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Aurelia's Story: Fighting Chronic Malnutrition in Peru
Aurelia's Story: Fighting Chronic Malnutrition in Peru
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Tutaya Aurelia Flores lives in Tambobamba, Peru in a community where the Window of Opportunity program is working. In her area, one in 10 children under the age of three is chronically malnourished. She is a 32 year old mother of three children: nine year old Yendi, three year old Estefany, and seven month old Juan Carlos. The father of her first daughter abandoned her, leaving Aurelia to care her first child alone.
"I didn't know how to feed my baby, what foods to offer and how to feed her. Another difficulty I had was that I did not have sufficient resources to buy the products. My daughter got sick several times … Currently Yendi is a bit withdrawn, has difficulties studying, and I'm worried …"
Aurelia sees a difference in her two younger children, Estefany and Juan Carlos, who both had regular visits to the local health post for checkups. Of the boys, she says, "the last two, Estefany and Juan Carlos…are very active and have a good size and weight, because I take them punctually for their controls at the Ccechcca Health Post. They compliment me every time I take them. They say, 'lady you are caring for them and feeding them very well' …"
Aurelia says she is now able to share the duties of caring and feeding her children with her husband. In addition, she enjoys attending the meetings organized by Window in her area.
"I attend meetings and conversations conducted by the post and the Window of Opportunity program that comes to our community. I like to go to these trainings because they teach us to prepare meals for children, and give us guidance on how to feed them, and also teach us how we should wash our hands and other things. When I return to my home I prepare food for my children just as they taught me and do my house cleaning and other chores. We are grateful to the lady at the post and the institutions such as CARE, which have been supportive of us. Thanks to them I think we are changing …"


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China and the U.S., Frenemies Forever
This week China's ruling elite appoints new leaders for the next decade. The incoming president, Xi Jinping, and his colleagues face such fearsome challenges that, in their moment of victory, one almost sympathizes. Understanding their difficulties and calibrating U.S. policy accordingly will be among the biggest tests for the new Obama administration. For everybody's sake, Beijing and Washington both need to do some rethinking.
China's leaders have grasped the scale of their problem, even if not the means to solve it. In his outgoing address as president, Hu Jintao referred directly to the scandals roiling the Communist Party. "Combating corruption and promoting political integrity, which is a major political issue of great concern to the people, is a clear-cut and long-term political commitment of the party. If we fail to handle this issue well, it could prove fatal to the party, and even cause the collapse of the party and the fall of the state."
Whether or not Hu actually believes it, he might be right. The seemingly endless pliability of the Chinese populace may be approaching its limit.
Tainted Loyalties
According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, 50 percent of Chinese now regard corrupt officials as a "very big problem," up from 39 percent four years ago. If you take concerns about food safety as a measure of distrust in government, the picture is worse. Four years ago, 12 percent said tainted food was a very big problem; now it's 41 percent.
The people of China understand they're much better off than they used to be: 70 percent say their living standards are higher than five years ago, and a remarkable 92 percent say they're more prosperous than their parents. But, as you might expect of good communists, they're increasingly preoccupied with inequality: 81 percent agree (either "mostly" or "completely") with the view that "Today, it's really true that the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer."
What the Chinese call "mass incidents" -- strikes and protests of one kind or another -- are on the rise. Sun Liping, a sociologist at Beijing's Tsinghua University (and one of Xi's former university tutors, according to some reports) keeps track: The number doubled between 2006 and 2010 to 180,000 a year. China is a big country. Even so, that's a lot.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is beginning to meet consumer resistance.
Responding effectively to these discontents will be fiendishly difficult. The government must fear -- and if it doesn't, it should -- that starting to unpick the fabric of the state will cause the whole garment to unravel. State-owned enterprises are the crux of the matter. That's where many of the well-connected have enriched themselves. The SOEs are also a main channel of implicit taxation, via monopoly profits, helping both to finance the state and to fuel China's development model of overinvestment and underconsumption.
This, too, is understood by China's leadership. Hu again: "We should ... speed up the establishment of a long-term mechanism for increasing consumer demand, unleash the potential of individual consumption, increase investment at a proper pace, and expand the domestic market." The question is, where to start? The network of power and privilege, with SOEs at the middle, may be unsustainable, but reforming it piecemeal, without disturbing the stability that China's leaders have made their totem, looks close to impossible.
Dangerous Pride
The danger in all this for China's neighbors and hence, directly or indirectly, for the U.S. is obvious. When domestic stresses mount, China's leaders turn up the nationalist pride and draw fresh attention to what they see as the West's centuries-long project to keep China in its place -- not that many Chinese need reminding of that plan. Only 39 percent view their country's relationship with the U.S. as one of cooperation -- down from 68 percent just two years ago.
Nothing matters more for the well-being of the world than peaceful and productive relations between China and the U.S. Both have a compelling interest in getting along well -- and both have governments apt to succumb to the political temptation of saber-rattling. Leading up to the U.S. election, the two candidates confined their discussion of China to competition over who intended the toughest reprisals. Talk like that is absurdly shortsighted.
Certainly America's military strength shouldn't be compromised. China's and America's largest interests, peace and commerce, may be well-aligned, but points of contention exist and conflict is possible. The worst-case possibility needs to be planned for. American diplomacy should nonetheless strive to make it less likely.
To avert catastrophe, Americans must pay closer attention to two points. First, they must keep in proportion America's legitimate grievances with China over issues such as currency policy and theft of intellectual property. Such disputes shouldn't be escalated for domestic political purposes. They're best resolved calmly in the multilateral forums that exist for the purpose, notably the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, in which China submits to the rules like everybody else (i.e., when it has to) and is recognized as a full and equal partner.
True, China has an instinct for abrupt unilateral action when its pride is bruised. In that regard, it's just like the U.S. A little self-restraint on both sides would go a long way.
