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This past weekend I had the honor of assisting a friend's sister with her bridal shower. I offered to do the dessert table knowing that that was my favorite part of party planning. The theme of the shower was "Love Sweet Love" and we wanted to make it simple, classic, and SWEET! The colors were the colors of the bride's wedding in May, coral and champagne. Since the shower wasn't at my house, I … [Read more...]
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If you're applying for a job or trying to rent an apartment, the employer or landlord might conduct a background check. They may hire a company to provide information like your employment history, your driving record, any criminal records, and your credit report. The information in the background report could make the difference in whether you get the job or apartment, so it's important it be accurate.
Two companies that each made millions of dollars selling background reports, but didn't take reasonable steps to make the reports completely accurate, recently settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and FTC Act.
Instant Checkmate, Inc., promoted its profiles for screening prospective employees and tenants, but the company didn't have reasonable procedures to ensure the reports it delivered were accurate. It also didn't require customers to identify themselves or confirm they had a legally permitted reason to get someone's background report.
InfoTrack Information Systems Inc. didn't follow reasonable steps when it came to creating some employment reports, and it sent more than 400 reports to employers saying an applicant was a "possible match" with someone on a national sex offender registry — solely because the applicant and the offender had the same first and last name.
Both companies failed to tell employers to give an adverse action notice to any applicant they decided not to hire because of some data in the screening report. An adverse action notice tells an applicant there might be an error in a report that needs correcting.
Learn more about your rights — and an employer's responsibilities — when you're applying for jobs.
I don't care who knows- George Washington University is an insult to the founder of this nation. I had enough of their antics when we were all already over eighteen. Even if they're atheists- I know there is a God and I have declared STOP and NO and he will deal with violators, I swear to you. As for people who have been around for under a hundred years dragging the mentality of this country through the mud and keeping it below the waist, I want nothing to do with you and you are big fat liars and crooks! No more pretending you are letting me down easy, I banish you from my life! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!!!
Thanks FTC for the warning. You are correct when it comes to jobs & renting an apartment, your background check & credit reports are valuable. If it is not Equifax, Experian, & Trans Union. I remind the person in charge that is incorrect. I remind the person either the 3 Credit Bureaus are not giving my SS# for someone else to use and steal my identity. They understand when I speak those words and they let me know which 3 Bureaus they used. Thanks for the warning.
The information the employers were relying on as well was not worth the purchase considering the information gathered is dated regenerated inaccurate data that is totally unreliable. I could buy those reports wholesale for 5.00 and resale them. When a private investigator conducts a background check they use resources that the general public does not have access to like social security numbers. A private investigator knows he can not divulge the actual social to his/her client and that it is used for proper identification and investigative purposes. To properly conduct a background check each jurisdiction identifiers present themselves the actual court records department or custodian of record must confirm the information. Anyone claiming that the can retrieve bank account or phone records without a valid purpose and a subpoena in hand is probably pre-texting or doing something illegal to get the information.
If you gather the evidence illegally you can't use it and you could go to jail in the process. A good investigator knows that financial and other sensitive records can be discovered in court files where financial information is almost always disclosed and entered into the record to prove damages or hearings called debtors exams where the subject of one has the microscope of the court and an experienced collector examine all of the persons financial data. These records are just sitting in a court file or an attorney's file just waiting to be discovered. People also tend to tell more of the truth when they are trying to buy something and that information can be sluthed from applications and other methods of legal disclosure.
Another source of information can be purchased from websites who gather information that users give permission to access. Have you ever downloaded a free game or software, it was not free because more than likely when you clicked on the I accept you did not read the privacy policy or access to your computer you just gave. Americans need to be more diligent online and read everything like a food liable that might contain an ingredient you are allergic to. Back to background checks the company I work for does extensive background reports but they also have a very effective report that is detailed and accurate the only step you would take is to actually confirm with the custodian of each record before you assume anyone has any particular negative record against them.
Law enforcement has the ability to pull a federal background report and most departments allow backgrounds for employment reasons additionally every individual is entitled to see their national FBI report and check it for accuracy just like one would do with a credit report. SOmetimes courts fail to put the true disposition of an arrest or the court mail fail to update your report when a misdemeanor is reduced to a misdemeanor. Be diligent Americans know your rights and pay for quality information that can be relied upon which usually involves the assistance of a professional not an online information house who is not qualified to stand by the information that is disseminated in these worthless reports. Some of these companies are in a borderline brush with the law since to conduct a background check on someone the law usually requires that it be done by a licence private investigator for obvious reasons, which is no different that any other professional who offers services to the public that they rely on for public health and Safety.
Thank u ftc for providing me with the affidavit for identity theft. Someone used my info fraudulently and this helps with numerous incidents stated in your blog. People look at you funny when these adverse results come and you are surprised, but its good to know there are additional steps with being honest. Databases like these only add to the mess
I have searched at least 5 different people search and background search sites on my self and none of them are consistent. on two, I do not even exist. on one I have a subscription to there is a person in the same town with my same name but different middle initial and her records and my records are intermingled. I have been arrested once and that incident is listed with every charge they tried to pin on me at arrest time, but most of the biggies were dropped and I had two misdemeanors on my record several years ago that are not even showing up. why do they have to make public arrests that were made and potential charges at time of arrest that were dropped but this is not reflected. I am upset as it looks like I have several arrests over the years combined with this other person and no criminal charges of the two misdemeanors I got are even on there. but should my family members or ex co- workers look me up, all of this information that did not stick looks like I was actually charged and convicted of those charges. and there is no way when glancing through this that anyone can tell the difference between this other person and myself. people put a lot of trust into these background checks and I thought they were for your criminal record, not for arrests that state charges I was never charged for. I am getting the cold shoulder from family and friends I know And I wonder if it has anything to do with the in accuracy of these reports. I have not found one that gives the right and consistent information and if I do not have a criminal record, arrests should not be made a public record as the police will put down every possible charge related to the incident to submit to court. it looks bad and I do not appreciate heresay so to speak being considered as fact to the public. I have lost a lot because of erroneous reports like these sites put out.
As someone who has used this site to screen tenants for an apartment complex I urge you to be careful if you are a landlord or a property manager. I used this service one time and forgot to cancel after the trial period. I was billed $22.86 per month for over a year. Finally noticed the charge on my credit card, called and cancelled the service. I either did not read the fine print or forgot to cancel. Either way, I will never use them again. Many services operate this way. So, if you do use one mark your calendar and be sure to cancel ASAP unless you enjoy being charged a few hundred dollars for a service that you are not using.
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Abortion as Insurance
NBER Working Paper No. 8813
This paper views abortion access as an insurance policy that protects women from unwanted pregnancies. Within this framework, we present a theoretical model where greater access provides value in the form of insurance against unwanted births and also reduces the incentive to avoid pregnancy. This model predicts that legalized abortion should lead to a reduction in the likelihood of giving birth. It also predicts that if abortion access becomes relatively inexpensive (including both monetary and psychic costs), then pregnancies would rise and births would remain unchanged or may even rise as well. We review the evidence on the impact of changes in abortion policy mainly from the United States and find support for both predictions. Then we test these hypotheses using recent changes in abortion policy in several Eastern European countries. We find that countries which changed from very restrictive to liberal abortion laws experienced a large reduction in births, highlighting the insurance value. Changes from modest restrictions to abortion available upon request, however, led to no such change in births despite large increases in abortions, indicating that pregnancies rose as well. These findings are consistent with the incentive effect implications of our model.
