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NOAA chief warns assault, harassment claims 'may go up before they come back down'
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Following a recent spike in the number of sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations reported by its employees, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has rolled out mandatory training for its workforce to complete, and expects to hire more staff to address the problem.
The numbers reported by NOAA over the past few years pale in comparison to the scope of the problem at the Interior Department, which in 2017 reported that more than a...
The numbers reported by NOAA over the past few years pale in comparison to the scope of the problem at the Interior Department, which in 2017 reported that more than a third of its employees has experienced some form of harassment on the job.
In a 2018 report to Congress, NOAA detailed 22 allegations of sexual assault that had occurred since 2015, and its 2019 report released this week included another two assault claims.
Acting NOAA director Neil Jacobs told members of the House Natural Resources Committee Thursday that to tackle the problem, the agency needs to get a better handle on its data.
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NOAA's law enforcement branch collected data on sexual assault and harassment cases for 2017, but Jacobs said it didn't know where to submit the data. As a result, those numbers first got reported in 2018, which appeared to create a spike in the data.
"We would expect, as we develop and roll out this prevention program, that the numbers may go up before they come down, because a lot of these victims don't exactly know where to report or what the proper process to take is," Jacobs said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see an increase before a decrease. But once the program is fully rolled out, I would expect to see the numbers decreasing, particularly over the next year."
Over the past 12 months, Jacobs said NOAA has done a much better job aggregating these data sets, but called on the agency to create a centralize database to force it to come up with a common format. That, he said, would allow for better analysis in real time.
"Historically, that data exists, but it's not centralized. It's not in a common format. If we need the information, we have to go dig it up," he said. "In some cases, depending on where it's collected, they may not necessarily know where to report it."
In response to these reports, NOAA launched a mandatory training course for its employees and supervisors to complete earlier this month. So far, about 40% of its 12,000-employee workforce has completed the online course.
However, Neil Jacobs, the acting head of NOAA, said the agency doesn't have the authority to require its contracting workforce to participate in that same training and they "probably don't" know that these resources exist.
The agency has about twice as many contractors as it does federal employees.
Members of the committee expressed concern that NOAA's Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Program, responsible for coordinating harassment and assault reporting and training, only has a single full-time employee.
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Jacobs said the agency is in the process of hiring two victim advocates. An additional three employees, he said, have received training but not credentials.
The rest of this work, he added is carried out by contractors. Jacobs said NOAA set up contracts to hire nine additional investigators last July, and has driven response times down from a matter of weeks to 48 hours for harassment and assault reports.
Most of the assault and harassment claims have come from fishery observers, employees often stationed on commercial fishing ships and processing plants to collect samples and data for NOAA's mission.
Rep. T.J. Cox (D-Calif.), chair of the oversight and investigations subcommittee, said many of those observers are recent college graduates just starting their careers.
"Federal law requires their presence on fishing vest vessels, but that doesn't mean crew members and captains also appreciate them being there and enforcing regulations," Cox said.
Julie Dale, the manager of prevention and education at Standing Together Against Rape, has worked with NOAA on this issue for the past four years. She told the lawmakers that fishing crews have hazed observers, making them shuck scallops, measure crabs and even cook for the crew.
This pattern of behavior, Dale said, can escalate into assault and harassment.
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"These duties are not part of the observers' job, and the intent is to remove them from their assigned position, so they're not able to perform their job functions," she said. "Therein lies the power and control: If an observer refuses to participate in these behaviors, they're not part of the team. And if they do participate, the crew then can hold over their heads that they were not at their assigned jobs."
Failure to do these tasks can escalate this behavior and can lead to observers not having access to food, sleeping quarters, bathroom facilities or the captain's deck.
"All of these tactics hold power and control over the observers, which contributes to the sexual violence experienced by these individuals," Dale said.
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Leicestershire suffered its first significant snowfall of the year over the weekend, with parts of the country submerged under a blanket of white.
After the mildest December on record which saw daffodils in bloom far earlier than normal, temperatures have plummeted causing widespread disruption on the roads, while East Midlands Airport was forced to close for part of the weekend.
But with the falling temperatures, employees may be questioning just how cool their place of work can be before their bosses need to take action.
The associated Approved Code of Practice states that employers should act if the temperature falls below 16C or 13C if a lot of strenuous activity is carried out, while there is no upper limit when it comes to being too warm – something worth bearing in mind come the summer.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 state: "During working hours, the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings shall be reasonable."
Peter Ames, Head of Strategy at OfficeGenie.co.uk, said: "With freezing weather on the way, employees may be unaware of their employer's responsibility to maintain a comfortable working environment.
"We'd urge all staff to know their stuff and inform bosses immediately if workplace temperature is in breach of these guidelines.
" For employers , aside from the legal requirements, a cold office is generally an unhappy one and can be a major drag on productivity.
"Now's the time to make sure you have a thermometer handy, and to pick up a spare heater in the January sales!"
In advice given by the Health and Safety Executive, it's the employers responsibility to provide additional heating should it get too cold, along with breaks to give staff the chance to have a hot drink.
Bosses should also do what they can to limit exposure and reduce draughts and offer flexible working patterns or job rotations to help minimise the effects of the cold.
According to the Workplace Regulations, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: "Employers are obliged to assess risks to health and safety – act where necessary (i.e. if the workplace drops below the minimum guideline or if it is felt the temperature is too high)."


