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Mobile network operator Everything Everywhere (EE) has selected financial services firm Morgan Stanley to assist it with the sale of its 1800Mhz spectrum.
The sale is being forced by communications regulator Ofcom as part of the merger between T-Mobile and Orange, which came together to become the UK's largest operator in 2010.
The company has said that the sale will take place by the end of the year, before Ofcom's much anticipated auction of the 800Mhz and 2.6Ghz spectrum that will be used for 4G networks.
"Following a competitive process, Morgan Stanley has been appointed to provide independent professional advice on the sale of some of the company's 1800MHz spectrum," said an EE spokesperson.
"The intention is to complete the sale of the spectrum in advance of the Combined Spectrum Award, currently scheduled to take place in Q4 2012."
This spectrum could potentially be used by other operators for 4G services, following the news that EE has asked Ofcom to liberalise the 1800Mhz band for use on next generation LTE networks.
EE has said that providing it gains approval from the regulator it could be offering 4G to UK customers by the end of the year.
However, despite initially showing support for EE's plans, Ofcom has had to delay its consultation into how it would impact competition in the market following objections from the UK's other mobile operators.
The deadline for stakeholders to submit their objections to the regulator is now 8 May 2012.


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She Wraps Bubble Wrap Around a Cake. What She Creates is Stunning!
The internet is a great place to find lots of great step by step tutorials and tricks on a variety of subjects from cake decorating to cooking and baking. "She Wraps Bubble Wrap Around a Cake. What She Creates is Stunning!," is just one example of the many videos you have access to. Cakes are a fun way to celebrate an event, they are a hie way to make someone something that they can enjoy for their birthday or any other special occasion. There are SO many ways to create cakes! You could buy so many books on the subject, watch videos online, or read how to tutorials, and you still wouldn't see all that is out there! Decorating cakes is an art of its own. You have to have just the right icing, and you have to be really steady with your hands in decorating the cakes. Sometimes there are such elaborate designs you see that you immediately want to know how they did it. Well this tutorial is a great one, that lets you see just what you can create, and how simply you can do it.
This step by step video tutorial on using bubble wrap for cake decorating is a simple and easy idea, and one that you will want to try at home. To start you will want to temper your broken up chocolate pieces in a microwave safe bowl, and heat in intervals, stirring each time the chocolate comes out of the microwave. You will continue to heat the chocolate until you achieve the melted texture you want. Next you will cut a piece of bubble wrap so that it fits nicely around your cake, you will then take put the bubble wrap down on your counter with the "bubble" side up and cover with the melted chocolate, spreading across the entire piece of bubble wrap evenly. When this step is complete you will let the chocolate bubble wrap dry for ten minutes at room temperature and then wrap around the cake with the chocolate side against the cake. You will then let the cake chill for ten minutes before removing the bubble wrap. For the full video step by step bubble wrap tutorial you will want to take a look at the website. If you are a visual person, then this tutorial will be great for you, since it really shows each and every step you need to follow to get the cake looking like she does in the end.
These great step by step video tutorials teach a variety of cake decorating and tips some of which include; billowed cake the simple fondant technique in a few steps; buttercream cake decorating fast and easy technique; hot to make a fake cake step by step; wedding cake decorating ideas how to make an elegant wedding cake and so much more. She really has such a great variety of cakes that she shows us how to make. This would be so helpful to someone who is passionate about baking, and who wants some new and simple ideas in how to make cakes look gorgeous but not have to spend a lot of time doing it.
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Zone was a short lived, over-sized journal edited by Jonathan Carary, Michel Feher, Hal Foster, Sanford Kwinter and designed by design-demi-God Bruce Mau. Issue 1/2 includes essays by Paul Virilo, Eric Alliez and Michel Feher, Marc Guillaume, Stanford Kwinter, Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Crary, Manuel De Landa, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Anne Querrien, Timothy Druckrey, and Carol Squiers. ... [details]
Large-scale critical overview of alternative art spaces in New York City since the 1960s, developed from an exhibition of the same title held at Exit Art, New York, September 24 – November 24, 2010. Edited by Lauren Rosati, Mary Anne Staniszewski. ... [details]
Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, June 10 - September 27, 2010. Edited by Lynne Cooke and Douglas Crimp with Kristen Poor. Artists include Alvin Baltrop, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Dara Birnbaum, Jennifer Bolande, Stefan Brecht, Matthew Buckingham, Tom Burr, Roy Colmer, Moyra Davey, Terry Fox, William Gedney, Bernard Guillot, David Hammons, Sharon Hayes, Peter Hujar, Joan Jonas, Louise Lawler, Zoe Leonard, Sol LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Robert Longo, Vera Lutter, Danny Lyon, Babette Mangolte, Gordon Matta-Clark, Steve McQueen, John Miller, Donald Moffett, James Nares, Max Neuhaus, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco, Barbara Probst, Emily Roysdon, Cindy Sherman, Harry Shunk & Janos Kender, Charles Simonds, Thomas Struth, James Welling, David Wojnarowicz, and Christopher Wool. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, June 6 - August 30, 2009. Curated by Diedrich Diederichsen. Edited by Peter Pakesch and Diedrich Diederichsen. Text by Diedrich Diederichsen, Dirck Linck, Nora Sdun, and Christian Höller. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 15 2007 - March 30, 2008. Traveled to Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany, May 31 - September 14, 2008 ; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, February 6 - April 20, 2009. ... [details]
Catalogue of works available from Edition Schellmann and Gemini G.E.L. Text in English and German. Artists include Franz Ackermann, Darren Almond, Richard Artschwager, Miroslaw Balka, Matthew Barney, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Gottfried Bechtold, Joseph Beuys, Zarina Bhimji, Daniel Buren, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Christo, Chuck Close, Tony Cragg, Michael Craig-Martin, Hanne Darboven, Thomas Demand, Peter Doig, Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Dan Flavin, Sylvie Fleury, Günther Förg, Katharina Fritsch, Ellen Gallagher, Gelitin, Gilbert & George, Liam Gillick, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Katharina Grosse, Peter Halley, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, Eberhard Havekost, Christine Hiebert, Thomas Hirschhorn, Damien Hirst, Candida Höfer, Jenny Holzer, Axel Hütte, Gary Hume, Robert Indiana, Alfredo Jaar, Bill Jacobson, Donald Judd, Anish Kapoor, Mike Kelley, Tony Oursler, Martin Kippenberger, Imi Knoebel, Jeff Koons, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Julian Laverdiere, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Long, Robert Longo, Vera Lutter, Robert Mangold, Robert Mapplethorpe, Malerie Marder, Gerhard Merz, Julie Mehretu, Sarah Morris, Paul Morrison, Reinhard Mucha, Bruce Nauman, Yoshitomo Nara, Shirin Neshat, Nam June Paik, Jorge Pardo, Jack Pierson, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sigmar Polke, Marc Quinn, Arnulf Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Robin Rhode, Daniel Richter, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Wilhelm Sasnal, Julian Schnabel, Thomas Schütte, Sean Scully, Cindy Sherman, Santiago Sierra, Dirk Skreber, Frank Stella, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, James Turrell, Richard Tuttle, Luc Tuymans, Cy Twombly, Juan Uslé, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Rachel Whiteread and Christopher Wool. ... [details]
"'Black Noise' is an acoustical term for a nearly inaudible frequency. It is a fitting title for this tribute to the respected New York painter and musician Steven Parrino, who died in a motorcycle accident on New Year's Day, 2005, at the age of 46. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 22 - July 15, 2007, at Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany. Text by Andreas Schalhorn, Michael Lailach. "Spanning from Minimalism to Land Art, this selection of the most important drawings from the Marzona Collection at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin features key American and European works, as well as all sorts of related studies and ephemera. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 1, 2006 - February 25, 2007. Curated by Jens Hoffmann and Christina Kennedy. Artists include Daniel Buren, John Baldessari, Gerard Byrne, Thomas Demand, Urs Fischer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Isa Genzken, Andrew Grassie, Martin Kippenberger, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Perry Ogden, Martha Rosler, Dieter Roth, Frances Stark, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ian Wallace, Andy Warhol, and a special appearance by Douglas Gordon. ... [details]


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As a country whose majority consume rice as a staple food, it is no wonder if the processed rice is very diverse. Preparations which can be developed on the main ingredient is rice fried rice, which as the name implies is a fried rice fried rice which is equipped with various types of spices and other food ingredients such as sausage.