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In Year 11 there are three Mathematics courses at Tauranga Girls' College.
As a minimum requirement for NCEA Level One, students are required to attain ten numeracy credits as part of the 80 credits needed for that qualification. These ten credits are also sufficient for University Entrance in New Zealand.
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Based in Aviemore, The Cairngorms, Highlands of Scotland. Gary Hodgson runs Tarmachan Mountaineering, providing instruction and guided walking all year round. This is my regularly updated blog including the latest snow conditions in winter.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Away working & playing on the hills in The Lake District, Englandshire next week or so so reports may be sporadic. Looks like it's back to wintry conditions in The Highlands into next week with snow forecast on the tops.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
|Garbh Bheinn looking very dry and tempting today
|The top of the 'Alpine ' road over to Polloch
|.....and down to Loch Doilet
|My friend has hen and quail eggs for sale at Polloch
|Primroses in bloom along Loch Shiel
|Back to civilization at Glenfinnan
Another glorious sunny day again, maybe the last day of this heatwave? I fancied a day on the bike today with a few hills along the way. After 'escaping death' along the A82 I was safe to live another day and rewarded with a free ride for me and the bike on the Corran Ferry-one of the few free things in life! Over in Ardgour it is like a different world from the madness on the main road on the other side of Loch Linnhe. It was hard to resist heading on foot and up one of the many lovely and quiet hills in this part of the Highlands, especially Garbh Bheinn where I've had any a fine day. After a quick food stop at Strontian and fueled up for the big climb over to Polloch. This fab road has been resurfaced since I last went over but that doesn't make it any easier! Then a superb run down the other side to lonely Loch Doilet and out to the SW end of Loch Shiel. This is a lovely off road ride along forest tracks and finishing at Glenfinnan. Then the final blast back to Fort William. This 60 odd mile bike run is full of varied scenery and a favourite of mine, if only there was a cycle lane to Corran!
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
|Stob Ban's splendid North Ridge
|....and then a lovely narrow grassy section
|.......and looking back along it with fine views of Ben Nevis
|........and something a bit more scary, the excellent East Buttress, a grade 3 scramble
|The East corrie, snow still in South Gully
It felt even warmer today as the Highland Heatwave continues, just a tad hazy today but a nice breeze high up so very pleasant. I had a day on Stob Ban, going up via the North ridge which is a very fine way of gaining the summit and again it is a route that not many folk use. The North ridge looks a bit intimidating as you approach it but here is only a few rocky steps to negotiate so not really a scramble as such. I descended down the East ridge for a nice half days walk. Another fine day tomorrow is forecast with this big high pressure system sitting over us but it looks like it will be drifting off soon and back to 'normal' March weather for the weekend.
Monday, 26 March 2012
|The East ridge of Carn Dearg Meadhonach
|The fun begins on the first 'Sharks Fin' as I call it
|Looking up to the summit area
|The second 'Sharks Fin' with the West face of Aonach Mor behind
|The blocks are actually quite solid here!
|Looking across to Carn Mor Dearg
|Models for the day
|The Ben peeping into view
|The Ben of course
|CMD arete
|Looking back on the CMD arete
Another fantastic day, even warmer, wall to wall sunshine, t shirt weather all day! Is it really March? I keep thinking it's mid summer. So long daylight ahead and fab conditions so I fancied a nice long mountain day. I headed onto the East ridge of Carn Dearg Meadhonach. To get to this fantastic easy scramble I guess most folk take the gondola at Nevis Range but I fancied being puristic ( and save myself over £11 quid!) by starting at the north face carpark and traversing over to the lovely and wild Allt Daim from the Allt a' Mhuillin. I've always had the ridge to myself on every other occasion I've been a long it so it was a surprise to find a couple of other folk just behind me. Anyway, they made excellent models to give the scale of the place and route. The scrambling is wonderful, if a wee bit loose in places but the situation is amazing and quiet with wonderful views. At the summit I carried on over to CMD and the arete, finishing on Ben Nevis for an excellent mountain day. Two more summer days to come!
Saturday, 24 March 2012
|Stob Coire a' Mhail (The Devils Ridge)
|Stob Ban, with South and North Gully's still complete
|Ben Nevis from Sgurr a' Mhaim
|The best till last, An Garbhanach
|The excellent easy scramble on An Garbhanach
|The final summit, An Gearanach
This mini heatwave continues and today the temperatures were even higher, it felt like May not March! So to make the most of the sun and longer days I headed over the classic ridge walk in The Mamores, The Ring of Steall. Four Munros and two other summits encircling the beautiful Steall Falls. A lot of other folk seemed to have the same idea today, many folk going the 'opposite way to me so thankfully not too busy. By the time I reached Am Bodach it was peace and quiet and silent. Base layer was all that was needed today, so nice to be carrying a light rucksack today which made it a breeze getting around in just over 6 hours. More of the same to come over the next few days, enjoy it while it lasts!
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Wow, what a stunningingly beautiful day. Ian and I planned a bigger than normal route over Ben Cruachan's many tops, heading up and returning down the long and wonderful ridges to the east of the main Cruachan Munro tops. This involved retracing our steps but with weather like today it was an absolute joy. There was some cloud snrouding the mountains up until mid morning and then suddenly the cloud broke and fantastic atmospheric views as the cloud drifted away leaving blue skies for the rest of the day. It was warm and definitely spring like with the first sighting and calls of a skylark over our heads. More of the same please for next week!
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
A visit down to the Southern Highlands for a couple of days with Ian this week. Today was looking ok, with a forecast of just a bit of drizzle and up to 50mph winds on the tops, the reality was hardly any wind and completely dry all day. We headed to the isolated Munro of Meall Bhuidhe near Loch Fyne. A long walk in can be eased by a bike ride up the glen but we chose to be purist's and walk it. A hill I've not been on for a number of years and today's route a new one. Quite a craggy wee hill in places. It was very summer like, down to T-shirts and the flies have suddenly awakened, thinking it's more like May! A good forecast of sunshine tomorrow!
Saturday, 17 March 2012
|Nice cumulous clouds above the North Face of The Ben
|The guy's first view of the arete from CMD summit
|Paul & Matt enjoying the arete
|The ridge just keeps on coming and blue skies!
|More sun and Aonach Beag peeping out
|NE Buttress white again
|Paul on the final exposed bit
|And finally the summit, to ourselves
The team were all keen and eager for the CMD arete onto Ben Nevis after our half day of winter skills yesterday. With a good forecast of sub zero temperatures, lighter winds and pleasant sunshine we were away from a busy north face car park. It wasn't long before the snow showers piled in from the west and they got more frequent and prolonged as the morning progressed. Not much in the way of views but great winter weather back on the hills at last. The winds were still relatively strong when we reached the summit of Carn Mor Dearg and after our lunch stop we headed off along the arete. Then the showers stopped and at last we were rewarded with great views as the cloud was blown away off the ridge and some lovely sunny periods. The final slopes of old refrozen snow up to the summit of Ben Nevis were great for cramponing has we headed back into the cloud. Heading down in the late afternoon the sun shone again as the clouds lifted and it was back into Spring temperatures, which saw some very under dressed folk wandering up the Pony Track. We finished at dusk and the guys were all pleased with themselves has they thought they may be doing this classic ridge onto the Ben in summer conditions just a few days ago.
