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Monthly Archives: October 2013
The Weekend's Best MatchupsOctober 31, 2013 | Jesse Squire
The New York City Marathon is back on TV!
This is hands-down the best weekend of the fall for distance running fans. Collegiate conference championship meets begin on Friday and go through Sunday plus the biggest road racing event of … Read More
Ethiopians Dado, Deba eye repeat of 2011October 31, 2013 | Daily Relay | One Comment
photo: IBTimes
Firehiwot Dado and Buzunesh Deba shared the finest day of their running careers when the two Ethiopians and long-time friends finished 1-2 in the 2011 New York City Marathon, each setting personal bests. Two years later, … Read More
Weathering the storm and keeping perspective in New York CityOctober 29, 2013 | Daily Relay
photo credits: bytheresa.com
"If a canceled marathon is the biggest thing I'm worried about in any given day, I'm pretty darn lucky."
When the New York City Marathon was scrapped less than 48 hours before its schedule start … Read More
The Monday Morning RunOctober 28, 2013 | Kevin Sully
Photo via Creative Commons
The Daily Relay will have on-site coverage from the New York City Marathon, including a comprehensive race preview later in the week. Before the press conferences, I wanted to start this edition of The … Read More
5 Questions with Emily InfeldOctober 22, 2013 | Pat Price | 3 Comments
photo: TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Emily Infeld as she continues her strong season on … Read More
The Monday Morning RunOctober 21, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment
Ashton Eaton will try his hand at the 400-meter hurdles next season
Photo courtesy of TrackTownPhoto
Track fans received their first bit of positive non-championship season news when Ashton Eaton's coach Harry Marra said that … Read More
College Weekend RecapOctober 21, 2013 | Jesse Squire | One Comment
Up to now, the college cross country season has been mostly speculation as to which teams will probably be the best in the country, but this weekend much of the speculation ended. The season's two biggest invitationals took place, Wisconsin's … Read More
The Weekend's Best Matchups for October 18-20October 18, 2013 | Jesse Squire
Terre Haute awaits half of the nation's best teams. (Photo by Jesse Squire)
These matchups all center around college cross country and the weekend's two biggest meets: the Pre-Nationals at Indiana State and the adidas Invitational at Wisconsin. Everyone who … Read More
The Monday Morning RunOctober 14, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment
Photo via Creative Commons
In honor of the Chicago Marathon, 26 thoughts on the race and the wins by Dennis Kimetto and Rita Jeptoo.
1) After a subdued 2012, the marathon is back to its preposterous ways. 2011 … Read More
The Weekend's Best Matchups for October 11-13October 11, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments
26.2 magnificent miles await a small city's worth of runners moving through the Second City. (Photo by Creative Commons)
There are a few big college cross country meets this weekend (mostly D-II and NAIA) and some overseas road racing, but … Read More


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In potentially the largest bank heist on record, an Eastern European hacker ring is stealing or lack thereof) at major financial institutions are so bad, it only takes opening a malware-riddled attachment to jumpstart an international, billion-dollar theft.
Not Exactly Sophisticated
The hacker heist was uncovered by security firm Kaspersky Labs, which categorized the attack as sophisticated. But sophisticated might be overstating it — in fact, this was your basic phishing scam. People actually had to click on a suspicious file to launch the attack. Once somebody clicked on the file, it launched a backdoor exploit called Carbanak, which steals passwords by installing software to record every keystroke that people make — while also taking screenshots. Security journalist Brian Krebs — who first reported the hack back in December — pointed out something important: To gain access to the computers, the hackers are taking a "minimal effort" approach, assuming (rightly) that they can gain entrance just by waiting for someone to casually click open a malware-infested attachment without properly updating their Microsoft Office.
In other words, this wasn't a zero-day attack; nobody invented a devious new exploit to rob these banks. Worse, the attack was so simple that it could have been prevented if the banks had just installed Microsoft security updates in a timely manner. Unfortunately, as Krebs pointed out, financial firms don't prioritise digital security. "Most organisations — even many financial institutions — aren't set up to defeat skilled attackers; their network security is built around ease-of-use, compliance, and/or defeating auditors and regulators," he wrote.
Many of the systems that large organisations and even financial institutions operate were designed before hacks of this scale became commonplace. But in the aftermath of the massive Sony hack and this current bank heist, companies need to start emphasising security as much as ease of use, or attacks like this will keep happening. It should not take a stray click on a sketchy attachment to open up a security hole that can blossom into a billion-dollar theft, and the fact that it did shows how broken financial digital security is.
"The real vulnerability here is that you have critical internal infrastructure connected to the same machines that people use to read unvetted outside email and browse the web," Johns Hopkins University computer scientist Matthew Green told me. "There's no business in the world that can secure a system like this. Until businesses adjust to that reality, these attacks will keep getting worse."
Anatomy of a Heist
Here's how it went down: Starting in 2013, internal computers at banks were infected with malware by using standard phishing scams, where hackers hide malware in emails that look legit. The malware used a security hole for Microsoft that had already been patched, on the assumption that some banks wouldn't have bothered with the security update. Once bank employees clicked on the Microsoft Office attachments within the emails, they were screwed if they hadn't recently updated their computers.
The hackers were patient, and tracked the computers of bankers, learning how they operated.From there, they'd override ATMs to spew out thousands of dollars to money mules, transfer money directly into their bank accounts, and launch additional phishing attacks on other banks.
Attacking computers using basic phishing tactics is something any greedy script kiddie can manage. While this particular hacking group is pulling some advanced, intelligent maneuvers once they're already in, it also proved that it's easy as hell to hack financial institutions. The Kaspersky report cites over 100 banks in 30 countries that have been hacked.
"It's actually quite common for organisations to run outdated pieces of software because certain tools or applications that were built at some point cannot be easily upgraded," Malwarebytes security analyst Jérôme Segura told me by email. "For instance, we see the use of older Java or Internet Explorer versions that are required for internal programs to work properly. These systems should be properly sandboxed from the rest of the network because they represent a risk."
Segura's recommendations to stop this kind of hacking include exploit mitigation tools, which can stop malware from successfully taking advantage of security holes. At the same time, he recognises that human error is always going to come into play. To combat that, he thinks banks should minimize opportunities for employees to mess things up. "In addition to training, employees should only be given access to parts of the network they really need. Access should also be revoked if no longer required," he said.
As convenient as it is to check your Gmail while you're at work in a bank, keeping secure financial processes on the same computer you use to tweet and browse Amazon is irresponsible at this point. Bank security needs to grow up.
[Sources: Kaspersky Labs [Krebs [New York Times]]
Illustration by Tara Jacoby; infographic via New York Times


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Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to prison
Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Monday in Paris to three years in prison, including two years suspended.
Sarkozy was sentenced for corruption and influence peddling in a wiretapping case which arose in 2013 from telephone interceptions with his longtime lawyer Thierry Herzog.
The criminal court ruled that a "corruption pact" had been concluded between Sarkozy, his lawyer and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert, the latter two of whom received the same sentence.
On 8 December, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office had requested four years in prison for Sarkozy, including two years mandatory, considering that the presidential image had been "damaged" by this case with "devastating effects."
Sarkozy was accused of having tried to obtain secret information from Azibert through Herzog, in a procedure concerning the seizure of his diaries on the sidelines of a case involving illegal payments from billionaire Liliane Bettencourt to Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007.
The information was to be provided by the magistrate in exchange for a helping hand for a prestigious post in Monaco.
Before the court, his lawyers had argued that in the end, Sarkozy had not won his case before the Court of Cassation and that Azibert had never held a position in Monaco.
According to the law, however, it is not necessary for the consideration to have been obtained, nor for the influence to be real, in order for the offences to be characterised as corruption and influence peddling.
Sarkozy thus becomes the second former president convicted under the Fifth Republic, after Jacques Chirac in 2011 in the case of fictitious jobs in the city of Paris.


