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The following steps represent a minimal workflow for using Python with RStudio Connect via the reticulate package, whether you are using the RStudio IDE on your local machine or RStudio Server Pro.
Step 1) Install a base version of Python
If you are working on your local machine, you can install Python from Python.org or Anaconda.
If you are working on a server with RStudio Server Pro, your administrator can install a system-wide version of Python, or you can install Python in your home directory from Python.org or Anaconda.
In either case, ensure that your base installation of Python has the
pip and
virtualenv packages installed.
Step 2) Create a Python environment in your project
It is recommended that you use one virtual environment per project, similar to how packrat is used to manage R packages within a project.
Use the following commands in a terminal to create a new
virtualenv in a folder called
.venv within your project directory:
cd <project-dir>
/path/to/python/bin/virtualenv .venv
Step 3) Activate your Python environment
You can activate the
virtualenv in your project using the following command in a terminal:
source .venv/bin/activate
You can verify that you have activated the correct version of Python using the following command in a terminal:
which python
Step 4) Install Python packages in your environment
You can install Python packages such as
matplotlib, and other packages in your Python
virtualenv by using
pip install using the following command in a terminal:
pip install numpy pandas matplotlib
Step 5) Install and configure
reticulate to use your Python version
Install the
reticulate package using the following command in your R console:
To configure
reticulate to point to the Python executable in your
virtualenv, create a file in your project directory called
.Rprofile with the following contents:
Sys.setenv(RETICULATE_PYTHON = ".venv/bin/python")
You'll need to restart your R session for the setting to take effect. You can verify that
reticulate is configured for the correct version of Python using the following command in your R console:
Step 6) Publish a project to RStudio Connect
You can then develop Shiny apps, R Markdown, and Plumber APIs with Python/R in the RStudio IDE and RStudio Server Pro using the
reticulate package per https://blog.rstudio.com/2018/10/09/rstudio-1-2-preview-reticulated-python/ and https://rstudio.github.io/reticulate/ and deploy the applications to RStudio Connect.
For more details on each step, refer to the concepts and best practices in the support article for Best Practices for Using Python with RStudio Connect.


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Additional speakers have been recruited to speak at the Combating Legionella & Water Treatment conference, adding a fresh perspective to the event.
It has benefited from the input of the Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) for a number of years, with principal specialist inspector John Newbold returning again this year to give an L8 and HSG274 update.
The new topic of clarifying landlords' duties will also be covered by HSE senior policy adviser Lorraine Medcalf this year, including risk assessment in the private sector.
Further new material will be included in presentations such as The Rise of Oxidising Biocides and a practical case study session, which will focus on preventing waterborne bacteria and complying with water safety regulations in a variety of settings.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) specialist estates adviser Robert Nettleton will give an update on nursing home requirements under the revised HSG220 Health and Safety in Care Homes document, giving more essential information to attendees.
Yet more focused and in-depth informaton will be provided by Boden Group Facilities L8 operative James Letten, speaking on Legionella compliance in military creches, hospitals and dental practices, while St George's University Hospital head of estates Peter Alesbury will deliver further informed updates relating to NHS establishments.
The 12th Annual Combatting Legionella & Water Treatment conference will take place on 29-30 September at Aston Villa Park in Birmingham.
A comprehensive and cutting-edge event, the conference ensures engineering and facilities management teams are able to prevent legionella bacteria from developing and comply with water safety regulations.

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Discernment as Responsible Love
Article by Rose Mary Dougherty, October 2019 eNews How can I be sure that I am doing God's will? How do I know that what I discern is really what God wants and not just what I want? How can I be certain that I'll make the right decision? These are the questions most frequently […]
Rest and Discernment
Today's post is by Bonnie Wallace The call to discernment is a call to deep rest and abiding presence. This type of rest is a source of renewal and openness. As Tilden Edwards explains in Sabbath Time, "Our minds and our prayers need to relax their frequent weekday grasping, striving, judging, fearing. Full rest is […]
Gravy, Not Soup
Today's post is by Kimberly Borin
Recently, I had the good fortune of being on retreat with the Shalem Institute at the Bon Secours Retreat Center. During our retreat we were blessed with beautiful, delicious meals, which often included soup! One day, in the midst of our silent retreat all I could think about was soup. As I got closer to the soup pot, I could see that there was very little soup. In addition, there were no more soup bowls or soup spoons.
I felt defeated but I was determined to have soup! I found one of the caterers and asked for a bowl, and pointed to the soup. She looked at me in an odd way but gladly handed me a bowl. I went back to the line and started ladling bit by bit whatever soup was left in the pot. The ladle made quite a bit of noise scraping the bottom and sides of the pot as I determinedly filled my bowl. I was desperate to get whatever was left.
The person, behind me was quite patient, despite my constant dips of the ladle into the fairly empty pot. She remained serene even with all of the clanking of my soup seeking gestures. After I was done I noticed that she put some of this soup all over her turkey. "Hmmmm, That's a nice idea," I thought to myself.
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I lost all capacity for clarity or understanding of God's desire for me. All the discernment methods I knew produced nothing, and it seemed somehow absurd to keep working at them. Further, I realized I no longer even understood the concept of discernment. The term seemed to have lost all meaning for me.
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by Rose Mary Dougherty (from the Shalem Archives, 1996) Several months ago I had what I have come to call "my recurring dream." I've had the same dream periodically over the past ten years. In the dream I am young and I am going to several personal wisdom figures, asking them if they think I […]


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A parent called me the other day with a question about 5th graders. Her son had been invited to a "boy-girl" party. Whaaaaaat!!!! It wasn't a birthday party or a holiday celebration, but a mom anxious to get the ball rolling on the popularity train, encouraged her daughter to party down. What do I think? Really? It's stupid, there I said it. There is no rush to put these tweens in a situation that I know they will feel completely awkward in. Which isn't to say, the kids aren't wetting their pants over the idea of it. Is that crude? Sorry, its just that the end of childhood keeps getting whittled down to a shorter and shorter time, and I feel protective. Unfortunately, it puts parents who feel like me in an awkward situation. Do they let their kids go, or do they say no, trying to explain to their child/tween that its just not quite time yet, and face having them not even understand what you are talking about. Not quite time for what, they will ask? You know what I think, I think you say: "gee honey, I'm sorry we have family plans that night, sorry you won't be able to make it," and just leave it at that. Sometimes saying less is more. Everything doesn't need to be explained. Distraction works just fine.
