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NOW READING: ART MEETS FASHION WITH BJÖRN WETTERLING
ART MEETS FASHION WITH BJÖRN WETTERLING
Words: Jonna Hunt Photography: Christopher Hunt
Björn Wetterling not only collects art, he has an eye for stylish fashion, designed by himself. We visited his Stockholm home full of iconic furniture pieces such as Le Corbusier and Keith Haring.
BJÖRN IN OH-12
WHAT'S YOUR MOST INTERESTING ARTIST RIGHT NOW?
It's always our most current exhibition. Jim Dine is next up followed by Nathalia Edenmont. I admire Frank Stella. Both him and Jim are consistent in their language. They have done their thing and said fuck you to everyone else. That's important with art, not to follow trends. I don't like his art, but Lars Vilks is also consistent making his sculptures in Skåne.
WHAT SHOW ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?
Linda Bäckström's show and I'm also looking forward to our 40th anniversary this year where we will exhibit one piece each by the artists we represent. It will be a nice reflection of what we have achieved throughout the years.
Visiting Frank Stella's studio and brother artist duo Mike and Doug Starn's studio in New York for the first time was incredible. "If they can, I can" was the feeling I had. It's overwhelming because it's so big. New York is the best city in the world when it comes to art, whether you like it or not.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE GALLERY?
There are lots of them, but Gagosian Gallery in New York is up there at the top. Having started our as a poster salesman he does the impossible. It's no doubt the best gallery in the world.
FAVOURITE MUSEUM?
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
YOUR MOST VIVID ART EXPERIENCE?
There are so many. But visiting Robert Rauchenberg's studio, and meeting with James Rosenquist – these are fantastic events that few people get to experience.
WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO FASHION? YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN SUITS. WHEN DID THAT INTEREST START?
I started designing clothes early on, but never turned it in to a brand. When it comes to my own style I started out with a thing for vintage ties in the 1980s, then belts, then socks. I have personal tailor in Singapore who makes my shirts and trousers after my design. Men in general dress so dull – it's blue, black or brown. It's hideous. I hate uniforms. I don't fit in tuxedos. I guess I'm a bit of an exhibitionist. Perhaps a form of revolt, a way of being visible when young. I think my clothes look great, it's as simple as that. I don't own black or brown shoes. Men should wear more colour. Women often compliment my style, whereas men get put off, wearing their fucking black shoes, with black socks – grey at the most.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE GARMENT?
FAVOURITE DESIGNER?
Issey Miyake, Shanghai Tang and Yohji Yamamoto, they are great designers. I used to like Armani but not anymore. In my world Issey Miyake is the best fashion designer in the world.
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To keep up with the speed of business, data warehousing professionals are turning to modern automation solutions to optimize and expedite their processes. We are also beginning to see data warehouse automation combined with elastic cloud architectures to quickly deliver optimal performance at any scale.
Today a new data warehouse automation solution for Amazon Redshift by Attunity was announced at AWS re:Invent.
Historically, my peers and I invested significant time designing reporting data models and applying ETL frameworks using Kimball dimensional scripts, SQL templates, and customized command line utilities.
Automation options today are a warmly welcome innovation. It's a relief to see that most of the tedious data warehousing work can now be streamlined across the entire life-cycle vastly improving data warehouse time-to-value and ROI.
To be completely transparent, I wish I would have had data warehouse automation a long time ago for proof-of-concept projects and data warehouse engagements to show my customers immediate, useful value. Since data discovery solutions entered the market, I began skipping data modeling. That was fine for securing funding but ultimately a data mart or data warehouse was still needed.
Data discovery and self-service BI tools do not replace data warehouses.
Analytics relies on data warehouse design patterns (ie. slowly changing dimensions) for accurately reporting over time periods. Those design patterns do not exist within data discovery tools.
Modern data warehouse automation solutions reduce up-front analysis, design, and modeling. The approach for scheduling data warehouse projects changes. Previously we used a waterfall methodology and assigned teams to work for weeks or months collecting bus matrices of reporting requirements, experimenting with dimensional designs, and scrambling to populate enough data to see if we got our dimensional designs right.
Today with data warehouse automation in the mix, we can enjoy an agile development methodology where we quickly create or update a production-worthy data warehouse in days. Automation provides almost immediate gratification per se with the actual source data. ETL code is automated and scheduling of incremental loads is a simple point-and-click endeavor.
Don't believe it can be done? I completely understand that healthy skepticism. I had to reverse engineer Attunity's data warehouse automation solution to see it for myself before I'd accept that it can be done… and done right. In doing that, I truly appreciated what I found.
Attunity Compose is an agile, model-driven data warehouse automation offering that has been developed and optimized over a 15-year period. It can automatically create, populate and even deploy changes to data warehouse designs. In addition to time savings, code quality and consistency, it also can be used continuously with DevOps application development processes.
A dimensional data model does not have to be prepared ahead of time.
For data warehouse professionals, the tedious, manual, repetitive aspects of data warehouse design, development, testing, deployment, operations, impact analysis, and change management are greatly reduced. In some cases, those tasks are replaced by fully automated processes.
Enterprise data warehouse software vendors that are currently supported include Amazon RedShift, Teradata, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL.
It all starts with a data source. From there, Attunity Compose can derive a dimensional data warehouse using a model that can be auto-generated or imported from a data modeling tool like CA ERwin. Attunity Compose will generate a schema, create data integration (ETL), apply data quality and integrity rules, and add logging for monitoring and auditing.
For my evaluation, I began by defining a source or tables in a landing area. These can either be a schema or a database. Then I added a target data warehouse destination. After the source and target were defined, Attunity Compose auto-generated a logical and physical model based on my data source(s).
In reviewing the process to this point, I noticed slowly changing dimensions (SCD Type 1 and 2) were created for me to accurately report data over time. Apparently Attunity Compose supports a variety of slowly changing dimension type patterns including rarely found type 6.
I also reviewed data lineage features and noted that I could optionally extend the automatically-created model with derived attributes.
In addition to making model adjustments, I saw features for fine tuning data mappings between the tables in the landing area and the staging tables via an "ETL Set". Digging deeper into data quality, Attunity Compose allowed me to define specific ETL rules with an expression builder prior or after data gets loaded. I could also define actions that should be taken when data is rejected/accepted by a rule (Reject and Report, Reject Silently, and Reject and Abort).
After data mappings and an ETL Set were ready, with a single click I extracted source data and loaded it into my automatically-created data warehouse. To confirm that it really worked, I peeked at the monitoring dashboard and the underlying SQL Server instance. The physical SQL Server tables were indeed there and loaded. Cool and way too easy!
The Attunity Compose monitoring dashboard provided me detailed statistics about the number of tasks run, current status, start and end times, row counts, and next scheduled task instance. A log viewer allowed me to see detailed command syntax that was executed.
That is all there was to automating data warehouse builds with Attunity Compose. It is really a nice solution. Notably setting up the initial data warehouse project involved minimal manual tasks for configuration. After that was set up one time, I could schedule automatic data load tasks to continue incrementally populating my data warehouse with new data.
In running through my hands-on exercise, I do understand how automation works and also why it is being embraced by my peers today. The solution time-to-value alone is a huge win. The baked-in best practices and slowly changing dimension support to accurately report over time periods is also a compelling value. I'd love to see this type of automated data warehouse capability built into end-to-end data discovery and business intelligence platforms. In the meantime, it makes sense to buy both to deliver production-quality analytics solutions faster than ever imagined.
If you are still hand coding or running scripts from the Kimball data warehouse toolkit, I urge you to check out data warehouse automation solutions. You won't regret it. There really is a better way to build a data warehouse today.
To delve deeper into Attunity Compose, here are a few recommended resources.