Friday, 16 March 2012
|Steve axe arresting
Paul, Steve and Dan are out with me for the next couple of days, today was an winter skills day for our route over the Carn Mor Dearg arete and Ben Nevis tomorrow. We had an leisurely start-heading to Aonach Mor late morning and having a coffee whilst we waited for the Nevis Range gondola to get going because of the high winds early on. So it wasn't until after mid day we got walking, perfect really as we also missed the early heavy rain. We did get a few brief snow showers above 850m but it was mainly dry and very pleasant. There is still plenty of snow in the Eastern corries and we had the whole area to ourselves. Tomorrow is looking very nice with sunny spells and much colder temperatures so any snow should be well frozen up.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
|Another temperature inversion, we hoped. Ciste Corrie
|Barrie having a breather half way up No.4 Gully
|The top of Number Four Gully
|Barrie donning his shorts for the sunshine, out of the cloud inversion
|The summit free of cloud, spot the climber at the top of Smith's Route
|The wonders of an inversion
|Tower Ridge
It was another day of low cloud and light winds and mild and with a forecast of a possible temperature inversion Barrie and I set off up onto the Ben. We headed up No.4 Gully and on the approach we could see the blue skies and sun trying to break through. Then it went dull again. It was relatively quiet up the gully which still has a steepish finish, normal for this time of year. Walking along the plateau it was surprising to see the amount of snow depletion since just a week ago, some of the Pony Track is now free of snow above 1250m. Then at last the sun was visible and we walked up the final 70m in blue skies and warm sun. The summit of Ben Nevis was the only piece of mountain above the sea of cloud. A beautiful scene. We descended down onto the Carn Mor Dearg arete, knowing we were going to be back into the dull and cold cloud, but far preferable than the dull Pony Track back to the car park. No views of the north face from Carn Mor Dearg but a grand day out all the same. I was just thinking back two winters ago when I had a fantastic mid April day on the same route which was plastered in deep snow to 700m.
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Have you ever opened your wardrobe and despite the wall to wall of hangers of clothing you have nothing to wear?
Yes, you have the 6 pairs of black pants, but this pair is too loose around the waist, that pair always felt too short, this other pair has started to shine and has "bobbles" on the front…. And so it goes!!
I have a challenge for you! Close your eyes, visualise walking into your bedroom and opening your clothing cupboards (do not actually do it yet!).
Now that you are standing in front of your wardrobe, in your mind, I want you to take out your winter coat (that you wear), the little black number and evening dress and put them on your bed. Go back to your cupboard and remove all the clothing you have worn in the last 6 months (you may include gym wear here) and put them on your bed. Do you agree there is quite a healthy pile on the bed?
Turn back to your wardrobe and I want you to think about the percentage of clothing left in your wardrobe? Is it 10%, 30%, 50%, 60%, 80%, 90%? My guess is that it is between 50% and 80%.
Here is my challenge, throw out whatever is left in your wardrobe…….. Ok breath, it is ok and no I am not joking!
In today's world of fashion, it is about fast produced, super affordable clothing and this creates a wardrobe of "not quite doing the job" clothing. All this does is crease and wrinkle and crush the clothing that you clearly enjoy wearing.
In my workshops I always remind the audience not to get emotionally attached to your clothing, your black pants are never going to love you back!!!
Loose the thin clothes that one day you will fit into again! If you lose the weight you will need to be rewarded with new and funky clothing. Lose the outfit you wore to your son's christening, barmitzvah or baptism, especially as HIS son is now in school! Lose the first "good & expensive" outfit you bought for your sister's wedding 25 years ago. Yes, do keep Dad's favourite jersey you kept when he passed away.
Pack up your old, no longer in service clothes, put them in a bag and drop them off at your local church, Red Cross or other charitable organisation. Remember that outfit that sits in your wardrobe whose only job is to get in the way, could be a gem to the lady who has been holding down 3 jobs educating her children and now has something good and posh to wear to their graduation.
Clean up and clear out!! Learn about your figure type, personality and clothing requirements BEFORE you impulse shop. Spend more less often and get what works. Make sure your wardrobe works for you and that you don't work for it!!!


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In my last blog I touched on the need and trend for CSPs to become more like DSPs (Digital Service Providers) and be able to provide a much higher level of customer interaction at a much lower cost to serve.
Here I would like to take a more detailed look at what it means to be a DSP and the emerging ecosystems that enable this model, which we like to call the Interactive Digital Ecosystem (IDE).
The simplest definition of a DSP, according to Wiktionary.org, is a company that provides an outlet to distribute media online. In fact, they run their whole operation online via digital channels. They tend to offer excellent customer service but it's purely online (try calling Amazon or Apple), and their catalogs of goods for sale, pricing and promotional offers are all changing rapidly.
DSPs generally operate on open platforms that encourage online digital interaction with partners as well as customers. Speed is a critical component of competitive success, quick to market, quick sale and immediate revenue recognition is key to the business model.
The shift from communications to digital can be defined in many ways but I like to view this shift as four key strategic transformations:
1. DSPs do more than 80 percent of customer transactions online. From my own research and via customer estimates, CSPs currently do less than 20 percent of their interactions online, some much less. The remaining 80+ percent is done via call centers and retail outlets.
This model is both expensive for the CSP and cumbersome for the customer. It also defies the trend of online shopping and self-service across most industries including banking, travel, and even insurance. Companies that focus on online channels for sales and customer service report higher levels of customer satisfaction. For the DSP, this experience is actually much cheaper to provide. The CSP customer experience needs to shift from an outdated 'utility' model to a company with internet mentality and a goal of achieving Net Promoter Scores (NPS) to rival other digital retailers
2. DSPs focus on ARPA not ARPU. Fundamentally, this is redefining the relationship between customers and services. For a CSP, the 'U' in ARPU is the User and is actually representative of a line, port, SIM, or some other connection trapped in a product silo. This means a single customer/account can be viewed as several 'users' and the revenue is measured at the connection level rather than looking at the customer account as a complete entity.
The concept of 'User' must shift to 'Account' with multiple devices and services that can share assets. Traditionally there has been segmentation across payment methods (pre-pay and post-pay), access networks (3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, DSL etc.) and line of business (consumer, small business, enterprise etc.). DSPs look at the business differently and see the customer as a single entity that has multiple services, devices, personas and payment methods with revenue measured on that customer as a whole (Average Revenue Per Account). This is the only way forward in monitoring successful revenue growth in the digital economy. Verizon has already made this shift.
3. DSPs offer a service that can be accessed across any device with a consistent experience for the customer (think Netflix, iTunes, etc.). DSPs manage customer segments and lines of business as an integrated offering through their IT infrastructure so that they can deliver a standard customer experience regardless of how the person is accessing services. No silos here!
4. DSPs are capable of rolling out new products or propositions in days or weeks rather than months or years. CSPs tend to launch a limited number of new products and propositions each year, often limited by internal processes. This is primarily due to outdated IT infrastructure and the business processes that have been developed to mitigate risk within a complex environment.
DSPs have more streamlined business processes and a modern IT infrastructure that support these processes and are not driven by them. This makes them more agile, with product development cycles much shorter, cheaper and therefore more prolific.
