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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Musings: Janine Rapozo Indicted
61 comments:
- Anonymous said...
She's charged with conspiring with the mayor to steal gas. Getcher facts right.
- November 14, 2012 at 8:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ms. Rapozo's official title is HR Manager - - moving to almost top of the ladder in the newly structured Human Resources Department. It pays to be close to the power-that-be.
- November 14, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
When are they going to make the gas audit public record?
- November 14, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
Everyone one of these thieves that stole and abused their privileges should face charges and that means Shay and Jake too.
- November 14, 2012 at 9:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Kudos to the county auditor! Good job. Get 'em, Ernie!
- November 14, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is great....finally the veil of corruption will be lifted. Janine will be the portal (unfortunate scapegoat) that will expose our current Kauai Administration for the liars and thieves that they are (you know who you are). There is a light at the end of the tunnel for justice and truth. Phone calls and strings that were pulled by Carvalho to stifle the truth...all poho braddah...you is going to crash and burn beeg time and your "helpful" cronies, like dominoes, will fall.
- November 14, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
@8:29 pm (er, I mean Jake), maybe she didn't get her facts straight because you inexplicably forgot to put out the press release...
- November 14, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
Are you kidding? Justin Kollar is going to dismiss this case like a hot potato. What, you all didn't realize you were electing the Mayor's tool? How stupid to have put the county attorney's boy in charge of the OPA. Now the mayor controls the KPD and OPA. Nice work morons. Corruption on Kauai now has no check.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shay and Jake drove County vehicles home every day. They parked next to Chief Perry. Funny how that slipped past our ace law enforcement officer. And funny how the fuel audit didn't catch their using County vehicles for personal use.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
That's true, 6:15 am. Justin will not stand up to pressure from the mayors office, the county attorney, the AG, and the governor's office office to leave this alone. Shay and Jake stood up to the powers that be and did what they think is right. They were independent. Now we have a prosecutor beholden to those powers. You all voted for evil. Now you will get evil.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
Justin will drop the charges because they are bogus.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
Kauai saw through Shaylene! Yippee! Less than 20 days! Are Shay and Jake going to prosecute each other for their driving the County cars home for months on end?
- November 15, 2012 at 6:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
Janine gets moved into HR with what qualifications? After she screwed up the Film Commission job, shuffled over to Kauai Bus and had a lawsuit filed against her by a female driver, moved to ADA and now HR? Be prepared for the mishandling of sensitive personnel issues that plague the County. Putting unqualified cronies into county jobs is rampant in this administration. If Bernard is abusing the system he should get charged too, not just his sidekicks wife.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Where can we get a copy of the audit? Those are public documents aren't they?
- November 15, 2012 at 8:01 AM
- Anonymous said...
"You all voted for evil. Now you will get evil."
No, we voted to get rid of evil and we did. - November 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
No we just voted for skinny jeans over f*ck me pumps.
- November 15, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
- November 15, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Good blog, Andy Parx. Too bad, no one will prosecute Janine. Justin will do what he is told and dismiss it.
- November 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
If Shay wanted to be sure janine was prosecuted she should have moved on the case months ago. Instead she waited to try and get political mileage out of it. It's obvious this is another one of Shay's vendettas.
btw, 1:21 you obviously missed the irony in Andy's blog with Shay bitching about wasteful spending. Turns out she's a hypocrite on top of everything else. - November 15, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
She makes over $100000 per year, why would she steal gas? I don't think so.
- November 15, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
"She's charged with conspiring with the mayor to steal gas. Getcher facts right."
You're the one who needs to get your facts right, because you're wrong. - November 15, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
Like i said days ago, the truth will set you on a new path----go about with eyes, mind and heart wide open.
- November 15, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
"If Shay wanted to be sure janine was prosecuted she should have moved on the case months ago."
You are wrong. Al Castillo stopped the investigation and kept it delayed. Its results came out only recently. Maybe Joan could ask Al why he did that. Oh, never mind. - November 15, 2012 at 4:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
How could Al stop the prosecutor from doing a criminal investigation? I thought Shaylene was independent and a fighter. She wouldn't let Al keep her from doing her job, would she?
- November 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Al stopped the auditor from doing the investigation. Ask your Joan to do some reporting on that.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Where is the audit?
- November 15, 2012 at 7:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
All I can say.......
Quoting Chef Sam Choy....
Oy Vey!
Dr Shibai
- November 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
Our county is the laughing stock of the state. This political divide between warring factions is ridiculous. It begins with our Dictator Mayor who hires incompetent cronies to run the county backed by a county attorney who rules whichever way his boss wants him to, vigorously fought by an out of control prosecutor and her sidekick which could've been a good thing accept she herself was so dysfunctional and cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in employee complaints and a frivolous lawsuit. In her last days of office she is fighting back, attempting to arrest the Mayor, his campaign manager's wife, and who knows who else. Don't know which side is worse or more dysfunctional. The people of this county loose no matter who wins in this constant political battling. I'd like to see the whole lot of them....gone!
- November 15, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
No such thing as the truth in the county. Expect Shay's wrath. We're in for more exciting times - -well, until 2014.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Regardless of the merits, really Shay? Two weeks before you graciously bow out of office?
- November 15, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
The audit is on the County's website.
- November 15, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Kauai desperately needs a federal non profit commission against corruption. This organization will have a direct line to the justice department and many federal law enforcement agencies. We the people of Kauai deserve a lot better than what these inbred fools are displaying.
- November 15, 2012 at 8:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Can we get a qualified county manager with that, or is that too much to ask for?
I think we need to pay a consultant 100K to give her/his opinion on that and since it's a two part question, that's going to cost us 200K.
- November 15, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
hey, folks! We deserve what we get. Vote wisely in 2014.
- November 15, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
from 2006 advertiser....
"Other council members say Lum is unresponsive to them and does not appear to understand how significant his department's problems are.
"There's a total neglect of what your duties as an administrator are. I don't think he recognizes that there is a problem. We ask him and he says everything is fine," said Councilwoman Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho, a former deputy prosecutor.
Iseri-Carvalho, Rapozo and Council Chairman Kaipo Asing are leading the charge for a County Council investigation of the police department."
And what goes around comes around ---they just rotating roles. Groundhog day. - November 15, 2012 at 9:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
So let me get this staright. Justin Kollar is responsible for this win against corruption?
Iʻm confused becasue the attacks on Shaylene are mixed in with htis one but didnʻt Shaylene file the charges? - November 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
November 15, 2012 6:15 AM: kind a gotta agree with you there.
Some attorneys are already telling defendants to hold off until Justin gets in. So since heʻll be prosecutor does that mean their cases will get tossed before they reach a judge? - November 15, 2012 at 10:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey 9:02 !
Is that you Glenn Mickens or the other douche bag Ken Taylor? You are the only two idiots still crying " I want a County Manager. " Grow up already. Quit blaming Al Castillo for all of your percived ills. Your sad ethics complaint which was supposed to be confidential until you two morons leaked it Charlie " I like Shay's voice" Foster, will go no where. Why? because as always you have engaged your mouth before your brain. - November 15, 2012 at 11:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mahalo America for giving us representative government! Where would we be without it? Good thing money has nothing to do with the will of da people! Whew!