The only kind of "party" like this I would sanction, was if it was activity based. An ice skating or rollerskating or bowling party. Do I sound like I was raised in the 50's. Do kids even do these wholesome kinds of activities anymore? It's the house-party situation that is premature. A situation where there is not enough structure is asking for trouble. There will always be the more precocious kids who will be the ring leaders, trying to mimic more "teenagery" kinds of behavior that perhaps they have seen on TV or with older siblings. Spin the bottle, truth or dare, games that most kids will feel uncomfortable with, or clueless about, but feel pressured to participate can spell trouble.
So if you are anxious to move your tween towards more teen like behavior. Check your own needs at the door. If you are more interested in your tween's social life than your tween is, that's a problem. 5th and 6th grades are real transition years. Don't rush them.


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February 15, 2009
Valentine's Day at my house...
Posted by Rachel B at Sunday, February 15, 2009
Labels: cupcakes, decor, decorations, flowers, pink, valentines day
4 comments:
- Anonymous said...
ooh it looks so pretty, I love it! Whoever you shared your valentine's day is very lucky! Love the cakes :)
- February 16, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow! So pretty! I love the decor that you have put together in your house! Very warm and nice! Sweet!
- February 16, 2009 at 7:12 PM
- Rachel B said...
Thank you both!
- February 17, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Kim - The TomKat Studio said...
Lovely setting! Lovely photos! Nice to meet you Rachel B! Can I subscribe to your blog via email?
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Student accused of bringing knives to Craig Middle School has court hearing
Craig — The Craig Middle School student accused of bringing seven knives to school Friday had a hearing at the Moffat County Courthouse on Monday morning.
The student currently is being held at Grand Mesa Youth Services Center in Grand Junction. The hearing was conducted by telephone.
The Craig Police Department confirmed Monday morning that a 13-year-old male student brought six folding knives of varying sizes as well as one fixed-blade knife onto the Craig Middle School campus Friday.
Colorado Revised Statutes includes in its definition of "dangerous weapon" a "fixed-blade knife with a blade that exceeds three inches in length" and a "spring-loaded knife or a pocket knife with a blade exceeding three and one-half inches in length."
The statutes require certain disciplinary measures be taken for infractions involving a "dangerous weapon" as opposed to incidents involving pocket knives with blades less than 3 1/2 inches.
The Moffat County School Board policy on weapons in school nearly mirrors the Colorado Revised Statutes:
"As used in this policy, 'dangerous weapon' means:
C. A fixed blade knife with a blade that exceeds three inches in length."
The policy also states that any students who "use, possess or threaten to use a dangerous weapon in violation of this policy may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with Board policy concerning student suspensions, expulsions and other disciplinary interventions."
According to the Craig Police Department press release about the incident, the student was taken into custody and transported to the Public Safety Center in Craig. Later, he was transported to the juvenile facility in Grand Junction.
In the past three months, Craig Police Department, Moffat County School District and other significant community officials met for a functional exercise at the high school that simulated a mass shooting.
Not long after, representatives from The Memorial Hospital, city officials, county officials and the school district met to conduct a mock press conference for a mass casualty event.
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On March 2, a baby girl was born. Half a country away, we stayed up very late–scrambling around the house, throwing things into suitcases, making phone calls, and trying to still our shaking hands and keep our hearts from hoping too much. About fifteen wrenchingly anxious hours later, we walked into a hospital room, exhausted and terrified, and saw her for the first time. A tiny, sleeping bundle; a swirl of dark hair. The world stood still. A few minutes later, I gathered her in my arms. Warmth and weight, and tiny steady breaths. I had forgotten what it was like when a baby breathed. I tried to keep breathing, too. Two days later, one of the bravest and funniest and loveliest women I have ever known signed a set of papers and handed that baby to me again. There were tears and promises, and she was ours: our daughter. Our nickname for her is Petunia, and that's what I plan to call her on the blog: Baby Petunia. It's not her real name, but I feel more comfortable keeping my baby's name a bit more private on the internet for now. She is treasured and adored. Her brothers and sister clamor to talk to her, hug her, kiss her silky cheeks, and wonder at her tiny toes. Mama and Daddy have been drinking in the baby snuggles and toothless smiles and even a few giggles for two months now. Drinking them in, that is, as much as possible when you are reeling with sleep-deprivation and no one has any clean clothes to wear. But that's part of the deal, isn't it? We want babies to stay sweet and small forever–but we need them to grow up a bit so we can sleep again. We want to remember every detail, but it's hard to remember much, including your children's names or which direction is up, on four hours of sleep a night. So pictures are priceless. Because when the fog clears (someday) I want to remember this: Baby Petunia at almost three weeks old.
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Hawaii's new law turns medical care into a deadly practice
A new law in Hawaii, titled the "Our Care, Our Choice Act" (OCOCA) took effect on January 1, 2019. The purpose of the law, as stated in the statute, is "to allow qualified patients… to determine their own medical care at the end of their lives." [OCOCA, Section 1, p. 4] That medical care now includes doctors' prescriptions for intentionally lethal drugs to end patients' lives.
It took nearly 20 years for the Hawaii legislature to pass a doctor-assisted suicide bill. Supporters introduced almost 40 bills during that time, with no success. Legislators were clearly reluctant to pass these measures because of real concerns about the abuse potential for vulnerable patients.
It became apparent that, if supporters were ever going to succeed, legislators would have to be convinced that future prescribed-suicide bills were patient protective and abuse free. That meant more "safeguards."
The OCOCA's sponsors added several purported safeguards to the bill, including a mandatory psychological evaluation to determine the patient's competency, an increased 20-day waiting period between oral death requests, and increased criminal penalties for anyone who tampers with a patient's death request or coerces a patient to ask for lethal drugs. Supporters claimed that the bill's safeguards were stronger than those contained in any other state's prescribed-suicide law. Despite the fact that these new provisions were not at all as protective as they might seem, legislators passed the measure.
