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After reading a report on the Houston Chronicle's website I'm not able to be as tongue in cheek as I originally aimed to be about the topic of sex bots and brothels in Houston. I mean there are so many ways I could choose to write this article and a lot of my thoughts were leading me towards humor but, in doing some research on human trafficking in Houston, I don't find the topic as funny as I originally thought.
What changed my mind about the direction of this opinion piece?
I've learned this evening that in 2017, a study was conducted by a researcher at the University of Texas where it was reported that an estimated 313,000 people in the state are victims of human trafficking and 79,000 are minors. What the hell?
The article, Houston is an epicenter of human trafficking written by Roy Kent goes on to state that 25% of people who have been trafficked in the United States are in Texas, while 22% of people being trafficked have traveled through Texas. At these rates it's no wonder the idea of having robot sex brothels right here in Texas is causing a lot of concern. By sheer numbers this would indicate that I run across a victim of human trafficking at least once a week. At least once in seven days I encounter someone who is not at liberty to decide what they will and won't do with their body that day.
I originally came across the article Could a sex robot brothel open in Houston? Your questions answered by Syan Rhodes while conducting one of my infamous Google searches (I told you guys, it's deep between Google and I.) The title caught me just as I was about to shut down my laptop for the night. I thought for sure this would be more of the same click bait I have been falling victim to, but as it turns out this was a real article about a real proposal that the city is looking into.
According to the article, Kinky S Dolls, a Canadian company, is hoping to bring the first robot sex brothel to the city. Mayor Turner has already reached out to the city's legal department to find out what city ordinances, if any, apply to the company. The location is still unknown as are a lot of the fine details of the operation.
While there isn't much more information to be obtained on the issue, just the idea that this could possibly become a thing made me wonder if this would be a good thing for the city and even reduce the rates of human trafficking. On one hand, having a legal sex bot brothel could serve to reduce the amount of people seeking sex from prostitutes. By this theory, that should also reduce the rates of sexually transmitted diseases as well as violent and non violent sex crimes. On the other hand, it is being argued that having this type of business operating legally in the state would only serve to increase the already excessive amount of sex crimes and could even possibly work against the city's effort to lower trafficking rates.
I could sit here and postulate all night but the fact of the matter is, a solution to this city's trafficking problem is desperately needed and if sex bot brothels is that answer then bring em' on!
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Title: The Trouble With Destiny
Author: Lauren Morrill
Rating: ★★★
Synopsis: With her trusty baton and six insanely organized clipboards, drum major Liza Sanders is about to take Destiny by storm—the boat, that is. When Liza discovered that her beloved band was losing funding, she found Destiny, a luxury cruise ship complete with pools, midnight chocolate buffets, and a $25,000 spring break talent show prize.
Liza can't imagine senior year without the band, and nothing will distract her from achieving victory. She's therefore not interested when her old camp crush, Lenny, shows up on board, looking shockingly hipster-hot. And she's especially not interested in Russ, the probably-as-dumb-as-he-is-cute prankster jock whose ex, Demi, happens be Liza's ex–best friend and leader of the Athenas, a show choir that's the band's greatest competition.
But it's not going to be smooth sailing. After the Destiny breaks down, all of Liza's best-laid plans start to go awry. Liza likes to think of herself as an expert at almost everything, but when it comes to love, she's about to find herself lost at sea.
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I adored Lauren Morrill's Being Sloane Jacobs. It was chock full of humour, showed fantastic relationships, and in all was a fun experience. I was so excited to get my hands on the Trouble With Destiny, and while it's definitely not Being Sloane Jacobs, it was still a fun book to read.
I think what is important to note about the Trouble With Destiny is that you need to go into it understanding that it's essentially a comedy. It's Pitch Perfect meets Titanic, sprinkling some Breaker High into the mix. A lot of the antics that the band students face often come across as comedic or downright ridiculous, and I think understanding that going in makes for a much better reading experience. This isn't a fluffy contemporary read, it's kinda crazy, a bit silly, but you roll with it.
That being said, Liza drove me kinda crazy and I found her way too melodramatic at times. However, I adored her rivalry with Demi, because Demi is the kind of hilarious mean girl you want to read about — the one that gets their comeuppance in the form of the ultimate humiliation. Which really brings me to my issue with this novel — the characters don't really feel like characters, but feel somewhat two-dimensional. You don't get any sort of deep development from them.
Furthermore the romance was a love triangle, and a predictable one at that. But if I'm being frank, I don't feel like the boys were well characterized beyond just their actions. I didn't feel like Lenny or Russ were real people, nor did I feel like I entirely understood Liza's complete interest in them.
But this book is pretty funny at times. The it's so crazy-how-could-this-be-real kind of crazy, and sometimes I think you need that element in a story. Sometimes it's great to read a book that tastes like candy and you can turn your brain off, which was how The Trouble With Destiny played out for me. It lacked a lot of the elements that I loved from Being Sloane Jacobs, such as strong, well defined characters, and a cute romance, but this book was just silly and I enjoyed it for that.
I think I may have gone into The Trouble With Destiny with some slightly higher expectations than I should have. In the end, I did enjoy the book despite it's problems, and it still makes me want to continue to read Lauren Morrill's stories because for what it's worth, they are always at least fun in the end.


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Supreme Court of Maine
July 26, 2018
STATE OF MAINEv.DMITRI L. CANNADY
Argued: November 15, 2017
Heather Nadeau, Esq. (orally), The Law Office of Tina Heather
Nadeau, PLLC, Portland, for appellant Dmitri L. Cannady
Stephanie Anderson, District Attorney, and Jennifer F.
Ackerman, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Prosecutorial District
Two, Portland, for appellee State of Maine
SAUFLEY, C.J., and MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY,
In 2004, the Secretary of State mailed a notice to Dmitri L.
Cannady's last known address, with information that his
right to operate a motor vehicle was about to be revoked. The
letter was returned by postal officials to the Secretary of
State's office with a notice on the envelope that Cannady
had moved and left no forwarding address. More than eleven
years later, Cannady was stopped for a traffic violation and
subsequently charged with operating after habitual offender
revocation (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2557-A(2)(A) (2017),
and failing to give his correct name (Class E), 17-A M.R.S.
(2017).[1] After holding a jury-waived trial, the
court (Cumberland County, L. Walker, J.) convicted
him of both charges.
This appeal by Cannady calls for us to answer the narrow
question of whether the statutory requirement of notice is
satisfied where the Secretary of State elects to mail the
notification to the licensee's most recent address on
file with the Secretary of State pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.
§ 2557-A(1)(A)(4) (2017) and that notification is
returned by postal authorities as undeliverable. We conclude
that, in those particular circumstances, the statutory
notification process necessary for a conviction for operating
after habitual offender revocation has not been satisfied. We
therefore vacate the conviction for that charge but affirm
the conviction for failing to give his correct
The following facts found by the court are supported by the
record, which we view in the light most favorable to the
judgment. See State v. Jeskey, 2016 ME 134,
¶¶ 30, 33, 146 A.3d 127. A Portland police officer
working the evening shift on December 4, 2015, pulled into a
convenience store parking lot on Forest Avenue. The officer
observed a person, later identified as Cannady, drive a
vehicle out of the parking lot without wearing his seatbelt.
After making a traffic stop for the seatbelt violation, 29-A
M.R.S. § 2081(3-A) (2017), the officer asked Cannady for
his name and identification documents. Cannady provided a
false name and had difficulty providing an address, phone
number, and social security number. Because the officer was
unable to verify Cannady's identity with the name Cannady
had given, the officer detained Cannady and transported him
to the jail for fingerprinting. A cruiser video recording
shows that while en route to the jail, Cannady admitted to
the officer that he was not the person whose name he had
provided. After Cannady identified himself correctly, the
officer learned from the dispatcher that Cannady's
license had been revoked and that there was an outstanding
warrant for failing to appear on an earlier revocation
The State charged Cannady with operating after habitual
offender revocation and failing to give his correct name.
