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Technical support is often subdivided into Support Tiers or Support Levels, in order to better serve a business or customer base. A common support structure revolves around a three-tiered technical support system.( Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3)
Tier-1 (T1) or Level-1 (L1) Support
This is the first support level responsible for basic customer issues. It is synonymous with first-line support, level-1 support denoting basic technical or non-technical support functions.
Approach: The first job of a Tier-1 specialist is to gather customer's information and to determine the issue, the customer is facing. This is done by analyzing the symptoms and figuring out the underlying problem. When analyzing the symptoms, it is important for the support rep to identify what the customer is trying to accomplish. This ensures time is not wasted on attempting to solve a symptom instead of a problem. Once the identification of the underlying problem is established, the specialist can begin sorting through the possible solutions available.
Issues covered: Support specialists in Tier 1 tech and L1 support typically handle straightforward and simple problems while possibly using knowledge base tool & step-by-step guides. This includes troubleshooting methods such as verifying physical layer issues, resolving username and password problems, verification of proper hardware and software set up, and assistance with navigating around application menus.
- ✓ Filters help desk calls
- ✓ Provides basic support & troubleshooting
- ✓ Account unlock / lock
- ✓ Password reset
- ✓ Payment processing & related issues
- ✓ High-level application usage or How-to questions
- ✓ Application navigation assistance
- ✓ Gather user's information & analyze the issue
- ✓ Ticket creation & allocation to relevant teams
- ✓ Triage
- ✓ Call on-duty technicians for urgent issues
- ✓ Monitoring & responding to server notification emails
- ✓ Escalation to Level-2 or Level-3 support
Answers or resolutions must be made available via knowledge base, FAQs or step-by-step guides.
Capabilities: Support rep at this level have a basic understanding of the product or service and may not always be competent to solve complex issues. Nevertheless, the goal of this group is to handle 70%-80% of the user problems before finding it necessary to escalate the issue to a higher level.
Tier-2 (T2) or Level-2 (L2) Support
This is a more in-depth technical support. Tier-2 support levels cost more than tier-1 as the support reps are more experienced and knowledgeable on a particular product or service. It is synonymous with level-2 support, administrative level support denoting advanced technical troubleshooting and analysis methods.
Support specialists in this realm of knowledge are responsible for assisting Tier 1 personnel in solving basic technical problems and for investigating elevated issues by confirming the validity of the problem and seeking for known solutions related to these more complex issues. However, prior to the troubleshooting process, it is important that the technician review the work order or support ticket to see what has already been accomplished by the Tier 1 technician and how long the technician has been working with the particular customer. This is a key element in meeting both the customer and business needs as it allows the technician to prioritize the troubleshooting process and properly manage his or her time. If a problem is new and/or personnel from this group cannot determine a solution, they are responsible for raising this issue to the Tier 3 technical support group. This may include software repair, diagnostic testing, and the utilization of remote control tools used to take over the user's machine for the sole purpose of troubleshooting and finding a solution to the problem.
Tier-3 (T3) or Level-3 (L3) Support
This is the highest level of support in a three-tiered technical support model responsible for handling the most difficult or advanced problems. It is synonymous with level 3 support or support line 3 denoting expert level troubleshooting and analysis methods. Out of the 3 support levels, Tier -3 professionals are experts in their fields and are responsible for not only assisting both Tier 1 and Tier 2 personnel but with the research and development of solutions to new or unknown issues. Note that Tier III technicians have the same responsibility as Tier 2 technicians in reviewing the work order and assessing the time already spent with the customer so that the work is prioritized and time management is sufficiently utilized. If it is determined that a problem can be solved, this group is responsible for designing and developing one or more courses of action, evaluating each of these courses in a test case environment, and implementing the best solution to the problem. Once the solution is verified, it is delivered to the customer and made available for future troubleshooting and analysis.
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Plug-in Grant Levels from October 2018
Low emission vehicles that have been approved by the government are eligible for a grant. A percentage of the purchase price up to a maximum monetary amount will be applied by the dealer to the prices' of brand new vehicles.
For company car drivers the P11D value will be based on the original list price before deducting the grant.
The amounts and criteria for eligibility can be seen below:
|Minimum CO2 (g/km)
|Maximum CO2 (g/km)
|Minimum Range (miles)
|Purchase price discount (%)
|Maximum Grant Amount (£)
|Minimum CO2g/km0
|Maximum CO2g/km50
|Minimum Rangemiles70.0
|Purchase price discount%35
|Maximum Grant Amount£3,000.00
|Minimum CO2g/km0
|Maximum CO2g/km75
|Minimum Rangemiles10.0
|Purchase price discount%20
|Maximum Grant Amount£8,000.00
Available Cars
Futher information and frequently asked questions regarding the plug-in grant changes for cars can be found on the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) website.

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I run my browsers wide (full-screen, actually -- tiling window manager and all). Most sites continue to work fine like this. Some, like Wikipedia and LiveJournal, make the text as wide as the window, resulting in unreadably wide lines. I had been just dealing with this for years when I realized some simple user CSS would help:
$ cat .config/google-chrome/Default/User\ StyleSheets/Custom.css p, td, li { max-width: 50em; }(For some reason you have to run Chrome with
--enable-user-stylesheet for that to work. Other browsers have similar mechanisms.)


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When I used to travel, it was usually on a shoestring budget. At the time it was common for travellers like myself to meet up with other travellers and before long, share hotel rooms with them to cut costs.
When I was in Morocco in 1982, I met up with two other Australians, Bazza and Cazza (not their real names), and we travelled together for a couple of weeks sharing a room. Bazza and Cazza were primary school teachers from the same school and were on their annual leave. Now don't get the wrong idea, there was nothing "going on" between any of us. Cazza wasn't attracted to me, Bazza was gay, and I'm straight.
Cazza was travelling with Bazza because she wanted to go somewhere that was exotic and wanted to have a travelling companion without any complications. Cazza just didn't get Morocco, she'd topless sunbathe on the beach and then get pissed off that she was attracting a crowd of sexually starved locals.
She would've been better off at the Club Med in Tahiti.
Whereas Bazza had come to Morocco because he had heard about the stereotype that most Arab men were homosexuals and because he was looking for some action, he was hoping it was true. It was true, in so far as the Moroccan men that Bazza got involved with, were into being the daddy and always wanted him to play the mummy.
If you catch my drift, that is?
One of Bazza's pet peeves was that the Moroccan men (the ones he was intimate with at least) wouldn't admit to themselves that they were gay. Bruce hated the idea that he was being used as a surrogate woman until the real thing came along. He told me the same thing had happened on his holidays in the Philippines.
Ahhh men…..
all over the world, they're all heartless and selfish bastards!
Both Bazza and Cazza were a lot of fun to be around and I enjoyed my time with them greatly.
One night in Casablanca I decided to go out and take some night shots and Bazza asked if he could come along. "Sure" I said, and I was glad of some company.
Bazza was not only a promiscuous slut, he also had a great sense of humour, plus he was a very interesting and intelligent guy. We wandered around the streets in the muggy night, effortlessly shooting the breeze, with me occasionally taking a photo of whatever caught my eye.
After a few hours of trudging around we decided to rest our feet and buy some gelato at a cafe.
As we were sitting at our table eating our gelato, Bazza, sitting opposite me, started to purse his lips and make kissing gestures my way. I knew that Bazza knew that I was straight, so I knew the kisses weren't for me. I slowly turned around and a few tables away was a thin; well dressed; late thirty's; Moroccan man, blowing kisses back at Bazza.
Bazza waved the Moroccan guy over and so he came and introduced himself to us, shook our hands and joined us at the table. Bazza just stared our new friend with a shocking undisguised lust and this open declaration didn't seem to be causing any discomfort in our guest. I just didn't know where to look. After a couple of minutes of this weird staring thing, acknowledging that I was the "third wheel" so to speak, I excused myself from the table, and bolted for home, not expecting to see Bazza for some time.
Within ten minutes of me getting back to the hotel room, Bazza stormed in, all in a fit of rage, and started throwing and kicking things around. During his tantrum, Bazza was ranting, over and over, "all he wanted was to try and sell me drugs!" After a few minutes, Bazza calmed down and explained that as soon as I left, he had asked the Moroccan to go to the Moroccan's place, which turned out to be a room above the cafe. Once inside the room, Bazza made his move, only to be rebuffed and to have it explained to him, that the Moroccan wanted to sell cocaine to him.
I've thought about this incident over the years many times and a few things have occurred to me.
1.Who in their right mind would smuggle cocaine into Morocco, which is not only further away than America, but it's population of people rich enough to buy coke would be infinitesimal? Obviously it was a scam.
2.What was going on with the blowing the kisses thing? What did the Moroccan guy think? That's the way in which westerners communicate non-verbally when they want to buy drugs?
Ahhh… life's rich tapestry!