According to Compassion & Choices (C&C), the national assisted-suicide activist group that lobbied heavily for OCOCA's passage, "Over the past several years we've explored a variety of legal and legislative strategies to expand end-of-life choice and authorize medical aid in dying [doctor-assisted suicide].… We worked closely with bill sponsors to review the legislation, filed a lawsuit to authorize medical aid in dying, gathered petitions, generated a constant drumbeat of media coverage and reached out to key health organizations. The Our Care, Our Choice bill was passed by veto-proof margins in both houses of the legislature." [C&C – Hawaii website]
But, like all state assisted-suicide laws, the OCOCA has major flaws that can adversely affect patients. For example, while the law mandates that the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) implement and oversee the prescribed-suicide practice, it gives the DOH no legal authority over the practice. The OCOCA is a "strange piece of legislation," said Lorrin Kim, chief of the DOH Office of Planning, Policy, and Program Development. "[I]t puts the department in charge of implementing the law, but the majority of the process occurs in the private sector and the DOH was not given any legal authority in the matter," he explained. "The main idea is that this department believes this is a private matter between a patient and a doctor, like all medical care, and we do not want to insert ourselves in any kind of regulatory manner." [West Hawaii Today, 10/22/18; emphasis added] With this lack of oversight and transparency, patients are at risk.
The DOH predicts that 40 to 70 patients will request an assisted-suicide death this year, but those patients may face initial problems. Currently, the drugs that are usually used to cause death are unavailable at local pharmacies, there is a statewide shortage of psychiatric professionals to conduct the mandatory mental competency exams on death-requesting patients, and many doctors are outright opposed to prescribed suicide or reluctant to engage in the practice. [Civic Beat, 1/2/19]
Assisted-suicide activist wants patient protections dumped
The CEO of the national assisted-suicide advocacy group Compassion & Choices (C&C) has publicly stated that the "safeguards" that C&C supported in state doctor-prescribed suicide bills and laws are "unnecessary roadblocks" for terminally ill patients. According to CEO Kim Callinan,
If lawmakers want to improve medical aid in dying laws, then let's address the real problem: There are too many regulatory roadblocks already!… I am merely suggesting that we drop some of the regulations that put unnecessary roadblocks in place. [Mc Knight's Long Term Care News, 1/1/19]
The "most obvious" provision Callinan wants to eliminate is the mandated waiting period (usually 15 days, 20 days in Hawaii) designed to give patients time to reconsider their death requests. She argues, "By the time a patient has navigated the entire process, they have waited plenty."
But that's not the only patient protection that Callinan would like to dump or change. She wants to eliminate "overly cumbersome reporting" meant to allow the state to oversee and regulate the death practice. She says it "deters doctors from practicing" assisted suicide. She also thinks lawmakers should extend lethal prescribing privileges to nurse practitioners, not just doctors, to make assisted suicide accessible to more patients.
Apparently, C&C—who helped write most of the state assisted-suicide bills and laws—backed touted safeguards simply to get the public and legislators to legalize the practice. It was a successful con job in the six states and D.C. that bought into the deception.
New and carried-over state assisted-suicide bills being considered in 2019
The new year usually brings with it a slew of new prescribed-suicide bills. So far this year, 11 states—Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, and Virginia—have had new bills introduced to legalize assisted suicide or expand an existing prescribed-suicide law (Oregon). In addition, New Jersey has a legalization bill that has been carried over from 2018, while Montana has a measure that would make prescribed suicide illegal and negate the 2009 Montana Supreme Court decision that a patient's consent to doctor-assisted suicide is a defense the doctor could use against the charge of homicide.
While all measures to legalize prescribed suicide pose dangers for patients, the new bills introduced in New Mexico and Oregon are especially hazardous.
New Mexico
New Mexico has two identical new bills—one in the House (HB 90) and the other in the Senate (SB 153). They are both titled the "Elizabeth Whitfield End of Life Options Act."
The bills increase risks to patients by allowing non-physicians—an advanced practice nurse or physician assistant—to diagnose a patient as being terminally ill and to prescribe lethal drugs to cause that patient's death. These non-doctors lack the education and experience that doctors have in treating serious illnesses and disabilities or controlling a patient's pain and symptoms.
Another huge concern is that the bills allow health care providers to diagnose and prescribe the lethal drugs using telemedicine technology without ever seeing the patient in person. Remote telemedicine can also be used by a mental health professional who is supposed to evaluate whether a patient has "a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability causing impaired judgment with regard to end of life medical decision making." [HB 90, Sec. 4 (B.)] This psychological evaluation is a matter of life or death for the patient. That should be important enough to warrant several in-person consultations.
The categories of patients who could qualify for a prescribed death are greatly expanded because the definition of "terminal illness" is loosely written and completely elastic:
'terminal illness' means a disease or condition that is incurable and irreversible and that, in accordance with reasonable medical judgment, will result in death within the foreseeable future. [HB 90, Sec. 2 (K)]
If 50 people were asked what "foreseeable future" means, they would likely come up with many different answers. The term could mean virtually any length of time, well beyond the usual 6-month timeframe found in most assisted-suicide measures. Also, a "disease or condition" can be "incurable and irreversible" and still be controllable with treatment, allowing the patient to live for many years—such as in the case of an insulin-dependent diabetic.
In an attempt to streamline the death-inducing process, the New Mexico bills completely eliminate the usual 15-day waiting period (20 days in Hawaii) between the patient's two oral death requests. That waiting period has been included in all previous doctor-prescribed suicide bills and laws to allow patients time to reassess their death request. The only waiting period mandated in the current measures is a 48-hour pause in the process between the writing of the lethal drug prescription and the dispensing of those drugs to the patient. [HB 90, Sec. 5 (A)] As PRC Consultant Wesley J. Smith, JD, explained, "This means that a patient could go to a nurse practitioner on Monday morning, be examined, have telemedicine consults, receive the prescription that day, have the poison dispensed on Wednesday, and be dead before Thursday begins." [National Review, 12/27/18]
In an op-ed published in the Eugene, OR, Register Guard, Bruce Yelle, director of the Hemlock Society related group in Oregon called End Choices, announced that there will be "bills, including one called Brittany's Bill," introduced in Oregon's House and Senate in 2019 that will "expand" the boundaries of the state's current Death with Dignity Act. He did not indicate the names or numbers of the pending bills except for Brittany's Bill. [Register Guard, 1/15/19]
Three new bills, HB 2217, HB 2232, and SB 579, have been introduced, but, as of this writing, the one alleged to be named Brittany's Bill has not. HB 2232 expands the definition of terminal disease even beyond the one in the New Mexico measures. HB 2232's definition reads, "'Terminal disease' means a disease that will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce or substantially contribute to a patient's death." [HB 2232, Sec. 3 (13); emphasis added] Gone is the prognosis of 6 months or less, and in its place is the undefined phrase "substantially contribute" to death. High blood pressure is a condition that would likely "contribute" to a person's death. So would high cholesterol and any number of other conditions for which people are commonly treated, yet they still live long lives. If passed, HB 2232 would shatter even the illusion that patients must be near death to qualify for assisted suicide.
