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can look up the past three days here. 1,2,3. Its a little late and i did not play as much today as i would have liked so this might be the short and sweet blog.
A majority of my time in writing about Final Fantasy 13 in this way has been spent waxing about the characters and story. This is my fault cause while the story is good, if not over dramatic and heavy handed at times, the battle system is better and is the reason you will keep playing.
I am into chapter 7 now and what could be called 30-40% of the game i firmly believe that SE had two goals in mind when it come to this title. One build a interesting world with characters you care about. Two have a battle system that will be fun and drive those characters along in the story. While one could argue the merits of the story and characters. One can not deny the fun of the battle system.
It has a certain flow and feel to it, a dance that you have to be in step with. As odd as this might sound its almost a rhythm game Final guitar fantasy 13 would not be far off. The game rewards team work. team work builds the stagger meter of the mob, once full they will take a ton more damage and the almost ungodly amount of hp some mobs have, especially bosses will melt away.
With having no control of your other party members they will auto attack if they are in the right role. Timing your attack with theirs becomes key in building up the stagger meter quickly and building it fast can often mean the difference between a quick fight or a slow grind. Miss time your attack and it will build slowly.Opening the door for you to take more damage and often drawing out the fight.
Once staggered you will often have a way to launch the mob into a juggle state. This calls far changing your timing. attacking a little before your AI teammates will so that once your attack is done they will keep hitting the mob, keeping it juggled and giving you enough time to get in a new string of attacks your own. A mob being juggled can not attack so not only are you doing crazy damage but you are delaying their attack and with boss fights that often means big attacks that can bring your whole team down to almost nothing. Its all rhythm baby!
Add into that the frantic pace of shifting paradigms at the last possible moment to heal and therefore keep your attack going for the optimal amount of time, and the need to know when to buff and debuff and you have a system that keeps you on your toes and asking for more. Even if you find that damn Hope or Vanille annoying as balls.
Oh! and then there is the summons.........but that is for a later night i think!
To finish up fast here the last two chapters have been interesting, and Broseph is back in the mix for me. Him and his lesbian motorcycle of doom. The story took a small slow down mainly due to more fighting and less cut scenes. For me the fights with Sazh and Vanille have just been longer. Mainly because Lightning is not there to rip the ever loving hell out of things. What little story i got from Sazh was good tho, its around now that you start to see why he has that hound dog look about him.
[I'm back Brah!]
I will leave it at that for tonight , more tomorrow on these chapters, got some stuff to say bout Lightning and Hope, and of course all the lovely musings of the time i get in tomorrow as well. Thank you for reading my sleepy thoughts.

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I booked an online ticket for traveling on Indian Railways for a Short Distance Journey, but my ticket was not confirmed at all and is on the waiting list.
Can I travel with the waiting list ticket in the General Compartment?
I booked an online ticket for traveling on Indian Railways for a Short Distance Journey, but my ticket was not confirmed at all and is on the waiting list.
Can I travel with the waiting list ticket in the General Compartment?
OK, great, now I can answer the question. General quota and general compartment are two completely different things. Quotas can be
General compartment on the other hand is one of the classes for traveling by train in India. It is also called
Now, to answer your question - no, if you ticket doesn't get confirmed, you will not be able to ride in general class simply because you won't have a ticket since you get refunded for your ticket as soon as they're sure you are not getting confirmed. Don't despair though, you just buy a general class ticket before boarding your train and hope that there will be enough room for you on that train, you won't get anywhere by being polite, just push your way through to get on. Also, one other thing - TTE (Traveling Ticket Examiner) almost never checks the ticket in general class.
BTW, you might be able to get a
To update my answer, I found that for popular places people just board the train with a waitlisted ticket in
Ticket categories are:
Ticket Status for any category (except Unreserved) can be:
A ticket with a WL status may get confirmed. You need to keep checking the reservation status of your ticket's PNR (unique identifier that stores your ticket and journey details) online.
Order of status change: WL --> RAC -->CNF
General Compartments of the trains on most popular routes get crowded within minutes of the train pulling in at the source station. Unless you are prepared to shove/push/fight, give up the idea. If you manage to get in, you may or may not get a place to sit.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thousands of previously unpublished Boy Scouts of America files that detail suspected sexual abuse by employees and volunteers have been posted online.
The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/TiA546 ) published the database containing redacted victims' names on Tuesday, including material that was released earlier by an Oregon Supreme Court judge's ruling. The names of the alleged abusers _ including doctors, teachers, priests _ are included.
The newspaper's heavily pocked database map depicts alleged incidents of abuse that affected, or in some way connected to, Scouts in every state in the nation, as well as South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Boy Scouts kept the files for internal use for nearly a century and have said they've improved youth protection policies. The group has conducted criminal background checks on volunteers since 2008. In 2010, the organization mandated any suspected abuse be reported to police.
In an analysis of the records, the Times found that reports increased over time, which may be the result of greater awareness of child sexual abuse. The reports are not believed to account for all abuse, because the Scouts say an unknown number of files were destroyed over the years and not all victims report crime.
The organization's inaction, and its efforts to keep allegations from police, parents and the public, allowed molesters to continue sexually abusing children, according to The Times.
The newly released files span from 1985 to 1991, and reveal that a Scouts committee chairman of four years, Samuel J. Becker of Canoga Park, had a record of child molestation, had served prison time and was on probation for exposing himself.
In another file, a Scoutmaster said he had reported suspicions of abuse about Scout Leader Gary L. Findlay of Illinois, but he was ignored by a superior. Findlay was later accused of abusing a 15-year-old in 1986, convicted of sexual abuse and expelled from the Scouts.
Most of the files opened after 1991 haven't been released. Various pending lawsuits were seeking those files.
Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com
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Charlotte's Web (Paperback)
Beloved by generations, Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little are two of the most cherished stories of all time. Now, for the first time ever, these treasured classics are available in lavish new collectors' editions. In addition to a larger trim size, the original black-and-white art by Garth Williams has been lovingly colorized by renowned illustrator Rosemary Wells, adding another dimension to these two perfect books for young and old alike.
About the Author
E. B. White, the author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, then in its infancy. He died on October 1, 1985, and was survived by his son and three grandchildren.
Mr. White's essays have appeared in Harper's magazine, and some of his other books are: One Man's Meat, The Second Tree from the Corner, Letters of E. B. White, Essays of E. B. White, and Poems and Sketches of E. B. White. He won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which commended him for making a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."
During his lifetime, many young readers asked Mr. White if his stories were true. In a letter written to be sent to his fans, he answered, "No, they are imaginary tales . . . But real life is only one kind of life there is also the life of the imagination."
Garth Williams's classic illustrations for the Little House books caused Laura to remark that she "and her folks live again in these pictures." Garth Williams also illustrated Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and almost one hundred other books.
Rosemary Wells is the creator of many unforgettable children's book characters, including Max and Ruby, McDuff, and Yoko, each of whom stars in their own book series. She is also the author of perennial favorites about universal childhood experiences, such as Noisy Nora and Read To Your Bunny. Rosemary Wells lives in upstate New York.


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If you focus on all of the steps in this process, execute each of them well and repeatedly, you will meet those milestones, and the result will be a job offer you want. My process is very simple – it just isn't very easy. There are easier ways to find a job, and if you choose those methods over mine, you will get the job you deserve – but not the one you want.
The milestones in the job search process I recommend, in 21 words, are:
My simple process is focused on answering one simple question. Every hiring manager is going to ask in his or her own words, "What can you do for me that the other people I'm interviewing cannot?"
All of your job search activities have the goal of you answering that question persuasively. Writing a resume, phoning for an interview, working through a "screening" interview, and practicing your interviewing skills, are all designed to put you in front of that hiring manager and prepare you to answer that question. Your follow-up communications are intended to secure your opportunity to answer that question again for other decision influencers. Even as you negotiate the job offer, the employer is still seeking to confirm by your actions that your answer to that question was accurate.
The process is simple, the work is hard, and success can be yours - if you learn to answer that question correctly, and better than anyone else does. If so, you will have multiple job offers. If not, you will very likely have to settle for a job that is less than you think you deserve. It's that simple.
1. The Candidate did not adopt a committed, passionate, "failure is not an option" attitude about finding a job. Many job seekers think that just because they have a new degree, or military training, or some other advantage, that it's going to be easy to find a job. They have absolutely no idea how many interviews and interview cycles are typically required to find a job. They have no idea of the massive number of cold calls it takes to get an interview. Surprised and unprepared to make that commitment, candidates will often quickly grow frustrated with initial rejections.
2. The Candidate had no "system" for finding a job. Without a system, the candidate's focus wanders. We see them abandon their search as they wait for one opportunity to complete its cycle. They are hung up on the "result" and quit executing. Your search should run like a well-oiled machine that schedules and executes effective interviews with targeted companies. Consistently performing in that process will result in job offers. By developing a "system," you don't have to worry about the results.
3. The Candidate was unrealistic – about her value in the market, her skills vs. other candidates, and the average duration of a job search. Do not harbor preconceptions. You are not really going to know your value and the opportunities available for you until you start to manage the job search process and go on interviews. Be skeptical of "salary surveys," there is too much market fluctuation and geographic variance for them to be accurate. It is going to take a lot longer than you think, and there are going to be many disappointments along the way.
4. The Candidate thought finding a job will be quick and easy. I've seen recruiting information from some schools that suggest their degree/training will make your job search short and sweet. It won't be. You might get lucky and find a good job quickly, but don't count on it. Instead, expect a long hard road full of potholes and roadblocks. Plan on your search, to find a good job, to take three or four times longer than you probably think today. You will almost certainly become discouraged, maybe very discouraged. That is part of the deal and you need to be prepared mentally for these pressures. It requires that you focus on the "system" and not worry about the result. You will find a good job, but you are going to have to work at it. The only goal is to find that good job sooner, rather than later or not at all.
5. The Candidate did not realize that face-to-face interviews are the only things that really matter. Face-to-face interviews are the only way you can really get a job. Securing face-to-face interviews and performing well are the most important activities, the only ones that really matter, in your job search campaign. There are all kinds of things you can do to secure face-to-face interviews, however a recent study found that 85% of students polled thought they could get an interview by sending a resume. Simply sending a resume will rarely land you an interview. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of others are sending a resume; you're just one of them.
6. The Candidate thought that the most qualified candidate is always hired. Lack of qualifications certainly keeps some candidates from being hired. However, most employers only reject out-of-hand those candidates who do not have their minimum qualifications. For every good job, there will be many candidates who are sufficiently qualified. The candidate hired will be the one who interviewed well. You need a foolproof, specific, scripted interview presentation that will insure success 95% of the time. It may not guarantee you the job, but it will guarantee that you interview well, and that will eventually lead to a good job.
7. The Candidate blows the interview. In our experience, this almost always happens because the Candidate did not prepare well for the interview, did not sell himself strongly, or did not ask for the job. We've seen all types of candidates fail to execute these basic interview functions, but new graduates fail more often. They neglect to dress properly, or can't clearly communicate their talents and experiences. Many are too intimidated to even ask for the job. The techniques of preparation and execution are simple, but it takes awareness, focus, and practice to hone the skills.
