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How to Accept Criticism
Three Parts:Handling Your FeelingsResponding to the CriticismUsing the Criticism to Improve
The funny thing about criticism is that, while it stings, it's actually a critical component of becoming truly good at something. Accepting criticism and turning it into something constructive is a skill. If you're not very good at taking criticism, you might want to work on it. Not only will it help you improve your interactions with other people, but it will also help you improve yourself and feel better when you have problems.
Part 1 of 3: Handling Your Feelings
1Stay calm. The first thing that you should do is stay calm. Don't panic, don't yell, don't even respond. Hearing criticism is like standing in the path of a wave. You can bear down and try to fight it but that will just make things harder for you and you're likely to get hurt. Alternatively, you can let the criticism flow over you peacefully. Just let the words move past you; they aren't going to hurt. Getting worked up won't solve anything but staying calm will make the whole experience better for you.
- Breathe slowly. Focusing on your breathing can help in this situation.
2Give yourself time to cool off. Before responding and even before thinking about the criticism that you received, give yourself time to cool down. Let the sting of being criticized heal. When we get emotionally involved in something, it can lead us to react harshly or make bad choices. You want your head to be as clear as possible before dealing with the problem.
- For example, take a walk through the hall or go play with your dog for a few minutes in order to regain your focus.
3Separate the criticism. When accepting criticism in a way that's healthy for you, you need to remember to compartmentalize. Don't see a single criticism as being personal or speaking against other things that you do. Don't see the criticism as an attack on you and everything that you are. Remember that you are not every action you have ever taken. You can make mistakes and still be really good at lots of other things (or even the thing you messed up).
- For example, if someone gives you criticism about a painting you did, they don't necessarily mean that you're a bad artist overall. You can have a few flaws in a piece, or even one that failed completely, and you can still be a great artist.
- Try not to see yourself as perfect or even try to attain perfection. Perfection doesn't exist and when you try to be like that, you'll only set yourself up for failure.
4Think about the skills you have that will help. When someone criticizes something you've done, it's easy to feel useless, incompetent, or just generally bad. However, feeling like that doesn't help you or anyone else. Instead, focus on building yourself while you deal with the problem. Everyone has some great skills, talents, and strengths that will help them deal with any problem. Think about what great things you can do that might help in this situation.
- For example, you might have let too many assignments go past a deadline and your teacher called you out on that. However, you're really good at organization, so if you work on getting a new system set up that allows you more time to work on assignments or helps you keep track of them, then you'll have a solution for the problem.
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Part 2 of 3: Responding to the Criticism
1Listen to what they have to say. When the person is giving you the criticism, at first all you want to do is listen. Don't let a million defensive statements come crashing into your head. Don't let your feathers get ruffled. Just listen. If you're too busy being defensive, you might miss out on some really good advice.
- Even is the advice or criticism is bad, it's still important to hear this person out. At least, if they're there in person. If they only send a note, you can "listen" at your own pace.
2Respond when you're ready. Wait until you are calm, collected, and can give a proper response before replying, if you can. Sometimes criticism needs to be responded to immediately but sometimes you can give it time. Giving it time so that you can come up with a mature response will lead to the best outcomes.
- Say something like, "I understand what you're saying. Let me take another look at the paper and I'll see what I can do. Can I send you a message tomorrow morning to get your advice on some changes?"
3Apologize for your mistakes, if needed. If the criticism came because you made a mistake or someone got hurt, it's important to immediately apologize for what happened. Apologizing is completely separate from criticism, so don't feel like apologizing obligates you to change or admit what you did was wrong.
- In most cases, all you need to say right away is something like, "I am so sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen. That wasn't what I wanted. I'm going to take another look at this and see how we can make sure that this never happens again."
4Acknowledge where they're right. Once you are ready to verbally respond to their criticism, start by acknowledging what part of their criticisms are right. Hearing this will make them feel better and let them know that you really are going to think about what they said.
- Of course, they might be completely wrong. Their advice or criticism might be terrible. In this case, it's a good idea to find an aspect of what they said that's right ("I didn't handle this as well as I could have", for example) or just thank them for their feedback and leave it at that.
5Talk about how you plan to change. Tell them how you plan to implement their advice or deal with the issue they criticized. This will reassure them that you're taking care of the problem. Taking criticism in this way, fully acknowledging it and responding to it, makes you come across as mature. When you address problems and take actions to fix them, people will be much more forgiving with you in the future.
- You can say something like, "Next time, I'll come to you before I talk with the client and be sure that we're agreed on the response we want to take."
6Ask for their advice. If they did not already recommend a better way of going about the problem, ask them how they would do things differently. If they did already give some advice, you can still ask for more, however. Getting advice gives you a way to improve but it also makes the person who gave you advice feel better and makes them feel more generous to you.
- However, if someone really doesn't know what they're talking about, they might not be the best person to ask for advice. In this case, it may be better to get outside help from an expert.
7Communicate the need for patience. Lastly, ask for their patience. Changing, especially if the changes are significant, can take time. Asking for their patience can not only take stress off of you, buying you time to address the problem, but it also can be a relief to the person who gave you advice. When you communicate that you need time to work on improvements, it tells that person that you plan on taking this seriously and getting it right the next time around.Ad
Part 3 of 3: Using the Criticism to Improve
1See this as an opportunity. The healthiest way to handle criticism is to see it as a chance to step back, evaluate your actions, and find ways to improve. Criticism is a good thing and can help to bring you up to the top of your game. When you see criticism in this way, suddenly accepting it is easy. Not only will you be able to take it but you might even find yourself asking for it.
- Even if someone was wrong in the criticism they gave, it might still help you find areas where you can improve anyway. Maybe the fact that someone feels like there is a problem with what you're doing can tell you that there is a problem, just not what that person identified.
