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What Causes Fever and Throwing Up in Children?
Fever and vomiting are common in children but worrisome to parents and other caregivers. In fact, these symptoms are among the most common reasons for taking children to the emergency room, according to a study published in the August 2005 issue of "Academic Emergency Medicine." Digestive system infections are the leading cause of these symptoms. An infection elsewhere in the body or appendicitis might also be the culprit. Accompanying signs and symptoms help distinguish among the possible causes of fever and vomiting in children.
Digestive System Infections
Gastroenteritis -- an infection of the stomach or intestines -- is the most common cause of fever and throwing up in children. According to the 2011 edition of "Netter's Pediatrics," it is estimated that more than 20 million cases of gastroenteritis occur each year in children under 5 years of age in the United States 5. This type of infection is usually accompanied by watery diarrhea and stomach pain. Gastroenteritis is usually caused by a virus, but it can also be the result of a bacteria or parasite infection. If gastroenteritis occurs after a child has eaten food contaminated with a virus or bacteria, it is sometimes called food poisoning. Gastroenteritis is also commonly known as a "stomach bug" or "stomach virus."
Other Infections
Fevers are usually caused by viral or bacterial infections. In children, infections that cause fevers frequently produce throwing up as well. Infections in the throat, such as strep throat, are a common cause of fever and vomiting in children. Even ear infections can bring on these symptoms. Lung infections, like pneumonia, and bladder infections can also cause fever and vomiting in children.
Fever and throwing up sometimes signal less common but more serious infections like meningitis -- an infection of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis generally causes other symptoms as well, including extreme sleepiness, neck stiffness and sometimes a rash. Bloodstream infections and pertussis, also known as whooping cough, may also cause a child to have fever and vomiting.
Fever and vomiting associated with severe abdominal pain can signal appendicitis. The appendix is a small structure in the intestines, located in the right lower area of the abdomen. Sometimes it gets swollen and inflamed, a condition known as appendicitis. Poor appetite typically occurs with -- and may even begin before -- the abdominal pain, fever and vomiting. Appendicitis is an emergency and requires immediate treatment, which generally includes antibiotics and surgery to remove the appendix.
When to Seek Medical Care
Dehydration is one of the most dangerous consequences of fever and vomiting, so make sure your child receives plenty of fluids. Although most children with fever and vomiting recover quickly without treatment, these symptoms sometimes indicate a serious problem. Seek medical care immediately if your child has any of the following:
- severe abdominal pain
- vomiting that is not improving
- sluggishness or drowsiness
- rapid or difficult breathing
- fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
Even if your child doesn't have these symptoms, it's still important to call your doctor if your child is younger than 3 months; has fever and vomiting lasting more than 12 hours; or has a fever persisting for more than 3 days.
Reviewed by: Mary D. Daley, MD
- Academic Emergency Medicine: A System for Grouping Presenting Complaints: The Pediatric Emergency Reason for Visit Clusters
- Emergency Medicine Journal: Nausea, Vomiting, and Fever
- American Family Physician: Gastroenteritis in Children: Part I. Diagnosis
- HealthyChildren.org: When to Call the Pediatrician: Fever
- Netter's Pediatrics; Todd Florin et al.


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Rylan Royal Family
The Rylan Royal Family has ruled Vilgreere since its dawn several hundred years ago.
King Amili Rylan – The Master of the Rylan house, King Rylan watches over Vilgreere with a particular eye for mystical dangers and foreign adversaries. He is an expert diplomat and was prevented wars through negotiation.
Uncommon Knowledge: Has a hatred of Kandor as he believes they are responsible for his son's death.
Queen Dara Rylan – Dara Lindarra married her love, Amili Rylan and was taught the secrets of the Rylan Family. She dotes on her people and does her best to ensure their safety and increase the quality of their lives.
Uncommon Knowledge: Hails from the Gribble family. Cut ties with her family when joining the Rylan house.
Princess Veranna Rylan – Blessed with the gift of sorcery, this girl is loved by the people for her beauty and kindness.
Uncommon Knowledge: Fancies herself an adventurer and is incredibly naive. She is obsessed with the old stories and wishes to directly make a difference in the world.
Poraban Rylan – Brother of the King, Poraban keeps watch over the cities within the reach of Vilgreere. He performs most of the normal duties of ruler and also reaps the benefits of being what is essentially the acting King.
Uncommon Knowledge: Trying to recruit talent to handle an internal danger within the empire.
Harvar Rylan – Deceased Prince of Vilgreere. Disappeared after a diplomatic mission to Kandor. Remnants of his body and his possessions were found on the road with a number of corpses of his royal bodyguard.


