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Liferay provides a rich store of resources and knowledge to help our community better use and work with our technology.
Asset Framework
The asset framework provides a set of functionalities that are common to several different content types. It was initially created to be able to add tags to blog entries, wiki pages, web content, etc without having to reimplement this same functionality over and over. Since then, it has grown to add more functionalities and it has been made possible to use the framework for custom applications even if they are implemented within a plugin.
The term asset is used as a generic way to refer to any type of content regardless of whether it's purely text, an external file, a URL, an image, an record in an online book library, etc. From now on, whenever the word asset is used, think of it as a generic way to refer to documents, blog entries, bookmarks, wiki pages, etc.
Here are the main functionalities that you will be able to reuse thanks to the asset framework:
Associate tags to custom content types (new tags will be created automatically when the author assigns them to the content).
Associate categories to custom content types (authors will only be allowed to select from predefined categories within several predefined vocabularies)
Manage tags from the control panel (including merging tags)
Manage categories from the control panel (including creating complex hierachies).
Keep track of the number of visualizations of an asset.
Publish your content using the Asset Publisher portlet. Asset Publisher is able to publish dynamic lists of assets or manually selected lists of assets. It is also able to show a summary view of an asset and offer a link to the full view if desired. Because of this it will save you time since for many use cases it will make it unnecessary to develop custom portlets for your custom content types.
If these functionalities seem useful for your case, then you might be wondering, what do I have to do to benefit from them?
The following subsections describe the steps involved in using the asset framework. The first one is mandatory and consists on letting the framework know whenever one of your custom content entries is added, updated or deleted. The second part is optional but can save a lot of time so most developers will probably make use of it. It consists on using a set of taglibs to provide widgets that allow authors to enter tags and categories as well as how to show the entered tags and categories along with the content. The rest of the sections are also optional but offer interesting functionalities such as how to allow your custom assets to be published through the Asset Publisher.
Adding, updating and deleting assets
Whenever one of your custom content is created you need to let the asset framework know. Don't worry, it is simple. You just need to invoke a method of the asset framework. When invoking this method you will also let the framework know about the tags and/or categories of the content that was just authored.
All the methods that you will need to invoke are part of the AssetEntryLocalService. In particular you should access these methods using either the static methods of AssetLocalServiceUtil or by using an instance of the AssetEntryLocalService injected by Spring. To make this section simpler we will be using the former, since it doesn't require any special setup in your application.
The method that you need to invoke when one of your custom content has been added or updated is the same and is called updateAsset. Here is the full signature:
AssetEntry updateEntry(
long userId, long groupId, String className, long classPK, String classUuid, long[] categoryIds,
String[] tagNames, boolean visible, Date startDate, Date endDate,
Date publishDate, Date expirationDate, String mimeType, String title,
String description, String summary, String url, int height, int width,
Integer priority, boolean sync)
throws PortalException, SystemException
Here is an example invocation to this method extracted out from the blogs portlets that comes bundled with Liferay:
userId, entry.getGroupId(), BlogsEntry.class.getName(),
entry.getEntryId(), entry.getUuid(), assetCategoryIds,
assetTagNames, visible, null, null, entry.getDisplayDate(), null,
ContentTypes.TEXT_HTML, entry.getTitle(), null, summary, null, 0, 0,
null, false);
Here is a quick summary of the most important parameters of this method:
userId: is the identifier of the user who created the content
groupId: identifies the scope in which the content has been created. If your content does not support scopes, you can just pass 0 as the value.
className: identifies the type of asset. By convention we recommend that it is the name of the Java class that represents your content type, but you can actually use any String you want as long as you are sure that it is unique.
classPK: identifies the specific content being created among any other of the same type. It is usually the primary key of the table where the custom content is stored. The classUuid parameter can optionally be used to specify a secondary identifier that is guaranteed to be unique universally. Having this type of identifier is specially useful if your contents will be exported and imported across separate portals.
assetCategoryIds and assetTagNames: represent the categories and tags that have been selected by the author of the content. The asset framework will sotre them for you.
visible: specifies whether this content should be shown at all by Asset Publisher.
title, description and summary: are descriptive fields that will be used by the Asset Publisher when displaying entries of your content type.
publishDate and expirationDate: can be optionally specified to let Asset Publisher know that it should not show the content before a given publication date of after a given expiration date.
All other fields are optional and might not make sense in all cases. The sync parameter should always be false unless you are doing something very advanced (look at the code if you are really curious).
When one of your custom content is deleted you should also let the Asset Framework know, to clean up the information stored and also to make sure that the Asset Publisher doesn't show any information for a content that has been deleted. The signature of method to do this is:
void deleteEntry(
String className, long classPK)
throws PortalException, SystemException
Here is an example invocation extracted again from the blogs portlet:
BlogsEntry.class.getName(), entry.getEntryId());
Entering and displaying tags and categories
The previous section showed how you can let the asset framework know about the tags and categories that have been associated with a given asset, but how does a content author specify such tags and categories?
The answer is that you can choose any method that you prefer, but Liferay provides a set of JSP tags that you can use to make this task very easy. The following tags can be used within the form you have created to create your type of content to allow entering tags or selecting a predefined category:
className="<%= entry.getClass().getName() %>"
classPK="<%= entry.getPrimaryKey() %>"
className="<%= entry.getClass().getName() %>"
classPK="<%= entry.getPrimaryKey() %>"
These two taglibs will create appropriate form controls that allow the user to enter any tag (even if it doesn't exist) or search and select one of the existing categories.
Tip: If you are using Liferay's Allow Form taglibs, then creating a field to enter tags or categories is even simpler. You just need to use <aui:input name="tags" type="assetTags" /> and <aui:input name="categories" type="assetCategories" /> respectively.
