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WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court decision upholding the constitutionality of Superfund's imposition of retroactive liability leaves legislation as the only possibility for reform, Superfund reform advocates say.
If anything, the decision demonstrates that Superfund is still in dire need of reform, they say.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled unanimously in United States vs. Olin Corp. last week that a district court judge had erred in ruling that Superfund retroactive liability did not apply to the cleanup of an Alabama site once used by Olin Corp. for certain manufacturing chemicals from 1951 to 1982.
U.S. District Court Judge William Brevard Hand of Mobile, Ala., ruled last year that Congress had never expressly intended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, which created Superfund, to apply liability retroactively (BI, June 3, 1996; May 27, 1996).
Judge Hand also held that Superfund couldn't be enforced in the Olin case because of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause, which allows Congress to regulate intrastate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce. Judge Hand said that the pollution at the McIntosh, Ala., site did not cross state lines and so was beyond the scope of the commerce clause.
The 11th Circuit disagreed on both counts.
"Because the legislative history of CERCLA documents how the unregulated management of hazardous substances, even strictly within individual states, significantly impacts interstate commerce, we conclude the statute can be applied constitutionally under the circumstances of this case," Senior Circuit Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch wrote for the 11th Circuit.
The appeals court also dismissed the argument that Congress had not intended Superfund liability to be applied retroactively. Although CERCLA "contains no explicit statement regarding retroactive application of its cleanup liability provisions," Congress clearly intended liability to indeed apply retroactively, wrote Judge Kravitch. She cited the remarks of those commenting on the bill as it was debated, CERCLA's own language holding that its reach extended to "any person who at the time of disposal owned or operated" a facility where hazardous substances had been deposited, and other indications of legislative intent.
Disappointed as they are that the 11th Circuit reversed Judge Hand's decision, Superfund reform advocates were neither surprised nor particularly discouraged about its impact on current congressional efforts to reform the pollution law.
"It might have had some impact if the case had gone the other way. It hasn't changed the playing field at all," said John Arlington, senior counsel for the American Insurance Assn. in Washington.
Mr. Arlington added that he believes the case has gone as far as it will. "I think it's highly unlikely this case will be appealed. It was a unanimous decision and Olin is already cleaning up the site, so it's really a moot case."
Peter Lefkin, senior vp-government and industry affairs for Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. in Washington, agreed that the decision will have "fairly little" impact on congressional Superfund action.
"I think most people had expected the Olin decision to be reversed and were predicating their hopes for the overhaul of the Superfund program based upon two facts: One, the taxes had expired and Ways and Means Committee Chairman (Bill) Archer (R-Texas) said they would not be reauthorized until the program was overhauled; and, two, the Superfund liability regime does not work even if it is legal," Mr. Lefkin said.
David Farmer, senior vp-federal affairs in the Alliance of American Insurers' Washington office, said: "Basically, this decision simply emphasizes the need for congressional reform of the Superfund statute. We are disappointed that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals did not agree with the trial court's decision. We respectfully disagree with their analysis.
"It is going to energize the reform community into redoubling their efforts to reform this law, which is flawed, unfair and poorly administered," he predicted.
But one pro-reform observer is concerned that the decision might slow down reform efforts on Capitol Hill.
"We are disappointed but not surprised by the decision. We believed that a decision favoring Olin would have given Congress a bit more motivation to complete Superfund reform this year. Now, unfortunately, that extra motivation won't be there," said Paul Brown, director of government affairs for the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. in New York.
"The decision, though, clearly indicates that Congress must address the issues of joint and retroactive liability quickly to avoid any more confusion in the future," he added.
United States vs. Olin Corp., 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; No. 96-6645, March 25, 1997


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When Portland Thorns FC host Seattle Reign FC Saturday (4:00pm PT, TICKETS), a wealth of soccer talent will take the field at Providence Park. While much attention has been paid to the attacking play of both teams, two of the world's best goalkeepers will be doing their best to stifle any offensive threat.
Portland's Nadine Angerer and Seattle's Hope Solo are two of the most experienced players at international level, having amassed over 280 appearances combined for Germany and the United States, respectively. Between the two goalkeepers are 18 international tournament titles, including the FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic Games. Individual accolades are abundant, highlighted by Angerer's 2013 FIFA World Player of the Year award.
While stalwarts of their respective national teams, Angerer and Solo are also making their marks in the National Women's Soccer League. Solo is in her second year with the Reign and will face Portland for the third time. Angerer is a relative newcomer to the NWSL and will be opposite Solo for the first time at club level, which adds to the spectacle.
"For the fans, first of all, it's exciting to have such world-class players on the field in one night," Thorns FC head coach Paul Riley said. "At each end of the field you do have the two best goalkeepers in the world, unquestionably."
Angerer and Solo currently rank at the top of several goalkeeping categories. They have the two best goals-against averages of goalkeepers that have played four or more games. Between them Solo and Angerer have made 23 saves and have faced 73 shots, conceding only five goals in nine matches.
"You know in a game like this, with both teams' attacking abilities, there's going to be some amazing shots and amazing attacking sequences and you know the keepers are going to have to come up big," Thorns defender Rachel Van Hollebeke said. As someone who's seen both shot-stoppers up close due to club and USWNT commitments, Van Hollebeke has a unique perspective on what both Angerer and Solo can bring to the pitch.
"This is the type of game all of us live for, but probably especially the keepers because they really have that chance to make the difference in the game," Van Hollebeke added. "Nadine has already done that several times for us. She's had some huge saves."
While Angerer and Solo may not challenge each other face-to-face, the quality each brings to the field will have a significant impact on Saturday's result. Reputation can potentially do some of a goalkeeper's work for them when a chance comes an attacker's way.
"Just like Nadine and just like Hope, when forwards get through on them, [attackers] think a bit too much," Riley pointed out. "[Attackers] think 'Oh God, it's Hope Solo' or 'Oh God, it's Nadine Angerer.' As much as everyone thinks this is going to be a high scoring game, because of two offensive teams, I'm not so sure, with the goalkeepers we've got," Riley remarked.
The goalkeepers are just two of a plethora of world-class talent taking the field with several FIFA Women's World Cup winners and Olympic medalists taking positions all over the pitch.
"These players just make [the NWSL] so much better and better for the fans," Riley said. "I think the fans are excited and I think every soccer fan and everyone that follows women's soccer are excited for the game this weekend."
With Thorns FC and Seattle Reign FC setting the pace at the start of the regular-season, it could come down to the goalkeepers to keep their side as the only unbeaten club in the NWSL. No one more suited for the challenge than Angerer and Solo.

