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The present invention provides a vacation and holiday scheduling system. The system includes a variety of objects to assist a business in controlling and managing the scheduling of vacations by their employees and for assisting the employees in bidding on vacation days and holidays based upon employee seniority.
1. A vacation and holiday scheduling system, comprising:
a graphical user interface for providing user access to the system;
means for entering staffing requirements for a business;
means for determining a number of vacation days earned by employees of the business and for determining the number of vacation days allowable to the employees for each day of a vacation year based upon the staffing requirements of the business; and
bidding means enabling an employee to bid upon desired vacation days based upon the employee's earned vacation days, the allowable vacation days for each day of the vacation year and seniority of the employee, the bidding means preventing entry of an employee's bid until the bids of all higher priority employees have been entered.
2. The system of claim 1 further including means for altering the means by which employees bid on vacation days and by which vacation days earned and allowable are calculated.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for altering further includes means for establishing the work shifts occurring throughout a workday.
4. The system of claim 3 further including means for establishing peak employee staffing requirements for the work shifts.
5. The system of claim 2 wherein the means for altering further includes means for defining holidays recognized by the system.
6. The system of claim 1 further including means for generating a vacation profile for each employee of a business, the vacation profile comprising a compilation of information on an employee's work and vacation schedule.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for altering further includes means for creating management units representing a grouping of the employees of the business.
8. The system of claim 7 further including means for establishing a set of vacation scheduling rules associated with each management unit.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for entering further includes means for downloading the staffing requirements from an external source.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for entering further includes means for revising the entered staffing requirements via the graphical user interface.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for entering further includes means for forecasting future staffing requirements from the entered staffing requirements.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein the means for entering further includes means for allocating the entered staffing requirements to selected groupings within the business.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein the bidding means further includes means for displaying on the graphical user interface a calendar from which an employee selects vacation days, units on the calendar being coded to indicate availability of particular days for vacation day selection.
14. A vacation and holiday scheduling system as in claim 1 wherein priority of employees is determined by seniority.
15. A method for scheduling employee vacations while meeting staffing requirements of a business, comprising the steps of:
determining staffing requirements for each day of a vacation year;
determining maximum allowable number of vacation days for each day of a vacation year;
determining earned vacation days for each employee of the business;
bidding on desired vacation days by the employees in the order of the employee's priority, the bidding preventing entry of an employee's bid until the bids of all higher priority employees have been entered; and
assigning vacation days in response to employee seniority, allowable number of vacation days and earned vacation days.
16. A method for scheduling employee vacations as in claim 15 wherein priority of employees is determined by seniority.
17. A computer program having data structures included on a computer readable medium which enables an interactive vacation and holiday scheduling system comprising:
management controlled means for entering staffing requests for a business;
means for determining a number of vacation days earned by employees of the business and for determining the number of vacation days allowable to the employees for each day of a vacation year based upon the staffing requirements of the business; and
bidding means enabling an employee to bid upon desired vacation days based upon the employee's earned vacation days, the allowable vacation days for each day of the vacation year and seniority of the employee, the bidding means preventing entry of an employee's bid until the bids of all higher priority employees have been entered.
18. The computer program according to claim 17 further including:
means for generating a vacation profile for each employee, said vacation profile providing a compilation of employee specific work and vacation schedule information.
19. The computer program according to claim 18 wherein said means for bidding further includes means for displaying a calendar, having units with selectability status shown, from which said employee indicates employee choices.
20. A computer program as in claim 17 wherein priority of employees is determined by seniority.
This invention relates generally to computerized systems and methods of planning, scheduling and managing vacations and holidays in a business environment.
Scheduling management systems for use in planning, scheduling and managing personnel are known in the prior art. Such systems typically include a basic scheduling capability to enable a business to forecast future needs and then allocates agent work hours according to the staffing requirements that have been forecast. Prior art vacation and holiday scheduling systems used with such scheduling management systems suffer from many disadvantages. Such systems rely on conventional time series forecasting techniques to generate forecasts for a large block or unit of time, e.g., a month. These techniques use fixed factors to decompose the monthly forecast into weekly, daily, and then hourly or smaller increments. This approach is computationally efficient but lends itself to accuracy only on a macro scale, e.g., month-to-month, as opposed to reflecting real changes in the business needs as they actually occur. Prior art systems thus do not have the flexibility to be responsive to changing conditions to forecast work loads and provide realistic scheduling of personnel to meet the dynamic requirements of the business.
Moreover, prior art systems are typically structured around a single business location, thus ignoring the needs of multi-site facilities. Another disadvantage associated with prior art approaches is with the inability of such systems to efficiently generate optimal work shifts for available agents when forecasting is complete. Further, these systems do not have the capability to efficiently generate schedules to satisfy agent preferences, availability and seniority. Thus, a need has arisen for a vacation scheduling system enabling the scheduling of agent vacations over a number of site locations and allowing all needs of a business to be efficiently met.
The present invention overcomes the foregoing and other problems with a vacation and holiday scheduling system. The vacation and holiday scheduling system of the present invention includes a variety of objects enabling a business to control and manage the scheduling of vacations and holidays by their employees. An administration object enables a user to set up the conditions and rules by which the vacation and holiday scheduling system will function. A plan object enables the determination of business unit and management unit staffing requirements for a particular business. These requirements are able to be downloaded from a remote force management system or may be generated locally. A calculate vacation days object enables the system to determine the number of vacation days which have been earned by each agent within a business unit. The agent information and vacation days calculated are displayed via a vacation profile object which gives complete information concerning the vacation requirements and selections of each employee. Finally, a bidding object allows employees of a business to access the vacation and holiday planning system and select available holiday and vacation periods on a seniority basis. An employee selects his/her name from an agent listing and is allowed access if each individual senior to him/her has already selected his/her vacation and holiday requirements. Upon entry and approval of a personal password, the employee may access selection utilities to assist in selecting preferred vacations and holidays.
