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As Boston College students, it can be tempting to hide our true selves. Embracing our individuality can help us to understand ourselves and experience the world around us as genuinely as possible. Authentic Eagles is a series that gives a voice to the people who have experienced firsthand the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of being one's authentic self at BC. We hope that readers are inspired to have conversations and reflections of their own, working toward being more authentic individuals.
Jackie Carney, MCAS '16
I like to think of myself as a glass-half-full kind of girl. I handle my failures and disappointments with the catchy and vague expression "everything happens for a reason" and tend to focus on best-case scenarios rather than possible negative outcomes.
Despite the occasional foray into naiveté, like believing in Santa Claus way past the appropriate age, I've stuck with the power of positive thinking for the better part of my 21 years. Optimism certainly gets less trendy with age, and many of my more realistically-minded friends don't understand why I would blindly place my trust in a world that is chaotic and messy. Truth be told, sometimes neither do I.
One of those times was on Christmas Eve morning of my freshman year at BC. My parents called my two younger siblings and me to the kitchen table for breakfast together as family. "There's something we have to tell you," my mom started. "Your dad's been diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease."
I sat in stunned silence as my parents explained what this meant in digestible terms. My dad was stepping down as CEO of the mediation and arbitration firm that he had built and run for 20 years. My mom was giving up her university teaching position to take his place at the company. Other than that, life would proceed as normal. Except for the tiny, almost imperceptible fact that my dad's brain was deteriorating at an unpredictable and unstoppable pace.
A few days later, my mom approached me and asked me to consider opting to graduate from BC in three years, a choice that had been made possible by my AP course load in high school. She explained that no one knew what form my dad's illness would take in the years to come, and that treatment would be expensive. I protested immediately.
It was unfair that I was being punished for doing well in high school. It was unfair that BC was so expensive. It was unfair that, as the oldest child, I had to make the sacrifice. It was unfair that my dad, a two-time marathon runner and successful businessman, was losing his mind. Unfair, unfair, unfair.
It was in the months following my dad's diagnosis that I began to realize that optimism has its limits. It's pretty hard to be optimistic about a debilitating and incurable cognitive disease, especially when even highly trained neurologists can't tell you what caused it or if it's genetic. If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason for Early Onset Alzheimer's, and why my family?
At BC, I was insulated from developments at home. Other than my closest friends, no one knew about my dad. People accepted that I was graduating early to save money, but more often than not, they didn't quite get it. "Why would you do that to yourself?," I was often asked. "Do you hate fun?"
At the same time, it was also at BC that I started to trust in the world again. I found family in the seven girls of Vandy 311, purpose in my 4Boston placement, independence in Dublin, and freedom to express myself in The Gavel. My life was no longer about what I couldn't do—I couldn't go abroad for a full semester, I couldn't live in the Mods, I couldn't help my dad—but what I could: I could get a job, I could show gratitude to the people I love, I could deepen my relationship with my family. Come my last year, I realized that, although I wanted more time at BC, I didn't need it.
Ultimately, it is my dad who stands as the prime example of why I choose optimism. In the years since his diagnosis, he has only become goofier, more loving, and more positive. My family has grown closer, bound tightly together by an experience that is wholly our own. In action more than in speech, my dad has taught me that the most important things in life are the little victories, not the big tragedies. He has also taught me that life doesn't have to be fair to be good.
Since September of this year, my dad's mental state has taken a sharp decline. When we talk on the phone, he often asks me how my family is doing, seemingly unable to discern that the voice on the other end of the line is his daughter's. He struggles to express his thoughts coherently and has forgotten how to do some of his favorite activities, like playing football in the backyard and making a great cup of coffee. My 21st birthday came and went without him knowing the difference.
But there are good moments too, moments of real clarity and insight where I catch glimpses of my dad as he was before he got sick. Moments when the crushing weight of things I can't change feels just a little bit lighter. Moments that make me catch my breath because, against all odds, they have me convinced that if I just keep putting my trust in the universe and in the people around me, everything will turn out okay.

