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The HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program strives to apply rigorous academic methods to understand how and why Design Thinking innovation works and fails.
The Design Thinking Community are current participants and alumni of the program. At regular workshops project teams present findings of their ongoing research.
Multidisciplinary research teams from Stanford University and HPI work on diverse topics concerned with Design Thinking, its process, method, interaction patterns and tools in order to investigate the phenomena of innovation.
All research findings are published in the volume "Understanding Innovation" as well as in various papers and articles.
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A primary barrier faced when applying design thinking is not understanding what benefits and risks this process has compared to standard problem solving processes. Compounding this issue is the fact that while organizations can measure and assess traditional problem solving processes, design thinking as of yet, does not have well known metrics to encourage application of its process. This research project has two goals: (1) experimentally compare design thinking with other problem solving processes (2) test and observe the implementation of assessment metrics to promote design thinking in organizations on real projects. The proposed experiment has three conditions: design thinking process, traditional engineering design process, and standard business plan process. Participants will work in teams to address a common challenge. Subjects will be randomly assigned to learn and use one of the three processes. Individuals and teams will be assessed on a number of measures including project outcomes and personal creative growth. The proposed exploratory research focuses on developing assessment metrics for organizations to deploy during a two-month project. Metrics created through previous HPDTRP work along with existing creativity and innovation measures will be used. Employee will be observed, and follow-up interviews will be conducted.
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The process of obtaining a visa to migrate to Melbourne Australia can be complex. This
depends largely on the type of visa being applied for and the evidence you have in support of
your application. Immigration to Melbourne Australia, or Move to Melbourne should help you
understand the process.
If a potential tourist to Melbourne holds an acceptable passport and has no adverse
immigration alert against their name, they may apply over the internet at the Australian
government site www.immi.gov.au for an Electronic Tourist visa. They can only do this whilst
they are outside Australia.
Alternatively, you need to speak to an immigration professional in Melbourne. These
professionals can research your status and eligibility if you have any concerns. If you do not
meet the criteria of these stream line passport holder processes, you may still be eligible for
a tourist visa but have to submit documentation in support of your application.
If you have health issues, have a background that Melbourne Australian authorities may
consider unacceptable (you will not know this until you try to enter the country and your
name is picked up on the immigration computer systems) or been previously excluded from
entry to any country, you may need help. Get this help well in advance of your travel. You will
also be denied entry to Australia once you arrive if immigration authorities suspect that you
are not a legitimate tourist who will depart the country within 3 months of arrival.
Student visas in Melbourne could be mean by which an applicant can eventually obtain
permanent residency in Australia. Melbourne Australian guidelines for student visas and
their possible conversion at the end of the study to permanent visas do change on a regular
basis. For instance, you may start a course of studies with the intention of, at the completion
of those studies, applying for permanent residency in Melbourne based upon your academic
qualifications only to find the government at the end of the study no longer needs those
Applicants for the spouse visa, partner visa, skill visas and business visas in Melbourne
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evidence and submitting documents in support of their application.
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Here are the general Requirements for entry to Australia: In general business visa
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approval from both the government immigration authorities and the local area they wish to
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The skill visa to Melbourne requires an academic background and experience in the chosen
occupation. The government of Australia is discerning about which occupations they want
and require the academic training and employment history to meet their standards.
The spouse visa to Melbourne and the partner visa both rely on a sponsor being a
permanent resident or citizen of the country they intend to move to. Evidence of co habitation
and possibly witness statements are also required to back up the application.
For Melbourne Australia, candidates must meet health requirements and character
clearances prior to any visa being granted. In every case, visa applicants must have
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Muhammad Ali's 22nd Celebrity Fight Night
The Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards on Saturday, April 9 will be hosted by Grammy Award-winning country superstar Reba McEntire—this will be McEntire's eleventh consecutive year hosting the event. The black-tie evening will begin with cocktails and a silent auction, followed by dinner, an exciting live auction and entertainment, including performances by Carrie Underwood, Reba, Brooks and Dunn, The Tenors, Sinbad and more. Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer, David Foster, will return for his seventeenth consecutive year as the evening's Musical Director. This year's honorees include Carrie Underwood, Carson Palmer, Dr. Francis Yeoh, Yank Barry and the Argyros Family. For more information, please visit CelebrityFightNight.org.
The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch Reopens After Multi-Phase Renovation
The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch, A Destination Hotel, recently reopened following a massive renovation that took place this summer, transforming the independent resort and revitalizing its amenities. As part of the $10 million renovation, the resort boasts two new restaurants and a bar, a transformed main pool, a significant addition of outdoor meeting and event space, enhanced guest rooms and a more open, welcoming feel throughout. Kitchen West Restaurant, the resort's premier dining establishment, offers an authentic experience that embraces the boldness of American Western cooking and adopts a welcoming communal vibe for guests and locals to enjoy. For more information, please visit TheScottsdaleResort.com.
Inde Fusion Opens at the Shops at Gainey Ranch
Rupesh Shetty's career has been a whirlwind of success, with two decades of experience managing five-star resorts and restaurants. Two years ago, he embarked upon a journey to open his own restaurant with the goal of uniting eastern flavors from his native country of India with contemporary American dishes. Shetty's dream has become a reality, with Scottsdale's newest restaurant and lounge, Inde Fusion, now open at 7704 East Doubletree Ranch Road. The menu combines the rich flavors, sauces and spices of the east like garam masala, cumin, cucumber yogurt sauce, tamarind, mint and cilantro with American favorites like tacos, shrimp and grits, baby back ribs and more. For more information, please visit IndeFusion.com.
Spring Movies at The Quarter
Looking for a little springtime fun? Don't miss animated favorites on the big screen at Scottsdale Quarter for their Spring Movies at The Quarter event series every Friday for five weeks in April. This family-friendly extravaganza features movies such as Despicable Me, Inside Out, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. Bring your blankets and chairs and head to The Quad, right next to True Food. All movies are free to attend. For more information, please visit ScottsdaleQuarter.com.
Women of Scottsdale Announce 2015 Woman of the Year
The Women of Scottsdale have announced their 2015 Woman of the Year, Mary Contreras. Contreras is a tireless community volunteer and leader, giving time and resources to a number of charities. She is a founding member of East Valley Women, a member of Central Phoenix Women, the Chandler and Tempe Chamber of Commerce, past Chairman of the Women in Business Council, a former board member of the Tri-City NAIFA, and National Bank of AZ Women's Financial Group Board Member. In addition to being named Woman of the Year, Contreras is celebrating 20 years as the owner of the Contreras State Farm Agency. For more information, please visit WomenOfScottsdale.org.
Notre Dame Preparatory Youth Football Camp
Blocking, route running, catching and throwing are just a few of the skills young football players will be taught at the Notre Dame Preparatory Youth Football Camp for all current first- through eighth-grade students. The camp will meet Monday evenings, April 11, April 18 and April 25 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the new Bemis Field on the Notre Dame Prep campus. This no-pads camp is open to all young players around the Valley. Participants will have the opportunity to work with the Notre Dame Prep Football coaching staff, current players, and hear from special guest speakers. For more information, please visit NdpSaints.org.
12th Annual notMYkid Fundraiser
notMYKid's annual fundraiser, "Boots n' Bling," will take place on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Desert Foothills Events. This cowboy-chic affair will feature hay wagon rides from McDonald's Ranch to Desert Foothills, a silent auction, cocktails, appetizers and games in the barn, followed by dinner and dancing later on in the evening. Proceeds from the event will benefit the organization's goal of educating students, parents and faculty in over 450 schools this year about teen addiction. For more information, please visit NotMyKid.org.
