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LinkedIn today pulled back the curtains on Qualified Applicant (QA), an AI system that learns from job candidate interactions the kinds of skills and experience a hirer prefers. It's the model the Microsoft-owned platform uses to help over 690 million users in 200 countries find jobs for which they have the best chances of hearing back, and which aims to reduce the likelihood recruiters overlook applicants by highlighting those deemed a fit.
Creating a system that can contend with the transient nature of job posts was no walk in the park, according to LinkedIn. It had to work at scale — QA has "billions" of coefficients — and it had to be effective for as many job seekers and hirers as possible. Formally, QA tries to project the probability of a "positive recruiter action" conditional on a given member applying for a specific role. What constitutes a positive recruiter action depends on the context — it can include viewing an applicant's profile, messaging them, inviting them to an interview, or sending them a job offer.
The single global QA model is individually tailored to members and roles, with per-member and per-job models trained on data unique to the members and jobs. Each of the many models is independent within a single training iteration, making them parallel and easier to serve at scale. While the global model is trained on all data, per-member models are trained using only members' job applications. Per-job models, meanwhile, are trained on jobs' applicants.
The global QA is retrained once every few weeks, but the personalized models must be refreshed regularly to combat degradation. (LinkedIn says the per-member models' performance advantage over the baseline halves after three weeks.) Training labels are generated every day from events like hirer engagement with new candidates; an approximate label collection pipeline heuristically infers negatives and uses explicit positive and negative feedback as soon as it becomes available. For example, if a recruiter responds to other applications submitted later, the pipeline might infer a negative label for an application with no engagement after 14 days.
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It takes up to a day to generate labels and retrain the personalized QA model components, which are only deployed if they pass certain automated quality checks. In the future, LinkedIn hopes to reduce the lag time to minutes with a near-real-time data collection and training framework built atop stream processing technologies like Apache Samza and Apache Kafka.
Across LinkedIn business lines where QA has been deployed — Job Seekers, Premium, and Recruiter — the company says it's enabled new experiences. On the seeker side, QA highlights search results if a member's profile is a good match for the job. For Premium members, it showcases opportunities for which members are competitive with other job applicants. And hirers using LinkedIn Recruiter benefit from a smarter ranking of applicants, as well as notifications for members with very high match scores.
LinkedIn says the personalized models delivered "double-digit" gains in hirer interaction rates and click-through rate (CTR) for recruiter notifications compared with the systems they replaced, as well as a "site-wide lift" in confirmed hires and premium job seeker CTR. "Our analysis demonstrates that the majority of job applicants apply to at least 5 jobs, while the majority of job postings receive at least 10 applicants. This proves to result in enough data to train … personalization models," LinkedIn wrote in a blog post. "Our vision … is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Key to achieving this is making the marketplace between job seekers and hirers more efficient … Active job seekers apply for many jobs, and hear back from only a few."
LinkedIn's use of AI is pervasive. In October 2019, the Microsoft-owned platform revealed a model that generates text descriptions for images uploaded to LinkedIn, achieved using Microsoft's Cognitive Services platform and a unique LinkedIn-derived data set. LinkedIn's Recommended Candidates feature learns the hiring criteria for a given role and automatically surfaces relevant candidates in a dedicated tab, and its AI-driven search engine employs data like the kinds of things people post on their profiles and the searches that candidates perform to produce predictions for best-fit jobs and job seekers. Moreover, LinkedIn's AI-driven moderation tool automatically spots and removes inappropriate user accounts.
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International Dairy Foods Association calls on U.S., EU to resolve issueInternational Dairy Foods Association calls on U.S., EU to resolve issue
Supply chain for global infant formulas will be thrown into chaos if not addressed.
July 27, 2021
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is calling on the U.S. government and European Commission (EC) to quickly resolve a regulatory dispute that threatens the export of dairy ingredients produced in the United States and used to make infant formulas and critical adult nutrition products in European Union member states and other nations. Unless the U.S. and EC resolve the issue in the coming weeks, the supply chain for global infant formulas will be thrown into chaos resulting in product shortages, job losses, and price increases.
IDFA member companies make and supply medically important specialized nutritional products for infants and adults that are made exclusively for European companies or shipped through EU member states. Now the EC is seeking to revise import certificates on U.S. goods to include onerous animal health attestations that run counter to World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) guidance.
The new EC requirements are due to take effect on August 21, 2021, threatening approximately $600-900 million in annual sales of these critical nutrition products and disrupting supply chains. At present, IDFA said there are no alternate suppliers for these ingredients, which will be depleted by the end of 2021 without resolution of the issue.
The EC certificate requirements also apply to all products shipped through its territory, also known as trans-shipping, including dairy shipments destined for U.S. military bases in Europe and any products shipped to other countries for further processing before being exported back to the EU, meaning the entire global supply chain for these goods may be impacted.
While IDFA and the U.S. government disagree with the EC's requirement, U.S. suppliers and makers of these dairy ingredients have not received sufficient time or necessary technical guidance from the EC to effectively implement the new certificates. Therefore, U.S. suppliers and makers of these dairy ingredients are requesting an extension of the August 21, 2021 implementing date to allow more time for the U.S. and EC to reach a satisfactory resolution of this issue. IDFA is urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to work collaboratively to resolve the issue with the EC and to prioritize preserving the uninterrupted flow of U.S. dairy exports to Europe.
"IDFA and its members have been working tirelessly for months to educate both U.S. and European officials about the catastrophic impact of the EU's misguided policy," said Michael Dykes, D.V.M., IDFA president and CEO. "Despite those efforts and the clear impact to critically important global infant formula sales, U.S. dairy exporters may lose complete market access to the EU, impacting European processors and consumers all around the world."
Becky Rasdall, IDFA vice president, trade policy and international affairs, commented: "At a time when global public health must be our collective priority, it is deeply troubling that we are facing a potential crisis in global supply chains for these specialized nutritional products. Existing contracts have been thrown into question, jobs and facilities that support the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations are facing closure, and consumers who need the products most are vulnerable. We must avert this crisis now."
A wide range of food and beverage products enter the EU from destinations around the world for further processing. When such interconnected supply chains fail, European processors, packaging manufacturers, and trading partners alike are hurt by the disruption, evidenced by the supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
IDFA is calling on U.S. and EU officials to immediately resolve the outstanding certificate negotiations and allow sufficient time before implementing any new requirements to ensure global infant and adult nutrition supplies are protected and countries can logistically prepare. See the latest letter from IDFA to the EC here.
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To celebrate reaching the half-way point of 2019, here's a look back at my 10 highest-rated thrillers so far this year.
Believe it or not, though there's been a ton of great thrillers released already, in a way, things are just starting to heat up . . .
To truly make this the 10 top books released in the first half of 2019, the cutoff date for making this list was mid-June. That means top-notch thrillers like Brad Thor's Backlash, Daniel Silva's The New Girl, Mark Greaney's Red Metal, Kyle Mills' Lethal Agent, Jack Carr's True Believer, Ben Coes' The Russian, Rob Hart's The Warehouse, and Matthew Betley's Rules of War—all of which have received high scores on our rating scale—didn't even have a chance of placing here. Though, I'd keep an eye out for those titles to dominate another list later this year.
So, without further ado, here are my highest-rated thrillers of 2019 so far.
Daughter of War by Brad Taylor
Release Date: January 8th
Book Spy rating: 9.0/10
Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face to face with a conspiracy where nothing is as it seems.
Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury.
Unbeknownst to the Taskforce, the Syrians plan to use the weapon of mass destruction against American and Kurdish forces, and blame the attack on terrorists, causing western nations to reassess their participation in the murky cauldron of the Syrian civil war.
Meanwhile, North Korea has its own devastating agenda: a double-cross that will dwarf the attack in Syria even as it lays the blame on the Syrian government. Leveraging Switzerland's fame for secrecy and its vast network of military bunkers, now repurposed by private investors for the clandestine storage of wealth, North Korea will use Red Mercury to devastate the West's ability to deliver further sanctions against the rogue regime.
As the Taskforce begins to unravel the plot, a young refugee unwittingly holds the key to the conspiracy. Hunted across Europe for reasons she cannot fathom, she is the one person who can stop the attack–if she can live long enough for Pike and Jennifer to find her.
From my review: "Nobody delivers quite like Brad Taylor. Ripped from the headlines and packed with plenty of suspense and nonstop action every step of the way, Daughter of War is the first must-read action thriller of 2019."
The Night Agent by Matthew Quirk
Release Date: January 15th
Book Spy rating: 8.5/10
To find a Russian mole in the White House, an FBI agent must question everything. . . and trust no one
To save America from a catastrophic betrayal, an idealistic young FBI agent must stop a Russian mole in the White House in this exhilarating political thriller reminiscent of the early novels of John Grisham and David Baldacci.