Cannady entered pleas of not guilty. At a jury-waived trial
held in December of 2016, only the officer testified. The
court admitted in evidence a certification from the Secretary
of State's office stating that Cannady's license had
been revoked as of the alleged offense date and that notice
of that revocation had been sent to Cannady in conformity
with 29-A M.R.S. §2482(1)(A) (2017); a notice of
revocation dated July 21, 2004, addressed to Cannady and
stating that his driver's license or right to operate
will be revoked for an indefinite period effective August 5,
2004;[3] and an envelope bearing a postmark of July
26, 2004, which had been returned to the Secretary of State
on August 11, 2004, with the notation, "MOVED LEFT NO
At the close of the State's case, Cannady moved for a
judgment of acquittal on the charge of operating after
habitual offender revocation on the grounds that he did not
have actual knowledge that his license had been revoked and
that the Secretary of State had failed to take appropriate
steps to provide that notice to him after the written notice
of revocation was returned as undeliverable. In a written
order, the court denied Cannady's motion and found him
guilty of both charges. At the sentencing hearing, the court
imposed the mandatory minimum thirty-day jail term and $500
fine on the charge of operating after habitual offender
revocation and a concurrent seven-day jail sentence on the
charge of failure to give his correct name. Cannady filed a
timely notice of appeal. See 15 M.R.S. §2115
(2017); M.R. App. P. 2(a)(3), (b)(2)(A) (Tower
Cannady asserts on appeal that pursuant to Maine's
statutes and principles of due process-particularly given
increases in the severity of sentences to be imposed for the
crime of operating after habitual offender
revocation[5]-the Secretary of State is required to do
more when it is on notice that its chosen method of
communication was unsuccessful and that the State is required
to prove that the licensee has received or otherwise has
actual knowledge of the revocation.
We review constitutional challenges de novo, see State v.
Jones, 2012 ME 126, ¶ 35, 55 A.3d 432, and, on a
challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a
criminal conviction, we look to "whether the trier of
fact could have found every element of the offense charged
beyond a reasonable doubt," State v. Tayman,
2008 ME 177, ¶ 4, 960 A.2d 1151. "The
interpretation of a statute is a legal issue we review de
novo." State v. Jones, 2012 ME 88, ¶ 6, 46
A.3d 1125. Criminal statutes are "'strictly
construed ... to avoid absurd, illogical, or inconsistent
results.'" Id. (quoting State v.
Nastvogel, 2002 ME 97, ¶ 6, 798 A.2d 1114). Our
purpose in interpreting a statute is "to effectuate the
intent of the Legislature, which is ordinarily gleaned from
the plain language of the statute." State v.
Kendall, 2016 ME 147, ¶ 14, 148 A.3d 1230
(quotation marks omitted). "We examine [the] statutory
language in the context of the entire statutory scheme."
Id. Only if the statute is ambiguous do we look
beyond the plain language to the legislative history.
State v. Legassie, 2017 ME 202, ¶ 13, 171 A.3d
589. "A statute is ambiguous if it is reasonably
susceptible to different interpretations." Carrier
v. Sec'y of State, 2012 ME 142, ¶ 12, 60 A.3d
1241 (quotation marks omitted).
For a person to be convicted of the crime of operating after
habitual offender revocation, the State must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that the accused operated a motor vehicle on
a public way when that person's license to operate had
been revoked. 29-A M.R.S. § 2557-A(1)(A) (2017).
Additionally, and central to the issue in this case, the
State must prove that the accused
(1) [h]as received written notice of the revocation from the
Secretary of State;
(2) [h]as been orally informed of the revocation by a law
enforcement officer;
(3) [h]as actual knowledge of the revocation; or
(4) [i]s a person to whom written notice was sent in
accordance with section 2482 or former Title 29, section
2241, subsection 4.
29-A M.R.S. § 2557-A(1)(A) (emphasis added).
As section 2557-A(1)(A) is structured, the first three of
these alternatives comprise various ways of providing the
licensee with actual notice, whereas the fourth
constitutes an attempt to provide notice. At oral
argument, the State made explicit that it is not
asserting that Cannady had actual knowledge that the
Secretary of State had revoked his license, even though he
had been convicted three times for operating after
suspension, see supra n.3, and provided incorrect
identification information to the officer in this case.
at issue here is only the last of the alternative elements
prescribed in section 2557-A(1)(A)(4), which incorporates ...
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text: Software & Apps Google Drive 105 105 people found this article helpful How to Create a Gantt Chart in Google Sheets Manage projects in a spreadsheet you can easily share by Scott Orgera Writer Scott Orgera is a former writer who covering tech since 2007. He has 25+ years experience as a programmer and QA leader, and holds several Microsoft certifications. our editorial process Facebook Twitter Scott Orgera Updated on May 28, 2020 Google Drive Sheets Docs Slides Tweet Share Email Google Sheets provides the ability to create detailed Gantt charts right within your spreadsheet. The steps are easy: Build a project schedule.Create a calculation table.Generate the Gantt chart. Let's get started! Build Your Project Schedule Before diving into Gantt chart creation, you first need to define your project tasks along with their corresponding dates in a simple table. Launch Google Sheets and open a blank spreadsheet. Choose a suitable location near the top of your spreadsheet, and type the following heading names in the same row, each in their own column, as shown in the screenshot above: Start Date End Date Task Name To make things easier for yourself later in the tutorial, you might want to utilize the same locations that we've used in our example (A1, B1, C1). Enter each of your project tasks along with their corresponding dates in the appropriate columns, using as many rows as necessary. They should be listed in order of occurrence (top to bottom = first to last) and the date format should be as follows: MM/DD/YYYY. Other formatting aspects of your table (borders, shading, alignment, font styling, etc.) are purely arbitrary in this case since the primary goal is to enter data that will be used by a Gantt chart later. It's completely up to you whether or not you'd like to make further modifications so that the table is more visually appealing. If you do, however, it's important that the data itself remains in the correct rows and columns. Create a Calculation Table Just inputting start and end dates isn't enough to render a Gantt chart because its layout relies heavily on the actual amount of time that passes between those two important milestones. In order to handle this requirement, you need to create another table that calculates this duration: Scroll down several rows from the initial table that you created above. Type the following heading names in the same row, each in their own column: Task Name Start Day Total Duration Copy the list of tasks from your first table into the Task Name column, ensuring that they're listed in the same order. Type the following formula into the Start Day column for your first task, replacing A with the column letter which contains Start Date in your first table, and 2 with the row number: =int(A2)-int($A$2) Hit Enter when finished. The cell should now display 0. Select and copy the cell where you just entered this formula, either using a keyboard shortcut or Edit > Copy from the Google Sheets menu. Select all of the remaining cells in the Start Day column and paste them, via Edit > Paste. If copied correctly, the Start Day value for each task should reflect the number of days from the beginning of the project that it's set to begin. You can validate that the Start Day formula in each row is correct by selecting its corresponding cell and ensuring that it is identical to the formula typed in Step 4, with one notable exception: the first value (int(xx)) matches the appropriate cell location in your first table. Next is the Total Duration column, which needs to be populated with another formula that's slightly more complicated than the previous one. Type the following into the Total Duration column for your first task, replacing cell location references with those corresponding to the first table in your actual spreadsheet (similar to what we did in Step 4): =(int(B2)-int($A$2))-(int(A2)-int($A$2)) If you have any issues determining the cell locations that correspond to your particular spreadsheet, this formula key should help: (current task's end date - project start date) - (current task's start date - project start date). Strike the Enter key when finished. Select and copy the cell in which you just entered this formula. Once the formula has been copied to the clipboard, select and paste to all of the remaining cells in the Total Duration column. If copied correctly, the Total Duration value for each task should reflect the total number of days between its respective start and end dates. Generate a Gantt Chart Now that your tasks are in place, along with their corresponding dates and duration, it's time to create a Gantt chart: Select every cell within the calculation table, including the headers. Go to Insert > Chart. A new chart will appear, titled Start Day and Total Duration. Select and drag it so that its positioned below or beside the tables, but not on top of them. Select the chart once, and from its top-right menu, choose Edit chart. Under Chart type, scroll down to the Bar section and choose Stacked bar chart (the middle option). From the Customize tab in the chart editor, select Series so that it opens and displays available settings. In the Apply to all series menu, choose Start Day. Pick the Color option and choose None. Your Gantt chart is now created, and you can view individual Start Day and Total Duration figures by hovering over their respective areas within the graph. 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How are you sending your gifts this year?
I'm sure merely asking this pegs me a micromanager and perhaps even OCD, but I have spent way too much time finding the perfect ecologically correct gift to bungle it in the last step. So far I consider the US Postal Service the least vile method of sending packages. For one thing, the postman is going to swing by my home, and every other home in America, regardless of whether there is a gift package or yet another credit card offer. Taking advantage of existing labor, resources, etc., is always greener than creating a need for new, right? Also, I've never been almost ran over on my own sidewalk by a USPS truck—which is more than I can say for FedEx and UPS.
There are other issues to consider… for instance maybe one of the major carriers uses an alternative fuel or makes massive contributions to green causes. I couldn't find internet documentation of either, so I'll be patronizing the old-fashioned wasteful-and-yet-best-of-all-possible-evils Postal System until someone gives me a good reason to switch.
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How are you sending your gifts this year?
