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Working remotely can be a dream come true for some employees. No commute means more money, more time and less stress. Alone at home, remote workers can be less distracted and more productive. They may also have greater autonomy -- and may be able to focus on actual work rather than banal office politics.
Gallup's research and experience back this up, as those who work remotely some of the time are more engaged and report a more positive workplace experience than those who never work remotely.
However, one group of remote workers is not experiencing this boost in engagement: those who work remotely 100% of the time.
Although fully remote workers are more likely to say they have the opportunity to do what they do best, these employees have lost connections to their organizations that could increase their performance. According to Gallup's research, employees who work remotely 100% of the time are the least engaged of all remote workers. This directly affects an organization's retention, productivity, customer experience and, ultimately, profitability.
Gallup research suggests there are three areas in which managers struggle to engage their remote workers:
You don't recognize or praise good work.
Compared with employees who work remotely 60% to 80% of the time but spend some time in the office, fully remote workers are 29% less likely to strongly agree that they have reviewed their greatest successes with their manager in the past six months.
When an employee is in the same office as their manager, it's easier for the manager to see and recognize that team member's successes. When they are in different locations, however, there are few natural moments to see, let alone praise, good work.
What's more, some employees don't always share their successes since it can be seen as bragging about themselves. Sometimes managers simply aren't aware of what is occurring and what employees are most proud of.
Most managers we work with don't want to take up too much of their or the employee's time, so they keep their "quick connects" focused on what needs to get accomplished. But this simply isn't enough to keep an employee engaged and performing.
To increase the frequency of these important conversations, both the manager and the employee need to be more intentional about connecting and sharing. Managers need to make use of existing touchpoints to ask about the employee's most recent successes. We've seen managers do this in team meetings where teammates recognize each other (even over the phone), in weekly emails where team members share their or others' successes, or during scheduled check-ins.
The employee also needs to share successes with their manager. This is more realistic when the manager invites and sets an expectation that the employee share. It may feel odd at first, but our experience shows that employees value the opportunity to share those successes.
- You don't talk to remote workers about career goals and personal growth.
Compared with employees who spend at least some time in the office, fully remote workers are 30% less likely to strongly agree that they have talked with their manager about steps to reach their goals in the past six months.
Regardless of remote status, "career growth opportunities" is the No. 1 reason employees leave their company. If companies want to retain their remote workforce, they must take action to quickly correct this mistake.
One tactic companies can use is to rethink their internal job postings. The problem with most job postings is that they only reveal jobs that need to be filled. Employees don't need to only see what is available; they need to see what is possible to achieve within the company. Being in an office can more naturally expose workers to people in their organization performing different functions or holding different positions. These natural exchanges and visual cues can spark feelings of hope and growth as employees envision their future with the company.
In contrast, remote workers are less likely to find those same organic exchanges. For this reason, companies need to consider redesigning their internal career sites to include more than available positions. They should also spotlight people in their current roles in an effort to bring those roles more fully to life.
Some managers avoid career-advancement conversations with employees because they assume that there may not be as many opportunities for fully remote employees. But growth doesn't have to mean a typical promotion; it can also mean expanded responsibilities and more challenging assignments. When managers "onboard" employees to their teams, they should ask about career and growth goals and serve as a resource to help employees achieve these goals. Then, in formal progress reviews, career and growth goals should be a mandatory topic on the agenda.
The struggle to retain talent is a challenge regardless of remote status: 91% of employees change companies when they change jobs. The dynamic of remote working only exacerbates this problem.
- You don't provide opportunities to connect with coworkers.
Our research shows that the optimal amount of time to work remotely each week is three to four days. Spending all of your time at the office or all of your time away leads to the lowest employee engagement.
Human beings need connection -- not only to their coworkers, but also to the organization. Fully remote workers do not get that opportunity to connect, which can make them feel isolated and disconnected. While it is often impractical to bring remote workers into the office with any frequency, organizations and managers need to find ways to connect these employees to their teams and the company.
Managers are increasingly using technology to create these connections across different locations. Many of our best clients use internally designed social media intranet sites or collaboration platforms like Yammer or Chatter to virtually bring their teams together.
If only a few team members are remote, some managers require every worker to video conference in so everyone feels like they're part of the same conversation. The key here is that managers and leaders promote video conferencing as a viable and important alternative to face-to-face meetings and take them as seriously as the latter. People on video or Skype shouldn't be made to feel like outliers.
At the organizational level, companies are also taking advantage of opportunities to welcome employees into their culture. When possible, companies should conduct onboarding training at the "home base" and include onboarding activities that allow employees to meet some of their coworkers in person. Bringing in these employees for recognition ceremonies, formal training or conferences is another way that some organizations help remote workers connect. These in-person touches are important.
Remote Workers Have Basic Human Needs Too
No matter how much the workplace changes, one thing remains the same: Every employee has human needs that their company must meet. And the needs of remote workers have great implications for companies today, as 43% of U.S. employees now say they work remotely in some capacity.
Working remotely can quite literally hide the signs of burnout, unhappiness and despondency in employees. But that doesn't mean they are doomed to a future of unfulfilling work. Intentional and thoughtful management, with a focus on a few key needs, can make all the difference.
Gallup helps organizations better understand the needs of their remote workers. Find out more about how Gallup can help you.


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The fundamentalist creationist wing of the church would have us believe that the earth is young, approximately 6000 years old. Is it for this reason that an artist has slipped up a conveniently placed ladder, possibly belonging to Jacob, and pasted an Ammonite fossil on a church spire? According to carbon dating techniques, it is estimated that Ammonites are at the very least 65 million years old, but were also living creatures possibly as long as 400 million years ago.
It was the discovery of such fossils that led Darwin to develop his theories of evolution, and whatever your belief systems are, the creation here is a striking homage to this great man in his two hundreth year. Has the artist chosen the right target though?
This simple picture becomes a tale of two men named Charles. Seeing the image makes me think immediately of Darwin, but what is the steeple on which it is painted? The answer is written on the street name on which it is situated – the Rue du Pasteur Wagner. The Pasteur was Charles Wagner, and the church is his, a temple known simply as the 'Foyer de l'Âme' (a shelter for the soul).
Charles Wagner (1852-1918) was an interesting man, a talented orator and writer. He belonged to a wing of the church known as Liberal Protestantism, but claimed independence from all creed and orthodoxies. After going on a conference tour around the United States, supported vocally by the President Theodore Roosevelt, he managed to raise enough money to build his temple in Paris. Opened in 1907, from the exterior it is one of the more discreet places of worship in Paris, with just the little wooden steeple peeping over the top of a school on the Boulevard Richard Lenoir near Bastille indicating that it is there at all.