This is not to say that all CSPs fit this mold and those able to make the transformation quickly may be more likely to succeed against what they consider as OTT competition. The move from CSP to DSP may prove too big a jump for some and only time will tell if they can survive in the digital world, at least in terms of offering competitive products and services in a timely, profitable manner. We are working on DSP deployments with market leading operators who have seen the digital future and have asked MATRIXX to help them make it happen.


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The UK Data Protection Bill hit the news this month, handing Britons increased rights over the use of their personal data.
It will make it simpler for people to withdraw consent for their personal data to be used, allow them to ask for it to be deleted or updated – and also require firms to obtain explicit consent to process sensitive data in the first place.
The bottom line is that in future businesses will need to know exactly what data they store, how to access it and how to edit it. And in addition they must be certain that proper consent has been given by the data subject.
The Bill will come as no surprise to those who have followed the progress of the EU General Data Protection Regulation which is due to come into force in May 2018 and which contains highly similar language.
In fact, there has been a string of recent legislation all designed to tackle the issue of data protection and regulation.
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Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations (enforcement May 2016)
Payment Services Directive 2 (enforcement Jan 2018)
EU General Data Protection Regulation (enforcement May 2018)
Network and Information Systems Directive – consultation period
UK Data Protection Bill – in Queen's speech and more details published in August
John Culkin, Director of Information Management at Crown Records Management, believes the direction of travel is very clear.
"Businesses now need to realise that there is a definite trend towards legislation which requires organisations to have greater and more detailed control over personal data.
"With increased legislation from the UK, EU and many other governments worldwide the direction is all one way – more protection and higher penalties for getting it wrong.
"Most senior staff in companies are well aware of the fiduciary duties around money and property but how long can it be before the highest standards of care are demanded of personal information too?"
Culkin believes the publicity around new data protection regulation, together with a series of high profile data breaches, has now created an environment where shareholders are far more aware of data issues and nervous about how they may affect the business.
He said: "Shareholder interests are already being directly hampered by loss of data - we saw the TalkTalk share price fall dramatically after a breach and other high profile cases have produced similar results.
"So there is already a direct correlation, yet still "data" issues are often relegated to IT to deal with as an operational issue, ignoring strategic opportunities in a data-led age. Whole companies are built on data and whole industries affected – so the ostrich response of ignoring the obvious change is no longer good enough. It's not one piece of legislation but a whole wave of them, and it's not likely to stop."
A recent Crown Records Management survey of IT decision makers at companies across the country revealed some worrying results when it came to attitudes towards data protection.
These included:
56 per cent have not yet undertaken an information audit, meaning they may not have a clear picture of data in the business.
24 per cent had cancelled their plans to prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation in light of Brexit. The UK Data Bill proves they were wrong to do so.
44 per cent don't regularly review what data is stored in the cloud or on premise.
Only half are 'very confident' they have a full and accurate picture of all the information they hold in the business
Only 45 per cent are 'very confident' their business currently complies with the requirement to obtain explicit consent to hold data for specific purposes.
Culkin believes the key to improving data protection is strategic input at board level to change the whole culture of a business.
"It's clear from these results that not all businesses are taking data protection and information management seriously enough. The solution involves people, processes, culture and putting customer data first rather than just technology," he said.
"Until boards stop thinking about managing data as an IT cost rather than an investment in their future, not much will change.
"What's important now is for businesses to respect people's data and put good data governance in place. Those who do so may also find rich rewards because customers increasingly value the safety of their data. It will also allow companies to worry a lot less about possible fines."


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I had so much fun this September Learning Something New Everyday with Shimelle. It really makes me look forward to working on a Christmas Journal with her again. Every time I take a class with Shimelle I do indeed learn something new- even when it is not the title of the course. So I finally finished putting my little album together with pictures and all and I am quite happy to share the results….
When I was five and in kindergarten I refused to finger paint- I asked the teacher if she had any q-tips… Freak much? Yes, I know- That was me at five… I have been working on correcting that problem…
I used to despise the color pink. I even wrote epic teenage poems to declare my hate of the color, but all that has changed… and quite happily so. It makes me quite giddy now… especially when I can find it existing in the wild…. or on my toes…. now, that is lovely.
I turned 32 while I was completing this journal. On this particular day I wrote- "Being 32 does not mean that I have anything figured out. I am merely more aware of all that I have yet to understand… which is so true really. I haven't had it all figured out since I was 17- and that is ok- in fact it is good.
This is what I learned from the whole of this project… this and so much more really… but I learned that I need to stop and take time to enjoy my surroundings. There really is no excuse for doing anything other than this.
So this September I learned a lot and I was reminded that I need to pay attention everyday- for the beauty and the wonder and the new is there… but you have to seek it out- you have to acknowledge it and I can not dare afford to let it slip by unnoticed. Thank you Shimelle, as always I have learned something new from you. I look forward to doing that for years to some.


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For the last few weeks GIMP has been capable of using ICC v4 color profiles thanks to a patch by Laurent Martelli who ported the color management plug-in to use LittleCMS v2.
There is also an ongoing work by Elle Stone to adapt that plug-in to the new GEGL-based architecture and make color space conversions just work between various bit depth precision levels — from 8-bit to 32-bit floating point.
Once it's done, GIMP will be capable of converting images between different color spaces with little to no loss of color fidelity. In fact, it already works, with some caveats.
Meanwhile Michael Natterer is busy porting plug-ins for loading and saving files to GEGL and GIO. The latter means that GIMP doesn't create temporary files anymore when loading files from remote locations, and previews in the Open File dialog 100% match actual images.
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Partners Celebrate Return of Endangered Fish to the Clinch River On May 3, 2001, biologists, local landowners, and government representatives will walk together to the banks of the lower Clinch River in Hancock County, Tennessee to witness the release of a highly endangered fish - the pygmy madtom. The pygmy madtom, a handsome black and white catfish, and one of the many unique aquatic species found in the state of Tennessee, is one of the rarest fishes in the nation. This bottom dwelling fish, that gets no more than 2 inches in length, is known to occur in only 2 rivers in the world, the Clinch and Duck Rivers in Tennessee. "This release event is so exciting because of the species we are dealing with and the unique partnership effort that has gone into restoring this river system to allow the fish to survive and breed in the wild," said J.R. Shute, Co-Director of Conservation Fisheries, Inc.. Conservation Fisheries, Inc., a non-profit organization that specializes in captive breeding rare fish for release into the wild, has successfully reared 13 young pygmy madtoms from two separate egg clutches spawned by a male and female pair of pygmy madtoms, collected by Professor Rick Mayden from The University of Alabama. "When my graduate students and I were out collecting in the Clinch River, we managed to collect two pygmy madtoms," said Professor Mayden. "We were thrilled since less than 50 specimens of this species have ever been collected. We were really lucky to catch a male and female adult fish." About half of the 13 pygmy madtoms are planned to be released on the afternoon of May 3rd in time for their breeding season. The personnel present on the day of release are representative of a strong partnership effort that has been working together for years to restore wildlife and habitat on the Clinch River and other imperiled rivers throughout the Southeast. Led by Conservation Fisheries, Inc., the group will also include representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The University of Alabama, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund and local landowners whose restored riverfront property made the release possible. "The Clinch River and many others in the Southeast, have an abundant wildlife diversity that we are trying to protect." said Sam Hamilton, Southeast Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Thanks to the water quality improvement efforts of Federal, state and local organizations, and the cooperation of local landowners, the habitat along the river has been restored to provide a buffer to protect the natural integrity of the system." The Clinch River System is considered one of the richest rivers in the world. It is home to 18 federally listed mussels and four federally listed fishes, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. The Nature Conservancy lists this river as the most diverse watershed in the country. In addition, the World Wildlife Fund has southeastern rivers and streams on their Global 200 list for ecoregions that should receive highest priority world wide conservation attention. "That is why it is crucial that habitat in the Clinch River, and the species like the pygmy madtom that depend upon it, must be protected." said Bob Butler, biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "This fish is an indicator species of the conditions of the entire river system. It is sensitive to toxic chemicals and increased sedimentation and serves as an early warning of water quality problems before other biological resources are noticeably impacted." As a bottom dwelling catfish, the pygmy madtom depends on its olfactory system to find food. When the river has clear, cool water, this fish thrives. If sediments build up on the river bottom, it negatively impacts the ability of the fish to feed, breed, and survive. With the original removal of two pygmy madtoms, more than double that number are being returned back to the Clinch River, with possibly more in the future. This is a great success for this small and extremely endangered fish and would not have happened without the help of many partners. Local landowners have continually shown their commitment to protecting this important river ecosystem. Educational facilities like the University of Alabama, through the efforts of their professors and students, provide needed knowledge and information and make exciting new findings that promote and work towards the recovery of aquatic species and their habitat. Conservation Fisheries, Inc. made this release possible with their raised pygmy madtoms and remain committed to the recovery of southeastern imperiled fishes. Among Conservation Fisheries, Inc.'s many efforts, they have also helped return four federally listed fishes back to Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and maintain critical populations of rare fish. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency have helped to provide funding for these efforts and technical assistance where needed. Both of these agencies recognize that many rivers in Tennessee are aquatic biodiversity hotspots and strive to protect and recover them.
