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Samantha Power's First Week: When Activists are Diplomats, and Diplomats are Activists
By: Mark Leon Goldberg on August 12, 2013
If the activities of her first week in office are any indication of how she will approach her new job, Samantha Power has signaled strongly that she will be a US Ambassador the United Nations cut from a different cloth than her predecessors.
Susan Rice spent her first years at the UN repairing the damage to the UN (and American alliances) afflicted by the previous administration. The later part of her tenure was defined by huge disagreements between the west and Russia over Syria. Those disagreements persist, but it is becoming clear that Ambassador Power is looking beyond traditional mechanisms of diplomacy to pursue her priorities at the UN.
On her first day in office — before even her first meeting at the Security Council — Ambassador Power held a Q and A with a group of young refugees who were recently resettled by the International Rescue Committee. Later she hosted a Google Hangout with human rights activists around the world.
On Saturday night, she gave her first public address as US Ambassador to the UN. She chose a summit of youth activists convened by Invisible Children (the group behind the #StopKony video and movement) as her audience. Her first public remarks as US ambassador are a call to action for the activist community from which she came.
But the new tools that make progress possible can also be used to hold it back. Those who seek to repress their own people and to export hate and fear, are as savvy as this next generation of human rights activists. Since 2002, twenty countries have introduced new restrictions on the freedom of civil society groups to operate, learning from one another in a global marketplace of ideas that shares the bad as well as the good. That is why we need your positive moral vision more than ever. We need your vision of justice to win over those who fear it. We need your vision of freedom to overwhelm those who rely on repression. We need your vision of equality and tolerance to overcome those who propagate division and terror. And we need you to act so your vision prevails.
You are not just activists. You are leaders. You are diplomats. And we who have the privilege to serve in government can learn a lot from watching you. I take three lessons from you about what matters. [emphasis mine]
First, what matters are results – most everything else is just noise. Invisible Children could have gotten self-satisfied that 2 million people watched its Kony 2012 video and thrust the organization into the limelight. But this new generation understands that the video is not what matters; the number of twitter followers is not what matters. These are just means to an end; indeed Invisible Children the organization is a means to an end. What matters is the real world scoreboard.
And the scoreboard does not measure hits or tweets, any more than it measures the number of times the Security Council meets on an issue. The scoreboard measures whether more LRA soldiers are defecting and whether fewer people are dying. In 2012, the UN says the Ugandan-led, U.S.-supported operations helped reduce the LRA's killings of civilians by more than 63%, according to the UN. That's what counts. This focus on results, this clarity of conviction about why we do what we do every day – it's needed at the UN, and it's needed as a benchmark for our diplomacy.
Second, what matters to us in government is our partnership with you. We need your voices and energy. We need your ideas and sense of mission. We need your activism and your action. And since the most sustainable and effective policies are those with public support, your activism enables us to do more.
Often when President Obama meets with activists – even those who are his critics – he thanks them for expanding the base of political support for a just foreign policy. After all, without you, it is not at all obvious that there would be such strong bi-partisan support for sending U.S. military advisors to central Africa to help defeat a warlord. It is not obvious that the United States would be the world's most generous supporter of life-saving medications for people living with HIV/AIDS. And for all of the polarization and disagreements in Washington, people largely agree on the importance of promoting human rights around the world. This shared commitment, reinforced and strengthened by your engagement, gives us the kind of political capital that we as diplomats need. It enables us to push back against those who would have us disengage or look the other way.
Third, what matters are individuals. We need a people-centered foreign policy. We have to escape the bubbles we create and inhabit, and find ways to hear from the individuals whose lives our policies touch. The refugee who fled the violence in Syria as the Security Council fails to respond. The villager in Eastern DRC who depends on the UN's largest peacekeeping mission for protection in a country suffering from a decades-long conflict. The parents who lost a baby boy or girl to preventable disease.
Samantha Power has been a White House insider since 2009. But as the National Security Council director for multilateral affairs she kept a fairly low public profile. The job of an ambassador is necessarily high profile — and necessarily public facing. It is becoming apparent that she intends to use her platform to support, engage and bolster the activist and the advocacy community.
This is not just payback to her constituency, but the recognition that a more empowered advocacy community would give allies like her greater leverage in coming debates at the UN and inside the US government. This is very much an activist's theory of change — it is how outsiders believe they can affect and influence policy decisions. Ambassador Power now has the opportunity to apply that theory from the inside, out. And she is more than just an ally of the community, she is a scion of it.
The US ambassador to the UN and multitudes of activists around the world working in tandem can be a powerful force for change. The key question going forward is around what issues, debates, and decisions will she call upon the activist community to mobilize–and what actions will they urge her to take?
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Giro d'Italia results & GC: Pascal Ackermann wins stage two in Fucecchio
Germany's Pascal Ackermann won the second Giro d'Italia stage in Fucecchio, Italy, today.
The Bora-Hansgrohe rider, who won on his Corsa Rosa debut, completed the 205km Bartali Stage, which kicked off in Bologna, in a time of 4:44:43.
Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick Step) held on for second place, with Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) third.
Ackermann, who is this year's Eschborn-Frankfurt, Clásica de Almería and Bredene-Koksijde Classic champion, said he was "so happy" with his stage win.
"It was my first chance to win a stage and we did it great. I think that all the team is more motivated and it's good for the next three weeks."
Team Jumbo-Visma's Primoz Roglic finished safely in the group and kept his pink jersey as riders head into the 220km third stage, which travels from Vinci to Orbetello.
"We'll see for how long I can retain the Maglia Rosa. I'll be the happiest if I carry it in Verona," said Roglic.
"We enjoy being in this position with the whole team for the moment."
View more results below.
Bora-Hansgrohe's Pascal Ackermann, pictured winning stage two of the Criterium du Dauphine last year, won the second Giro d'Italia stage in Fucecchio, Italy, today. Photo: Alex Broadway/A.S.O
Stage two results
1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:44:43
2. Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-Quick Step
3. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto-Soudal
4. Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates
5. Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
6. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
7. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin
8. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto-Soudal
9. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
10. Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
*Selected
11. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 4:47:42
2. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +0:00:19
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:00:23
4. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team +0:00:28
5. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:00:33
7. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos +0:00:35
8. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo +0:00:39
9. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:00:40
10. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +0:00:42
73. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +0:01:46

