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Resolutions. Practices. Intentions. We all make them. But how many of us actually stick to them all year long? And what about the people we coach, develop, manage and collaborate with?
Many of us craft a variety of ambitious New Year's resolutions. Yet we all know what happens to most of them. By February or March, our best intentions lie by the wayside as we revert back to our old habits. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Over dinner shortly after the new year began, a colleague reminded me that less is more. Yes, sometimes it's important to have detailed action plans to drive behavior change for you and your teams, but we're more likely to follow through with our intentions if we keep them simple.
This year, in addition to comprehensive plans for improvement, try boiling it all down to three words. Ask yourself:
Which three words best sum up my intentions, goals, and commitments for the new year?
For example, my 3 Words for 2018 are Presence, Authenticity, and Organic Growth. I'll count that third one as one word ;)
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Creating your list might be easier than you think. If you coach, manage, or support others, encourage them to find their own 3 Words. Then help them stay committed to acting on those words throughout the year.
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May 15th, 2012
Many people in Britain aren't aware of how to add the most value to their homes, but current conservatory prices make an installation extremely worthwhile.
According to the Topps Tiles investigation, conservatories are second in the list for home improvements that add the most value, slightly behind loft conversions. However, loft conversions need a lot more initial funding to make the room secure, whereas conservatory prices start much lower.
Many Britons felt that kitchens were the best way to add value, but a conservatory adds as much as £12,151 and double glazing sees a £5,265 return.
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Conservatories in the UK are becoming increasingly popular, because house prices are rising, so homeowners are preferring to stay put and improve their current property.
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Family session Presidio Park San Diego is one of my favorite places to do family photos. I loved working with this great family and the photos came out amazing. When doing family photography, I love trying to capture the look in the kids eyes. It is very important to me to compose the photograph in a way that will give the viewer the feeling that they are at the park with me. Whether the camera is low on the ground or right above the subject, my focus is always the eyes of family I am photographing. I love shooting in natural lighting and I try to stay in the shade to avoid shadows on the subject's eyes and squinting.
Family Session in Presidio Park
Working with kids and doing kids and family photography are in my top photography skills right along with wedding photography, corporate photography and bar mitzvah photography. It is not that easy to photograph family, kids and babies being that you never know what mood the kids and babies will be in. However, I still love capturing kids photography and baby photography even though I don't always know what I will get. You can view more of my family photography, kids photography and baby photography on my site www.alondavidphotography.com


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Yes! Still October places available for Maryborough clinics
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If you're looking for ways to put in a peak performance at work without sacrificing your sanity, humanity and well-being, Mindful Leadership in Action may well provide a useful starter-platform to help you to re-think and re-invigorate your leadership.
"Positive Performance Conversations" provides a useful model and set of conversation tools to help you plan, prepare and carry-through necessary talks with reluctant performers. We look at ways to focus less on what's wrong and more on what's expected; to create a different emotional climate that enables you to give difficult feedback in constructive ways, and keep defensiveness at bay so they hear what you have to say and heed your help.
This 1-day coaching clinic and practical Guide give you a step-by-step tour of carefully-crafted formulas to help deal with difficult performers more competently and comfortably and make hard performance conversations a little bit easier. In this practical clinic you'll learn how to:
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Comment received from Mr. Tommy "Nero" Sullivan
Mr. Hoi B. Tran,
Thank you for providing your website on the contributions of South Vietnamese military as well as the current Vietnamese-American contributions to the USA.
On May 1, 2010, a news article was released "Vietnamese-American Army Captain Builds Military Base in Iraq", highlighting the U.S. Asian Pacific American Heritage month of May Vietnamese-American U.S. Army Captain James Van Thach was awarded the Joint Service Achievement Medal for establishing a base called Combat Outpost Shocker in Iraq.
I would like to provide to you the article, so that you may use it in your newspaper, to provide the Vietnamese-American community of the contributions of a fellow Vietnamese-American.
News article: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/05/prweb3923274.htm
Tommy "Nero" Sullivan
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718-894-3119 (Office)
Official Website: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb358001.htm
Administrator's reply
Thank you so much for your interest and for sending us the great news regarding Capt. James Van Thach achievement in Iraq. We are so proud to see the younger Vietnamese American generation showing their gratitude toward their adopted country by actively fulfilling the call of duty.
Comment received from Mick Stewart
I just discovered it today during lunch … and while munching away on a salad, I literally spent the past three hours reading articles.
Incredible. WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR to read about our comrades in the ARVN and how they sacrifice everything.
This past weekend I attended an ARVN Memorial Service in Houston, Texas. It was truly moving to see these now retired warriors in uniform, with their medals parading, saluting and singing the anthem of a nation that does not exist.
We would like to link you to our website if this is ok.
All the best.
Mick Stewart
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AFCWA Address: 1230 Gardenia Drive * Houston TX 77018-4212
AFCWA Website: www.alliedcoldwarvets.com
AFCWA Forum: http://coldwarvets.proboards.com
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Administrator's reply
Hello Mick,
It was truly great talking with you this afternoon. Once again, thanks so much for your kind words regarding my Website, and especially, your understanding of what the government of the Republic of Viet Nam and the Republic of Viet Nam Armed Forces (RVNAF) had to suffer during and, even after the war came to a painful end.
Admittedly, the government of Viet Nam as well as the RVNAF was not perfect as we, like all other nations, had our share of corrupt officials and incompetent generals. However, by and large, we conscientiously and perseveringly tried to defend our way of life, our freedom and democracy for our people in the South only to succumb to complex global politics.
It has been over three decades since the war came to an end. It was evident that the so-called liberators from the North had failed to bring what they had propagated, Freedom – Democracy and Happiness, to the liberated in the South. On the contrary, political, religious and media oppression went unopposed. Economically, the so-called victors dragged both North and South Viet Nam to become the poorest nation on earth. If we, the United States of America, did not lift the embargo in 1996, Viet Nam would not have become what it is today. And with abundant foreign investments pouring in to revive Viet Nam dire economy, Hanoi's Politburo and their Communist party members showed their true color. Corruption went rampant from the top level throughout their system. Illiterate peasants have become Red Capitalists. It is unfortunate for the 85 million ill-fated Vietnamese inside Viet Nam.
I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for your free membership offer and, I must say, I am most honored to be a part of AFCWA. But let me send my membership due to AFCWA like everyone else as we have operating expenses to run our operation.
Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
Best regards,
Hoi B. Tran
Comment received from Bill Morris
Hoi Ba Tran:
Yes, Hoi Ba Tran, politics dictated the outcome of the Vietnam war. I salute YOU for providing the truth to young Vietnamese Americans born in America. I read your essay at your page entitled "To My Younger Generation: Grasp the Past to Pave the Future." It is excellent. In addition, the photos are excellent too that you have linked from your page to:
God Bless.
— Bill Morris
USAF Security Police Vietnam Veteran, 1969-1970
Phan Rang
Binh Thuy
Cam Ranh Bay
Administrator's reply
Hi Bill,
Thank you for your kind compliment. I am honored and, you make my day Bill. I am particularly pleased knowing you had served in the USAF and were at Binh Thuy, Can Tho and also Cam Ranh. It is a small world Bill. In 1966, I was the VNAF 74th Combat Group Commander at Binh Thuy until I was transferred to the 33rd Tactical Wing in Tan Son Nhat, Saigon in early 1967. Pictures you posted on your site sure bring back lots of memories.
I agree with you time waits for no one. I came to America in May 1975 at the age of 40. After 28 consecutive years working to reconstruct my life, I retired in 2003 at the age of 68. Thirty-three years flashed by since I came here turning me into a 73-year old senior citizen. At this stage of my life, am thankful to have been blessed all along. I have no regret except one. And my only regret is we were not allowed to finish the job wiping out the communist in Viet Nam.
I feel pity for my compatriots inside Viet Nam. Over eighty millions of them are dragging their miserable lives under a despotic and corrupt regime of the so-called liberators from the north. Only the high-ranking members of the communist party (aka the Red Mafia of Viet Nam) benefited from the deal between the U.S. and Red China. Thanks to the U.S., they were victorious and the majority of them became billionaires or at least multi-millionaires in a relatively short time.
Once again, thanks Bill for your kind words. Take care and keep in touch.
All the best,
Hoi Ba Tran
Comment from Ed Cottrell
Administrator's reply
Dear Ed,
Thank you for yours of Thursday April 3, 2008. Here is the Link to access my essay posted on my site:
http://www.vietamericanvets.com/Page-Records-GraspPast.htm. If my stated goals suit your ideal or political aspiration, please spread the word.
Through this link, yesterday I ran into an USAF-SP who was also stationed at Binh Thuy, Can Tho in 1967. I was also stationed at Binh Thuy in 1966 with VNAF 74th Tactical Wing until early 1967. Small world my friend. I am glad knowing you had found your best friend Nguyen Van Chat in Texas. You two must have lots of wartime memories to reminisce at reunion.
You take care of yourself. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend and keep in touch Ed.
All the best,
Hoi B. Tran
Comment from an ARVN officer
Dear Editors,
I was very surprised when receiving the announcement about your magazine through my e-mail, especially its wonderful volume. After reading some of the articles, I felt very released and happy because the truth about the Fall of Saigon, somehow, had been justified again by several honorable witnesses. For so many years, I have been living in a nightmare of the Fall. Although I have read some books and saw some films about Vietnam War, I still have some feelings that the real war was ignored. Several V.I.P. try not to disclose the truth due to their personal interests in the war.
I was once the graduate of Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1968. My colleagues, if still serve the Army, would make at least Colonel, or General. Of course, many died in Vietnam. Now, I am a free-lance writer who writes social articles for several daily newspapers and magazines (in Vietnamese,) I had some books published. The newest one is "The Struggle" (You may view it on amazon.com (books, Tien Chu). This book is about a love story happened in the war time between an American Journalist and a Vietnamese Ranger Officer. This is based on a true story. I just like to contribute something to the Death of my friends who lost their lives for that war. Also, I would like to praise a wonderful American lady who devotes herself for her lover. If you had a chance, please read it and find something very truthful.
Once again, I would like to send my gratitude, my admiration, and my deep thanks for all of your effort in establishing the magazine.
Tien Chu
Administrator's reply
Dear Mr. Chu,
It sure was a great pleasure to have received a "Feedback" with nice compliments from a brother in arms. Thank you so much for your interest in our website, your time spent reading the contents and, more importantly, thank you for sharing the same concerns.
We agree with you wholeheartedly that the Vietnam War and the collapse of the RVN were not honestly portrayed. The biased media, the defeatist left and misguided writers, concertedly, not only distorted the truth about the war but also unjustly blamed the RVN as the sole cause for the failure. And that was one of the reasons that prompted us to launch this website on the Internet for those who fought on the battlefield to speak up so as to rectify distortions and unjust slandering. Admittedly, our Armed Forces were far from perfect. Like any other country or military establishment, we did have some incompetent leaders and military commanders and some cowardly soldiers but was that a legitimate justification for generalization?
Fortunately, in recent years, many declassified materials as well as reputable authors, historians and research scholars have shed different light on the true account of the war. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Vietnam, Dr. Stephen J. Morris, a scholar and author, an historian, one of the first to have reviewed the Soviet and Bulgarian archives concluded his presentation as follows: "I think that, finally, it's very clear that the North Vietnamese were not as resilient, not only as they projected themselves, but as many in our culture projected them. They were, in fact, riven by factionalism. They were fearful of the United States. And, in fact, at a certain point, willing to compromise, at least on the methods that they were going to use to pursue their goals, if not on their ultimate objective. And, unfortunately, I can say, the greatest regret I have in making this speech is that I was not able to present this information to Dr. Kissinger in September of 1972. Thank you."
Late last year, former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird wrote an article in Foreign Affairs titled "Iraq: Learning the Lessons from Vietnam". In this article, he asserted: "I believed then and still believe today that given enough outside resources, South Vietnam was capable of defending itself, just as I believe Iraq can do the same now. From the Tet offensive in 1968 up to the fall of Saigon in 1975, South Vietnam never lost a major battle. The Tet offensive itself was a victory for South Vietnam and devastated the North Vietnamese army, which lost 289,000 men in 1968 alone. Yet the overriding media portrayal of the Tet offensive and the war thereafter was that of defeat for the United States and the Saigon government."
You can review the complete article by clicking the link below:
Aside from trying to undo past and existing defamation, we shall strive to maintain this website to counter all attempts from the treacherous, totalitarian regime of Vietnam to distort and alter our history. Together, we will prevail. Once again, thanks for visiting our site.
