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Ludd's Blood
Spice up your next brunch with this zesty Bloody Mary, which is garnished with a sweet-and-sour cauliflower pickle. You can use the same pickling recipe with other vegetables, such as celery that has been sliced on the bias into 1-inch (2.5-cm) pieces, but don't forget to start the pickles a day in advance.
For the cauliflower pickle:
- 1 small head cauliflower, about 1 lb. (500 g)
- 2 cups (16 fl. oz./500 ml) champagne vinegar
- 2 cups (1 lb./500 g) sugar
- 1 Tbs. yellow mustard seeds
- 1 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric
For the Bloody Mary:
- 8 cups (64 fl. oz./2 l) tomato juice
- 5 Tbs. (3 fl. oz./80 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbs. sherry vinegar
- 2 Tbs. prepared horseradish
- 2 Tbs. hot sauce, plus more, to taste
- 2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbs. pickle juice
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh dill
- 1 tsp. celery seeds
- 1 tsp. salt, plus more, to taste
- 1 tsp. peppercorns
- 1/2 tsp. dill seeds
- 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp. fennel seeds
- 1 1/2 cups (12 fl. oz./375 ml) vodka or aquavit
To make the cauliflower pickles, at least 12 hours before you want to serve the Bloody Marys, core the cauliflower and cut it into florets about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
In a saucepan over high heat, combine the vinegar and sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, add the mustard seeds and turmeric, and simmer for 15 minutes. Increase the heat to high and bring the mixture back to a boil. Add the cauliflower and boil until slightly softened, 1 to 2 minutes.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and set aside to marinate at room temperature for 12 to 24 hours, then cover and refrigerate. The pickles will keep for about 1 week in the refrigerator.
To assembly the Bloody Marys, in a large pitcher, combine the tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, horseradish, hot sauce, lemon juice and pickle juice.
In a spice grinder, combine the fresh dill, celery seeds, 1 tsp. salt, the peppercorns, dill seeds, mustard seeds and fennel seeds. Grind until well ground. Add the spice mixture to the pitcher and mix well. Taste and season with more salt and hot sauce, if desired.
When ready to serve, add the vodka to the pitcher and mix well. Serve over ice in a tall glass. Garnish with the pickled cauliflower and serve immediately. Serves 8 to 10.
Jason French, Chef/Owner, Ned Ludd, Portland, OR.


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ITU Conference Breifing Notes (What the US *really* thinks about Y2k )greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread
Scroll down to "Preparation of the Year 2000" to see what the US *really* thinks about Y2k and it's impact, as stated at an ITU (International Telecommunication Union) conference.
Bobbi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." -- Ayn Rand -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Y2k? http://www.buzzbyte.com/ Got water? Got Beans? Take the Y2k Preparation Quiz!
-- Bobbi (email@example.com), December 11, 1998
Bobbi, I thought everyone knew the govt. was taking Y2K seriously - they are certainly spending enough money on remediation to make one think so. I have posted links to govt. Y2K documents before - they have asked citizens to be ready for short term power outages and be ready to boil water etc. The idea the govt. expects nothing to happen is just a myth - unfortunatly perpetuated by the fact the president is rather preoccupied right now and hasn't said much of anything about anything of importance for some time.
Try this one as a starter and then follow the links to the rest of the area - they don't get too excited but read it for what is implied about the possibilities of impact on the food supply rather than saying "no panic no profit".
-- Paul Davis (firstname.lastname@example.com), December 11, 1998.
Who are these people? Are they in any way government affiliated? Not sure of impact until I know this.
-- margie mason (firstname.lastname@example.com), December 11, 1998.
The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. Their site is at http://www.itu.int/
The U.S. has delegates to the conference. I don't know who the delegates are, but I'm trying to find out.
Bobbi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." -- Ayn Rand -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Y2k? http://www.buzzbyte.com/ Got water? Got Beans? Take the Y2k Preparation Quiz!
-- Bobbi (email@example.com), December 11, 1998.
Also note the front page USA Today article on the UN Y2000 Conference, starting yesterday or today (Tursday or Friday, the 10 or 11)
-- Chuck a night driver (email@example.com), December 11, 1998.
Bobbi, Thanks.
Paul, For high-risk areas, agencies are developing contingency plans to ensure that they will be able to conduct business even if their systems or outside services on which they depend are not available. - - USDA
How do they define, high-risk areas. Where are they listed in government docs?
-- Diane J. Squire (firstname.lastname@example.com), December 11, 1998.
The definitions depend on whether "is" is "is" or not.
It depends on whether you're trying to count "things that require fixing in time" (the government computer programmer's definition) or "things can be fixed in time." (The government political leader's definition)
Near as I can tell it is:
Mission critical = We gotta have it to run the department. Programmer definition.
Mission critical = We can get most of this sort of fixed in time to meet the March deadline. Political definition.
Corollary: If it can't get fixed in time to meet March 1999 deadine, it comes off of the mision critical list.
-- Robert A. Cook, P.E. (Kennesaw, GA) (email@example.com), December 11, 1998.

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Information about annual meetings and other meetings of interest to Christian ophthalmologists.
The COS annual meetings are being planned for the following places in upcoming years:
|Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
|Dr. Nick and Grace Patel
|Estes Park, Colorado
|Dr. Steve Petty and Dr. Matt Kruger
|Sites being considered
|Submit your suggestion here.
Dr. Abe and Sandra White will be the hosts of the 43rd annual COS meeting in Kansas City which will be held July 31 - August 4th, 2019. The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center will host this meeting for the second time as the society found it to be very accomodating in 2014 for our meeting. The venue is fantastic for families and is situated exactly in the middle of the US making it convenient for our attendees from both coasts! Save this date on your calendar now!!
This section lists the meetings throughout the year of interest to the Christian ophthalmologist.
Selected lectures from annual meetings may be available for viewing. Please select from the following lectures that are available from the 2009 and 2011 meetings.


