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Like most young British men of the Great War generation, Tommy Keele served his country on the Western Front. Unlike the others, however, he did it dressed as a woman. As the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of war approaches, the story of one of the British Army's least typical soldiers is important for its reminder that the conflict wasn't fought by sepia-toned emotional strangers, but by people just like us with a capacity for anger, cynicism, prejudice and pride.
Tommy was interviewed by the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive in 1991 at the age of 98. The interview tapes, which are now available online, reveal a man speaking with surprising frankness. For the first three years of the war, Tommy was an ordinary lance corporal in the Middlesex Regiment. At the start of 1917, he joined the Ace of Spades concert party as "First Girl". Under the stage name Dot Keele, he took female parts in theatres behind the lines for the entertainment of sex-starved soldiers. "The audience never imagined," he says, "that during the war years, in France, they would see variety acts like us."
Tommy had acted professionally before the war (including a role riding a horse at a Drury Lane theatre), and he relished the chance to return to the stage. "People didn't always know I was a man dressed up as a woman," he boasts, recalling how a colonel was invited to place a bet on which of the two Spades "girls" was genuinely female. After carefully studying the candidates – Tommy and Dolly Clair (whom Tommy describes as "a fat little man") – the colonel confidently placed £50 on Tommy. "I was wearing a very low-cut evening dress. I used to put a dark red line half way down my chest, and then shade it off, so the side was a little pink. It looked like a cleavage." The colonel was fooled – and completely refused to accept that Tommy was a man. "So I had to go along to his barracks to prove I was a little lance corporal in the Middlesex Regiment. He was disgusted."
Occasional disgust was balanced by the adoration of Tommy's fans, the soldiers. He happily remembers their requests for signed photos which brought him "a nice little income". His roles ranged from song-and-dance routines to serious dramatic parts. In a long-forgotten melodrama, The White Man, he played a young Indian girl: "I had to be glamorous and walk across the stage looking after this little boy who was going to become a lord. The idea was that they were taking my charge to England, and I was so heartbroken that I went behind a rock, fired a revolver and killed myself."
As he was being carried offstage one evening, Tommy was "tickled pink" to see a party of nurses all crying into their handkerchiefs. But his Indian make-up was hard to remove. After one show, standing at an estaminet bar, Tommy noticed a soldier gesturing towards him: "He ain't bad looking, is he, for a half-caste?" he said.
"I could be such a nasty little man," Tommy admits, recalling how he once urinated into a wine bottle in his dressing room to deter a thief. "The wine never went down again!" he says, triumphantly.
The tapes reveal Tommy to be a lively storyteller representing an age that is at once far removed – sexism, racism and homophobia were rife – and yet strikingly contemporary. For an oral historian such as myself, they are gold dust. His temper can suddenly flash as he remembers some perceived slight or other – but he is at his fiercest when describing a great personal fear. "When we were playing at Arras in the evening," he says, "the theatre would show films in the afternoon. In these films, girls would be slightly naked and when a girl had her leg up in the air, the cinema operator would stop the machine so we could all have a jolly good look. And the 'girls' from the other concert parties would come to watch the films and we would sit there and listen to them making pansy bloody noises to each other and I just hated them! They were nearly all poofs! All those sissy sounds coming from them, I thought, 'Am I going to be lumped in as a sissy because I'm playing girls?'"
As Tommy's determination – even at nearly 100 years old – not to be mistaken for a "sissy" asserts itself, his voice rises in anger, and he recounts an episode from his earlier Army career when he had offered a sergeant, exhausted from the trenches, a share of "a very nice bedroom with a double bed". In the middle of the night, Tommy felt the sergeant's hand wandering near his bottom. He brushed the hand away, but it returned. "Don't you dare!" said Tommy, but the sergeant did dare, and Tommy woke a little later to find the man on top of him. "So," says Tommy, "I really battered his head and face." The sergeant threatened him with a court martial – so he shouted back that buggery carried the death penalty. "But," says Tommy, "I was a bit sorry for him afterwards. There was no such thing as real girls around, and anything was good enough. But if I was good enough, I didn't want to be!"
He may not have wanted to be good enough for the sergeant, but Tommy's success depended on being good enough for the ordinary soldiers. Wartime France, with all of its stress and danger, was a makeshift world in which men lived in denial and the next best thing was often good enough. He might not have acknowledged it, but Tommy Keele owed his popularity and success to the same sexual confusion which made him so resentful.
After the war Tommy tried his hand at a variety of jobs. He opened a music shop, ran a tiling business, and worked as a steward on a cruise ship. During the Second World War, he joined the Stars in Battledress concert party, whose members included Benny Hill and Tommy Cooper. In his later years, he became a clown and children's entertainer. But none of these ventures could match his two remarkable years playing First Girl on the Western Front.
For most young men these were years of misery, endurance and fear. For Tommy Keele, a man who had already seen the brutal side of the war, they represented opportunity, excitement, and the fear of being mistaken for something once heavily frowned upon by society. Attitudes have thankfully changed since the First World War, but people, it is very clear, have not.
Joshua Levine's two books, 'Forgotten Voices of the Somme' and 'Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle for Britain' (Ebury, RRP £7.99 each) are available to order from Telegraph Books at £7.99 + £1.10 p&p each. Call 0844 871 1514 or visit Telegraph Books


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Union leaders have been meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh this week to look at ways to curb the garment industry's widespread use of temporary or short-term contracts for hiring workers - and have warned they could resort to strike action if changes aren't made.
The unions are uniting to put pressure on the government, factory owners and buyers to take steps to put an end to the practice, which they say is illegal.