8. The Candidate had the wrong attitude. Wake up! You're not some valuable commodity over which companies will fight. The employer is not going to try to convince you to hire on – unless it is a bad job. Lose the "what can you do for me?" attitude. Replace it with "Listen to what I can do for you." The right interviewing script will make the prospective employer want to hire you. If you give them good enough reasons to hire you, they will give you good enough reasons to go to work there. Remember, you have absolutely nothing until you have an offer.
9. The Candidate believed that a well-designed resume, sent over the Internet enough times, would result in a job offer. Not only new graduates make this mistake. There are 56,000,000 resumes on the Internet and barely 2% of them are ever selected for an interview. Undoubtedly, you do need a well-written resume, but expecting it to secure you a job is a pipe dream.
If any of these tips seem obvious, know that I have seen candidates fail to execute each one. If you want to compete in the adult world for a good job, look and act like an adult capable of performing that job. Here are a few basic requirements:
Clean up your act:
Use technology professionally:
This Tip's information is the most important I have to offer. Ignore me if you want, but not if you are serious about finding a job.
The job of finding a job is not easy. It requires hard work and results in a lot of disappointment and frustration. Unfortunately, you cannot cope with its stress by taking a few days to mope around – if you expect a job any time soon. Your attitude needs to be positive, expectant, and grateful almost every day. You must be prepared for refusals, rejections, and blatant rudeness. I know that these are not natural character traits; they must be learned.
There daily exercises required to maintain the positive attitude you need to come across in the phone calls you make, the e-mails you write, and the interviews you have. Importantly, your family and loved ones should also see this attitude – remember that your job search is stressful on them as well.
Even if you have a positive attitude, as many of us think we do, you need to work on it all the time. Although this is a beautiful, wondrous, and mystical world, many negative things are going to happen to you, if they haven't already. You cannot prevent every one of these negatives from happening, but you can control how you respond to them.
The first step in dealing with negatives is to understand and expect them. In your job search, expect to work hard, expect to be rejected many times, and expect to become frustrated. Understand what effect each will have on your psyche and prepare yourself for those feelings by having a plan to combat them.
You must be aware of the hiring authorities "buying" motivations and how to sell to them. There are basically four questions any hiring organization asks of every candidate, whether they are applying for an entry-level position or to be the company's next President. Those questions are:
As someone with very little experience, you need to concentrate on answering only the first two questions. You may need to address the third one, but not if you answer the first two well enough. To an employer, there is risk in hiring recent graduates or others just entering the workforce because they cannot look at your past performance record. The fourth question will impact your later career. Today, you don't really have an ability to negotiate money because you aren't bringing much expertise to the job.
So, focus on the first two questions. You have to convince the prospective employer that you can do their job and that you are a likable person. The latter issue is addressed by your interviewing style. It is real simple to do – when you understand the concept. I will present more on this in a later Tip.
The major concept that you are going to sell to a perspective employer is this:
I have been a really good, hard-working, dependable, intelligent, and loyal leader. I have also been a good follower with passion, initiative, commitment, and willingness to do whatever needs to be done. Therefore, I will be the same if hired by your company.
You are trying to communicate to the prospective employer that you are the best person for his open position. The key is to cite examples of your superior performance in both your resume and in the interview. Think of the things that you have done in high school, college, or the military that demonstrate not only the above attributes, but any others that might be positive for a prospective employer. Here's a partial list:
A perspective employer is looking to find transferable skills from the above experiences. The skills you need to demonstrate are:
IMPORTANT: go through your experiences and write down any transferable skills each demonstrates. You can demonstrate transferable skills by writing what you learned with each experience and event. What you learned has to be articulated so that an employer can hear that you understand the practical aspects of the experience.
When you can "translate" the event or experience into terms of "what I learned that will apply to working here," you have just set yourself apart from 95% of your competition.
An example would be:
"While chairman of the fraternity philanthropic committee, I organized a toy drive at Christmas for children at a local church, and two fund raising parties, one in the fall and one in the spring. We raised over $2,500 for a local charity. I learned how to organize and motivate my 35 fraternity brothers, schedule all of the events, and be accountable for the money. This was the first time in the history of the fraternity that we had such a committee and functions. It was so successful, the fraternity has made it a permanent committee and plans for next year are already taking place."
Now, think about all of the things you have done, the transferable skills, and what you have learned, and write them down for use in your interviews.
It is always a shock to candidates to find out that the importance of their resume, even a well-crafted resume, is grossly overrated. As a professional recruiter since 1973, I have never seen a candidate hired because of his or her resume. You do need a resume, and it should be well written, but all a resume is going to do is help get you in the door to the interview. The interview itself is where you either win or lose the job offer.
People think that a resume is some kind of magical document that's going to get them a great job. The idea that there is some secret formula to the resume is simply untrue. The major reason people overrate resumes is because they can control what they write in one. It is one of those job search activities that can be confused with productivity. I encounter people all the time that devote three or four days to writing a resume. It shouldn't take more than four or five hours – if you start from scratch. Beyond that, it's a waste of time. Because it is one of the things in a job search that an individual can control, people have a tendency to think that if they devote enough time to it they will get a better job. Wrong!
Getting interviews and managing the process of interviews are 100 more times important than having a good resume. The purpose of a resume is to help get you into the initial interview by providing the hiring authority the information needed to decide if you are a person they should pursue.
The average resume is read in ten seconds because the hiring authority typically receives hundreds of resumes for each opening. Think about it.... ten seconds. If your resume cannot interest the hiring authority in calling you within 10 seconds, all of your artful, miraculous, cosmic, inventive, unique formatting or wording isn't going to matter.
An effective resume will send the clear message to the prospective employer that "you need to interview, then hire, me," because this is what I've done as a student (or member of the military) and therefore this is what I can do for you!" Remember what I taught you about transferable skills from what you learned.