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Ungava is a provincial electoral district in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.  It includes all of the Nord-du-Québec region (which is also a single census division) except for the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach.

It covers the Ungava Peninsula of northern Quebec and notably includes the municipalities and communities of Chibougamau, Chisasibi, Mistissini, Kuujjuaq, Eeyou Istchee Baie James, Waskaganish, Puvirnituq, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Inukjuak and Wemindji.

It was created for the 1981 election from Abitibi-Est and Abitibi-Ouest electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost the unorganized territories of Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet (in Côte-Nord region) to Duplessis electoral district.

Members of the National Assembly

Election results

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

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|Liberal
|Victo Murray
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|align="right"|40.00
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|Natural Law
|Steve Paquette
|align="right"|372
|align="right"|2.77
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|Liberal
|Jacques Bérubé
|align="right"|6,199
|align="right"|49.04
|align="right"|+4.62
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|Liberal
|Jacques Bérubé
|align="right"|5,497
|align="right"|44.42
|align="right"|+5.95
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|Christian Socialist
|Denis Turgeon
|align="right"|463
|align="right"|3.74
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|Liberal
|Laurent Levasseur
|align="right"|6,052
|align="right"|38.47
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References

External links
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 Elections Quebec

Election results
 Election results (National Assembly)
 Election results (QuébecPolitique)

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 2011 map (PDF)
 2001 map (Flash)
2001–2011 changes (Flash)
1992–2001 changes (Flash)
 Electoral map of Nord-du-Québec region
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Android News / All News / Android Dual Core Galore! But When?
Android Dual Core Galore! But When?
By Scott Beard
It looks like dual core smartphones are all the rage. We've been hearing a lot about great new Android devices that will sport these super powerful processors, but we're still waiting around for them to show up. I'm sure with Mobile World Congress taking the spotlight next week we will see plenty of these in action, just giving us more reason to hold on just a little bit longer for an upgrade. Lets take a look at what's rumored to be heading our way in the coming months ahead.
The Motorola Atrix 4G heading to AT&T, gets a pre-sale this weekend, and is supposed to be in stores on March 3rd. This beast of a smartphone will be powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 2, and so far looks extremely promising.
HTC is rumored to be working on a dual core device called "Pyramid", which is said to be heading our way towards June.
Qualcomm will be unleashing their dual core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon, said to show up sometime in Q2, and a dual core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon set for Q4.
Samsung's dual core Orion was supposed to drop in Q4 2010, but new rumors have it pegged with a Q2 2011 release, possibly powering the Galaxy S 2, which might make an appearance at MWC.
Samsung also is said to be working on the dual core processor "Hercules" and a quad core "Aquila."
From Texas Instruments comes the OMAP4 dual core processor, a 1 GHz expected in the first half of this year, followed by a 1.5 GHz version due in the second half of the year.
Expected to be shown at Mobile World Congress will be the LG Optimus 3D, which is rumored to house the OMAP4.
So that's where we're going, but when will we get there?
It would be nice for the Android community to get our hands on some dual core smartphones before the year is out. Especially considering that by next year this will be old tech and we will have moved on to bigger and better processors, with NVIDIA leading the pack most likely. Hopefully MWC will shed some light on what we can expect, and more importantly when to expect some of these processors to make it into our pockets.
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Earlier this year I was incredibly excited to learn of a new magazine, The Cleaver Quarterly, to be dedicated entirely to Chinese food. Having devoured the beautiful first edition, I approached the editors Lily, Jonathan and Iain, with an idea that has been rolling around in a head for many years – an exploration of that great British institution, the Chinese takeaway. To my delight, Team Cleaver said yes! My finished article and photographs appear in the second issue, which has just been published.
You can read my article here, and buy the whole magazine plus past and future editions here.
Many, many thanks to my wonderful interviewees, Junkit Lau of JK's in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, and Nayla Truong of Dan's Island, Clapton, east London.
Categories: China, Food, Magazines. Tags: article, chinese food, chinese takeaway, clapton, cleaver quarterly, dan's island, food, hackney, hebden bridge, jk's, magazine.


Our Parrot coasters will add a pop of colour to any tea break!
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Assling in the Upper Val Pusteria is particularly famous for its wildlife park.
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Thal an der Drau is one of 18 villages of the municipality of Assling.
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View from Thal towards the Lienz Dolomites.
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The St. Justina Church, behind the hamlet of Burg.
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The village of Mittewald an der Drau.
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Here the Drau Cycle Route runs which proceeds from San Candido towards Lienz.
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St. Justina.
Altitude: 800 - 1,400 metres asl
Assling is located on the sunny side of the Upper Val Pusteria, not far from the town of Lienz. Its municipal territory extends on both sides of the valley, but only the northern part and the area along the Drau river are inhabited. Today Assling is a popular holiday village, composed of 18 localities and representing the largest cadastral municipality of East Tyrol.
Assling is an ideal holiday destination for families. Your children will be amazed: the wildlife park of Assling boasts more than 30 animal species like lynx, raccoons, feral pigs, marmots and ibexes. Also the archaeological museum of Assling is very worth to be visited: it exhibits many ancient findings of the municipal territory, the most precious ones are nearly 1,000 years old.
The leisure centre Vithal, where the Drau cycling trail passes, offers a heated outside swimming pool and an adventure playing ground with fun court and tennis courts as well as a nice café. A lot of fun for old and young people is guaranteed at the summer toboggan run and in winter, Assling captivates visitors with a lot of different sports possibilities: skiers can enjoy themselves at the slopes of the Compedal ski lift or in the ski regions of Zettersfeld and Hochstein near Lienz, reachable in just a few minutes by car. To those of you who like tobogganing we recommend the 4.5 km long Compedal toboggan run in Bichl, reachable by foot.
There are also some jewels for those who love culture: the parish church was reconstructed after a devastating fire in 1726. However, late-Gothic frescoes found during restoration works let suggest that there was built a sacral building much earlier. Also very worth to be visited is the beautiful wing altar of Friedrich Pacher in the St. Korbinian im Thal church, dating back to the 15th century. Some famous citizens of Assling are the composer and church musician Ignaz Mitterer (1850 - 1924), the alpine skier Irmgard Lukasser and the cross-country ski champion Maria Theurl-Walcher.
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As a long-standing member of the Association of Life Underwriters, I have many times written to you in regards to issues affecting my business. Although you did not always vote in the way I had hoped, you always responded to my mailings. I would like to now as you to support the Konhen Bill which is currently before Congress. The Bill will increase the security of millions of US citizens in terms of financial security. I believe it will do more to increase the overall rate of savings in the USA than anything else in the past 50 years. In the end, the increased saving benefits will lead to greater tax revenues despite what the opposition wants us to think. I do appreciate your effort and time and strongly want to urge you to support this legislative bill.


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Q: Understanding Java Sorting a 2D-Array using Arrays.sort() I was working on a Leetcode problem(452. Minimum Number of Arrows to Burst Balloon). I came across a user sorting their 2D-array as:
Arrays.sort(points, (a,b) -> Integer.compare(a[1], b[1]));

I am still trying to get used to using Java and it's not clear to me the logic behind using the Integer.compare(a[1], b[1]).
How does this define how it's being sorted? Would really appreciate an explanation and perspective on why using this approach to sort the 2D-array.

A: The (a, b) -> Integer.compare(a[1], b[1]) is a lambda expression and in this case is an implementation of Comparator#compare(T,T). That method determines whether the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second argument by returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer, respectively. The Integer.compare(int,int) method works the same way, just only with int arguments.
The sorting algorithm used by Arrays#sort(...) iterates over the array and compares its elements using the Comparator. The algorithm will consult the Comparator as many times as needed, using the results of the comparisons to determine which elements need to be moved, until the array is sorted.
A 2D array is essentially just an array of arrays. So what's happening is the "outer" array is being sorted based on the values at index 1 of the "inner" arrays.