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I happen to have some inside scoop from my brother who works for UPS. Apparently they are doing all kinds of things to "green" their brown fleet. He told me a few things, but I can't remember exactly what. I am planning on interviewing him and posting about it over Thanksgiving.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2007
- Emily the Great and Terrible said...
From brown to green--how symbolic. I'll be keeping an eye out for your interview!
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OTTAWA — Putnam County commissioners have tabled a $130,000 contract with Davis & Newcomer Elevator Company that would have replaced the Putnam County Courthouse's aging elevator.
Putnam County Commissioner Vincent Schroeder said before going forward with the project, he wants to explore what other options the county may have to deal with the problem.
According to the tabled resolution, the elevator had been "cobbled into operation condition" by a revolving staff of county repairmen and elevator technicians. Examples given by the document include leaking hydraulic fluids, the removal of the emergency phone and a fix to the lights that keeps them on at all hours of the day.
The tabled resolution concludes: "The elevator is in constant jeopardy of not only ceasing operation but has the potential to harm riders upon breakdown."
Schroeder said the commissioners don't have enough knowledge about elevators and that it would be part of their due diligence to consider other possibilities than move forward with the contract with Davis & Newcomer.
The elevator is just one of a list of the courthouse problems identified by the county, such as removing uneven concrete, maintaining skylights, replacing roof tiles and gutters and updating the parking lot. The county had set aside $1.6 million for courthouse repairs this past March.
One of the difficulties of repairing the elevator, Schroeder said, is that many of the parts that operate the elevator, such as its switches, aren't made anymore.
The elevator is currently used by disabled and elderly residents to reach the second and third floors of the courthouse, which house a number of county offices and courtrooms, respectively. Schroeder said it the elevator is still used "quite a bit."
"I wanted to review to see if there is a better option. We're talking quite a bit of money here," Schroeder said.
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I am Thine, O Lord – Time to GO!
When I had coffee with the Lord this morning, He made it very clear that it's time to get on with it. The "it" being living fully, abundantly, in the zone.
Now, to some of you this will be a "no duh" revelation. But, I've been stuck in "fly below the radar," "stay inside out of the rain," "leave no wake," "be as neutral as possible," and "turn the dial down to safe" mode. It's really understandable, given some circumstances, but even with some soft wooing by the Spirit of God, I've been slow to emerge.
So this morning when I read My Utmost for His Highest (June 8), the message came through pretty clearly from John 13:17, "If you know these things happy you are if you DO them."
Oswald Chambers wrote this piece with a nautical theme: Launch all on God; go out on the great swelling tide of His purpose … If you believe in Jesus, you are not to spend all your time in the smooth waters just inside the harbor bar, full of delight, but always moored; you have to get out through the harbor bar into the great depths of God and begin to know for yourself………. It is a great deal better to fulfill the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than to perform great acts of self-sacrifice.
Then I remembered the words to the old, old song that played as I made the aforementioned coffee: I am thine I Lord, I have heard They voice and it told Thy love to me.
I am His. I am confident of that.
And the fact that He wants me to be His is most incredible! But I know it to be true because that is what His revelation to us in the Scriptures has said from the beginning. Over and over He communicates His loving desire to befriend us, to commune with us, to lead us, to adopt us, to possess us, to guide us, to be glorified through us, to bring us near – into His presence.
Then, just in case I missed it, He gave me Psalm 100:3-5 this morning too.
Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the LORD is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
I found that passage as I read sweet truth from "Jesus Calling": I want you to be all mine… Hold back nothing from me. . . Anything you bring to me I transform.
So I go into the rest of the day singing that old, timeless, comforting, exciting truth…
I am Thine, O Lord … And I long to rise in the arms of faiths and be closer drawn to Thee.
Where will this "rising" in the arms of faith take me ?
I have no idea. But I know regardless of the physical circumstances, He will be there and He will draw me close to Himself.
And I know that, though the launching "out on the great swelling tide of His purpose"
may be will be hard, it will be good! And I know that His purposes will be accomplished and His work will be finished!
I am Thine, O Lord.
I am Thine – all the way Home!
Here is a beautiful, fresh version of that old song. I Am Thine, O Lord. (If an ad comes up first, I apologize, I have no control over that.)


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College Recruiter is proud to announce its selection for the ninth time, from 95 nominated sites amongst 100,000 international industry contenders, as a recipient of the 2016 Weddle's User's Choice Award.
Weddle's, managed by founder Peter Weddle, the premier publisher of original, effective resources for job seekers, career activists, employers, recruiters, and employment sites, recently announced the winners of the 2016 User's Choice Awards. Weddle's 2016 User's Choice Awards are the only recognition in the industry which allows users (including job seekers, employers, and talent acquisition leaders) the opportunity to select recipients.
One of the recipients was CollegeRecruiter.com, an interactive recruitment media company for college students and recent graduates searching for internships, entry-level jobs, part-time jobs, and other career opportunities.
"In today's job market, knowing the leaders in the job board industry is crucial," said WEDDLE's Publisher Peter Weddle. "The 2016 Weddle's User's Choice Awards winners represent the industry all-stars. Equally as important, these professionals are selected directly by those who use those sites to find jobs and hire new employees, and they are the most discerning judges by far."
Faith Rothberg, CEO of College Recruiter, was thrilled to find out about College Recruiter's selection as a recipient of the award.
"We're honored to receive the Weddle's User's Choice Award in 2016. Having received the award nine times in a row makes us feel truly distinguished among other job boards, particularly those who work with talent acquisition leaders to provide entry-level job opportunities to college students and recent graduates. At College Recruiter, we're very passionate about the user experience, and we continue to strive to improve year over year. We're grateful to be acknowledged for our efforts in the industry and humbled to be the only award winner from amongst the many good sites targeted to students searching for internships and recent graduates hunting for entry-level jobs," Faith stated.
At College Recruiter, we believe every student and recent graduate deserves a great career. We are committed to creating a quality candidate and recruiter experience. Our interactive media solutions connect students and graduates to excellent entry-level jobs and internships. Why not let College Recruiter assist you in the recruiting process?
One of the joys of being an owner of a niche job board is knowing that every day we're helping thousands of people find rewarding careers. But sometimes it is easy to forget that many of those people have been trying to find a job for a much longer period of time than others.
It used to be assumed by virtually all that those who are out-of-work are unemployed because they don't perform as well on-the-job as those who are employed. And if that's true, then it must also be true that those who have been unemployed for a long period of time must not perform as well as those who have been unemployed for only a short period of time. So the longer you've been out-of-work, the less likely it is that you'll perform well if hired and therefore the less likely it is that you'll get hired.
As reported today by WEDDLE's, an experiment run by researchers at the University of Toronto, the University of Chicago, and McGill University demonstrated that there is a bias against first-time applicants with lengthy periods of unemployment. "Researchers at the three schools submitted 12,000 fake resumes for about 3,000 jobs, and found that those with eight months of unemployment were 45 percent less likely to be called for an interview as those with just one month out of work."
Now a bias against a certain group of people isn't always a bad thing. Let's say that you're a lipstick manufacturer and you want to hire a model for your television ad. You should be biased against hiring dudes like me as males are far less likely to purchase or use lipstick than are females. Could the bias against the long-term unemployed also be justified? Some would argue yes based upon their perception that the quality of the work performed by the long-term unemployed isn't as good as those who have been unemployed only for short periods of time. That argument sounds reasonable except that it fails because it simply isn't true that the quality of work differs amongst the two groups. (more…)
Minneapolis, MN, January 31, 2014 — The 2014 WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards were announced today and, for the eighth year in a row, niche job board CollegeRecruiter.com was selected as one of the top 30 job boards globally.
According to WEDDLE's CEO Peter Weddle, who is also the executive director of the International Association of Employment Web Sites, the best insight on which employment sites are most helpful comes from the job seekers and career activists, employers and recruiters who use the sites and that's what the annual WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards are all about. "They recognize the elite of the online employment services industry according to the most discerning judges around. The voting runs from January 1st to December 31st of each year. Then, the 30 sites with the most votes are recognized as the User's Choice Award winners throughout the next year. It is the most prestigious award a job board or social media site can receive. Why? Because it is the only accolade where the winners are picked by the people who have actually used them." (more…)
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In his 2006 book Influence, Robert Cialdini identified six sources of persuasion. They are involuntary responses that come from deep within our psyche. While all can play a role in recruitment, one is particularly important in today's hyper-social environment. Psychologists call it "social proof," our predisposition to follow the lead of those we know and trust.
It's no secret that the War for Talent has morphed into a battle for the best talent. And, it's also no secret that the best talent have attributes and characteristics that are different from everybody else.
