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How to Find a Job When You Move
How to Find a Job When You Move
Having a job ready and waiting before you move is the ideal situation but sometimes it's just not possible. If you are adventurous enough to tackle life in a new city while existing on your savings, then finding work is your first priority.
At Unpakt, we know a lot about moving and the key to successfully finding a job after you move is to come up with a plan. Follow these tips to help you land a position shortly after you relocate to a new city
1. Location, Location, Location…
Some employers look closely at the address of their applicants to check for proximity to the office, so you'll want to live near your ideal place of work. Not to mention, it's to your benefit to look for work near your home as this limits your commute time, and increases your free time – and trust us, you'll want plenty of free time in your new city to explore and meet new friends.
2. Start Networking
Networking is regarded as one of the most helpful ways to land a job, but if you have moved a far distance, it might seem difficult. Start by asking your friends to put you in contact with any relevant business associates in your new city. Then start meeting people with similar interest as you by joining a professional group in your field or a charity organization you're interested in. This will allow you to make friends and contacts with people who have similar interests as you and is the best way to expand your personal network and get leads for jobs.
3. Get Your Search Fingers Ready
Fortunately, we live in an era of hyper-connectivity, so take advantage of the opportunities that are available online. Search the online job boards for jobs in the area based on your industry and skill level. In addition to online job boards, you can use LinkedIn to find people in your industry to reach out to. Most industries have free-to-join groups on LinkedIn, which is a great place to find an initial circle of contacts
4. Use Recruitment Agencies
When you use recruitment agencies, you don't have to go about everything on your own. Recruitment agencies act as a middleman between you and the employers in your industry. If you have specific skills and experiences, search for agencies that specialize in them.
It might take a little extra effort to find a job in your new city, but it will be worth it in the end to be able to live in the city of your dreams.
When you start planning your next move, don't forget to check out Unpakt to compare multiple moving companies, read real customer reviews and book your move online, day or night.


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Eleventh Five-Year period, Chinas total dispensing machinery manufacturing and sales than the same period increased, industry, technology is maturing, we can say, hand dispensing machinery manufacturing industry to the Eleventh Five-Year were satisfied with the answer sheet. 12 five arrival, dispensing machinery industry how to continuation of the Eleventh Five-Year Development? What is the goal of
First you want to clear the dispensing machinery manufacturing industry in the second five? Enhance the capacity of infrastructure and supporting, and improving innovative capacity, and further optimize the industrial structure and, ultimately, the scale of the industry reached a new level. Form a complete dispensing machinery industry, basic grasp of high-end equipment manufacturing technology and the industrial competitiveness advanced in the world. 2020, dispensing machinery sales revenue accounted for in the equipment manufacturing industry increased to 25% of industrial value added rate increase of 2 percentage points from the end of the 12th Five-Year and dispensing machinery manufacturing industry to cultivate the national economy one of the important support industry.
The combined effect of dispensing machinery manufacturing is to integrate with each other, work closely with a small risk, complementary advantages, which closely rely on the formation of regional industrial chain as a whole upgrade. Dispensing machinery manufacturing industry to adhere to the focus and characteristics of the strategic orientation, and actively promote the advantages of the region of the Bohai Sea, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta pioneered the development, foster a number of world-class companies with intellectual property rights and famous brands; to promote the development of central and western characteristics construction of high-end equipment manufacturing characteristics of the industrial chain; to accelerate the revitalization of northeast old industrial base, information, intelligence, integrated into a breakthrough, and built high-end equipment manufacturing R & D base with international advanced level.
Authorities revealed that the state will increase the financial and taxation policy support, vigorously implement the transformation, focus on strengthening technological innovation, optimize the industrial structure, highlighting the quality of brand building, increase the intensity of market cultivation , strengthen the development of qualified personnel to enhance the level of cooperation with foreign Continue to implement existing dispensing machinery and equipment and infrastructure and taxation support policies; prepared dispensing machinery manufacturing key technology and product catalog, support dispensing machinery manufacturing business transformation and upgrading, development of high-end equipment; to encourage the support of eligible high-end dispensing machinery manufacturing companies listed on the tilt guide the venture capital and equity investments to high-end dispensing machinery manufacturing; encourage financial leasing companies to carry out high-end equipment financing and leasing business.
In recent years,carbon steel tubing. dispensing machinery manufacturing industry has formed certain scale of the industry. But relatively also developed countries, Chinas dispensing machinery manufacturing innovation capability is weak, the core technology and key components of the control of others; basis of supporting capacity development lag, equipped with a host facing a "shell"; low reliability, high industrial chain the absence of side; small industrial scale, the market to meet the low; industrial system is not perfect, and related infrastructure, the service system has lagged far behind.
Must be from infrastructure, industrial structure, economies of scale, technological innovation, national policies in five aspects, proceed side to allow the dispensing machinery industry during the second five continuation of the Eleventh Five the victory. Shenzhen Teng adopted Chau Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. is a set design, production, installation and commissioning, and maintenance of integrated automation of new enterprises, and production for the LED industry to a series of automated equipment, the main products are LED module filling glue, LED lamp irrigation machines and irrigation machines for power, resistance,cast iron irons. piston pumps and other dispensing, plastic irrigation equipment, such as automatic dispenser, automatic dispenser, two-fluid dispensing machines, precision dispenser, online dispenser, desktop dispenser and so on. Company of the purpose of customer service, social services, to the customers, to address the recruitment difficulties encountered by customers in production, management difficulties. Equipment has easy to learn, easy to operate, run error, and plastic volume control is accurate, and adaptable equipment, apply to the major small and medium enterprises. The company also based on the different needs of customers, providing the best solution, the maximum to meet customer demand, providing customers with the most quality service. Good service for customers to worry about is a good choice for small and medium enterprises to factory automation.

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Foreign insurers may boost Indian economy
Indian regulation will open the way for foreign direct investment by the end of the year, predicted Prabodh Thakker, Indian Merchants Chamber and chairman president, at the Indian Insurance Summit, at the London India event hosted recently by GIC RE, New India Assurance, Indian Merchants' Chamber, Reactions and Asia Insurance Post.
This December the India government will decide whether to pass proposals to raise the foreign direct investment limit for insurers to 49%. "If somebody asked me to bet on what would happen next, I would put my money on it that by December we shall have the next step of reforms in place," said Thakker at the Indian Insurance International Summit, who is also chairman of Aon Global Brokers, India.
India is perfectly poised to become an Asian (re)insurance hub, Thakker argued at the summit. "We believe India is in an absolutely great position today with a democracy, with its demographic, and there is the demand also in place," said Thakker. He said he was pleasantly surprised by the state-owned General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) who welcomed the idea of other insurers and reinsurers joining the market. "There are two things we need now: we need fairer legislation and we need an international infrastructure," said Thakker.
Alice Vaidyan, general manager of the GIC Re also argued that India could be a regional insurance hub. "The Indian markets have been the top performers in all of the Asia Pacific region," said Vaidyan. Indian CEOs are optimistic about India's economic recovery, said Vaidyan. She then proceeded to describe signs of green shoots in the economy, with the revival of service activities and Indian economic growth. She cited several reasons for this, one being that, "the new government is expected to fast-track reforms in sector such as infrastructure and power," . "The Indian Prime Minsiter has promised to provide bank accounts to households and to make banking and insurance products accessible to all Indians by January 1, 2016. Pension sector reforms and microinsurance are also on the agenda."
Vaidyan also cited India's rapid urbanisation. "India is the third largest economy in the world based on purchasing power parity (PPP) and there is a rapid rate of urbanisation. India is urbanising at such a rapid rate that nearly 600 million Indians will live in cities by 2030 up from 290 million from a 2001 census," said Vaidyan.
"India is the third largest economy in the world based on purchasing power parity (PPP) and there is a rapid rate of urbanisation. India is urbanising at such a rapid rate that nearly 600 million Indians will live in cities by 2030 up from 290 million from a 2001 census." Alice Vaidyan, General Manager, GIC Re.
Sanath Kumar, director and general manager of the New India Assurance Company, said that although India had huge potential with huge amounts of data they could access, it could benefit from the expertise of the London insurance industry.