The short-term, temporary contracts - referred to in Cambodia as 'fixed-duration contracts' - are repeatedly renewed. However, their use can lead to increased worker insecurity, denies workers benefits to which they are entitled, including maternity leave, and can coerce workers into forced overtime.
However while the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), which represents employers, confirmed that temporary contract are used, it warned foreign investors' interest would be harmed if the government backs the unions' requests.
Of major concern for the unions is the face that fixed-duration contracts are being used to avoid paying maternity leave to female staff, who make up the overwhelming majority of a workforce that produces about 85% of the Kingdom's exports.
"Women on fixed-duration contracts often have to choose between keeping their jobs and having children," said Chheng Kim Lang, a representative of the Cambodia Labour Confederation. She said that because the labour law requires employers to provide maternity leave to employees who have worked for them for one year, factory managers were using six-month contracts to avoid this.
Short-term contracts also hurt "labour productivity and corporate competitiveness by discouraging human resource development and jeopardising industrial relations", a statement from the union leaders said.
At some garment and footwear factories, up to 90% of staff are on short-term contracts, they said, adding that the use of such contracts is far less prevalent in countries whose garment industries compete with Cambodia's.
Although the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia says the labour ministry has interpreted the law to allow for the indefinite use of fixed-duration contracts, not all of its members use them.
Kevin Plenty, a member of GMAC's executive committee, said his company, Quantum Clothing (Cambodia) Ltd, uses long-term contracts "because they allow us to increase productivity and efficiency."
A study the sector's recruitment practices earlier this year warned the use of short-term employment contracts in Cambodia not only threatens to erode the industry's competitiveness but also violates labour laws and could lead to widespread unrest.
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CAMBODIA: Unions threaten strikes over short-term contracts
Union leaders have been meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh this week to look at ways to curb the garment industry's widespread use of temporary or short-term contracts for hiring workers - and have warned they could resort to strike action if changes aren't made.
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What to visit in Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It is also ranked as "the world's second best city" by Condé Nast Traveler. Further it is "Europe's 7th most idyllic place to live" fomllowing Forbes.
Main attractions in Budapest
Among Budapest's important museums and cultural institutions is the Museum of Fine Arts. Further famous cultural institutions are the Hungarian National Museum, House of Terror, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Hungarian State Opera House and National Széchényi Library. The central area of the city along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has many notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament, Buda Castle, Fisherman's Bastion, Gresham Palace, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Matthias Church and the Liberty Statue. Other famous landmarks include Andrássy Avenue, St. Stephen's Basilica, Heroes' Square, the Great Market Hall, the Nyugati Railway Station built by the Eiffel Company of Paris in 1877 and the second-oldest metro line in the world, the Millennium Underground Railway. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world. Budapest attracts 4.4 million international tourists per year, making it a popular destination in Europe.


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A recreational water park in Taiwan was the site of turmoil today after a flammable powder apparently exploded in midair, injuring at least 472 people, 100 of which have been injured seriously.
The flames erupted around 8:30PM ET at Formosa Fun Coast, and although the fire was brought under control quickly, there were still hundreds of people who suffered injuries. The explosion was the worst mass injury incident to ever happen in Taiwan's most populous city of New Taipei, and Mayor Eric Chu had called for ambulance support from neighbouring cities of Taipei, Taoyuan and Keelung, as well as military hospitals taking on some patients.


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Many times parents are the last to suspect their child is involved in any kind of criminal activity. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to thousands and thousands of parents, their kids may have become involved in crimes such as drug possession and drug trafficking. Not crimes involving illegal street drugs per se, but prescription drug crimes.
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Some young people even go so far as stealing or committing prescription fraud in order to illegally obtain prescription drugs for their personal use or for the purpose of dealing prescription drugs. If you suspect your child is involved in, or your child has been charged with, a prescription drug crime, you need to contact a Columbus prescription drug crimes attorney at the firm immediately.
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Enjoy touring & camping near Bude at Hedley Wood
Pack up the tent or hitch up your caravan and experience touring and camping near Bude at our holiday park.
Set in beautiful wooded surrounds, close to the border with Cornwall, our campsite is perfect for couples or families looking for a quiet park in a countryside location – that's also not far from the coast. Want to bring your pet along too? No problem! We understand that pets are part of the family so feel free to bring your pooch along for the ride. Dogs are welcome on all of our touring pitches.
Hedley Wood is ideally located so you can enjoy the best of coast and country, in Cornwall and Devon. Located only a few miles from the spectacular north coast, our campsite is also close to the rugged beauty of Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor, so you can enjoy the best of both worlds.
By booking a holiday touring or camping near Bude at Hedley Wood, you're perfectly placed to sample all that the North Cornwall and North Devon region has to offer…
Premium En-suite PitchSuitable for...
- Private ensuite toilet and shower
- Hard-standing bases
- Direct water connection
- Electric hook-up
- Parking on pitch
- Please note: These pitches are not suitable for tents
Annual Touring PitchesSuitable for...
- £2,340 for an annual pitch
- Enjoy your own dedicated pitch
- Hardstanding bases
- Save the hassle of storage at home
- Come and stay at your caravan whenever you fancy
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- Season Dates: 1st March – 31st October 2020
- £2,090 for the season
- Hardstanding bases
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Our touring and camping guests are free to make use of the wide range on-park facilities, which include toilet and shower blocks situated at either end of our park. Free hot water is also available here, along with dish-washing facilities.
Please be advised that you'll need a satellite dish in order to get a TV signal on the park. If you'd like to hire a dish, please contact the park prior to arrival.
