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Doctors in China hope reforms outlined in Third Plenum will give them greater freedom to operate.
It is 6.30am, but Liu Yinglong's waiting room is already packed with
anxious parents expecting the top cardiac surgeon at Beijing's Anzhen
Hospital to check on their babies.
demand for Liu's expertise is so great he has to see about 30 patients
before his official rounds start at 8am. Later in the day, his office is
crowded once again with the sick and needy.
Liu, like many mainland doctors, has a huge workload, but his task
has been made more even more complicated by the red tape restricting the
work of medics on the mainland.
Liu said that only a fraction of the patients who ask for his help
come from Beijing, but doctors are only allowed to register at one
hospital or medical practice.
The result is that Liu spends his spare time treating patients in
other parts of the country, but only as a 'consultant' as a way of
getting round the regulations.
"Only 7 per cent of our patients come from Beijing, the rest come
from all over the country," said Liu, whose team of doctors perform
2,500 heart operations a year. At weekends he goes to other cities to
carry out surgery. To date, he has operated in 140 cities around the
Liu has been campaigning for an overhaul of the system for 16 years
and now it seems his labours have won the backing of the country's
leaders. Top Communist Party officials at the third plenum in Beijing
last month promised they would lift some of the restrictions placed on
medical practitioners.
Liu's proposal to allow doctors to work officially in more than one
location was included in a healthcare reform document released four
years ago and provinces around the country have pilot schemes to
introduce the reforms.
But so far the response to the tentative changes has been low key.
In Beijing, only about 1,000 doctors have been allowed to register to
work in a second hospital while in Guangdong the figure is 3,800.
Doctors have to get approval from their own hospital to work at a
second, but Liu said administrators were often wary of giving staff
greater freedom.
"The situation cannot be improved right away because doctors are
valuable assets of the hospital and a hospital president depends on them
to see patients and make money," he said. "How can the hospital
president pay salaries and bonuses if [the] doctors all go away to
practise elsewhere?"
Gong Xiaoming, a gynaecologist at the Shanghai First Maternity and
Infant Hospital, said giving doctors greater freedom to operate was key
to improving the quality of healthcare on the mainland.
Doctors in public hospitals lack motivation to improve the service
because they are poorly paid, the workload is huge and they are unlikely
to get decent pay from public hospitals already struggling with high
costs and low government funding, he said. It is common for low-paid
doctors to make money by prescribing unnecessary drugs in order to get
kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies.
"If doctors are reasonably paid in their practice elsewhere and focus
[on] their work in public hospitals on training young doctors, it will
improve access to medical services and increase satisfaction among
patients," he said.
Gong left his previous job in Beijing in June and one of the
conditions of taking his new role was to be allowed to practise at a
second hospital.
"I think the evaluation mechanism in public hospitals has flaws.
Doctors are assessed on how many patients they see and how many
surgeries they perform, but never how many qualified doctors they
train," he said.
"Now you see many private hospitals built, but they are not popular among patients because patients don't feel they're reliable.
"I think by training more doctors in public hospitals it will provide
the healthcare market with more trained staff and they can work at
grassroots-level hospitals or private hospitals and patients will have
access to more qualified health care," he said.
Source: SCMP


text: Ed Hudgins 4 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Karl Marx at 200: His Lethal Legacy Lingers By Edward Hudgins In his name, over 100 million people were murdered. May 5, 2018 marks Karl Marx's 200th birthday, and his profound errors still smolder and threaten new conflagrations. Marx was born into a Europe transforming into a modern, industrial society. Individuals were leaving ancestral villages and farms for growing cities and their seemingly dehumanizing factories. Incredible wealth was being created, but would the factory workers benefit from their labors? What did the future of this emerging new world hold? History as class conflict Marx posed as a "scientific socialist," explaining the past and prophesying the future. Marx was a radical materialist. He asserted that history is a class conflict based on economic forces. People's ideas, what Marx called "phantoms of their brains," are not the drivers of our destinies. We are simply the pawns of the factors of production and distribution of wealth. We don't make our tools so much as our tools make us. Marx rejected the notion that the rational capacity we all share can discover objective truth. Rather, he asserted that the structure of our minds is determined by our economic class. Thus, there is the "proletarian logic" of the workers and the "bourgeois logic" of the middle class and capitalists. The bourgeoisie are incapable of understanding the workers. It's futile for proletarians to try to explain their circumstances to the bourgeoisie. The truth of the one isn't the truth of the other. But how could Marx downplay the influence of ideas even as he offered his own, those phantoms in his brain? How could Marx, from a solid bourgeois background, transcend his class and understand "proletarian logic"? Was this just his deceitful way of silencing critics? If you ask, Marx might reply that your bourgeois brain and old-fashioned logic are incapable of grasping how contradictions can be truth. The few rich and the many poor Marx asserted that the capitalist owners of factories would use new equipment and efficient organization to create more and more wealth – a thousand teapots a day rather than a hundred; ten thousand shirts a day rather than one thousand. As production and efficiency rose, capitalist owners could fire many employees and reduce the wages of the remaining ones. The rich would get richer, and the poor would get poorer, and the latter's ranks would swell. You might ask Marx, who will buy those thousand teapots and ten thousand shirts if everyone is impoverished? He might answer that your limited bourgeois mind simply can't understand. Marx asserted a convoluted "labor theory of value" to demonstrate that most wealth created in factories was produced by the workers and expropriated as profits by the capitalists... (Continue reading here.) https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/karl_marx_at_200_his_lethal_legacy_lingers.html Link to post Share on other sites

