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Fodmap recipes
Collection by Tammy Shaw
Instant Pot Turkey Wild Rice Soup - Zest and Lemons
This creamy Instant Pot turkey wild rice soup is perfect for busy weeknights or cold winter days. A great way to use up some leftover Thanksgiving turkey!
Low FODMAP Shepherd's Pie
Hopefully you love a warm casserole as much as I do!
10x low FODMAP casserole - Low FODMAP casserole recipes
10 recipes for a low FODMAP casserole! Pasta casseroles, Mexican casseroles, taco bake and more. ✓ Gluten-free ✓ Lactose-free
Low FODMAP Ranch Dressing Dip
Yearn for Hidden Valley no longer - Low FODMAP Ranch Dressing is here!
Low FODMAP Maple Mustard Chicken with Rosemary
Low FODMAP Maple Mustard Chicken with earthy rosemary, potatoes, carrots and crispy chicken skin - a full dinner with only 10 ingredients made in under an hour! | Paleo + Gluten Free
Low FODMAP Everybody's Favorite Muffin - FODMAP Everyday
These muffins can be tailored to your heart's content - chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, Raspberry Almond etc. And they are even safe during Elimination!
Sweet and Sour Chicken (Paleo & Low FODMAP)
No need to order takeout with this Sweet and Sour Chicken made healthy with low fodmap, paleo ingredients free of additives and full of flavor.
Low FODMAP Oreo brownies (glutenvrij en lactosevrij)
Low FODMAP Oreo brownies. Do I need to say more? Gooey, a rich chocolate flour and with pieces of "Oreo" or gluten- and lactose-free double cookies. Irresistible! Also gluten-free and lactose-free.
FODMAP IT!™ Super Quick Korean Beef - FODMAP Everyday
This super quick Korean beef dish can get on the table in less than 15 minutes and fits within our low FODMAP Elimination phase needs. And it's tasty!
Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna - FODMAP Everyday
We show you how to get Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna on the table in about 30 minutes! All the cheesy goodness you crave, low FODMAP and FAST!
Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna - FODMAP Everyday
We show you how to get Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna on the table in about 30 minutes! All the cheesy goodness you crave, low FODMAP and FAST!
Low FODMAP Haystack Cookies | The FODMAP Formula
Looking for a quick and easy FODMAP friendly treat this summer? Try these no-bake low FODMAP haystack cookies. Packed full of chocolate, oats and...
Low-FODMAP Loaded Barbecue Chicken French Fries; Gluten-free
A low-FODMAP recipe for Loaded Barbecue Chicken French Fries. Great for a party.. these are gluten-free and so delicious.
Low FODMAP Red Velvet Cupcakes (also gluten-free)
Low FODMAP red velvet cupcakes for Valentine's day! These red cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are a delicious present for your love. Also gluten-free.
Low FODMAP chocoladecake met glazuur (glutenvrij)
A delicious low FODMAP chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for Valentine's day! To share with your partner, family or friends. Also gluten-free.


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Ford bids good riddance to Microsoft's MyFord Touch
For some time now, word on the street was that Ford would employ BlackBerry's QNX technology in its new Sync 3 system instead of relying on Microsoft's MyFord Touch system. This is a major shift in light of the fact that Ford has been using Microsoft's technology for more than seven years.
Ford's chief technical officer and group vice president of Global Product Development, Raj Nair, was quoted, "Ford is delivering an easier way for customers to stay connected and Sync 3 is another step forward in delivering connectivity features customers most want, and they tell us this kind of technology is an important part of their decision to buy our vehicles."
The new user interface provides three choices on the home screen; phone, audio and navigation, along with a search box to help find locations of contacts. It seems the Sync 3 system will offer users a much brighter screen with higher quality graphics, larger buttons on the screen and features that touch screen users have grown accustomed to, including pinch-to-zoom.
Ford's Sync 3 system also has voice control options which allow drivers to focus on the road, rather than being forced to constantly divert attention to the display. Additionally, the new system appears to be more intuitive since users are no longer required to call out the specific addresses of certain locations. For example, someone with a hankering for Little Caesar's pizza can just say "Little Caesar's" and the Sync 3 system should navigate them to the nearest Little Caesar's restaurant.
Ford claims their AppLink system has been refined, and will allow users to choose compatible apps from their Android or Apple devices. The comapny says certain apps, like Pandora and Spotify, will operate in a different manner when used on the in-car interface, as opposed to how they work on mobile devices, and the user experience may be enhanced by better voice-control options and larger buttons.
Ford's global product manager of AppLink, Julius Marchwicki, commented on AppLink, "Overall, AppLink is faster, more responsive and easier to find your apps and the overall design of Sync 3 allows for better integration with smartphones, resulting in a more user-friendly experience."
When planning the shift to Sync 3, Ford conducted a customer survey to determine what improvements were required. Many respondents complained that the processor used in the infotainment system was too slow, and the company now claims to have upgraded to a more efficient OMAP 5 1.7 Ghz processor. Ford said it wanted the new system's performance to be on par with smart mobile devices.
The company expects to roll out the Sync 3 system next year when it releases its 2016 Ford and Lincoln models.

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I just realized that I made a big mistake in life. I am female, 19 years old and I think I completely destroyed my whole future...
Couple of months before I graduated from high school, I met a guy in the café I worked at. She were chatting a bit, making small talk mostly, but I really liked the attention a stranger was giving me. I really liked looking at him, he was (still is) a very attractive guy although a bit older. He is 43, has no children and is divorced. I was 17 years old when we exchanged numbers.
I was not worried about his age. We started texting, he called me every night and we talked for hours about everything and anything. We started going out and I fell in love with him quite quickly. And so did he. Everything felt right. He was a real gentleman - corteous, generous and so so attractive.
So now, after my graduation, we are newly married. All of my friends and family told me not to commit to him and not to get married, but I did not listen to them. I was in love. So, I broke off contact to those people who tried to talk me out of it.
I wanted to go to university after high school, get a diploma, travel the world, live in my own apartment. But I moved out of my parents' house, right in with my husband.
Well, I kinda feel totally unprepared for this life as a wife and an adult. (I mean, a wife, at 19!!). I still feel like a child most of the time and I feel inexperienced. I think that is what my husband likes best about me.
Now that the honeymoon phase is over I realized that we have nothing in common. We are living different lives, we are from different times. We do not share any common interests. And he does not want me to go to university or start a job, as he said I should care for our home and be there for our future children. He's already planned having children in the next few years, without talking to me about it.
He is some big shot at the police force, so he earns a lot of money. That is not a problem.
And I can be myself when I am around him, 100 %. And I do love him, but he kind of treats me like a child sometimes.
My family does not want to hear about my concerns any longer, as they say they told me from the beginning. Now I am all alone, with no friends or any social contacts and I know I've driven myself into a corner.
I confess that I am here, bawling my eyes out, listening to sad music, realizing that I have no way out.
"you know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae" -Paul Walker
I recently broke up with my boyfriend because we weren't clicking anymore and we undoubtedly fell out of love. It's been about 2 weeks since the break up and last night I got a text from his best friend (who is an old friend of mind as well, we used to like each other but he moved away for a few years) The message said that he moved back and wanted to hangout and catch up. We did and after a few hours of talking and smoking weed he kissed me. He said he's not looking for anything serious but was wondering if I wanted to start a friends with benefits relationship with him. I said yes. Am I being a terrible person or it is justified because we are both single consenting adults? I don't know. I feel really bad but I don't want to stop seeing him.