No one was more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when he's tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. From his earliest days as a surveillance specialist, Peter has scrupulously done everything by the book, hoping his record will help him escape the taint of his past. When Peter was a boy, his father, a section chief in FBI counterintelligence, was suspected of selling secrets to the Russians—a catastrophic breach that had cost him his career, his reputation, and eventually his life.
Peter knows intimately how one broken rule can cost lives. Nowhere is he more vigilant than in this room, the sanctum of America's secrets. Staffing the night action desk, his job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has not—and might never—come.
Until tonight.
At 1:05 a.m. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells Peter that her aunt and uncle have just been murdered and that the killer is still in the house with her. Before their deaths, they gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: "Tell them OSPREY was right. It's happening. . . "
The call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making, involving a Russian mole at the highest levels of the government. Anyone in the White House could be the traitor. Anyone could be corrupted. To save the nation, Peter must take the rules into his own hands and do the right thing, no matter the cost. He plunges into a desperate hunt for the traitor—a treacherous odyssey that pits him and Rose against some of Russia's most skilled and ruthless operatives and the full force of the FBI itself.
Peter knows that the wider a secret is broadcast, the more dangerous it gets for the people at the center. With the fate of the country on the line, he and Rose must evade seasoned assassins and maneuver past jolting betrayals to find the shocking truth—and stop the threat from inside before it's too late.
From my review: "Matthew Quirk delivers the first high-stakes, nail-biting political thriller of 2019 with The Night Agent, setting the pace early for what promises to be an exciting year of new releases."
Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz
Release Date: January 29th
Book Spy rating: 9.0/10
When darkness closes in―he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz's #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the Dark.
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets―i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man, a man who helps the truly desperate when no one else can. But now Evan's past is catching up to him.
Someone at the very highest level of government has been trying to eliminate every trace of the Orphan Program by killing all the remaining Orphans and their trainers. After Evan's mentor and the only father he ever knew was killed, he decided to strike back. His target is the man who started the Program and who is now the most heavily guarded person in the world: the President of the United States.
But President Bennett knows that Orphan X is after him and, using weapons of his own, he's decided to counter-attack. Bennett activates the one man who has the skills and experience to track down and take out Orphan X―the first recruit of the Program, Orphan A.
With Evan devoting all his skills, resources, and intelligence to find a way through the layers of security that surround the President, suddenly he also has to protect himself against the deadliest of opponents. It's Orphan vs. Orphan with the future of the country―even the world―on the line.
From my review: "The kind of game-changing thriller that'll have people talking about it long after turning the final page."
Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
Release Date: February 9th
Book Spy rating: 9.0/10
From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.
Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. They want to kick Gentry off the flight but are overruled by CIA headquarters. The mystery man is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley.
When they land in an isolated airbase in the U.K., they are attacked by a hostile force who kidnaps the prisoner. Only Gentry escapes. His handlers send him after the attackers, but what can one operative do against a trained team of assassins? A lot, when that operative is the Gray Man.
From my review: "Mark Greaney continues his dominant run with Mission Critical, his most impressive novel yet and the clear-cut early favorite for best thriller of the year."
The Border by Don Winslow
Release Date: February 26th
Book Spy rating: 10/10
The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force
What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you're on?
The war has come home.
For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world's most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin―the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera―has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.
Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.
Barrera's final legacy is the heroin epidemic scourging America. Throwing himself into the gap to stem the deadly flow, Keller finds himself surrounded by enemies―men who want to kill him, politicians who want to destroy him, and worse, the unimaginable―an incoming administration that's in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.
Art Keller is at war with not only the cartels, but with his own government. And the long fight has taught him more than he ever imagined. Now, he learns the final lesson―there are no borders.
In a story that moves from deserts of Mexico to Wall Street, from the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation of narcos, the cops who fight them, street traffickers, addicts, politicians, money-launderers, real-estate moguls, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.
A shattering tale of vengeance, violence, corruption, and justice, this last novel in Don Winslow's magnificent, award-winning, internationally bestselling trilogy is packed with unforgettable, drawn-from-the-headlines scenes. Shocking in its brutality, raw in its humanity, The Border is an unflinching portrait of modern America, a story of—and for—our time.
From my review: "Don Winslow's iconic trilogy represents the most epic crime saga of our time, all told in a way that only he could deliver . . . while it's sad to see this series come to an end, Winslow sends it out with a bang that readers won't soon forget."
Wolf Pack by C.J. Box
Release Date: March 12th
Book Spy rating: 9.5/10
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf–only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down–in the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.
The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure in The Disappeared. The bad news is that he's come to learn that a drone is killing wildlife–and the drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose son is dating Joe's own daughter, Lucy.
When Joe tries to lay down the rules for the drone operator, he's asked by the FBI and the DOJ to stand down, which only makes him more suspicious. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up in and around Joe's district in shocking numbers. He begins to fear that a pack of four vicious killers working on behalf of the Sinaloa cartel known as the Wolf Pack has arrived. Their target seems to be the mystery man and everyone–including Joe, Nate, and others–who is associated with him.
Teaming up with a female game warden (based on a real person, one of the few female game wardens at work in Wyoming today) to confront these assassins, Joe finds himself in the most violent and dangerous predicament he's ever faced.
From my review: "C.J. Box's Joe Pickett franchise is good enough to go toe-to-toe with any other series in print today, regardless of genre . . . and Wolf Pack is the most unexpected, relentless, and action-packed novel he's ever written."
The Persian Gamble by Joel C. Rosenberg
Release Date: March 12th
Book Spy rating: 9.0/10
The instant New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestseller from NYT bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg!
In the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Kremlin Conspiracy, Rosenberg's latest international thriller tracks a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers―Russia, Iran, and North Korea―and the deadly mission former US Secret Service Agent Marcus Ryker must risk to halt their deadly strategy.
Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible task. Not only does he have to somehow elude detection and capture by Russian special forces, but he must convince his own government to grant safe harbor to the one man responsible for the global mayhem―Russian double agent and assassin Oleg Kraskin. While frantically negotiating with his contacts in the White House, Marcus learns that the unstable North Korean regime plans to use the international chaos as a smokescreen to sell nuclear weapons to Iran. With the fate of the entire free world on the line, Marcus makes a deal with the U.S. government―he will go back to work as an international operative and track down the WMDs before they end up in the hands of those with the determination and the means to use them. Marcus and Oleg worked together once before to avert a world war. Can they now find a way to stop world destruction?
From my review: "With his ripped-from-the-headlines approach and stunning ability to survey the geopolitical landscape, Joel C. Rosenberg continues to mix his unique blend of prophetic fiction and nonstop action unlike anyone else working today."
Run Away by Harlan Coben
Release Date: March 19th
Book Spy rating: 8.5/10
A perfect family is shattered in RUN AWAY, the new thriller from the master of domestic suspense, Harlan Coben.
You've lost your daughter.
She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found.
Then, by chance, you see her playing guitar in Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is living on the edge, frightened, and clearly in trouble.
You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home.
She runs.
And you do the only thing a parent can do: you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Before you know it, both your family and your life are on the line. And in order to protect your daughter from the evils of that world, you must face them head-on.
From my review: "When it comes to misdirection and catching readers off guard, no one's better than Harlan Coben, who continues to land unexpected twists and shocking reveals. Fast-paced and helplessly entertaining, Run Away is everything his readers have come to expect and then some."
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
Release Date: April 9th
Book Spy rating: 9.0/10
Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent.
Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable secret.
Twenty years earlier, a horrific incident shattered the lives of five teenagers, including Allie. Drinking and partying in the woods, they played a dangerous prank that went tragically wrong, turning deadly. The teenagers kept what happened a secret, believing that getting caught would be the worst thing that could happen. But time has taught Allie otherwise. Not getting caught was far worse.
Allie has been haunted for two decades by what she and the others did, and by the fact that she never told a soul. The dark secret has eaten away at her, distancing her from everyone she loves, including her husband. Because she wasn't punished by the law, Allie has punished herself, and it's a life sentence.
Now, Allie stands on the precipice of losing everything. She's ready for a reckoning, determined to learn how the prank went so horribly wrong. She digs to unearth the truth, but reaches a shocking conclusion that she never saw coming–and neither will the reader.
A deeply emotional examination of family, marriage, and the true nature of justice, Someone Knows is Lisa Scottoline's most powerful novel to date. Startling, page-turning, and with an ending that's impossible to forget, this is a tour de force by a beloved author at the top of her game.