The fried rice is also very diverse, one which we will discuss in this occasion is chaotic fried rice, fried rice of this kind as well as other fried rice, only when the process at add with noodles, so the name was changed to fried rice chaotic .
Recipes to Make Fried chaotic Fair
For a matter of taste of course not in doubt delicacy, which had a delicious fried rice at add with noodles, it feels more complete, not to mention the other additional ingredients such as sausage, chicken and eggs.
Chaotical fried rice is an alternative for those of you who are bored with fried rice dish that's it. Go see fried rice recipe chaotic below.
Recipes to Make Fried chaotic Fair
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Tip presentation: 4 servings
Ingredients :
– 2 plate of white rice
– 100 grams of wet noodles
– 2 sheets of cabbage, thinly sliced
– 1 leek, sliced
– 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
– 3 tablespoons soy sauce
– 2 tablespoons cooking oil
– ½ teaspoon bouillon powder flavor instant chicken
Seasonings that are:
– 3 pieces of red pepper
– 3 cloves garlic
– 5 red onions
– 1 teaspoon shrimp paste overcooked
– 2 tsp salt
– fried chicken, egg, sausage, fried onions, pickled cucumbers and crackers.
How to make :
1. Heat oil, saute the ingredients are mashed up fragrance. Put cabbage, celery, leeks, white rice and noodles and mix well.
2. Put soy sauce and chicken-flavored bouillon powder and stir well. Cook until the marinade evenly, after being cooked, remove from heat.
3. Serve while still warm, complete with complementary seasonings such as fried chicken, fried eggs, sausage, fried onions, pickled cucumbers and crackers.
Creating a chaotic fried rice is quite easy and does not vary much by making fried rice, but do not be surprised if we still lose might dishes of the cuisine of fried rice sellers around, keep trying to get chaotic delicious fried rice. Quite so hopefully fried rice recipe chaotic helpful.


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Black History Month- Dr. Monique Gary
Guest Speaker Dr. Monique Gary: Thursday, Feb. 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mount Laurel Campus in the Votta Hall Auditorium. Dr. Monique Gary is a fellowship-trained Breast Surgical Oncologist at Grand View Health in Sellersville, PA, specializing in minimally-invasive breast surgery. She has been recognized by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals as a Leading Physicians of the World and Top Breast Surgeon in Pennsylvania for 2017. She is passionate about using her expertise to develop programs to address cancer risk and prevention, and healthcare inequality for disparate populations including ethnic, racial, LGBTQI and other minority groups in the greater Philadelphia area.
For more information about this event, please call the African American Cultural Committee hotline at (856) 222-9311, ext. 1338 or visit rcbc.edu/aacc. This event is free and open to the public.


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Here are the 30 minute exercises for this week. Weeeeeeeeeee!! This was inspired by one of my friends reacting to a box of mini plastic food. Mr. Grover-tastic. I was researching graffiti and got inspired by the sticker graffiti and this was what came out. And, here's a little Sesame version of my venture into sticker art. This guy was inspired by a collection of shapes I saw in a fake marble counter in a Chinese take out place. Invisible Muppet Rosita This is how I feel at the gym as I'm trying to finish my set. I'll have to go in and clean this one up. Robo Elmo. This chibi character is done after one of my friends. And, that is the stink face that seems to be her default expression.
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Orlando is steaming, and Gartner's newest IT Summit hasn't been far behind. This is Gartner's first summit of its type, with reasonable attendance (~800) and a great line-up of talks and break-out sessions. Monday was also where Cassatt announced its partnership with BladeLogic.
The event opened with a keynotes from Mike Chuba and Cameron Haight, followed by a great forward-looking talk on the future of infrastructure and operations from Tom Bittman. He clearly sees the period between 2008-2012 as a shift from "Silos" to shared IT "Pools" - as virtualization itself shifts from consolidation to higher-value to the data center. He further predicted that starting around 2010, true Real Time Infrastructure will become mainstream (see the picture). This will be the enabler as IT-as-a-utility.
But he was careful to define growing distinctions between types of virtualization: At the Application level, there are containers, zones, LPARs, VPARS;At the O/S level, we're seeing a number mainstream VM technologies, including SW appliances; and, at the Hardware layer, we are seeing Grid and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (i.e. Amazon EC2).
Perhaps the most entertaining 'guest' keynote was from Peter Cochrane - ex-CIO for BT, and now a highly-regarded consultant. Brilliant, wry and witty, he opened by positing that IT's reality is having to deal with heterogeneity, mobility and increasing availability of bandwidth. With that bandwidth, (which will be exploited via increasing penetration of fiber, frequency-hopping and spatial distribution) the notions of connectivity to the "cloud" will be pervasive. And, the concepts of "connectivity" and "communication" will begin to shift to concepts of "location" and "presence". The other theme he put forward was one of release of control/centralization. He began with the fact that central control of broadcast bandwidth was shifting from a few thousand outlets (broadcast TV, radio, etc.) to billions of sources (phones, pervasive wifi, transmission "hopping", etc.) Release of control was also shifting from creativity in the office to creativity at home... very web 2.0 -- Oh, and he reitterated that the best definition of web 2.o was put forth by Tim O'Reilly a number of years ago (one of my favorite pieces).