Second, the U.S. needs to control its disgust for China's intolerance of political dissent. China's record on civil liberties is indeed lamentable (and in the end likely counterproductive, even from the regime's own point of view). But lecturing China on the subject -- let alone folding this issue into broader strategic calculations -- won't advance the cause. America could moderate its appetite for laying down the rules for everybody else by reflecting on the complexity, let's call it, of its own approach to civil liberties when it sees vital national interests at stake.
Above all America and the West should keep in mind what China has achieved for its people in recent decades. What's that? Merely the biggest and fastest rise out of poverty the world has ever seen. No, that doesn't make it all right to put pro-democracy activists in prison. It's nonetheless a stunning achievement, one to respect and admire.


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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Liberal Nomination Season is Upon Us
Over the next couple weeks there are 4, count 'em, 4 nominations.
Oak Ridges -- Markham - May 26, 2009 My good buddy Lui Temelkovski
Mississauga Erindale - May 27, 2009 My other buddy Omar Alghabra
Kitchener Centre - May 29, 2009 Karen Redman?
Kitchener Waterloo - June 14, 2009 Could it be Telegdi again?
Anywho, the speculation begins.
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- Don't Tase Me, Bro! said...
Telegdi I heard is on a sabbatical from politics, so he's not likely returning. As for Alghabra, sure he can run again, he just better do a hell of a better job than that piss poor effort he put into it last time.
- May 24, 2009, 12:08:00 AM
- James Curran said...
Omar lost by 239 votes. hardly a piss poor effort
- May 24, 2009, 12:27:00 AM
- Jennifer Smith said...
Tegledi's out? Noooo!! I would have paid money to watch him take that riding.
- May 24, 2009, 12:54:00 AM
- Don't Tase Me, Bro! said...
Omar won 26852 votes in 2006, compared to Dechert's 23524. In 2008, Dechert won 23863 compared to Omar's 23466. If you do the math correctly, you'll see while Dechert only picked up 339 new votes from 2006, Omar LOST 3386 Liberal votes from last time. Ironically, 3386 was roughly the estimated margin of victory which Omar won by in 2006 on his first election. Obviously based on that evidence, his GOTV operation was not working as well as it should. That's what he needs to improve on.
Let me give you an example of how Omar fell back a bit last time. Bonnie Crombie, the Liberal CANDIDATE, told me she was sending her volunteers to help HIM (Omar, the incumbent) because he was falling behind. When a first time rookie is helping out an incumbent with staffing volunteers, that tells me something was wrong.
- May 24, 2009, 7:27:00 AM
- James Curran said...
What a crock of shit. Omar did WELL in comparative terms to the rest of Ontario. And, with all due respect to Bonnie, that's bullshit. Everyone helped everyone in Mississauga. Bonnie lost 2200 votes for the Liberals in Mississauga Streetsville and the Consevatives actually gained 1% in her riding WITH Wajid as the candidate.
Ruby Dhalla lost almost 4000 votes and nearly lost her riding. Navdeep Bains, who won easily, still lost 6000 votes from the previous election. In Brampton West, Andrew Kania had three weeks to campaign as the party made him fight a nomination contest in the middle of a writ, and we lost 6000 votes from the previous election.
In Oakville, Bonnie Brown lost 5300 votes from the 2006 election. In Etobicoke North, Kirsty Duncan dropped almost 7000 votes from Roy Cullens previous total.
Just wondered if you see a trend here yet BRO.
- May 24, 2009, 7:49:00 AM
- James Curran said...
Hi Jen,
At least Andrew Telegdi stood up last year and voted against that shitty Conservative immigration bill we let slip into a budget that cost us in all the Vancouver and GTA ridings.
- May 24, 2009, 7:53:00 AM
- Jennifer Smith said...
I wrote up a piece on the GTA 'vote drop' stats here. It was the same all over - Liberals stayed home in droves.
- May 24, 2009, 10:11:00 AM
- Don't Tase Me, Bro! said...
Update: apparently according to a source I know from Waterloo, Telegdi's actually running again.
- May 24, 2009, 11:51:00 PM
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New Catholic league should take notice after Butler's upset
INDIANAPOLIS – New Big East, you remember Butler. Send an application form. Fast.
Word is, the seven Big East evacuees are starting up a new basketball league and looking for suitable fresh recruits. Maybe they were watching what the Bulldogs did to top-ranked Indiana on Saturday.
UPSET:Butler stuns No. 1 Indiana 88-86
UNLIKELY HERO:Walk-on Alex Barlow wins it for Butler
BIG EAST:Seven Catholic schools announce official departure
Butler with the upset. Where have we heard that one before?
This time, it was dumping the Hoosiers in overtime. The Bulldogs didn't even do that – beat a No. 1 team – back in the dreamy Final Four days of 2010 and 2011.
But Saturday had Butler's fingerprints all over it. As gritty as it was inexplicable. The Bulldogs survived after three key players fouled out, and the winning basket in the lane came from a 5-11 sophomore walk-on who entered the day with a career scoring average of 0.8.
"You grow up in your backyard with your hoop, dreaming of playing against the No. 1 team, last-second shot, shooting it,'' Alex Barlow said later. "But not in my wildest dream did I think it would be a reality."
PROFILE:Who is Rotnei Clarke?
COACH'S TAKE:Brad Stevens isn't thinking about new conference
What's not to love about these guys? The Atlantic 10 ought to be glad to have them. But for how long?
OK, this wasn't March. "It's a big game for us. That's the No. 1 team in the country,'' guard Rotnei Clarke noted. "But this is a game in December.''
Still. This was Indiana, king of the state. Butler was playing 5 miles from campus, but might as well have been trying to run an offense on Indiana coach Tom Crean's driveway, so Hoosier-heavy was the Bankers Life Fieldhouse audience.