Inside though the temple sits up to 1200 people, proof that Wagner was a popular orator. He was known as a left-wing preacher and attracted many curious visitors from the working class corners of the city. Liberal Protestants very largely accept the advances of science and the the principle of evolution, seeing Genesis as giving only rough metaphors for the process, so it is likely that Wagner celebrated the teachings of Darwin.
At the entrance to the church, a further clue that this was not a centre of fundamentalism. A sign reads "Ici on enseigne l'humanité" (here we teach humanity), and a quick look at the church website reveals discussions about encouraging homosexuals into the fold. It seems then that the artist chose the worst possible steeple in the city to place the evolutionary comment!
The Protestant faith remains very minor in France, with this temple apparently attracting mostly British and American expatriates. The story ended quite sadly for Wagner too, with his church opening two years after French laws decided on a strict separation between church and state. His temple backs onto a school, but his dreams of universal teaching and of avoiding the schism of the various Protestant factions in France proved to be in vain. He died half way through the First World War, an event which also caused many Liberal Protestants to question their belief system.


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Our History
Since 1920, RAMW has been proud to be the voice of the metropolitan Washington food service industry and establishments of hospitality ranging from casual eateries to internationally acclaimed fine dining restaurants.
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) are the same age. Both organizations were founded in 1920. The NRA started February 26, one month after the passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and on October 29 the "Washington Restaurant Association" was launched, exactly nine months after Prohibition.
The object of WRA was to unite the restaurant community of the Washington area into a permanent trade association. A goal was to establish cooperation and confidence among its members and the restaurant industry as a whole. RAMW continues to be the voice of restaurant and food service industry members in Washington, DC, the City of Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William Counties.
Ben Rosenfield, Manager and Treasurer of the Belvedere Farms Lunch Company, was credited as being the "guiding light" for the establishment of WRA. He was also tapped for national service; having been elected an NRA director for 1920-1921. His enthusiasm resulted in Washington being selected as the site for the NRA's 1922 annual convention held at 5th and K streets, over the K Street Market. This exposure to the national industry gave WRA an early view of the industry on a broad basis, and contributed greatly to membership growth.
In 1932-1933, restaurant prices were at their lowest ebb during the Depression. A small group of restaurateurs called a first meeting of a second restaurant group at Epstein's Restaurant on 11th Street. At that meeting the 50 attendees adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of the "Washington Restaurant Association" and the new President was Allen Prather, 1933-1934
It is not clear from the records, but one of the two groups was associated with the Merchants and Manufacturers Association as a "Division," possibly the group founded in 1920. Both organizations represented the industry and had the same name. Both sought recognition from the NRA and asked for a charter. The two groups combined forces on February 16, 1934, with more than 50 members. Subsequently a charter was granted by the NRA. The organization was known as the "Washington Restaurant Association". A Constitution and By-Laws were drawn up and adopted for the WRA. The names of the trustees for the first year were: J. Allen Prather, Hubert H. Keller, Mrs. Harriet L. Pieper, Abe Epstein, Peter Borras, Mrs. Harry Papps, Milton Hollander, George L. Goodacre, James N. West, A. G. Earnest, Mrs. C.L. Justus, John E. Jenner, Evan A. Scholl, Aris H. Bacas, Theodore D. Sloat, Richard A. Hearn, Charles R. Ferris, and Raymond Lubra.
The early days of the Franklin Roosevelt administration were the days of programs such as the National Recovery Act and others, which confronted business and industry with new laws and regulations. Al Carder was then the NRA President. He moved to Washington and set up quarters at the Willard Hotel to represent the industry in the Nation's Capitol.
Coming from North Carolina to join the NRA staff in DC in 1933, Robert J. Wilson was subsequently appointed business manager of the WRA. There was a rebirth of enthusiasm as the organization had staffing for the first time. In 1935 the organization was incorporated. Membership grew. The first convention was held in 1937 at the Mayflower Hotel.
In 1941 the Association set up its office at 2003 I (Eye) Street, NW in a building purchased five years later. At this point John S. Cockrell was hired to promote membership. He later became Executive Secretary and was appointed Executive Vice President in 1959, a post he held until his 1986 retirement.
In 1945 the Association started to hold a trade show, the "East-South Show," which eventually converted from every other year to annual. The Restaurateur, a monthly foodservice industry magazine, was started in August 1947 and ran through the mid 1990's.
Following the end of World War II, the WRA represented the industry in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia on many issues. Some of these were especially difficult for the foodservice industry, such as price stabilization, minimum wage, unemployment compensation, stand-up drinking, workers' compensation, and health department regulations. WRA accepted membership applications of restaurants in Virginia and Maryland starting in 1935. Although the name was not changed a logo showed that the states were included as part of the greater Washington area.
In the November of the 1960 Restaurateur, a new logo appeared for the first time to reflect the new name of the organization: Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. The first Restaurant Awards Gala was held in 1982 attended by a small handful of area restaurateurs. Today, the event is known as The RAMMY Awards Gala and has grown to over 2,500 attendees and serves as a benchmark of success and prestige for nominees and RAMMY award winners.
In February 1986 Jack Cockrell retired. Coming from an 18-year post as Executive Director of an association of lawyers and having earned his CAE (Certified Association Executive), Tom Rouland was appointed the new Executive Vice President on March 1 during the 1986 East-South Show.
In 1990 the East-South Show had outgrown the Sheraton National trade show space so in 1991 it moved to the Washington Convention Center. A new Executive Vice President took the reigns in October of 1992. William D. Lecos came to RAMW from the NRA.
In January 1999, a new President, Eric Peterson, joined the Association from Capitol Hill. The office was also moved to a new space in Arlington, VA. In January 2001, RAMW relocated to Washington, DC in the National Restaurant Association building. In 2001, former RAMW Board Member and restaurateur, Lynne Breaux became the Executive Director, and then President, of RAMW. Under her leadership membership grew to over 700 restaurants, service providers, vendors and organizations. Kathy E. Hollinger served as President and CEO of RAMW from December 2012 until January 2023. She served as the official voice, advocate, and resource for 1,300 members across the region. She worked to promote and sustain the growth and development of the industry while providing members legislative and regulatory representation, marketing and small business support, and programming and industry events.
Shawn Townsend was named President and CEO of RAMW in January 2023 and currently serves in this role. Since his arrival, RAMW membership has grown to more than 1,400 members. RAMW's voice in the legislative and regulatory arena has grown.
About the RAMW Education Foundation (Educated Eats)
Founded in 2004, Educated Eats (501(c)3) advocates for the value of employment through the restaurant and foodservice industry and is committed to creating the next generation of culinary professionals.
Frans Hagen scholarships are designed to assist individuals who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to the restaurant industry. Scholarships are provided to both high school students pursuing a course of undergraduate culinary study, as well as to those already active in the restaurant industry who are interested in opportunities to return to school to refresh and deepen their skill set.
Past scholarship recipients have gone on to graduate at the top of their classes at some of the nation's finest culinary schools, like the Culinary Institute of America and Johnson & Wales.