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VAP Cholesterol Test Identifies Treatment Effects Of Combination Therapy
Using the VAP Cholesterol Test from Atherotech, Inc., investigators led by Michel Farnier M.D., of Point Medical, Rond Point de la Nation, Dijon, France, have reported beneficial changes in lipoprotein subclasses and LDL particle size using combination therapy. The information could be helpful to physicians because of the known association between abnormal lipoprotein subfractions and increased cardiovascular risk in patients with mixed hyperlipidemia.
Using the Vertical Auto Profile (VAP Test) and S3GGE particle methods, researchers from the recent study titled VAP II analysis of lipoprotein subclasses in mixed hyperlipidemic patients on treatment with ezetimibe/simvastatin and fenofibrate discovered that combination therapy achieved greater reductions in cholesterol classes in high-risk patients and resulted in greater positive changes in lipoprotein profile than monotherapy.
Because of the complex nature of mixed hyperlipidemia, medical guidelines recommend treating patients with a combination of lipid-lowering agents. However, clinicians continue to search for the optimal combination to achieve target lipid levels.
"Mixed hyperlipidemia is characterized by an excess of small, dense LDL associated with an increase of triglyceride and a decrease of HDL-cholesterol levels," said Farnier, lead author of the study. "The patients with mixed dyslipidemia frequently require a combination therapy to normalize this atherogenic lipoprotein profile, and in this specific study the combined therapy of ezetimibe/simvastatin and fenofibrate has produced favorable effects on all the atherogenic lipoprotein subclasses."
Details of the 12-week, multi-center, double blind, parallel group study were published in the Journal of Lipid Research. In the study, 611 patients with mixed hyperlipidemia were randomized to one of four treatment groups: placebo; ezetimibe/simvastatin (10/20 mg/d); fenofibrate (160 mg/d); or ezetimibe/simvastatin (10/20 mg/d) + fenofibrate (160 mg/d) for 12 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint of the trial was percent change in LDL-C from baseline to study endpoint after treatment with ezetimibe/simvastatin + fenofibrate versus fenofibrate alone.
Detailed evaluation of the effects of ezetimibe/simvastatin and fenofibrate both as monotherapy and in coadministration was achieved by examining their effects on individual lipoprotein subclasses. Cholesterol associated with very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), intermediate density lipoprotein (IDL), LDL and HDL subfractions was quantified using the Vertical Auto Profile method. LDL particle size was determined using segmented gradient gel electrophoresis (S3GGE Berkeley Heart Lab).
A key feature of the comprehensive VAP Test is the identification of the major lipid components of residual risk leading to proper individualized therapy. The VAP Test provides researchers and medical professionals with direct measurement of LDL, HDL and all relevant subclasses, and includes non-HDL, a highly accurate determination of apoB, and emerging risk factors such as Lp(a), remnants and small dense LDL.
"We're pleased that the VAP Test was essential in helping investigators identify an optimal combination of therapies for the treatment of mixed hyperlipidemia," said James Ehrlich, M.D., Atherotech's chief medical officer. "Examining in detail the effect of these therapies on lipoprotein subclasses should lead to improved treatment of at-risk individuals exhibiting elevated LDL, triglycerides and non-high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol plus low HDL."
Researchers reported that ezetimibe/simvastatin and fenofibrate, both as separate therapy and in coadministration, produced beneficial changes in the distribution of lipoprotein subclasses within the VLDL to LDL density range. The combination of ezetimibe/simvastatin + fenofibrate produced greater reductions in VLDL, IDL, and LDL (relative to other treatment groups) and greater improvements in the distribution of LDL subfractions with a shift from smaller, more dense to larger, more buoyant LDL particle size in patients with mixed hyperlipidemia.
Eligible patients for the study were men and women aged 18 to 79 years with mixed hyperlipidemia and no coronary heart disease (CHD), CHD-equivalent disease (except for Type 2 diabetes), or CHD risk score >20% as defined by NCEP ATP III.


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Joe Giudice is apparently cheating on his doting wife Teresa Giudice of RHONJ fame. Joe being the stand up guy that he is, reportedly goes out on cozy dates with his goomahs whenever his wife is out of town making the only honest income these two have. It is suspected that he is having an affair with the couple's nanny, how cliche.
According to RadarOnline, "He does this every time that she goes out of town," the source said. "There is something seriously wrong here that every time that she's away, every time that she does something, this man is doing his thing. Every time! It's like he can't wait."
Well, it seems that portly, greasy and barely literate is what passes for sexy in New Jersey. Remember that episode of RHONJ when Joe forgot to turn off his mic and was recorded calling his wife a see-you-next-Tuesday while talking to an alleged mistress? The sight of Teresa begging her husband to have sex with her and just stopping short of urinating on his shoe to mark her territory was sad, I'd feel bad for her if she wasn't such a petty, repulsive human being.
It's pretty obvious that Joe is being unfaithful, he's not exactly subtle about it but keeping up appearances for that asinine television show is more important to Teresa than teaching her girls what not to tolerate in a marriage. I don't wanna sound too sanctimonious here, I'm sure it's very hurtful to be on the receiving end of such disrespect, but it's up to Teresa to actually do something about it, especially with the epic fraud case looming. Now would be the perfect time to distance herself from Joe and his fraudulent ways to save her and her girls. it will all work out, the world will see Tre, as the poor trusting housewife with questionable fashion sense and a prominent hairline who was duped by her greedy cheating husband,there might even be a People magazine cover in it for her; why stop there? I see Dancing with the Stars in this girl's future.