From my review: "Lisa Scottoline shows once again why she's the queen of suspense, delivering a relentless, gut-punch of a thriller that's sure to stand among the year's best."
The First Mistake by Sandie Jones
Release Date: Jule 11th
Book Spy rating: 9/0/10
From Sandie Jones, the author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller The Other Woman, comes an addictively readable new domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend.
THE WIFE: For Alice, life has never been better. With her second husband, she has a successful business, two children, and a beautiful house.
HER HUSBAND: Alice knows that life could have been different if her first husband had lived, but Nathan's arrival into her life gave her back the happiness she craved.
HER BEST FRIEND: Through the ups and downs of life, from celebratory nights out to comforting each other through loss, Alice knows that with her best friend Beth by her side, they can survive anything together. So when Nathan starts acting strangely, Alice turns to Beth for help. But soon, Alice begins to wonder whether her trust has been misplaced . . .
The first mistake could be her last.
From my review: "The Other Woman was a special debut, but with her latest, Sandie Jones proves that she's one of the best writers the genre has to offer . . . and The First Mistake is a must-read for fans of Gillian Flynn, Greer Hendricks, and Shari Lapena."
Praised as "one of today's finest book reviewers" by New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds, Ryan Steck ("The Godfather of the thriller genre" — Ben Coes) has "quickly established himself as the authority on mysteries and thrillers" (Author A.J. Tata). Steck also works full-time as a freelance editor and pens a monthly thriller column for CrimeReads. For more information, be sure to follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He currently lives in Southwest Michigan with his wife and their six children.


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Latvian Ethnography and applied arts presents to the world our uniqueness and express our taste, joy, creative ingenuity, craftsmanship and our understanding of the world. It is what we are proud of and what makes us strong, connected to each other, but different from the rest of the world.
To maintain this beautiful Latvian heritage, to save unique Latvian ethnographic patterns and knitting traditions, we were looking for a way to give our investment in this. So we formed applied arts studio "Tines", where we educate our knitters and provide workshops with different lecturers and different topics. We started in 2004 and studio members still are very keen on learning something new and trying themselves in new styles and techniques. Meetings traditionally are on third Wednesday of each month and so far the topics have reached even Peru applied arts, when one of the lecturers shared her experience and new knowledge about Peru culture.
But the main accent remains on Latvian ethnographic mittens, which are uniquely rich in its diversity of pattern, colour combination and application. Gloves are one of the most beautiful Latvian identity expressions that continue to persist today. Archaeological excavations indicate that Latvian tradition of glove knitting and wearing started around 10th century. They are the oldest examples of the glove across Northern and Eastern Europe. Therefore it is so important to keep this tradition alive and to save the patterns. We believe that Latvian ethnography is a part of Latvian identity. We strongly believe that investing in employees will always pay off, because only talented, well-educated and happy team will provide the highest quality in a long term. And that is what we're looking for.


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You'll be able to see fireworks in Dubai every weekend this January
And here's why…
Dazzling fireworks displays lit up skies all over Dubai on New Year's Eve to ring in 2019, but if you missed them, there's plenty more opportunities to see fireworks in Dubai this month.
Why, you ask? Well, it's all part of Dubai Shopping Festival, the annual retail extravaganza that's running across the city until February 2.
And as well as flash sales, deals and bargains across the city, you'll be able to catch regular weekend fireworks displays at a number of locations as part of the city-wide celebrations.
ALSO READ: Dubai Shopping Festival 2019: Everything you need to know
Firework displays will illuminate the skies at La Mer on Thursdays and Fridays at 9pm. A stunning fire show that includes fire dancers and fire breathers follows every Thursday to Saturday at 9:30pm.
Then, over at Al Seef by Dubai Creek, there will be fireworks every Thursday and Friday between 27 December and 1 February at 8pm, 8.30pm and 9pm.
Headed to JBR? Then you'll also be able to catch the displays there, taking place every Thursday and Friday at 8pm until February 2.
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If you're new to advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender, be sure to check out the four-part series Tali Ash and I presented in July of 2020. We start with the very basics of Kusto Query Language (KQL) and take you all the way to performing visualizations, performing anomaly detection, and track malicious activity purely through advanced hunting.
All of the content is 100% demo, and the heavily commented query files are available on GitHub here for practice in your own tenant. Happy hunting!


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Watch a Starbucks Manager Lose Her Cool and Yell at a Customer
A supervisor at a Starbucks in New York had to quit this weekend after a video of her yelling at a customer went viral. Supposedly she accused the woman of trying to steal one of the cookie straws you can get with a Frappuccino now. Then she told her to "get the [eff] out," and wouldn't let her pay for it.
When other customers tried to defend the woman, the supervisor started yelling at them too. She also told one of the workers to call the cops. Starbucks released a statement about how she's a good person who had a bad day, and offered the customer a $100 gift card.


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Acacia EA Update 15 July 2014
After members' decision to reject the offer put to you by Serco, we wrote to Serco to recommence negotiations for a better deal.
Serco have recognised members' overwhelming rejection of their offer and have agreed to meet with the joint unions again to try and come to an agreement.
We now need to meet with you to discuss the next steps in the campaign.
|Members meeting
|12pm Friday 18 July
|In the Visits Hall at Acacia
Congratulation to all CPSU/CSA and WAPOU members on this breakthrough.
Sophie Van Der Merwe
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April 17: Teacher job fair
Career Services Center sponsors Project Search education fair
8:33 a.m., April 2, 2013--Soon-to-be graduates and alumni of the University of Delaware will have a day to meet with employers at the 35th annual Project Search Education Career Fair, set for Wednesday, April 17, at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center.
The event will bring about 200 recruiters from nearly 80 organizations to campus to meet and interview prospective teachers, counselors, administrators and specialists for fall 2013 vacancies.
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For a video about Project Search, click here.
Project Search starts with UD student and alumni check-in beginning at 8 a.m.
From 8:30-9:45, attendees will have the chance to schedule interviews with employers who choose to conduct interviews on-site, with scheduled interviews to be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Although there is no cost, all UD students and alumni must pre-register.
"As a senior elementary education major graduating this May," Natalie Rube explains, "I am looking forward to Project Search to help me jump-start my job search process. School districts from all over the region and surrounding states will be in attendance. This is a great opportunity provided by UD to help students network with different school districts, find out what positions are available, and even be interviewed for job openings."
Participating employers include districts across Delaware, from Appoquinimink to Woodbridge, and regional school districts such as Montgomery County in Maryland and Princeton Regional Schools in New Jersey.
Also on hand will be representatives from Delaware Autism Program, the Delaware Department of Education, ESF Summer Camps in Pennsylvania, Kuumba Academy Charter School in Delaware and the Peace Corps.
Cindy Holland, assistant director of the UD Career Services Center, offered advice, saying, "We expect about 700 candidates to attend this year. To make yourself stand out, come prepared by perfecting your resume, honing your interview skills, and polishing your professional presentation. On our website, we have lots of tips about things like developing resumes and researching the organizations with which you hope to land a job."
Project Search is sponsored each year by the Career Services Center and the Delaware Council on Teacher Education.
Article by Christina Mason Johnston
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Teenagers meet many new people during their adolescent years and form different relationships with them. These relationships may last several years or perhaps end a little before their time, which can be quite stressful for a teen. But with support at home, teens can learn about how to recognize a healthy relationship—or conversely, an unhealthy relationship.
What is a Healthy Relationship?
Talk to your teen about healthy relationships—what characteristics they should look for in a friend or partner and what some warning signs are. Ask them how they would like to be treated and set that as a bar for what they should expect from others and from themselves.
Signs of a Healthy Relationship:
- Both people feel respected and comfortable
- Both people have friends and hobbies outside the relationship and take time for themselves
- There are more good times than bad
- Fighting and disagreements are settled without drama or yelling
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Don't Shy Away from the Dangers
You want to keep your child safe, but you also don't want to scare them. The reality is that 10 percent of teens who have been on a date have either been sexually or physically abused by the person they went on the date with. Talking about sexual and physical abuse is tricky to navigate and can be a very sensitive subject for some people, but it is worth taking the time to discuss with your teen.
Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship:
- There is physical harm
- Disagreements turn to arguments and yelling
- Demands to know your whereabouts at all times
- Controlling behavior
- Twists the truth, lies or manipulates to get their way
- Says or does things that make you feel unworthy, but still says they love you
It is important you let your teen know that no one deserves to be treated disrespectfully and it is okay to leave an unhealthy relationship. However, with the right knowledge of what to look for in a healthy relationship, your teen will be able to to make the best choice.
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Green Hydraulics
StaffFluid Power Machine Building hydraulics
Machine builder MJC Engineering expands energy-saving hydraulic unit into stand-alone OEM venture.
