dribbling the ball off of their own feet.
Turnovers and missed shots cost the Knights down the stretch. The Knights finished with 22 turnovers, their most on the season.
The Knights dominated the points in the paint battle against the Colonials, 46-32. The shooting from the floor by Robert Morris (55.8 percent) made the difference in a close game.
Senior forward Mike Holloway was the leading scorer for the Knights, finishing with 18 points on 8-14 shooting from the field. The 6-9 forward from Pittsgrove, N.J., pulled down three rebounds as the Knights were outrebounded 27-24.
Sophomore guard Jahlil Jenkins, from Ranson W.V., got off to a hot start, going 4-6 from the field, scoring 10 points in the first half, and finishing with 17 points.
Charles Bain and Matty McConnell both scored 15 points to lead the Colonials. Colonials' 6-8 junior forward from Menning, France Yannis Mendy was strong inside in the first half with 11 points on 5-7 shooting, finishing with 13 points.
The Colonials shot seven and 11 points better than the Knights from the field and from 3-point range, respectively.
Robert Morris went ahead 16-15 with 11:55 in the first half and led 33-31 at the break. The Knights recorded 8 steals and forced 14 turnovers from Robert Morris in the first half using man-to-man defense along with the occasional full-court press. FDU forced the Colonials to commit 24 turnovers.
Last season, the Knights were 1-1 against the Colonials. FDU won 73-67 at Robert Morris, and Robert Morris defeated the Knights 81-75 at the Rothman Center.
The North Athletic Complex, Robert Morris' new student recreation center that opened September of 2017, and host all of the men's basketball team's home games this season. The complex was initially deemed too small to play host to such games, with a capacity of around 700. To fix that, Robert Morris added specially fitted bleachers to the gym, bringing the capacity up to 1,000, at a cost of $90,000, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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"It was a difficult night for us on both ends of the floor and Robert Morris was just a little more solid team tonight for the entire 40 minutes," said Greg Herenda after the loss. "Other than turning them over, we did not do a good job protecting our paint and ultimately that is what beat us. Conference road wins are very hard to come by and you cannot turn the ball over. We just never took care of it all night."
"Now we have to regroup and get ready for Saturday night — and we will. Every night is going to be a dog fight and we will respond. This is conference play and no one is going to hand you anything."
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When you're a freelancer, it feels like there's very little room for error. A series of mistakes that in an employed person would be a mere irritant become an excuse for not renewing a contract.
That's probably why, when the inevitable mistake happens, I can sometimes go into a tailspin. I don't literally beat my head against the desk, but I curse a lot, decide I'm going to lose all of my work and go bankrupt, and then reach out to a few friends.
In this case, the mistake was a scheduling mistake; a meeting that was slotted on to a Tuesday in my calendar was actually on Monday. But it was an important meeting. I felt a little like Marissa Mayer, who famously missed a dinner by oversleeping.
I didn't oversleep, I just lost track of things in the midst of a triple deadline school day. If anyone has a miracle cure for scheduling snafus, I would love to hear it.
What about those inevitable mistakes? I don't know the right way to handle them. I don't lie or fudge, but I have learned over the years to be more honest: I don't hide the fact that I am a single working mother juggling a lot.
Then I try to remind myself that the organization is getting something pretty great out of this deal: a benefits-free, highly experienced writer/editor. Then I look at my bank account and remind myself that I have a cash reserve and a lot of clients.
Many of the folks I know who have tried freelancing and given up have gotten derailed by the same thing that leads to abandoned exercise goals: They're not taking it one day at a time.
Perhaps they're working on an assignment with a difficult client, experienced a schedule conflict between work and family, gotten sick unexpectedly or struggled to pay the bills when a check for a project didn't show up on time. Whatever has gone wrong has become so overwhelming on that day that they just quit.
Sometimes, these were folks who really wanted to make freelancing work, so in case you are one of them, I'll share a mindset that has helped me get through discouraging moments and press on these last seven years.
When I was training for the New York City Marathon years ago, I read a book on running where the author recommended thinking of yourself as a lifetime runner. If you viewed yourself that way and you had to miss a day's workout, it would be easier to pick up the next day where you left off–instead of scrapping your whole training schedule.
Thinking the same way about freelancing can help. If yesterday was really hard and you got derailed, it doesn't mean today will be the same. You'd be surprised at what you can accomplish by just showing up at your desk one more time and firing up your laptop.
In my twenties, I discovered a lot of my favorite places through serendipity. I had the spare time to wander if I took a wrong turn in my car or missed my subway stop and ended up in a different neighborhood. That's how I found a lot of out-of-the-way cafes, an almost undiscovered running path in Jersey City, and my favorite vintage store.