Once the tags and categories have been entered you will want to show them somewhere along with the content of the asset, there are another pair of tags that you can use to do so:
className="<%= entry.getClass().getName() %>"
classPK="<%= entry.getPrimaryKey() %>"
className="<%= entry.getClass().getName() %>"
classPK="<%= entry.getPrimaryKey() %>"
In both tags you can also use an optional parameter called portletURL. When specifying this parameter each of the tags will be a link built with the provided URL and adding a "tag" parameter or a "categoryId" parameter. This is very useful in order to provide support for tags navigation and categories navigation within your portlet. But you will need to take care of implementing this functionality yourself in the code of the portlet by reading the values of those two parameters and using the AssetEntryService to query the database for entries based on the specified tag or category.
Publishing assets with Asset Publisher
One of the nice benefits of using the asset framework is the possibility of using the Asset Publisher portlet, which is part of the Liferay distribution, to publish lists of your custom asset types. These lists can be dynamic (for example based on the tags or categories that the asset has) or manually selected by an administrator.
In order to be able to display your assets the Asset Publisher needs to know how to access some metadata of them and also needs you to provide templates for the different type of views that it can display (abstract and full view).
You can provide all this information to the Asset Publisher through a pair of classes that implement the AssetRendererFactory interface and the AssetRenderer interface:
AssetRendererFactory: this is the class that knows how to retrieve specific assets from the persistent storage from the classPK (that is usually the primary key, but can be anything you have chosen when invoking the updateAsset method used to add or update the asset). This class should be able to grab the asset from a groupId (that identifies an scope of data) and a urlTitle (which is a title that can be used in friendly URLs to refer uniquele to the asset within a given scope). Finally, it can also provide a URL that the Asset Publisher can use when a user wants to add a new asset of your custom type. This URL should point to your own portlet. There are other less important methods, but you can avoid implementing them by extending from BaseAssetRendererFactory. Extending from this class, instead of implementing the interface directly will also make your code more robust if there are changes in the interface in future versions of Liferay, since the base implementation will provide custom implementations for them.
AssetRenderer: this is the class that provides metadata information about one specific asset and is also able to check for permissions to edit or view it for the current user. It is also reponsible for rendering the asset for the different templates (abstract, and full content), by forwarding to an specific JSP. It is also recommended that instead of implementing the interface directly, you extend from the BaseAssetRenderer class, that provides with nice defaults and more robustness for methods that could be added to the interface in the future.
Let's seen an example of these two classes. Again we will pick Liferay's Blogs portlet. Lets start with the implementation for the AssetRendererFactory:
public class BlogsEntryAssetRendererFactory extends BaseAssetRendererFactory {
public static final String CLASS_NAME = BlogsEntry.class.getName();
public static final String TYPE = "blog";
public AssetRenderer getAssetRenderer(long classPK, int type)
throws PortalException, SystemException {
BlogsEntry entry = BlogsEntryLocalServiceUtil.getEntry(classPK);
return new BlogsEntryAssetRenderer(entry);
public AssetRenderer getAssetRenderer(long groupId, String urlTitle)
throws PortalException, SystemException {
BlogsEntry entry = BlogsEntryServiceUtil.getEntry(
groupId, urlTitle);
return new BlogsEntryAssetRenderer(entry);
public String getClassName() {
return CLASS_NAME;
public String getType() {
return TYPE;
public PortletURL getURLAdd(
LiferayPortletRequest liferayPortletRequest,
LiferayPortletResponse liferayPortletResponse)
throws PortalException, SystemException {
HttpServletRequest request =
ThemeDisplay themeDisplay = (ThemeDisplay)request.getAttribute(
if (!BlogsPermission.contains(
themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId(), ActionKeys.ADD_ENTRY)) {
return null;
PortletURL portletURL = PortletURLFactoryUtil.create(
request, PortletKeys.BLOGS, getControlPanelPlid(themeDisplay),
portletURL.setParameter("struts_action", "/blogs/edit_entry");
return portletURL;
public boolean hasPermission(
PermissionChecker permissionChecker, long classPK, String actionId)
throws Exception {
return BlogsEntryPermission.contains(
permissionChecker, classPK, actionId);
protected String getIconPath(ThemeDisplay themeDisplay) {
return themeDisplay.getPathThemeImages() + "/blogs/blogs.png";
And here is the AssetRenderer implementation:
public class BlogsEntryAssetRenderer extends BaseAssetRenderer {
public BlogsEntryAssetRenderer(BlogsEntry entry) {
_entry = entry;
public long getClassPK() {
return _entry.getEntryId();
public String getDiscussionPath() {
if (PropsValues.BLOGS_ENTRY_COMMENTS_ENABLED) {
return "edit_entry_discussion";
else {
return null;
public long getGroupId() {
return _entry.getGroupId();
public String getSummary(Locale locale) {
return HtmlUtil.stripHtml(_entry.getContent());
public String getTitle(Locale locale) {
return _entry.getTitle();
public PortletURL getURLEdit(
LiferayPortletRequest liferayPortletRequest,
LiferayPortletResponse liferayPortletResponse) {
PortletURL portletURL = liferayPortletResponse.createRenderURL(
portletURL.setParameter("struts_action", "/blogs/edit_entry");
"entryId", String.valueOf(_entry.getEntryId()));
return portletURL;
public String getUrlTitle() {
return _entry.getUrlTitle();
public String getURLViewInContext(
LiferayPortletRequest liferayPortletRequest,
LiferayPortletResponse liferayPortletResponse,
String noSuchEntryRedirect) {
ThemeDisplay themeDisplay =
return themeDisplay.getPortalURL() + themeDisplay.getPathMain() +
"/blogs/find_entry?noSuchEntryRedirect=" +
HttpUtil.encodeURL(noSuchEntryRedirect) + "&entryId=" +
public long getUserId() {
return _entry.getUserId();
public String getUuid() {
return _entry.getUuid();
public boolean hasEditPermission(PermissionChecker permissionChecker) {
return BlogsEntryPermission.contains(
permissionChecker, _entry, ActionKeys.UPDATE);
public boolean hasViewPermission(PermissionChecker permissionChecker) {
return BlogsEntryPermission.contains(
permissionChecker, _entry, ActionKeys.VIEW);
public boolean isPrintable() {
return true;
public String render(
RenderRequest renderRequest, RenderResponse renderResponse,
String template)
throws Exception {
if (template.equals(TEMPLATE_ABSTRACT) ||
template.equals(TEMPLATE_FULL_CONTENT)) {
renderRequest.setAttribute(WebKeys.BLOGS_ENTRY, _entry);
return "/html/portlet/blogs/asset/" + template + ".jsp";
else {
return null;
protected String getIconPath(ThemeDisplay themeDisplay) {
return themeDisplay.getPathThemeImages() + "/blogs/blogs.png";
private BlogsEntry _entry;
Note that in the render method, there is a forward to a JSP in the case of the abstract and the full content templates. The abstract is not mandatory and if it is not provided, the Asset Publisher will show the title and the summary obtained through the appropriate methods of the renderer. The full content template should always be provided. Here is how it looks like for blogs entries:
<%@ include file="/html/portlet/blogs/init.jsp" %>
BlogsEntry entry = (BlogsEntry)request.getAttribute(WebKeys.BLOGS_ENTRY);
<%= entry.getContent() %>
<liferay-ui:custom-attributes-available className="<%= BlogsEntry.class.getName() %>">
className="<%= BlogsEntry.class.getName() %>"
classPK="<%= (entry != null) ? entry.getEntryId() : 0 %>"
editable="<%= false %>"
label="<%= true %>"
That's about it. It wasn't that hard, right? Now you can start enjoying the benefits of the asset framework in your custom portlets.


