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April 7, 2008
Copyright © 2008 PRSA. All rights reserved.
By Joseph Priest
The following article appears in the April issue of Tactics.
Visualize an HR manager who, after placing a job posting, receives more than 200 résumés from qualified candidates. He or she is also reviewing a similar number of résumés for four other positions. Plus, he or she is planning and managing a number of other HR programs that demand attention.
Faced with this mountain of résumés and responsibilities, such a manager may only have a few moments to review each résumé and cover letter and select candidates for further consideration. Consequently, with such a limited time frame to make an impression, basics such as spelling and formatting had better be right the first time.
In particular, recent interviews with PR agency HR managers uncovered some common spelling and formatting mistakes that can doom a job application. Below are five of these mistakes that they urge PR job candidates to always guard against.
1. What's in a name?
If you're addressing a résumé or cover letter to a particular person, don't assume the spelling for the person's first name. You're likely familiar with such alternate spellings as Stephen and Steven and Sara and Sarah, but the list nowadays is much more extensive. For example, consider the spellings of these celebrities' names: Courteney (instead of Courtney) Cox, Nicolas (instead of Nicholas) Cage, and Barbra (instead of Barbara) Streisand.
Most HR managers' first names are easily verifiable, and getting them wrong shows you didn't do your homework. For this reason, just as you would automatically ask for the spelling of someone's last name, always find out how a first name is spelled if you're addressing this person.
2. Form letter faux pas
Just as bad as a misspelled word is a cover letter that includes the name of another company instead of the company to which it's supposed to be addressed: "I've researched your company extensively and believe I can make a significant contribution in the position of account executive at Company XYZ [instead of Company ABC]." This kind of mistake is both careless and off-putting.
If you use a form to develop multiple cover letters, remember two cardinal rules: 1) use a template with blank spaces for the company name and save a different version of this template each time you complete a letter to a company; and 2) double, triple and quadruple check all the places where the company name appears in a completed cover letter to make sure you have the same company named throughout.
3. The usual suspects
When it comes to highlighting your résumé with fonts, boldfacing, underlining and italics, the lightest touch possible will be the most appreciated by HR managers. At the same time, these provide important structure in a résumé or cover letter.
Here are some guidelines to keep in mind about the usual suspects that can weaken — or strengthen — a résumé or cover letter:
Fonts: Use one standard font and no more than two font sizes to avoid a disorganized appearance. Fancy fonts that require squinting can be a trigger to frustrating an HR manager.
Boldface: Use boldface only for your name and section headings, and resist the temptation to use it anywhere else.
Underlining: Don't use it because it draws the reader's eye away from other equally important parts of a résumé.
Italics: Limit the use of italics to the names of publications (e.g., The Los Angeles Times).
4. About those e-mail addresses . . .
Many job candidates unthinkingly use personal e-mail addresses for job applications. Don't. E-mail addresses like "superdude@_____.com," "penthousediva@______.com" or "bigdaddy@_____.com" may be funny to your friends, but not to HR managers who have to make serious decisions about which candidates will most help their companies succeed. A business-appropriate e-mail address with some form of your first or last name is quick and free to create, so there's no excuse not to use one.
5. Keep it to one page and one inch
If your experience is limited or if you can reasonably limit your résumé to one page, do so. If you have held many positions and cannot describe your career on one page, then two pages are acceptable. Keep in mind, though, that candidates who write long résumés are sometimes seen as unable to organize information quickly and disrespectful of a reader's time. Keep your résumé succinct and use your cover letter to call out a few things that you're most proud of.
Likewise, set all margins for one inch and discipline yourself from reducing these margins to cram in more text.
As a final note, one of the best ways to avoid the five mistakes above is to have your résumé proofed by at least two people who ideally 1) hire people as part of their jobs and 2) have writing skills you respect. Mistakes on résumés and cover letters are unacceptable and potentially career limiting, so always do the extra work to make yours perfect.
Joseph Priest is editor of online communications at Ketchum's New York office and co-writes a monthly style-and-usage newsletter. He can be reached at email@example.com.
PRSA launches updated JobCenter
PRSA is proud to announce the launch of their updated JobCenter. PRSA officials say this will be a fully featured site that will have greater and easier-to-use functionalities for both job seekers and employers.
In addition to résumé posting now being free, anonymous résumé posting has been added as an option for job seekers. Employers now have the benefit of pre-screen filters, bulk posting and a user-friendly candidate management system. Moreover, PRSA has developed a new heavily discounted pricing structure for members. To post a job or résumé visit the JobCenter.
Posting your résumé with PRSA National links you access into a pr and communications targeted community of more than 32,000 members, including 9,900 students, in addition to a database of 45,000 communication professionals from across the country.
In addition to enhancing the JobCenter design and functionality, PRSA has engaged TopRank Online Marketing to provide search engine optimization and promotion services to extend the visibility of the JobCenter listings on Web sites such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Live.
