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The passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (HR 6331) came after a great deal of advocacy by physician groups, including the American Academy of Neurology Professional Association (AANPA). Specifically, AANPA sent four action alerts asking Academy members to contact their members of Congress in both the House and Senate. At least 1,500 Academy members responded to one of these alerts.
"The response to action alerts on HR 6331 was unprecedented," said AANPA Legislative Affairs Committee Chair David Charles, MD. "Access to care for Medicare beneficiaries is clearly the top issue of importance to members and the number of members willing to contact Congress was a key reason for winning this close vote."
Neurology-on-the-Hill was also a key component of the AANPA's efforts. In May over 100 Academy members visited more than half of all US congressional offices to discuss physician reimbursement issues.
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Bollywood actress Ayesha Takia, who is married to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi's son, clearly mentioned on Twitter yesterday night that she doesn't believe in what her father-in-law said about women. Ayesha's tweet says: "My father-in-law is the head of our family, we all love and respect him a lot. I have my own mindset which doesn't have to match with everyone even when it's some one I care for, love and respect deeply."
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Joining a list of leaders who made controversial remarks following the Delhi gangrape incident, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi on Tuesday said women should not go out with men other than relatives and agreed with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's view that most rapes take place in cities and not villages.
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When the doc has the stethoscope in his ears, that's not the time to add critical bits of history. And that's never the time to add worthless bits of history.
We don't have samples in the ER. The few times we do, the docs and the staff take them home way before you ask.
"I came because I couldn't afford my prescriptions" is heard as "You work for free, so I came here".
"I have medicaid" is heard as "You can buy it for me".
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Things got heated Saturday when the Community Brainstorming Conference touched on the issue of proposed legislation to slash pay for Milwaukee County supervisors and cut the County Board's budget by two-thirds.
State Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) defended her decision to sign on as a co-sponsor to a bill by Rep. Joe Sanfelippo (R-West Allis), saying that doing so was not a betrayal of her work for the community.
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Hello there I don't know if it is a new idea but I haven't seen any similar topic.
I always browse armor games(disqus is underlining armor and it self ) and I like different kind of games actually I love all the games here but especially upgrade games and quests and puzzles so I was wondering maybe you can make filter and help me out here!!
I am browsing manually and I almost broke the random button :P
notice: If this is not the right place don't ban me.
Haha you didn't get it the filter should be made for multiple categories
I want a game of those categories:1)quest.2)puzzle.can you manually do that?
maybe yes but it will take a long time unless you know a couple of games from those categories.
the game is offs3t it is awesome and love it!
because those two are my favourite categories.
I hope I can more yet I can't it will take me a month or so to find 7 to 15 games.
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The link that R2 provided is the best so far. It's not something that can be done overnight, and they've attempted to do so via the help of users. So yeah, you could chip in too.
@nichodemus I know that!
that is why I named this topic a (New idea!)
I want filters to access games that have multiple categories that I want!!
for example:
filter for three categories:
2)good music.
I dare you to find find at least 10 games like those with out the filter and yes it take a while but I will wait.
You could suggest it to the devs directly. @Ferret. For me, I do not think it an absolutely pertinent suggestion, perhaps a nice little luxury, but the tags seem to be doing fine for now. It's just a matter of opening up multiple games in multiple windows, scanning the tags, and closing the tab that does not fit into your criterion. Besides, the tagging isn't completely done yet, meaning, most games have at least one or two tags, but not all ''ossible'' tags.
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Am I financially abusive? :s(70 Posts)
Name changed.
Me and OH rent together, are not married but have children together. At the minute we are very happy.
However after reading lots of posts on here I'm terrified I'm not treating him right re money. He is currently on JSA while I receive the usual tax credits etc.
I hate him buying things for himself.
If he spends more than a few pounds i ask him to tell me exactly how much he has left and if he can afford the bills.
I have a few hundred sitting in my bank, he has nothing. When he was desperate for some money for cigs (I don't smoke) I took a long time to give him £3.
He 'owes' me £70 as I paid for the removal van to our new house. He is struggling to pay me back.
I take him to sign on some can never forget an appointment.
He could do with some type of transport but I don't really want to put money towards a bike/moped,
I made him cancel a standing order to a charity (he'd only signed up cos he was to embarrassed to say no)
In contrast, when he got quite a good job earlier in the year, he sent me money if I asked for it, sent flowers to my door, bought me a v expensive gift and treated us to meals out/takeaways as often as I wanted it.
On the flip side, he has been fucking terrible with money in the past.
Got involved with wonga etc and is now in a debt management plan.
Used to pay our rent late. Forgot to pay council tax for about 3 months.
Forgot to sign on a few times last year and as a result we got sanctioned.
There are more!
He's trying hard and is much better now but am I right to keep an eye on him (as it were ) or should I just leave him be?
I know I'm a bit of a control freak yes. But last year I saved us from losing our home.
An advice? I want to keep making this guy happy.
Why does he have to go cold turkey? He can get patches and even Champix if he qualifies for it, on the NHS.
My bf is like this. Lovely, kind (also shy) - but some sort of butterfingers when it comes to money.
I don't do debt. Ever.
If we live together I know our relationship will be like yours. I worry I'm controlling too! NOt sure what to think about it...
Expat - tbf, I watched him put a patch on once. Within minutes he was vomiting everywhere and his arm turned red. I don't like smoking but I felt really sorry for him then and didn't think he should us them again. But I was pregnant and weepy!
Thebighouse - it's hard isnt it? You feel like you can't win. Maybe see how good your bf is with saving up for a house with you? If he could commit to that then it's a good start?
Loveyou: Yes I think that is sensible. I get the feeling sometimes that he'd actually PREFER me to just take control of it all. :-/
I agree that you both sound like nice people - each aware that you have a problem, and willing to do something about those problems if not always able to. It's also quite handy that your problems are complementary.
But. I would say that you're veering close to abusive/controlling. I'll specify: you're harbouring a grudge over the £70 removal. From this distance, you look slightly insane about that - you wanted him to move, you had the £70 and he didn't. Even if he meant to pay it, the fact is he couldn't have moved in with you if you hadn't paid. It's morally wrong for you to cavil about it. The way you've written about him here is contemptuous at many points. You want to control what he spends his money on, as well as how much. That's infantilising him, at best; abusive at worst.
The big, defining question is: Do you each have an equal amount of 'spending' money? I don't mean things like fares and pizzas, which should be budgeted for, but frittering cash that he might spend on fags where you buy handbags, or whatever your thing might be.
If yes, then give up controlling how he spends his and enjoy your mutually-supportive arrangements. If not - you're behaving selfishly, you're not on 'his team', and I would call you abusive.
Just thinking about this from a personal perspective:-
Most people have some eccentricities in their attitude to money. Some, like me, get a sense of 'mattering', of validation if you like, by spending it. I'm aware of this and manage it, but imperfectly. Some other people get their sense of 'mattering' through using money to buy power, for instance, or to buy ostentatious jewellery. My mum uses money to enhance her prowess at gardening: that's her spending for validation. Yet other people get their sense of validation through money by hoarding it; they feel a sense of mastery by holding their money close.
I get the impression that your DP's somewhat like me: if he can buy daily pleasures with money, be they cigarettes or flowers to make you smile, he feels that all's right with the world and money's working OK for him. Are you a 'hoarder'? If so, your styles are indeed complementary but I think you need a brighter awareness of how it's working. Don't try to make him more like you; use your prudence to allow him to be more like himself
I'd wait until he repays the $70 he 'owes' you before letting him sleep in the same room as you......
Inconsiderate selfish bastard that he is.
Yes, I'm joking of course, in the same way the OP has to joking about him owing her 70 quid, and her checking how much he's spending each day, because really, she can't be serious - can she?
Presumably then when he starts working its all his money and you wont want any of it given you dont share any of yours (all be it benefits as you mention no salary).
How on earth can he owe you money for working, if a man made that comment he would be lynched on MN!!
This is tricky - I don't think treating a partner in this way is good but I can see why you do.
I struggled massively with an ex who had poor budgeting skills. I controlled all the money to ensure mortgage and other bills were paid. He spent what he liked. I policed. He spent. I policed. So I got to feel like the villain, he got nagged and I had no money because I was always bailing him out
I eventually set up two separate accounts. The bills came from a joint account and surplus was split into these separate accounts. He continued to use the joint credit card (for petrol and food shopping) and spent all of his account...coming to me for extra. He bought me a very expensive Christmas present... On the joint credit card. The debt of my 'present' hung over me for a year
I eventually left him before he dragged us into bankruptcy. Tragic because I'd loved him but I couldn't manage with the stress of his poor money skills
As I said, I need it back for the car tax soon. I'm not loaded.
And yes, once he's got a job, if the bills etc he agreed to pay are paid, he can do what he likes with any disposable income!
When I say he used the joint credit card...I mean he used it for what he wanted rather than just the joint bills sit was intended for
That was for happymummy
Tired - that sounds stressful
I don't think I could ever have a joint account with him. It would bring credit rating down. Maybe I'll get flamed for that, but credit is important, and I've been really careful and gone without to make sure I don't end up in debt.
Bring my credit rating down*
I can understand where a lot of this comes from if he is bad with money and agrees this is the case. He also asks for your help to curb his spending. In a partnership each person has strengths and weaknesses and I don't think it's a bad thing to accept that we all have our weaknesses and split responsibilities to work around this.
But maybe things could be arranged slightly differently so it's less 'controlly'. What is your joint income? take the necessities from this, agree a personal spending limit for each of you to have separately to spend as you wish and he has full access to this. Once it's gone he needs to rein in his spending to the minimal (eg no nights out) money for short term savings and money for long-term saving for both of you. As you say if you both were like him you would be in financial trouble so it's good IMO for you to have control of financial buffers and savings. but it should be transparent and you should go over budgets together. Maybe more understanding and having to think about it will improve his financial acumen.
It's a bit mean to 'take a long time' to give him some money.
Waffly - thank you. That's good advice. Joint income at the minute is about 1200 a month. I certainly don't want to be controlly, as it were.
Just thinking... I have a current account I don't use anymore, with a chip and pin card. Maybe we could pool money into there and share the card?
Ok so just worked out outgoings etc, and currently I have about £100 more left than he does.
So what do i do with that? Anything?
If he's that bad with money, I don't recommend learning with a card - it's too abstract.
DP is not great with money & when we were particularly short a few years ago & he had absolutely nothing left after debt repayments, the best way we found of budgeting was to take out £70 every Sunday night and put it in the "shopping wallet" - if either of us was going to get food in, we took that (mostly him so it worked). It did not get topped up again. If it ran out, it ran out. He bought groceries, petrol (for his use), and could spend anything left or we'd put it in jar to save for treats.
Having the reminder every time you open the wallet that "shit, it's Wednesday and only 30 quid left - better put this back then" was helpful. You don't have to keep a running total in your head or remember to look it up and handing over 20 quid LOOKS different to handing over a fiver. (Plus you don't have that "oh they charge for cards if you spend under a tenner, I'll add a bottle of wine to take me over")
Having no discretionary spending money at all is both depressing and also means he has no sense of it disappearing IYSWIM.
I wouldn't do the shared card account thing. He'll fritter it by the middle of the month you will both be skint, by the sounds of things.
I'd try to change your mindset from 'I have 100 more than him to after we allocate each other equal personal spending budgets we have £100 left, if your aim is to have stable finances but be less controlly.
Put it into short-term savings/buffer/emergency fund? If it builds up move to long-term? spend it on something fun?!
slightly's model sounds sensible.
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Talk about starting the week on a wrong foot and Yours Truly was a victim of this adage this week. It all started Monday morning when I discovered that I had lost my cell phone charger. Since then I have maniacally searched every nook and corner, turned everything upside down at home, at work, but still no trace of it. The charger has literally developed wings and disappeared from the face of the earth. Finally unable to bear the dying, gasping sounds from the phone I put my dear cell phone to "rest".
I feel so lost without my cell phone. I use it to text messages, see the time, store addresses, traffic alerts, and use it as an alarm and what have you. And oh wait; did I mention that I use it to make phone calls too?
Nah, it's not what you think, it's not the toddler this time, don't ask me why, but the little boy is clean as a whistle
To say that I have been pre-occupied with myself thinking about the lost charger would be an under statement. I sometimes walk around like a detective, re-trace my steps the day I last charged the phone; imagine possibilities of where it could be, search in some remote non-existing corner; re-search in already explored places etc. Tracing, tracking is becoming my all consuming passion and obsession and is putting me in sticky and undesirable situations.
Conversation with my husband the day my cell phone died, "Why aren't you answering your phone?" I replied "Don't even get me started! I mean what age are we living in? Are we part of the wireless age or what? Somebody has to come up with a way to transmit electricity in air. That will put an end to so many junk plastic wires, save trees, save the environment and we won't have to watch The Inconvenient Truth". Well, I could not blame him, I did not know what I was talking either.
Two days later at the weekly status meeting, my Manager asked "Red C, were you able to find the reason for the scanner connectivity issue? "With my mind fixated on my lost charger, I replied "No Andy, I have looked for it everywhere, but still could not find it". "Did you look for it on Google?" I immediately blurted "So Google is now capable of looking for my lost charger?" That didn't go a wee bit well with my Manager to say the least.
With all hopes quashed of ever finding the charger, I have now resorted to last option of praying. I even have a theory on that. Since the Hindu mythology claims to have 33 crore Gods, maybe there is one special God for the cell phone charger and maybe I need to pray to that God…
Last Known Update: Red C is continuing moving around like a zombie searching for the missing charger, while the husband to bring back normalcy in the household and put an end to the "wonderful" ideas has decided to order a new charger.


