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Immunology and infectious diseases were taught in the fourth quarter of my first year of medial school. Until then, like most people, I had never really given vaccines much thought. I received the smallpox vaccine at birth and bear the scar, as many of us do. I remember getting some kind of vaccine before a trip to England in the early 70s. Not sure what I could have caught in Newcastle that didn't exist in Winnipeg, but I do remember the shots.
And then came April of 1987.
It wasn't hearing about how vaccines worked or how many lives they saved that made such a profound impression, but rather the death of one person that has stayed with me since.
We were told at our first lecture that many of our vaccines would be updated. If you could provide immunization records I think it reduced the number you were given. For varicella (chicken pox) we would get our titers checked and those not immune would also be vaccinated. We would also have to get the hepatitis B vaccine. If I remember correctly we all received a dose of the oral polio (live attenuated) vaccine and those with medical records proving immune issues were given the inactivated shot.
What if we didn't want the vaccines? Well, no vaccinations no ward rotations. No ward rotations, no diploma.
This strict vaccine policy stemmed not from public policy, but from one person's death. A patient who was severely immunocompromised and in isolation, but expected to eventually recover. He/she was exposed to chicken pox while in hospital and died from the infection. There was an extensive investigation and while I don't remember if they identified who brought the virus into the isolation ward the message was clear – no one at that hospital should ever be a vector. Not an orderly, a nurse, or a doctor. Up to date vaccines were a condition of employment.
The image of a very ill person, struggling to live but having hope that they would one day be discharged and be able to hug their loved ones skin to skin or smell fresh air now dying from a vaccine preventable illness has stayed with me always. Imagine being close to defeating cancer only to be felled by chicken pox? To endure agonizing chemotherapy and/or radiation and likely multiple hospitalizations, painful procedures and possible surgeries to die at the hands of a vaccine preventable illness?
If I get pertussis I know the chance that I will get seriously ill is very low. However, I have a child with damaged lungs and a compromised heart. He will get sicker than I will. And what if I am in the grocery store and expose a 2 month old? They will also get sicker than I will. I get my pertussis vaccine for them.
I am proud of my smallpox scar. It connects me with millions of people who, like me, helped to eradicate smallpox. Growing up in Winnipeg, Canada the chance I would ever get smallpox was likely nil given international travel was so uncommon in the late 60s and early 70s. Sadly, I think if our task today was eradicating smallpox we'd lose the battle. How many people would agree to a vaccine that left a scar?
When I read about anti-vaccine pseudoscience I get very angry. I understand getting fanatics to see the science is almost an impossible task, but it is the general spread of misinformation that is most dangerous. Many bad articles are shared on Facebook or Twitter or discussed over dinner and with so many people spreading obvious misinformation about vaccines (or worse false balance which makes the arguments against sound almost plausible) it starts to seem more like the truth than what it really is – the exact opposite. If that information comes from a respected newspaper, like the Independent or the Toronto Star or in the curriculum of a major university it gives this bad information even a greater signal boost.
And so every time I read about this misinformation it reminds me of that person I never met. I don't even know their gender or age or the struggles they endured, but I know they died from chicken pox and they didn't have to.
The ability to help someone who is less fortunate health wise is a truly a gift. I wish everyone could see that.


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A new law, part of Obama's healthcare reform legislation, will require drug companies to disclose the amount of payments made to doctors not under their employment. According to U.S. officials, this includes payments made to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travelling and entertainment.
According to a report published by the New York Times, a large number of doctors are receiving payments from drug companies, in exchange for providing advice and giving lectures. Other non-standard gifts include gifts of food.
The problem, claim consumer advocates, lies in the fact that such gifts may influence doctors' treatment decisions and may result in higher costs for patients and consumers by encouraging the use of more expensive drugs and medical devices.
Related News: Blockbuster Drug Prices to Plummet as Patents Run Out
In the same report, the New York Times estimates that "about a quarter of doctors take cash payments from drug or device makers and that nearly two-thirds accept routine gifts of food, including lunch for staff members and dinner for themselves".
At the same time, "doctors who take money from drug makers often practice medicine differently from those who do not and that they are more willing to prescribe drugs in risky and unapproved ways, such as prescribing powerful antipsychotic medicines for children".
An ongoing research by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative journalism group, reveals that 12 drug companies have paid more than $761 million to physicians. That is, $761 million in disclosed payments, when the actually payments are probably much higher.
While it is legal for drug companies to pay medical professionals to promote their products, the topic of conflict of interests remains unaddressed.
Allan J. Coukell, a pharmacist and consumer advocate at the Pew Charitable Trusts, told the NYT:
Patients want to know they are getting treatment based on medical evidence, not a lunch or a financial relationship. They want to know if their doctor has a financial relationship with a pharmaceutical company, but they are often uncomfortable asking the doctor directly.
As part of Obama's plans, the new legislation would require the public reporting of the financial ties between doctors and drug makers, allowing "patients to make a better-informed decision when choosing health care professionals and making treatment decisions".
Related Story: Fake Highs, Real Risks: The Dangers of "Legal" Synthetic Drugs
Related Infographic: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in America

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By default, when you create a subassembly, it is rigid. Within the parent assembly, the subassembly acts as a single unit and its components do not move relative to each other. However, you can make subassemblies flexible. This allows movement of the individual components of a subassembly within the parent assembly.
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THE Theatre Royal in Bath has kicked off its new summer season to a brilliant start with Christopher Durang's irresistible madcap comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Winner of a 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, the production is running in TRB's Ustinov Studio until July 6 and is not to be missed.
Directed by Tony Award-winning Walter Bobbie, it stars three-time Olivier Award winner Janie Dee as Masha, Mark Hadfield as Vanya, Rebecca Lacey as Sonia, Lewis Reeves as Spike, Michelle Asante as Cassandra and Aysha Kala as Nina.
Set in Pennsylvania, Durang's play is inspired by the listless life of the characters in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha, who supports them.
Masha, a film star whose acting career is on the wane, pays a return visit to the family home accompanied by her young lover, Spike.
The cast is a strong one and their comic timing is deft and spot on. Their strong performance lift a somewhat skimpy plot about a group of people who seem fated to fulfil the destinies of their fictional namesakes.
However, there are many delightfully funny comic moments and the play is unexpectedly brought to life by two long monologues.
Audiences will get the opportunity to see Uncle Vanya itself when Chekhov's drama plays the Main House from July 18 to August 3.
The summer season continues with Blithe Spirit (to July 6), Vienna 1934-Munich 1938 (July 11-August 3), The Argument (August 7-24), The Life I Lead (August 27-31), Trying It On (September 3-7) and The Man in the White Suit (September 6-21). John Baker


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Political commentator and bestselling author Roberts (Ladies of Liberty: The Women who Shaped our Nation, 2008, etc.) shines a spotlight on the remarkable political, literary, and activist women of Washington, D.C., during the tumult of the Civil War.
