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Roy Hodgson praised Wilfried Zaha's attitude after the Crystal Palace star came off the bench in today's 0-0 draw with Everton at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles winger was strongly linked with a switch to Goodison Park in the run-up to Thursday's transfer deadline, although the Eagles stood firm and ensured their star man was going nowhere.
Zaha was among the substitutes and any fears of a hostile reception from the stands were quickly dispelled as rapturous applause greeted his 65th minute introduction for Jordan Ayew.
Hodgson said: "He handled it very well I thought. The crowd helped didn't it?
"The crowd gave him such a great reception and it was nice to have him available obviously to give us another dimension for our play.
"I thought the two front players who started the game did an exceptional job.
"But Jordan (Ayew) was tiring, as was Christian (Benteke), so it was good to have Wilf to come on for Jordan and Connor Wickham to come on for Christian Benteke and maybe keep that bit of momentum we had going in that latter part of the game.
"It was never going be easy to break down their defence but I thought we gave it a good shot.
"His attitude today was excellent. The fact is that situation has been and gone and Wilf I'm sure now will make certain he brings his straw to the water and helps us have a good season, just like he has done in the past two seasons."
It was the Toffees who began brightly and they should have been ahead in the second minute, only for Gylfi Sigurdsson to fire wide after being picked out by Lucas Digne.
Christian Benteke came to Palace's rescue by heading Richarlison's 14th minute effort off the line.
Vincente Guaita produced a superb save on the half hour to deny Seamus Coleman moments before Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed off target.
The home side's best chance came five minutes before the break as Max Meyer took a couple of touches inside the box before seeing his shot deflected behind.
It signalled the start of several Palace corners, from one of which Scott Dann almost headed them in front.
Patrick van Aanholt was ideally placed to scramble away Sigurdsson's shot off the line early in the second half.
England keeper Jordan Pickford twice used his leg in quick succession to deny Jordan Ayew and then Meyer as the Eagles successfully sprung the visiting offside trap.
Guaita got down low to deal with Sigurdsson's strike from outside of the box but the biggest cheer of the day came when Zaha replaced Ayew.
Richarlison placed a curling shot agonisingly inches wide with Guaita beaten, while Digne made a vital interception to prevent Benteke converting van Aanholt's inviting low delivery.
Everton were reduced to 10-men in the 76th minute after Morgan Schneiderlin picked up his second yellow card of the game for going in late on Luka Milivojevic.
Zaha created a bit of panic in the Toffees' box late on, although Palace never really looked like making their numerical advantage count as the game petered out into a scoreless draw.
Hodgson was happy with a point in the end considering he was without the services of more than half of his ideal starting XI.
The Eagles boss explained: "The team really that played the bulk of the matches for us last year – towards the end Scott Dann and Martin Kelly had to come into the team because of injuries to James Tomkins and Aaron Wan-Bissaka – was the team that basically played 32 or 33 of the games.
"We were missing seven of those players today and that's asking a lot. You have to step up.
"Luckily for me those players I'm referring to will be getting fit again and I'm looking forward to having all those players back in the squad.
"In particular I'm looking forward to making certain the guys who came back from the African Nations Cup (are fit).
"Cheikhou (Kouyate) came to us on Thursday and did his first training session having not done any training before that.
"Then we've got the new guys as well Gary Cahill, James McCarthy and Victor Camarasa, so I'm feeling much more comfortable now going forward there is a squad and group of players that has options.
"If we show the same determination, fight and guts that we did through the whole of the game today that will stand us in good stead.
"I'm going to put this down as a proper Crystal Palace performance where maybe on paper the odds were stacked against us.
"But we didn't allow the odds to damage our chances of getting a result from the game."


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AirGrid M2 is a complete outdoor unit including 16 dBi antennas for 2.4 GHz band, suitable for remote clients. Unit allows real communication speeds up to 100 Mbps.
For high speed transmission unit uses standard 802.11nav the case of use as a client unit also supports AirMAX (TDMA) to connect to AP with low latency. The unit can also operate against AP supporting the only standard 802.11g. Antenna system uses patented technology to achieve the best InnerFeed properties while maintaining a good price.
Web-based configuration is very simple and clear. Can be set as:
-AP mode, client or WDS – Traffic shaping – QoS – Between WAN and LAN routing and transparent bridge without NAT or NAT – Signal strength, which is suited to the specific signaling LED
In bridge mode and WDS device supports transparent transmission of IPv6.
Included is a USB PoE injector, through which you can directly drive power. Use a different way can be 24 V power supply with passive PoE injector.
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Designed to be a highly directive CPE device, the airGridM performs at a range of up to 50+ km.
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Ubiquiti's InnerFeed technology seamlessly combines the radio and reflector feed for maximum RF performance.

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Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) announced its December ending Q3 FY2012 results last Thursday that were below its own guidance levels, as expected. (see RIM Earnings Preview: Another Round of Weak Results Expected) The company reported revenues of $5.2 billion, less than even the lower-end of its guidance for the quarter. [1] Following the announcement, RIM's stock collapsed almost 8% in after-hours trading yesterday. The company has lost over 70% of its stock value in the past year having struggled to hold on to its smartphone market share in the face of increasing competition from Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android-based smartphones.