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In our culture, where we've been trained to expect things to come to us with very little effort, and very little wait; where blogs make us all feel like writers, and Instagram makes us all feel like photographers and artists; it's very refreshing and challenging to read about Beethoven's hard work and singular commitment to art that his music required. Beethoven had to labor over his compositions, and they needed many, many revisions to be what they are. This was encouraging for me, and hopefully it can be to other aspiring writers, songwriters, and artists. Good (or great) art doesn't just happen; it doesn't just spring spontaneously from our brains and our iPhones. Creativity takes work.
"Beethoven's life in its devotion to the attainment of a single end, the perfection of his art, affords an object lesson, which cannot fail to encourage and stimulate every one engaged in creative work of any kind. His earnestness and industry is the key-note to his achievement. He worked harder than any composer we have any record of, with the possible exception of Wagner. If we consider how the compositions improved in his hands, while being worked over, as is shown by the sketch-books, a simple process of reasoning will convince the reader that any man's work, in any line, can be improved by adopting the same methods … The more he worked over his compositions the better they became."
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Lendlease to help build 2018 Commonwealth Games
Leading Australian Property and Infrastructure company Lendlease has today been appointed an Overlay Delivery Partner and Official Supporter Property & Infrastructure of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
Bringing global experience to the Gold Coast, the Australian company will project manage the delivery of 15 competition venues to Games standard across South East Queensland, Townsville and Cairns.
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) Chairman, Peter Beattie AC said he was pleased to welcome another Aussie business to the Games Family.
"We are very excited to welcome Lendlease as the latest supporter and valued member of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games," Mr Beattie said.
"Lendlease brings to the table experience in delivering projects for major sporting events including the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, London 2012 Olympics, Sydney 2000 Olympics and a whole host of World Cup events.
"Most importantly, we have the support of a business, who understands the end user, helping us to build an even bigger and better Games for all to enjoy.
"Lendlease's appointment is another step forward in our Games delivery program and I look forward to seeing the venue overlay across Games venues commence later in the year,"
Minister for the Commonwealth Games, Kate Jones, welcomed Lendlease to the GC2018 Games Sponsor Family.
"Lendlease brings its own Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan to the Games, which complements all that we are doing to promote the spirit of reconciliation through the Games.
"It's the first time that a major international sporting event of this scale has committed to a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
"Through the RAP, we have an opportunity for Games partners to deliver real and tangible legacy outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, such as employment and training opportunities, and a greater cultural awareness of our unique heritage," Minister Jones said.
Lendlease Building Chief Executive Officer Dale Connor said the partnership was an exciting opportunity to contribute to Australia's sporting efforts on the world stage.
"We are a proud Australian company and welcome the opportunity to support our nation as it hosts athletes from all backgrounds to compete and excel on the world stage," Mr Connor said.
"As a business, there's an incredibly strong alignment between our two organisations such as our shared commitment to building respectful relationships and creating opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
"Together with GOLDOC we can elevate the conversation around reconciliation and create real opportunities around procurement, employment and cultural awareness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the lead-up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games."
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The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games will take place from 4 to 15 April 2018.
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CYFI Senior Advisor Karina Avakyan participated in the first high-level conference of the new OECD/INFE project on Financial Education in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)/Eurasia, co-hosted by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus.
The technical assistance project is supported by the Ministry of Finance of Russian Federation, and is aimed to provide dedicated guidance and technical support for the design, implementation and review of evidence-based financial education strategies and policies in six Eurasian economies – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The high-level conference saw the participation of country representatives from all 6 participating countries, Russian Federation, as well as INFE network members, experts and partners.
In a panel dedicated to youth financial education, alongside INFE members and country representatives from the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Armenia and Russia, CYFI representative shared an overview of best practices and examples of financial education being introduced in schools, as well as discussed the importance and pros and cons of various curriculum integration models. Addressing youth needs was determined as one of the priorities for the project, alongside financial literacy of migrants, data collection, and development, implementation and revision of the national financial education strategies.
The second day of the event included practical workshops aimed to support project countries and their national stakeholders on the road to achieve the project objectives, and were focused on the importance of data collection, monitoring and evaluation, and national strategies.