In her previous books, the author has recounted the changing roles of women and their significant impacts on the nation's growth, and her latest is a natural follow-up. With the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War in 2011, Roberts' curiosity was piqued again. "I started wondering whether that horrific conflict had a similar impact on American women's lives," she writes. The author's extensive research included diaries, newspapers, government records, and private correspondence, all of which capture the turmoil, excitement, and heartbreak that transpired in this once-quiet "prewar Capital City." With the onset of the war, Washington evolved into a sprawling Union Army camp and then a reeking, overcrowded military hospital. As a result, some Southern belles fled to Confederate territory. Women shouldered new roles, becoming nurses and forming social service and relief agencies. Some wrote propaganda, and others became spies. Many women moved to Washington to fill positions once held by men. African-American women founded societies to advocate for improved conditions in the camps for displaced slaves. The author's cast of characters is vast, from familiar names to those less well-known, and her detailed, layered narration makes the information fresh and highly relatable. Whether Roberts is relating the confidences between Mary Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth Keckley, the tireless work of abolitionist Josephine Griffing, or the struggles of Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, to secure her dying husband's release from jail, each story widens the historical lens.
An enlightening account detailing how the Civil War changed the nation's capital while expanding the role of women in politics, health care, education, and social services.


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Discover thousands of sea creatures at SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium... after dark! Snack on the nacho bar and enjoy our Live DJ at the Aquarium. Then, get your game on with unlimited non-ticketing games at Game Works on the 4th floor. Fun activities will be available throughout the night!
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Use this timeline to assist you while planning your Sharks After Dark experience. For additional assistance, please refer to the FAQ listed below. All times subject to change without notice.
When does the event start/what are the hours?
Sharks After Dark starts at 9:00pm and goes till 12:00am. GameWorks may remain open after midnight depending on the day. The last entrance into the aquarium is 11:30pm, but all guests who are inside the Aquarium before 11:30pm may stay until midnight.
How much do Sharks After Dark tickets cost?
The price for admission to Sharks After Dark is $35.00+tax.
Tickets can be purchased in advance on our online ticketing page.
What does the Nacho Bar include?
The Nacho Bar includes unlimited chips, salsa, queso dip, fixings, vegetable tray, and water provided. Selection may vary depending on demand.
Where do I get my GameWorks game card and how does it work?
When a customer checks-in or purchases an admission at the box office they will be given a coupon to redeem at GameWorks for a free 2-hour unlimited game card, valid only for that night.
2-hours starts at the beginning of your first game and runs for 2 continuous hours. The 2 hour time limit applies to how long the game lasts, not a running 2 hour clock. The card is good for only non-ticketing games.
When do the lights go out in the Aquarium?
The lights turn off in the Ocean Tunnel around 11:00pm (exact time may vary). Additional exhibit lights may be turned off throughout the event to help keep animals on a regular sleep schedule.
What is "advanced check-in"?
Customers who purchased their tickets in advance (online), have the ability to check in early from 8:15pm to 8:45pm. Advance check-in allows guests to use their 2-hour game card early. The Aquarium will not open until 9:00pm.
Where is SEA LIFE and GameWorks located?
The aquarium is located on the East Side of Mall of America on the first floor. GameWorks is located on the East Side of Mall of America on the 4th floor (directly above the Aquarium).
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Here is a press release I sent out this morning. It's got some important information for anyone planning to testify on the voucher bills tomorrow or Tuesday. Everything you need is in the press release and the revised analysis so be sure to read it and follow the links.
If the SB 372 does address the donor town and the low income issues, as discussed in the press release, there are still a number of major issues:
The main point is, though, that there is no real rationale for this program other than as part of the array of bills that would, in effect, dismantle the New Hampshire public school system - immobilize it, de-fund it and move as much of the money as possible into private, religious and home schools.
For anyone who can make it, the sponsors and supporters of HB 1607 and SB 372 are holding a press conference in the Legislative Office Building at 10:00 AM Monday morning. There's been so little said about these bills publicly that we will inevitably learn a lot from this. Please attend if you can.
As usual:
See you Monday and Tuesday if possible,
Press Release
Defending New Hampshire Public Education
Contact: Bill Duncan 603-682-4748
Revised Analysis of SB 372, the Education Tax Credit (School Voucher) Bill
Defending New Hampshire Public Education, a group of New Hampshire citizens dedicated to opposing anti-public education legislation in the New Hampshire Legislature, released on January 17, 2012 an analysis of the fiscal impact of SB 372 and HB 1607, the two companion bills that would establish an Education Tax Credit (school voucher) program in New Hampshire.
Today, the Portsmouth Herald published a story reporting on that analysis, "Private school scholarship bills rebuked." Here is the full story.
The paper quotes Senator James Forsythe (R, Concord), the prime sponsor of the Senate bill, making several new points that change our analysis. We provide our updated analysis here.
Senator Forsythe is quoted as saying that the bill will be amended to target "needy students." Needy students in New Hampshire are defined as those qualified to participate in the Free and Reduced Lunch program. We consider this an important change to the program and the program's targeting will be the subject of future analysis when the bill is actually amended.
Senator Forsythe also committed in the Portsmouth Herald article to taking back no property tax funds to off-set state budget expenditures, calling our analysis "completely wrong." While we consider the bill ambiguous on that and several other points, our updated analysis reflects this commitment by Senator Forsythe.
However, Senator Forsythe's new comments do not change the fiscal impact of his bill on the state budget. The DNHPE projection is that, if used at its full capacity, the Senate Education Tax Credit bill, SB 372, could cost over $60 million, plus administrative costs, in the first 5 years. For each child leaving public schools with a scholarship (or voucher) to attend a private or home school, SB 372 would take back the State Aid for that child, an average of $4,112 per scholarship student who leaves public school for private school. Each year, however, the bill allocates fewer scholarships to public school students and more to private school students. After a few years, it appears that most of the scholarship money would go to private schools students, with the result that there would be little or no revenue recovery available to the state.
Bill Duncan, DNHPE analyst, said, "Senator Forsythe's commitment that his legislation would take back no property tax funding and that the program will target needy students are important clarifications. However, our analysis remains the same: the SB 372 Education Tax Credit program would not be revenue neutral as currently drafted. And the need for a voucher program in New Hampshire has not been demonstrated."
The full original analysis and update are here.
Legislative committee hearing dates on HB 1607 and SB 372 have been set and are as follows:


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Laura Kenney writes about a recent case of moder-day slavery for the StyleList.
A West African immigrant has pleaded guilty to running a human trafficking operation that forced women to braid hair for up to 14 hours a day in Newark and East Orange NJ, reports the New Jersey Star Ledger.
In a case prosecutors equated to modern day slavery, Lassissi Afolabi, 46, told a judge he headed a ring that smuggled victims from villages in Ghana and Togo. He brought twenty women, age 10 to 19, to New Jersey, where he seized their passports, forbade them to learn English and make friends, and planted them in salons where they were forced to work up to 14 hours per day, 7 days a week.


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Michelle Obama praises Kate's Huffington Post mental health edition
Mental health problems should no longer be seen as "taboo", the Duchess of Cambridge has written as guest editor of the Huffington Post UK website.