Psychology major Yan Pui "Angela" Lo '14 presented "The Role of Linguistic Context in Children's Acquisition of Number Words." Her advisor is Anna Shusterman, assistant professor of psychology.
Chemistry major Sarah Hensiek '13 discussed her research on "Comparative Studies of Transition Metal Complexes of Polyacetate Tetraaza Macrocycles." Her advisor is T. David Westmoreland, associate professor of chemistry.
Raymond Wong '14 spoke about his summer-long research on "Are Wealthier States More Successful than Poorer States?: The Impact of Income Packaging on States' Child Poverty Rates. Wong's advisor was Wendy Rayack, associate professor of economics, tutor in the College of Social Studies. Wong completed his research through the Quantitative Analysis Center.
Ellen Lesser '15 presented a poster titled "Estimation Bias in Numerical and Non-Numerical Spatial Tasks in 9- and 10- Year Olds and Adults." Her advisors are Hilary Barth, associate professor of psychology, associate professor of neuroscience and behavior, and postdoctoral fellow Emily Slusser.
Molecular biology and biochemistry and chemistry major Laura Nocka '13 speaks to Francis Starr, associate professor of physics, about her research on "Structure and Function of Holliday Junctions Complexed with Ions and HU Protein. Her advisors are Ishita Mukerji, dean of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, and David Beveridge, the Joshua Boger University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics, professor of chemistry.
David Shor '13 presented "Impact of Exposure to Party Mentions in Political Ads and Local News on Ability to Identify Candidates' Political Party." His advisor is Erika Franklin Fowler, assistant professor of government. Shor completed his research through the Quantitative Analysis Center and Wesleyan Media Project.
Earth and environmental science major Ariela Knight '13 presented "Sediment Geochemistry and Laminations of Ballston Lake, N.Y." Her advisor is Tim Ku, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences. Pictured at right is Dana Royer, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences.
More than 80 undergraduates presented recent research at the Wesleyan Summer Research Poster Session July 29 in Exley Science Center. Students majoring in biology, molecular biology and biochemistry, psychology, physics, earth and environmental sciences, chemistry, and other disciplines spent at least 10 weeks this summer working on research projects.
Oscar Takabvirwa '14 presented his research on "Solvation of (the peptide) Melittin Using Molecular Modeling." His advisors are Christina Othon, assistant professor of physics, and David Beveridge, the Joshua Boger University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics, professor of chemistry. This was a dual project between the Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry.
Hughes Fellow Patrick Sarver '14 is spending his summer working with Michael Calter, associate professor of chemistry. He studies "The Catalytic, Asymmetric 'Interrupted' Feist-Benary Reaction."
Hughes Summer Research Program culminates with a poster session in which Hughes Fellows and other summer research undergraduates present their research. The 2011 poster session is free and open to the public. It will take place between 1 and 3 p.m., Friday, July 29 in the lobby of Exley Science Center.
This summer, Wesleyan is hosting 43 Hughes Fellows and approximately 65 Hughes Associates. Hughes Associates are not funded by Hughes, but they participate in Hughes activities.
Wesleyan faculty members serve as mentors in the summer program. For more information on the 2011 summer fellows, click here.
Wesleyan presented its annual Summer Research Poster Session July 30 in Exley Science Center. More than 100 students, mostly from Wesleyan, participated. Students are funded from Hughes, the Mellon Foundation, a Rauch Environmental Grant, the Wesleyan McNair Program, Sonnenblick and the Robert Schumann Endowment. Students from the Quantitative Analysis Center also participated.
Biology majors Nora Vogel '11 and Caleb Corliss '13 discussed their poster titled "Genetic Variation for Invasiveness: Are there Monster Genotypes in Polygonum cespitosum?" They've spent the summer trying to understand what role "monster" genotypes (genotypes with the highest relative fitness) play in the invasive spread of this species. Their advisor is Sonia Sultan, chair of the Biology Department, professor of biology, professor of environmental studies.
Hughes Fellow Juan Carlo Francisco '11 speaks to Michael Weir, director of the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences, professor of biology, about his project "Comparative Analysis of Ecotype Demarcation Algorithms" during the 2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Presentations July 31 in Exley Science Center. Francisco's advisors were Danny Krizanc, professor of computer science, and Fred Cohan, professor of biology.
Hughes Fellow Danielle Mor '10 speaks about her research titled "Identifying Migration Guidance Factors for Transplanted Neural Stem Cells in the Epileptic Hippocampus." Mor's advisor is Laura Grabel, the Lauren B. Dachs Professor of Science and Society, professor of biology.
The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department hosted an Ice Cream Social July 27 near Woodhead Lounge. The department welcomed all students in the sciences and the Hughes Fellows.
Michael Weir, director of the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences, professor of biology, speaks to students at a pizza party that launched the the 21st Hughes Summer Research Program May 27. Weir and Laurel Appel, director of the McNair Program, explained various seminars and workshops available to complement the students' summer-long research efforts.
The gathering allowed the students to meet and mingle with several faculty members including, at left, Ishita Mukerji, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, and Manju Hingorani, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry.
Pizza party attendees included 58 Hughes Fellows, eight McNair Fellows, nine Mellon Fellows, six SCIC Fellows, 11 students supported by other funds, and volunteers who started their 10 week summer research projects.


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Private music instruction is considered to be the best way to learn to play a musical instrument. Use this directory to find a private music teacher offering music lessons in your local area (Yakima WA) or online lessons around the world. At the moment, our directory is limited to the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, and New Zealand. This music teachers directory classifies private music instructors by instrument, such as private piano teachers (for private piano lessons), private voice teachers (for private voice lessons), private violin teachers (for private violin lessons), etc. Please use the above search function to find a private music teacher near you.
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Water supply and Sanitation Department Govt. of Maharashtra is implementing National Rural Drinking Water programme in 33 districts of the state. The following positions are required on contract basis at the Rural Water Supply Department, Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad.
Graduation in Mass Communication/ Journalism in First Class should have working knowledge of MS-Office. Preference- Post graduation + Expertise in Photoshop, Coral, CAD.
At least 2 years experience in reputed NGO of Govt. Dept. Water and sanitation sector. Prefernce will given for experience of working in Jalswarajya or similar program based on participatory development in water supply and sanitation at District level and also an experience in design of IEC material in any media and knowledge in printing will be preferred.
Basic Qualification: Graduation in any discipline with minimum 60% marks, knowledge of computer programs Windows/ MS-Office. Preference-Degree in Mathematics/ Statistics. Through Knowledge about software programming will be preferred.
At least 2 years experience in reputed NGO or Govt. Department, regarding MIS and online Montoring system. Preference will be given for experience of working in Jalswarajya or similar program based on participatory development in water supply and sanitation at District level.
The interested candidates should send their C.V. in the prescribed proforma only through post/ hand delivery so as to reach the office of the Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad (Rural Water Supply Department) by 12 August 2011 up to 5 .00 pm.
1.Knowledge and fluency (both written and spoken) in Marathi and English language is essential.
2.All the candidates of the above positions should be conversant with computer operations.
3.Please attach attested copies of the relevant documents, the application may not be considered if not supported by relevant documents.
4.Application which are not in prescribed form will be rejected.


Is it easy to recognise and activate the call to action?
Is it a website you would spend time on if it was not your own?
If you mostly answered "no", then it's time to optimise your mobile site and capture the traffic and sales you've been missing out on.
The reasons are easy to understand. . .
With one-quarter of global web searches conducted on a mobile device by over a billion users worldwide, mobile websites are just as important, if not more so, than desktop versions.
Mobile shoppers have little patience for an unwieldy website and one-third of them will leave a transaction if the site isn't optimised for mobile.
Content that looks great on a desktop might be unreadable on a mobile device. Visitors won't stay on your site if they have to pinch and zoom or squint at illegible type, or worse yet if it runs flash or anything that requires add-ons to display in a browser.
Websites without mobile optimisation by April 21st risk losing their current Google ranking.
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Ruggero Galli was an Italian operatic bass who had an active career during the late 19th and early 20th century. He created roles in several world premieres, including Menico in Antonio Smareglia's Nozze istriane (1895), Cesare Angelotti in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca (1900), and Pantalone De' Bisognosi in Pietro Mascagni's Le maschere (1901). In 1897 he portrayed Schaunard in La Scala's first staging of La bohème. He also appeared in the 1915 Italian film La reginetta delle rose.

