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The primary focus on UI enables
- Ease of development including:
- Coding
- Debugging
- Unit testing
- Cross-browser compatibility
- Consistency and standards
- Internationalization (i18n)
- Accessibility
- Performance
- Scalability
- Extendability
- Sustainability
- Help and documentation
- What are the main purposes of the site/application? These could include disseminating information, advertising services, selling products, positioning in the market or demonstrating competency.
- Who do you want to visit the site, is it internet or intranet - what are the important user categories and what are their motivations and goals?
- What type of pages and information will attract users and meet their needs? E.g. hierarchically structured information, a database, downloads of software/files, incentives to explore the site.
- What are the quality and usability goals which can be evaluated? e.g. to demonstrate superiority of the organization to the competition, appropriateness of the web site to user's needs, professionalism of the web site, percentage of users who can find the information they need, ease with which users can locate information, number of accesses to key pages, percentage of users visiting the site who access key pages.
- What is the budget for achieving these goals for different parts of the site?
Identify responsibilities for achieving quality and usability objectives, and estimate the resources and budget for these activities
Site structure
- Structure information so that it is meaningful to the user.
- Categorize information across overlapping audience needs.
- A structure that makes sense to the user will often differ from the structure used internally by the data provider.
- Different user groups may need different interfaces.
Site Content
- Make text concise and objective.
- Make the text scan able with bulleted lists, highlighted keywords, meaningful headings and short sections of text.
- Headings and subheadings
- Visual aids
Website Layout - general design rules
A website is in effect a folder or directory containing files (web pages, images, scripts) and other folders. Website layout is about creating a structure for these folders and files and how they are linked together.
- Use page titles which make meaningful bookmarks
- All pages should link back to the home page.
- Any page should be a maximum of two clicks away i.e. 2 links. Or
- Minimize the number of clicks needed to reach the point where users are confident they are on the right track: the more clicks the more users you lose.
- Try not to have more than 20 links per page.
- Highlight important links/text
- Web Page names should be descriptive and contain keywords.
- Links to Internal pages should obey normal linking practice and have descriptive anchor text. I.e. keywords should be used in the link name.
- Every page should have at least one other page pointing to it (i.e. and incoming link).
- A link to a site-map (large sites only) should be included on each page so as to aid user navigation and make indexing by search engines easier.
- A link to a contact page should be included on each page.
- No visitor likes to wait for web pages that take much time to load. To design website that loads quickly and does not take more than 15 seconds.
- Do not expect users to read large amounts of text on-line: provide one large page for printing or a file to download.
Web Page Design
- The important information should fit on one screen, as some users will not bother to scroll the home page
- Search was always liked by users, and has now become mandatory for any large site since the amount of content keeps growing.
- Animation is almost always annoying and should be avoided most of the time
- Use the ALT tag to describe graphics, as many users do not wait for graphics to load
- Provide search topics using the META tag in the page heading.
Designing Effective Website Navigation
To be effective Your Website Navigation design should allow visitors to quickly and easily reach the parts of the site that they are interested in
- Make sure your links are well organized according to the order of importance.
- Navigation should be clear and consistent. The important links of your website should be on every page, in the same location, and in the same sequence.
- Design navigation on the top or on the left as these are the first places our eyes go to.
- Meaning of link text is clear and each is unique.
- Avoid putting navigation links at the bottom of the page as visitors will need to scroll right down to see the links.
Web Page Fonts
- The way in which you display the text on your web page will have a great impact for success.
- Webpage text always consistent with your fonts.
- The standard fonts used on the Internet are Arial and Verdana. (Simply because easiest to read on computer screen).
- The standard text size is 2
- Headlines, which require a larger font size, are a bit different. A popular headline font used is Georgia.
Selecting style/themes by user
Visitors switch between lists of alternative style sheets to apply to your site. With a change of style sheet the entire look of your site can be transformed.
- Simply define on your page a list of selectable style sheets (using: ).
- Persistent cookies are used to store the user's selection.
- Permanent session information storage.
Internalization – W3C I18N
- Encoding
- Use character rather then escape
- Language resource file, containing translated text strings.
- Use style sheets for presentational information. Restrict markup to semantics.
- Use an appropriate encoding on both form and server. Support local formats of names/addresses, times/dates, etc.
- Consider a liquid flow of text to allow for differences in word length.
- German text on average uses 1/3rd more characters per words than English and Asian languages often take up much less character space than English words
- Consider using CSS positioning for text elements or use flexible relative table widths where the cells expand or contract depending on character layout.
- Minimize text contained in graphic where possible.
- Graphics or images containing text will takes longer to localize and are not as easy to translate as HTML text.
- replacing text in a graphic with HTML text where possible
- AJAX Technology
- JavaScript Framework
Plan and review the site structure as it grows, review the user needs, and make sure the site continues to meet the needs.
- Monitor feedback from users.
- Monitor the words used when searching the site.
- Monitor where people first arrive on the site, and support these pages as entry points.
- Check for broken links.
- Compare your site to other comparable sites as web browsers and web design evolve.
Few top web design mistakes
(Learn from mistakes)
- Our site tries to tell you how wonderful we are as a company, but not how we're going to solve your problems.
- We've designed our site to meet our organization's needs (more sales/contributions) rather than meeting the needs of our visitors.
