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Mac Williamson experienced the full gamut of baseball emotions within a few minutes Wednesday night. One moment, the Giants outfielder was rounding the bases having hit his first major-league home run to break a tied game in the eighth inning. The next, he was scrambling after a fly ball he had dropped in left field, gifting the Boston Red Sox the tying run in scoring position.
With help from a few bullpen teammates, and some nifty maneuvering of relievers by Giants manager Bruce Bochy, Williamson emerged from Wednesday night's game the hero and his fielding gaffe became a footnote as the Giants held on to beat the Red Sox, 2-1, at AT&T Park.
"Obviously," Williamson said afterward, "this game can humble you really quickly."
Williamson had been humbled in his first two at-bats against Boston starter David Price, striking out in each, before he jumped on the first pitch he saw from Price leading off the bottom of the eighth. Williamson, like Bochy, thought he'd gotten under the ball, but it kept carrying, just enough to clear the cars of the Chevron sign on the left-field wall.
A crowd that to that point had sounded conspicuously pro-Red Sox erupted, and as Williamson, who once hit 25 home runs in a minor-league season, jogged out to left field for the ninth, the scoreboard notified all present of his major-league first. But then the wind that had aided Williamson's ball came around to foil him. Hanley Ramirez lifted a lazy fly against closer Santiago Casilla that bounced off of Williamson's glove, allowing Ramirez to coast into second base with no outs.
"All night long the wind was kind of blowing from right field to left field," Williamson said. "A couple (fly balls) really came back, so I was playing that ball to come back to me a little bit. I called off Denard (Span), I thought it was going to be right under it, and it kind of darted the other way. I tried to recover and didn't make the play."
The error heightened the drama of the inning and sent Bochy into matchup mode. After Casilla struck out Jackie Bradley Jr. for the first out, Boston sent up David Ortiz to pinch-hit -- to the delight of the Red Sox contingent in the stands -- and Bochy countered with left-handed specialist Javier Lopez, a former teammate of Ortiz's in Boston.
Ortiz, who has said he's playing his final season, worked a full count before taking a close fastball away for ball four. But Lopez struck out Travis Shaw, and Hunter Strickland came on to save the game by throwing one pitch, getting Marco Hernandez to hit a soft grounder to Brandon Crawford.
"They saved us tonight," Bochy said of the bullpen. "They did a great job of picking each other up. We got in a tough jam there with the dropped fly ball, but guys kept their poise and made their pitches. That's a big win after a tough loss (Tuesday) night."
Williamson said he felt "really bad for Casilla, I didn't come through for him there," and credited the Giants' final three relievers -- the Giants' embattled closer included -- with "picking me up big-time."
Giants starter Madison Bumgarner saw his individual six-game winning streak come to an end but allowed just one run in six innings on a night when he "wasn't too happy the way I felt." Bumgarner needed 101 pitches to get through the sixth but limited a potent Boston lineup to Chris Young's solo home run in the fourth.
"It's just one of those days where you wake up and know it's going to be a rough one, just the way your body feels," the left-hander said. "But to get out of there with the line I had and to keep us in the game like that, you've got to feel good about that, pitching against an offense like that."
Bumgarner had started 45 straight games before Wednesday with Buster Posey behind the plate, the longest such streak between battery-mates in the majors. But with Posey sidelined for a third straight game by nerve irritation in his thumb, Trevor Brown became the eighth catcher to receive Bumgarner in a major-league game.
"It wasn't a whole lot different," Bumgarner said. "Me and Buster have a good relationship and kinda know each other pretty good … But I've gotten to know Brownie for a while now and threw to him a lot in spring training. He watches, he knows what's going on, so it wasn't a big adjustment."
The Giants gave Bumgarner just one run of support, but that one was notable. Brandon Belt hit a breaking ball from Price into McCovey Cove with one out in the fourth inning, marking the first Splash Hit by a Giants player since Sept. 25, 2014 -- also hit by Belt -- and the 69th since AT&T Park opened.
"We knew it'd been a while," Belt said of the drought. "We were looking to move onto the next number on the list for sure.
"I definitely wanted to be the one (to hit it). I think there's not a person in here that didn't want to be the one. I just keep on thinking that it's going to be one of those things that it's going to end up being up there for like three days and somebody's going to hit 70. Hopefully we can enjoy it for a little bit."
After Bumgarner's exit, Derek Law and Cory Gearrin got the Giants through the eighth to set up Williamson's go-ahead homer. It has not been a smooth season for Williamson, who has shuttled back and forth from Triple-A Sacramento and entered Wednesday's game batting .167 with the Giants.
Afterward, Williamson recalled an at-bat in the Giants' 2-0 loss to the Rockies on May 8, Mothers' Day, in which he came up with the bases loaded early in the game and failed to drive in a run. The moment had clearly stuck with Williamson, who said he "really needed to put together a better at-bat for the team there."
"I talked to Bochy a little bit, talked to Buster a little bit, about just relaxing and letting the game come to me," Williamson said. "I know there were some times the first couple times I was trying to do a lot, because I knew the at-bats were going to be limited and I was trying to prove that I belonged, and sometimes that can be counter-productive.
"This time I was trying to let the game come to me. I struck out twice today, but I tried to remain positive and upbeat."
Williamson said Price had used a cut fastball against him effectively in both strikeouts. So he went up in the eighth inning looking for the cutter, "hoping he'd leave it over the plate at some point." Williamson got under the pitch, but he got enough of it to give the Giants a win.
"That was a big one for him," Bumgarner said. "He's been putting a lot of pressure on himself, trying to do good. He's got some of the best tools in the game. If he puts it together, he's going to be a really good player."
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Chief executive Chris Turner has revealed Chesterfield's playing budget is in the top ten in League One.
Turner declined to put a figure on it but stated the current budget is the highest it's ever been at the Proact Stadium, as the Spireites look to compete at the top end next season.
And, with other clubs likely to strengthen over the summer and sides coming down from the Championship, Turner expects the competition to be as fierce as ever for Dean Saunders' side.
"This is the highest playing budget the club has had in its history - ever had in its history," stated Turner. "It would be in the top ten in League One. Look at Preston and Sheffield United and you can see the bigger clubs.
"Next season there will be Blackpool, Wigan, Millwall and they have massive playing budgets. They have a great opportunity to bounce straight back up. It's the same in the Championship with Premier League teams coming down.