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Originally Posted by Photo Engineer
Well, I have to add that the 3 bath kit must include a stabilzer with current E6 films if you are to avoid serious image stability problems.
It does, it's just not counted in Tetenal's bath count. For all practical purposes, the 3 bath kit has 4 bathes. Their technical support said the stabilizer is important but doesn't develop the film, hence the 3 bath designation.
Well, to be technical, the bleach-fix does not "develop the film" either but is included in the count.
Why not use the full 6(7 including stabilizer) bath Kodak E6 kit?
Originally Posted by Tom Kershaw
Why not use the full 6(7 including stabilizer) bath Kodak E6 kit?
I can't find this 6 bath kit here in central europeWhy mess around with 7 bathes if 4 do the job very well?
@PE: Yes, but one could argue that BX does a lot more to the appearance of the slide than STAB does, at least in the short run.
Hello All,
Originally Posted by Raphael
Hi everyone,
It'd very surprising to me, because, the one and only version of Tetenal E6 booklet I ever seen was the one translated in the link given by David. I use with very satisfiying result (to me), the following times for First Developer :
Sorry if I seem to beat a dead horse, here, but I checked, to be sure, the last Tetenal instruction booklet I got with my last 5L kit (bought in June). And I made a mistake, this is not the one translated by David Richert. This last page seems in fact coming from a manual for E6 3 baths from the Jobo site.
In the booklet, we can see :
FD time : 6:15 (15s increment if reused)
CD time : 6:00
BX time : 6:00
But under the table, they add something likes "For rotary processing machine, use prewarm at 39°C and FD time of 7 minutes And as Rudeofus says : there is no mention of extra time for Fuji films.
So, again we fall in : The FD time don't seems to be so important !!!
Hello all,
When we had this discussion, I promised myself to test different FD development times for Provia 100F, using my Jobo ATL-1.
So, I taken my GF Camera and tripod on my shoulder, and expose a few 4x5 sheet-film of Fuji Provia 100F...
Here are the resulting scans (sorry, it's a little quick and dirty, I'm afraid)
Ex 1:
FD Time : 7m30s; CD Time : 6m; BX Time : 6m
(Theses are times I used to...)
Freshly prepared working chemicals, two 4x5 sheets processed at a time in a 2523 tank.
Ex 2:
FD Time : 6m15s; CD Time : 6m; BX Time : 6m
(Booklet recommended time)
Reused chemicals (2 4x5 sheets already processed), two 4x5 sheets processed at a time in a 2523 tank.
Shots data : Film rated @100Iso, handheld incident lightmeter (Gossen Lunasix 3).
Scans data : Epson 4990, using profiling generated with Wolf Faust target for Provia 100F.
The #2 image, is a bit "burned" in the sky, although this is not that obvious, when on the light table.
So it's now clear for me, even with my Jobo, the "good" FD time for Provia (and for the other Fuji film) is rather on the 6m15s side that to the 7m30s.
Any comment welcome,
These are very good, but without references to a true E6 process we cannot be sure of overall image quality. I think it is good, but I cannot prove it.
Nevertheless, good work.
Originally Posted by Raphael
So it's now clear for me, even with my Jobo, the "good" FD time for Provia (and for the other Fuji film) is rather on the 6m15s side that to the 7m30s.
Any comment welcome,
It could be that you need a shorter first developer time in a Jobo than I use with an inversion tank, because of the difference in agitation methods. It's also possible that underdevelopment is compensating for overexposure, which could be due to metering method or a sluggish shutter, so you may want to check that. In any case, this demonstrates that everyone needs to test these things for themselves to be sure they're getting the best results with their own methods.
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Hi all,
@PE : I am most flattered of theses words, from whom I consider a guru Thanks you.
@David : I tried to keep the exposure very controlled : The light that sunny day was pretty equal and steady, almost stunning for Brittany ; I double each shot, with a different f-stop/shutter couple, for the same EI of 20 (with my handheld meter). Then each pairs was processed with the different FD time. I notice no difference between shots from the same pair, at least over the light table.
However, to be sure, I will test my Copal-1 shutter, I tinkered recently a speedmeter with my PC. Thanks for your reply.
I made a mistake writing my above post : please read "The *#1* image, is a bit "burned" in the sky,...".
Seeing now the scans within Firefox, I am not very satisfyed with #2 image color rendering. I think I messed up with color space somewhere in PS
I am completely new to processing color slides, but my local lab in Amsterdam doesn't do my 4x5 Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus Readyloads anymore and I have about 56 left. So I got myself a Tetenal E-6 three bath kit.
The manual gives times for inversion and rotary processing, which may work for my Honeywell Nikor 4x5 metal tank, but it's a dog to load properly and it always produces undeveloped spots where the film hits the retaining spring on the outside of the cage.