- Free use of park facilities
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- Family shower rooms and baby change facilities
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- Launderette (small charge applies)
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- No commercial vehicles permitted
Other facilities on-park include:
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- On-park shop, ideal for those daily essentials!
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Our camping and touring tariff is based on two people and includes a car parking space for one car. Under 3 year olds are free. Chargeable extras are:
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- Pup tents: From £2.10 per night
- Additional cars: From £1.50 per night
Extra prices vary by holiday date, so will display the price at time of booking.
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We can cater for motorhomes of all shapes and sizes. Designed with your privacy and comfort in mind, all our pitches are spacious and come with the option of electric hook-ups.
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Hedley Wood boasts a range of great on-park facilities, including the a bar serving tasty meals, shower and toilet block, pet's corner, launderette and children's play area.
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Save time, fuel and money by storing your caravan at our park. Enjoy hassle-free holidays by leaving your caravan in a safe and secure environment.


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A large heterogeneous mass is located in the left parietal lobe with thick irregular nodular peripheral enhancement and central non-enhancement suggesting necrosis. It is surrounded by a thin rim of high T2 signal. The enhancing component demonstrates restricted diffusion.
Case Discussion
The patient went on to have a craniotomy and histology confirmed a grade III oligoastrocytoma (NOS).
NOTE: This case predates the 2016 WHO classification of CNS tumor revision. As no 1p19q co-deletion status is available a formal diagnosis cannot be reached and the NOS is therefore used (not otherwise specified) - which is recognized in the current classification for cases where molecular information is unavailable. It should also be noted, that under the new classification both an astrocytic and oligodendroglial component needs to be identified, each with its own molecular markers. True oligoastrocytomas are therefore going to be rare, and this case would most likely be classified as either an astrocytoma or an oligodendroglioma.


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Speak to Vesprystus in Rut'theran Village to secure a ride to Lor'danel.
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It seems you have your first charge. You must travel back down to Rut'theran Village where we first arrived, and speak to Vesprystus to secure a ride to Lor'danel.
Once in Lor'danel, aid the night elves in any way that you are able. I am trusting you to treat them with the reverence that they deserve in light of all that they have done for us.
I must travel to the distant city of Stormwind to meet with King Varian. I hope to see your face again very soon, <name>. Until then, a fond farewell.
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Our allies have come to our aid? Thank Elune. Tyrande was wise to extend open arms to your people.
We need help. We need everyone we can get.
Notes EditBack through the teleportation tree on the west side of the city, then turn around to find Vesprystus, the flight master, at [55.4, 88.4] just to the east of the other teleportation tree in Rut'theran. He automatically offers the flight path to Lor'danel, which is free, so take it. A few yards from where the hippogryph sets down is Dentaria, also on the landing platform.
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- [10] Breaking Waves of Change
- [10] The Last Wave of Survivors
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- Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Added.
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OPP4215 is a rugged RFID tags in the industry. Simply put: we offer the largest selection of industrial RFID tags and visual tag solutions available.
But more importantly, we work closely with our clients in various industries throughout the world and have been a major provider of RFID in harsh environments for many years. Through our experience we know what works, and what doesn't. Even as opportunities are increasing, compliance requirements, capital investments and global competition continue to pressure your margins, processes must be leaner.
Recently, we published a customer success story on how digital automation using RFID is transforming the business of extraction which is one example of our capabilities and how RFID technology can help you manage your assets from beginning to end. Read the Success Story now.
While every RFID solution is unique, and involves specific requirements, here are a few highlights of the best practices for using RFID tags in the "Top 10" applications in harsh-environments …
1. RFID for Yard Management in Rugged Environments
OPP4215 RFID tags can help you identify and locate 100,000 or more assets — even across an industrial yard spanning several square miles — so you can more efficiently manage your operations, inventory tracking, forecasting, and compliance. But to count the many, or locate the one, make sure your RFID tags meet the specific demands of your environment: whether you're dealing with sub-zero temperatures or sweltering heat, exposure to seawater or extreme sunlight, challenging terrain or physical obstructions, or other factors.
2. RFID for High-Impact Environments
We thoroughly test our RFID tags in real-world situations and extreme conditions. So yes, we've made the "sledgehammer proof" RFID tag (or as our engineers like to say, a tag that has been rigorously compression-, torque-, and crush-tested). As a best practice, make sure your RFID tags are tough enough to withstand whatever the weather — or drilling pipes, shipping containers, operators or other heavy objects — may throw at them.
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When munitions or other kinds of explosives are involved, make sure your RFID solutions are certified (ATEX, C1D1, C1D2, and IECEx). And make sure you can specifically customize your passive RFID or active RFID tags with static-discharge coatings for example, to meet (or in this case, very much exceed) your specific safety requirements. And when it comes to using RFID tags around explosives, don't be shy about asking for certification, compliance materials, and test data.
4. RFID for High-Temperature Environments
We've done a lot of testing with our high-temperature RFID tags: freezing them, then heating them up to 280°C, and then repeating the process over and over again). But every RFID application is unique, like applying RIFD tags on the automotive assembly line while the paint is baked on. So make sure that your high-temperature tags (and their specific shape, size, coatings and adhesives) have been thoroughly tested for the high temperatures and extreme heat involved in your particular application.
5. RFID Tags for Cylinders, Pipes, and Pipelines
These applications often involve harsh environments, high-temperatures or explosive environments, with their own unique challenges, such as the active RFID applications used by utility providers and our other clients in the energy industry. For the utmost safety and reliability in pipes, casings, drill collars, underground lines or similar equipment, make sure your RFID tags fit — and can withstand the heat, friction, and other harsh elements involved.