"Barnsley, Doncaster and Coventry all under-achieved this year. Their budgets are miles bigger than Chesterfield. We can only have a budget that is in relation to the attendance. I won't put a figure on our budget.
"We want to challenge to get in to the Championship. We want to be in with a shout of play-offs, if not positioned one and two, but when you look at the clubs going to be in the division it's a very tough division.
"It's very competitive and we've got to make sure this club stays in League One. This club has to stay in League One. It cannot go back down to League Two for the away support, the football, the teams that come here and to keep that kudos here.
"At the same time we want to produce players and get in to the Championship, which is the Holy Grail for us."
Turner wants Chesterfield to build a team under new manager Saunders, not dismantle one, and says no player will leave if it is not beneficial to the club - even if they're head has been turned.
"If a player wants to leave, they'll leave," he said. "There's not a lot you can do these days. It's very difficult to keep hold of them if a Premier League or Championship clubs come for your players in League One.
"Once they've had their heads turned they're gone. I don't think any in the squad have at the moment.
"If you're a working man, in any industry, and you're earning £300 a week and someone offers you £4,000 to do the same job, would you turn it down?
"Dean will speak to those out of contract. Everyone else who is under contract, they will only leave this club when we feel it's right for them to leave."
The Spireites will push ahead with plans to introduce a reserve team next season under Saunders and pointed towards prospects Laurence Maguire and Jake Beesley.
Maguire, a central defender, and striker Beesley, who netted 20 goals for the season, both played for the youth team under Mark Smith and have signed pro deals.
"Both now have the opportunity to push on," said Turner. "Both played extremely well for the youth team last season, if we'd have had a reserve team last season they would have been playing regularly in that.
"We've now got a productive academy system, we've now got one of the best development systems in the country. We have got in our playing squad, six or seven players between the age of 18 and 22, who are at an exciting point.
"Dean will see these boys and I feel some of them will make the first team in the next 12 months. Our reserve team is back for those boys to play in and be seen. This football club is totally different to what it was three years ago.
"We're building from the bottom towards the top and when at the top to be successful."
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Police: Missing Riverside woman Jean Taber found dead
Police say the great-grandmother from Riverside who went missing last week has been found dead in a state conservation area.
Jean Taber, 82, was reported missing on Thursday after going for a walk with her cocker spaniel, named Freckles. She had been last seen walking on County Road 104.
Taber was found in the David A. Sarnoff Preserve yesterday afternoon with her dog by her side, police say.
The woman suffered from mild dementia and was on medications, according to her family.
Taber's disappearance sparked a large search effort with help from police helicopters and K-9 units.
There is no word yet on Taber's cause of death. Her dog has been taken to the vet for examination.


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(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks snapped a two-day advance as Chinese shares tumbled to a 13-month low on concern outflows will accelerate as the economy slows. Meanwhile, Russia's ruble swung between gains and losses.
The Shanghai Composite Index slid more than 6% after data showed outflows from China reached a record $1 trillion last year, more than seven times higher than in 2014. Russia's ruble erased losses as oil rebounded while South Korea's won and Brazil's real weakened. The premium investors demand to own developing-nation debt rather than U.S. Treasuries rose for a second day.
"The inability to control capital outflows is the typical sign of crisis in emerging markets," said Nathan Griffiths, a senior emerging-market equities manager who helps oversee $1.2 billion at NN Investment Partners in The Hague, who prefers Indian and Mexican shares. "Given the importance of China to both emerging markets and the global economy, a China crisis would be pretty horrible."
China's outflows in December increased by almost $50 billion from a month earlier, highlighting the battle facing policy makers trying to hold up the yuan amid the slowdown, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence. Growth in the world's second-largest economy is seen dropping further in 2016 from the weakest pace since 1990 last year, damping prospects for exports from countries such as Brazil and South Korea that count China among their biggest trading partners.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 1.2% to 707.35 as of 1:40 p.m. in London, extending this year's slide to 11%. Six of the gauge's 10 industry groups declined more 1%.
Benchmarks in South Korea and the Philippines lost more than 1% and Brazil's equity-index futures slid 1.8%. Economists covering the Latin American country estimated its economy will contract 3% this year, more than the previously forecast 2.99%, according to a central bank survey published Monday.
The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 6.4% to 2,749.785 and the Hang Seng China Enterprise Index of mainland equities listed in Hong Kong fell 3.4%. Huang Weimin, whose Chinese stock-index futures wagers returned more than 6,200% last year, says the Shanghai gauge could decline another 15% in the first half as slowing economic growth and a weaker yuan spur capital flight.
Tuesday's loss was the steepest since Jan. 7, when the Shanghai gauge plunged 7%, the second selloff of more than 6% in a week that prompted the government to cancel its circuit-breakers program after four days. Stocks dropped even as the People's Bank of China injected 440 billion yuan ($67 billion) into the financial system using reverse-repurchase agreements, the most in three years.
The won declined 0.8% after a report showed South Korea's economy expanded 0.6% last quarter from the previous three months, when it increased 1.3%. Brazil's real slipped 0.3%.
The ruble gained 1.3% after opening lower and then paring losses as oil rose 0.8%. The currency's 30-day correlation with oil was at 0.77 on Tuesday, near the highest since October, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. A value of 1 would mean the two are trading in lockstep. Mexico's peso also slid with oil, losing 0.3%. Oil lost 0.9% in New York, falling for a second day.
The premium investors demand to own emerging-market debt over U.S. Treasuries widened four basis points to 472, according to JPMorgan Chase indexes.
China's sovereign bonds fell on speculation the central bank is reluctant to use measures such as cutting lenders' reserve-requirement ratios that might weaken the currency. The 10-year yield climbed nine basis points to 2.87%.
The People's Bank of China added 440 billion yuan ($67 billion) to the financial system on Tuesday via reverse-repurchase agreements. The biggest injection in three years was aimed at preventing a shortage of cash as demand picks up before the Lunar New Year Holidays that start in the second week of February.
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Phobias are extreme or irrational fears that can get in the way of our day to day lives. Whether it be bugs, heights, enclosed spaces, needles, germs or something as bizarre as baked beans, almost all of us suffer from some kind of phobia. They can be mild for some and debilitating for others, but as deeply ingrained as they may be, they're almost always curable.
To get over a phobia, you first need to want to get over it. Without this desire to overcome it, you'll always be keeping your distance. Here are just a few of the steps that you should take to fight your phobia.