All the best,
Hoi B. Tran
Website Administrator
Comment received from Ed Cathcart, Lt.Col. USMC, Ret.
Mr. Hoi B. Tran
You may reproduce on your site any story and pictures of mine that you consider worthy of display on your site.
I have always had the greatest admiration and respect for the South Vietnamese People. I have always regretted that the Democrat controlled Congress of the United States ceased financial aid to the South Vietnamese Government and forced the American Soldiers to abandon our Brothers in Arms to a most certain defeat and much death and destruction. Many nights I cried out in my sleep from the remorseful dreams I had about leaving the free South Vietnamese to suffer the invasion, defeat and terrible reprisals that would follow our refusal to honor our commitments to our Friends.
Forgive us for our disloyal, selfish and destructive short sightedness.
The current American conflict has similar pro and con patterns at this time. The more liberal of our society would have us cease our efforts at democratization of Iraq and Afghanistan and leave the Arab people to the harsh dictators and terrorists that proliferate the Middle East. Hopefully we can win this War before the US leftists can change our foreign policy.
Thanks for visiting my site. I will visit yours.
Semper Fi
Ed Cathcart
Back to Back We Face the Past
Administrator's reply
Dear Col. Cathcart,
Thank you so much for granting us permission to reproduce your great articles on our site. And we deeply appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind words.
Over thirty years have gone by after the sad, painful chapter of April 1975. The majority of the refugees in 1975 have become productive, tax paying American citizens. The resentment and bitterness have, by and large, noticeably subsided. However, for many of our unfortunate Brothers in Arms and their families who were inhumanly incarcerated in communist re-education camps for many years, many of whom died of starvation and cruel treatment, the psychological and physical wound will not heal easily.
We, the South Vietnamese, thank you and the many thousands others in uniform that had come to Vietnam to help us fight for our liberty and freedom. Along with us Vietnamese, you all had done your utmost best under the circumstance but, unfortunately, it was the politicians that had the final say over the fate of our former country, the Republic of Vietnam. We will remain deeply grateful to America and the American people for their generosity and humanitarianism. They opened their hearts, their doors and their check books to welcome, to care and to help us when we needed most in April 1975. America and the American people have offered us a second chance to reconstruct our lives and our families.
Once again, thank you for your understanding, your kind heart and your honesty.
Semper Fi,
Hoi B. Tran
Comment received from Harry F. Noyes.
By the way, I saw a letter in the Washington Post today that got me hot under the collar. More nonsense about the Vietnam War. The more people compare Iraq and Vietnam, the more baloney they come up with about Vietnam. Anyway, I wrote a retort and e-mailed it to the editor. Maybe it will get in. But sometimes I wonder if it even does any good to get the truth out there, when so many people are determined to believe the falsehoods.
Harry F. Noyes
Administrator's reply
Dear Harry:
I have read the article "A Vietnam Lesson on Commitment" by Robert H. Nooter published on Washington Post on November 9, 2005. It is really sad to see some people, 30 years after the war ended, continue to deceive themselves and mislead the public with their idiotically distorted stories.
As you know, the ARVN has long been the defenseless scapegoat taking all kinds of unjust insults from the biased news media and unfair, narrow-minded critics. Fortunately, there are people like you, Lewis Sorley, James Webb and John G. Miller to name a few, who are knowledgeable about the real situation in Vietnam and who are honest and fair to speak out in our defense.
In this particular article, aside from omitting important facts with deceptive intent, Mr. Nooter exposed his personal lack of direct military experience and his unfamiliarity with the correct facts in saying: "Gen. Abrams assigned South Vietnamese troops to attack the Ho Chi Minh trail near the border with North Vietnam, supported by U.S. air cover but with no U.S. ground troops involved". Of course, those who understand the military chain of command and diplomatic protocol would never believe an American Field Commander gave direct orders to the South Vietnamese troops, an ally Armed Forces not under his direct command.
Having cited false information regarding Vietnam, Mr. Nooter's attempt to link his "conclusions" to Iraq consequently lacks any credibility whatsoever.
Thank you for your understanding, your honesty and your fairness. Have a wonderful day.
Best regards,
Hoi B. Tran
First email from Charles McCoy
Hello, Hoi Ba Tran,
Thank you for the surprise email and the memories from my past. I was shocked to see Luu Duyen's name in the subject line.
Yes, I do remember him and the visits to his home. I had several meals there. One lunch he also had his brother Luu Kim Cuong there. We ate together and made light talk. I was made aware that Cuong was a Colonel and a pilot. I can't remember if I knew he was the commander of the 33rd Tactical Wing. I was impressed.
Your training and service to your country is impressive to me. Thank you for the photo. I will treasure it and give it to my wife and grown son. I have always had respect for your country, its people and the cause of freedom that you and your country fought so hard for.
Most of the Americans were oblivious to your true patriotism and sacrifices. So many that you were exposed were too young and stupidly arrogant and self centered. But many Americans did understand and respect the Vietnamese people and the cause for freedom.
As you know even we American vets were not thought much of by the "public" in general for many years after the war. Now a few more people are beginning to see it differently, a little.
I have seen in the past few years TV documentaries on our "History" channel that showed the struggle of the American and Vietnamese fighters and situations at that time. I was impressed by the commitment and suffering by the Vietnamese and Americans.
I was there for a year, mid 1965 to mid 1966. But I served at Tan Son Nhut AFB. I was a photo interpreter, as you probably read. So my job was not life threatening and I lived in a decent room on base and then down town. I was befriended by several great people and families in town.
I think you saw a few of the photos I took while there, from my www.mccoy38.com website.
Yes, Cuong does resemble Duyen. It has been so long. I have to look at the photos to refresh my failing mind, these days. I am 67 and my health is very bad.
I tried accessing your website http://www.vietamericansvets.com but got a error message. "Website could not be found". I am using Mozilla foxfire browser. I will try it in Windows Explorer.
Thank you for sharing with me.
Charles McCoy
Administrator's reply
Good morning Charles,
Thank you for taking the time to read my email and to write to me. Even though we haven't met, I do treasure the friendship between you and Cuong's brother Luu Duyen. I also appreciate your understanding of our difficult fight on two fronts; one against the treacherous communists in South VN, and one against the US internal politics at the time.
I am sorry I made a typo error on the website link sent to you with my email. This is the correct one: http://www.vietamericanvets.com
I hope and pray for your health to get better Charles. Take care of yourself and be optimistic. Keep in touch. God bless you and your family.
