Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will discuss her life in politics and the value of public service in a talk Tuesday (April 8) at the University of Notre Dame.p. "A Conversation with Janet Reno" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Notre Dame's Stepan Center. Following her presentation, Reno will answer written questions submitted in advance from the audience.p.


As we have discussed before, there is no prize to the person who collects the most business cards, just like there is no prize to the person with the most contacts on LinkedIn or the most friends on Facebook. The prize of successful business goes to the person who follows up the best with all those contacts.
Many people just don't like cold calling strangers. They don't enjoy picking up the phone and trying to recruit an unknown person into a business relationship. It takes a person with a tough demeanor to cold call on a regular basis, and rejection from strangers can demoralize even strong people. Plus, it can take time away from running your business.
How about calling the people whose business cards that you have collected? They have already met you once, and you exchanged business cards with them. They should remember you and should not react in the same way as if a stranger called them. You should be more comfortable calling someone who themselves should be looking for new business partners. That's why they were networking in the first place.
Don't try to recruit them as customers. Call them to offer to meet for coffee and an informational chat. You can get to know each other and establish a networking relationship. People do business with others that they know, like, and trust. You offer to begin building that relationship and help each other succeed in business.
People who are serious about business networking will want to discover if this type of relationship is possible. Otherwise, since you don't know each other, how could you decide to business together? Moreover, how could you provide referrals to each other? A business networking relationship may result in a new client for either, or both, of you. Even more, it may result in referrals for either, or both, of you.
Your networking partners should believe that you each have an interest in both of you being more successful. You should both strive to help each other improve your businesses, your marketing efforts, and your everyday lives. Your networking partners will give you advice before you ask for it, and everyone should set egos aside when looking for assistance. Open, honest communication must be the norm.
Are all the referrals that you pass to your partners referrals for possible clients? You may get a request from a networking partner for someone who performs some service that no one in your network does. Then, you may refer your partner to someone who may have that person in their network. Referrals can lead to referrals to referrals to referrals, and I have tracked a referral back several stages more than once.
What do you do with all those business cards that you collect? Do you throw them into a drawer, never to see the light of day, or do you try to develop relationships with others who may become your networking partners? Please leave me your comments, or email me at Jim@SOC4Now.com, or call me at 360-314-8691. Let's connect and chat about you. Maybe we can form a networking relationship with each other, if we aren't already business partners.
This is valuable advice, but it can be very awkward when a female asks a male to meet for coffee. Especially when we're not marketers, so that the concept of "having a network" is not as instinctive.
The last time I asked a guy out for coffee (a software developer), he agreed but seemed uncomfortable. He spent our meeting tensed -- perhaps he was expecting an Amway pitch or a proposition or who knows what.... Age may be relevant -- over 40 for both of us.


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Obama is not remotely the worst President in US history
By Aaron Sherman
Today, I came across another one of those silly, "Obama is the worst President ever!" claims that you see floating around poorly spelled Facebook posts or Fox News. Usually I brush it off, but tonight I thought it needed a real response. Let me be clear, I'm a moderate who's not always a big fan of Obama. I don't like Obamacare (single payer models are cheaper and more effective) and I'm aghast at the expansion of domestic spying under his and W's administrations. That said, I think calling him the worst President ever is as absurd as any claim I've ever heard in the political realm, and I lived through Reagan claiming that he had no idea that Iran-Contra was going on in his administration and Nixon claiming that he wasn't a crook.
So here was my response, reviewing the past few decades of Presidents.
There's no point in even discussing GWB. If you want a serious analysis of how bad he was, listen to any Republican candidate for President in the primaries for the 2008 race. They were fairly brutally honest. But if you want just one point: he invaded a country (not just attacked) that had not attacked or demonstrated any intention of attacking us; killed thousands of its citizens; and set up an occupying government that helped to radicalize much of the region.
I'd argue that Clinton was slightly more disciplined. Reagan ballooned the deficit (http://goo.gl/KUr0qV) and his administration sold drugs and guns to finance activities that Congress explicitly made illegal (http://goo.gl/E4kXgp). GHWB was actually a fairly decent President, but I'm not sure I'd call him "better" or "worse" than Obama... then again, he was probably the real architect of the aforementioned guns and drugs deal. Interestingly, while Republicans are trying to paint Obama as intractable because he won't agree to gut ACA, Carter was, by his own admission, more unwilling to make deals with Congress, while Obama has sought compromise too often for his own good at times (remember the immediate and unilateral dumping of the "public option"?)
Ford... well, it's hard to measure the effectiveness of someone with zero mandate or support, though I'll note that he took office under excruciating circumstances and left behind a nation that weathered the storm. Nixon was the architect of the "war on drugs" and left office in shame to avoid being brought up on charges, though for all his sins and some fairly ugly years of war, he did bring an end to Vietnam eventually. Johnson was the architect of Vietnam and that will forever be the only legacy people will remember, even though he championed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and other civil rights legislation. Kennedy was the architect of the Bay of Pigs, but overall he was reasonably effective and clear-headed.
If you want to argue that Obama is a worse President than Clinton and Kennedy, then I think that's a fine premise, but I'd still want to see your work. If you're looking for the worst President of all time and you come up with Obama, then you're either being hyperbolic or ignorant. There are a variety of scholarly views on who the worst President was, but James Buchanan certainly does have some claim to that prize that very nearly cost us the nation... literally. (http://goo.gl/wm3ubC)
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using u8 = System.Byte;
using Pgno = System.UInt32;
#if SQLITE_OMIT_WAL
using Wal = System.Object;
#endif

namespace System.Data.SQLite
{
	internal partial class Sqlite3
	{

		//#if !_WAL_H_
		//#define _WAL_H_

		//#include "sqliteInt.h"

#if SQLITE_OMIT_WAL

		//# define sqlite3WalOpen(x,y,z)                 0
		static int sqlite3WalOpen(sqlite3_vfs x, sqlite3_file y, string z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalLimit(x,y)
		static void sqlite3WalLimit(sqlite3_vfs x, long y)
		{
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalClose(w,x,y,z)              0
		static int sqlite3WalClose(Wal w, int x, int y, u8 z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalBeginReadTransaction(y,z)   0
		static int sqlite3WalBeginReadTransaction(Wal y, int z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalEndReadTransaction(z)
		static void sqlite3WalEndReadTransaction(Wal z)
		{
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalRead(v,w,x,y,z)             0
		static int sqlite3WalRead(Wal v, Pgno w, ref int x, int y, u8[] z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalDbsize(y) 0
		static Pgno sqlite3WalDbsize(Wal y)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalBeginWriteTransaction(y)    0
		static int sqlite3WalBeginWriteTransaction(Wal y)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalEndWriteTransaction(x)      0
		static int sqlite3WalEndWriteTransaction(Wal x)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalUndo(x,y,z)                 0
		static int sqlite3WalUndo(Wal x, int y, object z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalSavepoint(y,z)
		static void sqlite3WalSavepoint(Wal y, object z)
		{
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalSavepointUndo(y,z)          0
		static int sqlite3WalSavepointUndo(Wal y, object z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalFrames(u,v,w,x,y,z)         0
		static int sqlite3WalFrames(Wal u, int v, PgHdr w, Pgno x, int y, int z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalCheckpoint(r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z)         0
		static int sqlite3WalCheckpoint(Wal r, int s, int t, u8[] u, int v, int w, u8[] x, ref int y, ref int z)//r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z
		{
			y = 0;
			z = 0;
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalCallback(z)                 0
		static int sqlite3WalCallback(Wal z)
		{
			return 0;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalExclusiveMode(y,z)          0
		static bool sqlite3WalExclusiveMode(Wal y, int z)
		{
			return false;
		}