Lloyd's Chairman John Nelson, the last speaker before the break, agreed. He also noted that India's entire economy could be improved simply by having a local Lloyd's presence. Lloyd's could not only boost the Indian (re)insurance industries with a local presence, but could also help India build a stronger economy and generate faster growth in gross domestic product (GDP). "Lloyd's has always been a crucible of innovation in its long history and we are well-placed to lead in the innovation of Indian products," he said. Lloyd's Asian presence has caused facultative reinsurance to go from "strength to strength" in Asia and it could similarly boost India's insurance industry, Nelson argued.
To demonstrate how insurance makes whole economies more resilient, Nelson compared the earthquakes that hit Haiti and Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010. New Zealand's insured losses were $4bn and economic losses were $6.5bn from the quake, but by 2012 New Zealand's GDP had recovered. Comparatively, Haiti's insured losses were only $200m, while economic losses were estimated at around $7.8bn. "One of the reasons they
He observed that this could be worrying for India, considering its insurance penetration is still just 0.8%. Nelson went on to say that the US was one of the most sophisticated insurance markets in the world, with high penetration levels while China has one of the lowest, but both have very high levels of risk."But both economies have diversified their cover into the international capital markets precisely so they can retain their GDP if and when a disaster strikes," said Nelson. "If you look at the US, 67% of 9/11 losses were insured. The US is still the world's largest economy, just," he added.
Lloyd's would be able to provide an intellectual power, pricing metrics, product development, risk management and claims management, Nelson argued at the summit." The reinsurance services which Lloyd's provides can reduce the capital costs for any insurer as well as the volatility of loss that they may be exposed to. Thus allowing them the freedom and certainty to invest more in developing their businesses," he added. Not only does a strong insurance and reinsurance cushion losses financially it also creates a commercial force pushing to improve planning and resilience. "Insurance provides the discipline and incentive to raise building standards and make communities more resilient," said Nelson.


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Welcome to Creative Action, Experiential Movement Therapy workshops, developed by Andrew Krichels.
At your Creative Action workshop you'll learn techniques designed to ground, release and integrate trauma; showing you how to live a more centered healing life ... oh and you'll have a lot of fun too!
The name is Creative Action, but what does creativity really mean? Everyone has a creative spark in them. If you've always believed "I'm not creative, don't worry we'll help you become curious about your creativity, showing how to make it the foundation of life long healing and growth.
And action? well that's because we're going to actually do stuff! You'll leave with personalized tools and techniques that you integrate into your daily life, giving you the means to continue life long healing.
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"The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure."
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Three times a week, live concerts and exotic food are on offer in a premium venue with style and character; add great sound from Amate Audio systems and what more could you ask from Lavash Café?Read More
Russian digital media company Yandex has equipped two new conference venues for 100 people with Amate Audio systems, specified, supplied and installed by our distributor in Russia, Atanor.Read More
And what better, after a long hot day on the beach, than to head out after sundown for an all-night party on the dance floor, on the top floor of Liberty Hotel in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Here Amate Audio KEY series systems ensure a quality soundtrack to a spectacular evening's entertainment.Read More
De Bunk'r is an indoor and outdoor training center designed to realize the full potential of every client. An Amate Audio solutions throughout help to motivate that final push at the end of that last rep – surrender is not an option.Read More
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Amate Audio's authorized distributor in Russia, has been commissioned to re-equip the 18 meeting rooms at Park Inn Hotel by Radisson, located close to Pulkovo airport (Saint Petersburg) – Russia.Read More
At the different spaces of the shop were installed systems from B series and CS series, with the amplification of SD series.Read More
Ten Con Ten restaurant in Madrid is a fashionable multifunctional space where several Amate Audio sound systems were installed.Read More


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Conveyor Belt Design Circular Slide Rule
Price Rubber Corp. produces industrial conveyor belting for the odd & tough applications. To help users figure out the material transportation process, Price developed this circular slide rule calculator. By rotating the wheel and lining up project variables (e.g., cover & carcass to calculate belt thickness) pertinent transportation factors, like roll weight and diameter, are displayed.
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Published: July 7, 2017
AP(Eye) on the Hill is our weekly highlight of significant federal updates, particularly those that impact AAPI communities regarding reproductive, immigration, and economic justice. Learn about NAPAWF's and other national AAPI groups' federal policy work while you're out on the ground!
Policy Recap
NAPAWF joins its allies to stand against Trump's corporate budget
#PaidSickDays takes Twitter by storm
AAPI communities celebrate Independence Day by remembering their own battles for independence in the US
NAPAWF joins its allies to stand against Trump's corporate budget
Photo Credit: Ms. Magazine
On July 5th, NAPAWF joined with 172 other public interest organizations and called on Congress for a budget free of riders meant to benefit corporations. From NAPAWF Executive Director Sung Yeon Choimorrow:
"Trump has put forward a budget that endangers the people who most need our support. Instead of offering solutions for Asian-American and Pacific Islander women and gender non-conforming people, immigrants, low-income people and other vulnerable communities, Trump's budget lines the pockets of the wealthiest Americans. Our families need a clean budget that funds programs like the Violence Against Women Act and the Affordable Care Act – not another chance for corporations to use ideology-driven riders and make a profit off our backs."
Read the full letter and list of organizations from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards!
Follow coverage of the letter and response from The Hill.
#PaidSickDays takes Twitter by storm
Photo Credit: billmoyers.com
This past Thursday, July 6, NAPAWF joined at least a dozen other groups on Twitter to celebrate a major victory for working people and families: nearly two million people gained #PaidSickDays this month, thanks to five new laws that took effect in Cook County, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Arizona.
Paid sick leave is critical to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women, transgender and gender non-conforming communities. No one should have to choose between paying the bills and caring for their health, but too often that is the reality that many AAPI workers have to face. NAPAWF believes in policies that cultivate caring communities that allow AAPI families to thrive — regardless of what state they live in or where they work.
So as we celebrate our wins, let us also pledge vigilance against efforts to undermine our hard-fought gains.
Missed the Tweet storm? Click here to catch some of the earlier action.
See a full list of State, District, and County Paid Sick Days statutes here.
AAPI communities mark the 4th of July by remembering our long histories in the U.S., and discussing our growing populations
Photo Credit: Senator Kamala Harris/twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris
On Independence Day, AAPI communities and organizations held space for discussions about the earliest AAPI settlers in the US, what to expect from our fastest-growing immigrant population, and the civil rights battles we have yet to fight. Read ahead to see how Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made history in the United States and continue doing so today!
- Read US Representative and CAPAC Immigration Task Force Leader Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) describe her journey to citizenship in The New York Times!
- Watch "Chinatown is as American as fireworks" from W. Kamau Bell's United Shades of America.
- Learn about "The One Other Country That Celebrates the Fourth of July (Sort Of)" at The Atlantic.
Keep an eye out for…
July 13-16: 14th Annual South Asian Bar Association North America Convention. D.C Learn more and get tickets here.
July 19: NAPABA's 2017 Scavenger Hunt! RSVP here.
July 31: 2017 Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Summit, hosted by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (open only to students). Register free here!
"25 Years of Resistance: Organize & Fight," APALA's 14th Biennial Convention in Anaheim, CA. A limited number of partial and full travel/hotel scholarships for young workers, leaders, and students to attend are available. The application deadline has been extended to July 9th, and results will be determined mid-July. Apply now!
NAPAWF is hiring! Click here to see the opportunities.


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Mrs. Lewis is the Secretary and Treasurer at Renaissance Academy. She finished her Associates Degree in Health Care at Hopkinsville Community College. This is the first time she has worked in a school setting and enjoys the atmosphere and the learners and facilitators. She has been married for 12 years and has four children and a grandson. Mrs. Lewis is the person to call or email when you have a question! She is also the smiling face greeting you at the door!


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Dear Baba, All the street school children of LDLM Wishes You A Very Happy Birthday!!Today I made a visit to Kalighat where all the street children came up dressed for the occasion Wishing their Baba A Very Happy Birthday! Food packets were distributed to the street childreni
from the Mission. From there I went to our Garcha center where they made an elaborate arrangement to Celebrate Baba's Birthday. They had purchased a Birthday Cake for Baba put up two candles.