Debra Bethard-Caplick says:
These are excellent points to make for job seekers. It is unfortunate that, based on my conversations with many other jobseekers over the past couple of years, HR personnel are largely failing to adhere to the professional standards they demand from candidates. It is not uncommon to hear stories of candidates who sit through three or more interviews at a company, only to never hear from that company again. I would recommend that HR personnel and hiring managers keep in mind that today's candidate could well be tomorrow's client or (lost) customer.
Steve Kramer says:
I completely agree with Debra. As an active jobseeker, I have experienced what I consider unprofessional treatment all too frequently. In such cases, I consider it a blessing that I didn't get a job offer. For employers, I would recommend "closing the loop" with candidates you've contacted, whether that contact was a phone screening or flying them to corporate HQ. And please make sure, when you send the "thanks, but no thanks" letter (or e-mail) that it's sincere, as specific as possible and, if it's an e-mail, that it doesn't have the "This message is computer-generated" at the bottom (yes, this has happened to me -- several times) which completely contradicts any language to the effect that, "While your skills and achievements were impressive..."
Zayne-Ann says:
I think that the points that were made about resume and cover letter writing are excellent. Often times we forget that our email address (names used) reflects the owner and as such the HR manager may overlook choosing to respond to any that appears to be unprofessional.
Editor's Note: Please limit your comments to the specific post. We reserve the right to omit any response that is not related to the article or that may be considered objectionable.


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Information on how to order documents from the Wood County, Texas courthouse is contained in a page link shared by Requisitions and Acquisitions Co-chair, Dorothy Harbin, in an email submission to the bulletin.
Dorothy wrote: "found this website while lookin' for the election returns. Rather than having to type the whole thing, you may pass this on to our members and any one looking for this info from out of town. Here it is: http://www.mywoodcounty.com/default.aspx?name=countyclerk. This is from the county clerk's office. Very valuable info, especially if anyone is traveling or wishes to come to courthouse to research. It gives individuals working on certain subjects."
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Happy 4th Birthday, According2g.com
Photo by Alan.
My, how time flies.
4 years ago on this day, I launched According2g.com. At the time, I had no idea where the path would lead, but I just put one foot in front of the other, took out my camera, snapped some photos and started writing – 7 days a week!
Flash forward 4 years later and because of this blog, I am now friends or friendly with so many of my heroes. I've had the oppotunity to see and meet nearly all of my living heroes in the realms of music and art. My stories have been reposted on home pages of internet titans and some of my favorite bands, which continues to blow my mind. Earlier this year, a video I took of the closest thing we'll probably ever get to a Smiths reunion and the went viral and landed me on Rolling Stone and NME's website, two publications I've been reading ever since I was a child! Because of this blog, I had the opportunity to host an episode of "Weird Vibes" for MTV, a channel I've been watching since it launched in 1981. Because of this blog, I've had the chance to talk to hundreds of my idols and for all of these things and so much more, I am eternally grateful!
In addition, since I launched this blog, here's a few "by the numbers" statistics:
– I've written approximately 700 posts about encounters with some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists and rock stars.
– I've written close to 800 concert reviews.
– I've written over 800 posts about art exhibitions.
– There are 1460 days in a 4 year period and the only counting these reviews and experiences, in 6,300 plus posts, I've experienced over 2,300 events, which equates to over 2 events in a day, 7 days a week!!! I challenge ANY blog in the world to live up to these standards: taking your own photos, experiencing the events first hand and writing about them, 7 days a week. Many other blogs are much more successful than me, but they are nowhere near as hard working. And that is a fact!
I will not lie and tell you that this blog has helped my bank account as of this writing (but it's coming, so I'm not worried), but no matter what happens, these amazing life changing experiences can never be stripped from me and that is something you cannot put a price on.
I would also like to put it out there in the world that I am looking to host or appear on more art/rock/celebrity based shows and also would love to collaborate with artists on songs. If you didn't know, I've been known to write some pretty kick-ass song lyrics (however, I cannot write music, so I need your help!) I would also like to work with artists on a new line of T-shirts that I have brewing in my head, so if you or anyone you know can help me achieve these goals, please get in touch.
Back to the blog…
I thank all my readers for sharing these stories in their social media circles.
I thank all the artists whose works have inspired me to keep writing even when it seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel, and when you think of all the technical glitches and stress that comes with blogging 7 days a week, this feeling happens a lot!
Last and certainly not least, I thank YOU for reading this.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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The current focus of collecting is on international contemporary art in the fields of painting, photography, art on paper, video, sculpture and installation. Overseen by the collection conservator, this work thrives on exchange between the curators and takes place against the backdrop of the existing holdings, as major acquisitions build on established strengths and open up new avenues. The Kunsthaus enjoys an unbroken tradition of acquiring contemporary art that is actively maintained in the current collection. It sets great store by its independence from special interests.
In addition to artistic quality, conservation issues also play a role in acquisition decisions. A portion of acquisition work is financed through the contributions paid by members to the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft.
The Kunsthaus is particularly keen to acquire contemporary art. Acquisitions expressly target works by artists with an international reputation who either come from Switzerland or reside here. Donated works are accepted when they are a sensible complement to previous acquisitions.
