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Paul E. Juras Named IMA Chair-Elect
By Nancy Fass
Paul E. Juras, CMA, CPA, Ph.D., has been named Chair-Elect for IMA's fiscal 2019-2020 period, which means he will be IMA Chair for 2020-2021. The IMA Global Board of Directors announced his nomination on February 13, 2019, and members had 30 days after that to nominate other candidates.
At the end of the 30-day period, a unanimous ballot was cast, so Paul will become the new Chair-Elect on July 1, 2019. As Chair-Elect, he will be a member of the Governance Committee and will chair IMA's Planning and Development Committee.
"I had been working toward this role for many years and was thrilled when [current Chair-Elect] Christian Cuzick called me to tell me I had been selected," Paul said. "IMA has a tremendous staff and senior leadership team and I could not wait to start working more closely with them as well as with [current Chair] Ginger White and Christian as a member of the group of the three chairs. This is a group of individuals for whom I have much respect and I know I can learn a great deal from them that will help me continue to grow personally and professionally."
Current Position: Vander Wolk Professor of Management Accounting and Operational Performance at Babson College
Resides in: Cornelius, N.C.
First Job: Cashier in a grocery store. "I easily became proficient at running my fingers over the cash register keys. I guess it was a sign that I would end up being a part of the accounting and finance world."
Hobbies: Golf, scuba diving, yoga, Pilates, reading fiction
Fun Fact: Coauthored six of the cases that have been used in IMA's Student Case Competition
Paul is the Vander Wolk Professor of Management Accounting and Operational Performance at Babson College, where he teaches management accounting and strategic cost management courses in the MBA and undergraduate programs. He previously taught at Wake Forest University. He earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University and both his BBA and MBA from Pace University.
"I have spent most of my professional career as an academic," Paul said. "As an educator, I am constantly interacting with students, both graduate and undergraduate, and a central point of focus for me and many of my colleagues in the academic community is to help the students become career-ready. This work is aligned with one of the key areas of strategic focus of IMA, raising awareness in the student/academic market to expand the membership pipeline and reach the young CMA-certified professional of tomorrow. As such, I am committed to enhancing the visibility and recognition of our various IMA student- and academic-focused benefits, including the student scholarships, IMA school endorsement, and student leadership conferences."
An IMA member since 1983, Paul has been a member of the Global Board of Directors since 2012, chair of the ICMA Board of Regents since 2017, and has served as chair of the IMA Research Foundation, the Performance Oversight and Audit Board Committee, and the Committee on Academic Relations. He spent 10 years as associate editor of IECJ® (IMA Educational Case Journal). He served as president of IMA's Winston-Salem Chapter in 1995-1996.
Paul's area of expertise is strategic management accounting. He has published articles in numerous journals, including the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, Issues in Accounting Education, The CPA Journal, and Strategic Finance, and his current research interests focus on contemporary cost management systems. Paul also has coauthored a cost management textbook as well as numerous case studies with a cost management perspective.
"An academic career path is an interesting one," Paul said. "When you first become a faculty member you teach, do research, and provide service to your profession. You work your way up to become a tenured full professor, or, as in my case, earn a chaired professorship, and you are still teaching, doing research, and providing service to the profession. That does not change. What changes is how you teach, what you research, and how you provide service to your profession. IMA had the biggest influence on that change for me. The network I built exposed me to new ideas and insights into the so-called real-world issues my students would be facing. I was able to incorporate these insights into the classroom and my writing. Some of my involvement led to the development of several cases I have published in Strategic Finance and the IMA Educational Case Journal. However, my involvement had the most impact on the service component. Through my numerous roles within the IMA I believe I have been able to make a positive impact on both the academic and nonacademic sides of the profession."
In 2015, Paul received IMA's R. Lee Brummet Award for Distinguished Accounting Educators.
Nancy Fass is a senior editor for IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants). She can be reached at nfass@imanet.org.
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qin chen September 18, 2019 AT 4:20 am
so interesting! The penultimate paragraph is not in SF magazine, but it is really helpful for understanding Mr. Paul E. Juras.
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How can i increase the commit limits?

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If you want to update your shallow copy with a deeper commit history, run:
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Purpose: This study aimed to discover and describe migrant Dominican cultural beliefs and practices related to health, the ways that migrant Dominicans take care of their health in their new environment, and their experience with professional health care in the Northeastern United States.
Design: This descriptive qualitative study was guided by Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality and four-phase analysis method. The health-related beliefs, practices and experiences of a convenience sample of 15 self-identified adult Dominicans living in the United States for six months or more were explored in three focus groups, assisted by trained culturally appropriate interpreters.
Findings: Data analysis of focus group transcripts and observations revealed four themes: (a) stress affects health and well-being, (b) family support and faith in God are essential for healing, and promoting health and well-being, (c) migrant Dominicans use both folk care and professional care to treat illness and promote healing, health, and well-being, and (d) perceptions about the quality of professional care are affected by access to care, cost, communication and expressions of caring practices.
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Civil service changes still on tap in Wisconsin state Senate (AUDIO)
December 29, 2015 By Andrew Beckett
Sen. Scott Fitzgerald
The top Republican in the state Senate expects changes to Wisconsin's civil service system to pass early next year.
The bill unveiled earlier this year is aimed at speeding up the state's hiring process and making it easier to fire problem employees. Republicans have said it's needed to modernize a system that is overly complicated and has been open to abuse. Democrats counter that the changes open the door to politicizing the state's workforce.
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By Brie Garrett interview, Movies, TV April 18, 2019
Taylor Mosby Gets Her Breakthrough
Having roots in Oklahoma and branching out to New York and Los Angeles, Taylor Mosby knew she dreamed of being an artist. Previously, she has worked on projects that range from the drama of Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, Snowfall, and season 2 of A Girl Named Jo to the multi-cam sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn. Now, she's working on the John Carcieri and Jordan Peele comedy, The Last OG.
The Last OG, now in its second season, follows Tray (Tracy Morgan) a recently released convict who returns to a gentrified Brooklyn and the discovery that his ex-girlfriend Shay (Tiffany Haddish) is married and raising their twins (Mosby and Dante Hoagland). "The Last OG shows the ups and downs of the adjustment process the family has to go through," Taylor explains when I bring up the shows ability to use comedy as a way to shed light on families affected by mass incarceration and the after effect of it. "There are times when it feels extremely hard, especially for the mother in this case, and there are times when it feels like it is getting easier to adjust. It shows how the incarceration of a family member can take a toll on everyone."