The foregoing has outlined some of the more pertinent aspects of the present invention. These aspects should be construed to be merely illustrative of some of the more prominent features and applications of the invention. Many other beneficial results can be attained by applying the disclosed invention in a different manner or modifying the invention as will be described. Accordingly, other aspects and a full understanding of the invention may be had by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention and the advantages thereof, reference should be made to the following Detailed Description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating how the vacation scheduler of the present invention is implemented with a PC workstation and a force management system;
FIG. 2 is a functional flow diagram of the vacation scheduling system of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the method for generation of management unit allocations;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the method for calculating the number of vacation days available to an agent;
FIG. 5 is a representation of the Agent Vacation Profile screen;
FIG. 6 is a diagram of the Vacation Holiday Bidding screen; and
FIG. 7 is a representation of the Vacation Days Selection screen.
Referring now to the drawings and more particularly the FIG. 1 there is illustrated a functional block diagram of the operating environment of the vacation and holiday scheduling system (vacation scheduler) 10 of the present invention. The vacation scheduler 10 is designed to be accessed by a single user to enable selection of vacation days and holidays while enabling an employer to maintain control of employee staffing requirements such that all positions for any particular day or during any particular time period are covered. The vacation scheduler 10 is locally stored within a PC workstation 12 or may be accessed via a network 16. Data required by the vacation scheduler 10 is locally stored at the PC workstation 12.
The vacation scheduler 10 is designed as a stand-alone mechanism not requiring the use of a force management system 14 in order to carry out its functionalities. However, the vacation scheduler 10 may be utilized in conjunction with a force management system such as described in applicant's U.S. Pat. No. 5,289,368. The force management system 14 may be accessed by the local PC workstation 12 via a modem or other type of network 16. For purposes of this discussion the Applicant incorporates herein by reference the disclosure contained within U.S. Pat. No. 5,289,368. Data required for generating the vacation schedules of various agents (employees of a business) are transmitted from the force management system 14 in response to user requests. Generated vacation schedule data may also be uploaded to the force management system 14 over a network 16 after generation by the vacation scheduler 10.
Referring now to FIG. 2, there is illustrated a functional flow diagram of the vacation scheduler 10. The functionality of the vacation scheduler 10 is accessed via a graphical user interface 20. The graphical user interface 20 is preferably a windows-type interface enabling user access to the various system functionalities via point and click techniques. However, it should be realized that the present invention is not limited to the use of a windows-type graphical user interface and may also function equally well using a DOS or other type of user interface. The main menu 22 presents a user with a number of vacation scheduler objects including the administration object 24, plan object 26, calculate vacation days object 28, vacation profile object 30 and bidding object 32.
The administration object 24 enables the user to set up how the vacation scheduler 10 will control processing of vacation scheduling requests and data. With the administration object 24, the user is able to determine which management units (MUs) will be included in the vacation scheduler database, to initialize vacation and holiday data, and to set rules and parameters governing the behavior of the vacation scheduler. A management unit is a grouping or department of employees of a business such as sales, marketing, etc. The administration object 24 provides a number of functional tools to the user. The rules set function 38 provides for generation of sets of parameters and rules that are assigned to one or more management units. These parameters and rules determine how the vacation scheduler handles scheduling of vacation days and holidays for the management units. Each management unit has its own individual rule and parameter set. Examples of rule sets or parameters associated with a management unit would include MU010 has ten paid holidays, and MU011 has eleven paid holidays. The rules sets generally comprise anything to do with the defining or controlling of how a particular agent may take or use a holiday or vacation day.
The shift allocations function 40 and vacation shifts function 42 are used in conjunction to determine the number of vacation hours allowed from data supplied by the calculate vacation days object 28. Each agent of a management unit is assigned to a vacation shift using the vacation shifts function 42. The vacation shifts function 42 defines the various working shifts occurring throughout the work day from which a vacation may be taken. A vacation shift is defined by a shift name, shift start time and shift end time. For example, the morning shift may be defined as beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 2:00 p.m., whereas the day shift may be defined as beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. and the afternoon shift may be defined as beginning at 11:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m. The shift name and starting and ending times are defined using selection blocks or pop-up windows that appear in response to selection of the vacation shifts function. The shift allocation function 40 enables the establishment of peak requirements and percentage of total workload for the day for each half-hour time period during the workday. This information is useful in determining the number of vacation hours which are allowed during the vacation/holiday bidding process. As with the vacation shift function 42, the required data is entered via user selected blocks or pop-up windows.
The holidays function 44 allows the user to define the holidays which are or are not recognized by the business utilizing the system. The user is able to select holidays and associate them with particular management units on a selective basis. Thus, each management unit need not have the same assigned holidays. The holidays function 44 enables a user to set the holiday date; the day of the week on which the holiday occurs; a description of the holiday, such as Christmas Day, Halloween, etc.; and an indication of whether or not the office is open on the particular holiday. Finally, the add business units (8u) function 46 enables a user to enter business unit data, business unit teams, business unit management units, and business unit agents into the vacation scheduler database.
