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"original": "Administrative Support Specialist - Corporate and Foundation Relations and Gift Planning\nPosition Number: 00061301\nPrimary Function of Organization Unit: The mission of University Development within the Division of University Advancement (UA) at NC State is to facilitate communication, internally and externally, and to enhance the image of the University, to provide meaningful programs and service to alumni and friends, to build and sustain a strong volunteer leadership network; to raise money from private sources, to manage the collection, investment, and distribution of private gifts and private income for NC State University, to manage an effective alumni and development database and gift system, and to coordinate with the General Administration in areas of government and legislative priorities in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. In 2016, NC State launched the Think & Do the Extraordinary Campaign, the most ambitious fundraising effort in the history of the university with a $1.6 billion goal. Priorities include dramatically increasing endowment to benefit students and faculty, enhancing facilities and strengthening support for current operations.\nEssential Job Duties: Reporting to the Executive Directors of Gift Planning and Corporation and Foundation Relations, the Administrative Support Specialist provides critical support for the University Development Office and specifically as administrative liaison to the Corporate and Foundation Relations and Gift Planning teams. As a key team member, he/she works independently to manage and coordinate all aspects of the duties required which includes finances, travel, reporting, events, communication and scheduling. The Administrative Support Specialist serves as a financial officer for the department ensuring the department budget is reconciled, invoices paid and P-card transactions are processed accurately and efficiently to ensure compliance with University Accounting policies and procedures. He/she will work proactively to generate, review and distribute reports to the team as needed, specifically information related to prospects and donors. Supporting and coordinating travel will be a critical task as well as facilitating communication with various constituencies including prospects, donors and volunteers. Occasional events, group meetings and programmatic projects will also be tasked to the Administrative Support Specialist to oversee and/or coordinate with colleagues in University Development and across campus. The ability to organize and prioritize work flows effectively is critical, as is the ability to develop detailed schedules, plans, status reports and track key project milestones to meet the varying needs of the University Development team. The Administrative Support Specialist performs these duties in a professional, confidential and positive manner, and demonstrates integrity, good judgment, and the ability to work well with a diverse team.\nDepartment Required Skills: * Administrative/Secretarial experience such as office support, scheduling, correspondence composition, etc. * Office management experience * Ability to serve as a go-to across the university, visitors, etc. * Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal * Ability to convey and communicate in a professional manner to a broad audience including executives, academic administrators, faculty, staff, and external parties * Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks * Computer skills to include proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\nPreferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education: * Associate or Bachelor's degree * Experience working in fundraising for a complex non-profit organization, preferably in a higher education setting. * Knowledge of NC State, its culture, mission, structure, and donors.\nNecessary Licenses and Certifications: N/A\nAA/EOE: NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.\nIndividuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148. Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. If highest degree is from an institution outside of the U.S., final candidates are required to have their degree verified at \"www.wes.org\":http//wes.org. Degree must be obtained prior to start date.\nNC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States."
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"original": "‘Skiing is what got me through the grief,’ says Murray Bartram – aka ‘The Flying Muzz’ – of his father’s death. Loving life … Jason Sauer.\nFor many, time out at the snow is an opportunity to forget reality for a day, a week or a month. Those working a ski season can easily put “real life” on hold for up to four months, lost in “resort time”.\nFor others, skiing isn’t about suspending reality but embracing it. When life deals you less than a royal flush it is how you play those cards that sees you win or lose.\nLiberty Skis Australia-sponsored athlete, 23-year-old Murray Bartram – aka “The Flying Muzz” – was born with cerebal palsy to parents determined to see him live a full life. Sports helped Muzz manage his condition and at the age of 14 he discovered snowboarding, and then skiing.\nHe was taken under the wing of Disabled Winter Sports Australia and became a promising ski racer before spending his post-HSC summer in the snow city of Kimberley in Canada, training with the local race team and coming home with five medals.\nThen tragedy hit. Muzz’s father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and told he had only weeks to live. He passed away mid Australian winter. Murray was 18.\n“Skiing is what got me through the grief,” says Murray. “I skied every day for four weeks, just free-skiing to help me with the loss. Dad always wanted me to ski and supported my passion. When I ski I think of dad.”\nFive years on Murray has completed a degree, something his father wanted, and has even gone heli skiing in Alaska.\nHotham-based sit skier, Queenslander Jason Sauer, wasn’t born with his disability. He lost his legs at 39 in a double amputation. Like Murray, he too skis for his dad.\nJason also discovered snowboarding as a teenager for five days a year on school holidays when he and his brother got to spend bonding time with their divorced father, an Austrian who lived in Mansfield and spent the winters working at the Victorian ski fields.\nFrom the age of 16 to 23, Jason took up more than just snowboarding. He took up smoking marijuana and was kicked out of ski resorts when working a season because he would show up late, if at all. It was during this time his father died of bowel cancer.\n“All the stoners were snowboarding back in those days and I wanted to be cool,” says Jason. “I tried so hard to be cool it nearly killed me. Ski resorts have a binge-drinking culture and the irony of working at them as an addict is not lost on me.”\nJason got clean and sober in 2003, attaining “long-term sobriety”. He didn’t work at or visit a ski resort until late 2008, when he spent four months at Big White in Canada on holiday, eventually relocating to the country for love, and working as a volunteer ski patroller.\nBy 2009 he was in the midst of an 11-month relapse and an almost daily opiate habit. He tried unsuccessfully to detox three times before finally getting sober for three months.\nOn Christmas Day 2010 in British Columbia, Jason relapsed with an overdose of heroin that would change his life for good. After 14 hours passed out he woke without the use of his legs. Rhabdomyolysis would claim his leg muscles and trigger renal failure. Between Christmas and New Year he underwent surgery three times, the last to amputate his legs to prevent the condition taking his life.\nAfter two months in hospital Jason returned home to Brisbane for more hospital time. He was stoned again by May when reality hit.\n“I was emotionally discomposed and grieving the loss of my legs,” says Jason.\nA Facebook friend, an incomplete high-functioning quad based in Park City, Utah, invited him to visit the US in late 2011 to try his hand at adaptive bobsledding. It was an invitation that would save Jason’s life a second time, and put him on the path to full recovery.\n“I met people who were a long way post injury than I was and they were living a full and happy life,” says a clean Jason. “It gave me hope.”\nIt was in Park City last January that Jason discovered sit skiing. He borrowed a sit ski from a mate and by the end of the day wheeled himself a kilometre and a half to his mate’s place to buy the ski. He was hooked, in a good way, and joined the NAC Park City alpine team.\nI met Jason this week at Hotham Alpine Resort. He was ripping it under the chairlift (always a brave move) on Heavenly Valley, skiing better than most able-bodied skiers I know. So much so that Liberty Skis Australia approached him to discuss potential sponsorship.\nJason trains with the able-bodied race crew at Hotham and lives off the mountain in Harrietville, a choice that ensures he doesn’t lose himself in resort life.\n“I love my life now and I haven’t relapsed because I ski, it has saved my life and it allows me to relive the bonding moments I had when dad was alive. When I am skiing alone I talk to him.\n“It’s freedom for someone with mobility issues because I don’t have mobility issues on my sit ski,” he says. “There is nowhere I feel more at home than at the top of a ski hill before a race with fellow adaptive skiers.”\nJason knows his future is not an easy one, especially if he wants to ski full time.\n“I do think people judge my future by my past when they hear my story. But I’d rather be clean with no legs than addicted with legs. I’d piss in a jug every day for the rest of my life if I had the chance to pursue a ski racing future.”\nHaving achieved the level of skiing that he has in a mere eight months, I suspect he may just get there.\nHow has skiing or snowboarding saved your life? Do you ski or snowboard to escape or embrace? Post a comment on the blog below and you could win a ski trip to Japan.\nImages of Jason courtesy of Skitracks南京夜网.au\nWIN A SKI/BOARD TRIP TO JAPAN\nSteve Lee taking on the mountains of Hakuba with Liquid Snow Tours photo credit: Chris Hocking\nWe are giving you four chances to win a ski trip to Japan with Liquid Snow Tours. All you have to do is post one comment on the blog topic each week. If you comment every week then you get four entries. The most entertaining or informative entry from all the blogs over the four weeks will be judged the winner.\nEnter and you’ll be in the running to win return flights for two from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Cairns to Tokyo, transfers to Hakuba, seven nights’ twin share at The Lab, hot breakfast daily, five-day multi-resort lift passes for two for six resorts, welcome drinks, daily transfers to ski resorts and more. Total prize value is $4990. Terms & conditions.\nPost on this week’s blog topic as listed above.\nInstagram2win all season #misssnowitall\nKeep those Instagram pics coming! Tag your winter inspiration moments with #misssnowitall and you could win return flights for two across the ditch with Air New Zealand. Each week we’ll post five more Instagram pics to our gallery, so enter as many times as you like. You can view all the pics tagged here. 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"original": "The giant Viking owl has three major attacks: chucking a spread of razor sharp feathers at you, dropping spiky ice balls in the arena and dropping eggs in the arena. Dodge the feathers and ice balls and wait for him to drop eggs. The eggs will hatch and wander back and forth, getting in your way. Bop one on the head, pick it up and chuck it at the owl. If he's at the top of the screen, use the platforms on either side of the screen. Just be quick because they'll collapse under your wait after a couple seconds.\nNail the owl with three eggs and a blast barrel will appear. Hop on in.\nMr. Owl will flap his wings causing gale force winds that could knock you off the platform if you're not careful. Walk against the wind and be on the lookout for enemies floating in from the side of the screen. Spot the egg and bop it on the head. Pick it up and either bounce up the other enemies to gain enough height to hit the owl now, or wait until he comes down to your level to charge at you to nail him.\nA bit peeved, the owl will then litter the screen with feathers. Retreat to one of the blast barrels on either side of the screen to avoid them. He'll then drop more eggs. Bop one, pick it up and nail him with it. Three hits and a blast barrel appears. Put the controller down and go make a sandwich. Make sure it's something nutritious. When you're ready, hop in the barrel and proceed to the final phase of the fight.\nThe great owl will start chucking volleys of feathers at you (still more painful than it sounds) so do your best to dodge. He'll then drop waves of spiky-helmed mini-owls on you. Weave between the gaps in the ranks until mini-owls with eggshell hats appear. Bop one on the head, pick it up and nail the big owl in the face when he floats down to your level.\nThe big hooter will disappear into the sky and drop giant eggs on you. The eggs will explode into three mini-owls with spiky helmets. Dodge them all and eventually the big bad will fall out of the sky and land on the platform in a dizzy spell. Bop him on the head.\nHe'll chuck a few ice balls at you and the pattern will repeat. Hit him a total of three times to end the fight.\nWas this guide helpful?"
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"original": "EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a member-elect of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulgafar Ayinla, over his alleged involvement in property scam, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of about N26m.\nAyinla who is expected to be sworn-in on May 29 2019 has confessed to the commission of crime, disclosing that he used the money to finance his political campaigns.\nThe petitioner who resides in USA stated that Ayinla, who is a legal practitioner, was introduced to her by her late Aunt as capable of helping her purchase some properties in Ilorin, Kwara State.\nAccording to her, “The Lawmaker-elect sold to me another two plots of land with four bedroom bungalow at window level at Agric area of Ilorin. I paid N8, 240, 000 commission of which Ayinla informed me that the seller had received his money but he never paid the money to the seller up till today, and never refunded the money to me.”\nThe suspect disclosed that he diverted the money to his personal use and promised to pay back when he receives his wardrobe allowance from the Kwara State House of Assembly. He would soon be charged to court."
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"original": "For international students—including GTAs—for whom English is not a native language, the following may provide support:\nLearning Assistance Service offers an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Conversation Program (www.counseling.umd.edu/LAS/html/esolconvprog.html#home).\nThe Maryland English Institute provides high-quality programs and courses for non-native speakers of English and strives to provide balanced perspectives of the diversity of American academic, social, and cultural life (mei.umd.edu/). The Institute also offers English programs for International Teaching Assistants to become effective oral communicators in the classroom (http://marylandenglishinstitute.com/wpdir/english-programs/).\nFree English editing services for international graduate students are offered under the aegis of the Graduate School (see www.english.umd.edu/academics/writingcenter/graduate/international)."
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"original": "Tango: The First Polish Short Film to Win an Oscar, 1980\nEverything that could happen in a room, happening.\nBy Maria Popova\nYou might recall Blok, a wonderful 1982 experimental Polish animated film, using a single continuous shot to take a voyeuristic tour of the different apartments in a building. From the same era comes Tango — a clever and spectacularly executed 1980 film by director Zbigniew Rybczynski from Polish short-film studio Se-ma-for. The cinematography, capturing multiple events taking place simultaneously in a closed space, was so complicated and required such precision that Rybczynski worked on the film for nearly a year, eating and sleeping on the set.\nIn 1983, Tango became the first Polish film to win an Oscar.\nTango appears on the altogether excellent two-disc DVD Anthology of Polish Animated Film.\nPublished January 23, 2012"
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"original": "Aug 2, 1999SAN DIEGO\nQualcomm products mentioned within this press release are offered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.\nSAN DIEGO -- Aug. 2, 1999 -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced its participation in high-speed packet data trials on Korea Telecom Freetel's (KT Freetel) advanced CDMA technology network, the first IS-95B network in the world. This demonstration, using Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' MSM3000™ chip and high-speed system software solution, shows how KT Freetel's IS-95B network will help expedite a global evolution from wireless voice communications to wireless Internet access, high-speed data services as well as the highest quality voice services. MSM3000-based CDMA handsets will transfer data over KT Freetel's advanced network at speeds of up to 64 kbps, which is faster than existing fixed line networks and more than four times as fast as existing wireless networks.\n\"This demonstration was made possible by contributions from many influential members of our industry including Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics,\" said Dr. Hong, Won-Pyo, vice president, planning and coordination group of KT Freetel. \"The MSM3000 chipset is an instrumental component in our initiative to provide a new era of Personal Network Services to our Korean customers.\"\n\"These high-speed data packet trials are testament to a new breed of wireless Internet access and data transfer capabilities that are possible with the newest generation of our customers' CDMA handsets,\" said Don Schrock, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. \"Our MSM3000 system solution is the first in a series of chip and software solutions that will enable the build-out of high-speed data-capable networks around the world.\"\nQualcomm's industry-leading MSM3000, a fifth-generation single chipset and system software solution, is currently the only available hardware and software solution to support IS-95B data rates up to 86.4 kbps.\nWith over three million Personal Communications Service (PCS) subscribers in Korea, KT Freetel is emerging as one of the world's fastest growing and largest PCS operators. KT Freetel's concept of Personal Network Services (PersNet®) will soon be realized, enabling high-speed wireless Internet access and interactive data communications. PersNet will allow customers to take advantage of electronic commerce, on-line stock trading, on-line banking and travel reservations via access to the Internet through CDMA handsets.\nQualcomm CDMA Technologies is the leading developer and supplier of CDMA chipsets, hardware and software solutions and tools with more than 50 million MSM chips shipped worldwide. The division supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: Acer Peripherals, Inc., ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION; FUJITSU LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; KYOCERA CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; and Toshiba Corporation, among others.\nQualcomm Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's major business areas include CDMA phones; integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS® and portions of the Globalstar™ system. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in theS&P500 Index and is a FORTUNE 500® company traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol QCOM.\nExcept for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company's ability to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 1998, and most recent Form 10-Q.\nQualcomm and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. MSM and MSM3000 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral Qualcomm Satellite Services, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners."
