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Wasteful Pirates held by Chiefs in Soweto derby
Pirate Thabo Rankale was let down by his first touch midway through the opening half at a near-full Soccer City stadium, which accommodates 93,000 spectators.
A superb pass from Riyaad Norodien set up the winger in front of goal, but his poor control allowed Chiefs goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune to rush forward and snatch the ball.
Former African champions Pirates had an even better chance to break the deadlock just after half-time on a hot southern hemisphere spring day.
Zimbabwean Tendai Ndoro sprinted toward goal and crossed to unmarked Gift Motupa at the far post, but a hopeless close-range attempt flew over.
Chiefs did not have a shot on target until the 76th minute, then came close to scoring twice within 60 seconds.
Pirate Ntsikelelo Nyauza headed a goal-bound shot clear after goalkeeper Brighton Mhlongo found himself stranded outside the penalty area.
Almost immediately, Chiefs substitute Siphiwe Tshabalala saw his low shot that seemed destined for the corner of the net pushed away by Mhlongo.
Chiefs finished stronger and when Pirates blocked a close-range shot from substitute Edward Manqele, three corners ensued.
However, in keeping with the poor standard of set-pieces throughout the game, none seriously threatened to create a last-gasp winning goal.
The result enabled Chiefs to regain top place in the South African Premiership on goal difference from Durban-based Golden Arrows seven rounds into the season.
Pirates remained fourth on the 16-club standings, four points behind Chiefs with a match in hand.
"There was plenty of action but, unfortunately, no goals, We had chances but did not take them," said Chiefs coach and former South Africa captain Steve Komphela.
"I thought our centre-backs Erick Mathoho and Lorenzo Gordinho and defensive midfielder Willard Katsande were outstanding.
"Where we failed was counter-attacking -- the ball was moved too slowly to catch out Pirates," he conceded.
Turkey-born Pirates coach Muhsin Ertugral said: "I am not happy with the result as we had enough scoring chances to have won, especially the one that fell to Motupa just after half-time.
"I was happy with our organisation and with a little more luck the three points would have been ours".
The latest match in the 46-year history of Soweto derbies had to take a media backstage for much of the week as Mamelodi Sundowns celebrated their first CAF Champions League title.
The Pretoria club completed a 3-1 aggregate triumph over Zamalek in Egypt last Sunday and dominated TV, radio, social media and newspaper coverage for four days.
It meant the Soweto derby -- one of the top five domestic club fixtures in Africa -- only came to the fore Friday.


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If You Can't Make The Natrona Game At Cheyenne South, You Can Stream It Live
The Bison's will be providing a live audio and video feed of tonight's game between your Natrona County Mustangs and the Cheyenne South Bison in Cheyenne.
Share this with your friends, families and staff that will not be able to make the trip south to Cheyenne to watch your Mustangs play the Bison.
The video feed or audio feed can be found at wyopreps.com and there is no cost to watch or to listen the to game.
People can watch or listen on a pc, laptop or tablet with an internet connection, or fans can watch it from their smartphone.

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Open Space Program
The Open Space Program enables Open Space development within Clark County. Open space is "land that remains largely unaltered by urban activities ... for solace in a naturalistic environment ... possessing outstanding scenic qualities, rare flora, riparian quality, wetlands, critical wildlife habitat, fragile areas or unusual geologic or topographical formations."
The function and form of open space within the County varies in use, size and configuration. Lands in or near urban areas are generally more developed with pedestrian and trail facilities while rural areas may offer Off-Highway Vehicle activities.
Clark County is part of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition which includes the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. The County is a major partner in planning and building the regional Perimeter Open Space network containing 113 miles of open space corridors and 160 square miles of potential open space lands. The corridor network connects federal lands such as the Red Rock National Conservation Area (NCA), Sloan NCA and Lake Mead National Recreation Area to the regional trail and open space systems.
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
05/05/16 Benefits of providing information on the internet for blind people
Why make a website for blind people?
An accessible website can function like an interactive audio guide, providing people who lost their sight with the information they need, making your website more inclusive.
It might sound odd at first to design a website for blind people, so here's a list of benefits:
1) Digital is more accessible than print
A digital text can be read out by a screen reader. A printed text most likely requires a person to recite.
A relatively small number of blind people can read Braille: Fewer than 10 percent of blind Americans read Braille.
In addition, Braille texts are not easy to come by: Only one percent of published books are available in braille.
According to the AFP just "five percent of printed materials and books are available in a readable form for the blind or visually impaired in industrialized nations, and just one percent in developing countries."
Once you're plugged in to the internet however, a wealth of information becomes available.
2) There is more digital content than printed content
Digital content is growing at a rate close to crazy: Back in 2010 Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that every two days we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003.
We are in the Information Age because of the Digital Revolution. There's so much information available on the internet, we call it information overload.
User generated content has evoked a data explosion – most of it will never make it and was never intended for print.
Already back in 2011 Amazon sold more ebooks than physical books: 105 books for its Kindle e-reader for every 100 hardcover and paperback books.
3) Digital is up to date
Even if it's possible to get alternative forms of content – e.g. Braille or audio – the time it took to produce and deliver means that the information is outdated by default.
The internet offers immediate, real-time updates. Anything can be downloaded in one click. You can subscribe to feeds and stay constantly informed. For anything you could think of – there's probably an app for that.
4) Technology can empower
Anyone willing to try and test online tools and apps, can quickly discover how helpful technology can be.
And if it's not: Simply providing feedback can be valuable in perfecting it.
Or even better: Get involved in improving it for everyone, for example by joining DAISY.
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Thu, Feb 22, 2018, 4:30 pm to Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 5:00 pm
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Centre de Recerce en Economia Internacional
The theme of our 2018 conference is "Globalization" with particular focus on trade, financial flows and political economy. The conference will take place on the Princeton campus on February 22 and 23rd, 2018.
World recognized experts on globalization that have confirmed their participation.
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Snickers Super Bowl Satisfaction Game: Over $195,000 in prizes!
Only 5 days until the best day of the year for all football fans!
The Super Bowl XLIX will take place this Sunday, February 1st but Snickers, official chocolate of Super Bowl XLIX, is already thinking about next year as they are giving away tickets to the Super Bowl 50 in the Snickers Super Bowl Satisfaction Game!
Over $195,000 in prizes will be awarded during the promotion period including 500 NFLShop.com Gift Cards, 100,000 free Snickers bars.
Plus, the grand prize of a trip (airfare and hotel accommodations included) to the 50th edition of the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7, 2016!
Enter To Win
To participate, you are encouraged to either send a text message including the word "SNICKERS" to 87654 or visit Facebook.com/SNICKERS.