Understand the root cause of your phobia
Phobias are often developed from some kind of trauma in childhood, although they can be inherited. A fear of spiders may be developed from watching a parent's reaction as a child. You may not always be able to pinpoint the exact moment a phobia developed, but if you can it can greatly help in trying to rationalise your phobia.
In some cases, serious trauma can be a trigger (almost drowning in a pool might cause someone to become scared of water). The likes of myptsd.com can be useful for helping to overcome such trauma, which may require more serious recovery fist.
Realise the difference between a phobia and a common fear. A lot of us would think twice before going skydiving, but not being able to look out the window of a building's 4th floor could be a clear sign of a phobia.
Rationalise your phobia
The next stage should be to rationalise your phobia. When exposed to the object of our phobia, many of us will enter a survival mode that tells us to run, the type of reaction we should only have in a life/death scenario. In most cases, there's no likely risk of death at all. A wasp may sting you, a dog may bite you and an elevator may break down, and even this most likely only comes with a very miniscule chance. Compare your fear to more obvious dangers and you'll help to scale it down and start to realise just how irrational it is.
Develop a coping mechanism
There are all manner of coping strategies that can be used to face a phobia. This could involve a breathing exercise or meditation that helps calm the anxiety. It could be a healthy distraction tactic such as playing music on headphones or humming a tune to oneself or visualising something else. Psychologytoday.com details just some of the coping strategies that can be used for overcoming a fear of public speaking. Whilst not all of these may apply to your phobia, you may find that some could be adopted (meditating for five minutes before crossing a high bridge).
Rank your fears
Jumping straight in the deep end can work for a mild fear, but not for an ingrained phobia. Often taking baby steps and working your way up is the best route. This requires you to rank your fears from the mildest trigger to the most extreme scenario you could think of. In the case of arachnophobia, you could rank your fears from a small garden spider to a full blown tarantula. In the case of claustrophobia, you could rank your fears from being trapped in a small room to potholing. From here, you can then start to work your way up the list.
Start by visualising the first item
You should first get comfortable visualising the object. This may include drawing the object of your phobia or seeing a photograph of it. In the case of animal phobia such as snakes, it may be worth getting used to touching the photograph. For heights or confined spaces, it may involve watching a video of someone going through your dreaded situation in first person. VR has made it possible to step things up a gear and really experience these situations as if they're really there. VRphobia.com is just one of the companies that has been doing medical research into this kind of phobia recovery.
Seek out the first item in reality
Your next step should be to face the first item on your list in reality. This could involve stroking a dog or taking a short elevator trip. There may be ways of even easing yourself into this situation first such as getting near the dog with someone holding it on a leash, or stepping in an elevator and stepping our whilst somebody holds the doors. Get comfortable with this first step by constantly exposing yourself to this first item on the list.
Reward yourself
Every time you make an advancement, reward yourself. This will motivate you to keep on going. In fact, you can even set each goal with a reward. This could mean going for a meal out for overcoming the first item and treating yourself to a holiday if you manage to overcome the last item. In some cases, the reward may even be part of completing the final stage (if you're afraid of going on a plane, you could book yourself a holiday that requires you to get on that plane).
Work up through your list
Keep going up through the list at a steady rate. Some people may find that by completing the first item on their list that they get more spurred on to try the challenging stuff and so may go up through the list at a quicker rate. The most important thing is to keep challenging yourself, even when you've overcome that greatest fear. Don't stop handling spiders once you've held that tarantula and don't stop taking lifts once you've got inside an MRI scan machine. The aim isn't to simply reach the final challenge on your list, but to become comfortable with it, which means constantly trying to break down those boundaries until they no longer exist.
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Why are empowered communities important?
At the very first workshop of the Dialogues series, we met the Empowered Communities project steering group and asked them why they think empowered communities matter. The group mentioned everything from Brexit to personal experiences of knowing neighbours — it really got us thinking!
We've put our favourite answers into the video above, or you can see all the vox pops in full in this playlist.


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Bulletin of the American Physical Society
56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 59, Number 15
Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana
Session KI2: Particle Beams and Coherent Radiation
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Room: Bissonet
Chair: Farhat Beg, University of California, San Diego
Abstract ID: BAPS.2014.DPP.KI2.1
Abstract: KI2.00001 : Multi-GeV electron beams from capillary discharge guided sub-petawatt class laser pulses in the self-trapping regime*
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Wim Leemans
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Laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) can produce acceleration gradients on the order of tens to hundreds of GV/m, making them attractive as compact particle accelerators. During the past decade, quasi-monochromatic electron beams at the 1 GeV energy level have been produced using laser pulses at the 40-50 TW peak power level. With the availability of petawatt class lasers, beams up to 2 GeV have been produced from 7 cm long gas cells at UT Austin using 150 J laser pulses and at the 1 GeV level with tails extending to 3 GeV at the GIST facility in Korea. In this talk we present experimental results using the 1 Hz petawatt class BELLA laser at LBNL of the generation of multi-GeV electron beams with center energy up to 4.2~GeV, 6~\% rms energy spread, charge approximately 10~pC and an rms divergence around 0.3 mrad. The beams were produced from 9 cm long capillary discharge waveguide structure with a plasma density of $\approx 7 \times 10^{17}\,\rm{cm}^{-3}$, powered by laser pulses with peak power up to 0.3~PW. Preformed plasma waveguides allow the use of lower laser power compared to unguided plasma structures to achieve the same beam energy. Detailed comparison between experiment and simulation indicates the importance of the near-field laser transverse mode quality on guiding and acceleration in the LPA. By tuning the plasma density, regimes were found where laser beams with a top hat near-field profile were guided well, and where high energy electron beams can be produced, with narrow divergence [$<$ 0.8~mrad (FWHM)], and relatively small integrated energy spread ($< 10\%$). Provided that the slice energy spread and emittance are sufficiently low, electron beams with this energy could power x-ray free electron lasers. Future experiments will aim at increasing the beam energy to the 10 GeV level.
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You are a young woman with countless options in the world.There are countless options for potential suitors right on your dorm floor, so don't overthink your current relationship, and when it starts to go sour, just end it.Seriously, more women waste their time on relationships that are going exactly nowhere fast, because they feel they have to stick it out.