- November 16, 2012 at 7:29 AM
- One Nation One Law 50 said...
This poster quoted below has summed up the situation perfectly and it bears repeating. I encourage folks to run for office. What Kauai needs is a whole lot of fresh faces instead of the same old retreads.
"Our county is the laughing stock of the state. This political divide between warring factions is ridiculous. It begins with our Dictator Mayor who hires incompetent cronies to run the county backed by a county attorney who rules whichever way his boss wants him to, vigorously fought by an out of control prosecutor and her sidekick which could've been a good thing accept she herself was so dysfunctional and cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in employee complaints and a frivolous lawsuit. In her last days of office she is fighting back, attempting to arrest the Mayor, his campaign manager's wife, and who knows who else. Don't know which side is worse or more dysfunctional. The people of this county loose no matter who wins in this constant political battling. I'd like to see the whole lot of them....gone!"
- November 16, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
There is not one GOBAG. at least two feuding GOBAG factions - and they busy fighting each other.
The result of the Carvalhos, Iseris, Rapozos Asings political bloodsport is going to be more and more Hoosers and Bynums getting power. - November 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
- November 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
Here is the video ...
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/category/240193/new-video-landing-page?clipId=7966821&autostart=true - November 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Based on the articles I have read and the tv news reports that I have seen, there are two items that need to be distinguished from one another. They are the differences between the mayors automobile allowance and fuel usage. I believe the mayor elected to discontinue the automobile allowance when he ran for office a few years ago. So I think that's great, he's saving taxpayer money. He apparently is still using county fuel via a county fuel card. Now tell me what is the problem with the mayor using a county fuel if he is using the fuel for county work? Sounds legitimate to me. Maybe that is why the Attorney General did not pursue this matter further after their investigation, as reported by KHNL News last night.
- November 16, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
If the mayor wants to survive come 2014, he needs to get rid of the Rapozos, Tokiokas, Rezentes, Heus, Castillos, or clean house completely, or the mayor is history.
- November 17, 2012 at 12:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shay for mayor? Possible.
- November 17, 2012 at 12:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shay for mayor? Yes, we have too much money in the County's bank accounts and should redistribute it among Shay's future EEOC victims.
- November 17, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shay for mayor? I've always said nothing could make me want to move from Kaua'i but that could do it!
- November 17, 2012 at 8:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Did you hear the latest? On Friday, although Shaylene was once again MIA at the office, she sent down a royal decree by email banning all employees from coming into the office this weekend and next weekend. She told everyone that she has a cleaning crew coming in and that only they are allowed to be present. To emphasize her directive that no one was allowed to enter that county owned building, all DPAs and staff were ordered to turn in their security card keys, which were promptly confiscated and turned over to First DPA Jake Delaplane.
Since the "cleaning" excuse is an obvious lie, there is real concern what Shaylene and Jake plan to do behind closed doors with all these criminal case files at her ready access, along with shreders, and xerox machines. Sadly there appears to be no recourse. - November 17, 2012 at 9:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
This is 1000 percent abuse of power. She is definitely going to destroy case files. Shay and Jake should be criminally prosecuted. This insane, how can any DPA or any county official let this happen. The Galas murder case show she is a fraud. If no county official is goin to do anything about it then all is guilty and conspiring with Shay to destroy federal, state, and county records. I guarantee a certain murder case records are going to be shredded. Total Insanity!
- November 17, 2012 at 9:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
10 REAL REASONS Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho and Jake Delaplane want to keep everyone out of the office this weekend:
1. Planning a new secret attack against her enemies. Who? F* Everyone!
2. Taking bugs out of offices
3. Placing bugs into offices.
4. Cleaning but doesnot want people to see her drunk off her arsh and crying.
5. "Interviewing" for a job with Mel
6. Xeroxing all files so she can keep an eye on that upstart
7. Clearing out all the Pohaku paraphernalia.
8.Deleting files that might be embarassing. Shred, shred, shred
9. Leaving little surprises for Justin.
5. F*ing with her staff because that is all the power she and Jake have left for two more weeks. - November 17, 2012 at 10:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
HRS, Division 1, Sections 105-1 to 105-5,
It is unlawful for any county employee to use a county-owned vehicle for personal use, including commuting. Penalties for violating section 105-1 include a fine (up to $50) and/or imprisonment (up to 10 days). - November 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
Is that going to be the shredding files of Hilarios murder of Moore because Shay is good friends with the family?
We all know Pohaku was a scam to protect all of her criminal family and friends, especially the BOE's criminal murdering militia. - November 17, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Shay and Jake committed these crimes and they were given immunity under witness protection against each other.
- November 17, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
Dear 9 a.m.
No, I didn't hear that, but thanks for sharing. If someone can get me a copy of Shay's email to staff, I'd appreciate it. Send to firstname.lastname@example.com. I will keep it confidential, though it is a public record, so you don't have to be shy about sharing. - November 17, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ambition, Power.Janine's downfall from grace? It did for Shay. Now it's Janine's turn. Who's next?
- November 17, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Somebody needs to stop Shay. Secure OPA files. Janine is a pawn in all this and does not deserve to be victimized like she is
- November 17, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
1. Shaylene and Jake have been seen on multiple occasions driving Shay's assigned County vehicle to local bars after work, suckin em up, and driving off into the moonset, IN A COUNTY VEHICLE. Is that an authorized use of County and Taxpayers' gasoline, not to mention the county car?
2. Darryl's police officers are given take-home County vehicles and gas to drive to and from work. They are also allowed to make "incidental" stops along the way between home and work. So I guess what's ok for Darryl's staff, is not ok for the Mayor, who uses his own private vehicle to travel to/from work and attend community meetings??
- November 17, 2012 at 10:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
No sympathy for Janine...being a part of Bernards inner circle doesn't exempt her from accountability. Both she and her husband feed at the county trough with little qualification and they are looking for greater things down the road (Mayor). Others are watching so you damn well better be squeaky clean. I'm sure this is a political vendetta by Shay but if your hands are dirty than u deseve the indictment. Jus becaus everyone does it (abuse use of county vehicles/fuel) doesn't excuse anyone.
- November 19, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
1. Stop assuming what Justin will do once he's sworn in; he's a grown ass man so just let him do his job and he'll prove all you haters and disbelievers wrong.
2. Stop assuming that Janine is guilty. Innocent till proven guilty right?
3. Stop assuming that ALL county workers are unqualified and useless. I'm a County worker that busts my ass everyday and is a law abiding citizen... and I don't appreciate being categorized with the Shays and Jakes of the County.
4. Joan, can you get a copy of the indictment showing what evidence was used for the jury to consider? If Janine is guilty, can't Justin go to indict shay and jake as well? Where is that information on the gas audit? or was the dept. of transportation the only department scrutinized in the audit?
- November 19, 2012 at 6:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
For all the griefs she caused to her employees at the Transportation Agency, she deserves to be behind bar.
