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IIES/SNS International Policy Talks is a collaboration with SNS where the mission is to bring insights from leading international economists to the Swedish policy debate. These talks are hosted by the SNS and require prior registration via their website.
Spring 2017
Tuesday February 7 at 08:00, Torsten Persson, IIES
Title: "Who becomes a politician?" (Talk held in Swedish)
Venue: SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18
Thursday June 15 at 09:00, Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh
Title: "Barriers in Women's Careers"
Venue: SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18
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Thursday September 14 at 9:00, Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University
Title: "How Do Social Media and Fake News Affect the Political Polarization?"
Venue: SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18
Thursday October 26 at 9:00, Gabriel Zucman, Berkeley
Title: "On Tax Evasion and Inequality"
Venue: SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18
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- Drop butter onto yams in small dollops. Roast until heated through, glazed, and browned, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes (or 25 minutes if refrigerated). Season with salt and pepper. Mound in bowl; sprinkle with parsley.
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TALLAHASSEE | Having agreed on most of the spending in a $75 billion state budget, Florida lawmakers have until Tuesday to handle final details, including the last $100 million in tax cuts.
The legislative session ends Friday and Florida law requires a 72-hour "cooling off" period before a final vote is taken on the budget.
Lawmakers agreed to pay raises for some state workers, but not for the majority of them. Legislators signed off on a proposal to boost spending on public school students, but still not enough to reach the levels in place right before the recession forced a wave of spending cuts. There is also money in the budget to hire more child protective investigators.
There is money to help the state's beleaguered springs and to start work cleaning up and restoring Indian River Lagoon. Excess water and pollution levels rose in the water body last year after the Army Corps of Engineers diverted water away from Lake Okeechobee during rainy season.
"I feel like it's a really strong budget I feel we can be proud of," said Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and the Senate budget chief.
Left undone: School and college construction projects and details directing the agencies how to spend the money.
Florida legislators entered their annual session with a projected $1.2 billion surplus due to the state's recovering economy. The Republican-controlled Legislature already has passed a nearly $400 million rollback in annual auto registration fees that was a top priority of Gov. Rick Scott.
Lawmakers plan to pass an additional $100 million in tax cuts this week. It appears likely that legislators will at least endorse a three-day back-to-school sales tax holiday for shoppers.
The budget surplus emboldened both Republicans and Democrats to seek money for dozens of hometown projects. Negotiators, for example, agreed to set aside $2 million for a 1,000-foot Miami observation tower called SkyRise Miami being built by a private developer. The state money, however, will be contingent on documentation that the project will generate $400 million in private investment.
The Florida Senate agreed to back off a contentious proposal to split the Florida A&M University and Florida State University engineering college. Instead, the state panel that oversees the university system will spend $500,000 on a study to look at whether the split is feasible.
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Explore this position and the application instructions via your BTT Gateway account, Job ID 8751
Description: Challenge yourself as a leader of a 5-person crew while conducting critical conservation work in some of the Southwest's most beautiful areas. Participate in our Fall program based out of Reno, NV or year-round program out of Las Vegas, NV. Serve from the mountains of Nevada to the vast landscapes of the Great Basin and Mohave Deserts. The NCC is looking for experienced Crew Leaders to tackle day-to-day responsibilities of crew life. Long-term and seasonal openings are available.
You will lead four AmeriCorps Crew Members while building trail, running chainsaws, or performing other restoration projects on public lands in some of Nevada's most beautiful locales. You will coordinate with agency partners and collaborate with peers to see that project goals are accomplished safely and efficiently. Based on your specific project you will be camped in the field with your crew on either 4-day or 8-day "tours" often in primitive and remote locations and will responsible for facilitating a healthy and cohesive community within your crew.
Different than any other professional experience you could imagine, being a Crew Leader with the NCC is a full-time commitment where you will always be a resource to the members serving with you both while on service project sites or back at camp after a long day. Both preparing for and leading a crew requires unwavering dedication, and a willingness to put the needs of others first. Successful applicants will demonstrate dependability, excellent judgment, and high standards. We are looking for individuals who will lead by example and be a role model for the members who join our program. Though this position is challenging, the rewards are abundant and the bonds forged with your crew, peers and with the outdoors will last a lifetime.
• Living Allowance: 450-hour = $4,000 900-hour = $8,000
• AmeriCorps Education Award*: 450-hour = $1,468 900-hour = $2,775
• Student Loan Forbearance**
• Paid Interest Accrual**
• Daily field per diem
• Health Insurance Option on 900-hour contract
* AmeriCorps Education Award may be used for past, present or future educational expenses.
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Schedule & Location:
450-hour = August 25, 2014 — November 24, 2014
900-hour = August 25, 2014 – February 26, 2015
NCC crews have a changing schedule typically working 10 hour days (7:00 AM to 5:30 PM); Member could be on a 4/3 (4 days on; 3 days off) or an 8/6 (8 days on ; 6 days off). Crew Leaders must be present for Crew Member orientation from Tuesday, September 2 – Friday, September 5, 2014.
450-hour Crew Leaders will serve based out of the Reno, NV office. 900-hour Crew Leaders will serve based out of the Las Vegas, NV field station.
Supervisor(s): NCC Staff (NCC Program Director, NCC Associate Program Director, Crew Coordinator and Training and Education Coordinator)
Projects May Include: Trail building and maintenance, exotic species removal, forest thinning, habitat restoration, riparian and desert rehabilitation, fence building, erosion control, fire rehabilitation, and illegal road decommissioning.