Pay attention, New Big East. Here is what you get with the Bulldogs. One part fairy tale. One part brass knuckles.
They never run out of ways to leave our jaws on the floor. Barlow's heroics are only the latest. No one ever heard of him before Saturday, but he's all Butler.
"Go into Hinkle (Fieldhouse) sometimes at 10 p.m., and you'll see our shooting machine and Alex in there working on floaters and jump shots,'' coach Brad Stevens said. "A bunch of other guys are there, too, but this kid lives in the gym.''
Added Clarke, "These moments are what you work for. The hours you put in the game, they translate over to these games.''
Then there is the Bulldogs' muscle. What was often missed about the Final Four teams and what ought not to be missed now is Butler's willingness to go physical.
Indiana came into Saturday's game fourth in the nation in rebound differential (plus 13.8) and field goal percentage (51.5). The Hoosiers were outrebounded and couldn't crack 43 in field goal percentage.
Shots were clanking. Bodies were flying. Getting to the basket was sometimes like trying to cut through barbed wire. What could be more Big East? And there were moments Andrew Smith absolutely owned the paint against All-American Cody Zeller.
Andrew Smith? That name might not ring a bell, but he is the only player in the country to play in two national championship games, a holdover from 2010 and '11.
"Not many guys in college basketball have done what Andrew Smith has done,'' Stevens said. "Nobody mentioned him in the first 12 minutes of interviews all week, but here's a guy who played in two national championship games. He earned that today.''
Maybe Saturday was never supposed to be an audition, but it should be an easy reminder of what Butler has become.
Yes, one theory holds that the New Big East is interested only in fellow Catholic schools. Xavier and Dayton to start. But if religion is a criteria, this is the holy land of the game. Creating a premier basketball league and not looking at Indiana would be like creating a franchise of pineapple plantations and not looking at Hawaii.
And yes, the Bulldogs have been in the Atlantic 10 for what, three hours? But conference affiliation these days is like Hollywood weddings. Everything is written in pencil.
So Butler should be on the short list.
"I understand all the speculation. I understand all the talk,'' Stevens said in the hallway afterward. "But I'm not privy to it, and I haven't even thought about it or talked about it.''
But isn't it a feat just to be wanted?
"I think feats are what you achieve on the floor.''
Look what his team achieved on the floor Saturday. Surely, the New Big East noticed.


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For 200 years the balance of power among the three branches of government has been preserved through a system of checks and balances that is designed to protect and preserve democracy and equal access to justice. By the proposed amendment in Question 2, some legislators want to upset that balance and politicize the judicial system by giving themselves ultimate control over the manner in which the courts are administered. We believe this dangerous step would undermine the integrity of the judicial process. We urge the citizens of New Hampshire to vote "No" on Question 2, on November 6.
This is how the New Hampshire Constitution currently protects the people:
"In the government of this state, the three essential powers thereof, to wit, the legislative, executive and judicial ought to be kept as separate from, and independent of, each other, as the nature of a free government will admit, or as is consistent with that chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of union and amity." — N.H. Constitution Part 1, Article 37 (1783)
This is what the Legislature wants: "The legislature shall have a concurrent power to regulate the same matters by statute. In the event of a conflict between a statute and a court rule, the statute, if not otherwise contrary to this constitution shall prevail over the rule." — Ballot Question #2 — Proposed Constitutional Amendment (2012)
For 229 years our government has functioned effectively under the guiding principle of separation of powers set forth in Article 37 of the constitution. The drafters of our constitution determined that no branch was ever meant to have the power to administer another branch. And experience has shown that the Legislature has considerable control over the judicial branch through its power to set the court budget and to impeach judges for misconduct.
The current Legislature has proposed that the vital constitutional concept of three separate but equal branches of government, and the delicate balance that is maintained by that separation, be abandoned. It is hard to understand how one branch of government can be considered independent if another branch is given the ultimate authority to regulate it when the two branches disagree.
If this amendment passes, a simple majority of legislators would have the power to run the court system. Should legislators be able to hire and fire court personnel? Should lawmakers decide how the courts are run on a day-to-day basis? Should court administrators report to the Speaker of the House? The President of the Senate? Should politicians be able to assign judges to sit in particular courts or on particular cases? That is where giving the Legislature power over court administration could lead. We wonder if the Legislature would support a constitutional amendment that gives the judicial branch the power of administration over the legislative branch. Of course not. Nor should it.
Over the course of our state and national history there have been countless times when that healthy, constitutionally necessary tension between the branches has seemed to boil over into distrust of one for the other. But time and again, our citizens, legislatures and state leaders have recognized that the answer to those tensions does not lie in changing our constitution to allow one branch to control the other. Rather it is to trust the wisdom of our founders and the experience of our state and country for more than two centuries; to trust our democratic form of government to continue to function effectively under the guiding principles of our constitutions.
Some legislators have very openly said their aim is to control the courts. To take the course proposed by this amendment is to threaten the survival of " … that chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of union and amity."
This is the fourth time since 2001 that the N. H. Legislature has made essentially this same proposal and each of the three previous attempts has failed. We urge you to consider the motives and intent of supporters of this amendment and to vote "No" on Question 2 on November 6th.
Edwin W. Kelly is administrative judge, N.H. Circuit Court; Tina Nadeau is chief justice, N.H. Superior Court' and Douglas Scamman is a former Speaker, N.H. House of Representatives.


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10 reasons Louisville will cut down the NCAA nets
ATLANTA – Louisville is the team to beat. But what if someone does?
There is a Final Four junkyard crammed with favorites who hit the wall on the last turn. So here we have the Cardinals. They have the experience, the talent, the statistics, the coach, and for inspiration, a teammate on the sideline with the most famous broken leg in the Commonwealth of Kentucky since Barbaro.
Kevin Ware – one week a largely unknown reserve guard, the next a spot on David Letterman.