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Exploring the Efficacy of Once Daily Oral Rivaroxaban for Treatment of Thrombus in Left Atrial/Left Atrial Appendage in Subjects With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter (X-TRA)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01839357
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 24, 2013
Last Update Posted : July 25, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Atrial Fibrillation
|Drug: Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, BAY59-7939)
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Open-label, International, Multicenter, Interventional Study Exploring the Efficacy of Once-daily Oral Rivaroxaban (BAY 59-7939) for the Treatment of Left Atrial/Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Subjects With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
|Study Start Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2014
|Experimental: Rivaroxaban
Drug: Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, BAY59-7939)
Rivaroxaban 20 mg orally once daily for 6 weeks; subjects with severe to moderate renal impairment (ie, CrCl of 15 to 49 mL/min, inclusive) will receive the adjusted dose of 15 mg orally once daily for 6 weeks in the study.
- The percentage of subjects with complete resolution of left atrial or left atrial appendage thrombus at the end of treatment [ Time Frame: After 6 weeks ]Complete resolution is characterized as the subject is completely thrombus-free confirmed on transesophageal echocardiography
- Categories of thrombus outcome in subjects: resolved, reduced, unchanged, enlarged or new [ Time Frame: After 6 weeks ]
- The composite number of stroke and non-central nervous system systemic embolism events [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
- The number of all bleeding events [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Men or women aged >/= 18 years
- Hemodynamically stable nonvalvular AF or atrial flutter
- LA/LAA thrombus documented at baseline by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) up to 72 hours prior to start of study medication
- vitamin K antagonist(s) (VKA)/ new oral anticoagulant(s) (NOAC)-naïve or untreated within 1 month prior to signing of the informed consent form
- VKA pretreated but under ineffective INR levels(<2.0,documented with at least 2 consecutive measurements that are at least 24 hours apart) within last 6 weeks
- Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception when sexually active
Exclusion Criteria:
- Transient Ischemic Attack within 3 days prior to study inclusion
- Severe, disabling stroke (modified Rankin score of 4-5, inclusive) within 3 months or any stroke within 14 days before the start of study drug
- Acute thromboembolic events or thrombosis (venous/arterial) within the last 14 days prior to study inclusion
- Acute myocardial infarction within the last 14 days prior to study inclusion
- Cardiac-related criteria: Previous intracardiac thrombus, Free-floating ball thrombus, Intracardiac tumor, known left ventricular or aortic thrombus
- Active bleeding or high risk for bleeding contraindicating anticoagulant therapy
- Concomitant drugs/therapies: Indication for anticoagulant therapy for a condition other than nonvalvular AF or atrial flutter (eg, venous thromboembolism). Concomitant use of anticoagulant drugs, including VKA, or factor IIa or factor Xa inhibitors. Chronic aspirin therapy >100 mg or dual antiplatelet therapy. Concomitant use of strong inhibitors of both cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 and P glycoprotein (P-gp), ie, all human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors and the following azole antimycotics agents-ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole-if used systemically
- Concomitant conditions: Childbearing potential without proper contraceptive measures, pregnancy, or breast feeding. Hypersensitivity to investigational treatment. Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) < 15 mL/minute at the screening visit. Hepatic disease which is associated with coagulopathy leading to a clinically relevant bleeding risk. Any severe condition that would limit life expectancy to less than 3 months (eg, advanced malignancy, etc.). Planned invasive procedure with potential for uncontrolled bleeding or increased risk of stroke, including major surgery, cardiac catheterization, or cardioversion prior to the end-of-treatment TEE. Inability to take oral medication. Ongoing drug addiction or alcohol abuse
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|Sofia, Bulgaria, 1309
|Sofia, Bulgaria, 1750
|Varna, Bulgaria, 9010
|Creteil, France, 94010
|Marseille, France, 13005
|Paris, France, 75571
|TOULOUSE cedex, France, 31059
|Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 53105
|Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, 04289
|Berlin, Germany, 13353
|Hamburg, Germany, 20099
|Krakow, Poland, 31-121
|Lodz, Poland, 91-347
|Lublin, Poland, 20-954
|Warszawa, Poland, 02-005
|Warszawa, Poland, 02-507
|Wroclaw, Poland, 50-420
|Russian Federation
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 115093
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 121552
|Saratov, Russian Federation, 410039
|St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194156
|Istanbul, Turkey, 34662
|Istanbul, Turkey, 34846
|Istanbul, Turkey
|Samsun, Turkey, 55139
|Donetsk, Ukraine, 83045
|Kiev, Ukraine, 03680
|Odesa, Ukraine, 65025
|Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 88000
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
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|First Posted:
|April 24, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 25, 2016
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
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Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
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Wells Fargo, KaBOOM! Unite to Build New Playground in South Austin, Designed by Local Kids
More than 200 volunteers celebrate increased play opportunities for
thousands of Chicago youth
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Two hundred volunteers from Wells Fargo and Kidz Express joined KaBOOM!
to transform an empty site into a state-of-the-art playground in just
six hours, serving thousands of families in the South Austin community.
The new play area is located at Kidz Express, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
youth community center dedicated to improving the lives of more than 100
inner city children through academic support, peer mentoring, and
leadership development. Kidz Express collaborated with Wells Fargo and
KaBOOM! to ensure local youth have an exciting new place to play.
"Up until now, play for these kids was limited to an indoor multipurpose
room and a decrepit, old playground. Having a brand-new play area will
provide a fun and engaging outlet for communication, problem-solving,
sharing and other critical coping skills," says Doug Low, executive
director of Kidz Express. "We're very grateful that Wells Fargo and
KaBOOM! are helping kids put play first."
In March, South Austin kids participated in a special event where they
designed their dream playground. That dream became a reality when
volunteers built their new play space, inspired by those designs, in
under one day.
This playground is part of a broader local effort led by Wells Fargo and
KaBOOM! to create an oasis for kids to feel valued and nurture their
"Wells Fargo is devoted to transforming the lives of Austin residents,
and this new playground is just one way in which we hope to achieve a
lasting impact on the community," says Andrew Ruehl, community relations
senior consultant. "We want these kids to feel supported and celebrated.
They deserve a space to call their own, where kids can be kids."
Since 2015, Wells Fargo has invested $100,000 each year in the Austin
neighborhood. In 2018, Wells Fargo doubled its investment through United
Way of Metro Chicago Neighborhood
Network Initiative, bringing our total commitment to $600,000 by
In addition, Wells Fargo Illinois team members volunteered nearly 24,000
hours and contributed nearly $963,000 to nonprofits through the
company's internal Community Support Campaign in 2018. That same year,
Wells Fargo donated more than more than $17.1 million to more than 200
Illinois nonprofits through corporate and foundation giving.
More than 3,400 team members across 50 Wells Fargo lines of business
serve a broad range of commercial, corporate, and individual customers
in Chicagoland.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based
financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo's
vision is to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them
succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco,
Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and
services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,700
locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and
mobile banking, and has offices in 33 countries and territories to
support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With
approximately 262,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three
households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26
on Fortune's 2018 rankings of America's largest corporations. News,
insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells
Fargo Stories.
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I was struggling with this for a week. My 12px fonts were stuck at a DPI of 300 and I had no way to adjust them.
I also had an older copy of Photoshop Elements 6, so my options I thought were limited. I even re-installed Photoshop but that did not succeed, how did I finally fix this problem?
I went to my Library/Preferences and deleted all things Adobe Photoshop Elements. I restarted Photoshop and the fonts went back to normal size. I'm not sure what file in the preferences were corrupt, but that should fix your problem.


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Monday, November 13, 2017
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Jason Johnson probably has a lot of legitimate reasons to be angry with this country. But his article here reads like a rant against whites that dismisses the mistakes the Democratic party and the Clinton campaign made in the election.
People who voted for Obama and then for Trump are not racist. People who didn't come out to vote for Hillary because they found her uninspiring and untrustworthy are not racist. No one I know feels that "That black guy and his pretty wife and kids made me feel bad about myself, and Trump is my way of getting back at him." I don't have to imagine I was a 35 year old white man in 1999- I was one. It is a ridiculous assertion to make.
I don't know why you find this essay to be the best thing you ever read about Trump supporters. Lumping all the people who voted for Trump into some group of racists might make some people feel better for some reason, but it also makes it impossible to focus on what mistakes might have been made by our side and what needs to change next time. And the same goes for blaming the results on the Russians.
Yeah there are racists in this country, and we have a racist past, and some people probably vote the way they do because of their racial prejudice, but don't stick everyone into that small subset of the population. If you do that you might as well admit defeat for the next time- and probably forever.
- November 13, 2017 at 1:24 PM
- Brian Leiter said...
Surprised you recommended this, it was pretty thin gruel, telling us more about the author than Trump's mix of supporters.
- November 13, 2017 at 1:38 PM
- Guy Tennenbaum said...
Toward the end of his career (at the height of the W. Bush years) Gore Vidal put out a series of angry political pamphlets. These were vaguely embarrassing and tinged with conspiracy, but one of Vidal's admirers hailed them as (to paraphrase) "valuable less for their cogent argument than for illuminating a state of mind." I think writing that illuminates a state of mind has its place, as long as we recognize its worth lies more in pathos than logos.
A better article than this one that touches on the same themes was just published by Frank Rich in New York Magazine. Rich argues that Trumpism represents the triumph of the constiutency of George Wallace, a group whose rage and persistence was vastly underestimated by the political establishment. I did not know this myself, but Rich claims that in 1972 Wallace, had he not been hobbled by a failed assasination attempt, could concievably have won the nomination of his party — the Democratic Party.
Rich concludes that if we want to ward off a less vulgar and buffoonish (and therefore more effective) version of the current president, we must adopt a Bernie Sanders-style populism that matches the passion on the Right. Which is the hundredth time that column has been written, but still, its a message worth repeating.
By the way, the internet rumor mill has it that this will be another big week in the Russia scandal. Professor, please comment.
- November 13, 2017 at 2:28 PM
I did not know this myself, but Rich claims that in 1972 Wallace, had he not been hobbled by a failed assassination attempt, could conceivably have won the nomination of ...the Democratic Party
Not sure what '72 primary campaign Frank Rich remembers, but it's not the one I remember (was a bit too young to vote but followed the campaign closely). Wallace made a surprisingly strong showing in some primaries but he never really had a chance to get the Dem nomination, imo.
- November 14, 2017 at 12:56 PM