2Distinguish useful from useless advice. It is important, when implementing criticism, to understand what criticism you should listen to. Generally, if someone is just complaining without offering an idea for how you should change, they should probably be ignored. You also shouldn't worry about criticism surrounding things you can't change. Some people just hand out criticism so that they can make themselves feel better and you have to look out for situations like that.
- If the person hasn't given any good advice at all, then you know that they are not being constructive in their feedback. For example, saying something like "That was terrible, the colours are screwed up and the presentation is messy". Ask if they have any tips of how to improve. If they're still nasty and unhelpful, give up on them and take anything they say in the future with a grain of salt.
- Better criticism is when the negatives are accompanied by positives and the person give recommendations for improvements. For example, "I'm not keen on the amount of red, but I like the hint of blue on the mountains". They are being constructive and it is a good idea to take note of what they've said. Maybe you will heed this advice next time.
3Think about and write down some takeaways. Consider the advice that you were given. Did they tell you what they thought you should do to change? Try and think of a few different approaches that achieve the same effect. This will give you options, so that you can find the best one for you. You should also think about if there's anything else that you can learn from what they said.
- It's actually a really good idea to write it down, word for word, right after you get the advice. This is so your memory doesn't distort the words later and you end up following only what your hurt feelings thought the criticism was.
4Make a plan. Now that you've decided what parts of the advice are important to you, you'll have to make a plan for how you're going to implement the changes that you want to make. Having a plan, especially one that you write out, will make it easier for you to follow through and make the changes. You'll also be more likely to take action.
- Take a page from wikiHow and break down your plan into steps. What are the individual things you need to do to make this change happen? This will make the change seem less daunting.
5Never give up on trying to be better. Be persistent when trying to implement criticism. Criticism often takes you in a direction completely different than what is normal for your or what you believe is the right way. This means that it will take work to improve for the next time. Expect false starts when trying to change your behaviors. This means that you might agree with what someone says, but struggle and end up falling back to what you know. Don't feel like this means it's impossible to change or think less of yourself for "failing". You're learning and if you're determined and persistent, you'll get there eventually.Ad
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- Don't beat yourself up over negative criticism. Words such as "useless" and "ridiculous" are calculated to provoke you and if you respond, you are playing their game of criticism, rather than ignoring their deliberate rudeness. Then again, sometimes a person who keeps on criticizing in this manner does need to have it drawn to their attention that they are being neither helpful nor nice.
- Some people will send horrid comments just to be mean; just ignore their comments.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – In the first of many grade reports that will be released following the conclusion of the 2009 Spring Term, Saint Leo University announced its Dean's List throughout the entire University, including its main Florida campus and all 17 continuing education centers, and the softball team found three of their four seniors recognized on the list that totaled 38 student-athletes.
Stephanie Discepolo and Ally Maddox both earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the Spring semester and Ashley Urbanik also was recognized as meeting the Dean's List requirements.
The list, which is published at the end of the fall, spring and summer semesters, recognizes students who have earned at least 12 credits with a term grade point average of 3.65 or higher.
"One of our core values at Saint Leo University is excellence, and we are delighted to see these students work so hard to achieve so much and aspire to live out our values," said Maribeth Durst, Ph.D., vice president of academic affairs. The values of excellence, community, respect, personal development, responsible stewardship, and integrity are central to academic life at this leading Catholic teaching university.
Of the 38 Lions earning the achievement, Discepolo and Maddox joined 11 others that finished the term with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
The Dean's List is the first of many academic honors that will be handed out over the coming months. Some others include the Saint Leo President's Club Awards, Sunshine State Commissioner's Honor Roll and the Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Awards.
With 15 percent of Saint Leo student-athletes posting over a 3.65 GPA, the Department of Athletics looks to continue its recent strong academic showing after posting a Fall 2008 average above a 3.0 department wide for the first time in Saint Leo history.
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The world watched with bated breath this week as NASA's Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars.
There was jubilation from scientists and science fans around the world as the rover touched down unharmed.
UTAS's Professor Paulo de Souza (Professor of Sensor Informatics and a collaborating scientist in the Mars Exploration Rover program) was in demand for his expertise during the landing, by the media and the public.
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"Now it is about ensuring the rover is healthy and that we get the most out of the mission by planning the next step.
"That is what NASA is going to do during the next few days, check all the systems: the electronics, communications, imagery, and test the scientific instruments on board doing scientific calibrations on board," Prof de Souza said.
"There is a lot of testing to be done to ensure that everything is working well."
What will Curiosity do on Mars now?
Prof de Souza said the Science and Operations Working Group (SOWG), which consists of a mix of scientists and engineers, will balance the resources of the rover.
"There is a certain amount of energy that can be used in a day and an amount of time to run operations.
"There are certain operations that cannot be run at night, such as taking images.
"The energy and the time available has to be balanced out. the thing we need to balance somehow is availability of communication.
"For example, I cannot transmit ten gigabytes of data; I have a limited amount of data that can be communicated every day."
Prof de Souza said communication is based on spacecraft availability. So when all the satellite flies into the right position and opens the opportunity for communication, it will last for 15 minutes and the scientists will have to communicate through that short time slot.
"Operations are constrained by all these aspects. The SOWG will be split into disciplines, such as geochemistry, soil properties, atmospheric properties, scientists working in those groups will be split. They will have a long-term plan.
"They can balance the long-term objectives of the mission with the objectives of today. There is a lot of planning in place of how to best do this."
Curiosity as a tourist: The rover's first job
Prof de Souza said there will firstly be two key objectives for the rover- driving and taking photos of the surface.
"The first important result we have to get from the rover is a panorama image. 360 at highest possible resolution, in a few weeks.