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Ask The Accordion
When you think of an accordion you think of a musical instrument but in this case I am not referring to that accordion that we all know but rather the very slick invention of the accordion and how it receives air to pump in and out!
Did you know that whales have this feature?
What is the most amazing is that baleen whales desperately need this accordion feature! But why? And do all whales have this feature? The answer is no!
A Closer Look At Whales:
The Orca (Orcinusorca latin in it's root name) (Killer whale) is classified as Odontoceti or (toothed whales) these "toothed whales" do not have the accordion extensions on their "chins" or "necks" as seen here, so you could teasingly say "no double chin" right?
Since the Odontoceti whales do not need this feature did they decide to do a ton of "head exercises to get rid of those ugly flaps of accordion like flaps?
First of all it seems silly that animals can change features like that just by setting their minds to it. And also the very idea that they could even decide one day that they don't need the accordion flaps does not mean they can alter that feature.
That is like saying I was so tired of my blue eyes that I decided to go to brown just by thinking about it. However evolution would have you to believe that is how evolution happens. An animal sees it's need to "evolve" a specific trait or lack of trait and it just changes! But this is not observed!
Why The Accordion Throat?
But why do the Baleen whales (No teeth) that they call Mysticeti have these features? (Specifically the Sperm Whale or the Big Blue whale?
The Orca is a chomping killer. However the Baleen whale is classified as a differentiation due to the way in which it eats.
Like great bristles of a giant hairbrush, the Baleen whales are equipped with these bristly strainers to catch their very favorite food! Krill. These giant whales can weigh up to 190 t (210 short tons)! And eat as much as An adult blue whale can eat up to 40 million krill in a day. "The whales always feed in the areas with the highest concentration of krill, sometimes eating up to 3,600 kilograms (7,900 lb) of krill in a single day. The daily energy requirement of an adult blue whale is in the region of 1.5 million kilocalories (6.3 GJ)." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale)
Can you imagine trying to find that many krill? Krill are only about the size of a larger paper clip about 2.5 inches in length! And yet they need millions of these little orange guys to survive!
Baleen consists of keratin, the same fibrous structural proteins that we find in human fingernails and hair. Baleen is a skin derivative. And some whales have longer baleen than other whales (Like the Bowhead whale) It has also been observed that the gray whale, may only use one side of their baleen when eating their meal.
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Another amazing thing about Baleen whales (esp. Big Blue) is that scientist have also noticed that they have a very special sensory organ along their chins called tactile organs 'vibrasse' that help them to find their tiny prey!
The reason for the special folding of their throat is due to when they open their mouth to swallow these krill the flaps of skin open wide to allow for more space to swallow a larger amount of krill at one time!
These whales also have split jaws to aid them when opening their mouths so they can eat even more!
And look at these amazing features! The Baleen to strain out the krill, a sense organ to locate the krill, and flaps on the throat that fold just so and unfold when they need to get more krill!
Evolution is wrong!
It will tell you that a whale's closest relatives are cows, deer, pigs, camels, giraffes, sheep, and hippos! Now how does that just up and happen?
Well it doesn't. NEVER EVER have we observed this transformation of evolution happen.
The question is: If the traits of these whales evolved they would STARVE TO DEATH in the process! They cannot do without their Baleen their sense organ, or their flaps of skin. They would starve. And yet the killer whale doesn't have that baleen, or flaps of skin to catch krill because it doesn't need it.
This is design. Not random chance. Someone is feeding us a tall tale! A whale of a tail! Right!?


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Metsa Green Make-up Bag BigKauniste
Playful and colourful we are obsessed with the collection of make-up and beauty bags from Finnish textile brand Kauniste. Featuring a fun woodland motif comprising trees and small flowers, this make-up bag is designed by Norwegian illustrator Bjørn Rune Lie - simply pop in your make-up essentials and enjoy.
Kauniste products have been created by uniting the talents of young Scandinavia designers and craftsmen. Kauniste textiles combine fresh colours and design ideas with traditional manufacturing techniques.
Product Details
Size: 21 cm x 14 cm
Material: 55% linen 45% cotton
Made by: Kauniste
Origin: Finland
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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a unified appeal, the Minnesota Medical Association and 20 other medical societies joined together on Friday, June 26 in calling for state leaders to require the wearing of masks in all indoor settings.
The MMA did not specify if the proposed mandate should be extended, as numerous states have done, to outdoor settings where persons cannot maintain a 6-foot separation.
"Minnesota is seeing improvements in COVID-19 cases, but the threat of this virus is not over," said Dr. Keith Stelter, president of the Minnesota Medical Association, in a statement.
"The medical benefits of wearing a mask are clear -– a mask helps reduce virus transmission, particularly by individuals who are sick but have no symptoms and by individuals who have been infected but do not yet show any symptoms. Masks are also safe to wear."
In an afternoon press call, state health commissioner Jan Malcolm said state leaders are discussing the proposal, but she hedged on a full endorsement.
"I think the evidence on the value of masks continues to grow," said Malcolm. "It's been one of the things that has frankly changed, over the course of the pandemic -- what we knew about masks and how valuable of a tool we thought they were. As the evidence has continued to get stronger about the benefits of mask-wearing, we certainly have always urged that, and strongly recommended it as we look to further reopenings."
"I know it is a logical question if ... actually making it a requirement for certain settings might make a logical companion to the reopenings," Malcolm said. "A number of localities have taken that initiative on their own, and that's certainly something we have been supportive of as well."
Currently, 16 states have issued orders requiring the use of masks in public places indoors and often outdoors if persons cannot maintain a distance of 6 feet.
Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors have ordered the wearing of masks indoors in public places and outdoors where distance cannot be maintained. The state of Minnesota has requirements for wearing masks in certain businesses, but aside for customers of personal care services, the public is currently under no requirements to cover their mouth and nose in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
'We know that the governor has said many times for this to work, Minnesotans have to buy in and adopt these behaviors," Malcolm said. "We also understand saying something is required does matter. We're talking about that, and looking at that quite closely as we notice that more states and cities around the country are going to a requirement."
Minnesota has taken a patchwork response to mask recommendations, with restaurants, bars and small shops often showing uniform adherence among employees if not customers, contrasted with large retailers and customers flaunting the advice altogether.
The result is an unspoken tension created by the collision of those who see the wearing of masks as a pro-social activity -- the mask protects strangers more than the person wearing one-- faced with beneficiaries of their concern who walk within 6 feet and begin speaking loudly.
There is also a developing culture war over masks, with often mask-less GOP candidates for higher office like U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis wading into crowds bare-faced at political events that cluster attendees without masks.
It's discouraging to see where we're at with COVID, and even more so after witnessing a press conference Monday in which unmasked U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis shook hands and stood close to a couple dozen supporters, including an elderly veteran.— Matt McKinney (@_mattmckinney) June 24, 2020
President Donald Trump flouts the recommendation, while presidential candidate Joe Biden has said he would require masks of all Americans during the pandemic.
The issue has only taken on greater urgency as states which re-opened early are now seeing resurgences in cases.
"Statewide use of masks now in all indoor settings and on public transportation can help Minnesota avoid the resurgence of cases that is happening in many other states and avoid a backwards turn of the dial," said the MMA's Stelter.
"We continue to evaluate and think further about how every turn of the dial that opens things up increases social interaction," said Malcolm, "that's just a fact. The more interaction we have, the more the value of any protective measure we could take."
As a public service, we've opened this article to everyone regardless of subscription status. If this coverage is important to you, please consider supporting local journalism by clicking on the subscribe button in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage.
Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 hotline: 651-201-3920.
COVID-19 discrimination hotline: 833-454-0148
Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 website: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) website.