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The functional geography curriculum focuses on a presentation of the world in terms of the active and functioning processes affecting the earth as a planet in the sun's family. Geography examines the social and cultural contexts of the world, while functional geography explores the geological and astronomical contexts of the earth in the universe. Briefly stated, we could say that geography studies the boundaries designed by humans and functional geography
studies the cosmic designed boundaries, such as the formation of the earth, solar energy, movement of the earth, atmosphere, work of the air, hydrosphere. The manual includes functional geography charts and experiments.
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A pension client of a Brisbane-based adviser became a target for identity theft.
The fraudster was able to gain access to the client's pension funds via a series of bogus emails to the adviser, which the adviser acted on in good faith.
The adviser received an email from the 'client' requesting an urgent withdrawal of $90,000 as his daughter needed money. He wanted these funds deposited to an overseas bank account.
The adviser replied right away, stating the maximum he could withdraw was $47,500 and that he'd need to complete a Pension Payment Request form (sent as an attachment in the reply).
Two days later, the email response stated the 'client' had raised $42,500 but still needed urgent payment of $47,500. He'd attached the Pension Payment Request form, completed and signed (by someone the adviser thought was the client).
Under normal circumstances, the adviser would phone the client to confirm this withdrawal; but the email also asked the adviser not to phone the client as he was attending a funeral and it was an extremely emotional time for him.
Respecting what he thought were the client's wishes not to be contacted by phone, the adviser went ahead and processed the withdrawal request.
As the real client was retired, he regularly checked his account transactions and balance online. He saw the change to his bank details and withdrawal transaction and rang the adviser immediately.
The client explained to the adviser that his email account had recently been hacked. He wasn't the person who'd requested the withdrawal.
In this case, it was too late. The $47,500 had already been paid over to the fraudster's offshore bank account.
This is one of the most common ways fraudsters use to obtain funds from financial accounts. They hack into people's email accounts and use them to send bogus emails.
Always be suspicious if you receive an email requesting a large withdrawal amount to be paid to a new or overseas bank account, especially if you're asked not to contact the client directly, or only by email.
A quick call to your client (using contact details you have on file, not those provided in the email) to confirm before acting on this type of request will alert you to the fact that you are dealing with a fraudster.
A Sydney-based adviser has a client who lives overseas in Dubai. She's used to receiving and acting on instructions from this particular client via email.
Unbeknown to the adviser, her client's email account had been hacked. The fraudster carefully planned activities to access the client's hard-earned super funds via a series of emails.
We suspect the fraudster, with access to the email account, had read the client's emails and found enough information about the client and her family to convince the adviser the emails were from her client.
The adviser received an email requesting the client's email address be changed to remove a single letter 'g'.
The adviser received an email from the 'new' email address, asking for the current balance of her client's super account.
The fraudster sent a further email asking for $260,000 to be deposited urgently to an overseas bank account to fund an investment property. The adviser acted on this instruction in good faith.
"The emails seemed perfectly genuine. They had snippets of information about the client's family. And it seemed reasonable that this client might want funds to buy an investment property overseas – and that they'd need the funds deposited to an overseas account."
As the withdrawal amount was large and it was to be paid into an overseas bank account (which is a known highly-used fraud scenario), the platform attempted to call the client directly to confirm the instructions prior to making the payment.
The client was not reachable via phone at the time and as such the platform was unable to confirm the withdrawal instructions. The delay prompted the fraudster to send some further emails to the adviser.
"My client kept sending emails, harassing me for the funds, so I continued to escalate the urgency for the payment with the platform."
The platform's Payments Team Manager explained they couldn't pay out until they'd spoken to the client directly to confirm the payment. They had to follow correct procedures. They asked the adviser to help them make contact with the client.
The adviser finally made contact using the alternative phone number provided in the emails. The person on the other end of the phone spoke with a strong European accent. She knew then it wasn't her client.
Our clients trust us to be guardians of their investments, so we do everything we can to protect their funds. $260,000 is a lot of money to be paid out to the wrong person and it's difficult to get the funds back, especially if the funds have been transferred overseas.
This is one of the most common ways fraudsters use to obtain funds from financial accounts. They hack into people's email accounts and use them to send bogus emails.
Always be suspicious if you receive an email requesting a large withdrawal amount be paid to a new or overseas bank account – especially if you've recently been asked to change the client's contact details by a single digit or character. This ploy is used to prevent you making contact by phone, email or text message to the client's mobile.
A quick call to your client (using the original contact details you have on file) to confirm before acting on this type of request will alert you to the fact you are dealing with a fraudster.


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Option Genius Review
Today I wanted to have a look at Alan Sama and his Option Genius advisory website. Option Genius clams to make big returns, upward of 100% per year by mainly trading selling iron condors and layup spreads, but does this investment site stack up or is this just another site making big claims and failing to deliver on the goods?
Options Genius was founded by Allan Sama in 2006, who lets members see Sama's actual option trades and adjustments through real-time updates. Members of the service can follow along and watch or trade the live trades themselves. They can even have their brokers auto trade for them: this is where the broker places Option Genius trades for them.
At the heart of Option Genius is the story of a man who initially lost a small fortune in the markets, learned and did well in a new style of trading, and decided to help others get ahead.
When Sama began trading stocks, he did everything the experts advised. Within a year, he had reduced his savings from $83,000 to $34,000. Discouraged, Sama decided he would not make another trade until he figured out what he had been doing wrong and what he had done right. He noticed trading options was the only technique that had consistently earned him money.
Sama threw himself into learning all he could about options trading. Countless books and seminars and hundreds of hours later, he was an expert with his own trading plan. He back-tested his plan back to the mid-'90s, and it consistently made money. Using his new technique, he began trading again — and began making serious profits. He decided to let other people see exactly what he was doing as he was doing it, and Option Genius was born.
Option Genius uses trades that have over a 70%+ probability of success to generate double-digit monthly returns with limited risk. Sama carefully selects each trade and makes adjustments when needed. And he uses his own money to make the trades right along with his members. But will users get the results they seek or is Option Genius just another site filled with empty promises?
There are three different membership options when joining Option Genius, two monthly options, and one weekly trading system. All are fairly affordable with the most expensive being only $97 per month.
We like the fact that it is affordable, but do you get what you pay for or is there a lot of value there?
Auto Trading
One of the best things about Option Genius is that you can set up auto trading. This means you can have a trade notification sent out by Option Genius and have it sent to your investment bank automatically for execution. But unfortunately, this can be an expensive learning lesson!
There are several reports of people not getting anywhere near the return on investment that is claimed on the Option Genius website. Auto trade fees can run very high, one report is that a customer was charged $600 by Interactive Brokers just because of Option Geniuses trade recommendations. However, the broker rejected these auto trades as the risk was too high. Even though they were rejected the user still had to pay. See pissed customer review here
For this reason, we recommend you always make your own trades.
Even if an advisor has a great track record, you always want to review their research for yourself and confirm the trade is right for you. Sometimes you may not agree with the research, so it's always best to review it and confirm the logic and that you want to execute the trade.
Unfortunately, Option Genius posts no research, they just post a trade and expect their members to do it… What? How does anyone know how much time and effort went into the trade if all they do is post the trade itself. Without supporting documentation this could be just a monkey picking a trade. How does anyone know any time, effort, or research went into the trade?
The training at Option Genius was not up to par with most other investment advisories we researched, there was not any video, which we always appreciate for making things easy to understand, it was all pdf files.
Some of the documents Option Genius supplies for education were good, but we found them to be not very stimulating. Finance is not the most entertaining topic, especially for new investors, so having high-quality education to keep users engaged is a huge perk. This was not important for Option Genius.
Should You Trust Allen Sama?
That is a very good question, there are lots of reports of unhappy customers, but there were a couple of other things that were a bit more concerning to us. For example, why is there no picture of Allen Sama anywhere? Is that a real person? Allen just has different cartoon characters that represent him. Even his LinkedIn page shows a cartoon version of himself. That's so weird. Are we hiding from something Allen? Why don't you want to show your real face?
Also, Allen is self-taught, which is a great story, nothing wrong with that, but in our experience, we would much rather learn from someone who actually worked in the field of options before opening their own advisory. Not so sure if opening a website named Option Genius actually make you an option genius.
I was not really a fan of the Option Genius business. Although founder Allen Sama has a great story of how the business came to be, education and training were not on par with most other training centers and returns do not appear to be even as close as good as Allen has made them out to be.
We really don't like it when we see past customers posting viewers to review sites talking about how disappointed they are.
We do like the price point, but in this case, it appears you get what you pay for.


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- Event Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016 - Wednesday, April 20, 2016
AACR Annual Meeting 2016 (New Orleans, USA)
Together with our parent company, Cancer Research UK, we will be exhibiting at the AACR Annual Meeting 2016.
Come along to stand 418 to speak to our representatives.
This year's theme, "Delivering Cures Through Cancer Science," reinforces the inextricable link between research and advances in patient care. The theme will be evident throughout the meeting as the latest, most exciting discoveries are presented in every area of cancer research. There will be a number of presentations that include exciting new data from cutting-edge clinical trials as well as companion presentations that spotlight the science behind the trials and implications for delivering improved care to patients.
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Here is the house from the front. (excuse my sister's butt... hehe)
While it needs some landscaping, we have to fix some broken concrete, and I'm SOOO painting the door and those shutters... its a cute house.
This is the front room.
The pictures are deceiving in how dirty this place really is. We are ripping out all of the flooring and repainting every surface... before we move in! I love the bay window and vaulted ceilings though.
Behind the front room is the kitchen and dining space.
Very plain Jane... and burnt. :) The microwave has seen much better days! So we are getting all new flooring, new appliances, new paint, and I'm going to refinish the cabinets in the next month or so. We plan on eventually putting granite counter-tops in and tiling a backsplash, but that may be a little later down the road.
As a sneak peak, I already purchased this light for above the kitchen table.
although I got it for a steal of a deal at a local supplier
Drool! If the kitchen ends up half as good as it looks in my head... its going to be gorgeous!
Down the stairs from the kitchen is the family room.
This will be our main living/ TV area. So my thoughts down here is cute, but less formal and more kid friendly then the first floor. Off of this room the rest of the house is unfinished, but we are going to finish a laundry room, a 4th bedroom, a craft room/guest room, and will have a storage room. (eventually)
All the bedrooms are upstairs.
The kids rooms and their bathroom is pretty basic, but I'll make them cute.
The Master Bedroom also has a bay window, plant shelf, and vaulted ceiling... but its pretty small. We will have to see how it all works out.
But I'm super excited about the master bathroom!
A jetted tub and corner windows! The rest of the bathroom is pretty ugly, but its a good layout and I know it will be great once we are done.
The backyard is completely unfinished so putting all that in will come sometime next summer.
The whole house is going to be a lot of work, but it has a ton of potential and will be so cute once I'm done! Hopefully in a few years once all this is behind us we can make my mom some money and it will all be worth while.
In the meantime, I'm just excited to have a project and a place to live!
And one last sneak peak, here is a sample of some of the colors I've picked out.
It's going to be great!
If everything goes to planned then my hubby is going down to start demolition next week. I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Now time to go clean out our storage room and get ready for a garage sell this weekend. Oh the joys of moving!