The duchess wrote that she and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, "would not hesitate" to seek help if their two children needed it.
Her comments marked the launch of the Young Minds Matter editorial series.
US First Lady Michelle Obama said she was pleased Catherine was shining a "bright light on mental health".
The duchess has been guest editing the Huffington Post on Wednesday from a temporary newsroom in Kensington Palace.
Her role has seen her commission blogs, articles and videos from a selection of leading figures on the psychological well-being of children, including a blog from Mrs Obama about a man who suffered mental health problems after leaving the American navy.
The duchess also spent around half an hour in the editorial conference meeting, reviewing the content she had commissioned.
Later she met four children who had been filmed for motivational videos posted on Huffington Post, under the title Real Truth, about why adults should feel comfortable speaking to young people about their mental health.
The duchess, who is a campaigner for mental health and a patron of several related charities, wrote on the Huffington Post that during her work she had seen lives "torn apart, with devastating impacts for all involved, particularly children".
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"What I did not expect was to see that time and time again, the issues that led people to addiction and destructive decision-making seemed to almost always stem from unresolved childhood challenges," she wrote.
"It became clear to me that many children - even those younger than five - have to deal with complex problems without the emotional resilience, language or confidence to ask for help.
"And it was also clear that, with mental health problems still being such a taboo, many adults are often too afraid to ask for help for the children in their care."
Catherine called for the stigma surrounding mental health to change and for it to be seen as "every bit as important" as the physical well-being of children.
She said she and the duke would also encourage their children, two-year-old Prince George and nine-month-old Princess Charlotte, to speak about their feelings and seek psychiatric support if they needed it.
"We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older. We know there is no shame in a young child struggling with their emotions or suffering from a mental illness," she wrote.
In a blog post Mrs Obama praised the duchess for being a "passionate voice" for mental health.
She wrote: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been a passionate voice on so many important issues, and I'm grateful that she is using her day as guest editor to shine a bright light on mental health, particularly children's mental health, and on the tens of millions of people who suffer in silence."
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Richard Prince: An American Prayer
BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Curators: Bob Rubin, Marie Minssieux-Chamonard
March 29 - June 26, 2011
AN AMERICAN PRAYER is a book of poems by Jim Morrison, who would have traded rock stardom for recognition as a legitimate artistic figure in a heartbeat. Seven years after his death, "An American Prayer" was the name of a posthumous album of his poetry recorded to music by the remaining Doors. On March 29, "American Prayer," an exhibition of American literature and ephemera from the collection of American artist RICHARD PRINCE opens at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Also on view will be artworks by Prince relating to books, an important source of both inspiration and materials for artistic practice, including two never-before-seen examples of his famous "Nurse" paintings from his personal collection.
In a purpose-built structure meant to evoke the wood-shingled houses of l'amérique profonde, Richard Prince displays 40 of his American / English series (sculptures based on the first American and English editions of his favorite works) with 24 Untitled (original)s, which reunite pulp paperbacks with their original cover art. A selection of Prince artwork which derives from and/or pays homage to the book and the mechanically reproduced image – works from the series Publicities, Gangs, Cartoons, and even Hoods – encircle vitrines with treasures from the most important collection of twentieth-century Americana still in private hands.
(c) Richard Prince / Rob McKeever,
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Finally, a "Reading Room" provides a conceptual tour d'horizon of the complex interactions of art and the text in the digital age. The "greatest hits" of the Prince and BnF collections – precious books and manuscripts from the likes of James Joyce and Louis-Ferdinand Celine you can't touch without getting arrested – are intercut with livres ireel (imaginary books) and iPads stuffed with Prince's prolific output of artist's books. Part bibliographic exhibition, part art installation, the show toys with the viewer's preconceived notions of image and text, while presenting a fascinating taxonomy of American subcultures: cowboys, bikers, hoboes, hippies, and spacemen.
(c) Richard Prince / Rob McKeever,
courtesy of Gagosian Gallery
A book collector for nearly forty years, Prince has amassed a remarkable trove of works from what he describes as the "BeatHippiePunk" era: 1949 (the year of his birth) to 1984. It starts with the "Beats" – Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs, for sure, but also Nabokov (whose personal library relating to Lolita Prince owns) and J.D. Salinger. He has a particular faible for Hunter S. Thompson, whose Hell's Angels and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas figure prominently in the mix; the hugely influential underground cineaste Jack Smith; Mario Puzo, whose manuscript for The Godfather will be on display; Truman Capote, whose letters to the convicted murderer Perry Smith are in the collection and Jimi Hendrix, as well as Robert Crumb and Yoko Ono…and of course Thomas Pynchon, Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe, and Terry Southern. Prince has a special interest in a number of American writers better known and loved in France: Richard Brautigan, Philip K. Dick, Jim Thompson, and Chester Himes. Prince's holdings of letters include Jimi Hendrix's handwritten letters home to his father while he was in the army, and, later, on the road with Little Richard's band; Kerouac's letters to Malcolm Cowley, editor of On the Road; and a plethora of missives from those two incognito novelists, J.D. Salinger and Thomas Pynchon.
This would be an amazing aggregation of Americana from Mr. X, but the fact that it comes from Richard Prince is what makes this uniquely interesting. Prince's collecting and his artistic practices are hard to separate…so why try?
An illustrated CATALOGUE accompanies the exhibition. Published by GAGOSIAN GALLERY in association with the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the catalogue includes text excerpts from many of the aforementioned by books in the artist's collection as well as essays by exhibition curators Bob Rubin and Marie Minssieux-Chamonard, and rare book collector John McWhinnie.
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EPA Finalizes Latest Iteration of Boiler Rules
By Andy Bowman, Attorney, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
On December 20, 2012, EPA finalized changes to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial and institutional boilers and process heaters located at major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). The adjusted standards, originally finalized in March 2011, have been marked by controversy, litigation and numerous delays that created long-running uncertainty for affected sources and potentially affected sources. The latest iteration of the rules is the product of EPA's reconsideration of the March 2011 version.
The tumultuous history of these rules goes back to at least September 2004 when EPA first established the NESHAP rules for new and existing boilers and process heaters at major and area sources of HAP. The rules were challenged, and in June 2007 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the rules and remanded them to EPA. New versions of the major source rule ("Boiler MACT") and the area source rules were issued in March 2011. At the same time EPA announced it would reconsider certain aspects of the rule and subsequently stayed the compliance dates of the Boiler MACT. In December 2011 EPA proposed reconsidered versions of the rules.
In January 2012 the U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated the Boiler MACT compliance dates. In response EPA issued memoranda stating it would exercise enforcement discretion for major source boilers and process heaters missing initial notification deadlines and for area source boilers and process heaters missing the initial tune-ups or compliance notification deadlines until the earlier of: (1) the effective date of a new final rule, or (2) December 31, 2012. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2013, and the amendments become effective on April 1, 2013. Presumably, EPA will extend its enforcement discretion until the effective date of the rule, but is has not yet announced its plans.