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I constantly check on where my 15-year-old is son and I am always worried — am I being over-anxious?
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DEAR DEIDRE: I CONSTANTLY check my son's whereabouts on my phone and panic when I can't get hold of him.
I worry endlessly after it gets dark and make him come home before his friends do.
I often lie in bed at night relieved when he doesn't go out.
At least then I know he's safe.
I'm 39 and my son is 15. He's sensible but I'm really struggling to let go.
I have another son who's 13. I dread him getting older and wanting to do the same.
I know I'm over-anxious but how do I stop worrying?
DEIDRE SAYS: It's a big worry for many parents.
Go over the ground rules for staying safe – staying in well-lit areas with people he knows well, and so on.
When you are confident he is clued up, you have to trust him.
What is important is that should something bad happen when he is out, he knows he can call you for help.
My e-leaflet Troubles With Teenagers? will help.
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With the help of my brilliant counselling team, I have responded to thousands of problem emails, private messages on Facebook and letters from Sun readers.
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Work towards greater levels of professional practice in this advanced class. Develop your on-screen performance and enhance your techniques for acting in front of the camera. Break week 25 May (Bank holiday).
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An intensive practical course in screen acting performance, and techniques for acting in front of the camera. It is aimed at students with accredited acting training and some professional experience who have not been able to breakthrough into screen acting who wish to develop confidence in front of the camera.
You will get an in-depth look at techniques ranging from improvisation to character development, based on a script for TV/film. Learn how to get the best performance and build your confidence on screen. Practise moving for the camera and learn about the differences between theatre and television performances. Scenes will be worked, recorded and analysed, and you will be required to learn scripts.
Script interpretation for film/TV drama
Differences between theatre and film performance technique
Character development and performance - what an actor needs to know.
You will perform, film and watch back monologues and duologues from a television/film script. There will be one research assignment in modules 1 & 2 to further your understanding of film history and acting techniques for the camera. . You will be expected to prepare and learn a total of 4 minutes of dialogue over the module.
Please note that acting classes by their very nature can involve exercises and the exploration of material that some students may find challenging.
Demonstrate confidence and relaxation in front of the camera; Show a good knowledge of screen acting in performance;
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Maintain focus and continuity for filmed monologues and duologues.
Perform monologues and duologues for close-up camera work.
Previous experience required. You need to have completed Screen acting for beginners/improvers, or their equivalent, have an Acting Degree or have completed an accredited acting course..
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In a short time Jumbo has grown rapidly from 30,000 to 65,000 (!) employees. In this way the supermarket firm continues to be dynamic. This makes for quite a challenge in which the recruitment website Jumbowerkt.nl plays an important role.
The quality of applicants is a key part for Jumbo. Thanks to a powerful backend we can analyse data extensively to see if we are able to predict that quality somehow. And because Jumbo offers much more than supermarket, logistical and HQ vacancies, new target groups and challenges arise.
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The aim is threefold and serves the higher purpose: better quality of applicants.
- Increase of relevant conversion: this means rejecting fewer candidates on the basis of, for instance, travel time or availability.
- Optimise usability, also called the 'candidate journey'.
- Full transparency of the application process up to and including the hire: creating insight into which sources lead to hires by applying Google Analytics' 'enhanced e-commerce'.
Client response" Jumbo strongly believes that data will affect the future of recruitment. We therefore invest in data maturity and use data to improve our recruitment process in an innovative way. The positive effects of it are already visible to the applicant and customer. And we are not done yet... "
- Jennifer Kors (Manager HR head office)
The renewed website is developed with the Scrum-method. During adaptation of the existing platform we were focused on:
- optimising (through 'refactoring') of the bottlenecks of the former website;
- expanding the features to optimise usability;
- improving the measurability of the website.
From the current website we have been continuing to develop in biweekly sprints since March 2016, which has produced an increasingly complete recruitment website.
Expansion Google Analytics enhanced e-commerce
We have applied the extensive capabilities of Google Analytics for e-commerce to Jumbo's recruitment process. In this way we can measure the entire application funnel for each vacancy. We also consider what happens to applicants after application. How many were hired? And more importantly: what was the quality of these candidates? And how do they perform in the long term? Read more about it in this blog. This method by Endouble has recently been awarded with a Google Analytics Certified Partnership.
The goals were the starting point for developing the features:Relevant conversion:
To ensure an increase in relevant conversion several actions were undertaken, such as:
- optimisation of the website for search engines (SEO);
- improving the platform performance (speed) by improving the code of the site;
- adding killer questions;
- adding landing pages and even automated location pages;
- a link with the FAD (Fraud Prevention Retail), ensuring that candidates that are registered for fraud at the FAD are rejected.
Optimising usability:
Jumbo mainly recruits young people, a target group that is often using mobile devices. For this reason one of the focus points for optimising the candidate journey is improving the mobile (application) process on the site. Extensive user tests (such as heat maps) have led to a simplified application process and form, among other things. Furthermore, you can apply for side jobs through Facebook.
Full transparency of the application process:
Through applying enhanced e-commerce trackers and the connection with the ATS (Talentsoft), the complete funnel is visible per vacancy in Google Analytics.
What's next?
Work is ongoing to improve the website in quick bursts, to better connect it to Jumbo's wishes. Next steps include, among others:
- The use of Adwords on the basis of the amount of hires. So that automatic campaigns can be started (and closed) for hard-to-fill vacancies.
- The tweaking of content for the target group. So that they only see relevant information.
- A custom dashboard for recruiters, so that they gain insight into the individual performance of vacancies.
Relevant conversion
- Thanks to SEO actions the percentage of visitors through Google has increased from 26% in 2016 to more than 30% in 2017.
- The improvement of the code (in 2014) has led to enormous improvement of loading times. The loading time of the vacancy summary page has improved with a stunning 94% (!).
Optimising usability
- Thanks to the optimisation of the mobile application process the percentage of applications through mobile has risen from 4.25% in 2016 to 11.20% in February 2017.
- Through improved navigation and simplified application forms the average number of pages per visit has gone down from 4.12 in 2016 to 3.29 pages in February 2017.
Full transparency in application process
The advantages of full transparency in the application process are expressed in the short term through, for example, the more efficient buy-in of 'traffic' (candidates). In the long term the results provide evidence for making adjustments in the recruitment strategy - or to leave it as it is.


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2018 U.S. Ryder Cup Team As 1992 U.S. Dream Team
The 2018 U.S. Open Ryder Cup Team is so good, it might be time to start comparing it to the 1992 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team." Tiger Woods as Michael Jordan
Dustin Johnson Remembers Meeting Tiger Woods And Ernie Els For First Time
World No. 1 was once a wide-eyed PGA Tour rookie. Recalls first tournament
Dustin Johnson Explains What Makes Golf So 'Cool'
World No. 1 talks about how watching Tiger Woods got him and others into golf. His gym habits
Dustin Johnson Took On Leadership Role At Presidents Cup But Still Feels Young
At 33, he was actually one of the older players on the team. World No. 1 had incredible week
10 Fast Facts About Dell Technologies Championship
FedEx Cup Playoffs' second stop is at TPC Boston this weekend. Who holds course record?
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|3-star Score
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|Ham 'Em High 12-10
|Ham 'Em High 12-12
Ham 'Em High 12-11 is the eleventh level of Ham 'Em High.
Three Star Walkthrough
In order to get three stars in Theme 12-11, you must first aim the Yellow Bird at the vertical stone on the top of the first fort. This should kill three pigs and destroy several blocks, which will probably give you a score of around 20520. Aim the next Yellow Bird at the wooden square at the fort closest to the slingshot. This will kill two pigs, which earns a score of around 43930. For the Green Bird, fling him all the way back, then send him crashing in through the last pig remaining's fort. At the end of the level, you should have two birds remaining (White Bird and a Yellow Bird), so you would have a score of around 77160.
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text: How to Write a Novel Step Five: Extended Synopsis It's time to expand on your short synopsis. This is a really fun time, because you can let your imagination loose and start adding the detail that will make your story delicious and compelling. Take your short synopsis and expand it into about four or five pages - but don't worry about being too dogmatic, give yourself a free rein. If it turns out to be ten pages, so be it. After writing your short synopsis you'll probably be bursting with ideas, and getting new ones faster than you can jot them down - but these ideas can be fitted into a robust structure, rather than just being an incoherent spaghetti mess. Make sure that you're covering all of the stages in the skeleton. In some cases you may struggle with one section or find that most of the action is piling up in one stage. This could be a sign that your story is migrating away from your original plan. This isn't necessarily a bad thing; however, you must ensure that you resolve it. You will need to decide if your plan needs updating. Go back to and review your skeleton plan. Can you alter it to reflect your new direction? Does this work? Are the stages in the right places? Try writing a new skeleton that reflects your current ideas and compare it to your previous skeleton. Having this high level overview but beginning to work the character and story threads together, and seeing the scenes unfold, allows you to spot plot holes and inconsistencies early, and iron them out before you've written ten chapters that will all need binning because of the flaw. This synopsis will not only give you a great grounding for writing a great story with the minimum rambling and wasted effort, but is also what publishers will be asking you for when you want to submit your novel. It's likely to be the deal maker or breaker, before they even read the first line of your manuscript - so you want to make sure it doesn't let you down! Task Five: Expand your short synopsis into an extended synopsis Click here to go to the next step or go back to the Novel Writing Roadmap overview.