Courtesy Volvo Dealership to Open at New Scottsdale Autoshow
On the heels of announcing the creation of an unprecedented $60 million auto mall on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ("The Community"), Mullin360 is proud to announce the establishment of a state-of-the-art Courtesy Volvo sales and service facility at the Scottsdale AutoShow at Salt River. The new dealership is currently in escrow and represents a new store by the owners best known for Courtesy Chevrolet. For more information, please visit SaltRiverAutoShow.com.


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San Francisco Health Plan Providers are the overall coordinators of care for our members.
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Our primary care providers must have hospital admitting privileges with a network hospital. If a member is hospitalized with an emergency at a non-network hospital, the PCP arranges transfer to a network hospital once the member is medically stable.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Coming off a 14-win season, Santa Clara women's basketball welcomes back eight players who saw significant minutes in 2012-13. Santa Clara will also have two players who red shirted the season and five heralded freshman from Washington, California, Oregon, and Colorado.
"Our goal is to finish in the top-four of the WCC and to get to the postseason," said Santa Clara head coach Jennifer Mountain, entering her sixth season leading the Broncos. "The ultimate goal is to win that WCC Championship and we have a lot of talent on our team. It is going to take some time and playing some games here to see exactly where we are instead of playing against ourselves. We are ahead of where we were in the past. At this point, the understanding is a lot higher and the IQ is a lot higher. Postseason play is something that our team is definitely striving for."
With postseason play on their minds, the Broncos have made some changes to how they are going to play in the game. In practices so far this year, Mountain has seen a lot of positives.
"I really like our pace this year," said Mountain. "I think the entire group has bought into the pace that we want to play and we are able to create a lot more. We have taken a step forward from where we ended up last year and I think this is a very positive thing. I have been seeing a lot of good individual performances from people and I think they are gelling well. The incoming class has really gelled and fit in nicely."
The freshman class featuring Jo Paine, Taylor Williams, Marie Berthold, Beth Carlson and Montana Walters has already be a big plus for the Broncos.
"Having a big freshman class of five, and this group in particular, has been really good for us," said Mountain. "I think they have adapted and have been able to contribute right away in a lot of different areas. Their chemistry with the returners is really good and they complement each other really well. I'm excited because the learning curve is not going to be as deep as it is when you have a big group of freshman coming in and you have to do a lot of teaching. These kids have really caught on well. Being able to work with them in the summer has been an advantage also. We're not teaching everything from the first day of official practice because we had eight weeks with them where we have been able to do things earlier than normal. It has been a good adjustment."
The depth on the roster is something that has allowed Santa Clara to up its pace on the floor and should transform the team.
"Our pace of play is going to be a lot faster than what our fans have seen in the past," explained Mountain. "Having depth has allowed us to go and do that, where we haven't been able to do that in the past. There are so many different combinations we can have on the floor right now so as a staff we really don't know a starting lineup that is secured right now. That depth means players compete every day in practice which is going to make our team a lot better and hopefully make us last longer. Your body doesn't take as big of a beating if you are playing 20 minutes instead of 35 minutes."
There were also changes to the coaching staff over the offseason. Amanda Brown was promoted to assistant coach after serving as Director of Basketball Operations for the last three seasons. Angie Bjorklund was hired to replace Brown as the Director of Basketball Operations.
"It is always really nice when you can just move somebody across the board," said Mountain. "Amanda has a great basketball mind and has a great relationship with our players. Angie has come in and adapted really well. She was thrown into the fire right off the bat because we were starting school by the time she got here. She brings in a totally different experience being at Tennessee. I think that is going to be really positive for us and our program."
The 14 wins the Broncos put up in 2012-13 were a high under Mountain, as were the six wins in the competitive West Coast Conference. Santa Clara also improved its win total for the fifth consecutive season.
Ricki Radanovich is the top returning scorer for Santa Clara. Radanovich added 10.5 points per game while hitting a West Coast Conference-high 68 threes. She also led the team with 1.8 steals per game. Nici Gilday showed a well-rounded game all year by averaging 7.5 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per games and 1.2 steals per game as the first option off the bench to start the year and as a starter midway through the year. Ruta Zurauskyte was tops on the team with a 48.6 percent mark shooting while scoring 10.5 points per game and led the team with 7.2 rebounds per game. She averaged 1.0 blocks per game as well.
"Nici Gilday has made probably the biggest jump in her overall game through the summer," said Mountain. "She is playing really well and at a very high level right now. There are some freshmen that can come in and play a lot of minutes, which will make us good. We have Ricki coming back who is a senior who has played a lot of minutes for us over the three years. Everybody's roles are going to change because of our depth."
With the changes to the team, Mountain thinks this season of Bronco women's basketball will be fun to watch for the fans.
"We are going to be an exciting team to watch," said Mountain. "The pace at which we want to play is so much faster than we have played in the past and that should be appealing to the fans. This group has more explosiveness to score the ball and can do some things that some teams in the past haven't been able to do. It's a different team and a different passion. The players will fuel off the fans and have fun with it. We are going to be a lot more fun to watch overall. I would love to have the Ruff Riders come out. It is imperative to all programs on campus to have people support you and playing in front of them is huge."
The Broncos open the season in Las Vegas, Nev. at UNLV on Nov. 8. Santa Clara then comes home for its home opener on Nov. 12 vs. San Jose State in a doubleheader with men's basketball.
West Coast Conference play begins on Dec. 30 vs. San Francisco.
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Championship football notebook: Florida trip sparked Lakewood's season
An early-September trip to Florida turned out to be an eye-opener and a team-builder for Lakewood. And though the Tigers returned as an 0-1 football team, they returned as a with a feeling that they could do some damage in Colorado.
Guess what? Lakewood (12-1) hasn't lost since. The Tigers face Columbine in Saturday's Class 5A title game.
"When we walked off that field (in Florida) – even with a loss – we came off, 'We're going to have a pretty darn good football team when we get back to the state of Colorado,' " Lakewood coach Mark Robinson said this week.
See, Robinson discovered something on that trip. Yes, he had a team full of talented kids like quarterback Dylan Nelson, and an offensive line he now raves about, but until that trip, Robinson knew not what he had in John Greer, a senior running back who transferred from Overland after his junior year (and who came to Overland from Mullen before that).
"No offense to him — I didn't even know who (Greer) was" when he transferred in, Robinson said. "They kept saying, 'You're going to get a pretty special kid here.' "
Greer "had the minimum amount of practices to get him eligible," Robinson said, but he wasn't able to scrimmage. So, while Greer was impressive in practice, the game against Orlando's East River High was the first measuring stick Lakewood had.
"It's not the same until you get him into the game," Robinson said.
Now in the title game — largely on the back of their star running back (who had 206 yards and three scores in the quarterfinal win over Grand Junction, and 167 yards and three more TDs in last week's semifinal win over Pomona) — Robinson and Lakewood know they have a good one.
Short stuff:
- Columbine coach Andy Lowry on Saturday's forecast, which is calling for temperatures in the mid-20s, a chance of snow, and winds up to 15 miles per hour: "I'm a little worried about the wind on Saturday." Lowry's Rebels, mind you, have passed all of 40 times this season.
- Lowry, on opening up a quick 21-0 lead over Grandview in last week's semifinals: "You can run 80 yards almost as fast as you can throw 80 yards."
- Lowry, on when he knew he had a team that could reach the final: "I didn't know until last week. Our schedule's extremely tough. The playoff schedule is extremely tough."