Where we all sung Happy Birthday To You ! Happy Birthday Baba! They all offered the cake to Baba ... One child offered me a piece of cake with her own hands which I readily had. I prayed yes Baba is having your cake... Now I went to Swinhoe slums. There children came with Roses that they offered to their Dearest Baba and prayed to him. It was all joy and fun ! We all celebrated your Birthday knowing that your Blessings are always with us. We all love you. That's what the children had to convey to Baba. They have a complain why their Baba didn't come to visit them. to visit them. I told them He is with you all the time....Jai Baba Lokenath Babai


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You spark something in me
A light
A flame
A firework
Poem and photo by L J Priest
You spark something in me
A light
A flame
A firework
Poem and photo by L J Priest
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
Lyrics taken from the song "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkle
Photo taken in south central Pennsylvania
You are the apple of my eye – one hundred times over.
L. J. Priest
You always thought you knew better, didn't you, Dad?
The family vacation that you so desperately wanted to take; a trip to an isolated hunting cabin at the top of Moose Head Mountain would be just the thing to help us all relax and reconnect after this past hectic holiday season. A journey to the secluded, rugged mountains in northern Pennsylvania during the insulated month of January would not only be a way to put us back in touch with Nature, as well as each other.
Mother was against this plan; as she normally was against any type of family project that you came up with. The idea of leaving the comforts of our suburban home and traveling to a primitive cabin during the height of our coldest month sent chills down her spine. She refused to argue her point in front of the children, but she made no attempt to hide her disgust, and she made sure to pack her resentment along with her winter boots; both of which she kept handy should she need them at any part of the trip.
Stuffed to capacity, our vehicle crept along frozen, perilous roads that touted no guard rails, and much more ice than we were used to. As our car crawled along on silent prayers, and murmured curses, the feeling that we experienced was not unlike the proverbial emotional effort of walking on the eggshells that so often lined our household floors. So the feelings of fear and trepidation that we sensed were at least familiar to us, even if the passing landscape was not.
We arrived around midnight to a dark and freezing shell of dwelling, set against the backdrop of a encroaching winter blizzard. We fished out the matches that you, Dad, had brought along, as well as discovered an abundant supply of firewood to help keep us warm for the night. Mother's furor was enough to keep her insulated, and she stewed in a self inflicted pot of self pity and irritation in the kitchen.
After a late night of board games and stories by the fire, each person in the family drifted off to sleep in our abundance of sleeping bags and blankets, with Mother's slumber area being the farthest from the group.
We awoke the next morning to frosty air, and a horrific discovery that Mother had absentmindedly forgotten to pack the week's worth of groceries; and as we all know, winter can be such a hungry time.
You, Dad announced that you would go ice fishing on the big lake that our cabin overlooked. Mother objected, saying that not only was it not safe, it was no way to solve our problem. But last night's storm had left the roads blocked, and you, Dad, would not let your family go without the nourishment that we needed.
You decided to take your only son, Jacob, with you, and the two of you dressed heavily for the venture. We watched you set out across the lake with little Jacob tagging far behind. You must have been around the middle of the lake when I heard the ice crack and begin to break. The oldest sister, Bonnie, managed to pull Jacob back to the shore line, but none of us could reach you, and of course, Mother does not swim.
We radioed frantically for help and had to wait over an hour for the Life Line helicopter to arrive. I watched as the emergency personnel pulled you from the lake, stiff and blue.
I overhead Mother tell the EMT's about the horrible accident, just as I heard your words echo in my ear as they had dozens of times throughout my childhood….
"Elizabeth, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear your mother was trying to send me to an early grave…"
Story by L. J. Priest
Photo taken by the always amazing Bri Samento Buffington
This is one of my first attempts at fiction, and I am happy with the results. I usually prefer to write in a journalistic, or autobiographical nature, or in poetry or prose; but this was a lot of fun to work on. Comments are welcome.
To say that there are complications in communicating between the different generations in our world is an understatement, at least as far as I am concerned. Conversations, even between those of the same age group can come out muddled, frazzled, frantic, and fractured. Some days it appears we have all been transferred back in time to the Biblical era of the tower of Babel. For those of you who have never heard of it; the legend goes that during a period in ancient history, the men of the world came together to construct a tower that would reach to the heavens. During their colossal quest at space exploration and theological questioning, God took a trip down to our planet to check up on His earthly children and see what they were up to. I think it was like when a parent is busy doing housework, and then realizes with a sinking feeling that the kids have been too quiet for too long for their own good. Anyway, when God came down and saw what those over-achievers were up to, He said "So, this is what happens when humans develop good communication skills – those little rascals – let's confuse their languages so that they can never work effectively together again." He then scattered our languages and twisted everyone's' tongues, so that now-a-days, even potholes and bridges are a challenge for us to collaborate on and repair. From that day on the Babel builders all spoke in different tongues and no one could communicate, so no more work could be done on the proposed project. Hmm, this story sounds strangely like the last family picnic I attended.
Let us now turn to the technology of our time and consider the degree of difficulty in answering a phone. I concur that telephones have changed a great deal over the last twenty-five years, but from what I read in the Miss Manners and Dear Abby columns, telephone etiquette hadn't gone completely out of style. Mannerisms, politeness, and common courtesy should all still be in effect, right? Unless you are some sort of spy or foreign diplomat intent on keeping your military secrets from slipping into the wrong hands; and I know that could never be the case in my family, or can it?
I have one sister who goes completely incognito when she is out in public and takes the time to answer her cell phone. What follows is a brief example of how our conversations take place when I call her.
Me- "Hey girl! What's going on?"
Charlene- "Shh!!" (Followed in a fierce whispered voice) "Who is this?"
Me- (now also whispering) "It's me, L. J. – where are you?"
Charlene – "Shhh, quiet! (still whispering) I'm in Walmart, I don't want anyone to hear me!"
Me – (also still whispering) "Why? Are you in a hostage situation?"
Charlene – (Hushed tones) Hush! Listen! I can't talk right now cause I'm in the store and somebody might hear us talking."
Hear us talking about what? Hear our conversations about any upcoming Memorial Day picnics or any surprise baby showers that our family has planned? Hey, she could be right and I could be wrong; after all isn't this how the Nazis got their start – whispering to each other behind closed doors about baby showers and national holidays? You know that the history books are commonly considered to be vague, so we can never be sure of all that actually took place, and it helps with our understanding if we fill in the blanks based on our own experiences and imagination. But, history aside, let's get back to the phone conversation at hand.
Me – (still whispering) "Charlene – what, what did you say? I can't hear you!"
Charlene – (angry whispering) "Shhhh!!! I'll call you back when I get home – bye!"
Me- (hushed, quietly) "Ok, Ok, – good bye."
I hang up quickly and then think – wait a minute– did she say she would call me back when she got home or that she is currently on her way to Rome? I can never be quite sure until I get the return call, because when this sister whispers, even in a face to face setting, she does it so quickly and quietly that I can never catch all that she is saying.
The only thing more perplexing than trying to talk to my sister on the phone while she is at Walmart is attempting to find out the exact location of my mother.
When we were growing up in my parents' home, the house that we lived in had been built on the same track of land as my maternal grandparents, about one football field's length from their back door. My siblings and I were close enough in age to be a source of comfort and entertainment for each other if we ever desired it, but unfortunately for my mother, we rarely did. Instead we played many a sporting games of trying to best each other at various physical challenges that involved baseball bats, roller skates, large cardboard boxes, and plenty of Silly String and Crazy Foam. To her credit, my mother could never have been accused of being a helicopter parent. She did not hover over us while we did our homework, nor did she stand in our way while we tried conquering new things. She refused to referee during our sibling rivalry wars, no matter who was winning or what the odds. We grew up in an independent, figure it out for yourself, whoever is strongest will survive type of environment. I can imagine that the four of us were a lot to have to handle, and whenever she needed a break from her parental duties, she would just saunter over to grandma's house, without bothering to tell any of us kids where she was going. I can remember many a times as a young child being seized by panic when I went looking for my mother and discovered she was nowhere to be found.
"She's at Grandma's house" always came the nonchalant replies of my older siblings.
Traumatic as those times were, as I grew older, I came to realize that I was capable enough of handling many an issue all by myself, and that whenever I truly needed my mother, she would always be there for me; always, usually, sometimes, ok, ok, now and then, but I first I had to figure out where she was.
