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ABoVE: Permafrost Measurements and Distribution Across the Y-K Delta, Alaska, 2016 [Permafrost_Thaw_Depth_YK_1598_1]
This dataset provides field observations of thaw depth and dominant vegetation types, a LiDAR-derived elevation map, and permafrost distribution and probability maps for an area on the coastal plain ...
Cape Denison and McKellar Islands GIS dataset from Ikonos satellite imagery [gis41]
A GIS dataset of around Cape Denison and part of George V land created from two IKONOS satellite images. Layers created from digitising directly from the imagery include: mapping extent, continent, ...
IKONOS-2 [ikonos]
Since its launch in September 1999, GeoEye's IKONOS satellite has provided a reliable stream of image data since January 2000, which has become the standard for commercial high-resolution satellite ...
A georeferenced high resolution satellite image mosaic of Cape Denison, Mackellar Islands and part of the George V Land Coast acquired on 26, 31 January 2001 [capeden_sat_ikonos]
The following was done by a contractor for the Australian Antarctic Division: A satellite image mosaic of Cape Denison, Mackellar Islands and part of the George V Land Coast was created by combining ...
Georectification of IKONOS image, January 2004, Heard Island [SIC_266_267_georectification]
NOTE - this record has been superseded by "SIC_266_267_ortho", which describes a more recent orthorectification of the same two images. Two IKONOS 2004 images (SIC 266 and 267) were chosen as the ...
Orthorectification of IKONOS image, 9 February 2005, Heard Island [SIC_447_georectification]
The orthorectification of the IKONOS image (9 February 2005) was done as part of the Heard Island AAS2939 project (Lucieer et al. in Jan - June 2008). This IKONOS image was orthorectified and co-registered ...
Orthorectification of IKONOS imagery of eastern Heard Island, acquired 17 and 25 January 2004 [SIC_266_267_ortho]
These IKONOS images of the east coast of Heard Island were acquired on the 17th and 25th of January 2004. These images have been used in project AAS2939 as the baseline for analysis and change detection ...
Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Earth Science Technologies Vector and Raster Data [ICREST]
The Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Earth Science Technologies (ICREST) Center is the overarching Center for interdisciplinary research and development in the geographic information sciences ...
IKONOS Satellite Imagery for Amazonia [EOSWEBSTER_IKONOS]
IKONOS satellite imagery data have been requested from the NASA Scientific Data Purchase Program in support of research for the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia ...
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) Products on the Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami [PDC_Tsunami]
The Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami has claimed over 200,000 lives across countries including Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Somalia. ...
EOS Land Validation Core Site: Mongu, Zambia, Africa [LANDVAL_MONGU]
The EOS Land Validation Core Sites are intended as a focus for land product validation over a range of biome types. These sites will provide a focus for satellite, aircraft, and ground data collection ...
EOS Land Validation Core Site: Skukuza, Kruger NP, Republic of South Africa [LANDVAL_SKUKUZA]
The EOS Land Validation Core Sites are intended as a focus for land product validation over a range of biome types. These sites will provide a focus for satellite, aircraft, and ground data collection ...
Siberian Mapping Project [FED_SMP]
The purpose of the Siberian Mapping Project is to improve forest cover maps and create above ground biomass maps of the Siberian boreal forest. The project is aimed at improving forest disturbance ...
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) SAFARI 2000 Landsat and IKONOS Data [TRFIC_SAFARI2K]
The Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) supports the SAFARI 2000 international regional science initiative through EOS data hosting services. Registered SAFARI 2000 scientists can access ...
Vegetation and Tree Canopy Masks Greater Annapolis, Maryland Area [MD_DNR_VEG_CROWN_COMBO]
This image is vegetation and tree canopy Masks for October 1, 2004, Greater Annapolis, Maryland Area. The purpose of this imagery is for presentation visuals and maps. [Summary ...
IKONOS ESA archive [IKONOS.ESA.archive_NA]
ESA maintains an archive of IKONOS Geo Ortho Kit data previously requested through the TPM scheme. The imagery products gathered from IKONOS are categorised according to positional accuracy, which ...
Land-Cover and Imperviousness Data for Regional Areas near Denver, Colorado; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Milwaukee-Green Bay, Wisconsin - 2001 [USGS_DS_2006_221]
This report describes the processing and results of land-cover and impervious surface derivation for parts of three metropolitan areas being studied as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) ...
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Center for Tsunami Research: Tsunami Events and Data [NOAA_PMEL_TRP]
The NOAA PMEL Center for Tsunami Research seeks to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Research and development activities focus on an integrated approach ...
Atlas of the Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [ocean_atlas]
Released by the Remote Sensing Team (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), these detailed maps released in February 2003 focus on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. ...
Satellite Image Catalogue of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre [ARAMIS]
The Satellite Image Catalogue provides information on satellite imagery used in the Australian Antarctic Program. It includes satellite imagery from IKONOS, Landsat, Quickbird, and SPOT satellites ...
IKONOS Image of Greater Annapolis, Maryland Area, Enhanced for Vegetation [MD_DNR_ANNAP_343]
This is a pan sharpened, IKONOS Image of Greater Annapolis, Maryland Area, enhanced for vegetation. The purpose of this image is for presentation visuals and maps. [Summary ...
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Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. John Silvanus Davis.
1850. Only known edition. 1 songs.
Historical. This collection is out of print.
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I have had nightmares about tornadoes since I was a child. Now I have the honor to do this tutorial called "How to Draw a Realistic Tornado. In one of my steps, I have more information about this phenomena with website links. But here's what I found in Wikipedia's vast knowledge on the subject by googling tornadoes. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (177 km/h), are about 250 feet (76 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (483 km/h), stretch more than two miles (3.2 km) across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km). (Wikipedia Notes) I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Please fav, show your love, and comment. Thank you all. Peace and love to you.
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Four Hours to Evacuate at the Cabin
June 20, 2013: The mighty Bow River is flooding. The Cabin and Golf Resort at Hidden Valley on the Siksika Reserve is in danger of being inundated.
We left the cabin at Hidden Valley at about 11:30 PM (June 20) and were safely home several hours later. We had loaded our little travel trailer with as much stuff from the cabin as we had time to pack in the 4 or so hours we had to evacuate. The rest of the stuff – we either moved to the loft, or simply put up onto the top of the cabinets in the kitchen.
No time to think much about what to haul away and what to leave. No time to take any last pictures. No time to say good-bye to anyone. Just get loaded up and out of there so that we didn't block the route of all the other trucks and trailers that were trying to load and get out. The evacuation siren was going continuously. Unsettling.
We saw many people with big utility trailers loading up furniture and appliances. For them, these places were not just a summer cabin, they were where they lived all summer. For a few, including some of the members of the Siksika Nation, it was their full time home. For the Siksika Nation, it was a source of revenue and employment.
The Car Guy's sister and her husband hauled as much stuff as they could onto high ground on the other side of the river. In the morning we will head out to where they are and help them move their travel trailer, cargo trailer and motorcycles – someplace. The cabin was to be their home for six months of the year – they just recently sold their home in Calgary.
The lady we had bought the cabin from came over and asked if she could see the cabin for one last time. They had rebuilt the cabin after the flood in 2005, and she was obviously very upset that it was going to flood one last time. "This sunroom," she said. "I had this built with the inheritance I got when a family member died. Did you enjoy using it?"
I replied, yes, very much – I'll miss it a lot. (She and her husband had driven down from Edmonton to help the people next door evacuate.)
We didn't even have time to sandbag as we did in 2011. There didn't seem to be any point. The river is expected to be that much higher than previously. (See The Angry River in 2011.)
On the way home last night, we stopped in Strathmore for gas and to catch our breath. I asked The Car Guy if he had remembered to pack The Weather Stone. I had put it on the picnic table. He said yes, he had packed it. Odd what things are the most important when you believe you are going to lose everything that is left behind.
This will be the end of the Hidden Valley Resort, I expect. This was to be our last summer there, then we would pack up what we could and move out. I guess the River will move us out instead.