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When you think of Indian casino dining, you may think of buffets, food courts, $1 hot dogs, free soda & coffee, and that one 24-hour cafe/restaurant that serves meals all day, every day.
The Sage Cafe is given the label of that "24-hour restaurant" located at the Barona Valley Ranch Casino in Lakeside, CA. However, the dining experience here is much more than just a diner type eatery where you can get a greasy burger, fries, and a Coke for a few bucks.
Sage is located at the back of casino in the non-smoking gaming area, near the hallway that leads to the guest rooms. The waiting area near the hostess stand resembles a living room with comfortable recliner chairs and sofa and a fireplace. The dining room has a large window to the left that overlooks the beautiful green golf course.
When Mike and I received a $40 food credit in the mail for the casino, it was an easy decision to have dinner here after work before it expired. We chose the cafe rather than the buffet, because we did not want to stuff ourselves with cuisines that don't go well together. We actually wanted a nice sit-down meal after a hard day's work.
The Sage Cafe has a simple menu of comfort food favorites, steaks, seafood, sandwiches, a build your own burger option, breakfast items, and even a section for Chinese cuisine.
After we ordered our beverages, which is usually ice water for me, and an iced tea for Mike, our bread basket arrived. Oh, this isn't no ordinary bread basket. Indian fry bread. Yes, that's right. Fry bread. Ours came with two delectable pieces of fry bread, and two "not-so-fun" dinner rolls, white and wheat. Every table in the restaurant has two shakers of cinnamon sugar and confectioner's sugar for these fried treats. As you can see, they also give us little packets of honey.
It was still warm when I bit into it. I put a little cinnamon sugar and confectioner's sugar, and drizzled a tad of honey. I prefer it with just the sugars, but wanted one bite of it with the honey. It was delicious. It could definitely have been a dessert, but we are happy that they serve this before our appetizer/meals arrived.
This is the roasted garlic, spinach and artichoke dip. It's served with toasted pita chips that are cut into large strips and placed inside a "cone" basket. In the picture, it looks like guacamole with cheese on top. This dip has the consistency of a bechamel (cream sauce) because once we dipped the pita chip, it coated it and the excess rolled off. It's like they over-blended the spinach and artichoke. But you know what? Who cares, because this dip is so darn good! You can definitely see and taste the chunks of sweet roasted garlic and whatever they put in it besides the ingredients stated above is beyond me. Yum. I told Mike that I'm going to try and mimic the recipe.
All dinner entrees come with either a wedge salad or cup of soup. Because I ordered the fish n' chips, I wanted crunchy cole slaw. Our server was sweet, and said that she would check with her manager to see if it was OK and of course it was. I forgot to take a picture of the cole slaw, but it was served in a cute little white ramekin. I could definitely taste the red wine vinegar in the dressing, which didn't bother me. It was a good side of slaw.
Holy moly! Now, this is a massive plate of fish n' chips! There were three large pieces of white cod fried in a stone ale batter, a whole freakn' potato served in big potato wedges, and a duo of sauces, tartar and a remoulade. The fish was awesome. The batter was light & crispy, and there was actually fish inside. The fish tasted fresh and the sauces were spot on. The "chips" weren't my favorite. I'm a "shoestring" kind of girl, so the thick cut fries aren't my thing, especially this thick. They weren't even fried either - baked. Healthier, but when you're ordering fish n' chips, I expect fried items. Good, though, but I only ate two of those, considering the size of both equals a half of a medium sized potato.
Mike ordered the chicken tortilla soup to start, and for his entree, the beer braised short rib with macaroni and cheese and a vegetable. The entree actually comes with green beans, but the last time we came here, the green beans were barely even cooked and were blanched too early. He opted for the steamed broccoli instead. The short rib fell off the bone and was flavorful. The mac n' cheese was creamy and well-done.
We skipped dessert and paid our couple bucks (our balance from the $40 food credit) plus 20% tip for the service before we sought out a few slot machines calling our names.
Jan, I LOVE this restaurant at Barona! When you're ready to make the drive for second meal, I'm going with you. I'm still craving for that hot Indian Fry Bread!


God is looking for those who will stop at NOTHING to share the Gospel in Qatar. Pray that these individuals are obedient to God's calling.
Did you know that 6136 Muslims in the Arab World die EVERY DAY and go to Hell, where they are forever separated from Jesus Christ? Pray that God would send Christians to live among them and share the Gospel.
Most Qataris have never met a real Christian with whom they could communicate at a meaningful level. Pray that this changes rapidly and Qataris are exposed to the Gospel.
Pray that the Bible, other literature, and videos would find its way into the hands of Qataris and that Christian media (satellite TV, radio, Internet, etc.) would have greater impact.
Pray that turmoil in the Middle East would shine the light on the Truth, and open up hearts to be accepting of the Gospel.
Pray that God would break the spiritual pride that Qataris have concerning Islam and prepare their hearts for the message of the Gospel.
There is only a handful of "known" local believers, most of whom are not spiritually mature. Pray that they would be strengthened, discipled and used of God.


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Measure for measure's sake
Is workforce analytics as useful as companies claim? David Bolchover argues that they should be more sceptical.
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Workforce analytics, the use of employee-related data to inform decision-making in human resources, is now the subject of many conferences and thought leadership papers. But what has it actually achieved? Are we just witnessing a massive public relations exercise by an emerging industry?
The use of analytics in HR is a recent phenomenon, and that in itself is worthy of comment. 'If I were an HR executive, I wouldn't boast about using evidence as if it is a great discovery,' says Rob Briner, Professor of Organisational Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and Scientific Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Management. 'Other functions, such as marketing, have been using it for decades.'
HR analytics claims success in two main areas. The first is employee engagement. 'For almost twenty years, the "success story" of many analytics groups has involved showing that employee engagement levels were markedly higher in units with better results,' says John Boudreau, Professor of Professor of Management and Organisation at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.
The second is employee retention, helping organisations identify why any individual might want to leave, and then prevent it. 'Recently, analysis has actually started to generate a "turnover risk" on individuals', says Professor Boudreau, 'so that organisations can claim to predict which employees are in danger of leaving, even before the employee knows it.'
Cause or effect?
Despite the fanfare, doubts persist. For starters, is the research methodology sufficiently rigorous or the conclusions verifiable? Management consultancy research linking increased engagement with better performance may indicate a correlational, rather than causal, relationship, a line that some might blur for commercial reasons.
In his iconoclastic book, The Halo Effect, Phil Rosenzweig examined employee satisfaction ratings at Cisco. It was very high when the company was doing very well at the turn of the millennium, and much lower when performance deteriorated and layoffs began. 'Does employee satisfaction lead to high performance,' he asks. 'Probably, but it's hard to say how much, and it turns out the reverse effect is stronger: company performance is a more important determinant of employee satisfaction.'
Moreover, how does one measure with any accuracy individual performance in a knowledge economy? What is the individual contribution of someone in a 30-strong marketing team to a specific marketing campaign? Can one even properly measure the impact of the marketing team itself, in isolation from other factors, on financial performance?
Professor Briner argues that individual company studies fail to capture the whole story. Too often, they neglect decades of usually more rigorous academic material on the subject. 'It's like going to the doctor with a medical problem, and being subjected to lots of tests, while the doctor studiously ignores all the general scientific evidence about the same symptoms,' he says. That's hardly surprising. Such material tends to be written in arcane academic language or lurks behind a paywall, he adds. It would be hard to know where to start.
Means to no end
In their enthusiasm for analytics, HR executives often fail to ask whether such discoveries are even commercially relevant. Assuming it was possible to predict when a key employee might leave—putting aside all the other complex individual motivations—why would such information be so useful? Wouldn't resources be better spent reducing the organisation's dependence on specific individuals? In fact, perhaps, some staff turnover is healthy by making way for fresh ideas.
HR analytics may yet revolutionise talent management. For now, the hype seems more evident than the practical benefits.
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Carol Mochan is a Scottish Labour politician. She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since the election in May 2021.

