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In the first of our four-part blog series for the release of CPO Rising 2018: The Age of Intelligence, Andrew Bartolini of Ardent Partners introduced the State of the CPO. In Chapter 2, Julien Nadaud, Chief Product Officer at Determine explores the State of Procurement, and how data intelligence is shaping the future through a connected cloud ecosystem.
Historically, procurement departments relied on strategic sourcing applications to manage their purchasing projects, usually organized around cost saving and category management. Unfortunately, these savings were theoretical. That's because of the amount of time that passed between the beginning of the project and the real application of negotiated prices — usually many months — when those prices were actually reflected in a compliant purchasing process.
From there, the evolution of technology led to the implementation of procure-to-pay solutions to make sure that negotiated prices are correctly applied throughout an organization, along with better control, visibility and time saving.
Now there is a big trend toward adding supply chain finance and dynamic discounting to the mix. Not only to optimize cash flow, but also achieve financial advantage during the payment process.
Intelligent procurement demands a smarter tech ecosystem.
At Determine, we also believe that better managing third-party information and performance, and including contract authoring and negotiation in the upstream process, shortens the time between price negotiation and execution. This adds a lot of new savings, while reducing risks and labor cost.
That's why, ideally, procurement departments need a full source-to-pay suite to really generate more value and efficiency. But accelerating the entire process and managing more transactions, users and suppliers does not mean that intelligence is being correctly leveraged. Sure, a lot of data is being generated. However, performing effective analysis and making better decisions requires not only the right talent, but also the right tools to collect, process, visualize and assist in that data-to-intelligence transformation.
As Andrew Bartolini says in the CPO Rising 2018 report, achieving intelligent procurement requires more than just hiring smart people; it takes many iterations and accumulated experience. [inlinetweet prefix="" tweeter="" suffix="#IntelligentProcurement"]Ultimately, intelligent procurement is a combination of agility and collaboration, data collection and analysis, and smart processes[/inlinetweet].
This cannot be achieved with a single technology or solution, but only by leveraging an ecosystem of interconnected applications. On top of using best-in-class applications adapted to best-in-class procurement processes, it's necessary to centralize and share information across the organization. That includes all supplier and associated procurement information, especially contracts.
The rules have changed.
But as more and more information is processed faster and faster, having the right procurement suite and procurement talent may not be enough. This is where big data associated with machine learning can move departments into the age of intelligence to create a culture of "intelligent procurement." The power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is continuous learning from what works, and the ability to recommend or predict the best outcome of any new situation. It also replaces time-consuming tasks like spend classification, supplier matching and contract review, freeing up teams to focus on adding more value to the process.
As AI generates more and more innovation, expanding the capability of procurement suites by enabling third-party cloud application integration inside their platforms will be truly game changing. This is why Determine and Tradeshift, two platforms-as-a-service on the market, have developed an ecosystem of partner applications that can be leveraged within each respective suite. Connecting these two platforms — having Determine as an app inside Tradeshift or Tradeshift as an app inside of Determine — makes so much more than just sense, it makes intelligent procurement possible.
Next move.
Now that innovation is driven principally by artificial intelligence, it is easy to understand how procurement organizations will become smarter in the years ahead. By relying not on one single provider, but on an open marketplace that brings disruptive applications to them, it accelerates achieving an optimized procurement process that normally takes years.
Once procurement departments realize they can be smarter by using the technology they need when they need it, without having to manage the complexity of integrating disparate applications together, it becomes possible to really enter into the age of intelligence.
In Chapter One: The State of the CPO, Andrew Bartolini explained how the rise of Big Data and powerful analytics is creating "procurement intelligence," an area that will be one of the drivers to change the current paradigm of the procurement industry.
In Chapter Three: Procurement Performance, Kelly Barner of Buyers Meeting Point looks into the question of whether "spend under management" is still a representative performance metric for procurement, one that is able to reflect procurement's financial contributions, strategic effectiveness, and operational priorities.
Check out our on-demand webinar with Dan Roehrs of Tradeshift and Andrew Bartolini, Managing Partner and Chief Research Officer of Ardent Partners, where we explore CPO Rising 2018 in the context of Increasing Intelligence with Smarter Platforms.

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5 Software Testing Tools for Cloud
Testing in the cloud proves to be scalable, cost-effective, and easily available. It supports web and mobile testing on a number of devices and platforms without having the need to build own infrastructure. There are a number of tools that can be used to perform cloud-based testing. Some of the most popular tools are discussed below.
SOASTA CloudTest
You can perform a number of test automation including Mobile Functional & Performance testing and Web-based Functional & Performance testing on a single platform. With seamless integration and real-time analytics, it can simulate millions of users visiting the website concurrently.
It is a cost-effective load testing tool for mobile and web application. This highly scalable tool is adept at checking performance under heavy load and can simulate various virtual users to determine the breaking point of a website or an app.
BlazeMeter can be used to perform end to end testing of mobile apps, websites, and API. It can easily integrate with JMeter and can support the simulation of up to 1 million users. It allows realistic load tests with real-time reporting.
It can be used to detect threats like viruses, malware and vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and missing patches. It proves to be very helpful in healthcare and banking sector where you can perform compliance auditing.
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It is a cloud-based simulator which works on the actual devices for testing Android, iOS, and web apps. It is easily compatible with platforms like Robotium, Calabash, UI Automation, and others.
With extensive experience in offering core software testing services to various industries, 360logica has grown to be a definite choice for economical independent testing of entire ranges of applications. Collaboration with 360logica ensures robust, consistent, and secured life cycle screening of software applications. The personalized methodologies and strategies developed by us show our commitment towards the client specification and the testing requirements of software products.
We guarantee the best quality, reliability, and seamless usability at an affordable price. The in-house experts with ample skills and experience allow us to provide extensive independent software product testing and QA services. This ensures complete verification of all features, including its service capability, market needs, cross-browser testing, compatibility testing, performance load, and security concerns of an application.
We are competent in formulating customized methodologies and identifying the best tools for testing applications, systems, and websites, which helps the clients in regaining faith in us for their outsourcing initiatives.
- Comprehensive application testing by expertise, both offshore and on-site. The extensive testing skills allow us to use a number of tools, including tools for the testing website, browser, compatibility, system integration, performance, and more.
- QA consulting that covers quality analysis and assessment of the entire software and website testing process.
- Managing test, which includes complete supervision, documentation, and quality tracking during the testing process. We formulate personalized methodologies after selecting the most fitting strategy and recommend improvements in quality and accessibility.
- Validation and certification of business requirements, including review and analysis of the defined requirements.
- Specialized testing, which covers testing for interoperability, compatibility, compliance, embedded systems, multi-channel, cross-browser, multimedia, and security.
- Automated testing and use of open source and licensed tools to develop automated software product testing framework ensuring cost-effective and enhanced productivity.


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Affection of the part of speech elements in Vietnamese text readability
While English text readability has been studied for a long time, investigating text readability in Vietnamese, a low-resourced language with poorresearch technologies and data sets questionable of international importance, is at its beginnings. In readability research, it is generally the "word" that has been carefully investigated. Based on the comparison of elements affecting readability of the "word" unit in English, we determine the parts of speech (POS) in Vietnamese that were found to influence Vietnamese text readability. In this study, prose texts in Vietnamese textbooks at different difficulty level were taken as the data to find out the POS frequencies and their correlations. In terms of frequency, our findings can initially assist users when editing documents, reforming textbooks, and question banks for native Vietnamese in general and foreigners in particular. Even more important, with these findings we can identify those linguistic elements that are considered the "potential" POS affecting Vietnamese text readability, and make grounds for further studies.