One of the most well-attended break-out sessions on day 1 was run by Ed Holub & Debra Curtis, "Running IT Like a Business" - putting forth that IT has to think of itself not as a cost center, but as a business unit with customer management, product management, marketing, financial controls and... yes... pricing. This of course requires that IT figure out how to identify costs and provide charge-back. And finally, it requires that IT be comfortable with losing business to competitors, i.e. outsourcers. More than ever, running IT-as-a-Utility to achieve efficiencies seems more needed than ever here.
Another series of sessions dealt with Data Center Power Management. It was clear that the current way of running data center was essentially going to run out of electrical capacity in the future - so talk was not only about server efficiency, but cooling efficiency, and prudent facilities design as well. One particularly interesting breakout session, hosted by Will Cappelli, "The Convergence of Operations and Energy Management". The observations here were huge: companies w/large data centers will come face-to-face with international & domestic carbon emissions regulations; IT and Facilities orgs will be required to work together to increase overall energy efficiency; IT energy & power consumption will have to be managed and intelligently optimized (on this, see my previous blog on turning off idled servers).
Clearly, there were tons of other content regarding IT Operations management, Process (i.e. ITIL), discussion around CMDBs, virtualization and more. Way too much to summarize. But stay-tuned as I may comment on some of these from time-to-time :)
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Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan Counties, Washington
Nestled in the rolling hills of the Cascade mountain range of Washington State lies the largest apple-growing region of the United States. The most rapidly expanding group of new fruit growers in this area are Hispanic farmers who have bought or are leasing orchards and growing fruit for commercial sale. Recognizing that these emerging groups of Hispanic orchard owners are under served in getting access to the latest knowledge about integrated pest management (IPM), the Center for Agricultural Partnerships (CAP), designed the Hispanic Orchardist IPM Education Program.
This innovative program teaches the growers about integrated pest management and fills a vacuum in training and educational programs for this constituency. In fact this is the first all-Spanish language program focused on IPM for Hispanic orchard owners.
The Beginnings
The Hispanic Orchardist IPM Education Program was launched in March of 2002 with a goal of enrolling 12 Hispanic orchard owners involved in the commercial farming of apples, pears, and cherries. Work began with the development of a design plan for the program and forging partnerships with academic institutions.
Growers were contacted with the assistance of fruit warehouse and agricultural chemical field staff and Hispanic radio stations and newspapers. As of August 2002, 35 farmers had enrolled in the program, surpassing all expectations and stretching CAP's resources.
Originally CAP intended to serve a single group of growers in the Wenatchee area (Chelan and Douglas counties). But a group of Latino growers in northern Okanogan county, near the Canadian border, expressed intense interest in learning more about IPM, so Simone began to meet with these growers as well.
Program Director Naná Simone designed the Hispanic Orchardist IPM Education Program and the curriculum in consultation with other CAP staff.
Once enrolled, CAP staff interviewed growers to learn more about their current knowledge and education needs. They found that the project participants have widely varying levels of basic education; pest management experience and their orchard operations are very different. Knowing this has enabled staff to create a targeted education program that emphasizes interactive field education sessions.
The Approach
The 2002 course started with three, on-farm field interactive workshop sessions in June, July and August hosted by farmers enrolled in the program. Recognizing the involvement of multiple family members in many of the orchard operations, the entire family is invited to these sessions. The format of the sessions allows for question and answers so that growers have a chance to describe their individual on-farm experiences and problems. They also have an opportunity to go into the host's orchard to participate in demonstrations of monitoring techniques.
In the three-hour sessions, Simone teaches the growers about integrated pest management by discussing topics such as insect identification, pest and beneficial insects, insect life cycles, their biology and behavior, monitoring methods, strategies, information on pest management products, rates of application, pheromone-based pest management, and how to optimize chemical controls. Live and preserved insect specimens and examples of diseased fruits are used to help growers learn to identify problems. Every participant is given monitoring equipment including a hand lens, binocular magnifier and beating tray. All the printed materials and equipment are provided free of charge to the growers.
The field sessions are reinforced by use of a Spanish language Integrated Pest Management Technician Manual developed by Simone and updated for the program. This illustrated manual further describes pests and beneficial insects, the biology of these insects, their life cycles and monitoring techniques and tree fruit diseases. Current and topical information is also provided to participants through weekly pest updates, in collaboration with Washington State University Cooperative Extension, translated into Spanish by CAP in collaboration with Flor Servín of the WSDA Farmworker Education Program. The updates, which scrutinize issues such as pests of current concern and timing for sprays in different geographic areas, are mailed to project participants and posted on the Internet throughout the growing season (March-September). Simone also provides individual consultations for the growers by telephone or occasionally, on-site.
In 2003, based on participant requests, field education sessions were increased to 16 between the two groups. The growers also requested orchard sprayer calibration classes, taught by partner Flor Servín from the WSDA Farmworker Education Program. Two classes on tree fruit nutrition were held in Tonasket with the assistance of a Canadian consultant, Hilary Sampson.
Early in 2004, Simone co-taught a class in each region on cherry production and pest management with Tom Kunkel, horticulturist from Stemilt Growers(by July 2004, 16 field meetings were held at participant's orchards). Beginning in spring 2004, CAP partnered with the new Latino Agricultural Education Program (LAEP) at Wenatchee Valley College to provide courses for Simone's students in related topics such as pesticide applicator license training, crop load management, and irrigation management.
Beginning in fall of 2004, the program expanded in format to include education and training in irrigation water management with LAEP instructors Leo García and Francisco Sarmiento, and to assist participants in applying for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). In addition to class and field training, 5 participants qualified for EQIP cost-share contracts.
By 2005 grower participants in the project accounted for 1256 acres of fruit production and an additional 600 acres of production under the management of one of the participants. The education program intensified efforts to bring growers the most up-to date information on advanced and reduced risk pest management practices, in addition to reinforcing the knowledge gained in past seasons. The curriculum for the program grew to cover a wide range of orchard management issues: during the past year.
Along with the field learning in 2005 the program also commissioned a review of results and grower experiences. From Orchard Worker to Orchard Owner was created and distributed in the summer of 2005 to describe and illustrate the impacts the program has had on Hispanic growers in Washington.
New Program Areas
Growers indicated interest in practices that conserve and manage irrigation water more efficiently. As a result the Program applied for and was recognized as a pilot community in the first year of EPA's Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. As the only agricultural community selected for the CARE program, the Hispanic growers received field training and hands-on experience with irrigation management practices.