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Moleskin is made of a cotton flannel material with an adhesive backing. Hikers and runners routinely carry it as part of their first-aid kits for the treatment of blisters and corns. Moleskin is available for purchase as a rectangular sheet that can be cut to size to wrap heels, toes or any part of the foot that is irritated or blistered due to shoe friction. Some people use moleskin on the inside of a shoe as a preventive measure instead of placing it on the feet.
Run your hand along the inside of the shoe at the heel area. Also check anywhere inside the shoe where there is stitching detail or decorative elements that are attached by metal or stitching. Alternatively, wear the shoe for several hours and take note of any areas of friction that cause foot discomfort.
Cut the moleskin sheet to size with sharp scissors.
Peel off the adhesive backing and attach the moleskin to the inside of the shoe, smoothing to make sure there are no wrinkles.
Try on the shoe. Cut away any excess moleskin. Reposition it or cut a new piece if necessary.
Once the moleskin is placed in an area, it might not stick as well if repositioned. The moleskin might make shoes fit more snugly.


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I have been accused, on more than one occasion, of being a girly girl. Guilty. As. Charged. Which is SUPER great seeing as I am surrounded by boys. Even the cat is a boy. I am alone in girly ness in my household save for my über girly sister-in-law and mother-in-law, but most of the time it's me and a bunch of boys.
Perhaps it may shock some of you who know of my penchant for ballet flats, white fluffy bedding, tiaras, and all things Scarlett O'Hara that I love sports. While I do love the boys of summer, the boys of fall and the men of March Madness and have even loved a few of them, I have zero athletic ability of my own. I was the girl who was frequently 'sick' during gym class. I mean catch a ball? Gimme a break, that's never gonna happen. And I mean it, I can't even catch the ball when my sweet Boss throws it to me!
I've given up all hope of participating myself, but watching? Yes, please. I grew up with the sounds of John Elway and the Broncos as my weekend soundtrack and to this day just having football on the television makes me happy. Unless it's the Cowboys or the Raiders and then it makes me stabby. I find now that I am surrounded by boys that weekend football is a whole new experience and I gotta say…I dig it. I dig the whole set up, nachos, grilling, chips, hanging out together, my kids half snuggling half acting out the game as it happens.
Then last year something happened, 3 years after moving to D.C. – I started REALLY caring how the Redskins did. Hail to the Redskins! (although I do confess to sneaking on to Pinterest on the old iPhone sometimes during the games. Twitter too, I am addicted. BUT I tweet about the game so really I am just enjoying football with even more fans, right?)
I love Fall, I crave sweaters and leggings and cuddling up on the couch with my family and just relaxing. Football is the perfect reason to just stop everything and hang out together. And maybe make some veggie chili. Y'know how it is.
What about you? Do you like the Cowboys? If so, can we still be friends even though I think you are seriously misguided in your football love?
Make YOUR Game Day official with Pepsi ® and Tostitos ®! Enter every day for a chance to win a CAR every week and a $50 NFL SHOP GIFT CARD every hour! (See official rules.)
This is a sponsored post by Pepsi which is awesome because Pepsi was one of the four major food groups while I was in college. All opinions are my own; for instance the Cowboys stink. See? Pepsi absolutely in no way sanctions saying that the Cowboys suck, even though they do. Also, the Raiders.


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HammerFall concert tickets are on sale. You can find the list of HammerFall tour dates here.
HammerFall is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. The band is considered to be one of the founders for the second wave of Heavy Metal. As of 2012, they are on a hiatus but will return with a new album in 2014.
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Builders who worry about the trickle of younger adults coming into the housing industry need to do a better job of convincing high school and college students that residential development and construction are offering employment opportunities again after several years of deep layoffs and business failures among home-building companies.
That's even true for students enrolled in secondary and collegiate construction management programs—presumably where the next generation of leaders for the housing sector should be emerging. A good number of these students still gravitate toward careers in commercial or industrial architecture and construction, because that's where the economy and the media are telling them jobs are more likely to be in the immediate future.
Take, for example, Laura McCree, a senior at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., who was one of the recipients of the NAHB's Outstanding Student Awards for 2013. She says that she wouldn't mind "trying" home building eventually, but for now she thinks commercial is the better path to take to achieve her long-range goal of becoming a structural engineer.


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I wanted to join the Canon equilavelnt of the Nikon Pro Services and found 2 e-mail addresses online… both folks got back to me in under 24 hours (one in just a couple hours) with the info I needed.
I'm sure the honeymoon will end at some point, but I'm still liking Canon. I used to spend so much time on hold with Nikon NPS I finally gave up and started using an independent repair shop.