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Chris Christie: President Donald Trump would commit perjury if he talked to Robert Mueller
Should President Donald Trump testify as part of the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election?
According to former Gov. Chris Christie — who was unceremoniously booted as Trump's transition chairman — the answer is a simple "no," out of fear he'd commit perjury.
Appearing on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Christie said Trump "should never walk into that room with special counsel Robert Mueller, appointed to oversee the investigation.
"One of the things that makes the president who he is, is that he's a salesman. And salesmen, at times, tend to be hyperbolic. Right, and this president certainly has tended to do that," Christie said. "That's okay when you're on the campaign hustings. That's okay when you're working on Congress.
Watch former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's ABC News appearance below:
"It is not okay when you're sitting talking to federal agents ... That's a crime. That can send you to jail," he said.
Another longtime ally of the president believes Mueller will charge Trump, which you can see in a video at the top of the page.
RELATED: Will Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller?
The former New Jersey governor left office in January after eight years and two full terms. His running mate, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, lost her election bid to Phil Murphy, a Democrat. At the time he left office, Christie held an approval rating of 14 percent, according to a Rutgers University-Eagleton poll.
That approval rating plummeted over the last three years, due to the Bridgegate scandal that led to convictions for two of his confidantes, spending more than 500 days out of state during his second term and his support of Trump shortly after his own presidential campaign failed.
FLASHBACK: President Donald Trump's first primary campaign stop in New Jersey
Christie hoped to be Trump's pick for vice president but the nod instead went to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. He also hoped to be the administration's attorney general but instead wound up on the outside of Trump's inner circle, booted from his role as transition chairman shortly after Trump won the 2016 presidential election.
RELATED: Christie says taking him off Trump transition team was 'big mistake'
Christie, 55, was hired as an ABC News political commentator shortly after leaving office and has routinely appeared on the network criticizing the Trump Administration.
On Sunday, he suggested that Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt would likely be forced to leave office after it was revealed that he rented a Washington condominium owned by the wife of an energy lobbyist.
"The president's been ill-served by this, and if Mr. Pruitt's going to go, it's because he should have never been there in the first place," Christie said. "I don't know how you survive this one."
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Computer Vision-based Detection of Fish from Acoustic Backscatter Time Series - 19/02/2019
ASL Environmental Sciences has announced the awarding of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Engage Grant for the development of new automated or semi-automated analysis tools for Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP) data with the University of Victoria and ASL. This collaboration will be led by Dr Alexandra Branzan Albu's research group from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Victoria along with ASL acoustic and remote sensing specialists.
Additionally, AZFP data will be provided by Dr Stéphane Gauthier of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who will also bring expertise in the areas of fisheries acoustics, data analyses and interpretation.
Computer vision and machine learning
The AZFP provides high temporal and spatial resolution acoustic backscatter. Through this grant, efforts will focus on developing methods to automatically detect and classify fish backscatter from AZFP data. Dr Albu and her team bring specialized knowledge to this issue with experience in computer vision and machine learning. Traditional AZFP processing techniques are dependent upon human vision and visualization methods, the application of automated techniques will be used to create unbiased classifications based on shape, structure and pattern detection. Detection algorithms will be tested and tuned on datasets containing well-defined fish schools such as the ones produced by Pacific Herring, a small pelagic coastal species abundant in British Columbia's waters.Last updated: 05/03/2020


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Play cards, build your deck to get the best combos! In Pirates Outlaws pick a character with a pre-made deck. Explore and manage your expedition to get more gold and reputation. Manage your deck and ammo to defeat enemies strategy, in a turn-based system.
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Job Description
Our Atlanta-based Client is ready to hire a Senior Network Specialist/Architect to join the IT Security and Network team to take part in their continuing effort to provide excellent service to their customers. The company is a well established and highly successful organization with a portfolio of products helping to make our every day lives just a bit better, and conserving our environment as well.
The corporate culture is very collaborative with many long term employees who really love where they work! great benefits as well.
What they need a well-rounded, hands-on candidate with a diverse range of experience/skills that focus on researching and implementing network and security solutions, and related best practices.
This position is extremely dynamic and will require a consummate professional who can grasp the complexities and embrace challenges associated with working in a fast-paced environment.
This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, along with the ability to work as part of a team or independently under minimal direction. A key component to this role includes interfacing with teams outside of the IT Infrastructure group to gather requirements, collaborate on developing alternatives and effectively promoting initiatives throughout multiple levels within the organization.
Job details:
- Provides analysis and recommendations for the evolution and enhancement of the enterprise network infrastructure and security architecture
- Performs research and development into emerging technologies and use cases. Presents findings in a professional manner.
- Partners with Business clients and Technical peers to design and deliver new IT capabilities
- Performs proactive capacity planning exercises to ensure networks, systems and services are optimized for business demands
Assists in managing operational service delivery through Service Providers and junior staff including but not limited to:
- Proactive management of operations services via metrics and SLAs
- Assessing incidents, assigning severity to an incident and prioritizing the responses to incidents. Provide status updates to end-users and management about problems and requests
- Leads and participates in post mortem analysis to mitigate and/or eliminate future
- Maintains IT network operations consistent with industry best practice, laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with Users in assigned areas as well as service delivery partners and be responsible to develop, document, and implement standard operating procedures, customer service guidelines and best practices
- Partners with IT peers such as Applications administrators, Systems administrators, etc. on new initiatives and ongoing execution
- Monitor, evaluate, respond, and report on security threats and assist in annual testing of contingency/? disaster recovery plans
WAN Technical Skills
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Ability to understand high-level network design and impacts across the infrastructure relating to underlying hardware and software.
- Knowledge of network security best practices with hands on experience configuring Firewall Rules, IDS/? IPS, TACACS, and ACLs (example: Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, and Fortinet).
- Experience with Network Analysis Sniffer tools.
- Install, administer, implement and maintain LAN hardware and software nfrastructure
- Monitor bandwidth usage utilizing available tools
- Knowledge of IP routing protocols, including OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, and BGP.
- Experience working in corporate network environments with WAN technologies such as Firewalls,
Switches, Proxy, VPN SSL, VLAN, SD- WAN and MPLS Networks
- Work with outsourced technology service providers to provision new data and voice circuits
Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to tailor communication style to a diverse audience
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational - Ability to plan and effectively organize workload by setting and/or clarifying priorities and expectations ensuring that deadlines are met
- Ability to collaborate with others and seek assistance from other team members, as needed
- Monitor project progress and provide status to management and project teams
- Assist in vendor selection
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including strong documentation skills
- Works closely with onsite technical teams and 3 rd party providers to recognize and report root cause analysis of incidents reported to the client services
Analytics Skills
- Ability to identify relevant facts and issues underlying problems
- Ability to identify information required to clarify situations, complete assignments or make decisions
- Ability to critically evaluate data sources for reliability
- Respond quickly to manager requests for ad hoc quality reviews and reports
- Responsible for the resolution and recovery of complex issues and/or requests. Analyzes more moderate to complex issues to identify remediation actions to be taken.
Troubleshoot/analyze systems and data for faults, capacity issues, and performance degradation; remediate as required
- Takes actions to resolve issues to the Business, escalating the process as necessary per established escalation policies. Acts as the point of contact and escalation for support groups and internal businesses during recovery of major issues or requests.
