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Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard is a proud new mom.
The multi-gold medalist and her husband, photographer Sacha Brown, welcomed their first child – a boy – on Tuesday, according to People.
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Blaise Ray Brown was born in Los Angeles, weighing 7 lbs., 12 oz., and was 19 inches long.
"I was in labor for about 16 hours and it was all worth it. He is happy and healthy and everything went as planned," Beard told People. "It was the most amazing experience that Sacha and I have ever experienced. We are so happy to be new parents! This is gonna be the best adventure ever."
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Beard, 27, and Brown, 34, tired the knot in May 2009 on Wakatobi, an island off southeastern Indonesia.
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Tried and Tested Spells
These will be simple spells that anyone can do with the ingredients you have in your store cupboard.
A few years ago, during what I call, the dark years, I needed the sum of £7 or the gas company would switch off my supply.
I turned to this spell as I had everything I needed in the house.
I did the spell and tried not to think about it.
On the way to meet my daughter from school I saw a lottery scratch card on the pavement.
I have always believed in luck so I bent down and retrieved the scratch card.
It was a winner. £2,not a lot, I know and not the sum I needed but hold on, there's more.
My daughter and I went to the local shop where I exchanged the scratch card for 2 new ones.
Scratching off the second card I saw that it was a winner. The amount? £7.
It saved the day and we were able to pay the gas company and so had heating and hot water for the week.
The ingredients and instructions for the spell are as follows:
All that follows is taken from:
Candle Burning Rituals by Marie Bruce
White Candle
Sunflower Oil
Tea Bag
Sheet of Newspaper
Green or white thread
Lunar phase:Anytime as this is an emergency spell.
Dress the candle with the sunflower oil.
Open the tea bag and empty into the bowl
Add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the mixture and stir
Empty out onto the sheet of newspaper and roll the candle in the mixture.
Concentrate and will your intent to bring money into your life.
Light the candle.
Fold up the newspaper with the left over mixture still inside.
Tie this up with green or white thread and place this near your front door.
Please note that with all spell work you should have good intentions and remember to say "As I will this, so mote it be, with harm come to none. Aho."

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The Information Commissioner's Office is threatening to slap penalties of up to half a million pounds on data controllers who are found guilty of serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
According to a statement on the Ministry of Justice's website, the government is pushing for Parliamentary approval of its Civil Monetary Penalties - Setting the Maximum Penalty report.
"The main benefit of these proposals is greater compliance by data controllers, leading to greater public confidence in data handling practices. This increased confidence may encourage people to provide their details to bodies in both the public and private sectors," it said.
The ICO published the government's response to the public consultation, as well as its proposed overhaul to the DPA regulations, today.
"Between October 2007 to October 2008, 277 data security breaches were notified to the ICO, mainly IT-related loss/theft," the government said in its impact assessment report.
"These statistics provide examples which demonstrate the weakness of some organisations in processing data adequately and in full compliance with the data protection principles."
The government mulled several monetary penalties, before settling on a £500,000 maximum fine. It admitted that if the rules come into law, overall compliance costs for data controllers - of which there are around 319,000 in the UK across the private and public sectors as of 2009 UK.gov figures - would increase.
"Civil Monetary Penalties of up to half a million pounds will ensure that the Information Commissioner is able to impose robust sanctions on those who commit serious contraventions of the data protection principles," said Justice Minister, Michael Wills.
"Most data controllers do comply with the principles, but since misuse of even small amounts of personal data can have very serious consequences, it is vital that we do all that we can to prevent non-compliance. Penalties of up to £500,000 will act as a strong deterrent."
If the plan is given the thumbs up at the Palace of Westminster, the DPA fines will come into force on 6 April this year. ®
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Community - How can the site enable user-to-user communication ? Customization - Site's ability to tailor itself to different users to allow users to personalize the site. Communication - How the site talks to the visitor, site to user or two-way communications. Connection - Degree that the site is linked to other sites. Commerce - Site's capabilities for commercial transactions. -Your domain should be your company name.
-Make a consistence in design. Changing interfaces is a potential barrier which should be avoided. -Make the content on your first page rich and explanatory. -Make your title clear. Clear title makes task clear. -Show the users what's new with the site and company. -Use focus and emphasis on the main product. -Proper use of images (meaningful and clean images). -Downloadable speed (pages load quickly and provide something to read almost instantly). -Pages are easy to navigate so that you can find what you want and most importantly, the content is useful and worthwhile.
-Good interactivity engages the user and makes your site memorable. -Easy to find information. -Provide valuable, timely information to the user. -Provide keywords for search engines (search engine optimization). -Provide a search option within the site. -Contact information should be easy to find and preferably visible on all pages. -Updates should be made regularly to give users a reason to return to your site. -Proper programming with no broken links. -Provides copyright information. -A good Website needs to be able to be viewed in whatever browser or service the customer is using, so cross-browser and platform compatibility together with accessibility features for the disabled are a must.
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Mr. Zelikovitz will discuss the improtance of developing and implementing a culture and processes that enable an organization to align its projects with the strategic objectives of the organization through an effective Benefits Realization Management process. With a focus on PMI's 2016 Thought Leadership Series - Creating lasting value: Benefits Realization Management, Mr. Zelikovitz will highlight a number of key issues including, but not limited to:
- Strengthening benefits awareness within the C-suite and with project management practitioners;
- Who is responsible for identifying, managing and sustaining project benefits - establishing benefits ownership and accountability;
- How do you measure benefits (tangible and intangible), and how should they be prioritized.
Evan Zelikovitz is Corporate and Government Relations Manager for PMI in Canada. Evan is responsible for working and engaging with both government and private corporations in assisting them with their project, program and portfolio management practices and capabilities. Mr. Zelikovitz helps organizations and their project management practitioners better understand and recognize the strategc value of project management with the objective of helping organizations and individuals realize project and business success.
Located in Canada's capital of Ottawa, Mr. Zelikovitz holds a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick.
Not only is the Jacques Cartier Bridge emblematic of Montreal, it is also an urban icon with unique historical and architectural value. It is one of the greatest technical achievements of the 20th century, and as such, its illumination will be a central element in the celebrations surrounding Montreal and Canada's 375th and 150th anniversaries, respectively. A multidisciplinary approach has been key in creating a project this unique and innovative. The lights will reflect the dynamic character of the city's seasons and citizens. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) are proud to pool their expertise in civil engineering and managing major projects by piloting this project that will let Québécois know-how shine. The project, which was conceptualized and designed by Moment Factory and six multimedia and lighting studios in Montreal, presents some interesting challenges. Discover how engineers from different fields have collaborated in creating this signature visual hallmark for Montreal.
Pascal Villeneuve, Eng. , Project Director, The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI)
Pascal Villeneuve has a degree in construction engineering from ÉTS and has more than 15 years of experience in the engineering and Project Management fields. As a Project Manager, he oversaw civil engineering and road network projects for a general contractor for more than 8 years. He joined the JCCBI team in 2010 as the Director of Construction Services and has been their Project Director for 3 years. He has most notably overseen the replacement of the Honoré-Mercier bridge deck and the illumination of the Jacques Cartier Bridge.
Design is a rather young field that is often misunderstood by both the general public and professionals. Its approach marries aesthetics and functionality. A designer will often become involved the later stages of product and service development. Yet design is a method based on questioning what's concrete, aiming to create and innovate within a given organisational, economic, technological and social context.
Design is most certainly relevant when speaking of innovation. It can even be considered a problem-solving technique for organisations that hit a wall when looking to innovate.
Indeed, for about 30 years, even though discourse on innovation has become more prominent in organisations like the academic community (research and teaching), it remains more present in theory than in practice.
Our presentation touches on main blockages related to innovation, and design as an approach to skirt these obstacles as a renewed management approach.
Guillaume Blum is a professor at Université Laval's École de design, and is a specialist in knowledge management and innovation through design. He is interested in new practices in management and their effects on product and service development, as well as on people. He explores organisational transformations stemming from economic and societal changes.
Blum has a master's degree in engineering from France and a PhD in administration from Montreal. He is also a researcher for three research groups: UQAM's CIRST (Centre interuniversitaire de recherché sur les sciences et les technologies), LabCMO (laboratoire de communication médiatisé par) and LARAC (laboratoire de recherche-action sur les communs).
Researchers at HEC Montréal's Tech3Lab use the latest in neuroscience technology to truly understand the user experience during interaction with products and digital services.
