Stay on Top of Work With Kevin Eikenberry!
It's Wednesday and it's time for another episode of our podcast!
This time I had a great pleasure of talking with Kevin Eikenberry, an inspiring leadership expert an author of bestselling books.
Listen to today's episode to learn the secrets of an effective leadership, how to manage a remote team, and how to resolve and handle a conflict.
Welcome back to another episode of podcast Stay on Top of Your Work and today my guest is Kevin Eikenberry.
Kevin is a world renowned leadership expert, a two-time bestselling author, speaker, consultant, trainer, coach and leader.
Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a leadership and learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams, and individuals reach their potential since 1993.
He has been named to five exclusive lists: In 2014 to Inc.com's Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference, American Management Association's Leaders to Watch in 2015 and Top Sales World's 2015 Top Sales & Marketing Influencers, as well as the Best 50 Leadership Blog Sites from Ready to Manage in 2016.
He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, small firms, universities, government agencies, hospitals, and more.
Kevin also is the creator and content developer of The Remarkable Leadership Learning System.
Hi Kevin, I'm happy to have you here today!
Kevin: Kate, it's pleasure to be here.
Kate: So for the beginning, can you say a few more words about you and about your professional interests?
Kevin: Oh my gosh, you already said more than the world wants to know! I guess the thing that I would say is that of all that stuff that you kindly shared, the talk about what I do out in the world for everyone listening today, probably the most important thing to know is that I'm leading a team every day. I'm leading a team that is largely remote from me every day. So, like many of you, that's the world that I live in. So yes, I spend a lot of my time coaching, consulting, training leaders, writing about leadership, writing my own blog, blogging, podcast. The reality is that just like all of you I'm doing this work every day of leading a team and leading a team remotely, which is a challenge.
Kate: So when we talk about being a leader, from your own experience and working with other people, what does it mean to be a good leader? What are the good and bad qualities that you've noticed people have and how to deal with that?
Kevin: That's a big question, Kate. I'll say a couple of things to get us started and then you can take us from there however you want. The first thing that I would say to be a great leader we must be a learner. And so at some level, if you're listening here, you're already there, at some level, which is great! But in order for us to be a successful leader, listen, the work of being a leader is complex and challenging. In order to get good at it, we gotta keep working at it, number one. And secondly, I've never met a leader, Kate, that didn't want their team members to be growing and learning. And the best way for us to influence them to do that is to be an example of it ourselves.
So the first thing I would say is, to be a great leader you must be a learner, and the second thing I would say is that leadership really, even though I started out here, that we must be a learner, leadership, at the end of the day isn't about us at all. It's really about the outcomes that we're trying to reach and the people that we're using to help reach them. So I often talk about, in my new book that's coming out in a few months, The Long-distance Leader, I talk about the 3 O model of leadership: ourselves, outcomes, and others.
Kate: I'd like to talk a little bit about your previous book, Remarkable Leadership. What strategies, maybe methods can you describe and provide more information on, how to apply them in the leadership?
Kevin: Sure, so that book is called Remarkable Leadership, as you sad and in that book, we really are talking about what we considered 13 competencies that make highly effective leaders and the goal of the book is to help leaders grow in their role every day in one skill at a time. So I already talked about learning being one of these competencies. There's 12 of others. And the goal of the book and the goal for the reader is to get them very specific, take the ways that they can go work on. Now, because there's 13 competences, I can stand here, or actually sit here as I talk to you, Kate, and say "hey, here's what you wanna go do!" But rather what we do throughout the book is we give short little assessments to help you, say, what should I do, where should I focus?
Because leadership is big and we're all in a different place so we should be focused on what will help us make the most progress in a given time and that means that we need to be selective on what we need to be learning, what we need to be growing on. So the goal of the book is to provide those connections and all those skills and to say "if this is where my gap is, here's what I ought to work on next." And in every case we're trying to get people very practical sorts of things so they can go work on. So even if you don't read the book, I think the takeaway from this, from your question, Kate, is: identify what you want to be working on, where you think you can add the most value right now, if you get better as a leader. And then go out and specifically work on that thing whether that's getting coaching, whether it is doing some reading, listening to a podcast. Whatever that might be to help you get better at that particular area next 'cauze we can't focus on everything at once.
Kate: So when we talk about leadership, I'm thinking about team management. How to manage a team in order for it to be good and friendly and to have that nice atmosphere?
Kevin: Well, couple things there. First of all, that's where a lot of people want to think about the team is how do I get everybody like each other? Of course, that would be preferable and, of course, we need people to have good, solid working relationships. So that's part of how we make a more effective team come together but I believe there's more to it than that. And as a leader, we have a responsibility in those areas. And one of those is to help build the love commitment amongst the team members which is different than people sort of getting along and having a nice working relationship. It's about our people committed to each other to the success of the team and so as a leader we need to be working on helping to create that and we need to be figuring out how to build alignment amongst the goals for the team members, the team and how they are related to our organizational goals.
So if you're leading a project team, people need to know the goal of the project, they need to know what their goals are within the project but they also need to know how this project is gonna impact the larger organization, or the client organization or whatever. And if we can't create that clear line of sight, we can't have the most successful team as we want. So Kate, to your specific question, one of the things that we need to be doing as a leader is not just providing people with training or a team building exercise but giving people a clear picture of what success looks like, where we're headed and how we can get it there. If we can do those things and we can set people up to be successful, and help provide meaning for them because they know now what they're doing makes a difference, those two things will make a big difference.
Kate: Okay so how do you think it applies to remote team management? Because TimeCamp is a startup company an at TimeCamp we have a lot of remote workers. So I guess managing a team which is situated in different parts of the world, or of the country is not always easy so how to do it in order for it to be successful?
Kevin: So Kate, you ask good questions but you ask big questions! So let me say a couple of things about the remote piece. So if you are, as a listener, on a remote team or if you're leading a remote team here's the thing. Chances are you're pretty productive. All of the research shows that people who work remotely are pretty damn productive. But the challenge that they often have is that they become pretty insular. They become pretty good at their tasks but they don't really see the bigger picture.
So one of the challenges for us as a remote leader, one of many, is to create the communication links and create a sense of inclusion in the team so people feel like they're on a team and not just doing their own work. So while in big organizations we often talk about people working in silos and this department, that department, and the next department …. the challenge that we have remotely is all of that plus it become much more personal. People are really good at getting their tasks done but they're not always as good at the collaboration that's needed and that we as leaders might want from them. So if you're leading a remote team, you likely need to spend more time in connecting with your team, remote team members and connecting them together, encouraging them to communicate in ways others than through instant message, the project management tool, and e-mail.
Kate: Alright, and what do you think about the use of special tools for team management when it comes to the remote team. Do you think it's important?
Kevin: One of the ways we're able to do it successfully is through technology. Technology can really mediate and help us be successful. And so you and I are using a remote technology right now to have this conversation, we are not, unfortunately, in the same room. And while no one else can see us, we can see each other and so just having a webcam, for example, can make a big difference. So the ability to create something that's closer to a face to face interaction is valuable. We've got a lot of tools and there are a lot of tools in the same space. And I'm not here to say use this tool or that tool.
What I am suggesting is two things: use the right tools for the right tasks, I already mentioned that a second ago, we rely too much on e-mail and instant messages when we need to be picking up the phone or getting on the technology so we can see each other, using technology to share documents in the real-time and those sorts of things. So use the tools you've got and use them effectively, not only in terms of when you use them but also use all the available technology.
So the point of this, most people use about 20% of the available capacity of a given piece of a software or technology, especially in the remote world. We know how to connect, we know how to hear each other's voices, we don't know how to share a screen or do a poll or do any number of other things that we might want to do that will actually make our meetings or our interactions more effective. So use the tools for the right purposes and learn how to use tools better would be two things I would say, for sure will make a difference.
Kate: Okay, that's a good advice. So let's go back to team management. When you manage a team as a leader, there are often conflicts. So how to solve conflicts or maybe how to avoid them?
Kevin: Well, there are gonna be conflicts and the first thing I'm gonna say is this. Conflict isn't necessarily bad. If we never have conflict that either means some people aren't really sharing what they think or we're all thinking exacly the same thing, which means we're not gonna really grow.
productively resolve it when it occurs.
And the shortest answer I can give you there is, the sooner you can resolve it, the better. The longer that conflict grows, the more tentacles it gets, the harder it gets to be solved, the more block into a mental place the participants are. So as a leader we wanna be watching for conflict and we wanna be helping to mediate it as soon as we can.
One of the other things that I would say, that I want to make comment about a conflict in remote but the other thing is this. That is that while I do suggest that we nip conflict in the but I am not suggesting that we as leaders need to immediately and automatically get involved ourselves. The first thing that we ought to do as a leader is we identify that we're in conflict. Or when someone comes to us with the conflict situation is to say have the two of you tried to work it out? So while I think we wanna solve conflict, I don't think we should immediately get involved every time or we'll be involved in some that we don't need to be involved in. In a remote setting sometimes it's hard to determine that conflicts exist because people aren't walking up and down the hall and that's sort of thing. So I think we have to be more aware. I think we also can recognize that sometimes if people are really staying in their own lane, in their own bubble there may not be as much conflict, but when it starts to occur, it may grow more before we identify it so we just, as a leader, have to be more aware and ready to address it and help to mediate it and resolve it as soon as we can.
Kate: That's a good piece of advice. So when it comes to conflict, this is one of the challenges leaders meet. What are other challenges that leaders meet and how can they be solved or avoided or any other way that can be good for a leader?
Kevin: Well, it's a long list, right? Because we're leading people and everybody's different so we have a whole list. A list that one individual could have might be different from anybody else's. But certainly, there are a ton of things that relate. If leadership is about outcomes and other people, then you can identify a ton of possible challenges in either of those ways like does everyone understand what the outcomes are, does everyone know what their goals are? does everyone have a clear plan for reaching their goals? How are you coaching them to reach those goals? All the sorts of things which start to bleed over the others we've already talked about a little bit about teams, a little bit about conflict.
But there's whole bunches of challenges for us around how do we lead and influence change? How do we communicate more effectively? How do coach more effectively? The list kinda goes on and on. And I think, again, for many of listeners here, many of whom are probably either on or leading project teams or have a bunch of projects within their work. Even if they're not a project manager, I think, obviously, there are a ton of challenges there, all of the kinds of things I just mentioned. Other things too, like, how do manage scope crip? and those sorts of things. So the list endless if you will about all of the challenges that we could face. The good news is that as we start to recognize some principles like we talk about in the book Remarkable Leadership, we could start to give ourselves better odds in many of these situations quickly.
Kate: I'd like to ask you, when you're a leader, how to make an impact and stand out and be more influential in the world of leadership?
Kevin: So I think there's two ways that I can answer that question. One is how to be more influential with my team? And how do I be seen or be more influential outside of my team and the larger organization? We can talk about either one. So let's talk about each a little bit. Number one is, if we're gonna be more influential with our team, we have to recognize that we are already influencing our team. It's only a matter if we're influencing in the ways that we really would hope. So, in other words, our team is watching us, they are looking at us, at our behavior and saying "that is what is expected". And so if we're not getting the kinds of outcomes with our team that we want, recognize that maybe we need to change our behavior first, because our influence is, we are already because of our position having some amount on influence.
Everyone has an influence, if there are really 3 factors that lead any of us to be influenced by others, one is a persons' position, which you have as a leader, one is people's credibility or expertise, if people see you as knowing what you're talking about, then you're more influential. And then lastly, what's your relationships with them, do people belive that you have their best interest at heart, do they believe that you are trustworthy and all those things. So, if I wanna be more influential within my team, I need to think about those 3 things – my position, my expertise and credibility, and my releationships. Now, we take those same things externally, to the external organization adn we still have the last two but the first one in our position is different. A lot of times we think, well, I'm only just a middle manager, I'm only just a first line supervisor, I'm only just project manager, I'm only just an individual contributor so how can I have influence. Well, we can but we have to recognize that we cant rely on position to do it which we sort of have that in our bail, in our pocket, when we're the leader. So in short, that's another big topic but there are some things to get people started.
Kate: You're the author of books, what does inspire you in writing your books but also in your work? Where do you take you inspirations from?
Kevin: Well, I'm fortunate because as I said I have a team so I have the chance to, so I'm writing books as we've talked about, Remarkable Leadership, then we talked a little bit about my brand new book that is coming out in a few months called The Long-distance Leader, which you can go on Amazon or Barns and Noble and get a copy of now preorder. But I have the opportunity to lead a team every day so I have the chance to see what are the challenges that I face. I have the opportunity to coach other leaders so I have the chance to be inspired and have insights from them, both in terms of what's working and what's not. And then we spend a ton of time delivering workshops and speeches around the country and around the world so I get the chance to interact. The point is, I get the chance to interact with lots and lots of leaders on different levels in organizations, which gives me a lot of examples and a lot of opportunities to identify where people are stuck which gives us something to write about.
Kate: One last question before we finish. The name of our podcast is How to Stay on Top of Your Work, how do you stay on top of your work?
Kevin: So couple of things that I think are helpful. And it's a great title for a podcast because it's a great goal for all of us, how do we stay on top of our work? And the number one is I think we have to define our work clearly. And as leaders too often we are in the work and not doing the work of leaders. And so one of the ways to stay on top of our work is to define our work clearly in terms of what is it that we should be doing, what's the best use of our time, how do we think about what we might delegate, about creating a not-to-do list – things we're not gonna do at all. All that. So first, if we wanna stay on top of our work, we gotta now what our work is and what the right work is. And then, we need good strategies, and I can share a bunch of them with you, none of which will probably be new.
But I think if you'll have a very clear focus on what I need to be learning so that that makes the list. If we don't put on the list the important items, we'll spend all of our time on the urgent items. Like, for example, this morning, 10 till 8 I have a bunch of stuff I could be doing instead I'm dialing in to have this conversation with Kate. This wasn't the most urgent thing on my calendar but it's a super important thing for me to have a chance to share with others, for Kate and I to build our relationship and a bunch of other reasons. There's important stuff here but if we don't plug in the important, if we don't schedule to goal work, if you will, then it will never happen because we will be deluged by the activity or be deluged by the urgent. So if I were to give only two pieces of advice, one is to be very clear on what the work is so we can stay on top of it, and then schedule important stuff, those are two pieces of advice.
Kate: One more thing I'd like to ask you. What's is the number one rule in your life, in your work without which you cannot imagine your day? Just one thing that you would choose.
Kevin: I will stay in the line of what we were just talking about and I'll say one of the things that I use. I don't know if that's 'the one', maybe 'the one' is brush your teeth but the one that comes to mind when you ask the question is to always be asking yourself what's the best use of my time right now? If I know the answer to this question most of the time. And if I'm asking myself that, then I'm far more productive and I'm far more influential, I'm a far better leader, etc. So, if I know what's important and then I ask myself that question regularly, then I have a much better chance at being successful.
Kevin: Thank you! Kevin, it was my pleasure to talk to you, I hope I didn't interrupt your other duties! 😉 I really enjoyed our conversation.
Kevin: Oh no, no, not at all, that's the point. This is exactly what I should be doing this morning and it's been a pleasure to be with you and if people can find, as you talked about it, the book Remarkable Leadership, they can go to the remarkable-leadership.com and learn more about that or they can go to your favorite bookseller for that and the brand new book coming is The Long Distance Leader, and we'd love to have people take a look at that, you can preorder it, if you're listening to this, in the spring, June the book will come out and we'd love to have you there. You can always go to my blog at kevineikenberry.com .
Kate: Alright! So dear listeners, you can find more information about Kevin Eikenberry under this podcast. Make sure to check it out and stay updated with the latest news from Kevin and his books!
Don't forget to subscribe for more content and listen to other podcast' episodes from TimeCamp and have a nice and productive day. See you around.
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Families, staff 'thrown into flux' by transfer of 3 EMSB schools to French board
"This is a man who is a teacher and a parent," EMSB chairperson Angela Mancini said of education minister Jean-François Roberge. "He must understand the emotional toll on the parents."
Katherine Wilton, Montreal Gazette
Two weeks before the start of summer vacation, about 750 English students and their parents learned Tuesday they will probably have to find a new building for the next school year.
In an interview on French-language radio Tuesday morning, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said he will start the process of transferring three English schools to a French school board in Montreal's east end to ease overcrowding.
"I don't see how we can avoid a transfer," Roberge told 98.5 FM host Paul Arcand. "I am very disappointed. I had really hoped that the English Montreal School Board and the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île (CSPI) could have reached an agreement on cohabitation in the short term."
The three schools are General Vanier elementary and John Paul I junior high in St-Léonard and Gerald McShane elementary in Montreal North.
EMSB officials were livid that Roberge made the announcement on French radio without first informing board chairperson Angela Mancini.
Mancini said she was disappointed that Roberge made the announcement on the radio, saying it was disrespectful to the English community.
"We have a community that is waiting to see where their children are going to be next year," she said. "This is a man who is a teacher and a parent. He must understand the emotional toll on the parents."
While Roberge has held out hope the two boards could reach a deal on cohabitation before a cabinet decree authorizes the transfers (within 10 to 12 days), Mancini said the CSPI has no plans to return to the table to discuss sharing space.
"Unless he takes (the transfers) off the table, I don't know why the CSPI would negotiate with us."
The EMSB has a board meeting on Wednesday night where commissioners may decide whether to contest the transfers in court.
If the transfers proceed, board officials have developed some scenarios for relocating the affected students, the Montreal Gazette has learned.
School transfer scenarios for EMSB schools being taken away by the education minister. Montreal Gazette / Maps4News
The 194 students at General Vanier in St-Léonard will probably be moved to Dante elementary, another EMSB school that is three kilometres away. The 300 John Paul 1 junior high students will probably move to Laurier Macdonald High School, where many of them end up going for high school. The 254 Gerald McShane students could share space at Lester B. Pearson High School, which is one block away in Montreal North.
If the Gerald McShane students end up going to Lester B. Pearson High School, the washrooms would have to be retrofitted to accommodate young children.
Francesca Pitruzzello, the chairperson of Gerald McShane's governing board, said she hopes the community will be able to stay together if the school is transferred.
Many students know about the transfers and some are feeling anxious about having to change schools, she said.
The Quebec English School Boards Association said it's appalled at the lack of consideration and respect toward English students, teachers and parents.
"The government has decided that our voices don't matter and that our students don't matter," said QESBA president Dan Lamoureux. "This is a very sad day for Quebec's English-speaking minority."
Gerald McShane School is one of three the education department wants to transfer to the local French school board. John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette
The head of the CSPI told the Montreal Gazette on Monday that the EMSB's offer of cohabitation was problematic and said transferring the three buildings was the simplest solution.
Over the past decade, many Italian families in St-Léonard have moved to Laval or other off-island suburbs, resulting in fewer English students in EMSB schools. St-Léonard now has many immigrant families whose children must attend French schools because of Bill 101.
The CSPI's student population has exploded over the past 18 months because of the demographic changes, an increase in the number of classes requiring smaller student-teacher ratios and an influx of children whose parents have immigrated to Quebec or are seeking asylum.
Gregory Kelley, the Liberal MNA who is the critic for relations with English-speaking Quebecers, said he was disappointed that Roberge made the announcement on French radio. He said Quebec Premier François Legault had pledged that there would be better communication when notifying the English community of future school transfers.
"We understand that there's significant pressure on the French school board, but the parents had brought forth solutions, such as cohabitation," he said.
The transfers at such a late date raise many questions, he said, including whether principals, support staff and special education teachers will follow students to the new schools.
"All those people's lives are thrown into flux right now," he said. "It's a difficult day for them."
kwilton@postmedia.com
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Flood warnings in place across England bring misery for Christmas travellers
The Environment Agency has put 88 flood warnings in place stretching from Middlesbrough down to the south coast.
The swollen River Medway close to the Teston Bridge following heavy rain in the south east (Gareth Fuller/PA)
By Tess de la Mare, PA
Dozens of flood warnings are in place across England – bringing misery to travellers heading home for the Christmas period.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/flood-warnings-in-place-across-england-bring-misery-for-christmas-travellers-38807080.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/25972/38807078.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_24a3db15-a54f-4798-8012-433d411d7d11_1
There are a further 227 flooding alerts in place, meaning there is a risk of flash flooding and standing water.
Around 90 properties have been flooded, about 60 in the South East and around 30 in Devon and Cornwall, the EA said.
Officers from Aylesbury have assisted Bucks Fire Service in getting three young boys and their mum out of their car after getting stuck on a flooded road in Edgecott. The roads are wet and some roads are flooded tonight so please do not move or ignore the road closed signs! pic.twitter.com/d2c0FLzxCB
— TVP Aylesbury Vale (@TVP_Aylesbury) December 21, 2019
It warned that with more rain likely on Monday and Tuesday, the flood threat would continue for the next few days in southern and central England.
Overnight, emergency services in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, had to rescue a mother and her three young sons who became stuck in their car in flood water in Edgecott.
Thames Valley Police urged drivers not to move or ignore "road closed" signs placed on the routes most at risk of flooding.
On Friday night, one officer had to strip down to his boxer shorts to check on a car stuck in Kingsey.
Somebody didn't read my earlier post about flood water so I've had to get down to my boxers to check out a car stuck near Kingsey #p5823 #TVPRural #AboveAndBeyond pic.twitter.com/GRPGcYXcpM
Kent was also badly affected, with the River Medway on the verge of bursting its banks between Teston and West Farleigh near Maidstone.
Elsewhere, the residents of Little Venice Caravan Park in Yalding, Kent, had to be rescued by motorboat.
The Environment Agency has advised people to stay away from swollen rivers and not to drive through standing water as just 30cm of flowing flood water is enough to flood a car.
A spokesman said: "We continue to monitor rainfall and river levels closely, and operate our flood defences, reducing the risk of flooding to thousands of homes and businesses.
A couple and their dog are rescued from Little Venice Caravan Park in Yalding, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
"Environment Agency teams have put up temporary flood defences in a number of locations including Bradford on Avon, Leatherhead and Guildford. Pumping continues in Somerset to lower levels in the River Tone."
So far this autumn, rainfall records have been broken for South Yorkshire, Nottingham and Lincolnshire and across the country it has been the fifth wettest autumn since records began.
Although Sunday will be a wet and miserable day for most people, some respite is on the horizon, according to the Met Office.
The breaking of dawn on the #WinterSolstice reveals yesterday's rain clearing eastern England, showers feeding into the west, but also some sunshine ☀ in places pic.twitter.com/Du4QrdzhKx
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 22, 2019
Meteorologist Steven Keates told the PA news agency: "Yesterday's rain is slowly clearing in eastern England – it's fairly light and patchy now, there's not really too much falling but it's totted up the rainfall and the flooding issues across the south overnight."
"The good news is that the next couple of days offer a bit of a respite.
"There's a bit of rain in the forecast mostly in the form of showers but the rainfall amounts in areas affected by flooding in recent days will be relatively small and won't greatly exacerbate the problem."
But as groundwater levels across parts of the south are still very high, there are likely to be ongoing flood issues in the region.
Mr Keates added: "There is still some rain in the forecast but on the whole it's not looking as wet as it has in the last few days which I think for most people is good news."
Temperatures are set to range from between 4C in northern Scotland to 10C in the south of England.