The premise of the show was essentially what made her interested in the first place, along with the talented names tied to the project. "When I found out that it was going to be about Tracy Morgan coming out of prison after 15 years, I immediately knew it was going to be hilarious. Not only that, but it was written by THE Jordan Peele? Oh yeah. This was definitely the show for me," Taylor praises. Working with so many talented and well-established people in the industry, she's gained and grown so much on set, "I've learned that confidence is key. Whenever you feel nervous in front of the camera, shake it off, be yourself, and you will always succeed in the end." It also helps that Taylor gets the pleasure of playing the daughter of Tiffany Haddish and Tracy Morgan where she credits the writers for making the character of Amira the perfect mix of the two.
Whenever you feel nervous in front of the camera, shake it off, be yourself, and you will always succeed in the end.
"Amira and her mom [Shay] have a great relationship. They have lots of funny moments together and they go to each other when everyone else irritates them," she shares about her favorite dynamic to play with. The two are very often in sync and they always have each others backs which is definitely one of the shining moments of the show. "Even though her mother can get on her nerves sometimes, Amira appreciates everything her mother does for her because she knows how hard she had to work in order to provide a life for her and [Shazad]."
In this new season, Taylor ensures that we'll get to see more of Amira and Shay together in their mother-daughter moments while Tray and Shazad get to shine too in some father-son moments. "We learn more about Tray and his life before jail and Shay learns a lot about herself this season. Amira and Shazad are adjusting to all of the new changes in their lives, and we might just meet some new characters," Taylor hints adding that's the general sense of all she can say about what's to come this season.
She does further delve in on how this new season adds new depth to the story, "This season, the family has to take risks with Tray, often crossing their fingers in hope for a good outcome. Shay starts to open up a little in order for the kids to get to know their father because they never got the chance."
As for the focus on Amira within a personal level, last season, we saw her having an interest in documentary and filmmaking through documenting Tray's contribution to the neighborhood by serving food to the community. "I feel like Amira is interested in filmmaking because she enjoys looking at people's stories from a bigger picture," Taylor explains. "This season she does some writing here and there and we learn more about her other interests as well!"
I feel like Amira is interested in filmmaking because she enjoys looking at people's stories from a bigger picture.
Besides The Last OG, Taylor can also be seen in Breakthrough releasing this Friday (April 19th) alongside Chrissy Metz (This is Us), Marcel Ruiz (One Day at a Time), Topher Grace (That 70s Show, BlackkKlansman), and Mike Coulter (Luke Cage). Based on the true story of 14-year-old John Smith who, in 2015, fell through ice on Lake Sainte Louise and ended up in a coma that he was not expected to recover from. "The miraculous story behind the movie Breakthrough is a great example of how faith, community, family, and love can come together no matter the situation and circumstances," Taylor says. "I was so honored to be chosen to play Chayla in this movie and it was a different experience for me than any other role I've played because I was playing a real person and I was acting out their real experiences."
"Chayla is a smart and funny girl who loves being with her friends. When she finds out about John and his chances of survival, she does not give up there. Chayla continued to pray and do everything she could for John because deep down she knew that God could do what man could not," she talks about the role she has in the film. While the story mostly follows John's adoptive parents (Metz and Josh Lucas), the community coming together to support the family and believe in John making a recovery is also there.
For Taylor's hope about what the movie can bring, she hopes that viewers can feel inspired by the movie's use of faith. "God truly can do anything and everything. When you stand strong in your beliefs and you don't let anything shake you, amazing things can happen through faith," Taylor passionately shares. "Even when it feels like all odds are against you, he can do the impossible."
Taylor was also able to channel this energy into working with Kirk Franklin for "Oceans," the main song for the project. "When I auditioned for Chayla, they asked me to sing 'Oceans.' I was never aware that I would be singing in the movie or on the soundtrack. When I was singing this song, my goal was to make people feel what Chayla was feeling through her music. For them to feel her emotions through her notes. Making people feel something is always my goal when it comes to music," she says about the song and the opportunity.
Making people feel something is always my goal when it comes to music.
"Music has been in my blood since I was little. As a matter of fact, I knew I wanted to sing before I knew I wanted to act. Music has always been second nature to me just like acting has and I'm so glad I get to mix the two in Breakthrough," Taylor speaks on her love of music and her want to incorporate that into her career more. I follow up asking if she has any plans to release original music which she gives an excited yes to sharing to stay tuned for what's to come.
While she doesn't go into detail about the sound that we could expect from her (while you can find Youtube cover videos of her amazing vocals) she does share her inspirations which shows her love of multiple genres, sound, and creativity. "…Mine range from Sam Cooke to Ariana Grande. Some of my personal favorite artists are Tori Kelly, Boyz II Men, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Michael Jackson, and Chloe x Halle. The list goes on and on really," she says, "I always have a hard time choosing."
Just like her music taste, her interest in acting projects vary. She shares her love for comedies while adding that the joy of dramas is the challenge. "I look for meaningful projects and ones that require a range of acting skills," Taylor sums it up. Having an interest in working on projects where she gets to put her acting skills to work and be challenged with her role and defining characters while also loving music, it's no question why she'd also be interested in a musical theater project.
"My dream role is to be in a movie like La La Land because it perfectly incorporated musical theater and film," Taylor raves about the critically acclaimed film about highs and (mostly) lows about being struggling artists in LA. "It would be amazing to combine all my skills on screen and I could hopefully even get a chance to tap dance."
You can stay up to date on all things Taylor Mosby by following her Instagram and Youtube accounts.
New episodes of The Last OG air Tuesday 10:30/9:30 pm central on TBS. You can stay up to date on all things The Last OG by following their Twitter account.
Breakthrough is in theaters now. You can check out their Twitter account for access to tickets.
(Photo Cred:
Photographer – Amanda Ramon
Stylist – Victoria Jackson
Hair – LaShondra
Makeup – Jared Lipscomb)
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One year after Hurricane Irma caused record flooding, power outages and millions of dollars in damage across Northeast Florida, many families are still dealing with the devastation.
The nonprofit Endeavors Disaster Case Management introduced News4Jax to two women, both widows, who continue to struggle with what Irma did to their homes.
Claudette Thayer evacuated before the storm and still hasn't been able to move back into her home on Ribault Scenic Drive. The brick home looks like it's in great shape from the outside, but the rooms inside had to be gutted after severe flooding.
Paulette Brown has been able to live in her home since Irma hit, but it hasn't been easy. Nearly every room has leaks and the outside of her home is damaged.
The two women are being assisted by Endeavors, a nonprofit that offers a no-cost Hurricane Irma recovery service that includes developing long-term recovery plans, referrals to volunteer groups aiding in recovery and construction and repair cost analysis.
Thayer said it took Irma only minutes to destroy the home she built with her late husband. Sentimental items were ruined as well, like the Mercedes her husband bought before he passed away.