- Collects and analyzes data (evidence, test results, performance data, issue reports, policies, financial, etc...) in order to identify and correct underlying issues, or escalate unrecognized symptoms or systemic problems. Determines sufficiency of controls, processes and/or workflow(s)
The ability to research, scope, and recommend new technology solutions to management
- Verify accuracy and reliability of data provided by the company
- Identify and implement applicable best practices and ensure consistent, standard execution of operational activities,
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)/Disaster Recovery (DR)
- Maintain network infrastructure documentation including disaster recovery plan and failover protocol
- Coordinate DR solutions with outsourced technology service providers
- Support management to develop/review BCP/ DR plans yearly and as needed
Security Technical Skills
- Manage firewall and router changes
- Install and maintain SSL certificates, domain names and their corresponding renewals
- Install, administer and maintain network-monitoring tools
- Respond to monitoring system alerts
- Work directly with dedicated application hosting support team on technical issues and attend recurring status calls with application hosting support teams
- Manage application hosting firewall changes
Educate employees on policies, procedures and best practices for both IT and physical security and determine the causes of security violations and suggest procedures to reduce or mitigate future incidents and testing existing systems and protocols to help identify new areas of risk and/or exposure.
Job Requirements:
Minimum of 10 years related experience or Bachelor' s degree Required
CISSP or CCNP preferred
Certifications from ISC2, ISACA, CompTIA, and GIAC preferred
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Recruiting Director, Project / Program Management & Business
Sue started working with The Connors Group in 2010, enthusiastically bringing expertise to an organization that shares her values of professional integrity and quality relationships. Sue focuses on recruiting Project / Program Management professionals for Business Transformation initiatives. She believes that clients value a good reputation, transparency in the process of working with candidates, and depth of insight to provide expedient solutions. On the talent side, Sue knows that candidates value access to opportunity, knowledge in review of their background, and the time we take to build rapport.
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Kivulini advocates and lobbies for better laws, polices and structural reforms to prevent violence against women and girls. We focus on building the capacity of local activists and leaders, and use a wide range of media to conduct campaigns in the Lake Victoria Region.
Kivulini prides itself on being closely connected to the communities we serve. Because of these close connections, we play a vital bridging role between the communities and national policy forums. Through exchanging and sharing information, Kivulini brings the voices, issues and priorities from local communities into public debate, and helps to ground public policy in practice by bringing it into the lives of women and men in communities throughout the Lake Victoria Region and Tanzania.
From 2003 to 2007, Kivulini established a broad presence through our active participation in national and regional networks like Policy Forum, Tanzania Education Network, FemAct, and SAHRINGON.
Kivulini also holds a steering position in The Mwanza Policy Initiative Forum. Our main role has been to advocate for the serious consideration of the issue of domestic violence. In addition, Kivulini is the national Focal NGO for the Gender Based Violence Prevention Network – a network of over 150 organizations in the Horn, East and Southern Africa that shares experiences and approaches on preventing violence against women.


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Back to the City podcast: Steve Barone ponders Lifter Puller's past -- and its future
Bring on the bedspins, bring on the mini-thins -- let's get incredibly immersed in the tale of Lifter Puller, as told by Steve Barone.
Between the band's Red Rox and Brooklyn Bowl reunion sets at the close of 2016, to the soundtrack of a series of their classic songs, Steve reflects on the increasing frequency of Lifter Puller reunions and on the genesis of everything from his synth hook for "Space Humpin' $19.99" to Craig Finn's Muddy Waters-facilitated friendship with Slug from Atmosphere. And that's just the first five minutes. Crank up your amps, man -- this is still a party.
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Historically, it was questionable whether postnuptial agreements (made during, not before, the marriage) were enforceable. Connecticut courts that considered the issue sometimes held that such agreements are inherently coercive, because one spouse typically enters into it to preserve the marriage, while the other is primarily motivated by financial concerns.
That view has changed with the times. In 2011 our supreme court recognized that "postnups", like "prenups", are consistent with the public policy of encouraging the private resolution of family issues, and allow couples to eliminate financial uncertainty as a source of emotional turmoil and focus instead on resolving other aspects of the marriage that may be problematic. The court found that "rather than inducing divorce" postnuptial agreements "simply acknowledge its ordinariness" and "do not encourage or facilitate dissolution" but "harmonize with our public policy favoring enduring marriages."
Now, postnuptial agreements that comply with contract principles and are fair and equitable at the time of execution and not unconscionable at the time of dissolution are enforceable. Still, however, such agreements, if challenged, will be given heightened scrutiny. For example, prenuptial agreements are enforceable without consideration, according to statute. No similar deference is accorded to postnuptial agreements. So, they should be negotiated and drafted with care.
The process would typically proceed in this fashion....I would function as a neutral mediator, full disclosure of financials is required, and both spouses will have the opportunity to reflect upon the agreement after seeing its specific terms, to consult with counsel of their choosing and propose revisions before signing. If you are interested in developing a postnuptial agreement, please contact me, I will be happy to assist.
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Pretzel the twisty-legged kitten was dumped at an L.A. shelter along with her sibling within hours of birth--the two tiny babies still had their umbilical cords attached. Clearly, someone noticed Pretzel's oddly shaped legs and decided a "special-needs" kitten wasn't worth the trouble. But true Homer's Heroes know that EVERY life matters. And, fortunately for Pretzel, she found her way to the wonderful humans of Kitten Rescue Los Angeles. This video, telling the story of Pretzel's miraculous transformation from a helpless, handicapped kitten with everything against her to beloved family member, left us in happy tears--and we're sure it'll do the same for you. Watch and rejoice!
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"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
Most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces."
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Police in Florida will not file domestic violence charges against actress and former Fox News commentator Stacey Dash. Police in Pasco, FL arrested her after she called 911 to report a domestic assault.
When police arrived at the home Dash shares with her husband, police noted signs of injury on him. They arrested her and removed her from the scene. Her husband appeared in court on her behalf and declined to press charges. Authorities released Dash following the court appearance and will not pursue charges. Dash has been vocal about her experiences as a domestic violence victim in prior relationships.
In February 2018, Dash briefly entered the race for California's 44th District seat in the US House of Representatives. She ran as a Republican. In March 2018, Dash withdrew from the race. The 44th District includes South Los Angeles, but is mostly Hispanic. Ultimately, incumbent Nanette Barragán, a Democrat from San Pedro, won a second term.
Originally a Democrat, Dash switched her party affiliation in 2012 and supported Mitt Romney. She signed with Fox News as a commentator in 2014 and parted company with the network in 2017. Dash maintains her support for the Republican Party, but claims that Hollywood has blacklisted her based on her political views.
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Father of Actuarial Science : William Morgan
Father of Actuarial Science: William Morgan. We who call ourselves actuaries owe so much to this legend William Morgan who was born in 25th May 1750 in Bridgend, Wales. William Morgan, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science.
A man who is widely now known as the father of actuarial science once used to though that the term actuary was an "affected appellation" for the kind of work he had to do, now this word has been retained and the profession has been formed largely because of his contributions.
His work was primarily involved in life assurance, but many of the principles were applicable in general insurance and pensions. He was first to show these things in actuarial science:
- The first to show how to work out complicated benefits, involving several lives and joint lives, from any mortality table
- The first to find a measure to value the liabilities of a life assurance company
- The first to see that in the current valuations process, a margin of surplus had to be carried forward to prevent his bonus system from breaking down
- The first to set down the available sources of profit and obtain measures for them
- The first to keep record of the mortality of a life assurance office, and to notice that there was such a thing as "select" mortality.
Further than this, he was the first practical administrator of life assurance and a successful man of business. He is also credited with producing the first 'x-ray tube'.
Morgan was the son of physician William Morgan and Sarah (Price) the sister of the well-known philosopher and preacher, Richard Price. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital in London, but did not complete his training. He initially joined his father's practice, but following the death of his father and on the recommendation of his uncle was appointed Assistant Actuary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1774.