Upon reaching that wonderful age of fifty, it becomes crystal clear to me that the age old adage – the more things change, the more they stay the same – is still stoically in effect.
One recent day, as I was driving down the road near my home in town, I spotted a sign along the side of a road that screamed "FREE insulation panels!"
Now anything with the letters F-R-E-E on it is going to make my head turn, but the word that beacons into my brain is "insulation". It just so happened that my daughter, grandchildren and I have recently moved into an older home in the downtown area of our borough. This charming historic home has a back sun room where the washer and dryer are hooked up, but the fact that the laundry area does not have any heat or winterizing has given me cause for some concern. Winters have been quite frigid in the south central part of Pennsylvania these past few years, and I realize that if we don't find a way to keep that back room warm this year, we may be doing mountains of laundry at a nearby laundromat – not anything I aspire to at this point in my life. I do a quick U-turn up the road and head back to check out the wares. I pull into a large parking lot of an industrial facility and at the end of the lot sits several large piles of insulation in the form of storm doors. These storm doors have been cut into piles of easy to handle rectangles and squares, but they are covered in the heavy metal fiberglass of their construction. I lift one up, even with their smaller sizes, these things are heavy and large. There is no way they will fit into my Honda. If only I had a truck or an SUV.
I start dialing my mother's cell phone. Daddy has a truck and Mother has a small, but reliable crossover SUV. Ring, ring, ring – I wait for her to answer – finally she picks up her phone.
"Hey Mother!" I say warmly, and not wanting to trespass on her time by forcing her to drive out of her way to look at my bargain find, I ask the next logical question I can think of – "where are you?"
Her answer comes back a little on the vague side. "Well, I am not at home."
This is good news to me because it means she is already on the road and might already be somewhere nearby. "Ok, great." I say "where are you right now?"
Her next answer is even more reflective. "Well, if you go by the house – I won't be there."
I am still optimistically anticipating co-operation at this point. "Ok, terrific, Mom… So, uh where are you that has taken you away from the house?"
She takes a frustrated sigh "L. J, I just want you to know that if you're going home to visit, there won't be anybody there."
Ok, wait a minute, let's recap here. Are we talking in Morse code? Did I just suddenly just start speaking in Japanese and I am not aware of it, and my mother is unable to translate? I start to become a little alarmed by her warning signs – is Mom having a stroke or giving me a hint that Alzheimer's runs in our family? I know I haven't had my usual levels of hot tea or caffeine this morning, but I don't think my brain can possibly be this sluggish at such a young age. I take a deep breath and begin again to try to solve this mystery.
I start the conversation over. "So…uh, Mom, you are not at home – does this mean that you are on the road somewhere?"
"Yes, but not anywhere near home."
"Ok, I think we have established that much at this point. Can you look at your GPS and tell me what location you are at?"
"I don't have the GPS turned on and if I did, it would say that I am not anywhere near the house."
"Right, OK, … Hmmm Mom, are you at least in the state of Pennsylvania?"
"Why? Are you planning on coming to the house to visit? Because if you are – I'm not there."
It now occurs to me that my mother is being purposefully evasive – but why? Is our family a bunch of government spies, and I am the only one in our genetic pool who wasn't enrolled in the program? Did Mom secretly retire into the Soviet Society for Senior Citizens? The one thing I do know about Russia is that it isn't anywhere near here and I can't even see it from my own backyard. And in reality, I can't see how our government would ever trust us with any CIA work. I mean, come on – the combined ages of my mother and I equal over one hundred and twenty years- there is no possible way, even with Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren on our team, that the two of us could be any sort of danger to any kind of society, no matter how unsuspecting it might be.
At this point, I am totally confused. I have tried to be blunt with my mother, but she is not taking the bait, and is closed mouth about this suddenly salacious subject.
Meanwhile all I can think is that I wish I had bought a truck instead of a Honda. Also, now thanks to my lack of caffeine and my mother's cross talk I am getting a terrific headache.
After several more exasperating minutes on the phone, true to her benevolent nature, although she never gave away her coordinates, she did agree to come and help me with the panels. When she finally arrived, we loaded several panels into the back of her crossover SUV and took them to my home, where they sat in the wash room all winter and weren't even put into place until the first warm days of the following year. I consider procrastination to be among my most endearing traits.
In closing this story, I just want to remind everyone that my mother truly does have a genuine heart of gold, and she will and often does go out of her way to help anyone in need. I can also tell you that she wasn't exactly thrilled to learn that I chose to include this story about her in my blog, but hey, I like to look at the bright side of things. If any of her adoring family and friends want to discuss this chapter with her, they have to find her first.
Story and photography by L. J. Priest. All rights reserved.
A sheepish look for a Saturday morning.
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Spring Jefferson Car Show and Swap Meet
Jefferson County Fairgrounds
503 N Jackson Street
Jefferson, WI 53549
April 26-28, 2019
- 99 acres - largest swap meet in the Midwest
- Over 20,000 car show spectators
- Over 3,100 car part vending spaces
- 100's of vehicles for sale in the Cars for Sale Corral
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Noah's Ark Waterpark
1410 Wisconsin Dells Pkwy
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
May 18-19, 2019
- Over 1,200 Classic Rides
- Autoshow, Swap Meet & Car Corral
- Wisconsin Hot Rod Radio
- Live Music Food and Kids Activities
- Fire Truck Display
- Hollywood on Broadway Display
Iola 46th Annual Car Show & Swap Meet
Iola Car Show
130 Jenson Drive
Iola, WI 54945
July 11-13, 2019
- The Iola Car Show is one of the biggest events for auto enthusiasts in the Midwest
- 300 acres that showcase more than 2,200 show cars
- 4,200 swap spaces
- 1,000 car corral spaces
- 1,600 camping spaces
Spring Green Car Show
Downtown Spring Green
101 E Jefferson St
Spring Green, WI 53588
August 17, 2019
- The Village of Spring Green becomes a huge showcase for prized automobiles. Classic Cars, Hot Rods, unique show cars and trucks of all types fill the streets. Fun for the whole family!
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Las Vegas, NV 89109
November 5-8, 2019
- A world premier automotive specialty products trade event drawing more than 60,000 domestic and international buyers
- Thousands of new products showcased
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Must Love Pekes is a blog for those who love Pekingese, their looks, their antics, their personalities. It is written by me, Linda, and I have been rescuing Pekingese for over 15 years. Lots of them have gone through our home. We have loved them all.
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What a beautiful day for a meet up !!!!
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Such a great visit with Cynthia and Susan and their fur-babies! We met in Central Park and in no time it was over 2 hrs later. Sigmund is a doll baby and we all know Mr. Gus! :) :)
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An American man has reportedly been languishing in jail in Chongqing since last September following an altercation with locals at a bar. His family has started an online fundraising campaign hoping to get him back home.
30-year-old Wendell Brown, a Detroit native, was working as a football coach in Chongqing when he got into a disagreement with a group of locals during a night out on September 24, 2016. Alexis Andrews, a friend of Brown's, told MichiganPreps.com that Brown had described what had happened to her at another bar shortly afterward, telling her that the locals had become angry when he refused to party with them and one man had thrown a bottle. Brown said that he had then retaliated in self-defense. Reportedly, Brown was the only one arrested following the incident.
"He told me everything that happened; how they were picking on him, and how they started off wanting to drink with him. When he was uninterested, they got upset, which is common," Andrews said.
Brown arrived in China to play for the Chongqing Dockers of the American Football League of China back in 2015, later staying on to help coach the team. Previously, he had played football in Canada and Austria. He has a 10-year-old son back in Detroit.
MichiganPreps.com also included a letter, dated March 1st, 2017, which Brown wrote to his family from jail:
To all my family whom I love throughout the continents of Asia, Europe, and North America: honor, praise, and glory to the most high (yah?) , through Yahshua Messiah for blessing me with such a beautiful band of people whom I can lean on in order to regain both focus and strength. I thank you for all that you are doing for me while I fight the toughest fight of my life! I know this battle is not physical, but spiritual, and I also know I'm not just fighting for myself and my family, but a multitude of people, and I'm more than grateful because you all have extended yourselves to be my crutch! Again, I thank you! I miss y'all so much.