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The Big Sleep
(United States, 1946)
The Big Sleep didn't usher in the era of film noir, but it may be the picture that most exemplifies it. However, the key attraction isn't the twisty plot or the atmospheric b&w cinematography - it's the interaction between Bogart and Bacall, one of Hollywood's all-time greatest couples. There are actually two versions of The Big Sleep - the "original" (initially unreleased) edition from 1944 and the final, theatrical cut from 1946. The latter is the better version - it's less talky and features a lot more of Bogart and Bacall. The Big Sleep is consistently involving and stands up well to multiple viewings, although there are nagging questions left unresolved. Many film-lovers would put this film higher on an all-time list, but perhaps I'm too right-brained, since there are times when I wish the script had been a little tighter. Still, as confounding as elements of the mystery may be, there's no denying that The Big Sleep was, and is, one of the greatest noir thrillers to come out of Hollywood.
Plot Summary (Spoilers Possible):
The Big Sleep opens with private detective Philip Marlowe (Bogart) entering the house of General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), after having been invited for a discussion. Before Marlowe meets the general, he is introduced to his youngest daughter, the flirtatious Carmen (Martha Vickers). Sternwood has a job for Marlowe - he wants the detective to investigate the details of why someone is demanding money from him to cover up one of Carmen's indiscretions, and, once the facts are uncovered, make the blackmailer "go away." On the way out of the house, Marlowe meets the general's other daughter, Vivian (Bacall), who is as alluring as Carmen, but more mature. She and Marlowe have a cat-and-mouse conversation in which she tries to determine why her father hired him. From there, the mystery begins, and it doesn't take long to heat up. Shortly, there are two corpses, but those deaths are only the beginning. There are double-crosses, chases, shoot outs, and the undeniable and growing heat between Marlowe and Vivian. In essence, The Big Sleep is two capers in one. The first, which involves Marlowe's investigation into the blackmail, is concluded by the half-way point. The second, in which the detective looks into a related (but not directly connected) death and disappearance, comprises the movie's second half.
The Big Sleep has all the elements that define a good film noir. There's the irreverent protagonist, the femme fatale, the assorted tough guys, and an atmosphere saturated with shadows. The Big Sleep was filmed entirely on a sound stage, but this amplifies, rather than diminishes, the slightly claustrophobic feel. The casting of Bogart and Bacall was far more than a gimmick to put bodies in theater seats. The film sizzles and smolders when these two are on screen together. When they kiss, there's more electricity in the air than during any of the film's thunderstorms. But it's not all physical - in fact, most of it is not. These two are given delicious dialogue that amplifies the heat. The Big Sleep remains one of Hollywood's most intriguing and enduring examples of film noir. It's a movie that every film student should study and every movie lover should watch at least once. Things may not always make sense, but the film's numerous delights completely eclipse its few, small weaknesses.
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Here are some links to articles summarizing academic research on how the cultural sector, including the music business, has fared in the file sharing era.
First, three studies on the music business in various member states:
- Sweden 2000 – 2008: More Charts The Record Labels Don't Want You To See: Swedish Musicians Making More Money
- Norway 1999 – 2009: Artists Make More Money in File-Sharing Age Than Before It
- UK 2004 – 2008: Record companies lose, artists gain from file sharing
The three studies all paint the same picture: The revenues for the record companies have dropped by about half in the last decade, but at the same time, revenues for artists have gone up. The links above are to short articles summarizing the studies. In each case, the article contains further links to references.
An article in the Economist from last year, "What's working in music", references studies from several countries, and concludes that although record sales are down, revenues from live performances have increased dramatically, in a way that more than compensates for the drop in sales of recorded music.
The Dutch study Ups and downs – Economic and cultural effects of file sharing on music, film and games (2009) takes a combined look at different cultural genres. It shows that between 1999 and 2007, revenues have increased for all of them, except music recordings. For the music industry, this study only looks at recorded music, and does not examine income for artists from other sources, such as concerts. This means that the study only confirms the negative trend for recorded music in line with the Swedish, Norwegian, and UK studies above, but leaves the part of the music sector that has made up for this outside the scope of the study.
A Harvard study from 2009 takes a look at the wider implications of file sharing for society, and finds that since the advent of file sharing, both the number of music albums and films released per year have increased. Canadian law professor Michael Geist summarizes the study under the heading Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society.
Ten years ago, when file sharing on a massive scale on the Internet was a relatively new phenomenon (Napster came in 1999), it was not at all self-evident if and how the cultural sector would survive financially in the new era. But now we have more than a decade's experience of a world where anybody who wants can download whatever they want for free, and where a large portion of the population routinely does.
We now know from experience that the cultural sector is financially sustainable despite rampant p2p file sharing. What may have appeared to be an insoluble problem a decade ago, has turned out not to be a problem at all, but in fact a huge opportunity for artists and creators, and a boon for sustainable cultural diversity.
It is still very difficult to make a living as an artist, it always has been, and it always will be. But at least it has become a little bit easier than it was before the Internet and p2p file sharing. In the music business, total revenues have increased slightly, while the big record companies are getting a smaller piece of the pie. This has left more money for the creative people who actually make the music (rather than just distribute it).
File sharing is not a problem that needs to be solved. It is something that is positive for both artists, consumers, and society as a whole. All we need to do now is to get copyright legislation in line with this new and positive reality.
By reforming copyright to legalize p2p file sharing that is done without direct commercial intent, we can put an end to the criminalization of an entire generation, while at the same time improving conditions for a vibrant cultural sector in Europe.
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Cold Call Burnout? Here's How to Keep Your Team Motivated
It's happened to all of us: you hang up the phone and you just want to scream. Or cry. Or both.
But if this is happening to you at work, and a big part of your job is picking up that phone and making cold calls, then you might be experiencing what we call burnout.
Don't worry, you've come to the right place. Here are some tips on how you can not only reverse the effects of cold-call burnout, but actually work to prevent them from ever happening again:
Remember: This Is Normal
Eight out of ten. That's how many U.S. employees experience burnout at one point or another, according to a recent survey from Deloitte.
That means that if you're not experiencing burnout, you're in the minority of workers in the U.S.
Often times we can feel a sense of guilt—maybe I'm just not passionate enough about my job, this isn't the right work for me, or I'm just not contributing in the way that I should. But, as the survey goes on to tell us, that's hardly the case: nearly 90% of respondents actually said they are passionate about their work.
Here's the thing: this isn't about the job itself. It's about how we're going about doing it. So whether you're in your dream sales job wondering why you're not happy, or you're a concerned inside sales manager who sees her sales team starting to disengage, we've got a few practical solutions that you can employ right now.
Make Some Time To Talk
Let this sink in: according to that same study from Deloitte, the leading factor that employees attribute to feeling burnt out is the "lack of support or recognition from leadership, indicating the important role that leaders play in setting the tone."
Employees: if you're feeling like you've got the candle going at both ends, and a very limited amount of wax left, you need to tell your manager. Remember: they want you to be operating at your best—they know that it's in everybody's best interest for you to not be burned out, and actually engaged with your work.
Don't be afraid to open a dialogue and start simply by asking for help. Managers: don't wait for your employees to crash and fail. Be proactive about sensing and recognizing burned out employees. Especially in the world of cold-calling, we need to do everything we can to keep our teams happy, engaged, and motivated.
It all starts with good leadership.
Reorganize Your Calendar
Something we talk a lot about here on the blog is goal-setting. Setting the right goals is important on two fronts—long-term and short-term.
And while there's plenty of blogspace dedicated to long-term goals, what we believe is especially important for combatting cold-call burnout is short-term goals: How many leads do you want to follow up with every week? How many cold calls does you manager think you should be making every day/week/month? How many customers are you hoping to convert in a given sales period?
By mapping out concrete, short-term goals, and tracking them through some sort of digital sales platform or leaderboard, you can start to think of tasks not simply as nebulous parts of your job—they're events in your day. This presents you with the opportunity to completely shift your paradigm. You're not thinking, "Oh [probably any expletive in the book], how many more of these do I have to do?" You're thinking: "All right, one more hour of this, then I'll tackle my emails.
That sort of change in mindset is transformative for a disengaged worker, and can be just the kind of reset a burnt out employee needs.
Prioritize Qualified Leads
Let's face it: sometimes it's just plain tough getting rejected. And with rejection after rejection, a handful of bad experiences can really add up.
So rather than simply focusing on simply getting a sale off the other end of the phone, start using cold-calling as an opportunity to qualify leads.
The "Sell To Win" staff over at Nutshell put it perfectly, rounding out some solid advice with data to boot: "Discussing 3-4 problems in your initial call with a customer correlates to an over 80% likelihood of closing that sale. View yourself less as a salesperson at this point and more as a customer advocate. When you focus on truly providing help to a customer, they're more likely to trust you." It's easy to get caught up in the game of wins. But when you stop thinking of cold-calling in terms of wins and losses, you'll find that the losses start to fade away on their own.
Switch Up The Script
Einstein's infamous definition of insanity was to do the same thing over and over again, all while expecting a different result.
If you've been reading off the same prompts for months, or even years, and it's driving you nuts, that's not likely to change simply by reading it more. If your manager allows for it (and, managers reading this, it's certainly in your best interests to do so), take some time to take apart your call script: what parts make sense to you, what parts don't, and what areas you're just absolutely sick of saying.
Once you've got the basics broken down, turn it into a script that works for you—something natural, refreshing, and that you aren't already repeating in your sleep. Sometimes just putting on a fresh new word-outfit was all you needed to feel a little less stiff.
Hang Up
Now here's some advice that you probably wouldn't expect to hear: pull the cable out of the back of your phone, get up from your desk, and go home.
No, we're not telling you to quit. Please don't do that. What most of us are reticent to admit is that burnout simply comes from working too much. We all have our reasons: we want to provide for our family, make a better life for ourselves, impress our bosses. And all of those are great aims, when we're going about them in a healthy way. Remember: this all starts with a conversation. Talk to your boss about how you can use your time in the smartest, most efficient way possible. And remember: good rest is a part of being your most efficient.
Prioritize your health and wellness, and the results will flow into every area of your life—especially your work.