MJC Engineering is a custom machine tool builder in Huntington Beach, California, specializing in metal-spinning machines for such applications as sheet spinning, flow forming, wheel spinning and rotary forging. The company's machines are found worldwide, producing end products such as car wheels, aircraft engine housings, spacecraft fuel tanks and welding gas cylinders. MJC machines typically utilize very large volumes of hydraulic power in operation.
About three years ago, MJC President Carl Lorentzen began investigating the configuration of the hydraulic units used on his company's machinery. Lorentzen had a great interest in servo-pump technology, having read about its application in other industrial uses such as injection molding machines, extruders, cranes, lifts and other materials handling equipment.
"We had looked at a variety of ways to improve the energy efficiency of our machines," Lorentzen says. "Being a California company, there are substantial incentives offered here for documented energy savings in machine building and operations. Plus, I felt it was simply the right course of action to do our part in protecting natural resources."
He also cited a recent incident, where MJC changed insurance carriers and, as part of the company safety audit, sound levels were tested and the hydraulic power units were a concern. Lastly, as MJC sells its machines to premier OEMs around the world, issues involving big data capture, IIoT and Industry 4.0 integration were surfacing from customers.
All these factors caused a "light bulb moment" for the builder. MJC began serious investigation into the application of servo-pump technology to replace the constant motor operation on the main hydraulic unit of the machines, in a concerted effort to reduce energy consumption, noise and, owing to the smaller hydraulic reservoirs needed, the machine footprint. These definable upsides for MJC machine design and the company's marketing of its equipment caused considerable excitement for Lorentzen.
"We are fortunate to have on our staff an amazing group of electrical, hydraulic, controls and mechanical engineering talents," he says. "All these engineers had the same reaction I did, and we began to rethink our hydraulic power units from the ground up."
Lorentzen also turned to Siemens, a longtime supplier, for further assistance. A team led by Chris Britton, the Siemens sales manager for the region, assisted with various application engineering studies, energy and controls testing to affect the optimum design, all while working in concert with the MJC team.
A further advantage quickly emerged, as the Green Hydraulic Power unit (GHP) began to take shape. Little or no external cooling was required to dissipate the ambient heat of the unit.
Further, in response to the market's movement toward digitalization, there were two aspects of note. From the OEM perspective, MJC benefitted from the conceptualization, engineering and commissioning tools offered by Siemens in the build-up of the GHP units. Sizer, for example, orchestrated the integrated data across the entire platform of drives technology, enabling the MJC engineering team to match the most suitable products to the specific requirements of the end user applications. This enabled a drastic reduction in the engineering time on subsequent unit designs. MCAD likewise enabled the importing of all motor specifications to match the requirements of each job.
Finally, for the end-user, the Siemens TIA Portal provides faster commissioning, increases productivity and facilitates comprehensive data capture. This benefits both operations/maintenance personnel and the integration of the data into a "digital factory" mode, as the system's condition monitoring and diagnostics can reside in the cloud or otherwise be networked to a controls communication stream. Depending on the drives technology selected, it's also possible for the end user to perform online configuration of the drives via their web server.
GKN Aerospace in Orangeburg, South Carolina was the first customer for whom an entirely new MJC spinforming machine was built, utilizing a complete, and now duly named, Green Hydraulic Power unit. MJC's Vice-President, Per Carlson, and his hydraulic engineer, Jerry Wang, designed the unit. An already documented result of the GHP unit onboard its machine, GKN has experienced nearly a 70% energy consumption savings, plus the quieter operation and smaller footprint.
Following this development, Lorentzen had another, more profound revelatory moment. He realized the unit could easily be adapted to any type of heavy hydraulic piece of equipment. Subsequently, he established Green Hydraulic Power, Inc., which today functions as a free-standing enterprise.
"The GHP is a complete turnkey system with I/O options to run with any PLC, to control the power utilization on virtually any type of hydraulically-powered machine," explains MJC electrical engineer and robotics manager, Jose Machuca. "We researched the variable speed drive hydraulics for over two years to devise the optimum solution on our current standard models, which comprise 15, 30, 55 and 80kW units."
"Nobody is offering a closed-loop, engineered system like the GHP for integration onto a customer's machine, with practically no impact on that machine's design," he adds. "It quickly became clear to us we had a real gem here, as GHP can be used as an OE component or retrofitted onto an existing piece of machinery in the field. That includes practically every machine we've built ourselves."
More than a dozen MJC machines with GHP units have been built and installed to date with no issues reported. Lorentzen cites the extended warranty on the Siemens components, which constitute the majority of those used on the GHP, as a further upside.
"We had a very dynamic interaction with the Siemens engineering team to make this unit come alive," Machuca adds. "We frankly didn't know what to expect at the outset, but the results have been very pleasing, so far. And we've only just begun."
Further options under development for GHP include Siemens Scalance wireless control, kW torque setpoint on pressure, fail-safe compatibility, custom touchscreen and other monitoring and maintenance tools for operation and unit data transmission in an Industry 4.0 environment, over a Profinet industrial Ethernet protocol.
When equipped with the high-level Safety Integrated PLC from Siemens and other required components, the GHP is suitable for severe environments such as oil rigs, chemical processing equipment and other challenging work environment applications.
Currently, machines with this green hydraulic unit are in operation at industry giants like Meritor, SpaceX, Worthington and multiple plants of GKN Aerospace. Most have been in use for six months to a year without performance issues.
"We can say with high certainty our customers are experiencing up to 90% energy savings, plus the quieter operation and reduced carbon footprint as additional positives," Lorentzen states. "I'm certainly glad I read what others were doing with servo-pump technology, as it's made a big and very positive impact on our company."
This article was contributed by Siemens Automation.
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Here's how to do it.
At its most stripped down, a person chooses to represent another person, or a quality or anything you want to know more about and sets out on a walk around the room, as that person or quality. The representative declares two or three times, "I am now [Joe, Marilyn, my new job, my vocation, the National Security Administration or whatever]" and sets off walking around the space, noticing what he or she notices and speaking it aloud.
Simple, simple.
And incredibly useful! A great deal of information about the subject is immediately available to the Walker and s/he is verbalizing it.
You'll see!
The list of possible topics to Walk is endless – whatever is topical for you! You can Walk as anything important to you and you certainly don't have to limit Walking to problem areas. If you're familiar with Voice Dialogue or other "parts work" you'll know that the opposite of any attitude or position we habitually inhabit is likely to contain gold.
For example, you could say two or three times and then walk . . .
- I am now my real vocation
- I am now what my spiritual life really needs
- I am now my Ideal client
- I am now [my hard-to-handle co-worker]
- I am now [the character in the book I'm writing]
- I am now [taking care of that problem]
- I am now elegantly dealing with [x]
- I am now [the job I'm considering]
Do let the walk have a definite endpoint, so that you can clearly distinguish between it and your everyday self.This is good parts etiquette and helps with clarity and groundedness.
Walking takes us below the idea into the bodily reality.
A first Walk I made was as a visitor to my website. I wanted to sense how visitors were seeing my offerings. Were their needs being met and what were their needs? By Walking as them, I quickly understood, viscerally and clearly, the sense of isolation and need for connection so many of us spiritual awakeners and Evolutionaries feel. We needed to work together in community and not just solo. I'd known intellectually, I could feel in a full-bodied way and present way.
Try and see for yourself!
There's a strong side-benefit to Walking too. Walking frees us up from rigid self-identity. I'm not just this self; I'm can explore being any self and someone else can Walk for me or any part of my life.
Walking isn't dangerous but do take care of yourself while doing it. If something seems to be in the way, quit for the day and maybe later that's something you could walk too, to find out more about it.
NOTE: When you've completed, make a point of stepping out of that role and returning to your regular self. Separate the "walking" from the ordinary self.
Walking with a partner or facilitator
You can Walk alone, with a partner or in a facilitated group.
If you're Walking by yourself, then you, in effect, play the facilitator / observer role. When I Walk by myself, I take a time out when I want and look at the Walk from the outside. I might make some notes, or see if there's something else needing to be Walked, asked or explored.
An advantage of Walking on your own is that you can do it anywhere and pretty much anytime. You just do it. This requires a certain independence of spirit which many don't call forth though we can. The chief drawback to reading about walking is that you'll not actually try it.
The advantage of Walking with a partner is that the other might see something that you didn't. This could be something obvious, or not obvious. The hardest thing is for us to see is . . . what we don't know we're not seeing.
It's true too that some partners and facilitators have a combination of experience and gift that's worth taking advantage of. Seeing is an art and some of us see dimensions others miss entirely. One man, an important person in my life, once shared that he dreamed he was blind. But he couldn't understand the meaning of his dream, which of course was that he was blind in some way.
