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|By Gary Hamilton, Jocelyn Quimbo, Saurabh Verma
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|November 30, 2009 02:00 PM EST
SaaS has rapidly evolved from an online application source to providing application building blocks such as
- Platform as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and
- Database-as-a-Service (DaaS)
DaaS is the latest entrant into the "as a Service" realm and typically provides tools for defining logical data structures, data services like APIs and web service interfaces, customizable user interfaces, and data storage, backup, recovery and export policies. To ensure successful DaaS implementations, developers and database professionals need to address traditional challenges associated with data design and performance tuning. They will also need to address new challenges introduced by the lack of physical access for backup, recovery and integration.
What Is DaaS?
DaaS provides traditional database features, typically data definition, storage and retrieval, on a subscription basis over the web. To subscribers DaaS appears as a black box supporting logical data operations, and logical data stores where customers can only see their organization's data. Physical access is seen as a security risk and thus it is not available. As with SaaS, DaaS vendors build and manage data centers incorporating best practices in security, back-up, recovery and customer support. Data services typically are provided as SOAP or REST APIs allowing users to define data structures, perform CRUD operations, manage entitlements and query the database using a subset of standard SQL.
Real-World Examples: Force.com and Amazon SimpleDB
Two real-world examples of DaaS are Salesforce.com's Force.com, which provides data services in its toolkit for building applications, and Amazon's SimpleDB, which provides an API for creating data stores which can be used for applications or pure data storage.
Force.com supports the Model-View-Controller paradigm for application development where Model refers to the data model.
- Database schema: Developers can configure pick list values for fields in standard CRM objects (tables), or create custom objects and fields via the Salesforce.com Setup menu. Data elements can also be defined programmatically through the Metadata API, which is used by the Force.com IDE, an add-on for Eclipse. Lookup fields and parent-child relationships allow foreign key relationships between tables.
- CRUD operations: Data entry, updates and deletes can be performed using Force.com pages that are automatically generated for each table, or through the Force.com Web Services API. Apex, Force.com's programming language, provides the ability to develop object oriented code to perform data operations.
- Database queries: Querying data is done through SOQL, Force.com's subset of SQL. SOQL provides read-only access via the Web Services API or Apex, Force.com's development language.
- Stored procedures: Custom business rules can be implemented as Triggers, the equivalent of database stored procedures written in Apex.
- Pro: Force.com database development and functionality parallels traditional database development.
- Con: Force.com database design requires careful design and coding.
Amazon SimpleDB
Amazon.com's SimpleDB service appears to be geared to developing applications quickly with minimal effort on database design and definition:
- Database schema: SimpleDB stores data in "domains," the equivalent of a spreadsheet tab. Once a domain is created attributes (fields) are created when records are added to the domain. Each record requires a unique ID string for each item (record) and attributes are added as name-value pairs such as ("First Name", "Tara"). Items are limited to 256 name-value pairs, and domains are limited to 1 billion attributes.
- CRUD operations: SimpleDB uses the Put to insert and update items, Get to retrieve an item by unique number, and Delete to delete records.
- Database queries: SimpleDB supports a subset of SQL for read-only access to data. SimpleDB does not support queries across domains, so SQL joins are not available. The Developer Guide suggests storing related data in a single domain as a workaround.
- Stored procedures: SimpleDB currently does not support stored procedures.
- Pro: SimpleDB allows rapid development of web based applications requiring data services.
- Con: SimpleDB does not support joins, foreign keys and stored procedures. Porting complex applications to SimpleDB may not be feasible.
What Is Data Management?
One could argue that data management began as early as man invented written communication. Even cataloging, bookkeeping, and archiving, which are all forms of data management, are known to exist in ancient times. In recent history, the first computerized database management systems started to evolve in the 1960's when the primary data storage media were magnetic tapes.[1] In the 1980's, Data Management also became known as Data Resource Management and Enterprise Information Management as organizations recognized corporate data as assets that must be managed. The publication of the DAMA-DMBOK Guide [2] this year is a major step to formalizing data management as a science and practice. Data management functions discussed in this article are based upon this guide.
The DAMA-DMBOK Guide identifies ten data management functions found in most organizations. These functions are briefly described below:
- Data Governance - planning, supervision and control over data management and use
- Data Architecture Management - as an integral part of the enterprise architecture
- Data Development - analysis, design, building, testing, deployment and maintenance
- Database Operations Management - support for structured physical data assets
- Data Security Management - ensuring privacy, confidentiality and appropriate access
- Reference & Master Data Management - managing golden versions and replicas
- Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence Management - enabling access to decision support data for reporting and analysis
- Document & Content Management - storing, protecting, indexing and enabling access to data found in unstructured sources (electronic files and physical records)
- Meta Data Management - integrating, controlling and delivering meta data
- Data Quality Management - defining, monitoring and improving data quality
Figure 1 shows the scope of each of these functions. This article focuses on the Data Development and Database Operations Management functions as they relate to DaaS. It points out similarities and differences in managing data that resides in a DaaS environment versus a non-DaaS environment as well as key implementation challenges in present day technologies.
DaaS Data Management
How does data management in a DaaS environment differ from traditional environments?
All of the data management functions shown in Figure 1 apply to DaaS but with a twist introduced by the additional layer of abstraction presented by the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that defines the DaaS. As with other types of SOA implementations, a DaaS provider hides the physical implementation and complexities of managing the data stores from its consumers, while at the same time providing a ubiquitous language agnostic API, such as XML, to enter, retrieve, and manipulate data.
For those familiar with relational database managements systems (RDBMS) such as Oracle and SQL Server, DaaS is analogous to RDBMS as RDBMS is to flat files. In both cases, the abstractions introduced by the newer platform simplify access and management of data but in some cases limit what you can do with the data. Limitations are usually overcome as the platform matures. For example, a DaaS query language might initially allow access to one object (table) at a time but future releases may provide two or more objects to be joined together.
Just like the logical abstractions of RDBMS hides the fact that tables are implemented as files; DaaS objects might actually be implemented as RDBMS tables behind the scene. However, a DaaS consumer does not need to know that and does not have to be concerned with the maintenance of the underlying RDBMS. Table 1 shows more examples on how DaaS differs from RDBMS using Force.com and Oracle as bases for comparison.
DaaS Challenges
DaaS presents many advantages and promises. However, adopters of this new paradigm may find some new challenges, some of which are highlighted below using Force.com as an example.
Data Design
In order to optimize performance and simplify data access DaaS typically limits on resource intensive queries and reports. For queries this may mean that certain join statements or outer joins are not supported, or the number of entities that can be queried is limited. Similarly, report writers may limit joins by controlling what entities are available. Approaches for dealing with joins include copying some attributes of master objects into child objects, or writing code to merge master and detail results.
Physical Database Access
Performance Tuning
DaaS by nature hides the underlying details of the physical database implementation. At this point in time, troubleshooting and performance tuning require cobbling together various tools and approaches. While a best practice is to always follow vendor recommendations carefully, empirical data can be gathered via commercial performance testing tools, custom scripts/code, manual testing and vendor profiling tools. Analyze the results carefully and consult the vendor if their best practices do not mesh with the data.
Data Partitioning
Since DaaS provides logical database services there is no standard for partitioning data. Best practice is to review vendor documentation on performance, especially for large data volumes. Approaches to data partitioning include defining tables or namespaces in lieu of partitions, creating indexed fields as partition filters, creating hierarchies and entitlements to control data visibility, or licensing multiple DaaS instances.
Backup and Recovery
While DaaS provides high performance tools for querying and exporting data, it can be difficult to perform a "database dump" that includes exporting data, Metadata and code as one operation. And once the data is "dumped" there may be no facility to rebuild a database from the database dump. Administrators used to these features with on-premise software must develop custom scripts for dumping and loading data for DaaS.
Transaction Processing
Some DaaS implementations allow the equivalent of stored procedures to support referential integrity and transaction logic. One workaround is the tried and true polling service that looks for updated records and performs the appropriate operations for inserts, deletes and updates. Regardless of the approach, pay careful attention to commit/rollback logic and error handling.
Despite some of the limitations listed above, DaaS adoption is being driven by multiple factors that speed application delivery including:
Ease of Deployment
Without the need to procure, install and configure equipment DaaS can be rapidly deployed. And since vendors have already done extensive performance tuning on logical data services there may be little need to do performance tuning or extensive data design.
Platform Independence
Because DaaS is web-based most vendors comply with web standards, providing interoperability with desktops, servers and development tools from many vendors. Web service APIs for SOAP or REST are typically interoperable with multiple development platforms such as Adobe, Java, Mac OS X Cocoa, .NET and Visual Basic, Ruby On Rails, Perl, PHP and Python.
Simplified Database Administration
Database administrators may not need to understand SQL or APIs to configure DaaS databases. Data objects, custom fields, validation rules and data entry forms may be configured via the DaaS user interface. These are logical operations changes are usually available immediately via reports, SQL queries and web services.
Standardized Data Integration
DaaS web services provide programmatic access to data via the vendor's API. Ubiquitous support for SOAP and REST services in ETL tools, middleware and application servers facilitate integration with most platforms. And since most DaaS vendors provide text-based file import and export, batch processing or semi-manual procedures allow integration with legacy systems and new applications.
Database as a Service can be an important tool in a developer's toolbox for rapid development as well as for organizations that have more limited IT infrastructure resources. As illustrated above there are some limitations but often the overall benefits to the project outweigh them. Regardless of the approach, Database as a Service is something all Data Architects need to know and understand as we move into the next decade. It is critical to enabling the movement of enterprise applications to the cloud.
- Olle, T. William, 2006,"Nineteen Sixties History of Data Base Management", (ISBN: 978-0-397-34637-3), Springer Boston.
- DAMA International, 2009, "The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge", (ISBN: 0977140083), Technics Publications, LLC.
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After I read the part of this study in our textbook for the course, I looked up the actual study online, Cultural Adaptation of Birthing Services in Rural Ayacucho, Peru. In rural communities such as Ayacucho in the Andes of Peru, indigenous people are wary of the modern medicine that is starting to gain a foothold in the region. The traditions of these people have diminished as time progresses due to increasing globalization and the political conflict that ravaged the country for approximately two decades causes a deep-rooted sense of distrust in anything the government has to offer. Even their religion has come to be dominated by the Catholicism imposed on the region when the Spaniards arrived. Therefore, it is not surprising that medical practices among the indigenous population are also at odds with the ideals of modern medicine.
In the study, a program is implemented to decrease the mortality rate among the indigenous community in Ayacucho, Peru. Rather than instruct mothers on different birthing practices, physicians opted to combine traditional practices with modern medicine in the hopes that women would feel more comfortable, and ultimately lead to more successful births. Modifications to birthing procedures were implemented to accommodate for indigenous traditions: allowing the husband or a traditional birth attendant to be present during the birth, training health professionals to speak Quechua (three-fourths of the population in the region is Quechua-speaking), using some traditional herbs and medicine during the procedure, and returning the placenta to the parents for proper burial. The program increased the number of women who turned to official town clinics to receive care, rather than solely rely on traditional practices.
I traveled to Ayacucho, Peru in the summer of 2011 as part of BU's abroad program and I volunteered at the Centro de Salud San Juan Bautista, known locally as a "posta." At the clinic, I observed primarily in the OBGYN department. There was a mix of backgrounds, although the majority of women that received care were of indigenous origins. Besides some colloquial phrases and words, none of the health workers knew how to speak fluent Quechua and many of the patients would come accompanied by their husbands or a relative who could translate for them. During the visits, I observed that the obstetricians would scold the indigenous women for missing their monthly appointments to check-up on their pregnancies or for not taking their vitamins. This would always make me uncomfortable given that there was a severe language barrier, not to mention that these women would already wait for hours to be seen. I conducted surveys to gage the opinions on the care from the patients themselves; for many, the lack of resources left bad impressions on the quality of service being received. Others would tell me that doctors were still not able to cure "mal de ojo" or the "evil eye", one disease out of a list usually rattled off. During class one day, an anthropologist who studies this break between indigenous traditions and modern medicine spoke to us about the developing care in the region. Besides doctors not being able to care for a number of diseases particular to these indigenous communities, birthing practices and care for newborns also differed greatly. A baby born in some communities is swaddled very tightly, practically bound, with special fabric until a certain age, thumb-sucking is prohibited, and newborns are given special treatment based on their gender. While I was quick to dismiss some of these practices as "ignorant" and even unsafe in some cases, the reasoning behind these practices is ultimately just different. Indigenous communities are not ignorant but rather their perceptions of life and nature are entirely different. Some traditions for the sake of honor and family are respected, while in our culture those rituals are seen as backward. By listening to this speaker and watching the treatment of some patients at the posta, I realized that there was not one way to practice medicine. Like anything else in the world, people simply have different notions when it comes to living.
Although the number of indigenous mothers who go to a local clinic is increasing, there is still a wide disconnect between the two traditions. Indigenous populations have a history of being society's most marginalized sector. In Peru especially, the indigenous community has suffered a great deal from the racism that invaded the country since its founding. The armed conflict between the Marxist guerrilla movement and the Peruvian government resulted in 70,000 deaths, of which 75% were Quechua-speaking victims. Much work is still yet to be done for these people, especially in terms of development. I find it crucial that the few clinics that are available provide a care that caters to both the patient and health standards. While in the past this region may have experienced the need to accept one or the other, health is an area in which there is not a single answer. We have still much to learn from each other.