KEVIN WARE:How Louisville teammate touched his heart
RICK PITINO:Coach gets Hall of Fame nod
In honor of his appearance, the top 10 reasons why the Cardinals won't be stopped.
10. Last time they lost a game, you were reminding yourself not to forget ordering flowers for Valentine's Day. That was Feb. 9. The other three teams in town have lost 13 times since Feb. 9.
9. Twelve teams were seeded No. 3 or higher in this tournament. Louisville is the only one still standing.
X-FACTOR:Louisville's quiet giant
8. Neither Michigan nor Syracuse nor Wichita State have a player who has ever seen the inside of a Final Four. All five Louisville starters scored in last year's Final Four, combining for 46 points.
7. The Cardinals have not been behind in the second half in this NCAA Tournament.
6. Rick Pitino has been busy talking his players into thinking they're playing the Miami Heat on Saturday. "What they have done to Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Gonzaga and La Salle is truly amazing," he was saying of Wichita State.
MORE:How Louisville turns tragedy into victory
"He's a great motivational speaker," guard Peyton Siva said. "He sells books on it."
5. There have only been 12 lead changes in their four tournament games – 10 of them the first half against Duke.
4. Michigan might be too young. Syracuse might not have the offense. Wichita State is a dangerous team, but does the following conversation sound like it should come from the locker room of a future national champion?
DEPTH ISSUE:Kevin Ware leaves void
"I had a couple of guys that work on the concourse ask me where Wichita is, which isn't that out of the ordinary for us,'' Shockers reserve guard Ron Baker said Friday. "I answered them and told them it is in the middle of Kansas, kind of in the middle of nowhere. Everybody knows where Kansas is."
3. They're not running away from the role of favorite, as if it was a skunk. "We feel the bulls-eye," Wayne Blackshear mentioned Friday.
"It's a lot of pressure, but pressure brings diamonds," Chane Behanan said. "We're the team they're talking about. Everybody is expecting us to cut down the nets Monday night. We're hoping that, too."
2. Pitino can't get upset the same week he might be elected to the basketball Hall of Fame. That'd be like fate handing him an exploding cigar and lighting it for him.
And the No. 1 reason the Cardinals can't be stopped: They're not playing Kentucky's 2012 team in this Final Four.
Then again, it can't be that much of a lock, can it? That would run contrary to all that this season has been about. It seems rather odd to think of Louisville as a giant, with five defeats. In late February, the Cardinals were ranked ninth in the USA Today Sports poll.
Still, a roll is a roll, and they're on it. Should something bad happen to Louisville, this would be some of the recent company the Cardinals would keep.
It was supposedly their Final Four to lose, too – and they did.
Duke, 1999.
The Blue Devils were 37-1 and the last obstacle was Connecticut. The only players from that school to go to the Final Four had been women. But not anymore.
The 34-0 Rebels were the last team to take an unbeaten record into the Final Four. Where Duke was waiting. Ooops.
Georgetown, 1985.
Everyone understood Villanova would have to be nearly perfect to beat the mighty Hoyas. The Wildcats missed one shot the second half.
Houston, 1983.
The Cougars were so powerful, they had their own nickname. Phi Slamma Jamma. Just one last team to thrash; North Carolina State with 10 defeats and a plucky coach named Jim Valvano.
You know the rest.
This would be the season something messy. Or does the Year of Parity have a dominant steamroller at the end?
"I go back a long, long time ago, when you could pencil in Coach Wooden, Coach Smith, pencil in Kansas, Kentucky, whoever that might be," Pitino said. "And now you can't do that.
"It's a lot of fun for all of us."
We'll see how much fun he's having if Wichita State is going to the championship game.


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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Hollywood Meets Tehran
When there's an international crisis, I know I'd prefer to have Annette Bening and Alfre Woodard on my side – strong women with a reflective presence. I'm not kidding. So it's good to see that they've gone one step further than just talking about peace or acting in movies that make people feel good about themselves. Right now, they're actually in Iran, along with some other senior members of the Academy, as part of what might be considered one of the highest level cultural exchange programs since Ronnie and Mikhail went for a walk by the Ellioaa River.
You may think I'm joking, but I'm not: we've been so used over the past few years to being told that the way to be good citizens is to be suspicious of the rest of the world and go to the mall that the notion of an artistic exchange between Hollywood and Tehran seems nothing short of, well, nothing short of the kind of thing people who want to nurture the bonds that are formed through aesthetic experience would do.
Hopefully – and presumably – the Academy people realise that the exchange should work both ways - Iranian film-makers have produced some of the most indelible and humane cinematic images of the past twenty years – Makhmalbaf's 'Blackboards' nurturing the parallels between vagabond teachers and the birds that swoop above them on their treacherous journey through the mountains (see the astonishing image above for a taster of why there's almost nothing more evocative you could choose to watch tonight), another teacher in '09/11/01' drawing a circle in the dust to represent the clock that allows her pupils to take a minute's silence in honour of the dead in the Twin Towers, the various attempts by the protagonist to make and receive cell phone calls in a place where they don't belong in Kiarostami's 'The Wind Will Carry Us'.
Predictably, the nation's cultural captains have used the visit as an opportunity to denounce what they see as the decadence of US movies – I suppose I can understand people taking offence at the portrayal of Iranian forebears as barbaric in '300' – though I was offended by that film's vision of humanity itself as nothing more than a warrior species, whose bloodlust is not just to be celebrated, but seen as the better part of strength. But those images did not begin (nor will they end) with '300' (despite the fact that the myth of redemptive violence may have first been written down in that part of the world - have a look at The Epic of Gilgamesh).
And, come on, guys, if you're going to be offended by the 'Ayatollah' character in 'The Wrestler' first spare a thought for spandex wearers, peroxide tinters, and stapler afficianados everywhere: the film is riffing on what got US wrestling fans riled in the 80s: are you seriously suggesting that having a guy dress up as an Iranian religious figure who gets his flag broken in a toy fight is less disturbing than burning an effigy of a US President? Could we not just agree that we're all in this satire game together; and sometimes it goes too far?