We can all be blind like that, in our way, missing the obvious.
If a facilitator is able to see into the systemic aspect of things (as a systemic constellation practitioner does, for example) he or she will have access to perspectives that you've not thought of. That's because system awareness is unconscious for most of us most of the time.
Another advantage of a partner or group is that seeing different Walks reminds us that we share the human journey, whatever the territory we find ourselves today. We see again that we all cross high mountains with beautiful views and deep valleys where it's harder for us to get perspective.
If we do all of our journeys on our own, it's easy to become private or defensive about what we're working on. Never working on "our stuff" with others leads to the sense that ours is different than theirs, something that it's not safe to share.
You can figure out these things as you go along. Try Walking if you like the sound of it. It provides fresh perspective – right away – and being able to take in multiple perspectives is at the heart of what helps us evolve and grow.
I'd be pleased to give the first five people who ask a 30-minute intro to Walking. It would likely involve each of us doing a little Walk and then a conversation about it. Email me back and we'll set up a time.


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|Random Walk in a Gallery of Religious Art, Step 17: 1 Kings 3:15b-28, The Wisdom of Solomon
Yesterday we read about Solomons request for wisdom, and today we read about how he used the wisdom that God granted to him. The artist has caught the moment in split second after vs. 25, when King Solomon has just given the order to divide the baby in two. The real mom is frantic, just like the real mom in yesterdays illustration. Today, though, shes throwing herself before the king she knows where the real power is! Yesterday the dead child was nowhere to be seen. It took me a while to realize that the baby on the floor in todays illustration must be the dead child, because he looks remarkably healthy. The artist apparently felt that he should include both babies, but he flinched when it came to showing a dead baby. Good for him! The hint is enough.
The most striking part of this illustration, to me, is the look on the second womans face: she is actually thinking over the kings offer! Maybe half a baby would be better than none, she thinks to herself. Then she says, Cut him in half! That way, hell belong to neither one of us. The artist has perfectly captured the cold-hearted calculation of her soul.
Previous Step. Next Step.
"Solomon's Judgment" from the Binns family Bible,
Baalism was a scourge. "Baal" means "master," or "owner," so many of the gods of Canaan could be referred to as "baals," as in vs. 18. Typically a baal was the chief god of whatever pantheon a particular ethnic group worshiped, although many of these also had a specific name, like Molech, the god of the Ammonites, or Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron. "Baal" by itself in the Bible usually refers to the Philistine version, whose worship Jezebel and Ahab introduced into the northern kingdom. Shrines to baals were typically in the form of a stone pillar. Asherah (also variously named) was the chief goddess, whose shrine was a tree or a wooden pole (very often translated "groves"). Some of the highlights of these various Canaanite religions were fertility rites, male and female cult prostitution, self-mutilation, and child sacrifice. The prophets hated all idols, and they often got really sarcastic, as in vs. 27. A god who sleeps? or goes to the bathroom? Even Baal-zebub, "Lord of Flies," is a mocking pun on the god's real name, Baal-zebul, "Baal the Prince." Elijah's dramatic victory over the prophets of Baal didn't rid the kingdom of Israel of Baalism, unfortunately.


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This exhibition shows demos from 2 different projects that are collaborating together in the area of multi-domain, multi-provider orchestration of services and resources in cloud, edge and fog environments: 5G-TRANSFORMER and 5G-CORAL.
The 5G-TRANSFORMER project aims to transform today's mobile transport network into an SDN/NFV-based Mobile Transport and Computing Platform (MTP), which brings the "Network Slicing" paradigm into mobile transport networks by provisioning and managing MTP slices tailored to the specific needs of vertical industries.
The 5G-CORAL project leverages on the pervasiveness of edge and fog computing in the Radio Access Network (RAN) to create a unique opportunity for access convergence. This is envisioned by the means of an integrated and virtualised networking and computing solution where virtualised functions, context-aware services, and user and third-party applications are blended together to offer enhanced connectivity and better quality of experience.
To show how the 5G-TRANSFORMER platform can orchestrate heterogeneous, several Proofs of Concept (PoCs) based on vertical-oriented use cases will be shown:
– The Automotive PoC demonstratates the deployment and management of the EVS (Extended Virtual Sensing) application on edge cloud. EVS is a road safety application designed to alert drivers about the presence of unseen vehicles or other unexpected obstacles at intersections.
– The Entertainment PoC describes the provision of a high definition content distribution service with very low latency and service creation time. The virtual appliances are dynamically deployed
allowing the streaming service provider to deploy the different components in edge clouds close to the user.
– The MNO/MVNO PoC demonstrates the deployment of 3 network slices (echographer (URLLC), video (eMBB) and IoT devices (mMTC)).
5G-CORAL demonstrates the concepts behind the next generation of 5G Extreme Edge, composed of different tiers of Fog, MEC and Cloud. In this case, we will focus on the impact of the project results for SMEs showcasing:
– The use of 5G-CORAL infrastructure for the deployment of Point of Service applications.
– The use of publish/subscribe mechanisms applied to the vehicular scenario, for the fast distribution of emergency information.
Additionally, a joint 5G-CORAL/5G-TRANSFORMER PoC, focusing on the e-Industry (Cloud/Edge Robotics), demonstrates the automatic deployment of a robotic
control application that leverages the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Radio Network Information Service (RNIS).
Posters and Presentations available to download here:
More information
The complete program can be found on the EuCNC webpage.
The event will be streamed live in the EuCNC official TV channel on Youtube.
To know more about details about our participation, stay tuned to the 5G-Xcast and EuCNC social media accounts:
- EuCNC Twitter: @EuCNC
- 5G-CORAL Twitter: @5g_coral
- 5G-CORAL Linkedin: 5G-CORAL EU Project


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Alec Burks has been phenomenal lately.
And by lately, I don't mean over a couple of games. I mean since late November (per-36 minute stats):
- 18.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.3 blocks, 2.3 turnovers, 3.1 PF
- 47% FG, 39% 3P, 75% FT ... 57% True Shooting
Alec Burks leads the team in spot-up 3P% — though to be fair, he doesn't shoot them nearly as often as most guys you think of in when you hear the term "spot-up 3-point shooter."
Alec Burks scores, in points per possession, above the team's average. He ranks #25th in the entire NBA in iso ppp. He ranks #9 in the NBA in ppp off cuts, #18 off hand offs, and #9 off screens.
He's not perfect. His overall spot up shooting is just okay. His transition ppp is just okay.
But the real point is this: if you make a list of everything you want from your primary wing scorer, Alec Burks is not only the best on the team — by a long way — but he's among the better ones in the entire NBA.
And for whatever reason, he cannot get a starting spot, and he's stuck playing about 27 minutes per game.
And so we haven't really gotten over 18 points per game from Alec. We've gotten about 13 and a half. And we're left to speculate about what he'd do as a starter, playing 36+ minutes per game. We're left to speculate what would happen to Gordon's efficiency if the team used him as a Point-Forward rather than a leading scorer. We're left to speculate what the team would be like getting 36 minutes of that kind of production instead of just 27.
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I'll be honest: I just don't get it. I try to enjoy games for what they are ... but in the back of my mind I'm watching such inexplicable decisions that I am left rather befuddled.
I'm thrilled to see Alec performing like this. It's the kind of breakout I had hoped we'd get from one or two of our young players this year. If Alec could pull this off as a full-time starter ... well we would have the star we've been looking for.
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In regards to the game, the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers are terrible. They lost the last two games by 88 points. At one point they were losing to the Clippers 89-33.
And the Jazz would have lost today without Alec Burks' 23 minutes of playing time. I don't care how long you look at that fact, and that number, it will never make any more sense. I guess we just get to accept it and move on.
Three (plus two) positives
- Burks. 26 points. 23 minutes. 10 shots. And a lot of FT's (almost a Dantley). And the best freaking dunk I've seen from a Jazzman all year.
- Jeremy Evans is a legit player. He scores efficiently, has a great touch on that outside J, finishes fun alley-oops, blocks shots, and rebounds. We got to see it all tonight. Basketball is so much more fun when you can have 15-20 minutes of Jeremy Evans involved.
- Hayward's chasedown block. Say what you will about his shot (ugh), but that block was nasty. Gordo also had no business whatsoever pulling it off ... he started about 30 feet behind Moultrie. It was hustle with a mean streak.
- Marv gets the team a fourth positive. He shot well, rebounded like a mad bull, and had an all-around good game.
- Richard Jefferson had a couple great dunks. Not quite like Burks' to seal the game, but still spectacular. And one off a great pass from Rudy after RJeff makes a terrific backdoor cut.
