text: AIHA PAT > News July 2017 Newsletter Page ContentNEWS AIHA PAT Programs Expands its ISO/IEC 17043:2010 Accreditation as a Proficiency Testing Provider AIHA PAT Programs expands its PT Provider Accreditation. L-R: Anthony Hodge, Angela Oler, Kim Bacon, David Clawson After a thorough assessment and review of its quality management system and competence to develop and administer specific proficiency testing protocols, AIHA PAT Programs has been granted ISO/IEC 17043 accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The achievement of A2LA accreditation demonstrates AIHA PAT Programs' competence to manage and perform the activities defined by its A2LA Scope of Accreditation (Certificate # 3300.01). These activities include proficiency testing programs in the areas of Industrial Hygiene (IHPAT), Environmental Lead (ELPAT), Bulk Asbestos (BAPAT), Beryllium (BePAT), and both culture and direct examination of Environmental Microbiology (EMPAT) and continues through April 2021. "We have operated high quality Proficiency Analytical Testing Programs for many years," said Angela Oler, AIHA PAT Programs' Director of Operations. "We are thrilled to have achieved accreditation for all the PAT programs. We knew we had strong, stable, and reliable programs and now we have the third-party acknowledgement of our continued quality and commitment to continuous improvement." Technology Transition IMPORTANT! ACTION REQUIRED COMING SOON - New Data Portal AIHA PAT Programs is moving into a new data management system within the next few months. Please take the time to ensure that you have saved a copy of all pertinent PAT Reports out of the respective data portal. Once the transition takes place, only reports that have been generated in the new system will be available for download. Download locations (login required): BePAT: https://aiha.rti.org/BEPAT/index.cfm BAPAT: https://aiha.rti.org/home2.cfm ELPAT Air: http://portal.aihapat.org/apps/pages/external/roundListing.aspx?programId=67 ELPAT: http://portal.aihapat.org/apps/pages/external/roundListing.aspx?programId=66 EMPAT Direct Exam: http://webprograms.appenv.com/fungaldirect/IHPAT: http://portal.aihapat.org/apps/pages/external/roundListing.aspx?programId=70 IHPAT Diffusive Sampler: http://portal.aihapat.org/apps/pages/external/roundListing.aspx?programId=78 IHPAT Asbestos Round 209 and Asbestos Survey The PAT Board's decision not to score IHPAT 209 Asbestos Samples 1 and 3 was done after much deliberation and data review. As stated in the technical comment on the IHPAT 209 report, the reference mean was significantly different than the quality control mean for both samples. In reviewing the population results as a whole, by batch, it is clear that the distribution of the data does not approximate a normal distribution. In an effort to further investigate the distribution of data, we are requesting the assistance of IHPAT Asbestos participants. If you are a current IHPAT Asbestos participant, please help us, and the program, by taking a short, anonymous survey. The survey covers sample preparation, microscope filter, test slide type and usage, and sample characteristics. Take the survey! PAT Board Meeting AIHA PAT Programs Board 2017-2018 and AIHA PAT Staff* Back L-R: K. Bacon*, L. Youmans, S. VanEtten, D. Popp, N. Brassard, J. Scott, D. Clawson* Front L-R: A. Oler*, C. Ostrowski, P. Slaiman, M. Ballard, K. Swami, P. Fallah Not pictured: A. Hodge*, A. Hata April 27–28 the AIHA PAT Board met at the AIHA PAT offices in Falls Church, VA. The agenda covered items such as additional PT offerings, method data review, participant feedback, and technical operations. The meeting was very productive. Many action items were developed and all of them will help improve the quality of the PAT Programs. Have you considered submitting an application for PAT Board membership? You should! We are already thinking about the process for the 2018 class of PAT Board members. Additional information – including Governance, Duties and Responsibilities, and Application – can be found on our Volunteer Leadership page. Reference to Proficiency Testing in Advertising Do you use your AIHA PAT Programs participation as a marketing tool? Are you aware you can use your participation as a marketing tool? Per the AIHA PAT Programs Participation Policies, Section 2.1.14 – Advertising, you can use the following approved language: "__________ (participant name) participates in the AIHA _____ (IHPAT, EMPAT, BePAT, etc.) Proficiency Analytical Testing Program, Participant Number _______". (Blanks are to be filled in with applicable terms.) Please note that any other use of these terms or any variation in terminology requires prior AIHA PAT Programs approval. As you are aware, AIHA PAT Programs are not an accreditation program or a certification program. Participants may use their participant number to indicate participation in the AIHA PAT Programs, as long as "accreditation" or "certification" is not implied and the guidelines above are followed. Request for Proposal Issued AIHA PAT Programs has issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) for the IHPAT, IHPAT Diffusive Sampler, and ELPAT-Air programs. The RfP covers sample generation, verification, storage, and shipping. An RfP is routinely issued as the end of the current contract approaches and the new contract will be in place for IHPAT Round 212, opening January 1, 2018. The RfP can be reviewed here (PDF) and proposals are due Monday, July 31, by 5 p.m. Please feel free to share this information with any organizations you think might be a good fit for IHPAT sample generation. You may direct any RfP questions to Angela Oler, Director of Operations, via email. Scheme Plans Posted Please note: We have released the initial version of the formal BAPAT, BePAT, and EMPAT Scheme Plans. Each Scheme Plan can be found on the respective Program page in the right navigation section, below the FAQ's. Click here. FEATURED PROGRAM Beryllium Proficiency Analytical Testing (BePAT) Program The BePAT Program serves as an external quality assurance program for laboratories analyzing beryllium on filter media. The program is designed to assist laboratories in evaluating analytical performance. Samples are shipped for analysis to participating laboratories on a tri-annual basis. Statistical analyses are performed on the resulting data. An evaluation report is provided to each laboratory allowing each participant to determine their current capability level and compare to an industry standard. The program is specifically recommended for laboratories analyzing samples for the Department of Energy in accordance with the Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program as specified in 10 CFR Part 850.24, Section (f) Periodic Exposure Monitoring, Analysis. While participation is open to all laboratories, any foreign entity must meet U.S. federal export requirements. ARTICLES OF INTEREST Blood tests significantly underestimated lead levels, FDA and CDC warn By Laurie McGinley Washington Post, May 17, 2017 FAQ FROM PAT THIS QUARTER What are the criteria used for rating my performance in the BePAT Program? Results determined to be within 75%–125% of the "accepted value" are rated as acceptable. Data outside of this range are rated as not acceptable. The "accepted value" is determined by theoretical calculations and is confirmed by statistical analysis of reference laboratory data. Blank data are not assigned ratings. The laboratory shall receive a pass/fail score for each BePAT round. The laboratory shall receive a passing score if three (3) of four (4) reported results are acceptable or not more than 25 percent of reported results are outliers. IMPORTANT DATES 7/12/2017 EMPAT Direct Exam 51 - Round Closes 7/14/2017 BAPAT 112 - Round Enrollment Due 7/14/2017 ELPAT Air 99 Retest - Retest Results Post 7/14/2017 IHPAT 209 Retest - Results Post 7/20/2017 BAPAT 111 Retest - Retest Enrollment Due Updated: 7/26/2017 2:40 PM


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One of my favorite Bible teachers and author is Beth Moore. She has written a book called "So Long Insecurity", which happens to an issue that I have had to deal with all my life. So, when I decided to begin reading the book, I was not expecting that God would have me blog about this subject (at least not yet). But, here I am and I feel like that is exactly what God wants me to do.
I have really been hesitant about starting mainly because this is such a sensitive subject for me. For me I started out very young having security issues and it did not help that I carried it over into my adult life. Now, I would love to say that insecurity is completely behind me but it is not, it is something that I have continued to work through. The more I thought about me and the difficult time I have with insecurity I figured I am probably not alone. In fact I know that I am not. It also made me think of some questions.
Why do so many women have a difficult time with insecurity?
Why do we continually try to find security in so many different places?
Why do we tend to believe the world verses trusting that our security, worth and value should be found only in Christ?
I welcome all comments and look forward to you joining me on this journey. I don't know about you but I am tired of insecurity. My desire is to draw closer to Christ and to be able to rest in the security that only Christ can provide.

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What are the news at IGCS in Chennai? What happens if German and Indian Students join in the same class room and are eager to learn about the challenges of sustainability? And what are the current milestones at IGCS and IITM regarding sustainability?
These and more topics are covered in the IGCS Bulletin No6_April_2013
Enjoy reading!
