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38th Dam to Dam Runner Shirt & Personalized Race Bib
Sign up in the first 38 days to guarantee your shirt size and a race bib personalized with your first name. After April 21st, shirt size not guaranteed.
Registration Cutoff
No registration after Tuesday, May 30th or after the race limit of 2,000 entrants.
Age Requirements
5K entrants 12 years or younger must run with a parent.
Refunds & Transfers
No refunds of entry fees, no transferring of race numbers. Runners not wearing the correct race number will be disqualified and not allowed to enter Dam to Dam in the future.
Packet Pickup
5K packets will be available 2:00pm to 8:00pm on Friday, June 2nd at the Veteran's Memorial Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center. 5K packets will also be available on Saturday, June 3rd, at the finish area information tent from 8:00am to 9:00am. No packets will be mailed. Race entrants can find their race number on this site beginning at noon on Thursday, June 1st.
Refreshments and entertainment will greet you at packet pickup. Ten $100 Fitness Sports door prizes to be given out at packet pickup, two every hour on the hour.
Start Area – 5K Runners
No early starts and course is open for 1 hour.
Race starts at 9:30am on Locust street, west of 12th street, adjacent to the library.
Convenient parking is available north of the start area to avoid the Half-Marathon course and runner congestion.
40 portable bathrooms west of the start area, on 13th Street, south of Locust.
Chip Timing – Awards Determined by Gun Time
All runners will be provided a bib chip. Your race number will have a chip affixed to the back. You will be timed according to your chip or net time. Open and age division awards will be determined by gun time.
The bib chip cannot be folded, pinned or bent in anyway for it to record your time correctly – failure to wear the race number correctly will result in disqualification.
Route – Course open for 1 hour (until 10:30am)
5K race is a USA Track & Field certified distance. The course is traffic-controlled and will be timed for a one-hour finish.
Early starts, bikes, baby joggers, dogs and roller blades are NOT permitted. Headphones or electronic listening devices are permitted but discouraged for your safety and the safety of other runners.
Start on Locust, east toward the Capitol and finish at 12th near Walnut.
5K finishes at 12th near Walnut in downtown Des Moines.
Water and refreshments will be available near the finish line on Locust, 12th and 13th streets. Finishers must show their race number and be prepared to show a photo ID for alcoholic beverages.
Portable bathrooms are available south of Locust on 13th street.
Results will posted on the north side of the Nationwide Building, 12th and Locust.
Open and Age Group Awards – Determined by Gun Time
Top male and female 5K winners will receive a trophy and are eligible for age group awards. 5K age group awards are presented to the top three male and female winners in 13 age divisions. Age division awards will be available at the awards/information tent, near the library, beginning at 10:30am.
Results will be posted at the finish line. Full results will be available by 5:00pm, Saturday, June 3rd, at www.damtodam.com.
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The atomic units have been chosen such that the fundamental electron properties are all equal to one atomic unit. (me=1, e=1, = h/2 = 1, ao=1, and the potential energy in the hydrogen atom (e2/ao = 1).
The use of atomic units also simplifies Schrödinger's equation. For example the Hamiltonian for an electron in the Hydrogen atom would be:
Other fundamental constants:
Boltzmann's constant: k=1.38066·10-23J/K
Avogadro's number: NA=6.02205·1023mol-1
Rydberg constant: R∞=1.097373·107m-1
Compton wavelength of electron: λC=2.426309·10-12m
Stefan-Boltzmann constant: σ=5.67032·108W/(m2K4)
Other frequently used energy units:
1a.u. = 27.212eV = 627.51Kcal/mol = 2.1947·105 cm-1
1Kcal/mol = 4.184KJ/mol
Basic concepts, techniques and notations of molecular quantum mechanics
The electronic problem
The non-relativistic time-independent Schrödinger equation
H – Hamiltonian operator for a system of nuclei and electrons
MA - the ratio of the mass of nucleus A to the mass of an electron
ZA – the atomic number of nucleus A
Te – the operator for the kinetic energy of the electrons
Tn – the operator for the kinetic energy of the nuclei
Vee– the operator for the Coulomb attraction between electrons and nuclei
Vee – the operator for the repulsion between electrons
Vnn – the operator for the repulsion between nuclei
A molecular coordinate system
(1)– represents the general problem
to be separated in two parts: electronic and nuclear problems
Born-Oppenheimer Approximation quantum mechanics
The nuclei are much heavier than electrons
they move much more slowly
the nuclei can be considered frozen in a single arrangement (molecular conformation)
the electrons can respond almost instantaneously to any change in the nuclear position
► the electrons in a molecule are moving in the field of fixed nuclei
► 2-nd term in (1) can be neglected
► 5-th term in (1) is a constant
Electronic Hamiltonian
describes the motion of N electrons in the field of M point charges
Electronic Schrödinger equation:
(4) - is the electronic wave-function which describes the motion of the electrons
explicitly depends on the electronic coordinatesparametrically
depends on the nuclear coordinates
parametric dependence
the nuclear coordinates do not appear explicitly in Φelec.
different wave-function is defined for each nuclear configuration
Helec|Φelec>=Eelec|Φelec> (3)
Φelec=Φelec({rI};{RA}) (4)
Eelec = Eelec({RA}) (5)
The total energy:
Equations (2) – (6) ≡ electronic problem
If the electronic problem is solved quantum mechanics
► we can solve for the motion of the nuclei
Since the electrons move much faster than the nuclei
► we can replace the electronic coordinates by their average values (averaged over the electronic wave-function)
nuclear Hamiltonian
odescribes the motion of the nuclei in the average field of the electrons
Hnucl|Φnnucl> = E|Φnucl>
potential energy surface (PES)
Schematic illustration of a potential energy surface
The equilibrium conformation of the molecule corresponds to the minimum of the surface
Total wave-function in Born-Oppenheimer approximation: quantum mechanics
Φ({ri};{RA}) = Φelec({ri};{RA})·Φnucl({RA})
The Antisymmetry or Pauli Exclusion Principle
electron spin
α(ω) and β(ω) –spin functions (complete and orthonormal)
the electron is described by spatial (r) and spin (ω) coordinates: x={r,ω}
A many electron wave-function must be antisymmetric with respect to the interchange of the coordinate x (both space and spin) of any two electrons.