"They will drive first then take photos, not both- because if something goes wrong they won't know what caused the problem. They want to ensure the system is operating well.
"The panoramic image will be used to understand where the rover is sitting and which way is north. It is important when taking the panoramic image to not show shadow, so it takes a couple of days to realise where you are.
"So once you do that you cross that info with satellite imagery so you know exactly where you have landed.
"If you were looking at the panorama, the question is where would you go? That will be intense discussion between the scientists. So we won't move too much initially."
How is felt as a scientist watching the rover land safely
"It was like being there again with Spirit and Opportunity (other Mars rovers). I saw my two daughters being born - it was more or less like that!
"The scientists had been working for such a long time and they were under a lot of pressure.
"It worked because the team was so engaged.
"For four years they were thinking, what could go wrong? Taking a shower, drinking a coffee, walking - thinking all the time, what might happen?"I think that is why it was successful."
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FBC Holdings has opened talks with a number of local and foreign consortiums regarding the sale of its 58 percent stake in Turnall Holdings, sources said last week. The financial services group gained a controlling stake in Turnall as a result of a US$8 million non-performing loan advanced to Shabanie Mashava Mines by Africa Export and Import Bank.
The loan came through FBC Bank. SMM, now closed, pledged its shares in Turnall, Steelnet Limited, under judicial management, and General Beltings, as security for the loan.
But SMM failed to repay the loan, which resulted in FBC taking over the shares.
In August, FBC said it would sell its shareholding in Turnall before the end of this year to partly raise funds to meet the Reserve Bank's new capital thresholds.
With a market value of US$27 million, FBCH shareholding in Turnall is worth US$15,6 million.
Sources within the financial group said: "Several bids have been received and we are considering which one would suit us best."
Last week, The Sunday Mail reported that a consortium of local and foreign investors from Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates was angling for a controlling stake in Turnall.
It reported the consortium was made up of a Swiss private equity firm and venture capital fund, Zurmont, and a United Arab Emirates investment firm, Augan Investments, including a local firm, Ryan Capital.
"The issue is all about raising funds to meet the required minimum capital requirements," said one source.
In July, the central bank raised minimum capital requirements for financial institutions and the commercial banks will be required to have minimum capital of US$100 million, up from US$12,5 million.
Merchant banks would be required to have a minimum capital of US$100 million, up from US$10 million. Capital levels for building societies were raised from US$10 million to US$80 million, finance and discount houses from US$7,5 million to US$60 million and US$1 million to US$5 million for micro-finance houses.
The banks will be required to be fully compliant by June 20 2014 but should meet the 25 percent of the new capital levels by the end of this year.
They will be further required to be 50 percent and 75 percent compliant by June 30 and December 31 next year.
On Friday, FBCH issued a cautionary statement advising shareholders that "the group is currently engaged in negotiations, which is successfully completed, would have material effect on the structure of the group and may have a material impact on the company's business and share price.


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Grilled Zucchini Salad with "Pizza Walnuts"
Created By Mollie Katzen - Chef and Author
Long, elegantly thin slices of summery zucchini marinate in the garlicky dressing to make a simple and delicious salad.
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (plus a little extra for the zucchini and the walnuts)
- 2 tablespoons finely minced shallot
- 1/2 teaspoon minced or crushed garlic
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
- Pinch sugar
- Pinches of dried thyme and oregano
- Black pepper
- 1/2 pound zucchini (about 5 small ones), halved, and cut into thin, 1/8-inch slices lengthwise
- 20 California walnut halves, raw or lightly toasted
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Parmesan
Optional Extras:
- Very fresh, small, halved cherry tomatoes
- High-end extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling on top
- Springs of fresh marjoram, thyme, oregano
- Small cubes of feta or crumbled goat cheese
- Fresh, sweet corn – shaved from the cobs
- Dab of very fresh high-quality ricotta
- Combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, shallot, garlic, vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, sugar, pinch each of dried thyme and oregano, and a few shakes of black pepper in a shallow bowl. Whisk to blend, and set aside.
- Set a ridged grill pan over medium heat, and brush it lightly with olive oil. Place the zucchini slices on the hot surface in a single layer, and cook on both sides until just tender and decorated with golden grill marks. Transfer the cooked zucchini directly to the marinade. You might need to do this in a couple of shifts.
- Let the zucchini rest in the marinade to absorb the flavors – about a minimum of 30 minutes. Longer is also fine.
- Combine the Parmesan with pinches of dried thyme and oregano in a small bowl. Line a toaster oven tray with foil, and brush it lightly with olive oil. Place the walnut halves on the tray, with their more concave sides facing up. With a tiny spoon (if you have one) sprinkle the walnuts lightly with the cheese-herb mixture. There should be enough of it to just cover 20 walnut halves. Place the tray in the toaster oven on the "broil" setting, and leave it in there until the cheese melts slightly and the tops are light golden. This will only take a minute or two. Watch carefully so it doesn't burn! Remove from the oven and cool.
- Serve the zucchini at room temperature or cold, topped with the walnuts, and a scattering of any or all of the Optional Extras.
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Transfer and Graduate Students Deserve an On-Campus Experience, Too!
You may know about the first-year live-on requirement at UGA but we offer several housing options to upperclassmen and graduate students, as well! Only University Housing can offer the academic support and immersive living experience that result in proven higher GPAs, higher graduation rates and more student satisfaction.
Building on the theme "There are more than 35,000 ways to be a Georgia bulldog," #OneUGA Twitter chats hosted during the summer will serve as an opportunity for students to connect with university partners as we celebrate the diversity of our student body and let everyone know they have a place at UGA.