Some of the key adjustments to the Boiler MACT include:
- Creation of separate subcategories for light and heavy industrial liquid-fired units and addition of a new subcategory for fluidized bed units with an integrated fluidized bed heat exchanger designed to burn coal. There are now 19 subcategories. All but three subcategories are subject to numeric emission limits.
- Single particulate matter (PM) emission limit for all coal/solid fossil fuel subcategories and emission limits based on PM as a combustion-based pollutant for each biomass fuel and liquid fuel subcategory.
- Changes to the emission limits for carbon monoxide. For existing units, 11 subcategories are less stringent and three are more stringent. For new units 11 are less stringent, two are more stringent and one remains unchanged.
- Addition of stack testing requirements when alternative total selective metals emissions limits are used in lieu of PM as a surrogate.
- Replacing numeric dioxin emissions limits with work place standards in all subcategories.
- Revisions to the definitions of "startup" and "shutdown." Startup ends when any of the steam or heat from the boiler or process heater is supplied for heating and/or generating electricity or for any other purpose. Shutdown begins when either no steam or heat is supplied for heating and/or generating electricity or for any other purpose or no fuel is being fired. Shutdown ends when there is no heat or steam being supplied and no fuel being fired.
- Changes to the definition of limited use subcategory from no more than 876 hours of operation to a unit with a federally enforceable operating limit of less than or equal to 10 percent of an average annual capacity factor.
- Clarification that the affirmative defense is only available where an event that causes a violation of the emissions standard meets the definition of a malfunction.
Existing major sources must be in compliance with the Boiler MACT by January 31, 2016. A one-year extension may be granted where necessary for the installation of controls. New sources (i.e., sources which commenced construction or reconstruction on or after June 4, 2010) must comply by January 31, 2013, the date the rule was published in the Federal Register, or upon startup, whichever is later. Petitions seeking judicial review of the rule may be filed by April 1, 2013. Only time will tell whether this rule will be subject to further litigation.
To view a complete PDF of the Fourth Quarter 2012 issue of the Air Quality Letter, click HERE.


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How Can I Get Custody Rights?
When a child's parents divorce or separate, Georgia courts grant custody rights to one or both parents. There are two types of custody in Georgia: physical and legal. Physical custody rights grant the parent residential time with their child. Legal custody grants the parents decision-making rights in regards to such things as the child's education, religious upbringing, and medical care. In many cases, both parents will share physical and legal custody although there may be one parent who has "primary" custody. This is common when the residential time distribution is not equal or near equal. The parent with the secondary physical custody has visitation rights.
To request custodial rights, you must request a modification of the custody determination through the court. To do so, you have to demonstrate that the parent with sole custody should no longer have sole custody rights or that there has been a change in circumstances significant enough to warrant a modified custody determination. Keep in mind, you will only be granted a custody modification if the new arrangement is in the best interest of the child. For example, if the parent with sole custody rights is no longer able to act as a responsible parent, has introduced a new person into your child's life that threatens his or her safety, or if you yourself have changed your circumstances enough to make a joint custody determination favorable, you may be granted custodial rights. A Guardian ad Litem may be used to evaluate whether or not the modification is in the best interest of your child.
If you are seeking custody, you may wish to speak with an experienced Georgia family law attorney prior to requesting your modification. Custody and parenting plan modifications can be extremely complex. You will have the best chance at having your petition for custody granted if you have a skilled attorney assist you. If the other parent does not want you to have custody, you could face significant challenges. To mitigate these challenges, do all you can to be more involved in your child's life. Prepare your home for visitation time, take an interest in their activities, and treat the other parent with respect. These actions can help prove that a joint-custody determination will be in your child's best interests.
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• Competitiveness and expertness increasing of the cooperating subjects (in terms of TP and outside) in the branch of railway vehicles; especially of its interface with other subsystems of the railway sector
Working priorities:
• intensify pursuit of the long-term cooperation of the public and private sector in the interfaces of railway vehicles
• intensify the interdisciplinarity of research, development and international cooperation
• conditions increasing for the human resource development
• project-directed expert working team which covers the wide problem range of the railway vehicles and their interfaces by its specialization
• sharing of related expert and organization skills between the main members of the group and in terms of the whole TP
Work topics:
Railway vehicle – sound emissions and vibrations
• sound emissions in the railway system, effectivity of the sound protection measures, practical carrying out and evaluation of the related tests, sound parameters research at the wheel-rail contact, development of new measuring and testing facilities
Railway vehicle – track
• force effects at the wheel-rail contact, research in the area of measuring technology, new evaluation procedures, research of the safety-relevant parameters of the vehicles during their position on the twisted track, centripetal acceleration effect due to the cant
Railway vehicle – interior
• applied research of the interior elements effects to the passive safety of the passengers, simulation of persons movement in the vehicle interior during the vehicle impact and the possible injuries, international legislation, fire safety requirements to the interior elements
Railway vehicle – aerodynamics
• measuring of the relevant force effects, related international legislation, influence of surrounding conditions to the measurement results
Railway vehicle – dimensions
• design dimensions requirements to the railway vehicles from the point of view of limiting (reference) dimensions, international legislation, linkage to the relevant technical vehicle features
Railway vehicle – common service safety
• relation between the vehicle components features (failure intensity / frequency) and its resulting probable incident frequency
Work outputs: research reports, measuring reports, expert evidences, functional and industrial designs, benefits for the working team activity, consultations, cooperation
Interoperability contribution: discussion submissions to the international legislation actualization, attendance in the work of many international working groups with the referred direction
Ing. Zdeněk Malkovský
Deputy of the Manager
Ing. Jiří Jelének
doc. Ing. Jaromír Zelenka, CSc.
doc. Ing. Miloslav Kepka, CSc.
Ing. Lukáš Hejzlar
Other Associates
prof. Ing. Bohuslav Culek, CSc.
doc. Ing. Josef Kolář, CSc.
Ing. Michal Satori
and other staff members of the companies acting in the railway vehicle branch
Member of TP IZI
Content and Focus on Cooperation
Elektrizace železnic Praha, a.s.
interface current collector-contact line
VUZ, a.s.
sound emission, vibrations, running properties of the vehicles
ČVUT faculty of civil engineering
interior and its fire properties
UPa, DFJP
sound emission, vibrations
interior features, passive safety
Project Title/Acronym: Secured Urban Transportation – European Demonstration / SECUR-ED
Project No.: 7FP, GA No. 261605
Implementation Period: 2011–14
Total Budget: 40 Mill. EUR
Coordinator: Thales TCS, Fr.
Consortium: 40 European and Asian companies (VÚKV rule: member of Advisory group Industry)
Project Goal/Project Benefits: increasing of the common operation safety of railway vehicles in the city transport systems
Project Title/Acronym: Technic for the force effects measuring in the wheel-rail contact / TESIL
Project No.: TA 02030776
Implementation Period: 2011–15
Total Budget: 21.4 Mill. CZK
Coordinator: VÚKV a.s.
Consortium: + UPa
Project Goal/Project Benefits: research in the area of measuring technology for force conditions determination between the wheel and rail
Project Title/Acronym: Advanced stationary test processes of railway vehicles / TWIST
Project No.: TH 0101529
Implementation Period: 2015–18
Total Budget: 17.42 Mill. CZK
Coordinator: VÚKV a.s.