Participating growers expressed interest in getting much more comprehensive information on the availability of financial and technical assistance to support growers' adoption of conservation programs through the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) administered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Some of the participating growers were interested and applied to EQIP but just one was successful. However, the selection of one of the growers to receive a Conservation Security Program (CSP) through NRCS to support long term stewardship efforts renewed and reinforced grower interest. More than half of the growers indicated their continued interest in learning how to effectively use EQIP on their operations to support, not only pest management, but other conservation practices.
In 2006, a further expansion in scope of education included development of on-farm resource conservation plans with a pilot group of several of the growers who had been in the program since its inception. Their awareness and understanding of on-farm environmental stewardship increased to the point of their being able to plan and implement increasingly sophisticated conservation practices, including IPM, soil moisture monitoring for irrigation management, nutrient sampling as a basis for fertilizer applications and habitat enhancement for wildlife and beneficial insects.
A more holistic approach makes sense since pest management, nutrient management, water management, soil and wildlife management are fundamentally inter-related in an orchard operation. Nutrient management can reduce costs, reduce potential for excess nitrogen to enter streams and affects plant growth thereby influencing pest management. Irrigation management can reduce costs, planting of native plants and cover crops can stabilize soil, reduce run-off on steep slopes, and provide habitat for beneficial species. Planting of field borders can reduce the risk of contamination for streams and aquatic ecosystems. The use of windbreaks can prevent spray drift into streams. Further use of reduced risk pesticides can preserve beneficial insects and reduce the potential for worker exposure. In short, creating an education program for growers that integrates pest management into a wider array of conservation practices can reduce costs, improve worker protection protect water quality workers, and increase ecosystem health.
In 2006 - 2007, Simone continued to work with Hispanic growers and in the Washington tree fruit industry in general to gain access to the NRCS EQIP program. She continued working with NRCS on both the local and state level to create appropriate packages of resource conservation practices for tree fruit producers.
Growers' Views
Participating growers commented on the value of the programs:
On cultural appropriateness and networking: "Before we had language problems or were too shy to speak up. This program is better because we can understand each other since we communicate in the same language and culture. Now we are comfortable."
On lessons learned and decision-making: "This course took away my fear of not knowing if I was doing things right or wrong. We know more about insect and disease recognition and monitoring insecticide resistance, why and when to spray. Now I can talk to my field man and between the two of us we can decide what to do."
new and small acreage farmers, to develop the skills necessary to run a successful business. In Naná Simone's view this program was a lifeline to a constituency that has unique and unmet needs for knowledge and technology transfer.
Staff: Naná Simone, Program Director; Larry Elworth, Executive Director
In late 2008, Naná Simone unexpectedly passed away. During her long career as an independent pest management consultant, she worked for fruit growers large and small throughout Washington State, providing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) services to producers wishing to minimize their use of pesticides as well as assisting many into organic production. She had a special affection for her work with Hispanic orchard owners and managers. Simone had began working with growers to adopt sustainable practices through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). She will be missed by all her friends and colleagues throughout the world.
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From Orchard Worker To Orchard Owner - The Process of Pest Management (PDF)
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De Trabajador a Dueño de Huerta - El Proceso de Manejo de Plagas (PDF)
Growing with Conservation: Orchardist Reaps CSP Rewards (PDF)
Orchard Monitoring Manual For Pests (Manual de Monitoreo)
A pest management guide for apples, cherries, and pears in WA state - in Spanish and English formats.
New Opportunity for Financial Assitance for Fruit Growers - PDF (Nueva Oportunidad de Ayuda Financiera para Fruticultores)


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All the features of a modular helmet with the low profile and sleek design of a race helmet
The dynamic EXO-GT920 modular helmet benefits from an aggressively shaped aerodynamic shell made of Advanced LG® Polycarbonate for light weight and strength, and features a modular chin bar. It is also packed with key features that exceed the demands of discriminating riders including ScorpionExo®'s unique EverClear® SpeedView® drop-down sunvisor for bright daylight conditions, KwikWick® II liner for moisture management and comfort as well as aero-tuned ventilation to keep you cool and ventilated on hot days.
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- The GT-920 is very comfortable and I love the modular design. Since I wear glasses it makes it very easy to get my glasses on. The cheek pads are a little tight, gives me a bit of a lisp when I talk while wearing it, but otherwise fits perfectly. I also like the 3D Scorpion "S" decal, gives it a very clean and classy look. (Posted on 4/4/2017)
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- The Scorpion EXO-GT920 is a solid helmet and feels comfortable! It is, as said by Scorpion, snug but I like how snug it is, it makes it feel like a part of me. The drop down sun visor has a great mechanism; easy to use and easily accessible. One thing I wanted more was a more tinted visor, or to have the option to have a more tinted one, so that it could protect my eyes from all the glare. One other thing that I would have wanted is a place to mount a SENA/bluetooth comm system. This helmet has none and I am trying to find a place to put it without it being in the way of something. Overall, it is a great helmet, easy to use functions, vents are modern in design and high quality. (Posted on 10/27/2016)
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Template concept feature (C++0x)Friday, October 31st, 2008
So I was kind of bored and went on to read parts of C++0x committee draft that were published recently (was it just last month?). A copy is available at the C++ standards committee website. I have heard of some new interesting stuffs that's coming with C++0x, but wasn't really paying attention to their specifics. So when I read them in the standard paper, the specifics started to blow me out! The one thing that interest me a lot (other than all those functional programming's lambdas) is template concept (§14.9.2).
As you may already know, C++ has long supported generic programming through template. Simple example:
template <typename T, typename U> class pair { public: pair(T t, U u) : first(t), second(u) {} T first; U second; };
That defines a pair container that can contain a pair of anything! Straightforward, isn't it? It is, up to a point. Note that this is also a valid template:
template <typename Runnable> void schedule(Runnable* task) { // Let's delegate to a scheduler // to schedule the task. scheduler_->run(task); } class scheduler { <..> template <typename Runnable> void run(Runnable* task) { // Do something and then run the task. <..> task->run(); } } // somewhere in main: schedule(some_task);
What does this template requires? Yes, it needs Runnable to actually implement
run method. Now remember that while we name the
typename Runnable, there is nothing stopping us from using
typename T for it. Runnable is not an interface! Let's say some_task actually does not implement run method. However, when the compiler encountered
schedule(some_task); in
main, it has no way to determine what
some_task needs to implement (it does not know that
some_task needs to have
run method). Similarly when
scheduler_->run(task); is called, the compiler still has no reason to reject it. It only rejects the program when it encounters
task->run();. At that point the compiler will throw several cryptic line that basically says, hey
task does not implements run in
scheduler#run, which is instantiated in
schedule function, which is instantiated in
main. In reality, that is 3 lines of compiler error for 1 error. If you use standard library that relies on templates heavily, it is not uncommon to have 10+ lines of compiler errors, each lines averaging at about 200 characters, just for 1 template error. I have had my share of "debugging" compiler error message.