Our summer Twitter chats will create a virtual space for students to come together and express their excitement, concerns, fears, and frustrations about their transition into the academic year. In addition, these chats would provide an opportunity for students to learn about university resources and engage with campus partners and current students who can offer advice on how to navigate the college experience.
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It's that time of year when University Housing begins to welcome the class of 2019 to campus and into the residence halls. We know you want to see more than your orientation room in Creswell Hall, so we've orginized a summer tour program specifically for first-year and transfer orientation participants.
A record fifteen of our halls, including Family and Graduate Housing, will be available for tours on day 2 of first-year orientation June 2 through July 30. On transfer orientation days, McWhorter Hall, an apartment-style space in East Campus Village, and Brown Hall on the Health Sciences Campus will be avaliable for tours.
Residence hall tours are drop-in and open to everyone. Check out our Tour the Halls page for more specifics.
Summer is Coming....
All residents with academic year contracts must check out of their rooms 24 hours after their last final exam or no later than May 9 at noon (whichever comes first).
Residents of Busbee, McWhorter, and Vandiver halls planning to move out at the end of the spring semester need to cancel their residence hall contract in the Housing Assignments Office no later than April 28 and follow the instructions below. For information about cancellation fees please contact the Housing Assignments Office or refer to your residence hall contract.
Residents must schedule an appointment time in advance for checkout. Community and hall-specific instructions for scheduling appointments will be sent via email. All personal belongings must be removed prior to the checkout appointment.
There is a $25 fee for improper and/or unscheduled checkouts. Ask your RA if you have questions about this procedure.
For the first time in its history, University Housing will offer two $500 scholarships to returning residents for the fall 2015 semester through the Jim Day Housing Scholarship Fund.
Dr. James "Jim" Day served as executive director of University Housing from 1990 to 2006. Dr. Day conceived and initially funded the University Housing Scholarship Fund to assist students with financial need offset the cost of on-campus housing. In recognition of his devoted service to the University of Georgia and in honor of his personal commitment to helping secure financial assistance for students, the scholarship was perpetually named the Jim Day Housing Scholarship Fund upon his retirement.
Recipients of the scholarships must complete the application in its entirety and submit by May 15, 2015, must have demonstrated financial need as determined by the UGA Office of Financial Aid, and must be undergraduate students with an existing on-campus room assignment for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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In recent years, the trend toward for-sale-by-owner businesses has created a reciprocal movement among buyers. Rather than depending on the services of purchasing professionals or business brokers, many business buyers are deciding to navigate the buying process on their own.
Although there isn't any reason why a conscientious buyer can't handle the transaction on his or her own, inattention to the small stuff can have dire consequences. In a business purchase, the devil really is in the details, and oversights often turn into last minute deal-breakers.
Luckily, business buyers have many resources at their disposal. For example, online business-for-sale marketplace BizBuySell.com lists thousands of businesses for sale on its website and includes a section of resources for potential buyers. The site offers a "Buyer's Workbook," comprised of articles and checklists for every step of the buying process, from due diligence to a list of tasks at closing. Additionally, BizBuySell's valuation report can help aspiring business owners and business sellers understand the value of a business in their region.
A transaction purchase agreement, which essentially condenses the negotiated points into a single legal document, is the element of the process most likely to prevent a sale. If the buyer isn't careful, he or she can end up tied to conditions and responsibilities that make a successful business purchase difficult.
1. Purchase description
Obviously, the purchase agreement has to accurately describe the business that is changing hands in the transaction. The business name, address and interests should be adequately detailed and a brief summary of asset categories should be included.


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Spire.XLS for WPF allows developers to fast generate, edit Excel files. Developers can control Excel on cell formatting, page setup, data sort and filter, chart and formulas. Besides, developers can use this component to import data into Excel from database and export data from Excel to database.
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Posted: 09 Nov 2010
The Honda's system, called IMA (Integrated Motor Assist), uses a much smaller electric motor of only 13bhp to - as the name suggests - assist the petrol engine. It uses that engine, a 1.3-litre, 89bhp unit, all the time when the car is moving - that is, it always turns. But it doesn't always use fuel. In the right conditions, on a gentle throttle at speeds of up to 30mph, the electric motor alone will power the car, while the petrol engine shuts off some of its bits in a clever fashion and drinks not a drop of gas, even though the crankshaft is still turning. However, the very fact that it's turning means that the system is less efficient than the Toyota's. The upside being that it is that much simpler and, crucially, cheaper to make. It is also lighter: the Insight weighs 1237kg, the Prius a full 143kg more. That will be critical when the cars leave the ground completely, later.


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I've become a bit of a health fanatic since I started my 7 day detox and with the New Year closing in as quickly as you're other halves wallet when he sees the £500 bag you want, I'm sure you will too soon embark on one of those resolutions you drunkenly blurted out.
For many the turkey and mince pie fuelled Christmas will be the catalyst for "I'll join the gym", where we'll sign up in January with good intentions, which we hope will continue.
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- Subjects:Guided Reading
Assessment During Individualized Daily Reading (IDR): Small Group Instruction
- Grades: 3–5
As part of my Reading Workshop assessment, I meet with students in small groups to conduct guided reading lessons and strategy lessons on a regular basis.
For each group that I meet with, I keep assessment labels with each student's name and the title of the book we will be reading on a clipboard. I keep the clipboard with me the entire time I am teaching the lesson.
As I teach the lesson, I listen to students whisper read individually to me during the lesson, and I also listen to them discuss the text. I quickly jot down anything that I notice on each student's label. I will not necessarily fill out an entire label for each child each time we meet for a guided reading lesson. However, it was important to me that my labels provide a place to record fluency, comprehension, and general comments when I observe anything that falls into one of those categories. At times I find it hard to write and teach the lesson, so I often take a few minutes after I meet with each group to jot down my observations.