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Conor calls on government to address TTIP concerns to deliver the jobs, growth and fairer deal for consumers
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Commenting on TTIP Conor said:
"Much has been debated in recent months on TTIP, and it is both welcome and vital that this deal is receiving proper scrutiny from trade unions, civil society and business.
"I have heard from a number of constituents about their concerns on TTIP, for example that it could include insufficient exemptions for the NHS and other public services; that it could lead to serious legal challenges; and that the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) could result in transferring power away from people. These are all reasons why pushing for more transparency and accountability is vital.
"We also need to recognise potential benefits that a deal on trade could provide forхЪBritain's workers and industries. Britain is a trading nation and balanced trade deals have a positive impact on jobs and growth. It is therefore crucial then that any benefits which an EU-US trade deal delivers filters down to employees, small businesses and consumers, that the deal is open and accountable, and that it does not dilute current labour, consumer, environmental and food safety standards.
"Trade deals also provide unique opportunities to properly regulate global trade. This means we need careful and reflective thinking because in a rapidly changing global economy we are increasingly trading with countries, for example China, whose labour laws do not match our high standards. A balanced TTIP, one that promotes, rather than weakens social, labour and environmental standards, regulating a quarter of all global trade, could provide a welcome departure from a race to the bottom.
"The proposals should receive proper scrutiny at both a UK and EU level and that any final deal must have transparency and accountability at its heart. I was disappointed that the Coalition Government paid such little attention to these concerns and I believe it is important the current Government ensure they are covered in the negotiating process.
"I fought the General Election on a Labour manifesto that recognised the potential benefits of TTIP, but emphasised that any final agreement needs to ensure that the NHS is protected, promotes decent jobs and avoids a race to the bottom. Labour MEPs have also made the case in the European Parliament to exclude public services – including our NHS – from TTIP negotiations and to ensure workers' rights, environmental standards and food safety standards are protected. A number of worries similar to our own have been raised by other EU member states and these will need to be reflected to secure agreement and therefore will have to be taken on board by the European Commission.
"I hope that the Government now listen and respond to these concerns. I can assure you that I will follow this issue very closely and press the Government to ensure that TTIP delivers the jobs, growth and fairer deal for consumers we all want to see."
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We have just finished renovations of this amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home! New floors, new plumbing and fresh paint throughout. Gorgeous, updated master bedroom has tons of built in storage and its own completely remodeled master bathroom. This home also has a nice, glass blocked sunroom, a fenced in backyard and a one car garage. Security alarm is $50 per month. Section 8 welcome.


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Did you hang this on your wall?
Looks great man! Is that yellow heart I see in there? Give an end grain cutting board a go, they are super durable! I use CBdesigner (just google it) and it helps with the planing and layouts for end grain design. Its crazy the designs some people can do with end grain boards.
Such a fun build! We would love to see it with the strawberry plants in it, too!
That is AWESOME!! Exactly like I would like to live! What state do you guys live in?
Just food grade mineral oil. You don't want any chemicals near food and no oils that will go rancid (such as vegetable oils). End-Grain cutting boards take quite a bit longer to make and they add a lot more waste in sawdust from the extra cuts, but they are totally worth it. If this board gets oiled regularly it should last a life time and never show any sign of wear.
ohh I really like that finish on top.
Such a neat design! Both a useful and beautiful gift!
She will love it. Well done. I really like the fact you made your own branding iron. That is very cool.
Thank you mrpip. It was actually a lot easier than I expected. Finding the solid brass was the hard part but one of my suppliers for work came through for me. If you try it I would recommend cutting the stencil out with a xacto knife and using finger nail polish to put the logo onto the brass.
Awesome! What did you use for finish?
Wow - this is beautiful! What a great way to make such a big moment so special and more personal and heartfelt. She is a very lucky lady!
So thoughtful! We like the wood you chose - any particular reasoning for these two types of wood? Congratulations!
What an amazing box. It looks like you worked very hard on this.... My question is how did she not find out must have taken you a very long time. She is a very lucky lady that is for sure, do you make anything that you sale? I would be very interested to see what you all you can make. That for sure is a talent.
The new fence totally transforms the yard! Great work!
Thank you Ryobi! The pictures really don't even do it justice. The highlight of the entire project was how we inspired the rest of the neighborhood to clean up their yards and finish some of their projects.
This is the cutest simplest dog bed that I have seen, but it fits the dog so easily, so easy for him to get in and out of.
All the dog beds I had looked at or designs I had seen were (in my opinion) ugly and more complicated than they needed to be. This one works perfect for us and solved a space problem we had in the room. My bulldog absolutely loves laying on it and watching all the elementary kids go by every afternoon.
This is such a great idea! My dog is constantly on our furniture (couches and beds). I think he likes to be up off the floor. After all it is his house - we are just lucky enough to live with him :) He loves to lay in front of the front door so he can see out into the neighborhood at what is going on. I think this would be a great idea to put in front of a window like you did so he can still see out but be off the floor. And hey - maybe it will keep him off the furniture too! Looks great and seems like an easy project even for a girl like me. I look forward to trying it!
You're pup will love it! Super simple and it can be done with any scrap wood (pallets or fencing) so its cheap too.


Sad to see SOE Live end; it's always an awesome time. Be sure to watch Massively.com for a slew of stuff on this years convention, including a full gallery of pics and even a video (assuming that comes out decent enough!).


The most famous crunchy biscuits for years, with lots of sesame and oil. Perfect to accompany our coffee or milk made even better when we dive into the drink.
So good for our body with olive oil and sesame, appeal to all ages and is easy to take with us to enjoy at work or at school for kids. Eaten all day and when you eat the first is difficult to stop. Therefore the dose make many, you do not do the mistake to make less because will regret it later.
I put the sesame seeds in a colander and wash 2-3 times with plenty of water. The wring well, spread on a kitchen towel (old why lubricated) and cover with it.
I make alisiva by putting a pan double the amount of water and dissolving means 1 tablespoon clean ashes (originating from wood without chemical). Just boil the mixture for 1 minute, remove from heat and having leave 10-15 minutes 'sit' ashes at the bottom, slowly get the top of the liquid into another bowl, leaving the pot ash and a portion of the liquid. I leave it to cool completely and then with a strainer that means I put cotton strain again the liquid into another container and have ready the alisiva.
In a large bowl mix olive oil, sugar, raki, alisiva, lemon zest, cinnamon and cloves. Split orange juice in two equal parts, to one dissolve the ammonia and throw in the big bowl and the other dissolve soda and add it and the bowl.
Mix well the ingredients by hand and gradually throw the flour until a dough that does not stick in my hands. I lay in the bowl, cover with a film and leave in the fridge to rest for half an hour.
When I remove it from the refrigerator, I get a bit of the dough at a time (18gr) make a little ball and open a stick length of about 10 cm. Then I roll the stick on the sesame seeds to stick well and put the pan on greaseproof paper.
Baking the pans in pairs in a preheated oven in air at 1800 C for 25 - 30 minutes, to darken the color. After that period Remove from the oven, leave to cool 2 minutes and put in onto rack to cool completely.
Eaten cold and I keep in tightly closed box.


The technology consultant falls short of revised estimates in its first quarter as sales fall 22 percent from the prior quarter.
Sapient posted a wider-than-expected loss in its first quarter Thursday, losing $6.2 million, or 5 cents a share, on sales of $109.1 million.
First Call consensus pegged the technology consultant to lose 4 cents a share on sales of $125.2 million.
Sapient shares closed off 88 cents to $12.12 ahead of the earnings report before falling to $11.79 in after-hours trading.
The $109.1 million in sales marks a 9 percent improvement from the year-ago quarter when it earned $12.7 million, or 10 cents a share, on sales of $100.3 million.
"While we are satisfied that our results were in line with previous guidance, it is clearly a challenging market, and our financial performance reflects that," said Chief Executive Officer Edward Goldfinger in a release. "The combination of our strong balance sheet and the restructuring actions we took will allow us to continue to invest in our core strategic initiatives."
Earlier in the quarter, Sapient warned that it would fall short of analysts' sales and earnings estimates in the quarter. It also announced it would lay off 720 employees, roughly 20 percent of its work force. Those layoffs resulted in a one-time restructuring charge of $47.3 million this quarter.
Including one-time charges, Sapient posted a net loss of $48.3 million, or 39 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $11.9 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter.
Last quarter, it posted a profit of 10 cents a share on sales of $139.1 million.
Its shares moved up to a 52-week high of $74.53 in August before tumbling to a low of $5.23 in April.
Fifteen of the 26 analysts tracking the stock rate it a "hold."