Essential Duties:
• Exemplify strong work ethic, professionalism, and sound judgment
• Lead young adults on a variety of challenging conservation projects
• Understand and abide by all NCC policies and procedures; ensure all safety protocols followed
• Maintain a positive and professional attitude at all times; be able to boost crew morale
• Effectively communicate with NCC staff, partnering agencies, peers, and crew members
• Coordinate project logistics with agency partners, Crew Coordinator, and peers
• Work alongside members to complete project goals
• Provide clear and consistent feedback to crew members
• Teach, instruct and support members in trail building, chainsaw use, and other project/NCC specific tasks
• Engage members in an active crew life
• Facilitate weekly crew meetings and debriefs
• Transport crew and equipment safely in NCC trucks
• Manage and maintain crew gear, tools and other various NCC/agency equipment
• Complete weekly reporting of accomplishments
• Uphold NCC and AmeriCorps standards of work production and quality
• Support and manage crew meal planning
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Qualifications:
• US Citizenship or Permanent Legal Residency
• At least 18 years of age
• Must pass a 3-part background check (Federal, State, and National Sex Offender Public Registry name check); ANY past criminal convictions must be disclosed
• Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award (limit of four in a lifetime or the equivalent of two full-time education awards)
• Clean driving record (must qualify to drive GBI Vehicles)
• Current driver's license
• High School diploma or GED certificate
• Eligible to receive an AmeriCorps education award
• Physical ability to work long days, in adverse conditions, on labor intensive projects
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to adapt to changing project and schedule expectations
Desired Qualifications:
• Previous leadership experience with youth or young adults
• Experience working with a Conservation or Youth Corps
• Camping/backpacking experience
• Experience constructing recreational trails; chainsaw operating experience
• Familiarity with basic conservation skills including tool maintenance
• Receptive to feedback; able to communicate challenges
• Ability to create and facilitate a positive experience for crew


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Moments after announcing he wouldn't testify in his own defense, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich propped one foot up on a courtroom bench and began signing autographs. It lasted all of four spectators before the marshals stopped the fanfare in the courtroom on the 25th floor of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Leaning back in his chair, Blagojevich's co-defendant, his older brother Robert, looked on sternly from behind the table where he and his own lawyers sat. While the ex-governor has been the center of the legal action, the story is really one of two brothers and, in a way, the deterioration of their relationship. Indeed, Robert Blagojevich, in an aside to TIME, referred to his "pre- and post-indictment" life with his only sibling.
"It has been a cataclysmic change," Robert said during an exclusive interview with TIME. "We have found out who our real friends are and who aren't. But I'm a half glass full person. The worst part of this experience was waiting for the trial. It's a rollercoaster." But brotherly love was already strained by then. "We were close up until the point when he asked me to come up and help him on the [Friends of Blagojevich] campaign fund," says Robert, referring to the moment in August 2008 when, at Rod's request, he accepted the job of heading the governor's political money-raising program. When asked whether he'd take the position if it was offered today, Robert says, "Given what I know now? No."
Amid the trial, the brothers have barely acknowledged each other in the courtroom. While Rod jokes with the spectators, shaking hands and signing autographs, Robert can usually be found staring off into space, his lips pursed. Robert Blagojevich has been charged with five counts of wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and bribery conspiracy; he faces 90 years and $1.25 million in fines if convicted. His brother, the ex-governor, faces racketeering, wire fraud, bribery and extortion charges which could amount to 415 years and $6 million in fines, if convicted. Among the charges: that Rod Blagojevich attempted to benefit from his right as governor to name a successor to Barack Obama's Senate seat. The brothers have separate legal teams.
Earlier this week, Robert spent two very tough days on the stand in what many thought would be a preview for the key moment or performance of the trial: the testimony of the disgraced governor. But, on Wednesday, Rod Blagojevich's legal team said their client would not be testifying and rested their case without calling a single witness. "The government hadn't proven its case," they said over and over again as reporters pressed them for an explanation.
Their client was more expansive. "I've said from the beginning I did nothing illegal," the ex-governor declared from the media pit on the first floor of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. "The government played some of the tapes [of closed-door discussions with aides, wiretapped by the FBI]. In the tapes the government played, they didn't prove anything... I did nothing illegal. In fact, they proved I sought the advice of my lawyers and my advisers," he continued. "They proved I was on the phone talking with them, brainstorming about ideas. Yes, they proved some of the ideas were stupid. But they also proved some of the ideas were good."
Robert Blagojevich may wish he had never decided to run Friends of Blagojevich, but he still says it is "likely" he will eventually have a good relationship with his brother again. Some observers say, however, that he has already given a great gift to his sibling by taking the stand first. Robert responded both combatively and defensively to cross-examination by U.S. Attorney Chris Niewoehner, the two men sparring back and forth. On Robert's first day on the stand, Niewoehner grilled him about a conversation taped on Nov. 5, 2008, where Robert can be heard apparently urging his brother to "horse-trade" with then president-elect Obama to stop the federal investigation into the governor. "That's what you wanted to have happen?" Niewoehner asks. "As a brother, of course I did!" said Robert Blagojevich, growing indignant on the witness stand.
Experts speculate that Robert's taking so much heat on the witness stand may be one of the reasons the ex-governor opted out of testifying. Prosecutors and defense teams are always evaluating who can best tell the story, who will best stand up under cross examination, says Daniel Purdom, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago and a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson who runs the national White Collar Criminal Practice Group for Chicago. The fact that Robert performed well under pressure may have convinced Rod's team that they did not have to risk their client on the stand.


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New DXG-566V HD Camcorder is Priced at Only $149
City of Industry, CA, January 4, 2008 - DXG USA (www.dxgusa.com), one of the fastest growing digital camera manufacturers, announced today that it will debut the first DXG-branded low-cost high-definition camcorder at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held January 7-10, 2008 in Las Vegas. Priced at only $149.99, the DXG-566V HD is a 5 Megapixel digital camcorder with a large 3" TFT LCD screen. It records video in high-definition at a price that's well within everyone's reach. With an HD video resolution of up to 1280 x 720 at 30fps and D1 resolution of 720 x 480 at 30fps, videos are crystal-clear, crisp and detailed.
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Noonameena and The Coorong is about 2 hours drive from Adelaide and was made famous in the movie "Storm Boy"featuring windswept sand dunes, abundant birdlife (most notably a pelican called "Mr Percival") and the saltwater lakes and wetlands. It is a place for contemplation, solitude, silence and communing with nature.
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Brandon Town Players kick off holiday season with a cabaret
BRANDON — The Brandon Town Players will present a Holiday Cabaret evening with readings of four holiday programs from the 1940s on Friday and Saturday, Dec.