		//# define sqlite3WalHeapMemory(z)               0
		static bool sqlite3WalHeapMemory(Wal z)
		{
			return false;
		}

#else

//#define WAL_SAVEPOINT_NDATA 4
const int WAL_SAVEPOINT_NDATA = 4;

/* Connection to a write-ahead log (WAL) file.
** There is one object of this type for each pager.
*/
typedef struct Wal Wal;

/* Open and close a connection to a write-ahead log. */
int sqlite3WalOpen(sqlite3_vfs*, sqlite3_file*, string , int, i64, Wal*);
int sqlite3WalClose(Wal *pWal, int sync_flags, int, u8 );

/* Set the limiting size of a WAL file. */
void sqlite3WalLimit(Wal*, i64);

/* Used by readers to open (lock) and close (unlock) a snapshot.  A
** snapshot is like a read-transaction.  It is the state of the database
** at an instant in time.  sqlite3WalOpenSnapshot gets a read lock and
** preserves the current state even if the other threads or processes
** write to or checkpoint the WAL.  sqlite3WalCloseSnapshot() closes the
** transaction and releases the lock.
*/
int sqlite3WalBeginReadTransaction(Wal *pWal, int );
void sqlite3WalEndReadTransaction(Wal *pWal);

/* Read a page from the write-ahead log, if it is present. */
int sqlite3WalRead(Wal *pWal, Pgno pgno, int *pInWal, int nOut, u8 *pOut);

/* If the WAL is not empty, return the size of the database. */
Pgno sqlite3WalDbsize(Wal *pWal);

/* Obtain or release the WRITER lock. */
int sqlite3WalBeginWriteTransaction(Wal *pWal);
int sqlite3WalEndWriteTransaction(Wal *pWal);

/* Undo any frames written (but not committed) to the log */
int sqlite3WalUndo(Wal *pWal, int (*xUndo)(void *, Pgno), object  *pUndoCtx);

/* Return an integer that records the current (uncommitted) write
** position in the WAL */
void sqlite3WalSavepoint(Wal *pWal, u32 *aWalData);

/* Move the write position of the WAL back to iFrame.  Called in
** response to a ROLLBACK TO command. */
int sqlite3WalSavepointUndo(Wal *pWal, u32 *aWalData);

/* Write a frame or frames to the log. */
int sqlite3WalFrames(Wal *pWal, int, PgHdr *, Pgno, int, int);

/* Copy pages from the log to the database file */
int sqlite3WalCheckpoint(
  Wal *pWal,                      /* Write-ahead log connection */
  int eMode,                      /* One of PASSIVE, FULL and RESTART */
  int (*xBusy)(void),            /* Function to call when busy */
  void *pBusyArg,                 /* Context argument for xBusyHandler */
  int sync_flags,                 /* Flags to sync db file with (or 0) */
  int nBuf,                       /* Size of buffer nBuf */
  u8 *zBuf,                       /* Temporary buffer to use */
  int *pnLog,                     /* OUT: Number of frames in WAL */
  int *pnCkpt                     /* OUT: Number of backfilled frames in WAL */
);

/* Return the value to pass to a sqlite3_wal_hook callback, the
** number of frames in the WAL at the point of the last commit since
** sqlite3WalCallback() was called.  If no commits have occurred since
** the last call, then return 0.
*/
int sqlite3WalCallback(Wal *pWal);

/* Tell the wal layer that an EXCLUSIVE lock has been obtained (or released)
** by the pager layer on the database file.
*/
int sqlite3WalExclusiveMode(Wal *pWal, int op);

/* Return true if the argument is non-NULL and the WAL module is using
** heap-memory for the wal-index. Otherwise, if the argument is NULL or the
** WAL module is using shared-memory, return false.
*/
int sqlite3WalHeapMemory(Wal *pWal);

#endif //* ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_WAL */
		//#endif //* _WAL_H_ */
	}
}

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Dallas Raines, Bio, Age, Height, Family, ABC7, Net Worth, Salary, Wife
August 11, 2022 Sunday Famous Journalists in USA 0
Dallas Raines"s image
Dallas Raines Biography
Dallas Raines is an American media personality born in the year 1954. Furthermore, he is currently serving at ABC7 as a Meteorologist. Therefore, he forecasted the Southland's weather for ABC7. Not to mention, that he joins the network in the year 1984. In addition, he has The Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society. He is also an award-winning journalist. However, before joining ABC7, he also served in other networks including CNN, WBRZ-TV, and KABC among others.
Dallas Raines Age/Birthday
He was born in the United States in the year 1954 January 1. Therefore, he is presently 68 years old as of 2022. Furthermore, Raines celebrates her birthday each and every year on February 1fst with her family and close friends.
He has a moderate and average body weight by the looking of his photo. Therefore, his body weight measurements stand at around 75 kilograms.
He has a medium and stunning stature that stands around 5 feet 9 inches tall. However, we don't have his other body measurements at the moment. Therefore, this section is still under review.
READ: Eric Resendiz, Bio, Age, Height, Family, Education, ABC7, Net Worth, Salary, Wife
Dallas Raines Family
He was born in the United States of America in the year 1954. Furthermore, his father"s name is Railey Gene Raines, and his mother is Sybil Jeannette Hambrick. However, it is unfortunate that he has not shared further information regarding his parents.
Nevertheless, after his High School education, he enrolled at Florida State University to study broadcast journalism and earth science. However, he manages to graduate with a bachelor of science degree. In addition, he also taught classes about the weather in the geography department at Califonia State University.
Dallas Raines ABC7
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He is an American media personality currently serving at ABC7 as a meteorologist. Not to mention, that he joins the network in the year 1984 July. However, he manages to receive a net worth of $3 million dollars.
Dallas is a hardworking and talented journalist presently serving at ABC7. Furthermore, he has served at the network for more than two decades. Moreover, as a journalist, he also receives his basic salary. Therefore, he manages to earn an annual salary that stands at around $500,000.
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Q: Problem with Return function in Code Conversion Python Write a function file_in_english(filename, character_limit) that takes a filename (as a str) and a character_limit (as an int). The filename is the name of the file to convert from Code Latin to English and the character limit is the maximum number of characters that can be converted (including newline characters).
The function should return a string that contains all the converted lines in the same order as the file
If the limit is exceeded (ie, a converted sentence would take the output over the limit) then the sentence that takes the character count over the limit shouldn't be added to the output. A line with "<>" should be added at the end of the output instead. The processing of lines should then stop.
The lines in the file will each be a sentence in Code Latin and your program should print out the English version of each sentence
Your function should keep adding sentences until it runs out of input from the file or the total number of characters printed (including spaces) exceeds the limit.

