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Let's Teach Our Kids To Code
"Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer… because it teaches you how to think." -Steve Jobs
I think this video is amazing. Kids need to learn more about computers, more about the internet and more about how the future is going to be created by them.
Lets teach our kids to code.


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April 14, 2015
A shrine lies semi- submerged in the expansive azure waters of River Krishna.
Korti- Kolhar, Bijapur, Karnataka. October 2013.
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Oh the divine blues! Lovely shades...ReplyDeleteReplies
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That temple is in the middle of some SPLENDID blue. Such a pleasant sight, Nomad. Lovely picture.ReplyDelete
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Will it be out of water by Jan?ReplyDeleteReplies
Should be. By summer it should be out for sure. I captured this in October.Delete
Oh I have the same question as others. Got answered without asking it. :)ReplyDelete
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You should be able to, if a major part of the river dries up. I had visited after the monsoon.Delete
And I have seen so little of South India. Beautiful capture.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. You ought to come down south. :)Delete
Wow! What a sight to behold!ReplyDeleteReplies
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truly pristine natural surroundings..ReplyDeleteReplies
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There have been "small but genuine" increases in murder and other violent crimes, including 13-14% increases in gun and knife crime in 2016, according to the latest police-recorded crime figures.
The Office for National Statistics said the police data showed a 9% rise in overall crime in 2016, but that had to be viewed alongside the more authoritative crime survey of England and Wales, which showed an apparent 5% fall over the same period. These figures do, however, show an increase in violent crime, with a 10% rise in robberies, a 35% increase in public order offences and a 12% rise in sexual offences, including rapes.
The English and Welsh police figures include an apparently alarming 21% rise in the number of murders, up 121 to 697, but the figures include 96 cases of manslaughter at Hillsborough in 1989. Once those are excluded the increase is much lower, at 4%.
The police data also shows a 19% rise in offences involving violence against the person, but the statisticians say 40% of the increase is accounted for by the inclusion of certain types of harassment offences for the first time.
The ONS says the police figures show "small but genuine increases in some types of high-harm but small-volume violent crime". They include a 13% increase in gun crime to 5,864 incidents, driven by greater criminal use of handguns and shotguns. These figures are confirmed by ambulance response records.
The police figures also show a similar 14% rise in knife crime, with improvements in police-recording practices contributing to the increase.
"There were also small increases in some offences where recording practices are less likely to have been a driving factor," the ONS said. "For example, it is likely that recent rises in burglary and robbery reflect some genuine increases in crime. However, these recent increases should be seen in the context of substantial falls in such crime over the longer-term."
The crime survey of England and Wales, based on the public's experiences, estimated there were 6.1m offences in 2016 – a fall of 5% from the previous year.
There were a further 11.5m offences of fraud, online crime and computer misuses in 2016, which experimental statistics suggest is rising.
"The police recorded a total of 4.8m offences in the year ending December 2016, an annual rise of 9%. However, the large volume increases driving this trend are thought to reflect changes in recording processes and practices rather than crime," the statisticians said.
Both surveys showed continuing large declines in domestic burglary (down 7%), car theft (9%) and bicycle thefts (10%).
Ch Con Bill Skelly, of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said the figures showed total levels of crime were broadly stable compared with recent years. Police forces continued to see increases driven by better recording procedures and improved victim confidence in coming forward to report crimes such as domestic violence and non-recent sexual abuse.
"There are some genuine increases that police forces across the country are responding to, particularly with regard to 14% rise in knife crime and 13% increase in firearms offences. The trend, which had been declining for many years but has now begun to climb more sharply, is a key priority for the police service. Forces will continue to target habitual offenders and conduct wide-ranging proactive operations to seize thousands of illegal weapons before they can be used to cause harm," Skelly said.
"The experimental statistics also highlight the complex picture around fraud and computer misuse, with significant increases and an estimated 5.4m incidents occurring in the past 12 months. Police forces are working with partners locally and nationally to strengthen people's defences against online crime and develop new tactics and capabilities for digital policing to tackle the cyber threat."


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They may have left it late but Exeter City recorded a vital win over Cambridge United, coming from 2-1 down to score twice in the final 10 minutes and win 3-2.
The win keeps the pressure on Wycombe Wanderers for the final automatic promotion spot, but who played well for the Grecians? Read our player ratings then have your say in the poll below.
Christy Pym – 8
Made one incredible save in the first half to keep the scores at 0-0 and, whilst his distribution was shaky at times, it was a good game for the City keeper, who claimed a number of crosses into the box.
Lloyd James – 5
A frustrating game from James, who put one or two good tackles in at right-wing-back but struggled to assert himself properly going forward – in his previous game in this position, he put in a number of dangerous crosses, but his distribution was lacking today.
Pierce Sweeney – 7
A solid game from Sweeney, who battled well defensively and put in a fine cross from deep for the Grecians' second equaliser.
Jordan Storey – 7
Performed admirably against a dangerous looking Jabo Ibehre and won a number of headers – also showed good positional sense to clear one off the line in the first half.
Dean Moxey – 6
He looked relatively solid defensively but was frustrating going forward – at one stage in the second half, he and Woodman exchanged passes a number of times with City trailing, yet neither of them put the ball into the box when given the chance.
Craig Woodman – 6
A quiet game for Woodman, who put in some good tackles but at times struggled against the pace and trickery of Jevani Brown when he attacked down the wing.
Jake Taylor – 7
Played a part in all three goals, winning the ball back for the first, and reacting quickest to a loose ball for the other two, scoring the winner in a strong display.