Of course, we are just 300 of the families that are affected. There are many more people here in Siksika Nation who have also had to evacuate, and of course there are all the other families upstream who have already had their homes flooded or destroyed.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada leaves us with this one last thought: "It's important to take preventative action against flooding because damage caused by overland flooding is not covered by home insurance policies anywhere in Canada." (Short of not living within miles of a stream or river, there isn't much preventative action you can take that stops water from coming in where you don't want it – or so it seems to me.)
June 21, morning: We drove back out to the cabin and were told we had about 20 minutes to get anything else we wanted. The gas company came around and turned off all the gas. We quickly threw our last treasures into the back of the truck and left. The bridge was packed with members of the Siksika Nation who had come to watch the raging waters.
We drove to the top of the hill where many of the cabin owners and members of the Siksika Nation had assembled in the parking lot of the beautiful Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park. The Park's lookout platform gave us an unobstructed view of the Bow River and Hidden Valley. We stood and talked for several hours as we watched the river rise. The immense power of water – it was terrifying and mesmerizing. We reluctantly headed for home before the water spilled over the berm.
June 21, 7:45 PM: The berm has been breached (near the west end, I believe). The water has flowed over the berm in many other places including the gate by the bridge. The only remaining question is, what will be the high water mark this time?
I think most cabin owners can show you a high water mark on a window or a wall of their cabin. It is like a badge of honour. "The water came up to here in 1995, and here in 2005. But we rebuilt." The high water mark of 2013. There will be one on each and every cabin that survives, but there will not likely be a third round of rebuilding.
June 21, 9:30 PM: The Car Guy's sister, still camped up on the hill overlooking Hidden Valley writes: " The river, the lake, the first hole and the beach have merged. But the red truck on the 1st fairway looks like it is still dry! And a small river is flowing from back water/mechanical gate into the Bow. We are the river now! If you are coming tomorrow to view from the Historical Park, bring DEET! Lots of it!"
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I heard about the flooding in Alberta this morning on the news. Devastating and very sad. I'm glad that you were able to salvage a few things and I'll keep good thoughts for you and the others who are weathering this storm (no pun intended). Hang in there, Margie.
I am so sorry to hear you have been going through this Margie. I can't even imagine having to decide what to take in just a few short hours and having to evacuate so quickly. I'm glad your computer is with you though and you are willing and able to share this life changing experience. The main thing is to stay safe! ~Dor
It is hard for you to leave the place behind, but you did pack up the memories and they will be with you for a long time.
We have been watching the news from Alberta and have seen the pictures of the devastation taking place. It is hard to fathom how quickly things have happened. It was good to hear that you managed to retrieve some of your things and memories. Our thoughts are with you, Car guy, Car Guy's sister and brother-in-law. We sincerely hope things won't be as bad as you are anticipating. Please keep us posted. E
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. Thank you for letting us be part of this with you, even the sad steps of your journey.
Just a note to thank you for your reflective genial and truth thoughts. My wife and I have (or had) a cabin with you. We are out of the province and could not do much about the wet days. We wish you well on your next adventure – perhaps your writing will be different post the FLOOD.
We were at Hidden Valley till 2am as well. It was my in-laws home. We were some of the people with the furniture in the trucks and trailers. It's so sad to say good bye to a place that holds so many great memories this way. We also thought that we would have the summer to enjoy it and say good bye the right way. I'm sorry what you are feeling.. just remember you are not alone in this. Take Care
We are glad to hear that everyone is safe, but our thoughts are with you, Car Guy, Car Guy's Sister and Brother-in-law. Take care.
Please let your readers know that I have started taking donations for Siksika which will be delivered tomorrow morning. Food and Water can be dropped off at 220 Cove Court in Chestermere.
thank you for sharing. reading your ad (see later post) helped gave us a chuckle. your cabin is probably next to ours somewhere near sunset street. stat safe.


text: The Most Annoying Golf Partners\nThe only thing worse than playing with one of these guys is BEING one of these guys\n\nRelated Video: The 18 Most Annoying Golf Partners Pt. 1\nDefining characteristics: Knows exactly how to fix your swing even though you didn't ask. Employs a vast array of swing jargon that only confuses you further. \n\nFavorite expression: "Wait, try this!"\nDefining characteristics: Thinks he is honoring spirit of the game by never picking up. Not in the spirit of the game: dragging his foursome through a three-and-a-half hour front nine. \n\nFavorite expression: "Put me down for a 10."\nDefining characteristics: Considers golf course an extension of his office, home, therapist's couch, etc. Has perfected the balancing-phone-on-the-shoulder wedge shot. \n\nFavorite expression: "You guys hit. I gotta take this."\nDefining characteristics: Convinced he's got a shot with the cart girl. Would be crushed to learn she offered the same flirty laugh and bag of nuts to foursome of geeks up ahead.\n\nFavorite expression: "We'll take four beers and one more smile, darlin'."\nDefining characteristics: Color-coordinated outfit, matching logos and oversized tour bag suggest he's played professionally. Topped drive off the first tee suggests otherwise. \n\nFavorite expression: "These are the same shoes Tiger wears. "\nDefining characteristics: Can't remember his score without reliving every shot in detail.\n\nFavorite expression: "One in the pond, two drop, three back in the pond. Four I had that funky lie in the bunker and left it in the bunker ... "\nDefining characteristics: Unable to fathom a round of golf without a steady stream of adult beverages. Idea of restraint is to hold off drinking ... until the second hole.\n\nFavorite expression: "A few beers will loosen up that swing!"\nDefining characteristics: The easiest golfer to locate on the course thanks to waft of smoke trailing behind him. Oblivious to playing partners struggling for air -- and the ash droppings on his belly. \n\nFavorite expression: "Straight from Havana, baby!"\nDefining characteristics: The 15 handicap who is somehow playing "much better" than he has in years. Feigns apology when he drops bunker shot within inches of cup, then kicks sand off his shoes like a tour pro. \n\nFavorite expression: "I guess it's just one of those days..."\nDefining characteristics: Never passes a water hazard without his trusty scoop at the ready. Last bought a new sleeve of balls in the late 80s.\n\nFavorite expression: "Whoa! A ProV1!"\nDefining characteristics: So preoccupied with his own game never looks for anyone else's ball. When driving a cart, always blows past your ball and heads directly to his. \n\nFavorite expression: "But enough about me. What do YOU think of my swing?"\nDefining characteristics: Has unique ability to allow even the most pleasant days to be soured by any bad swing, bounce, or lie. Relies on Ball Retriever Guy to occasionally fetch clubs out of lake. \n\nFavorite expression: "[Not printable]"\nDefining characteristics: Forces group to wait on every par 5 because he's convinced he can get home in two. Usually gets there in four.\n\nFavorite expression: "If I really catch it, I can get there."\nDefining characteristics: Liberally allows himself another whack even when first shot is findable.\n\nFavorite expression: "Wait, wait, wait. I gotta try another."\nDefining characteristics: The only guy in the group not to notice the foursome behind yelling from the fairway as he lines up his putt for double from every angle imaginable. \n\nFavorite expression: "Son of a gun, I actually think it goes both ways!"\nDefining characteristics: Has to walk off every blade of grass before hitting. After contemplating whether a shot is 176 yards or 178, ends up hitting it 150. \n\nFavorite expression: "I can't decide if it's a hard 7 or a soft 6."\nDefining characteristics: A sympathetic figure when he pushes his tee shot deep into the woods. Not as sympathetic: When he announces his ball somehow stayed in bounds -- with a clear shot to the green!\n\nFavorite expression:"Better to be lucky than good!\nDefining characteristics: Treats every holed three footer as if just won the Masters. Has sent multiple playing partners home early thanks to overzealous chest bumping.\n\nFavorite expression: "Yes SIR!"\nDefining characteristics: The absent-minded member of your group who leaves an assortment of wedges, towels, and clubhead covers scattered throughout the course. Favorite expression: "Doggone it, where did I leave my 56?"\nDefining characteristics: Doggedly searches for lost balls as if they're encrusted in diamonds. Thinks the rest of the group cares as much as him. Favorite expression: "I saw it hooking by the far tree, so if we all just walk slowly on this line. . ."