By the time he retired on 2 December 1830, 56 years later at the age of 80, he had laid the foundations of the actuarial science profession contributing towards the title of father of actuarial science—in fact, the term "actuarial" became attached to the profession because of his title.
William Morgan was awarded with the Copley Medal by the Royal Society in 1789, for his two papers on the values of Reversions and Survivorships, in the field of actuarial science.
- On the Probabilities of Survivorships Between Two Persons of Any Given Ages, and the Method of Determining the Values of Reversions Depending on those Survivorships,
- On the Method of Determining, from the Real Probabilities of Life, the Value of a Contingent Reversion in Which Three Lives are Involved in the Survivorship.
He was elected a Fellow of the Society, in May of the following year.
Advised by Joseph Priestley, a family friend, William Morgan developed an interest in scientific experimentation and is credited with being the first to record the "invisible light" produced when a current is passed through a partly evacuated glass tube: "the first x-ray tube".
He died at Stamford Hill on 4 May 1833, and was buried at Hornsey.
Other publications by William Morgan:
- The Doctrine of Annuities and Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, 1779
- Computation of Premiums for Life Assurance on the Basis of the Northampton Table of Mortality, manuscript
- Valuation (Individually) of the Assurance Contracts in Force in 1786, manuscript
- Yearly Computation of Expected Deaths and Accounts Showing the State of the Equitable Life Assurance Society According to the Plan Suggested by Richard Price, manuscript
- Nine Addresses to the General Court of the Equitable Society Covering the Years 1793 to 1830, 1833
These ideas have since been developed and have played a part in shaping the actuarial profession as we know it today. The father of actuarial science was also recognised as an accomplished scientist for partly evacuating the glass tube: the first X-ray tube.
Without pioneering actuaries like William Morgan(father of actuarial science), the profession would not have advanced to its current status as a science in its own right, dealing with not only life assurance but also general insurance and pensions. The actuarial profession owes much to William Morgan and, as such, will continue to evolve for many years to come, based on the foundations he constructed.
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This 4 star hotel is located in the city centre of Prague and was established in 1990. It is close to the Prague Castle and the nearest station is Dejvicka (A line). The Hotel has 3 restaurants, a bar, a conference room, a coffee shop and a fitness centre/gym. All 398 rooms are equipped with minibar, hairdryer, safe, trouser press and air conditioning.
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College Football
College teams play in the Cambridge University Association Football League (CUAFL). League games are played at the weekend in Michaelmas (first) Term and Lent (second) Term, and the knockout Cuppers tournament also happening in Lent.
Women's team
The women's team is currently merged with those of Churchill and Lucy Cavendish Colleges.
Neha, captain of the Christ's women's football team, says:
"Christ's women's football team is a great society to get involved with whether you have previous experience playing football, or if you're a beginner and just want to get involved. We play one match per week, usually on a Saturday, and sometimes have relaxed kickabouts as well. The matches normally take place at Churchill as they have numerous pitches, but can be at various locations which will be posted on the Facebook page beforehand. Our team also takes part in the university-wide tournament 'Cuppers', which we won last year, and are now in Div I!
As it is a fairly small team, we have also joined with Churchill and Lucy Cavendish, making it a great way to meet other people. The socials are also a fun way to get to know your team. We have a very supportive atmosphere and encourage everyone to give it a try!"
Men's team
The men's team currently compete in division 2 of the intercollegiate league, training on Tuesdays and playing matches at the weekend. They go on tour abroad every year after the end of exams in Easter term - previous destinations include Lisbon in Portugal.
Kenki, captain of the Christ's men's football team, says:
"Men's football is the largest male college sport society and has a total of 3 teams and over 40 members. The teams are subscribed to a university college league that is split into 6 divisions with each division comprising of 10 teams. As well as the league, the college teams participate in an annual knock-out tournament (Cuppers). This means that whichever team you are in there is normally a match every weekend, that is played either on our home grounds (St Catherine's Sports Pitches) or away (on the opposition's pitches). Along with this, there is a midweek evening training session for the 1st and 2nd XI on floodlit pitches.
The great thing about college football is that whatever your level, there will be a team that is suited to you whether that is the first XI or third XI; the first XI can consist of players that regularly played for their school but the third XI can consist of players who have only ever played 5-aside or haven't touched a football since the age of 13. There is a kick around at the start of the year and you will very quickly find out which team is best suited for you. Any member of the college can join the team including post-graduates.
Another great aspect of college football is the socials that we have once a week, where all members of the club (1st, 2nds, 3rds and social members) gather in the college bar and play games (sometimes football related). It's a fun atmosphere that allows you to meet people in your year and the years above (including post-grads) and boosts the team morale. Drinking alcohol is very much optional and many of our members are non-drinkers."
University Football
Cambridge University Association Football Club is based at the Cambridge United training facilities (men's teams), and the Fitwilliam College playing fields (women's teams). The club fields three men's teams and two women's teams, who compete in the annual Varsity matches against Oxford.
Liz, who studies Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Christ's, plays football for the University. You can read more about Liz's experience studying at Christ's in her student profile here.
"We train about three times a week and then play on Wednesdays. It takes up quite a lot of time but is definitely worth it."


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Why Go To Gatlinburg
With three entrances to Great Smoky Mountains National Park located in the heart of downtown Gatlinburg, it's no surprise that visiting the park is the most popular attraction in this eastern Tennessee town. In fact, it's such a hit that Gatlinburg's population balloons during peak tourist season from less than 4,000 residents to more than 40,000. With miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding, as well as historical exhibits and cabins, and the opportunity to view black bears, elk, deer and other wildlife in their natural habitat, it's easy to see why the park is such a hot spot. When you're not in the park enjoying its natural wonders, you'll likely spend time admiring it from several of Gatlinburg's top attractions, including the Gatlinburg Space Needle and the Ober Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway.
But Gatlinburg isn't just a gateway to the Smokies. This small mountain town is a destination in its own right, and one that's particularly popular with families thanks to kid-friendly diversions like Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and the Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre. To get a taste of local Gatlinburg culture, skip the kitschy souvenir shops and visit one of several local galleries, including the Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts Community, to watch local artists and craftsmen create everything from paintings and pottery to handmade brooms and jewelry.
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Best Months to Visit
The best time to visit Gatlinburg is between September and October. The two peak seasons in Gatlinburg are summer (June, July and August) and the month of October, when the fall foliage is at its zenith. July is the busiest month of the summer season, while weekends in October draw the largest crowds in the fall. Summer is hot with temperatures in the 80s, but normally less humid than surrounding areas due to the city's high elevation. Keep in mind: that elevation is also responsible for rapid changes in the weather pattern, meaning you should pack layers no matter when you visit. The fall foliage begins to appear in mid-September at the higher elevations. That, coupled with moderate temperatures, offseason rates and few crowds, make September a great month to visit. Crisp fall days in October when the foliage reaches its flaming peak draw huge crowds, and visitors can expect traffic delays, especially on holiday weekends. Meanwhile, Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort draws aficionados during the winter months. Early spring (March to May) constitutes Gatlinburg's low season. If you time your visit for April or May, you'll likely catch the explosion of spring wildflowers.
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What You Need to Know
- Beware of bears It is illegal to intentionally approach within 150 feet of a bear in the park . For more tips on what to do if you encounter a bear, visit the National Park Service website .
- Watch the weather Many secondary roads close during inclement weather, especially in the winter months. Check with the NPS for the most up-to-date road conditions.