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July 22, 2014 Newsletter
Wow, can you believe July is almost over!? Summer is certainly rushing by.
Sharynn's Quilt Box continues to be closed on Sunday's and Monday's. We are open Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Stop by today to see this wonderful machine and all it has to offer!
We have lots of new fabrics in the shop and lots more due to arrive soon – be sure and stop by and browse! We have lots of samples using the new fabrics.
Here are some of the latest arrivals:
Simply Gorjuss by Quilting Treasures features a whimsical panel with an adorable little girl and wonderful coordinates. Here is a preview of a few of the fabrics.
Quilting Treasure's She Who Sews is a fun sewing themed collection – take a look at some of them:
Robert Kaufman's Holiday Flourish is a gorgeous Christmas collection. The fabrics are incredible and have lots of silver metallic accents. Here are a few samples:
Sharynn's Stitching Friends. The next meeting will be Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 9:00 am. Be sure and bring Show and Tell.
NOTE: Pre-registration and signup are required for each session. Supply lists will be provided when participants sign up.
The next, and last, session for the Kansas Troubles BOM will be Tuesday, August 12, from 1-3 pm. NOTE: The Kansas Troubles fabric line is now available for purchase.
FABRIC BASKET CLASS – On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Annette Waldcutter will be teaching a fabric basket class. It will be from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. The class fee is $15.00 plus your supplies. There is a basket on display at the shop.
ROW BY ROW EXPERIENCE – Sharynn's is participating in the 2014 Row by Row Experience. The Row by Row has expanded to now include 35 areas in the United States and Canada. Each area will feature participating quilt shops that have designed a unique row in a Sew a Season quilt. Collect the free patterns by visiting the shops during the summer, July 1 – September 2, 2014. Shops will also be offering kits for their row. You can visit www.rowbyrowexperience.com to check the state you are traveling in to see the listing of participating shops. Stop by and see our row for the row by row experience!
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SHARYNN'S FALL RETREAT will be November 21-23, 2014 at Clifty Falls Inn in Madison, IN. The retreat is full and we cannot take any more reservations.
The next retreat will be in April of 2015 - watch future newsletters for dates and more details.
HELP make hospital stays as pleasant as possible for chronically ill children. Join ConKerr Cancer (Riley Hospital) in their mission to brighten the lives of sick children in hospitals through homemade pillowcases. Making a pillowcase is easy, rewarding and it can have a positive impact on a child in need. You can help by making a cheerful pillowcase, donate fabric or other sewing materials, or donate funds to help in the purchase of supplies. Sharynn's Quilt Box is a designated drop off point for finished pillowcases. If you want to participate, drop by today for further details and a free pattern for the pillowcase along with directions on laundering and packaging. If you can't make a pillowcase and want to help, stop by for information on donating materials and/or money for materials.
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Cancellation Policy – We require that you give a five (5) day notice when canceling a class. If you must cancel a class and give us the required notice, an in-store credit will be given. No credits will be issued for no-shows or anyone failing to give the appropriate notice. If we cancel a class, we will give you an in-store credit or a refund. There is a minimum and maximum class size. Be sure to sign up early for the class you are interested to guarantee a spot for yourself.
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Trainee Pilot Instructor Vacancy at Ethiopian Airlines
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Ethiopian Airlines would like to invite qualified candidates for the following position.
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BSC/BA degree in any other field of study with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 from recognized Ethiopian Higher Institutions and a minimum of 'B' in 10th grade EGSEC in Mathematics, Physics and English each or 50% grade point in Ethiopian University Entrance Exam in Mathematics, Physics and English each.
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Dear Human:
I was wondering why you didn't respond to my last note, and subsequently sent out that Search and Rescue squad of Haanta and her "dragon," George the Tortoise, to come and find me, then I found the note had been folded up and used as a wedge under a teetering bar table like a matchbook. Gods, woman, you panic far too easily! All hell broke loose when Haanta got here -- the Dwarf Bros., (who were my gentlemen hosts for the evening), Kegger and Schmegger, smelled that damn Shiner Bock IN THE BOTTLES and before we could hit the "move here" spell she misdirected aggro to George, fired off five flares, and power-shot Kegger right in the shoulder, fortunately missing his collar bone, (or worse, his beard), and pinned him and his chain mail to the back wall. Yelling a war-cry to defend his brother, "Git yuuur dotty hands off me brother!" Schmegger tore off his shirt, exposing his tats, including an unfortunate one about "Death to Goblin Scum!" which set off a particular Goblin waitress named Rosie Goldsnatch, who then broke a beer bottle over his head and threatened to 'remove the tattoo the hard way.' Schmeggle appeared both smitten and bloodlusting over her attack (for what male Dwarf doesn't love a woman who can handle a shank?) let his defenses down and she cut him, meanwhile Keggle is hollaring to bring him one of those Bocks and get him down off the bloody wall, or bring him two Bocks and leave him hanging, or something, Rosie drops the bottle and ties up the wound with a dirty bar rag, and Schmeggle, all moony-eyed declares his ever-lasting devotion to Rosie, and they went off to Goldshire. Haanta found her way over to a private booth to dance with a hot Elf chick or two (you know hunters and druids: when nature calls, it must be answered, no matter who dials the phone), and now I'm sitting here babysitting a confused tortoise and not sure where my next round is coming from.
Human, I appreciate all you do for me, truly. Let's be honest: we both needed a break from one another, and sometimes you can be a bit micro-managing.You only have one more full day in Texas, and from what I have heard from the others you've had a great time. You got to see a show, Wicked, with amazing steam-punk costuming and sets, and I know you read the book years ago and loved it; you've been to Guero's Mexican restaurant and bought goodies at Tesoro's, your favorite store in Austin. I know CD Rogue got a little mad at you last night when you told him you had a doctor appointment for your tummy issues next week, and he seemed to think you needed to go to urgent care immediately. Urgent care in the sticks of Texas is not the same as it is at home, and I know you'll be fine. Work and life builds up, the stresses get to be too much, and you want to escape to Azeroth to take your mind off it all. But remember, Human, you had a week without us, and we were just fine, and so were you. Let me drop some healing rain down on your head, sweet lady, and quit worrying so much. It only upsets you, and confuses tortoises. We don't want confused reptiles, now do we? No. No we don't.
Now I'm going to cut Kegger down off the wall, and leave a good tip for Rosie. Haanta's on her own.
See you soon, chica - bring more Bock if you can. (Although, it's probably not gluten-free...)
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Earned it.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Letters to Camp Packabuncha: Trouble
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Well see? There's no reason to worry about your girls, they have things completely under control, lol. I just hope they don't send the bar damage bill to you since you didn't get to enjoy it. Sounds like you had fun out there in real life!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh snap, I didn't think about the damage bills...maybe you can get the snot-boss out there again and have him cover up the damage...it is pretty fun out here, but I will be glad to get back home. I realized part of my stress is I need to balance work better with play. Should have bought a milagro charm when I was in Tersoro's...Delete
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The Scout's analysis of Fantasy Premier League Draft continues with a look at key midfielders in eight-team contests.
Midfield is arguably the most important position in FPL Draft when seeking in-form attackers.
Managers can select and play five midfielders in a Gameweek but each squad can only have three forwards.
And because many Premier League teams play with only one FPL striker in their line-up, the number of valid options to consider is limited.
This can drive more investment into midfield, with Draft managers swapping players in and out according to form and fixtures.
Here are The Scout's top five FPL Draft midfield picks.
Callum Robinson (SHU)
A role up front for Sheffield United means Robinson offers FPL Draft managers an "out of position" prospect.
Listed as a midfielder, Robinson delivered on his attacking potential in the Blades' 2-2 draw against Chelsea in Gameweek 4.
He produced a goal, an assist and 11 FPL points at Stamford Bridge.
Yet prior to that performance he had been overlooked. Robinson was owned by six of a sample of 1,000 FPL Draft managers, with only three starting him against Frank Lampard's side.
Andriy Yarmolenko (WHU)
Yarmolenko stepped up his recovery from injury with a goal in West Ham United's win over Norwich City last time out.
He has started the last two matches, recording four shots on goal and four key passes.
The winger's potential for points could be further rewarded by a kind run of matches.
According to the Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR) only two of the Hammers' next eight opponents score more than three.
Jeffrey Schlupp (CRY)
Listed as a midfielder in FPL, the Crystal Palace man has been operating on the left of a front three.
Schlupp has helped Roy Hodgson's side to successive wins against Manchester United and Aston Villa.
He earned 10 points from those two matches, supplying an assist in the 2-1 victory at Old Trafford in Gameweek 3.
And his totals of three chances created and two shots on target both rank second for the Eagles.
Will Hughes (WAT)
Playmaker Hughes has been Watford's top FPL performer in the opening Gameweeks.
The Hornets have scored twice this season and Hughes has played a part in both goals.
He supplied an assist against West Ham in Gameweek 3 and then netted his first goal of 2019/20 at Newcastle United last weekend.
Hughes' contribution has led to him claiming 15 FPL points in the last two matches.
Marco Stiepermann (NOR)
The Norwich City midfielder has yet to produce attacking points in FPL this season.
However, Stiepermann has shown plenty of promise in a central support role behind Teemu Pukki.
His seven shots and three on target both sit second only to Pukki among his Canaries team-mates.
Norwich also have a favourable schedule to follow, with three of their next four opponents scoring only two in the FDR.
Also in this series:
Part 1: FPL Draft: Vestergaard can firm up defences
Part 3: FPL Draft: Fixtures can favour Maupay


