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By Karyn Greenstreet
In recent months, two of my Synergy members lost a family member, and another has been in the hospital on and off. The brother of one of my colleagues' died. Another colleague had a house fire and lost his condo.
It got me thinking: when your clients, members, colleagues, and staff suffer a personal tragedy, what can you do?
By no means is this a complete list. I'm sharing about a dozen ideas from how I've dealt with situations like this. I'd love to hear other ideas from you. (And if you are the one who suffered the loss, what did you need most from your business colleagues?)
I think timing is everything. When the tragedy is fresh and personal, and your relationship is mostly business, you might start with a note or flowers. Later on, you can connect live in some way. It's also appropriate to consider the depth of your relationship. Do you know each other well enough that a personal visit to a hospital room is fitting.
Each business relationship you have, you're having it with another human being who has a whole life outside of your work relationship. I have come to care very deeply about my clients and colleagues, and when they suffer, I feel it and I want to reach out to them in some way. I'm sure you do, too.
Your observations on how to deal with a client suffering a tragedy are spot-on! Having recently experienced this situation in my family, I can also add that sometimes a client may simply drop out of sight online due to the large volume of work needing to get done, being away with family, or due to one of those stages of grief. I think a card with a personal message along with an open invitation for a 1-on-1 conversation is always a great way to demonstrate that one cares for a client's (or anyone's!) wellbeing.
I can't tell you how much it meant to me when my mastermind group peers sent me sympathy cards when my husband died. We had been masterminding together for three years and really got to know each other on a personal as well as business level. It meant everything to me knowing that they cared and understood.
I recently experienced several tradgic deaths at the eve of the year, one was a close friend and former colleague carjacked and murdered, then my best friend passing away from a long term illness the day before my Christmas/New Year's work-vacation. I was going away for the holiday and decided not to be in contact with any clients and let them know I needed the space… of course when I returned my dad, with whom I was very close, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and he passed a few days ago just as I was ramping back up into my projects. People often assume you don't want to work at all but that's not always what I need. Some days I need to be immersed in a project and other days I need to go to the bathroom and cry in between appointments… this is all great advice but the overall theme of allowing the grieving person to lead is important. Thank you for that.
You also need to grieve yourself. It is hard to watch a colleague suffer and not be able to help them. I often think work helps us through these tough times but taking time to reflect and acknowledge your level of pain at each stage of grieving is equally important. It never goes away but it does get easier to manage.
Very timely article. This happened with a client of mine just this week. Thank you.
When people have lost a friend or family member (even if it's a four-legged furry one), I have made a donation to a charity that was meaningful to that person. Often times the donation has been to support research or other groups related to the specific loss the person has experienced. Flowers are thoughtful, and they are temporary. Donating to a cause can have a far greater and lasting impact.
Ask "how can I help?" rather than state, "Let me know if I can do anything."
Sometimes all that is is needed is to listen quietly.
This may seem 'old fashioned' but if the person who has had the loss or preparing for a funeral is local, a meal brought to them is always appreciated..something in a container or even a beautiful casserole dish that does not need to be returned…just a gift, along with that personalized card.
I'm so glad that with "How can I help", you've offered several things you can do but people who are grieving don't always know what they need. Offer them some suggestions of things you can do for them. It can be something like cooking or grocery shopping for them so they eat, or babysitting their kids if they have young ones – you decide what to offer to do BUT do give them a bunch of choices.
The ex-husband of one of my group members died very unexpectedly. The two of them were still quite close and she was his "next of kin" for all health and legal matters and his executor. It was a huge emotional blow.
We rallied around her as she cried in meetings and sent flowers as a group. It meant a lot.
There's a huge difference between an event and a person who uses the group as their personal counseling sessions.
The good news is we've had more great things than bad happen – like births of babies, and marriages.
As much as we are about business growth and development, we know we are still whole people.
One thing that is different is to call the person on the phone and acknowledge their pain and give them space to talk. No one seems to call because Death is so difficult to deal with for everyone. When an associate's husband died and I called her she said I was the only person to call. Everyone else texted or emailed. Simple but not easy.
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Hey party lovers! If you wish that you could enjoy partying, drinking and eating without worrying about the rise in figures on the weighing scale the next morning, read on.
What is life without celebrations, and alcoholic beverages are an integral part of social get together, and though you may try, it becomes really hard to resist the pressure and temptation to enjoy food and drinks when in a company. We have come up with a ready reckoner to get you prepped for the party, to help you make the right choice for drinks and snacks, for a minimum invasive impact on your diet and health.
How do you choose your drink?
Sadly, alcohol does contain calories, as a matter of fact, some variants contain a lot more of calories than their peers. Here we compare the calories in alcohol, to help you choose them wisely.
When you drink beer, the fat metabolism becomes slow as our body burns alcohol instead of fat. As more calories point to more alcohol, the strong beers have more adverse effect on your fitness.
A pint of beer on an average contains 130 calories. As on an average, you consume 2 pints of beer in a party, making an informed choice can cut down your calorie intake by over 100 calories:
They say "Real men drink Whiskey", but how do real men decide which whiskey to have. This choice is most often a style statement and most often people stick with a particular brand. A large peg of whiskey on an average contains 140 calories and amongst the popular brands, Royal Stag has the highest of 152 calories with Black Dog a close second with 150 calories per peg. Here are some popular brands with their calorie content:
The choice of soldiers, for the calming, muscle relaxing, and antimicrobial properties, the best advantage of Rum is the way it is metabolized in the body, it does not leave you with a hangover. Almost similar to whiskey calorie wise, a peg of Rum contains 140 calories. Here are some popular brands with their calorie content:
Termed as the "Ladies Drink", mostly because of lesser scent, Vodka is a popular choice amongst men as well. It is used in most good-looking cocktails owing to its colourless nature. Vodka slows down the lipid oxidation by the body by 73% for several hours after consumption, which leads to storage of fats. Popular vodka brands and their calorie content:
Preferred by ladies largely due to its anti ageing and antioxidant properties, wine is definitely the healthiest option when it comes to alcohol. A glass or two is enough to make you feel euphoric and given the health benefits it brings along, wine should definitely be the preferred drink at any party. A huge difference in calories between the popular brands, here is what will help you which one to choose.