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Back Home Arts & Culture Arts & Culture Categories Travel Mai Chau: A Delicate Balance of Mass Tourism and Independent Travel
Mai Chau: A Delicate Balance of Mass Tourism and Independent Travel
Published on Wednesday, 11 April 2018 10:00
Written by Dana Filek-Gibson. Photos by Dana Filek-Gibson.
With around 13 million international visitors last year, not to mention an ever-increasing number of domestic tourists, Vietnam's tourism industry is growing at a rapid pace. Across the country, local officials have sought to develop their province's destinations, while tourism providers seek to invest in scores of new man-made attractions.
Though these efforts have already begun in Mai Chau, for now the area's approach to visitors is a refreshing take on local tourism: laid-back, welcoming and able to cater to the increasingly diverse group of tourists coming to Vietnam.
After a two-hour ride from Hanoi, I arrived in town and found a homestay among the cluster of traditional Thai stilt houses in the area. My host, Hien, gave me the lay of the land. There was Poom Coong, the modest village around us, home to a few homestay-restaurant hybrids and a craft shop or two. They didn't get too many visitors, she explained. It was quiet, and usually preferred by solo travelers and small groups. On foot, you could cover Poom Coong in 10 minutes or less.
Stilt houses and Thai embroidery in Poom Coong.
Next door is the slightly noisier neighboring village of Ban Lac. Roughly twice the size of Poom Coong, it is still easily covered on foot, though the main road is much more active: morning, noon and night, women man the barbecues in front of a pair of restaurants, while its souvenir shops feature a wide variety of items, including the requisite backpacker pants and dreaded banana print attire that have become ubiquitous across Vietnam.
Larger groups – students from Hanoi, Chinese tourists, the odd handful of middle-aged Europeans – stroll the narrow streets snapping photos and shopping for knickknacks. Where Poom Coong remains a smaller, quieter destination, Ban Lac makes a more concerted effort to draw in visitors and help them part ways with their money.
Ban Lac's souvenir-heavy streets.
Hien relayed this information without judgment as she picked at the lunch dishes scattered across our table. Though their personalities were different, she argued, the two towns complemented one another. Groups tend to prefer the lights and noise of Ban Lac, while independent tourists and those traveling by motorbike stick to Poom Coong. If you didn't like one, you stayed in the other; if you didn't like either, then perhaps Mai Chau was not the destination for you.
Logical as this attitude may seem, it is not always present in Vietnam's travel industry. Though tourism infrastructure is often a welcome development at local destinations, some "improvements" draw mixed reactions from visitors, not to mention local residents. In Sapa, for instance, construction has transformed the sleepy hill town into a fast-growing tourism hub for the northwest, complete with a cable car to Vietnam's highest peak. In Ha Long, known for its local folklore and stunning natural scenery, you can now visit Southeast Asia's largest theme park.
For some tourists, the modern spectacle of a roller coaster on a UNESCO-protected bay or a safari park on the shores of Phu Quoc is a welcome one. Others prefer to appreciate nature without the contemporary touches of tourism development. These contrasting approaches to travel are, perhaps, one of Vietnam's greatest tourism challenges: how will the country cater to the vastly different wants and needs of international travelers from all corners of the globe?
For now, it seems, different destinations are content to appeal to different people. Earlier this month I took a trip to Nha Trang, where nearly every visitor I encountered was part of a large Russian or Chinese tour group. For better or worse, gone were the twenty-something western backpackers roaming the blocks of tourist-friendly shops and restaurants near the beach. Hoi An, on the other hand, seems to maintain its attraction among independent tourists, even as massive groups of camera-toting Europeans traipse through the streets of the Old Town.
Rice fields surround Mai Chau.
As an up-and-coming destination, Mai Chau has managed to provide tourists with the best of both worlds, at least for now. Whether you're wandering the more commercial streets of Ban Lac or taking a quiet walk through Poom Coong, the hard sell of many other Vietnamese tourist destinations does not come in to play. Beyond these two villages, the narrow, concrete paths leading deeper into the Mai Chau countryside are frequented by visitors on bicycles and quiet, environmentally friendly electric carts. Dense, green hills roll into sprawling rice fields, occasionally interrupted by a small house or drinks shop. With most of the town itself clustered around Route 15, a turn off the highway and onto Mai Chau's smaller roads is all it takes to find yourself off the beaten path.
But perhaps best of all is Mai Chau's approach to sightseeing and other tourism activities. For families like Hien's, the rise in local visitor numbers has meant a small but steady income by way of homestay guests and a handful of other services, but nobody in Poom Coong or Ban Lac seems eager to change the surrounding landscapes to appease their guests.
For the more adventurous, it's worth heading out past Go Lao Falls to Ba Khan, an area overlooking Song Da Lake. Though its turquoise waters and surrounding shores aren't set up for heavy tourism, the trip affords a scenic drive at the very least and, if you're lucky, an opportunity to hire a boat and get out on the water among Song Da's tree-covered islands. A newly opened branch of Asia Outdoors also operates rock climbing, kayaking and trekking tours out of Mai Chau, while a handful of enterprising residents in Poom Coong and Ban Lac can also point you in the direction of local caves and Sunday markets, which tend to draw not only the Thai, Mai Chau's largest ethnic group, but also H'mong and Muong vendors.
Mai Chau's low valley gives way to mountain roads and Go Lao Falls (top right) before leading on to views of Song Da Lake (bottom image).
As Vietnam's tourism development seeks to provide for a diverse group of both foreign and domestic travelers, change is an inevitability. But for the moment, at least, Mai Chau seems to have its own brand of easygoing local tourism figured out.
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Promote the allocation of funds to the reskilling of 45+.
Launching a public awareness raising campaign to reach out to more than 2.5 million 45+ people in Spain in 2017. This, to answer to the need of many 45+ people who suffer a large gap with the knowledge and skills requested by the labour market.
Launching a wide series of teaching programmes aimed at elderly people still in their working years, to boost their digital skills abilities and knowledge, to make them gain the competencies required by the jobs of today's and near future's society.
Association that supports people over 45+ years of age who wish to continue working and that reminds institutions that the right to work is enshrined in the Spanish Constitution.
Elderly people will be capable to use digital skills either in their working environments as in their private lives, ensuring their possibility to remain in the labour market and keeping up their will to contribute to the knowledge and progress of the Spanish society.
We develop a wide, comprehensive range of digital skills learning, tailored to the competencies required by, amongst other sectors, Services, Industry, Health and Commerce. A number of entities working in lifelong learning for adults will be involved in the programme.
Innovative solutions adapted to 45 learners, will allowing them to gain fast and easily the skills they need to access online and digital services.


Download the supporting PDF file for this episode [url]http://bit.ly/fk8gAF[/url] from the Learning to Teach Online project website.
So many resources are now being freely shared online that it can be advantageous for teachers and students to develop an understanding of appropriate and legal use. This episode identifies different types of online resources including scholarly material available online through libraries, and highlights copyright considerations for using existing material from the Internet in your teaching. It also discusses the benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER), where teachers can freely access and contribute to a wide range of learning and teaching resources from institutions around the world.


When Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 845 back in December, we were not anticipating that OEMs would immediately announce portable machines touting Snapdragon chipsets and running Windows 10 at the same time. At the time, HP and ASUS announced its 2-in-1 portables that could deliver up to 22 hours of battery life.
Well, the HP Envy x2 is now available for pre-order, but it will still carry a hefty price tag if you want to experience that 22-hour battery life. One thing you must keep in mind is that you will not be able to experience a whole lot of performance as Snapdragon chipsets might be able to hold their own in a given of situations but in the end, Intel and AMD processors will outclass it in pure performance numbers.
The HP Envy x2 features a $999 price tag and will be running Windows 10 S. The detachable PC looks very similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro but it is extremely thin and light. Measuring just 6.9mm in thickness, the HP Envy x2 weighs just 1.54 pounds.
Using the nano-SIM card tray, you can enjoy 4G LTE speeds on this device and the 12.3-inch display should be sufficient for doing a variable number of things on the 2-in-1. This can range from an abundant amount of media consumption, to word processing and browsing.
Apple Supplier Pegatron Will Manufacture ARM Powered 'Star' Notebook; Cupertino Taking First Steps In Its Intel-to-ARM Transition?


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New Approach Cuts Odds for Anal Cancer in People With HIV
Treating precancerous anal growths in people with HIV slashes their risk of anal cancer by more than half, according to a new study.
Researchers found that treating these growths - called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) - is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of anal cancer.
"We've now shown for the first time that treating anal HSIL is effective at reducing the incidence of anal cancer in a very high-risk group of people - people living with HIV," study leader Dr. Joel Palefsky said in a U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) news release. Palefsky is with the University of California, San Francisco.
The trial included nearly 4,500 people with HIV across the United States who were diagnosed with these precancerous lesions during an anoscopy, a procedure to examine the inner lining of the anus and rectum. Participants, who were 35 and older, were randomly assigned to receive treatment or active monitoring with no treatment.
Most of those who received treatment underwent electrocautery, in which heat from an electric current is used to destroy abnormal tissue.
After a median follow-up of just over two years, anal cancer had been diagnosed in 21 patients in the active monitoring group, compared with nine patients in the treatment group - a 57% difference.
Most side effects in the treatment group were mild and included pain and bleeding, according to the cancer institute-funded study. The findings were published June 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"By showing that treatment for HSIL reduces the risk of anal cancer, this study also provides a rationale for screening for anal HSIL in people with HIV," said Dr. Robert Yarchoan, director of NCI's Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy.
Anal cancer is relatively rare in the general population, but is the fourth most common cancer among people living with HIV, according to the NCI.
Nearly all cases of anal cancer are caused by infection from human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination can prevent anal HPV infections, but there are no evidence-based recommendations on screening for and treatment of anal HSIL.
The study findings highlight the need for additional training of health care providers, as well as more research on effective methods for screening and treating HSIL, Palefsky said.
The American Cancer Society has more on anal cancer.
SOURCE: U.S. National Cancer Institute, news release, June 15, 2022
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: AIDS/HIV
Therapy &, Procedures: Misc.


The Hairy Hooligan's are recruiting potential tribe members at SHDC. You will be judged at the end as to whether you will be able to go forward into the Dragon Initiation Program. Make a horned hat and practice your yelling, start your own 'Incomplete book of Dragons' notebook with the dragons that visit Shropshire. Learn some dragonese (if you swear never to let Gobber the Belch know who you learned it from). Practice catching sheep launched from a catapult.
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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.retention;

import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionFuture;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchAction;
import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.mock.orig.Mockito;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.FixedExecutorBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.action.DeleteModelSnapshotAction;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.Job;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.JobTests;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndex;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.process.autodetect.state.ModelSnapshot;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.retention.AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.TestListener;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.same;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

public class ExpiredModelSnapshotsRemoverTests extends ESTestCase {

    private Client client;
    private ThreadPool threadPool;
    private List<SearchRequest> capturedSearchRequests;
    private List<DeleteModelSnapshotAction.Request> capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests;
    private List<SearchResponse> searchResponsesPerCall;
    private TestListener listener;

    @Before
    public void setUpTests() {
        capturedSearchRequests = new ArrayList<>();
        capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests = new ArrayList<>();
        searchResponsesPerCall = new ArrayList<>();
        client = mock(Client.class);
        listener = new TestListener();

        // Init thread pool
        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
                .put("node.name", "expired_model_snapshots_remover_test")
                .build();
        threadPool = new ThreadPool(settings,
                new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, MachineLearning.UTILITY_THREAD_POOL_NAME, 1, 1000, ""));
    }

    @After
    public void shutdownThreadPool() {
        terminate(threadPool);
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenJobsWithoutRetentionPolicy() throws IOException {
        givenClientRequestsSucceed();
        givenJobs(Arrays.asList(
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("foo").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("bar").build()
        ));

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> false);

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(true));
        verify(client).search(any());
        Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(client);
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenJobWithoutActiveSnapshot() throws IOException {
        givenClientRequestsSucceed();
        givenJobs(Collections.singletonList(JobTests.buildJobBuilder("foo").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(7L).build()));

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> false);

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(true));
        verify(client).search(any());
        Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(client);
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenJobsWithMixedRetentionPolicies() throws IOException {
        givenClientRequestsSucceed();
        givenJobs(Arrays.asList(
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("none").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-1").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(7L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-2").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(17L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build()
        ));

        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots1JobSnapshots = Arrays.asList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_1"),
                createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_2"));
        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots2JobSnapshots = Collections.singletonList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-2", "snapshots-2_1"));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots1JobSnapshots));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots2JobSnapshots));

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> false);

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(true));

        assertThat(capturedSearchRequests.size(), equalTo(2));
        SearchRequest searchRequest = capturedSearchRequests.get(0);
        assertThat(searchRequest.indices(), equalTo(new String[] {AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName("snapshots-1")}));
        searchRequest = capturedSearchRequests.get(1);
        assertThat(searchRequest.indices(), equalTo(new String[] {AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName("snapshots-2")}));

        assertThat(capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.size(), equalTo(3));
        DeleteModelSnapshotAction.Request deleteSnapshotRequest = capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.get(0);
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getJobId(), equalTo("snapshots-1"));
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getSnapshotId(), equalTo("snapshots-1_1"));
        deleteSnapshotRequest = capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.get(1);
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getJobId(), equalTo("snapshots-1"));
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getSnapshotId(), equalTo("snapshots-1_2"));
        deleteSnapshotRequest = capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.get(2);
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getJobId(), equalTo("snapshots-2"));
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getSnapshotId(), equalTo("snapshots-2_1"));
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenTimeout() throws IOException {
        givenClientRequestsSucceed();
        givenJobs(Arrays.asList(
            JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-1").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(7L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build(),
            JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-2").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(17L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build()
        ));

        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots1JobSnapshots = Arrays.asList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_1"),
            createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_2"));
        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots2JobSnapshots = Collections.singletonList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-2", "snapshots-2_1"));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots1JobSnapshots));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots2JobSnapshots));

        final int timeoutAfter = randomIntBetween(0, 1);
        AtomicInteger attemptsLeft = new AtomicInteger(timeoutAfter);

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> (attemptsLeft.getAndDecrement() <= 0));