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JAZZ.FM91 listeners stunned at changes, allegations of misconduct at beloved radio station
Station offers few explanations for departure of popular hosts amid allegations by employees of harassment
Listeners to JAZZ.FM91 are dismayed by on-air changes at Canada's only all-jazz radio station, as well as news of allegations of sexual misconduct, workplace harassment and mismanagement against former CEO and president Ross Porter and board members.
"It's so disappointing, shocking that this is going on," says long-time listener Deborah Abbott. She's already cancelled her monthly donations of $120. "It's very, very sad to see it all fall apart."
Hosts at the station often referred to listeners as "members of the JAZZ.FM family," but there have been no explanations on air about the recent departures of four long-time on-air personalities, nor the earlier departure last fall of station stalwarts, including the vice president of creative talent Dani Elwell, who doubled as an on-air host, or the departure in April of morning show host Garvia Bailey.
"All of a sudden I'm listening one Saturday morning," recalls Abbott, "and [Elwell] isn't on. I sent a note, saying, 'I missed you this morning,' and she writes back."
Elwell replied, saying, "Unfortunately this was not my choice. I wasn't allowed to say goodbye with the show."
Board member John Sadler declined a request from CBC Toronto for an interview with interim CEO Charles Cutts or anyone else connected with station management.
However, last Sunday, in an email to listeners, board chair David McGown and Cutts wrote that the station is facing challenges, and said JAZZ.FM is not immune to changes in "the fractured media landscape."
Former employees allege harassment, mismanagement
But a letter obtained by CBC Toronto, dated March 16, 2017 from eight former and five current on-air staff at JAZZ.FM, tells a different story.
"We are a collective of past and present JAZZ.FM91 employees," it begins.
Then the letter goes on to accuse a number of senior figures at the station of "ongoing workplace harassment, sexual harassment, bullying and general mismanagement of the station."
The letter points the finger at Porter, along with Sharda Prashad, the vice president of finance and operations, former board chair Bernie Webber and board vice chair Renah Persofsky.
The signatories say that over the past five years they've witnessed "a steady erosion in the overall management" and a climate of fear and low morale.
None of allegations have been proven.
Former staff, none of whom would allow their names to be used for fear of legal retribution, say the board responded by hiring workplace lawyer Jennifer MacKenzie to conduct an investigation.
In the emailed letter, McGown and Cutts inform listeners that "Ross Porter recently stepped aside to spend more time with his family and in particular his wife, who is terminally ill." The letter also says Porter will continue to provide programming and advice to the station for the coming year.
A sense of personal loss for listeners
On a Facebook page for JAZZ.FM listeners, many people describe feelings of personal loss, especially when they tuned in last week to find the morning show replaced by un–hosted music, interspersed with traffic reports and BBC newscasts.
"That first morning, I was stunned," says Abbott. 'I wake up to the station. I go downstairs and search the website and can't find Garvia or Jaymz on the website. And Garvia was amazing, a great morning host, very engaging. James was this other dynamic in the morning ... He was always fun to listen to."
One longtime host says the on-air changes were preceded by years of growing secrecy and abrupt personnel changes at the station.
"I started to see a revolving door, sped up to a point I've never seen before in any other organization." The former host says several one-time colleagues are dealing with PTSD.
The collective letter says that over about five years, at least 40 employees have resigned abruptly, been fired abruptly or left the station "because it was untenable."
None of the allegations against Porter or the board members have been proven in court.
'They failed this organization'
"If the board is responsible for good governance, they failed this organization," says the one-time host. "For a non-profit public organization, the transparency is almost negligible."
The former host and other staff also question the board approving a salary of more than $300,000 for the former CEO, given the station's annual budget of $4.5 million and its reliance on listener donations.
Abbott blames the board for failing to protect the people who wrote the collective letter and the recently departed hosts.
"They should have asked for more money and been upfront about it," says Abbott. "We all know the media is suffering and that things are tough in the radio business."
Like Abbott, long-time listener Linda Scott is also cancelling her monthly donation of $20, saying she resents the lack of transparency.
"I didn't think they explained all these people leaving," says Abbott.
'Difficult decisions'
In the email to listeners, Cutts and McGown say they were "difficult decisions" and add that "to put them in context, our actions occurred on the same day that Rogers Media terminated one-third of its digital content and publishing team."
'I don't see what Rogers has to do with anything," says Scott. "JAZZ.FM wasn't connected to Rogers. They seem to be sidestepping things. The email made it sound like they just want to ensure that you still give them money."
Scott contrasts JAZZ.FM's response with that of Soulpepper, another arts organization that went through a similar upheaval after its former CEO Albert Schultz resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
As a frequent attendee of Soulpepper's productions, Scott says the theatre board appealed to its audience for support with posts from actors and crew about how much the company and their ongoing support meant to them.
"But I don't feel the same pull from anyone at JAZZ.FM. There's a lack of transparency."
Toronto jazz pianist Ron Davis, another long-time listener and frequent on-air guest, says the changes are potentially devastating for the jazz community across Canada, because it's one of only three all-jazz radio stations in North America.
"There isn't a jazz musician in this city who doesn't imagine their music being brought to the public by JAZZ.FM, from students to jazz veterans," says Davis. "Whether you're a 15-year-old student in the jazz program at Humber College, or a veteran with a new recording, it all passes through JAZZ.FM."