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The Explanation Of A Coriolis Flow Meter
The Coriolis Effect is known as a natural-phenomenon which makes objects seem as though they "curve" when moving over the Earth's surface. Coriolis Meters also known as Coriolis Flow Meters are a mass-flow meter that utilizes the Coriolis Effect in order to measure mass flow rates of particular processes.
In comparison to other types of flow-meter technologies, the Coriolis Flow Meters are still regarded as new and were not used widely for industrial applications up until the era of the 1980's. Today the more modern type Coriolis meters come in various designs and the majority of their configurations feature a single or double U-shaped flow tubes that have an outlet on one side and an inlet on the other. The tubes are inside sensor housings which are connected to electronic units.
Variations of the standardized Coriolis meter designs now include the straight-through or double-looped singular tubes that have been designed for use with abrasive or dirty fluids that have the potential to clog up the U-shaped tubes.
When there is an absence of flow, the tubes will vibrate and sine-wave outputs for each of the hall-effect transducers will be in phase. However, when the flow starts, the liquids that flow through these tubes will create a twist or rotation to these tubes caused from the acceleration of what is known as the Coriolis Effect that will operate in an opposite direction on each side of the force applied.
An example of this would be when the Coriolis Flow Meter moves upwards in the beginning part of the cycle, liquid that flows into this meter will resist being pushed upwards and will push down on this tube. On the other hand, the fluids that flow out of this meter will resist the process of having the vertical motion reduced by placing pressure on this tube. This is the process that will cause a twist or rotation in the tube. When the fluids flow downwards in the second phase of the cycle of a vibration cycle, it causes the tube to rotate or twist in the other direction. These twists cause a time lag (phase difference) between the outlet and inlet sides. The phase difference will be affected directly from the mass that passes through these tubes.
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The 2018 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium will be hosted in Portland, Oregon. The objectives of this symposium are to highlight new groundbreaking discoveries and developments in nanomedicine and drug delivery. Revolutionary advances in this area require collaboration amongst researchers working in a diverse array of fields including nanotechnology, materials science, imaging, cell biology, tissue engineering, gene editing, drug and gene delivery as well as clinical research.
The symposium will take place at the Collaborative Life Science Building (CLSB), a next-generation health and science education and research facility that combines the resources and brainpower of three Oregon universities under one roof – Oregon State University (OSU), Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Portland State University (PSU).
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PORTSMOUTH — According to George Sherman's "History of Temple Israel," Portsmouth's first Jewish residents were Abraham and Rachel Isaac. The two arrived from Prussia and settled in the quaint seaside community in 1789.
"The exact date or reason for their coming to Portsmouth is unknown," wrote Sherman.
Although he arrived in Portsmouth with no profession or trade, Abraham Isaac would go on to open a store that sold household items such as shawls, gloves, hats, cloth, powder, playing cards and handkerchiefs.
"The low prices drew many customers from all areas of the town, making the Isaac's store a success," wrote Sherman.
As practicing Jews, the Isaacs kept their store closed on the Sabbath and on Jewish holy days.
By 1900, a group of about 16 Jewish families had settled in Portsmouth in an area along the water known as the Puddledock area. This part of town is currently known as Strawbery Banke.
According to Barney Share, current congregational president of Temple Israel, many of Portsmouth's earliest Jewish residents were drawn to the area's robust shipbuilding industry.
"Many who came were skilled tailors who could easily apply their trade to sailmaking," said Share.
Although much of the settlers' time was spent working as tailors, cobblers, peddlers, junk dealers and shopkeepers, they tried hard to maintain Jewish traditions.
"These Eastern European Jews came from a strong Jewish orthodox background, and prayers were important to them," wrote Sherman.
At this point in time, there was no synagogue established in Portsmouth, so the residents would meet as a minyan, or group of 10 adult Jewish men over the age of 13, in private homes. Sherman notes that one of the most popular homes used for such meetings was that of Menashe Polimer located at 16 Myrtle Avenue. Another home belonging to Harry Sussman of Islington Street was also used for these gatherings.
For ritual immersions, some of Portsmouth's Jewish residents would utilize mikvahs, or ritual baths, constructed in some homes. According to Martin, records indicate less than a handful of homes in the area contained mikvahs.
When a visit to a mikvah was not an option for those in need of cleansing, they would pay a visit to a natural body of water such as a lake, river or the ocean.
Share noted that many Jewish residents would utilize Pierce Island for ritual immersion — a place they referred to as Palestine Beach.
Senter said he prefers to use a natural resource such as a beach during his cleansing rituals.
"I think it's a beautiful practice to use one of God's creations," said Senter.
In 1905, when Morris Port moved to Portsmouth from Newburyport, Mass., he began to organize fellow Jewish members of the community in hopes of establishing a synagogue.
"Having a place to worship is the top of the pyramid in Jewish culture," said Share.
A group of elected officials decided to rent rooms on the second floor of what is now 252 State St., serving as Portsmouth's first synagogue. The name of this new synagogue was Temple of Israel.
Temple of Israel was the third synagogue established in the state of New Hampshire, preceded by two synagogues in Manchester.
The first order of business for the group was to find and appoint a religious leader. After placing an advertisement in Jewish newspapers based out of Boston and New York, a New York man by the name of Harry Liberson responded and was immediately hired. Aside from serving as a religious leader, Liberson taught Hebrew school, prepared boys for their bar mitzvahs, served as a shochet (ritual slaughterer) and mohel (performed circumcisions), and opened Portsmouth's first kosher butcher shop.
In 1910, Temple of Israel drafted and accepted a set of bylaws to operate. In doing so, the temple became a legal religious group recognized by the city, county and state.
Although the congregation was pleased with the advancements they had made toward recognizing Jewish culture and traditions in Portsmouth, another problem still needed to be addressed.
According to the Temple Israel website, Jewish residents who had passed away before 1908 were buried in Somersworth because there was no Jewish cemetery located in Portsmouth. After appointing a committee to purchase suitable land in Portsmouth, a Jewish cemetery was built on an acre of land on what is now known as Banfield Road. This property became known as Temple of Israel Cemetery, with its first burial taking place in 1908.
By 1911, Portsmouth's Jewish community had grown large enough that the Temple's committee began seeking out a facility that would accommodate the growing congregation and could be used as a proper synagogue. At this same time, the First Methodist Church located on State Street had been put up for sale. After some negotiating, Temple of Israel purchased the building for $7,000.
Festivities including a parade and speeches as the community began the process of converting the former church building to a synagogue.
"The transfer from the old to the new was carried out with a grand display of joy and pride by the Jewish community," wrote Sherman. "...The Portsmouth Jewish community had finally achieved its dream of possessing a synagogue housed in its own building."
According to Rabbi Senter, there were many more men than women who were part of the Temple of Israel congregation in its earliest days. This is made clear by the layout of the synagogue, as the main area where the men were seated is much larger than the "ladies gallery" located in the balcony.
"Men were much more present at services," said Senter.
Although a few renovations have taken place at Temple Israel over the past century, much of the synagogue still features original components. Specifically, the dark wooden pews are those that were built into the First Methodist Church before the Temple's purchase of the building more than 100 years ago.
When Portsmouth Naval Shipyard increased its production during World War I, many Jewish families moved to the Puddledock area to work at the shipyard. Sherman noted that a number of these new residents also opened businesses that catered to the Navy personnel who were stationed in the area.
"Many of them remained and joined the congregation, raising the membership of Temple of Israel to some seventy-five families," wrote Sherman.
Local Jewish families were actively engaged in movements against the oppression and death of Jews in Europe and Asia.
According to Sherman's publication, Portsmouth's Jewish community held a three-day bazaar in May 1918 to benefit the Jewish Relief Fund in hopes of helping the Jews living in war zones in Russia and the Balkans. In less than a year, the Jewish community of Portsmouth had raised $9,250 for the relief fund — the second largest contribution in the state of New Hampshire.
By 1920, the congregation had been utilizing the State Street property as the home of Temple Israel for eight years and decided it was time for renovations. After raising funds and taking out a mortgage, a new ark was built, the cupola that houses the former First Methodist Church bell was removed, new lights were hung, the vestry was divided into classroom space, a kitchen was installed and the building was painted white.
To honor the newly renovated temple, more than 600 Jews from Portsmouth as well as neighboring communities gathered for a rededication ceremony.
Over the next 70 years, more and more young Jewish couples moved to Portsmouth and the surrounding communities to raise their families. By 1992, the city of Portsmouth's Jewish community had grown to about 1,000 residents, increasing the congregation at Temple of Israel to more than 725 members.
"The Portsmouth Jewish community has changed from the early immigrants, peddlers, junk men, tailors, cobblers and shopkeepers, to a new group of professionals, executives and entrepreneurs," wrote Sherman. " ... As the Portsmouth Jewish community continues to grow, there will be more contributions to the administration, economy, and progress of the city of Portsmouth."


