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Job storm on horizon? Layoffs, drop in tech hiring, more signs point to cooling
WRAL TechWire's weekly Jobs Report compiles the latest information from the region's top job boards, offering a breakdown of how many jobs are posted, which companies are hiring, and what positions are most in-demand. Here's more from WRAL TechWire on the latest changes in the labor markets in our local economy. Below, we've gathered the latest upcoming job fairs, student-centric resources, and a list of Twitter accounts that track local job openings. Here's what's new since the last WRAL TechWire Jobs Report.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – A growing number of layoffs, a drop in hiring from record high levels for tech jobs, and a review of jobs board data combine to create a stormy forecast for the Triangle and North Carolina jobs market.
Monday's most recent NC TECH IT Job Trends Report showed that, for June, the number of jobs for technology roles statewide declined by nearly 10% in June compared to May.
Layoffs also hit an automotive plant and a company in Charlotte could cut 30% of its staff.
Then there is Advance Auto Parts' decision to back out of a job creation-related tax incentive package.
And the latest data analyzed by WRAL TechWire for our weekly WRAL TechWire Jobs Report shows job openings in the region's startups appear to have fallen off while job board postings are mixed.
Not all the news is bad, however.
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One notable company that has begun to hire for roles based in the Triangle is VinFast, the Vietnamese automaker, which will construct North Carolina's first automotive assembly plant in Chatham County, on which site development is currently occurring. Throughout this week, WRAL News will be reporting on VinFast and the automotive plant that is set to add at least 7,500 jobs to the region.
And Eaton plans to expand its Triangle-area workforce by some 25%, adding at least 170 jobs, an executive based in the company's renovated Raleigh office told WRAL TechWire this week.
NC tech job openings down nearly 10% in June, report finds
Note: The month-over-month totals are compared to our June 20 report, and the year-to-date totals compare to our Jan. 3 report. We've made some changes in methodology as of July 2022 in how we're tracking jobs posted to Indeed. The Adzuna Raleigh listings are now also only showing job postings with a stated location in Raleigh, which may contribute to the decline in this week's report compared to prior reports and prior month totals.
Local Positions on National Job Boards
Every week, we track the total number of Triangle-area positions posted on major job websites. Here is the latest data, as of 12 PM on Monday, July 11.
- Adzuna:
- Wake County: 45,017 (⇓-5,844 month-over-month; ⇑+2,486 year-to-date)
- Raleigh: 15,273 (⇓-14,570 MoM; ⇓+8,671 YTD)
- Durham County: 11.908 (⇓-954 MoM; ⇑+2,154 YTD)
- Johnston County: 2,792 (⇓-486 MoM; ⇓-437 YTD)*
- Wake County: 45,017 (⇓-5,844 month-over-month; ⇑+2,486 year-to-date)
- Dice.com (using the 5-mile radius filter):
- Raleigh: 18,688 (⇑+210 MoM; ⇑+3,317 YTD)
- Durham: 17,922 (⇓-394 MoM; ⇑+2,742 YTD)
- Chapel Hill: 17,629 (⇓-470 MoM; ⇑+2,640 YTD)
- Glassdoor: 41,549 jobs across the Research Triangle Park area (⇑+2,964 MoM; ⇑+6,701 YTD)
- Indeed (Editor's Note: Until July 2022, we tracked using a location filter of up to 5-miles, as of July 2022, we now track using exact location, and will resume month-over-month tracking in August):
- Raleigh: 22,238
- Durham: 13,055
- Chapel Hill: 4,219
- Johnston County: 3,520
- LinkedIn (using the "exact location" and "0-miles" filters):
- Raleigh: 28,235 (⇑+951 MoM; ⇑+1,370 YTD)
- Durham: 12,913 (⇑+2,427 MoM; ⇑+3,018 YTD)
- Chapel Hill: 4,219 (⇓-490 MoM; ⇑+331 YTD)
- Johnston County: 14,175**
- ZipRecruiter (5-mile filter):
- Raleigh: 42,191 (⇓-1,320 MoM; ⇑+8,969 YTD)
- Durham: 17,981 (⇓-879 MoM; ⇑+3,123 YTD)
- Chapel Hill: 959 (⇓-1 MoM; ⇓-2,685 YTD)
- Johnston County: 387 (⇓-18 MoM; ⇑+8 YTD)*
*Note: The year-to-date data for Johnston County tracks from Jan. 31, 2022, when we began to track job postings in the county for the WRAL TechWire Jobs Report. **Editor's Note: We've updated the methodology for which we track job openings on LinkedIn based anywhere in Johnston County, as of July 2022.
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Startup Job Search Sites
Aside from the boards above, job seekers can also find local startup jobs at SimplyHired (215 startup jobs near Research Triangle Park), LinkedIn (8,838 job openings that include "startup" in the Triangle region), Indeed (278 startup jobs in/near RTP) and AngelList (job openings in Raleigh, Durham and across North Carolina). And the Durham-based job site InHerSight also lists jobs at local startups among other job postings (166 this week within 25 miles of Raleigh, N.C.).
Here's a look at local and regional job sites, listed in alphabetical order, below.
AMA Triangle
AMA Triangle, the fifth-largest chapter in American Marketing Association's nationwide network, aims to be a go-to resource for all things marketing in the Triangle. The organization provides professional training, free career webinars and a job board offering free resume placement for marketing professionals.
As of Monday, the AMA Triangle job board shows 105 roles within 25 miles of Raleigh and another 88 roles, some of which could be overlapping, within 25 miles of Durham.
American Underground
Durham-based startup hub American Underground (Editor's Note: American Underground is owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WRAL TechWire) regularly posts job openings on its job board. Job seekers can filter their search by company, location and job function. As of Monday, the site shows 152 jobs at 55 companies, with 19 jobs posted in the last week, including:
- Multiple positions at LogDNA
- Multiple positions at ProcessMaker
- Frontend and back end developer roles at RevBoss
- Senior digital product designer at Wild Earth
Bio Jobs Hub
Last year, WRAL TechWire and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center launched a Bio Jobs Hub platform focused on biopharma manufacturing — one of North Carolina's largest industries, employing over 26,000 people.
Typical biopharma jobs include process technicians, maintenance and/or instrumentation technicians, quality assurance and quality control associates, process development scientists and process engineers. This industry also offers competitive entry-level salaries, from $42,000 to $60,000. https://wraltechwire.com/2022/06/22/from-afghanistan-to-sanford-a-former-state-department-exec-finds-his-passion-in-biotech/ Scientists, skilled laborers and recent graduates can use the Bio Jobs Hub resource to find career and training opportunities in their area. Users can search by location, job category/activity and region.
Many biopharma companies are hiring in the Triangle, including large employers like Biogen in Research Triangle Park, bioMérieux in Durham, GSK in Zebulon, Merck & Co. in Durham, Novo Nordisk in Durham and Clayton, and Pfizer in Sanford.
Leadership Triangle
Leadership Triangle's job board is packed with local jobs. The site lists 1,590 job openings overall at 30 companies as of Monday afternoon.
Here's what's been posted in the last week:
- Blue Cross NC posted 13 openings in Durham this week, including a healthcare consultant, a risk advisor, a provider contract analyst, and a risk adjustment management associate.
- Citrix posted four roles including enablement director.
- Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL TechWire's parent company) is seeking a TV broadcast technician.
- Coastal Credit Union posted three new roles, a benefits administrator, a home equity processor, and a vice president corporate strategies, and executive director of coastal foundation.
- Fidelity Investments posted 55 new roles that could be based in the company's Durham facility during the last week.
- North Carolina Central University posted more than two dozen positions based from the Durham-based campus this week.
- Self-Help Credit Union seeks a junior recruiter.
- Truist, a week after posting more than three dozen roles, posted 49 additional openings that could be based in the Triangle or in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center's extensive jobs board lists open jobs and internships from local life science companies and research organizations. The organization recently updated the user interface with a fresh design. Job seekers can filter their search results by position title, job function and location. NCBiotech also touts jobs through its Bio Jobs Hub program.
The site lists 189 openings as of Monday afternoon. Here is what's new over the last week:
- Brii Biosciences seeks two scientist positions, one in preclinical immunology research, and one in clinical immunology research.
- Alcami is looking to hire ten scientist roles in Wilmington.
- Duke University is hiring for a marketing associate in the Duke Office for Translation & Commercialization.
- Cell Microsystems has posted eight roles including software engineer, manufacturing associate, scientist, QA engineer, and field scientist.
- MedKoo Biosciences is seeking biochemist and chemist interns as well as non-lab entry level scientists.
- Merck & Co. is hiring for nearly 20 new positions in Durham or remotely-based roles.