Who is the real culprit while we blame alcohol?
While we are concentrating on alcohol, trying to find the lowest calorie and healthiest option, the only thing we need to decide is whether we are having beer, wine or spirits. Alcohol is alcohol and is the same organic compound "ethanol" in each and every drink. There is no difference in the way it is metabolised by the body be it in wine, beer or any other spirit. The advantage of having wine or beer is that there are no added calories of aerated drinks and sweetened juices, and the antioxidants they contain.
Consuming alcohol does activate the brain cells that make us feel hungry, however, the main culprit for weight gain is not alcohol, it is the stuff that is consumed along with alcohol that is to be blamed, and when we eat wrong, it does wrong.
The snacks that are usually consumed in parties, or available at the pubs are plain simple carbohydrates, the super-rich in calories, fried in fat and served with some more fat to make them easily gobble-able. Here is a small compilation of party snacks and their calorie content for a quick comparison:
Some of them must have come as a shocker, but it is true, they are secret enemies of your diet. Please note the special case of Peanuts and Paneer Tikka – although they have a high content, they are a rich source of good fat, which accounts for more than 50% of the fat content. Also, Masala Papad and Momos, despite having low-fat content, are made of maida, which has high Glycemic index. That's why we have placed them in the non-preferred category.
And since giving up of celebrations is just not an option, we suggest some healthy accompaniments go with your drinks.
- Vegetable Crudites: Blanched vegetable cut in sticks can be had with a yoghurt dip, which makes for a healthy and zero oil snack.
- Finger Salad: A salad of fruits and vegetables like capsicum, cucumber, pineapple, and an apple cut in fingers in a honey, salt and a black pepper dressing is a yummy snack to relish with drinks.
- Masala Roasted Black Gram: Substituting the peanuts in masala peanuts with roasted chana makes it a high fibre, protein rich and low-calorie spicy snack.
All said & done, alcohol must be consumed with some precautions.
- Stay hydrated: It is a myth that beer is good for hydration. For every 200 ml of beer, you urinate approximately 320 ml, and this causes dehydration. You need to consume more water when you have alcohol, in order to keep your body hydrated.
- Consume more protein: Alcohol slows the fat burning process. With lower lipid oxidation, any excess carbohydrate in the body is converted and stored as fat. In order to avoid this, you need to consume more protein-based snack to avoid fat storage.
- Don't drink empty stomach: Alcohol must never be taken empty stomach as it disturbs the stomach lining. Try to eat something prior to having alcohol to save the stomach lining. You can have 2 bananas half an hour before or have some light food.
Alcohol helps you lose inhibitions, feel free and relaxed as it calms the nerves and slows down the brain activity. Though these effects are enjoyable and calming, excess of everything is bad. Moderation is always the best approach for anything in life. Choosing the right drink and right snack shall help you maintain good figure and health in the long run. Drink safe. Be safe!


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The certificate may be viewed by going to https://studio.bluebeam.com and clicking the padlock icon, located near the beginning of the URL in the address bar.
Password Requirements & Storage
All passwords must be between 8 and 32 characters, with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number and one special character, such as !@#$%^&*.
Password are hashed prior to storage, using a one-way strong hash algorithm with salt.
Along with this, an 'exponential back-off' algorithm locks accounts for progressively longer periods of time with each failed login attempt using an incorrect password. Login failures are logged, and our Operations Team is alerted if the quantity rises above a preset level.
Data and System Security
The measures described below have been implemented to address data and system security concerns.
Infrastructure and Data Storage
Bluebeam Studio is hosted on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The Studio infrastructure is comprised of application servers which serve Revu clients on Windows®, macOS®, and iOS, as well as a backend processing system and a data tier.
User data, Project and Session metadata, and Session markups are stored on SQL servers. Actual Project and Session documents reside on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) servers.
Bluebeam Studio has two separate insulated instances for data residency concerns, located in the United States and the United Kingdom. The SQL and S3 buckets containing customer data are not shared between the two instances. Both instances are accessible from anywhere in the world.
SLA's for Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 can be found in following locations:
Data Protection
In addition to encryption of all SQL server backups and developer hard drives, all documents are automatically encrypted when uploaded to a Studio Session or Project using Revu 2015 and above, as described below.
Encryption is done by AWS using a combination of an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and an AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key ID.
All data is encrypted at-rest (AES-256 encryption) and in-transit. Data transfer is encrypted in transit via TLS1.2* between the Revu client and Amazon S3. In the server environment, files are encrypted in Amazon's S3 service. SQL database backups are stored on encrypted volumes.
System security
We've ensured that all server instances perform in the same manner and are subjected to the same network policies and restrictions by building them with a validated and tested "template." Once deployed, the following steps and policies are in place to provide additional security and consistency across the infrastructure:
Controlled Administrator Access
Only a select group of engineers have administrative rights within the Bluebeam Studio infrastructure, and management console access is controlled via Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
Change Control
All system changes and enhancements are documented and must undergo testing and approval by our DevOps and Security teams, before implementation in the production environment.
Audit logging of system and application-level changes and processes are centralized in our log management system.
Application and system security logs are retained for a minimum of 30 days. Only DevOps engineers have access to these logs. Developer access to logs for troubleshooting must be approved by security personnel.
Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
We've implemented a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and remediation process to address any security issues that may arise. These measures include antivirus protection on all servers, proactive system patching policy, and file integrity monitoring (which detects unauthorized changes to the systems).