Again, these notes are used to guide my future teaching. Many of my future mini-lessons, strategy lessons, and individual conferences will focus on the things I notice during guided reading.
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text: The Atari Karts wiki last edited by Deathawk on 06/12/15 05:06PM View full history Atari Karts was a kart racing game released for the Atari Jaguar in December 1995. The game was very similar to Mario Kart, but not nearly as popular. Like Mario Kart players can pick up items to help them in the race. Unlike Mario Kart however most of these items just improve your speed or steering (One messes up the opponent's steering but that is the only offensive item in the game). Though the game itself was rather flawed, at the time of its release it did have graphics that were considered to be very impressive. A lesser claim to fame is the fact that this game had the second, and last, appearance of the character Bentley Bear, the hero from the game Crystal Castles.


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Craig Dawson's second-half strike extended Rochdale's unbeaten run in a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Plymouth at Spotland.
Bradley Wright-Phillips fired the visitors ahead in the 18th minute following a defensive mix up in the Rochdale six-yard box. Goalkeeper Josh Lillis came to collect Kari Arnison's long throw but was blocked off by his own defender Josh Thompson and Wright-Phillips struck a low drive through a crowd of bodies and into the net.
Gary Jones sent a curling effort just wide of the upright soon after, but the Pilgrims could have doubled their advantage before half-time when Reda Johnson's effort was cleared off the line by Marcus Holness.
Onismor Bhasera forced a good save from Lillis just after the break as Plymouth dominated, before Jones had Rochdale's first effort on target, beaten away by Roman Larrieu.
The hosts were level after 65 minutes, though, when Jason Kennedy squared for Dawson and he fired home from 10 yards.
Kennedy's cross-shot and Chris O'Grady's stinging drive almost handed Rochdale the lead as momentum swung towards the hosts.
Lillis pulled off a fine saves to keep out Wright-Phillips' effort after a slip by Dawson and later tipped Craig Noone's curling shot onto the crossbar as it ended all square.
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Consumers around the country may be tempted to sell an old mobile phone and pick up a new device with Three, after learning of the network's new pay-as-you-go (PAYG) plan.
From September 3rd, the company is instigating a new charging scheme that is designed to make mobile internet available to everybody.
Three claims to offer more than any other network for only £10 – 100 minutes, 3,000 texts and 500MB of data downloading.
In order to take advantage of either the £10, £15 or £25 plan, users simply need to sign up and allow their credit to do the rest.
William Ripley, director of voice at Three, says: "Every top up on PAYG automatically gives customers 150MB worth of internet usage. That's enough to browse 10,000 BBC.co.uk pages, 15,000 Facebook pages, [or] search Google Maps 300 times."
A recent poll by YouGov found Three to be the top provider of mobile internet, beating its rivals in all but two of the 12 categories.
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CPTSC Awards, Grants, and Scholarship Information
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) invites interested members to apply for research grants up to $1,500. Proposed research projects should relate to one or more of the following CPTSC goals:
- To promote programs in technical and scientific communication,
- To promote research pertaining to programmatic issues in technical and scientific communication, or
- To develop opportunities for the exchange of ideas and information concerning programs, research, and career opportunities.
CPTSC funds projects that contribute to our collective knowledge about all aspects of program administration. Successful projects in the past have compared programs via surveys, conducted textual analyses to inform program marketing, and studied the state of the professoriate. Funds may be used for expenses, materials, salary, and/or travel. CPTSC encourages faculty-student collaborations on projects.
To apply for a CPTSC research grant, interested CPTSC members should submit a 2-3 page proposal that contains the following information:
- Project title on all pages
- Name, institutional affiliation, and contact information for the project investigator(s), on page 1, separable from items 3-6.
- A brief project description
- A discussion of the significance of the project to members of CPTSC and identification of potential publication locations
- An outline of the project methodology or research tasks, including IRB approval if human subjects are involved in any capacity
- A projected budget statement (excluding institutional overhead and indirect costs. Request a waiver from your institution if necessary.
Specific information will be provided each year.
Previous Award Winners
Janel Bloch, Northern Kentucky University, "Learning from Interns: Recommendations for programs in technical and scientific communication"
Laura Palmer, Southern Polytechnic State University, "Information Literacy Skills of Incoming Master's Students in Online Technical Communication Programs: An Examination of Faculty Expectations and Student Competencies"
Rebecca Rickly and Gregory Zobel, Texas Tech, "Doctoral Student Research Confidence and Research Challenges"
Heather Shearer and Henrietta Shirk, Montana Tech, "Foundational Research to Develop Resources for Health Communication Programs"
Michael Salvo, Purdue University, European Developments in User-Centered Design: Articulating Centers of Practice
Susan Youngblood, Jo Mackiewicz, and Stewart Whittemore, Auburn University, Database for Service Learning Opportunities in Technical Communication (SLOT-C Database)
Susan Popham: African-American Women in a Technical Writing Program
Karl Stolley, Freddrick Logan, and Mathew Ephraim: Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Distance Education
Ann Brady and Laurence Jose: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Scientific and Technical Communication
Ed Malone: The Role of Historical Studies in Technical Communication Curricula
Elizabeth Avery Gomez: Towards a Lexicon for Diversity in Technical and Scientific Communication Programs: Strengthening the Message in Academic Programs and Professional Organizations
Carolyn Rude and Kelli Cargile Cook: The Academic Job Market in Technical Communication, 2005-2006
Jim Nugent—Technical Communication Certificate Program Instructors: Their Situation and Professional Status
Nancy Coppola and Norbert Elliot—A Community Research Model for Assessment of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Kirk St. Amant—Expanding CPTSC Program Review Activities: Creating a Reviewer Network
Stevens Amidon and Stuart Blythe: Economics, Technology, and the Management of Technical Communication
Kenneth T. Rainey and Roy K. Turner: "STC Management Interviews"
Doreen Stärke-Meyerring and Ann Hill Duin: "Global Program Partnerships in Technical Communication"
Sandra Harner: "Trends in Undergraduate Curricula in Technical and Scientific Communication Programs"
Charlotte Thralls, Mark Zachry, and Kelli Cargile Cook: A Profile of Doctoral Graduates in Professional, Technical, and Scientific Communication, 1995-2000
Bedford/St. Martin's Diversity Scholarship
The CPTSC Graduate Student Diversity Award
Information and Application
Bedford/St. Martin's, a leading publisher of textbooks in the field of technical communication, has agreed to sponsor a scholarship for the purpose of supporting the goal of CPTSC to increase diversity in its membership and in the field of technical communication. Eligible candidates for this scholarship include graduate students whose race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and/or nationality are underrepresented in the technical communication field. The scholarship is provided to assist the recipient with expenses associated with the CPTSC conference, up to the amount of the scholarship. It waives the conference fee and provides the winner a $350 scholarship from Bedford/St. Martin's with an additional $150 supplement from an anonymous donor for a total of $500.
