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Bryce Raffle
Bryce Raffle writes steampunk, horror, and fantasy. He was the lead writer for Ironclad Games' multiplayer online game Sins of A Dark Age and is the founder of Grimmer & Grimmer Books. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Hideous Progeny: Classic Horror Goes Punk, Denizens of Steam and Den of Antiquity. His short story, The Complications of Avery Vane, was awarded Best Steampunk Short in the Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll in 2016. He lives in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, where he works in the film industry.
Andrea McKenzie Raine
Andrea McKenzie Raine was born in Smithers, BC and grew up in Victoria, BC where she still resides. She was enrolled in the Creative Writing program and earned a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Victoria in 2000, and completed a post-degree Public Relations certificate program. She has attended the successful Planet Earth Poetry reading series (formerly known as Mocambopo) in Victoria, BC since 1997, and participated in the Glenairley writing retreats led by Canadian poet and novelist Patrick Lane in Sooke, BC. In 2005, she published her first book of poetry, titled A Mother's String, through Ekstasis Editions. Her poetry has also appeared in Mocambo Nights, Canadian Literature journal, Quills, Borderlines anthology (Ascent Aspirations magazine), Tempus anthology (Rubicon Press), Poems from Planet Earth (Leaf Press), Tongues of Fire anthology, and several Glenairley chapbooks edited by Patrick Lane (Leaf Press). She has also written book reviews and articles for local magazines, celebrating the work of her peers. Andrea is also the fiction editor of the BC Federation of Writers' WordWorks magazine. She lives with her husband and two young sons and, by day, is employed as a correspondence writer for the provincial government. Turnstiles is her debut novel published by Inkwater Press. She also published her second novel, A Crowded Heart, through Inkwater Press, which is a prequel to Turnstiles.
Rajamanickam Antonimuthu is Founder of QualityPoint Technologies, an Information Technology Company Established in 2008. He is interested in writing about Software Development, Latest Technology Developments and Motivational Stuff. He is running motivational website TheQuotes.net and a YoutTube Channel "QualityPointTech" for giving latest technology news. Books: 1. Motivation from TheQuotes.Net – Inspirational Quotes To Get You Motivated Positively 2. How to Earn from YouTube Videos?: My Experience with YouTube 3. Software Testing and QTP Automation See them at https://www.amazon.com/Rajamanickam-Antonimuthu/e/B00C4Q0CZQ/
Shirani Rajapakse
Rajapakse explores identity, values and women's role in society through the poems in Chant of a Million Women. She also looks at the concepts of beauty and the standards imposed on women to conform. Some of the poems are hard hitting and take on subjects that are uncomfortable to talk about like rape, female gender mutilation, abuse and male dominance. She talks about power and the quiet force that keeps half the world moving even when there is no hope. The language is simple yet the thoughts and ideas are not. They rise from the depth of our very being to swirl through the pages compelling the reader to step into worlds created within the covers. There is magnificence and strength juxtaposed with violence and weakness as are other opposites such as the divine and human frailty. These poems are like a breath of fresh air, provoking, mesmerizing and entertaining.
At our core is a chant, soft, like the susurrus of leaves only breezes understand. Sometimes it opens lips to sing like gurgling waters meandering from here to there, to wherever it flows, or the soft tread of footfalls on the path outside. But sometimes, it's a roar so loud thunder stops in its tracks in awe.
Shirani Rajapakse is an internationally published, award winning poet and author. She won the Cha "Betrayal" Poetry Contest 2013 and was a finalist in the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards 2013. Her collection of short stories, Breaking News (Vijitha Yapa 2011) was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award. Rajapakse's work appears in many literary journals and anthologies around the world. Rajapakse read for a BA in English Literature from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and has a MA in International Relations from JNU, India. Connect with her on social media. Follow her on facebook.com/shiranirajapakseauthor/, twitter.com/shiraniraj, linkedin.com/in/shiranirajapaks, pinterest.com/shiraniraj/, instagram.com/shiranirajapakse/ and visit her site at shiranirajapakse.wordpress.com
Marsha Ramnanan
If I couldn't read and write, I wouldn't be able to breathe… I've written some erotica novellas and 2 paranormal (historical) romance novels but my heart is really set on YA Fantasy.
Alexa Randolph
My name is Alexa Randolph. I am a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelors Degree in Communications. I love reading, writing, event planning, traveling, drinking wine, netflixing and my dream job is to be a motivational speaker along with my novels.
Kate Rauner
Kate Rauner writes science fiction novels and science-inspired poetry. She's also a retired engineer and Cold War Warrior (honestly, Congress said so) from years in America's nuclear weapons complex. Much to her surprise, she's now a volunteer firefighter on the edge of New Mexico's Gila National Forest and well on her way to becoming an eccentric old woman.
Would you join a near-future colony on Mars? Emma may regret her one-way trip with the first twelve settlers – an eclectic group of volunteers. She hopes to explore the Red Planet in her robotic walkabout suit, but something's gone terribly wrong in the colony. Friends die and the team is falling apart. They came to build a home, but can they even survive? Glory on Mars – first book in the On Mars series.
Peter Ravenscroft
The Ravenscroft Book of Horror Stories
Six macabre, malevolent and murderous tales from the pen of Peter Ravenscroft.
Dare you encounter…
The electrifying terror of a séance in "The Freshers' Phantom"?
Celebrity infatuation taken to gruesome extremes in "An Evening With The Stars"?
The grotesque sibling rivalry of "Rose"?
Revenge and retribution in "Way Off Track"?
A father's haunting grief in "For Bradley: In Memoriam"?
The dark selfishness of childhood in "The Free Gift"?
Six tales to freeze the blood on dark winter nights!
Praise for Peter Ravenscroft
"Ravenscroft recounts his tales with erudition and classical flair"
amazon.co.uk review
"An Edgar Allan Poe of our time"
amazon.co.uk review
Jennifer Rayes
Intricate Deceptions
Waking up in a desolate cell, Gaia realizes she has been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, doomed to be sold to the highest bidder and unable to remember anything before her capture. An opportune rescue by Raoul, the Prince of Kayamato, saves her from a gruesome future, and throws her into a world of luxury and privilege. As she struggles to regain her memory, Gaia learns that her rescue was no accident and finds herself in even more danger. Fighting for sanity and survival, she works to unravel the truth behind her capture, each revelation more shocking than the last. The intricate web of deceptions spun around her will shatter her world, leaving her unsure if she will ever trust again.
Tim Rees
Hi, I'm Tim Rees. My background is BBC drama and before that the military. You can read about my life in the army in my memoir, In Sights: The Story Of A Welsh Guardsman, published by The History Press in 2013.
I left the BBC to focus on writing my own scripts and ended up writing the novel first so my story is set firmly on the page – my experience with the BBC taught me scripts are rewritten and change from the original script due to budgets, director's idea's and perspectives and then the actors come in with their own ideas on the character they're playing. Making a film is an intensely creative process and it is a process I love, but after finishing my first novel, which is Raw Nerve, I knew I'd been born to be a novelist first and foremost, mainly because the creative intensity is doubled and my relationship with the characters is so much more real than working on a script where it's necessary to leave it to the director and actors to flesh-out character.
I realised indie publishing is now at a professional standard and want to be a part of this new revolution. So now I've recently republished Raw Nerve to add to Delphian and WTF.