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(false));
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenClientSearchRequestsFail() throws IOException {
        givenClientSearchRequestsFail();
        givenJobs(Arrays.asList(
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("none").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-1").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(7L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-2").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(17L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build()
        ));

        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots1JobSnapshots = Arrays.asList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_1"),
                createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_2"));
        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots2JobSnapshots = Collections.singletonList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-2", "snapshots-2_1"));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots1JobSnapshots));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots2JobSnapshots));

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> false);

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(false));

        assertThat(capturedSearchRequests.size(), equalTo(1));
        SearchRequest searchRequest = capturedSearchRequests.get(0);
        assertThat(searchRequest.indices(), equalTo(new String[] {AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName("snapshots-1")}));

        assertThat(capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.size(), equalTo(0));
    }

    public void testRemove_GivenClientDeleteSnapshotRequestsFail() throws IOException {
        givenClientDeleteModelSnapshotRequestsFail();
        givenJobs(Arrays.asList(
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("none").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-1").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(7L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build(),
                JobTests.buildJobBuilder("snapshots-2").setModelSnapshotRetentionDays(17L).setModelSnapshotId("active").build()
        ));

        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots1JobSnapshots = Arrays.asList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_1"),
                createModelSnapshot("snapshots-1", "snapshots-1_2"));
        List<ModelSnapshot> snapshots2JobSnapshots = Collections.singletonList(createModelSnapshot("snapshots-2", "snapshots-2_1"));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots1JobSnapshots));
        searchResponsesPerCall.add(AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(snapshots2JobSnapshots));

        createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover().remove(listener, () -> false);

        listener.waitToCompletion();
        assertThat(listener.success, is(false));

        assertThat(capturedSearchRequests.size(), equalTo(1));
        SearchRequest searchRequest = capturedSearchRequests.get(0);
        assertThat(searchRequest.indices(), equalTo(new String[] {AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName("snapshots-1")}));

        assertThat(capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.size(), equalTo(1));
        DeleteModelSnapshotAction.Request deleteSnapshotRequest = capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.get(0);
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getJobId(), equalTo("snapshots-1"));
        assertThat(deleteSnapshotRequest.getSnapshotId(), equalTo("snapshots-1_1"));
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private void givenJobs(List<Job> jobs) throws IOException {
        SearchResponse response = AbstractExpiredJobDataRemoverTests.createSearchResponse(jobs);

        ActionFuture<SearchResponse> future = mock(ActionFuture.class);
        when(future.actionGet()).thenReturn(response);
        when(client.search(any())).thenReturn(future);
    }

    private ExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover createExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover() {
        return new ExpiredModelSnapshotsRemover(client, threadPool);
    }

    private static ModelSnapshot createModelSnapshot(String jobId, String snapshotId) {
        return new ModelSnapshot.Builder(jobId).setSnapshotId(snapshotId).build();
    }

//    private static SearchResponse createSearchResponse(List<ModelSnapshot> modelSnapshots) throws IOException {
//        SearchHit[] hitsArray = new SearchHit[modelSnapshots.size()];
//        for (int i = 0; i < modelSnapshots.size(); i++) {
//            hitsArray[i] = new SearchHit(randomInt());
//            XContentBuilder jsonBuilder = JsonXContent.contentBuilder();
//            modelSnapshots.get(i).toXContent(jsonBuilder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
//            hitsArray[i].sourceRef(BytesReference.bytes(jsonBuilder));
//        }
//        SearchHits hits = new SearchHits(hitsArray, new TotalHits(hitsArray.length, TotalHits.Relation.EQUAL_TO), 1.0f);
//        SearchResponse searchResponse = mock(SearchResponse.class);
//        when(searchResponse.getHits()).thenReturn(hits);
//        return searchResponse;
//    }

    private void givenClientRequestsSucceed() {
        givenClientRequests(true, true);
    }

    private void givenClientSearchRequestsFail() {
        givenClientRequests(false, true);
    }

    private void givenClientDeleteModelSnapshotRequestsFail() {
        givenClientRequests(true, false);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private void givenClientRequests(boolean shouldSearchRequestsSucceed, boolean shouldDeleteSnapshotRequestsSucceed) {
        doAnswer(new Answer<Void>() {
            int callCount = 0;

            @Override
            public Void answer(InvocationOnMock invocationOnMock) {
                SearchRequest searchRequest = (SearchRequest) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[1];
                capturedSearchRequests.add(searchRequest);
                ActionListener<SearchResponse> listener = (ActionListener<SearchResponse>) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[2];
                if (shouldSearchRequestsSucceed) {
                    listener.onResponse(searchResponsesPerCall.get(callCount++));
                } else {
                    listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("search failed"));
                }
                return null;
            }
        }).when(client).execute(same(SearchAction.INSTANCE), any(), any());
        doAnswer(new Answer<Void>() {
            @Override
            public Void answer(InvocationOnMock invocationOnMock) {
                capturedDeleteModelSnapshotRequests.add((DeleteModelSnapshotAction.Request) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[1]);
                ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse> listener =
                        (ActionListener<AcknowledgedResponse>) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[2];
                if (shouldDeleteSnapshotRequestsSucceed) {
                    listener.onResponse(null);
                } else {
                    listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException("delete snapshot failed"));
                }
                return null;
            }
        }).when(client).execute(same(DeleteModelSnapshotAction.INSTANCE), any(), any());
    }

}


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Based on several years of data from sources including the Medical Tourism Association trade group, top brokers arranging such trips and economic development agencies in countries doing the surgeries, the Deloitte report projects the number could jump to anywhere from 10.4 million to 23.2 million in 2017, with 15.8 million the most likely number.
Deloitte�s projections would equate to U.S. medical tourists spending roughly $50 billion abroad in 2017, with U.S. providers losing about $373 billion that year, given the difference in costs.
In the past two years, CVS Caremark and Walgreen each bought retail clinic operators and are expanding, with CVS Caremark planning 2,500 clinics eventually.
Other clinic operators are affiliating with local hospitals and doctors.
Such clinics are staffed by nurse practitioners or physician assistants, who can handle minor injuries, ear and throat infections and other problems far faster than most doctors or emergency rooms.
Appointments aren�t necessary, wait times are usually 15 minutes, visits often are twice as long as in a doctor�s office, most services cost $50 to $75 and they accept insurance.
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My first novel for young adults, I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You was published by Disney-Hyperion in April 2006. Love You Kill You (as we call it) was followed by Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (October 2007), Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover (June 2009), Only the Good Spy Young (June 2010), Out of Sight, Out of Time (March 2012). United We Spy (September 2013) is the sixth–and final–Gallagher Girls novel.
I am also the author of Heist Society (February 2010) and its sequels Uncommon Criminals (June 2011), and Perfect Scoundrels (February 2013), as well as a Christmas novella set in the Heist Society world: The Grift of the Magi (November 2016).
In January 2013 I published the cross-over novella Double-Crossed that features characters from both the Gallagher Girls and Heist Society. It is available for free at spiesandthieves.com and wherever ebooks are sold.
ALL FALL DOWN is the first book the Embassy Row series. It was published on January 20, 2015 and launched a new three-book series with Scholastic. SEE HOW THEY RUN was released December 22, 2015. The series will concluded with TAKE THE KEY AND LOCK HER UP which was released in the US in December 2016.
My books have been published in more than twenty countries and have appeared on best-seller lists from the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, and Bookscan. They have sold over two million copies in the United States.
I am one of the luckiest people in the world, and today, I'm able to do the job I wanted to do when I was a kid, and I am back living in Oklahoma.