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2015 Continuation Funding
2013 Whitley Award
Eugene Simonov China, Mongolia, Russia Wetland and Freshwater
www.transrivers.org
Keeping rivers wild and free
Winner of the Whitley Award donated by The Shears Foundation
Eugene Simonov is a Russian environmentalist who literally crossed an entire continent to help create a network of stakeholders interested in river conservation along the Chinese and Mongolian borders, where dam-building on a monumental scale threatens fragile wetland ecosystems in the birthplace of the legendary Genghis Khan.
The Amur River basin is the largest still free-flowing transboundary river system of Asia and is internationally recognised for the importance of its migratory fish and floodplain wetlands, of which 17 are designated Ramsar sites. Millions of water birds breed or migrate along mighty rivers with wide floodplains sustained by monsoons, while in periodic droughts semi-nomadic herders bring their livestock into river valleys and lake shores, where they compete for space with cranes and geese. Known as Black Dragon River, the Amur River is also home for the largest sturgeon and salmon in the world (Kaluga and Siberian Taimen respectively).
In 2009 Simonov was instrumental in the foundation of the Rivers without Boundaries Coalition (RwB) by NGOs from Russia, China, Mongolia and USA to campaign for the protection of the free flowing transboundary rivers of North Asia as scarce and precious natural resources, not to be wasted just for power generation, but used for conservation and multi-faceted sustainable development. Large hydropower construction projects pose the greatest threat, with freshwater ecosystem biodiversity disappearing at a much faster rate than their terrestrial or marine equivalents.
Despite widespread questioning of whether hydropower on this scale is actually a renewable and clean energy source, large scale dam building to support domestic energy and export trade continues to be planned by Chinese, Russian and Mongolian governments, despite local opposition and the environmental damage it will cause to fragile ecosystems. Simonov and his associates continue to successfully challenge ill planned investment proposals using advocacy to foster dialogue on alternatives. Simonov believes that his task is to promote methods for discerning bad projects from the worst when it comes to water infrastructure development and to advocate effectively for clear and strict limits for allowable change agreed for each river basin. In this way the RwB Coalition is uniting citizens from transboundary regions in one movement, so that they can better protect themselves and access the best available knowledge and assessment techniques.
Eugene's Whitley Award winning project aims to:
Provide stakeholders with tools to assess hydro projects and the means to minimize impact.
Safeguard two rivers from damming and use these as case studies in Asia.
Develop a multi-lingual, information based approach to support cooperation between countries.
17 wetlands in the Amur basin are Ramsar sites of International Importance.
The Amur River is home to the critically endangered Kaluga, the world's largest sturgeon, and the world's largest salmon, the taimen.
Freshwater biodiversity is disappearing at a faster rate than terrestrial or marine equivalents.
Vostochny wild salmon refuge, Sakhalin Island, Russia
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2018 MLS Cup Story draws nearer a conclusion with Conference Finals set
By Martin Palazzotto
Wednesday 14th November 2018
Atlanta United Bradley Wright Phillips Gio Savarese Johnny Russell Josef Martinez Major League Soccer Miguel Almiron Mls New York Red Bulls Peter Vermes Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City Tata Martino Usa Daniel Royer Aaron Long
Portland Timbers, Sporting Kansas City, Atlanta United and New York Red Bulls will contest the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals.
Background image: Marc Barry Reid, CC-BY-2.0
While Real Madrid promoted their third B-team coach in as many years and Bayern Munich backed its struggling boss, while Manchester City proved it had more class on the pitch than Manchester United and a manager who would immediately correct a player who didn't understand that class meant behaviour as well as talent, Major League Soccer winnowed the MLS Cup hunt down to four teams.
The Eastern and Western Conference Finals play out following the international break, on 25 and 29th November. It's a bit odd to jump right into a crucial tie after players have been away, focus redirected to national team duties. The first legs in each contest have the potential to be ragged. This is MLS, however. Ragged and odd come with the territory.
At first, the conference finals may seem lopsided. The two top-ranked sides from the regular season meet in the East, third and eighth in the West. On the other hand, neither Eastern team has won an MLS Cup whereas both Western teams have. The New York Red Bulls and Atlanta United possess the talent to win on most days. Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers have the passion to claim a result in a one-off affair.
Each side has a story to tell heading into the final push. Here they are.
If Atlanta United's season were a movie, it'd be the final instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yes, it's strange to compare Josef Martinez, Miguel Almiron, Hector Villalba and Ezequiel Barco to Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, especially since Barco wasn't the original Pippin. That was Yamil Asad, who was dealt to DC United in the offseason. That said, likening a group of talented young South American footballers to hobbits isn't nearly the stretch it is comparing Hotlanta to the Shire.
Manager Tata Martino at least makes a credible Gandalf. The former Barcelona boss escaped the Necromancer, otherwise known as the corrupt Argentine FA, then journeyed north to build a football team from scratch. He didn't find his four hobbits waiting. Rather, he recruited them to form an attack the likes of which MLS had never seen. Frodo [I mean Martinez] was frequently injured in his first season albeit from the normal knocks associated with football, not a cursed and poisoned Morgul knife. The Venezuelan still scored 20 goals. This season, he shattered the MLS single-season scoring record of 27 shared by Roy Lassiter [1996], Chris Wondolowski [2012] and Bradley Wright-Phillips [2014], registering 31.
Unlike the movie, Atlanta's mission is to find the MLS Cup lest they cast their manager's final season into the fire. United already allowed the Red Bulls to pip them to the Supporters Shield on the season's final day, after Martino announced his departure. The squad he assembled is left with one last chance to express their gratitude properly. They can hoist the MLS Cup before he sails to the Undying Lands, by which I mean Argentina, Mexico, or wherever. As with Frodo, Martinez's play has drawn sufficient interest from abroad that he might take a ship from the Grey Havens, as well.
For Atlanta United, the time is now.
The Red Bulls movie this season was, without a doubt, the Expendables. Forget about who gets to be Schwarzenegger or Stallone, this is about all the players and coaches who keep coming and going through the club's revolving door.
Mike Petke coached the team to a Supporters Shield in 2013. When the team finished fourth the following season and lost in the Conference Final for the second year running, he was sacked. Jesse Marsch took over, guiding the team to another Supporters Shield in 2015 but never reaching the MLS Cup Final. He departed midseason to become Ralf Rangnick's assistant at RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. Chris Armas took over and produced the team's third Supporters Shield in five years. The question is whether Armas can complete the mission with the organisations first MLS Cup?
He'll be doing it with a squad that's turned over nearly as much as the managers. The Red Bulls brain trust has traded away two captains in the last two seasons. Dax McCarty went to Chicago Fire to begin the 2017 season. Playmaker extraordinaire Sacha Kljestan found himself in Orlando at the end of the campaign.
New York's Barney Ross is striker Bradley Wright-Phillips. The 33-year-old registered 20 MLS goals and nine assists this year, to bring his career total across all competitions to 124. In appreciation, the club honoured their talisman with a ceremony in which it was promised his No.99 shirt would be retired along with him when the time came.
Given the team's recent history, you have to wonder whether they were planning ahead and the timing of his departure won't be left to the second-generation finisher. Aaron Long and Daniel Royer offered promise for the future with breakthrough campaigns in 2018. Even so, one gets the feeling the Red Bulls may be racing against time as well as Atlanta to win the MLS Cup.
Johnny Russell has made such an impact on Sporting Kansas City, their film must be Braveheart. The former Dundee United and Derby County man has found a home in the American midwest. Russell's fire has returned SKC to the top of the West much sooner than many expected after the team traded Dom Dwyer.
The impassioned Scot doesn't moon his opponents but does rush headlong into battle when a teammate is mistreated. Nor does he have an Irish king backing his play. Instead, it's Hungarian winger Daniel Salloi. Russell picked up a dozen goals and 11 assists for the Wizards this term. Salloi's numbers were 15 and eight.
Manager Peter Vermes is Edward the Longshanks at Children's Mercy Park. Again, he isn't throwing useless players from castle turrets. Nor is he one to tolerate anything but full commitment to the cause. The team retooled on the fly to outdistance the competition in the West. If he can get his squad past Portland in the two-legged conference final, they must travel east to either Red Bull Arena or Mercedes Benz Stadium for the MLS Cup on 8 December.
Winning the league away won't be easy but with Russell and Salloi, Sporting KC aren't out of the frame for their third MLS Cup.
And the final film in the category 'Most Like an MLS season' goes to Payback. I know, another Mel Gibson flick. He even did a turn as the baddie in the last Expendables offering. If you've followed Major League Soccer's turf war with the North American Soccer League and, specifically, that decimated division's flagship franchise, New York Cosmos, you'll understand.
It all comes down to money and power. MLS had the money but had it let the Cosmos brand into the league, the balance of power may have shifted. Thus, it denied the team any opportunity to move up to the top tier, vigorously opposing promotion and relegation, refusing to sell the Cosmos owners a franchise in the New York market. Instead, it allowed City Football Group to provide a derby opponent for the Red Bulls. After losing a court battle alleging collusion between MLS and the USSF that led to NASL being designated third-tier status, the league suspended play for 2017. Most of its teams jumped to the second-tier USL and established partnerships with MLS teams. The Cosmos were among the four who did not. Portland Timbers manager Gio Savarese was the Cosmos last manager.
When he arrived in Portland, the team was renovating Providence Park. The squad struggled while opening the season on an extended road trip. When it finally came home, Savarese exacted a small bit of revenge, ending New York City FC's unbeaten run to start their campaign. Following that win, the team moved slowly up the table until it was safely in the playoff positions.
Reigning MLS MVP Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco power the attack. Former Aston Villa, Birmingham and West Brom defender Liam Ridgewell is bowing out like John Terry, making limited appearances in the back.
The Timbers eliminated two-time defending Western Conference Champions Seattle Sounders in a wild tie that, in a bit of dry humour, didn't end with the Timbers first celebration. Both teams scored in extra time. Some Portland players thought their goal won the tie on away goals but MLS casts aside rule when a match goes the extra 30 minutes. Eventually, Savarese's squad won on penalties to set up the tie with Sporting KC.
Afterwards, the boss denied his team didn't understand the rules, claiming they were simply excited to push through to penalties. He go for denial again if asked, but should Portland better SKC and draw the Red Bulls in the MLS Cup, Gio Savarese will be happy to go back to New York with the ultimate payback in mind.
Martin Palazzotto
The former editor of World Football Columns, Martin contributes frequently to Stretty News and is the author of the short story collection strange bOUnce. He has appeared in several other blogs which, sadly, have ceased to exist. He is old and likes to bring out defunct. Although football is his primary passion, the geezer enjoys many sports and pop culture forms. Expect them to intrude upon his meanderings for It's Round and It's White.
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City accuses oil and gas industry of knowingly contributing to sea-level rise and extreme weather events.
Mayor Catherine Pugh and City Solicitor Andre Davis announced today that Baltimore has filed a lawsuit in state Circuit Court in an effort to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change, alleging they knowingly contributed to "potentially catastrophic" consequences of sea-level rise and extreme weather events.
In filing the lawsuit, Baltimore joins a dozen cities to date, including New York and San Francisco, which have launched legal actions against 26 of the most powerful oil and gas corporations in the world—including Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil, Citgo, Chevron, and BP.
With 60 miles of waterfront and an economy built around one of the busiest ports in the world, Baltimore "faces growing costs to protect its residents, businesses, and infrastructure from rising seas and other climate change-related damages," the mayor's office said in a press release.
Beyond the potential harm to the Inner Harbor, port neighborhoods and local businesses from sea-level rise, city officials highlighted the potential for harm—and taxpayer burden—from more damaging and more frequent heat waves, droughts and storms.
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In making the announcement of the lawsuit, Davis said the litigation was modeled after the legal action that helped states recover Medicaid expenses from the tobacco industry.
"For 50 years, these companies have known their products would cause rising seas and the other climate change-related problems facing Baltimore today," said Davis. "They could have warned us. They could have taken steps to minimize or avoid the damage. In fact, they had a responsibility to do both, but they didn't, and that's why we are taking them to court.
In New York, a federal judge rejected New York State's lawsuit yesterday that would've made fossil fuel companies pay the rising cost of dealing with global warming-related issues. But that decision did not dissuade Davis, who noted that a ruling has not yet been made in an appellate court.
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According to the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, climate change is already impacting city residents. Their website notes that as global warming continues, the city will face more extreme temperatures, increased demand for energy for cooling power, greater fluctuations between flooding and drought, extended heat waves, and an increase in incidences of asthma and other respiratory ailments.