Warmest regards,
Hoi B. Tran
Second email from Charles McCoy
Hello Hoi Ba Tran,
I do sympathize with your cause to get out the "truth" about your country and military comrades. I wish all Americans could be made aware of the real struggle your countries political and military endured to do its best in the fight for freedom.
America helped but as you and others point out, in your outstanding articles, and now available in political and military records, they could not do their best to help your country win the war against communism.
Your contributors were well informed and did a great job of explaining what really took place. I was really informed, too. Like most Americans that served, I did not know the real story and haven't learned much in the past 30 or so years.
I do know that your fighting forces did their very best with the resources and help they had. They were definitely out gunned for most of the war.
I do know that all our fighting forces did their very best and fought hard.
All of us that served did our best for America and South Vietnam.
I have always been proud of serving my country. I am even more so, as the years have gone by and learned more about our participation and the real loss of life and pain that our fighting forces endured (your country and mine).
I am sorry I can't contribute more. My brain and concentration is about gone.
I thank your for your thoughts and prayers.
Charles McCoy
Email from Mike McCoy, brother of Charles McCoy
Mr. Hoi B. Tran,
My name is Mike McCoy. My brother, Charles McCoy, sent me a copy of your emails. He was proud of his service in Vietnam as am I. I only wish we could have done more.
My brother passed away on Monday morning, December 19, 2005. He was a good man!
Best Regards,
Mike McCoy
Administrator's reply
Mr. Mike McCoy,
Please accept my apology for the slow reply. I am extremely saddened receiving your email informing me about the passing of your brother Charles. It is difficult for me to adequately express my heartfelt sympathies in words but you and Charles' loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers during this sad time.
Although Charles and I have not met and we knew each other only through cyberspace not too long ago, Charles has earned lots of respects from me through his patriotism, his point of view in life, his generosity and his frankness, to name a few. I salute him for his service to his country, and I admire him for his dedication to help the Republic of Vietnam in the fight for freedom. Please accept my sincerest condolences on the loss of your brother. We will all miss this great, good man.
Warmest regards,
Hoi B. Tran


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A wanna-be Beekeeper/
For my recent birthday Build-It Bloke gave me a hive of bees! But wait, it's even better than that. Following the lead of several other friends, he arranged for them to come from a local scaling-down beekeeper who is willing to share his skills and expertise to ensure his bees find appropriate homes.
We had to wait for suitable warm weather for the bees to arrive and enable us to open the hive. Eddie, the beekeeper, and I both donned protective veils and overalls and I admit being a little nervous when he said gloves were unlikely to be required. He lit the smoker, but didn't use it beyond applying a little smoke to his hands. The bees were remarkably unconcerned about Eddie removing and inspecting each of the frames from the hive. He showed me the different activities going on - workers, drones, larvae, brood, honeycomb and, after a bit of searching, the queen. (A lovely Italian bee who is apparently in good shape and laying well ... exactly what you'd hope she's doing at this stage). I, too, held the frames with my [still bare] hands, and there was not even a hint of threat that I might be stung. It was fantastic.
We added a second super (box) to the first, and Eddie expects they'll be ready for the third one in about a month. This is essentially expanding the living quarters for the bees. Hopefully they'll find it suited to their needs and stay rather than swarm. I also had lesson one in 'bee pests and diseases' so I can keep an eye on things, and with that, I think I have commenced my beekeeping apprenticeship!
We've located the hive at the bottom of the block, where there's a three metre drop under the bees' 'flight path' into the hive ... so no one will unintentionally wander into their way. We checked that our neighbours were ok with the idea before they arrived. Our council permits beekeeping in town, and the hive is registered with the DPI. Eddie thinks they'll find it to be a good spot, with the River Red Gums along the Murray only about a kilometre away, some other native vegetation along the nearby hilltops and lots of variety from the suburban gardens in the vicinity. He says the bees will happily forage up to five kilometres from the hive.
The reactions from people when I say we've recently added a beehive to our suburban menagerie fall broadly into two categories. The first involves a horrified look, a negative exclamation, often mention of allergies and you can almost hear the mental note being made to themselves not to come anywhere near our backyard in future. The second is more positive, usually includes reference to fresh honey and frequently the comment that their parent/grandparent/friend/neighbour is or was a beekeeper.
Why am I so excited about having a beehive in the backyard? Well because it's taking our previous efforts to attract bees, through planting and a half-hearted plan to provide native bee habitat, to a whole new level. For us, the big draw card bees offer is the pollination of our fruit, vegetables and other plants. They may also provide honey, beeswax, mead or other bonuses, but those are secondary to the pollination. While for most of our consumption we have to rely on sourcing from 'responsible' producers (at best), we are keen to take some of that responsibility ourselves, like we do when growing some food and keeping chooks. We'll know the conditions the bees were kept in and how any honey or other by-products have been produced and processed.
I'm busy reading up (books and online), comparing notes with friends and arranging to learn more from both Eddie and other beekeepers. We're also growing additional bee attracting plants and are still keen to encourage the native bees too (the blue banded ones are exquisite) ... hopefully we can accommodate both. Oh, and I'm mesmerised every day as I watch the bees leave and return to the hive and go about their business (or is that buzziness? Hey, I resisted all the puns until then, but I'm only human!).


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I've eaten plenty of Shepherd's Pies throughout the years, and they can all pretty much be the same…Until this one. I can honestly say, without a doubt, this is The Best Shepherd's Pie!
The weather is cooling off, and we are spending all the time we can cleaning up the yard. We have a spot in the back yard where it's over grown with wildly growing bamboo, and piles upon piles of pine straw, sticks, and pine cones. We are working on clearing all of this out while the weather is perfect. It's just too hot in the summer to do any major yard clean up in Florida. When you walk outside and it feels as if you've entered a sauna, you don't feel like yard work. We actually have a list a mile long that we are working on outside while the weather is nice. Is there anything particular you wait for the the cooler weather to do?
Thankfully Kelsie loves to help in the yard. She's the kind of girl that doesn't mind pulling weeds, cutting grass, or picking up pine cones. Kayla is the opposite. She detests the yard and all that it has to offer. She isn't even fond of the swimming pool in the summer. I'm not quite sure where she got any of that from. I grew up playing the yard, and swimming every day during the summer. It's sort of weird.