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Research Supervisors
Professor Danielle Mazza
Professor Danielle Mazza is an academic general practitioner and author of Women's Health in General Practice (2nd Ed. published by Churchill Livingstone, 2011). She currently leads a program of translational research that is focused on women's sexual and reproductive health, preventive care, and cancer. Danielle has acquired more than $18 million in competitive funding as a Chief Investigator and has 85 peer-reviewed publications (44 as first-author) in international and national refereed journals. She is currently leading two major studies: (1) ACCORd - an NHMRC-funded project on increasing the uptake of long-acting contraception among Australian women and (2) LEAD - a Cancer Council Australia-funded project that is investigating the differences in health outcomes between Anglo-Australian lung cancer patients and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Research profile: http://monash.edu/research/explore/en/persons/danielle-mazza(bcaaa3ad-3708-4167-bb71-74b6cc4a606e).html
Professor Grant Russell
Professor Grant Russell is the Head of Monash University's multi-disciplinary School of Primary and Allied Health Care and Director of the Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit. Grant leads two substantial community based research programs. OPTIMISE, an NHMRC Partnership Project, brings together 14 communities, governments and academic organisations to evaluate the evaluating the feasibility of a collaborative approach to building system capacity to deliver quality, accessible and coordinated PHC care to refugees in Australia. IMPACT, is a 5 year Canadian - Australian Centre of Research Excellence that is generating sustainable innovative solutions to minimising access barriers faced by vulnerable populations in six jurisdictions, three in Australia and three in Canada.
Research profile: http://monash.edu/research/explore/en/persons/grant-russell(479eb9a7-4f48-42a0-86ab-048ac7ba5766).html
Professor Jan Coles
Professor Jan Coles is an academic general practitioner who has worked in clinical medicine and general practice for 25 years. She is leads the School of Primary Health Care research portfolio and coordinates the activities of the higher degree by research students. In 2015, she received the Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching and was an invited expert panel member at the World Health Organization meeting in Geneva to develop family violence curriculum for health professional students in developing nations. Jan's research has concentrated on the impacts of childhood sexual abuse on Australian women's health and the education of health practitioners in the area of family violence. She is currently the lead investigator for a Learning and Teaching grant, funded by the Office for Learning and Teaching to develop a national teaching resource for family violence. She has successfully supervised five outstanding BMedSc students in the last three years who will be the great advocates for their patients in the future.
Research profile: http://monash.edu/research/explore/en/persons/jan-coles(3ee5772d-902b-4283-8e9c-61bb2c2affae).html
Associate Professor Craig Hassed
Associate Professor Craig Hassed is a General Practitioner and Senior Lecturer in the Monash University Department of General Practice where he has been teaching at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels since 1989. He has been instrumental in introducing a variety of innovations into medical education and practice with an emphasis on the application of holistic, integrative and mind-body medicine in medical practice and reconnecting different knowledge systems e.g. medical science and philosophy, in a way which is grounded, balanced, scientifically valid and clinically effective. Craig is Mindfulness Coordinator at Monash University and has co-authored the FutureLearn online mindfulness course, Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Sustainable Performance. He has authored and co-authored 12 books including Mindfulness for Life, Mindful Learning, Mindful Medical Practitioners, and the textbook, General Practice - the integrative approach and also featured in the documentary, The Connection. He is a regular speaker in Australia and internationally on these topics and is regularly invited to contribute to a variety of community and professional groups.
Dr Samantha Chakraborty
Dr Samantha Chakraborty is a primary health care researcher with a focus on developing and implementing research that makes a difference. Samantha has a unique combination of skills comprising implementation science, research management, and quantitative and qualitative research in primary health care. She is currently overseeing the development of evidence-based and implementable clinical practice guidelines for the management of workplace related mental health conditions.
Dr I-Hao Cheng
Dr I-Hao Cheng is a nationally recognised expert in the primary health care of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia across research, policy, service delivery, and community engagement. His extensive work includes researching a national framework for primary health care delivery to refugees, evidence of effectiveness and evaluation tools, and a landmark refugee health needs assessment in South East Melbourne that was the basis of strategic changes in the region.
Dr Marina Kunin
Dr Marina Kunin has been working as a social and health policy researcher since 1997. Her research interests lie in the fields of primary care, health systems, health policy and population health. Marina has methods expertise in qualitative and quantitative techniques with particular interest in mixed methods approach. She enjoys doing applied, policy-oriented research. Currently, Marina is involved in evaluation of interventions to reduce unmet needs for care and improve timeliness and accessibility of care for vulnerable population groups.
Dr Riki Lane
Dr Riki Lane is a research fellow at the Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit, with expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods in the areas of sociology of health, science and gender, and transgender health care. Work at SAPCRU involves qualitative and ethnographic research studies into models of primary health care, including: integrated primary health care centres; nursing in general practice; eHealth, national evaluations of Medicare Locals and Primary Health Networks, and explaining differences in access to care across developed nations. Riki is also a research/project worker at the Gender Clinic, Monash Health, undertaking research into transgender health.
Dr Xiaoping Lin
Dr Xiaoping Lin joined the Department of General Practice as a Research Fellow in July 2016. She works closely with Prof Danielle Mazza and oversees the LEAD (Lung cancer diagnostic and treatment pathways: A comparison between CALD and Anglo-Australian patients) project. Xiaoping has a background in psychology and her main research areas include mental health, dementia, cancer, and health service development and evaluation. Being an immigrant, Xiaoping has a particular interest in health and cultural diversity and has worked in many projects involving people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Xiaoping completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2014 and her PhD explored the nature of older parent-child relationships and their associations with older people's psychological wellbeing, with a focus on the differences and similarities between older Australian-born people and older Chinese immigrants.
Dr Debbi Long
Debbi is a health anthropologist interested in culture and health, including understanding the health system as a "culture" in ways that facilitate cultural change and quality improvement in health service delivery. She is passionate about health equity and the delivery of appropriate, quality care to vulnerable individuals and communities. She has developed a number of innovative teaching tools for qualitative methodology in health settings, and has extensive research experience with multidisciplinary clinical teams. She is currently working in the Department of General Practice with Professor Jan Coles on the PACTS family violence education program, and on a project with the Department of Physiotherapy exploring client needs identification in traffic accident and WorkCover rehabilitation care.
Mr Tshepo Rasekaba
Mr Tshepo Rasekaba has an interest in health services and clinical research that informs chronic disease management, particularly diabetes, across primary and tertiary care. He has undertaken work in Hospital Admission Risk Program evaluation including service utilisation and outcomes in type 2 diabetes, hospital intensive care unit mortality monitoring using the Critical Outcome Prediction Equation in Victorian public hospital ICUs. His PhD research explored a telemedicine intervention in the management of insulin treated gestational diabetes. That being said, Tshepo is a generalist researcher keen on applying his experience and research skills in evidence based clinical practice, healthcare program development, implementation and evaluation to impact service and patient outcomes. He is currently the evidence reviewer in the development of clinical practice guidelines for the management of workplace-related mental health conditions in general practice.
Dr Lyle Turner
Dr Lyle Turner is a research fellow and data scientist within the Department of General Practice. Through his primary role as biostatistician for the Melbourne East Monash General Practice database (MAGNET), Lyle pursues research around his interest in linkage and analysis of routinely collected datasets to inform policy and health service delivery.
Lyle's background is grounded in data – its collection, storage, analysis and interpretation. All data has a story to tell, and he strongly believes that research has a role to play in shaping how and why such data are collected, and what impact it can have on society. Lyle has been involved in a variety of research both in Australia and the UK, working on projects linked to health services delivery (City University London) and epidemiology and public health (Queensland University of Technology and public health (QUT). His current research interests relate to the use of routinely collected General Practice data to examine issues around preventive care and chronic disease management in General Practice and its impact on acute care utilisation.
Dr Shiva Vasi
Dr Shiva Vasi is a primary care researcher and a lecturer in transcultural psychiatry. Shiva is a qualitative researcher with a strong interest in refugees and asylum seekers health in Australia and refugee mental health. Shiva's previous research includes qualitative evaluation of innovations in primary care, researching a national framework for primary health care delivery to refugees, and mental health in primary care.
Dr Cathy Watson
Dr Cathy Watson completed her PhD at the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne in 2013, where she conducted a small randomized controlled trial in women's sexual health, as well as a survey and a small mass spectrometry project. She has a keen interest in women's health and joined the Department of General Practice at Monash University in February 2016 to project manage the Australian Contraceptive Choice (ACCORd) cluster randomized controlled trial. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Department, and also works part-time as a women's health nurse practitioner at the Royal Women's Hospital.
Dr Ting Xia
Dr Ting Xia is a Research Fellow in the Department of General Practice. She joined the department of General Practice in February 2015. Her research interests focus on GP management of chronic diseases, data linkage of routinely collected general practice and hospital datasets, and compensation injury data. She is also a Research Fellow in the Institute for Safety, Compensation, and Recovery Research (ISCRR), where she works on the project "Development of an OHS Monitoring Framework for the Victorian public health sector".
Ting's background is in health assessment research. She completed a PhD in Public Health at the University of Adelaide in 2015 focussing on evaluating the health co-benefit of promoting alternative transport use. Ting had worked for two years as a public health physician in Nanjing Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, China.