Career
Mochan grew up in Ayrshire, attending Girvan Primary School and Auchinleck Academy. She worked in the NHS as a dietician for 17 years and during this time built up a wealth of experience around the needs of people and the extent of inequality within society. She is a lifelong dedicated and active trade union member. She lives in Mauchline, Ayrshire, running a small family business. Before her election to the Scottish Parliament she was active in many roles within the community: a member of the community council and community association, chair of a parent led toddler group, and part of the school parent council. She has served as Chair of the Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Constituency Labour Party and was a candidate in the council elections for East Ayrshire Council in 2017.

She stood for the UK Parliamentary seat of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock in 2017 and for the Scottish Parliamentary seat of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in 2016 and 2021. She was elected as one of Scottish Labour's three regional MSPs for South Scotland in 2021. She was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport.

Personal life
She is married and has two children. Mochan identifies as a socialist and a feminist.

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Living people
People from Girvan
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
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Social Search Engines Are Dead. Long Live Social Search Engines.
In October this year, as quiet as a mouse, Facebook unveiled Search FYI, and the world seemed to hardly notice. Sadly, 2015 also saw real-time search engine Topsy close it's doors and the world seemed to hardly notice that either. Nonetheless, for many in our industry, the news of Topsy represented a loss of a fantastic intelligence tool. However, Facebook's latest entry into the proverbial battleground of social search engines is already able to divert our attention and already appears to be genuinely useful to search and social media marketers. What's more SearchFYI could eventually generate the coveted "high intention therefore high CPC" search ad revenue that Google already enjoys.
To create the new search platform, Facebook indexed nearly two trillion public posts (which is arguably bigger than the entire corpus of web documents), some of which are as old as the site itself (12 years, to be exact). The new feature makes it possible to browse a user's reactions to major events and news both historically and in real-time, by keyword or by hashtag and by trending topics. All in all, I really like it.
Search FYI looks a lot like Twitter Moments on the surface — yet where Twitter's character limit generates a lot of noise and the search interface makes it difficult to source the original poster, Facebook's search is focused on the keywords in the original share itself. This means there is a lot less wading through updates to get a quick sense of what people are saying on a topic. Additional useful features are that the trending topics module often highlights key accounts "involved in this story," and also provides a user sentiment emoji score based on people's reactions.
How far Facebook went to execute social search brilliantly in this long awaited development indicates that it is central it is to Facebook's long-term business model. The company has intended to develop greater search functionality for years, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously called, "Facebook Search," the third pillar of the company's product strategy, along with the News Feed and Timeline. Now, that third pillar looks like it can bear some weight.
Facebook's very first foray into search was through a limited test and partnership with their investors, Microsoft, called, Facebook Instant Personalization. Facebook opened up all their public content to be indexed by Bing, who created a fairly interesting use case for it, as did Blekko, whom also hacked together their own tool so that you could search "liked" content in your network.
Blekko's take on the relevance of social data to search was that the act of clicking the like button was a form of content curation. Expanding on the same concept, Bing said the implication was that some of the friends or users in your network may naturally be topic experts in their own right. Thus the footnote type result could serve some purpose in certain types of searches. For instance, someone looking to buy a tropical fish tank, might unwittingly discover that a social connection in their network is an expert on this topic and has shared or recommended their own resources, previously. In a social data enabled search result, the links that they shared would surface in their search result – which could be a productive influence on your purchase decisions (and search activity).
This recent craze picture, Spotting the Panda by Dudolf, is an apt analogy for the difficulty of making sense of social data. A lot of it looks the same and lacks external contextual data to differentiate each piece. That's why even Google has yet to really crack the problem.
However, as mentioned, back then there simply was not enough public data on Facebook to make a truly noticeable impact. The real source of open data was Twitter, which Wowd, OneRiot and Topsy were all focused on making sense of. In my opinion, all of these startups were doing really interesting things and saw staggering potential in what social data could do for search engines.
Wowd ran full steam ahead with the amateur turned expert content curation aspect, envisioning a type of "tribal search" for like minded people. OneRiot saw the pace of social data creation and the micro (140 char) context around it as having predictive qualities – almost in a quantum capacity – such that media companies could predict which direction a story might expand into.
And Topsy, my personal favorite, posited the idea that a lot of social data, while generally lacking in the types of contextual signals that would make it useful to the traditional goals of search, was actually a stunningly useful tool to get an instant read on what the public felt about a certain issue. Recalling a conversation with CTO in the early days of the company, he told me that every crawling tweets and understanding them in aggregate could give produce a kind of social weather vane on public sentiment. Brands could actually use Topsy's gigantic historical archive to essentially straw poll what anyone ever felt about a particular moment, product launch or news event.
All of these social search concepts were extremely cool – and way more interesting and useful than the concept of using social data as a ranking signal! But with Topsy's last tweet, it looked like the industry had seen the final nail in the coffin of social search engines.
Gladly, Facebook's Search FYI (and to a much lesser degree, Twitter Moments) has stepped in to absorb the latest conceptual vacuum of what a social search engine could be.
Following the gradual opening up of Facebook's public data to Bing, we saw the early elements of Facebook's truly proprietary search architecture in Graph Search, which allowed you to find friends of friends who live in a given area, or restaurants that other friends have visited in your city. It had its uses, but never caught on in the same way that many of the platform's other features have.