Stephen Reeves
Stephen Reeves was born in 1980 in Huntsville, Alabama, but grew up in a small community just on the edge called Madison. His writing career began during a boring math class in college and has blossomed over the last couple of decades into something decidedly not boring. His works have been published in numerous zines including The Blotter, Chantwood, Yellow Chair Review, and The Writers Drawer. Stephen has also reviewed books for Oxford University Press, including Micheal Newtons Victorian Fairy Tales.
D J Reid
Shadowfest is a dark epic fantasy thriller set in an imagined ancient Celtic world. It's suitable for adults both young and old. It's Summer's End in the Holy City, where nobody and nothing are quite what they seem. The border with the Otherworld is razor thin. Brona the Apothecary and Aurelian the Investigator set out to hunt down a malevolent spirit. But darker forces are plotting to seize power. Morven the Mage's quest for revenge nine years earlier will come back to haunt everyone. And Death may be the least of their worries … Brona the Apothecary is a suspect. Someone has murdered a Temple Guard in the Holy City. Someone who looks like her. She sets out to hunt down the culprit. It's nine days till Shadowfest – the Night of the Spirits. Not the best time to be tracking a malevolent ghost. But who can match her secret powers in a City where Mages are banned? She's about to find out.
William Renken
I grew up in Charleston, SC. My first job when I was 16 was working a movie theater, and it was an experience that changed my life. Thus, this is where my first novel comes from. Before Russell heads off to Southern California for college in the Fall, he must get through the summer of 1999 while working at a movie theater in Charleston, South Carolina, where it's anything but just tearing tickets and shovelling popcorn. It's a wild world of sex, drugs, and 35mm film that the charismatic and enigmatic Shaw is more than willing to provide to the soon-to-be freshman.
I refer to The Rumors of My Demise as a Cinematic Novel. That's because this isn't written like a traditional novel. That's not the writer I am anymore. I wanted to explore writing in a style that was a hybrid of screenplay and prose.
Richard Rensberry
Richard Rensberry is the author of the Rhyme for Young Readers Series presented by QuickTurtle Books®. This is a series of uplifting children's books mostly for ages 4-9.
G. A. Renteria
Hello, my name is Gabriel Renteria. I'm a debut author trying to get some traction in the whole self-published world and I'm hoping that you'll help me. Right now I'm a fantasy author, but I plan to branch out into other genres of fiction once I finish my first series.
The Kingdom of Candrama has but one fatal flaw and after Sehren makes a grave mistake it is threatened to be revealed in full. Suddenly, he's backed against a wall with a hard choice before him: Either succumb to the insidious machinations of the underworld of Isle or break free of the webs woven around him.
Christine Reynebeau
I grew up in Green Bay, WI, graduated from the University of Wisconsin- River Falls in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Science- Animal Science, and have worked in the youth development field for both the YMCA(2009-17) and the Boy Scouts of America (2017-present). In my community I volunteer on various committees, boards and service teams. In 2013, I was accepted to publish with Mirror Publishing. I published PB & J first, June 2014 and it took another two years to publish GUTS, June 2016. I was a presenter at Untitled Town Book Festival in 2017 and do book readings at a variety of local events. September 2017 was the start of this great new adventure, Dreambuilt Books. I believe that the words I share with the world should have positive intention and that there are many valuable lessons to be learned by books.
Joannes Rhino
James Maddox must face the demons of his past and question everything he thought was real; even his own memory.
James was used to living without emotion after losing his Emilia unexpectedly; he gave up on happiness the day she died. His plans for their future, of marriage and kids, died right along with her. He preferred feeling numb, rather than feeling the pain of losing his dreams. That all changed the day he received an anonymous letter in the mail with just three words: I am innocent.
James began dreaming of Emilia that same night. However, his dream quickly becomes his nightmare as she haunts his sleep, demanding he knows the truth, that he faces the unseen. And what is hidden threatens to change James' life forever.
Author bio:
Joannes Rhino was born in Indonesia in 1980.
He was educated at the local state school until graduation in 1998 and continued to study in Hospitality University. He was then employed by a financial company, where he began to receive many awards related with customer satisfaction. Having been working the same routine for years, he started to write a novel to kill the time. Finally, his first novel "Etzhara" was published by the biggest traditional publisher in Indonesia and made him one of the best young writers under thirty at Khatulistiwa Literary Award in 2009. Feeling confident with the writing skill he has, he published the second novel in the same year by another traditional publisher in Jakarta. He then began to receive many invitations to attend book signings, talk shows, radio interviews, and other literature activities. This second novel made him an overnight success.
During his journey in Australia, he had written three books and self-published them. This huge change made him an international author. However, this achievement did not stop him from pursuing his literature obsessively. He is now working freelance as a Bali Content Editor, Ghostwriter, Copywriter, Scriptwriter and Freelance Writer.
He is based in no place, as he is still in a search for a place to be called "home".
JB Richards
"Miriamne the Magdala" tells the richly detailed story of an ancient Jewish family in crisis. When twelve-year-old Miriamne and her 13-year-old long-lost cousin Yeshua are unexpectedly reunited, sparks fly. But the grave illness of a parent causes turmoil and anxiety within the two related Houses, especially for Yeshua who recognizes that his earthly Mission is fast upon him and his miraculous powers are growing out of control. As the life-and-death situation escalates, he begins to question his allegiance to his Divine Father while Miriamne finds herself torn between her newfound love for Yeshua and her premonitions about his unimaginable fate.
Carole P. Roman
Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children's books. Whether it's pirates, princesses, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children. She hosts two blog radio programs and is one of the founders of a new magazine, Indie Author's Monthly. She's been interviewed twice by Forbes Magazine. Carole has co-authored a self-help book, Navigating Indieworld: A Beginners Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing. Oh Susannah is her first Early Reader Chapter book series. She lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children and grandchildren.
Naylene Rondon
Claude's Hotel
Not long ago, a new species of humans with a unique set of cells called variants were born into this world. Now, they suffer many challenges such as fitting into society and obtaining work.
Meg and Jamie are variants and after receiving a job at an abnormal hotel with a recently deceased manager, their lives get even more difficult. The supervisor is unlike any variant they've ever met. Secrets are being kept from them, while criminals are being drawn to them.
Nothing makes sense to them as they are currently trapped within the confines of Claude's Hotel.
I am Ront Tal Shaltiel, I am an author of children's and coloring books. I have a series of books about numbers. My purpose is to introduce math and numbers to young kids in a way of fun. I have 2 children's books and 5 coloring. The books are an adventure of the numbers.
A. Rose
In Sophie's world, those born with one power are superior, those born with none are inferior, and she is the one destined to save them all. Sophie's ability to have multiple powers makes her an anomaly, at the age of 23 she has six powers and has yet to master each one. At the order of her father, the Governor, those powers are kept secret in order to protect her from those who may want to exploit them. So when she meets Oliver, the Imitatore who possesses the gift of using her powers, her once peaceful world is shattered. Suddenly, Sophie is forced to face who she is, who she is destined to be, and learn who she is no longer able to trust. Oliver and Sophie are targets for The Society, a group of supernatural beings bent on destroying her world by eradicating humans and crowning a new queen. She must stop the evil group before they kill the Imitatore and force her to be the Queen of their new world.
Kayt Roth
Letters to Helen
Engaged to a handsome doctor and content with her future, Mattie's life seems to have fallen neatly into place. The only thing that's missing is her best friend Helen, who is away at college. Despite her plans, fate has other ideas, and Mattie's happy ending is suddenly ripped away by a letter from her fiance's mistress. Reeling with hurt and unexpectedly single, Mattie must start anew, with Helen there to pick up the pieces. But an incident with Helen's fiancé drives a wedge between them, forcing Mattie to make one of the hardest decisions of her life. Struggling for closure, Mattie meets Mark, who is also rebuilding his life. Two broken, kindred spirits find solace in one another, until one innocent afternoon reveals a shocking connection.