*

*You must include and call your english_sentence function.
   You must NOT use the break statement anywhere in your code.
   You MUST use while in your file_in_english function. You can only use one
   return statement per function.

The input text file has the following data:
aughterleeoow anmeeoow essaymeeoow onmeeoow heteeoow eaningmeeoow ofmeeoow
heteeoow omicceeoow ybeeoow enriheeoow ergsonbeeoow embermeeoow ofmeeoow
heteeoow institutemeeoow rofessorpeeoow atmeeoow
heteeoow ollegeceeoow edeeoow rancefeeoow authorisedmeeoow ranslationteeoow
ybeeoow loudesleyceeoow reretonbeeoow .leeoow esmeeoow .leeoow (paris),meeoow
.a.meeoow (cantab)meeoow andmeeoow redfeeoow othwellreeoow .a.beeoow
(london)meeoow ranslators'teeoow refacepeeoow histeeoow ork,weeoow ybeeoow
rofessorpeeoow ergson,beeoow asheeoow eenbeeoow evisedreeoow inmeeoow
etaildeeoow ybeeoow heteeoow authormeeoow imself,heeoow andmeeoow heteeoow
resentpeeoow ranslationteeoow ismeeoow heteeoow onlymeeoow authorisedmeeoow
one.meeoow orfeeoow histeeoow

Here's my program: (Expect Output different from my Output)
def english_sentence(sentence):
"""Reverse Translation"""
consonants = 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ'
eng_sentence = []
for coded_word in sentence.split():
    if coded_word.endswith("eeoow") and (coded_word[-6] in consonants):
        english_word = coded_word[-6] + coded_word[:-6]
        if (coded_word[-6] == 'm') and (coded_word[0] not in consonants):
            english_word = '(' + english_word + ' or ' + coded_word[:-6] + ')'
    eng_sentence.append(english_word)
return " ".join(eng_sentence)

def file_in_english(filename, character_limit):
"""English File"""
space = ""
newone = open(filename)
nowline = newone.readline()
characters = 0
while characters < character_limit and nowline != "":
    process = nowline[0:-1]
    space += english_sentence(process)+'\n'
    characters += len(nowline)
    nowline = newone.readline()
if characters > character_limit:
    space += "<<Output limit exceeded>>"

return space

Test Case:
ans = file_in_english('big_test.txt', 112)
print(ans)

> Obtained Output:

laughter
(man or an) (messay or essay) (mon or on) the (meaning or eaning) (mof or
of) the comic by henri bergson
<<Output limit exceeded>>

Exected Output:
laughter
(man or an) (messay or essay) (mon or on) the (meaning or eaning) (mof or of)   the comic <<Output limit exceeded>>

Test Case 2:

ans = file_in_english('big_test.txt', 8)
print(ans)

Obtained Output:
laughter
<<Output limit exceeded>>

EXPECTED Output:
<<Output limit exceeded>>

Please advise where I am going wrong.

A: You're checking the length (stored in your characters variable) after you have already appended the current translated sentence to the output space. You should check if the length exceeds the limit before appending to the output:
def file_in_english(filename, character_limit):
    space = ""
    newone = open(filename)
    newline = english_sentence(newone.readline()) + '\n'
    while newline != '\n' and len(space) + len(newline) <= character_limit:
        space += newline
        newline = english_sentence(newone.readline()) + '\n'
    if len(space) + len(newline) > character_limit:
        space += "<<Output limit exceeded>>"
    return space

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The 2016 Lodge Hill Riesling was awarded the Trophy for Best Young White at last night's KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show.
Situated on the eastern ranges of the township of Clare, Lodge Hill is one of the highest vineyards in the Valley, at an altitude of 480 metres.
Planted to Riesling by Jim Barry in 1979, The Lodge Hill vineyard has produced a stable of medal winners over its 37-year history.
In 1986, The Lodge Hill Riesling won its inaugural trophy for Best Riesling at the Royal Adelaide Wine Show. 25 years later, the 2010 vintage won The Douglas Lamb Perpetual Trophy for best Varietal Wine, Riesling, Dry Style at the Sydney Royal Wine Show.
The 2012 vintage received a total of seven trophies, including the prestigious Len Evans Memorial Trophy for the Best Table Wine of Show at the Canberra National Wine Show. This was the first time the Len Evans Memorial Trophy was awarded to a current vintage Riesling and also the first time it was won by a Clare Valley winery.
The 2012 Lodge Hill also received trophies for Best Riesling – Premium Classes and Best Dry White Table Wine in Canberra, as well as Best Current Vintage Riesling, Best Riesling of Show and Best Wine of Show at the Clare Valley Wine Show.
"The success of this wine is due to the unique location of the vineyard" commented Peter Barry.
"The vertical sheets of slate under the loamy clay soil provide the wine with an underlying bedrock minerality distinctive to the flavour profile and longevity of Rieslings produced from The Lodge Hill vineyard", said Peter.
"This trophy is testament to the hard work of our stellar winemaking and viticultural team and their dedication to continuously produce great wines".


