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The debate over the future of work, long running in research circles but kicked into public consciousness amongst others a Oxford University study titled 'The Future of Employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation' suggesting over 40 per cent of jobs are at threat in the next 11 years due to technology, continues. In truth there is little agreement from economists and labour market specialists. Some claim techn0logy is leading to more jobs, some that it is destroying jobs and still other that it is neutral. Some claim technology is leading to jobs being deskilled, others the reverse.
I like a recent blog post entitled 'More on digitalisation and skills: What happens within occupations?', by Guillermo Montt on the OECD Skills and Work web site. The article says that "as technology enters the workplace, the tasks related to a job and an occupation change" citing Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2006) who found that in Germany, occupations in the 2000s require more complex skills than in 1979 and that this change is more pronounced in occupations that adopted computers. Although something of a simplification, that finding is largely born out in analysis of the USA O*NET data. The article also draws attention to research by James Bessen published in his recent book 'Learning by Doing: The Real Connection between Innovation, Wages and Wealth'. "He follows the evolution of occupations over time and claims that accelerated technological change has implications for inequality within occupations with more and more occupations becoming winner-take-all markets." Essentially, as new technology is introduced pay and opportunities in occupations bifurcate with a few taking high high, pay levels and more taking home lower pay. "In occupations requiring above-median computer use, the 90th to 50th percentile wage ratio has risen by 0.2% per year but has remained stagnant in occupations with below-median computer use. Workers who stay ahead of the curve, those who learn by doing, reap the wage benefits of technological change."
This has major implication for training and continuing professional development. CPD has traditionally been organised through courses. But as we have already found in in the EmployID project working with employees in European Public Employment Services, traditional course delivery is both too slow to respond to change and even more problematic is unable to deliver the volume of training required. The approach adopted in EmployID is both to look at using new technologies for learning and for promoting informal learning in the workplace but also to center on changing occupational identities. For instance there is a very different occupational identity associated with a print graphic designer than todays web designer. But the ability to change occupational identities may be shaped by previous learning experiences and by motivation as well as the ability to reflect on both individual and group learning. Within EmployID we are exploring how Learning Analytics can bets be deployed to assets people in reflection (Reflection Analytics) and to assist in transforming identities to deal with such change. I am presenting this work next week at a LAKs pre conference workshop in Glasgow and will publish by slides on this blog.
I like this blog post by Robert Peal entitled 'A Myth for Teachers: Jobs That Don't Exist Yet'. The article looks at the origins of the idea that the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn't exist in 2004 and its later variant that 60 per cent of the jobs for children in school today have not been invented. In both cases he found it impossible to track these statement in any reliable research. Of course these are myths. But often such myths can be tracked back to quite prosaic political objectives.
For a long time, the European Union has pushed the idea of the knowledge society. And whilst there are many learned papers describing in different ways what such a society might look like or why such a society will emerge there is little evidence of its supposed impact on labour markets. Most common is the disappearance of low and unskilled jobs, linked to growing skill shortages in high skilled employment. Yet in the UK most recent growth in employment has been in low skills, low paid jobs in the retail sector. I remember too in the late 1990s when the European industry lobby group for computers were preaching dire emergencies over the shortage of programmers, with almost apocalyptic predictions of what would happen with the year 200 bug if there were not major efforts to train newcomers to the industry. Of course that never happened either and predictions of skills shortages in software engineering persist despite the fact the UK government statistics show programmers pay falling in the last few years.
I've been invited to do several talks in the last year on the future of work. It is not easy. There are two lengthy reports on future skills for the UK – 'Working Futures 2012- 2022' and 'The future of work: jobs and skills in 2030', published by the UK Commission for Skills and Industry. Both are based on statistical modelling and scenario planning. As one of the reports says (I cannot remember which) "all models are wrong – it is just that some of more useful than others. Some things are relatively clear. There will be a big upturn in (mainly semi skilled) work in healthcare to deal with demographic changes in the age of the population. There will also be plenty of demand for new skilled and semi skilled workers in construction and engineering. Both are major employment sectors and replacement demand alone will result in new job openings even if they do not expand in overall numbers (many commentators seem to forget about replacement demand when looking at future employment).
But then it all starts getting difficult. Chief perhaps amongst this is possible disruptions which can waylay any amount of economic modelling. The following diagram above taken from 'The future of work: jobs and skills in 2030' shows possible future disruptions to the UK economy and to future jobs. One of these is the introduction of robots. With various dire reports that up to 40 per cent of jobs may disappear to robots in the next few years, I suspect we are creating another myth. Yes, robots will change patterns of employment in some industries, and web technologies enable disruptions in other areas of the economy. Yet much of the problems with such predictions lay with technological determinism – the idea that technology somehow has some life of its own and that we cannot have any says over it. At the end of the day, despite all the new technologies and the effects of globalization, there are massive policy decisions which will influence what kind of jobs there will be in the future. These include policies for education and training, inter-governmental treaties, labour market and tax policies, employment rights and so on. And such considerations should include what jobs we want to have, how they are organised, where they are and the quality of work. At the moment we seem to be involved in a race to the bottom – using the excuse of austerity – which is a conscious policy – to degrade both pay and work conditions. But it doesn't need to be like this. Indeed, the excuses for austerity may be the biggest myth of all.
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PISA in Focus shows, in many countries the teaching profession is having a hard time making itself an attractive career choice – particularly among boys and among the highest-performing students.
PISA 2006 asked students from the 60 participating countries and economies what occupation they expected to be working in when they are 30 years old. Some 44% of 15-year-olds in OECD countries reported that they expect to work in high-status occupations that generally require a university degree; but only 5% of those students reported that they expect to work as teachers, one of those professional careers.
The numbers are even more revealing when considering the profile of the students who reported that they expect to work as teachers. If you read our report on gender equality in education published earlier this year, you may remember that girls tend to favour "nurturance-oriented" careers more than boys do – and teaching is one of those careers. In almost every OECD country, more girls (6%) than boys (3%) reported that they expect to work as teachers. This statistic is particularly worrying when you recall that the majority of overall low achievers in school are boys, who could benefit from the presence of more male role models at school.
As promised some further thoughts on the DISCUSS conference, held earlier this week in Munich.
One of the themes for discussion was the recognition of (prior) learning. The theme had emerged after looking at the main work of Europa projects, particularly in the field of lifelong learning. The idea and attraction of recognising learning from different contexts, and particularly form informal learning is hardly new. In the 1990s, in the UK, the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (as it was then called) devoted resources to developing systems for the Accreditation of Prior Learning. One of the ideas behind National Vocational Qualifications was teh decoupling of teaching and learning from learning outcomes, expressed in terms of competences and performance criteria. Therefore, it was thought, anyone should be able to have their competences recognised (through certification) regardless of whether or not they had followed a particular formal training programme. Despite the considerable investment, it was only at best a limited success. Developing observably robust processes for accrediting such learning was problematic, as was the time and cost in implementing such processes.