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"original": "Wisconsin farm goes beyond just apples\nWINONA, Minn. (AP) — During harvest season at Ecker's Apple Farm in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, the day starts at 2 a.m. when the first pies go into the oven.\nSara Ecker is in the orchard five hours later, surveying which apples to pick. The pickers themselves follow shortly after, working into the afternoon while the pies are restocked, the caramel apples are dipped and a steady stream of customers are getting ready to devour both.\nWhen the orchard closes to the public at six o'clock, the Eckers use a little bit of quiet time to pack apples and attend to any details they may have missed during the rush. Sometimes as late as 9 p.m., they finish for the day, mere hours away from starting the process all over again.\nAnd that's just for the apples.\nFamily-owned since its inception in 1945, Ecker's has looked for ways to push beyond traditional orchard offerings in the past few years, from hosting weddings to running yoga classes to making their own cider. It's not that the apples themselves are drawing any less of a crowd — they typically welcome more than 1,500 people on a fall Saturday — but diversifying the options keeps them coming back.\n\"It's really just about showing people a good time for a couple hours, a bit of an escape from all the concrete and all the hubbub,\" Jess Ecker, who manages the operation's 50-person staff and runs special events, told the Winona Daily News.\nThe hours that people spend in their orchard is relatively new, largely in part to the 2014 arrival of a beer garden. Before that, Jess Ecker said most folks would come in, get their apples and go in a matter of 30 minutes.\nThe beer garden initially grew out of a possibility of having their own brewery, but Jess Ecker said licensing hiccups drove them in another direction: a hard cider they named \"Fat Blossom Girl.\" The orchard partnered with Maiden Rock Winery and Sand Creek Brewing to make it a reality, and for the first time, customers this year will be able to take home the cider in bottles.\nNearby orchards had already established what they were known for, Jess Ecker said, and the beer garden was the product of a desire to create that for Ecker's.\n\"Ferguson's (in Galesville) has a great niche with kids' entertainment . that's their thing,\" she said. \"I thought, what else can I do? Something a little bit different.\"\nAnd while visitors can drop by any weekend for beer, treats from a food truck and live music, it's all building toward the orchard's special event of the season — the Honeycrisp Hootenanny, which this year takes place Oct. 13.\nThe hootenanny, which features multiple food trucks, local music like Them Coulee Boys and the jazz band from the area high school, a whopping 2,000 caramel apples and a long list of beers to try, is celebrating a decade of existence this year and is perhaps no better indicator of the orchard's growth.\n\"The first year, Dad was alive,\" Jess Ecker said. \"He said, 'You should get some beer. Go up to George's and see if you can get a keg of beer.' We got a sixth barrel, which is 30 to 35 beers. We didn't finish it.\"\nAt last year's hootenanny, they went through more than 60 kegs and 20 barrels of cider.\nThe day also features a unique beer-tasting called the killer whale series, after the nickname \"whale\" for a rare beer. Jess Ecker asks 30 local breweries to send her one keg of their craziest drink, and each goes on tap for one hour only — those who aren't lucky enough to try it will have a wealth of other brews to sample.\nUnderneath the events and expansions, however, is the same drive to provide people with an opportunity they might not get anywhere else.\n\"I guess my dad really saw the farm as an opportunity to give people who aren't lucky to have an orchard or to live in the country, to give them a farm experience, that they can have a good time on the farm,\" Jess said.\nAnd though a nearly indescribable amount of work goes into preparing that experience, it's worth it to see folks spending an afternoon together there, enjoying the day."
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"original": "One of the key principles that every Montessori teacher learns during training is to observe. As a high school and college student, observation was usually relegated to my science classes. I guess that makes sense since Maria Montessori was trained as a doctor, not as a teacher. In order to learn about children she researched, she created a natural setting for young children and then she sat back and observed the children.\nIt was through her detailed observations that she learned so much about young children. She watched them with no preconceived notions. She wanted to find out from the children how they learned, what was important to them and how to set up the best environment to help them grow and develop.\nAs a teacher, when things go awry in the classroom, one of the first things I set out to do is observe the class. Let me give you an example. At the beginning of the year I found that the students had a lot of difficulty lining up at the door (which we need to do several times a day). There was pushing and pulling, arguing and fighting. It was, frankly, mayhem. So, I took a day to observe what was going on during line up time.\nWhen observing, you want to really just watch without opinion. So, in my example, I noticed that the children were bumping into each other, standing very close together, had a difficult time knowing what was in front of rather than beside the next person, etc.\nWhat I always want to avoid is being negative with the children. I don’t want to be yelling or telling them what they are doing wrong. I strive always to keep things positive (easier said than done). What is best of all is if I can change the environment to solve the problem and keep myself out of it all together.\nSo, what did I do after observing? I placed small pieces of tape equidistant on the floor on which each child would stand. In this way the children were in a line, each person had their own space and there was less pushing and fighting. Did this solution eliminate all pushing and fighting? No. No solution is ever perfect but this one went a long way in solving our difficulties.\nOf course, this example doesn’t really help you as parents. We don’t really line up our children at home! What I do want you to think about is how to observe your children and why it is so important.\nIn my last post I talked about setting up the environment to help maximize your child’s development. Observation can help you figure out what your child needs at his/her stage of development. So, let’s think about a few of the developmental domains and how observation can help us help our children:\n- fine motor – watch how your child holds things. Maybe your baby is now able to pick up an object she is looking at with little difficulty. You see your preschooler is now holding a marker with the tripod grip. Your child seems to use his left hand more than his right hand. Your child does not use both hands when drawing, putting together puzzles or eating. So how does this observation help you? If you have a child under the age of one, her fine motor skills will change drastically in this first year. You will want to provide her with toys that will help her refine her grasp and that challenge without too much frustration. Once your child is a preschooler and getting closer to that magical kindergarten age, you may want to make sure he is using both hands together and crossing midline (click here for why this is important). The tripod pencil grip is important for writing in kindergarten. Please note that not all children are developmentally in the same place at kindergarten and the tripod grip is one of these areas that develops at different times in different children. What is important is that you are aware of where your child is as he is entering kindergarten. In this way you can be attuned to things that he might find tiring or frustrating and to give his teacher a heads up.\n- gross motor – watch how your baby moves. Does she try to get that ball that is just out of reach? How long does she work on this before getting too frustrated? Does your preschooler like to climb, jump and catch a large ball or does he prefer to sit on the sidelines? After some time observing we can think about how we are helping or hindering our child’s development. Maybe we are so worried our child is in danger that we don’t let her climb trees or the playground equipment without hovering. Perhaps we are always stepping in at the first sound of our baby’s efforts instead of giving her a little space to work hard towards scooting to that ball that is just out of reach. Often observation (i.e. sitting on our hands so we don’t interfere) helps us change our own behavior by allowing our children to continue their behavior even when it makes us uncomfortable.\n- language/communication – What does your child gravitate toward? What does she like to talk about? What sounds is your baby making? Does she respond when another person repeats her sounds? Does your baby have different types of cries? Does she stop crying on her own sometimes? Are all of her sounds distress or are some just temporary frustration? Does your child use eye contact during communication? What books does your child enjoy? What books does he find boring? What subjects is your child interested in?\n- social/emotional – How does your child solve problems? Does your preschooler look to you (or another adult) to solve her problems for her or can she problem solve on her own? What makes your child happy, sad, angry, frustrated? How often does your child ask for help? How does your child deal with separation? How does he manage when things don’t go his way?\nThere is so much I could say about observation. I will leave you with this thought. Take one item about your child/family/situation that drives you crazy. Instead of yelling or talking or reading about solutions…..observe the situation for a day (or two or three). Write down everything you see or hear. Put your emotions aside for a little while. Show your notes to your spouse/partner or a good friend. Brainstorm what you think is going on and how things could change. You may be surprised with the solutions you come up with.\nHere’s my last example (because I love a good story more than empirical evidence!!!) One summer my youngest son participated in a camp at our community park. The camp provided lunch for the participants. I often took my older son (who is diagnosed with autism) to the park to play at the end of the camp period and before lunch. My elder son was typically well behaved. On this particular day, around the time the park was having lunch he was having a melt down (you know, kicking, yelling, not following my direction, etc.). This was quite unusual for him. I looked around at what was happening (the other children were eating) and finally had an ‘aha’ moment. He was hungry. A bag of goldfish crackers later and he was happy, quiet and compliant.\nSo I encourage you to observe your children every day. Think about what they are doing, saying and how they are interacting. During times when life is stressful, take a moment (or a day or two) to sit back and observe what is really going on. It is in this kind of reflection that we can help not only our children on their developmental paths but also help ourselves on our parenting paths!"
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"original": "Savannah Food & Wine Festival Gives Back to the Community\nThe weeklong Savannah Food & Wine Festival has announced the many nonprofit organizations to which part of the festival profits will be donated. The sought-out festival will return to Georgia for the week of Nov. 11 to 17, bringing top chefs, sommeliers, and culinary experts to the area.\nOne of the main events at the festival, the Grand Reserve Tasting, hopes to bring in a noticeable amount of profit, of which part will be donated to a local nonprofit organization, The 200 Club of The Coastal Empire. This high-profile event will offer wine bottles averaging more than $50 for those looking for the \"ultimate in wine tasting,\" as well as host a silent auction of items such as one-of-a-kind wine lots, luxury travel, merchandise, and services, while guests can enjoy gourmet appetizers.\n\"The 200 Club of the Coastal Empire goals and objectives are honorable and clearly in line with Savannah’s needs. The organization provides immediate financial assistance for surviving spouses and children of local law enforcement officers and firefighters who lose their lives in the line-of-duty while protecting their communities. We are very proud to be associated with the amazing work The 200 Club provides to our community,\" Michael T. Owens, president of the Savannah Food & Wine Festival, stated in a recent press release.\nSpecial VIP guests at the Grand Reserve Tasting will include world-renowned sommeliers, winemakers, chefs, and authors such as Lydia and Rob Mondavi Jr., chef Chris Hastings, the Lee Brothers, chef Anthony Lamas, Master Sommeliers Robert Jones and Michael McNeill, and Iron Horse Vineyards.\nAccording to Hugh Golden, chairman of the Grand Reserve Tasting Committee, the event is the must-attend event for wine enthusiasts. \"If you appreciate good wine, the festival has a multitude of events you can attend — if you appreciate great wine, you won’t find a better ticket available in the southeast region to taste extraordinary wine than the Grand Reserve.\"\nWith community being the focal point of this year’s Savannah Food & Wine Festival, giving back and supporting local nonprofit organizations is of high priority to the festival organizers. Besides The 200 Club of the Coastal Empire, nonprofits that will benefit from festival include United Way of the Coastal Empire, Bethesda Academy, the West Broad Street YMCA, and Mom’s Lemonade Stand."
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"original": "SHAH ALAM: Like other units based at the Sg Besi (Sempang) airport, the PDRM Air Wing Unit is moving out as the land there had been earmarked for re-development.\nThe Sg Besi base was the Air Wing’s main operating base in the peninsula apart from the training base in Ipoh. The Air Wing also operates from two other bases namely in Kuching, Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.\nAlthough the facilities at Sg Besi remained operational, the air assets have been dispersed at the other airports pending the completion of a new air base in Subang, slated to be completed in April, next year. The new air base is located in between the Ara Damansara Medical Centre and the Petronas Fuel Depot.\nIt is expected that the new air base will be operational by late 2016 or early 2017. The new air base is being developed by 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) the developer of the Sg Besi airport land for the Home Ministry and ultimately, the police.\nAmong others the new air base will have a five storey office cum hangar building, officer’s mess, multi-function hall, an aircraft storm shelter, transport store and others. Unfortunately, there is no spare land for quarters at the location or in nearby areas. Perhaps they will reserved some space for the quarters when the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia land in Sg Buloh is re-developed.\nThe turnkey contractor is Perbadanan Perwira Harta Malaysia (PPHM), a subsidiary of the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), the Armed Forces provident fund. PPHM is also the turnkey contractor for the other units moving out from Sg Besi airport, namely the RMAF – Sendayan , Kuantan and Subang airbases and the 31 Rejimen Artileri Di Raja camp in Kajang.\nAll of these facilities are expected to be completed in 2016 or early 2017. Apart from these para-military facilities, PPHM is also the developer of the former DBKL housing area in Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur.\n— Malaysian DefenceIf you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment"
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"original": "UT: Utah Recruits Key Joint Strike Fighter Contractor\n20 May, 2010\nThe Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced that Janicki Industries of Sedro-Woolley, WA, will establish a new Utah precision composites manufacturing facility to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Janicki Industries is widely recognized as a leading composite fabrication and CNC machining company with capabilities in the aerospace, transportation, and wind energy markets.\nThe company was founded as Janicki Machine Design in 1993 by CEO Peter Janicki, and its first innovation was to introduce machined composites to the marine manufacturing industry. Janicki’s proprietary 5-axis CNC mills are specifically designed to handle complex, large-scale high precision projects.\nJanicki Industries is heavily involved in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. In 2001 Lockheed Martin was selected as prime contractor for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program (F-35 or JSF). The F-35 is expected to be the world’s premier war fighting aircraft through 2040.\n“Our strategic alliance with Lockheed Martin, ATK and Hitco Composites encouraged us to consider locating in Utah,” said John Janicki, President of Janicki Industries. “We gratefully accept GOED’s incentive offer, and we look forward to building long term business relationships within the state of Utah.”\n“The State has targeted seven industry clusters, which will bring sustainable job growth to Utah. Janicki Industries experience in aerospace, defense and composites further strengthens these industries in Utah,” said Spencer Eccles, GOED executive director.\nJanicki currently employs over 350 people in Washington, State. A decision on a final location for the new facility has not yet been made, but it will add an additional 50 people to the Janicki payroll over the next several years. The average project base salary will be in excess of 125% of Davis County average including company contributed health benefits and will generate $20.5 million in new state wages over 10 years. The new employees will be brought on to help Janicki fulfill its contractual obligations to ATK and Hitco Carbon Composites.\n“We are thrilled about Janicki Industries’ decision to expand its operations to Utah,” says Jeff Edwards, president & CEO of Economic Development Corporation of Utah. “Janicki Industries presence further expands Utah’s strength in the advanced composites industry and will be a key component to further growth in this field here in our State.”\nThe company expects to make a $19.5 million capital investment in the Utah plant and Based on the capital investment and the number of employees being hired by the company, the GOED Board authorized a post-performance refundable tax credit up to $316,275 over 10 years. During the life of the incentive the State estimates the company will pay more than $1.5 million in new state tax revenue."
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"original": "I have an addiction. I am not ashamed of it, but I will probably bore you with it given the chance. I am addicted to old newspapers. No, I don’t live surrounded by cobwebby editions of last years Herald-Sun I mean OLD newspapers.\nI love history, especially Australian convict and colonial history and finding the National Library of Australia website was like finding a small slice of heaven. This site has digitized copies of many Australian newspapers dating back to March 1803. This might sound boring but you have to remember that back then newspapers were the internet of their day. These days newspapers are all about exposing badly behaving footballers and trying to come up with the most scandalous expose. Back then there were no phones and radio so the only way to transfer information was to put it in the papers.\nSome of my Great Great Great Grandparents were transported as convicts and arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in 1827 and 1831. To read the papers that were published at the very time and at the very place that they were living is an amazing thing. It is documented that my Great Great great-grandmother Margaret Shaw was a bit of a ratbag even after her arrival as a convict but so far I have not been able to find an article relating to her. I continue to read all I can though in the hopes that her name has been badly scanned and translated incorrectly.\nMy personal favourites are the Police Reports, especially the Hobart Town Police Reports. Partly because there is always the chance of finding Margaret Shaw being sentenced to solitary confinement with bread and water yet again and partly because of the amusement I get from reading what people got up to and the judgements passed. These days everyone looks out for someone to blame. Back then the judge sometimes pretty much told them to get over themselves and go away. I also love the language used at times.\nThis blog is my chance to inflict my addiction on you and to try to resurrect some old words."
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"original": "The Hakuba Powder Weekend features skiing/boarding at two awesome resorts a live music/DJ/Party event, free lessons, hot springs and more!\nWe will be skiing and snowboarding at Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba 47 snow resorts which feature lots of varied runs for all levels of boarder / skiier. Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba 47 resorts are joined at the top of the mountain, so theres loads of different trails and interesting terrain for you to explore. Both resorts feature runs catering for all levels of experience as well as many beginner, intermediate and advanced park features, and lifts open early. This are is one of Hakubas best most scenic, with spectacular views of the nearby ranges and the Hakuba Valley. There are long & varied on-piste runs, good terrain parks both suited to beginners and intermediates, as well as lots of accessible tree and powder lines for the more advanced skiiers/boarders. There are also many great restaurants and bars all over the mountain.\nThere is a big live music party event lined up for the Saturday night at a venue only a few minutes walk from our lodge. There is also a great outdoor onsen very close to our lodge, great for soaking those post ski/boarding muscles. Looking forward to a fun weekend!"