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Researchers including one of Indian-origin have developed a new technique combining conventional medical imaging with 3-D modelling methods that could offer new hope to victims of serious facial injuries.
In case of face transplantation, facial tissue from a donor is transferred to reconstruct the defect, restore essential life-sustaining functions like breathing, chewing and speaking and, above all, re-establish normal human appearance.
"This surgery is for patients with devastating injuries to the face, who have lost their ability to smell, eat and engage socially and have no other conventional treatment options," Vijay S. Gorantla, administrative medical director of the Reconstructive Transplantation Program at UPMC, said.
Medical imaging plays a major role in the entire spectrum of face transplantation, ranging from patient selection, donor and recipient surgical planning, and postoperative assessment of returning motor and sensory function.
Face transplantation is a lengthy, complicated procedure that involves reconstruction of multiple tissues like skin, muscle, blood vessels, nerves and bone by a team of surgeons.
By combining information from multiple imaging exams and creating a sophisticated 3-D computer model, the researchers were better able to assess the facial structure and contours, the underlying bone, muscles, nerves and vessels, as well as the extent of damage.
Using sophisticated computer-modelling software, lead researcher by Darren M. Smith and Gorantla, along with Joseph Losee, M.D., integrated information from 3-D CT, CT angiography, MRI and high-definition tractography to create a 3-D model of the patient"s head and neck anatomy.
The same type of modelling technology is often used in movies to animate computer-generated characters with detailed three-dimensional human features and realistic expressions.
"We have integrated data from multiple imaging sources into a single 3-D representation that allows for real-time user interaction and modification," Smith said.
"In assessing eligibility for this procedure, it is critical to understand whether the patient has enough blood vessels and bone structure to support new facial tissue. This 3-D modelling helps us customize the procedure to the patient's individual anatomy so that the donor tissue will fit like a puzzle piece onto the patient's face," he said.
Using computer modeling, the team also overlaid the patient model with a polygon mesh of a generic human face and then customized it to the recipient facial anatomy.
According to Smith, the ability to manipulate this 3-D facial envelope over the residual face model allows the entire surgical team to participate in planning exactly where bone, blood vessel and nerves will be cut and connected, as well as to evaluate the outcomes of reconstructive transplantation, including nerve regeneration within the transplanted facial tissue.
"The goal of face transplantation is not just structural," Gorantla said.
"It is about restoring function, so that patients are once again able to chew their food, smile and regain the most important aspect of a normal face – to look human," he added.
The study was recently presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.