Like many working parents, I don't have those air pockets in my schedule now. My husband and I are raising four children, ages 4 to 10, while juggling his independent business as a real estate appraiser and mine as a journalist and ghost writer. I keep inching my wakeup time a little earlier to buy myself more time, but I have not been able to move back from 4:45 am to 4:30 without being bleary all day, so I'm trying a new plan this fall. I'm turning to more time-saving tools. And I'm trying to say no more to things I don't want to do, to free up more time for what matters.
Here are a few tools that I'm using. Most were referred to me by enthusiastic clients and users. If you're up against a similar time crunch, I hope they'll help you free more time.
Globafy. This is a free conference bridge that you can use for international calls. You can dial in from a local number in the U.S., while, if, say, the other participant in the call is in Italy, he or she can dial in from a local number there. It's a good alternative to Skype unless your contact is in a hotel and has to pay the per-minute charges. On my phone, the sound quality is better than on Skype.
Join.me. This free screen-sharing service lets you tunnel into someone else's computer or vice versa. Sometimes, it really saves time when you can both look at a document at the same time.
ScheduleOnce. This service, which starts at $5 a month, lets you send a link to clients to set up an appointment on your calendar, so you don't have to email back and forth. They can see your available times, but not what you are doing in the unavailable time. If you set up a separate calendar, such as a family calendar in Google calendar, you can use the service to schedule time in that calendar, too, without accidentally treading into your work time. A client recommended it to me, and so far, it seems excellent. I had to migrate my Yahoo calendar to Google Calendar to use it. I'm using the premium version ($9 a month) and it seems adequate for my needs in a one-person business.
FreshBooks. This accounting software, which starts with a free version, is very easy for folks who aren't financially-oriented to use. It's simple to send invoices to client and keep on top of how timely the payments are. And you can easily run reports your accountant may want, such as a P&L statement.
AudioAcrobat. I've tried free apps to record phone calls, but I never found one that I could trust to be 100% reliable. So far, the best alternative I've discovered is AudioAcrobat, which will let you record phone calls from an iPhone or a conference line and in other scenario. You can also use it to create online content, like taping a podcast. There's a free 30-day trial, then basic pricing starts at $19.95 a month. You can also use FreeConferenceCall to record calls, but that requires everyone to dial into your conference line unless you're using another app. Sometimes, when I'm joining an existing project with a standing conference line, switching everyone to my line is not practical, so that's where AudioAcrobat comes in.
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I returned from my reporting trip to Jordan about a month ago. I've written five pieces so far from the trip — linked at the bottom of this article. One more soon to be published by CNBC and I hope others to come.
But one I haven't written yet, which I can't get off my mind, is the story of Fadia Bayati, a 42-year-old Iraqi refugee. I found her story a great contrast to most of the news about refugees that comes out of the region. Bayati has been in Jordan since 2004, when she fled with her husband and three boys in the turmoil after the American invasion of Iraq. Her husband, an HVAC contractor, had been disabled, she said.
They were Palestinians, who had been under the protection of Saddam, so after he fell they were vulnerable both to anti-Saddam forces and the Americans, she said. Mahdi's army killed her brother. They took her nephew, who was 9.
Western media, limited by time and money and reaching for easy narratives, tend to paint refugees or anyone caught up in the conflicts that litter the region as victims. There's a fine line between well-meaning pity — as in this Buzzfeed story — and support for people caught up in circumstances beyond their control. They are victims — but they are more than victims, too.
I interviewed Bayati in the small city of Zarqa, where the Atlanta-based charity CARE runs a microlending group for women — a mixture of Jordanians and Syrian and Iraqi refugees. A few hundred thousand Syrian refugees, out of an estimated influx of nearly 1 million, have found their way to Zarqa, about an hour's drive from Amman. We drove through the Jordanian desert, passing dozens of concrete houses and sheep wearing yellow-orange dust on their wool.
Bayati spoke with strength I found incredibly compelling. We met in a small house, with beautiful dark blue draperies in the living room, where there were three couches arranged. I sat on one of them, interviewing two refugee women, while the Jordanian members of the group met in the breakfast room off the modern kitchen. The idea of this microlending group is that members pool their money and make loans to finance each others' businesses — baking, or handicrafts, mostly — or small projects. Last year, I wrote about a woman who was using a similar group to finance her son's college education.
It was clear the women — many of them breadwinners — drew strength from each other. The spirit wasn't that much different than a girls' night here the United States — except that the stories were so much more brutal.
Bayati's story turned quickly to a forced flight. Mahdi's Army returned her nephew from his questioning, but it was clear to Bayati,, whose older son had already been damaged emotionally by what he'd seen, that her children were not going to grow up well, or maybe at all, in an environment of terror.