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Drill three essential rhythmic values (half, quarter, and eighth notes) with this musical math fact worksheet. Provide the answers for the first column of "facts", and then try to beat your score with more correct answers, or by racing the clock to complete the second and third columns in record time. This activity is great fun for the music classroom, as kids work together in pairs racing to be the first to complete the worksheet.
Each worksheet provides students with a chance to drill and practice a different set of rhythmic values. It All Adds Up | Free Music Rhythm Worksheet I is a great place to start. When the first worksheet is mastered, ask students to try the next one.
It All Adds Up | Rhythm Worksheet I (Whole, Half and Quarter Note)
It All Adds Up | Rhythm Worksheet III (Whole, Dotted Half and Half Notes)
It All Adds Up | Rhythm Worksheet IV (Dotted Quarter, Quarter, and Eighth Notes)
It All Adds Up | Rhythm Worksheet V (Quarter, Eighth and Sixteenth Notes)


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These very hungry caterpillars are on a restricted diet. Yesterday morning, I was pleased to find many caterpillars feasting on my milkweed plants, their only source of nutrition. They devour the plants, which become quite bare after a while (though the leaves will grow back for future larvae, as long as the plants get some water). A couple of years ago, while I was reading Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, I became keenly interested in monarch butterflies, as the book features them prominently; at the same time, my sister-in-law, Kristine, was posting on Facebook about monarch butterflies and her milkweed plants. I was intrigued, and found plants for my garden from a local nursery and from Home Depot, and I also purchased milkweed seeds. I grow milkweed in pots now, though, because many of the plants I'd put into the earth would mysteriously disappear after a few days. I learned at the nursery that gophers were probably stealing the milkweed I planted in the ground, pulling them underground by their roots. Anyway, the hungry caterpillars start out as adorable, tiny creatures, and grow larger and plumper as they eat. They're a bit cartoonish, as if they belong in a Dr. Seuss story, but some of them will form exquisite chrysalises, and the most fortunate ones will become beautiful monarch butterflies.
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What is that?! It's the newest cutting machine from Silhouette – the little sister version of the Cameo. It's just like the cameo, but smaller. The loading mat holds a regular size paper (the Cameo mat holds a 12×12 paper). Here's a comparison:
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Picking a VP
Mitt Romney's running mate is going to rank very low on the list of what's on voters' minds in November. Political journalists are obsessing about whom he'll pick anyway, because it is one of the biggest remaining unknowns about the race. Even better, it creates opportunities for speculation.
The speculators place high value on excitement. They're talking up potential vice-presidential candidates who would represent a demographic first, or an ideological statement, or play to a state or region. My guess is that Romney is looking at this in a completely different way.
If I'm right, Romney will be looking for three qualities that don't generate buzz. He'll want someone he considers able to step into the role of president if needed; someone loyal; and someone with whom he feels personally comfortable. Romney's main political consideration will be whether the running mate reinforces the message that he is a dependable, competent, reassuring candidate who will oversee an administration with those same features.
He will of course want someone who is acceptable to conservatives, evangelicals and other Republican groups. He will not, however, be desperate for a running mate who appeals specifically to them, because he thinks that they're likely to vote for him over President Barack Obama anyway.
Taken together, these criteria work against conservative heartthrob Marco Rubio, the senator from Florida. Romney and Rubio don't seem to have much of a personal relationship. Rubio has no executive experience. And Romney probably considers Rubio unseasoned, which he is. Representative Paul Ryan, another conservative favorite, has more experience but has never been an executive or even won a statewide race. Those weaknesses may take him off the list.
The criteria just mentioned work in favor of an all-white- guys ticket. Most Republican politicians, and especially the more-established ones, are white guys, after all. So unless Romney puts a thumb on the scale for diversity, he is likely to end up with one of them.
Of the names being mentioned for vice president, seven seem to meet these criteria: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
Although Christie seems to want the slot, he may have taken himself out of contention by repeatedly saying he isn't ready to be president. That's a comment that would be hard to walk away from.
Most Republican insiders think highly of Portman, and many say that picking him would generate a little helpful press in his home state. Because he served in George W. Bush's administration as budget director and trade representative, his selection would also make it easier for the Obama campaign to claim that Romney is just trying to go backward — a charge that Republicans have not yet figured out how to answer.
Like Portman, McDonnell comes from a swing state where he's popular. Some Republicans worry, though, that Democrats and the national press would be able to portray him as a social-issues extremist because of some of the abortion bills Virginia legislators have pushed.
Kyl is a long shot. He is well-respected, and Romney may value his years of work on national-security issues. Conservatives around the country aren't begging for him to be on the ticket — most of them don't know who he is — but if he were picked they would discover that he has a very conservative record on economic and social issues.
Pawlenty and Thune have been touted as potential running mates for some of the same reasons. They're both from the upper Midwest, evangelical Christians and considered attractive. None of those is an especially good reason for putting either of them on the ticket.
There are better reasons for picking Pawlenty. As a two-term governor he reined in spending and took on public-sector unions. Thune has fewer accomplishments, having no signature legislative issues. Pawlenty has a good relationship with Romney, for whom he has been tirelessly stumping. Having run for president, Pawlenty has a better sense than any of the other people on the list about what that level of politics is like. His working-class background is a modest plus, and he is a more energetic speaker than Portman.
Jindal is the only potential vice-presidential candidate who hits the sweet spot: He is simultaneously a conservative favorite, demographically interesting (he's a Catholic of Indian ancestry), and a reform-minded, competent governor. Pawlenty and Jindal, then, are the two candidates with the strongest cases.
If Romney picks Kyl, McDonnell, Pawlenty, Portman or Thune — anyone on this list, that is, but Christie or Jindal — he should make the announcement soon. None of those guys is going to excite the Republican convention, so there is no point in waiting for it.
The longer Romney waits, the more conservatives will speculate about candidates like Rubio and the more many of them will feel let down by a choice that isn't designed to give them the rush of momentary excitement.
If Romney is going to do something boring, in other words, he should at least do it in a novel way.


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The skyview has been developed by Ann/Nassau Realty, LLC a partnership between Bernard and Robert Friedman. The Friedman family has long been in the New York City real estate business; Bernard and Robert's parents, Clara and Irving Friedman, founded the family business in 1940.
Founded in New York City in 1941, SLCE Architects (SLCE) has a proud heritage of creating architecture in the world's most complex urban environments. Completing over 7.5 million square feet annually, SLCE provides a full range of architectural design and technical services with special expertise in large scale residential, hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial developments. In recent decades SLCE has grown to become one of the most prolific firms in the New York City metropolitan area as well and enjoys a growing presence nationally.