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Eric Whiting is an architect in Saratoga Springs, NY who designed and built this recumbent trike. I am certainly no expert on recumbents, but the trike looks nice and features a pretty slick carbon fiber seat/ fender. In addition to the renderings and prototype photos, Eric sent me a 19-page pdf document that included his research, concept sketches, and development renderings. It also chronicled the construction of the prototype and showed images of the finished trike in use. I wish I could share the entire pdf with you, because it is a great example of a well documented design process. Unfortunately I can't do so on the blog, so I have picked out just a few images.
Eric has a few pictures of the completed trike on a geocities page. He says he plans to put more images of his trike project on the web in the near future. When he does, I will update this post to point to the new site.
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Hi James, thanks for the kind words… just one small point if I may – Velo Vision magazine content IS available online, in full, just not for free (sorry, gotta pay those bills)! See:
All the best,
Peter – Velo Vision
November 1, 2008 at 11:41 am -
Couldn't the aero wheels be obviated with some minor changes to the seat/fender mould to make it even more of a fairing?
November 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm -
Gas prices at this time in Lexington, KY are around $2.00 a gal. However, the oil companies hook us and then have us pay more for gas inn cycles. I don't trust them and I will continue to ride my electric bike as much as possible.
By the way, these are the most incredible bikes I have ever seen. Thanks for an incredible blog!
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Thanks for that correction Peter. The online content is here for those of you who can't click through to the link.


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Franklin County authorities said a father and teenage son who had been missing for more than a week were located Thursday evening in the Moselle area east of St. Clair.
Michael Hill, 36, and his son, David Hill, 16, were located at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday on land where they had been camping off of Mill Spring Road.
Except for multiple bug bites, the two appeared to be unharmed, Sheriff Gary Toelke said.
According to the sheriff, the son went to a home in the area about 5 p.m. to ask for water, and the resident later called the sheriff's office and said the teen was last seen walking west along the railroad tracks.
Deputies responded to the area and began walking the tracks. At a point near Mill Spring Road, they noticed footprints in the mud leading away from the tracks. They followed them and heard people talking in the woods.
During questioning, the father told deputies they were heading for Branson, Mo., the sheriff said. St. Louis County Police Public Information Officer Randy Vaughan told The Missourian on Friday that Michael Hill's mother lives in Branson and the two were on their way to stay with her.
"Our investigators were called in after they were located," Vaughan said. "It was determined that they both were safe and that the 16-year-old was not in danger."
The sheriff said the two, from Illinois, had been staying in a tent in the area. Vaughan said they had some money in their possession.
Authorities have been searching for the two since they were last seen on July 2 in the Pacific Palisades area along the Meramec River in western St. Louis County.
Michael Hill's wife reported them missing after the man and his son told family members they were going fishing and did not return.
The men were last seen on foot in the area of the river access carrying bags that possibly contained fishing equipment, police said.
Officers searched the river extensively, but found no evidence that the Hills had drowned.
Late last week, authorities found some evidence indicating that the two were in the Moselle area. A search was launched from the Chouteau Claim river access off of Highway AH on Friday evening, July 5. The Meramec and Bourbeuse rivers meet at that access area.
Vaughan said the father's dog tags were among the items found in a bag under a railroad trestle not too far from the access point.
"That specifically told us they were there and that they had not drowned," Vaughan said. "We were absolutely confident at that time that they were still alive."
Vaughan said St. Louis County investigators questioned the father and son after they were found, and then they were released.
"There still do not appear to be any crimes committed," he said.
Vaughan said the Hills said they thought there was an ongoing search for them, but they did not know for sure.
The PIO said he did not know why the two of them decided to walk along the railroad tracks to Branson after leaving Pacific Palisades, which is estimated to be about 12 to 15 miles away.
He did say, however, that Michael Hill decided on the spur of the moment to leave his wife and to take his son with him.
"He said it was not planned, but a spontaneous thing," Vaughan said. "It appears to have been a domestic situation that had been increasing."
The family from northern Illinois was visiting the St. Louis area and had been staying in a cabin near Eureka, authorities said.
"There was a lot of time, effort and money spent on this case," Vaughan said. "We couldn't be happier that everyone is safe. Hopefully, this case is closed."