BRANDON — The Brandon Town Players will present a Holiday Cabaret evening with readings of four holiday programs from the 1940s on Friday and Saturday, Dec.
The Vermont State Auditor's recent report entitled "Structural Weaknesses and Questionable Gains by Vermont's Remote Worker Grant Program" not only raises questions about the design and efficacy of
On Saturday, Dec. 7, we as Walden students at Vergennes Union High School will once again participate in the John Graham Shelter's sleepout to end homelessness.
I recently attended a Wild Forest gathering at the SHO Farm in Huntington. On the way to the meeting I heard on NPR the latest news on the climate crisis we are in.
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RIPTON — In February 2013 work to install snowmaking at Middlebury College's Rikert Nordic Center was completed.
VERGENNES — On Nov. 24 Vergennes police took a step to warn vehicle owners that the city's winter parking ban was set to begin this past Sunday, Dec. 1.
SHOREHAM — Roger John Mason, born Oct. 12, 1949, died in the early hours of Nov. 28, 2019, at his home in Shoreham, Vt., surrounded by family.
BRISTOL — Keith Ayers passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord on Nov. 21, 2019, at the age of 79, surrounded by his loving family.
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Life has seemed, or always seems, a bit of a whirlwind of late. Been trying to post this Musings since being back from visiting my mother in Colorado. I always love visiting Colorado for a number of reason, obviously surrounding my family. Apart from my mother, the one I have had the blessing of enjoying the longest is my brother George. He turned 70 years old this year. As I watched him, I realized, yet again, how very fast time passes and how we must make the best of it. In many respects, I feel very young, until I look in the mirror.
"We are better to be without God's laws than the Pope…I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause the boy who drives the plow to know more of the Scriptures than you." William Tyndale
October 6th marked the anniversary of William Tyndale's martyrdom. Tyndale was a confident, bold, and fearless theologian and scholar who translated the Bible into an early form of Modern English, likely with Luther's help in Wittenberg. It is so easy to take for granted the men and women who gave their lives for the preservation of God's word.
If you want to learn more about this amazing man, you can check out out a blog post Jenny wrote on Tyndale. It is really good.
Isaiah 26:3–4 (ESV) — You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
I am appreciating the value of reading and meditating on God's word more than ever. At the same time I am greatly convicted of how little of it I do. I want to read more and yet I find so much busyness in my life that I fall short. I am determined to not let it be so. There are such wonderful things that come about, when we read and meditate on the Word of God, it keeps our minds "stayed on him," and when our minds are fixed on the Lord, we find great peace.
"A warmer breeze fans the sailor's face as he nears the shore of immortality; fewer waves ruffle his sea; quiet reigns, deep, still and solemn. From the altar of age the flashes of the fire of youth are gone, but the deepening flame of sincere feeling remains."
I wish I would have considered the brevity of life while I was younger. I might have spent it differently, rearranged my priorities, and took more time to consider the things that really matter. It is never too late to start doing that.
"Is there any way in which she (wife) holds me back? Only in the sense in which that's what marriage is about, tying yourself to someone saying, 'I'm going to live in a way that serves you, I'm going to live in a way that honors you, I'm going to let go of some of my preferences, I'm not going to make some of the choices I would rather make, because I love you."
As you know, Tim Challies is featured in my Musings and Miscellany (formerly Monday Musings & Miscellany 🙂 I subscribe to his blog and recently through this video found out that he is no longer able to type due to a medical condition in his wrists. So, rather than slip into a funk, he posted a video which I really enjoyed watching, and was both challenged and encouraged.
Challies speaks of an encounter he had with a salesperson at the camera store where he purchased some equipment to make these videos and when interrupted by a call from his wife, the salesperson made a comment in reference to his "wife calling" referring to her as "The Ole Ball and Chain." I absolutely love what Challies has to say and wholeheartedly agree. I was so encouraged by what he said and thankful for Jenny. I realize that some may not see their spouse in this way, to which I would suggest taking some time for some personal reflection to see what you might be doing to cause her to be any less than a support and an encouragement to you. I know that when I begin to think of Jenny being an obstacle to anything I do, it is generally because I have a wrong sense of the reason God created marriage in the first place. The sooner I repent, the sooner I get to that good place of appreciating her for the gift she is.


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Check out a sampling of our most recently launched chiropractic websites below.
Grand Blanc Chiropractor
Dr. Charles Jackson
Jackson Chiropractic
2455 E Hill Rd
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
Phone: (810) 695-4090
Fax: (810) 695-6690
Jackson Chiropractic offers residents of Grand Blanc, Flint and Davison quality chiropractic care using Pro-Adjuster, Cox Flexion-Distraction and Laser techniques.
New Westminster Chiropractor
Dr. Wayne Jakeman
Heritage Wellness Center
630 Fifth St
New Westminster, BC V3L 2X9
Phone: (604) 522-1622
Fax: (604) 524-0486
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College serves Westminster, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey and Vancouver residents with Torque Release, Diversified and Gonstead chiropractic techniques.
San Antonio Chiropractors
Dr. Hollis Helms and Dr. Brandon Grimm
Thousand Oaks United Chiropractic
2235 Thousand Oaks Dr, #111
San Antonio, TX 78232
Phone: (210) 490-3555
Fax: (210) 490-3577
Dr. Hollis Helms and Dr. Brandon Grimm of Thousand Oaks United Chiropractic offer Diversified, Activator Methods®, Thompson and Flexion-Distraction adjusting methods. Spinal Decompression and Physical Therapy are also available.
Redondo Beach Chiropractor
Dr. David Starr
234 S Pacific Coast Hwy, #202
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 316-1613
Fax: (310) 372-2932
David Starr D.C. serves the Redondo Beach, Pacific South Bay and Hermosa Beach families with corrective chiropractic care for over 20 years.


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Whimsy Stamps July Release Day 4
Hello and welcome to Day 4 of our June Rubber & Die Release Showcase!
On Wednesday (25 July) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, new Shapeology dies and new Shape EZ by TLC. From then until 31 July the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today's hop!
Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.
To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 1 August.