So while we spend our days in the yard with the nice weather, I like to have meals like The Best Shepherd's Pie to come inside and feast on. It's so easy to put together, and you can make all of this in advance, and then put it together when you're ready to make it.
Yea, I do call this The Best Shepherd's Pie. I've made plenty over the course of the last 10 to 12 years, and while they've all been mighty tasty, it wasn't until I ran across one that seems to scream FLAVOR! This recipe comes from Jo Cooks. Have you made any of her recipes? The few that I have made taste amazing! Anyway, so she adds a couple of things to her Shepherd's Pie that I never would have thought to add, and they make a huge difference. As in, it turns out to be The Best Shepherd's Pie.
I have no idea how I ran across the recipe other than looking for comforting meals on Pinterest. I almost didn't even click over to it, because it's just Shepherd's Pie, and everyone has a recipe for one. They all taste about the same, right? Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You have to make this! Just trust me. We now eat Shepherd's Pie much more often.
The Best Shepherd's Pie reminds me of pot pie! If you love pot pie too, check out our recipe for Shortcut Chicken Pot Pie.
The Best Shepherd's Pie
I've eaten plenty of Shepherd's Pies throughout the years, and they can all pretty much be the same...Until this one. I can honestly say, without a doubt, this is The Best Shepherd's Pie!
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 cups mixed frozen vegetables I used peas, corn, carrots, and green beans
- salt and pepper to taste
Mashed Potato Topping
- 6 large potatoes, peeled, diced, boiled to fork tender, drained
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated use the real stuff
- salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make your potatoes first. While they are boiling, heat a large pan over medium to high heat. Brown the ground beef for about 5 minutes or until no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the garlic, Worcestershire sauce, onion soup mix, and beef broth. Stir in the frozen veggies, and cook for a few more minutes. Pour this mixture into a greased glass pie pan and set aside. You can also use an oven safe skillet.
Once your potatoes are fork tender and drained. Add the butter, milk, Parmesan cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Mash using a potato masher, or using a hand held mixer. Once creamy, spoon and smooth on top of the meat mixture. Pace in the oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown on the edges. Serve warm.


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The STKO Lab at UCSB is looking for highly-motivated and talented students to further strengthen our team. Please contact Krzysztof Janowicz, ideally before you apply. STKO works on a wide range of topics and our work style and the lab's atmosphere is what you would typically expect from a start-up. We are a very dynamic and well-funded team with projects from NSF, government agencies, and key industry players. Previous STKO students scored top jobs in industry and academia. Typical research topics include (but are not limited to) geographic information retrieval, geospatial semantics and linked data, spatial data science, cyber-infrastructure, and location-based social media & services. Please check the Geography department's webpage for application details. The deadline is 15 December 2017. You may also want to check out the labs of our former students Grant McKenzie, Yingjie Hu, and Song Gao, as they will be looking for talented students as well.
We are recruiting new graduate students
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Dr John Vallance is the NSW State Librarian and Chief Executive. Until recently he was Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School. Before that he lectured in Latin, Greek and ancient philosophy at the University of Cambridge as a Fellow and Tutor of Gonville and Caius College. He has published widely in the history of classical thought. Since his return home to Australia, he has also held visiting fellowships at the University of New England and the University of New South Wales, and is currently a Director of the National Art School.
In recent years he has served on the Board of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, as a Trustee of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation and member of the Library Council of New South Wales, and as an Advisory Board member of the Australian String Quartet.
Dr Vallance is an Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales and is also a musician and works privately as a sculptor.


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SonaCare Medical's HIFU device is used by Dr. Kar in first Sonablate® procedure at the miVIP Surgery Center, the fifth location in the United States to perform a HIFU prostate tissue ablation with Sonablate post FDA clearance
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) December 15, 2015 -- SonaCare Medical, LLC, the leading manufacturer of urologic HIFU technology and the first to receive FDA regulatory authorization for the ablation of prostate tissue, has announced the fifth location in the United States to perform a Sonablate® procedure post FDA clearance. The miVIP Surgery Center, in Tustin, California, installed Sonablate® in mid-November and its leading physician, Dr. Ashok Kar, performed the center's first U.S.-based prostate tissue ablation procedure this past weekend on December 12th.
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OfferUp is on a mission to create the simplest, most trustworthy way to buy and sell locally. The free app for iOS and Android helps sellers quickly post items for sale with just a picture from their smartphones and lets buyers easily browse what's nearby. Now the largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers in the U.S., OfferUp brings millions of people together to discover more value right where they are.
At a Glance
- A top shopping app on iTunes and Google Play
- Geekwire App of Year
- 60+ Million Downloads
Senior Data Engineer
Here at OfferUp, data is at the core of our business, providing insights into the effectiveness of our products, and enabling technology that powers them. As the Data Engineering team, we build and operate OfferUp's data platform for streaming and batch computation, for data analysis and BI, and to train ML models. If you're passionate about building large scale distributed data processing systems, and you are motivated to make an impact in creating a robust and scalable data platform used by every team, come join us. You will be part of a team that builds the data ingestion, transport, storage, and orchestration layers. You will help shape the vision and architecture of OfferUp's next generation data infrastructure, making it easy for developers to build data-driven products and features.
Building the largest and most responsive mobile marketplace poses unique data challenges that require leveraging the latest developments in data infrastructure. We leverage open source infrastructure where we can, but are ready to build and share solutions if they don't exist yet. You will be building an analytics platform working with cutting-edge technologies like Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, and Airflow.
We regard culture and trust highly, and are looking forward to welcoming your contribution to the team!
- Build and operate large scale data infrastructure in production.
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- Thinking through long-term impacts of key design decisions and handling failure scenarios.
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- Mentor other engineers and help them with their growth.
- Drive engineering best practices, set standards and propose larger projects which may require cross-team collaboration.
- Contribute at a senior level to the data warehouse design and data preparation by implementing a robust and extensible design
- Design and develop applications to process large amounts of critical information in batch and near real-time to power user-facing features.
- Influence technical direction for the company, leveraging your prior experiences and helping evaluate emerging technologies and approaches.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong ability in distributed systems for processing large scale data processing.
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency in Java, Scala and Python.
- Experience leveraging open source data infrastructure projects, such as Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, Samza, Avro, Parquet, Hadoop, Hive, HBase.
- Experience building data pipelines and real-time data streams.
- Experience building software in AWS or a similar cloud environment is highly desirable.