- We say "Welcome to..." on our home page.
- It takes longer than four seconds for the "Man from Mars" to understand what our site is about.
- Navigation graphics are not the same size and/or color.
- Our site doesn't make us look like credible professionals.
- Our home page — or any page — takes more than four seconds to load.
- We never conduct user testing.
- We don't analyze our log files.
- We don't know which design items are not necessary.
- Quickly scanning the page doesn't tell our visitors much about its purpose.
- We have not eliminated unnecessary design items.
- Our site has different looks on different pages or sections.
- We don't know if our site looks the same in the major browsers.
- Our pages have too much/too little white space.
- Our site mixes text colors on the page.
- We don't put design elements where our visitors expect them.
- Logo is not on the top of every page and clicking it doesn't lead to the home page.
- Visited links don't change color.
- Our site doesn't make visitors feel they can trust us.
- We don't identify PDF files with an icon.
- Our site uses divider bars.
- Our logo does not look like it was professionally made.
- No one has spent the time figuring out if our color scheme alienates our international users.
- Our site breaks when visited with the JavaScript turned off.
- Our site doesn't have a privacy or legal statement page.
- Our site mixes and matches text sizes on the page.
- We don't know what content is popular.
- Our site's design was "borrowed" from another site.
- The important content does not fit in the first screen.
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-
- http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
- WebAIM
- unified WSAG
- Internationalization


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- Sunday Morning Set-Up Crew
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Solid State (AIM:SOLI) – a 'not so Solid' trading update
The AIM listed supplier of specialist industrial/ruggedised computers and electronic components has issued a profit warning with suggestions that not all is going to plan with their large Ministry of Justice contract!
The update starts brightly enough and "despite some softening in Solid State's markets as widely reported by industry peers, the Company has made a satisfactory start to the year." However, the fact that for the six months to 30 September 2015 turnover of approximately £21m (2014: £17.13m), being 22% higher than the comparable period, is only set to deliver pre-tax profit of £1.50m (2014: £1.55m), being marginally lower, suggests problems!
The big issue surrounds the 'material contract' which we assumes means the contract with the Ministry of Justice for the supply of monitoring hardware for GPS offender tagging. Following a customer meeting on 27 October 2015, delivery expectations for a material contract have apparently been "varied" which will impact the second half of the year. The statement continues how "The contract is high profile and a high priority for the customer and Solid State is confident that it is fulfilling its obligations to the customer." It is hard to gauge exactly what is meant by this but the defensive nature of this statement suggests some differences of opinion between SOLI and customer!
We arrive at the usual 'second half weighting' warning with revenues and profits in the second half now anticipated to be significantly lower than expected and, as a result, revenues and profits for the year as a whole will be below market expectations.
With pre-tax profits for the full year previously forecast to be £5.23m, only £1.5m delivered in the first half and the second half now anticipated to be significantly lower than expected, surely this suggests full year profit will also be significantly below expectations.
Revised broker estimates
The house broker has now reduced PBT and EPS forecasts to show a broadly flat y-o-y outcome. Revenue forecasts for the year ending March 2016 are reduced from £57.0m to £44.0m with pre-tax profit reducing from £5.3m to £3.2m.and eps coming back to 36p (from 56p). The dividend is also reduced to 12p resulting in a yield of 2.5% at the current share price. The broker has withdrawn estimates for March 2017.
SOLI has been progressing quite serenely over the past few years boosted by the material MoJ contract so this is clearly disappointing news, let's hope it's only a minor blip!


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April 27, 2017: Len Burman
April 27, 2017
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Analysis of Pres. Trump's tax plan from Len Burman, Paul Volcker Professor and a Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and senior research associate at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research. He is the co-founder of the Tax Policy Center, and an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute.


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Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy
Page Count: 645 pages
Publication Date: September 2015
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)
Goodreads summary:
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . .
She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.
Celaena's epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena's story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.
My thoughts:
Wow wow wow! That ending… *sigh*
I really like how, even though this is the fourth book in the series, it had a satisfying "end". I love a "happily ever after", even when it's not really the end of a story…
Queen of Shadows has some epic fight scenes, a bit of romance, and a hint of mystery going on. I'm loving where things are headed for Aelin and her friends ♥
I have to say though, this is a loooong book. As with most of the books in the series, this is a slow read. For some unknown reason, it always takes me ages to go through any of Sarah J Maas' books! I'm not saying the story is boring or that it drags, because it's just not true. I think it's a slow read because of the author's writing style…
Overall, a great story with a group of kick-ass characters! Let's just hope Empire of Storms is as gripping and exciting as this one!


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- Canada in the right on softwood dispute, will keep working with US: Trudeau (Canadian Press)
- Duties dampen BC sawmill production (Business in Vancouver)
- Why New Brunswick has much more riding on lobsters than softwood (Business News Network)
- Maine governor to seek NB softwood exemption in White House talks (Canadian Press)
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It's that time of year, when everybody starts sharing their favorite albums of 2015. But let's be honest, how many albums do you really like from beginning to end? I could count maybe a handful, and even that might be a stretch.