6. High-Memory RFID
Sometimes an RFID tag must do more than just identify or locate an asset. So when using RFID tags to encode more data, make sure you choose the right kind of high-memory RFID tag — with the right amount of memory, to cost-effectively store the asset data you need — whether you're using RFID tags for IT asset management, military transport vehicles, retail supply chain management, or other applications, like transforming paper labeled boxes into smart containers.
7. RFID in "Noisy" High-Interference Environments
Wi-Fi, hand-held radios — even the microwave in the breakroom — all of these things can interfere with RFID applications, whether active RFID tags or passive RFID tags are involved. That's why it's important to thoroughly test your RFID tags in real-world situations: across the entire industrial or construction yard, or throughout a sprawling 2.4 million square-foot manufacturing facility, and especially in areas with excessive signal noise and signal interference — even at lunch time.
8. RFID in Environments with Chemical Exposure
Getting the right kind of RFID tag, with the right materials, coatings and adhesives is critical for deploying tags in environments involving chemical exposure. And it's critical that your RFID tags can withstand individual chemicals — but also the potential chemical combinations — whether just a splash, or repeated exposures, or submersion, again and again. And when using RFID tags for instruments at medical facilities, for example, it's also critical to consider contamination factors.
9. RFID for Anti-Counterfeit and Anti-Tampering
Sometimes harsh environments have nothing to do with snow, nor rain, nor heat. The retail, manufacturing, logistics, and transport industries are harsh enough — especially when it comes to verifying that your goods and materials are authentic — and preventing them from being tampered with, physically or digitally. When dealing with counterfeiting and tampering, it's best that your RFID tags can prevent or identify tampering with the tag itself — and also protect the tag's data with proper encryption, no matter where your goods, supplies, and merchandise may be in service or in the supply chain.
10. RFID Infrastructure and Putting It All Together
So when it comes to the big picture, and using RFID in harsh environments, it's more than just getting the right kind of tag on the right frequencies. Make sure your RFID tags have been thoroughly tested to meet your specific conditions. And don't be satisfied with an RFID tag that can't stand up to your worst-case scenarios, especially in harsh environments. And even the best passive RFID or active RFID tags won't matter, if you don't have the right RFID tag readers — whether manual, automatic, or mounted on a drone (yeah, we've done that). Ultimately, you want a proven RFID strategy — with the right RFID tags and labels, tag readers, software, infrastructure, and RFID technology all in synch — especially when deploying an RFID technology in harsh environments.


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The Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center (HBMC) for Tibetan Buddhist studies is an urban center in Thamel for meditation, study, and spiritual practice. The Center hosts daily yoga classes (9AM-10AM 300NRs) and evening meditation classes.
Nepal Vipassana Centers. Vipassana Meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka.
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Rangjung Yeshe Institute An international institute for Buddhist higher studies in Boudhanath, Nepal, modeled on a traditional Tibetan Shedra.
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Director, Content Marketing - PPVApply Now Apply Later Job ID 678387BR Location New York, New York, United States Business Disney Streaming Services Date posted Jul. 02, 2019
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This morning, during a conversation on Twitter about Crittall Windows, I was asked, "are they still made of metal? coz metal windows tend to cause condensation." My reply was to point to the article on condensation on the Crittall website that I had written. I decided to republish it here, with some updates. Steel windows have a reputation of creating […]Continue reading »


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Grave, one of the pioneering Swedish death metal bands, performed on Lebanese territory for the first time on October 7th along with 4 Lebanese bands at Minus 5, Mkalles.
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Eden Sworn Obedience is the latest release of malevolent sonic energy from the Phoenician shores.
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Birth // Elective Induction
>> Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Eden was born at 39 weeks and 4 days. I scheduled her birth. No, I wasn't overdue. No, I didn't have a pressing medical concern. My birth was an elective induction. If you asked me how I feel about elective inductions before I had Ada, I would have told you that I would never, ever do such a thing. The baby should take her time -- however long that is -- and come when she's ready. I would tell you that drugs to augment labor are bad because they can lead to painful, intense contractions and, as a result, more and more interventions.
My experience with inducing birth, though, has been positive.
But first I'll step back and explain how I came to the decision to schedule Eden's birthday.
It starts with my water breaking on June 14th 2016. I had been so anxious about having GBS (highly colonized with UTIs) during Eloise's pregnancy. So, I was on high lookout for my waters breaking in the final weeks of pregnancy. My water did end up breaking before contractions started. I was only dilated to a 2 and barely effaced. It was an extremely small trickle I could have easily dismissed as peeing myself. Still, I went into the hospital and was immediately hooked up to antibiotics and pitocin. My labor was considered "augmented" because my waters had ruptured on their own but nothing else happened.
That experience as it unraveled scared the heck out of me. All along I had believed that using drugs like pitocin were bad, no, HORRIBLE things. I immediately thought I'd need tons of pain medication or I'd end up with a c-section due to the baby being in distress. Why? Well, because all the "natural" birth stuff I had read and watched basically laid out that scenario as undeniable fact. I'm not saying that these interventions DO NOT lead to unnecessary interventions, but I am trying to share that it's not the case 100 percent of the time.
In the end, I labored with Eloise through mild contractions that turned "real" (based on my experience with spontaneous labor with Ada) after about four hours. Then my body transitioned quickly from 4/5 centimeters to 10 cm and pushing, with the pushing stage being really quick. And no pain meds or epidural were necessary. While the contractions were definitely intense, I found them not much worse than my "natural" ones with Ada.
With that experience in the back of my mind, I simply had asked my doctor about his thoughts on elective induction as I got closer to my due date. He said my cervix was favorable. He said that as a third-time mom, things may go better than if I was a first-time mom. He didn't push me either way and simply said it was my choice, and he'd be happy either way.