First, they are almost always employed. In order to recruit them, therefore, we have to convince them to do the one thing we humans most hate to do: change. We have to convince them to go from the devil they know (their current employer, boss and commute) to the devil they don't know (a new employer, a different boss and a strange commute). (more…)
Stamford, Connecticut – February 28, 2013 – Each year, the WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards recognizes the 30 best employment web sites. For the seventh straight year, an Award was presented to CollegeRecruiter.com, the leading niche job board used by college students searching for internships and recent graduates hunting for entry-level jobs and other career opportunities.
The selection by WEDDLE's of the top 30 employment web sites was no small feat as there are some 150,000 job boards and other employment services sites on the Internet. The WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards identify the elite of the online employment services industry, chosen not by pundits or experts, but by actual site users. Winners of the Awards are therefore the choice of job seekers, employers and recruiters alike. (more…)
MOOCs are massive open online courses. They're the next big thing in higher education. They link hundreds, sometimes thousands of students in free educational programs offered on the Internet. What's that have to do with recruiting? They've learned how to deliver content that adults will read.
Tragically, job postings are often ignored by the very candidates recruiter most want to reach. That's not a criticism, just a fact. Passive, high caliber talent has the attention span of a gnat, so getting them to focus on an opening isn't easy.
Sometimes, however, we make grabbing their attention harder than it already is. How? It begins with our vocabulary.
We use language in our job postings that only an employer could love. Talking about a job's "requirements and responsibilities" may be the way we've always described vacant jobs, but, in this case at least, tradition is a trap. People's behaviors and preferences have evolved and so too must the job posting. (more…)
By Peter Weddle, WEDDLE's
Not much has changed with job postings since they first appeared in the early 1990's. Today, they are, as they have always been, information-based ads that are shaped by their ancestors in the classified section of newspapers. What has changed, however, is the people who read job postings. They want a different experience, one that is social as well as informative.
Unfortunately, the Web is filled with poorly written job postings. These recruitment ads are nothing more than position descriptions or print classified ads repurposed online. They may work with the most desperate of job seekers, but for talented candidates with choices, they have all of the appeal of a wet blanket on a cold day. (more…)
According to Peter Weddle of WEDDLE's, a research, publishing, consulting and training firm dedicated to helping organizations and people maximize their success in recruiting, retention, job search and career self-management, believes that the best written job posting titles are those which have the following three key elements: (more…)
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The courts of appeals are intermediate level appellate courts; their primary function is to hear appeals from the common pleas, municipal and county courts. The state is divided into twelve appellate districts. Each district is served by a court of appeals that sits in each of the counties in that district. The Ohio Courts of Appeals page of the Supreme Court of Ohio website offers details about the Ohio Courts of Appeals with links to each district's info page, website, and resource lists.
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Watch this video tutorial to learn more about Moot Court, OCLRE's newest program! A Moot Court how-to for teachers and students, the video outlines Moot Court basics -- brief writing, oral arguments, working with legal advisers, and more. Plus, watch sample student arguments in a simulated hearing:
Students discuss how Moot Court compares to Mock Trial, what to expect, and how to prepare. "Moot Court rocks!"
Thank you to the St. Francis DeSales High School Moot Court team and the Ohio State Bar Association.
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The Supreme Court is the court of last resort in Ohio. Most of its cases are appeals from the 12 district courts of appeals. The Supreme Court also has appellate jurisdiction in cases involving questions arising under the Ohio or United States Constitutions. The Supreme Court of Ohio website offers a database of Supreme Court cases, details about the judicial system, and more.
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The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a United States court of appeals. A court of appeals hears appeals from the district courts located within its circuit, as well as appeals from decisions of federal administrative agencies. The United State Federal Courts website offers details on the Federal Courts system, a glossary of legal terms, and a great Educational Resources section.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, as the highest court in the land, is the court of last resort for those looking for justice. It ensures each branch of government recognizes the limits of its own power, it strikes down laws that violate the Constitution, and it ensures popular majorities can't pass laws that take undue advantage of unpopular minorities. The Supreme Court's website offers details about the courts system, oral argument transcripts, and archived case dockets and briefs.
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[Ed. note: King Arthur Flour Bakery director and Master Baker Jeffrey Hamelman is in Paris this week, at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie. He'll be posting updates regularly; read his post from yesterday.]
The Europain trade show began today, and it remains one of the most alluring bakery shows there is. There are equipment vendors for large production bakeries, and others for smaller outfits who still do a lot of handwork. There is the wonderful Rue des Ecoles, a section on the show floor where most of the French pastry schools and trade organizations have a booth. There are different areas where competitions take place – one area just for a student competition, another for pastries, one for chocolate, and another quite serious one where all the competitors make an elaborately decorated croquembouche.
Europain is a great place to see new trends in baking, and without a doubt the French are a reinvigorated baking country. After perhaps a little too much smugness and resting on laurels, during which time they watched as other countries equaled and often surpassed them, they have really soared in the past decade, and it's quite something to see the new pastries and breads that are gaining prominence these days.
There are lots of vendors that have a small working bakery as part of their display so that potential customers can see equipment in action and taste the results. These can be fascinating, and I found myself riveted today, watching some new equipment in action. Salesmen mill about, ready to hook new customers.
By noontime, you'll see the sales areas of these booths filled with clients sitting at small tables and munching a small baguette sandwich while they sip Perrier or coffee or even (yes, at 11 a.m.) a flute of champagne. This great cacophony of people is an exhausting delight, a baker's paradise. And tomorrow, when the Coupe du Monde's actual baking competition begins, there will be that added element to enjoy.
Of course there are many other delights in Paris, not the least of which are the outdoor markets and the bakeries. Yesterday I visited two bakeries of great renown, and tomorrow I'm going to visit a few more with a couple of bakers from King Arthur who arrived in Paris this morning for the first time. I do believe they'll be rubbing their eyes in wonderment!
Others from King Arthur have been here for a few days, and it's fun to compare notes with them and hear of their planned and unexpected experiences on the streets. We all returned from Europain to central Paris on the train (the show is about 25 minutes from Paris proper), and they all went back to the hotel to sleep off a little jet lag.
I decided to stroll one of my favorite markets, the one on rue Mouffetard, just a few minutes walk from our hotel by the Pantheon. As I followed the meandering narrow cobblestone street as it wound gently downhill, I couldn't help but smile at the sensory onslaught – the colorful displays of fruits and vegetables, the hawking cries of the vendors (one gets the feeling that these same vendors were calling out from the same stalls in the same piercing intonations 200 years ago), the many small restaurants with their particular aromas wafting into the street, the housekeepers buying a day or two of food amid the crowds of tourists.
I passed by a few fromageries until I was just near the bottom of the market street, where one of my favorites is located– Androuet. As I entered, the aromas were so vivid as to be almost visible. Two old geezers in berets were in line in front of me, so I had a good time to browse as they ordered their cheeses. This they did with great care, each of them buying three or four selections.
As with all the best cheese shops, at Androuet cheeses are not pre-sliced and sealed in plastic; they're cut to order. Looking at the selections, it seemed clear that only cheeses that are ripe and ready to sell are displayed (I believe Androuet has a cave where they do some ripening of younger cheeses before selling them, but I may be wrong).
I was perfectly patient waiting my turn, which was a good thing because the old gents were clearly in no rush. And the two sales clerks clearly know their business, so lengthy discussions preceded the purchase of each selection. Once a cheese was chosen, it was wrapped with care and due respect (which, at up to 35 euros or more per kilo, it surely deserved).
When my turn came, I ordered one of my favorite goat cheeses – a Ste Maure. When I asked the clerk if it was made with "lait cru" (raw milk), he pointed to the small sign by the cheeses, which said "Ste Maure de Tourraine" and informed me that if the words "de Tourraine" were on the cheese, then it legally had to be made with raw milk.
This long, cylindrical cheese is curious in that there is a piece of straw inserted down the middle of the cheese, through the entire length. I have never known why, and since the clerk was clearly a knowledgeable guy, I asked him.
If my far-from-perfect French got this right, what he told me is that these somewhat soft cheeses, destined for the Paris market, had a ways to travel from their place of fabrication in the Loire Valley, so the straw was inserted to help them keep their shape and not fall apart during the journey. Further, the piece of straw is inscribed with a number signifying the date of manufacture.
Now I'm so eager to pull it out and see, but the King Arthur contingent just called, and we're off to dinner . . .
Michael Bittel, the senior vice president/general manager of our flour division, was one of the King Arthur employee-owners enjoying dinner at La Ferrandaise, where one of the dessert choices was cheese. They bring the entire load, and you just take what you will. Good stuff.