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Shorter postanesthesia care unit stay with dexmedetomidine infusion during laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Mohamed El Sayed MD , Akmal Abdelsamad, Ayat Amer
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Correspondence Address:Mohamed El SayedDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig EgyptSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheckDOI: 10.4103/roaic.roaic_103_16
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DOI: 10.4103/roaic.roaic_103_16
IntroductionLesser narcotics use during laparoscopic bariatric surgery is needed to decrease the impact on respiratory parameters and reduce analgesic requirements after surgery. Using dexmedetomidine has a role in perioperative pain control in obese patients' recovery in postanesthetic care unit (PACU) and hospital stay. In this study, we hypothesized that dexmedetomidine would delay and decrease opioid requirements during surgery, promoting less time in the PACU and faster, safer recovery.Patients and methodsAfter obtaining ethics committee approval, informed consent to participate in this study was obtained from 56 patients who were scheduled for planned laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Patients were randomly divided into two groups − group D (n=28) received dexmedetomidine 1 µg/kg loading for 10 min and 0.4 µg/kg/h maintenance until extubation, and group N (n=28) received normal saline (placebo) at the same volume and rate. PACU stay time, the total amount of intraoperative fentanyl used, recovery profile, pain score, and the total amount of pethidine used postoperatively were measured.ResultsThe dexmedetomidine group showed significant decrease in intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamics, shorter recovery time, and shorter stay in PACU. Perioperative narcotic use, intraoperative fentanyl use, visual analog scale scores, PACU pethidine dose in the first hour, and total pethidine dose on the first day were significantly less in the dexmedetomidine group. Patient satisfaction at discharge regarding pain management was less in the control group.ConclusionIntraoperative dexmedetomidine infusion with its opioid-sparing effect enhanced recovery in this study population of morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery with minimal side-effects.
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This first activity concerns all the partners. Its objective is to manage the project outcomes, from both administrative and financial points of view. This project steering activity combines a number of different actions: Coordinating the partnership, complying with schedules, establishing technical and financial reports, etc.


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I know we all suffer from this mysterious malady now and then. So what do I do? Clean/organize my craft area, shop for more supplies, read a variety of blogs hoping to be inspired. I really needed to make a birthday card for a man, and was feeling desperate. I did finally come across a card on the Bo Bunny blog that inspired me. Thank you Irene Tan for the inspiration.
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The evaluation of analytic products is an area ripe for exploring new technological capabilities and approaches. Currently, intelligence products are reviewed—prior to publication—by numerous levels of management and edited against an Intelligence Community (IC) agency's signature style using essentially the same methods as publishers have traditionally used. The ODNI and OUSD(I) are seeking ideas and descriptions of a viable technical approach for enabling the automated evaluation of finished intelligence products. A total award pool of $75,000 is available for this Challenge with a guaranteed payout of $25,000.
This is an Ideation Challenge with a guaranteed award for at least one submitted solution.
The evaluation of analytic products is an area ripe for exploring new technological capabilities and approaches. Currently, intelligence products are reviewed—prior to publication—by numerous levels of management and edited against an Intelligence Community (IC) agency's signature style using essentially the same methods as publishers have traditionally used. This human-based approach can be highly subjective and often introduces latency that constrains the IC's ability to produce effective and timely intelligence products, and may inhibit potential gains offered by advanced analytics and computational methods.
Complementing these pre-publication reviews, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Analytic Integrity and Standards (AIS) staff evaluate IC-wide intelligence products after they are disseminated to policymakers and warfighters using the AIS Rating Scale for Evaluating Analytic Tradecraft Standards (RSEATS, see Appendix). Using the RSEATS, AIS staff evaluate the IC's analytic products based on a number of established criteria, such as sourcing and accuracy. Analytic offices across the IC use feedback from these reviews to inform their analysts and analytic managers of where they can improve subsequent products.
Missing from the IC's analytic toolset is an objective means for quality control as products develop—an IC capability that will be essential should approaches such as ODNI's and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence's (OUSD[I]'s) Xpress Challenge[1] to craft machine-generated intelligence products bear fruit. Such a capability would also improve the quality and homogeneity of traditional, human-generated analytic products before they are delivered to customers. Moreover, employing such a feedback loop would provide a means for measurably improving the timeliness of analytic production. To do so, however, the IC will require new tools.
The ODNI and OUSD(I) are seeking ideas and descriptions of a viable technical approach for enabling the automated evaluation of finished intelligence products. For this Ideation Challenge, Solvers are asked to submit their ideas along with a well-supported, technology-based justification for how the proposed approach could rapidly and objectively evaluate analytic intelligence products. An additional award pool of $50,000 is available for Solvers who are able to provide, upon request from the Seekers, more detailed information such as a pseudo-code implementation of their proposed solution.
This is an Ideation Challenge, which has the following unique features:
Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on January 15, 2018.
Late submissions will not be considered.
After the Challenge deadline, the Seekers will complete the review process and make a decision with regards to the Winning Solution(s). All Solvers that submit a proposal will be notified on the status of their submissions; however, no detailed evaluation of individual submissions will be provided.
Federal entities or Federal employees acting within the scope of their employment are eligible to compete but are NOT eligible to receive a monetary award for this Challenge.
Please note that winners will have to submit an Academic Institution Acknowledgement Letter acknowledging the role of ODNI in this Challenge if you are: (i) a U.S. Academic Institution at the college or university level, (ii) an employee of such institution who is participating on behalf of that institution, or (iii) an employee of such institution who is participating in their personal capacity if they are using the resources of such institution to respond to this Challenge. A template for this letter is included as an attachment to this Challenge and will be available after accepting the Challenge-Specific Agreement (CSA). Click the "View Challenge Details" button to access the CSA for details.
Entities or employees of entities from the following countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions are not eligible to participate in this Challenge: Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and North Korea. In addition, individuals and entities listed on the U.S. Government's Consolidated Screening List (available at http://export.gov/ecr/eg_main_023148.asp) are not eligible to participate in this Challenge.
This Challenge is open to all others (18 years of age and older) not excluded above. Only one submission per team should be submitted.
This Challenge is sponsored by ODNI's Office of the Director of Science and Technology (DS&T), in partnership with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD[I]) and in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). DS&T leads the Intelligence Community's (IC's) efforts to enhance the returns on investments in technology—its mission is to deliver innovative, technology-based capabilities which solve intelligence challenges today and in the future. OUSD(I) serves as advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for intelligence, counterintelligence, security, sensitive activities and other intelligence-related matters. AFRL is the Air Force's only organization wholly dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace forces.
[1] Launched in April 2017, the Xpress Challenge explored the potential for on-demand, self-service report access, generation, and decision support—a research thrust area that will be critical for a new model for intelligence production. As outlined in this proposal, the Xtend Challenge will be an essential complement to the operationalization of Xpress Challenge-derived results.
What is an InnoCentive Ideation™ Challenge?
An InnoCentive Ideation™ Challenge is a broad question formulated to obtain access to new ideas, similar to a global brainstorm for producing a breakthrough idea or market survey which may include ideas for a new product line, a new commercial application for a current product, or even a viral marketing idea to recruit new customers. Ideation™ Challenge submissions are typically about two written pages, and Seekers receive a non-exclusive, perpetual license to use all submissions.
In an Ideation™ Challenge, Solvers may:
Solvers should not reveal any confidential information in their submissions. Often the Ideation™ Challenge will be followed by one or more of the other three Challenge types to further develop the ideas and gain Intellectual Property protection when the concept has been well-defined.