- Columbine's Cameron McDondle, on his playoff haircut, which has him sporting a bleached-blonde head: "We usually do a blonde or mohawk thing for the playoffs, and I didn't want to cut my hair, so everyone's like, 'Oh, you have to go blonde.' And I tried to go blonde and it sort of turned orange on me."
- Lakewood's Greer, on playing the underdog role nearly all season long: "We love that people doubt us and look past us just because of our size and, 'Oh, it's Lakewood.' We get it done. … We slipped under the radar a lot of times. Teams looked past us a tremendous amount of times. Through the playoffs, we just had to come out and show everyone. And that's what we did to make it here."
- Pine Creek coach Todd Miller, whose team faces Valor Christian for the 4A championship, on playing in Colorado Springs: "We play football, too. With that being said, coming up North, it's definitely a different brand of football. Sometimes, being in a smaller media market, not having the population, obviously, and not getting the high-profile athletes, sometimes you feel inferior. … We want to represent a community that I think is hungry for a state championship."
- Miller, on how 6-foot-7 quarterback Ryan Warner has tweaked his typical run-heavy approach: "We're an option team, but we've opened things up. We have a 6-7 quarterback who has a hard time bending and getting underneath, so we've done a lot of shotgun stuff."


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A missionary's legacy
When Jesuit Priest Jacob Paul Camboue was sent to Madagascar on missionary work, he cannot possibly have realised that his legacy would be on display years later in the Victoria & Albert museum. Camboue's passing interest in zoology led him to design a machine for 'milking' golden orb spiders of their silk. He believed that this could these tiny threads could one day be spun into threads, and that maybe those threads could be spun into cloth.
Over a century later textile designer Simon Peers and entrepreneur Nicholas Godley took up the challenge. Over a period of four years 70 volunteers collected 1 million spiders, whose silk went into weaving the spectacular garment which you see below.
Stunningly beautiful though it is, you have to ask yourself whether all the man hours and effort was worth it? Or do you? Does beauty need an 'excuse', or does it provide its own justification? Given the incredible strength of spider's silk, scientists are hoping that the lessons learnt by Godley and Peers will find their way off the catwalk and into medicine, engineering and other branches of research. An austere wartime poster may have harrumphed 'is your journey really necessary', but I'm not sure you can ask the same question about beauty.
Even if they don't though – won't it have been worth it? Sometimes an act of extravagant beauty is a celebration of our best humanity. When Mary 'wasted' a priceless jar of perfume on Jesus, he not only commended her act of love, but insisted that it would always be told as part of the Gospel – as indeed it has been.
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In 2013, Suman Mulumudi was 14 years old when he began working on a device to improve the 200-year-old stethoscope as part of a high school project. He was inspired to work on this idea, after his father, cardiologist Mahesh Mulumudi, told him about the difficulties of hearing and diagnosing heart problems using a standard stethoscope.
During early research, Suman came across a prototype for an electronic stethoscope developed in the '80s. The device was wheeled around on a cart and used computers to visualize the patient's heartbeat sound. Impressed by the concept of visualization, Suman wanted to see if he could produce the same capability on a mobile phone.
Using a 3-D Printer, various prototypes were developed. These devices were integrated into a phone case. When an iPhone was placed into the case, Suman could detect a patient's heartbeat clearly with the iPhone's high fidelity microphone.
The device, when combined with an application on the iPhone, worked well. For the first time on a mobile device, heart sounds could be seen as well as heard. Feedback from doctors and the wider medical community was encouraging. Suman and his father started a company to make his invention available to doctors all over the world.
In May 2014, Suman was even featured on the Jimmy Fallon show demonstrating the Stethoscope and checking Jimmy's heartbeat. That same month the company won the WTIA's First Look competition.
In 2015, the Company raised its first round of funding. They started working on how to produce high-quality devices at scale and began the FDA approval process to market the Steth IO as a medical device to physicians. Many further iterations of both the hardware and the software followed. In addition, the company was issued several patents.
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Cloud Atlas, by David MitchellRead about the other entries on the list.
Cloud Atlas is structured as nested stories sharing reincarnated characters, either repeating the fate of their previous selves or rebelling against them. The characters' souls undergo various transformations as the timeline advances—but that advancement is difficult to follow, as each story is interrupted at a key moment, at which point, the next story begins—until we get to the sixth, central story. From that point on, each of the first five stories is continued, finishing each narrative. The connections between the stories go far beyond the characters, making this one of the densest and most complicated narratives of all time, a structure the movie version couldn't even begin to replicate.
Cloud Atlas is among Christopher Priest's top five science-fiction books that make use of music, Patrick Hemstreet's five top books for the psychonaut and the six books that changed Maile Meloy's idea of what's possible in fiction.
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Driving is not just a good word to describe Law's performance (this is no melancholy Dane -- when Law's Hamlet puts on an antic disposition, he doesn't step into a different car, he just floors the gas in the car he's already driving), it's also a good word to describe the evening itself, at least while Law is on stage. The verse is treated like real speech, which means you get to hear famous lines as casual conversation, and there is a briskness about everything and nearly everyone that serves both the play and the production well.
But when Hamlet is off in England, and the scene-carrying duties fall on a negligible Ophelia and a whiny Claudius, you might as well be marking time till the Gravedigger scene. Seriously: during Ophelia's mad scene? The bottom drops out from under the play faster than a broken elevator in the Empire State Building. Mostly because Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Ophelia isn't so much bad as non-existent. She's the acting equivalent of a green screen: the actors all face her and talk at her trusting that there will be an actual performance inserted later via the magic of CGI. And meanwhile every actress over 20 in the audience is thinking "I could mainline anti-freeze and still do the part better than this."
O what a potentially great acting opportunity is here o'erthrown!
It's such a nagging flaw that you could spend a couple of drinks at Smith's bitching about it (like I did with DJ, Shannon and Taliesen) and forget the brilliant lighting design, the riveting quiet moments (best ever "Were you sent for?" scene between Hamlet, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern), and Matt Ryan's solid Horatio, among other things.
Overall? This is right up there with seeing Geoffrey Rush in Exit The King: (a) you'll get the same kick out of watching someone run a marathon when all you ever thought he could do was run wind sprints; (b) while there's a lot of good work being done by most of the rest of the cast, there's no question that the weight of the play falls on the shoulders of the lead actor; and (c) you'll kick yourself if you miss it. So don't.


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Summary: A mismatch between workers' personalities and the demands of the job is causing problems for data scientist, according to research.
By Steve Ranger | October 8, 2014 -- 11:49 GMT (04:49 PDT)
By Steve Ranger | October 8, 2014 -- 11:49 GMT (04:49 PDT)
Data scientists are over-stressed and risking burn-out because they're being forced into roles that don't suit their personalities.
A survey of 600 data scientists in the UK and Ireland found that many are "exhibiting high levels of work-related stress", with 27 percent of male data scientists saying they were "mildly stressed" and 25 percent said they were "heavily stressed". For female data scientists those figures rise to 28 and 30 percent.
The report by data analytics company SAS put much of the stress down to a mismatch between workers' personalities and the demands of business. The respondents completed a psychometric survey which was then used to define the personality of the typical data scientist and to compare that to the skills required by organisations.
The research identified ten psychometric profiles present in the data scientist community. While technical, analytical and logical skills still dominate in the profiles, other skills such as project management, creativity and good communication skills are also present.
The report said organisations must better identify and define what they need from data scientists. As it's unlikely that any individual will have all of the skills required to maximise the value of big data, managers need to identify the particular skills they need and build a team that includes them all.