Can anyone tell me whether, and how, I should correct the times given by Tetenal and/or the inversion frequency when using 4x5 sheets in HP tanks? And while I'm the subject: Tetenal says that the pre-wash and first developer must be used in total darkness, implying that the color developer etc. can be used with an open tank and the lights on. To someone who has only done B&W it seems a little scary to develop film in anything else than total darkness. So, to lend a quote from Marathon Man: "Is it safe?".


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Choreographer Robert Moses is known for his innovative dances, combining dance genres, styles, and athletic technique. His world premiere of SILT, for Robert Moses' Kin's 20th Annual San Francisco Season, is all that and a whole lot more. Performed from May 14-17 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, SILT is an interactive
work danced around, through, and among the audience to electronic percussive music by Moses and Michael Manring.
"SILT is a dance of relationships," says Moses. "The silt of our shared racial, social and economic histories, which exist alongside emotional sediment - when seeded, this silt creates new life and exposes our known and unknown influence in others lives."
This silt and sediment are represented in the choreography symbolically, not only by dancers swirling among the crowd, but the spectator-participants mingling among each other.
Dancers perform as an entire group, as small groups spinning off from the larger group, or as individuals. They swirl single-file through the crowd, often past or behind spectators watching another group of dancers.
Without scenery, the centerpiece of the performance is a series of hanging, slender chains. When entering the dance space, the audience was guided through the chains. Throughout the performance dancers sporadically moved through and around the chains, sometimes holding bunches of them while gyrating. Maybe the chains symbolize filtering or straining emotional sediment.
At one point, the dancers filed up a staircase to the ceiling grid that holds the theater lighting, lying on the grid and moving to the music. At other times, individual dancers passed among the audience some handheld speakers broadcasting the music, or used smart phones to photograph other dancers, imitating members of the audience in an act of sharing or togetherness.
As a work of choreography, SILT may not be for traditionalists. It's a bold, progressive work that reproduces the virtual social interaction among strangers so familiar to the Millennial generation. That it was created by one of the Boomer generation attests to Moses' creativity, originality, and social relevance.
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The three dance works from San Francisco Performances are all more than worth seeing.
Butoh artists Sankai Juku return to San Francisco in October in their performance of Umusuna-Memories Before History, a vision of the creation of the Earth.
In November, the London-based Akram Khan Company collaborates with celebrated sculptor Anish Kapoor and composer Nitin Sawhney to present the enigmatic, contemporary work Kaash in a 2014 revival of the 2002 full-length work.
Company Wayne McGregor, formerly the Wayne McGregor | Random Dance company, performs their 2013 work Atomos, in January. McGregor describes this work as atomizing bodies, movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation." Atomas begins Wayne McGregor's multi-year residency with San Francisco Performances.
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Russias esteemed Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra perform Alexei Ratmanskys Cinderella in October.
From Taiwan, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, directed by choreographer Lin Hwai-Min, performs Rice, on the cyclical nature of humanland interactions, in January.
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Last, but not least, in April, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater makes its annual call on UC Berkeley with seven performances of classic Ailey repertoire and recent works by star choreographers, programmed by Artistic Director Robert Battle.
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This Thursday night marks the start of another college football season. The Big 12 comes into the 2012 campaign with a couple of teams that could make some noise in this year's quest for a BCS title. The conference also welcomes West Virginia and TCU to the fold as they kick-off their inaugural season in the conference this week as well. The following is a look at a couple of the top matchups this week in the Big 12 along with betting lines as provided by 5Dimes.
Marshall Thundering Herd vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (-24) Total Line: 64.5
Marshall finished the 2011 season 7-6 straight-up overall and went 5-3 SU in Conference-USA. It has been opened at 12/1to win the conference this season with six other teams having better odds. The Herd will start the season with a pair of freshman running backs (Kevin Grooms and Steward Butler) anchoring the rushing attack on offense and a number of new faces scattered throughout the defense.
West Virginia opens the season as the No.11-ranked team in the nation in the AP Poll and a 5/1 third-favorite to win the Big 12 this year. The Mountaineers will have quarterback Geno Smith and wide receivers' Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin back on an offense that finished the 2011 season ranked sixth in the nation in passing yards per game.
These two teams have met every season since 2006 and while West Virginia is a perfect 6-0 SU. Marshall holds a 4-2 edge ATS. The total has stayed 'under' in the last four meetings. Last season the Mountaineers won 34-13, but the Thundering Herd covered as 21.5-point road underdogs.
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (-1.5) vs. Iowa State Cyclones Total Line: 52.5
In another Conference-USA/Big 12 matchup, Tulsa comes in as a slight road favorite. It posted an 8-5 SU record in 2011 that included a 5-2 run both SU and ATS to close-out the year. The Golden Hurricane come in as 6/1 fourth-favorites to win their conference and returns a good number of key starters on both sides of the ball.
Iowa State went 6-7 SU overall last season after losing its last three games and was 3-6 SU in Big 12 play. The Cyclones open this season as 75/1 longshots to win the Big 12 with only Kansas having longer odds. Given the fact that they are home underdogs against a team from a mid-major conference, a win on Saturday suddenly becomes all that more important to this struggling program.
Tulsa is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games on the road and 4-1 ATS in its last five games as a road favorite. Iowa State is 5-0 ATS in its last five games as an underdog and 21-10 ATS in its last 31 games played in September. The total has stayed 'under' in 10 of the Golden Hurricane's last 14 non-conference games and in six of the Cyclone's last eight games out of the conference.
SMU Mustangs vs. Baylor Bears (-10.5) Total Line: 58
The third Conference-USA/ Big 12 matchup in Week 1 is scheduled for Sunday night. SMU finished in the middle of the pack in the West Division with a 5-3 record in conference play and it had an 8-5 record overall. It has been opened at 13/2 fifth-favorites to win Conference-USA this season and 5/2 second-favorites to win the division.
Baylor begins life after Robert Griffin III as a 40/1 longshot to win the Big 12 this season. The overall prospects for the Bears do not look good considering that the main reason for last year's 10-3 SU record will now be starting for the Redskins on Sundays in the NFL.