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After so many years of hopeless waiting, Mockito 2.x is released to solve many problems that most of the android developers were having in their tests.
There are great features of Mockito 2.x which includes:
- Finally mocking final classes and methods.
- Support for Java 8.
- Migration from CGLIB to ByteBuddy.
But if you are having today large tests written in Mockito 1.x, will it be an easy task to migrate?
Unfortunately, the migration most probably will be a painful task because Mockito 2.x does not respect the old behavior of Mockito 1.x. Adding to this complexity, If you are having PowerMock in your old tests, then you will have to face another dimension of complexity since most of PowerMock's versions are having integration issues with Mockito 2.x.
Regarding PowerMock's early issues with Mockito 2.x, PowerMock team announced that PowerMock 1.6.5 has an experimental support for Mockito 2.x but unfortunately it was not that great. It has some problems with Mockito 2.x.
In the beginning when just changing Mockito version to 2.x in your build.gradle file, you may find more than 50% of your tests were failing due to a lot of issues, Null pointer exceptions, compilation errors, No class definition found, un-expected thrown exception, …etc, and this is how you may look in the beginning of the migration.
Do not panic and do not be sad, this blog post mentions some of the important challenges that you may face during the migration and tips to overcome these challenges to save your time.
1. Use the proper PowerMock's Mockito API extension
powermock-api-mockito extension does not work with Mockito 2.x, you will have the following exception when running your unit tests if you stick to the old extension:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/mockito/cglib/proxy/MethodInterceptor at org.powermock.api.mockito.internal.mockmaker.PowerMockMaker.<init>(PowerMockMaker.java:43) ... Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.mockito.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ... 40 more
In order to fix this issue, you should use the right Mockito's API extension which is:
2. Avoid using Incompatible versions of Mockito and PowerMock
Always make sure to use compatible versions of Mockito and PowerMock, for example the following two versions are compatible:
- PowerMock version 1.7.0 RC2.
- Mockito version 2.1.0.
3. Say Goodbye to Mockito's Whitebox
Mockito 2.x does not have Whitebox anymore.
So what is the solution then?
Initially, you can use PowerMock's Whitebox instead of the removed Mockito's 2.x Whitebox. However, you need to know that this does not come without problems, one of the problem which I reported to PowerMock's issues is (
org.powermock.reflect.exceptions.FieldNotFoundException: No instance field named XXX could be found in the class hierarchy):
So if the initial solution does not work with you, why not writing your own one, it is not really hard.
4. Using the Right Matchers
Never forget to always use org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers instead of the old org.mockito.Matchers.
For example, replace the old matcher imports:
import static org.mockito.Matchers.any; import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyBoolean; import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyInt; import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString; import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
With the following ones:
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any; import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean; import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt; import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString; import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
And so on with other matchers.
5. anyInt() does not match Long literals anymore
After the upgrade, you may find anyInt() does not work because it cannot match long literals such as 0L for example :).
So in order to fix this issue, just replace anyInt() with anyLong() and you will be fine.
OT note, if you can match with the actual value instead of anyXXX(), this can be much better and will give your test more transparency.
6. anyString() does not now match null anymore
This can fail many tests, anyString() now does not include null anymore in Mockito 2.x. This applies also to any(xxx), for example, any(InputStream.class) does not now match null in Mockito 2.x as well.
Again OT note, if you can match with the actual value instead of anyXXX(), this can be much better and will give your test more transparency.
7. Mockito 2.7.1 is not a real friend to PowerMock
Unfortunately, if you use PowerMock 1.6.5 or even PowerMock 1.7.0RC2 with Mockito 2.7.1 (the latest version at the time of writing this post), you will find the following exception with
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method org.mockito.internal.stubbing.answers.DoesNothing.<init>()V from class org.powermock.api.mockito.PowerMockito
Fortunately, this issue is fixed with PowerMock
1.7.0RC4, and below is the fix issue URL for your information:
So in summary if you use Mockito 2.7.1, do not forget to use PowerMock 1.7.0RC4.
8. Original test exceptions are wrapped as RuntimeExceptionProxy in Mockito 2.x with PowerMock
Unfortunately as a workaround, you have to modify all the broken
@Test(expected=SomeException.class) to
@Test(expected=Exception.class) since original exceptions are wrapped as Mockito
RuntimeExceptionProxy in Mockito 2.x with PowerMock.
This issue really requires further investigation to know why Mockito 2.x does this wrapping with PowerMock. if you have a better solution for this, feel free to comment to the post.
9. Move away from PowerMock and depend on Mockito 2.x only
Try to create a plan to remove PowerMock by refactoring your app classes to be testable. Mockito 2.x is really enough now.
10. Review old tests
Take this migration as a chance to review the old tests and to improve them in order to have a better maintainable tests. This can help you strengthen your product code and allow easier refactoring for the current code base without surprises.