When the men told her family to get out, they packed a car with everything they owned, traveling across the country. The 8-hour trip took 16 because there were so many American checkpoints.
She was thankful that her children are fair-skinned and have blue eyes, because she thought that made the American servicemen more likely to pass them trough the checkpoints.
When the family arrived in Zarka, Bayati, had only her gold ring and earrings, which she sold to rent a house. At first, they got 75 Jordanian dinar a month from the UNHCR. — but that support stopped, and that's when Batia stepped up. She had earned a communications degree at an Iraqi university, but after her marriage, never used it.
Seeking a way to support her family, she began volunteering for non-governmental organizations working in Jordan. Her ties to Iraqi community enabled her to identify which refugees needed help — a big aid to non-governmental organizations that sometimes have a hard time establishing trust. She also began helping with microfinance projects and an organization that educates refugees on sexual harrassment. And, she's asked to learn English.
As I listened, I heard a familiar story of entrepreneurship. She had followed all the best career advice, volunteering to gain skills, and then making herself so useful that she was offered jobs. "You go search for opportunities," she explained to the Syrian refugee across from us, who was newly arrived.
Bayati also makes tablecloths and knitted clothing for the winter, and last year helped organize a donation drive at Jordanian universities for refugees. It was titled: Donate, Even If It's One Dollar.
"Where do you get the strength?" I asked.
"Life is a sea, and we have to be the captains," she answered.
These days, the earnings for her family, all produced by her, are about 350 dinars a month. Her two younger sons, 18 and 15, are beginning to work: She has high hopes for them. Her husband doesn't work, and her oldest son is mentally disabled and on medication. "He saw too much in the war," she said.
By the time I left the interview, any impression of her as a refugee or a victim were long gone. She didn't allow the word refugee to define her or her family: She's the breadwinner and heart of her family, and a support to the entire community.
When we write or read about people caught up in conflicts, it is tempting to portray them as powerless. I'm glad that Buzzfeed is putting time and resources into covering international news — that's a major, and difficult investment, and too few media outlets are doing it.
The story that partly inspired me to write this post includes the word "strength" in the headline. But the images and the details of the reporting reinforce just the opposite idea: that the refugees are weak.
That kind of lazy sentimentality, practiced too frequently by many media outlets and no doubt by some aid organizations, minimizes refugees, and is ultimately defeating to them and to people who want to help them.
For some people, it happens in their 20s. For others, it's after 30 years in the trenches.
They get tired of the whole idea of working for someone else.
There are a host of reasons I've heard from people I've interviewed: A boss from Planet Ego insists they follow arbitrary and insane rules because he's on a power trip. They discover their company doesn't promote people fairly. They come up with a great idea and no one will listen. A supervisor ruins every weekend by dropping projects on them at 6 pm on Fridays. Or they get laid off in a random corporate reorganization, after years of loyal and untiring service.
They get fed up and start a business.
Fortunately, there's a happy ending for many, according to recent research I mentioned in a recent post for Forbes.. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index found that 84% of owners would start their business all over again if given the chance for a do-over–despite contending with challenges, like keeping cash flowing.
The main thing they love: Independence.
Not everyone likes the flip side of being their own boss — being responsible, day in and day out, for generating their own income.
Running a business isn't one and the same as being independently wealthy, where you are truly free to do what you want every day. In any business, your number one job is keeping clients happy. Sometimes, doing so means you have to cancel your plans for lunch with a friend or that run you've been looking forward to all week–or complete a deadline project while tending to a child who has the flu.
But like many people who have tasted the freedoms of running their own career and controlling their own advancement, I have no desire to go back to being an employee. I love being able to do the work I love, on my own terms–even if that sometimes comes with tough days.
I guess that means I'm part of the 84%.
When I interview very successful entrepreneurs, they often mention the SWOT analysis they did on their business. SWOT is short for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. They look at advantages they can shore up, gaps that make them vulnerable to losing customers, new opportunities to pursue and threats that could derail them. These factors help them set priorities and inform the strategy they use to run the business from day to day.
When I read Adam Lashinsky's piece "Yes, we're in a tech bubble. Here's how I know it," in Fortune (where I am a contributor), it struck me that many freelancers would benefit from doing a SWOT analysis, too. They are always vulnerable to losing important projects if something new goes wrong with the economy. I was a staff editor at a national publication during the dot-com bust and I remember how much our freelance budget dried up.
Many freelancers are unprepared for things to go wrong. Most of us simply try to do a great job on our projects and to find enough of them to pay the bills every week. Doing that is so time consuming that few of us sit down and come up with a Plan B in case the economy hits a big bump.
