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Lebanon is a country where amnesia is considered a civic virtue. Given its long history of inter-communal bloodletting, this is understandable, if regrettable.
Less easy to comprehend is why the leaders of some of its 18 different, recognised religious sects appear to regard civil marriage as almost as great a threat as civil war.
Lebanon has no provisions for civil marriage. Its family law set-up, inherited from the Ottoman empire and opportunistically endorsed by the divide-and-rule French during their colonial mandate between the two world wars of the last century, vests control of matters such as marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance in clerics and their courts. Many Arab and Muslim countries do the same but, as one of the region's most open societies, Lebanon's ability to combine being secular and profane with being sectarian and (ostensibly) religious is a bit odd.
Civil marriages contracted abroad are recognised by the state, as they are in Israel. This is a useful money-spinner for nearby Cyprus, which claims to be the birthplace of Aphrodite but, more practically, performs thousands of Lebanese marriages a year (Google it, and you'll get the picture).
Alternatively, some Christian spouses convert to Islam, at least formally: Eli becomes Ali; indeed, come to think of it, Alistair became Ali too; and so on.
There is more to this than the endurance of tradition or belief. As with many things in this merchant republic, the easiest explanation is to follow the money. There is a business to protect here, as well as occasional arbitrage opportunities across rival sectarian jurisdictions.
A well-known Sunni leader, for instance, "converted" to Shia Islam because of its more generous inheritance provisions for women (this is tricky stuff, so readers will have to inquire elsewhere for actual names).
In recent weeks, however, there has been the most tremendous kerfuffle over the first civil marriage to be contracted in Lebanon since independence in 1943. The couple concerned, now local celebrities, found a loophole in a French mandate law dating from 1936. Their union looks unlikely to be recognised, at least in its present form – but they may have started something.
President Michel Suleiman, the former army commander and a Maronite Christian, came out strongly in favour of civil marriage. Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, the Sunni grand mufti of Lebanon, issued a fatwa calling this pernicious import "a bacterium", telling any (Muslim) politicians who supported it they would be declared apostates, as "renegades outside the religion of Islam".
Power is at stake here, as well as money or belief. In Lebanon it is not so much religion, as the leaders of religious sects that intrude on the prerogatives of the state, having first usurped the rights of citizens they prefer to maintain as subjects and grateful recipients of their patronage, from cradle to grave.
In this region, the importance of an issue is often best judged not by its intrinsic weight in the greater scheme of things, but how vested interests react to it.
Are they overreacting? Well, a much-cited poll from 2010 suggests the Lebanese are fairly evenly divided on civil marriage – but about two-thirds of them would like an end to the confessional system that divvies up political power between sectarian leaders. Many of the latter must fear that civil marriage, with its potential to involve big cross-sections of society, is the thin end of the wedge.
"Civil marriage not civil war" may even have potential as a slogan.
Don't look back
Beliefs are sometimes less obvious than appearance would suggest. A Beiruti writer tells me that when he was in Paris recently, he had a taxi driver who, from his beard and his garb, was obviously a Salafi.
While the term has become shorthand for (sometimes violent) Islamist radicals, generically it covers all those who look back for guidance to the al-Salaf as-Salih, the pious and righteous forerunners from the dawn of Islam. My friend decided to ask the driver, a Moroccan, what exactly he believed.
"It's just like driving," the Salafi said, without missing a beat. "You definitely need the rear mirror to see what's behind you, but if that's all you are going to look at, you'll crash for sure."
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04-29-2012 09:13 AM - edited 04-29-2012 09:28 AM
Hi folks,
I am the author of LectureNotes, I was glad to read that the app is useful for you. Sorry for joining this forum and this thread so late, but I learned only very recently that there are couple of forum threads related to LectureNotes.
Concerning the question of individual page pattern: Since v1.10, LectureNotes allows to code custom paper pattern in JavaScript (have a look on the app's help page to see the drawing commands available). For instance, you can write
page = LN.getPage();
switch (page) {
scale = LN.getScale();
LN.drawCheckeredPattern(scale, false);
case 2: case 4: case 6:
LN.drawRuledPattern(0.3, true);
case 8:
and get a checkered pattern as standard with pattern scale adjusted by the dialog slider, a ruled pattern for page 2, 4, and 6 with a fixed pattern scale, and a plain page for page 8. Of course, this is much more powerful, a more complex example is an eternal calendar
year = 2012;
months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
monthdays = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
weekdays = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"];
month = LN.getPage() - 1;
year += Math.floor(month / 12);
month2 = month % 12;
month = month + 1;
days = monthdays[month2];
if ((month == 2) && (year % 4 == 0) && ((year % 100 != 0) || (year % 400 == 0)))
if (month <= 2)
year2 = year - 1;
year2 = year;
c = Math.floor(year2 / 100);
y = year2 % 100;
m = ((month + 9) % 12) + 1;
w = (1 + Math.floor(2.6 * m - 0.2) + y +
Math.floor(y / 4) + Math.floor(c / 4) - 2 * c + 7 * 100) % 7;
width = LN.getWidth();
height = LN.getHeight();
size = Math.min(width, height);
stepx = width / 8;
stepy = height / 8;
LN.setTextSize(0.025 * size);
for (d = 0; d < 7; d++)
LN.drawText(weekdays[d], (d + 0.6) * stepx, 1.4 * stepy);
LN.setTextSize(0.05 * size);
LN.drawText(months[month2] + " " + year, 0.5 * stepx, 0.25 * stepy + 0.05 * size);
l = 0;
for (d = 1; d <= days; d++) {
LN.drawText(d, stepx * (w + 0.6), stepy * (l + 2.4));
if ((++w == 7) && (d != days)) {
w = 0;
for (x = 0.5 * stepx; x < width; x += stepx)
LN.drawLine(x, 1.5 * stepy, x, (l + 2.5) * stepy);
for (y = 1.5 * stepy; y < (l + 3) * stepy; y += stepy)
LN.drawLine(0.5 * stepx, y, 7.5 * stepx, y);
which gives one month per page, starting January 2012.
There is another example in the app's help page with explanations.
Note that that your drawing commands are clipped to the current page dimensions, that commenting has to be done using
`/* comment */´ (commenting by `//´ does not work), that your JavaScript code has to finish within 200 ms (so it is advisable not to add comments at all as they slow down execution), and that with great power comes great responsibility.