But this is all bluster when compared to what I'd most like to see come out of the LA tourists' visit to Iran: just as there is more to US cinema than cutting and burning, there's more to Iranian culture than the images evoked by President Ahmadenijad's public pronouncements. There's a profound humanity to cinematic work that has emerged from Iran – whatever else happens as a result of Hollywood plus Tehran, hopefully some more of it will be seen.


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Today's market wants "faster" and "cheaper." In your effort to meet those goals, it's easy to forget some important principles.
Your company has spent considerable time and money acquiring clients, and you work hard to keep them happy. However, it's easy to make mistakes that can cost you those clients. Here are 10 mistakes you must make a conscious effort to prevent.
Mistake No. 1 - Over-expertising. If a job or task is outside your area of expertise, don't do it. Photo 1 illustrates an entire category of work normally performed by unqualified people. Your reputation is one of your most valuable assets, and it depends on quality work. When you don't attempt work you can't do, your clients will appreciate your forthright honesty more than they will appreciate botched work. However, your clients look to you for answers, so don't make this next mistake.
Mistake No. 2 - Failing to network. Suppose you install new lighting in an industrial plant. The client is pleased with your work and asks you to install a new speed door. You've never done a speed door before, and after thinking about the programming, sensor placement and other issues involved, you decline the work. You've been fair and honest with your customer, but you haven't been helpful. Therefore, your client is not likely to think of you as a "first stop" - meaning you will lose both work and the power to refer work to people who can bring you other work. Instead, use your contacts to find someone who can help. Don't just give a referral, be a matchmaker. Take the time to build a list of services any of your clients could possibly ask you about and then find someone who can do each of those services. Meet with those other providers and set up a referral agreement.
Mistake No. 3 - Under-resourcing. Resources make a big difference in productivity and quality. If your engineers design with underpowered computers, your field people lack adequate test equipment and anyone lacks sufficient training, you're at a competitive disadvantage. If you're going to go after a certain kind of work, have the equipment to do the job. This will improve efficiency, on-time delivery, work quality, employee retention and customer satisfaction - which collectively determine a business' survival.
Mistake No. 4 - Under-planning. Sure, you plan each job. But, how do you plan for obtaining capital? Are you looking at industry trends and planning a path to new markets? What are your plans for obtaining and retaining the key talent you need to build a business - or help it survive a raid from a competitor? What about advancement planning - are you grooming a trusted lieutenant to take your place so you can take on new responsibilities and gain greater rewards? If your plan doesn't include employee development, your own career track will suffer.
Mistake No. 5 - Overcommitting. A big project can seem like a blessing, until you can't take care of your regular clients. When that project is done, you have too much staff and not enough work. Other ways of overcommitting include tight scheduling of niche talent, such as your certified thermographer or your controls guru.
Take note of what commitments you make for capital equipment, such as trucks and lifts. Watch where you allocate specialized tools and specialized safety equipment. Some contractors deal with overcommitting by overworking employees, compromising on work quality or simply delivering late on their promises.
If you find yourself overcommitted, it's a good idea to farm out some of the work, hire some temporary help, or renegotiate some completion dates. Then carefully examine how you became overcommitted in the first place and make process corrections to prevent a recurrence.
Mistake No. 6 - Criticizing. Although your projects may be critical, your comments about clients, suppliers or employees should not be. It's a common practice to point out a client's design deficiencies, poor workmanship, housekeeping and maintenance. However, think how you would feel if you and your client reversed roles. There is a better way: what might happen if you point out the advantages and benefits of a proposed fix to one of these concerns? Now you are offering your client something worth buying, and not insulting that client while you're at it.
Criticizing employees is a death sentence to productivity, but pointing out how they can improve their work is productive - especially if you provide training or some other type of help.
Mistake No. 7 - Compromising. The customer isn't always right. The courts have held, in civil and criminal suits, that the client relies upon the contractor's superior knowledge. Thus, if your client insists on design or installation decisions that you know are unsafe, you must decline the work. Photo 2 shows a situation in which several contractors obviously compromised. Would you decline the work or accept the risk?
Mistake No. 8 - Covering a mistake. If you make a small mistake and can correct it quickly, the client probably doesn't need to know about it. However, a major mistake - especially one that compromises the performance, safety, reliability or timely completion of the system or project you are doing - needs the client's attention. By disclosing and discussing the problem, you build trust - and that fosters cooperation. If you present the problem as one needing both parties to resolve it, you can get a surprising amount of assistance from the client. This also works when you ask the client for input on how to resolve a client error in a drawing or specification. The bottom line here is honesty works.
Mistake No. 9 - Slacking on safety. You don't save money by having a weak safety policy. The savings from a strong safety program go beyond just having lower insurance rates and fewer injury-related losses of labor time.
Many corporations now have "floors" for safety records - if you've had too many industrial accidents, they won't consider you. A safety culture is about thinking how to approach your work. This approach increases workmanship and efficiency, which means you get a happier client at less cost. This effect isn't just theory - process industry players like Dow Chemical have documented it for decades.
Mistake No. 10 - Being a bad housekeeper. It's simply not possible to do good work in a messy environment. Rehandling materials and hunting for things you had just a minute ago are classic signs of this. And bad housekeeping has a direct correlation to industrial accidents. To improve your safety record, train your workers to put things away - or at least out of the way - when those things aren't in use. Portable cords are often subject to housekeeping abuse - left on stairways as tripping hazards or left in aisles and damaged by vehicles. It's not good public relations to leave a mess behind for your client to clean up. When you leave a job site, it should look at least as good as when you arrived.