- Powered Research is looking to hire a preclincal study director.
Note: This list does not include openings posted by recruiting/staffing firms.
The North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) has an interactive job board that you can use to find your next career opportunity. Users can search by keyword, location, category, type (full-time or part-time) and experience level. Seven jobs were posted in the last week.
Raleigh Founded
Raleigh Founded, a startup incubator and coworking space, has its own job board. Job seekers can filter results by company, company size, industry and job function. The site currently lists 139 positions at 30 companies as of Monday afternoon.
Triangle Region Job Board
Leadership Triangle, Raleigh Founded and American Underground teamed up to create the Triangle Region Job Board, which synthesizes all of the openings posted on the organizations' job boards.
As of Monday afternoon, the site shows 3,193 jobs at 102 companies.
Work in the Triangle
Work in the Triangle, a Wake County Economic Development program, regularly shares new openings through its Twitter feed, @WorkTriangleNC. The program launched a job board on its website earlier this year, with 9,710 active openings as of Monday afternoon. Of those, 7,880 are technology jobs, 1,059 are advanced manufacturing positions, 299 are in cleantech and 472 are in life sciences.
Every Tuesday, Work in the Triangle's #TriangleTuesdays hashtag lists hot jobs in the area. Scroll through the #TriangleTuesdays hashtag on Twitter today for more details on the latest openings. https://wraltechwire.com/2022/07/07/balance-of-power-workplace-dynamics-shifting-for-tech-workers-employers-again/
Openings at Top Triangle Tech Firms
Job openings abound at the Triangle's leading technology employers. Here's how many are available as of Sunday afternoon:
- Bandwidth: 37 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company's career page
- Fidelity Investments: 693 job openings in Durham, according to the company's career page
- IBM: 24 job openings in RTP, according to the company's career page
- Kyndryl: 1,38job openings in RTP, according to the company's career page
- Lenovo: 361 job openings in Morrisville, according to the company's career page
- MetLife: 149 job openings in Cary, according to the company's career page
- Microsoft: 84 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company's career page
- Pendo: 8 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company's career page
- Red Hat: 33 job openings in Raleigh, according to the company's career page
- RTI International: 126 job openings in Durham, according to the company's career page
- SAS: 159 job openings in Cary, according to the company's career page
BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair
Upcoming Job Fairs/Career Events
Here's our latest roundup of upcoming job fairs and other resources to help people looking for employment.
- BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair: Aug. 3, 3–6 p.m. (online) The North Carolina BioNetwork will host an online career fair for process technicians seeking jobs at biotechnology, pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing companies. More information here.
- NC State Engineering Career Fair: Sept. 20–21 (in-person and virtual) In this hybrid career fair, NC State engineering students can meet with employers seeking talent across a range of industries. This is a two-day event: The first day will be held in person, while the second will take place virtually via Career Fair Plus. More details here. https://wraltechwire.com/event/nc-state-engineering-career-fair/
Other Resources / Student Support
If you're a student looking for an internship or entry-level position at a local company or organization, your university has resources to help you get started. Quick links below:
For Johnston County job seekers: The recently launched JoCo Careers website helps job seekers find companies hiring in Johnston County. (More TechWire coverage here.) https://wraltechwire.com/2022/01/10/johnston-county-launches-new-jobs-platform-to-connect-workers-to-local-jobs/
Twitter Accounts to Follow
Here are some locally run Twitter accounts that regularly share job openings in the Triangle:


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It's been about a year since I decided to teach myself to code. At the time, I had a bachelor's degree in English, a job in retail, and zero knowledge about programming. I'd had minute brushes with coding in the past but hadn't even thought about math or coding since high school.
The impetus for learning to code came from my growing addiction to Hacker News. I, too, wanted to build cool things and understand how web apps and programs worked. I wanted to have an app in the App Store, dammit. I wanted to start a business.
But, for someone who couldn't tell JavaScript from Common Lisp, I had no idea where to start.
Thus, I began my journey into the world of code. Often flailing, unsure, and guessing. I've come a long way since my failed attempts at learning to code lead to hiring a developer to get my apps in the App Store. I've had numerous coding epiphanies along the way and there were many things I wish I had known starting out. If you, too, are teaching yourself to code, or want to begin learning to program, hopefully some of the things I've learned can help you out, too.
Computer science/coding isn't about the language
I remember hearing that a computer science degree doesn't teach you how to program, it teaches you how to think. Every developer is self-taught; computer science just gives one the tools to easily learn programming languages. I don't have a Computer Science degree, so I can't fully attest to the validity of these claims, but from what I've experienced so far, there's no better way to explain this field.
When I first decided to learn to code, choosing a language was a great dilemma for me. In my mind, my plan was: 1) Choose a language, 2) Get a book on this language, 3) Finish book, 4) KNOW HOW TO CODE.
This is not how to learn to code if you don't have any prior programming experience[1. I suppose, technically, this is one possible path one can take. But it's, arguably, not the most optimal path nor the best way to think about learning to program if you're exploring this field for the first time.]. As a result, I found myself getting to chapter 2 or 3 in a book before becoming completely lost, deciding to pick up a different language, and starting all over again. I dabbled in PHP, Javascript, Ruby, Python, and Objective-C by following this flawed method. And, though I do advocate trying numerous different languages, this four-step plan put me in the wrong (read: un-optimized) mindset when first picking up each of these languages.
Not only was I frustrated that I couldn't get past chapter 2 or 3, but each of these books started the exact same way. I was learning about variables,
for loops,
while loops, switches, and arrays over and over again when I really wanted to learn something new, something to get me past the bump in the road I had hit.
Eventually I had a realization: learning to code isn't about learning a language. Learning a
for loop is like learning a Phillips head screwdriver. A hardware store may have a wall covered with different types of Phillips head screwdrivers, but the real goal is to learn how, when, and why to use this specific tool.
Try a bunch of different languages
The first language I tried was Javascript with Codecademy. This proved to be a fantastic tool and resource, and was a fantastic way to start my journey. But soon I became frustrated. I had no idea how math, numbers, loops, and switches related to what I saw on websites. I didn't know how assigning 3 to a variable and adding another variable could ever result in, say, a button on a website changing color.
With the help of an online coding mentor (who independently reached out to me because I blogged about starting to learn to code) I brushed up on HTML and CSS[2. So much had changed since 2002!] and learned about jQuery and the DOM. This is when I learned the definition of framework and was able to code a very basic calculator app.
It was then that I realized that I didn't want to do front-end development and decided to switch to Ruby on Rails, which I constantly heard was a great language for beginners (although I didn't quite know what that meant). I started working through the Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl.
I spent a particularly long time on the Rails-flavored Ruby chapter, which I found particularly interesting because of my Javascript background. Learning Ruby was a fantastic way to pinpoint the important parts of Javascript. It helped me separate concepts from language quirks. During this time I also dabbled a little bit with Google's Python class and had the same experience.
Playing with multiple languages didn't confuse me like I thought it would. Instead, it helped me understand core concepts. When I finally decided that Objective-C was the first language I wanted to truly learn (a decision I made nearly 10 months after first completing a Codecademy lesson) I had a firm grasp on the concepts of variables and loops. I was able to appreciate static versus dynamic typing and understand why Objective-C was static[3. Except for the
id variable.]. Without dabbling in all those other languages, these concepts would have been much harder.
Do the exercises
Writing code isn't a requirement when you're learning from books, tutorials, and videos. Codecademy is different because it forces you to write code—that's what makes it great. It's easy to read a chapter or watch a video, think you understand a concept, and then move on. But understanding the concept and performing the exercises are two different things.
With the Rails tutorial, physically typing and executing the code was part of the natural process of working through each chapter. I would go through each section and perform all the motions even if I didn't understand what I was doing. The next day, I'd re-read the entire chapter extremely slowly. If I didn't understand one sentence, I'd re-read it, scroll through examples, and research concepts until I did understand. Sometimes I'd go through the same chapter numerous times in this way: re-reading until I was able to read and understand each paragraph at a normal pace.
With books, it's even easier to skip doing the actual work since it's easy to skip over the exercises at the end of a section and just move on to the next chapter. Don't skip the exercises.
Actually writing and running the code might seem like a small step, but it's really at the crux of learning a language. Troubleshooting will teach you things you didn't even realize you didn't know and will often have you flipping back through the chapter to double-check small details or go over a topic you thought you understood.
Even if you read an exercise and think you know exactly how to do it, type it out anyway.
You already know the concepts
Understanding code concepts and algorithms[4. Algorithms are, simply put, a process or set of rules to be followed.] is actually something you've been doing your entire life. At first, learning a programming language may seem akin learning magic, but it's nothing more than learning how to think and speak to a machine. In the same way that verbal language communicates your thoughts to others, programming language is a way to input your thoughts into a computer.