Jordan Tillson – 7
Won the ball back for City a number of times and did well to sit in front of the defence also winning some headers, but rather quiet when City were in possession.
Hiram Boateng – 8
He did not get on the ball enough in the first half but was the best player on the pitch in the second, putting good crosses into the box for City's first and third goal – he really is in a rich vein of form.
Robbie Simpson – 6
Looked more dangerous than Stockley did in the first half, forcing a good save out of David Forde with a header, but an injury 10 minutes before half-time nullified his threat.
Jayden Stockley – 7
Scored the equaliser with a good header in the second half and his aerial presence allowed Matt Jay to find space late on.
Matt Jay, for Simpson, 46 – 7
Held the ball up well when he came on, showing good strength, and found himself in the right place at the right time to net a late equaliser before playing his part in the winner by showing good aerial strength to flick the ball towards goal.
Kane Wilson, for Woodman, 79 – N/A
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My intention is to create an inclusive blog, where people who believe in the power of manifestation and high vibration living feel at home. I'll share tons of behind the scenes photos and videos from my brand new product line, LowCo. Wax & Gown LLC and resources for operating in "highest self mode".
For the past several months I have been in deep creation mode (my vortex), making hand poured candles that I call Wax Recipes and custom printed robes. Each robe is referred to as a Gown and sewn with my custom fabric prints and the colors that are giving my life right now!
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The Sudanese like to talk, so giving out mobile phones is always going to be a winner. Gabriel Demombynes at the World Bank is now starting to get the first data in from the Southern Sudan Experimental Phone Survey which I wrote about last year.
In November, in conjunction with the Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation, we delivered mobile phones to 1000 households in the 10 state capitals of Southern Sudan. Each month starting last December, Sudanese interviewers from a call center in Nairobi have phoned respondents on those phones to collect information on their economic situation, security, outlook, and other topics.What is so exciting about this project is the sheer quantity and frequency of data that is being collected at relatively low cost.
For more info see Gabriel's blogpost and photo essay, and make sure to follow his new Twitter account@gdemom.


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Scotland's Lotus Eater have come out of the greenish fog with the release of "Narco". The newest cut from the quartet of Jamie McLees, Douglas Park, Craig McCulloch, and Cameron Humphrey adds a splash of colour.
A standalone single for now, the appearance of doll faces and coloured staircase (and placement of "WATCH OUT") has me feel that the aesthetic will continue into something more. A simple "Yes" in response to a YouTube comment of "Album?" seals the deal.
Regardless of what happens next, "Narco"'s arrival is an exciting one. High pitched and eerie at its introduction, crushing riffs and voices bleed through the static, with heaviness of sound raining down in sheets.
I'm struck by the moment of clarity that shows up early in "Narco", in both sound and lyrical story. It's a moment of being shown what's behind the curtain; how the behind the scenes machinations happen, and that it's a key piece of information. I'm left wondering if Lotus Eater are referring to the music industry, or whether it's something wider.
"Our thoughts devoured
Absolute Power"
The repetition of "If you know the game" marks its importance, hitting home the need to pay attention and use the 'game' to your advantage. The chorus which centres around this message is as eerie as it is motivating in its energy. The Glasswegian "Get it up ye" threatens to seep into global vocabularies when delivered with such fiery gusto.
Huge and pummeling, "Narco" leaps and takes grinding turns courtesy of guitars and vocal blasts. Brash and in your face, the track is another reminder of Lotus Eater's brilliance. The vibe of 'Do you get it yet?' is palpable. While thinking how underrated the band are, a hefty breakdown sweeps through; feeling like an escape as well as a realisation. With "time cut loose" are we floatingly free? Not yet.
With gang vocal reinforcement, "Narco" could be seen as a meta rally cry for the individual creatives to continue to create in their own way and keep at it. After earlier toe-dippings, a final shift at the end of the track into a dusky and distant static-enveloped moment is a pleasant surprise.
Bracing ourselves for whatever Lotus Eater have up their sleeves, we'll be over here playing "Narco" on repeat. Watch via YouTube below, or via your favourite streaming place.[Our patrons can see how this article came to be created via our Patreon. Take a look here.]


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Not long ago I was wondering about the fate of this building, on 99th Street, that has been empty for a while. I am pleased to report that renovation has begun. The building will eventually provide affordable housing for seniors.
I was walking by as the sun rose this morning, so took the opportunity to photograph the building again. You can see the scaffolding that has started to go up and some lights on inside.
The snowplows, attached to loaders and sanitation trucks, are lined up along First Avenue. Hopefully they won't be needed now until next year and are ready to be put away.


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Wonderful wonderful wonderful!!! Thankyou
It is very inspiring father Tony with your thoughts and ideas to reach out to our people at the time of heartfelt loss and pain. My local people of Cobargo-Bermagui and Narooma are very touched and moved by your care and financial support from our whole archdiocese family and beyond.
" we thank our God each time we think of you, and when we pray for you we pray with joy ".
God bless you
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Congratulations dear James. God bless
The genius of the parish system does have a downside – no financial accountability. This is a current issue in the US. Some would say if you can't trust the priest/bishop, who can you trust. I think we all know the answer to that now. There is a call in some quarters for the church to publish financial records. I'm wondering how that would be done accurately without the issue of receipts.
Act of Entrustment of the Home and the Country to Mary Help of Christians!
Most Holy Virgin Mary, appointed by God to be the Help of Christians,
we choose you as the Mother and protector of our home and our country.
We ask you to favor us with your powerful protection.
