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1. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointAlex Kerin May 17, 2011 4:40 PM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
I would guess a Sharepoint problem - possibly handled by Mime type? http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip94.html
I know very little about this though.
2. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointSteve Martin Nov 22, 2011 8:22 AM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
Did you manage to solve this? I was under the impression that this couldn't be done, that the only way of interacting with workbooks on Sharepoint is to host the vis/packaged workbook on a Tableau Server (or use Tableau Public Server), then drop the resultant url to Sharepoint - Sharepoint handles the user access and connections but TS is responsible for the interaction - though this method would negate the need for Reader.
3. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointAlex Kerin Nov 22, 2011 12:04 PM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
The OP wasn't trying to get the book to open in the browser, but rather that the downloaded file would automatically open Tableau, just like you can open a word document straight from a URL.
4. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointSteve Martin Nov 24, 2011 3:57 AM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
"When I try it, Sharepoint makes the user download the workbook, rather than just open it "
Apologies, I misunderstood the question, I was under the impression that the OP wanted to be able to interact with the workbook direct in the same sense as you would interact with TS workbooks (in browser) not to download them to the client pc and then open the local copy within Reader.
I have to ask the question why you would want to do this - we looked at the sharepoint with TS solution here but TS is a little over our budget so we have opted for a company-wide deployment of Reader and dropping the file to the intranet. We can control who has access to the file and we don't have to shell out for SP licences.
5. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointXavier P May 14, 2012 10:07 AM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
Hi Nicole
I experienced the same problem on Sharepoint 2010 and with a bit of investigation noticed that if users save as opposed to open the .twbx workbook then it works as intended on Reader.
I tried to zip the .twbx too and it would not work as if Winzip though the packaged workbook was a zip file, maybe it is, in disguise.
Try again and let me know if that works.
6. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on Sharepointolivier BAERT May 15, 2012 8:37 AM (in response to Xavier P)
Dear all,
The way IE uses to open an downloaded file is explained here :
To work around this problem, it is possible to set the iexplore.exe DWORD value to 0 in the following registry subkeys, and then open the online version of the file:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MIME_HANDLING
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING
A nearly identical solution is given on the website of tableau
Unfortunaltly, these solutions open a security flaw on the computer (possibility of opening a malicious program unwittingly).
It should be possible to fix the issue at the server level.
7. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointScott Johnson May 2, 2016 11:25 AM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)1 of 1 people found this helpful
This is older thread but I was unable to find any information on how to configure SharePoint to open Tableau Workbooks in Internet Explorer. I was able to cobble together a few posts and came up with the below solution. Hope it helps.
- Locate a Tableau Reader image and resize it to a 16x16 pixel image
- Add the image to the below directory (15 for SharePoint 2013)
- Register the image by editing 14\TEMPLATE\XML\DOCICON.XML, and add this line somewhere in the <ByExtension> section:
- <Mapping Key="twb" Value="TableauReader.png" />
- <Mapping Key="twbx" Value="TableauReader.png" />
- Open IIS and add new MIME Types
- File name extension: .twb MIME type: application/twb
- File name extension: .twbx MIME type: application/twbx
- Declare the MIME type as "Downloadable"
- $web=Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://yourwebapp.com
- $web=Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://yourwebapp.com
6. IISRESET is required
8. Re: Posting Tableau Packaged Workbooks on SharepointMuhammad Mubashir Mukhtar Feb 7, 2018 8:23 PM (in response to Nicole Le Prohn)
Hi - I was facing the same problem and found the solution by Scott Johnson. Our SharePoint specialist, Eldho George also came up with a solution which I am pasting for reference:
1. Edited the docicon.xml file
Added the following code to the docicon.xml file
<Mapping Key="twbx" Value="twbx_logo_16.png" EditText="Tableau Reader" />
Value of the image have to be the same as the name of the image you use
2. The file is located under
For SharePoint 2016
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\XML
For SharePoint 2013
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\XML
For SharePoint 2010
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML
3. Added an image (icon/logo) to following location
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\IMAGES
4. After this open IIS, select mime type, add a new mime type
Under file name .twbx
MIME type - application/twbx
5. Open command prompt as an administrator – type in iisreset .
Done all the changes will be applied.
Remember all the above steps have to be done on SharePoint farm admin server with the right account.
Hope this helps
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Companies including Walmart, Starbucks and Lowe's have also announced new benefits for hourly workers, such as paid time off to care for sick relatives and paid parental leave. And the number of Americans working part time because they can't find full-time work has fallen 15 percent in the past year.
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"Employers don't simply raise wages when the labor market gets tighter; they may also raise the quality of the job to get people to come on board," Ms. Barrera said.
Mr. Trump and other Republicans argue that the economy will also benefit in coming months from the new tax law. They point to recent announcements from Walmart and other companies, which have cited tax savings in their decisions to raise wages and pay bonuses. (One-time bonuses aren't included in the hourly wage data released Friday, but will show up in broader measures of income.)
Many economists are skeptical of such claims, regarding them as timely public relations moves. And they question the wisdom of providing fiscal stimulus when unemployment is low and the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to curb inflation. But they said there were signs that corporate executives had become more confident in the economy since Mr. Trump took office, which could make them more willing to hire workers and raise pay.
"I hear my clients saying the tax bill gave them more confidence in the pro-business economy," said Tom Gimbel, chief executive of LaSalle Network, a staffing firm. "There's confidence coming from D.C. that they're not going to get in the way."


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The ongoing debacle that is the tender process for apprenticeship funding allocations for providers working with non-levy employers is beyond frustrating for our business.
After extended delays, and then an aborted first attempt, we have now been informed the second try by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has been 'postponed'.
Until a decision is made on whether our tender has been successful we are unable to plan ahead and operate our business with confidence.
It's a nightmare.
The ESFA has told training providers like ourselves that more time is needed to evaluate the 'high volume' of applications and is unable to say when the results of the £650m tender round will be known.
The message, sent via the tendering website, says: "The Agency has been pleased to receive a high volume of tenders following a very positive response to the Invitation to Tender for this procurement, and is currently finalising the evaluation process.
"The intention to issue award notifications to successful and unsuccessful Potential Providers is postponed, and will not now be issued on 21 November 2017.
"Potential Providers will be contacted again shortly with further information on the new date for the issue of award notifications."
The fact that we haven't been given an actual date is extremely annoying...but it's hardly surprising.
From the outset the tender process was controversial for its timing, complexity and volume of information required and has apparently led to providers submitting nearly 1,000 official clarification requests from those taking a crack at getting their hands on the up to £650m available over the 15 months between January 2018 and March 2019.
The ESFA set tough scoring thresholds: if any part of a tender application is incorrect or insufficiently answered, the agency will not hesitate to reject it.
The tender document came with nine attachments - some of which were revised several times - and was extremely complex and time-consuming to complete - the FAQ document alone ran into 5,000 words.
In fact, the ESFA more than doubled the amount of information it required from applicants, deterring many providers from even bothering to apply.
Across 17 mandatory questions, we were expected to write more than 10,000 words regardless of the size of the contract being applied for.
Then there was the 'volumes and values' spreadsheet which, ironically, does not even calculate funding. We had to do that ourselves. It contained up to 2,400 cells to complete, quite ridiculous.
There has been a multitude of hoops to jump through.
What's even more shocking is that even if you are successful the ESFA reserves the right to reduce every successful tender in order to stay within the overall 'funding envelope'.
This means if your winning tender value has fallen below the £200,000 minimum you receive nothing.
Even if you were to successfully apply for, say, £300,000, the ESFA reserves the right reduce this to below £200,000 via 'modelling', in cases where it wants to prioritise a region or sector area, or simply if it faces general over-subscription. The upshot is still being awarded no funding.
The ESFA needs to get it's act together double-quick and issue award notifications to our, and other, businesses.
This waiting game is a Sword of Damocles hanging over all our heads.