Before I even wanted to learn to code I was writing programs. I lived in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn for about four years. There were numerous ways to get to work from my apartment. I figured out two different ways to get to work, on two different trains. The first train was close to my apartment but I had to change trains halfway through the commute and the other train was a longer walk from my apartment but the ride was shorter and didn't involve a train change.
In the morning, I'd run a "program" in my head, inputting variables such as weather, time, and my mood, and returning my decision about which train to take. It was simple
if else logic that determined whether to I took on the 2 or the Q train.
Soon, I became obsessed with optimizing my commute based on different variables. I studied the subway map, tried other trains, checked time tables. By the time I moved out of that apartment, I could have written an essay about how to get from Prospect Lefferts Gardens to NoHo in Manhattan. Any time someone asked me "What train do you take?" I had to stop myself from rambling on and on about my options.
The tactics used to calculate the best route are the same concepts used in programming. In conversation, I might say, "I change trains at the Brooklyn Bridge station," whereas in coding I'd write
if (station == "Brooklyn Bridge") { change trains }. It's the same concept, just expressed using the tool of an
if statement rather than the tool of the English language.
In coding, my daily commute instructions would be broken into minute pieces, even more so than if I was giving verbal directions. For example, maybe I'd never consciously think to "mind the gap" when getting on and off the train. Some programming languages will automatically mind the gap, others will need to be explicitly told. Learning to code is about understanding that minding the gap is an intricate part of your commute and then figuring out how to properly communicate this information using the tools provided in the language you're using.
You're learning even if you feel like you're not
I often felt like I was moving in slow motion when learning to code. I even felt like I was taking steps backwards whenever I switched to a different language since I thought I'd be back at square one. That's not the case. Just keep going, keep reading, and keep pushing forward amid the fog.
Whenever I felt like I was stuck, I'd re-read my old blog posts where I discussed code or I'd return to previously read tutorials and books. I'd remember my mindset when I first mucked my way though, and that's when I'd realize how far I'd actually come. Coding knowledge builds in layers, and sometimes the layers are so thin it doesn't feel like there's anything added. But soon enough, the slivers add up to significant mass.
Teaching myself to code has led me to the believe that anyone can learn to code. It's not about the language, or math, or syntax. These are just tools. It's about thinking, and the thinking will come in time. Just keep going and you'll get there.


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Kim Ranger M.Litt. Archaeological Studies Student, University of the Highlands and Islands has kindly volunteered to write todays dig diary. So over to Kim….
"Greetings from The Cairns excavation, its day two! In the South extension our enthusiastic volunteers and students supervised by Linda, have been working on uncovering more of the external broch wall to further define its features, reveal village buildings close to the broch wall, and also uncovering the big enclosure ditch that cuts through the extension. The team have only dug some of the initial soil layers so far and have found lots of animal bone in the fills. As they work down we expect to encounter more artefacts.
Within the amazing broch, the team led by Rick, have been cleaning up the sensitive but beautiful earthen floors of the building, in preparation for more intensive excavation to come. The occupation horizons are looking very colourful and detailed. In one place just towards the end of the day a very nice spindle whorl (a spinning tool) began to emerge from the floors. This will excite Masters Student Amber, who is undertaking a dissertation study on the textile tools from the site!
Over on the western edge of the site, the northern end of Structure B (a later Iron Age longhouse) lies partly on top of the broch wall, and here a small team have been working to define the stonework a little more. The team were very excited to discover a beautiful whetstone with nice wear.
In trench Area Q a team has been working on two little projects. Firstly, to clean up the entire area, and define it more. They've been excavating a broad strip of deposits that were deliberately left high some time ago (this is called a baulk), as it's now time for the baulk to go, having done its job of allowing us to see the deposits in their vertical order of formation.
The team continued to dig down through the layers of a midden packed full of animal bones which form the remains of a huge feast by the ancient inhabitants of the site. Within the general mass of animal bone there was a particular dense concentration of bone related to a large mandible amongst others, which may represent a loosely articulated carcass. Other finds included a nice hammer stone.
Today the site was visited by tourists and historians who were given a personalised tour of the site by our experts. We welcome all visitors and hope that more people take advantage of the fine weather to come out and visit us, the area is easy to navigate and there is much being discovered about Iron Age Orkney.
If you do visit the site and you are arriving by vehicle from the direction of the Windwick road near to the war memorial, then please don't park in the drive of the private house near the entrance to the field that the site sits in, or in the drive leading up to the site itself- thank you!"
Kim Ranger, M.Litt. Archaeological Studies Student, University of the Highlands and Islands.


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Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian responds to subreddit blackout saying message received 'loud and clear'
The co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian has apologised for the way his team handled the communication of the departure of a prominent member of the team and says the message has been received "loud and clear" following the blackout of hundreds of subreddits.
Ohanian said he took the blame for the problems which happened on Thursday following the surprise departure of Victoria Taylor who played a crucial role in running Reddit's hugely popular AMA subreddit:
"I'm sorry for how we handled communicating change to the AMA team this morning. I take responsibility for that."
Moderators clearly angry at the surprise move acted quickly by making the r/IAmA subreddit private, meaning only moderators and approved submitters were allowed access, effectively shutting if off from the rest of the community.
In the hours that followed moderators for hundreds of other subreddits, including hugely popular threads like Ask Reddit, Music, Gaming and Books, all followed suit by making their subreddits private.
Ohanian said the message had been heard "loud and clear" but he now wanted to work on getting the subreddits back online.
"The communication between Reddit and the moderators needs to improve dramatically. We will work closely with you all going forward to ensure events like today don't happen again. At this point, however, the blackout has served its purpose, and now it's time to get Reddit functioning again."
To help ease moderators worries that things will change, Ohanian announced that a well-known member of the Reddit community - Krispykrackers - would be "point person for moderator issues" to address immediate concerns.
He added that more resources would be put into helping moderators effectively handle AMAs and that the company was building tools to help moderators do their jobs more effectively.
Ohanian had responded earlier to a question about Taylor's firing by saying: "We don't talk about specific employees, but I do want you to know that I'm here to triage AMA requests in the interim."
The reason behind Taylor's dismissal remains a mystery.
Here is Ohanian's full post:
First, I'm sorry for how we handled communicating change to the AMA team this morning. I take responsibility for that. We should have made a post to r/DefaultMods announcing the transition and contacted the affected mods teams right after it happened and clearly articulated how there would not be a disruption with scheduled AMAs and those communications would now happen via firstname.lastname@example.com as we find a full-time replacement.
That said, I would like to accomplish two things immediately:
Get the blacked out subreddits back online
Your message was received loud and clear. The communication between Reddit and the moderators needs to improve dramatically. We will work closely with you all going forward to ensure events like today don't happen again. At this point, however, the blackout has served its purpose, and now it's time to get Reddit functioning again. I know many of you are still upset. We will continue to work through these issues with you all, but redditors don't deserve to be punished any further over an issue that is ultimately between Reddit and the moderators.
Work out a plan for going forward
In the short-term, we will use this forum to discuss how we will improve being a moderator on reddit. I'll personally be in here asking and listening. There are a couple of changes we can make immediately to improve our relationship:
- u/krispykrackers, a well-trusted employee and community member, is now going to be point person for moderator issues. This should help alleviate the immediate pain, and we'll continue to evaluate how it's working going forward.
- We will continue to dedicate resources to AMAs specifically to help manage the workload. Moderating AMAs are a uniquely heavy burden because it requires a lot of coordination between the external guests and the moderators, and Reddit will always be involved. Our process won't be perfect overnight, but we will refine it over time with the moderators (especially r/IAMA, r/science, r/books the most prolific communities for AMAs).
Longer term, we are building tools to help you all do your jobs more effectively (anti-brigading and better modmail/tools are already in progress). We will build these with your input and incorporate more transparency. We have many ideas, and we would like to hear yours. We will keep you all in the loop as our plans crystallize into actual tools.
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Even more shocking is that Jews insist on remaining in France.
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A watchdog on anti-Semitism vowed legal action against a French municipality that named a street after Palestinian Authority terrorist Marwan Barghouti, serving five sentences of life in prison for involvement in attacks that killed dozens of Israelis.
The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, on Wednesday prepared to ask an administrative court to void the move by Valenton, near Paris, BNVCA founder Sammy Ghozlan told JTA. BNVCA also will complain to police of incitement to commit a crime, he added.
"This celebration of a murderer is unacceptable," Ghozlan said of the dedication in Venton last month of a street honoring Barghouti, who was sentenced by an Israeli court in 2004 to multiple life sentences for planning dozens of deadly terrorist attacks.