"I thought I could just come back as I have done for 30 years, but I couldn't come home this time," Thayer said, crying. "Oh God! You just can't come home."
Thayer said water had to be pumped out of her home and her contractor found a major problem with the way the original floor was constructed when the home was built. She said that fix costs upward of $40,000.
Thayer, who has been out of work for just over a year after suffering a bad injury, is still fighting with the insurance company to get the necessary repairs made. She said they refuse to fix her porch.
"It really needs to be lifted up higher, so I can just step out with me being disabled now," Thayer explained.
Thayer has also had to deal with other troubles – like thieves who broke into her home in July and made off with a washer, dryer, light fixtures, the contractor's equipment and even pulled her AC unit off the side of the house.
"I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It's really a devastation," Thayer said. "You see it all the time, but if you got to walk it, that's when you really know. It's really something to go through."
Thayer, who has been living in the home of her cousin's daughter, said she hopes to be able to return home soon to where all of her memories are. She's been told that could be as early as next month.
"I just want to come home," she said. "There's no place like home."
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Thayer.
For Brown, home has become a hazard -- with garbage bags covering her furniture to protect it from ceiling leaks.
She's so afraid her home will cave in one day that she spends a lot of her time at the table in the front of the house and near her porch.
The leaks aren't the only problem. Shingles are still on the ground, and Brown said she lost her insurance when her husband died several years ago. She's also been struggling health-wise.
"I had a heart attack about seven years ago, and then I had a little mini-stroke after that. And now this," Brown said.
Brown's only source of income right now is Social Security, but she said she would like to have a part-time job to help get her house back in order.
A recent trip to the doctor, though, revealed she has poor circulation that causes serious pain in her legs and prevents her from standing up for long periods of time. She has to stop several times just walking the two blocks to her bus stop.
"I try not to cause another heart attack. That's all I'm trying to do, not to cause another heart attack," Brown said. "Just hope the roof don't come in on me while I'm there. That's all I pray for."
Brown said if anyone has a part-time job that doesn't require a lot of standing, she would be interested. Anyone who can help can email aharding@wjxt.com with information.
Endeavors' office is on Baymeadows Road in Jacksonville but the organization serves Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau and St. Johns counties.
For more information, contact supervisor Will Prioleau at 713-471-0949 or email wprioleau@endeavors.org.
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ShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr Technology has transformed how we view intelligence.Technology has transformed how we view intelligence, says University of Virginia Professor Edward Hess. To earn a reputation of being "smart" in the modern workplace, you need to upgrade your capabilities by embracing 21st-century learning skills."What matters is being an adaptive learner—someone who knows what he or she doesn't know and how to learn the answers by asking the right questions, someone who can think critically and innovatively, and someone who can listen with an open mind and collaborate well with others," says Hess, author of "Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization."Follow these six tips from Hess to become an active learner:1. Get comfortable with "not knowing." You're never as smart as you think you are. To learn, you need to know what you don't know—and not get defensive. Actively develop your critical thinking and innovative thinking skills.2. Quiet your ego to embrace open-mindedness. Learn to stress-test your beliefs and preconceived notions, not constantly seek to confirm them. Separate your ideas from your self-worth."Changing a previously held belief doesn't mean you're a bad person," Hess says. "It simply means you've learned to adapt your thinking based on new information or facts you've received." continue reading » read more
Matrix applies vision to decisions
Neighbors Federal Credit Union has introduced a decision grid to guide executives and managers to assess how well potential initiatives, products, services, pricing structures and procedures align with the CU's organizational vision.The nine-square matrix provides a practical, visual device—a "quick pass/fail system"—for evaluating whether and to what extent new ideas would contribute to operational efficiency and member value, says CUES member Steve Webb, president/CEO of the Baton Rouge, La., credit union with $730 million in assets and 78,000 members. (click on image to enlarge.)For example, executives used the grid in assessing whether to bring a mortgage service in house. "After we applied the matrix, we could easily see this option wouldn't save money or improve member service by speeding up the mortgage process, so we decided not to pursue it," Webb says. continue reading » 13SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr read more
Australia begins wide-ranging enquiry into deadly bushfires
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the six-month Royal Commission will investigate preparedness for future bushfires and the need for any changes to the law to clarify who is responsible for overseeing emergency authorities.A two-week hearing of the royal commission, sitting in Canberra but being conducted electronically, has started with a focus on the changing global climate and natural disaster risk.Topics : Australia on Monday began the first hearings of a powerful inquiry into the causes of catastrophic bushfires that swept across the country, killing 33 people, destroying some 2,500 homes and razing an area the size of South Korea.Fuelled by three years of drought, which experts have attributed to climate change, hundreds of fires, some massive in size, burned across Australia's east coast for months before finally being extinguished in February."The tragic loss of life, the destruction of homes, the significant loss of livestock and millions of hectares of forest has been devastating and continues to deeply affect people and their recovery," Mark Binskin, chair of the inquiry, said in an emailed statement. read more
Jakarta parents protest age 'discrimination' in school enrollment
Age is more than just a number for aspiring high school students in Jakarta.Last week, the city administration rolled out the zoning system for this year's public school enrollment (PPDB). Unlike previous years, a potential student's age is now a main factor in the registration process, sparking protests from parents caught unaware.Before 8 a.m. on Thursday morning, 60-year-old Sugiharto and his wife sat down at their computer to register their youngest daughter at three state senior high schools (SMA) within their designated enrollment zone, based on proximity to their residence in the Kebayoran Lama subdistrict of South Jakarta. At first, the registration appeared to be going smoothly. Their daughter was placed on all three of the schools' enrollment lists. Two hours later, however, Sugiharto found that his daughter's name had been removed and replaced by the names of other potential students.Soon it became apparent that their daughter's age had cost her a spot, even though her average grades were higher than some of the older students who had pushed her off the list."It's unfair that age has become a main factor in school enrollment. How do you even explain that? "Why can older kids get into the same schools [at the expense of] younger students?" Sugiharto told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.The couple's daughter is 15 years and three months old. There has been no clear explanation from the provincial government about why the age policy was adopted, Sugiharto said.Some parents have heard arguments that age cannot be manipulated, unlike the distance between home and school. "But just because it can't be manipulated doesn't mean it's the fairest measurement," Sugiharto said.Now the couple's only hope is for their daughter to try her luck enrolling through the academic merit system, which fills only 20 percent of school seats and where potential students from throughout the city must compete for spots.The Jakarta administration has allocated 40 percent of the total school seats to be filled by the zoning system, compared to 5 percent for non-academic achievers, 25 percent for poverty preference admissions, 20 percent for Jakarta-based high achievers and another 5 percent for non-Jakarta high achievers. The remaining 5 percent is reserved for the children of state officials.Prior to this year, the proximity of a student's residence to a school was considered an important criterion for enrollment. Schools used Google Maps to locate and verify a student's home address to ensure that those living in the vicinity had priority in enrollment.This year, the Jakarta education agency has argued for the use of age in enrollment because of Jakarta's complex demographic makeup.The head of the agency, Nahdiana, said the distribution of schools was different in each area and schools had varying intake capacities."Population density is not the same in every community of Jakarta, and then we also have vertical housing," she