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With this week's nor'easter we weren't sure if the kids would be at school to participate in the national walkout to protest the mass shootings that keep happening in this country. We had a snow day on Tuesday but only a delay yesterday. Both kids at each of their schools joined in and I couldn't be prouder. It's so important for people, kids in particular, to find a way to get their point across in a mindful way. May they bring about the change that is so needed.
I'd love to say that this storm was the last but we're not going to be that lucky. Another one coming next week! So over this winter.
I wanted to treat the family to a nice Saturday meal this past weekend that would have a side of Brussel sprouts as it's a treat for my husband. I was puttering about on the Pinterest site and I saw many recipes for mustard and garlic pork and then white wine garlic pork and I thought, why not do it all?
A couple of hours before dinner I did up the marinade for the pork loin. In a bowl that would fit the loin add a 1/3 cup of olive oil and 1/4 cup of white wine. Finely chop 4-5 cloves of garlic and a healthy handful of fresh thyme. Season with sea salt and pepper.
Score the pork loin, season with sea salt and pepper and add it to the bowl and make sure the marinade coats the pork well. Set aside in the fridge for a couple of hours.
When it was time to cook everything up I prepped the potatoes and parsnips for roasting. I really like them cut into disks. I find I get a lovely golden roast on the veg. Brush them with olive oil and season, again!, with sea salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 375F/190C. Take the pork out of the fridge and put on a sheet to roast. Mix 2 tablespoons each of brown sugar and brown mustard and brush it onto the pork.
Pop it into the oven along with the potatoes and parsnips. In a skillet add the remaining marinade and mustard mix.
Bring to a low simmer and add a cup/8oz of chicken stock. Simmer slowly while the the pork cooks. As it reduces add more chicken stock if needed to balance out the flavours and to make sure you have enough sauce. You don't want a watery sauce but you want enough to go round!
As I mentioned my husband loves Brussel sprouts so I pan seared a bunch for him and our daughter. Our son and I don't like them so I did up some green beans for us.
When the pork is done let it rest for several minutes then slice and layer over the potatoes. Spoon the sauce over the pork and serve with veg and parsnips.
This had so many delicious flavours that worked together. We all really enjoyed this meal.


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Opsview Data Warehouse configuration options
In Configuration > My System go to the 'ODW' tab:
If you have a subscription that contains ODW, then you will see this tab. Within this section you can choose to enable ODW imports, i.e. store data longer than the seven-day retention period allowed within the runtime database. ODW data is stored in summarized one-hour blocks that ensure all service check state changes are recorded and can be reported on.
After enabling ODW imports, you can change the retention period of ODW data.
You can also enable 'Extended Import'. If you enable this, Opsview Monitor stores every service check result and performance plot for the
Extended Import retention period. Enabling Extended Import can greatly increase the size of your ODW and slows down both the
import_runtime process and generating reports. Extended Import data is only used by the
Daily Performance Report; if you do not use this report, or do not use a custom report that uses the
odw.servicecheck_results or
odw.performance_data tables, you likely do not need to enable Extended Import.
Finally, you can choose to import all Hosts/All Service Checks, or uncheck the box to choose to store long term data about a specific set of Hosts/Service Checks as shown below:
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Kṛṣṇa means "The all-attractive". How can someone be all attractive? First of all, if one is very wealthy, if he has great riches, he becomes attractive to the people in general. Similarly, if someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very famous, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very beautiful or wise or unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes attractive. From practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to (1) wealth, (2) power, (3) fame, (4) beauty, (5) wisdom and (6) renunciation. One who is in possession of all six of these qualities at the same time, who possesses them to an unlimited degree, is understood to be Kṛṣṇa. And because of this, there cannot be two Kṛṣṇa's, there is only one, without equal.
Sometimes the Vedas are confused with modern hinduism, and thus considered polytheistic. But this is far from the truth, the vedas only consider one Supreme person, but, just like any important person in this world, there are delegates, secretaries, servants, that work for Him. Those secondary persons, are also important although not in the same position as their master. These delegates sometimes referred to as demigods in vedic scriptures, are in charge of different universal functions. It is common to see in worldwide cultures the worship of the "sun god", or the "moon god". These demigods are not the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but simply delegates of Him, because they are also powerful, sometimes people think they are Supreme.Kṛṣṇa visited this planet 5000 years ago, during the times of the great world war in the battle grounds of Kurukshetra, India. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparalleled. All His activities are very sweet and of deep significance, and it is a great fortune to be able to read and learn about those activities even today through recorded vedic scriptures.
The world-class teacher Śrīla Prabhupāda has written a very nice summary of Kṛṣṇa's activities in the book commonly called the "Kṛṣṇa book" which you can download for free.
KṚṢṆA BOOK – Free download
For literally thousands of years, the vedic literatures have represented a vast treasure house of knowledge and delight for millions upon millions of readers. Unfortunately, many of the most interesting of these ancient Sanskrit texts have remained inaccessible to the modern reader in the West – that is, until now.
This book contains an original account of the extraordinary pastimes of Krishna, who appeared on this planet 5,000 years ago. Absorb yourself in its pages and come directly in touch with His marvelous characteristics and glorious deed. Join Krishna in a long-forgotten time as He enchants all the residents of the magical land of Vrindavana and simultaneously battles a fantastic array of enemies wholly bent upon His destruction.
Sri Krishna's pastimes are not only charming, fascinating and highly entertaining but are full of deep philosophical wisdom and insight as well. Anyone who takes the time to read this one-of-a-kind book will be impressed by its relevance to contemporary human concerns.
Back in 1970, the author commented: "Whoever reads it will become a devotee of Krishna."


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Gaining a higher sense of ourselves
In the world today we are educated to think of ourselves as physical personalities, activated by brain and nerves, existing within the systems of matter, time, and space. And we often try to improve our condition through chemical, surgical, or some other material means. But is man really, in the final analysis, corporeal? What is there within this stuff called matter that could possibly inspire the compassion to mend a broken heart? Or give a rejected person the will to live? Or impel Christ Jesus to give his life to feed a hungry world and heal its miseries? Whenever we feel something of the love the Master preached, we can be assured that our actual selfhood is spiritual, Godlike, not fleshly. Such love must come from a source outside of physique, a spiritual source that cares for its creation. So God is not distant and unloving; He is omnipresent Spirit, and man expresses the nature of his creator. Truly, there is infinitely more to us than physicality. ``Material personality is not realism,'' 1 we read in the textbook of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of this Science. And on another page she states, ``God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis.'' 2
In the Bible, the Psalmist addresses God with the question ``What is man, that thou art mindful of him?'' And the wonderful answer follows: ``Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.'' 3
Whether our need is for improved health, security, employment, more income, or happier relationships, it will be met more readily if we will stop thinking of our lives as a mere interplay of material elements and personalities. Solutions can come naturally as we learn, through prayer, to see life from a spiritual standpoint; to see that God is Life itself, perfect divine intelligence, and that we are actually God's offspring--not material but spiritual, in the likeness of our Maker. Material existence, with all its tragedy and discord, is the manifestation of the world's whole system of limited material concepts, and not the eternal actuality of our being. In Christian Science we learn to deny--as spiritually invalid and mesmeric in nature--the signs of suffering in oneself and others, and to affirm God's perfection and love as being right where discords have seemed to hold sway. This is not wishful thinking but potent prayer. When deeply felt, it brings our daily lives under God's law of harmony and results in incalculable blessings. In my own experience, physical healings have taken place, estranged friends and relatives have been reunited, businesses have been saved, and catastrophes averted, as the result of prayer.
Let's never say, ``I don't feel God's presence with me.'' We need only to be humble enough to hear God's voice, His healing thoughts, and willing enough to listen. Loving as Jesus loved, we will be able to let go of the old darkened sense of ourselves and find healing of the hurts and bitterness and fears that may have accumulated through the years. Letting the one Mind speak to us, letting divine Love communicate, comfort, guide, we certainly will feel God close to us, encompassing us with a healing power that no error can withstand. In the spiritual sense of ourselves, there is no element of deprivation or suffering. No form of damage, blockage, abnormality, or destruction can enter there. As God's beloved children, we are free from evil temptations, under no cloud, penalty, or verdict of doom. We stand as evidence of the sparkling purity and joy of Life, God.
This way of thinking and living is open before us. It is not escapism. Rather, it's a way of God-based fulfillment and dominion, of spiritual poise and peace that nothing can disturb.
1 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 337.
2 Ibid., p. 258.
3 Psalms 8:4-6