Bernadette Rowley
The Master and the Sorceress
Desperate sorceress, Katrine Aranati, no longer knows how to deal with the woman she has become. She runs headlong into a man whose heart's desire is order and control. James Tomel, master jeweler, is outwardly a pillar of society but he hides more than one dangerous secret. When they are thrown together on a trip to Brightcastle, fierce creatures from legend pursue them but even more dangerous are the feelings swirling between them. When their hearts and bodies come together, one will flee while the other demands an accounting. Can they find common ground where their love will flourish or will secrets and betrayal kill all hope of a life together? Find out if love and chaos can defeat order and control in the fourth exciting instalment of the Wildecoast Saga.
M.L.Ruscsak is a fantasy author who started writing as a way to communicate after a traumatic medical emergency. The first book "The New reign" is a bit rough around the edges as it is designed to be. With grammar , spelling and proper word use getting better throughout the series leading to the ending which explains not only the story as a whole but the use of the miss- used words. As such there are two ways to read the series (A which is recommended) Read according to publication date. or (B) Read book two "The Fallen" Book three "Secrets, Lies and Betrayal" then "The New Reign" but be warned the "Secrets, Lies and Betrayal" won't be out until around Easter 2018.
David L Ryan
After leaving the Air Force in 1967, I decided to hitchhike to Brazil. I got no farther than Mexico City, where I learned the hard way about attractive philosophy majors. After she took me for the pittance I had, I began to look for work. First teaching English and writing record reviews for local magazines, then taking up a camera, I ended up staying 10 years. When I had had enough I moved to San Francisco, working in travel, corporate, and PR photography. The next time I had had enough I moved to Boise, Idaho. Still doing photography, I decided to jot down the ideas I had for a novel. After 15 years, I had had enough again and I published it (Last Communion).


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5 Key Steps for Digital Success in the Contact Centre
The Citizen Contact Centre is often the frontline for Local Authority Services. Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils are looking to create a new combined Council for East Suffolk and have been reevaluating how they deliver services to their citizens. Effective digital working is key to this. I spent the day there and discovered what steps are fundamental to digital success within the contact centre.
Daren Knight, Head of Customer Services and Communications at East Suffolk Councils, has recognised that for citizen facing services to be effective, buy in at employee level must be right. East Suffolk's strategy and vision holds the fast-moving digital landscape at its core – making sure they make best use of evolving technology for the benefit of both citizens and staff. The Councils have produced a set of 4 digital principles that drive their digital vision:
By communicating and ensuring everyone is on board with the council's vision, staff are empowered to work effectively towards one goal. Andy Jarvis, Strategic Director at East Suffolk Councils, states that, "Everything is about better outcomes for the public, but to do this we need to provide the vision, drive and permission for staff to do things differently."
With the ever-advancing digital landscape, effective training for staff is key. Darren recognises that not all staff may be on the same level when it comes to digital and that traditional methods of training can be ineffective and not bring the desired results.
When it comes to training their staff, East Suffolk Councils has stepped away from the mundane manuals that blight so many organisations. To motivate their staff they introduced 'CRM School', an interactive, visual, and fun way of learning how to use software. Their CSAs were divided into school classes, learned through collaboration and were given tests and certificates upon completion. Response to the CRM school was fantastic, with staff lauding the move away from outdated methods of training and, as a result, significantly improving call handling rates and use of the software.
Bringing consistency was a key recurring theme throughout my time spent at East Suffolk. Previously there had been too many cases of staff inputting and handling calls in inconsistent ways. The CRM school served to remove this issue, bringing every member of staff together on the same page and ensuring they use the tools at their disposal in the correct way. East Suffolk Councils recognised that consistency needs to be promoted across all areas of the organisation. From the top level, promoting consistency in their vision, to trainers providing consistent messaging so customer service staff can provide a consistent service.
For all this to be possible, effective digital software is vital to ensuring the council's digital success. East Suffolk is using the Firmstep Customer Experience Platform to great effect. To achieve the Council's vision they selected Firmstep as it is the only solution to provide a full, end-to-end experience for citizens and staff alike. The Platform supports all mediated forms of contact and digital access, ensuring a full picture of the citizen, no matter what service they are accessing. The solution allows them to rationalise existing systems, provide citizen choice in how they contact the council, and ensure the customer journey is recorded effectively in the contact centre.
Every decision that East Suffolk Councils makes begins with the question "How does this affect the citizen?" Having this as the primary aim allows for more focussed decision making, shared goals, and better internal processes. Each step for improving their customer contact centre has been focussed around this.
The insight reporting now coming from CRM is providing the data to inform future investment decisions to improve both the customer experience and reduce demand.


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United Nations General Assembly/informal meeting on the Cannes G20 summit
New York, October 25, 2011
Mr President,
Dear colleagues,
I am honoured to join you here once again in New York. I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for his invitation. I also applaud the presence of the UN Secretary-General and thank him for his important contribution to the success of the Cannes summit.
I am delighted that this meeting between the serving presidency of the G20 and the international community is now becoming a regular fixture, and I'd like to hail the efforts made last year by Korea to keep the entire UN informed and involved in the G20's work.
France embarked on the path set out for her with great determination, and I am happy to come back to you here today. Indeed, France considers the G20's openness to the entire international community to be crucially important. The G20 cannot and must not be an exclusive club. Even though its member countries represent 85% of global GDP, its openness to others is key to its legitimacy.
As you know, President Sarkozy has devoted a great deal of time to consultations since the beginning of the French presidency. He travelled to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa last January. He has consulted a great deal, both inside and outside the G20, with heads of state and government and leaders of international organizations as well as the representatives of unions, companies and civil society.
We wanted our G20 presidency year to be useful, with results and advances throughout the year, rather than focusing all the challenges on a single event: the annual summit. In a minute, I will get back to that effort. But first I want to thank the international organizations, beginning with the UN and its specialized institutions, that lent their very effective assistance to the agenda of our presidency.
But of course, given the global economic situation, the Cannes summit will have to concentrate primarily on the response to the crisis, which affects not only the Euro Area, not only the United States, but also the emerging economies and consequently all the developing countries.
The G20 demonstrated in November 2008 in Washington, and again in April 2009 in London, that it could confront the crisis effectively. The message at that time was clear: it was necessary to "repair" the financial system, eschew protectionism in order to avoid a repetition of the mistakes made in the 1930s, and coordinate recovery efforts. I would add, of course, the reform of the international financial institutions, which helped restore a balance that has become crucial to the emerging countries.
In 2010, we might have believed that the G20 would in the future have to reinvent itself to manage the post-crisis period, but unfortunately recent economic developments in both developed and now emerging countries bring us back to crisis management. It will therefore be the absolute priority of the Cannes summit.
We hope that in Cannes, the G20 will be able to adopt a real action plan for growth and jobs. The summit will be judged first and foremost on this. To that end, it will need to draw upon the concrete economic policy measures adopted by the major powers. I am thinking of course of the United States, China and the Euro Area states, but also Japan, the United Kingdom and Brazil. I am not going to go into detail here about what we expect everyone to do; but it's important to realize that from now on the economic policies of some have major repercussions on the economic growth of the others. Our economies have become interdependent. That's the reality of the 21st century to which the G20 must respond.
