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Creamy Polenta - 2 cups
Polenta, a mush made from cornmeal, is an Italian favorite. It's delicious served plain as a side dish or topped with a favorite tomato sauce. You can also use it as a base ingredient in casseroles instead of noodles. If you add other ingredients to the polenta, be sure to include the appropriate exchanges.
- 2 cup(s) broth, chicken, fat-free, salt-free
- 1/2 cup(s) cornmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup(s) cheese, grated Parmesan
1. Combine the broth and cornmeal in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce the heat and simmer over low heat until thickened but creamy, about 12 to 15 minutes. Stir often to prevent sticking. Taste and add salt, if desired.
2. Remove from the heat. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Detailsper serving
Calories 95, Fat 3g, Cholesterol 4mg, Sodium 428mg, Saturated Fat 1g, Protein 5g, Fiber 1g, Carbohydrates 14g
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The dispute over arming pilots echoes earlier crime debates. We are told to submit to bureaucratic rules for our safety. Others tell us to understand terrorism`s root causes--mainly poverty and oppression. These recycled excuses for inaction in the face of violence are as wrong now as they were in the 1970s and `80s. What works is swift action that punishes and physically stops those who would harm us.
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As obesity rates among kids has continued to climb in recent years, so have cases of Type 2 diabetes among children and teens.
14-year-old Pantera learned this firsthand when she began to notice sudden changes in her health. She was thirsty all the time and suffered from headaches and mood swings. But there was something else. Pantera had a strange, dark-colored ring around her neck. At first, her mother thought it was just dirt — but that ring became the red flag that alerted her to Pantera's Type 2 diabetes.
Doctors say that if you see this ring, it means your insulin isn't working properly.
This could signify Type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar.
In addition to the neck, this dark pigmentation — known as "acanthosis nigricans" — can also be found on the underarms or groin. According to AOCD.org, the elevated insulin levels in the body activates insulin receptors in the skin, forcing it to grow abnormally and cause extra pigment in the skin.
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Definitively not a good movie, but not too demanding action fans will get a few kicks out of it.
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"Off the booze and On the Ball" is an exciting new GAA health initiative. A fun challenge with a healthy twist inviting participants to abstain from alcohol for the month of January and in doing so seek sponsorship to go towards Kildangan GAA club. Participants are also encouraged to engage in some new exercises that help them reach their recommended weekly activity levels during the month, and hopefully throughout 2012.
Individuals and panel members can sign up at www.gaa.ie/asap where they will receive a sponsorship card and an information pack containing details on health, exercise and diet. Alternatively, download the information pack and sponsorship form from the links below, the form needs to be signed by Club Secretary Maureen Fitzgerald. Further information is also available from Club Chairman Declan McGrath at 086 2237571.
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Our mission is to educate and motivate students to be able to realise their full potential and attain success, both academically and throughout their lifetimes.
The vision of MADE is to empower students to harness their own creativity, to develop a personal approach to studying and revision and to recognise that progress comes through focused effort. We work in collaboration with the academic community to achieve the best possible results for all students, inspiring success, because we are passionate about what we do and have a deep-rooted belief in the benefit of education.
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1. High quality and highly qualified trainers. We know that our courses can only be as good as those delivering them. Therefore, we vet and train our facilitators exceptionally thoroughly. When recruiting, we typically receive 150+ applications, of which approximately 10 are interviewed. From the ten, on average two go through to the training phase. Each carefully selected recruit, undergoes intensive training and co-delivery over a six-month period throughout which they are observed and appraised. Those successful then join the associate team and are regularly supervised and monitored to ensure that they continue to deliver the best quality training and are continually progressing. Quarterly team development sessions are held to share best practice and contribute to workshop development and design.
2. Ongoing research. Research and development is a cornerstone of our business plan. MADE is committed to sharing the best and most relevant strategies for teaching and learning with students, parents and teachers across the UK. To do this, we focus our research within areas which will help us to develop new, innovative workshops and to deliver those in a dynamic and engaging manner. To ensure that our workshops remain relevant, we pay close attention to educational reform and curriculum development. Research is an ongoing process throughout the year for us, it is however most concentrated during exam and holiday periods. We share our findings through the blog and our newsletter.
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Bodyguards for Turkish President Erdogan, who is speaking at the Brookings Institute at the moment, have engaged in fist fights with journalists. At least one journalist, Amberlin Zaman, was tackled. She was evidently rescued by and on-the-scene DC police officer.
DC police warning all to please use caution and remain clear of the area until further notice.
The incident may be related to President Erdogan's security trying to remove non-AKP journalists from the meeting even as Brooking Institute security representatives were advocating for them to stay they. Apparently, Brooking Institute security representatives are protecting journalists from Erdogan's security personnel.
It is possible that the Turkish security personnel are trying to remove journalists from the area who belong to the newspaper that the Turkish government took over a few weeks ago?
Two years ago an aide of Erdogan's, Yusuf Yerkel, was photographed kicking a grieving protester during anti-government demonstrations at the site of the country's worst mining disaster, which claimed the lives of 301 miners.
Yerkel was only recently fired from his position.
After the incident Yerkel went on sick leave after being diagnosed with soft tissue trauma in the leg he used to kick the protester. A medical report said he was suffering from "sensitivity with leg and arm movements and difficulty with walking," according to the newspaper Hürriyet.
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My last post was just over two years ago as I was just getting to know my new city. Life seems to have gotten in the way of writing, but I wanted to follow that post with an update on the current state of Denver, and in particular my neighborhood River North Arts District or RINO. I touched on this a bit in my previous post, but this newly gentrified area has become a glaring example of millennial influence on city life.
There is a pot shop, brewery or distillery on just about every corner of my neighborhood. I've seen several open in the two years I've lived here, and several more are slated to open within the next year. While Colorado in general has seen a huge growth in this industry, RINO is especially concentrated boasting 15 breweries within a short walking distance of my apartment. With the sheer amount of substances aimed at getting people buzzed packed into this small area one might expect a very seedy part of town, but that is not the case.
When I think about other places know for booze and drugs I think of Amsterdam, or Bourbon Street in New Orleans, bringing to mind sketchy red light districts and public intoxication galore. But RINO is missing one key element to make it a traditional red light district, the utter lack of a sex industry. That's not to say that prostitution doesn't exist in Denver, or that there isn't a hookup scene, but it seems to exist as a separate scene altogether. Modern technology certain plays its part, as dating has moved largely to online to apps like Tinder, bars are freed up to become gathering places for friends and families.