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Veteran vendors: Local vets discuss their transitions to civilian workforce
Dennis Wills, who owns D.G. Wills Books, served in the Air Force from 1967 to 1971.
(Elisabeth Frausto)
Aug. 15, 2021 8 AM PT
Packing away the fatigues and salutes, local veterans run or manage businesses in and around La Jolla, deploying skills learned while in the military in a different kind of service: customer service. And through it all, they're paying it forward to help others making a similar shift to the civilian workforce.
Dennis Wills, who has owned D.G. Wills Books on Girard Avenue in The Village since 1979, said military training often instills in veterans skills they can use once they leave the service.
Wills, who served in the Air Force from 1967 to 1971, learning Russian and monitoring Soviet planes in what is now the Czech Republic among other assignments, said, "I think the self-discipline and focus that one acquires in the military is helpful" in the workforce.
While in military service, Wills thought he might work for the United Nations afterward or for the State Department's now-defunct Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Failing that, however, he said, "maybe I'd open a bookstore."
A Los Angeles native, Wills said he used his intelligence training to map out the best places in San Diego, choosing La Jolla for its proximity to UC San Diego.
In the 40-plus years since he opened, Wills has amassed "the largest collection of books on military history in Southern California," he said. "That's because this is a military town, and I like military history, and people know that and they come back over and over."
Wills also hosts military events at the store such as author talks, he said, pointing to the various photos taped onto walls and windows displaying famous military visitors throughout the decades.
He said he enjoys the camaraderie with fellow service members. "I see customers all the time, male and female, who are either veterans or who are in the service now," he said, adding he often uses military humor with them to connect. "If you're sort of a colleague, there's a bond there," no matter the branch of service.
"On Memorial Day, [fellow veterans and I] are usually outside drinking and listening to military music," he said.
Justine Sanders said the discipline and structure he gained from the Marine Corps helped him start his own production company.
When La Jolla resident Justine Sanders left the Marines in 2011 after serving for eight years, he started a business with his military-learned skills.
Sanders, who owns the production company Stellar Echelon, served in field artillery and tactical data network administration. "If I wasn't hacking into it, I was blowing it up," he said.
He uses "everything" he learned in the Marines now with Stellar Echelon, he said. The service "taught me to be dynamic," he said, whether on the ground in artillery or in an office setting with technology.
"I'm grateful for the [experience]," Sanders said, "because it taught me a lot of patience. It taught me a lot of perseverance and tenacity," qualities he applied to earning a bachelor's and master's degree and will use as an applicant to the University of Southern California's Ph.D. program for media arts and practice.
"I'm really driven, partially because of the discipline and the structure that I gathered in the Marine Corps," he said.
Also the Vice Commander for American Legion Post 275 La Jolla, Sanders connects with other veterans who help each other "stay inspired."
He also hopes to build a dormitory to house those newly transitioning from military service to civilian life, as he said it's important for recent vets to connect with experienced vets.
"You want to surround yourself with people that are focused and are driven and are inspired," he said.
Matthew Knowles said he has received supports as a Navy veteran with his own business, but wishes there were more.
(Courtesy of Matthew Knowles)
Matthew Knowles, who owns the Turquoise Street Coin Laundry in Pacific Beach, said running a business as a vet can be difficult without support.
Knowles, a Navy helicopter pilot for combat support from 1986 to 2007, said while there are resources available for veteran business owners like the U.S. Small Business Administration's Veterans Business Outreach Centers, he found other businesses were lacking in tangible support.
"It was more of a trend to say that 'we support veterans,'" Knowles said, "but then when it really came down to it, they didn't do much," such as offering discounts on a point-of-sale system.
He said he'd like more civilians to understand that "veterans have a lot of difficulties" transitioning from military service, and that the U.S. Census Bureau reports 5.9 percent of businesses are veteran-owned.
Knowles said supporting small, veteran-owned businesses can make a difference, and added he'd like to see a city-wide movement to place signage in storefronts indicating which are veteran-owned.
Marine Corps veteran Rhonda Miller, who manages the Amazon bookstore at UTC, believes vets have many skills that can transfer to the civilian workforce.
(Courtesy of Rhonda Miller)
Rhonda Miller, store manager for the Amazon Books store in UTC, said civilians often "don't really understand" veterans' skill sets, and encourages those interviewing veterans to take the time to understand how military leadership skills can translate to the civilian workforce.
Miller served in the Marine Corps from 1989 to 1992 in administrative and operational roles, learning skills she said "really helped me when I jumped into retail," an industry she's worked in for 20 years.
She said "if a lot of companies move toward [taking] in veterans and really provide support and training for them, they'll find that they'll have a really amazing workforce of leaders."
Recruiting and supporting veterans is Miller's duty to her fellow servicemembers, she said. "In any capacity at any retailer I've worked with, when there is any type of hiring or recruiting for veterans, I've always stepped in," talking to veterans about the businesses.
She said she "thought it was really important for veterans to see that once you do exit, there are those opportunities. I had really great mentors in my life that saw my skill set and they really developed that. I just want to be one of those people as well and just be a good example."
"I want veterans to know that there is so much more out there for them when they do exit the military," she said. ◆


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Person Of The Day: Toni Morrison
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Mass Mutual and NewsOne join together to present 28 dynamic people that make up the diverse tapestry of Black History. For the entire month of February, Black History Month, we will feature one Person of the Day and highlight their lives and achievements.
Novelist Toni Morrison (pictured) is one of the most-celebrated writers of all time, cementing her place in history as the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison has also won the Pulitzer Prize, and in 2012, she was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Morrison has won several awards for her work over the years, and has amassed a number of honorary degrees along the way.
SEE ALSO: Person Of The Day: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Her parents, George and Ramah, instilled in her a love of literature and music at an early age. Growing up in an integrated neighborhood, Morrison didn't suffer the brunt of racism until she became a teenager. Graduating from high school with honors in 1949, Morrison entered Howard University.
Graduating from Howard in 1953, Morrison continued her studies at Cornell University and left with her Master's in 1955. From there, she left to teach English at Texas Southern University. Returning to Howard in 1957 to teach English, she met Harold Morrison and the pair later married. After the birth of her son in 1961, Morrison joined a writing group on the campus and began working on her first novel.
After splitting with her husband, Morrison worked as a senior editor for a textbook publisher in upstate New York. She then took a job with major publishing company Random House as an editor.
Her first novel, "The Bluest Eye," was published in 1970. Although fans of Morrison have gone back to the book and considered it a fine work, the book didn't sell as expected. Her second book, "Sula," was released in 1973, later getting nominated for the American Book Award.
Although she continued to release books in between this time, it wasn't until 1987′s "Beloved" that Morrison would receive the first of many awards coupled with rising fame. "Beloved" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 and was later made into a motion picture by Oprah Winfrey in 1998.
Morrison joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1989 as a professor, continuing to write while tending to her academic duties. In 1993, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work in the field.
Morrison's work extends beyond fiction as she also produced children's books and also wrote a series of plays. Her latest novel, "Home," was published in 2012.
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Buying tip for MacBook? Should I wait?
Discussion in 'Buying Tips and Advice' started by SeanWalsh16, May 30, 2009.
Hi guys, I was just wandering if you could help me out?
I was planning on buying the Aluminum MacBook at the beginning of this summer. With WWDC coming up I was wondering how long it would be to wait until 10.6 comes out. Do you think that it would have a release date in June? or even later than that? I think that if the release date is set in July or later then I would just get the uMB as soon as WWDC is over. Also, now that the MacBook White got a spec bump, do you think the Alu will get one too? Because that would be nice.
For sure wait, unless you've got an urgent reason to buy now, waiting and buying right when the next model is released is an excellent way to get better value.
If you truly need it now, buy it. If you don't, then wait.
According to the Buyer's Guide, you should only buy the MBA if you reeeally need it, so even if no updates come @ WWDC, the longer you hold out, the better.
To be honest, i am not in a hurry, however i will be leaving scotland for a long period around septmeber and i want to buy the MBA before i leave. From what i heard from some MBA users, i will need to test the product for a while, as it has very high potential (if you are unlucky) to be faulty! and i it won't be very convenient to send a laptop for repair when you are travelling.
the most certain issue that the macbook and macbook pro will be updated is that the new white macbook has a faster processer than the low-end aluminum book and a bto hard drive up to 500gb - thus surpassing the rest of the line-up.
It seems like the Spring 2007 update where the macbooks were updated, followed by the macbook pro.
Macbook Air could be entirely different.
what do you mean by entirely different?
I had a first generation air and was nowhere near faulty. The veracity of percentage of faulty machines is usually tied to the vocal minority. Sure there are known issues, but it is difficult to assess their accuracy.
As to why entirely different. I think there is a faster processor that can be put in the Air, maybe some more memory, but are there any larger SSDs or hard drives in production that can fit? I am unsure.
Are they redesigning it to put in 3G?
The updated White macbook clearly created some overlap in the notebook line that points to the rest of the line being updated. As the lightweight and thin notebook that is more of a luxury item, it is difficult to see how it interacts with the rest of the notebook line.
Sorry to bother you again; so if you are in my situation (described above) would you just order one immediately after the conference? or wait just before your travel?
That's really a non-issue given the fact that the HDD of the UMB/P are easily user-upgradeable and that a 500 GB HDD, like a WD Scorpio Blue, costs less than half of what Apple is charging for a similar hard drive. Even a Seagate 500 GB 7200.4 costs some $60-70 less than the 500 GB 5400 RPM one that Apple provides.
If you need the machine now, or if your work/overall life will improve by purchasing the machine now, buy it after the conference if nothing is updated.
Here's the thing about waiting when you have a time deadline, if you are forced to buy because of time and the update doesn't happen, you had less time with a machine if you had purchased it earlier.
Say you were purchasing a new macbook for university last summer. You heard that new aluminum macbooks were coming, so you waited until the very end of the promo with the iPod to purchase one in September. You were still forced to buy the same plastic notebook that you could have bought in June for the same price, you just had it 2 or 3 months later than you could have.
What could be reasonable with the macbook air is that if/when the other notebooks are updated, they cut the price on the SSD - they did that last June.
Of course it's a non-issue in the big scheme of things. It still doesn't change the fact that of the configs Apple offers, at the moment you can go higher on the white macbook than on the low-end aluminum notebook.
There are people who are not going to want to install their own hard drive.
Yes, I also believe that now that the White MacBook can have a bigger HDD and that the processor is faster, Apple would update the Alu's pretty soon.
i want to buy macbook pro, but the 10.6 or hardware update will bts after ?
i am in hong kong , bts can refund?
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there have been instances where a new model was released 2 weeks after a conference. wait till end of july.