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Elevated Jackknife with a Fit Ball
Whew! Wordy title, but I couldn't think of a snappier way to summarize this exercise. This is a more advanced move for those who have a solid foundation of core work and are looking to turn up the intensity. If you don't have access to a flat bench, you can also perform this exercise in prone position with shins on the top of the ball and arms in push-up position (wrists in alignment with shoulders). This exercise hits many additional stabilizing muscles, but primarily focuses on the Transversus Abdominus and Rectus Abdominus (think working toward chiseling out that six-pack). Read More →


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A forum for Orthodox Jewish parents, families and friends of young gay men and women to humbly listen and learn from each other as we navigate these uncharted waters.
Monday, June 6, 2011
"No parent should have to bury their child." - Theoden
But everything pales in comparison to the loss of a child. Over the last few days we have been mourning as friends, as family and as a community, as we were struck with the news of the untimely death of a 28 year old man, just three weeks before his wedding.
There are no answers. There are only questions.
It is the ultimate test of faith.
Over the last 12 months I can count at least five times that I personally know, of a parent who had to bury their child .
It is not natural.
On another note........
I have not had anything to write since February when I discussed the establishment of a parents' group. I have been asked by several parents about this group. Unfortunately, I was not asked nor was I involved with setting up this group. Before it got off the ground, I suggested that it be held under the banner of "Kirtzono" but those who were involved did not agree. As such, it was set up as a closed parents group. Its membership numbers 19, including my wife and I. There have been only a few discussions and the last time anyone wrote into it was two months ago.
The google group is called Temicha and you have to be invited. Please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. He will send you an invitation to join the group.
Ironic? No? These young men and women want to be heard and accepted and we parents are hiding behind a google group.
Boy am I going to get @#%& for this one.
Be well and let's hug our kids. Who knows what's in store for any of us.
Saul David
7 comments:
- frustratedMOmom said...
I am a mother of a teen who came out to us (his parents) a few weeks ago. We are Orthodox. We have been very lucky to have received lots of support from some wonderful individuals, for which we are very grateful. I am very frustrated by the lack of a Jewish support group/network. I will certainly join the google group (I had been told it exists, but did not have a way to contact it), but it sounds like it is not very active. If we are talking about 5-10% of the kids, why all the secrecy? And shouldn't the siblings have some understanding/support too? Assuming it is OK with my son, I am willing to be open and discuss issues and seek and (with time)provide support for others. Is there any way out of the hiding?
- June 13, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Saul David said...
That's what this blog has been about. There is no support from the community. And quite frankly, I have not seen much from "Temicha", which is the name of the google group.
As I have told other parents over the last few years, if you just want to talk to either me or my wife, send me a private (and it could still be anonymous) email to email@example.com. I will give you our personal phone number.
- June 13, 2011 at 5:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
With so much going on, your blog has been quiet for more than 6 months. Have you abandoned it?
- January 24, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Saul David said...
Sorry. I have not abandoned it. I just needed a bit of a time-out. One of our daughters got married in November and things have been hectic, in a good way for the better part of this past year. I have things to talk about. Thanks for reading.
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This is an amazing blog post here.... I like your blog. Thanks very much for sharing such an amazing blog post.
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family first or Families should be at the centre of family first Australian way of life, not government bureaucracies. With the rising cost of living putting more and more pressure on families they need more income to function properly and make ends meet.
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I have seen a lot of posts when c4d crashes when rendering to RQ, but in my case c4d crashes when rendering to picture viewer... It uses all the RAM and then it crashes. When i render my scene using render queue, enerything is just fine, RAM usage never exceeds 60 % (scene contains a lot of scattered grass, RAM is 16gb, GTX 1070Ti, Octane v 4.02.1-R3)
P.S. I have posted this here because its the only topic when i see "create topic" button. Please do not delete this and relocate it to c4d discussion.


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== The Way That Winds ==
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- 4 Reachman Religion
- 5 The Way That Winds
- 6 The Old Ways
- 7 Giant Mythology
- 8 Witchcraft
- 9 Druids of Galen
Breton Pantheon
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The Norman perspective
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Orcish Pantheon
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The Way That Winds
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==== The Way that Winds - ==== The way of mortal life, all spirits, alive and passing to the next follow The Way that Winds. The Way that Winds is symbolized by a stream of water flowing in only one direction, though the Way that Winds has many streams, the only one path is forward. Water is the connection between the spirit world and the materialistic world.
==== All-Eater Worm - ==== The way in which everything degrades and becomes nothing, or next to nothing. All-Eater worm devours all Mortal Spirits that pass through his mouth, and excretes them as spirits lesser than that they were. All-Eater worm stands for degradation, permanent death, and oblivion.
==== The Abyss - ==== The Abyss or 'The Deep Ways' are a complex series of caves that connect the divine 'inner' to the mortal cycle, mortals, except highly gifted Bjoulsae sages, are unable to pass into it's streams. The Abyss is home to a mystical figure called Sunken-Head. It is said that mountains and glaciers are connect the Abyss to the mortal plane.
==== The Inner - ==== The Inner or 'Everlasting Spring' is a place that mortals have never seen, but has found its way into the concept through the old stories told by Watermanes. It speaks of a neverending stream of water that supplies water to The Abyss and the Mortal cycle, the water also streams into The Void.
==== The Void - ==== The Void is an empty space that is positioned in the middle of the Divine Cycle. The believe exists that the mortal spirits were created by revolvement of the wheel, ousting of Divine Spirits, that degraded in All-Eater worm. The Bjoulsae Tribes believe that if there ever comes a time the Cycle will start to revolve again, everything will degrade, Divine turns into Mortal again, and all that was turns into dust once more.
Classification of spirits:
==== Mortal Spirits - ==== Mortal Spirits are defined by their involvement in the outer wheel, or the Mortal Cycle. They are degraded into lesser spirits by All-Eater worm.
==== Sunken Head - ==== Sunken Head is an ancient wise sage, that by his knowledge sunk into The Abyss, and is one of the few mortals to ever touch the Abyss. His words are carried along the streams of the mortal cycle.
==== Divine Spirits - ==== The Divine Spirits live inside the Divine Cycle and, they're in the eyes of the Bjoulsae Tribes immortal and unreachable. The only connection the Bjoulsae Tribes and Divine Spirits have is through the Watermanes. Divine Spirits sometimes bring gifts down The Abyss for mortals.
==== Watermanes - ==== Watermanes are the only spirits that can traverse The Abyss to the Mortal and Divine Cycles. They offer guidance to mortals, and bring messages between the planes. It is said that horses stem from noble mortal spirits that have traversed the Divine Cycle.
The Old Ways
Giant Mythology
Giant spiritual beliefs in High Rock are a form of simple literal Animism, using both Aedra and Daedra gods as names for the common elements of life. For instance, a giant might not think Kyner controls the laws of the wind but rather IS the wind and nothing beyond that. Another interesting and unique detail of the Giant beliefs is a complete lack of an origin myth, which is extremely rare in religions. Giants seem to lack a word for time, having difficulty thinking outside of the present moment. When asked how things came to be, they respond that "things are how they are".
Druids of Galen
Druidism is one of the oldest religions in High Rock, dating back to the Merithic era. The practice aims to use wild magic, especially in the domain of Yffre, in a utilitarian manner and encourages the dogma of 'might makes right'. It was largely practiced by the early Nedic people of High Rock as well as a select few Atlmer settlers.