said in a recent online briefing.Age was used instead because it was a "neutral variable" that could not be manipulated, she said.In a later response, the agency argued that students from lower income families would lose out on spots through the zoning system because of lower average grades, hence the switch to the age-based policy, Kompas.com reported.Some 31,000 students have been accepted to state junior high schools (SMP) and 12,684 students have enrolled in public senior high schools through the zoning track this year, the city administration reported.About 52 percent of the SMA students who entered through the zoning track were 16 year-olds, followed by 15-year-olds (39.7 percent), 17-year-olds (6 percent) and 18-to-20-year-olds (1.4 percent), according this year's data.Despite strong protests from parents and education experts, Nahdiana confirmed that the agency would continue to use age in its zoning system and would only evaluate it after this year's enrollment concluded."They called it the zoning track and said it would be based on proximity, but now they're using age to screen students for enrollment?" said Dian Priandini, 35, a parent who lives in Pekayon, East Jakarta.Dian tried to register two of her children at every public high school in her zoning area – to no avail."I'm so disappointed with this policy. […] I need them to go to a public school. I'm a single parent and can't afford to send my kids to a private school," she said.Retno Listyarti, a commissioner with the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI), said that her office had received many complaints about the school enrollment policy.She said the commission had met with the Jakarta education agency on Thursday to address the problem and added that the agency would seek to mediate with students who were not accepted because of their age.Satriawan Salim, the deputy secretary general of the Federation of Indonesian Teachers Associations (FSGI), said Jakarta's zoning system possibly violated Education and Culture Ministerial Decree No. 44/2019 on student enrollment.He said the decree stipulated that age could only be used if the entire quota for seats had been filled and there were students on the waiting list whose homes were located a similar distance from a particular school."Using age as the main requirement in enrollment could potentially violate the decree," Satria said in a statement.The zoning system, which aims to end elitism at certain schools favored by well-off families, has remained controversial since its introduction in 2016. In 2018, it was discovered that some parents had falsified their wealth and income information so that their children would be included in the special quota for underprivileged families in certain school districts.Topics : read more
Trade body takes pension policy 'wish list' to Dutch coalition partners
The Pensions Federation explained that mandatory participation was crucial for sharing risks, would enable pension funds to invest for the long term, and would prevent marketing costs as a result of competition between schemes.The Federation's letter comes in the wake of the collapse of coalition talks between the liberal party VVD, the Christian Democrats (CDA), the liberal democratic D66 party, and the left-wing Green party GroenLinks.Elsewhere on its wish list, the industry organisation said it only supported a one-off payment at retirement date as an additional choice for participants. Deploying pension assets during the accrual phase for paying off a mortgage would be undesirable, it said.The Pension Federation advocated a new "entry mechanism" for self-employed workers, who lack automatic access to pension saving in the second pillar.It also urged the new government to provide clarity on the legal feasibility of an average contribution combined with gradually-decreasing pensions accrual. The Federation said its own research suggested that this would be difficult.The lobbying organisation also asked the government to create a merger option for mandatory sector schemes and limit pension funds' VAT burden and supervisory costs.It reiterated that a new pensions system can't be introduced in a "big bang" and that every pension fund would need a tailor-made transition.Last week, Gerard Riemen, the federation's director, said that it was unlikely that a new pensions system could be established before 2020, adding that the whole implementation could take up to 10 years. The Netherlands' new coalition government should keep mandatory participation in industry-wide pension funds, the Dutch Pensions Federation has argued.In a "wish list" to parliament, the pension fund trade body also urged politicians not to further reduce tax benefits during pensions accrual.The Federation said further fiscal limitation would mean a "false start" for a new pensions system, and would erode faith in both the system and the reforms.Currently, scheme members can accrue 1.875% of annual salaries into their pension tax-free, down from 2.25%. read more
Peru ships three more LNG cargoes to Spain
Image courtesy of Peru LNGPeru's only liquefaction facility at Pampa Melchorita shipped three cargoes to Spain in the last two weeks. According to the data by the state-owned Perupetro, the GasLog-owned, 155,000-cbm GasLog Shanghai was the first of the three to leave for Spain on August 16.The vessel was followed by the 138,000-cbm Golar LNG's carrier Methane Princess on August 17.The third cargo was dispatched earlier this week, on August 22, aboard the 136,600-cbm LNG carrier Galea.With the three latest cargoes Peruvian facility has shipped a total of six vessels during the month of August, five of which headed to Spain and one to Mexico.In total, the export plant shipped 415 cargoes since it started operations in June 2010.The 4.45 million tons per year gas liquefaction plant is located 170 kilometers south of Lima and receives gas via a 408-kilometer pipeline built across the Andes. LNG World News Staff read more
Business Owner Helps Police Find Stolen Property
Update (4:12 p.m.)The three suspects were not arrested. According to the Ripley County Sheriff's Office, charges are pending review by the prosecutors office.The incident remains under investigation.First Report (10:14 a.m.)Authorities say the watchful eye of a business owner led them to solving a theft in Versailles.Ripley County Communications received a call Tuesday morning from Steve Arney, owner of Versailles Dunbrik. He told dispatchers he was following a vehicle that he believed had stolen property from his business at 3484 S. U.S. 421.Arney remained on the call following the vehicle until law enforcement was able to intervene. A deputy stopped the suspect vehicle driven by Jacob Street, 26, of Moores Hill.Two passengers were in the car, Noah Davidson, 28, and Samantha Combs, 24, both of Milan.During the traffic stop deputies found metal they believe was stolen from the business. The metal was returned to the business. read more
ISP: Protective vest saved officer's life
New Castle, In. — A protective vest saved the life of New Castle police officer over the weekend.A report from the Indiana State Police says officers were investigating a report of a man breaking into cars in the area of "K" Avenue and Columbus Street Sunday morning around 4:15 when Jarred Burke, 24, fled on a bicycle.A police canine officer was able to apprehend Burke behind a church in the 1700 block of Columbus Street. As officers approached to call the dog Burke pulled out a handgun and fired a single shot striking one of the officers in the chest. The officer returned fire striking Burke.Burke and the officer were taken to Henry Community Health Hospital where Burke later died. The officer was treated and is expected to make a full recovery. Initial reports credit the protective vest with saving the life of the officer.The incident remains under investigation. read more
Juventus star agrees Barcelona switch
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Brookville, IN—Two community banks in southeast Indiana are joining forces. The parents of FCN Bank N.A. in Brookville and Dearborn Savings Bank in Lawrenceburg have signed a merger agreement which they say will create the largest community bank headquartered in the region.Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed, however, the merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. As part of the deal, Dearborn Savings Bank will merge with and into FCN Bank. Two directors of Dearborn Savings Bank will also be appointed to FCN's board of directors."Today as community banks face ever-increasing challenges to remain independent, it is exciting to see our institutions combine to face these challenges together," Thomas Horninger, chief executive officer of FCN Banc Corp., said in a news release. "There is such a commonality between FCN and Dearborn Savings Bank in our cultures, and our commitments to serve our customers and communities. We look forward to working together to continue this legacy as the premier community bank in the region."FCN Banc Corp. is the parent of FCN Bank and DSA Financial Corp. is the parent of Dearborn Savings Bank. read more
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Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Announces 2020 Winners: Estela Bensimon, Michelene Chi, and Joseph Krajcik
One of the most prestigious prizes in education recognizes outstanding achievement in pre-K-12 education, higher education, and learning science research
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In the photo above, winners of the 2020 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, from left, Joseph Krajcik, Estela Bensimon, and Michelene Chi.