Professor Pierre-Majorique Léger is a researcher, inventor and entrepreneur. His research seeks to improve the user experience while learning or using technology. He does this by analyzing massive amounts of bio-physiological data that are generated during human-IT interactions, which allow him to qualify emotion and cognitive responses in users. He is a professor of IT at HEC Montreal, as well as invited professor at the prestigious Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College and the Henry B. Tippe School of Management at the University of Iowa. He is the author of over 50 scientific articles, he holds at least 10 invention patents and has also been involved with several start-ups
Agile methods have taken software development by storm, but have been primarily applied to projects in what is referred to as the "agile sweet spot", which consists of small collocated teams working on small, non-critical, greenfield, in-house software projects with stable architectures and simple governance rules. These methods are being used more and more on large projects, but this has not been well documented.
Yvan Petit and Brian Hobbs received a grant from PMI's Sponsored Research Program to investigate the adoption and adaptation of agile methods for use on large projects in large organizations. The empirical study is based first on case studies, followed by a survey to validate and enrich the case study results. The research project is now complete. A detailed research monograph will be published by PMI and made available to members on their website at http://www.pmi.org/learning/academic-research/sponsored/published in the spring of 2017. An article will appear in the Project Management Journal later in 2017.
The conference will present the main results from the research in relation to the following four topics: 1) motives and strategies for implementing agile methods, 2) the impact of agile implementation on organizational roles, 3) the impact of agile implementation on project initiation, and 4) agile project organizations.
The results are somewhat paradoxical in that some features are common to almost all observations, while others show extreme variability. The common features include use of scrum methodology and agile coaches, as well as, the non-respect of the agile principle of emergent architecture.
Dr. Brian Hobbs PMP has been a professor at the School of Management of the University of Quebec at Montreal in the Master's Program in Project Management for more than thirty years. This program, of which he is a past director, is accredited by PMI's Global Accreditation Center. He founded the Project Management Research Chair at the University of Quebec in Montreal in 2007and held the Chair until 2015. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering, an MBA and a PhD in Management. He has served terms on both PMI's Standards and Research Members Advisory Groups and is currently a member of the PMI-Montreal Board of Governors. He received the 2012 PMI Research Achievement Award and with his colleague Monique Aubry received the 2012 International Project Management Association Research Award for their work on PMOs. In 2013, he received the Research Career Achievement Award from the School of Management. In 2015, he became a PMI Fellow.
Yvan Petit, M.Eng., MBA (Insead), PhD, PMP, PfMP is an associate professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal (ESG UQAM) since 2010. He is member of Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec since 1981, certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2001 and Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) since 2014.
His research interests are on portfolio management, agile methods and uncertainty management. He has over 25 years of experience in project management, primarily in software development and R&D in the telecommunications industry. He has been a member of the Canadian committee on the ISO TC-258 on Project Portfolio Management and is now a member of the PMI Standards MAG (Member Advisory Group). He is the program director for the post-graduate programs in project management at ESG UQAM since 2014.
When it comes to managing complex projects, the last few years have been rather lackluster. Loto-Québec and Cirque du Soleil's ill-fated project in Montreal's South West borough comes to mind, as well as the oil port and terminal in Cacouna, also known as the Beluga Saga. Not to mention the ever-present orange cones in Montreal, pipelines, and more. We've developed highly effective tools to facilitate project management, yet we struggle to bring complex projects that might succeed under different circumstances to fruition. The problem may be that we are using approaches and methodologies that have a wide range of effects and are meant for simple projects, on complex projects.
Corporate planning classically uses a top-down approach, essentially an exercise in expertise: technical, financial and market expertise, to be precise. A goal is identified, experts are chosen to develop the project, its impact on the business on the environment is evaluated, the project is submitted to the Board, and it is set in motion. If it's a simple project with little external impact, there are no problems. But what if the effects are too many, or too big? What if there are multiple advocates or stakeholders? What if their interests are different, or contradictory?
I wish to present a new perspective on how to conceptualise and plan these complex projects, which I will highlight through two starkly different examples: an urban revitalization project, and a reconciliation project in post-Apartheid South Africa. As social media become more efficient and powerful, as civil society's demands to be heard increase, it is necessary for project managers to adopt a new strategy, or give in to standpattism, confrontation and repression.
Louis Roquet has held a number of positions as a civil servant throughout his career. He was the CEO of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), CEO of Investissement Québec, the secretary-general of the City of Montreal and Director General of the Montreal Urban Community. He was President at Mouvement Desjardins and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins Capital de risque from October 2004 to October 2009. He was also CEO at Cevital, an Algerian multinational, from 2012 to 2014.
On top of speaking five languages, Roquet has a PhD in business administration from Harvard University and an MBA in finance and international administration from HEC Montréal.
Roquet is the President of the Mosaicultures International Montreal's Board of directors and Vice-President of Université de Montréal's Board of Directors. He is also on the board of directors for Birks Group, the Canadian Cancer Society and Centraide.
Roquet is the recipient of the Grand Prix Équinoxe Hommage 2007, awarded by the Société québécoise des professionnels en relations publiques for exceptional work in communications as a company manager and was named MBA of the year in 2004 by the l'Association des MBA du Québec.
Conference 1.5 hour (1.5 PDU Technical)
Based on the O`Neal model (2007), I will be sharing the Change-Promotor cycle that includes the following topics:
- What is a Change-Promoter?
- Idea and proposal generation and how to implement and sustain them
- Promotion and Sponsor engagement
- Attaining buy-in from key stakeholders
- Becoming a Change Agent
- Implementation
- Change targets and cycle ending /continuous improvement activities
- Influencing techniques
My presentation will be framed from the context of a very successful Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. An idea that was generated and implemented within Bombardier then adopted and now spearheaded by Aero Montréal. The initiative titled The Passion for Flight program has an objective to inspire and influence Quebec elementary and secondary students to pursue studies and ultimately a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Today the Passion for Flight program is impacting a large numbers of Quebec students.
Speaker : Marlene Sapene, B.A.A., Master Human Systems Interventions Director, People Change Management – Product Life Cycle – Engineering at Bombardier
Oubliez tout ce que vous avez déjà entendu sur les générations et découvrez comment faire face à la nouvelle réalité des jeunes, mais sans s'aliéner les plus vieux. Peu importe l'étiquette qu'on lui colle, la prochaine génération possède une vision bien particulière de la vie et du marché du travail. Quelles seront les répercussions sur votre entreprise? Êtes-vous prêt à faire face à cette nouvelle génération d'employés? Au programme:
- Quelles sont les attentes des nouvelles générations et comment y répondre?
- Quels sont leurs modes de communication privilégiés et comment les utiliser?
- Qu'est-ce qu'un emploi idéal et un bon patron?
- Ce qui leur donne le plus envie de se dépasser et les formes de reconnaissance les plus prisées par les garçons et les filles (et oui, il y a des différences…)?
Conférencier : Stéphane Simard
Stéphane Simard B.A., B.A.A., CRHA, CSP est conférencier international et auteur de cinq ouvrages traduits en quatre langues dont le best-seller Génération Y. Au cours des 10 dernières années, il a outillé concrètement plus de 20 000 gestionnaires afin d'attirer, mobiliser et fidéliser plus d'employés par le biais de ses conférences, formations et interventions en entreprise. Diplômé en administration des affaires et en enseignement, Stéphane est conseiller en ressources humaines agréé (CRHA) de l'Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréé et il possède le titre Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) de la National Speakers Association. Il a oeuvré durant plus de 15 ans au sein de moyennes et grandes entreprises des secteurs manufacturier et de services dans des postes de direction.
Matinée PMI
Croiser la gestion des bénéfices avec le bureau de projet
Par Monique Aubry
13 décembre 2017
Matinée PMI -Bien paraître comme gestionnaire de projet et savoir comment gérer sa carrière - Pascale Mounier
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Gestion de la capacité par le nivellement des ressources
Par Maxime Fournier
Soirée corporative - La gestion de projet, vue par un dirigeant
Par Danielle Girard
5 décembre 2017
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How to explain the resume gap when you opt back in
Addressing it in the cover letter is one good option
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I disagree with pointing out the gap on a cover letter, as that is not the place to bring up anything about yourself that could be viewed as a negative in any way, so you certainly shouldn't draw attention to it.