So in a world of Spotify, iTunes, and playlists, I think it makes a lot more sense to talk about songs instead of albums. So here are my favorite tracks of the year (in no particular order):
Forgive Me, Karma – Royal Thunder
Royal Thunder, in general, rock. And their singer has some amazing pipes. But this track really stood out for me. Haunting and beautiful.
He Is/Cerice – Ghost
If there is one band that deserves appearing on people's best albums lists, it's Ghost. Meliora is packed with great songs. But these two are pure genius. The arragangements, the riffs, the melodies, the lyrics…argh!
Francafrique – Refused/ Matador – Faith No More
Two of my all-time favorite bands, Refused and Faith No More, reunited recently and released new albums this year. Obviously, I had high expectations for both. Did they live up to them? Not really, but they still dropped some amazing songs so I'm still happy.
Refused in particular had a lot to live up to. They recorded one of the best records of all time and then broke up…elevating them to legendary status. When I first heard Francafrique, I jumped for joy. Not only did I love the song, and the white-boy-funkiness which they only suggested in The Shape Of Punk To Come…I was also happy because this track showed that they're still willing to take risks, which is what allowed them to be so great in the first place.
Faith No More's return wasn't perfect either, but there are some great tracks on Sol Invictus, and Matador is one of the best songs in their whole discography.
Soul Hacker – Fear Factory
Honestly, I haven´t listened to Fear Factory in years, but the second I heard this track, I was 15 again. When these guys get it right, they get it right.
Compendium – Elder
I don't really know much about these guys, but holy moly is this song awesome. And the riff at 6:14 is just FUUUUN.
The Price – Leprous
I have to thank Spotify for this one…if it hadn't shown up on my Discover Weekly playlist, I probably would've never checked this band out. It's hard to find music that's both complex and challenging, yet melodic and accesible, but these guys fit the bill.
No Hope In Sight – Paradise Lost
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Zero – Sylosis
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ETOOMANYERLANGS: Kerl vs Erln8
I've been using erln8 for
years. My buddy Dave wrote it because
wanted a way of switching Erlang versions automatically when entering
a directory. It's done that job well for me for years, but it seems to
be showing its age. There's a v2 that never quite got
working, so I couldn't rely on that.
Kerl, on the other hand, seems to get
a lot more love from the
maintainers. Since Mark is a stand up
fellow, I thought I would see if I could get the one feature I
need from
erln8 working with
SPOILER ALERT: I can!
I was using
curl to install
kerl, but Michael Coles dropped the hot tip that
a homebrew'd
kerl will install the completions for you for free!
Nathan Smith
let me know that as of
kerl v1.3.3,
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version of openssl all by itself!
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erln8 that
kerl is missing:
We'll have to tell
kerl that we want git releases, because
gitbub/erlang/otp gets tagged way more than erlang.org gets releases,
so let's just set up a
~/.kerlrc file now:
Let's make sure those variables wind up in the ENV for everyone, we'll
need them in scope for
direnv and
I like this kind of stuff in my
~/.profile, but
~/.zshrc will also
At this point it probably makes sense to build at least two versions, so we can make sure everything switches up the way we want
Hope you didn't take that advice about the coffee too seriously. Erlang builds aren't the fastest, but hey maybe you made a cold brew… you probably had the time.
While you're doing that, you can start getting
direnv ready to
go. I'm in
zsh, probably works the same in
bash, something weird
probably happens with
fish, which is why I stopped using it. Amazing
shell, until you need POSIX.
The command you need to insert direnv into your
We'll want to add this cool helper function for
kerl to
direnv so
let's do that now:
So, now we have
direnv installed and working. We've got two versions
erlang installed via
kerl. We've also set up a helper function
direnvrc, so now we're pretty much in business.
now you can go into a project and create a
.envrc file that looks
like this:
AND THAT'S IT This dir will use
19.1.2 until you change this
Let's make sure you have a default ERLANG ready to go when you're anywhere else:
In your
~/.profile, below the part where you
source ~/.kerl
Why are we
ERLANG_VERSION anyway? Well, stay tunned for
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November 1, 2013
Giving Stilettos the Business
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
"If I were a woman, I think I would wear high heels," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York. But not everyone agrees. Last week an executive took a photograph of a woman wearing spiky heels at a business event and then sent out an opinionated tweet with the hashtag "brainsnotrequired."
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In part one of my last blogpost about the inside of the Ghiannis D ( and please click here to view that) I showed a couple of pictures to try and convey the drama and light of the insides of this picturesque Northern Red Sea wreck.
So this time I'm going to show a collection of shots of the exterior to try and show how you can get very different shots by simply moving a small amount in the water column, switching your strobes on and moving around the different areas of the wreck.
Before though I will say that I think the best light for shooting the exterior of Ghiannis D is in the afternoon, when the sun has moved around, and you are not facing into the light, whilst getting the classic external picture of her stern.
Another good reason to do this is to avoid other groups in the water, as on a normal schedule she will generally be dived as the first dive, and in the afternoon you will dive one of the other three wrecks at Abu Nuhas.
To shoot the classic angle of her, you are best quite shallow, looking down on her. And simply using available light to capture her. There are a couple of alternative viewpoints to be had simply by moving around in an arc whilst staying at the same depth.
From a technical viewpoint I've shot at an ISO of 200 at 1/50 sec at f6.3.