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"original": "I found a nice article, contain reference DocID from Metalink to know latest and new features of Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL\nAll the new features available with 11.1 release of oracle are listed together in\nNote 869084.1 : New PL/SQL Features for 11g Release 1 (11.1).\nThe contents of the article is pasted below.\nNew PL/SQL Features for 11g Release 1 (11.1)\nPL/SQL Native Compilation\nIn Oracle 11g, PL/SQL native compilation requires no C compiler, no DBA intervention and is fully supported in a RAC environment. By setting the PLSQL_CODE_TYPE to a value of NATIVE , rather than the default value of INTERPRETED , code is compiled directly to machine code . When the code is called, it is loaded into shared memory, making it accessible for all sessions in that instance. The %_PLSQL_OBJECT_SETTINGS views include the current PLSQL_CODE_TYPE setting for each PL/SQL object.\nNote 462449.1 : PL/SQL Native Compilation on Oracle 11G\nPL/SQL Function Result Cache\nThe cross-session PL/SQL function result cache provides a simple way to boost the performance of PL/SQL functions by saving the results of function calls for specific combinations of input parameters in the SGA. These results can be reused by any session calling the same function with the same parameters. This can result in a significant performance boost when functions are called for each row in an SQL query, or within a loop in PL/SQL. This article describes the usage and administration of the function result cache.\nNote 430887.1 : 11g New Feature PL/SQL Function Result Cache\nPL/SQL Fine-Grained Dependencies\nPrior to Oracle11g, modifying the structure of a table would make dependent views invalid even thought the change to table has nothing to do with view.That is why starting from Oracle11g a change to table that does not effect view logically, will NOT make view invalid. So, if you add a column to table T1 then because of fine grained dependency tracking system applied by Oracle 11g, it doesn’t make view invalid.\nNote 430725.1 : 11g New Feature Fine-Grained Dependencies\nPL/SQL Continue Statement\nIn Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL has a new construct called CONTINUE , which is used in a loop. The statement moves the logic to the end of the loop and then to the beginning of the loop.The CONTINUE statement jumps out of the current loop iteration and starts the next one. It can be used on its own, or as part of a CONTINUE WHEN statement. This type of processing has always been possible using IF statements either on their own or with exceptions or GOTO statements, but the CONTINUE statement is neater and brings PL/SQL in line with other languages.\nNote 469584.1 : 11g New Feature PLSQL CONTINUE Statement\nPL/SQL Automatic Subprogram Inlining\nEvery call to a procedure or function causes a slight, but measurable, performance overhead, which is especially noticeable when the subprogram is called within a loop. Avoiding procedures and functions is not an option, as it goes against the concept of modular programming, making programs bulky and difficult to manage. Automatic subprogram inlining can reduce the overheads associated with calling subprograms, whilst leaving your original source code in its normal modular state. This is done by replacing the subprogram calls with a copy of the code in the subprogram at compile time.\nThe process of subprogram inlining is controlled by the PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL parameter and the INLINE pragma. When PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL=2 (the default), the INLINE pragma determines whether the following statement or declaration should be inlined or not. When PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL=3, the optimizer may inline code automatically. In this case the INLINE pragma can turn it off inlining for a statement, or increase the likelihood that the optimizer will choose to inline a statement.\nPL/SQL SIMPLE_INTEGER, SIMPLE_FLOAT, and SIMPLE_DOUBLE Data Types\nThe SIMPLE_INTEGER, SIMPLE_FLOAT, and SIMPLE_DOUBLE data types are predefined subtypes of PLS_INTEGER, BINARY_FLOAT, and BINARY_DOUBLE, respectively. Each subtype has the same range as its base type and has a NOT NULL constraint.\nSIMPLE_INTEGER differs significantly from PLS_INTEGER in its overflow semantics, but SIMPLE_FLOAT and SIMPLE_DOUBLE are identical to their base types, except for their NOT NULL constraint.\nYou can use SIMPLE_INTEGER when the value will never be NULL and overflow checking is unnecessary. You can use SIMPLE_FLOAT and SIMPLE_DOUBLE when the value will never be NULL. Without the overhead of checking for nullness and overflow, these subtypes provide significantly better performance than their base types when PLSQL_CODE_TYPE=’NATIVE’, because arithmetic operations on SIMPLE_INTEGER values are done directly in the hardware. 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"original": "Kofi Kingston is not the usual size of a WWE Champion, but he defeated Daniel Bryan for the title. It seems like WWE is straying away from their former logic of only pushing big men. One big man from WWE’s past is Hall Of Famer Superstar Billy Graham. Needless to say, he had some advice for Kofi.\nGraham let loose on Facebook in a pretty heated message where he had some words of wisdom. However, it might not be exactly what Kofi needs to hear and WWE might have a problem with his suggestion as well.\n“Kofi Kingston…. My Advice\nI am sure Vince will sit Kofi down and say, ” Now Kofi, you listen to every word the Superstar has to say about your run as the first African born WWE World Heavyweight Champion.” Congratulations to Kofi for winning the most important Title in pro wrestling history….sorry you NWA guys…. Notice the word ” Heavyweight ” in his Title…so my man, I urge you to start doing some steroids and add about 50 pounds of solid muscle to your championship body. Vince wont care, honestly. Actually he would be quite pleased with the muscular transformation, as I predict that you young man will have the longest run as WWE champ in modern-day history. Then in just a short time while you are red hot and the fans are celebrating your win, your 2 former partners in crime, E and Woods get jealous and turn on you. In my day there would be some blood in that double cross on you but God forbid….not now. You then have Daniel Bryan for rematches and your two former partners as opponents. The final suggestion, is to get all of my promo material together that you can find in the WWE’s vast library and study my promos. You must be an entertainer as well as a wrestler my man and best of luck with your run !!! S.B.G.”\nYou never know how someone can look at a great situation like KofiMania and see room for improvement. It appears Billy Graham has his own idea of what he thinks Kofi Kingston should do. There has since been no sign that Kofi is up for juicing though."
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"original": "Grey Agate, Crystal & Copper Dangle Earrings\nThese beautiful dangles are made with 8mm faceted dark grey agate beads. They are accented with muted mauve crystals and antiqued copper bead caps.\nThey measure approx. 1\" in length (not including the ear wire).\nThe ear wires are made of stainless steel."
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"original": "You can get the best female to male body massage by the hot female experts at our centers in Sanpada Navi Mumbai. The massage therapists are experienced in providing massage therapy to the people to reduce their body stress.\nRelax your body by getting massage therapy from the female experts. This will help you in reducing the pain and stress from the whole body and give the extra beneficial services through a delicate and sensitive touch.\nCall - 8530017753\nFull Stop Mall, Sector 19, Sanpada Navi Mumba 400705, Sanpada, Thane, Maharashtra, India"
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"original": "Split is the second largest city in Croatia, but for people from Split it is surely the prettiest, and the best place to live. We simply adore our city and are very proud of its history and uniqueness.Split have been on the World Heritage UNESCO list ever since 1979.\nThe “Fruit square” a former produce market, in the centre of the old Split town, featuring statue of Dalmatian writer/poet and Renaissance humanist, Marko Marulic.\nSilver Gate- Diocletian’s Palace, Split\nThe view from the Marjan hill.\nThis is Split, Diocletian’s Palace, circa 1965-70.\nRetro postcard from 70’s.\nWhat to do while in Split?\nHere are some recommendations from TripAdvisor.\nHistoric site Salona!,"
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"original": "Three types of tattoo inks were recalled by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday because they are contaminated with microorganisms.\nIn a statement released by the agency, consumers, tattoo artists, and retailers were warned of serious injury associated with using the tainted inks. The microorganisms can cause skin infections and even permanent scarring.\n\"Tattoo inks contaminated with microorganisms can cause infections and lead to serious health injuries when injected into the skin during a tattooing procedure, since there is an increased risk of infection any time the skin barrier is broken,\" the statement said.\nThe following tattoo inks were recalled by the FDA:\n- Scalpaink SC, Scalpaink PA, and Scalpaink AL basic black tattoo inks manufactured by Scalp Aesthetics (all lots)\n- Dynamic Color - Black tattoo ink manufactured by Dynamic Color Inc (lots 12024090 and 12026090)\n- Solid Ink-Diablo (red) tattoo ink manufactured by Color Art Inc. (dba Solid Ink) (dba Antone's Ink) (lot 10.19.18)\nSymptoms of tattoo-ink-related infections include the appearance of rashes or lesions consisting of red papules in areas where the contaminated ink was applied. Symptoms can be often hard to distinguish between other conditions (such as allergies) which could lead to misdiagnosis and ineffective treatments, the agency added.\nThe agency recommended that anyone seeking to get a tattoo in the near future ask the artist or studio which inks they use and to avoid any of the tattoo inks listed in the recall. The FDA became aware of the tainted tattoo inks through routine surveys of marketed tattoo inks and subsequent tests of samples taken.\nThe agency said they're working with manufacturers and retailers to remove the contaminated inks from the market.\nPhoto: Getty Images"
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"original": "Before 2012, if a Chilean citizen needed to interact with the state, they needed to complete a costly and time-consuming procedure. They had to work out which agency delivered the service and where its offices were located, and they would contact the agency concerned to find out the requirements that had to be met in order to access the relevant service. The process was organised from the government’s perspective rather than taking a customer-facing view.\nIn order to address the problem, the government formally launched ChileAtiende the national citizen service, a one-stop shop, in 2012. The bill creating ChileAtiende was signed by the president, Sebastián Piñera, with Cristián Larroulet, the minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile, and Bruno Baranda, the minister for social development. These were the departments most closely concerned in its development.\nIt was designed by the General Secretariat of the Presidency’s Unit of Modernisation and E-Government. The aim was to create a network that brought government services to the people, delivering a set of procedures for various public institutions in one place. It was intended to:\n- Make savings in time and costs both for citizens and the state through more efficiently organised services.\n- Provide a wide range of different services and products through a variety of easily accessible channels, e.g., enabling citizens to access services via internet or telephone without having to leave their home or workplace.\nIts multi-channel network has around 200 offices across the country, a national call centre (#101), and a digital platform through which citizens can access multiple services and benefits without having to contact multiple government offices. There are also mobile offices in O'Higgins, Bío Bío, Araucanía, Metropolitan and Valparaiso.\nThe public impact\nIt is estimated that the implementation has resulted in savings of US$30 million in infrastructure costs. It also saves individual citizens expense in terms of reduced travelling time and access fees.\nThe online portal provides 2,240 public benefits and services. “The coverage of the ChileAtiende [office] network is 75%, which means that 13 million Chilean citizens have a ChileAtiende office in their county (commune).\" \nPublic Confidence Fair\nIn 2012, the view of the general public about the government was that it was slow to respond to the need for a single point of contact for its services to citizens. However, with regard to the ChileAtiende project, in particular, it was agreed that concrete progress had been made. “The interviewed stakeholders collectively agreed that the progress of the commitment to date has been concrete. The achievement is substantial [and leads] towards the … modernisation of the state because it contributes to improved public services and facilitates more efficiency in the processing of a variety of procedures for the country’s public services.\" \nStakeholder Engagement Good\nThe main government stakeholders were the General Secretariat of the Presidency, in particular its Unit of Modernisation and E-Government, and the Ministry of Social Development. At the 2012 launch, Cristián Larroulet, the minister for the General Secretariat of the Presidency “thanked all the workers of the Institute of Social Welfare, Fonasa Sernac Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Ministry of National Heritage, Institute of Occupational Safety, Sence, Dipreca and Capredena, who made possible the launch of this initiative day today.\" \nThere were a number of other government stakeholders, such as the Ministry of National Heritage, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the Institute of Social Welfare and the Institute of Occupational Safety. “Twenty-four public services participate in the ChileAtiende network, integrated at the national level.\" \nThe other main stakeholders are the citizens who use the services via one of the three channels: the office network, the call centre or the web portal.\nPolitical Commitment Strong\nChileAtiende was an initiative of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, which funded the development and led the design through its Unit of Modernisation and E-Government. It formed part of the government’s second action plan and received significant levels of investment. There have also been publicity campaigns to promote public awareness for the web portal, https://www.chileatiende.gob.cl/. “Two publicity campaigns have been organised to introduce the citizenry to ChileAtiende through mass communications media.\" \nClear Objectives Good\nThe objectives of ChileAtiende were clear and have been consistently maintained since its launch. The aim of ChileAtiende is to simplify citizens’ access to government benefits and services by having a single point of access, although delivered through three different channels.\nIt was based on similar programmes that have been delivered across the world and in Chile itself, while pilot studies were conducted to ensure that the design was valid and could be implemented within the available budget.\nA similar practice in was followed in the Foreign Trade Integrated System (SICEX), which was developed by Chile’s finance ministry. It is a one-stop shop for foreign trade, which aims to streamline the operations of trade and the transit of goods into and out of the country. Policymakers used the same approach in ChileAtiende – of coordination and integration of services provided by different public institutions and delivered through a single window.\nThe government of Chile studied the examples of international models that had already proved successful, such as Service Canada, Centrelink in Australia, and the eCitizen model in Singapore.\nThe testing was thorough and well managed. “The strategy was not to have everything planned and funded through new investments, but rather use existing resources ... on a small scale ...:\n- “Prototyping using [an] agile methodology to test the tools for delivering the services, and even using public consultation for open innovation to create the digital channels.\n- “Using lean start-up logic by testing with users, usability evaluations, beta testing and piloting.\n- “Studying the needs of people, their expectations and prejudices about the public sector, through various methodologies (interviews with citizens, market research, usability analysis and testing of products).”\nChileAtiende is supported by the government and acts as a common platform for both government and citizens, saving both time and costs for both. It received sufficient funding for its implementation and operations.\nChileAtiende makes use of existing government infrastructure to provide services, making efficient use of state resources to undertake a major reform programme.\nThe technical feasibility was established by:\n- Studying similar solutions in other countries, the SICEX one-stop shop in Chile’s Ministry of Finance.\n- Using a prototyping methodology in developing the web portal, to manage the technical risk.\n- Piloting both the design and implementation of the portal.\n“Among other challenges, certain legal obstacles needed to be overcome in order to transfer specific powers from certain public services to others.\" \nThe General Secretariat of the Presidency led the initiative through its Unit of Modernization and E-Government. “During the implementation of this commitment, those in charge of ChileAtiende faced three challenges:\n- To design strategies that would transform the work culture of public services …\n- To succeed in extending the hours of service provided to the public by the institutions involved.\n- To succeed in achieving a necessary coordination between the first 25 participating public services.”\n.The portal content was reviewed continuously by a specialised team to ensure the reliability of the information provided. The customer relationship management system has progressively been strengthened to manage citizen requests and minimise operational errors.\nThere were several parameters used to measure the impact over the period of time, such as cost-savings for both the public administration and Chilean citizens:\n- Citizens’ savings were calculated from the number of network contacts plus a set of savings parameters (from a nationally representative citizen survey).\n- Infrastructure savings were calculated as the amount of investment that institutions using ChileAtiende would have had to make to get the geographical coverage achieved by the programme.\n- Qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation was carried out, using survey techniques such as focus groups and anonymous inspection.\n- There was regular monitoring of customer satisfaction with the service.\nThe General Secretariat of the Presidency led the project, which required the cooperation between numerous public agencies in in order to connect with citizens. “This project, the result of an important collaboration between various institutions, is part of … the modernization, decentralisation and strengthening of democracy and is part of the presidential commitments on May 21, when President urged public institutions to build a state [that was] 100% at the service of citizens.\" \nChileAtiende enables the government to connect with its citizens in remote rural areas in providing public services.\nThere was “initial resistance against change within the Institute of Social Security as before implementation of ChileAtiende the civil servants from the IPS received requests just from pensioned persons; under ChileAtiende they would receive them from the service users of different institutions.\" This was overcome by the members of the ChileAtiende team. “The solution was to implement a programme of change management and to explain the benefits to the civil servants and for their careers.\""
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"original": "Jess Hunter, at 20, is by any test, severely disabled. She is also remarkably pretty. I’m not sure that it is even politically correct to say that. One day last month she ventured to our news studio in her cumbersome wheelchair with her “talent manager” and her assistant, and her coach. Jess is one of ParalympicsGB’s prospects for a gold medal in the upcoming Paralympic Games. Her sport is Boccia.\nHer sport is what? Boccia rhymes with Gotcha and is, I reckon, the secret sensation of this month’s Paralympics. It’s just one of the remarkable sports that will take the games into another sphere from the breathtaking Olympics that have gone before. I suppose that its nearest able bodied relative is the French sport of boule, or our own village green game of bowls.\nJess Hunter was born severely affected by cerebral palsy. She has little or no control over any of her limbs and cannot speak. Her wheel chair tilts her in a 45-degree position half way between sitting up and lying down. Yet this extraordinary Para-athlete trains fifteen hours a week to sustain her position as one the world’s greatest exponents of Boccia. She is aided by an assistant who is not permitted to see the field of play – an area perhaps half a tennis court in size.\nJess is armed with six Boccia balls of varying weights. Using her eyes to signal which ball she wants to “throw”, Jess then has to line up the ramp from which the ball will be projected. The assistant moves it up, down, left, and right according to Jess’s eye signals. Once in position the jack is placed on a ledge on the ramp. There’s a groove at the back of the ramp and Jess – with huge difficulty locates it with a probe on her helmeted head. She locates the ball and prods with the probe. She repeats the exercise as she plays each of her six balls. Stunningly, her fist ball ends up nudging the jack. Playing in teams of two (Jess’s equally disabled teammate is 17-years-old), the field of play amazingly become a dense contest of tightly pitched balls. Suddenly one of the other contestants will blast the field open taking her own ball close to the newly positioned jack.\nAs the play unfolds, I, and my colleagues watching, all forget that we are engrossed in a contest between profoundly disabled young women, who cannot walk, or dress, or talk – playing a mesmerising and completely absorbing sport. For myself, with very little exposure to disability, my Paralympic journey as a commentator training for the games has been one of the most exciting and uplifting adventures of my reporting life.\nI have played wheelchair basketball – one of the most savage sports I ever expect to play. I was crashed into, spun, tipped out, and constantly found the ball ripped from my grasp. Like wheel chair rugby it is an incredibly fast sport, skilled, making, like Boccia, for an extraordinary and all consuming spectator sport.\nAs a cyclist though I have to confess that blind cycling is the sport that finally scared the lycra pants off me. A few months back I made my way to the Manchester velodrome to experience the sport. The track was swarming with Olympic and Paralympic cyclists alike. It was here that I encountered some of the British military amputees from the Iraq and Afghan wars. Some had lost a leg and sport incredibly engineered prosthetic that were cleated into the pedal. Others had lost an arm and were aided by brilliantly conceived handle bar grips attached to their artificial arms.\nBlind cycling places you on the back of tandem with sighted rider at the front. I had never been on a tandem, never cycled completely blindfolded, and never ridden a fixed wheeled bicycle on which there are neither gears nor breaks. Oh, and I had never cycled in a velodrome.\nUnsighted, the swoops up and down the sides of the track – the dives and spurts as you go faster and faster – were completely disorienting. I never knew where I was as I buried my head in the back of the rider in front. As we topped 43 mph I feared my ageing legs just would not be able to keep up. I screamed to be allowed to stop. But the exhilaration, the space, the wind, the crowd noise, and yes, once again the sheer sport obliterated my initial obsession with the disability.\nIn Jon Snow’s Paralympic Show in the ten days leading up to the Paralympics, I’m going to share this adventure with you – meeting the Paralympians training amongst the rubble in Gaza; talking to the blind footballer whose brilliant left foot finds the ball by hearing the little bell that rings within it; and so much more. One of the most remarkable films in our half hourly nightly show will be an unprecedented access to the Military rehabilitation centre at Headley Court where many supreme Paralympic sportsmen have had their lives rebuilt and transformed. The Olympics may have thrilled us to the core; the Paralympics will take us somewhere else – one of the most exciting “places” I have ever been.\nFollow @jonsnowC4 on Twitter."