For those who are entering via the Snickers' Facebook page, click the "Snickers Super Bowl Sweeps/Game" and follow the instructions to register to receive one sweepstakes entry. Then, you'll be able to play the instant win game by matching three items to see if you're an instant winner.
Return daily through 11:59:59 PM ET on February 27, 2015 for more chances to win.
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For those who receive the word "Congrats" via text message, you may claim your prize by entering your Winner PIN, a six-digit code, at superbowl.snickers.com/redeem.
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A couple of years ago I was flying from Richmond, Virginia to Los Angeles on one of the many trips home I make each year during holiday and summer breaks from James Madison University. A friend had kindly offered to drive me to the airport and as we were leaving her house near Charlottesville where I left my car, she leaned over and picked a small, beautiful, vividly-colored blood-red flower from her front garden and gave it to me, good intentions for a safe trip and a token of friendship. I received it gladly and gratefully and put it behind my ear.
I don't know Richmond that well. It is the capitol of the state and from what I hear, is home to old southern money and people who aspire to get their share of it. It is conservative and culturally somewhat homogenous within economic and racial strata. It's a nice airport, newer, easy to get in and out of and not very crowded. Sometimes they have better fares.
I walked into the airport and headed right for the gate. I know the drill and had my boarding pass and driver's license out and ready for TSA. It was an early morning flight and not many people were there at all. I walked up to the TSA agent and handed him the stuff he needed. He looked at me and looked at the boarding pass and the ID. He looked at me again focusing on the flower, and wagging his head as he handed my papers back to me said, "California… land of fruits and nuts."


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Nothing combines fun with functionality quite like the Golf GTI which has been delivering affordable thrills to enthusiasts for four decades. The legend began in the mid Seventies with a chin spoiler, red pinstripe grille and tartan upholstery marking it out from the basic Golf. Volkswagen engineer Alfons Löwenberg worked almost in secret on this sportier variant and by shoving a 1.6-litre four-pot featuring a ground-breaking K-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection system into the engine bay, the hot hatch segment was born. The GTI boasted thrilling performance which up until then could only be had with traditional sportscars but the real party trick was that it didn't lose any of the practicality which had made the Golf so popular. Now in its seventh and best generation, Volkswagen's iconic model has been given an update for 2018, but is it still at the top of its game?
Fortunately, the improvements don't deviate from the original appeal of the car and even though there's more technology now (it has a redesigned infotainment system and this is the first compact car to feature gesture control) the very essence of the GTI — genuinely accessible performance and terrific handling — is still intact. Nothing hits the sweet spot between function and power like this, however, this isn't what you'd call an 'extensive' refresh. In fact you need to look pretty closely to see what is new about the exterior and eventually you'll note that it packs a more aggressive front bumper, new LED headlights and taillights, beefier twin exhaust tips and new-look 18in alloys. The difference is marginal to last year's car but there are some big changes in the cabin.
Aside from a chunky flat-bottom multifunctional steering wheel, very nicely bolstered leather bucket seats, soft-touch materials and the usual impeccable fit and finish, our tester had the 9.2in Discover Pro infotainment system with the aforementioned gesture control functionality not to mention high-definition graphics with customizable colours. It is equipped with a proximity sensor that makes menu functions appear on the display when your hand approaches the screen. A horizontal swipe gesture of the hand moves the menu items to the left or right. You can do various things such as scroll through the main menu and change radio stations but if you thought this will stop those annoying grubby finger marks from appearing on the screen, think again. You still have to touch the display to select options and within a few minutes of doing so, that shiny new big screen will be a mess. Keep a cloth handy. It now also has a fully digitalised instrument cluster (it's called the Active Info Display) and the 12.3in colour screen has five different information profiles and several of the semi-automated assistance systems have been updated including the Adaptive Cruise Control. It has a speed range of 0 to 210kph — earlier, it was 0 to 160kph — while the Park Assist 3.0 makes it possible to park semi-autonomously in any parking space that's parallel or perpendicular to the carriageway. Seen it all before? Probably, but this system can also exit from parallel parking spaces. Front Assist can be a little annoying as it tends to think you're always on the verge of a head-on collision and to warn you it sounds an alarm but the fact it can hit the brakes automatically in case you fail to means it isn't all that bad at all. In fact, it's good. There are loads of other safety systems such as a Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Traffic Alert, rear parking sensors and seven airbags, and although all the new tech and kit is a welcome addition, what really matters to GTI enthusiasts is its real-world performance.
The 2017 car had 220 horses but for this Mk7.5, that number climbs to 230 produced by the brilliant 2.0-litre turbocharged four with the power directed to the front via a six-speed dual-clutch automatic. The DSG is always in the right gear and ever so responsive; its shift characteristics can be changed through the selectable drive modes but just leave it in Sport for maximum thrills. It has a wonderfully linear torque band and if you floor it from a dead stop it'll hit 100kph in 6.4 seconds with the revs spinning to 6,000rpm and then finally upshifting.
The 2017 car had 220 horses but for this Mk7.5, that number climbs to 230 produced by the brilliant 2.0-litre turbocharged four...
But it's about much more than outright pace and power, it's the way the GTI handles that really impresses. It has a darty front-end and excellent electric power steering while the strut-type independent front suspension and a multilink independent rear means there's hardly any body roll not even when you really gun it in the corners. The addition of front and rear sway bars sure helps and when you're not driving around with your teeth clenched it's able to double up as a comfortable cruiser too. In Normal mode the adjustable dampers soak up road imperfections with ease.
Overall it's fast, it's blessed with an excellent chassis and now it has some interesting technology and kit as well. Is this current seventh (and a half) gen GTI still at the top of its game? You bet it is.


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After our 7 hour hike up to Sochong Shelter we were in desperate need of nourishment in the form of warm food (not PB&J) and so we hiked down about a half an hour to 봉정암, Bongjongam, Korea's highest elevation temple. Not only does this temple have that pretty amazing little name to fame, but it is also home to a very sacred relic. A 사리 of the Buddha himself.
It's a beautiful temple and it has some spectacular views compared to your typical temple.
Below is the pagoda which houses the 사리 of Buddha. It seems to be the biggest attraction of the temple and while it's hard to see, people were continually piling more and more bags of rice when they made their way up to the pagoda to pray.
But, the real reason we came here was not the pagoda, even though it was quite cool. We came here to eat. They offer free meals every day, three times a day. All pure vegetarian food as you would expect from a temple. We hadn't really thought about WHAT they would serve and we hadn't really thought about the numbers of people that would be at the temple around dinnertime on a Sunday evening on a long weekend. We decided find the food line at about 5:20, as the dinner was scheduled to be served at 5:30, but we were shocked to see a horrendous line ahead of us. But, we figured we'd come this far, we might as well join the crowd and we stood in line. After we got in line, the line continued to grow until it started snaking into the woods and then curled back around and doubled back on itself and went back almost to the beginning of the line again.