You need to be aware that relatively slow shutter speeds like this there is a potential for micro shake, not normally visible on your cameras LCD screen, and even though modern cameras have pretty good image stabilisers, this can still happen if you don't concentrate and jab at your shutter release.
If you have a steady hand and good buoyancy then you can get away with even slower speeds but you will get a lower success rate as the speed drops.
Like in the previous shot, I've used a diver to add scale, and in this case I've composed horizontally or in landscape as its more commonly called. The above two pictures were taken three minutes apart, and I simply waited for the other diver to move into position.
I also kept at the same depth but moved to the left a few metres.
I know a lot of people get annoyed with folk in their shots but I think seeing a diver connects us to the shot and can only heighten the drama and scale.
Neither of these two in these pictures were my buddies and in both cases I simply used them to make the shot, unbeknownst to them.
If you are working with a model and you can direct them, then all the better, however on a photo trip I try to avoid interfering with someone else too much, and usually just sneak shots like this. The technical settings are the same as with the previous shot.
If you keep moving around to your left another classic view will reveal itself. For this though you need to be a little deeper than for the previous pics. It's for these reasons that I wrote my blogs about properly planning and shooting a Wreck dive, as it's important to make sure you keep a good profile and avoid going up and down too much.
If planned properly then you should avoid this. Here is the link to the earlier post covering these things in greater detail. Please Click Here
I like this angle as she appears to have slumped in resignation at her fate.
Like the previous pics the technical settings are pretty much the same as the light hasn't changed over the course of these ten minutes. This doesn't mean that this will be the same for you though, as the day we had was uncharacteristically overcast with a sandstorm that had blown over.
Being a little deeper now, myself and my buddy, who was lurking on the other side of the Wreck decided to head off up towards the bow end.
She is separated quite distinctly bow and stern, and there is a section of the wreck which I always find quite graphically strong, so I try and get a little ahead of my buddy, so I can turn and frame them within this "V" shape.
I've scooted ahead to try and shoot my buddy coming across this section of the wreck, so I am now pointing back towards the stern area of the wreck. I am also still shooting just using available light at this point, so the technical settings are broadly similar, but very soon there is a good reason for me to turn on my strobes and mix things up a bit.
In amongst this section of the Wreck is an anemone and a couple of Clownfish, this though is buried well within the actual wreckage itself. So a whole new way of shooting needs to be adopted. Behind and around this anemone is very close jagged metal work, and definitely not enough room for my bulky frame, so to get this shot I have to shoot from the hip, with the front of my small dome one an inch or two from the body of the anemone.
There isn't any room to see whats on the screen or in the viewfinder, and I don't have a right angle viewfinder, but to be honest it's not that necessary once you get used to shooting from the hip. I've done a post that looks a little bit about doing this previously so please click here to see that.
Previous knowledge of this wreck has allowed me to pre empt these shots, but on a photo week, these are things i'll cover usually after the guide has given the regular dive briefing.
This shot required me to switch from available light to using my strobes, and the technical issues were getting my strobes in nice and close to the dome, but still back so as to avoid backscatter, and then gauging the correct exposure. I normally get my strobe exposure set on my hand before I move in for the actual shot, placing my hand in the position of the subject, or where I think it will be if I'm shooting from the hip like this.
I took a quick test shot of the subject to make sure I'd got the exposure right, I will also usually switch from autofocus to manual focus, as the camera even with the huge depth of field of a fisheye lens, when this close can get the focus off a little.
All I had to do then was wait for Christian my buddy to swim where I think he would appear in the frame and take a couple of shots, this was the one where all the elements fell into place.
Phew! a bit of a logistical headache I agree, but worth it and the more you practice these techniques, and change from available light to strobes then the easier these things will become.
Up at the the bow we were treat to a flickering shimmering lightship of silversides swirling around like millions of shards of glass catching the light as they changed direction.
They are very reflective so the flash exposure can be a bit hit and miss to be honest, and this shot was my personal favourite, but annoyingly I had placed Chris too far to the edge of the frame, so I moved him a tiny bit to the left using the Content Aware technology within Adobe Photoshop. To see this sort of thing in action, then please check this video blog post out here. and another one here, when I first played with the program.
Another shot above where I've mixed available and strobe light, and if you're not sure about this check my earlier blogposts about understanding flash exposure and please Click Here
After spending a bit of time with the silversides watching them swirl about, we both took some shots of the actual bow itself, but to be honest I didn't get any great pictures on this occasion, happy that we were going to visit her again on this trip, and another great reason why a specific photo itinerary is the best way to get the shots you want.
It was getting towards safety stop time so we moved shallower and headed back amidships, and there was a few more different angles i'd like to shoot before finishing the dive.
I like the safety stop area of the Ghiannis D and there are lots of great unusual angles to be had, whilst the last few minutes tick away, so rather than just twiddling my thumbs, I like to use the time productively and in and around the shot line there are loads of picture opportunities.
You have to be a bit careful though as it can get quite swelly so keep an eye on your depth and position. I like this more abstract angle of the funnel on the Ghiannis which leads the eye into the shot and back down towards the stern.
Being quite close to the funnel, I've also used a touch of strobe to bring out a bit of contrast and the colour of the Banner Fish using the top of the wreckage to shelter in. This also provides a splash of yellow contrasting against the duller wreckage to lead your eye in to the shot.