Consortium: VÚKV a.s.
Project Goal/Project Benefits: applied research in the area of safety relevant parameters ascertaining of railway vehicles
Project Title/Acronym: Competence centre of railway vehicles / CKDV
Project No.: TE 01020038
Implementation Period: 2012–19
Total Budget: 340.23 Mill. CZK
Coordinator: ZČU
Consortium: + UPa, ČVUT, VZLÚ a.s., Eurosignal a.s., CZ LOKO a.s., DAKO-CZ a.s., LEGIOS a.s., MSV elektronika s.r.o., ŠKODA ELECTRIC a.s., Škoda Transportation a.s., VÚKV a.s., Wikov MGI a.s. (situation in the time of project approval)
Project Goal/Project Benefits: increasing of competitiveness of the Czech Republic in the railway vehicle branch, strengthening cooperation in the branch, strengthening of the research staff mobility, research and development strengthening in the railway vehicle branch
· participation in the work of TP (managing board, conference, negotiations, TP documents)
· participation in the work of ACRI Academy (e.g. seminars about the new legislation in the branch of the railway regulations)
· external teaching at ČVUT and UPa
· training of the inceptor studies participants, railway vehicles branch
· participation in the working groups of the national and international standardization: CEN WG 1, 2, 10, 21, 32, 47, ISO WG 1
· participation in the special seminars of ERA
· member of UNIFE
· participation in the international actions related to the S2R program
· participation in the work of the Research Group (conferences, negotiations, IRICoN documents)
· information transfer about S2R


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Instagram is one of the main social media out there. It is super important for bloggers who rely on imagery. Instagram is all about pictures after all. It is also a social media that proved tricky and changing. It was fairly easy to get a good engagement and grow a following few years ago. Unfortunately, the algorithm changed this. I hope this post will make it easier for you to make it on Instagram.
DOs of Instagram
1. Like, comment, follow
The best way to get people to have a look at your account and eventually follow you is to go on their profile first. You can either scroll through the followers of a profile you follow or just look at the research tab. Try to focus on account that belong to the same niche as you or that are interested in the same things. Like pictures and drop comments. Ask questions. Engage with your current and potential followers. Reading your name in a comment could spark someone's curiosity and drive them to your profile.
2. Create a signature look
You want people to follow you. They will follow you if they find you interesting. They won't be interested in your work if you do the same as everybody else. Thus, you must create unique content that defines you. It must be specific to you. The best way to achieve this is just to be yourself and post things you like. How you style your pictures, add filters and organize your feed is also completely up to you. You choose how you want colors and posts to be coordinated to make it like you.
3. Be consistent
Consistency is not just about your posting frequency. You obviously want your follower to stay with you. Thus, you have to post regularly so that they will still find a value in your posts. Consistency also concerns the quality and theme of your pictures. If you have always taken high quality pictures make sure you follow through and don't post lower quality pictures. This is the best way to loose followers. If you have decided for a theme when you started, keep it or warn your followers that you'll change. However, don't do it too often. Remember, people like consistency.
4. Show your face
There are beautiful Instagram feeds out there. They are creative, refined and neat. The pictures are of high quality. However, they often come across as impersonal. There is always someone behind a nice Instagram account, sometimes even several people. And as much as your followers will love your feed, they will also love to see that you are a real person. It makes you more accessible and relatable, which is the primary purpose of social media. You don't have to post pictures of yourself every second day. Once in a while is enough.
5. Use hashtags
Hashtags allow people who are interested in a certain topic or type of images to find people interested in the same things and likely to post pictures accordingly. If you want people to find you, use the correct hashtags. Instagram allows thirty hashtags per caption, which leaves plenty of space and opportunity to reach out to potential followers. A lot of people say that five to eleven hashtags are ideal. Personally, I'd say that you should use as many hashtag as you feel like. It's your profile after all.
DONT'S of Instagram
1. Follow/unfollow
This trend has been massive lately and has driven a lot of bloggers crazy. Basically, people follow you to get a follow back. They will either unfollow you when you do give them a follow back or just follow you no matter what happens. It is super annoying mainly because it is super manipulative. While you should follow an account because you like it, expecting the person to follow back is not genuine and unfollowing when you don't get what you want is childish. Also, people put a lot of effort in their pictures and unfollowing for no reason is disrespectful. You usually unfollow a profile because you no longer like it… Also, as a warning, Instagram now shadowbans users who frantically follow and unfollow: your account will have a private account status although still public. People won't able to find you anywhere, in the research tab nor through hashtags. Only your followers will see your posts.
2. Spamming
Liking and commenting pictures are great for engagement. To a certain limit. When you just drop comments such as "like it", "love it, "great post" or some hearts, people know that it is fake. Yes, you can love a picture or the styling of a picture but since you are already commenting, you can be more specific. Say why you like the picture or write an actual compliment. People will be more grateful and also more likely to go on your profile and follow you. Also, this kind of comments looks like comments generated by bots, so people may not even know that's a real person behind it.
3. Buy followers
Buying followers had sparked a lot of controversies on the blogosphere. You can see loads of articles saying how bad it is to buy followers, how pathetic, fake, etc. I personally don't care about what you do. It is your life, your choice. If you feel like buying followers can help you, then do it but I hope you won't regret it. The danger with buying followers is that it is clearly and obviously fake. You will pay a fortune to get followers who are either bots or random people not interested in your work. As a results, you will have a bigger following but zero engagement. If you are looking at working with brands, remember: they like followers but they like engagement better. Buying followers doesn't sound like a good investment.
4. Take crappy picture
Every person is different. Individuals are unique and nobody thinks the same. However, there is something most of us have in common. We want to see beautiful things. We want to appreciate beauty. This applies to Instagram too. People want to see beautiful pictures and won't waste time on an ugly, neglected and rushed profile. If your pictures are crappy, people won't follow you.
5. Like random pictures
Liking picture is a great way to put yourself out there, make people find out about your profile and get them to follow you. However, you must like pictures that you actually really like from people with similar interest to yours. Don't like pictures just for the sake of it. If you're not interested in the picture you like, it is likely that the person will not be interested in yours. You will lose time or again, will get followers who won't engage with you.
These may seem common knowledge, cliché or common sense. You may already know all of these. Yet, I still hope you have found this article helpful. If you have any other tips, feel free to share them below. We appreciate all the help we can get.
Thanks for reading. I hope you liked this post.
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4-6 Year Olds
Our instructors keep your little ones engaged with a variety of motion-based games aimed at getting kids comfortable on the mats while also introducing them to grip fighting, positional awareness and technique. The class focuses on basic positions and submissions with an emphasis on safety and technique when falling, rolling and sprawling. Your child will build a solid foundation which carries through to the older class.
7-10 Year Olds
This class is appropriate for both beginners and higher belts. Multiple instructors allow us to teach basics, as well as, more advanced positions and submissions, while still keeping it fun and engaging. Our instructors ensure that beginners receive a solid introduction to the basics of jiu jitsu, in addition to giving them an opportunity for accelerated learning through practice with more experienced children.