The growth of the brewery, hard liquor production, and weed scenes have brought a slew of professional and young families looking to have it all. It is no longer taboo to bring children to bars, especially the breweries. In fact most breweries in the neighborhood provide kid and dog friendly patios to encourage millennial parents to drink, smoke, and socialize with their friends and children. Denver just passed a law to allow establishments to have sections of their bars/restaurants designated for pot use, making it even easier to enjoy Denver's rocky mountain high. And sprinkled in with the booze and pot are high end eateries, condos, murals and art galleries.
It shows a big shift in the way Americans view drinking and drug use, as it's becoming clear this younger generation of parents are looking to live in clean, family friendly, upscale neighborhoods while still enjoying their youthful vices. It also shows a shift to a more European approach to drinking. You can go to a brewery and have a beer or two, let you kids run around the patio, and then go home to cook dinner. Going to bar here doesn't mean you're going to binge drink, get hammer and throw up on the street. Urban Americans are obtaining a moderate approach to drinking, and also to smoking pot. The stereotype of a "pot head" whose constantly smoking and sitting lazily sitting on the coach night after night is going out the door. People here will spend their morning hiking, maybe eat an edible or two, and be done with substances for the rest of the week. The Denver lifestyle seems in line with cities in California, as well as Seattle, Portland, and others on the West Coast. With the expansion of breweries in places like North Carolina and pot legalization in Massachusetts, on can speculate that East Coast cities like Boston are well on their way to establishing the family friendly red light district that Denver has achieved.


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In March, we warned merchants that Microsoft's extended support for Windows Server 2003 would be ending. In July, this extended support period expired. On August 20, 2015, Visa issued a Security Bulletin about the Windows Server 2003 end of life for acquirers, issuers, processors, merchants, and agents. We're sharing that bulletin below for your reference. Please share it with anyone in your organization who may need to be made aware of its contents.
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Isn't It Funny…
Funny how a $20.00 bill looks so big
When you take it to church,
but, so small when you take it to the mall.
Funny how big an hour serving God looks and how small 60 minutes are when spent watching television, playing sports, sleeping or taking a lunch break.
Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are but how short they are when watching a good movie.
Funny how we believe what newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how we look forward to that big date on Friday night, but complain about getting up for church on Sunday morning.
Funny how we are so quick to take directions from a total stranger when we are lost, but are hesitant to take God's direction for our lives.
Funny how it is okay to blame God for evil and suffering in the world, but it is not necessary to thank Him for what is good and pleasant.
Funny how when something goes wrong, we cry, "Lord, why me?" but when something goes right, we think, "Hey, it must be me!"
Or wait…maybe all this isn't so "funny"
Annual Villa Meeting
The annual Villa Mercede Board meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015, at 7:00 PM, in the Villa Mercede dining room, at 1331 W. 70th St. the meeting is open to everyone.
SAVE THE DATE: Our annual festival is quickly approaching ,July 8th through July 12th, 2015.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
7:30 p.m. Lector: A. Castillo
Servers: D. Bambino / Thomas Grabowski / Robert Rock
Sunday, April 12, 2015
8:00 a.m.. Lector : J. Sfiscko
Servers: Ruben Arteaga/ Anthony Santora / Bismarck Santos
10:00 a.m. Lector : V. Ruggiero & H. Neubert
Servers: Joseph Graziani
11:30 a.m. Lector: D. Tortelli & B. McLaughlin
Servers: Joseph La Cavera / Collin O' Donnell / Miguel
Jacobo / Antonio de Leva
5:00 p.m. Lector: G. Parkinson
Servers: Bruce Buehner & Edward McLauughlin
This week's collections: $10,346. Thank you for your generosity and support!
Church Projects
Electrical, PA System & Bell System
Goal: $25,000
Anonymous $500
In Memory of Ingeborg Blaske $60
Still Need $ 1,065
Thank you for your generosity and support!
Please remember the soul of Engor Blaske, (sister of Bernard Blaske) and all the deceased Veterans and all the faithful departed.
We also pray for all those who are ill:
Gianna Andolina, Carmen Beltrante, Sean Barker, John Bender, Sr. Maria Benedict, Vicki Bueno, Nick Carlozzi, Dorothy Ciocca, Giuseppe Cirianni, Joe Coreno, Maria Costanzo, Fannie Costanzo, Francis Costanzo, Jimmy Craciun, Judith Cullen, Anthony DePolo, Pat DiBello, Mark Di Donato, Benny Donofrio, Giuseppa Di Stefano, Mary Fogliano, Justina De La Garza, Judith Gillen, Chester Glica, Martin J. Glica, Enrique Gonzalez, Angela Isabella, Cindy Jontony, Ray Jontony, Michael Laughman, Jean Lavalle John Mazzarella, Ann Mulgrew, Joseph Parente, Josephine Parente, Tom Pienkowski, Jeannine Rini Elizabeta Romano, Beverly Rodriguez, Mark Rudolph, Antonio Ruggiero, Rosa Ruggiero, Tonia Sauro, Betty Scaia, Mary Shofariu, Anton Smuk, Ann Thomas, Diane Viccarone, Nicole Viccarone, Tony Viccaro,Bill Walers, Michael Weiskittel, Margarita Zinicola.
Eucharistic Adoration
The Holy Eucharist is exposed from 3:00pm to 5:45pm, every Thursday, with Benediction. Come and spend some time with Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament.
Readings for the Week of April 12, 2015
SUNDAY: Acts 4: 32-35 / 1 Jn 5:1-6 / Jn 20:19-31
MONDAY: Acts 4:23-31 / Jn 3:1-8
TUESDAY: Acts 4:32-37 / Jn 3: 7b-15
WEDNESDAY: Acts 5:17-26 / n 3:16-21
THURSDAY: Acts 5:27-33 / Jn 3:31-36
FRIDAY: Acts 5:34-42 / Jn 6:1-15
SATURDAY: Acts 6:1-7 / Jn 6:16-21
NEXT SUNDAY: Acts 3:13-15
Divine Mercy Sunday
Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with us on April 12th, 2015. we will have confes-sions, Holy Rosary, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy Liturgy, and Benediction. We will begin at 2:00 PM. Remember, our Lord's Promise to Sister Faustina on this special Sunday of Mercy.
Men's Retreat
Please join us on our retreat journey of
"Polished Arrows in Action"
(See Isaiah 6:8 and 49:2)
When: April 17, 18, and 19
Friday Evening until Sunday Morning
Where: Hiram House, Retreat Center in Chagrin Falls
All men 18 and over are welcome to join us in discussion of Praise, Prayer, sharing of our faith. Cost for the retreat is just $125.00 per person. Please call 440-935-0191 for more information.