Career coaches and your placement office at school are going to give you advice and examples about resumes. I personally review 400 resumes a week. I use two hundred of those resumes to help my candidates get interviews and find jobs. I know what works and I will share it with you now.
The secret to a successful resume, however, is not that you have a good one so much as it is how you use it. That is the real secret. Here are some basic tips for your resume:
Length – for someone just starting out in their career, it should never be more than one page.
Name, address, email address, and telephone numbers should be on the top of your resume in black, bold printing. Simple printing! No fancy script. Nothing cute. Just use a plain, black, and simple bold font.
I do not recommend an Objective or Summary/Highlights of qualifications. Any objective or summary is either too general or broad to fit a specific need, or so specific that it will eliminate you from other opportunities.
Chronological format is the only style you should ever use.
Prior experience, either full-time or part-time, can be listed. These can be jobs where you were paid, volunteer work, or even nonacademic learning experiences. You'll want to describe the experience, as I mentioned above, in terms of outstanding accomplishments or what you learned. This part of the resume, along with academic accomplishments, is going be the most important for setting you apart from other candidates.
I do not recommend putting personal information on the resume. Personal information and salary requirements will eliminate you more than they will help you get an interview. References are not necessary in the initial stages of the interview.
Use positive, action-oriented verbs. Action verbs, such as attained, achieved, accomplished, investigated, set priorities, tested, inspired, influenced, determined, coached, etc., enhance the description of your experiences and accomplishments. You can find lists of many more with a little research.
Standard Resume Example
University/College (years attended) Describe the degree you received, primary majors, GPA and any outstanding academic performances you attained
High School (years attended) Describe any outstanding achievements and honors. The further along you get in your career, the less you will write about your high school experience. Eventually you won't include it at all, but in your first resume you will.
Date to date – Describe any work experience, even if only part-time. Describe what you learned from the job, as well as any outstanding performance.
Date to date – Same as above.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE – Describe any volunteer experience and what you learned.
ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS / ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Describe here any outstanding activities, interests or personal accomplishments you may have.
Cover letters
Cover letters are as overrated as resumes. A well-written cover letter needs to be short and to the point. If a resume is read for 10 seconds, a cover letter probably gets read in only five seconds.
The purpose of a cover letter is to briefly state why you should be interviewed, as well as accentuate the facts in your resume that are most important to a prospective employer. As a student, or person just coming to the workforce, it should be simple and to the point. It can be mailed or emailed with your resume. It should read something like this:
Mr./Ms. _______:
You were recommended/referred to me by _______. (Only if you were referred that way)
You should review my resume and interview me because:
Read my resume and let's talk this week.
Your name
You have to research the prospective employer. For students, the career center at your school can really help with research resources. The primary benefit of the Internet to your job search is its help to your research. Years ago at our company, we had a library of catalogs and brochures about the companies with which we did business. Our candidates would review those before they interviewed. The Internet has changed all that.
You absolutely must research a company with which you are going to interview before the interview. I'm amazed by the number of candidates that interview knowing very little or nothing about the company and the person with whom they are interviewing – even those seeking positions requiring more experience.
I recently represented a candidate with an undergraduate degree in engineering from a very prestigious college, an MBA from one of the top 10 graduate schools in the country, and a track record that was absolutely stellar. We had two weeks to prepare for an interview with an excellent company for a position as vice president. He went to the interview having done no research on the company ... none, zip, nada.
He figured that since he "knew of them" from the marketplace, that's all he needed. Not only did he not get past first base in the interview process, it was embarrassing. Don't let this happen to you! You have to research the prospective employer and it is easy to do.
The vast majority of companies have web sites that tell you what they do. It isn't hard to do this kind of research. Thoroughly review the company's web site before an interview – and take notes. Often, companies will provide a description of the job for which you are interviewing on their web site. Even if the company is small, it's going to have information on its web site that you better know.
If you're interviewing with a public company, there's no excuse for not knowing a wealth of information about them. You should be knowledgeable about everything from their officers, market cap, stock price, advances and declines in the marketplace, the number and size of their different divisions, who runs them – even the problems that they've experienced. You can probably find newspaper articles, magazine articles, white pages, and other kinds of published materials about the company and its people. Even if you find adversarial information about the company, asking about it once you are in the interview shows that you are a "student of the game."
It is very impressive when the candidate goes into an interview having done a lot of research. You might even Google the person that will be interviewing you. Some resources, like Hoover's, will give you the names of the company's competitors. Knowing who the competitors are not only gives you information about the industry, it also gives you an idea of other companies you might target for an interview. The more research you do on a company and the more that you know about them in the interview, the better you will do.
Again, take good notes so you can incorporate them in your interview.
You may be asked to take all kinds of psychological, aptitude and intelligence tests. Be prepared for what I call, the paradox of testing. Every company that has ever tested candidates will say that, at most, testing accounts for only 25% of their final decision. Don't believe a word of it! Whatever kind of test is used, from grapho analysis to psychiatric interviewing, it is a qualifier that you must pass with an arbitrarily set minimum standard. You will not advance any further in the interview process unless you meet that standard.
Companies use testing to objectify the hiring process. No one has to put their butt on the line and risk being the only person who wants to hire you if they rely on the test. That's reality and it isn't going to change.
You may be fortunate if you've just come from an environment, i.e. school, where testing is routine. Whatever you do, don't say something stupid like, "Oh, my God, I'm absolutely awful when it comes to tests." This may be true, but don't tell a prospective employer.
Before you take the test, get lots of rest, eat a good meal, and relax. Do the very best you can. Look at it as a challenge. Take it in stride. Trying to prepare for it is useless. Do not be overly analytical or agonize over each answer, nor should you be flippant about the answers you give. Do not try to outguess the test! If your answers are based on what you think they are trying to find, you are finished. You can't outguess them.