With Search FYI, Facebook has combined data from the News Feed and Timeline into a search product — a powerful result that seems primed to gain a great deal of traction. Unlike Graph Search's targeting of fringe queries, Search FYI runs off our core uses of the social media platform.
Search isn't critical to the average user's experience of Facebook, but it is an essential focus for revenue strategy in any mature web company. And that's because search query-targeted ads generate much higher costs per click than social or display ads, and cost per impression rates also tend to run higher in search engines than keyword targeted ads on display networks. As users have to actively type in what they are looking for into a search box, search engines are considered to convey a high level of intention in their activities, which ultimately means more monetizable attention for advertisers.
So, while Search FYI might not eat Google's lunch, the platform can take a whole set of queries from Google (such as breaking news) to test out whether they can drive user engagement levels, and, in turn, effectively monetize a whole new segment of activity on Facebook.
It's not all peaches and cream for Facebook, however, as the company does face a small yet very real threat to its engagement strategy: the growing number of users who are abandoning the open platform in favor of messaging. But the social giant has taken notice, as evidenced by their clearly defensive acquisition of WhatsApp. Search FYI represents another response to this trend (it's worth noting Search FYI is better in app than on desktop), as it could help Facebook retain engagement on the highly monetized news feed and provide a strong app centric alternative search experience.
Nonetheless, Facebook maintains a strategic advantage in mobile search against Google in the long run, and that's because the wider existential threat to search engines is the decline in mobile browser usage, as we now spend the majority of our time inside of apps. Facebook app usage remains dominant, giving it a huge boost and empowering the company to try to steal a share of the search market on mobile devices. Unsurprisingly, Google's big investors are putting the pressure on to prove greater success in mobile search.
The overall decline in mobile browser usage poses some serious problems for Google, with most intentions these days being fulfilled over a series of different apps. For instance, a trip to the movies now typically involves searching for a nearby cinema on Google Maps, buying tickets through Fandango, and hailing a taxi via Uber.
How did we get here? Well, our "there's an app for that" mindset has actually fragmented most customers' purchase funnel, as we're now forced to jump from app to app to reach our destination. In fact, Google has gone so far as to say that the purchase funnel is dead!
In the meantime, both Google and Apple are hard at work on app indexing, with Google recently announcing that they can now crawl 100 billion in-app pages. However, Facebook's ad platform currently has excellent tools for driving app downloads and with inevitable standardization around the ability to link between apps (AKA inter-app linking), the social network is poised to be a key player in app connected marketing. As a result, Facebook could run away with the inter-app search market! And that's a big deal.
We'll definitely see some kind of SEO activity emerge around Search FYI. Obviously we can't speculate on how people will try to "game the system" or reverse engineer the algorithm — we're just seeing it recently for the first time.
Twitter also announced an advertising product for Twitter Moments, called Twitter Promoted Moments, which comes in at a the price tag of a cool million per day, in US dollars. And their current Promoted Trends service currently costs and estimated $200k per day, so it's also not hard to see where whose lunch Facebook has been eyeing up.
If all goes according to plan, Search FYI will become an important tool for to reach audiences through social trends and reactions to breaking news for the largest and most engaged user base on the planet — in other words, Stocky's confidence is as understated his product launch.
Exactly in the spirit of what the phrase, "The King is Dead, Long Live the King," really means, there almost can never be a time that social search engines don't exist – regardless of whether they are incredibly successful or not. Much of the desire to write this post stems from the desire to honor the technology experiments on social data, and brains behind them, of yesteryear. From Bing and Blekko, OneRiot and Topsy, and even Technorati from a decade before, the use cases that each company articulated about social search were extremely strong and have all been necessary experiments.
The lack of adoption is symptomatic of a prevailing market complexity in what can be done with social data and an inherent knowledge gap among those people who might be able to use social data to great effect. Even apparently obvious uses of social data, such as calculating influence have ultimately stuttered in recent times.
I would argue that mass adoption of social search is partly at odds with what makes social media and social marketing work brilliantly anyway. As I have said previously on State Of Digital, one to one engagement and listening on social media is often the most powerful approach.
With that in mind, I do feel that Facebook Search FYI really is the rightful heir to the social search engine throne. It's a shame to see Topsy go this year, but the homework below will hopefully help preserve the ghost of what was lost in 2016.
Do these results help to understand what people think about the topic?
Do these results provide indicators as to how people feel about the topic?
Do these results provide a plethora of sources on the topic? Are they balanced?
Do these results show there is a crowd who agrees or disagrees?
Do these results help me predict the future direction that a conversation may take?
Here's an example of it in action: By searching "force awakens is a copy of star wars" on Facebook, I get this result.
Even from these two results in the screenshot, the results enable me to make all of the assessments below.
Validate that some people do agree with the statement (a la Topsy social weather vane). The short answer is yes.
Predict what new topics may emerge from this conversation (a la OneRiot). In this case, points of further discussion are repeated and provide content development opportunities such as: Playing Safe Vs Being Daring, Plot Pacing, Character Development, Plot Probability Vs Deus Ex Machina, Episode 7: The Clone Awakens.
Curate a mix of shared links on the topic (a la Bing & Blekko). In this case, Huffington Post and Metacritic.
Find a vocal crowd who agree with the statement (a la Wowd). This was one of many results.
So, there you have it. Long live the true and continuing value of social search engines. Great as market research tools rather than as ranking and ordering systems.
Hope this post inspires you with possibilities for in 2016!