Applications with a web component are scanned prior to and after deployment to the production environment.
All production systems are scanned for infrastructure vulnerabilities on a recurring basis and are patched accordingly.
Inventory of Authorized Assets
All production asset additions and modifications are restricted to the DevOps team and follows Change Control procedures. The DevOps team leverages AWS tools to maintain asset inventory.
Infrastructure & System Monitoring
To ensure a steady state of operations, a comprehensive monitoring and alert system is in place for the following:
- Server infrastructure: CPU, memory, disk space, and uptime.
- Applications: errors, performance degradation, and uptime.
- Network Performance: usage and bandwidth, server response time, throughput, and web requests.
System Maintenance
Regular maintenance tasks and emergency maintenance is performed in accordance with our established Change Control process.
Disaster Recovery (DR)
In case of emergency, Bluebeam Studio includes proactive infrastructure monitoring, which provides information and alerts on system availability as well as performance and error conditions. Additionally, the Bluebeam Studio team regularly tests their disaster recovery procedures.
To handle the unfortunate event of an infrastructure failure, we've also put the following contingencies in place:
Backup Protocol
Full backups of the SQL Databases and Files Stores are performed on a daily basis. The backup files are stored away from production servers, and their integrity is checked regularly.
SQL Database Backups
- Transaction log backups are taken every 15 minutes. Stored for 30 days.
- Full backups are taken once a day. Stored for 30 days.
- Monthly full backups. Stored for 10 years.
PDF File Backups
PDF file changes uploaded to Amazon S3 servers are copied to an isolated S3 bucket every night. These backup files are stored away from production servers, and their integrity is checked periodically.
All backups are replicated to a different AWS region.*
Infrastructure Redundancy
There is full redundancy for all Studio application servers. If a primary server fails, all traffic will automatically be switched to a secondary server.
Application servers run in a cluster behind a load balancer. Studio SQL use "AlwaysOn" to provide HA. DNS redundancy is provided by AWS Route53.
Regional Failure
In the event of a failure in our primary AWS region all data is replicated to a secondary region. Automation is in place to build all studio infrastructure so we can restore the backups and provide service from the secondary region.
*Regional failure scenario does not apply to bluebeamstudio.co.uk.
Change Log
|Updated security controls with new tools
|Updated DR, Redundancy an Region Failure sections.
|Started tracking changes, removed year, minor tweaks in wording, and added change log
Updated Logo on cover page
Added details regarding NA vs UK instances
|Corrected some formatting issues
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The fiddle player in the picture before last is one beautiful busker. I've seen her twice now. The other time was at 110th St, also on the 1 line. She always has a huge smile on her face as she's playing, even when there's no one around, like a crazy person. I love that about her. Have you seen her? If you do, tell her I said hi. (I should probably leave her some money next time. I've been too shy thus far. I haven't talked to her either.) You can't quite see her face in the picture, but you can see her pigtails, or whatever you call those. And yeah, she is an awesome fiddle player. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go cover my notebook in cartoon hearts.
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The smouldering one appears to have had a new picture taken on the official site for his latest words of wisdom. In the lead up to the Yeading game, he has spoken of the obvious need for us to not underestimate our West London opponents, but also of his asperations for the rest of our FA Cup campaign.
That's no surprise really given our unspectacular showing in the Carling Cup this campaign, but certainly we should be prepared for Yeading as Calderwood sent scouts to check them out in their last fixture with Bishop's Stortford in which they drew 1-1. Fortunately, since the Accrington Stanley humiliation, he thinks that "My players are professional enough to know that they have to be at it on saturday. Any let up in their application could give us a problem."
The third round of the FA Cup of course heralds the inclusion of teams from the Premiership and Championship, and I think this is the real agenda for Calderwood – he must be keen to test his high flying side against opponents from the top two leagues, as they have ably demonstrated so far their ability to cope at our current level – but obviously he'll have half a mind on what the likely outcome is if we were to be promoted this season (I still won't tell myself we will, just yet!).
Seems like a sensible policy, and as always Calderwood has proven adept at talking the talk – hopefully come saturday the team will be walking the walk!
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Some people respond skeptically to these assertions [that all societies include some ways of expressing gender differences between men and women] because they have a vague notion that some societies have been "matriarchal"—that is, the governing authorities have been women. However, anthropologists unanimously dismiss matriarchy as a characteristic of any known society, present or past. As stated by Rosaldo, "The issues involved here are complex, but the evidence of contemporary anthropology gives scant support to an argument for matriarchy." There are two main reasons for the persistent confusion about matriarchy. First, some primitive tribes have myths which tell of a time in their ancient past when women ruled. Anthropologists now generally regard these myths as justifications for some current aspect of the tribal life, such as male authority, and not as historically reliable tradition. Myths about Amazonian warrior women are also considered unhistorical by anthropologists. Secondly, anthropologists once used the term "matriarchy" to describe societies which are today called matrilineal or matrifocal. Matrilineal societies are those which trace lineage through the mother and not the father. Matrifocal societies are those in which the female role receives special attention and honor. Modern anthropologists no longer use the term "matriarchal" to describe these societies precisely because it implies that the women of the society actually govern the overall life of the group. In fact, men are the overall governing authorities in both matrilineal and matrifocal societies. Thus, the idea that matriarchal societies did or do exist is a popular misunderstanding, and a notion that modern anthropologists reject. (Stephen B. Clark, Man and Woman in Christ, 415)
Susanna Wesley
Recently I taught a church history lecture on the life of Susanna Wesley:
(Download.) I relied primarily on Wikipedia for my research on English church history, and on two books for my research on Susanna:
In his book, Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness, Eric Metaxas provides brief biographies of seven women in church history. He offers a very engaging and thoughtful history of the the lives of Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Sister Maria of Paris, Corrie ten Boom, Rosa Parks, and Mother Teresa.