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text: Adding Pop! To a Blank Hallway Big T April 10, 2017 Company Culture Leave a Comment Sometimes a wall just needs a dash of…. EPIC. Twelve foot decal to spice up the hallway? No problem. Cut it, mask it, apply it (extremely straight and balanced) Big T Style. Oh yeah, then make a video.


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More to us than heritage boxes
Reading comments on Heritage Day, I find it inhibiting that so many people seem to find comfort in defining their heritage in the most narrow fashion, boxing themselves into a very small world view.
I prefer to see heritage as all-encompassing, expanding your reality rather than defining yourself in narrow terms in space and time.
My mind has been influenced not only by upbringing and education but by the thoughts of writers, poets, artists, scientists, philosophers, religions and ideologies originating from many continents and spanning many centuries.
My mind has also been enriched by nature and rubbing shoulders with fellow travellers from diverse cultures and persuasions. My DNA carries traces from Africa, the cradle of humankind, many countries in Europe and most probably again traces of so-called African "mixed blood", present in most Afrikaner families.
In a sense, a full circle.
I find narrow views and definitions of heritage inhibiting, distracting from what we really are, divisive instead of unifying.
No man is an island, we are interdependent and fit into a bigger mosaic, ubuntu - I am because you are.
People tend to classify, separate and divide. I prefer a broader view in terms of which I am a child of the universe or a rainbow child in the SA context.
I regard myself as also an Afrikaner, also a South African, also an African, also from European descent but certainly not only one of those.
Dawie Jacobs
Sterrewag, Pretoria
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A girl who was working for me one year had a hero-worship thing going. At the time I wasn't clear as to why. She was in her late teens and really just looked up to me as a role model, though I was only a year or two older than her. She asked, "Did you ever go through an awkward phase?"
When she asked I was literally hanging off the side of an industrial shelf like a koala, waiting calmly for her to drag the ladder (which had shaken and dropped) back towards me while she dawdled and asked questions. Not exactly my prized moment, but I had been lucky enough to have a quick reflex when the ladder faltered under my feet. I looked down at her from my perch and answered. "Ya. I'm still there…."
Years have passed since then, and yet if she asked me the same question today, I'd have the same answer for her, though I'm sitting at a desk with my feet planted on solid ground.
Feeling awkward is not necessarily the result of not knowing enough or not being confident enough. Often times It's that moment of anticipation, where you've done your job and are waiting for a response, uncertain. That moment in a negotiation where you put out your hand without being sure whether the other person will take it, when you send a message and don't know how it will be received or addressed. Awkward moments happen every second of every day. They are precisely the moments where your sure footing falters or you feel uncertain where the path ahead will lead.
The key to escaping your "awkward phase" is to acknowledge your logical options and take a leap of faith into the unknown. Each leap gets a little easier to make based on your previous success/failure. Be optimistic but realistic. No one achieves 100% succeeds 100% of the time. Your chances will always be great if you proceed with sound logic and invest wholeheartedly in your primary product — yourself.
Life in the 21st century is not really designed for the timid or the uncertain. You have to reach out and grab an opportunity with both hands, which often means you'll need to abandon the safe and steady ground you were just treading to follow an uncertain new path.
Remember that success is great, but failure is often just as great and can lead to non-linear opportunities and ventures you had not considered before. Just trust your reflexes, inner strength, and experience. 🙂
Dedicating this post to single parents who are struggling with new ventures. Jaya!


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Low-risk thresholds for alcohol use differ across various national guidelines. To assess the novel WHO risk drinking levels in light of alcohol-sensitive common laboratory tests, we analysed biomarkers of liver status, inflammation and lipid profiles from a population-based survey of individuals classified to abstainers and different WHO risk drinking levels defined in terms of mean alcohol consumption per day. The study included 22,327 participants aged 25-74 years from the National FINRISK Study. Data on alcohol use, health status, diet, body weight and lifestyle (smoking, coffee consumption and physical activity) were recorded from structured interviews. Alcohol data from self-reports covering the past 12 months were used to categorize the participants into subgroups of abstainers and WHO risk drinking categories representing low, moderate, high and very high risk drinkers. Serum liver enzymes (GGT, ALT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and lipid profiles were measured using standard laboratory techniques. Alcohol risk category was roughly linearly related with the occurrence of elevated values for GGT, ALT and CRP. Alcohol drinking also significantly influenced the incidence of abnormalities in serum lipids. Significantly higher odds for abnormal GGT, ALT and altered lipid profiles remained in alcohol drinkers even after adjustment for age, waist circumference, physical inactivity, smoking and coffee consumption. A more systematic use of laboratory tests during treatment of individuals classified to WHO risk drinking categories may improve the assessment of alcohol-related health risks. Follow-ups of biomarker responses may also prove to be useful in health interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption.
Different associations between body composition and alcohol when assessed by exposure frequency or by quantitative estimates of consumption
BACKGROUND: Alcohol intake is widely assumed to contribute to excess body fatness, especially among young men; however, the evidence is inconsistent. We have addressed this research question by investigating associations between reported alcohol consumption and body composition from large representative national surveys in a high alcohol-consuming country with a high obesity prevalence.
METHODS: The present study comprised a secondary analysis of combined cross-sectional nationally representative Scottish Health Surveys (1995-2010). Reported alcohol-drinking frequency was divided into five groups: from 'nonfrequent drinking' (reference) to daily/'almost every day' among 35 837 representative adults [mean (SD) age: 42.7 (12.7) years (range 18-64 years)]. Quantitative alcohol consumption was categorised into seven groups: from '1-7 to >/=50 10 g units per week'. Regression models against measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were adjusted for age, physical activity, income, smoking, deprivation category and economic status.
RESULTS: Among alcohol-consuming men, heavier drinking (21-28 units per week) was associated with a higher BMI by +1.4 kg m(-2) [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.38-1.43] and higher WC by +3.4 cm (95% CI = 3.2-3.6) than drinking 1-7 units per week. However, those who reported daily drinking frequency were associated with a lower BMI by -2.45 kg m(-2) (95% CI = -2.4 to -2.5) and lower WC by -3.7 cm (95% CI = -3.3 to -4.0) than those who reported less-frequent drinking. Similar associations were found for women. Most of these associations were restricted to subjects aged >30 years. Unexplained variances in BMI and WC are large.
CONCLUSIONS: Quantitative alcohol consumption and frequency of consumption were positively and inversely associated, respectively, with both BMI and WC among alcohol-consuming adults. Surveys are needed that evaluate both the quantity and frequency of consumption. The lowest BMI and WC were associated with a 'Mediterranean' drinking style (i.e. relatively little, but more frequently).
Association of alcohol consumption with fat deposition in a community-based sample of Japanese men: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA)
BACKGROUND: Excessive alcohol intake has been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease via metabolic pathways. However, the relationship between alcohol intake and obesity has not been fully elucidated. We aimed to examine the association of alcohol consumption with fat deposition and anthropometric measures.
METHODS: From 2006-2008, we conducted a cross-sectional study in a population-based sample of Japanese men aged 40 to 79 years. Areas of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were calculated using computed tomography imaging. Based on a questionnaire, we classified participants into five groups according to weekly alcohol consumption, excluding former drinkers: non-drinkers (0 g/week), 0.1-160.9, 161-321.9, 322-482.9 and >==483 g/week. Multivariable linear regression was used to estimate adjusted means of obesity indices for each group.
RESULTS: We analyzed 998 men (mean age and body mass index [BMI], 63.8 years and 23.6 kg/m(2), respectively). Higher weekly alcohol consumption was strongly and significantly associated with higher abdominal VAT area, percentage of VAT, and VAT-to-SAT ratio (all P for trend <0.001), and also with waist circumferences and waist-to-hip ratio (P for trend, 0.042 and 0.007, respectively). These associations remained significant after further adjustment for BMI. Whereas, alcohol consumption had no significant association with abdominal SAT area.
CONCLUSIONS: Higher alcohol consumption was associated with higher VAT area, VAT% and VAT-to-SAT ratio, independent of confounders including BMI, in general Japanese men. These results suggest that alcohol consumption may have a potential adverse effect on visceral fat deposition.
Associations of Alcoholic Beverage Consumption with Dietary Intake, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Index in US Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2012
BACKGROUND: Findings from studies of alcohol and obesity measures (eg, waist circumference [WC] and body mass index [BMI; calculated as kg/m(2)]) are conflicting. Residual confounding by dietary intake, inconsistent definitions of alcohol consumption across studies, and the inclusion of former drinkers in the nondrinking comparison group can contribute to the mixed literature.
OBJECTIVE: This study examines associations of alcoholic beverage consumption with dietary intake, WC, and BMI.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from the 2003-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed.
PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: Adults 20 to 79 years of age (n=7,436 men; n=6,939 women) were studied.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Associations of alcoholic beverage consumption with energy (kcal), macronutrient and sugar intakes (% kcal), WC, and BMI were determined.
STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Multivariable linear regression models were used to determine associations of average daily volume and drinking quantity (ie, drinks per drinking day) with dietary intake and obesity measures. Former and never drinkers were analyzed as distinct categories; associations of drinking with WC and BMI were examined with and without adjustment for dietary intake variables.
RESULTS: Heavier-drinking men (>/=3 drinks/day) and women (>/=2 drinks/day) consumed less nonalcoholic energy (beta -252 kcal/day, 95% CI -346 to -159 kcal/day and beta -159 kcal/day, 95% CI -245 to -73 kcal/day, respectively) than moderate drinkers (1 to 2 drinks/day in men and 1 drink/day in women). By average daily drinking volume, differences in WC and BMI between former and moderate drinkers were +1.78 cm (95% CI 0.51 to 3.05 cm) and +0.65 (95% CI 0.12 to 1.18) in men and +4.67 cm (95% CI 2.95 to 6.39 cm) and +2.49 (95% CI 1.64 to 3.34) in women. Compared with moderate drinking, heavier drinking volume was not associated with WC or BMI among men or women. In men, drinking >/=5 drinks/drinking day was associated with higher WC (beta 3.48 cm, 95% CI 1.97 to 5.00 cm) and BMI (beta 1.39, 95% CI 0.79 to 2.00) compared with men who consumed 1 to 2 drinks/drinking day. In women, WC and BMI were not significantly different for women drinking >/=4 drinks/drinking day compared with 1 drink/drinking day.
CONCLUSIONS: Differences in dietary intake across drinking subgroups and separation of former drinkers from nondrinkers should be considered in studies of alcohol intake in relation to WC and BMI.


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Ian McCallum was born into a privileged family in 1920, and spent the rest of his life serving people who weren't as fortunate as he had been. He was a physician and worked in wards that served victims of Blitz during WWII, and because of his work he contracted tuberculosis. As a result he spent his career in occupational medicine, researching the illnesses of the lungs that strike working people, while developing preventions and cures for keeping them from getting sick in the first place. He wrote some of the seminal literature on lead poisoning and the 'bends', saving the lives of countless workers in the industries of Northern England. Several of his textbooks are still in use. Along the way he was a husband and father, a church elder and a teacher of Scottish country dancing. He was an expert gardener, maintaining a patch of rare and beautiful flowers at his house in the Canongate section of Edinburgh's city center. He was (quietly) proud of the fact that he had published a peer-reviewed journal article in every single year after his retirement (there are active professors who can't touch that publishing pace). He was known as an expert in the history of alchemy, and compiled a catalogue of Scottish silver hallmarking…simply because it interested him.
Ian McCallum was one of those people I feel lucky just to have met. That he was my friend is one of the true blessings in my life.
I went up to Edinburgh to attend Ian's funeral this week. Some of you will know that I served as an assistant minister at St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh back in 1992-93. I lived in a church-owned flat in the Royal Mile—it's still one of the great formative experiences of my life. After I'd been there a few weeks, a couple came up to me in church and invited me over for lunch. Ian and Jean McCallum, I later learned, had made a habit of taking the visiting assistant ministers under their wing, and on that Sunday it was my turn. They pretty much adopted me while I lived in Edinburgh, having me over for meals, helping with laundry, introducing me to their friends, and even taking me away to their country house a few times. I remember going with him to Pitlochry, near their vacation home, to buy the morning papers, which we read together and chatted about between breakfast and lunch each day. When I had my kilt made it was Ian who insisted that I could not leave Scotland unless I walked the Royal Mile in my Scottish gear. So he came with me, dressed in his own Highland kit, and we walked together up and down the main street in town.
We stayed friends over the years. Ian and Jean came to visit in California not too long after Julie and I got married, and they clearly enjoyed getting to know her. When I started the Ph.D. program at the University of Stirling in Scotland, visits to Ian and Jean became annual events. They were such a funny, loving couple. If they disagreed about something Ian would look at Jean and call her a 'dreadful woman,' and she would immediately respond by calling him a 'horrible old man.' Then they would giggle, and somewhere in the laughter they would forget what they had been arguing about and move on to something else.
One of my favorite visits to their home was one that I made by myself. Julie was pregnant and didn't want to travel, and so I dropped in on the McCallums, armed with a sonogram image of our not-yet-born son. I remember handing the picture to Ian and saying: "Ian, meet Ian." He was genuinely moved, and over the next few years he was so gracious to our Ian—reading him stories and walking him around the amazing garden he tended in the middle of Edinburgh. That's a picture of them together above, in Ian and Jean's home in Edinburgh. Only the Parkinson's disease that was diagnosed in the last few years kept him from doing all the things he wanted to accomplish. It was from Parkinson's related complications that he died last week.
So this week I was back in Edinburgh, back in St. Giles' and back in Ian and Jean's home. Edinburgh, for all its rich history and architecture and beauty, is a little emptier now. But as I head back to my home in London it occurs to me that so much of what I know about hospitality and generosity, I learned in the McCallum home. In that simple way, Ian lives on with us as Julie and I reach out to other people and invite them in for a meal.
In the afterglow of Ian's funeral today, I'm reminded of just how fortunate I was to know him. I'm thankful for that right now. What a blessing he was…and still is.


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I am currently a Junior Fellow of the Michigan Society of Fellows, working with Chris Ruf and Gretchen Keppel-Aleks in the department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA).
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Sunday, 14 October 2007
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- sharon young said...
Hi Chrissy
This is a lovely sample, Chrissy, what is the white in the background.
I'm afraid I was far too busy eating to even think of saving my apple slices, but what a good idea, maybe next year.
- 15 October 2007 at 12:45
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Does Carwyn think we should all be ignored?
First minister Carwyn Jones states, be warned the UK risks breaking up unless we play a role in the Brexit negotiations.
He wants continued access to the single market, of course this will bring unfettered movement across our borders and anybody will be able to come here.
Does this undemocratic federalist minister think that 17.5 million who voted Brexit should be ignored?
Yes there is a "cloud of secrecy" around the Brexit government negotiations but should Mrs May water it down she will regret it in the next election.
She can become a great leader and make Brexit a huge success otherwise she will fall on her own sword and go the same way as Cameron and maybe take Carwyn Jones and his lot with them.
J Bloom
Rumney Cardiff
Let's have some grammars
People tend to become excitable (in both directions) when grammar schools are discussed, and the possibility of new grammar schools even being considered.
Is there not room for some greater diversity in our education system, so the odd grammar school could co-exist in a certain area with one or more comprehensive schools? Comprehensive education should ideally be universal to get the full benefits, it will be argued, but the existence of a strong private sector prevents this anyway.
Private education also raises the question of privilege in a more acute form than grammar schools traditionally did.
When I grew up, secondary schools were divided, not just by the 11+ exam but by boys and girls often being educated in separate but sometimes adjoining establishments, as in Penarth County School in the 1950s. Or segregation by religious denomination too.
Does not this type of segregation also damage the supposed universal ideal of full comprehensivisation?
Michael O'Neill
Time in services could be positive
I totally agree with Mr Doug Bragg (Cost of National Service is a price worth paying, September 12).
Perhaps one year instead of the original two years would be more practical, but I believe a period in the services could be a real positive step in the right direction for the young people who, for whatever reason, have little idea of their direction in life.
It could also kerb, if not cure, some of the violent occurrences we read about every week in this paper, mostly involving members of the younger generation and could also restore respect, which is missing from so many areas in society today.
I have no idea what the restoration of National Service would cost, but surely it would be a price worth bearing even if it was at the expense of some of the more unnecessary and costly plans such as the £4bn forecast to renovate the Houses
of Parliament and the ridiculous
rail link that will enable commuters to arrive at a destination 20 minutes earlier, at a cost in excess of
Priorities seem to be wayward these days and it is about time this country was led in a more responsible direction which will restore some sense of pride to its population.
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Grow Youth Theatre
Growtheatre Youth Theatre – Have Fun, Make Friends, Make Theatre!
Growtheatre's ethos is to bring theatre and the outdoors together to develop the whole child.
We meet in Ecclesall Woods on Thursday evenings in term time and run three groups:
Juniors (School Years 3 & 4), Intermediates (School Years 5 to 7) and Seniors (School Years 8 +).
During the course of each year, youth theatre members learn a whole host of drama, design, performance and outdoor skills. They are encouraged to work independently and imaginatively and to consider how the outdoor spaces might inspire them. Youth theatre members come to understand the importance of collaboration and creativity and are given many opportunities to take ownership of the creative process. Towards the end of each year we work towards making a piece of vibrant outdoor theatre that is performed in an outdoor location.