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Arizona adds another viticulture areaArizona adds another viticulture area
Located in the geographic center of the state, the Verde Valley AVA encompasses about 220 square miles.
Lee Allen
The new Verde Valley American Viticulture Area in Arizona produces more than 40 wine grape varieties from Malvasia Blanca, Viognier, and Chardonnay on the white side to reds like Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet Sauvignon.Verde Valley AVA
Arizona's Verde Valley is referred to as the state's second Grand Canyon. It now has a new distinction as an American Viticultural Area designating the unique geography, topography, soils, and climate as a federally recognized grape growing area.
Now the third AVA in the state, Verde Valley joins the first two — Sonoita and Willcox — to describe the origin of the grapes used for wine. Verde Valley Wine Consortium president Tom Schumacher, who first submitted a petition in 2017, called it a reason to cheer and "a fruitful end to an arduous effort."
Michael Pierce, director of Viticulture and Enology at Yavapai College, adds: "It was five years in the making, so we're very relieved it's finally accomplished."
Located in the geographic center of the state, the Verde Valley AVA encompasses about 220 square miles near Oak Creek and the Verde River. The Verde Valley Wine Trail shows 19 commercial vineyards farming 135-plus acres of wine grapes with another 25 acres planned for upcoming planting. The region boasts 25 tasting rooms.
All of which is a far cry from the Spanish missionaries moving north from Mexico and by 1700 planting small vineyards to produce wine for religious ceremonies — along with others who dealt with wine in the territories' saloons. A few early settlers in the Prescott area even tried making their own beverage from native canyon grapes that grew wild on the hillsides.
Arizona wine historian Erik Berg said in the late 1800s, German immigrant Henry Schuerman started planting grapes along Oak Creek, near present-day Sedona, establishing a vineyard and winery that supplied customers in the nearby mining camp of Jerome.
Schuerman ultimately got caught up in the prohibition movement of the early 1900s and was briefly jailed for trying to sell off his remaining bottle inventory while a total ban on production and sale of alcohol was in place.
More than 40 varieties
Today, vineyards in the AVA grow more than 40 wine grape varieties from Malvasia Blanca, Viognier, and Chardonnay on the white side to reds like Syrah, Petite Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The AVA is surrounded by higher elevations and steeper slopes like the Mogollon Rim and the Black Hills. "Verde Valley AVA's topography positively affects viticulture," according to published reports.
"The gentle slopes allow for easier vineyard management as cooler air draining from the higher elevations provides a diurnal temperature swing that slows the maturity of wine grapes, extends the growing season, and leads to more complex wine flavors."
A Why We Are Unique brochure produced by the Verde Valley Wine Consortium notes that much of the area includes National Forest land and, "several of the vineyards within the AVA are 'islands' of private land surrounded on all sides by federal property."
In a contemporary update, the VVWC web page cites 20 commercial vineyards that farm over 135 acres of wine grapes with more acreage allotted for planting and some older holdings to be honed and expanded. "The number of licensed and bonded wineries in the state reflects a large investment in Arizona's future (because) planting a vineyard typically costs upwards of $35,000 an acre. The good news is that vineyards can stay in production 45 years or more."
Winemaker Pierce, who runs student operations at Yavapai College's Southwest Wine Center where educational vineyards have been maintained since 2009, said the site, on 13 acres in the foothills of Mingus Mountain, is now filled with thousands of vines representing a range of student-grown varietals.
"The area's wine future is bright," he said. "We're getting notoriety, sales are up, and in terms of an agricultural crop, we're hoping wine grapes featuring low acreage, high density, and lower amounts of water will prove to be a sustainable, value-added crop. Agriculture is going to change in the Southwest and we need to look for crops a bit more appropriate to the amount of water we have."
Attesting to the overall popularity of Arizona wine products, over 1,500 acres of vines are being grown statewide, vines that produce some 600,000 gallons of wine and make an economic sales contribution of $133 million.
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Delta Township — New Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Wednesday she will seek a legal opinion on the constitutionality of a recent Republican law that will make it tougher to complete petition drives to initiate legislation or ballot proposals.
Benson will ask Attorney General Dana Nessel, a fellow Democrat who also took office Jan. 1, to weigh in on the controversial measure the GOP-led Legislature approved late last year during the so-called lame-duck session.
The petition drive law limits the number of signatures that organizers can collect from voters in any since congressional district, capping the number at 15 percent of the total required to advance citizen-initiated legislation.
The Michigan Constitution guarantees the right to initiate legislation or propose constitutional amendments through petition drives but does not put any limits on what part of the state signatures can be collected from.
Former GOP Gov. Rick Snyder signed the proposal into law four days before leaving office, saying in a statement that it will "promote geographic diversity" similar to the signature-gathering requirements imposed on gubernatorial candidates filing for election.
Critics saw the law as a response to petition drives organized or funded by liberal groups, including minimum wage and paid sick leave initiatives the GOP-led Legislature kept off the 2018 ballot by adopting them but amending them before they took effect.
Groups that backed the efforts are considering whether to launch petition drives again for 2020 ballot proposals, assuming that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would veto any other GOP attempt to scale them back.
But organizers are also considering legal action over the new petition drive rules, said Mark Brewer, former chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party who now works as an attorney and represents the One Fair Wage and MI Time to Care ballot committees.
John Bursch, a former Michigan solicitor general, argued that congressional district caps on petition drives would not violate the state Constitution and urged legislators to adopt the proposal late last year as he advocated for the West Michigan Policy Forum business group.
The law, which includes new rules for circulators, "will prevent fraud, it will better inform voters and it will require widespread support for ballot initiatives," Bursch told lawmakers in December.
Benson discussed her pending request for an attorney general's opinion with reporters in Delta Township after announcing the state has joined the Electronic Registration Information Center, a multistate agreement designed to ensure and increase the accuracy of voter records.
Michigan is the 25th state to join the partnership, which Benson said will cost $25,000 initially and then no more than $20,000 per year. Participation gives Michigan access to "a sophisticated and secure data-matching tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of state voter registration systems," according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, which helped develop the program owned by partnership states.
Michigan could ultimately save money if it maintains more up-do-date voter records and avoids sending information to erroneous addresses, Benson argued. The state will contact voters directly to verify information before changing their voter registration status, she said.
The voter file update program will replace the Interstate Crosscheck system that Michigan had been a part of. Benson said the information center is a more accurate and secure way of sharing voter data between states, a majority of which are now participating.
"It's been found to be a reliable, cost-effective way of actually sharing this data and protecting the security and privacy of it," she said.


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Mercury Rising (水と知性の戦士セーラーマーキュリー登場! Mizu to Chisei no Senshi Sērāmākyurī Tōjō!?) is the second episode of the Dark Kingdom story arc, and the second episode overall, of Sailor Moon Drops.
In this episode, Sailor Moon is joined by Ami Mizuno, the reincarnation of the guardian deity Sailor Mercury.
Usagi is talking to Luna.
Usagi Tsukino I've made friends with the genius Ami Mizuno!
Luna I'm sensing a strange energy coming off Ami.
Luna gives Ami a Transformation Pen.
Luna Ami, say "Mercury Power Make Up!"
Ami Mizuno It worked! Mercury Power Make Up!
Ami transforms into Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Mercury Guardian of Water and Intelligence: Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in water, and repent!
Ami has just transformed into Sailor Mercury.
Luna So Ami really was the second guardian, Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Mercury I'm a...Sailor Guardian?
Sailor Moon I'm so glad that it was you, Ami!
Sailor Mercury Thank you, Usagi. Now let's go forth together and fight injustice.
Sailor Moon OK! We need to go and look for the third Sailor Guardian!