Best regards,
04-29-2012 10:38 AM - edited 04-29-2012 10:39 AM
Hi Markus,
thanks for your post here, good to know how to make a calender
One question:
ezPDF does snapshots from pdf pages, but I can only forward it to bluetooth, dropbox, skype etc.
Do you know a solution how to forward it directly to LectureNotes or is this something the guys from ezPDF should change.
Regards, Splotz
Hallo Markus,
Danke für dein post hier, gut zu wissen wie man sich einen Kalender machen kann
Eine Frage:
Wenn ich mit ezPDF "snapshots" von einer PDF-Seite mache bietet er mir nur an es an bluetooth, dropbox, skype, e-mail weiterzuleiten.
Weisst du ob es eine Möglichkeit gibt PDF "snapshots" direkt an LectureNotes zu leiten , oder ist das etwas wo die macher von ezPDF eher was ändern müssen ?
MfG, Splotz
Dear Splotz,
I guess that ezPDF uses an ACTION_SEND or ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intent, whereas LectureNotes presently registers only for ACTION_VIEW intents. As a consequence, LectureNotes is displayed as possible app to handle the intent when you open an image in a file manager, but it is not displayed when you share an image. I can register LectureNotes also for ACTION_SEND intents, this is somewhat against the Android logic of a share intent but might be helpful.
Best regards,
04-29-2012 11:35 AM - edited 04-30-2012 02:23 PM
I just uploaded v1.13 into Google Play. The major new feature is to allow folders of notebooks (and folders of folders of notebooks, etc.), but I also added LectureNotes as an image receiver (so that the app shows up when you share an image) and fixed a bug that could cause the app to crash when using a template for a new notebook.
To allow folders affects all parts of the app (notebooks board, notebook content view, notebook overview, notebook index, notebooks board index, ...). I carefully double- and triple-checked all features and things should work as before. Please drop an email to me in case you noticed something unexpected and I will do my very best to fix it quickly.
Best regards,
05-03-2012 02:59 PM - edited 05-03-2012 03:07 PM
"LectureNotes as an image receiver (so that the app shows up when you share an image)"
Works Great
Big enhancement for me!
Would it be possible to add a feature to insert and modify/edit tables? Something like what Word has.
Dear Jiv,
to allow tables in the sense that columns and lines expand and shrink automatically upon input is not possible with the approach that the app uses (to store your pages in standard bitmaps instead of a proprietary vector format). However, the app has drawing tools such as line and rectangle (which are part of the pencil toolbox, choose `Show pencil toolbox´ in the pencil menu, click-and-hold to move, configure in the settings) which should ease to construct tables.
Best regards,

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Avoiding double taxation in Spain
Must of us aren't too keen on paying tax once, let alone twice. So it's a good thing that Spain has a double taxation agreement with many countries. This means that two countries agree that you only have to pay tax in one of them. But when should you change over? Once you have lived in Spain for more than 183 days then you should pay your taxes in Spain.


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MacMaster teamed with Alistair Felton at the ITA Northeast Regionals, held at Cornell, and advanced to the championship round beating four teams in the process. (Photo courtesy of Gil Talbot)
CAMBRDIGE, Mass. – The Harvard
men's tennis doubles team of Alistair Felton and Casey
MacMaster advanced to the final round of the ITA Northeast Regional
Championship on Tuesday, held in Ithaca, N.Y., but fell to a
Princeton team of Matt Siow and Matt Spindler 8-5. The duo defeated
four teams during the five day tournament including teams from
rival Dartmouth and Cornell.
Felton entered the tournament as one half of the defending regional champion after he and Andy Nguyen took the crown last year, earning a berth into the ITA National Championships. Felton and MacMaster got off to a commanding start to the weekend, as they defeated Dartmouth's Alex De Chantellus and Chris Kipouras, and Cornell's Venkat Iyer and Alex Sidney by a decisive 8-4 margin in both matches. The tandem would face St. Johns' Milo Hauk and Gustav Kallen in the quarterfinals and edged the Red Storm pair 9-8 (3), before defeating Bastian Bornkessel and Ruben Devos from Binghamton 8-3 in the semifinals.
The tournament could have seen an all-Harvard championship as Denis Nguyen and Andy Nguyen made a run through their bracket defeating teams from Marist and Dartmouth before falling to Daniel Hoffman and Mark Powers from Yale, 9-7 in the quarterfinal round.
In the singles draw Jonathan Pearlman played as the number one
seed and recorded two victories over St. Bonaventure's Elliot
Fanshel and Dartmouth's Brandon Debot. The senior then faced
Ivan Turudic from Penn and forced a third set but came up short
losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Denis Nguyen made it the second farthest for
Harvard in the singles bracket, defeating Jonis Van Eck from Marist
and Danny Riggs from Cornell in the rounds of 64 and 32
respectively. Nguyen would meet Hauk in the round of 16 and
lose in two sets 6-3, 6-4.
Harvard will prepare for its final home contest of the fall season, slated for Oct. 28-30, competing in the Harvard Halloween Invitational at the Beren Tennis Center.


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The iPhone was such a phenomenal technological tidal wave that is was named by Time magazine as the "Invention of the Year" for 2007. Even now it is easy to see the impact the device has made with all the companies coming out with their own version. Has anyone seen the Android? People surprised to see one would most likely be made fun of. For that reason what will not be found here is a description.
As with all new ideas there comes the ever-growing world of terms associated with said innovation. One new word that came with the iPhone: App.
What are Apps? This is where the fun begins. With the iPhone come the phenomena known as "Apps", short for 'applications'. These are software programs custom-made by a third-party for both the iPhone as well as the iPod Touch. A lot of these software devices may be quite practical, anywhere from paying bills online or to find the definition for a certain word. Then there are the fun ones, like Starblaster that includes a phaser-like weapon and something that looks much like a tricorder, as in Star Trek.
There are also Apps for many kinds of games or Apps geared toward finding out the latest on a particular celebrity. Some of these are available for free. Others are a few cents on up to a few dollars. These Apps can be acquired online through the web on a computer or directly through an iPhone by way of Apple's iTunes through their "App Store", appropriately enough.
Obviously, the most fun Apps are the games. With a little looking around one can find some pretty addicting games for no cost at all, like FallDown! For those games with a price tag, there's a game called Spore Creatures where the player can create their own denizens and watch them evolve from primordial ooze and inhabit the environment for a few bucks.