- Experience with AWS services like EMR, Kinesis, Firehose, Lambda, Sagemaker, Athena, Elasticsearch is a big plus.
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Product story
A taste, attitude chair, is famous in the world famous furniture design, Tolix chair, (Marais A Chiar), founded in 1934 by Xavier Pauchard design, early is for outdoor furniture design, tries to show the French languid is lazy leisurely and comfortable temperament, years and to be beloved fashion designers all over the world, from outdoor extension to the household, commercial, display, and other purposes, but this chair is A career-best are well in all kinds of space, especially in recent years and mix build, country, American, nostalgia, Scandinavia, contracted, main decoration such as Chinese style style is tie-in, present A unique charm, has also been the fashion world acclaimed "joker" chair.
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Chair production due to factors such as style color affect the actual inventory synchronization can be periodic (usually 1-7 days), please contact customer service first before order to confirm whether you will need the design of color in stock or cancel the order otherwise we shall have the right to not delivery, please understanding.
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hi beauties, 🙂 ❤
Product reviewed-Lakme gleamer lipstick
Shade reviewed-321 Purple riot
Quantity– 4.5g
The texture of this lipstick is thick and super creamy.it is not buttery but feels quite sturdy to use. it will not break or dent with pressure as well.
The lipstick is fantastic in terms of pigmentation.It is very opaque and thick and it coats the lips completely. The color is super bright and pigmented, in fact you can try using it like stain or tint
My experience-
I have to tell you, do not get intimidated by how blazingly pink it looks in the tube; because when you do put it on, it gives this super-perky, super-bright pink colour, and yet looks flattering on everyone. It's literally as perfect as any bright pink lipstick can ever be!
The lipstick i'm reviewing today was in limited edition of lakme…It has a very unique shade..in the dark the colour of the lipstick looks purplish while in the daytime it's fuschia pink…and thats the thing i love most about this lipstick!!..
the lipstick might seem a bit dry for people with dry lips so i would recommend a lipbalm under it .
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in the top flight with opportunities outside the Nigerian leagues hard
to come for them. Amidst this scarcity, one man was able to be distinctive in Europe and he is number one on the list.
other names on the list are all from the Nigerian Professional Football
League (NPFL) where they managed to still be exceptional.
We take a look at five of these coaches.
1. Sunday Oliseh (Fortuna Sittard)
Out of favour with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Nigerian press, Super Eagles players and thousands of Nigerian footballer observers, Sunday Oliseh abruptly quit his post as coach of the senior national team, his first major job in his budding managerial career.
much was expected of his career after his turbulent time with the Super
Eagles but be bounced back when he was appointed coach of Fortuna Sittard in the Eerste Divisie (Dutch second division).
Oliseh had a huge task of saving Fortuna Sittard who were on the verge of relegation from Dutch second division.
managed to help them retain their Dutch second division status 2017 but
it was at the latter part of 2017 that Oliseh's has really worked
wonders for Fortuna Sittard.
As at the time of this report, Fortuna Sittard sit in the second position on the Dutch second division table.
In 17 games this season, Oliseh's men have won 11 games, losing four and drawing two.
This season, Oliseh led Fortuna to a club record eight consecutive home victory and also recorded his highest away win as a coach with a 6-0 victory against Telstar in September.
He was also named the Best Coach in the first half of the Eerste Divisie.
2. Kennedy Boboye (Plateau United)
After an average season, Plateau United appointed coach Kennedy Boboye ahead of the 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football (NPFL) season.
Boboye had shown glimpses of what he can deliver at Abia Warriors, leading them to a record 10-match unbeaten run in the 2015/2016 season.
With Plateau United, Boboye had a run of seven-match unbeaten run in the lead up to the Jos-based side winning the 2017 NPFL title.
Boboye side achieved this while playing some of the best football in
the league, solid at the back with an exciting and fluid attack.
Plateau United finished the season with 66 points-19 wins, nine draws, 10 losses; scored 49 goals and conceded 25.
3. Abdu Maikaba (Akwa United)
Some quarters are disappointed with Abdu Maikaba for not winning or at least mounting an intense title challenge with Akwa United in 2017.
signed a host of top players ahead of the season but amidst huge
expectations, a bad start ensured Akwa United could only finish the
season fourth on the NPFL table.
Despite his failure to win the league, Maikaba's Akwa United were one of the best teams to watch in the league.
Akwa United's brand of football caught the eye and they had a trophy to show for it too, winning the 2017 Federation Cup title to qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup.
4. Fidelis Ilechukwu (MFM FC)
Fidelis Ilechukwu's MFM FC were only able to retain their NPFL status on the last day of the 2015/2016 season.
little changes to the team, Ikechukwu who is the youngest manager in
the NPFL masterminded a brilliant season where only an excellent Plateau
United could stop them from winning the league.
MFM FC were brilliant all through the season playing a brand of exciting football that got everyone talking.
5. Gbenga Ogunbote
Despite failing to win a trophy in 2016, Gbenga Ogunbote was still one of the best Nigerian coaches of 2017.
His Enyimba side recovered from a bad start to finish third on the NPFL table to snag a CAF Confederation Cup slot.
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Medicine and Religion in the Middle Ages - "The Cure Comes from God"
The religious aspects of medieval European peoples were a great consideration in the matters of the body and health care. The deep belief in God and destiny often affected the decision regarding personal health.
The Christian faith in respect to the well-being of a person slowly evolves from that of inability to intervene with God's will by treating the suffering ill towards that of the responsibility to take care of one's body as it is a creation of God.
At first, the basic principle of Christian faith in medieval Europe can be outlined as belief that God's creation is essentially good even if humans cannot perceive it as such. Everything comes from God and is part of a greater plan; everything happens for a reason. By this philosophy any sort of illness of suffering should be accepted for it may be a medium for creation of greater good. "Christians should not pamper the body at the expense of the sour or be consumed with the material and temporal to the detriment of the spiritual and eternal" (Amundsen 6).
With time, the Church's dogma turned more towards the philosophy that humanity in fact is damned but God has provided for man to sustain himself through the proper use of nature. At this point, medicine becomes more and more accepted into the life of a Christian person, for it is not apparent that all healing really comes from God in one way or another, and medicine is just a vessel for God's will, not an aberration of faith. "Health obtained through medicine is one of these things that has its origin and existence as a consequence of divine Providence as well as human cooperation" (Amundsen 135).