Hopefully, if there is tech bubble, it won't pop soon. But Adam's article reminded me that every freelancer needs to step out of the daily grind and plan for the unexpected. Take 30 minutes this week and do a SWOT analysis on your business.
One common weakness in freelance businesses is being too dependent on one or two customers. If you could not pay the bills if your biggest clients went away, make some efforts to diversify in coming weeks. Spend some time networking. Put up a new advertisement of your services. Look for other types of projects you have not tried before. It takes some juggling to get your daily work done while also doing business development, but it is essential. Having new opportunities in your pipeline at all times means you will be a lot less vulnerable if something unexpected happens.
I'm in New York City this week working on a new project, a great new web site, Crain's Wealth, aimed at helping entrepreneurs manage money. It's a pleasure to spend time with many journalists who work at Crain, one of the steady bastions of quality through the past decade.
At dinner, I talked to one of them, one whose husband had recently been laid off from a job in the insurance business. You'd think that health care would be a steady job if ever there was one, what with the aging population. But, of course, that's not true. She explained that the Affordable Care Act had thrown the market into an upheaval. Fortunately, her husband has found another job.
But the conversation helped me remember that though it seems freelancing is the ultimate insecure job, it's actually the ultimate secure one. As long as I keep a good mix of clients, and don't rely too much on any one for my income, I can never be fired in a devastating way. The perfect job, the one that tempts me to leave freelancing to return to a newsroom or to be part of a company team, may come along. But until and if it does, independence equals stability.
Many people feel just as intimidated by the prospect of trying to earn a full-time income when they first start out as freelancers. So how do you get to the point that you can go to sleep at night knowing you can earn the equivalent of the salary at your old job–and pay your bills on time?
The first step is knowing the exact income number you need to hit to live the way you want. Then figure out what you can realistically expect to earn this year. For some freelancers who are just starting out, it may be $30,000 or $50,000. For others with a deeper network of professional connections who can help them get work, it may be $200,000. I'd suggest aiming for 50% to 75% of your income from your last job in your first two years. Set your sights high, but not too far beyond your reach. There's a pretty steep learning curve in the beginning. Matching your former salary is likely to happen in year three or four, based on what I've seen among freelancers I know.
Then break your income goal down into monthly and weekly goals. Knowing that you need to earn, say, $962 a week, will help you make the daily decisions that get you to your annual goal.
Keep track of what you're earning each week and invoice for each job immediately after it is done, to speed up your cash flow.
After using Excel spreadsheets in the beginning, I switched to a simple accounting system, Freshbooks, to keep track of the projects I'm doing. It's free if you have a small number of clients, and is a lot easier than winging it. This is just one option. Other freelancers have told me they like Quickbooks or Wave Accounting.
Once a month, I use the "reports" function on Freshbooks to look at my monthly profit and loss statement. It tells me how much I made per month and how that compares to other months. Keeping an eye on this helps me stay in the same ballpark every month.
Tracking your projects with a system like this will keep you honest about how much work you're getting done and what you're really earning. If you had a slow week or worked on lower-paying projects this week and only earned $500 of your target $962, maybe you need to step up your pitching next week. To "finance" lower-paying work that really stirs your passions, you may need to take on less-exciting but higher paying gigs at certain times of the month.
If you're a creative type, thinking this way may be alien to you. But it is actually very freeing to be organized about this stuff, boring as it may be. Coming up with a simple system to tackle the dry parts of freelancing can allow you to lead a more interesting life.
Last week, we had our first warm sunny day in months, and I was free to take my four-year-old son to the park to enjoy it. On days like that, I am grateful I am not "on the clock" somewhere, forced to sit in a cubicle far from my family. The ticket to having that freedom, as I've learned in nearly 7 years of freelancing, is staying on top of the business side of what I do.
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SAS India, the leader in business analytics software and services announced its exclusive tie-up with NMIMS to offer two new distance learning management programs for working professionals.
These programs will impart skills in big data management, advanced analytics, machine learning and data visualization, along with the essential communication skills needed by data scientists today.
The first batch will commence on April 7, 2018.
For the first time in India, NMIMS and SAS have joined hands to provide a platform to working professionals and students, hard pressed for time, to learn the most important SAS tools through the online learning mode.
These will be one of the most unique programs where-by students will be taught by expert faculties from NMIMS and SAS.