Another Oregon bill, SB 579, would create exemptions to the two waiting periods mandated in the state's existing assisted-suicide law. If the doctor says that the qualified prescribed-suicide patient will likely die before the 15-day waiting period between oral death requests expires, the patient can simply make the second request at any time after the first request and be exempt from the rest of the 15-day wait. The same type of exemption would apply to the later 48-hour wait after the written death request. Once an exception is given for either one of the waiting periods, the fatal drug prescription can be written. [SB 579, Sec. 2 (2) and Sec. 3 (2)]
Other state measures
Even though assisted-suicide is not currently legal in Oklahoma, SB 108, "Death Certificate Accuracy Act," would make it a felony to lie on the death certificates of prescribed-suicide patients. In a preemptive move, SB 108 would require that the cause or manner of death be listed on these patients' death certificates as "suicide," not the patient's underlying illness as assisted-suicide laws require. A similar bill introduced in 2017 passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
In addition to state bills, Maine supporters are continuing their signature gathering effort to put an initiative (called the Maine Death with Dignity Act) on the state ballot in 2020. They need over 60,000 valid voter signatures, but currently have around 58,000 signatures that have not been validated. [DWD National Center, Dignity Report, Winter 2019] Supporters tried to qualify the measure for the 2018 and 2019 ballots but were not successful.
Note: After this Update went to press, there were amendments made to some the bills. To get the latest information, go to the PRC web site "Site Map" and check on the state to obtain the latest information.
Be careful what you write in emails and post on social media
It's a fairly common thing. People write things they don't really mean for effect or just to be funny. Things like, "If [such-and-such] happens, just shoot me and put me out of my misery!"
But, today, if such comments are posted online or in emails, they may prove fatal—especially if the writer lives in England or Wales.
Last December, the British Medical Association (BMA) issued a 93-page guidance for doctors to follow when they are assessing whether to start or continue the provision of nutrition and hydration for patients who lack the capacity to make their own medical decisions. According to the guidance, "anything relevant the patient wrote down—in a diary, letters, on social media, or in e-mails" can be used by doctors to determine whether life-sustaining treatment, including nutrition and hydration, should be withdrawn, resulting in the patient's death. [BMA, "Clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) and adults who lack the capacity to consent," p. 62]
The guidance is the result of an October 2017 court case in which a Court of Protection judge ruled that a comatose 74-year-old woman, referred to as Mrs. P, could be denied all food and fluids. The judge based his ruling in large part on an email message Mrs. P sent to her daughter four years earlier in 2013. Mrs. P, who was known to be a heavy drinker, had just seen a TV documentary on dementia that troubled her and reminded her of the deaths of two family members. She emailed her daughter this message:
"Did you see that thing on dementia? Made me think of Dad and what a travesty of life his last years were and all the sadder as he had such incredible talent. You know I miss Mum everyday and still talk to her but it is a comfort that she went quickly and I am still haunted by how he ended up… Get the pillow ready if I get that way!… Love Mum" [Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v. Mrs. P, Approved Judgment, 10/30/17, at 35]
The judge wrote in his ruling that, while some consider the email to contain just "casual throw away remarks that we all make from time to time and are ultimately meaningless"—like "Take me out and shoot me"—he does not. "…I find the email to be reflective of her determination to preserve her independence, her privacy and her autonomy." [Salford v. Mrs. P, at 37]
AMA remains opposed to assisted suicide, but the battle over policy heats up
Since 2016, the American Medical Association (AMA) has been studying its long-held policy opposing physician-assisted suicide. That's because the AMA's Oregon delegation submitted a resolution to have the association go neutral on the issue. The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) undertook an intensive, 2-year study in light of the Oregon resolution and another resolution on the terms used to describe assisted suicide.
The CEJA issued its first report in early 2018, before the House of Delegates annual meeting in June. The report reaffirmed the AMA's opposition to the death practice and found that "physician-assisted suicide,"—not euphemistic terms like "aid-in-dying" or "death with dignity"—was the most precise term to describe the practice. But assisted-suicide supporters managed to get the House of Delegates to send the report back to the CEJA for more study.
The CEJA issued its second report quickly, just in time for another House of Delegates meeting in November. The new report, which reinforced the findings in the first one, resulted in a meeting that was both heated and divisive. Ultimately, the CEJA report was again not accepted, and, for the second time in 2018, was referred back to the CEJA for more study. Meanwhile, the AMA remains opposed to physician-assisted suicide. [Med Page Today, 11/12/18, 11/14/18, 12/21/18]
News briefs from home & abroad . . .