What keeps me encouraged are all the memories we've been blessed to share with each other. The thought of us building more, and those that are even more beautiful got me fist pumping, like Arsenio! For real, I'm excited! But, some days I wake up and look around like wtf bro, you really in jail! And in China! And, no, Wendell didn't go to China and try to turn thug! But being in here, in isolation, away from those I care for and who care for me, I think of all (0f) life's luxuries that, to us, may not even be considered a luxury, like lotion, a comb, hot showers, a toilet, going outside, or even seeing and being around smiles and eyes that you know are pure and have no deceit behind them!
I think of so may things I've been blessed with my whole life that I've simply taken for granted. I've also been thinking about my life and where it's been, where it's heading, what mark do I truly want to leave, what defines me, what will the legacy of Wendell Brown Sr., actually be? And plainly, I just want to give; I want to give all things to my people. I want to give love, life, laughter, opportunity, experience and so much more! And when I say my people, I don't just speak of my family and friends, but all children! All those I've encountered in my travels around the world, along with fulfilling my destiny, and life's purpose, are two things I often pray for! I just want the right, you know? I don't want to miss it or come up short, but (yah?) willing, I won't. I know I won't! Hallellyah.
I think of those in the bible who stood firm in their faith, and what came to be of them after their test. Since I know his ways, (his) thoughts are higher than mine. I know the road ahead is full of blessings, and not just for me, but for us! Halleluyah! And because I know the most high possesses so much power, and I know his spirit is living within out physical being, I'm convinced we are already victorious, and in more ways than one! Halleluyah!
I want to say so much more, but this letter is already pushing it. So again, thank you to all of you! Please continue to pray and send me your positive energy, and I will continue to do the same for you in return! I love you all to life! Grace, peace, prosperity, love, and abundance of blessings in the name of the most high God! Deuce, yo daddy loves you!
Many details about this case are not known. It's unclear why Brown is still in jail seven months after the incident. It's also uncertain when his next court date will be. However, this certainly would not be the first time that something like this has happened in a bar in China.
Back in March, Brown's family began a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for legal fees. So far, they have raised nearly $2,000 out of their $10,000 goal.
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The SWOSU Division of Physics will host its annual Physics Spring Alumni Banquet on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 7:00 PM at the Stafford Air and Space Museum. Justin Silkwood, a therapeutic medical physicist at the Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute in Tulsa, will be our speaker.
Justin Silkwood received his B.S. degree in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 2010. In 2013, he graduated from Louisiana State University with an M.S. degree in Medical Physics. Upon graduation, he entered into a Medical Physics Residency at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge, LA, which he completed in 2015. Following his residency, he began work at the Oklahoma Specialists and Research Institute.
The main goal of radiation oncology is to treat a patient's tumor such that 95% of its volume receives at least 95% of the intended radiation dose while at the same time keeping doses to healthy tissues as low as possible. Medical physicists work as a team to ensure that goal is met by maintaining the software used to design treatment plans, evaluating proposed treatment plans created by that software for potential errors, monitoring patients under treatment to ensure the plan is being delivered according to physician intent, and maintaining the equipment used to image the patients and deliver their treatments. Radiation producing machines, known as linear accelerators, are used to treat the majority of patients in a cancer center, and require Quality Assurance testing with increasing rigor on a daily, monthly, and annual basis. Medical physicists design and carry out these tests. To achieve all these things in sync with clinic flow, physicists have to be extremely efficient. This profession demands exceptional time management skills, as the acquired images used to plan treatments can become "stale" if too much time passes between initial consultation and first treatment. The patient's tumor could have grown too much or have changed shape since it was imaged, decreasing the chances of cure by geometrically missing the target. Most clinics strive to get the first treatment underway within 1-2 weeks of the initial patient consultation. This career provides new challenges daily, is exciting to participate in, and most of all it's fulfilling to know that a job well done means our patients get more time with loved ones, more time for taking trips or having new experiences, and more time to create lasting memories.
Justin is currently busy helping to install a new linear accelerator (the Center's fourth machine) to provide greater service to patients–increased availability, longer access times, and more efficient response in general.
Justin and his wife Candace (née Benda, also a SWOSU graduate) reside in Tulsa.
Tickets for the banquet are $25 each and may be paid for at the door, but we need a head count by Wednesday, April 5, so we ask that you make reservations by email (email@example.com), phone (580/774-3109), FAX (580/774-3115), snail mail (c/o Terry Goforth, 100 Campus Dr., Weatherford, OK 73096) or in person. We look forward to seeing you there!
The annual Physics Shish-kebab will be at Crowder Lake on Saturday, April 29, 2017. As always, there will be plenty of delicious food and good company. The dinner bell rings around 6 p.m., but of course there's plenty to do–canoeing, fishing, hiking, and chatting–so feel free to come early and relax and enjoy.
This is also when we present the Iggies (Ignoble Awards)–recognition for actions and achievements that don't quite show up at the banquet, and we'll be inducting our officers for the 2017-2018 school year. (The swearing-in oaths are worth the wait!)
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Intel's regional development forum attracts key participants
The Intel Developer Forum - Cairo 2005 will feature more than 200 hours of lectures, sessions and labs covering wi-fi, hyper-threading, security advances and mobile and modular platforms.
Intel's key technology event, the Middle East's first Intel Developer Forum (IDF) is being held in Cairo, and has attracted the interest of several hundred companies from across the region. Designed to provide vital technology insights to hardware and software companies, IDF Cairo 2005 is sponsored by leading organisations such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Dell, IBM, and Raya. Aysegul Ildeniz, Intel's regional director, states that the company has already received an overwhelming number of registrations, bookings and corporate support from software developers, technology professionals and the business community across the region, since the event was announced in April. "The forum is Intel's tribute to the immense potential of computing and communications in the region. Under the theme of 'Tomorrows Platforms, Your Possibilities Unleashed', the forum will encapsulate a host of digital demonstrations, multiple labs and open discussions as well as innovative demonstrations of the latest platforms." While the platinum sponsor for the event is Microsoft and the gold sponsor is HP, other sponsors include Moonstone as technology sponsor, Active Mania, Dell, IBM, Raya, and Sakhr as silver sponsors, with Al Hayat as the media sponsor and The Way Out sponsoring the Wi-Fi section. "IDF Cairo presents an excellent occasion for these organisations to showcase their solutions as part of the digital transformation," says Ildeniz. Key themes to be covered at the forum include research and development, digital enterprise, the digital home, mobility and communication technologies, and cross-architecture software development. Frank Spindler, vice president Intel's sales and marketing group and director of industry technology programmes, will deliver the keynote address - a strategic overview of Intel's current technical direction and its latest developments. Chris Thomas, the chief strategist and director of strategic initiatives solutions market development group will speak on the trends and emerging issues that are shaping regional IT. Finally, Shekhar Borkar, an Intel Fellow and corporate technology group director of circuit research, will deliver a speech on Intel's latest research and development efforts, and how these address existing user needs and possibilities for the future.


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ARN Launches New Division 'Sonic'
ARN has announcedthe launch of its new division SONIC and exclusive new partnership with global audio branding consultancy SixièmeSon.
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SONIC evolves ARN's existing audio creative expertise to leverage the connection between brands, audio and technology. The division has been created to champion innovation in audio creative with solutions in Audio Branding, personalised contextual audio and skills development in voice-enabled devices.
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SONIC signals how we will further build on our investment in audio technology, creativity and innovation. And for audio branding, there is no better partner we could choose than Sixième Son"
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Hi Sandie,
I hope you are well. We are just back to reality after a trip to Italy after Chamonix and then a business trip to South Africa for me!
We wanted to say thank you so very much for being such an important part of our wedding. We thought the ceremony was lovely and everyone certainly seemed to enjoy themselves. Certainly no need to worry that people wouldn't participate in the singing!
Many thanks again.
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Safari Central Baby Alert
What is a better way to end the year than with some great conservation news? Two of our game stars have baby updates to share!
Lola the Rhino is ready to pop!
Our AR star Lola is under constant surveillance, as she has reached the 18th month of her pregnancy. Rhino ladies carry their babies 15 to 17 months, but it can take longer - wowzers! With such a long gestation time and three to five years between babies, rhinos are extra vulnerable to extinction, so we could not be happier with this news! The team of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Lola lives, is keeping us updated, when we hear more we will let you know! In the mean time, snap a photo with Lola and congratulate the mom-to-be!