The Mustangs last played the Bears in 2005 and have not beaten Baylor since a six-point win in 1986. They are 5-15-1 ATS in their last 16 games against the Big 12. Baylor is 4-0 ATS in its last four games against Conference-USA and 8-0 ATS in its last eight home games.
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Does anyone have a dirt route that will take you from Moab to Kanab, UT?
As I search Google Maps I can't find any dirt route that will take me over the Green River heading West.
I'll keep searching, but I thought I would throw it out there.
Here is a mostly dirt route. Take Lockhardt basin west and south out of Moab. Then some pavement down to the Abajo Mountains. Then there are dirt roads down to the west side of Blanding. (I haven't ridden the last part of this.)
From there you can take Elk Mountain road and Wooden Shoe roads to Hite Marina for gas.
Then pavement over to near the Henry Mountains. This gets you across the Colorado and Dirty Devil rivers. There are dirt roads that will take you to the bottom of the Burr Trail. Take the Burr trail - mostly paved to Boulder then pavement to Escalante. Spectacular ride.
Then take Smokey Mountain road south to Big Water.
Then pavement , US89, several miles west to House Rock Creek road. Take it south maybe 15 miles to pick up the Great Western Trail. Take this road west to 89A. It is then about 12 miles of pavement then into Kanab.
I have done nearly all of this the past few years so have pretty good feeling that it works.
I have posted GPS tracks for this in GPSXchange.com
Thanks wbbnm. I'll look that up. Any chance you could post the gpx file here?
Thanks again.
There is very little I don't have in that area. Look at Utah Tracks on GPSXchange.com
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I collected some tracks and key waypoints from several trips into one file and attached it. Turned out to be pretty easy in BaseCamp.
I got intrigued about getting thru the Abajo Mtns and saw that there is a way thru Canyonlands west and south of Needles Outpost that meets up with Elk Mtn road. I have never ridden it but included a route.
I remember seeing quite a few threads about this road and Beef Basin. There is supposed to be a difficult hill called Elephant Hill that one must go up to get out of Canyonlands. Might be worth some research if you intend to try it.
There is a moderately difficult section in Lockhardt Basin noted by the waypoint Gulch. It is several hundred yards of 8-12" step-up ledges.
A word to the wise. The gas station at Needles Outpost only takes cash and gas costs ~$6 a gallon.
Thanks wbbnm for the tracks. I checked out the route you previously described and it looks good too. I also saw the "beef" road when searching on google maps.
Thanks again. This was the missing link for my trip. Now I have tracks from Moab to San Diego.
You're welcome.
Roughly how are you getting from Kanab to San Diego?
A couple of my tracks thru the Utah area were part of a trip to Death Valley and back in 2010.
We are going to redo much of that trip next month, but are only going as far as western Nevada and then looping back north instead of south.
BTW. Both times we have done Smokey Mountain road between Escalante and Big Water, we have done it kind wrong down south. We took the Smokey Hollow cutoff instead of the real Smokey Mountain road. You get into lots of sand in an arroyo in Smokey Hollow. The other road might be better.
I rode the TAT a few years ago. And the version we rode didn't go anywhere near Kanab and certainly not San Diego.
We went thru Ritchfield Utah, probably 100-200 miles north of Kanab, and then turned north at the Great Basin in Nevada and went up thru Oregon to the coast.
I'd be very interested to see the tracks/plan to San Diego.
I was thinking Kanosh, Ut. on the West side of Ritchfield. I appologize....
You had me a little confused. I thought (hoped) maybe there was a southern version of the TAT that I had never heard of.
We did take a pretty good route from Kanab to Death Valley a few years ago. We went from Kanab to Mesquite via the Arizona Strip. We wanted to see Toroweep but had to turn back and detour north due to rain and mud.
We took Mormon Wells road thru the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. We tried to get over Wheeler Pass past Cold Creek down into Pahrump but had to turn back due to snow.
Took some nice but difficult dirt roads from Pahrump into DV. We came in via Echo Canyon. Then we looped south thru Panamint Valley, Goler Wash, over the Shoshone.
Then we headed back east thru the Mojave.
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From Kanab, UT I'll dip south into NW AZ then back up into Mesquite, NV. Mesquite to Vegas, then Vegas to Barstow, then Barstow to San Diego. I have found it all on this site. I don't know the names of the roads, and I've never been on any of them, but most of them have been verified by ride reports.
I'll try posting the portions I found.
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Here is the Grand Canyon Loop I found.
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Carl Zimmer writes recently in the New York Times that levees are not the only things that protect coasts from storm damage. "Nature offers protection, too" he says. "Coastal marshes absorb wind energy and waves of storms, weakening their impact farther inland." These coastal ecosystems and their services provide significant value he notes, shielding us from storms, reducing soil erosion, soaking up greenhouse gases and more. In 1997 these ecosystems services were valued by a team of scientists at twice the gross national product of every country on Earth or in today's dollars approximately $49 trillion. Since 1997 the release of hundreds of new studies, and the increased damage to these ecosystems across the world, have caused the team to reevaluate their estimate of these services, concluding that their earlier number was far too low. >Read more via http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/science/earth/putting-a-price-tag-on-natures-defenses.html?hp
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The Yellowstone River – Still the Longest Undammed River in the Lower 48?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Montana Department of Environmental Quality have issued a joint notice advising plans currently being considered by the District Engineer at Omaha, Nebraska. According to the notice NOW-2008-02556-MTB the applicant is intending to "conduct periodic placement of rock" on the existing diversion dam and to enable full flows to the applicant even in the event of severe water shortages in the Yellowstone.
The project reach at Intake Dam east of Glendive, Montana is occupied habitat for Pallid Sturgeon, an endangered species presently under federal and state protections. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: "It's present range in Montana includes the Lower Yellowstone River where damming, channelizing and diking has destroyed much of its habitat." More http://fwp.mt.gov/fishAndWildlife/species/endangered/pallidSturgeon/
Photo below of the dam on the Yellowstone River at Intake proposed for yet more rock.