Template concept
This is where concept comes in. Concept allows you to provide requirements for a typename. For the above example, using concept, we can transform it into:
auto concept Runnable<typename T> { void T::run(); } template <Runnable T> void schedule(T task) { <..> }
Runnable becomes a kind of interface (well, the committee calls it concept). Now the compiler could easily tells, the moment
schedule is called, whether
task satisfies the requirement of needing
run method, instead of analyzing further until it encounters the requirement implicitly in
scheduler#run. It can then inform the developer the moment he tries to use template with conceptually incompatible type. Neat huh?
It's very powerful too. It allows several different type of requirement:
- Availability of a non-member operator exists;
- Availability static/non-static c-tor/d-tor/method (may specify different overloaded methods as well) exists;
- Availability of a
operator newand
delete(these are necessarily member operator, hence the special case);
- Axioms; etc.
There are more interesting concept-related stuffs. Concept refinement is of course possible (similar to class inheritance; heck, even the syntax is similar). You can also specify a default if the requirement is not satisfied. The draft gave one example of this:
concept EqualityComparable<typename T> { bool operator==(T, T); bool operator!=(T x, T y) { return !(x == y); } }
That's freakin' awesome! While
T may not have
operator!= defined, you can provide a default implementation that will work as long as
T have
operator== defined.
Effect on compilation speed
At first I was excited to think that this will probably speed up compilation of bigger codebase, only to realize a minute later that I was wrong, so completely wrong. Concept provides a set of requirements that a typename must satisfy, but the template itself may use other methods/operators not specified by the concept! That means that the usual static type-checking must still be done, in addition to checking that the typename satisfies the concept! So compilation speed definitely goes down. That's a definite blah, but the benefits seem to far outweigh the additional burden placed at the compiler.


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PCR is a cell-free method of DNA cloning. It is much faster and more sensitive than cell-based cloning.
Figure 9-E-1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Primers are in green color.
Materials required:
- Two primers, each about 20 bases long with sequence complementary to the sequence immediately adjacent to the DNA segment of interest.
- DNA polymerase (e.g., Tag polymerase) which can sustain high temperature (> 60o C)
- A large number of free deoxynucleotides (dNTPs)
- The target DNA fragment.
- Heat denaturation at about 95oC.
- Primers bind to the denatured DNA by base pairing as the temperature is gradually cooled to about 60o C.
- Extend primers with Tag polymerase.
- Repeat the above process. The number of copies doubles in each cycle. Typically 20 to 30 cycles are sufficient for effective DNA amplification.
- Much faster than using vectors.
- Only very small amount of target DNA is needed.
- To synthesize primers, we need to know the sequence flanking the DNA segment of interest.
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Hopgood's Foodliner
A melange of the retro and contemporary in a fashionable new venue
Veteran Toronto restauranteur Geoff Hopgood's latest venture is Roncesvalles is a tribute to the East Coast comfort food he adored in his younger years. It's served up in industrial looking space complete with reclaimed barn board flooring, pendant lights, an oval bar and some retro photos of the eponymous grocery store chain that his parents owned. The food is consistently inventive without lapsing into kitsch. Highlights include charred octopus with jalapeno and crème fraîche and corned beef with turnips and horseradish. Jenny Smith looks after the cocktail menu which brims with creative endeavour- don't miss her Piedmont, made with Barolo Chinato, Plymouth gin, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, lemon and thyme.


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When my wife was pregnant, we were obsessed about being prepared. We were paranoid and nervous. We thought one wrong decision—the wrong diet, the wrong nursery paint, the wrong birthing plan—would doom our unborn child. So, like many other parents, we took (what we thought) was the logical first step in becoming "prepared."
We bought a copy of "What to Expect When You're Expecting."
It was the dumbest decision we ever made.
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Now I know that it's an incredibly popular book, an international best-seller and almost EVERY mom I know either bought or received a copy of it during their pregnancy, so I'm not judging people for OWNING it. It's a book that promises, in its title, to help new parents navigate all the scary parts of being pregnant. I get why it's so popular.
However, I am saying that the majority of parents I know use the book incorrectly.
Because the LAST thing you should do with "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is READ IT.
No one should read it.
It would be like going on WebMD, searching "cough," and ... within five minutes, you will think you have everything from leprosy to gout.
Why? Well, I know it looks like it, but "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is NOT a normal book. It's a reference book. And there's a big difference between the two.
A normal book is something you sit down and read cover-to-cover. There's a beginning, middle and end, and you read it in a linear fashion.
If you try to do that with "What to Expect When You're Expecting," it will drive you CRAZY. Trust me, I know, because that's exactly what my wife and I did. And it was terrifying—absolutely terrifying.
It's a book that collects information on all of the what-if scenarios that can possibly happen during your pregnancy. But what we forget is that they're not all going to happen to one person. One woman isn't going to experience every single "well, this could happen" hiccup during her pregnancy. (Some will experience more than others, but no one is going to, in the parlance of "Pokemon Go," "catch 'em all.")
However, if you sit down and try to read "What to Expect When You're Expecting" like a novel or some kind of pregnancy owner's manual, you will find yourself reading ALL of those "what if" scenarios, one after another, and they will freak you out.
It would be like going on WebMD, searching "cough," and then reading descriptions of every disease that lists "coughing" as a symptom. Within five minutes, you will think you have everything from leprosy to gout.
Like Web MD, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is there for you to REFERENCE, not read. It is there for you to refer to WHEN YOU NEED IT, not to tell you one long story.
I have some experience in this field. I was an editor for a publishing company that specializes in reference books for over 10 years. And, I can tell you, when we assemble reference books, we never anticipate that someone will actually read every page.
We know that people will dip in and out of the book. They'll use it as needed. So, when we design it, we try to make the information self-contained and easily summarized. We make sure the indexes and table of contents are solid, because we know people just need to visit one specific section to get the one specific piece of information they need and get out.
They're not going to read the whole chemistry encyclopedia. They're just going to grab the data they need to solve their immediate problem.
But I know way, way, way too many parents (myself included) that treated the book like some kind of pregnancy bible.
So, the problem isn't owning a copy of "What to Expect When You're Expecting." I totally get why you'd want to own one. It makes sense.
But I know way, way, way too many parents (myself included) that treated the book like some kind of pregnancy bible, like I wouldn't be prepared for my wife's pregnancy unless I'd read and studied every page in the book. So, I did just that and it made me a MESS—an information-saturated, jumpy, paranoid mess.
If you want to avoid my mistakes, here's my advice to expecting parents: If someone gives you a copy of "What to Expect When You're Expecting," put it on your bookshelf and never open it. Keep it closed until you need it—really need it.
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If you have a question regarding something, try to contact a real person first (a doctor, a friend, etc.) and use the book as a guide to answer your questions if no one else is around. Start at the index, find exactly what you're looking for, and then put the book down again. Resist the urge to browse through what "could" happen during your pregnancy month.