(if you want to receive the Bulletin automatically, please contact portius(at)igcs-chennai.org)


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Cuomo visits Buffalo State, breaks down NYS budget
April 10, 2019
Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship will only benefit some
April 13, 2017
PHOTO GALLERY: Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at Buffalo State about Excelsior Scholarship
February 7, 2017
Gov. Cuomo announces Excelsior Scholarship, aims to make New York first state with free college tuition system
February 7, 2017
Governor Cuomo's budget proposal threatens higher education
March 11, 2014
Future education majors to face more selective admission
Michael Canfield, Associate News Editor
October 22, 2013
Start-Up NY creates relationship between SUNY and local businesses
September 24, 2013
Buffalo State's neighbor gets new face
September 24, 2013
Campus unveils Technology Building
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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a coalition of organizations. We encourage individual farmers and advocates to join an NSAC member organization in their state. Individuals may also sign up for NSAC Action Alerts and the Weekly Roundup, our free emails with news and action opportunities, by using the sign-up form on the left sidebar.
We start all membership inquiries with a friendly phone call to get to know your organization and share our process with you. Before this call, please familiarize yourself with the membership information on this page. If your organization is interested in learning more about membership and/or starting the membership application process, please contact Sarah Hackney, Grassroots Director.
NSAC member organizations invest time and effort in policy development, advocacy, and outreach to the grassroots. While prospective members of NSAC do not need to have a major focus on federal farm policy or a designated policy staff, members do need to be committed to engaging in our policy work to the best of their abilities. NSAC is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its member organizations so that they become more powerful and effective at bringing grassroots voices to bear on federal farm and food policy-making.
Membership means having an opportunity to have your voice heard in Washington, DC and to build power together with grassroots groups nationwide.
NSAC has three categories of membership: Represented, Participating, and Ally. Download this comparison chart to help determine the difference between membership levels and gauge which level is a fit for your organization.
Represented Members are represented by NSAC before Congress and other government agencies on Capitol Hill and are listed on all NSAC communications to federal policymakers and the general public. Represented Members each have one seat on the NSAC Policy Council and participate in at least one NSAC Issue Committee. Represented Members also help elect the NSAC Organizational Council.
Participating Members are members who prefer to not be represented by NSAC before Congress, but who wish to participate in NSAC gatherings, NSAC Issue Committees, and other NSAC activities. Participating Members may also serve on the Organizational Council and the Grassroots Council.
Ally Members are members who are committed to sustainable agriculture and food systems but engage in federal policy in a limited capacity, or overlap with a limited number of policies that NSAC works on. Ally Members do not regularly participate in NSAC Issue Committees but support NSAC grassroots efforts and help groundtruth the coalition's work.
All NSAC members must:
(a) Have a major commitment to sustainable agriculture and food systems.
(b) Work with, or act in support of, farmers or ranchers in some manner.
(c) Distribute and respond to grassroots action alerts relevant to their constituency, or commit to working to develop the capacity to do so (unless prohibited from doing so by internal rules).
(d) Attend NSAC gatherings to the best of their ability.
(e) Demonstrate good will toward other member organizations and be willing to work out differences.
(f) Affiliate with a regional Sustainable Agriculture Working Group or some other regional Affiliated Regional Program if appropriate for the organization.
(g) Pay NSAC annual membership dues.
(h) Place a link to NSAC's website on their website, and have their website linked on NSAC's website.
In addition, in order to be approved as a Represented Member of NSAC, the prospective member must:
(a) Be a non-profit, non-governmental organization (and not a multi-organization coalition, network, or alliance, unless approved by the Organizational Council) and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Policy Council.
(b) Be in substantial agreement with existing policy positions of NSAC.
(c) Be willing to have its name listed as a member organization on written and oral policy communications to Congress and the Administration and to be recognized as being represented by NSAC staff on NSAC issues.
(d) Have at least one representative who participates regularly in at least one Issue Committee.
(e) Designate an organizational representative to the Policy Council.
(f) If required by the Organizational Council, enter into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with NSAC regarding direct and grassroots advocacy to ensure maximum coordination and to minimize potential conflicts.
In addition, order to be approved as a Participating Member of NSAC, the prospective member must:
(a) Be a non-profit organization, for-profit business or organization, or a public or academic entity.
(b) Be entitled to sign onto particular advocacy documents (sign-on letters, policy option papers, etc.) on an ad hoc basis as such opportunities may occasionally arise.
(c) Participate in one or more Issue Committees.
(d) Be entitled to vote in Organizational Council elections.
(e) Be entitled to participate in discussions about policies and priorities.
In order to be approved as an NSAC Ally Member, the prospective member shall:
(a) Have a major commitment to sustainable agriculture and food systems.
(b) Work directly with, or in support of farmers or ranchers
(c) Be a non-profit organization, for-profit business or organization, or a public or academic entity.
(d) Be entitled to sign onto particular advocacy documents (sign-on letters, policy option papers, etc.) on an ad hoc basis as such opportunities may occasionally arise.
(e) Participate via regularly scheduled conference calls and other forms of communications and dialogue designed expressly for allies.
(f) Pay the NSAC annual allied organization dues as established by the Organizational Council.
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All four teams who went into the Junior Davis Cup / Junior Fed Cup and ITF World Junior Tennis Competition qualifying events in Mexico have come out with a secured spot in their respective finals later this year.
With three of the Canadian teams having already qualified on Friday, the U14 boys were looking to join their compatriots as they faced El Salvador on Saturday. Things did not get off to a good start, as Jaden Weekes dropped the opening match 4-6, 6-7. Knowing that his team needed a victory to keep their hopes of reaching the final alive, Stefan Simeunovic put together his most dominant performance of the weekend as he defeated his opponent 6-0, 6-0. In the deciding doubles, the pair of Simeunovic and Aron Pilbart battled past their competitors by a score of 6-2, 4-6, 10-2. With their 2-1 victory over El Salvador, the Canada finished second in their group, thus qualifying for the final in the Czech Republic in August.
Although they already clinched a berth in the finals, the other three Canadian junior teams were also in action on Saturday as they were playing in their final-match-ups of the event.
Facing the tough task of opposing the USA, the U16 Canadian girls put up a great fight on Saturday but were ultimately unable to come away with the victory. Rachel Hanford lost the first singles match in straight sets before Leylah Annie Fernandez rose to the occasion to even out the score. The young Canadian beat an opponent who is ranked inside the ITF Top 10 in straight sets. In the final match, Fernandez and Jada Bui battled hard but dropped the deciding doubles, losing 10-8 in the third set tiebreak.
The U16 boys' team also had a tough time against the USA on Saturday. In a great display of sportsmanship, Ilya Tirapolsky gave up his singles slot to teammate Samuel Paquette as to ensure even match play for all members of the team. In the first match, Paquette put up a valiant effort, but ended up losing 1-6, 4-6. Joshua Lapadat was also unable to get the win against his American opponent, falling 3-6, 5-7. After experiencing a slow start in each of the sets, the duo of Tirapolsky and Lapadat dropped the final doubles match 4-6, 5-7, giving the USA a 3-0 win.
After two successful days in the qualifying event, the U14 girls were unable to finish off a perfect weekend as they fell 1-2 to the USA. Despite playing a solid first set, Victoria Mboko lost the first match 6-4 6-1. Mia Kupres then tied the overall score after getting a big win by a score of 6-3 4-6 6-4. She was down 4-2 in the third set but was able to come back and win 4 games in a row. In the deciding doubles, Kupres teamed up with Martyna Ostrzygalo but were unable to get the victory over the USA, falling 2-6, 5-7.
It was a great weekend for our Canadian juniors. They are looking forward to the next challenges that await them in Budapest (Hungary) and Prostejov (Czech Republic) later this year!


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Philippines: Court excludes UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people from terrorism proscription case
In March 2018, the Department of Justice filed a petition seeking to declare as terrorist organisations the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army. The names of more than 600 individuals were also included in the petition, including Un Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
On 08 August 2018, reports indicate that a court has excluded Ms. Corpuz from the case, alongside 3 other individuals. The case against the CPP and the NPA will proceed, according to the judge.
This story will document the progress of this case, with focus on the developments surrounding the inclusion of indigenous peoples and community leaders.Get RSS feed of these results
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Philippines: Court drops terrorist tagging case vs. UN rapporteur on rights of indigenous peoples; 3 others also cleared
Author: Lian Buan, Rappler
"Manila court clears 4 in DOJ's terror tag request," 08 August 2018
The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 19 cleared Satur Ocampo, Rafael Baylosis, Jose Melencio Molintas, and United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz from the government petition seeking to declare them and hundreds of others as terrorists.
But Branch 19 Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar will proceed with the main content of the petition that seeks to declare the organization Communist Party of the Philippines–New People's Army (CPP-NPA) a terror group...