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Albert Francis Blakeslee, 1874–1954, American botanist, b. Genesee, New York. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard (1904) and was a member of the faculty until 1907. After several years as professor at Connecticut Agricultural College (now the Univ. of Connecticut), he joined the staff of the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., and later served as its director (1936–41). In 1943 he became director of the Smith College Genetics Experiment Station. From his earliest research, the discovery of sexual reproduction in bread molds, his contributions to botany and genetics were of far-reaching significance. His study of the inheritance and geographical distribution of the jimson weed, Datura, provided important information concerning chromosome behavior, genic balance, and species evolution. He introduced the use of the alkaloid colchicine to increase the number of chromosomes in the plant cell.


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Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry, co-edited by myself and Abigail Bray and published by Spinifex Press, had its first official launch at Readings Books in Melbourne last Thursday.
It was a great night. Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, gave a compelling address about porn's insidious spread and impact (it will be published soon so you can see how good it was). Contributor 'Stella', who also has a chapter in the book, moved us with her personal story. My publishers – also contributors – Dr Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorn spoke, along with Dr Meagan Tyler and Caroline Norma, who also have chapters in the book.
The next launch is in Perth this Thursday: 1pm-2pm, Level 2 Foyer, Parliament House. I'll be speaking, along with Abigail Bray, Renate Klein, Susan Hawthorne and another contributor Betty McLellan who wrote a significant chapter looking at free speech vs fair speech. The book will be launched by Minister for Mental Health, the Hon Helen Morton MLC and Kate Doust, MLC and Nick Goiran, MLC, will say a few words in support. RSVP's to: Jasmine Piipponen firstname.lastname@example.com or (08)9398 3800.
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Senior Pastor of Christ Church Evangelical Covenant in East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1,400 in worship
General Description
The primary role of the Senior Pastor is to give himself to the ministry of the Word and prayer, seeking to walk uprightly before the Lord in his personal life while seeking the mind of God on behalf of the congregation. He will lead and teach the congregation according to the Word, holding true to Christ Church's vision and core values while preparing for its future. This takes constant effort through prayer, scriptural study, professional growth, education, training and personal interaction with the congregation.
Worship and Teaching
- Ensures that overall weekly worship services are effective and on target regarding content, style, structure, timing and design.
- Accountable for the completeness and the quality of worship services for the church, managing the Worship Arts Director for the planning and leading of those services.
- Meets regularly with Worship Arts Director to critique prior worship services and to plan/agree on future worship services regarding music selection, transitions, drama, technical needs, etc.
- Develops a preaching schedule and teaching methods that inspire and challenge spiritual growth of the congregation with the capacity to make the gospel understandable to visitors.
- Accountable for the completeness and the quality of special worship services such as Christmas, Easter, WorldFest, Children's/Youth Sundays, and other special programs.
- Develop, train, disciple and equip leaders for ministry through teaching, personal modeling, mentoring, and program development and implementation.
- Provide spiritual leadership to the staff and be responsible for working with the executive pastor to coordinate staff meetings.
- As an Elder of Christ Church, maintains a very close liaison with fellow Elders, meeting with them regularly on a formal and informal basis.
- Provide spiritual leadership to the Elders and be accountable, with the chairman and executive pastor for coordination of Elder and annual congregational meetings.
- Together with the Elders, he will dream and be visionary about the church's growth and direction, and have primary accountability for casting the vision to the congregation.
- Recommends and implements, with the approval of the Council of Elders, actions that fulfill the vision and mission of Christ Church.
Other Related Responsibilities
Maintains a pastoral ministry in the following areas:
- Hospital calls.
- Emergency and crisis situations.
- Conducts weddings and funeral services, performs baby dedications and baptisms.
- Provides pastoral counseling to those in spiritual need, assists persons facing problems or decisions, and comforts the bereaved.
Keep abreast of current trends in the ministry through reading, seminars, conferences and networking, with responsibility for formal communication of those trends to church leadership.
Responsible for personal spiritual renewal; scheduling regular retreats for spiritual reflection, study and prayer for vision and direction.
Reporting Relationships
Immediate Supervisor: Elders
Supervises (Staff):
- Director of Worship Arts
- Sanctuary Coordinator: Provides oversight to the worship and teaching aspects of the Sunday night Sanctuary services.
Partners with:
- Support staff
- Director and pastoral team
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Former England midfielder Joe Cole has confirmed that he has left West Ham following the expiration of his contract.
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The 32-year-old was given an 18-month deal in January of last year but he has not featured much during the 2013/14 campaign.
Cole scored in a 3-3 draw against West Brom in December but that was the last Premier League match he started.
However, he plans to continue playing and told talkSPORT: "I'm a free agent now and I'm looking for a new club.
"My relationship with West Ham is great, but obviously it didn't work towards the end of this season and I didn't play enough.
"So, I'm just going to take my time over the summer and find the right fit.
"At this stage of my career, finances are not important for me. I want to enjoy my football, I want to compete and I just want to play more."
Cole is a graduate of the West Ham academy and is considered one of the most talented players of his generation.
He joined Chelsea in 2003 and won three Premier League titles during a spell in which he became an England regular, and he has represented his country 56 times at senior level.
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What are we talking about? Brussel Sprouts (or Brussels, as we call them here), are itty bitty cabbages! Okay, not quite, but they ARE in the cabbage family and the small buds are edible and nutritious.
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Cornelia Barber is a New York writer. In her duel writing and healing work she investigates lineage, intimacy, race and the psychic and physical ecologies of people, plants, places and animals. Her work can be found in Prelude, The Felt, Berfrois, Fanzine, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Entropy, Weird Sister and more. Her poem "Pink Metal" won the Luna Luna Magazine inaugural flash poetry contest on the theme of "Death", and her manuscript "Of Mouth And River" was nominated as a Tarpaulin Sky book award Semi-Finalist. She is an editor at Queen Mobs Teahouse. You can read her blog Poetry Rituals: here https://poetry-rituals.tumblr.