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Gen. Cartwright: Latest Stuxnet casualty
Stuxnet, the computer virus that wrecked an estimated 1,000 of Iran's nuclear centrifuges back in 2010, is still doing damage, if indirectly. Now it's claimed the reputation of retired Marine Corps General James Cartwright. His guilty plea to making false statements to the FBI could land him in the clink for six months.
Many years ago I had a friend, a member of the clergy. My family moved away, we lost touch. Then a couple of years ago we learned he had to quit his prominent pulpit amid lurid allegations both financial and sexual. It was all over the local papers. Another clergy friend, when hearing about it, told me he couldn't bring himself to read the details, saying, "I don't stare at car wrecks."
Cartwright didn't leak the information about the Stuxnet program to reporters, but he did confirm it. He falsely told the FBI he didn't speak to them at all. His lawyer, Greg Craig, a former White House counsel, says Cartwright, in confirming the Stuxnet story to the reporters, was trying to get them to not publish national security secrets.
Naturally, it was an e-mail to a Newsweek reporter that tripped up Cartwright.
No run-of-the-mill general, Cartwright rose to vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was favored by political leadership. He escaped an administrative censure over a possible relationship with a female subordinate, but Navy Secretary Ray Mabus nixed the conclusions of the investigation. Several reports say the incident took Cartwright out of the running for when Obama had to choose a new chairman.
When the Justice Department began investigating the Stuxnet leak, Cartwright became a suspect and lost his security clearance, two years after retirement. Meanwhile he was doing what retired generals at his level do — being faculty at think tanks and colleges, board members of technology and consultant companies. And, interestingly, Cartwright became something of a nuclear disarmament proponent. Now he'll face sentencing and could get just a fine. Regardless, he'll have a rap sheet.
Another car wreck.
These episodes occur regularly, but it's always hard to watch. Imagine, a former four-star Marine standing before a District Court judge, who, as reported in Politico, told him after the guilty plea, "You're in a little different status now that you were when you entered the room. You're under the court's supervision. It's best for you to stay on the straight and narrow."
I don't feel sorry for Cartwright so much as astonished that someone with 40 years of service and adherence to rules, would even answer a phone call from a reporter about such a sensitive national security matter, much less jump into it. He put himself in a position from which it was impossible to extricate. If he confirmed talking to reporters, he would have been implicated in the leak itself. In denying it, he had to fib.
Washington and Hollywood: A new sequel
Time to review the 'M' in OMB
Must read: The last (or latest) word on built-in cybersecurity
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Their migration to Viz One that year has given them unparalleled control of their content for advanced search, logging, infrastructure and distribution. During this session from SVG's 2018 Sports Content Management & Storage Forum, PGA TOUR's Director, Media Asset Management Michael Raimondo and Vizrt's Senior Director, Enterprise Solutions Architecture Arun Krishnaswamy walk you through how these features evolved today, and what the future holds for such a key asset in PGA TOUR's business and content production.Monday, August 13, 2018Tech Case Study: Monetize Your Sports Video Archives in the New World of DistributionSports teams, leagues, and rightsholders understand that video archives are one of their most valuable assets…but how do you index thousands or tens of thousands of hours footage in a way that makes it easily searchable and discoverable for a variety of monetization use cases? 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We caught up with Anne Graham, Assistant Manager of Media Management for Turner Sports at our Sports Content Management and Storage Forum to discuss how her network is leading the charge in using technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to help streamline the process and build ever stronger content libraries.Thursday, August 10, 2017Avid's Doug Price on the Early Success of Media Central Cloud UXAvid has undergone quite a transformation over the past couple of years. One of the latest major software-based introductions was Media Central Cloud UX, which first debuted at NAB Show 2017. We caught up with Doug Price, Director of Sales, Sports & Education for Avid to discuss the latest direction of the company and dig into some examples of major broadcasters, including the New York-based YES Network, who have bought into some of those new solutions.Wednesday, August 9, 2017Quantum's Dave Frederick Discusses How AI Can Be the Solution to Managing Storage LibrariesQuantum has long been a leader in the industry when it comes to helping sports clients manage and maintain their extensive video content libraries. Now the company is looking to make it easier to access and utilize content in storage through the help artificial intelligence. We caught up with Dave Frederick, Quantum's Senior Director of Media and Entertainment to discuss battling the challenges of cloud-based versus on-premises storage and how smart metadata is essential to it all. Quantum served as the title sponsor of SVG's Sports Content Management & Storage Forum in New York City last month.Wednesday, August 9, 2017PGA TOUR Entertainment's David Dukes on Golf's Shift to a Fiber Transmission ModelFor decades, major golf tournaments were transmitted for broadcast via satellite due the logistical nature of broadcasting from vast courses in remote areas typically only once per year. This year, however, PGA TOUR Entertainment has moved to a new fiber-based system from venues through a partnership with The Switch. David Dukes, Senior Director-Technical Operations at PGA TOUR Entertainment spoke with us about the solution at the 2017 Sports Content Management and Storage Forum in NYC.Tuesday, August 1, 2017NHL's Grant Nodine Is Impressed by the Rapid Growth of Cloud-based Content Management WorkflowsMedia-asset–management (MAM) workflows have altered dramatically over a very short few years; perhaps in no more dramatic way that in the staggering amount of high-end video content being backed up to cloud services. At SVG's Sports Content Management & Storage Forum, we caught up with Grant Nodine, VP of Technology at the National Hockey League and the outgoing chairman of SVG's SCMS Committee to discuss the cloud-based trend and the impact he feel the committee has had on the industry over the past three years.