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Avina's approach has evolved during nearly two decades since its founding, and can be summed up in three stages:
In the early years, Avina discovered the power of individual leadership within the process of social change. Just as business entrepreneurs launch innovations for the marketplace, behind important social and environmental advances are individuals who assume leadership, motivate and mobilize others with their vision, and dedicate their lives to improving conditions in favor of the common good. In its first stage of evolution, Avina identified such leaders in civil society and the private sector and established alliances with them to support their initiatives for change. We learned that leadership is critical for change, but is not sufficient by itself. A good team, a solid organization and personal and professional support systems are also key factors. Good leaders cultivate other leaders and create trust. To create wide-scale change, a leader must know how to build alliances and join forces with others. The leader has to work with a diversity of actors and constantly learn and evolve with them.
In its second phase, Avina began placing more emphasis on relationships among leaders by creating platforms for building trust and what we call "social capital". Social capital is a network of relationships based on trust, and it reduces transaction costs. Social capital facilitates and accelerates collaboration and collective action. To encourage trust and build social capital, Avina supported exchanges between different sectors and regions, among leaders from various countries and organizations with different missions. These exchanges led to the creation of new groups, new networks and associations, sped up the dissemination of best practices and strengthened coalitions and alliances, new and old. Avina learned that networks and forums for exchanges are vital, that creating trust and social capital is an efficient investment in building social resilience, and that the quality of relationships impacts the quality of change. But exchanges and networks aren't sufficient to create the conditions for change on a large scale. Change requires a common objective, an opportunity or a tipping point that arises, and a shared plan of action. When an opportunity for impact is identified, the formation of social capital around that opportunity can produce a collaborative process of great potential.
Collaborative Process
Avina's work today fully incorporates the principles and lessons learned in the previous stages of the foundation. Avina continues to work with leaders and recognize their importance in the process of social change. Avina also continues to support networks and to build trust and social capital. To these key activities Avina adds its identification of opportunities for impact on a scale that is relevant for Latin America. We focus our support for leaders, networks and social capital around tipping points that can shift the balance in the region. Our strategies are aimed at generating collaborative processes and aligning shared actions plans around a common vision. It is through collaborative change processes Avina creates conditions that favor systemic change in communities, cities and countries. These processes involve diverse participants from different sectors and points of view who share a vision for the future that leads them to work together. Leaders and their networks are key elements of these processes, but so are other actors such as government officials, international organizations, civic and grassroots associations, companies, business groups and academia, among others. Results from this approach have been promising, and Avina will continue to learn and reinvent itself to become more effective in its contribution to the sustainable development of Latin America.