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Elsewhere, somewhat perversely, the tree is actually recommended as a suitable shelter in the event of a thunderstorm. Keeping boughs of oak (particularly if taken from a tree that has been struck by a lightening bolt), or a few acorns, in the house is reputed to protect the house from lightening. Standing beneath an oak, or wearing oak leaves, is further said to furnish protection from evil spirits and from witchcraft.
In Cornwall, superstition advises that hammering a nail into an oak tree will relieve the pain of a toothache, while in Wales rubbing sores with a piece of oak bark on Midsummer Day will help them to heal. Embracing an oak tree, meanwhile, is enough to cure hernias and to promote fertility of couples unable to have children. Oak trees planted at crossroads are considered to have the most effective healing powers.
The oak acquired a reputation as a royal tree in the seventeenth century after the future Charles II hid in one to escape his Parliamentarian pursuers after the battle of Worcester. In honor of this event, loyal subjects took to wearing oak leaves to proclaim their Royalist sympathies on what became Royal Oak Day after restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Anyone failing to comply was beaten with stinging nettles.
Back in the more brutal times, in pagan Germany, any man who harmed an oak was punished by having his navel hacked out and nailed to the tree; he was then forced to walk around the trunk, with the result that his intestines were slowly pulled from his body.
Even today, in our modern world, the oak tree is still honored. The choice of clusters of oak leaves as a military decoration hails back to ancient Rome, when soldiers who had performed some act of bravery or selflessness were honored with the presentation of an oak leaf crown. An oak leaf cluster or oak leaves is a common device which is placed on U.S. military awards and decorations for "Exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions."


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The Trighton team is educated and experienced in all facets of digital marketing, so we have the expertise in-house to develop and execute a powerful, integrated approach to branding and marketing your business. We all stay ahead of the curve with advanced training in our areas of expertise and have been recognized by Google as a Certified Partner for our achievement as a strong agency with satisfied clients and proven results. As a Google Partner, we have special access to Google trainings and updates, adhere to Google best practices, and pass our competitive advantage on to our clients.
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BOE At-Large Candidate Dixon on Gov. Hogan's Executive Order to Start Schools After Labor Day (VIDEO)
In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Board of Education At-Large candidate Jeanette Dixon addresses Governor Larry Hogan's executive order to start Maryland Public Schools after Labor Day. "My preference would have been that he consulted the School Board and the Superintendent…in each of the counties," she said.


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Insights: Industry Summaries
IP Industry Summary: Happy Birthday, Everyone: Central District of California Rules Popular Song Is In Public Domain
October 6, 2015
Marya v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Case No. 2:13-cv-04460-GHK-MRW (C.D. Cal. Sept. 22, 2015)
For decades, use of the popular song "Happy Birthday to You" has been subject to licensing fees based on a copyright owned by the Defendants in this case. Recently, the Central District of California held that the copyright does not cover the lyrics of the song, such that Defendants can no longer collect licensing fees for the song.
The song's history began over a century ago when two sisters wrote a song titled "Good Morning to All." "Happy Birthday" borrows its melody from "Good Morning," but the origin of the lyrics of the song is less clear. The melody of the song entered the public domain long ago, so this case hinged on whether the lyrics of the song were protected by a valid copyright owned by Defendants.
In ruling for Plaintiffs on summary judgment, the Court answered this question in the negative. First, in reviewing the enforcement history of the song, the Court noted that none of the actions mentioned the lyrics of the song. Rather, these previous enforcement actions focused on infringement of rights in the melody of the song. Further, the Court found that the copyright registration that Defendants asserted protected the lyrics of "Happy Birthday" could not cover the lyrics of the song. Although the registration covered a piano arrangement "with text," Defendants admitted in their pleadings that the author of the arrangement, Preston Ware Orem, did not write the lyrics to "Happy Birthday." Thus, the Court found that the text mentioned in the copyright registration could not have been the lyrics to "Happy Birthday," and the normal presumption of validity did not apply to this copyright registration.
Ultimately, the Court found that Defendants could not show that their predecessors in interest had received any rights in the lyrics to "Happy Birthday" from its authors. After reviewing various agreements and litigation documents regarding the song between the song's authors and Defendants' predecessors, the Court found that none of them made reference to the lyrics of the song or any transfer of the author's common law rights in the lyrics. Further, as shown through the enforcement actions the authors took, there was no evidence that the authors fought to protect any rights in the lyrics of the song from which the Court could infer that they intended to transfer such rights to Defendants' predecessors. Thus, the Court granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs on the issue of whether Defendants received any rights in the lyrics of "Happy Birthday," and the song is now in the public domain.