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Founder's Mentality Blog
Companies with high Founder's Mentality have an extraordinary sense of insurgency, a frontline obsession and an owner mindset. Within those three overarching elements are nine sub-elements (see Figure 1), and it is within those elements that the richness of the Founder's Mentality truly comes to life.
The most sustainably profitable companies nurture and maintain three traits
We see these traits time and again among the members of the Founder's Mentality 100 (FM100). The FM100 is Bain's initiative to assemble some of the top insurgents in the world into a single forum to co-create solutions to what we call the growth paradox: Growth creates complexity, and complexity kills growth. As we did last year, we're wrapping up the year by drawing on lessons gathered from the FM100. This year, we focus on further defining the elements of Founder's Mentality by illustrating them with examples from the FM100, starting with insurgency.
Insurgency typically comprises three elements:
- The team is at war against their industry on behalf of underserved customers. This means every employee understands the company's bold mission (the subject of our most recent blog), and can answer the big "why?"—"Why does the company exist?"
- The leadership team embraces "spiky" capabilities—being world class at those things that really matter for customers and decidedly average at the rest.
- The leaders have a limitless horizon, refusing to be defined by or constrained within the industry in which they first competed.
About the Founder's Mentality
The three elements of the Founder's Mentality help companies sustain performance while avoiding the inevitable crises of growth.
Let's take a look at the second of these insurgent traits: spikiness.
The insurgency of great companies is not simply an aspirational mission—it is backed up by extraordinary capabilities that actually enable the company to deliver a better product or service to its customers. But these companies aren't good at everything—they spike. They are exceptional at a couple of things and average at the rest. The notion of a balanced scorecard is rejected here: Competitiveness comes from sticking to what the company is great at and focusing resources ruthlessly on these few spikey capabilities. Here again, our blogs are filled with FM100 examples (such as Yonghui and Oberoi), but let's focus on one: The restaurant chain Nando's, a FM100 member from South Africa, whose founder is obsessed with making sure the company spikes around those who make chicken.
Robbie Brozin founded Nando's in 1987 and has grown it into one of the world's best chicken restaurant chains, with more than 1,200 restaurants in 23 countries. Robbie tells us about his maniacal focus on maintaining spikiness:
"In our industry, all the talk was about fast, cheap food. I remember folks telling me that if we can't cook our chicken within three minutes we were doomed. But we rejected that thinking. We argued that the quality of our chicken will be remembered long after the wait is forgotten. For us the insurgency was all about the people who make the chicken. From the chicken farmer to the griller. These are the heroes of our business. … We had a meeting on supply chain and we were doing amazing things to upgrade our capabilities, but we weren't talking enough about where we really spike. We can be good at a lot of aspects, but if we're not great, if we're not the best company that ever existed around our supplier relationships, the rest doesn't matter. … I feel that my job is to stay a bit paranoid, to make sure we don't forget the basics as we work to build a great company. Our business is pretty simple and, at its most basic, we are successful when we make the heroes of the business those who make chicken. We must celebrate our suppliers, our grillers, our serving staff who get a warm, beautiful chicken to our customers. But in a world of complexity, where initiatives pile on initiative, I feel a key role I can play is to be the voice of the insurgency. I can do this as a board member and as a coach and mentor of our people—to make the world a better place, one chicken at a time."
With people in their companies demanding that they give various initiatives the time and resources required to be world class, it is no wonder CEOs sometimes lose sight of the "spikes." If you're a CEO, your agenda is tightly packed. Everyone wants a voice and a few more resources to be a bit better. But spikiness matters. Your customers don't want you to be balanced; they want you to be great at a few things. Your people didn't join your company to be good enough at a lot of things; they joined you to be great at the few things that keep you the insurgent, the revolutionary.
The acid test for any CEO is this: In the few big competitive battles, are you confident you are deploying far more resources than your biggest competitor? For many CEOs, the answer is no. They know they are allocating lots of resources to lots of different things, but worry constantly that they are underresourced on the battles that matter. They need to rediscover their spikiness before they drift into mediocrity, before they join the long list of businesses that suffer from "satisfactory underperformance."


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Our Company
Established in 1984, Yardi has grown dramatically over the last three decades to become the leading provider of high-performance software solutions for the real estate industry. Today, we employ over 4,000 dedicated professionals working in over 35 offices throughout North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
Since its founding, Yardi has set the standard for real estate software solutions with a combination of responsiveness and technical innovation. We understand the unique needs of the industry's various segments and have the technical expertise and vision necessary to translate that understanding into powerful solutions that meet and exceed those needs.
Our Philosophy
Key to our longevity and stature in the industry is the importance Yardi places on relationships – both outside and inside the company. This means listening to our clients and employees and actively seeking their feedback in designing, developing, and supporting our products. We view every client affiliation as a long-term relationship, one in which our goal is to ensure the ongoing satisfaction and goodwill of our clients by providing them with unparalleled products and service.
We regard our employees as our most valuable asset. Bricks and mortar do not make a successful company, people do. Without the commitment, enthusiasm, and expertise of our employees, Yardi would not be the industry leader it is today. With this in mind, Yardi has created an environment for its employees that empowers, encourages, and challenges them to work to their highest potential so that, together, we can provide our clients with the superior products and service they deserve and have come to expect from us.
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Despite the enormous potential for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) for development of new treatments for human disease, there still remain important gaps in our knowledge about the molecular mechanisms regulating establishment and maintenance of the pluripotent state. Improved understanding of fundamental mechanisms regulating pluripotency could improve the ability to establish pluripotent stem cells, in understanding how to maintain them in the undifferentiated state and how to differentiate them into specific cell lineages. The research proposed here seeks to provide a fundamentally better understanding of pluripotency and how it is controlled in hES cells and closely related iPCs. Maintenance of stem cells is known to be controlled by a group of core proteins that keep them in an undifferentiated state. When these proteins are downregulated they undergo differentiation into specialized cell types. Little is known about how the master regulatory circuitry is regulated other than feedforward positive interaction between the three core regulatory factors. Here we propose to study another protein that interacts with these core regulatory proteins and that may be a key regulator of their activity. These studies can expand our definition of the core stem cell regulatory circuitry. Through the research proposed here we will obtain a better understanding of the molecular processes at work when pluripotent ES cells decide to commit to lineage specific differentiation. For example, what genes must be turned off or on to achieve differentiation into specific lineages? How do chromatin modifications contribute to this regulation? This could lead to improvements in culture of hES cells and in methods for making iPSCs. A better understanding of these features could help better control these cells for use in regenerative medicine. Because hES cells are derived from the human embryo, these studies will also contribute important insights into human embryonic pre-implantation development.
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Palestinian Prisoners Day
by Stephen Lendman
On April 17, Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day. They do so annually. They've done it since 1979. It marks Mahmoud Hijazi's release. Israel freed him in its first ever prisoner swap.