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Digital Gaps worked with Lancaster CVS to provide digital identification on a smartphone. This means the person has their electronic ID with them at all times. A pass code can be given to frontline workers to access records and download the required documents. This means the user can then access services like employability support, breaking down barriers to get into work....Read More
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In the first of a new series of podcasts that will soon have its own home outside of DAVID, Paul Burke and Sue Higgs share their top TV boxset tips with Jason Stone.
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Like new, signed by author on title page without inscription. Not a first edition. number line 79108The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot of time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life, all you have to do is look through a microscope. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six others, and learns just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.
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BRATTLEBORO—The Vermont Agency of Transportation has big plans for the section of Putney Road between the West River bridge and the Exit 3 roundabout.
A major reconstruction involving sidewalks, a bike lane, landscaping, and four new roundabouts is planned.
The project, conservatively estimated at $15 million, will reconstruct about one and a quarter miles of roadway, and cover more than 10 acres. According to state officials, construction is slated for summer 2020.
"It's all about safety and mobility," said Ken Upmal, a project manager with AOT's highway and safety division. "We do things for safety."
According to Upmal, pedestrians and drivers will benefit from the Putney Road project.
AOT representatives discussed the plan with a capacity crowd of people who have property in the area, and others, at a public hearing March 7 at the Selectboard meeting room in the Municipal Center.
State statute requires what are known as 502 hearings for proposed highway and bridge projects when the state may potentially acquire property from individual owners. The purpose of the hearing was for AOT to solicit feedback from the public about the project prior to acquiring property.
Upmal, and AOT civil engineers Brandon McAdams and Amos Kempton, took comment from the audience. They also provided handouts on the project and Vermont's right-of-way and acquisition process. The state notified abutters via certified mail of the possibility of acquiring land, said McAdams. AOT staff will also meet with abutters personally.
Upmal told the audience they had until March 17 to send comment to the state. AOT will then report back to the Selectboard within 30 days.
The project will also go through the state's Act 250 environmental permitting process, he added.
The AOT representatives presented the project's concept plans that have hung on the wall outside the town planning department.
According to Public Works Director Steve Barrett, the project grew out of the town's and Windham Regional Commission's efforts to improve Putney Road and address safety concerns for cars, bikes, and pedestrians.
The town assigned a committee to work on the issue several years ago. This committee work led to a public hearing and later to a presentation to the Selectboard. The board voted to accept a project concept. The town sent the concept to the state.
The state and town have collaborated on the Putney Road reconstruction project, Barrett said.
"It's a really big nut, but that's why we're [all] here," Barrett said.
According to McAdams, Putney Road is an "extremely high" crash corridor.
Upmal added that, over the past five years, 182 accidents had occurred on Putney Road, resulting in 40 injuries.
The new project design is intended to reduce collisions and improve mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers.
The roundabouts would help slow traffic, McAdams said.
Upmal added that the Exit 3 roundabout has seen some accidents, though none resulted in injuries as drivers there operate at slower speeds.
The current Putney Road has unacceptable E and F grades. The new design would raise the grade to an A.
Upmal said that the state also conducted a two-year scoping phase between 2005 and 2008. The project design also syncs with the Putney Road 50-year master plan.
The new roadway will have two 12-foot lanes, two five-foot bike lanes, and a six-foot wide sidewalk at the southern end closest to the West River bridge. Starting by the Peoples Bank property, the road will divide into four lanes with a grassy median.
Along with the car and bike lanes, the state also will construct sidewalks on each side of the road, which most of Putney Road lacks now, and four roundabouts.
McAdams said that the existing Putney Road covers a lot of ground. He anticipated that much of the new design would fit within the same footprint.
The new design would also eliminate left-hand turns from the side roads and some of the businesses along Putney Road. McAdams said that many of the collisions on Putney Road were "sideswipes" occurring when drivers attempted to turn left.
The bike lane is considered shared-use as cars will have access to it in case of emergency, such as a breakdown.
According to the AOT, the state and federal government will pick up the project's tab with the federal government covering 81 percent of the cost and the state picking up 19 percent.
"We're at the beginning of the project," said Upmal, assuring audience members that the residents would have additional opportunities to comment on the project.
Audience members' reaction to the project spanned the spectrum from very positive to feeling the project was unnecessary.
Adam Hubbard called the design "forward thinking," and believes it would improve traffic flow and property values along Putney Road.
Paul Cameron, executive director of Brattleboro Climate Protection, also praised the project design. He said it would help reduce pollution as the roundabouts would reduce idling and effectively eliminate the consumption of more than 500,000 gallons of gas per year.
Overall, he said the project would help the town reach its goal of a 30 percent reduction from 2010 levels of emissions, energy consumption, and pollution by the year 2030 as stated in the town plan.
Scott Borofsky strongly opposed the project. He said he could not understand why AOT should take on the project at all.
"Why?" he asked repeatedly.
The expensive project, Borofsky said, would hinder travel and frustrate drivers. He said he did not like the addition of roundabouts, but did praise the sidewalks.
"It's not the city here, and these roundabouts seem to imply it's going to be," Borofsky said. "If it's not broke, don't fix it."
Borofsky also asked who would provide an extra fire truck or police officers to handle any increased development on the new Putney Road. He also challenged the AOT representatives' data on accidents in the Exit 3 roundabout.
David Gartenstein, a Selectboard member who stressed he was speaking only for himself at the meeting, echoed Borofsky.
"I personally, looking at this, I don't understand this at all," he said.
The next phase of the project will entail developing preliminary plans, said Upmal.
These designs will include more detailed design elements such as storm water runoff systems.


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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Meow, and thanks to all for the wonderful response to the first part of my interview with the human's agent, Josh Getzler!
Onto Part Deux:
R: Welcome back, Josh.
J: Thanks Rocco.
R: What's your idea of the ideal client?
J: That's not a question I can really answer. There are many different ways a client can be "ideal." He or she can write amazing books (preferably one a year ), that many publishers want to publish; always be cheerful, optimistic and understanding; and send me vodka for the holidays . But you see, ultimately no client, like no agent, is perfect-perfect. And really they don't need to be. Just good writers, with a certain amount of patience. If we become friends as well, all the better.
R: I'm going to repeat one question from yesterday, because it had a lot of information: What is it about a query that grabs your attention?
J: In a nutshell, here's what I'm looking for in a query letter (which is how, basically, it's going to get my attention. I read a query, decide whether the subject is one I like, whether the author is a good writer, and whether the first bit of plot has a voice I want to follow):
1) I want to know that you are approaching me because you think I specifically would be a good fit for you. That's not ego talking, that's simply an initial filter. If you are a serious writer, and want to get an agent to pay attention, you need to do research and see which agents represent your kind of book. If I do, and you think I'd be a good fit, then by all means, try me. If you have a Christian picture book, though, and tell me that you've done research and think I'd be perfect, then your credibility is strained.
2) I want you to conform to my guidelines: A letter and the first five or six pages. Not the first 25 pages. Not the whole MS. Not a synopsis (you hate writing them and I hate reading them). Again, it's not ego, but merely that this is the way I really like to start the process. If the letter and beginning pages are compelling, I'll ask for more. Gladly!
3) In the letter, I want to see
a. That you are approaching me specifically (see #1)
b. What genre your book is, and a SHORT description: "Hi Josh. I've written an 80,000-word historical mystery set in Renaissance Florence, where a young priest hooks up with a Medici daughter to solve the mystery of the sudden, violent death her father—the Pope."
c. Whether you have a background that will help you sell: "I have dual Ph.D's in Italian history and Theology, and my grandfather was Pope (oops!)"