If you're still unsure about the lambda expression it's equivalent to the following:
Arrays.sort(points, new Comparator<int[]>() {
  @Override
  public int compare(int[] a, int[] b) {
    int a1 = a[1];
    int b1 = b[1];

    // Integer.compare(a1, b1)
    if (a1 < b1) {
      return -1; // negative = less than
    } else if (a1 == b1) {
      return 0; // zero = equal to
    } else {
      return 1; // positive = greater than
    }
  }
});

Assuming points is an int[][].

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Morris Brown College Receives $500K Grant In Hopes of Staying Open
By Breanna Chianne Sep 26, 2019
Though unaccredited, it's important to keep history alive and Morris Brown College is hoping to do just that.
The Atlanta, Georgia HBCU recently received $500,000 in grant money according to CBS 46. It's one of only two recipients in the southern state to benefit from African American Civil Rights grants announced previously by The National Park Service.
Fountain (Stone) Hall holds a significant place in the school's history. It was declared a national landmark as it's the oldest serving building on the campus. Interim President of Morris Brown, Dr. Kevin James, expressed appreciation for the generous donation that will fund the Fountain (Stone) Hall Restoration Project.
"We are thrilled and tremendously grateful to be awarded this prestigious grant. Restoring Fountain Hall heralds a significant development in our progress to bring this esteemed institution back to its place of prominence."
The money also gives hope in being eligible to reclaiming themselves as a credited facility again by October 2020.
Congratulations, Morris Brown!
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I know what you mean there. Right after the game, I was actually looking at ESPN ticker and seeing what both the Cards and Brewers were doing. I can't believe I am scoreboard watching in April...lol.
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Shmoop Jobs – Teachers and Others Can Earn at Home | Full Review
1 Shmoop: A Funny Name with Some Serious Opportunity
1.1 What is Shmoop?
1.2 Shmoop Jobs That are Work at Home
1.3 What Types of Jobs are Available on Shmoop?
1.4 How Do You Get Paid?
1.5 Other Services Provided by Shmoop
1.6 Is Working for Shmoop a Legitimate Work-from-Home Opportunity?
"Shmoop offers work at home jobs writing study guides that might interest teachers, educators and others. Find out if this might interest you."
Shmoop: A Funny Name with Some Serious Opportunity
Learning, although necessary, is not always fun. Sitting in a classroom listening endlessly to lectures, taking pages of notes and cramming for dozens of tests is no kid's idea of a good time. The same goes for preparing for standardized tests like the SAT, GRE and ACT. These tests are the only way to further your education if you want to go to college and graduate school. A fairly new website called Shmoop is hoping to change the attitude kids (and adults) have towards learning.
What is Shmoop?
The company was founded by David Siminoff, an investor and entrepreneur who holds an MBA from Stanford Business School. His goal was to make subjects like literature, history, science and math more accessible to students by making it fun and relating it to modern events, people and places. By injecting humor, wit and familiarity to things like algebra, United States history, biology and poetry, students will not feel overwhelmed by the material and will have a way of understanding these subjects better.
The study guides that Shmoop creates are interesting and fun. They create and prepare content for test preparation in a wide variety of subjects. Aside from students who find the website helpful, teachers and parents who homeschool their kids are also popular users of the website. (See my post, Online Tutoring and Education Jobs – Work From Home to check out more jobs just like this one.)
Shmoop Jobs That are Work at Home
Shmoop has many home-based jobs available that are listed on their site. However, Shmoop does not accept anyone who wants to work from home. You are required to have a degree. They also prefer people with educational backgrounds (i.e., teachers, professors), but that is not necessarily a must. But most of the people that contribute to Shmoop do have some sort of background in education. As their website clearly states, "Shmoop has a rigorous and highly selective process to select new contributors."
If you think they are exaggerating on this fact, consider this:
• A majority of their writers are Ph.D.s and Ph.D. candidates from some of the top universities in the United States
• Eighty-five percent of their writers are graduates or students from the country's top Ph.D. and Masters programs
• Two-thirds of their editorial team come from Ph.D. and Masters programs at Stanford, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley
• Ninety-one percent of their writers have taught at the high school or college level
• Their writers are academic specialists in just about everything — from Shakespeare and Victorian literature to 1800s American politics and the history of hip-hop
What Types of Jobs are Available on Shmoop?
While there are some administrative and computer-related jobs listed on their site, these are not work-from-home opportunities. However, there is a long list of test guides and content writing jobs that need to be filled such as an AP Psychology Writer, Basic Math Content Writer, Humorous Content Writer, African-American Literature, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP World History, Biology and Chemistry Writers and many others.
Many of the jobs are project based so you will get paid per project. There are very specific requirements for each one so you want to make sure you have the background and/or experience and expertise they are looking for to fill that particular writing job. Some of the writing jobs are on a specified subject (as mentioned in the previous paragraph) and some are for writing test guides for students who need to take tests like the SAT to apply to college.
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The good news is that just about all of their writing jobs can be done from home as long as you meet their eligibility requirements. When you go to their job listings, find one that interests you and click on it. You will then be shown a full description of what the job entails and whether or not it can be done from home. If not, it will say that the work must be performed in their Mountain View, California location. They almost always ask for a writing sample and what you would like to get paid for the job.
How Do You Get Paid?
Pay is given on a per project basis so there is no salary per se. There is also no mention of how much they pay or even a range of payment. They simply mention that you get paid for the particular project you are hired to do. There is a job listing from last year where Shmoop had the pay range between five hundred dollars and one-thousand dollars for a completed writing project, but that is from a year ago and is no guarantee that they are paying the same amount now. However, it does provide at least some idea that you can use when submitting your resume, writing samples and compensation request.
Because Shmoop has somewhat strict guidelines for writing content as well as for their test prep guides, you cannot expect to finish their projects in a short period of time. There needs to be real thought and effort that goes into doing work for them. Remember, your facts have to be exact, the writing has to be in the voice that Shmoop is looking for—engaging, witty and fun—and it has to be educational. So any writing assignment you do for them will take a number of hours to complete so take that into serious consideration when you are giving your pay request.
Other Services Provided by Shmoop
In May of this year, Shmoop launched "Shmoop Careers" on their site. This section is designed to help people choose a career path or understand what is involved in a specific career. Whether you want to be an actuary, an air traffic controller or an embalmer, Shmoop gives you everything you need to know about these jobs. They will explain what your typical day working in a specific career might be like, what the salary range is, what you would need in terms of qualifications and much more. It is a brief, but in-depth synopsis of a career and what you can expect to get out of it. They continue to update the list of Shmoop jobs — so always come back and see what they have open.
Is Working for Shmoop a Legitimate Work-from-Home Opportunity?
Shmoop is, by all means, a great opportunity to work from home. The only caveat is that it is not for anybody and everybody. There are very specific requirements that need to be met and even if you are a college graduate, that is no guarantee that you are going to get a job writing for them. You will have to undergo a rigorous hiring process and if you do not have the chops to back up your resume or experience, you will most likely not get hired. However, if you do prove yourself to be worthy enough to meet their high standards, you can earn a considerable amount of money writing for them. And if your work lives up to their expectations, you can probably expect to continue working for them indefinitely.
Check out all the latest open Shmoop jobs here.
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NWRC's 'incredible' young people show kindness to strangers