It is interesting to consider why there is once more an upsurge of interest in the recognition of prior learning. My feeling was in the UK, the initiative wax driven because of teh weak links between vocational education and training and the labour market.n In countries liek Germany, with a strong apprenticeship training system, there was seen as no need for such a procedure. Furthermore learning was linked to the work process, and competence seen as the internalised ability to perform in an occupation, rather than as an externalised series of criteria for qualification. However the recent waves of migration, initially from Eastern Europe and now of refugees, has resulted in large numbers of people who may be well qualified (in all senses of the word) but with no easily recognisable qualification for employment.
I am unconvinced that attempts to formally assess prior competence as a basis for the fast tracking of awarding qualifications will work. I think we probably need to look much deeper at both ideas around effective practice and at what exactly we mean my recognition and will write more about this in future posts. But digging around in my computer today I came up with a paper I wrote together with Jenny Hughes around some of these issues. I am not sure the title helped attract a wide readership: The role and importance of informal competences in the process of acquisition and transfer of work skills. Validation of competencies – a review of reference models in the light of youth research: United Kingdom. Below is an extract.
"NVQs and the accreditation of informal learning
As Bjørnåvold (2000) says the system of NVQs is, in principle, open to any learning path and learning form and places a particular emphasis on experience-based learning at work, At least in theory, it does not matter how or where you have learned; what matters is what you have learned. The system is open to learning taking place outside formal education and training institutions, or to what Bjørnåvold terms non-formal learning. This learning has to be identified and judged, so it is no coincidence that questions of assessment and recognition have become crucial in the debate on the current status of the NVQ system and its future prospects.
While the NVQ system as such dates back to 1989, the actual introduction of "new" assessment methodologies can be dated to 1991. This was the year the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) and its Scottish equivalent, Scotvec, required that "accreditation of prior learning" should be available for all qualifications accredited by these bodies (NVQs and general national qualifications, GNVQs). The introduction of a specialised assessment approach to supplement the ordinary assessment and testing procedures used when following traditional and formal pathways, was motivated by the following factors:
1. to give formal recognition to the knowledge and skills which people already possess, as a route to new employment;
2. to increase the number of people with formal qualifications;
3. to reduce training time by avoiding repetition of what candidates already know.
The actual procedure applied can be divided into the following steps. The first step consists of providing general information about the APL process, normally by advisers who are not subject specialists, often supported by printed material or videos. The second and most crucial step includes the gathering and preparation of a portfolio. No fixed format for the portfolio has been established but all evidence must be related to the requirements of the target qualification. The portfolio should include statements of job tasks and responsibilities from past or present employers as well as examples (proofs) of relevant "products". Results of tests or specifically-undertaken projects should also be included. Thirdly, the actual assessment of the candidate takes place. As it is stated:"The assessment process is substantially the same as that which is used for any candidate for an NVQ. The APL differs from the normal assessment process in that the candidate is providing evidence largely of past activity rather than of skills acquired during the current training course."The result of the assessment can lead to full recognition, although only a minority of candidates have sufficient prior experience to achieve this, In most cases, the portfolio assessment leads to exemption from parts of a programme or course. The attention towards specialised APL methodologies has diminished somewhat in the UK during recent years. It is argued that there is a danger of isolating APL, and rather, it should be integrated into normal assessments as one of several sources of evidence."The view that APL is different and separate has resulted in evidence of prior learning and achievement being used less widely than anticipated. Assessors have taken steps to avoid this source of evidence or at least become over-anxious about its inclusion in the overall evidence a candidate may have to offer."We can thus observe a situation where responsible bodies have tried to strike a balance between evidence of prior and current learning as well as between informal and formal learning. This has not been a straightforward task as several findings suggest that APL is perceived as a "short cut", less rigorously applied than traditional assessment approaches. The actual use of this kind of evidence, either through explicit APL procedures or in other, more integrated ways, is difficult to overview. Awarding bodies are not required to list alternative learning routes, including APL, on the certificate of a candidate. This makes it almost impossible to identify where prior or informal learning has been used as evidence.
As mentioned in the discussions of the Mediterranean and Nordic experiences, the question of assessment methodologies cannot be separated from the question of qualification standards. Whatever evidence is gathered, some sort of reference point must be established. This has become the most challenging part of the NVQ exercise in general and the assessment exercise in particular.We will approach this question indirectly by addressing some of the underlying assumptions of the NVQ system and its translation into practical measures. Currently the system relies heavily on the following basic assumptions: legitimacy is to be assured through the assumed match between the national vocational standards and competences gained at work. The involvement of industry in defining and setting up standards has been a crucial part of this struggle for acceptance, Validity is supposed to be assured through the linking and location of both training and assessment, to the workplace. The intention is to strengthen the authenticity of both processes, avoiding simulated training and assessment situations where validity is threatened. Reliability is assured through detailed specifications of each single qualification (and module). Together with extensive training of the assessors, this is supposed to secure the consistency of assessments and eventually lead to an acceptable level of reliability.
A number of observers have argued that these assumptions are difficult to defend. When it comes to legitimacy, it is true that employers are represented in the above-mentioned leading bodies and standards councils, but several weaknesses of both a practical and fundamental character have appeared. Firstly, there are limits to what a relatively small group of employer representatives can contribute, often on the basis of scarce resources and limited time. Secondly, the more powerful and more technically knowledgeable organisations usually represent large companies with good training records and wield the greatest influence. Smaller, less influential organisations obtain less relevant results. Thirdly, disagreements in committees, irrespective of who is represented, are more easily resolved by inclusion than exclusion, inflating the scope of the qualifications. Generally speaking, there is a conflict of interest built into the national standards between the commitment to describe competences valid on a universal level and the commitment to create as specific and precise standards as possible. As to the questions of validity and reliability, our discussion touches upon drawing up the boundaries of the domain to be assessed and tested. High quality assessments depend on the existence of clear competence domains; validity and reliability depend on clear-cut definitions, domain-boundaries, domain-content and ways whereby this content can be expressed.
As in the Finnish case, the UK approach immediately faced a problem in this area. While early efforts concentrated on narrow task-analysis, a gradual shift towards broader function-analysis had taken place This shift reflects the need to create national standards describing transferable competences. Observers have noted that the introduction of functions was paralleled by detailed descriptions of every element in each function, prescribing performance criteria and the range of conditions for successful performance. The length and complexity of NVQs, currently a much criticised factor, stems from this "dynamic". As Wolf says, we seem to have entered a "never ending spiral of specifications". Researchers at the University of Sussex have concluded on the challenges facing NVQ-based assessments: pursuing perfect reliability leads to meaningless assessment. Pursuing perfect validity leads towards assessments which cover everything relevant, but take too much time, and leave too little time for learning. This statement reflects the challenges faced by all countries introducing output or performance-based systems relying heavily on assessments.