Father Marino Endowment
Everyone has now received, in the mail, an envelope for our parish endowment. Please return your envelope in the Sunday collection basket.
Thank you for your support !!
Catholic Charities' Annual Appeal, 2015
The Catholic Charities' funds drive for our Diocese, has begun! This program provides health and human services to the poor in our Cleveland Community. Envelopes are located at the end of each pew for donations. For over 100 years, Catholic Charities' has been helping people in our community. Please give generously.
"2014" Tax Letters
Any parishioners in need of requesting a re-ceipt of their 2014 church contributions for their income taxes, should leave a message on the Rectory answering machine at 216-651-5043. they will be mailed to you as quickly as possible.
Festival "2015"
Our annual festival is quickly approaching, July 8th through July 12th. We will be having a festival meeting in the Mercy Room on April 8th, at 7:00 PM.
All are welcome to attend!!
School Registration
School registration in now in progress at OLMC School for the next school year. We are currently registering for all grades, from Pre K 3 through 8th grade. Please call the school to schedule an appointment. Help spread the word to all your friends and family. Your child deserves the best!!
Thanks to all who made our Holy Week and Easter Celebrations special. Thanks to those who were so generous in their time, talents and treasure, and your kindness to the priests, brother and sisters. Thanks also to our Choir, orchestra musicians, Ushers, altar servers who helped to make our Church so beautiful, and to each of you who gave so generously to OLMC.
Weekly Schedule
Sunday, April 12, 2015 Divine Mercy Sunday !
3:00 PM * Divine Mercy Devotions – Church
4:00 PM Doors open at Pope St. John Xxiii Hall
6:00 PM Bingo starts. All are Welcome !
Monday, April 13, 2015 Easter ' Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr
Welcome Back OLMC Faculty and Students
10:30 AM N.A. Meeting in Mercy Room
5:30 PM *Recitation of the Rosary & Litany in Church After 6 PM Mass, the Miraculous Medal Novena
7:15 PM *Italian classes in Fr. Marino Hall
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Easter Weekday
5:30 PM *Recitation of the Rosary & Litany—Church
8:00 PM AA Meeting in Cafeteria
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Easter Weekday 5:30 PM Recitation of Rosary & Litany in Church
Novena to Our Lady of Mercy after the 6:00 PM Mass
Thursday, April 16, 2015 * Easter Weekday
3:00 PM to 5:45 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
5:00 PM *Evening Prayer, Rosary & Litany
5:45 PM * Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Followed by the 6:00 PM Mass
8:00 PM AA Meeting in Cafeteria
Friday, April 17, 2015 * Easter Weekday / * Blessed Marianne of Jesus ( Mercedarian Sister)
8:15 AM * School Mass in Church
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Easter Weekday
3:30 to 4:30 PM Confessions
Sunday, April 19, 2015 * Third Sunday of Easter
10:00 AM * CCD classes in Mercy Room
4: 00 PM Doors open at Pope St. John XXIII Hall
6:00 PM Bingo games start. All are welcome
Mass Intentions for the Week
SATURDAY, April 11, 2015 Octave of Easter
6:30 AM * Joseph Costa by Mary C, Gallo
5:00 PM + Samuel, Francesca & Joe Coreno by Family
SUNDAY, April 12, 2015 * Divine Mercy Sunday / Second Sunday of Easter
8:00 AM + Dolores Augustine by Jan Di Marco & Sons
10:00 AM + Angelo & Gina Di Vito by Raffaela
11:30 AM + Pete Raffa by Raffa Famiglia
5:00 PM + Carmela Bellflower by Jim Craciun
MONDAY, April 13, 2015 * Easter Weekday
6:30 AM + John & Rita Hartman by Rita Hartman
6:00 PM + Joseph Pecek by wife Ann A. Pecek
TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 * Easter Weekday
6:30 AM + Deceased Members of Leonard Family by Family
6:00 PM + Howard Laubacker by Family
WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2015 Easter Weekday
6:30 AM * Amica Congettino by Dominica Manno
6:00 PM + James & Sue Coleman by Mary C. Gallo
THURSDAY, April 16, 2015 * Easter Weekday
6:30 AM + Anna Kate Leonard by Family
6:00 PM + Jean D' Onofrio by Family
FRIDAY, April 17, 2015 * Blessed Marianne of Jesus, Mercedarian Religious Sister
6:30 AM + Carl Holmes by Mary Gajdos
8:15 AM + Louis A. Isabella by M/m Joseph Isabella
6:00 PM + Aristi de Romano by Concetta Romano & Family
SATURDAY, April 18, 2015 Easter Weekday
6:30 AM + Giuseppina Guarnera by Antonio & Concettina Fazio
5:00 PM + Sandy Bender by John Bender & Family
SUNDAY, April 19 2015 * Third Sunday of Easter
8:00 AM + Aaron Nicholas Mentkowski / Mary & Joseph Saranzak by Lyn & John Mentkowski
10:00 AM + Elvira & Cesarina by Elena Di Pietro
11:30 AM + John & Gerri Pompeani by Pompeani Family
5:00 PM + Rose Costa by Mary C. Gallo
Last Sunday our parish distributed a short booklet Called "PILLAR of FIRE– PILLAR of TRUTH" It is about "the Catholic Church and God's Plan for You" We do have some copies left over, just see
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The latest editon of Ace Record's in-house magazine Right Track has just dropped through the letter box.
This issue contains reviews of some tasty new releases from the company including a Dyke & The Blazers compilation, a second volume of Spring recordings and a Danny White collection. There is also a tribute by Ady Croasdell to the late Jackie Day who recently died.
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What you think it will be, and somehow more
Every time Tessa Thompson's character in Sorry to Bother You shows up, she is wearing a new pair of earrings of her own design. These serve as the perfect metaphor for the movie itself: they are big, impractical, provocative, lack any subtlety any whatsoever—but more importantly, you love looking at them, and you want to see what will come next.
Sorry to Bother You wears its weirdness for all to see, and yet you will still not be prepared for it.
Sorry to Bother You
Director: Boots Riley
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Rated: R
Capitalism has put Cassius "Cash" Green (the brilliant Lakeith Stanfield from Atlanta) in a funk. In his desperation, out of the threat of eviction from his uncle/landlord (Terry Crews) and the desire to prove his worth to his girlfriend Detroit (the aforementioned Tessa Thompson), Cash takes a telemarketing job at RegalView that soon changes his life forever.
You've undoubtedly heard of the "twist" of the premise for Boots Riley's first film—with some advice from fellow telemarketer Langston (Danny Glover), Cash finds success when switching to his "white voice," which in this movie is provided by David Cross. This act of the film comes across as twee, charming and quirky, like many a film you'd catch at a film festival. But this ultimately is all merely set-up for one of the more subversive films I've seen in recent years.