Eventually, the Catholic religion would take over the medical aspects of the society providing sources for the rituals during healing as well as ethical values to guide the physicians. One of the greatest promoters of the Christian faith was St. Augustine and his Confessions. Prior to his work, the philosophy of Christianity, which is not predominantly a religion of physical healing, was that of destiny - things occur because God wishes them to occur in a specific way. As mentioned before, this belief was slowly replaced by that of God's infinite benevolence. Before this realization, suicides, hatred of own flesh, and seeking martyrdom were popular. With time, this turned to careful appreciation of one's body as yet another creation of God to be cherished. St. Augustine's part in this can be summarized by his most famous quote "God, make me chaste, but not yet." This implied that one were to enjoy life on earth as much as that after death. Such point of view had powerful repercussion on freedom of medicine - from now on it became more accepted to heal the physical body, and medical treatments were not longer as harshly perceived as intervention with God's will but rather cooperation with it, for after all St. Augustine further claimed that "health is a blessing from God."
De Medicamentis Liber by Marcelli (1536) taught how to cure ills using plants, gems, and other natural substances. Although this was frowned upon by the Church, it was considered bearable as the importance of medications grew. The use of drugs was permitted as long as no non-Christian incantations were used.
The acceptance of the more scientific and less religiously rigorous methods of healing led to the skewed philosophy that some healing is a result of evil (such as herbal concoctions or incantations during treatment). Due to this fact, originally the church did not ban the form of pagan magic when used with healing. Only later, much more emphasis was put on the actual words uttered during administering of particular treatments, and only Christian faith-related words were allowed to be sang, muttered, or spoken. "Lord's prayer" substituted any form of pagan incantations.
The tension between the church and folk medicine arose had its basis in the dependence of the latter upon sources that were not compatible with Christian faith. Eventually, the use of incantations and spells in conjunction with folk remedies had to be replaced with Christian versions thereof. Also, the dependence upon the power of herbs, gems, etc. without reference to their Creator was regarded improper for a Christian.
As the Christian faith followers became more powerful in medieval Europe, forms of non-Christian religions were banned. Most forms of superstition were looked down upon. This included abnormal behavior of the non-formally educated healers. Pagan or magical models were declared illicit. The Church "legislated against witchcraft in secular and ecclestical law codes, [it] preached against it in homilies and saints' lives, [it] condemned it in penitentials and in pastoral letters" (Davies 41). Any sort of abnormal rituals were considered as having an origin in evil and were to be confessed. People who believed in such rituals were to repent and harsh penance was usually a result of this belief.
An example of questionable behavior would be as follows:
"When [the healer] approaches the house where the sick person lies, if [the healer] finds a stone lying nearby, [he turns] the stone over and looks in the place where the stone was lying [to see] if there anything living under it, and if [the healer] finds there a worm or a fly or an ant or anything that moves, they [the healer] avers that the sick person will recover." (From The Corrector & Physician).
The treatment of sicknesses during the Middle Ages was almost as controversial as its presumed cause - sin. The general view of a medieval society proposes that a common medieval person when fallen sick would blame his or her sins for the health shortcomings. This was only partially true, for the relationship between sin and sickness was complicated. Three categories of this relationship can be outlined:
Generally, a line was drawn between sickness as punishment for sin and one's sin as the cause of one's sickness. This lead to the development of medieval medical ethics. Since the desire for the cure of the body was to be combined with the cure of the soul as well. The medical ethics of the Middle Ages existed originally as a mix of the classical medical etiquette (such as the Hippocratic Corpus) embellished with the aspects of Christian ethics - those involving the soul and afterlife. Such mixture basically meant that although medicine was found useful, the sick were not encouraged to cling unto life desperately - instead faith in God and afterlife was greatly encouraged. The doctors' duty was to do everything in their power to help a patient, but this implied enlightening the patient about the more religious aspects of sickness and dying. With time though, treatment of dangerous and even desperate cases was generally not discouraged as it had traditionally been, and sometimes doctors who turned down a case were considered somewhat dishonored. (Such occurrence was common during the epidemic of Black Death.)
For more information on medieval medical ethics, please look up the The Rule of St. Benedict and the anonymous medieval work De Adventu Medici Aegrotum.
Surprisingly enough, despite the claimed benevolence of God, the Catholic church at first did not support the idea of public health. This was a great issue, for at least half of the educated physicians were members of the clergy. The general rule of thumb for a cleric was to treat no one outside of the monastery or treat any laymen. Only later, the idea of xenodochia (care houses for the poor usually adjacent to churches), which later evolved into hospitals, became more popular.
The Church though provided care for the poor and sick. Care of the poor was enjoined by various councils. It was the bishop's responsibility to administer the funds for the care of the poor and sick. Bishops were directed to provide accommodations for the destitute.
As the practice of medicine became gradually increasingly popular among the clergy, canon laws were created in order to regulate and/or limit such practice. And so in 1163, Pope Alexander III forbade monks and other regular clerics to leave their religious institutions for the study of medicine. In 1215, surgery was prohibited in holy orders (major orders - subdeacons, deacons, and priests) but still permitted in minor orders (porters, exorcists, and lectors). At the end of the Middle Ages, there was still no prohibition of the practice of medicine by clerics in canon law (despite the limitations on who medicine was practiced). Surgery, however, was a different matter. "Surgery involved the shedding of blood and much greater risk of harm to a patient, thus heightening the anger that a clerical practitioner might be held responsible for a patient's death" (Amundsen 197).
Medical practice among clergy continued throughout the Middle Ages, evolving from a paid service to a solely charitable one. Clerics were allowed to accept funds only from the rich to be used in treating the poor. In the late Middle Ages, a number of nursing orders arose whose members devoted their lives to caring for the destitute ill. This provided for the increment of the number of existing hospitals equipped with trained physicians.
As the greatest fear of the Church in clergymen practicing medicine was the effect of such practice on their spiritual obligations. Fortunately, as more and more secular physicians were trained in the universities, the issue of clerics as medical practitioners grew nearly moot. More and more non-clergy physicians eventually took over the duties before attributed to clergy physicians.


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Greater Protection for Individuals and Larger Fines for Organisations Under a New UK Data Protection Bill
In a statement of intent published on 7 August 2017, the UK Government has committed to updating and strengthening data protection laws through a new Data Protection Bill (the "Bill"). The Bill will incorporate the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") into UK law.