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InfoWars' Alex Jones and His Pageant of Profound Paranoia Grace JFK Ceremony
Brantley Hargrove
Brantley Hargrove | November 22, 2013 | 4:08pm
As light rain fell from a dull gray sky onto the crowd bracing against the Arctic blast just down Main from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza Friday, I became depressed at the caliber of craven I'd encountered so far on the 50th anniversary of the assassination. Apart from a sprinkling of "LBJ Did It" signs and $5 pamphlets hawked by men ill-dressed for the cold, I'd not yet seen the spit-flecked apostles of conspiracy.
A stylish, silver-haired Aussie palmed me a flier bearing an image of the Kennedy half dollar, with a gaping bullet hole leaking blood down the slain president's likeness. "Free the files. Find the truth."
"I'm not satisfied with what the Warren Commission, the mainstream media and the government have said," David McLean of Newcastle told me. "It's a bit hard to be specific, but it's hard to believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone."
This well-dressed, reasonable-sounding gentleman left me enormously deflated. The mind recoils at the idea of an isolated, former Marine sharpshooter shattering the handsome head of the leader of the free world with a $20 mail-order rifle. I grant him that. It also balks at the idea of a vast conspiracy that has kept its secret for more than half a century. I turned and watched the live feed projected on a screen above Main Street, where shorting speakers fitfully broadcast the bagpipers' sorrowful tune, recalling the caisson's slow procession to Arlington National Cemetery.
The sound of it never fails to bring a tightness to my chest, but it was soon dispelled. There was a commotion further up Main. I skirted the outer edge of the crowd and spotted a scrum of cameramen and police officers bearing down on the ceremony. I saw Alex Jones, the paranoiac firebrand who runs InfoWars.com, speaking into a microphone in indignant tones about oppression, though the cops looked more like they were escorting than obstructing him.
He bulled his way to the front, flanked by a group that included a man in a cape, frilly shirtsleeves, soul patch and tricorn hat, and another with a "Don't Tread On Me" flag tied around his neck like a cape, holding aloft a bumper sticker that read "OBAMA WAR PIG."
A middle-aged woman with a bullhorn and a Guy Fawkes mask perched atop her head, swallowed in a baggy hoodie emblazoned with "YOLO," said, "Alex's mission is to protest the fact that we're being kept out of Dealey Plaza. I'm here because of the fact that I've researched the Kennedy assassination and it's bullshit what they're saying. The CIA and the mafia killed Kennedy."
She leaned in, conspiratorially. "I don't personally trust Alex myself. I think everybody works for the CIA."
Before long, the InfoWars contingent was storming back across the street to the corner of Market and Main in a phalanx of alienated white males, some in full-length, black leather trench coats.
Jones, now wreathed in supporters, shouted into not one, but two bullhorns. "By not resisting, we lose. Resistance is victory! No more lies! No more lies!"
The crowd chanted with him, including a cardigan-wearing puppet.
"We're not dead yet, New World Order trash!" Jones roared to cheers. The rally devolved into bumper-sticker slogans that had little to do with Kennedy, and everything to do with Jones' conviction that an authoritarian global government conspires to rule all.
"End the Fed."
Update: We had to post this video from InfoWars of a scuffle between Dallas County Sheriff's deputies and Jones' protesters. Stick around for the 1:25 mark and see my former colleague Robert Wilonsky getting manhandled by a deputy.