Trust me, it will make you much happier in the long run.


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Our Austrian office, Mondial Airline Services, has been appointed by Air India as their new General Sales Agent. Air India currently flies 3 times a
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Great Day courtesy of Sri Lankan Airlines at the ICC Champions Trophy – Hospitality at the Corinthian Roof Terrace. Good jovial atmosphere with a mix
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Happy New Year from all of us at Jazz History Online. A year ago, this website was merely an unrealized dream. We are grateful to all of our readers and contributors for making this page a reality and for establishing Jazz History Online as a unique jazz resource.
We are particularly grateful to the musicians who have sent their positive feedback. Just in the past month, we received laudatory comments from Bill Kirchner, Oscar Perez and Cyrille Aimee for our reviews of their albums. We are humbled that our opinions are valued by those we admire most.
Of course, being a jazz critic is not the most popular profession, and this month's book review tells the stories of several pioneering jazz critics and historians. While John Gennari's book, "Blowin' Hot and Cool" has been on the market for a few years, I felt that its subject matter was particularly appropriate, especially in light of several recent Facebook conversations regarding the role of jazz critics.
As promised last month, this issue also includes a review of the latest series of "Jazz Icons" DVDs. While this set has less material than any of its predecessors, it is one of the strongest entries in the series. The John Coltrane disc offers the only live performance of "A Love Supreme", and the Thelonious Monk has the original color footage of an hour-long solo piano set recorded in Paris. The entire set is wonderful. Please check out the full review for more details.
Our CD review section includes new discs by Antonio Adolfo, Cyrille Aimee and the Tierney Sutton Band, while our Retro Review section includes essays on classic albums by Benny Carter and Milton Nascimento. We have several new releases for January that will be reviewed next month, including a Bill Evans tribute by Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and the late Paul Motian, and a wonderful new Gary Smulyan CD with an organ trio led by Mike LeDonne. We'll also feature a new Historical Essay by Ellen Johnson on the bass/voice duets of Sheila Jordan and Harvie S. In addition, I'll offer a new full-length profile of Ward Swingle and the Swingle Singers.
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The Morocco Oil & Gas 2014 Summit will be a high profile platform for senior level executives that will take place on the 7-8 May in Marrakech. The Summit will address a number of key issues, such as the geological landscape onshore and offshore Morocco, the new oil and gas governmental strategy, the legal framework, the international opening approach and more. For the first time, a senior-level platform will be dedicated entirely to Morocco to highlight the country's untapped potential and reinforce its image of an emerging hydrocarbon market.
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The first North American Student Energy Summit (NASES) will take place on June 19th and 20th 2014 in parallel with four other Regional Student Energy Summits in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Regional Summits are extensions of the prestigious International Student Energy Summit that take place every other year. Student Energy has already reached over 28,000 students around the world through these events and initiatives.
The inaugural NASES will be held in New York City as a partnership with universities in the New York City area including institutes such as Columbia University and New York University. These universities have very international and diverse student bodies that create the unique foundation upon which the summit will be based.
NASES is aiming to tackle regional issues with keynote addresses and panel discussions from current energy leaders, and to engage students in interactive sessions to come up with creative solutions to our current energy dilemmas. Raising awareness and inspiring these students will ignite their interest in becoming a driving force in the transition to the sustainable energy future.
New York City is a leader in energy innovation and new development. It is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and as such, has taken aggressive steps to implement an integrated approach to improve energy sector efficiency and sustainability. New York is not alone in making a fundamental transition in the energy sector. While national policies in the United States and Canada may highlight controversial hydro-fracking and oil pipelines systems, individual states and cities have taken things into their own hands to ensure resiliency and energy security.
Job interview in the oil and gas sector
Third step: Priceless tips about JOB INTERVIEW in the oil and gas sector from Fair Recruitment Experts for graduates!
Read – use – achieve success!
Job interview is the next step in the recruitment process after positive evaluation of CV. Personal interview is a method used most frequently to identify the right candidate for the presented position. Often this is also the only moment when representatives of the employer have the opportunity to get to know the candidates better. It may happen that the job interview is the final step in an extensive recruiting process, therefore it can be crucial for success in applying for a job. For this reason the most important rule with job interview is – be prepared.
Same steps of the interview are easy to predict owing to the fact that consultants responsible for conducting the interview use proven interview schemes. For the purpose of our topic we adopt a universal standard that is most widely used by our customers.
Beginning of the interview
After entering the room, where the interview will take place, representatives of the employer will welcome you and present themselves as well as other people, who will be present during the meeting. Right after recruiter will ask a question totally unrelated to the subject of the meeting. Most often these are questions about any problems with finding headquarters of the company or the weather. During major events, especially sport ones, the recruiter may also bring up this subject. Such nonbinding exchange of views should allow to make contact between candidate and employer's representatives, as well as help in relaxing the atmosphere. After a brief exchange of views, person responsible for conducting the interview, should present plan of the meeting.
Presentation of interview plan
Standard plan of the interview may be presented as follows:
– Presentation of the company, completed and currently conducted projects, as well as plans for the future;
– Presentation of position and description of its place in the structure within the company, as well as requirements for the given vacancy;
-An initial introduction is followed by fundamental part of the interview which is a series of questions to the candidate;
-During each interview candidate also gets a chance to ask questions to representatives of the employer;
– At the end, along with thanks for coming, the candidate should be informed of the date and method of notification of results of the whole recruitment process.
Interview questions to the candidate
The main objective of this part is to discuss content of the CV or in case of graduates, knowledge acquired during studies, internships and apprenticeships. First of all, listen to the entire question before you answer. Questions asked during the interview should verify authenticity of the information provided in resume. Verification of the candidate's knowledge and skills is another objective of the interview. It may happen that in order to verify information, candidate will be asked to solve a task or test, which usually is related to candidate base of knowledge. The final purposes of the questions to the candidate is to complement knowledge about him. The better-written resume, the smaller number of additional questions asked by representatives of the employer. A large number of supplementary questions arising during the interview, may adversely affect the candidate causing stress. To avoid such a situation, candidate should respond specifically and fully to each recruiter's question. Person responding briefly and laconically can expect additional questions regarding to a single topic until the recruiter will receive a satisfactory answer. Usually, one of the participants of the interview is a representative of the department / division to which the offered position is assigned. Due to the substantive knowledge, this person is responsible for verification of candidates' technical knowledge, qualifications and experience.
Despite technical questions, recruiter may also arise ones directly related to the candidate personality and soft skills such as initiative and the ability to achieve the objectives, creativity, communication skills, ability to cooperate in a team, ability to solve problems. Before the interview you should take time to practice answering the interview questions, that will help calm your nerves.