That's it! Then the first five or so pages (wherever it ends reasonably well. It shouldn't stop in the middle of a sentence!). Not five pages from the "good part" in Chapter 7. A reader will not know to begin there. He will begin on page 1 and need to be hooked. Me too.
R: Would you represent a book written by a cat?
J: Sure!
(Side note from Rocco: Hmmm….ok, time to begin writing my memoirs….or would that be a conflict with the human?)
R: Is there any author that you wish you'd have gotten the chance to represent?
J: JK Rowling…OK, seriously…Faulkner (kind of, though I suspect he'd have been pretty high maintenance. But, I mean, the chance to read those books first…). No, on second thought, JK Rowling!
R: The book market is ever changing. What are your views on the "indie" market? The future of e-publishing as opposed to print?
J: I think we're in the Wild West in terms of "indie" publishing. There are a lot of speculators panning for gold, and most will find sand and stones. But there are intelligent ways of going about it. One of the tricks is going to be for authors to figure out what their priorities really are. How much time and effort (and money) are they going to want to spend establishing a real platform, setting up editorial, design, and distribution support, and promoting their products after they go out in the world. Is your goal to sell 500 copies? 5,000? 15,000? 50,000? What's more important, sales or revenues? My job, and I think all agents' jobs, is going to be to set up sufficient infrastructure to assist our clients who wish to publish independently, and allow them to continue to do what they really are in this to do—namely, write.
In terms of the future of epublishing vs print, I think they will coexist. I think that ebooks will take (actually have already taken!) significant market share from some genres in particular—thrillers, mysteries, romance, business books, many others, particularly those with mass market paperbacks as the primary printed edition. And I think more books will be published as print on demand, including from traditional publishers, particularly as brick-and-mortar bookstores contract in size and number.
R: At one point in your life you owned a minor league baseball team, which seems a pretty long stretch from pitching books to editors. (although both do involve pitching, don't' they??? :) Which do you prefer, managing a baseball team or being an agent?
J: Being an agent, almost all the time. I miss the games themselves mostly, and dealing with the fans and players; not the headaches, though! But it was the baseball part that was an aberration, not the books—I was an English major and an editor before going to b-school and getting into baseball. Coming back to publishing was incredibly natural. And now I read for a living, and what, really, can be bad about that.
R: You are a history buff. If you could have ten minutes with one figure from history, who would it be and why?
J: Depending on his mood, Henry VIII. He had SO much going on, and he juggled it brilliantly (much of the time). Not necessarily someone you'd want to be too close to, because one false move and you get your head chopped off. But fascinating.
R: Meow! So true! And now, just for fun:
Baseball or Football (that's a loaded question)
J: You bet it is! Baseball (R: oh, gee. SHOCKER!)
R: Cats or Dogs: (another loaded question)
J: This time, I think I might disappoint you, Rocco! I grew up with a dog, then my wife and I had one for 12 years. It's almost not fair, since I'm allergic to cats, but…dogs. (R: There are pills and shots for that, ya know!)
R: Beach or Mountains?
J: Beach, except for ski slopes.
R: Pool or Ocean?
J: Ocean when it's warm enough!
R: Favorite Movie(s):
J: My Cousin Vinnie, Bull Durham, The Godfather
R: TV Show(s):
J: Top Chef, Masterpiece Mystery
R: Drink:
J: Vodka on the Rocks
(Side note from Rocco: Hmmm…second time he's mentioned vodka. Note to human: Vodka for Josh for Hanukkah. Note to Josh: Gray Goose if you sell the human's book!)
R: Finish this sentence: If I could be granted one wish, it would be for :
J: World Peace! (R: Who are you? Sandra Bullock? Just kidding :)
Meow, what a great interview Josh! I'm sure our readers will love all your answers! And now we'll let you get back to work (with this subliminal thought: Rocco wants a jungle gym: Sell my human's manuscript :)
Josh blogs every Tuesday at There's a Dead Guy in the Living Room: (If It's Tuesday it must be dead guy)
For information on where to send queries, check out Josh's page at Publisher's Marketplace (as the HSG website is still under construction)
Thank you, Josh! Now get back to editing those manuscripts, and making those deals, meow!
Toni's note: For the first part of this post, click on Wednesday's entry: Literary Agent Josh Getzler in Rocco's HotSeat.
Well Kitties, have a wondrous weekend! the Human is off to visit her cousin in Toms River where there are no computers to distract her, so I have the weekend to myself to plan next week's blogs (and maybe get in a bit of bird watching!)
Stay Cool!
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Of the over 80 types of ticks active in North America, there are only seven species that can transmit disease to humans through its bite. The deer tick, or blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses to its hosts. Ticks are most easily identified in their adult stage, but disease can be transmitted in the nymph stage as well.[1] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source If a tick bites you or attaches itself to your clothing, it's important to be able to identify whether or not it is a deer tick so you can get prompt medical attention if needed.
Method 1 of 2:
Examining the Tick
1Remove the tick from its host, if necessary. The best way to remove the tick is to use pointy-edged tweezers, angling the points to ensure that the head of the tick is removed along with the body.[2] X Research source Old-fashioned methods, such as soaking it with petroleum jelly or painted the affected site with nail polish, should be avoided as they traumatize the tick, which may then regurgitate its stomach contents (including bacteria) into the dog's bloodstream.
- Did you remove the whole tick? If you've jerked or twisted the tick while removing it, the mouth-parts may break off and remain in the skin. You may be able to remove the mouth-parts separately using clean tweezers.[3] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source You should still be able to identify the tick without the mouth-parts.
- Put the tick in a vial or lidded jar, or place it on a piece of white paper and use a piece of clear tape to cover it.
2Confirm that it's a tick. How many legs does it have? Ticks, like other arachnids, will have eight legs in the nymph and adult stage, but will have only six legs in the larval stage.[4] X Research source
- If you've put the tick in a jar or vial, watch it move. If it is a tick, it will crawl, but will not be able to fly or jump.
- Ticks have flattened, tear-shaped bodies at all stages of growth. When engorged, the tick's body will be rounded and its color will be lighter.
- Deer ticks are smaller than their counterparts, the dog and lone star ticks. Deer tick nymphs are typically the size of a poppy seed, 1 to 2 mm (.039 to .078 inches) in diameter, while adults range from 2 to 3.5 mm (.078 to .137 inches) and are roughly the size of a sesame seed. An engorged tick may be about 10 mm long.[5] X Research source
- Hard ticks, such as the deer tick, have a scutum or shield covering the body.[6] X Research source Soft ticks do not have this feature.
3Examine the tick's "scutum," or shield. A magnifying glass can be helpful, as ticks in pre-adult stages are quite small.
- The scutum is the hard section behind the tick's head. A deer tick will have a solid-color scutum, while the shield of other ticks is patterned.[7] X Research source
- The scutum can also provide information about the gender of the tick.The scutum of the adult male will cover most of the body, while that of the female will be much smaller.
- If the tick is engorged (after feeding) it can be hard to identify by other characteristics. An engorged deer tick will be rust- or brown-red in color, while the color of other engorged ticks may be pale gray or greenish-gray.[8] X Research source However, the scutum will remain unchanged.