Ok, I hope you've liked this particular photo tour around the Ghiannis D and it's by no means the only way to shoot her, but all of these pictures were taken in the one dive. You might want to shoot over parts of her on another dive, but I hope these have given you some ideas.
The trick is to talk about the shots you want with the guide, your buddy or me if you're on one of my trips and make a plan and stick to it.
If you'd like to join me on one of my photo trips and workshops please check out my trips page and click here.
And if you'd like to see what one of these trips is like then check out this here.


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There has never been a bigger night for the marijuana law reform community, and Election Night 2016 did not disappoint the foes of cannabis prohibition.
Voters in 9 states went to the polls to decide on either medical marijuana issues or legalization for all adults. Victory was achieved in 8 of those states (although a fight still rages on in Maine, a state that has been called by some but that still has some votes outstanding with the "Yes" proponents up about 7,000 votes).
Recreational legalization passed in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine while Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota voters passed medical marijuana bills. In Montana voters removed many of the restrictions that had recently been placed on their state's medical marijuana program.
The only blemish on the night was the loss of Proposition 205 in Arizona, which failed by about 80,000 votes out of almost 2 million cast.
"This is the most momentous Election Day in history for the movement to end marijuana prohibition," Rob Kampia, Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement. "From Los Angeles to Boston, voters are casting their ballots in favor of sensible marijuana policy reforms. Today's results are right in line with national polls showing record-high support for making marijuana legal.
"These votes send a clear message to federal officials that it's time to stop arresting and incarcerating marijuana users. Congress must take action to ease the tension between state and federal marijuana laws. Once this new batch of state laws takes effect over the next couple of months, marijuana will be legal in more than half a dozen states, and we expect several more to follow during the 2017-2018 legislative and election cycles. The end of prohibition is near, and it would be a mistake for the federal government to continue waging war on its own nonviolent citizens. How do you ask a DEA agent to be the last man to enforce a mistake?"
The end of marijuana prohibition is certainly near. It's up to us to put the final nails in the coffin.
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More than three years into Softbank's ownership of Sprint, the company has been on a $2 billion mission to run lean and return to profitability. Some at Sprint's Overland Park, Kansas, headquarters believe it took a bunch of unused advice to get to this point. It took a while for the last-place carrier to get cutthroat with its first-tier competitors. Now, it's making major internal moves.
More than 2,500 jobs will be eliminated by the end of the month. Roughly 2,000 of them will be at five customer care centers in New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Colorado while the headquarters will see 729 positions — ranging from customer care to marketing to IT — eliminated. It told officials with the state of Kansas that it would shed 829 jobs at Overland Park.
Over 6,000 job cuts have taken place in the past two years.
Analysts are expecting good news tomorrow from Sprint's Q4 earnings call, with postpaid subscriptions estimated to be up by around 500,000. The call was moved up a week after the company's stock tanked on speculation of a "radical network strategy."
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October 21, 2010
Public flu shot clinics open 'til Saturday
If you were hoping to get a free flu shot at one of the Winnipeg Health Region's main public immunization clinics this year, you'd better hurry. The clinics will only be open until Saturday afternoon.
An estimated 20,000 Winnipeggers have already received their flu shots at one of the main public clinics this year, and Winnipeg Health Region officials say there is room for more.
Seven clinics located throughout the city will be open Friday, and five clinics will be open until Saturday afternoon, say officials. The clinics are running smoothly, there are minimal wait times, and you do not need to make an appointment for the shot.
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Health officials say the best way to avoid getting the flu is to get vaccinated every fall before the start of influenza season. Not only does a vaccination reduce your risk of getting sick, it limits the possibility you will transmit the virus to someone else.
Each year, influenza infects about 10 to 25 per cent of Canadians. The vast majority of Canadians who become infected with influenza generally manage to suffer through with nothing more than a few days of discomfort. But influenza can be deadly, killing between 4,000 to 8,000 people a year in Canada, most of whom are older and in frail health.
This is why Manitoba Health has decided to make flu vaccinations available at no charge to anyone who wants one this year.
If you can't get a flu shot at one of the main clinics, you can still get one by making an appointment with your family doctor, or you can call for an appointment at a number of smaller clinics that will be operated by the Region on a handful of specific days in October and November.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Please Shane, Don't Hurt Em
After yesterday's All-Star round-up, getting to talk about an actual game is a nice change. We had a few pretty darn good games yesterday from teams that might have surprised you. Kansas City pulled out the late victory in Detroit, Arizona managed a rare win with a comeback victory over San Diego, Toronto salvaged 1 out of 4 games in New York with a 1-run win, and the Giants hung on to beat Florida despite a valiant Marlin comeback effort.
One contest in particular stood out, if for no other reason than crooked numbers appeared in the box score in all the wrong places. The Philadelphia Phillies, suddenly winning (4 straight is a nice start) took advantage of Johnny Cueto's stiff back, and rattled off the 3rd biggest win in franchise history, 22-1. The Phils put up 10 runs in the first inning, and chased Cueto after just 2 outs were recorded in a frame that included 3 home runs (2, 2-run shots and a 3-run blast), and the pitcher Cole Hamels doubling in 2 more. In all, the Phillies pounded out 22 runs on 21 hits (10 for extra bases), accepted 7 walks, had one man reach on an error, and Pedro Feliz got plunked.