Apps have become so popular there are now Apps to find Apps, like Appfinder and Chomp. These Apps help the user through what appeals to them. A few come with reviews of the Apps available. Just like what was true about the old board games is equally true about game Apps. Some may be uninspiring or just plain boring along with the truly fun ones. Either way there is a whole new take on how to occupy oneself.


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The distinctive difference between the European and American far-right is this: European fascism is often secular in nature, while the US variety fanatically adheres to fundamentalist Christianity. This allows European fascism to paint itself as "modern", and so in contrast show that "foreign" cultures are backward. This method worked in demonising Jews in Nazi Germany, and is being deployed today against Muslims.
This difference shows itself most strongly when it comes to issues surrounding gay rights; the American right is viciously homophobic. No hurricane or earthquake can pass without some moron calling it God's retribution for tolerating homosexuality. The American right rallies "in defence of marriage" – a coded term for rejecting same-sex unions. Meanwhile, European fascists loudly parade European "tolerance" of homosexuality as a stick with which to beat Muslims. They claim that intolerant Muslim immigrants are poisoning "our culture of tolerance".
This is a straw-man argument. Europe's supposed tolerance of gay rights is extremely recent, and far from universal (11 of the 27 EU members don't recognise gay marriage). The Nazis' slaughter of homosexuals in concentration camps is almost certainly the greatest attack on gays in history (since Sodom, anyway). Although homosexuality was legalised here in the UK in 1967, gays were still afraid to openly walk the streets until perhaps the late-90s, when public acceptance had finally reached tipping point.
The far-right method is simple: point out the barbaric treatment of gays in Iran and Saudi Arabia, where executions take place; then blur the line between these two states and the 50+ other Muslim-majority countries. All this is done while ignoring attacks on gay rights in the non-Muslim world, including in the US. While some of the worst abuses of homosexuals have come from Christian-majority African and Caribbean states like Uganda and Jamaica, these are ignored – especially when US evangelicals are found to be backing Uganda's attempts to introduce the death penalty for homosexuality.
The fascist method is to create simple myths about whole groups of people. The idea that there is a single "Muslim culture" is laughable to anyone who has travelled extensively. The cultures of Muslim Arabia and Muslim West Africa, for example, couldn't be more different.
As for the idea that Muslims are somehow less tolerant than Jews, Hindus or Christians? Reality flatly disputes this. A poll of British Muslims and Christians last year found that Muslims were marginally more proud than Christians of Britain's tolerance towards homosexuals; when asked if they agreed with the statement: "I am proud of how Britain treats gay people", 47% of Muslims agreed (contrasting with 46.5% of Christians). And how about the French Imam who blessed a gay union earlier this year? Reality undermines the myth that somehow Muslim immigrants are reducing European tolerance.
Conservative religion worldwide is guilty of extreme homophobia; American evangelical leaders, the mullahs of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and leaders in many African countries – Muslim and Christian alike – attack homosexuality as an evil. Amusingly, some non-white homophobes often refer to homosexuality as a "white disease", showing much in common with the fascists who label homophobia a Muslim import.
My own experience agrees with the poll quoted above. Most Muslims I know are accepting towards homosexuality; and a night I spent in a very gay (but mixed) nightclub in the Moroccan city of Agadir showed me that these attitudes are widespread outside Europe too. Fascists, of course, deliberately ignore all these subtleties. Their job is to convince morons that Muslims are damaging "our culture", and that requires simple, black and white stories to be disseminated.


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This film from 2002 describes the U.S response to the 9/11 event. It illustrates how the U.S. citizens were fooled into the lie.
Contains most of the important aspects.
I have cut the most important plane-shots in highest possible resolution, and put it into a separate AVI.
DVD without region setting.
... and remember that the entire event is a hoax!
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tim10000 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 57 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
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I need to get a logo done for a soon to be
launched website called: SyncBay.com
The logo needs to be transparent PNG and look
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I also attach the Layout that I'm looking for.
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As usual, the winners of Hollywood's prize for terrible films have failed to show up to collect their awards.
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The Golden Raspberry awards, affectionately known as the 'Razzies', have been presented in a celebrity-sparse event at the Holiday Inn Express Hollywood Walk of Fame Hotel.
The Razzies, held the day before the Oscars, award the worst Hollywood films of the year.
Creator of the Golden Raspberry awards John Wilson says the films are chosen by more than 650 voting members.
The big 'winner' of the Golden Raspberries this year was Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, which won seven of the ten Razzies including Worst Picture.
Adam Sandler 'won' Worst Actor for That's My Boy, following his clean sweep of the awards last year for Jack and Jill.
"He's sort of following in the footsteps of another big Razzie winner Eddie Murphy whose career has just gone down the drain," says John Wilson.
That's My Boy also won this year's award for Worst Screenplay.
Pop singer Rihanna won Worst Supporting Actress for her role in the film Battleship, which was loosely based on the boardgame of the same name.
No-one showed up to collect their awards this year, although in previous years good-natured stars have attended the event including Halle Berry in 2005 and Sandra Bullock in 2010.
"Sandra Bullock pulled off the enviable feat of winning a Razzie on Saturday and an Oscar the very next night," says John Wilson.
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More police officers could be charged in the Blue House brothel case, but that possibility doesn't "negate the guilt" of the three officers who already were indicted, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
A defense attorney in the case has argued that prosecutors have been unfair by indicting some police officers in the Blue House case while ignoring allegations against others, but a prosecutor has called this argument "nonsensical."
Assistant Attorney General Nelson Werner said this in Superior Court of Guam documents filed earlier this week. More than 100 pages of documents were filed in the case shortly before a motion cutoff date on Monday.
Three officers were indicted in the Blue House case — Mario Laxamana, Anthony Quenga and David Manila. In a motion to dismiss, Manila's attorney has alleged that more officers are identified and accused in confidential documents.
"First, at this juncture, there are only three officers that have been accused of misconduct in connection with Blue House," Werner wrote "… Furthermore, defendant Manila's attempt to (publicize) the names of these other officers appears to be more sensationalism than an attempt to secure justice."
Werner was responding to a motion to dismiss by defense attorney William Pole.
Pole argues that discovery documents filed in the case include allegations against at least 11 other police officers, and that prosecutors have shown no evidence that they investigated the allegations against other officers.