Spoons were passed around as we waited in line long after 5:30 had passed and we started wondering what we were going to get. Then, without warning the line started moving, and it moved unbelievably fast considering how many people were waiting in line. We couldn't imagine what they could be serving that they could hand it out so fast. Finally we realized how it ran so fast. The were only serving up Miyeokguk.
The bowl full of steaming hot seaweed soup and rice was literally tossed into our hands and we were pushed out of the way for the next person to get their food (explains why the line moved so fast). Then we sat down to eat. The Koreans were clearly prepared for such a simple meal because on all sides of me the Ajummas were pulling out lock & locks (Korean tupperware) full of panchan of all kinds. We were forced to suffer with our basic meal. After eating, we washed our dishes, then we filled up our water bottles at the fountain (because every temple has one fountain with drinking water) and stopped by a booth to buy some rice as an offering for our families. A quick prayer in the temple and then we were off back to our shelter for the night.
A foreigner in a sea of Koreans
While there are lots and lots of foreigners on Seoraksan, I didn't see a single one here at Bongjongam. I don't know why it's off the tourist radar, but I hope you make a stop here on your next trip to Seoraksan. It's a beautiful temple with a lot of significance.


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I'm the next Osibisa in the Music Industry – Shatta Wale
Controversial Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has made a vow of following the footsteps of one of Africa's legendary group, Osibisa.
In his words, although many musicians have attempted to reach the Osibisa mark, he is certain of being the one to achieve that goal.
He added that there are a lot of things he is doing behind the scene and he is hopeful they will yield results.
The 'Freedom' hitmaker wrote on his Facebook wall: "Ghanaian musician have all tried but the next person to make that Osibisa mark is SHATTA WALE ..Give the youth a chance ..Don't fight it cuz what is about to happen is not just talking but the action ..Things deh go on oooo just like the great Bob Marley said "who feels it knows it " 1 Ghana 1 people , 1 Love".
Osibisa was the first African band to notch up a whole series of best-selling singles and albums in the pop charts with its infectious fusion of styles referred to worldwide as criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness.
The band was formed in the United Kingdom in 1969 by three Ghanaian musicians (Teddy Osei, Sol Amarfio and Mac Tontoh), together with three colleagues from the Caribbean (Wendel Richardson, Spartacus R and Robert Bailey) and one from Nigeria (Loughty Lasisi Amao).
The group released several classic hit albums including 'Osibisa', 'Woyaya ','Heads', 'Superfly', 'Happy Children', 'Osibirock', 'Welcome Home', 'Ojah Awake' and 'Osee Yee'.


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Many Ohio drivers find it necessary to remain on the defensive when behind the wheel. Even so, numerous car accidents continue to occur and result in serious and deadly injuries. Many of those accidents tend to occur at intersections in which one driver fails to obey traffic signs or signals despite the other party having the right of way.
The medical fallout of motorcycle vs. car accidents
Like many other Ohio residents, you may enjoy riding a motorcycle. Not only is it often more economical, but it also provides you with a sense of freedom you cannot get from a passenger vehicle. The main problem is that it also puts you at risk for severe injuries that you may not suffer in a passenger vehicle if you are in a collision. Car accidents involving motorcycle riders rarely end well for the rider while vehicle occupants often walk away unscathed.
Pharmaceutical litigation against opioid manufactures is rising
No matter where you go in the country, including here in Ohio, a certain percentage of the population has a problem with addiction to opioids. This nationwide epidemic is wreaking havoc on people's lives, and many are looking to manufacturers to take responsibility for the mess they created. This may be just one reason why pharmaceutical litigation against opioid manufacturers appears to be on the rise.
Motor vehicle accidents a leading cause of death in childhood
There is little that affects a parent more grievously than the loss of a child. Tragically, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of childhood deaths. Take, for instance, a recent fatal accident in Ohio that claimed the life of one little boy and left another in critical condition.
Fatal drug injuries lawsuit settled for $325,000
Often, pharmaceutical litigation involves medications that were rushed to market before they were completely safe, endangering the public in the interest of profits for big drug companies. Sometimes, however, lawsuits involve more personal cases, such as instances of drug injuries caused by doctor or pharmacy error. Worse still is when these incidents result, not just in injury, but in death.
Another lawsuit alleges asbestos exposure caused by J&J talc
Ohio has a history rich in manufacturing and production, and often, this unfortunately translates into workers developing mesothelioma after they were exposed to asbestos over the course of their careers. Sadly, this is far from the only means of asbestos exposure, though, as companies also negligently included the hazardous carcinogenic substance in their products. In another state, a lawsuit has begun over allegations that talcum-based products like Johnson & Johnson baby powder negligently contained the dangerous material.
Product liability suit blames chocolate equipment for house fire
The Ohio public has the right to presume that the substances and items they purchase -- or even are secondarily exposed to -- are safe. Companies are supposed to ensure that the products they manufacture, distribute and sell are free from hazards, or -- in cases involving more dangerous items or materials -- to warn consumers of potential risks and offer instruction in safe handling. When companies fail to do so, they open themselves up to the possibility of product liability lawsuits from parties injured by their products.
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Everything happens somewhere. Insight into "where" makes all the difference in access to care, quality of care delivered, and the opportunity to achieve a positive healthcare outcome, says Dr Este Geraghty, Chief Medical Officer & Health Solutions, Director Health and Human Services Sector, Esri
How important is real-time health monitoring?
Real-time health monitoring is only as relevant as the individual using the technology to provide real-time responses in care. Obviously, it can be life-saving.
What is the significance of location intelligence in healthcare?
Location-based intelligence is critical. Everything happens somewhere. Insight into "where" makes all the difference in access to care, quality of care delivered, and the opportunity to achieve a positive healthcare outcome. There are many examples, from simple calculations of travel time to get to a clinic, to more unique uses – such as setting up a geo-fence to keep individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease safe. Newer technologies even make it possible for smart drones to deliver emergency resuscitation equipment to heart attack patients using spatial intelligence technology.
Can GIS uncover geographic patterns and trends in individual's health/healthcare?
Both spatial and temporal analytic tools require strong data management. For example, it's important to determine, a priori, the frequency of data refreshes and establish standardized coding for time and location. When the data is properly collected and maintained, stakeholders can easily perform retrospective analyses to discover patterns.
As the relationship between location and healthcare continues to receive recognition, providers need ways to integrate social determinants and community-specific information into their population health management strategies. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology enables hospitals and health systems to develop location-based population health strategies and insight that go deeper than simply what happens inside of a hospital or doctor's office.