Wanted: Big data unicorns to wrangle unruly data
It warned: "Failure to do so can result in individuals trying to fulfil roles to which they are not suited – which may lead to stress and burn-out."
Data science is a relatively new concept, and as such organisations are struggling to hire and develop people with the appropriate skills and experience. Indeed, workers with the right skills have been described as 'big data unicorns' because they are in such short supply.
Three-quarters of survey respondents claimed they have fewer than ten years of experience in data science, and nearly half had only been on the job for three years. As a result, workers can find themselves in roles their personality type is not suited to.
The survey found that a high proportion of the data scientists surveyed are "regularly adopting behaviours that do not match their personality profiles" – changing their behaviours to match what they believe is needed in their job.
"While this is common in fast growing specialist disciplines like data science, substantial amounts of behavioural adjustment are not sustainable and can lead to burn out or a failure to realise an individual's potential. This is evidenced in the high levels of work-related stress indicated in our sample," the report warned, and said that pointed to four classic origins of work related stress:
"It's clear that more focus is needed on defining the various job responsibilities within data science so managers can recruit individuals with the appropriate personality types to fulfil the role without undue stress. The development of well-defined benchmarks should be a priority, as it will likely lead to increased job satisfaction and levels of productivity in the long-term," the report warned.
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Commemorative dolls are not my thing but I love the Giselle sculpt and the Nu.Face body so much that I happily placed an order. Then IT announced the doll would not be coming on a Nu.Face body after all, but rather a BOD body.
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A group of top Republican donors have reportedly begun an intense effort to draft former Florida governor Jeb Bush into the race for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
A Washington Post report quotes one major donor as saying that the "vast majority" of the top 100 givers to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney would back Bush in a nomination fight.
The report also claims that a hard press has begun to get Bush into the race because conservative leaders and longtime Republican operatives are concerned about the electoral viability of New Jersey governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Christie's standing and poll numbers, both nationally and among Republicans, have been damaged by the ongoing investigation into whether he knew of access lane closures to the George Washington Bridge ordered by his staff as apparent political retaliation.
On the other hand, Paul's libertarian views on matters like surveillance by the National Security Agency and his perceived softness on foreign policy has also raised red flags in the GOP establishment. Paul's victories in straw polls at the Conservative Political Action Conference and the Northeast Republican Leadership Conference earlier this month may also have been a factor in the renewed push for a Bush candidacy.
Earlier this week, Bush met privately with casino magnate and GOP donor Sheldon Adelson and addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition's senior members at a dinner held Thursday at Adelson's company airport hangar. The Post, citing a donor in attendance at the dinner, reported that the crowd of about 60 guests applauded when one told Bush, "I hope you run for President in 2016."
Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush, served two terms as governor of Florida between 1999 and 2007. After leaving office, his name was put forward as a possible Senate candidate in 2010 and a presidential candidate in 2012. However, despite the rumors, Bush has remained out of political life.
Bush's advisers told The Post that the former governor was not actively exploring a candidacy and would not make a decision on running until the end of this year.


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How to downgrade your mag box firmware
February 22, 2019
First change currently portal to NEW one : Contact the support and reboot/reload Mag device.
If you still have no access to your IPTV Account please do as below:
Step 1: On a USB Flash Drive.
• Format the flash drive (File system FAT32).
• Download the last Firmware. Mag250 Mag254
• Unzip the file to the Flash Drive.
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Step 2: On Mag250 or Mag254
• Enter The BIOS.
• Power off Mag250/Mag254 (Power Cable OUT).
• Press and hold «menu» button on the Remote, Power On Mag250/Mag254. (Insert Power Cable).
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Wouldn't it be cool if every time you went for a drive, confidence came along for the ride? Nissan Intelligent Safety Shield® Technologies[[1252]] comprises a comprehensive approach to safety that guides the engineering and development of every vehicle we make. It's our way of looking out for you and yours by monitoring, responding and protecting to help keep you and your passengers safe.
Nissan's commitment to innovation and intelligent safety will shine in 2018 when six models - roughly 1,000,000 Nissans in total - will include standard Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)[[1118]].
Previously known as Forward Emergency Braking (FEB) this intelligent feature uses radar technology to monitor a vehicle's proximity to the vehicle ahead, giving the driver audible and visual display warnings to help the driver reduce the vehicle's speed if a potential frontal collision is detected. If the driver fails to respond, the AEB system can apply the brakes, helping the driver to avoid the collision or reduce the speed of impact if it is unavoidable.
A number of current Nissan models are equipped with standard Automatic Emergency Braking including the: 2020 Altima, 2019 LEAF, 2019 Rogue Sport, 2020 Rogue, 2020 Murano and 2020 Pathfinder.
Smart technologies [[1252]] are designed to help monitor conditions, from a system that helps ensure you're traveling on properly inflated tires, to a system that monitors your driving, and alerts you that you may need a break.
In traffic, it only takes a moment to get caught off guard in a potentially dangerous situation. How about a little help? With this technology, a radar sensor on the front of your Nissan constantly monitors not just one vehicle ahead in your lane, but two. When the system detects sudden deceleration two vehicles ahead, it gives you an audible warning and a visual signal on the instrument panel. So you get a heads up, even if you can't see what's slowing you down.
Automatic Emergency Braking (previously known as Forward Emergency Braking) can provide audible and visual alerts and apply braking to help you avoid or mitigate a frontal collision with a vehicle ahead. When equipped with the additional Pedestrian Detection functionality, it can help to avoid or mitigate a collision if it detects a pedestrian in front of your vehicle.
Blind Spot Warning (BSW)[[660]]
If another vehicle is detected in the blind spot area, an indicator appears in the driver's or front passenger's door pillar and on the Advanced Drive-Assist® Display. Put your turn signal on, and the indicator flashes with a warning chime to alert you.
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)[[93]]
When you're backing out of a parking space, this feature can warn you about detected vehicles you might not see behind you approaching from either side. So backing up feels more confident than ever.
Intelligent Rear view Mirror (I-RM) [[1120]]
Full house in back? See right past their friendly faces. This feature turns your rear view mirror into a camera screen, giving you a vivid, wide angle view, day or night.
INTELLIGENT Around View® Monitor (AVM)[[957]]
The Intelligent Around View® Monitor uses four cameras to give you a virtual composite 360º bird's-eye view of your vehicle, with selectable split-screen close-ups of the front, rear, and curbside views. And since all obstacles aren't stationary, the Moving Object Detection system can warn you about moving objects detected in your vicinity.
Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC)[[71]]
Unlike traditional systems that only maintain a set speed, Intelligent Cruise Control also helps keep an adjustable set distance between you and the car in front. As traffic slows down or speeds up, ICC responds accordingly.
An American Automobile Association study estimates that an average of 328,000 automobile accidents can be attributed to fatigued driving every year on American roads.[[661]] That's why we developed Intelligent Driver Alertness, or IDA. This forward-thinking technology works by monitoring your steering patterns. Should the system detect any unusual steering activity, it will alert you audibly with a chime, and visually by lighting a coffee cup icon on your display, letting you know it may be time for a break.
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)[[111]]
TPMS monitors tires for low inflation pressure, which can shorten tire life and reduce the load-carrying capabilities of the vehicle. Using an icon on the dash, the system lets you know when tire pressure is low. As you fill your tires, the Easy-Fill Tire Alert flashes the car's lights and sounds a friendly beep of the horn when they have enough air.
Standard on all Nissan models.