Method 2 of 2:
Telling Deer Ticks from Other Ticks
1Identify the tick by its markings. Unfed adult female deer ticks have a unique bright orange-red body surrounding the black scutum. Adult males are dark brown to black in color. [9] X Research source
- The name "wood tick" is used for a number of different ticks, including the deer tick, lone star tick, and American dog tick. All three ticks tend to live in wooded or recently cleared areas, and crawl up from the ground. You'll need to look to their markings to tell them apart.
- Brown dog ticks will have mottled brown and white markings on their scutums, which deer ticks do not have. The lone star tick has a distinctive white star-like marking on its scutum.
- The deer tick is about half the size of the brown dog tick, both in its pre-fed state and when engorged.
- Brown dog ticks rarely attach to humans.[10] X Research source However, they are one of the few ticks that can infest a home. As the name implies, they're frequently carried by dogs, and can be found in kennels, around veterinary offices, and outdoor areas frequented by infected animals.
2Look at the length of the tick's mouthparts, or "capitulum." It may look like a head, but this is the part of the tick that attaches to the host in order to feed. It consists of two leg-like sensory structures that detect the presence of a host, a pair of knife-like structures that allow the tick to cut through the skin, and a single barbed structure (the "hypostome") that enters this opening.[11] X Research source
- The capitulum on the deer tick is much longer than in other common ticks, such as the dog tick. The capitulum is positioned to the front, and visible from above.[12] X Research source
- The female deer tick has a larger capitulum than a male deer tick. Adult male deer ticks do not feed.
3Consider where you found the tick. Deer ticks are particularly well-established along the Eastern and Upper Midwestern United States, but can be found as far south as Texas and into Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Oklahoma.[13] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
- Deer ticks are most active in the spring, summer and fall. However, they may be active whenever the temperature is above freezing. Other forms of ticks, such as the dog tick, are generally most active in spring and summer months only.[14] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
- The adult form of the deer tick lives in woody, brushy habitats. They prefer low-lying shrubs, not trees.[15] X Research source
- The Western Blacklegged Tick is another form of the deer tick, found along the Pacific Coastal regions. It is especially active in Northern California. This form of tick rarely attaches to humans.[16] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
Community Q&A
QuestionWhat does a tick look like?Ticks can look like tiny seeds (like a poppy seed) or like small brown-red flat oval insects.
QuestionHow soon after being bitten by a tick do symptoms appear?This varies by disease. Sometimes signs appear within 24-48 hours; sometimes it can take as long as 10 days or even longer.
QuestionCan you see deer ticks?You can see deer ticks but deer ticks tend to be very, very small and therefore they are easy to miss.
QuestionWhat is the difference between a tick and a deer tick?A deer tick is very small when not engorged so can look like a tiny black seed. Regular dog ticks are generally bigger and easier to see.
QuestionDo dog ticks bite humans?Pippa Elliott, MRCVSDr. Elliott, BVMS, MRCVS is a veterinarian with over 30 years of experience in veterinary surgery and companion animal practice. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1987 with a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years.
VeterinarianVeterinarianExpert AnswerYes, unfortunately they do. While diseases are not transmitted from dog to human via the tick, people can still acquire tick-borne disease, depending on whether that particular tick was carrying a parasite which causes disease in people.
QuestionShould I consult a doctor after finding a small tick on the back of my neck?Pippa Elliott, MRCVSDr. Elliott, BVMS, MRCVS is a veterinarian with over 30 years of experience in veterinary surgery and companion animal practice. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1987 with a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years.
VeterinarianVeterinarianExpert AnswerYes. When you remove the tick, keep it in a small sealed bottle so the doctor can identify it. Ticks carry different diseases, some of which are transmissible to people, and your doctor can decide if preemptive antibiotics are appropriate, or if monitoring for symptoms is sufficient.
QuestionWant can happen to a dog if the tick is attached for a long period of time?Community AnswerTicks eventually fill up with blood and fall off their host without any real ill effect, if there is only one tick. Some ticks carry diseases like Lyme disease, and some animals are allergic to tick bites and can be left with a painful bump.
QuestionWhat are the symptoms of a tick bite?Community AnswerThe symptoms can include rashes near the bite (or full-body), neck stiffness, a headache, nausea, weakness, muscle or joint pain, and fever.
QuestionCan dogs get Lyme disease?Community AnswerYes they can, though it may be difficult to diagnose.
QuestionCan an adult male deer tick transmit Lyme disease?Community AnswerNo, because males do not attach to humans. Females transmit the disease by attaching to a mammal to suck blood.
- If you suspect you may have a deer tick bite, see a doctor immediately for treatment. Treatment for Lyme disease when caught within two weeks is usually successful.Thanks!
- Disease is most commonly acquired from deer ticks in the nymph stage. Because nymphs are much smaller than adult ticks, they're less likely to be caught and removed quickly.Thanks!
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
- ↑ http://www.tickencounter.org/faq/tick_removal
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/removal/
- ↑ http://www.orkin.com/other/ticks/deer-ticks/
- ↑ http://www.orkin.com/other/ticks/deer-ticks/
- ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scutum
- ↑ http://www.tickencounter.org/tick_identification/guide
- ↑ http://www.orkin.com/other/ticks/deer-ticks/
- ↑ http://www.tickencounter.org/tick_identification/deer_tick
- ↑ http://www.tickinfo.com/deertick.htm
- ↑ https://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ticks/dvar/hypostomes.html
- ↑ http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/insects/tick.html
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
- ↑ http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/tickborne/ticks.html
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
About This Article
To identify a deer tick, start by looking at the coloring of the tick's body. If the tick has an orange-red, dark brown, or black body, it could be a deer tick. Also, look at the tick's mouthparts, which are much longer on deer ticks than other types of ticks. You should also consider when and where you found the tick since deer ticks are most common in the Eastern and Upper Midwestern United States and they're typically active in spring, summer, and fall. To learn how to remove a tick, keep reading!
Reader Success Stories
"After 20 years my house in Arizona, all of a sudden had ticks that were impossible to get rid of. When I turned up sick with fever, headache, aching and my arm had the bullseye rash, I read your article and was able to save the tick in alcohol. I also managed to catch total 20 ticks in my home. Pest control sprayed 5 times and I'm still seeing them. I was told we don't have these ticks in AZ. I said here's my collection! Your article helped me know what to look for and what to do when I found it. "..." more
TP"It's good to be prepared, in order to (attempt to!) take preventative action. With dogs, a cat, and ponies' welfare to look out for, this knowledge is very useful (identification, what to do if bitten by a tick etc). Also written in a straightforward manner."..." more
A"trying to figure out the difference between a mature tick and a young one. I have been diagnosed as having a bite when tick removed from my groin, but other than knowing it is a female deer tick, as of over two months, I still don't know if it is a carrier."..." more
TH"Being able to identify one tick from another, by color, gender, and type has helped me to make sure if I should rush my animals or children to a doctor. Thank you all for your answers to all of the different questions. This information is appreciated."..." more
GA"Most interesting and informative. Did not know how to tell one tick from another until reading this article. Was relieved to find out that the tick I found on my neck was not a deer tick. Now will know what to look for if I happen across one again."..." more
A"Determining what stage a deer tick is in, since many of them happen to be crawling over my brother's body at this time. He cleaned a deer a few days ago, and now the little things are all over him. They are in the nymph stage, we think."..." more
KM"I learned so much from this article that will help me in the future with ticks. I didn't know all the details of identifying them, and it helped relieve my anxiety to know this information."..." more
A"Thanks for the description and images of the ticks. Found a tick on myself and was trying to figure out what kind it was. Had removed it already. It is a deer tick. Have to watch it now."..." more
A"The drawings and description were very helpful. I made a doctor appointment today. With your information, I'm sure it is a deer tick."..." more
CH"Color differences between M & F and between tick types was very easy to see and helped ID an adult female deer tick. Thanks."..." more
A"Was able to confirm the tick I had was not a deer tick, as it had light stripes on its back. It was a reddish brown color."..." more
DC"The entire article was well written, detailed, and very informative. The visuals and diagrams were especially helpful. "..." more
A"Identifying marks tell me that I removed a wood tick. Have saved it in case I get a rash and need to see the doctor."..." more
A"The descriptions were helpful, but you need more detailed pictures or close-up photos to be really helpful."