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The back story
The greatest fight-back in KHL history saw SKA recover from 0-3 in the Western Conference final to stun CSKA and win it in Game 7 in Moscow. Now head coach Vyacheslav Bykov is one step away from winning his second Gagarin Cup, and becoming the first man to coach two teams to the big prize.
It's also a tale with echoes of 2008 in Quebec City, where Bykov's star forward Ilya Kovalchuk faced intense criticism early in the World Championship, only to deliver in style in the closing stages of the tournament and end Russia's 15-year- wait for gold. In Petersburg, hockey fans have had an even longer wait for glory, and many were frustrated by Kovi's contribution in the early stages of the play-offs. But their man has been among the points in the last five games – can he repeat that zero-to-hero narrative in his club's uniform?
The road to the final
SKA brushed aside Torpedo in five games and then got some long-awaited revenge over Dynamo Moscow. The capital club had twice dumped its northern rival out of the play-offs on the way to Gagarin Cup glory in 2012 and 2013, but SKA came to Moscow with the series tied at 1-1 and played two sublime yet contrasting games. The first was all about control, blunting Dynamo and quelling the home crowd with a 2-0 win. The second was a blistering display of the team's offensive prowess with a 6-1 blow-out. Dynamo took Game 5 to overtime, but there was nothing left in the tank and SKA advanced on a 3-2 verdict.
That set up a series that will live long in the memories of everyone who watched it. CSKA vs SKA, the two army clubs, the top two in the west, going head-to-head. We expected it to be close, but nobody expected this. CSKA powered into the lead – 3-0 in Game 1, an overtime squeaker in Game 2 and then a 3-1 victory in Petersburg to stand one step away from the final series. Then it switched. Ilya Kovalchuk started scoring and Evgeny Dadonov came to fore, bossing the power play to lead a 4-1 win before plundering 2+2 as SKA exploded with a 6-2 win in Moscow. From game over to game on, and Patrick Thoresen's winner in a nerve-jangling overtime in Petersburg set up an do-or-die clash. Fittingly Dadonov and Thoresen were both on the scoresheet as SKA won 3-2 at CSKA to complete the greatest ever comeback in Russian club hockey.
How SKA can win
Popular wisdom dictates that Ak Bars has the edge on rigid on-ice organization, and SKA's best hope is to rely on moments of individual genius from the likes of Kovalchuk and Dadonov to unpick the defense and score on the impressive Anders Nilsson. There's some truth in that – it's hard to imagine the Kazan team letting rip on an opponent the way SKA did against both CSKA and Dynamo during those series.
But don't forget that this is a team than can play disciplined hockey as well. The 2-0 win at Dynamo in the Conference semi and the 2-1 overtime triumph over CSKA in game six showed all the hallmarks of a team that can find its way through a tight game as well as blow teams away when the ice opens up.
Moreover, like every title-winning team, they have a line capable of conjuring goals almost at will. Dadonov, along with Artemy Panarin and Vadim Shipachyov, has formed a second line of impressive power, sharing 51 points in the play-offs so far. Shipachyov is the leading assistant in post season (14) and Dadonov is the top goal-scorer (12); either could finish as the top point-scorer overall by the end of the final. Then there's Thoresen, a Gagarin Cup winner under Bykov before, and Kovi, a talent well-suited to the big occasion.
What they're saying
"We'll be making some changes from the team that played the deciding game against CSKA, but you'll only find out on the day of the match. All the players we have are fit and ready to go" – Vyacheslav Bykov hints at a possible return for Viktor Tikhonov, who missed the last four games.
"We know what to expect from Ak Bars. It's a disciplined team that likes to play its own hockey. They've got quick forwards who are ready to rush the net when they get the chance" – Alexei Ponikarovsky assesses the opposition.
"Losing the first three games [against CSKA] was hard, but on the other hand we could loosen up a bit because there was nothing more to lose. We went out for every game like it was a decisive battle" – Evgeny Dadonov explains how the team turned it around in the Conference final.


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A judge has ruled a St. Louis abortion clinic can continue providing abortion services while a fight over the facility's license plays out in court.
On Monday, the judge granted Planned Parenthood of St. Louis' preliminary injunction request, extending an earlier order to temporarily prohibit Missouri from letting the clinic's license expire. The judge said that until Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services decides whether to renew the state's only abortion clinic's license, the clinic can continue offering those services. He also ordered that the state's health department make its decision no later than June 21.
Last month, Planned Parenthood sued Missouri after the state's health department refused to renew the clinic's abortion license, which was set to expire on May 31. Department officials say inspectors found issues at the St. Louis facility and want to hear from the clinic's doctors as part of an investigation. But Planned Parenthood likened the move to "inappropriate interrogation, bordering on harassment."
This came shortly after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill that bans abortion after eight weeks into a pregnancy. That law makes exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for cases of rape or incest.
Correction: A previous version of this story said the St. Louis abortion clinic was expected to close. The story has been updated.


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I have more than one friend that knows much more about wine from drinking alone than I do via classes and tastings, and Timmy is one of them. This week I have two of Timmy's finds to rate, as even though he knows best, he has grown to trust my growing knowledge, and I'm honored that he even asks for my opinion. Now, onto the wines:
2012 Sans Liege The Offering
Santa Barbara
48% Grenache, 34% Syrah, 7% Mourvèdre,1% Viognier
From Facebook: Sans Liege is a Rhone varietal project working with fruit from Paso down to Santa Barbara. The concept of "without allegiance" is not one of rebellion but rather an acknowledgment that these varietals do not have a history here on the central coast…(see more: https://www.facebook.com/SansLiegeWines/?fref=ts)
Eve's Tasting Notes
Aromas of over-steeped black tea, black currant, cracked black and green peppercorns, mint and a general sense of the forest after the rain. The taste was similar with some of the notes – the black tea – showing, as well as dusty black fruit, firm tannins but not too dry. I had opened this up before a pasta dinner and waited to have it with food. It complemented the hearty meat and Italian sausage in the tomato sauce, but didn't soften the black fruit and other flavor components. Might go better with a charred steak, as the charring adds an element of sweetness.
88 Eve pts.
2012 Dilecta Unorthodox
Paso Robles
42% Syrah, 42% Mourvedre, 16% Grenache
From Facebook: Dilecta Wines offers 2 boutique style Rhone blends: The Unorthodox and The Tiller. Available for tasting at the Paso Underground. (see more: https://www.facebook.com/dilectawines/?fref=ts)
Eve's Tasting Notes
Dark blackberry, blueberry, plum jam, milk chocolate and sweet pipe cigar smoke were all on the nose, followed by flavors of blue to black fruit, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, brambles, dust, olive oil and a very long lasting tannin profile. 90 Eve pts.
Eve Bushman has a Level Two Intermediate Certification from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, a "certification in first globally-recognized course" as an American Wine Specialist ® from the North American Sommelier Association (NASA), was the subject of a 60-minute Wine Immersion video, authored "Wine Etiquette for Everyone" and has served as a judge for the Long Beach Grand Cru. You can email firstname.lastname@example.com to ask a question about wine or spirits. You can also seek her marketing advice via email@example.com