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The 'Leave Britney Alone' Guy Grew Up... Into A Sexy Porn Star Comedian
By Kate Ryan
Y'all remember this video, right?
It went viral in 2007 when Chris Crocker tearfully defended Britney Spears and the Internet went apesh*t.
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Overnight, he went from your average teen YouTuber to the "Leave Britney Alone" guy. And while he was talented at inspiring memes, he wasn't exactly a heartthrob...
Posting sexy selfies on Instagram as @itschriscrocker, the "Leave Britney Alone" guy now describes himself as a singer and comedian.
According to Cosmopolitan, Crocker worked for a bit as a porn star as well.
He may be only interested in dating dudes, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the eye candy, amirite, ladies?
Just one more... https://instagram.com/p/BBVgbdBmWFh/embed/
It's official. He's very, very good-looking. https://instagram.com/p/BABgkeuGWK5/embed/
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The target of Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau's wrath in his bitter concession speech to YES supporters on the night of their loss of the 1995 Quebec Referendum.1 Parizeau blamed "money and the ethnic vote" (seen by many, as code for the Jews and the foreign born) for the razor-thin defeat of the YES forces, prompting cheers inside the hall, but triggering a maelstrom that resulted in his speedy replacement as PQ Leader and Quebec Premier by the sovereignty movement's white knight, Lucien Bouchard.
Despite the personal disrepute that descended on Parizeau, the sentiment he voiced has remained something of a leitmotif in separatist circles. Its sensibility informed Pauline Marois' xenophobic "Charter of Values,"2 with the question of who is or is not a "real Quebecker" at the centre of much separatist thinking.


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UK Real Estate market commentary - Q3 2018
After a slow start to this year, UK economic growth accelerated over the summer driven by consumer spending and a rebound in house-building and inventories.
After a slow start to this year, UK economic growth accelerated over the summer, driven by consumer spending and a rebound in housebuilding and inventories. Schroders forecasts that GDP will grow by 1.2% in 2018 and 1.3% in 2019 and that the Bank of England will gradually raise interest rates to 2% in 2020. This assumes that there is a Brexit deal and that the UK retains access to the EU single market until the end of 2020. While there will be a lot of political jockeying over the next few months, it is in both sides' interests to agree a soft border between Northern Ireland and Ireland and the principles for free trade in agriculture and goods. What is less clear is how much access UK financial and professional services will have to the EU single market after 2020.
As expected, although average capital values are continuing to increase, there is significant polarisation between the sectors due to both structural and cyclical factors.
Despite the growth in retail sales, several retailers and restaurants have fallen into administration, or entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in 2018 and other profitable chains are closing stores. More than 4,000 units have been affected and 1 in 8 are vacant. While this has been blamed on numerous factors (e.g. the rise in the national minimum wage, private equity, business rates, a decline in materialism), the most important has been the failure of many retailers to adapt to an omni-channel world. The internet's share of total retail sales has jumped from 5% in 2008 to 18% and estimates suggest it could climb to 30% in 10 years' time. Retail rents in most locations are likely to fall over the next couple of years. On the upside, the shake-out will create opportunities to bring successful retailers into schemes and increase the mix of residential and other uses in town centres.
By contrast, industrial rents in the year to August rose by 6% in London and the South East and by 3% in the rest of the country. In part the gap reflects that manufacturing is still an important driver of warehouse demand in the Midlands and the North, despite the boost from online retail. It also probably reflects the greater loss of industrial estates to housing in the South. In response, the Mayor of London's draft plan recommends that any further demolitions are balanced by new provision elsewhere, including multi-storey warehouses. Looking ahead, we expect that industrial rental growth will slow over the next couple of years, as the developers build more big distribution warehouses and as second hand space from failed retailers comes back to the market.
Office markets appear well placed to weather any slowdown in the economy. In most cities demand and supply are in equilibrium and the total amount of office space is only growing modestly, as new building is offset by residential conversions, particularly in southern England. As a result, we expect office rents in the South East and big regional cities to be broadly flat, or rise slightly over the next couple of years. The exception is the City of London where the total amount of office space will increase by around 7% over the three years to end-2020. While many schemes are pre-let, a lot of second-hand space will become vacant once occupiers move and we expect City office rents to fall by 10% through 2018-2020. Inevitably, this will have a knock on effect on the West End and Inner London, although office rents there should be more defensive given less new development.
Provisional figures suggest that the total value of investment deals fell by 15% over the first nine months of 2018 compared with the same period in 2017. Unsurprisingly, much of the decline has been in the retail sector where a number of potential deals have fallen through. There have also been fewer sales of big City offices, possibly because of the uncertainty created by Brexit. Conversely, the regional office and industrial investment markets have remained very competitive and yields have continued to edge down. There is also a lot of interest in private rented housing, despite the low level of yields.
Capital values in the main commercial markets are now moving in opposite directions for the first time in 15 years, demonstrating that there is no such thing as a single UK real estate cycle with regular peaks and troughs. For example, some secondary shopping centre values could fall by more than 20% over the next two years, whereas industrial and regional office capital values should increase or hold steady. Our main focus for diversified portfolios is on industrial / logistics serving large population centres and offices in winning cities such as Bristol, Leeds and Manchester. Certain parts of the London office market benefiting from structural change (e.g. Crossrail stations, Shoreditch) remain attractive. We are also investing opportunistically in certain niche sectors and strategies (e.g. self-storage, real estate debt and residential land) which should be less correlated with the main commercial markets.
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Beverlywood Area Real Estate Market News March 2015 by Dan May
Market Update: According to the MLS, a total of 8 homes sold in the Beverlywood and Adjacent area during the entire month of February 2015 compared to 15 last month and 10 in February 2014. The single family homes that sold took an average of 82 days, compared to an average of 44 days the month prior, and sold for 98.97% of their asking price at an average of $578.67 per sq. ft. Currently, there are only 16 Single Family homes for sale, compared to 18 last month, and 32 this time last year. The 16 For Sale single family homes have been on the market for an average of 59 days with a median price of $1,255,000 and an average of $1,418,813. The MLS shows there are currently 34 Single Family homes in escrow.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Genworth Financial Inc. GNW, +5.85% said Tuesday it has renamed its broker/dealer unit as Genworth Financial Securities Corp. and its investment adviser unit as Genworth Financial Advisers Corp. The units previously conducted business under the "Terra" name. Genworth said the change brings "clarity" to its organizational structure and gives the units a consistent identity with the parent company.
Genworth Financial renames broker/dealer, adviser units
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This is a sheet music download. When your transaction is complete you can download the score and make 1 print. It will not be posted to you and the piece cannot be transposed into a new key.
The artist-approved, official sheet music to Dazed And Confused by Iko, as featured on the soundtrack of the ninth series of Grey's Anatomy. Arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord boxes in digital sheet music format.
Copyright Year(s): 2012
Arrangement: Piano/Voice/Guitar
Genre(s): Pop, Rock
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We're a hawk on the issues.
Palin Under Consideration to Head Veterans Affairs: Report
According to a new report, Sarah Palin is being considered as a potential head for Veterans Affairs.
The Hill reports:
A Palin aide told ABC News that Palin told Trump transition officials in recent days that she feels "as though the megaphone I have been provided can be used in a productive and positive way to help those desperately in need."
Palin posted the ABC News article saying she was under consideration for the VA position to her Facebook page on Wednesday.
She also shared a post from her son-in-law, Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient, that touted her support for the country's troops.
"We should be grateful we'll soon have a commander-in-chief who will champion our vets and honor the promises our nation made," Palin wrote in the post she shared on Facebook.
"A pro-private sector individual who surely understands bigger government is NOT the answer; a President who promised to drain the swamp and clean up all government corruption… all things our vets and active duty troops deserve."
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee was a strong supporter of Trump throughout his campaign. She endorsed the billionaire over his GOP rivals in January, ahead of the Iowa caucuses.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that Palin was a possibility to head the Interior Department.
Some lawmakers, however, questioned whether she would be up to speed on policy.
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Regulating transgenic soybean production in Argentina
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- Jan 01, 2017
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This article investigates how to regulate transgenic soybean production in Argentina. Taking into account the broad range of negative externalities associated with transgenic soybean production, we explore the effects of two different policy instruments, namely a subsidy for non-transgenic soybean and production quotas for transgenic soybean. Taking into account the political and economic context in Argentina, we demonstrate that auctioned production quotas are the best way to achieve the regulation of transgenic soybean production. However, the organization of the agricultural sector in Argentina is such that "raising rivals' costs" behavior could occur on the quota market although the output price is set exogenously. We show that auctioned quotas limit this anti-competitive behavior. Finally, we demonstrate that introducing a shadow cost of public funds leads to an increase in the optimal production level of transgenic soybean.