A"I didn't know the difference between a wood tick and a deer tick. I thought they were the same."
CS"It helped me to identify ticks. And hopefully they can answer my question if ticks can fly."
MS"It helped me identify the tick I found, literally in under a minute."
A"Carefully written descriptions of deer vs. dog ticks."
A"The facts about male vs female ticks were helpful. "
A"The tips for tick identification were very clear."
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Join Bert Monroy for an in-depth discussion in this video Detailing the compact with highlights and shadows, part of Creating Commercial Illustrations.
- Now we need some shading and all kinds of things to make this thing come to life. So what's going to happen now is I'm going to go in here and first create the shadow inside here. Now the way this is going to be done is I'm going to go in and actually create a path for it. I'm going to go in here and follow the line right there and then come down, come all the way down to here and across and down to here. So this is going to have a little bit of an angle to it.
Then across, following the angle here, and we can adjust these afterwards. There and across, and we're going to come over and across and here we can just kind of bring this guy over a little more and up and over and close 'em. There, that's going to be our basic shadow look. Now, I'm going to go in there and modify this, just so we have it right. I'm going to make sure all our angles are following the way they should.
So we get our direct select tool. So I can go in there, and I'm going to nudge these with the cursor keys, just so that they're nice and easily done. Let's just move this guy. That's a good curve. That's good. Let's give this guy a slight curve. There we go. And that's going, that's going down, that's good. Everything's good. All right, so now I'm going to go in there and right on top here and call it inside shadow. I'm going to fill it with black.
There and I go to my Paths, save that path, and go ahead and fill it with black. There it is. Now I'm going to bring down the opacity for it considerably. So I got that. I'm going to bring down the opacity for it, just so I can see inside there. There it is, just like that. So now I'm going to go in there and mask it. So, I could do one of these things. This is easy. I'm going to start right from this corner and go right to that edge, right there, and come across, over and right there and give it a mask.
I have something selected, so it's going to mask it inside there. See, just like that. So we created this nice little effect right in there. Now, for this guy in here, he needs a little shadow of his own. So what I'm going to do, and that is that inside lip, I'm going to go in here to select straight across, right in there like that, and create its own little shadow. So who is that guy? This guy is right here. There's a side ledge copy.
So, right on top of him I'll fill that with black and bring the opacity down considerably for that one, because that's really just a reflection of the shadow in there, and I can erase parts I don't want, like right in here. So when we pull back, we see that now we have this nice little shadow inside, that's from here. Now, we're going to add some shading to this right here. We'll go in there with our dodge and burn tools, and I'm going to get my burn tool, and we'll add a little kind of a shadow right along this edge.
Now we can actually do that even easier by just taking the makeup and giving it a Drop Shadow and have the light coming. Let's make sure there's no other layer styles. So we have the light coming from this direction, and we give it a little distance. See, look at that. There's that little highlight. Let's go in there, and let's make this about 4, and we'll bring this to about a 3. So we've got this little dark edge, right along that edge, right in there, see it? There it is. We can make it really strong. There it is, but we don't want it that strong.
We just want this little hint, so that you just get the feeling that's a little well in there. So we're going to give it a little shadow. So I want to select that well, the well itself. There's the well, and I'm going to give it a little shadow. So we get our little burn tool, and we bring it up, and we'll throw a little extra shadow in there. Maybe one there, and we'll give it a little highlight right at this corner. So we just give it a little highlight. So it's just picking up a little light from somewhere, where we got our little light source from somewhere, okay? The same thing for this guy. We'll go in there, and we'll just kind of do a couple little shades here and there and a little highlight, just to start giving it a little more life, like that, just like that, the inside, and we can do a few to this.
We'll go in there and throw a couple highlights, going across, just to start giving this the feel that these materials that are being affected by light inside there, see it? Same thing's going to happen to this wall back here. We can go in there and just kind of give it a little tone, just back there like that, so it starts to have some life. We'll do some in here. Add a couple of little shadows in there. Give it a little shadow along the bottom, a little highlight going through there, a little shadow and maybe a little highlight, right in here.
And we can see where it's all starting to fall into place. We picked this guy right up here, and we'll give it a little shadow, right in there, because it's underneath there and underneath there. So let's just get that, and we could possibly give it another little shadow right through there, and you're starting to see how this is coming to life. Now, in the next and final movie, what we'll do is actually put this in position somewhere. Right now it's just floating in space. So in the next movie, what we'll do is actually give it a shadow on the base, so this thing will really look like it's sitting in a place.
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This is a sticky, saucy, tasty, grilled shrimp recipe. You will like the flavors of this dinner. Try a batch for your next barbecue or picnic. Enjoy!
- 1 cup chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon smoked sweet paprika
- salt and pepper
In a medium bowl, combine chili sauce, celery seed, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, hot sauce and season with pepper, to taste. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Heat a grill pan or grill to medium-high.
Skewer the shrimp and brush with extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper, to taste, and smoked paprika.
Grill the shrimp until they are opaque and firm, about 7 to 8 minutes. Pile the shrimp on a serving platter, and drizzle with the sauce, Use the extra sauce to dip shrimp.


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Jason has extensive experience in the technology industry. He started his career as an electronics technician installing and servicing communications systems, including intercoms and physical computer networks. During the recession he enrolled in college and went on to join his institution's IT department. While there, not only was Jason recognized for his academic excellence, but he also received the A+ certificate of technical proficiency.
After earning an Associate Degree, he matriculated to the University of Hawaii to pursue his growing interest in computer programming.
While in school, Jason applied the skills and knowledge he honed working with the outstanding IT professionals at the college by helping members of the community with their personal computer problems. As the demand from the community grew, Jason eventually founded his own company and began working exclusively for his own clientele.
Ultimately, the demands of maintaining his high marks at university and the high level of customer satisfaction he achieved as an entrepreneur necessitated a decision between excelling at one or the other. Realizing that most of his course work was available for free or at low-cost online, and that he could return to it later if he desired, he chose to put his efforts into business.
After more than 2 years running Lakona Computers, many satisfied customers, and many lessons learned, Jason came to a reckoning that his business was not growing as fast as his passion for programming. He decided to reenter the job market in search of a position that would foster this interest.