The plan object 26 allows for the generated staffing plan requirements downloaded from force management system 14 to be altered by the user for purposes of determining vacation planning schedules. The staffing plan may be altered using the MU allocations function 48, the build BU requirements function 50, the adjust requirements function 52, or the load data function 54. The load data function 54 downloads employee requirements from force management system 14. The user is provided with the option of downloading data of several different types. These data types include long-term forecast data providing daily staffing requirements for periods six months or further in the future, active forecast data for current through six months daily staffing requirements, and actual staffing requirements data for meeting staffing requirements for past time periods when a vacation plan is prepared for the current year. The adjust requirements function 52 enables a user to adjust the daily staffing requirements which have been downloaded by the vacation scheduler. These staffing requirements may be changed for either the long-term forecast data, active forecast data or actual data.
The build BU requirements function 50 provides the user with the capability for generating long-term, active, or actual and average forecast data for specific dates to determine the BU's forecasted staffing requirements. The MU allocations function 48 enables the user to allocate the BU requirements established by the build BU requirements function 50 to each MU within the BU. During allocation to the management units, the business unit requirements, MU hours of operation, number of agents available each day and available holidays are all considered factors. From the MU allocation function 48, the user may generate management unit allocations, indicate the open and closed status of management units during particular holidays and adjust management unit allocations that have been generated.
Referring now to FIG. 3, there is illustrated a flow chart describing the method for generating management unit allocations. Initially, a variety of data necessary for calculating the number of available vacation days and allocating agent resources is retrieved at step 56. This data includes the business unit staffing requirements for each calendar day of a vacation year, the staffing requirements for each management unit within the business unit for each day of the calendar year, the hours of operation for each management unit, and the total number of available agents for each day of the vacation year. The percentage of available agents which must be allocated to each management unit to meet the requirements for each management unit throughout the vacation year is calculated at step 58. The available business unit requirements are allocated at step 60 to the management units according to the calculated percentages. The number of vacation days allowed is calculated by subtracting at step 62 the number of agents available from the total management unit requirements for the year. The remainder comprises the number of available vacation days. Should the remainder be negative, a zero number of vacation days is assigned at step 64. Using the adjust requirements function 52, a user may alter the number of vacation days allowed for a particular day or group of days as desired.
Referring back to FIG. 2, the calculate vacation days object 28 provides means for generating the number of vacation days earned by each agent for the business in the manner shown in FIG. 4. Initially, the number of vacation days earned for each agent is calculated at step 70. The total number of earned vacation days are determined using cutoff date, seniority date and vacation table information. Next, personal days are added at step 71 to the total number of vacation days allowed. The total number of floating holidays is further added at step 72 to the number of vacation days. Inquiry step 73 compares the total number of earned vacation days to the number of allowed vacation days determined by the MU allocation functions 48 of the plan object 26. If the number of allowed vacation days is greater than the number of earned vacation days, then the procedure ends at step 74 since all employees will be able to take their vacation days and the MU will be fully staffed. Otherwise, a second pass of the data is performed to reallocate the total number of vacation days allowed since vacation days earned have priority over the number of vacation days allowed. The number of vacation days allowed is calculated at step 78 by subtracting requirements from the agent count. One day of vacation is added at step 80 to the total number of vacation days allowed. One is subtracted from the total agent count at step 82 and from the number of days needed at step 84. Control passes back to inquiry step 73 to determine if additional vacation days are still needed to meet the number vacation days earned. If so, control proceeds back to step 78 for an additional reallocation pass. Otherwise, the procedure ends at step 74.
Referring again to FIG. 2, the agent vacation profile object 30 generates vacation profiles for each agent within a management unit for a selected vacation year. The agent vacation profiles consist of identifying data and detailed vacation and holiday data for each agent. FIG. 5 illustrates an agent vacation profile screen. The agent vacation profile screen comprises several different columns containing information describing each agent within a selected management unit. The agent number column 92, agent name column 94, seniority date column 96 and seniority date extension column 98 comprise the agent identification information. This data may not be changed. The agent password column indicates the password used for enabling an agent access to the bidding object 32. Passwords may be preassigned by entering the password into the appropriate cell for each agents or by allowing the agent to enter their own password during the vacation/holiday bidding process. Each agent's password must be unique for a selected management unit. The work shift week 102 indicates the working shift to which an agent is assigned, and the work week days 104 indicate the number of days included within the work shift.
The vacation/holiday bidding object 32, FIG. 2, provides the functionality for carrying out vacation and holiday bidding. Upon selection of the bidding object 32, the user is provided with the option of selecting at 110 from an agent list. The agent list may be sorted by seniority date or agent name. The agents must bid in seniority date order. That is, the agent with rank order number 1 must bid first, followed by the agent with the rank order number 2, and so on. Should an agent attempt to bid for vacation days out of seniority order, an error message is provided. Upon selection of an agent name, the bidder is required to enter a password associated with the agent name at 112. Upon successful validation of the password, entry into the vacation/bidding utilities 114 is provided.
The summary function 116 provides a display as shown in FIG. 6 summarizing the relevant vacation data for a particular agent. The ID summary block 118 provides the name of the agent, vacation year being bid upon, the shift and times worked by the selected agent. The vacation/holiday summary block 120 provides a complete summary of the total number of vacation days, holidays and alternate vacation days; and the number of vacation and holidays earned selected, taken and remaining with respect to the selected agent. The holiday requirements summary block 122 provides a description of the various holidays, the agent requirements for those holidays and the number of requests to work or not work on holidays which have been requested by other agents to this point.