For children moving on from the 4-6 year old class and higher belts, our instructors focus on drilling positions and submissions and improving technique. An additional focus is on competition mindset and preparation.
11-14 Year Olds
This class is a great opportunity to introduce pre-teens and teens to self-defense, as well as, sport BJJ. Similar to the 7-10 year old class, multiple instructors allow for both beginner and advanced learning. There is a continued focus on competition training. In some cases, more advanced teens may also be invited to train with the adult class by Professor Marco.
Adaptive Jiu Jitsu
This is a free class offered the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month for children with Down's Syndrome and their siblings. Classes are split between 4-10 year olds and children older than 10 years. Please note that students must be cleared by a physician before training. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Lords, 8 March 2010
The Second Reading of the CSF Bill was the first opportunity for peers to voice their views on its many parts. Once again the section on home education took up much of the time, with four peers making it the central theme of their speeches. Twelves speeches included reference to Clause 26, which out of a total of seventeen seems to be good going; this of course included two from each of the front bench team of the main parties and one from the LibDem spokesperson, all of which could not fail to mention this controversial subject. In all, around 45 minutes out of 3½ hours were spent speaking on the topic of home education, which is a slightly smaller percentage (21%) than was achieved in the Commons Second Reading (24%).
Again the hard work of HE families was noted; Baronesses Verma and Bottomley both mentioned the piles of letters about Clause 26 with which peers had been bombarded. Well done to all who have found the time in the middle of teaching your children to participate in a "Teach Yourself Politics" course. Whilst it appears from various comments made on the night as if this clause – if not the whole Bill – is not going much further than the wash-up, it is also clear that the Bill's demise will not be the end of our efforts to protect our freedoms in this respect.
Looking ahead therefore to what may or may not lie beyond the General Election, I want to urge all HE families not just to watch the videos of those who spoke up on our behalf, but also two in particular from those who spoke in favour of Clause 26. The first is Lord Soley, who, whilst not being supportive of our concerns, I think did express genuine alarm at the tone of some of the comments in response to his post on the Lords of the Blog site. Now discussion there was not helped by the arrogance of a poster who goes by the name of McDuff, who seems to me mainly intent on stirring up arguments to undermine HE. Him apart, there is a need to make reasoned arguments on such forums as it is one place where some of those who vote on our futures go to hear our voices. Lord Soley was clearly taken aback by the number of views and comments on his post, but was far less impressed by the quality of some of the contributions. Whilst I know many of us just want politicians to leave our families alone, the reality is that they won't, so we need to win over as many as possible with reasoned arguments not tirades of frustration. I don't know if Clive Soley would ever defy his party's line on HE, but I would like to think it would be worth trying to persuade him.
The speech from the other Lords of the Blog author, Baroness Deech, was very different though. [Her post on HE are here & here.] She is a deep-seated opponent of un-monitored HE, but what she did provide in her speech was a clear explanation of why this subject will not now go away. In one paragraph she referred at length to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, one of Badman's favourite topics. This and various aspects of the European Convention on Human Rights are where the real roots of this issue can be found and listening to the Baroness's eulogy of them highlights the strength of some people's faith in them. Given that her father had to flee Vienna and Prague in 1939, it was very surprising to hear her sing the praises of Germany's ban on HE, which was brought in by the totalitarian regime her family escaped from. She followed that comment with the assertion:
It is the duty of home-educating parents to secure for their children the education pledged in international treaties; the parents do not have stand-alone rights to determine that education in any way that they wish without state regulation.
This of course opens up the bigger, and global, discussion of where does the authority of things such as the UNCRC and ECHR come from? I don't remember being asked if I wanted to be governed by them. However, that is a discussion for another time and perhaps place. For now, can I urge HE families to listen to these two supporters of Clause 26 and learn from what they said and how they said it.
The full text of the Second Reading debate starts in Hansard on here and the full video can be viewed here.
I cannot embed the play-list here, so please click the link below to go to the play-list on Dailymotion if you want to view them all at once – that will take about three -quarters of an hour.
Full Play-list – once there click 'Watch playlist'
If you want easily to select a particular video they can be found embedded on the following pages:
- Videos 1 to 6: Morgan, Verma, Bishop of Bradford, Blackstone, Bottomley & Alton
- Videos 7 to 12: Soley, Lucas, Deech, Walmsley, Bates & Morgan
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Soft skills are the true differentiator that helps people with strong technical skills earn jobs and transform their organizations, the hosts explain while answering listener questions.
Bob Graham ('0:20'): Welcome to Serious Soft Skills, Episode 16. With me is Dr. Tobin Porterfield. For you newcomers and those of you who have been with us for a while, you may or may not know we have uncovered a list of 55 soft skills. We dug this list up though academic research and our teaching of college students and work in various industries. Paying really close attention to these soft skills we are now doing this podcast to discover what each of these soft skills means and how they fit into our lives. Today we are going to extend that into a new direction and take some listener questions. It's always exciting. We're picked some really hard ones. Hopefully, we can find our way through them.
Soft Skills Are Not Teachable
Graham ('1:16'): The first one comes from Anonymous, and you are going to see why in a second. Anonymous says, "Why do you guys care so much about soft skills? We either have them or don't so why are you spending so much time on them?"
Dr. Tobin Porterfield ('1:46"): I like to question things. I have a skeptical mind. I want to ask if this is real. The argument that sets it up most. We kind of tee this up in the beginning of our book. The business environment has really changed. The business world is hyper competitive. Things are changing quickly. Technology change is coming on. The workplace has changed. The type of work we do has changed. It has made soft skills more important. It's not that they haven't existed. There are ones of us that have stronger sets of soft skills, stronger in some areas. But it's something that we need to bring to the workplace these days. A recognition of what they are is critical, as is a solid, honest self-reflection of where we each are on those soft skills is essential to the success of organizations. We have to say soft skills are there in the workplace, and if an individual has been able to avoid developing soft skills for a long time, that avoidance time is passed.
If we are going to be effective in the workplace today, soft skills are not optional.
Graham ('3:02'): I would agree with all of that. I would add that you and I have countless examples of students we have taught who performed better when looking for a job and get the job because they have more soft skills. They are more in demand. We know that from research, and not just our research. Employers are looking for soft skills like problem-solving, written and oral communication. When they see people that can offer those skills, those are the people who are getting hired. I tell my students all the time that there are thousands of people just like you with that same engineering or writing degree, or whatever degree. How do you differentiate yourself?
You all know the same technical expertise. It's the soft skills, how you are going to apply them, how you are going to interact with people, that ultimately separates some from the pack.
Porterfield ('3:57'): You said it and that is how we position soft skills. They are not in place of technical skills. It's how we implement and integrate those technical skills in the workplace. The people and the organizations that have valued and strengthened soft skills are better performers. They are able to take the same engineering skills, which we can hire into any organization if we have the money to hire people, but whether we are actually able to innovate, solve problems or transform an organization using those soft skills, that's where the soft skills are going to come in and make a huge difference. Soft skills are the differentiator between who gets the job and who doesn't, between whose successful and who is not, and which organizations are successful and which ones are not.