When reversing Intelligent Back-Up Intervention helps to detect crossing and approaching vehicles and large object behind you and lets you know with visual and audio alerts. It can even go further and automatically engage the brakes to help avoid a collision.
Feature availability varies - not all features available on all Nissan models.
Whether you need to hit the brakes hard or maneuver around an unexpected obstacle, these standard technologies help you respond to a potentially harmful situation.
helps you maintain your steered path.
helps reduce wheelspin in low-traction situations.
helps you maintain steering control around obstacles while braking heavily.
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helps apply maximum braking force if it detects hard braking and senses you are in an emergency situation.
Standard on all Nissan models.
Intelligent Auto Headlights read and react to light conditions outside, automatically turning your lights on and off when needed. To help you out in poor conditions, they also react automatically to the windshield wipers, turning on after four swipes.
When a collision is unavoidable, Nissan's Zone Body construction helps absorb the impact while the advanced seat belt and air bag systems help protect passengers.
Nissan Advanced Air Bag System[[662]]
This system includes dual-stage supplemental front air bags with seat belt sensors and an occupant-classification sensor. The inflation rate of these dual-stage air bags adjusts depending on crash severity and seat belt usage.
Front Seat-Mounted Side-Impact Supplemental Air Bag[[662]]
These air bags are built into the front seats backs, so they move with the occupants.
Roof-Mounted Curtain Supplemental Air Bag[[662]]
Roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags with rollover sensor for front and rear-seat outboard occupant head protection.
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LATCH is another way we're working to keep children safe. The system lets you secure LATCH-compatible child restraints without having to use seat belts or a locking clip.
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Nissan safety engineers have dedicated thousands of hours to evaluating hundreds of child restraints in Nissans. The result: An industry first, The Snug Kids® Child Safety Seat Fit Guide. This guide lists child seats that fit the rear seats of Nissan vehicles, as well as offers invaluable tips on correct installation. Look for the latest Fit Guide at NissanUSA.com/SnugKids.
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European laggards such as troubled Spain and Portugal are directing much of their debt-crisis angst at Germany, rather than their own failings.
Even France is blaming the Germans for what is going on, according to Der Spiegel.
Other Eurozone members are calling out Germany on its competitively low wages that they simply can't compete with.
Meanwhile, many Germans are saying that their neighbors "live beyond their means" and failed to adjust to the global economy by making their labor markets more flexible.
It all comes down to Germany's export advantage, which it says has little to do with economic positions and is instead a result of its high quality goods. Also, internationally-speaking, German wages are anything but low.
This European blame game is what could make any long-term Greece solution elusive.
Now, with a deal agreed, it remains to be seen what sort of economic concessions the Germans have had to give up, if any.


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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev awarded a Mercedes-Benz to each Olympic medalist from the host country. For athletes without licenses, like 17-year-old figure skater Adelina Sotnikova, Medvedev provided a... »
Check out NBC's documentary looking back on the ladies' figure skating competition at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games and featuring sitdowns with Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. »
With the Winter Olympics in Sochi coming to an end, take a look back at the highlights from each day of the Games. »
Farewell, Sochi! Russia closes Winter Games with a party, as athletes celebrate 17 days of sport-driven global unity.The ceremony features a parade of flag bearers and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame. »
Sweden center Nicklas Backstrom failed a doping test for a substance found in an allergy medication and was withdrawn from Sunday's hockey final at the Sochi Olympics. »
A California teen is hoping he can win Gold with his spirited prom proposal. »
By the busload, the world's athletes and visitors rolled toward Sochi's airport and took off for home Monday, fresh from a Winter Games experience that many Russians pronounced a smashing success and that... »
There were no significant security breaches at the Sochi Olympics, no violent attacks, no big gay-rights protests. The pre-Games griping about half-built hotels, broken elevators and brown drinking water... »
The president of the International Olympic Committee has declared the Winter Games in Sochi to be closed. IOC chief Thomas Bach says athletes and visitors to the games have "enjoyed exceptional conditions." »
Jonathan Toews scored in the first period, captain Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the tournament and Canada defended its Olympic men's hockey title Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Sweden in the gold-medal... »


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A Look at Social Security's History - Celebrating Social Security's 78th Anniversary!
By Mikki Waid , August 20, 2013 03:30 PM
Last week marked the 78 th anniversary of the passing of the Social Security Act. To commemorate, this blog post looks back to see how Social Security has changed over the years. Below, you will find a timeline highlighting famous firsts, important legislation and the growth of one of America's most popular programs.
1935: On Aug. 14, the Social Security Act (H.R. 7260, Public Law No. 271, 74th Congress) became law with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signature at approximately 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday.
1936: The first field office was opened at Austin, Texas.
1939: Social Security moved from a retirement benefit program to a family benefit program. The 1939 amendments extended benefits to dependents and survivors of workers covered by Social Security. 'Dependents' included an older wife, a child under 16 (under 18 if attending school), a widowed mother caring for a young child, an older widow, and a dependent older parent if there was no eligible widow or child (husbands were not included as eligible dependents until the 1950 amendments).
1940: On Jan. 31, the first monthly Social Security retirement check was sent to Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vt. Ms. Fuller had paid $24.75 in payroll taxes; she lived to 100 and received a total of $22,888.92 in Social Security benefits (her initial monthly check was $22.54).
1950: The 1950 amendments extended benefits to dependent husbands and widowers and to the children of insured women. In addition, benefits were extended to wives under 65 caring for a young child.
1956: The 1956 amendments established monthly disability benefits for those ages 50-64 (this age restriction was removed in 1960) and benefits for disabled adult children. In addition, the earliest age at which female workers and wives could receive benefits was reduced from 65 to 62 (although benefits would be reduced if received prior to age 65). The age at which widows and dependent (female) parents could receive benefits was also reduced to age 62 but with no reduction in benefits.
1961: The 1961 amendments reduced the earliest age at which male retired workers could begin receiving benefits from age 65 to age 62 with reductions in benefits if received prior to age 65. Similar to women (in 1956), widowers and male dependent parents could also begin receiving unreduced benefits as early as age 62.
1965: The 1965 amendments established the Medicare program. The amendments also extended benefits to divorced wives and widows under certain conditions (yes, men were temporarily left behind again). The amendments also extended children's benefits through age 21, if the child attended school full time.
1972: The 1972 amendments established the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which is a means-tested program administered by the Social Security Administration but is legally separate from the Social Security program. The amendments also created a special minimum benefit, credits that increased benefits for those who delayed retirement, and benefits for dependent grandchildren. These amendments also mandated that the benefits of men and women would be computed in the same way (prior to this, men and women of the same age and earnings could receive different benefit amounts).
1975: The first year that Social Security applied automatic annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to benefits. Prior to this, COLAs were applied on an ad-hoc basis.
1976: An earlier court decision (effective in 1976) allowed a divorced husband (age 62 or older) to receive a Social Security benefit ( it was not until 1983 that the Social Security law was changed to allow divorced husbands to receive benefits).
1983: The Greenspan Commission made recommendations to improve Social Security's finances that eventually became part of the 1983 amendments. Some of the changes included covering new federal employees, taxing some benefits of higher-income taxpayers, increasing delayed retirement credits and increasing the full retirement age to 67.
1994: The Social Security Administration became an independent agency (again).
1996: The Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 established that individuals could no longer receive disability benefits if their primary disability was drug addiction or alcoholism. Individuals with another qualifying medical condition could continue to receive disability benefits.
[Photo above courtesy of SalFalko/Flickr]
Mikki D. Waid, Ph.D., is a senior strategic policy adviser on the Economic Security Team in the AARP Public Policy Institute. She is responsible for research and analysis of policy issues relating to Social Security and retirement security.