Φ(x1, x2, ... , xi, ..., xj, ...,xN) = -Φ(x1, x2, ... , xj, ..., xi, ...,xN)
Hartree Approximation (Hartree, 1928) quantum mechanics
Φi– spin orbitals
The form of ΨHPsuggests the independence of Φi
Probability density given by ΨHP is equal to the product of monoelectronic probability densities
This is true only if each electron is completely independent of the other electrons
ΨHP - independent electron model
PA is uncorrelated (independent) with P♥.
Uncorrelated probabilities
Correlated probabilities
In a n-electron system of electrons the motions of the electrons is correlated due to the Coulomb repulsion (electron-one will avoid regions of space occupied by electron two).
Electronic Hamiltonian can be rewritten:
vi is the monoelectronic term of the external potential:
In HP, hiwill act only on the wavefunction corresponding to the i-th electron. However, Vee depends on pairs of electrons so that we can not separate the variables in Schrödinger equation.
is the monoelectronic operator
Hartree Approximation: quantum mechanics the electrons do not interact explicitly with the others, but each electron interacts with the medium potential given by the other electrons
Using the variational methods one obtains the energy of the system:
- core monoelectronic integrals
Bielectronic potential 1/r12 felt by the electron 1, due to the instantaneous position of electron 2 is replaced by a monoelectronic potential Vi(1) obtained by averaging the interaction between the two electrons over the spatial and spin coordinates of electron 2. Summing over j≠i one obtains the medium potential acting on electron in Φi and which is due to the other N-1 electrons
Coulomb operator
represents the local medium potential felt by electron 1 and due to the electron described by Φj
Using the Lagrange's multipliers method quantum mechanics Hartree equations:
- the energies of molecular orbitals
Total electronic energy:
In order to find Φi we needΦi SCF procedure
SCF procedure in the framework of Hartree approximation
electronic density corresponding to the i-th electron quantum mechanics
total electronic density
Each electron interacts with an electronic density obtained by subtracting its density from the total density
Vee potential can be written as:
gi(r) - interaction energy of the point charge (the considered individual electron) with the other electrons represented as an electronic density
Hartree equations:
Determinantal wave-functions: Hartree-Fock approximation quantum mechanics
ΨHP - does not satisfy the Pauli principle
- gives a non-zero probability for two electrons to be exactly at the same point in space
Fock, Slater, 1930
ΨSD antisimetrized sum of Hartree products with all the possible distributions of the electrons in the molecular orbitals
- shorthand notation
Using the variational method of Ritz:
In Hartree approximation
exchange integral
exchange operator: quantum mechanics
- a non-local operator because its result depends on the value of Φi on entire space and not only on the value of Φi where is located the electron 1
Minimizing the energy by varying the spin orbitals leads to the Hartree-Fock equations:
Definig the Fock operator:
molecular orbital energies:
total electronic energies:
total energy:
In Hartree approximation
if we use the spatial orbitals: quantum mechanics
Φ1(x)=φ1(r)α(ω) şi Φ2(x)=φ1(r)β(ω)
in the framework of RHF approximation:
molecular orbital energies:
Hartree-Fock equations = alternative Schrödinger equation in which the exact Hamiltonian has been replaced by an
approximate Fock operator
- Coulomb operator has been replaced by an operator which describes the interaction of each electron with the average field due to the other electrons
RHF and UHF formalisms quantum mechanics
Given a set of k orthonormal spatial orbitals (MO) {φi}, i=1,...k
2k spin-orbitals: Φi, i=1,...,2k
restricted OM restricted wave-function
Restricted wave-function for Li atom
But: K1s()2s( )≠0 and K1s()2s()=0
1s() and 1s() electrons will experience different potentials so that it will be more convenient to describe the two kind of electrons by different wave-functions
Unrestricted wave-function for Li atom
usually, the two sets of spatial orbitals use the same basis set
UHF wave-functions are not eigenfunctions of quantum mechanics S2operator !!!
spin contamination
|2> - exact doublet state
|4> - exact quartet state
|6> - exact sextet state
-approximately a singlet
- approximately a doublet
For an UHF wave-function, the expectation value of S2 is:
spin projection procedures (Gaussian)


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Unanswered: UDB limit tablespace access
It possible on UDB (DB2 v8.2 on RHEL) to stop users other than dba/sysadm from changing data whilst I export all tables in a particular schema? This is so that I can be sure the data exported is a consistent set. I guess I'm after something like tablespace UT mode on the mainframe.
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The United Kingdom is to leave the European Union and Brexit, we are told, means Brexit. But for the moment at least it seems the only certainty arising from the result of last June's referendum is uncertainty. The barristers of Doughty Street Chambers are anticipating the potential consequences of Brexit and, as always, are devising creative solutions for our clients.
Our firmly held view is that BREXIT IS ABOUT PEOPLE, NOT JUST POLICY AND POLITICS. We are on hand to provide you with advice on the law, with creative litigation strategies and advocacy in the UK and European courts and tribunals, as well as providing consultancy and by engaging with legislators and those who set regulations and policy. We can help you understand and act on what Brexit means for you or your organisation.
You can view our Brexit brochure by clicking here. And for more information on the updates below please click on each entry's title. You will also see our most recent Brexit blog posts, powered by Passle, on the right of this page. For all our Brexit blog posts, please click here.
To learn more about our experience, or discuss how we may be able to help, please contact Maurice MacSweeney on +44 (0)20 7400 8906 or by e-mail.
The European Union Select Committee of the House of Lords today published its report on the impact of Brexit on the Crown Dependencies. It calls upon Government to remember its responsibilities to the Isle of Man, as well as the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. Although the Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK, nor are they part of the UK's membership of the EU, they do have an association with the EU as set out in Protocol 3 to the UK's Act of Accession. A result of Brexit will be that the current form of the relationship between the Crown Dependencies and the EU will cease. Susie Alegre, an expert on the law governing small States and their relationship with the UK and EU, was invited to provide evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee in January of this year, and the Committee endorsed a number of her proposals. To read more, and to view a copy of the report, please click here.
Chatham House is hosting a talk on 8th March (details available by clicking here) to discuss the potential constitutional consequences of Brexit, in particular what it means for the devolved administrations, the logistics of triggering article 50, and the practical impact on Whitehall and Westminster. On the panel of speakers, alongside former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC, will be Doughty Street's Rowena Moffatt, a public law barrister with particular experience of EU issues. Rowena co-authored a paper for The Constitution Society entitled Brexit: The Immediate Legal Consqeuences. You can read that paper by clicking here.
Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law at Queen's University, Belfast, and a member of the Academic Expert panel of Doughty Street Chambers, is a contributing author to a helpful resource, the Queen's Brexit Resource Guide, which comprises articles by the university's academics on the subject of Brexit. The Guide's articles cover a wide range of Brexit related issues including trade, devolution, and the impact on the border between both countries of the island of Ireland.
There is grave concern in both the Republic and Northern Ireland about Brexit, with it being one reason cited in the recent resignation of the deputy First Minister and consequent collapse of the government. Professor Harvey speaks and writes regularly on the topic; you can read more on one event at which he spoke recently, hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the Irish Centre for European Law by clicking here and here.
Sir Keir Starmer KCB QC was invited to give the annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture at the Institute of the Americas, based at University College London. In his speech he noted Eleanor Roosevelt's internationalist outlook and her extraordinary legacy to humanity, which must be fought for. In addition, he argues we must fight against current threats to human rights posed by – amongst other things – Brexit. The full text of his speech, on "Human Rights After Brexit", can be found by clicking here.
The premier of the Cayman Islands announced he has had assurances from the British Government that the interests of the British Overseas Territories will be taken under consideration when it commences Brexit negotiations. You can read more on the particular areas of concern of the Cayman Islands by clicking here. Doughty Street Chambers has long held a concern that the rights of those living in the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are not being properly considered by the British Government. You can read more in Susie Alegre's blog posts which can be accessed here and here, as well as in the report she submitted to the House of Lords during its inquiries in this area.
EU specialist and human rights lawyer Susie Alegre was invited to provide evidence to the House of Lords Brexit inquiries. Read more about her evidence on the potential impact of Brexit on Gibraltar, as well as on the Crown Dependencies. The rights of those living in the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories must be protected, allowing them an ability to decide their own affairs whilst also retaining their strong ties to the UK.
Geoffrey Robertson QC is a leading constitutional lawyer, author and Joint Head of Doughty Street Chambers. In the lead up to the Supreme Court handing down its judgment in the Miller and Dos Santos case the BBC aired his programme, as part of the "Archive on Four" series, on the importance of the independence of the judiciary, and lessons from history on clashes between Judges and Governments.
"Mapping the Great Repeal" is a major report by Doughty Street's Angela Patrick, commissioned by the Thomas Paine Initiative, in which she sets out that while there are many legal, political and diplomatic steps to Brexit, assessing the implication for individual rights of the UK's departure from the Union will be crucial both during the progress of the negotiations and the consideration of any Great Repeal Bill.
Angela Patrick, Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Katherine O'Byrne, Susie Alegre
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) today urges the Government not to use fundamental rights as bargaining chips in Brexit negotiations (Brexit and Fundamental Rights). This is the latest in a series of reports from Parliamentary committees exploring the potential impact of Brexit including the implications for individual rights. So far, the analysis is limited in the absence of any clear Government plan on what Brexit will mean in practice.
The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee report, Brexit: Acquired Rights, was published this week.
Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Katherine O'Byrne, Susie Alegre
Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) is currently considering the impact of the UK's proposed withdrawal from the EU on the human rights framework and protection of human rights in the UK.
Recently Jonathan Cooper OBE was interviewed by LexisNexis for the article "Brexit and a British Bill of Rights: are our human rights under threat?".
As the Brexit Bill returns to the House of Lords for Committee stage, Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC analyses the up-to-date position on rights of EU nationals during, and prior to, Brexit negotiations. Click here to read Caoilfhionn's article.
Susie Alegre notes the observations made on the United Kingdom in July by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in relation to the ESC rights issues that British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will need to grapple with following the UK's decision to withdraw from the European Union, and the significant and unexpected consequences they may now face.
Susie Alegre considers the future for the relationship between Europe and the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies following the 23rd June referendum result.
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After The War - Poem by amitav mazumdar
The day started when my little brother usually writhes in pain
He had a hole on her left thigh, the war from which he gain
The wound almost healed, but a deep, blunt scar he carries
Sometimes he falls on the ground, never he keep his feet still and he buries
A long bloody war, tears rolled down his cheeks sometimes, he grieves
The tropical sun went raging, when my brother walks on his wooden leg and heaves
His black skin dangles coldly like an unburnt coal in an abandoned pit
We're famished here, sometimes we starve silently like a dog in the shit
Though we faced wars, for nothing, sometimes our own blood spilled
Our misery is tattooed on our blackness, our destiny is sealed
The day goes to an end, when the warmth of the earth is puffed up
We straddled face to face, sometimes inside the room our shadows overlap
A swarm of mosquitoes licks our wounds, we looked for a glass of milk
After some crumbs of bread we eat, a sleep wind us to the path of silk
There we dream of greenness, of vastness, of everythingness
If the barking of a stray dog awake us, we lend our ears to silence.
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Comments about After The War by amitav mazumdar
Geetha Jayakumar (9/10/2013 11:25:00 AM)
Very true..Deep wounds often leaves scars, though we cannot revert back everything. The impact of war was such that. But, there is more we can do, to bring positivity and happiness on brothers life. Words are very powerful it can kill one as well bring back one to life too.. Words are precious..it can do wonders..
Beautiful poem. Heartfelt. Deep and touching too. The way you presented is beautiful. (Report) Reply
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Have you had one at a place you'd recommend?
I've been craving one lately and sadly, my previous go-to spot for that dish, Silver Swan is long gone.
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Forza Motorsport 3
Forza Motorsport 3 is perhaps the most complete driving package to date.
Forza Motorsport 3Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Players: 1-2
Price: $59.99
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Developer: Turn 10 Studios
Release Date: 2009-10-27
In my estimation, the Forza Motorsport series has long supplanted the lumbering beast of Gran Tursimo as the premiere racing franchise in the console market. While it might be argued that Gran Turismo is targeted more towards the hardcore sim market, Forza, particularly with its second installment, set itself apart as a racer able to provide whatever driving experience players wanted from it. Forza Motorsport 3 continues this tradition, and while improvements over its predecessor might not be dramatic, it still represents some of the best racing available on any platform. It is perhaps the most complete driving package to date.