A gap in employment does not have to mean a gap on your resume. Unless they specifically require you to enter chronological work history, when you have those gaps such as are common with stay-at-home parents or military spouses, you should be using a functional resume format, instead. Learn to translate the skills you've learned both on & off the job into function area. Do not discount your volunteer experience, as it also can provide relevant skills & should be included.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by KP on 2nd June 2012
I have decided to return to work after six years. My child started school this year and I think it is time. The problem I am having is that I went from a stay at home mom when the economy was good and now looking for work then career now that the job market is very slow. I have plenty of office skills but no one seems to have any openings. I really think my issue is that everyone wants you to apply online so they can't meet me and then they see the hugh work gap on my resume. Well, its tuff out there but I wont give up.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by cali on 1st June 2011
Great article, ladies. This is often a sore spot for moms returning to work.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Roxanne Ravenel JobSearchCoach on 20th July 2008
I too recently returned to the workforce, and addressed this same problem and fears. I was able to seek the advice of a career counselor and we talked about what i've been doing during that large work gap. She helped me realise that though my resume wasn't about work skills in the work force that my time was a Domestic CEO (stay at home mom) i had picked up some very important skills that was just as valuable because they were in life experience skills. i was hired within a week.
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Big East M5: 02.11.13 EditionPosted by Dan Lyons on February 11th, 2013
- So, Mike Brey might be a bit prescient. Before Notre Dame's epic five-overtime win over Louisville this weekend, the Irish coach showed his team film from great boxing matches as motivation, and made comments comparing the upcoming game to a 15-round bout. Brey may have intended his analogy to allude to Louisville's frantic, fast-paced style of play that often wears out opponents, but as fate would have it, the game played out in a much more literal fashion. I expect that Brey will discuss first-round knockouts before this Wednesday's game against DePaul.
- Steve Lavin missed St. John's Sunday loss to Syracuse due to the passing of his father Albert "Cap" Lavin. Lavin and his father were reportedly very close, and Cap had played a part in this St. John's season earlier this year, when the Red Storm traveled west to take on his alma mater, San Francisco. According to St. John's assistant Rico Hines, who stepped in for Lavin during his absence in Syracuse, the players took the loss hard, as they had been able to spend time with the elder Lavin this season: "They were sad. They were really sad… Cap was one of those guys that watched every game or listened to it on the radio, and those guys knew that. … They all said they'd say a prayer for him, and we'll try to play as hard as we can."
- Syracuse's long national nightmare is (probably) over. Shortly before tip-off against St. John's Sunday, word leaked out that James Southerland had won his Friday appeal to a university academic panel, and that he'd be ready to play in the game. The re-introduction of Southerland to the team gives the Syracuse offense more potency from three-point range and vastly improves the Orange's spacing on the floor, allowing guards Michael Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche more room to operate. Southerland played 26 minutes off the bench against the Red Storm, scoring 13 points on 4-of-10 shooting from the field.
- The adjustment to Division I basketball for Pitt's Steven Adams has been a tough one, and it has apparently had a negative impact on the seven-footer's NBA Draft stock. Adams' play has been improving of late, and with his newfound ability, Pitt has been playing inspired basketball. The Panthers have won four of their last five contests, and during that stretch the freshman has averaged a very solid nine points, nine rebounds, and two blocks per game.
- Cincinnati hasn't been a pretty offensive team at all this year – without a significant low post threat like former Bearcat Yancy Gates manning the middle, it is almost entirely up to guards Sean Kilpatrick and Cashmere Wright to score in bunches from the outside. Unfortunately for UC, that two-guard punch has been significantly hampered by a sprain to Wright's right knee, which he sustained in a January 15 game against DePaul. Since returning from the injury, Wright has only scored in double-figures once, and as a team Cincinnati has averaged under 60 points per game during that stretch. For a squad without many reliable offensive options, Wright needs to return to form as soon as possible or the Bearcats risk falling further down the Big East standings.


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It's been nearly half a year since we first got a Nascar-ection from the new Ford Fusion stock car. This week, we got a first look at a real racecar version via Wood Brothers. It's still just a clay model, but damn, that's hotter than Gretchen Wilson's Budweiser dimples.
The vintage-style paint scheme will debut at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, following a debut at Roush Fenway Fan Day in Concord, NC this Thursday.
The vintage Motorcraft livery — developed at the Ford design studio — recalls the classic Daytona 500 livery of 1976, when David Pearson defeated King Richard Petty. That same year "The White Knight" by Cledus Maggard and The Citizen's Band topped the country charts. Oh, you think that's a coincidence? Ok, it is.
Still, the new look is a step in a positive direction, a step that other teams and manufacturers will soon follow. It's part of an effort to bring more stockness to stock-car racing, and hopefully more fans interested in cars, not just drivers. (Hat tip to Porsche 9146!)


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Moving Company Insurance- Who Is Responsible For Damaged Goods?
Moving can be a very difficult task because it involves packing up everything you own and moving it to a completely different location. To make the process easier, the services of a moving company is usually needed. However, there is one common mistake that individuals make when employing the services of a moving company and that is underestimating the type and how much insurance coverage is needed in case anything becomes damaged. It is common to check and see that the company offers insurance and just assume that it covers all possible damages and then just go on. This can be quite problematic.
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Rick Springfield, best known for his hit song "Jessie's Girl," will sign copies of his debut novel, "Magnificent Vibration," at 7 tonight at Barnes & Noble, Shoppers World, Framingham. The event is free.
Springfield's visit to Framingham comes just prior to his concert with Pat Benatar and Neil Girardo at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston on July 1.
Variety magazine said of Springfield's writing effort: "This is not the prose of a rock star who decided totry his hand at novel writing, but of a novelist who just happens to be a rockstar."
The novel was a May 2014 official pick of the Arizona Republic, which said, "Springfield's outrageous, imaginative tale will appeal to fans of Douglas Adams. A strange one, but one with heart."
Tickets are still available to Springfield's 7:30 p.m. Tuesday show in Boston with Pat Benatar at livenation.com


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We celebrated my daughter's 18th birthday three years ago with a hot air balloon ride. We returned for her 21st birthday and celebrated with lunch and wine tasting. What a wonderful venue. Next may be a wedding!
Brian on the Behind the Scenes Tour was awesome! Penrose and Syrah wines were both quite good.
T. Durning – Chino Hills , CA
Matt in the tasting room was absolutely AWESOME! Thanks!
A. Strand - Bellflower, CA
Delightful wine tour! Delicious wines! Wish I could be here every week!
Forgot to tell you I dragged Jim, kicking & almost screaming, in to the Grape Seed Spa for a wonderful massage. We thought we had died & gone to heaven. The girls were so nice to us & we felt like a million dollars when we were done & the drive home was like floating on a cloud. It was our 2nd massage ever in our lives, to die for, what a way to go. Great staff there & what a beautiful spa, got to see it all this time. Talk care & see you soon we hope.
- D. Ahles, San Diego, CA
Great wine tour! Better than tour we took in Napa. The private tasting in the Barrel Room was a nice touch.
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The latest version of this topic can be found at property (C++).
Microsoft Specific**
This attribute can be applied to non-static "virtual data members" in a class or structure definition. The compiler treats these "virtual data members" as data members by changing their references into function calls.
__declspec( property( get=get_func_name ) ) declarator
__declspec( property( put=put_func_name ) ) declarator
__declspec( property( get=get_func_name, put=put_func_name ) ) declarator
When the compiler sees a data member declared with this attribute on the right of a member-selection operator ("." or "->"), it converts the operation to a get or put function, depending on whether such an expression is an l-value or an r-value. In more complicated contexts, such as "
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__declspec(property(get=GetX, put=PutX)) int x[];
The above statement indicates that
x[] can be used with one or more array indices. In this case,
i=p->x[a][b] will be turned into
i=p->GetX(a, b), and
p->x[a][b] = i will be turned into
p->PutX(a, b, i);
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struct S {
int i;
void putprop(int j) {
i = j;
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A "ring of fire" glows around the dark moon on Jan. 26, 2009, as seen from Bandar Lampung in Indonesia during an annular solar eclipse.
Eclipse-chasers have been known to plan their expeditions months or even years in advance, but if you can get to the western United States, there's still plenty of time to plan your party for this month's solar eclipse. If the skies are clear, all you have to do is look up — with the proper eye protection, of course.
The May 20 event won't be quite as spectacular as a total solar eclipse, but if you can make it to a 200-mile-wide strip of territory that extends from the Oregon-California coast to northwestern Texas, you just might see a rare "Ring of Fire" eclipse near sunset. And that zone of annularity runs through some of the most picturesque parts of the country, including the Grand Canyon and 32 other national parks.