Discovery documents are confidential documents accessible only to attorneys in the case. None of the officers who allegedly are identified in the discovery documents have been identified publicly.
Regardless, Pole has said the unprosecuted officers are evidence of "prosecutorial vindictiveness."
In the response filed Monday, Werner neither confirmed nor denied that the discovery documents implicate other police officers, but he did say the documents identify some other officers and "possible defendants." The investigation into the Blue House brothel continues, Werner said.
"Suffice it to say, if charges are warranted, they will be brought but not on the timetable demanded by the defense," Werner wrote. "If there is probable cause to charge them at some later time they will be charged."
In another motion, Pole took his allegations even further, arguing that prosecutors stopped witnesses from testifying about the involvement of other officers during grand jury proceedings. Grand jury proceedings determine if prosecutors have a strong enough case to indict a suspect. They are closed to the public.
In response to these allegations, Werner argues that only pertinent testimony is provided during grand jury proceedings. Prosecutors were seeking an indictment against only three officers, so only testimony related to those officers was pertinent, Werner said.
The Blue House lounge was a Tamuning brothel that masqueraded as a karaoke bar from 2004 to 2008. Brothel owner Song Ja Cha already has been sentenced to life in prison in federal court, but the local court case has expanded to include police officers. All three officers face allegations of kidnapping and prostitution, and Manila and Quenga have been accused of rape.
Lengthy arguments on the pending motions are set for Dec. 24. Jury selection is scheduled for early January.
Motion for severance
The numerous court arguments submitted on Monday pertain to several motions to dismiss the Blue House case before it goes to trial — and at least one motion that would create multiple trials.
Laxamana, one of the police officer suspects, asked for his trial to be severed from that of the other defendants, which would mean his trial would be held separately. If Laxamana's motion for severance is granted, Manila wants a separate trial also, according to court documents.
Werner has opposed the request for separate trials. The prosecutor wrote in court documents that the allegations against the Blue House suspects are intertwined, and the vast majority of evidence in the case applies to all of them.
Withdrawal requested
Finally, one of the defense attorneys in the case has asked to withdraw.
Leevin Camacho, who represents Quenga — the third police officer suspect — argues that he must withdraw because he has previously represented Saknin Weria, who will be a witness in the upcoming trial.
It is unclear which attorney will take over representing Quenga if Camacho withdraws from the case.
- Prosecutors have been unfair by indicting some police officers in the Blue House case
- More police could be charged in Blue House case on Guam
- Nine women were forced into prostitution at the Blue House lounge
- Victim had sexual intercourse with 12 men in the Blue House Lounge
- Victim were forced Blue House women detail life at brothel
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Goals and Values are a nice, simple example of incorporating customer service elements.
In 2011 BES updated its Strategic Plan which including a key value of providing responsive, cost effective and reliable services to our customers and equity as one of their 5 guiding principles.
Very clear and detailed customer service principles for Systems Development Division staff.
Includes Strategic Direction #1 - Relationship and Customer Service, which includes adoption of customer service training for all employees as well as improved communications with partners.
Three of BPS' 10 stated values are directly applicable to customer service including collaborative partnerships and responsive customer service.
Excerpt from 2008-9 Work Plan including explicit customer service goal and response time initiative. Office also recently designated a customer service representative to handle certain inquiries. Contact for more info: Kim Sneath, 503-823-4047
Adopted in 2009, includes vision statement with clear customer service elements.
Of their 18 goals identified, four (Goals 1,2,8 and 9) specifically pertain to customer service enhancement.
See Goal #8 in Business Plan - external and internal customers experience consistent, timely, quality customer service from all levels of the organization.
Adopts new Vision, Mission (Knowledgeable. Helpful. Responsive.) and Values. One of 4 stated values is Customer Focus.
Nice example of a one-page statement of belief guiding HR staff conduct with regards to customer contact.
Written policies for the office which address customer service provision of office walkins, phone and cable complaints coverage.
First listed value "manage with a customer focus". One of four major goals "Enhance customer service"
Quality Customer Service listed as first strategic theme!
#1 stated Value - Customer Focused!
Resulted in a new Service Goal!
Part of 2008-11 Strategic Plan established to provide common set of standards for service delivery.
Policy clearly defining staff expectations around communication responsiveness and professionalism.
Initiative includes important elements such as building relationships, improving accountability systems by developing customer service standards for employees.
Includes several customer service related goals: Goals 2.C, 4.B, 4.C, 4.E
Document to be acknowledged by all staff. #1 expectation is Customer Service!
Oldie but goodie - one pager detailing customer expectations for service.
Mission, Vision and Values and Strategic Plan incorporate customer service throughout
Vision, Mission, Values and strategic plan all reflect customer service as a top priority
The Water Bureau conducts annual analysis of progress made toward meeting service level indicators layed out in 2008-11 Strategic Plan
As of October 2010 the Water Bureau conducted an analysis of progress made toward meeting service level indicators layed out in 2008-11 Strategic Plan


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Obama warns NKorea against nuclear threats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States "will not hesitate to use our military might" to defend allies, as he sought to showcase U.S. power in the region amid China's growing influence and Pyongyang's unpredictable nuclear threats.
Obama's visit to Seoul comes as North Korea has threatened to conduct its fourth nuclear test, leading Obama to raise the possibility of further sanctions.
"The commitment that the United States of America has made to the security of the Republic of Korea only grows stronger in the face of aggression," Obama said in a speech to some of the 28,000 American service members stationed in South Korea to keep watch on its northern neighbor. "Our alliance does not waiver with each bout of their attention seeking. It just gains the support of the rest of the world."
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses U.S. military personnel at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Obama is wrapping up his two-day visit to South Korea and will continue to Malaysia and the Philippines on his four country Asia visit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The website 38 North, which closely monitors North Korea, said commercial satellite imagery from Wednesday showed increased movement of vehicles and materials near what are believed to be the entrances to two completed tunnels at Punggye-ri nuclear test site. The movements could be preparations for an underground atomic explosion, although predicting underground tests is notoriously difficult.
Obama ridiculed North Korea's attempt to show force. "Anybody can make threats," he said. "Anyone can move an army. Anyone can show off a missile. That doesn't make you strong."
He said real strength comes from having an open participatory democracy, open markets and a society free to speak out against its government.