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Safari Extensions are small programs or plugins for Safari web browser that are very useful for users, because they add many interesting features and functions their web browser.
These extensions can be easily installed directly from Apple's Safari store, accessible through the Menu (cogwheel icon) → Safari Extensions... option.
Here is a list of some really useful extensions for Safari web browser.
Safari Social Extensions
Twitter for Safari
The official Twitter extension for Safari brings real-time trends and information to every web page. Users can keep track of what's trending at the moment, including any mention of the web page they are viewing.
Better Facebook
Better Facebook improves Facebook experience. Users can customize their news feed with advanced filters that can hide already read posts, alert about new comments and more.
Stop constantly checking your Google+ tab to see if anything new has been posted. LetGooglePlus do it for you. This extension adds a toolbar button giving you the current number of unread Google+ notifications waiting for your attention.
Click the Thurly button in the Safari toolbar to shorten the URL of the web page you're currently viewing. Then copy and paste to share the URL on your go-to social networking sites, in an email or a chat, or anywhere else on the web.
Safari Security Extensions
AdBlock is a useful Safari Extensions that blocks all ads on all web pages, once it is installed.
RoboForm Online
Keep all your logins completely in sync. No more worries about remembering your passwords. Access your favorite sites quickly and securely.
LastPass is an online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure.
Safari Utility Extensions
Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is very handy Safari Extension for capturing, annotation, and sharing of screenshots with just a click. Many options like crop or blur are available to alter the screenshot. Whole web pages can be captured as well.
Translate adds a toolbar item that translates the current web page using Google Translate. Very useful for people who often translate whole pages.
My eBay Manager
The My eBay Manager extension for Safari helps users keep track of their eBay activity while browsing on internet. Uses are always securely signed in, so they can check their progress whenever they like.
Add a weather button to the toolbar. The Cloudy extension can show the current temperature as a badge on the button, and can open Yahoo! Weather.
Google Reader Tools
Customize Google Reader with the built-in Helvetireader or Lucidia styles, or use your own stylesheet. A toolbar button allows you to check your Google Reader account for unread items.
Safari Restore
This useful Safari extension automatically restores previous Safari browsing session.
Safari Developer Extensions
Firebug Lite for Safari
Firebug is a tool to help users develop and debug HTML, Javascript and CSS. With a simple click on the Firebug Lite for Safari button while browsing, users can and instantly edit, debug and monitor currently viewed web page.
The Validator Safari extension checks the validity of (X)HTML code, CSS styles, and RSS feed using W3C Validators and optionally displays the count of errors and warnings found in the badge.


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Volunteer opportunities
Have you ever considered giving back to your profession by volunteering your time and expertise to the exam development process? NCEES provides tools and opportunities for those of all ages to advance the engineering and surveying professions. Log into your NCEES Member Resources account if you are already a volunteer with NCEES.
Exam development
Every year, hundreds of licensed engineers and surveyors—some of the best and brightest in their fields—come to NCEES headquarters to help us write and evaluate exam questions. For many, it is a great chance to strengthen their profession while meeting colleagues from a variety of professional backgrounds and earning professional development hours.
Learn more about exam development volunteering.
NCEES Speaker's Link
The best way for students to learn about engineering or surveying licensure is to hear about it from someone who has done it. Many professional engineers and surveyors volunteer to speak to groups about their profession and licensure. NCEES supports these efforts and offers a Speaker's Kit with resources that can help you answer people's questions about your profession.
Learn more about NCEES Speaker's Link and Speaker's Kits.


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You know what would be cool. Having like a model T or whippet or similar era car , with a board tracker or pre 1920 bike being towed in to a meet. Anyone in club have a setup like this.?
You know what would be cool. Having like a model T or whippet or similar era car , with a board tracker or pre 1920 bike being towed in to a meet. Anyone in club have a setup like this.?
Nah, the coolest is hauling with a sidecar/sidevan set-up. The hell with cars...
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I had my '48 bobber pan (flat black, red wheels, cherry bomb muffler) that I hauled to events in my El Camino with the same treatment. Until the Camino got stolen. Still got the '48. Problem was they disqualified it a couple of times that the bike was in the back due to not knowing what category to judge it in.
1932 Ford pickup with Little Base Indian
flanked by Dick Klamfoth,Bill Tuman,Bobby Hill at National motorcycle Museum Anamosa Iowa
Vintage Rally
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Not the exact era you're talking about, but we have had a few bikes show up in the back of older vehicles at our Dixon meet over the years I have attended. Here's a couple of pictures I found. The last one doesn't have a bike in the back but I had to post it anyway, just cause I love looking at it.
Eric Olson
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So my "Fossil" made it to D-port and back, back when, Folks!
Shuttled in NCC-1701-7
(Google it if you ain't no Trekkie.)
That was back when "Period Custom" was first invented. But I was refused entry by my own club. You know how clubs are....
PS: Actually, I rode it the couple of hundred mile round trip more times than I can remember (Alternating with my '65s), and at least onc't with a hack.
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Twitter Users Agree: IE6 Must Die
Yesterday, we published a story entitled IE6 Must Die for the Web to Move On, which analyzes HTML 5, the future of the web, and the roadblock that Internet Explorer 6 poses to web innovation. While we thought people would agree with us, we couldn't have ever imagined the overwhelming response of the social web. Apparently a lot of you just can't stand the 8 year old browser.
Now one Twitter user, James Lynch (@lynchjames) has seized the momentum and taken matters into his own hands. Specifically, he has used Twibbon, a service that overlays a small icon onto your profile picture, to create a Twitter petition to rally support for ending the use of IE6. Now, the Twibbon petition is gaining steam, as nearly a dozen people a minute are adding a "No to IE6" image to their profile pictures. We are fans of user activism through social media - it's widely believed that a Twititon for lowering the price of iPhone 3G S upgrades was central to AT&T caving to consumer and offering $199 iPhone 3G S mobiles to its unhappy userbase.
It's clear that campaigns like the IE6 Must Die Petition can be effective at rallying support and awareness for a cause, although as we pointed out in our original article, the people that must be convinced aren't the leadership at Microsoft, but the managers at outdated IT departments and the websites that still put significant resources toward IE6 support (hint to developers: charge more for IE6 support!).
In other words, don't expect a Twitition to quickly fix this Internet-wide problem, but we definitely hope companies, websites, and media take notice.