As in Forza Motorsport 2, Turn 10 has provided an extraordinarily customizable experience. The wide variety of completely optional driving assists and other tweaks makes the game appealing to hardcore sim racing fanatics, arcade racing enthusiasts, and everyone in between. Further, this is a title that allows players not only to race exactly the way that they want to do but also spend time doing exactly what they want to do in the game. Returning from Forza 2 is the vinyl toolset, which while providing a simple interface for customizing the appearance of your car makes jawdropping paint jobs possible. The in game storefronts allow players to buy and sell fully customized cars as well as various add on features made in game. It's easy to imagine spending a fair amount of time just navigating the storefronts to see what other players have come up with.
There are vast amounts of things to be seen and done in Forza Motorsport 3 whether you prefer to race solo or with the robust online community. The game is large enough that it comes with a second disc of material to be installed. Though it's technically optional, you're short changing yourself by not installing it, and as it's a meaty 1.9 gigs, Forza 3 was the first game that made me seriously consider getting a larger hard drive for my 360. While Microsoft has to be credited for almost single-handedly making online console gaming a successful reality, it is difficult not to feel that they dropped the ball with respect to some of their hardware design decisions. In this case, the inability for users to upgrade their own hard drive in a manner commensurate with the current price for hard drive space feels incredibly shortsighted, and it is a problem that seems likely to become more of an issue the further that we get into this console generation.
While it both looks and sounds exceptional technically speaking, Forza Motorsport 3 isn't leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. But given that Forza 2 was the series' debut on new generation of consoles, that shouldn't be all that surprising. Further, it doesn't really matter. All of the top racing franchises these days are technically adept, looking and sounding sharp. The key differences lie in presentation and diversity, and Turn 10 seems to understand this concept. Forza 3 has a higher degree of overall polish than did 2. The matchmaking style of online racing just feels right. The opponent AI is more realistic. The overall Forza experience is simply made more enjoyable by little touches.
While all this is good in theory, it does beg consideration of where the franchise is going to go from here. The reality is that Turn 10 is a Microsoft internal studio comprised of very talented developers. They could easily refine the Forza franchise every few years to keep it in sync with modern technologies, adopting innovations from other titles. For example, Forza 3 employs the brilliant rewind feature of Grid and Dirt 2 as both a learning tool for difficult track sections and as a safety net preventing entire races from being blown by a single mistake. But it would be a shame to see such a great franchise fall prey to the kinds of lackluster updates that have plagued the Madden series in recent years.
While it might seem premature to worry about a problem that Turn 10 hasn't demonstrated that they actually have yet, it might be interesting for Forza to adopt the model of Rock Band, which despite the release of a second iteration pretty clearly serves as a gaming platform at this point. It has long seemed to make sense from a consumer perspective for sports franchises to offer annual roster updates instead of brand new, full priced titles. But the more we see add-on packs and microtransactions for all kinds of titles such an approach seems more appealing for any franchise that sees regular releases, particularly for titles without any real narrative to speak of. This speculation aside, Forza Motorsport 3 is a well-done racing title and is certainly recommended for fans of any kind of racing game. Turn 10 has crafted another beautiful game and have placed the ball firmly in the court of Gran Turismo developers Polyphony Digital.


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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continues to pursue a course of regional provocation aimed at inflaming relations between the U.S. and Venezuela.
On Sunday, September 7, Chávez announced that Russian and Venezuelan warships would hold joint maneuvers in late 2008. On Wednesday, September 10, he welcomed the arrival of two Russian Tupolev-160 strategic bombers to a Venezuelan airfield, evoking memories of earlier U.S.-Russian showdowns. On Thursday, as Americans observed the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Chávez expelled the U.S. ambassador, Patrick Duddy, claiming the U.S. was backing a coup attempt against him. Duddy's expulsion was also a gesture of solidarity from Chávez to his ally Bolivian President Evo Morales, who faces growing protests and internal divisions and expelled U.S. ambassador Philipp Goldberg the previous day.
Together, these actions are a clear and ominous reflection of a rapidly deteriorating U.S. relationship with Chávez and his ally in Bolivia. Sadly, Russia-once a partner in the fight against radical terrorism-appears ready to seek advantage in the U.S.-Venezuela rift.
A New Cuban Missile Crisis?
Although the press and a handful of analysts drew parallels between current U.S.-Venezuela tensions and the era of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro, the actions of September 2008 are clearly not a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 or even of the Central American crisis of 1979-1990. There is no nuclear threat, no Cold War, and no clear-cut, ideological conflict such as existed in 1962.
However, the arrival of Russian bombers, fleet maneuvers, and the frequent sales of Russian military hardware to Venezuela reflect Moscow's unwelcome readiness to trigger memories of the "Bear in the Backyard" and the decade-long struggle to contain Communism in the Western Hemisphere. Such provocative actions pressure Washington to either respond in kind by raising the ante or by demonstrating passivity and inaction.
Thus far, the Kremlin has been careful to skirt potential "red lines" that might trigger an international crisis. Instead, the Kremlin's actions appear calculated to provide a relatively low-cost distraction in response to U.S. support for Georgia, a strategy designed to rattle the U.S. and entice Chávez, thereby drawing attention away from the Caucasus and other European security issues.
But Russia also appears to view Venezuela as a lucrative weapons market, an energy partner, a potential recipient of domestic security assistance, a possible location for electronic and intelligence collection, and a platform for expanded influence in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Subsequently, the U.S. now faces a dilemma: What actions in the past might have been sufficient to trigger a major international crisis today requires prudence and caution.
What Do We Know About Chávez?
The current deterioration of relations between the U.S. and Venezuela reveals much about the nature of how Hugo Chávez operates on the national and international level and why he poses a difficult and long-term challenge to U.S. policymakers.
A Dangerous Concentration of Power. For the Venezuelan people, it is a great misfortune that the nation's fate has been seized by a single individual. While elected by democratic majorities, Chávez has governed in an increasingly undemocratic manner. He is also choosing to act irresponsibly on the international stage. Chávez harbors an ideological, conspiratorial view of the world that increasingly inclines him to acts of belligerence and paranoia, manifesting a style of leadership Andres Oppenheimer of The Miami Herald has termed "narcissistic-Leninist." It is safe to say that no other current Latin American leader wields more executive power and faces fewer institutional and psychological constraints than Chávez.