Preserve our home and our country from every danger:
from fire, flood, lightning, storm, earthquake, thieves, vandals, and from every other danger.
Bless us. Protect us. Defend us.
Keep as your own all the people who dwell in this home.
Protect them from all accidents and misfortunes,
but above all obtain for them the most important grace of avoiding sin.
Mary Help of Christians, pray for all those who live in this home,
which is entrusted to you for all time. Amen.


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They arrived, we quickly made our way down the steps.
Before I knew it, our photographic exchange had begun!
He was swinging her around, she was giggling, he couldn't keep his eyes off her, she couldn't stop smiling.
There was just this contagious love. You see, this is the love that truly ignites my inspiration.
One of truth, one of playfulness, one of unconditional love, one of realness.
The more I documented, the more I felt like I've documented them before, which truthfully wasn't the case.
You see, when couples reach out to ASP to document this weddings,
there is this very intimate process that takes places.
One of not just emails, but one of conversations, either over the phone or in person.
That of details. That of depth. That of creating this understanding, this trust, this truth.
I am extremely honest with all those I come into contact with,
especially my brides and grooms as this is such a monumentally special time in their lives!
For some, it isn't the right fit, but for those, such as this couple,
whom I am honored to document this time in their lives, it is ultimate bliss.
It is my commitment, my sincerity, to truly get to know them individually and as a union.
With doing so, I can document their love, in this humble, serene, sincere, intimate way.
My goodness, congrats you two love birds! I cannot wait to document your wedding next year!
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This page contains prayers and intercessions for personal or group use, special prayers for use if it isn't possible to meet in church, and a simple form of prayer for the morning and evening, which can be downloaded, printed, and shared with those remaining at home or who are unable to access the Internet.
Prayer & Worship Resources
A Prayer Book for Australia: Daily Prayer App
Epray Daily Prayer App gives you the text of the daily prayer service for the Anglican Church of Australia as well as the readings for the day. Download it for your iPhone or Android Device.
Diocese of Melbourne – Prayer Diary
The ADOM Prayer Diary App for daily readings, reflection and prayer is developed by clergy and lay leaders from around the Diocese.
You can download to App to your IPhone or Google Play.
'Pray as you Go'
Pray as you Go offers a daily programme (about 15 minutes) of music, bible reading for the day supported by a guided reflection and closing prayer.
Light a Candle online
Click here to light a Candle
Use this as an opportunity to reflect on where you are in life, what you would like to pray for and the promise God has made to you.
Prayers at Home from the Diocese of Ballarat
Prayers for use at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic, including a form of Daily Prayer as well as other prayers that may be a comfort for this time.
Prayer Resources from the Church of England
The CoE have produced a range of prayers and intercessions for personal or group use, special prayers for use if it isn't possible to meet in church, and a simple form of prayer for the morning and evening, which can be downloaded, printed, and shared with those remaining at home.
Ways to Pray at Home
Wakefield Cathedral (UK) have produced a very helpful resource to help with 'Ways to Pray at Home'.
Click here to download this as a pdf.
With Jesus in the Desert: A retreat for a time of isolation
This retreat has been prepared by the staff of Jesuit Communications for the use of people who have to isolate themselves for 14 days during the Coronavirus crisis. Of course, other people who may find it helpful are also welcome to use it. There is also other patterns to use for if you prefer a shorter style retreat.
Children's Activity Booklet
A children's activity booklet, with colouring in and other games and activities, can be downloaded from the link. It is based on the weekly readings used in Church. It also includes a short sentence of scripture and prayer.
Study & Learning
Reflections & Devotions
Weekly Reflections by members of our Cathedral Clergy
In this section, you can read a selection of sermons preached at the Cathedral, or by the clergy of St Paul's in other places. It also includes links to the Dean's Lent Sermon Series with aids for reflection and study.
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I'm just curious on this one. What is it about dry, uncooked Ramon Noodles and kids on the Autism Spectrum?
If I let them, my boys would live on uncooked, crunchy Ramon Noodles. If we happen to be out, they love eating uncooked pasta, especially Emmett.
I used to think it was just my kids but after mentioning this before, I learned that many of you experience the same thing.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on this topic? Personally, my thought is that it's a sensory thing. Maybe it's that they get some desirable feedback from the crunching. Maybe they just like the taste.
To me, it would be like chewing on tree bark, not that I've actually tried that, but you get my point.
How many of your kids enjoy dry, crunchy Ramon Noodles? Do you limit their consumption or let them have at it? My boys would watch them all the time if I let them. They even like them as snacks.
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More American Photographs
California Museum of Photography
September 28, 2013 - January 11, 2014
As the United States slowly emerges from its most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression, the California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTSblock will present a selection of photographs from the well-known Farm Security Administration program (1935-44). For More American Photographs, twelve contemporary photographers were commissioned to travel the United States, documenting its land and people. This exhibition will present the resulting photographs alongside a number of the original images by the FSA photographers.
The exhibition features new commissions by artists Walead Beshty, Larry Clark, Roe Ethridge, Katy Grannan, William E. Jones, Sharon Lockhart, Catherine Opie, Martha Rosler, Collier Schorr, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, and Hank Willis Thomas. Also included are historical photographs by Esther Bubley, John Collier, Marjory Collins, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Edwin Locke, Pare Lorentz, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, Marion Post Wolcott, and other anonymous FSA photographers.
This exhibition is organized by the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.
Image: Dorothea Lange, Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936 (detail). Courtesy the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.