The collection of older art is enhanced with individual pieces, also acquired with private support. Acquisitions are being made over the longer term in the area of Dutch art of the 16th and 17th centuries as well as Italian Baroque painting, thanks in large measure to generous support from private benefactors. The Kunsthaus is particularly active in acquiring French art from the Romantic period to early Impressionism, as well as representative single works of Swiss painting from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection's holdings in Classical Modernism are supplemented mainly with the support of the Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, along with donations and bequests.


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I-Network is an ICT for development (ICT4D) organization that is mainly supported by the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD).
President Museveni at the launch of the BPO Incubation Centre. Photo Credit: EA Official
The Uganda Business Process Outsourcing Association (UBPOA) is working together with the ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU), National IT Authority Uganda (NITA-U), Uganda Export Promotions Board (UEPB) and AVASANT- India to jointly organize the International ICT and BPO Conference 2015 Exhibition to showcase trade and investment opportunities in Uganda, to network among the potential investors and local players and to allow business deals to be made.The two day event under the theme "Harnessing export competitiveness for job creation" is expected to bring together ICT and outsourcing academicians, practitioners, researchers and policymakers from within the African continent and across the globe and focus on leveraging opportunities to create jobs, current best practices and exploring new innovations in the Outsourcing industry.The International ICT and BPO Conference 2015 will take place from 30th September to 2nd October 2015 at the Serena Hotel, Kampala.The conference will look to bring together over 200 participants from the global community of ICT/BPO stakeholders from around the world and high profile delegations from Europe, Asia, USA and Africa.The main objectives of the conference are to showcase Uganda as a potential ICT/BPO hub and a preferred ICT Centre of Excellence with its achievements and capabilities in the ICT sector, and to serve as a strong marketing tool to position it in new markets.The government of Uganda has identified Information Technology Enabled Services–Business Process Outsourcing (ITES-BPO) as one of the key sectors to enhance economic growth and reduce youth unemployment in the country."Uganda has the potential to achieve further estimated BPO revenues of around $375 million by 2020 by accessing local and regional customers, with the potential for further overseas markets." Rogers Karebi – Secretary General and founding member of the UBPOA remarked.More specifically, to promote the IT/ITES sector and to showcase, sensitize and create awareness about the existing International Trade Centre (ITC) interventions to increase firm level competitiveness in Uganda.About the Annual International BPO ConferencesThe Annual International BPO Conference is an annual event where outsourcing professionals come together to focus on leveraging opportunities to create jobs, current best practices and exploring new innovations in the outsourcing industry. The conference was initiated in 2012 by the Uganda Business Process Outsourcing Association (UBPOA) in partnership with National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U).
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|Oracle® Enterprise Manager Concepts
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B12016-01
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This chapter describes how you can use Enterprise Manager to manage the crucial components of your middle-tier application servers, which provide you with a platform for deploying your e-business Web applications.
Specifically, this chapter describes how Enterprise Manager can help you manage all aspects of your Application Server installations.
The Oracle Application Server management capabilities of Enterprise Manager can be broken down into the following topics:
Out-of-Box Management of Oracle Application Server Instances
Centralized Management of Oracle Application Server Instances
Oracle Application Server Diagnostics and Historical Analysis
When you install an Oracle Application Server instance, you automatically get the Oracle Application Server Control to manage that instance. Each installed Application Server has its own Application Server Control.
The Application Server Control is the Enterprise Manager Web-based application for managing Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4). The Application Server Control provides Web-based management tools designed specifically for Application Server.
From the Application Server Control, you can monitor and administer a single Oracle Application Server instance, a farm of Oracle Application Server instances, or Oracle Application Server Clusters. You can also deploy applications, monitor real-time performance, manage security, and configure the components of your Application Server.
The Application Server Control relies on various underlying technologies to discover, monitor, and administer the Oracle Application Server environment.
The Application Server Control Framework consists of the Application Server Control and its underlying technologies:
Oracle Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS)
Oracle Process Management Notification (OPMN)
Distributed Configuration Management (DCM)
A local version of the Oracle Management Agent specifically designed to gather monitoring data for the Application Server Control.
For additional management functionality, for example, Application Performance Management, deployments, historical data collections for performance trending alerts, and so on, you can deploy Grid Control to get additional Application Server management.
While Application Server Control provides standalone management for an Application Server and its components, you can centrally manage all your Application Servers through one tool rather than through several Application Server Controls by using the Grid Control (Figure 1-2). For example, say you have 10 Application Servers deployed on five hosts. By deploying a Management Agent on each host, Enterprise Manager automatically discovers the Application Server on those hosts and automatically begins monitoring them using default monitoring levels, notification rules, and so on.