For my sample today I chose the gorgeous new Li'l Montana image. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock,. It was cut and embossed with the second largest Label Eight die. It was colored with Copic Markers (Skin: E50, E51, E53 Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9 Shirt: BG10, BG11, BG34 Pants/Dog: C00, C1, C3 Flowers and leaves: Y15, Y!7, Y38, G21, G24, G28 Basket: E31, E35, E37 Ground: W0, W1, W3, W5, W7).
The image was was masked. Additional mask were cut with Spellbinders Whimsy dies and adhered over the label. The image was airbrushed and the clouds were colored with Copic Markers(W00, W0, W1). The edges of the image were stitched before it was adhered to white cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Decorative Label Eight Nestabilities die (I can't stop using it!). That layer was adhered to a 4 1/8″ x 11″ piece of light blue cardstock, that had been folded in half.
Part of a sentiment from Raindrop Echo Design's new A Touch of Furniture was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the second smallest of the Standard Circle SM Nestabilities dies. It was adhered to the upper left hand side of the image layers. Three Rhinestones from the Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones under the sentiment finish off the card.
To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below…
Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield
Michele Roos
Stephanne Maraver
Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations! Have a wonderful Saturday!
Hugs and smiles
41 Responses to "Whimsy Stamps July Release Day 4"
WOW.. So Cute.. And the clouds look so real.. FAB colors and Coloring and I LOVE the frame… It is Stunning… So Detailed and Beautiful… :o)
What a cute card
hugs Linda
Oh such a pretty card love the way you've coloured it in those clouds are fantastic 🙂
Oh such a great card! I love your coloring and those clouds are just so so pretty; makes a great scene for this gorgeous image!
Awwww, so Beate-iful!! Your colouring is gorgeous!!
hugs, stephanne
Gorgeous card ♥♥
Stunning card, love the cute image. Hugs,Moni
Oh Beate this one is so sweet. Love the image and your coloring is fabulosu. I really love the soft colores. Hugs! Mojca
So beautiful.Adorable image coloured to perfection.Love it.Hugs Debbie x.
WOW this is Beautiful!! Love the soft coloring and those clouds–STunning!!!!! Simple but eye catching with a touch of elegance 🙂
So Beautiful card!
God Bless 🙂
So pretty! Love the colors you chose..and the die cut is beautiful!
Fabulous coloring, love the clouds and stitching! Great Job!
Gorgeous card, Beate! I love all the diecuts and the wonderfully colored image!
Wow, so many details. Love the stitching and your coloring, also like the choice of colors
Beate your card is gorgeous but your colouring really makes it so much better. Thanks so much for telling us what markers you used.
What an adorable card and I love how you colored her with the darker hair and white pants, tfs
This is stunning! Love your colouring!! HUgsxx
Love the card! I love how you did the backdrop of the image!
Very pretty card and lovely colouring. Amazing stitching! You must be a seamstress as well. I love the pretty spellbinder lacy border. No wonder you use it a lot. It's a great edging.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
What a pretty card – that image is gorgeous!
Sweet card and image. Love how you framed the image.
This whole card is absolutely gorgeous!!
gorgeous card……
Awww, adorable Beate!
Loooooove this image and you colored it beautifully! Love that decorative nestie, too!
OMGOSH! What a gorgeous card … And I just have to have that nestabilities die!! Such pretty colours and the card itself is just stunning …
This card totally gave me a case of the smiles! That image is so adorable, and you are a coloring goddess, my friend! Oooohhh….almost forgot – that die is gorgeous! It's on my wish list for Santa! Thank you for always inspiring me to create 🙂 Hugs…
Very sweet card–I like the die you used.
Absolutely delightful card, love this cutie image and beautifully designed. I can see why you use the relevant spellbinder die so often, it is gorgeous.
Kim xXx
Just an adorable stamp. I love your background. The dies are just wonderful.
Hugs, Patricia
Gorgeous card!! Love it, thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Wow, this is gorgeous, Beate!! I know I say this a lot, but it's true!! Your coloring is AMAZING!! The clouds look so real and the image is just fabulous!! What a beautiful card!! I hope you have a great week 🙂
A Mermaid's Crafts
love the sky you created. darling card, Beate!
Gorgeous card, Beate…your colouring is as beautiful as ever! x
that is such a cute stamp and terrific coloring, love the colors you have chosen and the great work on the sky!
Oh Beate, she's darling!! Love the fancy die you used to frame her too!!!
Beate, this is so cute! Gorgeous coloring as always and I love the CAS design!
Wonderfully done adorable card Beate!! Love it.
Sorry have not been around for a while, been a bit under the weather, but have been seeing all your terrificc cards, just not up to doing much typing!! But still looking and Love them all.
Take care,
Big Hugs
Stopping by to say hello and missing your posts! I hope that all is well with you and your family! Wishing you a happy day!
Barbara Diane
Oh my goodness, what a sweet image! And so fabulously colored! 🙂
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It's been great to get some excellent feedback from our clients, it really is valuable
That's how this update came about…
A couple of weeks ago we sent out a survey to all our clients asking them for feedback on Workshop Software. We received a whole host of valuable stuff, it was great!
This update has 4 new features added to workshop software that will make your business even more profitable and streamlined.
It includes a new Follow-up feature to get more clients and provide better customer service. There is a much better and quicker way to add new products while doing an invoice, and there is a new "Searchable Tag" for a product to make finding those products even easier. It also includes a new report and updates to how you access our support team.
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MRBC was delighted to host the 2017 Macedon Ranges Business Conference on in May at the Kyneton Town Hall.
2 days of workshops conducted by Small Business Victoria to suit the new or established business.
If you're interested in more MRBC events, check out our events page and
be sure to join our mailing list (see bottom of home page).
Also keep you informed via our facebook, instagram (mrbusinessconnect) and this website!
MRBC is about learning more about you and your business, building and strengthening connections
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Get on board in 2018!
Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade
I encourage local small businesses to get along to the Macedon Ranges Business Conference which features a great program of events to help your business thrive and grow.
Whether you are thinking about starting a new business or want to hear how you can improve your business practices, this conference has something for everyone.