"Measurement of competences" is first and foremost a question of establishing reference points and less a question of instruments and tools. This is clearly illustrated by the NVQ system where questions of standards clearly stand out as more important than the specific tools developed during the past decade. And as stated, specific approaches like, "accreditation of prior learning" (APL), and "accreditation of prior experiential learning" (APEL), have become less visible as the NVQ system has settled. This is an understandable and fully reasonable development since all assessment approaches in the NVQ system in principle have to face the challenge of experientially-based learning, i.e., learning outside the formal school context. The experiences from APL and APEL are thus being integrated into the NVQ system albeit to an extent that is difficult to judge. In a way, this is an example of the maturing of the system. The UK system, being one of the first to try to construct a performance-based system, linking various formal and non-formal learning paths, illustrates the dilemmas of assessing and recognising non-formal learning better than most other systems because there has been time to observe and study systematically the problems and possibilities. The future challenge facing the UK system can be summarised as follows: who should take part in the definition standards, how should competence domains be described and how should boundaries be set? When these questions are answered, high quality assessments can materialise."
Regular readers will know that together with Philipp Rustemeier, I have been working on the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' LMI for All project. Through the project we are developing a database providing access to open data around the Labour `market. This includes data about occupations, pay, present and projected employment, qualifications and much more. So far, UKCES has focused on the use of the data for careers guidance but I suspect it may have far wider potential uses, including for education and local government planning. When mashed with other data I see LMI for All as pointing to the future is of open data as part of smart cities or rather as providing data about cities for smart citizens.
The LMI for All project does not itself produce applications.Instead we provide access to a open APi, which developers can query to build their own desktop or mobile apps.
One thing we are working on is providing more help for developers wanting to use the API. As part of that we are developing a series of 'how to' videos, the first of which is featured above.The video was originally recorded in real time using Google Hangouts and YouTube. The 31 minute original was cut to about 15 minutes and a new introduction added.
Any advice about how to make this sort of video will be gratefully received. And the code which Philip developed live in the video can be accessed on GitHub
One of the big talking points at last weeks DISCUSS conference in Munich was the current influx of refugees into Germany and the challenges for public services. It seems up to 5000 refugees are arriving daily at Munich's main railways station.
Most participants at the conference would agree with Marcel Fratzscher, the head of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), who is reported in today's Guardian newspaper as saying the hundreds of thousands of newcomers this year as well as the hundreds of thousands more expected over the coming years, are a major opportunity for Germany and that its strong financial position makes it ideally placed to welcome them.
"In the long run the refugees are an incredible opportunity for Germany," Fratzscher said. "Because of the surplus in the public budget, and a labour market that's doing incredibly well, there's probably never been a better moment in the last 70 years for Germany to deal with the challenge."
But the concerns expressed by participants in the DISCUSS conference were more short term. Germany has an incredibly well structured and functioning state and local government bureaucracy. But at a time when under pressure it is proving insufficiently flexible to deal with new demands, a position made worse by the rigid hierarchies common in European public services. Furthermore there is little communication between the different services involved in supporting the refugees, resulting individuals being sent from department to department and back again.
For education one of the longer term challenges will be developing infrastructure for instance the need for more kindergartens. In the short term the major challenge is developing provision for language learning and skills and knowledge for employment. Traditionally, refugees have attended language learning courses, prior to enrolment on work orientated programmes. instead now a new programme is being developed called "Living and Working in Germany" which will integrate language learning within work orientated education and training. This programme is designed to last for eight months, with five hours a day of attendance. However, at present the curriculum is still being developed (I only talked with researchers from two German Lander, or regions, and provision may well be different in other German states). Responsibility for the programmes is with the adult education services, often allied to the universities. But they clearly do not have enough teachers for these programmes. In response to this the requirement for teachers to have a special qualification for teaching German as a foreign language is being relaxed. A major pedagogic issue is that the refugees are being treated as a homogeneous group, with well qualified graduates in classes alongside those lacking basic education.
The challenge of ramping up provision is considerable. It was estimated that at the moment less than five per cent of newly arrived refugees are enrolled on courses. Just who gets a place on the courses seems to be somewhat random and this is leading to tensions. Whilst their asylum applications are being processed refugees are not allowed to work in Germany and boredom is seen as a major issue.
One of the learning cafe session groups at the conference focused on the challenge of providing education for the refugees looking for ideas for immediate initiatives and projects. Ideas included the need for better careers advice and occupational guidance, traditionally in Germany integrated in the education and training system. Another idea was to involve Meisters, qualified trade crafts people and owners of Small and Medium Enterprises, in the training programmes. A further idea was to develop mobile applications for language learning and vocational orientation. Although access to computers is limited, many of the refugees have smart phones which are critical to keeping in touch with families. A big issue is how to identify the skills and competences of the refugees and how to recognise or accredit these (I will write a further article on this). It was also pointed out that the European Commission has funded many projects for working with refugees but the results of these projects has all too often failed to be sustainable or properly disseminated.
If anyone would like to be interviewed around ideas of how to deal with these challenges or indeed about the immediate responses, please get in touch by Skype or email. My skype address is GrahamAttwell.
Labour Market Information (LMI) is not perhaps the most popular subject to talk about. But with the advent of open and linked data, LMI is increasingly being open up to wider audiences and has considerable potential for helping people choose and plan future careers and plan education programmes, as well as for use in research, exploring future skills needs and for social and economic planning.
This is a video version of a presentation by Graham Attwell at the Slovenian ZRSZ Analytical Office conference on "Short-term Skills Anticipations and Mismatch in the Labour Market. Graham Attwell examines ongoing work on mid and long term skills anticipation in the UK. He will bases on work being undertaken by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and the European EmployID project looking, in the mid term, at future skills needs and in the longer term at the future of work. He explains the motivation for undertaking these studies and their potential uses. He also explains briefly the data sources and statistical background and barriers to the wok on skills projections, whilst emphasising that they are not the only possible futures and can best serve as a a benchmark for debate and reflection that can be used to inform policy development and other choices and decisions. He goes on to look at how open and linked data is opening up more academic research to wider user groups, and presents the work of the UKCES LMI for All project, which has developed an open API allowing the development of applications for different user groups concerned with future jobs and future skills. Finally he briefly discusses the policy implications of this work and the choices and influence of policymakers in influencing different futures.
The argument over whether technology creates or destroys jobs has been going on for as long as I can remember.
Only yesterday John Naughton, in an article entitled "We are ignoring the new machine age at our peril", worried about the impact of self driving cars and other technology on the future of employment. Naughton argued that there are "radical discontinuities that nobody could have anticipated", driven by "combinatorial" effects of different technology trends coming together. These, he siad, include: "the near-infinite computing power provided by Moore's law; precise digital mapping; GPS; developments in laser and infrared sensor technology; and machine-learning algorithms plus the availability of massive data-sets on which to train them."
He warned the outcome could be "that vast swaths of human activity – and employment – which were hitherto regarded as beyond the reach of "intelligent" machines may now be susceptible to automation." he went on to quote a studyby Dr Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne, two researchers at the Martin School in Oxford,T heir report, The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?, estimates the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, based on US government classifications of those occupations. About 47% of total US employment, they conclude, is at risk from technologies now operational in laboratories and in the field.