Read a copy of a recent Public Notice: NWO-2008-02556-MTB or via http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Portals/23/docs/regulatory/publicnotices/MT/NWO-2008-02556-MTB.pdf
Public Comment should be directed to the US Army Corps of Engineers, PO Box 2256, Billings MT 59103 or by calling direct to Cathy Juhas at USACE (406) 657-5910.
Unintended Consequences May Have Created a "Point of No Return" for Commercial Fisheries
In Conservation Magazine's recent good read, "Point of No Return: Why Aren't Fish Populations Recovering?" author Natasha Loder examines why fishery management policies may have resulted in an insurmountable "Darwinian Debt."
In the 1940s, cod in the northeast Arctic had an average size of 95 cm. Today they average only 65 cm. And average size and age of fish at maturation have been decreasing for decades in many commercially exploited fish stocks. Size limits may be the culprit.
A controlled, peer-reviewed study published in the journal Science in 2002, turned conventional thinking about fisheries management on its head.
"In most commercial fisheries, fish are removed on the basis of size. There are minimum, not maximum, size limits. But the study's results show that this approach may have results that are exactly the opposite of what is intended. Within only four generations, taking out larger fish produced a smaller and less fertile population that also converted food into flesh less efficiently," writes Loder.
Read more: http://conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/point-of-no-return/?utm_source=Conservation+Magazine&utm_campaign=7582ac4c87-This_Week_s_Good_Read_Nov+30_2013_10_19_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0cc46f2ab-7582ac4c87-294168197
At TEDxCharlottesville: Ushering in the Age of Natural Capitalism
"There are two great joys in life: the tilling of the land, and the cultivation of character. One anchors us and one elevates us," said conservation capitalist Chandler Van Voorhis late last year at TEDxCharlottesville.
Chandler Van Voorhis is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of GreenTrees, which plants, grows, and sells permanent forests. He is working to make sure people see what he sees: carbon, water, habitat, air filtration, and soil building mulch – all of the valuable ecological services a tree provides while it is a living part of the ecosystem.
Quipping that his family calls him "The Lorax with a Calculator," Van Voorhis discusses the evolution of conservation in America from the notion of using our resources wisely, to conservation as a national duty, and now, to an ecosystem marketplace where we attach price and value to nature's assets.
Sustainability Execs Faced with Managing Risk of Mother Nature's Fury
It wasn't so long ago that the job of a sustainability executive was to make a company more "green" or "eco-friendly."
But as GreenBiz.com producer Joel Makower points out in a recent blog post things are changing.
"Risk and resilience haven't typically been part of most companies' sustainability vocabularies," writes Makower, "But Mother Nature's fury is changing that, as droughts, floods, hurricanes and wildfires disrupt companies and their supply chains."
Hurricane Sandy, so close to a huge metropolitan area, was a huge wake up call to the kind of disruption a major weather event can cause. But Sandy was far from the only weather event that upended business and society. Among the worldwide increase in extreme weather, the most obvious areas of vulnerability are food, fuel and water.
When we started Trout Headwaters nearly 20 years ago "climate change" was just coming to the fore. The frequency with which we now see extreme weather events has infused our company with a renewed sense of urgency.
Nature offers us a most effective protection against weather extremes, if we would only recognize these protections. Marshes, wetlands, and riparian buffers naturally protect against wind and water erosion, flooding, and drought. These margins between land and water serve as barriers, sponges and filters to regulate water levels and filter pollutants. But we have to take care of them, so they can take care of us.
Businesses, which think regularly about risk mitigation, are just beginning to think about climate change and resource constraints like other business risks. "Keeping an eye on this is becoming part of the job of a growing handful of sustainability executives in global companies," writes Makower… As the World Economic Forum wrote in a paper, "Global Risks 2012," "rising greenhouse gas emissions" and the "failure of climate change adaptation" are in the same risk quadrant as food shortages and terrorism."
Read more: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/02/25/state-green-business-sustainability-becomes-matter-risk-and-resilience
10 Cities That Could Run Out Of Water
Topping Trout Headwaters' list of water wishes for the new year was: "Wishing that all water users will increase their conservation efforts so that healthy flows may be returned to our rivers."
Securing access to plentiful, renewable sources of fresh water is among the biggest struggles large cities around the world face. Growing populations and declining fresh water supplies – from rapidly depleting aquifers as well as drought-stricken reservoirs and rivers – mean that cities are scrambling to find solutions.
"The ultimate price for not taking care of our streams and rivers is chronic water shortage," says THI President Michael Sprague. "These shortages are upon us. We need to work even harder to reverse this trend by protecting and restoring our freshwater resources before many suffer the consequences."
The Weather Channel looked at 10 major U.S. cities facing some of the nation's most acute water shortages, and the hurdles they face in obtaining enough water to meet their citizens', and industries', needs.
The list begins with the driest major city in Texas.
Read more: http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/10-cities-could-run-out-water-20131212?utm_source=Water+Headlines+for+December+18&utm_campaign=Water+Headlines+Dec+18&utm_medium=email
Coastal Wetlands Continue to Be Gobbled Up by Development
Wetlands in the U.S. are still taking a hit, and human activity, urban, suburban, and rural development, is the cause.
A new study released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) says between 2004 and 2009, wetland area in the coastal watersheds of the U.S. declined by an estimated 360,720 acres. The worst part: The rate of loss is on the increase. More than 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands are being lost on average each year, up from 60,000 acres lost per year during the previous study.
A strategy of achieving "no net loss" by offsetting wetland acreage losses with wetland creation or reestablishment does not appear to so far to have been effective for coastal watersheds. Both freshwater and saltwater coastal wetlands are absolutely critical to the health of our bays and estuaries. As we saw with Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, continuing losses of wetlands in coastal watersheds have direct costs for people and longer-term resource implications for fish, wildlife and other natural resources.
Despite this terrible truth, the only major news organization to cover this story was NPR.