The 4 who were cleared were among the 649 names that the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted to the court as alleged members or leaders of the CPP-NPA who should be declared as terrorists alongside the organization itself.
Despite this, the tagging of the 4 as terrorists "has already put their lives and security at risk."
Opinion: A silent war is being waged on Philippine indigenous communities
Author: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Financial Times
29 March 2018
When I learnt that the Philippine government had accused me of being a terrorist, my immediate reaction was to hug my grandkids, fearing for their safety. Then, I started to speak out. Again.
I am the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. My mandate is to report when communities anywhere in the world are forced to relocate, their lands uprooted, their leaders either deemed criminals or killed. Not everyone wants to hear it, but the message needs to be spread. In the Philippines, they are shooting the messengers.
The country leads Asia in the number of murders of indigenous and environmental activists, with 41 people killed last year...
My colleagues insist that my name is on the list in retaliation for speaking out on rights abuses against indigenous peoples on the island of Mindanao. The UN has been trying to draw attention to this crisis since 2003, as corporate interests have colluded with government officials to clear the lands of their inhabitants, avoid obtaining the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples, and remove the most outspoken leaders.My next report to the UN will focus on the topic of indigenous criminalisation...
..If I am arrested, or personally attacked, this next UN report might be delayed, but I am only one of the many messengers speaking out against the many violations of human rights.
You can keep shooting the messenger, but you will run out of bullets before we run out of messengers and, at the end of the day, the message will be heard.
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz is the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.


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A female suicide bomber who attacked a town in northeast Nigeria earlier this month was carrying a baby at the time, the country's main relief agency said on Tuesday.
But the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it was unclear whether this was a new tactic on the part of Boko Haram Islamists to allow would-be bombers to evade detection.
"From the report we got after the Madagali attack (on January 13), one of the female suicide bombers had a baby strapped to her back," said the NEMA coordinator for Adamawa state, Saad Bello.
"However it is not clear whether it was a coincidence or a strategy they employed to avoid detection by security personnel.
"This was one isolated case and it will be premature to arrive at a definite conclusion that the use of babies in suicide attacks has become a trend."
At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in the explosions in Madagali at a checkpoint manned by local hunters, at a military post and a bus station.
Police said four female bombers were responsible while the state government blamed Boko Haram, which has frequently targeted Madagali, including in December, when some 45 people were killed.
Boko Haram, which has been fighting to create a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria since 2009, began using suicide bombers in mid-2014.
Women and girls, some reportedly aged 10 and younger, have been used to target checkpoints, bus stations, mosques, churches, schools and markets to inflict maximum civilian casualties.
Last week, the group's leader Abubakar Shekau admitted for the first time they had used women in the conflict.
Experts studying suicide bombings have said children are likely to be unaware they are being used as human bombs but that women using children and babies as cover for suicide attacks was rare.


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The afterward is an extract from a presentation by Chris Hill, Software Development Manager at Jaguar Land Rover, blue-blooded "Context Switches in Software Engineering."
You can watch the video of the presentation, which was originally delivered at the 2017 DevOps Enterprise Summit in San Francisco.
I currently arch up systems engineering for the accepted bearing of infotainment. If you were to sit in one of our Jaguar Land Rover cartage that were fabricated this year or aftermost or the aftermost two years, you would use my accepted product.
Today, I'm activity to allotment about ambience switches in software engineering, which is apparently one of my admired topics, accurately I appetite to share:
Let's begin.
I like to anticipate the software development activity aeon in agreement of a factory.
You accept your inputs.
You accept your planning, area your activity managers would about agenda and do your prioritization.
You've got your excess area your change requests and your appearance appear in.
Then you accept breeze control, whether not to absolution WIP or absolution assignment into your factory.
You are apparently actual accustomed with these stations, requirements, design, develop, validate, arrange and ops. If you can anticipate all of the software activities that are done, all of the specialties.
Like abounding software startups, they were aloof starting their software product. I happened to be appropriate out of academy and I was the alone software cadre that they hired. Unfortunately, that agency I was in every allotment of the software development lifecycle. One account of operating this way is that I could accomplish with abounding autonomy.
That meant I was the alone one who could collaborate with the absolute factory, and one affair I didn't accept was the adeptness to plan on what I formed on.
I may appear in at the alpha of the day and anticipate that today was activity to be an ops day. I may booty an hour for chump needs and wants, and do requirements authoring. Aback I may accept remembered that I'm about 75% of the way done with a bug fix, and apprehend that that's a college antecedence and about-face to that. I may accept some cipher that wasn't appear from aftermost anniversary that I apperceive is accessible for release, (this was aback in the canicule of chiral deployment,) and so I absolutely charge to do some arrange work. If I'm absolutely unlucky, aback I'm abhorrent at design, I'll get asked to do some HMI architectonics work, maybe aural the aing hour.
Unfortunately, every day was a altered base for me, and I was the aqueduct at every point of the factory.
Fast advanced to JLR, infotainment specifically.
We've got a lot added people, and these bodies could either aloof accord at their own station, they could be accomplished abundant to analysis added people's work, they could potentially be accomplished abundant at activity to accession station, but about added bodies will acquiesce you to scale.
Imagine we're all CPU's. If we're alive on a accepted set of instructions, and accession college antecedence set of instructions comes into the queue, we charge to save the accepted accompaniment of our instructions, abode the college antecedence set of instructions, accomplishment it, booty it off the stack, resume the accompaniment of the lower antecedence and accomplishment active that.
Humans do the aforementioned thing.
If I'm sitting at the development base or I'm alive adjoin the development station, and I've been asked to assignment on assignment cardinal two alike admitting I'm in the boilerplate of assignment cardinal one, if it's the aforementioned activity I'm activity to accede it a lower penalty.
If you attending on the ablaze side, I've got a "Barometer of Penalty."
The aing date up in penalties is if I ask you to assignment on a altered project.
Which happens to be the aforementioned station, happens to be the aforementioned blazon of assignment but it's a altered project. Now, I charge to save the accompaniment of my antecedent assignment and antecedent activity and access up on the aing one to accomplishment it if I'm told that it's a college antecedence and that I charge to be alive on appropriate away. That's a little bit college on the amends scale.
The aing one is design, or a altered station. If I ask you to do a altered base or a absolutely altered assignment blazon but I accumulate you on the aforementioned activity — I'm acquisitive you'll be a little added accustomed because you apperceive the project, but this is a absolutely altered blazon of assignment so it's a college amends on my barometer.
The aftermost one is if you about-face stations, which is your assignment type, project, toolset, maybe the computer that you're using, maybe an operating arrangement that you're accustomed with, you could alike be asked to go to a abstracted building, etc. There are abounding added variables.
If you're absolutely alteration your ambiance and your variables, this is actual demanding on the animal mind. I'm abiding we've all dealt with this at one point in time or another, but in agreement of a CPU, they aloof accept to anguish about addition. In agreement of a human, you accept to anguish about all these added variables. It's about like allurement a CPU to baker me breakfast tomorrow. It has no abstraction how to do article like that, but at the aforementioned time it's college antecedence and I charge you to abode it appropriate away.
Should we annihilate all college amends ambience switches?
The acknowledgment is, it depends.
We begin that if you can absolutely sustain the accommodation and abide able on the altered specialties, afresh you can absolutely abstain these college amends ambience switches with accommodation in those specializations.
My admired question: should we alternation cross-functional teams or alternation cross-functional people?
The aberration amid those is somebody who could assignment and be accomplished at assorted stations, or a aggregation that is able of administration empathy, that anniversary one of them can be specialized at their own station.
Which one is added of a advantageous investment?
Are some stations and roles easier to about-face to than others? Do some roles accept added roles bigger than others?
Here in infotainment, these are the specialties or the roles that accord in our software factory.
You'll apparently admit the majority of these because they bout about in the industry.
value accession areas aural our factory
First up, Breeze ascendancy station: Abstraction to WIP.
I went about and I asked my coworkers and I asked added bodies in the software industry the catechism that's defining those arrows. I alarm those arrows affinity and accomplishment arrows.
Out of all the artefact owners that you know, on boilerplate could they footfall in and be accomplished at actuality a chump for that product?
Out of all of the activity managers you know, on boilerplate could they footfall in and be accomplished at actuality a customer?
Now I apperceive that's a complicated question. However, the blooming arrow symizes a yes, the red arrow symizes a no. We begin that the relationship, in this case, is a awful compassionate accord appear the customer.
These are the primary actors that abide accurately aural this breeze ascendancy station, we're aggravating to actuate whether or not WIP should be appear into our factory.