Power Rather Than the People's Interest. The appearance of Russian bombers and warships belies an essential myth of the Chávez regime: that his primary concern is making life better for Venezuela's disadvantaged or defending the gains of his social programs. Chávez's turn to Russia-like his previous support for Colombian guerrillas-is unpopular with the Venezuelan people and underscores a personal ambition to change Venezuela's role from responsible regional stakeholder to that of an aggressive, roguish player on the international stage. It also once more reflects Chávez's growing penchant for a diplomacy of threat, surprise, machismo, and brinksmanship. There must be serious concern regarding the direction Chávez intends to pursue and Washington should view his threats and actions with grave concern.
Intimidating the Opposition. By playing the anti-U.S. card, Chávez seeks to flame nationalist fervor in advance of the November 23 provincial and municipal elections. Following the loss in the constitutional reform referendum last December 2, Chávez fears the appearance of any electoral setback. Nonetheless, his domestic problems continue to mount. From electrical blackouts to rising crime, to food shortages and mounting inflation, there appears to be growing disenchantment and disillusionment with the Chávez regime at home. Yet by creating a sense of constant crisis and permanent threat, Chávez hopes that nationalism will prevail over normalcy and that Venezuelans will overlook the corruption and mismanagement of the regime. A sense of constant threat is also an excellent tool for isolating and attacking the opposition on national security grounds.
Chávez's Security Dilemma. Chávez asserts that the U.S. harbors hostile intentions toward his regime. He argues that given the opportunity, the U.S. will undertake to topple his regime either indirectly-through coup-plotting and covert operations-or overtly through an invasion. Chávez therefore justifies certain actions as necessary preparations for self-defense: acquiring advanced armaments, creating militias capable of quelling internal opposition and waging asymmetrical warfare, developing internal intelligence and surveillance bodies, and establishing cadres of potential combatants loyal not to the nation but to him personally and to the revolutionary regime. By taking steps domestically and internationally that advance these objectives and by seeking the support of Russia and Iran, Chávez fuels increased opposition inside Venezuela and hostility from the U.S. and other responsible powers. International polarization is the tiger Chávez rides and dares not dismount.
Rewriting the Rules of Hemispheric Security. Chávez's recent support for Russia's use of military force and actions aimed at dismembering Georgia places in serious doubt the sincerity of Chávez's commitment to the basic cornerstones of peace and security in the Western Hemisphere. Respect for national sovereignty, non-intervention, and the peaceful settlement of disputes all go out the window when Chávez aligns with the Russians.
What the U.S. Should Do?
Chávez's provocative turn to Russia and the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador on a flimsy pretext are affronts that will further poison U.S.-Venezuelan relations. The U.S. should respond in the following ways:
- The Administration should proceed in reducing to a minimum the number of Venezuelan diplomats and officials allowed to operate in the U.S.;
- The Administration should take action encouraging regional and international friends to speak directly and frankly with Chávez regarding a pattern of international behavior that is irresponsible and provocative;
- The U.S. should encourage the Europeans, recipients of much of the cocaine being shipped through Venezuela, to apply pressure on Chávez to moderate his behavior, press Venezuela to cooperate on counter-drug activities, and increase aid to Latin America;
- The U.S. presidential candidates and congressional leadership should make it clear that the next Administration will find it hard to engage in normal relations with Venezuela if Chávez persists in baiting the present Administration and proceeds further with the establishment of Russian bases or intelligence facilities in Venezuela;
- The Administration should continue to direct intelligence, law enforcement, and counter-drug assets to closely monitor illicit and illegal activities in Venezuela-from drug trafficking and money-laundering to regime corruption; and
- The Administration should work with Congress and non-governmental organizations to step up assistance to civil society and pro-democracy groups in Venezuela and press for vigorous international monitoring of the November 23 state and municipal elections.
Venezuela: America's Greatest Challenge
Like his iconic mentor, Fidel Castro, Chávez thrives on mounting tensions and confrontation with the U.S. It is through confrontation that he attains political identity and larger-than-merited international standing. Like Fidel Castro, Chávez aspires to build and lead an anti-U.S., anti-Western coalition. Unlike Castro, however, Chávez is in possession of significant petroleum power and has varied sources of international support. There is danger that Chávez, like Castro, will invite Russia to serve as a guarantor of Venezuela's security and subsequently draw Russia, either willingly or unwillingly, into additional confrontations with the U.S.
At present, Venezuela represents the single most difficult diplomatic and security challenge facing the U.S. in the immediate future. How the U.S. chooses to deal with this challenge will say much about the direction the next Administration will take as it shapes its policy toward America's neighbors in the hemisphere.
Ray Walser, Ph.D., is Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation.


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Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras
2016 Holiday Gift Guide TOC
Welcome to our annual Holiday Gift Guide. For 2016, we've decided to segue from wholly budget-based recommendations and instead focus on different camera categories.
Point-and-shoot cameras used to be huge business until smartphones gutted the market in a very short time. But guess what? If you're the type of person who wants good quality images and features like an actual optical zoom point-and-shoot cameras will best smartphones all day long. On the flip side, it means carrying around two devices.
Still, point-and-shootcameras aree a relatively smart way to dip your toes into photography where you can learn about framing and focal length and light and even, on some models, how to adjust manual settings. And while 2016 models all offer a way to interface with smart devices, point-and-shoots are also perfect for family members or for kids who don't care to, or aren't quite old enough, to own a smartphone.
With that in mind, here are our picks for the Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras for 2016!
Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS
The Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS is a budget-friendly and pocket-sized point-and-shoot with a 12x optical zoom (25-300mm equivalent), 20.2MP High Sensitivity CMOS image sensor, DIGIc 4+ image processor, Full 1080p HD video recording, and built-in Wi-Fi & NFC for transferring files to smartphones. On top of that, the 360 HS also boasts optical image stabilization to help you shoot smoother videos and stills in lower lighting conditions. Pick one up today from around $229 in black, silver, or purple.
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS60 is an awesome little camera with an incredible 30x (24-720mm equivalent) optical zoom lens, an 18MP CMOS image sensor, and built-in Wi-Fi for sharing files and/or remotely controlling the camera. Other features include an EVF as well as a touchscreen LCD display, 5-axis image stabilization for smoother videos and crisp low-light still images, and a Lens Ring Control to make manual settings adjustments on the fly. It's also one of the few point-and-shoots to offer 4K Ultra HD video recording with a 4K (8MP) photo mode. The MSRP on these is $449, but you can generally pick them up for less than $400.