"We don't use our military might to impose these things on others, but we will not hesitate to use our military might to defend our allies and our way of life," Obama said to cheers from the uniformed troops who filled a field house at Yongsan Garrison, headquarters for U.S. forces in South Korea.
Obama's 10-minute speech followed a rare joint defense briefing with South Korean President Park Geun-hye that focused on efforts to counter the North's nuclear ambitions. U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the commander of the joint U.S.-South Korea command, told the two presidents that his team "works together every day to make sure that we defend the Republic of Korea and that we deter North Korea."
Following his remarks, Obama left for Malaysia, the third stop on his four-country Asia swing. He opened his trip in Japan and planned to close his weeklong swing in the Philippines early next week. The travel fatigue showed as the president slowly walked up the steps of Air Force One for the Malaysia flight, instead of his usual brisk jog onto the plane.
In South Korea in particular, Obama's mission was to underscore U.S. military's commitment to the region at a period of uncertainty between North Korea's provocations and China's growing power. Within an hour of arriving in Seoul Friday, Obama solemnly laid a wreath at a war memorial honoring Americans killed in the Korean War. He also presided over a naturalization ceremony for 20 U.S. service members and military spouses stationed in South Korea.
While the U.S. has long been the most powerful military influence in the Asia-Pacific region, Pentagon spending is being slashed at the same time China has been boosting its defense budget.
Beijing still lags far behind the U.S. in both military funding and technology. But its spending boom is attracting new scrutiny at a time of severe cuts in U.S. defense budgets that have some questioning Washington's commitments to its Asian allies, including some who have lingering disputes with China.
At the same time, the U.S. military is seeking to redirect resources to the Asia-Pacific as it draws down its commitment in Afghanistan, though there is concern that budget cuts could threaten plans to base 60 percent of U.S. naval assets in the region. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert recently warned that U.S. capabilities to project power "would not stay ahead" of potential adversaries, given the fiscal restraints.
Earlier Saturday, Obama promoted trade between the U.S. and South Korea with executives from businesses including Hyundai, Samsung, Korean Air, Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and others. "As important as the security relationship is and the alliance is between the Republic of Korea and the United States, what is also important is the incredible and growing economic ties that are creating jobs and opportunity in both countries," Obama said.
While in Seoul, Obama has paid tribute to victims from last week's ferry disaster. The vast majority of the 300 dead or missing were students from a single high school near the capital city.
As he departed Yongsan Garrison, Obama stopped to greet a group of schoolchildren, including a girl holding a bright orange sign reading, "Mr. President, may I have a selfie with you?" The president smiled and greeted her, but didn't take a picture.
Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Seoul and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.
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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses U.S. military personnel at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Obama is wrapping up his two-day visit to South Korea and will continue to Malaysia and the Philippines on his four country Asia visit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to address U.S. military personnel at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Obama is wrapping up his two-day visit to South Korea and will continue to Malaysia and the Philippines on his four country Asia visit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama waves to the cheering crowd as he arrives to speak in the Collier Field House at the U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea, to U.S. and South Korean troops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
U.S. President Barack Obama is briefed by U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command officers including U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, right, Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, at the U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, South Korea , Saturday, April 26, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-hye was also at the briefing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Like, this gets so uncomfortable it's tough to watch. This footage was captured at a GTA V launch event, where the gentleman in blue and black ran into some difficulties picking up his copy.
By the time the video starts, he seems to have had his problem sorted, but between him leaving in a huff and then the store clerk making some ill-advised wisecracks, he storms back, and, ugh, just watch. If you can.
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Discussion: The Boston Globe, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mock, Paper, Scissors, The Week, CNN, First Read and American Prospect
Stephanie Ebbert / The Boston Globe: Joins board of Mass. paper processing firm
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: What the 'cranks, haters and bigots' believe
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Politico: Fox 'purge' shows GOP is trying to moderate
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: DOES GOP WEAKNESS MATTER WHEN THE MAINSTREAM PRESS IS ROOTING FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN?
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect: Why Fox Dumped Dick Morris
The GOP, Fox political purge
The GOP, Fox political purge
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Bill would define abortion as murder
Bill would define abortion as murder
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New Rove Effort Has G.O.P. Aflame
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As Neocons Defend Obama, Allies Doubt Him on Drones as Never Before — The John Brennan confirmation hearings are the biggest showdown yet on extrajudicial killing and executive branch secrecy. — For once, the Obama Administration's drone policy is much in the news.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Media Confirms Barack Obama Called For Drone Bombing on 16 Year-Old Denver Boy
Josh Gerstein / Politico: 5 questions for John Brennan's confirmation hearing
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Rusty Weiss / The Mental Recession: Confirmed: Times Report Shows Obama Ordered Fatal Drone Strike on 16-Year-Old American
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Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Obama to Let Congress See Drone Memo
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Taylor Berman / Gawker: The White House Acknowledges Existence of Drone Memos, Will Release Them to Two Congressional Committees
Bookworm Room:
The worst thing about those drone strikes is Obama's moral preening and hypocrisy
The worst thing about those drone strikes is Obama's moral preening and hypocrisy
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Obama will allow lawmakers to see secret memo on targeted killings
Obama will allow lawmakers to see secret memo on targeted killings
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Panetta defends military response in Libya attack — WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that the speed of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September kept U.S. armed forces from responding in time to save the four Americans who were killed.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: General on Benghazi: 'We Never Received a Request for Support from the State Department'
Ed Krayewski / Hit & Run: President Obama Had One Conversation With Leon Panetta on the Day of the Benghazi Attack
Curt / Flopping Aces: The Benghazi Debacle - Obama MIA Night of Attack, No Help Sent Once Attack Underway
Tim Mak / Politico:
Leon Panetta defends Pentagon response after Benghazi attack
Leon Panetta defends Pentagon response after Benghazi attack
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Senator Marco Rubio to Deliver Republican Address to the Nation on February 12
Senator Marco Rubio to Deliver Republican Address to the Nation on February 12
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Kelsey Osterman / Red Alert Politics: Rubio to deliver GOP response to State of the Union
Sara Marie Brenner / The Brenner Brief: Rubio to give SOTU response in English and Spanish
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Meet Marco Rubio, the new leader of the Republican party
Meet Marco Rubio, the new leader of the Republican party
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Sen. Menendez contacted top officials in friend's Medicare dispute — Sen. Robert Menendez raised concerns with top federal health-care officials twice in recent years about their finding that a Florida eye doctor — a close friend and major campaign donor — had overbilled the government …
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The party of Reagan, or the party of the Club for Growth?