Small business are the backbone of our economy and the Victorian Government is working hard to help them grow by lowering payroll tax, cutting red tape and delivering support services across the state.
I congratulate the Macedon Ranges Business Connect and and Macedon Shire Council on the great work they are doing in conjunction with Small Business Victoria to deliver this important event.
The SMALL BUSINESS BUS will be available both days of the conference for a free one-on-one mentoring service, by direct appointments only.
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Nearly 100 outreach workers and volunteers searched Nashville overnight Thursday and into Friday morning to assess how many people are experiencing homelessness in the city.
The annual Point-In-Time (PIT) count – federally mandated by HUD and implemented by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency – attempts to count those unsheltered and sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing and Safe Havens on a single night in January. The data will be used when Davidson County requests federal dollars to help the city's homeless population.
The volunteers spent the evening searching alleys, parked cars, encampments, behind dumpsters and under bridges. Nashville's shelters provided their own counts. Data of age estimation, gender and location was also recorded.
Mayor Megan Barry speaks to volunteers gathered at Nashville Rescue Mission before the Point-In-Time count begins.
Mayor Megan Barry joined an outreach for the first time, searching the downtown area with other volunteers.
"A lot of the stuff we do in my office is focused on our unhoused. Having a better understanding of what that looks like is good for me and my team," Barry, a former member of the Metro Homelessness Commission, said.
Volunteers from Open Table Nashville, Street Works, Nashville Cares, Park Center, the VA, and Fisk and Vanderbilt Universities took part in the count. Some handed out donated supplies like blankets, flash lights, water and dog food.
More than 2,300 people are experiencing homelessness in Nashville, according to the last PIT. Homeless advocates and outreach workers have disputed that number, estimating the actual number is closer to 22,000. They say the number is much higher when those living in hotels or "doubled up" with family and friends are included; the PIT does not count those in its definition of homelessness.
Judy Tackett, interim director of Metro's Homelessness Commission, said she recognizes the scope of data is limited to a one-night count, but she believes the numbers will play an important role in building a "housing crisis resolution system."
"My focus this year is to come up with where are we, and if we're not sure what the picture is based on the databases we have," Tackett said. She added that additional databases are necessary to get an accurate count on how many people are experiencing homelessness in the city. "We recognize the PIT is the PIT; it's not the whole picture," she said.
A recent report based on the last PIT number indicated that chronic homelessness in Nashville spiked 10 percent between 2015 and 2016. Metro attributed that number to "more skilled outreach workers" collecting data.
The 2017 PIT data collected is due to HUD by April. MDHA said it will release the numbers to local groups "when it feels comfortable" with what it has compiled.
Cover photo: Volunteers were given maps of their areas to record data of those experiencing homelessness.
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Ok what better way to motivate me to get back into my reading than a good old fashioned list?
Better yet I'll post it here so that everyone can see it so I can't back out!
"Summer" books are always a bit tough for me because normally they involve light hearted romance and I've never been a massive fan of romance books. They're normally far too predictable and mushy for me but regardless in an attempt to branch out I have started to read some more lighthearted books as a way to let myself relax after reading a few too many thrillers in a row.
Who knows maybe I'll enjoy an odd romance story too.
So books that I'm hoping to read over the summer (keeping in mind that I should still be working on my 2018 tbr list) are:
The Godfather – I know let's start off with something as far away from lighthearted romcom as possible. This is just one of those I wish I'd remembered to put on my list for 2018.
The Snowman – Again another one that really I wish I had just put on my 2018 tbr list. Not exactly what I'd call a summer read but I feel this might be easier to read when a lighter night is involved.
Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe – this is more summer read style. Surprisingly I read a Christmas themed book by the same author and enjoyed it even if it was slightly mushy at points. Might as well give it another go in a different season.
Stockings and Cellulite – Again I managed to find another book that seems like quite an easy yet enjoyable read.
The Foster Child – I'm not good with books that focus on kids and this seems like a bit of a creepy one so maybe the lighter nights will help me get through this one.
I also plan to finally finish my current read of The Summerhouse by the Sea
Let's see how I manage with this. Hopefully I get a good chunk of these done and dusted!
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Mixed Doubles State Championships
August 23 - 25, 2019
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Weather Update as of 6:30AM, Sunday August 25th:
The courts at Champions Club are drying and matches are on schedule.
All players advancing to the USTA Tennessee State Championships will be charged $37 dollars per person for the championship entry fee if registered by August 16, 2019. Entry fees after August 16, 2019 will be $60. No entries will be allowed after August 20, 2019 without Championship Committee approval.
Players must be registered in TennisLink and registered for the championship event in order to participate in the State Championships.
Any team defaulting a court at the Tennessee State League Championships without prior approval from the Championship Committee will be fined fifty ($50) dollars per defaulted court.
Each advancing team must send a deposit check to the State League Coordinator in the amount of $250.00 immediately following the end of the area local season. Checks are made to USTA Tennessee.The deposit will be disposed of at the conclusion of the championship matches.Teams withdrawing from the championships after the tentative schedule is posted (one week prior to event) having multiple defaults and or/teams leaving the championships early are each factors that will result in forfeit of the deposit.


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Nice dinner is inconceivable without drinks: wine, fruit juices, aperitifs, coffee and others. A properly selected drink will emphasize taste of food and ensure success of housewife. All drinks are divided into cold and hot, alcoholic and soft beverages. There are very useful drinks which are easy to cook even in domestic conditions and can be drunk during the day without fear of gaining weight.
In the summer heat recipes of refreshing drinks become particularly relevant. During this season doctors and dieticians recommend to cook and drink cold beverages which recipes will help you to overcome hot summertime with profit to your health. Refreshing drinks are orange juice, lemonade, non-alcoholic beverage mojito, drinks cooked of cranberry, rosehip and many others. During the cold season hot drinks will be more appropriate: cocoa, chocolate, spicy gluhwein or grog.
For a holiday or feast it`s also possible to cook something unusual and interesting. Lemonade is one of the most popular cold drink that frequently contains peppermint. Drink recipes prepared with peppermint and lemon are recommended for children.