Three negatives
- It was still the Seventy-Sixers
- Gordon and Trey combined to shoot 6-29 (20.6%). Thankfully Gordon still contributes other ways (7 rebounds and 7 assists) but those two are putting up a lot of really ugly shots lately.
- Favors was pulled with a "hip ... uh ... thingey" (to quote our resident MD). Let's hope that if he's out long it's for tanking reasons and not legitimate health reasons.
How fun is it to get this quote from a Jazzman (from the AP): "I relish contact. I really was just trying to be aggressive," Burks said. "That's my game, going to the hoop."


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Instagram Now Allows Users to Post Photos From its Mobile Site
In a move that is intended to make sharing to Instagram easier in markets with slow network speeds by eliminating the need to download the Instagram app, the Facebook owned company has updated its mobile site with the ability to post photos without using the app, TechCrunch reports.
The mobile version of Instagram's website was previously limited to browsing your timeline, search and discovery, notifications, and managing your account. But now anyone can visit Instagram.com from a mobile device to post photos to the social network.
Instagram's mobile site leaves out data-heavy features like Stories and newer capabilities like messaging, but it's a lightweight option on slow networks.
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In an article for Scientific American, psychotherapist Tori Rodriguez pulls together some of this research, and explains the role of emotions such as anger and sadness in the human experience. Ignoring or suppressing these negative thoughts can have a range of unwanted effects on our mental health and well-being.
"Unpleasant feelings are just as crucial as the enjoyable ones in helping you make sense of life's ups and downs," she explains. Without the negative we cannot evaluate our experiences, or experience true sense of satisfaction
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It's the largest hunger-relief organization in the Midwest – but the public was uncertain of Second Harvest Heartland's role in helping to feed hungry Minnesotans. The organization engaged Bellmont Partners to change that with a comprehensive public awareness campaign, including research, brand audience identification, brand strategy, messaging, collaborative story-mining sessions, advertising campaigns, communications and social media strategy, and ongoing media relations, influencer outreach and strategic consulting.
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What is Dry Needling?
Dry Needling is a technique where the doctor inserts a fine filament single-use needle, just like Acupuncture, into a Myofascial Trigger Point (MTrP) of a muscle to deactivate the MTrP resulting in decreased pain.
What is a Myofascial Trigger Point?
An MTrP is that knot in your muscle. It is a group of muscle fibers which have been locked into a contracted state and can't relax. A myofascial trigger point is characterized by the development of a sensitive nodule in the muscle (Simons, Travell & Simons, 1999). This occurs as the muscle fibers become so tight that they compress the capillaries and nerves that supply them (McPartland, 2004; Simons, et al., 1999). As a result, the muscle is unable to move normally, obtain a fresh blood supply containing oxygen and nutrients, or flush out additional acidic chemicals (McPartland, 2004; Simons, et al., 1999). In addition to this nodule, the remainder of the muscle also tightens to compensate (Simons, et al., 1999; Simons, 2002). The presence of a myofascial trigger point in a muscle can lead to discomfort with touch, movement and stretching; to decreased movement at a joint; and even a temporary loss of coordination (Simons, et al., 1999).
What Causes a Myofascial Trigger Point?
A myofascial trigger point develops as part of the body's protective response following:
- injury – the muscle will tighten in an attempt to reduce the severity of an injury;
- unexpected movements e.g. descending a step that is lower than originally anticipated;
- quick movements e.g. looking over your shoulder while driving;
- change in regular activity or muscle loading e.g. an increase in the number or intensity of training sessions for sport;
- sustained postures e.g. prolonged sitting for work or study;
- nerve impingement – the muscle will tighten to protect the nerve;
- stress;
- illness (bacterial or viral);
- nutritional deficiencies, or;
- metabolic and endocrine conditions.
(Simons, et al., 1999)
How is Dry Needling different from Acupuncture?
It is the purpose that makes the two different. The stagnation of Qi and the imbalance of Yin and Yang is the cause of all disease in Chinese Traditional Medicine. Acupuncture uses the same filiform needles, but they are inserted at very specific points along a Meridian's Channel to restore the flow of Qi and balance the Yin and Yang. Acupuncture has been proven to treat all kinds of medical conditions and not just muscle and joint problems. Dry Needling is focused on deactivating MTrP's to reduce muscular and joint pain, increase range of motion, strength, and functionality.
What Will You Feel During Dry Needling Treatment?
During a Dry Needling treatment, you may feel a slight sting as the needle is inserted and removed. However, this discomfort should last no longer than a second before settling. A brief muscle twitch can also be experienced along with some discomfort. This may occur during treatment when the needle is inserted into a myofascial trigger point. If it is too painful, let the doctor know.
What to expect after Dry Needling?
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The BMW S1000RR is a superbike/racer by design, but you'll still need a tankbag. Why, you ask? The BMW S1000RR Tankbag makes for a great place to carry a spare diaper, I mean change of shorts! This bike has 193 horsepower, trust me, you'll need one or the other. It reminds me of a quote that I once heard from a local doctor..."Hey Doc, is adrenaline brown?"
Color: Black
Capacity: Main compartment approx. 5 liters
Max Payload: 4.4 lbs.
Material: Strong polyester/polyurethane easy to care for and very washable. Preshaped base made of EVA with soft PU coating to prevent scratches. Reflectors at side for more visibility on the road.
Design: Waterproof main compartment, waterproofing by taped, closable liner. No rain covers needed. Small map compartment in the lid, waterproof, with integral recess for mobile phone and other small items. BMW Motorrad Logtype printed on lid.
Attachment: The railing bolts to the motorcycle. The tankbag attaches to the railing which is included by means of two plastic hooks set in the bottom and is then secured at the front by means of an adjustable plastic buckle.
Supplied completed with installation instructions.
Mount for tankbag
Color: Silver
Material: Aluminum, anodized silver.
Robust aluminum railing.
The anodizing process forms a protective coating that effectively resists corrosion.
Railing bolts to the Airbox-Cover.
May be installed by end customer.
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With the molded tank and insane top speed of the S1000RR, go with the factory fit and design that will stay put and hold your valuables safely.
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INNCO has been recognized with UN observer status and strives to promote tobacco harm reduction (THR) on a global level. The organization actively seeks to engage consumers in THR discussions, whilst working towards developing and strengthening its member organizations in the process.
Samrat Chowdery is a former journalist and a leader in THR advocacy in India. He is the founder of the Council for Harm Reduced Alternatives (CHRA) and also the founder-director of Association of Vapers India (AVI), the largest harm reduction advocacy group in India. In 2018 he was awarded the Advocate of the Year award at the Global Forum for Nicotine (GFN) in Poland.
"While harm reduction is a well-accepted intervention strategy in many fields, from addiction treatment to pandemic response, it is finding uncharacteristic opposition in tobacco use, which kills 8 million people every year."Samrat Chowdery, President, INNCO
"While harm reduction is a well-accepted intervention strategy in many fields, from addiction treatment to pandemic response, it is finding uncharacteristic opposition in tobacco use, which kills 8 million people every year. Our goal is to ensure consumers have a say in the framing of global tobacco policies as they are affected the most by them," said Chowdery when talking about his new position.
The other appointments made by INNCO include Ángeles Muntadas-Prim Lafita of Spain as Vice President, Rob de Lange of Netherlands as Secretary and Ingmar Kurg of Estonia as Treasurer. Apart from the office bearers, Asa Saligupta from Thailand, Tomas O'Gorman from Mexico and Claude Bramberger from France have been added to the governing body.
The AVI strives for tobacco harm reduction
Meanwhile, whilst under Chowdery's direction the AVI has been doing its utmost to fight unreasonable measures in India, such as a harsh e-cig ban in the state of Tamil Nadu, pushed by the State's Health Ministry. Tamil Nadu has a population of around 72 million and the second largest state economy in India, so encouraging harm reduction would have a significant impact. However, politicians seem determined to follow the example of several other Indian states and ban the safer alternatives to cigarettes.
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India's E-Cig Ban Did Not Halt Vaping, It Just Drove Out Reliable Vape Brands


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Hello! I am Valerie Byrd Fort, sometimes known as "Library Goddess." I am an Instructor for the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. student in Teaching & Learning at USC. This site will take you to my blog, my social media links, and other resources that I feel are important to my work and teaching.
Opinions and words are my own.
About Valerie Byrd Fort
I was an elementary school librarian for 15 years before deciding to stay home with my daughter. After a couple of years staying home, I had the opportunity to apply for and accept a full time position at the University of South Carolina. For years, I taught Children's Literature at USC as an Adjunct Instructor for the School of Information Science. In August 2018, I started teaching for USC full-time. For five years, in addition to teaching, I lead Cocky's Reading Express, the university's literacy outreach program.