\nDefining characteristics: Always in the midst of a swing overhaul, is awash in new thoughts after a half hour with the assistant pro. Favorite expression: "Bear with me guys. Randy has me working on a few new things."\nDefining characteristics: Wants to introduce his young son to the joys of golf, even if it means six hours of misery for everyone else. Favorite expression: "I hope you don't mind. Justin here is new to the game."\nDefining characteristics: Self-proclaimed "12" who has trouble breaking 100. Favorite expression: "I don't know WHAT's going on with my swing!"\nDefining characteristics: Reverts to his inner 13-year-old as soon as he gets behind the wheel of a cart. Has never met a "Cart Path Only" sign that pertains to him. Favorite expression: "Man, if only this thing didn't have a governor!"\nDefining characteristics: Shamelessly gives himself any putt within earshot of the cup, regardless of what's on the line. Favorite expression: "I'll just get this out of the way. . ."\nDefining characteristics: Incapable of letting a moment pass without trying to capture the perfect photo, whether it's of a person, hole, or squirrel. Favorite expression: "Hold on guys, let's get one here with the ball washer in the background."\nDefining characteristics: Overly reliant on his yardage device, to the extent that he can't fathom anyone navigating a course without it. Favorite expression: "Wait! I'll give you the exact number."\nDefining characteristics: Even on the most beautiful days, a series of bad swings causes him to withdraw into his own cloud of misery. Will go holes on end without communicating with the rest of the group. Favorite expression: "(Inaudible mumbling to self)."\nDefining characteristics: Combination of long-sleeve shirt, bucket hat and 90 SPF makes you feel your own sun protection efforts are woefully insufficient. Favorite expression: "Do me a solid -- can you get the back of my legs?"\nDefining characteristics: Only catches fragments of conversations because he's endlessly B lining into woods. Favorite expression: "Wow, guess I had too much iced tea!"\nDefining characteristics: Usually in the early stages of a relationship, thinks she actually cares that he's hit three straight fairways. Favorite expression: "You are such a natural. Are you SURE this is your first time?"\nDefining characteristics: Has perfected the art of the Roger Maltbie audible whisper. Likes to narrate your three-footer for double as if the Ryder Cup is at stake. Favorite expression: "There's really not a lot to this putt, Johnny, but he's got to make sure he gets it to the hole."\nDefining characteristics: Only slumming at your course because "they're punching the greens at the club." Unfamiliar with the concept of changing shoes in the parking lot. Favorite expression: "It looks like our line is . . . is that an above-ground pool?"\nDefining characteristics: Picks the most inopportune moments for ripping velcro of his glove, opening a bag of potato chips, or trying to jam his irons back into his bag. Favorite expression: "My bad. Did that bother you?"\nDefining characteristics: Thinks he's being nice by telling you this is the best he's seen you play. Only introduces the notion that it can't last. Favorite expression: "Somebody is going to break 80 for the first time!"\nDefining characteristics: Will call out innocuous violations even in friendly games. Thinks he's doing you a favor by pointing out you're carrying 15 clubs. Favorite expression: "No, no. Three in the water, four out, five back in the water. . ." Look back at the first series of Most Annoying Golfer Partners ⇒


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30000 AUD (app. 22000 EUR) prizemoney are up for grabs both in 2013 and 2014 and will, together with important world ranking points, attract the top kiteracers in the world from countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, Great Britain, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Poland, France and Mexico.
Kiteracing is one of the fastest growing sailing disciplines in Western Australia and the world. The event will further strengthen the popularity of the sport and help to position the State as one of the world's best water sports destinations.
Western Australia has a strong tradition of hosting international sailing events. The Kiteracing Oceanic Championships will be overseen by the Warren Jones Foundation, who were instrumental in bringing the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championship event to Perth, and presenting it.
The Hon. Ian Campbell, who chaired Perth 2011, will also head up the kiteracing event.
"We have followed the European, the Asian and the other regional tours, and this event in Perth can only grow. The Championships will not only provide excellent exposure of Western Australia around the world through TV and social media, but will also feature a vibrant event village with great viewing opportunities at Leighton to witness the action", he said.
The event in Perth will be complemented by a festival featuring family entertainment, live music, street performers, kiting clinics and beach sports
A national category will be run in conjunction with the Championship events, giving local competitors the opportunity to compete, which will showcase spectacular air jumps synonymous with kiteboarding.
Perth sailing identity, John Longley has indicated his strong support for the event.
"The Kiteracing Oceanic Championship is a natural addition to Western Australia's rich sailing history. WA's ideal weather conditions and peerless beaches have long attracted sailing enthusiasts with the Fremantle Doctor making it the perfect location for wind-driven sports. Kiteracing is a new and exciting discipline, igniting interest in the sailing community and I look forward to welcoming a new breed of sailing athlete to Fremantle in December 2013"
The State Government, through Tourism WA, is proud to support the Kiteracing Oceanic Championships.
Eventscorp Executive Director Gwyn Dolphin said the agency had identified kiteboarding as a core sailing event with huge growth potential, presenting an opportunity for Western Australia to be positioned as a major kiteboarding destination around the world.
"With favourable wind conditions and great weather, Western Australia is an excellent location to host these growing championships," he said.
"The Kiteracing Oceanic Championships will also elevate the status of a rapidly-developing sport in WA, add vibrancy to the State, increase visitation and provide excellent media exposure of our extraordinary coastline."
The 2013 Kiteracing Oceanic Championships will be held at Leighton Beach from December 10-15.
Registration is open from now on at http://www.internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php/course-racing/events/details/79-Oceanic%20Championships
For more information visit www.kiteoceanics.com or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KiteOceanics
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A lot of top professionals take time out to write here to help others. We need them. I don't know everything, never claimed to. As far as I'm concerned I write for others' benefit simply because I think it matters to help people. I don't like gratuitous requests or being taken advantage of. I don't get much free time. My name is Guy or GC when you write, not 'mr no-name'. I get upset when I - or others - help people and that help is never acknowledged with a 'thank you' or worse - even a follow-up on the project. You are very likely to be ignored by me if you do that.
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Venezuela candidate: Gov't exploits Chavez death
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Sunday launched what many consider a doomed candidacy to replace Hugo Chavez with a no-holds-barred attack against a government he accused of coldly betraying Venezuelans' trust.
Chavez's political heirs have toyed with Venezuelans' hopes, lying to them about his deteriorating health by suggesting he could recover and even producing decrees he supposedly signed, said Capriles, whom Chavez defeated by a 12-point margin in October.
He did not make direct reference to the decision to embalm Chavez and put him on permanent display, but he said: "You are playing politics with the president's body."
Capriles accused the socialist government that Chavez left behind after 14 years in power of meticulously planning a campaign to assure the election of Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's desired successor.
"Who knows when President Chavez (really) died," he asked. The government says Chavez succumbed to cancer on Tuesday after a nearly two-year battle. It has offered almost no clinical information.
Capriles also called Defense Minister Diego Molero a "disgrace" for publicly backing Maduro. The constitution forbids the military from taking political sides.
"Don't fool yourselves that you're the good and we're the bad," Capriles said in a 45-minute speech at his eastern Caracas campaign headquarters. "No, you're no better than us. I don't play with death. I don't play with pain."
A picture of Chavez behind him, Maduro appeared almost immediately afterward on state TV, accusing "the losing, miserable candidate" of defaming Chavez and his family.
He called Capriles a "fascist" trying to provoke violence by insulting the "crystalline, pure image of Commander Chavez."
"You have made the biggest mistake of your life," Maduro said. He said that if Chavez's family seeks legal action "don't say afterward that you are being politically persecuted."
Capriles, a state governor, acknowledged facing long odds against a candidate who wields vast public resources and a state media machine — and has the backing of the country's electoral council.