Both the Application Server Control and the Grid Control have their own Application Server Home page which provides easy access to key information required by your application server administrators. The Application Server Home page on the Grid Control (Figure 5-1) provides:
Application server status, responsiveness, and performance data
Resource usage for the application server and its components
A single view of all Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications and web services
Alerts and diagnostic drill-downs so you can identify and resolve problems quickly
Links to Oracle Application Server component home pages
Links to the Oracle Application Server Control for administration operations such as starting and stopping components, modifying configurations, and deploying applications
Figure 5-1 Application Server Home Page of Grid Control
The Oracle Application Server Control provides a full set of features for performing Oracle Application Server administration, with Web-based interfaces for performing operations such as:
Starting and stopping services
Modifying server configuration parameters
Creating new OC4J containers and adding JVMs
Configuring J2EE resources such as Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) data sources and Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) providers for J2EE application security
Deploying J2EE and Web Services applications
Managing additional application server components such as Oracle Application Server Portal and Oracle Application Server Reports Services
Creating clusters, that are also managed with Oracle Application Server Control, that speed up the configuration and deployment of your Web applications
Many of these management operations can also be performed across Oracle Application Server clusters, which are also managed with Enterprise Manager.
Enterprise Manager automatically gathers and evaluates diagnostic information from Oracle Application Server systems distributed across the enterprise. As with all services managed by Enterprise Manager, an extensive array of Oracle Application Server performance metrics are automatically monitored against predefined thresholds. Alerts are generated when metrics exceed these thresholds.
For example, Enterprise Manager can automatically monitor:
The CPU or memory consumption of the application server, including detailed monitoring of individual Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) being run by the server's Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) instances
J2EE application responsiveness from the application down through individual servlets and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Server session volumes, connection duration, and error rates
Oracle Application Server Web Cache hit rates and volumes
When you receive an Oracle Application Server alert notification, Enterprise Manager makes it easy to investigate the problem. For example, notification of excessive CPU consumption by OC4J may lead to investigation of the applications running in that container. Using the J2EE Applications tab of the Application Server Home page (Figure 5-2), you can quickly identify the highest volume or least responsive application. You can then drill down and diagnose application's servlets, Java Server Pages (JSPs), or EJBs so you can pinpoint the bottleneck.
See Also:"Comparing the Performance of Deployed Applications" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Figure 5-2 Monitoring the Performance of Your Deployed J2EE Applications
This section describes important management tasks, such as:
Diagnosing Oracle Application Server Performance Issues with "Top" Reports
In addition to automated monitoring, Enterprise Manager provides you with easy access to flexible diagnostic data in the form of "top" reports, such as the top servlets or EJBs. These diagnostic reports can be generated based on a variety of criteria. For example, you can identify the top servlets by response time or session activity (Figure 5-3).
Figure 5-3 Displaying the Top JSPs for a J2EE Application
As with all Enterprise Manager diagnostics, the Oracle Application Server diagnostic reports can be based on current or historical data. Oracle Application Server metrics are collected and stored in the Management Repository, so you analyze the data well after the situation has changed. For example, you can use historical data and diagnostic reports to research an application performance problem that occurred days or even weeks ago.
The historical data maintained by Enterprise Manager allows you to track performance trends and compare data across other Oracle Application Server systems. For example, you can investigate the following sequence:
What's the average request processing time for OC4J server #1 at this moment?
How did OC4J server #1 do over the past twenty-four hours?
How does that performance trend compare to OC4J server #2?
Logical diagnostic processes such as this are easily performed using Enterprise Manager.
See Also:"Introduction to Managing Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE" in the Enterprise Manager online help


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The McConnell challenge that wasn't
Matt Bevin seemed like the ideal candidate to challenge Mitch McConnell. The handsome and personable businessman, a father of nine, impressed national conservative groups looking for a chance to knock off the Senate Republican leader.
These groups, from the Senate Conservatives Fund to FreedomWorks, the Tea Party Patriots and the Madison Project, invested more than $1 million in the Kentucky GOP primary. Bevin himself spent more than $3 million, including $1 million of his own fortune.
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And, yet, polls indicate he's going to get creamed Tuesday.
( PHOTOS: Kentucky Senate race: Mitch McConnell)
Bevin, a 47-year-old first-time campaigner, underestimated the scale of the challenge while overestimating his own abilities. The 72-year-old McConnell, a notoriously ruthless campaigner who has internalized important lessons from the last two election cycles, went after Bevin before he could even begin to make his case to voters.
Bevin's not giving up. As he flew around the state Monday, his campaign touted a rosy poll from the conservative site Human Events that shows him trailing only 48 percent to 34 percent. "With McConnell under 50 percent and 18 percent still undecided, Bevin can make up for the 14 point gap on election day," a press release claimed.
Questionable spin aside, here are the five key reasons Bevin never really got off the ground:
Bevin wasn't prepared for a race of this magnitude.
It takes a certain level of self-confidence to make your first run for public office a primary challenge against one of the most powerful Republicans in the country.
For Bevin, that bordered on hubris.
"There's literally nothing in my life that, if it were on the front page of a newspaper, would bother me," he said in a January interview. "I'm a rare person who is fortunate enough to say that."
( PHOTOS: Kentucky Senate race: Allison Lundergan Grimes)
Yet, that claim was tested, week after week, as a steady stream of damaging stories that Bevin apparently hadn't anticipated kept materializing.
His LinkedIn page suggested that he earned a master's degree from MIT, for instance, when he actually attended a three-week seminar that had no official link to the university. And as POLITICO reported in February, even though Bevin made opposing the 2008 federal bailouts a centerpiece of his campaign, he had praised them back in 2008 as an investment fund president.