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Implications for Israel annexing part of the West Bank
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Weeks before the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may go ahead with plans to annex part of the West Bank lands, the debate continues inside Israel and in the international community about the implications and risks of such a move.
The annexation plan, which may come into effect in July, is in line with the plan announced by US President Donald Trump at the beginning of this year called the Deal of the Century, which stipulates that Israel will annex the territories that most of the international community collects should be part of a future Palestinian state.
"Palestinian groups such as Hamas will use this annexation as evidence of the mistake made by the Palestinians who welcomed the implementation of the territorial settlement," said Over Zalzberg, a senior analyst in Israeli-Palestinian affairs.
The Palestinian Authority has already declared that it is not committed to any of the treaties it signed with Israel and cut security coordination.
The lack of coordination will become more evident if the Palestinians decide to protest against the annexation of lands and clash with Israeli soldiers at checkpoints and checkpoints. The Palestinian security forces may not prevent this.
Abbas also announced his intention to reject the tax money that Israel owes the Palestinian Authority. This move could cause a major economic crisis in the already weak Palestinian economy.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is scheduled to arrive in Jerusalem later this week. Netanyahu is expected to warn that moving ahead with the annexation plan will harm Israel's ties with Germany and the European Union, according to Israeli media.
France also warned of grave consequences, saying it would view the annexation as a "gross violation of international law."
The annexation step is also a blow to Netanyahu, who is seeking to improve relations with Arab countries, according to analyst Salzberg.


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Morning weddings are the best; they're just so bright and happy. And for this reason, you need to pick a morning wedding look that's suits that joyful mood. Need some outfit ideas? See these 10 stylish outfit ideas you can wear for a morning wedding!
I picked for you outfit ideas inspired by Arab fashion bloggers that really know how to stun at events. You'll find colorful ones and you'll find dark ones, but either way, they're all suitable for a morning weddings.
Suits and jumpsuits are also included, because not all of us like to wear dresses, and besides that, they can look so chic and feminine too!
I won't keep you waiting for long, so scroll down and see the stylish looks I picked for you to wear at morning weddings.
Main Photo Credits: Instagram @hannah_rasekh


text: Implementing UML 2.0 Use-Cases with Visio 2007 6. July 2007 Nik-Makris Software Development (0) I've been busy creating some use-cases in Visio 2007 for an upcoming project and from what I can gather either Microsoft has not implemented the current UML 2.0 standard and stuck with an older version, or it decided what parts of the specification to implement. Either way it's a little annoying, I'm having to spend extra time working out what was the equivalent diagram or notation in UML 1.2 was in order to draw it in Visio. An example of this would be where you link two Use-Cases with the «include» relationship. This doesn't seem to exist in Visio, so it looks like you have to make do with the «uses» stereotype instead, which was replaced in the current standard. A few other Visio bug-bears would be the sparse Use-Case documentation interface. It doesn't allow rich text, so adding more than a few lines of text could become very hard to read. Microsoft also seem to leave it up to the modeller to format their own use-case specification; but with such a poor interface I can't see how you could use table-orientated steps to make a sequence of events more readable. Surely allowing attachments (in the form of Microsoft Word) to be added would make more sense?


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Adapt to Evolving Fitness Trends and Demographics—or Be Left Behind
Hard-core fitness users have come to expect a sophisticated experience, and fitness facilities have stepped up to offer the equipment and programming they demand. But a growing demographic of exercise newbies are challenging the notion of what fitness facilities should provide.
Preserving the Past, Designing the Future
We often take our surroundings for granted, but well-designed landscapes can help us tune back in. Through preservation, cultural planning and innovative landscape design, we can design parks that help patrons connect with their environment, whether it's the backdrop of a city skyline or a rural stream.
What Your Restrooms Say About Your Park
Restroom facilities may seem like a necessary evil, but you should remember that the number of people using your facility for recreation can be heavily influenced by the availability of a well-designed restroom. From durability and vandal-resistance to downright attractiveness, we consider all the elements of good restroom structures.
Association Guest Column: Sports Turf Managers Association
As more demands are placed on sports fields and more events are programmed, the fields suffer, the staff suffers and, in the end, the players suffer. Here are some strategies to help avoid all that suffering and ensure your fields remain playable.
State-of-the-Art Fitness on Campus
These days, fitness on campus means entering a spacious, expansive center that offers far more than a simple cardio or weight machine workout. Increasingly, fitness centers on campus have evolved to offer a more holistic health and wellness experience.
Aquatics have evolved over the years, and zero-depth entry, interactive water play and competitive swimming are now part of the lexicon. Family aquatic centers have evolved along with them to become a new way of life.
Letters From the Front
As fighting continues to rage in the aquatics war against recreational water illnesses (RWIs), it's time to bring new recruits to the front lines. While operators of aquatic facilities must play a role, it's important to get all key players on board to truly make headway against this tenacious enemy.
Strong Reach Playground in Bowdon, Ga.
When a mom and her daughters saw a boy with special needs relegated to the back of the playground, they asked why he couldn't play with other kids. They helped bring their community together to ensure all kids a place to play.
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Park in Miami Beach, Fla.
When a park is too hot to play in from March through November, you know it's time for a smart solution. Adding shade helped get kids out of the sun, and into the park.