Bonus credit should be given to the two Phillies pitchers that managed to get through a few innings without giving up a run. So, I present the July 6th Trophy of Aptitude to Carlos Fisher and Josh Roenicke. When the Phillies were busy scoring 10, 1, 1 and 4 runs over the first 4 innings, Fisher and Roenicke got the ball to the back end of the pen and kept the game within the strikable distance of 15 runs (16-1). Then, in a horrible twist of fate, just when it looked like the momentum was turning, Dusty Baker handed the ball not to his closer, but to his backup shortstop.
Paul Janish came on to pitch the 9th, his low 80's 4-seamer ready to fly, and his 45.00 ERA on the cusp of falling precipitously to 22.50. The Phils wouldn't have it. Janish wanted so badly to cut that ERA in half, to make his Major League pitching stats look presentable, but it was not to be. A Jayson Werth grand slam later, Janish had given up 6 runs, the Phillies pushed their lead up to 21, and Janish saw his ERA climb to 49.50. Rough times.
We all knew the Phillies could hit, so there isn't a ton to glean from this game, at least not offensively. Lost in the shuffle is the fine work of Cole Hamels, who, despite getting 30-40 minute breaks between innings, worked 7 strong innings. Hamels is struggling through a very tough, partially injury-plagued season, and getting a 10-run cushion early may have given the ace (and postseason MVP) the confidence he needed to work through some control issues that dated back a few weeks. I'll be very curious to see if Cole builds on this start, or if the monster offensive output of his teammates was a one-time confidence boost, and Hamels will slip back into his funk.
Also worth monitoring, from a betting standpoint, is how the Phillies back up that effort tonight. Rarely do you see a team score 22 runs, then come right back with 9-12 more. The mind is easily the biggest reason behind a huge win or a slump, and my guess is that the Phils collective mindset is that this game is too easy, and they'll probably struggle to score runs, at least early in the game. Tough to say how it will all turn out, but a score close to tied after the first 5 innings is not at all out of the question. Aaron Harang should be able to get a few outs for Cincinnati, and J.A. Happ, a nice surprise for Philadelphia, will keep Cincy to just a few runs. I wouldn't bet the house, but just take note. With the way the Phillies have been playing over the last half week, I'd still think they'll pull this one out in the end.
Tonight, Manny in New York. Yikes.
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Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Join us this week for something special - a run from South Sound Running sponsored by Nike. Park near The Swiss - and remember to pay for your parking - and then make your way down the UWT stairs to South Sound Running along Pacific Ave. where we will start and finish our 3-ish mile run. And then, after taking in the perks from our friends at Nike, walk back up the UWT stairs for refreshments at The Swiss. Who's in?
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This evening I climbed the two flights of stairs to my third floor apartment as I do on a daily basis. Since I've gotten in shape, the climb is a simple matter that doesn't bother me in the least. Once upon a time, I would have arrived at the top wheezing and gasping for air, wondering if my knees would ever be the same. However, that was fifty pounds ago, long before I became a not-quite-lean, mean, exercising machine. The climb up the stairs is no worse for me than the walk from my bedroom to my bathroom: short and sweet.
The event that caused tonight's climb to fall way off the edge of the bell curve happened eight hours before, when I got dressed. I'd gone to the gym, had a conference call with a group from IBM, then rushed to get ready to spend the rest of the day with my kids. I saw the shorts, clean and folded, sitting in the drawer and I thought to myself, "I haven't worn these in a while, I should put them on." So I did. I ran down the steps, out the door and had a great day hanging out with the kids. The only sign of trouble was an occasional need to tug on my shorts, even though they were the ones that used to fit me so well. Used to. Don't get ahead of me here, but I think we all see where this is heading. Just be patient.
Flash forward to a drive through construction clogged highways followed by some sort of police action in the block next to mine tying up traffic and you end up with a tired and somewhat frustrated person who just wants to get home. When I finally arrived at my apartment, I grabbed a handful of things I needed to bring in from the car. I also stopped at our other vehicle to get some things my girlfriend asked me to bring up because she couldn't grab them when she got home. With hands just empty enough to hold my keys, I unlocked the door, shoved my keys in my pocket and began to climb up the stairs. Wait for it.
The first flight was uneventful. There was some slippage of the shorts, weighed down by keys, wallet, cellphone and the tug of gravity as each step jolted them around my now-more-than-ever-diminutive hips, but I was okay. I managed to hold them steady by jamming my left wrist tightly against the waistband. Then came the first turn and the hallway on the second floor. That's where things really went wrong. That's when I should have put things down and addressed The Problem. But, I felt tired and rushed so I kept going. This is called foreshadowing.
Halfway up the second flight of stairs, my old nemesis, gravity, finally gained the upper hand. With my arms full of bags and papers and things, I lost my balance and had to put my arm out against the wall to steady myself. Seizing its brief moment of opportunity, my shorts broke free of their bonds and dropped three feet toward the center of the Earth. Now, I'm halfway up a flight of stairs, my arms full and my shorts hanging around my knees. With nowhere to go, and nothing better to do, I put on a brave face and slowly and carefully made my way up the steps, around the last turn to finally place my belongings on the landing in order to clutch at my wayward clothing and yank it into submission.