The Methodist minister John Newton wrote Susanna Wesley and the Puritan Tradition in Methodism. He offers a well rounded biography of Susanna while at the same time advancing and supporting his thesis that Susanna contributed a strain of vibrant Puritanism to the founding of Methodism.


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You may contact Dwight Ganje to set up individual instruction - 651-494-4365
The Wall Street Journal tells us up to 70% of the American workforce lives paycheck to paycheck...... We all need a plan for our month to month finances. Learn God's way of handling money with Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU). Through video teaching, class discussions and interactive small group activities, FPU presents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you've dreamed you could be. This plan will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, spend and save wisely and much more.
The FPU sessions are presented to individuals and group audiences. This financial literacy training is one of several programs we run as part of our non-profit To Bear Witness. Dave Ramsey is a well known author and speaker who developed a comprehensive 9 week series instructing people to "Live within their Means" according to biblical principles. An example of topics provided during this 9 week series are:
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2. Relating with Money - Nerds and Free Spirits units
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4. Dumping Debt - Breaking the chains of debt
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6. The role of insurance
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8. Real Estate and Mortgages
9. The Great Misunderstanding
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My wife and I have lived by the principles taught in this course for years. We were able to raise our family according to these principles so that now we are able to spend our early retirement years giving back to the community helping others understand how to adopt these principles. We are an all-volunteer non-profit that runs strictly on private donations. Individual instruction is conducted in public places such as public libraries or coffee shops. For more information on this training, please contact me via email or phone.
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We've heard of the many negative impacts from the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines.
Nevertheless, like the TV ads say, "But wait, there's more."
The "more" is more public risk.
Both pipelines are coated with a fusion-bonded epoxy to reduce pipe corrosion and risk of explosion. FBE degrades in sunlight, and it is chalking off the pipes and becoming progressively thinner.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers admit the pipes have been stored longer than the manufacturer's recommendation. Experts advise me the pipes may be safe for up to two years, but their safety is questionable thereafter. The ACP pipes have already been stored outside for three years and counting, since the ACP is now on hold. Mountain Valley Pipeline developers testified in court that they are concerned about FBE loss as well.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration confirms the FBE loss, but states that the pipes have been inspected and remain safe. Nevertheless, no inspection results for pipe safety, blasting, hydrostatic tests, welding and backfilling will be available to the public until these dangerous projects are completed, and by then it may be too late to correct public safety issues
There have been three catastrophic gas pipeline explosions in nearby states in the past 10 months. Landslides in steep terrain similar to that of the ACP and MVP caused two of them to explode shortly after installation.
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The Material Safety Data Sheet for the 3M Scotchkote fusion-bonded epoxy 6233 used on these pipes lists carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic properties and negative health consequences from this material.
Last summer I asked the Virginia Department of Health to address this issue. They have not told me that this product is safe, nor taken any actions to protect the public health. None of the many other experts I've contacted has told me that this product is safe. Nevertheless, it is escaping into our environment — and likely into our bodies — through inhalation and ingestion through drinking water.
Our corporate lapdog government should be protecting us from these pipelines. Instead, it's protecting them, and leaving us in peril.
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Chamber President Andy Hunder opened the discussion together with United States Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt.
American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine shared on Facebook:
'Steven Fisher, CEO and Chairman of the Board of PJSC Citibank Ukraine, Chairman of the Chamber Board reported on the achieved progress in terms of 5 steps for Ukraine's sustainable economic recovery and required next steps.In an open discussion, Chamber Board Members voiced the current issues and proposals on how to improve conditions for doing business in healthcare, energy and mobile telecom sectors of Ukrainian economy as well as situation with VAT refund and state regulation of prices for socially significant products. Prime Minister Groysman stressed that direct dialogue with business cannot be substituted with anything else, and Government is ready to implement changes and reforms. Also, he highlighted the importance of attracting new investments and his personal support of current and future investors. The Chamber appreciates openness of Prime Minister and his Team to the constructive dialogue and will continue to act as a unified voice of the business community with a focus on effective follow-up.'
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Last week UKeIG announced that I am the winner of the 2016 Jason Farradane Award. For me it is a huge honour even to have been nominated for this prize. The news that I am the actual recipient caught me somewhat off-guard last Wednesday – on a day disrupted by a fire at work that resulted in the closure of campus at 2pm. I have since been overwhelmed with congratulatory messages by email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and in person from friends, family, and colleagues. Thank you all! Continue reading
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The future of library and information science education and research: a view from Barcelona #liser2015
I spent Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June 2015 in Spain as a guest of the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Barcelona. Here I was one of many academics from across the world invited to join the Faculty in the celebrations of its one hundredth anniversary. These were organised around an event billed as the Third International Seminar on Library and Information Science (LIS) Education and Research (LIS-ER).
The main theme of the meeting was education and research in library and information science. The opening keynote presentation was delivered by Dr Blaise Cronin, Emeritus Professor at Indiana University, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. There then followed a series of sessions on: LIS education in Europe; LIS education in America; LIS research in general; LIS academic journals; and research data. There was also an opportunity for those who contributed to a poster display to introduce their work in plenary. In this session the speakers invited delegates to visit an exhibition that displayed work on themes that ranged from open science to beach libraries for summer tourists.
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All set for LIS-ER 2015
The Third International Seminar on LIS Education and Research (LIS-ER), organised by the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Barcelona, takes place this week on Thursday 4th and Friday 5 June 2015.
The meeting's theme of education and research in library and information science will be covered in conference presentations, panels, and a poster session. On Friday morning I'm speaking on the theme of challenges in LIS research, drawing on my experience of leading the implementation of the UK Library and Information Science Research Coalition between 2009 and 2012. For a preview of my presentation Meeting the challenges of LIS research: a national coalition approach, please see the slides below.