Rockstar the Pangolin is a new mom!
More amazing baby news, this one from the Kalahari in South Africa! Wendy Panaino, the researcher at Tswalu who is tracking the life of our AR star pangolin, sent us this message: "Hey SC team! Super exciting news!!!😀 I've recently learnt that Rockstar the pangolin has a 2 month old pup. Pangolin moms generally only bring their pups out roughly once a week when changing burrows, so I was incredibly lucky to catch them in the act." Absolutely brilliant! As you can see in Wendy's photo, Rockstar carries her pup on her back. We will share more news when it comes in!


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Hello there everyone! I'm here to talk about something I don't know much about and something I hope to God I know more about, those being X-wing and game theory. Now I don't mean "game theory" as in a theory of how you best design board games or how to make the most money off them. No, I mean the branch of economics that talks about how people make choices in different defined settings and how the structure of those settings ("games") influences how individuals choose, how they "play the game." If you've ever heard of "The Prisoners' Dilemma," you've heard of game theory and have a bit of a leg up. I'm going to start out with a short discussion of the Prisoners' Dilemma to illustrate some principles of game theory and then show how it applies to board gaming and makes me rather interested in X-wing, though I've only watched part of one game.
First things first, let's walk through some elementary game theory for you with the prisoners' dilemma. You have two prisoners who have been caught committing some minor crime in the process of a larger crime. The police can't pin the larger crime on either of them without them confessing. The picture at the right shows us the sentences each prisoner will receive based on how they and their partner-in-crime behave. How the game is played has major implications in which one of the cells will occur.
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Looking at 40k and WM/H when it comes to movement we have games where we have sequential decision making where your opponent has perfect information on what you have done as soon as you decide to do it. There are some instances in WM where you can move out of sequence, e.g. countercharge, but for the most part, when you decide to move your models you know exactly where your opponent's models will be and whether they will be able to move out of sequence in a way you can or can't anticipate. There's still some very important imperfect information that makes your choices exciting (dice variance), but as far as movement goes, the game is rather dull, which may be why so few people stress how much of the outcome can depend on your movement choices.
X-Wing, from what I've seen is quite different. There's a much lower model count than even the most beast/jack heavy list in WM/H and extremely little terrain, but the movement in that game has me a bit fascinated. First off, models can't move freely up to a certain distance as they can in 40k or WM/H. Models can move a certain "distance" up to their movement stat during a turn and can only move in certain increments based on their front arc. They don't have to move it all at once and players alternate moving models during the turn, but must commit to some movement with each model simultaneously and in secret. For instance, I could have a tie fighter with move 3 and I'm not sure how you're wanting to move your x-wing, but I'm in position to shoot you, so I can choose to only go 1 directly forward and later do what I need to do so I can follow your moves and shoot you down. You can see where my model is, but you can't know where I'm going to move to when you make your decision to move your x-wing. Once we've made our choices we go to move our models and I reveal my choice and move, then you reveal and make your move. Once we've done this for all our models we begin using up the rest of our movement on each model, alternating our choices until they're all exhausted. Then comes the flashy bits of shooting, but that's less interesting.
So while movement in 40k and WM/H is essentially a sequential game with perfect information, in X-wing it'snot just one game structure. It's a two stage game: in the first we have simultaneous choices and imperfect information, in the second we have sequential choices and perfect information, but how we behave in the second stage depends on how we and our opponents behaved in the first stage.
Maybe I'm just a nerd, but I'm really excited to see game designers mixing up the structures of their games and making the choice structures more diverse. If I can get time, I would love to see what I could dig up on some cooperative board games like Arkham Horror and how I could analyze them. Really, I just want to play some Arkham Horror. Any interesting game structures that sparked your interest?


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Productivity And Conciliation? I have wanted to write about this issue for some time, as I am concerned to see that these words are meeting less often each time. Many organizations are forcing a high percentage of our workers, women, to decide between having a professional life or being a mother…. when it is not an exclusive choice.
The issue that I want to address in this article is, at best, tricky, but I will try to treat it honestly. I do not intend in any case to make any type of sexist / feminist plea, since, in my opinion, we are different, and neither better nor worse … and I think that generalizing is bad politics. From the outset, I will say that I do not believe that there is equality in employment in a significant part of the companies in this country, and sadly I have found on more than one occasion that it is true that there are inequalities in terms of salary and opportunities … I think that there should be no discrimination in no case, neither in the negative plane and certainly not in the positive one either.
The main axis on which I want to move is the choice that in many cases should make women who want to have a child and continue with their professional career … but without neglecting either. This obviously also applies to women who want to continue caring for their children, and let's not forget, men (although it is less common). Not allowing this reconciliation we are wasting the talent of a large number of professionals who, faced with the dilemma, decide to stop working for a few years … and as I will expand later, lowering the productivity of our country.
I have to admit that I was skeptical that this type of behavior continued to occur today … "in the XXI century ". He had always argued that such occurrences were of a punctual nature and were relegated to small companies in which managers of another generation held the reins…. What a surprise for me when a few years ago, women around me decided to become mothers, and they began to suffer pressure to leave work or assume positions of less responsibility (suffering even in some cases mobbing). And they were not all small businesses of the last century, far from it…
The Point Of View Of The Company
As an "institutional skeptic" that I am, I decided to go a little deeper into the subject, and see it from the point of view of the company first (later we will see from the point of view of Spain as a country). I think that in general companies do not consider that conciliation is something inadequate, nor are they against it per se , but they are concerned about how this can impact costs and productivity, a real workhorse of the Spanish company.
These are some of the questions I asked myself, and the answers (I am not a specialist in the subject, so I will focus more on the aspects of productivity and less on those of legal bonuses … etc. ):
Is it such a huge cost to have a person with a low 16 weeks due to pregnancy?: The first thing that I think is that if a company cannot assume that one of its employees is absent 16 weeks having notified months in advance, it is that before to worry about the issue should analyze how it is organizing work and productive load … and if this person changes work or is out of work for a long time?. I think we should be careful with the silos of knowledge … In any case, the salary of the low person is assumed by the INSS 100% … and there are additional bonuses in the case of substitution.
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Does it entail any extra cost, tax or additional tax? If the task of this person cannot be assumed internally, a person must be hired to make the substitution. But since 2007, the Organic Law for the Equality of women and men, if the person with sick leave is replaced with another, the Social Security contributions of both are reduced by 100%…. and when reincorporar follows the same bonus of 4 years, with what the only cost to assume if someone should be hired is the "wage" cost of 4 months of the substitute. This is one of the best system of Productivity And Conciliation.
And that a person reduces his day after that period of 8 to 4 or 6 hours? . This is the eternal point of discord. We can allow ourselves to express our opinion on whether this is good or bad for the company, but let's not forget that the worker is legally entitled to request a reduction in working hours due to legal guardianship. Beyond that, I think we have to think more in the long term, and consider if it is not a great opportunity to rethink about the useful tasks of that position: experience tells me that we tend to fill the work of hours, and that possibly if that person concentrates on the importance of their work and eliminates "the straw" can give a great performance with fewer hours (that's the productivity, to do more useful thingsin a period of time, not to work more). In addition, the company has a bonus consisting of 1,200 euros for 4 years, applying this bonus in proportion to the reduced working day. This also another system of Productivity And Conciliation.
Do these people stop being so productive, since they have their heads in other things …? . Curiously, this comment was made by a woman, alleging that when a woman is a mother she stops staying until x every day, worries about other things and leaves at her own time…. And my answer is: and what? Looking at it from the point of view of productivity, it does not surrender more to do 2 more hours every day, but to eliminate the superfluous and produce more work (no more hours). The problem is that this approach forces managers to take on the job of tracking people's tasks to evaluate productive performance and not only to count how many there are from 19:30 in their chair…
As you begin to intuit, most problems are not such, and are more in our prejudices than in reality … If we objecmos that the worker recover the previous full day without wanting it, it is usual to get a person in his put 8 hours a day, but really in a state of mental absenteeism . That said, it can actually be a problem for a person to decide to reduce their working day by half, but it is a similar problem that people no longer let us work 7 days a week: laws (and common sense) say that's how it should be … and you have to respect it.