To apply, please fill in the Growtheatre Youth Theatre Booking Form by clicking on the link
"I can't tell you how impressed and surprised I was with my daughter's confidence and expression during her performance. As a child who has always been reserved and never puts herself forward it is incredible to see her take a lead role and deliver it with such passion and self-assurance. I am not only extremely proud of my daughter but incredibly grateful to you and all the team at Growtheatre for the amazing work you do. You are truly enriching my daughter's life and helping her develop into a confident and creative young lady."
Parent of a Youth Theatre Member
Youth Theatre Dates, 2019 – 2020
Juniors (School Years 3 and 4): 5.00 – 6.00 PM
Intermediates (School Years 5-7): 6.05 – 7.35 PM
Seniors (School Year 8 and above): 7.40 – 9.10 PM
Spring (11 weeks) 09, 16, 23, 30 January, 06, 13 February, Half Term Break, 27 February, 05, 12, 19, 26 March
No Youth Theatre SHEFFIELD EASTER HOLIDAY – Sheffield is off 2nd, 9th Derbyshire is off 9th, 16th
Summer (12 weeks) 23, 30 April, 07, 14, 21 May, Half Term Break, 04, 11, 18, 25 June, 02, 09, 16 July
Where We Meet
Woodland Discovery Centre and the surrounding woodland in Ecclesall Woods, Abbey Lane, Sheffield, S7 2QZ. Every week, we will try and work outdoors for some or all of the session
Come and try Growtheatre Youth Theatre for free and decide whether it is for you.
We ask that you pay termly, the cost per session is: Juniors: £6.00, Intermediates & Seniors: £7.50
It really matters to us that youth theatre is as open access as possible. As a result we will be offering some supported places, please do talk to either Rachel if you would like to know more.
Who runs Growthetre Youth Theatre?
Growtheatre Youth Theatre is run by Rachel Newman and Sophie Hunter. They are experienced theatre practitioners with 20 years experience of facilitating theatre and drama work with children and young people in theatres, schools, communities, museums, heritage sites, parks and the countryside. They first met working at the Crucible Youth Theatre in the 1990s, where they delivered local, national and international workshops and projects that inspired a generation of young people from Sheffield.
All the skills the youth theatre members need – thinking, listening, being challenged, making mistakes, making decisions, communicating, working in groups, leadership, empathy, costume making, building, carving, writing, marketing, photography etc. etc! – will be learnt in weekly sessions or through partnerships we have set up with a team of professionals from the arts, environment and conservation fields.


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Vacation Homes – Not Only For Holiday3 min read
A vacation home is not for everybody. Hermits, for example, most likely do not require a location to find a way. A lot of us, however, love the idea of having a vacation home. But, for individuals individuals that aren't totally yet deeply in love with the idea, think about the benefits below to owning, to put it simply, a neat retreat.
It can serve as a good investment property: Nowadays, real estate investment is extremely popular with valid reason: real estate investment takes care of. Unlike buying a business that "might" allow it to be or perhaps a stock that "may" soar, real estate more often than not appreciates. You will probably find yourself purchasing a vacation home within the Sullivan County real estate market, for example, for that cost tag of 400,000 simply to change in 5 years then sell it for 550,000. For anybody that has an investment bug biting them, venturing perfectly into a vacation home might just end up being an excellent journey.
It builds history: A household could be stable along with a childhood could be happy with no vacation home: clearly, there are lots of things more essential. Still, a vacation home improves the good reputation for a household like little else can. A household that vacations inside a Catskills home every summer time, for instance, builds a past: kids and fogeys alike understand what to expect to and do each year. Additionally, it removes the "where don't let choose our vacation?" debate. A believe that can frequently cause hostility among family people.
It offers a superior a house abroad: Going somewhere new could be fun: new faces, new places, new encounters. But, it is also demanding. When you are stuck in the center of the Bahamas without any money along with a flat tire, who will you call? Seeing a vacation home, however, enables you to definitely shed the "among the locals" skin. While you visit the same location every year, you end up part of the city and truly look for a home abroad. Besides, getting a vacation home does not mean a person always has to visit there: in case you do go to the Bahamas, just book your vacation house to another person.
It cuts lower on prices: A vacation home may be costly upfront, however it ultimately cuts lower on vacation costs. It doesn't only free you against getting in which to stay hotels – and employ soap that will not lather – however a vacation home also enables you to definitely keep things at the second house. Rather of packing for vacations, keep extra clothes at the cottage. Rather of eating at restaurants, stock your fridge. Rather of purchasing new toiletries, have a supply underneath the sink inside your Catskill farmhouse.
It provides possibilities: The word "vacation home" really does not get it done justice. A vacation home does not offer only an chance for your family to vacation, it offers other options. A vacation home may serve as accommodations property (which help you supplement your earnings), a retirement home, or perhaps a place that you simply finish up moving. As one example of the purpose: after you have vacationed within the Upstate New You are able to homes for 5 years, you may decide you won't ever wish to leave.


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DEJECTED Ayr United boss Ian McCall urged his side to bounce back for a crunch top-of-the-table clash at Dingwall tonight (Tuesday) after they suffered their third straight home defeat on Saturday.
They went down 1-0 to Dunfermline Athletic at Somerset Park and today (Tuesday) make the long trip north to face leaders Ross County.
The Highlanders are five points ahead but with a game in hand and United can't afford any more slips if they are to stay in with a chance of landing the title after taking the League One prize in such style last season.
McCall said on Saturday: "We didn't do enough to win the game but we didn't deserve to win it. We dominated the first half and played quite well, but in the second half we were disappointed that we did not show enough urgency. It was a poor result for us.
"For half an hour in the first half we played really well and were dominant in getting in behind them, Lawrence had three half chances but he iststill coming back to fitness. Every game in this league is tough, a lot of bigger clubs are wanting to make sure they don't finish ninth or 10th. We must perform a lot better. Andy Murdoch was outstanding and Ross Doohan played well but you need four or five players to be at their best to have a chance, I am gutted for the fans and for the players."
Looking ahead he said: "It's a really big game for us on Tuesday night. I feel we were very unlucky to lose that last time we were in Dingwall as we played well but got nothing out of it.
"I wouldn't say it's pivotal but we must go there looking to get a positive result - it would be great if we could go and win the game."
Fans will be boosted by the news that long-term injury victim Alan Forrest is well on the road to recovery. He will return to training at the end of next week. Andy Geggan and Craig Moore are both still sidelined.


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We report on a fully bidirectional 680 km fiber link connecting two cities for which the equipment, the setup, and the characterization are managed for the first time by an industrial consortium. The link uses an active telecommunication fiber network with parallel data traffic and is equipped with three repeater laser stations and four remote double bidirectional erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. We report a short-term stability at 1 s integration time of in 0.5 Hz bandwidth and a long-term stability of at 65,000 s of integration time. The accuracy of the frequency transfer is evaluated as . No shift is observed within the statistical uncertainty. We show a continuous operation over five days with an uptime of 99.93%. This performance is comparable with the state-of-the-art coherent links established by National Metrology Institutes in Europe. It is a first step in the construction of an optical fiber network for metrology in France, which will give access to an ultrahigh performance frequency standard to a wide community of scientific users.
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Imogene as Susan Pevensie
Susan Pevensie has some beautiful costumes in the newest versions of the Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. This blue gown, worn in Prince Caspian, is one of my favorites. I chose to do a very simplistic rendition of it (all the embroidery on her blue overdress is just too intricate and monotonous for me to draw...)
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In other news, the poll I started several weeks ago had some surprising resules (at least to me). I thought the full color dolls would get more votes, but strangely enough it's the dolls with stories that steal 2/3 of the votes! I have to confess this makes me happy because those are my favorite dolls to draw, and I love that you enjoy my silly stories too!
One of my favorite books is Jane Eyre. I have tried drawing a doll of her several times, but I never am satisfied with the result. Probably because my doll only shows one facet of her deep & intricate character. Here are a couple sketches of Jane, Rochester, and Helen (from the Tenant of Wildfell Hall). Enjoy!
Here is River Song from the seventh season, helping the Doctor face the Weeping Angels. She wears a lovely black dress with a corset bodice, net sleeves, full skirt, and tan trenchcoat.
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About the Artist
I'm a full-time wife and mother to twin girls and a little boy--- a relaxing career after working as a vet tech for nine years! I love to design outfits and fashion for imaginary worlds and, when I have time, to share them with you!