- November 23, 2012 at 6:20 PM


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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says election mail will go through despite cuts
WASHINGTON - New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he has no plans to restore mailboxes and other agency cuts made since he took over in June, sparking fresh questions over how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of an expected surge of mail-in ballots for the November election.
It was DeJoy's first time publicly answering questions since summer mail delays brought a public outcry. Testifying before a Senate committee, the ally of President Donald Trump said it was his "sacred duty" that ballots arrive on time. But he told senators he did not yet have a plan for handling a crush of election mail.
From the White House, Trump delivered fresh complaints over the mail-in ballots expected because of the coronavirus pandemic. As he did, the House pushed ahead with plans for a rare Saturday vote to block the postal cutbacks and funnel $25 billion to shore up operations.
DeJoy declared that the Postal Service "is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's election mail securely and on-time." He distanced himself from Trump's objections about widescale mail-in voting and said ensuring ballots arrive was his "No. 1 priority between now and Election Day."
The outcry over mail delays and warnings of political interference have put the Postal Service at the center of the nation's tumultuous election year, with Americans of both parties rallying around one of the nation's oldest and more popular institutions.
The new postmaster general, a Trump donor who took the job at the start of summer to revamp the agency, is facing a backlash over changes since his arrival. Democrats warn his cost-cutting initiatives are causing an upheaval that threatens the election.
With mounting pressure, DeJoy promised this week to postpone any further changes until after the election, saying he wanted to avoid even the perception of interference. A number of blue mailboxes have been removed, back-of-shop sorting equipment has been shut down and overtime hours have been limited.
But DeJoy told senators he has no plans to restore the equipment, saying it's "not needed." And he stood by a new rule that limits late delivery trips, which several postal workers have said is a major cause of delivery delays. He vowed more changes are coming to postal operations after November.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the public's concern is understandable, particularly given Trump's efforts to stop universal mail-in ballots. Many states are encouraging mail-in voting in response to voters' pandemic-related fears of going to crowded polling centers on Election Day.
Trump has said he wants to block agency emergency funding that would help the service handle a great increase in mail-in ballots.
At Friday's hearing, DeJoy said he'd had "no idea" equipment was being removed until the public outcry.
RELATED: Amid outcry, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to testify before Congress
Now that it's widely known, Democrats pressed him for his plan to ensure election mail and ballots arrive on time.
"Do you have a more detailed plan?" demanded Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, asking for it by Sunday.
"I don't think we'll have a complete plan by Sunday night," DeJoy replied, acknowledging it was just being formed.
He is expected to testify before the House on Monday.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, defended the postmaster and dismissed the Democratic claims of election "sabotage."
Johnson, of Wisconsin, said public outcry over the mail smacked of "ginned up" effort to rally voters — a "political hit job."
Meanwhile, attorneys general in Pennsylvania, California, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington D.C., filed a lawsuit on Friday to halt the changes. In all, some 20 states and several voting rights groups are now suing.
As House Democrats prepare for Saturday's vote, Republicans are mounting a counter-offensive, saying the concerns about mail delivery are overblown and the money is unnecessary.
In a memo to House Republicans, leaders called the legislation a "conspiracy theory" by Democrats to "spread fear and misinformation" about mail operations.
RELATED: Trump opposes funding to USPS, acknowledging impact on mail-in voting
Nevertheless, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is eyeing a $10 billion postal rescue as part of the next COVID-19 relief package. The White House has said it would be open to more postal funding as part of a broader bill.
The Postal Service has been struggling financially under a decline in mail volume, COVID-related costs and a rare and critics say cumbersome congressional requirement to fund in advance its retiree health care benefits.
For many, the Postal Service provides a lifeline, delivering not just cards and letters but also prescription drugs, financial statements and other items that are especially needed by mail during the pandemic.
The postal board of governors, appointed by Trump, selected DeJoy to take his job. A GOP donor, he previously owned a logistics business that was a longtime Postal Service contractor. He maintains significant financial stakes in companies that do business or compete with the agency, raising conflict of interest questions.
In a statement, the Postal Service said DeJoy has made all required financial disclosures but that he might have to divest some holdings if conflicts arise.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose role in postal operations is being questioned by Senate Democrats, said in a letter to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that he had no hand in "recruiting or suggesting" DeJoy for the job.
Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, said he would judge the postmaster by "deeds, and a lot of what he said did not comport with the facts on the ground."
Republicans have long sought postal reforms to run the agency more like a private company, and Trump often complains the Postal Service should be charging Amazon and other companies higher rates for package deliveries. Mnuchin told Schumer he was reviewing those contracts.
Others say the Postal Service is not expected to be solely a money-making enterprise, often delivering to far-flung places where it is not efficient to operate.
David C. Williams, the former vice chairman of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, on Thursday told lawmakers that he resigned from the board in part over DeJoy's selection, and because he believed the White House was taking extraordinary steps to turn the independent agency into a "political tool."
Associated Press writer Bruce Schreiner in Frankfort, Kentucky, contributed to this report.
The Associated Press produced this coverage with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.


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Do you dread networking? Here's why it's time to change your perspective.
We get it — networking isn't at the top of everyone's to-do list. It can be time-consuming, downright awkward on occasion, and — depending on your networking personality — incredibly draining. When your calendar is already overcrowded with work appointments and family commitments, the last thing you want to do is make small talk with strangers at yet another cocktail party.
However, there's no denying the power a strong professional network can have over your career success. When it's done well, networking will not only help you land a job faster, but it will give you a competitive edge throughout every stage of your career. Here's why networking is important to your success, and what you can do to improve your networking skills throughout the course of your career development.
What is networking?
Networking isn't merely the exchange of information with others — and it's certainly not about begging for favors. Networking is about establishing, building, and nurturing long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with the people you meet, whether you're waiting to order your morning coffee, participating in an intramural sports league, or attending a work conference. You don't have to join several professional associations and attend every networking event that comes your way in order to be a successful networker. In fact, if you take your eyes off your smartphone when you're out in public, you'll see that networking opportunities are all around you every day.
Why networking is important to your success
Experts agree that the most connected people are often the most successful. When you invest in your relationships — professional and personal — it can pay you back in dividends throughout the course of your career. Networking is essential since it will help you develop and improve your skill set, stay on top of the latest trends in your industry, keep a pulse on the job market, meet prospective mentors, partners, and clients, and gain access to the necessary resources that will foster your career development.
The importance of networking for career development
Career development, in its simplest terms, is the lifelong evolution of your career. It's influenced by a number of things that include the jobs you hold, the experiences you gain in and out of the office, the growth and success you achieve at each stage of your career, the formal and informal education and training you receive, and the feedback you're provided with along the way.
Ideally, organizations would place more emphasis on employee development in the workplace. However, the reality is that we live in what Carter Cast, author of the book, "The Right (and Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made," refers to as "the era of do-it-yourself career development."
Cast explains that in today's workforce, the burden is on you to take control of your career development. Hence the importance of networking for career development: As you network with people at your company, in your industry, and even outside your field of interest, you'll uncover opportunities to connect with different types of mentors and advisors, increase your visibility with senior management, further develop your areas of expertise, and improve your soft skills.