See our note that discussed RIM's potential suitors: RIM's Takeover Talks Grow Stronger as Amazon, Microsoft Take Closer Look
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See our complete analysis for RIM stock here
Blackberry shipments
The last three quarters have seen RIM's shipments of Blackberry phones decline steadily from close to 15 million in the first quarter to less than 11 million last quarter. However, the launch of the new Blackberry 7 phones helped RIM stem the decline and post shipments of 14.1 million for the quarter. Investors need to note here that shipments to sales channels doesn't imply actual sales to customers. Although shipments rose 33% q-on-q, the actual sell-through to customers wasn't so impressive. This has led RIM to guide for only 11-12 million Blackberry shipments next quarter.
Moreover, its new Blackberry 10 phones will not be available until the later part of next year. A big reason why RIM has lost out to its competitors has been the delayed product launches. In fact, the company attributed the poor sell-through of its Blackberry 7 phones to its delayed launch, among other reasons. The company has been pitching its new line of smartphones, built on the new QNX platform, to turn around its flagging fortunes for quite some time and we were hoping to see it in the early part of next year. However, a delayed launch will now pit RIM against Apple's next-generation iPhone and Nokia's extended range of Windows phones, in addition to a horde of newer and improved Android phones. Increased competition poses greater risk to Blackberry's already declining market share next year.
Sales and Marketing expenses to increase
The later-than-expected launch of the BlackBerry 7 smartphones caused the company to delay its advertising and marketing efforts, leading to lower operating costs for the quarter. Operating costs declined approximately 10% from the second quarter. However, this means higher sales and marketing costs next quarter. With the BB10 smartphones some way off and Playbook's update 2.0 also not expected until February at least, the company is relying on its marketing and promotional offers to drive sales of all its devices throughout next year. However, given the poor sales so far, we are skeptical about the company's ability to sell phones solely based on advertising.
We have updated our price estimate for RIM stock to $16.12, which is around 15% ahead of market price.
Understand How a Company's Products Impact its Stock Price at TrefisNotes:
- RIM's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results, SeekingAlpha Call Transcript, December 15th, 2011 [↩]


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Friday, February 6, 2009
Editor's note: Hello, Georgia. It's the end of another week that's seen temps plunge into the mid-teens overnight across Georgia to not even breaking freezing while the sun's up. Now we're heading into the weekend with darn-near balmy temperatures. While it's a welcome change from the past two days, I'm siding with the sage senior citizen I encountered at my local YMCA this morning who said: "Warming up is good, but these changes'll kill ya!"
If state Senator Eric Johnson gets his way, change will come to our schools by way of vouchers. In today's Green Sheet you will find his Soapbox column that outlines why he has introduced legislation to create vouchers that would allow parents more choice in choosing schools for their kids. His column is a direct refutation of the stand GONSO Editor John Sugg took recently and we're offering a link to Sugg's original column here for you to use as a counterpoint on your op-ed pages. Put 'em side by side and see for yourself.
GONSO's Wendy Parker spends signing day with new Georgia State football coach Bill Curry as he recruits his first class of players for the debut 2010 team.
The Senate could vote as early as Monday on Georgia Power's plan to start charging residential customers for a nuclear power plant that has yet to be built. GONSO's Maggie Lee has a powerful preview of our electrical future might be.
And GONSO's bon vivant columnist Hollis Gillespie made a visit to the capitol and came away thinking it takes all kinds to make the government work, from the suits to the criminals. Now, who's who, exactly?
As always, we'd like to hear from you. Send your comments and any story ideas to executive editor John Sugg at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also call us at 800-891-3459.
Your input is crucial to what we do. Have a great, and warm, weekend.
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=== Documentation ===
=== Documentation ===
Revision as of 15:55, 6 April 2009
CoGeBlast Screenshot
|Software company
|CoGe Team
|Analysis Type
|Blast query sequences against genomes stored in CoGe database
|Working state
|Tools Utilized
|blastn, tblastn, tblastx, blastz
CoGeBlast is CoGe's interface to BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) and other related algorithms. With CoGeBlast, one can take any query sequence, whether user submitted or requested from the CoGe database, and compare it against any number of genomes in the CoGe database
CoGeBlast is a web-based interface to blast that allows you to quickly:
- Add query sequences
- Find and select any number of organisms and genomes in CoGe to search against
- Configure a blast analysis
- Visualize an overview of blast hits (High-scoring Sequence Pairs; HSP) in relationship to their genomic locations
- Interact with a sortable list of blast hits detailing
- which query sequence matched which organism
- their genomic location
- query sequence coverage
- variety of blast hit metrics (length, e-value, score, percent ID, quality)
- and allows you to find the closest genomic feature in the searched organisms
- Visualize individual hits in their genomic context to determine the extent to which you query matched
- Get sequence, alignment and positional information for a given hit
- An overview of the number of times your query sequences matched a given organism
- Links to data files including
- table of blast hits metrics and sequences
- fasta file of query Hit sequences
- fasta file of subject Hit sequences
- file of blast hit alignments
- raw blast reports for each organisms searched
- Ability to select identified genomic regions and:
- send to other programs in CoGe
- generate a fasta file of nearby genomic features
- export results to a tab delimited file or Microsoft Excel
Alignment Algorithms
CoGeBlast utilizes a number of variants of the BLAST algorithm originally developed by Altschul et al. [1]
Running an Analysis
Quick Run
To quickly run an analysis:
- Add query sequences
- Find and add organisms to search against
- Press the "CoGeBlast" button to start your analysis.