September 22, 2020, PHILADELPHIA — As education faces down its most challenging year ever, The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education is shining a light on three people who have had an extraordinary impact on the field. This year's winners were announced today: Estela Bensimon, Michelene Chi, and Joseph Krajcik. They are recognized for their achievements in higher education, learning science research, and pre-K-12 education respectively and will be honored in a Wednesday, October 21 ceremony streamed at 4pm ET/1pm PT; each winner will also receive an award of $50,000 and a prize sculpture.
Since 1988, the McGraw Prize has celebrated innovation in education by recognizing outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education and whose accomplishments are making a huge impact. Earlier this year, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation announced that the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) would be the new home for the Prize. As part of the new partnership, Catalyst @ Penn GSE has created a yearlong programming series, with a particular focus on sharing ideas and insights from McGraw Prize winners as education change agents.
"This year's Prize winners are outstanding leaders who have devoted their careers to closing gaps and accelerating educational opportunity to all students," said Harold McGraw III, former Chairman, CEO and President of The McGraw Hill Companies. "Dr. Bensimon's groundbreaking work to advance equity in higher education, Dr. Krajcik's innovations to improve science, and Dr. Chi's pioneering research to promote active and engaged student learning represent profound and lasting achievements."
"I can think of no better year to join with the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation to celebrate leadership and innovation in education. Each of these winners has dedicated their careers to creating tools and opportunities to unlock the vast potential that exists inside every learner," said Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman. "They serve as an inspiration for how educators can respond creatively to meet our greatest educational challenges."
Estela Mara Bensimon has been awarded the 2020 McGraw Prize in Higher Education. Bensimon is the Rossier Dean's Professor in Educational Equity at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education and Founding Director of the Center for Urban Education (CUE). With a singular focus on increasing racial equity in higher education outcomes for students of color, she developed the Equity Scorecard, a process for using inquiry to drive changes in institutional practice and culture. Since CUE's founding in 1999, the center has supported thousands of college professionals—among them presidents, faculty, and academic counselors—in their efforts to reverse the impact of the historical and structural barriers that prevent many students of color from excelling in higher education. Bensimon is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including election into the National Academy of Education in 2017.
Michelene (Micki) Chi has been awarded the 2020 McGraw Prize in Learning Science Research. Chi is the Dorothy Bray Endowed Professor of Science and Teaching at Arizona State University and Director of the Learning and Cognition Lab. A global leader in cognitive and learning science research, Chi has made numerous advances to our understanding of how students learn, particularly in STEM domains. Highlights of her work include creating a powerful framework (ICAP) of active learning, developing an understanding of the power of self-explanation as a key way to learn, evolving our knowledge of how experts and nonexperts think, and influencing how we think about learning in more interactive settings. Chi has been recognized with numerous honors throughout her career, including induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.
Joseph S. Krajcik has been awarded the 2020 McGraw Prize in Pre-K-12 Education. Krajcik is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University and Director of the CREATE for STEM Institute. In nominating Krajcik for the McGraw Prize, a colleague said that he "has done about as much as one person can conceivably do to transform K-12 education outcomes in science for students in his home state, across the nation, and around the world." Krajcik has partnered with science teachers globally to reform science teaching practices to promote student engagement in and learning of science through the design, development, and testing of project-based science learning environments. He served as lead writer of both the National Academies of Science Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. These standards have transformed the teaching of science in the United States and around the world.
For more information or to register, please go to https://www.mcgrawprize.com/events/. You may also follow @PennGSE and #McGraw Prize on social media.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education nominees are selected through a public nomination process, with winners chosen over three rounds of judging and ultimately by an independent panel of esteemed judges who are leaders in the field. Recent winners include Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code; Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade Public Schools; and Sal Kahn, the founder of Khan Academy.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation, established by Harold W. McGraw, Jr., is a not-for-profit private foundation whose primary mission is focused on education, youth services, community health and medical research. Harold W. McGraw, Jr. was the former Chairman and CEO of McGraw-Hill and dedicated his life to education and literacy.
Penn GSE is one of the nation's premier research education schools and is currently ranked #2 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. No other education school enjoys a university environment as supportive of practical knowledge-building as the Ivy League's University of Pennsylvania. The School is notably entrepreneurial, launching innovative degree programs for practicing professionals and unique partnerships with local educators, and the first-ever business plan competition devoted exclusively to educational products and programs. Catalyst @ Penn GSE is a center for global education innovation that connects people and ideas to develop new ways to advance education in novel and meaningful directions.
The University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1740, is an Ivy League institution with a distinctive past. Its twelve undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools are located in Philadelphia on an attractive urban campus that serves a diverse community of more than 20,000 students from throughout the nation and around the world. Ranked consistently among the top universities in the nation, Penn has a longstanding reputation for excellence in graduate and professional education.
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7 highlights from the 2020 Black queer arts calendar
The films, music, games and artists you should look out for this year
By Valerie Complex Feb 19, 2020, 10:31 AM EST
Every month is cause to celebrate Blackness, but February is particularly special because it's Black History Month. Queer and trans members of the Black community are often left out of the conversation when this month rolls around, but visibility is slowly improving across all types of media.