Read the press release: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=7B8CB057-90CD-5C03-6EA2F94520ED3BF1
Read the full study: http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Documents/Status-and-Trends-of-Wetlands-In-the-Coastal-Watersheds-of-the-Conterminous-US-2004-to-2009.pdf
Study Says Mammals Respond to "Field of Dreams" Strategy for Restored Wetlands
Restoration of wetland ecosystems has typically focused on hydrology, soil, and vegetation, but mammals are drawn to restored wetlands at even higher levels than expected. A study led by Princeton researcher David J. Kurz, and published recently in The American Midland Naturalist, showed that a strategy of "if you build it they will come" is beneficial to not only wetland species, but also to mammals dependent upon wetlands for food, water and shelter.
"Restored wetlands – if managed correctly – can harbor mammalian communities as rich as those found in [natural, existing] wetland habitats. Our results support the "Field of Dreams" hypothesis which suggests, among other things, that if the necessary physical conditions are present then desired [wildlife] will subsequently colonize the patch. For small to midsized mammals in our study area, this appears to be the case," said the study.
Read more: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1674/0003-0031-170.2.260
"Emergency Response" for Streams and Rivers Becoming More Common
With unpredictable weather patterns becoming the new normal, it may be time to take a fresh look your flood risk. At Trout Headwaters we are definitely seeing a distinct increase in the number of emergency calls we receive. When a structure or critical resource is under threat of flooding time is of the essence.
Streams, rivers and wetlands do flood, most often during spring runoff or summer rain storms. An emerging pattern in the West of drought, followed by fire, followed by rain, can wreak havoc on the stability of streambanks. High spring runoff or heavy rain events can very quickly turn a peaceful stream into a raging torrent eating away at unstable banks.
Lush streamside vegetation and a healthy stream hydrology mean resilient streambanks, but if you do find yourself in an emergency situation, our firm's expert team of engineers, hydrologists and biologists can deploy quickly to provide an assessment of the damage and potential threat to your property. Our patented RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System allows us to complete a thorough stream or river assessment quickly, even turning around a report and suggested remedies within 24 – 48 hours.
THI's "green" approaches to streambank stabilization not only stave off further damage, but also strengthen over time as banks recover the type of deep-rooted, woody vegetation that means stability long term, along with added habitat values for fish and wildlife.
For more information or to discuss your concerns, contact THI today.
You may also like: For Builders, Architects, and Homeowners – Building Near a River or Stream?
Wyoming Water Tests in Line With EPA Finding on Hydraulic Fracturing
From Bloomberg Businessweek
Tests of drinking water near a natural-gas drilling site in Wyoming back up findings that established the first link by the federal government between hydraulic fracturing and tainted water, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
The EPA recently issued its follow-up analyses of two test wells it drilled in Pavillion and of five residents' water wells, saying the pollutants it found were "consistent" with the results last year used to establish that connection to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Read: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/epa-says-test-of-wyoming-water-consistent-with-prior-results
Read More: Chemicals Found in Wyoming Drinking Water May Be From Fracking


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Reds need to pound out 10 runs to release all the pent up rage.
Reds need to pound out 10 runs to release all the pent up rage.
I'd really like to see Stubbs break out here with a HR or a nice double.
Hit it hard. Wainwright isn't really fooling anyone.
13 walks for votto now this year
RBI single to right field - Brandon Phillips
RBI single for BP
Bruce missing on some hanging sliders
ugly K for Jay Bruce. He looks like he did last year - so much for starting off hot...
Bruce strikes out on a ball in the dirt, shocking..
Zack Cozart making his case for a Gold Glove early on
Arroyo is to good for the Cards lol.
Arroyo at only 55 pitches through 5.
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Isle of Man Government Department of Health and Social Security Social Security Division Contributions Section Administrative Officer Reference - 286L/07 The Position This position is in the Isle of Man Civil Service on the staff of the Department of Health and Social Security, Social Security Division, Contributions Section. A job description and person specification for the post is attached at Annex A to these notes. Potential applicants are encouraged to find out more about the role by contacting Colin Christian on 685059. The closing date for applications is 28th November 2007. Entry Requirements for the Administrative Officer Grade For appointment to an established Administrative Officer post a candidate must:- 1. hold 5 GCSE's at Grade C or above (one of which must be in English Language) or equivalent qualification; or alternatively internal candidates (serving Civil Servants) require GCSE English Language at Grade C or above or equivalent, and must have at least 3 years' service and 2 consecutive Good (formally known as Box Mark 3) or better annual reports, together with a written recommendation from their current line manager confirming satisfactory performance and suitability for promotion, or have passed the Civil Service Administrative Officer examination. 2. pass a medical examination (Please note: Identified medical conditions may result in entry restrictions to the sick pay scheme); and 3. preferably qualify as an 'Isle of Man Worker' under the Control of Employment Legislation; The Civil Service Commission will also consider applications for Administrative Officer posts where the candidate can demonstrate that he/she has served as an Administrative Officer in the IOM or UK Civil Service in a satisfactory manner for at least 12 months. Note: Please refer to the qualifications required for this post and ensure that you itemise your qualifications, including grades achieved, on your C.V. Selection Procedures All applications will be assessed and a shortlist will be selected for interview. Referees will be approached for any candidates who are invited to interview (provided that permission has been given on their Application Form). Anyone short listed for interview is encouraged to contact the manager identified above for an informal discussion about the duties and responsibilities of the post before the formal interview. ______________________________________ Terms and Conditions of Appointment: - General: This appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Isle of Man Civil Service Regulations. Salary: This post is graded Administrative Officer, salary range £17,361 to £23,591 per annum (Isle of Man Civil Service spine point 14 to 20). Staff maintaining performance at an acceptable standard appropriate to their grade will progress by annual increments to their scale maximum. Hours of Work: 37 hours spread over the normal working week of Monday to Friday. A scheme of Flexible Working Hours is available in most departments. Overtime will be paid for hours in excess of 37 hours. Annual Leave: This post is in Annual Leave Band B: - LEAVE BAND PAY SPAN COMPLETED YEARS ALLOWANCE SERVICE (WORKING DAYS) A &B 1, 2, 3 & 4 0 22 1 23 2 24 5 25 8 27 10 28 15 30 In addition there are a number of public and privilege holidays. A credit for previous relevant work experience may be granted for the purposes of determining the annual leave allowance