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This unusual cocktail tastes just like caramel popcorn. It's made with liquid popcorn, butterscotch schnapps and vodka. The Poprocks on the rim put the pop back into the popcorn. Here's the formula for 3 drinks.
For the liquid popcorn:
# 4 c. water
# 1/4 c. sugar
# 2 tsp. salt
# 5 cups popcorn, fresh
For Martini:
* 8 oz liquid popcorn
* 3 oz butterscotch schapps
* 2 oz vodka
* 1 oz heavy cream
* honey, as needed
* Poprocks, as needed
To make the popcorn liquid, bring the water, sugar and salt to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the popcorn and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain through cheesecloth, pushing gently on the popcorn to push out most of the liquid. Discard the kernels, chill the liquid and remove any excess fat.
For the martini, combine the liquid popcorn, schnapps, vodka, and cream and shake in a martini shaker. Spread a bit of honey on the rim of a three chilled martini glasses and dip into some Poprocks. Carefully pour the caramel popcorn martinis and enjoy.


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Everything wrong with the first three minutes of Thimbleweed Park
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My very first interaction in Thimbleweed Park [official site], and most likely anyone else's, was to "Look at Willie." I don't know who I'm playing yet, nor who Willie might be, but my German accented chap has appeared on a screen with two interactive items: a gate, and a slumped drunken man called Willie. So I looked at him, he being potentially more interesting than a gate, presuming that my character would inform me that either he knew this man and needed to speak to him, or that he did not. I got neither. Because "Look at Willie" speaks to him.
The classic adventure games were classic for a reason. It wasn't just the stunning animations, background art, and hilarious writing. They were crucial, but it was more than that. It was about a level of care that went in to making sure things worked. When I hark back to those formative early 90s, it's not with blinded nostalgia – games I enjoyed playing were so often enjoyed despite themselves. I loved Police Quest 3, but good grief, what a scrappy mess it was. I devoured all of Westwood's half-arsed wannabes too, complete with all their dead ends, dialogue mistakes, and weak puzzles. But I don't pretend they were perfect. However, a couple actually were. And when people attempt to make games inspired by (or scarequoted "inspired by", as we say when we don't want to open ourselves to litigious responses from people who just copied) that era, it's my expectation that they not repeat the litany of issues that plagued the genre back then, but mimic the best of them.
Now, this isn't new to adventures. My opening complaint is one of the most tiresome tropes of the genre, in fact, achingly familiar to anyone who's played them all their life. And hey, let's be fair, as the genre slips further and further from anything anyone actually wants it to be, even having "Look at" as an option is becoming a rare treat. (Yeah Broken Age, you half-finished anticlimax, I'm looking at you.) But when it's there, and it's the first interaction in the game, and when looking at someone to get the player character's information makes complete sense, it's really bloody annoying that it just overrides your choice.
"Push Willie" also talks to him.
For fuck's sake.
So I exhaust the conversation options with this sprite, until he falls asleep, presuming I'm now tasked with getting him whiskey before he'll talk. Whoever he is. Whatever he might Look like. I go through the gate. Then think, hmmm…
"Look at gate."
"It is a gate to the trail above. I just came down from there."
You have to be kidding me. I can look at a gate, and be informed not anything useful about what it looks like beyond what I can make out in the murky pixels, but am instead told of literally the only thing that's happened in the game so far. In case, I presume, I had a severe head injury from my frustration at not being able to look at the drunk guy. Whatever, I walk right onto the next screen.
There's a pretty sunset/rise, purple metal bridge dark across the colour gradients of the sky, and a rippling pool reflecting the last/start of the sun's light. And in the water is a rock. I'll look at that.
"I wonder if I can use this rock to put out the light."
And wow. In two screens it commits the two most wearying crimes of point-and-click adventures. It hasn't written responses for obvious interaction choices, AND it has my character pondering solutions to puzzles it knows it's yet to introduce.
There's a sign to the left of the pool reading, "TRESTLE TRAIL 1.7", with an arrow pointing to the left. That's the path I just walked down, I didn't need to immediately look closer at the sign as I could read it. Going back and looking again, there's a light over it. Looking at the light I'm told it's very bright (it isn't), and touching it I'm told it's too hot. Fine. The light isn't doing anyone any harm, nothing wrong with that light. Except of course I have been bestowed with the knowledge that I, for reasons it knows I haven't learned yet, want to put out the light.
There's a reason. There's a note in your inventory, an innocuous piece of paper that the game hasn't mentioned, let alone suggested reading it is a matter of immediate urgency since it explains who you are and what you're doing. There's also a teddy bear pillow and a room key for a hotel you're not in. The inventory, in this opening scene of the game, isn't an obvious priority. Look at the note, see that step 3 is the turn out the light, and yes, the puzzle makes sense.
Of course you should look through your inventory. Of course. But oh dear god, script the game so that it knows whether the player's looked at the note before declaring puzzle solutions! That's just the most basic essential of adventure design. "Has player looked at note? If no, don't talk about light." And, you know, suggest that the scrap of paper is of some import at some point?
Look, you're right, these aren't the biggest deals in the world. These aren't game-breaking bugs, nor issues worthy of a thousand word rant. Except, you know, maybe they are. Because I care. I really care, about adventure games, about the genre. I played text adventures from the age of four. I still parse the word "exam" to mean "look closely at something", and as I approach my fifth decade it's apparent that's not going away. I played every single adventure my dad bought, borrowed or copied throughout my childhood, as they gained line drawings, interactive art, dropped their parser bar and grew their verbs, lost their verbs and gained their cursors, and then struggled through the next twenty years of their flailing attempts to stay relevant. I know how ordinary these issues are, I know how common they are, and I know I've enjoyed many an adventure game that has committed such enormities. But it doesn't make it fine, it doesn't mean it doesn't stick in my craw.
And you know what, when it's the guy who sodding invented the verb-based adventure format, the guy who kicked the whole LucasArts classics off, it matters even more. I want this game to demonstrate to me that it cares too. When it bounces from one mortal sin to another in the first three minutes, it really feels like it doesn't.
No, this isn't our review. Adam wrote that, and he adored the game. He's been enthusing about it all day on Twitter too. That's our review. I am absolutely not saying this is a bad game, because I've literally played three minutes of it. I am in no position to form an opinion about the overall game. But I am in a position to rage about these constant bugbears, and how infuriating it is to see them occur immediately upon starting the game.
I want a game that cares about whether it declares solutions to puzzles that haven't been introduced, a game that cares about the very first thing a player is most likely to do when playing. That matters! It can't just be me who thinks so.
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Because of a previous review, I'd been asked to give my thoughts on this product. It was initially slated to be reviewed while JoAnn and the kids were in Portland a few weeks back, but the project I was going to be doing during that time was postponed (which was ripping out all the downstairs carpeting and beginning to lay laminate wood flooring–which would have been a great trial for the lotion). And with all the other project planning that's been going on, and the side work I've been doing, the review got put on the back burner for a bit.
My initial impression of the product wasn't so much in the product itself yet, but in the sample I received for the review: it was a full 8oz bottle. A pleasant surprise it was. The lotion itself is fragrance- and colorant-free (though not devoid of color, of course, since that would be rather strange), and is slightly thinner than standard lotions. But in part this is because it is a shielding lotion as opposed to a moisturizing lotion (the former designed to keep moisture in and protect skin from irritants and toxins, while the latter is designed to add or replace lost moisture). It soaks in pretty readily and without the greasy feeling most lotions leave. During the review period I'll be using on my hands, elbows (which tend to get very dry), and ankles, but even with just a couple initial applications, the areas feel better and smoother.