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We live on West Sears Road, a beautiful residential street in Cheatham County. W. Sears is a dead end road, so there's one way in and one way out. There are hills and hollows and streams all around us. And there are 17+ families who enjoy the beauty of living on or below the West Sears ridge. We became aware of an impending cell tower to be built on our road by the posting of a change-of-zoning meeting that was to be held last month. This change of designation of a single lot on West Sears from "residential" to "commercial" upset us all, as I'm sure you readers would be upset to learn that your own road was targeted by a private company wanting to put a cell tower in your residentially-zoned neighborhood.
We emailed the members of the zoning commission of our concerns and were told there was nothing that could be done to stop the change of zoning because the tower was "for the public good". There are homes next to and across the road from the tower site, and yet we have to fight to try to keep this from happening. Common sense should prevail here.
The residents who would be directly impacted by a tower fail (check YouTube or Google for images of falling/burning towers) seem to have been excluded from the "public good" criteria. It is certainly not for the public good to risk putting a tower in an area surrounded by homes when there are plenty of uninhabited ridge top locations in South Cheatham Co. In an emergency, families would be cut off from emergency services and from ingress and egress to their homes, which in all likelihood would be damaged by a cell tower fail or a generator fire.
The ridge where the tower would be located sustains high winds in storms that have recently uprooted 200 year-old trees, downed power lines, isolated residents and caused an incredible amount of property damage, but fortunately, no loss of life – yet.
The SCNP Society, a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization, now exists to help all of our Cheatham neighbors fight off invasive attempts by American Tower Corp. of Boston, Mass, to put towers where our safety would be in jeopardy, our property values lowered and our beloved landscape bespoiled. When cell towers threaten your neighborhoods, we will pass along what we have learned on our journey to help you in your battle! As individuals, we may not be able to draw enough attention to issues that will affect us, but if we join together, we can move mountains!
Sandy Neese
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The INTORQ spark suppressor protects the coil and contact against impermissibly high induced voltages with switching on the DC side.
It comprises a special induction-free pulse capacitor which immediately takes up the high-speed current peaks which occur during switching operations.
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In the absence of a suppressor circuit, the spark, the induced voltage and the switch off time are all dependent on contact parting speed, air humidity, atmospheric pressure and other environmental factors.
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Mr.R.A.Israel Jebasingh (IAS - 2004 batch, All India Rank - 59)
He is an IAS Officer of 2004 batch. Prior to that he was an IRTS Officer, which means that he has successfully cleared the UPSC exam twice. Apart from his IAS Experience, he has also held top positions like CEO in corporate sector. This young IAS Officer had been in teaching profession for more than 5 years before joining IAS. His passion for teaching combined with his extensive experience both in government and private sector enables him to lead Officers IAS Academy. He is the Founder & Director of our Academy and he is available full-time. Mr.Israel Jebasingh was a topper in Public Administration Optional. He teaches Public Administration Optional Subject, Governance, Constitution, Polity, technology, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management as per the UPSC revised General Studies Papers. He is also available for Individual Counselling and Guidance to all students of Officers IAS Academy.
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He is a Chartered Accountant & Cost Accountant took the challenge of Civil Service Exam and cleared it with an All India Rank of 46 in the year 2005. After serving few years, his passion for teaching and consulting brought him to our Academy. Mr.Rangarajan Teaches polity, governance and few Current affairs classes in General Studies for students of Officers IAS Academy. He also teaches Anthropology optional subject. As an Associate Director of Officers IAS Academy. Mr.R.Rangarajan (IAS-2005 batch, All India Rank - 46) is available throughout the day for teaching and clearing doubts of students of Officers IAS Academy.
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He retired as an Additional Member in Railway Board, Government of India, during his tenure gave certain recommendations to Alagh Committee and Hota Committee on Civil Service Reforms, which had far reaching changes in the pattern of Civil Service Exam like introduction of Ethics Paper. Subramhanyan sir will play a crucial role in preparing students of Officers IAS Academy to face the UPSC Interview Board successfully. He will also teach Civil Service Conduct Rules and Case Studies in Ethics which are part of Paper 4 of General Studies Mains. Twice he got selected to the prestigious Indian Police Service (IPS), but he decided to continue in IRAS due to his love for Railways. He will also be teaching Infrastructure, Railways, Ports, and certain areas of Science which are part of General Studies syllabus to students of Officers IAS Academy.
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After joining IAS in 1972 he worked in many important departments of Government of Tamil Nadu & Government of India. He rose to the rank of Chief Secretary and retired as such in 2008. He also served as Administrative Member, Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai for five years gaining rich experience in Administrative Law. He obtained his Masters in "Public Finance" from University of Bath U.K. and Masters in Political Science with high 1st class from Utkal University.
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- Our Advisor & Visiting Faculty Mr.S. Subramhanyan, IRAS-1979 Batch Retired as Additional Member, Railway Board. His recommendations to Alagh Committee for Civil Service Reforms, resulted in a major change in the Civil Services Examination Pattern.
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She takes care of the critical roles of Finance and Administration at the academy. Coming from humble economic means, and from the rural part of india, she ensures that extra care is given to students with similar background and that these are not impediments in the pursuit of their dreams. Prior to this she had extensive experience working as a Lecturer and Administrator in several Engineering Colleges.
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On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Lillian Fleurs <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

For the record, yes Dru, yes you did begin to unzip my pants without my consent and it was not until I jerked away (not asked you what you thought you were doing) that you stopped. What you were doing definitely felt like I would have been raped had I not reacted so quickly.

@Danny: I acknowledge your point and have (hypocritically) agreed with it since final months in SF. However, it was actually the 24 hour WiFi resources within the space that allowed me to sort out my life and find a place to live outside the city as well as acquire the ride to get me out there.

sigh. i am actually kind of happy about that. i'm sorry it doesn't scale better for everyone. i'm glad you sorted out your life.

@Jeffrey: And as far as the injection goes, like I previously stated my shot was already late and I WAS looking to have it administered somewhere else. It got to the point however that my bodies hormonal levels were becoming severely unbalanced to the point of EXTREME moodiness and extremely uncomfortable heat flashes. A 22 year old girl is not suppose to suffer through menopausal symptoms. I apologize for having to take time sensitive medication that needs to be administered via injection. Perhaps this entire incident never would have happened had my doctor not prescribed me such medication. I guess I should blame her for Dru's behavior instead.