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Officials hunt for ex-cop in shootings of 3 officers; 1 killed
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Leave your unwanted clothes at H&M to make sure they get new life. Just bring it!
Do you ever wonder what happens to the clothes you drop in H&M's garment collecting boxes? In the new campaign film Bring It, the brand gives you a peek into one of the sorting and recycling plants where your wardrobe rejects meet their maker (more accurately: their re-maker). Once your old and unwanted clothes enter the garment collecting initiative, they are either resold as second-hand clothing, reused at another capacity, or recycled to become new products or textile fibres.
In the four years since launching the initiative, H&M has collected over 40,000 tonnes of unwanted textiles and garments. Three years ago the brand introduced its first Close the Loop collection, which consisted of items partly made out of recycled textiles that had been collected through the initiative.
This spring, H&M is going one step further and has created two items – one denim skirt and one pair of jeans – entirely re-made from used denim. The items are sold in limited edition and exclusively online.
With garment collecting and textile recycling, H&M aims to work towards a change in the way fashion is made and enjoyed today – essentially making sure no garments end up in landfills. To do this, the brand needs your help. So watch the campaign film above, then gather your broken, stained or for other reasons unwanted clothes and bring them to your nearest H&M store. Just bring it!
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- some milk and dairy foods, such as cheese, yoghurt and cream
- just a small amount of food high in fat, salt and sugar
Drinks should mainly be water, tea and coffee (without sugar), or sugar-free drinks such as fizzy drinks, colas and squashes.
We have more information about alcoholic drinks.
The diagram below shows how much of each type of food you should try to eat.


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Steve Jobs is a Bob Dylan fan because the folk singer is, in the words of Apple's CEO, a "clear thinker."
Jobs' own lucid and careful contemplation of the music industry is apparent in a 2003 interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine's Jeff Goodell. My colleague Tom Krazit pointed me to the story after stumbling on to it recently. We were bowled over by the preciseness of Jobs' assessment of what the future held for digital rights management, music subscription services, the four largest recording companies, and Apple. The interview in retrospect is a fascinating read.
Jobs correctly predicted that attempts by the major labels to find a technological solution to piracy would fail. When it came to subscription music services, he said the public would reject them. He foresaw a day when iTunes would sell 1 billion tracks a year--a bold statement, considering that at the time, iTunes had only sold 20 million songs.
One can sense from Jobs' comments that he was ready to pounce on a music sector that five years ago possessed precious little tech savvy. He described leaders at the top labels as technologically innocent.
Also by 2003, Jobs had concluded that Apple was ready to move beyond computers. He suggested that his company's talent at melding innovative hardware and software designs could help it build winning consumer products.
Jobs warned that competitors would find it difficult to duplicate the success of Apple's iTunes music service, then just 8 months old. Yeah, that's another thing that's striking about the interview. In every word, there's a fierce confidence.
At one point, Goodell asks Jobs if he wrung his hands over the decision to bring iTunes to Windows. The tech legend responded, "I don't know what hand-wringing is."
One has to remember that the music industry was vastly different in 2003. Most of the public had never heard of a download and overwhelmingly preferred CDs. Piracy was rampant, and no legal digital-music service had caught on with consumers. The major recording companies were betting big on subscription services and copy protection software. Nobody knew for certain if a digital-music store would work. Wal-Mart Stores was the largest music retailer offline, and Amazon.com dominated in music sales online.
Here are some highlights from the interview:
Jobs on whether the iPod could become more important to Apple than the Mac.
Apple has a core set of talents, and those talents are: we do, I think, very good hardware design; we do very good industrial design; and we write very good system and application software. And we're really good at packaging that all together into a product.
We're the only people left in the computer industry (who) do that. And we're really the only people in the consumer electronics industry (who) go deep in software in consumer products. So those talents can be used to make personal computers, and they can also be used to make things like iPods.
On major music labels
When the Internet came along, and Napster came along, they didn't know what to make of it. A lot of these folks didn't use computers--weren't on e-mail; didn't really know what Napster was for a few years. They were pretty doggone slow to react. Matter of fact, they still haven't really reacted, in many ways.
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We've created this music store, which I think is nontrivial to copy. I mean, to say that Microsoft can just decide to copy it, and copy it in six months--that's a big statement. It may not be so easy.
A defense of copyright
If copyright dies, if patents die, if the protection of intellectual property is eroded, then people will stop investing. That hurts everyone. People need to have the incentive that if they invest and succeed, they can make a fair profit. Otherwise, they'll stop investing. But on another level entirely, it's just wrong to steal. Or, let's put it another way: it is corrosive to one's character to steal. We want to provide a legal alternative.
You know how it turned out. Apple's iTunes surpassed Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the land. Jobs proved prophetic about the difficulty in competing with iTunes. Apple's music service trounced those of Sony, Microsoft, and every other competing site. Amazon's digital music store has yet to show it can dent iTunes' 75 percent market share.
Most of the top subscription services are either shuttered, have changed their business models, or hover near irrelevance.
As for Jobs' predictions on iTunes' song sales, it took the service three years to sell 1 billion songs. Last June, Apple topped the 5 billion mark and earlier this month announced that it had reached 6 billion.
Is Apple selling a billion songs every six months?
The major labels have given up on DRM but not as fast as Jobs may have thought. The music industry is moving away from suing individuals for copyright violations and has enlisted the help of Internet Service Providers to help thwart illegal file sharing. The music industry is focused more now on competing with piracy in the marketplace. Rio Caraeff, Universal Music Group's digital chief, told me recently that his label's approach now is to try to win over file sharers by providing easy and inexpensive ways to acquire music.
And Jobs' assessment that Apple had the kind of talent to produce consumer devices that could replace the Mac as the company's most important product...well, let's talk iPhone. In an October story, CNET News' Krazit wrote that an internal assessment at Apple--using supplemental metrics--determined that the iPhone represents 39 percent of company revenue, while the Mac accounts for 30 percent.
Jobs' foresight likely has a lot to do with why Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of top label Universal Music Group, called him the smartest man in music.


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The Saudi Arabian government is studying the possibility of levying income tax on workers from foreign countries, sources report from Riyadh. But such a move is only one of several policy changes being considered by the country's Supreme Economic Council.