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The power to use the abilities of Hellcats. Variation of Mythical Bestiary and Feline Physiology.
Also Called
- Demon Cat Physiology
- Hellcat Mimicry
User with this ability either is or can transform into an Hellcat, a demonic being in feline form. Users with this power commonly have a Fire Aura that is shaped like a feline, but with abilities, can have Hellfire Manipulation, Ice Fire Manipulation, or just normal Fire Manipulation. This depends on the power level of the user.
- Feline Physiology
- Fire Aura
- Fire Manipulation
- User is susceptible to holy-based abilities
- If not a true Hellcat, user is generally weak against Water-based abilities
- May have specific weaknesses against hellhounds.
Known Users
- Red (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2)
- Flash Leopard (Beyblade V-Force)
- Hellcat (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Matabi (Naruto)
- Hellcat (Pathfinder)
- Entei (Pokémon)
- Seducir (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Hellcat (Vampire Wars)
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A number of tight races in constituencies across Saskatchewan could help decide which party will be elected to form government. 10 constituencies were decided by less than 10 per cent of the vote in 2016 and could remain close races in 2020.
Some eligible voters won't be able to cast their ballots on Monday after being told to self-isolate because of COVID-19.
If the provincial election were held today, the Saskatchewan Party would form government according to the latest election poll by Mainstreet Research.
Transmission in Regina can largely be attributed to close family contacts with known cases, according to the government.
With the vote happening tomorrow, here is all you need to know to cast your ballot.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says people who attended a private funeral gathering in Estevan earlier this month may have been exposed to COVID-19.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 in Saskatoon, Regina, La Ronge and Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
Saskatchewan reported 78 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, setting a single-day record for positive tests.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) alerted the public to 23 new potential COVID-19 exposures at Regina businesses.
The leaders of Saskatchewan's two major political parties are spending the final weekend before the provincial election on the highway, visiting a number of communities as they make their final push with voters.
Nearly 50 people gathered in front of Regina's RCMP Heritage Centre to voice their concerns about the treatment of Indigenous people by the RCMP.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has alerted the Regina Catholic School Division that two individuals within Dr. Martin Leboldus Catholic High School have tested positive for COVID-19.
Seventy-six cases of COVID-19 have been linked to three bars and nightclubs in Saskatoon where outbreaks have been declared, according to the province.
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There is a growing wave of eligible American voters in Canada who are participating in an election that has shaped up as a referendum from afar on a controversial president, the Republican Donald Trump.
Several locations throughout Regina were potentially exposed to COVID-19 last week, according to an alert from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
With Saskatchewan set to head to the polls on Oct. 26, CTV News Saskatchewan spoke with the leaders of all six of the province's political parties to find out more about each of their backgrounds, platforms and key issues.
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The federal government has named a Nova Scotia university president to help resolve the Indigenous lobster fishery dispute.
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When actor Seth Rogen was growing up and smoking cannabis in Vancouver, he recalls there was a constant cloud of shame around the substance that still lingers. And yet, despite recreational cannabis being legalized in Canada two years ago, he says the stigma persists and the country has yet to do all it can to reverse it.
Elections Saskatchewan is seeing records broken for absentee voting registration and advanced voting for the upcoming provincial election.
Saskatchewan reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, along with 31 new recoveries.
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The Saskatchewan Men's Curling Tour at the Highland Curling Club in Regina, which was set to take place this weekend, has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
A person at Regina's St. Kateri Tekakwitha School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Regina Catholic School Division.
There are now 21 people in hospital, surpassing the peak in May when there were 19 in hospital.
Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili continues to deliver warnings of potential cuts from a re-elected Saskatchewan Party government.
Progressive Conservative Party Leader and MLA Candidate in Regina Walsh Acres Ken Grey hopes to offer a "true, fiscally conservative alternative" to Saskatchewan voters.
An Estevan man has been charged with multiple child pornography offences following two months of investigation.
With less than three weeks until Regina's Municipal Election, the mayoral race heated up on Thursday as incumbent Michael Fougere went on the offensive against one of his challengers.
In an an interview with CTV Saskatoon anchor Sean Leslie, NDP leader Ryan Meili explained why the NDP would bring back the STC and how he would balance COVID-19 restrictions with allowing the economy to operate.
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Bothell, Wash. – The UW Bothell chapter of Beta Alpha Psi placed first in the national competition at the Beta Alpha Psi Annual Meeting in Baltimore on August 3, 2012. The national conference hosts approximately 1,000 students from prominent universities across the U.S. to engage in community service, attend professional sessions, and compete in a variety of projects.
The UW Bothell team presented a consulting project on modernizing accounting systems and internal account controls for the American Legion Post, a Snohomish veteran's services non-profit organization. The team's presentation won the National Best Practices event under the category "Strategies for Dealing with Change."
"This team put in countless hours of hard work on the project itself, and then spent several hours every day leading up to the conference preparing their presentation," says Ron Tilden, faculty advisor. Students on the winning team were JC Hauchecorne, Chris Harbert, James Forinash, and Caroline Boktour.
Prior to the competition, students participated in a community service event coordinated between Beta Alpha Psi and the City of Baltimore. "Project Homeless" matched students with clients to help them obtain health, human services, housing, food, and financial assistance. Students interviewed their clients and served as "personal shoppers" for finding services most relevant to their clients.
The work of Beta Alpha Psi represents UW Bothell's focus on excellence in scholarship and public service. Beta Alpha Psi is an honorary organization for Financial Information students and professionals founded in 1919. Beta Alpha Psi's work includes promoting the study and practice of accounting, finance and information systems, and encouraging a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility.
About UW Bothell: The University of Washington Bothell combines the benefits of a small campus with the resources and prestige of a world-renowned university. Offering over 30 degrees, options, certificates and concentrations, its curriculum emphasizes close student-faculty interaction, collaboration among students, and hands-on learning.For more information, visit www.uwb.edu.