At this point, the film transitions into what feels like a Michel Gondry-directed surrealist comedy, with Boots Riley adding his own unique brand of scathing political satire. In the background of all of this is the company WorryFree, a company led by the morally dubious Steve Lift (Armie Hammer) that provides cheap labor in exchange for free "housing" for its workers. Cash continues to compromise his own beliefs to climb the ladder in RegalView, eventually working with a fellow black high-level telemarketer (Omari Hardwick, white voice provided by Patton Oswalt), and WorryFree and Lift eventually intertwine with Cash's personal journey.
It's a slightly dystopian look at our current society, with WorryFree exploiting labor and contending with an activist group accusing the company of slavery, and an in-universe television show literally called "I Got the Shit Kicked Out of Me!" As mentioned, this film has no subtlety to spare, but I remained (somewhat uncomfortably) gleeful watching the film, fascinated by this depiction of society where violence was seen as so casual, to the point where it is straight up entertainment for the masses. A key part of this film involves an injury that Cash sustains publicly, quickly resulting in a massive pop culture phenomenon.
Think of it as a modern day version of a 1980s or 90s Paul Verhoeven movie.
The esteemed cast is rounded out by The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun, who plays Squeeze, a fellow telemarketer at RegalView and somewhat of a serial labor union leader. Squeeze is known to have wandered from occupation to occupation, always starting a ruckus to help those he believes to be in need; but through some not-so-subtle clues, we see that some of his motivations might be a result of his insecurities.
There is a whole laundry list of political issues that Boots Riley brutally tackles in this film: race relations and perception, the exploitation of labor, activism, subversive art, the role of violence and sex in our society, etc. But it doesn't necessarily take any deep analysis to figure out what the film is trying to say about any of them—it proudly wears its opinions on a bright and colorful t-shirt. You may laugh at much of what the film has to offer, but what it ultimately does is have you face the uncomfortable realities of the society that you occupy.
I have come to the part of the review where it is difficult to go on without giving away what other surprised this unpredictable film has to offer—all I can really hint at is the ever-changing tone of the film. If the set-up was a quirky indie comedy, and the second act a Michel Gondry-esque surreal experience, the final act of the film goes full-on Adult Swim sketch.
But I must stop here. I need to end by saying that what this film throws at you may, in fact, be too much. This is a film that may ask too much of you, depending on your tastes and preferences. It certainly challenged me, to the point where I'm actually docking a point for how jarring the film can be. But if you are willing to go along for the ride, as I learned to do, you will be witness to quite possibly one of the more creative and entertaining films in recent memory.
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Sorry to Bother You reviewed by Chris Compendio
Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.
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My exclusive design for remembrance at the Imperial War Museum
I was really delighted to been asked to design the new Remembrance product range for IWM's shop which launched on the 16th July 2014. I took inspiration from the words of Siegfried Sassoon in his poem 'Aftermath', Along with stories of those caught up in the events of the First World War.
The wild roses woven into the illustration are taken from a small bag, held in IWM's renowned collections, embroidered by Lance Corporal Charles Frampton of the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment while in hospital. Charles died from his injuries on the 19 August 1917
"We knew that Julia's style was the perfect fit for the Remembrance collaboration. She has worked some wonderful ideas into her designs resulting in an outstanding new product range that IWM are very proud of. The circular design includes beautiful illustrations of the natural elements of spring, picking up on the words of Siegfried Sassoon at the end of his poem 'Aftermath'. "
Laura Mullins, Buying Manager
Please follow the link to the IWM site here to see more
I enjoyed collaborating with stylist Tracey Jacob to create paper gulls and fish for the Little White Company boys collection Spring 2014. The red lobster was made by Amanda Young.
In 2012 Kim Jacob and Louise Redknapp from Wild About Beauty asked if they could use my print Odonata as a basis for all their packaging and shop displays.
The range was launched last September at The Arts Club in Mayfair with some lovely giveaway bags and limited edition scarves printed with my imagery
it was really interesting to see the original image develop into different forms and formats
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myStudent Coming to Pasco County Schools in August of 2016.
Pasco County Schools is pleased to announce the newest component of the Local Instructional Improvement System (LIIS) digital tools, myStudent (our new student information system). myStudent will become available to all staff in August of 2016 and will replace TERMS Student and eSembler. The new student information system has the capability to take attendance and report grades directly into the new student information system, eliminating a nightly feed. This means that as someone is entering attendance and posting a grade, it is visible in the new student information system immediately. Trainings will begin in January for school teams, consisting of an administrator, data entry operator and a school counselor from each school. This team will start using the system to build the master schedule for the 2016-2017 school year. Below is the countdown to "Go Live" for myStudent.
As the summer training plan is finalized all training will be posted to share with all stakeholders.
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Pirosaint Offering "Infected Brutality" Album For Free Download
New York's Pirosaint has announced that during this weekend (until Sunday March 16th), the "Infected Brutality" album will be available for free download right here. You can also stream the release below.
This offer is part of the band's 20th anniversary celebration of the "Infected Dreams" demo, recorded on March 14th, 1994 in Santiago, Chile.
"Infected Brutality" is the exclusive remastered versions of the two demos: "Atrocity Not Condign '92" and "Infected Dreams '94." The track listing is as follows:
1. Real psychology (1994)
2. Sent from the emptiness (1994)
3. Noise in my conscience (1994)
4. Agonic introspection (1994)
5. Brutality not condign (1992)
6. Killed your blood (1992)
7. Are only dead lives (1992)
8. Brutality not condign (1998) live
9. Noise in my Conscience (1998) live
10. Are only dead lives (1998) live
11. Real Psychology (1996) live
Drummer Ignacio Orellana commented: "We have received so many messages from the people (that knows us from back then), telling us how great this material is sounding now that has been remastered, that we thought that it would be special to share it during our small anniversary with new fans and more friends. This work it means a lot to us and represents our roots. Our new material brings a little of bit of that and all the new influences that comes included with the new members."
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Members of the Provincial Legislature
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I greet you this afternoon and thank you for your responsiveness.
You would most probably recall that the full entourage of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) led by the Chairperson, Hon Thandi Modise, and working with the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape, walked the streets, listened to the people of this area, and left with a list of service delivery challenges and undertakings, while leaving behind recommendations for action. That was in November 2016 during the second phase of our flagship programme of Taking Parliament to the People (TPTTP), covering the Alfred Nzo District and Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipalities. While we focussed our attentions primarily on education, health, infrastructure and economic development, ALL matters raised by participants in the public hearings and written submissions were accepted and considered.