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Start A Career As A Web Designer
Posted on October 17, 2011
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You've finally done it: You've abandoned your life-long career, bought all the equipment, and are now pursuing a full-time position as a graphic designer specializing in web design. You have the drive, the motivation (money is a pretty good one) as well as the creative soul necessary to create truly epic web graphics. However, you'll need more than gumption alone to earn yourself a successful career as a web designer. It's not an impossible goal, so to speak, but you'll certainly need a bit more than good looks and charm.
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Pimm's No. 1 Cup
Diet Spite/7up/or any Lemon-Lime Soda of choice, also good with ginger beer
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Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour about 1/3 Pimm's No.1 into the glass. Top with lemon-lime soda and any garnishes. Stir. Enjoy.
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Being July, you may want to try the Pimm's granita, float, sorbet or Pimmsicle. Then, there are all the dessert recipes! So many celebrations can be made more festive with a spot of Pimm's. …better buy two bottles!
via 22 Ways To Toast The Royal Baby With Pimm's.
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Afghan Youth Debates: Disagreement Over Election Fraud
Panellists at an IWPR debate in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz have clashed over the scale of electoral fraud during last month's polls.
Mahmud Sadri, a lecturer at Kunduz University, said many people believed the April 5 election had been hijacked by "domestic and foreign institutions", whereas Hamidullah Baluch, regional spokesman for the Independent Election Commission (IEC), defended its success.
Addressing students at an event held on May 21, Sadri insisted that the outcome of the first-round presidential ballot – held the same day as provincial elections – had been engineered, and that the wishes of the electorate were being ignored by a corrupt establishment.
He said this interference jeopardised the entire voting process and would create mistrust among voters considering whether to participate in the June 14 run-off.
"Unfortunately the first-round election results were predetermined, but we hope the second round will not be engineered," Sadri told undergraduates. "Lack of interest due to the election result…. will reduce participation [in the second round]."
Baluch was quick to condemn Sadri's remarks as both inaccurate and irresponsible. He acknowledged that problems had occurred in the first round but insisted steps had been taken to address them.
He stressed that people across the country had shown great faith in the electoral process – some seven million of them voted – and he urged them to continue to do so.
"If the commissions [the IEC and the Independent Election Complaints Commission] had committed organised fraud, then one of the candidates would have definitely won in the first round," he said. "Going to a second round indicates that they functioned transparently.
"The people of Afghanistan, civil society institutions, the media and thousands of domestic and foreign observers witnessed the election and the count. We are not concerned about the performance of the commissions; we are more concerned about security. But we are confident that our forces will deliver reliable security for the second round just as they did for the first."
Later in the debate, Abdullah Rasuli, chairman of the civil society network in Kunduz province, sought to reassure students that the second round would be better organised than the first.
He too maintained that the April 5 poll had been a resounding success, and that Afghans had every right to take heart from the achievement.
"All the institutions worked well and God willing, there will be fewer problems in the second round," he told the debate. "The success was due to civil society institutions which highlighted potential problems and exerted pressure on the electoral commissions to address them. Despite the problems, the IEC's performance was still admirable."
Mohammad Isa Aria is a student at Kunduz University and an IWPR trainee.
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The research project EUMONIS – The integration environment for operator of energy farms – was a BMBF-funded project (FKZ: 01IS10033, Duration: 01.07.2010 to 30.06.2014, www.eumonis.org) with a total investment of 14 million Euros. With the growing number of centralised as well as decentralised renewable energy plants, which start the "German energy revolution", priority objectives existed in the sustainable and efficient improvement of their operation, creating additional values by the connection of similar plants as well as open up new market potentials in form of innovative services in the field of renewable energy. Through the broad cooperation with leading companies, associations and research institutions a platform has been created that can support all actors along the value chain of renewable energy in the provision of their specific services.
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The IIT Act and Statutes declare the Senate of an IIT as an authority of the Institute and describe the composition and the functions of the Senate. The act says that the Director will be the ex-officio Chairman of the Senate, which will also include members on an ex-officio basis. The other members of the Senate include the Deputy Director, the Professors appointed or recognized as such by the Institute, 3 persons who are not employees of the Institute nominated by the Chairman of the Board, the Heads of Departments, the Librarian, the Wardens of the hostels by the way of rotation, the Workshop Superintendent and six members of the staff (appointed by the Chairman).
The Senate of the Institute has control and general regulation, and is responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination in the Institute. The Senate periodically reviews the academic activities of each Department in depth and takes a view on the efficacy of the Department. The successes and failures of each Department, its strengths and weaknesses are discussed in the Senate and their findings and specific suggestions are made available to both the Board of Governors and the Advisory Committee of the Council. A list of Senate members is given below.
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|Abhijit P. Deshpande
|Kothiyal, MP
|Sampath Kumar, TS
|Ajit Kumar Kolar
|Krishna Kumar, R
|Sampath, V
|Krishna Vasudevan
|Sangaranarayanan, MV
|Amitava Das Gupta
|Krishnaiah, K
|Sanjay Kumar
|Anantha Subramanian, V
|Krishnamoorthy, S.
|Sankaranarayanan, V
|Anil Prabhakar
|Krishnan Balasubramanian
|Sankararaman, S
|Anju Chadha
|Krishnankutty, P
|Sannasiraj, SA
|Aravind, R
|Kulkarni, SH
|Santhakumar, S
|Archita Patnaik
|Lakshmana Rao, C
|Sanyasiraju, YVSS
|Arindama Singh
|Lakshmi Bala, S
|Sarathi, R
|Arul Lakshminarayan, L
|Ligy Philip
|Satish Kumar, SR
|Babu Viswanathan
|Loganathan, D
|Satyajit Roy
|Balakrishnan, AR
|Luoyi Tao
|Satyanarayana, KN
|Balasubramanian, M
|Madhumathi, R
|Satyanarayana, MV
|Baskaran, S
|Mahalingam, S
|Selvam, P
|Bhaskar Ramamurthi
|Mahesh Kumar
|Seshadri Sekhar
|Bhaskar, K
|Maiya, MP
|Sethupathi, K
|Bhattacharya, SS
|Malathy, D
|Shunmugam, MS
|Bhattacharyya, SK
|Mangala Sunder, K
|Sitaram, N
|Bhyrappa, P
|Mani, A
|Siva Prasad, N
|Bisht, PB
|Mani, JS
|Siva Ram Murthy, C
|Boominathan, A
|Markandeyulu, G
|Sivakumar, MS
|Chakravarthy Balaji
|Mathews, MS
|Sivanandan, R
|Chakravarthy, SR
|Mayuram, MM
|Sreenivas Jayanti
|Chandra Sekhar, C
|Meher Prasad A
|Sreenivasa Kumar, P
|Chandra, TS
|Mishra, AK
|Sridharan, K
|Chandrakumar, N
|Mohan, S
|Chandramouli, P
|Murthy, VRK
|Srinivasa Chakravarthy, V
|Chaudhary, SC
|Murty, BS
|Srinivasan, G
|Chidambaram, M
|Murty, BS
|Srinivasan, K
|Das, SK
|Murty, CVR
|Srinivasan, K
|David R. Koilpillai
|Muthuveerappan, G
|Sriram, P
|Deepak Khemani
|Nagarajan, R
|Subrahmanyam, A
|Deshmukh, PC
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|Subrahmanyam, PV
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|Narendran, TT
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|Sudhir Chella Rajan
|Dhamodharan, R
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|Sujatha, C
|Doble Mukesh
|Panda, T
|Sujith, RI
|Enakshi Bhattacharya
|Paramanand Singh
|Sukhendu Das
|Evangeline Manickam
|Parthasarathy, PR
|Sundar, S
|Gandhi, SR
|Ponnusamy, S
|Sundar, V
|Ganesh Babu, K
|Prabhu, KMM
|Sundararajan, T
|Ganesh Sundara Raman, S
|Pradeep, T
|Sundaravadivelu, R
|Ganesh, LS
|Prakash Sai, L
|Sundarraj, RP
|Giridhar, K
|Pramod S. Mehta
|Sunil Kumar, PB
|Govardhan, M
|Prasad, BVSSS
|Suraishkumar, GK
|Govindarajan Suresh
|Prasanna Kumar, TS
|Surendran, S
|Guhan Jayaraman
|Pushpavanam, S
|Swaminathan, T
|Hariharan, K
|Raghunathan Rengasamy
|Swarup, KS
|Harishankar Ramachandran
|Rajagopal, K
|Tanmay Basak
|Hema A. Murthy
|Rajendran, C
|Thamban Nair, M
|Indrapal Singh Aidhen
|Rajib Basu Mallick
|Thamizh Arasan, V
|Jagadeesh Kumar, V
|Raju Sethuraman
|Thenmozhi, M
|Janakiram, D
|Rama Shanker Verma
|Udayachandran Chakkingal
|Jayachandran, S
|Rama, R
|Jayashankar, V
|Ramachandra Rao, MS
|Usha, R
|Jhunjhunwala, A
|Ramachandraiah, A
|Varadaraju, UV
|Job Kurian
|Ramachandran, KB
|Veeramani, P
|John Moolakkattu Stephen
|Ramakrishna, M
|Veeraragavan, A
|Kalpakam, S
|Ramamoorthy, B
|Velmurugan, R
|Kamakoti, V
|Ramamurthy, K
|Venkatarathnam, G
|Kamalanabhan, TJ
|Ramaprabhu, S
|Vetrivel, V
|Kamaraj, M
|Ramasubba Reddy, M
|Vidyasagar, K
|Kamath, SG
|Ramesh Babu, N
|Vijayan, C
|Kannan, A
|Ramesh, A
|Vijayaraghavan, L
|Karmalkar, S
|Ramesh, K
|Vinita Vasudevan
|Karunagaran, D
|Ranga Rao, G
|Kasiviswanathan, S
|Ravi, R
|Kesavan Nair, P
|Ravindra Gettu
|Koshy Varghese
|Sai, PST
Other Members
|Mahendra N Jadhav
|Prof Sriram, P (Registrar)
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Lynn & Barrett is a family-owned specialty women's boutique located in Wintersville Ohio. We are a mother-daughter team who created L&B with a passion for fashion and a love for keeping our customers looking their very best. At Lynn & Barrett you will find a variety of glamorous, bohemian and vintage-styled pieces. We hope you love what you find here as much as we love bringing it to you!