Nor do I need to emphasize here the difficulty of the task. While the message from London was unequivocally one of recovery, and that of Toronto was one of budgetary consolidation, the message from Cannes will have to be more diverse; some states need to focus on measures to boost their economy, others on consolidating their public finances and still others on rebalancing their economic models to promote domestic consumption.
I know that many in this room believe that it is first up to the countries of the Euro Area to resolve their problems, before asking others to make an effort. I have two messages for you today.
The first is that the Euro Area is doing its job. The European Council and the Euro Area summit on Saturday and Sunday enabled us make significant progress on all the topics under discussion: dealing with the Greek debt in the long term; the establishment of a European Financial Stability Facility with the ability to act as a strong lever, to reassure markets; the recapitalization of European banks, at the necessary level; and finally, strengthened economic governance of the Euro Area. Tomorrow, Wednesday, we will be holding another summit bringing together the 27 countries of the European Union, and then the 17 countries of the Euro Area to adopt detailed measures. The EU will thus make a major contribution to the stabilization and growth of the global economy.
My second message is that it is pointless to try and pinpoint those who are responsible for the crisis. We must focus on the solutions to be provided. After the failure of Lehman Brothers, we did not sit back and wait for the United States to deal with its banking system. We sought to immediately establish stronger cooperation between the countries most heavily impacted by the financial crisis, because that was the only way to remain equal to the challenges. The same holds true today: no one is immune from the economic crisis, and speculating on the failure of others is not a good strategy, because the interdependence of our economies will ensure a swift transmission of imbalances. That is why France is calling on all G20 countries to adopt measures adapted to the situation and on all countries that don't belong to the G20 to support the collective efforts that will be undertaken to restore confidence.
Nevertheless, while the Cannes summit will be dominated by the issue of growth and restoring confidence, it will not be limited to the action plan we want to adopt there.
We want to make progress on new items that France placed on the G20's agenda in late 2010, such as the reform of the international monetary system and the fight against excessive price volatility. Not only are they useful in better regulating globalization, but they now complement the action plan for growth.
Is there anyone who cannot see that it is essential to move forward towards a new international monetary order, reflecting the new economic realities and avoiding the imbalances in currency markets that almost degenerated into a currency war just a year ago? Is there anyone who does not understand that confusion on commodities markets – which has led to excessive agricultural or energy price fluctuations – curbs growth and, even more seriously, is directly responsible for humanitarian disasters?
Allow me to go into a bit more detail with respect to the international monetary system, a key element of the framework for lasting, strong, balanced growth:
The G20 has agreed on nine specific areas of reform, since the successful seminar in Nanjing on 31 March, co-hosted by China and France. I draw your attention to the four main ones:
The composition of IMF Special Drawing Rights. The G20 is working in particular on criteria for including new currencies in the basket of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
A frame of reference for managing capital flows. We must have common references to respond to sudden inflows or outflows of capital and avoid protectionist-type reactions, which would have a destabilizing effect.
Strengthening our response to systemic shocks through the establishment of new IMF lines of credit, in the event of a regional crisis. We also hope that the IMF will coordinate its instruments as best it can with the mutual support funds created by Europe, with the European facility, and Asia, with the Chiang Mai Agreement.
And finally, the G20 is working on strengthening bilateral and multilateral oversight by the IMF, notably with respect to the effects of a country's – or area's – economic and financial contagion vis-à-vis the rest of the world.
Among the structural responses to the crisis, I'd like to emphasize how important it is for the economic agenda to include an ambitious social agenda. The Secretary-General was right to point that out.
At President Sarkozy's behest, we succeeded in anchoring the social dimension of globalization in the G20's working agenda. Not so that there would be one more thing to deal with, but to emphasize that the response to the crisis will be effective only if it includes a renewed, shared concern for jobs, social protection and social rights.
In late September, the employment ministers sealed an agreement that will allow the G20 to move forward in this key area in the coming years.
We secured the support of all members of the G20 for the "Social Protection Floor" concept and the UN initiative drawn up along these lines. The conclusions of the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2011 and the recommendations of the Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet were fully taken into account. The Social Protection Floor is of course defined at the national level and has to take into account the specific characteristics of each country, but its usefulness was emphasized by all.
The international organizations have a key role to play in implementing the G20 agenda, as I've already said. This is particularly true in the social realm: the ILO gave its agreement to the G20 to establish a coordination and consultation mechanism and provide platforms for information sharing on best practices with respect to social protection, which must be operational by the G20 summit in Mexico in June 2012. And I would like to thank Juan Somavia, the ILO Director-General, for his contribution and his presence.
President Sarkozy would also like to see the creation of cross-observer positions between the WTO and the ILO in order to further strengthen the coherence of the work of these two organizations.
France would also like the ILO's Eight Core Conventions to be ratified and observed in all areas, and this to be reported. I know how intense the debates on this issue can be and how difficult it will be to make progress, but France is determined to continue this battle.
Lastly, and above all, the G20 labour ministers' meeting made employment the top priority of its work. This is a concern that we all share. That's why it has been decided, together with the Mexican presidency, that a new employment ministers' meeting would take place in 2012 and that a G20 task force would be devoted to youth employment issues and would bring together the international organizations and the employers and unions. For the first time this year, the G20 presidency facilitated the organization of a "Labour 20" in parallel to the "Business 20." France hopes that Mexico and the presidencies that follow will repeat this every year.
Allow me now to come to the Cannes summit issues, which are not new under the French presidency, but on which we have worked very hard to make tangible progress.
With respect to financial regulation, the G20 strategy has been based on a simple principle since the Washington summit: all players, all markets and all products must be subject to rules and appropriate oversight. The regulation of globalization also requires –and I'd say above all – rules applicable to the financial sector.
Under the French presidency, the G20 has worked on implementing the commitments made during past summits, in particular that of Pittsburgh, and on new objectives.
The G20 has already adopted enhanced measures for the major systemic banks. We are now working on extending regulation to non-banking entities and activities, such as supervising the parallel banking system – still known as the shadow banking system – protecting the users of financial services and regulating commodity derivatives.
We have also made further progress in dealing with non-cooperative countries and territories, particularly tax havens, and this will be a key topic in Cannes. We are working on a thorough evaluation of the progress made by around 60 countries in terms of compliance with the regulations on the exchange of information, the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
In Cannes, we hope that that the G20 will sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Almost all of the G20 countries have pledged to sign it but a few partners are yet to be convinced.
Regarding the development agenda, we are implementing the Seoul Mandate. France is driven by one conviction: there will be no sustainable growth for the world economy without shared development. The Least Developed Countries do not pose a problem for world growth; they are part of the solution in terms of strengthening and ensuring it over the long term.
Under our presidency and in close association with South Korea and South Africa, who co-chaired the working group with France throughout this year, as the Secretary-General emphasized, we have made good progress on the nine pillars that constitute the Seoul Action Plan.
Furthermore, for the first time, the G20 held a ministerial meeting on development on 23 September in Washington. Our presidency organized a mobilization conference in support of development on 21 October in Paris which will allow civil society to combine its efforts with those of the governments.
With the agreement of all our G20 partners we have, above all, focused on three particularly crucial themes this year: food security, infrastructure, and financing for development with a strong focus on innovative financing.
With respect to food security, we have already achieved some results, even though the international community's priority has of course been focused on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa.