Since then, there has been a lot of work done in many areas to respond to the citizens' service delivery challenges and aspirations, while in some areas we experienced inertia on the part of some implementers of government programmes. This time, about 50 members of the NCOP accompanied by Members of the Provincial Legislature are back in the Eastern Cape for the third leg of TPTTP. This third leg was introduced to further strengthen our efforts to hold the executive accountable while also optimising citizen participation in governance. Between November 2016 and now, the NCOP has closely monitored work taking place and generated a progress report.
The progress report gives a clinical outline of all Executive undertakings and recommendations made by the NCOP for resolving service delivery challenges. It also maps out progress made. We wish to share with you this report, copies of which will be made available to you in various formats. For your ease of reference we wish to outline a high-level summary as follows:
Our priority areas included education, health, economic development, roads and transport, energy including electricity, human settlements and social development matters. These covered issues pertinent to our people such as unemployment, education and health facilities, security in schools and clinics, access to decent housing, early childhood development, access to higher education, and the lived experiences of people in accessing government services in this regard.
We are delighted to share that the TPTTP campaign is registering progressively the desired results. Of the 346 recommendations made during the TPTTP visit in both major municipal areas, we registered a 73% (254) response rate in handling and/or execution of the recommendations. Information on progress on Executive undertakings still proves challenging. This is amongst the matters that we will address during the current report-back session.
These have turned the tide for the better for thousands of citizens of the Eastern Cape most of whom are poor.
These included opening of libraries for citizens, provision of additional classrooms, building of security fences in clinics, reliable water supply, provision of facilities for students with disabilities such as St Thomas school just outside of King William's Town, renovations and support of early childhood development centres, provision of temporary toilets for learners. In the Buffalo City Metro Municipality, 69.5% response rate was registered against 197 recommendations made, while in Alfred Nzo District Municipality a 78.5% response rate was registered against 149 registered recommendations of the NCOP.
Despite the reports showing progress and the NCOPs advance team that visited each area to verify performance claims, members of the NCOP working with MPLs will still use these three days to inspect in person these projects and also report back to the citizens of these municipalities. Public meetings will be held on Thursday 15 March 2018, at 15:00 in Alfred Nzo District Municipality and 16:00 in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.
There are areas where either no progress was made or much more work needs to be done to really push service delivery to a higher level. For example, only 19% of the 22 undertakings or commitments made have been dealt with, while only 35% of the 109 service delivery challenges have been resolved. These are areas to receive heightened attention going forward, in keeping with the overarching theme of the 5th Parliament of following up on our commitments to the people. The NCOP and the Provincial Legislature will continue to be joined at the hip as they work very hard to address all services delivery challenges of the people.
In conclusion, it is crucial to reiterate that the mandate of Parliament and invariably, the National Council of Provinces, is to make laws, to provide executive oversight, and to improve the involvement of the people in governance. Moreover, the NCOP represents the interests of the provinces, including the local sphere of government at national level. Since the inception of the NCOP in 1997, our ability to carry out this mandate has grown by leaps and bounds, and we continue to learn and improve how we work.
Seven groups of about eight NCOP members together with Members of the Provincial Legislature (MPLs) will traverse these two big municipalities over the next three days. They will see for themselves projects where good progress was registered and also those stagnating, engage both citizens to give feedback as well as executors of service delivery programmes. We will share lessons learnt and revert to you with a report on Friday this week.
I thank you
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1. Why does Suri look so Asian?
2. Why does she look older than her age? I'm pretty sure that I know how to differentiate between a 4-month old baby and a 2-year old.
3. How come a 4-month old baby has so much hair?
4. Why did Tom and Katie take so long to reveal their baby? Tom loves attention but why this time he is so secretive?
5. I always thought that Tom can't have a baby and that's why he opted for adoption when he was married to his ex-wives. Perhaps technology can create miracles now and I'm too ignorant to know that.
Anyway, the baby is cute and she will definitely have a good life having Tom and Katie's as her parents.


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Big Sis Coordinating Gun Confiscations
DHS collaborating with NY state officials to target Second Amendment rights
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
April 15, 2013
The Department of Homeland Security is collaborating with New York State government officials to confiscate guns belonging to people who are deemed, often erroneously, to have a mental condition, according to radio host Tom Bauerle.
"NY State Talk Radio Host Tom Bauerle discussed on his program that several sources inside NY State Govt have told him that the Dept of Homeland Security played an active role in meeting and collaborating with NY State Officials to develop and implement the confiscation scheme that targeted David Lewis and an as yet unknown number of others," reports Ammoland.com.
Bauerle is a daily host on WBEN, based in Buffalo, New York.
Back in March it also emerged that the DHS was working with the Department of Revenue to collect information on gun owners in Missouri.
The fact that the DHS is coordinating with state government officials on gun confiscations is particularly unnerving given recent developments.
As we reported last week, the federal agency is testing a number of different drones at a scientific research facility in Oklahoma that have sensors capable of detecting whether a person is armed, stoking concerns that the federal agency is planning on using UAVs to harass gun owners.
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Cathy at Words and Herbs asks us to choose one view of our garden and show it each week. It is a great exercise for learning how much (or little) a view changes during the seasons. Continue reading
Month: July 2016
In a Vase on Monday – Sunny Days
Monday is the day to pick flowers from your garden, pop them into a vase and join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. I've always loved having cut flowers in the house but rarely did so before deciding cut flower borders were the way to go; this meme has kept the momentum going when other things could have got in the way of actually picking and arranging the flowers. Continue reading
Garden Bloggers' Foliage Day – Pruned shapes
This month I don't want to focus on individual plants but on the forms created in the garden by pruning and pose the question is this natural? Continue reading
Tuesday View July 19 2016
Every Tuesday Cathy at Words and Herbs asks us to share one view of our garden so we can assess its performance through the seasons. Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday – Hot Pinks and ….
Monday is here again and it is time to rise to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden challenge to pick flowers from our own gardens to enjoy in our homes. Continue reading
Mid July Harvest
It is over a month since I last wrote about the vegetable garden and there is much more to harvest now. Continue reading
Tuesday View 12th July 2016
The last week has been scorching hot; by 9 am I need to close all the windows that are open at night to let some cool air into the house. The outer and inner shutters are closed so that the house is dark. So far it still feels cool when I walk into the house from outside, I don't know how much longer that will last. Continue reading


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Okay, I admit the title of this essay is somewhat deceptive. There never was a TV series based on Travis McGee. And T. McGee's absence from the small screen was no accident.