Related: 5 Ways a Mentor Can Boost Your Career Development
The importance of networking in the workplace
You may assume that networking is an activity reserved for your time out of the office and off the clock, but nothing could be further from the truth. While there is much value in connecting with people who work at other companies or in different fields, don't discount the importance of networking in the workplace. Whether you're new to the company and want to get the lay of the land or you're already established and have your sights set on a promotion, networking with your co-workers can be incredibly beneficial to your career progression.
As you develop relationships with colleagues in your department and in other divisions, be on the lookout for potential mentors, upcoming professional development opportunities, or new job opportunities that are not publicly advertised. Click on the following link for tips to help you effectively network in the workplace.
The importance of networking in the job search
It goes without saying that networking is incredibly important during a job search. Your chances of landing the job increase tenfold with the right employee referral. And, if you're looking to make a career change, your professional network can support you by helping you find connections in the industry you are trying to break into or helping you find leads for jobs at specific companies.
Take the time to build meaningful relationships with those in your professional circle, so when the time comes to search for work, you can tap into those valuable connections for referrals, insights into job leads, and other valuable information.
Related: How to Network Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market
How to become an effective networker
The importance of networking cannot be overstated. But how can you improve your networking skills to ensure you're networking efficiently and effectively? These networking tips will help.
Figure out what networking style works best for you.
There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to networking. Different people are successful using different networking tactics. The key is to try out a number of different networking strategies to discover what best suits you. For instance, if you're networking and you're an introvert, you may prefer to network one-on-one over coffee or to attend more intimate events with fewer attendees. Once you've discovered your ideal networking style, consider where you can go to meet the right people who can help you achieve your current career-development goals.
Career Quiz: What Networking Type Best Fits Your Personality?
Network outside the box
You don't have to attend the traditional cocktail party in order to be a successful networker. Look for opportunities to network strategically in every facet of your life. Deena Baikowitz, Chief Networking Officer and co-founder of Fireball Network, suggests choosing networking events and organizations that matter to you.
"Start where you're motivated to meet new people with common professional or personal interests," Baikowitz advises. Think about what you're passionate about and the types of people with whom you're most comfortable. This could be networking with your alma mater's local chapter, a community organization, or a swim team. Baikowitz also suggests volunteering to find a new job or to advance your career:
"Volunteering is an excellent way to develop your network, show your value, learn about different career paths and opportunities, and to give back and do good." It's a win-win.
Click on the following link for more tips on how to grow your professional network in different ways.
Make a game plan
While you don't need to know exactly what you expect to get out of each networking opportunity, it's important to head into each activity with a goal. For example, you may attend an event with the goal of connecting with three new people in your industry or bringing back one new insight to share with your co-workers.
Follow up
It's a simple task, yet many professionals neglect this critical step in the networking process. The time you invested in speaking with someone new won't benefit your career development if you fail to follow up afterward. While you don't need to send a long, heartfelt message immediately after meeting someone new, you should send a LinkedIn connection request with a personalized message sooner rather than later. Save the thoughtful message when you have something valuable to share or a specific reason to reach out.
Pay it forward
Look for opportunities to provide value to those in your network before you ask for help. The more you invest in your relationships, the more you'll learn about your new connections and the easier it will be to offer assistance — and get it in return! The value you provide isn't limited to the workplace; this could be anything from a hotel recommendation to an introduction to someone in your personal network.
Final thoughts on the importance of networking
It's never too early — or too late — to invest in your network. The best way to improve your networking skills is to put yourself out there and give it a try. According to Baikowitz, "the worst networking mistake you can make is not trying at all."
Click on the following link for more networking tips.
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The attack on Fort Sumter, that started on Friday, April 12th, 1861, is seen as the start of the American Civil War.
In 1860, a federal grant of $80,000 was given to complete the construction of Fort Sumter, as it had lain unfinished for a number of years.
The fort was constructed to hold a garrison of 650 men.
When Fort Sumter was attacked, the fort housed three 10-inch guns placed to cover all the important angles. The fort also housed 8-inch columbiads, 42lbs, 32lbs and 24lbs guns and some 8-inch sea howitzers. Fort Sumter had its own fresh water supply and a hospital.
It was not fully manned when it was attacked but still held out until April 22nd after more than 40,000 shells had been fired at her.
By the end of the war in 1865, Fort Sumter was little more than a pile of rubble after constant shelling by Union forces.


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Instagram is hiding 'like' count on posts, here's why
Instagram has begun testing its new experiment of hiding likes from users. The photo-sharing app says it hopes this will help remove pressure of seeing how many likes users get on their posts.
Instagram started hiding "likes" on its platform in Australia, Brazil and several other major markets Thursday, saying it wanted to ease pressure on users, following criticism about its impacts on mental health.
The Facebook-owned social media giant's trial changes mean users in the six countries will no longer be able to see the number of likes other people's posts receive.
"We want Instagram to be a place where people feel comfortable expressing themselves," Facebook Australia and New Zealand policy director Mia Garlick said in a statement.
"We hope this test will remove the pressure of how many likes a post will receive, so you can focus on sharing the things you love."
Australia, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Brazil and New Zealand are involved in the new trial, which follows an initial test that was launched in Canada in May.
Although Instagram described the hiding of the likes for users as a "test", no deadline was given for when it would end.
Instagram, which has more than one billion users worldwide, is a platform that allows users to post images and videos that others can then like or comment on. But, in the chosen test countries, likes will not be visible on people's profiles, the main image feed or permalink pages.
And while Instagram users will still be able to view the total number of likes on their own posts, they will need to click through to another page in order to do so.
Social media scrutiny
Social media giants have faced increased scrutiny over the impact their platforms can have on users, and there is some research to suggest Instagram can negatively affect the mental health of young people who use it.
A 2017 study by the Royal Society for Public Health ranked Instagram as the worst social media platform for young people's mental health in the United Kingdom.
A 2018 survey of teenagers in the United States by the Pew Research Center found that nearly 40 per cent felt pressure to only share digital content that had garnered a lot of likes or comments.
Another statement from Instagram as it announced the trial changes for the likes also emphasised they were in response to concerns about the pressures that users felt.
"We are testing this because we want your followers to focus on the photos and videos you share, not how many likes they get," an Instagram spokesman said.
"We don't want Instagram to feel like a competition."
The latest measure came just a week after Instagram implemented new features aimed at curbing online bullying using artificial intelligence.
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Nigerian rights group to ICC: Investigate extremist school attacks as crimes against humanity
The Washington Post, October 5, 2013
,LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigerian human rights group said Sunday it is asking the International Criminal Court to urgently investigate the killings of schoolchildren and teachers by suspected Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria as crimes against humanity.
The petition from the Socio-Economic and Rights Accountability Project comes a week after attackers gunned down at least 43 students at an agricultural college. They also torched several classrooms.
"Most children no longer go to school … due to the fear of teachers and students being killed" in northeast Nigeria, said the petition signed by the organization's executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni.