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My wife, an ardent environmentalist, donated a small amount of money to the Barack Obama campaign. Soon after making her donation, she became inundated with emails from the Democratic campaign.
Yes, I realize there is an election in just a couple of weeks, but why should she get these unsolicited calls for more money and political effort?
As someone who guards his email address from not-so-well meaning marketing types, I hate it when people assume that because they have my business card or email contact that I am going to get "informational" emails from them. A month ago, I gave my business card to a technology professional at a business association. Right away, this person added me to her email blast list, giving me updates on technology. I emailed her after a month asking to drop me from her list.
Working with interactive media, I understand the value of email messaging. Yet, when so many people overdo it, it makes it harder for online marketing professionals to use this channel.
That's why I'm encouraging people to consider a Facebook Fan Page as an alternative to email marketing. First, a business, organization or cause has to encourage people to opt in by "liking" a Facebook Fan Page. From my view, these are people who truly want to get someone's information.
If you are considering a Facebook Fan Page, here's a couple of suggestions for setting it up.
Number one: Remember Facebook is an interactive process. You, the content provider, should write material that ask others to comment on a topic.
Number two: When people respond with their own comments, the content provider should take the time to respond to them as well.
Number three: Less is more. Remember that people have other content providers competing for their time. Your posts should be such that they are willing to wait for them, especially if the content provider gives material worth reading.


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With thousands of movies and shows to choose from, it can be hard to figure out exactly what you want to watch. This is why Netflix recommendations are so useful.
Based on what you watch and how you've rated shows and movies, Netflix will come up with a list of recommendations just for you. For example, if you want the lawyer drama Suits, you may get recommendations for military drama Homeland or medical drama House, M.D.
This is the major reason to have separate profiles for the people who use your Netflix membership. If more people than just you watch shows and movies on your Netflix profile, you'll get recommendations that aren't filtered exactly for you.
After you watch a show or movie, rate it out of five stars so that Netflix can create more accurate recommendations based on things you've already seen.
Access Taste Preferences by going to Your Account and selecting Taste Preferences near the bottom of the settings page. You'll be able to fill out the survey according to how often you watch a type of show. There are multiple surveys to choose from, such as mood, genre, storylines and more. Not sure about one of the items? Select Need some examples? to see movies and shows that fit that category.
As said above, creating a separate profile will allow Netflix to filter recommendation results so that you're getting recommendations for you and not someone else. For more information on how to create a separate profile, check out our Netflix Profiles tutorial.
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Coopers shareholders stymie Lion Nathan bid
Coopers Brewery shareholders have placed the $420 million takeover bid from Lion Nathan Ltd in grave doubt after voting to strip the trans-Tasman brewer of its pre-emptive right to buy shares.
Coopers said 93.4 per cent of shareholders had voted in favour of a resolution to change the company's constitution and remove the pre-emptive right.
"(Lion Nathan chief executive) Rob Murray has gone on record as saying that he will respect the will of the shareholders and I think that we would be happy if he would stick to what he said," Coopers managing director Tim Cooper said.
"There is no point in really pursuing the issue any further, the shareholders have made it so resoundingly clear that they don't want Lion Nathan to be involved in Coopers' affairs."
Lion Nathan, which produces Tooheys, XXXX and Hahn, said the offer would remain open but it was dismayed at how events had unfolded.
"Our offer will remain open and, in the event that our rights are reinstated, we will put our case to shareholders again," Mr Murray said.
"It is extraordinary in this day and age that a constitution of a public company can be used to restrain a significant minority of shareholders from selling their shares at the best available price."
South Australian-based Coopers - which is an unlisted public company with 117 shareholders, mostly related to the founder Thomas Cooper - has resisted Lion Nathan's offer since it was first made in September.
Lion Nathan originally offered $260 per share for Coopers and later increased that to $310 per share in November, valuing Coopers at $420 million.
The revised offer was above the midpoint of independent expert Grant Samuel's valuation of Coopers' shares at $284 to $320 each, which included a takeover premium.
"They (Lion Nathan) would have to think that they have spent quite a lot of money here and to try and persist would not make sense," Mr Cooper said.
Lion Nathan spokesman Paul Evans said the decision could wipe $70 million off the value of Coopers.
"How can any shareholder be denied the right to sell at the highest price?" Mr Evans said.
"That is why you need independence on any board and a determination to act in the objective of the best commercial interests of all, qualities that we believe to be sadly lacking among Coopers directors.
"In our view the Coopers defence strategy has been more about consolidating control and their own personal ambitions for this company than achieving the best outcome for all shareholders."
Previously under the Coopers constitution, Coopers shares up for sale must first be offered to another Coopers shareholder, secondly to AMP or any other Coopers employee superannuation fund and thirdly to Lion Nathan.
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Neat and tidy office spaces can inspire confidence with clients. If they walk into your office and see total chaos, they may think twice about doing business with you. Aside from being better for business, an orderly office makes you more productive because there is no wasted time hunting down those important papers or that elusive pen.
Making sure your office is organized does not take forever. A little bit when you have time will make a massive difference. And no, moving piles of paperwork around your desk doesn't count as tidying up. Let's get started with the ideas and tips below that will turn your office into a super efficient workstation.
Office Space Organization Made Easy
First Things First – Take everything that isn't where it should be and put it back where it belongs. Make sure that you have a spot for everything.
Designated spaces – Think about what type of spaces you need. Generally your desk will be the main area. You will need somewhere to keep your supplies (a closet, drawers, shelves or stacking boxes and a filing cabinet or set of shelves where you can keep anything you need to access quickly.
Throw It Away – If it's broken then get rid of it or get it repaired. If you find something and realize that you haven't used it for more than a few months, toss it. Make sure that you do a complete purge of your office. It will give you workspace a whole new lease of life. Even that prized fake plant that you have on your desk needs to go if it is looking dusty and shabby.
Labelling – Label everything! From bins to shelves, drawers, baskets and filing cabinets, everything needs a label. Doing this will make it easy for you to find anything that may have been mistakenly claimed by colleagues. When you are looking for a label maker, make sure that it is easy to use.
Keeping It Near – Place things on your desk in the order that they are used. Whatever is used the most, keep it close to you.
Filing System Revision – Most things are stored digitally nowadays, so if you find that you are doubling up on files you may be able to rid yourself of some of the papers that are clogging up your cabinet. Just be sure to regularly back up your computer so that your files are safe.
Meetings and Reminders – Make sure that you have a folder where you can keep track of everything that needs doing. Have a folder for things that can be delegated and another for reports that are to be handed over. Anything that needs to be "discussed later" can have it's own separate folder so that it doesn't end up getting in the way of other more important work.
Waiting For A Response – Everything that has been put on hold until somebody else gets around to it needs to be kept in it's own folder. Be sure to take a look at it every couple of days so that you can chase up anything that needs to be done.
Organize Your Physical Desktop – Now that you have de-cluttered, you can put back the essential items that you uses regularly. Anything else does not belong here. Containers, organizers and trays all help to keep your workspace tidy.
Get A Handle On Your Drawers – Paper clips, erasers and tacks are just a few of the small things that can be put in containers in your drawers. Items like notepads, post-it notes, envelopes and stamps can all be kept together in one drawer. Keep your personal things totally separate in their own drawer space.
Archiving – Completed projects need to be kept separately from anything that is currently being worked on. A folder to hold all the information pertaining to the finished project needs to be filed away together.
When To Discard – Be sure to find out how long each document needs to be kept. If there are no requirements and you know you are finished with it, throw it away or shred it. Be sure to write on paperwork or files when they can be discarded.
Reuse or Recycle – Keep a box discreetly tucked away where you can put all papers that needs to go the recycling bin or be reused as scrap paper.
Clean It Up – Wipe your desk down daily. Dust and rings from your coffee cup are not a good look on your desk. Give it a good wipe down and your workspace will feel much fresher.
Daily Routine – When you are ready to head home for the day, be sure to tidy your desk. This way you will be walking into an organized office space the next day which will make it easier for you to get on with important business.
Making sure that you put that effort in each day to keep your workspace in tip-top order, will ensure that you are more productive and efficient. If you aren't spending time looking for files or folders you will have more time to get down to business. In the end this will spill over into your private life. No more bringing work home with you or sorting through piles of papers at the end of the day. Your private time will be yours so you can get on with doing what you love instead of worrying about work