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Small World
|Olavi Kajander suggests that nanobacteria attach to each other to form chains.
Credit: Doctors Health Supply
"Nanobacteria." The name sounds obvious enough. They're small. They're bacteria. You might assume they resemble the smallest archaean, Nanoarchaeum, or the smallest bacterium, Mycoplasma, in size. You might assume they resemble ordinary bacteria in nature.
But instead of taking the prize as the smallest organism, nanobacteria-a tenth the size of ordinary bacteria and half as large as Nanoarchaeum and Mycoplasma-have continued to cause controversy since their description in the early 1990s by a Finnish research team led by Olavi Kajander. The team avoided overstating their claim – "These autonomously replicating particles are tentatively named nanobacteria" – but the name stuck, and many of the team's publications state that nanobacteria are alive. The spheres, covered with a hard calcium phosphate coat, were found in various fluids used to grow cells in the laboratory, such as cow serum.
Medical microbiologist Neva Ciftcioglu, now at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, her colleague Kajander and collaborators in the United States, Canada, the UK, Japan and Russia continue to research nanobacteria. But scientists in some labs say that, while they can produce the spheres and can see them with an electron microscope, they have been unable to confirm any sign of life in them.
Other scientists raise a theoretical objection, saying that at 200 nanometers, nanobacteria are just too small to contain the machinery of life. "Generally," Ciftcioglu says, "we say that a microorganism should not be any smaller than 200 nanometers. So nanobacteria is within this range, however, there are some forms we detected that they are even 80 or 50 nanometers." These smaller forms, she says, may not be complete cells.
"So the difficulty came with two reasons," Ciftcioglu says, "number one was naming; we called them bacteria before we characterized them and proved that they are bacteria. And the second difficulty was the size discussion."
|Click here for larger image. The process of DNA amplification by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). This sensitive method is also used to detect nucleic acids in hopes of discovering life.
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The debate heated up in 1998, when Kajander and Ciftcioglu published a paper in the July Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS) linking nanobacteria with diseases involving calcification, such as kidney stones and hardening of the arteries. They didn't mince words, calling nanobacteria "the smallest cell-walled bacteria" and even showing where nanobacteria fit in the tree of life. Ciftcioglu says, "First of all I convinced myself that these things are living."
National Institutes of Health research microbiologist John O. Cisar was one of many scientists intrigued by the 1998 PNAS paper. "We were quite convinced from Kajander's paper that nanobacteria may be real," Cisar says.
Cisar and colleagues isolated the particles from several sources, including cow serum and both human saliva and dental plaque. They saw the particles increase in number very slowly, the same results Ciftcioglu reported. "We were very excited when we were able to reproduce their critical findings," Cisar says.
But then Cisar's team proceeded to look for signs of life: proteins and nucleic acids.
Cisar's team did find evidence of nucleic acid. Kajander and Ciftcioglu described a particular RNA sequence in the '98 PNAS paper and in another paper published in '98. To detect nucleic acids, researchers use an extremely sensitive method called the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR. PCR makes millions of copies of short stretches of nucleic acid, copying over and over again even a single original molecule.
On further examination of the RNA sequence found by both research teams, Cisar determined that it was identical to an RNA sequence belonging to a well-known bacterial contaminant often found in PCR experiments.
"We are very confident of our interpretation of the PCR data in terms of pointing out where a mistake was made in the original report," Cisar says. "If you discount the PCR results from the original description of nanobacteria, you take away all molecular evidence for a new type of living organism."
"It eventually became clear to us that we were chasing an artifact," Cisar concludes. He has not pursued nanobacteria further. But, he says, "If somebody would provide molecular evidence showing that nanobacteria are alive, we'd be happy to jump back into the problem."
|Harold Morowitz, a Mycoplasma veteran, is doubtful of nanobacteria being a self-replicating cell.
Credit: George Mason University
Ciftcioglu says techniques to grow nanobacteria in the lab are very exacting. "Unfortunately, [Cisar and colleagues] did not seek nanobacteria control cultures or the best available nanobacteria-specific reagents for use in their experiments." While the correct methods remain unpublished, Ciftcioglu says, she is more than willing to communicate with researchers about lab techniques. "I would be very happy to help them through e-mail to say treat your sample this or that way, that might be the reason you don't get results."
Harold Morowitz, of George Mason University, in Fairfax Virginia, is a Mycoplasma veteran. "The first question is, do I theoretically think that something [that small] could be a self replicating cell? And the answer is, I'd be extremely doubtful."
Back in the 1950s, Morowitz found colleagues charging that Mycoplasma was too small to be a cell, so he and his colleagues had to accumulate proof. "In the 1950s, we were growing Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and there were all sorts of things in the literature as to whether they were organisms," he says. The team responded by isolating cell structures such as ribosomes, finding functional enzymes and experimentally showing that Mycoplasma has a cell membrane.
"I think the burden is on the people who say that they're alive to prove that [nanobacteria] fit the normal criteria of cellular biology: they are surrounded by a membrane, they have a genome (at least an RNA genome), and they have ribosomes and other structures that are associated with all life that we know," Morowitz says.
Current research may be nibbling away at the theoretical size objections, Ciftcioglu says. Canadian researchers have published a description of bacteria in healthy human blood that measure in at a mere 200 nanometers in diameter (as measured in an electron micrograph), about the size of the larger nanobacteria.
What's Next?
|"The results are convincing that these things are living and have metabolic activity and nucleic acid." -Neva Ciftcioglu
Credit: Kuopion Yliopisto
Ciftcioglu thinks the evidence is piling up. "The results are convincing that these things are living and they have metabolic activity, and they have nucleic acid," she says. But because of the controversy, she wants to dot every "i" and cross every "t" before publishing. "If you are working on controversial research, people are not looking with [a] loupe, they are looking at your research with [an] electron microscope and you have to be absolutely sure what you are talking about is scientifically correct and can be repeated." she says.
"First you have to convince yourself what you are working with is not an artifact. Nobody wants to work full time with an artifact. You first want to understand if there is nucleic acid, this is number one. And number two, if they have membrane structure. They should have some metabolic activity. So we concentrated mostly on those three issues. And our biggest question was if they have unique protein structure. So far, we have pilot research for all of them."
These days, Ciftcioglu works at JSC with David McKay. "We are working on biomarkers, what biomarkers we [should search for] on meteorites for being able to say there is life or not. And what is the definition of life. And what is the best way to analyze mineralized samples," Ciftcioglu says. Research into how to analyze mineralized meteorite samples will translate easily, she says, into work on nanobacteria. McKay and colleagues think nanobacteria research could aid understanding of the earliest cells on Earth and any possible cells on Mars.
"Additionally, my colleagues in Mayo Clinic have some data on nanobacteria nucleic acids, so the collaboration is going on."
Researchers interested in nanobacteria have met twice in international conferences. Ciftcioglu says plans are in the works for another conference. "In 2003, our plan is to come together and bring our so-far results because we are very sensitive to publish any results before we confirm each other." With results from several labs on the table, she hopes, clear evidence that nanobacteria are alive can finally be published.
Related Web Pages
Two companies are studying nanobacteria and disease: Nanobac Oy and NanobacLabs.


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Other writing
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom (2010)
Written, composed and devised by Ailís Ní Ríain. Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom experiments with the idea of embedding interpretive signing within a work combining poetry, animation and contemporary music.
"Allow me to introduce you to a place
Where I am yours
And you are someone-elses.
Allow me to introduce you to this
All love is insane…"
Funded and developed by Greenroom, Manchester – premiered at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester in 2010. Subsequently selected for Arts Council England Decibel Showcase 2011.
In Sleep… (2010)
Soprano & chamber ensemble. Commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 10:10 Ensemble with Lore Lixenberg. Words and music by Ailís Ní Ríain.
"I awake with you on my tongue, I am eloquent only in sleep when splashes of wisdom fall from my mouth more easily. Colours form and slide, a prism of light eclipsing all doubt I lie here among wet blankets of unease, damp with the sweat of conscience. I've been fighting for peace for far too long…"
Intone (2013)
A music, poetry and paper sculpture installation commissioned for the International Durham Brass Festival in July 2013 in collaboration with artist Nicola Dale and trumpeter Brendan Ball.
"The responsibilities of these extremities
Weigh down these butcher's shoulders;
these privileged posturings.
My cloaks hide
Vast armouries."
Eyeless (2014)
Folk singer & eight voices. Music and poetry by Ailís Ní Ríain (Irish translation by Iarla O' Lionáird). Commissioned by Béal Festival Ireland in 2012.
"This day
I hear you singing
In brutal reason,
Broken rhyme.
I can tell this world
Has taken its toll.
Dul amú
Dul amú."