The students will also have an opportunity to earn certification, from NMIMS and SAS.
By successfully passing certification exams students will get an opportunity to appear for the SAS Global Certification.
Professionals looking to acquire these valuable skills, can find more details about this program on http://distance.nmims.edu/nmims-sas/.
"In India, companies are scrambling to hire data scientists, thereby soaring the demand and salaries. SAS has been the leader in analytics for over 40 years and enterprises have great confidence in SAS certified professionals who go beyond just analysing data to make businesses smarter and more innovative," said MD, SAS India, Noshin Kagalwalla.
"A SAS data science credential will be a strong differentiator for job in Indian employment landscape. The newly launched programs in association with NMIMS are an effort to offer a great platform for students & working professionals to enhance their skills and gain a competitive edge in the industry," Kagalwalla added.
"Today, companies across industries are facing a dearth of data scientists to deal with the data deluge. With the launch of the new SAS management programs, we aim to bridge the demand-skill gap and offer an opportunity to aspiring and practicing data scientists to earn respected credentials in big data and analytics field," said Director Education Asia Pacific, SAS, Bhuvan Nijhawan.
"By using cutting edge technology coupled with the best in class student services NMIMS Online Learning has been the leader in its segment. Hence, NMIMS was our default choice when we decided to partner with an institute to provide specialized management courses through the Online Learning modules," Nijhawan added.
"Data has been growing at a rapid pace and brands have realized the importance of converting this vast amount of data into useful insights. This, in turn, has led to the rise of career options which didn't exist a few years ago. Leading job portals in India have listed over 50,000 career opportunities in this domain," said Director, NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE), Rajiv Shah.
"In keeping with the tradition of offering the very best to our students, NMIMS has joined hands with SAS, the leaders in data analytics, to offer career oriented analytics and machine learning courses. This joint initiative is the very first of its kind in India and will provide an opportunity to working professionals and students to equip themselves with the most sought-after qualification to learn analytics in the online learning mode," Shah added.
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"Almost a year," Mrs. Peterson replied.
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"One night, our house caught on fire, and he came inside and woke us all up."
The tourist asked again, "So, why does that pig have a wooden leg?"
"You can't eat a pig that brave all at once!"
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I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard , the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, to come over. Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, "So, what was wrong?"
"It was an ID ten T error," he replied.
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, "An, ID ten T error? What's that … uh … in case I need to fix it again?"
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A photographer, who was also a confirmed athiest, decided to go into the woods to get photos of the fall foliage.
It was a beautiful day....fall colors, birds chirping, babbling brook, and a gentle breeze rustling the leaves.
While snapping shots, the athiest heard a noise behind him, and whirled around to see a huge bear coming through the bushes. He dropped his camera and ran. And kept running....... and looking behind him, he noticed the bear was gaining on him. He was so scared that tears came to his eyes. He ran faster, but the bear was closing in on him. He ran faster yet, and tripped over a root. Rolling over onto his back, the athiest saw the bear rise to his full height and raise a huge paw...... and the athiest cried out, "Oh, God, no!"
And everything stopped. The birds stopped chirping. The brook stopped babbling. The gentle breeze stopped. And the bear froze with his paw in the air. And the athiest heard a booming voice say, "Young man. For years you doubted my very existance, but now that your life is in peril you call my name to help you. Why should I do so?"
And the athiest thought for a moment, and said, "Yes, you are right. If you are God, then it would be hypocritical of me to become a Christian at this point in my life. But, do you think that you could at least make the bear a Christian for today?" And the booming voice was quiet for a moment and then said, "Done."
And everything started again. The birds chirping, brook babbling, and gentle breeze rustling the leaves. And the bear slowly lowered his paw.
And the bear put his paws together, and bowed his massive head and said, "Dear Lord, please bless this food we are about to eat."
DAVID'S BROTHER DAVID
A woman went down to the Welfare Office to get aid. The office worker asked her, "How many children do you have?"
"Ten," she replied.
"What are their names?" he asked.
"David, David, David, David, David, David, David, David, David and David," she answered.
"They're all named David?" he asked "What if you want them to come in from playing outside?"
"Oh, that's easy," she said. "I just call 'David,' and they all come running in."
"And, if you want them to come to the table for dinner?"
"I just say, 'David, come eat your dinner'," she answered.
"But what if you just want ONE of them to do something?" he asked.
"Oh, that's easy," she said. "I just use their last name!"