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Disclaimer: This post is for Opponauts of legal drinking age. Macanamera in no way condones or encourages underage drinking. Macanamera is in no way responsible for any actions undertaken by various third party(s) as a result of reading a post about beer at 10AM on a Wednesday.
It's Wednesday morning, and between my thinly concealed cravings for alcohol and Bossyboss's post:
I got to thinking...what are your favorite beers, Oppo? I don't know if I have all time favorites, as my taste rotates between a few go-tos. Currently, these are the beers I am thinking about instead of work:
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Overview Risk Factors Symptoms Evaluation Treatment specialist Home Care pain in adults pain in children warning signs Prevention Outlook Complications Underlying Cause Anatomy
Abrasion to the Cornea Underlying Cause
Corneal abrasions are caused by any object or substance that comes in contact with the surface of the cornea. An abrasion is more likely if an object becomes stuck underneath the eyelid.
Common causes of corneal abrasion include:
- Altercations
- Chemical splash
- Combs
- Contact lenses
- Dirt or sand
- Fingernails
- Metal fragments
- Sports injuries
Continue to Abrasion to the Cornea Anatomy
Last Updated: Apr 10, 2008 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Virginia Highlands Community College nursing application
Think about what career is best suited for you, and where you want to study. Request more information now.
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Info concerning Virginia Highlands Community College nursing application, and registering for discussion sections. Which college degrees give you the best chances of finding employment after graduation? Completion of an accredited nursing program or other medical training can qualify you to start working in a private hospital immediately. Concentrating on Virginia Highlands Community College nursing application, for example, you may gain an advantage in job recruiting on-campus. Check with the RN department for course registration deadlines, and registered nurse program requirements. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Virginia Highlands Community College.
To become a Registered Nurse(RN), you will be required to take courses in medical terminology, patient care and life sciences. Although associate degree programs provide students with adequate nursing training, a bachelor's degree provides greater clinical exposure and a stronger general education. A 4-year BSN program allows students to study specialized areas of nursing, including pediatrics, geriatrics and mental health nursing. An RN has to cope with more responsibility, and must oversee the work of LPNs and CNAs under their supervision. If you wish to continue advancement, a masters degree and several years of experience as a nurse, may qualify you for the Nurse Practitioner (NP) credential. Nursing job openings are projected to grow 16 percent over the coming decade, much faster than the average for all occupations. The average salary for nurses with an Associates degree was $43,700 in 2017, while nurses with a Bachelors degree earned $67,490 per year.
Certification requirements include board certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The license period varies by individual state, but is usually valid for either two or three years, at which time you'll need to renew. Registered nurses (RNs) are not required to be certified in a particular specialty by state law. For example, it isn't necessary to be a Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) to work on a hospital Medical-Surgical (MedSurg) floor, and most MedSurg nurses are not CMSRNs. To keep your license current, you must take continuing education courses, and renew your license every few years. There are a fixed number of credits that each state requires, and if you work in a hospital facility, these courses may be offered on-site. Beyond major requirements within the RN department, you may consider Winona State University online optometry degree as a complementary elective to your primary course of study.
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BASF's commitment to EWS and sustainable water management
Sustainability Coordination of BASF: "For the chemical industry water is a very important resource that is used for many essential processes such as cooling, cleaning or as a solvent in production. The sustainable use of water and conservation of natural water resources are therefore of great concern to us.
Just like many other companies, we are increasingly asked from different stakeholders to provide information about our water use. Investors for example support the CDP's Water Disclosure Project, requesting details of water related risks or water use efficiency measures. To adequately address all the different stakeholder expectations we feel that the new European Water Stewardship (EWS) approach serves as a valuable tool.
BASF played a significant role in developing the EWS system as the new voluntary industry standard which was officially introduced in Brussels end of November. Before its introduction, BASF tested the system in a pilot at theVerbund site in Ludwigshafen. This pilot gave first-hand experience of the implementation process and thereby provided BASF with a clearer view of sustainable water management.
BASF will launch sustainable water management systems on the basis of the EWS standards at all sites which are located in "water stress areas" – meaning in areas where water is a scarce good. We expect the EWS standard to be a valuable tool for BASF to evaluate and check the sustainability of our water management and hope that the standard will receive support by other companies and political leaders internationally."