Outside the strip, Westerners will see a partial solar eclipse for the first time in seven years.
"Think of Pac-Man taking a bite out of the sun," Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service, said in a news release. "That 'bite' will take out 55 to 80 percent of the disk of the sun, depending on where you are, and that's still a very special experience."
The park service has put together an interactive website that shows you where the eclipse will be visible, lists events tied to the eclipse and provides more online resources about the phenomenon. Don't dawdle over your travel plans: Some of the park events, such as a viewing session from New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument, are already sold out.
This eclipse will be an international spectacle that's not to be missed. Over the course of three and a half hours, the moon will blot out at least part of the sun, as seen from earthly locales stretching from Southeast Asia through China and the Pacific to North America and Greenland. Because of the moon's position with relation to Earth, the lunar disk will never block the sun completely, but will leave at least an edge of the solar disk exposed.
Safety first
For that reason, it's important to use the proper protection when gazing at the eclipse, even during the "Ring of Fire" phase. You can buy safety glasses for less than a buck each from Telescopes.net, with all of the proceeds going to support Astronomers Without Borders. Eclipse shades are available as well from Rainbow Symphony and lots of other online vendors.
You can also put a solar filter on your telescope or binoculars — but regular sunglasses won't do the trick. The filters should be specially designed for solar viewing. Same goes for your camera: Unless you know what you're doing, taking a picture of the sun without the proper filter is a good way to ruin your point-and-shoot. NASA's top eclipse expert, Fred Espenak, offers a guide to photographing any kind of solar eclipse easily and safely.
National Park Service
A graphic shows U.S. national parks within the zone of annularity for the May 20 solar eclipse. A partial solar eclipse can be seen from parks outside the zone that are marked in orange. Click on the interactive map.
Another way to view the eclipse is to fashion a "pinhole camera" from a box, aluminum foil and a sheet of white paper — or even from just two squares of cardboard. This Exploratorium webpage shows you how. The simplest way to get a sense of the eclipse is to find a semi-shady spot and watch the circles of sunlight falling through tree leaves. During a partial eclipse, the circles will turn into half-moons or crescents. If the sun goes annular, you'll see bright rings on the ground.
If you're in the Western states, the best time to look will be in the late afternoon of the 20th. NASA has put a clickable map online that shows you when the different stages of the eclipse occur for the locality you click. One caveat: The times are listed as Universal Time, so you'll have to subtract seven hours for Pacific Daylight Time, six hours for Mountain Time, or five hours for Central Time.
Where to go
You can track eclipse visibility using the maps available from NASA or the National Park Service, but how do you pick just the right place? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist for the Exploratorium in San Francisco, advises matching up the maps with places that are accessible and tend to have clear skies. Eclipser's Forecast Desk provides long-term projections of global sky conditions for the hard-core eclipse-chaser, and when you get within 48 hours of the event, the Clear Sky Chart can give you a better idea what to expect.
It's a good idea to scout out your location in advance if you can, and it's also a good idea to retain some flexibiliity in your itinerary, just in case you have to shift your base of operations to find a clear patch of sky. I'm planning to head for Crescent City, Calif., to see a close-to-sunset eclipse over the Pacific, but from what I've been hearing about the fogginess on the coast, it'd be prudent for me to check out some vantage points farther inland.
Make sure you've got good western exposure, though. "You don't want mountains to be in the way," Doherty said. The farther east you go, the later the eclipse occurs — and the closer the sun will be to the western horizon. Some observers have dubbed Albuquerque, N.M., as the prime urban spot for seeing this eclipse, but the "Ring of Fire" will flash there just before sunset. That means you'll need a clear line of sight to the far horizon.
Jan. 15, 2010: Astronomers believe a solar eclipse seen across Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean may be the longest annular eclipse in more than 1,000 years. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
Hang onto those glasses
After the eclipse, you can put your sun-viewing glasses through another tryout during the transit of Venus on June 5. Over the course of several hours, the planet Venus will be visible as a tiny speck of black, making its way across the sun's disk for what Doherty calls a "micro-eclipse." This map from NASA shows that the transit will be visible from most of North America in the hours leading up to sunset (although Alaskans will be out of luck this time around).
The same eclipse safety rules apply to the transit: Don't gaze directly at the sun with your naked eye. Use the proper solar filters on your telescope, binoculars or camera. Feel free to make a pinhole projector, although Venus' tiny speck will be much harder to track than the effects of a solar eclipse.
Looking even farther ahead, there's a total solar eclipse on tap for Nov. 13, with the track of totality running across the northern tip of Australia and a wide expanse of the Pacific. That's the year's big prize for eclipse-chasers, but time is running out to make arrangements for a trip to Cairns or a Pacific cruise.
"A year or two is the rule for getting to a total solar eclipse," Doherty said. "But there's always this tradeoff between time ahead and money spent. If you want to go the less expensive way, plan early. If you're willing to pay a little bit more, go late."
The good news is that Americans have plenty of time to plan for a convenient total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017. On that day, the path of totality will stretch diagonally across the United States, from Oregon to North Carolina.
"That eclipse, you're just going to be able to drive to," Doherty said. "So if you miss this one, start planning now for 2017."
Tune us in online
To hear more tales of eclipses past, present and future, join us tonight for "Virtually Speaking Science," an hourlong talk show that plays out on BlogTalkRadio and in the Second Life virtual world. Doherty (a.k.a. Patio Plasma) and I will be at the StellaNova Small Auditorium, courtesy of the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics, starting at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT/SLT).
If you miss the live event, don't worry: It'll be archived by "Virtually Speaking" on BlogTalkRadio as well as iTunes.
On Friday, head on over to the Cosmic Log Facebook page for our weekly "Where in the Cosmos" picture puzzle. If you're the first to solve the riddle, you'll be eligible to receive a pair of sun-viewing safety glasses for this month's eclipse and next month's transit. In the meantime, check out these podcasts from previous episodes of "Virtually Speaking Science," plus links to eclipse-related resources:
- Get set to chase a solar eclipse
- Photo gallery: Greatest hits from solar eclipses
- Interactive graphic: What causes a solar eclipse?
- 12 must-see skywatching events in 2012
- All about solar eclipses on msnbc.com
- Podcasts: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto on Yuri's Night
- JPL's Dave Beaty on the search for life on Mars
- Shawn Lawrence Otto on science and politics
- Ig Nobel impresario Marc Abrahams on silly science
- Rocket scientist Robert Zubrin on Mars exploration
- Propulsion expert Marc Millis on interstellar spaceflight
- Sean Carroll on the puzzling frontiers of physics
- Rand Simberg on the private-enterprise vision for spaceflight
- Martin Hoffert on the future of energy policy
- George Djorgovski on science in virtual worlds
- Alan Stern on suborbital research and NASA's mission to Pluto
- Col. 'Coyote' Smith on the outlook for space solar power
- Tim Pickens on rocket ventures and the Google Lunar X Prize
Corrections for 10:25 p.m. ET: A couple of the Web links went to information about the November total solar eclipse when they should have referred to the May annular solar eclipse, but that's been fixed. I've also fixed the reference to the eclipse's timing in Albuquerque. From that location, the annular phase will last a little more than four minutes, from 7:33 to 7:38 p.m. MT, followed by sunset a little after 8 p.m. I originally (and erroneously) wrote that the "Ring of Fire" would occur four minutes before sunset.
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter or adding Cosmic Log's Google+ page to your circle. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for other worlds.


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Jose Martinez, OF, White Sox (High-A Winston-Salem): 3-for-5, 2B, 3 R. He doesn't have the wheels anymore, but other tools are in place; 22-year-old is up to .434/.492/.604 in 13 games.
Josh Phegley, C, White Sox (Double-A Birmingham): 2-for-5, 2 HR (3), 2 R, 4 RBI. Few doubted he could hit coming out of college, but questions about receiving skills remain unanswered as he's committed 12 errors and been charged with 23 passed balls in just 91 career games behind the plate.
Small problem: Martinez' BABIP is an astronomical .479.


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The right of access to information is not just a fundamental right of every citizen but also a vital instrument for sustaining a civilized and democratic society. It enables citizens to know the true facts and thus objectively evaluate or monitor the performance of their government. The right to information is critical to the process of strengthening good governance, accountability and transparency.
Understanding the concept: Any citizen has the right to access information and record held by public bodies, subject to some restrictions. FOI refers to a situation in which citizens can easily seek and receive information from the government departments and public bodies.