Don't forget the little touches, either - such as preventing and repairing panel scratches. In Photo 3, electricians are installing a panel door they stored behind protective plywood to protect its appearance. This attention to "fit and finish" helps to make the client happy with the purchase. Making your clients happy is what turns one job into many.


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By DAVID GREEN
Fayette's Normal Memorial Library board is moving forward with a levy effort in hopes of increasing revenue following state cuts.
As a school district library, permission for the levy must come from the Fayette Board of Education, and approval was given at the Dec. 14 meeting.
The next step, explained school treasurer Kelly Bentley, is for the county auditor to approve the issue. Finally, the levy request will return to the school board for placement on the May 4 ballot.
The library board seeks a five-year, 0.75-mill operating levy in the May 2010 election. If approved by school district voters, the first collection from the levy would come in May 2011.
Library board president Mike Figgins explained to the school board in October that the levy would bring in about $30,000 annually and cost a typical homeowner less than $15 a year.
The decision to ask for levy approval followed a large reduction in state allocations to libraries. Fayette's state aide is expected to come in $41,000 less than the 2008 level of $152,500.
In mid-September, Normal Memorial Library trimmed 20 hours from the weekly schedule, with evening hours offered only once a week and no Saturday hours. Some Saturday hours have been restored because of a new school program at the library.
Library director Sally Canfield told the school board that the reduction in hours is especially difficult for patrons during tough economic times when internet service is important for job searches. Due to layoffs, many area residents have been forced to cancel their home internet connection.
The vote will be the first attempt for a levy by the Normal Memorial Library board.
BOARD MEMBER—The board met in a closed session to interview two people who expressed interest in serving on the school board. No one filed to replace the retiring Paula Schaffner in the November election so board members will appoint a new member in January.
CUSTODIAL—The board voted to bring back part-time custodian Dana Hanna to clean up after athletic contests and perform other duties.
She was laid off in June due to a budget shortfall, but hiring her on a part-time basis will save the district money rather than paying full-time custodians at an overtime rate.
Hanna will work 20 hours a week through the end of June.
FUNDING—The Ohio General Assembly came to an agreement with Governor Ted Strickland late Thursday to address the state's $851 million shortfall. This cancels the threat of cuts in education spending.
"This is a great relief to school districts in Ohio," Fayette superintendent Russ Griggs said. However, he added, it doesn't address any future budget problems that might arise.


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I need to do the following.
Suppose I have a class A and class B and C are subtypes of A.
I want to implement an ArrayList that contains subtypes of A. But I only want to implement this ArrayList using methods in class A.
I was thinking about using the bounded wildcard, but I could not get it to work.
So, I need something like:
public class MyArrayList<? extends A> extends ArrayList<? extends A> { /** * Return a subtype of A */ @Override public <? extends A> get(int index) { // do something with methods only in A. } /** * Add a subtype of A. */ @Override public boolean add(<? extends A> e) { // do something with methods only in A } }
Also I want to override the methods get and add in ArrayList. So when I use MyArrayList, I expect to do the following.
MyArrayList<B> bList = new MyArrayList<B>(); MyArrayList<C> cList = new MyArrayList<C>(); bList.add(new B()); B b = bList.get(0); cList.add(new C()); C c = cList.get(1);
I could not get this to work. Any ideas how this should be done? Or is this not a good design?


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Three political figures have discovered the key to staying in the public eye long after ceasing to be of any legitimate interest: Associate yourself with a comedy show. You might make a cameo appearance on a satirical show about you, or you might appear as a featured guest of a comedy troupe, or you might just declare war on a popular late-night comic. Any way you slice it, fame will be yours!
Let's start off with the human hairball, Rod Blagojevich, who was famous for about two minutes at the end of last year because he apparently tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for a pack of gum and a lifetime membership at Curves. Blagojevich got thrown out of the Illinois governorship and people thought that might make him go away, but no. First he entertained ideas about appearing on some reality TV show, and when that didn't work out he just appeared in a live comedy showspecifically intended to make fun of him. Now America will remember his name for at least another 35 seconds or so!
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SAN MATEO COUNTY — An Oakland man was arrested by Nevada authorities last week in connection with a January carjacking spree that involved the brief kidnapping of a woman in Half Moon Bay.
Armando Mendoza, 20, was arrested July 25 at his new home in Winnemucca, Nevada, where he relocated after evading police in two stolen cars, one with a scared woman in tow, San Mateo County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said.
Mendoza was extradited back to San Mateo County jail, where he remains in custody without bail.
At about 7 a.m. Jan. 9, sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call from a motorist alarmed by a reckless driver headed west on Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay, officials said. Authorities ran a check of the license plate provided for the red 2006 Dodge Charger and discovered the car had been stolen in Oakland the prior evening.
Within minutes of the report, a sheriff's deputy saw the car pull into a Shell gas station at Highway 92 and Main Street in Half Moon Bay, Rosenblatt said. As Mendoza got out of the car, authorities say, he spotted the deputy and ran into a cemetery on the north side of Highway 92 before disappearing into the early morning darkness.
The deputy sent his K-9 into the cemetery. The dog tracked the man's scent east of the cemetery to Hilltop Mobile Home Park but could not find the suspect. As a precautionary measure, nearby Half Moon Bay High School was locked down and neighborhood residents were told to stay inside their homes.
About 45 minutes later, a woman reported she'd been carjacked in the parking lot of the Hilltop Mobile Home Park. The woman, who was not hurt, told police a man matching Mendoza's description got into her car and forced her to drive to San Mateo, where he got out in the 600 block of Concar Drive and ran away.
An extensive search of the area turned up no sign of the suspect, and though investigators were eventually able to identify him, he eluded sheriff's authorities for more than six months, Rosenblatt said.
County authorities issued a warrant for his arrest and he was taken into custody without incident late last month.