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Take a deep breath as we take you through some great names of Formula One. To win a race, would be an honour for most drivers on the circuit and to go on and win a Championship has often meant the deepest levels of satisfaction for a driver, but there are some who have had this desire to go on and on and keep winning. Sify Motorsports salutes these Gods of Speed!
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Hoyer Discusses The Budget, Sequester, And Debt Limit On "The Bill Press Show"
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke with Bill Press on "The Bill Press Show" this morning. Below are excerpts or click here to listen to his interview.
On the Budget
"[N]otwithstanding the fact that Republicans have been talking about regular order for years and years and years, notwithstanding the fact that they demanded that the Senate pass a budget, which of course the Senate has done… they have refused in both the Senate and the House to go to conference."
"I think the reason they don't want to go to conference – and, frankly, I'm convinced of it – is they do not want to debate the substance of their proposal and the draconian cuts that their budget would require."
On the Sequester
"[Sequester] is a mindless, common-sense defying policy, which says that you cut the highest priority expenditures and the lowest priority expenditures the same amount. No family would do that. No American business would do that and stay in business."
"[Budget Committee Ranking Member] Chris Van Hollen … has offered four times an amendment [to the sequester] which [had] the same savings, same deficit-reduction, but did so in a way that every bipartisan group has recommended – through a combination of cuts and additional revenues getting to the same deficit reduction. But the Republicans have refused – not only voted against it, they didn't allow us to vote for it. They refused to allow that to even be considered on the Floor of the House. They are committed and wedded to this sequester, which I said is irrational and it is cutting highest priorities and lowest priorities."
On the Debt Ceiling
"The wealthiest country on the face the Earth pays its bills, maintains its creditworthiness. But the Republicans took us to the brink of default in August of 2011, and as a result, for the first in history, we were downgraded …. But rating agencies have now said that if we continue on the path the Republicans are pursuing that we are at risk of being downgraded again, and what that will mean, of course, is it will slow the economy, undermine the creation of jobs, and, ultimately, cost every American more in interest rates and loss of value of retirement funds. So this is a reckless policy that the Republicans are pursuing. We have urged them take the debt limit off the political screen. Don't demagogue about the debt limit. Let's deal with that, and then, yes, let's deal in a conference on the budget with an agreement that gets us to the deficit reduction that we need to pursue while maintaining investments and growing our economy."


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A great blog headline accomplishes two goals: it inspires your target audience to click it and read the rest of the post, and it contains a keyword/keyphrase that will help the post pop up in search engine results.
If you've already done one-half of the job and determined the keyword/keyphrase you'll be using. Here are 8 free tools to help you with the rest.
8 Tools to Help You Write a Better Blog Headline
1. Co.Schedule's Headline Analyzer. If you've already created a headline and need a tool to grade it, this one is by far the most thorough. Complete with tips to help you improve your headline, it is absolutely worth trying. Since I prefer to write my own headlines, this is my favorite tool on the list and lives forever on my Resources page.
2. Tweak Your Biz Title Generator. Enter any keyword and this tool will generate 100 possible headlines for you to skim. Separated into different themes like love, lists, how-to and more, some of the suggestions are pretty fun.
3. Portent's Title Maker. This may be downright essential for bloggers with a sense of humor because the generated titles are hilarious! While you'll only get one headline generated at a time, the notes from Portent make it an entertaining exercise.
4. ContentIdeator. Enjoy seven pages of headline ideas for every keyword you enter. That's a lot of ideas!
5. Content Row's LinkBait Title Generator. Yet another tool that asks for a keyword and then spits out nearly 100 headline ideas. I've noticed these are a bit more salacious in style, which explains the "link bait" theme.
6. Title-Generator.com. Much like the other tools mentioned, this website takes a keyword and spits out headline ideas. This tool may take the cake for quantity, however: I was instantly delivered 700 headline ideas at the push of a button. Impressive.
7. Hubspot's Blog Topic Generator. Promising to deliver a week's worth of content ideas, this tool allows you to submit up to 3 keyword topics to be run through their generator. You'll get five blog titles as a result, enough for every weekday.
8. Inbound Now's Blog Title Idea Generator. Promising to "generate SEO friendly blog post titles and kill writer's block," I really like this tool because it generates title templates where you can fill in the blanks.
Headlines are a great way to get more traffic to your blog and attract new readers. Have fun playing around with these tools!


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Apply innovative technology to business processes in order to develop new solutions and troubleshoot issues, Consult with business analysts/project managers to develop appropriate technical solutions, Advise on options, risk and impacts on business processes and technical architecture, Communicates technical problems and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
The IT4IT Reference Architecture prescribes holistic management of the business of IT with continuous insight and control, enabling Boundaryless Information Flow™ across the entire IT Value Chain.
The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard comprises a reference architecture and a value chain-based operating model for managing the business of IT. It provides prescriptive guidance on how to design, procure and implement the functionality needed to run IT. The end-to-end, 'how to' emphasis of the IT Value Chain and IT4IT Reference Architecture also enables the state of services that IT delivers to be systematically tracked across the service lifecycle.
The main IT4IT website:
ArchiMate is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way, the specification is an Open Group Standard, supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms.
The main ArchiMate website:
Archi® is a free, open source, cross-platform tool and editor to create ArchiMate models.
The Archi® modelling tool is targeted toward all levels of Enterprise Architects and Modellers. It provides a low cost to entry solution to users who may be making their first steps in the ArchiMate modelling language, or who are looking for a free, cross-platform ArchiMate modelling tool for their company or institution and wish to engage with the language within a TOGAF® or other Enterprise Architecture framework.
ArchiMate® is an open and independent Enterprise Architecture modelling language that supports the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains. ArchiMate is one of the open standards hosted by The Open Group and is fully aligned with TOGAF®.
The main Archi website:
IT4IT Reference Architecture modeled in ArhiMate Language using Archi
Overview of Value Streams and Functional Components
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The global speaker bureau
Peter Vessenes is the co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation. He launched the first Venture-backed Bitcoin Company in 2011: CoinLab, Inc. Peter is the MD of New Alchemy a leading boutique consulting group with recognized experts and years of blockchain, cryptocurrency and commerce experience.
"An expert on Blockchain technology"
Peter has consulted for and advised numerous groups about the Bitcoin technology, including the Department of Treasury, FinCEN and the US Senate GAO. He has introduced Bitcoin to and helped build Bitcoin practices at major law firms like Perkins Coie, and is a trusted advisor to big four accounting firms like Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Price Waterhouse Coopers and major Venture Capital firms like Lightspeed Venture Partners, DFJ, Ribbit Capital, Pantera Capital, Cedar Hill Capital and others. He graduated from Brown University with an Sc.B. in Mathematics and an emphasis in cryptography.
What he offers you
Peter is an expert on digital currencies which have evolved along two separate paths - one angle toward more and better privacy, and the other toward more expressive and rich interactions. Peter is ideally positioned to enlighten worldwide audiences, providing clarity and insights into the Blockchain phenomenon.
How he presents
Peter provides audiences with fresh insights into the emerging world of building and investing in smart contracts, token offerings and other blockchain technology. He is in great demand to speak at conferences around the globe.
He presents in English.
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