You can easily meet your husband and your best friend on a collegiate campus, but keeping both can be a bit of a challenge.Remember never to forsake your friends for your new boyfriend.Set up date nights and lady's nights during the week, and, while it is perfectly fine to do a "group thing" once and awhile, don't have your boyfriend tag along on the adventures you and your girls plan together, it will become annoying, your friends won't have a good time, and, no matter how many times your boyfriend says he loves shoe shopping, know that he is lying.College is a great time for personal exploration, and it is also a great time to meet the love of your life, the man of your dreams, or, hey, just some guy that you really like spending time with for right now.While college campuses are teaming with great potential loves, friends with benefits, and future husbands, there are a few important college dating rules that all ladies should be following while on the prowl for a relationship (of any kind! Yeah, so you met a great guy during your Intro to Psych class.
Perhaps you bonded over your shared hatred of the word correlation.However you two met it doesn't matter, because you are well on your way to a romance.That's great, but you are going to need to prioritize.You don't want to find yourself in an assignment avalanche at the end of the semester, or a grade slump simply because you've been spending all your time with your new man.Your romance might only last as long as the semester, and you'll spend another three semesters trying to pull your GPA out of the toilet.Remember to work your man into your schedule, not work your schedule around your man.


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Cancun, which is located on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, is a resort paradise, full of energetic night clubs, beautiful beaches, and resorts that range from budget friendly to extremely luxurious.
While Cancun may have a negative connotation, due to the immense amounts of spring breakers who take over the city for the entire month of March, the Mexican paradise is the perfect vacation destination.
Places to Stay:
Riu Palace Peninsula
This is my go to in Cancun. My review can be found here. RIU is very family friendly with lots of activities for children and adults, including a kids club, water aerobics, yoga on the beach, an art studio (for an additional fee), non-motorized water sports, and a fitness center. Free wi-fi is available hotel-wide, working exceptionally well on the beach. The hotel also is home to six restaurants, five bars, and one coffee bar. Your all-inclusive wristband for this RIU allows you to have access to all four RIU's in Cancun, other than for dinner dining. However, if they are more in your budget, the other RIU resorts also come highly recommended.
Iberostar Cancun
This one is also a great family friendly resort. This all inclusive hotel is home to 4 specialty restaurants, 7 bars, an 18-hole golf course, and a FIFA regulation soccer field. The resort also has a Kids club for the kiddos age 4-12, and Teen club for the older crowd between the ages of 13-17.
Le Blanc
Le Blanc is a luxurious, adults only, all inclusive resort. It is home to 5 restaurants, 5 bars, and a state of the art fitness center with sauna and steam room. The resort features free wifi, complimentary butler service, and a full-service spa (for a fee).
Secrets The Vine Cancun
This is a newer resort, which opened in early 2015. Located along a long strip of hotels, Secrets the Vine has an amazing beach to walk, but is not as good for swimming. This adults only resort features seven gourmet restaurants, six bars and lounges, non-motorized water sports, dance classes, wine tastings, and Spanish lessons.
Secrets Playa Mujeres
This Secrets is a brand new hotel opened in 2015. It is a bit farther from the airport, but features a great swimming beach, with very few waves. The adults only resort is home to 9 gourmet restaurants, seven chic bars, and wait service by the pool and beach. With non-motorized water sports available on the beach and a state of the art fitness center, tennis courts, yoga studio, and billiards room, Secrets Playa Mujeres is sure to have something for everyone!
Zoetry Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres Cancun
This resort is not actually located in Cancun, but is across the water on Isla Mujeres. This all inclusive, complimentary wellness consultation, full-service spa. 24-hour private, in-suite dining with limitless gourmet meals, snacks, and to-shelf spirits, complimentary 24-hour laundry, resorts private yacht to transport you to and from mainland Cancun.
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To-Do in Cancun:
Water sports!
While in Cancun, I highly recommend experiencing something out on the turquoise waters.Most resorts have non-motorized water sports included into their all-inclusive price and available on their beach. Whether it be a nice catamaran ride, a kayaking excursion, or a crazy water jetpack ride experience!
Visit Chichen Itza.
This new wonder of the world is one of Mexico's most popular tourist attractions. The three-hour drive to Chichen Itza allows for the perfect day trip from Cancun. The ancient Mayan city is a beautiful cultural experience to add to your relaxing beach vacation.
If you cannot handle laying on a beach for a full week, excursions are a great way to break up your vacation. Travel providers such as Apple Vacations and Funjet, allow you to book excursions with their representative through your hotel. These excursions include snorkeling, swimming with dolphins, a tour to Isla Mujeres by the name of Royal Garrafon, visits to XPLOR (an underground paradise), XCARET (a river swimming experience), Tulum, and Chichen Itza are all great options.
Visit the markets in town
They are perfect for buying souvenirs or local art. Instead of overpaying for things at the airport or in your hotel's gift shop, visiting a local flea market allows you to bargain your way down to a lower place. Market 28 comes highly recommended.
Even if you are staying in an all-inclusive resort, making a trip to the clubs near Zona Hotelera is well worth it. If Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Tijuana had a love-child, it would be the strip of clubs in Cancun. The most famous of these clubs is Coco Bongo, which features live celebrity-inspired performances. One of my favorites is Mandala, or their Mandala Beach Club (which is literally on the beach). Spring breakers and people looking for an inexpensive night out prefer La Vacacita and Congo… any of these places is sure to show you a fun time!
Side Note:
Many confuse this area with Downtown Cancun! This is not Downtown Cancun… do not tell your taxi driver to take you to Downtown Cancun. Instead just tell them to take you to Coco Bongo or Mandala, the clubs are all next to each other and you can pick one once you get into the area. This area is also full of people trying to sell you items (pizza, candy, bracelets), be careful because there are definitely pick-pocketers.


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Stockings were generally to the knee or just above the knee and were footed, as seen in Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd
They were could knitted or made from cloth, cut on the bias to give some stretch. They are recorded as being made from linen, silk, wool, and flannel.
Trimmings mentioned, in Warrant of the Robes, Queen Elizabeth Wardrobe Unlocked, included: welted (tops) with vellat, tops stitched with Irish stitch, stitched toppes and clockes, stitched with sondry silk colours, lace of silke, venice gold and venice silver embroidery, r18ed fringe, yellow silke worke, red with red silke worke, red with yellow silke worke, grene with sondry colours.
I have made linen stockings in the past but they are beginning to fall apart- partly due to fraying and partly due to the fact I made then out of a very light weight loosely woven linen.
So I used my old pair as a pattern and started to make some adjustments. I plan to do some embroidery above the gusset on the outside of the foot and blackworked welts or tops. I am using a heavier weight linen.