Belgium: Three doctors from East Flanders—two medical doctors and a psychiatrist—have been ordered to stand trial for "poisoning" in relation to the euthanasia death of Tine Nys. The 38-year-old woman had two months earlier been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism. This is the first prosecution of any euthanasia doctor since the country legalized the practice in 2002. The indictments are the result of complaints filed by the Nys family, who questioned the autism diagnosis, saying Tine was simply depressed over a break-up with her boyfriend. After the family's complaints became public, Dr. Lieve Thienpont, the psychiatrist who approved Nys' request for euthanasia, wrote to her colleagues, "We must stop these people. It is a seriously dysfunctional, wounded, traumatized family with very little empathy and respect for others." However, the committal hearing ruled that there was sufficient prima facie evidence of wrong-doing to bring the doctors to trial. [Washington Post, 11/29/18; Brussels Times, 11/23/18]
Another Belgian doctor is under investigation for the 2015 euthanasia death of an elderly woman who was distraught over the sudden death of her daughter. The woman had threatened to commit suicide. Marc Van Hoey, the doctor who ended her life, proudly admits that he has euthanized 140 patients. [Daily Mail, 12/1/18]
The Netherlands: Like Belgium, the Netherlands is prosecuting its first death-inducing doctor since its euthanasia law took effect in 2002. The case involves a nursing home doctor (unnamed) who decided to euthanize a 74-year-old woman with dementia. In a will, the woman had said she wanted euthanasia but only when she thought the time was right. When the doctor tried to initiate the process, the patient became agitated, so the doctor secretly slipped a sedative into the patient's cup of coffee. When the woman appeared to be asleep, the doctor tried to inject her with the fatal drug, but the patient began to struggle and tried to get up. The doctor then had the woman's family members hold her down while the fatal injection was given. The woman died shortly thereafter. The prosecutor said the doctor's actions were not in accord with legal standards. [The Guardian, 11/9/18]
Canada: Doctors at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Canada's largest pediatric hospital, have proposed a policy "with an eye to the future when MAID [medical assistance in dying, meaning euthanasia] may well become accessible to capable minors…." The doctors said the hospital developed the policy for managing MAID in their pediatric setting in the likelihood that the euthanasia law will eventually include minors.
In one of the most alarming sections of the policy, the doctors indicate that, if a minor does not want his or her parents to know about the planned MAID death, the child's wish should be honored.
"Would we really allow a capable patient receiving care in our pediatric hospital to receive MAID without the knowledge or consent of their parents? In other circumstances in which capable young people make medical decisions that result in the end of life, the answer is 'yes,' although, again, clinicians would strongly encourage the patient to discuss this decision with their family. [DeMichelis et al., "Medical Assistance in Dying at a pediatric hospital," Journal of Medical Ethics, 9/21/18; emphasis added]
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See also: Spells and Combat Arts, Tradeskills
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Summoning is a members-only skill which was released on 15 January 2008 and greatly updated on 31 March 2008. The skill is available after completing the Wolf Whistle quest. This acts as an introduction to the skill: it allows players to infuse the essence of a variety of creatures into Summoning pouches, then summon these creatures, called familiars. Each familiar has a unique ability that requires a Summoning scroll, made from a corresponding pouch, to use. Summoning familiars and creating scrolls gives very little experience, so players must create pouches in order to gain experience effectively, and, even then, it is a slow skill to raise.
The Summoning skill is similar to Prayer in the way that Summoning points are drained when a familiar is summoned. (See the Familiars section or Summoning points for more details). Like prayer points, summoning points do not automatically recharge, so they must be recharged at a Summoning Obelisk or Small Obelisk, or by drinking a Summoning potion.
In addition to the ability to summon familiars, Summoning affects a player's combat level. Previously, the maximum combat level a player could reach was 126. When Summoning was added to the game, the maximum combat level was raised to 138. Players who have a familiar with them, or a pouch in their inventory, have their combat level shown as the following: (combat level without Summoning) + (combat levels gained from Summoning). It is also shown in this way in and around Bounty Hunter. The reason for this is so that player-killers are not discouraged from training Summoning.
The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at approximately rank 516,255) on the hiscores for Summoning is level 30. As of 17 January 2010 there are 4,351 players with 99 summoning.
To be able to begin Summoning, you must complete the Wolf Whistle quest, which will give 275 gold charms and bring your Summoning level to 4.
Familiars are creatures that players may summon to help them with various tasks. The familiars have many different abilities, from boosting skills to aiding you in combat. All familiars have a special move which can be activated with Summoning scrolls. Only one familiar can be summoned at a time, and must be dismissed before another can be summoned.
In order to summon a familiar, players must use the "Summon" option on a Summoning pouch. Summoning familiars costs summoning points (similar again to Prayer points). While a familiar is out, summoning points will be slowly drained until they reach 0, again similar to prayer. The familiar does not disappear when the points reach 0, but any right-click abilities will be unavailable until the summoning points are recharged. Summoning points must be recharged at a Summoning Obelisk or by using Summoning potion(s).
Players can talk to their familiars if they have at least 10 or more summoning levels above the required level to summon that familiar, (e.g. a spirit wolf can be talked to at level 11) with some exceptions, such as minotaurs. Because the level cap at 99 and various other reasons, some familiars cannot be talked to.
The chocatrice that could be commanded during the 2008 Easter event was one of the only two creatures that could be controlled by non-member players.
Eek! the Spider, which could be obtained by doing the 2009 Halloween event, can also be controlled by a non-member.
Each familiar has a different special ability that they are able to use. Some are accessed by talking, using the familiar's special button, right clicking a familiar for another option, or simply summoning them.
|These familiar will fight with a player, and have combat levels similar to regular creatures. Until a recent update, a player had to be actively fighting and taking damage for his or her familiar to fight; but now it is possible to safespot with Ranged or Magic, and still have your familiar fight. Familiars will only fight in multi-combat areas.
|Light enhancer
|Some familiars can see well in the dark and will make any light source a player carries brighter.
|Skill booster
|These familiars can either temporarily raise your level in a given skill, or provide an 'invisible' boost that is always active. If that stat has already been raised by a potion the skill boost will not work. Note that invisible skills boosts do not allow the player to perform an activity above his level; they simply help the player in increasing the efficiency of his activity at his current level.
|Remote view
|These familiars can fly into the air and allow the player to see through their eyes, giving the player the ability to see things much further away.
|Beast of Burden
|A beast of burden can carry a varying number of items. Certain familiars can only carry specific items, and only abyssal familiars can carry rune essence and pure essence. Beasts of burden will not carry items that have an individual value over 50k and they will not carry items that cannot be traded.
|These familiars can heal a player's hitpoints at a given rate. For example, the Bunyip heals a player two hitpoints every 15 seconds.
|A forager will find certain items from time to time, and can carry up to 30 of a specific type of item. Players are only able to withdraw items from these familiars, not deposit items in them.
It is possible for a Summoning pure/skiller to use summoned creatures to attack others without the risk of raising Hitpoints experience. For example, if the player had a Desert Wyrm summoned, he could use the Electric Lash scroll to deal damage without having to worry about gaining experience in Hitpoints.