I'm not adage these specialties can't do anniversary other's jobs, I'm aloof adage on boilerplate these are the results. About what happens in this accurate base are what I alarm micro-consulting engagements, and that's area we're absolutely arresting all of those added specialties to actuate whether or not we should absolution WIP. All of those interruptions are all contexts which are on their own as well.
What's absorbing is if I'm sitting at my board and I'm absolutely crushing out code, and I've got my headphones on, absolutely in the zone, and somebody walks over to my board and interrupts me, they're automatically d that what they accept to allocution about is of college antecedence than what I'm currently alive on.
I don't anticipate that's fair. In fact, I anticipate they should rank whatever they're activity to allocution about.
In the CPU's case, all they accept to anguish about is accession and this chain line. I kid you not, I've absolutely had a chain band at my board abounding of bodies who were activity to arrest me.
Typically that prioritization is article of the equivalent, had the CEO been in the chain band I would brainstorm I'd amusement it like a CPU treats a real-time threat: you can appear to the front, what do you accept to say?
The aing base is the requirements station.
The aforementioned accord exists. One absorbing affair I've begin is that barter on boilerplate aren't acceptable at autograph requirements, blueprint or alike absolutely what they want.
They're actual acceptable at talking about needs, talking about wants, talking about vision, but about aback it comes to handing over to a developer, best of the time I've begin it's not enough.
They accept the aforementioned array of micro-consulting engagements that the antecedent base did, afresh all interruptions, to ensure that the requirements actuality accounting are not activity to be impeded added on downstream.
The aing architectonics base is "How should we body this?"
This is an absorbing one.
This is design, and architectonics to me can be in two altered categories. Architectonics is cool overloaded. It could be architecture, it could be HMI design.
And what you see actuality is a lot of red arrows. Basically, I asked my coworkers again: out of all the architects you know, on boilerplate would they be accomplished at actuality an HMI designer? The acknowledgment was no. The about-face accord exists, as able-bodied as the aforementioned affair exists aural the customer.
What this absolutely can appearance is there are some automatic abrasion credibility that abide amid these specialties. This could additionally appearance you that we could absorb some time to accomplish them a little bit frictionless, or maybe we could absorb the time developing a accord that doesn't accept to do with the artefact or the project, but with the bodies in general.
Typically there are validation engagements that happen, which are additionally interruptions. For example, one of the UX designers has a trail-off based off of how abundant accomplishment they plan to put on a product. Aback they're accomplished with their wire framer, or with the majority of iterations, they are putting actual accommodation for these interruptions. They're abacus it into their workflow, which I anticipation was appealing smart.
The aforementioned consulting engagements abide added on downstream.
In the advance station, if we ask ourselves the aforementioned question: out of all the developers you know, on boilerplate could they accomplish a QA artist role and be accomplished at it?
While a lot of bodies in these specialties don't necessarily appetite to be specialized in one of these areas however they could. We get bifold greens actuality beyond all three of these.
This is one affair that contributes to the amount of DevOps — all three of these specialties accept anniversary other's risk, accept area anniversary other's advancing from, accept what they could do to advice the added being complete their task.
Validation engagements exist. We've migrated from architectonics or theoretical, and now we're at implementation. Best of these engagements are "Hey, I went to body the affair you told me to body or the affair that you wrote out, and it's not activity to assignment for me. It's absolutely not alive out."
All of our body apparatus basement is all done in Docker containers, it's all articular aural Packer.
Each one of our developers who are accidental appear a product, if they accept some array of library or some array of basic they charge the body apparatus to have, can go appropriate to a Packer recipe, actualize on a annex absolutely in isolation, accomplish their new set of infrastructure, point their artefact to body with that new set of basement ALL afterwards aggravation anyone abroad in the absolute workflow or aition anyone else.
Here, the ops has enabled self-service for the developer to absolutely assignment on their own, analysis whatever they charge to do. "I've got this new adaptation of Python I charge to put on the body machines." "Okay, there's the Packer repository, go advanced and do it." We accept CI on that Packer repository. We get an automatic deployment to a Docker registry. That Docker anthology is acicular to by the product.
Another way we exploited bifold blooming arrow is we accept automatic analysis feedback, with CICD pipelines. We can put analysis cases into an automatic activity so that developers can get the after-effects aback quicker.
Validation and arrange stations are the aforementioned blazon of relationship. However, your primary amateur is about the QA engineer. There are validation engagements that additionally abide aback you're in the QA phase.
Sometimes the validation assurance could be, "Should we address this or not?" or "Should we attenuate this maybe in assembly afore we absolutely let it out?" One affair that's altered about developing for an anchored accessory is we can absolutely put it into a assembly adumbrative agent afterwards clearly adage that we've appear things. It's actual difficult for us to analyze to the web apple because in the web apple we can absolution aggregate out to millions of barter at calibration actual quickly. For us, we accord against an anchored accessory or an OS that runs on an anchored device, and there's a point in time at which we absolve that for a release.
One way that we accomplishment accurately for validation and arrange stations is virtualize and simulate the assembly environments so that we don't accept to use hardware. One of the challenges with accouterments is it about doesn't scale, or by the time you've scaled it for what your aggregation demands it's already outdated.
Here's the ops station. The alone abruptness actuality for me is absolutely the architect. Best of the boilerplate architects we've begin could be accomplished at an ops role. Now, that's not necessarily whether they appetite to be, but they could be.
Here are the acquaint that we've absolutely learned:
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One of the key ingredients for me to catch lots Hybrids is to have a ready supply of lively Shad. There are lots of variables in that statement. Of course first is catching the bait. In order to reliably be able to have fresh bait you need a spot to catch them.
In the Tulsa area most people go to either Rogers Point in Catoosa, or Keystone Lake either below the dam in the river or up in the lake proper. Personally I go to Rogers Point because it is much closer to where I live. Live bait anglers who live on the west side of town or in Sand Springs, Sapulpa find it easier to get bait at Keystone.
When I go to Rogers Point I take the boat and launch it there at the boat ramp and go looking for bait. It is never very far from the ramp to where I can get all the Shad I need. The Rogers Point boat ramp is in an oxbow right off the Navigation Channel just south of the Port of Catoosa. This spot is a Shad factory.
I take quite a bit of gear with me to catch bait. I use an 8ft. radius monofilament cast net with 1 pound of lead per radius foot. So, that net has a 16 ft. diameter, and weighs about 9 pounds. I maneuver around using my trolling motor trying to make the least amount of noise as possible since most of the time I'm in less than 5 feet of water.
I throw the net off the bow of the boat because there is more room up there than anywhere else in the boat. When I throw the net and catch bait, I dump the shad into a 13 gallon tub filled with river water. I let the shad rest in that tub for at least 10-15 minutes. When shad are stressed (like when they are caught in a net) they start pooping.
A large amount of shad poop in the water really raises the ammonia levels and that is detrimental to keeping shad healthy. The tub also serves another purpose. When you get a bunch of shad in a cast net and they are banging into one another, and the net, it knocks a lot of scales loose, and the Shad lose a lot of scales in this process.
By letting them stay in the tub for awhile, most of these loose scales will fall to the bottom of the tub with the poop. After about 10-15 minutes I move the Shad from the tub into my bait tank with 50 gallons of fresh and treated water.
This is city water that has 5 cups of water softener salt, 2 heaping teaspoons of "Sure Haul" (a chemical I get from a commercial fish farm supply house that is used to transport fish) and one capful of "Prime" a chlorine/chloramines remover.
The bait tank is insulated and has a filter and aeration pump setup. This setup allows me to transport up to 200 baits back to my house where I have bigger tanks for holding the Shad.
What I have just described is how I catch Shad. Of course I assume if you wanted to do that, you already know how to throw a cast net. If not, that is a discussion we can have at another time. The next step in the process is how I take care of the shad at home while they are waiting for their turn to take a truck ride back to the lake.
If you'd like to go with me to catch bait, give me a call and we'll schedule you to go along on one of the days I'm going to the Port. You can see first hand what's involved and how to throw a cast net.
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TL; DR: Vote Against the Tories
This is long, and I'll understand if you don't want to read it. So, a summary.
The election should never have been called; Labour should have resisted it when it was. But now that it's here we need to take advantage of it to protect the NHS. And maybe hold out some hope for stopping, or at least softening, Brexit. Because with the Tories we'll only get a disastrously hard crash out.
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New Version of Studio Management Software Also Gets Subscription Pricing Options
In a new release shipping today, AlterMedia has added accessibility via web browsers and iOS devices to the network version of its Studio Suite Xi studio management software. Only the multi-user network version of the software offers iOS and web access; users of the lower-tier "Pro " and "Solo" versions will still have to access their database via the desktop application
Other new features include a redesigned calendar, a QuickLog feature that allows any number of staffers and freelance workers to log their time directly into a Studio Suite project from wherever they are working without requiring paid licenses, expanded media asset management capabilities, improvements to the system's AICP and AICE budgeting features, and the ability to export to QuickBooks online. The system's interface has gotten some revisions, too.