Let's be clear: Sony makes incredible image sensors for a lot of different companies and cameras. The Cyber-Shot DSC-HX90V houses an 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS Sensor and BIONZ X image processor that are capable of shooting high quality stills in low light and Full 1080p HD video with higher bit rates (less compression) than most other HD cameras. Its 30x Optical Zoom ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T Lens (24-720mm equivalent) has you covered for most shooting scenarios, while 5-axis image stabilization will keep things shake-free and sharp. Other features include an OLED Tru-Finder viewfinder, P/A/S/M modes for more control over your images, a 180° titling rear display for selfies, GPS for geo-tagging, and Wi-Fi and NFC for connecting to smartphones. Pick up an HX90V for less than $450.
With a mind-melting 24-1200mm equivalent optical zoom range (50x!) and sub-$400 pricing, the Canon PowerShot SX540 HS has our vote for best budget super-telephoto point-and-shoot. Perfect for budding sports and wildlife photographers, this camera boasts a 20.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor and DIGIC 6 processor for low-light performance and Full 1080/60p HD video recording. Optical Image Stabilization comes standard (you'll need it), as do very accurate AF tracking, and Wi-Fi / NFC for connecting this digicam to your smart devices. There's also impressive Burst Shooting Macro modes as well as several artistic Filters. Pick one up today for less than $400.


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Infusing child protection social work with social work values :. constructing 'risk' in empowering ways?. Risk – unavoidable, uncertain, contingent. 'To be alive at all involves some risk' Harold Macmillan in ( Stalker, 2003:211 ). Infusion means:
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constructing 'risk' in empowering ways?
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'To be alive at all involves some risk' Harold Macmillan in (Stalker, 2003:211).
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"Yeah, and trying to balance out what would be – what's the gain of keeping them in care longer versus the damage of putting them into another family when they've already had heaps of instability….So it's been pretty scary, and I – at times I would have liked to have jumped ahead and just pulled the kids out, you know, because that felt like the safest – the safest way to go. But… I think that looking back on it I can see the way we've done things has meant that she's made changes that she wouldn't have made otherwise …And that she's been willing to work with us. That she wouldn't be otherwise. Um, but, yeah – ah, just so draining. And often feeling like you might take two steps forward and one step back". SW14, C8.
Int: "And so how do you think doing the signs of safety approach has affected the way you think about risk?
Because we've done the history, we've done the family stuff … you know, just more questions that actually give you a better picture of the risk, not just the risk but, if the child stays with you, then how is it going to be safe?" SW10 S, C2.
" ..we had two baby cases where – one where Dad said I'm gonna smash this baby against the wall and squash it like a bug, and another one who said let's throw it out the window – like in a really short space of time – quite high risk! – um, and we – we were able to use the Signs of Safety approach in safety planning and not remove those children. And we've never taken it to FGC. Which, I'm like, that's pretty cool. (laughs)
Int: Because what would have happened without that?
Oh, well we would have freaked out.
Int: You think?
"Int: Right. So when someone makes it a sort of hugely provocative statement like that…before you would have just acted on that statement?
Oh we would have gone 'Baby – unsafe!' Take it out now. Done. Easily. Probably. Or, 'Dad leave the home right now'. That would have been our only way of …of dealing with it… we did Signs of Safety that afternoon – it just happened to be that everyone was in the office when they came back from that visit and so we mapped it straight away and then went back out within a day and put a plan in place in an afternoon so we were good…
…But whereas I absolutely know that if we hadn't used that approach we would have just gone straight to take the baby. Yeah. Cause you could have easily written an affadavit, it wouldn't have been hard to convince a judge.
Int: So what … convinced you that the child was safe?
…they (social workers) had a conversation with the mum about what she did when she – how she acted protectively in those times….so it was pretty… um, and it was all around saying what was she gonna do when she saw him begin to escalate…
..cause he … had PTSD and all sorts of stuff, flashbacks. And sometimes he would just click like that …So it was about him never being left alone with the baby and putting the supports around all of that stuff.
Int: And the mother was obviously able to do it?
Yeah. She wasn't… (laughs) you know – she was alright. She was good enough. And we dragged in some family and some support people that they had to also be involved so... yeah. That was good …the baby's fine". SW17, C10.
"The kopu – I do their kopu, and the signs of safety I take from the kopu, what is concerning and what is helpful and that … and with the signs of safety I take it to the family, after I've finished doing that up I give it to them and I get them to look at that, they get blown away, they go, 'oh, sheeks, really, oh God', but they're really good, they think it's good when they can see it and that's what they have found with (the agency) and the families I've worked with, that nothing's hidden, nothing's hidden from them" SW21.
"It's been really interesting because I've spoken to a family and I said ok, where shall we start? and they say, 'tapu, what does that mean?', because tapu can mean so many things to different Māori you see, so it's a good place to start, - and what I would usually say, is ok, it's your bottom lines … what do you hold so dear that you will protect that thing, but it can also be ...something that is precious that has been broken; and the whanau said to me, 'well you know we had our children removed from us and placed with ...caregivers without consulting the wider whanau, the mother was the only one that's consulted, so therefore we feel that's tapu, that's broken and the brokenness is that we now have grandchildren living outside the whanau', so they wanted to put that right up there, and that was their bottom line, that was what they wanted to work against.
Int: And how did you try and deal with that?
I didn't, I just recorded it for them, I just put it up there and I said, 'fine'" SW20.
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1950s Tempo Matador: Big Truck Looks, VW Soul
This peculiar snub-nosed creation is known as the Matador. Made by a company called Tempo in the late 1940s and early 1950s, they are commonly mistaken for custom VW buses, hacked into odd shapes. This can often be contributed to the forward opening "suicide doors" and the fact that they share many similar visual cues with the early Volkswagens. The side profile looks like a bus with something bolted on front. From the rear, the lines are reminiscent of a VW bug hood. The fact that they're powered by a Volkswagen engine may have a strong role in the confusion as well.
When they are alone in an image, the typical American might picture them as being quite large. However, when you see someone standing next to them, the tiny size of these workhorses becomes quite evident. They were designed to be able to maneuver through winy roads in Europe, and didn't do that particularly fast. The Volkswagen motor, pushing around 30 horsepower, was mounted under the front seat, powering the front wheels.
This stunning example appears to have been for sale at some point. You can find TONS of detailed pictures of the vehicle and some shots of the restoration on the old listing. I've pulled a few images just in case they take it down at some point.