Main peculiarity of alcoholic drinks recipes is their taste. Such drinks can be cooked in domestic conditions according to the highest standards using the natural ingredients. Recipes of alcohol drinks can be very easy or more complicated which preparing is accompanied by fermentation process. Domestic alcohol drinks include infusions, wine and many others. They can be drunk separately or used for preparing cocktail. Recipes of coffee drinks allow to cook beverages with unmatched taste and flavor using milk, spices and cream. Green tea helps to burn calories faster in a natural way. Besides, it doesn't contain any additives and chemicals. Drinking several cups of green tea will improve your well-being and look. Fruit and vegetables juices help to lose weight and avoid dehydration. Thus, pumpkin juice facilitates slimming, helps to get rid of toxic substances and improve state of skin. Juice made of spinach, carrot and tomato juice are real dietary drinks. Drink recipes for those who keep to a diet include grapefruit and lemon juice. In other words, it`s possible to choose a drink according to your taste, gain strength and charge by energy of fruits.
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As part of my goal to finish this book by the end of the summer (still technically a possibility, but right now not looking too likely) I have been saving my writing energies for the book, rather than a blog. How do those daily bloggers DO IT? Some of them don't write anything else and therefore can pour all their energies into their blog, but some are prolific novelists, screenwriters, TV writers...it boggles the mind. I seem not to be too capable of multi-tasking. Which is interesting, because I have "multi-tasking" on my resume. (Everybody does! It's required!)
Okay, the thing that stimulated this post. I have noted with interest the proliferation of readers of the Stieg Larsson books: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc. I first read about these books about a year ago, with rave reviews. I have seen many, many people on the subway reading this book. (When multiple subway readers have the same book, you know it's a phenomenon. See: Harry Potter, Twilight.) It's now in magazines, newspapers, was made into a foreign language film and is being made into an English-language film (possibly with Brad Pitt. One word: miscasting.)
I picked up a copy of the first book about a year ago, right before heading on a trip. I had a B&N gift card, and wanted something really good. (I used to be a huge book buyer, but space and money constraints have made me more cautious of late. No more buying books... that aren't *really good*.)
Reader, I couldn't finish it.
I am not squeamish. I grew up in a doctor's household, and gross medical tales at the dinner table were the norm. Our family now has 2 dermatologists and a periodontist, so the gross tales have multiplied. And I love them. I don't mind gory TV, pictures of open, ulcerated, weeping sores...rashes and gashes...broken bones...surgery. The only kind of surgeries I can't watch on TV are surgeries I've actually had--I saw Little Shop of Horrors shortly after having my 12-year molars removed and couldn't do the Steve Martin dentist scene (my periodontist brother now dresses up as that dentist for Halloween); I saw Minority Report shortly after one of my many Lasiks and couldn't watch the eye surgery stuff. But gore doesn't bother me. (Little g- gore. Actually, Al Gore doesn't really bother me, either.)
Here's what bothered me: unmitigated sexual violence. It turns out that the original title of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was Men Who Hate Women. I think the original title explains it perfectly. There are lots, lots, lots of men who hate women in this book, and all of them take it out on the women in the book. Lisbeth Salander is a powerful woman...after she is raped (conventionally and anally, sorry to be graphic) and tortured by a man in power over her. Really, Reader, after reading this scene, I pictured an author completely turned on by what he was writing, writing it for no purpose than to get himself off. It's titillating, it's graphic, it's violent, it's mysoginistic. Woo hoo! Wow, how deep and graphic and horrible can I go? How badly can I shock? How can I best turn myself on?
And then Lisbeth gets back at the rapist! Woo hoo! She Tazes the tormentor and gives him a giant body tattoo, something like "I am a misogynistic rapist pig." (I don't have the book with me, so this may be slightly wrong.) Now I picture the author saying, But Lisbeth won't take it! She's raped and gets back at him and is utterly unfazed! True, she recovers for a few days in her bed alone, but then she takes control and gets the pig (and for the rest of the book doesn't suffer any emotional repercussions). But...now Lisbeth is a true woman. She's a victim.
It just doesn't sit right with me. Why do we need such graphic sexual violence? Why is it the norm in his book? Disclosure: as I haven't read the whole book, I am not *sure* how it ends. But as I do occasionally like to read the endings of books when I've only gotten midway through (a good reason not to like e-books, as far as I'm concerned), I believe it ends with the missing woman discovered. (SPOILER!) Turns out, all these years she was a sex slave in the basement of one of her relatives. Wow, I'm so turned on right now! Captive women, subjected to the worst torment and torture, physical, sexual, emotional...just keep 'em right where we want 'em! That's all they are anyway...subservient vaginas that exist only for our pleasure!
No, I haven't read the next two. A friend did. She said the second one opens up with a young girl, naked and tied to the bed, having been used, yes, as a sex slave. And it's her twelfth birthday. How can I go even farther? What's more shocking than 20 years as a sex slave? Getting in while they're young! Seeing it from the start! Yeah! Let's get into her head and really feel how subjugated and humiliated and tortured she is...so the other women can feel it too! And the men...can feel how the man feels. Powerful.
Is this feelings-postulating I'm doing a stretch? Possibly. It's possible that Mr. Stieg Larsson, RIP, was a feminist and wanted to wake the world to the horrors and dangers that, unfortunately, do exist. (See Jaycee Duggard.) But they didn't come off that way to me.
Okay, you say, it's one author, it's one series. An incredibly popular (and becoming more so all the time) series, but just one series. Why the big deal?
Well, publishing tends to follow trends, much the same way Hollywood does. (Try selling a drama--or anything that's not bawdy comedy or sci-fi or involving the word "superhero"--in Hollywood right now to a big studio. I dare you.) What's the big trend in YA lit? Vampires, of course! Vampires sell! We have sparkly vampires, vampires that go vegetarian, vampires in Victorian England, vampires that are fat...YA vampires, literary vampires...the list goes on. Vampires have sold huge for Stephenie Meyer, so every YA author and his typing dog is writing either a vampire or a supernatural novel. And they continue to sell. The NY Times gave a great review to Justin Cronin's literary vampire novel, good enough that I reserved it at the library. (I promise, if and when my space and time restraints lessen, I will purchase unused books!) The vampire trend might be peaking soon, but it's still going strong. And this "trend" trend is what worries me about the Stieg Larsson popularity. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of wannabe authors are going to read these books about Men who Hate Women and write their own. Only now Stieg has crossed the first boundary, so we need to make them more shocking! What's more shocking than a 12-year-old girl getting raped on her birthday? ... Let's see...