It was with a great sense of relief that I finally opened my door and put things away, laughing at myself all the while. Losing fifty pounds is an accomplishment to be celebrated. Sometimes, though, these things come with a downside. A pants down side, in this case, but it's an inconvenience nonetheless. Now, I sit here, my ego in check and my pride diminished, but I'm thankful. Thankful I've gotten to a place where this is a problem and thankful that no one came into the hallway. By the way, does anyone want a pair of denim shorts? They're in great shape and they're free to a good home.
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Today I stood on the scale at the gym and balanced it at 283. This means I've lost 50 pounds (the status over on the right says 247 because I actually regained weight and started losing again from 333). At that moment, I reached the halfway point of my goal to lose 100 pounds. It's been a long and hard journey to get this far (I was here once before) and I've been reticent to write about things as much this time around as I fear I'm going to somehow regain all the weight a second time. It's an irrational fear, but it's mine.
Just yesterday I found some papers I received just a few hours before my life turned upside down and I ended up spiraling downward into depression and obesity again. It was sad for me to look at those papers, through the eyes of the present, knowing that on the same day I achieved a hard won accomplishment I would have my entire world crumble around me. However, that was two years ago and I've picked up the pieces and rebuilt a life that I am happy with and, for the first time in years, feel fulfilled and content. So, in spite of my knowledge that joy can be extremely fleeting, at the present moment, I'm elated.
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Back in September of 2010, I hit a milestone of some importance. I lost 40 pounds. It was an amazing time and I was full of hope and joy at getting my weight under control and getting healthy. I'd been working very hard at it and things were new and promising. A few months after that, I was down 60 pounds and felt great. Twice, I had bought new clothes because I was too skinny for my old ones. For the first time in a long time, I felt like things were under control and I was making progress on having the life I wanted. As often happens in life, it was at this point things got turned upside down when my marriage began to fall apart. It's been a long and painful two years, but I've moved on. However, I have to undo a lot of damage those hard times inflicted on my weight and my health. As my life spiraled out of control, old habits came back and my weight returned to where it was when I started my journey. Actually, I hit 333 pounds (3 over where I was the first time) before I realized I couldn't live with myself that way any more. So, in July of last year, I began to focus on my health again. I've progressed more slowly this time but in eleven months, I've gotten back to 290 pounds and once again feel the joy of having lost 40 pounds. Unlike last time, I'm not elated or dizzy from the accomplishment. Perhaps it's because I've done it before, maybe it's because I've been through the worst suffering of my life and am wary of happiness, perhaps it's because I know I could gain it back if I let my guard down. Whatever the reason, I'm happy for myself but it's not the same as last time. I'm more aware than ever how impermanent things really are and that's probably a factor too. While I'm happy I've reached this milestone, I'm just not attached to the happiness like I once was. Eventually, the happiness will fade and I'll be left with a choice about what to do. I can either continue losing weight and being healthy or I can chase after a faded happiness and suffer. This doesn't mean I'm unhappy—nor does it diminish the importance of my accomplishment—however, my relationship to these feelings of accomplishment has changed.
Whenever we set out to do something hard, there are moments of fear and discouragement. Last November, I wrote 60,000 words of what eventually became a 92,000 word novel. At the beginning of the month, I had no idea if I could do it, and I was scared of failing in the attempt. However, each day I sat down and I wrote. I made the time and did what needed to be done. Now, I'm repeating that task by carefully reading through the novel, changing the things that need to be changed and fixing typos and gramatical problems. Even on days I don't feel like doing it, I sit down and I edit and I rewrite and I add clarifications or cut extraneous words. I take it one day at a time and slowly and reliably make progress even though I still feel fear or discouragement. The same is true with my weight and my health. I'd been discouraged lately because the first thirty pounds came off quickly but it took me almost six months to lose the next ten. However, instead of attaching to the fear or discouragement, I've taken it one day at a time, one step at a time. Each day I choose to do what I need to do that day: I exercise, I eat well, I meditate, I write, I work. All of those days add up and I'm seeing results again.
I have lost 40 pounds and I fully expect to see the scale in the 280's tomorrow or early next week. This is good. I am happy about this. However, the day will come when I am no longer happy and my only option will be to do what needs to be done that day.
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I went back to the gym today for the first time in much longer than I'd like to admit. I've been walking around the city a lot since I moved here a month ago but I felt I needed to set aside some time specifically for exercise on top of the normal walking and climbing of stairs that I've been doing. Needless to say (though I will anyway), my legs are so sore I can't even sit here at my desk comfortably. I just have to keep reminding myself that nothing is permanent even though it may feel like it. The pain, like my extra weight, will eventually go away.
On the up side, according to the scale at the gym, I'm down to 291 so I've got that going for me.
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There is a lot that I could write about right now in regards to my life, weight loss and how my Buddhist practice is getting me through some very stressful times but I can't bring myself to write about that in much detail right now. Instead, I can assure you that I'm exercising, eating healthy and maintaining a vibrant practice that is making some very tough times bearable. Instead, I thought I'd share a few quick thoughts about some of the things I've been using lately to help me keep my life on track and my health improving.