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Looking forward to the Third International Seminar on LIS Education and Research (LIS-ER), Barcelona, June 4-5 2015
The Third International Seminar on Education and Research (LIS-ER) is organised this year by the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Barcelona as part of its centenary celebrations. The meeting is supported by the European Association for Library and Information Education and Research (EUCLID) and the Red Universitaria de centros de Información y Documentación (RUID). It takes place 4-5 June 2015 on the University of Barcelona campus.
Congratulations Professor Blaise Cronin, a winner of Jason Farradane Award 2014
Many congratulations to Blaise Cronin, Visiting Professor to the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University, who has today been named as one of the winners of the 2014 Jason Farradane Award.
Blaise Cronin to deliver guest lecture at Edinburgh Napier University, 24 June 2014
Dr Blaise Cronin, Rudy Professor of Information Science, Indiana University is Visiting Professor to the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. Next week he will be on our Merchiston campus to deliver a presentation entitled "Beethoven vs. Bieber: On the meaningfulness of (alt)metrics" (abstract below) as part of the School of Computing/Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Tech Talk series.
An afternoon of advice from Thesis Whisperer Dr Inger Mewburn
What do you do when you hear that the Thesis Whisperer, Dr Inger Mewburn, is coming to town? If you're my colleague Karen Strickland, you do all you can to tempt her onto the Edinburgh Napier University campus to share with colleagues her enthusiasm for social media as a means of marketing academic research.


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After spending some successful years as a Newgrounds flash game, Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody! is finally out on Steam.
Equipped with a new engine, art style, and game mechanics, Yeah Jam Fury is a puzzle platformer game. Players must mix and match the specialties of the three main characters: Yeah, Jam, and Fury. Yeah takes care of placing blocks for the path, Jam scales and bounces off walls, while Fury breaks blocks on his way. With those three abilities in mind, players must make their way to the end of each stage to get the mango.
Aside from the quest to get mangoes, the game also features over 100 playable levels. If that's not enough, players can also design their own levels using the game's level editor. Custom stages can be shared to others using Steam Workshop.
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What started as a university assignment, turned into a growing entrepreneurial venture, expanding faster than Mikayla Ivanov could have ever expected.
Originating as Tippy Toe Co. Mikayla launched the inclusive dance and movement program for children and young people with special needs in 2013. The aim was to create a social community which provided co-curricular activities for children with special needs, after discovering the lack of options available to families.
The first dance class in 2013 held an attendance of ten children and ended with families in tears of joy, expressing that their children had never before been granted the opportunity to participate in ballet classes. From here, Mikayla and her co-founder Zachary Fook worked to co-develop a program with parents for their children to discover what they desired and what they had previously experienced.
'Hearing that some parents had tried to take their children to yoga only to be asked to leave was horrifying' Mikayla says, 'At Active Eight we are passionate about inclusion.'
After Tippy Toe Co. Saturday dance classes reached capacity in January 2018, Active Eight was launched as Brisbane's first one-stop therapy, program and learning hub.
Offerings at Active Eight include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, exercise physiology, yoga, dance, ninja warrior, drumming and more. Therapy and inclusion is reimagined as programs move away from traditional, clinical treatments to more play-based therapy.
This move away from the traditional white-wall therapy has been positively received by families. The children are immersed in programs that veer away from traditional methods and are instead co-created and designed by therapists to stimulate, develop and activate children and young adults full potential.
'Our therapists and program facilitators are successful and amazing not because of their qualifications but the way they connect with the members and take them on adventures' says Mikayla. 'They are not in physical therapy but instead they are in a story, jumping over lily pads or being superheroes.'
Speaking highly of Courtney Crack, the original lead facilitator and co-Founder of Tippy Toe Co., Mikayla credits the Active Eight team and their passion that drives Active Eight.
Mikayla collected an array of accolades and titles in her final year at John Paul College including School Vice-Captain, Pro Diligentia, three performing arts awards and a volleyball sporting award.
Being inspired by the vast range of co-curricular activities available to her at JPC, Mikayla was shocked to discover that many children, and those with special needs, did not have access to such facilities and the social and developmental benefits they provide.
Mikayla hopes to continue to expand upon Active Eight's all-inclusive and holistic one-stop-shop model to introduce more services and reach more families in the community.
Continued involvement with JPC has never wavered, as Mikayla assists through Alumni events, panel nights and student presentations alongside the engagement to her partner and JPC Alumnus Chris Johnson (2008).