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The Ghost of Dubya and the Words of Aeschylus
Even before he shrugged off this mortal coil, George W. Bush's ghost casts a long shadow. Where western governments might have once been able to persuade their populations to intervene militarily on foreign soil based on 'solid intelligence' and 'incontrovertible evidence,' the response is now one of deep suspicion.
Yesterday, both Houses of the British Parliament met David Cameron's aspirations to support the US in the retributional bombing of Syria for the Assad's government's alleged use of chemical weapons with a resounding no. The vote wasn't on whether Britain should bomb, but only on the legality of their ability to do so. Both MPs and Lords were simply doing their jobs. They reflected the overwhelming majority of the British population in their lack of hurry to once again act like the world's policemen. Had the vote actually been on whether or not to bomb Syria, the parliamentary proposal would have failed spectacularly.
George W. Bush and Tony Blair may not have been impeached for their unrepentant manipulation of intelligence that led to a disastrous war in Iraq, but what has resulted instead is a staggering loss of confidence on the part of western populations to believe that the 'intel' they're being presented is not 'sexed-up' to serve someone's agenda.
The reality is that, if the Assad government in Syria did not formally order the use of chemical weapons, it is very probable that lower-level military commanders in that regime did. However, to completely dismiss the possibility that any of the various rebel factions in that conflict would employ them in an attempt to draw the West in to the conflict would also be foolish. The UN inspectors sent to Syria will probably not be able to apportion blame in any really convincing manner, and Israeli 'intercepts' of signal traffic in the Syrian Army's command structure cannot be viewed without taking the messenger's agenda into account.
It was Aeschylus, the Ancient Greek dramatist, who first wrote that, in war, truth is the first casualty. And yet thousands of years later, humans have not evolved emotionally much. We still want simple, clear answers. We demand that the responsible be held accountable – and when we can't be sure who is responsible, we have a tendency to want to punish someone, anyone. We still don't want to cope, intellectually or emotionally, with the reality that there is indeed a fog of war and it obscures the truth. Sometimes for many years; sometimes forever.
What we do know – what everyone knows is that civil wars are incredibly ugly. The assumption that the various factions will restrain themselves in the prospect of managing some sort of peace at a later date has almost invariably been wrong. In 1937, with the help of the German Luftwaffe, Franco initiated the first intentional aerial bombardment of a civilian population at Guernica. The factions in a civil war believe themselves to be fighting, not just for territory, but for the 'soul' of their country. Far from showing restraint, civil wars have historically been the sites of some of the worst atrocities.
I have a number of opinions on intervention in these sorts of situations. You're probably not going to like them. They're pretty inhumane.
Civil wars are ultimately the way nations end up defining themselves. And until humanity grows up and stops obsessing with 'nationhood' I don't think this is going to change. Civil wars are both power-driven and ideological. The war in Syria is indeed about Assad's bid to stay in dictatorial power versus a democratically elected system of governance. But it is also a war pitting different sects of Islam against each other. Finally, it is also about secular vs religiously-led government. You may hate Assad (I certainly do – I can't think why he didn't just organize an election and then take his wealth and retire to the Caribbean) but you won't like some of his opponents any better. However, what I do believe is that outside interference in civil wars only makes them bloodier and draws them out longer. The 20th century is replete with examples of external entities sticking their nose into the civil war pot and stirring with it.
There's little chance that strategic bombing in Syria is going to end that war, or lessen it. As regimes get more desperate, they tend towards greater and greater insanity. What the population of Syria is going through is horrific, but like Egypt… they probably need to go through it. They probably won't get to a settled place until they do. There is no historical precedent for stepping in from outside, imposing peace, and healing the rifts a civil war causes. Humans, it seems, have a need to play out their animosities until either one side or the other can't get up the resolve to get out of bed and put their uniform on anymore. Until then, someone's going to resist coming to the peace talks.
My opinion is that we have no business at all participating militarily in Syria's civil war. We should, to the best of our abilities, find out who is using the chemical weapons and charge them as war criminals. We should expend a great deal more energy getting both Russia and China to acknowledge that their knee-jerk reaction against UN security council condemnation is not a neutral act. It is only underscoring what a useless and lumbering organization the UN has become and giving countries very credible and supportable excuses to circumvent the venue at a time in our history when we need reason and argumentation and compromise more than ever before.
Regarding Russia: jumping in on the side of the rebels to balance out their support of the Assad regime will simply exacerbate the situation. It makes far more sense to put immense pressure on them to step away and withdraw their fingers from the pot. Shaming them out of their military and moral support is probably doable with a goodly amount of diplomatic effort. Convincing China that it doesn't have the moral high-ground is going to be a lot harder.
You may protest that all these efforts will be ineffective. And you may be right. But lobbing missiles at the Syrian army command structure is not going to further 'humanitarian' ideals either. And it will raise the flame under an already boiling pot.
If our stated goal is to lessen the humanitarian misery, then let us establish civilian corridors, fund refugee camps, and pressure the hell out of the opposing sides to come to the table.
To give in to the very natural desire to spank the hell out of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity is a laudable desire, but its consequences could very well lead to far more human misery and then, like in Iraq, it is we who will have blood on our hands and we whom the International Courts will have every right to call to account.
I'm left in rather the strange position of being oddly grateful to George W. Bush. It was his eagerness to embrace patently false intelligence, and his administration's effective manufacture of it, that has made Western democracies so suspicious of the phrase 'we have incontrovertible evidence that…'
Earlier wars have been started on the basis of false, agenda-driven information, but the egregious use of it as a premise to embark on the second Iraq war has made us much less gullible and more likely to question the agendas of the hawks.
This isn't a wholly negative state of affairs. Too bad it took us about 2,600 years to take what Aeschylus had to say seriously.