Healthcare providers are using GIS as the platform for integrating and analyzing clinical data – alongside environmental, behavioral and socio-economic data, to gain a more complete, holistic view and understanding of their patients' needs, the non-clinical factors that influence poor health outcomes and places that should be targeted with community-based interventions.
How will GIS and IoT transform the private healthcare sector?
Most population-based health care efforts are focused on panels of patients that have been segmented into categories based on existing health conditions. This method relies on targeting high risk patients with clinical interventions. Unfortunately, it doesn't address the non-medical factors that led these individuals to become sick or experience poor outcomes. Recognizing that a majority of what drives peoples' health doesn't happen in their doctors' office, a different, more holistic approach is necessary to more effectively address the drivers (and root causes) of poor health and outcomes.
A number of new health care initiatives are factoring in geography as a key component of the intervention process. How do you see this?
One example of these location-based approaches is an initiative led by Loma Linda University Health (LLUH). San Bernardino County, where LLUH is located, ranks 42 of 57 in health outcomes and 41 of 57 in health behaviors. After being sent home from the hospital many patients are unable to maintain a healthy state and end up returning prematurely from an emergency room visit or readmission to the hospital. The reasons are multifactorial; a patient's access to health care may be limited, social constraints may be overwhelming, understanding of the disease process or treatment plan may be inadequate, and a patient-centric approach to health care may be non-existent.
To address these challenges, LLUH set out to create successful interventions that reduce unnecessary readmissions and promote healthy behavior with a focus on transitional care. Supporting this initiative is an interactive map that patients can access to find pre-filtered community resources near their home to improve health maintenance and prevent recurrent illness and hospitalization. This patient-centric map empowers patients to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle by informing them of the social, spiritual, medical, and wellness resources near their home.
How is spatial awareness and temporal understanding improving the healthcare sector?
Spatiotemporal awareness and understanding helps improve care and outcomes in the following ways:
- Determine access to care
- Connecting people with local resources
- Determine variation in health care services and outcomes
- Identify vulnerable populations – useful in emergency situations or in the regular course of public health work.
- Understand clusters of disease and its causes
- Collect mobile data, providing new insight for better understanding of homeless populations and directing resources, where needed
- More timely and efficient allocation of resources
- Improving our response to disasters and disease
- Strengthening collaboration between agencies and healthcare
The key to making your GIS data actionable is to uncover the relationships and patterns that traditional healthcare IT systems can't detect
How is Esri's GIS technology improving the healthcare sector's planned mapping capabilities?
GIS technology from Esri is at the forefront of the fight against the spread of the Zika virus, providing a holistic approach to vector control.
The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and their Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are collecting and mapping geographic data points related to Zika and other emergencies using GIS technology from Esri. Their aim is to determine where problems are located and strategically target resources to restore the public's health and well-being.
For Zika response, Esri is showing experts at the ASPR, and other agencies within HHS, where best to provide targeted information, using US Census data – to efficiently reach at risk groups, like women of child-bearing age, and their partners. To plan for the domestic assistance that states may need, ASPR also is using Esri's GIS software to monitor the spread of the Zika virus across the United States – and in 34 other countries where infections have been found. The ASPR created a publicly available interactive map with the same GIS technology that shows the number of cases in each state. The information is automatically updated each week.
Do you think that predictive analytics software can help healthcare professionals go far beyond traditional analysis of unstructured data?
GIS has been used for years by Global Health Organizations, Federal, and State and Local Public Health agencies to support population health improvement efforts. The private sector has traditionally used GIS in strategic planning and marketing, however, health reform has had a significant impact in the number of private sector organizations looking at the technology to support population health and community benefit initiatives. As the move to accountable care and value-based payments takes hold, Providers and Health Plans are increasingly interested in applying GIS to assess risk based on geography and the populations that live there, reveal where the greatest need is, and prioritize areas for interventions.
A large majority of medical issue and situations presented in healthcare have a geographic aspect; where are there gaps in access to care, where are there "hotspots" of preventable utilization/readmissions, where are there clusters of high risk patients. The answer isn't to simply populate your systems with GIS data, because without context, that data is simply a value in a spreadsheet or report. Insight from stronger predictive analytics means everything, especially when it comes to better outcomes for the patients.
The key to making your GIS data actionable is to uncover the relationships and patterns that traditional healthcare IT systems can't detect. That is where analysis and resulting insight from GIS provide the key value drivers in healthcare.
How will you address the confidentiality issue of patient-identity?
There is a wide array of location-based information that can be analyzed and displayed without using protected health information (PHI). However, there are also several methods an organization can use to comply with HIPAA.
- Identity can be protected by randomly moving points (geo-masking), aggregating data at higher geographies (county), using cartographic tools, like heat maps or applying rates to the data for example.
- An organization can certainly keep data safe within their own firewalls (via ArcGIS for Portal, for example) so they can perform their analysis with address level data.
- Esri Managed Cloud Services are another option for users. Private cloud management systems – approved by HIPAA – are easy to implement and use enterprise-wide.


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Fed up with the countless notifications you receive on your Apple Watch 1, Series 2 or Series 3? Thankfully, you can manage those alerts and notifications with a simple method. But there is more to this notification game than just stopping them on your Apple Watch and iPhone, which is constantly paired. Since you are using stock and third-party apps on your Apple Watch, it takes different methods to mute notifications on your smart watch. You can either use your iPhone or the paired watch to prevent notifications on Apple Watch. Moreover, you can be selective in your efforts to manage notifications on iPhone as well as Apple Watch. So here is how to turn off Apple Watch notifications.
Normally, we keep our iPhone either in pockets or in our bag, and this inspires us to quickly glance over our Apple Watch to see who is there who wants to chat with us or is there any important news hit the stand. But you are not all that relax to check each and every alert that pops up or vibrates on your Apple Watch. As said above, you may be receiving hundreds of notifications in a day, and it is not necessary to check all of them. A better way is to focus on your job is to disable notifications on Apple Watch; or you may allow some important ones and turn off notifications for some apps. Thus you can selectively disable sounds and haptics for Apple Watch apps.
How to Turn off Apple Watch Notifications
Remember, your Apple Watch (except cellular + GPS model) is just a mirror to your iPhone, and therefore, by default, it doesn't send any notification to you; the watch simply mirrors notifications received on iPhone.
Completely Disable Notifications from iPhone and Apple Watch
Step #1: Launch Settings app on your iPhone (which is paired with your Apple Watch).
Step #2: Now tap on Notifications.
Step #3: Choose the app that sends numerous notifications on your watch.
Step #4: Next, toggle Allow Notifications OFF.
All the underlying options will be disappeared quickly.
This will disable the selected apps from sending notifications; basically, you won't even receive notifications for those apps on your iPhone also.