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It's happened to all of us: You start your car and begin driving when you hear a sound coming from your vehicle. Maybe it's grinding, flapping, or a persistent knocking that makes you uneasy. Whatever's going on, it's clear your car needs maintenance.
Just like your vehicle, your team needs maintenance, too. When your people experience a few slight miscommunications, a minor conflict, or simply aren't in sync, you know something has to be done. But would a team building event or company outing best suit your needs?
While there's no owners manual to running a team, defining and comparing the two options will help you choose what would keep your people moving forward.
What are Team Building Events?
The basis behind a team building event is simple: it's about improving your team by addressing specific issues. Some of those challenges include:
- Communication – when members aren't understanding each other
- Connection – new or merged teams have to get to know each other to collaborate well
- Performance – when obstacles are hindering productivity and team functioning
- Innovation – some of the best creative problem solving comes from groups of diverse individuals and needs to be encouraged
While this list isn't exhaustive, if you can pinpoint an issue like the ones above that's keeping your team members from doing their best, a team building event could benefit your company. Improved teamwork, unity, and synergy are just a few of the benefits you could expect.
What are Company Outings?
Maybe your team doesn't have a definable issue that's getting in the way of goals, but something just seems off. It could be apathy, boredom, or simply a loss of focus. That's when you need a company outing.
Company outings mainly focus on fun. They're a way to relax and take a break away from the office over a group activity, like karaoke, kickball, bow tag, or climbing an indoor ropes course.
Even though these types of events are more about play, they still come with their own set of benefits:
- Increased Connection: Through having fun together, your team will naturally communicate and improve their relationships.
- Opportunities for Collaboration: People from different departments meet and have time to discuss topics that sometimes lead to great ideas.
- Reinforced Company Culture: Camaraderie between all levels of employees builds team spirit
Every team needs a chance to relax once in a while, and sometimes that's all your employees need to come back to their work refreshed and energized.
Companies that are given an occasional tune-up perform at their best. If you have a problem that needs solving, try a team building event. And if your team just needs to regain vision for their work, arrange a company outing. Whichever solution is truly the right one for your situation, they both contribute to the maintenance of your team to keep it the well-oiled, productive machine that it is.
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Who says a mojito has to be reserved to evening parties? Add mint, lime and cucumber to filtered water, allow to sit overnight and you can knock back a cool one any time of the day.
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University College London (UCL) has been struck by a major ransomware attack that has left students and staff locked out of their files.
The virus is believed to have spread through UCL's network after users visited a compromised website yesterday.
Virus checkers failed to notice the malware as it infiltrated UCL's computers and locked down personal and shared drives.
The university suggested the malware's ability to evade virus checkers indicates it could be a zero-day attack, a type of virus that exploits a vulnerability not known to the software's vendors.
While only 12 users' files were infected, staff took steps to disable access to drives across the university until the malware is removed from the system.
"Our current hypothesis is that the malware infection occurred through users visiting a website that had been compromised rather than being spread via email attachments," UCL said in a statement online. "However this remains unconfirmed at the moment."
A spokesperson told New Statesman Tech that the malware has now largely been contained.
The Guardian reported that hospitals closely linked to University College London Hospitals Trust, such as Barts Health NHS Trust and East and North Hearts NHS Trust had temporarily closed their NHS mail servers as a preventative measure.
The attack on UCL comes weeks after WannaCry ransomware paralysed NHS trusts and thousands more organisations around the world.


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Students who complete a four- or five-year apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship (OA) can automatically articulate 46 college credits toward completion of this associate of applied science (AAS) degree. This leaves only 18 credit hours of prescribed general education courses needed to earn the AAS degree. Completion of this AAS degree also enables students with the option of transferring the credits from this program to the University of Northern Iowa to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Technology Management.
This program is designed for those who do not have college degrees and are interested in pursuing further opportunities in supervisory and management positions in the trades.


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Baruch HaShem our men's program Sha'arei Shalom is thriving with a steady flow of new students.
To view our current Sha'arei Shalom course offerings please click here.
Baruch HaShem our men's program Sha'arei Shalom is thriving with a steady flow of new students.
To view our current Sha'arei Shalom course offerings please click here.
The halacha curriculum in YSS's smicha program addresses a major societal shift in Jewish communities worldwide. Community life has changed tremendously and the type of questions brought to the Rabbi require knowledge of fields of halacha generally outside those traditionally taught in smicha programs.
Certain topics are critically important in contemporary life, while others have faded in importance. For example, community Rabbis rarely require mastery of the details of shechita and bedika. As important as these halachot are for the kashrut of meat, major certification agencies like the OU in the US and the Rabbanut in Israel provide the supervision that used to be the province of community rabbis.
The smicha program at YSS trains its participants in topics of everyday modern Jewish community life. The following topics are to be covered during the first year of the two-year program. Rabbi Fink, the head of the halacha program, places a strong emphasis on developing the curriculum in dialog with the students according to their interests and needs. As such, the second year of the program is currently under discussion.
Come join the conversation!
The halachot governing ne'emanut (trustworthiness, reliability) have become critically important for community rabbis. How do you decide whom to trust? Whom do you consider reliable in matters of kashrut? Can the same criteria of ne'emanut be applied in other areas of Torah, like shatnez? Can merchants be trusted to certify that their products are kosher?
As part of this topic we will briefly outline the principle technical issues of kashrut (shechita, bedika, melicha, milk and meat, and ta'arovot). However we will emphasize the practical the issue of ne'emanut. Can non-Torah observant Jews be trusted? Can non-Jews be trusted? Can you trust someone whose standards are lower than yours?
The community rabbi must of course be familiar with the basic halachot of Shabbat and we will survey those halachot to assure that our students have basic understanding of these laws. At the same we recognize that he will rarely be consulted on complicated issues of Shabbat observance. As such our training will help our students know when and how to turn for halachic consultation leading poskim.
Community rabbis will certainly be consulted on pressing, urgent questions surrounding the cycle of life. We will therefore concentrate on the issues including but not limited to: contraception; marriage; and active and passive euthanasia and other questions surrounding the end of life and mourning. These topics require both knowledge of the halachot and sensitivity to the topic and to the people in the community.
In addition to surveying the basic halachot of tefilla, we will devote attention to the contemporary question of who qualifies and who does not qualify to be a member of a minyan. In today's mixed communities with wide spectrums of observance this is quite pertinent. This question will also require careful study of the opinions of the great poskim regarding who is and who is not a heretic.
Serving HaShem as the Holy Rebbes emphasized should be done with overflowing joy. What is true joy and how can we achieve it?
The Heilege Ba'al HaTanya's guide to discovering Hashem within and learning how believe in and enter into His unique Unity.
Looking back and looking forward: Addressing the pain of the Holocaust and how it shapes today's Jewish world.
(Ahavas Yisrael – loving Jew) – The Baal Shem Tov taught that loving all of Am Yisrael is the gateway to loving Hashem. The secret to loving Am Yisrael is to learn to know, to accept and to love your-self. Learn how the Chassidic masters taught us how to achieve "love your neighbor as yourself!"
(Chassidut on the High Holidays) – Deepening and renewing our connection with the Holy One His Torah and ultimately ourselves, through learning and meditating on the lights and depths of our holy days.
(Chassidut on Shabbat) – Shabbat is like the soul of time, learning its secrets and blessings.
The model for personal liberation – Chassidic insights, perspectives (and strategies) on the most important formative story of the Jewish People. This then provides the foundation for bringing the Geula to the Jewish people and to the whole world.
(Chassidut on Matan Torah and limud Torah) – From the quintessential experience of collective revelation to the perpetuation of it through limud Torah. How can we experience anew, each day, the giving and receiving of the Torah as we did at Sinai. Reb shlomo's lesson to teachers and educators on how to relate to children.
Once you have received the Torah you need to know how to pass it on to the next generation – raising our children with love, to love Torah, the Jewish people and being Jewish.
(Chassidut on Prayer) – Whether it be broken or whole, crying or rejoicing, when your heart speaks it speak the language of prayer.