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Shari Redstone comments on sale of Viacom, CBS stake: report
(Reuters) - Media mogul Sumner Redstone's daughter Shari said on Tuesday that the movie theater business she runs wasn't to blame for the forced sale of a chunk of the family's holdings in Viacom Inc and CBS Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported.
National Amusements Inc, a privately held company controlled by Sumner Redstone, sold more than 20 percent of its stake in Viacom Inc and CBS Corp to pay down debt to comply with its credit agreement covenants.
People familiar with the situation said the loan was used, at least in part, to expand movie theatres and was linked to the operating performance of that business, as well as Viacom and CBS stock, the Journal reported.
"The implication that this stock sale was required by the operation and expansion of the company's theater circuit is not accurate," Shari Redstone's movie theater unit told the paper in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday.
The sale "was the direct result of last week's historic financial crisis, which included the precipitous...drop in value of CBS and Viacom stock," the statement said, without elaborating.
People familiar with the situation say Shari Redstone is sensitive to criticism about her management of the movie-theater chain from her father, who chairs the family holding company and has differed with his daughter over the future of the movie-theater business, the Journal said.
Shares of Viacom and CBS had plunged roughly 20 percent last week in their worst single-day fall since they were split into separate companies in late 2005. Both are still controlled by Sumner Redstone.
Calls to CBS Corp and Viacom Inc seeking Sumner Redstone's reaction were not immediately returned.
Reporting by Shradhha Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Kim Coghill


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CHAPLAIN `FOR THE GOOD GUYS'
By WILLIAM WEIR ;Courant Staff Writer
CLINTON -- — Russell Allen, minister of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Advent, has been named the town's first chaplain to the police and fire departments.
Since he moved to town last year to become the church's minister, Allen has been looking for ways to become active in the community. He first became interested in the role of police chaplain after listening to his son-in-law, a state trooper who works out of the Westbrook barracks, talk about his job.
Russell, who says there are about 30 police chaplains in the state, has also taken on the role of chaplain for the fire department. He was reluctant to take the position at first, but then realized that many of his responsibilities would overlap. There is no pay for either position.
Though he officially became the department's chaplain only last month, Allen has been preparing for the position by spending the past few months getting to know members of the department, and riding along with a few officers for a few hours at a time.
He also signed up for the department's Citizen's Police Academy, a program that the department runs each year to help residents become familiar with the jobs of police officers.
"I want to know both departments well enough so that when they face a crisis, they can call me," he said.
Police Chief Joseph Faughnan called Russell an "outstanding, caring, intelligent individual" and said he's looking forward to the extra help.
"I think it's an important asset," he said. "It's worked well in other communities."
The chaplain's duties include offering counseling to officers and victims of certain crimes, serving as the department's liaison to the ecclesiastic community and helping with social service issues.
Another role, Allen said, is to make people aware of just how much is asked of emergency service workers.
"We depend on emergency services to be there; we ask a lot and often we don't appreciate that," he said. "We're asking them to put their lives on the line, with little pay. Or in the case of firefighters, just 'Gee, thanks a lot for saving my house."'
Particularly troubling for police officers, he said, is knowing that one day they may have to shoot someone, or get shot themselves.
"Who can understand that, except maybe a policeman?" he said. "They have a split second to make that decision."
Allen is also a member of the Florida-based International Conference of Police Chaplains, and hopes to train with the organization next year. As part of the program, Allen would receive training in everything from conducting a funeral procession to what to do at a riot.
Basically, Allen said, it teaches you how to help the officers without getting in the way.
David DeRevere, executive director of the organization, said the purpose of a police chaplain is to lend spiritual and moral support to police officers.
"These are chaplains for the good guys," he said.
The organization, which was founded in 1973, has about 2,500 members in 10 countries.


The movement of the church began as regular people truly responded to the call from Jesus to, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19). In our American culture and our area sub-cultures we have turned away from the simplicity of the original call that Christ gave us. We have transitioned into being God's people who place very inconsistent value on Him. Because of this, many christians are beginning to look at the churches around them, and in some cases their own churches, and attack them. My generation (millennial) has become hostile towards the idea of organized church. We have become quick to recognize what isn't working and the things that are wrong in our churches, but hesitant to address those problems and the things that are wrong within us.
The church — it's not failing now, it will never fail, it will display the glory of God and spread the good news of Jesus Christ forever. It is a movement that cannot be stopped because it has a leader that can never be defeated. The church will win because God is and will always be victorious. It started small and it grew quickly. It didn't grow quickly because one church finally "got it right" with its programming and service structure. It grew quickly because the people of God decided to get to work and engage in His mission. In Matthew 16, God promises to build his church — a promise that is everlasting and includes all of us. God wants to see his church built, strengthened, and advancing in all of our cities. But this type of movement won't occur unless you do your part.
You. Us. Regular people. In awe of God. Compelled by Christ. Empowered by the Spirit. Leveraging everything in their lives for the sake of their Creator. Understanding that they are called to do something every single day — That is how the church will move forward. That is how all the nations will hear.
Playing your part in the mission of God may mean that you are meant to move oversees and plant a church. Maybe it means that you're supposed to quit your job and pursue a full time ministry position. Many times, God calls us to uproot our lives and make a major change for the sake of serving Him. Being a missionary could mean that you have to move from your hometown, learn a foreign language, and fundraise in order to support yourself. God calls people to that lifestyle, and I would encourage you to truly ask if He's calling you to that. However, that's not the entirety of what it means to be a missionary. In fact, Jesus never traveled very far from his hometown for the sake of the mission of God. More often than not, the role you're meant to play is to wake up every single morning in your hometown, on your college campus, or at the summer camp you're working at and live with the mentality that you're meant to be a missionary in that place and at that time. Christianity is an everyday mission meant to be lived out in every place on earth.
The early church expanded because people came to realize that they were created for something greater than themselves. Let's not be negative about our churches. Instead we should be shifting our focus on what we must do to actively engage in the movement of God. It's helpful to remember: The church isn't a building. The church is you and it's me.
I hope that we are all so convinced of God's majesty that we want to see Him worshipped more than we want anything else. The mission of the church will not fail. There will be an amazing day when all nations will worship the one who created them. We are all called to do something in order for that day to come. Are you willing to play your part?


"Part pizza, part quesadilla, this snack sandwiches cheese, sauce and toppings between two flour tortillas. My kids have fun cutting the finished pie into slices like a traditional pizza."
Place one tortilla on a sheet of waxed paper sized to fit in your microwave. Spoon 2 tablespoons each of Cheddar and Mozzarella cheeses over the tortilla. Cover the cheese with turkey slices. Spread 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce over the turkey, and top with 1 tablespoon each tomatoes, black olives, and green peppers. Sprinkle with remaining Cheddar and Mozzarella cheeses, and place second tortilla on top. Place on a microwave-safe plate, and cover with a sheet of waxed paper.
Cook on High in microwave until the cheese melts, about 1 1/2 minutes. Allow to cool 2 minutes before cutting into wedges.
This was okay, I'd rather have a real pizza. I used some sliced serrano peppers on mine, instead of green pepper. I probably won't make again, but thanks for letting me try this out.
i did'nt think this would be something i would want for myself ,but my grandson liked it.
Made for a great yet quick lunch for me. I left out the olives but added jalapenos instead. Thanks, Nurse Ellen!