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The personal learning network for educators
University students can look for different ways to find sources for scientific research. While attending college there can be many required assignments that will entail locating pertinent data sources. All types of students will usually be expected to complete some sort of scientific research. Even if they choose not major in a science related degree they most likely will have a science course at some point in their curriculum. They should know where to efficiently locate content that can aid them in completing the science based assignments.
Students focusing on a scientific major can be expected to learn how to find in depth content related to their courses. They can plan on needing to know the various formats or presentation styles required to produce scientific content. University students today have the ability to find tangible resource or look online. This diversity of methods can allow them to develop unique insights into the content they research.
Students looking for source data for scientific assignments can more readily find these using search engines. Using major search engines a student can begin their task of looking for scientific content. Depending on the complexity of the project there might be available data found in general search results.
For more detailed or specific assignments students can turn to specialized search engines, databases, and search engine subsets that are specifically geared towards academic research. There can be different formatting and citation styles that make looking online in general formats more challenging for scientific content. There is a diversity of these types of resources. Some major search providers have made efforts to create subsets of their search results tailored to academic writing and sources. These providers have digitized various media to make it more widely available to researchers such as university students.
Going a step further, students can examine more specialized standalone search providers geared towards separate scientific sectors. Usually these specialized engines or databases concentrate on a scientific theme related to certain fields. By focusing the efforts towards one of them they can sometimes provide more in depth peer reviewed articles or presentations that can be applicable to the student's research efforts. A student researching can move from a general overview along the path towards more specific detailed scientific content. How detailed the content they need to get will most likely depend on the area of study and other factors related to the coursework.
Looking for sources at the library located at their university is a way to find relevant research for scientific assignments. There are diverse array of resources that can be accessed by visiting the library and researching. Student can get assistance when thinking, how to write my paper, by discussing their relevant topic with the reference librarians found there. Librarians can suggest different area to being to explore and show the students how to access various journal or scientific publications that the library has subscriptions for.
While digital research is becoming more utilized due to ease and speed, books still are important resource for scientific research. A way to combine their digital and library research could be to read an author's paper online and then search for any books they have written. The books can be very detailed expanding largely on the idea presented in a paper. Having books available at the library and direct access to the various journals or other publications that are subscribed, these can be helpful when looking for scientific resources. University students have the ability to do much of what they need to by visiting their library and it can aid them in becoming a more productive researcher.
When starting their research efforts they might be looking for angles to present their data. They can begin to review relevant websites that deal with the topics they are pursuing. These websites can give more of a general overview of what is happening in the field and any current news that might be useful to include in their efforts. Reviewing the most up to date information, they can backtrack there data research and try to extrapolate any trends that might aid them in creating a more interesting presentation or paper. Finding insightful ways to present their research efforts can be rewarded with better academic results.
Scientific conferences are ways to research what scientists are directly working on. Students who attend certain universities might find that these conferences are being help on their campus or at a nearby school. This can be a way to see presentations being given by the actual person whose papers they might have been researching. In this way, they can get a more in depth view of the topics being discussed. Possibly they can even speak to a relevant scientist in the field they are researching to get more detailed thoughts on the subject being researched. For students who don't have the ability to attend they can view online videos of the presentations and read summaries of the topics discussed. Attending conferences in real life or virtually can be an up to date resource for scientific topics they are researching.
While reviewing more general science related website can give overviews, they might want to discuss things and visit a scientific forum. This type of website will allow them to have back and forth discussion with other like minded members. They can pose questions regarding the research efforts and maybe get relevant replies. This will allow them to get ideas from others who are interested in the type of things they are researching.
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Here is the Canon USA press release for the two new imaging sensors we reported…
Magic Lantern running on Canon EOS 70D – Update
Update: Andrew Reid of EOSHD just tweeted me noting that the EOS 70D with Magic Lantern is the only camera that can deliver raw video and has Dual Pixel AF on board :-) See Andrew's test video above.
Think Dual Pixel AF and all the raw video goodness. Sounds cool, doesn't it? Well, it is still an alpha release but it is working.
You can download ML for your Canon EOS 70D heading over to the ML forum, here. Please take time to read all the instructions and notes, remember this is alpha software, not a final release of the firmware add-on. You need to check the serial number of your 70D to see if you need to download version A or B.
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The definitive monograph on an artist who pioneered the use of the body in art.
Survey by Kristine Stiles, Interview by Klaus Biesenbach, Focus by Chrissie Iles, Artist's Choice by Alexandra David-Néel, Writings by Marina Abramovic.
Marina Abramovic (b.1946) is a pivotal figure whose performance-based works have revolutionized visual art and continue to be embraced by the latest generation of artists, critics and art historians.
Her iconic endurance works have featured prominently in virtually every comprehensive survey of performance art.
With a career that spans more than thirty years, Abramovic continues to produce groundbreaking new work, including the acclaimed seven-day performance Seven Easy Pieces at the Guggenheim in 2005.
As the first book in more than a decade to look at her work in its entirety, this monograph will offer a fresh take on an artist whose work is key to understanding the latest developments in contemporary art.
Kristine Stiles is Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and has contributed to numerous books, including Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object(1997), Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (1996) and Phaidon's Paul McCarthy (1995).
Klaus Biesenbach is the Founding Director of Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and Curator at the Museum of Modern Art and its affiliate, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.
Chrissie Iles is Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where she co-curated the 2004 and 2006 Whitney Biennials.
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Nobody wants to be watching the pennies whilst they're away on holiday. We all work hard for our time in the sun, and when we finally arrive, ready to kick back and relax, the last thing we want to do is worry about how much money we can spend per day, so we don't run out by the end of the holiday.
Whilst it's important not to splurge too much, so credit cards don't take an unwelcome hit, it is possible to have an enjoyable and full holiday, whilst keeping one eye on the budget, not both eyes.
I recently went away for a week, and I knew that I'd taken less spending money than I ideally needed, but I had a back up just in case. Of course, I didn't really want to dip into my plan B money, so I tried out a few ways to ensure I didn't spend too much, whilst still getting the full enjoyment out of my time.
Saving money starts the moment you book your break, and a good way to keep a few pennies in the pocket is by looking at options for getting to the airport. Taxis, coaches and trains can all be costly and mean your funds take a hit before you even leave the house. A good way to add convenience to travel plans, whilst saving money is by driving yourself to the terminal. I regularly book airport parking from BCP nowadays, and the difference it makes to my travel days has meant I no longer even consider public transport. Wherever you decide to fly from, and it's worth shopping around to look for the cheaper flights from different cities, you'll find a service to accommodate your vehicle, all at a great price and high level of service. Last month I used Heathrow parking with BCP, en route to Istanbul on a cheap flight, and I can't fault the service I received, so certainly look into this idea.
Whilst you're away on holiday, you don't need to put a padlock on your purse, however it is sensible to just be mindful of activities and cost. Full days at the beach, buying drinks on top can be costly, so if you have children, maybe consider booking an all-inclusive holiday, so refreshments are already included in the price. When you're booking day trips, certainly avoid booking from your rep, as you'll find costs much higher. There are many street vendors that will offer you the same level of service for a much cheaper price! You can even haggle here, so it's certainly worth trying. Eating out? Head to where the locals go, as this is where costs will be less and you'll find more in the way of traditional cuisine, which certainly should be tried. Finally, if you're heading out for a few drinks, take advantage of offers, such as buy one get one frees!
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January 2014—The AHRA Education Foundation is pleased to announce a new and exciting scholarship!
At the AHRA board of directors meeting in November 2013, a new CRA Exam Scholarship was approved. As radiology administrators the need to excel in our position is critical, and becoming a CRA has now become an important affirmation of our knowledge of the profession. We value and use the CRA as our top credential because it shows a true measure of successful leadership, current industry knowledge, and the ability to apply both in our daily practice. We also encourage employers to hire prospective candidates who have attained this credential.
The Education Foundation felt that we needed to have a CRA Exam scholarship in addition to our other scholarships. This new scholarship will lend a hand to a member who might not otherwise be able to afford the registration fees associated with the test, to take the CRA exam.
There are criteria for the scholarship in addition to the criteria to sit for the CRA exam. We encourage every member to apply. This is another example of how your organization helps to foster professional growth and bolster the importance of the CRA and AHRA. It is about you the member. Much like the other scholarships offered, this will serve to engage our members to be active participants in the organization to which they belong.
AHRA members generously donate to the EF yearly through our pin program and at the Spring and Fall Conferences and at the Annual Meeting. Some members may not be aware, but these donations play an enormous part in all scholarships. Giving out four CRA Exam Scholarships, two in May and two in November, is another way to show our members how valuable their donations are to the AHRA.
For more information or to apply for this scholarship, please click here.
Lori Ann Burns is vice-chair of the AHRA Education Foundation. She is the MRI manager at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ and can be reached at email@example.com.


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Today here on homify 360°, we cuddle up to a delightful example of the prefabricated home in a country style. Also referred to as prefab homes, these specialist dwellings are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections. These sections are then shipped to the client's property, where they are assembled.
In addition to cutting construction time in half, prefab homes are also known for being quite the popular option for when you need to save severely on costs. What is not to love about them, then?
Oh, did we mention this one comes with a most fantastic view?
Hard to tell that this is actually a structure that was manufactured off-site and then just assembled, right? Well, that's the idea!
Everything about this design just looks so relaxing and welcoming: the curved roof shingles, the glass sliding doors, the shaded terrace – and don't overlook that fabulous view in the background.
Time to see what the interiors look like. Here in the living room, we get a most spacious layout, partly due to the high ceilings. Mixed with a light colour palette, we are starting to get a very relaxing, holiday-like vibe from this prefab house.
To interrupt the neutral tones slightly, bright hues were brought into the picture, most notably that modern chair in a delicious candy red.
The spacious (and stylish) look continues into the kitchen, which serves up a most welcoming look for both cook/host and diner/guest.
While friends get to relax at the elongated island (which becomes an informal dining table on the right), the host can get busy with the main meal and/or snacks without missing so much as a single syllable of the conversation, seeing as there is more than enough space for everybody.
Even though the architecture of the house is country, we do admire the modern touches scattered everywhere – but the bathroom takes it to a new level by being completely modern.
And seeing as it's a bit on the modest side size-wise, the architects had to be quite clever in terms of space and layout.
For the main bedroom's en-suite, the designers opted for a look (and layout) very similar to the other bathroom. However, we must admit that the fire-toned mosaic tiles in this particular design get our vote, if we had to pick between the two bathrooms.
Don't you love the unique look of this bedroom? Although the design style is a mix between country and rustic, we can't overlook the minimalist touches that up the room's visual spaciousness.
Add in a strong batch of bright colours, as well as the dark-hued timber beams that have been adorning the ceiling ever since we first set foot in this house, and we have a most memorable (and delightful) bedroom to take note of.
Last on our viewing list, the upstairs balcony that allows a spacious layout (meaning you can definitely get a comfy chair or two in there) with a most remarkable view of the stretched-out countryside.
Not too shabby for a prefab model, eh?
For another prefab example, we recommend A Fab Prefab: Scandinavian Style!