Here were some of my own considerations. (And please keep in mind that these were MY personal reasons. You are free to completely roll your eyes or disagree with these thoughts, but keep comments civil, please.)
- We do not have family who live in our area. We tried piecing together childcare with friends, but it was tough depending on the time of day -- we were fortunate that my mother-in-law was willing to stay with us for a couple weeks in anticipation, but with nothing happening . . . help was wearing thin.
- I started having some strange medical stuff toward the end of pregnancy. Again, nothing that required me to be induced, but near-fainting spells daily, blood pressure that was raising slightly, I was barely able to eat between morning sickness and acid reflux, and my anxiety was raising. I tend to develop keen anxiety during pregnancy since my losses, but as time went on, I became convinced something bad would happen the longer we waited.
- My labors and deliveries are relatively fast. With Ada I was in labor for like 5 hours before pushing as a first time mom. With Eloise, once I got dilated to a 4, I had her within an hour. With Eden, I was dilated to a 3-4 at my last appointment. While it's not a reason to induce, having GBS again did make me uncomfortable because I wanted to ensure I'd get appropriate dosage of the antibiotics before birth.
- My experience with Eloise's essentially induced birth was very positive, so I felt I knew what I was getting myself into.
- Current research is also trending toward 39 weeks as a more favorable time to induce rather than after 40 weeks.
- Also: I knew my date of conception (due to tracking ovulation several ways, having a confirmation ultrasound for ovulation, and timing of progesterone supplements), so I knew I was truly as far along as I thought.
With all this on my mind, I set October 25th as Eden's birth date. This isn't to say I didn't still have some worry and reservations (until the morning we went in). But after a few days, I felt more at peace with our decision.
The process of my birth with Eden was very similar to what I experienced with Eloise. My water didn't break first, but everything else more or less progressed in the same way.
- I was hooked up to an IV upon admission into the hospital. Fluids, antibiotics, and pitocin were put in right away.
- We started on 2 units of pitocin, increasing by 2 units every half hour until we reached 16.
- I was hooked up for continuous monitoring, but I was able to walk around with my medication "tree" and mobile monitor. I'll admit this is the biggest downside in my opinion. It's a lot of stuff to lug around. Getting into the shower, walking around, bouncing on a birth ball -- I had to contend with wires and tubes. This time around I was prepared for it, though.
- The difference is that my doctor broke my water after I'd received enough of the antibiotics. I was afraid that things would immediately get intense, but that wasn't my experience. It still took a couple hours to get really productive contractions.
- Just like with Eloise, I dilated from 4/5 centimeters to 10 within a short timeframe. With Eloise it took about an hour. With Eden it took just 20 minutes.
- The pushing stage with Eloise was like 0 minutes. She basically flew out of me. With Eden, it took 3 minutes with three series of pushes. (Much better than 2 hours with Ada! But I realize that's more of a second, third-time mom thing than an induction thing.)
Pain is the factor most people ask me about with pitocin. I feel I really lucked out this time around because none of the contractions I had before breaking my water and even in the couple hours following were bad enough to breathe through. By the time they hurt, they were STRONG but -- in my opinion -- not any worse than I experienced with my unmedicated birth with Ada.
Another thing people ask about is the time between the contractions. I don't know how much pitocin is the ceiling, but on a level 16, my contractions weren't spaced any closer than 2 minutes apart. Most of the time they were between 2-3 minutes. I didn't experience the whole overwhelming, back-to-back contractions that I have read about.
Basically, by the time I was begging for an epidural (something that's happened in all my births, including Ada's), I was at a 9 and nearly ready to push.
What about Eden? The baby is constantly monitored throughout elective induction. And I have been fortunate that both Eloise and Eden tolerated the drugs well. I was constantly reminded that the nurses were watching for baby's health throughout the process.
I suppose I wanted to write this post to share my experience. Again, I never thought I'd elect to induce. I was actually afraid of it and disagreed with choosing when to have a baby. But now I'm more for choice. That's not to say I think everyone should elect to induce. That's not to say I don't still question my own decision at times. But I also don't think it should be regarded poorly. (Trust me. I got a lot of negative feedback.)
In the end, we were fortunate to have a healthy mom and happy baby. If you'd like to read more about my emotions through the process, check out Eden's birth story.
If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them!


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Gender Gap, Women and Financial Planning
The gender gap has come a long way and still makes considerable impacts in the 21st century. Created and enforced by mankind, the gender gap affects women in ways one cannot imagine. The aspect of financial planning has been ruined due to the gender gap as it still rules policies and procedures of all firms and organizations. So what exactly is the problem here, and how do we solve it? Well, to understand that, we must first analyze all about the gender gap and how it shapes financial planning for women.
The Introduction
Gender gap or gender wage gap can be described as the difference in pay between working men and women. This difference mainly occurred due to the kind and type of work contributed by both sexes. But that was a long time ago, and it is sad to see that the pay gap exists at a time when women contribute as much as men in a firm or organization.
The Effects on Financial Planning
In an economy which drains you financially, it is hard to manage with a low pay scale. Rising prices for day to day activities affect the financial capacity of an individual to save for the future. Hence for women, it might seem like a hard task to cope with the pay gap in a financial manner. The lower the pay scale, the lower the amount of investments, retirement plans and a lot of other economic activities. A financial plan can be drafted, only if the amount of finance promises an individual stability, control and growth. So it is high time that firms and organizations from all over the world, take the issue of pay gap seriously.