According to the UK's Minister of State for Digital, Matt Hancock, the Bill will "give [the UK] one of the most robust, yet dynamic, set of data laws in the world. The Bill will give people more control over their data, require more consent for its use, and prepare Britain for Brexit." (more…)
ESAs release Consultation Paper on Big Data
On December 19, 2016 the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") launched a public consultation (the "Consultation") on the potential benefits and risks of Big Data for consumers and financial firms to determine whether any regulatory or supervisory actions will be required. The ESAs are three EU-wide supervisory authorities, the European Banking Authority ("EBA"), European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA").
White House Publishes Report on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been hailed for the promise of breakthrough innovations but also the object of concern by such notable voices as Bill Gates, Stephen Hawkins, and Elon Musk. To explore the issues presented, the White House conducted a review of the opportunities, risks, and regulatory implications of artificial intelligence. Last week, the White House released a comprehensive report, Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence, reflecting a culmination of its review, including public comment and several public workshops that were co-hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy with the National Economic Council, as well as non-profit and academic organizations.
European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes Opinion on Big Data and the Enforcement of Fundamental Rights; Emphasizes Concern over Data Monopolies
On September 23 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS") published an Opinion on the coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data (the "Opinion"). Building upon the preliminary opinion it published in 2014, the EDPS sought to emphasise the importance of the protection of personal data rights in light of the rise of data "monopolies." With the expansion of the big data economy and the Digital Single Market Strategy, the EDPS suggested that the interface between competition and privacy should be a long-term concern for all data protection authorities.
White House Announces Initiative Focused on Artificial Intelligence, Builds on Big Data Initiatives
This month, the White House announced a series of workshops and a working group to address the "benefits and risks" of artificial intelligence. The workshops, which are to be held in Seattle, Washington, Pittsburgh, and New York City, will take place between May 24 and July 7, and are expected to result in a public report issued by the end of the year. The workshops and report are expected to address familiar themes – "privacy, security, regulation, law, and research and development to be taken into account when effectively integrating this technology into both government and private-sector activities." Participation by all stakeholders – academia, industry, the research community, civil society, and others – will be key to shaping a report that is likely provide an initial roadmap for regulatory and policy initiatives in the next administration.
FTC Issues Report (and Warning Shot) on Big Data Use
Building upon its 2012 Consumer Protection Report, its 2014 report on Data Brokers, and a public workshop held on September 15, 2014, the FTC issued a new report on January 6, 2016, with recommendations to businesses on the growing use of big data: Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues ("2016 Big Data Report"). Rather than focusing on prior themes of notice, choice, and security, the 2016 Big Data Report addresses only the commercial use of big data consisting of consumer information, and focuses on impacts of such big data uses on low-income and underserved populations.
Top Ten Data Protection and Privacy Issues to Watch in 2016
*This post originally appeared in Law360 on January 7, 2016.
While 2015 was a big year in data, 2016 may prove to be even bigger. Many hot button and game changing topics are being debated in legislative bodies and campaign trails, regulators are focused, and privacy-related litigation continues to rise. Below, we count down the top ten cybersecurity, data protection and privacy issues to watch in 2016.
The Opportunities and the Challenges of Big Data for Business and Public Policy*
*Based on Remarks at the Big Data East Big Data Innovation Conference, September 9, 2015
I believe in the enormous potential of big data. Erik Brynolfsson and Andrew McAfee, authors of The New Machine Age and leading scholars of the digital economy, have compared the power and granularity of computational science to the transformation in understanding of nature that occurred when Anton Van Leuwenhook first peered at samples through his newly-invented microscope. We are seeing new advances in medicine, in social science, new ways of teasing out causation from correlation.
Data protection challenges in the new era of Big Data
Data Protection Law & Policy
"Data is the new oil" – This statement by Neelie Kroes in 2011 has since been on everyone's mind and with the constant development of new technologies, the importance of data has grown dramatically over the past few years and in recognition of this it seems that we have now entered into a new era: the era of Big Data. William Long and Geraldine Scali, Partner and Associate respectively at Sidley Austin LLP explore the potential data protection issues that may arise.
Heads Up for Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity in 2014
The new year will ring in significant privacy, data protection and cybersecurity changes in the U.S., Europe, Asia and elsewhere around the world. Below are some key developments and possible concrete action items for General Counsels, Chief Privacy Officers and Chief Information Officers:


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Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry: 261,000 hectares of forest areas were destroyed in the Armenia-occupied territories
Baku, November 6, AZERTAC
Press Service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on international day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.
The statement says: "The UN General Assembly declared November 6 as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
As the consequences of the military aggression of Armenia, the nature of the Republic of Azerbaijan, its biodiversity and the ecological situation in the region as a whole has been seriously affected, which resulted in the environmental degradation and constant exploitation of the region's natural resources.
Currently, 261.000 hectares of forested areas, natural monuments and 145 codificated Eastern Sycamore trees in the Armenia-occupied territories have been destroyed. At the same time, most of the plant and animal species included in the "Red Book of the Republic of Azerbaijan", special and protected natural areas, as well as rare biodiversity patterns were destructed in these areas.
Natural water sources passing through the occupied territories are exposed to large-scale pollution from the side of Armenia. Due to Armenia's extreme pollution of Okhchuchay and Aghstafachay, the inflows of the Araz and Kura rivers, there is a serious threat to the wildlife in these rivers. The occupying forces use the Sarsang reservoir, which is built on Tartar River in order to irrigate more than 100,000 hectares of arable lands, to threaten 400,000 people living in the foothills and plane areas. By deliberate opening and closing of the dams they create artificial floods in the winter season and droughts in the summer months. It is no coincidence that the resolution entitled "Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water" adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2016, contains clear demand concerning the immediate withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the mentioned region and investigation by independent engineers and hydrologists to be ensured.
163 mineral deposits, including gold, mercury, copper, plumbum, zinc, coal and other resources are being plundered by Armenia in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the exploitation of the natural resources in the occupied territories, the ecological standards are not complied with, and consequently, the environment is seriously damaged."
"The policy of Armenia exploiting environmental and natural resources in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan despite the relevant provisions of international law and international commitments of this country once again demonstrates clearly its indifferent and non-constructive position towards the region's sustainable development and progress.
The international community, especially countries whose physical and legal persons are involved directly or indirectly in the illegal activities and exploitation of natural resources and environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan should refrain from any kind of assistance to the continuation of this serious violation of international law," the ministry's press service concludes.
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