Bevin could have made it to Congress if he'd taken another path. McConnell loyalists tried to recruit him to run against Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth in 2012. They thought that the former Army officer would make a very strong House candidate. A Senate campaign against someone of McConnell's stature, with the high scrutiny it entails, was a different ballgame.
McConnell never let Bevin get traction.
As Bevin flirted with a run and introduced himself to tea party groups, McConnell's research team went ahead and put together thick binders of opposition research on the would-be challenger. It was a shrewd decision that let McConnell effectively define Bevin in the minds of voters before he could begin to present his own narrative.
( Also on POLITICO: Pro-McConnell group to launch ads)
"Hit him right out of the box," a McConnell adviser said. "That comes straight from Mitch McConnell — the full court defense. It you keep applying consistent pressure, you're going to force mistakes."
Within 24 hours of the Bevin campaign's launch last July, McConnell was out with a six-figure ad buy attacking Bevin for seeking a government "bailout" to help rebuild his family's bell factory in Connecticut after it burned down. As the days went on, outside groups separate from but loyal to McConnell also piled on.
"Is he surprised that Mitch McConnell didn't roll over? If so, he's the most naïve guy in the world," said Scott Jennings, a former McConnell adviser who is helping the pro-McConnell super PAC Kentuckians for Strong Leadership.
Bevin's rookie mistakes kept him on defense.
Nothing illustrates the limits of Bevin's political acumen like his decision to speak at a pro-cockfighting rally in late March, an episode that ultimately led to an embarrassing mea culpa.
( WATCH: Some of 2014's wackiest campaign ads)
On April 2, Bevin told a local reporter that he was "the first person to speak" and left immediately after. The next day on the radio he said he thought it was "a state's rights rally," but then he defended cockfighting. Three weeks later, a local TV affiliate aired undercover video from the rally that showed Bevin saying cockfighting should not be criminalized.


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Today is Day 25 of the 25 Days of SLO Digital Adventure through San Luis Obispo with me, The Leesh!
Here we are folks! The home stretch of the 25 day voting period and the final day of the 25 Days of SLO. I hope all of you enjoyed learning a little bit more about what San Luis has to offer. It was very fun for me take you on this adventure with me! My mom was asking me if I would have enough activities to fill 25 whole days of activities. I told her, "Of course, Mom! I could go for 365 days easily!" And that is the truth, because there really is so much to do in SLO, and there is something for everybody.
SO as we close the chapter on this fun adventure, I hope to continue the fun as the ShareSLO Ambassador. Should I be chosen, I will be back for much, much more!
Thank you all so much for your support over this last month. I very much appreciate it! The support has been overwhelming, surprising, and touching to be quite honest. I have such a wonderful group of friends and family and couldn't ask for anything more. You are the best!
Go Team LEESH! 🙂
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Yesterday was the publication date of our friend Steve Hayward's Greatness: Reagan, Churchill, & the Making of Extraordinary Leaders. The book is now available from Amazon and in good book stores everywhere. The cover by itself will warm the heart of conservatives and mightily annoy liberals.
Steve's book grew from what he intended to be a few paragraphs comparing Churchill and Reagan in the forthcoming conclusion to his two volume Age of Reagan. The few paragraphs could not be contained, and have now overflowed into a long essay of 170 pages plus notes.
The book sets forth an Aristotelian consideration of statesmanship using the Plutarchian "parallel lives" method. Steve possesses deep, intimate knowledge of both Churchill and Reagan, having written books on each, though he deploys his learning lightly. This is a book that could easily be read by high school students studying modern history. Here is a paragraph from the chapter on the education of Churchill and Reagan:
It is surely true that political genius cannot be taught in the same fashion as mathematics, law or medicine. Otherwise supreme examples of political greatness — those individuals we laud as "statesman" — would be more common. That they are not more common is testimony to the inherent difficulty of politics and the limitations of human character. In explaining the political greatness of Churchill and Reagan, one must answer a fundamental question: Why were they unique among their contemporaries, most of whom shared the same upbringing and formal education, and often the same general views about key issues? Explaining Reagan and Churchill as products of their environment or historical context is clearly incorrect. In the end what was decisive about Churchill and Reagan was their informal self-education. Both were political autodidacts. Combined with the example of the self-taught Abraham Lincoln, who could be considered America's first home-schooled president, one wonders whether self-education might be a marker for great statesman.
I originally read the book in galley proofs this summer and have returned to reread portions several times. It is rich, rewarding, and inspirational — a timely book to lift our minds from the concerns of the moment in order to contemplate "the peaks of human excellence," on which, as Steve recalls in his conclusion, Leo Strauss located Churchill at the time of Churchill's death in 1965.


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The recent flurry of snow covering many parts of the district has left residents worried to clear their drives and pathways in case someone slips over and blames them for the trip.
It's a common concern that if a homeowner clears snow and ice from around their house and a person falls - they can be held responsible and even sued.
The Met Office issued a Snow Code stating: "Don't be put off clearing paths because you're afraid someone will get injured. Remember, people walking on snow and ice have a responsibility to be careful themselves.