The origin story of Druidism claims that there were once two Atlmer brothers on Summerset, Galen and Valen. Both paragons and masters of the school of Mysticism among Mer and often studied with those who would become the forerunners of the Psyjic Order. The study and worship of Y'ffre was very sparse on Summerset, leading the brothers to an exodus where their followers and them traveled to Tamriel's mainland to spread their teachings. For a time the brothers traveled together and taught any Mer who had talent on how to manipulate the earthbones of nature. This union did not last forever, however, since the brothers found themselves in an unreconcilable disagreement. Valen, the elder, believed that the earthbones should be respected in their current state and the brothers should act as wardens against tampering. Galen staunchly disagreed, defending the act of earthbone manipulation as a right to those who can master the art. The two fought to decide their differences, using their mastery of naturecrafting against one another. After days of dueling, Yalen came out victorious. Valen cemented his teachings into the cult by establishing the Greenpact in the land now known as Valenwood. Spited and enraged, Galen left his brother and their followers, traveling north to High Rock. There he found Nedic tribes of humans, suitable students even if not Mer. Galen would found the Druids by teaching these Nedes how to harness the Wild Magic potent in their lands and use them as they see fit. Neither brother lived to see the First Era but if this story is to be believed, their teachings live on and have shaped much of High Rock and Valenwood, in history and also physically.


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"Let's Make Democracy Personal Again" is the floral industry's call to action for the Society of American Florists' 37th Annual Congressional Action Days (CAD), March 13-14 in Washington, D.C.
With new faces in Congress and issues that impact every floral business high on the administration's legislative agenda, SAF urges members to reach out to federal lawmakers at home and in the nation's capital.
"After a chaotic election year, we have to bring our issues back into focus. We need to renew and reinforce our personal connections on Capitol Hill and educate first-time members of Congress about our industry," said SAF President Martin Meskers, AAF, of Oregon Flowers Inc. in Aurora, Oregon.
"CAD is democracy in its best and most basic form," said Lorence Wenke of Wenke Greenhouses in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Citizens speaking directly to the legislators they elect to represent them — in Washington — is what changes the world."
Lobbying on Capitol Hill for the first time last year felt a little intimidating, recalled Anne Stewart of Smithers-Oasis – North American Operations in Kent, Ohio. Despite all the preparation and training CAD participants receive, "I was sure I was going to blow it," she said. "But as soon as you get into the office and start talking, you realize they're just people like us — and they really, really want to hear from the constituent. I felt very uplifted."
Kristen Gainan-Sparboe of Gainan's Floral & Greenhouses in Billings, Montana, also attended CAD for the first time last year. She was "impressed by the process — and I loved having the opportunity to network with fellow florists. I would highly recommend it to anyone."
"CAD is a priceless opportunity to speak with (members of) Congress about issues that will affect our business," said Tanner Wheat of Lafayette Florist, Gift Shop & Garden Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
CAD deadlines: The cut-off date for guaranteeing the SAF room rate at the CAD hotel is Feb. 17. Early CAD registration ends Feb. 21. Your registration includes an additional FREE registration for a second person from your company who has never attended CAD before. For details and to register for CAD, visit safnow.org/cad.
Watch SAF Chairperson Shirley Lyons, AAF, PFCI, of Dandelions Flowers & Gifts in Eugene, Oregon, talk about a legislative aide calling her the 'small business queen' during last year's Congressional Action Days in this video:


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A large avalanche, caught in action, rolls down a North Polar scarp bank on Mars.
A composite of several images taken by the Mars Pathfinder lander shows the boulder-strewn surface of the planet at Chryse Planitia, a circular plain. In the distance, you can see two hills dubbed the "Twin Peaks," which are each approximately 100 feet tall.
Large crescent-shaped sand dunes overlay an ancient lava flow in the caldera Nili Patera, which sits near the center of Syrtis Major, a low-profile shield volcano. Typically expansive and smaller in stature, shield volcanoes are so named for their resemblance to a warrior's shield lying on the ground.
Taken by the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, this enhanced-color photograph shows a rock dubbed Mazatzal after a portion of its surface was brushed clean by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
Gullies leading from the rim of a crater (upper left) in Mars' southern highlands show the twisting, braided patterns typical of channels carved by water.
This unusual landform spotted in the Martian south pole during spring is called areneiform, or spider-like. The channels were most likely carved by carbon dioxide gas.
The Russel Crater dune field, covered by a bright frost of carbon dioxide during Martian winter, is gradually being uncovered as the frost evaporates. A few patches of seasonal frost remain and are visible, while the dark meandering tracks are the paths of dust devils.
Dunes cover the floor of Victoria Crater, a scallop-shaped impact crater 2,600-feet across that sits near Mars' equator. See those small dots that also appear in the image? The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is visible at roughly the ten o'clock position of the crater rim.
Scalloped pits, shown here, seem to indicate the evaporation of sub-surface material, most likely interstitial ice.
A gully (upper right) flows down a dune field in a large, degraded crater in Mars' southern hemisphere.
A color-enhanced view of layered deposits at Chasma Boreale, a large canyon in Mars' north polar ice cap.
The layers in the wall of an unnamed crater in Mars' Southern Highlands. The north-facing walls, shown here with digitally enhanced colors, have been carved by landslides.
The Martian south pole is annually covered in translucent carbon dioxide ice. In spring, the ice layer evaporates from the bottom. The dark fans of dust seen here come from the surface below the ice, carried to the top by gas venting from below. The bright streaks are fresh frost.


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Anne Clark: I'll Walk Out Into Tomorrow
You are watching the movie Anne Clark: I'll Walk Out Into Tomorrow produced in Germany belongs in Category Documentary, Biography, Music with duration 80 Min , broadcast at 123MOVIES.LA,Director by Claus Withopf,Anne Clark, an icon of music history and a terrific pioneer of spoken word art, has been on stage for more than 30 years. It transforms language into unique music. Since the early 1980s, ...
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Duration: 80 Min
Release: 2018
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Archita Sharma
MSc student, University of Delhi
Kanha Tiger Reserve, a popular tiger tourism destination, is a mixed forest characterised by
patches of sal, bamboo and beautiful vast grasslands. These different habitats support a large
population of ungulates - a diverse group of hoofed mammals. Ungulates like chital, chinkara, wild buffalo and many others form a major part of tiger diet. In fact, survival of large carnivores such as tigers depends directly on the prey base or the ungulate density. Understanding specific requirements of different ungulates is hence crucial for maintaining a healthy and diverse ungulate population and in turn high tiger numbers.
In a recent study, researchers from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and Madhya Pradesh
Forest Department, Mandla, documented the effect of human use, season and habitat on
ungulate density in Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Researchers walked on 200
pre-determined paths covering 1200 sq km for estimating densities of six species of ungulates
which were barasingha, barking deer, chital, gaur, sambar and wild pig for each management
area and habitat type. Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) contains two management areas, first is
the core area which contains no human settlement and second is the buffer zone which is a
multiple use area with human settlements and is often comparatively more disturbed. The
study considered 4 different habitat types in KTR which were grassland, pure sal forest,
miscellaneous forest and bamboo mixed forest.