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Hundreds of officers packed the courthouse Wednesday to stare down accused cop killer Tyrone Howard as he appeared before a judge for the first time.
Howard, a 30-year-old wanted criminal with more than a dozen prior arrests, mostly for drug offenses, and 12 prior incarcerations, allegedly shot a 33-year-old NYPD officer in the front of the head as he encountered the officer, who was responding to a report of gunfire near the FDR Drive in East Harlem, authorities said.
The alleged killer was arraigned and will appear in court again soon for possible grand jury action, according to court documents.
The crowded courthouse was charged with emotion – Howard angered officers by remainging seated during his appearance.
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch rallied officers that showed up in support of the fourth NYPD cop killed in the line of duty in the last 11 months.
"Once again, we're here preparing to shoulder our brother and bring him into a church," Lynch said. "Once again, our police officers are going to have to stand by the thousands, patch to patch."
Howard kept his head down and ignored questions from reporters as he was led in handcuffs from the 25th Precinct and into a police vehicle for his first court appearance Wednesday night.
Howard, also known as "Peanut," had three current warrants out for his arrest, including one on a second-degree assault charge, according to law enforcement sources. Authorities said they were looking for him in connection with a Sept. 1 shooting at the East River Houses. Police sources called Howard a "major drug player" and said he knew police were looking for him.
"The perpetrator involved here was obviously a hardened, violent criminal who should not have been allowed on the streets," Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday as he called for criminal justice reform.
Howard was most recently arrested in October 2014 on a drug-related offense and was jailed from that time through February of this year, when he was released into a drug diversion program, which is meant to keep drug offenders from overcrowding the city's jails.
"If ever there was a candidate not to be diverted, it would be this guy," Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said. "There are people in our society who are criminals, who are violent criminals ... who should be separated from the rest of society."
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said his office recommended state prison for the defendant and opposed his request for diversion.
Court officials said Howard qualified for the program because he was charged with selling and possessing drugs and was addicted.
Howard was allegedly part of a group that had engaged in a gun battle on an overpass near East 102nd Street and First Avenue around 8:30 p.m Tuesday. Officers on nearby rooftops who witnessed the gun battle radioed for backup and NYPD officer Randolph Holder and his partner were among those who responded, authorities said.
Howard fled the site of the gun battle, stole a man's bicycle at gunpoint near 126th Street and started riding that bicycle near the promenade, authorities allege. As Holder and his partner scoured the area for potential suspects, they encountered and followed three individuals but soon realized those individuals had nothing to do with the gun battle and continued heading down a walkway.
As they walked down that path, Howard approached the duo on his bicycle, authorities said. According to Bill Aubry, Manhattan chief of detectives, Howard saw the officers, put down his bike, pulled out a gun and fired once, striking Holder in the front of the head. Howard then headed toward Holder's partner, who pulled out his own weapon and fired at Howard, striking him twice, including once in the leg. Howard fled north on the promenade and was apprehended by other officers.
Holder was taken to Harlem Hospital in very critical condition Tuesday night and later pronounced dead. Dozens of Holder's fellow officers stood outside the hospital and saluted as the ambulance carrying their fallen colleague left. Afterward, many embraced one another.
Bratton, reflecting on the deadly police shootings he has seen over the course of his career, said coping with the losses never gets easier.
"It never gets easier. I'll be very frank with you – it gets worse each time," Bratton said Wednesday, reflecting on the police deaths he's seen over the last 45 years. "Last night was one of those nights – it was not easy to do."
Bratton spoke about a time in the 1970s when dozens of officers went down every year.
"The challenge for all of us is in the midst of all of our well-intended efforts to deal with racial issues, to deal with criminal issues, narcotics issues, is that we don't let the insanity again take hold of us," Bratton said.
Howard was released from the hospital into police custody Wednesday, according to Bratton. Police sources said he faces charges of first-degree murder of a police officer and second-degree robbery for the bike theft.
There was no immediate information on whether Howard had an attorney.
At least one gun was recovered at the scene of the gun battle, law enforcement sources said, and authorities believe at least three weapons were used. Police said the murder weapon has not yet been recovered, but that witnesses saw the suspect toss something toward the river as he ran from the officers. They believe the gun is in the water, and NYPD officials said they're confident the weapon will be recovered since the river is shallow at the edge.
At a news briefing Wednesday, de Blasio said the tragic shooting should underscore a desperate need for stricter gun laws.
"Our officers do so much every day to protect us and yet they grapple every day with an unrelenting flow of firearms into this city from the outside," de Blasio said.
Holder, a native of Guyana, had five years on the job and worked in the anti-crime unit of PSA no. 5, a command that polices public housing developments in East Harlem and Harlem, according to Bratton.
His father and his grandfather were both police officers in Guyana, and Holder joined the NYPD after he moved to New York.
Speaking outside his home Wednesday, Holder's father said his son has always wanted to be a policeman. He described his son as an easygoing, loving young man who did his duties diligently and with pride.
He also said he had just taken the detective's exam and was looking to move up in the force.
"In each job I think there's danger, no matter the type of work you're doing. There's some kind of risk involved," Randolph Holder Sr. said. "If I had known that was the last time, I would have told him not to go out for duty. If I had known ... stay home."
Holder's body was transported Wednesday to the Jeremiah C. Gaffney Funeral Home in Inwood, Long Island, not far from his family's home in Far Rockaway. A line of blue greeted the convoy there.
A wake will be held for Holder at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens on Oct. 27, and his funeral will be held the next afternoon in the same church, according to police. Services were originally planned at a church in Far Rockaway, but were changed Thursday. JetBlue said it would offer free flights to police officers who wanted to attend.
Holder will be buried in Georgetown, Guyana.
Holder is the fourth NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in the last 11 months. Brian Moore, 25, was shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked patrol car in Queens last May; he was taken off life support two days later. Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot in the head as they sat in their patrol car in Bedford-Stuyvesant in December 2014, days before Christmas.
Before the slayings of Ramos and Liu, the NYPD had gone two years without an officer dying in the line of duty.
"New York City police officers every day go out and carry themselves like superheroes but the reality is when we're attacked we bleed, when we bleed we die and when we die we cry," Lynch said.


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I'm not much of an American Idol fan. But out of sheer boredom yesterday I decided to watch the grand finale between the David's and I must say I was in awe the moment I heard David Archuleta singing "Don't let the sun go down on me". That guy easily knocked down his opponent David Cook I tell you.
So I slept and woke up next morning to hear that David Cook had won from a record 12.5 million votes and was shocked!!! . Not that this Cook guy was undeserving or anything, but when the judges clearly declared the winner, the public that voted must have found someother judging factor. Maybe it was Archuletta's age; that guy was just out of college. 🙂
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Acreage increased slightly to 45,737 and the fire is 42% contained.
Crews continued burn-out operations along Hwy 60, on the western flank of the fire and along the eastern flank off of the 33B road. The North and South lines of the fire remain in mop-up and patrol status.
Crews will look for favorable conditions to continue burn-out operations and will continue to monitor and patrol the existing containment lines.
We remain under pre-evacuation notice at this time.


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Sparkle and April
Sparkle and April both arrived June 11th 2016 slightly under weight, in need of hoof care, and yearly vaccinations. Sparkle is a 24-year-old miniature horse born 6/5/1994 and April is a 25-year-old miniature horse born 4/15/1993. Both of these girls were in fairly good health other than needing their teeth floated. Floating means to smooth or contour a horse's teeth with a file (called a "float"). Horse's teeth keep growing and if not floated may develop sharp edges, making it difficult for them to chew food or simply have pain and discomfort inside their mouth. This will cause them to lose weight as well as they will drop food due to the inability to chew properly.
Sparkle and April are adoptable!
Sparkle and April are adoptable!