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(09-28-2016, 03:11 PM)FaithLV Wrote: There's some wierd bug, because it should be actually resizeable. I'll try to reach some people for help.
You're actually right, but to resize, you have to mouse the left side of the program. You can't scale the window downwards, above or to the right.
So I can change the size as is, but it's not all 4 corners like you'd expect.
Sorry, I should have checked more thoroughly.
I'm also still getting this issue; I can't scroll down anymore, so the artwork and names of those games just gets cut off.


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I've written a few times about how inspired I am by things in nature. The geometry of it, the beauty of it, the unassumingness of it all. Lately I've been thinking about cycles of nature and cues we can take from the transformation from dormancy into vibrancy. Slowing down, even for a minute, can open our eyes to the aspects of the world we forget about in our busyness. I believe nature teaches us many valuable lessons.
It's fascinating to think about how taking time to rest can factor into our ability to grow and change. Just like the daffodils that pop up each spring. Bees and other pollinators show us that if we let others help us along the way, we can become the best version of ourselves. The growing season teaches us about slow and steady progress. And the payoff come harvest time after we've put in the hard work. I think about how the birds repurpose the resources around them, crafting homes out of bits and pieces they find. The examples go on and on.
Transformation is a key part of everything in nature, including us. Enjoy the journey, embrace the transformation. Take the time to soak up the things around us. It can make us better and give us a fuller, richer life. Let nature be your inspiration in many facets of life.


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Archive for May, 2018
How To Do Record Schedule On Micro SD Card In The Camera
How to do record schedule on a micro sd card in the camera
Step 1 Go to RECORDING menu in the browser, select "Record Schedule"
Click "On" radio button, and then click on "APPLY"
Step 2 Go to clcik on "Record Options", to set clip's length and its resolution
How to keep the downloaded firmware from the link 'HERE' in Gmail
1) When you click on 'HERE' in a Gmail, you will see the bottom status bar showing a red triangle mark and a warning 'This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep MYM7….pkg anyway?'. Go ahead to click on 'Show All.'
2) A new 'Downloads' screen in the chrome browser popups. You go to click 'KEEP.'
3) After, you can see the new firmware can download on your a file folder. The upgrading firmware can be processed using it.
How To Fix View Microseven Cameras On Its App While M7NVR Blocked Stream Feed?
1) Go to NVR monitor screen, use mouse to click on 'IP Device' icon:
2) Leave 'Auto Add' box unchecked (Make it an empty checked box):
3) Check all camera checked box, and click 'Delete All' to delete all cameras on the monitor screen:
4) Click 'OK' button on popup window:
5) Empty all camera in the list:
Now, use your computer to re-configure the camera IP address as DHCP mode. If you don't have a computer, you can use your phone to re-configure the camera IP address as DHCP mode.
Use a computer: (if you don't have a computer or want to use a phone to re-configure the camera IP address as DHCP mode, go to Step 13)):
6) Go to your computer, open Cam Locator software on your computer. Search cameras, highlight and click on a camera after you find all the cameras. And then click on 'Network Setup':
7) A window pops up. Select 'Enable DHCP', check it on the checked box and click on 'Apply'. Then click 'Close':
Go back to the NVR to add cameras there.
8) Open 'IP Devices' windows, click on search:
9) Cameras will be finding and showing the Mac address and Protocols, it needs about 30 – 60 seconds to complete the search function until you have all the information on 'Physical Address' column: (Please wait for about 30-60 seconds)
10) Then you click the cameras to add them in the NVR. Click 'Add All' or 'Add':
11) It will pop up a credential mini window, after entering the admin's password, click 'OK' and click on 'Exit' button.
12) After completed Step 11), you will add a camera into Microseven app on the phone.
Go to page how to add a camera to Microseven app.
If you don't have a computer, or you want to use your phone to re-configure the camera IP address. Here is the instruction shows you how to do it:
13) Download app from App store or Google Play store. After you install the app, open it. Tap on the menu, then select 'Search Cameras', and tap on it:
14) Select 'NETWORK SETUP'on app:
15) Make it DHCP and click on Checked mark/Save button:
16) Click 'Yes'
17) Click 'OK'
18) You click on 'Refresh' icon, the IP address is changed. Tap on '+' to add a camera:
19) Next page, you will give a name to a camera and tap the checked mark to save the re-configuration.
20) Go to App menu again. Now you click on 'Live Caemras.'
21) Tap on the a camera you have just enter:
22) The live feed is displayed on the Monitor screen.


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by Author and Educational Consultant Laura Magner
Encourage students to think more creatively as they leap through these 96+ creative activities week-by-week, month-by-month. Using the Creativity Calendar students will experience weekly activities practicing fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration, major components of the creativity process.
Dr. E. Paul Torrance believed that people can learn to be more creative at any age. Young people must have the opportunity to create and critique. And teachers must use various strategies to teach, encourage, and reward creative thought. Thus even educators who do not view themselves as creative can provide appropriate opportunities for creativity.
School assignments primarily require left-brain thinking. Too infrequently, students are given raw information and asked to determine the outcome, to do something creative with the data, or to think for themselves. The Creativity Calendar encourages students to create and then critique their products –verbal, visual, or kinesthetic.
Check out Laura's web page here: http://www.lauramagner.com/
Sample Pages
As the title suggests, this practitioner's book offers practical activities and ready-to-use materials to encourage students' creativity. It does so by focusing on the four principles of Creative Thinking, stated in Frank E. Williams' model: fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration.
Fluent thinking activities help students categorize and be specific. They are asked to write an exhaustive list, for instance "List as many things as you can that are white." or a more emotional list such as "How could you show your family that you love them? List as many ways as you can think of."
Flexible thinking activities encourage students to imagine other uses for everyday objects. "What other uses can you think of for a paper clip?" is an example of these activities, whereas "What can you do with used greetings cards?" has practical uses beyond the cognitive aim of the task.
Original thinking activities use the SCAMPER technique, which helps students come up with something new and be creative. "How would you change your desk at school to make it a more useful and fun place to learn? Describe the changes below and draw a picture of the new desk."
Elaborate thinking activities offer students opportunities to draw and/or complete unfinished pictures and write creative titles for their creations. "Turn the egg shape below into a person or animal. Use 'egg' in one or more of the words of a title."
The book, which is actually more of a teaching creatively pack, opens with a brief, yet very informative, introduction on the main points of creativity, creative thinking and how the teacher can apply these techniques in the classroom. It is followed by the ingenious Creativity Calendar where the various activities above are suggested for the twelve months of the year. After that are eight worksheets per month, two emphasizing each one of the principles of creative thinking; these supplement the activities proposed in the Calendar.
The pack also includes: a few more pages with teacher suggestions for monthly activities, where extra ideas are added, also emphasizing the four principles above; mini-lesson opportunities with ideas for teaching students to categorize their thinking and develop creative writing skills; suggestions and pictures for writing creative titles; a bonus activity teaching students to get rid of the superfluous; and quite a few pages of sample activities.
Written for the American market, Creativity Calendar features Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and other culture-specific' topics, such as the changing of seasons. Although this could be seen as a drawback, it should be added that most of the other activities are ready for use in various contexts across the world.
The bibliography provides a short but good list of books on creativity and creative thinking, though the most recent references are dated 1997. The inclusion of free online articles and resources, completely absent from this publication, would also provide readers with ways to explore some of the topics further and faster.
All in all, Creativity Calendar offers classroom teachers of all subjects practical, useful and innovative ideas to "SCAMPER" their teaching and help 3rd-8th graders develop their creative thinking.
I absolutely love this resource! My children complete the calendar each month, and they have become more flexible, fluent, creative thinkers. I feel like I learn so much about them, and they learn about each other, as they complete the tasks and share their thoughts and ideas. I highly recommend this to any teacher who wants to stretch his/her students' minds and give them opportunities that go beyond the mandated curriculum.