For more information visit;
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For those of you who intentionally try to ruin somebody's marriage or get a kick out of destroying families and household, then this article is for you. Or for those who are secretly the other woman or the side chick, then I'm definitely writing this for you because you need to understand what role you're really playing and why it's so important for you to break free from such an unhealthy love triangle. I want to start off by saying that it's very easy for a man to sleep with you and not think anything else about you once he's finished, especially if he already has a woman that he truly loves and cares about. You may be saying that if he loves her then he wouldn't be cheating on her, which is correct. As to why some men still cheat when he loves somebody else? I cannot answer that because I'm not a man, but what I can say is that you don't have to be the other woman that he uses whenever he wants to have sex and then get up and go back home. You deserve so much better! And it doesn't matter how pretty and thick you are or how good that you are, but you can never take the place of a woman that a man already has. That's a war that will never be won so why try to compete and make a fool of yourself? And if you take him from her then its only because their relationship was rocky before you came into the picture and they was on the verge of breaking up anyway, but other than that, you do not stand a chance. You will find most guys who will talk about their wives or their girlfriends to the woman they're sleeping around with and complaining to them about how he's not happy and telling the side chick what the wife or the girlfriend doesn't do and revealing the areas where she's lacking. And as a former side chick I use to listen to him and figure out ways how I could be better than his woman in order to win his heart, but it wasn't married men that I was sleeping with, only the guys who already had girlfriends. I was hoping that he would leave her and move in with me but instead of me winning his heart, I became a fool. I found myself cooking for him home cooked meals or either buying him something from a restaurant and taking it to his job, sexing him real good whenever he wanted it, and buying myself nice fancy clothes trying to look sexy for him to impress him. But ladies none of those things meant anything because at the end of the day he went right back home to the same woman he talked about to me. You will never be the one sitting at the table with him and his family members during The 4th Of July, Thanksgiving, the Christmas holiday seasons, and it's worse when he won't even bother texting you to wish you a happy holidays. You're not the ones who will get the large teddy bear, balloons, dinner, and the ring on Valentine's Day. And if he takes you anywhere then he will do it when it's dark outside or either take you out of town or to another area so that nobody will see him. He may even take you around some of his friends to show you off to his home boys only because you're his trophy for that day, but afterwards a trophy goes back on the shelf where it sits to collect dust. That sounded pretty harsh but it's time for women to grow up and face reality and stop letting men use you who already has a woman. And some of you boast proudly talking about you're getting money or he got my nails done, or he paid my cell phone bill or my cable bill, or he paid for my lace front. Really? I could pay for those things with a McDonalds paycheck if I was working there. You're no different than a person who eats a meal from their table and once they are finished, they take the bones and the scraps that's left over and throw it out to the dogs. AND YOU ARE THAT DOG!!!! Tell me this, what's thirty dollars to get your nails done? Or fifty or sixty dollars to pay your phone bill? Or a forty-five dollar boot leg lace front that you got done at one of your home girls house? Or you're probably not getting anything because he's too busy taking care of his family. Once again, you deserve far better. Take your time and allow God to send you somebody who's going to love you the way that you deserve to be loved. Somebody that's willing to marry you, build with you, put you and your children in a house and love them as if they were his own. But instead you choose to be used, and then you get upset when he sends your calls to the voicemail and don't respond to any of your text messages when you already knew what it was from the beginning. You're the side chick, that's what you signed up for because you feel that you can't do any better so bear the treatment that comes along with it. Learn to love and respect yourselves by not allowing a man to have his woman and you too. Don't waste your time dealing with somebody like that because they're not gonna leave. But just be the strong woman that you really are and walk away from that situation.
Month: May 2016
Prison Years (Part 2)
All I could do at that moment was to express my gratitude by thanking God for everything he had done and for allowing me to go to prison in order to save my life. To everyone who is reading my testimony I would like to say to you that nobody can repay a person back like God. Once again, I stabbed a woman and a child ( The child by accident) due to a man who was cheating on me and ended up leaving me for this woman while I was pregnant, and I ended up in prison and he eventually turned his back on me. But the Lord never forgotten about me or turned his back on me although he had to discipline me for my actions, and the man didn't go unpunished for everything that he done to me. For the word of God says: Is this not laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures? Vengeance is mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them. (Deuteronomy 32:34-35) And again: Beloved do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. (Romans 12:19) I have been freed from prison since October 2004, and my son's father is still in prison to this day, and has been there since 2003. Never try to repay a person for what they have done to you but instead position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord who is with you. When the man stopped supporting me, my mom sent me money faithfully throughout my six year stay and I felt that she should've done it because she spent the past fourteen years not being a mother. She played a major role in me searching for love in the streets when there was no love on the streets because all that men saw was a broken and vulnerable woman that they took advantage of. I walked faithfully with the Lord behind prison walls and I never masturbated once, nor did I indulge in homosexuality. God will keep you if you want to be kept and I wanted to be kept. His glory shined through my spirit and people saw that the Lord was with me and I was given much respect. In February 2004, my days at Pulaski was over and I was shipped back to Atlanta to a work release program. (Half way house) where I spent the next eight months. I was close to my freedom and that's when the real test begin and my weakness for a man was still there because I was in a relationship with a guy but no sex was involved. But on one particular day, I got caught hugging the guy at a bus stop that almost sent me back to prison but because I was one month away from my release date, they didn't send me back. Then finally on October 27, 2004, I was freed and that was the most happiest time of my life and a day that I will never forget. It seem like everybody in Athens Georgia came to visit me once the word got out that I was home and after all of the celebration, the tears, and the crying, I fell three months later and relapsed. For the bible says: Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall…..(1 Corinthians 10:12)
Prison Years (Part 1)