I ate my words and reversed my opinion of the song. Because for years after, that chord progression haunted me.
So it was that in 2012, in a country far removed from the Philippines, I found myself editing that instrumental so it could become a backing track for the Eraserheads song. If I wanted to get over the song, I figured, I better sing it and record it.
And so I ended up recording vocals on a laptop in the summer heat of my parked car during several lunch breaks at work. Then sequencing and editing at home in the wee hours of the night after my second child, then a year old, had fallen asleep.
Just as I did with my cover version of "Pure Shores" by All Saints, recording this really did get it out of my system.
And here's the Wikipedia entry on the song.
Of course, these days, Ang Huling El Bimbo is also the title of a theater musical in Manila, entirely based on the Eraserheads' biggest hit songs.
So everything comes around again, I guess.


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COMMUNITY/EDUCATION
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
A concerto (and indie-rock inspired show) for Ferry as soloist with percussion ensemble and film by artist Jodie Mack, developed with composer Elliot Cole
Composer Elliot Cole embraces unconventional instruments in his works. Among those featured are: a varied array of flowerpots, used car brake drums, an amplified table, home cut metal conduit piping, and static from an AM/FM radio.
This multimedia concerto,The Future is Bright, created for Ferry as soloist, draws listeners into Cole's wholly original and imaginative sound world with beautiful abstract film by Jodie Mack, creating a deeper emotional space around the sounds the audience is hearing.
This concerto has been performed at New York University (NY), The University of Akron (OH), Dixie State University (UT), University of North Carolina-Pembroke (NC), Lawrence Conservatory (WI), Waubonsie Valley High School (IL), beyond this point (IL), University of West Florida (FL), University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI), the Northwest Percussion Festival (OR), and Western Washington University (WA).
Stay tuned for a commercial release and video of The Future is Bright.
Full Concert
As a full concert, the composer Elliot Cole also is featured singing in his Hanuman's Leap, a dramatically percussive retelling of the 2,500 year-old Indian "Hanuman" myth. True to the program's eclectic nature, this work draws on epic song, hip hop and reggae, throat singing, choral and experimental music to create something both ancient and new.
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT full-concert is well-suited to indie-rock festivals/venues, classical music spaces engaged with multimedia works, and university percussion studios as a full-percussion ensemble portrait of Elliot Cole.
Support for this project has been provided by:
© 2019 by Peter Ferry


I am a senior at Belleville West High School. I have been an Honors student at West all four years and I also play soccer for Belleville West. This is my fourth year playing varsity soccer and this year I have been named one of the three captains of the team.
My interest in this CEO class began when my friend, a CEO alumni, could not stop talking about how cool of an experience it was for him. I had already been thinking of studying business and it seemed as if there was no better way to learn what the business world is like than to take this course. I couldn't be any more excited for this class. I am hoping to better my understanding of how to become not only a successful business person but to also find ways to make myself a better person.
I believe I am a very trustworthy, hard-working person who succeeds in giving everything I've got in any situation. I love to challenge myself and I understand that getting outside of my comfort zone will allow me to work on skills I have not been able to before, making this class extremely important to me. I also want to best prepare myself for higher education, and I believe that this class will give me the experiences necessary to do that.


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Becoming The Boss Justin McCarthy |&nbspOctober 16, 2018
Becoming the Boss: Meet the Entrepreneur Behind D.C.'s New Craft Cider House
Welcome to Becoming the Boss, our series celebrating the transition from solo-entrepreneur to employer through the voices of first-time job creators.
Jared Fackrell is a man of many titles: Husband. Father. Former Navy lieutenant.
He recently added two more: Entrepreneur and cider master.
A longtime cider home-brewing hobbyist, Fackrell decided last year to pursue his fruit-fermenting passion full-time and in the summer of 2018 opened the Capitol Cider House, or CCH, in Washington, D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood. After a year of hiring, planning, and building renovation, what was once an empty, concrete retail space is now a red-white-and-blue tribute to the original American beverage of choice. Serving diehard "ciderheads" and novices alike, CCH offers a diverse array of ciders made from ingredients produced within 200 miles of the Capitol Building.
When he set out, Fackrell was eager to share his enthusiasm for cider with customers—but first, he had to hire a team and get them up to speed on the finer points of the fermented beverage. In just a few months, they've become a close-knit team of cider experts.
We sat down with Fackrell to learn more about how he transformed a hobby into a business—and how he transformed a diverse group of willing newcomers into an expert staff along the way. What follows has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
What sparked the idea to start a cidery?
"I always wanted to do something entrepreneurial. But I didn't know what. We took a family vacation up to Ithaca, New York two years ago, and there was a cider house up there called Finger Lakes Cider House. My experiences previously with cider hadn't been positive—I always thought they were too sweet. But we went in and had a great experience.
"My wife and I were sitting around a table in the cider house joking, saying 'we should do this in D.C.' I literally came back, bought a book from Amazon, taught myself how to make cider, and refined it over the last few years. We just sort of ran with it. But without that trip this wouldn't have happened."
What do you enjoy most about being a manager?
"I really enjoy being around my team because they come from so many different walks of life. And in many cases, almost all cases, they had no idea what cider was before working here [laughs]. With very minimal training, they figured it out. They've been self-starters, super enthusiastic and willing to learn. Which has been very refreshing for me. It's great that everyone just comes in and hits the ground running.
"It's cool to watch everything happen as I remove myself more and more. I'm no longer the bartender every night. It's nice to see everyone grow into themselves. As a manager you want to be comfortable trusting that others can perform when you're not there. It's only been a month but I already have that warm and fuzzy feeling. The folks here can operate it without me, no problem."
Do you find it difficult to pull yourself away and let the team step into those roles?
"At first it was. I'm pretty invested in this, emotionally and financially. It's my baby. But at the same time I'm only one person and I can only do so much. Delegation is how you survive long term. You can sprint by yourself for a bit, but you won't last. You have to delegate."
What was the first role you hired for? What was that process like?
"I hired for the same position across the board. We just have sort of a one-size-fits-all position here, Cider Professional. And that person fills a number of different roles that would typically be split between traditional front-of-house and back-of-house duties. Our folks are really well-rounded.
The bulk of the people I ended up hiring had just reached out to me in the lead-up to opening. They sent interesting resumes, showed up to the interview, knocked the interview out of the park, showed up to the first training, and have been with me ever since."
What is the training like?
"The training is iterative and ongoing. Like for example, we have a training tomorrow with a professional cidermaker. But the initial training was essentially 3 hours of getting to know each other, establishing mutual respect and trust. We mostly talked about cider—what it is, and how to speak the language of it.
"It's been ongoing from there. About half of my team has been involved with pressing apples and the production side of things. It is helpful to see how it's made so you can articulate that to customers. We get questions all the time, like 'What is cider?' 'Does it have alcohol?' If you've had a hand in making it, you can answer these questions better."
What are you looking for when hiring?
"It is helpful to have some experience in the service industry. But a number of folks, myself included, didn't have any a month ago. To me it's more like, if you're eager to learn, and have a well-rounded background, that's great. Our people have really interesting pedigrees across the board. One person just came back from the Peace Corps, a number of folks worked in government. They bring well-rounded experience, and that's helpful. This is a start-up like any other, and there are a lot of moving parts. Really what I'm looking for is someone who is willing to learn, and is dependable."
What lessons have you learned from going through the hiring process?
"No one situation will be anything like mine. You'll get a curveball at every stage. We did some advertising on Indeed, LinkedIn, and Facebook. But the reason we were able to hire so fast is because I kept a folder of emails from folks who were interested in a job and emailed me originally. Fortunately I reached out to those people first, and I found that most of them were still interested."
How would you describe your company culture?
"What I've tried to do is create an environment where people feel like they can share ideas—not only share them, but have them implemented. That's what we're shooting for. My job is to resource people so they can make a difference while we're in this startup phase. I think that's been fairly successful.
"The other piece is the day-to-day culture side of things. We do a lot of positive reinforcement. I don't go too far out of my way to compliment people [laughs] but my folks are coming up with really good ideas that benefit the team, and I try to recognize that, and create incentives for that.
"As an example, we put on a Cocktail Olympics competition during the soft opening. I put a table out with a bunch of different mixers and drinks. I said whoever wins it, your drink is going on the menu and you win a prize. And that drink is on the menu right now. It's really good, too."