There weren't very many built, roughly 1300 of this model, so if you manage to find one be sure to let your local Volkswagen enthusiast know. They'll be excited to see one in the flesh, even though they aren't made by Volkswagen.
Again, these are just a few shots of this beautifully restored one. You can find many more pictures on the listing at oldbug.com
I would absolutely LOVE to have one of these. In my mind they're a perfect mix of big "cab over" truck looks mixed with small utilitarian design. I'm not sure how safe those doors would be in a wreck, but the fact that the front end holds the fuel tank might be slightly more of a concern.


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Motorists pulled to safety as Armagh flood waters render roads impassable
Five people have been rescued by firefighters in Co Armagh after two vehicles were swamped by flood water.
A woman was pulled from a car when it became stuck on the Armagh Road yesterday afternoon.
Four people in a 4x4 were also rescued in a one-hour operation on the same stretch of road in Moy, between Dungannon and Armagh city.
Newry and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy praised the emergency services "who once again stepped up to the mark to assist the public in times of difficulty".
And he warned: "Given the tragic death of Ivan Vaughan, who lost his life in the flood just across the border at Glaslough in Co Monaghan on Sunday evening, it is imperative that everyone takes great care when out on the roads and does not take unnecessary risks."
Northern Ireland is bracing itself for gales of up to 70mph today as another low pressure system sweeps in from the Atlantic.
Forecasters have warned that some damage could be caused in the west by a combination of high winds and heavy rain.
Yesterday, many roads across counties Tyrone and Fermanagh remained closed to traffic after torrential weekend rain caused flooding. Dunluce Street in Larne was also closed due to damage to a building and concerns for its stability, and the Roads Service warned of debris on the carriageway and the pedestrian area.
The A46 Loughshore Road in Enniskillen reopened to traffic, but the Roads Service warned the flood had not fully cleared and it was passable only with care.
"The level of Lough Erne is continuing to rise and it is likely that this will continue through the week," a spokesman said.
"Road users should be aware of the risk of localised surface water flooding roads, and river flooding. Road users should exercise caution on all roads."
Yesterday, the Moy Road in Co Armagh was closed to all traffic with the exception of lorries following severe flooding.
Last night, forecasters Meteogroup warned that it would become windy across Northern Ireland today.
"Strong to gale force southerly winds will be developing because of a deep area of low pressure moving in from the Atlantic," spokesman Paul Mott said.
"This is going to bring a strengthening southerly wind through the day. Over much of Northern Ireland, winds will be gusting at up to 60mph during the afternoon.
"In a few spots in the west, winds will be gusting at up to 65mph or 70mph, perhaps enough to cause a little damage, maybe bringing a few trees down.
"Winds will start to ease through the evening.
"There will be fairly heavy rain but nothing out of the ordinary and milder temperatures of up to 12C."
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The Charro of Toluquilla Trailer (2016)
A mariachi singer, Jaime García, is also known as El charro de Toluquilla. He has assumed the cocky and seductive attitude shown by characters of classical Mexican cinema as an alternative, but effective, treatment for AIDS. Now, in order to survive, he debates between keeping this fantasy alive as a way of life and having a more down-to-earth attitude to rear his young daughter, Analía, who was miraculously born without the virus.
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Tapan Sikdar , a member of the ruling BJP-led coalition Cabinet in the Central Government of India was injured in an attack on him in Barasat District of West Bengal. Stones were thrown into his car and he was injured by the broken glasses of the car in which he was travelling on a Panchayat election campaign. He was attacked by the supporters of the ruling leftist coalition in West Bengal. The communist chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadev Bhattacharya and the Congress chief in the state have criticised the incident.
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Renting Bicycles in Sweden Jun 10, 2011
When I say, "renting bicycles" in Sweden I'm referring to not only city bikes that are usually easy to rent, but also high-end bikes. In the U.S., those types of bicycles are called "road bikes." In Sweden, there are called "racer cykel."
Before coming to the Sweden, I left my "racer" bike at home thinking I could rent a bicycle in Sweden. That was a mistake. Not only is it difficult to rent city bikes in Stockholm as it requires a special trip to an office to show your passport, renting high-end bikes is impossible. Every where I turned (websites, forums, bicycle stores, and friends), I got friendly-sounding advice that lead to nowhere. Swedes are generally nice people, but I also got lots of offers from people that seemed to border on taking advantage of the situation rather than being helpful. Of course "being helpful" and "taking advantage" can be seen as cultural concepts, one person in particular offered to sell me a new bike at a discount (ca. $500) on a 2010 model, but it turns out the 2011 model was the same price.
I combed various websites (happymtb.org and blocket.se), sent many emails, and visited half of the bicycle stores in Stockholm. Finally, I found one bicycle that I paid $1,000 for. My story shouldn't discourage people who just want to rent any bike -- although I don't think that would be easy judging by the man who runs the website bikeguide-stockholm.se -- but to be a cautionary tale for those are used to riding high-end bikes in their countries.
Another complicating factor about Sweden and bicycles is that the train service is severely restricted for bicyclists. For example, there is only one train a day that goes from Stockholm to Gothenburg on which you can take a bicycle. This is apparently a new law probably brought on by some lame privatization scheme. I'm not against privatization per se, but I'm against any scheme that is regressive. Not letting people take bikes on train certainly fits that criterion.
In the end, if you want to ride a high-end bike, pay the price in cost, energy, and inconvenience to bring your bicycle to Sweden because for all of its modern amenities, the gap in the veneer of Swedish perfection is its lame ability to rent (nice) bicycles and keep people from taking their bicycles on trains. Otherwise, you will spend the equivalent of a round-trip ticket to Sweden from the U.S. ($1,000) to buy a used bicycles. For those who love to save money, bring your own bike.
I wouldn't be fair or honest if I didn't write about the good. Jara Cykel on Radmansgatan is excellent. So have my friends who have offered their bicycle or done their best. The people I've contacted about their bikes for sale have been very friendly and helpful.
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We know the impact that one teacher leader can have in their school and on the system as a whole. And we believe unleashing the collective capacity of educators (teachers and administrators) is the key to creating an equitable public school system that serves all students and their communities. To amplify this belief, the Center for Teaching Quality is shifting its blogging strategy, transitioning from a community of individual bloggers to a roundtable discussion approach. Learn more about this strategy here and join the conversation.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Starred by Nitin (see full cast), this film directed by Vijay Kumar Konda was premiered in TV or cinema in 2013. The feature film "Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde" was produced in India. You can watch Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Telugu at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 468 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Nitin, Nithya Menon, Isha Talwar, Ali, Aahuthi Prasad, Raghu Babu, Jwala Gutta, Sandhya Janak, Sudha, Mohan Duvvasi and Madhunandan.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Vijay Kumar Konda.