However a study entitled 'Are ICT Displacing Workers? Evidence from Seven European Countries' by Smaranda Pantea, Federico Biagi and Anna Sabadash from the Institute of Prospective Technologies in Seville comes up with a different answer. Looking at micro data ins even European countries for companies in the manufacturing, ICT producing and service sector the study found "a non-significant relationship between employment growth and ICT intensity among ICT-using firms.: The authors say: "Since our estimates mainly capture the "substitution" effects of ICT on employment (i.e. those due to ICT substituting for some type of labour and to ICT increasing productivity and hence reducing demand for inputs, for constant values of output), our results indicate that these effects are statistically insignificant."
Of course this study and the American study are not directly comparable. They looked at different things and used different methodologies. One conclusion might be that whilst technology is not being directly substituted for overall employment, it is changing the nature of jobs available. Some labour market studies (for instance based on the US O*Net surveys) have suggested that what is happening is a bifurcation of labour, with an increasing number of high qualified jobs and of low skilled (and consequently low paid) service sector jobs. And of course another impact may be on the ;content' and different skills required in different jobs. For instance our work in the construction industry through the Learning layers project suggests increasing adoption of technology is leading to the need for new (and higher) skills levels within what was traditionally seen as a lower skills sector. This has considerable implications for vocational education and training. ather than training for presents skills demands VET systems need to be looking at future skills. And by providing those future orein3eteds kills this could provide a workforce and society with the abilities and motivation to shape our use of technology in society, rather than as John Naughton fears that "we're bound to lose this race against the machine" and in the course "enrich the corporations that own it."
Adult Education in Wales
Learning and Work Institute is organising this year's adult learning conference in partnership with the Adult Learning Partnership Wales. It will take place on Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at the Cardiff City Stadium.
They say "Changing demographics and a changing economy requires us to re-think our approach to the delivery of learning and skills for adults. What works and what needs to change in terms of policy and practice?
The conference will seek to debate how can we respond to need, grow participation, improve and measure outcomes for citizens, and revitalise community education."
Industry 4.0
The UK Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the challenges posed and opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.The Committee is inviting written evidence on:
The deadline for written submissions is Thursday 21 June 2018.
Online Educa Berlin
OEB Global (formerly Online Educa Berlin) has announced its Call for Proposals and the overall theme for 2018: Learning to Love Learning. The event will incorporate Learning Technologies Germany – a leading European exhibition on learning technologies in the workplace – for the first time this year. More details here.
Barcelona to go Open Source
The Spanish newspaper, El País, has reported that the City of Barcelona is in the process of migrating its computer system to Open Source technologies.
According to the news report, the city plans to first replace all its user applications with alternative open source applications. This will go on until the only remaining proprietary software will be Windows where it will finally be replaced with a Linux distribution.
To support the move, the city will employ 65 new developers to build software programs for their specific needs. they also plan the development of a digital market – an online platform – whereby small businesses will use to take part in public tenders.
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Regional Development Australia is seeking highly-motivated leaders with vision, drive, and strong ties to their region to volunteer to Chair their local Regional Development Australia (RDA) Committee. RDA Committees are vital promoters for their region. They bring together private business and all levels of government with regional communities to build and drive economic growth. All RDA Committee Chair positions are currently open and interested persons are encouraged to submit an application. All applications will be considered. Applications are sought from business and community leaders who have a proven track record of achieving meaningful outcomes in a complex environment. Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural backgrounds, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Join Your RDA.
Download the applicant information pack. Applicants should submit their completed application form, along with a copy of their curriculum vitae, by email to firstname.lastname@example.com
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It has been another long time since I posted on here, have got no internet access at home at the moment and every time I drive out after I reply to emails about training days, shows and DVD orders, my battery is always flat on my laptop!
I have been to two shows since I last blogged, Dashin Dogs & Lune. I was going to go to Belfast this weekend to take part in the Champ show, but the ferry cost of £288 was just a bit too much! So I went up to Lune instead (I had entered two shows so that if I did decide not to go to Ireland I could still run!).
Last week at Dashin dogs Che & Jack managed 2 x 2nd and 2 x 3rd between them. Scott was competing at grade 7 for the first time, and had a clear in a 7 jumping, finishing 4th. He was a little bit careless on poles again, but my handling was not on top form that weekend so he can be excused this once! Several people I train had high places and Brigit & Lilly won three classes which was exceptional, well done. Janet, Ceri, David, Miranda, Lyn (Flynn is working much better now and the places are improving!) Alice, David, Wendy (first grade 6 weekend, getting a 6th place) Anna(despite being on the floor most of the time during her runs!) & Christine all had places too, so it was a very satisfactory weekend on the results front.
This weekend I was handling much better and was much more on my game. Scott had only one pole all day (4 runs) but just got away from me several times. I was having several moments of "I really don't know why I thought I could get there!" having watch Scott slice me up and take the wrong jump. Really got to be even more independent I think in the way I handle him.
The consistency award goes to Che... again! 3 clears out of 3 runs. He had a 4th in a very tough 67 jumping class, which Jack actually won! He was flying this weekend (maybe I should have entered that Champ show!) and also had a 3rd. He would have won the 67 agility also, but knocked the second to last pole down... gutted! But a fabulous run and very quick contacts too!
Lyn had more places with Flynn, 3 I think including a 4th. David had a second and Ceri's Sheltie Kelta is also showing much more drive and speed now and is really coming along nicely. Gill Vann had a win with Zara, very well deserved and I was very pleased with that. Alice won a grade 7 with Pip after he had been a bit naughty in earlier runs, so well done!
I am busy sorting out my diary for the winter and spring. I have been asked a few times about training days and weekends. If you and/or your club (UK or Worldwide) would like me to come over and conduct training seminars or workshops, please email me at email@example.com especially if you live anywhere hot – my quality tan lines are fading now!
My football team has also been performing well, I have scored 15 in 5 games now and we are second in the league. We are trying to find a kit sponsor, if you think you would like to sponsor the "Stretton All Stars" then please email me. We only want a shirt each, and could even change the team name too ;-)
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who remembered my birthday (Oct 5th) although I am very bad at remembering anyone else's so apologies for anyone I miss.
Octobers Agility Zone magazine will soon be out – This month I am writing a feature on how each and every one of us can break down our own training methods (using simple yet effective models) to establish exactly what we should be working on this winter... here is a small taster extract:
"From this table we can now deconstruct what is happening as the dog runs too, up and over the whole contact piece. I also include the exit and immediate handling sequence after the contact piece.
This gives me 5 basic area's that I can use to identify exactly where the problem is, and then I have 14 sub-key area's that I can now look at in more detail, hopefully identifying the exact problem.
I am going to take one of those sub-key areas, lets say End & Final Position, and I use a Cause & Effect type approach to establish what I need to be doing to formulate how I am going to improve this"
This gives me 5 basic area's that I can use to identify exactly where the problem is, and then I have 14 sub-key area's that I can now look at in more detail, hopefully identifying the exact problem.
I am going to take one of those sub-key areas, lets say End & Final Position, and I use a Cause & Effect type approach to establish what I need to be doing to formulate how I am going to improve this"
Visit http://www.agilityzone.co.uk/ and subscribe now. This really is what agility needed. The quality of the magazine is superb and all the contributors are excellent.