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Another vote is due to be held on Monday, after Boris Johnson's visit to Farmleigh House, Dublin.
OPPOSITION PARTIES IN the UK have agreed to block Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request for a snap general election until a no-deal Brexit has been prevented.
Johnson is to table a second motion to dissolve parliament on Monday, after a vote on Wednesday failed to reach the required two-thirds majority (298 ayes to 56 noes).
Yesterday Johnson said yet againthat he didn't want an election: "… But frankly I don't see any other way. It's the only way to get this thing moving."
"Boris Johnson is on the run," Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts told Sky News.


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David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Honoured in New Instagram Series
Described as "an interpretation of and inspired by" Bowie's final album ★, the 16-part series was given pre-release access to the record last fall. According to a press release, the project aims to take the audience "on a journey of evocative images inspired by the moods suggested in the album's music, lyrics and artwork," opting for an emphasis on visual interpretation rather than a linear narrative.
The innovative series was produced by Nikki Borges, Carolynn Cecilia and Lawrence Peryer. Borges also directed the series, while Cecilia wrote the script. Rookie magazine creator Tavi Gevinson stars as the protagonist, and actress Patricia Clarkson is credited in the role of a lounge singer.
The first installment airs this Thursday (February 25) at 8 p.m. EST, with new episodes to follow each subsequent Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Each episode will be available via the project's official Instagram page.
Watch the trailer for UNBOUND: A ★ InstaMiniSeries below.
"UNBOUND: A ★ InstaMiniSeries" In the Fall of 2015, David Bowie gave us unique pre-release access to the music from ★ (pronounced 'Blackstar'), his 28th studio album, allowing us to create our own visual interpretations of his songs, with no limits or preconditions on his part. Completed in December 2015, UNBOUND: A★InstaMiniSeries takes the audience on a journey of evocative images inspired by the moods suggested in the album's music, lyrics and artwork. Each episode of the series is sure to capture the imaginations of all who experience it and will undoubtedly lead to endless speculation and discussion of meaning, metaphor and intention. We are honored to have had this opportunity and hope you'll join our 16 episode series, premiering February 25th. New episode every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Executive Producer: @InstaMiniSeries Director: @nikkiborges Music: @davidbowie Writer: @carolynncecilia Co-Producer: @lawrenceperyer Director of Photography: @joshuasterlingbragg Line Producer: @delaVega Associate Producers: @amandadelanuez @itscecfernandez Production Designer: @LezGolden Costume Designer: @Bodilicious Hair / Make Up Artist: @missy_mua Miss Clarkson's Make Up Artist: Angie Elizalde VFX Production House: @heym1ster Dance Choreographer: @ofbonesdance, @hollyebynum Stunt Coordinator: @stuntmanpete Wire Rigger: @stuntworks Stunt Woman: @hellskitten29 Behind The Scenes: @a_madd Production Assistant: @clemencyforclem Special Thanks: @instalucas Protagonist: @tavitulle Lounge singer: Patricia Clarkson The Dancer: @rysak Woman at the Train: @Jayknowlest Young Boy: Jonah Herman Man in the alley: @Qdb_omg Woman in the red dress: @nikkiborges Drummer: Owen Riley-Duffy Older woman: Ching Valdes Anan Piano Player: @katiemorrmidd Dancer #2: @maks_wel18 Dancer #3: @katiemattar Dancer #4: @fulloutfarrish Dancer #5: @_ious Dancer #6: @felixs_journey Arm of man: @delaVega Woman in the audience: @amandadelanuez


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Easily reached by car via Hippach-Schwendberg as far as the turning for Horberg, Sunnalm; continue to the large car park (no road toll!) – It's about 20 minutes walk to the hut.
In winter you can ski directly to our hut! Schiestl's Sunnalm is situated directly by the ski slope (Gerent Lift).