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The risks are even greater for a defector because his existence is built on a tangled web of lies, divided loyalties, and, ultimately, betrayal. A defector lives on borrowed time. He's constantly running, his nerves stretched Daniella Bernett taut by fear. But the past has a way of catching up with one at the least opportune moment.
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Are Bella Thorne And Scott Disick Dating? There Are Rumors
By Kelli Boyle
Uh... Bella Thorne and Scott Disick reportedly went on a date, you guys... LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!
How is this a thing?! Isn't she, like, 12?! Isn't he, like, a lot older than 12?!
Who let this happen!!! Kris, FIX THIS.
Elite Daily reached out to Bella and Scott's teams, but did not hear back at the time of publication.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Bella Thorne and Scott Disick were seen at three separate locations together on Monday night in LA. Three?!
They were first spotted at a restaurant called Catch LA in West Hollywood eating dinner, then they went to allegedly one of the Kardashian family's favorite spots, The Nice Guy, where they got more food, Teen Vogue reports.
And then, they reportedly went to some place called the Peppermint Club to watch some live music and didn't leave until 1:30 am in Disick's car.
OK, first off, I respect getting two dinners. That's the kinda hustle I like to see.
But second, Scott, isn't Bella younger than Kylie?! I feel like a good rule of thumb should be to think to yourself, "Hmmm, this girl is younger than my youngest former sister-in-law. I should probs NOT DATE HER." I'M JUST SAYIN'.
OK, after some research, I've discovered Kylie Jenner and Bella Thorne are actually both 19 and are only two months apart. BUT BELLA IS STILL THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO, SO I'M STICKING WITH THIS.
And let's tack on another rule that if you, a 33-year-old man, are thinking about going on a date with a woman whose age still has the word "teen" in it, DON'T.
Bella was Snapchatting throughout the date on Monday night, but Scott wasn't in any of the pics... But he was probably literally right outside the damn frame!!!
I can't handle this shit.
Scott, are you lashing out at Kourtney? It's OK if you are. Kourtney is dating an Instagram model who's also, like, 12. (Fine, he's literally my age, 23.) But just let us know if you're upset. Lashing out is never the healthy option!!
Sweet Jesus, I have a goddamn migraine.
Citations: EXCLUSIVE: Scott Disick Goes on a Dinner Date With Bella Thorne (Entertainment Tonight), Bella Thorne Reportedly Went on a Date With Scott Disick (Teen Vogue)