But browser accessibility is the most important addition to Studio Suite Xi — AlterMedia owner Joel Stoner suggested that final "i" could stand for "Internet" and said some of the new features could actually reduce the number of paid licenses a facility needs.
Another change is the addition of a subscription pricing plan. Stoner acknowledged that many users still prefer to buy software outright, but noted the industry trend toward subscriptions. "We're going to offer that as well and let the customers make a choice," he told StudioDaily.
Annual licenses of Studio Suite Pro, the single-user version of the software designed for smaller studios, run $720/year, which amounts to $60/month. A perpetual license is $1,200. An annual license of Studio Suite Network, the multi-user version designed for larger facilities, starts at $1,440/year ($120/month) plus $720/year for each seat. Perpetual licenses start at $3,600 for one seat and increase by $1,200 for each additional seat. Studio Suite Solo, aimed mainly at students, is $400 flat.
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Ferma (Japanese: スーラ Seurat) is a Miror B.Peon. In Pokémon Colosseum, she is never seen without Reath, as the two always partner together. They are first seen in a cinema sequence, where they are with Miror B., who exits and leaves Pyrite Building in their guard. Wes arrives at the building and defeats Reath. Ferma is also defeated, and her Shadow Pokémon, Mantine, is snagged. This saves Silva, who was previously being held captive by the two women, from them.
They show up again in a jail cell in Pyrite Town, resulting in Folly and Trudly moving to separate cells nearby.
Once Wes has beaten Evice, all four prisoners escape. Reath and Ferma both flee to the room in Pyrite Cave where Miror B. is fought. They battle with Wes and then remain there.
Their actual status as members of Cipher is foggy; they may not know the entire plan, but only what Miror B. tells them.
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Name Your Price brings eBay-style biddingand pricingto online flight, hotel, and auto reservations. (Generally) clean interface. Android and iPhone apps.
Sluggish search engine. Temperamental predictive text. Low price guarantee requires that you do the legwork. Gratuitous branding.
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Despite some limitations, Priceline.com is the only contender to bring the casino to online travel reservations.
Priceline.com (Free) brings casino-style flair to online travel reservations. Whether booking a hotel, flight, or car rental, you have the option to pass, by using the traditional online reservation system, or shoot for the moon, by Name(ing) Your Price for up to 60% off the top. Add a clean interface and mobile apps and Priceline looks like a fresh face with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Aside from Name Your Price, however, Priceline comes up a bit short: Expedia (Free, 3.5 stars) delivers search result quicker, Travelocity (Free, 3.5 stars) does a better job building experience-based va-cations, and Orbitz (Free, 4 stars) is cleverest when it comes fare updates and price protection. Moreover, much as I adore William Shatner, he's everywhere on Pricelinehis visage appears three times on the homepage aloneincluding while you wait (longer than competitors, coincidently) for search results. If price is your prize, feature-based limitations and Shatner-inflicted excesses will prove little deterrence. Priceline.com goes all-in on Name Your Price, and risk-taking bargain hunters will, too. For traditional travelers, however, Travelocity brings more features and Orbitz more peace of mind.
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Priceline.com's standard mode of search looks much like that of its competitors: Users select a search type (from tabs for flights, hotels, cars, vacations, or cruises), arrival and departing airport, dates, and number of passengers. As with Travelocity, Priceline automatically predicts airports as you typeso you needn't memorize airport codes or select airports from a second screen. Unlike Travelocity, however, Priceline lacks options to specify "flexible" travel dates or "+/- One to Three Days" to return the best airfare. In my experience, the predictive text is bit temperamental. It worked flawlessly for Hotels and Vacations, but it didn't recommend airports when you need them the mostfor flights.
While the site looks clean and crisp overall, branding, specifically William Shatner, is overkill. As far as I can tell, he's on every page, including the loading pages. The fact that you're forced to watch him peer through binoculars, karate chop air, or give a businessman a noogie while pages load only serves to highlight Priceline's sluggish load times. After a few searches, I was ready to leave the site and renounce Star Trek.
I began testing by searching for flights, but found that I could add hotels by clicking tabs from the results page. Priceline makes it easy to hop from flight results to Name Your Price, Flight + Car, or Flight + Hotel packages. The tabs are a wonderfully clever feature, overall, though they do have two limitations. First, if you jump to Flight + Hotel packages, the tabbed structure changes so that it's difficult to get back to flights alone without hitting your browser's "Back" button. Second, the tabs come at the cost of the pricing matrix, offered by competitors Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity that, I feel, helps flexible travelers make smarter travel decisions.
You can sort VacationsFlights + Hotelsthrough three tabs: Popular (default), Lowest Price, and Hotels Near. In addition, you can use a filtering system similar to that of flights, including hotel area, amenities, brand, star rating, guest rating, and property type (e.g. Hotel or Condo). If you're looking for a specific hotel, you can search for a hotel name and update the list. See Hotels on a Map pins results to a Bing map. Un-like flights, vacations don't hide the bill. Boldface prices include flight, hotel, taxes, and fees. One thing to watch: When booking for more than one traveler, Priceline.com still shows prices per person.
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While you can search for a flight or vacation as you would on any other online travel site, Priceline's claim to fame is Name Your Price. The idea behind Name Your Price is captivatingly simple. After you find the flight, hotel, or car that you want, you simply enter a bid, and charge information. If Priceline can find a taker, they'll charge and award you the item. If they can't, you get nothing and pay nothing.
The experience of Name Your Price varied depending upon the product. With flights, you can select your dates, airports, and a bidotherwise, it's left to chance. Until you win the bid, you won't know what carrier, when your flight leaves, and how many layovers to expect. Car rentals allow more control: You can specify your pick-up and drop-off times and locations, car type (e.g. Economy), and your price (per day). Finally, with hotels, Priceline lets you call the area of the city and star rating. Unlike Travelocity's Top Secret Hotels, which names the price but hides the name of the hotel, Priceline's Name Your Price leaves the pricing to you. If you win, Priceline fills in the details. If you lose, you have to return to the table. While this leaves more uncertainty than Top Secret Hotels, it also means greater rewards: Priceline's book-ing system allows hotel chains to dynamically adjust pricing on the back-end, which translates to greater hotel availability and better pricing on the front-end (Top Secret Ho-tels claims up to 55% in savings, whereas Priceline boasts 60%).
Certainly, deals aren't guaranteedthere's a strategy to playing. Priceline.com claims that you can save up to 40% on flights or car rentals or up to 60% on hotels. While you can bid up next to nothing (I tried a dollar, plus taxes and fees), don't expect to win (I didn't): 40-60% off is the ceiling. You maximize your chances by veering close to those numbers. And, of course, there's a tradeoff. A "3 star hotel" in, say, "Midtown" leaves a lot to chance. "Economy" vehicles can be many things. And there's a huge difference between a flight at 5 A.M. and 5 P.M. Name Your Price isn't for the risk averse, but for flexible, adaptive travelers, it makes for fun booking and big savings.


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When I work out, I absolutely HAVE TO have a good soundtrack to run to or else it just isn't going to work. I am also the person who tends to need very uptempo songs with a similar beat to my strides when I run or else I end up looking like an idiot.
If you read my blog, you know I have a soft spot for trashy pop songs. About a month ago I was introduced to Little Mix, an all girl band that won the UK X-Factor last year. With the combination of my love of trashy pop songs and group harmonies, it was inevitable that I would fall in love with them.
Little Mix consists of Perrie, Jesy, Leigh and Jade. They are British (automatic cool points) and are the first group to ever win the X-Factor in any country. Their X-Factor story is actually kind of awesome. The 4 girls each auditioned as solo artists and were all turned down. Then they were all given second chances and were called back to be formed into groups. Perrie and Jesy were put in one group and Leigh and Jade were put in another. Both groups were then eliminated but the judges decided to take all 4 girls and try one more group combination and BOOM Little Mix was formed. My personal favorite of the 4 is Perrie because she has an unreal voice. She sang "You Oughta Know" for her X-Factor audition and killed it. Not many people can do that and not look like an idiot.
They released their debut album in the UK this past November and have just recently been signed to Columbia Records in the US which is a partner with Simon Cowell's "Syco Music" UK label. So it's safe to say you shall be hearing of them here in the States sooner rather than later and let me tell you, you'll love them. Even if it's in a private playlist on Spotify.