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Toughest month ahead for Gonzaga
December traditionally a minefield for Bulldogs
Tue., Dec. 4, 2012
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are unbeaten, cruised through a Holiday tournament, ranked in the top 10 and hearing Final Four chatter from national pundits.
Sounds like the 2008-09 Zags at the same point of the season.
And then came December, traditionally the toughest month on Gonzaga's schedule. The Bulldogs lost four of five games, including three in a row, before the calendar reached 2009. That team, which featured Jeremy Pargo, Josh Heytvelt, Austin Daye, Micah Downs, Matt Bouldin and Steven Gray, rebounded to go 14-0 in the WCC and win a pair of NCAA tournament games before falling to eventual national champion North Carolina.
"I guess there are similarities with (winning) the Old Spice and maybe the ranking, but it probably ends team-wise," coach Mark Few said. "The makeups are so different. At the end of the day, those guys had their sights on the NBA and the end of the rainbow a little bit, which there's nothing wrong with that. These guys aren't thinking like that."
The Bulldogs (8-0), who visit Washington State on Wednesday, moved up to No. 10 in the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls.
"I think it (rankings) was mentioned once and it wasn't said as 'congratulations.' It was said more as 'who really cares?' " sophomore guard Kevin Pangos said. "We have goals aside from being ranked. Have we played good opponents? Yes. But have we played the best? I don't think so, so there's nothing to really be too happy about yet."
December annually brings GU's biggest nonconference challenges. In 2006, it was Texas, Washington State, Washington, Georgia, Duke and Nevada. In 2010, it was Illinois, WSU, Notre Dame, Baylor, Xavier and Oklahoma State.
This month, GU will face WSU, Illinois, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma State. Illinois and Oklahoma State are ranked. Baylor, which just ended Kentucky's 55-game home winning streak, is receiving votes.
Few likes GU's unbeaten start, but emphasized that the season is still young.
"I can't figure out what we've done so far," he said. "West Virginia was very athletic; they seem offensively challenged. Oklahoma was extremely athletic, but you trust those coaches will really get their guys dialed in to the right roles and they'll be good at the end of the year. Davidson is a good team, that's an NCAA tournament team, and I wouldn't be surprised if Pacific is an NCAA team."
By Jan. 1, the answers will become clearer.
"You have to be incredibly resilient. You can't let whatever happens in one game affect the next one, and/or injuries or getting beat up a little bit," Few said of the December slate. "We were talking to Gary (Bell Jr.) about that. The next time you're going to feel good is probably like May, that's when you'll feel like you have pop in your legs again and you're moving pain-free. It becomes really hard because some weeks you're cramming three games into a week and now we're facing a bunch of ranked teams and some road games."
Remembering Majerus
Gonzaga assistant coach Donny Daniels was an assistant on Rick Majerus' staff at Utah from 1990-2000. Majerus died Saturday of heart failure.
"You can't work for someone that long and have the success we had and not take almost everything, including philosophy, terminology and style of play," said Daniels, who was head coach at Cal State Fullerton from 2000-03.
"He was very simple and everything came back to fundamentals. He had a very good grasp of roles on the team and his intensity and the way he went about it was a skill, too. He was very hard-working and thorough, and his record proved it."
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That might be better. The first time I did this I got an additional +13 elo in hyper-bullet self test. Trying it again later has not helped much though.cdani wrote:Another think I just thought. If I have already won 25 elo in self play, I suppose is better to run a new bunch of 60,000 games with the latest best version, as the new parameter values when tested will behave better correlation with the results of the games, so they will be optimized better.
That could work, but I think the games from the stronger engine should also be hyper-bullet games, so that they contain some mistakes leading to unbalanced positions.cdani wrote:But if this is true, why not use games of a stronger engine like Stockfish? It will be even better.
Personally I did not want to improve my engine by using data generated by an engine that I had not created myself, even though I don't think it would have been morally or legally wrong to do so.


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Research is conducted to increase our understanding of the etiology and needs of youth with OCD and related disorders, along with their families, and to also inform evidence-based practice. Research on the causation, long-term course and treatment of OCD is an integral aspect of the clinic's activities. Research on outcome of group treatment, pharmacological studies, and other new research projects will also be integrated into clinic activities. All research is done with informed consent and protocols have been reviewed by the University of British Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board.
Personal Impacts of COVID-19 Survey (PICS)
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our team is interested in learning about the personal impacts it has made on families and individuals. We have created a survey to capture information about the effect COVID-19 has had on individuals' thoughts, feelings and actions, along with their coping mechanisms and any resources available to them. The information gathered from this survey may be helpful in informing public health policies about pandemic specific needs to better prepare for such events in the future.
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Neurocognition Study Phase I: A Study of Neurocognition in Pediatric OCD, At-Risk Siblings and Healthy Controls
Given the need for more studies to support the evidence that children and adolescents with OCD exhibit impairments in neurocognitive functioning, the primary purpose of this study is to investigate neurocognitive functioning in pediatric OCD in terms of weaknesses and strengths compared to siblings and healthy controls. A secondary goal is to gain a better understanding about the heritability of neuropsychological traits in OCD by comparing test performance of and presence of neurological soft signs in pediatric OCD children, siblings, and healthy control participants.
Neurocognition Study Phase II: Risk, Development and Resilience in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: 5-year follow-up OCD Neurocognition Study
In this project (Phase II), we propose to conduct a longitudinal study to identify OCD risk markers, to improve prediction models and earlier identification of OCD, and to refine treatment strategies. We will compare 5-year trajectories of biological indicators across the three groups: OCD-affected children/youth, at-risk siblings, and healthy controls.
A Neuroimaging Study of Pediatric OCD, At-Risk Siblings and Healthy Controls
This cross-sectional study examines potentially heritable neural correlates of pediatric OCD by conducting anatomical and functional MRI scans on OCD-affected youth, their siblings and healthy controls.
BADE Study: Dissociable Cognitive Underpinnings of False Beliefs in OCD, Eating Disorders and Psychosis in Children
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Eating Disorders (ED), and Psychosis are common and debilitating psychiatric illnesses. Work has been done in recent decades to identify cognitive underpinnings in these disorders. Most recently, a cognitive bias called the "Bias Against Disconfirmatory Evidence (BADE)" has been proposed to underlie delusions and distorted beliefs. While this has been studied in adult psychosis populations, research in early-onset psychosis populations is lacking. Moreover, despite potential overlap between obsessions and delusional thinking, the BADE has not yet been examined in early-onset OCD and ED.
The purpose of the proposed study is to examine and compare associations between the BADE bias in early-onset psychosis, early-onset OCD, and ED.
SMART ERP Study: Flexibly dosed intensive exposure and response prevention as a means to maximize outcomes for youth with obsessive compulsive disorder
This study is investigating whether it is feasible to ERP treatment for youth with OCD in a graduated intensive format. We are hoping to identify that this way of implementing treatment works and, in doing so, determine the minimum level of intensive Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) sessions necessary for youth with OCD to achieve remission. In addition, we will be comparing how treatment setting (community vs hospital) impacts the feasibility of running the study and the treatment outcomes. By doing this study we hope to establish that we can run a research study of this type and better understand how intensive ERP for youth with OCD may be optimally implemented.
OCD and School Functioning
Our main goal is to examine how OCD affects the school life of affected individuals. This study will compare the responses about school functioning collected from the Provincial OCD Program (POP) sample to the original web-based sample (International OCD Foundation) and an additional community-based sample (recruited through AnxietyBC, IOCDF, OCDbc, and pediatric OCD treatment providers).


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By Jim Roope, CNN
(CNN) – One of the more complicated decisions California voters face election day is whether that state's 'three strikes' law is too tough, or not enough.
[:20] "The three strikes law is a very powerful tool to go after recidivists; violent serious criminals; one that we have to retain."
Los Angeles's tough-on-crime District Attorney Steve Cooley says the 'three strikes' law works, but it is a bit too tough.
[:38] "It has to be used I think, not on individuals who have the prior criminal history that commit non-violent, non-serious such as petty theft with a prior, a two-bit forgery, you know, c'mon, a simple possession of drugs. Not 25-to-life."
The punishment, he says, should fit the crime. Cooley says regardless of criminal history, 'three strikes' laws shouldn't be used for 'catch-up' prison time for paroled felons.
Mike Reynolds is the citizen force behind the original 'three-strikes' law in California.
His 18-year-old daughter Kimberly was shot to death 20 years ago outside a restaurant in Fresno, California by one of the two repeat-offenders who tried to steal her purse.
[1:29] "Should a twice-convicted serious or violent offender be allowed to commit another serious and violent crime or more serious or violent crimes?"
However, University of California, Riverside Sociology Professor Robert Nash Parker says a 60-year study on trends in violent crime concludes 'three strikes' laws have no effect.
One reason is that violent crimes began declining in California and across the US, two years before the first 'three strikes' states began enacting their versions of the law.
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A cheeky squirrel found a novelty way of keeping his food dry: he used an umbrella.
The rodent couldn't believe his luck when he got his paws on a tiny umbrella left out for the birds to keep their food dry and he quickly put it above his head to keep him and the birdseeds dry.
Unabashed he then went on to eat the seeds left out for the birds in a Hampshire garden whilst the rain poured down.
Bird lover Jane Roberts, 39, had put the child's umbrella over the birds seed tray to help their food dry.
Jane from Fareham, Hampshire said: 'The bird seed soon goes mouldy in the rain so I try to keep it as dry as I can so I thought a small umbrella would be ideal.
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Ivar Brogger (born 10 January 1947; age 73) is an actor who played as Orum in the Star Trek: Voyager third season episode "Unity", and then went on to appear as Doctor Barus in the seventh season episode "Natural Law". Both of his costumes were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] [2]
Besides Voyager, Brogger has appeared on numerous other popular television series, including 24, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, and the final two-part episode of Touched by an Angel, which also featured fellow Star Trek actor Paul Winfield. He was also a regular performer on the hidden camera show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. He had a recurring role as Father Jeffery Scanlon on ABC's Invasion, as did Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Cirroc Lofton.
Brogger's feature film credits include 1989's Jacknife (with Jordan Lund and Josh Pais) and 1998's Senseless (with Brad Dourif, Jenette Goldstein, Cyia Batten, and Jack Shearer).
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Other Trek connections
- Academy Boyz (1997, with Kristanna S. Loken and Philip Anthony-Rodriguez)
- Seven Girlfriends (1999, with Olivia d'Abo, Michael Buchman Silver, Stephanie Erb, Scott MacDonald, Steve Vinovich, Georgann Johnson and Lisa Lord)
- Dreamgirls (2006, with Robert Curtis-Brown and Daniel Riordan)