The Methods to Restore Financial Planning
As a woman, you might need to take care of your family and provide for them with a low pay scale. So, it is essential that you manage such activities in the right manner by following specific advice and proposals from qualified financial planners. As finance is a vast concept and managing it a difficult one, seek help from experts to professionally set your funds in the right manner. In this regard, you must also be aware of the kind of financial advisor you require keeping in mind the long term benefits and advantages. A financial plan with a lot of plot holes and misconceptions can lead us into the dark ages of bankruptcy. Hence do the needful in the manner that you know best.
The Conclusion
Time has always proved to be a changing factor when it comes to matters like pay gap and discrimination. If we can make it from the stone ages, then we can make it through the ages giving different amounts of paychecks. In the end, keeping an eye on finances is essential for a sustainable and better standard of living.


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Building the Right Environment to Support AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
A new report from Machina Research says that while traditional relational databases will play a role in the Internet of Things (IoT), NoSQL databases will be necessary for "managing more heterogeneous data generated by millions and millions of sensors, devices and gateways."
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) have increasingly provided primary care treatment services to Medicare patients over the past decade, according to recent studies:
A study by Xue et al. (2017) published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 8(4), 256-263, found primary care provided by physicians alone declined from 86% to 71% from 2008 to 2014. Meanwhile, shared care provided by physicians, NPs, or PAs increased from 12% to 23%. Care from NPs and PAs alone grew from 3% to 6%.
A study Loresto et al. (2017) in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 29(6), 340-347, found a 170% increase in the number of Medicare patients receiving primary care from NPs alone from 2007 to 2013. Authors found no statistical difference in health status among patients treated by NPs alone as compared with physicians.


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text: Government released the public accounts for the 2018-19 fiscal year today, July 25. "Budget 2018-19 focused on strengthening services and support for Nova Scotians through key investments in health care, education, early years, communities and the economy," said Karen Casey, Minister of Finance and Treasury Board. "We made strategic investments while remaining fiscally responsible, and this approach helped us respond to increased demand for services and unexpected expenses, such as assisting farmers impacted by frost and increased demands on health care." The annual public accounts report the actual financial results at the end of the fiscal year and compare them to the budget approved at the beginning of the fiscal year. The audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019, show a final surplus of $120 million, $90.6 million higher than the budget estimate of $29.4 million. Consolidated revenue was up $101.9 million from the budget to $11.87 billion, mainly due to changes in revenue from petroleum royalties, provincial recoveries and federal equalization. Consolidated expenses were up $11.3 million to $11.75 billion, mainly due to an increase in demand for health-care services and increased funding for the remediation of Boat Harbour, Harrietsfield in Halifax Regional Municipality and two abandoned mines, Montague Mines in Dartmouth and Goldenville in Guysborough Co. At year end, net debt was $15.01 billion. The net debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio for 2018-19 was 34.1 per cent, down one percentage point from 2017-18. The net debt to GDP ratio has declined 3.7 percentage points since 2015. Auditor General Michael Pickup has provided an unqualified opinion on the province's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. Government entities also released compensation over $100,000 for individuals as required by the Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act. This year's public sector disclosure includes service payouts to public servants who chose the option for a one-time lump sum payment in place of the Public Service Award. In 2015, government announced its intention to phase out the Public Service Award, an allowance given on retirement and committed to honouring service amounts accumulated up to that point. Total service payouts that were paid in 2018-19 were $377.8 million. As a set of three volumes of accountability documents, the public accounts include the consolidated financial statements of the province and financial information of departments, financial statements of Crown corporations and funds, and departmental details about salaries, payments to suppliers, travel and other expenses. The documents are online at https://beta.novascotia.ca/public-accounts .


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Chambeshi names 26 locals for final Olympic Preps
Zambia Under-23 coach Beston Chambeshi has named 26 local players for next weekend's final camp ahead of the March 20 first leg encounter against Malawi in Blantyre.
Chambeshi has drafted Zesco United forward Maybin Kalengo in his squad that regroups on Monday in Lusaka and is expected to be in camp until they play Malawi.
Team manager Hastings Ndovi told FAZfootball.com that the team will shift its training sessions to Independence Stadium on the artificial turf in preparations for the encounter at the Kamuzu Banda Stadium.
"The boys will be expected to regroup on Monday (March 4) by midday and we expected that the team will be in camp until the game is played," Ndovi said.
Foreign based players will be expected to join in the final stanza of the preparations.
Chambeshi has named seven foreign based players among them Patson Daka, Enock Mwepu (both of Red Bull-Austria), Fashion Sakala (KV Oostende), Emmanuel Banda (AS Beziers-France), Edward Chilufya (IF Djurgardens-Sweden), Gampani Lungu (SuperSport United-RSA) and Boston Muchindu (Academica-de-Coimbra-Portugal).
Zambia plays Malawi on March 20 away and at home four days later with the winner facing either Burundi or Congo Brazzaville in the final qualifying round.
Eight teams will qualify to the Egypt 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with the top three at the tournament automatically qualifying to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The bulk of the current Zambia U23 team were graduated from the 2017 Under-20 Africa Cup winning side.
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How old is Shonga of Pirates ?
He is not good enough.
Emmanuel Mwiinde is the germ missing here.