Applicants should satisfy all of the following criteria for the scholarship:
- be a full or part-time graduate student (NOTE: Applicants are eligible for the scholarship if they are graduate students at the time of the conference at which the scholarship is given.)
- be enrolled in a technical communication graduate program or closely related field
- be a member of CPTSC by the deadline for current year conference registration
- attend the current year annual meeting of CPTSC to receive the scholarship
- be a member of a traditionally underrepresented group (racial, ethnic, and/or LGBTQ)
- be a person with "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity" (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
- be an international student from a nation that is underrepresented in the technical communication field
Selection Factors
The scholarship will be given to the graduate student who best meets the eligibility criteria and who exhibits the most potential in the field of Technical and Scientific Communication in his or her studies and research, as determined by the Diversity Scholarship review panel.
Applicants must submit an application form with all needed attachments by March 20, 2013. The scholarship committee will notify the recipients of the scholarship by e-mail no later than April 20, 2013.
NOTE: The scholarship recipient must attend the CPTSC conference to receive the scholarship.
Submission Guidelines
All application materials are to be submitted electronically in one PDF file to firstname.lastname@example.com. Label the file in the following way: CPTSC_DiversityAward_YourLastName_FirstName.pdf. See the Bedford/St. Martin's Scholarship application form for the list of materials to be submitted.
If you have any questions, please email Han Yu at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Established in 1998, the CPTSC Service Award honors members with a distinguished service history.
Persons nominated to receive the Distinguished Service Award will in general possess the following characteristics and attributes:
- They must be members of CPTSC at the time of their nomination.
- They should be members of long standing in CPTSC with at least seven consecutive years of membership sometime during their careers. The Distinguished Service Selection Committee (DSSC) can recommend exceptions to this rule but only for members of extraordinary merit.
- The nominees must have made significant long-term contributions to programming in technical communication. It is expected the DSSC will consider only members who have established significant careers in technical communication programming, working both on the local and the national levels. The key question will be, "have technical communication programs been significantly affected in a positive manner by this person's career"?
Honorary Distinguished Service Award
The DSSC of the Executive Committee with the advice of the DSSC may from time to time choose non-members to receive an Honorary Distinguished Service Award. Such honorary recipients should have made significant contributions to CPTSC or to programming in technical communication. This contribution could be either as a career-long emphasis or as a significant special contribution.
Past Recipients
2014 Tracy Bridgeford
2013 Kelli Cargile Cook and Nancy Walters Coppola
2011 Stuart Selber
2010 Jan Tovey (posthumously), Jeff Grabill
2009 Gerald Savage | Honorary DSW Michael Steehouder
2008 Bruce Maylath | Honorary DSW Donald Cunningham
2007 Sherry Little, James Zappen
2006 Karen Schnakenberg
2005 Katherine Staples
2004 Ken Rainey, Debby Andrews
2003 Steve Bernhardt
2002 Dan Riordan
2001 Carolyn Rude
2000 Mary Coney
1999 Thomas Warren, Laurie Hayes
1998: Tom Pearsall, Virginia Book, Marilyn Samuels
CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment
This award recognizes outstanding contributions that individuals, collaborators, or teams have made to program assessment in technical and scientific communication.
CPTSC is pleased to reinvigorate the award in 2014. Read the CFP here.
The Committee for the 2014 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment selects the Bachelor of Science Program in Professional Communication and Emerging Media at University Wisconsin Stout for outstanding contributions that its faculty have made to program assessment in technical and scientific communication in the area of Implementation.
2014 Award-winning Program
The Committee for the 2014 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment selects the Bachelor of Science Program in Professional Communication and Emerging Media at University Wisconsin Stout for outstanding contributions that its faculty have made to program assessment in technical and scientific communication in the area of Implementation.
2014 Award-winner
The Committee for the 2014 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment selects Dr. Charles Sides for outstanding contributions to program assessment in technical and scientific communication as a practitioner and editor in the area of Service.
2010 Award-winning Book
Assessment in Technical and Professional Communication
The second annual CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment recipients were Margaret Hundleby, PhD and Jo Allen, PhD, for their contribution to program assessment scholarship. Their co-edited volume Assessment in Technical and Professional Communication, Baywood Publishing, is the first full-length compilation of assessment work in the field of technical and professional communication. Their comprehensive work, with its multiple perspectives and approaches, exemplifies the understanding that meaningful assessment is always unique to a program's institutional setting. See full announcement.