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Previous posts on the NoSql and Raven Series
- NoSql and a life without Schema
- NoSql and a life without schema continued
- Rename a property in RavenDb
- First Touch of RavenDb HTTP API
Other posts by Mauro on RavenDb Subject.
In third post of the series, I dealt with renaming of properties in an entity that has already some instances saved in RavenDB. The solution proposed was based on PATCH commands issued by C# code based on an Index created with RavenStudio, but now that I showed you how to issue HTTP API request, it is time to understand how to issue set-based PATCH commands to modify multiple documents with simple HTTP call.
First of all I want to refresh the concept that a Set-Based operation operates on indexes, thus if you want to PATCH multiple documents at once, you should create an index that identify all the documents you want to PATCH. We already saw how to create an index that identify all Documents of a certain type with C#, but if you want to create an index with HTTP api you can simple issue this Curl command
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the –X PUT is used to specify a PUT request, used to store something in database, the address identifies the name of the index and should respect the mask: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port/indexes/nameoftheindex, –d option identify the body of the request, and it is absolutely equal to the one showed in previous post from RavenDbStudio. The advantage of creating the index with HTTP API is the ability to include it in a simple Batch or script command, without the need to pass from the UI of RavenDbStudio.
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1: curl -X PATCH http://localhost:8080/bulk_docs/PlayersToBeUpdated
2: -d "[{Type: 'Rename', Name: 'Description', Value: 'Background'}]"
The HTTP API command to PATCH documents based on an index is really simple, just issue a PATCH call specifying the index to use and the payload should contain the details of PATCH operation, as described in the documentation. If the index was created only to issue the PATCH command, you can now safely delete it with this call
1: curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8080/indexes/PlayersToBeUpdated
Thanks to three command line HTTP API calls you are able to rename a property for all documents of a certain type in a RavenDb from a simple batch script, that you can include for example in your software setup procedure to update all documents in case of a Property Rename.
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If you are unemployed and/or cant find a better job, the problem may not be the economyit may be you.
Today HR sent me over a batch of résumés in response to a job advertisement we posted on our HR website. We only accept résumés/applications via our website so there is very quick turnaround; people see our ad, apply, and if I wanted to I could get their résumés on the same day; as it happens, today I got all the resumes from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. This position is replacing one of my direct reports so instead of delegating the screening to my assistant, I decided to look at the first round of résumés myself and more closely than I otherwise might. As it turns out, I didnt need to... With barely a glance, I could see that most were unsuitable. Not even one in ten was worth a second look. My recycle bin filled up pretty quickly . . .
Dont people read resume writing books anymore? I do not expect everyone to be a graphic designer or an expert at self-promotion, but most of those résumés I scanned were utter garbage. If I ask for a specific degree and you dont have it, am I going to interview you? No. And where you go to school
matter. University of Phoenix? Around here that will get you laughed at, but it will not get you interviewed. Does your résumé need to be more than two pages? 99% of the time the answer is no. If youve had a job for two months (with no significant accomplishment, training, or results) does it belong on your résumé? I could go on and on . . .
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People expect to be able to walk into a mgmt job out of college - even wiht no related internship or work experience.
I'd hear the same thing all the time at the Univ job center where I worked:
"I want to manage people, and I want to make $55k a year. I have my BA in Communications and I worked 3 years at Harpoon Harry's as a bartender. Why does the job market suck so bad?"
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i've been screeing resumes and it is horrible. some being printed on paper that has scribbling all over one side or on letterhead from some company.
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@ BayGBM: *snicker*
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November 06, 2009, 10:26:40 AM »
I'm amazed that this is even an issue. I have always been disappointed with my peers and their false sense of entitlement.
I know I could personally walk right into a management job and even improve upon it within a short time, but I don't expect anyone to give me the chance just because I'm confident in my abilities.
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November 07, 2009, 07:38:33 AM »
Would it be unethical of me to give preferential hiring to a bodybuilder?
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Quote from: BayGBM on November 07, 2009, 07:38:33 AM
Would it be unethical of me to give preferential hiring to a bodybuilder?
Only if you required him to work in posing trunks and a hardhat or something equally gauche.
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Quote from: brooklynbruiser on November 07, 2009, 02:45:38 PM
Only if you required him to work in posing trunks and a hardhat or something equally gauche.
Would he object if I did? I wonder?
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GayBay strikes again
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Quote from: nzmusclemonster on November 07, 2009, 03:51:44 PM
GayBay strikes again
I wouldn't have anything to strike if there weren't so many of these kinds of images in bodybuilding. Obviously the patrons of these sport want to see guys dressed up like this. Daisy dukes and a hard hat... what a queer combination!
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November 07, 2009, 05:51:12 PM »
I like how, (Leroy Brown??), looks completely pissed off, and wishing he could be doing anything, but shooting for musclegallery.
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November 07, 2009, 09:05:14 PM »
wow a warning would've been nice lol
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^^^this is the proper thread title.^^^
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Quote from: Stubborn on November 07, 2009, 10:08:12 PM
^^^this is the proper thread title.^^^
If I had used
title this thread would be a lot more popular!
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Quote from: BayGBM on November 07, 2009, 10:48:18 PM
If I had used
title this thread would be a lot more popular!
Sadly, you are correct.
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10 common job interview mistakes
1. Not being prepared
There is no excuse with today's technology to go into an interview without doing basic research on the company interviewing you, their executives, products, customers, and competitors.
Make sure you visit the company's website and review it thoroughly. If time allows, request the firm's marketing literature or investor relations' packet. Try to find out where it stands in the market and what its concerns may be for the future.
Check out research databases and business publications, and talk to your friends and colleagues to uncover more information.
2. Not knowing yourself
To be an effective interviewee, you must be able to articulate in a clear, concise, and natural manner what you do and how well you do it.
Make sure you know what sets you apart from other candidates and be specific about what you've done that has made you, your department, and former company successful.