During the Sept. 15 inauguration of Marwan Barghouti Alley, Valenton Mayor Françoise Baud called Barghouti "the face of the unwavering resistance of the Palestinian people against the occupation, the crimes, the destruction, the apartheid and the colonization perpetrated by the Israeli government."
During the same ceremony, Baud, a member of the French Communist Party, also inaugurated a square honoring Nelson Mandela, a former president of South Africa and an anti-apartheid activist.
"Referring to both men in the same breath is no distinction for Barghouti but a diminution of Mandela's personality," Shimon Samuels, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's director for international relations, told JTA.
Ghozlan added that in light of the increase in anti-Semitic violence in France over Israel's actions, "this is a signal that encourages more attacks on Jews."
Barghouti was made an honorary citizen of Valenton five years ago. The municipality intends to sign a twinning agreement with the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, Baud said in her speech.


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Behind the Mask of Teachers: Mr. Schultz
Mr. Greg Schultz has been around Fargo North for the past five years teaching orchestra. Many know him as the quirky, musical genius who has made many of his past classes go outside and hit rocks together to make music, but there's much more to Mr. Schultz than most Spartans know about. Welcome to Behind the Mask of Teachers with Mr. Schultz.
Schultz spent most of his childhood living in Grand Forks, though he did spend a few years in Kansas City. Growing up, his favorite memory was when they had a Swedish foreign exchange student for a whole year while he was in fourth grade. He and his family got to visit her in Stockholm in the summer for two to three weeks. While they were there, they got to see her graduate from high school and tour the city.
"I got to experience a lot of cool things and hang out with her. It was a really fun time," said Schultz.
Schultz then went on to high school at Red River High, where he spent a lot of his time in extracurriculars. Schultz, as expected, was involved in a variety of music groups. He played the violin in the school orchestra and youth symphony, and he played the piano in jazz band all four years. He also was involved in Knowledge Masters (more commonly known now as Knowledge Bowl), and he played basketball and football through his first two years of high school.
"I started to actually want to get better at my music around my junior year, so I really started practicing and kind of putting all of my other activities to the side," said Schultz.
Schultz began nurturing his musical talents when he was in Kindergarten by learning the piano. After that, he started taking violin lessons around third grade and continued playing both instruments through high school. After college, he started to learn the viola and pick up on more instruments as he became a music teacher.
As of now, Schultz's favorite string instrument is the double bass. He's currently practicing this instrument more and trying to improve his skill, which is helping him grow in appreciation for this lovely, large instrument.
"I'm coming across a lot of professional recordings and man there is a lot of depth of sound to that instrument," said Schultz in awe.
Schultz received his bachelor's degree from Luther College in piano performance (I know, very surprising). He did some orchestra stuff on the side in college but focused most of his time on playing piano both as a soloist and an accompanist. At this point in his life, he had "no intention whatsoever of teaching."
He then received his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in musicology, which is the study of all things music-related (music history, music, analysis, etc.). This was the moment he started thinking about possibly teaching in college, as he loved the music academia. It was short-lived though, as he soon realized that being a music professor was much more research-intensive, rather than the one-on-one time with students that you get with younger grades.
"I don't think I would've been entirely happy if I had stuck around with academia," said Schultz.
Schultz had spent his summers working at music camps as a counselor, and decided that he was "not bad at teaching." He also enjoyed being around high school students and teaching them strings, even though that was not his main instrument. After this realization, he moved back to North Dakota for some graduate work at the University of North Dakota and got his teaching license as well.
He realized more and more that he would love to be an orchestra teacher, as he reflected back on his own time being in high school orchestra. He remembered he enjoyed having the same director throughout high school and making relationships with fellow musicians. Schultz also had many personal influencers who helped him realize even more this was the right career path for him.
"A lot of people encouraged me and said, 'No, you're meant to do this. You're good at it. You should do it,'" Schultz said.
Schultz was one of the lucky ones, who got to student-teach at his alma mater, Red River High. The best thing Schultz got out of his student teaching experience was gaining confidence. As most people would expect, student teaching can be a very nerve-wracking experience.
"You go in front of the class and there's a lot of 'umms' and 'uhs' and hesitancy, even though you prepared your lesson," said Schultz.
Luckily for Schultz, the students he had were very nice and helped give him the confidence that he can be a great orchestra teacher.
In the past five years of being a teacher, Schultz has many fun and weird memories at Fargo North. He shared one in particular that is quite strange. Once he had to tell a student, who has since graduated from North, "you put the bow on the string, not in your mouth." Schultz is still surprised he ever had to utter those words out loud to a student.
Lately, Schultz has been spending his time outside of the orchestra room working on the house he has recently purchased.
"I go to the hardware store all the time, annoy people with questions, and spend all my paycheck on things," Schultz said.
Schultz likes to fix and/or make things in and outside of his house, so this project has been enjoyable amid the obvious stress. He also enjoys watching TV shows and reading books when he has some free time. Currently, his new favorite show is The Expanse, but he loves science fiction shows and anything else people suggest to him to watch.
I think many would agree with Schultz that Jim Parsons would be the perfect celebrity to play him in a movie, as they both have dry humor. However, people have also told Schultz that young Dwight Schultz would look very similar to him if he had glasses on.
An interesting fun fact about Schultz is he is able to do some pretty good impersonations of people. He does not consider himself a professional at this skill, but he can mimic different sounds and voices quite well.
Though Schultz is a piano performance major and still thinks it would be a cool job to be a collaborative pianist, he is very much happy with his spot in the Spartan music family and hopes to continue being here for as long as he can.
"I am happy to be here at North. I'm going into my sixth year next year and I hope to do six more."
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Does Cinnamon and Honey Work for Weight Loss?
There are still no strong scientific evidence about the effectiveness of cinnamon and honey for weight loss, but some small studies suggest that they might work to help lose weight.
Cinnamon is a spice ingredient, which is good in taste when you sprinkle it on lattes and toast.
Unfortunately, the effectiveness of cinnamon to help lose weight is not fully understood yet – though some studies showed that there may be a link between cinnamon and weight loss, as noted before.
Like spicy food, cinnamon can act as an appetite control. It reduces the feeling of hungry so thus you will eat fewer calories a day. One study suggests that it may help expand your flavor without adding extra calories.
Also it is probably good for your blood sugar health.
Typically, the body will release a lot of insulin (at the highest level) after eating (when the blood sugar level reaches its peak level). And studies showed that cinnamon is also a good controller for post meal-insulin level.
In other words, it is a good thing for your insulin sensitivity in long term. This could also be another reason why cinnamon is worth a try to help manage the feeling of your hungry.
These may include:
- Improving the metabolism of sugar in the body's fat cells, lowering the risk of diabetes – according to a research conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2010.
- It may help control or reduce blood sugar levels, though this issue is still debatable since some studies showed that it doesn't affect directly in improving blood sugar.
- It may also help reduce and improve inflammation.
- It may be effective to treat bacterial infection and provide positive antioxidant effects.
There are some options to enjoy cinnamon, from a cup of tea with honey or sprinkling it on microwave oatmeal.
In addition, there are two common types of cinnamon ; darker-colored cassia and Ceylon cinnamon. Or you can also find a mixture of both.
How about the dose? Is it safe to consume cinnamon at any dose in long term? Unfortunately, we don't have a clearly answer about a specific dose to consume it safely.
But in general, cinnamon in very high doses are not recommended since this could be toxic.
The dosage may also depend on certain factors such as your age or certain medical condition you have.
While some believe that 2 to 4 grams per day is safe, 1-6 grams are also safe enough – according to Mayo Clinic.
However to keep safe, make sure to follow the product labels and the relevant directions, or consult first with your doctor if necessary!
Since honey is a kind of simple sugar, it can be easily absorbed by your body. About 20-30 percent of honey is water, and the rest is sugar.
Honey is also pretty high in calories – 1 tablespoon of sugar has 46 calories and 1 tablespoon of honey contains about 64 calories. Furthermore, it is also rich in protein, minerals, and other essential substances for your health.
Many studies have confirmed that consuming honey moderately would promote better health.
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Are your trees dropping their leaves? This is the year for it for several reasons. Because of the wet cool spring we had many trees put on full crowns of lush leaves. In July, August, and September there was some rain but there were also hot dry spells. Many trees, especially those in shallow or poor soils, were not able to pump enough moisture or nutrients to the crowns to support the heavy leaf load. The result is that the excess leaves are dropped to protect the tree from being over extended.