Jason is currently working as an application developer for Bayer Crop Science on Maui. He also does programming work on the side on Upwork and has recently started Maui Computer Programmers Meetup. His technical/professional interest have led to the study of data science, Progressive/off-line Web Applications (PWAs), and to expanding his knowledge of software engineering. Jason is also interested in theology, philosophy, economics, mathematics – statistics, probability, and chaos – and history. He enjoys hiking, stargazing, and other outdoor activities, as well as reading classical literature. Complexity, art, and freedom pique Jason's interest and his enthusiasm and passion drive him to keep reaching for deeper firstname.lastname@example.com
30 N. Hiena PL
Makawao, HI 96768
Work Experience
|Dec 2017 – Present
Application Developer
Bayer Crop Science
Kihei, HI
|April 2017 – Dec 2017
Network Specialist
Agilon Health
Honolulu, HI
|2009 – 2017
IT Specialist/Freelance Software Developer
Lakona Computers
Kaneohe, HI
|2012 – 2015
IT Specialist Intern
UH – Windward Community College
Kaneohe, HI
|2008 – 2009
Field Electronics Technician
Jacksonville Sound and Communications
Gainesville, FL
|Feburary 2017 – Certificate
Data Management and Visualization
Wesleyan University on Coursera
|2015 — Bachelors Program
(did not complete)
Information and Computer Science
University of Hawaii at Manoa
|2013 — Associates Degree
Liberal Arts
University of Hawaii Windward Community College
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- https://takelessons.com/profile/jason-f21
- http://www.yelp.com/biz/lakona-computers-kaneohe-2
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- Dean's List – Windward Community College
- Membership in Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- CompTIA A+ ce
- CompTIA Network+ ce
- CompTIA Security+ ce
- Former Member of Association of Computing Machines (ACM Manoa Chapter)
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text: VinnyChilds Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) Is it still somehow possible to get the editor for '16? I find I need it for an long-term 'let's play' write-up I've been doing for a while (two years in fact). If I click on 'Store Page' or 'DLC' from within Steam, it just boots me off to the main store page - I assume the '16 page has been removed - and if I try to go via 'Downloads' in-game, I get a pop-up telling me that I need to 'Enable Steam Community In-Game' in the Steam settings. Despite going through every menu in Steam and in-game, the nearest I can find to that is "View > Settings > In-Game > Enable Steam Overlay" which is already checked. Help a brother out! Edited July 5, 2017 by VinnyChilds 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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- toggleSelected Decisions of the Executive Board and Selected Documents
- Article III
- Article IV
- Article V, Section 2(b)
- Article V, Sec. 3(a), (b), and (c)
- Article V, Section 3(d) and (f)
- Article V, Section 5
- Article V, Section 6
- Article V, Section 7
- Article V, Sections 8 and 9
- Article V, Sections 10 and 11
- Article V, Section 12(f)
- Article VI, Section 1
- Article VI, Section 3
- Article VII
- Article VIII, Section 2(b)
- Article VIII and Article XIV
- Article VIII, Section 5(a)
- Article IX, Section 7
- Article XII, Section 3
- Article XII, Section 7
- Article XIV
- Article XV, Section 2
- Article XVII, Section 3
- Article XVIII, Section 2
- Article XIX, Section 2
- Article XIX, Section 5
- Article XIX, Section 6
- Article XIX, Section 7(a)
- Article XX, Section 2
- Article XXIX
- Article XXX(c)
- Article XXX(f)
- General
- toggleSelected Resolutions of the Board of Governors and Related Documents
- A. Request for Interpretation of the Articles of Agreement as to the Authority of the Fund to Use Its Resources
- B. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly 377(V) Entitled "Uniting for Peace"
- C. Composite Resolution on the Work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System and Related Issues and on a Program of Immediate Action
- D. Increases in Quotas of Members—Sixth General Review
- E. Increases in Quotas of Fund Members-Seventh General Review
- F. Increases in Quotas of Members-Eighth General Review
- G. Increases in Quotas of Members—Ninth General Review
- H. Increases in Quotas of Members—Ninth General Review
- I. Increases in Quotas of Member-Ninth General Review
- J. Increases in Quotas of Members—Ninth General Review
- K. Increases in Quotas of Fund Members-Ninth General Review
- L. Allocation of Special Drawing Rights for the First Basic Period
- M. Allocation of Special Drawing Rights for the Third Basic Period
- N. Report of the Managing Director to the Board of Governors and to the Executive Board Pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 4(c)
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N. Report of the Managing Director to the Board of Governors and to the Executive Board Pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 4(c)
- International Monetary Fund
- Published Date:
- June 1992
This report is submitted pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 4(c) of the Articles of Agreement which provides, in part, as follows:
The Managing Director shall make proposals:
- (i) not later than six months before the end of each basic period;
- …
provided that, if under (i) … above the Managing Director ascertains that there is no proposal which he considers to be consistent with the provisions of Section 1 of this Article that has broad support among participants in accordance with (b) above, he shall report to the Board of Governors and to the Executive Board.
The present basic period, which is the third one, began on January 1, 1978 and will end on December 31, 1981. In view of the provision in Article XVIII, Section 4 quoted above, the Managing Director must submit his proposal, or his report if he is unable to make a proposal, not later than June 30, 1981. As stated in that provision, he must submit a proposal to the Board of Governors if he is satisfied that a proposal could be made which, in his view, would be (i) consistent with the provisions of Section 1(a) of Article XVIII and (ii) would have broad support among participants in accordance with Section 4(b) of the same Article. He must report to the Board of Governors and to the Executive Board if he is not so satisfied. Section 1(a) and the relevant part of Section 4(b) provide as follows:
Section 1(a):
In all its decisions with respect to the allocation and cancellation of special drawing rights the Fund shall seek to meet the long-term global need, as and when it arises, to supplement existing reserve assets in such manner as will promote the attainment of its purposes and will avoid economic stagnation and deflation as well as excess demand and inflation in the world.
Section 4(b):
Before making any proposal, the Managing Director, after having satisfied himself that it will be consistent with the provisions of Section 1(a) of this Article, shall conduct such consultations as will enable him to ascertain that there is broad support among participants for the proposal…
Under Article XVIII, Section 4(d), and Article XXI(a)(i) decisions of the Board of Governors approving proposals of the Managing Director require an eighty-five percent majority of the total voting power of participants in the Special Drawing Rights Department. As all members of the Fund are now participants in the Special Drawing Rights Department, this means eighty-five percent of the total voting power in the Fund.
The question of allocations of SDRs in the fourth basic period has been under discussion in the Executive Board, which considered the matter in meetings in January and April 1981. The consideration by the Executive Board was on the basis of staff memoranda providing background material and discussing the considerations relevant to the determination of the existence of a global need to supplement existing reserves and the size of the SDR allocation in the next basic period, including the objective under the Articles of Agreement of making the SDR the principal reserve asset in the international monetary system. During the discussions in the Executive Board, many Executive Directors expressed support for allocations in the fourth basic period, while some Directors were not prepared to support any allocations, and there was a wide range of views about possible amounts. These discussions, therefore, did not lead to a conclusion on the part of the Executive Board on the matter of allocations.
The question of allocations during the fourth basic period was considered by the Interim Committee at its meeting in Libreville, Gabon, on May 21, 1981. The communiqué issued by the Committee at the conclusion of that meeting contained the following paragraph:
The members of the Committee considered the question of allocations of SDRs in the next, i.e., the fourth, basic period, which is scheduled to begin on January 1, 1982. The members of the Committee discussed this matter on the basis of the provisions of the Fund's Articles of Agreement and in the light of the various relevant factors, including the importance of strengthening the role of the SDR as a reserve asset and the need to avoid an undue increase in international liquidity. Many members supported the continuation of allocations in the fourth basic period and expressed the view that every effort should be made to achieve a consensus on this matter. Some other members considered that no case had been established in accordance with the principles laid down in the Articles of Agreement for an allocation in the near future. The Committee urged the Executive Board to continue its deliberations on the subject to enable the Managing Director to submit to the Board of Governors at the earliest possible date a proposal that would command the necessary support among members.