For me this is one of the most important points that we are losing sight of: to force an important sector within our productive force to choose between being a mother or being professional makes us stop having trained, trained and productive professionals … normally replaced by less experienced staff in the position and less productive, at least during the first year. This is also one of the points of Productivity And Conciliation.
But this is not all. Following a very interesting talk offered by Pedro Luis Uriarte , former vice president and CEO of BBVA and current president of Innobasque (Basque Innovation Agency), I was aware of a shocking fact: These women who decide to leave their jobs because they can not reconcile them with their family life, they represent 15% of the Spanish GDP (I have not been able to locate the source).This is also another system of Productivity And Conciliation.
One of the main burdens that Spain has within Europe is the very low productivity index , which directly impacts the country's competitiveness, which continues to fall freely . Would not it make more sense to try to "rescue" the maximum possible number of women who find themselves in this dilemma? An increase of 15% of GDP (ideal figure) by incorporating this group would have a tremendous impact on the Spanish economy, which would improve the country's chances of competing, its productivity and possibly accelerating the exit from the crisis in a very important way. In addition, there are already various grants to incorporate this type of profile to our organizations … what do we expect?
Some Reasonable Solutions
It is clear that there is a percentage of mothers who make the decision to devote themselves completely, at least for a few years, to the upbringing of their children, which is why I admire them…. but I think there is a much higher percentage of mothers who, if the market made it easier for them , would happily rejoin their work . Furthermore, we should not forget that in a good working environment, productivity is boosted to very high levels, even surprising ones, and that thanks to these "facilities" a better retention of talent could be achieved, a critical aspect of human capital management. The companies. This is the solution of Productivity And Conciliation.
Most of the options that can be raised must break schemes through a transformation of the business culture, where they pass to prevail concepts such as productivity and not presence, for example. The main benefits obtained from this change would foreseeably include:
Reputation and improvement of the external image
… And in spite of all this, from the organizations we are blinded in seeing only the problems of that conciliation, when there are many ways that a woman who wants to reconcile her professional life with the personal one does it. Some basic ideas:
Flexibility of the day: Except in very specific positions, such as assembly lines, the woman is a "knowledge worker", and therefore her productivity is not tied to the hours that "in person" is in her job … It is perfectly possible, through a rationalization of the tasks that are made reductions or alterations of the schedule that allow a better conciliation. An interesting example : one of the most expensive positions to "flex" is the commercial ones … and yet, it would be perfectly feasible for ordinary visits to be made during the morning and the telephone to be answered during the rest of the day … This is the system of Productivity And Conciliation.
Teleworking: Not only refers to the employee working from a laptop, but to a whole new way of posing the position. Until now, teleworking has been considered from solitude and isolated work, but it is perfectly feasible to telecommute, not only in positions such as those of programmer but also in management positions: The one that considers that the manager must be physically seeing how his People are an anachronism, especially if what they are interested in are their results … You can be "online" and work in a completely effective way through different tools … How are work teams from different cities or countries arranged?
Meetings: If the professional has access to elements such as video / audio conference (with skype , for example), at a very low cost, many of the meetings can be done in the distance (with great productivity results if they have been properly managed: agenda, responsible, topics, times … etc). And in the case of certain meetings, I do not think there is any problem in that if the professional needs to move. This is another system of Productivity And Conciliation.
In general, many of the problems come because our way of working is geared towards managing exceptions ("what if one day a client wants to have a meeting in the afternoon?") Instead of managing the real work …. Without taking into account that this flexibility usually exists for both parties ( I have not met anyone who, with an exception, has not "put up the shoulder" ). These are all the systems of Productivity And Conciliation.


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Swells Are Gone
It was a very hot day in San Diego. I chose the wrong day to hike down - and back up - the cliffs near the Torrey Pines Glider Port. I'll have some video of that coming to an In The Field episode in a couple of week.s
The tide was ho-hum and receding, so the surfers headed in early. Processing on this was a complete experiment. The light was harsh and colors either too bright or washed out, so I went with the hazier faded type look.
I took this photo about 90 minutes before meeting up with Spencer for our new podcast, Photographers In Cars. If you haven't checked out what Spencer and I are doing, please give it a try.
We're syndicating in all the major places, although I'll steer you toward YouTube. Watching us giggle and crack each other up is part of the fun.


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My name is Mervin Wright Jr. I grew up on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation in Nixon, Nevada. I am an enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. My paternal grandparents are Lena Mauwee and Paul Wright, and my maternal grandparents are Ruby Mose (Te-moak) and Donald Ridley (Washo).
I attended college in California for seven years; first at Lassen Junior College in Susanville and then I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture Engineering from California State University at Chico. I earned a Masters Degree in Hydrologic Sciences in 2006 from the University of Nevada at Reno.
I have been sober for 30 years (1988) and free from drug use for 28 years. I understand the perils of impaired thinking and the damage drugs and alcohol causes to individual responsibility, and it is the primary reason why I choose to avoid alcohol and drug use.
My primary interest is preserving indigenous knowledge with protecting Native traditions. My professional interest includes tribal water rights, environmental protection, and the legal tenets of sovereign authority.
My other interests include organic agriculture and gardening, beading, supporting educational pursuit.
It is important to understand the points of view of everyone interested in progressing with meeting a challenge facing our Native People. The responsibility of conduct is an important aspect for communicating interests of tribal representat


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AT LEAST two days late and several dollars short of being convincing, the Romney campaign has finally answered the question of where the Republican nominee for president stands on the need for FEMA, the federal agency coordinating relief efforts for victims of Superstorm Sandy with the affected states — the same question he was asked by reporters a dozen times on Monday.
"I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters," Romney said in a statement presented by his campaign Wednesday.
"As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission, while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need, because states and localities are in the best position to get aid to the individuals and communities affected by natural disasters."
Just when you thought Romney had finally settled on a persona to ride to Election Day, just when you thought he'd put the Etch a Sketch down for the last time, the former governor of Massachusetts walks back a previously stated and defended position on how "immoral" spending for federal disaster relief was. And he does it six days before the election.
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BUT AS surely as that's likely to be another last-minute deception, the latest shiny objects from Team Romney, there was another deception that was painstakingly deliberate. If you believed the increasingly desperate RomneyRyan campaign couldn't get more cynical and out of touch, McKay Coppins put that to rest today in an eye-opening BuzzFeed story about Romney's "storm relief event" in Kettering, Ohio.
What was first reported (and at first blush generally appeared to be) a seemingly earnest but misguided effort at citizen outreach and assistance in the wake of the deadly storm turned out to be more orchestrated, more fabricated than we'd have thought possible. Even for Mitt Romney.
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From Dayton, Ohio, Coppins tells the story:
On Monday morning, Romney's local team in Dayton was eagerly preparing to host the candidate the following day. A high school gym had been reserved, a stage had been rented, and a pair of celebrity guests — country singer Randy Owen and NASCAR driver Richard Petty — had been booked to give the event some B-list heft.
Then, a little before noon, communications director Gail Gitcho announced the cancellation of "all events currently scheduled" for Tuesday. The superstorm that forecasters had been warning about for days had picked up steam ... In a statement, Gitcho said the decision to cancel campaign events had been made "out of sensitivity to the millions of Americans in the path of Hurricane Sandy."
But Boston wasn't quite ready to lose a full day of swing state visibility with a week left in the race. So, after some deliberation, the campaign decided to use their existing venue in Ohio to stage a makeshift and nonpartisan humanitarian project. …
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[O]n the ground in Dayton, aides were working feverishly to depoliticize the planned event. Campaign signs were removed from the premises, long rows of folding tables were set up, and logistics were painstakingly arranged to accomodate physical donations. ...
The plan was for supporters to bring hurricane relief supplies to the event and then deliver the bags of canned goods, packages of diapers, and cases of water bottles to the candidate, who would be perched behind a table along with a slew of volunteers and his Ohio right-hand man, Senator Rob Portman. To complete the project and photo op, Romney would lead his crew in carrying the goods out of the gymnasium and into the Penske rental truck parked outside.