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In 1998, inspired by watching a baseball game, the economist Don Boudreaux wrote a short essay entitled Much More Than Meets the Eye. It's a neat essay and well worth sharing (I've reprinted the whole thing below) for the way Boudreaux uses a sporting analogy to illustrate the widespread presumption of over-simplicity in the economy.
That is, just as the skill and dexterity combined with lots of practice goes into the prowess of playing baseball, similarly society and the economy appear to be a lot simpler and easier to organise than they really are. Because of this, third party politicians operate under the delusion that they know people's wants and needs better than the individuals themselves, and can govern their lives better than they can.
I have to admit, ever since being a young lad and first getting into those academic subjects like economics that would titillate and enhance the mind ever since, our sluggishness in evolving beyond this state of stultifying dependency has struck me as strange. While I understand the human need to help others, I remain perturbed by how, in a Jack and Jill scenario, we let so many Jacks dictate to us Jills what our preferences are and how much we should value things.
It remains utterly peculiar to me how almost everyone loves the idea that Jack knows enough to forcibly prohibit Jill from selling her labour for lower than the rate that Jack (with only a tiny fraction of all the facts) establishes is best for Jill. It remains utterly peculiar to me how almost everyone loves the idea that Jack knows Jill's perceived trade off in the pleasure of eating chocolate versus the prospect of being a few grams heavier as a result.
The same applies to Jill's wine, beer, cigarettes, number of hours she can work, whether she is allowed to charge the market rate for renting out her apartment in London, and the extent to which supply, demand and consumer choice ought to be factored in to getting a train, obtaining a university degree, and so forth (there are still many people who support nationalisation of railways and the scrapping of tuition fees).
I do sense that market-friendly thinking is on the rise, and with the mass-sharing of ideas thanks to the global online connectivity, and with hopefully enough people wanting to reap the benefits of critical thinking, it would be nice to see this trend continuing. For now though, there's still quite a way to go.
Here's the short essay…
Much More Than Meets the EyeLast October I watched a few telecasts of the Major League baseball playoffs. I noticed the Atlanta Braves's all-star pitcher Greg Maddux and asked myself: "What makes this guy so special?"
I studied his pitching motion. "It looks like something I could do with a bit of practice. Why am I not making millions of dollars pitching in the Major Leagues?"
Of course, I know that I could never hurl a ball with Maddux's combination of speed and accuracy—even if I could mimic very accurately the outward manifestations of his expert pitching style. Every single pitch delivered by Maddux is the result of countless precise muscle movements, only a tiny fraction of which are visible. In short, it is impossible really to observe how Greg Maddux pitches. All we can observe are a few rough external movements—how high he raises his leg, how far back he cocks his throwing arm, and so on. If skilled pitching indeed involved mastery of nothing more than the external movements every fan sees, then the world would be so awash with skilled pitchers that Greg Maddux would have to work two jobs to earn enough money to feed his family.
Maddux's unusual expertise is invisible. This expertise is his rare knowledge of how to coordinate the tens of thousands of sequential minute muscle movements necessary to get the ball over the plate at lightning speed. Not only can no observer ever see the complex coordination of indescribably exact muscle movements in Maddux's feet, legs, back, shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers, but Maddux himself could never hope to articulate to even the most perceptive listener just what he does.
In fact, we can never really see, or learn by words, how any pitcher pitches. We see only the surface phenomena—the tip of the iceberg. To watch a big-league pitcher pitch is to risk being misled into thinking that we see how to pitch. The actual pitching process is vastly more complicated than anything that can be observed, measured, recorded, communicated, or mimicked.
In this way, the market is like adroit pitching: everyone observes the surface phenomena but no one ever sees the underlying mechanism—invisible in its entirety—that gets the job done. Not even the most astute economist, entrepreneur, or financial analyst ever sees more than a sliver of the vast and intricate invisible workings of the market process that daily transforms raw materials and human creativity into billions of consumer goods and services.
Leonard Read explained what he called the "white magic" of the market process in his justly praised article "I, Pencil." No one knows how to make an ordinary pencil; no one can ever know how to make a pencil. And yet pencils are produced in such huge quantities that they are virtually free for the taking. We have pencils not because some one person planned from the beginning the cutting of cedar trees, the mining of graphite, alumina, and bauxite, the extraction of petroleum and clay, or the organization of transportation to get supplies to pencil factories and pencils to retailers. When you contemplate the enormousness of all the tasks that are required to make a single pencil, you understand that no one can know how to do more than a tiny fraction of these tasks.
We have pencils (along with indoor plumbing, electric lighting, microprocessors, disposable diapers, camcorders, concert halls, . . . ) only because for each of the countless tasks required for the production and distribution of each good there are a few people who specialize in knowing how to perform these tasks. But no one knows—or can know—how to perform all of the tasks required to produce even the most commonplace of goods. The free market works as well as it does because, when property rights are respected and fully transferrable, the resulting prices tell each of the producers at the innumerable different production "sites" just what (and how much) to produce and with what particular combination of resources.
For example, if the supply of crude oil falls, the resulting higher price will prompt manufacturers of paint to produce less petroleum-based paints and more linseed-oil or water-based paint. The resulting higher price of petroleum-based paints will prompt pencil manufacturers to paint fewer of their pencils with petroleum-based paints and more of their pencils with paints made of substances other than petroleum. As F. A. Hayek taught, the pencil manufacturer need never know why the price of petroleum-based paint rose; all that is required for this manufacturer to act appropriately is for him to conserve on his use of petroleum-based paint. The higher price of such paint achieves this goal.
Every hour of every day millions upon millions of specialists around the world adjust their plans based upon prevailing prices in light of their own unique knowledge of their specialties. Each of these adjustments, in turn, spawns further price changes that cause yet others to adjust their plans. This great web of mutual and continual adjustments allows the free market to deliver the goods (both literally and figuratively).
But this web, though we know it exists, is invisible. We see only its surface phenomena—goods on supermarket shelves, physicians' offices filled with magnificent diagnostic equipment, beer trucks making their daily rounds. No one ever sees the immense expanse of human cooperation across space and time—or the vision and gumption of entrepreneurs, or the highly specialized skills of workers—all of which are necessary if we are to enjoy even the most mundane of modern goods and services.
People who would plan an economy, or even regulate an industry, commit the cardinal sin against sound economics: believing that they can consciously improve that which they cannot hope to know. Just as it is utterly ridiculous for me to imagine that I can learn to pitch merely by studying videotapes of Greg Maddux, it is equally ridiculous for politicians or bureaucrats to imagine that they can improve upon the free market with knowledge only of the tiny part they are able to observe. Such conceit is toxic for a free society.
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CHICAGO – April 10, 2017– Navigant (NYSE: NCI) and TROVE today announced a strategic alliance that will help utilities harness the combined power of predictive data science and an analytics platform to make their data more useful, dramatically improving load forecasting, grid performance, and customer adoption of new products and services.
This alliance brings together Navigant's deep industry and process expertise, our modeling capabilities, and our global consulting footprint with TROVE's world class data science capabilities and their newly launched TROVE Platform; said Jan Vrins, leader of Navigant's Energy practice, which has over 600 energy consultants globally. "TROVE's Platform delivers the open architecture, scale, and data-science acumen needed to transform a utility's latent data arsenal into a game-changing strategic asset. For example, TROVE's premise-level forecasting precision combined with Navigant's demand forecasting and econometric modeling provides utilities a new playbook for meeting demand that effectively integrates distributed energy resources."
"TROVE is a leader in data science and analytics for utilities, and the TROVE platform is one of the most powerful, open platforms we see available in the market today," said Jeff Richman, director at Navigant. "We are passionate about providing predictive data solutions to our customers. Our solutions are focused on the most critical issues facing utilities today and, through our alliance with TROVE, they are fully coordinated with tomorrow's predictive analytics opportunities and requirements."
The volume of data utilities must manage continues to rise – consider the ramification of moving to 35,000 meter reads per year for a typical smart-meter customer – and energy resources are growing increasingly variable and distributed. Data analytics and predictive data science hold the key to managing the grid and engaging with customers more intelligently. Partnering on this opportunity, Navigant and TROVE are taking the lead in developing solutions that:
We are on the cusp of a data-led transformation in the utility industry fueled by the precision of predictive data science and the exponential processing power of open platform computing," said Ted Schultz, CEO of TROVE. Through this alliance with Navigant we have access to a team with the largest proven strategic, operational, and technical energy consulting experience in the industry. We see tremendous opportunities for utilities to balance supply and demand more precisely, delivering higher service levels and customer satisfaction, while doing so at less cost. Together with Navigant, we will provide clients a new blueprint for turning data into more agile networks and more engaged customers."
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global professional services firm that helps clients take control of their future. Navigant's professionals apply deep industry knowledge, substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to help clients build, manage, and/or protect their business interests. With a focus on markets and clients facing transformational change and significant regulatory or legal pressures, the firm primarily serves clients in the healthcare, energy, and financial services industries. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and technology/analytics services, Navigant's practitioners bring sharp insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com
About TROVE
TROVE Predictive Data Science, Inc. is an innovator in predictive data-science technology. The breakthrough TROVE Platform, which combines the best in scalability, open-source technology, data fusion, advanced data modeling, and consumer data, as well as data-science expertise and teamwork, makes data useful for the utility, smart-home, and other data-intensive industries. The company is headquartered in Buffalo, NY with an office in Silicon Valley. For more information, please see www.trovedata.com