There are the events that in one way or another don't result in a job offer. As you go through each one of them, you need to assess what you could have done better.
You have kept records about each opportunity you pursue. Follow those notes up with a phone call 10 days or so after your last contact with the hiring authority. You'll be amazed at the number of opportunities that happen simply because the candidate persisted. Often, the hiring authority focuses on one or two particular candidates, but drags the process out so long that those candidates move on. When the hiring authority has to start over, you want him/her to know you are available.
If you do not hear from the hiring authority after several follow-up attempts, you should call or write to ask why you were not pursued. If you can get the person on the phone, the following script works well:
"Mr. / Ms. ________, I really appreciate the opportunity I had to interview with your company. Since I have not heard from you within the time you said a decision would be made, and I have called a number of times, I'm assuming that the company has pursued another candidate. However, I would like to ask your help. Could you please tell me how I might have performed better in the interview? I'm hoping for constructive criticism that will help my continuing job search. What I might have been able to do better, or tell me why I was not considered for a second interview?"
Don't expect a call back or email from every follow-up like this. If you do not hear from the hiring authority after you make this contact, put this person in your rotation to call 10 days later to remind him that you are still available. Remember to keep your cool. Never sound irritated or mad. And do not take it personally!
If you were eliminated as a candidate after the second or third interview, a decent hiring authority should communicate to you the reasons why. If he or she does not, it is a good idea to call, or as a last resort write, to ask what happened. Again, remember to keep your cool. Don't be surprised if the reasons you were not hired had nothing to do with you.
Most hiring authorities think they're going to interview and hire someone within two to three weeks. In fact, the average hiring cycle is nearly 90 days. Primary candidates can take a different job or turn down an offer, and often do. Continue calling to keep yourself on the mind of the hiring authority.
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Along with the new website it is our pleasure to announce that, as Colorado did in 2014, this past month the State of Maine became the latest jurisdictional member to join SAWCA demonstrating that "Southern" is truly a "State of Mind" …bringing the total number of jurisdictional members to 21…19 States, The District of Columbia and the US. Virgin Islands. Who knows, maybe future conference luncheons will feature a new offering…Lobster & Cheese Grits.
This past November over 100 workers' compensation professionals from across the nation convened at The Greenbrier Resort amid the breathtaking mountains of West Virginia for SAWCA's 2015 All Committee Conference. General Sessions focused on administrative and operational challenges faced by newly appointed regulators as they assume their new duties as well as sessions that shared lessons learned by administrators who have already completed…those in the process…and those just beginning the planning phase to update their state's technological systems. Keynote presentations from Dr. Albert Osbahr, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association and Mitch Barnhart, Athletic Director for the University of Kentucky was indicative of the scope and variety of programs enjoyed by the attendees.
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Retraining is too costly, unnecessary in New York's stop and frisk controversy
In response to news that a federal judge has told the New York Police Department to cease the use of its stop and frisk technique — where suspicious people are stopped on the street and frisked without a warrant — John Timoney writes at the New York Times why he thinks the judges proposal for retraining officers in more "civil" techniques is unreasonable.
"[T]he judge's remedy will be enormously expensive and time-consuming to implement, and at a time when the number of stops is falling dramatically." Timoney is unconvinced that the large scale retraining of officers — all 35,000 of them — in stop and frisk techniques will prove effective. "Nationally, there have been about two dozen in the past 20 years. And while there is no agreement on the efficiency and effectiveness of these monitors, the one thing that all police chiefs involved agreed with is that the monitoring always lasted longer (some more than 10 years) and was vastly more expensive than expected."
Timoney argues that with the recent public outrage over the stop and frisk techniques, police are less willing to carry out the policy, and as such the numbers are dropping on their own. He believes that public outrage will eventually nullify the practice and that spending so much money on retraining courses isn't going to result in any noticeable differences.
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I think you mean "you're" not singing anymore, actually...Why wouldn't they be, though? Four points from six will do it, but more likely three will be enough, both are achievable results.They'll be rueing those wrongly disallowed goals against Blackburn and West Ham though, as they'd already have qualified if they'd been given.Good luck Toffees!


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In what circumstances would you setup a VPN instead of just allowing Remote Desktop to a machine in a network?
If all you need to share is a single computer via Remote Desktop, then opening a single port to that computer is probably the easiest solution. It's extremely quick and doesn't require remote users to do anything except run their Remote Desktop Client.
If you need to share multiple computers, printers, and other devices, then allowing VPN access into your local network is probably easier. Once someone is VPN'd in, they can connect to any intranet computer allowed to them without having to poke more holes through your firewall. However, they'll need to VPN before they can do anything.
No one can tell you which one is better for your situation; one is not better than they other, they're just different. You could also just allow Remote Desktop to a single Windows Server terminal server, then users can connect to other internal computers from there. Or, if you have a Windows Server 2008 machine running IIS, you could set up the Remote Desktop Gateway feature and not have to expose any ports to the public Internet other than 443 for the HTTPS server.
RDP is great if you simply want to have access to a machine on an office (or home) network but the performance can be greatly limited by the connection speed you have to the computer.
Using a VPN would allow you to work on your own computer and access files on the network when you need them although obviously any large transfers would suffer due to network speed limitations as well.
There's a lot of pros and cons to both so it really does depend on what your intentions are. You may even find it handy to setup both methods so you can have the benefits of either!
As already mentioned by Stephen Jennings, VPN and RDP are used for two slightly different scenarios: RDP is great for the casual connection, but if you're going to have users connecting simultaneously for different purposes, I'd go with VPN as it gives you more functionality and control. Of course, what is more suitable for you entirely depends on your network configuration, how many remote users you expect to have, and the reasons for having remote connections.