I have never written nearly 900 words on a blog update before, hope it makes up for the lack of postings recently.
Best wishes and regards – Lee
Order the LGT Workshop DVD from http://www.leegibsontraining.com/ The DVD covers Waits, Contacts, Obstacle discrimination, Weaves, Handling sequences & Courses. Read some of the many reviews on the "DVD Reviews" page.


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The pitch: "CNN.com Daily Top 10" or "My MSNBC Alert"
The scam: As reported on Snopes.com, a website that tracks scams and urban legends, recent spam e-mails have been going out with subject lines that appear to be about breaking news from cable television networks CNN or MSNBC. Inside the e-mails are links to what appear to be news stories.
The reality: Clicking on a link in these e-mails leads to a Web page that downloads the Storm Worm, a virus that allows someone to gain remote access to your computer, often to aid in the spreading of spam e-mails or even identity theft. The FBI reports that another recent e-mail that attempts to spread the Storm Worm has the subject line "F.B.I. vs. Facebook."
The advice: Be wary of unsolicited e-mails. If you open one, do not click on links inside.
Info: For updates on the Storm Worm and other e-mail scams, see the FBI's cyber investigations page at www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm.
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- Asian Stocks Close Mostly Higher Despite Oil Retreat
- Nikkei edges up as yen's rise stalls
- European Stocks higher as earnings improving
- Greek borrowing costs are rising as a fresh funding crisis looms.
European stocks got a boost from earnings pointing to improving corporate and economic health, while bonds from Italy to France recovered as attention was diverted away from political risk.
European politics is widely cited as an important driver. The most obvious metric is the premium being paid over Germany. Yet the premiums narrowed a little yesterday and are narrowing a little today. Moreover, on the one hand, some observers argue investors are not taking the political risk seriously enough, and on the other hand, other accounts emphasize how much the spreads have widened already.
The Greek drama is in the headlines this morning following the fresh impasse that has emerged between its European creditors and the International Monetary Fund.
In broad terms, the IMF believes Greek debts are unsustainable and on an "explosive path", raising doubts about the Fund's participation in the funding programme.
The IMF wants to see Greek offered debt relief from its European creditors, who have so far ruled that out.
Responding to the IMF's latest assessment, the eurogroup's president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there would be no such debt forgiveness, adding:
It's surprising because Greece is already doing better than that report describes.
Asian Stocks Close Mostly Higher Despite Oil Retreat
- The Shanghai Composite Index rose 14 points, or 0.5%, to close at 3,167 on Wednesday February 8th, 2017.
- Elsewhere in Asia, stocks closed mostly higher, reversing some earlier losses and amid a stronger dollar while oil prices remained under pressure.
- The Nikkei 225 added 97 points, or 0.5%, to 19,008;
- the Hang Seng went up 154 points, or 0.7%, to 23,485; and
- the S&P/ASX 200 gained 29 points, or 0.5%, to 5,651.
- By contrast, the Kospi lost 10 points, or 0.5%, to 2,065.
Coming up today in the markets:
- MPs will resume debating the remaining amendments of the bill to trigger Brexit today. Theresa May's plan is on track after she won a parliamentary ballot by promising lawmakers a vote on the final deal with the EU. Seven Tory members of the House of Commons still voted against her.
- Earnings from GlaxoSmithKline are due today. Glaxo's core EPS is expected to rise to 25 pence on a weaker pound, while investors will focus on comments about generics competition to its Advair drug.
- The U.S. Treasury Department is this week selling a total of $62 billion of three-, 10- and 30-year securities in its quarterly refunding.
- The Stoxx Europe 600 Index increased 0.6 percent as of 11:24 a.m. in London. Rio Tinto Plc jumped after it announced it will pay a much higher dividend than expected and buy back $500 million of shares after higher iron ore prices boosted profits.
- S&P 500 Index futures were little changed after the underlying gauge increased less than a point Tuesday in New York.
- The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2 percent, adding to a two-day gain of 0.6 percent. The currency is still down 3 percent from a Jan. 3 peak.
- The euro slipped 0.3 percent to $1.0647 and the British pound was little changed at $1.2493.
- Oil slid 1 percent to $51.63 a barrel in New York, heading for a third-straight drop amid speculation that rising supply from U.S. shale producers is offsetting cuts by OPEC.
- Copper three-month forwards jumped 1.5 percent in London.
- Yields on 10-year Treasuries held below 2.40 percent, after crossing that threshold for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday.
- Portugal's 10-year debt yield fell 12 basis points while French benchmark yields dropped three basis points and Italy's fell six basis points.
- Indian bonds tumbled after the central bank unexpectedly left rates unchanged, defying market expectations for a cut to counter slowing inflation.
- Yields on Greece's two-year notes advanced for a fourth day, climbing eight basis points to 9.80 percent


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CHANDIGARH: Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Punjab on Tuesday took a serious note of under valuation of properties being done by revenue authorities in the field for the purpose of paying stamp duty.
Badal flanked by Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Member Parliament from Bathinda , while reviewing the development programmes of four districts here today asked the Financial Commissioner Revenue Mrs. Romila Dubey to issue instructions to the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that the data with regard to the entire land/urban property along with the collector rates was fed in the software within one month so as to check the exercise of discretion in application of collector rates and the type of land/property. He instructed that all registries from October 1, 2009 onward be done only as per computers fed rates.
He said that due to non-feeding of collector's rates and property details in the computer, the exercise of discretion leads to under valuation and corruption. Badal said that some times registering authorities impound the properties leading to harassment to the concerned parties and also leaving scope for leakages of government revenue.
Dubey informed the Deputy Chief Minister that revenue department has created a new software PRISAM-4 to make provision for entry of every parcel of land (Khasra Numbers) or urban properties in the software. She informed that would take care before the registration of the documents that the value of the property being registered was at par with the collector rates already fed in the computers. She said that instructions have been issued that in respect of Urban properties, the Registering Officers would not register documents unless the same was accompanied by relevant revenue record if applicable, a map of the property and a valuation certificate issued by a registered architect.
Badal said that instructions should be issued to all Deputy Commissioners to ensure that registries were done by the Registering Officers in accordance with the collector rates and in the case of any doubt, the documents should be impounded and referred to the collector for determination of value of the property concerned.
Taking seriously the feedback regarding under valuation of some properties by registering authorities for a consideration causing loss to revenue of the state, Badal asked Deputy Commissioners to conduct cross audit of suspected registries and in the case of under valuation, take strict departmental as well as criminal action against the erring officials.
The Commissioners of the Divisions have been instructed to review the progress of data feeding in the computers and send a report to the government.