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Art, Chris Burden once said, is "a free spot in society, where you can do anything." Early on, Burden's work was performance, excruciatingly physical actions that came to a halt in 1974, when he spent forty-five hours straight lying under a sheet of plate glass. After that, the L.A. artist, now sixty-seven, turned to sculpture, often inspired by the mainstays of playrooms: toy soldiers, Erector sets, blocks. Beginning this week, the New Museum devotes its building to the artist's career, including its façade, where "Ghost Ship," a crewless, self-navigating yacht that sailed the North Sea in 2005, is now dangling.
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First Point-of-Sale on Apps.com
We're stoked to announce today that Vend is now fully integrated with Intuit's QuickBooks Online, the world's #1 accounting platform. This means that SMB retailers using Vend can save time when they close their registers and have their sales and payments sync instantly with QuickBooks Online.
Vend is also the first Point-of-Sale listed on Apps.com, the official marketplace for apps that integrate with QuickBooks.
Early customer feedback has been awesome:
"It's way way less hassle. We used to do everything manually, but now it's pretty much automatic. I don't have to be doing bookkeeping all the time, and that's saving me hours in the week. "
– Christian Farfan, Wireless TechShop
New and Updated Help Center Articles
Loyalty – All you need to know about enabling Vend's Loyalty feature, setting up a Loyalty ratio, and connecting Loyalty Rewards to your Xero account.
Shopify – Do you have a brick-and-mortar store which also connects a Shopify e-commerce store? The Vend + Shopify guide in our Help Center will show you how to link the two together to save yourself time, and make running your store (online and in the real world) much easier.
Billing and Accounts – Got any questions about how your Vend account is billed or do you need to add / remove registers? Check out this handy little article on managing your account to get all the information you need.


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Learning from Community Organizers
GCO Applications Available - DUE November 15th!
GCO applications are available! GCO is the entry/core class of UACT. It's a super-intense, hands-on, community-focused, incredible introduction to the world of relational organizing that is led by people most affected by economic, racial, and environmental injustice. Check it out! Applications due November 15th.
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By clicking on the "Add new Sell" button you can upload a new Sell document on your Profile through the website of Purebills.
The "Sell Docs" button allows you to add multiple Sell documents directly from an Excel file. You can upload an Excel file (in CSV type) in which you have registered one or more Sell documents and these Sell documents will be registered immediately on your Profile.


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Project description
RADAR (Reporters and Data and Robots) is a news agency that can bring data journalism to any local newsroom every day. We combine human editorial skills and AI tools to write stories from open data on a previously unimagined scale.
We are an eight-person start-up that began operating in September 2017. In 18 months, we have invented a new method to produce data-driven news and devised a unique technical workflow from data to distribution. We produce over 8,000 stories each month for our subscribers.
Our work is based on systematically mining open data – a source of local news stories that we felt had been neglected. Much open data in the UK is localised but newsrooms lack the time and skills to exploit it.
We mine the data to find the local stories, then we write our stories in template form using Natural Language Generation software. This allows one journalist to amplify their work, producing hundreds of localised versions of the story.
We write stories across all main news beats – health, crime, education, transport, lifestyle etc.
Our stories give news organisations a strong supply of fact-based public interest journalism and reveal information about local communities that would otherwise be inaccessible to citizens.


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HOT SHOP: CACHETTE. A homeshoppingspy EXCLUSIVE!
January 16, 2012
If you have made the wise choice of checking homeshoppingspy today, then have we got a treat for you! You will only hear it here first, so listen up! Cachette is a new Anglo-French online store that launches this week (in both the UK and France) but until then we are giving you lucky people EXCLUSIVE access with a SECRET code letting you onto their site TODAY where you can buy before the rest of the public get there! Scroll down for a few of my favourites and for the precious code…
1. Storm plate, £24.09; 2. Wooden spoons, £9.55; 3. Stoneware jug, £19; 4. Blue tray, £24.50; 5. Blackboard, £31.56; 6. Wooden labels, £10.80 7. Bamboo basket, £24.09.
Founders, Delphine (French) and Stephen (English) are a couple who decided to leave their life in London and move to the south of France to set up a new home and a new business (très bon!). They wanted to put together a collection of simple, eclectic and functional products for the home, handpicking items from different European artisans and unknown designers. You'll find stationary, bathroom accessories, gourmet food, kitchenware and toys. Nothing on their site is mass-produced, it's all uber tasteful and the code you've all been waiting for is 'HOME'. Click here and type it in (must use caps lock) If you enter the code again at the checkout you can get 10% off too. Happy shopping! – Alice
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HOT SHOP: On-line vintage emporiums
January 13, 2012
Oooh don't you just love a good car boot sale? My local in Chiswick is always a treat and one of the best in the South East, they say! It's always full of mid-century buys but it's only on once a month. To get my fix the rest of the time, I also enjoy a browse online and there are two sites where I can easily while away the hours. First up is Winter's Moon. Founder, Julia, has a background in textiles and loves colour and pattern. She has a beady eye for second-hand pieces and has also designed her own furniture and textiles range. She styles and photographs everything in her warehouse in Chichester, and very nicely too…
The collection is constantly changing but you're always likely to find a mix of vintage, recycled and handmade. I love the quirky statement chairs, 50's kitchenalia and lamp shades made from retro fabrics. I've got my eye on her yellow, bespoke formica-top table.
Another dreamy site is The OK Corral. Brainchild of the arty Joy Joliffe and partner (who also run the fabulous Random Retail – scrummy screen printed textiles). Both jumble sale fanatics, they decided to set up an online shop when they ran out of space for all their wondrous finds…
They only stock the very best and their turnover of product is speedy, so keep dropping by. You will also find jelly moulds, enamelware, postcards and toast racks. Their prices are very competitive too with most items under a tenner! How old school is that red picnic tray with foldaway legs!? I'm hankering after the sunny yellow flask, perfect for a brew of Lady Grey…on a summer's day. – Alice
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January 8, 2012
Now then, I thought you might like to know, Tesco Direct are introducing some rather covetable homewares next season. Available from February onwards, here's a little preview of their best pieces (in my humble opinion) and I have to admit, at first glance I thought this mid-century-esque sideboard was a 'stylist's own' situation, but oh no…
Retro Oak veneered sideboard, £229; Cream barrel vase, £5.
..it's theirs! I love the handles and at only £229 it gives Ercol a run for their money. Perhaps less about quality craftsmanship but a great 'get the look for less' option! Elsewhere, you'll find cute ceramic tea light holders in the form of rather podgy, but friendly owls. I do appreciate the rustic shelving and apple green bakers twine too…
F&F Home ceramic owl tealight holder, £6 each.
Other home accessories include these gorgeously glossy picture frames in teal and plummy shades, statement ikat cushions, bottle vases and chunky woven throws…
From top: 5x7cm gloss frames, £7 each; teal ikat cushion, £10; bottle vase, £4; teal check throw, £15.
And if you're looking for something a little fresh and more Spring-like this armchair in a citrus retro print is quite the number. It's looks very at home on the white wooden floorboards with natural linen blinds…
Exeter Accent chair, £250.
But, I've got my eye on this stunning silver anglepoise style lamp for only £18!
And if you're a fan of Dutch clock brand, Karlsson, and looking to add a pop of colour you'll also find the multi spider clock in their range. BOOM!
This is supermarket-chic at it's best. Looking for more decorating ideas and stylish buys but feeling the post-Christmas pinch? The new February issue of Ideal Home is packed full of budget ideas for the home so make sure you bag yourself a copy. Out now! – Alice
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SS12 PREVIEW: Orla Kiely for Wild & Wolf
January 4, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's the second day back in the office for Ideal Home and after trawling through hundreds of emails (whilst trying to resist the urge to gorge on any left over Christmas choccies) I stumbled across a little cheery news. The Queen of Prints, aka, Orla Kiely, has created a lovely garden accessories range for Wild & Wolf – perfect for Spring 2012. There are enamel pots in varying sizes, a trowel and fork with wooden handles (note the Orla Kiely logo embossed in the wood, nice touch) and a gorgeous flask all in her 70's inspired petal print in orange, olive and blue. A little something for the birthday wish list, me thinks. Available on line soon. – Alice
1. Enamel plant pots, from £12.95; 2. Flask, £19.95; 3. Gardening tools, £19.95 each.
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This is my second order from this seller. First I ordered the first cover for a small suitcase, after I received and I really liked the cover for quality, I ordered his second cover for a larger suitcase. Excellent covers. I recommend to buy.
Everything is super, the cover is excellent, sewn qualitatively, the fabric is quite durable, not thin, came quickly :) Figure 1 in 1 as in the picture, the zipper from below is very strong, on the sides of the two sides of the hole for the handles, also with zippers