This year, Xtra asked six Black queer folks about the queer-centric events, people and projects they are looking forward to in 2020. And yes, I got so excited I had to weigh in, too. Here are our seven picks of the queer Black art we're excited for:
New music from Cakes Da Killa
Cakes Da Killa is an emerging artist out of Brooklyn and has been one of my favourite musicians for years. A friend introduced me to his 2016 album, Hedonism, and I've never been the same. His music and sound are explicitly queer. He goes so hard when he spits and he raps with absolutely no vagueness or ambiguity to his lyrics, which is so refreshing to me. He recently released a new song called "Luv Me Nots" that's both sexy and vulnerable, and it has me hyped for whatever else he may have planned in 2020. Looking forward to his new album!
—Stevie Mat, writer
Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts Season 2
I recently discovered Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts, a cartoon with three Black lead characters. One of them mixed, one is queer and one has big curly hair—just like me. It's optimistic and cute and fun—even in a post-apocalyptic world—and I think that's very timely. The soundtrack is fantastic and includes wolves (one of whom is voiced by GZA) rapping about astronomy. I'm going to go back and read the comic it's based on as I wait for Season 2 to drop. I recommend anyone who hasn't heard about it, or is the least bit curious, to binge-watch.
—Cassie Complex, writer, attorney
Tracy Oliver's show formerly known as Harlem
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The comedy formerly known as Harlem, written and produced by film writer Tracy Oliver, is coming to an Amazon streaming service—and I am very excited. Not only has the show cast Black women of all shades and shapes, but it also features a character named Tye played by Jerrie Johnson, a queer Black woman. We need more Black LGBTQ characters in film and on television, and this is a good start. I do wonder whether this show will fill the planet-sized hole the cancellation of Girlfriends left in my chest. Having the show produced by the creative minds behind Girls Trip (Oliver, along with Malcolm D. Lee) certainly doesn't hurt either.
—Clarkeisha Kent, culture critic
Jonica "Jojo" T. Gibbs, star of BET show Twenties
Jonica T. Gibbs is the lead in Lena Waithe's new BET show, Twenties. The comedy follows three Black women (two straight and one masculine-presenting lesbian) as they navigate life and work to make their dreams a reality. The first two episodes premiered at Sundance, and Gibbs's performance as Hattie blew me away. Waithe has an eye for talent, and Gibbs seems to be a stand-in for her. Beyond Gibbs' talent, she has a certain "it" factor, and I genuinely think she's setting herself up to be the next big name in entertainment.
—Jon Higgins, media critic and educator
Speaking of the highly anticipated Twenties, I have a recurring role on the show. I play Courtney, Hattie's condescending, nemesis co-worker. Bitter for having lost a writer PA position to newcomer Hattie, she never misses an opportunity to bust Hattie's chops, give side-eye or offer up a snide remark. The comical banter between us is perfectly timed, and I give off office mean girl realness. Twenties premieres on BET Mar. 4.
—Ashli Haynes, actress
Anything from openly gay actor Colman Domingo
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Colman Domingo plays the compassionate father in If Beale Street Could Talk, whose warm way of looking at his daughter lets us know that she can face whatever is thrown at her. Domingo also plays a Nigerian pimp in Zola who's both menacing and goofily funny, which is not an easy mix to pull off.
Domingo is an openly gay actor who's been working in film, TV, and on stage for over two decades. With a role in Zola, the horror remake of Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta and the August Wilson adaptation of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom with Viola Davis (both of which are in post-production), 2020 is his breakout year. Domingo has proved he has the chops. Now, where is his starring role?
—Murtada Elfadl, cultural critic
Marsha P. Johnson Park in New York City
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This month, New York officials announced that East River State Park in Brooklyn will be renamed in honour of Marsha P. Johnson. Johnson was a prominent figure in the LGBTQ community who fought for the rights of queer people and sex workers, and played a key role in the Stonewall uprising. Considered the "mayor of Christopher Street," Johnson and fellow trans activist Sylvia Rivera created resources for homeless LGBTQ youth and sex workers. Johnson was a pioneer, activist and legend. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calls Johnson an "an icon of the community." And now, she'll become the first openly trans woman to have a state park named after them.
—Valerie Complex, writer, film critic
The Last of Us II
I am incredibly excited about the spring 2020 release of The Last of Us Part II for Playstation 4. The Last of Us (2013) is the best video game I've ever played in my life: It's something otherworldly, and more cinematic than most movies that were released that year. I cried during part one's finale. It's the pinnacle of gaming for me—after I finished playing, I decided to retire from gaming for two years.
With this long-awaited sequel, gamers play as Ellie (who identifies as a lesbian) as she navigates the clicker-infested society and attempts to escape her past, which involves her guardian Joel and losing the love of her life. This sequel offers a whole new story that I can't wait to get into.
—Rendy Jones, film critic
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones
Ngozi Ukazu, a cartoonist who had a hugely successful Kickstarter, will be releasing a second volume of her wholesome coming-of-age queer romantic novel, Check, Please!, this spring. The first volume is focused on the life of Bitty, a gay figure skater and vlogger who joins a hockey team during his freshman year of college. He falls for the team captain, and the story follows them as they tackle pressing issues like homophobia and depression. The first book was a charming romance novel suitable for teens but entertaining enough for adults—and the second is bound to be just as great.
—Erika Hardison, creator of Fabulize Magazine
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Wouldn't it be great if there was a such a thing as a nano-nap? Not a 20-minute power nap, but an actual split-second recharge? Now that would be worth something. What a time-saver that would be.
I've never been one for day-time naps, they're just not my thing. I'd much prefer to keep going during the day and head to bed knowing I'm in for some serious deep sleep. My brothers, on the other hand, have been known to curl up under the desk at the drop of a hat.
I thought I had coined the term when I mentioned it a couple of weeks ago. I liked the consonance and flow of it. Turns out, according to the old google, it exisits already in the form of a short nap of between 1 and 10 minutes.
Not quite a split-second, one-blink-and-you're-back kind of thing though, a proper nano-nap.


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Man gets 15 years for role in knife slaying
SAITAMA – A man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison Thursday for his role in the 1999 murder of a 21-year-old college student in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture.
The Saitama District Court found Satoshi Kawakami, 34, guilty for his part in the killing of Shiori Ino, who died in a knife attack Oct. 26, 1999, on a street near JR Okegawa Station. She was a student at Atomi College.
Four people were accused of conspiring to kill Ino.
Yoshifumi Kubota, 37, actually stabbed Ino and has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Yoshitaka Ito, 35, kept a lookout during the attack and has been sentenced to 15 years. Kawakami drove Kubota to the scene of the murder.
Takeshi Komatsu, 35, the brother of Ino's ex-boyfriend, is currently on trial.