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We have shared photos of 3D art with you all in the past before, such as the batman symbol and the alligator pit. Today we are going to share more 3D art with you; this time around the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are featured on the streets of London's Southbank. Check it out:
Sometimes I wish I had artist talent.
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The Movie Ain't Right
I get the assembly-line thing. Assembly lines are inherently funny, and perfectly made for Rube Goldberg-type disasters, one of which, natch, features prominently in Extract, Mike Judge's new pseudo working-class comedy. What I don't get is the extract part. See, Jason Bateman's Joel owns the factory here, where extracts for cooking are bottled: you know, vanilla, cookies-and-cream, root beer, and the like. Are we meant to take the extract motif as a commentary on Joel, on how his essence is being bottled up, or somesuch?
Mike Judge doesn't do anything for no reason — at least, he hadn't in the past — but there's a depressing sense of aimlessness, or not-knowing-what-he-wants-to-say-ishness to Extract that is extra disappointing coming from this filmmaker, who has been so pointed and so clever up till now.
The unfunny glom of half-assed sitcom scenarios — all setup and no punchline — that make up Extract play like a rejected episode of King of the Hill, the Judge-created animated TV series that brilliantly takes down, and simultaneously celebrates, American suburban family life with its every episode. As Joel's complacency is assaulted on all side by his factory employees, his disinterested wife (Kristen Wiig: Adventureland, Ghost Town), and his annoying neighbor (David Koechner: The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Get Smart) in ways neither interesting nor amusing nor even constructed with an eye toward any of Judge's famously bitter satire, I kept hearing the voice of Hank Hill in my head — which is, ironically, Judge's own voice — huffing out a sad "Dang it, Mike…"
I say "pseudo working class" because Extract is all about Joel, and he's definitely not working class. He's not only the owner of the factory, he's a chemist who developed some of the company's products. Perhaps, you might think, the satire comes in how Joel — who drives a fancy car and lives in a fancy house and clearly never has to worry about money — treats his assembly-line employees. But not at all: he's supernice to them and probably overindulgent of their slacking off, which is frequent.
As with Judge's Office Space, this flick is populated by some spot-on caricatures of workplace characters most of us have encountered: J.K. Simmons' (Post Grad, Aliens in the Attic) Brian, the manager who holds all his underlings in contempt; Beth Grant's (Henry Poole Is Here, No Country for Old Men) Mary, constantly resentful of having to pick up everyone else's slack; Clifton Collin's Jr.'s (Crank: High Voltage, Star Trek) Step, who fancies himself management material; T.J. Miller's (The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Cloverfield) Rory, who seems to spend most of his working day inviting people to come to his band's garage concerts when he really should be learning how to drive that forklift safely. But they're all in the background. For all of Jason Bateman's (State of Play, Hancock) potent charms and quiet charisma, he really has little to do here but look put-upon. Even Ben Affleck (State of Play, Smokin' Aces) as Joel's bartender pal seems a bit lost as to why he's even here, and he's got what is probably the juiciest, daringest role.
The biggest source of dissatisfaction for me is that I can't even tell what Judge is satirizing here. (If that's deliberate, and there was never even an attempt at satire, then this is one of the most underpowered comedies I've ever seen.) The one social convention that gets big play here — the way that cube-farm politics did in Office Space, or the dumbing down of America did in Idiocracy — is the notion that women are wily manipulators who use sex as a weapon and take advantage of men, and men are idiotic dupes who don't care as long as a woman is "hot" enough. Of course that does happen, sometimes, just as office politics are real and America really does seem to be getting dumbed down.
But Judge doesn't seem to have a problem with this, and in fact, all the female manipulation and all the male idiocy appears to get Judge's — he wrote the script as well as directs — stamp of approval not only as a plain fact of the way things are, but a pretty good way for things to be, too. Which simply doesn't sound like Judge at all, and also makes for a movie that ends up insulting just about anyone watching.


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For many companies, the equipment they use on a daily basis is the most critical tool in operating their business. When a disaster strikes the company, ensuring that the equipment is restored back to its working order is often priority number one.
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During what may seem like an insurmountable disaster, Alliance Disaster Kleenup can minimize your downtime, reduce your total costs vs. replacement, and put you back on the road to recovery.


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Comcast is one of the world's biggest telecommunications and cable TV companies. Because it operates serves both residential and commercial customers in 40 States, it's a huge employer here in the States, which is why it's no surprise that people are asking does Comcast drug test?
So I set out to find the answer to this question, especially because a lot of people are asking does Comcast drug test on first interview? This is quite a crucial question, because being such a huge company they are obviously employing thousands of people every year.
Does Comcast Drug Test On First Interview?
Wondering if there is a chance you might get drug tested after an interview for a job at Comcast is obviously going to be a worry for you if you think you might fail it. And in all that stress on top of your interview could be a huge issue, so that is probably why there are so many searches on Google for people asking exactly what the Comcast drug testing policy is.
In terms of first interview, the answer is probably not. There is evidence that some people have been tested after job interview, but not much evidence of what level of job that is for.
I think if you are going for a specialist position, or management level job, then you should be a lot more concerned than if you are going for a low-level job. But the bottom line here is that even in States where pot is legalized, you stand a chance of being tested, failed and not getting the job.
This is because pot smoking is against Comcast company policy, regardless of whether it's in a State where it's legal, and regardless of the fact that Comcast supposedly follows federal law.
So Does Comcast Drug Test Everyone?
I think the answer this is no. But on the other side of that, anybody who works with them stands a chance of being asked to take a drugs test.
She might not have one at first interview, and you may never have one, but it's at the company's discretion to test the drugs at any time as they see fit. But it's not statutory and not everyone gets tested.
With such a risk, whether you are going for an interview a Comcast, or you're an existing employee, it's important you take precautions.
How To Pass A Comcast Drug Test
Comcast use urine drug tests, so you are going to need to use synthetic urine.
The great news is though that they are unsupervised, whether they are at interview, or internal for existing employees, you won't be watched.
So the best way to get through an unsupervised drug test is to use a high quality synthetic urine brand such as Sub Solution or Quick Fix 6.1. Both contains essential chemicals that labs will look for, such as urea and uric acid.
One of the ways that people get found out is when they submit fake piss during a drugs test and it's found to be too warm or cold.
Sub Solution comes with heat activator powder, so it's real easy and quick to make sure it's at the right temperature when you go for that drugs test, whether it's when you are in the process of being employed by Comcast after first interview, or as an existing employee.