The calendar function 124, FIG. 2, provides a user with a complete view of the vacation calendar year as shown in FIG. 7. From this calendar, the user is able to select vacation days from those indicated as being available. By pointing and clicking on entity selection box 126, a user is able to select between vacation days, holidays, or alternate vacation days. Selection from the entity selection box 126 alters the update boxes 128 illustrating the total number of days, the number of days selected and the number of days remaining. The first day of the week selection box 130 allows the user to view the vacation calendars with different first days of the week. The example shown in FIG. 7 illustrates a week running Sunday through Saturday. Alternatively, weeks might be indicated to run Monday through Sunday, or Saturday through Friday.
Selection period icons 132 allow the user to select vacation periods of a week 132 a, day 132 b or partial day 132 c. When the week icon 132 a is selected, the calendar display 136 is altered to indicate weeks which may be selected or deselected by the user as vacation days. The operation occurs in a similar manner when either the full day or partial day period options are chosen. The vacation calendars are displayed having a variety of different colors to indicate status of particular days on calendar. The colors are indicative of several conditions including, (1) a day is not available to be selected, (2) the day is available to be selected, (3) partial day vacation selected, (4) all day vacation selected, (5) holiday, (6) office closed, and (7) alternate vacation day.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the specific embodiments disclosed above may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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Claire has created art for celebrities, large corporations and advertising agencies. Her artworks are held in private collections around the world and are regularly published in books and magazines. Her large scale portrait of Marilyn in 65 000 Swarovski crystals commissioned for Rihanna, is also featured on the official website of The Estate of Marilyn Monroe. Claire's work has been displayed in institutional and museum exhibitions in the UK as well as installations in Harrods and Whiteleys. Her portrait of Amy Winehouse appeared in an exhibition curated by the Amy Winehouse Foundation to mark what would have been the late singer's 30th birthday. Her work has been widely publicised; selected publications include: BBC, BBC Brasil, Blouin Artinfo, Channel News Asia, Complex Magazine, Elle (Spain and Slovenia), Forbes.com, GQ Italia, HELLO! Huffington Post Arts, Huffington Post Celebrity, International Business Times, MTV Style, Newsweek (Poland) OK! (U.K. & China) Swarovski Elements Magazine, Sky Living, The Daily Mail, The Economist (Lithuania), The Sun, The Telegraph and The Times. With strong links to Italy and inspired by her studies of Byzantine and Roman mosaics, the artist incorporates crystals as a contemporary medium to re-interpret this ancient art form, as a commentary on and a literal reflection of the narcissistic propensities of a "selfie" culture. Whether painting in oils or with crystals, mortality, ideas of beauty in popular culture, and the conflict between civilization and the natural world are recurring themes. Simultaneously tackling minute detail and the big picture, a darker subtext questions perceptions and preconceptions and explores the opposing concepts of the superficial and the profound. Imbued with symbolism, references to classical literature, topical issues and with art historical antecedents, the work questions our consumer driven world, and mirrors a society where people, animals and inanimate objects are valued mostly for their physical appearance. The portrait artworks reveal the viewer's own reflection, making observer and observed integral to the overall image, a commentary on modern-day celebrity; a message further enhanced by the intrusive close-cropped compositions. Claire's latest collection, featured in The Times, Channel News Asia and on the Save Virunga website, amongst others, has been described as "metaphors of our time" in examining the effects of humans on other species and questioning the ultimate consequences of this escalating crisis. The works predict an irreversible process as a result of acts of greed and vanity, which will decimate important species and ultimately affect the future of humanity. The collection considers the human capacity for greatness and great harm by exploring both thematic and technical juxtapositions. These include singular animals representing the last of the species created with thousands of individual Swarovski elements; handprints symbolizing at once the birth of art and the destruction of the planet; meticulous crystal mosaics undercut by semi-abstract painted backgrounds and unheeded graffitied warnings from classical literature in the "dead" language of latin. Claire is currently working on phase two of the collection entitled "Wipe Out And Fade Away". In contrast to their brightly coloured crystal mosaic predecessors, all of the works in this second phase are monochromatic or grisaille oil paintings to represent fading memories and reference Guernica, arguably the most famous war painting in art history. The works represent a call to action for war against poaching and habitat loss and as a wake up call that wildlife populations worldwide have declined by 52% since 1970.
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Foundation In Art & Design, Harrogate
Elaine M. Goodwin Mosaic Summer School, London
Mosaic Workshop Course, London
2015 Selected to participate in the X Edition of the Florence Biennale
2014 "Fragments of Nature" RHS Harlow Carr
2014 "To Be or Not To Be" Endangered Species, London (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
2014 AAF, Hong Kong (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
2014 AAF, Singapore (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
2014 Bils and Rye, North Yorks
2013 Proud Gallery, London, Amy Winehouse Exhibition "For You I Was A Flame"
2013 Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
2012 Great North Art Show, Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire
2012 Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
2009 Banksy: Due North, John Mackie Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
2009 London Fashion Week, Platform, Hatton Garden, London
2009 Music of the Eye, Corinium Museum, Cirencester
2008 Waterways Exhibition, Canal Museum, London
2008 Planet Earth Exhibition, in conjunction with UNESCO & IUGS, Opus Mosaic Gallery, Exeter
2007 Facades, Wakefield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
2006 Symbols of Faith, York Minster, York
2005 Wilderness, The Makers Guild of Wales, Cardiff
2005 The Elements, Museum in the Park, Stroud
2003 Affordable Art Fair, London
2002 Memories of Italy, Artistic License, London
2002 Panorama of a New Generation, Bernard Chauchet, London
2000 Take One Woman, The Atrium Gallery, Whiteley's, London
1999 Paintings in Hospitals, The Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
1998 The Imaginative Traveller, London
1997 Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
1996 The Regency Gallery, Cambridge
1996 The Devizes Summer Festival
1995 Cambridge Open Studios
1995 Looking Forward, CCA Galleries, Cambridge
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This is it you guys! Like good ratings to the teflon MSNBC is made of the laughably low estimate on attendance for Restoring Honor wont stick, so lets pick out a few syllables about holding a sacred document that may not have actually happened to discredit the entire rally.