The Boko Haram terrorist network — its name means "Western education is forbidden" — is accused of killing hundreds of civilians including schoolchildren sitting for examinations in stepped-up attacks that defy a massive military crackdown on their strongholds. The group has claimed many school attacks but has made no statement claiming recent assaults.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency May 14 in three states covering one-sixth of the country where he said extremists had taken control of towns and villages. He deployed an emergency task force that includes soldiers, police, military intelligence, immigration and customs officials. The military campaign including punishing air bombardments quickly pushed the militants out of most towns, but into rocky and inaccessible hilly areas.
The military said it destroyed one camp in bombing raids last week and killed scores of suspected militants that it believed were responsible for the attack on the agricultural college. It said 15 suspects arrested after the air attacks are being interrogating and are providing information that could lead security forces to other camps.
Attacks have surged recently and Jonathan said last week he has asked the military to consider new strategies to defeat the Islamic uprising that began in 2009.
On Sept. 19, suspected Islamic militants disguised in military fatigues and in a convoy led by fighters firing from two tanks armed with anti-aircraft guns — apparently stolen from the army — killed at least 143 civilians, two soldiers and three police officers in an attack on a military outpost and nearby village. A Sept. 8 attack killed at least 17 people including members of a youth vigilante group set up to fight the militants. A pastor and his son and a village head were killed on Sept. 26 by attackers who also torched a church and several homes.
Most victims of attacks are Muslims. Boko Haram initially targeted government officials, Christian clergy and moderate Muslim clerics who spoke out against their fanaticism. This year's attacks have targeted schoolchildren, teachers and health workers on vaccination campaigns. But there have also been indiscriminate shootings and bombings that inevitably kill more Muslims in a part of the country that is predominantly Muslim.
Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigeria's government to provide better protection for schools. Officials of Yobe State College of Agriculture at Gubya told The Associated Press that there were no security forces at the school, though state officials had two weeks earlier urged schools to reopen and promised soldiers and police would protect them.
The London-based Amnesty International estimated scores of pupils and 70 teachers have been killed this year — some gunned down in their beds, others burnt alive in locked dormitories — and that 50 schools have been burned down or damaged and more than 60 others forced to close.
It called for Nigerian authorities to arrest and prosecute perpetrators. Hundreds of suspects have been arrested, according to officials, but Amnesty noted that none have been charged. The fate of hundreds of detainees is unknown.
The rights project said it sent its petition to the ICC on Friday saying "SERAP is seriously concerned that these attacks against schoolchildren, apart from constituting violations of the right to life and the right to education, may amount to crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute."
The court in The Hague said in August a preliminary investigation provided "reasonable basis" to believe Boko Haram has likely committed crimes against humanity including murder and persecution. But prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she would only move to a full-fledged investigation after further study and depending on whether Nigerian authorities are willing and able to prosecute "those who appear to bear the greatest responsibility."
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The situation is that users will be uploading documents from CD (third party document scanning) with 100 or so documents per CD.
I hope to be able to let the users do one or two multiple document uploads from the CD. Then they will uses the datasheet view to populate three key metadatafields.
I want to be able to create a Records Centre that will route the documents based on those fields, but my test "Drop Off Library" does not allow multiple document upload.
What configuration do I need to change to allow this?


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You can use an existing command alias within another command alias. Define a first alias:
alias print=lp
This creates the alias print for the lp command used to print files to your default printer.
This alias can now be used within another alias. For example:
alias tree='cd; ls -R | print'
The alias tree will list the complete directory tree below the users home directory on the default printer. Multiple commands within an alias can be separated by a semicolon; just as they are on the command line.


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Testing Challenges in Packet Telephony
Testing communications equipment and networks has never been an easy task. Even a moderately complex topology of a data network can result in myriads of permutations of test scenarios between the protocols and the applications that they serve. To appreciate the level of complexities involved in the general case, you must start from the bottom of the protocol stacks supported by the network and move upward, toward the applications themselves. A network topology can consist of switches, routers, and Integrated Access Devices (IADs). In turn, those devices can employ OC-n, SONET, and Ethernet interfaces of various flavors, in addition to physical access interfaces such as DSL, cable, or simple twisted-pair wire. The permutations of protocols at layers 2 and 3 make the test scenarios exciting, and the applications complete the scene with their own requirements and quirks in using the underlying protocols.
The tricky part is identifying and enumerating the test scenarios that must be executed to ensure complete coverage of functionality and performance testing. In functionality testing, we must make sure that we include failover (rainy-day) scenarios; in performance testing, we must ascertain that the system's performance characteristics remain invariant when failover conditions occur.
It is, however, a tedious but necessary process to enumerate all the possible operating conditions of a system that must be reached before we "hit" it with a failover scenario. What does this mean? Consider this example: A system in the process of completing a single call while no other calls are active will most likely not behave the same way as a system with hundreds or thousands of stable calls that is also in the process of completing a few dozen calls when the failure occurs and that has a switch that must undertake recovery procedures. Simply speaking, you must make sure that the "state" of the switch is preserved and that it continues to operate "normally," depending on how the product specifications define "normally" under a failure scenario.
Designers of switching systems will always be looking for newer and better test tools to ascertain complete conformance at the functional and performance levels of any product before it leaves the lab. Functional and design problems usually do not manifest themselves as hardware issues in the system test phase, except in cases of VLSI functionality, which might not have been fully tested in the unit test phase. Life gets interesting when platform and architectural issues surface in integration testing:
The wrong CPU platform was picked to meet the specified performance in calls per second and call capacity.
A distributed switch architecture reaches a plateau in performance and stops scaling.
The custom VLSI devices either have bugs or are not up to par with specifications.
Prevention of such issues is the best defense, through elaborate diligence of the system in the design phase and thorough testing in unit testing through a comprehensive test suite that spans all aspects of the design except those that need other modules to ensure complete system functionality. Architectural problems can be virtually impossible to solve after the fact and can doom a system while it is still in the lab. Diligence of an architecture is very hard to do while still on paper or in someone's mind. That's why it is a good idea to construct detailed scenarios to drill into the operation of the system before pen meets paper to start the design phase. Simulation is a good approach to get a comfortable feeling at this stage, but simulation needs to be fed the correct protocol behavior(s), the complete set of protocols that will be supported, the permutations of protocol interactions that will be encountered during call setup, the feature call flows, the queuing behavior and stability of the system under heavy load, and the impact of the underlying operating system on performance.
The last part, the OS, is tricky to account for. This is because its impact can be hard to simulate unless there is a good understanding of the incremental impact of the OS on system performance, such as disk operations in the middle of call setup, which might or might not be related to the call setup itself. Often the case in missed performance expectations is the impact of "other" things that are running on the platform (such as billing, FCAPS, database ops, and so on), which must be accounted for when setting the expectations in advance. Therefore, an accurate assessment involves the complete understanding of everything that is running on the system while it performs call processing.
Establishing system stability early on in the architecture and design process is vital because a well-designed system must never crash under traffic conditions of heavy load or unexpected events. A lot of this footwork can be done during simulation by feeding excessive traffic into the various parts of the platform, establishing the continuing system operation, and documenting its expected behavior. For example, if certain packet-discard policies have been designed into the system, the only way to ensure that the system is functional is to cause the conditions that will invoke them. If the requirement is for the system to accept a 911 call regardless of current system load, then load up the system with 100% traffic capacity and send a 911 call through it to see what happens. Successful simulation gives the architect and project managers the confidence that they need to proceed with the next step: the design phase.