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Welcome to Sunshine Coast Artists.org!
Sunshine Coast artists from Langdale to Lund, works in all kinds of mediums and styles, from Greta Guzek's dramatic arbutus trees to Gordon Halloran's massive ice paintings at the Torino and Whistler Olympic Games.
See you around the neighborhood!
British Columbia's beautiful Sunshine Coast, just a 40 minute ferry ride from Vancouver, home to hundreds of wonderful artists and craftsmen.
Wander through our creative neighborhood and meet some of our very talented artists and artisans.
Artists appear here with their permission.
Would you like to join us? Get Listed.
Please call ahead before visiting artists during COVID-19 times
Search for artists by medium or by region. Painting and drawing is our largest section with some wonderful Sunshine Coast artists, something for everyone!
Arts Festivals
The main Sunshine Coast Art Festival is Art Crawl hosted by CCA, Coast Cultural Alliance, but there are many others. With so many artists on the Sunshine Coast, there are some fantastic arts festivals, come and visit.
Directory of Sunshine Coast artists, craftsmen, artisans on BC's Sunshine Coast near Vancouver, Canada. More than 100 painters, sculptors, mixed media artists in ceramics, textiles, wearable art, art jewelry, digital imagery, photography, blown glass, fine furniture, stone carving, art galleries, art festivals.
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I attended the launch party Microsoft threw this morning in San Francisco for Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate, which is the "final milestone," as host Ryan Gavin (see photo) put it, before the final release to Web (RTW), coming in the near future. My colleague Julie Bort covered how IE 9 compares to Google Chrome 9 and looks at the "do not track" privacy feature among other subjects. What I went there wanting to know was whether IE9 would ease the security worries of IT managers about delivering enterprise apps to employees or others through a Web browser and whether their Web sites will go haywire trying to run in the new browser.
ComputerWeekly.com reported on RC Day Eve, Feb. 9, that Microsoft identified about 1,100 Web sites that had compatibility problems with IE9 Beta that ranged from menus and images in the wrong place on the page to script errors to IE crashing altogether. The sites affected include some household names, including You Tube, UPS, E*Trade, Citibank and British Airways.
Roger Capriotti, director of product marketing for IE responded to the article by saying that any problems can be easily addressed in IE9 by activating compatibility mode, so that in an IE 9 browser, a site will be rendered as if it were IE 8 or IE 7, whichever one for which the site is optimized. Microsoft provided backwards compatibility to IE7 when it released IE8 in 2009 and the list of problem sites fell from around 1,000 to fewer than 100 and Capriotti expects the same to be true this time.
"We were introducing new features in IE 8 and we wanted to make sure we gave the Web some time to pick up some of those things. We've done the same thing in IE9," Capriotti said. "My indication is that that [1,100] number will shrink dramatically as we get to IE9 RTW."
He added that as Web site developers update their sites, any compatibility issues will also likely be resolved. It also occurs to me that some compatibility glitches may be so minor as to be unnoticed by the user. And rendering a site as though the browser was IE8 or 7 does not deprive the user of the new features of IE9, Capriotti added, such as geo-location, hardware acceleration, support of HTML 5 and "site pinning," in which a favorite site, or group of related sites, can be easily accessed by clicking on an icon representing the site in the lower task bar.
Enterprise customers contemplating delivery of applications from the cloud through the browser have been wary of the security risks associated with that, particularly malware. That problem is being addressed, said Gavin, director of Internet Explorer for Microsoft, at the launch event. IE9 Beta, when it was released in Septeber 2010, included a smart screen filter to determine the reputation of a site about to be opened in the browser and that filter has been extended in RC to the download manager and to also assessing the reputation of Web applications.
"IE9 blocks 99 percent of all malware. That is orders of magnitude above any other browser in the industry right now," Gavin said.
Nonetheless, enterprises are unlikely to take that for granted and many will probably still require access for employees to a Web app through a virtual private network just as they always have. Let me know if IE9 will make your enterprise more likely to deliver corporate apps through a browser.


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Title I Parent Response Procedure
HomeSchool Compacts and Parent/Family Engagement Policies will be sent home in the students' Tuesday Folders and shared with the parents during our annual review meeting. Extra copies of the policy will be kept in the front office in the Title 1 binder. Title 1 surveys will be checked daily and a response can be expected within 24 hours.


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"An infection after placement of a penile implant is a potentially dangerous problem. The article below published on ABC news highlights the issues surrounding the controversial case of a Miami urologist who placed a penile prosthesis in a diabetic patient which resulted in a severe infection necessitating penile amputation. Fortunately, infections after placement of penile implants are rare complications. The penile implants that I place manufactured by AMS are antibiotic coated and have an infection rate of less than 1%. Although having diabetes is certainly not a contraindication to placement of a penile implant, certainly having poorly controlled diabetes increases a patient's risk for developing an infection. For this reason, it is important for urologists to pay attention to a patients diabetes control and evaluate the hemoglobin A1c which is an indicator of the patients diabetes control over the past several months. In my practice, if a patient has refractory erectile dysfunction and is interested in a penile implant, but his hemoglobin A1c is elevated, I defer placement of the penile prosthesis until the patient in combination with his primary care physician or endocrinologist is able to improve his patients diabetes control and bring the hemoglobin A1c back down to normal levels. Unfortunately, even under optimal conditions, an infection can occur. The most important factor in the context of an infection of a penile prosthesis is early recognition and intervention to prevent severe complications such as a penile amputation as highlighted in the article below. "
David Robbins, MD – Urologist Miami, Florida
A man who elected to have a penile implant in a Florida hospital is now suing his doctor after a post-surgical infection resulted in the amputation of his organ.
Enrique Milla, 65, who was reportedly deported from the United States last year back to his native Peru, has been testifying in court via Skype that the medical procedure robbed him of his dignity and manhood.
In a medical malpractice trial that began this week, Milla claims that his doctors should have known that he was not a good candidate for the procedure because of his diabetes and high blood pressure.
"This has been devastating, painful and embarrassing," said Milla's attorney, Spencer Aronfeld of Coral Gables, according to ABC's affiliate WPLG.
Milla alleges that his anesthesiologist Dr. Laurentiu Boeru "failed to evaluate properly the risks of this procedure." He first filed the lawsuit in 2009, naming Boeru and Dr. Paul Perito, the urologist who performed the surgery.
According to the Miami Herald, which obtained records that are not publicly available, Perito settled the case out of court.
"At the end of the day, he has to sit down to pee through a tube," Aronfeld told the Herald.
Penile implant surgery is most commonly performed after all other treatments for erectile dysfunction have failed. It is also used to treat some cases of Peyronie's disease, a condition that causes scarring inside the penis, leading to bent, painful erections.
Implant surgery comes with a risk of infection, which can occur at any time after surgery — in rare cases, even years later, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Milla suffered from a number of medical conditions, including erectile dysfunction, according to court records. Milla, who had lived in Miami for 40 years working in a medical supply business, received the surgery in 2007 at Coral Gables Hospital.
"He didn't do this to have a bigger penis," said Aronfeld. "This was because of medical reasons: He just wanted to have relations with his wife."
But two weeks after the operation, Milla developed an infection that eventually turned to gangrene. Amputation of his penis was necessary to save his life, according to his lawyer, who alleges Boeru didn't exercise proper care after the surgery.
"Post-operative period is about anywhere between six to 24 hours after surgery. It does not include either days or months," testified Boeru.
"This is an infection that occurred in this gentleman because he didn't do what he was supposed to do post-operatively nine days after the surgery," Boeru's lawyer Jay Chimpoulis, told WPLG.
He suggested that Milla ignored medical instructions to avoid sex and developed a fecal infection.
"There are any number of ways he could've gotten that. None of them had anything to do with [Boeru]," Chimpoulis said.
Dr. Pravin Rao, director of reproductive medicine and surgery at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute, said penile implants, called prostheses, are safe for patients who are in good health — even those with diabetes, as long as the disease is "controlled."
The risk rate is lower than 3 percent, according to Rao, who did not treat Milla.
"Usually, it's the last report option for men who just don't want to use other treatments as options," he said. "Sometimes, the individual wants a permanent solution and wants the spontaneity."
Penile implants are among a "long algorithm of options" for those with erectile dysfunction, according to Rao. Urologists start with pills like Viagra — the least invasive approach –– to vacuum erection devices and injection therapy.
But sometimes those treatments fail because of the quality of the tissue in the penis or poor blood flow.
The most common reason for ED is chronic disease that affects the vessels in the penis — most often diabetes, hypertension, smoking or high cholesterol. Nerve damage, caused by spinal cord injuries, diabetes or radical prostate cancer surgery, can also trigger ED.
A poor candidate for a prosthesis is someone who is not in overall good health and may be at risk under anesthesia or not be able to withstand the blood loss of surgery.
"The number one concern is infection, and that's why we make sure their overall health and immune status are good and their diabetes is under control," said Rao.
When infection does occur, the prosthesis must be immediately removed to clear the infection.
"Personally, I have heard of amputation, but not seen one," said Rao. "We have definitely seen prostheses taken out due to erosion. The wrong size is chosen or there is poor wound healing."
The prosthesis is an inflatable device that is inserted in the two tubes of the penis. The balloons can be filled up with fluid, creating an erection. A small pump is placed in the scrotum with a reservoir of fluid that connects to the tubing.
"When we first place it, we don't have it activated to create a full erection," said Rao. "Then after letting it heal for six weeks, [the patient] comes in and we teach them how to use the pump by squeezing it."
Patients are told not to have sex during that recuperative period.
Rao said that penile implants are "very successful and infection is not the norm."
Some studies of patients with diabetes and those without the disease had the same rate of infection. "But," he said. "We have to be prudent about picking the patient."