In 1946, during the first session, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 59 (1), which stated: Freedom of Information is a fundamental human right, the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the UN is consecrator. This was followed by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948.
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National Project for Participatory Citizens-Police Interaction and training for improved policing of Human Rights violations and advocating police reforms"
Police Reforms in Pakistan: According to Transparency International Pakistan National Corruption Perception Survey of 2006, respondents ranked the police as the most corrupt institution in Pakistan by a wide margin. In addition, two nation-wide opinion polls conducted by the International Republican Institute in 2006 showed that the public viewed the police least favorably among national institutions such as the army, government, NGOs and the media.
One possible reason for this could be that the police have not received the level of government priority in terms of funding for institutional infrastructure, technology and human resource development as merited by an institution of such critical importance. Politically motivated appointments/transfers of staff have adversely affected the performance and damaged the credibility of the institution in the eyes of the public.
Nisar Baloch A courageous and committed man was killed on 7th November, 2009. Nisar Baloch, resident of Old Golimar, hero of Gutter Bagicha, was gunned down in cold blood by the land mafia. He had spent the last two decades fighting to save what is left of an amenity park in a congested section of this unfortunate city...Read more →
Advocate Malik Jarar Hussain Friday (morning), February 08, 2013, Advocate Malik Jarar Hussain, a resource person of Shehri-CBE in Peshawar killed while dropping his kids to school. His crime being a shia human rights activist. He regularly participated Shehri Police Training workshops in Peshawar and delivered lectures on Human Rights.Read more →
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He's working hard. He's putting on weight. He's eating Wheaties. He's saying his prayers. He's drinking nothing but unicorn milk. He's doing the Rocky IV training in Russia. He's P90X-ing while Tae Bo-ing. Etc. Etc.
Merited or not, he has earned himself a reputation among the media types as being soft. KFAN's Dan Barreiro had an on-going bit entitled "How Long Would Mauer Milk It?" alluding to various other afflictions (rug burn, paper cuts, etc) and the time the Twins catcher would spend on the bench. This also leaked from being a local gag to a more national sentiment. In fact, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Joe Cowley recently wrote that "Joe Mauer is the guy in the foxhole who'd rather push someone else onto the grenade than risk his hair getting messed up." That's a pretty damning view of his character, especially coming from a visiting columnist who does not see the inner workings of the clubhouse last year.
True, while he may have ticked off some teammates and writers with his spa treatment in the whirlpool facilities, when he was on the field his performance was substandard for the bar that Mauer had set. Clearly, one of the biggest mitigating factors behind this was his health. It is unfortunate that he has had to jump through these hoops to explain that he wasn't 100% last year but that comes with the $23 million dollar territory.
During an interview on1500ESPN with Tom Pelissero and Phil Mackey, Twins hitting coach Joe Vavra discussed what he perceived as causes for Mauer's disappointing 2011 season and the effects the various injuries and ailments had on his performance. Because of his leg injury, Vavra said that the Twins catcher had troubles "getting off his backside and favored his legs a bit." This, he said, led to more head movement as well as him being "unable to turn on the ball."
Vavra, a very astute hitting coach, said he first noticed the change in Mauer late in the 2010 season when he showed less of a tendency to turning on the ball. The subsequent offseason surgery and inability to fully recuperation likely exacerbated his leg issues into the "bi-lateral leg weakness" that sprung up. Without much of a foundation, Mauer struggled to pull the ball in addition to lifting the ball in the air.
As anyone who has spent one iota of time watching the Twins knows, Mauer's bread-and-butter has been his ability to go the other way. Not only is he able to drive the pitch on the outer-half to left field, he often uses that inside-outside to muscle pitches on the inner-half the other way as well. After all, he's a .436 career hitter when going oppo and, during his magical 2009 MVP season in which he smacked 28 home runs, a high percentage of his home runs were actually hit to left field (11 opposite field home runs).
Even though he made his millions feasting on left field, he still showed the potential to sock one to right every now and then. In 2011, that tendency decreased considerable. As you can see, Mauer's ability to pull the ball has diminished some in comparison to the past several years and compared to his career too:
Similarly, Mauer had troubles lifting the ball to center as well, showing little power when smacking a pitch back up-the-middle:
Visually, his batted ball spray chart tells the same story. In 2009 and 2010 Mauer placed hits liberally to mid-to-deep center field and right field. That essentially evaporated in 2011 as only a handful of balls leaked out to (and over) the wall.
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What all this says is that he did not drive the ball as well as he did as recently as 2010.
As the data showed above, Mauer definitely struggled to get around on pitches but what's more is that he was unable to generate any lift. In 2011, just 21.5% of the balls he hit were of the fly ball variety – the lowest rate of his career. This put him in the category with punch-and-judy slap hitters like Ben Revere, Wilson Valdez, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki and Elvis Andrus – the only hitters ahead of him who hit fewer fly balls. Without a strong foundation, hitters have troubles elevating the ball and without elevation, you lose extra base hit capabilities.
A year ago, Vavra cited Denard Span's head movement as a major impetus behind his drop-off in 2010. That season, Span's number declined as his groundball rate grew a bit. According to Vavra, Span was demonstrating too much head movement, rising up when the pitch was coming and causing him to shift the plane which led to less square contact. Now Vavra has made a mention of this being one of the issues for Mauer. If Mauer has been doing the same thing, it is not showing up on video footage of him (at least not to the extent that Span's head movement had shown).Nevertheless, his 55.4% groundball rate in 2011 was the highest of his career and changing his vision plane would be a logical source for this increase.
What are the odds that Mauer can bring himself back up into shape for 2012?
Mauer had said he has rededicated himself this offseason, reportedly adding 30 pounds after shedding so much during the season last year, but mostly concentrating on his knee:
"My workouts at this point were focused on rehabbing the knee, and I really didn't get to work on other things. Being a baseball player, with all the other movements you need to make, you need to focus on total body, and I'm able to do that now."
If healthy in 2012, Mauer should be able to turn on the ball a bit more, adding some lift and distance, and make people forget that he spent in the infirmary. He will likely never match that special 2009 season but as a high average/high on-base, solid defensive catcher, he is capable of being the anchor this team desperately needs.


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I was happy to see the front page of the Style section in today's Washington Post, featuring a story on Senator Al Franken.
I first met Al Franken at an annual dinner of the American Enterprise Institute in the mid-to-late 1990s. I was walking down the staircase from the reception to the dinner, and suddenly I noticed he was walking right next to me. I touched his arm (or maybe I slapped it), and said "I know you! You're, you're… AlFranken!" And he said "why, yes, I am–and who are you?" And then I told him I was just a lowly tax policy analyst at CBO who had written something that went into an AEI book the prior year, but what was he doing there, and all he told me was that the only reason he was there was because Norm Ornstein of AEI was (and still is?) his good friend.
I have to admit, I can't remember exactly what year that dinner was–but it turned out that at that time Al was working on or just finished his "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big, Fat Idiot" book which included some spot-on discussions about the distribution of the tax burden, which happened to be the issue I was working on for CBO at the same time. (It was the focus of my Ph.D. dissertation as well; here's the book I eventually wrote with my dissertation supervisor.)
I didn't know about Al's command of fiscal policy until after the encounter, when I read his book and then over the years another and another, and I was impressed. Not just about how funny he was in these books, but how substantive and insightful and correct he could be in his policy analysis, and his rare talent in disguising the otherwise dry policy analytics as something engaging enough for normal people (not just policy geeks) to read and learn about. That ability to "translate" like that was inspiring to me.
In fact, I was so taken by Al Franken's books that had my budding social-activist child, my second daughter, Emily, read his books starting at age 12–as a early middle-schooler. (Emily is the kid who would later be the one accompanying me to the anti-war march in DC and who would eventually become an officer at her high school's Amnesty International group.)
So the second time I met Al was in late 2005, when I took Emily to a book signing (in McLean, VA) for his new "The Truth (with jokes)" book. We had arrived at the very start, heard Al talk to the group of people mostly way older than me, let alone Emily (who was certainly his youngest fan there), but then I had to take Emily to her basketball game.
By the time the game was over and we rushed back to the bookstore fearing we were too late to catch him, it turned out that there were only a few people left in line waiting for their books to be signed, and Emily and I were going to be the last ones to have our book signed and talk with him–so we got some high-quality, individual time with him! I loved how warmly Al greeted and talked with us. (This, even though Emily was sweaty from the bball game!)