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From February, 2012 ~ I had fun writing this, so I'm running it again in the hope that you will have fun reading or re-reading it.
When my boys were little, one my favorite things to do was to read stories to them at bedtime. A well-loved story was Dr Seuss' "If I Ran the Zoo". Basically, it is about a little boy, Gerald McGrew, who decides that the animals he sees in the Zoo are too ordinary and he begins to imagine what it might be like if he ran the Zoo instead. I'm not sure what started me thinking about it but a whimsical mood has led me to creating my own version of "If I Ran the Zoo". So, with apologies to Dr Seuss, here it is:
If I ran the zoo, I'd begin with the view,
That my organization includes you, and you.
All manner of folk, both women and men,
All shapes and sizes; all cultures and then…
I'd paint a big picture up there on the wall,
A picture so clear it would dazzle, enthrall,
All those wonderful folk with their heads full of notions
Who want to commit with their hearts and emotions.
If I ran the zoo, I would see to it, too,
What's important to me is important to you.
And just to be sure, I'd turn it around,
So things that you value, with me, would resound.
Then we'd roll up our sleeves and get down to work,
With genuine effort…no one would shirk.
With good conversations and tough ones as well,
There'd be no need to shout or to curse or to yell.
If I ran the zoo, there'd be elephants too,
But not in the room 'cuz between me and you,
A room with an elephant's crowded I think,
(And after a while, the room starts to stink).
And speaking of animals, there'd be "octopi",
With tentacles reaching way up to the sky,
Crossing all kinds of boundaries, and silos and such,
To change for the better the World we all touch.
If I ran the zoo, I would hire people who,
Would focus on making our customers, too,
Feel glad that they know us and to want to come back
And we'd work to make sure there'd be nothing they'd lack
We'd be curious, too, us folks in this zoo,
We'd want to be knowing the why, what and who,
Of what happens around us, and how it takes place
Cuz, change is a creature we have to embrace.
So, that's what I'd do, If I ran the zoo,
There's more… but I'll turn it over to you.
With blank sheet of paper and pen in the ink,
Tell me, how would you do it?
What do you think?


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Digital Shadows: One year after the Cisco BIG Awards
Computer Weekly's Caroline Baldwin catches up with Alastair Paterson, CEO and founder of startup Digital Shadows
If you were Prime Minister for a day what policy would you implement to help startups?
Computer Weekly asked startups from the Cisco BIG Award semi-finalists what policies needed to be implemented to help British startups?
Video: A celebration of the achievements of Edsac inventor Sir Maurice Wilkes
Edsac, designed by a team led by Sir Maurice Wilkes in 1947, was the world's first practical general-purpose computer
Video: Mobile phone users prone to SMS mobile malware
Juniper networks has tracked more than 250,000 new instances of mobile malware in the last 12 months
CW500: Rob McNamara, SmartGrid GB
Rob McNamara, from SmartGrid GB, talks to Computer Weekly about one of the highest profile IoT applications – smart energy grids and the UK's smart meter roll-out.
CW500: Nick Bromley, GLA
Nick Bromley,from the Greater London Authority, talks to Computer Weekly about the prospects for smart cities and what it means for London.
CW500: Dan Wood, HP Software
Dan Wood, from HP Software market development, talks to Computer Weekly about what the internet of things means to corporate IT leaders.
CW500: Marc Overton, EE
Marc Overton, EE talks to Computer Weekly about the role that mobile communications will play in the internet of things.
Women in IT: Belinda Parmar, Little Miss Geek
Belinda discusses how we can get girls to become part of the tech revolution and some of the challenges she discovered after spending a year with girls in schools.
Women in IT: Nela Brown, QMUL
Universities offer many opportunities for students to get involved with running sports clubs, societies, radio stations, newspapers, online blogs as well as start-up brand new projects.
Women in IT: Ann Brown, Capgemini
The IT industry is missing out on female talent in two significant ways. Firstly through the number of women who are qualified but who choose to work in a different sector and secondly by young women opting out of studying related subjects in schools and universities due to not understanding the breadth of the industry.
Women in IT: Rebecca George, Deloitte and BCS
Women act differently from men in the office. It's really important to understand what we do differently, especially in the male dominated environment of IT.
Women in IT: Jacqueline de Rojas, CA Technologies
Successful individuals in today's IT landscape need to have two key watchwords 'Brand' and 'Innovation'. Everyone thinks about what makes successful company brands – ethos, customer experience, reputation – but I believe that people should apply the same thinking to their own 'personal brand'.
Women in IT: Maggie Berry, WEConnect International
There are thouands of women in the UK with STEM qualifications and/or experience of working in technology but after taking time out to have a family - maybe having many years away from the IT industry—they struggle to return to work in the sector.
Women in IT: Chi Onwurah, Labour Shadow Cabinet Office Minister
Women have so much to offer IT, it is up to all of us to all of us to make sure the UK realises the full potential of new technologies by properly engaging and supporting women.
Women in IT: Lesley Cowley, Nominet
Recent Nominet research showed that there remain common misapprehensions which put off young people, particularly girls, from pursuing a career in IT.
Women in IT: Jo Swinson, Government Minister for Women & Equalities
The information economy is critical to the UK's success on the global stage, yet women are significantly under-represented in the technology professions.
Women in IT: Gillian Arnold, BCS Women
Understanding the impact of 'Unconscious Bias' is important to management within organisations which are trying to raise their levels of diversity.
Video interview: Joanna Shields, CEO, Tech City
"If I was a CIO right now, I'd be looking at small businesses in Britain," says Shields.
Video interview: Get ready to decentralise the CIO
As technology becomes more embedded in business the IT function could become decentralised
CW500: Jitender Arora, GE Capital Europe
In this CW 500 Security Club video, Jitender Arora, GE Capital Europe talks about how big data, analytics and information security come together.
CW500: Stephen Gailey, Splunk
In this CW 500 Security Club video, Stephen Gailey, Splunk talks to Computer Weekly security editor Warwick Ashford about how big data, analytics and information security come together.
Yva Thakurdas on the IT skills crisis
The health of UK economy is at risk because of acute shortages of skilled IT professionals, says Yva Thakurdas, a C-level executive and consultant, in this video presentation.
In this CW500 Club video, Stuart Wright, SEGA Europe talks about IT sourcing, the relative merits of cloud and outsourcing, and how be successful whichever you choose.