"As one person said today, 'Capriles, they are taking you to a slaughterhouse. Are you going to be lowered into its meat grinder?'" he said.
Capriles said, however, that he felt he had no other choice.
"How am I not going to fight?" he said. "How are we not going to fight? This is not Capriles' fight. This is everybody's fight."
In some upper-class districts of the capital, people launched fireworks, shouted and honked horns as Capriles announced he would run. Political analysts wondered where the Capriles they witnessed on Sunday had been during last year's campaign.
Capriles laid out potential major themes for his campaign, bemoaning violent crime, persistent poverty and a troubled economy that led the government to devalue the currency last month by more than 30 percent.
The electoral council has set the vote for April 14. Formal campaigning begins just 12 days earlier.
Unlike Capriles, Maduro made repeated references to the possibility of violence in the superheated, abbreviated campaign ahead.
Yet he also called for calm.
"We have to continue to rise above every provocation with peace, peace, peace and peace," Maduro said. "Respect, respect, respect."
Opposition critics say Maduro's swearing-in Friday as acting president was unconstitutional. The charter designates the National Assembly interim head of state if a president-elect cannot be sworn in.
Capriles decided to run fully aware that a second presidential defeat could end his political career.
Political consultant Oswaldo Ramirez, who is advising the Capriles campaign, said the candidate must strike a balance between criticizing the failures of Chavez's government and Maduro's role in it, without being seen as attacking the late president.
"He can't speak badly of Chavez, because this feeling on the street is still in full bloom," Ramirez said.
Public opinion was as divided as always Sunday in a country that became dramatically more polarized during Chavez's 14-year rule.
"It's not fair," said Jose Mendez, a 54-year-old businessman of the choice the opposition leader faces. "(Maduro) has an advantage, because of everything they have done since Chavez's death, all the sentiment they've created ... But the guy has nothing. He can't hold a candle to Chavez."
But Ramon Romero said the opposition was just making excuses, and had no chance of victory in any case.
"Now their odds are even worse," said the 64-year-old waiter and staunch Chavez supporter. "They don't care about anyone, and we (the voters) have been lifted out of darkness."
Associated Press writers Jack Chang, Frank Bajak, Paul Haven and E. Eduardo Castillo contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The military has stopped production of a new medal for remote warfare troops — drone operators and cyber warfighters — as it considers complaints from veterans and lawmakers over the award, a government official said Tuesday.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a review of the Distinguished Warfare Medal, which was to be awarded to troops who operate drones and use other technological skills to fight America's wars from afar. Announcement of the review is expected at a Pentagon news conference later Tuesday.
Lawmakers and veterans groups have complained that although troops can get the new medal for work far from the battlefield, it has been ranked above medals for those who served on the front line in harm's way, such as the Purple Heart given to wounded troops.
If the review agrees with that complaint about the medal, it would likely have to be renamed and new medals manufactured, the government official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
In ordering the new look at the medal, Hagel said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey would lead a review of how the medal is ranked among others — where it is in what the military calls "the order of precedence" of the medal, according to talking points obtained by The Associated Press.
"In light of concerns about the medal's place in the order of precedence raised by veterans organizations and a number of members of Congress ... Secretary Hagel is going to work with" Dempsey, the service secretaries and the service chiefs to review the ranking, the memo said. He wants Dempsey to report back in 30 days.
There is a practical side to the rankings. There are grades of medals — commendation, merit, distinguished — that affect not only the name but promotions for those still serving in uniform. Each grade gives troops a certain number of points needed for promotions.
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the new medal last month, saying it was meant to recognize battlefield contributions in a world of changing warfare.
"I've seen firsthand how modern tools, like remotely piloted platforms and cyber systems, have changed the way wars are fought," Panetta said. "And they've given our men and women the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar."
Over the last decade of war, remotely piloted Predator and Reaper drones have become a critical weapon to gather intelligence and conduct airstrikes against terrorists or insurgents around the world. They have been used extensively on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and northern Africa.
Over the same time, cyberattacks have become a growing national security threat, with Panetta and others warning that the next Pearl Harbor could well be a computer-based assault.
Officials said in announcing the medal last month that it would be the first combat-related award to be created since the Bronze Star in 1944. And they said that in recognition of the evolving 21st century warfare, the medal would be considered a bit higher in ranking than the Bronze Star, but lower than the Silver Star.
The Veterans of Foreign War and other groups say that ranking it ahead of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart is an injustice to those who served on the front-lines.
John Bircher, a spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, has said the veterans groups are not objecting to the medal — just the ranking. He said some medals ranked ahead of the Purple Heart are achievement medals that can be earned outside of war time. What bothers many veterans is that the new Distinguished Warfare Medal appears be a war-time medal that trumps acts of valor, which he finds insulting.
The backlash to the Pentagon's announcement included an online petition to the White House signed by thousands of people. The petition called the medal "an injustice to those who served and risked their lives" and asked that it not be allowed to move forward as planned.


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Impa, one of the Zelda universe's most under-appreciated badasses (at least in Sheikah form), is getting her due in the upcoming Hyrule Warriors.
Having only appeared in this guise in two Zelda games (Ocarina and Skyward Sword), she's got some time to make up for. And by time, I mean killing.


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Well, I manged to find some mistakes like: In the book was intresting, another is the way you spelled flute which is:fluete, it is supposed to be flute
Student or Learner
The Captive author is Joyce Hansen. Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction. Hansen was born and raised in the Bronx. She has written very many books for children and teenagers.
The Captive is a historical fiction.The book was published in 1994.
A principal character is Kofi. The book is about the capture of Kofi, a 12-year-old son of an Ashanti chief. Kofi is his father favorite child. The boy is taken and subsequently sold after his father is betrayed and murdered by a trusted family slave. He makes two friends on the trip across the ocean; one is a white indentured servant, the other is another black slave. Once they reach America, they are all sold to a Puritan farmer in Massachusetts. Eventually, the boys run away. They are chased onto a ship and discovered by it is captain, who agrees to help them. Kofi return back to Africa, but it is not mentioned again until the epilogue. His life in Africa is presented as both orderly and good.
In the book was intresting when Kofi`s flute was stolen, he hunted it down like a fox stalking a rabbit, and finally he found it. It means that the fluete was very important for him. The discussion of a black man's involvement in the selling of others of his race is handled well; and the topic of slavery in New England is one not often discussed. Kofi is very spunky, he never gave up. One thing that impressed me the most was when Kofi was on the slave ship, the fire in his heart and his flute in his hands kept him alive through all the disease and beating he faced. I felt a little bad for the characters in the book when they get kidnapped and sent to America. In the book, there were also very intresting colourfully nature discriptions. It was interesting to read about the things Kofi encountered and the Ashanti culture, example women in the Ashanti will not marry without the consent of their parents. The Ashanti religion is a mixture of spiritual and supernatural powers. They believe that plants, animals and trees have souls and also they believe in fairies, witches, and forest monsters. The book was quite understandable and good to read.
In conclusion I liked the book and enjoyed it a lot, because there was vital reason. The Captive is great book that is definetly worth reading. The author puts a visual in your head that makes you feel as if you are actualy there and you can imagine how the main character, Kofi, feels.
Thank you.
Well, I manged to find some mistakes like: In the book was intresting, another is the way you spelled flute which is:fluete, it is supposed to be flute


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I want to know whether there is a standard for 8080 like parallel interface. What I want to do is connect LCD driver to MCU(stm32). Some doc told me how to connect MCU to the drivers via 8080 like interface here But it didn't tell the detailed meaning of CS,RD,WR lines. I searched some LCD driver datasheets but found contrary info:
SSD1289 use CS as clock signal(page 51) while ILI9340 use WR/RD as clock signals(page 29). So, is there a official standard for 8080 like interface? Or do I have to read the datasheets in detail each time when I want to use a driver chip?