After such in-advance testing has been done, via simulation first and in the lab later, your customer will get an equally warm feeling about the system.
Unit Testing
In unit testing, in which the various system components are tested for functionality and performance at an earlyand mostly standalonephase, it is important to cover as much of the functionality as possible before proceeding with system integration. For example, if a switch consists of a CPU platform and a variety of gateways, with all sorts of physical interfaces and capacity specifications, a thorough test of a single type of interface with all the supported signaling protocols and media transport methods will reveal whether the subsequent integration test will be successful and quick or whether trouble should be expected. Furthermore, if sufficient test resources are available (such as time and personnel to write simulated call processing scripts on the real CPU), protocol interworking can be checked out well before connecting to a gateway, via call arrival and processing over simulated physical interfaces.
If firewalls are to be used, it wouldn't be a bad idea at this time to check the viability of the performance specification with a single firewall, a single physical interface, and as many protocol interworking scenarios as possible in this stage. If this stage shows weaknesses in a centralized configuration, system integration in a distributed environment is certain to reveal even more problems. The rule of thumb is that the more coverage is achieved in unit test, the fewer headaches will be caused during system integration.


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In these deep solitudes and awful cells,
Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells,
And ever-musing melancholy reigns;
What means this tumult in a vestal's veins?
Why rove my thoughts beyond this last retreat?
Why feels my heart its long-forgotten heat?
Yet, yet I love!--From Abelard it came,
And Eloisa yet must kiss the name.
Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd,
Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd.
Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise,
Where mix'd with God's, his lov'd idea lies:
O write it not, my hand--the name appears
Already written--wash it out, my tears!
In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays,
Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeys.
Relentless walls! whose darksome round contains
Repentant sighs, and voluntary pains:
Ye rugged rocks! which holy knees have worn;
Ye grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid thorn!
Shrines! where their vigils pale-ey'd virgins keep,
And pitying saints, whose statues learn to weep!
Though cold like you, unmov'd, and silent grown,
I have not yet forgot myself to stone.
All is not Heav'n's while Abelard has part,
Still rebel nature holds out half my heart;
Nor pray'rs nor fasts its stubborn pulse restrain,
Nor tears, for ages, taught to flow in vain.
Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose,
That well-known name awakens all my woes.
Oh name for ever sad! for ever dear!
Still breath'd in sighs, still usher'd with a tear.
I tremble too, where'er my own I find,
Some dire misfortune follows close behind.
Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow,
Led through a sad variety of woe:
Now warm in love, now with'ring in thy bloom,
Lost in a convent's solitary gloom!
There stern religion quench'd th' unwilling flame,
There died the best of passions, love and fame.
Yet write, oh write me all, that I may join
Griefs to thy griefs, and echo sighs to thine.
Nor foes nor fortune take this pow'r away;
And is my Abelard less kind than they?
Tears still are mine, and those I need not spare,
Love but demands what else were shed in pray'r;
No happier task these faded eyes pursue;
To read and weep is all they now can do.
Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief;
Ah, more than share it! give me all thy grief.
Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid,
Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid;
They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires,
Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires,
The virgin's wish without her fears impart,
Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart,
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame,
When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name;
My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind,
Some emanation of th' all-beauteous Mind.
Those smiling eyes, attemp'ring ev'ry day,
Shone sweetly lambent with celestial day.
Guiltless I gaz'd; heav'n listen'd while you sung;
And truths divine came mended from that tongue.
From lips like those what precept fail'd to move?
Too soon they taught me 'twas no sin to love.
Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran,
Nor wish'd an Angel whom I lov'd a Man.
Dim and remote the joys of saints I see;
Nor envy them, that heav'n I lose for thee.
How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said,
Curse on all laws but those which love has made!
Love, free as air, at sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies,
Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame,
August her deed, and sacred be her fame;
Before true passion all those views remove,
Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?
The jealous God, when we profane his fires,
Those restless passions in revenge inspires;
And bids them make mistaken mortals groan,
Who seek in love for aught but love alone.
Should at my feet the world's great master fall,
Himself, his throne, his world, I'd scorn 'em all:
Not Caesar's empress would I deign to prove;
No, make me mistress to the man I love;
If there be yet another name more free,
More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
Oh happy state! when souls each other draw,
When love is liberty, and nature, law:
All then is full, possessing, and possess'd,
No craving void left aching in the breast:
Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part,
And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
This sure is bliss (if bliss on earth there be)
And once the lot of Abelard and me.
Alas, how chang'd! what sudden horrors rise!
A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
Where, where was Eloise? her voice, her hand,
Her poniard, had oppos'd the dire command.
Barbarian, stay! that bloody stroke restrain;
The crime was common, common be the pain.
I can no more; by shame, by rage suppress'd,
Let tears, and burning blushes speak the rest.
Canst thou forget that sad, that solemn day,
When victims at yon altar's foot we lay?
Canst thou forget what tears that moment fell,
When, warm in youth, I bade the world farewell?
As with cold lips I kiss'd the sacred veil,
The shrines all trembl'd, and the lamps grew pale:
Heav'n scarce believ'd the conquest it survey'd,
And saints with wonder heard the vows I made.
Yet then, to those dread altars as I drew,
Not on the Cross my eyes were fix'd, but you:
Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call,
And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.
Come! with thy looks, thy words, relieve my woe;
Those still at least are left thee to bestow.
Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie,
Still drink delicious poison from thy eye,
Pant on thy lip, and to thy heart be press'd;
Give all thou canst--and let me dream the rest.
Ah no! instruct me other joys to prize,
With other beauties charm my partial eyes,
Full in my view set all the bright abode,
And make my soul quit Abelard for God.
Ah, think at least thy flock deserves thy care,
Plants of thy hand, and children of thy pray'r.
From the false world in early youth they fled,
By thee to mountains, wilds, and deserts led.
You rais'd these hallow'd walls; the desert smil'd,
And Paradise was open'd in the wild.
No weeping orphan saw his father's stores
Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors;
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n,
Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n:
But such plain roofs as piety could raise,
And only vocal with the Maker's praise.
In these lone walls (their days eternal bound)
These moss-grown domes with spiry turrets crown'd,
Where awful arches make a noonday night,
And the dim windows shed a solemn light;
Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray,
And gleams of glory brighten'd all the day.
But now no face divine contentment wears,
'Tis all blank sadness, or continual tears.
See how the force of others' pray'rs I try,
(O pious fraud of am'rous charity!)
But why should I on others' pray'rs depend?
Come thou, my father, brother, husband, friend!
Ah let thy handmaid, sister, daughter move,
And all those tender names in one, thy love!
The darksome pines that o'er yon rocks reclin'd
Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind,
The wand'ring streams that shine between the hills,
The grots that echo to the tinkling rills,
The dying gales that pant upon the trees,
The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze;
No more these scenes my meditation aid,
Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves,
Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves,
Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws
A death-like silence, and a dread repose:
Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene,
Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green,
Deepens the murmur of the falling floods,
And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Yet here for ever, ever must I stay;
Sad proof how well a lover can obey!