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What Is the Software-Defined Data Center?
The software-defined data center (SDDC) is a data center architecture that leverages software-defined technologies for storage, network and server resources. Put simply, this is using software (instead of hardware) to build an environment that can quickly meet the needs of an organization. This is accomplished with automation, orchestration and technology features typically attributed to the cloud. In fact, software-defined technologies were originally conceived and developed to power some of the world's largest public clouds.
Benefits of Software-Defined & Virtualization Technologies
Reduce the administrative burden of IT operations
Software-defined and virtualization technologies will simplify the management of technologies, allowing administrators to apply more advanced automation capabilities.
Minimize the costs associated with IT operations
Decoupling dependencies between the application and its infrastructure will allow prevent over-provisioning as well as reducing the need for hiring specialized skill sets.
Deliver immediate responsiveness to the needs of the business
This more agile, virtual environment empowers organizations to respond faster to new business needs.
Enable increased stability by automating provisioning and support
Human errors are minimized by reusing templates and containers as they are. Stateless computing through mode two application design, and rich user experiences that make it easy to request, operate, and destroy IT resources.


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Available for purchase now in the Sections Bookstore.
Growing a law practice can be a lawyer's most rewarding and challenging professional experience. The goal of this book, is to make it less challenging and more rewarding. It picks up where The California Guide to Opening a Law Office left off, exploring challenges of growing a law practice in detail.
Chapters include:
Cost: $99
This the companion volume to The California Guide to Opening and Managing a Law Office, described below.
Published by The State Bar of California
See the Sections Bookstore for more details.
As a sole practitioner or the head of a small firm, you must act as so much more than just CEO; you also must also wear the hats of Chief Financial Officer, Human Resources Director, Chief Technology Officer, and more. The California Guide to Opening and Managing a Law Office is your personal executive team:
Please note: The charts referenced in the book are available here: Opening a Law Office Charts.
For a full list of upcoming CLE programs, see the CLE Calendar.
The Sections offer ongoing opportuntities for continuing legal education credit:
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Online articles from Section publications are available for self-study MCLE credit. Each article is worth 1 hour of self-study credit. It's easy ... read an article and then take a 20 question quiz. The answers and justifications are available immediately upon submitting the quiz. You can earn up to 12.5 hours of self-study credit per reporting period. For more information, see our online catalog of articles.
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Authentication is one of the biggest challenges in information security. We can have all kinds of technical security measures in our systems. There are various controls we can have at the data level. But we still need to allow people to use the systems and get to the data. I should say... we need to allow the right people to use the systems and get to the data! Authentication is how we decide who the right people are.
Federal regulations like HIPAA, PCI, IRS 1075 and others have major focus on minimum necessary. That is, giving a user the minimum access they need to do their job.
Wikipedia defines authentication as: (from Greek: αὐθεντικός; real or genuine, from αὐθέντης authentes;
author) is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum
or entity. This might involve confirming the identity of a person or
software program, tracing the origins of an artifact, or ensuring that a
product is what its packaging and labeling claims to be. And Webopedia has: The process of identifying an individual, usually based on a username and password. Interesting that this latter definition directly refers to username and password.
There has been plenty of news in the past couple of years of breaches involving theft of a password file (encrypted or unencrypted) and customer/citizen personal data. Example like: eHarmony, LinkedIn, South Carolina Dept. of Revenue, and Utah. Many of these attacks involved exploiting authentication.
We've also read about the poor choices people make for their passwords. I've discussed passwords in the past here and here. But is the problem that people choose poor passwords or are passwords just a poor choice as an authentication mechanism?
Most of you have heard of the 3 factors of authentication: something you know; something you have, and; something you are (or do).
Something you know typically means a password or passphrase, but also includes anything you need to remember such as a PIN.
Something you have is often referred to as 2-factor authentication. It typically means having a hardware token or smart-card that displays a time- or sequence-based PIN or string that is entered in addition to the password. There are also other mechanisms to deliver the information such as a soft-token, an SMS text or voice.
Something you are or do typically refers to biometrics. This includes fingerprint and other readers, as well as things like typing cadence.
The issue is that each of these methods have problems and vulnerabilities. And simply combining factors doesn't necessarily solve the problems. What we really have is:
The 3 Factors of Fail:
1. Something you Forgot;
2. Something you Lost, and;
3. Something you Were (or Did)!
Over the next few posts I will dive into each of these areas to discuss why they used to work and why they no longer do. And, since I'm all about solutions rather than just admiring the problem, I'll sum up with some thoughts about what can work.
Please chime in with your thoughts, stories and experiences!


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The notice on the pages of this site are here because it is now a law in the E.U. to display Cookie information on sites that are viewable in the E.U. (European Union) and we seek to comply with all laws. All sites should now have some form of a "cookie notice" or they are not adhering to that law. The notice is only viewable the first time you visit the site, and once you agree, it doesn't show up again, so it won't continue to hinder your viewing quality. So sorry for the temporary inconvenience.
There is so much information on Cookies ("Web Cookies" to be exact) that we could share with you, but it would over-whelm you. Basically a cookie is a teeny-tiny file stored on your computer, when you visit websites. There are many types of cookies, which you can read about online if you want here: Wikipedia Cookies Information
The cookies that this website uses are minimal, and not designed to track you or push ads to you. The cookies that we use will #1: prove you are human, and not a bot if you enter comments, #2 compare your IP address with well-known hacker lists and bot lists to make sure you are not here to do damage to the site, and other security functions. The cookies will tell us what country you are from, and what browser you are using, so we can know if our website is serving the needs of everyone who visits appropriately. And that's it! No tracking cookies here. We don't care about marketing to you. We are not selling any products. If you want to be on an email list, you can sign up…otherwise, we don't send you anything. (even if you sign up, we don't send much at all anyway) A small amount of information is saved at Google's servers so we can see how many people visit our site, what country they are from, and what browser and screen size they use. THERE IS NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN THIS DATA, nothing that identifies you!
Well, no one can make you accept them. And I will show you how to turn them off in your browser next, but without cookies, many things don't work. A lot of sites have bad cookies and files, and their sites come up redlined or blacklisted on certain lists, but all our cookies are just to make things work, and there is nothing dangerous on our site.
Because they're convenient and efficient. If a website wants to service thousands of users without cookies, it would have to store all of that interaction data in its own storage and it would have to be processed on its own. By offloading that work to the user, it becomes a faster and less strenuous procedure. What are cookies for? One reason for a cookie is INDENTIFICATION. If you log in to a website and close your browser, then open it back up, the website recognizes you because that cookie file was created when you logged in. Cookies can store various types of information, like your preferences, your browser type, your location, etc., if if you allow cookies! This information can then be used to make things work better for you.
If you want to know how to clear cookies from your computer, either after every browsing session, or as a one-time task, see this page: How to Clear Cookies . If you want to not accept cookies at all, there is a security setting on your computer. You can Google "how to reject cookies" …but you won't do much on the web without them.