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What AT command was executed?
When you say power cycle, did you pull the power? If so, did you get an AT command response before the power was pulled?
I can see you're running stock Legato, but have you changed any other components on the system? What is the output of "fwupdate query" and "cm info"?
I'm not aware of any situation that will erase files from the /home/root folder. To answer your question, this is the location that should be stored without risk. I will consult further internally how this could possibly happen.
No I am not friend of the person in other post.
AT, ATI,AT+CPIN?,AT+CGDCONT(for network configuration as I am using cellular network),AT!GSTATUS?
2.Yes, by saying power cycle its removing the power cable. AT command were responding before the power was pulled. Only cm data was giving network status as "No".
I haven't tried the "fwupdate query" but "cm info" is giving Sierra_FX30S information(IMEI,FSN etc.).
4.But I and my friend both the same issue and lost all the data from /home/root and other directory location as well.
Will be a great help to resolve the issue.
Do you have any idea about the cause of this issue? Could it be EFS corruption?
The fix for LXSWIREF-248 was backported into the R14.0.4.002 release.
Anyone any ideas how this could happen and how to mitigate against it?
I suspect the issue is caused by pulling the power. Is it possible to power down gracefully wherever possible?
Random power supply input loss is inevitable in 99.999% of industrial use cases. As is power supply brownout. Have these use cases been tested for? what were the results? I can't see any warnings in the FX30 user manual?
Random catastrophic loss of user data (say in /home/root ) and the loss of overlay Legato user apps are serious issues (for us) - the product will no longer function for the end customer - probably requiring a site visit or at least causing data loss.
where to store database data ? /home/root has proved to be not safe - is there somewhere better?
A potential workaround is to supply a UPS with every FX30S - but this seems an expensive option where most likely the battery will fail at some point exposing the system to the issue again.
The failure occurred when no user apps were running. So I guess the failure was caused by some planned behaviour in the core FW/ OS / Legato?
I completely understand. The patch from LXSWIREF-248 was specifically added to this release to address this issue so I'm very surprised we haven't heard of any occurrences until now.
So it's either the patch isn't sufficient or there's another unknown issue.
Could you please confirm the patch has indeed been applied? I can provide instructions later if you need.
The only other suggestion would be go seek support through your official channel.
The FX30 and FX30S images are not available for one click installers. So now I'm wondering, is it possible there has been some mix up of running stock WP or stock Legato instead of the FX30 released versions when the issue occurred?
The fix for issue LXSWIREF-248 was purposefully added to the R14.0.4.002 FX30 release in Legato 16.10.1.m3, which is a maintenance branch based of Legato 16.10.3. This is why I'm surprised you're seeing powerdown corruption with this fix in place.
If you're building your own image, can you re-download the Legato 16.10.1.m3 source tarfile, extract it and do a diff on your workspace Legato folder?
Also, you can do: "cat legato/version" in your workspace to check the version (though it doesn't guarantee source code has not been modified within).
For your last statement, the apps vanishing is expected behaviour as the Legato framework attempts to detect rogue applications causing the system to break and boot loop. So if your app, or you manually reboot multiple times (I think it's 4 or more) within 30 mins, Legato will remove extra apps that were installed.
I don't know what method he actually used but I think it could have been one click if he constructed an installer by adding the above cwe to a one click installer.
How should the fw be marked good on the FX30S?
This makes good sense now. The unit running R13.1.3.001 does not have the powerdown fix. Could you please update your device to R14.0.4.002 and let me know if you experience any further corruption after powerdown?
Sorry I don't know the answers to all your questions about Legato, it would be best to post those on the Legato forum.
You can however, ssh to your device or use serial console and use "fwupdate markGood" from the command line.
Sorry for the confusion, a misunderstanding on my part. I'm not sure how I concluded you were using R13.
How was the one-click created?
When the corruption occurred, are you absolutely certain the FX30 was running R14.0.4.002? I'm wondering if there's a chance it happened to be running a stock WP image that was installed using the WP one-click. The reason I suspect the device may not have been running the correct version is that other customers who constantly power down their units have not reported any issues since upgrading to R14.0.4.002.