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With a Campus of 15,700 students and around 1,000 professors, UCAM is a private Higher Education & Research Institution with 18 years of history , which offers 26 prominent European official degree studies, 45 Master and 17 PhD programs. The Faculty of Sport consists of 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students, and 64 teachers. Its Sports Center hosts a biomechanic research lab. From this technology, it can acknowledge the validity and reliability of different devices and training methods used in the practice of sports and physical activities.
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Sometimes life gets a little bumpy and financial disaster hits, and many people are left scarred with some ugly dings on their credit report. It's not uncommon to end up with some pretty negative and shameful feelings about having a bad credit profile.
That's pretty understandable these days, given how the media and certain commercials have created a heavy neuro-association between credit and self esteem or self worth.
Society dishes out a constant barrage of messages which tell us if we do not have an amazing FICO score, we're pretty much a loser and will end up driving a beat up car and living in a basement.
It does not have to be that way and the more anyone understands the reasons behind those messages, it becomes much easier to detach yourself from negative feelings associated with bad credit.
The main thing to keep in mind is banks, credit card companies, and credit bureaus, are all mammoth industries who'd love nothing more than to keep everyone perpetually on the credit treadmill. One of the ways they do that is to deliver a message of heavy emotional attachment to credit.
To them it's just business and marketing, so understanding that and looking at the big picture is key to rising above it. There's simply no need for anyone to feel like they have a lower self worth simply because of a bad credit score.
That being said, it's still difficult for most people to completely ignore bad credit. Unfortunately, our credit scores affect more than just the ability to get a loan or credit card. It permeates many other aspects of our lives such as renting a house or apartment, employment, insurance rates, and cell phone services.
So for practical purposes, even after ditching negative emotional associations with credit, most people will still need to pay attention to their credit score. Unless you choose to adopt a full cash and carry lifestyle, which there's nothing wrong with, it only makes sense to work on improving bad credit as much as possible.
One way to work on fixing up bad credit without the emotional baggage, is to simply get some help with the process. A couple methods of doing that are to work on it yourself and join a credit forum, or sign up for a legitimate service to do it for you. Either way, you'll quickly realize you definitely are not alone and there's millions of good people in the same situation just trying to function within the flawed credit system we have to deal with.


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Director General of the Department of Meteorology S.H. Kariyawasam expressing his views to our news team stated that as part of the weather phenomenon being experienced cold conditions would be experienced during morning & night while humid conditions would be experienced during noon hours.


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I managed to makeshift my way to lua 5.0 compatibility, in a separate branch of LESM 2.7.5
Basically was able to get ingame and do commands with no errors now.
Haven't tested all the features, but I don't think I will run into anything too surprising now, possibily a few things that will not be fully functional.
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Since the immediate post–World War II era, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a leading role in the political, economic, and social lives of Latin Americans. Its role has evolved from the Bretton Woods era of the postwar period, through the era of the Washington Consensus, and into the post-2008 crisis period. However, throughout those times the institution served as the enforcement instrument for orthodox economic policies within the liberal international order. It conditioned emergency lending to countries in economic distress on the implementation of austere economic policies.
The region's workers consistently bore the costs of the IMF's prescribed policies. Such policies resulted in fewer public-sector jobs, reductions in welfare state benefits, and increased levels of foreign involvement in national economies. Consequently, the IMF became the subject of frequent labor protests. Workers understood the key role the IMF played in devising the policies that caused them pain and often took steps to resist.
Although the IMF's effects on the working class are well understood within Latin America, it has not been the subject of sustained historical analysis. To understand the dynamics of the region's political economy, historians should focus on the IMF to a degree similar to that of economists and political scientists. More specifically, the relationship between the IMF and Latin American workers is ripe for sustained analysis across disciplinary boundaries.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's drummer has explained his collapse on a Toronto stage that cancelled the rest of the band's tour was far more serious that he'd let on.
"I have finally arrived home after I collapsed and my heart stopped due to a cardiac arrest at the recent OMD Toronto gig," Malcolm Holmes posted on the band's website.
"I owe my life to quick-thinking members of our crew and band and the Toronto Fire Dept paramedics who performed CPR and defibrillation to bring me back to life."
When Holmes collapsed at the Danforth Music Hall on July 19, the band had said he was suffering from heat exhaustion brought on by stage temperatures higher than 45C.
Because Holmes had suffered a major heart attack in 2004, the band "are not prepared to jeopardize Malcolm's long term health and have decided to stop touring for this year."
He had rejoined OMD when the British new wave band reformed in 2006.
They announced five days later that Holmes was out of hospital and on his way home to Britain to celebrate his 53rd birthday on July 28.
He said in his statement on Monday, however, "It's good to be home."
He thanked the Toronto Fire Department paramedics, the nurses and doctors in intensive care and coronary care at Toronto East General Hospital and doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital.
"It has been a deeply traumatic time not only for me but the band, crew, management, family, friends and loved ones. I have been overwhelmed with the kind messages of love and support from so many people," Holmes said in his statement.