- Avoid the park crowds You can avoid large crowds during the peak summer months by visiting early in the morning (most travelers tour the park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or by sticking to off-the-beaten path trails and attractions, such as Greenbrier Cove and Abrams Creek.
How to Save Money in Gatlinburg
- Hoof it around town Downtown Gatlinburg is eminently walkable, as are the nearby park trails accessible from the city. If your feet get tired, take the inexpensive trolley to explore locally.
- Visit in the offseason You'll find the lowest rates on accommodations in September, March and April.
- Book online Some attractions, such as the Gatlinburg Space Needle and Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies , offer discounts for tickets purchased online.
What to Eat
True to its reputation as a family destination, Gatlinburg offers a bevy of buffets, pizza joints and barbecue eateries to satisfy even the pickiest of diners. Though this mountain town does boast a few fine dining establishments, Gatlinburg's culinary scene bread and butter is its casual restaurants. Although many recent visitors loved Crockett's Breakfast Camp, some called it a tourist trap, likening it to "a Cracker Barrel on steroids" and lacking in quality. Locals prefer the iconic Pancake Pantry with many saying that you can't leave the Smokies without stopping in for some pancakes. The only gripe among diners: the eatery only accepts cash. Located near the entrance to the park, visitors say the lodge-like Park Grill is underrated, and several patrons raved about the barbecue, generous salad bar and friendly service, commenting that the restaurant is fun, especially for kids.
For a casual and inexpensive lunch, Smoky Mountain Shakes N Dawgs garners praise for its creamy milkshakes and creative selection of hot dogs, with choices including reuben and country-fried versions. If you're looking for a more upscale menu or a special occasion spot, consider Buckberry Creek Lodge. Recent visitors were particularly taken by the restaurant's outstanding service, stunning views and extensive menu selections, including halibut, prime rib and a five-course tasting option.
Getting Around Gatlinburg
The best way to get around Gatlinburg is on foot and by trolley. The city of Gatlinburg is easily walkable and the inexpensive trolley that operates 365 days a year offers service to nearby attractions. However, you'll need a car to take advantage of the scenic driving loops or to access areas of the national park that aren't within walking distance. McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, is about 40 miles west of Gatlinburg and offers several rental car options. Taxi, shuttle or limo service to and from the airport will be pricey because of the distance. Uber does service the airport, but a ride to Gatlinburg will likely be pricey.
Fall (particularly October) is a popular time to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To avoid the rush of crowds, plan to visit the park in the morning.
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Incipio Bids $177M for Skullcandy
Friday, June 24, 2016
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Incipio LLC, an Irvine-based maker of cell phone cases and other mobile device accessories, has bid $177M for Skullcandy Inc.
Park City, Utah-based Skullcandy, a publicly-traded company with ties to Orange County, makes headphones, earphones and video gaming products under the Skullcandy and Astro Gaming brands.
Incipio plans to pay $5.75 per share in cash, a 29% premium over Skullcandy's closing share price on June 22. The deal will be financed primarily through a new senior credit facility with Monroe Capital Advisors LLC and Wells Fargo Bank.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
Skullcandy said in regulatory filings that it has until July 23 to solicit other bids for its company.
"We have long admired Skullcandy's culture of innovation and ability to create pioneering audio experiences with quality and style," Incipio Chief Executive and Founder Andy Fathollahi said in a statement. "Skullcandy and Astro amplify our dynamic mix of products and brands, while bolstering the technical and operational capabilities that serve as the foundation of our platform. The team at Skullcandy and its international presence will also allow us to accelerate the global impact of our multi-brand offense."
Incipio in January sold a minority stake to New York-based private equity investor Goode Partners LLC on undisclosed terms. Fatollahi at the time described Goode Partners as having "extensive experience in high growth consumer strategies and will be a great asset in helping us carry out our core business objectives, including support in identifying and executing future acquisitions."
Incipio has bought four other companies since Fathollahi founded the company in 1999 with a $500 loan from his parents—it bought Chino-based Incase Designs Corp. in September; ClamCase LLC in Michigan in June; speakers specialist Braven LC in 2013; and Tavik Industries LLC in 2012.
Rick Alden founded Skullcandy in 2003 in San Clemente, and moved it to Park City in 2013. Alden also co-founded San Clemente-based Stance Inc. in 2009 with Jeff Kearl.
Skullcandy's chief executive, Hoby Darling, previously served as an executive at Costa Mesa-based clothing and accessories company Volcom Inc., among other positions.


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NIGERIA Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ebonyi Government are responding to the outbreak of yellow fever in the state, an official says.
In a statement in Abuja on Saturday, the Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said Ebonyi Public Health team commenced investigation on the suspected case on July, 31.
Ihekweazu said Ebonyi State Public Health team commenced investigation since July, 31, adding that three cases tested positive to yellow fever at NCDC's National Reference Laboratory, which triggered an immediate response.
"The Ebonyi State Epidemiology Team is leading the response with support from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and WHO.
"In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that between May 1 and Aug. 7, there have been cases that fit into the case definition for yellow fever and 20 deaths in Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi,'' he said.
Iheakweazu said the inquiry indicated that the outbreak might have been going on for a few months undetected by local health authorities.
"It is too late to collect samples for confirmation from these cases.
"Immediately it was notified, NCDC deployed rapid response team to support Ebonyi with contact tracing, case finding, risk communications and the management of cases," he explained.
The director-general said that detailed analysis and plans were at advanced stages to apply to international vaccine stockpile to enable a reactive vaccination campaign in Ebonyi in response to the cluster of cases.
According to him, yellow fever virus is spread through bites of an infected mosquito and there is no human-to-human transmission of the virus.
He said that yellow fever is a completely vaccine-preventable disease and that a single shot provides immunity for life.
He said the vaccine was available and dispensed free in primary health care centres in Nigeria as part of the routine immunisation schedule.
"Every child is protected for life if vaccinated. We encourage every family to ensure that children receive all their childhood vaccines,'' Ihekweazu said.
In addition to vaccination, Ihekweazu advised the populace to keep their environments clean and free of stagnant water to discourage the breeding of mosquitoes.
He also advised the people to use insecticide-treated mosquito nets, screens on windows and doors to prevent mosquito bites.
The director-general cautioned against self-medication and advised that people visit a healthcare facility immediately they fell ill.
He said the symptoms of yellow fever included yellowness of the eyes, sudden fever, headache and body pain.
"If you have these symptoms or notice someone in your community displaying them, please contact your nearest health centre," Ihekweazu advised.
Since September 2017, Nigeria has recorded cases of yellow fever in all states of the federation.
By July 31, 2019, 78 suspected cases were laboratory confirmed.
A multi-agency yellow fever technical working group coordinated by NCDC has been leading investigation and response to yellow fever cases.
NPHCDA is leading efforts to provide an additional opportunity of vaccination through preventive vaccination campaigns across the country.
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As today marks the start of November, it also marks the start of my effort to spend a little time each day expressing my own thankfulness. So, without further ado, here is day one.
November 1- I am thankful to be able to stay home with my son each day. I am so fortunate to be able to spend time helping my son learn, grow, and laugh each day. It is a tiring and challenging job, but being a mom is by far the greatest blessing I've ever received!
Staying at home to raise children is not a job for every mother, but it feels like the best place for me to work right now. I love being able to nurture my child and also be present for him when he needs a hug, a snuggle, or a timeout.
This incredible blessing wouldn't be possible without the love and support of my darling fiance. We'll talk more about him tomorrow! 🙂
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You are invited to the Texas Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery's 35th Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX this November 6th and 7th, 2020.