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I envy my friends—real, virtual, and imaginary—who live in unassailable and untroubled party-political affiliation.
Navigating life as an independent is a lonely business.
You find yourself largely alone, constantly looking left and right, muttering, "but . . . " There are not easily recognized one-liners that everyone instantly "likes" on Facebook. And you find yourself equally uneasy with the bombast of Rush Limbaugh and the ads that compare voting for the President with losing your virginity.
Worst of all, of course, is being held up as the object of both parties' attention, although I can hardly complain. Unlike my fellow independents in Virginia, Ohio, and Florida, I am spared most of the campaigning, because Texas never swings. I have a friend in Virginia who points out that he longs for the return of Viagra commercials.
Still, being an independent always reminds me of the Far Side cartoon with the conversation between two bucks, one with a target printed on his chest. The caption reads, "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal."
That said, I'm content to live here politically. It's not that I think that my friends are wrong to live where they do. They seem to be convinced of their position and resolute in their support for it. I simply haven't been able to make it work for me spiritually, intellectually, or theologically.
Perhaps some of it has to do with my own intellectual and spiritual formation.
Years ago one of the great intellectual and spiritual influences on my life was a man named Robert W. Lyon. Bob—as he insisted on being called—argued that to follow Jesus was to be a part of "The Loyal Opposition." He even had a later generation of students who formed what they called the "The LO Society."
I don't know how Bob would describe his convictions now. He was far too thoughtful and dynamic in his approach to be typecast and stereotyped. So, representing his point of view to the public is a tricky business and sadly, he is no longer alive to articulate it for himself. So, as a devoted student and friend, I need to admit that I don't "know" what Bob would say.
What I learned from Bob, however, was this: To borrow a phrase from another friend, God stands in "loving judgment" on our lives, eager to draw us closer into the Kingdom and nothing—nothing—ever quite captures the breadth or the depth of God's vision for our lives. As such, to be in power is to be subject to the criticism of the Kingdom. No theory, no instantiation of policy, no body of ideas will ever exhaust or capture what God wants for us.
- Because our nation and the Kingdom of God are not one and the same.
- Because no body of words or quantification of the Gospel's demands can capture what God wants for us or can be reduced to a party political platform or an administrative policy.
- Because nothing that claims to be the Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of God, other than the Kingdom that God ushers in.
- Because the decisions we make as a nation are not forged with that vision of the future in mind and so, they are always fragmentary and inadequate.
- And, perhaps, most basically, because God is God and we are not. So no temporary and temporal expression of God-given community can ever claim to capture fully what God desires.
What conclusion do I draw for election night?
Once the votes have been counted and the clock ticks down to another inauguration, the process of "loving judgment" will begin again. Some good decisions will be made. Some bad decisions will be made.
And God will continue to beckon us onward to deeper, faithful obedience.


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Microsoft's OneNote app is one of my favourite apps from Casa Redmond. Not only does it replace a lot of the paper that I would ordinarily be carrying about, but it makes it easier to get organised from one central app.
With the latest updates to the Windows 10 OneNote app, Microsoft now makes it easy to print all of your notes off and convert a digital notebook, into a physical one for sharing with people the old-fashioned analogue way.
Why would you want to do this? Simply put, there are situations where you might need to share your notes with others in tech-unfriendly locations — think construction sites, some meetings. Or perhaps, you just need to have the notebook in a non-digital format so you can annotate on it with real-life pen and ink, whatever the reason you have in mind, you can now print off your digital notebooks wholesale.
How to Print an entire OneNote Notebook
- Open OneNote and navigate to the section of the Notebook you want to print off
- Tap the ellipsis menu to bring up options
- Select Print.
- You can now choose between Page, Section or Notebook. Choose which option you want.
- You can print this either as a PDF with Windows 10's built-in PDF tool or more likely as a physical document.
OneNote for Windows 10 doesn't come as part of the Office 365 installation but is built into Widows. You can download it from the store link here.


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These attacks in the 10th and 11th arrondissement happened thirteen days later. I'd walked in the 10th by one of the café's the other day, weather in the 70's, sunny and amazing for November. Everyone was out. A quartier I set a book in, an arrondissement home to immigrants and the 'populaire' - working class with so many cultures: Kurdish, Turkish, Hindu, Serbian as well as African and before them Ashkenazi Jews and Eastern European Communists. I walked down rue Jean Pierre Timbaud into the 11th where I also set a book, at the top of the street every kind of Koran shop, veiled women, wall plaques with a vase of flowers to the fallen 'Mort pour France' from the Nazi's, and at the bottom the Maison de Metallo's the old communist union of metal workers now an art and cultural center. Alive. True, as reports say parts have become 'branche' hip but there's still an edginess. The victims were young, culturally diverse and it boggles the mind why this neighborhood was targeted.
But a lot of wonderful things did happen during my trip; leading a tour to sites in my fictional detective's life, visiting friends, researching and being a 'flaneur'. Here are pictures of a happier time:
At home on Friday, jet lagged, messages started coming from people asking me if I was alright, if my friends in Paris were safe. What did that mean? A quick check of the news and I saw the unfolding horror of innocent people gunned down and the saga of the crimes happening in Paris. Even though we lost an innocence, my Parisian friends say don't forget 'Fluctuat nec mergitur' the Latin phrase meaning "Tossed but not sunk" and the motto Paris has used since at least 1358.