Related to the leaf drop is a mechanism by some trees to drop their leaves early for the season. Cedar elms, sycamores, and mulberries are known for the strategy but bur oaks, red oaks, and other trees will also do it. It is as if the trees determined how difficult it is to support all the leaves on the crown, calculated how close it is to autumn, and made the decision to declare it is better to go dormant early, rather than try to fight for another month or two of leaf cover.
Another thing that is causing major leaf drop is fungal leaf spot. Oaks have oak leaf spot, sycamores have anthracnose, and other trees are also affected. The wet and humid spells we have had throughout the year have been perfect for incubating fungus diseases. The weather has also been responsible for root damage. Soggy cool soil this spring was especially tough on drought-tolerant plants like desert willow but any plants could be affected. Fruit trees and other drainage-sensitive trees defoliated or even died because root rots developed. The rots kill a large portion of the feeder roots so that when it got dry and hot, the whole tree died. Crepe myrtles and oaks are not overly sensitive to soggy soil but even they have sustained root damage in some soils. The reduced root capability means that the plant cannot support all the leaves, causing leaf drop.
Acid-loving plants are also very sensitive to root damage of the sort caused by soggy soil. Soggy cool soil kills a portion of the feeder roots again and the ill-adapted plants have an especially difficult time bringing up iron. The result is that severe chlorosis occurs. The symptom may just appear as light green foliage but in more severe cases the leaves turn yellow or even white. The next step is burnt-looking leaf edges, defoliation and even death.
It is real tricky to nurse root-damaged plants back to health. The treatment is definitely not fertilization or heavy watering. Fertilizers are salts and salts are difficult to uptake by plants with damaged roots. In addition to the nutrients being wasted, they can damage the roots further.
The injured plant is very susceptible to drying out, but excess water will also cause more of the same problems that killed the roots originally. Even in the best of times we kill more plants by over watering in South Texas than we do by under watering. With a root-damaged plant it is especially important to monitor the soil to put the right amount of water on the plant. Use your garden trowel to penetrate 3 or 4 inches into the soil under the crown of a plant that is showing wilting or leaf burning symptoms. If the soil is dry at 3 to 4 inches, drought is threatening the plant and you should irrigate (water). If the soil is wet, however, the plant has root damage due to soggy soil and you must resist the urge to drown the root system further. Such a situation requires conscientious monitoring because the weakened plant is susceptible both to excessive watering and dry soil.


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Did you feel a certain kind of way when President Obama walked down the aisle in the House of Representatives chamber to give his 8th and final State of the Union address?
I did.
It made me think about his journey over the last seven years.
I remembered his first one vividly where he pledged to end the Iraq war, declared he'd reform healthcare, promised to tackle tax inequality and expand education.
"None of this will come without cost. Or will it be easy. But this is America, we don't do what's easy. We do what's necessary to move this country forward."
And two nights ago, a little bit more subdued, absolutely more comfortable and confident, Mr. Obama promised to keep up the fight in his waning days in office.
"I will keep pushing for progress on the work that I believe still needs to be done. Fixing a broken immigration system, protecting our kids from gun violence, equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things, all these things still matter to hard working families. They're still the right thing to do, and I won't let us until they get done."
He is a lame duck president, and he knows it.
So, the question is, how much can he, a lame duck president, really get accomplished in his final days?
Let's look back at history as our guide.
George Washington served two terms and retired.
He had a pretty impressive finish as president.
His farewell address is one of the most celebrated speeches in history.
In his last year he focused on strengthening education and didn't get caught up in foreign alliances.
He stayed focused.
In more recent history, Ronald Reagan, had a rocky start with gas lines and Iran-Contra.
But he turned it around by his final year with a flourishing economy and an end to the Cold War leading to the downfall of communism.
But guess who had one of the best final-year presidencies?
Bill Clinton, who even moved past the rumblings of an impeachment and an infamous sex scandal.
At the end of his term Clinton focused on America's economic growth which resulted in the biggest budget surplus and biggest debt reduction in history.
His predecessor George W. Bush, despite inheriting a robust economy from Clinton, left the Oval office with a deficit, high unemployment, unfinished, costly wars and extremely low approval ratings.
So what's the takeaway for President Obama? – Stay focused.
The economy is sound.
Unemployment is at an historic low.
But having faced, arguably, more opposition from congress than any modern day president, President Obama's last year may be defined by how successful he is at going around congress.
It could largely be defined by what his opponents criticize him for – his new found freedom of executive action to do whatever he wants.
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After more than fifty years, the Doctor has tangled with all manner of universal threats and cosmic dangers. Daleks, Cybermen and Steveen Moffat's skill as a showrunner according to Reddit minutes after a new episode has aired. But this year, the Doctor is facing something that he has never ever encountered before: A superhero.
While Doctor Who may have been absent from TV screens for the better part of this year, there'll still be the regular Christmas special to look forward to, as the BBC revealed the first details behind "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" at the New York Comic Con over on the weekend for it. This time, Peter Capaldi's Doctor will team up with an investigative reporter played by Charity "Wolf Hall" Wakefield and the masked hero played by Justin "Dragon Ball" Chatwin to save New York from total annihilation.
Here's a tasty sizzle reel for it:
I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world," Steven Moffat said via DoctorWhoNews.
My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent.
Here's something interesting however. Check out this close-up of the chest logo:
GI. Either this is the GI Joe crossover we never imagined, or I'm overthinking things way too much again and wondering if Justin Chatwin's mystery hero may be known as the Great Intelligence. A foe from seasons past who almost succeeded in permenantly erasing the Doctor from time itself. Nah, it can't possibly be that.
The Christmas special will also include Matt Lucas reprising his role as Nardole, alongside Adetomiwa "Lucifer" Edun, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman. Doctor Who and the rest of the Whoniverse return next year properly. Speaking to io9, Capaldi had a cracker of an idea for a story that he'd love to see in the series:
I'd love the Doctor to be trapped inside a television show that's like Doctor Who. There's a central character that's a mysterious, time-traveling man who probably has an alcohol problem. And has to gone on and fight men in robber monster suits. I would like the Doctor to be placed—I'd like him to be in Doctor Who. I'd like him to wake up one day in Doctor Who.
Now that's the kind of story I'd pay to see.
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Last December, Wounded Bird Records reissued Alex Lifeson's long out of print solo project Victor, which had been out of print since its original release by Atlantic Records in 1996. Now, Wounded Birds is reissuing Geddy Lee's solo album, My Favorite Headache, listed on their website at $12.99.
Formed in 1998, Wounded Bird Records is a label that specializes in the reissue of albums from the 60's, 70's and early 80's on compact disc. All of their releases are properly licensed from the owner of the original masters, in most cases the original record label and sometimes the artists themselves. - Thanks to Blake Willis and RushIsABand for the headsup!
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Glad to hear it's being released again. Quick review: Except for the first song which, I'm sorry, is a little jarring, this is a Great release from Alex. I like the fact that each song is very unique.ReplyDelete
Agreed - very unique and creative, and a little dark.ReplyDelete
I need to listen to this one again - it has been awhile.
I still use the term "as dull as a wet afternoon" to describe a bore.
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To Preserve and Protect public resources for future generations.
To provide education about the historical, cultural, and natural resource significance of the region historically known as the Old Oregon Country.
To preserve and promote the Cultural, Historical, and Natural Resources of the Cascade Mountain Range and all the lands and waters that it influences.
To create opportunities for people from all walks of life and of all abilities to utilize and experience historic and natural sites, as well as contribute to their preservation.
To strengthen the awareness of the interrelationships that exist between all lands, waters, and resources that make up this vast region.
To play an integral role in economic development through ecologically-based tourism and recreation.
To work towards creating fish and wildlife sanctuaries in the Mount Hood Area and elsewhere in the Cascade Mountain Range.
Founding members included the following individuals and others who served as the mentors of Michael P. Jones, who was selected to create a museum, a resource preservation program, a habitat restoration program, and carry on the heritage traditions that historically have represented Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountain Range.


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I have put the training in, and I am ready to suit up for Super Bowl LII! OK, so I am talking about food and not athletics, but do not get it twisted. Cooking is a sport—blocking and dodging at the supermarket, carrying, squatting and lifting. I am rarely done without some sweat on my brow and back.
Specifically, for a spell, I was making these client favorite baked wings every week. I could make them blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back by now. If there were a trophy, it would be on my mantle.
Following is a recipe from Epicurious.com, with a couple of SCHOP! tweaks. The best part of this recipe is you can do the first bake days earlier and do the second bake on game day. Also, you can coat them with the sauces indicated below or your favorite bottled sauce, glaze or seasoning.