Also, know your background without having to refer to your resume. There is no one better than you to tell your story.
3. Talking too much and saying too little
There is a misconception that the length of your response to an interview question is as important as the quality of your answer. Try to remember that the person sitting across from you has a full day of interviews and other to-dos.
The way to his or her "hiring heart" is to be concise and to the point when demonstrating your knowledge, expertise, and value.
4. Focusing on the past
The projects you worked on and the duties you performed 10 to 15 years ago bring context to your career and the professional you have become, but the skills and traits you now possess are what will be valuable to your new employer.
Concentrate on your current roles, abilities, and experiences.
5. Not listening
An interviewer will guide you toward what they want to know and what's important to them if only you listen!
Sometimes we are so excited or nervous during an interview that we talk without listening. Pay attention to what the other person is saying and make sure to answer all questions fully. If you aren't sure that you did, ask.
And, try to hone in on nonverbal clues as well as the verbal ones to continually assess your audience.
6. Being too humble
Interviews are the place where you are selling yourself and you must be able to do so effectively.
Find a way to get comfortable with tooting your own horn and discussing what makes you special. This is your opportunity to brag a little.
But, and this is very important, do so without being boastful.
7. Stepping out of 'sell mode' too early
We've all been in interviews that are going along swimmingly and we think the job offer is in the bag.
So what do we do? We stop selling ourselves and move into buying mode. We ask about salary, vacation, or benefits.
These topics are all appropriate at the right time, which is when the company is completely sold on you. A lot of opportunities have fallen through because people have stopped selling themselves too early.
Remember, its not over till its over!
8. Low energy or passion
Passion + energy = good impression.
Managers want to hire people who are enthusiastic. It doesn't matter how boring you think your last job was, you can still be passionate about your work, and you need to get that across in your interviews.
Don't speak negatively about your former duties, boss, or company. Put a positive spin on the situation and your job search. This is particularly important for people who have been in the job hunt for a long time or who left their past employers under strained circumstances.
9. Not being realistic
Sometimes we expect our next job to make up for all the shortcomings of our previous positions: salary, benefits, vacation time, management support, career opportunities... but be realistic no new opportunity can undo all the wrongs that you may have experienced in your career.
Be realistic about the company, the job, and what will make you happy. Concentrate on the factors that are most important to you and that are under your control. And, don't make demands that may make you appear unreasonable.
10. Not asking for the job
The interview is winding up and love is in the air. Now it's time to close the deal.
Don't fall down and forget to ask for the job.
It's very appropriate to ask your interviewer how you did and whether he or she needs anything else from you. It's also the right time to reinforce your interest in the position. Make sure they know of your desire to join the firm.
Companies want to make offers to people who are going to accept them. You will advance your chances if the company knows you are going to say yes.
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September 01, 2010, 10:39:14 AM »
Here we go again...
I am hiring again. This morning I downloaded and printed 25 resumes and cover letters. Most of them are going in the recycle bin.
This is actually a finance position but saying "see resume" is not enough! Cover letters matter. Will these job applicants never learn?
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haha imagine going into a job interview dressed like that
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The Worst Mistake You Can Make On Your Resume
by Karen Burns
Fact: Job hunters obsess about resumes. Who wouldn't? There's so much to get right--functional versus chronological, objective statements (pro and con), key words, templates, references, font size, white space, action verbs, employment gaps, placement and style of bullets, typos, and whether to include hobbies (probably a "no" on that last one).
So much, in fact, that we often forget the most important ingredient of a really great, interview-obtaining, new-job-snagging resume: It needs to be written specifically for the job you're after.
Does that mean you have to do a new resume for every single position you apply for? Yes, that's exactly what it means.
Fear not, this is not as laborious as it sounds. You don't have to start from scratch each time. All you need to do is edit--or refocus--your "master" resume to sync with the job in question. How?
--First, read and reread the job description. Study it. Ponder it. Identify the words and phrases the employer uses to describe the position.
--Next, take a look your work accomplishments, certifications, education, and experience. You should be keeping lists of all this stuff. This is the raw data you draw on to craft your resumes and cover letters, too.
--Then ask yourself which of your credentials can honestly be described using the same words and phrases the employer uses in the job description.
--Finally, take those words and phrases and use them to describe yourself in your resume. From this point, all you have to do is plug in info from your master resume. See, it's not a total rewrite. In fact, most of your resume will stay the same. You'll find that customizing your resume gets easier each time you do it.
A few more thoughts to consider:
--If you use a career objective at the top of the page, it should include the exact job title of the position you're seeking.
--Remove experience/qualifications that have nothing to do with the job in question. You want to make it easy for employers to see the credentials they most care about.
--Try to figure out what credentials are of highest importance to the employer and put those first. Pretend you are in the employer's shoes and ask yourself, "What's my biggest need? What's most important to me about this job?" Talk to your mentor and contacts in the field. Try to find people who are already doing the job you want and ask them, "What is the most important part of your job?"
--If your past job titles are ambiguous, overly jargony, or don't obviously relate to the job you're applying for, rephrase them in laymen's terms--in a way that shows how those past jobs qualify you for this new job.
So, what's the worst mistake you can make on your resume?
Failing to customize
. It's a new employment market out there. A cookie-cutter resume just doesn't cut it anymore. You need to show your potential employer that you're applying for this job, not just any job. Good luck.
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December 17, 2010, 07:45:12 PM »
Ya i get the same thing all the time! spelling mistakes you name it. I'm even a bad speller but I take the time to spell check lol
If you cant even do a proper resume, how can I trust you to go the extra mile when I need it?
And your right about how easy technology has made it to get info and learn how to properly present your self.
In my 20's I had to go through and find publications to be informed. Had to look in the dictionary to spell. Now it's just a few clicks away so whats the excuse? I even took up BB originally because I read big men are viewed as more capable and intelligent.
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