On your Apple Watch, your apps are divided into two groups; one is your stock apps and the others are third-party apps. Note that you can customize haptics and sounds of notifications on your stock apps; this is not the case with the third-party apps. The notifications scheme on stock apps is very much complex as each app has different notification settings inside. However, here we discuss how you can turn off notifications on third-party apps from Watch app on your iPhone.
How to Turn Off Notification for Each App on Apple Watch Only
Step #1: Launch Watch app on your iPhone.
Step #2: Tap on the My Watch tab from the bottom menu.
Step #3: Now tap on Notifications.
Step #4: You can see that preinstalled apps (your Apple-made apps) are listed first and then under 'MIRROR IPHONE ALERTS FROM' section, you will find third-party apps.
If you wish to turn off notifications of preinstalled apps on your Apple Watch, simply tap on that app from the notifications window.
Now, change the alert style from Mirror my iPhone to Custom.
Toggle Show Alerts OFF.
Step #5: To disable notifications of third-party apps, simply turn off the switch next to the apps in notifications screen in Watch app on your iPhone.
Note that this will stop notifications on your Apple Watch only as you can always receive notifications for that app/s on your iPhone.
Going forward, you will be able to pay enough attention to your job/task; your Apple Watch will not disturb you often with those irritating sounds and haptics.
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Utah Pumpkin Patches
Find pick your own pumpkin farms near Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo on our list of Utah pumpkin patches. Many have corn mazes, bonfires, hayrides, and family fun as part of their entertainment package. Last Major Update:
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Black Island Farms - Syracuse, UT
A working 300 acre vegetable farm in Davis County run by the same family for more than 50 years. Open mid-September through October 31st for Fall. Take a trip to the pumpkin field with a hayride. Visit Nightmare Acres and the Haunted Barn for a scary evening. Also enjoy the Cornfield Maze, animal alley, pig races, cow train, bonfires, corn box, bounce house. Located at 2075 South 4000 West in Syracuse UT, 84075.
Day Farms - Layton, UT
A twenty year old family farm operated by Bill Day and sons that offers hayrides and pumpkin picking. They are generally open Monday through Saturdays. The address is 2500 W Gentile, Layton UT 84041. It is just 15 miles south of Ogden.
Glen Ray's Corn Maze - Spanish Fork, UT
A new pumpkin patch and corn maze in Utah, from a Leland family who has been farming for over 100 years and wants to share the experience with you! Open for 2018 season from September 28 – November 3rd. Small attractions ($4 pass) include kids activities like the petting zoo, corn pit, small hay and large straw maze, slides, pumpkin patch, and more. Corn Maze pass is $4 more, with access to all the small attractions plus the 7.5 acre corn maze. On weekends and fall break, the haunted corn maze will be open for you to enjoy too! Children 2 and under are free to all attractions. The farm is located at 1750 W 8000 S, Spanish Fork, UT 84660, just 12 miles south of Provo.
Hee Haw Farms - Pleasant Grove, UT
A popular farm attraction featuring Spring, Summer, and Fall activities including their pumpkin patch and Giant Pumpkin Drop event every October. Activities include pick your own pumpkins, birthday parties, paintball, a corn maze, haunted hayride, farmer's market, corn cannon, and giant slide. The address is 95 South 2000 West, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062. This is just 12 miles north of Provo.
Judd Pumpkin Patch - Paragonah, UT
They feature a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and wagon rides starting the last weekend in September. They are located at 314 E. 270 N., Paragonah, Utah.
Little Bear Bottoms - Wellsville, UT
They feature a pumpkin patch, corn maze, haunted river trail, and spooky barn ride. The address is 5000 U.S. 91, Wellsville, UT. They are located 39 miles northeast of Ogden.
Mabey Farms - South Jordan, UT
A popular local attraction for pumpkins. They open in late September through October for pick your own pumpkins. Their location is 10090 South 1000 West, South Jordan, UT 84085. This is just 16 miles south of Salt Lake City.
McCoard's Mystery Corn Maze - Provo, UT
The address is 384 S 3110 W, Provo, Utah. They have a pumpkin patch but their two big attractions are their Mystery Corn Maze and Zombie Paintball Patrol.
Pack Farms - Farmington, UT
Darryl Pack started farming with his family in Davis County about 1950. They've been selling pumpkins to local grocery stores for years, but demand caused them to open their farm ten years ago so you can pick your pumpkin from the field. Also enjoy the hay maze and scarecrow picture gallery. They are located at 1700 West Glovers Lane, Farmington, Utah. They are 19 miles north of Salt Lake City.
Paradise Valley Orchard - Paradise, UT
Popular local orchard with lots of apple types. Also in season they feature their pick your own pumpkin patch. The location is 9971 S Highway 165, Paradise, UT. The are about 50 miles north of Ogden.
Petersen Family Farm - Riverton, UT
Local attraction featuring pick your own pumpkins starting in late September. They also have a harvest festival in October with free admission, a live band, free hot dogs, petting zoo, corn maze, and fee paid concessions, tractor rides, apple sling shot, and lots of fresh apples, pears, and pumpkins. The address is 11887 South 4000 West, Riverton, UT 84096. They are 21 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Pumpkin Point Farms - Riverton, UT
Local pumpkin patch and children's corn maze with antique tractors and hayrides. They are open Monday, Friday, and Saturday. The address is 11900 South 3600 West, Riverton, UT. Also located about 21 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Schmidt's Farms - West Jordan, UT
They grow a ridiculous amount of pumpkins here – around 500 tons some years. Visiting their farm has become a fall tradition for many families.
Wheeler Historic Farm - Salt Lake City, UT
An agricultural living history museum and outdoor recreation are operated by Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation that was founded in 1887 by Henry Wheeler Sr. Enjoy a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay maze and wagon ride. They also hold a Scarecrow festival and contest in October. Their pumpkin patch is generally open from late September through October 31st.
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Transport for London launches accessible travel campaign
Living with a condition like Parkinson's can make using public transport challenging.
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about accessible travel.
Bob shares his story
Using digital posters and radio adverts across the capital, the campaign uses real life experiences of people with a range of disabilities to highlight issues, including Bob Taylor, who is living with Parkinson's.
Bob explains, "Good travel options mean it is possible to say 'yes' to so many more opportunities - I am really thankful for that.
Crowded areas can be a real challenge. If there are too many people I just freeze. It's like running out of petrol.
Navigating busy concourses during the rush hour are particularly daunting, when people are moving in different directions."
Working with TfL to raise awareness
Emma Jones, Senior Marketing Officer at Parkinson's UK, comments
"Though the TfL ads are mainly aimed at people with disabilities, they will hopefully make the wider public recognise the problems that less able people can face when using public transport."