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John Hannah still can’t quite master any accent other than Scottish, but his Jonathan is so endearing, we don’t care.\nImhotep, named for the mummy in the 1932 The Mummy, is the name of a very, very early Egyptian architect who designed the first Egyptian pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and was later one of very few non-royal Egyptians to be deified. The connection with pyramids and, therefore, mummies and with the meeting of human and divine makes his name rather suitable for The Mummy, though of course the real Imhotep was not thought to be undead, nor a demon-creature – he was a god of wisdom, writing and medicine. One of the many great things about this movie is the strong backstory given to the Mummy himself. You genuinely feel sorry for Imhotep and Ankh-su-thingy and I especially love her line as she kills herself – ‘My body is no longer his temple’. It’s quite a powerful line (if anachronistic for ancient Egypt)and you can’t help rooting for her a little bit there.\nA mummy, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York\nI’m not sure how we’re spelling the name of Pharaoh’s bodyguards, but it sounds like ‘Magi’ (edited: but see comments below). The Magi were Persian priests, whom the Romans associated with magic and magical practices, and we get the words ‘magic’ and ‘mage’ from them. They are mostly known now as the ‘wise men’ from the Christmas story; astrology was an important aspect of Persian religion and they were priests rather than philosophers, though ‘wise men’ isn’t as far off the mark as ‘three kings’. 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Those library shelves really should have been pinned in to the floor though.\nThe film is full of little things that enrich it, from poor Winston, suffering from survivor guilt following World War One, to the Mummy recognising ‘the language of the slaves’ when cowardly Benny, having gone through most of the world’s major religions in a desperate attempt to save himself, says a Hebrew prayer (and to the best of my knowledge, this is historically plausible, as the Pharaoh seen in Exodus has been variously identified as this Pharaoh's son, grandson or father, among others). The ‘Bembridge scholars’ are clearly standing in for Oxbridge without actually having a go at Oxford or Cambridge and one can empathise with Evie’s frustration at her rejection given the period - in the early twentieth century, women in archaeology and anthropology and related areas were not unknown, but scholars like Jane Harrison had to combat a lot of prejudice and were not always afforded as much respect as their peers. Her ‘take that Bembridge scholars!’ is particularly satisfying.\nQuite why the Biblical plagues, part of Judaeo-Christian tradition and caused by the anger of God, would be brought down on Egypt by the resurrection through Egyptian ritual of an Egyptian mummy is not explained, but these are probably questions we’re not supposed to ask. 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"original": "In her syndicated column today, Ann Coulter lashed out at Hillary Clinton for featuring the Mothers of the Movement, a group of African-American mothers who have lost children to gun violence and police abuses, at the Democratic National Convention.\nTitling her column “When Do The Mothers Of ISIS Speak?,” Coulter criticized the DNC for “celebrating the anti-police group Black Lives Matter” and including Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, whose only “claim to fame,” according to Coulter, is “raising a hoodlum” and “giving birth to, and then carefully nurturing, a violent, cop-assaulting criminal.”\nWhatever questionable choices were made at the Republican National Convention last week, I didn’t hear of a single speaker whose sole accomplishment was raising a delinquent who attacked a cop.\nBut as the country reels from the cold-blooded murder of five policemen in Dallas and three in Baton Rouge, Lezley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown, America’s most famous cop-assaulting criminal, appeared on stage at the Democratic National Convention.\nWelcome to Hillary’s convention, celebrating the anti-police group Black Lives Matter!\nIf Brown’s mother had done something noteworthy, apart from raising a hoodlum – perhaps pioneering a cardiac stent that will save people’s lives – then one could understand her being a “headliner” at the Democrat’s convention. But, as I understand it, her sole claim to fame is giving birth to, and then carefully nurturing, a violent, cop-assaulting criminal.\nDonald Trump, along with every other Republican ever to run for president, is required to repeatedly “disavow” David Duke – someone he’s never met, never mentioned, never thought of – and certainly didn’t invite to speak at his convention.\nBut Hillary invites to her convention the mother of a man whose criminality destroyed a police officer’s life, tore the country apart and gave birth to a murderous cop-hating movement. Will a single reporter ask Hillary to disavow that?"
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"original": "The All New 2020 Mercedes GLE, which we will see in October, will be longer than 8 cm (493 in all) and will have a refined but not distorted style.\nThe development tests of the 2020 Mercedes GLE , the big SUV known until 2015 with the name Class M (and before that ML), will be presented at the end of the year, which will be presented by the end of the year in a completely new form. With the approach of the debut, Carscoops has published new spy photos where camouflages are limited to the front to the tail, so you can see how the car will be. From them it is noted that the new SUV will have a wider grid than the current one, headlights drop-shaped and rear lights very thin, plus a style detail that is found since the first ML (on sale since 1997): the rear pillar of the advanced roof, which made it possible to obtain a side glass contiguous to the rear window.\n2020 Mercedes GLE Redesign & Changes\nThe designers of the German company have revised the line of the new generation of the Mercedes GLE that now appears smoother on the surfaces, but also more muscular. The spy photos of the Mercedes Fans site ( below ) reveal for the first time even the interiors, where instead of the traditional instruments with the hands will be present the two side-by-side screens, each of them up to 12.3 “already seen on all the most Mercedes recent. On the central tunnel, there are also two large handles, which in the off-road vehicles serve passengers to stay in the most challenging sections and here also have a rather marked aesthetic function.\nMercedes GLE 2018will debut at the Paris Motor Show (October 2018) and should “grow” in length up to 493 cm (+ 8 cm), but on more expensive versions the increase in external dimensions should not affect the manageability: for a fee you can, in fact, have active stabilizer bars, which allow the SUV not to “lie down” too much in the corners. The optional front camera will also be available to “read” in advance the road pits, already planned on the Mercedes S-Class flagship. According to the latest rumors, the engines should be the 3.0 367 hp petrol of the 2020 Mercedes GLE 450 and the 3.0 diesel from 286 hp and 340 hp of the GLE 350d and GLE 400d, in addition to the 3.0 petrol GLE 53 AMG (from 435 hp) and the bad V8 4.0 612 hp of the 63 AMG. On the petrol of the 450 and 53 AMG, the micro-hybrid system with an alternator will be provided, capable of delivering 22 hp to improve thrust at low speeds. From the GLE will be derived the Mercedes GLE Coupé, a rival of the BMW X6."
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"original": "Travel Information & Kwantu Questions\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS\nFor the majority of foreign visitors to South Africa entry is straightforward and hassle-free. All visitors to South Africa must be in possession of a valid passport in order to enter the country and in some cases, a visa. The Department of Home Affairs’ website will provide information on: visa costs, processing time, where to apply, visa requirements (what to submit), requirements for people in transit, duration and purpose of stay, medical visas and photographs.\nCountries Exempt from Visas\nGeneral Visa Information\nVisa Application Form\nThe Eastern Cape is Malaria FREE.\nNo, we are a malaria and bilharzia free area and have access to professional medical facilities within half an hour. You need only bring your personal medical needs.\nThe closest airport is Port Elizabeth – 60 Minutes drive\nYes. We can offer transfers from Port Elizabeth\nA passport and current drivers license is all that is required.\nYes. The water at Kwantu is perfectly safe to drink.\nPlease visit the Accommodation Rates\nYes. Please see Safari Tour Packages\nA recommended minimum period is approximately three days. The maximum length is totally up to you.\nKwantu normally receives about 281mm of rain per year, with rainfall occurring throughout the year. Kwantu receives the lowest rainfall in July and the highest in March. The average daily maximum midday temperatures for Kwantu area range from 20.7°C in July to 28.2°C in February. Kwantu is the coldest during July when temperatures drops to 7.3°C on average during the night.\nWhile on Safari at Kwantu Game Reserve, it is wise to choose clothing in neutral, camouflage colours such as brown, khaki, stone or beige which will make you less visible and able to get closer to the wild animals you may want to see. 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Time Zone: CAT (Central Africa Time).\nKwantu has a warm sunny climate and you should wear sunscreen and a hat whenever you are out of doors during the day, particularly between 10am and 2pm, regardless of whether there is cloud cover or not.\nSOUTH AFRICA TRAVEL INFORMATION\nPolice Emergency – 10111\nAmbulance & Fire Emergency – 10177\nNational Sea Rescue Institute – +27 21 434 4011\nAIDS Helpline – 0800 012 322\nEmergency Contraception Hotline – 0800 246 432\nFlight Information Hotline – 086 72 77 888\nLifeLine Counselling Line – 0861 322 322\nMalaria Hotline – +27 82 234 1800\nMedic-Alert Emergency Medical Information – +27 84 194 4444 or +27 21 461 0000\nNetcare911 – 092 911\nPoison Hotline – +27 21 931 6129\nSnake/Scorpion/Spider Bite Hotline – +27 21 931 6129\nBaz Bus – +27 21 439 2323\nLocal Telephone Directory Assistance – 1023\nInternational Telephone Directory Assistance – 903\nTourist Information Hotline – +27 83 123 6789\nTipping is common practice in South Africa for a range of services. In restaurants the accepted standard is around 10% of the bill, although sometimes a gratuity will be included (often in the case of a large party). It is also appropriate to tip taxi drivers, tour guides and even hairdressers. If you park a car in a populated area such as near a shopping centre, street security guards will usually ask whether they can watch over your car and in return should be paid a small fee – anything from two rands upwards.\nValue-added-tax (VAT) is charged on most items. Foreign visitors to South Africa can have their 14% VAT refunded (value of purchases exceed R250.00). VAT is refunded at the point of departure provided receipts are produced.\nThere are 11 officially recognised languages, most of which are indigenous to South Africa. English is spoken everywhere you go. English is the language of the cities, of commerce and banking, of government and official documents. All our road signs and official forms are in English and service staff will speak English.\nSummer – mid-October to mid-February\nAutumn – February to April\nWinter – May to July\nSpring – August to October\nMedical facilities in cities and larger towns are world-class, but you will find that in rural areas the clinics and hospitals deal with primary health needs, and therefore do not offer the range of medical care that the large metropolitan hospitals do. Trained medical caregivers are deployed round the country, so help is never far away. 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"original": "The Private Use of Credit Ratings: Evidence from Investment Mandates\nEver since the global financial crisis in 2008, credit ratings have been subject to increased scrutiny. The main concern with ratings is related to the role overly optimistic ratings played in facilitating the sale of structured securities such as mortgage-backed securities (see, e.g., Benmelech and Dlugosz 2009). As a result, there have been considerable efforts to remove references to ratings in regulation and rules, including in the calculation of capital requirements for banks, brokers and insurance companies. These efforts have been broad in ambition although often hampered by a lack of alternatives.\nThis focus on regulation is natural, since a large number of rules include references to ratings (for example, investment grade securities, rated BBB or above, are eligible for favorable treatment under many US federal rules). This has been well analyzed (e.g. Opp, Opp and Harris 2013). However, the original (and still most widespread) use of ratings is not regulatory, but private. Investors and asset managers use credit ratings to classify the risk of fixed income assets. Little has been known about how private investors have changed their use of ratings since the financial crisis.\nIn our new ECGI working paper, we examine the private use of credit ratings in investment mandates of U.S. fixed income funds (which manage more than $7 trillion). In these investment mandates, asset managers demarcate the set of investable assets, often with the help of credit ratings. Ratings thus constitute a key technology for delegated asset management. The asset manager Blackrock describes the function of credit ratings in investment mandates as follows: “References to ratings in investment guidelines play an important role in ensuring that end investors’ expectations with respect to how their assets should be managed are clearly communicated”. At any given time, there exist hundreds of thousands of fixed income assets (many more than the number of equity securities available in public markets), and ratings-based mandates allow managers to communicate (and commit to) risk levels vis-a-vis asset owners such as retail investors, endowments, pension plans, and financial institutions.\nOur methodology consists of collecting electronic filings for US fixed income mutual funds and using text analysis to quantify the reliance on ratings. We examine both direct references, through terms such as \"BBB\", and indirect references, through terms such as \"investment grade\" or \"high yield\". Using a sample of mandates from 2010-2017, we document widespread references to credit ratings. For example, the majority of mandates either refer to a specific credit rating agency, a specific alphanumeric rating, or both. On average, 88% of mandates refer to “high yield”, “investment grade”, or other indirect terms. Perhaps surprisingly, we also find that the use of ratings has increased over time. For example, indirect references have increased from 84% to 90% over the 2010-2017 period. This increase is statistically significant and it is also present within a fixed set of funds. In fact, the increase reflects both (i) that funds without references are more likely to close, (ii) that new funds are more likely to refer to ratings, and (iii) that existing funds much more often switch toward using ratings than away from it.\nMost fixed income asset classes were not directly implicated in the mistakes that fueled the crisis. For example, think of corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and, indeed, some kinds of structured assets: credit ratings appear to have reflected the underlying credit risk of these asset classes reasonably well, both before and after the crisis (e.g., Cornaggia, Cornaggia, and Hund 2017). Regulatory reforms have not distinguished much between these types of assets, but perhaps private contracting works differently and distinguishes between potentially problematic and useful ratings? We find small differences across asset types (although structured assets are less important in mutual funds, so we can say less for this area).\nWe examine a more limited sample of investment mandates going back to 1999. While we cannot reject a non-increase in ratings use before the financial crisis, we can do so in the period since the crisis. In other words, the increase in (the private) use of ratings has gone from high to almost universal after the financial crisis!\nIn our paper, we discuss the implications of this finding. Most importantly, we suggest that the success of ratings in private contracting should give reformers pause: perhaps adequate substitutes are not easy to find. Furthermore, in broad terms, a comprehensive view of credit ratings should acknowledge that, while flawed, and in a few instances dysfunctional, ratings remain a successful system for organizing fixed income markets. On the other hand, any disadvantages related to the use of ratings are important, given how widely used they are.\nBenmelech, E., Dlugosz, J., 2009. The credit rating crisis. In: Acemoglu, D., Rogoff, K., Woodford, M. (Eds.), NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2009, Volume 24. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 161-207.\nCornaggia, J., Cornaggia, K., Hund, J., 2017. Credit Ratings Across Asset Classes: A Long-Term Perspective. Review of Finance 21, 465–509.\nOpp, Christian, Marcus Opp, and Milton Harris, 2013. Rating agencies in the face of competition. Journal of Financial Economics 108, 46-61."