In June, the G20 agriculture ministers adopted an action plan and I would like to highlight two measures that have already been taken under this action plan.
firstly, an Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) hosted by the FAO which will enhance the transparency of the markets and make it easier to stabilize them;
secondly, a Rapid Reaction Forum, also at the FAO, which brings together the countries that play a key role in the global agricultural markets and which aims to improve international emergency response coordination. The idea is that producer countries should immediately alert this forum to any supply problem that could have an impact on consumer countries, while the major consumer countries would be more able to make their needs known.
France is also deeply committed to securing G20 support at the summit for initiatives aimed at protecting the most vulnerable countries from the consequences of the excessive volatility of agricultural commodity prices. I am thinking in particular of the pilot project under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): prepositioned emergency humanitarian food reserves.
The success of this project will then allow us to expand this initiative to other regions.
The French presidency also wants to encourage the G20 countries to commit to not imposing restrictions on the exports needed by the World Food Programme for humanitarian emergencies.
Lastly, as you know, France believes that the main policy needed to improve global food security over the long term involves increasing investment in agriculture. We will have to increase global production by 70% by 2050 in order to feed the world's population. We will need to encourage production in all regions of the world but, of course, we must make Africa our priority.
The second priority on our development agenda: infrastructure. The lack of infrastructures is one of the main obstacles to development in many parts of the world, particularly in Africa. The G20 tasked the High-Level Panel for Infrastructure Investment, to which we appointed Tidjane Thiam as Chairman, to prepare concrete, innovative recommendations to encourage and strengthen infrastructure investment in the developing countries.
We have identified key infrastructure projects for Cannes, on the regional level as much as possible, which will have a maximum impact on economic development. We will strive to ensure that the G20's efforts with regard to infrastructure remain focused on low-income countries.
With respect to development financing, President Sarkozy asked Bill Gates to present the heads of state and government in Cannes with proposals to renew commitments and launch innovative projects for new means of financing.
We hoped Bill Gates's report would cite shared objectives relating to ODA, to which France is strongly committed and for which she has maintained her budget, despite the current situation of the public finances (0.5% of France's GDP in 2010). But the report will also include a "menu of options" dealing with innovative financing mechanisms. We propose that each G20 country draw from this menu, implementing at least one of the options.
France, like Germany, believes that the financial transaction tax is the most effective mechanism. This tax is technically feasible. The European Commission has presented a specific, detailed project. With the support of civil society and international public opinion, which is asking governments to move forward on this issue, we hope to make the argument not only for the feasibility of such a tax, but also for its necessity in order to meet the major development challenges. Several non-EU countries have expressed interest, particularly many African partners such as Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo, and I'd like to urge your countries to play an active role in support of this idea.
Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen,
Trade makes an absolutely essential contribution to world growth. So I wouldn't like to conclude this presentation without discussing commercial issues.
The eighth ministerial conference of the WTO will take place in Geneva from 15 to 17 December. We all know that continuing negotiations in the framework of the Doha mandate is very difficult. That is why the French presidency wants the G20 to begin thinking about ways to strengthen the WTO. Our aim is to demonstrate the commitment of all our countries to commercial multilateralism. The WTO is the best bulwark against the law of the jungle, and its ability to resolve disputes must not just be preserved, but strengthened.
I wouldn't like to say more at a time when experts meeting each day in Geneva are exchanging coded messages that only they can decipher, but France wants a message of confidence in the WTO and of support for the fight against protectionism to be adopted in Cannes.
Of course, we would also like measures benefiting the Least Developed Countries to be adopted as swiftly as possible, because they are central, after all, to the mandate of the trade talks currently under way.
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
As you can see, the agenda of the Cannes summit is a heavy one, and we are facing a crisis of considerable breadth which calls for concrete decisions, strong decisions, and a very clear message about growth.
We have made considerable progress this year on long-term challenges, and we are confident that Mexico will successfully continue the job in 2012.
Today, we are exactly eight days away from the Cannes summit, which begins on 3 November. There is still work to be done. The synergy between the G20, the UN and the entire international community is essential to the success of the summit. Now, more than ever, we need you all. I'll always be ready to listen to you.
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February marks the end of Dry January, the end of flirting with your overdraft limit and the end of feeling completely miserable. Oh wait, no, because February, ladies and gentlemen, means Valentine's Day *sighs*.
That's where we come in. Whether you're buying for yo' man, or picking up something for the better half, your BAE, your BFF or just yourself – whichever applies – we have tonnes of gift ideas to inspire you and to ensure your continued relationship happiness. 'But what do I do about the date?' Please, read on.
Dependent on what you choose, dates can be cheap 'n' easy or hideously expensive. Plus your level of trust with the attendees can make it amazingly intimate or just plain awkward. Below are some thinking-outside-the-box ideas, whether you're going out or staying in 😉
Karaoke – If you can't drunkenly sing into each other's eyes what hope have you got?
Make a terrarium jungle – yes really. Learn to make an arrangement of living things to keep alive. The plants die, your love dies. (See Grace & Thorn)
A long walk – Walking gets the blood pumping, stimulating the mind and freeing up conversation. Take a picnic if you're up to braving the winter chill in the name of romance.
Star-gaze in your garden – On a clear mid-February night there is nothing nicer and more romantic than watching stars (and space stations) cross the sky.
Making dinner in – Ready. Steady. Cook. If you don't know what an ingredient is, Google it. Introduce the concept to the three-course meal you were planning on making anyway and we promise you'll have more fun.
Garden cinema – Again, it's outside, but hey – anything to avoid a basic Netflix and chill night, right?


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It's true that there are many firms that do what we do. What sets us apart from the rest is our passion for figuring out who you are and what makes you different and better. We are committed to digging deep and shaping what we learn into a public relations campaign that promotes your organization's "personality." We focus on establishing the unique essence of companies, products and services. It is only then, when your identity is clearly stated and your messages are totally understood, that you will break through the clutter and begin to see the results that can change your business.
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It becomes the centre of all sorts of creative play, home, picnic tables, a place for soft toys to sleep, a space rocket and..... so much more.
My young children love digital technology, they are very good with it, especially the new fab very intuitive iPad, - but we mustn't forget good old imaginative play. Nursery schools and infants are really good at harnessing learning through play, but it really is so important at home as well.
We really need to ensure that the harnessing to his imaginative and creative energy must be developed through every phase of education, and never let it succumb to the attitude that it is 'something they do when they are young"! Unfortunately I heard this attitude reflected quite recently - from a teacher at a school that really wasn't doing very well.... perhaps that's why!


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Bancor hack: On Monday, the cryptocurrency world saw another hack. Crypto exchange Bancor — an Israel-Switzerland company — had $23.5 million worth of three different cryptocurrencies stolen.
Its services include a wallet with a built-in exchange service and according to Bancor, no wallets were compromised but "a wallet used to upgrade some smart contracts was."
The breakdown of the Bancor hack looks like this: $12.5 million in Ether, $1 million in Pundi X's NPXS token, and $10 million in Bancor's BNT, were stolen.
The exchange has managed to mitigate the damages by freezing the stolen BNT but is unable to do the same for the other tokens. This has caused some controversy though; this response to the hack highlights Bancor's ability to manipulate its smart contract's in a move that likens more to a centralized system and not a decentralized system. Critics voiced their concerns on Twitter:
Bancor's reasoning for its ability to freeze the stolen BNT was that it was one of the safety measures meant to protect its community and is a feature of a three-year pilot period; "We firmly believe that this ability is a preventative measure essential to most tokens and necessary to protect the network and token holders in a state of emergency."