Addameer [3] honored thousands in Israel's gulag. They're held lawlessly. Now's "the time to hold the Occupation accountable for crimes against the prisoners and detainees," it said.
Freeing them remains a top priority. "Their struggle is central to the liberation of Palestinian land and the return of its people. It represents the frontline of peace and justice."
Al Mezan [4]'s Samir Zaquot expressed "concern for the detainees' health and lives and our solidarity with Palestinian and Arab detainees in Israeli prisons, and hold the Israeli authorities responsible for their well-being."
"We strongly condemn Israel's gross abuses of Palestinian detainees, starting with the Unlawful Combatant Law, the policy of administrative detention, and other procedures that violate detainees' rights, including solitary confinement, medical negligence, barring of family visitation, and other practices."
Al Mezan "demands that the international community - especially the signatory parties to the Geneva Conventions - put pressure on the occupying state and force it to respect its obligations under international law, and to treat detainees humanely in keeping with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners issued in 1955, and other relevant international standards."
"There must also be steps taken towards guarantees of the release of all Palestinian prisoners, especially those thrown in prison without charge or fair trial, including appeal to all means of defense."
Since Israel's 1967 occupation, over 750,000 Palestinians were imprisoned. Israel did so lawlessly. Around 40% of Palestinian males were affected. Children aged 10 or younger are treated like adults. Around 10,000 women were abused horrifically like men.
Since the September 2000 second Intifada, around 78,000 Palestinians were incarcerated. They include over 9,000 children, about 950 women, and over 50 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members.
Since 1967, over 50,000 Palestinians were held administratively. Israel did so uncharged and untried. Many are held longterm. Nearly half were imprisoned since September 2000.
Currently about 4,900 Palestinians are incarcerated. They include 235 children, 14 women, 168 administrative detainees, two former ministers, and 14 legislators.
About 530 have life sentences. Another 77 have been held for over 20 years. Twenty-five lost freedom for over 25 years.
Over 200 were martyred in prison. Death resulted either from torture, murder, willful medical neglect, or multiple forms of abuse.
Since January 1, 2011, five prisoners were martyred. Israel doesn't care if they all live or die. Horrific ill-treatment reflects official policy.
Over 1,000 prisoners currently suffer from various diseases. Many are serious. One hundred and seventy need urgent surgery. Treatment when given is deplorable. Often it's denied. Fundamental human rights are violated.
Israel spurns international law with impunity. Palestinians suffer and die. Imprisonment is hellish.
Horrific conditions include severe overcrowding, poor ventilation and sanitation, no change of clothes, adequate clothing, wooden planks with thin mattresses and filthy blankets, inadequate food in terms of quality, quantity or conformance with dietary requirements, poor medical care, and restricted or no access to family members and counsel.
Isolation is worse. Alone or with one other prisoner, lockdown runs 23 hours daily. Most cells are 1.5 by 2 meters to 3 by 3.5. Little light or air gets in. Conditions resemble entombment. International law is violated.
Longterm isolation causes severe anxiety, panic attacks, lethargy, insomnia, nightmares, dizziness, irrational anger, confusion, social withdrawal, memory and appetite loss, delusions and hallucinations, mutilations, despair and hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, paranoia, and inability to live normally outside prison.
Israel willfully inflicts pain and suffering. Torture is official policy. So is medical neglect. Long delays are commonplace. Prisoners get substandard treatment or none at all. Transfers to prison hospitals take weeks or months.
Deplorable detention conditions are bad enough. Chronic health problems result. Easily treated illnesses go unaddressed.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners suffer needlessly. Many are disabled. Some are paralyzed. Prison authorities don't help.
Medical providers don't care. They're part of the problem, not the solution. They do more harm than good. They're complicit with prison authorities. They're involved in torture, other physical and emotional abuse.
On April 11, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel [5] (PHR-I) exposed numerous Israeli Prison Service (IPS) human rights and medical ethics violations. Medical providers are involved.
PHR-I receives dozens of medical neglect complaints annually. Its report focused on Palestinian hunger strikers. PHR-I witnessed numerous human rights violations firsthand.
They include "violations of the right to health of hunger-striking prisoners and detainees, and violations of medical ethics and of professional health standards."
"Measures which amounted to medical, ethical and human rights violations endangered the lives of hunger striking prisoners almost to the point of death, and prevented prisoners' access to independent medical advice and consultation."
"The failure of various institutions to appropriately address violations gives authorities a green light to continue crushing the rights of one of the most vulnerable populations."
Israeli prison medical professionals operate by political and security rules. Doing so spurns their responsibility to provide proper treatment. Palestinian prisoners suffer needlessly.
IPS authorities won't let independent physicians monitor and examine hunger strikers. Other prisoners face similar ill-treatment.
Doing so violates Israel's Patient's Rights Law. It was enacted in May 1996. It defines the relationship people needing healthcare and medical professionals responsible for providing it.
It codified patients' rights. Doctors and other medical staff are required to observe them. Providing proper care is fundamental. The law's first paragraph states:
"This law's purpose is to define the rights of a person requesting medical treatment or receiving medical treatment and to protect his (or her) dignity and privacy."
It applies equally to prisoners. Israel spurns it. Legal, moral and ethical standards are violated. Palestinian prisoners suffer horrifically.
Reports surface often. Israel's a serial abuser. Justice is systematically denied. Palestinian Prisoners Day commemorates their longstanding suffering.
On April 17, activists and families rallied in Ramallah, other West Bank locations and Gaza. Around 3,000 Palestinian prisoners observed the day by refusing food.
Children in Gaza City released thousands of balloons. Each bore a prisoner's name. Rafah solidarity gatherings were held. A sit-in was held at East Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.
Hundreds of prisoner families held their own in central Ramallah's Arafat Square. Afterwards they marched toward nearby Ofer Prison.
Other events marked the day. Demonstrators gathered in Hebron. They lit a "freedom torch" in front of Arafat Jaradat's home. Israel tortured him to death.
Amjad al-Najjar heads the Prisoners Club Hebron branch. On Voice of Palestine radio he said:
"It was a symbolic event to deliver a clear message, firstly to the Israeli side and secondly to the international community, that it is intolerable for us to continue receiving our prisoners as corpses."
During evening hours, candle-lighting events commemorated the day. It marked the fourth anniversary of Bassam Abu Rahma's death. It was also Samer Issawi's 270th hunger striking day.
Both men are victims of Israeli brutality. Bassam was murdered at close range. A high-velocity tear canister targeted him. It's designed to penetrate concrete walls.
He was shot walking peacefully toward Israeli soldiers. He did so with his arms in the air. He posed no threat. He was commemorating Palestinian Prisoners Day.
Samer's imprisoned lawlessly. He's Palestine's longest ever hunger striker. He's doing so for liberation, justice and dignity. He prefers martyrdom to longterm persecution.