Death, only death, can break the lasting chain;
And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain,
Here all its frailties, all its flames resign,
And wait till 'tis no sin to mix with thine.
Ah wretch! believ'd the spouse of God in vain,
Confess'd within the slave of love and man.
Assist me, Heav'n! but whence arose that pray'r?
Sprung it from piety, or from despair?
Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires,
Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.
I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought;
I mourn the lover, not lament the fault;
I view my crime, but kindle at the view,
Repent old pleasures, and solicit new;
Now turn'd to Heav'n, I weep my past offence,
Now think of thee, and curse my innocence.
Of all affliction taught a lover yet,
'Tis sure the hardest science to forget!
How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense,
And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence?
How the dear object from the crime remove,
Or how distinguish penitence from love?
Unequal task! a passion to resign,
For hearts so touch'd, so pierc'd, so lost as mine.
Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state,
How often must it love, how often hate!
How often hope, despair, resent, regret,
Conceal, disdain--do all things but forget.
But let Heav'n seize it, all at once 'tis fir'd;
Not touch'd, but rapt; not waken'd, but inspir'd!
Oh come! oh teach me nature to subdue,
Renounce my love, my life, myself--and you.
Fill my fond heart with God alone, for he
Alone can rival, can succeed to thee.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
"Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;"
Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav'n.
Grace shines around her with serenest beams,
And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams.
For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.
Far other dreams my erring soul employ,
Far other raptures, of unholy joy:
When at the close of each sad, sorrowing day,
Fancy restores what vengeance snatch'd away,
Then conscience sleeps, and leaving nature free,
All my loose soul unbounded springs to thee.
Oh curs'd, dear horrors of all-conscious night!
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
Provoking Daemons all restraint remove,
And stir within me every source of love.
I hear thee, view thee, gaze o'er all thy charms,
And round thy phantom glue my clasping arms.
I wake--no more I hear, no more I view,
The phantom flies me, as unkind as you.
I call aloud; it hears not what I say;
I stretch my empty arms; it glides away.
To dream once more I close my willing eyes;
Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
Alas, no more--methinks we wand'ring go
Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe,
Where round some mould'ring tower pale ivy creeps,
And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps.
Sudden you mount, you beckon from the skies;
Clouds interpose, waves roar, and winds arise.
I shriek, start up, the same sad prospect find,
And wake to all the griefs I left behind.
For thee the fates, severely kind, ordain
A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain;
Thy life a long, dead calm of fix'd repose;
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
Still as the sea, ere winds were taught to blow,
Or moving spirit bade the waters flow;
Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiv'n,
And mild as opening gleams of promis'd heav'n.
Come, Abelard! for what hast thou to dread?
The torch of Venus burns not for the dead.
Nature stands check'd; Religion disapproves;
Ev'n thou art cold--yet Eloisa loves.
Ah hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn
To light the dead, and warm th' unfruitful urn.
What scenes appear where'er I turn my view?
The dear ideas, where I fly, pursue,
Rise in the grove, before the altar rise,
Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes.
I waste the matin lamp in sighs for thee,
Thy image steals between my God and me,
Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear,
With ev'ry bead I drop too soft a tear.
When from the censer clouds of fragrance roll,
And swelling organs lift the rising soul,
One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight,
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight:
In seas of flame my plunging soul is drown'd,
While altars blaze, and angels tremble round.
While prostrate here in humble grief I lie,
Kind, virtuous drops just gath'ring in my eye,
While praying, trembling, in the dust I roll,
And dawning grace is op'ning on my soul:
Come, if thou dar'st, all charming as thou art!
Oppose thyself to Heav'n; dispute my heart;
Come, with one glance of those deluding eyes
Blot out each bright idea of the skies;
Take back that grace, those sorrows, and those tears;
Take back my fruitless penitence and pray'rs;
Snatch me, just mounting, from the blest abode;
Assist the fiends, and tear me from my God!
No, fly me, fly me, far as pole from pole;
Rise Alps between us! and whole oceans roll!
Ah, come not, write not, think not once of me,
Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee.
Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign;
Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Fair eyes, and tempting looks (which yet I view!)
Long lov'd, ador'd ideas, all adieu!
Oh Grace serene! oh virtue heav'nly fair!
Divine oblivion of low-thoughted care!
Fresh blooming hope, gay daughter of the sky!
And faith, our early immortality!
Enter, each mild, each amicable guest;
Receive, and wrap me in eternal rest!
See in her cell sad Eloisa spread,
Propp'd on some tomb, a neighbour of the dead.
In each low wind methinks a spirit calls,
And more than echoes talk along the walls.
Here, as I watch'd the dying lamps around,
From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound.
"Come, sister, come!" (it said, or seem'd to say)
"Thy place is here, sad sister, come away!
Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd,
Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid:
But all is calm in this eternal sleep;
Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep,
Ev'n superstition loses ev'ry fear:
For God, not man, absolves our frailties here."
I come, I come! prepare your roseate bow'rs,
Celestial palms, and ever-blooming flow'rs.
Thither, where sinners may have rest, I go,
Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow:
Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,
And smooth my passage to the realms of day;
See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,
Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul!
Ah no--in sacred vestments may'st thou stand,
The hallow'd taper trembling in thy hand,
Present the cross before my lifted eye,
Teach me at once, and learn of me to die.
Ah then, thy once-lov'd Eloisa see!
It will be then no crime to gaze on me.
See from my cheek the transient roses fly!
See the last sparkle languish in my eye!
Till ev'ry motion, pulse, and breath be o'er;
And ev'n my Abelard be lov'd no more.
O Death all-eloquent! you only prove
What dust we dote on, when 'tis man we love.
Then too, when fate shall thy fair frame destroy,
(That cause of all my guilt, and all my joy)
In trance ecstatic may thy pangs be drown'd,
Bright clouds descend, and angels watch thee round,
From op'ning skies may streaming glories shine,
And saints embrace thee with a love like mine.
May one kind grave unite each hapless name,
And graft my love immortal on thy fame!
Then, ages hence, when all my woes are o'er,
When this rebellious heart shall beat no more;
If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings
To Paraclete's white walls and silver springs,
O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads,
And drink the falling tears each other sheds;
Then sadly say, with mutual pity mov'd,
"Oh may we never love as these have lov'd!"
From the full choir when loud Hosannas rise,
And swell the pomp of dreadful sacrifice,
Amid that scene if some relenting eye
Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie,
Devotion's self shall steal a thought from Heav'n,
One human tear shall drop and be forgiv'n.
And sure, if fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine,
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more;
Such if there be, who loves so long, so well;
Let him our sad, our tender story tell;
The well-sung woes will soothe my pensive ghost;
He best can paint 'em, who shall feel 'em most.
haha im 2005 years old anyyyyway. I love this poem because it has sooo much emotion built into it. It is the woman saying how much she loves him right? Well it made me think of life. And how much love has to do with life and how if you have this strong incredible memories of life in its purest form you'll remember eternally. I actaully learn about this poem from the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. But the film doesn't give this beautiful the justice it deserves when you read every line out LOUD! Indeed it is an amzinggg poem.. Last lines are the best! ' He best can paint 'em, who shall feel 'em most. ' That line makes me think of a painter such as i :) who paints with love in every stroke. If I must. There was a stanza I most enjoyed here it is 'For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms, And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes, For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring, For her white virgins hymeneals sing, To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away, And melts in visions of eternal day.' THis poem makes me believe that forever I will feel this love, eternal love of life even when I die. My eternal day.