As I've been actively trying to eat healthy and exercise more in order to lose weight, I'm constantly on the lookout for great vegetarian recipes. For some time, I've been aware of a site called Yummly however, I've not used it as much as I should. That's changed recently. Yummly is like a google for recipes and they bill themselves as having the ability to search every recipe in the world. They have a great section of vegetarian recipes available here. I've been able to find a lot of different recipes here that have inspired me to create some really tasty meals. The ability to search by ingredient or taste profiles or by category make finding things quick and easy. Regardless of what you like to eat, you'll be able to find something here to inspire you to make something delicious.
Another new favorite is a blog called The First Mess. Laura, the author of the blog, not only creates amazing recipes but the photographs that accompany the recipes are works of art in their own right. Her commitment to creating fresh and healthy food comes through in each of her posts and the recipes there are all wonderful to read through and look at.
As I've said many times here, I'm a person who relies on their smart phone for almost everything. If there's an app for it, I've probably seen it or tried it. One of my new favorite apps is called OurGroceries. It is designed for quick and easy sharing of list data between multiple users and works on the computer, Android, iPhone and Blackberry phones. It makes keeping track of groceries easy and as soon as an item is added to a list, that item shows up across any device that is authorized to see it. Another great feature is the Recipe section. It allows you to specify the ingredients needed for a recipe and quickly add them to a list if you need to get something at the store for something you plan on making soon. When coupled with the recipes I'm finding from Yummly and The First Mess, this app keeps me from missing important items that I'll need and saves me from making multiple trips to the store.
Speaking of apps, I also recently downloaded an app called allthecooks. It's for Android and iPhone and also available as a web site. It's got a lot of nice social features and, while it's not as nice of an interface as Yummly, it's a great way to find recipes on the go when all I have is my phone. I've found a few really great vegetarian recipes there and a few meals I've found on this app have made it to my meal plan for the upcoming week.
I have also been getting a lot of use out of an app called Insight Timer. It's a meditation timer and on-line community for people who practice meditation of any type. The features and functionality of the app blend seamlessly with the act of meditation and the timers are easy to set and start/stop/pause. You can save multiple timers, quickly switch between them, integrate with Twitter and Facebook and connect with others all over the world. Creating a meditation timer that works for whatever practice you have is quick and easy with this tool and I have found it to be a great way to track my meditation practice and see how I have been progressing.
The last app that I've been getting a lot of use out of is called PocketCasts. It's an Android app for podcasts. Since Google killed the products I used to follow podcasts (google reader and google listen), I had to find something new and I'm glad I did. Finding and listening to podcasts with this app is extremely easy and navigating the user interface is dead simple. It's intuitive and powerful. I am always up to date getting episodes of Buddhist Geeks, Zencast, as well as my other favorite audio programs like This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour, Science Friday, Snap Judgement and various tech news shows. If you have an Android device, I highly recommend this app for all of your podcasting needs.
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This beautiful image of coronal loops over the eastern limb of the Sun was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) satellite on January 15-16, 2012.
The nearest star to planet Earth is the Sun, yet it doesn't "twinkle like a diamond in the sky." The Sun's family connections to the night-time objects we call stars are not always appreciated. However, the fact that the Sun is a star is crucial to the existence of life on Earth.
As a star, the Sun is the source of energy which sustains all life on planet Earth. It is the Earth's universal timekeeper, defining the seasons, the harvests, even the sleep patterns of the creatures populating our planet. Yet, the Sun is only one of 100 billion stars in our Galaxy alone. With the Universe containing 100 billion galaxies, each filled with stars, we see that our Sun is hardly special. Our star does possess one outstanding quality which may make it unique in the Universe: it is orbited by a planet teeming with life.


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Yoreh Deah 120:3 one who Toivels a vessel should make the Bracha "Al Tevilas Keli". However if one Toivels two or more vessels they should make the Bracha "Al Tevilas Keilim". Aruch HaShulchan Yoreh Deah 120:22 disagrees and says one should always say "Al Tevilas Keilim" even if they are only Toveiling one vessel.
To the best of my knowledge I do not know of any other Bracha that we change based on the amount being done. For example, if one affixes one Mezuza or two Mezuzas the Bracha remains the same, "Likboha Mezuza".
Why would the Shulchan Aruch differentiate by Tevilas Keilim from all other instances where the Nusach of the Bracha remains the same regardless of the amount done?


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PRESS ADVISORY State's Attorney Glasgow to launch Paws 4 Kids pet therapy program for young victims interviewed at Will County Children's Advocacy Center
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|Open House to launch Will County Children's Advocacy Center's Paws 4 Kids program, which offers furry friendship, canine comfort to children who have suffered the trauma of sexual abuse.
|1-3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29
|Will County Children's Advocacy Center
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Suite 506, downtown Joliet.
|State's Attorney Glasgow and Will County Children's Advocacy Center Executive Director Sue Bloch will introduce Jackson, a four-legged friend who will be the program's first Paws Pal, as well as his owner and handler, Cheri Johnson. Jackson is a 3-year-old, 63-pound Labrador Retriever that is licensed through Therapy Dog International. He will welcome children upon their arrival at the Children's Advocacy Center for victim sensitive interviews. Media and guests will have the opportunity to meet and photograph Jackson and tour the Will County Children's Advocacy Center to learn more about the important role it plays in the investigation of child sexual abuse cases. Additional details in available in the news release.


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