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It looks like it'll be touch and go on Kickstarter for 22cans' Project Godus, as with just six days left the game still needs £150,000 GBP to reach its target of £450,000 GBP. No matter what you think of Molyneux's Kickstarter jaunt, the team can hardly be accused of holding back with the updates. They've embarked on a regimented campaign of putting something up almost every day, with today being no exception.
According to the post, a gameplay montage from the prototype was planned for today, but this wasn't quite ready yet. No doubt that will emerge in the coming days, but instead we have more over-the-shoulder shakeycam footage of the tech prototype in action. As with previous videos, a lot of this footage focuses on landscape manipulation in Godus and Peter Molyneux's soothing voice.


text: 3DKiwi 545 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 "MAXON Announces Milestone Cinema 4D Release 17" Not the headline I would have picked. Finally R17 is announced. As most people would have figured by now I'm less than impressed with R17 (and Maxon) hence my decision to jump ship to Modo 901. In my opinion R17 is the weakest full version upgrade that Maxon have put out apart from a couple of .5 upgrades when they used to do .5 upgrades every second year. To me it's pretty much a .5 version and I think Maxon should have called it R16.5. Problem there of course is they wouldn't be able to charge regular upgrade prices and MSA renewal prices. Let's step back a bit as I'm now in a position to talk much more freely than I have been able to talk. I'm still under the Non disclosure agreement so can't discuss what went on behind the scenes in Beta testing. Pretty boring anyway. With R15 I was really impressed with it as finally the polygon modelling tools were getting some attention and we were given the outstanding new Bevel tool. I was a bit disappointed that Bodypaint didn't receive any attention. At the time I was also running Modo 601, having had all versions from 301 upwards. Because I now thought C4D's modelling tools were getting some attention I sold my copy of Modo 601 since modelling is my main interest. I also packed in being a Modo Beta tester although I hadn't been doing it for long. R16 came along which I thought was a bit light with enhancements and I was disappointed that Bodypaint hadn't received any love apart from a new UV Peeler. But again, the modelling tools received some love with the great new Polygon pen tool, bevel deformer and Modo 801 wasn't the big upgrade that 901 is. So okay R17 should see more polygon modelling tools and maybe at long last Bodypaint updated since we'd seen something in R16. I also expected the Reflectance channel to be tidied up and maybe the inclusion of a material node system. Nope, nothing. So my run down of R17: No polygon modelling tool enhancements of note except new spline drawing tools which are quite good but I found to be a bit clunky to use. If anyone has used the excellent spline drawing tools in MoI (Moment of Inspiration) you'll understand what I'm getting at. Still the spline drawing tools are a welcome addition but I fully expected one or more polygon modelling tools to get some attention. Nope, almost nothing. C4D still doesn't have a proper symmetry system and we're at R17. Pitiful. Bodypaint / UV editing - zero enhancements. Not acceptable in my book especially considering the price Maxon charges for Cinema 4D. Maxon needs to make a public statement about the status of Bodypaint / UV editing. Are they going to upgrade it? Take system aka Render layer system. Best new feature / enhancement of R17. The developer has done a superb job. Credit where credit is due. However many people could be like me and not really need a render layers system. Professional users however will love it. Viewport speed / lots of object handling - no enhancements that I'm aware of. No Open Subdiv. Material system - Reflectance channel unchanged as far as I can tell. No nodes system. Timeline enhancements - Good enhancements but years overdue. Particles, MoGraph, Hair, Dynamics - No changes. Sculpting - Yet another set of incremental enhancements so good job here. Houdini engine integration - great but not something that interests me. Miscellaneous enhancements - yup, a few handy ones but nothing major. Obj support for materials - about time!! New shaders are quite cool. I can only assume that a lot of Maxon's developers are working on a new core, new Bodypaint, material node system as what's in R17 doesn't reflect the number of developers that work for Maxon or that's my impression. I base that assumption on the number of developers that they have been recruiting over the last year or two (and that's based on publicly posted job vacancies). In my opinion Maxon should do a technology preview at Siggraph of what they're working on. This may stop people jumping ship as I'm predicting some may now do or alternatively skip upgrading. Now is also the time that Maxon needs to start communicating with their users and I mean in social media. We've had a bit of communication lately but users need some actual answers rather than "We're listening". So for me, I've given up on waiting for Maxon to upgrade the things that I want to see upgraded. Even if R18 is the mother of all upgrades it will be too little and too late. For me I can get most of what I want now with Modo 901. Sure, it isn't perfect but it needs a heck of a lot less than what C4D does to make it truely great. The few issues like stability, lack of parametric objects (e.g. text), viewport speed aren't the huge list that Maxon has with C4D to bring it up to date. BTW since the recent service pack for Modo 901 I've not had a single crash with it so again things like stability are things that can be fixed in a reasonable amount of time. Rewriting the core and Bodypaint could take a long time hence nothing yet again this year. I'll be interested to see what people who have to pay for upgrades / MSA's think of R17. Do you think you're getting good value for money? I can't answer that as I haven't had to pay for my copies of Cinema 4D since I bought XL 8.5 a long time ago. My guess is it will depend on what you do. I think many hobbyists maybe scratching their heads wondering if it's worth upgrading or not whereas Pro users who will likely use the new Take system will be reasonbably happy. Fun times ahead over the next few days reading people's impressions of it. BTW I have zero knowledge of what's in R18. Beta testers aren't told what's coming in future versions. Your guess is as good as mine. Nigel / 3DKiwi Link to post


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Perception star Rachael Leigh Cook and her husband, The Vampire Diaries and Originals' Daniel Gillies, have named their new daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies, Us Weekly reports.
Check out the biggest celeb feuds
Cook gave birth on Saturday. "It's a girl," Gillies tweeted Sunday. "The tiny new empress of my everything. she's immaculate. We're delirious."
This is the first child for the couple, who have been married since 2004.


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There is an acute shortage of good drinking water in many areas of the world. TNO had earlier developed a method, the Memstill® technology, to desalinate seawater using membranes and extract pure drinking water from it. The method has been taken a step further in its development and through a new principle that uses only solar or residual heat, it is possible to produce drinking water and electricity at the same time by pressurising the distillation.
There is significant interest in the TNO technology, MemPower®, from around the world and particularly in the Middle East. Having previously continued development of Memstill® in a European consortium, TNO will now be collaborating with parties in the Middle East including the water and electricity company KAHRAMAA from Qatar. The aim of the collaboration is to develop and demonstrate MemPower® for this region, working on improving the efficiency of the process by operating at a higher temperature and pressure. This results in a considerable increase in the amount of water and electricity produced. The joint proposition to achieve this was selected out of nearly 140 submissions by the Suqia Foundation in the United Arab Emirates as winner of the MBR Global Water Award 2016 in the category: innovative research and development – international institutes.
This becomes the third international award presented to an application of this membrane technology. In 2015 TNO received an innovation award in Saudi Arabia for the MemPower@ that had just been developed and in 2016 a European consortium coordinated by TNO won the EIT Innovation Award 2016 with the WE4CC-II project.
Existing methods of desalinating seawater tend to be complex, expensive and consume a lot of energy. TNO's MemPower® uses renewable sources of energy like solar or residual heat to produce very pure water through a membrane filter technique. Rather than being a net consumer of electricity, using MemPower® actually produces electricity. Previous versions of the (non-pressurised) Memstill® process have been successfully demonstrated by TNO in large-scale testing at an electricity power plant on the Maasvlakte and in Singapore. For a long time it had been difficult to make leak-proof membrane modules but now there are parties in the market that have a good grasp of this technique. Operation of the first pressurised MemPower® modules have been recently tested at TNO with success.
In the food industry, too, where many diluted foods have to be thickened and brine reprocessed, the distillation methods offer new opportunities. Water is present in many areas of the world but the source is polluted. Memstill® and MemPower® can be used to make pure drinking water in these situations.
From 2013 to 2016 TNO was part of the Water & Energy for Climate Change (WE4CC-II) project together with TU Berlin, the Laborelec subsidiary of energy company Engie and Naked Energy Ltd, a manufacturer of new photovoltaic thermal (PVT) solar collectors. This generated cases in which solar heating, drinking water and conditioned air were combined in a single efficient system. This enables, for example, hotels on Mediterranean islands where clean water is scarce and expensive to make both drinking water from seawater and airconditioning using heat gained from PVT solar collectors and MemPower®.
The technology devised for making clean drinking water now appears to be suitable for the production of electricity, too. Using just solar heat as a source of energy, the standalone system can, in principle, be used anywhere in the world where water is present. Together with its partners, TNO will be working on perfecting the MemPower® prototype in the coming period to bring it closer to large-scale worldwide application.
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Here's why:
- Data speed
- Price
The current model for CDMA does not allow simultaneous voice and data. In August of 2009, the CDMA Development Group published a new specification that would allow simultaneous voice and data, but that will take time to roll out to all existing Verizon systems. Of course, an iPhone might be the incentive they need to do that quickly.
I use data during calls very often. Friends and family will call and ask for detailed local weather conditions while traveling or ask me to pull up some web-based information.
Data Speed
In most of the US, including here in the Twin Cities, the data speed on AT&T is generally faster than on Verizon. Connectivity on AT&T is worse, especially in dense business areas (all those ad folks carry iPhones...) My experience has been that I can stream internet radio throughout my drive/ride to any of regular destinations with one drop on 3G. If I'm conserving batteries, I'll switch to EDGE and do nearly as well.
This target keeps moving, and the companies make things complicated to it's hard to directly compare, but generally, AT&T data plans are slightly less expensive than Verizon.
And now for a little rant...
Since when did technology prices go UP? Like many Oligopolies, wireless data needs an outside player to shake things up. But like Cable, there is a physical location requirement that creates a high barrier to entry for a new competitor and allows the market leaders to engage in anti-competitive practices.
Other Possibilities
New CDMA
If the Verizon iPhone has the new version of CDMA, then I will seriously consider it. As a phone, my AT&T iPhone is nearly useless. About one-third of my call never ring - straight to voicemail.
At one of my clients, I don't even try to make calls. I just use the Skype application and call over WiFi.
Tethering iPad
My dream solution is steno-pad-sized iPad with free WiFi tethering. If such a device came with a data-only plan I would jump all over it. Especially if was available with the Virgin pay-as-you-go data plan.
So I'm not all that excited about a Verizon iPhone. However, I desperate want it to be introduced so that we get some competition for data plans in the market. Right now, Android and iPhone are living in silos. I think having the iPone on multiple carriers in the US will create a little competition. Yes, I said "little." See the rant above.