The exchange is currently offline as Bancor conducts an investigation. It is currently working with a number of other exchanges to try and "make it more difficult for the thief to liquidate" the stolen tokens but whether that will be successful remains to be seen.
Security has been a constant issue surrounding exchanges, especially decentralized ones. Recently, popular service MyEtherwallet was also hit by an attack.
Bancor believes that the hack, at least, has started a debate about the importance of balance between security and decentralization within the cryptocurrency realm.
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Footy Day – See the Bombers fly up! Last week we had our Annual Footy Day. A special thanks to the Year 5/6 students who were the activities leaders, as well as Miss.Cini and Mr.Mahoney for the guidance they gave the 5/6s. Also a big thank you to the PnF for organising another successful special food day - thanks to those who coordinated the orders, collected food, cooked food and served food. Your efforts and generosity is very much appreciated, and importantly your own children get a thrill from having their parents help out. Congratulations to Essendon for being the most supported team on the day - Mrs. 'Bomber' Webster was a very satisfied teacher with her big collection of red and black students! Read More


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Gartner: Offshore outsourcing horse has 'left the barn'
LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of people jetted into a $1,000+ conference, held at a swanky hotel in the expensive City of Angels to learn how to save money. Evidently, you not only have to spend it to make it, you also have to spend money to save money. The conference, Gartner Inc.'s Outsourcing Summit 2003, last month drew hundreds of people interested in offshoring IT services to save money -- service providers were there too, curious to hear what customers are looking for. SearchCIO.com sat down with Rita Terdiman and Partha Iyengar, each a Gartner vice president and research director, to talk about the "irreversible megatrend" of offshoring, when it's a good idea to go overseas, when it's better to stay home, and the direction outsourcing is headed.
Why is India such a hot place to outsource IT services?
There are a number of reasons India is so popular, but one of them is scale. There are many other countries developing niche markets, but they just don't have the scale. Ireland [for example] can do the work, but they're virtually tapped out. The labor pool is so small that they're not going to be talked about like India because they simply can't match in terms of scale. The only two countries that can are Russia and China, but China isn't quite ready. Gartner projections show that by 2007, China will match India in terms of revenue. India has a labor pool and the education system, government support, people who are totally driven to do this, facility with English language, familiarity with U.S. culture. There's a whole host of reasons why India got there when they got there, but at the end of the day, they've got the engineering skills and the scale. What are some of the riskiest?
Complex applications; ones that might not have critical mass, where it may not make financial sense to do it; applications that are broke -- there are a number of characteristics, but those are the ones that come to mind. I saw where an Indian vendor is setting up shop in the U.S. -- one of the Dakotas. Are we going to see some kind of boomerang effect where jobs come back onshore?
Let's say I'm working for General Motors -- just to pick a name out of the air. If I'm an Indian provider, I'm going to have people onsite where GM is; I'm going to have people in India; I might have people in other parts of the world because GM is there, so they're going to want me near their people; and then maybe in the U.S., I'll have an offsite location in an area with lower labor rates. It's a full four-tiered delivery model: onsite, offsite, near shore and offshore. That's really what we're moving to. What kinds of applications are the safest to outsource offshore?
Applications that don't require a high level of user interaction, applications where there's really good documentation, and applications with critical mass. What percentage of savings should a firm expect from offshore outsourcing?
There are so many variables, but I'd say 25%-50%. In outsourcing, not offshore, if your projection is to save less than 15%, then [the rule of thumb is] don't bother because of the cost overruns you could end up paying. For offshore, there are so many complexities that it should be another 10% [of savings] -- unless there are huge numbers involved. If you have a $1 billion IT budget, and you can shave 20% off, that's $200 million -- now you have a different story. Even if you can take 10% off, you might as well do it. You called offshore outsourcing an 'irreversible megatrend.' I guess that means there's no going back?
Yes, and I think large numbers of jobs [in the U.S.] will be lost -- we don't know how many -- and I think there will be a continual furor in the press and in political organizations. When the economy recovers, offshore outsourcing will slow down, but it won't be reversed. If you're in an industry where shaving dollars and cents off of what you're selling is one of the ways you sell it, and all your competitors out there are still going offshore, you're going to be at a competitive disadvantage. If the economy had gotten better a year or two ago, [offshore outsourcing] might have been a short-term, tactical thing, but we're past that chasm now. The horse is out of the barn. How often should IT execs go overseas to check on their providers?
Once a quarter is best, but realistically, twice a year at least. How often should IT execs go overseas to check on their providers?
It's also a good idea to send different people, so you don't have the same ones go every time. Maybe the CIO first, then expand and send some of the other stakeholders. What about issues like political unrest overseas? The nuclear saber-rattling between India and Pakistan several years ago comes to mind. Is that something firms need to worry about?
Political incidents, no matter what country they're in, always have an impact in the short term -- maybe in quarterly earnings because customers postpone their visits, and hence they postpone their decision to buy services. India would have to have a prolonged, much more severe [bout of] unrest than they do now.
That's the whole point of the global delivery model -- these things [political or civil unrest] can pop up anywhere, so hedge your bets, and go global.
Gartner: Offshore outsourcing unstoppable, despite backlash
Offshore outsourcing becoming 'in' thing for CIOs
Gartner: When the economy's down, outsourcing's up


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The Logical Jesus - An Educational Exercise
Joe Carter over at Evangelical Outpost is starting a project called The Jesus the Logician Project. ..read more . Joe is giving the readers (students) some definitions of different examples of "Figures of Reasoning". Then, as I see it, the students are to go find examples of the use of these reasoning figures in the sayings and stories of Jesus.
Could this be part of the answer to the what's next question.
Question: How do we cultivate public intellectuals in the 21st Century?
Answer: We use new media as the Socratic academy.
Setting: The virtual classroom
Brad (raising hand): Oh, I know one. The render unto Ceasar passage is a Enthymeme
Teacher Joe: And why is that?
Brad: Oh because Jesus never says the major premis which is "Owners of items brand their initials or image on the items to mark ownership". ...Ahh, in the pasage, the teachers of the law ask, "Should we pay the temple tax." To this Jesus says, "Get me a coin. Whose image is on the coin?" "Ceasars" the lawyers say. And Jesus answers, "Ok, then give to Ceasars what is his and give your life to God". So the major premis is implied. Therefore it is an enthymeme.
Teacher Joe: Does anyone challenge Mr. Hightower.
And so, the virtual Socratic Academy is born. And to think, I was there that night sitting at my desk just blogging along when the fallow ground of the Western mind was first being broken up... there at the dawn of the 21st Century.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Looking to Expand?
Seriously, this is a nice little set up you guys have here. All you people from different walks of life...Marcy, the embroidery shop owner...Peggy Lee, the garden shop gal...Caro, the pet therapist...Reagan, with the consignment shop, Jessica, the writer...all kinds of bakers, shop owners, and divas.... There's bound to be a way we can make money here, don't you think? Some cheddar, for you bakers! (Laughs) Oh, that was a good one.
You see, that's what I do. I'm a financier. I invest in people's businesses and, hopefully, turn a profit. (Strokes his chin.) I usually do turn a profit.... (Jerks his head toward the window.) Yep, that's my Bugatti outside.