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Saurian Domain Edit
Summary::The Saurian Domain grants you the powers of and control over dinosaurs.
Granted Powers Edit
You may attempt to rebuke or command dinosaurs in the same way an evil cleric would rebuke or command undead.
You may also summon Dinosaurs as with the Summon Monster spell. See list below.
Saurian Domain Spells Edit
- Inflict Minor Wounds: Touch attack, 1 point of damage.
- Command: One subject obeys selected command for 1 round.
- Summon Monster II: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
- Prayer: Allies +1 bonus on most rolls, enemies –1 penalty.
- Tongues: Speak any language.
- Find the Path: Shows most direct way to a location.
- Regenerate: Subject's severed limbs grow back, cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +35).
- Summon Monster VII: Calls extraplanar creature to fight for you.
- Storm of Vengeance: Storm rains acid, lightning, and hail.
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While several types of sensory room exist, each with their own unique uses, the sensory bedroom is certainly one of the most popular, and can be used to aid a range of disorders, from dementia to ADHD.
Sensory bedrooms enable those whose conditions may otherwise prevent them from doing so to relax. These are individuals that may experience heightened emotions or feelings of overwhelm, preventing them from getting a good night's rest.


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The masterplan for Tralee Town Centre West & The Island of Geese is a guide for the people of Tralee and Kerry County Council to create an outstanding and sustainable civic and cultural space which respects the culture, heritage, and diversity of Tralee and the Island of Geese.read more
Kerry County Council (KCC) received almost 800 ideas and visions for the development of the masterplan area and "Oileán na nGéanna, Trá lí" or "The island of Geese, Tralee" siteread more
I decided to try this out on my Diamondback Bikes Reviews site and even if it ain't pretty (my creations) it's so fricken cool, best thing since sliced bread and instant coffee makers. I love having a site that is so appealing. Well, to me anyway, I happen to like my crazy graphics.This is the easiest, funnest, got to have it theme ever.


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First, God,
God is the subject of life.
God is foundational for living.
If we don't have a sense of the primacy of God,
we will never get it right, get life right,
get our lives right.
Not God at the margins;
not God as an option;
not God on the weekends.
God at centre and circumference;
God first and last;
God, God, God.
-Eugene H. Peterson


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What has been perhaps Kim Kardashian's best week ever started off with a near-disastrous injury, and now wraps up with a Disaster Movie (in theaters now). TVGuide.com spoke with Kim about going Dancing with the Stars, her spoof-filled big-screen debut, and the well-known celebrity backside she herself most covets. (Hint: It is <I>not</i> the one that she finds to be "adorable.")
TVGuide.com: Congratulations on your Dancing with the Stars gig.
Kim Kardashian: Thank you! I'm so excited....
TVGuide.com: And you struck gold with Mark Ballas for a partner.
Kardashian: I know.... I just hope I don't make him go crazy after the whole foot thing.
TVGuide.com: What exactly happened with your foot injury? Something involving a hotel room and a mirror?
Kardashian: You know how that mirrored furniture is really popular? I had a mirrored desk and it's broken at all of the corners. I was on my computer when I realized it was a broken, so I took my foot to kick away from the table and get away from it. Of course, I sliced my foot in pushing away.
TVGuide.com: In retrospect, are you like, "Why did I use a bare foot to kick away a broken glass table?"
Kardashian: Basically. I didn't think it was broken on the bottom, just the top. I didn't even look. It all happened so fast, I just wasn't thinking. I'm staying in a nice hotel supposedly, who would think they'd have this completely broken table?
TVGuide.com: The Dancing news comes the same week that your sister, Khloe, was announced as part of the next Celebrity Apprentice. Is that by design? To provide grist for the third season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians [premiering early 2009]?
Kardashian: We're not shooting mine; I don't know if I can speak about anything with Khloe. Buy the time our show comes out, [DWTS] will be over with. So we're not really following it. We have plenty of other drama going on!
TVGuide.com: In Disaster Movie, what's the "clothes line" plot on which all the spoofs and gags are hung?
Kardashian: Basically, it's about a group of friends trying to get out of New York city because all these natural disasters are happening. Along the way, we spoof everything.
TVGuide.com: And what does "everything" include?
Kardashian: All of the superhero movies – Iron Man, Batman and The Hulk — Sex and the City, Amy Winehouse, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas brothers, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo.... We do everything. Indiana Jones, High School Musical....
TVGuide.com: Do you have a favorite moment or sight gag?
Kardashian: The funniest part of the movie, I have to say, is Amy Winehouse. That character is hysterical. My favorite part of filming was when Carmen [Electra] and I spoof the WWE Divas, and we do a whole wrestling scene. We had to learn all these choreographed moves, so it looked way crazier than what it was. We had stunt doubles to help us with the super-crazy stuff, but it was insane.
TVGuide.com: Did you two really go at it?
Kardashian: Yeah, we really went at it. She's the one who showed me that we've got to go for it.
TVGuide.com: Last question: Is there another celebrity whose backside you'd like to have, if you did not possess your own famous one?
Kardashian: Jennifer Lopez! I love her. Can you tell? [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: You wouldn't go in the "other" direction, with, like, Jessica Alba's?
Kardashian: Yeah, hers is adorable. Adorable. I love her and her little butt is so cute. But I'm a J.Lo fan.