Also of Interest
- Surprising Facts About a Survivor - Social Security
- How Has Social Security Changed Lives? In Millions of Ways
- Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being
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Command Ships: Not Good Enough
"I know this is going to generate a lot of strong feelings due to nostalgia and I share many of those feelings. However I truly think these new versions look amazing and that in the long run this is a change that people will look back on as an obvious positive." - CCP Fozzie
It is an obvious change and a change that makes sense. Moving the Command Ship models to the correct racial Battlecruiser hulls makes perfect sense and I fully support the idea. As much as I loved my Sleipnir Cyclone, or the Evil Cyclon Eyes on the Absolution, the change makes sense from a game perspective. So that is all well and good.
What doesn't make sense, and what insults my sensibilities as an artist, is the new Sleipnir model. The big bold stripes of the Nighthawk, the truly Amarrian Abso shininess, even the Eos Myrm, all seem worthy of Command Ship level awesomeness. And we could, as adults, argue about each of them in turn. Did they go far enough? Nope. Are they just re-skins and not new models? Yep.
Fozzie said something else I'd like to remind you about, "opening up options for the art guys in the future".
Ok, fair enough. The stage is set for some truly inspired and worthy model invention down the road. I encourage that on all four ships. Let us remember the Vagabond, as it stands as the perfect example of how to handle the expansion of a line of hulls. From the Stabber, to the Stabber Fleet, to the Vagabond, each ship is well designed and reflective of its position in the line. The top of the food chain even gets something special, as it should. The Command Ships should be treated the same way. Especially now that we have Navy versions of them in-game.
The Sleipnir is a special case at this point in Eve's history, because it is based on the Hurricane model. And the Hurricane model needs some special attention. Nothing drastic, but it needs a ground-up remake to take advantage of the love other models have received. It is time for the Cane to grow up a little bit and match the rest of the line. Think Tempest when you think of the Cane. The Pest model got that kind of love and it is perfect.
I admit, I'm a spaceship nut. So I'll be watching and waiting to see what happens. You guys can knock it out of the park, I know you can.
So let's grab some Quafe and get those sketch pads out shall we?
PS: Yes I know the formatting is screwed up on these posts lately, it is not on my end and isn't something that I can control. I'm working on it, trust me, it annoys me more than it annoys you.
PPS: Ha! I found a line of code that seems to have fixed the formatting issue.
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Good post. I love the new models on every CS except the Sleip. It feels like its missing something to make it stand out more (not sure if thats a food thing considering things that stand out have a tendency to die in eve) but would be nice to have it upgraded and not 'just' changed.ReplyDelete
"PPS: Ha! I found a line of code that seems to have fixed the formatting issue." Still broken on my IPhone 5 (old ios though, might be that)
But models aren't what make EVE players shoot things... how often do you actually see the model in a fight? Nah, your looking at your overview and thinking... Maller, Maller, Thorax, Stabber, Loki, Stabber, Thorax, Moa, Moa and thinking... shoot that Loki, lol. <- obviously not the greatest fleet comp but you get the point :PDelete
No one is looking at models during fights, of course. But spaceships are still important, they help sell the game and I spend hours and hours waiting on fights looking at my spaceship. Holding in a safe, warping from system to system, etc., I probably spend 99.9% of my game time looking at the ship I'm in.Delete
True true. It was a very bad example. But say you are in a fight using/vs a sleip and fraps it. When you look back on it, you probably want a little bit more than 'oh, that was a sleip? Didn't see that. It's still so similar to the cane'Delete
And like rixx said. The 99% youre not in a fight it would be nice to have something pretty to look at :)
Oh, I'm absolutely agreeing that the model should be blingy and should absolutely have something on it to make it stand out. Not only are you looking at it as you fly around but you've spent months/years training for it and the modules to make it usable so make the ship look freaking sweet by all means. I was mearly stating that blinging out the model wouldn't instantly make it primary in a gang situation ;).Delete


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I have built up a collection of old jam jars, and when the stars align I buy fruit and make jam. Jam is always in fashion in our household. The Brazilian's favourite is pear and ginger; mine is strawberry. When the stars fail to align, the empty jars build up in the cupboard. There are always too many jars, for some reason, and never enough jam. A surplus jam jar makes the perfect vase for a simple posy of crimson pelargonium, dusty miller, chive flowers, tiny alliums, old St John's wort berries and old oregano flowers.
Once today's posy-making was done, I found that the stars had aligned and provided me with four sticks of rhubarb from our garden and a punnet of fresh Scottish strawberries.
In a vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden


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Commonwealth Games 2018 tickets allocated, but not everyone is happy
With more than 1.2 million requests for ticket spots that numbered far less at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games - there was bound to be disappointment.
The first round of tickets for the 2018 Games were announced on Thursday, and as expected, some people were left unhappy and angry over the selection process.
The most popular events were the opening ceremony, rugby sevens final and netball final, which alone was oversubscribed by five times.
Other popular sports included cycling – track, cycling – mountain bike, diving, triathlon and swimming.
Those who applied for tickets last month kept a close eye on their email inbox throughout the day, waiting for either the good news or the bad.
For many it was a mixed bag - with about 70 per cent receiving some or all of the tickets they requested.
"[I] got athletics and swimming. Missed out on netball grand final and gymnastics," Katherine Eddings wrote on the ABC Brisbane Facebook page.
"We got three out of the five events we requested tickets for! Feeling very excited," Kerry Lloyd said.
Donna Crane added: "Got mine. Confirmed for the lawn bowls which is what I wanted."
Others aiming for the most popular events missed out altogether.
"Missed out on the opening ceremony and the netball grand final," Angela Marie said.
Over on the Commonwealth Games Facebook page, there was further disappointment, and criticism over the ticketing process.
"I am so disappointed we were unsuccessful in receiving our tickets. I have three little girls who are gymnastics obsessed and I really wanted to give my children and myself the experience of a lifetime," Bianca Jaide Fellows said.
"We live on the Gold Coast and will now have to sit back and watch everyone enjoy the Games.
"Unfair and ridiculous I was sitting on the computer the minute the tickets went live and reserved ours."
Second chance at tickets coming up in July
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) chairman Peter Beattie said there was bound to be disappointment with the ticketing process.
"But it's important to remember a ticket request phase was chosen for the GC2018 ticketing program to ensure people had a fair chance of accessing tickets to what will be the biggest sporting event in Australia this decade," he said.
GOLDOC chief executive Mark Peters said there would be another opportunity for those who missed out to make it to the Games with 300,000 tickets to events still available.
Any remaining tickets to competition sessions will go on sale to the general public from 9:00am on July 5.
"Those who took part in the ticket request phase will have access to a pre-sale window, beginning two days earlier," Mr Peters said.
"So there is still great opportunity for everyone to experience the Games and witness this wonderful world-class sporting event.
"There are still tickets available to around half of the 97 medal sessions on offer and remember all the great athletes have to qualify through the preliminaries so those sessions are also worth considering."
GC2018 tickets include free public transport on event day within the TransLink public transport network in south-east Queensland, the Cairns TransLink bus network, and on the Townsville qconnect bus network when a valid event ticket is presented.
Topics: sport, commonwealth-games, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, southport-4215, qld
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Ok, I know Halloween is over for this year but I'm always looking for deals. I get most things after the actual holiday in preparation for the next year.
This set of two 22″ tall skeletons is sold on Amazon by Liberty Imports. They are currently on sale for just under $9 for the set of two.