Did You Guys Make Up that List of 55 Soft Skills?
Graham ('5:00'): Our next question comes from BiBi. I don't know if that's a man or woman, boy or girl. You talk about your list of 55 soft skills. Where did your list come from really? I think that question is code for, I think you guys are making this list up and just doing a podcast on stuff you made up. Can you walk us through how that list came about because you did the hard work on that list?
Porterfield (5:27′): I was at the same place. I'd heard of soft skills. I felt like this was soft skills. Then I heard that that was soft skills and that was soft skills and other things were soft skills. We came together to do soft skills research out of frustration. We wanted to really figure out what soft skills are. We made the decision that we should look into the research, starting with academic research and books that have been published related to soft skills to see what all of these soft skills perspectives are. We went back through. I am embarrassed to say I don't remember the number of articles, publications, journal articles, papers going back into the 1970s that somehow mentioned soft skills.
Chasing Down Our List of 55 Soft Skills
Porterfield (6:02′): The wonders of technology today enable us to search for the key words like "soft skills," "professional skills," "non-technical skills" and do these searches. We got back 10s of thousands of resources, but we wanted to find the best resources to explain what soft skills are and are not. Let's not look at blog posts and things like that. Let's look at academic research that's been done at credible universities and books that have been written by credible authors. Typical of research, as we started to accumulate that list, we started to see duplication of the terms — oral communication, speaking skills, being able to speak clearly. We saw that different terms meant the same thing so we had to link together the synonymous terms. We also had to separate the terms when they were new. We had to make those judgments. This one talks about presentation skills, which is a little different because it brings in the technology and the visual aspects. We parsed all of that and were left with a list of 55 soft skills. But as often happens when you are doing research, when you are searching for a topic, you find repetition. We got to a point where we said we think we have the full list. We got to a point where we saw repetition and nothing new coming in. We felt we had a good, comprehensive list of soft skills. But we also recognized that when we go forward with this list, someone's going to read what we are writing or hear what we are saying, they are going to tell us that we forgot about this or that. I know there are probably more than 55 soft skills. I hope we get to that point. We are willing to add to that list of 55 soft skills. I think we have the most full view of soft skills that we have ever found. People came at them from different angles from their needs and their interests. We wanted to cut across that and come up with the real portfolio, because the list of soft skills is so large. Out of that set of soft skills, different people and different organizations need to say we need strengths in these areas and those other ones are not as important to us right now. The ability to treat it like a Chinese menu and pick off what you want is important.
Which Soft Skill Will Help My Career Most?
Graham ('8:42'): That leads me now to the next questions. Trevor asks, If I want to improve my career, which soft skills should I work on first? Do you mind, Toby, if I take a stab answering that one?
Porterfield (8:56′): I was hoping you would take a stab at answering that one.
Graham (9:05′): Any one soft skill isn't going to make all the difference in the world because we have that portfolio of 55 soft skills. As we discuss in earlier episodes, we talk about different groupings of soft skills. We talked about Individual soft skills, Nexus or one-on-one communication soft skills, Group soft skills and Enterprise soft skills. You could go back and listen to those episodes and you might do best to start with the Individual category that includes things like empathy, patience, respect, perseverance. Those soft skills are the ones I would think of as foundational. They are the ones we really need to have inside us to go on to the next level and really expand. If I was going to pick one to start with, I would start with the one Individual soft skill I am weakest at, then the next one and the next one after that. Even the ones I am really good at, I would ask people about how you are with them. The feedback can be that you aren't excellent at it. They might tell you that you are not the worst or okay at it. That's the thing about this list of 55. There's always improvement to make. It's like running. You can always come up with another personal record. If you shave 5 seconds off your time today, that means you get up tomorrow and you hope to shave off another second off that day.
Porterfield ('11:03′): That really gets at the root of the issue. Do you have another listener question?
Should Soft Skills Be the Focus in Interviews?
Graham ('11:23′): Our last question comes from Evan K. If soft skills are so important, why aren't they the focus of job interviews? And he asks the logical next question. Should they be?
Porterfield ('11:37′): We are starting to see soft skills being more of a focus of job interviews. Certainly, we have a lot of different types of organizations out there that are starting to focus more heavily on soft skills. With our research, we looked at job descriptions as a way to vet our list of 55 soft skills. We found them out there in job descriptions, online job postings, prevalently. It's a process. Soft skills are recognized now. We are seeing them in the job descriptions. I know when we talk to our students when they come back from job interviews, they are often amazed that soft skills came up. They expected to be talking about their knowledge of marketing, or the case they worked on, or this supply chain problem I solved. They come back and tell us that you won't believe that they asked a situational question. They asked the student to tell them a time that you had to persevere to get through to what you wanted to accomplish? The student says she wasn't ready for that kind of question. I say cheers to the company. That's great. Recognizing that those soft skills are important, even when it's in the job description, and teasing them out in the interview process is difficult. Now, we are faced with the challenge in our classrooms to prepare our students to be able to articulate those soft skills in the interview. They can't say that they are really uncomfortable with that question and not answer it at an interview. Not answering is the ticket to the door. The company wants to hear you think on your feet and really be able to respond to questions like tell me a time when you had to deal with conflict or tell me a time when you had to come up with an innovative solution. How did you drive that and motivate your group? We not only need to know what our strengths are with soft skills, but we have to be able to story tell.
Graham ('13:20′): With the students, it's often about helping them to understand what soft skills are in the first place. If you are not aware of soft skills, it's really hard to have that storytelling around them. It's awareness of soft skills and their role in organizational growth that comes first, then how do soft skills fit into what I am doing now.
Forecasting the Future
Graham ('14:00′) Frankly, as we have evolve with soft skills, we are going to get to that place where people will seek out internships and opportunities to boost their soft skills, maybe as much, if not more than their technical skills. Typically, we choose internships and jobs on the technical skills. Wouldn't it be interesting to choose a job based on your soft skills. If you have the ability to manage projects and solve problems, those are transferrable skills. Some people call soft skills transferrable skills. If you could take those skills to another job. You can learn how to make the widgets at a different company, but if you can manage projects, pretty much once you know what they are doing, you can manage a project. That's part of the beauty of soft skills. They are no longer confined to one company. It's no longer only what you learned at that company about how they make products or deliver their specific services that matters. When you go to a new company, you are no longer a blank slate. You are someone who has all that experience and all those opportunities to build your soft skills portfolio, and now you have the chance to leverage them at the new company.
Porterfield ('15:00′): That thinking is right on track with how we see soft skills and soft skills development., A lot of what you bring is experience to a job is your ability to apply your knowledge to the discipline. You have done that marketing campaign, you have done month close in accounting. Those are awesome experiences. But those experiences related to working in a group, teamwork, innovation, problem-solving, those are the ones that really bring great benefit to your current and next organization.
Next Week
Next week, we will dig into another one of the 55 soft skills. Look for that and more next week on the Serious Soft Skills Podcast.