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BYOD (bring your own device) is not just an IT issue, HR must deal with it, too
Bringing someone into the workplace means making the new employee "one of us" in terms of knowledge of the company mission, the rules and procedures of the workplace, the tools to do the job, and in many cases, adapting his or her appearance to certain standards during working hours. Uniforms or at least a degree of uniformity are part of many employers' brand and public image. Most people will recognize a UPS delivery van and the brown-uniformed driver as a normal appearance on the street and not as a suspicious person "casing the neighborhood".
By working together, HR and IT can help the business win the battle of finding and retaining highly skilled employees
One of the functions of Human Resources (HR), depending on the type of business, is to ensure that employee knows the channels through which to obtain the standard tools needed for work as well as where to get uniforms, name-tags, caps or other items that make him or her conform to the company image. HR should also have informed everyone about what to do if something breaks, is soiled, lost or stolen. Forms for this are part of the HR software. This, so to speak, is not HR rocket science.
Taking a clear position on employee-owned devices is critical
Implementing these policies is easy in businesses that trade in tangible stuff (selling, servicing, or building things) or meet people face to face. You can't do carpentry without a hammer, nor plumbing without standard wrenches and tools. When it comes to services, it helps to be identifiable as the UPS delivery person or the maintenance person with a logo on his or her shirt, but here things start loosening up. In retailing, you can either have a uniform of sorts or a visible name tag, or you can let people dress just like their customers, for instance, in clothing boutiques catering to the young and hip. In fact, let the sales staff dress as they would in everyday life, wearing the Lady Gaga t-shirt the young salesperson bought for herself and not at company expense. In other words – bring your own outfit. That policy also generally works for people in the back offices – insurance claims forms and invoices don't see whether the employee is wearing a tie.
Security, compatibility, control… we enter another world of pain
Serious issues arise when the work involves processing information. This can range from requiring the employee to have a smart phone on which to get calls and texts while out in the field digging ditches, or it can be a laptop or tablet directly connected to key, mission critical company software and databases. Not too long ago, HR would almost always point new hires to where they would pick up, sign for and be taught to use their company-issued Blackberries and standard IBM/Lenovo or some other common brand laptop. The IT department would issue these devices pre-configured, firewalled and tasked only for the purposes for which they were issued.
Dealing with newly-hired digital sophisticates
We can now forget that idyllic sort-of-recent past. Many people are into the world of information-carrying digital devices long before they set foot in as new employees. Most don't see their phones and tablets as potential corporate digital tools, but as repositories of their music, their selfies, their videos and their links to social media and friends. So, we have the bright young freshly minted MBA who has had every iPhone made since she was 16 and is not ready to give hers up and take some gadget that IT hands her. Hey, I write memos to customers best while listening to my music on my MacBook!
From the employee perspective, the biggest concern is that BYOD practices could lead to a loss of employee privacy
Welcome to the age of bring your own device or BYOD. It an acronym seen by some as scarier for the IT department than for HR – after all, they will have to configure and manage whatever the new employees bring, or where BYOD isn't permitted, to provide devices that the already digitally sophisticated new workforce will accept. As the website CIO.com wrote: "Forty-two percent of millennials are likely to quit a job if the technology they have available to them is substandard. Across most consumer demographics, but especially millennials, most people complain that the technology they have at 'home' is more modern and more valuable than the technology they have in the workplace." In other words, if the IT at work is below the standards of the technology at home, IT's "failure" will see HR out-processing the unsatisfied and looking for replacements from, most likely, the same pool of digital sophisticates.
42% of millennials are likely to quit a job if the technology they have available to them is substandard
The article goes on to say that IT and HR will increasingly become allies and partners on the issues of how the IT resources that employees are given or bring themselves can improve both productivity (important for the whole organization) and employee satisfaction – a key issue for HR. Therefore, HR and IT together should look at following issues:
- How does a solution help make our employees more productive?
- How will a particular solution grow as the demands of our employees' grow?
- How will a particular solution help us to attract and retain great talent?
- Will a particular solution engender trust or alienate employees in the workplace?
On the last point, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) last year wrote that employees, by allowing an IT department to manage the "work" part of their personal devices, could face privacy issues. "From the employee perspective, the biggest concern is that BYOD practices could lead to a loss of employee privacy. Workers may worry that their company will have inappropriate access to their financial and health data, as well as to their personal photographs, videos, contacts and other information—and that they could lose all that information if the company attempts to remove or "wipe" business information from the worker's device, which typically happens after a person's employment has concluded.", the SHRM wrote in its online magazine.
Across most consumer demographics most people complain that the technology they have at 'home' is more modern and more valuable than the technology they have in the workplace
What this means is that HR should, perhaps as part of its HR software, have protocols for instructing IT to preserve the "private" sections of a device when the employee leaves, as well as arranging for the preservation of this data if the device is misplaced and "wiped" as a precaution. This is not easy. Some "digital natives" will come with their private devices already configured to save hitherto strictly personal data to "the cloud". It is in the employer's interests that no sensitive company data end up there. Isn't that an IT problem? Yes, but it will help if the HR software runs the new employee through a well-designed questionnaire to determine how the employee's device will be configured and treated. Could this be complicated? Probably. New phones and tablets hit the market often, and how many "flavors" of Android were there when you last looked?