We are pleased to welcome you to Dallas. 2019 in Austin was very successful with the addition of several new sessions, including the an all-new Medical Student Symposium, the expanded Multidisciplinary Training Program which includes a Resident and Fellow session, the Diversity Panel, and our revamped Simulation Skills Lab.
This year, President William P. Shutze has invited renown vascular surgeon Dr. Amy Reed as the 2020 Honorary Rutherford Guest Lecturer.
New in 2020 - we have added a second guest lecture, the Honorary Cliff Buckley Lecture which will take place on Saturday during the meeting.
Scholarships Available For Vascular Trainees
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Applications for 2020 available soon!
The Traveling Scholarship is meant to assist with costs associated with attending a Regional Society Meeting. Funds allocated are as follows:
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EVANSTON — Time flies when you're having fun. In the sun. Believe it or not, Scott Ehlers has been a part of the Purple Sage Golf Course for 38 years, dating back to 1980.
That will remain the same, even though Ehlers has been named the new director of the Evanston Parks and Recreation department.
"I started working for Bud Thomason in 1981. That's when guys like Dave Madia, Al Graban and Jerry Parker were just youngsters out there, quite honestly," Ehlers said with a laugh.
The Ehlers family, much smaller then than now, moved to Lyman in 1980. In fact, it was just Scott and his wife, Vickie, at that point, predating Red Devil standout student-athletes Brendon, Brady, Beau, Abbey and Brock Ehlers.
"Bud liked to promote his assistants, I think, so he didn't have to work too much," Ehlers told the Herald.
He recalled joining the PGA program a few years after his employment with the Purple Sage began, back when the course and club were privately owned.
Ehlers became the club's non-member head professional back in 1996, resigning from teaching shop classes at Evanston High School, to assume his full-time duties with the golf club.
"Things began to happen," Ehlers recalls, referring to the planned expansion of the Purple Sage Golf Course from its original nine holes to 18. He continued upping his credentials to become a Class A or certified golf professional through the Professional Golf Association in 2000, a year prior to the completion of the course expansion, with the City of Evanston taking the reins of ownership and management of the formerly privately-owned and operated golf course, which originated in the 1960s, being designed and built by golf-enthusiast private citizens of Evanston.
For Ehlers and his staff, the golf season began in March and extended through early November, despite how weather conditions factored in on either side of the calendar. There was still planning to be done for the opening and closing of the golf season, whether or nor the Evanston area weather brought about an early spring and/or an Indian summer.
In November and December of each year, the club and pro shop focused on holiday sales of golf equipment and accessories, not to mention membership sales, on behalf of the club, so January through early March was the only downtime for the course and club, which also began to offer cross-country skiing and the associated equipment rentals, through the parks and recreation district in the winter months.
"We worked extremely hard to get the golf course operation to where it is," Ehlers said, with "we" referencing the pro shop and golf course staff and management through many years
"Things run pretty smooth and very effectively," Ehlers related, noting parrallels between the golf course staff he has managed for decades and the staff he will now oversee through the parks and recreation district.
"I've met with everybody, all the key players and virtually all the employees," Ehlers said.
"Everyone is very capable and they know their responsibilities very well. I'm going to be busy with quite a bit of back and forth between the rec center and the golf course, but having the luxury of individuals who are professionals in all they do will make everything possible," he added.
That was a caveat in the negotiations when Ehlers was offered the position — that he would maintain management of the golf course with a modified title as the director of golf.
"They were fine with that, it turns out, but if that wasn't going to be the case, I was out. I wasn't going to be interested in the position if I wasn't going to be able to run the golf course," Ehlers said, referring to the Evanston Parks and Recreation board of directors to whom Ehlers will report.
Ehlers doesn't anticipate any shake-ups with the staffs at either the recreation center or the golf course, as the long-time former basketball coach considers his managers at both venues in a similar fashion to his former profession.
""I consider them my assistant coaches. We have a wonderful staff at both the golf course and the rec center," Ehlers affirmed.
"I look for good things to happen. I'm excited for the challenges in everything recreation-related, from the rec center to the golf course, the parks to Sulphur Creek Reservoir, to make everything tied into recreation in Evanston top-notch."


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Things move forward until they don't. And, life is a road with straight-aways and curves and freeways and school zones. And, like traffic, it moves when it wants to move, and stops when it has to. And, you can want to speed on by, but if you do, there's always something or someone to stop you.
So, that bit of mental drift is brought on by hand quilting.
If you take on a hand quilting project, you have to be ready to take it slow and steady. You don't want to be racing through it. But, I like to see progress, too. Unfortunately, just the basic work in one of these blocks takes me about three and a half hours. Later, I'll come back and do some background fill and I'll do something in the sashing. But, slow and steady always wins the race.
You can see my sunbonnet needle case pinned to the quilt. It has scissors and thread and usually my thimble, except the quilting thimble I bought recently rusts on the inside and I need to paint it with fingernail polish because I get a kind of a gross, rusty brown stain on the end of my middle finger that looks most unattractive. And, it takes several washings to wear off. And, it can't be good for me.
Here's a picture of the area in front of the TV in my sewing room all cleaned up.
Me like-y. I've had all my UFO's piled here in what seemed an out of the way place. But, as my UFO pile got bigger, it wasn't so out of the way anymore.
Okay, I'm going to show you this, but you're not allowed to think badly of me. This is what it looked like a few days ago. Yes, that is the same space.
Be well everybody. If I find a lamp with a Genie in it, I'm going to wish for patience. Go with the flow. If it's not all right, then it's not the end.
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Fluxion Attack:Rouge AP
- Open the firefox and enter this url https://github.com/FluxionNetwork/fluxion . Then download the file directly or copy the download link and get the clone .
- Open terminal and type the command "git clone Https://github.com/FluxionNetwork/fluxion.git" or "git clone 'paste'."Then the fluxion file will be downloaded.
- After download completes copy the fluxion file to desktop so it will be a bit easy for us. Before starting our fluxion process upgrade your kali by using the following commands
1.apt-get update
2.apt-get upgrade
We are doing so because we may face some problem during our process so it will make us easy to do our work
- Now open terminal and enter command "cd Desktop/fluxion". Then enter command "ls" to see the dir inside the file
- Then enter the command "./fluxion.sh.sh" to run fluxion. Once you run that command you may face this problems
- Now to solve this problem open new terminal and type command "apt-get install isc-dhcp-server" , "apt-get install hostapd" or you can also copy the missing plugin name and type command "apt-get install 'paste'."After you complete again run it from beginning and this time you should get this screen.
- Now we will get some option to choose randomly . I will show you which option to choose. Just follow me . First we have to choose language .
- Now you have to select the wifi interface to start the moniter mode. You should choose wlan0 interface always.
- So after choosing it will tell you to run "FLUXIONWIKillProcesses=1"to run the just copy it and press (ctrl+c) and paste and run the program . Now you have to again enter command "./fluxion.sh.sh" and continue other process then you will have to choose the wireless channel. Choose (All channels "2.4GHz").
- Wait for 6-8 seconds and press "ctrl+c" and choose the wifi .
- Now you have to the wireless attack method. Choose "Handshake snooper" then choose aireplay-ng deauthentication (aggressive) and then again choose pyrit verification (recommended) then choose every 30 second (recommended) and then at last again choose Synchronously(recommended). Now it will start the process to get the handshake. Once you get handshake closed new opened window but don`t close the main window .There you will get and option another attack choose another attack and then choose "captive portal"
- Choose "FakeAP – Hostapd(Recommended)" and then it will ask you to use the handshake to continue press Y/N .Here you have to enter 'Y'.Then again choose the first option which is some thing like create SSL or something similar . After that you will be asked again to choose language for web interface select English (my recommended).