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Alison was presented to the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor & Honorary President (the Lord Mayor) and the President & Vice-Chancellor at a ceremony at the university this week.
Alison was described as "passionate about and totally committed to supporting both individuals and institutions to achieve their full potential, succeed and thrive…and a strong advocate for removing barriers to progress, tackling disadvantage, the need to find creative solutions and development opportunities for staff to improve diversity, enhance practice and build transformational leadership in higher education."
Commentating on her Honorary Fellowship, Alison said, "I am extremely proud to have been recognised in this way by Cardiff Metropolitan University. Working in this sector is so rewarding because higher education can transform lives. I am as committed as ever to working alongside colleagues in the continuous pursuit of excellence and in opening up the extraordinary opportunities higher education offers to an ever widening and more diverse audience."
Alison has extensive experience in leadership, governance and management in higher education over the past 25 years. In 2003 Alison was appointed the head of policy for leadership, governance and management at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) - now the Office for Students - where she established both the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Equality Challenge Unit, both UK-wide bodies. Alison has served as both chair and president of the Association of University Administrators (AUA) and represents the UK on the Association of Commonwealth Universities Human Resources Management Network. She has recently joined the British Council's planning committee for Going Global.
She was appointed chief executive of the Leadership Foundation and was subsequently tasked in autumn 2017 to merge three national sector agencies in to the newly formed Advance HE.


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"Hi, baby. Hi, Benedict!"
Those were my first words to you last year. Yes. Last year. How fast time flies, huh. That cliche never mattered to me before until now. Every night, I kiss you good night, whisper I love you and listen to your peaceful breathing — for one whole year now. I didn't even notice.
Everyday I look at you with new eyes, and seeing you grow up fast was both amazing and sad. Amazing at how can a tiny little bub, fitted on my chest has grown up so quickly — I'm even having a hard time carrying you now. And sad because yes, time flies so mighty fast I know one day you'll be just my big baby who would refuse mommy's sweet kisses. But I hope you don't. I really hope you don't, because mommy will always try to kiss you.
You have been daddy and mommy's sweet miracle, our greatest gift. And everyday, every time we look at you, you remind us that you are our joy and our reason to strive for the best. Because yes dear baby, we would move earth and heaven just to give you the comfortable, secure life you deserve. All because we love you dearly — to the moon and back.
You may not remember your first birthday when you grow up, but we will. Always. Just as we would always remember all your birthdays to come. Because each new year is a reminder that God has gifted us a miracle, that God has gifted us our joy.
Happy birthday, baby. Happy birthday, Benedict. I love you so, so much. I hope you grow up to be a good man with a good heart. I know you will. I'm sure. Mommy just needs to give you her birthday wish.


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Megan's Story: Finding Hope Alone with a Child and a Disability
May 2016
Bloggers are uniting to help single parents like Megan (watch her video). We invite you to join in this exciting campaign, spread the word and make a gift. Below you will find our goal, a detailed description of the campain, how to get involved, and some examples of what others are doing to spread the word.
The GOAL
We can help bring hope with our goal to raise money for as many single parents' scholarships as we can. At LDS Business College, each semester costs $1,800 or $3,600 a year, or $7,200 for a full two year degree. There are 45 single parents currently in need. We want to see how many of these 45 parents we can help.
Why This Campaign and Why Single Parents?
- 28 percent of children now live with just one parent.
- 40% of children under 18 experience a parental breakup.
- 90% of single parent families are headed by females.
- Single moms with children have the highest poverty rates.
- 60% of children living in mother-only families are impoverished.
- Single moms are more likely to be poor because of lower earning capacity.
- Single moms median income is only about 25% what a married couple make.
LDS Business College has developed an approach to help single parents, especially women, improve their earning potential. Single parents at LDSBC use scholarship funds to pay tuition, books and other fees. Students enroll in one of six career-oriented programs: accounting, business, computers, medical careers, interior design, or office technology. In recent years, LDSBC has placed 90% of its graduates into a career.
Get Involved: Make a Gift!
Thank you for considering the promotion of single parent scholarships at LDS Business College.Donate Online