The study finds that the ungulate biomass in the core area is much higher, almost 4.8 times, in the core area compared to the buffer zone. Among all ungulates studied, chital was the most abundant with higher density in the core area compared to the buffer zone. A consistent result was obtained for both gaur and sambar. Barking deer and wild pig densities showed no marked difference in the two management areas. Nilgai was the only ungulate with higher densities in the buffer zone compared to the core area whereas barasingha and chousingha had no records from the buffer zone in this study. Absence of these two rare and endangered species from the buffer zone which has moderate to heavy human disturbance and their restricted presence in the core area highlights the need to maintain intact core areas which provide critical habitats for threatened species. To put simply, ungulates don't like humans except maybe nilgai.
Pinki Mondal
Senior Research Associate, Columbia University, New York, USA
Post updated on 4/25/2018
Are you interested in science, art, and sloth bear? Then you must check out this wonderful pictorial handbook published by The Corbett Foundation, and authored by NCCI members Aniruddha Dhamorikar, Kedar Gore, and Harendra Singh Bargali. The handbook is one of the outcomes from a project titled "Dynamics of Human–Sloth Bear Conflict in the Kanha-Pench Corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India" funded by the DeFries-Bajpai Foundation.
This handbook utilizes beautiful easy-to-understand illustrations to explain DOs and DON'Ts in case of an encounter with Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus), locally called bhaloo or reech. Sloth Bear is legally protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 along with the tiger and the leopard. However, they are threatened because of merciless killing and habitat destruction. The content of this handbook is based on the findings from a study on human-sloth bear conflicts in Balaghat, Seoni, and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh.
This handbook has been endorsed by Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, and is being made freely available among the local communities. A Hindi version of this handbook was also prepared for a wider outreach in the Kanha-Pench Corridor as well as other conflict-affected areas of Central India. It was officially released on April 23, 2018 at Bandhavgarh National Park (Madhya Pradesh) celebrating 50 years of the park.
Original Paper:
Dhamorikar, A. H., Mehta, P., Bargali, H., Gore, K. (2017). Characteristics of human - sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) encounters and the resulting human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0176612.
By Aniruddha Dhamorikar
Featuring research supported by the DeFries-Bajpai Foundation
It is hard to tell if it is the same river you cross after every hill you descend. The jungle is new at every turn, and I might as well have crossed one-too-many. We were in the hills of Seoni, close to the Pench Tiger Reserve, the land Kipling adopted in The Jungle Book (1894-95), the land of many hills and rivers, and stories. One late afternoon, I halted at a large rock jutting out from a dry river, looking at tilting ribbons of light cast rippling shadows on the dusty bedrock. It was too early in the year for the rivers to turn into puddles.
At another time, along one such river, one late afternoon, the 'Jungle People' were gathering by the Peace Rock. The rains had failed, rivers shrunk, and trees and vines shrivelled and withered. "If I were alone," mumbled Baloo, "I would change my hunting-grounds now, before the others began to think." As a kid, Kipling's narration of how fear came always made my hair stand on end. "And yet – hunting among strangers ends in fighting; and they might hurt the Man-cub. We must wait and see how the Mohwa blooms," Baloo added.
Earlier than Kipling, James Forsyth in The Highlands of Central India (1872) writes that sloth bears "appear to lose their natural apprehensions of danger in some degree during the Mohwa season."
Dunbar Brander in Wild Animals in Central India (1927) speaks of them as being "the most intelligent animal in the jungle, the primates excepted," adding that "The time of plenty is when the fleshy calyx of the Mohwa tree is continually dropping, and it is an extraordinary sight to see the bears competing with each other so as to be first on the spot."
Thus far, in my journeys through the Kanha-Pench landscape, sloth bears have always eluded me. A decade ago, in another landscape, on another bend on the hill, I had come face-to-face with an indolent bear loitering down a shallow dell. Needless to say, I was off in the opposite direction. To each his own fear, Baloo would have said. Forsyth describes sloth bears as "generally very harmless until attacked" adding darkly that "sometimes, however, a bear will attack savagely without provocation – generally, when they are come upon suddenly, and their road of escape is cut off". Brander opined that, "a she-bear with cubs is a most dangerous animal to disturb" and "it is a jungle axiom that one never can say what a bear will do".
Be that as it may, humans and sloth bears have coexisted more-or-less effortlessly for centuries.
Read more in the original article, published as a cover story on the February 2018 edition of Sanctuary Asia, where Aniruddha Dhamorikar writes of the changing landscape for sloth bears in their Central Indian strongholds and offers glimpses of solutions to human-bear conflicts that could determine the future of the species.
Prachi Thatte
PhD student, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
Bilaspur is an agriculture dominated district in the north western part of the state of Chhattisgarh. It is known for the aromatic Dubraj variety of rice. Nearly 65% of the land area of Bilaspur is under agriculture. What remains is covered by villages and towns, industries and fragments of forests. The forest fragments are mainly found on hillocks and around boulders. Inspite of the patchy distribution of forests, sloth bears thrive in this landscape.
Examining fecal samples (scat) is a common technique used in research to understand feeding habits of wild animals. Remains of food found in the scat are identified using reference collections of potential food samples. For example, the feces of animals that eat fruits often contain seeds of the fruits. A reference collection of seeds is used in that case to identify what fruits the animal has eaten. For carnivores, the hair and bones in the diet are used to identify the prey species.
By Jennie Miller, John Linnell, Vidya Athreya and Subharanjan Sen
This article is an outcome of discussions at the Central Indian Landscape Symposium (CILS) in December 2016 during the session on Coexistence Between People and Wildlife.
Wildlife managers and other conservation practitioners represent the wildlife they manage or research. When wildlife damages people's property or affects the lives of family and friends, these authorities are often required to step beyond their areas of expertise and training to address the needs of people. Managing people well—especially in sensitive situations when they have faced a serious personal loss to wildlife—is critical to conserving wildlife.
But how exactly do you explain to a stranger that her husband has been mauled by a sloth bear, or tell a farmer that a tiger has devoured his cow on which he relies for his sustenance? Local people's interactions with the administration—often considered a representation of wildlife itself—start with the way in which people are treated as they receive the news of such losses. These moments can be traumatic and emotionally charged, especially when it is a human life that has been lost. The households wrestling with these losses are then often expected to carry out long protracted procedures to claim financial compensation payments, a process which again defines their view of the larger administrative and governmental system, as well as shapes their future willingness to engage with wildlife authorities and tolerate the proximity of wildlife.
In such contexts, a conservation practitioner's "people skills" play a critical, yet currently underappreciated, role. In that fraught moment, the individual who represents the authority is seen as a custodian of the wildlife species causing the loss (livestock, crop or human). They also take on another, greater role, that of a human being reacting to the loss of another human, one that requires empathy, humility, and respect. Some people possess these skills naturally and make for very effective wildlife managers with little need for further training. For others, these skills need to be taught and fostered by institutional culture. However, training in dealing with people in trauma and conflict has not been an important part of the curriculum for conservation biologists, practitioners, and wildlife managers. In this article, we build on our collective experiences as conservation professionals to discuss strategies related to public relations that could better equip researchers, forest administrations, and other conservation practitioners in caring for people as well as wildlife.
Read the full article in the Economic and Political Weekly (free on ResearchGate).
Project Spotlight highlights our members' work in Central India.
June 2020
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Hi all, I'm new here. I'm writing an Android App to control a motorized Focus Stacking system (rail and DSLR) via Arduino/Bluetooth so I was wondering if there is, or it is planned, a plugin which can handle communication with Arduino devices.
Thanks in advance
Arduino interface?
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