There are certain places where you cannot summon familiars or bring them into:
Summoning pouches are used to summon familiars. The creation of a pouch is relatively simple: the pouch is infused with the essence of a creature, or familiar, at a Summoning Obelisk which can then be summoned using the pouch. Infusing pouches yields experience in summoning. A pouch is used up when a familiar is summoned, and it is not restored when the familiar is dismissed.
Note that certain types of noted pouches (bloated leech, bronze minotaur, and other high shard pouches) can be sold to the ogre Bogrog to get up to 1 shard per 20 gold coins of pouch value.
Summoning scrolls are required to perform a familiar's special move. The special moves the scrolls can perform vary widely and are tied to the familiar. You must have the familiar summoned that the scrolls are tied to in order to use them. You must also have enough energy on the special energy bar to perform the action. They are created from converting familiar pouches into scrolls at a Summoning obelisk. 1 familiar pouch can be converted into 10 Summoning scrolls that are tied to the familiar the pouch was fused with.
Pets are animals that follow you all around RuneScape and are purely for decorative/entertainment purposes - with the exception of the broav, which plays a part in While Guthix Sleeps, the Saradomin owl and the Zamorak hawk, which both provide protection from respective factions in the God Wars Dungeon, and the platypus, which can be used to obtain caskets. They are very similar, if not the same, as pet cats, which can be obtained from the Gertrude's Cat quest.
The enchantable helms thus far:
Level To Enchant
|Adamant full helm
|Slayer helm
|Snakeskin bandana
|Splitbark helm
|Rune full helm
|Warrior helm
|Berserker helm
|Archer helm
|Farseer helm
|Helm of Neitiznot
|Dragon medium helm
|Lunar helm
|Armadyl helm
To have the item disenchanted, speak to Pikkupstix and he will remove the enchantment for free.
There are Summoning shops in Taverley, Gu'Tanoth, and the Nature Grotto wishing well.
Pet shops exist in Yanille and Taverley. Players can buy pets and pet food at these stores.
There are 4 types of charms:
Notice: Obsidian, abyssal, talon beast, and all Void charms are not regular summoning charms as they are for specific summoning pouches and still require a charm plus the tertiary charm to make. (Example; a Spirit Tz-Kih pouch will require 64 Spirit Shards, 1 pouch, 1 crimson charm, AND an obsidian charm.)
Notice: Click on the charm for a full list of monsters with that charm as loot.
The Chaos Tunnels are one of the best areas to obtain charms. Players should be warned that the area is multicombat: see the main article for details.
More information found on the Slayer page.
See Charm gathering for a list of monsters with high charm drop rates. Common monsters to kill for charms include rock lobsters, waterfiends, and cockroach soldiers.
See Summoning obelisk trips for a guide on fast trips to and from Summoning Obelisks.
Once a player has mastered the skill and reached level 99, Pikkupstix (in Taverley) will sell them a Summoning cape. Refer to the Capes guide for more details.
|15 January 2008
|Summoning was released.
|17 January 2008
|Summoning Changes
|Spirit shards halved in price from 50 coins to 25 coins, anyone who bought shards for 50 coins were given half of the money they spent for free as compensation.
|31 March 2008
|Summoning 2
|Second batch of Summoning familiars released, timer was changed to a set amount of time per pouch, familiar abilities were boosted, combat familiars now gave combat experience, charm drops added to more monsters, headdresses released.
|7 May 2008
|Perils of Ice Mountain
|Bogrog will swap Summoning pouches for 70% of the spirit shards needed to make them.
|15 October 2008
|PvP Worlds
|Summoning is separated from overall combat level.
|6 January 2009
|In Pyre Need
|Phoenix familiars and pets released.
|28 April 2009
|Summoning Upgrade and Hairstyles
|Doubled the amount of pets players can have, added familiar timer renewal feature,
|8 July 2009
|Mobilising armies
|All functions of the Summoning interface moved to the Summoning icon near the mini-map.
|18 August 2009
|Familiar controls
|A new screen was implemented (the one shown above). A player reaches it by right clicking on the summoning icon and choosing Follower Details. The only difference is that now a player can choose for their follower to attack a selected target. As well as being able to configure what happens when the icon is clicked.
From the Update on 'Summoning Wallpaper #4' on the 27 March 2008, the picture alongside the article on the RuneScape homepage, when saved to your hard drive, has the name 'abyssal_titan.gif' showing yet another summoning familiar. This links with the Update description of 'It is element-ary that we would release a new wallpaper for something as titan-ic as Summoning 2.
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An Herbal Colon Cleanse That Is Gentle And Safe
Cleansing the colon is a great way to keep your body healthy by eliminating the toxins that have accumulated in the colon. Toxins are in practically everything around us from our food, water, and air so really it is necessary to get rid of it. When your body is full of toxins, you will experience fatigue and be prone to various diseases. The more regularly you do an herbal colon cleanse, the more you can remove toxins from your body and stay in good health.
It is always a good idea cleanse our colon from time to time. The fact is that there are different kinds of cleansing that can be both good and bad for our body. The procedure called enema is one that can be harmful to the body but does its purpose of cleansing the colon. There are others that prefer a safer method such as herbal cleansing procedures. While it is good to know that our colon can naturally cleanse itself from these harmful toxins, it is equally important that we add the extra help considering the fact that there are more toxins today that have to be removed.
Take note that regular cleansing has its long term benefits that you can enjoy. Given the fact that toxins are responsible for a lot of sicknesses today, it is very important that you are able to find the time to undergo cleansing. Certain symptoms are visible for you to know that you are suffering from toxins in your body when you start experiencing constipation, exhaustion, skin conditions, and other related conditions. For these, it is best that you frequent the cleansing methods so that the symptoms may gradually subside in time.
Practicing frequent colon cleanse with the use of herbs can assure you that you are doing something that is safe. Herbal cleansing does not require you to undergo procedures that need machines to do the cleansing. By simply applying herbal cleansing you can still acquire the results that you seek and feel safe about it.
Using herbs are definitely safe, however you need to ensure that you obtain them from a reliable manufacturer. There are various herbal supplements available that some may not be using high standard ingredients. To ensure a safe herbal cleanse, consult an herb specialist that can help you make your own recipe for cleansing your system. You can use a variety of herbs that include garlic, psyllium, licorice root, fennel, flax seeds, and dandelion root.
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State Police searching for person who stole 11 training guns from Simsbury facility
SIMSBURY — State Police are trying to find the person responsible for stealing 11 training guns and ammunition from a facility in recent days.