According to prosecutors, Kawakami also conspired with Komatsu and the others to post fliers containing libelous statements about Ino near the woman's home in July 1999.
Kawakami's lawyers said their client should be charged with injury leading to death, claiming the four conspired to harm Ino but did not intend to kill her.
Before her murder, Ino had pleaded with police to investigate her former boyfriend, Kazuhito Komatsu, whom she claimed was stalking her.
He was found dead in January 2000 near a lake in Hokkaido. He was on a police wanted list at the time.
Saitama police came under fire for doing nothing to about Ino's complaint. Three former officers were handed suspended sentences for doctoring Ino's formal investigation request to avoid having to follow up on her complaint.
Kitchen-knife killer
SENDAI (Kyodo) A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for fatally stabbing a male friend of his former girlfriend here in January.
The Sendai District Court handed down the sentence to Keiji Komatsu, of no fixed address.
On Jan. 20, Komatsu saw his ex-girlfriend and Shoji Nakamura, a 27-year-old office worker from Hokkaido, walking near her home. Komatsu attacked Nakamura with a kitchen knife before trying to strangle his ex-girlfriend.
Presiding Judge Eiichi Homma said, "The crime, committed in a fit of anger, was self-centered and there is no room for leniency."


Will offering Lotus-as-a-Service revive IBM's productivity suite? Adrian Bridgwater finds out.
IBM's Lotusphere conference kicked off this week in Orlando with an inspirational keynote delivered by Hollywood actor Michael J Fox.
Speaking with great humour and composure, Fox urged the audience "not to play the result" as he put it by not accepting an assumed future in work or life in general. In an auditorium hall packed with geeks, Fox also referenced his 'Back To The Future' legacy, saying even he didn't know whether hoverboards were likely to arrive anytime soon.
But we couldn't reminisce about 80's movies forever and the IBM conference content was opened by Alistair Rennie, Big Blue's general manager of collaboration solutions. Rennie explained IBM's concept of social business as the meeting point between social media tools and culture when applied to business processes, roles and outcomes.
"Business processes led by people are about to change and this will result in deep and pervasive analytics in order for businesses to gain value at the right point, in real time," he said.
426,000 employees can't be wrong?
IBM said it had been developing its social business strategy as far back as a quarter of a century now. Indeed, with over 426,000 employees across 170 countries, the company has nurtured a long product line in collaboration tools – from Lotus Notes right through to its current cloud-based web 2.0-driven social software package, IBM Connections. The product itself is designed to provide data monitoring and intelligence processing carried out in IBM's SmartCloud service.
The 'better' business decisions IBM is proposing we can now benefit from will be based around data analytics. It will relate to users creating data from 'devices and sensors' to produce a mix of both structured and unstructured data i.e. from simple yes/no data with a numerical value, to harder to classify and analyse video and/or voice data.
According to Forrester Research, the market opportunity for social enterprise apps is expected to grow at a rate of 61 per cent year-on-year, reaching $6.4 billion by 2016, compared with its $600 million value today. IBM argued that, despite organisations' willingness to embrace social capabilities to transform business operations, they lack the tools to gain the insight held within.


Let's eat tacos, and save puppies for Wayside Waifs!
Mission Taco (Crossroads location) will donate 20% of your food and beverage sale to Wayside Waifs between 5-9pm on Tuesday, February 26. Grab your work buddies for happy hour or come by for dinner with your family! Don't forget to ask about the pet-inspired featured cocktail of the night!


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In the Heat of the moment, Miami selects a player with the last name spelled Herro
Florida Gators chomp the Virginia Cavaliers in the Orange Bowl
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No coach Lane Kiffin and four starters for FAU, no problem against SMU in Boca Raton Bowl
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FIU Panthers stunned the Miami Hurricanes on historic soil
FAU Owls football have won four in row
The Florida Atlantic Owls have the Lane Train moving in Boca Raton again.
The Owls are officially two games away from Bowl eligibility with six games remaining and have won four in a row.
Malcolm Davidson is the conductor of this win, he ran for 149 yards, and a touchdown and Florida Atlantic dominated the second half to beat Middle Tennessee, 28-13 on Saturday.
"Just didn't feel like a very clean game," FAU coach Lane Kiffin said. "We struggled at times on offense, which was kind of new. At the end of the day, it's not about yards, it's about points and turnovers. You win 3-0 in the turnover margin, you're going to win a lot of games."
Davidson became the first FAU player to rush for at least 100 yards this season.
Middle Tennessee scored the first touchdown. However, Akileis Leroy scored FAU's first points of the game by blocking an extra-point attempt in the first quarter and taking it to Middle Tennessee's end zone for two points.
Asher O'Hara was 24 of 42 for 335 yards passing and a touchdown for Middle Tennessee (2-4, 1-1), but was picked off three times. The Blue Raiders outgained the Owls 459 yards to 364.
The two programs followed each other from the Sun Belt to Conference USA and played for the 17th time, with the Blue Raiders holding a 12-4 advantage in the series all-time coming in. Owls were favored by 10.5.
The Owls defense was impressive in this contest; however, on the offensive side, Kiffin's scheme battled to put points on the board on their home field against a two-win team. The train is moving, but the pace will need to pick up for the Owls to appear in the Conference USA title game.
The beat goes on.
The Owls will put their winning streak on the line against Marshall on Friday night at home.
Middle Tennessee will take their talents to North Texas.
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Burnett Creek Elementary School will host Kindergarten Roundup for the 2019-2020 school year from 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm, Wednesday, April 10. This event will include a parent meeting and activities for incoming kindergarten students. New students are encouraged to attend.
Parents/guardians enrolling an incoming kindergarten student must contact the school before roundup to acquire a username and password for online registration. Families will also need an emergency contact list for online registration.


form - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
It is so much fun, studying old Chinese phrases and various writing styles and thinking for myself about how those different writing styles have gotten to develop over time.
I believe there is room in Canadian Dimension for a variety of writing styles, and that as people who seek to challenge the status quo, we should be wary of the danger of imposing too little on our readers' attention spans and critical faculties.
The history of teaching calligraphy was connected in fact not only with the development of writing styles and instruments but--particularly in the Italian context--it was burdened with other issues also, such as the teaching of reading and writing, the learning of the national Italian language itself, and pedagogical issues more in general.
With the scandal, a puzzle was set for scientists, who have since tried various statistical techniques to characterize the writing styles of the three men.
A "must-have" for anyone preparing a scholarly work, especially if for one of these big four writing styles.