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Note that all papers are in fact published (and therefore cannot be
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Other points the author could have made:
user-level extensions are not protected from each other, nor
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the scheme does not allow extending extensions,
time protection relies on an arbitrary global timeout value,
it is not clear how this scheme maintains protection if
processes are multithreaded (and one can suspect it doesn't),
the paper uses meaningless digits (e.g., 15.22 when they say
themselves that the standard deviation is 2%).
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tuning of other schemes (rather than using their authors'
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their CPU-bound benchmark only gives a worst case value for
their overheads (so they could actually be lower),
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their definition of sequential access on access in increasing
logical block order.
Note: this is an exam, not betting on horses. It is dangerous to
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I do like new Kion. So much fire with this season.
I do like new Kion. So much fire with this season.
♩ "Summer's going fast, nights growing colder.
Children growing up, old friends growing older.
Freeze this moment a little bit longer.
Make each sensation a little bit stronger." ♩
Soo who else has binge watched the last season? I just finished the second batch of episodes (to avoid any and all spoilers because I did not want to stumble on anything) and ahhhhhh! This is by far the best season of them all. I loved pretty much every bit of it... except the middle part of the very last episode. That was pretty WTF and kind of ruined it for me But I loved the ending once the WTF stuff was over, and I loved all the new characters - especially Rani, Janna and Azaad <3
Sad now that the show is over, but happy all the same that it ended so well - whoever said that we were in for a treat with season 3 sure was right
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Shadow, This Land, King Simba, Daniel, Lion King Stu, Amaryllis, Safila,
Sharifu, Sadiki, Taneli, Leorgathar, Nathalie and Lucy!
I also just finished watching season 3. The last half was really good and the way they ended it made a lot of sense, for various reasons. And it felt like they escaped from their Disney Junior cage just a bit.
Kanu, I also felt like the last episode was a bit off, but more so that it felted rushed than anything else. I was quite happy with the way things ended overall. The ending felt earned.
Anybody else besides Kanu and me who are all caught up? I want to talk spoilers. Talking in vague generalities is hard.
...we do have a spoiler BB code tag See this post for instructions on how to use it: http://leahalalela.tigontwins.com/sh...l=1#post202215
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I finished it a few days ago, and yes I agree, this season is the best!
Like Vidan says, I also see they stepped up from what Disney Jr. usually offers. Even compared to the previous two seasons, characters feel more developed this time around, Kion especially.
Kion's struggle with his anger and his healing process is one of the best ideas they've had for the show. I've always loved Kion, but he has always been a bit too perfect of a character. He really needed a makeover with a real flaw, and now that he has it, we do care more about him, like Fuli does whenever he suffers an episode.
I believe there's a metaphor where the venom in his scar represents something like trauma, or negative thoughts eating you from the inside causing you to be mean and aggressive towards others. I think it's very relatable in that sense (at least it reminded me of my own anger issues when I was a teenager) and both the journey and his time in the Tree of Life serve as part of his therapy. Maybe there's more to it than that, I want to rewatch the episodes again and see it all from that angle.
Now, I'll give the SPOILER button a shot ...
I need to get this off first....
That ending was just amazing and I loved it! x3 The way it was set up was really good too. Their song "Of the Same Pride" is one of the best in the whole series, and if I'm not mistaken, it's only the third love song in the entire Lion King canon! It came up as such a nice surprise and I couldn't help but feel so happy for them, especially Kion after all that he went through (maybe it can be considered part of his healing, or a consequence from it?)
About that other side of the finale, I actually liked the idea of Vitani becoming leader of a new Lion Guard, it gives her quite an important role. But I agree with you guys that it made the finale feel kinda rushed. It made me look at the time remaining and think "come on, it's the last episode! why waste it on this silly contest to see which Lion Guard is better?" xP I would have much preferred if that story had been left for a separate episode, and also to give Kovu some more screen time, he didn't get to do anything really. Thankfully, the rest of the episode was great and helped to balance it, and the very ending was so much worth it <3
Overall there were only a few things that bothered me, like Bunga. Pretty much every other character in the series has evolved in some way, but Bunga doesn't seem to have changed at all, and farting was just... gross farts aren't anything new to the series, but I think they overdid it this time xP
None of the villains posed much of a threat either, I would have enjoyed to see a bit more of development from them, and maybe a bigger and more personal challenge, but I guess that was already dealt with at the very season opener with Scar.
Oh and... Polar bears in Africa!? Seriously!!!?
But all in all, great season! and if this has to be the end, I'm so happy it ended this way
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"There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet
Lea users I've met in person: King Simba(x7), This Land(x2), KanuTGL(x2) and Lion King Stu(x1)
Ahh, I haven't managed to get the spoiler button to work before, but this time it looks like I got it!
Yess Queen Rani and Kion!! I think their relationship was handled really well - how their friendship and love grew gradually and, like you wrote on Twitter, Leor, how they never actually said "I love you", but it was really clear that they meant it <3 And it was a perfect ending for Kion's Guard. The show hinted just enough at them being needed at the Tree of Life throughout the season for that decision to be a really satisfying end. I guess that was the main purpose of the villains, to show that there was a threat, even though I agree that they felt pretty lame otherwise :P
I have to talk about episode 15... Oh man, my favourite episode by a mile <3 I was surprised at the "content warning" at the start, but for a Disney Jr. show I get why it was a good idea to put it there. I thought it was an emotional but very beautiful episode, and that scene really tugged on my heartstrings. It felt very mature for TLG and I guess that shows how far they've come. Perhaps they've been able to write more mature content as their audience has aged. Also the final shot of Rani is now my desktop background and I'm not even sorry
Now, for my worst gripe... I just can't get over how there was even a contest for who was the "true" Lion Guard. There was never a question of Kion & Co not coming back, was there? They never stopped being the Lion Guard. Having Vitani and her lionesses as stand-ins while Kion was gone is fair enough, but how did everyone just stand back and accept the competition after they returned? After everything Kion and the others did for the Pridelands? How could Vitani think they'd still be keeping the job after the actual Lion Guard returned? Vitani is the sister of Kovu, the future prince consort (not king...), but Kion is the son of Simba and Nala, i.e the actual royal family and current monarchs?? I just... what!? That part of the episode really threw me off, especially after I feel like they've taken care to be pretty rational in the rest of the series. I did really like that Vitani became the new leader of the new Lion Guard - it's perfect for her - but I'm not at all happy with the way they went about it... like you guys said, it felt rushed. I also find it amusing that they've completely ignored Vitani's adult design from the film and just aged up her cub appearance xD Goes to show how confusing her design is, haha!
And I agree that Bunga was extra annoying this season. He's not developed or changed at all, though I thought it was cute that he got a "girlfriend" too :P As for Kion, he definitely needed this journey to be interesting as a character again. I agree Kion was just too perfect, and I think I've complained about that somewhere else here too... xD In this season I really felt for him and rooted for him through his struggle. I'm glad they continued to play on the Scar connection, even though there is a ridiculous amount of TLK canon characters with scars over their eyes now xP
Also I don't think the Tree of Life is in Africa - they've met all sorts of Asian animals on their journey (red pandas, snow leopard, snow monkeys, Komodo dragons, binturong, tigers, etc etc), so I guess they moved to a new continent and the Night Pride are Asiatic lions
All in all I'm super happy with this season, they really did a great job <3
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Sharifu, Sadiki, Taneli, Leorgathar, Nathalie and Lucy!
Over the last couple weeks, I've just binged watched from where I left off (Season 2 Let Sleeping Crocs Lie) And funnily enough, that's when things started getting interesting, I can't remember why I stopped watching but got immediately hooked again.
But season 3 was in a league of its own, I -Loved- it !. Not without its flaws of course but I agree to everything mentioned above. It was more enjoyable to watch then this year's remake, ha! xD. Battle of the pride lands blew me away, was soooo good 8D. No need to repeat what eveyone else has mentioned xP. I even liked the changed opening and ending credits showing their journey which was a nice touch. Watch it while listening to the game of thrones opening tune for amusement xP
Though I do think "Poa the destroyer" was such an unjustified filler, I mean we all know what Beshte's characteristics are like and didn't need a whole episode just for that, that could have been easily compressed down into 5 mins and slid into another episode somewhere. The time wasted from making that episode could of been used to have a more Decent ending which dont get me wrong turned out nice but as mentioned by others felt a bit rushed.
In all, very enjoyable and it's sad to see it's now finished, I could ramble on for ages into detail my likes and dislikes but....too much effort and I suck at explaining things... XP
here is to hoping they make a new series "The Night Lion Pride Guard ?"


text: the trees in our garden haven't really been taken care of for a while as the old lady who used to live here got too old for gardening the last years of her life. pruning the apple trees is quite a lot of work since they have been growing wild for years, but luckily we have our little helper. he loves this season of planting and fixing. and we love his entusiasm. next weekend we'll start working the neglected lawn. it does look kind of hopeless, but we'll start out with giving it a good raking and then some garden lime to snack on. maybe some loving care can make soft green grass out of what appears to be mostly moss and weeds. we have a board on pinterest called urban gardening. peak in if you wanna dream of summer with us.


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Rauner Special Collections Library exhibit about the early 20th-century British craftsmen Sangorski & Sutcliffe's luxury bookbindings. Curated by Eric Esau & on display 9/9-11/15.
Francis Sangorski (1875 – 1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878 – 1943) met in 1896 in an evening class in bookbinding methods and techniques at the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Both showed such promise that they were awarded scholarships to continue their studies, eventually becoming apprentices to Douglas Cockerell and also teaching bookbinding themselves at Camberwell College of Art. An economic downturn in 1901 led to the loss of this employment, so they formed their own firm, doing business as Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Their abilities were recognized so quickly by the wealthy establishment that they received commissions to bind service books for the 1902 coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. This recognition propelled them into the forefront of British fine binders.
Rauner Special Collections Library is fortunate to hold about 100 examples of the work of Sangorski & Sutcliffe, thanks, primarily, to the generosity and interest of Allerton C. Hickmott, Class of 1917, and his wife, Madelyn C. Hickmott.
We now offer for your visual delight a highly selective mix of Dartmouth's Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindings in the present exhibit, Richly Coloured and Finely Wrought, the bindings of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The exhibit has been curated by Eric Esau and is on display in the Class of 1965 Galleries from September 9th through November 15th, 2019.
Learn more at: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/rauner/exhibits/richly-coloured-and-finely-wrought.html
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.