If the IT at work is below the standards of the technology at home, IT's "failure" will see HR out-processing the unsatisfied and looking for replacements from, most likely, the same pool of digital sophisticates
BYOD is more than a "buzz word". In the corporate world, it is moving from a buzz to a kind of roar heard not only by the IT and HR staff, but Legal as well (personal device partly controlled by the company used to post offensive material on social media – do the liability lawsuit math). To be sure, informing employees about the rules of good behavior on/offline, on and off company time has always been part of the HR task, but with BYOD it gets more complicated. It is no surprise that some industry commentators are going against the buzz, the roar or the tide of BYOD. As the often-iconoclastic IT website The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) wrote recently "BYOD sounds – sounded – like a great idea. But it opened a whole new world of complexity in terms of support and device management that had not been foreseen beforehand." The article mentions the problem of overlapping device ownership and control and concludes that BYOD may not be the best idea, better to own and control the company's devices.
BYOD sounds – sounded – like a great idea. But it opened a whole new world of complexity in terms of support and device management that had not been foreseen beforehand
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Device use will always be an HR issue. With no BYOD, it may make the HR task somewhat easier. At the same time, it will present the challenge of telling potential employees that they will have to leave their favorite MacBook or Galaxy Note out of the office and take what the employer offers. At the end of the day, the decision to go with BYOD or not is for management as a whole.
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To highlight the gluten free options available, a few fellow bloggers and I went along for a taste.
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Self-criticism: A theater critic's search for nuance in the age of Yelp
The end of this year will mark my 10th anniversary as The Times' theater critic, and I have a confession to make to my readers: I'm still figuring out how to write theater reviews.
False modesty isn't my tactic here: I've never missed a deadline, I've reviewed for all kinds of publications (mainstream, alternative, trade and scholarly), and I've even won a few prizes for my theater writing.
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My first review appeared in the Village Voice during a summer internship in 1992. It was of an inconsequential revival of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey's "The Plough and the Stars," in which I complained that the actors were so scrupulous about the work's naturalism that they completely overlooked the characters' native theatricality.
My editor, Ross Wetzsteon, appreciated the observation, and a critic was born. You might think after toiling on deadline for more than two decades that I would have developed a formula for writing reviews. But the longer I keep at it, the more I find myself questioning their basic objectives.
There has been much lamenting within my dwindling tribe over the demise of outlets for theater criticism. For as long as I've been writing, reviewers have been complaining about the shrinkage of review space, but now the big issue is the vanishing of entire publications and arts sections. Once unapologetically high-minded periodicals such as the New Republic have tilted their arts coverage toward pop culture. Today it is easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a play without a celebrity to enter a magazine's back pages.
This is a consequence of what has been dubbed "digital disruption," that handy euphemism for the perverse devaluation of creative labor and loony overvaluation of an elite tier of managers and bean counters. Someone — where is George Bernard Shaw when we need him? — will have to sort out all the upheaval this "democratizing" technology has wreaked.
In the meantime, I'm still waiting for the nonprofit sector — universities being the obvious place — to launch new arts journalism initiatives and collaborations that could fill in the intellectual breach. (Academics questioning why they should get involved might consult the work of literary critic Northrop Frye, who in his classic "Anatomy of Criticism" reminds his readers that "[a] public that tries to do without criticism, and asserts that it knows what it wants or likes, brutalizes the arts and loses its cultural memory.")
But the crisis in criticism isn't simply a business problem that USC or Eli Broad could solve. In this hyperdistracted age, in which marketing has insidiously pervaded the cultural landscape with the persistence of weeds on a neglected lawn, criticism isn't always readily distinguishable from the salesmanship and hype that have corrupted not just our politics but the arts, education and even healthcare.
Critics shouldn't be shielded from critical light. There are still great ones out there, but the time has come to broach the elephant in the newsroom: the decline in prestige and prominence of reviewers in their once oligarchic role as cultural arbiters.
Metrics, the ability to tally online readership, can take some of the blame. For as long as click counts are ruling journalism, theater criticism will be on the endangered species list. (What theater review could compete with a photo gallery of reality stars' secret tattoos?)
Then there's the notion that everyone's a critic, an idea that has been taken to a new level in this age of Yelp. The validity of these citizen "reviews" seems not to matter all that much to online publishers, who value journalism quantitatively rather than qualitatively.
But why, I wonder, has my own interest as a consumer of high-end criticism faded over the years? I don't think scarcity is the only problem.
While it is sadly true that the loss of illustrious theater critics in print hasn't been offset by the arrival of equally potent voices online, the Internet has helped make the work of critics more accessible. Yet the hue and cry and feverish haste of the Web have had a homogenizing effect. The individual voice has been drowned out in the digital din.
Writing takes time, which requires money. Brain space, as Shaw once said about the soul, doesn't come cheap. Reviews written at an assembly-line rate aren't going to have much room for contemplation. One symptom of the relentless pace is the lazy sprawl of plot summaries. I can't remember the last time I read a theater review without skipping over tedious paragraphs of story recap.
Another disaffecting quality of the ever-more-competitive contemporary scene: the critic as kingmaker, mobilizing his hyperbole for the sake of his own power-broker status. How many events of the season are we supposed to believe? Newspaper reviewers can't escape their consumer reporting function, but at a time when the theater has become so commercialized, it's dismaying to see critics sacrificing nuance for neon.
Verdicts must be delivered, but they shouldn't be the "point" of a review any more than an interpretive statement should be the point of a work of art. There's something self-serving about all these swooning raves and hellfire denunciations clamorously accompanying my morning coffee. A review isn't ultimately about a reviewer's generosity, wit, exquisite connoisseurship or emotional depth. These qualities might shine through, but they should be a byproduct of the main focus: the work.