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Sports psychology consultant and author, Jeff Greenwald, will be facing off with a highly ranked Norcal player in a competitive exhibition match demonstrating the mental skills and decision-making of the best players in the world.
Formerly ranked No. 1 in the world by the ITF in his age group and a two-time senior world-champion, Jeff will show you how to manage your mind and body in the context of high level tennis in real time. You will have the opportunity to be on-court, ask your most burning questions about competition and the mental game and talk with Jeff. He will also be holding a book signing after the event so your son or daughter can meet him personally and get an autographed book. Don't miss this event!
Bio: Jeff Greenwald is an internationally recognized sports psychology consultant and author of Amazon's best-selling book, The Best Tennis of Your Life, and audio program, Fearless Tennis. He has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Tennis Magazine and numerous podcasts and radio shows around the U.S and has been a consultant for the USTA for the past ten years. Jeff is passionate about helping juniors learn these critical mental skills earlier than he did. He lives in Marin with his wife and two children, both of whom play junior tennis.


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October 9-10th in Cinnaminson, New Jersey – New Jersey Radon Measurement Technician Course at EMSL Analytical, Inc.
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|Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 1,08,006 vehicles in September 2010. This includes 12,858 units for export.
This is the highest ever Total monthly sales by the company. Previous highest was 1,04,971 units in August 2010.
The company had sold a total of 83,306 vehicles in September 2009.
September 2010 is also the fourth time that company's monthly sales crossed 1 lakh mark. With these record numbers, the company crossed half a million sales mark in the first six months of a fiscal.
Maruti Suzuki's volume in the domestic market grew by 32.9 per cent. In the A2 segment, sales grew by 31.3 per cent while in A3 segment sales were 43.2 per cent higher, as compared to sales in September 2009. The sales growth in the C segment was 66.6 per cent over September 2009. The sales growth in B segment was 17.7% over September 2009.
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*Not a guarantee, unless contrarily noted. Dates are for estimated commitment before December 25. Actual commitment date may alter depending on origin, destination, Post Office accepting date and time and added conditions. Some restrictions apply. For Priority Mail Express® shipments mailed December 22 through December 25, the money-back agreement applies abandoned if the addition was not delivered, or commitment was not attempted, aural two (2) business days.
Thanks to added bodies arcade beforehand and arcade online, the Postal Service's "busiest day" angle is now a affair of the past. Instead, the Postal Service now has a busiest time, and it starts two weeks afore Christmas. Beginning the anniversary of Dec. 10, chump cartage is accepted to access and the Postal Service expects to bear about 200 actor packages per week during these two weeks. The anniversary of Dec. 17-23 is predicted to be the busiest mailing, aircraft and commitment week. During this anniversary alone, the Postal Service expects to action and bear about 3 billion pieces of First-Class Mail, including greeting cards.
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Monday, 6 February 2012
Track of the Week: The Darkness – Nothing's Gonna Stop Us
Label: Self-Released
Get It: The Darkness Website
They're back, they're amazing and nothing's gonna stop them.
Finally, the return of The Darkness. I've been waiting for this moment since they reunited with original bassist Frankie Poullain. And yes, I know that at their peak The Darkness were the least cool band, with the least credibility in the world, but at the time I was but 16 and not concerned with such things. But then neither am I now. Whilst this should be indiepop-tastic and The Darkness are anything but they are at their core an incredible party band with ace tunes. And if Big Scary Monsters can take Andrew W.K. in then so should you all accept The Darkness.
Luckily their new tune 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us' is in the spirit of their tremendous debut album Permission To Land, the record that opened up guitar music like no other album before had and one of the best things they've ever done. It's certainly better than anything from the under-rated One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back and could well be one of the best tracks of 2012.
With the lyrics about cycling around Lowestoft at night with a friend on yr pegs it's not going to give anyone any epiphanies regarding the human condition. But last time I checked neither do The Horrors, and this is certainly more fun. With life as it is right now there's not much to cheer us up. Most Pitchfork music is content to wallow in it's own sense of achievement this is the shot in the arm that punk was to the late '70s but without the pretence of claiming to change the world. It will however make you feel like you can.
Like 'I Can Do That' by The Futureheads, this is a song that can make you get off yr ass and really do something with yrself. It's better than any other big cock rock anthem, but at two and a half minutes long you could argue it's a bit short. Still, it's easy enough to press play as soon as it's finished or, like I did, set the iPod to repeat and let it play endlessly.
On the NME comments section 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us' has drawn comparisons to Art Brut, and although it has their bounce (and an animated video you could imagine visualising one of their earlier singles) this would sit comfortably at home on Generation Terrorists with it's nimble, glam guitar work and driven rhythm section. Still either way, when a song gives you as much vitality as this what can you call it other than vital?
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Amongst the Region's Fearful Residents
City Grocery Bar get-together to welcome our new writer-in-residence, the great short story writer and novelist Mary Miller, Lee Durkee was talking about how many swans Richard III used to eat and Ace Atkins was astonished when I claimed never to have seen the movie FLUFFY. Looking at the poster Ace emailed me (above; the guy with the hatchet makes me nervous), hmm. Maybe I have seen it. It seems to fit snugly in that group of films I used to watch that included Soupy Sales learning how to fly and Mickey Rooney hanging out with a talking duck. From the imdb summary of FLUFFY: "Wherever he goes, Potter's ponderous pet incites mayhem amongst the region's fearful residents... Our heroes find themselves on the run from the law when Fluffy is accused of eating someone!"
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The history of post-war popular music has been closely associated with concerns for social justice. It is not only that particular ideals (equality, community, rights, an end to oppression and discrimination) have animated the public sphere; it is also that those ideals have – whether we look at blues, gospel, world music, punk or hip-hop, for instance – been central in many music genres. This is no surprize, insofar as post-war popular music has developed in parallel with the rise of humanism, the postcolonial era, civil rights, the culture wars, and rise of identity politics. In that sense, and more, music has been political, and further politicized: employed as an opportunity to establish empathy, express solidarity, and mobilize agents of change. Issues of social justice in turn have influenced public decisions about, for example, music funding, heritage and archiving. Topics for the conference may include:
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Severe weather procedures: important information for Camosun students
Media Release
Release Date: February 3, 2017
During severe weather conditions, Camosun College may make the decision to close Lansdowne and Interurban campuses and cancel or reschedule classes based on transportation and safety issues.
If this occurs, Camosun will communicate the closing of campuses and cancellation of classes through:
- Postings on the Camosun website homepage: camosun.ca
- The media - local radio & TV stations
- Postings on the main Camosun social media sites
- Messages on the main Camosun phone number: 250-370-3000
- Notices on the Camosun College Emergency App (download Camosun's free app here)
- BC Transit
Once the college has been declared CLOSED, it will be closed for the remainder of the school day, including evening classes, and employees and students are asked to check the above communication outlets for further updates.
Camosun College decisions on campus closures & procedures
Deciding to close the college for weather purposes is not a simple task—it is partly a guessing game and partly an exercise in keeping people safe. So we thought we'd tell you what the factors are that influence the decision.
First and foremost we want people to stay safe. So we look at a series of factors that include: are the buses running? Are main roads clear? Is the campus clear and safe? What are the conditions of the roads? Do we have power and heat? What are police forces saying and recommending? What's the ongoing weather prediction? And to minimise confusion we work very hard to have these decisions made by 6:30am.
We also have a responsibility to make sure that as much as possible there is minimal disruption to courses and programs. If a day gets lost, that means that students miss that content. Some instructors can make that up but others have very prescribed programs and so students will miss things. We want to avoid setting you back at all in your course and program. This is why some institutes in the province do not close no matter what. And other factors impact closures, for example for schools it is often whether the school bus system can run.
We know that not everyone lives where the roads are clear and that buses run slow in inclement weather. Our best advice is to first and foremost look after yourself and be safe. You have to be the judge of that as every circumstance is different. If you can't make it in, we suggest that you let your instructors know. And we understand.
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Case Closed! is so long that it bore me.
Case Closed! is so long that it bore me.
The most boring and completely uninteresting anime I've ever seen is called Glasslip. I remember not only feeling bored, but almost disappointed in myself for watching it through hoping it would get better.
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Tokyo Ghoul season 2 and 3
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Sometimes..i just wonder..what if..what if memes..were a currency..But then you realize that you're from Europe.
Stupidity has no limits
Cat memes and Dank memes are the best. Don't @ me
Whatever anime randomly appears on TV and has no intense battles...
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ゴゴゴゴゴ. . .
Kenja no Mago. I mean, there's nothing wrong with Isekai genre; but so many of them are the exact same thing. Average guy dies in the real world, wakes up in another and is super overpowered for no reason whatsoever. He's a nice guy, the girls in the world start to grow a liking to him and he has a girlfriend almost instantly. The main character is thick-headed and has no common sense, and can't even wake up to the fact that he's op. All the characters are so bland with no personality, and the villains are even worse.
It's just all around horribly written, but at least it doesn't have a tsundere or loli. Dropped it on episode 3. too cliche and romance plot is rushed. Hopefully Isekai Cheat Magician is better than this.
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Getting my first carnival ring in the September Carnival, hopefully it's not Ring of Smithing lolI'm way more active in the game than I am on the forums.
Date a live was a legit pile of I watched like first ep and just lost all interest
It felt like a fan service anime where they would abandon the plot for the fan service