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University of Chicago SACNAS wins chapter of the year award for 2019!
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The University of Chicago's Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter invites you and your students to attend our annual Midwest Regional SACNAS Conference, hosted at the University of Chicago on Saturday, April 6th, 2019.
The chosen theme, Identity and Inclusion in STEM: Empowering Across Boundaries, is intended to celebrate and support the continued success of diverse scientists from all disciplines and professional stages. Our conference will offer two Keynotes from notable advocates for diversity in STEM as well as numerous personal and professional development sessions curated by SACNAS faculty, friends and alumni. Professionals and faculty from across the midwest region are encouraged to participate and attend in order to recruit students to their institutions as well as learn about diverse experiences in various STEM fields.
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شاهزانه تورکی الفیصل هشدار داد که اگر ایران برای اتمی شدن تلاش کند عربستان نیز خود را مجهز به سلاح اتمی خواهد کرد. در گزارش ضمناً امده است که عربستان ۵۵۰ میلیارد دلار ذخیره ارزی دارد. یعنی معادل ۷ ـ ۸ سال در آمد نفتی ایران
Saudi Arabia worries about stability, security and Iran
In a UK speech, Prince Turki al-Faisal outlines Saudi Arabia's concerns relating to the Arab spring, its foreign policies and Iran
- Jason Burke in Riyadh
- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 June 2011 19.06 BST
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It was a very discreet meeting deep in the English countryside. The main speaker was Prince Turki al-Faisal, one of Saudi Arabia's best-known and best-connected royals. The audience was composed of senior American and British military officials. The location was RAF Molesworth, one of three bases used by American forces in the UK since the second world war. Now a Nato intelligence centre focused on the Mediterranean and theMiddle East, the sprawling compound amid green fields was an ideal venue for the sensitive topics that Turki, former head of Saudi Arabian intelligence, wanted to raise.
After an anecdote about how Franklin D Roosevelt was told by a naked Winston Churchill that nothing between them or their countries should be hidden, Turki warmed to his theme: "A Saudi national security doctrine for the next decade."
For the next half an hour, the veteran diplomat, a former ambassador to Washington and tipped to be the next foreign minister in Riyadh, entertained his audience to a sweeping survey of his country's concerns in a region seized by momentous changes. Like Churchill, Turki said, the kingdom "had nothing to hide".
Even if they wanted to, the leaders of the desert kingdom would have difficulty concealing their concern at the stunning developments across the Arab world. Few – excepting the vast revenues pouring in from oil selling at around $100 a barrel for much of the year – have brought much relief to Riyadh.
Chief among the challenges, from the perspective of the Saudi royal rulers, are the difficulties of preserving stability in the region when local autocracies that have lasted for decades are falling one after another; of preserving security when the resultant chaos provides opportunities to all kinds of groups deemed enemies; of maintaining good relations with the west; and, perhaps most importantly of all, of ensuring that Iran, the bigger but poorer historic regional and religious rival just across the Gulf from Saudi Arabia's eastern provinces, does not emerge as the winner as the upheavals of the Arab spring continue into the summer.
"The [Saudi king], crown prince and government cannot ignore the Arab situations, we live the Arab situation and hope stability returns," the al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted Prince Nayef, the second in line to the throne and minister of the interior, as saying in Riyadh last week.
The prince, known as a conservative, went on to add that the possibility "of interference to prolong the chaos and killing between the sons of the Arab people … could not be discounted".
Iran, a majority Shia state committed to a rigorous and highly politicised Islamist ideology, remains at the heart of such fears in Saudi Arabia, a predominantly Sunni state ruled by the al-Saud family since its foundation in 1932. Recent moves such as the Saudi-inspired invitation to Morocco and Jordan, both Sunni monarchies, to join the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of Sunni autocratic states, are seen by analysts as part of Riyadh's effort to bolster defences against Tehran. So too is the deployment of Saudi troops under the umbrella of the GCC to Bahrain, where largely Shia demonstrators took to the streets to demand greater democratic rights from the Sunni rulers.
One fear in Riyadh is that the 15% or so of Saudi citizens who are Shia – and who largely live in the oil-rich eastern province – might mobilise in response to an Iranian call to arms.
"It is a kind of ideological struggle," said a Ministry of Interior official.
Describing Iran as a "paper tiger" because of its "dysfunctional government … whose hold on power is only possible if it is able, as it barely is now, to maintain a level of economic prosperity that is just enough to pacify its people", Turki, according to a copy of his speech at RAF Molesworth obtained by the Guardian, said the rival state nonetheless had "steel claws", which were "effective tools … to interfere in other countries".
This Tehran did with "destructive" consequences in countries with very large Shia communities such as Iraq, which Turki said was taking a "sectarian, Iranian-influenced direction", as well as states with smaller ones such as Kuwait and Lebanon. Until Iraq changed course, the former intelligence chief warned, Riyadh would not write off Baghdad's $20bn (£۱۲٫۵bn) debts or send an ambassador.
More worryingly for western diplomats was Turki's implicit threat that if Iran looked close to obtaining nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia would follow suit, threatening a nuclear war between the two powers. "Iran [developing] a nuclear weapon would compel Saudi Arabia … to pursue policies which could lead to untold and possibly dramatic consequences," Turki said.
A senior adviser told the Guardian that it was "inconceivable that there would be a day when Iran had a nuclear weapon and Saudi Arabia did not".
"If they successfully pursue a military programme, we will have to follow suit," he said. For the moment, however, the prince told his audience, "sanctions [against Iran] are working" and military strikes would be "counterproductive".
One alternative, Turki told his audience, would be to "squeeze" Iran by undermining its profits from oil, explaining that this was something the Saudis, with new spare pumping capacity and deep pockets, were ideally positioned to do.
Money has long been a key foreign policy tool for Saudi Arabia. Turki's speech reveals the extent to which the kingdom is relying on its wealth to buy goodwill and support allies. In Lebanon, to counter Syrian influence and the Shia Hezbollah movement, the kingdom has spent $2.5bn (£۱٫۶bn) since 2006.
Several billion more will reach the Palestinians, either directly or via the Palestinian Authority, Turki said. Then there is the $4bn (£۲٫۵bn) in unconditional "grants, loans and deposits to Egypt's emerging government", which "stand in stark comparison to the conditional loans that the US and Europe have promised".
This was an indication of the "contrast in values between the kingdom and its western allies", the prince said.
The aim of such expenditure – only a fraction of the state's $550bn (£۳۴۳bn) reserves – is to minimise any potential ill-will towards Saudi Arabia among populations who have deposed rulers backed previously by Riyadh.
King Abdullah, who has ruled Saudi Arabia since 2005, initially backed long-term allyHosni Mubarak, reportedly personally interceding on his behalf with President Barack Obama.
"The calculation in Riyadh is very simple: you cannot stop the Arab spring so the question is how to accommodate the new reality on the ground. So far there is no hostility to the Saudis in Tunisia, Egypt or elsewhere, popular or political," said Dr Mustafa Alani, from the Gulf Research Centre, Dubai.
One difficult issue is that of the "unwanted house guests". Saudi Arabia has a long tradition of offering a comfortable retirement home to ex-dictators, and two of the deposed leaders – Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen – are now in the kingdom. Ben Ali is reported to have been housed in a villa on the Red Sea coast. Saleh is in a luxury hospital receiving treatment for wounds caused by the bomb that forced his flight from the country he ruled for 21 years as president, and is now under pressure from his hosts to retire permanently.
Other regional rulers are being gently pressured to ease crackdowns, in part in response to western outcry over human-rights abuses, one official said.
Yemen, however, remains a major security concern to the Saudis, who worry about the presence of Islamic militants and Shia rebels who, again, they view as proxies of Iran.
"It is very important to make sure Yemen is stable and secure and without any internal struggle," said one Interior Ministry official.
In his speech in the UK, Turki worried that Yemen's more remote areas had become a safe haven for terrorism comparable to Pakistan's tribal areas.
Along with money, religion too has been used as a weapon of Saudi foreign policy. Since 1986, Saudi kings have used the title of custodian of the two holy mosques – Mecca and Medina – and "as such [the kingdom] feels itself the eminent leader of the wider Muslim world", said Turki. Iran challenges this claim.
One key western concern has long been the export of rigorous and sometimes intolerant strands of Islam. Between the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 9/11 attacks, this was seen as a key part of Saudi foreign policy. It also served to placate clerical establishment internally. In the last decade, a major effort has been made to cut back funding for extremism abroad. The results, government spokesmen admit, are sometimes mixed.
Senior Saudi charity officials told the Guardian that their work was not only "non-political" but also avoided any attempt to spread Wahhabism, as the puritanical Saudi strands of Islamic practice are often known, too.
"We follow the wishes of local communities and never get involved in politics. We are a purely humanitarian organisation, said Dr Saleh al-Wohaibi, the secretary-general of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (Wamy), a Riyadh-based NGO engaged in relief work and development assistance across the Islamic world, which has been accused of funding extremism.
However, al-Wohaibi confirmed Wamy had built thousands of religious schools in countries such as Pakistan. Since 9/11, he said, donations from within Saudi Arabia had reduced considerably.
At mosques in Riyadh last week, religious students said they hoped to travel overseas as soon as possible. "It is our duty to help other countries all over the world to improve their practice of Islam and [to improve] the image of Saudi Arabia," said Abdalillah al'Ajmi, 18, after evening prayers at the al-Rajhi mosque in Riyadh.
In his speech at Molesworth, Turki simply referred to Islam playing "a central … role" in ensuring Saudi security in the years to come. "Saudi Arabia is … the birthplace of Islam …. Iran portrays itself as the leader of not just the Shia world but of all Muslim revolutionaries interested in standing up to the west," he said.
A Saudi bomb?
Julian Borger
Diplomatic editor
Prince Turki al-Faisal's remarks reflect alarm at the progress of Iran's nuclear programme and eroding confidence in the protective umbrella of Saudi Arabia's longstanding ally, America.
In 2003, as its forces got bogged down in Iraq and the US began to look vulnerable, the Saudi government laid out three alternatives for itself: build its own bomb, shelter under someone else's, or agree a Middle East nuclear-free zone. Tentative talks on a zone are underway with a view to a UN-chaired conference next year, but few observers believe Israel would surrender its nuclear arsenal or that Iran would halt its programme.
As for its own weapon, Saudi Arabia has declared it will spend $300bn on 16 nuclear reactors, for which it is about to open bids. But they would be turnkey projects with safeguards making it almost impossible to use the fuel to make weapons.
Building a Saudi bomb would require starting a uranium enrichment programme from scratch. Even with unlimited resources that would take years.
In the short term, Saudi Arabia could look to other states. Since the Arab spring, the monarchy has become disillusioned with Washington's capacity to defend it. Instead, it may see its best option for a rapid response (to an Iran nuclear test, for example) as Pakistan. Saudi Arabia is reported to have an "option" on Pakistan's nuclear capability, in return for financing Pakistan for decades.
And the US would find it hard to stop such destabilising nuclear co-operation. Its influence with both the Pakistanis and the Saudis has frayed considerably.