So you should think about letting me turn this little blog thing of yours into something bigger. (Paces.) Hey, how about Cummings Publishing?! If you guys could all write books about what you do and what life is like in your individual towns, then we could.... (Flicks his wrist.) Nah, that's too far-fetched, even for me. Besides, based on my recent experiences in Tallulah Falls, some of you small-business owners aren't broad minded enough to even consider exponential growth.
I'm only in Tallulah Falls for a museum exhibit--I'm hoping the owner of the antique textiles is willing to sell a few things--but I'm first and foremost a businessman. If any of you people are interested in franchising your businesses...or, hey, if any of you think that book idea is just crazy enough to work, here's my card. Let's talk.
Hi! Amanda Lee here. That Chad is...well, he's something. I'm interrupting his sales pitch to invite you to join me on the blog tour for THREAD END, releasing June 3. The blog schedule is available on my home page. I'm actually doing two tours, one with Escape with Dollycas and the other with Orangeberry Book Tours. The grand prize during the book tour is a $50 Amazon gift card, and there will be book giveaways throughout the tour. It isn't listed on the blog tour schedule, but the real kickoff begins with Marcy Singer's blog Sew Deadly on May 28 in which Marcy offers blog commenters a chance to win a $25 Etsy gift card. In addition, members of the Cozy Cavalry will have additional giveaway opportunities. I do hope you'll all help me celebrate and maybe win a prize or two!
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Cute post. I had to stop and realize I knew most of those people - Caro, Reagan, Jessica . . .ReplyDelete
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What is the difference between a brushed motor and a brushless mower?
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The first and oldest motors used little carbon brushes which connect the electric power input to the armature (Center moving component) of a motor in a sliding contact. This sliding contact wears out the brushes over time so that they must be replaced. By contrast, the newer brushless motors use a more sofisticated switching technology of the power going into the motor to eliminate the need for those wear proan brushes. Thus, brushless motors will last longer, be worth more and also not produce all the dirty carbon brush dust in and near the motor.
If designed and controlled well they can also be more efficient than brushed motors. It must be said though, that many brushless tools have proven inferior to brushed designs.
Putting the word "brushless" on the box doesn't automatically mean it's a superior tool. It's been a very powerful marketing term in recent years. Take it for what it's worth. ;-)
Putting the word "brushless" on the box doesn't automatically mean it's a superior tool. It's been a very powerful marketing term in recent years. Take it for what it's worth. ;-)
I'm in agreement with Blue Angel that "brushless" while newer technology isn't always a superior technology. While I've had few issues with brushless motors in smaller tools, I haven't always had luck with brushless on larger power tools such as lawn mowers and snow blowers. The brushless "auger motor" in one of EGO's competitors 2-stage battery powered snow blowers went out twice on me. After a total of three exchanges, I got my money back. The reliability of a product is proven by its history and usually not on what is in the marketing brochure.
A bunch of the reliability aspects go not just into the motor as usually it's just fine, brushed or brushless, but brushless motors require speed controller circuit boards and whatever components they may require, which vary from tool to tool and build to build. Brushless motors themselves are generally extremely reliable, but their control systems are usually what fail when the tool fails in my experience.


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Mama San, Bali- Where Colonial Britain and Asian Bites Converge
Lunch at Mama San in Bali, prior to the fasting month, completed our voyage to all restaurants created by Chef Will Meyrick in Indonesia. Sarong, his first restaurant in Bali is a fine dining spot. E & O (Eastern and Oriental) his latest venture in Jakarta is suited to a Metropolitan crowd, while Mama San is more casual with a friendly atmosphere.
Book early
We called on Thursday to reserve a seat for dinner on Saturday, understandably the place was already fully booked; so we were tremendously happy to have seats available for lunch at 1.30 PM. The person who took our call was courteous and efficient and as we had experienced when calling for reservations at Will Meyrick's other restaurants, we were informed that our table would be held for 30 minutes after which it will be released if we did not come within the time span.
Vintage meets retro
Caroline Dumergue designed the interior of Mama San to seat 150 guests with an eclectic selection of vintage meets retro to create a warm ambience. The concept, as explained in the restaurant's website, is one floor of a colonial Britain in Shanghai during the 1920s with marble top mah-jong tables and oversized tan leather chesterï¬elds, in a purpose designed industrial high ceiling warehouse. Up one flight of stairs is a bourgeois gentlemen's club with Raja palace lights, chandeliers and candles, leather club chairs and ottomans. We had virgin mojito, black tea lemon & honey lime sorbet; and peach tea fresh mango & peach sorbet for drrinks. The mojito, Mama San's signature drink was the most inviting during a hot afternoon in Bali as it was placed in a metal container with crushed ice and large mint leaves on top.
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In the legal industry, our work environment can often be high-octane, but our time is not always wisely spent.
Legal professionals can feel they are struggling to meet productivity demands, which then results in working longer hours rather than finding smarter ways of working.
There are many things that can be done to improve productivity in a law firm - here are three of them.
Create email rules (and abide by them)
The average office worker receives 121 emails per day*, but it can feel like 10 times that many for the average lawyer. You can end up checking email at home, in bed, even in the bathroom, just trying to keep up.
Instead, try allocating set times in your diary just for checking email to prevent overload. Think of it as an appointment in your calendar that you must keep each day. You could try, 30mins first thing in the morning, which will warm you up for the day and clear the decks. You can delete spam, answer urgent questions, delegate activities and file emails as pending so your inbox looks clear. Then another 30mins at lunchtime, and so on periodically through the afternoon to make sure you feel secure that you're not missing anything, but also that you're not being sucked into email and ignoring other things you need to do.
Use specific software
Don't be a slave to technology, use only the right tools that are designed specifically for legal teams, which will make your working life better.
For example, you can move document review and exchange out of email and into a specific online tool. If you're a transactional lawyer or work on closing deals, get a solution that enables you to control and manage your deal checklists online. Document comparison software is another great way to save time at work, especially when making corrections to Word documents or PowerPoint presentation. You can also securely share files through platforms, like Workshare, which will automatically alert parties to the availability of a new document, rather than you taking time to send a message.
Make 30mins for Mindfulness
Scientific studies show that "…taking brief breaks improves performance on a prolonged task"**. We've heard it all before! When you're busy it can feel like a waste of time to stop for a break, but it's not if it actually improves productivity. Make your break specific and purposeful, so you don't feel you're wasting time. Mindfulness is great for this.
Find a space to sit and fully relax. You don't need to lie down on a sofa, you don't even need to close your eyes if you don't want to. You can just sit down, watch the world or your office pass by and connect your conscious thoughts with your breathing. Use this simple poem by Thich Nhat Nanh – Zen Master – to help you:
Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.
Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.
This practice can increase focus in the workplace, improve emotional intelligence, help with conflict resolution and reduce personal stress or anxiety.