Paricipants of North West Regional College's Prince's Trust Team Programme have donated their time to help a local charity deliver vital services.
Participants on the Princes Trust Training Team with Conor Hassan, NWRC Careers, Sean Curran, Team Leader with the Prince's Trust at NWRC, and Jacqueline Williamson, Chief Executive of Kinship Care NI
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Young people taking part in North West Regional College's Prince's Trust Team Programme have donated their time to help a local charity deliver vital services.
The group have just completed a 12 week programme delivered by the college, aimed at boosting the employability skills of young people. As part of the Community Project module of their course, the young people volunteered for Kinship Care NI, an award winning charity that helps and supports kinship carers and their children.
The group carried out a number of roles for Kinship Care which runs several Kindness of Strangers charity shops across the North West.
Jacqueline Williamson, Chief Executive of Kinship Care NI said: "Young people from the Prince's Trust Team programme at NWRC spent two weeks volunteering their time at our Kindness of Strangers shop in Castle Street. They sorted out donations, met kind strangers and helped volunteers make our shop look fantastic. I would like to thank all the young people for their work in Kinship Care and for just being incredible."
Sean Curran, Team Leader with the Prince's Trust at NWRC said: "The work the students have carried out with Kinship Care NI has been extremely beneficial for each and every one of them.
"As well as the skills they learned and got to practise, they also experienced a great sense of working in the community. I'd like to congratulate all of the young people for the sterling effort they put into this work and I'd like to thank everyone at Kinship Care for giving them the opportunity and making them feel so welcome.
"This course helps young people, not currently in work or education, to build on personal development, learn new skills and boost their confidence.
"The approach with the Team programme is to make it as interactive and engaging as possible, spending time in a range of different environments.
"These young people will graduate from the course at the end of November at a celebration event which will be held at Strand Road Campus.
The Team programme is also available in Limavady campus.
Recruitment for the next Team programme which is due to start on Monday 13th January 2020 (both in Strand Road and Limavady campus) has now begun.
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The Coroner's Inquest Verdict regarding the Death of G. A. Barclay!
The Coroner's Inquest regarding the murder of George A. Barclay took two days. On the second day a verdict was issued and it was recorded in the Register of the Coroner, Cass County, Minnesota. It appeared in the newspaper the next day.
Source: The Register of Coroner's Inquests, County of Cass, State of Minnesota, in the Matter of the Inquest held upon the body of George A. Barclay, by E.R. Sundberg, acting Coroner of said County.
Nov. 2, 1899: Oct 31, the following jury was impaneled J.B. Spencer, B. O'Connor, Peter Dennis, John A. Wilson. Jury sworn and examination opened. Verdict of Jury: That the said George A. Barclay came to his death on Oct 29, 1898 between 7 & 8 P.M. O'clock while sitting in his Hotel office by a bullet passing through his neck from a gun or revolver in the hands of some person on the outside of the building and to this jury unknown. In testimony whereof the said coroner and jurors of this inquest have hereunto set their hands the 2nd day of Nov. 1898. John King, Foreman, R.D. Holden, P. Dennis, John A Wilson, J.B. Spencer, B. O'Connor. E.R. Sundberg, Justice of the Peace, & Acting Coroner.
The next week issue for November 10th was missing on the film at the Minnesota Historical Society.
There is no official death certificate for George A. Barclay at the Cass County Courthouse per my personal investigation. After George's death, Amarilla tried for his Civil War pension on several occasions and below is an affidavit that described the death of George A. Barclay several years later.
Bertha Michelson on February 25, 1901 made this statement, she knew George about 4 years. It is interesting to me that she was not among the witnesses at the Coroner's Inquest?
It could be assumed that this would be the end of the investigation of George A. Barclay's death, but it was not. A Grand Jury would be called in May of 1899 and then in May of 1900 there would be a trial. There was more events to come in this sad tale.
George is involved in another round of politics in 1897 regarding the organization of Cass County. Of course George A. Barclay wanted Pine River to be the county seat. He was too late in organizing the convention to vote on that subject. This notice for a convention to choose a county seat for Cass appeared in the Cass County Pioneer newspaper in July of 1897 somewhat hidden in back pages.
Notice: Pursuant to notice duly given calling a non-partisan convention for the county of Cass for the purpose of selecting a location for a county seat to be voted on at a coming special election. Said convention was called to order by Wm. H. Hallett, who was elected chairman. A. J. Collins was elected clerk. After seating the delegates the chairman was authorized to retain an able attorney to look after an direct the petitioners who wish to change the county seat. One hundred dollars was raised for current expenses, Geo. Barclay of Pine River giving his check for $50. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, but twenty of the sixty delegates attended. Those present, wishing to give every part of the county a chance to vote on this important question. The convention was adjourned until the 21st of June 1897 to meet at the Ellis post office school house on section 7 town 135, range 31, at 2 o'clock p.m. On said date the delegates present will proceed to select a site for a new county seat. All precincts are requested to have their delegates attend said adjourned convention. Dated at County convention this the day of June, 1897 A Collins, Sec. Wm. H. Hallet, Chm.
Source: Notice, Cass County Pioneer Newspaper, Walker, MN, Film June 17, 1897, #1/2/1897 to 6/2/1898, Thursday, July 15, 1897 edition, Minnesota Historical Society newspaper collection.
"The governor appointments as Cass County Commissioners those who "will organize the county and decide the county seat" consisted of men all friendly to the timber interests.
It soon became obvious to George Barclay and others that "timber forces" were in control of the politics of the county, at least temporarily, for on May 14, 1897, the boom town of Walker which had been in existence for only a little over a year was "named" by the new commissioners the county seat of Cass County.
Barclay, together with W.H. Hallett immediately called a "non-partisan convention" at the Collins House precinct south of Barclay's Ranch for the purpose of "selecting a location for the county's seat." Barclay had high hopes that the "convention" would select his settlement in place of Walker, and, therefore, he readily contributed $50 to defray part of the $100 convention expense. Apparently, he hoped that in an election resulting from the conflict over two alternative county seats that the more populated southern portions of the county would outvote the northern region. Barclay was to be disappointed for the hastily called convention could not agree on any single policy and broke up without taking positive stand on an alternative county seat." From the Brainerd Dispatch June 18, 1897, pg. 4, Logsleds bibliography notes pg, 516.
According to the Cass County Historical Society the reason Walker was named the county seat was because it was incorporated in 1896 having 100 male voters. Pine River had not yet incorporated and that would not happen till 1901.
UPDATE July 11, 2013: Apparently I have written this post 2 times. I apologize for that confusion. I wrote about the County Seat of Cass on March 21, 2013. So I am adding the last part of that post to this one and then deleting the March post.
Once Walker was chosen as the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota the next step was to incorporate Pine River. It took a few years for that to happen.
Pine River Gossip in 1897!
The organization of Cass County and the establishment of Walker as the county seat was taking place but at the same time George Barclay was also involved with business, local events, and family happenings. I return to the gossip columns in the newspaper and learn that Grace and Amarilla were both mentioned as well.
January 2, 1897: "Mr. Barclay made a flying trip to Brainerd and returned with his wife and daughter. The later came up to spend vacation." Grace was sixteen years old at this time.
January 2, 1897 George is on the move.
Source: Local News-Pine River, July 1, 1897, Thurs, Cass County Pioneer Newspaper. 1/1/1897-6/2/1898.
Source: Cass County Pioneer, Jan. 2, 1897 to Jan 2, 1898 – July 15, 1897 Front page, 3rd column at the top.
Note: I do not know what lawsuit the gossip column was referring to? I am a bit curious but have not had time to research it. It would require looking at court documents and that could get tricky depending on which court it was in, state, federal or county? The fact that my grandmother Grace was involved is very intriguing. If I was to speculate it might have had something to do with the railroad or his past partner?