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Is there a reason why neowin has stopped posting about apple news lately? The developer portal hack that started last Thursday and that Apple acknowledged on Sunday wasn't posted on FPN until yesterday. The problem was/is that every other tech site picked up on it on Sunday and posted it. Why not neowin? Also, Apple posted a big news update yesterday afternoon in regards to the dev portal and gave a link to a status page. Why hasn't neowin reported on this yet?
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Can anyone share their tips & tricks for living car-free with a baby? I'm ready to get rid of our household's only car - I've put only 306 miles on it since January 1 (my husband refuses to learn standard shift so I do all the family driving) and with the exception of the trip to have it inspected, could have done all of those trips by foot, bike, transit, or car-share with a little planning.
But, we're expecting our first child in October and everyone thinks we're insane to get rid of the car, which is making me waver. It's a great car, bought used so it's fully paid for, and it is nice to have it when we want it. On the "get rid of the car" side of the equation, we both bike to work (and I get free transit passes through my work for when I don't bike), there are four car-share cars within four blocks, three grocery stores within walking distance (one of which gives you and your groceries a free ride home), and someone is giving us a burley trailer as a baby present. Daycare is three blocks away. The pediatrician is just a few transit stops away. On the "keep the car" side, there's convenience and what currently seems like overwhelming societal pressure.
So, somebody, give me a little push! Tell me how easy it is!


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Server side isn't possible in his case (I wonder how he was able to find hosting which is so bad that they don't support php or asp atleast xD).
@primexx isn't using external xml files for each language it actually making worse? since you're doing additional http request
Easiest would be just a index php with language detect from ip and then load the correct php file with "include", I'd just get a better hosting to be honest
It's really cheap! Do don't consider it as a webhost, more like I pay only for the domain and they provide a flat-easy only HTML webhosting for that. It's costs 20EUR for 3 years, aprox less then 30$. So for this price? Will you get a domain name + proper webhosting? Doubt it...or?!
Actually, previously I had website where I made my language change with a simple PHP, without knowing PHP even. Anyway, now I have this host, what can I do? I don't want to spend more on then it's actually worth. HTML5 is nice nowadays and in most chases should be enought.
i'm not sure you *have* to use javascript. I played with XML and XSLT a long time ago, which is very powerful once you figure out the basics of how it works. You can just make multiple XML files each with a different language which contains all the words on the page (using custom structure/tags, since XML uses arbitrary tags), in each XML reference an XSLT stylesheet, which you can use to render it to html, and in the XSLT make reference to a CSS file to style the HTML that just got derived from your XML file. That way you can just have links to each XML file for the different languages, but still only have one-ish place to edit to change the style.
obviously, just as hacky as the aforementioned suggestions, the best is still to do it server-side, so much easier.
OK. Might dig in a bit into that...althou I started to structure it with the above suggestions.
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Popes Francis and Benedict canonize predecessors
Pope Francis declared Popes John XXIII and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday in an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square.
John Paul II shrine in Northeast renamed after canonization
Catholics in Washington are celebrating the sainthood of John Paul II by renaming a shrine devoted to his legacy.
Washington seminary prepares for Sunday's canonization
The Blessed John Paul II Seminary in Northeast Washington, D.C. is preparing for the canonization of its namesake, Pope John Paul II on Sunday.
Popes John Paul II and John XXIII headed for sainthood
Pope Francis announced Monday that two of his recent predecessors, Popes John Paul II and John XXIII, will be canonized as saints next spring.
Pope Francis clears John Paul II for sainthoodComment
Catholics in the D.C. area, including Cardinal Donald Wuerl the Archbishop of Washington, were excited today when the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, which sets up a dual canonization along with another beloved pope, John XXIII.
Rome square renamed for John Paul IIComment
A corner of a big Rome piazza, known for hosting free rock concerts and political rallies, will be renamed after late pontiff John Paul II, with Pope Francis coming to the unveiling ceremony Sunday.
John Paul II beatified before 1.5M faithful, moves closer to sainthoodComment
After years marred by church scandal, Pope John Paul II moved a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history.
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Pope John Paul II has touched many lives, and the Catholic church may officially make him a saint. Preparations for his beatification - the last formal step before possible sainthood - got under way Friday.
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kiln conversion?
I just got a old Blue Diamond ceramic kiln and I am wondering if anyone has done a kiln to pizza oven conversion ? I was thinking of a barrel vault design anyway and then came across this. It is 29" inside dia. Im thinking I can use the half barrel shape placed on a base. Does it make sense to do additional layer of fire brick for more heat holding power ? The fire brick the kiln is made with is very light weight compared to the fire brick I removed from a old backyard BBQ. Will the heavier brick hold temps better ?
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Kilns and ovens do not serve the same function. The insulating firebrick do not have enough mass to serve as an oven, although you may be able to reuse a few as a thermal break to build an oven.
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Tom, that's not entirely true.
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Indyoven, it's probably pretty feasible to convert a regular into an upside down raku kiln. If you've got the kiln, this is probably the route I'd take.
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That is a pretty limited and specialized use. I have a 1400 degree heat gun I could cook pizza with if I wanted to, but that doesn't make it a pizza oven.
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Tom, they happen to be using it for Neapolitan pizza, but you could just as easily use it for NY as well. Between those two applications, I hardly see it as 'specialized.' The output might be a bit of a question mark, but, since they're using it in restaurant setting, it can't be that horrible.
And, as advanced as your pizzamaking skills are, I'm sorry, but you can't make those pizzas with a heat gun.
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Sure I can, I have.
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Here is the thing with using a kiln to cook pizzas. It will certainly do it, it gets hot enough. What it can not do is do so efficiently, anymore than my flamethrower can.