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Top 15 talk about what makes their workers happy and productive
- A trip to the Caribbean for the entire firm
- An onsite medical clinic
- Laundry service
- Calisthenics training
- Gourmet lunch service
This is not an employee dream wish list. Many staffing firms are offering their internal workers unusual perks to keep them engaged and happy. In fact, even the standard benefits include items — paid healthcare benefits, a pool table, free daily lunch — that many in this economy would kill for. Today's staffing firms are pulling out all the stops to keep their internal workers happy.
Staffing Industry Analysts surveyed companies' employees to see how the companies are doing at keeping them happy and motivated. The winners on this year's "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" list are taking a serious approach to making their employees feel special. The recession has taught us that talent is going to be the key differentiator in the coming decade. Staffing firms have learned treating your workers well helps boost the bottom line. It's not just about doling out perks. It pays to listen to employees, hire right in the first place and let workers build their skills, as these stories illustrate.
This year's "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" list ranks the top five firms to work for in small, medium and large firm categories based on number of internal employees.
Here are the winning companies, grouped by company size:
1. LiquidAgents Healthcare LLC
Employee Voice
Every employee at Plano, Texas-based LiquidAgents Healthcare has a voice. "We value employee input," CEO Sheldon Arora explains. "Employees feel free to openly discuss and debate the various workings of the company. We all care, so we take the time to listen."
Even new staff members bring something to the table. "New people question old ideas and bring new ideas," Arora says. Referrals are the number one source for new hires, which means there are no outsiders, which hospitals like when dealing with healthcare procurement firms. "Hospitals know that when you take people seriously, you do a better job," Arora says.
Doing a better job is something that LiquidAgents values. A staff-favorite incentive program is the company's quarterly Las Vegas meeting, during which deserving employees are invited to discuss their individual careers and goals with company executives in an informal, yet personal setting. It's that individual attention that distinguishes LiquidAgents from the pack. "I see a person behind every success we've had," Arora says.
Employees also enjoy the company's Chi Lounge, where staff can blow off a little steam playing billiards. It's not all play at LiquidAgents, but maintaining a positive work environment is an effective way of reducing stress. "Our philosophy is to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of our collective success," Arora says. "We figure out what strategies work for us and then implement them."
This is LiquidAgents' third year on the list of "Best Staffing Firms to Work For."
2. The Start Group
Planned Goals
The Start Group values its workers and knows they are critical for the firm's success. And the Andover, Mass.-based specialty staffing provider works hard to communicate that message to its internal employees.
"We believe that when people feel needed, feel valued, they work even harder," says CEO Mark Eldridge. "We really let everyone know whether you're on week two or year three, you are a critical part of our success."
The Start Group operates on a five-year plan — which is updated every two-and-a-half years — and communicates to workers how they play a part in meeting the planned goals.
Of course, everything starts with hiring the right employees, Eldridge says. The company maintains a careful hiring process aimed at identifying fun, happy and motivated people.
The Start Group hires a lot of entry-level people, and Eldridge says he is passionate about employee development. "I love taking those people and showing them they can be successful as soon as six to nine months out of school."
The company also maintains an open-door policy; workers can go directly to top management if they need help or have a question.
And having happy and engaged workers can definitely boost the bottom line, Eldridge says. A happy employee will stay longer, and the longer he or she stays, the more productive he or she will be.
3. eTeam Inc.
Learning Pays
Part of the philosophy behind keeping employees engaged at eTeam is encouraging workers to keep learning.
"Challenge your employees with higher goals, which will prompt them to learn new skills, perform better and have more self-confidence," says Ben Thakur, principal at eTeam.
If employees know their skills are growing, they know their lives are changing for the better, Thakur says.
The company even polls employees on the type of training they need and where the training dollars should be spent. And that fits in with another aspect of eTeam's philosophy on keeping workers engaged: getting them involved in the decision-making process and making them feel they contribute to the success of the company.
"As the company grows, they should feel and be able to say they were instrumental in the company's growth," Thakur says.
In addition, the basics are important to keeping employees happy, he says. The basics include competitive salaries, benefits and bonus packages. They also include setting clear expectations, providing direction on goals and recognition.
The South Plainfield, N.J.-based firm provides information technology staffing and solutions. It also provides clinical/scientific and commercial staffing.
Thakur says satisfied employees do benefit the bottom line, and satisfied employees are more engaged, and when people like what they are doing there is less stress.
In addition to encouraging its workers to learn new skills, eTeam also works to try out new ideas to become a better place to work. This includes surveying employees as well as taking part in other Best Places to Work For programs such as a local one in New Jersey.
4. Daley and Associates
Loyalty Is Rewarded
Isn't it expensive to keep employees happy and engaged?
It's more expensive not to, says Mike Daley, CEO of Daley and Associates. The Boston-based firm provides executive search and professional staffing, including finance/accounting and legal staffing.
"We are a people-conscious environment," Daley says. "People come here and they have a platform to maximize their potential and their financial reward."
Getting employees engaged begins with the onboarding of new hires. People get classroom time and then partner with an experienced staff member to learn the ropes. One new hire went with Daley on every interview and every job worked for two months in order to learn the way Daley and Associates sells.
And once on board, the company operates with an open database, allowing people to work together. Daley says in 90 percent of cases, one person has the job order and another person on staff has the candidate. This fosters great teamwork.
Environment is also important, and the company operates out of class A office tower. Besides the upmarket workplace, Daley and Associates has other perks to keep employees happy. For example, workers get membership to a conveniently located top health club that includes laundry service.
Loyalty is rewarded too. This year, two employees celebrated their five-year anniversaries. One received a Bahama beach vacation at Atlantis resort with his family and the other received a trip to New York to see the New England Patriots play the New York Jets.
And when things got tough during the recession, Daley and Associates did not do any layoffs. "We didn't panic; we kept every single employee," Daley says.
5. Veritaaq
Workers Are Heard
Listening to employees is one key to creating an engaged workforce at Veritaaq, an Ottawa, Ont.-based information technology staffing firm.
A company has a personality, and the people who work there should reflect that, says Paul Genier, owner and CEO of Veritaaq.
As a result, the company works to get employee feedback and act on it. For example, a couple of years ago the company implemented new performance-based metrics. Based on employee feedback, the company made changes to what was measured, how it was measured and what targets were set.
"The difference between companies that really engage their employees and those that don't is taking that feedback," Genier says.
Of course, there's also fun.
Each year, the company has a "super green target." When it's reached, everyone in the company receives a four-day vacation to the Caribbean with his or her spouse.
In addition, Veritaaq works to hire the right people and give them the right tools and support to succeed. It works to empower them to make decisions and then get out of their way to let them do their jobs.
"We see our roles as being there to provide them with the tools, training and support they need to be successful," Genier says.
"Veritaaq is a great place to work because we challenge our people every day and every day our people deliver," he says. "We've been fortunate to be able to hire great people and it's not a cliché — it's the truth — our people are our greatest asset and we treat them that way."
1. TekPartners/MedPartnersHIM
Leading by Example
There are no ivory towers at TekPartners/ MedPartnersHIM, a Coral Springs, Fla.-based information technology workforce and health information management workforce solutions provider. CEOs Vito Scutero and Harris Katz lead by example, maintaining a culture of fun and an opendoor policy that keeps employees motivated and productive.
"People make the difference. They are the center of the universe here at our company," Katz says. "What we try to do as executives is create a company that gives them the highest rate of success, providing the best Coworkers, tools and compensation structure."
Success at TekPartners/MedPartnersHIM starts with recognition. As part of the company's core values recognition program, employees nominate deserving peers every month to be featured in a monthly newsletter. "We try to continuously provide recognition to the individuals that are making the greatest contributions to the company," Scutero says.
Then there's the "World is Yours" club, an incentives program that rewards the year's top performers with a vacation voted on by the staff . Twenty three winners from 2011, plus a guest, are slated to enjoy a trip to Cabo San Lucas in June. "We survey employees on what type of incentive trip would motivate them best," Scutero explains. "We ask for feedback and are always collaborating on how to best motivate our employees because we know that happy workers are productive workers."