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The Missouri City Branch Library will present a program on "Homeschooling A to Z" on Saturday, August 25, 12:00 noon to 4:30 pm, Meeting Room of the library, at 1530 Texas Parkway.
The program will be presented by Dr. Bruce Shortt, Ph.D., Mary Camille Pohlman, Jasmine Baucham, and Holly Wallis. Dr. Shortt will address four basic questions – what is homeschooling, does it work, who can homeschool, and how is it done? Mary Camille Pohlman will provide insight on how to get started and on the day-to-day challenges that may be encountered. Jasmine Baucham will elaborate on what it is like to be homeschooled.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the branch library at 281-238-2100.


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Have you considered the customer decision journey?
Marketers today are urged to center their marketing on customers. But doing so requires great insight. Here's how the customer decision journey influences purchase.
When businesses aim to convert to a customer-centric mode of digital marketing, there are many aspects to consider than is apparent. While understanding their needs and motives is important, it is also equally important to examine and analyze how they behave give certain situations. Especially, to a marketer, it is important to know what path the average customer takes while moving from a state of consideration to purchase.
The journey that a customer takes from awareness to a purchase commitment is referred to commonly these days as a customer decision journey (CDJ). Previously, it was referred to as a sales funnel. The sales funnel was envisioned as being linear to start with.
In the sales funnel depicted here, it's easy to decipher how a customer supposedly moves from one stage to another in the sales funnel. to start with, there are marketing campaigns which drive awareness among audiences. The audience then moves from the stage of awareness to interest with the help of research about the product/service. At the next stage, i.e. evaluation, the prospect considers his/her other options. At the commitment stage, the prospect becomes a customer post the purchase decision. Happy customers then go on to refer the product/service to their friends and family.
Why the traditional sales funnel is far from reality
While the sales funnel described above dominated the way marketers thought for a very long time, it slowly became more apparent that reality was completely something else. The major points that caused dissonance when it came to the applicability of the sales funnel in real-life marketing were:
- The customer decision journey was, is and never will be linear. It is a gross oversimplification of the complex process of decision-making.
- The funnel does not account for distractions during the process which are a big factor in today's marketing
- Any good marketing program is a culmination of online and offline efforts. In such cases, tracking a prospects' progress and identifying what has influenced him/her is extremely difficult. What's more, the integration of data emerging from online and offline channels continues to be every marketer's nightmare so far.
- The assumption that maximum number of leads will result in a particular percentage of sales does not really pan out
- Targeting has become much tighter and accurate, which means that the mass targeting approach at the top of the funnel stands negated
- Marketing has assumed a lot more responsibilities in customer decision journey in the past few years with the advent of inbound marketing
With the radical transformation in marketing, the traditional sales funnel has been rendered useless. So what does the current depiction of the customer decision journey look like? Well there are multiple interpretations by leading players in the marketing arena.
Read more about the how customer decision journeyhelps in the following post.