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Resilient, sturdy and fast, the first-ever squirrels date back about forty million years ago and continue to evade the threat of extinction today. This tiny, twitching critter got its name from the Greek "skiouros," meaning shadow-tailed.
Apart from having large incisors that never stop growing and which they continually sharpen on branches and even power lines (causing many a power outage), squirrels also possess the unique superpower of being one of very few mammals that are capable of climbing down a tree head-first, due to their strong and limber claws that lend them incomparable skill in the world of grasping woody surfaces.
These little mammals are at their most active in late winter at the start of their mating games. The males chase both the females and their suitors through the trees at unfathomable speeds, all the while performing stunts that even the most fearless of stuntmen would dare not attempt. The female will usually choose the strongest male available to her, but this is a one-off; the next time she mates it will be with a different partner. Some say this is nature's way of preserving the genetic strength of the species, and may be why squirrels continue to survive and thrive.
A mother squirrel usually gives birth to one or two litters of about four baby squirrels each year, all of which are born completely bald, toothless, blind, and dependent on her for guidance for many weeks. But they grow up strong and they grow up fast—these well-adapted creatures not only live to enjoy excellent vision with their large, incessantly searching eyes, but they are also sexually mature and ready to carry on a legacy that would make Darwin proud only one year into their scuttling, scrambling lives.
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That squirrel isn't related to the huge neurotic rats with fluffy tails that chase dogs (no joke. i've witnessed it) in Mount Royal park, is it?