I'm not even going to provide examples. I'm sure there are things more shocking, more depraved. The human mind has no limits, unfortunately, where those are concerned. More people will write them, getting darker and darker, more and more evil, turning themselves on as much as others. And agents will rep them, even if they find the books abhorrent; just look at how much Stieg Larsson sold! And editors will buy them, because look at how much Stieg Larsson sold! Everyone will be looking for the next Stieg Larsson. Advances will increase, which will fuel more people to write them; look at how much money I could make! The books will get worse and worse. And then, when does society follow suit?
Obviously hypersexualization of children (and women) has been going on for a while now. Little girls who idolize Britney Spears (because her life has turned out so well), dress like Sex and the City women, whose parents buy them sweatsuits with "Juicy" emblazoned on the butt. Noah Cyrus, 9 years old, coming out with a lingerie line. (She's gotta be able to compete with sister Miley, who's turning into a bit of a ...fill in the blank. And how best to compete? Pushing boundaries!)
Not a subject change (bear with me): I did stand-up comedy (on a very amateur level) for about a year, several years ago. I enjoyed performing, working on comedy and refining my material, thinking of new things to make my wry observations on. But I hated hated HATED listening to the other comics. Some of them were funny and smart. And about 90% of them were not. They were simply not smart enough to think of regular observations that would make people laugh, so they figured they would talk abuot SEX. If I can shock them, I'll make them laugh, and that's the same thing as real comedy, right? I noticed a trend: the stupider the performer, the more crass and disgusting his or her routine. And I, for one, didn't want to sit there and absorb the stupid people's (not funny!) observations.
I actually don't get offended that easily. Sometimes I wish I got offended more easily, actually. But the stupid would-be comics offended me on a regular basis, partly because of the blue routines and partly because THEY WERE SO STUPID.
So to take this little offshoot back to my main thesis, I just don't understand why sex is the go-to topic...for comedy, for drama, for shock value. It demeans us all, but most of the time it demeans women (more than 50% of the population!) more. Women have something to give, something to say. Something important. It's coming from our heads, our hearts, our souls. It's born of experience and perception. Not sex. And this marginalization comes NOT JUST FROM MEN. Women are doing it too.
There's an article in this month's Atlantic magazine called "How Women are Taking Control - Of Everything." It's all about social order, more women going to college, more women supporting their families, women adapting to the new job landscape and becoming more malleable, to their own advantage. Why does it feel like we have control of nothing? All you have to do is watch a rap video and see four bikini'd women rubbing their behinds against one fully-clothed man (brandishing money and gold teeth) to know...things are not equal. Or at least, there are a lot of people who don't want them to be.
Do you ever wonder about the women in those videos? The ones who stick out their big round bare butts for photos that end up on magazine covers? What are they thinking? Of the paycheck? Of their allure? Are they supporting families? Or drug habits? Who knows? I wonder why there are so many women willing to put themselves into that situation. Because one video/picture/book just fuels another. It doesn't seem to get better. You hear a lot of "I'm in control of my sexuality," but the moment you put that picture into the hands of another person, you are literally giving up that control.
I'm sure there are people who disagree with me. I'm sure there are people who see no harm in pushing limits, who think any kind of art is fantastic, who don't think there's any problem with sexualizing the world. I just don't happen to be one of them. I don't want to read about subjugation, because I don't want to imagine myself as anything less than a whole person. I am grateful that people are buying books and keeping that business alive; I really am. (Some indie bookstore people are calling the trilogy The Girl Who's Paying Our Salaries for the Next Few Months.) But I am a whole person, and women of all shapes and sizes and colors and creeds are whole people, with intellect and personality and all kinds of different facets, of which our gender is only one. I have talents, likes, dislikes. And I immensely dislike The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Welcome to this page of essential maths' reading! Here you will find some of the pure mathematics associated with the normal distribution in probability theory.
[1] The function .The function is defined and positive for all values of x;
Consider now what can be obtained from differentiation.
From the above we have two behaviour tables.
So there is a single local maximum at and two points of inflexion at
This information enables us to sketch the graph as below.
The maximum at (0,1) gives a scale in the y-axis and the distance from the y-axis to the point of inflexion gives a scale to the x-axis. There are no other distinguishing features of the graph.
Let us now change the scale in the x-axis by stretching parallel to the x-axis by scale with the y-axis fixed. That corresponds to changing x to so the new graph is or more clearly written as . The consequence of this transformation is that the points of inflexion now correspond to .
Now let us consider (where k is a constant) as a probability density function. It has some of the essential properties, namely that y is defined and positive for all values of x. In addition we need that . We address that next.
First we know that So we know that there exists a such that . Hence,
Hence, is finite, and so therefore are both and finite.
Now suppose that , say.
We need three dimensions to deal with this. Take the horizontal plane as the usual xy-plane, but with an additional z-axis which is vertical.
Consider in geometrical terms what happens when the curve is rotated about the z-axis. The result is rather like an inverted bell shape. The equation of that surface will be , where r is the radial distance from the y-axis.
We consider the calculation of the volume under that surface and the xy-plane.
We can evaluate it in two different ways.
So we conclude that
Now we return to the probability density function for which we required
Now we can substitute for the value of the integral so we have
Hence will serve as a probability density function. The corresponding random variable is known as the standardised normal variable. The significance of standardised will appear presently. Let that variable be denoted by Z.
Now we turn to the properties of the random variable Z.
By symmetry the mean of Z is 0.
To calculate the variance of Z we use
Now the square bracket contributes zero to the outcome since
The remaining integral we recognise as the one just calculated; we know that
The variance of the random variable is therefore 1, and so also is the standard deviation, its square root.
Thus we have the neat result that the distance from the origin along the z-axis to the point of inflexion is precisely the standard deviation of the random variable - a very simple and satisfying result.