Buffalo sauce
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1/4 Teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 Teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 Teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 Cup hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's)
Ginger-soy glaze
1/4 Cup honey
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
3 Large garlic cloves, crushed
1 2-inch by 1-inch piece of ginger, peeled and sliced
5 Pounds chicken wings, tips removed, drumettes and flats separated
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon kosher salt (NOTE: Omit, if you opt to use a salt-based seasoning mix)
1/2 Teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 Tablespoon granulated garlic
For Buffalo sauce
Mix first four ingredients in a medium bowl; let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk in hot sauce; keep warm.
For ginger-soy glaze
Bring all ingredients and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve honey. Reduce heat to low; simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1/4 cup, 7 to 8 minutes. Strain into a medium bowl. Let sit for 15 minutes to thicken slightly.
For wings
Preheat oven to 400° F. Set a wire rack inside each of two large-rimmed baking sheets. Place all ingredients in a large bowl; toss to coat. Divide wings between prepared racks and spread out in a single layer, skin side up.
Bake wings until cooked through and skin is crispy, 30 to 45 minutes.
Line another rimmed baking sheet with foil; top with a wire rack. Add half of wings to ginger-soy glaze (or barbecue sauce or any sugar-
based sauce) and toss to evenly coat. Place wings in a single layer on prepared rack and bake until glaze is glossy and lightly caramelized, 10-15 minutes.
Toss remaining half of wings in Buffalo sauce. Serve immediately (no need to bake).
Go Eagles—or Patriots!
Happy eating and thanks for reading!
Kysha Harris is a food writer and editor, culinary producer, consultant and owner of SCHOP!, a personalized food service in NYC for more than 15 years. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram, @SCHOPgirl, on Facebook, /SCHOPnyc, and her blog, www.talkingSCHOP.wordpress.com. Questions? Comments? Requests? Feedback? Invitations! Email AmNewsFOOD at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @NYAmNewsFOOD and tag us with #SoAmNewsFOOD with your food finds!


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I have an old VF page that now needs to be displayed in Lightning. So I checked the checkbox
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When it comes to winning new business you want to be miles ahead of your competitors and sign the management first.
Video SMS texts will give you the edge you need.
Your Equipment needed– Use the video camera on your smartphone, but also invest in a lapel microphone.
Where to buy the microphone? In Australia, JB-HI sells the 'RODE Smart Lav Lapel Microphone' for around $60 to $80 each.
Or you will easily find this brand microphone on E-bay using the above search words.
Just create the video and SMS it through to your prospects once you have their mobile/cell number.
Keep your video time down to one minute or so, so that the video file doesn't become too big to SMS through.
Use these techniques and see your results go to the next level of effectiveness with new business.
Video SMS Text #1- Pre-Listing Presentation Message
When you've made an appointment with prospective owner clients and have made a time for a Listing Appointment, this video text will build trust and place you into pole position when you arrive.
Video SMS Text #2- After Listing Presentation- Follow-Up
After you've met with the prospective owner client at a listing presentation, this SMS text scrip will help you to follow up and build your trust further with your prospect.
Video SMS Text #3- Prospective Owner Lead Follow-Up
This video SMS text is useful to follow up should the owner has any queries….a good touchpoint and follow-up.
Video SMS Text #4- Owner Follow-Up after Viewing or Rental Open Inspection
This SMS Video Text gives you the script to be able to give the owner feedback on a vacant rental property, after an open inspection or private viewing.
Video SMS Text #5- Google & Facebook Review Request
This video text will assist you to ask for Google and Facebook reviews and build your trust online.


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|Healthy Diet Plans >> Chocolate >> Healthy Chocolate
Healthy ChocolateChocolate which is a hot favorite of most people comes from the cocoa fruit which is one of the healthiest fruits and has a lot of health benefits in it. In its raw form cocoa has the most antioxidant strength in it and is know to have a lot of benefits as far as cardio vascular health is concerned. Cocoa reduces the risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. The antioxidant content in cocoa is thrice as much as that in green tea and twice as much as what is found in red wine.
Apart from these health benefits cocoa which is an ingredient in healthy chocolate has anti aging properties and also anti inflammatory ones.
It is the flavanols in cocoa which reduce the stickiness in blood platelets and prevents them from sticking to each other and causing strokes, heart attacks and blood clots. This is done without any of the negative effects of medications like blood thinners and aspirin.
healthy dark chocolateHealthy dark chocolate is rich in flavanol which is an antioxidant. Cocoa contains a lot more of this concentrated health food than any other natural foodstuff does. None of the other fruits like blueberries, prunes and acai berries have the same concentration of antioxidants in them. These antioxidants are absorbed by the body much faster that those available in other fruits and vegetables and also last longer in the system. Cocoa also has the amino acid Tryptophan which prevents depression and maintains a positive outlook in people. The neurotransmitter serotonin promotes feeling which are positive with cocoa consumption. Apart form this cocoa has anandamide, phenyl ethylamine and dopamine which are not just healthy for the heart but also for the brain.
The mental alertness and concentration is improved with phenyl ethylamine. Healthy chocolate contains this ingredient which is especially beneficial to students who are about to write their exams and also delays or even prevents memory lapses in older people. Dementia can be prevented in the aged by consuming dark healthy chocolate. Dark chocolate is also beneficial to diabetics as it increases the sensitivity to insulin. With all the goodness which is packed into dark chocolate and the health benefits it is undoubtedly a great gift for someone you care for.
Healthy chocolate bars
In a research which was conducted on people with raised cholesterol levels it was found that regular consumption of these healthy chocolate bars reduced the LDL levels considerably making it a healthy snack for everyone. At the same meeting a study was presented which showed that the cocoa flavonols increased the synthesis of nitric oxide by the arteries and improved the flow of blood in diabetics. This showed that there would be long term benefits in treating vascular diseases in diabetics. The blood flow to the brain was also improved and would be beneficial in treating conditions like stroke and dementia.
Healthy chocolate recipesHealthy chocolate recipes are the ones which contain the dark chocolate and have lower quantities of fat in them. Chocolates which are specially made for diabetics and are sugar free also contain less of fat in them as both fat and sugar are bad for those with diabetes. While making home made chocolates and puddings and other desserts it is best to choose healthy chocolate recipes so that there is less of fat and sweet content in them. These recipes will be more beneficial for health and will prevent and reduce the risk of cardio vascular degeneration. The overall benefits of cocoa will be lost if the fat content is too much in these foods and also if the sugar content is too much. Instead find recipes which are healthy and which have only the benefits which cocoa and dark chocolate can give you.
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Networks, communities and the ground-truth
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The Web, society, information, cells and brain can all be represented and studied as complex networks of interactions. Nodes in such networks tend to organize into clusters and communities, which represent the fundamental structures for understanding the organization of complex systems. Even though detection of network communities is of significant importance for computer science, sociology and biology, our understanding of the community structure of large networks remains limited.
We study a set of more than 200 large networks with the goal to understand and identify communities in networks. We challenge the conventional view of network community structure and show that it is not exhibited by the large real-world networks. We then present a new conceptual model of network community structure, which reliably captures the overall structure of networks and accurately identifies the overlapping nature of network communities.
This is joint work with Jaewon Yang.
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25 Ways to Increase Traffic & Generate More Business With Your Website
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1) INCLUDE USEFUL INFORMATION – Create helpful information and content on your website, adding new content regularly. Google, MSN and Yahoo, and most other search engines, use keyword phrases to perform their searches. Find out which keyword phrases are most relevant to your site and use them wisely. Include your keyword phrase sparingly throughout the body of content, especially in headings, and near the end of your page. The first sentence should also contain your major keyword, for maximum impact.
2) ADD REFERENCES – Include client testimonials on your web pages. These can be short 2-3 sentences each, and allow potential clients to hear for themselves, the quality of your services.
3) MAKE IT EASY FOR CLIENTS TO RECOMMEND YOU – Include a "Recommend Us", or "Tell a Friend" online form on your website. It is an easy and efficient way for your clients and friends to refer you to others. Personal recommendations are an excellent tool for expanding your client base with very little effort.
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4) BLOG – Add a blog to your site and write new (can be a brief one or two paragraphis on a weekly basis) articles related to your industry and keywords. This is a great way for you to add new content and ideas to your site, automatically refreshing your search engine ranking Invite your clients and friends to participate, writing about their experiences of doing business with you and telling others how you helped them to succeed. Everytime you add a new blog entry to your website it generates an RSS Feed – which Google quickly sees. Your "blogging" is a great way to ensure that clients visit your site on a regular basis so read your latest article. This is also an excellent source of generating one-way links, useful for optimizing your site with search-engines.
5) ADVERTISE ON YOUR BUSINESS CARD – Add a note on the back of your business card, inviting people to visit your website blog and read about other people's experiences, as well as writing about their own. You could also direct potential clients to a page on your website that contains useful content, such as Financial Calculator Tools, if you're in the financial services business. Develop the habit of handing out lots of business cards and self-publicizing your services.
6) DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION – Register your website domain (dotcom) name for more than one year. SEARCH ENGINES (GOOGLE, etc.) give some points in ranking to domains that are registered for more than one year. An easy way to improve your ranking with the search engines is to register your domain (website dotcom name) for more than one year — for 3-5 years. To do this, simply login to your hosting account and register/renew your domain name for a longer period of time.
7) RESOURCES – Add a RESOURCES page to your site and include links to useful sites that your clients may find beneficial. Publicize these sites in your email newsletters and recommend that clients visit your site to find out more information.
For example, if you're a Financial Advisor, and you do business with several carriers, all of whom have online downloadable forms, include change of address and beneficiary forms on your site. Wherever possible, provide direct access to these resources on your website, with links, and let your clients know about this service. You can print it on your company literature and business cards, as well as including a reminder at the bottom of every email you send out.
Generate Inbound Links to Your Website
8) DIRECTORIES – Search for appropriate free web directories where you can submit your website. Apply to the Yahoo! Directory. Submit to directories such as Joe Ant, GoGuides, BOTW, Ezilon, Rubberstamped and Massive Links. Once you add your website link to the category that best describes your business, you will receive inbound links to your site. Google uses the number of inbound links to rate sites, so this can improve your ranking.
9) GOOGLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY – Submit your business address, for FREE, to the Google Business Directory. This is very easy to do, requiring only that you sign up for a Google account and submit your business information.
10) NETWORKING SITES – Join Linkedin.com as well as any other relevant business networking sites. Search for national and local business networking sites online and do not hesitate to sign up. You should include your keyword phrases in your personal profile, and you must always insert your website link as a matter of course.
11) VISIT BLOGS & FORUMS – These should be related to the subject material of your website and you should leave good information and comments that are relevant to the discussion. Always remember to include your website link, as an integral part of your signature, and leave it at the end of every single comment. This is a great way to generate numerous inbound links quickly and easily.
Promote Your Website
12) PRINT IT – Always try to draw attention to your web site by adding it to all of your business literature. Include your website name on your business card and all of your correspondence, publicizing your business and generating easy hits.
You could even include the name of your website address in your telephone voice-mail message, encouraging people to visit for more information.
13) GET FOUND IN ONLINE YELLOW PAGES – Most people use the internet when they are shopping locally for business products and services. You should have your business listed in the online business yellow pages, allowing your site to be easily found by potential clients. In the U.S., you should use 'Superpages.com' and 'Yellowpages.com'; in Canada, use 'YellowPages.ca'; 'Canpages.ca' and 'Canada411.ca'.
14) EMAIL – Include your website link, alongside your signature, at the bottom of every email you send. If you have a great and informative content page on your site, such as a page containing Financial Calculators or other useful resources, include a link to that page alongside your electronic signature.
15) NEWSLETTER – Create an electronic newsletter and gradually build up an electronic mailing list. Write content that is relevant to your client's problems; you are aware of the issues that they face, so you can give real and pertinent solutions to their problems.
Write about the success stories of clients (keeping their names confidential, of course) you know who have achieved financial success and measurable results.
Better yet, invite some of these people to tell their stories. Share those stories on your website or simply in an email format, generating a lot of positive publicity for your services. If you have financial calculator tools on your website, mention how clients can use them as a tool for financial planning.
Include a link to your website in your email newsletter, making it easy for the readers to follow up on any information they find interesting. Add an "opt-in" email newsletter link to build up your newsletter mailing list and network of potential clients.
Another good method is to post your newsletters on your website and invite prospects and clients to visit your website and keep up to date with the latest information.
16) EMAIL MESSAGE – This is an inexpensive and easy way to keep in touch with your friends, clients and associates. Write a funny or informative email, relevant to your industry, and send it to everybody that you know. Ask the recipients to pass it along to their friends via email, always including your name and website link, as the author of the message.
17) EMAIL AUTORESPONDER – Use email technology to follow-up with prospective clients and avoid wasting leads. When you receive an email through your website, have an auto-responder immediately reply by sending your marketing message or an E-Brochure.
18) SHARE EMAIL LISTS – Collaborate with associates and friends in other businesses who have email lists, who would be willing to promote your site to their customers if you reciprocate in turn.
19) BOOKMARK YOUR SITE – Invite your family and friends to bookmark your site and use it as their landing page. Your partners and staff should all do the same, increasing the volume of hits on your site. Make it easy for visitors to Bookmark your site by placing a 'Favicon' on every page, useful for people using Internet Explorer based browsers.
20) WRITE articles – Write articles using the keywords that you would like the search engines to rank you by. Post your articles to free sites, such as 'ezinearticle.com' and 'youpublish.com.' Keep searching for other places to post your article, publicizing your site and attracting new visitors. Make sure that your website link is included on your article, providing yet another one-way link to your website, which significantly improves your ranking with search engines. See our article for idea:
21) MORE LINKS – The idea behind Link Exchanges is that they bring traffic from a website with which you set up a reciprocal link. Some of these sites charge you for using their system for contacting other webmasters and exchanging links, but you can search for free sites where you can submit requests for reciprocal links. It is good practice to use your keyword phrases in your link exchanges for gaining an extra advantage with the search engines.
22) PAID ADVERTISING – Pay-Per-Click advertising, using services such as Google Ad words and Overture.com, the power behind Yahoo and MSN advertising, can cost between 1 cent and several dollars per click. You can bid on keywords for your industry, create an ad online, and pay only when users click the advert that directs them to your site. Facebook advertising is becoming more popular as you can choose your target market and demographic for your ads.
Use specific keywords and, if your business is local, include your city/town in the keyword phrase. For example: "Financial Advisor Surrey BC" would attract clicks from a specific target area. Be very careful with this service, because attracting clicks without generating business has the potential to be expensive. You must monitor your pay-per-click ads carefully and set dollar limits.
Make a video about your services and publish your knowledge online. Websites such as 'YouTube', 'Google Video' and the newer 'YouPublish,' which allow you to store and share videos. Make sure that you include your website URL in the video, and invite your friends and clients to watch the video through your website.
Make an audio welcome message and post it on your HOME page, next to your photo. This only needs to be a brief 15-second introduction, with the idea being to make an immediate and personal connection with the client. This is the extra subtle touch than can turn a potential client into a paying customer.
Make a podcast to build up a core audience that keeps on returning to your website. A pod cast is an audio file that you record and create in MP3 format, which your intended audience can download from your website and listen to at their convenience. For more information on this, Google the term "How to Create a Pod cast" and see how this powerful tool can attract regular visitors to your site.
24) BANNER ADS – Banner Exchanges can bring targeted web traffic to your site and can be a very effective, albeit slow burning, method for attracting clients. You will need to have a banner ad designed professionally. The banner should look like text and arouse the curiosity of the user, prompting them to take action and click on your banner.
Banner exchange programs usually provide an option for purchasing banner impressions at very low prices, allowing you to promote your business to many potential clients. This method can take a lot of time, as the banner usually has to be seen thousands of times to make one sale, but can create a steady trickle of income.
25) OPTIMIZE – Choose a domain name that utilizes strong keywords for your particular industry and specialty. Have your website designer optimize your website, using these keywords to ensure that it performs better in search engines. See our article on article on search engine optimization.


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Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy, and Andrew W.K. might seem like a disparate trio on paper, but they've gleefully joined forces for "I'm a Goner," the latest installation in Converse's "3 Artists 1 Song" series, which debuts today — and is streaming here. "Our music doesn't sound similar, but we all have the same goal: Make fun songs to party to," Matt Johnson, keyboardist for Brooklyn's Matt & Kim, tells SPIN.
LISTEN: Matt & Kim (feat. Soulja Boy & Andrew WK), "I'm A Goner"
"I'm a Goner" — available to download at Converse.com — is three times the fun party vibe: It's upbeat and slickly produced, like gems from Matt & Kim's last LP Sidewalks, and bumps with pop and hip-hop beats. Soulja and W.K. swap verses while Matt & Kim sing the song's catchy hook.
The collaboration, which follows in the Chuck Taylor-ed footsteps of last year's Best Coast/Kid Cudi/Rostam song "All Summer," started with Matt & Kim, who personally recruited the blood-drenched headbanger and the chart-topping Atlanta rapper for the project. "I love the idea of three artists that wouldn't normally get into the studio together doing this," he says, adding that he's a particularly huge Soulja Boy fan: "I love hip-hop, rap, pop, and Top 40."