Palestinian Prisoners Day reflects decades of collective punishment. We're all Palestinians this day. Millions stand in solidarity with them every day. Their struggle is ours.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Kathia's Costa Rican Style Black Bean & Egg Soup
Kathia grew up in beautiful Costa Rica where plantains grow on trees and kids run and play outside. I'm lucky she chose me as a friend. Not only is she fun, intelligent, creative, and incredibly loyal, (she's always the first to defend me), but she shares her childhood recipes too!
I think it was while we were sitting in a Cuban restaurant in Manhattan that she told me about this gorgeous, simple, delicious soup. It's one of those busy day recipes, as Kathia tosses the black beans into the slow cooker before work and finishes the soup when she arrives home.
If I was in Costa Rica I'd be adding chopped plantains to the beans, but since my access to decent plantains is zero, I used carrots to sweeten the deal. If you find quality plantains, using them will make this more authentic.
Kathia I am so grateful to have you as my friend! Thank-you for this terrific staple recipe.
Slow Cooker Black Beans
With this method you won't need to soak the beans overnight.
1 pound dried black beans
1 clove garlic
6 cups hot water
2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
1. Rinse beans well in a colander, then spread out on a baking sheet and sort out any rocks or bad looking beans. Place the beans in a slow cooker, and the garlic clove, and cover with hot water. Do not salt the beans at this point or the skins will get tough.
2. Cook on low heat for 5 to 6 hours. Test for doneness. Turn off the heat and add the salt. Let the beans rest until you're ready to start the soup.
Kathia's Costa Rican Style Black Bean & Egg Soup
For a hearty vegan meal, skip the egg and sour cream garnish.
¼ cup olive oil
1 large yellow onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 large bell pepper, your choice of color
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Lots of freshly cracked black pepper to taste
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
1/3 cup water for deglazing pot
1 recipe slow cooked black beans, above
Eggs, 1 per person
1. Warm the olive oil in a large pot over medium high and add the onion, carrots, bell pepper, sea salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Stir to combine and cook stirring occasionally until the vegetables are tender and the onions start to brown. About 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Add the water to the pot and deglaze the bottom of the pan. Meanwhile puree 2 cups of the black beans with the garlic clove they were cooked with. Add the puree and the rest of the black beans with their liquid to the soup pot. Cook stirring often until bubbly.
3. Carefully crack the eggs into prep bowls, one per prep bowl. Then slide eggs gently into the soup pot and cover with a lid. Cook for a couple of minutes until the egg whites solidify but leave the yolks runny to taste.
4. To serve, scoop up the beans with an egg into individual bowls. Garnish as desired and serve with tortillas.
Garnish Suggestions
Diced avocado
Diced tomatoes
Chopped cilantro
Slices of lime
Sour cream
Recipe adapted slightly from Kathia Castro from Pink Little Cake. Picture by Laura Flowers.
32 comments:
- Fresh Local and Best said...
This looks like a great protein packed vegetarian meal with lots of good flavor.
- March 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Carrie said...
What an interesting recipe! It looks delicious, and I love all of the toppings that you added.
- March 12, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- CinnamonAndSass said...
Wow. This is something I never would have put together in my head but it looks amazing!
- March 12, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Pink Little Cake said...
Laura, you are so sweet. Thank you so much for getting me good memories from Costa Rica, your words are awesome. The soup is delicious, as you already know. I am also bless to have you as a friend. mmm. I am thinking about or dinner at Victor's!
- March 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Sue said...
This soup looks fabulous! I love everything in it! YUM!
- March 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Diana's Cocina said...
Laura what a great friend you have. The two of you are so blessed to have each other. The soup sounds wonderful! It reminds me of my Mom's Black Bean Soup with homesmade tortilla's. It puts a smile on my face.
- March 12, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Vrinda said...
Lovely soup with egg and black beans..
- March 12, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Federica Simoni said...
come sempre una ricetta meravigliosa!! ciao!
- March 12, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Amber said...
This looks delicious and healthy! Yum!
- March 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Tiffiny Felix said...
Black beans are my favorite! We go through a *ton* :) Beautiful picture, as always ;)
Also, I have an award for you over at my blog. Come to think of it, is this the 2nd time I've given you an award? lol...I must love your stuff! :) - March 12, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Annie said...
My husband and I were in Costa Rica in college and we had something yummy like this every day. This brings back some great memories-delicious recipe! What an awesome friend you have!
- March 12, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- Mimi said...
I love black bean soup and using the crock pot to make it is a great idea.
Mimi - March 12, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Sook said...
Oh what a fantastic dish! Black beans are one of very few kinds of beans that I actually like! :)
- March 12, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Veronica M. said...
Love the blog, love the pic, hate the recipe! It's just that egg on top that gets me--can't do it, girl! Love you. Please forgive me! Did you like the egg on top?
- March 12, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- The Cooking Photographer said...
Hi V.,
I loved the egg on top, but I adore runny eggs.
Dishboy Scott is terrified of runny eggs and had his egg free. I made fun of him the whole time of course lol.
L - March 13, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Cathy said...
I love this kind of meal, so full of wonderful flavors. The egg on top is perfect, and all those delicious toppings...yum.
- March 13, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Cristie said...
Laura, this is my kind of meal. Thanks so much for posting this. How delicious it sounds and love that it is made in a crock pot for busy people!
- March 13, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- EMC said...
Wow, this is a huge improvement over simple, slow cooked black beans, which I rely on A LOT, but it's still easy enough that I can focus on the bane of my existence (grading). Kudos to Kathia, I'm trying this next week!
- March 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Chef Fresco said...
Laura, thank you posting this as I sit down to write my grocery list. We will notify you when we re-post your recipe. Looks delicious!
- March 14, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- VegeCooking Club said...
Gorgeous photo Laura! I love all the flavors in this recipe. In fact I just made a Southwest salad that I haven't posted yet that is very similar to what goes into this.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Southern Cookbook said...
Laura, I love black beans. This looks wonderful. Always looking for new black bean recipes. Picture looks awesome! :)
~Southern Cookbook
~Cheryl - March 15, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Black beans are one of my favorites... Never thought to use a slow cooker, though. Brilliant!
- March 15, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Meena said...
Beautiful pics...but then so r all the other pics on your blog...that is an aaweso me talent you have there...keep posting!!
- March 16, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- Trissa said...
Even with the black beans, this has to be one of the most beautiful soups I've seen! It looks so colorful! I'm glad your friend shared the recipe with you.
- March 16, 2010 at 2:48 AM
- Stella said...
This is my kind of meal. I love soup loaded with other flavorful and healthful items like that-the egg is really decadent sounding too!
- March 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets said...
I love bean soups - hearty, healthy, easy on the wallet. The egg component is new to me, and I can't wait to try it.
- March 17, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Well, this is a treat, my dad spends most winters in Costa Rica, and he loves the food. This is a keeper for next time i go to visit him! Love the egg. perfect!