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On the other hand, there were public domain PostScript fonts already available in mailboxes at that time (TrueType fonts were still unknown), but these usually did not posses German umlauts. It was only logical that I would extend these public domain fonts with the full character set. All this happened on the Amiga and the corresponding font editing program was called "font designer" (the further development of "Type Smith"), which was not available in Germany nor in the German language.
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Maurizio Sarri, Antonio Conte: Two sides of the Chelsea coin?
Friday 1st February 2019
Antonio Conte Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea Maurizio Sarri Premier League
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Just when you think the Premier League is a flat track for bullies, the small clubs fight back. In matchday 24's midweek fixtures, the top six produced a meagre eight points from a possible 18. Arsenal and Tottenham won their games although both left it late against Cardiff and Watford respectively. League leaders Liverpool leveraged a draw against Leicester City. Manchester United scrambled to do the same in a less alliterative fashion in added time against Burnley. All four played at home. Holders Manchester City lost at Newcastle but the most glaring defeat was Chelsea's on the South Coast.
Maurizio Sarri's squad fell 4-0. Unsurprisingly, embarrassing appears often in media reports on the match. As it should. The Italian manager faces a crisis.
His team took the pitch knowing Arsenal had drawn level on points the day before. Victory would restore a three-point cushion on fourth place, keep them close to Tottenham and push United off the pace after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side finally dropped points. Instead, Spurs can now focus on catching City without looking over their shoulder while the Blues find themselves in fifth on fewer goals scored than the Gunners and a nervous two points above United.
Already, questions arise concerning new striker Gonzalo Higuain who was subbed off on 65 minutes. In two matches with his new club, he is yet to score. More troubling is he declined the opportunity to take a penalty in the FA Cup versus Sheffield Wednesday, ceding the responsibility to Willian. The Argentine has every reason to be confident in his ability to strike from the run of play but turning the Brazilian down does more psychological damage than good. Chelsea acquired Higuain because they lacked an authoritative striker. Any deference on his part suggests they still do.
Irrespective of Higuain's mindset, shipping four at the other end has nothing to do with him. Despite Sarri's reputation as a guns-blazing tactician, Chelsea's strength this campaign has been the rearguard. They've been so good in their own box that despite the lopsided score, they remain the Premier League's third-staunchest defence. If the boss can no longer rely on his defenders while he seeks attacking solutions, the season is lost.
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In fact, it's unlikely he will last until the summer if his project continues to fall apart. Chelsea isn't a club to display the patience Manchester City showed Pep Guardiola when his first campaign went south. Further, the chain-smoking former financier lacks the pedigree that would warrant any.
When Roman Abramovich dithered with Aurelio de Laurentiis throughout the summer before paying through the nose to land the positive-minded boss he has desired for so many years, the contrast between the new man and his predecessor dominated reaction to his signing. That Sarri and Antonio Conte are both Italian might be the only trait they share. One prefers to soak up pressure before hitting on the counter. The other insists on holding possession and dictating the pace. One is tall, the other short. One maintains his fitness but wears a tailored suit for matches in which he tends to run about like a madman. The other has a paunch, a two-pack-a-day habit, wears tracksuits but limits his physical activity to frustrated shouts, hand gestures, and fumbling around his pocketless athletic wear in search of a fag to calm his nerves.
Unfortunately for Sarri, their pattern of debut season results is just as diametrically opposed.
Conte began his shooting-star Premier League career at sixes and sevens. He tried to play an English four-at-the-back system rather than the three-man backline he employed to wonderful effect at Juventus and with the Italian national team. Only in the thirteenth game did he resort to familiar methods and enjoy lasting success. The Blues began to dominate and never looked back.
Sarri arrived at Heathrow from Napoli with Jorginho in his carry-on luggage. The two set about recreating the Napoli set-up at Stamford Bridge from the off, Gli Azzurri Inglese if you will. Their strategy was an immediate success. Whereas Conte struggled in his first dozen games, Sarri went unbeaten. Conte's turnaround was sparked by a defeat to Arsenal. Sarri's decline began with a defeat to another North London rival, Tottenham. Whereas Conte never looked back, Sarri can't seem to get back.
The Blues became inconsistent, rebounding with a 2-0 win over struggling Fulham then falling to Wolves before treating the reigning champions, Manchester City, like they were the Cottagers. Next, they squeaked past Brighton at the AmEx but couldn't defend the Bridge against Leicester. Three games later, Southampton played them to a goalless draw in London. Mixed in were uninspiring results in the Europa League, defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates and a fightback against Tottenham to sneak into the EFL Cup final, a victory on penalties that might not have been possible had Spurs been able to field Son Heung-min, away on international duty, Harry Kane and Dele Alli, both injured.
Including the loss to Tottenham that began their landslide, Chelsea's record stands at six wins, one draw and five defeats in their last dozen Premier League games. Sarri is Antonio Conte trapped on the wrong side of the mirror while his reflection runs free, laughing and wreaking havoc on his ambitions
For Roman Abramovich, who is struggling to get back to Stamford Bridge himself thanks to visa issues, Sarri is the other side of the coin. Defensive-minded managers Jose Mourinho and Conte delivered four of his five Premier League titles, the other coming from middle-of-the-road tactician Carlo Ancelotti. Neither played the attractive style he desired. Sarri does but is tumbling down the table like an old tech-stock. The Russian goes through managers every year or two, flipping the coin hoping it turns up his dream squad. Instead, it's heads you win, tails I lose.
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Over the last decade, the British state has been profoundly restructured. These changes challenge scholars to develop accounts capable of providing a unified analysis of the various reforms and of enabling their effects to be identified. While there is now a large literature on constitutional change in Britain, most of these studies focus on individual institutions and neglect the reforms' collective nature and effects. To develop a more unified analysis of the reforms and their consequences, we need an account of what institutions are and of how they work. Economic analyses of institutions provide such an account, helping us to identify the common operating logics that underpin different institutions along with their effects. Insights from the economic approach to institutions are drawn on to explore how the constitutional reforms in Britain affect the distribution of decision-making authority and the nature of political accountability.


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their tears were her tears.
her own emotions and the sadness of others.
She felt deeply then and still does.
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I am embracing the fragrances of a wonderful new day.
My heart is at peace.


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"A few times a year, AZS organizes a retreat to get away from the city to focus on our songwriting, performance and making plans. "My Way Home" was borne from one such weekend. Overall, the song is our twist on gospel music the horns play a prominent, memorable line and sit atop the sounds of a classic organ, keyboards and drums. Lyrically, it's a song about self-motivation and keeping the conviction that you'll figure out your life's purpose– your way "home".
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How come I cannot find oranges, lemons, bananas at CAFM?
Because we require all our farmers only to sell what they grow (with 20% allowed from neighboring farms), only produce that is suitable for our climate is available at CAFM.
Is the produce available at CAFM organic?
Good question! We only allow farms that use organic growing practices or Integrated Pest Management to sell at CAFM. Produce grown conventionally using pesticides cannot be sold at our market. Not all our farmers are Organically Certified—this certification is prohibitively expensive for the small farms represented at our market.
When we first started CAFM in 2006 there were not many vendors/farmers who were interested in selling at our little market, and especially not on busy weekend days. So, we decided to attract more vendors/farmers by introducing a Thursday night market. As it turns out, customers and vendors like the Thursdays evening market because it frees up precious weekend time.
Generally our vendors are well stocked, but you'll find the best selection between3:00-5:30. The market is quieter from 5:30-6:30, which allows the vendors more time to answer questions and makes for easier access with strollers and wheelchairs.
Contact the Market Director at 978-290-2717 or email a description of your lost item and the date you suspect you lost it to capeannfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
Do you allow pets at CAFM?
While Stage Fort Park is a public park and pets, on leashes, are allowed, be aware that a farmers market is not the best place to bring your pet. The aisles are filled with people, food, small children in strollers, and other distractions.