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The laws – one requiring back-seat passengers to wear seat belts and the other prohibiting drivers from riding in the left lane for too long– went into effect. Sept. 1. Each of the laws, however, had a 60-day trial period, meaning officers weren't ticketing offenders during that time.
That changes at the start of next month.
Alabama's new seat belt law requires everyone in a vehicle to buckle up. In the past, seat belts were only required for those in the front seat and minors in the backseat. Failure for a back seat passenger to wear a seat belt is a secondary violation, meaning a ticket could only be written if the vehicle is stopped for another reason, such as speeding.
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In the last few weeks Santa Clarita Transit staff has been testing all components of the new buses, which are fueld by CNG, and one-by-one placing them into service.
Designed for higher speeds, the Buy-America-compliant, Altoona-tested MCI Commuter Coach uses a high-floor design that raises passengers and the driver above traffic, along with a long-travel suspension for a smooth ride.
MCI's latest appearance at EXPO will feature a Houston Metro clean-diesel Commuter Coach; a 40-foot CNG model and a pilot coach with new Bendix braking and a ZF axle system.
The Commuter Coaches feature 57 comfortable forward-facing seats by Amaya, a Braun wheelchair lift, overhead airflow controls, LED interior lighting including reading lights, and other comforts designed to attract suburban and other distance commuters.
Callen Hotard, president, and his wife Coleen, vice president, have worked hard to raise industry standards in the Gulf Coast region. LADOT's 84 new, 40-foot, CNG-powered Commuter Coaches are ideal for serving the agency's upscale Commuter Express routes.
The CNG-powered 40-foot coaches will be the first MCI models in the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation's fleet. Each coach will be wheelchair-lift equipped and feature MCI's Cummins ISL G 8.9 liter, 320hp engine, which meets 2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California's California Air Resource Board (CARB) standards.


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Anonymous, LULSEC and TylerSec continue fighting back, U.S. State Department hacked
By John Robles II Published by VOice of Russia here: http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_20/Anonymous-LULSEC-and-TylerSec-continue-fighting-back-U-S-State-Department-hacked/
The internet activist group Anonymous has released statements saying they have penetrated the U.S. State Department's website and gained access to information which they have published. This is just another in what is a growing series of attacks in retribution for the "suicide" of Reddit co-founder and internet activist Aaron Swartz who was being persecuted by the US and facing over three decades in prison for apparently hoping to release research papers and scientific documents that were paid for by taxpayer money. Many people worldwide agree, the US security state is out of control, and when pushed, Anonymous is pushing back.
Anonymous is continuing to strike back as mercilessly as those who they are after, those who pursue anyone who seeks to make a positive change in the world by bring knowledge to the people, and those responsible for the death of one of the world's most brilliant and promising young internet activists.The latest "victim" of Anonymous, or the last organization they have "owned", is the US State Department, and there is little likelihood that they will back down anytime soon.
On January 11, 2013, as many of us were recovering in way or another after celebrating the New Year's holidays, 26 year-old Aaron Swartz, an accomplished internet activist, apparently committed suicide after being literally hounded to death by the overzealous and the brutal US Federal Authorities and in particular U.S. Federal Prosecutor Carmen Ortiz.
Young Mr. Swartz's crime? An act of terrorism? Exposing war crimes? Blowing the whistle on war profiteers? No dear reader, he merely downloaded too many free articles from the Internet according LINK 1 to blogger Daniel Wright, who obtained and published 21 pages of a 23 page FBI file on Mr. Swartz. In particular the FBI was after Mr. Swartz for accessing what are called "Public Access to Court Electronic Records" (PACER) documents.
Where these secret documents? No. Did he hack a government site to get them? No. Did he use the information in the documents to commit a crime? Again no. Did he commit any crime whatsoever? Even the FBI decided that NO! No crime had been committed and they closed the case, but it did not end there.
Once they had decided to make an example of young Mr. Aaron Swartzthe ruthlessly pursued him until the end, until they effectively killed him. The Federal Government and the US Authorities apparently have to prove to the world by force that you and I will do what they say or we will pay the price, including the ultimate price paid by Mr. Swartz. They continued the persecution.
For the alleged gathering of Scientific material and research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) paid for by US taxpayers, and technically belonging to them, material that the US Government alleges Mr. Swartz was going to release to the public, he was facing 35 years in prison.
Is this excessive? Of course? Is this an exception? No. Has the United States of America become a murderous torturing brutal hyper security state? Ready to kill, maim and destroy anyone who voices an opinion against theirs? Ask Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Jeremy Hammond and millions of others whose lives have been quietly destroyed for believing in freedom and justice. You could have asked young Mr. Swartz too, but they killed him.
The "authorities", in particular Ms. Ortiz, see nothing wrong and congratulate themselves, believing they have now terrorized everyone into submission perhaps, but quite the opposite is taking place.
Anonymous, LULZSEC and TylerSec are continuing their attacks and their activism in honor of Mr. Swartz attacking those who brought about his death. So far they have attacked, hacked, defaced and taken down such sites as those of MIT, the State Department, George K. Baum & Company, the US Sentencing Commission and many others in what they are calling round "five" of "Operation Last Resort". The groups attempted to interrupt the State of the Union Address by Obama as well, as Obama was continuing his calls for even more crackdowns and heightened Cyber Security. Something which would have been symbolic. LINK 2
Anonymous and TylerSec released a joint pastebin statement which reads as follows: LINK 3
Hello there Attorney Carmen Ortiz, Stephen Heymann and MIT corporate "expletive"
HIS NAME IS Aaron Swartz and he is twenty-six years old. His name is Aaron Swartz, and Aaron Swartz will be twenty-six years old forever because you killed him.
HIS NAME IS Aaron Swartz. He is twenty-six years old,and he was part of the fight for internet freedom against people like you.
HIS NAME IS Aaron Swartz. He is twenty-six years old, and you wanted to use him to prove that the state always wins and that resistance is futile.
HIS NAME IS Aaron Swartz. He is twenty-six years old, and you wanted to divide us so that we will turn on each other rather than stand up for our rights.
The people you are after are the people that society depends on: we write songs, we create art, we build, we invent, we feel love and laugh, we will defend our freedom to our last breath. Do not "expletive" with us.
The First leak from the Anonymous Tyler Network: 33 GB of the JSTOR files that Aaron Swartz died to bring to the world.
The U.S. Government appears to be growing more and more desperate and continues cracking down and using more and more force.
Recently I reported about Anonymous and their petition to U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration to make DDoS attacks the equivalent of a simple sit-in protest. A completely reasonable proposal which will never take place, apparently reason has long ago left the room and will not be returning.
Anonymous placed the following message on MIT's site:
In Memoriam, Aaron Swartz, November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013, Requiescat in pace.
A brief message from Anonymous.
Whether or not the government contributed to his suicide, the government's prosecution of Swartz was a grotesque miscarriage of justice, a distorted and perverse shadow of the justice that Aaron died fighting for — freeing the publicly-funded scientific literature from a publishing system that makes it inaccessible to most of those who paid for it — enabling the collective betterment of the world through the facilitation of sharing — an ideal that we should all support.
Moreover, the situation Aaron found himself in highlights the injustice of U.S. computer crime laws, particularly their punishment regimes, and the highly-questionable justice of pre-trial bargaining.
Aaron's act was undoubtedly political activism; it had tragic consequences.
We call for this tragedy to be a basis for reform of computer crime laws, and the overzealous prosecutors who use them. We call for this tragedy to be a basis for reform of copyright and intellectual property law, returning it to the proper principles of common good to the many, rather than private gain to the few. We call for this tragedy to be a basis for greater recognition of the oppression and injustices heaped daily by certain persons and institutions of authority upon anyone who dares to stand up and be counted for their beliefs, and for greater solidarity and mutual aid in response. We call for this tragedy to be a basis for a renewed and unwavering commitment to a free and unfettered internet, spared from censorship with equality of access and franchise for all.
For in the end, we will not be judged according to what we give, but according to what we keep to ourselves. Aaron, we will sorely miss your friendship, and your help in building a better world. May you read in peace.
Anonymous is in currently in hyper security mode so they would not comment on continuing operations.
The opinions and views expressed above are my own. I can be reached at robles@ruvr.ru.
LINK 1 http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/02/19/aaron-swartzs-fbi-file/
LINK 2 http://www.thehackersblog.com/2013/01/anonymous-and-lulzsec-hacks-mit.html#axzz2LSKgigKZ
LINK 3 http://pastebin.com/kVYSHbe1