JDM rebuffed several proposals—and the money attached—to create a Travis McGee television series. In a letter to his friend, comedian Dan Rowan, JDM recounts how one frustrated producer had spoken to his agent about "the difficulty of finding the right approach to a writer who doesn't believe in television."
JDM begged to differ. He believes in television, just not for McGee, he explains to Rowan: "I believe in it. One per cent of it is very very good …. And 99 per cent …is schlock. I just don't want Trav to undergo that simplistifying (new word!!) change which the series tube requires, nor do I want the angle of approach wrenched this way and that when the ratings don't move and everybody starts to get frightened and they start trying this and trying that."
Even when the proposal for a series included serious money, JDM wouldn't budge. In a letter to Harry Ackerman, a VP at Screen Gems—and "a rare bird [in Hollywood] …who actually reads books" according to JDM—he wrote: "I said [to a producer] that I would not sell [the television rights] for $10 million on a ten year spread. He looked at me as if I had turned into a Thing from the Great Swamp. Maybe it is quaint in these times not to give a damn about the big money. I just never have and never will."
JDM didn't dismiss every TV series as schlock. He enjoyed the Rockford Files (1974-1980). The series featured James Garner playing Jim Rockford, a private eye living in a rusty house trailer perched on blocks in a parking lot adjacent to a Malibu beach. JDM wrote in TV Guide: "…good tight dialogue, good pictorials, and a strong emotional evolvement keep the story afloat. And it is heartening to a book writer to note the success of the series that most nearly fulfills our scriveners' standards."
So JDM didn't believe it would be impossible to build an acceptable TV series around McGee. He was primarily concerned with maintaining the value of Travis McGee in book form. His letter to Dan Rowan continues: "The McGee books are to keep me in boats and baubles during my declining years, and I have said to those who would have him on the TV screen that it isn't very likely right now that any huge swarm of people would run to their favorite newsstand and snap up new novels featuring Ben Casey. Or Sgt. Bilko."
There never was a TV series because JDM was determined to keep Travis McGee off the tube, not because Hollywood didn't try. That's okay with me. I just finished a two year project of watching all 123 Rockford episodes on Netflix and I'd never even be tempted to buy a Rockford book, if such a thing exists, while I would absolutely run to my local newsstand to snap up a new novel featuring Travis McGee.


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Tenzin Choegyal draws on his traditional Tibetan roots to create music which expresses his thoroughly modern life. Since his world music debut ten years ago, Tenzin's cantering rhythms, soaring vocals, flute and poignant stories have enchanted audiences around the globe.
Recent collaborations such as Tibet2Timbuk2 allow Tenzin room to experiment with rhythm and structure, to challenge deeply entrenched Tibetan musical norms and find a place in the complex tapestry of global sounds.
Tenzin plays the dranyen (long necked lute), lingbu (transverse flutes) various ritual objects and is well-known for his extraordinary vocal ability.
Crane Song (Ngagpey Sungkey) and Dawe Wola are examples of Tenzin's songs supported by Tibet2Timbuk2.
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Taro Terahara is one of the leading musicians in the thriving and highly competitive Indian classical music scene in Japan. His beautiful bansuri (Indian bamboo flute) soars, swoops and transports listeners to realms of pure sound, both engaging the mind and touching the heart. He first appeared in Tibet2Timbuk2 as a guest artist on his first ever Australian tour in 2006, where he was also one of the hits of the Woodford Folk Festival with his wonderful Indian classical bansuri, including the New Year's Dawn Hilltop Concert.
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We personally think it's the power of complaining.
But to learn why some Ashkenazim live so long, researchers at Cornell University are about to start studying the stem cells of about a dozen older Jews.
According to the New York Post — in a story headlined "Bouncing bubbes of New York" — many Ashkenazi Jews "live to 100 without disease despite smoking, drinking and eating fatty foods."
Ashkenazim are "a heavily persecuted population that descends from Imperial Russia and, through years of intermarriage, shares distinctive genetic traits," the Post reports. One such characteristic is a "longevity gene," which "appears to protect them from heart attacks, cancer and other life-threatening maladies."
The Cornell researchers are "using the stem cells of centenarians and their children and comparing them with people who are unlikely to get to the age of 100," said Dr. Nir Barzilai, an aging expert at Albert Einstein Medical School in The Bronx who has tracked hundreds of Ashkenazi Jews for his own Longevity Genes Project.
One of the Cornell participants, Lilly Port of Scarsdale, "turned 98 last Thursday and has never been sick," the Post said. "She's too busy traveling — to Italy, Hungary and St. Tropez in the last year alone — to worry about illness."
And though she doesn't smoke, Port doesn't exactly hold back, the Post reported. "This Austrian native enjoys bratwurst, eats chocolate every day and drinks white wine 'when I want to relax,'" she said.


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We have a fab sponsor this time yet again, not sure how Courtney does it getting all these fab prizes from such generous sponsors but this time we have whimsy as our sponsor. They have a great prize up for grabs and we all had the chance to play with some of their digi images and how diverse is the variety too.
My cards, 3 in total I tried to make very different in style so I don't bore you all. The first I decided to make for my just in box and it's a retirement card, though in the UK not sure that many would get the relevance of a moose and a beaver fishing as we don't tend to have many roaming our countryside and it would probably scare most fishermen to death if the saw one. The fishing element though I suspect is relevant to many a male retiree and a healthy way to relax too, along with a great excuse for tall stories in the pub after.
I coloured with promarkers and the border I coloured with sakura glaze pens to try and make them seem like glossy fish scales. I stuck with the green theme to symbolise the great outdoors.
I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:-
Creative inspirations challenges-celebrate
MAWTT-make your dreams come true
Charisma-good luck
Pile it on-anything goes
creative card crew-for a man
Belli-P is for (papers and peel off, both the background paper and the peel-off I have had for ages and never used
creative craft world card challenge-cute and cuddly
Fab n funky-animal magic
Going buggy-use a bug on your project
Paperplay-cutie patootie
Hodgepodge-white on white
Colour create-pink,blue,grey and white-grey is on dandelions and her skirt
Crazy for challenges-thank you
Fun at fairy knoll-thank you
Crafting life's pieces-layout which I rotated
sketchy colours-white
My final card of the 3 I haven't yet decided what occassion it could be for as I made the sentiment up and then printed on the computer, well I will have by the time I post this. I thought 'sending you showers of love' went so well with the image and I suppose it could work as a birthday which was my original idea but I suppose it could work as a get well or a valentines or at a push an anniversary or just to say I love you, like for spouses day on 26th or national hug day on the 21st of this month.