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CenterPoint Energy: Smart Energy, Fueled by Data
CenterPoint Energy is leveraging innovation, including using smart meters and smart grids, to improve the quality of its energy services. But IoT systems and complex customer transactions generate enormous amounts of data. CenterPoint needed HPE solutions and expertise as big data becomes central to its strategy, operations, and even identity.
From the heart of US oil country, CenterPoint serves the energy needs of 28 states
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy employs 7,400 people and has been in the energy delivery business for over 140 years. The CenterPoint operation distributes electricity to 2.3 million customers in the Houston area and distributes natural gas in six states.
Its recent acquisition of the retail energy services business, Continuum, has increased the size of its operating footprint from six states to 28: CenterPoint can now competitively sell natural gas in over half of the United States.
The goal: bring data into every decision
The IoT and changing customer expectations put big data demands on CenterPoint's operations.
CenterPoint once read 80,000 meters a day manually by sending meter readers into the field on foot. Today, its smart grid enables the company to perform 221 million meter-reads a day automatically.
But collecting that data is only the first step. CenterPoint must ingest it and turn it into actionable information. It must pair data the sensors and remote control devices that are now part of its grid systems with robust, high-speed analytics that allow the company to detect outages quickly—or better yet, prevent them from occurring at all.
- Steve Pratt, Chief Technology Officer, CenterPoint Energy
"We're moving to an all-digital operation, from the way we monitor energy consumption and prevent outages, to the way we listen and respond to customer needs."
The company must also adapt to changing consumer expectations. Today's consumers increasingly prefer to do business online or with their smart phones. CenterPoint must respond with services such as mobile energy monitoring and always-on Internet access to energy usage.
And CenterPoint must be more agile to take advantage of fast-emerging opportunities to launch new services and service innovations. The number of applications it develops and supports has grown; it must integrate these new applications with its legacy systems. And it must leverage automation and other efficiency-boosters to ensure its staff can innovate more quickly—without putting CenterPoint's foundational business processes at risk, many of which are subject to regulatory oversight.
Tailored solution for analytics
Hardware built for analytics paired with services to make it work.
Recognizing that big data capabilities are central to its long-term success, CenterPoint decided to implement SAP HANA.
The company then evaluated six different hardware vendors, ultimately replacing its legacy IBM Lenovo platform with the HPE ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA as its platform. CenterPoint selected the HPE solution because it is factory-configured as an SAP HANA platform, which promised a smoother implementation and reduced risk of business disruption during the transition.The solution is also designed to simplify data management. CenterPoint valued this as a way to minimize the resources it must allocate to managing its big data systems, an approach that supports better long-term ROI while freeing staff to focus on more strategic priorities.
HPE Pointnext services assisted Centerpoint with the design, implementation, and support of the new platform.
- Steve Pratt, Chief Technology Officer, CenterPoint Energy
"HPE took the time to understand our aims and what we did as a business and they built a plan around meeting those goals. They brought in subject matter experts who dealt with real-world problems and were able to apply their expertise to our situation."
Energized by data
Data-driven insights improve customer satisfaction, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
CenterPoint can now leverage the data it collects from its smart grid and smart meters to improve its services to its customers and boost operational efficiency.
The company can detect outages more quickly—which means it can respond more quickly to get the outage resolved. In some cases, it can even prevent outages from occurring in the first place.
- Steve Pratt, Chief Technology Officer, CenterPoint Energy
"We can now instantaneously look at a variety of data inputs, assess a potential outage, and potentially circumvent an outage before it actually occurs. If an outage does occur, we're able to use the same data in near real-time to determine a cause and resolve it as quickly as possible."
Over time, this means fewer power outages for CenterPoint customers. More than a matter of convenience, CenterPoint customers will be safer, because there is reduced risk to systems they depend on: that traffic light at the busy intersection, the dialysis machine running in a customer's home, or that security system protecting a business.
The big data platform also helps CenterPoint achieve operational efficiencies. It's able to troubleshoot more issues centrally, for example, which reduces the need to deploy trucks to its customers. It can also merge smart meter data with information on approaching weather to assess the potential impact of bad conditions, decide where to position its crews, and if necessary re-route power.
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Captured by Evil: The Idea of Corruption in Law
Available for Special Order
One of the most powerful words in the English language, corruption is also one of the most troubled concepts in law. According to Laura Underkuffler, it is a concept based on religiously revealed ideas of good and evil. But the notion of corruption defies the ordinary categories by which law defines crimes--categories that punish acts, not character, and that eschew punishment on the basis of religion and emotion. Drawing on contemporary examples--including former assemblywoman Diane Gordon and former governor Rod Blagojevich--Underkuffler explores the implications and dangers of maintaining such an archaic concept at the heart of criminal law. Underkuffler challenges the traditional rational and logical characterizations of corruption and defends a highly original and insightul proposal. In her view corruption is an emotional concept grounded in religious ideas defying traditional criminal law doctrines. This book is a fantastic contribution to the study of corruption as well as more generally to the study of law and culture.--Alon Harel, Hebrew University Law School
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LifeGroup Questions:
1. Do you have a healthy view of your own mortality? Is death a taboo subject in your family? How can you foster healthy conversation about the brevity of life?
2. As you have heard Jesus on the subject of "Believe", have you really heard? What are your road blocks to hearing Jesus?
3. Are you experiencing the fulfilled life? How have you fostered that life? How have you failed in experiencing that fulfilled life?
4. How is God resurrecting you? What are the areas that he is breathing new life into you?
5. When did you hear and believe for the first time? If you haven't, what is keeping you from hearing and believing now?
6. How does the promise of the final resurrection drive you toward believing Jesus now?
7. Spend some time as a group praying for those in your spheres of influence that need to hear and believe Jesus.
Feel free to download the resources for this sermon:
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Now and Later
John 5:24-29
Death is Now For Those Who Don't Believe
Life is Now For Those Who Believe
Jesus Will Speak Now
Jesus Will Speak Later
Life is Later For Those Who Believe
Death is Later For Those Who Don't Believe
Right now, hear and believe Jesus, the Son of God and righteous judge, because all will be resurrected, some to eternal life and some to eternal condemnation.
Core Christlike Characteristics: Loving God, Living Surrendered
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Measure human behavior in virtual environments with iMotions
Real, human responses in virtual worlds
Gathering data on how people act and react in simulations can unlock insights in situations that may be impractical, dangerous, or even impossible to carry out were it not for virtual reality.
Measuring human behavior in VR and simulations optimizes not only user experiences but also safety, training and even medical treatments.
Researchers are using iMotions for VR worldwide
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Quantify visual attention
With eye tracking in virtual reality, research within fields like psychology, shopper research, training, and entertainment are transformed.
Eye tracking is built into the VR headsets that iMotions integrates with, so the depth of visual objects can be measured. You can therefore obtain metrics including time to first fixation, heat maps, time spent, and gaze mapping. Data can even be aggregated across participants to provide quick insights about user experience in virtual environments and simulations.
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What is system maintainability analysis?
Maintainability is defined as the probability of performing a successful repair action within a given time. In other words, maintainability measures the ease and speed with which a system can be restored to operational status after a failure occurs. This is similar to system reliability analysis except that the random variable of interest in maintainability analysis is time-to-repair rather than time-to-failure. For example, if it is said that a particular component has a 90% maintainability for one hour, this means that there is a 90% probability that the component will be repaired within an hour. When you combine system maintainability analysis with system reliability analysis, you can obtain many useful results concerning the overall performance (availability, uptime, downtime, etc.) that will help you to make decisions about the design and/or operation of a repairable system.
Software features
BlockSim supports an extensive array of reliability block diagram (RBD) configurations and fault tree analysis (FTA) gates and events, including advanced capabilities to model complex configurations, load sharing, standby redundancy, phases and duty cycles. Using exact computations and/or discrete event simulation, BlockSim facilitates a wide variety of analyses for both repairable and non-repairable systems. This includes:
- System Reliability Analysis
- Identification of Critical Components (Reliability Importance Measures)
- Optimum Reliability Allocation
- System Maintainability Analysis (Determine Optimum Preventive Maintenance Intervals, Spare Parts Provisions, etc.)
- System Availability Analysis (Calculate Uptime, Downtime, Availability, etc.)
- Throughput Calculation (Identify Bottlenecks, Estimate Production Capacity, etc.)
- Life Cycle Cost Estimation