"Life is about the ride," Katz says. "As executives, we respect our employees' decision to be with TekPartners/MedPartnersHIM, so we are continually working to make sure our associates' career is the best, most satisfying experience out there."
2. The LaSalle Network
Work Is Fun
Working for Chicago-based The LaSalle Network means you are likely to be successful. It also means that you are likely to have a lot of fun. "My goal as a leader is to do things so that my staff wants to call or text their friends or family and tell them 'you'll never believe what happened today,'" CEO Tom Gimbel says. "I laugh until I cry at least once a day."
Fun activities include celebrating "re-birthdays," in which employees are treated to a party, not to mention a new suit courtesy of Gimbel, on the anniversary date of their first day with the company, and its Olympics-style games, which last year saw Gimbel ride in on a horse wearing war paint and brandishing a sword. "People want to work for people who are engaged and care," Gimbel says. "It's OK to be friends with those with whom you work."
The LaSalle Network aims to maintain its entrepreneurial culture and low turnover rate by acknowledging hiring mistakes. "One thing that allows us to maintain a happy working environment is if we make a hiring mistake, somebody with a bad attitude, we get rid of them quickly," Gimbel says. For The LaSalle Network, it's about quality growth, not rapid growth.
The staffing provider also believes in forgiveness. "Employees know that it's OK to ask for forgiveness. We always believe in teaching. People get in trouble for not asking for help," Gimbel says. "We celebrate accomplishments and don't dwell on losses."
3. Medical Solutions
All About Service
Scott Anderson, president of Medical Solutions Inc., attributes much of the company's success to its dedication to service.
"Our mentality is to serve," Anderson explains. "The job of management is to serve the staff and we ask the staff in turn to take that view and truly serve their clients." The company is very protective about maintaining its service-oriented culture. "It's almost like a club," Anderson says.
Employees of Medical Solutions enjoy the full-time service of a concierge, a role established to assist staff with day-to-day tasks that may otherwise prove a distraction from their work. Also, in an effort "to provide a relaxed environment that is built on mutual trust and flexibility," Anderson explains, the company employs a chief people officer, whose job is "designed around protecting culture and identifying ways to modify and improve the satisfaction of the staff ."
Mornings begin with daily huddles, where the various departments of the office meet up to discuss the day ahead in an effort to maintain transparency. "Employees are smart. They know what's real, what needs to be transparent," Anderson says. "You really need to have sincerity in your desire to create an environment that is truly happy and satisfying for them. It's not something that can be contrived or can happen overnight."
The company also provides complimentary meals at breakfast and lunch, an effective way to foster a positive work environment while promoting camaraderie among the staff . "We trust and respect our staff and in turn they trust and respect what we are doing," Anderson says. "We do our absolute best to provide the tools and environment needed for our staff to be successful."
4. Hire Dynamics
Hiring Right
At Duluth, Ga.-based Hire Dynamics, success starts with hiring quality people — "People with good attitudes that care about others and are really looking to work in a team environment," CEO Dan Campbell explains.
Hire Dynamics' philosophy is built around maintaining high standards, from its top-grading approach in the interview process to recently implemented investment in leadership development. "It's more profitable to spend time and energy creating a quality environment," Campbell says. "It's a journey, not a destination."
Hire Dynamics also surveys employees in order to better understand where changes need to be made, taking into account the subjective nature of work-life balance. "You need to spend time with people," Campbell says. "The only way you effectively manage that is not from the top, but by each individual local manager understanding what that [work-life balance] means to each person."
The company's individual approach to employee needs contributes to its low turnover, which in turn contributes to a retention-based deferred compensation plan. As employees stay with Hire Dynamics, more money goes into the plan. This is one part of a collective effort of employees taking more ownership in their commitment to the company, which is in turn reflected in Hire Dynamics' commitment to its clients. This is the company's third time on our list.
5. Veredus
Rewarding Productivity
Employees at Tampa, Fla.-based Veredus know they work for a growth-oriented company, an energetic environment built around achievement and recognition. "We create an environment where individuals can achieve their goals," CEO Dan Rodriguez says.
Productivity has its perks at Veredus. The top five recruiters and top five sales people, as well as the top national account rep for the year make up what is known as the Founder's Club. The club members are awarded a week-long vacation. This year will see the Founder's Club enjoy a trip to London. Other performers have a choice between a trip to San Francisco or a beach vacation in Florida.
Veredus' culture of productivity and recognition contributes to the company's low turnover. "We put the focus on our employees. They know that we have their interests at heart," Rodriguez says. Management encourages input, and rarely does the company have to micromanage its staff . "We want to get as many talented people as we can in our organization," Rodriguez explains. "We want to treat them in a manner that makes them want to continue with the organization."
As Veredus looks to expand, it is increasingly calling on employees to step up. "Those who want to be involved in leading that charge to a bigger and better company should speak up," Rodriguez says. "The longer people are in our business, the better they get."
1. Collabera Inc.
Get the Basics Down
Part of the philosophy at Collabera Inc. is that a successful, growing company sets the stage for engaged employees.
In addition, keeping employees happy starts with getting the basics right. That includes the right infrastructure and environment for sales people and recruiters to succeed, says Hemin Shah, co-founder and executive vice president of Collabera. Infrastructure and environment include both the right tools for workers to do their jobs as well as other things such as compensation. It's also about empowering people.
"Everybody should have the right opportunity to succeed," Shah says. Collabera also maintains an open-door policy with top executives despite being a large firm, allowing workers to communicate their thoughts.
Team-building events and year-end parties are also part of creating the right environment. And so is recognition. Collabera awards "president's club" status to its top salespeople and top recruiters each year. Membership in the president's club includes an extra week of vacation with the company paying for a trip anywhere in the U.S. or the Caribbean for the employee and a significant other. President's club also includes a free gym membership.
Shah says the process of keeping employees happy is ongoing with the firm continuing to gather new ideas on becoming a better place to work. The hope is to get employees excited about working and furthering the company's goals.
Collabera is based in Morristown, N.J., and provides information technology staffing. It is also a finalist in the "Best Staffing Firms to Temp/ Contract For."
2. Signature Consultants LLC
No Employee Is an Island
Keeping the lines of communication open with staff is a priority at Signature Consultants LLC, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based information technology staffing firm. Also important is involving the whole team when it comes to making a decision, which is another aspect of the company's culture.
Will Schwerin, national account manager who oversees the firm's San Francisco office serving California, says it was the whole team that sat down around a conference table deciding which business to pursue when the company first opened that office.
"Decisions around here are never made by one," Schwerin says. "They are assessed by many, and then decided accordingly."
Internal employees at Signature Consultants also connect with each other countrywide and can travel between Signature's offices to meet their counterparts in those other locales. This ability to travel creates bonds between internal workers and gives them access to expertise from across the company. Coworkers also become friends at Signature Consultants. There are many occasions to get together as a group. It helps that the company has weekly celebrations with internal workers such as happy hour.
"You're not on your own island when you come to Signature Consultants, you have the entire company backing you from a resource perspective," Schwerin says.
Internal workers also attend sporting events; there are team-building activities and there are dinners for hitting milestones.
This is the company's second year on the list of "Best Staffing Firms to Work For." It is also a finalist in the "Best Staffing Firms to Temp/ Contract For."
3. Roth Staffing Companies L.P.
Culture Is Key
Roth Staffing Companies L.P., based in Orange, Calif., ranks as a finalist among the "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" for the second year in a row. The firm's culture is one of the key things that sets it apart.
"More than any strategy or process or system, it always comes back to culture," says President and Chief Operating Officer Adam Roth. "Our culture places reverence upon our coworkers doing good things and the right things. Our coworkers join and stay with our company mainly because of their natural alignment with what our company stands for and the experiences that we create for others."
"The culture at Roth Staffing isn't just one thing, it actually defines everything," adds Ben Roth, founder and CEO. "It's a north star; it provides a framework for behavior and for decision-making."
"We want to keep making this a great place to work, it's certainly evolving, it's a constant focus for us to keep making it better and stronger," Adam Roth says.