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Prolong Ultra Cut 1 Water Soluble Cutting Fluid has proven to maximize results in sawing, grinding, boring, turning or milling processes where coolants are required. Ultra Cut 1 is extremely effective in eliminating uneven cuts and increasing tool life beyond the industry's standard expectations. Ultra Cut 1 is excellent as a flood coolant, and for making emulsions in machine shops where a coolant lubricant is required.
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BOOM: Texas Stomps CAIR: Bans Sharia Law Statewide
CAIR is not a bunch of happy campers today. The Texas Legislature has passed a bill which will ban the use of Sharia law anywhere in the state of Texas. The bill is now being sent to Texas governor Gregg Abbott, who will sign the bill and make it law. Sharia Law isn't even law. It's an edict from the Muslim religion and uses punishments such as mutilation, amputation, scourging, lashing and whipping, stoning, forced child marriage, and killing by such means as stoning, burning, being thrown off of a roof and beheading for various "crimes."
The new law will protect Muslim women.
This provision protects Muslim women from harsh penalties in matters of divorce, child custody, forced child marriage and so-called "honor" punishments imposed as a matter of course in a culture and faith that subjugates women.
In domestic cases, women may not be allowed custody or visitation of their children, maintenance, child support or receive their share of marital property under Sharia law.
Unsurprisingly, the Center for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the bill will "demonize" Muslims for their faith and called it an attempt to spread "Islamophobia."
It remains to be seen if the Michigan bill proceeds in a state with a high population of newly-arrive Muslims or in other states now that Texas has an established law prohibiting the application of any foreign law in a state courtroom.
But with the influx of large numbers of Muslims from the Middle East into communities, demanding the right to have their disputes adjudicated in Sharia courts, some states have found it necessary to write specific exclusions into their constitutions to make it clear that no faith-based law will be used in a state courtroom.
Michigan has introduced just such a bill, but Texas has already passed a law preventing Sharia law from being applied in Texas courtrooms, and sent the bill to Gov. Greg Abbott's office for his signature.


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Aflac Trivia
By BreakAway Games
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Description: The game is structured much like popular mobile trivia games. It is designed to be engaging so that the contractors who sell Aflac products will play it. During play the user will be tested on their detailed knowledge of Aflac's insurance policies, and will learn learn the details they don't already know.
Skills and Ideas Taught: Details about Aflac's insurance policies.
Goal or Challenge: The goal is to advance the Aflac duck along a path through Aflac Island, collecting gifts and power-ups along the way.
Primary Audience: Insurance salespersons who are not Aflac employees but sell Aflac products.
Assessment Approach: They progress along a path, achieve scores for correctly answering questions, and receive titles and gifts for their avatar.
Game Engine: Unity
Platform: iOS, Android
Special Hardware: None