On the basis of discussions that have taken place, I have concluded that I am not in a position to make, by June 30 of this year, a proposal for allocations of SDRs in the fourth basic period that would command a broad support among the members of the Fund in accordance with the Articles. As provided in Article XVIII, Section 4(c)(ii), however, it remains incumbent upon me to make a proposal regarding the fourth basic period as soon as I am satisfied that the requirements of Article XVIII, Section 4(b) are fulfilled. I shall, therefore, submit a proposal for allocations of SDRs in the fourth basic period as soon as further discussions and consultations lead me to the conclusion that there is broad support for a proposal that would be consistent with the Articles. In this connection, it is of importance that the Executive Board will, as requested by the Interim Committee, continue its deliberations on the subject with a view to arriving at conclusions that would enable me to make a proposal as soon as possible.
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Why a History of Punk Rock Matters. Punk rock, perhaps more than any genre in the history of popular music, is almost impenetrably tangled in ideologies.
What began as an artistic movement, as an expression of counter-cultural angst, crossed continents into film studios, literature, poetry, theatres, art galleries and catwalks. By the mid-1990s, punk was a global commodity. Green Day, Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance are now household names. Woodstock. The Rollin' Stones Genuine R&B! Little Richard A Living Legend In His Time. Fats Domino The Man Who Sang Rock Before Haley. The Music and History of Our Times. Rock Music Timeline - 50 years of rock & roll history with photos. Rock's Backpages: Music reviews, articles & interviews from the Online Library of Pop Writing. Top Music Artists, Bands, and Musicians. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. TeachRock.


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Did you know that those who work indoors could also face some of the same heat illness hazards as outdoor workers?
The temperature inside warehouses, factories, and boiler rooms can often exceed 80 degrees, which is the temperature Cal/OSHA's heat illness standards start to come into effect. While high temperatures are more common in these locations, if you are in an office where the air conditioning has gone out on a hot day, temperatures can quickly climb into the 80's.
In an office setting, like the one described above, you may only have a few options to handle the high heat. You can relocate your employees to a cooler part of the building, you can give them the option to work from home, or you can simply let them go home early.
In workplaces where high temperatures are common, you'll want to find more permanent solutions to deal with excessive heat. The first step is to identify heat hazards, including:
- High air temperatures (80 degrees or above).
- High level of humidity (60 percent or higher).
- Poor air movement.
- Radiant heat sources (like ovens, furnaces).
- Physical labor.
- Not enough cool drinking water.
- Heavy personal protective equipment (PPE).
Once you identify these hazards, the next step is to seek engineering control measures to reduce the heat sources:
- Add air conditioning and/or cooling fans.
- Add or increase general ventilation.
- Add local exhaust ventilation to remove heat sources and byproducts.
- Insulate or shield hot equipment, pipes, and structures.
- Repair equipment that leaks heat or steam into the work environment.
- Offer cooling vests or scarves.
- Add tools and equipment that make the work easier and limit physical exertion (pallet jacks, lifting hoists, conveyors, etc.).
- Limit the time a worker spends on a specific task, and rotate work schedules to reduce worker exposure to heat sources.
- Encourage employees to remove personal protective equipment during breaks, as a cooling measure.
- Have plenty of cool drinking water available.
To properly address indoor heat hazards, you must include specific steps to deal with heat in your Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). This includes an emergency response plan specifying what steps to take if someone has a heat-related illness.
Talk with your employees and train them on how to identify symptoms of heat illness. Encourage them to drink plenty of water and report any symptoms that may arise on the job. Schedule frequent rest breaks, and designate a break area that is cooler than the working environment.
Indoor heat can be just as hazardous as outdoor heat. Proper preparation and an emergency response plan go a long way toward keeping the workers safe and productive.
For more information about heat illness prevention, please see the following resources:
The above evaluations and/or recommendations are for general guidance only and should not be relied upon for legal compliance purposes. They are based solely on the information provided to us and relate only to those conditions specifically discussed. We do not make any warranty, expressed or implied, that your workplace is safe or healthful or that it complies with all laws, regulations or standards.


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Windows and doors are, at once, entry points and barriers. Hindrance and assistance. This windowed door invites exploration. Invites risking the known for the possibilities of the unknown.


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Anti-Fouling Film Tested on Fairway Buoys
The biocide-free anti-fouling film, RENOLIT DOLPHIN S is already well established in in shipping industry. As a biocide-free alternative to anti-fouling paints, this product sets new standards. Further practical trials have now shown that this film could be suitable for other fields of application.
In April 2018, the German Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA) in Bremerhaven decided to test this film solution from RENOLIT. "I found out about the film in an article and wondered if this wouldn't be a good solution to the fouling of our fairway buoys. Sometimes these buoys get so heavily encrusted that they barely float above water and are thus hardly visible for passing vessels. For this reason, the buoys have to be checked and cleaned regularly," says Jörg Böning from the WSA in Bremerhaven.
To test whether the film would also be suitable for fairway buoys, three buoys were prepared for testing in April 2018. One, (No. 45) was painted as usual with a corrosion protection, the second, (No. 47) was given an additional paint coating and the third buoy (No. 48) was wrapped with RENOLIT DOLPHIN S. All three were anchored in the Weser estuary about 10 km from Bremerhaven within an area of about half a nautical mile so that they would be subject to similar fouling. The buoy with the corrosion preventive paint (No. 45) was anchored on June 4 and the other two (No. 47 and No. 48) on May 30. After three months, the three buoys were lifted out of the water and evaluated.
When the buoys were lifted out of the water on August 30, 2018, the wrapped buoy showed the best results. The two buoys with the corrosion protection paint and the additional paint coating were heavily fouled with barnacles, mussels and algae. The buoy with the RENOLIT DOLPHIN S film on the other hand, was almost completely free of encrustation.* "I'm impressed," says Böning, "If further long-term practical trials are equally positive, we will be able to cut overall operating costs by reducing the frequency of inspection trips to the buoys".
*The small amount of fouling which is seen on the picture, is only located on the anchor chain which does not count to the part of the buoy which had to be wrapped.
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MODERATOR EDIT: The contest has now ended! Qraljar solved the puzzle of how to tame the Felbound Wolf and his report is here. Congratulations Qraljar!
<tap tap tap>
Is this thing on? Yeah? ... Excellent. <steepling fingers>
So ... I learned something fascinating the other day. You guys have missed something - something veeeery interesting. See, there's a certain tameable beast with a cool new look on the 6.2 PTR that nobody has reported yet.
Now we could tell you what it is and how to tame it ... but we aren't going to. Instead, we're going to run a little contest with Petopia's sister site, Warcraft Mounts, sponsoring the prize. The first person to find this new tameable on the 6.2 PTR and report back with all the necessary details on how to tame it, here on this thread, will win a Corrupted Hippogryph loot code.
So here's what you need to do: First, go find the beast! We're not going to give you any hints about this creature other than it's new to patch 6.2, it's not a look that has been tameable before, and it's not a simple 'see beast, tame beast' kind of tame. Next, get some screenshots! Post a full screenshot of you with the tamed beast on the official thread, including your PTR character name and PTR realm (in the unlikely event there's a dispute and we need to get in touch with you on the PTR realm to verify the tame). Also keep in mind that in order to be eligible for the prize, you must also have an active WoW account on an EU or US server (including Oceanic and Latin America), so we can give it to you.
It's possible that someone on some other site will report the tame before one of us Petopians does. In that case, we'll have to declare the contest void and save the loot code for another day. Let's avoid that, though, by beating them to it. So go forth. minions, and tame!
Good luck!
PTR 6.2 Mystery Tame Contest - SOLVED
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