The density function of the standardised normal variable is normally denoted by
We can now consider a generalisation by defining another random variable
Alternatively we have
It follows that the density function for X is given by
By the results (or by integration)
X is the generalised normal variable with mean and variance .
There is no call for tabulation of since for any probability


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SHARE Providence Recap: IBM z14, ITOA, ITSI, SIEM & Machine Learning
Being a Floridian, I must admit that by August I do like to escape to an area that is just a little cooler and less humid than my home state. And even though I had to shorten my time at SHARE Providence to two days, it was still wicked awesome for me!
SHARE Providence: Old Colleagues, New Trends
I can't believe how many old colleagues and friends I was able to catch up with at the event. We all said how good it was to see each other and how great we looked… and I almost believed it until I got back to my hotel room and looked in the mirror and realized what a bunch of lying fools we have become!
Heck, I have known some of these people for 30+ years, more than half my life… and there is no way we look like did back in the "early days." As my father used to say, may he rest in peace, "I'm in great shape for the shape I am in." And that about sums it up.
Speaking of the early days, I spent a good portion of my career in performance and availability management working on OMEGAMON performance monitors at Candle Corporation, which is now part of IBM. In meeting-up with my old friends from there I quickly realized that we have all evolved down similar paths.
In those early days working on performance monitors, we were all focused on identifying and resolving problems that were impacting systems and applications. We were concerned about preventing unscheduled Initial Program Loads (IPLs) and outages.
Fortunately, systems and applications have become much more stable and IPL prevention is somewhat of a dead art. However, the data that we had to access and evaluate in real-time to prevent the outages led us all down this newer path of "Big Data Analytics."
The Convergence of Big Data and Mainframe Initiatives
Big Data Analytics is about leveraging z/OS machine data for IT Operational Analytics (ITOA), IT Service Intelligence (ITSI), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). In most cases, critical z/OS data sources like SMF records, RMF data, and USS log files are being forwarded in near real-time from mainframe to analytics platforms including Splunk, Elastic (ELK) and Hadoop to support critical analysis.
IBM's new z14 was the star of SHARE Providence, but security and compliance, machine learning & Big Data Analytics for ITOA, ITSI and SIEM were hot topics as well
Even my colleagues at IBM have seen the light regarding off-platform analytics. They used to talk about moving the analytics to the data – i.e. bring analytics to the mainframe, but now they are talking about offloading the data for better analytics.
We are off-loading and using this z/OS data to achieve better operational efficiency to ensure we are getting the most out of our existing IT resources. This includes discovering opportunities to offload General Processor cycles to zIIP engines to manage capacity and delay CPU upgrades; ensuring better delivery of IT services supporting critical business processes; identifying and preventing security threats; and addressing audit requirements to meet compliance initiatives.
I delivered a session on this in Providence titled: "Old Dogs, New Tricks: Big Data from and for Mainframe IT." If you missed it, I am going to deliver a repeat performance via WebEx on Tuesday August 22nd at 11AM Eastern time. Click here to register and attend.
SHARE Providence 2017: Syncsort's Maggie Li presents on mainframes and machine learning
SHARE Providence was indeed wicked awesome! There was a lot to discuss around the new IBM z14, enhancements in data protection facilities in z/OS, and the future of IBM Z in general. We also talked about security and regulatory compliance concerns that impact z/OS professionals, as well as opportunities for ongoing optimization of our z/OS systems.
My colleague Maggie Li, our Chief Architect for mainframe, presented a session titled: "Mainframe, Meet Machine Learning" discussing how machine learning technologies can provide benefits to our z/OS practices. To learn more, you can read our brand new eBook Mainframe and Machine Learning for IT Service Intelligence.
If you attended SHARE, I hope you had a chance to meet Syncsort's IBM Z Experts and discuss how our mainframe optimization and Big Iron to Big Data solutions helps reduce mainframe costs by processing more data in less time with fewer resources, and harnesses valuable data assets for advanced Big Data analytics on next-generation platforms like Splunk, Hadoop and Spark.


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"Nooooo! I Don't Want You To Go!" Does that sound familiar? Well, here are some tips for you.
Separation anxiety is the fear of being away from the primary caregiver, fearing that they will not return or that they may be harmed, and it can occur at any age throughout the years of childhood and adolescence. Children typically show this anxiety through crying, screaming, clinging to the primary caregiver and refusing to engage with others.
Separation anxiety most often manifests for two reasons. The first is developmental. Normal separation anxiety usually begins around 7-8 months of age and subsides by 2 years of age. Children in this age group are forming trust in their parents, others, themselves and the world. They are fearful of the unknown and uncertainty. Experiencing other people and spaces as safe, helps to build this trust. The second reason children and teens develop separation anxiety is in response to a transition, change or trauma such as starting school, the birth of a sibling, a move, a divorce, a medical issue, a death or other such life event. A child's temperament, their coping skills, the attachment between the child and their primary caregivers, and the parents' response, all impact how quickly and successfully separation anxiety resolves. So how can you help?
Develop a routine. Have a special good-bye ritual, whether it is cuddle time, a special handshake or a secret word. Children respond to structure, routine and predictability, it decreases uncertainty, provides a sense of comfort and helps them know what to expect.
Explain what is going to happen. Tell your child when you are going to leave, where you are going, who is going to be in charge and when you will return. You might be tempted to sneak away and this might get you out the door without a tantrum but lack of knowledge will actually increase your child's anxiety and can lead to more intensive responses in the future.
Provide exposure to new places and people. Your child will be less anxious if they feel comfortable with where and with whom they are going to be left. So if your child is going to start school, take them to the school before the first day you will leave them. Walk around, see the classroom, play on the swings and meet the teacher.
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Remain positive. Children are intuitive, so if they sense you are anxious about leaving them, they will believe that they should be anxious too. So smile, give them a hug and tell them how much fun they are going to have while you are gone.
Don't linger. Say good-bye once and then leave. Delaying the transition will only reinforce the behavior and your child will learn that by crying and screaming they will be able to prevent or delay you from leaving the next time.
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