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We have to admit, we acted like a bunch of enthu cutlets throughout the creation of these NSxPB bags. In collaboration with the makeup expert Namrata Soni herself, we fashioned a range of stylish yet extremely functional storage solutions. Since we often undergo the dilemma of carrying too much in a tote or carrying too little in a clutch; we decided to bridge this enormous gap. Fashionable enough to flaunt, this range of pretty pouches and handy clutches was designed keeping all this in mind.
Namrata knew that the pastel colour scheme and florals are extremely popular which is why sequin flowers are predominant in this collection. A blast of bling is essential when we talk about glamour and so our Bridal Box was designed in the colour of gold. Likewise, we know the importance of neutrals too especially when it comes to accessories, something that could go with everything is what we had in mind when we designed our Magnolia and Raisin Black Convertible Clutches.
Not only do they look good but they also come with multiple compartments to provide every kind of storage. From zipper sections to store your makeup, keys and credit cards to providing an attached mirror, these storage pouches are a complete solution to your on-the-go storage needs. Also, it was a nod from the makeup connoisseur Namrata herself.
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If you love tea or on the go beverages, your gunna love this post! My current on the go bottle is my made by Fressko Flask which is a fruit infuser and thermos flask which is perfect to bring along with you to enjoy every sip of your drink wherever you go.
You might have come across a post I did on Tea Tank a while back which is a similar concept to made by Fressko Flask but unfortunately my Tea Tank broke a couple months back so I wanted to try out something new for my on the go beverages. So I'm going to take you through the multiple ways you can use your made by Fressko Flask and what features I love about this product. Made by Fressko Flask is a simple way to keep your beverages HOT and COLD with their Bamboo Cap and the Glass layers within the bottle. For over six hours, your beverage is sealed for instant freshness every sip you take. Your bottle will also come with a infuser which allows you to pop in loose leaf tea or tea bags and fruits to brew in your flask! The bottle itself and the packaging is extremely high quality with their double walled glass tank and bamboo cap with a vacuum seal and of course, it's BPA free! You can get one of these shipped right to your door if you order from their website.
I recently brought my made by Fressko Flask to one of my hot yoga classes to test out it's lasting power to see if it kept my cold water I had in before my class still cold after being in a hot room for an hour. And to my surprise, my water was kept cold throughout my entire class! This product is awesome, it's like a functional water bottle but with upgraded features that enables you to carry hot beverages as well. Made by Fressko Flask also comes in various sizes which you can browse on their website but all in all they are so convenient to bring around. You can use it to carry your morning and afternoon tea, then fill it with cold water to use in your hot yoga studio! That's how I like using my Fressko Flask.
You can get creative with what you decide to bring in your bottle. For instance, you can add in fruit to your tea with its infuser, or you could add in loose leaf tea/tea bags which basically gives you a bunch of options on how you decide to brew your tea.
To end off this post, here's a tea drink you should totally try out: Use Tealee's Cream of Earl Grey Tea in your made by Fressko Flask and add in your milk of choice (I used Almond Milk). And if your heading to the beach and wanted a cold beverage, add in a couple ice cubes in your latte to keep you nice and cool in the hot weather! Hope you enjoyed this post, until next time xx


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- 1 small red onion, cut through root end into 8 wedges
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- Kosher salt
- 2 medium beefsteak tomatoes, chopped
- 5 Fresno or other medium-spicy chiles, 3 with seeds removed, chopped, 2 thinly sliced
- ½ habanero chile, seeds removed
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Recipe Preparation
Prepare a grill for medium-high or heat broiler. Toss onion with oil in a medium bowl; season with salt. Grill or broil, turning occasionally, until blistered on all sides, 8–10 minutes. Let cool, then chop.
Toss charred onion, tomatoes, both types of chiles, and lime juice in a clean medium bowl to combine. Let sit, tasting every few minutes, until desired level of heat is reached, then discard habanero; season with salt.
Do Ahead: Salsa can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt and lime juice just before serving.


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The Department of Education issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on August 23, 2013 concerning the "2% rule." Comments about the NPRM are due October 7. The proposed rule would overturn a rule from 2007 which permitted states to define modified academic achievement standards for some students with disabilities, develop alternate assessments based on those standards, and use up to 2% of those the scores for school accountability purposes. Since 2007, much work has been done to create assessments that are more accessible to students with disabilities so that their progress toward meeting college and career ready standards can be accurately measured. Two federally funded consortia are designing new assessments that accommodate a broad range of learners and use the principles of Universal Design of Learning. The two consortia are: Smarter Balanced Assessments and the PARCC Assessments.
"…research has shown that low-achieving students with disabilities make academic progress when provided with appropriate supports and instruction. More accessible general assessments, in combination with such supports and instruction for students with disabilities, can promote high expectations for all students, including students with disabilities, by encouraging teaching and learning to the academic achievement standards measured by the general assessments," NPRM p. 52468.
States would still be permitted to define alternate academic achievement standards and administer alternate assessments to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities – up to 1% of all students.