Although I was only a baby in Christ and was wrestling with demons in my sleep, I learned about spiritual warfare and that by calling on the name of Jesus, demons would flee from me. I don't remember how long I stayed at Metro State Prison but it wasn't my permanent stay because I was shipped again, but this time I ended up in Hawkinsville Georgia at Pulaski State Prison. During the entire time when I was at Metro, the boyfriend that I fought over and nearly killed a woman for (who is also the father of my son) supported me for a period of time, and was still doing so once I made it to Pulaski but then all of a sudden he stopped. I called his house one evening because I wanted to talk to him and hear his voice only to hear the voice of another woman answering his telephone and I was devastated, and It felt like someone stabbed me in the heart. I was so hurt because all I could think about was that I was in the situation that I was in because of him. All of the cheating and lying led me to snapping and at that moment I really wanted to die and was thinking about committing suicide but I couldn't do it because my children would never see me again, and God wanted to reveal himself to me and allowed me to get hurt so that all contact between me and this man would end for good, and it took me years to get over him. Throughout my journey at Pulaski, I witnessed the power of God like never before and saw miraculous things behind prison walls that I never revealed to anyone. I attended church services on a regular basis and read God's word along with prayer and I started to grow spiritually in him. Then I noticed that when I slept during the nights, I started having these dreams that seemed so real and whatever I dreamed about, happened. I dreamed that a woman committed suicide in prison and a few days later it came to pass. Still being young in Christ and not fully understanding what was happening or why I was having these dreams, I went to a service one night and was approached by a prophetess and she said to me: God said that the dreams that you are having are real, and that blew my mind because I never told anybody about me having any dreams and I knew that only God had revealed that to her. Every single night I was seeing a premonition from the Lord, but I didn't know at the time that I had a prophetic anointing on my life. One particular night I walked through my dad's house in the spirit and saw that something was wrong with his toilet, and I called my dad the next day and asked if there was something wrong with his toilet and he told me yes and he asked me how did I know, and I told my dad that I had walked through his house last night in a dream. There were many born again believers at Pulaski so I understood why God wanted me there so that I could listen to them and learn from them as well. And because God wanted me to be delivered and set free, he sent a powerful well known woman of God into my mist who was also a pastor and an inmate there. She performed exorcism on me when we were outside on the yard one evening, and she was accompanied by another believer in Christ and there was another woman sitting beside me who was waiting her turn to be delivered as well. When the pastor begin calling out demons that was in me, she told me to cough, and when I started coughing I begin vomiting. As she was calling out different demons, I kept vomiting until they were all gone. After that she told me that God said that I needed to fully surrender to him which I didn't understand because I had given my life to him and was filled with his spirit but when I look back over my life, I now realize that what God was saying is that I hadn't given everything to him and didn't allow him to deal with my weaknesses. My birthdays and holidays were the most difficult time for me being behind prison walls, and there was never a day that I did not pray and ask God to let me go home. I knew that I had done wrong but I couldn't understand why I had to do so much time when I had never been in trouble before. I was frustrated throughout the years and would get angry a lot and was always asking God why, until he finally revealed to me why in my fifth year in prison. I was sitting in the TV room early one morning watching television and I felt this strong urge in my spirit to call home. As I continued sitting there, the urge got stronger and stronger and I perceived that it was the Lord telling me to call home. When I finally called my mother she said to me: You must've heard? And I said: Heard what? And then she told me that the man whom I had fought over and was in prison for (And who is the father of my second son) had stabbed his girlfriend to death and was sitting in the county jail for murder and I dropped my mouth in disbelief.


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VPL Advisory Board
- To develop and establish immediate and long-range policies for the Library within the overall policies of the City & County;
- To review budgets proposed by the Library administration and to recommend to the City and County adjustments, changes and final adoption of those budgets;
- To act as a liaison between the governing bodies of the City and County;
- To perform such other duties and functions as delegated by the City and County.
The Library Advisory Board is composed of eleven members.
City Council Appointed Members
Kim Raley Pickens (September 2020)
Tony Vasquez (September 2020)
Destiny Hood (September 2021)
Unfilled Appointment
City & County Joint Appointed Member
Carl Ruschhaupt (September 2020)
Bronte Club Representative
Barbara Lack & Mary Jane Schurtz
County Commissioner Court Appointed Members
Robin Knipling (September 2020)
Liz Morgenroth (September 2021)
Unfilled Appointment
Unfilled Appointment
Friends of the Library Representative
Shirley Clements
Regular meetings of the Library Advisory Board are held quarterly at the Victoria Public Library on the third Wednesday of the month at noon in February, May, August, and November.


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A local man, Daniel Horrigan, lost his brother, MSG Robert Horrigan, in Iraq. When he died in Al Qaim on June 17, 2005, he was serving with Headquarters and Headquarters, United States Army Special Operations Command. Danny is building a memorial wall for the Fallen from the State of Texas in his yard here in Sunset Valley in Austin (view the news report here). He also carves figures of soldiers (not sure if they are "portraits" or not) and gives them to families of the Fallen. He expects to have his memorial wall completed by Veterans' Day 2010.
Daniel isn't the only one who remembers. An organization, Operation Honor Our Heroes, was inspired by MSG Horrigan. They tell his story:
Robert had completed three tours in Afghanistan and was completing his fifth and final tour in Iraq. Robert died in Al Qaim, Iraq, on June 17, 2005 with his comrades beside him after receiving mortal wounds during an early morning raid on known enemies of the United States. He was "the best of the best" serving his country while protecting everyone's right to life and liberty. Every man dies, but not every man lives. Robert truly lived --- for family, for nation, and for the guys next to him. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved turkey and deer hunting, as well as fishing. He was an accomplished Bladesmith and his knives are cherished by many throughout the world. Robert was planning on retiring to Texas with his family after this deployment.
He also left behind family, including a wife, a daughter and his mother. He was had also earned many awards and decorations, including a Bronze Star with V device and an oak leaf cluster.
Phil Taylor, of the American Fallen Soldiers Project, has painted a portrait of Robert. This portrait was sponsored by Michael Rater of Frisco, TX. I highly recommend taking the time to watch the 12-minute documentary (at the link) about Robert and the portrait. Judging by what his family had to say, it wasn't just their loss when Robert was killed, but for all of us, as well. Where do we find such men?


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Policy areas
Since the beginning, the CPRC has been at the forefront of researching social protection and providing evidence that it can work as an approach to tackle chronic and extreme poverty. Our research and policy analysis on social protection has influenced thinking that social protection can address chronic poverty, and that social protection programmes should be at the core of strategies to end chronic poverty.
Research and policy
Effective social protection programmes can do more than help people above the poverty line manage risk and avoid falling into poverty. They can also help those trapped in chronic poverty build assets and escape poverty. Social protection programmes are feasible and financially affordable even in low-income countries. This policy analysis has been presented in the report Social transfers and chronic poverty: Objectives, design reach and impact.
During the past decade, the CPRC has led innovative thinking on social protection – for instance, a design for a social protection pilot for the Ministry of Finance in Uganda, was implemented starting in 2010; and the book Just Give Money to the Poor has recently made a big impact in providing evidence that cash transfers for the poorest work.