Speaking to the local press, the Saudi Minister of finance and national security, Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf, stated that only changes in income tax code were being considered.
He also said that the Saudi Arabian government was finally prepared to allow for the establishment of a full-fledged stock market, and a formal proposal has been sent to the council for evaluation.
Also being considered was new insurance company law, which, if approved, would lift the ban on foreign investment in the insurance sector. – (Albawaba-MEBG)
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Bluffton High School's girls cross country runners finished first in the Beaufort County Championships hosted Saturday by Hilton Head Prep.
The Bluffton boys placed second in the countywide meet.
Five of the Lady Bobcats finished in the Top 10: Scottie House was fifth at 21:13:4; Lea Tierney was sixth at 21:42.5; Casey Witkowski was seventh at 21:45.6; Casey White was eighth at 21:53.5; and Alex Bailey was ninth at 21:55.3.
For the BHS boys, Joshua Tierney was third at 17:44.5; Harris Reeves was fifth at 18:05.5; Anthony Chissell was 10th at 18:50.4; Daniel Falcocchio was 12th at 18:54.0; and William Holland was 13th at 18:55.9.
The Bluffton girls team was followed by Hilton Head High, Hilton Head Prep, Beaufort High and Sea Pines Montessori Academy.
Hilton Head High won the boys competition; Bluffton was followed by Beaufort High, Hilton Head Prep and Sea Pines Montessori Academy.
Four golfers from Bluffton High School were named to the all-region team last week.
Sammie Buchanan and Brandi Hammonds tied for first place in the 18-hole Region 7-3A meet with scores of 70.
Kylie Nizolek finished fifth at 76 while Kasidy Beckel shot a 79 to finish seventh.
Bluffton won the region title with a team score of 295. Hilton Head High was second at 321; Berkeley finished third at 393.
Registration for the Public Tennis Inc./U.S. Tennis Association Junior Team Tennis fall/winter season is under way and continues through Nov. 15.
Teams from Georgia, Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island will compete to represent the area in the State JTT Championships in July in Sumter.
Local league coordinator and Bluffton JTT Coach Robert Brown said teams are forming in 12 and Under, 14 and Under and 18 and Under beginner and intermediate divisions which feature boys and girls singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Generally teams practice during the week and play a weekend match.
Registration, stats and scoring is online.
JTT is in its sixth year and is locally sponsored by Public Tennis Inc., a local community tennis association.
There is a $50 online team registration fee (after a coach has issued a team number) and a uniform shirt to purchase.
Fee includes practices and matches, balls, refreshments and a travel stipend for teams who advance to Sumter.
For more information, visit sctennis.com or call Brown at 290-2833.
Bluffton High School will hold an NCAA eligibility workshop at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the auditorium.
The event targets parents of ninth through 12th grade students who want to play college athletics.
The seminar covers the NCAA clearinghouse, college eligibility and recruiting regulations.
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Outreach Center celebrates 20th anniversary
"Welcome," is the greeting when one enters the community room at the Outreach Center in Cloquet.
An open house was held at the center to celebrate its 20th anniversary on October 24.
"In 1992 a small group of Carlton County mental health consumers got together and started talking about the benefits of having a place to gather and get support from one another," it was stated in a written history of the center.
One of those founders was Roxanne Proulx.
"Six or seven of us met and talked about needing a place to go where we could feel at home and feel safe," she said. "That was better than sitting at home and being lonely."
"We had to find a place to meet, and found one on the other end of town. Not many came at first but more came as the word spread."
The history stated that there were major changes taking place in the mental health community in 1994-95.
"The Moose Lake State Hospital was closing and plans were made on how to help successfully integrate people back into the community," the history stated. "The Outreach Center's importance to the community grew as a result.
Consumers found common ground when coming to the center.
"We got a lot of positive feedback from the people that came," said Proulx. "And then we started serving meals, and more people came.
"It's a big benefit to be with other people in similar situations as ours. We can bounce things off of each other and get ideas for problem solving. We can get together with people that understand where we're at because they have been there."
As the center grew, it was moved to several locations over the years. And it continued to expand its services. In 1999 the United Way of Carlton County became a major funder of the Outreach Center, the history stated.
Needing a place for a permanent home and housing for the homeless, the Human Development Center started making plans in 2000 for an apartment building and a common space for the Outreach Center.
Ground was broken on August 28, 2003, and the Outreach Center opened its doors to the public on January 26, 2004.
"We really appreciate our nice building," said Proulx. "We had been so many different places. It's so nice that we finally have a permanent home."
The building houses five one-bedroom apartments for the homeless. And the common room for the center is located just inside of the front entrance.
"We are open to the public," said Ginger Spiess, supervisor of the center. "We served 605 different people last year. We feed between 15 and 80 people twice a week at noon at no charge."
Most of the people that work at the center are volunteers. There are several paid staff, such as Spiess, a cook, dishwasher and a janitor.
"The Sonshine Pantries Board has provided funding for the food," added Spiess. "United Way is a major sponsor. And we receive donations."
The center also helps people to gain employment.
Samantha Miller is one of those people.
During a short program, she told the people in the audience what the center has meant to her.
"When I was going to start being a volunteer here, I was nervous about how I was going to be welcomed," said Samantha. "I knew that I would be joining a tight-knit volunteer group.
"But, after I started coming here, I could feel the love and understanding. I could find an ear to listen to me.
"Now I'm glad that I came here. I have a new family here. I have new friends that understand the challenges after being diagnosed with mental illness. Now I feel more positive about my situation.
"The people at the center helped me find employment. That's something that I've been searching for for a long, long time."
The Outreach Center is located at 24 10th Street in Cloquet. Direction for the center is provided by the Human Development Center Support Program staff. The United Way of Carlton County and Carlton County Human Services continues to support the Outreach Center, as does the community, it was stated in the history.
The center is open on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Group activities are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. Bingo is on Mondays at 1 p.m., and the Craft Group meets on Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Free meals are provided on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m., and refreshments are available at any time.
The center provides employment opportunities and a free resources room, with a library and computer access. A Park Avenue Fitness pass is available.
For more information, call the center at (218) 879-0303.


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Timothy Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People of 2007," is an angel investor and author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been sold into 35 languages.