I am passionate about literacy, libraries, inclusion, intellectual freedom, equity, and reading aloud.
I am a member of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, American Association of School Librarians, National Council of Teachers of English, Children's Literature Association, and Association for Library and Information Science Education.
I am married to Marty Fort. He owns the Irmo Music Academy, Columbia Arts Academy, and the Lexington School of Music (all in South Carolina), as well as a music studio owners consulting business. We have a daughter and four dogs.
I enjoy Target, Barre3, and reading. My favorite things to read are true crime, graphic novels, funny memoirs and young adult novels. I adore picture books.
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The less you expect, the better positive surprise comes. To take or not to take my snowshoes!? Packed them and my sticks and all the additional equipment that comes by. And it paid off on all 4 areas: Powder snow after a snowy night, solitude in the middle of the week, spotless sunny sky and a fairytale forest route. INCREDIBLE!
My starting point was Bettmeralp, my beloved positive spot. Directly by the lift on the top I took a steep route up into the snowy woods. Completely alone, all the pine trees covered needle by needle in fresh frozen snow. I cold see by the tree trunks that it must have been around 250 cm of snow. Without snowshoes I could not walk there. I could only disappear, swallowed by the fresh snow. The route was marked with some pink straps hanging from the tree branches to guide us where to go.
Another day, another hike, another natural wonder to save deeply into my heart and my memory forever. In between I came up all the way to the top of my hike on on open white field. And back into the woods, an old forest with "hairy" branches, silver white and some greyish green .... simply amazing.
Snowshoeing is still one of the most soul fulfilling sports. Beside the silence of the water that comes naturally with snow, you can also reach areas of virgin snow, untouchable regions, peaceful silence and time for your inner self. In a way mountings as usual in my way of going alone, on the other side winter and snow is bringing this extra silence and peace. Calm and slowness. Introverted time to redevelop from within.


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Skip to comments.Saddam invested one million dollars in Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin's owned Cordex
Posted on 04/23/2005 8:29:44 AM PDT by MikeEdwards
The Canadian company that Saddam Hussein invested a million dollars in belonged to the Prime Minister of Canada, canadafreepress.com has discovered.
Cordex Petroleum Inc., launched with Saddams million by Prime Minister Paul Martins mentor Maurice Strongs son Fred Strong, is listed among Martins assets to the Federal Ethics committee on November 4, 2003.
Among Martins Public Declaration of Declarable Assets are: "The Canada Steamship Lines Group Inc. (Montreal, Canada) 100 percent owned"; "Canada Steamship Lines Inc. (Montreal, Canada) 100 percent owned"Cordex Petroleums Inc. (Alberta, Canada) 4.6 percent owned by the CSL Group Inc."
Yesterday, Strong admitted that Tongsun Park, the Korean man accused by U.S. federal authorities of illegally acting as an Iraqi agent, invested in Cordex, the company he owned with his son, in 1997.
In that admission, Strong describes Cordex as a Denver-based company. Cordex Petroleum Inc. is listed among Martins assets as an Alberta-based company.
Cordex had a U.S. subsidiary.
Two years after taking the Park-through-Saddam one million dollars, Cordex went out of business.
On April 20, 1999, Bankrupt.com, an internet bankruptcy library states Kelly J. Sweeney Esquire of the Office of the Trustee in Denver, Col. as appointing four individuals to serve on an official creditors committee in the Chapter 11 case "commenced by Cordex Petroleum Inc."
Strongs New Age Baca Ranch is located in Crestone, Colorado.
Indeed, according to Marci McDonald in Walrus Magazine, "Cordex Petroleums was formerly known as Baca Resources." (April 21, 2004). . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Holy s**t...
Oh bloody h*ll. The more we learn about the Liberal government, the more shocked I become. Jeez, these guys are starting to make the Democrats appear marginally ethical by comparison.
There are just too many liberal politicians, even in the U.S., that were just too protective of Saddam.
Saddam bought so many liberal politicians and UN reps that he thought he had bought immunity.
Our media won't look for any Saddam connections to the Democrats and they would bury any such findings.
I'll bet the farm that money flowed into the democrat party in the USA. Absolutely. Without a doubt
Now we can see why Canada was against us going after Iraq and Saddam.
Cretien and his family are significant shareholders in Elf Fina/Total Petroleum, a major pre-invasion beneficiary of Iraqi oil, while Martin and his mentor Maurice Strong and a host of unsavory characters invested in oil companies operating in Iraq. The stink will become huge as this monumental scam unfolds.
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If you live in rural Australia, you know all about mud-dauber wasps. Incredibly industrious, they spend the summer months finding wet soil, clay or mud and then using it to make their egg sacs… all over your walls! The sacs are tough and protect the eggs from predators until they hatch.
The WASP in this article is a six metre (20 ft) high, 3D printer that uses mud to build strong houses for people! Designed and manufactured in Italy by WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project), the printer exudes a mix of mud and fibre to create what appears to be similar to fibrous plaster. To date, the fibre used is wool but I can see coconut fibre being a very viable and inexpensive alternative!
WASP already has a commercial line of innovative 3D printers including a swappable clay extruder for those wanting to work with ceramics. This concept has been put on steroids to create the home building model dubbed Big Delta!
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The printer can be disassembled, relocated and then reassembled in four hours (plus travel time) making this ideal for remote housing projects.
3D printed houses are a commercial reality today. Get used to the idea because the technology is evolving rapidly. Here's a 3D printed apartment block…
Are you ready?


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Next generation of unmanned aircraft to boost geoscientific research
The University of Southampton is developing new unmanned aircraft for science applications and geoscientific research.
Aug 7th, 2013Read more
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The University of Southampton is developing new unmanned aircraft for science applications and geoscientific research.
Aug 7th, 2013Read more
Mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego invented a robot designed to scoot along utility lines, searching for damage and other problems that require repairs. Made of off-the-shelf electronics and plastic parts printed on an inexpensive 3D printer, the SkySweeper prototype could be scaled up for less than $1,000, making it significantly more economical than the two models of robots currently used to inspect power lines.
Aug 6th, 2013Read more
Low-cost, high-performance sensors, such as digital cameras, and advances in computer vision and artificial intelligence are bringing the age of robots ever closer, says QUT robotics scientist Dr Feras Dayoub.
Aug 6th, 2013Read more
With their submarine, Ragnar�k, the Cornell Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) project team won first place for the second consecutive year at the RoboSub student competition, which took place in San Diego July 22-28. It was CUAUV's fifth win since 2003.
Aug 2nd, 2013Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds promise for use in 'soft robotics' and biomedical applications.
Aug 2nd, 2013Read more
If the mission sounds impossible, that's because it is - at least with today's technology: Build a three-pound flying machine that can, under its own control, take off, fly through a window into a model building, avoid security lasers, navigate the halls, recognize signs, enter the correct room, find a flash drive in a box on a desk, pick it up, leave a decoy, exit and land in under 10 minutes.
Aug 1st, 2013Read more
The latest in a series of experiments testing the ability of robots to influence live animals shows that bio-inspired robots can not only elicit fear in zebrafish, but that this reaction can be modulated by alcohol. These findings may pave the way for new methodologies for understanding anxiety and other emotions, as well as substances that modulate them.
Jul 31st, 2013Read more
On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary surface. In the future, astronauts orbiting other planetary bodies, such as Mars, asteroids or the moon, could use this approach to perform work on the surface using robotic avatars.
Jul 30th, 2013Read more
Researchers at EPFL's Laboratory of Intelligent Systems are developing a novel flying platform which has the ability to move on the ground by using its wings only.
Jul 26th, 2013Read more
Scientists at the Technische Universit�t M�nchen (TUM) believe that full-size remote control cars could be hitting the roads within the next five to ten years. So if your next rental car turns up to your door driverless, the chances are that the actual driver is sitting in the car rental headquarters.
Jul 26th, 2013Read more
This collaboration brings together the local research community to build capabilities and develop technologies to boost productivity and gear up for high value manufacturing in the medtech, aerospace, marine and offshore and precision engineering clusters.
Jul 25th, 2013Read more
In the basement of Madrid's Reina Sofia museum, a giant robotic machine painstakingly scans a painting by Catalan surrealist artist Joan Miro, slowly snapping hundreds of microscopic shots.
Jul 24th, 2013Read more
Neurobiologists from the University of Leicester have shown that insect limbs can move without muscles - a finding that may provide engineers with new ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic limbs.
Jul 19th, 2013Read more
About 70% of the total robot sales in 2012 went to Japan, China, United Sates, Korea and Germany. The electronics industry reduced robot investments considerably, while the automotive industry continued to increase robot orders.