If you are interested in Linen stockings I suggest these sites:
Renaissance tailor
Cloth Hosen and Stockings of Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries
18th cent. hose (yes it is after our time period but they are very close in construction and she explains the math brilliantly)
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This week we have been looking at properties of number including factors, multiples, prime and square numbers. Today we played 'Connect 4' – it was really fun! We had to think about what we had been taught in lessons and work out the best place to go to beat the other team! Adelaide won her game every time
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The Longing is what I call a travel ballad and a love ballad. It is a simple narrative in the form of a lyrical poem however, it actually runs quite deeply through my veins. The Longing touches on an important part of 'love': a sense of longing. The longing can be embraced or ignored in any relationship and it depends how mature your heart is if you can control it or not. My heart feels quite mature now but sometimes I still let myself go in to a hypnagogic sleeping state, or rather, the in-between sleep and awake world, just to feel the longing because it is the longing that evokes passion of the heart which can then be expressed through creativity. So, open your heart, read this ballad slowly, line by line, the way you would eat a packet of MnMs one by one, and feel the rhythm of your heart.
The Longing
She had dirty toenails
He had shiny hair
She would go emotionally
Where others wouldn't dare
He preferred the sunshine
And she liked the rain
Pouring on her face
And flooding along her veins
Then one day he saw her
She had shiny hair
She'd even cleaned her toenails
He couldn't help but stare
He asked her where'd she been
She said I've been away
He said you've been right here
She said sorry I cannot stay
She knew he was strong
But he knew she was stronger
He didn't know if he could
Miss her any longer
She was still away
Sailing the waves of her art
While his boat was docked
In the place close to her heart
He always thought himself a sailor
Now he thought himself a bum
Busking on the streets
Of unrequited love
He lingered by the docks
Drank till the bottle was empty
Then he stuffed it with a message
And tossed the bottle out to sea
The wind started blowin'
And knotting up his hair
He even grew a beard
And rambled about how life was so unfair
She set sail home
To the docks she knew best
She moored her boat on the wharf
Where the bum had since lay to rest
Sometime in the morning
She woke and rolled in the sand
She looked towards her right
Because she'd felt something in her hand
There it was, the bottle
Scuffed but still in tact
She popped the lid and read the note
And felt her whole heart crack
She picked up the bottle
And threw it out to sea
For she had realised
It belonged to them you see
So now if you see a bottle
Bobbing in the sea
Be sure to pop the lid
And set the lovers free
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The solution could start with eating more at breakfast and less later in the day.
A study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found shifting a greater proportion of a day's total calorie intake to breakfast time is potentially beneficial for lower weight gain over time among middle-aged men and women.
In this study, people who ate a greater portion -- about 22 to 50 percent of their total calories at breakfast -- gained the least amount of weight over a four-year period This was even true after researchers factored in healthier lifestyles, baseline weight, total calorie intake and individual demographics.


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4 Bed, 4 Bath
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4609 Portrait Lane, Plano, TX
$400,000 | 4 BEDROOMS | 4 (3 full, 1 half ) BATHROOMS | 3270 SQUARE FEET
Fantastic house with hardwood floors throughout the first floor. Granite counters in large kitchen open to living area with wood burning fireplace. Soaring ceilings, beautiful staircase, two living areas downstairs and one upstairs. First floor Master bedroom suite. Upstairs are 3 more bedrooms and a Game room. The fourth bedroom is big enough to be used as a fourth living area, study, playroom. Fresh paint and new carpet make this home your dream come true.
- Property Type: residential
- Mls #: 13764508
- Lot Size: 0.16 acres
- Property Subtype: Single Family Detached
- Year Built: 1993
- Cooling Systems: central a/c
- Exterior Types: brick
- Heating Fuels: natural gas
- Parking Types: garage - attached
- Num Of Floors: 2.0
- Roof Types: composition shingle
- School District: plano isd
We were looking to buy an out of date house and remodel it. Paying a premium for something that had partial updates 5-10 years ago did not interest us. Neither did a newly flipped house. So we were pretty picky and there's not a ton of inventory that fit our must's list. Jack's low pressure, there when you need him, full of real advise, -style fit our needs perfectly because it took almost a year. When it came time he helped us get a great price on the home we bought. Now it's time for construction and we trust his recommendations of contractors/etc so we plan to stay in touch with him and we'd recommend him to anyone looking in the DFW area.
Thanks Jack! - Chad and Rachel
I have dealt with a lot of realtors in my life but no one listened as intently to our new home requirements as Jack. He didn't just show us his listings, as many realtors do, but went way out of his way to find homes that actually met our requirements….how refreshing! Jack not only found us a home that we love on the third trip out looking but also sold our old home in short order. If you're looking for an "honest, cool under pressure with great results realtor", Jack is your man. Way to go Super Jack! — Ernie and Yukimi
We absolutely cannot say enough wonderful things about Jack!! Being first time home buyers, we were concerned about finding our first home during a highly competitive market in the Dallas area. A friend recommended Jack and we are so happy we called him. Jack walked us through every step and decision along the way. He was Jack Harrell Real Estate always professional, highly knowledgeable, very friendly, personable, flexible with our schedules and easy to get in touch with when we had questions. We never missed an opportunity to put a well written, competitive offer on a house– all thanks to Jack! He is honest and ethical and he always gave us the facts up front, which helped us to make a wise investment. And when it comes to negotiations– he rocks! We've now been in our house over a month and couldn't be happier with our purchase. We would truly recommend him to anyone– trust me, you won't be disappointed! Thanks for all you did, Jack! We appreciate your time and hard work!— Daniel and Kara
My wife and I have just ended the tedious experience of buying and selling our homes. The event is full of several emotions, stress and anticipation! We selected an experienced, honest, and hard working realtor, Jack Harrell of Keller Williams. We got to know Jack by visiting some of his open houses. When we made the decision to Jack Harrell Real Estate change residences, we chose him. He is everything you want in a realtor; always calm and honest and a good communicator. He either answered or returned every phone call quickly and efficiently. Once he found out what we wanted in a home, he directed us to that type of product. We will strongly recommend Jack Harrell to any and all home sellers and buyers to use him as their realtor—you will be glad you did. Keller Williams is fortunate to have this man on their sales team. It was wonderful to be able to find a completely trustworthy individual with a step so important to our future. He knew all the answers and we are grateful to him for that. Jack and Betty
We relied on Jack to act as our buyers' broker and recommend him enthusiastically and without reservation. We had a pretty extensive list of "don't wants" and "have to haves", plus we were house hunting from overseas. Jack did his homework and presented us with Jack Harrell Real Estate properties that gave us an opportunity to choose just the right place for us. Personable, knowledgeable in the real estate business, extremely well informed and with close ties to the community, Jack came highly recommended to us from a third party. I am absolutely confident that he works as hard at selling properties as he did in helping us to buy one. If I could only use one word to describe Jack and our experience, it would be INTEGRITY. — Dan and Jane
I have moved around the US 13 times during my business career and I have to say that working with Jack Harrell to find a home was a real pleasure. He is extremely knowledgeable of the total Dallas area and all surrounding suburbs and towns. Always with a can do and positive attitude Jack has that ability to put you at ease and reassure you that you will find the perfect house. I highly recommend Jack to anyone looking for a new home!!! Thanks, Jack. Jack has become not only my realtor but my friend. — Tim and Lissa
Jack made us feel that we had a reliable partner in all aspects of the process. He was mature, fun, exceedingly knowledgable and highly responsive – all without putting pressure on us in any way. This was especially important, as we purchased and closed from out-of-state. We would recommend him to anyone.— Mark and Elisibeth
It had been many years since I had searched for and purchased a house and I feel very fortunate that I found Jack Harrell to help me. Jack knows the Dallas market and the ins and outs of negotiating and closing the transaction. He has the knowledge, experience and the patience and guided me through the process. I would gladly use him again. — David


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 12798
wrong text on button - dialup configuration tool
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:56 EDT
The dialup configuration tool has a button called "Debug" on the right
hand lower side.