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Matt & Kim wrote the song's chorus and hook, then sent the music to Soulja Boy in Miami, who tracked his verses and sent it back. But this wasn't simply a "mail order collaboration," as Johnson calls the email-only partnerships these days. Both Soulja and W.K. hit a Brooklyn studio with Matt & Kim to work on the song. "Being there together is more exciting and you get more quality work done."
And they put in a lot: "I am so exhausted," says Johnson. "I've been working on this song 18 hours a day for the last 14 days." When did they finish? "Tuesday morning!" he explains. "After this call I go to the mastering studio." (SPIN received the finished song minutes ago.)
"It's been intense," he adds. "The basement of my building flooded so I haven't showered in four days and I haven't done any laundry for a while. We've JUST been working on this song. I haven't shaved. I look like this song should be done! [laughs]."
Before "I'm a Goner" was completed, the trio headed to New Jersey to film its music video at an adondoned hospital. "It's super fun," Johnson says of the clip, premiering August 21 at 1:30 P.M. EST on MTV. "Soulja and his brother brought their skateboards and we lived my teenage dream — skating around an empty building. The video is basically about a bunch of dead people having a party at the hospital. It's a party!"
Matt & Kim will play Sunset Music Festival in Los Angeles this weekend, and will tour with Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance this fall.


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Disastrous bridge collapse illustrates construction hazards
The collapse of the newly constructed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University is a horrifying example of the unexpected failure of a massive structure.
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In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers must meet hazard-specific health and safety standards and provide employees with a work environment that is not likely to cause serious injury or death. This is not always easy in the construction world. The pedestrian bridge at FIU was meant to provide students with a safe walking route over the busy highway below. Instead, the bridge crashed onto the eight lanes of traffic, leveling several vehicles. Reportedly, two workers were on the bridge when it fell.
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PythonCard is a GUI construction kit for building cross-platform desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Release 0.8 includes over 50 sample applications and tools to help users build applications in Python, including codeEditor, findfiles, and resourceEditor (layout editor). A list of changes since release 0.7.3.1 is at the end of this message. New samples include ataxx, lsystem, moderator, montyhall, mp3player, reversi, twistedEchoClient. There is also an experimental reStructuredText and HTML editor in the codeEditor directory called restEditor.py.
PythonCard requires Python 2.3 or later and wxPython 18.104.22.168 or later.
You can download the latest release at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=19015
Please be sure to look at the migration_guide.txt file in the docs directory if you are upgrading from a previous release. Since the package name has changed, you can continue to use the older PythonCardPrototype package simultaneously with the new PythonCard package, but you must upgrade to wxPython 126.96.36.199.
All the information you need about PythonCard can be found on the project web page at: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/
The installation instructions and walkthroughs are available on the main documentation page: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/documentation.html
For a list of most of the samples that have been built with PythonCard and screenshots of them in action go to: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/samples/samples.html
The kind people at SourceForge host the project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythoncard/
If you want to get involved the main contact point is the Mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users
Additional Notes: Remember to backup or just delete your old PythonCard directory before installing a new version, so that the old files aren't still in the package directory. If you installed a previous version of PythonCard on Windows using the binary installer, then you should be able to remove the old package via the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel.
The distutils installer will put the framework, components, docs, samples, and tools in Lib\site-packages or your Python directory (typically C:\Python23). Of course, on Linux and Mac OS X that path will be slightly different and have forward slashes.
Windows users should get a PythonCard menu in the Start->Programs menu with links to the documentation, samples, codeEditor, findfiles, and resourceEditor.
The tools and most of the samples will now keep their config and data file info in the "pythoncard_config" directory created by the framework. On Unix, the directory will be ~/pythoncard_config. On Windows, the directory varies as described in the following post:
So, if you run a PythonCard app with any of the runtime tools and select "Save Configuration" from the "Debug" menu, the window positions and sizes of your runtime windows (Shell, Message Watcher, etc.) will be saved in "pythoncard_config/pythoncard_config.txt" not the PythonCard directory. Likewise, when you change the text style used by the codeEditor via the "Styles..." menu item under the "Format" menu, the modification will be saved in "pythoncard_config/stc-styles.cfg"
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changelog.txt changes since release 0.7.3.1
Release 0.8 2004-08-18 getCommandLineArgs moved to util.py runOptionsDialog moved to templates.dialogs.runOptionsDialog.py dialog.py is now a thin wrapper around wx.lib.dialogs.py all dialog results now use DialogResults class instead of dictionary e.g. result.accepted instead of result['accepted'] see dialogs sample and other samples and tools for examples of change menuDialog changed to insert in place, added default naming based on label changed Calendar component to CAL_SEQUENTIAL_MONTH_SELECTION style added mp3player sample switched to using wx.lib.statbmp.GenStaticBitmap on GTK for Image component Created unit-test facility. defined ignore files for files that should not be imported to check for tests. runAllTests.py runs all tests from the current working directory down, minus ignored. added sample unit test class, in UnitTestSample.py Added two unit tests for LSystem. Pulled out drawAbstractFractal() to allow this. Changed console_server.py and minimalTest.py so that importing the file didn't run code. updated childWindow resource loading to better support standalones refactored resourceEditor to query component spec for default set of attributes in on_componentAdd_command refactored resourceEditor to dynamically build list of available Components instead of using static list converted turtle sample to use Python modules for the script examples fixed resourceEditor so it saves on Run and validates component names changed all occurances of stack in resources to application removed Stack class the application is now the "parent" of the main Background changed __init__ for Background and CustomDialog so they don't take a stack parameter changed childWindow function self.stack.app references are now self.application added lsystem sample added ToggleButton component fixed enableCommand and disableCommand for components & menus added ataxx sample codeEditor now persists all View menu settings added reversi (Othello) sample made spirographInteractive its own sample added restore (inverse of minimize) background window event added twistedEchoClient sample added twistedModel.py module to hold TwistedApplication added redraw method to Widget to simplify immediate redraws added event.target workaround for timer events moved getStyleConfigPath to configuration module renamed stc-styles.rc.cfg to stc-styles.cfg removed unneeded WXMAC code blocks removed get/set methods for position, size, foregroundColor, backgroundColor in Background and CustomDialog and replaced with properties added removeListener method to EventQueue to enable the clean removal of the Message Watcher window when closing app changed codeEditor file dialog default from *.py to *.* fixed Windows border offset in resourceEditor by querying SystemSettings.GetMetric added Bruce Eckel's moderator sample updated Choice, ComboBox, List, RadioGroup to use 'selection' and 'stringSelection' attributes instead of mixed-capability 'selected' and 'selection' attribute see migration guide for more info added templates sub-package to hold common backgrounds and dialogs updated all samples and tools to use lowercase skip() removed CamelCase methods from BitmapCanvas (Draw -> draw) changed Component __init__ init underlying control before Widget class added makeNewId function removed postInit event binding is now part of component init removed getId() from Widget, using GetId() calls in framework *ROWLAND describe binding and spec changes here* added SetValue workaround for TextArea component on Windows removed dispatch.py and moved classes to event.py SetFocus -> setFocus Hide/Show -> visible attribute added visible, position, and size properties to tool windows added Tom Jacobs' montyhall sample added about.py module added About PythonCard dialog to codeEditor and resourceEditor added singleton.py module used by configuration.py, log.py, registry.py, and resource.py removed Ptr classes from isinstance checks removed old addresses052.py sample renamed res.py to resource.py replaced the use of __getattr__ and __setattr__ in Font, StatusBar, and Widget classes with property(), so those classes and components no longer have restrictive attribute access this change also eliminated the need for the _createAttributes and _getAttributeNames methods changed to wx.Frame for runtime tools on Windows to make them the same across platforms removed conditional code check PyCrust since PyCrust is a standard part of wxPython now added createStatusBar method to Background and CustomDialog classes so applications can override that method if they want to use a more complex StatusBar made statusbar.StatusBar a direct subclass of wx.StatusBar renamed PythonCardApp to Application refactored config.py to configuration.py removed PythonCardObject and all references to it removed ObjectMap and all references to it removed ObjectLookup and all references to it changed on_openBackground to on_initialize renamed pom.py to component.py added test.py added timer.py module and simple Timer wrapper added deactivate event to Background updated sound.py to use wx.Sound changed model.py to require Python >= 2.3 and wxPython >= 2.5 converted DC methods to use tuples instead of separate x, y and width, height args changed wx.NULL to None switched to wx package from wxPython import changed to import wx changed wx.wx style prefixes to wx. except for wx.wxEVT constants changed wx.wxHtmlEasyPrinting to wx.html.HtmlEasyPrinting changed default on Message Watcher to show unused events PythonCardPrototype package renamed to PythonCard all references to Prototype updated in source and docs
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