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At a recent software engineering management course in the US, the participants were given an awkward question to answer. "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software how many of you would disembark immediately?"
Among the ensuing forest of raised hands, only one man sat motionless. When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay onboard.
With his team's software, he said, the plane was unlikely to even taxi as far as the runway, let alone take off.
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Little Johnny was, fascinated, as her mother was putting cold cream on her face.
"Why are you rubbing that cream on your face, Mommy?" he asked.
"To stay pretty for Daddy," said her mother.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter Mommy," asked Johnny, "are you giving up?
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They then get to meet their maker and because of the grief they have experienced; he decides to grant them one wish each, before they enter Paradise.
They're all lined up, and God asks the first one what the wish is. "I want to be gorgeous," and so God snaps His fingers, and it is done.
The second one in line hears this and says "I want to be gorgeous too." Another snap of His fingers and the wish is granted.
This goes on for a while with each one asking to be gorgeous but when God is halfway down the line the last guy in the line starts laughing.
When there are only ten people left, this guy is rolling on the floor, laughing his head off.
Finally, God reaches this last guy and asks him what his wish will be. The guy eventually calms down and says:
"Make 'em all ugly again".
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Riders top Alouettes in defensive showdown
MONTREAL — On the night where legendary defensive lineman John Bowman was honoured, the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders fittingly engaged in a defensive battle.
The fans at Molson Stadium went home unhappy, though, as the Riders ground a normally potent Alouettes' offence to a halt in a 19-14 win. The Riders claimed a spot in the post-season with the victory and built some momentum, after topping Calgary at McMahon Stadium a week ago.
Cody Fajardo made 14-25 passes for 158 yards and rushed for 46 more and William Powell added a touchdown on the ground.
Trevor Harris made his debut with the Alouettes, after being traded by the Edmonton Elks on Oct. 17. He was 12-15 for 123 yards with a touchdown in about 15 minutes' worth of work. Matthew Shiltz started and made 7-13 passes for 106 yards with an interception. He was pulled in favour of Harris at the end of the third quarter.
William Stanback had 19 carries for 80 yards for the Als.
» Riders lean on defence to lock up playoff spot
» Through the Lens: Saskatchewan at Montreal
» Boxscore: Riders at Alouettes by the numbers
Montreal kicker David Cote opened the scoring at 7:07 of the first quarter with a 36-yard field goal and the two teams' defences got to work. By the opening minute of the second quarter, Fajardo had been sacked for the third time. Near the 12-minute mark of the second quarter, the Riders registered their fourth sack of the game, when Pete Robertson brought Shiltz to the turf.
The Riders' defence forced the first turnover of the game. Defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy jumped in front of a Shiltz pass and returned it 37 yards to midfield. Fajardo took the offence back out for an inspired seven-play, 57-yard drive that saw running back William Powell rumble into the end zone from three yards out with just 47 seconds left in the half. Brett Lauther's convert made it a 7-3 Saskatchewan advantage that the Riders took into the third quarter.
Lauther and the Riders tacked on another field goal in the third quarter made it 10-7 at 7:58 of the third, before the Riders' d-line came through with a turnover two minutes later. The Als were stuffed on a short-yardage third-down attempt, giving Saskatchewan possession at Montreal's 29-yard line. That turnover led to another Lauther field goal, this one from 36 yards out to push the score to 13-3.
After an Alouettes' interception was called back, head coach Khari Jones opted to go with the freshly-acquired Trevor Harris, who made a pair plays to open the fourth quarter. Unable to get the ball into the end zone, the Als settled on a Cote 45-yard field goal that made it a 13-6 game.
Lauther struck again at 3:08 of the fourth from 41 yards to make it a 10-point Riders' lead. Joseph Zima's 67-yard single made it a nine-point affair, but Saskatchewan's defence continued to dig its heels in. Harris was sacked by Robertson in a third-and-two, forcing a turnover on downs and getting Fajardo and the offence back on the field.
Montreal's frustration only grew when returner Martese Jackson was injured in the fourth quarter and left the game, cutting his impressive Alouettes' debut short.
Down nine inside the final three minutes of play, Harris led what might have been the Alouettes' best offensive drive of the night. Normally a pocket-bound passer, Harris scrambled his way up the field and got the Als to the Riders' five-yard line. On second-down, Harris found Eugene Lewis for a touchdown with just 87 seconds left in the game. Cote's convert made it a 16-14 game.
The Alouettes' onside kick attempt was foiled by Riders' receiver Duke Williams, who made an athletic pay to get the ball and ran it to Montreal's 16-yard line. That led to a 32-yard field goal from Lauther, giving the Riders a five-point lead with 52 seconds left.
Harris led the Als to midfield, but he met the Riders' d-line, which sacked him out of field goal range. Harris threw an incompletion for a turnover on downs, the team's fourth turnover of the night.
The Riders are off to Edmonton next, facing the Elks on Friday. The Als face the league's top team next week when they travel to Winnipeg to face the Blue Bombers on Saturday.