According to State Police, forced entry was made into the State Police Firearms Training Unit in Simsbury through a second floor office door. Eleven simunition, or non-lethal, training Sig Sauer P220s were stolen from a storage case, as well as the corresponding simunition magazines.
On August 19 a burglary alarm was activated at the facility, located at 100 Nod Road, during the evening, but Simsbury Police reported that the doors appeared locked and that it seemed to be a false alarm.
But, on August 22 at 7 a.m. troopers assigned to the unit went in the office and realized the items were missing.
If you have any information please call the Central District Major Crime unit at 860-534-1000 or text TIP711 and the information to 274637.


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(CNN) -- Conflicting reports hit the international media this week about whether Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was negotiating a deal with the opposition for a guaranteed safe exit if he relinquished power.
Speculation percolated again Wednesday after few details were available about a private Libyan aircraft that landed in Cairo, Egypt.
But two questions remain: Will Gadhafi ever step down, and if he did, where would he go?
Gadhafi is sure not to go down easily. He has defiantly vowed to die a martyr on Libyan soil and declared on state television, "I am Libya."
At the moment, he has leverage, said David Pollock, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Those who have studied the strongman's megalomanic ways agree that he would probably not retreat from his revolution or his country without a fight to the end. Analysts have raised the grim prospect of a protracted, bloody war in the vein of Somalia.
"The tipping point wasn't reached quickly enough," Pollock said. "Now, this has turned into something that got stuck. It's grim. Very grim."
But if it came to a do-or-die scenario, Gadhafi, despite his bravado, would look for a way out, Pollock said.
There is no possibility of power-sharing, so if the opposition were to oust him, Gadhafi would have to leave the country, as U.S. President Barack Obama and others have already urged him to do.
But few would be willing to welcome a man with such a tarnished reputation, reinforced in recent weeks by the bloody crackdown on unarmed protesters, analysts said.
Saudi Arabia's name pops up in discussions of this nature; after all, Tunisia's ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile in the Gulf kingdom. And there were rumors at one time that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would do the same.
But Gadhafi is another matter. His relationship with Saudi King Abdullah is, to put it mildly, strained, especially after the Saudis accused Libyans of an assassination attempt on the king several years back.
"I would be extremely surprised if he went to Saudi Arabia," said Christopher Boucek, a Saudi Arabia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Boucek suggested that Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe might be more amenable to taking in Gadhafi.
The Libyan leader's adoption of pan-African solidarity drew him closer to the Zimbabwean dictator. The relationship between the two nations blossomed also from the leaders' shared anti-colonial fervor and a realpolitik bond of being isolated nations, according to Boucek.
Others have suggested that Gadhafi could find a home in Cuba or Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is considered Gadhafi's main ally in Latin America, a love born, again, from a mutual distaste for Western "imperialism."
When the uprising began to escalate in Libya last month, rumors surfaced that Gadhafi had already fled to Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.
Pollock listed one more possible future home for the Libyan strongman: Sudan.
Reva Bhalla, an analyst with the global intelligence company Stratfor, said Gadhafi has reportedly sought friendship from Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and tried to shore up that alliance. But even the Syrians, said Bhalla, are less than enthused.
European nations, Bhalla said, would suit Gadhafi's sons just fine but not the eccentric leader, who has been famously known to travel with female bodyguards and sleep under a tent, even when he came to New York to address the United Nations.
And for the moment, it seems, he will remain in his Bedouin homeland, unwilling to let go of 40 years of power.


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During devotions this morning I was struck with the intensity of Josiah's response to the finding and reading Book of the Covenant. Based upon his subsequently conduct, he was one "whose heart trembled at the word"
His clean up of the nation's mess included the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat, the grossness introduced during Solomon's decline, and the baseness which his grandfather had fostered!
An interesting aspect being the discovery of the Book of the covenant occurs five years after Jeremiah's call to ministry. On wonders what other impact Jeremiah's ministry had on young Josiah?
For certain, at this point in his life, Josiah was a "doer" of the Word, and not a "hearer" only!
Monday, July 7, 2008
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- Unknown said...
Kind of makes you wonder of oral traditions. They apparently had strayed quite a distance until the discovery of the book.
- July 7, 2008 at 10:13 AM
What continues to strike me is that the 10 words are so difficult to honor. Each step man/woman, makes violates some of those 10 words. If not for the strength, and encouragement of a God fearing wife, and friends which can speak truth, my willful rationalization affects my own oral tradition. That's not to say that I can get back on the right course.
You bring an interesting point to which I will view my studies.
Eric - Thanks for the cerebral poke.
- July 8, 2008 at 5:43 AM
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In a week of near misses and national media putdowns, Spaniard David Lozano stands atop the penultimate stage podium to silence the critics at 10th Tour du Rwanda …
During the same week Team Novo Nordisk rider David Lozano (ESP) posted two runner-ups and a third-place result, a local Rwandan radio show made some rather disparaging remarks about the world's only all-diabetic professional sports team according to team co-founder and CEO Phil Southerland.
"We heard on sports radio in Kigali, which goes out to the entire country, that diabetics can't compete and that we're a joke," Southerland told Eurosport prior to the Stage 7 start in Musanze on Saturday. "That's unfortunately the stigma surrounding the disease here in Rwanda, because for so many years here and in other developing countries diabetes is perceived as a death sentence."
However, the 29-year-old mountain biker-turned-road cyclist from Spain took a huge step toward erasing any doubt about his athletic prowess with a sensational solo win over a gruelling, cobbled penultimate stage at the 2018 Tour du Rwanda in Kigali.
"Finally we made it," Lozano told Eurosport referring to his three prior podium results at the eight-day UCI 2.2 Africa Tour road race. "Twenty-five [kilometres] to go I had a mechanical, so I was really scared I wouldn't make it back to the group.
"But I had a teammate there with me. [Rik van IJzendoorn] pulled me back and did his best to put me there and just when I made contact it split and I managed to get it. Then it was just about being the smartest."
And as far as the critics are concerned, Lozano believes victories are the best retort.
"We are showing we can race, and we are knocking on the door every stage," he explained. "I wanted to prove we can win. Second is a good result, but winning is something else."