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By Nicolas Terry and Frank Pasquale
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With help from our good friend Nathan Cortez from SMU School of Law we discuss the American Health Care Act. Nathan is a thought leader in both health law and policy and administrative law and legislation–intersecting forms of expertise particularly valuable in these turbulent times.
In addition to coming to grips with some of its complex provisions, we speculated on how it will fare in the Senate, given emerging details about working groups and Democratic bridge-building by the Gang of Three (Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp, and Tim "Copper Plan" Kaine). Here Professor Cortez's expertise on Reconciliation and the Byrd Amendment proved essential. We also, let truth be told, took the opportunity to get a few things off our collective chests!
For background on AHCA: Andy Slavitt has been a diligent collector of summaries & critical commentary. In a media environment where the lies being told about AHCA's effects on coverage are described as "flagrant," "bald-faced," and "gas-lighting," expert voices are needed now more than ever. Some predict that the class warfare embodied in the bill's distributional effects would cause a "humanitarian crisis" if it came to pass; others worry it would undo the pillars of not merely Obamacare and Medicaid, but also employer-sponsored plans. One thing appears certain: expect bankruptcy law to renew its advance onto health law syllabi.
The Week in Health Law Podcast from Frank Pasquale and Nicolas Terry is a commuting-length discussion about some of the more thorny issues in Health Law & Policy. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, listen at Stitcher Radio, Tunein and Podbean, or search for The Week in Health Law in your favorite podcast app. Show notes and more are at TWIHL.com. If you have comments, an idea for a show or a topic to discuss you can find us on Twitter @nicolasterry @FrankPasquale @WeekInHealthLaw.


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ICICI Bank was originally promoted in 1994 by ICICI Limited, an Indian financial institution, and was its wholly-owned subsidiary. ICICI's shareholding in ICICI Bank was reduced to 46% through a public offering of shares in India in fiscal 1998, an equity offering in the form of ADRs listed on the NYSE in fiscal 2000, ICICI Bank's acquisition of Bank of Madura Limited in an all-stock amalgamation in fiscal 2001, and secondary market sales by ICICI to institutional investors in fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2002. ICICI was formed in 1955 at the initiative of the World Bank, the Government of India and representatives of Indian industry. The principal objective was to create a development financial institution for providing medium-term and long-term project financing to Indian businesses.
In the 1990s, ICICI transformed its business from a development financial institution offering only project finance to a diversified financial services group offering a wide variety of products and services, both directly and through a number of subsidiaries and affiliates like ICICI Bank. In 1999, ICICI become the first Indian company and the first bank or financial institution from non-Japan Asia to be listed on the NYSE.
After consideration of various corporate structuring alternatives in the context of the emerging competitive scenario in the Indian banking industry, and the move towards universal banking, the managements of ICICI and ICICI Bank formed the view that the merger of ICICI with ICICI Bank would be the optimal strategic alternative for both entities, and would create the optimal legal structure for the ICICI group's universal banking strategy. The merger would enhance value for ICICI shareholders through the merged entity's access to low-cost deposits, greater opportunities for earning fee-based income and the ability to participate in the payments system and provide transaction-banking services. The merger would enhance value for ICICI Bank shareholders through a large capital base and scale of operations, seamless access to ICICI's strong corporate relationships built up over five decades, entry into new business segments, higher market share in various business segments, particularly fee-based services, and access to the vast talent pool of ICICI and its subsidiaries.
In October 2001, the Boards of Directors of ICICI and ICICI Bank approved the merger of ICICI and two of its wholly-owned retail finance subsidiaries, ICICI Personal Financial Services Limited and ICICI Capital Services Limited, with ICICI Bank. The merger was approved by shareholders of ICICI and ICICI Bank in January 2002, by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in March 2002, and by the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai and the Reserve Bank of India in April 2002. Consequent to the merger, the ICICI group's financing and banking operations, both wholesale and retail, have been integrated in a single entity.
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Fusing indie-rock aesthetics with blues-rock and even roots music, Love The Cup is a spiraling mixture of melodic glow and hard-driving, danceable beats, coming off something like the Blues Explosion if they were a pop band, or an indie-pop band that just loved blues music. The latter is exactly what Sons and Daughters are, though they don't adhere to the loose, bounciness of indie-pop, instead preferring the jagged rock edges of post-punk rock appreciation of indie-rockers.
It's an interesting, captivating mix filled with hooks and lots of rhythm. Played inventively and intensely, Sons and Daughters deliver the goods whether they're playing more traditional blues with only little flare ("Start To End"), or going full throttle with their rock hybrid ("Johnny Cash"). I'll give this an A-.