The original audio of Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde has dialogues in or Telugu, it was produced in India.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Harshavardhan and Mukund Pande.
I. Andrew.
Vikram Goud.
This film was produced and / or financed by Sresht Cinemas.
Composed by Anoop Rubens.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Telugu in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
See the page of this full movie, Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde in FULLTV Movies.


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Diversity is the crucial component for group creativity. Innovative teams that are tasked with creating new products or technologies or reinventing existing ones need tension to produce breakthrough results. Tension is derived from diverse points of view. Diversity is the opposite of groupthink, which is where too much agreement and too similar points of view paralyzes otherwise high-performing teams. Most of us have been on a team where everyone is just like us – i.e., marketing, engineers, accountants, etc. Agreement within the team is quick and when execution falls short of desired results we realize that the easy agreements and shared conclusions were the death nail from the beginning.
Creating and managing diverse teams is not for the faint of heart, it is hard work. The necessary tension is difficult to manage and it requires leadership and courage. The leader must ensure that strong disagreements are brought forth without the deteriorating arguments that can paralyze the team.
So how do you get started? Identify a tough challenge that the organization is currently dealing with and set a meeting with a contrarian, someone who often disagrees with your perspective. Contrarians will challenge assumptions and are very passionate. Invite their feedback and listen to what they have to say. You might be surprised at how much you will learn, and how viewing a problem from a different perspective can create changes in your own ideas. Best case is that the contrarian is now your teammate and can potentially be an owner of the issue they are weighing in on. Turning a contrarian into an advocate and supporter is a great achievement.
Finally, integrating diverse views to increase creativity and innovative thought is a natural job for marketers. Typically marketing's role is to uncover what the customer values and then delivering it. Diversity aids enormously with this task. The problems that customers face are often too complicated for one approach and integrating diverse perspectives from internal and external sources are key to solving them with new breakthroughs. This approach can be leveraged by Human Resource professionals when they are being tasked with hiring and creating innovative and creative teams within the organization.
Redefining Diversity in the Workplace Frontier of the Future: 5 Steps to Increase Thought Diversity
The future of workplace diversity has moved beyond yesteryears definition of diversity. We have moved beyond gender, race, and culture as the definition of diversity. Today, we need creativity, innovation, and difference in thought in our organizations.
We all bring different experiences, cultures, and personalities and those differences reflect an organization's diversity. How we approach a problem, the lens we see things through, and the diversity in our individual observational points bring robust thinking into the workplace.
Here are 5 steps that leaders can take to create thought diversity within their organizations.
Consider the unconventional candidate.
Most of us follow a script of set questions to ask each candidate and then compare the answers of each candidate. We then tend to choose candidates whose answers closely match how we would answer the question or expect the candidate to answer. As humans we choose mirrors of ourselves or our perceptions of the "best" choice for the team. We end up with a team that lacks diversity and in essence all "think" alike. We must challenge ourselves to look at the candidate that answers differently, sees the question differently, and may bring uniqueness of thought to the team.
Leverage your team's unique talents.
Now that you are hiring candidates that think differently and building a diverse team, how can you leverage their uniqueness? Get to know each member by observing their individual strengths. Who challenges the status quo? Who brings creative solutions? Know each individuals unique talents so that can be used for specific assignments or tasks and maximize their strengths.
Encourage honest feedback with specific questions
When asking team members for feedback use specific targeted questions rather than a blanket, "what do you think?" type question. Be specific with your questions so that your listeners respond with diverse opinions and constructive feedback. Instead of asking the question of "what did you like", change it and ask the question phrased as "what did you like least?"
Introduce reverse mentoring to gain a mix of perspectives
With technology moving at such a fast pace today, most of us see younger workers teaching older ones how to use and employ new technology tools. Reverse mentoring creates an environment where younger employees feel they are valued and give a new perspective for the more established office members.
Leaders can create a culture that is open to new ideas, starting with themselves
Thought diversity is how we think, and it reflects who they are as individuals. If your team does not feel comfortable with sharing new ideas, then their varied ways of thinking will not be evident. Managers should not stifle discussions or be close-minded to suggestions, even when they are their own ideas.


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I'm creating a WordPress-driven website to replace an existing website. The existing website uses server directory protection to provide two areas subject to login. For the two protected areas, the respective login User ID and Password was provided to all those who need to know it. a.k.a. Two common logins.
With the new WP-driven site, we will be moving to individual logins for every member. However, during the transition period I have to replicate these two "common" logins. I've created user accounts for each, but I also have to have a way to prevent people from being able to change the profile information on those two accounts. Being able to prevent editing of ANY profile info on these two accounts would be ideal, but the ability to prevent editing of e-mail address AND password is an absolute must.
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Prime Minister's Passover message
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Read the Prime Minister's message to mark Passover in 2013.
Prime Minister David Cameron sends greetings to Jewish communities in UK and across the world observing Pesach (Passover).
Mr Cameron, said:
I send my very best wishes to Jewish communities in Britain and internationally celebrating Passover this year.
The fact that millions of people are observing a festival which is thousands of years old shows the enduring and positive strength of your faith in our world.
And it is right that the story of the Exodus - the freeing of oppressed peoples - is not forgotten. I join you in the hope and determination that a lasting peace can be found for Israel and the wider region.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to praise the British Jewish community for their significant historic and continued contribution to life in the UK, which has helped make Britain the richly diverse and inclusive place it is today.
I wish you a happy and peaceful Pesach.
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Revised to reflect the most current issues in the programming industry, this successful book emphasizes that problem solving is the same in all computer languages, regardless of syntax.
Uses a generic, non-language-specific approach to present the tools and concepts required when using any programming language to develop computer applications. Is designed for readers with little or no computer experience, but is also useful to programmers at any level. Provides step-by-step progression and consistent in-depth coverage of topics, with detailed explanations and many illustrations. Covers topics ranging from the basics of mathematical functions and operators to the design and use of such techniques as code, arrays, pointers, other data structures, database concepts, and object-oriented programming concepts.
A useful reference for programmers.
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