"Don't believe the myths, it's unlikely you'll be sued or held legally responsible for any injuries if you have cleared the path carefully."
However a spokeswoman for the department of transport couldn't rule out the possibility of legal action.
She said: "People are advised to use common sense."
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Follow these tips issued by the Met Office to prevent slips:
Pay extra attention to clearing snow and ice from steps and steep pathways - you might need to use more salt on these areas
Use salt or sand - not water
Don't make the pathways more dangerous by causing them to refreeze. If you use water to melt the snow, it may refreeze and turn to black ice. Black ice increases the risk of injuries as it is invisible and very slippery.
You can melt snow or prevent black ice by spreading some salt on the area you have cleared. You can use ordinary table or dishwasher salt - a tablespoon for each square metre you clear should work.
Don't use the salt found in salting bins - this will be needed to keep the roads clear unless your council advises otherwise.


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Coleman wrote:Mind if I try to build symbols closer to those that fit? I could give you a set later of a few attempts. I just don't like that the calvary is flags.
The infantry and artillery are actually probably as good as possible. Couldn't you try something like a knight chess piece instead of a flag?
asl80 wrote:Haha - no worries, cheers for the words. But "tell him he's dreaming" would have sufficed.
(I trust you get the reference)
Anyway, good luck, i look forward to seeing it move along in any case.
Reakon you could maybe take coleman up on his offer with the symbols though, see what he comes up with.
yeti_c wrote:Your army number on the large are too big!!!
yeti_c wrote:Artillery wording...
Why not something like...
"Artillery can bombard any enemy position"
That way you don't need to mention bands and so forth...
Also it should mention that Artillery shouldn't be able to attack anyone (just bombard)
cairnswk wrote:yeti_c wrote:Artillery wording...
Why not something like...
"Artillery can bombard any enemy position"
That way you don't need to mention bands and so forth...
Also it should mention that Artillery shouldn't be able to attack anyone (just bombard)
OK...i guess it is feasible for this to occur... iwas thinking of keeping it within ranges, but as you pointed out this might alleviate the band idea....which in itself woudl be good.
and will add the bit about bombard also in next version.
Should the artillery only be able to bombard directly in front of its position? Given that Ajax is working and brings up the terts that one can attack to, would this work?
Coleman wrote:I'm confused for once.
The nameplates help explain how the places are named right?
Why is D'erlon in codes and in a name plate. What is codes even about? (EDIT: Nevermind, it's an example of how places are named... It's going to need improving)
There are 2 CA2 territories.
A place down by BI1 and BC1 with an infantry inside doesn't even have a name.
BC2 is a really confusing territory, but I'm not sure how to improve it.
NI1's 1 is poorly placed, nudge left?
The tree in wellington is hideous (sorry) does it have some sort of historical significance? Why is it there?
unriggable wrote:Artillery is useless in this, i suggest you fix it's role.
edbeard wrote:Any reason that Wellington and Ney's commander icons have bolder edges?
edbeard wrote:if that's the case those are the words he should use.
Also, I know it's not a bombard. You just read what I wrote incorrectly. I was talking about both the artillery and calvary at the same time. So, the wording was quite confusing.
Herakilla wrote:whats the differnce from YC1's commander and the others? its signifacantly different visually
edbeard wrote:is there a difference between "directly in front of it" and "any surrounding territory?"
Also same question for two territories in advance. (Also, I suggest you change that to "up to two")
I think you just mean these can bombard any territory it is directly connected to, and any territory up to two moves away (respectively), but the way you worded it might confuse people when they play the map for the first time.
Are there going to be bonuses for holding all of a commander's section?
Are there going to be bonuses for holding H, LHS, and CL (whether separate or combined)?
Any reason that Wellington and Ney's commander icons have bolder edges?
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5 Vintage Inspired Train Posters Celebrate 100th anniversary of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide - Train Travel VintagePoster
HRS brings a fresh take on the vintage railway poster to celebrate 150 years of the London Underground and the 100th anniversary of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide 1913
This year sees two very significant anniversaries for rail travel - the 100th anniversary of the publication of Bradshaw's Continental Railway guide 1913, and 150 years since the opening of the London Underground. These two events have had a significant impact not only on the railways, but on the British way of life.
To celebrate this impact, HRS has commissioned the production of a series of vintage-style railway posters. Depicting some of the greatest trains travelling some of the most famous routes from the age of steam locomotion (see if you can guess which they are), the posters pay homage to the same advertisements that appealed to those buying Bradshaw's guide and taking the first Tube trips all those years ago.
The creation of the railways caused a dramatic change in Britain, stoking the fires of the industrial revolution and opening up leisure holidays to the masses. It wasn't long before steam locomotion crossed the Channel and rail services began to criss-cross the Europe, and for those with means, it provided a convenient and enjoyable way to travel as far as Monte Carlo or even Russia. George Bradshaw first produced his Continental Railway Guide in 1847, documenting the timetables of rail services across Europe, but it was the 1913 edition of his guide which really opened up the continent as a tourist destination. It was far from a mere timetable; it contained briefings on towns and countries, places to go and places to avoid, prices of tickets and advertisements for everything the intrepid traveller may need.