You can find them here
They are made of a cheaper plastic. I would compare it to something you could pick up at a party store. They have an elastic loop at the top to hang them from. The joints are movable. You could also lay these on the ground with a tombstone behind them.
I received these to test out and am grateful to Liberty Imports for this opportunity.


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.\" $NetBSD: getpwent.3,v 1.38 2011/04/28 16:35:05 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)getpwent.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" .Dd April 30, 2008 .Dt GETPWENT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm getpwent , .Nm getpwent_r , .Nm getpwnam , .Nm getpwnam_r , .Nm getpwuid , .Nm getpwuid_r , .Nm setpassent , .Nm setpwent , .Nm endpwent .Nd password database operations .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In pwd.h .Ft struct passwd * .Fn getpwent void .Ft int .Fo getpwent_r .Fa "struct passwd *pw" .Fa "char *buffer" .Fa "size_t buflen" .Fa "struct passwd **result" .Fc .Ft struct passwd * .Fn getpwnam "const char *name" .Ft int .Fo getpwnam_r .Fa "const char *name" .Fa "struct passwd *pw" .Fa "char *buffer" .Fa "size_t buflen" .Fa "struct passwd **result" .Fc .Ft struct passwd * .Fn getpwuid "uid_t uid" .Ft int .Fo getpwuid_r .Fa "uid_t uid" .Fa "struct passwd *pw" .Fa "char *buffer" .Fa "size_t buflen" .Fa "struct passwd **result" .Fc .Ft int .Fn setpassent "int stayopen" .Ft void .Fn setpwent void .Ft void .Fn endpwent void .Sh DESCRIPTION These functions operate on the password database which is described in .Xr passwd 5 . Each entry in the database is defined by the structure .Ar passwd found in the include file .In pwd.h : .Bd -literal -offset indent struct passwd { char *pw_name; /* user name */ char *pw_passwd; /* encrypted password */ uid_t pw_uid; /* user uid */ gid_t pw_gid; /* user gid */ time_t pw_change; /* password change time */ char *pw_class; /* user login class */ char *pw_gecos; /* general information */ char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ char *pw_shell; /* default shell */ time_t pw_expire; /* account expiration */ }; .Ed .Pp The functions .Fn getpwnam and .Fn getpwuid search the password database for the given user name pointed to by .Ar name or user id pointed to by .Ar uid respectively, always returning the first one encountered. Identical user names or user ids may result in undefined behavior. .Pp The .Fn getpwent function sequentially reads the password database and is intended for programs that wish to process the complete list of users. .Pp The functions .Fn getpwnam_r , .Fn getpwuid_r , and .Fn getpwent_r act like their non re-entrant counterparts, updating the contents of .Ar pw and storing a pointer to that in .Ar result , and returning .Dv 0 . Storage used by .Ar pw is allocated from .Ar buffer , which is .Ar buflen bytes in size. If the requested entry cannot be found, .Ar result will point to .Dv NULL and .Dv 0 will be returned. If an error occurs, a non-zero error number will be returned and .Ar result will point to .Dv NULL . Calling .Fn getpwent_r from multiple threads will result in each thread reading a disjoint portion of the password database. .Pp The .Fn setpassent function accomplishes two purposes. First, it causes .Fn getpwent to .Dq rewind to the beginning of the database. Additionally, if .Fa stayopen is non-zero, file descriptors are left open, significantly speeding up subsequent accesses for all of the functions. (This latter functionality is unnecessary for .Fn getpwent as it doesn't close its file descriptors by default.) .Pp It is dangerous for long-running programs to keep the file descriptors open as the database will become out of date if it is updated while the program is running. .Pp The .Fn setpwent function is equivalent to .Fn setpassent with an argument of zero. .Pp The .Fn endpwent function closes any open files. .Pp These functions have been written to .Dq shadow the password file, e.g. allow only certain programs to have access to the encrypted password. If the process which calls them has an effective uid of 0, the encrypted password will be returned, otherwise, the password field of the returned structure will point to the string .Ql * . .Sh RETURN VALUES The functions .Fn getpwent , .Fn getpwnam , and .Fn getpwuid , return a valid pointer to a passwd structure on success and a .Dv NULL pointer if the entry was not found or an error occured. If an error occured, the global variable .Dv errno is set to indicate the nature of the failure. The .Fn setpassent function returns 0 on failure, setting the global variable .Dv errno to indicate the nature of the failure, and 1 on success. The .Fn endpwent and .Fn setpwent functions have no return value. The functions .Fn getpwnam_r , .Fn getpwuid_r , and .Fn getpwent_r return .Dv 0 on success or entry not found, and non-zero on failure, setting the global variable .Dv errno to indicate the nature of the failure. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact .It Pa /etc/pwd.db The insecure password database file .It Pa /etc/spwd.db The secure password database file .It Pa /etc/master.passwd The current password file .It Pa /etc/passwd A Version 7 format password file .El .Sh COMPATIBILITY The historic function .Fn setpwfile which allowed the specification of alternative password databases, has been deprecated and is no longer available. .Sh ERRORS The following error codes may be set in .Va errno for .Nm getpwent , .Nm getpwent_r , .Nm getpwnam , .Nm getpwnam_r , .Nm getpwuid , .Nm getpwuid_r , and .Nm setpassent : .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINTR A signal was caught during the database search. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error has occurred. .It Bq Er EMFILE The limit on open files for this process has been reached. .It Bq Er ENFILE The system limit on open files has been reached. .El .Pp The following error code may be set in .Va errno for .Nm getpwent_r , .Nm getpwnam_r , and .Nm getpwuid_r : .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ERANGE The resulting .Ft struct passwd does not fit in the space defined by .Dv buffer and .Dv buflen .El .Pp Other .Dv errno values may be set depending on the specific database backends. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getlogin 2 , .Xr getgrent 3 , .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr passwd.conf 5 , .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , .Xr vipw 8 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn getpwnam and .Fn getpwuid , functions conform to .St -p1003.1-90 . The .Fn getpwnam_r and .Fn getpwuid_r functions conform to .St -p1003.1c-95 . The .Fn endpwent , .Fn getpwent , and .Fn setpwent functions conform to .St -xpg4.2 and .St -p1003.1-2004 (XSI extension). .Sh HISTORY The .Nm getpwent , .Nm getpwnam , .Nm getpwuid , .Nm setpwent , and .Nm endpwent functions appeared in .At v7 . The .Nm setpassent function appeared in .Bx 4.3 Reno . The functions .Fn getpwnam_r and .Fn getpwuid_r appeared in .Nx 3.0 . .Sh BUGS The functions .Fn getpwent , .Fn getpwnam , and .Fn getpwuid , leave their results in an internal static object and return a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to any of these functions will modify the same object. .Pp The functions .Fn getpwent , .Fn endpwent , .Fn setpassent , and .Fn setpwent are fairly useless in a networked environment and should be avoided, if possible. .Fn getpwent makes no attempt to suppress duplicate information if multiple sources are specified in .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .


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EV' EVID™ Loudspeakers: A Sound Solution for the Private Residence
Gasaway reported: "Though I use a lot of high-end consumer-grade A/V equipment - receivers, etc. - in what I do, whenever there's a loudspeaker application involved, I always go for the guaranteed pro audio quality of Electro-Voice products. The speakers are the last step of the signal path, and I don't take any chances. Using pro-audio quality loudspeakers makes all the difference - I have many satisfied customers who love their EVID installations, both from an acoustic and an aesthetic perspective. The EVIDs have a really clean look that blends in well, wherever you put them. I'm very picky about my installations - I want them to be like a work of art. In this sense, EV paid as much attention to detail with the EVIDs low-profile looks as with their high-profile sound. Visually, they're very subtle: your ears can hear an extensive distributed system throughout a home, yet your eyes hardly notice the speakers are there."