Reviews are a curious journalistic animal, at once highly subjective, the opinionated expression of a particular taste, and an authoritative appraisal, steeped in tradition and mindful of contemporary practice.
When I started at the Voice and was still in the throes of graduate school, I was writing for what I imagined was a politically engaged audience, schooled in the classics and open to the avant-garde. When turning out reviews for Variety, I was writing chiefly for industry insiders who wanted a thorough inspection of the marketplace goods without too much grand theorizing. (One reason my stint there didn't last that long.)
When I began writing for The Times, I remember feeling burdened by the expectation (mostly self-imposed) of completeness. I somehow couldn't get it out of my head that I was writing for the city's "paper of record."
Artists naturally want to be mentioned, and when I inevitably left somebody out, I would receive an angry voicemail or email screed. The wig designer of a musical seemed to be on the verge of taking legal action against me for not printing her name. Music directors wanted me ousted for giving them short shrift.
Report cards, however, make for dull reading. The truth that took me some time to apply to my own turf is that writers are by nature irresponsible, and the best criticism, like the best fiction, poetry and drama, has a go-it-alone quality. Good prose ignores protocols.
Criticism, while it has the power to bring together as disparate and unwieldy a group as the Los Angeles theater community, is a lonely job. A critic has to reject the temptation of making a splash through inflated rhetoric, tune out the moralizing choruses on Facebook and Twitter, turn a blind eye to the comment-section trolls and recognize that befriending artists and institutions isn't the most fruitful way to love the theater. In this profession, there is no more precious gift than the capacity to be honest.
Walter Kerr and Kenneth Tynan, two titans of 20th century theater criticism, could have told you the same 50 years ago (minus the social-media references). I'm no Luddite — I tweet! I work my DVR! — but I don't believe that criticism will be revitalized through "platform innovation." Does anyone really want a video blog of my immediate reaction of a show? Criticism is fundamentally — and defiantly — an act of writing.
The imperative now is to reaffirm the timeless fundamentals of this demi-art. The theater critics I get the most out of reading are those who take the long view. L.A. Weekly's Steven Leigh Morris (who's the founding editor of Stage Raw) and former Village Voice colleagues Michael Feingold (now writing for the website TheaterMania) and Alisa Solomon (a contributor to the Nation) spring immediately to mind. These writers elucidate why a given work may be worth your engagement. They fit a play or musical into larger schemes, aesthetic, political and social. They convert resonance into words and ideas. They clarify and challenge artistic and institutional visions.
How to do this is a unique challenge with each and every assignment. The greatest challenge might be simple indifference.
There's nothing more daunting to a deadline-rattled critic than a work that is too trifling to hate or love. (A far more common occurrence these days since artistic directors have been subjugated by their bottom-line-patrolling boards.)
Twice this summer senior colleagues (one a theater professor, the other a semi-retired actor) told me they could never do what I do. The prospect of attending so many mediocre shows seemed to them a fearsome penance, and I agreed that the job isn't for the faint of heart.
My saving grace is that the theater never ceases to matter to me even when it's being frivolously squandered. Convincing an audience why it should matter to them, and to a culture increasingly enthralled by its own superficiality, seems to me not a bad way of spending a working life.
The future of theater criticism, wherever it might take place 20 years from now, doesn't lie in hackneyed consumer guidance. This may seem counterintuitive in a media era in which Miley Cyrus' latest celebrity spat constitutes breaking news, but critics must operate on a different frequency.
The assumption that should underlie any review, from the most ardent rave to the most dismissive pan, is that the stage is indispensable to our humanity. Where else do human beings non-virtually congregate to see other human beings enact the patterns of our common fate?
Criticism's value is indissolubly tied to the art form's. The mission now is to go deeper, to stop thinking so much about the business of the theater and to confront the reason for its existence. With our souls hanging in the balance, how could any critic possibly grow jaded?
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Review: Inon Barnatan and Garrick Ohlsson deliver masterful performances of late Schubert music
"I am sick. I have eaten nothing for 11 days and drunk nothing, and I totter feebly and shakily from my bed and back again."
Franz Schubert wrote that in a letter to a friend on November 12, 1828. Seven days later he was dead, 10 weeks shy of his 32nd birthday.
Within his brief lifespan, Schubert produced more than 1,500 compositions. One of classical music's greatest melodists, his talent for writing small-scale works like songs, dances and marches was evident from his teens. In early 19th century Vienna, however, long, tuneful melodies weren't easily adapted into four-movement sonata forms like symphonies or string quartets.
Schubert grappled with this challenge throughout his career, and in his last years, he was able to reconcile the two in a series of visionary sonatas, chamber music and his Ninth Symphony. All the more remarkable was that Schubert did this handicapped by illness — believed by many to be syphilis — which he had suffered since the age of 26.
Despite this burden, Schubert produced an astonishing series of masterpieces in his final year. Inon Barnatan and the La Jolla Music Society are showcasing eight of them in a three-part concert series at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall.
Saturday evening was the first concert and was particularly noteworthy as Barnatan's first appearance since the announcement that he will succeed Cho-Liang Lin as the musical director of the society's annual SummerFest.
It's hard to go wrong constructing a program of late Schubert works. The challenge lies in finding a complementary mix of performers. Barnatan invited Garrick Ohlsson to play the Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959 and the two collaborated in a poignant account of the Fantasie in F Minor for Piano Four-Hands. For the radiant Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898, violinist Erin Keefe made her La Jolla Music Society debut, joined by Barnatan on piano and Clive Greensmith on cello.