I explained how I had met him years before, and having heard him talk about possible interest in running for the Senate in 2008 (fans at the book signing had asked him about that), I told him I worked on the Hill on fiscal policy issues and gave him my business card, telling him "if you ever need an economist…" (He never called or emailed me, but I don't hold that against him and like to think he just couldn't find me when he needed me, as I've moved on since then.)
I've been trying to keep up with now-Senator Franken; my ears always perk up when I hear him on the TV that's normally just background noise for me at home and in my office. I always like what I hear, because Senator Franken shows that mixture of conviction, honesty, intelligence and good humor in how he explains things.
So in today's Washington Post, I was happy to see Post writer Jason Horowitz suggest that not only is Al Franken funny and getting more comfortable about showing that funny side even as Senator Franken, but he's using his unique talents to show more political courage than your average politician as well. For example:
In early February, Franken rose during a private panel discussion with the Democratic caucus and Axelrod and theatrically declared, "I've been in a slow burn" about the administration's handling of health care, according to several attendees who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the details of a private meeting. He then launched into an extended critique and demanded to know from Axelrod when the president would take a leading role in pushing the issue. According to multiple sources familiar with the proceedings, Axelrod countered that the president had constantly championed health-care reform.
Franken, according to several sources, urged Axelrod to answer his question and aggressively suggested that the administration push the House to pass the Senate's health-care reform bill. Axelrod replied that if Franken had the names of 218 supportive members of Congress in his pocket, he'd gladly pass them along to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Axelrod added that he doubted Franken did.
Franken then, according to multiple sources, directed his ire toward President Obama.
"When will he apologize for his stupid idea to put these discussions on C-SPAN," Franken said, according to two sources.
So, Senator Franken: if by chance you feel like speaking up more on fiscal responsibility (which I know you understand and care about), and if you could use some help from an economist on the substance of the issue, I happen to know an economist who could use your help in making the fiscal responsibility messages more compelling to real people–or even just to those people who are your colleagues now. I'm at the Concord Coalition now. Give me a call!
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To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: st: Multiple Imputation
did you consult the help file, the pdf-manual, and/or other sources
_before_ writing to Statalist as suggesteted in the FAQ
(http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/statalist.html#before)? It
seems, at least some of your questions can easily be solved using this
You quote the error message, which is generally a good idea. However,
all you probably need to solve your problem is already on your screen.
Stata tells you to use -cd- to change your directory. So you should
either type
. cd <whatever directory you have write permission>
directly, or, for more informartion
. help cd
Note that none of us can tell which directories you may write to and which not.
Concerning your first question, I am not quite sure why you want to do
univariate regression (I assume you mean univariate imputation using
-regress-) when you have more than one variable with missing values.
Univariate imputation is only appropriate if you have missing values
in only one of your variables, as can be seen from the help file and
pdf documentation. So you will have to use a multivariate method to
impute your missing values.
Questions about the propper number of imputations to be added are
briefly discussed in the pdf manual. This number depends, besides
other things, on how large your proporition of missing values is. If
you do not want to go into greater detail here, the number should be
something between 5 and 20, where 5 was a rule-of-thumbs for some
time, manly because computers were slow and it would have been
computationally to burdensome to do more. I think I am already
starting to quote the pdf, so just start there. You will also find
additional literature there.
Concerinign -rseed()- please see the entry
. help seed
or follow the link to -[R] set seed- in the help file for -mi impute-.
Personally, I do not believe the -seed- to be that important, if your
are not running simulations, but others (knowing more about potential
problems with computers generating "random" numbers) might well
disagree here. I usually -set seed- only so I (and others) can
replicate my results, and for thta purpose you may simply set your
seed 42 (or any number).
Note that there is an ado -setrngseed- by Antoine Terracol and Bill
Gould, available from SSC that allows you to set "ture" random
I am having a problem with -mi-. I am using Stata version 11.2.
[...] Firstly, after registering variables with missings as imputed
and registering other variables as normal, what variables do i include
into the univariate regression? All variables in the data set? Or just
the variables i need for a specific model? Because including all the
imputed variables as well as the normal variables into the regression
brings up a mesage that says : "Option add( ) is required when no
imputation exist." How do i specify what number to have in add( ) and
rseed( )?
This leads me to use only one of the registered imputated variables
and all the registered normal variables in the univariate regression.
I get this message afterwards: "Could not find a filename for
temporary flongsep file. I tried _mitmpfile1.dta through
_mitmpfile200.dta. Peharps you do not have write permission in the
current directory . This may occur, for example, if you started Stata
by clicking directly on the Stata executable on a netweork drive. You
should make sure you have written permission for the current
directory or use cd to change to a directory that has write
permission. Use pwd to determine you current directory." I dont
understand how to change to a directory that has write pwermission.
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Leaked Documents Show the U.N.'s Internet Power Grab...
With very low visibility, a small agency in the United Nations - the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - might be about to quietly try and regulate the entire Internet.
The ITU has planned a meeting this upcoming December where each of the 193 member nations will vote on various proposed Internet regulations. What's striking is that the details of the proposals have been kept secret, so it was impossible to know what authoritarian governments were plotting or how the U.S. was responding.
Until now. A pair of researchers from George Mason University created a website called WCITLeaks.org in the hopes that someone with access to the secretive proposals would leak them and make them available to the public. Last Friday, that's exactly what happened. Someone leaked the 212-page planning document being used by governments to prepare for the December conference. You can read it yourself here.
What it shows is breathtaking. First, China is proposing "to give countries authority over the information and communication infrastructure within their state" and require that online companies "operating in their territory" use the Internet "in a rational way"- in short, to legitimize full government control.
Second, several proposals would give the U.N. power to regulate online content for the first time, under the guise of protecting against computer malware or spam.
Third, Russia and some Arab countries are proposing to be able to inspect private communications such as email.
Fourth, Iran and Russia are proposing new rules to measure Internet traffic along national borders and bill the originator of the traffic, as with international phone calls - essentially creating national toll booths for data.
Fifth, there is a proposal that would give the U.N. control over the Internet's Domain Name System, replacing ICANN which operates under a contract from the U.S. Commerce Department.
Take all of this in its totality and what we see are proposals that would A) grant power and authority over the very functioning of the Internet to the United Nations, and B) grant authoritarian governments the ability to censor, monitor, and more strictly control both the content of the Web itself and people's behavior on it. What's at stake is nothing less than a system based on open flows of information, as opposed to an "information world order" based on government controls.
L. Gordon Crovitz from the Wall Street Journal is right in his assessment: "Authoritarian regimes are busy lobbying a majority of the U.N. members to vote their way. The leaked documents disclose a U.S. side that has hardly begun to fight back. That's no way to win this war."
Everyone better wake up. Soon.


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Hooks hurt less than needles
October 11, 2013
Just got back from the Urgent Care before writing this. Standing in my fish room I sharpened a dull jig and within 30 seconds somehow buried it deeply in my index finger. I pulled and pulled....
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Orlando – Despite a push from local LGBT activists, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs did not come out in favor of marriage equality during her 2014 State of the County Address.
Jacobs spoke to a crowd of politicians, media, Orange County employees and citizens at The Ballroom at Church Street, keeping with her theme of "The Year of Transformation," as she highlighted a variety of accomplishments over the last year.
During the June 6 speech, Jacobs mentioned diversity and inclusiveness, but did not speak specifically to LGBT issues or equality. Jacobs talked about how the variety of cultures and differences has helped transform businesses and different sectors of the county, then repeated that section in Spanish.
Watermark questioned Jacobs after the address about what the "transformation" and "change" she spoke of means for the LGBT community. Jacobs replied that Orange County has done as much possible for the LGBT community, just like many other local governments in Florida have with their limited power.
"One of my first initiatives, you may recall, was providing domestic partner benefits for employees of Orange County that were in domestic partner relationships, and then expanding the partnership registry that the City of Orlando had countywide," Jacobs said.
At a County Commission meeting June 3, LGBT activists Mary Meeks and Gina Duncan urged Jacobs to use the State of the County Address to openly and directly state her support for marriage equality, as Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer did in his April 10 State of the City Address. Jacobs did not directly state anything about marriage equality, but when questioned after the address, mentioned that as a local official there was not much she could do.
"As far as marriage equality, that is not a local government issue, it is not something as Mayor of Orange County that I can impact," Jacobs said. "It is something that is a state and federal issue, so we are watching that very closely to see what evolves from that."