I've been quite vocal about supporting only wellness done for employees and not to them…but what if there could be a "conventional" wellness program – even including screening, HRAs etc. – that both you and I could love?
People manage what's measured and what's paid for. If employers want people to stay healthy in the long run, why not measure and pay for health in the long run?
Why not give people the incentive to stay healthy during their working years, instead of giving them the incentive to pretend to participate in programs of no interest, just to make a few bucks? Or, worse, give employees the incentive to learn how to cheat on biometrics, and how to lie on health risk assessments. Attempts to create a culture of health often create a culture of resentment and deceit.
Short-term incentives haven't changed weight, as noted behavioral economist Kevin Volpp has shown. Nor have they changed true health outcomes – it is easily provable that wellness has almost literally never avoided a single risk-sensitive medical event. So-called outcomes-based programs, ironically, are more about distorting short-term outcomes than achieving long-term outcomes. They have more in common with training circus animals to do tricks in exchange for treats than they do with helping employees improve long-term health.
The only thing that's proven? Some vendors and some programs harm employees. Nor is wellness popular — look at almost any article in almost any major lay or academic publication in the last four years. Then read almost any comment to those articles.
Wellness industry leaders know that wellness has failed, and that's why my proffered $2-million reward for demonstrating success remains unclaimed.
Why not discard all this year-to-year micromanagement?
The goal of wellness isn't to interfere in employees' personal lives. It's for employees to be healthy enough in the long run to avoid expensive events. So you are rewarding/penalizing them annually…but the benefit to you as the employer is way down the road — if indeed someone who would have infarcted in the next 20 years, doesn't.
Future event avoidance is the only healthcare outcome that matters.
So let's align incentives so that everyone is focused on long term health. Instead of doling out money and otherwise micromanaging programs and micromanaging incentives, why not create a 401W Wellness Savings Account, the equivalent of a 401K for wellness? People who reach retirement without a major avoidable health event can collect their entire accumulated amount. Along the way, they can choose to participate or not in the programs your company offers. There is no money at stake for those offers, so no financial coercion. With or without your help — totally their option — employees need to reach the goal: no lifestyle-related events through retirement.
Because some people are unlucky and get events despite their best efforts, participation itself would earn the reward even if someone had a heart attack or other event. Put another way, by participating, employees are insuring themselves against their own possible bad luck.
In order to avoid the optics of only caring about employees until they retire, the reward could be partially or totally swapped for an even larger payout after retirement that would take the form of subsidies and special deals on health-related endeavors.
It wouldn't just be heart attacks, but it would have to be discrete avoidable events. Bypasses, spinal fusions, and COPD come to mind– would also be included. Anything that is discrete, avoidable, common and expensive could be included, but there are some complexities as you move beyond those events.
Employees can't hate it because there's nothing to hate. It's truly opt-in. No annual money is at stake. They don't lose money by not participating — as long as they patrol their own health. And whether they succeed in patrolling their own health is determined objectively.
No cheating. These events/procedures are very discrete. And they won't cheat on HRAs and biometrics because there is no reason to cheat – they are only cheating themselves. If they intended to cheat, they wouldn't participate. They would patrol their own health.
No need to make employees get screened or get checkups every year — or to pay for it. Rather, screening according to guidelines is fine. Screening would be available but not required and employees would be educated (most like using Quizzify) about optimal screening and checkup intervals.
Because a certain number of years of service would be required according to any given formula, retention is likely to increase. On balance, a company could retain and attract healthier people, since by definition they can make more money.
Great PR is possible as well. "Wellness" and "great PR" are rarely found in the same sentence but this would be an exception.
This doesn't even include the biggest advantages to employers. Finally, after thirty years of provably making zero impact on medical events nationwide, employer wellness programs will have a strong likelihood of being able to do just that. Employers don't have wait to see savings, either. Savings will be close to immediate. There is no need to pay vendors to screen the stuffing out of employees. Employees can be screened –and participate in other programs – but only if they want to. You can offer guidance on USPSTF or Choosing Wisely guidelines, but you don't have to push people into overscreening.
And what would a great idea be if it didn't involve Quizzify? The explanation of this novel program to employees would benefit from a Q&A vehicle already in place. It would also educate them along the way in how to stay healthy, what they need to do to access their account, how their account would grow over time etc. Participating in Quizzify a certain number of times a year would "count" as participation in wellness, for the purposes of claiming the 401W. Further, the option of Quizzify allows employees to participate regardless of health status, with no disclosure of PHI.
Sure, there are loose ends. What if someone participates some years and not others? Would 401W's be portable? Would portability depend on whether someone quits or was fired? (Remember, there are no regulations around 401Ws now. You can make your own rules.) Would you need an exam at the end of program or is claims data enough?
To start this program, a phase-in is recommended. It's tough to take away people's incentives, which many have come to view as part of their compensation. But as employees see their accounts growing, their excitement will grow too – not just about the state of their 401Ws which could reach well into the five figures by retirement, but also about the state of their own health.
Of course, some employees want their money now…and as you read the FAQs, you'll see that issue, along with many others, can be elegantly addressed.
You need to have an "official" high-deductible plan to have an HSA. HSAs can't be tied to true health outcomes. Further, they can't just be paid out. They are regulated in many other ways too, and consequently they don't address the problem at hand. Even so, whatever fiduciary administers your HSA could also administer your 401W.
Is this taxable to the employee when earned, like a participation incentive?
No. It is contingent and deferred. It is taxed when paid out, meaning it can compound pretax. You are not constrained in how you invest it, as in a pension fund, so it can presumably compound faster.
We think our millennials want their money now. Can we do that?
Yes. You could let people take a haircut and get their incentive right away. This creates immediate savings for you, as the amount you would have to give right away is likely to be less than what you would be budgeting. Example: if your incentive is $400 today, your incentive in the 401W could still be $400, but if someone wants it now, they could participate, and get (for example) $200.
How does this address privacy concerns?
Employees are free to give up zero PHI with no penalty. They can do this either by picking the self-patrolling, self-underwriting option and do whatever they want to do on their own. Or they could "participate" by selecting Quizzify-type options requiring no disclosures. Only at the end, when they want their money, does the employer have to know (presumably through a third party).
Wellness is also criticized for ageism. How does this get addressed?
Depending on how the program is set up, it is likely that older employees will have more money in their kitties sooner, because they reach retirement sooner. So it's quite the opposite: employers can design programs that are more appealing to older workers, since they are the ones who suffer by far the majority of the wellness-sensitive medical events. By contrast, under the current systems, older employees typically get charged for higher weights and blood pressure that are likely age-related rather than lifestyle-related.
Yes. It is totally voluntary. Any employee can qualify without even letting the employer know what they are doing for their health, let alone divulging information. So employee dignity is totally respected. Employees are free to adhere to USPSTF guidelines and still collect. And there can't be any lying about outcomes. While crash-dieting contests are still legal in a 401W plan, there is no reason for an employer to offer them, since they harm employees.
Is the 401W consistent with clinical guidelines?
There is the assumption that much or all of what an employee can "opt in" for is clinically sound. That means HRA advice and the selection and recommended frequency of screening tests must conform to guidelines. The 401W could theoretically be done without adhering to guidelines, but that just means employers will pay more, both to the vendors and then in medical claims. One reason to include Quizzify in the selection of options for a 401W is that employees are assured of at least one option conforming to the Code, to clinical guidelines, and to the standards of the Validation Institute.
Is this consistent with creating a healthy environment?
It is quite consistent. Employees would likely support it and take advantage of it, since they are being paid to stay healthy. Further, you will have extra money in the pot to provide it, both from spending less on screenings and the incentives that get earned but didn't vest.
You are giving the employees a stake in their own long-term health, self-underwriting as oppose to community rating, so to speak. Giving people financial responsibility for their own health creates a natural constituency to want employers to do something about it.
You say event avoidance is the only healthcare outcome that matters. What about non-healthcare outcomes, people feeling their best and giving their best work?
There is no reason at all to assume conventional "voluntary" participation programs or outcomes-based jump-through-hoops programs will help people feel their best. By contrast, giving people a menu of offerings and the chance to opt into their own offering would certainly make people feel better than charging insurance by the pound, reporting employee weight to shareholders, collecting employee DNA, and other ideas that have been seriously proposed by the wellness industry. There is no scenario under which people would feel better being economically coerced into wellness (and we all know how employees feel about that) than being able to chart their own path to health, with or without employer guidance.
What if spinal fusions and bypasses/transplants are part of the no-fly zone of invalidating events, but the person really needs one?
First, remember that an employee participating in the program doesn't lose the kitty under any circumstances other than not satisfying vesting requirements. You could also define "participating" as "using a Center of Excellence hospital" (the model pioneered by Walmart and described in Chapter 5 of Cracking Health Costs) and have that be part of the program as well. In the case of those hospitals – at least the ones in Walmart's model – they often find the admitting diagnosis and/or the recommended operation to be respectively incorrect and unneeded/likely harmful.
There could also be an appeals process for people who genuinely need one, whereby they don't lose their kitty.
What if (for example) getting diabetes voids your 401W, but you got diabetes because you were on statins?
As long as an employee is participating in the program, he or she is still eligible. Remember, the event disqualifier only kicks in for non-participants. And one thing employees would learn in Quizzify is that, for people who aren't at high risk of heart attack, statins increase the chances of diabetes more than they reduce the chances of a heart attack. So presumably inappropriate statin use would decline.
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The next time you take a seat at the bar and wonder what to order, why not take a cue from these well known people, who waxed lyrical about their signature drink?
It was in 1964 film Goldfinger that James Bond first uttered the immortal words: "A Martini. Shaken, not stirred," and sparked the debate over which really is best.