We have also been working with TfL to pilot a new Parkinson's awareness session that fits alongside their training programme for customer-facing staff.
Richard Billington, Skills Development Manager for TfL adds:
"We hope to be able to roll out the awareness training across the whole network, creating awareness for all our staff. This would mean we can support colleagues who may have Parkinson's, as well as improve the experience for our customers."
Visit tfl.gov.uk or Twitter (@TFLAccess) for more information about the accessible travel campaign.


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Ludo the Maine Coon was recently named the world's largest cat by the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records. But fame hasn't gone to his head. Rather than seeking out the thrills of celebrity and the flashbulbs of paparazzi, Ludo infinitely prefers spending quiet time cuddling up with his human baby brother.
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Weather: SE 2 vis 35 mls decreasing later.
Early in the morning a male Eider was on the tide edge at the bottom of the gutter and a male Mallard alighted briefly on the pond. The first 2 Swallows of the year flew down the east side at 1030hrs, 4 Redwings flew south over the island but other than that the only migrants were 8 Pied Wagtail, a Robin and female Chaffinch and in the evening a lone Chiffchaff calling in the obs garden. The Pheasant seen yesterday was a surprise find in the 'heli' trap today and when escorted out it ran along the path in the paddock in Roadrunner fashion.
Eleven Bar-tailed Godwits were on the north shore after tide but only 4 Redshank. On the sea were 64 Common Scoter, 2 Great Crested Grebe and 60 Cormorants.
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Oma could possibly cross the southern Queensland coast, after changing direction overnight, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reports.
The category three system is currently off New Caledonia, about 1,120 kilometres north-east of Brisbane.
BOM said it was no longer expected to turn south-east towards New Zealand over the weekend.
Forecaster Sam Campbell said instead the system was moving south-west.
"It's now looking increasingly likely that it will continue on a westerly track towards the southern Queensland coast," he was reported as saying.
"Most likely it will weaken just a touch, it won't be a category three by the time it gets to the coast, but just to emphasis that point — we could actually see that cyclone coming into southern Queensland and possibly even a coastal crossing over the weekend."
He said it was still unclear exactly where on the coast the system could reach.
"Anywhere south of about St Lawrence, so that's that area around Rockhampton, so anywhere south of there right down to Brisbane really is potentially in play for a cyclone crossing if that was to occur — but I've got to emphasise it will come near the coast and not necessarily cross the coast but it is possible it could cross the coast."
The weather bureau warned abnormally high tides are expected along the southern Queensland coast in the coming days.
The British Government has reportedly revoked the British citizenship of a teenager who ran away from her London home when she was 15 to join Islamic State in Syria.
In a statement on Twitter, the family's lawyer Tasnime Akunjee said they were "very [disappointed] with the Home Office's intention to have an order made depriving Shamima Begum of her citizenship".
"We are considering all legal avenues to challenge this decision," Mr Akunjee said.
The order was made by Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Ms Begum's mother was notified by letter, the UK's ITV News reported.
"In light of the circumstances of your daughter, the notice of the Home Secretary's decision has been served of file today (19th February), and the order removing her British citizenship has subsequently been made," the letter read.
The letter said Ms Begum, whom the BBC said had Bangladeshi heritage, has a right to appeal the decision.
The BBC reported that Ms Begum's Bangladeshi heritage meant she would not be left stateless, although the teen said she did not have a Bangladeshi passport and had never been to the country.
Ms Begum ran away from her home in London's Bethnal Green in 2015, part of a group of schoolgirls from the neighbourhood who went to Syria to marry IS fighters.
She was found heavily pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp last week and gave birth to a child on Sunday (local time).
She told British media she had wanted to return home to raise her child as she had previously lost two children to malnutrition while living with the terrorist group.
Ms Begum told media said she did not know what she was getting into when she left and wanted to bring her baby back to London with her.
"I think a lot of people should have sympathy towards me for everything I've been through," she told the UK's Sky News.
"I just was hoping that maybe for me, for the sake of me and my child, they let me come back.
"Because I can't live in this camp forever. It's not really possible. I don't want to take care of my child in this camp because I'm afraid he might even die in this camp."
She told UK media she had only been a "housewife" during her time and said she "never did anything dangerous".
"I never made propaganda. I never encouraged people to come to Syria. So they'd only have proof I didn't [do] anything that is dangerous," she said
You have only a few more weeks to shop around for mangoes.
What has been the second biggest harvest on record is drawing to a close.
"It's looking like we'll produce in excess of 10 million trays," said Robert Gray, chief executive of Australian Mango Industry Association.
"Our second biggest mango season ever," he said.
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Whip up this easy vegetarian recipe for Crock-Pot Acorn Squash Soup and enjoy a bowl of hot healthy soup for Meatless Monday or any day of the week!
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This quick & easy recipe for Crock-Pot Sweet Acorn Squash is the perfect side dish to go with dinner! With only 3 ingredients it couldn't be easier to make!
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With just 2 ingredients this recipe for Crock-Pot Simple Acorn Squash could not be any easier to make. The perfect slow cooker side dish for fall when acorn squash is in season! We cannot help but love how easy this recipe is!
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During the Autumn winter squashes are in season and are at a great price. I just picked some acorn squash here at my local grocery store last night for 59¢ a lb. Which is just a great price. However these bad boys are hard to cut. If you have never cut a hard winter squash…
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University of Central Arkansas appears in these rankings:
The 30 Most Affordable Women's Colleges in America
15 Best Value Colleges and Universities in Arkansas
The University of Central Arkansas is one of several colleges across the state that began life as a teaching school. Though established in 1907, it opened and operated as the Arkansas State Normal School for nearly 20 years before becoming the Arkansas State Teachers College. It wasn't until the 1960s that the school shifted its focus from education and teaching courses to programs in technology, business, engineering, humanities and other topics. In the 2010s, enrollment grew steadily at the school. UCA now has a total enrollment of more than 11,000 students, which makes it one of the largest schools in Arkansas.
UCA divides its campus into six separate colleges that offer courses on topics like fine arts and communications, business, natural sciences and mathematics, liberal arts and education. Those individual colleges now offer more than 80 majors for students. UCA made the news after U.S. News and World Report added the university to its list of colleges that have the best academic excellence. The university was the only school in Arkansas to make that list. The same organization also named UCA as one of the best public schools in the south for obtaining a graduate degree and as one of the best southern graduate schools in general. That recognition brought more attention to the university and led to its recent increase in student enrollment.