Also celebrating an anniversary in 2013 is the London Underground, which opened in 1863 with its Paddington to Farringdon line. While it may occasionally be popular to bash the Tube when delays or strikes occur, it's perhaps only because we take the convenience it offers for granted. London would be a vastly different city without its subterranean transport network - it simply could not have grown to this size without it.
Bob Gwynne, Associate Curator of Rail Vehicles at the National Railway Museum in York, commented: "This has been a significant year for great British transport anniversaries. 2013 has seen us celebrating the 75th anniversary of Mallard breaking the world speed steam record - a record which still stands today - and the 150th anniversary of the London Underground is another transport milestone that has attracted national and international attention."
Mark Douglas, Sales Director for Corporate Sales UK at HRS, added: "Train travel has helped make Britain what it is today, and we think these posters celebrate the passion and nostalgia that many people have for the railways on these important anniversaries."
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Retirees seeking the retirement trifecta — golf, the beach and warm weather — often flock to pricey places like Hilton Head, Palm Beach or Santa Barbara. But sugar-sand beaches, sunshine and some of the best golf in the nation can be had at a much lower price in Alabama.
The northern part of the state encompasses foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where the outdoor amenities include hiking, lake-side living and fishing. High-tech Huntsville, where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration planned its moon landings, attracts professionals in all kinds of scientific fields. Cities such as Montgomery, Birmingham and Fairhope offer Southern hospitality and more arts and culture than some might expect.
Among the highlights for many retirees is the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a collection of 11 different sites with 26 championship-quality courses within about 100 miles of each other, which The Wall Street Journal said "may be the biggest bargain in the country."
But it's not just the golf that's affordable here. The state's overall cost of living is 10.1% below the national average, and even living along the coastline is reasonable. Gulf Shores, along the Gulf of Mexico, costs only 1.6% more than average to live in, compared with 33% for Hilton Head, S.C., 92% for Palm Beach, Fla., and 105% for Santa Barbara, Calif.
Nicknamed the "Heart of Dixie," Alabama offers residents an environment with a distinct southern flair (expect a lot of "yes ma'ams"), often anchored in a rabid love of college football (Alabama and Auburn games leave the cities that host their games awash in red and orange, respectively).
The state has several top-notch health-care facilities, including the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan and the Baptist Health System statewide. And Alabama's assisted living and nursing homes are notably affordable. A private room in a nursing home in Alabama has a median daily cost of $191, compared with $230 for the nation as a whole; and families faced a $2,600 median monthly rate for assisted living, compared with $3,450 for the rest of the country, according to a 2013 study by Genworth Financial, Inc.
Although residents pay income taxes here, the rate tops out at 5%, and Social Security and pension income are exempt. Plus, homeowners over 65 don't pay property taxes and there is no estate tax. State gas taxes and cigarette taxes are among the nation's lowest at 21 cents per gallon and 43 cents per pack respectively. But while Alabama has one of the nation's lower statewide sales tax rates at 4%, add to that one of the highest average local sales tax at 4.48% and you may be paying more than 8 cents per dollar in some locations, according to the Tax Foundation.
Alabama does have some significant downsides that retirees may wish to consider. The state ranks fourth worst on the Gallup-Healthways State Health Index, based on 2013 health information from 176,000 Americans on physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and access to necessities such as food, shelter and health care. Alabama has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, and 18.1% of residents live in poverty compared with 14.9% for the nation, according to the Census Bureau. Many residents in rural areas don't have a lot of health-care options, as there are just 208 physicians per 100,000 people in Alabama, compared with 261 in the U.S. as a whole, according to Sperling's Best Places.
Still, residents say the lost cost of living and pleasant climate more than make up for those downsides. These four places give retirees some of the best Alabama has to offer:


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Santa Cruz City Council OKs UCSC conservation funding plan, downtown solar plan
By J.M. BROWN
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/29/12
SANTA CRUZ - The City Council approved a plan Tuesday to pour fees paid by UC Santa Cruz when the university exceeds water use limits into a fund for off-campus conservation.
The move comes before a March 7 hearing by the Local Agency Formation Commission to finalize details of a city water service extension to an undeveloped corner of campus for future growth. LAFCO, under its own policy to approve only water-neutral projects, has requested a formal plan to designate overage fees for conservation.
The city's water conservation manager, Toby Goddard, said it was "extremely valuable to the city as a whole" to have a mechanism for funding utility and irrigation upgrades if UCSC, the largest water customer, exceeds 206 million gallons per year. The fee would be nearly $77,000 for each million gallons over the limit.
Opponents complain the limit was established before natural resource agencies have determined how much the city must reduce its diversion on surface water supplies to protect fish habitat. They believe UCSC should pay additional fees, regardless of whether it exceeds limits, to fund water supply improvements that don't involve the city's primary plan, a controversial desalination plant.
Councilwoman Katherine Beiers asked why the usage limit couldn't be lowered to meet UCSC averages from recent years. But water managers said the reduction in UCSC use stemmed from aggressive conservation, and they didn't want to punish the university for surpassing goals to cut back.