on appointment. Sick Leave: Full pay sick leave of up to 6 months, followed by half pay sick leave (subject to an overall maximum of 12 months' paid sick leave in any period of 4 years), provided that there is a reasonable prospect of eventual recovery and return to duty. Smoking Policy: You will be expected to comply with the smoking policy for the building in which you are appointed and any smoking policy applied by your department, board or office. Retirement Age: The normal age of retirement for a civil servant is 65 years. Pension Rights: The Isle of Man Civil Service Pension Scheme is a Contributory Superannuation Scheme with contributions of 3.5% being deducted directly from your gross salary. This scheme is by- analogy to (based upon, but separate from) the UK Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme. A new starter joining the Nuvos section of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme will have a contribution rate of 3.5%, a pension based on career related earnings and a pension age of 65. Arrangements exist for the transfer of most pension rights. All enquiries in regards to this scheme should be addressed to the Superannuation Team of the Personnel Office (Telephone 685598). Relocation Package: A relocation package or Housing Assistance Scheme is not available for this post. ______________________________________ Closing Date Completed applications should be submitted to reach:- The Secretary Civil Service Commission Human Resource Management Directorate Reayrt Carnane Westmoreland Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 4QA by 28th November 2007 Please state clearly on the application form the post for which you are applying and quote the Reference Number marked at the head of this document Note: Canvassing of members of the Civil Service Commission or of the Department concerned either directly, or indirectly, in connection with any appointment under the Civil Service Act 1990 shall disqualify the candidate. This does not prevent an applicant from seeking more information on the post from officers of the Department or from using for reference purposes Members of the Legislature, other than those serving on the Civil Service Commission or the Department involved. Annex A Isle of Man Civil Service Job Description ___________________________________________________________________ POST Administrative Officer - General Group, Contributions Section DEPARTMENT - Department of Health & Social Security DIVISION - Social Security LOCATION - 2nd Floor, Markwell House RESPONSIBLE TO - Executive Officer (Section Leader) SUMMARY The maintenance of National Insurance accounts held in the Isle of Man, with specific responsibility for processing the payments made to the Section by Direct Debit. The receipting and recording of National Insurance Contributions on the Department's systems. The provision of advice and information related to National Insurance to members of the public, employers and other Government Departments. MAIN DUTIES 1. Direct Debit maintenance Setting up of Direct Debit Instructions on individual accounts on the Social Security mainframe for payment of Class 2 and 3 National Insurance Contributions. Monitoring such payments to ensure timely and correct collection. Corresponding with customers to confirm set up or cessation arrangements, and to advise of any necessary alterations or balance payments. 2. Counter and telephone enquiries Dealing with enquiries at the Contributions Section's public counter and also by telephone. These enquiries can cover a wide range of subjects connected with National Insurance such as supplying an individual's National Insurance number, advising an employer on correct calculation of contributions, or investigating a customer's entitlement to contributory benefits. 3. Receiving Payments Issuing receipts for payments made to the Section at the counter and by post. 4. Benefit enquiries Entering details of claims to benefit made in the UK by persons with National Insurance accounts held in the Isle of Man. Checking the automatically-produced benefit replies for both Isle of Man and UK claims and distributing them to the relevant offices. Checking the UK National Insurance recording system in order to rate IOM Benefit claims whenever necessary. 5. Applications to pay Self-Employed National Insurance Checking each application contains the required information and then passing it to the Inspector's Section for consideration. If approved, then setting up payment details on computer and requesting any balance payments that may be due from the customer. 6. Posting National Insurance contributions Recording National Insurance contributions against accounts held in the Isle of Man. This includes the batching of contributions prior to input action and also the tracing of correct National Insurance numbers through the Department's systems. Also the filing and then scanning of the contribution documents. 7. Arrears action Examining details of National Insurance records for the purpose of issuing Statements of Accounts to those individuals whose records are deficient for State Pension and Benefits' purposes. Dealing with, and responding to, the numerous enquiries from individuals in reply to these Statements. Passing any cases where there may be contributions outstanding to the Inspector's Section for further action. 8. Other Duties Providing cover for other members of the Group when required and any other duties set by line manager from time to time. Competencies in this post:- Leading and Working Together A Communicating and Influencing A Achieving Results A Delivering a Quality Service A Changing and Learning A Showing Commitment and B Resilience KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS/TRAINING The post holder must have or develop:- A knowledge of National Insurance and Social Security would be an advantage, but is not essential as full training will be given. The ability to deal with members of the public courteously, efficiently and effectively. A degree of numerical ability is required. The ability to work in a team environment. Suitable training courses would include:- 1. Customer Care 2. Using the Telephone Effectively 3. Communicating Effectively in Writing 4. Handling Difficult Situations 5. An Introduction to the Isle of Man Government Also any necessary computer training courses such as Oracle Receivables/Axapta, Word, Excel, etc. Annex B Isle of Man Civil Service Person Specification Post: Administrative Officer, Contributions Section Department: Department of Health and Social Security, Social Security Division, Contributions Section Job Summary: The maintenance of National Insurance accounts held in the Isle of Man, with specific responsibility for processing the payments made to the Section by Direct Debit. The receipting and recording of National Insurance Contributions on the Department's systems. The provision of advice and information related to National Insurance to members of the public, employers and other Government Departments. Essential ATTRIBUTES or METHOD OF ASSESSMENT Desirable Qualifications 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above including English Language, or E CV equivalent qualifications Experience Experience of working in an office environment D CV/Interview Experience in a customer service related role D CV/Interview Knowledge & Skills A degree of numerical ability E CV/Interview Basic computer skills D CV/Interview Good written and oral communication skills E Interview/References Ability to work accurately within deadlines E Interview/References Ability to prioritize own workload D Interview/References Knowledge of the Social Security system, especially National D CV/Interview Insurance Disposition Accurate and reliable worker E Interview/References A good team player E Interview/References Enthusiastic and self-motivated E Interview/References Circumstances/Interests Isle of Man Worker D CV/Application
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