There is a series of questions underestimated by candidates, however, from the recruiter point of view, these questions have considerable sense. For example:
· The question about the strengths – first of all this question checks the candidate's priorities and secondly, whether among these advantages occur examples which are crucial for the position;
· The question about the weaknesses – the same like in the case of questions about advantages – the interviewer wants to check whether the candidate is aware of his flaws that determine the level of maturity but also if that weaknesses will have a direct influence on the future work;
· The question about greatest success – a person who leads recruitment process wants to know candidate's value system and secondly how that person achieved success, if it was just a coincidence or actually the result of deliberate and active approach;
· The question about failure – similar to the question about flaws or weaknesses, presented question determines the level of awareness of failures or mistakes made in the past by the candidate, as well as lessons learned and possible action that person undertake to eliminate mistakes;
· During the interview, candidates can expect questions about the motivation to work in a given company, at particular position. The purpose of this question, it is probably clear. The recruiter wants to know the exact motives that determined decision to work in this particular company;
· The question about financial expectations occurs when a job offer does not include information about wages and also when the candidate has not been asked to include such information in the application documents before job interview.
Candidate's questions
We also should remember, that right behind the interview questions to the candidate, secondly the most important part of the interview is candidate's questions time. Especially graduates should always welcome the opportunity to ask questions and demonstrate interest in the job offer and the company. Normally, in the middle of the job interview or near to the end, you will have an opportunity to ask about practically every aspect related to work. At any price, do not underestimate the chance to ask questions therefore, prior to the meeting prepare a short list of questions. Quality of these questions can also be crucial to the final decision on your application.
How to prepare for a job interview?
First and foremost, if you are interested in employment at the offered position, you need to carefully prepare for the meeting with the representative of the employer. Preparations begin after receiving an invitation for an job interview.
Typically, such information company sends by e-mail. It may also happen that you will receive call from the HR department.
In the first place, check if it is possible for you to take part in the interview at certain date and time. If you have any other plans, you should try to reschedule day and be available for the employer. Perhaps you will be invited for the interview to another city. Then it is strategic to plan your trip in order to avoid any possible delays.
It is important to remember, that the interview may also involve persons from different department than HR.
In case of recruitment to international companies also representatives of international offices / headquarters may participate, therefore candidate should adjust to their timetable. As soon as possible, candidate should confirm attendance at the meeting, preferably via email and also select a confirmation of receipt message. Setting a reminder on your phone / tablet / computer could be helpful. It may sound silly, but it happened to us several times that candidate forgot about an appointment. In some cases, this may effect in candidate's rejection. Be also on time for the interview or even five to ten minutes earlier.
Before the interview, candidate should reserve some time for preparation. The best time to start preparation seems to be one day before the interview focusing on the three main areas.
Knowledge of the employer
Before the interview, it is useful to find out as much as you can about the employer. Company research is a significant part of interview preparation. Checking company website, reading about completed projects, company structure and the scope of services offered appear to be the best way.
Awareness of your own purposes
Based on information about the company, you should think what is interesting in employer's offer and also what you can expect from the company concerning career development, work environment and remuneration. These issues should be carefully considered before the interview and also help in answering the question about motivation, which was mentioned earlier. It is recommended to be prepared before each job interview, so that representatives of the company would see a real candidate for the job, and not another applicant.
Knowledge of own career
It is worth to review your resume again. Some facts from the previous career / studies may have been already forgotten. Going through the CV will help in answering questions from the representatives of the employer. You may also consider potential questions and prepare some answers.
In order to be prepared better I would like to introduce some practical guidelines for the preparation and behavior during the conversation.
Important Tips
Despite the fact that dress is not the most important during the interview, we should pay attention to it. For an interview for a professional position, dress accordingly in business attire. Many times the first impression is crucial and may influence the whole conversation. Clean and neat dress means that the candidate is serious about the job and is prepared for the meeting. Business casual, which is jacket imposed on a t-shirt, consider to be the proper option for the job interview. Very important may be details proven neatness: clean shoes, well-tied tie, clean and neat nails.
It is strongly advisable to prepare clothes day before interview whether take care of proper sleep. That would help avoid morning panic and unnecessary stress. After a quiet night and previous preparations, the day in which you have planned interview should not be stressful.
Ladies should note that their makeup is not too provocative and flashy. It is important also not to use strong-smelling perfume. People who smoke should not smoke directly before the meeting. Absolutely you should avoid drinking alcohol.
Non-verbal communication
During the meeting watch your body language, be open and smile. Do not present closed position characterized by crossed arms or legs. For people participating in a conversation is a clear sign of the embarrassment and discomfort of the candidate.
Of course you should not behave too freely. Behaviors such as stretching, crossing your legs or hands behind the head can be seen as an expression of disrespect for the other person. It is also important to take control of impulses, which may indicate the nerves. Throughout the conversation, eye contact with the person leading interview should be maintained, which demonstrates the interest and serious approach.
Verbal communication
As mentioned earlier, the questions asked by the recruiter are mainly related to prior experience, and in the case of graduates related to knowledge acquired during internships or education. Answers should be sincere, without unnecessary exaggeration but also remeber not to sell yourself short. You should remember that at any moment the answers can be verified, if not during the interview, than certainly while working but with the negative consequences for the company. An unflattering opinion about the candidates may cause difficulties in finding new job whether block the possibility of career development.
Describing reasons why you choose particular employer appear to be the best answer for the question concerning previously held positions or chosen education. In case of graduates why you chose this school / college / department / specialization. Your answer should include also information about the position held with details about duties and responsibilities. In case of graduates appropriate would be description of known theories, technology or practical knowledge acquired during internships. Definitely candidate should avoid perfunctory answers like "yes" or "no".
People, who already have work experience in a particular industry, should present the most important projects in which they participated. For fresh graduates essential will be presentation of the scientific projects that they were involved in.
Sooner or later you need to be prepared for question about motivation to work in a given company.
The typical formulas of professional and personal development should be absolutely avoid. Even if these are the reasons why you would like to work in a particular company.
Answering these questions you should underline specific directions for development that is important for you, whether the newest technology that is being used by the company. Be more precise and present your knowledge about the company. Show that you made effort to update information about the employer. Definitely avoid identifying finance as main motivation to apply for the job. Responding to questions about soft skills support answers with specific examples.
While describing your previous professional career or courses during the study, never badmouth your previous employer. In case of graduates it might be disrespectful opinions about people conducting classes. There are several reasons why you should follow this rule. First of all, loyalty to employer is valued in the labor market. Therefore, a person smearing former employer could potentially be a source of bad reviews about the company in the future. Secondly, especially in technical fields with narrow specializations, people even working in different companies, know each other. Therefore, it may happen that when we express our unflattering opinion about someone during the interview, one of the person conducting conversation could be his friend.