Jul 18th, 2013Read more
The initiative, known as the Edinburgh Robotics and Autonomous Systems Interaction Research Facility, has been made possible as part of an GBP85 million investment by the UK Government.
Jul 17th, 2013Read more
The EU-funded FILOSE project (Robotic fish locomotion and sensing) is addressing a key bottleneck for underwater robotics, namely the problem of understanding how fish sense the underwater environment.
Jul 17th, 2013Read more
Siemens is using a Microsoft Kinect sensor familiar from computer games in a virtual planning system for work processes. Kinect technology recognizes a person's movements and posture and transfers them to an avatar in a virtual environment. In the same way that a player moves intuitively within the scenes of a computer game, technicians can use Kinect to simulate movements in the workplace.
Jul 17th, 2013Read more
With the help of a robotic frog, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin and Salisbury University have discovered that two wrong mating calls can make a right for female tungara frogs.
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Sir John Hotham, 1st Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Hotham, 1st Bt
by Thomas Simon
silver medal, 1645
1 1/4 in. (32 mm) diameter
Purchased, 1964
Primary Collection
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- Sir John Hotham, 1st Bt (1589-1645), Parliamentarian army officer and politician; MP for Beverley. Sitter in 8 portraits.
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- Thomas Simon (1618-1665), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 24 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 316
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Current affairsFirst proposed by Sir WiIliam Waller, the New Model Army, the first national army consisting of full-time soldiers, is recruited by Parliament. Under the leadership of Thomas Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief, the Army decisively wins the battles of Naseby and Langport against the Royalists.
Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason.
Art and scienceAlexander Ross, clergyman and philosopher publishes The Philosophical Touch-Stone, an important refutation of the unorthodox Aristotelianism expounded by Sir Kenelm Digby in his Two Treaties.
Physician Daniel Whistler, presents his thesis on rickets at the Dutch university of Leiden, the first printed text on the disease.
InternationalCharles I commissions Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, to secretly negotiate with Irish Confederates. For generous concessions the Confederates would raise an army to fight against parliamentarians. Ongoing, complex negotiations secure the signing of two treaties but the king eventually disavows the agreements and repudiates Somerset.
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66 percent of German citizens responded with a clear 'no' to the prospect of Thunberg being given the prestigious award, according to a YouGov survey on climate change and the environment. Only 15 percent supported the nomination and 19 percent were undecided.
The famous school-skipper turned eco-activist was tapped as a candidate by Norwegian MPs who used a clause allowing national politicians and some university scholars to nominate people for the prize.
"Greta Thunberg has launched a mass movement which I see as a major contribution to peace," explained Freddy Andre Ovstegard of the Socialist Party.
If awarded the Peace Prize on October 11, the 16-year-old would become the youngest member of the hall of fame comprised of UN peacekeepers, the International Committee of the Red Cross or political heavyweights like Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev or Henry Kissinger.
Greta was thrust into the limelight last year, when she began her lone protest outside the Swedish parliament to demand robust measures against global warming and an environmental crisis.
Hundreds of thousands of people followed suit, joining regular 'Fridays for Future' strikes, but her confrontational activism has also attracted scorn and condemnation.
US President Donald Trump, a climate change skeptic, was the first world leader to mock her viral, emotional UN speech, writing in a sarcastic tweet: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"
Russian President Vladimir Putin also commented on the young Swede, calling her who nevertheless fails to comprehend the realities of sustainable development and a "complex world."
"When someone is using children and teenagers in personal interests, it only deserves to be condemned," he warned.
READ MORE: 'Kind but poorly informed teenager': Greta Thunberg targets Putin in latest Twitter bio update
Earlier, Greta herself insisted "there is no one 'behind' me except for myself." He said her parents, actor Svante Thunberg and former Eurovision singer Malena Ernman, "were as far from climate activists as possible before I made them aware of the situation," she wrote on Facebook.


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Stadium Tours
School trip stadium tours provide the perfect environment for students to get out of the classroom and experience first-hand their favourite sports team and stadium. These stadiums provide various high quality educational facilities, students can fully immerse themselves into the history of the stadium during the stadium and museum tours that are provided, or experience one of the many interactive workshops available. Typical school visits include behind-the-scenes stadium tours where students can visit the most impressive and prestigious parts of the Stadiums with their very own professional industry lead expert who can show them areas, such as the dressing rooms, or simply discuss the rich history of the stadium and team itself. School Trip Stadium tours are an excellent way for pupils and students to learn in the stadium environment while covering important cross curriculum key-stages (1 to 5) and even discover their favourite sports teams and the processes they go through, learn about the commercial side of running a stadium in a fun but engaging educational way.
Stadiums of all types of sports up and down the country are providing excellent quality immersive and interactive school trip stadium tours, workshops and museums on site, so this is the perfect time to go along and take your school trip or educational group please see or fantastic options available on UK School Trips.


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This page houses the personal diary
of Colonel Robert L. Denig, USMC, during his stint as Northern
Area Commander in Ocotal in 1929-30, along with other
papers & photos in the Denig collection pertaining to Nicaragua.
The originals are housed in the
Archives & Special Collections room of the Marine Corps Research
Center in Quantico, VA. (Right: Denig, at
center; detail of photo in Denig Collection, MCRC)
Grateful acknowledgement is extended to the
staff of Archives & Special Collections of the MCRC; to Lebanon
Valley College students Olivia Edwards, Nicole Wilhelm, and Mary
"Katie" Yost for their excellent work at the MCRC for three days in
early January 2015; and to the Arnold Grant in Experiential
Education for funding this research.
dedicate this page to the memory of Dr. David Clark Brooks,
native of Deep River, CT, longtime public servant in the US
State Department, historian of Nicaragua, and a very dear
friend who died much too young in April 2014. David
introduced me to Denig's "Diary of a Guardia Officer," and we had many long
discussions & arguments about how to read it & what it meant &
means. I remember back in October 1990 in the city of
Ocotal, David balancing a dog-eared copy of the "Diary" on
his lap reading selections aloud, in spontaneous Spanish
translation, to the esteemed Dr. Emilio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez in
the good doctor's sitting room in his home next to the town's central square. In his inimitable way, David charmed the
socks off this 89 year-old pillar of Ocotal high society, to
whose home he had somehow managed an invitation, and used
Denig's "Diary," something tangible & authentic & real, as a cultural bridge to
help bring these very different
worlds together in greater mutual understanding. That was
Always seeking authentic human connections and to bring out the best in people, Dr. David Clark Brooks, US State Department, with the
exceptionally talented emerging comic book artist Machai
Ferreira, Luanda, Angola, 2013.
Click on the image below to access the
full text of Denig's "Diary" in one large PDF file.
Warning: the file weighs in at a hefty
Other papers & photos in the Robert L. Denig Collection
in the MCRC (click on thumbnails for JPEG images; the
first nine items were photographed at 72 dpi; the remaining
images & photos were scanned at 600 dpi):
June 25, 1930.
Patrol Report of Captain O'Leary, Las Nubes, to Col.
Denig, Ocotal, with translation of note by Juan Pablo
Umanzor appended.
June 26, 1930.
Col. R. L. Denig, extract from telegram from Jefe
August 3, 1930.
"Great Northern News," Ocotal, cover, p. 1.
August 3, 1930.
"Great Northern News," Ocotal, p. 2.
August 3, 1930.
"Great Northern News," Ocotal, p. 3.
August 3, 1930.
"Great Northern News," Ocotal, p. 4.
ca. August 3,
1930. Cartoon drawing of "His Royal
Highness" Col. Denig with his mule Geniveve.
January 12, 1930.
Sketch of battle of Las Cruces near Quilalí.
ca. January 12,
1930. "Sketch Map of San Juan Area."
August 3, 1930.
"Great Northern News," Ocotal, cover.
(Scanned in high resolution)
ca. January 12,
1930. Cartoon depiction of "The First Plane
Drop, Peña Blanca, 1927."
(Scanned in high
resolution.) A fascinating lampooning &
exocization of Nicaraguans as half-naked Pacific
Islanders, or native savages, or something.
ca. 1930.
Col. Denig in Ocotal, with who appears to be Liberal
Gen. Augusto Caldera of the Nicaraguan Voluntarios
(second from left). No caption, no date.
ca. 1930.
Col. Denig in Ocotal with who appears to be Gen. Augusto
Caldera at his left (to the viewer's right). No
caption, no date.
ca. 1930.
Rear of photo reads: "Maria Theresa
Salcedo, School Teacher of Ocotal & her staff. Colonel
R. L. Denig of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua."