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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
domestic science fiction
Has our (r) discovered the next big thing?
Artisanal Poems
Via Poetry Foundation, Kathleen Rooney's meditative essay on the enterprise of composing Poems While You Wait discusses, among other things, commerce as context for reading and the fine line between patronage & collaboration. Perhaps most intriguing to one who spent this past weekend eating one's way across New York is Rooney's invention of the "artisanal poem," to be sold alongside handmade brambleberry tarts. In a commercial market increasingly focused on the local, the ethical, and the handmade, Rooney seems to suggest that poems both locally made (by request, on a typewriter, while you wait) and locally sourced (based on the emotions, obsessions, and needs of the intended audience) represent a logical expansion of these trends into the poetic realm.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Chat Review: The Solitudes, Luis de Góngora, Translated by Edith Grossman (Penguin 2011)
(r): R, would you like to talk about the Prince of Darkness?
R: Indeed! Did you hear about the time when "[t]hundersturck in the hollow/of an oak, the young man kept and maintained/his eyes fixed on the beauty and his ears/on the metered harmony" (25, li. 267-70)?
(r): I must have heard; I certainly couldn't see a thing. Edith Grossman's translation of Luis de Góngora's The Solitudes is nothing if not sonically inventive.
R: Agreed. I was hoping we could spend a moment today asking where that invention takes place.
(r): I'd be happy to.
R: Reader, we're speaking of Penguin's gorgeous new edition of Góngora's anti-epic (if you will allow me that phrase), a slender volume the cover of which presents the early seventeenth-century poem as if it were written by Roberto Bolaño on a camping trip.
(r): Góngora's wild, baroque poetics (which shocked his contemporaries enough to earn him the title "Prince of Darkness") have been particularly important for poets like Lorca & Mallarmé. What's so fascinating about this translation, for me, is the way Grossman transposes those tortuous syntactical structures into English. It begs a question, I think about Grossman's own poetics of translation.
R: Grossman's translation attends to syntactical twists and turns with such fidelity that one feels as if one is reading for form first and content second.
(r): That's a really good way of putting it. Take, for example, this bit from the first solitude: "If this small map unfolds so much to them,/much more, clouds of mist lifting, lies beyond,/confounded by sun and by distance denies./ Wonder is mute, it speaks by being silent/and, blind, it follows a river that--shining/child of those precipices--/in convoluted discourse, and digressive,/benevolent it tyrannizes the fields" (21, li. 194-201). That "convoluted discourse," is, of course, a statement of poetics as much as it is series of mixed metaphors in which Wonder is first a mute person, then a river. This constant sense of slippage--metamorphosis--seems built into the poem as Grossman renders it. Her fidelity to certain aspects of Góngora's form (the silva, in this case, a Spanish stanzaic pattern that consists of alternating hendecasyllabics & heptasyllabics) creates a sense of both flux & constraint. Does that make sense?
R: Absolutely. It's interesting to me that you mention "metamorphoses," for in reading this translation I was constantly reminded of another--Allen Mandelbaum's translation of Ovid, my very favorite--insofar as language here is used to create a fantastical space, as if the poem is not being translated but rather revealed into another language.
(r): Yes!
R: The difference is that Ovid's poetry is plot-driven--plot is not Góngora's concern--and so there is the sense of full disclosure in Mandelbaum's translation regardless of its estranging effects. In Grossman's translation, by contrast, what is revealed is an inspired and torturous linguistic topography--"and in vain air/[...]the exhaled powder/of arrows luminous through artifice,/rather than purple comets" (51, li. 646-9).
(r): Yes--The Solitudes is only nominally narrative--a shipwrecked stranger, almost void of what we might recognize as personal qualities, wandering a changeable landscape.
R: But that's the thing, isn't it--the only plot points (and there are very few) involve other people. The poem is in itself a false solitude.
(r): Sure--in fact, & I think what you're saying underscores this--the other, secondary characters in the poem turn out to be much more vividly present to us as readers than does the protagonist.
R: The solitude becomes our own.
(r): A product, perhaps, of being at once shut in with & exiled from the language of the poem. Its richness compels. Its Heraclitan density refuses.
R: Dear (r), tell me about the mechanical tree.
(r): Alright, I will.
R: I'm all (mechanical) ears.
(r): In Bend Sinister, Nabokov outlines a theory of translation. "It was as if," he writes, "someone, having seen a certain oak tree (further called Individual T) growing in a certain land and casting its own unique shadow on the green and brown ground, had proceeded to erect in his garden a prodigiously intricate piece of machinery which in itself was as unlike that or any other tree as the translator's inspiration and language were unlike those of the original author, but which, by means of ingenious combinations of parts, light effects, breeze-engendering engines, would, when completed, cast a shadow exactly similar to that of Individual T--the same outline changing in the same manner, with the same double and single spots of suns rippling in the same position at the same hour of the day" (60).*
Grossman's theory of translation, at least for this work, seems to occupy similar territory. In this case, the shadow cast has to do with shape &--because poetry is what it is--form.
R: Yes, and because Góngora--and Grossman--invent on the level of syntax, the mechanical tree is both a horizontal and a vertical object, which is to say that Grossman attends not only to poetics but also to prosaics. And whether we share Grossman's theory of translation, her fidelity to this theory has a sort of aesthetic value in itself. (Now, why did we learn French when we should have learned Spanish?)
(r): (I ask myself that every day.) I like the idea that fidelity to a theory--within limits--can amount to aesthetic value. That's not to say I don't wonder what translators with different theories might do with Góngora. Indeed, Grossman's translation makes me incredibly curious to have another to lay alongside it--not because it's insufficient (Hard, anyway, to talk about insufficiency or completeness in a poem that's so self-consciously unfinished, fragmentary) but because Góngora's work seems to invite multiplicity. Any translation would be (& maybe translations always are) by some measure incomplete. But the differences between modes of incompletion speak to us. They speak in different voices. Góngora, after all, was an admirer of the chorus: "let the least common/amoretti of nymphs the forest hides/take wing, feathers in the air,/and from their silver quivers/let some bring down a shower of wild roses" (61, li. 789-793 "Chorus I"). I wonder, for instance, what a translation of Góngora would look like if the poem were rendered outside of the approximation of silva that Grossman uses.
R: It's a nineteenth-century approximation, right? It's Silvan-Silva-Via-Keats.
(r): Sounds right--the chroma & the allusions are certainly Keatsian in nature.
R: Barring that, the form of the meandering long poem might read rather differently, I think. That is to say, there's many an Oxford Major Works of many a nineteenth-century British poet into the pages of which one might effectively sneak Grossman's Góngora without detection.
(r): Quite!
R: This brings us, I think, to another aspect of Grossman's translation, which is the ethics of translation. From the dust jacket to the front matter, here is re-translation as recuperation
(r): Absolutely. The copy pitches Góngora as a little-read poet, now available to an English language audience. Although one might argue about how available one can ever make Góngora. Part of the appeal is, perhaps, in his evasiveness.
R: ...which reflects/inspires a (somewhat marketable) poetics of discovery--"In the sea there lies, if not continuous/with the mainland, an island barely separate/from it, shaped like an indolent tortoise [...]" (95, li. 187-9). "La tierra dividida," indeed (94, l. 191)!
(r): Yes! Rather a vexed position for the text, given Góngora's general hostility to imperial projects. A strange reproduction of the politics of discovery as well as the poetics.
R: Perhaps that gives us a final point to consider. We've addressed the formal and ethical claims of Grossman's Góngora. In closing: Grossman as context for Góngora, and vice versa.
I'm thinking of the large orange copy inside the dust jacket. It reads:
"The crowning achievement of our most celebrated translator from Spanish: a magnificent new translation of an epic masterpiece of world literature."
It is Grossman, then, who comes to us from the Spanish; Góngora is already in the public domain.
(r): That's a lot of superlatives!
R: The translation supervenes upon the text!
(r): So it doth, which is all, perhaps, a translation can ever hope to do.
*We cite the Vintage International edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Bend Sinister.
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Our very own (r) recommends volumes of contemporary poetry to science fiction fans over at IO9, addressing physicists and blues singers alike. Her insightful and accessible micro-reviews were even spied by Harriet!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
An Artificial Wilderness
Edward Luttwak in the LRB on Homer around the world:
Indeed, Japanese familiarity with Homer can be excessive: I once saw a manga in which the central focus of the Trojan War was a voluptuous nymphomaniac Helen, while the central object of the great quarrel was a sadistically ravaged Briseïs, even though in the Iliad Agamemnon swears 'by the greatest of oaths' that he never went into her bed or slept with her (no Clintonesque reservations here, please), while Achilles calls Briseïs his darling wife, adding: 'I loved her with all my heart though I had captured her with my spear.' This sort of soft porn abuse would not be allowed if Homer Inc had the revocation powers that McDonald's Corporation exercises from Oak Brook, Illinois over its franchisees in 119 countries – nor would the new Stephen Mitchell translation be allowed.Luttwak ponders the enduring popularity of the Iliad in tones of high, wondering cantankerousness. We think a lot about contemporaneity & it's only just imaginable that the Iliad could ever cease to be contemporary. What's slightly less clear is why this should be so.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
it's fact & no harm done
"The Brontës had their moors, I have my marshes," Lorine Niedecker famously wrote to Louis Zukofsky.* Is it any wonder, then, that Niedecker and Charlie B. share a biographer? In a recent review in TLS, Marjorie Perloff contextualizes Margot Peters' Lorine Niedecker: A Poet's Life within the concerns that always surround the poet: the influence of Zukofsky/Objectivism; Niedecker's status as a poetic cult figure; the poetics of place; issues of class/employment; & romantic history. Niedecker lived a life that certainly makes for good reading, but what does it mean to romanticize such a decidedly unromantic/Romantic figure? How might we or must we imagine the poets we love?
*For context, see Jenny Penberthy's Niedecker and the Correspondence with Zukofsky 1931-1970 and/or the Collected Works (also ed. Jenny Penberthy).
Friday, February 3, 2012
Dorothea Tanning 1910-2012
The oonaverse is sad to report the death of Dorothea Tanning, poet & painter.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Bishop, Crain, & the Therapeutic Model
The redoubtable Caleb Crain, blogging at The Paris Review on pronouns & the paintings of Elizabeth Bishop:
Panic attacks were waking me up in the middle of the night. In addition to a rapid heart beat, cold sweat, cascades of adrenaline, and pure fear, I experienced a conviction during these episodes that my personal pronouns were broken. I remained aware that the word I referred by convention to the body attached to the mind that happened at the moment to be uttering it, but the knowledge wasn't accompanied by a sense that there was anything necessary, special, or meaningful about the reference. During one episode I had the impression that my missing self, or soul, or whatever it was, wasn't far away—that it was fluttering around somewhere above me, like one of those birds you sometimes see battering themselves nervously against the ceiling of a bus-station terminal.
Crain sees in Bishop's work a distant analog to his own trouble with pronouns & considers how her visual art might be (or fail to be) talismanic. One argument that's often been floated about the uses of poetry (though we in the oonaverse don't discount the current consensus about poetry's uselessness or, at least, its pointlessness) has to do with its therapeutic function, its ability to help repair a mind in crisis. (Crain isn't making this claim at all, really, but his post raises the issue.) I.A. Richards, an important figure in modernist poetry criticism, was one of the most famous exponents of the therapeutic model of poetry. In Science and Poetry (1926), he outlines a theory about how minds struggling with the conditions of modernity--particularly the effects of the scientific worldview--might find in poetry an anodyne and (perhaps) even an antidote to what he sees (accurately or not) as distinctive twentieth century problems.
The question about whether poetry makes you saner (Richards et al.) or madder (Plato et al.) is probably, in the end, less interesting than the questions of how, where, & why readers of poetry have tried to make these use-arguments. Even in the early twenty-first century--when most people who concern themselves with English language poetry will (when asked what it's good for) laugh a little sheepishly & say I just like it, is all--remnants of this discourse of use are still common currency. It is not, after all, unreasonable to want to justify an activity to which you devote a great deal of time. We make of function a virtue. We delight, nonetheless, in wasting our time with poetry blogs. Now go do something useful for a change.
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Copywriting & SEO: What You Need to Know
SEO, or search engine optimization, is a way of writing and/or looking at articles from the standpoint of a search engine and tweaking pieces accordingly. There are some great tools to help copywriters learn and understand SEO and how it impacts their content, such as Scribe, but ultimately SEO is an evolving animal that modern copywriters will need to get to know well. A few changes to SEO algorithms and content that once rated very high could now be effectively useless. If one is not writing with SEO in mind, then they might as well not be writing at all.
With That in Mind, Get Some Tools
There are a handful of different tools worth looking into for copywriting, but the best tools will do the following: offer basic SEO analysis, provide logical feedback and suggestions, and possibly handle alternative keyword strategies. In some cases, multiple tools will be needed to accomplish the same task. Which combination of tools one ends up using, learn from them but never forget to remain humble. Failing to learn from SEO tools will make one a continual slave to such tools, but the constant evolution of SEO means that one might constantly need such tools anyway; it is the circle of modern copywriting life.
Remember That Readers Come First
One of the biggest problems with copywriters who focus on SEO is that it becomes somewhat easy to get carried away. This is doubly true with software that offers ratings and scoring for texts; the temptation to earn points can quickly result in the butchering of an article that was otherwise very well written for humans. Humans are the purpose for copywriting in the first place, so a smart copywriter will never lose sight of the purpose behind their task.
The crux of the issue is that the very heart of SEO is a complex series of algorithms that look for certain trends. Appeasing these trend-seeking algorithms is important, but if it results in uninteresting texts or articles that suffer readability problems then the entire exercise is utterly pointless. Likewise, imminently readable texts that rank low on search engines will never be seen by human eyes. A balance must be created and can be very difficult to learn how to manage.
On Page Factors – Things You can Control
While a large portion of modern algorithms factor in things out of the copywriters control such as external links and trust factors, there are a few things that should not be overlooked when formatting your content.
Titles – These are arguably the most important on page factor that copywriters have control over. This is the area that appears in the top bar of your browser. Make sure the keyword(s) you are targeting is included in this all important area.
Header Tags – Header tags are HTML tags that specify important content. These tags often call attention to content subtitles and are used to break up content making it easier to skim and read. You will want to make sure that your keywords are included in these, while still adding value to the reader.
Meta Tags – These are often overlooked and shouldn't be. Be smart, when you have the opportunity to give search engines more information about your content, do so! Meta descriptions are also particularly important because they are often used as the description text in search engines which is often the first point of contact with your reader. Let's take a look at a good and bad example of meta descriptions.
Bad example of a text with a keyword of 'hot rods':
Hotrods are great. Hotrods are cool. You want hotrods. Hotrods in your house, hotrods in your driveway, hotrods in you dreams! Buy our book on hotrods and learn all about hotrods today!
Good example of a text with a keyword of 'hot rods':
Our latest book on hotrods covers everything from the history of these unique cars to modern examples being produced by Detroit's Big-3.
Do Not Forget Links
Many people overlook links when copywriting, but smart copywriters will not forget to insert plenty of text that can be used to create links. Links that simply say 'here' are not the most effective links, so be sure to look into effective link writing techniques to help increase readability and SEO efficacy. Constantly building 'click here' texts into an article is a bad idea from both an SEO and readability standpoint, so be sure to learn as much as possible about the creation of effective links. For example, a link like this is very effective: visit our copywriting section for more information. A less effective link is one that says: click here. This also applies to links from external websites pointing to yours. The more often the keyword you are targeting appears in external links, the better.

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text: HPE launches new solutions to boost mass adoption of IoT30 Nov 2016 05:12 PM New solutions enable large scale wide area, enterprise and Industrial IoT deployments while Aruba offers new IoT security and switches, plus edge management systemsHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) unveiled a swathe of new products today (30 November 2016) aimed at helping organisations overcome some of the challenges inhibiting the mass of adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in wide area, enterprise and industrial deployments. These solutions include:• HPE Mobile Virtual Network Enabler• HPE Universal IoT Platform• Aruba ClearPass Universal Profiler• Aruba 2540 Series Switches • Edgeline Systems expand partnerships in edge computing and integrated control."Cost-prohibitive economics and the lack of a holistic solution are key barriers for mass adoption of IoT," said Keerti Melkote, senior vice president and general manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise."By approaching IoT with innovations to expand our comprehensive framework built on edge infrastructure solutions, software platforms and technology ecosystem partners, HPE is addressing the cost, complexity and security concerns of organisations looking to enable a new class of services that will transform workplace and operational experiences." HPE's view is that as organisations integrate IoT into mainstream operations, they are finding that the on-boarding and management of IoT devices remains costly and inefficient particularly when it comes to scaling up deployments.At the same time, the relatively large number of IoT connectivity, protocols and security offerings, prevent organisations from easily aggregating data across a heterogeneous fabric of connected things. HPE's latest solutions are aimed at helping organisation to deliver on IoT's promise of deriving valuable insights from billions of connected things. By reducing IoT connectivity costs and translating device communications to a common language, HPE said it is 'arming organisations with tools to dramatically change the economics and viability of large scale IoT deployments'. Improved IoT economics in wide area IoT deploymentsTo improve the economies of scale for massive IoT deployments over wide area networks, HPE is announcing the new HPE Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) and enhancements to the HPE Universal IoT (UIoT) Platform. HPE Mobile Virtual Network Enabler: The new HPE Mobile Virtual Network Enabler gives customers greater control over IoT devices that need cellular connectivity and services. It will foster the emergence of new, specialised IoT mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that resell IoT connectivity directly to customers at price points optimised for large scale machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoT deployments.HPE MVNE provisioning, configuration, administration and billing services: This is paired with wide area mobile network operator coverage to change the economics of large-scale deployments by reducing IoT provisioning costs by up to 80%. 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Our first project together in Precision Farming promises not only to create a new model for best practices in agriculture but is also an ideal go-to-market model of what our companies will be able to do across many other industries." IoT device security in local area networksTo deliver visibility and secure connectivity for large scale IoT deployments at the enterprise network edge, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced the Aruba ClearPass Universal Profiler and the Aruba 2540 Series Switches. These new solutions identify and inventory all IoT devices as they connect to the network, and drive down the per-port cost of wired IoT connectivity. The new ClearPass Universal Profiler automatically identifies the attributes of IoT devices as they attempt to connect to the network. This enables IT managers to catalogue what IoT devices are on wired and wireless networks and assign the appropriate policies to each one. 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City officials are looking at restricting — but not banning — temporary signs and other signs not on the property of a business or a person.
But according to Campbellsville City Council member David Nunery, such restrictions would be part of a zoning ordinance, and the details are not yet set in stone.
Nunery said it will be difficult to accommodate everyone with regard to sign regulations.
April 5, 2007
Emergency Management officials spent Wednesday morning surveying several reports of damage throughout Taylor County after severe weather swept through the area Tuesday night.
After working as a deputy clerk in the Taylor Circuit Clerk's office for nearly three decades, Ethel Buchanan is retiring.
William and Barbara Jean Bault were crowned Palestine Baptist Church's Valentine King and Queen on Sunday, March 4.
March 29, 2007
John Schuhmann celebrated his 85th birthday Friday, March 2, with his family at Creek Side Restaurant.
Margaret McMahan will celebrate her 80th birthday on Saturday at St. Mark United Methodist Church.
Annie Wilson Young, 96, of Robinson Avenue in Campbellsville, died at 5:36 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2007, in Campbellsville.
Phil Wiseman, "The Science Guy" visited Taylor County Elementary on March 21.
March 22, 2007
Campbellsville University cheerleaders took home the first-place trophy at the 2007 Mid-South Conference cheerleading competition recently at the Frankfort Civic Center.
Joey and Kathy England were honored with a baby shower Saturday, March 3.
Geneva Yates, 84, of Finley Ridge Road in Campbellsville, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Campbellsville.
March 15, 2007
Gabrielle Pennington of Campbellsville enlisted in the Kentucky National Guard in October 2006 and is currently training to be a human resource specialist at Fort Jackson, S.C.
Ryan Newcomb is working in the law firm of Johnson, True & Guarnieri in Frankfort.
Anna Inez Cox, 78, of Redman Avenue in Campbellsville, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at Taylor Regional Hospital after an illness.
March 8, 2007
Samuel Allen Bright, Jr., 96, of Elk Horn, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at his home.
Anita Berry of Campbellsville celebrated her 83rd birthday at the home of Hayden and Georgietta Johnson in Lebanon on Feb. 11.
Chad and Shea White of Campbellsville announce the birth of a daughter, Savannah Shea, at 1:56 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.
Conrad Claycomb was a wonderful man with a very positive outlook on life, according to those who knew him.
Despite what he had been through in life, the local World War II United States Army veteran was optimistic and looked for the best in people.
Claycomb was the last living Taylor County resident to have survived a World War II prisoner-of-war camp.
He passed away last Monday, March 27, at the age of 92 at the Thomson-Hood VA Center in Wilmore, Kentucky.
A KET documentary that heavily features Green River and talks about the importance of preserving it was shown Thursday night at the Campbellsville Civic Center.
"This show is about rivers," said Dr. Richie Kessler, a biology professor at Campbellsville University. "The real star of the show is your river, the Green River … It's just as much Campbellsville's river as it is Greensburg's river."
A Campbellsville man who allegedly sexually abused two children was one of 21 that a Taylor County Grand Jury indicted last week.
David M. Cox, 33, of Anna Court in Campbellsville, was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim less than 12 years old, a Class C felony. If convicted on both counts, he could spend as much as 20 years in jail.
The charges relate to reported incidents involving one child from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29, 2016, and another reported incident involving another child on April 5, 2016.
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Unwind in your fresh and contemporary Standard Room; relax in your spacious Executive Room decorated in rich and warm tones or indulge in your luxurious Suite, the choice is yours.
Holiday Inn Reading M4 Jct10, offers luxurious spacious tranquil en-suite bedrooms, with air-conditioning, 32″ flat screen TV with selection of Freeview channels, hairdryer, ironing board and bedroom safe. There is a comfortable work desk and High-Speed Fibre-Optic Internet offered in the rooms. Spacious bathrooms with bath and shower including Gilchrist and Soames luxury guest toiletries. Complimentary secure underground parking is provided for hotel residents. In addition, the hotel is a 1-minute walk from the Winnersh Triangle Train Station, on the Reading to Waterloo line and a mere 6 minute train journey to Reading for the Reading to Paddington fast train (20-minutes) making it the ideal location for a Family Hotel Break in Berkshire.
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Our 4 Star hotel offers a range of Packages to enjoy such as Spa, Legoland, Romantic and Business Traveller packages.
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- Accommodation in Reading offers 174 luxurious spacious tranquil bedrooms comprising of Double's, Twins, Family (Queen size bed with 3ft Sofa Bed), Executives & Junior Suites, King size Beds in all Executive Rooms and Junior Suites.
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- Dedicated Lounge / Bar with resident Pianist
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- Desk-level electrical outlets
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- Double-glazed windows that open
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- Complimentary on site parking
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- Fully accessible rooms with roll-in showers, purpose build handrails, reachable switches including pull-cord alarm system linked to Reception and extra space for easy wheelchair access
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A Farm was an Aquaculture center where food and live stock was raised for consumption.
After Emergence Day, most of the food was regulated to Gears, pregnant women, and children. However, other citizens received far less.
Notable farmsEdit
- North Gate Agricultural Depot (Industrial farm)
- Mataki Farm
- Merris Farm
- Dale Farm
- Kilikano Farm
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- Cattle
- Bulls
- Chickens
- Roosters
- Pigs
See alsoEdit
- Birthing Creche (called breeding farms)


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Academic Cooperation
Being an organization with an international scope, cooperation has always been high on IBFD's agenda. In this endeavour, IBFD Academic has established cooperation agreements with select universities and research institutions throughout the world. The main goal is to stimulate research and teaching in international, European and comparative taxation. Partners are selected taking into consideration the following criteria:
- objective credentials evidencing involvement in high-profile, competitive research projects;
- commitment to delivering quality research and teaching activities;
- active engagement in publications in European or international tax law; and
- academic excellence in individual and collaborative (frontier) research
IBFD Academic strives to create hubs for cooperation in academic activities based on a geographical focus as well. We are especially focused on interacting with academic institutions operating in developing countries. This is intended to allow IBFD to contribute to its mission of disseminating knowledge on international tax law in line with the needs of such countries.
Cooperation with IBFD will entitle partner institutions to access IBFD publications via the Tax Research Platform and other subscription services. In addition, it will be possible to create new forms of cooperation such as developing courses, seminars and other academic meetings. All such initiatives are considered based on the level of commitment of the partner institution to promote the function of IBFD in disseminating international tax law research.
Currently, we have cooperation agreements with the following institutions:
University of Cape Town, South Africa
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Scientific institutions/associations
International Association of Tax Judges
Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário
Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributário
International organizations
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), China
KU Leuven, Belgium (regarding the organization of the IBFD-KU Leuven Moot Court Competition)
Visiting Researcher Programme
Objectives and Eligibility
IBFD is committed to making its stimulating research environment accessible to all qualified persons involved in research in the areas of international, comparative and European taxation. In particular, visiting researchers have the opportunity to access the outstanding IBFD research facilities and to interact with a broad spectrum of scholars and other researchers affiliated with IBFD.
Eligibility for a stay as a Visiting Researcher is open to all graduate-level students (graduate, postgraduate, master, doctoral and postdoctoral), as well as faculty members engaged in research in the areas of international, European or comparative taxation. Professors taking their sabbatical year are particularly welcome. Applications from researchers with a legal, economic, business or interdisciplinary background will be considered on an equal basis.
When, for How Long and How to Apply
Applications are considered all year round, and research stays may be for periods of between two weeks and one year. Once a one-year term has expired, it will be possible to apply for an extension. It is also possible to arrange multiple shorter stays. Please note that research stays not exceeding two weeks fall outside of the scope of the Visiting Researcher Programme..
Applications for this programme should be submitted to our attention. They should include a brief cover letter outlining the reasons and objectives of the research stay, a short curriculum vitae of the applicant and an outline of the research project (one page max.) to be done at IBFD, together with the desired dates for the research stay. All documents should be sent to email@example.com (we will acknowledge receipt in two working days, outside holiday seasons).
Available Facilities
Visiting researchers will be assigned a work station in IBFD's Library, which includes dedicated access to a desktop computer connected to the internet, the IBFD Tax Research Platform, the internal library catalogue and printers. Prints and downloads will be charged in accordance with the applicable fees. Visiting Researchers who are faculty members and whose research stay exceeds two months may be provided with an office space in a dedicated area of the Academic Department.
Interaction with IBFD Academic
While the Visiting Researcher Programme is primarily meant as an unsupervised term of individual research, accepted visitors will have the opportunity to interact with IBFD's Professor in Residence, postdoctoral researchers and other IBFD researchers. In addition, visiting researchers may be mentored or supervised by a postdoctoral researcher of the Academic Department specializing in the visitor's areas of interest. Accepted visitors spending a research term exceeding two months are encouraged to deliver a short presentation on their research project and its progress. They are also invited to attend the bi-weekly series of internal seminars, the Tax Knowledge Sharing Sessions.
There is no charge for the Visiting Researcher Programme, and IBFD does not grant funding or insurance to its visiting researchers. However, as an academic institution, IBFD can be (and has been) elected as a research destination for a variety of European and international programmes promoting the mobility of graduate students and researchers.
Marie Curie Fellowships
Fulbright Scholarships
Another possibility for funding a research stay is via the applicant's home university, home government or national office for research. IBFD Academic will do its best to support such applications. If you have any further questions, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line "Visiting Researcher Programme".
IFA Researcher
Each year, the International Fiscal Association (IFA) selects a researcher to perform studies on topics to be dealt with at future IFA Congresses.
The research is conducted under the direction of the Permanent Scientific Committee of IFA, and more specifically the Research Sub-Committee. The results of the research conducted are for the use of the local IFA branch organizing the Congress in a particular year. The researcher is usually engaged for the period 1 August – 1 March.
The IFA researcher is officially employed by IFA. IBFD provides office space, access to its library and database and mentoring/supervision.


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|Short stories
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|All Authors / Contributors:
Laura Furman; Deborah Eisenberg; Derek Palacio; Kelly Link; Alice Munro; Polly Rosenwaike; Tash Aw; Ann Beattie; L Annette Binder; Donald Antrim; Asako Serizawa; Samar Farah Fitzgerald; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Joan Silber; Melinda Moustakis; George McCormick; Nalini Jones; Lily Tuck; Jamie Quatro; Ayşe Papatya Bucak; Andrea Barrett; Lauren Groff; Edith Pearlman; Jim Shepard
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|O. Henry Memorial Award, 2013.
|xxxi, 475 pages ; 21 cm.
|Your duck is my duck / Deborah Eisenberg --
Sugarcane / Derek Palacio --
The summer people / Kelly Link --
Leaving Maverley / Alice Munro --
White carnations / Polly Rosenwaike --
Sail / Tash Aw --
Anecdotes / Ann Beattie --
Lay my head / L. Annette Binder --
He knew / Donald Antrim --
The visitor / Asako Serizawa --
Where do you go? / Samar Farah Fitzgerald --
Aphrodisiac / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala --
Two opinions / Joan Silber --
They find the drowned / Melinda Moustakis --
The Mexican / George McCormick --
Tiger / Nalini Jones --
Pérou / Lily Tuck --
Sinkhole / Jamie Quatro --
The history of girls / Ayşe Papatya Bucak --
The particles / Andrea Barrett --
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Writing the O. Henry Prize stories 2013.
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|chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, Jim Shepard on the stories they admire most.
"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories take place in such far-flung locales as a gorgeous sailboat in Hong Kong, a Cuban sugar plantation, the Kenai River in Alaska, a mansion in New Delhi, a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat, and the ghost-haunted rubble of a Turkish girls' school. Also included are the editor's introduction, essays from the jurors (Lauren Groff, Edith Pearlman, and Jim Shepard) on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines."--Publisher's description.
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All three indexes ended higher for the week. The Dow rose 0.51% while the S&P 500 edged up 0.87%.The Nasdaq posted the biggest gain for the week at 1.87%.
Below are links to the top economics news for the week:
- U.S. Rig Count is down 17 rigs from last week at 1,914
- Texas adds 17,800 jobs in July to reach two-year milestone
- Consumer Sentiment increases in August
- Jobless rates up in 44 states, down in 2
- Commercial property prices move little in June
- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 366,000
- Housing Starts declined to 746 thousand in July
- Industrial Production increased 0.6% in July
- CPI: No inflation in July
- Home Builders' Confidence Hits Five-Year High
- Real average hourly and weekly earnings unchanged in July
- FRB Dallas: Community Outlook Survey, Second Quarter 2012
- NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index declines in July
- Retail Sales increased 0.8% in July


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Photographer and multimedia performer Karen Moe provided photos of neglected urban spaces for Catherine Owen's text in Cusp/destritus: an experiment in alleyways (Anvil, 2006). These images were also exhibited at Exposure Gallery in Vancouver in Spring of 2005. Also a multi-media artist, Moe has created images for book and album covers. Her CD is Stoic Pharmacy.
Cusp/destritus: an experiment in alleyways (Anvil, 2006).
Dog (Mansfield Press, 2008). Poems by Joe Rosenblatt and Catherine Owen. Photos by Karen Moe.
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In Maine, a group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens. When Tom, Jake, and friends discover that the Aliens mind control guns do not work on kids, it is up to them to save their parents and the rest of the world from the invasion all before bed time. Aliens In The Attic (PC) gives players a whole new way to experience the storyline by allowing them to assume the identity of one of four different alien explorers whose mission it is to take over the summer home, and possibly the world! This version of the game features 15 exciting levels that are carried out in four different locations. Plus, players can switch between characters on the fly for fast-paced action!
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Outside: A large lawned garden to the front and the rear of the property with generous parking.
Services: The property has oil fired central heating which provides heat to the radiators and water. Private water supplied by the landlord which will be charged at an additional £25pcm, to be paid with the rent. The property is connected to a septic tank, the maintenance for this will be included in the rent and maintained by the Landlord.
Terms of the Tenancy: The property will be let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy for an initial fixed term of twelve months with the scope to extend after this period.
Rent: The rent, exclusive of all outgoings and Council Tax
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Deposit: A deposit of one and a half month's rent will be payable to the Agent on signing the tenancy agreement. This will be held in a government approved deposit protection scheme by either the Landlord or the Agent.
Inventory and Schedule of Condition: A full Inventory and Schedule of Condition will be taken before the start of the tenancy and agreed with the Tenant at check in. The cost of this will be split equally between Landlord and Tenant.
Tenancy Agreement: A draft copy of the tenancy agreement will be available for inspection at the Agent's office.
Applications: Applicants must complete an on-line application and undergo a full reference and credit check. The fee for this is currently £200 inclusive of VAT for the first applicant plus £50 each for additional applicants aged 18 and over. Fees will not be refunded if the applicants withdraw before the start of the Tenancy Agreement. To ensure you do not forfeit any application fee please do ensure you inform us in advance of any bankruptcy, CCJs, IVAs or other financial information which may effect your credit history.
Tenancy Agreement: A draft copy of the tenancy agreement will be available for inspection at the Agent's office.
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AKAI MPX8 Product Description
Load virtually any sample via standard SD or SDHC card and assign it to any of the AKAI MPX8 and take control with the eight backlit velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads.
Use it in the studio. Use it live on stage or on air. MPX8 packs proven Akai Pro technology into a compact, durable design that's built to perform.
MPX8 also has USB MIDI plus standard MIDI inputs and outputs. Control everything from music software on your laptop to outboard MIDI gear. The included USB cable and 1/8"-to-MIDI adapter make it easy to connect.
With the included sample kit editor, you can easily arrange, tune, and add reverb to your samples on your Mac or PC before loading them onto MPX8. The editor's drag-and-drop functionality saves you time, instantly converting your samples to compatible .WAV files
MPX8 also comes with a free Loop Library download from Akai Pro, plus a large library of standard samples built in, which can be used for live performance in front of a crowd, on a radio show, or for in-studio production.
It's compact, easy to load, and ready to go. MPX8 packs the sounds you need under great-feeling pads inside a solid Akai Pro design. You get quick and convenient one-touch access to a virtually unlimited number of sounds, shots, stabs, and drops. It's that simple.
- Add sound samples from a standard SD or SDHC card (sold separately)
- 8 velocity-sensitive and pressure-sensitive pads
- USB MIDI plus standard MIDI inputs and outputs
- Also controls computer MIDI software and outboard MIDI gear
- Drag-and-drop sample kit editor for Mac® and PC included
- Editor instantly converts samples to compatible .WAV files
- Built-in library of popular sounds and samples
- Includes additional free Akai Pro loop library download
- Tune, add reverb, and save sample sets for easy recall
- (2) Balanced 1/4-inch outputs (6.35mm)
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The manufacturing and construction sectors continue to expand, despite the terrible weather. From this it follows that the economy probably continues to grow at a modest 2-3% pace. Although this doesn't sound very bullish, in one sense it is, since the alternative to being invested in assets tied to an expanding economy is to earn zero in cash. Investing in cash yielding zero only makes sense if you are anticipating or hedging against an economic downturn. Hiding out in cash imposes a stiff penalty in the form of foregone yields-which are still historically generous-in risk sectors.
The February ISM manufacturing index was a bit stronger than expected (53.2 vs. 52.3), but as the chart above shows, this is consistent with overall economic growth of 2-3%. That's what we've been experiencing for the past several years, so it's not new news. But importantly, it is not the sort of economy that rewards investing in cash.
The chart above compares conditions in the manufacturing sector in the U.S. to that of the Eurozone. U.S. manufacturing continues to experience modest gains, while there has been a distinct improvement in Eurozone manufacturing, which is no longer in recession and is now expanding at least as rapidly as in the U.S. The U.S. and the Eurozone are now in a coordinated manufacturing recovery, which enhances the outlook for all parties.
Construction spending in January was a good deal better than expected (0.1% vs. -0.5%, compared to December levels), especially considering the fact that December spending was revised upwards by almost 1.5% relative to November. In other words, January spending turned out to be about 2% better than expected. Construction spending has been rising at about a 9% annualized pace over the past six months, with very strong gains (over 20% annualized) in the residential sector. Residential construction is up some 14% relative to a year ago, while nonresidential spending is up over 6%. Construction activity therefore continues to add to overall economic growth, since nominal GDP is expanding at roughly a 4-5% pace. That's been the case for almost three years now, after the construction sector subtracted from growth for the previous 5 years. It's very likely that construction activity will continue to expand faster than the rest of the economy for the foreseeable future, if for no other reason than that it is still well below its historic share of GDP.
The chart above shows the current yields available on a variety of different sectors. High-yield, REIT, emerging market, and the equity market offer yields that are significantly higher than cash or short-term Treasury yields. As long as the economy continues to post even modest growth, investors will be increasingly tempted to "reach for yield."
To keep things in perspective I note that 1) bank savings deposits, which yield almost nothing, currently total about $7.3 trillion, 2) the average yield on the $8 trillion of marketable Treasury notes and bonds is 1.5%, and 3) the current market cap of the U.S. equity market is $22.6 trillion. Those are all big numbers, with a huge amount of, shall we say, "yield inequality". Continued economic growth will therefore bring considerable force to bear on the currently large gap between the yield on cash and the yield on risk assets. Cash yields will likely rise, while the yields on risk assets will likely fall (and their prices will likely rise). All that's required is more of the same: 2-3% economic growth.
As the chart above suggests, there is plenty of room for PE ratios to rise. So even if corporate earnings fail to grow, a continuation of zero yields on cash will, with time, likely result in higher equity prices and declining earnings yields.


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get the ack, then exit before sending any data.
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the loop in tftp.c sendfile() must have never
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remove it and replace it with the tftp
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Is anyone MAINTAINING netkit?
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A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
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Morristown-Beard School science teacher Rodney Alejandro of Newark and math teacher Jessica Goodman of Hackensack will lead a group of 18 students to Miami to build houses through Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge program.
Morristown-Beard students will work in the Miami area over their spring break, from March 16 through 24.
In addition to donating their time and energy to help build houses, the Morristown-Beard students raised more than $2,000 for Greater Miami to build the home they are constructing as well as for future homes in the area.
Collegiate Challenge is a year-round program, coordinated through the Campus Chapters and Youth Programs department at Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, Ga.
More than 10,000 students from more than 450 colleges, universities, and high schools will work at over 200 sites nationwide for Collegiate Challenge: Spring Break 2002. Collectively, the students have pledged more than $1,000,000 for the affiliates with which they are working.
Students are helping themselves and the local community as they help build new homes, new hope, and new lives. The majority of the Morristown-Beard students involved with the Collegiate Challenge program are active members of the School Community, regularly taking part in the numerous community outreach programs sponsored by Morristown Bears, said a school statement.
The students traveling to the Miami Habitat for Humanity project are seniors Susan Driscoll, Michael Eber, and Christopher Weber, all of Chatham, John Fuentes of Denville and John Scheuler of Basking Ridge.
Juniors attending are Megan Cronin of New Vernon, Katie Fesenmaier of Lebanon, Julia Hunter of Morristown, Jared Kanefsky of Livingston, Meghan Kendall of Bridgewater, Arielle Leigh of Montville, Dennis Madigan and Tyler Malmstrom, both of Madison, Storrie Mellick of Oldwick, and Kara Wiswall of Boonton Township.
Sophomores attending are Stephanie Fonticoba of East Hanover, William Harrison of Hackettstown and Dana Mulvihill of Madison.


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Asus has been highly active lately. It's been one laptop reveal after another for the tech company. In fact, last week was the declaration of three lovely new devices. This week, we're just hearing about the a ZenBook, the UX410 (in either the UX410UA or UX410UQ), which is nice because it's been a while. The ZenBook Series has been such a hit for Asus, and as one of the most thin and light notebooks out there, the latest design continues with all around sleek.
First of all, it's being stated that the laptop's 14-inch display "acts" as a 13.3-incher thanks to the super slim 6mm bezels on the left and right sides of the 1920 x 1080p display (which is completely normal for some laptop displays). However, Liliputing actually reports this might be an incorrect spec, and that Asus's website might not be updated. Current photos of the device portray a 14-inch display, but with annotated text of a "13.3-inches" on multiple websites, therefore causing a bit of confusion as to which size is the correct one. As far as Asus's website, it states "14-inch, FHD display", so, we are just going to go with that.
Putting that aside, let's think about the rest of this beauty. We've got a profile of just 18.95mm thin, a solid aluminum alloy body weighing 1.6kg, a spun-metal finish in "Zen-inspired" concentric circles, that covers the top, while the rest of the chassis is kept with a tough-brushed metal finish. Looking at it, all of these factors really give this thing the feeling of "brand new". Internally, the UX410UA iteration relies on Intel HD 520 graphics, integrated with Intel's Kaby Lake Core U processors (including i3 7100U, i5 7200U, and i7 7500U), a 500GB hard drive, a 1TB SATA HDD, and 128GB to 512GB of a SATA3 M.2 SSD. The UX410UQ features Nvidia graphics ("probably" the GTX 940MX GPU), but that's the only difference in specifications there seems to be among the two options. Finally, there's Windows 10 Pro included, Wireless AC, Bluetooth 4.1, and ports you will love- 2 USB 2.0s, 1 USB 3.0, 1 USB 3.1, 1 HDMI, card-reader, and a headphone/mic jack. The system is also chuggin along with a 3 cell 48W battery, yet I can't quite find the life on it just yet.
There's so many features on this thing it's hard to even tell you everything without going on and on. But I will end on the extra features I find lovely. Asus decided to integrate "Eye Care Mode", a feature picking up in the device world where emissions of blue light are reduced (in this case up to 30%), to keep your eyes protected. The Asus UX410 comes in either Quartz Grey or Rose Gold, other than simply loving their iterations on those popular colors, the way that circular aluminum just glares with "fancy" is just jaw-dropping. Finally, that 14-inch FHD display gives your eyes such a lovely advantage, because at a pixel density of 276ppi, every tiny detail- whether viewing photos, reading, editing text, or watching videos, is going to be sharp and oh-so clear! I haven't seen one hint regarding the price of these ZenBooks, but since this is more of a reveal than anything, let's let that one, and the battery life in question, go for right now.
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British Olympic Association
Team GB's Tokyo 2020 hopefuls may have to win their seats on the plane to Japan in a televised, multi-sport trials event a month before the start of the Olympic Games
Sir Hugh Robertson has been elected to succeed Lord Sebastian Coe as chairman of the British Olympic Association
The British Olympic Association is bracing itself for Russian hackers to name another 48 Team GB athletes who competed in Rio with a current or previously held therapeutic use exemption
The British Olympic Association has warned Team GB against criticising the logistical issues at the Rio Games for fear of appearing arrogant
The British Olympic Association is considering a US-style multi-sport qualifying event in order to build excitement for future Games
Racing cyclist who played a key role in the fight for women's cycling to be accepted as an international sport
The taekwondo fighter Aaron Cook has been cleared to change nationality and compete for Moldova in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio
The British Olympic Association has admitted the organisers of the first European Games in Baku, under attack from human rights groups, had effectively paid for its team to compete
The British Olympic Association has added to sport's list of unlikely sponsorship deals: signing DFS as its official sofa provider
Mark England has been appointed as the chef de mission of Team GB for the Baku 2015 European Games and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
International Olympic Committee says messages sent to European federations appear to be from member of public
Russia's much-criticised anti-gay laws have made the IOC's rules about demonstrations of crucial importance to human rights activists
Team GB's chef de mission has confirmed that the squad will be going to the Sochi Games despite the controversy over Russia's anti-gay legislation
From the Observer archive From the Observer archive, 11 August 1984: Zola Budd accused as she ends Decker's dream of goldBritain's newest running star Zola Budd has a bitter Olympic debut in the 3,000m, writes Robert Low
Lord Coe is in Lausanne hoping to bring the fledgling Youth Olympic Games to Glasgow in 2018
The BOA has received a significant financial boost with London 2012 organisers paying it £5.3m following a £30m surplus in their final accounts
Lord Coe has signalled that the British Olympic Association will go back to basics, having cut staffing levels by more than half and ditched many of the areas the organisation expanded into under the previous regime
Andy Hunt will step down as chief executive of the British Olympic Association at the end of February
The organising committee of the London 2012 Olympics expects to break even when it submits its final accounts
The British team's preparation camp for the 2016 Olympics will be in Belo Horizonte, a 45-minute flight away from the host city Rio de Janeiro
He's affable, polite and professional, and he's been a medal-winning athlete, an MP and chairman of the London Olympic's organising committee. So why does Decca Aitkenhead find him so uninspiring?
Sir Clive Woodward has stood down from his role as director of sport at the British Olympic Association after six years, ending speculation about his future
The BOA is unlikely to receive any money from Locog as there will be no profit from which to claim its 20% share
There is increasing confidence in Whitehall that Lord Coe can be persuaded to take over as chairman of the British Olympic Association
Departing British Olympic Association chairman wants state primaries to benefit from independent schools in return for £100m tax breaks
Lord Moynihan said he is 'passing on the baton' after helping oversee Britain's best medal haul for a century
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Ooh, there's a new buzz word out there in learning technologies. We're no longer content with an LMS (Learning Management System; I know you knew that right?) that does all that usual learning and development thingy and allows you to track courses and manage all your training? No, now it's all about 'talent'. Or is it? Is this a new dressing on an old idea? Is this like calling me follically challenged rather than the more abrupt and yet slightly more accurate 'bald'?
Partially yes, talent management for existing employees in layman's terms is about matching existing skills, qualifications etc to the needs of the organisation, working out where the gaps are and arranging your training to fill those gaps. Think back two years and we'd have been talking about competency based training and becoming a competency based organisation. The good news is if you're using an LMS with the ability to link to your HR system and that supports a competency framework that you've implemented to automate your training you're probably well on the way to 'talent management' already. If your LMS doesn't do this you're probably using an older more rigid LMS or Moodle. Either way you should consider an upgrade to Totara LMS which is Open Source and great if you ask me (yes, I have a slight lean in this direction and often implement Totara installations for organisations). If you have this and don't know how to approach talent management then drop me a note and I'll try and help!
Of course having the capability to manage your internal talent is not the same as actually doing it. Many organisations have competencies in place but are still more task-based than competency based truth be known and only work with competencies at the current level rather than aspirational positions. If you really want to maximise your talent this will come less from your LMS and more from your internal processes and procedures; this is more about management which has always been more about knowing your people and the organisation, than the system you use to record and manipulate this.
The other part of talent management is about attracting new talent in to your organisation. This is where we start to get muddy in the LMS world. What are you now asking of your previously called LMS? We want a recruiting system to form a major part of the software?! Of course, because it's not good enough to have an LMS that does what it should do about learning, we want it to do wider functions. This is where I think we're starting to go a little awry. I know the wheel needs re-inventing every so often, but this is like trying to put four newly invented wheels on the same car! I thought we'd got past this mega-systems approach to software? No, don't be daft Nigel, everyone likes a good mega approach don't they? Surely your LMS ought to be able to make you as good a Latte as the barrista down the street?
So here's our new 'car'. It's got more wheels than an articulated (no relation) lorry and they are all doing different things. Seems to me that if you had this kind of office vehicle that getting on and off it maybe a bit of a labour of love. I mean, if it's going to do everything and go everywhere maybe I'll just take the bike as I only want to go two blocks? I guess this takes us around to the argument of whether or not we want our software to be able to do everything for us or not.. in fact, that's not really it is it? Because yes it would be great if it did everything, but the question is whether it does everything as well as a dedicated piece of software. So if a system is designed to look after my Human Resources stuff or payroll - I want it to do that really well. If it is designed for learning than I want it to be really good at learning.. you get the theme here..
The problem is that there isn't a single system that delivers the best of everything; that's true of even the core functions of an LMS, let alone managing wider things like your recruitment and HR systems.
I've got a better solution. What about a modular type approach to your systems. This way you pick your HR system, pick your LMS, pick your reporting systems, financial systems, whatever you want to do system. Then they talk. Lets look at an analogy that might work better than my vehicular one above. A small business can work well with a few staff who can do a large number of different types of task; it makes sense for them, but as you get bigger and expand you need specialists to do specific tasks; do you want your billing and accounts staff being the ones designing your graphics and delivering your training? The only issue is getting individuals/departments/software packages to talk to each other.
My advice on talent management is this; you definitely should do it, this mostly comes from knowing your staff and business and being committed to improvement. The system you should choose to do it should be the one that's best for your organisation; if that's an LMS then great, but more importantly make sure whatever you choose does have the capability to link in to your HR, LMS and other systems you run. In good business, talent management, learning and life; communication is the key.
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I'm a total nail polish addict so I of course didn't mind adding more polish to my collection. I've heard of RGB but have never bought it before. Mostly because I've never seen it at a store around here so I've never been able to test it out. I have been wanting a good mint color and so happy that I got this one. This color is perfection. I love love it and the polish itself is fabulous. It goes on smoothly, not too drippy or thick. I have yet to try the nude but come fall, I'm sure I'll be wearing it a lot paired with other colors. These retail for $16 each so definitely well worth the price of the box.
Here's my instagrammed picture of the color on my nails. It's more closer to the green than the blue (you gotta love instagram filters but it definitely changes the colors). **Follow me on Instagram: TiffanyIsh**
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Birchbox really burned me out so I am skeptical to try another one! I would just rather take my money and buy exactly what I want.ReplyDelete
Glad this box finally turned out exciting for ya. The lip sticks sure look lovely.ReplyDelete
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Ya, I felt the same about mine. It was nice for the price but it wasn't product I was super psyched about unfortunately.ReplyDelete
thank you for this review - it seems you got a bit of everything with this box - the polish looks fun on you!ReplyDelete
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Hi Tiff, I have the lipstick. The founder is actually local (Vancouver). I'm glad you like it too.ReplyDelete
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I kept the body scrub & lotion, but the other contents were given away to my husband's co-workers. I took another chance and ordered the August box. But if that one is crappy, I'll just stick with Sample Society or Glossybox.ReplyDelete


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Vogue Americana 1926; ca. 1968; Chuck Howard - Misses' One-Piece Dress. Loose-fitting, slightly A-line sleeveless dress has standing bias collar with bias tubular bow; left shoulder and side front button closing. Pockets in side front seams.
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Options for a 1/25 scale model of the 1931 Ford panel truck were limited to the Eastwood diecast bank...but Eastwood made about three and a half billion of them, so at least they're easy to acquire. The cheapest one I found was on eBay, painted yellow and orange with a blue and orange "Posies" billboard on the side. So not the most attractive design, but it had potential.
I started by stripping all of the metal components, removing the parting lines, and filling in the coin slot above the rear doors. I then removed some of the extra chassis mounts, redid the exhaust pipe, and added a front wishbone and steering linkage. I also added the drawer under the rear doors that was used briefly for the "gas mask" gag. Not only did it add a little extra authenticity, it hid the rear mounting screw nicely.
Since this was a black & white short and the 1:1 is long gone, I had to make some guesses about the colors. The main body and wheels were painted a medium blue that seemed like a reasonable match to a vintage Ford color (it also worked as a nod to the color Round 2 chose for their '40 Ford's box art). The fenders, radiator, headlights, bumpers, and chassis were all painted black. The divider wall looked lighter than any of the other panels, so I painted that light gray. The rest of the interior was left as it was. Finally, I made the canvas roof by separating a paper towel, soaking it in a mixture of white glue and water, then trimming it after it had dried. The truck used in the short looked like it had something lighter than the usual black roof, and had some wear and sags in it...so it was either very worn or had been replaced at some point before being used on screen. To mimic this, I made the edges a little rough and painted it dark gray. Decals from the AMT kit, custom license plates, and judicious weathering finished the truck.
The only thing I had left was the row boat that carried Curly and Moe (Larry drove the truck). Most of the 1/24 scale row boats I found were too big, too fancy, or flat-bottomed. Finally, a friend suggested cutting down one of Lionel's O-gauge cabin boats. The length and width were excellent, and doing some cutting to the top and inside got the rest of the hull just about perfect. Flat styrene was used to make the trim and seats, and wood was used for the storage box, oars, and rope ladder.
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It's in Farsi, it's beautifully-shot film noir, it has a female lead, and you have to see it. Read the rest
It's in Farsi, it's beautifully-shot film noir, it has a female lead, and you have to see it. Read the rest
Al Jazeera and The Guardian are set to publish "the Spy Cables," a massive trove of South African intelligence cables detailing the over-classification of information and the corruption of post-Apartheid South Africa by US political interference. Read the rest
Soheyl Bastami's Extreme: an Iranian sculptor's beautiful and trenchant take on our relationship to technology.
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Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, briefly followed an Iranian "sex feed" over the weekend. At the time, reports Ilan Ben Zion, @PersianHotBook had only 15 followers—and it soon lost its latest fan.
The apparent Twitter faux pas was the second for Netanyahu among Iranians in a little over a week, after he was roundly mocked on social media for telling BBC Persian that Iranians should overthrow their government so they can be free to wear jeans. That comment was followed on Twitter by a groundswell of pictures of ordinary Iranians showing off their denim duds.
The Likud Central Committee said that it runs the account, that it suffered a "malfunction," and that it is investigating the "malfunction." Read the rest
Lisa Rein sez "A first-ever Persian translation of any of Timothy Leary's writings is now available. The text, a 'Declaration of Evolution,' is a manifesto Leary wrote for the psychedelic generation, modeled on the 1776 American 'Declaration of Independence." It is presented in a bilingual (Persian and English) format.
"It was first published in Leary's The Politics of Ecstasy and reprinted in the underground press, before being published separately in 1970 as a pamphlet by the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, who later the same year engineered Leary's prison escape by the Weather Underground. It has been out-of-print since then." Read the rest
The Iranian government has released photos of a machine that amputates thieves fingers using the state media agency. The photos show a blindfolded man having his finger amputated, though he displays no visible distress. The Telegraph speculates that he might be drugged. Read the rest
Here's a short video of a woman parkour team from Lahijan, Iran, practicing in hijabs and mantos. The sport apparently spread through illicit satellite TV viewing:
Despite having to practise in unwieldy clothing – not to mention having to stay on the lookout for police - Iranian women are getting into the sport of parkour. Some even create videos in which they show off their skills, and post them online. One of these brave women tells us about the challenges of practising parkour in an Islamic republic.
Parkour involves moving around urban obstacles as quickly as possible. Athletes run up walls, scale fences, jump between roofs, do back flips, and much more. The sport first originated in the 1980s with a small group of athletes in the suburbs of Paris, but only rose to fame in the 2000s with the film "Yamakasi." Parkour has since spread throughout the world thanks to the Internet, everywhere from Gaza to Egypt to Iran.
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Mikko H. Hypponen of F-Secure publishes an email he claims is from a scientist with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (or AEOI), which details a new "cyber attack" wave against Iranian nuclear systems.
Snip: "There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out. I believe it was playing 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC."
Mikko can't validate the email or the tale therein, and neither can we, but if it's true? Heh.
* The 'shoop above is mine, not the hackers'. Read the rest
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inspects centrifuges at a uranium enrichment plant.
Reporting for the New York Times, David Sanger confirms what internet security researchers suspected all along: Stuxnet, the worm that targeted computers in Iran's central nuclear enrichment facilities, was a US/Israeli project and part of an expanded effort at cyberweaponry by the Obama administration. Read the rest
A finance technology manager named Khosrow Zarefarid discovered a critical flaw in Iran's online banking systems. He extracted 1,000 account details (including card numbers and PINs) and emailed them to the CEOs of 22 Iranian banks along with detailed information about the vulnerability. A year later, nothing had been done. Zarefarid extracted 3 million accounts' details from the bank's systems and posted them to ircard.blogspot.ca. Many Iranian banks have now frozen their customers' accounts and are only allowing PIN-change transactions at ATMs. Some banks have texted their customers to warn them of the breach. The Central Bank of Iran has published an official notice of the breach, but the notice does not say that the underlying vulnerability has been fixed, or even whether it is being addressed. Zarefarid is said to have left Iran, though his whereabouts are not known, at least to Emil Protalinski, who wrote about the breach for ZDNet:
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It does not appear as if Zarefarid stole money from the accounts; he merely dumped the account details of around 3 million individuals, including card numbers and PINs, on his blog: ircard.blogspot.ca. I found the link via his Facebook account, along with the question "Is your bank card between thease 3000000 cards?"
...Zarefarid previously worked as a manager at a company called Eniak, which operates the Shetab (Interbank Information Transfer Network) system, an electronic banking clearance and automated payments system used in Iran. The company also manufactures and installs point of sale (POS) devices. In other words, Zarefarid worked for a firm that offered services to Iranian banks for accepting electronic payments.
Iran's governing elite have been making noises for years now about the construction of a "Halal Internet," a kind of national intranet with its own email service, microblogging, search tools, etc. Now a leaked Persian-language "Request for Information" from the Research Institute for ICT in Tehran, which consults on technology for Iran's Ministry of ICT suggests that the plan has evolved into a more ambitious version of the existing national censorship regime. In Ars Technica, Cyrus Farivar analyzes the proposal:
Collin Anderson, the researcher who found the document, said this RFI shows an unexpected shortcoming of the Iranian government to capitalize on its own domestic ability and recent deals with Chinese telecom companies such as Huawei and ZTE.
Huawai said late last year it was pulling out of Iran. ZTE, meanwhile, has previously sold millions of dollars of telecom and surveillance equipment to the Islamic Republic.
"I believe this clearly demonstrates that the Iranian government does not intend on cutting off access to the external Internet time soon," Anderson told Ars on Tuesday, explaining that the acquisition of a censorship system would not be necessary if Iran was trying to create a highly restricted whitelist or completely cut itself off from the Internet.
"This might suggest that the government has not been able to acquire the services of foreign companies for planning and optimizing an infrastructure," he added.
"This is surprising for those, including me, who believe that much of the censorship software and hardware was being developed internally. The RFI seems to imply the desire to move beyond blacklisting sites and keywords, to a more intelligent system of detecting and blocking 'immoral' content, such as pornographic or culturally offensive material."
I'm in the middle of reading Rebecca McKinnon's Consent of the Networked, which is probably the best single book on the subject I've read to date (review coming soon). Read the rest
PHOTO: Technicians monitor data flow in the control room of an internet service provider in Tehran February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
There's an AFP item today on Iran's denial of online reports that it plans to shut off access to the Internet this August, replacing that access with a "national intranet." Snip:
The reports derived from a supposed interview with Communications Minister Reza Taghipour published on April 1 that was in fact a hoax, the ministry said in the statement on its own site www.ict.gov.ir -- which itself was not accessible outside of Iran. "The report is in no way confirmed by the ministry" and is "completely baseless," the ministry statement said.
The hoax report quoted Taghipour saying that Iran would from August launch a "clean internet" that would block popular services like Google and Hotmail and replace them with government-sponsored search engines and e-mail services. The ministry statement slammed the false report as serving "the propaganda wing of the West and providing its hostile media with a pretext emanating from a baseless claim."
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The DelMonico Ivy Piemonte Harris Tweed Cap is a handsome grey toned cap made from handwoven Harris Tweed, overlaid with a subtle rust and red windowpane plaid. The soft, warm cap has a soft foldable peak, allowing this cap to be tucked into a pocket or bag for easy travel. The interior is lightly lined for comfort and warmth. A classy cap for the changing seasons.
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I bought this same hat in Germany 40 years ago for myself and still have it. Still made by the same company and the quality is as good as then. You can't go wrong with this one.
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Alaskanwrote a review of Mammut Twitch Pant - Men's on January 20, 2013
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Sent these back after ordering the "Graphite". They look exactly like blue jeans so if that is what you are looking for then perfect for you. Build appeared to be quality and they fit good for me through the thigh with some extra room. My last two Winter pants were Patagonia Snowshot (complete FAILURE) and the older Rubicon from Patagonia. From what I understand they changed fabrics for the Rubicon. The old version was a pant you could wear a couple hundred days. THe Twitch pant felt like it might get you there too, I just couldnt get over the color.