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Castleton Takes Down Mount Ida 15-13
Mount Ida (3-3) 3 2 4 4 13
Castleton (2-3) 4 4 4 3 15
G: Tom Pardew - 3
A: Louis Alhage - 6
Sv: Peter Latulippe - 17
GB: Peyton Faasse - 7
G: Jon Berry - 6
A: Chad Coehlo - 4
Sv: Cam Hayward - 6
GB: Alex Zito - 12
CASTLETON, Vt. – The Spartans led 13-9 early in the fourth quarter before Mount Ida closed the gap to just one in the final three minutes, but Castleton locked down defensively to securing a 15-13 victory on Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium
Leading 14-13 in the final two minutes, the Spartan defense held strong and eventually forced a turnover with 1:24 left. Zach Devoid picked up the ball and helped keep possession until the final ten seconds, when he ripped a shot from ten yards out for the two-goal lead to put it away.
Castleton was outshot 52-27 in the contest, but put 21 of those on target to improve to 2-3 on the year. Mount Ida won 21 of 30 faceoffs and grabbed more ground balls, 41-35, but dropped to 3-3.
Senior Peter Latulippe was impressive in net, making 17 saves and giving up ten goals over 57:56 to earn the win. It is his 28th career win, setting a new Castleton record. Cam Hayward took the loss as he allowed 15 goals and made six saves between the pipes.
Junior Louis Alhage dished off a career-high six assists with two goals, while Tom Pardew registered his first career hat trick. Jason Sedell added two goals, two assists, five ground balls and four caused turnovers. Peyton Faasse picked up a team-high seven ground balls.
Jon Berry led the Mustang offense with six goals, two assists and three ground balls, while Wyatt Sullivan chipped in three goals, one assist and three ground balls. Alex Zito dominated faceoffs, winning 20 of 28 and picking up 12 ground balls.
Castleton jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening 8:35 on goals by Alhage, Pardew, Sedell and Siegal. However, Mount Ida responded with three more before the end of the first to close the gap to 4-3.
Berry then added two straight goals, the second coming with 11:11 left to put the Mustangs on top, 5-4. However, less than 30 seconds later defender Malik Hines took the ball the length of the field and rifled a shot into the back of the net to tie it 5-5. Pardew follwed up with a goal 16 seconds later for a 6-5 advantage with 10:55 remaining. Castleton added two more goals for an 8-5 halftime lead.
The Spartans outscored Mount Ida 3-1 early in the third for a four-goal lead, but the Mustangs responded with three goals to trim the deficit to 11-9. Castleton then extended its lead to 13-9 early in the fourth and held a 14-11 advantage with 5:08 remaining. However, back-to-back Mount Ida goals made just 14-13, setting up the final 2:48.
The Spartans return to action on Saturday when they host Thomas at 12 pm in Spartan Stadium


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Are You Prepared to Respond to Varying State Tax Changes?
Just because recent tax reform offered many favorable business tax breaks at the federal level doesn't mean states will follow in lockstep with all the same provisions. To what extent states will adopt similar measures isn't yet fully known. Guidance is still forthcoming, as many state legislatures seek to limit—or decouple from altogether—provisions such as immediate expensing, which they fear could erode local revenue streams.
Learn what is—and isn't—yet clear about state response to recent tax changes, and how businesses need to prepare for state tax compliance.
1. Focus on the Major Issues
Making sense of individual state responses to the provisions of the 1,000-plus page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will require prioritizing. Start by identifying the business's major issues and the states in which they occur. The answer will help determine the key areas that need to be understood.
For example, if the business has sizable intercompany interest, but minimal foreign investments, it may want to focus primarily on looking at state treatment of interest add-backs versus deemed repatriation response.
Provided that economic substance is met, it would also be wise to review intercompany cost sharing arrangements in light of the new interest limitation, especially at times where the 30% tax EBITDA limit comes into play.
2. Conduct a State-by-State Review
States conform to the federal tax code in one of several ways. Those with "rolling" conformity automatically adopt the federal code and its changes as they occur, while states with "static" conformity do so as of a certain date, and thus may exclude recent changes. Finally, states adopting "selective" conformity implement only certain sections.
Understanding these nuances is critical to appropriate tax-planning. For example, the federal TCJA changes may not be adopted at all in states with a static conformity date prior to the enactment of the TCJA.
Further, specific TCJA provisions, such as the TCJA's limitations on the deductibility of business interest expense, can be greatly complicated by varying state filing methodologies.
While some states require filing on a separate company basis, others require, or have options for combined and/or consolidated filings. Businesses must factor in this difference in makeup between a state tax return group and a federal group when computing limitations such as that on interest deductions.
Repatriated earnings is another provision that differs on the state level. While many states allow a full deduction for the ensuing dividends, other states do not. Various planning opportunities such as utilizing a holding company in a tax-favorable jurisdiction may be beneficial to mitigate some of these differences.
Generally, most states have decoupled from the new law's 100% bonus depreciation provision. Each of these issues must be researched state-by-state.
3. Revisit Financing Options
The interest deduction limitation is one critical area where both federal and state filers face a common challenge. Simply put, the interest on debt may not be entirely tax deductible due to the interest limitation. Businesses should investigate new financing options to avoid being adversely impacted by this limitation faced at both levels.
For example, in many cases, equity financing may now be more beneficial than debt financing. In other situations, affiliated groups may desire to utilize U.S.-based affiliates for intercompany financing arrangements as opposed to foreign affiliates. The treatment of non-shareholder contributions, such as state-provided funds for a company expansion or relocation incentive, as taxable income rather than equity also will be a factor for consideration.
Count the Money
Each of these issues must be researched on a state-by-state basis. As daunting as that may sound, a manageable approach is to start by assessing where the most dollars are at stake. The answer will help pinpoint where to focus first to stay ahead of state tax compliance issues.
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Q: Primefaces selectOneButton: set selected option via JS/jquery Is it possible to change the selected item of a JSF selectOneButton component on the client side? Does Primefaces already ship a convenient method to do this?
When setting the 'widgetVar' attribute on the component, the corresponding JS object has a method 'select(a)' which seems to deactivate previously activated buttons, then activates the new button given by the parameter 'a':
select: function(a)
{
    this.buttons.filter(".ui-state-active").removeClass("ui-state-active ui-state-hover").children(":radio").removeAttr("checked");
    a.addClass("ui-state-active").children(":radio").attr("checked", "checked").change()
}

But I don't know what to set as the parameter 'a'. Is this the right way to do that?