And just so you can see how cute they really are, you can watch their music video for their first single "Wings" here. Someone has GOT to teach me how to do the stomping thing.
Little Mix – DNA (2011, Syco Music UK)
Singles: Wings, DNA
Sarah's Favorites: Stereo Soldier, Pretend It's Ok, Wings, Love Drunk, Turn Your Face
Songs to dance to: Stereo Soldier, Love Drunk, Wings, We Are Who We Are
Songs to cry to: Turn Your Face, Pretend It's Ok, Always Be Together
Fun Facts: The girls are listed as co-writers on all of the songs on DNA, they were the first group to win X-Factor EVER, and Perrie is currently dating a member of One Direction. You go girl.


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Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Bowman will be installed in troop vehicles in time to meet the in-service date, which we expect to be in late 2003/early 2004.
Baroness Castle of Blackburn asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): The latest available figures (1996-97) reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are 1- per cent for France, 6- per cent for Germany and 4- per cent for the Netherlands. However, these figures are not reported on a consistent basis, so to make direct comparisons would be misleading.
Compared to other health systems in developed countries, the National Health Service is efficient with,
The Government are committed to saving £1 billion from bureaucracy over the five years from 1997-98. We are on course to do so--by the end of 1999-2000 almost £0.5 billion will have been saved from administration for investment in patient care.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham): State pensions are being paid to new pensioners within the normal clearance target timescales. However, due to problems relating to the introduction of the NIRS2 computer system, the additional pension component is not being paid immediately in some cases. The Benefits Agency has put in place contingency arrangements to make clearical calculations of the additional pension component to retirement pension where appropriate. Extra staff have been provided for this.
The Earl of Shrewsbury asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman): The Government have no plans to do so. As the Prime Minister also said on 1 February, any investment by government must be linked to long-term change in the structure of the industry and be part of an agreed overall strategy. The re-introduction of the subsidy to the rendering industry would meet neither of those criteria.
Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The French action is in breach of European law. The Commission has a special role and special powers under the EC Treaty to ensure that member states abide by EU law. It has already begun legal proceedings against the French Government for their failure to lift their ban on the import of British beef. The UK Government have made it clear to the Commission that they expect these proceedings to be pursued vigorously.
In the light of this, the Government do not intend to bring a separate action in the French courts. To bring an action would add complication, and the French courts would undoubtedly refer the matter to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Government do not believe that this separate action would bring about an earlier settlement to the dispute.
Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The common agricultural policy, as currently structured, does not serve farmers, consumers and taxpayers well. That is why the Government pressed for a radical reform of the common agricultural policy throughout the Agenda 2000 negotiations. We continue to push for further reform.
Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The documentation pack enabling farmers to make their 2000 IACS area aid applications, which includes an information booklet setting out guidance notes, will begin to be sent out to applicants in England by the end of February and to applicants elsewhere in the United Kingdom shortly thereafter.
The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: Epichlorohydrin was evaluated under the International Programme on Chemical Safety and the report (Environmental Health Criteria 33) was published in 1984. Animal studies indicated that the central nervous system did not appear to be the most significant target. The kidney was particularly sensitive to the toxic effects of epichlorohydrin and degenerative changes in the liver were also reported. The degenerative changes of the kidney described in rats and mice were not reported in humans.
Epichlorohydrin is mutagenic in most short-term assays and carcinogenic in long-term studies in experimental animals when administered by inhalation, orally or by subcutaneous injection. It can also sensitise the skin.
The EHC evaluation concluded that epichlorohydrin is a possible human carcinogen.
The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The stabiliser was epichlorohydrin, which acted as a water scavenger in diazinon-based sheep dips, preventing the formation of toxic degradation products such as SULPHOTEPP.
The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: No currently authorised diazinon-based veterinary medicinal or pesticide product contains epichlorohydrin and records show that no expired diazinon-based pesticide contained epichlorohydrin. Identifying whether any previously licensed veterinary medicinal product contained epichlorohydrin could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Lord Renfew of Kaimsthorn asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: In a letter dated 24 June 1998, Dr Alan Borg, the chairman of the Conference of Directors, National Museums and Galleries expressed the conference's support of the UK acceding to the UNIDROIT Convention.
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: Her Majesty's Government have no plans to impose import restrictions upon Khmer sculptures. If it was found desirable to do so, such restrictions could be introduced by modifying the open general import licence issued under the Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954 (as amended), a statutory instrument made under the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 as amended by the Import and Export Control Act 1990.
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Substance abuse is widespread problem, and it often surfaces with clients who come in with other primary complaints. For this reason, I believe that all therapists should have some training and knowledge in this area. I have successfully dealt with substance abuse issues, although it is not a specialty. I refer to substance abuse specialists if what I encounter is beyond the scope of my expertise. I do, however, commonly work with individuals who are codependent in their relationships. Codependence is own kind of addiction if you think of addiction as being a dependence on something outside of the self to regulate an internal state. Codependents become addicted to making others lives work.
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Creole Syncopators - Traditional New Orleans Jazz
The Creole Syncopators, one of the West Coast's leading (authentic) Traditional Jazz bands play hot jazz and blues from the 1920's. They include some of the spirited music from Chicago's South Side, as well as early New Orleans. They specialize in great (undeservedly) obscure tunes originally performed by artists such as Johnny Dobbs, Junie Cobb, Punch Miller, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and the State Street Ramblers.
Featured with the band is Valerie Johnson, one of today's great world-class blues and jazz singers. Ms Johnson, who also performs with Big Brother and the Holding Company and has been chosen to be the lead singer in the All Star California Sunshine Band, is undoubtably one of the most authentic and powerful blues singers on today's traditional jazz scene. When she performs with the Syncopators, the result is jazz that sounds as alive and fresh as it did during the Prohibition era.
The Creole Syncopators, who have 3 CD's to their credit, led by reedman Jeff Beaumont, hail from California's Central Coast. At the 2001 Morro Bay Jazz Festival they were voted "Best Jazz Band". In 1999 they toured Japan and garnered rave reviews. In addition to leader Jeff Beaumont, the band's personnel consists of Dave Caparone, trombone; Marc Caparone, cornet; Geoff Hyer, bass; Al Ingram, banjo; Bob Vincent, washboard; and, of course, the phenomenal Valerie Johnson, vocals.


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Reality Research Center, founded in 2001, is a collective of artists engaged in performative adventures. Our shared aspiration is to observe, question, and renew reality by creating performances.
Our vision: Art will change reality
Performances are both the instrument and the fruit of our research; every year we produce several projects that expand and break not only the prevailing concept of reality, but also the borders and definitions of performative art. Most of our performances take place outside of traditional art spaces: in the woods, in offices, on the street, in boxing rings, in virtual reality, in parliament, or in homes. Exceptional circumstances require exceptional care for the spectator – over the years we have become specialists in audience development. The spectators and their experiences are the focal point of our interest. That is why we often replace the word spectator with experiencer, participant, or even author.
Performance and live art is related to the general performative turn in society.
In the 21st century, Finland has seen the emergence of performance and live art (FI: esitystaide), an art form located somewhere between theatre, performance art, and contemporary dance. Performance and live art is related to the general performative turn in society – nowadays performativity is of interest not only to artists but also to event producers, consultants, teachers, digital service developers, health care professionals, and the game and advertisement industries, among others.
During the past 18 years, Reality Research Center has been establishing the position of performance and live art on the Finnish cultural landscape, and has carried out more than 100 performance projects. In addition we have organized workshops, seminars, events, and disturbances; our creations include a pedagogical method, a mystery school, a prison residency, art larcenies, and urban rituals. We have participated in long-term international projects and our performances tour abroad regularly. Esitys magazine (2007–2017) started our publishing activities. Since then we have released several books as well. The newcomer in our family of publications is the online magazine Ice Hole – the Live Art Journal.
So, Reality Research Center is not a theatre, even though many of our members have a background in that field, and some of our work falls within the borders of contemporary theatre. We are a crew of disagreeing performing arts professionals – directors, actors, choreographs, lighting designers, musicians, game designers, ritual artists, cultural pedagogues. Reality Research Center is not a secret society, either. Every autumn anybody interested in the artistic research of reality can apply as a member. At the moment we are a group of 40. In addition to our members, 15–50 visiting artists or scholars take part in our productions yearly.
Our mission is to foresee the future and go where nobody else has gone before.
Our mission is to foresee the future and go where nobody else has gone before. For 18 years Reality Research Center has stayed two steps ahead of others. That's why our performances may seem strange and we might stay below the popular radar. But, when a certain performative approach becomes a trend, it is probable that some of us have already experimented with it. We are contemporary explorers and the outpost of the future; the avant-garde of the Finnish performative arts. In practice this means:
- Testing boundaries; perpetual pondering on what performance and performer could be.