Featuring a range of individual texts for an evaluation and discussion providing students with a practical approach to learning how to write, A Practical Introduction To Writing Studies prepares them for success and discipline in written communications, acknowledges the students ability to participate in critical conversation and writing styles, recognizes the importance of helping students at all levels to learn on basic method for writing research papers and two of the more commonly used documentation formats, uses the Socratic method to expose students to the history, theory, and research throughout writing studies, and promotes the idea that writing studies is a structurally important and essential study for high school and college students.
A perfect introduction to the fantasy genre, this collection offers readers a starting place where they can explore a wide range of writing styles.
Children must be introduced to a variety of genres and writing styles to help develop their own interest in reading and writing.
This distracts from the narration but adds a richness of speculation that is frequently lost in modern writing styles.
As is to be expected, the writers, and accordingly their writing styles, are diverse.


As regular readers of this blog know, I am obsessed with revenue and the methodologies companies can use to generate more of it in a sustainable and profitable way. But last week, I was hit over the head with a concept about expenses that knocked me for a loop.
He then referenced the fact that 100 years ago, over 90% of the U.S. labor force was engaged in agriculture. Today, we produce much more food than then, but agriculture now employs less than 2% of the U.S. labor force. Most of those jobs were replaced by technology that eliminated the need for workers whose range of skillsets could be automated or substituted by technological improvements.
OK, we kind of knew that already.
But then, this information bomb hit my computer screen.
Stephen Colbert announced that his second night at The Late Show (September 9) would feature an appearance by Tesla founder Elon Musk and his third night would feature an appearance by Uber founder Travis Kalanick.
This is significant I learned, because in July, Uber (Kalanick) offered to buy 500,000 self-driving cars from Tesla (Musk) in 2020 – assuming they could be made. Last month, Uber announced a partnership with The University of Arizona working on mapping and safety. And last year, Uber poached 40 driverless-car researchers and scientists from Carnegie Mellon.
Once again, capital expenditures in technology are being used to replace recurring labor costs and drive ongoing efficiency and effectiveness.
Of course, nothing is that simple. It sure seems that way in a 500-word blog, but in reality it requires you, the CEO, to have the ability to think boldly and broadly about your business. It requires you to challenge the core assumptions about how your business is run, and take risks about how it should be run in the future.
It demands that you reassess the business you are truly in, and face a future in which you may need to define it differently.
To survive. To grow. And to prosper.
The question for you, is do you have the ferocious resolve and stoic determination to boldly challenge those existing core assumptions about your business to become a great company?
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The NPP as a dry dock: Zwentendorf provides unequalled training opportunities for nuclear power plant employees.
As the power plant was never put into operation, Zwentendorf offers several accessible areas that otherwise could only be entered under considerable safety precautions due to high radiation.
Hundreds of engineers – mainly from identically constructed plants in Germany – have made use of these opportunities since 2003. After the first training courses in cooperation with the Powertech Training Center (Kraftwerksschule Essen), the facility was converted into a training plant. Today, Zwentendorf provides up to 120 training days per year, thus generating income while contributing to safer operations in nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power plants have operation and revision intervals. Certain nuclear power plants are continuously operated for three years and then put out of service for six months to replace various wearing parts. The revision process requires sophisticated logistics because the maintenance and repair work usually needs to be carried out in highly radiated areas: in nuclear power plants, classic repair work that would usually require no more than two engineers is carried out by 10 to 15 people because they con only stay in radiated areas for very short periods of time. As they are not able to get a lot done in such short intervals, the engineers need to operate well together. It is these work processes that are practiced more or less in "dry dock" conditions at Zwentendorf – under highly realistic conditions yet without any danger from radioactivity.
In the next few years, German nuclear power plant engineers will probably be mainly concerned with dismantling existing plants – also at Zwentendorf for planning purposes. Therefore, Indian plant engineers have shown increasing interest in the Zwentendorf Training Centre. Returning to the state of peaceful slumber is highly unlikely.


A Game of Strategy, Intrigue and Succession.
In For Crown & Kingdom, players must use their teams of specialized emissaries to travel the kingdom, raise funds, obstruct opponents, and gain the support of the people. The first duke or duchess to gain support in every region will become the new monarch.


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Mr. Newman has over 23 years experience as a CEO, entrepreneur, executive and management consultant. Prior to joining JPC, Mr. Newman was the President of Cornerstone Management Group, an investment and advisory company he founded. Mr. Newman has also founded or co-founded a number of software companies including AtlasArena, a software service and marketplace for wholesalers and manufacturers, and TradeYard, an online marketplace for used construction equipment sold to Heartland Communications in 2001.
Prior to Cornerstone, Mr. Newman worked at Bain & Company and LEK Consulting. Mr. Newman has also held various senior operating positions for FilmNet, one of Europe's largest pay-tv companies (now Vivendi Universal).
Mr. Newman has a BA with honors and an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Tag: Bernanke
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Want to Watch Bernanke Lecture?
From a Federal Reserve press release:
\"In March 2012, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will deliver a four-part lecture series about the Federal Reserve and the financial crisis that emerged in 2007. The series begins with a lecture on the origins and missions of central banks, followed by a lecture that will discuss the role and actions of the Federal Reserve in the period after World War II. In the final two lectures, the Chairman will review some of the causes of, and policy responses to, the recent financial crisis, focusing specifically on the actions of the Federal Reserve.\"
The first lecture is today at 12:45 EST. Here\'s the schedule for all four lectures. Of course, you don\'t need to watch live. You can watch later, or wait until a transcript is available. For details, go to the link above.These lectures are being delivered to an undergraduate course at the George Washington University School of Business, so I expect that they will be pedagogical in tone and focus on giving a lot of background information–not on breaking news about imminent changes in monetary policy. But for teachers and students, inside academia and out, it\'s a chance to hear it all from the horse\'s mouth.
Lecture 1: Origins and Mission of the Federal Reserve
Watch live on March 20, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 2: The Federal Reserve after World War II
Lecture 3: The Financial Crisis and the Great Recession
Lecture 4: The Aftermath of the Crisis


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Salvador Martínez Pérez (* 26. Februar 1933 in Abasolo; † 2. Januar 2019 in Irapuato) war ein mexikanischer Geistlicher und römisch-katholischer Bischof von Huejutla.

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Salvador Martínez Pérez empfing am 2. April 1960 die Priesterweihe.

Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn am 24. Juni 1994 zum Bischof von Huejutla. Der Apostolische Nuntius in Mexiko, Girolamo Prigione, spendete ihm am 26. Juli desselben Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Rosendo Huesca Pacheco, Erzbischof von Puebla de los Ángeles, und Ricardo Guízar Díaz, Bischof von Atlacomulco.

Am 12. März 2009 nahm Papst Benedikt XVI. sein aus Altersgründen vorgebrachtes Rücktrittsgesuch an.

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