He has been featured by more than 100 media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, and CBS. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003, where he presents entrepreneurship as a tool for ideal lifestyle design and world change.
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There may come a time in your career when you are at the crossroads of what I call educational discovery. There are many who graduated from college or at least high school and never considered formal education again.
There may come a time in your career when you are at the crossroads of what I call educational discovery. There are many who graduated from college or at least high school and never considered formal education again.
Given how fast almost every career field changes and evolves, it's amazing so many people never think that a regular educational refreshing or even an overhaul is necessary.
Why let more decades go by before you realize that your next job search is going to be made that much harder? If you're well into your career, the reality is that you'll be competing with those who have taken the time and care to invest in education. And it is an investment.
Before you start investigating college programs or other educational options, you need to ask yourself some basic questions. Here are a few of the ones I consider the most important for people who are 10 to 15 years — or more — into their careers:
--What skill sets are employers in my field looking for now and into the future?
You have to invest time and effort to keep up with what's happening in your field, beyond just cursory reading. One way to find out is to review top-tier college curriculums in your field on a regular basis. What courses or trends to you see? How does that stack up to your knowledge and skill base?
Pay attention to employer requirements for posted positions. This sounds obvious, but I'm often surprised at how job candidates gloss over the requirements (technical or otherwise), hoping that what they do offer will suffice instead. I'm still amazed at the number of people who apply for positions for which they have no professional qualifications.
-- Am I shutting myself out of a lifelong journey of education?
You have to be mentally prepared and positioned to look at continuing education as a life and career booster. Too often we find a range of excuses to deny ourselves the opportunity of pursuing knowledge and skills. Education isn't the turf of just youth. You can own it, too.
--What educational experiences have the most value in my field?
Educational experiences come in all shapes and sizes, both formal and informal. Seminars, workshops, certifications and advanced degrees all have different values to different employers. You have to do your homework to find out which ones offer you the biggest bang for your educational investment. If employers don't place a value on it, it will do little for you from a marketing point of view.
Seek counsel from those who are on the cutting edge in your field. This isn't the time to be shy. There are plenty of people in your field who are on top of their game and can provide you with insights on what knowledge and skill sets are going to be most desirable over the next five years.
Identifying the cutting-edge knowledge and skills needed in your career field combined with your commitment to making a continual educational investment in yourself is a win. Anything less will just increase your chances of sitting on the sidelines during a job search.
-- David Dirks is the author of "Job Search Marketing: Finding Job Opportunities in Any Economy." You can find more information on his job search strategies at jobsearchmarketing.net and by listening to his podcasts at blogtalkradio.com/jobsearchmarketing.


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DiS heard a lot of music created by singer-songwriter types, guys and gals with guitars, troubadours, whatever you wanna call 'em in 2008, and while there were, of course, several records deserving of gushing plaudits (People's Voice Prize winner Bon Iver is one obvious example), we felt there was one young British artist in particular whose debut LP didn't quite get the accolades it deserved. Shot through with a songwriting maturity that belies his tender years, Ireland-descended, London-based Domino-signed tunesmith Eugene McGuinness turned in a fantastic self-titled debut that successfully blurred the boundaries between anti-folk, old fashioned pop and noughties social commentary in a way few of his contemporaries even came close to this year. That's why we've made him DiS' Troubadour Of '08, and asked him to take us through the tracks that comprise Eugene McGuinness.
'Rings Around Rosa'
Right, well I knew this would be the opener as soon as I knocked it out. I don't know why, it's a story of two friends on their way to school and one of them turning out to be a bit of a bastard. The strange fellow feels it fit to blackmail his best friend so that he can have relations with his mate's sister.Or something. A bit grange hill. I love john's drumming on it. I wanted it to be like black rebel motorcycle club, but my voice can be too girly.
I don't know what to say about this track other than it was written very quickly and I've no idea what it's about. It's just me and my brother messing about with guitars. The lyrics are pretty throw away, except for "The funeral of my youth", that line was nicked. Before I recorded this album I listened to [debut EP] The Early Learnings Of... and decided a boy my age shouldn't be singing so many slow songs. Although I still croon out the odd ballad, I wanted a few more teeth kickers.
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'Wendy Wonders'
The first romantic song on the record. Think I was listening to Roy Orbison at the time. La la la talking about songs is difficult if you don't know why you like them or why they exist! In terms of songwriting, it's the best one on the record. I want someone to cover it, somebody old.
'Moscow State Circus'
With the band, we recorded live. This one was funny because the song was a couple of hours old when we went for it. None of us had a clue what we were doing and you can pretty much hear that in the recording. For me, I love listening to music which sounds like it's on the verge of falling apart and then comes out all guns blazing, there's no thrill in anything with an agenda. Because the song was so new I wasn't even sure I liked it but as soon as everybody threw their arms around it I couldn't wait to go up to the microphone and give it some beans.
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'Those Old Black And White Movies Were True'
This song is very songy. Mike Siddell did an incredible job with the strings. I swore to myself that I wouldn't go near violins for this record, I think they're for folk types or seasoned mavericks (of which I'm neither). I'm chuffed with what Mike did though, thanks Mike.
This song is short even by my standards. I didn't know where else to go with it though. Another verse? Come on, you're busy, I'm busy. We're all awfully busy busy busy... Second best song on the record.
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The Pogues are my universe. I identify with that Ireland/London yo-yo they had. These songs were written in lots of different places, and it always seems to come back to London Town on this record. Other places definitely exist though.
'Knock Down Ginger'
This one is pretty grand. All cathedral bells and burning suburbs and some mention of posh girls. If I ever get to fill a suit convincingly, I'll mince this one up with the London Symphony Orchestra or something. 'Knock Down Ginger' was a game me and my friends used to play in the badlands of Barkingside. I don't know why it was called that, I later found out it's more commonly known as 'knock and run'. Oops.
'Crown The Clown'
If you leave it late, the last train to Liverpool from Manchester Oxford Road takes an eternity or two. It goes everywhere you can think of before landing in Lime Street. Anyway this song, it goes from sitting in a biscuit tin with friends drinking pink Portuguese wine to talking about the golden arches and war and salmon.
'Not So Academic'
That simple sound of a bunch of friends playing music together in a room is pretty crucial to me, nothing contrived or considered. No stroking of chins over snare sounds or microphone politics. This song was very fun, spirits were high.
'God In Space'
I sign out with a lullaby. Night night.