- Finally we have create Fake AP now new open wifi with same name will be created. If some client who know the password connect to your newly created wifi the he/she will asked to enter password of the wifi and once the enter the right password , the password will be displayed to us..
Note:- Once we successfully created fake AP the connection of the original wifi will be weaked and user of the wifi cannot connect to the wifi.


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Celebration of Service and Survival
The 2020 Celebration of Service & Survival: Mark your calendars for February 21st, 2020 for a night of celebration at The Marriott Downtown! Tickets, sponsorship requests, auction forms, raffle tickets and other information can be accessed here. You can contact Danielle Hacet for more information on the event.
We need your help! We rely on more than 75 volunteers to make this event successful. Volunteer positions include setting up, creating decorations, registering attendees, managing the silent auction, helping with the wine pull and raffle ticket sales, and much more! No previous training is required. To register to volunteer, click here. For questions on volunteering, please contact Brandy Bernauer.
At our annual Celebration of Service & Survival, The Center for Women and Families pays tribute to five Women of Distinction who have spent their time and talents advocating for women and girls in Kentuckiana. It's an elegant and festive evening featuring a cocktail reception, silent auction, dinner, and so much more!
Since 1988, this annual celebration has honored more than 100 Women of Distinction as away of supporting our mission to provide survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault opportunities to transform their lives, and as a result, the lives of their families and communities.
The Center for Women and Families offers services free of charge 24 hours a day, 365 days a year throughout seven Kentucky counties and two Indiana counties. Our comprehensive programs address intimate partner violence, sexual violence and economic hardship through emergency services, legal and medical advocacy, counseling, economic empowerment and housing assistance, and prevention education.
2020 Women of Distinction
Angie M. Evans
Evans was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs in March 2018, after joining LG&E and KU Energy LLC in January 2015 as Manager, Corporate Responsibility. In her role, Angie is responsible for leading community engagement and investments, key corporate responsibility programs and grant-making processes.
For 25 years, Evans has held leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining LG&E and KU Energy, she was Vice President of Community Leadership at the Community Foundation of Louisville. Before that post, Evans served as Director of Planned Giving at the University of Louisville after 8 years in the financial industry as a Vice President and Private Banker at National City – now PNC.
Evans began her career in the public sector, where she worked as Special Assistant to Mayor David L. Armstrong and as the Director of Affirmative Action.
Evans currently serves on the Centre College Board of Trustees and the board of directors for Actors Theatre, American Printing House for the Blind, Bates Community Development Corporation, Community Foundation of Louisville, James Graham Brown Foundation and Women Influencing Louisville. Her former board appointments included Louisville Urban League and the Kentucky Science Center.
Evans is a graduate of Leadership Louisville 2003 and Ignite Louisville 2006, and a member of the Business First Forty Under 40 class of 2002. In 2014, she graduated from Leadership Louisville's Bingham Fellows program focused on improving West Louisville.
Evans is a graduate of Center College and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Maria Hampton
Hampton was the first female banker to break the "glass ceiling" in Louisville as the first woman Executive Vice President at what was then the Liberty National Bank. She reinvented her career thereafter leading the delivery of affordable and workforce housing in Louisville.
As the President of the Housing Partnership Inc., Hampton oversaw the enrollment of over 7,000 families in credit counselling, the creation of 2,700 new homeowners and installed the first local employer assisted housing program. She then accepted a position at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to lead efforts in Louisville to develop a new type of branch office focused on community development, economic education and regional economic growth.
Throughout the years, Hampton served on 28 different community boards and was recognized with numerous individual awards for leadership. She is a past Board Member and Chair of Norton Healthcare, Board Member and Treasurer of the Louisville Community Foundation, Bellarmine University Trustee, Board Member of the Center for Women & Families, and the Board of the Louisville Branch Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Hampton was founding board member of Gilda's Club of Louisville and served on the board of Women 4 Women. Today she is active on the boards of One West and Independence Bank of Louisville as well as others.
Hampton received the Business First Excellence in Leadership Award, the Leadership Louisville "Spirit of Yes" award, Alumna of the Year Award at Sacred Heart Academy, the Tower Award from Presentation Academy, the Catholic Education Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award and she gave a speech with her daughter Gretchen as part of the 100 Wise Women series presented by Leadership Louisville.
Marta Miranda-Straub
Miranda-Straub has over 40 years of practice in clinical and organizational social work. Her career focus has been the creation of gender equity and the elimination of individual, institutional and societal violence. During her career, Miranda-Straub has held multiple roles, such as, executive leader, director, professor, social researcher, psychotherapist, community organizer, advocate, activist, coach, trainer, and public speaker. She applies an intersectional feminist lens to all she does.
Miranda-Straub's life has been dedicated to violence prevention using a public health and public safety model grounded in social and economic justice. Her clinical focus has been mental health and substance abuse with a focus on trauma and healing from intimate partner violence, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse. She has worked extensively with victims, families, and batterers. Her research and training have focused on assisting trauma workers and impaired professionals suffering from secondary PTSD.
Miranda-Straub is the immediate past President/CEO of The Center, during her tenure she led the organization thru a major facilities crisis, implemented violence prevention programs, secured up to 8 figure gifts and led multiple violence prevention community initiatives including Collective Impact community interventions.
Prior to being serving as the President/CEO of The Center for Women and Families, Miranda-Straub was the chair of the Women and Gender Studies Program, Executive Director of Multicultural Student Affairs and Tenured Professor in the Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work Department at Eastern Kentucky University for 17 years.
Miranda-Straub has received numerous awards, including The Kentucky Coalition Against Sexual Assault's SAMMY honoring her for 40 years of advocacy for sexual assault survivors, the Martha Layne Collins Women Leading Kentucky Award, Ali Center's Daughter of Greatness award, and the Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Excellence award. She was also celebrated as a founding member of the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center in Lexington and was named a Compassionate Laureate by Major Greg Fischer.
Darlene Thomas
Since December 2004, Thomas has served as founder and Executive Director for GreenHouse17, an advocacy agency committed to ending intimate partner abuse and its impact on families and the community serving 17 central Kentucky counties.
In her 30-year career as an advocate for survivors of power-based violence and their families, Thomas has been responsible for direct service, comprehensive program development, and community engagement for social change efforts.
Thomas provides leadership for multiple community collaborations and committees; provides expert testimony on legal cases; facilitates professional development training for local, state, national and international forums, and provides consultation for organizations who are seeking strategies to reimagine their services.
Under her leadership, GreenHouse17 programs and services have received statewide and national awards for innovation, including the Mary Byron Foundation Celebrating Solutions Award, the Kentucky NonProfit Network Innovative Award, and the Center for Non Profit Excellency Pyramid Award for Social Innovation. The agency was also a national finalist for the Partnership for Freedom/Re-imagine Opportunity award.
Thomas was a past-president of and currently serves as Legislative Chair for the Kentucky Coalition against Domestic Violence Board of Directors.
Marita Willis
Willis is a native of Kentucky, where she studied at the University of Louisville. Professionally, Willis began her career as a teller at the Bank of Louisville. She quickly moved through the field of banking and acquired numerous experiences in lending, developing expertise to catapult her into the government and corporate financial service industry.
Willis joined PNC Bank in August 2002 as Vice President of Community Development. As a Community Consultant, her primary responsibility was to aid in transforming low- to moderate-income neighborhoods through education and financial resources.