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I cannot remember he last time I covered football, baseball, and hockey in one post. So here is a quick post to try and make up for that...
- As the 'stache alluded to earlier, three members of DAI went to Monday night's Dodgers-Pirates showdown. And by "showdown", I of course mean that the Pirates "showed" the Dodgers why they belong so far "down" in the standings. We had four freebies, didn't get to PNC until the second inning, and in trying to give the last ticket away to the first person we saw, we had what could be considered the defining conversation of the 2008 Pirates campaign...
SCENE - Three DAI writers approach homeplate entrance, seek out passerby
Me: Hey man, here's a ticket. Seriously, take it. We have an extra, I'd like you to have it.
Man: Oh, thanks, it's ok though, we just left.
Farewell, 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates.
- All sorts of Penguins training camp posts across the internet today. I've been to Penguins training camp, and regardless of what anyone says, you cannot predict anything based on training camp efforts. I though Michael Sivek looked unstoppable one year. That's right: UNSTOPPABLE. Michael Sivek. I rest my case. So I really can't get too excited about what even the msot credible of people (Jesse, Seth, Therrien, anyone) see at training camp. I did, however, get excited when I saw this post about Satan's production from Empty Netters a few days ago.
- Lastly, guess who is running his mouth again. Seriously, take five seconds and make an educated guess. You will be right. I guarantee it. Just like Joey Porter all but guaranteed the Dolphin's first victory against the Patriots this weekend by saying that "it will be good to get our first victory".
Oh Peezy. When will you learn. But how can I ever be mad at you after this?


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My htpc as recently passed away, while it was in its final death throws it was very unstable...
I save play info on my music/movies and i was losing a lot of updates.
When are database changes flushed to disk?
I guess you mark items has dirty when they are modified?
I was expecting you to flush the changes to disk in the background (when system is idle etc), but i am not sure that you do.
if i don't explicitly save the database using the save db command if anything happens to xlobby i was loosing my updates.
I have save to item disabled if that is any use.


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Sunday, March 2, 2008
9/11 Revisionism in Shenon, The Commission
According to Dobbs, the book is "a detailed narrative of the most important government investigative body since the Warren Commission." The story's "hero, or anti-hero, of The Commission is Zelikow, a history professor at the University of Virginia, former State Department counselor and author of several books on foreign policy, including one written with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Shenon recounts several conflicts of interest that might have raised questions about Zelikow's suitability to direct the 9/11 investigation."
Although the author "makes a good case that Zelikow, for all his brilliance, was often arrogant and abrasive," he is "less convincing when he argues that Zelikow used his position to try to skew the final report. As the commissioners noted in their statement defending Zelikow, the 'proper standard for judgment is the quality of the report' itself." Further, Shernon's "sourcing falls short of the standard set by the 9/11 commission. His book includes 14 pages of often vague notes, compared to 114 pages in the 9/11 report." Dobbs concludes: "Future historians will almost certainly come across evidence that the commission overlooked. But four years later, the 9/11 report stands up pretty well -- despite Shenon's dogged revisionism."
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- Supremacy Claus said...
The causative factor of the lawyer profession will never enter the discussion. However, it seems self-evident.
1) Trial lawyers hounded Clinton in a bogus, lawyer gotcha impeachment. He likely spent 1000's of hours on his defense, that should have gone to the defense of the nation. The same effect happens to the leadership of all productive sectors of the economy.
2) Lawyers prevented assertive questioning and physical intimidation of the adversary.
3) Multiple terror attacks, prior to 2001, justified retaliatory killing of our enemies. Lawyers put the brakes on our warriors. For example, our enemy in WWII learned only after 7 million Germans and 6 million Japanese were eradicated. These lawyers have embedded themselves among our warriors, and second guess their tactical decisions. Warriors now fear litigation by lawyers, more than they fear the enemy.
4) All PC is case. Thus all PC driven current kowtowing to our adversary invites future attacks.
Nor will anyone ever propose the real remedy. By statute, preferably by Amendment, exclude anyone who has ever passed 1L from all benches, all legislative seats, and all responsible policy positions in the Executive. 1L is the time when the indoctrination takes place, and no student may be retrieved after that. This statute is like those excluding the felon.
Another major attack may recur. If a city is taken out by a nuclear device, 1776 is at risk. I would sacrifice the convenience of the legal profession before allowing any risk to that rare flower of Athens, 1776.
- March 2, 2008 at 11:18:00 PM EST


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Video: CityDance Ensemble
You would have thought that to meet Paul Gordon Emerson, the director of the Washington D.C. based CityDance Ensemble, I would have taken a train from New Jersey (my home state) to the capital of the U.S. while I was still living there. But instead I grabbed a bus to Jerusalem a few nights ago.
Let's backtrack: Paul's interest in reviving older modern dance masterpieces and my research on these works first brought us together online nearly six years ago. We've kept up our correspondence over the years, reconnecting this fall when CityDance staged Sophie Maslow's Folksay from Labanotation score (this was doubly exciting for me: my undergraduate thesis on Jewish-American choreographers highlighted Maslow's career, and I studied Labanotation intensively in graduate school). Yet we never met face to face – until now.
CityDance is currently touring the Middle East, and as part of the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival – which features companies from around the world performing both in the West Bank and in Israel – the company had concerts in Jerusalem and Nazareth this week. Since the Tel Aviv is only an hour away from Jerusalem, I jumped at the chance to see the company and hopped on a bus.


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For owners of investment advisory firms, "the key to achieving more may be doing less," say TD Ameritrade and ThinkAdvisor contributor FA Insight in a new white paper.
By less, they means less time on overseeing internal meetings and less time on smaller accounts. They claim principals can potentially accelerate their firm's growth by adding two key positions — dedicated management and an associate advisor — that give them more time to go out and bring in new business.
The white paper, titled "Breakout Growth: Adding Key Positions to Unlock Growth Potential," finds that firms with a dedicated manager produced 36% more income per owner and 41% more operating profit per client than firms where advisors do double duty as business managers, the research showed. Likewise, firms with an associate advisor earned 44% more income per owner and added clients 15% faster than firms without.
Adding talent isn't enough, however, according to the white paper: "principals need to carve out clear job roles, create a framework that can support a far bigger enterprise down the road and then have the courage to step aside."
"Putting everyone in the firm, especially the founder, to their highest and best use is the end game," Christine Gaze, TD Ameritrade Institutional's director of practice management, said in a statement. "RIAs that effectively deploy these two key roles create opportunities for a productive shift in focus of the lead advisors, which can produce dramatic results."
Three common missteps RIAs make, she said, involve having unrealistic expectations for your new associate advisor; hiring a business manager but then not trusting them to manage the firm; and hiring managers who are not capable of building and running the bigger company you envision.
Throwing new hires into the deep end: Gaze notes that many principals, themselves the product of Wall Street's 'sink or swim' culture, expect new hires to immediately get up to speed and so they often become frustrated when they instead see a cost center that is not generating revenue, according to the paper. Yet associates can create tremendous value by freeing the lead advisor to spend more seeking new business. Firms that don't take the time to develop new advisors only ensure they will suffer expensive turnover.
"When the principal has unrealistic expectations, it sows the seeds for a toxic work environment," Gaze said. "Principals need to regard the associate as an investment for the future, a seed that needs to be watered and cultivated."
Holding on for too long: Gauze argues that adding an operations manager or chief operating officer isn't overhead: dedicated managers hold the fort so that the senior advisor can focus on strategy and attracting more assets. Consider that half of U.S. RIA firms generating $1.5 million in annual revenue have one or more dedicated managers, but among firms generating at least $3.5 million, 90 percent have professional management. The challenge for principals is moving over and letting their new manager take the wheel. It is not always a comfortable transition for RIA principals, many of whom are entrepreneurs who wanted to be the boss and spent years building their own business. As a result many firms postpone hiring dedicated management until they get "bigger," but these firms may wait too long and see growth stall as bottlenecks form around the owner.
Fighting yesterday's war: Firms also can hurt themselves if they hire people who may be capable of running the business that exists today, but don't have the skills and leadership qualities needed in a bigger, more complex enterprise. Hiring the dedicated manager is instrumental in leading the firm to breakout growth and avoiding frustration.
Check out 4 Things Advisors Should Never Say to Clients on ThinkAdvisor.