A: You need to pass the jQuery object representing the concrete <div> which represents the desired button in the UI. They are all available by the buttons property of the widget var, which returns an array.
So, if you need to select the 3rd button, then this example should do it, provided a widget var name of foo:
foo.select($(foo.buttons[2]));

Note that this seems to be an internal method (which isn't hidden away using module pattern) and not documented in the Users Guide, so it's subject to undocumented changes in future PF versions.


Doing this gives you a boost of confidence when you find that the answer you solved for is similar to the correct answer. Now, when you study, try not to stress yourself out, thinking to yourself how you should ace it and so you can't make a mistake here. That kind of thinking is dangerous. Peer competitiveness can become unhealthy if it's done too much. You can end up stressing yourself than helping. Additionally, do not think too much about making mistakes. You'll end up over-stressing yourself if you berate yourself for making mistakes. Many fall victim to these stressful assumptions that even they don't know themselves that they've fallen victim.
If in case though, that you find yourself stuck; that even though you've studied so hard and so long, yet you still don't get the entire process. If this is the case with you, why not consider hiring a Math tutor that can help you out? Math tutors often know how to make your lessons simpler, in a sense that you can slowly but finally get the whole process of math.
However, you can't exactly be with your Math tutor all the time, now can you? Most often than not, you won't have your tutor to help you by the time you need to take exams. Since this is the case, here are some things that you should consider doing when your exams near.
On the night before your Math test, consider going to bed on time so that you can have a fresh and awake state of mind for when you go to take your test. Moreover, be at school on time, or maybe earlier so that you can calm down for when it's time to take the test.
Moreover, keep in mind that even though you feel like you're forgetting something try not to cram in the morning of your test. Eat a good breakfast, calm down, and sure enough you'll remember all that you've studied during the test. Just think positive!
When you get your test and you find that you were given a multiple-choice kind of exam, here are some tips that you can use to help you find the correct answer.
First of, read the instructions carefully. Make sure you understand what's being asked for and how it's being asked for. If you do not understand the directions, ask your teacher to explain the instructions to you.
Afterwards, read the problem and encircle or underline the specific key words that you know you've just got to keep in mind as you solve for the answer. Most Math questions are straightforward and you just have to read them carefully to find your answer.
Since this is a multiple-choice type of test, you can eliminate the answers you just know is wrong. Be careful when you do this though, since you're crossing out the ones that you are sure are wrong, just be sure that they are really wrong.
But if you can't decide what the answer is sure to be and which ones are wrong, get solving. Read the problem again, get the given information and collect them to one spot and mark them properly afterwards. Solve the problem on your own without looking at the choices and once you've found your answer, compare it with the given answers on the multiple choices. If you find your answer similar to one of the multiple choices, that's a good sign, just be sure that they're exactly the same number. If it's only close, solve again, most often than not, that's wrong.
Remember; don't panic if you can't get the answer. Pace yourself and if you just can't get the answer that you're sure is right, skip it and just get back to it after you've read and answered the rest of the questions.
By skipping questions that you're having trouble with in favor of answering the next one in hopes of getting the next, you'll surely save more time. If you get the answer to the next one, and then the next, you're confidence may rise and you'll be able to calm yourself down significantly, in time to answer the question/s you skipped. That's right; skip a question if you're having trouble with it, or if you're having trouble understanding what the question is looking for, or if your answers just don't match up. This way, you can skip the frustration and just get back to it once you're sure about the others. This way, you can read through the whole exam and get as many sure right answers as you can.
By doing this, you can be sure that you have a higher chance of passing, especially since the ones you've skipped are the ones you're having trouble with. If worst comes to worst and the time runs out, you can also make a sudden intelligent guess just to have a chance of answering the skipped question/s correctly.
Now, if your arms tire during the test, relax your grip and give the muscles on your hand and arm to get a break. Calm yourself down at the meantime and think about how much you're practiced answering; this will give you that sudden boost of morale to keep going.
Remember, it's not about scoring the highest; it's about passing the test to the best of your abilities. Don't put pressure on yourself if you can help it, and just study as much as you can so that when the test comes, you're as ready as can be.
Again, in Math, it's not just about guessing, it's about making an intelligent guess after eliminating the choices that you're just sure is wrong. Additionally, if you find that you can back substitute the answer on the multiple choices you should go ahead and do so. This will surely save you time and effort. These type of questions are illusive however finding a question that you can back substitute with is hard, so to be on the safe side, just solve the question the proper way.
When it comes to charts and graphs, be sure to read titles, and axis labels to be sure that you're looking at the right chart and axis. Additionally, when there are multiple questions behind a single passage, move on to reading the questions first before reading the passage, this is to help you find the one's that you need to answer and just focus on that instead of reading the whole passage.
Math is pretty straightforward, just be sure to practice a lot and solve as many Math questions as you can by yourself to train how to answer and solve a problem calmly and in a composed manner, without panicking at the mere sight of new information to solve with.
Hiring a Math Tutor can help you improve your grades when taking multiple choice math tests.


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ORDER FOR HEARING Court File No. 27-TR-CV-10-83 STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT In re: The Elmer William Pederson Irrevocable Special Needs Trust created pursuant to Court Order dated July 22, 2010. The Petition for Order Approving and Allowing 1st-6th Annual Accounts and Final Account; Approving All Act of the Trustees, Terminating the Trust, Discharging the Trustees and Discharging the Surety by Petitioners, Chris Sunne and Jody Sunne by and through their attorneys, Randy F. Boggio and Brenna M. Galvin, Maser, Amundson, Boggio and Hendricks, P.A., 6601 Lyndale Avenue South, Suite 320, Richfield, MN 55423, having come before the Court; IT IS ORDERED: 1. That said Petition be heard on the 21st day of June, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., by the above-named Court at Hennepin County Probate Court, Hennepin County Government Center, 400 Courts Tower, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner give notice of said hearing by mailing at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the hearing a copy of the Order for Hearing to all interested parties at their respective addresses, and this Order published once, at least twenty (20) days prior to date of said hearing in a legal newspaper. Dated: May 18, 2017 BY THE COURT: HONORABLE ELIZABETH V. CUTTER, District Court Judge MASER, AMUNDSON, BOGGIO & HENDRICKS, P.A. Randy F. Boggio Attorney ID No. 16379X Brenna M. Galvin Attorney ID No. 0395367 6601 Lyndale Avenue South, Suite 320 Richfield, MN 55423 Phone: (952) 925-4147, Fax: (952) 925-1926 rboggio@maserlaw.com; bgalvin@maserlaw.com Attorneys for Petitioners (May 20, 2017)	11344825


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