One thing Stephen Jennings didn't mention is security. While both protocols use 128-bit encryption, I'd suggest that VPN is more secure as it allows validation of the server through certificates, and you can implement other authentication methods such as SecurID tokens; I've heard that RDP doesn't validate the server's identity, which effectively leaves it open to MITM attacks. Unfortunately I don't know much more about securing RDP, but I'm sure someone will mention anything important.
When it comes to usability, VPN is the defacto standard for masses of remote users who need to connect to your network. In saying that, I'd still prefer to setup a VPN connection to my home network rather than using RDP on it's own.
Stephen and Trent gave great answers, here a shorter one:
If you only need remote screen access to your computer, Remote Desktop (RDP) is sufficient, especially for more than one computer.
If you have a network with lots of computers, a VPN may be easier to use if you want to be able to remote desktop into any/all of them. Also, you'll be able to use Windows Network share folders and such.
Remote desktop will only require you to port forward one port (3389) on your router for one computer. A VPN will require a VPN host server if your router doesn't have that feature.
I will use VPN if I want secure remote access to a network or a computer. Rest, I will prefer using logmein, GoSupportNow, GoToMyPC etc. remote support tools for remotely accessing computers.


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Authorities say Michael Douglas' son has been jailed after his girlfriend tried to smuggle drugs to him inside an electric toothbrush while he was under house arrest in New York City.
Cameron Douglas was arrested last month at a Manhattan hotel on charges he trafficked large quantities of methamphetamine. He was put under house arrest at his mother's apartment.
Federal investigators claim that on Monday the 30-year-old Douglas' girlfriend, Kelly Sott, delivered an electric toothbrush to the home. They later discovered 19 containers of heroin inside of it.
Sott was later arrested at the same hotel where the son of the Oscar-winning actor was nabbed, and both were put behind bars at a federal jail. Their attorneys declined comment on Thursday.
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I recently was having a problem with one of my backed up games(Tony Hawk THUG) I was getting a disc dirt error when I tried to play from the HDD. I was cleaning out some saved game via the MS Dash and erased all the THUGed saved games. Then I ran THUg from the drive and it worked. I tried it a second time and it didn't work. I went back to the msdash and there was a saved game of THUG. I erased it and I was able to play it again. I tried this several times and I could play everytime I erased the saved games. Is it possible there could be a media check on the saved games or some other type of protection. Could someone please look into this.
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From Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and author of Night, a charged, deeply moving novel about the legacy of the Holocaust in today's troubled world and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It's 1975, and Shaltiel Feigenberg—professional storyteller, writer and beloved husband—has been taken hostage: abducted from his home in Brooklyn, blindfolded and tied to a chair in a dark basement. His captors, an Arab and an Italian, don't explain why the innocent Shaltiel has been chosen, just that his life will be bartered for the freedom of three Palestinian prisoners. As his days of waiting commence, Shaltiel resorts to what he does best, telling stories—to himself and to the men who hold his fate in their hands.
With beauty and sensitivity, Wiesel builds the world of Shaltiel's memories, haunted by the Holocaust and a Europe in the midst of radical change. A Communist brother, a childhood spent hiding from the Nazis in a cellar, the kindness of liberating Russian soldiers, the unrest of the 1960s—these are the stories that unfold in Shaltiel's captivity, as the outside world breathlessly follows his disappearance and the police move toward a final confrontation with his captors.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 44953469:MV8yMzE4ODE5XzM5NTI0ODc3X0IxNTA4NjAx] Ye and i was invited by the grays and i regret it to that i did not become their experiment. [/quote]
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Back in 1993 (pre-internet) I began studying WWII and the events leading up to it and just knew that something was wrong with the official story. I was also interested in finding out about other parts of history both secular and religious. I ordered esoteric and hard to find out of print books that dealt with these subjects. Also I was very vocal with my professors at college and one took me aside one day and asked me "where do you get this information" as if to to day "how do you know this".
I am also first cousins to a very well known political figure so this might be a reason why I was "invited".
So I am thinking because I was on some mailing lists, was very vocal in college, and was related to this certain high profile person that I was "selected".
One day I got a small package in the mail. I opened it and inside was a cassette tape (keep in mind this was in 1993). I listened to the tape and on it was a man who was speaking clear and proper English but with a very "upper crust" and "continental" accent. It was difficult to tell what type of accent it was as it was very mild.
This man was one of the best communicators I have ever heard because while he sounded very pleasant and proper he also left me with the impression that this was a very serious matter and I should not share the cassette with anyone and must destroy it if I do not accept the invitation. He did not use the term "illuminati" or any other group but instead referred to the group as being "financiers".
He told me that if I wanted to accept the invitation that I should put the cassette tape back in the package and return the entire package to the return address and that would be the sign that I wanted to proceed. He said if I did not accept that I should destroy the tape.
I thought about it for a few days and threw it away because I was a young man trying to figure out the world and did not want to pledge my life to anything until I had a better understanding of the truth.
For the next 15 or so years I tried desperately to "wake up" my family, friends, and anyone else I got into a conversation with that the way the world worked was from the top down. I would explain that the financiers controlled everything such as the media, education, and the government. All it did was alienate people from my life. Once in a while I would meet someone who agreed with me but they would echo the same thing that talking to people about it was pointless.
Now that millions of Americans are in dire financial situations people are beginning to wake up. It seems that the phony exuberant economy we enjoyed for so long kept the masses fat and happy so they did not want to hear anything that was a potential buzzkill. They were just focused on using their houses as piggy banks so they could buy more wave runners, big screen TVs, get boob jobs, and go on cruises.