The vibration of a rotating blade is investigated in this work. A rotor system is built and natural frequencies of the rotating blade are measured and compared with the numerical results from a finite element analysis. The experimental setup has a strain-gage-based telemetry system and a piezoelectric shaker that rotates with the rotor. The finite element model of the beam is derived based on the Timoshenko beam theory. The effects of varying rotating speeds and stagger angles on the blade natural frequencies are studied. The results indicate that the natural frequencies calculated from the finite element model and the experimental values are in good agreement. It is found that the blade natural frequencies increase with the rotating speed in a nonlinear way. The effects of the stagger angle on the measured natural frequencies are not clear.
Fan YC, Ju MS, Tsuei YG. Experimental Study on Vibration of a Rotating Blade. ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 1994;116(3):672-677. doi:10.1115/1.2906872.


National Right to Life Director of State Legislation Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D.
In support of Kansas ban on dismemberment abortions.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback recently signed the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act which will ban dilation and evacuation abortion in his state, a particularly horrendous late term abortion method. Without going into detail, suffice it to say that the name of the procedure along with the quote above accurately describe the abortion technique.
Of course, there is no acceptable way to kill a baby, but this legislation will help the public more clearly understand the unborn child and the devastation of abortion, much like the debate surrounding the ban on the equally gruesome partial birth abortion method several years ago. The debate and discussion humanizes the child to a culture that has been lulled into believing that abortion is simply a word that means "not being pregnant anymore".
Kansas was long recognized as a late term abortion destination in the United States especially when abortionist George Tiller was alive and advertised late term abortions at his facility in Wichita. Now, the legislature and the governor are working to rid the state of this reputation and to save unborn children from this horrible procedure. This type of legislation is the first of its kind in the United States and God willing will spread quickly to other states.
This week, please pray and fast in thanksgiving for these victories for life. Let us also pray fervently for those pro-abortion activists who testified during the committee meetings against these common sense measures. Some of these presenters may be wounded from an abortion decision in the past for themselves or a loved one. Let us pray that they would feel the hand of mercy from their loving Father so they can begin healing.
Thank you for praying and fasting for an end to abortion.


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As predicted the winter months combined with holiday travel have ushered in a surge of COVID-19 cases. On December 27, the country recorded its fourth-highest number of hospitalizations with more than 118,720 COVID-19 patients nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The fallout from the surge in many parts of the country finds hospitals struggling to keep up with not only COVID patients but also with the treatment of non-COVID patients as a result of staff shortages. Medical staffing firms are being called upon to provide hospitals with the additional doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, X-ray technicians and other healthcare providers needed to treat patients.
Traveling nurses in fact are in high demand with many hospitals increasing their weekly wages significantly to beef up their staff with trained individuals who can help care for COVID-19 patients and step in to assist hospital staff who are sick themselves or exhausted. Early in the pandemic, doctors and nurses traveled from unaffected areas to hot spots like California, Washington state and New York to help with regional surges. But now, with virtually every part of the country experiencing a surge — infecting medical professionals in the process — the demand for the finite number of available nurses is becoming more intense.
This has resulted in a boon for healthcare staffing agencies to help augment staffing in hospitals across the country. According to a recent article in Kaiser Health News, in 2018, there were about 31,000 traveling nurses worked nationwide. Now, there are at least 50,000 traveling nurses. Many of these nurses it's believed are postoperative nurses who were laid off when hospitals stopped doing elective surgeries during the first COVID lockdowns. A California staffing firm, for example, has filled more than 13,000 positions during the pandemic. Another firm in New York has grown its administrative staff from 12 to more than 200 since the pandemic began to handle its requests.
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Hell On Earth, Mother Endures C Section Birth Without Anesthetic
by Raise Vegan | August 9, 2018
One mother had to endure a C section birth without anesthetic.
A woman and her fiance are suing Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California after she says doctors performed an emergency cesarean section on her without anesthesia.
Anyone who has experienced an unplanned c-section can attest to it being stressful, and sometimes traumatic. Yet, one mom from Oceanside California, who recently had to have an unscheduled c section birth has unearthed a birthing nightmare.
In the lawsuit, it is alleged that medical staff was unable to locate the onsite anesthesiologist despite numerous attempts, and after 9 minutes, the doctor decided that performing unmedicated major abdominal surgery was the route to take.
Delfina Mota and her fiancé are suing Tri-City Medical Center, claiming medical malpractice and emotional distress from the procedure (No Kidding!).
According to court documents, Mota was 41 weeks pregnant when she checked into the hospital on November 15th, in order to be induced. She was in labor for the majority of the night, and in the small hours of the next morning, the entire birth took a turn that no one could have ever imagined. The frightening scene of when the fetal heartbeat couldn't be detected by the doctor Sandra Lopez and Dr. Lopez called for an emergency c section birth, which would be standard practice.
Mota had been administered an epidural the night she checked in was then wheeled to the operating room and the anesthesiologist was called multiple times and couldn't be located. It was at this point, that the epidural had "no effect on the surgical site for the C-section, which was located on her abdomen," according to the lawsuit.
What you are about to read is graphic, and not for the faint of heart.
At this point, the doctor, Lopez, who didn't wait for the anesthesiologist to reach the operating room, ordered Mota to be strapped down to the bed by staff despite pleading and screams.
She then cut her abdomen. The doctor's "Operative Report" is quoted in the complaint, and she stated that she made the incision without anesthesia and separated Mota's abdomen muscles to reach her uterus before the anesthesiologist walked into the room.
"[Mota] was crying and screaming at the top of her lungs, that she could feel everything that was happening and was also pleading for help, and for Defendants to stop cutting her," until she passed out, according to the complaint.
Motas' partner who was being restrained in the hallway by staff while this was happening, could her hear screaming in agony. He recalled to the Los Angeles Times, "I heard the screams, the horrific screams. That's when I realized they were cutting her without anesthesia."
Mota and Iheanachor shared with the L.A. Times that they're now proud parents of a 7-month-old baby girl named Calli. Nonetheless, if the series of events did play out as the lawsuit alleges, the new mom has likely had to do a great deal of emotional healing, as well as physical.
A spokesperson for the medical center said in a statement: "Patient safety and quality are the utmost priorities for Tri-City Medical Center and all of our partners. Tri-City Healthcare District cannot comment further on pending litigation."
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I used that data and added it to my App List in SharePoint. In this post I will explain how we also can interact with our personal Timeline using the App Framework. If a song is added to the Playlist, an update is posted on the users Timeline.
To Read and Write from/to the Personal Timeline we need 2 specific permissions in 2 different scopes. Reading from the Timeline needs 'Read' permissions with Scope 'User Profiles'. Writing however needs 'Write' permissions with Scope 'Tenant'.
Just to show that posting to the users Timeline was successful, the Timeline of the current user is displayed next to the Charts. A persons Timeline can be fetched using the REST interface.
The SocialDataItem is used to create a link within the Update. After this the only thing that is needed is to ExecuteQueryAsync().
In this case Marcel opened the App to add a track to the Playlist. Marcel also follows the administrator and therefor sees updates of administrator in his Timeline too.