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Hi there~ I'm excited but then not so excited anymore for the cast of the anime adaptation… Okay, after being tipped off in Wikipedia, I checked 2ch whether it is true or not so the following has been referenced from the magazine scan that someone uploaded 😀 The link can be found here: http://gedo.newsplus.jp/bbs/moepic/img/1260275780/23.jpg
Ayumi Fujimura will be voicing our dear Misaki-chan, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Usui, Hiromi Igarashi as Aoi Hyoudou, Aki Toyosaki as Satsuki, Kana Asumi and Kana Ueda as Honoka and Subaru respectively, last but not least, Mariya Ise as Erika.
In 2ch, someone complained about this casting since the original drama CD casting was good enough. Some even laughed at the casting while some said it was a waste and the voice cast was too plain. (Sorry if I got it wrong here, my Japanese isn't good enough for more detailed explanation >_<)
The PV for the anime adaptation will be broadcasted in the Winter Comiket in TBS's booth ahead of time 😀
The ending theme will be done by heidi. whom are a visual kei band. You can find their official site here: http://heidi-net.com/top.php
Will add more information later, since I'll be cooking lunch 😀


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Fashola Decries Violence Against Women, Children
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has played host to the Vice President of the International Association of Lions Clubs, Mr. Barry Palmer, advocating a world devoid of violence and brutality especially against women and children.
Addressing a large delegation of Lions Club members from across the state, including Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Okpere (retd.), who accompanied Palmer at the Lagos House Marina, Fashola said such a world was possible if only humanity could work hard to embrace peace.
"I wish that we could have a world where there are no guns; I wish we could have a world where there is peace; I wish we could have a world where women are not brutalized, where children are not kidnapped," he said adding, "I think that all this is possible if only we can all work hard to embrace peace."
Commending the Lions Club International for the tremendous work it is doing all over the world to bring succour to suffering humanity, Fashola added: "These are my wishes for my state; these are my wishes for the world in which I live and I am ready to embrace partnerships like the Lions Club to bring them to reality.
"The responsibility that we bear as a people, but more so, as a Government, is essentially to bring out the best from God's greatest creation– humanity -, first by preserving their lives, by making them healthy and by giving them education that gives them skills to unleash the real potential that is in every human being."
He thanked the Lions Family in Nigeria and in Lagos for the tremendous support they are giving to the people of Nigeria and particularly to the government and people of Lagos State, saying such support has been visible especially in the areas of disease eradication and prevention.
Fashola, who said he had to give up a previously scheduled trip to Abuja in order to receive the delegation personally, described the Lions Club International as "very worthy and laudable partners in the worthy cause to save humanity from abject poverty and disease".
He lauded the Lagos Districts of the Club for their commitment towards the eradication and prevention of polio, expressing joy that the state government has effectively kept the disease out of the state for four years "in spite of the challenges arising from immigration and from behavioural patterns which we are using advocacy to deepen."
He also thanked Lion Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Okpere (retd.) "for the untiring work that he has done in promoting the Lions Family here", adding that his commitment to the cause of the Club could be detected from contributions of council members and past District Governors towards the welfare of the people. He said his government has been at the forefront of the battle to eradicate poverty and disease among the people through prevention and eradication of diseases and education to give skills to the people with which to engage in enterprise and prosper.
"You will see that among the small team that is with me, there are three doctors and this speaks to our commitment to health and welfare of our people. One of them is an educationist because we understand the importance of skills to battle the greatest challenge, perhaps, that has beset humanity – poverty – and with skills you can go into enterprise and that is why the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry is here because we all have the commercial aspiration to do business and prosper", he said.
Describing the Lions Family in Lagos as "very worthy and salutary partners", Governor Fashola thanked Palmer for his visit and for his commitment to the cause of humanity adding that his administration would always be found ready partners in the Club's endeavour to make the world a better place for humanity.
In his opening remarks, Palmer said the Lion Club has undertaken to eradicate measles in Nigeria as well as assist in basic educational programmes so that more young people could learn to read and write at the rudimentary stages.
"We realize that government cannot do it all alone neither can we do it alone. We need the cooperation and collaboration of each other to achieve the required goal," he said, and thanked Fashola for "all the support you are giving to the club here."


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In the rapidly expanding world of POS providers, how are you supposed to differentiate from a Vend, Square, Shopkeep, Lightspeed, or Bindo? Today, we'll get you started with the Vend POS review. Founded in New Zealand in 2010, Vend grew from $1 million to $10 million in just two short years. Lots of speculation has been made as to the source of Vend's sudden rise (see Vend CEO Vaughan Rowsell's super awesome hidden weapon), but we think the answer's much simpler. Whether it's because of an awesome mustache or a great awesome cloud-based POS software, Vend is certainly worth reviewing, so let's get started on this Vend POS review.
Who Should Use Vend?
Vend is a great option to most every type of business, except for service and hospitality. There are no table management mechanisms included and you can't modify an item (for example say, if your customer wants their steak medium-rare instead of well-done). Otherwise, Vend POS is a great option to retailers and is uniquely diverse in its customer size. With general affordability for smaller businesses coupled with the cost-saving benefits of the cloud, Vend POS is very useful for small-medium sized businesses. Vend POS even has a few customers that possess a couple hundred stores. So what's the bottom-line of this Vend POS review? Vend POS is a versatile option for many different retailer types.
Pricing & Fees
In addition to cheaper rates when you sign up for yearly payment plans, Vend POS offers a free 30-day trial as part of the service subscription. Note, these trials limit product listing to 200 items, and all sales data is erased at the end of the week. Here is a list of Vend POS's subscription options that we have included in this Vend POS review:
- For Very Small Businesses:
- Cost: Free
- Includes: Maximum of 1 store, 1 register, 10 products, 1,000 customers, 1 user account, and only Vend POS user forum support
- For Small Businesses:
- Cost: $39/month or, if billed annually, $35/month
- Includes: Maximum of 1 store, 1 register, 100 products, 1,000 customers, 1 user account, only e-mail support from Vend POS
- For Medium Businesses:
- Cost: $69/month or, if billed annually, $59/month
- Includes: 1 store, 1 register (a maximum of 1 more may be added at $29/month or $25/month if billed annually), 1,000 products, 1,000 customers, 10 user accounts, only e-mail support
- For Large Businesses:
- Cost: $99/month or, if billed annually, $85/month
- Includes: Multiple stores, 1 register (max of 5 total, additional charges same as above), 10,000 products, 10,000 customers, 20 user accounts, only e-mail support
- For Very Large Businesses:
- Cost: $199/month or, if billed annually, $169/month
- Includes: Multiple stores, 1 register (max of 50 total, additional charges same as above), 50,000 products, 50,000 customers, 100 user accounts, only e-mail support.
Note: For medium, large, and very large options, premium support (including personal set-up assistance, continual training, and phone support 20 hours a day, six days a week) is available at $39/month
Because Vend POS offers only the POS management software, an upside is that you don't have to fork out an excessive amount money on buying specific hardware for their own particular POS software. This is a huge bonus that we have found in this Vend POS review.
Credit Card Processors
Vend POS's compatibility with your existing credit card processor is one of its key strengths. As long as the processor authorizes .net as a consumer payment gateway option (which nearly all processors do), integration is super easy. If you're feeling a bit lazy and don't want to integrate Vend POS into your processor, that's fine too- you can simply complete the sale manually into Vend POS after successfully completing a credit card transaction. We were surprised to find how simple it can be during this Vend POS review.