Even though more and more people are waking up I know that it is far too late. The average American now is nothing like what the people who were alive during the first Great Depression. Back then people were healthier, had morals, were self sufficient, and had backbones. Now all we have are fat, dumb, lazy turds who are mostly in denial and think the economy is getting better. The ones who still have some basic morals left cling to the idea that they are going to be raptured before the tribulation and won't have to experience anything really painful. These psychos actually beat the drums for Armageddon.
At this point in my life I often regret not accepting that invitation when I was a young man. I now hate humans just as much as the financiers/illuminati do. The masses really are just a useless bunch of eaters without the capability of actual critical thinking. The masses are so easily duped and have become almost completely passive. I figured by now we would have had more false flags on the scale of or bigger than 9/11 but I guess they don't need to do it because the masses don't ever push back.
When SHTF honestly am not going to feel anything toward people who are starving. My empathy for them is completely gone. Would I share my medicine, food, and water with someone crawling toward me asking for help? The answer is no.
Would I help a relative who's children are starving or sick? No, I tried to "wake up" all of my relatives and they have had nothing but scorn for me because of my ideas.
All I care about is my own family. At least my kids are being raised to be thinkers. I am divorced but the mother of my kids thinks similar to me. I guess I care for my kids because they have parents who have that "spark" in their brains and/or their souls that allow them to "see". I look at the rest of the world as nothing more than zombies at this point.
Sorry to have such a negative view of humans but this is how I truly feel at this state of the game. I know that it is highly likely that me and my kids will not survive what is coming but we are going for fight for survival until our last breaths. If I got that invitation today I would accept it in a heartbeat.
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Farro Salad - a Grain That so Deserves a Try!
Total Time
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Cook 20 mins
This salad is chewy, crunchy, sweet, salty and most of all addictive! Farro, a Mediterranean grain, is naturally high in fiber, and contains more protein than wheat. So enjoy it!
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- 2 cups hot water
- 1 cup cracked farro, perlato rinsed and picked over
- salt (to season)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Italian spices
- 1 teaspoon fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon fresh basil, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- red pepper flakes
- 3⁄4 cup minced red onion
- 1 cup minced zucchini
- 1 cup diced tomato
- 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, minced
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons walnuts, toasted rough chopped
- 1 ounce shredded pecorino romano cheese
- In a pot with the hot water seasoned with salt, add farro. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl stir together dressing ingredients.
- Add the rest of the salad ingredients and toss.
- When farro is tender, remove from heat; rinse in cool water and drain. Add drained farro to salad ingredients.
- Chill and let flavors come together.
- Season with additional herbs, salt and pepper if needed.
- Garnish with grated cheese if desired.
- "Mangia! Mangia!".
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AMAZING! I have just tucked this recipe into my "best of the best" file. Wow. I think I'm in love with farro. I had never tried it before and it is now my new favorite grain. Everything about this salad is wonderful. The dressing is absolutely delicious (I used the fresh basil option). The salad ingredients are perfect and I wouldn't recommend skipping any of them. The toasted walnuts and sun-dried tomatoes are such excellent additions. Thank you!
Made this salad today for DH and I for lunch. We ate nearly the whole thing ourselves. This is healthy and filling. Very tasty. I made no substitutions and used the fresh basil option. Loved the toasted walnuts. We tried it with the Pecorino. I liked the cheese, but DH felt it did not add anything to the salad and after trying it, had his other helpings without. Thanks for posting!
Farro is the Italian name for Spelt, which truly is an amazing grain. This salad is hearty and tasty and perfect for the hot summer months. I chilled it before serving. Even though I didn't have all the ingredients on hand it still tasted delicious and I will be making it again! Next time I will get all the ingredients as listed above and not try to substitute.


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In the beginning of this video, Kirsten Albrecht, MSPT, CPI, physical therapist, Pilates practitioner and owner of PTPR, is working with a patient who was involved in a car accident and has multiple, chronic problems. The patient has rotator cuff tendinitis, stiff joints, pain and impingement in the shoulder, and stiffness in the C6/C7 area of her neck. Albrecht performs hands-on techniques to mobilize her cervical and thoracic spine.
Once pain levels are under control, the patient is progressed through a series of exercises on the clinic's Pilates equipment including the Reformer, Trap table, and Combo chair.
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When recording impulse responses of a concert hall for later processing in a spatial audio reproduction system such as Wave Field Synthesis (WFS), the question arises in how far these impulse responses can be used for different source positions without a loss in spatial perception. A preliminary study has been carried out to find the threshold of audibility of spatial variations in the position of a single reflection. It was found that the minimum audible spatial variation of a single reflection is 1 ? 2 m, or 5 ? 10 degrees, depending on the spatial configuration, and whichever is the largest. From that result preliminary conclusions can be drawn about the necessary resolution in recording and synthesis of reflection patterns for WFS rendering or other spatial reproduction systems.
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November 2015 - Overview for the Month
The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory, whose feast is celebrated on November 2. With the exception of the last Sunday, November falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time and is represented by the liturgical color green. The last Sunday, which marks the beginning of the Advent season, the liturgical color changes to purple, representing a time of penance.
Universal: That we may be open to personal encounter and dialogue with all, even those whose convictions differ from our own.
Evangelization: That pastors of the Church, with profound love for their flocks, may accompany them and enliven their hope. (See also www.apostleshipofprayer.net)
The feasts on the General Roman Calendar celebrated during the month of November are:
1. All Saints, Solemnity
2. All Souls, Feast
3. Martin de Porres, Opt. Mem.
4. Charles Borromeo, Memorial
8. Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
9. Lateran Basilica, Feast
10. Leo the Great, Memorial
11. Martin of Tours; Veterans Day (USA), Memorial
12. Josaphat, Memorial
13. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Memorial
15. Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
16. Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude, Opt. Mem.