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President & CEO
Richard Galvin is the President and Founder of CV Properties, LLC, a Boston-based real estate development and investment firm. Mr. Galvin has over 30 years of experience in acquiring, developing, and managing commercial real estate throughout the United States. Dick has developed and acquired more than 4.5 million square feet of office and residential projects valued at $2.5 billion.
Dick started his career at Trammell Crow Company in 1984, one of the largest real estate development companies in the world. He spent the first eight years of his career in Boston, eventually becoming a Partner in the Boston office, where he was involved in the development of over 2.5 million square feet of office and research & development space. He then moved to Stamford, Connecticut in 1992 to help found the Corporate Services business of Trammell Crow Company. Mr. Galvin was instrumental in growing that business into one of Trammell Crow Company's largest subsidiaries.
Mr. Galvin left Trammell Crow Company in early 1999 to co-found NeXcomm Capital Partners, whose primary focus was the acquisition and development of technology related office buildings. NeXcomm and its partners acquired and/or developed such signature projects as the Dallas InfoMart, a 1,200,000 SF building and the Los Angeles InfoMart, a 475,000 SF historic renovation of the former US Post Office building in downtown LA.
Mr. Galvin founded CV Properties in 2003 to focus on development activities in New England. Signature development projects include the GTECH corporate headquarters in downtown Providence, RI, the renovation of the former Verizon building located in Post Office Square in downtown Boston, now the headquarters for Brown Brothers Harriman, a new 500,000SF state of the art building for State Street Bank at One Channel Center in Boston and the recently opened Aloft and Element hotels in Boston's Seaport, the largest hotel project in New England in the last 10 years
Mr. Galvin received his BA in Economics from Brown University, and was inducted into its Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. He is formerly Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Fairfield Wakeman Boys and Girls Club, is on the Board of the Providence Foundation, A Better City, NAIOP, the Laboure Center in Boston, and served as Honorary Chair of the 2014 Renaissance Charter School Gala. Recent awards for Mr. Galvin and CV Properties include received the Developer of the Year Award for 2012, by the Commercial Brokers Association of Boston, Boston Business Journal project of the year in 2012 and was recently inducted, along with CV Properties into the Massachusetts Building Congress Hall of Fame.
Sean DeGroat:
Sean DeGroat is a Principal at CV Properties, LLC responsible for operations and asset management. Sean DeGroat joined CV Properties in June 2004. Prior to joining the firm, Sean DeGroat spent over 13 years working for Trammell Crow Company. From 1998 to 2004, Sean DeGroat acted as Asset Manager, underwriting proposed projects and serving on Trammell Crow's Development and Investment Committee reviewing all new acquisition and development projects. From 1988 to 1995, Sean DeGroat was the Divisional Chief Financial Officer of Trammell Crow Company's Global Corporate Services business.
From 1996 to 1997, Sean DeGroat traveled throughout Asia and Europe.
Sean DeGroat received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Virginia.
Eli Long:
VP Development
Elisha W. Long serves as a Vice President for CV Properties and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, permitting, design, construction and general development oversight. He joined CV Properties in December of 2010. Significant Projects include: One Channel Center office building, garage, parks and infrastructure; 5 Channel Center - Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy; 7-9 Channel Center mixed use office/residential project. Prior to joining CV, Elisha W. Long served as a project manager for a commercial construction management firm in Colorado and previously worked in Boston as the owner's representative and environmental educator for the construction of the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, Boston's first LEED Platinum project. He began his career in the trades as a carpenter.
Elisha W. Long holds a BA in History from Kenyon College, a MS in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver and a MS in Biomimicry from Arizona State University. He also is a LEED accredited professional.
Yvette Tetreault:
Development Manager
Yvette Tetreault is the Project Manager for CV Properties and is responsible for the administration, management and control of various hotel development projects underway or under contract in the Boston, Providence and St. Louis markets. Prior to joining CV Properties in May of 2012, Yvette Tetreault was the property manager/office manager for a small real estate company in Boston where she also worked as a sales and rentals agent.
Yvette Tetreault holds a BA in Middle Eastern History from Simmons College and is proficient in English, French and Arabic. Yvette Tetreault is a licensed real estate sales person in the state of Massachusetts.
William A Hoffman:
EVP Asset Management
William A. Hoffman, CPA joined the CV Properties team in June 2013 as VP Finance and Operations in the Boston office. He has over 25 years of experience working in the real estate industry. Prior to joining CV Properties, Bill worked as an independent financial consultant providing accounting, tax structuring, and project financial analysis services. He co-founded RealtyGenesis Company LLC, a Boston based, vertically integrated real estate company that engaged in the acquisition and management of income properties in selected markets across the United States. Bill has held senior management positions as CEO of HallKeen Management, Inc., a regional real estate management/investment company based in Norwood, MA, and CFO of Keen Development Corporation, a Cambridge, MA based real estate development company. Bill's past experience spans a wide range of property types including multifamily, affordable housing, office, hotel and retail. His skills broadly incorporate operations, accounting, finance and taxation matters related to real estate investments. Bill received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master's degree from Suffolk University in Boston.
Chris Barrow:
Office Associate
Chris Barrow, Office Associate, is responsible for assisting the President, CFO and various Project Managers in administration, management and control of various development projects. Since starting at the company in December of 2015, Chris Barrow has overseen all financial transactions as well as managed budget /cost detail control for the South Street Landing project in Providence Rhode Island, a 260-million-dollar development project.
Prior to joining CV Properties Chris worked in retail at an up and coming orthopedic shoe company, New England Comfort Shoes. Responsibilities included invoice detail, market research, as well as floor/company management. Chris also interned at Umass Boston as a Strategic Marketing intern for Umass Boston's Career Services, creating new marketing material and composing market research on prior, as well as future student relations with the program.
Chris holds a BA in Management, concentration in Marketing from Umass Boston, class of 2015. He is also a volunteer (peer counseling member) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Greater Boston Chapter of Spinal Cord Injury.
Kevin Galvin:
Project Manager
Kevin D. Galvin serves as a Project Manager for CV Properties and is responsible for underwriting all pursuit projects and leading the permitting, design and construction for general development and capital projects. He joined CV in the summer of 2014.
Kevin holds a BA in History from Colby College. At Colby, Kevin was the captain of the baseball team and wrote a senior thesis on the history of the Federal Highway Program and its impacts on urban development in the late 20th Century.
Steve Eustis:
EVP Development
Steve Eustis has more than 37 years' experience managing the construction of over $3 Billion of large complex projects in the corporate, commercial, institutional, and specialties industries. He has served as a senior executive for large construction companies including Gilbane Building Company and Skanska USA Building. Most recently he was a Business Unit Leader for Commodore Builders. Steve provides strong leadership that focuses on developing high performing teams and successful projects.
He has worked on several significant construction projects including the Miller Brewery in Ohio, the 53 State Street high rise office building in Boston, the new Providence Airport, the Weil Life Science Complex at Cornell University, the State of Massachusetts Data Center in Springfield, MA, the new Terminal A at Logan Airport, and reconstruction of the Cert designed BU Law School building.
He is a member of several boards including the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering Advisory Council, the Roger Williams University CM PAB, Youth Build Boston, ACE, Boston Society of Architects Foundation, and Caritas Communities. He is an adjunct instructor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. He has presented to the MIT Real Estate department, Roger Williams University and ABX Boston.
Steve received an engineering degree from the University of Rhode Island and an engineering management degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has a Commonwealth of Massachusetts Unrestricted Construction Supervisors License.
Steve was co-captain of the URI Track Team his senior year specializing in the hammer and discus. He continues to be physically active participating in organized soccer, basketball, and tennis.
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Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini with Thyme and Almonds: Your new best friend in the summer appetizer world. So easy to make, yet extra-impressive for guests!
Summer soirées. They're everywhere.
I see all those beautiful platters, appetizers and drinks popping up left and right and I'm just here thinking – but I don't even have any friends!
Kidding. We LOVE having people over for a few nibbles.
You know, occasionally. The handful of people who aren't sick of us talking about our kid yet. And when we do, we like to pull all the easy plugs. Easy, but misleadingly impressive.
Because how are you going to relax during your grab-a-bite gathering fancy soirée if you've been so stressed with all the cooking beforehand, and just want to pass out in front of the TV?
Not at all, that's how.
I used to be so terribly stressed whenever I invited people over for food. In between all the coordinated decor, elaborate recipes and, you know, having to look presentable – it was usually a well-planned mental disaster.
Oh, the stress. The "am I going to open the door in my yoga pants?" moments.
The "why didn't I just settle for chips and dip" regrets.
And the worst part – "how did all the food vanish within 5 minutes?!".
No, friends. Vow right here and right now to never stress yourself with dinner parties or cocktail hours again. Having a toddler helps with sticking to said vow, but it's certainly not required.
Now I'm not saying to never try time-consuming recipes again. I'm just saying – tone it down.
Instead of the all-out seven course meal, try three courses with one complicated recipe. The homemade agnolotti are just as tasty when they're followed by a simple plate of fresh fruit and a decent store-bought ice cream.
And nobody is going to complain about simple crostini if they're stunning enough – and absolutely tasty. Speaking of simple crostini, the recipe I'm sharing today really couldn't be any less fussy if I tried.
Let me walk you through the humorously easy steps it takes to create the perfect Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini with Thyme and Almonds:
- Pit some cherries. That's the hardest part of the recipe.
- Marinate said cherries. Which is a matter of 5 minutes prep, then let sit for 1 to 24 hours. Make-ahead magic right there.
- Toast baguette slices. Easy-peasy. If you can make toast without burning it that is.
- Pile on the good stuff. A smear of fresh goat cheese, a few marinated cherries, thyme and chopped almonds – done.
- Impress beyond measure. That's all I have to say here.
Now the really beautiful thing about this recipe is that you don't have to wait for company to make them. You don't even have to wait for appetizer time, happy hour on any other kind of strange thing that might keep you from biting into some pure joy.
This recipe is so scale-able, I've been known to make it for just myself before. And whenever we don't feel like cooking on hot summer evenings, we throw together a big salad and enjoy these Cherry Goat Cheese Crostini alongside for dinner.
Trust me, this is a recipe you want to save for your next summer party.
Or just, you know, the next time you want to feel exquisite while stuffing your face uncontrollably.