- March 20, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Dgrub said...
Your black beans photos are amazing and recipes sounds decent enough for a try. I have a post on how to make black beans from scrath without any seasoning at http://desigrub.com/2010/03/glorious-black-beans/ > Let me know if you find it useful.
- March 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- Katie VanBlaricum said...
This was a great soup! Thanks for the recipe and photographic inspiration! FYI, I cooked my egg until is was no longer runny because I don't like eating snot (haha), and I think the addition of some cilantro was really important.
- June 10, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- The Cooking Photographer said...
Katie I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Kathia will be really happy to hear this!
Laura - June 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Sprinkles of Parsley said...
Wow, this dish looks absolutely delicious!! I'm always looking for good crockpot meals and am so happy I stumbled upon your website!
- August 25, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- jadesmith said...
Once you are in Costa Rica you will relish on the best cuisines in the world. The Typical cuisine of Costa Rica is Tipico, a vegetable beef soup.Dishes like the verduras, tamales, sopa negra, gallo pinto are one of the favorites in Costa Rica.
This dish looks really great. - October 20, 2010 at 11:58 PM


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Safety first: HMS belay carabiner with a nylon clip that ensures the gate is closed and prevents cross-loading.
Belay carabiners don't always behave as you might want them to. There is potential for the carabiner to flip into a bad alignment and for cross loading to occur. With this in mind DMM were the first to come up with a special clip that once locked in position prevents cross loading occurring by holding the biner and belay device in the correct alignment. There is another advantage too: the clip can only be locked if the Screwgate has been properly closed first. It's been given a Taper Lock nose, a special flared profile on the nose of the biner which significantly increases the side loading strength of the gate. The belay Master 2 is also surprisingly light. So there you have it, one of the safest belay biners ever made and a fool proof set up that has proved very popular with climbing walls and outdoor centers!
- Weight: 96 g
- Strength: 25 kN (major axe), 10 kN (minor axe), 8 kN (open gate)
- Opening: 20 mm
- Certificate: CE EN 12275
- Made in Wales, UK


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LAB3 Security Insight - Rapid Sentinel Onboarding (minutes not months)
LAB3 will implement Azure Sentinel SIEM that will focus on the configuration of essential data (log) sources and alerts that drive maximum value and threat hunting coverage.
Cybersecurity management can quickly become costly and inefficient, requiring highly specialised skills and software. Azure Sentinel is a cloud native Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM) platform.
Our goal is to implement cybersecurity measures that are continuously enriched and tuned using Sentinel's own native AI and ML capabilities, combined with LAB3's real world experience and automation expertise.


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Trailer net/Flatbed net with DEKRA certificate
Covering net for securing loaded trailers or flatbeds. The net has square mesh and a 6 mm border all the way round. This article has been tested and certified by DEKRA in conformity with requirement profile VA 80-13-TTD-50 for covering nets as an additional aid for securing loads.
The safety net consists of woven, deep-dyed polypropylene filament yarn. This is a highly tearproof and stable synthetic fibre. Thanks to the knotless weave, which is no less stable than a knotted connection, the net keeps its shape perfectly.
The material is of course 100% non-toxic, and contact with mucus membranes (mouth, eyes) is completely safe as well. Thanks to their weather-resistance and UV-stability, our safety nets are suitable for both outdoor and indoor use.
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Your satisfaction and safety are very important to us. Regular quality inspections guarantee the high standard of our products. Our nets and fabric are designed to fulfil the most exacting standards and are characterised by their exceptional durability.
Not sure which net thickness is right for your specific purpose or do you perhaps have a different question? Trust our many years' experience and contact us!
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160CM Professional Camera Tripod
Built of durable alunimium, our sturdy Camera (and camcorder too) Tripod features a host of desirable shutterbug requirements such as 3-way fluid panhead, centre column hook for extra stability, quick release plate and secured clip and not least, bubble and spirit level.
Setting up or moving the tripod around is also hassle-free with the strong legs that comes with a 2-section flip leg locking system. The Camera Tripod can take up to a maximum of 3.5kg in weight and folds away neatly into a handy carry bag.
Note: Tripod quick release plate screw fits camera with 1/4" screw interface.
* Durable aluminium
* Extremely lightweight
* 3-way fluid panhead
* Flip lock for quick lock and release actions
* Bubble level and spirit level
* Elevated column with geared system
* Attached with hook
* Non-slip adjustable rubber feet
* Quick-release plate
* Comes with a carry bag
* Material: Aluminium
* Maximum height: 160cm
* Minimum height: 61cm
* Base width: 38-90cm
* Max. capacity: 3.5kg
* Folded dimension: 61 x 11 x 9cm
* Weight: 1.43kg
* Colour: Black
Package Content
1 x Camera Tripod
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Each state has its own driver license requirements. Getting your driver license varies from state-to-state as do rules and regulations. Even though there are some national standards regarding traffic laws and road signs, they're different enough that moving to a new state could require restudying for the knowledge test.
A commercial driver license is based on national standards established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This makes CDL tests essentially the same from state-to-state with a few exceptions like Texas and New York, which have additional requirements.
Motorcycle licenses, or endorsements as some states say, are generally the same from state-to-state since they're based on work from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Still, each state has their own rules covering helmet use, three-wheel motorcycles, lane splitting, and so on.


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The planning of an interior space, along with the placement of doors and windows determines the furniture layout. One needs to look at electrical connections and switchboards, walls for the television and cabinetry and use them to guide the furniture placement. The styling of the furniture is extremely important but cannot be chosen in isolation; so whether the furniture is classical or contemporary depends on the aesthetic language chosen for the overall scheme.
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Programmatic platforms are on pace to fundamentally reshape the entire digital advertising landscape.
These platforms are automating much of the ad buying and selling process and increasing the accuracy of execution. Programmatic technologies are helping ad buyers find the right audience at the right price at the right time.
A new report from BI Intelligence finds that real-time bidding (RTB), a key piece of the programmatic ecosystem, will account for over $18.2 billion in U.S. digital ad revenues in 2018, up from just $3.1 billion in 2013.
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Here are some of the key takeaways from the report:
- Programmatic and real-time bidding (RTB) ad spend is growing fast. RTB will account for over $18.2 billion of U.S. digital ad sales in 2018, up from just $3.1 billion in 2013, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 42%.
- Mobile and video ads will be a major driver of this growth, with RTB sales for these formats topping $6.8 billion and $3.9 billion in 2018, respectively.
A number of companies are already cashing in on the growing programmatic market. Top programmatic ad companies include Criteo, Rocket Fuel, the Rubicon Project, and AOL. These four companies pulled in more than $1.5 billion in combined global ad revenue in 2013, accounting for more than one-tenth of global programmatic ad dollars.