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One of the things I am interested in is galactic phenomena. The events like lunar eclipse, shooting stars, solar eclipse, and all that jazz are something I hope not to miss. I remember going to Bali crossing Gilimanuk port to Bali island by ferry. I was going up on deck, sitting on an empty bench. Yes, I intended to see the starlit sky. The ferry was bobbing up and down while I was admiring the sky. I saw some constellations, but don't ask me which ones- I think I am never good at remembering these. All I remember was that those stars I saw formed a nice pattern in the sky. What a night!
Some explanations about events happen in the galaxy really take my time to understand, and often I give up to understand the scientific explanations. It may sound strange, but I think I just admire those galactic events without having the necessity feeling to understand the process of how they happen.
One moment which is imprinted on my memory up to this moment is the shooting star I saw by accident of course, a long time ago when I was a little. It was stunning. Only recently did I find news on Yahoo.com- Indonesian version about Venus Eclipse. Apparently, I have missed something!
Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, is always seen as brighter than the brighter stars. According to the new format of Wikipedia,
"Venus 'overtakes' the Earth every 584 days as it orbits the Sun.As it does so, it changes from the 'Evening star', visible after sunset, to the 'Morning star', visible before sunrise."
In Indonesia, This Evening and Morning Star is called as Bintang Kejora. Venus Eclipse = Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena and currently occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years.- says Wiki. Okay, 243 years from now??You go figure what I mean.
Based on Bosscha Observatory Lembang, Bandung- West Java, Indonesia, this phenomenon could only be seen last May 16th, 2010 in specific regions of Indonesia-mostly in the Central, and Western part of Java, well or so I read. Sadly, I missed the moment!
I may miss the extraordinary visit of Aphrodite, but she will always be seen in the morning, and evening. Then, I'll just say hello!


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Australian wildlife face catastrophe as cats 'take over' the country
RAMPAGING feral cats have taken over Australia and threaten to wipe out up to 100 of its most precious animals.
Feral cats are threatening to wipe out up to 100 of Australia's wild species
New research shows how wild moggies are now hunting over 99.8 per cent of Australia's huge land mass.
Up to 75 million wild creatures are killed by cats every night because they have not evolved to escape the clutches of such stealthy, clinical and devastating predators.
Politicians support widespread culls of the one-time pets turned wild but animal welfare campaigners have argue that non lethal methods of controlling cats, such as sterilisation, are more humane.
Singer Morrisey famously described the Australian government's plans to kill more than two million cats by 2020 as "taking idiocy too far".
With at least 20 of Australia's native animals already driven to extinction by cats there are fears that other marsupials such as the numbat, greater bilby, golden bandicoot and the western quoll may also be driven into oblivion.
Pressure to tackle Australia's feral cat problem has never been greater after the publication of a new academic study this week.
There are fears that other marsupials such as the numbat may become extinct
Research undertaken by more than 40 of Australia's top environmental scientists and evidence from nearly 100 studies across the country shows how cats have all but taken over the country, with the numbers of animals soaring up to 6.3 million individuals.
Feral cats are undermining the efforts of conservation managers
What worries conservationists is the fact that cat densities are as high inside protected nature areas such as national parks as outside. Urban areas are witnessing the highest cat densities, sometimes 30 times greater than wild areas, and could be helping to bolster the number feral felines moving into the brushlands.
The new research is published in the journal Biological Conservation. Its lead author, Dr Sarah Legge from the University of Queensland, said: "Our study highlights the scale and impacts of feral cats and the urgent need to develop effective control methods, and to target our efforts in areas where that control will produce the biggest gains.
The wild felines are hunting on nearly 100 per cent of the countries land mass
"At the moment feral cats are undermining the efforts of conservation managers and threatened species recovery teams across Australia.
"It is this difficulty which is pushing conservation managers into expensive, last resort conservation options like creating predator free fenced areas and establishing populations on predator-free islands.
"These projects are essential for preventing extinctions, but they are not enough - they protect only a tiny fraction of Australia's land area, leaving feral cats to wreak havoc over the remaining 99.8 per cent of the country."
Dr Legge explains how Australia's total feral cat population fluctuates between 2.1 million during lean times but can rise to 6.3 million when the rains come and prey becomes more abundant.
At least 20 of Australia's native animals have been driven to extinction by cats
Funding for the new research came from the Australian government's National Environmental Science Programme and is seen as key for developing effective strategies to control cats and combat their impacts.
Gregory Andrews, Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner, said the science reaffirmed "the importance of the ambitious targets to cull feral cats" that he is implementing with ministerial support.
"Australia is the only continent on Earth other than Antarctica where the animals evolved without cats, which is a reason our wildlife is so vulnerable to them," he explained.
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Daily living is full of things that cause us to feel pressure and stress. Parenting, jobs, bills and even grocery shopping are simple things that (surprisingly) can wreak havoc on your body's immune system. Although taking vitamins and nutritional supplements helps tremendously, a compromised immune system is one of the main reasons why stress causes illness.
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Profile: Kemal Dervis
Kemal Dervis shot to international attention last year when he was drafted in to help the Turkish government fix the worst economic crisis in Turkey's modern history.
He was a senior official at the World Bank, where he had worked since 1978, and he had no political base in Turkey.
At the time Ragip Gultekin, chairman of an association of provincial businessmen, complained: "People are behaving as if a saviour, a messiah is coming."
Painful reforms
For many Turks, disillusioned with traditional politicians, Mr Dervis' frank manner came as a breath of fresh air.
And his relations with international lenders proved invaluable.
He secured a vital $16bn (£10.5bn) package of IMF loans and embarked on an ambitious, and often painful, economic recovery programme.
He worked tirelessly to bring down interest and inflation rates, and to stabilise the Turkish lira.
He also helped to introduce reforms designed to tackle corruption.
A former colleague at the World Bank described Mr Dervis as "a fairly forceful man who knows his own mind".
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"He's a very impressive guy," said David Lubin, emerging markets economist at HSBC.
"He's certainly one of the most credible economic policymakers in emerging markets.
"He's also played an extremely astute political game."
Mr Dervis has had to work closely with the Prime Minister, Bulent Ecevit - but it was not the first time they had worked together.
Before his move to the World Bank Mr Dervis was an economist and an adviser to Mr Ecevit, who served several stints as Prime Minister in the 1970s.
In recent months the relationship between the two men has soured.
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In July, when the ailing prime minister's party began to fall apart, Mr Dervis followed a string of other ministers by resigning.
He was persuaded to stay on, but then resigned a second time and announced he would be working to unite Turkey's centre-left politicians before elections due in November.
In spite of his achievements, critics say that he is "too American" and does not understand Turkey.
"It could work against him and certainly that's why his popularity is 60% not 80%," said Mr Lubin.
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But he said that while, on the one hand there was a strong willingness to preserve the Turkish identity, on the other hand there was a strong desire to modernise and move westwards.
Mr Dervis might represent the best chance of combining those two desires.
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Fortis Perspectives – November 2017
Year-End Tax Planning In the Wake of Tax Reform.
As you have undoubtedly seen in the news, the U.S. House and Senate have each released their respective versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act over the last few weeks. The House bill presented many challenges for year-end planning and now this is compounded by the Senate's proposal, which varies from current law and the House proposal. What should taxpayers contemplate as we approach December 31st? Consider the issue below. As always, we are here to help you navigate the every-changing tax landscape. Reform may bring lower tax rates and greater limitations on deductions. Consider accelerating deductions and deferring income.
- Consider paying state, local and real estate taxes before year-end.
- Proposed changes to the mortgage interest deduction are on the table. Before paying off, refinancing or consolidating debt speak to your tax advisor to determine how you may be impacted.
- Although charitable gifts continue to be a deduction under the proposed bills, taking the deduction in 2017 against higher tax rates may be applicable to you.
- Itemized deductions are expected to be limited so consider prepaying tax preparations fees and investment advisory fees.
- Other standard year-end practices still apply including the following: utilizing payroll or RMD withholding in lieu of quarterly estimates, realizing losses on investments, donating appreciated stock, making qualified charitable distributions from an IRA, maximizing 2017 retirement contributions and year-end gifting.
- Both bills contemplate an expanded gift / estate tax exemption. Although we do not foresee any year- end deadlines, many families will want to take advantage of this immediately following the New Year, should a bill be passed.
- For business owners, modifications to corporate tax rates as well as pass-through entities will certainly call into question the optimal entity structure. We recommend consulting with your advisor immediately to consider all options.
- Other corporate matters like expensing the cost of qualified property, depreciation and deductibility of interest may change so this warrants most business owners to revisit their current tax plans.
In summary, the proposed bills impact individuals, corporations, pass-through entities and exempt organizations. We expect these bills to be modified as politics will inevitably interfere with real tax reform. Our clients will hear from us in the coming weeks as we prepare for year-end and 2018 planning opportunities. In the meantime, if there are immediate needs or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss the potential impact on you and your family.
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Md. Yusoff, Nur Izzi and Ginoux, Marc-Stephane and Airey, Gordon Dan and Hainin, Mohd. Rosli (2010) Modelling the linear viscoelastic rheological properties of base bitumens. Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 22 (1). pp. 22-37. ISSN 1823-7843
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A laboratory work has been carried out on four different unaged pure bitumens to determine the properties of the 2S2P1D (combination of two springs, two parabolic elements and one dashpot) model. Two types of tests namely the oscillatory dynamic and creep tests, were conducted in order to obtain the rheological data by means of the dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). Then, a method based on inter-conversions function was proposed to model the creep behaviour of base bitumen. It was found that the model which consists of seven parameters simulates in an excellent way the linear visco-elastic properties of the bitumens over a wide range of temperature and frequencies. Furthermore, a simple approximation applied to the 2S2P1D model allows to model the creep data satisfactorily. The goodness of fit statistical analysis showed that the model had a good correlation compare to the measured dynamic modulus data.
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Hillary to World Leaders: Time for the Rich to Pony Up Their Taxes
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's address on Monday to the Clinton Global Initiative, the organization founded by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, illuminated changes in international development and how they fit within the tumultuous changes on the streets and in the governments of the Middle East and North Africa.
Pointedly noted among her goals for fueling development is getting governments to collect taxes from their wealthiest citizens.
Given the recent focus in the U.S. presidential race on whether the wealthy are taxed enough, and Democratic pressure on Republican candidate Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, the secretary of state quickly noted, "You know I'm out of American politics...," a remark that drew applause from the audience.
"There are rich people everywhere," the secretary continued, "and yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries." The "elites," as she called them, are not supporting the fundamental building blocks of society, such as building schools and infrastructure she added.