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Problem implementation: Louisiana Department of Education Home Page
Good implementation: IBM Web Accessibility - Course Menu (view source - NOFRAMES)
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After months and months of desperate waiting (and I mean Fangirl desperate which another level of desperate altogether), it is here. Season five of Game of Thrones is here!
Wait, why isn't that in caps?
The thought and intrigue of season five is literally what kept me going for the entire week. The week just seemed to go on and on. I mean, why couldn't it be 12th April already? And I could watch 'The Wars to come' in peace. Then fangirl some maybe and drown in a jar of Nutella. Repeat the whole ceremony in a few days when the second episode comes out.
I even wore my Game of Thrones t-shirt yesterday to commemorate the occasion (yesterday because I was sure that I was going to set my foot out today).
And finally, it's the D-Day. D stands for doom here because season five going to be feels loaded. I mean, it's Game of Thrones, feels are a given. It's strange that so many people watch the show and survive. Seriously! Season four was crazy. Intense. Loaded with feels.
Joffery got poisoned. Petyr Baelish made Lysa Arryn fly. Sansa dyed her hair. Arya watched without remorse as the Hound writhed in pain and died. The epic fight between the Mountain and the Viper. The smearing of Oberyn Martell's brains all over the floor. Daenarys being Danaerys ie awesome. Jon Snow and Ygritte happening and then the scene where Ygritte dies.
Boy, did season four have action.
Well, after waiting for an entire day while my friends were discussing the new episodes (FOUR!), I saw the first episode. Sue me for not waiting for it to come on TV. I live in India. Season five premiered 24 hours later here. And trust me, when i say it's censored.
So I saw it. Holy Hera and Zeus! It was amazing.
Something like this happened-
I waited till everyone was in bed. Before hitting play, repeatedly informed everyone that I was not to be disturbed for an hour, not even if George R.R. Martin called offering advanced copies of 'The Wind of Winter'. (Not literally, Who would say no to something like that?) Put on those earphones, took a deep breath and braced myself, and hit the play button.
Woah. That was what my brain (and my mouth) yelled as soon the title track had started playing. I have a weird obsession with the Game of Thrones title track. It just gives me so much feels. Yes, I am a feels junkie.
Then the actually episode started…
It started with a young Cersei going to a witch who tells futures. The young Cersei is horrified by what the witch predicts. We didn't see much of Cersei in this episode. But that's okay. 52 minutes were spent well getting reacquainted with Danaerys, Jon Snow and Tyrion.
So the young Cersei goes to a witch who predicts that all her children are going to die. Then we see the present day Cersei visiting Tywin's body which is being protected by Jaime. She blames Tyrion for killing Tywin (which he did. Go Imp! We love you!) and she blames Jaime for setting Tyrion free.
I don't know by what right does Cersei call Tyrion the 'Little Monster'. She's the monster here. Not Tyrion. And who does she think she is? Some clever bitch?
I can't wait to see her go DOWN this season!
Tyrion meanwhile plans on drinking himself to death but Varys to the rescue. He convinces Tyrion to visit Daenarys. I can't wait for their meeting and eventual alliance (please tell me that happens!).
I really do think they're going to make an epic team. And if Jon joins them eventually, they will be pretty much the unbreakable trio. The smartass, the Queen and the warrior. Talk about meant to be.
There was a bit of Sansa but the only thing I noticed was her hair. I liked her hair better when it was red. Red hair is fascinating.
Jon Snow. Jon fucking Snow. I was so happy so see him. I dare not say that he's my favorite character. Next thing I know, he'll lose his head. He's awesome though. Look at his face when Melissandre asks him whether he is a virgin or not. Well, he does admit that he isn't albeit grudgingly. He acknowledges Ygritte. Ygritte was fire to his ice ❤ I miss Ygritte!
There was no Arya, no Theon. I want Arya and I want to see her sticking people with the pointy end. She survived for such a long time. I think it's commendable. I so want an Arya-Cersei showdown.
Next episode maybe. Not the epic showdown but Arya Stark definitely. Thank Goodness it's leaked! I confess that I'm definitely going to watch it tomorrow.
What did you think of this episode? Let's have a long, spoiler-filled discussion in the comments below.
I personally loved the episode. Especially the bit where Jon shoots a burning Mance to allow him to die in dignity and thus defies Stannis. Boy, he's in trouble. But when is he not in trouble?


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Leading Change While Building Employee Trust
The silver lining of a recession is that it forces organizations to re-examine every facet of their operations — even those that were previously considered "in good shape" — in order to identify every possible opportunity for performance improvement. Business leaders search for areas where they can reduce costs, boost productivity and perhaps even gain a competitive advantage.
Rarely taken into account, however, is how these organizational changes can negatively affect employee trust levels. Moreover, during bad economic climates like today's, small rifts in trust can grow into gaping voids quickly, and even minor issues can become rally points for negative reactions.
So why should organizations care about maintaining — or even increasing — employee trust? There are a number of reasons: like wanting to avoid having employees "quit and stay" (according to Gallup Research, disengagement costs corporations up to $300 billion per year), or to prevent a culture rife with office politics, back-stabbing, excessive red tape, information hoarding, hidden agendas and manipulation. All are expensive for companies.
But none of the reasons carry as much impact as this one: trust is a key indicator of an organization's overall financial performance, playing a significant contributing factor to the bottom line.
According to the Great Place to Work Institute, trust is the "primary defining characteristic," accounting for a full 60 percent of the criteria used to identify FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For." Interestingly, the companies comprising the 2007 FORTUNE list achieved an 18.1 percent return to shareholders over three years, compared to only a 10.5 percent return earned by companies comprising the S&P 500. And, over the prior five years, the FORTUNE Top 100 earned an average of 15.7 percent, while the S&P returned only 6.2 percent.
Even more convincingly, global performance consulting experts Watson Wyatt found that high trust organizations had over the long term a total return to shareholders that was 286 percent higher than low-trust organizations.
Don't get us wrong. These data points are nothing new. What is new, however, is that organizational changes — including business performance improvement efforts implemented in response to the recession, and now being implemented in anticipation of a recovery — create a ripe new breeding ground for negative trust levels to develop.
By their very nature, periods of significant transformational change result in things like breakdowns in communication, lack of transparency, broken promises, the appearance of wishy-washy decision-making and the "blame game."
So what are organizations to do? After all, change isn't just inevitable — it's essential for survival.
The key is to focus on best practices for change management. John Kotter, whose eight-stage change process is one of the most commonly used, emphasizes that1 whether you are reacting to market conditions or driving a transformation, leading change requires a structured approach. Indeed, it is a necessary part of the future-state roadmap.
Within that context, a key aspect of successfully leading any type of change is to understand that people's reaction to change is based on emotion, not logic. Many times, leaders analyze the information gathered, think about the appropriate solution and then launch into the answer that will be the new change paradigm, all without taking into account the people factor.
Kotter addresses this emotional side of change in his See-Feel-Change Model (The Heart of Change, p. 181), in which he advocates creating a way for both leaders and employees to visualize the problem (or business challenge) in a real and tangible way. This approach, he argues, helps people feel the need for the change on a deeper emotional level, an important component in building what could be called a trust bridge: improved linking of employees and leaders across the different levels of the organization.
Kotter divides his eight-stage change process into three phases. The first phase focuses on creating the right climate for your team. This starts with increasing the urgency of your effort across the board in order to make it meaningful. The next step is to form a guiding and executing team, including designating formal and informal leaders. In other words, get the right people on board! The final step in this phase stresses the need to create a strong vision: a compelling future state the team can buy into and that they'll be able to communicate clearly and concisely to the broader organization.
The second phase involves successfully engaging and enabling the organization as a whole by communicating directly and openly. In order to achieve buy-in, leaders should engage in a continuous dialogue that tells a compelling story with all key stakeholder groups. This phase also focuses on empowering employees. This requires removing barriers, enhancing team member's skills, and realigning business performance measurements. Meaningful and timely short-term wins need to be created. They should be planned, visible and unambiguous. These short-term wins start a successful execution path forward.
Kotter's last phase involves two steps: persist and embed. Persist means to consolidate your gains, maintain your momentum and measure results. Embed requires modeling the new behavior, rewarding success, and hard wiring actions so the organization and its employees can't go back to their old ways.
This three-phased approach is a dynamic process. There may be simultaneous steps and there can be iterative events, but every step is needed.
DuPont's former CEO, Charles Holliday Jr., and his business leaders, were able to use some of these best practices in their reaction to the economic crisis as they recognized it was becoming a global problem.2 They quickly assembled key business leaders to assess the impact of the global economic downturn on operations, devise a proactive response strategy and then inform employees around the world of the plan.
Working in partnership with their communications team, leadership communicated openly and frequently about the roots of the crisis and the ways in which it was affecting DuPont. Critical to their success, leadership moved quickly. Early in the crisis response, for example, DuPont's managers held face-to-face meetings with employees during which they practiced two critical pieces of effective employee communications: they explained what the company needed to accomplish to weather the challenges and what employees could do to help.
Specifically, employees were asked to identify three things they could do immediately to help reduce costs and conserve cash. Shortly after the communications program was launched, employees were surveyed to see how well they understood the crisis and what their emotional reaction was. By taking this action, DuPont was able to gauge how well prepared it was to confront the crisis. These focused actions enabled DuPont to better meet its cost and working capital targets.
DuPont's experience is an excellent case study of an organization that recognized reality, devised a path forward, communicated with employees timely, openly and frequently, and engaged its workforce to help solve the challenge.
Of course, there are many examples of poor responses to this same economic crisis. They mostly involve leaders adopting a "let's ride it out" philosophy, wishful thinking of "it will be back to normal soon," or the ever-so-popular "since we're not sure what our response strategy is, let's not communicate anything" approach.
None of these methods creates the right climate nor engages and enables the workforce. In fact, these approaches generally create an organizational silence — a failure to openly discuss how the economic crisis and the wounds that were created by business decisions impacted the organization — that stems from unhealthy (and unwarranted) fear. In these scenarios, any trust bridges that exist are quickly torn down — and employee satisfaction and engagement levels suffer.
Research conducted this year by the Conference Board shows this scenario is in fact playing out. According to the study, only 45 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with their work. This is the lowest level ever recorded by the Conference Board in 22 years of research.
As the market strengthens — and consumer and investor confidence builds — the race for growth will once again be on. Companies will begin hiring, which will create a global game of musical chairs. Those that fail to improve job satisfaction will be at significant risk of losing their top talent to the competition.
On the other hand, wise employers will begin building trust bridges with their employees right now so that they're able to keep their top performers in place.
Bottom line: Organizations that cultivate a culture of high employee trust are better able to execute their business strategy, resulting in better overall business performance. This is especially important during times of significant change. The charge to executive management and the board is to take proactive steps to measure, maintain and build trust levels in your organization before it reaches a breaking point. Trust is not a "nice to have." It's a business imperative.
1. Leading Change 1996, The Heart of Change 2002.
2. "What DuPont Did Right," BusinessWeek; January 19, 2009.