I am trying to monitor so that if a service goes down that I can get an alert.
Any Ideas on how to make the monitor status up as the script is successful?
Additionally the statistics are used to poll statistic data, if you want the component to return a down status, you need to use an exit code.
Depends if you're already using it to monitor other things or not.


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28.01.2015 (Hvino News) On January 15th Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) in Chicago awarded bronze medal to "Queen of Iberia" Saperavi Reserve 2005 wine from Gorelli Ltd, with 82 points rating score ("Recommended".)
The official tester's note reads: "Garnet black color. Rich, fruity, toasty aromas and flavors of black raspberry pie and pencil shavings with a supple, tart, dry-yet-fruity medium body and an interesting finish conveying notes of tomato relish, mulberry, cranberry skin, and bark with hard tannins. A very structured, tannic red for the table."
This Georgian wine by Gorelli won the prize at the 2015 World Wine Championship at the BTI, one of the oldest and most prestigious wine, beer and spirits rating agency in the world, making Gorelli Ltd the most decorated in overall Georgian wine producer in the USA. This was the only wine from Georgia which won the award this time at the BTI. Up to today Gorelli wines and B.S. brandy have won 12 Medals in the USA alone at Chicago (BTI), New York and Los Angeles World Championships.
The Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) is a marketing service company that provides reviews for spirits, wines, and beers. The judging ratings range from 96 to 100. BTI uses a tasting lab in Chicago.
© Hvino News, company news
Gorelli Market January 28, 2015
This wine and other wines from Gorelli are available in the USA at www.GorelliMarket.com


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Q: Getting the menu to float right? I am trying to get the menu to display on the right side of the bar instead of the left.  I have tried several things...
Here is the working script (except the menu is not on the right like I want it)...
http://jsfiddle.net/8Y4DH/5/
I have tried adjusting UL and LI css...
.fusion ul{
clear: both;
float:right !important;
margin-top: 0px !important;
margin-right: 0px !important;
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
margin-left: auto !important;
padding: 0px;
z-index: 1000;
max-height: 65px !important;
min-height: 65px !important;
}

and then set the LI to float left but this did nothing at all.  Then I tried setting the LI to float right but then the menu just displayed backwards (which also disrupted the first:child and last:child settings in the css).  I have no idea how to get this to work right because all the things I normally do will not work on this script.
Can someone please help.  I've tried getting this to work for the past few days and I am nearly ready to give up.  And I can't just make the menu display backward and then put the menu items in reverse order because this messes up another script that I will be putting in in order to make the menu mobile responsive under certain dimensions.  Please help.

A: Update your CSS like below.
.fusion ul{
clear: both;
float:right !important;
margin-top: 0px !important;
margin-right: 0px !important;
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
margin-left: auto !important;
padding: 0px;
z-index: 1000;
max-height: 65px !important;
min-height: 65px !important;
width:auto !important; /* this will override the 100% inline style */
right:0; /* this will align right the menu */
}

DEMO

A: Change your js to following:
if(settings.bar != 'aside'){
            navbar.css({
                'position':'relative',
            });
        }

fiddle
Just remove width:100%

A: Please check the fiddle, you have set the value of
. fusion ul li{
    display: inline;
        margin-right: 15px;
        padding: 22px 0;
        float:left !important;}

demo
change to:
.fusion ul li{
    display: inline;
    margin-right: 15px;
    padding: 22px 0;
    float:right !important;
}

A: Try to remove the width 100% (so its auto again) and position: absolute on your <ul> (so it will be static again).

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Lab 6

Automated car service deployment

Lab Goal

To leverage Ansible automation to deploy .Net web service in a container.

ARCHITECTURE

Deploy .Net web service in a container

WHERE ARE PLAYBOOKS?

The travel backend services are deployed using Ansible playbooks

They are found here:

$ cd support/playbooks/deploy-ocp-services

Let's deploy the car service:

$ ./ansible-playbook-dotnetservice.sh

PLAYBOOK START

The car service playbook stars with messages, setup and logging in to the
                        OpenShift Container Platform:

$ ./ansible-playbook-dotnetservice.sh

PLAYBOOK DEPLOYMENT

The car service playbook finally deploys a new container, patches config to expose ports,
                        exposes a service route and reports playbook status as it finishes:

IF BUILD FAILS

The playbook can fail if adding .Net stream failed

To determine cause, see the error message:

HOW TO FIX

                For some reason the .Net stream was not added, do this by hand:

$ oc login -u system:admin

$ oc create -n openshift -f 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift/openshift-ansible/master/roles/openshift_examples/files/examples/v3.7/image-streams/dotnet_imagestreams.json'

                Then run car service playbook again (or if build in OCP console failed, rebuild it):

$ ./ansible-playbook-dotnetservice.sh

DEPLOYED CARS SERVICE

When a build finishes you see a new deployment container appears in Monitoring
                        view under Deployments:

END LAB 6

QUESTIONS?

                Eric D. Schabell

                Global Technology Evangelist Director

                @ericschabell

                http://schabell.org

UP NEXT...

Lab 7 - Hotel service playbook


(1913–96). An expert on Canadian folklore, Edith Fowke educated and entertained readers with her many books on the subject. In 1970 she received the Canadian Book of the Year for Children award from the Canadian Library Association for Sally Go 'Round the Sun, a collection of children's rhymes, songs, and games.
She was born Edith Margaret Fulton on April 30, 1913, in Lumsden, Sask. She attended the University of Saskatchewan, earning a bachelor's degree with high honors in 1933 and a master's degree in 1937. In 1938 she married engineer Franklin George Fowke.
Edith Fowke's first book, a collaboration with Richard Johnston entitled Folk Songs of Canada, was published in 1954. Her other books include Songs of Work and Freedom (with Joe Glazer, 1960), Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs (1973), A Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English (with C.H. Carpenter and J. Brooks, 1976), Explorations in Canadian Folklore (with Carpenter, 1985), Red Rover, Red Rover: Children's Games Played in Canada (1988), and Legends Told in Canada (1994). She also conducted the Canadian network radio program Folk Song Time from 1951 to 1964 and in 1960 became director of the Canadian Folk Music Society. In 1971 she began teaching at York University in Downsview, Ont.
Fowke received the Order of Canada in 1978. She died from lung cancer on March 28, 1996, in Toronto, Ont.


Everyone was shocked by Goldilocks's choice of wedding gown.
With difficulty the bride was persuaded to change.
The bride and the groom are proud of themselves.
The family are happy, too.
While everyone was busy with the wedding and WooHoo, the Cowplant grew up and swallowed Daddy. Fortunately, Daddy isn't tasty.


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