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Google Plus in the Invite-Only mode had this wonderful feature of Hangouts where you could chill out with friends that are scrolling through the web, just like you. You could use live video chat, which placed you and your friends in the same room together. Today, Google Plus was opened to public and it came with an added feature called Hangout with Extras. Hangouts with Extras has additional features that enables easy collaboration in real time.
Hangout with Extras allows you to do screen sharing, Google Docs integration, Notes and Sketchpad and Named Hangouts. All these features are not present in Hangouts. There is only one feature missing in Hangout with Extras, which is there in Hangouts and it is watching YouTube clips together. The below chart shows the differences :
How to Start a Named Hangout
Named Hangout is a feature of Hangout with Extras. You can start a named hangout from the stream whenever you want.
- Logon to your Google Plus Account.
- Click the Start a Hangout button on the side of your stream (Or go to plus.google.com/hangouts).
- Click Try Hangouts with Extras.
- You'll be taken to a so called "green room" where you can get your camera set up done and choose additional circles or individuals to add. Don't be conscious about being in the green room as no one can see you yet.
- Choose a name for your hangout. Try a unique hangout name else you can land up in an existing hangout with the same name instead of starting a new one 🙂
- To invite people (read more people) to your named hangout, all you have to do is add the circles or people you want to add.
- Click the Start Hang Out and you're ready to chill out or give a lecture. Just make sure you have an audience 🙂
You can also invite additional people to a hangout after it's already begun. Click Invite at the top right of the hangout window, add the circles or people you want to share with, and click Invite now.
Visibility of your Named Hangout Invites
There are a few different ways people can discover that you're hanging out:
- If you invite people to join a hangout, a post will appear in their stream telling them that there's a hangout going on, along with all the people in that hangout currently.
- If you invite less than 25 people, individuals that are signed in to chat will receive an IM with a link to join.
- If someone invited to a hangout tries to start their own, they'll be told that there's a hangout already going on and they may want to join that one instead.
People may unintentionally join your hangout if they choose a hangout name that is the same as yours. Hence, the need to have a uniquely named hangout or you can also leave the name that's automatically generated.
Join a Named Hangout
Joining a named hangout is simple and there are a few ways you can do it:
- Your stream will contain messages for the hangouts that you've been invited to. Click the Join this Hangout button to join whichever you wish.
- Anyone who is already in the hangout can also send you the URL to a hangout, which you can use to join.
- If you know the meeting name, you can type the URL for the meeting into your browser. The URL for the meeting will be "plus.google.com/hangouts/extras/TheMeetingName". For example if your meeting name is apple123, you would use the following URL, "plus.google.com/hangouts/extras/apple123"
Add an Existing Doc to the Hangout
To update an existing Google Document, click the Add document button next to Documents at the top left of the screen.
Sharing Settings
- If you upload a Google Doc that hasn't been shared with everyone in the hangout, you'll be prompted to share it with the other participants so that they can see and edit it.
- When someone new joins the meeting, someone in the meeting with sharing permissions, will have to share the Doc with them also.
Once a hangout has ended, you can still access notes by going to your Google Docs Documents list. The notes will be titled, Notes: "meeting name".
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Google+ Hangouts with Extras can be used for sharing your screen. You can share the entire screen or just one window. Right now it is not possible to remote control someone else' screen — you can only see what the other person is doing. This is especially great for a little hands-off tech support with friends and family.
To share:
- Click Share Screen at the top of your screen.
- In the window that pops up, choose your desktop or choose the window you want to present.
- Click Share Selected Window.
You can stop sharing your screen at any time by clicking Stop Sharing Screen.
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- Click File at the top of the document.
- Select Download as.
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New class of planar ferroelectric Mott insulators via first-principles design.
Kim, C
Park, H
Marianetti, CA
PublisherAmerican Physical Society
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The bulk photovoltaic effect requires a low electronic band gap (i.e., ≈1–2 eV) and large electronic polarization, which is not common in known materials. Here we use first-principles calculations to design layered double perovskite oxides AA′BB′O6 which achieve the aforementioned properties in the context of Mott insulators. In our design rules, the gap is dictated by B/B′ electronegativity difference in a Mott state, while the polarization is obtained via nominal d0 filling on the B-site, A-type cations bearing lone-pair electrons, and A≠A′ size mismatch. Successful execution is demonstrated in BaBiCuVO6, BaBiNiVO6, BaLaCuVO6, and PbLaCuVO6.


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Nobody can pinpoint any given event and blame the sun, but THIS was the type of event we watch for during solar storms. John Casey is a true titan in our world. We highly recommend his book "Upheaval". -Suspicious0bservers.org
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Classroom Clip: Tribal Court
Clip: Season 30 Episode 11 | 4m 34s
In this clip we meet Abby Abinanti and Claudette White, the Chief Judges for their respective tribes. They work to heal and restore their communities as well as fight for sovereignty and independence.
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Date: Dec 8, 2019
Location: Lenexa, KS, US
Company: Kiewit
Requisition ID: 82345
Position Summary:
Kiewit Industrial Engineering (K-IND) is seeking a Mechanical Engineer Intern in the Lenexa, Kansas office. We are looking for Ideal candidates to grow the Kiewit team by helping establish, maintain, and improve company standards and tools while also utilizing these standards and tools to contribute to project success. Candidates shall be familiar with current drawing and technical tools, programs, and software with an understanding of design documentation creation and layouts. Candidates shall be capable of exhibiting flexibility in work assignments while maintaining a growth mindset and continuing to develop in their technical and professional career.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design of various mechanical systems typical for food and beverage, bulk solids material handling, and other industrial facilities including, but not limited to, process piping, bulk solids material handling, conveying systems, dust collection, and general plant/facility water, compressed air, and gas systems.
- Prepare design calculations and equipment specifications for typical food and beverage, material handling, and other industrial facilities including, but not limited to, bulk material handling conveyors, dust collection equipment, bins/tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, boilers, and other process equipment.
- Develop and check design deliverables in accordance with industry codes and standards, contract requirements, and company standards.
- Coordinate with other design partners (both internal and external) including construction partners, equipment suppliers, and other engineers and designers assigned to the project or task and review work progress and results.
- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent engineering program from an ABET accredited four-year university.
- Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification preferred
- Proficient in basic computing programs including the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Preferred experience utilizing AFT Fathom or AFT Arrow hydraulic simulation software (or equivalent).
Working Conditions
- Fast-paced office environment; must be able to interact professionally with all levels of management while simultaneously managing a diversified workload and challenging situations efficiently and effectively; regularly sit, stand, walk and talk and listen; occasionally lift and move objects up to 30 pounds.
- Travel in the U.S. and internationally (5-15%)
About Kiewit
As one of North America's largest, most respected construction and engineering organizations, with 2018 revenues of $9 billion, Kiewit exists to make a difference. We improve and connect communities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico through complex projects in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas and chemical, building, industrial and mining. Our services are as diverse as the skills of our 20,000-strong workforce to whom we provide challenging, honest work in a caring and collaborative culture. A sense of adventure, pride and fulfillment is built into every career at Kiewit.
How We're Different
• Consistently ranked within the top five of the "Top 400 Contractors" according to Engineering News-Record
• Top-tier health, dental and vision insurance available from Day One of employment
• 401K savings plan that includes company dollar-for-dollar match on contributions up to 6 percent of base pay
• Our employees are entitled to accrue at least 20 days paid time off each year
• We spend an average of $8,500 per employee each year on training and career development and reimburse up to $5,250 per year in outside tuition costs
Kiewit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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Church:our Lady of The Rosary-Hrajel by Mz Architects
Mz Architects Shares The Our Lady of The Rosary-Hrajel Church
Mz Architects, the creator of the highlighted design Mz Architects's Our Lady of the Rosary - Hrajel Church explains, The Our Lady of the Rosary - Hrajel Church is a powerfully sculptural, symbolic representation of ascent and resurrection amidst the rocky mountainous landscape. The architecture uses simple yet grand means to evoke the desired religious effect. The austere building volume appears as a stairway towards heaven, a recurring biblical metaphor symbolizing spiritual ascent. This sloping façade which also serves as the roof of the structure is based around a triangular geometry as a representation of the Holy Trinity, one of the cornerstones of Catholic belief..
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Helicopter Hotel Room
Thanks to the noise, we wouldn't want to sleep in a working helicopter. This Helicopter Hotel Room would do just fine though. Located at Mains Farm in Stirling, Scotland, this unique accommodation is inside a decommissioned Royal Navy ZA127 Sea King Helicopter. While the exterior received modest updates, the interior was transformed into a cozy room, with bright white walls, natural shelving, and a stainless steel kitchenette. There's sleeping room for five (two adults and three kids), as well as a lounge area in the cockpit, complete with the original flight deck and views of the countryside through the windows.