This Vend POS review has found that the Vend software has a ton of cool features, so let's break 'em down to really make this Vend POS review easier to understand:
- Cloud-based POS software
- Vend POS's cloud-based software ensures always up-to-date inventory management reports. Vend POS, however, differentiates themselves with the use of HTML5 compatible web browsers (or iPad apps if you're going tablet). Although be wary, the reliance on HTML5 is apt to produce latency within the POS system itself.
- What this means: as long as you're online, the web app will remain in constant communication with Vend POS servers. If you lose power, the HTML5 cache runs things locally until your connection comes back. You don't miss a sale!
- Downsides to using Vend POS offline: (1) you won't be able to add a new customer or attribute a sale to a certain customer; (2) you can't take credit card payments (if Vend POS is integrated with your processor); (3) you can neither close the register nor switch users.
- Loyalty Program
- Vend POS's Loyalty Program is really simple. Instead of generating a point system, customer rewards are distributed on a dollar by dollar basis. In other words, the retailer specifies how much money a customer must spend to earn one dollar in Loyalty rewards. In this way, customers need not accrue a minimum amount of points to redeem their benefits, rather each dollar can be used at the next purchase if so desired.
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Vend POS software allows you to either both import a list of customers from a CSV file or add them in the PS interface as you go. Whether you want to filter by email, address, phone number, Facebook account, or Twitter ID, it's all there. How does help you get this information? The Loyalty Program. Because not all customers want to hand out their contact information, the Loyalty Program has an option to send an automatic e-mail to new customers with a personal link to their own Customer Portal. At the Customer Portal, contact info can be exchanged for bonus loyalty dollars. This removes a lot of the invasiveness of generating customer data, all you need ask for is their email and the customer will fill in the rest at their leisure.
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Management is easy with Vend POS software. You can add, remove, and edit inventory items, and also include product images. Using the POS interface, you can track stock levels, special taxes, costs, prices, etc. You can even modify prices by location, customer type, or promotional discount. Barcode integration is simple as well; you can import or create your own system.
- Pricebook Versatility
- With Vend POS's ability to maintain multiple price books, you can further categorize by store location, customer groups, or even time. If you want, for example, to run a promotion for a week, you can copy your default price book, make the price changes, and set the new price book to override the default one. At the end of a week, it will automatically return back to regular pricing.
Ease of Use/User Interface
If you haven't picked up on it yet during this Vend POS review, Vend POS's mantra is simplicity. Their user interface is not exempt from this. With everything laid out logically, everything divided into easily understandable subcategories. We have found in this Vend POS review that setup too is simple: once you log in for the first time, there is a setup checklist that walks you through product and customer creation, registering quick keys, and a simple explanation of the Vend POS Dashboard. Bottom line? Vend POS is ridiculously simple to learn and even simpler to use!
Integration & Add-Ons
Vend offers a diverse array of easily integrated third party add-ons for their point of sale system that help make running a business much easier. Here's a quick list of the most notable add-ons:
- Accounting
- Xero
- QuickBooks Online
- Inventory management
- Stitch Labs
- Business analytics
- Swarm
- Scheduling and Management
- Timely
- Deputy
Paypal is also supported with the POS along a variety of other products and services.
Customer Service
When it comes to customer service, we have found in this Vend POS review that Vend POS has come a long way. From offering no phone support whatsoever to offering Premium Support packages, that much is obvious. But no matter how simple Vend POS is to use and how few problems arise, having to pay about $40 a month to talk to someone for the one problem you may have does seem a little pricey- a big negative in this Vend POS review.
In addition to phone and email, however, Vend POS does boast a very comprehensive online database of answers to everyday questions, as well as a vibrant social media platform to publicly interact with them.
Hardware & Software Compatibility
- POS Software
- Since Vend POS is a web app, the strictest POS software requirement is the browser used:
- If using a PC: Google Chrome MUST be used to compatible with the POS Software(Safari is also supported if you are running a Mac)
- POS Hardware
- Vend POS works with pretty much any POS hardware
- POS software functions best on the iPad
- Compatible Receipt Printers
- Vend POS recommends Star or Epson USB receipt printers, but any USB printer would likely work.
- Cash Drawer
- Any cash drawer will work, so long as it has an RJ12 port
- Barcode Scanner
- Any USB or Bluetooth scanner works fine with Vend POS
- Label Printers
- Vend POS recommends Zebra brand
- Card Readers
- Any USB card reader works fine, but if integration with Vend POS is desired, the merchant must, once again, have the authorize.net gateway
- Integrations + Add-Ons
- Vend POS offers a lot of integrations, a full list of which you can find here. To highlight a few:
- Shopify: integrate in-store and online inventory
- PeopleMine: an application that does data analytics on customers and their spending habits
- Swarm: advanced analytics that help store owners understand conversion rates, loyalty, and ultimately identify sales patterns
Final Pro vs. Con List
Here is a list of useful pros and cons regarding Vend POS that we have put together in this Vend POS review:
- Pros
- Super simple to learn and use
- Innovative use of Loyalty Program to obtain customer info
- Integrates with most any existing hardware
- Very affordable
- Active user forum with lots of searchable info
- Lots of add-ons to customize your business experience
- Data backed up to Vend POS servers
- Cons
- Customer service is a pricey addition to add into the mix
- No employee management function
- Employees can easily access each other's account
- Vend POS cannot handle and account for cash
- Vend POS processes sales for items even if they are not in stock
- No complex loyalty program
- Data reporting nigh on nonexistent
- Cannot send inventory request to suppliers from POS interface
Final Verdict
All in all, Vend POS offers a great one-stop-shop for lots of retailers. It's affordable, easy to use and implement, integrates well with existing hardware, and backs up all your data to Vend POS servers. Simplicity is great, but as most business owners know, every business is different. As your business grows, you require more complex features and more freedom to tailor your POS system to the way you run your business. At the end of the day, we have found in this Vend POS review that the POS software doesn't have the scope of functions that cloud-based POS competitors have, but neither does it have the full offline capability either.


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He projects as a back-of-the-rotation starter for the Cubs, who lost Jake Arietta and John Lackey to free agency.
The Chicago Cubs have been linked with some high-profile free agents on the pitching market, and they've finally made their first splash as they signed Tyler Chatwood to a three-year deal. He struck out 120 batters in 147 2/3 innings and struggled with his control at times, walking 77 batters for a 4.7 walks-per-nine-innings rate.
Chatwood passes the age test with his 28th birthday coming next weekend, and his GB% and road numbers suggest that he will be a fine addition in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
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Kyle Lincoln from the San Juan County Sheriff Department are clearing the building and actively searching the school. Christesen said the shooter also died, but it is unknown whether the suspect was among the three confirmed deaths.
The 27-year-old also had a strong end to the year, posting a 3.12 ERA in seven games (five starts) during September.
He was limited to four starts in 2014 and missed the 2015 season because of Tommy John surgery.