Greetings Canton Community! As we sit over halfway through the summer, it is hard to believe that we are only a month away from the start of school. The staff have spent a great deal of time in careful planning and preparation for the students and teachers as they look to return to school. The first day of school for students is Monday, August 27th, and the faculty and staff will be reporting for in-service on Thursday, August 23rd. I thought it was important for me to share with the students, parents, and community some of the exciting opportunities we have planned for the 2018-2019 school year. It continues to be our mission to Focus on Learning: Every child, every day, "The Warrior Way!"
The district is proud to announce a partnership with the Friendship House to provide services through a Community and School Based Behavioral Health (CSBBH) mental health program. This program will service up to 24 students in grades K-6 starting at the end of September or early October. The CSBBH Team is based in the school but delivers services to the youth and family in the school, home, and community settings as needed. Each team is comprised of a number of licensed, master's prepared clinicians and bachelor's prepared staff who work together to serve a flexibly sized caseload of youth and families. As compared to other community-based behavioral health services, the CSBBH Team delivers services to the youth in a more flexible manner at times of clinical need. We are excited to begin this new endeavor with our partners at Friendship House and are confident it will have a positive impact on our students and families in the district.
We are also excited about the new opportunities that our senior high school students will have based on the newly developed schedule. After surveying students and teachers, we determined that we would be able to offer more diversity on the courses we currently offer. We will be removing the CKU (Catching Kids Up) period for many of the students at the high school and provide additional course options for our students. Those students who used the CKU period for additional support will have to get this support during this period or an alternative option will be made available so those students can receive the additional resources they may need.
This summer the business office has spent countless hours updating our new school district webpage. Please take time to view our new look. We are currently working toward full functionality of the calendar section, but we believe the new website allows us to provide enhancements that were not available to us in the past. Also, remember to watch our sporting events live through our webpage (live stream). Our students worked very diligently in the spring and we are excited to provide our first event this fall with our football team. More information on the live stream will be forthcoming later this summer/fall. You can also "like" us on Facebook (Canton Area School District) and/or "follow" us on Twitter (@CASDSuperinten1).
We are also very excited about some of the new opportunities we will have at the Northern Tier Career Center (NTCC). Currently, we have over 45 students in grades 11-12 that will be attending the program this year. In the spring of last year, we were able to collaborate with the Troy Area School District and move from a school district that attends the morning session to the afternoon session. This gave use the additional flexibility to increase our course options at the high school. These schedule changes will have no impact on the start and end time to school, but will maximize the learning for all of our students. Finally, our students will have the opportunity to benefit from a new career pathway called Information Sciences and Technology. This program was made possible through partnership with the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. We are very excited about this opportunity for our students.
We will be beginning implementation of the Tier 2 PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports) program. Interventions within Tier 2 are more intensive since a smaller number of students require these services. Common Tier 2 support practices involve small groups of students or simple individualized intervention strategies. Tier 2 support is designed for use in schools where there are more students needing behavior support than can be supported via intensive and individual Tier 3 support, and for students who are at risk of chronic problem behavior, but for whom high intensity interventions are not essential (Office of Special Education, 2017). Our faculty and staff will be receiving training throughout the school year to learn how and when to implement the Tier 2 level of supports.
We are also excited about our new partnership with the Lighthouse of Faith Church this fall. The district will be partnering with this church to provide after school homework support to students in our elementary school. We are hoping to have the program off the ground and running by the end of October. The purpose of this program is to provide a partnership with the local organization who is willing to offer academic supports to our students with resources outside of our school. Our hope is to expand this program in the coming years through other community partnerships.
At the end of the last school year, the Canton Jr/Sr High School enabled a pilot program for cell phone usage during the school day. Students were permitted to use their cell phones during their lunch period and between classes. After carefully gathering data from the students and staff, we decided to return to our original policy where student will only be able to use their cell phone before and after school hours. Details will be outlined in the student handbook that will go home with each child at the beginning of the school year. We appreciate parental cooperation on this issue as we anticipate our students wanting to communicate with parents during school hours.
Finally, I wanted to inform the public that we received word in the middle of July that we will not be able to provide our Pre-K Counts program for the 2018-2019 school year. Recall, this program was provided to about 15 pre-school age students through a partnership with the BLaST Intermediate Unit last year. Because of changes required of the program, we looked to partner with the Bradford-Tioga Head Start program to offer a Pre-K Counts program. We learned that funding from the state was no longer available for this service, and therefore, we will be unable to provide this support to our preschool students. However, we will continue with the partnership with the Bradford-Tioga Head Start program at our elementary school. Should you have any questions with this program, please feel free to contact the Bradford-Tioga Head Start.
On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Canton Area School District, I would like to wish you all a safe and enjoyable rest of the summer. We are looking for the opportunity to continually support the students of the Canton community, and we are excited about the many learning experiences we have prepared for the upcoming school year.