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Gabriele Russo
mardi 18 juillet 2017
Inclement Gods
GODS INC. Series BOOK 2
When you live in a world pullulating with gods, can you truly be an atheist? Well, yes…if you know a way to get rid of them. Mysantheos, a fanatic atheist at the head of a powerful lobby/terrorist organization, has created a weapon able to kill gods and his kamikaze army is ready to attack.
As the divine bodies pile up, resentment builds at Gods Incorporated and violent factions start pushing for the extermination of the human race, and the CEO/Queen Louhi is running out of ideas to calm them down. Hopefully, her black ops teams are doing better. But will the Nerds and Richard (a down-on-his-luck private eye), saddled as they are with a group of angry gods, manage to find
Mysantheos before all hell breaks loose?
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A new series on building a data Management program in Kazakhstan
We're delighted to introduce a new project to you here on Hub Designs Magazine, called DMFS ("Data Management From Scratch"). It's a long-term story about building a data management program as part of a large-scale business transformation effort launched this year in Kazakhstan, a fast developing post-USSR country.
We're going to cover that program on a monthly basis. The field reports will allow you to follow the program and explore useful information from practical case studies, applicable approaches and lessons learned.
This program is really ambitious and has many challenges. Companies such as Gartner, Deloitte, EY, McKinsey & Company, PwC and The Boston Consulting Group have been already involved, and the program leaders are planning to form a DAMA International (Data Management Association) chapter in Kazakhstan to help increase the whole country's data management maturity level. Various data management tools will be implemented to manage fifty companies's data across a variety of industries.
We hope you'll stay with us, empathize with us, and grow with us as we share our experiences. We invite your comments and advice for the challenges we face and would love to hear about your experiences related to each of our reports.
Yours sincerely, Dmitrii Kovalchuk
DMFS Field Report #1 – A New Beginning
In this inaugural field report, I'm going to provide some background information about Kazakhstan, the Sovereign Wealth Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" and the Transformation Program that the fund has launched. I'll also introduce our data management team and tell about our challenges and plans for the short and long term.
According to Wikipedia, Kazakhstan (officially the Republic of Kazakhstan) is a country in Central Asia, which shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Even though it is the ninth largest country in the world, its population is only about 17.5 million people. Kazakhstan is populated by 131 ethnicities, including Kazakhs (who make up 63 percent of the population), Russians, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Germans, Tatars, and Uyghurs. The Kazakh language is the state language, while Russian has equal official status for all levels of administrative and institutional purposes.
Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991; the current President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has been leader of the country since then.
Nazarbayev unveiled in his 2012 State of the Nation the Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy, a long-term strategy to ensure the future growth of Kazakhstan, and to position Kazakhstan as one of the 30 most developed nations in the world.
The Joint Stock Company Sovereign Wealth Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" was founded in accordance with a decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in order to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the national economy and to try to prevent any potential negative impact of changes in the world markets on the economic growth of the country.
The key purpose of Samruk-Kazyna is to manage shares (interests) of national development institutions, national companies, and other legal entities it owns to maximize their long-term value and competitiveness in the world markets. There are 576 subsidiaries and associated companies in the Fund's group of companies (as of June 30, 2014).
The key objectives of Samruk-Kazyna are:
- to increase the value of its portfolio companies,
- to participate in the diversification of national economy of Kazakhstan, and
- to support regional development and implementation of social projects.
The Transformation Program
To meet Kazakhstan's ambitious objective – to enter the top 30 developed countries of the world by 2050, and to ensure the required growth in the efficiency of investment and operating activities, Samruk-Kazyna developed a program of large-scale transformation of its activities and those of its 12 portfolio companies:
- "KazMunayGas" NC
- "Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company" JSC
- "Kazakhtelecom" JSC
- "Kazpost" JSC
- "Kazakhstan Engineering" JSC
- "Air Astana" JSC
- "Samruk-Energy" JSC
- "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC (national transport and logistics operator)
- "Kazatomprom" JSC NC
- "United Chemical Company" LLP
- National Mining Company "Tau-Ken Samruk" JSC
- "Samruk-Kazyna" Real Estate Fund
The Transformation Program is being implemented in the same fashion as it was implemented by the Sovereign Wealth Funds of Malaysia Кhazanah Nasiоnal Berhad and Temasek, Singapore.
The Program covers three core directions: adding value to the portfolio companies, changing the portfolio structure and approach of Samruk-Kazyna to its investment activities, and redistribution of authority and responsibility in the management system of Samruk-Kazyna and its portfolio companies.
The first results of the Transformation Program are going to be seen in 2017-2018. In general, the first stage of the Transformation Program will be completed before the end of 2018. Then Samruk-Kazyna will launch a process of continuous improvement in all 12 portfolio companies.
Upon completing the active stage of implementing the program activities, improvement of the activity on regular basis will become a corporate standard.
Our Team
The Core Transformation Team (CTT) was created to develop the methodology of the Transformation Program and to support local transformation teams, which have been created in each portfolio company according to the strategy and scope of the program.
CTT acts under the supervision of the Chief Business Transformation Officer. CTT consists of business and IT experts who have strong backgrounds in the following areas: Business Transformation Management, Program and Project Management, Change Management, Communications, Technology and IT Infrastructure Transformation, Data Management, Business Profits Realization, Financial Business Integration, Operations, Logistics, Transpiration, Procurement and Sales, etc.
Let me introduce three of them to you – the data management professionals who are the characters of our DMFS story.
Dmitrii Kovalchuk, your correspondent. I've been working as a data management consultant for more than ten years and have experience in Data Governance and Stewardship, Data Architecture, Data Development, Master Data Management and Data Quality Management.
In this Transformation Program, I act as the data management team leader and am responsible for enterprise data governance establishment, creating a data management competency center, developing methodology regarding enterprise data architecture, data management processes and supervising data management tools implementation (such as MDM, ECM, BI, DWH, ILM, and so on) by local transformation teams.
In addition to my keen interest in Data Management, spending quality time with my family is an important priority. My interests also include jogging, hiking and paragliding.
Erlan Kadraliyev is an enterprise data architect. He's in charge of creating methodologies in data architecture using best practices and standards (TOGAF, DMBOK, etc.) and guiding portfolio companies to establishing sound data architecture practices.
Erlan's previous experience includes projects such as Consolidated Financial Reports, Management Information Systems (including Treasury, Corporate Finance, Risk, Human Resources and Economic Planning reports), and Business Intelligence projects.
Erlan earned a Bachelor and Master of Information Systems from the Kazakh-British Technical University.
Gizat Makhanov is an enterprise data manager. His responsibilities include adopting and implementing data governance and data management processes, creating methodologies for data governance and data management using best practices and standards, and guiding portfolio companies to establishing effective data management culture.
Gizat previously worked as an IT process manager at Kazakhstan Railways Company to develop and implement IT governance and management processes.
He earned a Bachelor of Computer Information Systems from the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. Gizat enjoys programming, mixed martial arts and studying urban street design.
Our Challenges
- Businesses are not currently interested in managing data efficiently
- There's widespread misunderstanding of what data and data management are
- In general, there's a low level of data management maturity
- There are no regional institutions or professional associations to support progress in data management and associated initiatives
- There are no experienced consulting companies, which could suggest data management services (MDM implementation, data cleansing and so on)
- No books in Kazakh or Russian about data quality, master data management, data governance and so on. This is a challenge because the majority of people do not speak or read English.
- Educational programs don't have the appropriate classes and teachers, and there are no events like Enterprise Data World or the MDM Summit.
Immediate Steps
- Design a reference model for data management processes using standards, methodologies and best practices
- Identify the roles required for data management, and identify the KPIs and metrics to measure data management effectiveness
- Approve the methodology which will be used to design the Enterprise Data Architecture
- Compare Russian consulting companies that offer MDM implementation services (to create a short list of potential contractors)
- Establish a DAMA (Data Management Association) Chapter in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan
Next Month's Report
Our next installment will focus on Enterprise Data Architecture, particularly to find the optimal approach to design and maintain EDA in each company. Stay with us and read about this in the next DMFS Field Report. Click here to read Part 2.
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