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General Online Research 2019
6 to 8 March 2019
TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview
F 3: Poster Session (Part III)
Style for Success? A Study on the Impact of Avatars' Styling on Perceived Competence and Warmth.
Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany
Avatars representing humans in a virtual environment are used in different online scenarios. One future application might be a digital assessment center, where candidates got represented by an avatar to design an inclusive application process. Based on the media equation theory (Reeves & Nass, 1996), prior evidences showing that styling has an influence on the evaluation of women (Klatt, Eimler & Krämer, 2016) might also be applicable to avatars. Nevertheless, it is still questionable, if and how this evaluation impacts the perception of the represented candidate's capabilities. Thus, this study investigates the influence of an avatar's styling on its perception and whether it has an effect on the perceived leadership abilities of the represented human.
To examine this question we conducted an online experiment with a 2 x 2 x 2 (skirt/pants, loose hair/braid, with/without makeup) between-subjects design. To enhance the generalizability two different figures have been evaluated and collapsed for the analyses. Overall 143 participants (55 female, Mage = 30.31, SDage = 13.28) evaluated the virtual woman concerning warmth, competence, status and leadership abilities.
The results showed, that avatars with makeup were rated more competent (F(1,135) = 5,801, p = .026, η2 =.036), evoked a higher leadership ability (F(1,135) = 7,309, p = .008, η2 =.0.051 and a greater chance of getting hired (F(1,135) = 4,01 p = .047, η2 =.029) in comparison to no make-up. Additionally, avatars with a braid are perceived as more competent (F(1,135) = 6.578, p = .011, η2 = 0.41), are associated with higher leadership ability (F(1,135) = 7,274. p = .008, η2 = .051 ) and had greater chances to get the job (F(1,135) = 5,85, p = .017 η2 = .042) than ones with loss hair. Moreover, for avatars with loss hair no make-up leads to a higher warmth perception than make up (F(1,135) = 5,565, p = .020, η2 = .040). No differences for clothing occurred.
The results show that it is important to be careful while designing the look of a digital avatar, because styling has an effect on the perception of the avatar and this evokes differences in the perceived capabilities of the human represented by it.
Fake News: On the Influence of Warnings and Personality
University of Würzburg, Germany
Relevance & Research Question:
Misinformation on social media, often called fake news, has moved to the center of public discussion. One way to combat the spreading of fake news is the implementation of warning messages (e.g., "contested by independent fact-checkers") attached to social media posts. However, the effectiveness of warning labels is debated and empirical research in this field is rare. Based on prior theories in offline contexts we expected warning messages to decrease the perceived accuracy and the intention to share such posts.
Importantly, we assumed that the effect of warnings varies with users' personality, the Dark Triad of personality (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) in particular. Individuals with high Dark Triad scores are low on empathy, they disregard others, and tend to disrespect justice and truth. Thus, these variables should predict higher accuracy ascribed to social media posts with fake news warning labels and higher sharing intention of misinformation.
Methods & Data:
An online experiment was conducted (N=438). Facebook posts with and without warning messages were prepared that highlighted a subsequent news article. After reading the news article the perceived accuracy and the intention to share the content were assessed. Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy scores were obtained. This experiment was based on a one-factorial between-subjects design with Dark Triad scores as continuous moderators.
On average, the effect of warning messages on perceived accuracy and intention to share was small. As expected, the impact of warning messages decreased with participants Machiavellianism and Psychopathy. The more individuals are predisposed to disregard others and to disrespect justice and truth, the less warning messages affect their judgment and intended behavior.
Added Value:
Warning messages are an often-discussed tool to counter the spreading of fake news but little is known about their immediate psychological effects. This project addressed this research lacuna and showed that personality traits predict the handling of misinformation.
Looking back. Moving forward. 20 years of GOR.
Norstat Group, Germany
Relevance & Research Question:
After the 20th GOR conference took place in Cologne last year, we thought it was time to examine the evolvement of the event. Its beginnings date back to the very early days of online research and prevailed through a very dynamic era with rapidly changing technologies. We wanted to know, what topics appeared and disappeared over the course of time and how the focus of the research community may have shifted.
Methods & Data:
With a little help of DGOF's managing director Birgit Bujard, we collected and consolidated all available abstracts from the past twenty events between 1997 and 2018. As the setup of the conference has changed over the last decades, the data needed to be formatted, cleansed and translated into English, in order to create a comparable data set. Based on this data, we conducted a (text) analysis and visualized our most interesting findings.
Our infographic shows that there are temporarily trending topics, but also topics, which seem deeply ingrained in the DNA of GOR and the online research community. We show the development of certain key topics and also other KPIs that illustrate the evolvement of the conference.
Added Value:
Our poster represents some of the identity of the General Online Research conference, but is also meant to surprise and hopefully entertain the conference participants.
Respondents behavior in web surveys: Comparing positioning effects of a scale on impulsive behavior
GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
Relevance & Research Question:
Previous research has shown that the quality of data in surveys is affected by questionnaire length. With an increasing number of survey questions that respondents have to answer, they can become bored, tired and annoyed. This may increase respondents' burden and decrease their motivation to provide meaningful answers which might lead to an increased risk of showing satisficing behavior.
Methods & Data:
This paper investigates effects of item positioning on data quality in two web surveys. The first is an eye-tracking study with 130 participants and the second an online survey with 900 respondents. In each study, respondents answered a grid question on impulsive behavior that consists of eight items and a five-point response scale. The scale was randomly provided either in the beginning or at the end of the web questionnaire.
The position of the scale was predicted to influence a variety of indicators of data quality and response behavior in both web surveys: item nonresponse, response times, response differentiation, as well as measures of attention and cognitive effort operationalized by fixation counts and fixation times (only available for the eye-tracking study). Results show that data quality is lower for questions positioned later in a questionnaire which is shown in less item differentiation, shorter response times, less fixation times and less fixation counts.
Added Value: This study adds to the existing research on the optimal positioning of variables in surveys.
Fit for Industry 4.0? – Results of an Empirical Study
Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Relevance & Research Question: Digitization and IoT have become the drivers of a far-reaching transformation process in companies worldwide. Companies are now faced with the challenge of shaping this change while considering the people and the organisation, in addition to technology. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the effects of the digitization of company employment and competence requirements, differentiated according to employee groups.
Methods & Data: Following preliminary literature research and qualitative expert interviews [n=6], a research framework was developed that consists of two interconnected levels: [1] requirements of internal and external digitization as well as [2] qualifications and competencies of different occupation groups.
Based on this, a quantitative online-study was conducted from Oct. 2017 to Jan. 2018. Participants [n=150] were recruited using a personal approach and consisted of company representatives from Germany with expertise in the field of digitization and HR.
Results: Concerning internal focus, 73% of companies surveyed have an ERP system and 69% have an intranet, but only 36% use a cloud-system, 29% data analytics and 8% AR/VR.
Regarding external factors, 50% do not have an online shop or a platform for customer communication. 77%, however, confirm the examination of new digital business models. Additionally, most respondents do not expect any employment effects from digitization but do expect a change in tasks and a greater need for training, especially for skilled workers (85%, academics 84%, unskilled 66%).
Openness to change is regarded as the most important competency across the employee groups, followed by the ability to learn for unskilled (90%) and skilled (88%) workers, the ability to think in context for academics (97%) and communication skills for managers (96%). While the most important task for managers is the design of framework conditions, for other employee groups it will be working with new technologies and data analysis
Added Value: The results show the status quo and untapped potential of these companies. It is clear that, among IT and media skills, companies are faced with other qualification needs and new areas of responsibility within the scope of digital transformation, which differ according to occupation group.
How to catch an online survey cheater
Demetra opinioni.net s.r.l., Italy
Relevance & Research Question:
Online surveys are self-administered by respondents seeking to receive incentives for completing questionnaires. Some respondents use minimal cognitive effort in order to quickly complete the survey and receive the incentives. However, this can trigger behavior such as not reading the questions carefully, racing through the survey or intentionally cheating, resulting in poor data quality. This paper aims to investigate the behavior of cheaters among online respondents from a non-probability-based panel analyzing seven techniques for detecting cheaters applied in different ways in order to find an efficient methodology that leads to the exclusion of the greatest possible number of cheaters without eliminating honest panelists.
Methods & Data:
We used data from 2 web surveys conducted in Italy (during January 2019) on members of our own panel, Opinioni.net, which is composed of 20,558 active panelists. The 2 surveys considered in our study have the following common characteristics: a sample size of 1,000, population target and a food consumption topic. Sample members were stratified by geographic area, gender and age in order to be representative of the Italian population. In both questionnaires, we asked a particular question that we used as target variable. The techniques used to detect the cheaters are: direct instruction in the body of the question, straightlining checks, speeder checks, trap questions (fake brand/names), open-ended question checks, multiple unlikely events in screening questions and consistency checks. We used the first survey as training set to determine a method for identifying cheaters. In particular, we analyzed the estimates of the target variable in each check and in any combination thereof, in comparison with a "gold standard". Once the method was defined, we validated it using the second survey as test set.
Preliminary findings show that removing respondents who fail a single quality control question does not improve data quality. In our analysis, participants flagged for removal should fail at least 2 quality control measurements.
Added Value:
Our paper aims to expand knowledge of cheaters and techniques to identify them. The main value of this work is the number of quality controls tested.
How Much Text Is Too Much? Assessing Respondent Attention to Instruction Texts Depending on Text Length
University of Mannheim, Germany
Relevance & Research Question:
Whether respondents pay adequate attention to a questionnaire and the stimuli within it, has been a concern for survey researchers for decades. One way of assessing attention is asking respondents for specific answers or actions, known as an instructional manipulation check (IMC). Previous research into this field has largely dealt with the question whether respondents read texts or not, but not with how much text they can be expected to read. I fill this gap in the literature by including an IMC in an online panel survey and systematically varying the length of the surrounding text.
Methods and Data:
Data stems from the November 2018 wave of the German Internet Panel (GIP), an online panel representative of the German population. About halfway into the questionnaire, respondents are instructed not to answer a specific question, but to continue by clicking the GIP logo instead. This instruction was "hidden" in the question text, the length of which was experimentally varied between four conditions: (1) Only the instruction was displayed, (2) the instruction was placed in one paragraph of text, (3) the instruction was placed in the second of two paragraphs of text, and (4) the instruction was placed in the fourth of four paragraphs of text.
Whether respondents will carefully read a text strongly depends on its length. The passing rate for the IMC ranges from about 80% for the shortest to under 40% for the longest text condition. The more text respondents are asked to read, the fewer of them will actually do so. While lower attention from respondents using mobile devices is a commonly voiced concern, I find no evidence to support this.
Added Value:
Respondents were previously often treated as either attentive or not, yet my results show that whether respondents carefully read a text strongly depends on how much text they are asked to read. Respondent attention can therefore be optimized for by keeping stimuli short. The results also indicate that respondents using mobile devices do not pay less attention to the survey.
PC versus mobile survey modes: are people's life evaluations comparable?
1STATEC research, Luxembourg; 2STATEC research, Luxembourg; 3MZES, Mannheim University (Germany),
The literature on mixed mode surveys has longly investigated whether face-to-face, telephone, and online survey modes permit to collect reliable data. Much less is known about the potential bias associated to using different devices to answer online surveys.
We compare subjective well-being measures collected over the web via PC and mobiles to test whether the survey device affects people's evaluations of their well-being. We use unique, nationally representative data from Luxembourg which contains five measures of subjective well-being collected in 2017. The use of multinomial logit with Coarsened Exact Matching indicates that the survey tool affects life satisfaction scores. On a scale from 1 to 5, where higher scores stand for greater satisfaction, respondents using mobile phones are more likely to choose the highest well-being category, and less likely to choose the fourth category. We observe no statistical difference for what concerns the remaining three categories. We test the robustness of our findings using three alternative proxies of subjective well-being. Results indicate that survey tools do not induce any statistically significant difference in reported well-being. We discuss the potential consequences of our findings for statistical inference.