- Creating and developing new art forms.
- Incessant questioning of what the nature of reality is. Our aim is to get everyone into questioning what reality is and what it should be.
Artistic director, Main & Off programs
For 2018 to 2020, Janne Saarakkala, one of the charter members, was chosen as the Artistic Director of Reality Research Center. During these years collective's productions are divided in 1.) Main Program chosen by Saarakkala and 2.) Informal Off Program.
Administrative board 2019
Maria Oiva (chairperson), Talvikki Eerola, Titta Halinen and Janne Pellinen
Aittamaa Essi (producer) / Condit Outi (actor, performance artist) Eerola Talvikki (drama instructor, performance artist) / Elo Julius (director, performance artist) / Haataja Henri (producer) / Halinen Titta (dramaturg) / Hammarberg Johanna (artist) / Hannula Saara (performance maker and researcher) / Hosiasluoma Niina (actor) / Härkönen Ville (actor) / Häkkinen Anna Maria (dance artist, choreograph) / Johnsson Jussi (actor) / Jussilainen Anna (dance artist, teacher and cultural scholar) / Kalenius Lea (poet and adult educator) / Katriina Kettunen (journalist, MA student of live art & theory) / Kontula Lauri (actor) / Koskinen Pekko (game designer) / Laitinen Tuomas (director, performance artist) / Lappi Ari-Pekka (reality game designer, solution architect) / Lindstedt Iida-Maaria (actor) / Luukka Louna-Tuuli (drama instructor) / Mertanen Minja (dance artist) / Mäkelä Pasi (butodancer, musician) / Mustonen Maija (dance artist) / Neves Joel (director) / Numminen Katariina (director, dramaturg) / Nuutinen Maria (performance artist, environmental scholar) / Oiva Maria (director, performance artist) / Partanen Jarkko (choreograph, dance artist) / Pellinen Janne (performance artist, lawyer) / Pitkänen Pekka (light designer) / Porkola Pilvi (director, performance artist) / Priha Linda (dance artist) / Saarakkala Janne (director) / Salminen Jussi (live artist) / Santavuori Maria (performer, pedagog and trainer in music and performing arts) / Santavuori Risto (cultural pedagog) / Silvennoinen Tommi (director) / Taipale Petri (director, performance artist) / Torvinen Timo (actor, drama instructor, theater technician) / Tuomisto Tuire (actor) / Van Den Berg Kolina (actor) / Vuori Eero-Tapio (director, ritual artist) / Wikström Jonna (performance artist, drama instructor)
Contact info
Titta Halinen
Office & productions
E-mail: email@example.com
Tel. + 358 400 641 989
Janne Saarakkala
Artistic Director
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Postal address
Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33, FI 00540 Helsinki
Visiting address
Helsinki, Suvilahti, Puhdistamo, building 6, 2nd floor
(Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33, FI 00540 Helsinki)


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Stockholm. I'm at a dinner table, in the fine hall of the city's Jewish community, with Alison Thorpe, the deputy head of mission at the British embassy, and Katherina Shterjoska, the minister counsellor of the embassy of the Republic of Macedonia. They are about to award certificates to their nationals, Margot Shatz and Jana Nichota, who are sitting with us and who have just graduated from the one-year programme in Jewish studies at Paideia, the non-denominational European Institute for Jewish Studies, whose home is in the centre of Stockholm. Seated at the other tables are ambassadors and attachés from 10 more, mostly European countries, together with 21 nationals of those countries, all of whom are about to go through the same experience.
The evening is material evidence of the remarkable revival of Jewish life and culture in Europe since the collapse of Communism in 1989. Paideia was established in the spirit of European openness and unity, and the need to recover historical memory, that prevailed at the time. However imperfectly, respect for minority cultures was an expression of the European project. A key part of that was the integration of the Jewish story – its splendour and its agony – into the European narrative. In 2001, with a major grant from the Swedish government, Paideia took in its first 20 or so fellows for a year's comprehensive education in the texts that have "served as the wellsprings of Jewish civilisation". Using a traditional method of study in pairs or very small groups, called in Hebrew hevruta, over its first nine years the programme has developed to include both an academic approach to interpretation of text and training in how to apply that knowledge practically in the regeneration of Jewish culture in communities across Europe.
Paideia's almost 200, mostly Jewish graduates are emblematic of the Jewish revival. First, in the very varied nature of their connections to Judaism, they reflect the pluralist Jewish reality in Europe today. Second, they actively express the institute's fundamental principle that the reinvigoration of Jewish culture must come about through intercultural dialogue and the help and participation of non-Jews. While the faculty is steeped in expert Jewish knowledge, it and the fellows are committed to a form of Jewish life that is fully integrated into European society and far removed from any expression of Jewish separatism, exclusivity or fundamentalism. As Paideia's inspirational founder-director, Dr Barbara Lerner Spector, said at the graduation ceremony, the aim is to establish and learn to live with "dualities" and multiple identities, with all the challenges that entails, not to encourage "plural mono-culturalism", to use Amartya Sen's phrase.
That such an institute can be sustained and can thrive in a relatively small Jewish community, in a country not traditionally associated in the popular imagination with European Jewish life, is indicative of how much potential there now is for maintaining Jewish continuity in increasingly hybridised societies. The portability of Jewish educational methods and role of the internet and social networking in developing and maintaining new, more fluid forms of community, means that the idea of one single centre of Jewish life surrounded by subsidiary and second-best diaspora satellites, which dominated thinking since the establishment of the state of Israel, no longer holds.
Across Europe, there are now innumerable initiatives giving expression to this. Some are pan-European, but most are individual projects, locally developed, involving study, heritage, art, dialogue, discussion, music, Yiddish, social action, which draw on country-specific, cultural and historical traditions, and from the Jewish experience in the country concerned. Paideia, which is now supported entirely by voluntary funding, itself contributes to this through its alumni, who return to their countries of origin and facilitate such projects, and through a yearly "project incubator", where creative individuals with new ideas spend 10 concentrated days honing their plans under the guidance of experienced activists, progressive funders and social innovation experts.
Lest anyone think otherwise, this renewal is certainly neither uncontested territory nor without its degree of fragility. A Jewish culture embracing deep knowledge of Jewish text, the value of Jewish pluralism and the need for intercultural dialogue is not politics-free, in the sense of floating above the political and cultural verbal wars that characterise what's going on in the Jewish world. But in a way, these ongoing disputations have themselves become "texts" which generate creative responses. The cultural revival has provided the space – both physical and mental – in which people can grapple with these issues, rather than push them under the carpet in confused embarrassment.
I freely declare an interest, both as someone who has worked to further this revival and as a member of the board of the Paideia institute. So it's an unashamedly moving and emotional experience to watch such talented and articulate young people from so many countries, whose knowledge has been so radically augmented by teachers from Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, being proudly feted and honoured for their acquisition of Jewish literacy by their countries' diplomats based in Sweden – and all this under the pragmatically benevolent eye of Swedish society. It's a sign that, even in these difficult times, the ideal of a Europe that values its minority cultures, and demonstrates that through the personal testimony of its diplomatic representatives, is still within reach.


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I went to Bloggers London Fashion week last week and I was so impressed with the event. So I'm just going to share all the photos and you can have a look, I am warning you now, this is a photo heavy post! I also have a video coming up at the end of the week of the Bloggers London Fashion Week and the Joe Browns Blogger event.
Brands shown from the top down Miglio // Bodicea Victorious // Timeless Truth // Valmont // Gallardo Blaine (Use Blog2015 for 25% discount) // Maison Ves // Boho Betty // Zaeem Jamal
I really enjoyed my evening and met some wonderful brands that I hope to work more with in future. I'll show the goodies I picked up separately as this post is already picture heavy as it is! Hopefully it didn't take took long to load. If you are interested in attending a future Bloggers Hangout event, you can register here!
Below are some of the wonderful products I was gifted on the night. I've already worn the True Brit London nail polish in Country Tweed, you may have seen it over on my Instagram. I was gifted products from Valmont, Timeless Truth, Il Profvmo, Little Ondine, Boho Betty, Gallardo Blaine and Miglio.
If you like to see some more of the gifting lounge and catwalks, you can check out the video below!


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The Delphi Program
Too often education fails not from lack of dedicated faculty but from a failure in the school's chosen curriculum. That's why Delphian School has spent forty years developing and honing its own proprietary curriculum to ensure every aspect of each level of the program is integrated with the level that follows. Upon our school's founding in 1976, Dr. Alan Larson, a graduate of Stanford University, headed a team of experts to develop the Delphi Program™ from the ground up.