Part of the Cubs' belief is that Chatwood will find more consistency away from Coors Field. By comparison, Chatwood owned a 5-7 mark with a 3.49 ERA in 16 games on the road. He was tied for the league lead in losses despite the Rockies earning a Wild Card berth.
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X-rays returned negative on Monday night, and Curry underwent an MRI exam on Tuesday. "I shouldn't say that". Stephen Curry (ankle) is listed as doubtful in the game notes for Wednesday's matchup vs. the Hornets.
Chatwood compiled a 40-46 record with two saves and a 4.31 ERA in six major league seasons with the Los Angeles Angels and Rockies.
Chatwood has a career 4.31 ERA and 1.49 WHIP.
Chatwood has signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. The Angels selected him in the second round of the 2008 amateur draft.
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Federal Court Orders Massachusetts Based BioChemics to Pay Over $17 Million
From 2009 to mid-2012 BioChemics raised $9 million from 70 investors by providing misleading information about pharmaceutical companies and drugs the company had under FDA review. In actuality, the company never had any drugs under review. The company also lied about the results of clinical trials as well as purported valuations that the company was worth between $500 million and $2 billion. Additionally, investor dollars were used to pay for Masiz' and Kroning's personal expenses.
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Logopolis. Entropy Increases
Entropy Increases.
Entropy's a bitch.
It's the end but the moment has been prepared for.
Tom Baker's swansong involves one of those heightened threat levels – nothing less than the rapid demise of the entire universe as we know it. It begins with the confusion of the Master disguising his Tardis as a police box and materialising around just about the last actual police box left in Britain before waiting for the Doctor to materialise around him.
The result is deliberate confusion. The Doctor, you see, is trying yet again to repair the chameleon circuit, and to do that he needs to take some accurate measurements of a real police box and then hand those stats over to the Logopolitans – a race of people so mathematically devoted that they can create structured matter itself out of pure computation.
Meanwhile, the Master, having got much of what he wanted out of the Keeper of Traken adventure, and wearing Tremas' body, manages to kill enough Logopolitans to put the universe at risk. It turns out that CVEs – the holes in the universe that allowed the Doctor and crew to slip in and out of E-Space, were the work of Logopolitans trying to arrest the nature entropic death of the entire universe as we know it.
Basically, if a dog eats a Logopolitican's homework – we're all doomed.
Logopolis and everywhere else starts to break out. As the entropy cloud spreads across the viewfinder, Nyssa, who's been invited into this adventure by the mysterious "Watcher", just intones "I can't see Traken". It's a chilling moment. The Master is never responsible for the death of more people than he is, accidentally, in Logopolis. Star systems full of teeming billions are wiped out.
Everything that was saved by the Doctor in Keeper of Traken is destroyed. One adventure effectively suffocates its predecessor. Entropy sucks.
The Doctor and The Master collaborate for just long enough for The Master to come up with the idea of holding the entire universe to ransom.
Having attempted to send a radio message to the universe telling the universe that it had better get grovelling or face entropic annihalation, the Master then tips the Doctor off the Pharos project where he lies, with one last Tom Baker grin on his face before bonding with "the Watcher" and becoming Peter Davison.
Like most Christopher Bidmead era stories – this story is rather serious. Tom Baker, in his last outing, is given very little leeway, very little space to relax and express himself.
Although I do like the bit at the end of episode 3 where the Doctor turns on Nyssa, Tegan and Adric, declaring that he's "never chosen his companions". A nice reminder that this departing Doctor was, in many ways, the least companionable and the least inclined to say teary goodbyes.
The first two episodes involve a deal of running around and much repetition, and the Logopolitans have little space to really express themselves before they die. Adric doesn't get to actually use any of his maths – he just gets to read out numbers. Nor does he get to express enough admiration for a mathcentric civilisation. Tegan arrives by mistake and complains a lot. Then there's Nyssa.
As a regeneration story, Logopolis is not in the same league as War Games or Caves of Androzani – but it's better than some others. It isn't a story that you'd say was a summation of the Fourth Doctor, not a grand send off. But it is – like so many others from this period "at least a good idea".


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Well, boohoo at the icky photos again ... as soon as I've posted this entry, I am hitting 'bid or buy' (SA's version of eBay) and looking for a remote for my big boy.
But back to the business at hand ... I was just longing to wear this skirt again and in a hurry as I fell asleep on the couch after dinner out with my sisters and watching Two and a half men, and did not prepare my outfit, so this is what my challenged mind threw together ... besides that I'm at the point where I honestly don't quite know what I really have and what I do know and can see, although washed, is not ironed.
Skirt from The Hub
Shirt from Mr. Price
Shoes from Foschini
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and the ooopsie for your viewing pleasure.
Hope your Thursday was just fantastic ... mine was not shabby at all.


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By George A. Anastassiou
This monograph provides univariate and multivariate classical analyses of complicated inequalities. This treatise is a fruits of the author's final 13 years of analysis paintings. The chapters are self-contained and several other complicated classes might be taught out of this e-book. wide history and motivations are given in every one bankruptcy with a finished checklist of references given on the finish. the subjects coated are wide-ranging and numerous. contemporary advances on Ostrowski variety inequalities, Opial style inequalities, Poincare and Sobolev kind inequalities, and Hardy-Opial kind inequalities are tested. Works on usual and distributional Taylor formulae with estimates for his or her remainders and functions in addition to Chebyshev-Gruss, Gruss and comparability of capacity inequalities are studied. the implications offered are usually optimum, that's the inequalities are sharp and attained. functions in lots of components of natural and utilized arithmetic, comparable to mathematical research, likelihood, usual and partial differential equations, numerical research, info idea, etc., are explored intimately, as such this monograph is acceptable for researchers and graduate scholars. will probably be an invaluable instructing fabric at seminars in addition to a useful reference resource in all technology libraries.
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Sn )ds1 ds2 · · · dsn i=1 (bj − aj )k−1 Bk k! ∂ k−1 f (. . , xj+1 , . . , xn ), bj − aj ∂xjk−1 .
Xn )| ≤ 1 (2r)! n (bj − aj )2r−1 ∂ 2r f (. . , xj+1 , . . , xn ) ∂x2r j j−1 j=1 i=1 (bi − ai ) j 1, [ai ,bi ] i=1 xj − a j bj − a j × (1 − 2−2r )|B2r | + 2−2r B2r − B2r . 81) 2) When m = 2r + 1, r ∈ N, then f |E2r+1 (x1 , . . , xn )| ≤ × 1 (2r + 1)! n (bj j−1 − aj )2r i=1 (bi − ai ) j=1 ∂ 2r+1 f (. . , xj+1 , . . , xn ) ∂x2r+1 j j 1, [ai ,bi ] i=1 xj − a j 2(2r + 1)! + B2r+1 (2π)2r+1 (1 − 2−2r ) bj − a j . 82) And at last 3) When m = 1, then n |E1f (x1 , . . , xn )| ≤ 1 j−1 j=1 i=1 1 + xj − 2 × Proof.