17. Elizabeth of Hungary, Memorial
18. Churches of Peter and Paul; Rose Philippine Duchesne (USA), Opt. Mem.
21. Presentation of Mary, Memorial
22. Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe , Solemnity
23. Clement I; Columban; Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro (USA), Opt. Mem.
24. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, Memorial
25. Catherine of Alexandria, Opt. Mem.
29. First Sunday of Advent, Sunday
30. Andrew, Feast
The Gospel readings for the first four Sundays in November 2015, are taken from St. Mark, St. John and St. Matthew and are from Year B, Cycle 1. The last Sunday in November 2015 is taken from St. Luke and is from Year C, Cycle 2.
November 1st - All Saints
In this Gospel Jesus teaches the beatitudes.
8th - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Gospel relates the parable of the widow and the coins.
November 15th - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Gospel is about the second coming of Christ.
November 22nd - Solemnity of Christ the King
This Gospel is about the exchange between Pilate and Jesus.
November 29th - First Sunday of Advent
Jesus tells the disciples about the signs of His Second Coming.
During November, as in all of Ordinary Time (Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy signifies and expresses the regenerated life from the coming of the Holy Spirit, which is to be spent on the model of Christ's Life and under the direction of His Spirit. As we come to the end of the Church year we are asked to consider the end times, our own as well as the world's. The culmination of the liturgical year is the Feast of Christ the King. "This feast asserts the supreme authority of Christ over human beings and their institutions.... Beyond it we see Advent dawning with its perspecitive of the Lord's coming in glory." The Liturgy and Time, A.G. Mortimort
This month the main feasts are the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1), All Souls (November 2), St. Martin de Porres (November 3), St. Charles Borromeo, (November 4), Lateran Basilica (November 9), St. Leo the Great (November 10), St. Martin of Tours, (November 11), St. Josaphat (November 12), St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (November 13), Sts. Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude (November 16), St. Elizabeth of Hungary (November 17), Presentation of Mary (November 21), the Solemnity of Christ the King (November 22), Sts. Clement I and St. Columban (November 23), St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (November 24), St. Catherine of Alexandria (November 25) and St. Andrew (November 30).
The feasts of St. Albert the Great (November 15) and St. Cecilia (November 22) are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.
The national holiday (USA) of Thanksgiving also falls on the last Thursday of November. There is a special liturgy which may be used on this day. (Read more here.)
The tradition of eating goose as part of the Martin's Day celebration was kept in Holland even after the Reformation. It was there that the Pilgrims who sailed to the New World in 1620 became familiar with this ancient harvest festival. When, after one year in America, they decided to celebrate a three days' thanksgiving in the autumn of 1621, they went in search of geese for their feast. We know that they also had deer (a present from the Indians), lobsters, oysters, and fish. But Edward Winslow, in his account of the feast, only mentions that "Governor Bradford sent four men on fowling that so we might after a more special manner rejoice together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labours." They actually did find some wild geese, and a number of wild turkeys and ducks as well.
The Pilgrim Fathers, therefore, in serving wild turkeys with the geese, inaugurated one of the most cherished American traditions: the turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. They also drank, according to the ancient European tradition, the first wine of their wild-grape harvest. Pumpkin pie and cranberries were not part of the first Thanksgiving dinner in America, but were introduced many years afterward.
The second Thanksgiving Day in the New World was held by the Pilgrims two years later, on July 30, 1623. It was formally proclaimed by the governor as a day of prayer to thank God for their deliverance from drought and starvation, and for the safe arrival from Holland of the ship Anne.
In 1665 Connecticut proclaimed a solemn day of thanksgiving to be kept annually on the last Wednesday in October. Other New England colonies held occasional and local Thanksgivings at various times. In 1789 the federal Congress authorized and requested President George Washington to proclaim a day of thanksgiving for the whole nation. Washington did this in a message setting aside November 26, 1789 as National Thanksgiving Day.
After 1789 the celebration reverted to local and regional observance for almost a hundred years. There grew, however, a strong desire among the majority of the people for a national Thanksgiving Day that would unite all Americans in a festival of gratitude and public acknowledgment for all the blessings God had conferred upon the nation. It was not until October 3, 1863, that this was accomplished, when President Abraham Lincoln issued, in the midst of the Civil War, a Thanksgiving Proclamation. In it the last Thursday of November was set apart for that purpose and made a national holiday.
Since then, every president has followed Lincoln's example, and annually proclaims as a "Day of Thanksgiving" the fourth Thursday in November. Only President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date, in 1939, from the fourth to the third Thursday of November (to extend the time of Christmas sales). This caused so much consternation and protest that in 1941 the traditional date was restored."
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As President Barack Obama seeks support for his sweeping gun control reforms, and states enact their own legislation -- including the nation's toughest in New York -- a faith-based coalition is promoting a national Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath.
Some 100,000 worshippers in more than 150 congregations of all faiths will participate in the event organized by PICO National Network's Lifelines to Healing Campaign, in partnership with Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a cause championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Family members will display photos of loved ones lost to gun violence, and clergy will use their time at the pulpit to call for tougher laws.
"Religious Americans from all faiths are uniting this weekend to send a resounding message that now is the time for comprehensive action to reduce gun violence in our urban communities," said Pastor Michael McBride, director of PICO National Network's Lifelines to Healing Campaign that is organizing the Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath.
"No community is immune from gun violence. We have all felt the pain of losing someone close to us too soon. This weekend is meant to cherish the memory of our lost loved ones and learn what we can collectively do to keep guns off of our streets and our young people out of the graveyard."
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