As a result, the Delphi Program is a unique, integrated approach to learning developed by Heron Books, experts in curriculum development. Every element of the Delphi Program—whether it be a course, a series of courses, a list of reading books, a seminar outline, a project guide, a text, an examination or a teacher training manual—is researched and developed carefully, and tested extensively, before first edition publication.
It is a hallmark of our curriculum development team to seek continuous improvement of the program; thus, program elements (courses, books, manuals, et al) are regularly inspected, evaluated and revised based on changing conditions in students and schools and evolving knowledge in the world.
Thus, our curriculum development team has developed over 2500 courses to give Delphian students a solid foundation in math, reading, the sciences, history, geography, art and design, music and many other subjects, with an emphasis on practical application.
The below eight basic principles of the Delphi Program lay out its fundamental philosophy. Very few things could be more important to a parent or a student than understanding a school's philosophy.
How We Do It
- Set Rigorous Standards - General Graduation Requirements
- Empower Them As Students
- Get Personal
- Put Ethics & Integrity At The Center
- Fully Achieve The Basics
- Emphasize Literacy
- Keep It Real
- Involve Parents
- Demand Competence
Set Rigorous Standards - General Graduation Requirements
An essential characteristic of the Delphi Program is the adoption of rigorous standards for student completion of each level. These standards embrace not only the usual academic subjects, but also the ability to use knowledge and the development of self-determinism and independent thinking.
Each high school student graduating from the Delphi Program has met specific ability requirements, all encompassed within these general graduation requirements:
- Graduates should have excellent language and communication skills, both oral and written, and be familiar with their cultural heritage through literature.
- Graduates should be literate in mathematics as the language of science and technology and be computer literate.
- Graduates should have a foundation in science and its applications adequate to permit them to participate causatively in the modern technological environment.
- Graduates should have a usable understanding of the subjects of ethics, personal integrity and morals adequate to provide a foundation for their creation of their lives.
- Graduates should have an understanding of history and the role of individuals in it adequate to enable them to analyze and evaluate current events and situations against the historical backdrop.
- Graduates should be proficient students, and be able to be responsible for their further educations, and for the investigation and evaluation of data important to their lives.
- Graduates should understand the basics of planning, and the interrelationship of leadership, responsibility and trust, and have competently held a position of trust and responsibility in a group.
Empower Them As Students
In study, as in other fields, it is know-how that separates successful ventures from unsuccessful ones. That's why at Delphian every student learns how to learn. This know-how is referred to as Study Technology (Study Tech) and was developed by American author and educator L. Ron Hubbard.
Study Tech does not involve minor things like study tips or memory tricks, but is an understanding of how to actually learn. By understanding the fundamentals of the learning process itself, Delphian students discover that any lack of success in learning can be traced back to causes they can control. They learn why some students are self-motivated and some aren't. They learn the early-warning signs for lack of comprehension and the subsequent inability to apply what they are learning. Moreover, as they become expert with their application of Study Tech, they learn exact actions to take to resolve these difficulties and keep themselves on track.
In the end, students acquire the ability to study any subject effectively and independently. Study Tech is a powerful tool that gradually allows students to take genuine control of their education and, ultimately, their futures.
Empowering students with an ability to study is an investment that pays off for a lifetime.
Get Personal
Education is only meaningful when it is personal—when it connects with a student's life as well as the real world. The Delphi Program helps students make that connection by encouraging them to explore and understand purpose—the reason for studying a subject—and what it has to do with them personally. This emphasis not only helps students clarify their own purpose for studying, but also it helps them firm up their goals in life.
Shortly after beginning each new form, every Delphian student sits down in a one-on-one session with their academic supervisor to develop a study program based on his or her interests, and with the purpose of addressing that student's academic strengths and weaknesses.
The initial task in programming students new to the Delphi Program is to identify areas of strength and weakness through interviews and diagnostic testing, then to create an academic program for that individual student which will develop certainty and enthusiasm for learning as he or she progresses.
With individual academic programs, Delphian students receive a truly personal education and graduate focused on their goals and their future.
Put Ethics & Integrity At The Center
Ethics and integrity orient every aspect of one's activities and relationships. In education, they play a particularly pivotal role. Even the best of programs can fail if these fundamentals receive little attention.
Having vast amounts of information at one's fingertips doesn't ensure one has been well educated, much less that one will be successful in life. A successful life demands integrity, along with the use of logic and reason, in determining right and wrong. That's why you will see courses, activities and projects that strengthen honesty, accountability and character interwoven throughout the curriculum. We call it developing backbone, and it is central to the success of the Delphi Program.
Fully Achieve The Basics
We're zealous about the basics. By broadening the traditional concept of the basics (reading, writing and arithmetic) to include study, communication, research and reasoning skills, we give our students the essential building blocks for a successful life.
In each area we have set our competency standards high, and we work on them until each standard is attained. Then we can really get on with education while building on a firm foundation.
The Delphi Program was designed from the ground up to fully achieve the basics in every student.
Emphasize Literacy
Highly literate people have the keys to a broad and penetrating understanding of concepts and cultures. Thus, literacy gets enormous attention in the Delphi Program. The Delphian approach to literacy consists of building a step-by-step pathway to full comprehension.
Our students make liberal use of dictionaries and other references to achieve a complete grasp of what they study. Combine our focus on comprehension with our high-volume and rich literature program, and you will see a student's confidence and love of reading emerge. Their ability to write and communicate effectively will also improve dramatically.
We extend this approach to other fields as well, such as mathematics and high-tech, since fluency and competence in any subject depend wholly on a mastery of the language involved.
Achieving success in today's world depends on an ability to communicate at high levels, an ability to grasp information quickly as well as reason and evaluate with it, and an ability to understand and use a wide range of technologies.
Thus, we emphasize literacy.
Keep It Real
The Delphi Program revolves around a basic concept—get students to use their education to solve life's problems and challenges and achieve certain goals every day they are in school. To ensure this occurs, demonstration and practical application can be found throughout the program.
There are field trips and exploration at the lower end, hands-on projects at every level, and apprenticeships at the upper end. All along the way, we ask students to take real responsibility for themselves, for their academic studies and for the school community. It can be called the "show me" approach to education.
Learning and growing are naturally exciting activities. We aim to keep them that way.
Involve Parents
Education takes teamwork. When students, faculty and parents together decide on common goals and line up as a team, almost anything can be accomplished. Delphian School invests in parents as team players by providing good coordination and making readily available important information about their child's program, goals and progress.
We expect to share with parents strategies and insights on ways of tackling difficult areas of their child's academic progress or personal growth. And we always work to strengthen a student's relationship with his or her parents and relations.
Few things are more strategic or important to our success in helping students than our partnership with their parents.
Demand Competence
Does a student understand and can he apply what he has learned?
At Delphian, that is the final question that any supervisor or instructor, as well as the student, must answer before an educational step is considered complete. We hold both the supervisor and the student accountable for the students' quality of study.
Students advance within the Delphi Program based on simple, unvarying criteria: a full understanding and an ability to use the information studied. Progress is not based on one's age or the amount of time one spends at something. This competency-based approach gives students the freedom to move quickly when it's appropriate or to take more time with subjects that need it.
Students are not allowed to progress in their studies with misunderstandings still behind them. Such confusions act as holes in their educational foundation, and only become larger as the student progresses to more difficult material.
The Delphi Program has been designed to ensure all Delphian students achieve 100% understanding of the key data within a subject being taught. Anything missed upon examination is taken up in a one-on-one meeting with the examiner; confusions are isolated and the relevant material is restudied and re-examined.
The Delphi Program results in mastery of the subject. Pair this with consistent demands for application, and a focus on purpose and use, and you have the makings of true competence.


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Friday, November 17, 2006
"Mary Poppins" -- Practically Perfect Reviews
The NY Daily News throws shamelessness to the wind and calls the new musical "Marry Poppins" a jolly holiday. The NY Post follows suit in an even more gushing rave and says it's "supercalifragi..." oh, you know the rest. Variety does allow the show is a bit overstuffed, but overstuffed mostly with talent and charm. But, BUT the New York Times delivers a devastating review. Not cruel, but emphatically negative. Personally, I enjoyed the UK version but was hoping for real greatness. I knew the American version would be boldly fixing what I thought was wrong if they changed the treacly finale "Anything Can Happen," which undercut the (ever so slightly) darker tone of the show. Instead, the American version seems to have brightened up the rest of the show to fit the tone of the finale. The show has been a solid, but not spectacular hit in the UK. I'd expect the same here, despite the NYT review -- a run of a few years and that's about it.
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