- Prices for programmatic ads are increasing for almost all ad types, as demand outpaces supply. The effective cost per thousand impressions (eCPM) for social ads was up by 64% between January through April 2014, compared to the same time period one year earlier, according to Turn.
- There are still a number of barriers to adoption. Top barriers include brand worries that they will lose control over where their ads will appear, internal resistance at ad agencies, and lack of transparency in the industry over methods and results.
The report is full of charts and data that can easily be downloaded and put to use.
- Sizes the market for programmatic/RTB spending.
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- Outlines the key factors driving advertisers and publishers to adopt programmatic technologies.
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To enable flight messaging, simply update your preference through "Communication Preference" once logged in to your membership account. You will then receive flight related notifications whenever you fly with Cathay Pacific. To enjoy this service, please also remember to quote your membership number when you make your reservations. You can also customise the type of notifications you would like to receive through your flight messaging profile, e.g. email, SMS.
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How does this medication work? What will it do for me?
Domperidone belongs to the group of medications called dopamine antagonists. It is used to treat slowed movement in the gastrointestinal tract associated with diabetes and gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining). For people with this condition, domperidone improves symptoms of nausea, vomiting, bloating, and feeling of fullness.
Domperidone is also used to prevent stomach problems such as nausea and vomiting associated with certain medications used to treat Parkinson's disease. It works to improve symptoms by helping the stomach to empty more quickly and to reduce nausea.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
What form(s) does this medication come in?
Each white, round, film-coated, biconvex tablet, engraved "rph D51" on one side and plain on the other, contains 10 mg of domperidone. Nonmedicinal ingredients: cornstarch, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, povidone, sodium docusate 85%-sodium benzoate 15%, titanium dioxide, and triacetin.
How should I use this medication?
The usual adult dose of domperidone is 10 mg, taken 15 to 30 minutes before meals. The maximum recommended dose is a total of 30 mg daily for the shortest possible duration of treatment. Many things can affect the dose of a medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way that you are taking the medication without consulting your doctor.
It is important that this medication be taken exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store this medication at room temperature, protect it from light and moisture, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Do not take domperidone if you:
- are allergic to domperidone or any ingredients of the medication
- are taking the medications in the same families as ketoconazole, erythromycin, ritonavir, or nefazodone
- are taking medications which cause QT prolongation
- have bleeding in the stomach or intestines
- have a blockage in the stomach or intestines
- have breaks in the lining of the stomach or intestines
- have a prolactinoma (a tumour of the pituitary gland)
- have uncorrected levels of potassium, magnesium, or calcium in your blood
- have cardiac disease (e.g., heart failure)
- have QT prolongation (a type of irregular heartbeat)
- have moderate or severe liver impairment
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent.
The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
- abdominal cramps
- breast pain
- diarrhea
- dry mouth
- headache
- migraine
- nausea
- rash
Although most of these side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- breast milk flowing from the nipple
- fast, pounding, or racing heartbeat or pulse
- menstrual irregularities
- swelling of the breast (men)
Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
- dizziness or fainting
- irregular heartbeat
- signs of an allergic reaction (such as difficulty breathing, hives, swelling of the face or throat)
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin taking a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should use this medication.
Heart rhythm problems and cardiac arrest: Recent studies have shown that the risk of serious abnormal heart rhythms or cardiac arrest (sudden death) may be higher for people who take more than 30 mg of domperidone per day, or people who are over 60 years of age. If you have a heart condition with abnormal electrical activity of your heart (e.g., QT prolongation), heart failure, or low blood levels of magnesium or potassium, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
This is especially important if you are taking other medications that can change the electrical activity of the heart or increase the amount of domperidone in your blood. Certain medications (e.g., sotalol, quinidine, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, pimozide, moxifloxacin, mefloquine, pentamidine, arsenic trioxide, ondansetron, probucol, tacrolimus) can increase the risk of a type of abnormal heart rhythm called QT prolongation, and should not be used in combination with domperidone if possible. You are more at risk for this type of abnormal heart rhythm and its complications if you:
- are a woman
- are older than 65 years of age
- have a family history of sudden cardiac death
- have a history of heart disease or abnormal heart rhythms
- have a slow heart rate
- have congenital prolongation of the QT interval
- have diabetes
- have had a stroke
- have low potassium, magnesium, or calcium levels
- have nutritional deficiencies
Hormone levels: This medication may increase prolactin, a hormone in the body. If you have a history of breast cancer, ask your doctor about the benefits and risks associated with using this medication, since some breast cancers are thought to be prolactin-dependent.
Kidney function: Reduced kidney function may cause this medication to build up in the body, causing side effects. If you have reduced kidney function, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Your doctor may suggest a lower dose or that you take this medication only once or twice a day.
Liver function: Liver disease or reduced liver function may cause this medication to build up in the body, causing side effects. If you have liver problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Pregnancy: This medication should not be used during pregnancy unless the benefits outweigh the risks. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately.
Breast-feeding: This medication passes into breast milk. If you are breast-feeding and are taking domperidone, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.
Children: The safety and effectiveness of using this medication have not been established for children.
Seniors: People over the age of 60 appear to be more likely to experience heart problems, including heart attack, with the use of domperidone. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of taking this medication.
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between domperidone and any of the following:
- amiodarone
- antihistamines (e.g., cetirizine, doxylamine, diphenhydramine, hydroxyzine, loratadine)
- antipsychotic medications (e.g., haloperidol, pimozide, risperidone, quetiapine, ziprasidone)
- aprepitant
- atropine
- "azole" antifungals (e.g., fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole)
- benztropine
- calcium channel blockers (e.g., amlodipine, diltiazem, nifedipine, verapamil)
- chloroquine
- cobicistat
- conivaptan
- darifenacin
- disopyramide
- doxepin
- dronedarone
- flavoxate
- flecainide
- galantamine
- glycopyrrolate
- glycopyrronium
- grapefruit juice
- HIV protease inhibitors (e.g., indinavir, atazanavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir)
- macrolide antibiotics (e.g., azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin)
- maprotiline
- methadone
- methylene blue
- mifepristone
- monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs; e.g., moclobemide, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, )
- narcotic pain relievers (e.g., fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine, oxycodone)
- orphenadrine
- oxybutynin
- pentamidine
- probucol
- procainamide
- propafenone
- protein kinase inhibitors (e.g., bosutinib, dasatinib, erlotinib, imatinib, nilotinib)
- quinidine
- quinine
- scopolamine
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS; e.g., citalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline)
- serotonin antagonists (anti-emetic medications; e.g., granisetron, ondansetron)
- sirolimus
- solifenacin
- sotalol
- tiotropium
- tolterodine
- tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., amitriptyline, nortriptyline)
- trospium
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription), and herbal medications you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or street drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2024. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/drug/getdrug/Teva-Domperidone


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