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Local, Simple, Varied, Connected
Predicting the future is always risky. That is if you expect to get it right.
Thinking about the future and the varied forms it might take usually takes one of two forms. The first involves preparing for the alternatives. This approach emphasizes the uncertainties. The second involves deciding how to influence factors within our control. This approach focuses on the drivers of change. Successful strategists cannot afford to overlook or emphasize either approach or dimension of change over the other.
Recently, I was asked to prepare a forecast for the next 10 years. The objective was to identify key trends that would shape emergency services in the coming decade.
Before attempting to imagine what the future would look like, I had to ask myself, how has the past shaped where we are today? This is very different from looking to the past as evidence of how the future might unfold. Instead, it asks what story arcs present in our current narrative are likely to project themselves into the medium-term future.
If these arcs or trends represent recurrent themes in human history, it may be worthwhile to look to the past to see how they play themselves out over time. This is not the same as looking to the past as a predictor of the future, which is what most of us are inclined to do. Thinking about why things happened as they did is quite different from asking how they turned out and expecting them same to happen again.
Much of the concern about the future these days focuses on what the world will look like if trends like climate change, urbanization, globalization, and radicalization continue to play out the same way they have over the past decade. Concerns about resource scarcity, especially petroleum and water, only compound anxiety about alternative future scenarios and the instability the factors driving them seem to suggest.
Could it be though that enough of us have already recognized and begun responding to these factors in ways that alter our future trajectory for the better? How will we discern this, especially if some of the undesired things we fear come to pass? A positive view of the future may not be widely recognized or reported in the popular press, but it has gained currency in many quarters as evidence of small, dispersed and very committed efforts to remake life beyond the current Industrial Era have begun to emerge with increasing frequency, urgency and intensity.
Many enterprises in the public, private and non-profit sectors have adopted triple-bottom line methods to measure their performance. This approach asks organizations to consider their environmental and social performance alongside their fiscal results. Looking at these three factors to the exclusion of technological and political developments is somewhat intentional. This approach assumes that these developments are in large measure artefacts of the other three. As such, the rise of radicalism, globalization and so on are directly related to how people experience and express (respond to) these underlying conditions.
Looking at the future through this lens, if only to align it with the way many organizations and institutions are now assessing themselves, therefore seems appropriate. Looking at economic, environmental and social performance provides us with a prism through which we can shed light on the political and technological changes we might experience.
Alongside these variables, I see four larger trends, which we might consider drivers, that will influence how we experience effects in each of these areas: I refer to them as local, simple, varied and connected. You might see other drivers in play, but I consider these four for the value they offer in looking at how individuals relate to communities and how communities relate to one another.
In each instance, we have to admit the uncertainty of arriving at any single, definable end-point associated with any dimension or variable. Looking at the extremes gives us a chance to consider the full range of plausible scenarios for each.
In most instances, individuals and communities will prefer a value somewhere between the two extremes represented by each diagonally opposite pairing presented in the matrix above. To the extent that this is true, the challenges to shaping the future to arrive at such conclusions are many. Not the least of these is our tendency to look to the past for answers rather than looking for new options and consulting others.
When I look at this table for opportunities to leverage key strengths of emergency services that can shape the future for the better, I see many opportunities. Thinking about the strengths emergency services bring into this environment — adaptability, tolerance for ambiguity, commitment to service — I see opportunities to approach problems with greater creativity and collaboration.
What does this analysis suggest to you? For which alternative futures should we prepare? How do you view our capacity to shape the future?