"Though I use a lot of high‑end consumer‑grade A/V equipment ‑ receivers, etc. ‑ in what I do, whenever there's a loudspeaker application involved, I always go for the guaranteed pro audio quality of Electro‑Voice products."
Gasaway continued: "The installation at the home in the photos typifies what I do. I like to get involved at the blueprint stage, before the ground on a new home has even been broken. This allows me time to plan my wiring schemes and speaker schemes and figure out the sweet spots - this planning all adds up to better performance. This home has EVIDs in almost every room, from the recessed C 8.2 ceiling speakers, to the surface-mountable 4.2s, to the 12.1 subs - all in white finish. For example, in the master bedroom there's a large plasma screen TV, for which they wanted audio added, without taking up additional floor space. The EVID recessed ceiling speakers were the ideal solution for this application - they're almost invisible, but sound great across every bandwidth; they're not your average ceiling speaker! The family love the system - most of my business comes from referrals, and working with EV has really helped me build a healthy business in this niche market."
(2) EV SX300e, (2) EVID 12.1, (4) EVID 6.2, (8) EV S40, (2) EV D 60, (2) EVID 8.2, (4) EVID 4.2
Electro-Voice (EV), is a professional audio brand of Telex Communications, Inc., a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of sophisticated audio, wireless, multimedia, aircraft, broadcast and communications equipment for commercial, professional and industrial customers. Telex Communications markets its products in more than 80 countries under the brands EV, Telex, RTS, Dynacord, Midas, Klark Teknik and others.
James Edlund
Public Relations Manager
Telex Communications, Inc.
12000 Portland Ave. South
Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: 952-736-3901
Fax: 952-736-4582
Guy Low
Public Relations Producer
Telex Communications, Inc.
12000 Portland Ave. South
Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: 952-736-3935
Fax: 952-736-4582


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Friday, July 18, 2008
I chose gumballs and this fun and cheery cutie pie DSP.
This is a super fun box and a lot larger than I expected, (it's from a sheet of 12x12.) It would wonderful to use as a centerpiece at a baby shower with different pink candies in each "side."
The original plan was to use afternoon tea paper with bit o honeys and the bee from bloomin beautiful, but I ate too many of the bit o honeys!! The danger of working with candy!!
I think it was for the best though as I haven't done a lot of bright colors lately and I can't stop using the soft sky!!
Want some more candy??? Click --->HERE<---- for the post on my yummy BLOG CANDY! Post my blog candy on your blog and you can enter twice!!
Still looking for more candy?? Check out Stamp Something for the DT's yummy creations!
Thanks for stoppin' by!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sympathy Card
This is a quick card I made for a family friend who recently lost her husband.
Fresh cuts, a new set in the Fall~Winter catty, is a good set to use for sympathy cards. The main image stamp is large and beautiful, so you can finish the card quickly.
I used barely banana, pale plum and whisper white. The ink for the image is river rock. I finally added some white organdy ribbon, Do you think they'll add that to the catty this time??? Fingers crossed!!
Well don't forget to vote and get your triple play entry in over at Stamp Something. Today is the last day for both.
And Click ---> HERE <------- for your chance at my 10$ Stampin' Up! Gift certificate giveaway!!!!!!!
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Monday, July 14, 2008
10,000 Hits Blog Candy....
I think blog candy is definitely in order. As most, well probably all, of you know the NEW Stampin Up! Fall~Winter Catalog comes out in under a month!! WoooHoo!! So what better candy to give than a 10$ Stampin Up! gift cetificate to use for what ever new goodies you want in the new catty!!
For candy that yummy all you need to do is......
Leave me a comment on this post telling me(or linking to) your "go to" technique, sketch or color combo. The one you use when you really need to "WOW."
That's it. Not bad for 10$ in new stuff!!
Subscribers, you can post twice, same with any new subscribers.
Good luck everyone!! I'll have the drawing on Monday, July 28.
Thanks for stoppin' by!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Triple Play
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Workshop prep...
I have a workshop Friday, so I had to clear some time to get ready. This workshop is for someone I haven't met before. I find that makes deciding on projects a lot trickier.
I decided on my trusty one of a kind set. And I finally opened my build a brads to do the center of the flower. Those are so fun!! The flower is colored(quickly since I wasn't sure what I was doing) with pretty in pink and rose red markers, cut out and then adhered with dimensionals. Not sure if this is the final project I'll be demonstrating.
Be sure to check out Stamp Something for a chance to be a guest designer!!
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Friday, July 4, 2008
Dazzle us!!!
Wishing everyone a fun and safe holiday filled with fireworks and cookouts!!
I am currently visiting my firecracker of a niece, who came nearly 6 weeks early to celebrate the fourth with us.
This is my sample for a very special week over at Stamp Something. This week we're asking you to "dazzle us" with glitter, sparkle and shimmer for a chance for you to be a guest designer on our team!! WooHoo, how fun is that!! See Stamp Something for all the details!!
I used the color combo of basic gray, whisper white, rose red and regal rose for this card. I just bought this birds and swirls CB folder with some b-day $$ and had to use it!! I thought the vine from SU's pretty amazing~soon to be on the dormant list:(~ was a great match!! I stamped the flower in rose red on the ww CS. I then inked the flower in regal rose, did the rock n roll technique with rose red, stamped and cut out the flower. I then stamped it again, once in regal rose and once in rose red. I used only the center portion from these two images. All are on dimensionals. I then added some crystal effects and tons of dazzling diamonds. Finally I added a felt flower and a rhinestone brad from the pretties kit. I used 5/8" rose grosgrain as a finishing touch!
Be sure to check out the rest of the DT dazzling samples at Stamp Something, and link up for a chance to join our team!!!Thanks for stoppin' by!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Baby Invites......
My sister likes simple. So I used my cuttlebug swirl folder on the very vanilla. I topped that with pink tafetta ribbon. I used by nesties for the sahara sand rectangle. I then stamped "baby" from AYC(retired) in sahara sand on vanilla. This layer is on dimensionals.


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How did you move from model to actor to writer/director/producer? Do you prefer being in front or behind the lens?
I have no idea. I just did things, and over time other things seemed to happen, or projects intertwined. I have always just tried to make films, and my opinion has always been that to understand film and cinema I have to learn as much as possible about as many elements as possible. I created a lot of my own work early on – films that allowed me to explore my acting abilities. I want to be involved in telling stories and I love the art form and the possibilities of film. When I was younger I would write constantly and draw stories, so it's an evolution of being a child I guess.
When do you find time to write screenplays and what inspires you? Does a degree in psychology aid in the development of your characters?
I write constantly. On set, on the train, sometimes out walking or having drinks with buddies in a bar I get ideas, or a conversation or comment sparks something and so I write it down. I've been known to leave a conversation for a few minutes to write down something that occurred in my head triggered by something somebody said or that I saw. I am always thinking about characters and situations and how people would react. I think I always had that interest, which is what drew me to psychology initially.
Any new independent projects in the pipeline?
I have a new book coming out later this year, Hunter and the Grape, which I think is quite beautiful, and I adapted a book that is being produced by Richard Bolger, called Here Are The Young Men, which is a very powerful, gritty Irish coming-of-age film in the veins of Trainspotting or This Is England. We are in development with the Irish Film Board on it and I'm hopeful that we get to make that later this year.