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"original": "Now that we have entered September I guess we can say that it´s Autumn for real. Even though we have had some warm and lovely days lately, I have made our living room ready for Autumn.\nBy adding gold and orange-brown tones I have created a warmer look instead of having it all black and white as it used to.\nAnyway, I thought it would be fun to show you the process from start to a finished result on how I have decorated our living room. Hopefully they can give you some ideas….\nAre your home ready for Autumn yet?\n//Images: Nina Holst //"
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"original": "Use a good primer and just go for it! Where is your ceramic tile at in your home?\nFor it to hold up, use the epoxy kits,made for that sold at home depot. Step by step instructions are in the kit. Prep is very important. Realize paint on ceramic tile in high traffic areas will require some upkeep. If in wet areas like a shower, once scratched will peel. Usually last long enough to save up for a remodel.\nHi Carolyn, here's a DIYer who tackled a backsplash. https://www.hometalk.com/20022455/-don-t-paint-ceramic-tile-they-said-\nAnd one who did a floor. Not sure what surface you're planning to cover. https://www.hometalk.com/31754162/how-to-paint-a-floor-with-a-tile-stencil\nHope that helps!\nCheck local Home Depot. Ask at paint counter. They make special paint for it.\nHere is a solution other than painting it: https://thehoneycombhome.com/floor-stickers-in-the-bathroom/"
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"original": "India’s Parliament has approved the country’s budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013 (Budget) by passing the Finance Bill, 2013 (Finance Bill) on May 2, 2013 with several amendments to the earlier version of this bill presented to the Parliament on February 28, 2013 (see our earlier alert on the Budget proposals of February 28, 2013). While some of these amendments are favorable to foreign investors and lenders, the scope of certain other amendments is unclear.\nKey amendments to the February 28, 2013 version of the Finance Bill approved by the Parliament include the following:\n- Indian tax laws will no longer prescribe the particulars to be contained in a tax residency certificate (TRC) to be issued by the country of residence of a non-resident assessee (in order for such assessee to obtain tax treaty benefits in India). The amendments also delete the language in the prior version of the Finance Bill which stated that a TRC would be necessary but not sufficient for a non-resident assessee to claim tax treaty benefits. However, the assessee may be required to provide “such other documents or information as may be prescribed” in order to obtain such tax treaty benefits. No such documents or information has been prescribed to date.\n- Interest earned by foreign entities registered as foreign institutional investors (including their sub-accounts) (FIIs) or qualified foreign investors (QFIs) on or after June 1, 2013 but before June 1, 2015 on Indian Rupee denominated bonds of an Indian company or Indian Government securities will be subject to a reduced withholding tax rate of 5% (plus surcharge and cess). The previously applicable rate was 20% (plus surcharge and cess).\n- Interest earned by foreign lenders on or after June 1, 2013 but before June 1, 2015 from long term foreign currency infrastructure bonds issued by Indian issuers will be subject to a reduced withholding tax rate of 5% (plus surcharge and cess) even if such lenders do not have a permanent account number (PAN) issued by the Indian tax authorities. The previously applicable rate in the absence of a PAN was 20% (plus surcharge and cess).\nImplications of the Amendments to the Finance Bill\nCertain amendments to the version of the Finance Bill tabled before Parliament on February 28, 2013 are positive and appear to reflect a desire by the Government of India to facilitate FII and QFI investments in Indian corporate and Government debt and promote offshore borrowing through long term infrastructure bonds. However, it is unclear what documents and information in addition to a TRC will be required for foreign investors to avail of tax treaty benefits in India.\nAs always, Indian transactions require careful tax structuring and parties should consult their advisors to fully understand these changes and their possible applications to particular situations."
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"original": "Every parent has rights and responsibilities with regard to his or her children. Those rights and responsibilities exist even between unmarried parents. A biological father who is not married to the mother must obtain a court order or an appropriate Acknowledgment of Paternity in order to legally establish the parent-child relationship.\nAt Christiansen Law Firm, we fight aggressively to protect the interests of our clients involved in paternity disputes. Our lawyers have significant experience in Texas family law cases. We have helped many clients resolve legal issues involving their children. Contact our Texas paternity attorneys in San Antonio and Houston online or call our offices for a free initial consultation.\nOur paternity lawyers generally serve three types of clients in paternity cases:\nWe know that these can be very stressful ordeals for any family to go through. We will do everything we can to get you through them in the most pain-free manner possible. We will work to minimize any disruption to your daily life and keep you updated at every step in the process.\nIf you wish to discuss your paternity case, contact our Texas paternity lawyers online or call our offices for a free consultation. No matter which side of the case you are on, you can count on us to work tirelessly to protect your rights. We are available to meet during regular business hours and by appointment. We have office locations in Houston and San Antonio. We accept most major credit cards and offer payment plans to our clients who need them.\nFree Consultation · Credit Cards Accepted · Payment Plans · Competitive Fees\nWe Speak English and Spanish · Handicapped Accessible Offices"
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All very useful.\nAfter you read Haley's feature, check out the others in the series. You'll find them here: https://transom.org/tag/sound-design/\nAn Intended Feeling\nThere are so many processes for manipulating sound, but the way they all make a listener feel is a unified effect. So, I like to define “sound design” as the way to shape an intended feeling through sound and music.\nAt its best, sound design bridges understanding, enhances the impact of the story, immerses the audience, and explores new ways of communicating. But even when going for goosebumps, the intended feeling should emerge from the story, not the design — a lot of the work lies in setting aside ego and muting that super gnarly thunder sound effect or incredible (read: incredibly distracting) drum pattern I love so much that just doesn’t belong.\nMost of my work consists of post-production sound design and creating music, so I’ll be addressing those skills here. However, my process for any project starts long before getting my hands on the audio or automating some parameter just right. Here I’ll explore how I get from vague conceptual notions to making acute decisions on what gets included in the final product — all in service of an intended feeling.\nMacro To Micro\nFor each new project, I start with the big picture before targeting smaller details. I create a macro concept based on the overall tone of the project and then use it to inform my decision-making process right down to the smallest choices. Along the way, I inevitably deviate from initial ideas that aren’t working, but starting with a plan focuses me and leads to a more cohesive sound. Plus, who doesn’t love to answer a bunch of hard questions before they even start?\nWhat is the sonic identity of the project? Who is it? What is its overall character? Is it earnest? Adorable? Nightmarish? Contemporary? Heavy? Is it listener-friendly, or is it trying to catch the audience off guard? If it is branded content, what is the brand?\nHow should the intended audience feel about the project as a whole (not from moment to moment)? Who is the intended audience? How do they feel coming away from the project? How would they describe the tone of the project to someone else? How does the project sit with them?\nWhat is the intended effect of my music and sound design within the project? Subtle and nuanced addition to the narrative? Splashy showstopper? Billboarding or propping up the form of the piece? Invisible smoothing and cleanup work? What is the point of my work?\nThese questions are best answered when communicating closely with whoever holds the artistic vision for the project (show runner, producers, director, host, writers, etc.). Whether I pitch my concept to this person or we create one together, getting their input up front keeps me from having to scrap work later.\nSpecify the Macro Concept\nOnce I jot down some answers to those questions, I brainstorm with more focus and apply possible action items to the concept. I also start asking relevant logistical questions: What will I need studio time for? Will I need to hire instrumentalists or contractors? How much Foley or location sound is necessary? How much time will each stage of this project take me?\nExample: Say I’m working on a project and the sonic identity is heavy in tone, but we want the audience to feel excited after listening. So, I see an opportunity for sonics to re-contextualize heavy feelings into energy, like action music does. I’ll do a spin on action music, but the project is set underwater, so I’ll work in a choppy submarine engine or bubbling, which could pair well with deep drones, which could come in whenever the main character is feeling conflicted, which could increase more often throughout the series . . . so . . . we need to get some bubbles.\nAt this point, I like to devise vague rules by asking questions about what elements define the world of the project.\n- What world is the narrative taking place in, and what are the rules of that world?\n- What music or sound design is used where? Where is scoring? How is it used?\n- How do we transition from one scene or section to another?\n- Is the music and sound design dense or sparse throughout? When and why?\n- What is the general pace of the sonic content?\n- Which sounds are diegetic (meant to be heard as within the story), and which are non-diegetic? This is especially useful in pieces that have a host or narration.\n- Are there any large set pieces or musical moments to plan for?\nMusic: Left of Center\nBefore composing any music, I’ll acknowledge the most obvious idea that arises. Usually the most straightforward direction to take is already a trope, and tropes are easy for audiences to sniff out as tools of emotional manipulation, rendering them less effective. I like to acknowledge the trope so that I don’t actually do it; rather, I prefer to make decisions that orbit around it. To take advantage of a trope’s connotations without losing a more discerning listener, I’ve found success in two strategies: (1) go left of center (e.g., use the fringe ideas surrounding the trope, not the trope itself); and (2) use the trope but make it weird (change its context, use unconventional effects on it, shorten or lengthen it).\nFor example, The Habitat: a series chronicling a science experiment in service of traveling to Mars in which six humans live together in a secluded dome for a year.\nRather than using the most obvious idea, space — the sonic trope being beep boops, digital music, and synthesizers — the score leans harder on the other aspect of the narrative: humans.\nHere is a screenshot of some very early notes I took in a meeting with host/producer of The Habitat, Lynn Levy, who was a huge part of creating the concept for the score.\nI set out to make the score feel warm, human, close, and real. However, I tried to include some ideas inherent in space travel that weren’t so readily cosmic (unreal, strange, otherworldly) in hopes that the end result would be a balance of both, matching the narrative. Here is an example from the soundtrack that represents these intentions in practice:\nFrom those early notes through to the soundtrack, a lot stayed the same on the human side of the sound world; I used close mic’d strings through effects that rendered them unusual, included human body sounds (e.g. hand movements as drum samples, whistling), and tried to keep the tone warm, even through heavy digital manipulation. “Music moves in unexpected ways” was achieved by using odd time signatures and mixed meter. However, you’ll notice I did not use “arpeggiators” at all in the final product; I’d introduced them in early drafts, and they ended up sounding far too sci-fi, too close to the trope.\nWhen choosing specific sounds, techniques, instrumentation, or music cues, my approach depends on the narrative intent of the writers, editors, and producers. Sound design should guide listeners through the narrative: highlighting the important things in the right ways, conveying the point of view each moment is experienced through, and contextualizing that point of view. Here are some of my go-to techniques:\nStacking Many Sounds\nI like to stack sounds even if I’m trying to build the sound of one object (like one bottle breaking). Sounds in real life are complicated and are never exclusively made up of the words we use to describe them. So, a bottle breaking could also include shards hitting surfaces, possibly liquid spilling, the sound of what it feels like to be surprised and ashamed that you broke a bottle, or a million other details that would depend on the context.\nIf I’m gathering standard sounds from sound effects libraries, I start with Soundsnap. It has an easy search function, and if I need a ton of something more specific (birds in the jungle! or whatever) I’ll want to use a more focused library anyway. I almost never use a sound effect alone, as downloaded, so the sound effect itself doesn’t have to be perfect. If it isn’t horrible, I download and try it. Most of the time, I’ll stack 2-15 of the same sound over each other, depending on the desired outcome. I like to create Foley for anything I want more control over, especially if I want something super close mic’d. If I’m doing naturalistic sound design in a reported piece, I want the raw tape / long handles, room tone, and ambient sound from that time and place, and lots of it, so that I can sculpt smoothly around the interview tape used in the piece.\nPutting a Bunch of Effects on Them\nI’ll almost never simply put a sound effect into a session and move on. After stacking, I’ll mess with them to create my desired impact, or as much as my macro concept calls for. I’ll add delays, reverbs, panning, dynamic, and additive effects (individually and/or buss them and add effects across all at once). Automating parameters on plugins keeps them feeling unique, pushing energy and tension in compelling ways. My favorite plugins to use for additive and creative effects are the entire Soundtoys suite, Goodhertz (Lossy, Trem Control, and VulfComp), Valhalla (Shimmer and Room) and FabFilter everything on everything. For cleanup, I use iZotope RX 6. And, frankly, the Avid AudioSuite Reverse gets a ton of use both in my music and sound design.\nMoving Them Around the Stereo Field\nI like to pan things everywhere. To create ambience, I’ll often layer 4 to 6 constant sounds over each other and autopan 2 to 4 of them very slowly on either side of the stereo field so that they subtly move within a small range, since it subconsciously gives the listener more sonic information to place. In the foreground, I like to use the stereo field as a way to grab attention. In music, moving instruments around in relation to where the dialogue sits (frequently center) can help keep music and dialogue from competing.\nAn example of these three techniques at work: if I want to create an exaggerated bottle breaking, I might find or record not 1 but 10 suitable bottles, stack them and apply any other contextual sounds, use plugins to exaggerate certain frequency ranges that feel the most “bottle” and “breaking” to me, and automate their panning outward to make it feel like a bigger moment.\nHere is a sound effect of one bottle breaking:\nHere — all the stacked bottles breaking, without effects:\n(Notice how already it is less noticeably a straight-from-the-package sound effect)\nHere — all the stacked bottles breaking, plus some context (swing, thump, and high tone added since the subject gets hit in the head):\nAnd here — all of the glasses breaking, plus context, with effects and panning:\nI use certain sounds as signposts to hint at where we are, what is happening, and how to feel about it. This is especially helpful in audio-only mediums where the audience has no visual cues. I tend to use an identifiable signifier sound. Great places to insert signifiers are: between a word, at the end of a paragraph or section, or to start a scene. In music, a signifier sound can be more of a tonal shift — perhaps the start, end, or post of a music cue, a swell, or an audio sting with a particular tone.\nThis example, with dialogue stripped, starts a scene at a pool party with a splash to suddenly transition the listener from exclusively narration into full sound design; the splash places them in the scene of the party. It also ends with a more surreal splash that was used to move the listener to a different location.\nRealistic Sound Design\nThough eccentric sonic ideas can be hard to create, it can be just as difficult to build “normal” or “realistic” sound design. To build realistic sound beds, I stratify sounds in layers.\nFirst, there is background sound that is just simply everywhere. In the real world, we rarely hear actual silence, which is why it is so powerful in digital mediums. To source background sound, you have to imagine the contours of your location and fill in all of the sensorial elements. This is easier in film, since you have a visual; in narrative audio, it helps to do this layer first so that you do the work of imagining and understanding the room. What do you see in the foreground? In the periphery? What materials make up the space? A shag rug, a tiled floor, a densely-populated area — all of these will define how sound moves throughout the space. How big is it? Is it cold, wet? Dirty? Might someone in this space hear wind brushing through tree branches, or an air conditioner whirring, or (my favorite mixing engineer’s nightmare) the hum of a refrigerator?\nMiddle distance spans everywhere from the immediate area of focus to the background. Here you’ll find dogs barking, bicycles whizzing by, people conversing, forks clinking on plates in a restaurant. I like to layer as many of these sounds as possible, placing them at different distances and using the same style of reverb in different amounts (or just use how they were recorded). So, if there is a dog (read: joyful corgi) barking, I’ll pan the dog running around the middle distance because that’s likely what he’d be doing (because he is playing joyfully).\nClose or Scene-Specific\nThere are close sounds (your own fork on your own plate) or scene-specific sounds (one character smacks another in the face). I like to add these sounds last. If I need to create Foley for them, based on the other layers, this gives me that chance. Plus, these are the sounds most likely to be changed throughout the production process by a writer or producer. For scene-specific sounds, mixing, timing and pacing are almost more important than the sound itself, as these have the most risk of sounding canned.\nThese are sounds that are not necessarily an identifiable thing, but are added to any type of sound design, realistic or otherwise, in order to build and quell energy. I like to use swells to do this, usually something I custom make per project, but this can be accomplished with mixing practices, music editing, and strategic sound editing, among other techniques. An example of this is to slowly ramp up the mix/wetness on bussed effects in order to build surreality slowly.\nEvery Skill Informs Another\nWe use a ton of different skills to design sound (Mixing, Mastering, Composing/Producing Music, Scoring, Sound Editing, Foley, ADR, and so on). Since these aspects all work in tandem to create an emotional effect, they can be especially compelling when the lines between them are smudged. They also inform each other; mixing is often musical in practice, sfx editing can be rhythmic, and so forth. Putting these aspects in conversation with one another leads to different ways of supporting, contextualizing and adding perspective to the narrative at hand. These skills give you tools for communicating your sonic imaginings to your fellow storytellers and to your audience. With so many possibilities for designing sound, there are infinite ways of bringing yourself to a project to enact a unique and memorable vision. 