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Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 67(1) February 2017
On Catholics who argue that early abortion should be legal (See Footnote)
Dr Pravin Thevathasan
Dr Tina Beattie is Professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University. She is also theological advisor to CAFOD. Along with a number of other Catholic academics, she has written an open letter to the Polish bishops with a request that they desist from supporting a pro-life law. Abortion in Poland is currently illegal except in cases of foetal disability, maternal ill-health and rape. Late abortions are legal in cases of foetal disability. The proposed abortion law would ban abortion in these circumstances. This change of law is not without precedent: the tightening of the abortion law in Chile in 1989 led to significant improvements in the care of all pregnant women. There had been a decline in maternal mortality before the law was introduced and in a widely quoted study by Dr Elard Koch, it was concluded that the ban on Abortion did not affect this decline. The education of women was seen to be the most important factor in maintaining maternal health. Chile has the lowest maternal mortality rate in South America. In Europe, nations with the lowest maternal mortality rates include Ireland, Poland and Malta, all with restrictions on abortion.
One other academic who signed the letter is Lesley-Anne Knight, former head of the global Catholic charity confederation Caritas Internationalis. When she was dismissed from this position by Cardinal Robert Sarah, he was heavily criticized. Now it would appear that he was surely right in doing this. Knight now heads the organization The Elders, which advocates population control.
Professor Beattie has been kind enough to respond to my concerns and she has agreed to have her views published. She writes: "Would you adopt a profoundly disabled child who would depend on you for his or her every smallest human need for the rest of your life? I would not. And if I would not, I should not use the law to force a woman to accept that sacrifice." But this is a false dichotomy: if parents are struggling to bring up a disabled child, other means of care need to be offered.
She also writes: "Do you believe that it is better for the common good if a woman is forced to carry a doomed pregnancy to term by the law, than if we accept that there are a set of circumstances when the law must step back and respect the tragic complexity of the human condition?"And again: "Do I believe abortion is wrong? Yes. Do I believe abortion should be illegal? Not in early pregnancy..."
These are extraordinary remarks coming from a Catholic academic. Her views are at clear variance with Catholic teaching. She must surely have come across these powerful words of Saint John Paul, found in his prophetic encyclical Evangelium Vitae: "By the authority conferred on Saint Peter and his Successors.... I confirm that the direct and voluntary killing of an innocent human being is always gravely immoral." Note the authority behind these words. To date, we have had nothing like this in the current pontificate. Pope Francis has deliberately chosen a pastoral path.
Professor Beattie writes: "In situations where abortion is deemed necessary, we believe that access to early, safe and legal abortion is essential." One is reminded here of President Bill Clinton's bid to keep abortion safe, legal and rare. How often have we seen liberal abortion laws being pushed through by a focus on the "hard" cases to start with: abortion for rape, disability and maternal ill health.
Professor Beattie believes that the best way to prevent abortion is to guarantee access to reliable methods of birth control. If she is right, the rate of abortion should have dramatically declined in the UK in the last fifty years. Saint John Paul is surely right to argue that the contraceptive mentality and the abortion mentality are one and the same.
We need to remain obsessed by the issue of abortion. Bishop Mark Davies has said that we currently need the patience of a William Wilberforce to be pro-life. We need to dig in deep and stay on course: humanly speaking, the next few years are going to be tough.
- Academic urges Polish Bishops to support early safe and legal abortion for disabled babies. www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/04/25/academic-urges-polish-bishops-to-support-early-safe-and-legal-abortion-for-disabled-babies/
- Koch E et al.(2012) Women's Education Level,
Maternal Health Facilities, Abortion Legislation and Maternal Deaths:
A Natural Experiment in Chile from 1957 to 2007. PLoS ONE 7(5): http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036613
When first published this article was entitled 'On pro-choice Catholics.' We heard from Professor Beattie that the article was subsequently re-published on a blog, which is independent of the CMQ, under the title 'On pro-abort Catholics such as Dr. Tina Beattie, theological advisor to CAFOD'. This was not a title that we ever gave this article and we did not use the term Pro-abort.
However, Professor Beattie has been very clear with us that she does not accept any description of herself as "pro-choice" or "pro-abort"
Professor Beattie has asked that we change it on the grounds that she is neither "pro-choice" nor "pro-abort". In her correspondence with us, she reminds us that she has repeatedly and publically argued that abortion should be legal up until the end of the first trimester, but protests that it does not mean she is "pro-choice". It is, of course, also absolutely clear that she has publically, and strongly defended legal abortion in the first trimester
However, we note that the FPA definition of pro-choice includes the following:
Pro-choice in terms of abortion. Being pro-choice means that someone can be personally opposed to abortion, or feel uncomfortable with it, but would not impose her or his moral, personal or religious views onto women; for example, by trying to get women to change their minds, seeking laws that reduce or restrict women's access to abortions or judging women for their decisions. (see http://www.fpa.org.uk/sites/default/files/what-we-mean-by-pro-choice-fpa-definition.pdf)
Similarly the US legal definition is :
Pro-choice is a term used for those who support a woman's right to choose abortion if she so wishes. Supporters of the pro-choice agenda do not necessarily support abortion itself, only the position that women are entitled to make the decision themselves. Most pro-choice politicians will usually seek to avoid the emotive issue of abortion itself, following instead the libertarian line that government has no place interfering in what should be a private decision. (see https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/pro-choice/)
We have changed the title of this article to accomodate Professor Beattie's request, but we feel that we must leave it to the reader to decide whether or not the words pro-choice were reasonably used.


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Diana posted an article earlier on about How To| Finally get a Google Wave Invite. But have you ever thought why getting it was not so easy? well there is a simple explanation to that. If you are wondering why you can't get into wave, this is the video for you!
Google wave is in limited preview and is in invite-only, so you must be invited. They released about only 100,000 invites with each person being able to give away only 8 each. Don't fret if you have not gotten one yet. Since this is a new platform that still into testing phase, having so many people go all at once will either make it slow, or create errors or even to the point of crashing it. So if you have not gotten your invite yet, don't worry its just a matter of time.


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"You feel mighty free and easy comfortable on a raft."
The sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer remains one of the greatest creations in American fiction. Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque tale, told in Huck's own voice, of his adventures on a raft on the Mississippi River. It begins with Huck's escape from his drunken, brutal father to the river, where he meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. The story of their journey downstream, with occasional forays into the society along the banks, is an American classic that captures the smells, rhythms, and sounds, the variety of dialects and the human activity of life on the great river.
The novel is also a penetrating social commentary that reveals corruption and moral decay through Huck and Jim's encounters with traveling actors and con men, lynch mobs, thieves and southern gentility. Through Jim, and through his own observations and experiences, Huck learns about the dignity and worth of human life.
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.' There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since."
- Ernest Hemingway.
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Snoopy: First Beagle in Space
A PEANUTS Collection
By Charles Schulz
Join Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang as he seeks new milestones in the space race!
Even though the first moon landing was 50 years ago, Snoopy has a bold new mission: to be the first beagle in space! Join Snoopy as he sets out on his ambitious quest, while also leading Woodstock and friends as a Beagle Scout and keeping the company of his owner, the round-headed kid Charlie Brown.
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Multiple DUI Charges Bring Serious Potential Penalties
All DUI charges are extremely serious and carry severe consequences, but the more DUI convictions you have, the worse it will be. Escalating punishments are a way of trying to prevent people from becoming repeat DUI offenders. Eventually, charges go from misdemeanor to felony. Illinois judges do not show much leniency toward repeat DUI offenders and commonly punish to the full extent of the law.
A Recent Multiple DUI Case
A 38-year-old Plano, Ill. woman was recently indicted on felony charges for a DUI after she crashed her vehicle last October. If convicted, this would be the woman's fifth DUI conviction. She was arrested and charged with a DUI, along with being ticketed for driving too fast for conditions, and failure to reduce speed after she crashed her car. Police say the woman was slurring her speech, smelled of alcohol, and had unsteady balance, although she refused to submit to field sobriety testing.
Upgraded to Felony Charges
When the woman was arrested, she was initially charged with a misdemeanor DUI. According to the State's Attorney's office, a defendant's criminal history is always reviewed in situations such as this. In this case, the woman's previous DUI convictions warranted upgraded charges. This made the DUI charge increase from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Consequences for Multiple DUIs
According to Illinois law, a fifth DUI conviction is classified as a Class 1 felony. This means the woman faces a minimum of four years in prison and a maximum of 15 years. In addition to jail time, she also faces revocation of her driving privileges for life, a suspension of her vehicle's registration, and up to $25,000 in fines.
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