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On Dec 30, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Thomas Schneider wrote: > Hi Jim and Michael, > > how about these examples: > > * A book (edition) is uniquely determined by its ISBN, but a book > copy in a library isn't---because there can be several copies of the > same book in the library. However, we might want to have books and > book copies in the same ontology, together with information on their > ISBN. Hence, hasISBN can be a key for books, but not for book copies. yes, but this assumes you'd have books and book copies as the same CE, and Ian H. has argued on many occasions that that sort of thing is bad modeling > > > * If several employees, but only one manager, work for a department, > then we might want to declare worksFor to be a key for Manager, but > it can't be a key for employees. Still, we might want to capture > which employee works for which department(s). that was what I referred to as a contrived example > > > * In the UK, each car normally has a unique number plate during its > lifetime, even if it changes owners. In Germany, cars have their > number plates changed when registered in a different region. Taking > this into account, we might want to declare hasNumberPlate to be a > key for UKCar, but it can't be a key for GermanCar or Car. Still, > German cars will have hasNumberPlate values. > that one sounds closer to a real example - and I'd like to see something of that sort in the document. Again, to be clear, I understand he design decision, and I can see where this could be a useful property to have, but the traditional use of keys in databases (or inverseFunctional datatype properties) doesn't assume this sort of localness, so my editorial suggestion is that this be made explicit in the structure document -- minimally this could be done by just adding a sentence to the existing example explaining why the HasKey doesn't entail the 5th statement (that Peter- Griffin is a person) and why that is useful > Cheers > > Thomas > > On 30 Dec 2008, at 15:20, Jim Hendler wrote: > >> >> Michael- >> I understand that that is the way it works now, and I hadn't really >> thought about the idea of "local" keys -- I wonder about that >> design decision, but won't argue. However, given the somwwhat non- >> intuitive nature of this (at least to some people, including me) >> perhaps the document should include either a better explanation of >> why the class assertion about Peter is needed and/or an explicit >> mention of the fact that the HasKey doesn't make >> the :PropertyDomain assertion and/or an example that makes some >> sense of this (the best I've come up with is a contrived example >> where some sort of permission is unique to managers but non-key to >> regular employees, or something like that) >> So I hereby raise this as a LC Document issue (I believe the right >> terminology) -- i.e. the design is okay, but the documentation >> should better reflect it >> -JH >> p.s. I would suggest this change in the syntax/structure document >> itself, again, since this will be nonintuitive to at least some >> users and is likely to cause to the creation of buggy ontologies in >> OWL 2.0 if not explained >> >> On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Michael Schneider wrote: >> >>> Hi Jim! >>> >>> The idea behind the class a:Person (the first argument) in the >>> HasKey axiom >>> is /not/ to entail that subjects of the key property a:hasSSN are >>> instances >>> of the class a:Person. This could easily be achieved by putting an >>> additional domain axiom on that property a:hasSSN : >>> PropertyDomain(a:hasSSN >>> a:Person). >>> >>> Instead, the idea is that the given property a:hasSSN is only "key- >>> ish" for >>> instances of a:Person. For instances outside of a:Person (or for >>> instances >>> that are at least not known to be from a:Person), the property >>> a:hasSSN does >>> not need to be a key. This allows to define a sort of "local key", >>> i.e. >>> local to some given class, which you cannot define with inverse >>> functional >>> properties. >>> >>> In the given example, both a:Peter and a:Peter_Griffin are known >>> to be in >>> class a:Person, and hence the property a:hasSSN really acts as a >>> key for >>> them: They are entailed to be the same individual, based on the >>> fact that >>> the objects of the two property assertions are equal >>> ("123-45-6789"). But if >>> you drop the last axiom, then nothing specific is known about the >>> individual >>> a:Peter_Griffin, and so the key axiom will not "fire". >>> >>> To summarize: In order to make a HasKey(C p) axiom fire for two >>> individuals >>> a and b, two premises must be met: >>> >>> (1) The objects x and y in two property assertions "a p x" and "b >>> p y" >>> must be identical: x = y. >>> >>> (2) The individuals a and b must both be instances of the class C. >>> >>> You can see these two conditions (somewhat buried by other >>> conditions) in >>> the definitions of the semantics of Keys, both in the Direct >>> Semantics [1] >>> and the RDF-Based Semantics [2]. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >>> >>> [1] <http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Semantics#Keys> >>> [2] >>> <http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/RDF-Based_Semantics#Semantic_Conditions_for >>> _Keys> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com >>>> ] >>>> On Behalf Of Jim Hendler >>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:58 PM >>>> To: OWL Working Group WG >>>> Subject: Question re: HasKey entailments >>>> >>>> >>>> (Since I'm not a member of the WG this can be considered a LC >>>> comment >>>> or since my group is in the group, you can consider it an >>>> internally >>>> discussible comment) >>>> >>>> I was talking to someone about keys and we were looking at the >>>> document section on this (http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Syntax#Keys >>>> ) >>>> where the example is given of >>>> >>>> HasKey( a:Person a:hasSSN ) >>>> PropertyAssertion( a:hasSSN a:Peter "123-45-6789" ) >>>> ClassAssertion( a:Person a:Peter ) >>>> PropertyAssertion( a:hasSSN a:Peter_Griffin "123-45-6789" ) >>>> ClassAssertion( a:Person a:Peter_Griffin ) >>>> >>>> and my colleague asked why the last axiom wasn't entailed by the >>>> HasKey. We went and looked in the model theory, and it says >>>> under the >>>> circumstances of the first four expressions HasKey won't apply >>>> (because there's no evidence of a CE for Peter_Griffin) -- so it >>>> appears this is not entailed in the current model theory. >>>> Guess my question is why does one need the additional condition >>>> (and >>>> thus the additional axiom) -- wouldn't it follow that if HasKey >>>> relates person's via hasSSN (i.e. the HasKey assertion) that >>>> anything >>>> that has that key (the SSN) would have to be a person? >>>> If HasKey would entail that the domain of the property asserted >>>> would be the first argument to the HasKey (which is what seems to >>>> be >>>> intended) then wouldn't the fact that X is an element of >>>> (CE)^^C [1] and in fact that it is a Person follow? >>>> Is there a reason we don't do this ?-- would seem to simplify the >>>> use of HasKey without causing an obvious semantic harm that I can >>>> see >>>> (and would make its use more intuitive in many cases). >>>> thanks >>>> JH >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] sorry, my mailer doesn't seem to like the fonts from the >>>> document >>>> - see http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Syntax#Keys fpr the >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dipl.-Inform. Michael Schneider >>> FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe >>> Abtl. Information Process Engineering (IPE) >>> Tel : +49-721-9654-726 >>> Fax : +49-721-9654-727 >>> Email: email@example.com >>> Web : http://www.fzi.de/ipe/eng/mitarbeiter.php?id=555 >>> >>> FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik an der Universität Karlsruhe >>> Haid-und-Neu-Str. 10-14, D-76131 Karlsruhe >>> Tel.: +49-721-9654-0, Fax: +49-721-9654-959 >>> Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts >>> Az: 14-0563.1 Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe >>> Vorstand: Rüdiger Dillmann, Michael Flor, Jivka Ovtcharova, Rudi >>> Studer >>> Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums: Ministerialdirigent Günther >>> Leßnerkraus >>> >> >> "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, >> would it?." - Albert Einstein >> >> Prof James Hendler http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~hendler >> Tetherless World Constellation Chair >> Computer Science Dept >> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY 12180 >> >> >> >> >> > > + > ----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Dr Thomas Schneider > firstname.lastname@example.com | > | School of Computer Science http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/ > ~schneidt | > | Kilburn Building, Room 2.114 phone +44 161 > 2756136 | > | University of > Manchester | > | Oxford Road _/// > _ | > | Manchester M13 9PL > (o~o) | > +-----------------------------------------------------oOOO--(_)-- > OOOo--+ > > Zigong (n.) > Screeching skid made by cartoon character prior to turning round and > running back in the opposite direction. > > Douglas Adams, John Lloyd: The Deeper Meaning of Liff > > > > > > "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?." - Albert Einstein Prof James Hendler http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~hendler Tetherless World Constellation Chair Computer Science Dept Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY 12180Received on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 21:45:04 UTC
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