University of Central Arkansas Accreditation Details
Many colleges now have two different types of accreditation, including the University of Central Arkansas. The first is something called institutional accreditation, which some refer to as general accreditation. This comes from a major organization that ensures the college meets all the standards it has in place. The second type of accreditation is program accreditation and applies only to specific programs offered through departments on campus. UCA has both types. Its main accreditation comes from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It also has accreditation for its dietetic program through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Other program accreditation at UCA comes from:
American Occupational Therapy Association
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
National Association of Schools of Theatre
American Physical Therapy Association
Council for Interior Design Accreditation
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
American Psychological Association
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
National Association of Schools of Music
University of Central Arkansas Application Requirements
The University of Central Arkansas offers two different types of acceptance: conditional or unconditional acceptance. Unconditional acceptance is available to students who have a grade point average of 2.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale and scored a 21 on the ACT composite or a 1450 on the combined SAT. The university offers conditional acceptance to students who have a 2.5 grade point average, a score of 1210 on the combined SAT or a 17 on the ACT composite and a minimum score of 15 on an ACT subject test. Those who receive conditional acceptance will need to maintain a solid GPA and meet with advisers during their first year to ensure they can handle their courses.
All students applying for admission must meet some basic requirements, including the completion of the UCA online application. They must also request that the testing board submit the scores they received on either the ACT or SAT, and students may submit scores from both examinations. Those born after 1957 will also need to show proof that they received vaccinations to the university and an official high school transcript. While UCA charges a $25 application fee, the university offers waivers for those who cannot afford to pay. Students can also attend events on campus and apply during those events without paying the fee.
Tuition and Fees
As a state school, the University of Central Arkansas offers tuition rates far below those charged by private schools. The cost students pay depend on the number of credit hours they take each semester. A full time student who takes 10 credit hours of classes will pay around $2,600 per semester. While the university does offer online classes, those classes cost slightly more. An online student taking 10 credit hours of classes will pay closer to $2,900 per semester. Students may face additional fees for using the science labs on campus and the student activities center. Room and board fees may add $2,600 or more to the costs students pay every semester.
UCA works with students to bring down the amount they pay out of pocket. All incoming students can apply for financial aid, which requires that they submit the FAFSA online. Based on the amount of help students get from their parents, this form tells the school how much help students still need. Most students borrow subsidized government loans that do not accumulate any interest until the student quits school or graduates. UCA can also notify students about any scholarships or grants they qualify for and whether they can take part in a work-study program. The government may offer loans to the student's parents as well.
UCA Degrees
Though UCA offers a number of degrees, it has one of the top occupational therapy programs in the country. This accredited program serves as an introduction to occupational therapy that teaches students how to help their future patients and clients. Occupational therapy often involves professionals making life easier for patients. They teach their clients what to do at home, at work and even while driving to reduce their risk of future injuries. This UCA program has a fieldwork component that allows students to gain real life experience working with patients before they graduate.
UCA also offers a professional writing program for students. Unlike its creative writing program, which focuses on fiction, the professional track focuses on non-fiction writing. Students learn how to research topics and write their own work based on the information they find. They also discover the importance of writing content that others can scan, read and absorb quickly. The UCA Writing Center on campus offers students one on one help as they work with a tutor, and the Great Bear Writing Project gives them more experience too. This program takes place every summer and incorporates elements of writing and teaching. The University of Central Arkansas offers more than 80 other majors for incoming students.


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I started a blog back in 2011. I was 8 months out of grad school and had just landed my first "real" job. I was living in Asheville, NC and I thought I was an expert on cooking. I don't remember the name of the blog and I'm pretty sure it only had 1 post. Looking back, I wasn't ready to take on that challenge. I had a lot more to learn about cooking, about my taste preferences, and about life.
I've been sitting on this blog for a long time. I was under the assumption that I couldn't flip the switch until it was absolutely perfect. Recently I've been trying to reframe my mindset to be more open and forgiving, less rigid. I'm not where I want to be in my career, I don't have peace in my life, and waiting for perfection is only delaying a dream I've had for a very long time. Launching this blog in a state nowhere near perfection is one of the steps I'm taking to reframe my life. It is scary and exhilarating. I am constantly aware that I may fall flat on my face. But there is a small amount of hope that this could lead to the life I am meant to live. My hope is as I grow this space I can use it to look back on where I started and my journey of fulfilling my dream as a food blogger and photographer.
For all of you out there who have jumped without a safety net and for those of you teetering on the edge, this one is for you.
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Introducing…. The NEW guest post category!! Everyone go oooohhhh!
I haven't had a guest post since Michael's post introducing our invention of the COUL (here). The COUL is still under way although progress has slowed, Michael is currently abroad and we're both very busy, the trials of the housings didn't go favourably (new post coming soon!) but hopefully we will be able to make progress with the COUL in the very new future…
Since Michael's I have been trying to find one of my non-diving friends who was willing to do a guest post for me to put a different spin on things. This evening I wrote to Alicia asking her, out of the blue, if she fancied doing a guest post for me… Within the hour I had my reply, and sitting in my inbox was a lovely, freshly written guest post for you all to read! And so the "Guest Post" category on the left sidebar was born!
More about Alicia's guest post later, but look forward to it folks because it is truly an awesome post! 🙂


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The training course, organized by Sofia Development Association, was the opening event of Media Literacy Days in Bulgaria. The course took place on 5th of February in SofiaLab and provided 39 teachers with both theoretical knowledge and practical assignments.
The lecturers of the training were experts from the media, digital agencies and NGOs. The participants were trained how to discern and counteract fake news, online hate speech and online bullying. They were shown how to use the compulsory study content in order to develop students' media literacy and digital skills. Furthermore, the teachers got acquainted with various digital tools for content creation, which will help them present their subjects in an interesting and innovative way. The participants also learned through practice how to make podcasts, video and radio interviews and how to use platforms for publishing of media content. Overall, the teachers evaluated the training as very useful and they plan on putting the knowledge into practice in their everyday work with students.
All of the participants who completed the training successfully were certified and received various educational materials and resources. The training will be of use for the upcoming civic hackathon when students teams will compete and design campaign actions on media and information literacy.
The training program and the resource materials have been developed by an international team of experts within the framework of INclusion Communities through Media Inclusion and Critical Thinking EDUcation (IN-EDU) project, co-financed by the EU Erasmus + Programme.


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I'm sure most of you have worked in the service industry. It sucks. And usually we can thank the random, oddball customer for making those jobs suck. I've waited tables, I've sold cell phone plans over the phone, I've bartended, I've been a cook. But the best/worst customer service job I've ever had has been as a bookseller. I've heard many people tell me, "Man, I should quit my job waiting tables so I can go sell books," and I always have to offer rebuttals. For instance, you may have to wait on a picky customer at a restaurant. But that person will usually be gone within an hour. A bookstore patron will never leave. Restaurant patrons usually come in twos or fours. Bookstore patrons are loners; solitary wolves that are usually alone for a reason. Restaurant patrons can secretly insult you by leaving you a bad tip. Bookstore patrons have to resort to much, much worse things to get "even."