Also Tuesday, the council approved an agreement to put solar canopies in parking lots at the Police Department and City Hall Annex. The panels would be designed to generate 80-90 percent of energy used by those buildings.
The project involves a 10-year power purchase agreement with Barry Swenson Builder, which will construct and operate the project, and charge the city for power. The city won't see power savings for a decade, but could buy the project in 10 years for $1 million and begin to see yearly savings of $200,000.
In the meantime, the council approved a low-interest $1.3 million loan from its investment funds to accompany a Santa Cruz County Bank loan of $1.7 million for construction. Ron Pomerantz, chair of the city's transportation and public works commissioner, called the arrangement a "sweetheart deal" for Barry Swenson Builder because the city is not obligated to seek competitive bids for power agreements.
Ross Clark, the city's climate action coordinator, said the city chose the company because it was willing to make an initial investment of $200,000 to qualify for $800,000 in tax savings the city didn't qualify for.
The council also took two steps Tuesday required by the state to unwind the former Redevelopment Agency, a belt-tightening move the Legislature approved last year and the state Supreme Court upheld.
Council members appointed Doug Ley, a managing partner of downtown property owner Redtree Properties, to serve on the agency's oversight board alongside Vice Mayor Hilary Bryant and former redevelopment staffer J. Guevara. County and education leaders will appoint the other four members of the board charged with approving debt repayment plans and any ongoing project spending.
The council also approved a schedule of debts from the shuttered agency, as well as the $260,000 annual administrative budget for the city to handle its role as its successor. The financial plan still has to meet county and state approval.
The council delayed approval of a new policy to give preferences to local businesses when awarding contracts for city work or services other than construction agreements. Council members want more study of a staff recommendation to have the city pay the difference of between 2-4 percent between the price offered by the lowest bidder, if from out of town, and the lowest local bidder.
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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
July 2010
The World's Smallest Cup of Water
International team shows location of water relative to prototypical protein
Experimental research and theoretical calculations show that water resides inside the calix[4]arene cavity, not on the lip as earlier studies indicated.
Image: Courtesy of JC Werhahn, Dept. of Physics, Technical Univ. of Munich at Garching, Germany
Results: By combining theoretical and experimental expertise in the United States, Japan, and France, a team of scientists determined that a water molecule (guest) is cradled inside a functional molecule (host), turning it into the world's smallest cup of water. The location of a guest makes a difference in the host's behavior and function. The study also cautioned about some commonly used low-scaling methods that are widely used to model those systems in aqueous environments.
This research was performed by scientists from Hiroshima University, the Université Paris-Sud 11, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This work was featured in the Benoît Soep Festschrift special issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Why it matters: Scientists in biology and other fields need to know the relative strength of the interaction of water with different functional groups that are part of a biomolecule. This study provided information about why water chooses different locations to bind to the host, based on two competitive interactions: one interaction is hydrogen bonding outside the host and the other the water p-interaction with the aromatic rings inside the host. These interactions are prototypical in the study of how biological molecules, such as proteins, function in aqueous solutions. This research is important in modeling the interaction of water with biological systems, such as proteins, and ensuring that the theoretical models can accurately predict the relative strength of those two competitive interactions.
Methods: To begin, the researchers selected calix[4]arene, a functional molecule that often stands in for proteins. It was chosen because researchers can easily study different bonding scenarios and their influence on the molecule's function and selectivity in aqueous environments. Of particular interest was the competition between the above two types of interactions.
The researchers in Japan formed the calix[4]arene-water complexes. They investigated their structure using experimental techniques such as mass-selected resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy, infrared-ultraviolet double resonance spectroscopy, and infrared photodissociation spectroscopy. The researchers from Paris did the preliminary theoretical calculations, specifically density functional theory calculations. The U.S. scientists did additional, more complex electronic structure calculations. These calculations were done at the Department of Energy's EMSL.
The experimental and theoretical calculations both converged to the conclusion that water rests inside the calix[4]arene. This research provides two major benefits to the scientific community. First, using the model calix[4]arene host, it allows for the quantitative description of guest/host interactions in functional materials. Second, it provides an important benchmark about the accuracy of electronic structure methods that are typically used to model the function of biological systems in aqueous environments. It was, for instance, found that some of the most commonly used density functional theory approaches rendered an incorrect picture about the strength of the relative interactions when compared to more accurate electronic structure methods.
Acknowledgments: This work was funded by DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Japan's Society for the Promotion of Science, and the French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères under the Japanese-France Integrated Action Program, as well as the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The work was done by Naoya Hontama, Yoshiya Inokuchi, and Takayuki Ebata at Hiroshima University, Claude Dedonder-Lardeux and Christophe Jouvet at Université Paris Sud 11, and Sotiris S. Xantheas at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The work was done using resources at DOE's EMSL, a national scientific user facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Reference: Hontama N, Y Inokuchi, T Ebata, C Dedonder-Lardeau, C Jouvet, and SS Xantheas. 2010. "The Structure of the Calix[4]arene-(H2O) Cluster: The World's Smallest Cup of Water." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114(9):2967-2972. DOI: 10.1021/jp902967q