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Well, just got back from the vet because Sparty has been limping again. Unfortunately our original belief that the surgery got all the cancer was wrong...there is another tumor. I am crushed... I don't have all the information yet but things don't look good. He will be 13 in a couple weeks and I am not going to put him through another amputation and radiation in order to gain maximum of a year more. We plan to let him enjoy his remaining time as long as pain meds work. He gets to be my wonderful, grumpy little boy for a little longer.
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Just look at that sweet face! He's been so lucky to have you to care for him. Give Sparty a belly rub from me.
Oh no, Sparty... :( That is so unfortunate to hear Bev. I hope he can enjoy his days with you in comfort.
So sorry, Bev. Lots of corgi hugs and prayers coming your way!
Oh my gosh.....I'm am so very sorry! I believe, too, that you are making the right decision as hard as it is to make. Please give him smooches and belly rubs from us.
We are so sorry to hear this. So many things run thru my mind, be strong, you are making the right decision, and all that....but it still sucks. It really sucks. Im really sorry.
Thanks everyone! I will keep you informed as I learn more so far we are just a little in shock..
I wouldn't put him through all that either if he's only expected to live another year. Better to live with his current number of toes than have him spend the next year in a cast and therapy. I'm so sorry to hear about Sparty, but look at that face. It doesn't seem to be getting him down much. :] Better to dwell on that happy grin than his worrisome toes--at least for now.
Hi Bev, I am so sorry to hear the news. I pray for your strength and Sparty's comfort.
Bev, Sparty doesn't know what's going on, and if he did, he wouldn't let foreboding dim the joy, so don't you, either.
He's only got one life to live with you, so finish it with grace & style.
....But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promised joy.
Still thou art blest, compared wi' me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But Och, I backward cast my e'e
On prospects dear
An' forward, though I canna see,
I guess an' fear. Robert Burns, "To a Mouse"
Sorry to hear, keep the faith, it may not be as bad as you think. Corgi hugs for the whole family!


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Volume 13, Issue 18
December 9, 2014
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous opinion in the case of Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk holding that time spent by employees waiting to complete a required security screening at the end of their work shift was not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for the Court.
The employer in the case, Integrity Staffing Solutions, provides warehouse staffing to Amazon.com. The job duties of these hourly warehouse employees included the retrieval and packaging of products for delivery to Amazon's customers. At the end of the shift, Integrity required its employees to undergo a security screening in which they would remove keys, wallets and belts and pass through metal detectors. Employees at warehouses in both Las Vegas and Fernley, Nevada claimed they had to wait as long as 25 minutes each day to complete the security screening without being paid for such time. As a result, they filed a putative class action under the FLSA and Nevada law seeking compensation for the time spent waiting for and undergoing the security screenings.
The lower court dismissed the suit, finding that the time was not compensable. The employees appealed, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has jurisdiction over Nevada, reversed the dismissal. According to the Ninth Circuit Court, the security screenings were "necessary" to the employees' primary work and done for their employer's benefit.
Integrity appealed, and the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately held - unanimously - that "[t]he security screenings at issue here are noncompensable postliminary activities." The Supreme Court began its analysis by focusing on the Portal-to-Portal Act which holds that preliminary and postliminary activities to the principal activity an employee is employed to perform are generally not compensable.
The Supreme Court stated that it has consistently interpreted the term "principal activity" to include all activities which are an integral and indispensable part of the principal activity. For example, a meatpacker's preliminary activity of sharpening knives was held compensable because the knife sharpening process was integral to the effective and safe performance of the employee's duties in cutting meat. Postliminary activities where chemical plant employees shower and change clothes because of the toxic nature of the chemicals they were exposed to were also compensable.
By contrast here, the security screening process had no such relationship to the warehouse workers' primary duties in retrieving inventory and packaging it for delivery to customers. While the employer may have required the screenings to deter potential theft, that alone did not render the time compensable.
KZA Employer Report articles are for general information only; they are not intended and should not be construed to be legal advice. Reading or replying to such articles does not establish an attorney-client relationship. In addition, because the subject matters and applicable laws discussed in Employer Report articles are often in a state of change and not always applicable to every type of business entity or organization, readers should consult with counsel before making decisions based on the same.


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Verbinski talks Bioshock film problems
You'll remember that back in April of 2009 it was revealed that the Bioshock film adaptation was halted because of escalating budget, and it was quite some escalation. Come August of that year we heard that a new director was attached to the film, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo who directed 28 Weeks Later, just under a week after we heard that Gore Verbinski had left.
It may have been a huge difference between the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean series and the director of 28 Weeks Later, but the budget problems have remained and the film still can't get made under new leadership.
Is it really any surprise? Have you played the game? The idea of an underwater city where glass walkways reveal the beauty of the depths, tunnels and rooms are being flooded, mutated humans roam the city and there are some rather large robots walking around too. Then there's the fact that the main character of the game, you, can take different drugs to affect your own abilities and form.
So you can tell from just reading those few lines that the budget would be huge, but then listen to this.
A trilogy of films that follows pirate galleons through multiple battles against the British fleet at the high seas as well as huge mythical sea monsters and a crew of half-human, half-sea creature undead seamen who captain a galleon which races underwater and surfaces to destroy ships and crew.
Now think about that and decide for yourself which of these sounds the bigger budget, and then ask yourself how the Pirates of the Caribbean films ever got made.
There's another thing to think about. Gore Verbinski tackled the huge films of the Pirates of the Caribbean series and managed the budgets, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo largest budget to date is sure to be 28 Weeks Later, there's quite a gulf between those two films.
Perhaps it would be wise to look at bringing Gore Verbinksi back on board the project?
Speaking to IGN through Bloody Disgusting he said:
"We're really down the road with Juan Carlos and right now it's really a budget thing and how to keep the integrity and keep it a Hollywood movie because it could balloon. It's a lot. Our first budget was extraordinarily high and we're working on it..."
The rest of his comments are as per previous stories, not sanitising it for a younger audience and trying to keep the budget at a decent level.
I'm not sure that the film will get made this way, and it's failed once with Verbinski at the fore, and he's a proven big budget director. Are we going to see Bioshock made at all?
Another thing to think about in that comparison above is that the Pirates trilogy films were all 12A, a great demographic for a studio for getting the most from a box office and merchandising, something that Bioshock hitting an R or 15 or 18 rating wouldn't bring.
In summary, if they are really trying to limit it to an R or 15/18 rating then the studio options are limited in getting back that budget so they will be cautious. Plus with the director not really being proven on such a big budget film, there's an added level of cautiousness from the studio.
I'm not entirely sure if we're going to see a Bioshock film for a very long time.


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No, I am not dead.
I will endeavor to post again soon. Things have just been a little crazy, and money for cocktail ingredients a little short.
Soon, Precious. Soon.
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One man's journey into the realm of classic cocktails, experiments, and absolutely no Cosmopolitans. Or wire hangers. Ever.