Restoring Honor was about...well, restoring honor. It wasn't a polemic, it wasn't in any way political. It was an affirmation of the values that made this country great in the first place. There's no way you can attempt to discredit that without looking like some lame liberal hall monitor.
How do we know he's lying anyway? According to the Mother Jones story (and I emphasize "story") someone would be in very deep
doo doo stimulus if it was ever admitted that he touched a forbidden fruit of our history. So is Beck lying or is Susan Cooper, the spokesperson for the National Archives, covering someones rear?
You know what? I actually don't freakin' care! If Beck didn't tell the truth...so what? How does that tarnish the basic goodness what Restoring Honor set out to accomplish or its message?
RIDDLE ME THIS LIBERALS... If Bill Clinton, of all people, advised married couples against committing of adultery would such an admonishment be incorrect because of its source?
It was a three hour event and the only time Beck was put on a pedestal was when the people being honored thanked him for having the event. So is this REALLY the best you got libs?
Like this latest grasp at straws would affect liberals' opinion of the rally if the words weren't uttered? Furthermore, they carry water for a vice president who thinks TV was Franklin Roosevelts opiate to the masses in 1929 WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT....THREE YEARS BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED.
Then they have a president who once said we have 57 states! I don't know, maybe it was in jest, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt when Beck gets it.
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Somewhere the descendants of Errol Flynn hate me...dearly...
I struggled a bit to come up with the right leading lady, there was the obvious choice...
Then theres the less obvious choice...
I would be a little worried that Nancy would be uncomfortable running around with her head all covered up...
Anyway, then we have the "oh yeah" choice
This lip service to tax cuts is being hailed as a sort of moment of Obama coming to Jesus (a huh, a huh huh huh) on the economy. Forgive me if I choose to remain a doubting Thomas on that point.
The only struggle going on here is the one where liberals have to choose between their ideology and reality.
It's not at all a coincidence that the states having the biggest problems with money and scratching their heads in bemusement are the ones that liberals have a death grip on (California, New York, Michigan). They like to sneer at Reaganomics but it worked no matter how many times they make unchallenged pronouncements that it didn't.
I know next to Obama FDR is their great "progressive" liberal hero, after all, both smoked, one needed crutches to walk, the other needs a crutch to think....
FDR had more VP's than Biden has brain cells. There's the "New Deal," the "Big Effing Deal," and wasting money is an ass they can definitely kick.
One thing is certain. Reagan's economic policies didn't need a world war to finally get the country out of its economic funk. Furthermore...wait a sec, that quote said Obama wants to help the economy by giving MORE aid to...states...aaand...OMG they want more stimulus again?!? Wont these people ever learn?!?
I forget, what did Einstein say was the product of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
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The media wanted to sit on this amazing scientific find, but photos leaked out, here is a magnified view of the virus.
Scientists are calling the petri dish the "Culture of Corruption"
New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat attended the Restoring Honor Rally and wrote a column on it that must've really unnevered the opinion editor, who was undoubetly forced to choose between that and the letters to the editor detailing "eyewitness" accounts from "readers" like Daureen Moud and Kaul Prugman, who saw Beck turn into a dragon and forced everyone to repent or face the hellfire clamoring for release from his demonically conservative gullet.
You can read the piece here, or you can see the concluding paragraphs, which give a pretty good idea of the direction it went in.
I know Douthat has some pretty impressive credentials, but this is supposed to pass for the conservative voice at the Times? I guess over there conservative = "medicated liberal."
Douthat was ALMOST there wasn't he? But like Biden holding a flash card of when television was really invented...
...he completely misses the point about Glenn Beck's mission. He's not trying to be the conservative Michael Moore (as stated near the beginning of his column). He's fighting for ideals that are more univeral and enduring than the result of any one election.
I don't know, he writes for the most liberal rag in the country, so maybe he's just trying to speak to them slowly...
...and dumb down the column in terms that even a Manhattan liberal can understand...
By the way, I want to apologize for not knowing of a good web-safe font to communicate "idiot" for the above questions.
The bottom line is this, Beck is the 21st century Paul Revere, not for the political world...for the spiritual one. Fighting for God in our hearts isn't the fad that tub Michael Moore turned out to be, it is SO MUCH MORE than that, and I hope Douthat knew this and was just being forced to play to his audience.
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The loss gives Creighton consecutive Missouri Valley Conference losses for the first time this season and drops the Bluejays to 18-10 overall and 12-5 in MVC play. The Lady Bears won on Senior Day, improving to 19-9 overall and 10-6 in conference action.
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Missouri State's leading scorer and reigning MVC Player of the Year Casey Garrison did not make a field goal in the first half, going 0-for-7 from the field, but Christiana Shorter had 10 points and five rebounds in the opening half for MSU. Senior Kendra Roberts, who averages just over three points per game, added nine points in the first half.
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missed the front end of a one-and-one, MSU answered with a bucket and the Jays were never within one possession for the final four minutes.
Creighton was out-rebounded by Missouri State 45-42, including 20 offensive boards by the Lady Bears which they turned into 18 points. MSU out-scored the Jays 34-18 in the paint as well. Creighton was whistled for 24 fouls, sending MSU to the line for 35 attempts, as the Lady Bears went 24-of-35 (.686) at the stripe, compared to just 13-of-20 (.650) for the Jays.