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi Biography
Birthday: May 16, 1718
Nationality: Italian
Famous: Theologians Philosophers
Died At Age: 80
Sun Sign: Taurus
Born in: Milan
Famous as: Mathematician, Philosopher, Theologian
father: Pietro Agnesi
mother: Anna Fortunata Brivio
siblings: Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
place of death: Milan
City: Milan, Italy
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an eighteenth century Italian mathematician, philosopher and theologian. From the childhood, she was educated at home by a string of learned men of the church. By the age of eleven, she could speak fluently in seven different languages and began to be known as 'The Seven Tongued Orator'. Even when she was a child, she was prodded by her ambitious father to speak on different topics in front of an august gathering of learned men, many of whom were internationally renowned scholars. In such gatherings she not only spoke on different topics in fluent Latin, but was also required to defend her theses. Moreover, when foreign scholars asked her complicated questions in their native tongue she always answered them in the same language. However, she disliked such obvious display of her intellect and withdrew from such activities in the pretext of her household duties once her mother died, but continued academic activities under the guidance of renowned scholars. Once her father died, she gave up even that. She then started studying theology and devoted her life entirely to the service of the poor.
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- Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born on May 16, 1718, in the city of Milan, then under the crown of Habsburg. Her father Pietro Agnesi was a professor of mathematics at the University of Bologna. At the same time, he made immense wealth by trading in silk.Maria's mother, Anna Fortuna Brivio, was a scion of famous Brivio family of Milan. Maria Gaetana was their eldest child. The famed Italian composer, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, was her younger sister.Pietro Agnesi was an ambitious and overbearing man. He had married Anna simply to climb up the social ladder. After her death he took two more wives. In all, he had twenty one children. Maria Gaetana had to spend a lot of time looking after her siblings.Maria Gaetana was born genius. By the age of five, she could speak Italian and French fluently. Pietro Agnesi recognized her talent and employed the best tutors to teach her at home. All of them were learned men of the Church. Maria began her education under their tutelage.Pietro Agnesi regularly hosted gatherings where men of learning were invited. His main purpose to host such gatherings was to show off his daughter's talents. While Maria Gaetana had to engage in intellectual discourse her sister was asked to display her musical talent.When Maria was just nine years old she delivered an hour long self-composed speech in front of eminent guests in Latin. It was on women's right to higher education. However, some historians are of the opinion that the piece was actually written by one of her tutors and she just delivered it. Even if that is true, it clearly proves that by nine she had mastered Latin. Indeed, for a child as young as that delivering an hour long speech in Latin is no mean feat.By the age of eleven, Maria had mastered four other languages: Hebrew, Greek, Spanish and German. When she was twelve years old she became ill from excessive studying. Doctors prescribed that she must do everything in moderation. When Maria was fourteen, she began to study analytical geometry and ballistics.When Maria turned fifteen, Pietro Agnesi began to host the gatherings more regularly. In these gatherings, Maria spoke on a wide range of subjects starting from logic and ontology to hydromechanics and universal gravitation. However, philosophy was one of her favorite subjects and she spoke in great length on it.At these gatherings, she was asked complex questions on these theses and had to defend them in front of the most learned men of that time. Later in 1738, her father collected 191 discussions on natural philosophy and history and published them as a book, titled 'Propositiones philosophicae'.Continue Reading BelowYou May LikeRecommended Lists:
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- Maria was actually a very shy and private person. Some time now, she decided to join the church. However, her father was horrified that his most talented child wanted to become a nun and begged her to reconsider her decision. Besides, she had her siblings to look after and so she agreed to stay at home.However, from that time onwards she began to dress humbly and stopped taking part in profane amusements such as balls and theatres. Instead, she attended the church more regularly and devoted herself to the study of Mathematics.In 1739, Maria came across 'Traité analitique des sections coniques' of the Marquis Guillaume de l'Hôpital and became interested in mathematics. From 1740, she began to be guided by Father Ramiro Rampinelli, who later became professor of mathematics at the University of Pavia. With him, she studied differential as well as integral calculus.In 1748, on the advice of Rampinelli, she published 'Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana' ('Analytical Institutions for the Use of Italian Youth'), in two big volumes. It was a text book on mathematics and some believe it was aimed educating her younger siblings.Maria Gaetana dedicated the books to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, who honored her with a personal letter, a diamond ring and a case studded with diamonds and crystals.Pope Benedict XIV was equally impressed with Maria's work and in 1750, he appointed her as an honorary Professor of Mathematics in the University of Bologna. However, she did not join the university, but remained at home. Incidentally, she was the second woman to be appointed as a professor at the university.Apart from this, Maria Agnesi also wrote a commentary on the 'Traité analytique des sections coniques du marquis de l'Hôpital'. Although it was highly appreciated by many learned people of that time, it was never published. She had by that time turned to theology.Recommended Lists:
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- Pietro Agnesi died in 1752 and with that Maria Agnesi became free to study her favorite subject theology. At the same time, she devoted herself to the cause of poor, homeless and sick. She spent all her money in charity and at times had to resort to begging to continue with her work.In 1762, Agnesi was asked by the University of Turin to give her opinion on the recent articles on the calculus of variations by young Lagrange; she refused. She wrote back saying she was no more interested in such matters.In 1783, she founded a home for old people and became its director. Here she lived as a nun, taking care of the inmates.Recommended Lists:
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- 'Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana', published in 1748 was her best work. It provides a systematic as well as most comprehensive treatment of algebra. Relatively new developments such as as integral and differential calculus were also been included in it. In the first volume she dealt with analysis of finite quantities while the second volume dealt with analysis of infinitesimals.Personal Life & Legacy
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi did not marry. She died on January 9, 1799, at the age of 80, in Milan.The geometrical curve, 'Witch of Agnesi', has been named after Maria Gaetana Agnesi. Originally, the Latin name of the curve was 'versoria'. However, in Italian it became 'versiera', which also means devil. Agnesi had talked about the curve in length in her book 'Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana'. When the work was translated into English the curve began to be known as 'Witch of Agnesi'.A crater on planet Venus has been named after Maria Agnesi by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature, in 1991.16765 Agnesi is an asteroid, discovered on October 16, 1996 at Prescott by P. G. Comba. It has also been named after Maria Gaetana AgnesiTranslate Wiki to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese
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You know who you are
Excessive button presser
Evil eyes in a locked stare
Wishing the "servant box" would open faster
Due to your repetitive stabbings
I think He deliberately takes His time
Annoyed by your disrespect
He slows down His descent or climb
After a while he'll open begrudgingly
Out of obedience and obligation
But His compliance will, most certainly
Be laced with spiteful hesitation
Yes, He has a job to do
Assigned duties He must perform
But believe it or not, other people exist
Oh, don't act so shocked and forlorn
Stand there displaying your foolishness
Keep with your rapid-fire beckoning
Push until your finger bleeds
Vainly imploring
The only pain will be your own
And not a single moment gained
Simply evidence of your impatience
Shamefully displayed
Otis always has the last laugh
Never will you win
So, I'd think twice if I were you
Before excessively pressing Him again!