Roth Staffing is also a finalist in the "Best Staffing Firms to Temp/ Contract For."
4. CHG Healthcare Services Inc.
Happy Employees Boost Bottom Line
How does CHG Healthcare Services Inc. make sure its employees are happy and satisfied?
"We start by listening to our people," says CEO Michael Weinholtz.
The Salt Lake City-based healthcare staffing firm aims to improve its workplace by hearing about what is needed. To that end, the firm has an annual employee survey administered by a third party. In addition, Weinholtz has a weekly internal blog that allows employees to ask question of him, which he answers directly.
But CHG does more than listen.
"We do a lot of celebrations," Weinholtz says. "We also encourage work-life balance in terms of flexible schedules."
CHG also tries to add new programs for employee each year. This year, it's adding an onsite medical clinic for employees and their families. The clinic will offer primary care and be staffed with a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. It's scheduled to open in July.
The company's defining core value is "putting people first."
Weinholtz says happy, satisfied employees do benefit the bottom line because increased engagement correlates with improved performance. This is the company's third year on our list; it also is No. 9 on Fortune magazine's 2012 list of best companies to work for.
5. Express Employment Professionals
Integrity between management and employees as well as integrity between employees is a cornerstone of what makes Express Employment Professionals a great place to work.
"Our culture is a very open, honest communicative system," says Chairman and CEO Robert A. Funk.
To help foster that communication, the company holds quarterly meetings where employees may ask questions of management. The company also fosters for employees a sense of belonging and a feeling of being part of something that is much bigger than themselves.
Express Employment Professionals also encourages staff development via a leadership training program.
"We design the goals for them so they know what direction we are going in and where we hope to end up in the near and distant futures," Funk says.
One of the company's goals is to have 750 to 900 offices in the U.S. within the next three years; including Canada and South Africa, it currently has 568 offices.
Express Employment Professionals' philosophy helps retain its employees. Many of the employees have been with the company for 20 years or more, and this is the company's second year as a finalist on the list of "Best Staffing Firms to Work For."
"I think most importantly, we have a family environment," Funk says.
Recently, the company started a relief program called "Expressions of Hope." Express' board members donated money to establish the fund which aids workers who undergo tragedies, such as devastating tornadoes that can strike in the Midwest. Workers and franchisees can contribute to the program.
"That's what a family is all about, helping one another," Funk says.
Craig Johnson is managing editor, staffing publications, at Staffing Industry Analysts. He can be reached at email@example.com. Sean O'Leary is a freelance writer based in Mountain View, Calif. He can be reached email@example.com.
This year, 143 firms took part in the "Best Staffing Firms to Work For" program, which was conducted for Staffing Industry Analysts by Quantum Workplace, an Omaha, Neb.-based company.
Internal employees at each firm taking part were asked to complete a 40-question online survey that measures 10 key engagement categories focusing on items including teamwork, trust in senior leaders, feeling valued, manager effectiveness, compensation and benefits.
In order to gather statistically sound results, participating companies must have reached a minimum level of employee participation, based on total number of employees. Responses from each question of each completed survey were compiled and evaluated. Companies were ranked in each size category according to their overall composite score. Winners were chosen based entirely on the survey results.
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Have you been faking ADHD to get Adderall? The charade is over! Here's how your intrepid physician sniffs out ADHD fakers who are just in it for the drugs.
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It seems like it should be easy to fake ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to get a prescription for Adderall, or more time on exams. Just read about the symptoms on the internet and then copy them in your appointment, right? But unfortunately for all you "malingerers" out there, several recent studies have determined which tests are best for weeding out ADHD fakers.
One such study, "Detection of malingering in assessment of adult ADHD", compared two tests for ADHD: a simple behavioral checklist and a visual and auditory performance test.
The subjects were:
Undergraduates (n=44) randomly assigned to a control or a simulated malingerer condition and undergraduates with a valid diagnosis of ADHD (n=16). It was predicted that malingerers would successfully fake ADHD on the rating scale but not on the [performance test] for which they would overcompensate, scoring lower than all other groups.
The malingerer group was asked to read the following scenario to "encourage successful role-play":
Imagine yourself having trouble in school. Things aren't working out as you planned but your counselor's only advice is to buckle down. You want to get some help. You hear about adult ADHD on a television show. When talking to a friend about it, your friend tells you that you could get special accommodations from the university, like untimed tests and rescheduling of exams if two are given on the same day. Your friend adds that the stimulant medications that are generally prescribed have minimal side effects and that you can take the medicine only when you need it, just for school. You decide to read a book on ADHD. You find out that some ADHD adults even collect social security benefits. You conclude that you have enough of the symptoms. You convince yourself that you have ADHD. You go to the doctor and you really want to get help. In order to get these benefits, you need to convincingly act like a person who has ADHD.
As predicted, while the fakers did a good job lying about their ADHD-like symptoms on the behavior checklist, they overdid it on the performance test, getting worse scores than people with bona fide ADHD and thus marking them as malingerers:
Analyses indicated that the ADHD Behavior Rating Scale was successfully faked for childhood and current symptoms. [The performance test] could not be faked on 81% of its scales.
A similar study, "Detection of feigned ADHD in college students" used "financially motivated" undergrads for its experiments. This study reported:
The performance of 31 undergraduates financially motivated and coached about ADHD via Internet-derived information was compared to that of 29 ADHD undergraduates following medication washout and 14 students not endorsing symptomatology. Results indicated malingerers readily produced ADHD-consistent profiles.
But although the fakers were easily able to produce ADHD-like symptoms, they couldn't pass tests designed specifically to spot people faking psychiatric problems:
All [symptom validity tests] demonstrated very high specificity for the ADHD condition and moderate sensitivity to faking, which translated into high positive predictive values at rising base rates of feigning.
The moral of the story? If you're going to try to fake ADHD, you'll also need to figure out how to distinguish yourself from other fakers. Or you could just spend that time studying.
Lillian Fritz-Laylin and Meredith Carpenter run NCBI ROFL, a blog devoted to scientific malingering.


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So, I guess I can add Denis Leary to the ever-growing list of comics I once loved who have gotten both more hateful and less funny over the years, finally reaching a point where I can't fucking stand them. See also: Bill Maher, Dennis Miller. (Young'uns, it's true: Miller was funny and not such a blatant loon once, a loooooong time ago, before you were born.) Chris Rock is on notice.
An excerpt from Leary's new book:
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you – yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both.
Oh, stop. My sides hurt.
And another:
Hillary Clinton – "If she had changed her campaign motto from 'Blah Blah Something Change' to 'Vote for Me or Your Wife Won't [Bleep] You,' she would have had the election wrapped up at sunset on Super Tuesday. As Tip O'Neill once said – all politics is local. And for men, it doesn't get much more local than your crotch."
HA! OMG IT'S SO TRUE! Jesus fucking Christ. You forgot to mention she has cankles and might be a lesbian, and also, men enjoy beer and sports.
Cherry on top? The title of the book is Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid, so I think it's safe to assume his insights into fat people's behavior are equally fresh and hilarious.
I don't know, maybe Leary's always sucked this much, and I've just gotten older and a whole lot more "humorless" about the kind of "jokes" that could be written by 8-year-old bullies if they wouldn't get in trouble for swearing. But whether he's changed or I have, Fillyjonk nailed the basic problem back in December:
It's not that misogynist jokes — and racist jokes and gay jokes and nationality jokes and jokes about the mentally disabled — are unfunny because we're just soooo politically correct. It's not even just that they're mean and offensive; mean offensive humor can be done well. It's the fact that, though you as a privileged person may not realize the extent of it, these jokes are just SO FUCKING OLD.
Seriously. Except, even massive amounts of privilege don't explain why someone who's been working as a comic for 30 fucking years doesn't realize or care that jokes about men thinking with their dicks and shrinks coddling people who really just need a swift kick in the ass are TIRED. I mean, like 15, 20 years ago, there was that guy who did the whole "Shut the fuck up — it's a revolutionary new form of therapy!" bit. OH WAIT THAT WAS YOU. You recycle that with a shot at parents of kids with developmental disabilities, and that's your fucking leap into the 21st century? Way to keep it edgy, dude.