The Jays blocked a season-high 12 shots, including four from Kellie Nelson in just 13 minutes of play. But for the second straight game, the Bluejays turned the ball over more than their opponent, giving the ball away 17 times, compared to only 11 MSU turnovers.
Woodard finished with a team-high 22 points and season-high nine rebounds before fouling out in the final minute. She made 5-of-10 three-pointers to go 10-for-20 from beyond the arc against MSU this year. The Jays hit eight threes in the game, but missed several open looks from deep as well, shooting just 30.8 percent (8-26) from long range. Tritz was the only other Jay in double figures, finishing with 13 points and team-leading four assists.
Shorter led the Lady Bears with 16 points and added nine rebounds, five coming on the offensive glass. Garrison finished with 13 points, but was just 5-of-19 from the field and the nation's leading free-throw shooter, made only 3-of-6 shots at the line. Garrison did lead all players with 10 rebounds for the double-double. Roberts and Jaleshia Roberson each added 11 points off the bench for the home team.
Creighton wraps up the regular-season with its third straight road game at Drake next Saturday, as the Bluejays again will play at a Senior Day game for an opponent. The Jays and Bulldogs will tip at the Drake Knapp Center at 2:05 pm next Saturday to cap the regular-season.
With her blocked shot in today's game,
Sam Schuett
joins CU Hall of Famer Pam Gradoville as the only two players in school history with 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 100 career blocked shots ... Schuett is the sixth player in school history with 100 blocks ... Creighton 12 blocked shots were its most in a game under
Jim Flanery
, topping the 11 the Jays had at San Diego State on Dec. 22, 2002 ... Woodard now ranks alone in eighth in MVC history and third in school history with 255 career three-pointers ... Woodard has now played in 127 career games,
Megan Neuvirth
(130) is the only player in school history to play in more.
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Grilled Marinated Vegetables
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|Small red potatoes
|1 1⁄2 Pound, halved
|Sliced yellow squash
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Sliced zucchini
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Green onions
|12 , trimmed
|Red bell peppers
|2 Large, cut into 1/2 inch wide strips
|Rice vinegar
|2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
|Fresh lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|Dijon mustard
|2 Tablespoon
|Dark sesame oil
|1 Tablespoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|4 Clove (20 gm), minced
|Vegetable cooking spray
Place potatoes in a medium saucepan; cover with water, and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until tender; drain.
Combine potatoes and next 11 ingredients in a large heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bag.
Seal bag, and marinate 30 minutes, turning bag occasionally.
Remove vegetables from bag; reserve marinade.
Place vegetables in a wire grilling basket coated with cooking spray.
Place grill rack on grill over medium-hot coals (350° to 400°).
Place grilling basket on rack; grill 7 1/2 minutes on each side or until tender.
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We thank the Swiss Federal Railways for funding and providing data and in particular Dr. Felix Laube, Samuel Roos, Oskar Stalder, and Dr. Raimond Wüst for insightful discussions. [An extended abstract of this article has been published in the Proceedings of the ATMOS 2007 Workshop, available online at http://drops.dagstuhl.de/portals/ATMOS07.]
Periodic railway timetabling with event flexibility†
Article first published online: 24 MAR 2010
DOI: 10.1002/net.20379
Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Special Issue: Optimization in Scheduled Transportation Networks
Volume 57, Issue 1, pages 3–18, January 2011
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Caimi, G., Fuchsberger, M., Laumanns, M. and Schüpbach, K. (2011), Periodic railway timetabling with event flexibility. Networks, 57: 3–18. doi: 10.1002/net.20379
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 24 MAR 2010
- Article first published online: 24 MAR 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: SEP 2009
- Manuscript Received: JAN 2008
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- train scheduling;
- timetabling;
- periodic event scheduling problem;
- flexibility
This article addresses the problem of generating conflict-free periodic train timetables for large railway networks. We follow a two-level approach, where a simplified track topology is used to obtain a macrolevel schedule, and the detailed topology is considered locally on the microlevel. To enlarge the solution space in the interface of the two levels, we propose an extension of the well-known periodic event scheduling problem (PESP) such that it allows to generate flexible time slots for the departure and arrival times instead of exact times. This flexible periodic event scheduling problem (FPESP) formulation increases the chance to obtain feasible solutions (exact train routings) subsequently on the microlevel, in particular for stations with dense peak traffic. Total trip time and the time slot sizes are used as multiple objectives and weighted and/or constrained to allocate the flexibility where it is most useful. Tests on medium-size instances of the Swiss Federal Railways' 2007 service intention demonstrate the advantage of the FPESP model, while it only moderately increases its solution time in most cases. A trade-off analysis of the two conflicting objectives is presented and discussed for different scenarios. Finally, we present the Flexbox model, which generalizes the single event flexibilities of the FPESP to arbitrary subsets of events. These Flexboxes can make use of natural dependencies in the timetable and can considerably increase the total flexibility of the timetable. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, 2011


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ohhh look at that kick from cub
Thinking the same thing. I think Siver can out-technique him for the 2nd with high energy but Cub can KO him if he stands still.
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that trip was amazing!
awww fuck that omaplata would have been sweet
OK, this is where that Leben scorecard starts to scare me a little. 1-1 going into the third, but I think Siver will be looking alot more flatfooted and set.