Found both spark plug boots had small friction wear on them. One had a small crack in it. 50,000km on the bike.
This caused the current for the spark plug to leak out and ground on the cylinder. It created and erratic iddle, cylinder stopped firing for short periods.
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Have u got any kind of knocking or ticking noise under load ? For example when u cruise at 50-60kph ?
I am looking to buy replacement boots for my GT250. I cannot find anything local. Can anyone suggest a part no. to order preferably for NGK?
Note elsewhere on this site somebody proposed the SD05F from NGK but these are straight boots while mine have their exit to the high tension cable set at about 70 degrees to the vertical. Also the dimensions seem somewhat smaller than mine.
I think the plug caps are the same as a Suzuki VL250 intruder.
Any Idea what the NGK code equivalent is? I still have to order it from abroad.
None. I don't have a 250.


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The more you try, the greater your chances of winning and what more! You can play it even on Sundays and national holidays. You have an option to play Joker+ together with Euromillions, Lotto, or play it alone.
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In playing the Joker+, you choose 6 random numbers between 0 and 9 as well as one astrological sign between the 12. The 6 digits you have chosen will form a number. The combination of the numbers and their order will determine your winnings.
When playing Belgium Joker+, your combination typically consists of two parts; the 6 digits and an astrological sign. At the point of sale, the terminal will determine your 6 random numbers. You should then check the game combinations you want to have and your astrological sign. Opting for a Quick Pick is also possible, but it doesn't guarantee you a winning combination.
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Winnings above 2,000 euros, but not exceeding 25,000 euros can be claimed at the regional office or the headquarters. The offices operate from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. You don't have to make an appointment. However, for you to successfully claim your prize, you need your ID card, account number, and the winning ticket.
For prizes above 25,000 euros up to the jackpot, you can only make your claim at the headquarters of the Lottery in Brussels. In addition to carrying your ID card, winning ticket, and account number details, you need to make an appointment with the team responsible for accompanying the big prize winners in Loterie Nationale.
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Jericho Road Community Health Center
When 100 Congolese Asylum Seekers Showed Up, This Shelter Made Room
A shelter in Buffalo, New York, operated by health center, Jericho Road, has been providing recent arrivals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo medical aid, legal services, and educational opportunities.
Nearly 100 Congolese asylum seekers released from the U.S. southern border arrived in mid-June at Vive Shelter, operated by Jericho Road Health Center in Buffalo, New York. The health center and shelter have been working to meet health needs of new arrivals. Here, shelter residents rest at Vive Shelter on June 17, 2019. (Mark Mulville/Buffalo News)
By Talya Meyers June 28, 2019 12:10 pm
Anna Mongo wasn't sure how they all ended up on the shelter doorstep. She just knew it was her job to help them.
Mongo is the chief program officer at Vive Shelter in Buffalo, New York, a facility designed for people seeking refuge in the United States and Canada. Two weeks ago, she'd been expecting eight families from central Africa – about 25 people total – to arrive at Vive, needing shelter, food, and medical and legal services.
The shelter was already close to full.
"Even saying we would take 25 was a stretch," Mongo said in a phone interview with Direct Relief.
Instead, about 100 people, primarily from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, showed up over the course of several days. They're part of a larger influx of several hundred African migrants who have arrived in the United States in recent weeks.
A change, but still the same
Vive, run by Jericho Road Community Health Center, generally houses about 100 people per night. In addition to food and a place to stay, the shelter provides both an initial medical assessment and additional health care when it's needed. It gives residents access to legal aid, enrolls children in school and adults in ESL or computer courses, and helps those who are eligible apply for health insurance.
Direct Relief has provided support – including funding, medicine, and supplies – to Jericho Road's work around the world since 2015.
After the initial shock of receiving so many new arrivals, Vive's staff and residents simply adapted. An activity room and prayer room were turned into additional sleeping space. Residents placed on cooking duty were encouraged to make foods they enjoyed for the rest of the shelter, which included both Congolese and Central American people.
"It turns out rice and beans are extremely cross-cultural," Mongo said.
Brendan Raleigh, a Jericho Road doctor who treats the people staying at Vive during twice-weekly clinics, says there are just more asylum seekers than usual from the region.
"It's a headline to everyone else, but there have always been a lot of Congolese people here," he said. "The stories are kind of depressingly unchanged."
"They're hard to listen to," Mongo said of the stories she's heard.
"When they lost their lives, it hurt."
The people who have arrived Vive shelter – who are primarily Congolese – first traded one danger for another.
Fleeing poverty, disease, and political violence in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo, they first traveled by boat or air to South or Central America. There, many of them found work and tried to settle down, including Kahamba, who identified himself only by his first name.
Kahamba's father had been an unpopular leader in his village, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kwango province. When the community turned on his family, Kahamba fled first to Angola, then Brazil, leaving his mother and brothers behind.
But in Brazil, Kahamba encountered what he describes as untenable violence. Disillusioned, he joined a group of central African asylum seekers headed for the United States.
He describes a harrowing journey north, including a boat ride to Colombia that was fatal for many of his fellow travelers.
"The boats are not well equipped for that kind of journey. Lots of people lost their lives, including children," he said.
"I felt like they were my brothers because of the journey we were taking. When they lost their lives, it hurt."
Arriving in San Antonio, Kahamba was questioned and assigned a court date. A judge will ultimately decide whether his circumstances qualify him for protection in the United States.
Crisis, or opportunity?
Customs and Border Patrol said in a June 5 press release that the United States has seen a "dramatic rise" in people arriving from Africa; the release quoted a chief patrol agent, Raul L. Ortiz, who called the situation a "humanitarian crisis."
Asylum seekers from central Africa have been arriving in San Antonio, Texas, after being arrested at the Border Patrol's Del Rio sector. From there, they've traveled in large numbers to Portland, Maine and to a number of other cities – including Buffalo.
Vive is welcoming the new arrivals with open arms. "We at Buffalo consider this to be an opportunity," said Mongo. She explained that Buffalo actually needs workers in a number of different sectors, from medicine to education.
"There's a wider community belief here in Buffalo that immigration is largely responsible for what eventually turned into a community revitalization," she said, referring to an ongoing effort in Buffalo to create a more innovative, enticing, and financially sound city.
Dr. Raleigh agreed. "Our immigrant refugee community has really boomed in the last 30 plus years," he said. "It's become an important part of the fabric of the city."
Vive Shelter staff unpack boxes of supplies at the Buffalo shelter, operated by local health center, Jericho Road, which has stepped up to provide services, including for health needs. (Mark Mulville/Buffalo News)