I'm soooo curious if the OTIS label appears on the majority of the elevators people around the world use- for Otis Elevator Company???? I suppose I notice the OTIS while avoiding eye-contact in the elevator! Feel free to comment regarding your familiarity or lack thereof… just a note regarding the chosen title.
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While the "useful idiots" of Occupy protesters sleep on hard concrete in tent encampments infested with rats, lice, garbage, tuberculosis, and human excrement, at least two of their leaders are sleeping in a $700-a-night hotel.
Candice M. Giove reports for The New York Post, Nov. 20, 2011, that New York city's luxurious $700-per-night W Hotel Downtown that promises guests can "unleash [their] inner Gordon Gekko," hosted two OWS elites last week.
One of the two is former tattoo-artist Peter Dutro, 35, a member of the OWS's powerful finance committee in charge of the movement's $500,000 in donations.
Dutro checked into the hotel on Wednesday, the night after police emptied Zucotti Park. While hundreds of his rebel brethren scrambled to find shelter in church basements, Dutro chose the five-star, 58-story hotel, with its lush rooms and 350-count Egyptian cotton sheets, although he lives only a short taxi ride away in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
When confronted by the NY Post in the sleek black lobby of the Washington Street hotel, Dutro confessed that "Tents are not for me. I knew everything was going to be a clusterf–k in the morning," alluding to Occupy's own disruption plans. "How would I get over the bridge when they were shutting it down? I knew . . . there was a high probability of getting arrested. I wanted a nice room. That's OK. Not everybody there is dirt poor."
He paid for his stay with his American Express card: "It is an expensive hotel. Whatever." He said he spent $500 of his own money to get the room because he wanted a good night's rest ahead of the cause's two-month ceremony the next day and raucous post-raid protests.
He claims he chose the W for its convenience, not its luxury. "I'm not in the business of throwing money away," he said. "It's the only room I could find." Sources in the hotel, however, describe him as a "repeat" guest.
Dutro claims he took care of comrades in less-comfortable digs: "I took food to all those churches. I got them cigarettes."
The tattoo artist-turned-Occupy money man then took the elevator up to the fifth-floor welcome desk, where a disc jockey spins tunes and guests enjoy a vista of the growing freedom tower.
The other OWS protester who stayed in the swanky W Hotel Downtown is Brad Spitzer, 24, an associate (financial analyst) at California-based financial-services giant Deloitte, who secretly took part in OWS protests in Zucotti Park during a week-long business trip to Manhattan. Deloitte netted $29 billion in revenue last year. Reportedly, Spitzer offered shelter to protesters in his swanky platinum-card room.
Clueless about the inherent contradiction between his work and his OWS protests, as well as his own hypocrisy, Spitzer, dressed down in a company T-shirt, said, "I'm staying here [the hotel] for work. I do finance, but I support it [OWS] still."
During his stay, hotel sources said, he and other ragtag revolutionaries he brought into the hotel lived like 1 percenters. He would order up a roll-out bed to accommodate guests. "He's here all the time," a hotel source said. "We all see him at the protest."
Spitzer denied sheltering Occupiers. He claimed he only invited in a blogger buddy living at the park to wash off his camp grime.
Rooms in the W Hotel Downtown have 37-inch flat-screen TVs, window seats overlooking the city and iPod-dock alarm clocks. Visitors can order 12-year-old Glenlivet scotch for $375 a bottle, or an $18 pastrami sandwich, from room service. There's even a menu for four-legged guests, including a $16 dog dish of Niman Ranch ground beef.
Occupiers told The Post that they witnessed other General Assembly and group leaders stay in both the W Downtown and the Marriott Hotel — and said that key players were not present when cops stormed Zuccotti.
OWS leaders like Peter Dutro are really no less a hypocrite than the politicians (Obama, Pelosi, Al Gore) and celebrities (Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, et al) — all one-percenters multimillionaires — who say they support the movement.
Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited), the employer of Brad Spitzer, is one of the Big Four accountancy firms along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and KPMG.
Deloitte is the second largest professional services network in the world, with 182,000 employees in more than 150 countries providing audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services. In FY 2011, Deloitte earned a record $28.8 billion in revenues, ranking second behind PwC's record $29.2 billion.
Deloitte's global headquarters is located in Paramount Plaza, in Midtown Manhattan, which definitely makes the company a Wall Street One Percenter.
I'm sure Deloitte's chairman, Stephen Almond, and its CEO, Barry Saltzberg, would love to hear from you about what one of its valued employees is doing in Zucotti Park. Here's Deloitte's contact info:
Global Office
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019-6754 USA
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