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package org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cluster;

import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import javax.management.MBeanServer;
import javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler;
import javax.management.ObjectName;
import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCluster;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.typedef.internal.U;
import org.apache.ignite.mxbean.BaselineConfigurationMXBean;
import org.apache.ignite.testframework.junits.common.GridCommonAbstractTest;
import org.junit.Test;

/** */
public class BaselineConfigurationMXBeanTest extends GridCommonAbstractTest {
    /** */
    @Test
    public void testTimeoutAndEnabledFlag() throws Exception {
        Ignite ignite = startGrid();

        try {
            IgniteCluster cluster = ignite.cluster();

            BaselineConfigurationMXBean bltMxBean = bltMxBean();

            assertTrue(cluster.isBaselineAutoAdjustEnabled());
            assertTrue(bltMxBean.isAutoAdjustmentEnabled());

            assertEquals(0L, cluster.baselineAutoAdjustTimeout());
            assertEquals(0L, bltMxBean.getAutoAdjustmentTimeout());

            cluster.baselineAutoAdjustEnabled(false);
            assertFalse(bltMxBean.isAutoAdjustmentEnabled());

            cluster.baselineAutoAdjustTimeout(30_000L);
            assertEquals(30_000L, bltMxBean.getAutoAdjustmentTimeout());

            bltMxBean.setAutoAdjustmentEnabled(true);
            assertTrue(cluster.isBaselineAutoAdjustEnabled());

            bltMxBean.setAutoAdjustmentEnabled(false);
            assertFalse(cluster.isBaselineAutoAdjustEnabled());

            bltMxBean.setAutoAdjustmentTimeout(60_000L);
            assertEquals(60_000L, cluster.baselineAutoAdjustTimeout());
        }
        finally {
            stopGrid();
        }
    }

    /**
     *
     */
    private BaselineConfigurationMXBean bltMxBean() throws Exception {
        ObjectName mBeanName = U.makeMBeanName(getTestIgniteInstanceName(), "Baseline",
            BaselineConfigurationMXBeanImpl.class.getSimpleName());

        MBeanServer mBeanSrv = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();

        assertTrue(mBeanSrv.isRegistered(mBeanName));

        Class<BaselineConfigurationMXBean> itfCls = BaselineConfigurationMXBean.class;

        return MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance(mBeanSrv, mBeanName, itfCls, true);
    }
}

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Flypast for Classic Hornet Conversion Course graduation
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Up to 14 F/A-18A/B Hornet aircraft will conduct a 'Tigerbird' formation flypast and a low initial and pitch manoeuvre over RAAF Base Williamtown at approximately 10am on Thursday 21 June 2018.
The flypast is the finale of the graduation of 18-1 F/A-18 Hornet Operational Conversion course, conducted by No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU).
The Tigerbird formation will track from Seaham via Raymond Terrace to RAAF Base Williamtown, at which point it will split and land back at RAAF Base Williamtown.
The crews involved have recently graduated from 2OCU after six months of intensive fighter pilot training.
All flying is subject to change due to weather and operational requirements.
Information on aircraft noise and current flying activities is available at http://www.defence.gov.au/aircraftnoise, or by calling 1300 DEFENCE (1300 333 362)