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Writer Gadi Taub Is Born
Gadi Taub poses for a portrait at Columbia University, Monday, October 02, 2017. (Photo Credit: Natan Dvir)
Writer and academic Gadi Taub, a leading commentator on the meaning of modern Zionism, is born in Jerusalem. Taub's grandparents were Zionist pioneers who arrived in Palestine in the 1920s during the British Mandate, and Taub's father fought in the 1948 War of Independence after escaping Czechoslavakia in 1939.
After completing his military service, Taub begins writing for and presenting on children's television and radio programs. He earns a bachelor's degree in history at Tel Aviv University while writing a book of influential essays and a book of popular short stories. He receives a doctorate from Rutgers University in New Jersey with a thesis on American liberalism, and he begins a career as an instructor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He writes several books about Zionism. He calls the West Bank settler movement a negation of Zionism, which he sees as advocating the rights of all peoples to have national self-determination. He supports the creation of a Palestinian state. He writes a regular column for a series of Israeli newspapers and contributes opinion articles to newspapers and magazines in other nations. He also appears as a panelist on political television programs.
Beyond his academic work and political commentary, Taub writes novels and works in the entertainment industry. His young-adult novel "The Witch From 3 Melchet Street," about unrequited love, is turned into a film in 2005. He adapts his own novel "Allenby St.," about strip clubs in Tel Aviv, into a TV series, and he writes, directs and acts in the TV series "Harem."


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Q: Transparent equivalent of given color I've had this a few times, so here goes: I'm making some plots which hold curves with estimates of a parameter given a tuning parameter.
Typically, I also have SDs for each estimated value, so I could show error bars around each of them.
However, I don't like error bars, and would prefer some smoothed version of it. This is in itself no problem (ie I know how to do this). However, my plot contains several of these similar curves, each one in its own color. So I would like to add the 'smoothed errorregion' to each curve in a color that matches the color of the curve itself. Of course, I would like to do this somewhat transparently, so I can still see the other curves through the 'error region'.
So, my question is: given a color (specified by either a number, a name or an rgb value --- note the first two pose an extra problem, but this is occurring rather often, as the basic plotting functions take these as valid color values), how can I find find the matching color that has the same rgb but a different (given) alpha level (transparency). I would like a function like:
makeTransparent<-function(someColor, alpha=100)
{
  newColor<-someColor + alpha #I wish
  return(newColor)
}

This should work for things like:
makeTransparent(2)
makeTransparent("red")
makeTransparent(rgb(0,0,1))

Edit I hate it when I miss something obvious, but @themel pointed me to it (thx again). Here's a full solution (note: works vectorized, so you can pass more than one color; only one alpha is supported at this time though):
#note: always pass alpha on the 0-255 scale
makeTransparent<-function(someColor, alpha=100)
{
  newColor<-col2rgb(someColor)
  apply(newColor, 2, function(curcoldata){rgb(red=curcoldata[1], green=curcoldata[2],
    blue=curcoldata[3],alpha=alpha, maxColorValue=255)})
}

A: There is a function adjustcolor in grDevices package coming with the base installation of R, that works like this in your case:
    adjustcolor( "red", alpha.f = 0.2)

A: I think is more common to specify alpha in [0,1]. This function do that, plus accept several colors as arguments:
makeTransparent = function(..., alpha=0.5) {

  if(alpha<0 | alpha>1) stop("alpha must be between 0 and 1")

  alpha = floor(255*alpha)
  newColor = col2rgb(col=unlist(list(...)), alpha=FALSE)

  .makeTransparent = function(col, alpha) {
    rgb(red=col[1], green=col[2], blue=col[3], alpha=alpha, maxColorValue=255)
  }

  newColor = apply(newColor, 2, .makeTransparent, alpha=alpha)

  return(newColor)

}

And, to test:
makeTransparent(2, 4)
[1] "#FF00007F" "#0000FF7F"
makeTransparent("red", "blue")
[1] "#FF00007F" "#0000FF7F"
makeTransparent(rgb(1,0,0), rgb(0,0,1))
[1] "#FF00007F" "#0000FF7F"

makeTransparent("red", "blue", alpha=0.8)
[1] "#FF0000CC" "#0000FFCC"

A: Have you had a look at ?rgb?

Usage:
rgb(red, green, blue, alpha, names = NULL, maxColorValue = 1)
An alpha transparency value can also be specified (as an opacity,
  so '0' means fully transparent and 'max' means opaque).  If
  alpha' is not specified, an opaque colour is generated.

The alpha parameter is for specifying transparency.  col2rgb splits R colors specified in other ways into RGB so you can feed them to rgb.

A: Converting valuable comment to answer:
Use alpha from package scales - first argument is colour, second alpha (in 0-1 range).
Or write function overt it:
makeTransparent <- function(someColor, alpha=100) scales::alpha(someColor, alpha/100)

A: Easily convert hexidecimal colour codes like so
adjustcolor("#F8766D", alpha.f = 0.2)
[1] "#F8766D33"

To confirm it worked:
library(scales)
show_col(c("#F8766D", "#F8766D33"))

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