When asked if he was surprised by the stigma still attached to those living with diabetes, Lozano admits that is he not, but that to "inspire, educate and empower" is the mission of the team.
"I am not surprised," said Lozano, who is fifth on general classification just 23 seconds off the final podium. "There are a lot of people affected with diabetes and you will always have a lot of opinions floating around, but for those that still like say diabetes is a handicap — it's why we exist."
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"I'm speechless," he continued. "I am so proud of David. He's worked so hard for this — what can I say? But this is our chance to show Rwanda, East Africa and the entire world what is possible when you take control of diabetes.
"Diabetes is our superpower, it's not a weakness. It's not a death sentence."
While Lozano was picking up the stage winner's jersey, Stage 2 winner and overall race leader Samuel Mugisha (Rwanda National Team) crossed the line fourth just behind his only threat on GC Jean-Claude Uwizeye (POC Côte de Lumière). Uwizeye's teammate and fellow Rwandan Valens Ndayisenga — himself a two-time race winner — finished third on the day.
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Seasonal hiring is one of the most cost-effective solutions to solving the common problem of a predictable influx of customers that puts stress on a company's workforce.
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A seasonal employee, as defined by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is "an employee who is hired into a position for which the customary annual employment is six months or less". Additionally, the position must also begin and end at roughly the same time each year except under a few circumstances.
Take your typical ski resort: peak season for many ski resorts in the U.S occurs between October and March (5 months); however, if the resort experiences an unusual amount of snow that year, and the season is extended to 7 months, the resort still may not have to classify the seasonal employee as a full-time employee. This helps the company avoid having to register as an Applicable Large Employer (ALE).
Employers must be careful about their status, because once they're classified as an ALE, they will be responsible for providing certain benefits for their eligible workforce, such as health insurance.
It is important to note that the phrase "seasonal employee" is often used interchangeably with the phrase "seasonal worker"; however, this should not be the case as they mean different things.
A seasonal worker is as an employee who performs no more than 120 days (4 months) of work, in which case, if the employer's workforce exceeds 50 full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees) for 120 days or fewer during the calendar year, then the employer does not need to be classified as an ALE.
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Seasonal workforces are popular because it's one of the most cost-effective solutions to handling predictable large influxes of customers.
While companies might be tempted to hire part-time or full-time employees, there are some important caveats to remember. First, hiring a team of full-time employees is not an efficient solution to seasonal influxes because the company will no longer need this increased level of production once the season ends. Once the season does end, the company will be forced into a situation where they will need to continue paying the employees while also providing benefits like health care.
Second, part-time employees have restrictions when it comes to how many hours they can work. In the United States, you are considered a part-time employee if you work less than 35 hours a week. This can be a problem for some companies, especially during times of immense consumer demand, like the holidays.
However, seasonal employees have no restrictions when it comes to the number of hours they can work, which means that they can work an excess of 40 hours of week and still qualify as seasonal and not full-time.
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Before the decision to hire seasonal employees can be made, companies must first evaluate whether there is an actual need for them.
While seasonal employees may be a cost-effective solution to influxes in demand, seasonal employees still cost money; therefore, the company must first decide if their workforce will benefit from seasonal hires, and if so, how many seasonal hires will need to be brought in.
So how does a company hire for seasonal employment?
Like hiring for any open position, recruitment should start with the job description.
Write Targeted Job Descriptions
Most job listings contain a description that contains items like job responsibilities, company details, compensation, work schedule, qualifications, etc.
However, for seasonal hires, it's important to clearly state within the text of the description or within the heading that the position is, in fact, a seasonal role; otherwise, you'll end up wasting both the company's and candidate's time.
Also be sure to include the expected start date for the position, and when it is likely to end.
Where to Find Seasonal Employees
As with all recruitment efforts, companies must consider where they will be sourcing candidates, as this will directly affect the quality and type of hire.
When companies need to hire a large seasonal workforce, like a shipping warehouse, many companies turn to outside recruiting agencies that specialize in bringing on workers in that industry.
However, some businesses, like a ski resort, may prefer to hire candidates who are fresh out of school or on break, in which case the business will want to focus their efforts on places where those types of job seekers are likely to be such as local job fairs and campus career centers.
Advertising the company's hiring needs on online job sites is also a viable option; however, this can lead to a large number of applicants, so it is important to have the necessary tools at your disposal to be able to deal with the large influx of resumes (like an Applicant Tracking System).
Hire Early
Seasonality is defined by a predictable pattern of rising and falling public interest. By using this information, companies can better prepare for their peak hiring seasons and make sure they aren't left understaffed.
Having an applicant tracking system in place at your business can make all the difference. By allowing you to have all seasonal job openings already on your dashboard you can rest easy knowing your jobs are ready to be posted at a moment's notice.
Evaluating the Candidates
For most companies, a hiring need doesn't exceed more than a handful of open positions.
However, companies who rely on a seasonal workforce often hire hundreds of employees at once. Adjusting your interview process to deal with this large influx of candidates is a necessity.
Usually candidates will be brought in for a group interview, where basic information about the job will be shared (e.g., responsibilities, qualifications, start and end time, etc.) with the entire group at once. These are often referred to as an "open house".
Once this orientation is completed, candidates are brought in 1 by 1 for a quick in-person interview, which usually consists of a few direct questions and an assessment if it makes sense for the role the company is hiring for.
Finally, although seasonal employees are so crucial to company's success during the busiest times of the year, it's important to also hire for cultural fit. A bad hire will not only disrupt the entire workforce, but also can leave a bad impression with customers, which will have long-lasting effects on the success of your business.
After The Season
Deciding whether to keep a seasonal employee can be tricky. By bringing in so many new faces, you're bound to encounter a few top notch candidates who are great candidates for full-time employment.
However, it's important to remember that the decision to promote a seasonal employee to a full-time employee must only be made if there's an actual hiring need and if your company can afford it.
Before your company builds out its seasonal workforce, sit down and discuss what the company's plans are after the season ends. If the company does plan on keeping some seasonal employees, decide how many and what skill sets will be most desirable so you can search for candidates that fit the bill without having to go through the entire hiring process twice.
Even if your company is not interested in hiring after the season has ended, it is still a good idea to add any potential prospects to the company's candidate pool just in case an open position does become available. Having a healthy candidate pipeline will make all the difference when it comes time to hire again.
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