1. Do I need a licence to use a laser in theUK?
No, you can use any size laser without the need for any form of licence. The only thing you need to make sure of is that the laser projector has all the necessary safety features on it and it is used responsibly, following all Health and Safety Guidelines and specifically those detailed in the Health and Safety Executive's HSG95 "The radiation safety of lasers used for display purposes" document. BEWARE of disco shops that say you need a laser licence for larger power laser systems - this is completely FALSE and most probably a sales pitch to sell you what they have in store, also to put you off going to a specialist laser company.
2. What is the HSG95 document and where can I get hold of a copy?
It is a guidance notice published by the Health and Safety Executive. It explains the main points to take into account when using a laser in a public place. Please click this link HSG95 and search under book reference ISBN: 0717606910 to obtain your own copy.
3. Do I need to prepare an installation record for every show I perform?
It is wise to keep and have to hand written documentation of the laser system.
4. Can anybody operate a laser?
Only people with a knowledge of how to competently operate the laser system, and know what safety measures need to be considered should operate a laser display system. When you purchase a system, the company you purchase from needs to advise you on how to install and operate the system, and advise on safety issues.
5. Why does a laser system need to have a key?
The Key Switch is there to prevent unauthorised people from using the laser.
6. Can the laser be left running unattended?
The types of lasers used for laser shows should have someone in attendance, monitoring the show, at all times the laser is operational.
7. What does the term "divergence" mean?
Divergence is the term used to describe how quickly a laser beam spreads out. The unit of measurement is normally expressed in terms of milli-radians (mr). The smaller the number the less the beam spreads out.
8. What does the term "wavelength" mean?
Wavelength is used to describe what frequency(s) of laser radiation is emitted from the laser system. If the wavelengths are in the 400nm to 700nm range, humans can detect different wavelengths as being different colours. Common examples are 532nm for DPSS green lasers, and 630nm for red diodes.
9. What does irradiance mean?
Irradiance is the term used to describe the density of laser power per unit area. Basically it is the power of the beam divided by the area that it covers. As the beam extends further from the projector, the cross-sectional area of the beam increases because of the divergence of the beam. The increase in area, causes the irradiance (power density) to decrease. This is why it is safer to view laser beams over a longer distance. The units for irradiance is watts per square meter (wm-²).
10. What does Maximum Permissible Exposure or MPE mean?
The Maximum Permissible Exposure level or MPE is the scientifically researched threshold whereby the laser radiation exceeds safe levels, and would cause harm to human tissue. There are two main MPE levels, one for skin and one eyes. As eyes are far more susceptible to damage and require less radiation to cause damage, in light show applications the MPE levels for the eye are the most important values to consider. The Laser Safety Standard 60825, and HSG95 have tables in them which detail the applicable MPE levels for the various situation that can occur in laser light show use.
11. What harm can a laser cause to the human eye?
It depends upon the length of the exposure and how intense the laser beam is. In severe circumstances it can cause a complete loss of vision to the central part of your vision, which is used to pick out detail. It's fairly random as to how much and to what extent the damage occurs, which is dependant upon how quickly the eye reacts, and how powerful the beam entering the eye was. If a laser beam is in excess of the MPE the chances of sustaining an injury are increased. The injury may may go unnoticed if it hits part of the eye's peripheral vision. However if a hit is taken in the main part of the eye's vision (the fovea) the person may experience little blind spots in their vision, making it difficult to read text for example. IMPORTANT: Any damage caused to the eye's retina is permanent.
12. Is there a test I can do to check my eyesight?
If you are working with lasers regularly you should have your eyesight checked by an ophthalmologist, who will be able to analyse the eye's retina, and check for damage. There is a simple test you can perform to get an idea of if you have any problems with your eyesight (Amsler Grid vision test page). Of course, this test should not be used as a substitute to seeing a qualified specialist if you want to have your eyesight tested.
13. Is is okay to point single beams of light above the audience?
Yes, as long as it is not reflected back down into the audience, and is terminated correctly, it is safe to project virtually any laser effect 3m above and audience.
14. Is it okay to point beams of light into the audience?
No, only if the beam's irradiance is below that of the MPE can it be projected into the audience. Most of the time, with the lasers that are used for laser displays, the energy of a single beam is way in excess of the MPE, and should not be directed into the audience. If more than 1mW can enter the eye then the beam is unsafe.
15. Are there any dangers from effects scanned above the audience?
Laser effects projected 3 meters above the audience are eye safe. A survey should be taken to assess the likelihood of any reflective surfaces (such as high windows, chrome bars etc) bouncing stray beams back down into the audience.