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4th of July Crafts: 5 Fun Patriotic Craft Ideas for Kids
4th of July Crafts for Kids
Fun 4th of July Craft Ideas for Kids
With the 4th of July holiday just around the corner, celebrate Independence Day with your children by making some fun patriotic crafts. Your kids will love these easy to make art projects and will also learn a few fun facts along the way about this treasured American holiday. These educational craft ideas can also be used for other patriotic holidays including Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Veteran's Day.
So what are you waiting for? Grab the kids and have some family fun creating these patriotic works of art! Below you will find a list of supplies and step-by-step instructions to make 5 fun and educational crafts for the 4th of July.
How to Make a Paper FlagClick thumbnail to view full-size
Flag Craft
A fun and easy craft to make on the 4th of July holiday is a homemade flag made out of construction paper. When making this project, discuss the history of the American flag with your kids. Be sure to point out that the current flag has a star for each of the 50 states and 13 red and white stripes for the original 13 colonies. Below is a list of supplies and directions for making our flag craft.
Red, white, and blue construction paper
Silver glitter glue
White glue or glue stick
Wooden stick
- Cut a blue rectangle out of construction paper measuring 6x4 inches.
- Cut 7 red stripes out of construction paper measuring approximately 3/4 of an inch wide.
- On a white sheet of construction paper, use white glue or a glue stick to attach the 7 red stripes. Make sure the flag starts and ends with a red stripe.
- Glue the blue rectangle to the top left corner of the flag.
- Use silver glitter glue to make 50 stars on the blue rectangle.
- When the glitter glue is dry, attach a wooden stick to the back of the flag with tape.
How to Make Handprint EagleClick thumbnail to view full-size
Bald Eagle Fun Facts Quizview quiz statistics
Handprint Eagle Craft
Another fun patriotic craft for kids to make is a handprint eagle craft. This project is not only a treasure because of your child's hand and footprints, but it is also a great way to introduce your children to the bald eagle, the national bird symbol of the United States. Be sure to take the bald eagle fun facts quiz for more information on this fascinating bird. Below you will find of list of supplies and directions for creating a handprint eagle.
Brown paper bag (or construction paper)
White and yellow construction paper
Glue stick
Googly eyes
Outline and cut out your child's handprints and footprint on a brown paper bag or construction paper.
Glue the handprints to the back of the footprint with the thumbs of the hand pointing down to act as the eagle's legs.
Cut out the head shape from white construction paper and glue to the top of the footprint.
Attach googly eyes and a yellow triangle from construction paper for the beak.
Cut out two small ovals from yellow construction paper. Make little marks for the eagle's claws and glue to the bottom of the thumbs to finish the legs.
How to Make a FirecrackerClick thumbnail to view full-size
Fun Patriotic Video for Kids
Firecracker Craft
One of my kids' favorite art projects for the 4th of July is the firecracker craft. Since my boys are not old enough to shoot fireworks yet, they have lots of fun pretending to light up the sky with their pretend firecrackers. While creating this craft idea, be sure to take the time to discuss the importance of firework safety with your children. Here are the supplies you will need and step-by-step directions for making this project.
- Toilet paper roll
- Coffee filter
- Red and blue paint
- Paintbrushes
- White construction paper
- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Wooden stick (optional)
- Paint the outside of the toilet paper roll red and set aside to completely dry.
- Spread out a coffee filter on a paper plate. Use both red and blue paint to cover the entire filter.
- Allow time for the filter to dry or use a hair dryer on the low setting to speed up the drying process.
- Cut slits into the outer edge of the coffee filter. Take the middle of the filter and scrunch it up to look like a firecracker.
- Stuff the middle of the coffee filter down into the red toilet paper roll. If desired, use glue or tape to secure the filter inside the toilet paper roll.
- Cut 2 white strips from construction paper and glue to the top and bottom of the toilet paper roll.
- If desired, use tape to attach a wooden stick to the inside of the toilet paper roll to finish your firecracker.
How to Make a Patriotic HatClick thumbnail to view full-size
Did You Know?
Uncle Sam was an image created by cartoonist, Thomas Nast, used in recruiting posters by the U.S. Army during World War I. This historical image is thought to be first used in the late 1860s or early part of the 1870's.
Patriotic Hat Craft
There is no better way to show your American spirit than with the patriotic hat craft. Let your kids design their own red, white, and blue hat with foam letters, stars, and stripes. You can also mention the American icon, Uncle Sam, and discuss his importance in our country's history.
For this project, we used a red plastic bowl for the top of our hat, but feel free to use a white or blue bowl and adjust the colors of construction paper accordingly. Here is a list of supplies and directions for creating our patriotic hat craft.
Paper plate
Plastic bowl
Red, white, and blue construction paper
Foam letters (optional)
White glue
String or yarn
Hole puncher
- Punch a hole in the middle of the paper plate. Cut out the inside of the plate leaving the outer edge.
- Use white glue to attach the plastic bowl to the outer edge of the plate and let dry.
- Cut out a large blue star and white circle for the top part of the plastic bowl. Use white glue to attach these cutouts.
- Cut out and glue smaller blue stars and white stripes to the rest of the hat. You can also use foam letters or construction paper to spell out USA if desired.
- Use a hole puncher to punch 2 holes in the outer edge of the plate. Tie a piece of string or yarn through the holes to finish your patriotic hat.
How to Make a USA CollageClick thumbnail to view full-size
More Fun Collage Ideas
Fun Collage Suggestions
Use red, white, and blue candy.
Tint pasta red and blue with food coloring.
Cut out red and blue pictures from magazines.
Glue down balls of red and blue tissue paper.
Use festive patriotic wrapping paper.
Use festive patriotic scrapbook paper.
Use red, white, and blue star stickers.
USA Collage Craft
Our final patriotic craft idea is the USA collage craft. This project is super easy to make and a great craft for little ones to create. We used leftover red, white, and blue construction paper from our above crafts, but feel free to let your child get creative and add other objects or types of paper to fill the inside of the letters. For more fun collage ideas, refer to the table to the right. Below you will find the supplies needed and directions to follow for making your collage.
White cardstock paper
Red, white, and blue construction paper
White glue or glue stick
Glitter glue (optional)
- To create our collage, I taped 2 pieces of white cardstock paper together. I lightly sketched out the letters "USA" with a pencil.
- For the blue border, I taped 2 pieces of blue construction paper to the back of the cardstock paper.
- Cut construction paper into small squares or other shapes to fill the inside of the stenciled letters.
- Use white glue or a glue stick to attach the pieces of paper (or other objects) to your collage.
- Allow time for glue to dry. If desired, add glitter glue to outside of letters for additional decoration.
4th of July Craft Poll
Which patriotic craft is your favorite?
Fun and Educational Patriotic Crafts for Kids
The above patriotic crafts are a fun way for children to celebrate the 4th of July holiday. When adding in the discussions on the history and background of our great nation, these projects can also be quite educational for our kids.
Be sure to remember these craft ideas for other patriotic holidays such as Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Veteran's Day. These projects are great tools for teaching and entertaining our kids on all of these very special American holidays.
I hope you have found some fun and easy craft ideas for the 4th of July holiday. If you have any questions or comments about any of these projects, feel free to leave these in the comment section below. Happy 4th of July everyone!
Congratulations on HOTD. These are fun crafts to make with the kids. I especially like the eagle.
Thanks for sharing these fun patriotic projects!
Marvellous! Happy 4th July :)
Congratulations on your Hub of the Day award for this fun line up of kids' patriotic crafts!
Congrats on HOTD, Alissa! Lovely crafty ideas here for the 4th of July. Love it and voted up for awesome!
I love these ideas!
Very great and creative ideas for kids. Kids can learn a lot through such DIY craft ideas. Voted up.
Those are cool DIYs. Very creative. Happy 4th of July! Congrats on the HOTD!
Love the eagle handprint craft. I pinned it too.
My four year old grandson and I are going to have fun making the fire crackers and USA poster. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of making the Eagle too. Great ideas!
Such fun stuff for kids to do over the 4th of July. They would also be great for Flag Day, June 14th. Kids will have a great time with these craft projects.
Soooo fun! I can't wait to make some of these with my kiddos! My son's birthday is on 4th of July so I know that he will think that these are just for him. :) Sharing this great hub.
Love these craft ideas! So festive and my kids would love to do these. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Alissaroberts! This is a fantastic hub! I especially like the Eagle craft! Also the school house rock video brought back many memories for me! Voted up and shared! Take care, Kelley
Such cute ideas! My 4 year old girls will love these projects. Thank you.
This is so cool! The photos are great - I love the ideas you presented here - sharing!!
Sounds like your boys have fun using their imaginations with the firecracker craft. So simple and yet so much fun! Thanks for sharing all of your ideas.
I absolutely love the hats! I can see how these craft ideas would make for a fun 4th celebration. Another hub filled with great advice. Voted up.


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The Sandlot meets Field of Dreams as three young brothers chase baseball immortality in this coming-of-age story from the best-selling and award-winning author of The Day Before 9/11, The Rainy Season, and 11 Bombs.
Matty Ryan—or as he's known on the sandlot, "Matt the Bat"—is desperate. For three long years he's been battling his brothers and best friend for the title "Sandlot Home Run Champion" … but now time is running out for the baseball-crazed middle schooler.
The title will be won soon. He can feel it.
But for Matty and his brothers, something magical is in the air … and it's bigger than a made-up title for a game played on a backyard sandlot. It's an extraordinary talisman—a gift from the gods of baseball—and it has the power to make all their baseball dreams come true.
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A guide to the ancient art of hitchhiking.
In the safety-conscious age of consumer travel, hitchhiking is one of the few opportunities for real adventure. Whilst the fears sewn by the modern media have drastically reduced the numbers of hitchers seen by the roadside in recent years, it's still a very viable way of traveling around the world.
Hitchhiking is one of the best ways to really get to know the underbelly of a country. You get to meet a random cross-section of people and make connections with all walks of life. The driver could be a philosopher, a policeman, a hippy or a religious nut. You get to show hours of your company with people who you probably would never have cause to meet. It's a roll of the dice and that, of course, is what every experience junky lives for.
Safety can be an issue and women hitching alone in certain countries are likely to run into trouble but, in general, if you use your common sense and a little but of intuition then there's no real cause to worry. Sure, hitching across the Gulf States in a mini skirt and a I Love George Bush T-shirt probably isn't the way to go. But if you respect the local values and traditions and follow the advice below then you should be okay.
Thanks to the internet, hitchhiking has experienced something of a renaissance in recent years with various hitching sites providing resources and tips on how to leave major cities and there's even now an annual hitchhiker's convention – better get some miles under your belt first if you want to hang out with the longest thumbs on the road.


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The prime goal of FOT-Net Data is to maintain and increase the momentum achieved in FOT-Net and develop the strategy for sharing and exploiting collected FOT data in National, European and international FOTs (e.g. US and Japan). The FOT-Net Data project organises three international workshops and up to four Round Tables around relevant issues identified by the three regions. This concept will allow to reach international agreement on common global FOT issues especially FOT data sharing.
The project will organise international meetings in conjunction with the ITS World Congresses focusing on the exchange of information and experience between US, Japan and Europe.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 610453.