Barnatan and Ohlsson were excellent partners. There's no tolerance for rhythmic discrepancies in four-hand piano music; a piano's attack is so precise that playing just a smidgen ahead or behind becomes painfully apparent. The duo's coordination in the Fantasie was practically telepathic, their tonal colors well matched. Their performance sounded as if a soulful pianist with 20 fingers lovingly interpreted this work.
Ohlsson's conception and execution of the A Major Piano Sonata was revelatory. Tempos in the fast movements were slower than expected, Ohlsson's overall sound graceful and restrained. This made Schubert's dramatic interruptions and wanderings in the second and fourth movements all the more striking.
Ohlsson had a wide spectrum of piano colors at his disposal, which he tastefully deployed. This sonata is on a grand scale — playing all the repeats takes 45 minutes. A masterly performance requires that the pianist understand the architecture of the work, which Ohlsson admirably conveyed.
The evening concluded with Schubert's sunny Piano Trio in B-flat Major. Schubert's piano writing may not sound that hard to play, but any pianist can attest to its difficulty. It requires formidable technique to make his passagework legato and those awkward chords sing. Barnatan's playing sounded effortless, and Keefe and Greensmith made Schubert's melodies shine. Their performance may not have shed any new light on the Trio, but like a long unseen friend, the Trio slipped comfortably back into our lives and we were grateful to make its acquaintance again.
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the cellist who performed Saturday. It was not Carter Brey, but rather Clive Greensmith. The story has been updated to reflect this change.
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I don't really understand why anyone would pay $130 extra and then $15-$30 a month for an iPad with 3G service. What the hell do you people expect to be doing with this thing?
Here's the deal, people: adding 3G to the iPad is a colossal waste of money. You will barely use 3G, I promise. Anything you'd need a 3G iPad for you already pay for with a 3G phone. And even if you do get on board with a 3G iPad, you'll end up with a useless product in a year or so when the next version comes out. Walk with me.
The iPad is portable, but it's not a mobile device any more than a laptop is. It will live in your home, used as an e-reader or a video player or a photo viewer or a gaming machine or a web tablet. You'll look up recipes in the kitchen or read the NY Times in bed on it. Awesome.
But why would you take it out of the house? There are a handful of specific things you'd bring it out with you, like traveling on an airplane or train, but for normal day-to-day activities, I see zero need to carry it with me. And for those few times you will want to bring it out with you, its lack of 3G would be a minor inconvenience at the very most.
Think about it: you'll need to pull it out when, say, on the subway, to do what, exactly? Play a game? Don't need 3G for many of those. Read an article? You can use Instapaper for that, just sync it up before you leave the house. Read a book? Don't need 3G for that. Watch a video? Ditto.
"But Adam," you say. "What if I want to check my email or surf the web when I have a few minutes to spare?" You use your phone! You know, the tiny, 3G-enabled iPad you keep in your pocket and pay $100 a month for already? Why do you need to carry two 3G-enabled devices around with you? What is so important for you to do that it's worth the insane price you'll pay for the ability?
Because here's the bottom line: buying a 3G iPad with the capped data plan instead of a Wi-Fi iPad will cost you $310 more in the first year of ownership. Going for unlimited data? That'll bump your first-year additional price to $490. That's enough to buy a second Wi-Fi iPad! What in the world would make that worth it?
I know there's always that deep-down desire to buy the most expensive version of whatever product you're gunning for, because we're trained to assume the most expensive is always the best. But it's not. It's definitely not here. It's something you'd pay for and use rarely, and even if you realize four months down the line that you don't need 3G and cancel the service (thank the lord there are no contracts), you still will have paid $130 more than you had to for the device.
And if you buy a Wi-Fi iPad now and decide that you really think it's worth an extra fee to get online from anywhere, you should be able to tether it to your phone at some point in the future if you aren't already. And that's an extra fee worth paying, because it'll allow you to connect not only your iPad from anywhere, but any laptop as well.
Keep in mind that this is a first-generation device. And by next year, when a product refresh is to be expected, both AT&T and Verizon will be rolling out their LTE networks. Do you want to be stuck with a $700 iPad that doesn't run on the new hot network, moneybags? Not that I think LTE will be any more worth it than 3G on the iPad for the aforementioned reasons, but some food for thought for people who just need to get the fanciest version.
Come on, be sensible. You don't need 3G.
Be sure to see Matt's irresponsible, wishy-washy argument for why you should get 3G.


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Gone are the days of the traditional nine-to-five work schedule. With millennials taking over the workforce, regular notions of what "work" looks like have changed drastically. There has been a significant shift from traditional expectations of the workplace to more alternative career choices.
One workplace trend that is gaining popularity is the idea of telecommuting — or, in other words, remote working. In the U.S. alone, 3.3 million people work remotely — that's roughly 2.6 percent of the American workforce. Let's take a look at some of the reasons why many choose to work from home, as opposed to coming into the office:
Remote Working Allows for Better Work-Life Balance
Being able to work from anywhere frees up a lot of time that would have otherwise been spent in the office or in long commutes. This extra time promotes a better work-life balance, with remote employees having more time to pursue other interests. As aptly stated in this article on The Startup, "Being remote lets you have more freedom and get things done without mourning about how unlucky you are when Monday comes around or how cramped the subway is." Location flexibility allows remote employees to pursue hobbies alongside work, explore new places and spend more time with their families and loved ones.
Because they aren't bound by strict schedules and rigid work hours, remote employees are able to take full advantage of daytime activities that might have otherwise been impossible to engage in. Additionally, remote workers are able to dedicate time to personal wellness goals, and even have better access to nutrition, as they can essentially work from home and cook fresh, healthy meals every day.