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text: Samsung and T-Mobile disappoint me again! Stormy Beach 11 January, 2011 32 Comments I don't even know how to begin to relay this information without being even a slight bit irritated by its apparent arrival, but I'll try. It seems Samsung has worked with T-Mobile to bring another Galaxy S device to the great big magenta carrier. The Samsung Vibrant 4G. Ya, a 4G Vibrant. Here's the real kicker, the device is the same as the Samsung Vibrant we all know and love right now, except with a front facing camera, 21Mbps data speeds, T-Mobile TV app and Android 2.2. I should probably mention wireless syncing of music through DoubleTwist and the hit movie "Inception". Like any of that really matters. There are two main reason why I am highly upset at the screenshots that were located by TmoNews. First, Android 2.2. This gets the juices flowing because I know how Samsung and T-mobile work. Since this devices is an "upgraded" Vibrant, those of you patiently waiting for your software update are only going to have to wait longer. There is no way Samsung or T-Mobile will push out an OTA to the current device till long after this one launches. They want you to buy the new phone instead. Second, the memory specs say 1GB internal storage. Since I don't have any confirmation on if this refers to app memory or actual internal storage, I can't be overly hot about it. If you think about the current Vibrant though, we have 16GB internal with 2GBs dedicated to apps. External storage is still capable to 32GB, but it sounds like this one will come preloaded with a 16GB card. They do plan to do a huge advertising campaign for the Vibrant 4G through TV, Cinema advertising and huge amounts of coverage from Samsung. I am sure this is due to the fact that the original Samsung Vibrant has sold nearly 1 million units, which is the largest number of single U.S. carrier based Galaxy S devices sold to date. I just fear they are wasting their money on something that they should have started out selling or should at least update the current 1 million users and put this to Android 2.3. Source: Tmonews http://twitter.com/oshizzle1991 Colby Rascol wow…im kind of in shock. im having flash backs to the MT3G/MT Fender/MT3G 3.5. McD It's not T-Mobile. It's Samsung. It is obvious that Samsung is crappy when it comes to software updates. I swore never to buy Samsung and that decision has saved me from a lot of frustration. When Nexus S came out, it was totally disappointing. Samsung is a disappointing company. Enough said. http://twitter.com/harpocrates23 harpocrates23 Agreed something like this is an inconsiderate move by samsung to everyone who purchased a vibrant and is still waiting for a froyo release…but lets be honest..samsung has a large line of realy good products..I've been following their line ups in several categories and they produced some of the best electronics at competitive prices… Wether is computer monitors, hdtvs, audio accessories (some of the best head phones I've tested have been from the samsung blue tooth line up..) Or even now with the original vibrant…one of the best phones in the android market… Yeah..their strategy sucks for us…but on the other hand we can't act like everything they release isn't worth looking at because of frustration… All the big companies have strategies that will annoy us from time to time…sony, apple, samsung, apple, microsoft…apple…did I mention apple? http://twitter.com/oshizzle1991 Colby Rascol you should read the comments on tmonews.com EVERYONE IS PISSED! http://androidspin.com/ Stormy Beach Don't get my opinion to construed, I still greatly love my Vibrant, only because of the developer community. Leaving it as open as they did was the only good move I feel they have made. I just can't believe they went and did this. Especially after the Nexus S disappointment. I really had high hopes for Samsung when the Vibrant launched. I might have to reconsider my loyalty and make a move to LG or back HTC when I get a chance. http://twitter.com/Jbowdach Jason Bowdach Same here man, Ive been a Vibrant fan since day one, but this is too much. Anonymous I loved my laggy ass vibrant but im going to the other side of korea and going to get the LG optimus 2x I defended samsung but they want to be apple and release updated phone n crap. Sammy just wants your money that's all they better give this phone for free to everyone who has a vibrant already because this is just dirty. I hate apple but alease they listen to there customers a lil and wait a full year untill the bring a updated phone out ill buy a iphone before another samsung device. http://twitter.com/harpocrates23 harpocrates23 As colby pointed out the mt3g went through similar pointless upgraded versions and people bought it…samsung isn't the only company out there who will do this..htc already did…and no one is going to stop buying htc phones… Lets be honest..the vibrant is a pretty good phone and thanx to the community its become the top selling phone…the community is what drives the sales up…just like the nook that had sales rise because it could be rooted and made into an android tablet… Lg does not make great phones…they make ok phones..htc was the leader in smart phones..samsung rose to the challenge… (motorola just got lucky cause they couldn't make a decent phone with there software to save their lives and then android came and did…save them that is) When the time comes for us to get a new phone we will go with the one that we think is the best in the market..it won't matter if is samsung or htc (or anyone else who may rise from the ashes) cause none of us really rely on our providers or the manufacturers…we rely on the community.. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573346615 Bill Surowiecki I say we form a class-action lawsuit… I have no clue what it would be for, but Im sure we can think of something. This is pretty much the lamest move possible by Tmobile AND Samsung. http://twitter.com/Jbowdach Jason Bowdach Wow, this is freaking disgusting. I cant believe they have the never to screw everyone who purchased a Vibrant by releasing an almost identical version but w/ HSPA+ and Android 2.2. Ive stood by Samsung and the Vibrant since day one, but this is BS. I hope Tmobile and Samsung are listening……. Lagartoi I have the same Samsung Vibrant for more than one month ago. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant with Front face camera mod from galaxy i9000, team whiskey rom with gingerbread spice – tango and Qik for video chat, so what the F…. is the difference. T-mobile thats not the best move. http://twitter.com/harpocrates23 harpocrates23 well for one this might provide a solution for the banding :p Other than that it really seems like a downgrade to me…1gb internal storage to get the ffc…i have the ffc mod…well be prefect sooner or later (kellylewis will get it sorted) and we already have froyo thanx to tw and the community. The 4g its pretty much useless since it won't be available everywhere…i barely get gsm in my own home…if it weren't for wifi calling I wouldn't be able to use phone… http://twitter.com/harpocrates23 harpocrates23 The question is…how reliable are the specs from this article? I couldn't find any other source to verify this that didn't link back to tmonews. It doesn't make sense to release this phone…it has nothing more to offer other than the ffc (forget the 4g a that's plain b.s….coverage and other limitations apply in very small print…). Drew I got the Vibrant when it first came out in July of last year so I should be pissed but thanks to the awesome developers out there I already have all this… and I don't even have 4G in my area yet. I just can't wait yo hear more about the Galaxy S 2 next month. Anonymous If this happens I'll leave t mobile! Ghoff15 I will leave tmobile too and never buy a samsung phone again Ddasds1 im leaving and going to sprint if this happens!!! Deathsector im already gone from tmobile they suck big time … i m a verizon wireless customer , waiting for the thunderbold the merge or bionic Jdmzrx I don't understand all the boohooing.the vibrant is at least six months old. If you always want the latest and greatest you'll never be happy with what you've got. Method115 lol this makes me laugh cause I was saying the same thing about 3 months ago. I'm sorry bust releasing this update is a slap in the face to those who have been waiting. There is some very important features in this update it's not something small like android 2.3. Anonymous It's not about that! It's pretty much fucking your customers over if this happens! Bet this phone comes out and the vibrant never gets froyo! I'm on froyo thanks to team whiskey! onyx 4.2, that's froyo minus the crap touchwiz! It's just not right, and I won't stick around after this… Anonymous Samsung can keep its 4g Vibrant, it probably will never see Gingerbread, and if does it will probably be when the rest of the phones have Ice Cream. So no, regardless of what Samsung has to offer, and T Mobile for that matter. They can keep their Vibrant. I would prefer an Atrix combination of PC and Phone. As it would suit my needs. The lack of a dual core processor, renders this new Vibrant as OLD technology. The lack of a Flash is just unforgivable. The fact its a Samsung device, renders it as a useless device that will lack upgrades. T Mobile, you should understand, most current Samsung owners will not trust Samsung again. If you keep on making deals with Samsung and providing useless phones, you only will lose customers. Because of your service most of us have stayed. Though we are NOT interested in Samsung products, to make it interesting, you would have to offer it very cheap, FREE! and without the need for a contract, then maybe we could consider trying it. Samsung hasn't gotten the message, but from the responses here, very few would consider a Samsung device again. I hope Samsung takes note, cause they have really made a mess of their reputation. The fact that the Vibrant 4G carries a Samsung logo just sais a lot…. its a USELESS device and we don't want it. Rizo "I just fear they are wasting their money on something that they should have started out selling or should at least update the current 1 million users and put this to Android 2.3." I hope they waste their money!!! They deserve it. I really hate you samsung, and how much it hurts to say this, I'm really starting to hate you too T-mobile. Where is 2.2 for existing vibrant owners? Yeah, I have 2.2 thanks to Team Whiskey, but until 2.2 is released, the developer community will always be lacking a true kernel to work with. I will never buy another Samsung phone again. Just another attempt to sucker more customers into their super amoled BS. HTC from now on. Michael What's funny is that the community has churned out several ROMs on ZERO BUDGET while Tmo and Samsung haven't managed to get one out the door with all of their combined resources. MT3G_Loser As someone who is still rocking 1.6 on a MT3G, I know how it feels to see other phones get upgrades before yours. But I've learned something from this. Most phones don't get timely Android updates, if they even get the updates at all. The only way to ensure that you'll get each and every update is to buy a Nexus branded phone. If you buy any other phone, what you see is what you get. Pierceye I'm relatively new to Android but I've still got to call bogus on this one. I have an Evo and we got the FroYo update at the beginning of August. A great many hours of reading have led me to conclude that if updates are important to you, stay away from Samsung and lower end phones. The time investment from the carriers and the manufacturers isn't worth it for the cheaper devices. Updates for them seem like more of an afterthought. I think Samsung has definitely proven out their disregard for keeping existing customers happy. A shame that they are putting the shaft to so many Android folks, but there you go. Ravenwulf looks like we have another one to add to the list of devices abandoned by SamSux Behold = no update Behold 2 = promised 2.1 from 1.5, got 1.6 that bricked a lot of devices Vibrant = update promised, instead a "new" model of the same phone gets pushed on consumers. now to see how many people who swore they'd never buy another SamSux device after getting screwed on the BH2 and turned around and bought the Vibrant end up jumping to the Vibrant 4G only to get rammed in the backside again Michael Now details of the Galaxy S2 have surfaced – dual core, gingerbread, NFC, bigger screen. No word on LED flash, but I doubt it. Chances this phone will receive timely updates – zero. Rdrew56 Samsung has given us a great phone in the vibrant,solid hardware and one of the easiest to software modify. If your not already running a Froyo custom rom your missing the boat. There is a huge repository of information on how to do this,don't rely on others, do it yourself. David this is a good day to be a htc fanboy lol. but hey, at least samsung always picks good movies to throw on their phones. SamsungSUCKS Tweet to @SamsungMobileUS or @SamsungTweets with hashtag #neveragain …. I am furious with the verizon fascinate, as the froyo update was promised within 30 days of purchasing the phone and now I have been stuck with it for over 4 months and froyo date is still unknown…while other phones are already talking gingerbread and honeycomb. Samsung SUCKS!!!!!