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BBC says that "[a] third of people on the planet will be learning English in the next decade":
Researcher David Graddol says two billion people will be learning English as it becomes a truly "world language".Which variety of English are people learning, though? Most likely, the English of multinational corporations:
This growth will see French declining internationally, while German is set to expand, particularly in Asia.
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The Future of English report, launched in Edinburgh at a British Council conference on international education, has used computer modelling to forecast the onset of a "wave" of English-learning around the world.
In the year 2000, the British Council says there were about a billion English learners -- but a decade later, this report says, the numbers will have doubled.
The research has looked at the global population of young people in education -- including 120 million children in Chinese primary schools -- and how many countries are embedding English-language learning within their school systems.
The linguistic forecast points to a surge in English learning, which could peak in 2010. (Sean Coughlan, "English 'World Language' Forecast," December 9, 2004)
As she searched for the English words to name the razor-tooth fish swimming around her stomach on her faded blue and white T-shirt, 10-year-old Urantsetseg hardly seemed to embody an urgent new national policy.The US Empire has three pillars: the Dollar, the Sword, and the American Language. The three pillars support one another. Just as the dollar, made the global reserve currency by the sword, has allowed Washington to run an empire on budget and trade deficits, the American Language, the chief inheritor of the linguistic estate of the British Empire and its colonial subjects, has allowed Washington to manage the empire on foreign language education deficits, sparing it the costs of establishing a British-style colonial civil service.
"Father shark, mother shark, sister shark," she recited carefully as the winter light filled her classroom. Stumped by a smaller, worried-looking fish, she paused, frowning. Then she cried out, "Lunch!"
Even here on the edge of the nation's capital, in this settlement of dirt tracks, plank shanties and the circular felt yurts of herdsmen, the sounds of English can be heard from the youngest of students -- part of a nationwide drive to make it the primary foreign language learned in Mongolia, a landlocked expanse of open steppe sandwiched between Russia and China. "We are looking at Singapore as a model," Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Mongolia's prime minister, said in an interview, his own American English honed in graduate school at Harvard. . . .
Its camel herders may not yet be referring to one another as "dude," but this Central Asian nation, thousands of miles from the nearest English-speaking country, is a reflection of the steady march of English as a world language. . . .
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. . . Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian was universally taught in Mongolia and was required for admission to universities.
"Russia is going downhill very fast," said Tom Dyer, 28, an Australian teacher at the Lotus Children's Center, the orphanage where Urantsetseg was describing the shark family.
Russia, leery of immigration from Asia, has imposed visa requirements on Mongolians. China has not. Today, it is hard to find a Mongolian under 40 who speaks better than broken Russian. Within a decade, Mongolia is expected to convert its written language to the Roman alphabet from Cyrillic characters. "Everyone knows that Russian was the official foreign language here," T. Layton Croft, Mongolia's representative for The Asia Foundation, said in an interview. "So by announcing that English is the official foreign language, it is yet another step in a way of consolidating Mongolia's independence, autonomy and identity."
So far, Beijing has adopted a laissez-faire stance toward Mongolia's flirtation with English, even though China is now the country's leading source of foreign investment, trade and tourism. Such a stance is easy to maintain because Chinese-language studies also are undergoing a boom here.
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With official encouragement, the American Embassy, the British Embassy, and a private Swiss group have all opened English-language reading rooms here in the past 18 months.
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After trying in the 1990's to retrain about half of Mongolia's 1,400 Russian-language teachers to teach English, Mongolia now is embarking on a program to attract hundreds of qualified teachers from around the world to teach here.
"I need 2,000 English teachers," said Puntsag Tsagaan, Mongolia's minister of education, culture and science. Mr. Tsagaan, a graduate of a Soviet university, laboriously explained in English that Mongolia hoped to attract English teachers, not only from Britain and North America, but from India, Singapore and Malaysia. Getting visas for teachers, a cumbersome process, will be streamlined, he said.
Mr. Tsagaan spins an optimistic vision of Mongolia's bilingual future if he can lure English teachers. "If we combine our academic knowledge with the English language, we can do outsourcing here, just like Bangalore," he said. (James Brooke, "For Mongolians, E Is for English, F Is for Future," New York Times, February 15, 2005)
As the dollar goes south, however, will fewer people in the world be studying American English, and will Americans be finally compelled to learn a foreign language or two?


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Desktop Virtualization and the Death of the PC
It may simply be a question of "when," not "if," a range of mobile computing devices displaces the PC.
When it comes to desktop virtualization, the conversation today tends to be dominated by virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). But Intel has quietly been tossing around a desktop virtualization acronym of late: intelligent desktop virtualization (IDV).https://o1.qnsr.com/log/p.gif?;n=203;c=204663295;s=11915;x=7936;f=201904081034270;u=j;z=TIMESTAMP;a=20410779;e=i
The difference between VDI and IDV is that the latter is a Type 1 implementation of a hypervisor on the client, sometimes known as client-hosted virtualization. VDI, in contrast, hosts the desktop environment on top of a virtual machine on a server.
Type 1 hypervisors differ from Type 2 hypervisors that are currently more widely deployed on desktop PCs in that the Type 1 hypervisor is deployed on top of bare metal. In contrast, the Type 2 hypervisor is deployed on top of a native operating system, usually as part of an effort to allow, for example, and end user to run two operating systems on the same machine.
The primary benefit of a Type 1 hypervisor is that it makes the PC environment a lot easier to manage, which is one of the reasons that Intel is starting to throw more of its weight behind IDV. One of Intel's IDV partners is Virtual Computer, which makes an NxTop desktop management environment that is optimized for a Type 1 hypervisor environment. According to Virtual Desktop CEO Dan McCall, the IDV approach is not only a whole lot less costly to deploy and manage than VDI, it also makes it easier for the IT organization to return systems in a couple of minutes to their gold image state in the event of a malware attack or some other disaster. In contrast, McCall says VDI requires massive investments in additional storage capacity and network bandwidth, while at the same time not scaling nearly as well as IDV.
What all this means, says McCall, is that IT organizations can now gain more control over the desktop environment in a way that allows fewer administrators to effectively manage more clients than ever. The simple truth of the matter is that PC management issues have long plagued IT organizations. While there have always been tools to manage PCs, many of them have either been complex to use or overly expensive to deploy. With increased backing for IDV from Intel in 2012, it looks like the beginnings of a more systematic approach to reducing the cost of PC ownership might finally be under way.


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The Show of the Year 2017
2017: it's been thrilling; it's been terrible; it's been … a rocky ride.
At the Wheeler Centre's annual Show of the Year, we brought together a stellar line-up of comedians, musicians, writers and raconteurs to remember the year that was.
2017 didn't always treat us right (nuclear war threats, postal surveys, The Mummy) but it had its charming moments (BBC Dad, Beyoncé's twins). The year crept up on us fast; we sent it packing in style.
There was plenty of material for performers to choose from, and this episode brings together highlights from the show for your listening pleasure.
Note: This audio contains some strong language.
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Find yourself searching for a brand new car? Fiesta Honda is here to help! We have the 411 on all of the new San Antonio Sedans and how they measure up across the board. There may be a couple of cars you have your eye on, but start fresh with this car comparison of the new 2016 Accord and the 2016 Altima!
The Altima has nothing on the Accord when it comes to safety because the Accord has two key safety features that the Altima doesn't offer! We're talking about the Collision Mitigation Braking System that has high-tech mounted sensors so when a potential collision is ahead, it alerts the driver immediately so they can take action. However, if the driver doesn't respond to the warning, the brakes are applied automatically at full-force to reduce the impact of the crash. Additionally, the Accord has Daytime Running Lights to make sure the vehicle is visible at all times of the day!
The ergonomic features that the Accord offers are also unmatched by the 2015 Nissan Altima. For example, if you aren't always the only person in the driver's seat of your new sedan in San Antonio, the Accord EX-L/Touring has memory seats that are activated by the keyless remote and customized to fit your most comfortable seat position. The Altima doesn't offer this on any model. The Accord also has standard windshield wipers that auto-adjust to the amount of rainfall, that way you aren't distracted when driving through a rainstorm!
Lastly, the Honda Accord has some important publication recognition that the Altima doesn't have. The Accord is recommended by Consumer Reports, was named a Car Book "Best Bet" and holds 3 Kiplinger's Awards. The Altima is not acknowledged in either the Consumer Reports or Car Book, but does have 2 Kiplinger's Awards.
After this comparison, you might only have eyes for the 2016 Accord. That isn't surprising because out of these San Antonio Sedans, it tops the chart in style, safety and features! Get your hands on the wheel of this award-winning Accord at Fiesta Honda today and one of our helpful associates will be happy to help you!