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"original": "You may not care what is happening to Jerry Shults and his daughter, Amy Herrig, but you should.\nShults and Herrig, owners of the Gas Pipe head shop stores, are in a business at the margins of polite society. There is certainly no room in my lifestyle for their products. But right now, they are victims of government tyranny, and you should care.\nThe Gas Pipe owners were prosecuted by the federal government for drug trafficking and a number of related offenses. But despite the full weight of the federal justice system leveraged against them, Gas Pipe prevailed in court. They won. But in today's justice system, thanks to asset forfeiture, their nightmare isn't over.\nThat's because, under today's asset forfeiture practices, the feds were able to seize millions of dollars' worth of cash, airplanes, vehicles, and real estate, including an exotic fishing camp. Though the Gas Pipe owners were acquitted of most charges, they were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. for misbranding their spice products.\nWhen I speak to groups about asset forfeiture, peoples' first reaction is generally \"this can't be legal. This can't be Constitutional.\" And it isn't. In order to defend asset forfeiture, governments have to weasel their way around any number of Constitutional provisions.\nFor one, asset forfeiture is clearly a violation of the Fifth Amendment's protection against uncompensated takings from private citizens. It's also a violation of the Fifth Amendment protection against being tried twice for the same charge. For Gas Pipe owners to get their property back, they had to again secure counsel and return to court, where the federal government is using the same arguments against them a second time, even though the retailer already won the criminal case.\nHow do prosecutors get around the obvious double jeopardy \"problem?\" In asset forfeiture cases the authorities often charge the property itself with the crime, rather than the persons involved. As if the property committed a crime.\nBut it gets even more absurd. In a glaring example that drew the attention of the Supreme Court, the state of Indiana held that portions of the Eighth Amendment do not apply to the states. That's right -- in its greed to justify asset forfeiture, Indiana claimed exemption from a portion of the Bill of Rights.\nFortunately, the Supreme Court finally acted. In a unanimous decision in February, the court ruled against Indiana, finding that the states do indeed have to comply with the Eighth Amendment, and thus Indiana seizing a $42,000 Land Rover from someone convicted of a $225 offense was a violation of the prohibition against excessive fines.\nBut this is only the beginning of what should be the end of abusive asset forfeiture. The court's decision simply gives defendants the right to argue that the forfeiture represents an excessive fine. So it may have a trickle-down effect of reducing some of the more galling instances, but forfeiture remains so lucrative for governments that it will continue until and unless the states and the federal government eliminate it through legislation.\nOver time, asset forfeiture has become an almost unlimited government power. In a staggering 80 percent of civil forfeiture cases, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, property is seized even when charges are never filed against the property owners. Homes have been seized from parents of children convicted of minor drug offenses. More commonly, those unfortunate enough to be stopped for something like a burned out taillight shortly after cashing a paycheck had their cash seized if cops found any illegal substance in the car.\nThis is tyranny. Government seizing private property, with neither a conviction nor just compensation, is utterly contrary to both the spirit and the letter of the complaints contained in the Declaration of Independence, and contrary to the rights established by the Constitution. A government that simply takes things because it can, and then puts the burden on citizens to get their property back, is a tyrannical government akin to the abuses Americans originally rebelled against. Asset forfeiture must be stopped.\nFor the last several years Sen. Konni Burton was the major force in Austin trying to roll back asset forfeiture in Texas. Unfortunately, at the last election the voters chose not to send Burton back to Austin. We're still waiting for a new champion to pick up this urgent cause in the current legislative session.\nTom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation in Irving. He wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News.\nCORRECTION, 2:08 p.m., March 6, 2019: An earlier version of this column incorrectly stated that the Gas Pipe owners were not convicted. In fact, they were convicted of one charge, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. for misbranding their spice products. Also, the column previously said the burden of proof is on citizens to get their property back, but the burden is on citizens to get their property back, while the government must prove its reasons for seizing the property.\nWhat's your view?"
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"original": "Coming home to these furry faces. I just wuv em’!\nI know. I know. I could have said my husband, my children, and many other things. And they DO make me smile bunches and bunches, lots of times, but guess who never fails to greet me first thing through the front door when I get home?\nYep. These guys.\nPell mell, over and under, up and down, “Hi Mom! Hiiiiii! It’s been like forrrrrevvver!!! Oh, we are so happy to see you!”\nTails beat the walls. Fur paws catch some air. Little bounces, smiles and circles. Then they usually run to the other people in the house like, “Look!! She’s here! She’s HERE!”\nThere is nothing like that kind of attention when you open the door to home. Nothing.\nSo yes, I love my fur kids. I love their fur faces. I love their pure fur enthusiasm and joy. They make me smile.\nI wish I could bottle up their loyalty and sell it.\nI wish I could tap into their patience when I am feeling on edge.\nI wish I could spread their intrigue of all things great and small. Exploring, pouncing, and discovering – leafs, bugs, and crumbs.\nI wish I could encourage with a sniff and a nudge to make nice.\nAnd I wish I could advise you to curl up to your most admired friend for a snuggle and a play.\nThe life of being care-free and cared for in a house that is always exciting, because…Mom’s home!!!! She’s here! She’s here!"
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"original": "Parish Council advice leaflet\nCookham Parish Council updated this two-page summary leaflet (pdf, 558kb) with useful telephone numbers and practical advice for residents and local businesses in 2015.\nThe full Community Flood Plan was written in 2011. Opening of the Causeway has improved since then, and we now also have plans to open a Flood Hub. The Community Flood Plan was based on a template from the Borough Council and Environment Agency. It's long (43 pages) and detailed.\nPaper copies of the 2015 summary leaflet are available from the Parish Council Office on High Road (telephone 01628 522003, email the Parish Clerk [email protected]). Future versions will be published on this blogsite, on the Parish Council website, on cookham.com and on the Parish Council notice boards.\nOther Cookham Parish Council flooding documents can be downloaded from its website where you can also find the latest minutes of the Flood Committee."
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"original": "Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Nestor Torres moved to New York City, where he pursued Classical flute studies at Mannes School of Music, Jazz at Berklee College of Music and Classical and Jazz at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. During that time he also learned to improvise in the ‘Charanga’ Cuban Dance Music genre, which helped shape and develop Torres’ unique melodic and danceable style.\nThis rhythmic and mellifluous sound evolution remains apart in a class by itself with 4 Latin Grammy nominations, one Grammy nomination and one Latin Grammy Award. In addition to 16 solo recordings, Torres’ unique collaborations with diverse artists such as Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins, Dave Mathews, Herbie Hancock, and Tito Puente; as well as performances with the Cleveland, Singapore, and New World Symphony Orchestras among many others, are testament to his remarkable versatility and artistry. 2017 brought two diverse album releases for Torres; “Jazz Flute Traditions”, a spectacular tribute to his jazz flute mentors and influences, and “del Caribe, soy!”, a collection of classical compositions by Latin American composers, including the great Puerto Rican icon Rafael Hernandez, alongside contemporary works written for Torres by Tania Leon and Miguel del Aguila.This relentless exploration of musical possibilities without boundaries led to a recent concerto commission by Mariano Morales for a world premiere with Torres and The Lynn Philharmonia.\nIn addition to his achievements in the studio and on the stage, Torres is also the recipient of many awards, including two honorary doctorate degrees from Barry University and Carlos Albizu University, for his commitment to youth, education and cultural exchanges."
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"original": "Location: Redding, United States\nDescription: Sunderstorm's Wind Special Reserve 80% brand is the company's top-shelf line of vape oil products. These 80% vapes are for the discerning patient who wants the purest, cleanest form of vape oil, consistent every time you smoke. Wind Special Reserve vapes are made from organic cannabis extracted using clean CO2, triple filtered, then fractionally distilled. Terpenes are fractionated during the CO2 extraction process and reintroduced after distillation to preserve all of the original rich flavors and fragrances from the specific strains. All vapes are made to a consistent 80% THC potency so you will know what you get every time. For the patient, this means a super clean, great tasting, high potency vape experience you can rely on. Exactly what the doctor ordered! Available in both half and full grams."
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"original": "Not fade away: Older Canadians are having more sex than ever\nUpdated: January 7, 2019\nWhen Don and Karen met 20 years ago in their mid-40s, they never thought they would still be having sex into their 60s.\n“Back then, 60 was ancient,” says Karen, now 66.\n“I didn’t think I would be alive,” says Don, 67.\nTwenty years later, though, the couple, who asked their that real names not be used, have embarked on a quest to keep their sexual relationship going as long as they can.\n“At 65, you have to decide if you want to stay sexually active, or if you want to fade away. You have to make it a conscious decision to make it what it used to be,” Don says.\nChristina, a 58-year old retired occupational therapist, has been in a relationship with her husband since they met in university in 1979. Now they have two knee replacements and the occasional sore hip, but still search out soft places to be intimate and experiment with sex toys.\n“I like touching and kissing. That has not changed,” she says. Christina also asked that her real name not be used.\n“I think what I noticed amongst other people our age is their kids are grown up, so they are ready to try new things. They are still afraid of what people will say, so it’s still a secret. But they are willing to admit they are sexually active and curious. In a way, they are newbies. I think my husband and I were curious from the time we met and since we met at university far away from our family and friends, there was no judgement.”\nAs more and more baby boomers enter their senior years, it appears they are determined not to go gentle into that good night.\nWhen Ottawa sex therapist Sue McGarvie gave a talk on at the Ottawa Council on Aging — it was called Put a Twinkle in Your Wrinkle — it attracted about 150 seniors.\nThere has been a paradigm shift in seniors and their attitudes toward sex, says McGarvie. “We have to technology to make you as sexual as you want. If there is a will, there is a way to do it,” she says. “I don’t want to go quietly into the night, and I don’t know a lot of people who do.”\nLife expectancy is on the rise. Between 1921 and 2005, Canadians gained about 20 years of average life expectancy to about 78 years for man and almost 83 years for a woman. By 2031, the average life expectancy could rise to 81.9 for men and 86 for women. And for many, it means they will be having sex for longer.\nSenior sex has been having a cultural moment for more than a decade. In 2003, Jane Juska, A divorced California teacher who hadn’t dated in 30 years, placed an ad in the The New York Review of Books “Before I turn 67 — next March — I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like.”\nHer memoir, A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance, told the tale of the adventures that followed. Juska received 63 replies from men ranging in age from the octogenarian who stole her champagne flutes to a “very old” 32-year-old who broke her heart when he married a younger lover. The memoir was adapted into a play in 2010 and Juska wrote a followup book in 2012 called Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex and Real Estate. Juska died in October 2017 in a care facility.\nIn 2008, the British Medical Journal published data based on interviews with 1,500 Swedes over the age of 70 between 1970 and 2000. The study found that more seniors reported having sex in the latter years of the study than in the beginning. Among married men, for example, 68 per cent said they were having sex, compared to 52 per cent in 1971.\nAmong the married women, 56 per cent said they were having sex, compared to 38 per cent in the 1970s, while 54 per cent of the single men and 12 per cent of the women reported having sex, compared to 30 per cent of men and less than one per cent of women in the 1970s. They also reported having sex more frequently — more than a quarter said they having sex once or more a week in 2000 compared to only about 10 per cent in the 1970s. The study did not report the reason for the shift, but it’s likely that history played a role.\nAccording to the Pew Research Center in the U.S., online dating among seniors 55 to 64 years old increased significantly between 2013, when six per cent of people in that age bracket reported using a dating website or mobile app, to 12 per cent in 2015. There are even sites geared specifically to the over-50 crowd, including SeniorPeopleMeet.com, SeniorMatch.ca and Stitch.com and OurTime.com., which has almost nine million monthly visitors.\nA 2012 AARP study of 1,000 people 50 and older found that while almost half of those who used internet dating sites were looking for a serious relationship, about a quarter wanted friendship or companionship and 14 per cent were looking for casual dating.\nFrench psychotherapist Marie de Hennezel was 71 when her book, A Frenchwoman’s Guide to Sex, was released in 2017. “In the sexuality of youth, which is open, you have to be fast and strong. This is contrary to what is going on with older people — to be slow and tender, to play between distance and closeness, trying to find the good rhythm and letting the imagination do the rest. I think it’s full of discoveries,” she said in an interview last year.\nBut research into sexual activity in older adults has produced inconsistent results, says a review of 57 research papers continued sexual activity in adults over 60. One of the problems is a need for a more comprehensive approach to studying sex in older adults including “expanding the definition to include non-coital sexual behaviours” to get a fuller picture of who’s doing what.\nThe baby boomers who changed ideas about sex are moving into their senior years, says Dr. Elke Reissing, one of the authors of the paper, published in 2016 in the journal Sexual Medical Reviews.\nBoomers changed attitudes toward sex outside marriage, said Reissing, director of the Human Sexuality Research Laboratory and a psychology professor at the University of Ottawa. They could have sex without procreation. They could have sex recreationally. They could have sex with the help of pharmaceutical intervention.\n“When you think of baby boomers, they were the revolutionaries. Sexuality has been special to them, and they want to maintain that ability. Even just the idea that they could be sexual if they choose.”\nPeople don’t just step over the threshold of middle age into decrepitude one day. One of the problems is that “older people” are lumped into one monolithic category. Reissing prefers to group people into the “young old” — those 55 to 65 — the “old” -— 65 to 75 — and the “old old” — 75-plus.\n“There is so much that is different between a 60-year-old and an 85-year old,” she said. “But it’s surprising that sometimes you can find an 80-year-old who is so much more sex-positive than a 60-year-old.”\nAging is a slow process, and sex with aging can be managed with the right attitude and interventions, said McGarvie, who estimates that by the time people 65, about half are not being sexual. It doesn’t mean they’re not interested in sex, she says.\nOlder people have to use it or lose it, she says. “I think men are still interested in women. Asking anyone who works in a nursing home. They’re still looking down your top.”\nMcGarvie leads a group she calls the “ducklings.” The group might visit a dominatrix’s dungeon in Kanata, or sign up for a boudoir photo shoot. “They are trying not to turn into their parents,” she says.\n“You have to have the attitude that you want to keep things going,” Don says.\nThe 60s are a good time of life, says Karen. “We’re looking at health problems down the road. We might as well be enjoying this as long as we can. Hopefully, we’ll be enjoying it for a really long time.”\nBut people who want to continue having a sex life also have to accept that the supply-and-demand landscape of sex changes, and they have to be realistic abut the marketplace, says McGarvie. Older men looking for younger women can do that, and older women often have success with younger men.\n“Women are till looking for the ‘male unicorn,’ the man who wants an exclusive, monogamous relationship. I know a lot of stand-up guys who are not adverse to falling in love again, but they don’t want to be tied down. If you are willing to colour outside the lines, there’s lots of sex to be had,” she says.\nThe expectation that sex will be the same as it ever was is also likely not possible to fulfill.\n“You have to roll with the fact that sex is not always intercourse; it changes. You have to work with it, McGarvie says. “If you want sex you can still have it, with integrity, with friendship. … I tell people to throw their expectations out the window. … Sometimes you have to change your expectations. As long as it’s safe and consensual.”\nThe biggest predictor of having an active and satisfying sex life in later years is having an active and satisfying sex life in adult years, says Reissing, who has a PhD student who is looking into the preparedness of long-term care homes to receive baby boomers who want to remain sexually expressive.\n“We want people to have full rights in a long-term care facility. They can be sexually active and show affection.”\nShe believes baby boomers truly are different from previous generations, and history is a a major reason why. They lived through a time when sexual activity could be treated as recreational. Heterosexuals could explore their sexuality without concern that sex would result in a baby. There was increasing acceptance of non-heterosexual sex.\n“If you have a rigid script, you have never learned that it’s OK to do other things that are different.”\nIt’s a third marriage for Karen and a second for Don. They met on an early online dating site in 1998. As time went by, Karen had health problems and Don suffered from erectile dysfunction and sex became sporadic. After seeking help, they agree that having sex keeps them young, But they have to work at it.\n“There’s a lot more foreplay than there used to be,” says Karen.\nDon has three children. Two of them would think it was great that he was still having sex. “One would be shocked,” he says.\nHe doesn’t care what other people think. “At our age, you can identify which couples are active and which aren’t. It shows in how they act in public. It’s visible in their interactions with each other. If you mention that you went on a date night and you get a weird look, you know they’re not active.”"
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"original": "(COLUMBIA, Tenn. – Feb. 4, 2019) - - - Columbia State Community College will host the “Men Empowered, Now United” group to perform “You Don’t Know My Story” Feb. 12 in the Cherry Theater in honor of Black History Month.\n“You Don’t Know My Story” is a series of skits that show how someone can fall down and be able to get back up again.\n“The college promotes and celebrates diversity throughout the academic year,” said Dr. Christa Martin, Columbia State assistant to the president for access and diversity. “The annual Black History Month program this year includes a unique opportunity to showcase a group of men from several organizations and churches in Maury County.”\nThe purpose of M.E.N.U. is to establish and maintain fellowship of men for spiritual, emotional, leadership, outreach, guidance and community service. Winston Harlan, founder of the M.E.N.U. group, had a dream to gather men from Maury County willing to make a difference in the community. He wanted to form an organization to guide youth, establish relationships with young men looking for a change and to be a positive influence and leader in Maury County. The members of M.E.N.U. come from different backgrounds, ages, social statuses and religious faiths ¾ all agreed that it was time to put words into action for the common good of Maury County.\nThe Cherry Theater is in the Waymon L. Hickman Building on the Columbia Campus, located at 1665 Hampshire Pike. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the programming starts at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Columbia State’s Office of Access and Diversity."
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"original": "Compliment Your Teen\nGive ADHD teens the feedback they need with frequent, positive reinforcements.\nADHD teens often hear negative comments on a daily basis. “You left your room a mess.” “I can’t believe you forgot your book at school.” “Do you realize that is the third jacket you have lost?”\n“Catch” your kid doing something well, and leave a complimentary note on the refrigerator. It may read, “Thanks for putting your dishes in the dishwasher without being told” or “I was excited to see your math test grade. Way to go!”\nNotes like these give ADHD teens the positive feedback they need, and they also demonstrate how to give compliments to others, a valuable skill in building friendships.\n-Carla, via e-mail\nUpdated on October 4, 2017"
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"original": "Jan 01 2009\nChristine Maggiore was a major figure in the HIV denial community – those who deny that the human immunodeficiency virus is the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Maggiore died at 52 at home on December 26th. At this time there is no official cause of death, but she was treated over the last six months for pneumonia, according to reports.\nMaggiore founded Alive & Well, a group dedicated to the notion that HIV does not cause AIDS, in 1993 and since that time has been a fervent advocate of so-called HIV denial. In fact she argued that her own survival as an untreated person with HIV was evidence that HIV does not cause AIDS. It is now recognized, however, that some people have inherent resistance to HIV and researchers are learning more about the genetics of such resistance.\nMaggiore’s dedication to HIV denial, however, still had tragic consequences. She decided to breast feed both her children, despite the fact that breast feeding increases the risk of contracting the virus. Her daughter, Eliza, died at the age of 3 apparently from pneumonia that was likely an opportunistic infection due to advanced AIDS. She never had her children tested or treated for HIV. Her pediatrician, interestingly, was anti-vaccine crank Dr. Jay Gordon. He claims to support the conclusion that HIV causes AIDS, but his website used to contain some squirely comments on HIV that suggested he may have had some denialist sympathies.\nMaggiore never acknowledged that her daughter’s death was due to HIV or AIDS. The HIV denial community rallied around her, claiming the death was due to an allergic reaction to amoxicillin. Denial is a powerful thing.\nThe autopsy report is unequivocal. There was strong evidence that Eliza had an advanced case of AIDS from HIV, including AIDS encephalitis (brain infection). Her cause of death was pneumocystis carinii pneumonia caused by AIDS – this is a common opportunistic infection in AIDS and extremely rare in an immunocompetent individual. The autopsy left no reasonable doubt that Eliza died from complications of AIDS.\nBut of course there is always room for unreasonable doubt.\nThe evidence that HIV causes AIDS is now overwhelming. There are always deeper complexities to such questions, but the basic fact the a viral infection causes the clinical syndrome of AIDS is well-established. Treatments aimed at HIV delay the onset of AIDS and have greatly extended the life expectancy of HIV positive patients.\nAnd yet it is apparently a common human cognitive vulnerability that we find conspiracy theories compelling – some people much more than others. The notion that HIV is a big lie perpetrated by Big Pharma and a complicit medical establishment enthralls some. Once inside that world, then all of the complexities that normally attend any complex medical (or historical or scientific) phenomenon can be twisted and made to seem as if they cast doubt on well-established facts. All contradictory evidence can be dismissed as part of a conspiracy, or rationalized away (HIV deniers, for example, argued that pneumonia is common, so why blame Eliza’s case on HIV – ignoring the conclusive evidence from the autopsy). Confirmation bias sets in – and that turns suspicions into unshakable beliefs.\nDenialism itself is a special form of pseudoscience. Denialists are pseudoskeptics – they pretent to apply the principles of skepticism (doubt) but they are dedicated to a final conclusion, and so they twist the process to their desired outcome. For example, denialists wrongly apply criteria, they constantly move the goalpost, they cherry pick evidence as necessary. They behave like any other pseudoscientist, but with the goal of denying a scientific conclusion that is probably true rather than establishing one that is probably not true.\nAs always, there is a very human dimension to these issues and very personal tragedies. My sympathies are with Maggiore’s family at her untimely death around the holiday season.\nBut we also must remember that Christine Maggiore put herself at the center of a popular controversy. She put her own unscientific beliefs ahead of the scientific community, with tragic consequences. And in the end she turned her own life story into a cautionary tale about the dangers of pseudoscience.\n315 Responses to “HIV Denier, Christine Maggiore, Dies.”\nLeave a Reply\nYou must be logged in to post a comment."
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"original": "On New Year’s Eve 2017, Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Armando Martinez, stepped outside a home and suddenly felt as if he’d been struck with a sledgehammer. After he was rushed to the hospital, it turned out that he’d been struck on the top of the head by a falling .223-caliber bullet. A fragment of the round penetrated the top of his skull and lodged itself in the top layer of his brain, requiring surgery to remove it, according to CNN.\nMartinez, who recovered from his injury, became another victim of the strange custom of celebratory gunfire, in which revelers fire bullets into the air that eventually fall back to Earth — and occasionally hit other people.\nThe saying “What goes up must come down” is an appropriate starting point. If you fire a gun into the air, the bullet will travel up to a mile high (depending on the angle of the shot and the power of the gun). Once it reaches its apogee, the bullet will fall. Air resistance limits its speed, but bullets are designed to be fairly aerodynamic, so the speed is still quite lethal if the bullet happens to hit someone. In rural areas, the chance of hitting someone is remote because the number of people is low. In crowded cities, however, the probability rises dramatically, and people get killed quite often by stray bullets. Most major cities have laws in place to try to keep people from shooting guns into the air in celebration.\n<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ByJWYiIG7wY” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>\nU.S. Army Maj. Gen. Julian Hatcher, who apparently was curious and had some time on his hands, did experiments in Florida in which he fired various weapons — ranging from rifles to machine guns — up into the air, and tried to measure how long it took for the bullets to come down, as well as where they landed. As he noted in his 1947 volume “Hatcher’s Notebook,” he calculated that a standard .30 caliber bullet fired from a rifle pointed straight up would rise to an altitude of 9,000 feet (2,743.2 meters) in 18 seconds, and then would return to Earth in another 31 seconds, and during the last few thousand feet would attain a “nearly constant” speed of 300 feet (91.4 meters) per second.\nBut ballistics researcher James Walker, who holds a doctorate in mathematics and is department director of engineering dynamics at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, says that the altitude attained by a bullet fired straight up would depend upon the type of weapon and projectile, just as it does when fired horizontally. A handgun, which has a shorter barrel than a rifle and fires ammunition with a smaller cartridge that doesn’t contain as much powder, isn’t going to send a bullet soaring as high as a rifle will. Different types of rifles and ammunition vary as well.\n“With a .22, which isn’t a big-game rifle, the cartridge is the same diameter as the bullet,” Walker explains. “It doesn’t have that much powder, and that bullet doesn’t go fast. Rifles like the .30-06 have a much larger cartridge, which will go faster because there is more powder to burn.”\nWhen fired horizontally, bullets tend to slow down rapidly due to air drag, so that a rifle bullet may be down to half of its initial speed by the time it gets to 500 meters (1,640.42 feet), Walker says. When a gun is fired when pointed up, gravity will slow the bullet down even faster.\nWhat Goes Up…\nBut no matter how high a bullet goes in the air, however, eventually it will decelerate until its velocity reaches zero, at which point it will begin to fall back to Earth.\n“Again, the height up is a non-issue as to the speed down, as the bullet (if no longer spin stabilized) will hit a terminal velocity based on its shape, orientation, and whether or not it is tumbling,” Walker explains in a follow-up email.\nAnd most importantly, a bullet is unlikely to fall straight down, as wind can alter its path, Walker says. That makes it difficult to predict where a bullet will land.\nAs for our Texas friend, Representative Martinez sought to keep others from being hit by falling bullets, by introducing legislation raising the penalties for discharging a firearm without an intended target, according to some reports. So far, he hasn’t been successful, but he reportedly plans to try again in 2019."
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"original": "In collaboration with our partners at the NW Academy Pigeon Press in the final days of 2014 WANT will be featuring a year in review looking at topics ranging from world events to culture. To see the full edition of this article written by Pigeon Press staff, click here.\nEbola: In 2014, numerous African countries experienced an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The outbreak is linked to a two-year old child, who passed away from the disease in Guinea in 2013. The disease then spread to the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. As of October 15th, 2014 there have been 17 cases treated outside of Africa, thus far only two Americans have died from Ebola. However, an estimated 7,000 people in Africa have died so far. TIME Magazine named the doctors who fought against Ebola its Person of the Year.\nMalaysia Airlines: In 2014, Malaysia Airlines lost two Boeing 777s. Flight 370, carrying 239 passengers, disappeared on March 8th over the Southern Indian Ocean, while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No debris or wreckage have been found from the flight and the search is the largest and most expensive search for a downed airliner in history. Flight 17, traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17th, 2014, killing all 238 passengers and 15 crew members. The flight is presumed to have been shot down by Ukrainian rebels.\nISIS: Ever since the civil war inside Syria erupted in 2011, moderate rebels have worked alongside extremist parts of the Islamic movement. In 2014, the extremists broke away from their moderate counterparts and created their own movement and message. These extremists named themselves The Islamic State In Syria (ISIS) The movement changed from fighting just inside Syria to working within Iraq as well. They have made many videos executing western journalists to show their anti-Christian message. ISIS caused problems within the Syrian rebellion because now moderate rebels are tasked with not only defending themselves from the current government, but from other rebels as well. Within Iraq the threat of ISIS only emphasized tension between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims.\nRussia Invades Crimea: In 2014, after months of public protest over the corrupt Ukrainian government, and its refusal to join the European Union; Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, was finally ousted. Following this, international intelligence agencies observed unmarked troops and military equipment, believed to be Russian, crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border. The forces congregated in the Southeast pro-Russian province of Crimea. The unidentified insurgents, who Russia claimed were not members of their armed forces, alongside local citizens closed the border between Ukraine and Crimea. In the following weeks, forces from Russia continued to supply the rebel groups with weapons.\nScotland: Leading up to the elections on September 24, 2014 in Scotland, Scottish citizens were perplexed by a referendum to secede from the United Kingdom. The final vote was 55% no and 44% yes. Even though it did not pass, the reverberations of the event shook the world. Never before did a province of a major world power try to succeed with almost no resistance. The UK government was prepared to accept the vote no matter the outcome, despite the large economic and socials problems that would had happened if the referendum passed. The vote was very close and could lead way for other provinces to seceded in the future."
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"original": "Yesterday I wrote about Deals To Drink. It turns out they are not alone in supporting the quest for cheap booze.\nBoozle is online only, but has an absolutely lovely interface and a range of supporting services including a couple which address the concerns I had about Deals To Drink. You can restrict your search to your local area and you can have alerts sent to you. Those two features alone make this my preferred option. Boozle says\nOur goals are simple, to ensure alcohol consumers always get the best price available, and to ensure retailers are rewarded for providing the lowest prices.\nAssuming that the prices given are the lowest, Boozle is pretty enough that you’d want to use it on a computer just for the overall experience.\nStrangely the mobile experience is not as well-executed. There seem to be too many steps in doing a search and it doesn’t go back a step easily. It works but it’s not as simple as Deals to Drink. Also when you use the mobile version is doesn’t seem to just display the local stores – which given that there’s every chance your device has GPS is a real omission.\nAnyway, that makes two viable alternatives in the search for cheap booze.\nAnd I know this is silly, but I do love the way the Boozle dog moves when you mouse-over it. It’s just an attention to detail thing. And it makes me smile even without having had a cheap beer."
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"original": "Kagin's auction lot coins eligible for Smart Track DNA tagging\n- Published: Feb 23, 2020, 10 AM\nCoins graded by Professional Coin Grading Service and Numismatic Guaranty Corp. sold during Kagin’s Inc.’s auction in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association National Money Show Feb. 27 to 29 in Atlanta are eligible for Coin World’s SmartTrack DNA tagging.\nKagin’s has partnered with Coin World to provide the Near-Field Communication (NFC) encryption technology ID tags as a way to combat counterfeit coins and provide useful information to coin collectors and others within the numismatic hobby.\n“The SmartTrack DNA tags are scheduled to be available to dealers and collectors’ coins in April, but we are pleased to announce that we will be applying them to the Kagin’s auction coins before they are available to the public,” stated Rick Amos, chairman and CEO of Amos Media Co., the owner of Coin World.\nAmos said it will be at the discretion of auction lot winners whether they want to avail themselves of the tagging option. Auction lot winners will receive instructions to have the SmartTrack DNA tag applied after they have received their lots.\n“Our auction coins will be within the early release of the SmartTrack DNA tags and we think the technology will have an immediate and lasting value for coin enthusiasts,” said Don Kagin, president of Kagin’s Inc.\nKey features of the Coin World app include digital authentication of the coin, detailed coin information and history, inventory management, as well as transferring coins in/out of inventory with an acquisition or upon a sale, and want list creation. The app also provides a customizable user profile that includes features such as registration of coin ownership (in case of theft or loss of a coin), creating an alias to provide anonymity or privacy from other users across the platform, and real-time pricing.\nContact Jake Utz ([email protected]) for more information.\nConnect with Coin World:\nMORE RELATED ARTICLES\nUS Coins Oct 22, 2020, 8 PM\nUS Coins Oct 20, 2020, 7 PM\nUS Coins Oct 19, 2020, 2 PM\nWorld Coins Oct 19, 2020, 2 PM"
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"original": "Roxio, the company which bought the remnants of song-swapping service Napster, is to relaunch the service in the US today.\nNapster's resurrection comes more than two years after the service was knocked offline amid accusations of copyright infringement from the major record labels.\nMark Mulligan, senior analyst with Jupiter Research, said Napster's \"hip\" image will be an advantage in the market.\nNapster 2.0 will be a paid service with deals from all five major labels and a handful of independents firmly in place. It will, initially, offer access to more than 500,000 tracks through individual download, monthly subscription and internet radio.\nBecause of the limits of the record licensing deals, Napster 2.0 will focus on music streaming and burning will come at a premium, Mulligan said.\n\"It will be a welcome addition to the market, but will be nowhere near what Napster used to be,\" he added.\nFor a nearly unlimited music selection, users will still be tempted to go to free music-trading programs such as Kazaa. Mulligan said Kazaa is a bigger brand name than Napster but it has been hurt by the amount of spyware lurking on its service.\nRoxio has been preparing for the relaunch of Napster since it said it was scooping up Napster's intellectual property and technology patents for around $5m late last year.\nThe company bought online music subscription service Pressplay for $39.5m in May, saying that it would use the service's technology as the platform to relaunch Napster as a legitimate service.\nRoxio, which sells digital media software, is banking on Napster's brand name and image to make a splash in the online music service market.\nAlthough Roxio's position as a CD-burning software provider may give consumers the hope of more portability and download capabilities, Mulligan said that, again, it will be limited by the licensing deals.\nMulligan predicted that it may be some time before Napster 2.0 makes its debut in Europe.\nScarlet Pruitt writes for IDG News Service"
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"original": "Telecom Italia to buy AES Atimus for €700m\nTelecom Italia said its Brazilian mobile unit, TIM Participaoes, has agreed to buy telecom infrastructure operator AES Atimus Group for €700 million.\nThe Italian company, Italy's biggest telecom operator and number five in Europe, said the acquisition would help it boost its presence in Brazil's fast-growing market.\nSpecifically, it will allow TIM Brazil to augment its mobile network with fiber-optic connections.\nAES Atimus, a unit of US power company AES Corp, owns a 5,500 km fiber optic network that covers 21 towns in the densely populated areas of San Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.\nTelecom Italia forecasts that the deal will deliver synergies of 1 billion reais (€452 million) to of opex and capex over three years.\nThe merger is not expected to impact a deleveraging plan Telecom Italia announced last February.\nThe deal is expected to close by Q4 2011."
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"original": "Cai Ling felt that her mistress’ recent behavior had been getting increasingly unfathomable. But Cai Ling understood that Bai Luochu always had her reasons for doing things a certain way. As a servant, it was already a blessing to be able to listen to her mistress rant. Naturally, Cai Ling didn’t have extravagant hopes. She realized that doing her job properly was the most important thing she could do.\nAt the First Prince's residence, Ming Lu hopped into the study room and spoke to Pei Rumo, “Master, when this servant was preparing to exit the residence, I happened to come across Young Lady Luo Chu’s servant girl. Make a guess. What do you think she was here to do?”\nWhen Pei Rumo saw that his attendant was behaving without proper etiquette, he helplessly shook his head. He didn’t wish to crack down on Ming Lu’s enthusiasm, hence, he asked, “I cannot guess it. Why don’t you tell me what has happened?”\nMing Lu immediately smiled and figured that his master wouldn’t be able to imagine the reason behind Cai Ling’s visit. “Young Lady Luo Chu sent an invitation. Her personal servant says that I need to personally hand the invitation over to you.”\nPei Rumo was startled after hearing Ming Lu’s words and had a look of disbelief. He tried to confirm it again, “Are you sure she is the one who sent the invitation?”\nMing Lu nodded and said to Pei Rumo, “I am absolutely sure. If Master doesn’t believe me, you can take a look.” Ming Lu handed over the invitation card he had been hiding all this while.\nPei Rumo took a glance and understood that Bai Luochu was really inviting him for lunch. He immediately instructed Ming Lu, “There is no need to prepare for afternoon tea. Luo Chu has invited me to the High Leisure Pavilion for tea.”\nOn the next day, Bai Luochu rested for a short moment after having her lunch and headed for the High Leisure Pavilion. In order not to alert Pei Qingfeng’s secret guard, she used the secret tunnel to leave the residence.\nThe day before, Bai Luochu already notified the staff that she would be hosting a guest. Meng Luoping reserved Heaven’s Sign room number 1 the moment he got the notification and prepared for Bai Luochu’s arrival.\nRight now, it was just slightly over lunchtime and his mistress had already arrived, Meng Luoping even assumed that he was the one who mistook the timing.\n“Mistress, didn’t you say you will arrive in the afternoon? Why are you here? I have yet to tidy things up.” Meng Luoping quickly explained to Bai Luochu.\nBai Luochu didn’t mind and shook her head, “It doesn’t matter. I am the one who invited a guest over and I need to be ready for it. I can also take a look at how our business is running.”\nThe stone in Meng Luoping’s heart immediately fell to the ground. Originally, he was worried that he had made a mistake in this matter. After all, this was the first time his mistress had ordered him to do something. If he were to mess this up, it wouldn’t be easy to explain himself.\n“Mistress doesn’t have to worry. This teahouse might not be as profitable as the Remote Paddy Inn and the Silk Flower Pavilion, but we have never lost money.” Meng Luoping replied honestly.\nBai Luochu nodded in response and said to Meng Luoping, “You can’t compare the different businesses. The Remote Paddy Inn is a restaurant and no matter what, humans will need to eat. As for the Silk Flower Pavilion, it is a money squandering establishment for those nobles. It is normal for the High Leisure Pavilion to make less money. Originally, the High Leisure Pavilion is meant for collecting information and its making money is secondary. Alright, I do not have to worry with you around. Instruct the kitchen to prepare the tea and refreshments. Later on, the teahouse will start to get busy. Don’t neglect the other customers because of me.”\n“Yes, this subordinate understands.” Meng Luoping quickly acknowledged.\nAfter Bai Luochu gave her instructions, she headed up and straight for the teahouse’s Heaven’s Sign room number 1.\nPei Rumo arrived on time.\n“I wonder what special location Divine Physician Bai would pick for our meeting. Even the name of the private room is ordinary. Why would Divine Physician Bai pick such a place?” Pei Rumo sighed at the inelegant name of the teahouse’s private room.\nMeng Luoping stood at the side while cold sweat dripped down his face. He was thinking, The name of this private room is named by this ancestor standing in front of you. It might sound crude, but it is easy to note down the different fees for the rooms.\nBai Luochu wasn’t angry after hearing Pei Rumo’s criticism. She offered him a seat politely, “Your First Highness, please take a seat. Why bother about the name? The tea and refreshments here aren’t bad. Once Your First Highness tastes the food, you will understand the reason behind my invitation.”\nPei Rumo sat down quietly. As soon as he sat down, the waiter in the High Leisure Pavilion served tea and refreshments. “Will our guests please enjoy...”\nPei Rumo picked up a piece of cake and put it inside his mouth. Bai Luochu took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Pei Rumo and pushed it in front of him. She then raised her hand slightly as an indication for Pei Rumo to have a taste.\nPei Rumo swallowed the cake and drank a mouthful of tea. He immediately understood the wonder of this place. The cakes might look mediocre but it was superior when it came to enhancing the flavor of the tea. There was really nothing for him to pick on.\nPei Rumo sighed and spoke to Bai Luochu, “Speak. I’m sure you didn’t invite me here to taste tea and cakes.”\nHearing Pei Rumo’s question, Bai Luochu went straight into the topic, “Shouldn’t you withdraw your men from the walls of the general’s residence?”\nPei Rumo’s brows raised in response. He didn’t think that this lass would be so direct.\nPei Rumo pondered for a moment and asked, “When did you find out?”\n“I guessed it a long time ago. It might be a guess, but I’m sure of it now.” Bai Luochu spoke bluntly.\nPei Rumo understood that he was too impatient and his actions leaked the news. Since he had already sent his men out, there was no reason to call them back. He had also replied bluntly, “What will you do if I refuse?”\nThe moment the words left Pei Rumo’s mouth, the room fell silent. The atmosphere in the room was completely different from the outside world.Previous Chapter Next Chapter"
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"original": "- What is FHSS and DSSS?\n- What is Spread Spectrum?\n- Does WIFI use spread spectrum?\n- Who invented spread spectrum?\n- What is spectrum in data communication?\n- What does S Fhss mean?\n- What is the demodulator used in Fhss?\n- What are the three main types of shift keying?\n- What are the advantages of spread spectrum?\n- Why CDMA is called spread spectrum?\n- What is PCIe spread spectrum?\n- What is processing gain in spread spectrum?\n- When was spread spectrum invented?\n- What are the two types of spread spectrum?\n- What are the applications of spread spectrum?\n- Should I disable Spread Spectrum?\n- What is DSSS modulation?\n- Which is the application of DSSS signals?\n- What is PN sequence?\n- What are spreading codes?\nWhat is FHSS and DSSS?\nTwo popular methods for using the spread spectrum are frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) and direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS).\nDSSS, in contrast, spreads the signal across a wider bandwidth than FHSS, creating a lower power density across the spectrum..\nWhat is Spread Spectrum?\nSpread Spectrum refers to a system originally developed for military applications, to provide secure communications by spreading the signal over a large frequency band. … These narrowband signals are easily jammed by any other signal in the same band.\nDoes WIFI use spread spectrum?\nBluetooth uses Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) and is allowed to hop between 79 different 1 MHz-wide channels in this band. Wi-Fi uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) instead of FHSS. Its carrier does not hop or change frequency and remains centered on one channel that is 22 MHz-wide.\nWho invented spread spectrum?\nHedy LamarrHedy Lamarr (/ˈheɪdi/), born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), was an Austrian-American actress, inventor, and film producer. She was part of 30 films in an acting career spanning 28 years, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum.\nWhat is spectrum in data communication?\nSpectrum refers to the invisible radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over. … The portion used for wireless communication sits within that space and ranges from about 20 KHz to 300 GHz. Spectrum wavelengths are classified into different bands within the electromagnetic spectrum range.\nWhat does S Fhss mean?\nspectrum (FHSSFrequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) is a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly changing the carrier frequency among many distinct frequencies occupying a large spectral band. The changes are controlled by a code known to both transmitter and receiver.\nWhat is the demodulator used in Fhss?\nThe conventional frequency hopping modem implements the first step by using analog mixers to down-convert the modulated FSK signal to the intermediate frequency or baseband, and then uses an analog or a digital FSK demodulator to extract the received information.\nWhat are the three main types of shift keying?\nAs with analog modulation, there are three parameters of the carrier wave to vary and therefore three basic types of shift keying:Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)Frequency Shift Keying (FSK), and.Phase Shift Keying (PSK).\nWhat are the advantages of spread spectrum?\nAdvantages of Spread SpectrumCross-talk elimination.Better output with data integrity.Reduced effect of multipath fading.Better security.Reduction in noise.Co-existence with other systems.Longer operative distances.Hard to detect.More items…\nWhy CDMA is called spread spectrum?\nCDMA is a form of a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (where the transmitted data is coded at a very high frequency) communication. In spread spectrum, to send data, the signal bandwidth is much larger than necessary to support multi-user access.\nWhat is PCIe spread spectrum?\nThe PCIE Spread Spectrum BIOS feature controls spread spectrum clocking of the PCI Express interconnect. When set to Down Spread, the motherboard modulates the PCI Express interconnect’s clock signal downwards by a small amount.\nWhat is processing gain in spread spectrum?\nAbstract: The processing gain of a spread-spectrum (SS) system is generally defined as the ratio between the transmission bandwidth and data bandwidth, and is a measure of its interference rejection capability.\nWhen was spread spectrum invented?\n1941Lamarr and Anthiel received a patent in 1941, but the enormous significance of their invention was not realized until decades later. It was first implemented on naval ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis and subsequently emerged in numerous military applications.\nWhat are the two types of spread spectrum?\nOut of many Spread Spectrums, this report analyses the two main spread spectrum systems which are the ‘Frequency Hopping and Direct Sequence’ and in addition an overview of the ‘Chirp Spread’ Spectrum.\nWhat are the applications of spread spectrum?\nCurrent applications of spread spectrum technology include wireless LANs (local area networks), bar code scanners, and microphones. This technology improves the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes, many of which are finding that wireless communications are requisite for success.\nShould I disable Spread Spectrum?\nGenerally, frequency modulation through spread spectrum clocking should not cause any problems. … Therefore, it is recommended that you disable the MCLK Spread Spectrum feature if you are overclocking the memory bus. You will be able to achieve better overclockability, at the expense of higher EMI.\nWhat is DSSS modulation?\nIn telecommunications, direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) is a spread-spectrum modulation technique primarily used to reduce overall signal interference. … Each spreading-sequence bit, which is known as a chip, has a much shorter duration (larger bandwidth) than the original message bits.\nWhich is the application of DSSS signals?\nDirect sequence spread spectrum applications CDMA cellphone technology: The DSSS technique was used to provide a multiple access scheme that was used for 3G cellophane technology. Each mobile used a different access code or spreading code and this enabled multiple users to access the base station on the same frequency.\nWhat is PN sequence?\nTheory: Pseudo-Noise (PN) sequences are commonly used to generate noise that is approximately “white”. It has applications in scrambling, cryptography, and spread-spectrum communications. It is also commonly. referred to as the Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence (PRBS). These are very widely used in communication.\nWhat are spreading codes?\nA spreading code is a pseudo-random code that has a narrow ambiguity function, unlike other narrow pulse codes. In CDMA a locally generated code runs at a much higher rate than the data to be transmitted."
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"original": "In 1999, P&H gained control of Mace in Wales and England when it was able to acquire Booker Wholesale Foods. The Mace store symbol has under gone several ownerships in its Great Britain history. In 2005, Palmer and Harvey acquired the entire rights to the Mace brand. This acquisition finally unified the brand with Palmer & Harvey as the owner.\nIn the past, Mace stores have experienced defections from retailers because of the trouble of changes in regular ownership (Mace had changed ownership three times in a very short span of time). The acquisition by Palmer and Harvey contributed significantly to solving the problem, as well as allowing the Mace brand to recover from past defections. Prior to being owned by Palmer and Harvey, the company Aberness Foods previously ran Mace stores in Scotland. When Palmer and Harvey took over Mace, 25 stores decided to defect to SPAR.\nIn the area of Northern Ireland, the Musgrave Group owns the Mace brand. Mace came to be owned by Musgrave when it acquired JJ Haslett. Mace stores in Northern Ireland do not have the same look as Mace stores in Great Britain.\nSince 1962, Mace was trading in the Republic of Ireland. Initially, there were a number of wholesalers that operated the brand. Currently, Mace in the Republic of Ireland is under BWG Foods. Before being owned by BWG, Mace’s ownership was split between Vantage Holdings and Mangans Wholesale. In 2000, BWG bought the ownership rights that belonged to Vantage Holdings and 8 years after, BWG then bought the whole of Mangans Group, which included the ownership right to Mace.\nIn the whole of Ireland (both south and north), Mace stores have a more advanced range of store services, as compared to Great Britain. A majority, if not all, of Mace stores offer “to go” hot food and “bean to cup” hot beverages. The stores are also normally larger, while the smaller stores are re-named as “Mace Express.”\nHeadquarters: East Sussex,UK\nOwnership Type: a subsidiary of Palmer and Harvey\nEmployees: information not available\nGeography: Republic of Ireland, UK\nDemography: retail products consumers"
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