I again coloured with Promarkers and the paper is from a Disney Winnie the pooh print studio again years old as it was my sons and have to admit I was so surprised it worked when I installed it on the computer which is probably 2 or 3 operating systems more advanced than it was intended for. The pearlised green card I thought lent itself well to the dry embossing I did of raindrops from a fiskars board and the 2 lilac ribbons with 2 bows one stuck on top of the other and the umbrella charm and purple brad just finish the whole thing off.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-
Our creative corner-dress up the layout
Wags and whiskers-show some love
Delicious doodles-use 3 colours green, various shades of purple and blue
Phindy's place-valentine or for a loved one
CRAFT-moving parts well mu brolly charm moves on the brad pin is that ok?
Anything goes challenge-brads and eyelets(only one brad hope it's enough)
I love promarkers-sweet and simple
Passion for promarkers-all you need is love
flourishes timeless tuesday-at least 5x7 card which is just the size of this card base
Right now it's your turn, for more inspiration pop on over to Penny's and the rest of the DT's blogs and see what they have to inspire you ,and then you can all inspire us in return with your challenge entries.


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Saturday, June 1, 2013
IJCAI 2013 Tutorial on Recommender Systems
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Work hard, Have faith, Keep Walking
The following post has quotes from a forbes.com article / blog post. Please see below for source / credits
What happened in 2009?
In the middle of 2009, Brian Acton was the software engineer that no one wanted to hire. Despite a dozen years of experience at Yahoo and Apple Computer, he got turned down by two of the Internet's brightest stars at the time. First Twitter said no in May. Then Facebook rejected him in August.
What Brian Acton did in the years to follow?
When Acton couldn't find work at another big-name company, he took his chances on the start-up route instead. Teaming up with another Yahoo alum, Jan Koum, he helped build WhatsApp, a Mountain View, Calif., start-up that has become the king of cloud-based messaging.
Hard luck, persistence — and vindication
WhatsApp is in the headlines this week because Facebook has agreed to buy the company for a stunning $16 billion in stock and cash, along with as much as $3 billion in restricted stock units for the founders. With at least a 20% stake in the company, Acton is headed toward a $3 billion net worth once the transaction closes. That rebound isn't just good news for him. It's certain to become a legendary story of hard luck, persistence — and vindication — among job-hunters worldwide.
A lesson to hiring managers
It's also likely to cause recruiters and hiring managers some anguish. Hiring the right people is a chancy exercise even in the best of circumstances. But no one at any big company want to become famous for having let "another Brian Acton" slip away.
What an inspirational story, never get disappointed with what happens to you. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. Whatever happens, happens for good. You never know what's in store for you, in the grand scheme of things. Work hard, Have faith, Keep Walking.
Source and Credits: The quotes are from a post by George Anders http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/02/19/he-wanted-a-job-facebook-said-no-in-a-3-billion-mistake/
Regret Minimization Framework
A really short video, worth your time. Found via http://www.quora.com/How-do-you-get-over-the-fear-of-quitting-your-job-to-start-a-startup
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary


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In this article we turn our attention to long term debt. Firms obtain long term debt mainly by raising term loans or issuing debentures.
Historically term loans given by financial institutions and banks have been the primary source of long term, debt for private firms and most public firms. Term loans, also referred to as term finance represent a source of debt finance which is generally repayable in less than 10 years. They are employed to finance acquisition of fixed assets and working capital margin. Term loans differ from short term loans which are employed to finance short term working capital need and tend to be self liquidating over a period of time usually less than one year.
Features of term loans:
The following features of term loans may be discussed.
1. Currency
2. Security
3. Interest payment and principal repayment
4. Restrictive covenants.
Currency: Financial institutions give rupee term loans as well as foreign currency term loans. The most significant form of assistance provided by financial institutions, rupee term loans are given directly to industrial concerns for setting up new projects as well as for expansion modernization, and renovation projects. These funds are provided for incurring expenditure on land, building, plant and machinery, technical know how, miscellaneous fixed assets, preliminary expenses, preoperative expenses, and margin money for working capital.
Financial institutions provided foreign currency term loans for meeting the foreign currency expenditure towards import of plant, machinery and equipment, and payment of foreign technical know-how fees. The periodic liability for interest and principal remains in the currency/currencies of the loan and is translated into rupees at the prevailing rate of exchange for making payments to the financial institutions.
Security: Term loans typically represent secured borrowing. Usually assets, which are financed with the term loan, provide the prime security. Other assets of the firm may serve as collateral security.
All loans provided by financial institutions along with interest, liquidated damages, commitment charges, expenses, etc are secured by way of:
First equitable mortgage of all immovable properties of the borrower, both present and future and
Hypothecation of all movable properties of the borrower both present and future subject to charges in favor of commercial banks for obtaining working capital advance in the normal course of business.
Interest Payment and principal Repayment: The interest and principal repayment on term loans are definite obligations that are payable irrespective of the financial situation of the firm. To the general category of borrowers, financial institutions charge an interest rate that is related to the credit risk of the proposal, subject usually to a certain floor rate. Financial institutions impose a penalty for defaults. In case of default of payment of installments of principal and/or interests, the borrower is liable to pay by way of liquidated damages additional interest calculated a the rate of 2 per cent per annum for the period of default on the amount of principal and/or interest in default. In addition to interests, lending institutions levy a commitment fee on the unutilized loan amount.
The principal amount of a term loan is generally repayable over a period of 4 to 7 years. Typically, term loans provided by financial institutions are repayable in equal semi-annual installments or equal quarterly installments.
Note that the interest burden declines over time, whereas the principal repayment remains constant. This means that the total debt servicing burden (consisting of interest payment and principal repayment) declines over time. This pattern of debt servicing burden, typical in India, differs from the pattern obtaining in western economies where debt is typically amortized in equal periodic installments.
The latter is a relatively more acceptable to borrowers because it does result in heavy debt servicing burden in earlier years. It has also been recommended by the International Bank for Reconstruction and development (popularly called the World Bank). However, presently financial institutions in India do not follow the scheme of equal periodic amortization. Yet they try to ensure, by suitably modifying the debt repayment schedule, within limits, that the debt servicing is not very onerous.


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Code of Ethics | Software Engineer
Like other engineering disciplines, software engineering is carried out within a social and legal framework that limits the freedom of people working in that area. As a software engineer, you must accept that your job involves wider responsibilities than simply the application of technical skills. You must also behave in an ethical and morally responsible way if you are to be respected as a professional engineer.
Code of Ethics – Preamble
The short version of the code summarizes aspirations at a high level of the abstraction; the clauses that are included in the full version give examples and details of how these aspirations change the way we act as software engineering professionals. Without the aspirations, the details can become legalistic and tedious; without the details, the aspirations can become high sounding but empty; together, the aspirations and the details form a cohesive code.