Policy against chronic poverty continues to challenge and is complex. CPRC's research reveals that a policy focus on social protection can provide an entry-point to more difficult issues on making growth inclusive and fostering progressive social change. It can mobilise social forces to address issues of discrimination and unfair power relations, hence is a critical focus for the remaining period to 2015, and for the post 2015 agenda.
Key resources
Social protection to tackle chronic poverty
- Social protection: top priority to end chronic poverty
Policy brief 9
- Social protection transfers for chronically poor people
Policy brief 2
- Tackling obstacles to social protection transfers for chronically poor people
Policy brief 3
Social protection policy and programmes
- Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database
CPRC Database
- Do social transfer programmes have long-term effects on poverty reduction?
Policy brief 20
- Social transfers and growth: a review
CPRC Working paper 112
Country focus: Uganda
- A social protection agenda for Uganda's poorest of the poor
CPRC-Uganda Policy brief 2/2006
- Targeting and protecting the chronically poor in Uganda: A case for the elderly
CPRC-Uganda Policy brief 3/2006
- View all CPRC-Uganda policy briefs
View more publications on social protection and see the insecurity, vulnerability and social protection theme.
Publication highlights
Social transfers and chronic poverty: Objectives, design, reach and impact
Chronic Poverty Report
Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest - Concepts, Policies and Politics


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Update at 4 pm: Ms Hill has withdrawn her nomination.
In a statement on Facebook she said: "As much as I would like to continue working for the Students' Association, I have withdrawn my nomination for Students' Association president. I put in the nomination this afternoon for two reasons:
"Firstly, to draw attention to the lack of female sabbatical candidates in this year's elections. I love the democratic process, and want every student to feel they can participate. The lack of female candidates, despite this university having a greater percentage of female students, makes me worry that they don't feel they can participate. That it is 'a man's game'.
"Secondly, I nominated on the spur of the moment to show that it is possible to make the decision this week! Every student has something to offer the Students' Association, and I would love that those students who are not sure, or have not considered it yet, do so."
Chloe Hill, the current president of the Students' Association, has put her name forward to run again for the position.
Her candidacy was announced on the St Andrews elections Twitter feed at 1 pm on Wednesday. Nominations for sabbatical positions close at 5 pm.
Last year Ms Hill won election by narrowly beating Jamie Ross, with just 174 votes separating them in the fourth round of voting. She had also previously stood for election in March 2012, when she finished a close second to Freddie Fforde after six rounds of voting.
The last Association president to serve two terms was Andrew Keenan, from 2008-10. Mr Keenan also served as editor of The Saint in 2007.
You can follow all the latest elections news, analysis and guides from The Saint's elections hub.


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The Albertus Magnus baseball team used a 10-7 victory en route to a GNAC series sweep over the Norwich Cadets on Saturday afternoon.
Zak Sokolis (Meriden, Conn.) plated two runners with a single down the right field line in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a seven-all tie late in the game. The junior later scored on a double by Anthony Pellegrino (Branford, Conn.) to give the Falcons a 10-7 lead.
Norwich (1-8, 0-2 GNAC) opened the contest with four runs in the top of the first inning before Albertus cut the Cadets' lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the frame.
Albertus took over the lead in the second inning with six runs led by a bases clearing double from freshman Jack Pritchard (Orange, Conn.). Pritchard finished the afternoon 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Norwich tied up the ballgame with two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth before the Falcons put together their late-inning rally.
Brian Levchuk (Branford, Conn.) started on the hill for the Falcons as he went four innings, allowing eight hits, seven runs and four walks. Freshman Tyler Donnan (Meriden, Conn.) put together a stellar outing out of the bullpen as he threw two solid innings of work. Ryan Fowler (Cheshire, Conn.) earned the save for the Falcons as he pitched the final inning.
Norwich's Brad Hudson took the loss to fall to 1-3 on the year.
Nicholas Gendron had two hits and two RBI for the Cadets.
Albertus will play at Elms on Monday, April 1 in a 7:30 p.m. contest.


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Working in color is a relatively recent thing for me. It has proven to be a whole different realm of art with its own rules and skill set. Though I've made a lot of headway, I'm still struggling to work out the nuances of things like palettes, shading and lighting (which work very differently in color). You can see the differences in older work like my Church Knight and newer pieces like Mad Scientist.
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Yvonne Lim The Star 14 May 13;
PETALING JAYA: The hot, dry weather the Klang Valley has been experiencing lately is temporary and can be attributed to changing wind patterns and the effects of the cyclonic storm Mahesan over the Bay of Bengal, said the Malaysian Meteorological Department.
A department spokesman explained that changing wind patterns during the current inter-monsoon season in the country's west coast caused less cloud coverage over the Klang Valley, simultaneously decreasing the shielding from the sun's rays in the area.
This caused the days to be hotter, he said.
"We have just finished the April monsoon season and we are expected to enter the South-East monsoon at the end of this month. When the wind pattern stabilises, we will get more rain.
"Currently, the temperature in the Klang Valley is averaging at around 35°C but we can expect it to drop towards the end of the month," he said, describing the inter-monsoon dryness as a common phenomenon.
He, however, added that based on the wind patterns, this year's South-East monsoon was expected to be drier, with fewer rainy days compared with recent years.
He said this year's inter-monsoon dry spell had lasted longer than usual, but added that it was nothing to worry about.
The cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, he said, had driven moisture from around the region into it.
"Nevertheless, we are expecting this to die off by the end of this week as the cyclone is expected to head northeast towards the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast."
Malaysia: Cyclone takes the heat for hot weather
Yvonne Lim The Star 14 May 13;
posted by Ria Tan at 5/14/2013 08:44:00 AM
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