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However, with so many differing opinions presenting themselves, how can one sort out the "truth" for one's self?Does the scientific method support one position over the others? Most extinctions are caused by destroying the organisms' preferred environments. Getting all the animals aboard the Ark presents logistical problems which, while not impossible, are highly impractical. Since there were likely more animals to load, the time pressures would have been even worse. However, on the ark "kind" must have meant something closer to species for three reasons: What kinds were aboard the ark? One example, the Joggins section along the Bay of Fundy, shows a continuous section 2750 meters thick (along a 48-km sea cliff) with multiple in-place forests, some separated by hundreds of feet of strata, some even showing evidence of forest fires. For other examples, see Dawson, 1868; Cristie & Mc Millan, 1991; Gastaldo, 1990; Yuretich, 1994.] Creationists point to logs sinking in a lake below Mt. Helens as an example of how a flood can deposit vertical trunks, but deposition by flood fails to explain the roots, the soil, the layering, and other features found in such places. If the geologic record was deposited in a year, then the events it records must also have occurred within a year. Organisms have preferred environments outside of which they are at a deadly disadvantage. If only 15764 animals were aboard the Ark (see section 3), one animal must have been loaded every 38 seconds, without letup. The sediments are so fine that each layer would have required over a month to settle. Stratigraphic sections showing a dozen or more mature forests layered atop each other--all with upright trunks, in-place roots, and well-developed soil--appear in many locations. It's entirely possible that a global flood occurred 4000 years ago or even last Thursday, and that God subsequently erased all the evidence, including our memories of it. Abrupt increase in Greenland snow accumulation at the end of the Younger Dryas event. And yet despite this, the chemical properties of the rock are neatly layered, with great changes (e.g.) in percent carbonate occurring within a few centimeters in the vertical direction. Palaeogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 132: 5-23. Some creationists provided even more detailed models, and these are also addressed (see especially sections 5 and 7). Second, the whole story can be dismissed as a series of supernatural miracles. However, one must wonder about a God who reportedly does one thing and then arranges every bit of evidence to make it look like something else happened. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 103 (1-2): 67-71. If we grant 400 days for this to settle, and ignore possible compaction since the Flood, we still have 15 meters of sediment settling per day. Extraterrestrial impact events: the record in the rocks and the stratigraphic record. In fact, observations like these are what made various people start to ponder various evolutionary ideas well before Darwin came on the scene.
Certainly, the theory of evolution did seem to explain a great deal of what we see happening in the natural world.However, many other animals, particularly land arthropods, must also have been on the ark for two reasons: Were dinosaurs and other extinct animals on the ark? Institute for Creation Research, Santee, California. Koalas, for example, require eucalyptus leaves, and silkworms eat nothing but mulberry leaves. At these temperatures, much of the atmosphere would boil off the Earth. According to the Bible, Noah took samples of all animals alive at the time of the Flood. For thousands of plant species (perhaps even most plants), there is at least one animal that eats only that one kind of plant. Aside from losing its atmosphere, Earth can only get rid of heat by radiating it to space, and it can't radiate significantly more heat than it gets from the sun unless it is a great deal hotter than it is now. Human theories may be backed up by a greater or lesser degree of evidence, but, like all human attempts to search out truth, no one and no theory has ever achieved absolute perfection in any aspect of human knowledge concerning the external world.So, if a person or group presents one particular faith or theory as better than any other faith or theory, they have to be able to back this position up with testable reasons that make better predictions concerning an observation (i.e., with the use of the scientific method).


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A mother-of-four has said she feels like her son has been "robbed of the life he could have had" after falling from a window.
Kyle Judge fell two storeys from a window in a block of Aberdeen flats earlier this year.
The five-year-old was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, before being airlifted to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow where doctors removed half his skull.
His mum, Claire Hadden, said: "A bolt was inserted into his head to measure the pressure inside his skull.
"When he first got there he was quite stable but then the inter-cranial pressure went through the roof and he was fighting for his life."
Doctors removed half of Kyle's skull, in an operation lasting almost five hours.
Two of the frontal lobes were removed to release pressure and to allow his brain to swell.
Ms Hadden yesterday said she fears her little boy will never be the same as he faces another major surgery.
Ms Hadden, who is also mum to John Paul, 11, Sophie, seven, and Olivia, two, said "He survived but it's not as simple as that. He has to go through another horrendous operation.
"He could have difficulties for the rest of his life. It's as if we have been given another little boy."
Ms Hadden – who now wants to raise awareness of brain injuries – said: said she will never forget the moment her daughter Sophie ran home to tell her about Kyle's accident.
"I just ran out and the first thing I thought was 'Oh my god, I have lost my boy,'" she said.
Kyle now suffers from severe fatigue, is more emotional annd has less stamina.
He also lacks a filter, and sometimes just says whatever comes into his head. He was due to start school later this month, but will now have to wait another year.
He also requires 24-hour supervision and has to wear a special helmet at all times other than when sleeping or showering.
Kyle faces another major operation, which will happen between now and January, to rebuild the half of his skull which was removed.
Ms Hadden – who praised the team at Glasgow's Sick Kids and the Child Brain Injury Trust for their support – said: "My son is here and he's in front of me but he's not.
"It's going to affect us for the rest of our lives and I feel like he's been robbed of the life he could have had."


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Author: Shelalagh McGovern
There's nothing quite like playing a game. But for kids it's more than simply a way to let off steam and have a great time, it's also a valuable way to learn about their world and how to get along with the people in it.
From babies onwards, children love to share in the excitement and fun, while also picking up new skills, such as working out how to deal with the consequences of making mistakes, or even bending the rules!
Rockpool Publishing is proud to release Let's Play! by Shelalagh McGovern, a fun new book for parents which includes 100 fun games divided into age groups (5-6, 7-9 and 10-12 years); from Icebreakers and Introduction Games, to Chasing Games, Physical Games, the all-important quiet Indoor Games, Theatrical and Musical Games, as well as the classics we all know and love. All the games included can be played with children and adults and the main objective is to have fun!
Filled with colour photos of children playing the games, and an easy to follow layout, Let's Play is an invaluable resource for Australian mums, dads and families everywhere!
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Shelalagh McGovern is passionate about aerial and circus arts. She co-founded Aerialize - Sydney Aerial Theatre in 1998 and was the Director until 2008. She is an aerial instructor and performer with over 12 years experience and a background in gymnastics. She trained in aerial skills with Circus Oz, Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Legs on the Wall and Circus Space, London. Some of her aerial highlights include performing with Les Comediens on the Sydney Opera House forecourt, the Flying Lotahs in Singapore and in the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
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The Advent of Pluralism Diversity and Conflict in the Age of Sophocles, by Apfel, Lauren J.
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- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/11/2011
The Advent of Pluralismexplores how the philosophical position of pluralism - the idea, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, that values and moral codes can and will come into conflict with one another - has clear and important roots in the Classical Greek world. The book falls into three parts each of which focuses on one author and the ways in which pluralism manifests itself in his particular genre. Part I is concerned with the sophist Protagoras, who was one of the world's first philosophers and arguably the first exponent of the idea that there can be more than one perspective on truth. Part II looks at pluralism in historical writing, contrasting the methodological and moral styles of the two best-known Greek historians, Thucydides and Herodotus. Part III, on conflict in the tragedies of Sophocles, uses pluralism as a context in which to make sense of the horrible choices the playwright so powerfully dramatizes. Overall, Lauren Apfels' study identifies a pluralist temper of thought in the age of Sophocles and, in doing so, offers an enriched understanding of this crucial intellectual period.


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