Questions to the employer
Based on company description and information included in the job offer candidate should prepare questions that he would like to ask during the interview. All of them need to be related with specific issues that are interesting for you. Appropriate questions could be connected with career path, possible directions of development, system training, cooperation with companies / foreign departments. It is worth to prepare a set of questions especially that during the interview some of them will be answered. During the interview you should avoid questions about the salary. We also know from experience that for many candidates answer to the question about financial expectations may cause problems.
How to prepare to answer about financial expectation?
There are three possible ways to find information about possible salary at a given position. Firstly, friends and colleagues working in a similar company or industry. Secondly, searching for similar offers where salary range will be included. On this basis you can prepare your answer. Thirdly, industry forums, oil and gas job sites offer salary survey and contacts on LinkedIn are usually very willing to provide information on the subject. However, if your search turned out to be unsuccessful, it is best to wait for an offer from the company.
As my final point, I would like to draw attention to one fact. It may look that till now we discussed just obvious and insignificant matters. But they may be crucial to the result of recruitment, due to the fact that usually more candidates apply for the position. From this group, the employer will chooses the best one. In case candidates represent a similar level, crucial for final decision may be just such trivia as spelling or grammatical errors in your resume, missed call or messy look.
Job search is a time-consuming process and can often lead to discouragement. Nevertheless, participation in recruitment processes gives a new experience that helps to eliminate previous mistakes and finally can help in successful end of the recruitment process. I wish that for all of you job interview will be valuable experience.
Aleksandra Grodzka
Recruitment Consultant of Fair Recruitment
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Is Gender Diversity an Issue in Oil Industry…???
In continuation to the previous article where I have talked about the barriers faced by women in the Industry, how they can thrash their opponents, and what preferences do men and women give to choose best career for them. Now I will confer some facts and figures in respect of pay gap and will discuss the role of some of the leading companies for women contribution in the Industry.
In respect of pay
36% of respondents say male oil and gas professionals are more highly paid than female oil and gas professionals and 44% of oil and gas professionals noted they believe pay is comparable between the genders.
Respondents in the U.S. were not only more positive about the career prospects for women in the oil and gas industry, but improvement is also seen in recent years.
"I attribute this to the theory of dominant discourse which says that men are better than women. But I have no doubt about my own potential as a women and that's why I appoint more women than men," said NERSA CEO Phindile Nzimande.
Hence the industry needs to bring a different approach in leadership and take into account that women serve in various roles within society-they are mothers, wives as well as professionals.
The platforms and opportunities are there for women in the oil and gas industry, but they are not satisfactory. All we need is to exchange a few words about the industry, and more people need to start taking gain of country's renewable energy, the skills opportunities, and the business that this industry is bringing, rather than letting huge multinational companies come in and take advantage.
Role of Companies
Many multinationals now have good employment practices in place e.g;
Schlumberger, a leading oilfield service, takes pride in saying that it has a much better sex ratio than anyone else in this field.
Shell outlined that by providing equal opportunities and appreciating the diversity of ethnicity, age and gender, a working culture where differences are valued will be will created.
Women, who represented nearly 32 percent of BP's hires last year, are playing an increasingly vital role in the effort.
A message to young female professionals
"Get yourself up the ladder with your high heels on"
Getting an engineering degree is not enough, the qualification only gets you into the organization, but the rest of your journey in the company lies entirely with you. Once you are inside the organization, different set of rules apply. You need to develop the right attitude and work very hard.
How can we remove the Gender Imbalance?
When a educated female professional is sidelined in favor of a less qualified man, it is obvious that equality and justice are not fully served. We must realize that there is power in the masses, and seizing this power requires cooperation and shared objectives.
It is about time and interest we all start building and supporting professional networks that eradicate the male vs. female polarization in the industry. The PR industry is known for promoting sustainable development and environmental values, and this list should really include gender equality as well. All the actors in the industry should roll up their sleeves and start working together across gender barriers. The energy professionals should step forward to ensure it is attractive to women and analyze that still a lot of work has to be done in terms of a gender balanced pool of talent.
- http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-reveals-increasing-representation-and-opportunity-for-women-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-recent-years-235222711.html
- http://www.wbs.ac.za/article/opportunities_and_challenges_for_women_leaders_in_the_oil_gas_industry
- http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/127452/Women_Fill_40_of_Vacancies_in_Oil_Gas


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Boldly going
As a child, every Monday evening I would wait hopefully for my aunt to ring. Not because I wanted to speak to her or even hear her news but because it would take my mother away from the television set. Her desire was to watch a particular soap, mine was to watch the original series of Star Trek as, once more, it was recycled. This time on prime time on the BBC.
I cannot say that any of its sophisticated promotion of humanist values made any surface impression on my mind. I was interested in the characters, the unfolding plots and the sense of dangers overcome. Nevertheless as Gaston Bachelard remarked the depths are touched before they reach the surfaces so I fully expect that Star Trek was one of my tutors in liberalism.
I have been re-watching in this its fiftieth year the original series (courtesy of Netflix) and find myself periodically pausing to reflect on how it resonates.
First I am struck by the obvious probing of the relationship of the rational and the emotional. The two necessary parts of a single whole but how do they fit together, find a harmonious balance? It is a repeating meme, carried with the sense that there can be no full humanity without a comprehensive answer. Even Spock with his championing of logic (and reason) recognises that there is yet something other to be seen and found.
Second I notice the consistent championing of friendship. It is classical in its intensity. Whatever may be true of the hierarchical requirements of commanding a starship, this is only fully possible, can only fulfil its possibilities, if people's deepest fullness is found in friendship. When the straight lines of organisation are tested by the messy disordering of reality, it is the complexities and bondings of friendship that find a route out and to resolution. We inhabit a community, first and always, before we inhabit a structure or organisation (helpful as they can be).
Third that every constructed value system is a reflection of the aspiration of its transcendence and the reality of its time. The intentionality of the Star Trek inventors is towards a harmonious community, rooted in humanist values, but cannot help be a reflection of its time. The gender/race relations are both in advance of the period (when it was composed) but for the 23rd century (one hopes) suck! And even when some, if not all, of these are corrected in the Star Trek franchise, there is always the subtle privileging of the 'human' as the standard of measurement. This is probably inevitable (and helpfully so) to remind us that we always see from where we are but nonetheless is something to continually remain vigilant of.
Finally, and it is has been noticed by more than one reviewer of the anniversary, Star Trek remains strangely anachronistic here and now, for being so relentless optimistic about the human future. Whilst dystopia crowds around us in post apocalyptic versions of Orwell or Huxley's brave new worlds (or, more darkly, still zombies pop up and out and clout all in sight or vampires commune on our blood or the road runs on into simply inexplicable ash ridden darkness), the Enterprise carries on, incarnation after incarnation, boldly going where none has gone before in hope, vulnerability and enthusiasm.