When the mouse hovers over it it displays "Dial the selected Internet
Connection" and when pressed actually dials in.
When connected the button still is called "Hang Up" but when mouse hovers
over it reads "Dial the selected Internet Connection", and when pressed
does not seem to hang up.
PS.: I don't know which component this is supposed to be, as there is
nowhere any reference to this, but your stupid form doesn't let me exit
without filling out a component (I would have thought that dial up
configuration tool is quite a nice name for this component)
Which dialup configuration tool are you referring to? We're shipping at least 4
of them - rp3, kppp, linuxconf and isdn-config.
Re: your email
+------- Additional comments from email@example.com 2000-06-23 07:23 -------
+Which dialup configuration tool are you referring to? We're shipping at least 4
+of them - rp3, kppp, linuxconf and isdn-config.
I don't know which, how can I tell for sure?
I suspect it is the linuxconfig, running under the XF86 graphical interface
Try running each of them manually, then tell me which one looks the same as the
one you're using.
The commands you'll want to try are
(Don't worry about getting errors from some of the commands, you don't
necessarily have all of them installed).
The closest match was rp3.
Pardon a linux ingnoramus, but why is this so hard to figure out? I used the
Xwindow graphical interface. I pressed the main gnome button (Linux 6.2)to call
up the menu, and choose Internet. In the internet menu the first choice is
Dialup configuration tool. This is what I used to configure. This is where the
button is mislabeled.
Reassigning to rp3 maintainers.
This will be fixed in rp3-1.1.2-3 and later.


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The NBA career of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is over, and he has move on to the next chapter of his life. Bryant, who gave his entire 20 years of professional basketball career to the Los Angeles Lakers, has written a life changing letter to his 17-year-old self.
In the letter, titled "Letter To My Younger Self", he revealed his struggles involving selfishness as well as his uneasy relationship with his parents. He also shares a detailed explanation on the difference between giving to people and investing in them. The letter was published on The Players' Tribune where he is the editorial director for this player-centric website.
ALSO READ: Kevin Durant speaks up on why the Lakers didn't interest him in free agency
"When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow, you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family and friends. This sounds simple, and you may think it's a no-brainer, but take some time to think on it further," wrote Bryant in his letter.
He then emphasized, "I said INVEST. I did not say GIVE. Let me explain."
Bryant explains that in his younger years in the NBA, he became materialistic when it comes to his family. He bought them cars, houses and took care of their living expenses. However, these things simply made him feel good at the expense of their independence. He said he chose to give these things than use his stardom and influence to give opportunities for his parents and siblings to make something better out of their lives. When he eventually wanted to correct these, however, posed huge problems for himself and loved ones.
In the latter part of the letter, he opens up his relationship with his parents, describing it as "mixing blood with business," with regard their in his financial success. This issue was featured in a story on ESPN where Bryant talks about his rapport with his parents. He also said that since 2013, he hadn't spoken to them following the lawsuit he filed after they allegedly tried to sell a large number of Kobe memorabilia without his permission.
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He ended his letter saying, "Your life is about to change, and things are about to come at you very fast. But just let this sink in a bit when you lay down at night after another nine-hour training day. Trust me, setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and heartache, some of which remains to this day. Much love, Kobe."
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Project type: Duty Free Shop
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Time: 2015
Status: Design
Creating a local sense of place via retail design, we chose the falcon, this elegant bird of prey that is connected with the UAE in many symbolic ways. It is both historic tradition and the rapidly modernizing culture of the UAE. The new Heinemann Duty Free shop in Abu Dhabi's Midfield Terminal aims to provide an upscale, generously appointed, visually intriguing retail environment of hospitality which calls inspiration from this falcon. With this in mind, this space draws upon the once and still popular tradition of Falconry, in a physical expression of both stunning elegance and bold agility. While beautiful in movement, falconry represents a precision exercise, translating the gracefulness of the hunter into a high tech functional application. Each feather is overlaid and shaped to serve a purpose, working in unison, as the bird dives from above.
The design of the new space calls upon this dichotomy, expressing beauty in soft, elegant form, juxtaposed with precise, patterned aesthetics recalling the Falcon. The formal drivers for the space are a series of sweeping lines, reaching and wrapping to create an open, inviting sales floor. These soft lines are repeated throughout the furniture and shelving and, giving the feeling of gentle, graceful movement.
At the center, in a grand gesture the Falcon swoops into the space from above, in the form of a dynamic suspended sculpture. Individual elements overlap and pattern to create the dynamic form and the ambient sky-like light piercing through creates the impression of fluttering, perhaps even feathers, rushing by above. This main element, the falcon, is as well informing the store as a whole in terms of materiality and color.
The Sales Floor
The sales floor is organized around a single circulatory loop, anchored by the central sculpture. The space is populated by a series of Gondolas, designed to the modular in assembly, and arranged in a series of islands along the loop. Each module is calibrated to a specific use, creating specialized configurations which do not repeat throughout the shop. Both shelves and multimedia screens flank the sales floor, creating a constantly changing and engaging experience for the visitor.
Martini Promotion Area
From the main terminal space, the strongest visual presence is that of the Martini Promotion stand, centered between the beginning and end of the loop. The typology of the central Falcon sculpture repeats to draw attention to the multifunctional merchandising self/car stand. The bar and display cases stand as islands, creating a free space to experience the merchandise.
Humidor and Wine Cabinet
The Humidor and Wine Cabinet provide a place to retreat, offering a generous atmosphere apart from the main shop to show our hospitality. Natural, darker materials contrast with the contemporary digital technology from the main shop, creating a comfortable, yet novel space geared towards a more personal experience.
The Falcon Sculpture – the Wow factor
The Falcon sculpture circles above, creating a lighting and ceiling structure, and dives into the space creating specialty display shelves and a central visual hub for the shop. The structure itself, while complex in form, is constructed of folded aluminum elements. Six unique element sizes are used to achieve the form, and four finishes are distributed to mimic the patterning of the falcon's wing in flight. Portions of the structure are fixed to arcing beams above, invisible to the viewer below, while portions that reach into the space are self-supporting, as achieved through a network of linear connections between the individual elements. This system gives the appearance of a lightweight, dynamic structure, speckled with light. And at the same time is an engineer's masterpiece of execution.
Ambient lighting above the sculpture shifts, reflecting through the perforated panels and giving the visitor the feeling of movement, a rustling above. Directional lighting mounted within the voids of the sculpture itself create focused lighting on the individual sales areas.


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Deck collapses at Edgewood house
Deck collapses at Edgewood house
EDGEWOOD, Md. —
A deck collapsed Thursday afternoon in Harford County while workers were cleaning gutters on a house.
The deck pulled away from the house just before 3 p.m. in the 1000 block of Agate Drive in Edgewood.
No one was trapped by the collapse, and three people at the scene refused treatment.
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(Editor's Note: this is Owen's follow up to his Vintgage Champs 2010 report, and may or may not have appeared elsewhere but has been reprinted with permission of the author Owen Turtenwald to serve as a companion work with his other Vintage writing.)
Originally I was going to title this article "Why Lodestone Golem is the Worst Card in Vintage." Ok, ok, hyperbole aside Lodestone Golem is not the actual worst card in Vintage, but I do believe that it is insanely overrated. For one thing, Lodestone says non-artifact which for some reason most people don't consider a serious drawback. But when every deck you play against has about 10 artifacts, most of which provide mana and make his ability worse, it's much less attractive. I can hear the forum responses now. "IT DOESN'T AFFECT MY SMOKESTACK!11!!1!" But you already have at least 4 mana for the Golem, which means you are playing Mishra's Workshop so your deck has about 35 or roughly a million mana in it, so it's not much of a bonus that he doesn't affect your cards. The fact that you're trying to restrict the mana that your opponent is playing is what is most important, because that makes all of your other Spheres that much better.
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The Summer Block Party & Water Balloon Fight has become a tradition in West Reading! This year there will be 2,700 water balloon, 60 super soakers and free food, games and prizes!
Join us for the Annual Elm Street Water Balloon Fight on Saturday, August 27th from 2-6 pm on the 400 block of Chestnut Street (between South 4th & South 5th Avenues). This year there will be 2,700 water balloons and sixty super soakers to give away to participants. It's a wild, wet and wonderful event with colorful water balloons flying every which way through the air.
Free food, games and prizes attract neighborhood residents and gives them the opportunity to meet and know one another. Studies show one of the most effective crime fighting tools is to know who belongs in a neighborhood and who doesn't.
We can't wait for this weekend! Come out and celebrate summer with us in West Reading!


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The Jerusalem Post reports: An Israeli was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack near Jerusalem's Dung Gate on Friday afternoon. Magen David Adom was treating the Israeli, who sustained a stab wound to the upper body.
After fleeing from the scene police arrested a suspect in the attack.
The wounded Israeli, a 30-year-old haredi man, was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital.
Police said they located the suspect with the assistance of CCTV cameras that caught him hiding in one of the alleys of the Old City.
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Allergic diseases constitute the most common chronic diseases of childhood and cause significant morbidity. However, allergen-specific injection immunotherapy, which is not acceptable to many children and may be too risky for some types of allergy, remains the only approved disease modifying treatment for allergic diseases. Sublingual immunotherapy has been shown to be safer for treatment of both food and aeroallergies, but current methods are not optimized for efficacy, safety or practicality, and are not approved for use in the U.S.. A mucoadhesive, dissolving film improves upon current liquid methods of immunotherapy because it (1) prolongs contact between antigen presenting cells and allergen, which is vital for the efficacy of immunotherapy, (2) allows for more flexible dosing, with both higher and lower standardized doses than are currently available, (3) is a more practical method for use in children, requiring little cooperation and, (4) unlike liquids, is not subject to the risk of aspiration. We have developed such a film for use in the treatment of peanut allergy. In this grant, we propose to extend this method to other important allergens for children and explore methods to optimize its use in children.
Aim 1 is to develop and refine orally dissolving strips for treatment of cockroach and cat allergies. These allergies are two of the most important contributors to allergic rhinitis and asthma in children, and each present unique challenges and opportunities for design of a film.
Aim 2 is to optimize the pharmacokinetics and palatability of a dissolving film by evaluating the effect of different placements in the mouth and, if need be, formulations on persistence of allergen in the mouth and on palatability. This methods developed here have to the potential to address the fundamental problems that currently limit or entirely prevent translation of immunotherapy in children from research settings to the clinic.
This proposal is to develop a novel treatment for the most common chronic diseases affecting children. The method discussed addresses the fundamental problems that currently limit, or entirely prevent, translation of orally delivered immunotherapy in children from research settings to the clinic. Eventually, the methods developed here may have applications not only to allergy, but also to vaccination, where oral formulations could solve many fundamental problems, especially in developing countries.
|Narisety, Satya D; Frischmeyer-Guerrerio, Pamela A; Keet, Corinne A et al. (2015) A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of sublingual versus oral immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 135:1275-82.e1-6
|Gorelik, Mark; Narisety, Satya D; Guerrerio, Anthony L et al. (2015) Suppression of the immunologic response to peanut during immunotherapy is often transient. J Allergy Clin Immunol 135:1283-92
|Frischmeyer-Guerrerio, Pamela A; Keet, Corinne A; Guerrerio, Anthony L et al. (2014) Modulation of dendritic cell innate and adaptive immune functions by oral and sublingual immunotherapy. Clin Immunol 155:47-59
|Keet, Corinne A; Wood, Robert A (2014) Emerging therapies for food allergy. J Clin Invest 124:1880-6
|Schroeder, John T; Bieneman, Anja P; Chichester, Kristin L et al. (2013) Spontaneous basophil responses in food-allergic children are transferable by plasma and are IgE-dependent. J Allergy Clin Immunol 132:1428-31


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The Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder, Version 1.0 is a self-assessment tool to help organizations better understand the effectiveness of their cybersecurity risk management efforts and identity improvement opportunities in the context of their overall organizational performance. This self-assessment tool blends organizational assessment approaches from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) with the concepts and principles of the Cybersecurity Framework developed by NIST's Applied Cybersecurity Division (ACD).
Phase I
The Baldrige Program teamed up with NIST's Applied Cybersecurity Division responsible for the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, to develop a self-assessment tool integrating Baldrige concepts and the Cybersecurity Framework. Using a phased approach and input from numerous industry sources, work began with the development of assessment criteria aligned closely with the Cybersecurity Framework. The criteria enable organizations to better understand the effectiveness of their cybersecurity efforts and identify opportunities for improvement based on the organization's cybersecurity goals and objectives. Phase I was successful.
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In Phase II, the Baldrige cybersecurity efforts could proceed to voluntary assessments by independent experts, sharing of best practices, and voluntary recognition for exceptional performance.
The details of this phase are yet to be determined and funding will be one important consideration. The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is funded through user fees and by the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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What is the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?
The Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder is a voluntary self-assessment tool that enables organizations to better understand and improve the effectiveness of their cybersecurity risk management efforts. It helps leaders of organizations to identify opportunities for improvement based on their cybersecurity risks, needs, and objectives, as well as their larger organizational environment, relationships, and outcomes.
Does the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder prescribe cybersecurity best practices or standards?
No. Use of the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder is completely voluntary. Like the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity PDF(Cybersecurity Framework) and the Baldrige Excellence Framework, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach. It is adaptable and scalable to an organization's needs, goals, capabilities, and environment. It does not prescribe how an organization should structure its cybersecurity policies and operations.
What is the relationship between the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder and the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity?
The Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder blends the systems perspective and business practices of the Baldrige Excellence Framework with the concepts of the Cybersecurity Framework. More specifically, the Cybersecurity Framework aligns organizational objectives, strategy, and policy landscapes into a cohesive cybersecurity program that easily integrates with organizational enterprise risk governance. These Cybersecurity Framework objectives are significantly advanced by the addition of the time-tested and trusted systems perspective and business practices of the Baldrige Excellence Framework. The builder responds to requests from many organizations to provide a way for them to measure how effectively they are managing cybersecurity risk.
Must my organization use the Cybersecurity Framework to benefit from the self-assessment in the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?
No. While the principles and concepts of the Cybersecurity Framework are used in the Cybersecurity Excellence Builder, organizations with defined cybersecurity practices will be able to assess their maturity level, regardless of the basis of those practices.
Why should my organization use the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?
Using this self-assessment, your organization can
- determine cybersecurity-related activities that are important to your business strategy and critical service delivery;
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- identify priorities for improvement.
Who in my organization should use the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?
The Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder is intended for use by the people in your organization who are concerned with and responsible for mission-driven, cybersecurity-related policy and operations. These people include board and executive management, chief security officers, chief information officers, and risk management personnel, among others.
How can my organization use the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?
Start by completing the Organizational Context. This section asks you to define the organizational environment that informs your cybersecurity risk management program. Discussing the answers to the Organizational Context questions might be your organization's first self-assessment.
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How do the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its Criteria for Performance Excellence currently address cybersecurity?
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Transitioning into an exciting new job role is a big adjustment for anyone. Beyond getting up-to-speed on the nuances of a fresh workplace, making a positive impression among co-workers and upper management—especially in the first six months of being hired—can be critical to pave the way for your future success at the company.
Becoming a valuable asset can set you up for promotions and pay increases down the line, while also showing colleagues you're a reliable and trustworthy team player. If you're a new hire looking to settle in and stand out, these tips will ease you into the process of establishing yourself in a new job and help you get started out on the right foot.
1) Show confidence (without arrogance).
Exuding confidence in your ability to handle important aspects of your new job role will help set others at ease and gradually instill trust. At the same time, take care to do this in a way that doesn't come off as overly confident or arrogant as that can easily backfire and hamper your efforts. Also, it's worth noting that showing confidence doesn't preclude asking questions and getting clarification if you need more information to excel in your given role.
2) Be a strong communicator and team player.
Good communication is a crucial ingredient for success in any workplace. Taking time to keep your boss informed of any key progress you've made or challenges you run into is as useful as establishing open lines of communication to your other colleagues in the office. This can help prevent confusion, errors, and other issues that arise from poor communication.
3) Manage anxiety and uncertainty with grace.
In short: keep it cool. There's no doubt that some aspects of getting acclimated to a new job will be stressful, confusing, and even a little anxiety-inducing. That's normal. How you handle these pressures early on will set the tone for how other perceive your performance. Establish yourself as someone who doesn't panic or crumble under pressure, and do your best to keep a positive, upbeat affect.
4) Acclimate to and understand the office culture.
Your first few weeks on the job are a prime time to soak up as much intel as you can about the established norms among co-workers and upper management in your workplace. Getting a feel for your new office culture will make the task of fitting in much easier, giving you ideas for how to mesh better with the internal social aspects of your new position.
5) Take the initiative with performance feedback.
Showing a willingness to take feedback gracefully and use it to improve on your work is a great way to stand out from the pack. Even if you feel you're doing a good job, take the initiative to ask for a performance review earlier on—and use this opportunity to solicit feedback on how you're doing, what your bosses like about your work, and what areas they feel you could be doing better. Alternately, opening a conversation with your boss about the topic, outside of a more formal review, can also provide useful feedback to help you level-up your effort.
6) Find an office friend.
Making nice with co-workers is an important part of fitting in, but finding a friend at work who can help you ease your way into the groove of a new work environment can make a huge difference. Being genuine is a must, obviously, though it doesn't hurt to make pals with someone in the office who can make your transition an easier one and provide much-needed camaraderie during the workday.