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This timelapse video shows the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft moving from its integration facility to it launch pad in Baikonur Cosmodrome and the launch on 2 September 2015 with commander Sergei Volkov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Aidyn Aimbetov to the International Space Station.
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In the early 1950s, a small bar named the Ski & Spur was the hot spot in [R25R, Aspen]. This was the place for live music, and a few years later it was renamed the Limelight. Today, the Limelight is once again a perfect place to hang out, but a recent transformation has made it quite the place to be.
The Limelight Lodge has been a hub for skiers and vacationers in Aspen for more 60 years. The lodge has recently undergone major renovation work and now has a "casual chic" vibe. This place has it all with spacious rooms (including breakfast) and the bar is the perfect hangout spot in the evenings. Try the "Meltdown" with hot chocolate, Bailey's, Cinnamon Schnapps, and whipped cream. Or grab the kids for the "S'mores Special" with all the fixings at the firepit on the hotel's heated outdoor patio, overlooking Aspen Mountain.
Live music is still a staple, from bluegrass to jazz. When we were there this fall, a band was auditioning for the winter season and it added the perfect ambience. You'll find live music in the lounge almost every afternoon during the ski season from 4-7 p.m, Thursdays through Mondays. Wednesday night is Family Movie Night complete with beanbag chairs and a family friendly flick.
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Keeping the Day Jobs
Filed under: On Publishing, On Writing
I recently read this interesting essay (by way of Erika Dreifus's awesome blog, Practicing Writing) about writing as a second career, by necessity. As a writer who, until recently, has always had a day job, I loved reading this — and even got a little nostalgic for my former day jobs.
The essay, by Emily St. John Mandel (a writer who's held myriad day jobs herself) features two novelists who balance work with writing: "I wanted to know if they experienced their day jobs as an impediment, as I generally have, or if they've managed to find jobs that have fueled their writing." And it's interesting to see these writers' preferences — either for work that, because it has nothing to do with writing (bartending, for example), provides fuel for story and character; or for work that is writing-related and therefore enhances skills that relate directly to craft. It's also nice to see that writers appreciate their day jobs, and not only for the paycheck. As Jason Quinn Malott notes, "If you talk to full-time, un-famous writers, they'll confirm just how unromantic writing full-time is."
So why are we so eager to quit our day jobs?
I've known several writers who have quit their jobs to write, only to watch the year (or years) go by without writing much. Jason Quinn Malott is right: It's not nearly as romantic as it sounds. My situation was a little different than simply giving up the day job: Having relocated to a new city for my partner's new job, I had a handy excuse to take the next year to try out writing full-time. And because I'd just published my first book, I'd have more time to promote it as well as plenty of time to work on current projects. Every writer's dream…right?
Well, sort of.
It's fantastic to have time to do readings and other events, which would have been difficult with a day job, and to have time to devote to new work. But as many writers suddenly faced with plenty of "free" time know, given a freer schedule or none at all, time slips away far more quickly than when you have to carefully budget your writing time. And it happens to us all: As this essay notes, Franz Kafka, after switching from twelve-hour shifts at his day job to a six-hour daily schedule, "somehow managed to avoid writing till 11 p.m. — he frittered away the late afternoon and early evening hours with exercises, lunch, a nap, dinner with his parents, an hour or two or more of writing letters or writing in his diary."
And of course there's the money issue: like many full-time writers, I still need to earn a few bucks, which means teaching, editing, freelancing — and juggling all these different things can be far more exhausting than simply showing up at one place every day, getting one's work done, and going home to write. Instead, I'm a slave to email, and there are no such things as weekends. But this is okay; anyone who writes around a day job knows that weekends are for writing anyway.
And of course, day jobs do take us out into the world about which we write — which, if you're writing full-time, is something you have to consciously go after. So I volunteer in the community, which is unpaid work but is among the best things I do every week: I'm out in the world — a different world than any day job has ever given me, in fact — and it keeps me focused and grounded and forces me to be a good manager of my own time.
Emily St. John Mandel writes that "every book we write is a lottery ticket" — that is, we most likely won't hit the right numbers, but life is capricious enough that we just never know.
Meanwhile, we can keep in mind that even the most famous and successful writers started out with day jobs, squeezing in their writing whenever and wherever they could. Stephen King taught high school and wrote in the closet of his trailer. Raymond Carver wrote stories in the back seat of his car. Anthony Trollope worked for the postal service. Toni Morrison worked nine-to-five in publishing. William Carlos Williams was a pediatrician. Scott Turow was (and still is) a lawyer.
I may eventually be back in the market for a new day job, and this helps me grasp any moments of time that may want to slip between my fingers. And, though I'm enjoying my Year of Writing immensely, I'd welcome the new adventure of another interesting day job. Unless, of course, I win the lottery.


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