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Pictures, or it didn't happen :)
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And, compared to a WFO? You've got no heat going up a chimney here, so that, in itself, makes for much better efficiency.
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No, the difference between a kiln and an oven is that the insulation is the refractory in the kiln and hence has no mass to hold and conduct the heat. To use a kiln as an oven you have to continue to input heat.
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Statement of NDC of DPRK Supported by Mexican Political Party Leader
| Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Jesus Antonio Carlos Hernandez, general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, made public a statement on Mar. 19 in support of the statement of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK.
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The People's Socialist Party of Mexico fully supports the statement the NDC of the DPRK released to cope with the U.S. maneuvers, regarding it as an expression of the independent and patriotic stand of the government and people of the DPRK.
The U.S., head of the imperialists, is seriously engaged in aggression, plot-breeding and arbitrariness against other countries by force and styles itself an "international gendarme" and a "police officer" of humankind. These unpardonable acts, however, do not have any legal, historical and moral value.
All progressive people point an accusing finger at the U.S. for its hypocritical act of styling itself a "human rights judge" without feeling any slightest compunction of conscience even though it facilitated and engineered coups to overturn legitimate governments and social systems in other countries, killed innocent people irrespective of sex and age and inflicted pain on them on the strength of "mightiness" which it acquired before and after the Second World War.
The U.S. imperialists are already on their downhill turn and are being thrown deep into the garbage ground of history.
The Korean people will certainly achieve a victory in the new offensive aimed at terminating the U.S. ceaseless provocations with an indomitable will as they did in the 1950s.
The People's Socialist Party of Mexico sends firm solidarity again to the heroic Koreans led by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
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Elena Misirkova's concert was the highlight and cultural contribution of the republics of Macedonia and Austria at the GALILEO Application Days (GAD) in Brussels at the beginning of March.
In Austria on March 4, the concert pianist and cultural ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia presented 700 enthusiastic concertgoers an exciting as well as captivating Galileo concert in the Charlemagne Conference Center at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.
This concert was the second by Elena Misirkova in the Galileo concert series and presented the artistic center's events at GAD. These events are presented by the European Commission, organized by the GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) and the Application Center for Satellite Navigation in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany), supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia and the Austrian Cultural Forum in Brussels.
850 international scientists listened to Elena Misirkova's playing.
Projection of Elena Misirkova's concert onto a video wall - with the EU Charlesmagne Conference Center in Brussels in the background
The festive speech about Elena Misirkova's concert was given by the GSA's chief press officer, Donna Reay, and the marketing director of the Oberpfaffenhofen Application Center, Ulrike Daniels, who organized this unique event to great success, with 850 international scientists and leaders from all different disciplines.
Elena Misirkova thrilled the audience on a Bösendorfer 280 concert grand with works by Macedonian composer Vlastimir Nikolovski, Frédéric Chopin (Chopin year) and Austrian composer Werner Pirchner. The first person to congratulate Misirkova on her success was the general director of the GSA, who gave her a bouquet of flowers, and many important representatives of European institutions congratulated her as well.
Additional Galileo concerts with Elena Misirkova are being planning by the GSA presenters - in Brussels and Paris in particular. Likewise, Galileo concert will be presented in Germany (Oberpfaffenhofen, Duisburg, Bremen), Austria (Graz,Salzburg), and, this September, one in Skopje.
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One of the themes to which Lawrence Ferlinghetti has often returned is the idea that there is a real America still to be discovered. This becomes the subject of a later poem, "After the Cries of the Birds". Ferlinghetti's poetry derives from the way in which his honesty and creativity mix with his responses to actuality, be it life in San Francisco, social inequality or oppression, politics or travel. In July 1966 Ferlinghetti, who was already much travelled in the external world, took an internal journey by taking LSD for the first time. There might well be a relationship between this event and "After The Cries Of The Birds". It is plain enough that the poem is a response to both interior and external voyages and …
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In a confirmation that the NDA government has been informally asking UPA-appointed Governors to step down, Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Wednesday said he got two calls from Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami last week, asking him to demit office. He said he had no objection to the Centre's decision to replace Governors but objected to the manner in which the government was asking him to quit the constitutional post.
"Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami called me twice last week, asking me to demit office. I didn't reply to him nor expressed my views.
The Governor's post is a constitutional post. He is a representative of the President of India. He is appointed by the President. No responsible person has asked me in writing to relieve the post," the Governor told The Indian Express. "No position in a democracy is permanent. If an appropriate decision-making authority asks me to resign, I will definitely think over it."
"I am not objecting to the Centre's decision to change the Governor. I am only pointing to the process initiated. It is being orally conveyed, which is surprising," he said. He said a Governor is appointed according to the Constitution and there is no confusion as to who has the authority to remove him or ask him to step down.
Raj Bhavan officials confirmed to The Indian Express that Sankaranarayanan was upset with the way he was being asked to step down. "The Governor's objection relates to the manner in which the process of replacement has been initiated. He is not in any mood of defiance or holding on to the post. On the contrary, he is looking forward to moving ahead to active politics in his home state Kerala," said an official.
The Governor spoke to the media a day after Home Minister Rajnath Singh indicated that the government wanted the UPA-appointed Governors to step down, saying had he been in their place he would have quit office.
Many of the UPA-appointed Governors said they have not received any indication from the government so far to step down and preferred not to join issue or be part of the raging political controversy. The Congress has already flashed the 2010 ruling of the Supreme Court at the government and asked it to follow the order in true letter and spirit.
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I currently pay for Aflac plan that pays disability after 7 day elimation period. My employer pays for Unum which does the same thing. Doesn't seem right to file with both, but at the same time, both policies are there and payed for. If not, which one's better? (Generally speaking, of course).
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