A community responds
According to Mongo, community support for the Congolese asylum seekers has been tremendous. So many people bought items from Vive's online wishlist that the shelter took it off the Internet. Diapers, blankets, and other supplies have overwhelmed Mongo's office.
"My high school chemistry teacher showed up and said, 'This is great work you're doing. Here's a hundred bucks and a stroller,'" she said.
There may be more asylum seekers to come. The UN announced on June 18 that more than 300,000 people have fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo this month due to an outbreak of violence in the country's northeast.
Mongo said Vive would welcome more Congolese residents – as many as the shelter can fit. Jericho Road, the larger organization to which Vive belongs, plans to reach out to the city about potentially finding accommodations for more people.
"Jericho Road wouldn't mind triaging," she said.
Life at the shelter
Among those arriving at Vive, Dr. Raleigh said he's seen a number of pregnant women who have received no health care throughout their journey, some needing treatment for tropical illnesses, and people who have experienced traumatic events and need behavioral health care.
But for the most part, life continues along at the shelter. "It's a little hectic," Mongo admitted. Residents, wherever their origin, take turns with cleaning, cooking, and laundry. Children are enrolled in school and adults in ESL courses or training. Regular activities, like acro-yoga and hula-hooping, keep kids active.
"During the day, the building is kind of emptied" as people go about their business, Mongo said.
Kahamba said the shelter has given him and his fellow travelers a warm reception. "There are people like the woman who's helping me right now," he said, referring to Mongo. "May God bless her for what she's done for me."
Asked what he'd like to do in the United States, Kahamba said he's anxious to be able to work. He'll have to wait, though, because asylum seekers aren't eligible for work until they've been in the country six months.
Through his travels, he's maintained a treasured hope: "I want to study, because the world changes at a fast pace."
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What might appear to be a bracing for a reprise of August's violence is actually a symbol of longstanding economic vulnerability.
In early November, as rumors spread that the grand jury decision in the case of Darren Wilson was about to be released, Ferguson began to board itself up. Nearly all stores on the small area of West Florissant Avenue that has been the hub of protest activity are boarded, save for Ferguson Burger Bar, a popular restaurant among protesters.
Since August, the media have described Ferguson in apocalyptic terms. The region has been compared to Gaza and Iraq, and today phrases like"riot-scarred" and "riots that engulfed the city" punctuate mainstream press. The reality is that the violence and looting that took place in Ferguson was limited to a small strip in the commercial district of West Florissant Avenue, with one business, QuikTrip, burned to the ground. The few stores that were looted reopened shortly afterward.
It is debatable whether the August violence, limited in damage and scope, could be classified as a riot. The police response, which included tear gassing residents on their property, was more pervasively destructive than the actions of protesters on the ground. For over 90 days, protests continued with minimal property damage. Ferguson remains a suburb of unassuming homes and faltering businesses, much as it was before. Its scars run deep, but they are largely emotional, not physical.
Small businesses are barely hanging on, and owners usually lack the savings or insurance to make repairs or endure extended closure.
Some have interpreted the boarding of Ferguson as racist, a sign of business owners' lack of faith in residents and protesters. But the boarding of Ferguson needs to be examined in the context of St. Louis's racial politics and economic decline.
It is easy to find other parts of St. Louis that resemble the aftermath of riots. Shattered windows, roofless dwellings, boarded buildings, and stately homes whose bricks were stolen by the poor are all part of St. Louis's landscape. Blighted suburbs like Wellston, Pagedale, Berkeley, and Kinloch bear the burden of decades of white flight, municipal corruption, and resource denial. Drive down the once thriving Page Boulevard, now a thoroughfare between crumbling majority black suburbs, and you will find sites like a forsaken VCR repair shop with shattered windows, a sign affixed to the front advertising a Democratic electoral candidate. The election was in 2010.
This is not the legacy of riots. This is the legacy of apathy and abandonment, which has harmed St. Louis more than looting ever has.
In majority black North St. Louis, where life expectancy is similar to that of Iraq, entire streets are emptied of inhabitants who fled its crumbling infrastructure—many to northern suburbs like Ferguson. Though famed for the sounds of gunshots, North St. Louis's quiet spaces also unnerve. In 1972, Pruitt-Igoe, a public housing complex constructed in the 1950s, was demolished, and a forest began to grow where it once stood. Every year St. Louis debates what to build on Pruitt-Igoe, and every year, the trees grow taller.
The ruins of St. Louis stick out like reminders, like repercussions. Wealthier residents tend to take the highways around them.
The newly boarded businesses of Ferguson are mostly small stores and restaurants that serve a majority black low-income community—African hair braiding, nail salons, beauty parlors, and chop suey stands. Large chain stores in the same area, like Target, have not boarded, and with the exception of a T-Mobile, a Sprint, and a Family Dollar, smaller chains remain unboarded as well.
Boarded beauty supplies store on West Florissant Avenue.
Family Dollar is one of few chain stores boarded in Ferguson. Most large chains remain unboarded.
Boarded T-Mobile and dialysis center, West Florissant Avenue.
Some St. Louis neighborhoods look like the aftermath of riots, but they are really the aftermath of abandonment. VCR repair shop in Hamilton Heights, a St. Louis suburb.
Velvet Freeze was once a popular St. Louis ice cream franchise. Now one of its last remaining locations, on West Florissant Avenue, is boarded up.
Ferguson's boarded storefronts are symbolic of an economic vulnerability in place long before the August violence. The small businesses of Ferguson struggle in a devastated landscape typical of post-recession America. The new Main Street, USA is a strip mall of dollar stores, pawn shops, check cashing centers and payday loan outlets, and Ferguson exemplifies this trend. Small businesses are barely hanging on, and owners usually lack the savings or insurance to make repairs or endure extended closure.
Most of all, small business owners have witnessed St. Louis's history of abandonment of black communities. Their modest wares stand surrounded by the shells of enterprises left behind. Drive further down West Florissant Avenue, away from the protest site, and you will find a giant shopping plaza with almost no stores left, a casualty of the 2008 recession from which this part of St. Louis never recovered. As I drove through the area on a Saturday afternoon, I saw two people holding signs—one saying "Arrest Darren Wilson," and one advertising a 50% off sale at the local K-Mart, which was now going out of business as well.
Nothing is safe in St. Louis. But the culprit is not protest—it is the lack of investment in and support for black communities, a pattern that has replicated itself in the region for decades. Protests did not destroy Ferguson. Destruction—social, economic, and political—created the protests. In St. Louis, one can drive from neighborhoods boarded up out of fear to neighborhoods boarded up due to abandonment. Unless systemic racism and economic discrimination are addressed, Ferguson may transition from the former to the latter.
Sarah Kendzior is an anthropologist who studies politics and the Internet in Central Asia.