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Thank you for your interest in becoming a substitute for the Palo Verde Unified School District. The Palo Verde Unified School District utilizes the services of substitute staff members in both certificated and classified positions.
How to Become a Substitute Teacher
To be considered for a certificated substitute teacher position an applicant must meet the minimum requirements for a substitute teaching permit through California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (see link below). If you have any questions regarding qualification please contact Human Resources at 760.922.4164 x 1232.
Substitute Teaching Permit Requirements
Emergency teaching permits authorize the holder to serve as day-to-day substitute teachers in any classroom, including preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-12. Permits are valid for one year. The holder may serve as a substitute for no more than 30 days for any one teacher during the school year, except in a special education classroom, where the holder may serve for no more than 20 days for any one teacher during the school year.
The above websites have up to date testing information, registration, test prep materials and other services to assist you with in completing your basic skills requirement.
There are limited opportunities to acquire a CBEST Waiver substitute permit while you are in the process of studying for the exam. For details, contact the District Office at 760.922.4164×232.
Application Process:
Print out and complete a certificated application from the link below. Please include the following along with your application:
- Cover Letter and Resume.
- A current copy of your college transcripts, including graduate and undergraduate credits.
- Letters of recommendation.
- Verification of CBEST (or contact District Office for consideration of a CTC Waiver).
Substitute Teacher applications are accepted at Palo Verde Unified School District office throughout the year. Submit your completed application along with required documents as indicated in the list above. Qualified applicants will be notified for an interview.
Fingerprint Information
All employees at Palo Verde Unified School District are required to complete a fingerprint clearance process. Due to fingerprint legislation, Palo Verde Unified School District cannot accept fingerprint clearance for employment purposes from other agencies, school districts, county offices, or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. If you are applying for a substitute teacher permit, you will also be required to submit fingerprints to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. See CTC credentialing link above for specific details or feel free to contact the District Office at 760.922.4164 x 1232.
Substitute Teacher Pay
Substitute Teachers are paid at a daily rate of $100 per day or $50 per half day. Long-term positions are paid $125 per day starting on the eleventh consecutive day of service in the same class.
Substitute Teacher Hot-Line
The Hotline for Substitute Teachers is (760) 922-6003. Calls are accepted at any time. Assignments are made beginning at 5:45 A.M.
For information on how to become a substitute in a classified position please call the District Office at 760.922.4164 x 1247.
An Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer
The Palo Verde Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, or national origin in admission or access to and treatment of employment in its programs and activities as required by Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504.


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Pork is one of the common food we cook for our family. Compared to beef and expensive sea foods, pork meat is more affordable but also has so much health benefits.
Based on an article in fitho.in, the fat in pork is tran-fat free and mostly mono-and poly-unsaturated. It is a proof that a trimmed pork is suitable for even cholesterol-lowering or healthy heart diets. It added that pork has a high mineral content of Phosphorus, Selenium, Sodium, Zinc, Potassium and Copper. The article stated that Iron and Magnesium are the two minerals that pork has high content, while Calcium and Mangnese are found in traces only. Also from Fitho, I learned that pork is highly enriched with Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Thiamin, Niacin, Riboflavin and Pantothenic Acid and some quantities of Vitamin A and Vitamin E are found in very small amounts.
Since fried pork is my kids favorite and upon learning that it also a good source of nutrients, I always make sure that I could always serve them their most loved food which is "crispy fried pork"
1 kg pork meat cut to strips
1/tsp. black pepper
1 pack breading mix (good for 1 kg)
cooking oil for deep frying
Wash the meat
Put it in a deep container
Add pepper the mix
After mixing, spread the breading mix and make sure that all parts of the meat are covered
On a deep pan, heat oil at least 2 inches deep
When oil boils, add the pork meat
The heat should stay in an above medium heat so that the pork won't absorb the oil.
When the pork becomes brown, remove it from heat then place another batch to be fried.
The secret of preparing a crispy fried pork is the amount of heat used, it should always in above medium level.


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I absolutely love crafts. I love unleashing the artist in me and allowing my imagination to run wild. And I know that I'm not the only one. having spoken to lots of people who are into crafting like me, I've come to realise that us creative types have a lot of traits and habits in… Continue reading 10 Things Only A Craft Fanatic Would Understand
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Craft 101 #3: Appliqué Embellishments
Appliqué is a wonderful way to personalise clothes, accessories, home furnishings and even certain types of stationary. Designs can be created either by freehand, using stencils or tracing simple shapes. YOU WILL NEED: For stitching method Fabric scraps Template paper Tailor's chalk Dressmaking scissors Needle Embroidery scissors Tacking cotton Thread For non-stitching method Fusible web… Continue reading Craft 101 #3: Appliqué Embellishments
Picnic Blanket
From: Essentials, 2014 YOU WILL NEED: Fabric Pins Sewing machine Thread Buttons Scissors Wadding HOW TO MAKE: FOR THE BLANKET Cut out two pieces of fabric 114cm x 144cm. Lay them right sides together and sew around the outside edge, leaving a gap of 30cm on one side. Turn round the right way. Cut out… Continue reading Picnic Blanket
Heart Table Weight
Stop the wind playing havoc with your tablecloth! From: Essentials magazine, 2014 YOU WILL NEED: Scissors Fabric Ribbon Pins Sewing machine Thread Buttons Sand HOW TO MAKE: Cut out two hearts from your fabric. Lay them right sides facing together. Pin and sew around outside edge, leaving a 3-4cm gap at the top. Make small cuts… Continue reading Heart Table Weight
Picnic Box Cushions
Hubby and I travelled down to the coast recently for an air show. Knowing that we'd be there for pretty much the whole day, I decide to splash out on a picnic blanket and a couple of cushions to make sure that we were comfy. However we're now approaching the end of the Summer season… Continue reading Picnic Box Cushions
Tea Towel Tablecloth
Tea Towels aren't just for drying dishes. Try this project to create a stylish tablecloth from the tea towels of your choice. They could all be the same design a select co-ordinating designs and colours. From: Essentials magazine, 2014 YOU WILL NEED: 6-12 tea towels Pins Sewing machine Thread WHAT TO DO: Measure your… Continue reading Tea Towel Tablecloth


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An article from WSJ highlighted the massive yet relatively overlooked world of B2B ecommerce. From the journal:
E-commerce sites that aim to help old-line industries find new customers, streamline sales and improve profit margins have proliferated and become among the hottest bets for venture-capital funds this year.
It's important to remember that the world's largest ecommerce company is not in fact Amazon or Ebay but Alibaba. Why is this important? Because Alibaba is largely B2B; connecting the myriad of Chinese manufacturers to the rest of the world has created a giant with a GMV of $250 billion in 2013.
Put simply, B2C is a big market but B2B is in another league. But that's not all because B2B has been far less penetrated by ecommerce than B2C. By most estimates and unlike B2C, this is a market with lots of room to grow.
And here's more reasons why it's attractive to investors:
This is another reason that investors like these B2B e-commerce startups. Their spending on customer acquisition is only about 10% of that of e-commerce startups targeted at consumers, and their customers usually stick around.
Do you sell B2B? If not, why not?