After leaving the banking industry, Willis worked at Community Ventures Corporation, a non-profit, as President of eHome America, a suite of online financial education products that offer affordable financial education to thousands of customers across the globe.
Willis worked as a Philanthropy Officer at the American Red Cross for a few years and is currently the Chief Empowerment Office/Executive Director at Hope Collaborative Inc., a non-profit serving the distressed community through various programs.
Willis is distinguished personally and professionally as a result of her relentless efforts, giving of her time and energy, while working to empower youth and improve community relations and services.
Willis was the 2019 Chair of the KY Derby Festival and serves on the boards of various organizations: Louisville Water Company Foundation, Housing Partnership Inc., Kentucky Youth Advocates, and Norton Healthcare Children's Foundation. She currently chairs the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) and serves as an Ambassador for Churchill Downs. She also serves on the Community Development board at Bates Memorial Church.
Click here to see previous years' Women of Distinction.


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How to Run a Product Design Workshop
As designers, we love to work together with developers, managers, marketers and other professionals to create amazing products. Our secret of successful collaboration on product design is that each team member understands the product at its core. That's why we leverage product design workshops at Agente when kick-starting new projects. Thus, we make sure a product will reach its intended goals.
What is a product design workshop? It is a standard design brainstorm which helps the design team and the client to synchronize their product visions.
As a result of the design thinking workshop, the team gets the materials to jump-start a product design. It can be the list of ideas, sketches, simple prototypes and other artifacts that have been agreed upon.
In this article, we'll tell you how to run a design thinking workshop.
1. Define a goal and artifacts
First, you should clearly articulate the goal of your UX design workshop. Be specific about what you're going to achieve within the allotted 4-8 hours of workshop. Here are some sample goals you can set:
- To explain design processes and challenges to stakeholders;
- To understand business needs and the user's pain points to the design team;
- To shape the requirements of the product in order to create a project plan.
Then, ask yourselves a question, what artifacts exactly do you want? They must be tangible artifacts, take a look at these examples:
- A document/draft specification of product design.
- A concept, a scheme or a screen from each of the designers.
- A summary of the brainstormed ideas.
Sometimes you won't be able to deliver the expected results, especially if the participants are new to brainstorming workshops. The main consideration is that you start communicating and preparing yourselves for the next steps.
2. Assemble the team
The next question is who is going to attend at the workshop?
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First, you should assign a responsible person as the lead. There might be several people but don't overplay the decentralization of power. Instead, find someone who can organize people, draft a backbone workflow of the workshop, control time limits and document the progress. Usually, these responsibilities fall upon the UX Lead, if you have any in your team.
The next step is to invite participants on board. Think of the professionals that can bring their expertise to the challenge you're addressing. These questions may help you to pick the right people:
- Who manages the product?
- Who makes the decisions in the company?
- Who knows the history of the product?
- Who builds the product?
- Who is the customer?
There can be literally everyone from UX designers, sales and marketing reps, customer service and general management to customers themselves. Thus, you ensure that you see the journey from multiple perspectives. Engage department leaders early on, to get support for a customer journey mapping initiative from the top level.
However, limit the number of participants to 5-8 people. Every person should actively participate in the workshop and contribute their ideas.
3. Prepare for the workshop
On this step, you should define the scope of work, and prepare everything that makes the collaboration fruitful and comfortable.
Think of the essentials. Find a room of the right size, with enough table for everyone and big whiteboards. Probably, you'll need a projector and screen to show some data or presentation.
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Define the most problematic areas of the product and structure workshop by splitting it up into several sections. Select the activities, questions, and exercises that will help you get to the bottom of the product.
Once you have done with defined the scope of the workshop, set the agenda with time frames for each of the activities. Allocate the roles, create a document and disseminate it among the participants. That will guide the team through the process and manage expectations.
While planning the time frame, consider a time spot for off-topic questions and discussions. They will definitely emerge throughout the process. If the agenda is too tight and optimistic, chances are you'll miss the deadline.
Print out the agenda, instructions and hand-in materials. Prepare notebooks, pens, markers, templates and lots of colorful sticky notes. Also, think of water and food supplies, as a single workshop can last for up to four hours straight.
4. Run a product workshop
First, tell everyone the plan for the next few hours. Hand out in the materials, articulate the expected duration of each of the activities will take and your expectations of the participants.
So what questions should you brainstorm during the workshop? You have about 4 hours to run a workshop, so going into small details is not reasonable. The main goal of the first workshop is to break the ice and start exploring the product.
Let's divide the workshop into four sections, each for the specific question you need to answer.
What goals are we trying to achieve with the product?
Why does your product exist? What use does it make for your company? What do we want to improve by that product?
Have everyone in the team define the metrics to measure the success of your product. What do you expect in a couple of months? A year? Five years?
Then, collect the ideas and suggestions on sticky notes and dot vote for each. In the end, filter out the ones that are irrelevant at the moment, and move on.
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Who are the users of the product?
Portray a typical user of your product. Who and how will someone interact with it? What are their goals/expectations/motivation/frustrations? Why would they prefer you to your competitors? What challenges do they face when using your product?
Your goal is to get the team's idea of users' demographics, pain points, goals, and frustrations. Try to come up with the first user persona collaboratively by drawing it on the whiteboard. Then, ask team members to create one more persona each.
What do users accomplish with the product?
Bearing in mind the personas you've created, define the experiences they have with your product.
Ask each of the participants to write down the user's actions on the sticky notes: login, search, buy, check out, etc. Once again, discuss their findings and vote for the most relevant user experiences that can be derived from your analysis.
After that, try to map user interactions with your product by building a draft of the customer journey map.
How can the product improve user experience?
Now it's time to decide on the actionable improvements that you can relate to your product. That's the part where you should close the gap between the product goals and bad experiences. For that, have every participant divide paper sheet in two columns headed: "insights" and "opportunities" respectively.
Insight is a tension between the goals of your product and the existing experience of the product. Opportunity is a new recommendation to alleviate this tension.
Finish up the workshop by defining the steps that are to be taken next. Summarize the key outcomes of the workshop, and thank everyone for their participation and contribution.
Five pro tips for running a workshop:
- Have people write down their ideas separately before sharing them to the team. Thus, they can get their own thoughts in order before hearing those of others.
- Ask everyone to sketch their ideas from multiple perspectives. However, keep this time down to 10 minutes each.
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- Don't let off-the-subject discussion break the normal workflow. Politely put the product design conversation back on the rails.
- Take a five-minute break after each hour of brainstorming. Freshen the room, drink a coffee, grab some snacks.
- After the workshop, discuss the results and have participants contribute to those features they haven't touched yet.
5. Analyze and test your ideas
Afterwards, digitize everything you've written, sketched and stuck; finalize the product design plan.
Set up tools for design and collaboration: shared cloud for storage, specific design software, messengers, you name it.
Once you've got a whole picture of the product, stand back and analyze the big picture in a group. Test patterns and trends in real life, identify complicated or duplicated areas which lead to unmet needs or unnecessary features.
What's next? Define the actions required from each team member in order to optimize customer experience and mitigate the pain points in their field of responsibility.
If you get to this point without the customer on board, it's the right time for them to take the stage. Set up a video call and ask them to complete your small research project with their comments and insights.
That's it!
Remember that designing a workshop is just a way to jump-start your collaboration on the product. Do not treat it like a universal remedy to solve all the problems. Don't expect to devise the whole plan at once.
Thank you for reading! I hope you have learned something useful from things article. Subscribe to our blog to learn more about the product design process.
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