It was a night to remember for Geberit, as everyone made their way up the red carpet to celebrate the company's inaugural MERIT Awards, where all areas of the business joined together for a night of recognition and celebration.
During the four-month long nomination process, Geberit employees voted in their hundreds, for those individuals and teams, they believe, deserved recognition for outstanding work over the past year.
The awards were based on Geberit's five company values - Modesty, Enthusiasm, Renew Ourselves, Integrity, Teamwork (MERIT) - and with the votes cast, judges had the unenviable task of whittling down over 160 nominations to just 5 deserved finalists and 1 overall winner for each category.
The winner of the coveted 'Executive Team Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution' was Paulette Mansell, receiving the award on stage from Geberit Sales Managing Director, Mark Larden.
Hosted by Geberit's very own People & Organisational Development Manager, Matthew Hotten, the MERIT Awards resembled an Oscar-like gala, transforming the venue into an atmosphere of elegant decoration and impressive audio visuals.


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AiR Healthcare Solutions is an international provider of disease management and telephone-based care coordination solutions for chronic behavioral health conditions. Andrew Wainwright founded AiR Healthcare Solutions (AiR) in 2002 with the hope of setting a new precedent for helping struggling addicts and their families get well. AiR has evolved over time to address not only substance use disorders, but all behavioral health-related illnesses. Today the organization, while maintaining the legacy business, is delivering a large-scale solution that meets the needs of the new, value-based, technology-driven, healthcare economy.
Better patient care
To better care for its patients, AiR's multidisciplinary team of behavioral health clinicians developed a unique care management process model. It is based on national guidelines and evidence-based practices and is shaped by AiR's expert opinion. The model provides protocols for the appropriate diagnosis, effective treatment and management of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, eating disorders and other chronic behavioral health conditions.
"Similar to diabetes or hypertension, patients with behavioral health conditions need to follow a prescribed care plan over a long period of time to see results," says Jaclyn Wainwright, chief executive officer, AiR. "Traditionally, behavioral health disorders have been treated using an acute rather than a chronic model of care, which leads to isolated episodes of care, high rates of readmission and poor long-term outcomes."
"DXC Health360 Care Coordination in the Microsoft cloud gives us the scalability to assess and risk-stratify larger populations, engage people in need, personalize care plans and effectively deliver the interventions and support that make a lasting difference in the lives and well-being of families."
Jaclyn Wainwright, Chief Executive Officer, AiR
AiR's original SQL database could no longer handle the complex relationships, multiple interactions and sheer volume of information involved with the new care management model. The old system and process posed a risk that follow-up interactions would fall through the cracks, or important data insights might be overlooked.
A powerful solution
AiR selected DXC Health360 ™ Care Coordination built on Microsoft cloud technology and Microsoft Dynamics 365.
"We knew that we needed a powerful solution and technology partner we could rely on that would help us to scale from providing care on an individual basis to managing large populations, without losing the things that made us successful," says Wainwright. "In addition, we required a solution that would seamlessly integrate with other tools, such as electronic medical records (EMRs). Microsoft technology was an obvious answer."
As a healthcare service provider, cloud security is also important to AiR.
"We've seen that the cloud is a safe place to keep information, and vulnerabilities only arise from the ways in which users access information, for example, having weak passwords or downloading information onto a personal computer. Because DXC Health360 is built on Microsoft technology, we didn't have any security concerns," Wainwright adds.
Leveraging data to make informed decisions
"With DXC Health360, we've expanded our reach and our abilities," says Wainwright. "Before, we were limited in the types of reporting and information that we could query within a system when we were trying to learn insights about a population. It was never clear if what we were doing was meaningful (and why). What's great about DXC Health360 is that it's unlimited. Now it's not just about data collection, but also about leveraging data. We can harness the power of the data in the system and use it to get better and grow."
Using the new system, AiR provided services to over 2,000 patients from 2013 to 2015 and is achieving phenomenal results. One of the most impressive achievements is its long-term continuous sobriety outcome: a 12-month continuous abstinence rate of 72 percent compared to the national average of 35 percent.
Each person's care plan describes the "next best action" for every care team member and service provider — creating a very personal care experience. AiR is now able to improve patient satisfaction and well-being while enabling care team members to help more people with an efficient, modern care coordination platform.
AiR's business has grown to include new comprehensive behavioral health services for large employers and health insurers across the nation.
"As we continue our tradition of clinical innovation, DXC Health360, leveraged through the Microsoft cloud, gives us the scalability to assess and risk stratify larger populations, engage people in need, personalize care plans and effectively deliver the interventions and support that make a lasting difference in the lives and wellbeing of families," added Wainwright.
AiR recently upgraded to the latest version of DXC Health360 and is now able to take advantage of a new assessment tool with a patient stress questionnaire. There is also risk-based scoring, as well as visual indicators, and a library for factors such as suicide risk, pregnancy, recommended abstinence and under-18 status. It's now easier to see patients at a glance, monitor care plans and receive multilevel alerts.
"For AiR, the future of healthcare is clear. Clinical behavioral health expertise, technology and the ability to harness data will lead the way," says Wainwright.


Hi. I'm Steve. Been away from dog ownership for the last 10 years due to financial constraints and living conditions and just recently am able to have one again. Hopefully I'll meet lots of cool people on here with similar interests as myself.
I'm still looking but I'm really drawn to a 6 week old Heeler/Collie pup that a friend of mine has available. Research tells me I'd have my hands full with her but I welcome the challenge.
It sounds like a lovely mix and puppies are a ton of fun (and yes, work :-)) I hope we get to see pictures soon.
I think the biggest challenge will be keeping her busy. I have 2 cats that wont appreciate being herded too much but I'm sure I'll learn over time, especially with the help of more knowledgeable folks. Just waiting approval from my landlord and then I'll bring her home. I'd never have focused on such a dog if my place wasn't as big as it is and I didn't have such easy access to large open areas to go for walks and play time.
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Welcome to Dog Forum Steve. Enjoy your new puppy too!
Thank you Techie. It's good to know there's forums like this one. I owned dogs most of my life but it's been almost 10 years since I last had one.
Steve, welcome to the forum. A new puppy....so much fun and love coming your way in a furry bundle. Be sure to post photos when you get your puppy.
Thank you. There'll be lots of pictures, I am sure of that. Went to the shelter and was happy to see A LOT less animals there than the last time I went in. Saw yet another puppy that caught my eye as soon as I walked in the door. The price is a bit high but I think worth it for the years of enjoyment those dogs will give you.
Welcome to the forum!! Can't wait for pics.


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