Since remote working offers unprecedented flexibility, employees are able to "customize" their workspaces and schedules. In turn, this promotes increased employee satisfaction and boosts productivity so much so that "remote workers were found to be 13 percent more productive as compared to workers who worked at the office."
Remote Working Can Help Save Companies Money
While remote working is especially advantageous for employees, employers can also greatly benefit from allowing telecommuting. For instance, many leaders in the tech industry, where remote working has become the norm, claim that more remote workers equals less office space and thus decreased overhead costs. Buying or even leasing commercial office space can be an expensive proposition, for big and small companies alike, and remote workers have many options for great workspaces.
By inculcating a remote working policy, companies can save bundles on real estate costs. According to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, companies can save $11,000 per employee annually through reduced expenses on utilities, furniture, and office space. Real life examples of this include IBM, which reduced real costs by $50 million, and Sun Microsystems, which saved $68 million a year in real estate costs. While larger companies will obviously see more savings by offering flexibility, smaller companies too can reduce costs considerably.
Telecommuting also allows companies to avoid other expenses that are a byproduct of having a brick-and-mortar office space. These include electricity expenses, furniture, and interior decoration costs, expenses associated with providing employees with the likes of tea, coffee and snacks, cleaning costs and more.
Remote Working is Good the Environment
As climate change becomes a very real threat, more companies are looking towards ramping up their green agendas. Remote working is one way to do so and is proven to have a positive impact on the environment. How? The obvious answer is that remote working eliminates the need for long commutes, which is turn greatly reduces carbon emissions.
According to an article on Virtual Vocations, the average worker travels 30 miles or less each day for work. This totals to about 7,839 miles per year. With these assumptions, each remote worker can "reduce transportation-related carbon emissions by about 69% or 3.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year." Other than carbon emissions, commute reductions equate to a lower amount of traffic and congestion, thereby mitigating air pollution and improving air quality.
Additionally, remote workers use much less energy than what would typically be consumed in an office environment. The same goes for paper, with telecommuters leaning towards email, cloud-based software, and online solutions for work tasks instead of using paper. Digital solutions eliminate the need for widespread paper usage and considering the average office worker consumes about 10,000 sheets of paper each year, the reduction in paper usage is significant. In these ways, remote working can directly benefit our environment and make for a sustainable future.
Aside from providing better work-life balance, lowering company overhead, and helping to safeguard the environment, remote working allows employers to hire and retain top talent, and work with people from all over the world. With all these perks, it's no wonder that remote working will revolutionize the nature of work in the near future.


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Hunter Beaton has won two national awards from the Boy Scouts and one from the Daughters of the American Revolution on top of the support that comes with a Texas Senate proclamation. It's all for his Day 1 Bags initiative, which started as an Eagle Scout project but has grown to provide thousands of foster children with duffel bags brimming with clothes, toothbrushes and other supplies during what can be a tough transition.
Now Beaton and his mom, Paula, have the attention of electric co-ops across the U.S. after they won second place in the nationwide #WhoPowersYou contest, established by Touchstone Energy "to honor inspirational people in co-op communities—the people who power our lives." The honor includes a $2,000 prize.
Day 1 Bags and the Beatons, who live in Boerne and are members of Bandera Electric Cooperative, first appeared here in July 2018. They're back as we debut Power of Our People, Texas Co-op Power's campaign that recognizes co-op members who improve their community's quality of life.
Watch this space as we showcase more examples of the Power of Our People in coming months.


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Risky Business: Cybercrime in the New Economy
Cybercrime has increased tremendously in the digital economy. "According to the American Society for Industrial Security, American businesses [are] losing $250 billion a year from intellectual property theft since the mid-1990's."1 There is a clear and growing threat of Chinese industrial espionage targeted at American companies. In a recent case, a Michigan couple was accused of stealing $40 million worth of trade secrets from General Motors and selling them to a Chinese car maker. Aside from hackers, the threat also exists within organizations from insiders. A recent study commissioned by Cisco found that "[i]n the hands of uninformed, careless, or disgruntled employees, every device that accesses the network or stores data is a potential risk to intellectual property or sensitive customer data."
According to the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, incidents of data breach costs U.S. companies $204 per compromised customer record. This can quickly escalate to the millions of dollars, not including penalties and other fees that may be imposed by federal and state regulatory authorities. The high cost of a security breach can have a profound effect on an organization's profit and loss, market presence and competitive advantage. It can also result in damage to brand and reputation. In light of the above, American companies need to exercise increased vigilance to protect their trade secrets and other valuable intellectual property (IP) that are strategic to organizational success and competitive advantage.
President Obama, recognizing the increasing toll of cybercrime on U.S. commerce, on May 29, 2009 issued a very strong statement titled "On Securing Our Nation's Cyber Infrastructure." He warned: "every day we see waves of cyber thieves trolling for sensitive information—the disgruntled employee on the inside, the lone hacker a thousand miles away, organized crime, the industrial spy and, increasingly, foreign intelligence services… . It's been estimated that last year alone cyber criminals stole intellectual property from businesses worldwide worth up to one trillion dollars. In short, America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity."
Stay tuned for an upcoming post on the Fifth Annual Gibbons E-Discovery Conference, where privacy and legal practitioners tackled the subject of cybersecurity . . . .
1 Hazlewood, Sara. "Tech Firms Watching Trade Secret Trials," Business Journal Serving San Jose & Silicon Valley, May 14, 1999, 17:2, p. 7.


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