Although I haven't been a bookseller in Morgantown, I'd have to wager that the industry is the same
everywhere. My friend, Briana, worked at a library, and she regaled me with tales of strange and unusual people. Just after she told me some stories, I read in the news about a man that was caught bathing in the library bathroom, and was arrested for possessing a few pounds of stolen cheese. My mother was a librarian for many years, and she never had a dull day. People would bring their kids to the library and drop them off … for eight hours at a time. "It's their own government-funded daycare," she said.
It seems that where books are shelved, strangeness abides.
So what does this have to do with Morgantown? I called and visited with and solicited the opinions of several booksellers and baristas around the area, in addition to some friends and colleagues. I gave them the chance to share some of their stories and tips about customer etiquette. Going against my journalism roots, I have agreed to keep most folks anonymous, and you can understand why. I have comments from employees at two Barnes & Nobles (University Centre and WVU), the Book Exchange, the Wise Library, and Books-a-Million. If you're on Twitter, let me suggest following @GrumpyBooksellr—you won't be disappointed. I've inserted some of his/her comments in with the rest.
Without further ado, here's a tip sheet for customers. Warning: it's not rated.
—I don't give a shit if you can find the book online cheaper than you can find it here. You want it now, you buy it now. No, no we aren't going to give you a discount.
—No, we aren't Borders, and no, we aren't going out of business. Yet. (Customers have been coming in asking for the ridiculous sales due to some Borders stores closing after filing for bankruptcy)
—Phone: Do you sell Amazon Gift Cards? Me: What? No. Phone: My wife has a Kindle & that would be nice. Me: I'm a bookstore, not Amazon. (GrumpyBooksellr)
—If you're going to order a half-caf-soy-ice-frappa-crappa-macchiato-with-caramel-sauce-and-whipped-cream you best be tippin'.
—Oh, I love it when people think the café is their freaking living room. A little guy came in here the other day and spent my entire shift here. He did homework, he talked on the phone, he read about 20 magazines, he played on the Internet, he even brought some of his own food in his giant backpack. He left his mess for me to clean up, and he had folded the magazines over to read them. I think he justified this because he bought a small coffee when he first arrived. No tip.
—Dear Self-Published Author: It's not my fault you lose money on every sale. No is going to buy your whiny self-discovery schlock for $24. (GrumpyBooksellr)
—Guys, please pee in the stand-up urinal. Flush. Wash your hands. DON'T TAKE BOOKS IN THERE WITH YOU. Gross.
—Well, it's always frustrating when someone asks for a book they just heard about on the news and they don't know who wrote it, what it's called, what it's really about. My only clue is that if it's in the news it's probably a new release.
—Kids should not be allowed to play "Marco Polo" in the stacks.
—It's not a library. People can talk to each other. If you don't like it, um, go to a library. But people probably talk there to. Maybe you should just go home.
—Please don't put the Bibles in the gay studies section. Please don't put the Bibles in Fiction. Please don't put Glenn Beck in gay studies. Please don't put Sarah Palin in Fiction. Although it's really funny where Palin turns up sometimes.
—Me: Sure, I'll tie up ~$300 ordering art books you may not want when you see them. No Problem. We are all about customer service.
—It's a sex book and you're buying it. Get over it. (On the various men that get really nervous when buying erotica or 'how-to' manuals)
—Dude, I really want to puke when the high schoolers come in here and make out and fondle each other. See that chair? It's for one person, not for two people to dry-hump each other.
—Me: No, Please, kick the mud off your shoes *after* [you] get to our carpeted area. (GrumpyBooksellr)
—This isn't the movies. There's no need to bring your food in with you while you browse.
—I have waited tables too, and there's something that restaurants and bookstores have in common that no one will tell you: leave your damn kids at home. We hate them. Some of them. Well, most of them. No, we hate them.
—Me: I know you're enjoying your time here but, please, don't whistle along with your iTunes while you read. Not everyone knows the songs. (GrumpyBooksellr)
—Hey, we love it when people think we're the world's greatest place to take a dump. I had a customer actually tell me we had the best public bathrooms. TMI, creeper. Please don't use my name [when you write this]. He'll know exactly who I am.
—For some reason a lot of Asian kids ¬ students ¬ try to order their textbooks through us. It's really hard to explain to them that it's best if they order textbooks online or at a textbook store. Welcome to America, home of nonsensical businesses. So if I had to give advice to customers, I'd tell them to get their textbooks elsewhere.
—Me: Don't drag me around asking all sorts of questions about every book, then telling me you can get it cheaper somewhere else & leave. (GrumpyBooksellr)
I will take some time to regale you with my own bookstore stories in a future post. They're awesome. Meanwhile, for those of you who stay tuned, I'm working on a Wise Library book scavenger hunt to win free hardcover and paperback bestsellers. Keep an eye out for the clues to come.


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The Importance Of Conducting Employment Background Investigation Before Hiring
The recruitment process of today is already getting more and more strict in a sense that face value is not anymore just the basis of evaluation of an employee or applicant during the hiring process.
Background check on a certain applicant is not necessarily a violation or invasion of privacy, this is a matter of discretion of the company to be sure as to which candidate it deems to choose to employ, besides what is there to fear when there is nothing to hide?
Basically the background check will all be about data of the previous employment histories and educational verification, a series of medical test like a drug test, and even criminal and credit record background check.
The conduct of a background check is a kind of valuable tool for companies in order to employ the most appropriate candidates for the position needed and that will also allow the recruitment team to sort out important details that are not visible in the resume or not even mentioned during an interview.
At the same time such procedure will enable the company to keep the most candidates with a trusted credibility, those that possess screened ethics and clean backgrounds, thus giving the company a more confident assurance in ensuring that the work environment is safe with reliable people.
This will also be essential in a sense that candidates who are aspiring for key positions that entail handling company data and information are reliable enough to be trusted with such confidential information.
But then, not all positions need to undergo a background check, however, if the company have it implemented to be applied to all incoming employees then the recruitment team have to set proper expectations across the board.
As the employer, you know the capacity of your team, therefore it will be your option to hire a third party conduct such background check and info gathering, as your team focuses on more important tasks at hand, or you trust your recruitment team enough to handle everything.
Get to know and learn of the many ways to which you can conduct such background check, or you can even try some software platforms to do this and know what is the best process for you that will be effective for your company in doing the background check investigation process.
In these kinds of procedure, it is always your prerogative as the employer to know what is best processes to implement in the great interest for the company to ensure security and to have the best workforce that can be trusted.


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