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Examination checklists
Here you can download some checklists to help ensure consistency of exam provision between exam centres, and that essential requirements don't get forgotten or overlooked.
They all print on a single side of A4 paper.
Please note that they do not supersede or replace EX500 Conduct of Examinations (16-page/391KB PDF) and are designed to be read with it.
We hope you find them useful.
- Optical marking system checklist. (1 page/358KB PDF)
- Examination Secretary checklist. (1 page/304KB PDF)
- First Named Invigilator checklist (EX310). (1 page/545KB PDF)
- Additional First Named Invigilator checklist when special needs candidates are involved. (1 page/232KB PDF)
Please let us know at email@example.com if you would like checklists for any other aspect of the training and examination system or if you have any suggestions to improve these checklists.


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Tex Earnhardt, founder and CEO of Earnhardt Auto Centers, began selling cars at the tender age of 21. Sixty-five years later, the company and Earnhardt name are both still going strong throughout the Chandler community.
Success at an early age
Earnhardt, who spent his early years on a ranch in the Rio Grande Valley in Southern Texas, eventually moved to Chandler, Arizona with his family. When he was awarded a Ford franchise in Chandler in 1951, Earnhardt became the youngest Ford franchise owner in the United States.
Not content to rest on his laurels with the one successful Ford dealership, Earnhardt went on to acquire several more automobile franchises.
It didn't take long for East Valley residents to become familiar with the affable cowboy car salesman. Earnhardt became widely known for his great deals on cars and for the bull that he rode in his commercials, as well as his trademark slogan, "That ain't no bull."
Interestingly, this well-known line is an ideal example of truth in advertising, since the bull that Earnhardt rode in the ads was actually a steer.
Growing the business
Over the years, Earnhardt's Ford franchises became a family affair; first his sons Hal and Jim Babe joined him in the business and eventually his grandkids.
Today, the Earnhardt family is part of one of the largest automotive empires in the country, with 19 dealerships selling 17 brands of vehicles. In addition to Chandler, people who are in the market for a vehicle can find Earnhardt dealerships in a variety of cities including Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Goodyear.
The Earnhardt family's dedication and devotion to the well-being of their nearly 3,000 employees who work at Earnhardt Auto Centers is as legendary as Earnhardt's lively commercials.
Giving Back
In literally hundreds of cases over the years, the Earnhardt family has personally given moral and financial support to employees who were facing a family tragedy or illness.
A variety of charities and other worthy causes have also been positively impacted by the Earnhardt family's generous spirit and philanthropy. This desire to give back to the community has definitely rubbed off on their employees; many of whom participate in the company's charity program called H.E.A.R.T., which involves donating a portion of their paycheck to a different charity each month.
The City of Chandler may have significantly grown and changed over the past 65 years, but the Earnhardt family's commitment to their employees and community remains as steadfast as ever.
Looking ahead, Earnhardt and his family remain committed to top-notch service, affordable prices and a great selection of some of the most popular vehicles in the Valley. And that, of course, ain't no bull!


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Big Terrain, Big Ideas
The world's most talked about resort is about to become part of your personal repertoire.
Snuggled between two world-class ski mountains Whistler grew out of a picture perfect forest, mountain and alpine lake setting. Today, this international resort is brimming with superb hotels and lodges, signature restaurants, therapeutic spas, and boutique shops surrounded by the same original beauty.
Choosing Whistler for your next event is a proven drawing card. Planners enjoy an impressive array of leisure and teambuilding activities anytime of the year. Stunning new group venues on mountaintops, in the village, and in remote wilderness settings showcase scenic backdrops that energize celebration.
World-class skiing, championship golfing, mountain biking, and backcountry ATV or snowmobile adventures, the list goes on. What's unique to Whistler is that many of the outdoor activities are accessible within minutes of the hotel lobby.
An extensive pedestrian pathway connects major hotels and meeting venues to the heart of the village and encourages alpine lake and forest strolls. The resort's relaxed, friendly vibe compliments the setting.
Olympic infrastructure is an added bonus for meeting and event planners. An extensive fiber-optic communication network throughout the village offers a technologically advanced platform for event staging and production.
The Sea to Sky highway is voted one of the top ten most scenic drives in the world and makes the journey here an eager beginning and reflective finale.


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Mixed emotions for N.Y.-bound Antropov
TORONTO — Nik Antropov, the lanky Toronto Maple Leafs forward and a lifer with the team since that drafted him 10th overall in 1998, settled in Wednesday to watch TSN's coverage of the National Hockey League's annual trade deadline day swap meet just like he always does.
Antropov watched the names of the traded players popping up on his television set. There was Mikael Tellqvist, a former teammate, getting shipped from Phoenix to Buffalo, and Olli Jokinen leaving the desert, too, for Calgary.
And on it went. The deals kept rolling in, and Antropov was still watching until about 2:40 p.m. ET when the 29-year-old's afternoon was interrupted by a phone call from his boss, Leafs general manager Brian Burke.
"I was just treating it like another deadline that I have watched, like it was nothing special," Antropov said. "And then I see my name come up there on television. (Burke) called me about three minutes before they announced the trade on television. This is something that I have never been through. I can't really describe it."
It is a confusing thing, being traded. Especially for the first time, especially after nine seasons of loyal service to the only NHL team on his resume. Antropov knew the trade was coming. He had anticipated it for weeks.
Even so, one minute Antropov was a Toronto Maple Leaf and the next minute Burke was on the phone telling him he was a member of the New York Rangers, thanking him for his years of service and wishing him good luck.
Was Wednesday, then, a happy day or sad day?
"It is a little bit of both," Antropov said. "I have been here long enough to make this city my home, but then the organization decided to go in a different direction. So I am excited that somebody wanted me."
Antropov netted the Leafs a second-round draft pick and a conditional selection from New York. Glen Sather, the general manager that wanted him, called Antropov — who will jump to the top of the Rangers' stat sheet with 21 goals and 46 points without having played a game for them — 15 minutes after Burke. Sather welcomed his new addition and told Antropov he would see him later Thursday in Long Island where the ex-Leaf will make his Rangers debut against the New York Islanders.
"He's a gifted goal-scorer," Sather said on a conference call. "I think he will help us in the goal-scoring department, and he's a talented guy."
Antropov harboured mixed emotions about the trade. But his wife, Lena, had one: she was sad. The couple has two young children and the road trip Antropov was about to be going on to New York would be different than all the rest.
Antropov had not even started packing yet when a reporter reached him at home about an hour after the deal.
"My wife's pretty sad," he said. "But the March break is coming up soon, so my family will be coming to New York for a visit."
Antropov is an unrestricted free agent on July 1, so he is not sure how long the move to Broadway will be for. And beyond this season, who knows? He could sign anywhere. It is an exciting possibility, and scary, and definitely different. But no matter where the road leads for Antropov, who became a Canadian citizen during his time with the Leafs, he will always return to the city where he got his start.
"I love Toronto," he said. "It is a great place and it is always going to be home. It doesn't matter where I am playing. Toronto is where I will retire.
"Toronto is my home."
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