Software engineers shall commit themselves to making the analysis, specification, design, development, testing and maintenance of software a beneficial and respected profession. In accordance with their commitment to the health, safety and welfare of the public, software engineers shall adhere to the following Eight Principles:
Software engineers shall act consistently with the public interest. Software engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer consistent with the public interest.
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|Ursula Frost
Today Jonathan Coleman, MP for Northcote in Auckland, presented her with a special badge honouring her services. Ursula was also interviewed for Radio New Zealand's National Programme. We should not forget that thousands of people worked at Bletchley, under total secrecy, and most passed away without ever receiving any acknowledgement for their vital work. It's lovely to see Ursula Frost given the recognition she so richly deserves.


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Psychiatrists of old, never gave advice. But here's some advice:
And never trust with your money anyone making a potential
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Nicholas Taleb, author of Black Swan; HT: href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-25-2009-put-it-all-on-red.html">Automatic
How bank bonuses let us all down
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Published: February 24 2009 19:53
One of the arguments one hears in the compensation debate
is that the bonus system used by Wall Street - as John Thain, former
Merrill Lynch chief executive, put it - is there to "reward talent".
While I find this notion of "talent" debatable, I fully agree that
incentives are the heart of capitalism and free markets - but certainly
not that incentive scheme.
In fact, the incentive scheme commonly in place does the exact opposite
of what an "incentive" system should be about: it encourages a certain
class of risk-hiding and deferred blow-up. It is the reason banks have
never made money in the history of banking, losing the equivalent of
all their past profits periodically - while bankers strike it rich.
Furthermore, it is thatincentive scheme that got us in the current mess.
Take two bankers. The first is conservative. He produces one annual
dollar of sound returns, with no risk of blow-up. The second looks no
less conservative, but makes $2 by making complicated transactions that
make a steady income, but are bound to blow up on occasion, losing
everything made and more. So while the first banker might end up out of
business, under competitive strains, the second is going to do a lot
better for himself. Why? Because banking is not about true risks but
perceived volatility of returns: you earn a stream of steady bonuses
for seven or eight years, then when the losses take place, you are not
asked to disburse anything. You might even start again, after blaming a
"systemic crisis" or a "black swan" for your losses. As you do not
disgorge previous compensation, the incentive is to engage in trades
that explode rarely, after a period of steady gains.
Here you can see that this mismatch between the bonus payment frequency
(typically, one year) and the time to blow up (about five to 20 years)
is the cause of the accumulation of positions that hide risk by betting
massively against small odds. As traders say, they have the "free
option" on their performance: they get the profits, not the losses. I
hold that this vicious asymmetry is the driving factor behind
investment banking.
If capitalism is about incentives, it should be about true incentives,
those resistant to blow-ups. And there should be disincentives to
remove the asymmetry of the free option. Entrepreneurs are rewarded for
their gains; they are also penalised for their losses. Now, by
comparison, consider that Robert Rubin, the former US Treasury
secretary, earned close to $115m (â¬90m, £80m) from Citigroup for
taking risks that we are paying for. So far no attempt has been made to
claw it back from him - only UBS, the Swiss bank, has managed to
reclaim some past bonuses from its former executives.
For hedge funds and medium-sized companies, the incentive problem might
be a simple governance issue between private entities free to choose
their contract terms. However, when it comes to banks and other "too
big to fail" entities, the problem is severe: we taxpayers in our
respective countries are funding these global monsters and are coughing
up money for mistakes made by bankers who retain their bonuses and are
hijacking us because, as we are discovering (a little late), banking is
a utility and we need them to clean up their mess. We, in fact, are the
seller of that free option. We should claim it back.
The Obama administration has been trying to set compensation limits for
banks under the troubled asset relief programme. But this is
insufficient. We need to remove the free option. Beware the following
First, those who are taking risks even outside Tarp or society's
protection can still be gaming the system - since their risk-taking can
result in a collapse, with the taxpayer having to step in. For
instance, Goldman Sachs, the US bank, might want to avoid the limits on
executive compensation for its managers. That should be fine so long as
society does not have to bail out Goldman Sachs (or, worse, its
creditors) in the future.
Second, Vikram Pandit, Citigroup's chief executive, while claiming to
want to earn one single dollar a year in compensation unless the bank
returns to profitability, is still getting a free option given to him
by society. He does not partake of further losses; we do.
Third, leveraged buy-out companies used the free option by borrowing
heavily from the banks and taking monstrous risks: they get the upside,
banks (hence we taxpayers) get the downside. These partnerships made
fortunes in the past on deals that society will have to bail out. They
too should have their past profits clawed back.
Indeed, the incentive system put in place by financial companies has
produced the worst possible economic system mankind can imagine:
capitalism for the profits and socialism for the losses.
Finally, I was involved in trading for 21 years and I can testify that
traders consciously play the free option game. On the other hand, I
worked (in my other job as risk adviser) with various military
organisations and people watching over our safety. We trust military
and homeland security people with our lives, yet they do not get a
bonus. They get promotions, the honour of a job well done and the
disincentive of shame if they fail. Roman soldiers signed a sacramentum
accepting punishment in the event of failure. This is prompting me to
call for the nationalisation of the utility part of banking as the only
solution in which society does not grant individuals free options to
look after its risks.
No incentive without disincentive. And never trust with your money
anyone making a potential bonus.
The writer is distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York
University and the author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly
This is an essential point. In all thediscussion about what Obama
should do, we need to keep this one point in mind. Banking serves
a utility function, not unlike an elctrical utility. Utilities
are regulated because people die if they fail. The economic
collapse already is killing Americans. We are stuck because
certain banks are too big to fail.
It does not have to be that way. Separate out the utility
function. Have banks that do only that. Take deposits and
make loans. Regulate them, the way you would regulate a
utility. If someone else wants to gamble, invest in the stock
market, whatever, then fine. Do that. But not with a
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sounds like communism
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Yes, Stumpy, his call for nationalizing the utility function of banks is communism.
In the same sense that national highways are communism. In the same sense that federal food and drug regulation is communism. In the same sense that strict regulation of electric, water, and telecommunications industries is communism.
I call Shenanigans and/or Troll.
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I meant to say "communistic", and I wasn't being ironical either.
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Stumpy and I have a long-running semi-dialog. Running since 1987, I think. Or was it 1988?
We live in a country with a mixed economy. When it is working, it has the right balance between capitalism and socialism.
Right now, the balance is off. I think Stumpy's point is that we need to accept this, and ignore the name-calling.
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