The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lake that quivers to the lurking breeze. Even here where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. superb thoughts. Genius mind
there died the best of passion and fame. Tears still are mine and these I need not spare. Banished lover and captive maid live, speak and breathe what love inspires. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul and waft a sigh from Indus to pole. brilliant mind.
To read and weep.... Reminds me of the song READ 'EM AND WEEP popularized by BARRY MANILOW.... thanks for posting....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem


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During a 1959 television appearance, Jack Kerouac was asked how long it took him to write his novel On The Road. His response – three weeks – amazed the interviewer and ignited an enduring myth that the book was composed in a marathon of nonstop typing.
Like the Kerouac of legend, some people possess the incredible ability to focus for long periods of time. Others constantly struggle to keep their minds on task. Individuals diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), for example, are often restless and easily distracted. Even people without ADHD may find their minds wandering while trying to concentrate at school or work.
Although the ability to sustain attention varies widely from person to person, characterizing these individual differences has been difficult. Unlike intelligence, which has traditionally been measured (though not without controversy) with pencil-and-paper IQ tests, attentional abilities are not captured by performance on a single test.
In a study recently published in Nature Neuroscience, my colleagues and I set out to identify a new way to measure attention. Like IQ, this measure would serve as a general summary of a complex cognitive ability. But unlike IQ, it would be based on a person's unique pattern of brain connectivity – that is, synchronous activity observed across distinct parts of their brain. We previously showed that every person's pattern of brain connectivity is unique — like a fingerprint — and predicts fluid intelligence, or the ability to solve problems in novel situations. Do unique patterns of brain connectivity predict attention, too?
How you're connected predicts your focus
First we asked 25 volunteers to perform a task while an MRI scanner measured their brain activity. Their instructions were simple: watch a stream of images and press a button when you see cities, but don't press when you see mountains. Most of the pictures were of cities, with the occasional mountain thrown in unpredictably. It was challenging to maintain focus on the task, which lasted more than 30 minutes. Some people performed very well. But others made frequent errors – either failing to click for a city, or pressing for a mountain by mistake.
Could we relate participants' accuracy to their patterns of brain connectivity while they responded to the city and mountain pictures? To analyze the brain data, we first divided each person's brain into 268 distinct regions, a number previously shown to characterize brain function well.
Next, we calculated how "functionally connected" each region was with every other region in the brain. Functional connectivity is the degree to which activity in a pair of regions is synchronous. In other words, activity in two regions with a strong functional connection tends to increase and decrease at the same time, while activity in weakly connected regions is out of sync. A landmark study published in 1995 showed, for example, that there are strong functional connections between regions of the brain's right and left hemispheres responsible for motor action.
Calculating the functional connections between every pair of regions gave us individual connectivity profiles for each participant in the study. Among these thousands of connections (every person's connectivity profile contained 35,778!), we identified several hundred that were related to performance on our task – some connections were stronger in people who performed more accurately on the task, and some were stronger in people who performed less accurately.
After careful statistical analysis, we found we could predict how well each subject performed on the task from the strength of his or her functional connections alone. The predictions weren't perfect, but they were significantly better than a random guess.
What a resting brain can predict about attention
Although it was exciting to see that patterns of brain connectivity could be used to predict attention, we had looked only at data collected during the actual task performance. Our brain activity measurement was just a more complicated, less accurate way to assess performance than the button presses themselves. Why involve the brain data at all?
To be useful, our measure needed to predict attention from brain activity in someone who wasn't taking an attention test.
For example, what if a person were unable to perform the test for some reason, or we didn't know the right questions to ask, or we didn't have time to test them on exactly what we wanted to measure? In such cases, it would be valuable to be able to extract information about a person's attentional abilities from brain data measured while they were not doing any task at all.
To see whether or not a resting brain carries information about attention, we calculated another set of individual connectivity profiles for each of our participants using data collected while they were simply relaxing in the scanner. Using the same procedure as before, we were again able to predict performance on the attention task. Our predictions were not as accurate as the ones we'd made using brain data collected during task performance, but they were still significantly better than a random guess.
Using any person's resting connectivity profile – even someone who has never performed any attention task, and never will – we can predict how they would hypothetically perform on the cities and mountains task.
Predicting ADHD using functional connections
Were our results specific to the group of individuals we had tested and the cities/mountains task we'd used, or could they tell us something meaningful about sustained attention in general?
To test this question, we used data from 113 children and adolescents provided by Peking University as part of The ADHD-200 Sample. Some of these children had an official diagnosis of ADHD, with varying degrees of symptom severity. Even some without the diagnosis showed subtle signs of attention problems. For each child – both those with and without the diagnosis – clinicians had arrived at an "ADHD score" on a scale of 18-72 indicating how severe that child's attention deficit symptoms were. Children in our data set had scores ranging from 18-65.
Using brain connectivity profiles calculated while the children were resting in an MRI scanner, we found that the same functional connections that predicted performance of our adults in New Haven predicted ADHD scores of the children scanned in Beijing. Our statistical models predicted that, if they were given the cities/mountains task, children with few symptoms of ADHD would perform well and children with more symptoms would struggle.
So spontaneous fluctuations in brain activity while individuals are simply resting can predict their ADHD symptoms.
A new "attention score"?
Does this mean that a scientist can put you in a brain scanner and discover how well you pay attention to things? In some sense, yes. Your connectivity profile carries information unique to you, including your attentional abilities.
It's important to acknowledge that traits like attention and intelligence are multifaceted, so reducing a person's overall functioning to a single measure risks oversimplification. But measures that summarize a complex process, like IQ for intelligence or gross domestic product for the economy, do provide valuable information. For example, such a measure may help researchers track changes in abilities over time, and may one day help clinicians identify children most likely to benefit from attention training or personalized learning.
One additional benefit of this approach is that, just as multiple biomarkers can be extracted from a single blood sample, multiple predictions can be made from a single connectivity profile. Different connections may tell us different things about an individual. For example, we found that the brain networks that predict ADHD symptoms do not predict IQ, but our group has identified other networks that do predict intelligence.
There's still a long way to go to before brain connectivity becomes for attention what IQ is for intelligence. But these methods show promise for predicting a wide variety of traits and illuminating the relationship between brain and behavior. Perhaps in the future, a better understanding of the relationship between brain connectivity and attention could be used to inform cognitive training – maybe helping transform all of us into the Kerouac of legend.
Monica Rosenberg is a PhD Candidate in Psychology at Yale University.
Funding: Monica Rosenberg receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Source: Monica Rosenberg – The Conversation
Image Credit: The images are credited to Monica Rosenberg and Martin Hieslmair. Both are adapted from the original article.