I am just so fucking sick of smart, creative people playing to the lowest common denominator. It almost doesn't matter to me if guys like Leary and Maher are really misogynistic, ableist, whateverist. I'm offended most by the laziness and cynicism of their schtick — why bother actually being funny when you can get just as many laughs/dollars tweaking lines you wrote in your fucking sleep 20 years ago? There's a crucial difference between these guys and the douchehounds FJ was writing about: The douchehounds really do think hateful, played-out bullshit is still funny. (The douchehounds are, no doubt, Leary and Maher's core audience.) But I'd bet everything I have that Leary and Maher are way too smart to be entertained by their own weak-ass jokes. They're putting out a crap product they're obviously not invested in and really shouldn't be proud of, even if they are. That offends me as a goddamned consumer.
And also, you know, as a human being. There's that.
Shapelings, who do you think is actually funny these days?


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The would-be dual car bomb attack in London has been followed up by an apparent terrorist attack at Glasgow's airport:
An apparent car bomb attack has been attempted at Glasgow Airport's main terminal a day after police foiled a possible al Qaeda plot to detonate two car bombs in central London.
Witnesses have reported that a blazing Cherokee jeep containing two Asian-looking men appeared to ram the terminal building at high speed.
One of the two men in the vehicle was said to have ran from the blaze with his clothes on fire.
He was restrained by passengers until police arrived.
Witnesses have told how the other occupant of the vehicle struggled with police at the scene immediately after the incident and was wrestled to the ground by officers.
There's no way to tell at this point whether this attack was carried out by the same group that planned the London attacks, or whether it was a copycat effort.
UPDATE: British authorities are now saying they think this attack was linked to the double attempted car bombing in London. Police say that one of the two men driving the flaming vehicle had a "suspect device," presumably a suicide belt, on his person. This photo is of the aftermath of the attack:
And here is video:
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She said the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) had consulted workers and it was agreed they would return to work on Thursday and desist from violence and vandalism.
The suspension was on condition that the sectoral determination for agriculture be looked at by the Employment Condition Commission next Wednesday.
This meant the R70 a day minimum wage for farmworkers would be cancelled and renegotiated.
Motshekga was addressing reporters in Cape Town, on behalf of Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant, who was out of the country.
Grape harvesters in the Hex River Valley have been protesting for more than a week about their wages, demanding R150 a day.
Most earn between R69 and R75 a day, with R80 being the highest and only offer from farmers so far.
Sixteen towns in the province have been affected by the protest action, which included blocked roads and burning tyres.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson described the labour action as a service delivery strike, and said workers in De Doorns, for instance, wanted housing and basic services.
She condemned those who said the matter was purely political.
"This is not a political matter. This an initiative of workers themselves. This is indeed a service delivery strike."
The labour department expressed condolences to the family of a farmworker killed in Wolseley on Wednesday morning.
"We are calling for an end to the violence and wish to appeal to the farmworkers to give us a chance to attend to all their demands."
Western Cape police confirmed that a man was killed and five people were injured during protests in Wolseley.
Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) would investigate.
"The man died as a result of police action, but we cannot give more details of the incident," he said.
"Reports of a farmer being killed by a mob of farmworkers in the province are not true. Those allegations are false."
Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini said an investigator was on his way to the scene where the protester was shot to get more details.
"I can confirm that one person was killed. However we only have a report that three were injured. An investigator is on his way to gather more details."
Joemat-Pettersson said her state security and police counterparts, Siyabonga Cwele and Nathi Mthethwa, would "engage further in the matter".
"To give information now [on the death] would be very clumsy and irresponsible," she said.
A notice indicating the intent to call all interested parties to comment on the sectoral determination would be published by next Friday.
"I would also like to call on all the parties that have been involved in the current negotiations in the farms in the Western Cape to intensify their effort to resolve the current impasse," Oliphant said in a statement.
"The negotiations and the resolution should be pursued over and above the other efforts like re-looking at the sectoral determination, which process may take a while to conclude."
Joemat-Pettersson said the sectoral determination could only be revised once a year.
A revisal would affect all farmworkers across the country, regardless of produce. – Sapa


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The Republican candidates for president gather Monday night to debate in Tampa, PolitiFact's home turf. We'll be there for this, their 18th faceoff.
What will they say?
We've watched and fact-checked debates 1 through 17 and can tell you the candidates have their favorite talking points and attack lines. And they've, well, started to repeat themselves.
Here, we present a candidate-by-candidate guide to what Floridians might hear, with a special emphasis on the repeated statements that don't match up with the facts.
Mitt Romney
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, saves his harshest attack lines not for his fellow Republicans but for President Barack Obama. He's said several times that Obama has traveled around the world apologizing for America, and that thanks to Obama's economic policies, "We're inches away from no longer having a free economy.
His claim for presidential apologies, however, is at odds with Obama's actual statements. We read through Obama's speeches and public remarks while traveling abroad but could not find a statement that included the words "sorry" or "apologize." Instead, Obama's remarks contained some criticism of past U.S. actions, but those passages were typically balanced by praise for American ideals, and Obama mentioned how other countries have erred as well. We've rated Romney's various statements on this topic both False and Pants on Fire.
The claim that the United States is "inches away from no longer having a free economy" also lacks evidence. Economic data shows the federal government has a large influence on the overall economy, but there is little indication that the government's role has risen enough in recent years to threaten the free market the U.S. has operated under for decades. International comparisons show that the U.S. ranks low in both total tax burden and high in economic freedom. Conservative think tanks that rank countries for economic freedom still place the U.S. in the top tier. We rated Romney's statement Pants on Fire.
On the domestic front, Romney has had to defend himself from charges that the Massachusetts health care law was the model for Obama's national health care law. Such charges are accurate — the federal law is very much like the state law. Romney defends himself, though, by pointing out that people in Massachusetts like the state plan "by about a 3 to 1 margin." We found polls over several years support that claim, and we rated it True.
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich received thunderous applause in South Carolina when he defended himself against criticism for calling Obama the "best food stamp president in American history," a comment many saw as racially loaded. We checked Gingrich's defense, that, "More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history." We rated that Half True: More people are on food stamps, but Obama's policies didn't contribute to that. The surge is due to a combination of economic problems Obama inherited and longstanding policy changes that expanded access to the program. The policies began under President George W. Bush.
Gingrich also likes to take credit for balanced budgets during the administration of President Bill Clinton, when Gingrich was speaker of the House. "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt," Gingrich has said. We rated that statement False. Gingrich was speaker for only two of the four years in question, and the debt actually increased during his speakership.
Rick Santorum
Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, continues to make the case that he has the most consistently conservative track record. He's particularly criticized Romney for signing onto the Massachusetts health care plan that became the national model.
But Santorum has erred when he claimed Romney tried to cover up his record on health care. "It was in your book that (the Massachusetts plan) should be for everybody," Santorum told Romney. "You took it out of your book," he added.
Santorum was talking about Romney's book No Apology, which was released in 2010 and then re-released with changes as a paperback. We compared the two versions and found Romney made only minor changes to his comments on health care, mostly to account for the fact that the national plan had become law. We rated Santorum's statement Mostly False.
Santorum also often argues that social issues and economic issues are connected. He has taken credit for promoting welfare reform during the Clinton administration and has said that as a result, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children." We rated that Half True. Poverty levels did go down for black children after welfare reform, but some experts gave the credit to an expanding economy, not to welfare reform itself. The connection between welfare reform and poverty remains controversial.
Ron Paul
We've found few instances of Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul repeating factually inaccurate talking points.
Paul, for instance, has been on firm ground when discussing the magnitude of U.S. foreign policy commitments. The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world," Paul has said. Paul is largely on track, but some of the "bases" he cites are just a few leased buildings. Still, we rated his statement Mostly True.
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