But the last-minute nature of the call for donations left some in the campaign concerned that they would end up with an empty truck. So the night before the event, campaign aides went to a local Wal-Mart and spent $5,000 on granola bars, canned food, and diapers to put on display while they waited for donations to come in, according to one staffer. ...
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... Romney, clad in blue jeans and rolled-up sleeves, hustled around his area of the gym, shaking hands, thanking supporters, and stacking cases of bottled water on top of each other ...
As supporters lined up to greet the candidate, a young volunteer in a Romney/Ryan T-shirt stood near the tables, his hands cupped around his mouth, shouting, "You need a donation to get in line!"
Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, "What if we dropped off our donations up front?"
The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. "Just grab something," he said.
Two teenage boys retrieved a jar of peanut butter each, and got in line. When it was their turn, they handed their "donations" to Romney. He took them, smiled, and offered an earnest "Thank you."
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NEVER MIND the fact that the Red Cross prefers cash donations to actual physical donations of canned and material goods (something the Team Romney ground-game people should have know already). That much is almost forgivable. But the Romney campaign's calculated attempt at citizen assistance couldn't even come from an emotionally honest place in the middle of what is certainly the worst domestic tragedy since Katrina.
It all seems so ... desperate now. Romney, effectively frozen out of the story that could well change the course of the election — but more likely cement the current trajectory of he election — can only watch from the sidelines, and gin up photo ops like this to keep his campaign current.
Karl Thornton from McFarland, Wisc., writes: "Thing is, this should be a slam dunk for Romney. He was the governor of one of the affected areas. He should be able to speak to how his state prepared for situations like this, the areas and people he worked with, and the role of the state vs. federal government during disasters.
"Why isn't he talking about those experiences, and how they would apply to the job he's seeking?
"The fact that he isn't, and is resorting to cheap stunts like this, is extremely telling."
Image credits: Romney: AFP/Emmanuel Dunand. BuzzFeed logo: © 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Facebook logo: © 2012 Facebook.


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Friend of the Blog and general sexy beast Dan went to GenCon last weekend and files this report…
My time at GenCon was very limited this year, so I was reduced to the following two humble hopes:
- Leave GenCon with the same exact number of diseases as I had when I walked in (CON CRUD!!)
- A better understanding of 13th Age
The jury is still out on #1, but my understanding of 13th Age is much, much better after I sat in on a seminar, and then subsequently played in a demo run by Rob Heinsoo.
First, the seminar. It was sparsely attended, with only about 20 attendees. That really shocked me. Jonathan Tweet? Rob Heinsoo? They should draw at least 40, even for an indie type of release. This was booked into a "double" hall which holds seating for around 120. Factor in the recent Kickstarter that they have just started for the follow up book, and you would figure that there should have been plenty of juice behind this to get up to at least 40. Pelgrane marketing, I think you fumbled your skill check on this one.
The seminar itself was engaging, and it was great to hear the passion of the creators. But the subject matter was all over the place. This is where my professional life has broken me; I expected a professional delivery of a seminar that was designed to inform and excite the attendees about their new game. What we got was an entertaining meandering of thoughts, information, and retelling of gaming experiences.
Yes, even game designers want to tell you about their games and characters.
They started off by covering the basics for those who are unfamiliar with the system (which was about half of the attendees). For those who are unfamiliar with 13th Age, think of it as "old school D&D meets indie gaming sensibilities." Crazy, right? For me and my group, this fits right into the sweet spot between what some want out of role playing and what the other half want out of roll playing.
Rob and Jonathan summed it up by saying that they wanted to make a game that they'd like to play, without any corporate oversight.
Sadly no overhead projector was provided/brought (MARKETING TEAM!!!! ::fist shake::), so as we moved from the overview portion over to the new art we had to huddle around Rob's laptop. From what I could see they have an excellent direction. Each icon has its own style, and these will be brought through to the appropriate monsters, items, etc. Ferinstance, the Dwarven Lord symbol looks like it was stamped out of metal. The Elf Queen looks like a faint spider outline on an opal. I had trouble seeing details from where I was, but it all looked fabulous from 20 feet. Hopeful.
More home-game stories followed. Amusing to be certain, but not a lot of information was shared if I'm being honest.
Between the late start, the overview, stories, and sharing of art, the time flew. We were winding down when they opened it up to the floor, and some excellent questions arose, leading to a more meaningful discussion on several topics.
I asked, "How will they remove all of the punitive bits of D&D and keep things moving forward quickly and freely?" They were very keen on getting to this one as it seems to be one of the pillars of this new game. Here's a short laundry list: elimination of squares and going with "near/far" distances, taking average damage at higher levels and rolling a smaller subset of that dice to add flavor and variation, monsters doing set damage and having specials triggered by the die roll, and the escalation dice. Their mantra, which I heard several times, "A battle that took you 2 ½ hours in 4e shouldn't take you more than an hour in 13th Age."
If you know anything about 13th Age you already know that this is one of their pitch lines. But I can assure you that in practice… they work. I will get into this with my 13th Age demo write up. And yes, I will tell you ALL about my character. That'll drive up the hit counter and revisits!
"How will this differentiate classes as this is something 4e just didn't do?"
My buddy Billy asked this question near the end, and Rob very enthusiastically tried to answer it as best he could, but we ran out of time. However, Rob took the time post-game demo to delve deeper with us. In summary, Rob didn't want anyone to feel useless at any level in 4e. To Rob, fighters became less useful at higher levels in 3e, and wizards always started out slowly in D&D ("Someone wake up the wizard; she needs to use her daily magic missile/sleep…"). Rob won that battle in 4e, and then the dev team turned their attention to making these more generic, but useful, classes more unique. But before they could make any headway in this area, work was stopped as they had to go to press. Essentially business needs ran that decision, and Rob is sad about this.
(Note: the irony of the fact that they have to release the core rule book sans monk and druid due to business needs is not lost upon this observer.)
With that in mind, the team of 13th Age is doing their best to make sure that not only are all classes relevant at all levels, but they are unique in how they feel. Add to that the icon relationships, backgrounds, and the aptly named "My One Unique Thing" and I don't believe that this will be an issue for this system.
I need to spend some time talking about Rob and Jonathan – to know more about the designers is to know more about their game. I spent time with Rob, and what a great guy. Pleasant, he's attentive, he's very quick-witted, and you can tell he knows he won the "job" lottery. I am happier having met him and spent time with him. Jonathan I didn't chat with much, but he was very accommodating, insightful, and interested in what everyone was asking and saying. Having a few beers and sitting in on one of their sessions has to be a blast.
They have a fan in me, and I will absolutely support their efforts.
As I thought about the seminar over a beer or four at Scotty's the following thought hit me: that grizzly looking server dude looks hilarious in his Teletubby costume, and Jonathan and Rob are old school in their gaming DNA. They still speak about killing party members as if it's a victory for the GM – granted this is tongue in cheek, but it's a trope they all buy into. Also, GMs making things tough on players also brings them delight. Distilled to its core, there is still the "GM vs. Player" dynamic somewhere in their hearts. Once again, I will be a bit of a plot tease as I will go into details on an example in my follow up.
But for this game I think that's right. Yes, my favorite recent game is Apocalypse World, and I hate the GM vs. Player dynamic. But Rob and Jonathan also love that system. What they are undertaking is not a small task: creating a chimera of new school gaming and old school D&D. And we all know D&D has several major failings, so you need to have someone who understands those failings, who has embraced those failings, if you want them to bridge some of that gap between it and modern gaming ideals.
A great example of how they are trying to do just that came in a response to a question from the group: "Back story is a throw away for my group. How can I fix that in 13th Age?" Jonathan said (and I paraphrase) that, "It now matters in 13th Age because it's part of the system. It has material value beyond "story" and flavor text." Now story might be enough for some, but for those who like rolling and getting shiny swords, this now gives them a tangible tool and benefit to walking down that path.
In some perverse way, it's almost as if they have created a rule set to protect themselves (and old-school D&D players) from some of their predispositions and old habits. It's a weird dichotomy in some regards, but I give them full marks for doing so.
All in all, a fairly useful hour spent at the Con. I learned more about the designers than I did the game, but in the end that was very important. More structure and a shared agenda would have helped shape the discussion and keep it efficient, but it really did add value to my upcoming game demo.