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This Maxy Muffin with blond hair and blue sleepy eyes, has her snazzy summer outfit on. The doll is dressed really fashionably, so she can go out now or can simply enjoy being sweetly dressed. Maxy-Muffin is wearing her pink linen trousers with a great blouse that has a sequinned heart detail on it. She is wearing a headband with the same fashionable design. They work brilliantly together. Always fashionable and up to date! Her fabric sandals look very smart with this outfit and are comfortable too.
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* suitable for children over 3 years old
* weight: ~ 570 g
* washable
* soft body
* sleepy eyes
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Weep Not For Me
Good night dear.
A deep sigh releases me,
out of body and into breeze.
A deep sigh releases me;
to another world,
I must be.
Sun must set and moon must rise,
such is the passage of time.
Time moves on and so must I;
no stop for me tonight.
My ship is ready, thy sails are steady;
but you are not ready.
My dear, what is wrong?
Have I not stayed for too long?
Or is it that you have succumb to the Siren's song?
Here, here, do not try to stop me.
Here, here, do not cry next to me.
You will see me again soon,
I promise.
Weep not for me, my dear.
Gentle tears are enough once.
Weep not for me, my dear;
weep not.
Celebrate thy life with cheer.
Celebrate thy life with beer!
Just celebrate it all with love.
Do not be sad…please do not.
Now, let me go into that bright light.
Please dear…let me go.
Weep not for me dear friends, weep not.
Remember the good times.
It is like Lightman said in 'Einstein's dreams':
"For it is only habit and memory that dulls the physical passion. Without memory, each night is the first night, each morning is the first morning, each kiss and touch are the first."
Dear, I will see you again.
I promise.
Note: This poem was written for my Grandmother after Grandfather's passing in November and was received just before his funeral in early December. It was sent on the 4th of December, but has only been made publicly available on the 24th.
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The first in a continuing series of posts on America's governments going broke or something close to it….
"Here's a feature of Obamacare you probably don't know about: A transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars in liabilities to retired public employees from state and local governments to federal taxpayers."
Via Josh Barro, who is a ruthless critic of the GOP while brokering little tolerance for the stunts of Democrats, here is evidence of a serious backdoor bailout of irresponsible state and municipal governments. Federal taxpayers take the hit for this if its successfully implemented.
Why do I find this important?
Urbanist critics on the Right have scoffed at the prevailing narrative on recovering cities with some accuracy that cities have unique fiscal vulnerabilities related not only to badly managed public pension systems but overgenerous public sector retirement compensation. This represents nothing less than an absolute game-changer on that charge.
Workers were promised significant retirement health benefits that start upon retirement and transition into supplemental coverage after age 65. Very little of these benefits were pre-funded and their expense alone was enough to torpedo municipal budgets in the coming years.
With this policy, Pres. Obama has altered that ominous backdrop dramatically. Local and state governments can now transition public workers from these expensive plans to cheaper ones provided on the relevant ACA exchange. Recall these plans are subsidized by the government for all but the wealthy.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in liabilities disappear off municipal and state accounts within the next two to three years. Worse, the amount is far greater because local governments are among the biggest offenders of underfunding liabilities and unlike states, we have little research on how much exactly they owe.
If we accept the narrative that we are going broke, one way or another, for one set of reasons or another, this is a damning 'nail in the coffin'.
Absolute transparency in municipal budgeting gains more urgency with this development. The money saved at the municipal or state level should be returned to the taxpayers who will inevitably pay higher federal taxes as the federal deficit increases.
Of course, if we believe that will happen….


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While Trinity is a small church, it's part of a huge, international church, the Anglican Communion. In order of distance from its doors, Trinity is part of Region XV, the eighteen Episcopal churches in the Charlottesville area, in the Diocese of Virginia. The Diocese is part of the Protestant Epsicopal Church in the United States. And the Protestant Episcopal Church is part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, which also includes churches in 44 countries and 85 million people.
What do we believe? We have a simple but comprehensive statement called the Nicene Creed: "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the rhird day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptisem for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."
What is our spiritual life like? We gather together for worship each Sunday, and follow one of several liturgical options found in the Book of Common Prayer. Most frequently, we celebrate Holy Eucharist, a service consisting of prayers and scriptural readings that follow a three- year Lectionary cycle for the first half, and Holy Eucharist, or communion, in the second half. We welcome all to our communition table, or Altar, and we offer communion to anyone who has been baptized, and blessing to anyone not baptized. The Book of Common Prayer has other services, including Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline, as well as services for Baptism, Confirmtation, Marriage, and Funerals. We take seriously our Confession of Sin:"Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us;that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen" …
… as well as the dismissal at the end of the Eucharist: " Eternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord, Amen."
Our ministries take place on Sunday as well as other days. We offer breakfast most Sundays, between 8:30 and 9:15 am. We offer Christian Formation for all ages from 9:15-10:15. Even if you've never participated in Sunday School, or small group spiritual discussions, you are more than welcome, and you will find that you are not alone. During most of our Sunday services, we offer a time for community reflection on the readings and the sermon, a time when worhsippers can ask questions or provide personal testimony or comments on those parts of the service. And after our service, we have a fellowship time to meet and greet old friends and new. During the fall, winter, and spring, we have small group sessions during the week for those who can't particpate on Sunday mornings to explore a variety of topics. And many of our ministries, such as Bread and Roses, Home Communion/visitation, take place on other days at other times.


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Isn't she pretty? She makes me smile! =)
Little Strawberry is stamped on PTI's Stamper's Select White cardstock. I then masked her then stamped the strawberries behind her. The image is colored with Copic markers then cut and embossed using a Lebels 10 die. The sentiment piece is cut and embossed using a Classic Ovals Small die then matted with a piece of patterned paper cut using a Classic Scalloped Ovals Small die.
I stitched three strips of pretty paper from Emma's Shoppe collection for the background and the green piece is cut using PTI's Edgers #2 die. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink as well.
That's all from me. Don't forget to check out Amy Young, Nancy Thomas and Rachel's blogs for more peeks! The new stamps will be available at All That Scraps starting May 1st! Big thanks to Amy again for inviting me. I had so much fun playing with these new stamps. I knew it will be another successful release! =)
cardstock, button: Papertrey Ink
stamps: (Flitter Friend Strawberry) Sweet November Stamps for All That Scraps, (sentiment) Papertrey Ink
patterned paper: Crate Paper
inks: Memento Tuxedo Blank, VersaFine Onyx Black
paper doily: Ellen Hutson
dies: (Edgers #2) Papertrey Ink, (Labels 10, oval, scalloped oval) Spellbinders
die cut machine: Cuttlebug by Provo craft
other: sewing machine, thread, foam tape, foam squares
Copics used:
skin: E11, E01, E00, E000, R20
hair: R35, R22, R32, R30
outfit: Y26, Y21, Y11, R23 ,R30, 0
wings: YG01, YG0000, 0
strawberries: R37, R35, R22, R32, R30, YG01, YG0000, YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01, W1, W00, 0, Y38
card size: 5" x 5"


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