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Benetton did it again! Last year, the brand got us all giddy with the release of their new perfumes: Hot Gold, Cold Silver and two new scents for their Colori line. I'm a long-time fan of Hot (the original) and Paradiso Inferno, and this year, their new collection just made me a lot more excited and craving for more. And knowing Benetton, I am pretty sure this is just the beginning.
The New Body Mists Collection
With 12 scents to choose from, I'm gonna bet my entire makeup collection that you'd be able to find a scent or two that would match your personality. Yes, I am that certain! (winks) The collection has fruity, floral and even exotic scents. I prefer fruity, that's why I am loving Warming Mango so much!
Inspired by diversity, the core value of this new collection of 12 scents, was imagined around the most inspiring and energizing ingredients from all around the world.
These babies are a good alternative to perfumes if you're the type who prefer light scents. The scent stays too..probably for a good 3hrs on me. But of course, it depends on your body chemistry too. They are priced at Php499.95 (when you buy in SM Dept Store) or Php495 (if from FReSH Fragrance Bar) for a 250ml bottle.
By the way, this new collection was launched at Early Bird Breakfast Club at The Fort. They have an amazing menu, and yes, that means I'll be visiting them again soon!
Half serving of a salad. Yes, their servings are quite big!
This one, I ate all by myself. It's Adobo Surprise, I think. And I so love Adobo! I just wish it came with a sunny side up egg instead.
dessert for our now health-conscious, Sophie!
with Donnarence, Emily, Sophie, Angela and Earth.
Thanks again to Emily and the rest of her team for inviting me, and giving me the chance to not only reconnect with my fellow blogger friends but also with the brand I've always loved.
Now, here's the entire UCB Body Mist Collection:
Appealing Lily
The fragrance recalls the Lily of the Valley and transports you in the fresh woods of France.
Notes:[Top] Bergamot, Green Leaves, Redcurrant [Heart] Lily of the Valley, Pitosporum, Apricot blossom [Dry Down] Benzoin Siam, Cotton Musk, Exotic Sandalwood
Arousing Watermelon
The scent reminds the unexpected South African vibe and lets you feel the fresh watermelon bite.
Notes:[Top] Aquatic notes, Watermelon, Starfruit [Heart] Lotus Flower, Jasmine, White Peach [Dry Down] Transparent woods, Musk, Amber
Charming Frangipani
The fragrance reminds the warmth of Nicaragua and makes you succumb to the charms of a Frangipani flower interpretation
Notes:[Top] Almond, Mandarin, Sweet Orange [Heart] Frangipani Flower, Orange Flower, Jasmine [Dry Down] Sandalwood, Vanilla, Heliotrope
Cheering Rose
The scent helps you draw your inspiration from the delicate and precious rose, symbol of the Turkey Mountains.
Notes:[Top] Juicy Apple, Bloody Orange, Kumquat [Heart] Green Leaves, Pink Roses, Wild Roses [Dry Down] Sandalwood, Sensual Vanilla, Powdery Musk
Energizing Pitanga
The scent reminds you an energizing Brazilian shot and makes you light the exciting fire of Pitanga.
Notes:[Top] Cardamon, Blossom, Najanjilla, Grapefruit [Heart] Freeshia, Jasmine, Pitanga [Dry Down] Milky Musk, Nectar of Wood, Vanilla
Refreshing Apple
The scent reminds you of the Australian beaches and make you feel like you were surfing on a refreshing apple wave.
Notes:[Top] Green Apple, Pineapple, Watermelon [Heart] Green Tea, Lily of the Valley, Freesia [Dry Down] Peach, Musks, Sandalwood
Relaxing Violet
The fragrance reminds the seductive violet trail and the charms and sweetness of Morocco
Notes:[Top] Litchi, Nashi, Ivy Leaves [Heart] Lily of the Valley, Orris, Violet [Dry Down] Bloodwood, Musk, Ambergris
Magnetizing Jasmine
The fragrance sends you on the Nile riversides into the secrets of Ancient Egypt and gets you magnetized by Jasmine.
Notes:[Top] Frozen Pear, Melon, Sweet Orange [Heart] Wild Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Rose [Dry Down] Musks, Transparent Woods, Peach
Sparkling Guarana
The fragrance sends you to Guyana and makes you sparkle, thank to an electrifying touch of Guarana.
Notes:[Top] Apricot, Pink Grapefruit, Mandarin, Orange Flower [Heart] Freesia, Orchid, Guarana Soft Drink [Dry Down] Vanilla, Exotic Wood, Musk
Smoothing Orchid
The scent makes you discover the orchid breeze, the ancestral symbol of Thailand.
Notes:[Top] Bergamot, Green Leaves, Coconut [Heart] Wild Orchid, Orange Flower, Jasmine
Warming Mango
The fragrance evokes all the Indian gentleness and dresses you with a juicy Mango pulp.
Notes:[Top] Pineapple, Ripe Mango, Star Fruit [Heart] Jasmine, Plum, Raspberry [Dry Down] Peach, Musks, Sandalwood
Stimulating Aqua
The scent makes you feel the scented wind of Madagascar and spices up your life
Notes:[Top] Orange Juice, White Pepper, Kaffir Lime [Heart] Water Jasmine, Coconut Sorbet, Mineral Amber [Dry Down] Benzoin Siam, Cotton Musk, Exotic Sandalwood
What are you eyeing on? I'm gonna get Arousing Watermelon and Stimulating Aqua soon. These body mists can be your best bet to stay cool, and smelling good despite the upcoming summer heat.


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It's often a shock, after all why offer an online version of the BBC and then block anyone who isn't in the UK. But for many trying to access BBC Iplayer when they're abroad becomes a bit of a challenge, you know it's possible but connecting up can be difficult. The search usually leads to things like VPNs and proxies, which for anyone living abroad are now essential – they basically give you access to all the best media sites online – irrespective of your location and IP address. So when the BBC, Hulu, ABC or M6 Replay checks your location and IP address and then decide what you can see – the proxy or VPN just tells them what they need to see – and allows you access.
For instance, I was recently in Spain with my work and got kinda bored staying in a hotel. So decided to watch some UK television online using my laptop. Unfortunately I then discovered that because I then had a Spanish IP address (from the hotels Wifi), I was now blocked from all the best UK websites like the BBC Iplayer and ITV etc. It was kind of annoying until I discovered there was a solution and an easy one at that.
By the way if you don't know why people are so keen to get access to BBC Iplayer – you should really check it out. It's without doubt one of the best media resources available online, in fact I don't think anything comes close although there are some excellent US sites like Hulu and Pandora for music.
Anyway for those of us who either live or travel abroad a lot, having access to these sites is a godsend. You don't have to sit watching a TV show in a language you don't understand or some awful cable channel.
So What is the Solution Watch BBC Online in USA
Basically the problem is your IP address, everyone is linked to a specific country and it's very easy to look up. Many websites look your location up as soon as you access their site, they then tailor what you can see based on that information. It's called Geotargeting and frankly it's extremely annoying – you'll normally get an error message like the image below.
Or perhaps this one if you try and access Pandora outside the US.
The way around it is quite simple, you just have to make the website think your in a different country by using an IP address from the required country. Unfortunately you can't modify your own address easily as this is assigned by your ISP. However you can connect via a proxy server based in the correct country and use it's address.
So for example to watch BBC Iplayer outside the UK you'd connect through a UK proxy. If you wanted to watch Hulu from outside the US then you'd need a USA proxy, Pandora needs an American one too and so on.
It's really that simple – the website sees the IP address of the proxy server and not your real one. This short video shows the steps of changing your IP address online –
Where do I get a Proxy Server to Watch BBC iPlayer USA and Other Sites?
There's a few options depending on time and budget. You can find some free ones online if you search – however it takes a long time to find one in the right country and fast enough to relay video through. In reality you'll be best to settle on one of the many services that are available. A commercial service should be plenty fast enough and you know it will always be working when you want to watch something. The biggest problem at the moment is Netflix which has been actively blocking both proxies and VPNs based on the categorization of the IP address – you can read about it here – Netflix blocking proxies.
The one I use is Identity Cloaker which has been around for many years – it's way better than any of the TV watching services and does much more. Try the trial first if you are unsure to test it out – trial – it gives you access to all the top media sites in UK, USA, France, Canada and Germany to name only a few.
If you want some further information – try these for further reading:
BBC iPlayer Abroad – http://www.iplayerabroad.com/
A Post about Watching the BBC abroad on an iPad – http://www.uktv-online.com/bbc-iplayer-on-the-ipad-abroad/