Detailed View
1. Adding Query Sequences:
Simply paste your sequences in this box. If you are searching with more than one sequence, make sure they are in fasta format:
>sequence name TAATATATCTGATGATGCTGACTGCATGCA
>sequence 2 name TATGATCGTACGTACGTACGATCGTACGATCGT
Many tools in CoGe link to CoGeBlast and will automatically deposit sequences in this box. You can always replace those that have been automatically deposited or add additional sequence.
2. Select Blast analysis type:
If you have added in your own sequences, make sure to select whether they are protein or DNA sequences. If sequences have been added automatically, when you change the sequence type, the sequence in the box will change automatically as well. For each sequence type, you can then select an appropriate blast algorithms. Blastb, tblastx, and blastz for nucleotide sequence; tblastn for protein sequence.
3. Configure blast parameters
Different blast algorithms have different parameters you can set. The ones in this area will change depending on the algorithm selected. Although an explanation of the meaning of the parameters are beyond the scope of this document, you can easily find the information elsewhere on the internet. However, one important configuration for CoGeBlast is "Limit results to:" which sets the upper limit to the number of blast hits displayed for each organism, regardless of how blast is configured. This limit is set so that if you blast a sequence that is highly repetitive, you do not overload your web-browser with results. You can change this limit as you see fit, and if more results were generated than were returned to your browser, you will be notified in the results. Also, the entire blast results file is available for downloading.
4. Select Organisms to Blast
There are many thousands of organisms in CoGe. To find those of interest, simply type their name (or a portion of their name) in the "Name" box or a description in the "Description" box. Most organisms have a description that follows NCBI's organism naming convention. For example:
Escherichia coli str. K12 substr. DH10B Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
This allows you to search descriptions for "gamma" and find all gammaproteobacteria (plus some other things). When you get the list of organisms back, you can add them to the search list by selecting them and pressing the "add" button, or double clicking on the organism name. If you want to add all from the search list, press "Add all listed".
5. Color Blast Hits According to:
You can color the blast hits that are displayed on the genomic overview of blast hits based on a few criteria:
- None: All hits are colored green
- Query Sequence: Each blast hits generating by a different query sequence is given a different color. This is useful if you are looking at the genomic distribution of a few different sequences.
- Log Quality: Each blast hit is colored based on its log normalized "quality" score. The quality score is calculated by multiplying the percent identity of the hit to its coverage of the query sequence (PERCENT_IT * PERCENT_QUERY_COVERAGE). The colors are displayed in a green-yellow-red gradient with green being the top score and red being the bottom score.
- Percent Identity: Each blast hit is colored based on its percent identity. The colors are displayed in a green-yellow-red gradient with green being the top score and red being the bottom score.
An example of such colors are show for Log Quality. Note that each organism's hit colors are normalized only to it:
Run CoGeBlast
When your analysis is configured, just press the "CoGeBlast" button!
While CoGeBlast is Running
While CoGeBlast is running, you'll see a spinning double helix of DNA at the top of the web-page, and a status report of what is happening behind the scenes in terms of finding or creating organisms' blastable databases, and blasting their genomes:
CoGeBlast Results
When returned, your results will appear above the section where you configured your analysis:
- Is a graphical overview of the location of your blast hits in genomes searched. Those that had no hits will be listed at the bottom of this table.
- Interactive table of blast hits showing detailed information for each hit. Each column of the table is sortable, and can be hidden from view if not needed for interpreting your analysis.
- Overview table of the number of times each query sequence hit each organism. If the number of hits returned exceeded the limit as specified in the configuration of your analysis, there will be a notification in this table.
- Links to data files.
- (Not shown above). A detailed view of a blast hit in the context of the query sequence and the genomic region to which it matched.
You should read this if you are confused.
- ↑ Altschul SF, Gish W, Miller W, Myers EW, Lipman DJ (1990). "Basic local alignment search tool". J Mol Biol 215 (3): 403–410.doi:10.1006/jmbi.1990.9999. PMID 2231712. http://www-math.mit.edu/~lippert/18.417/papers/altschuletal1990.pdf.
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That nice Mr. Arron Banks over at Leave.eu sent me a very inspiring and reassuring e-mail that I thought others in the Leave camp might enjoy. I'm still waiting for an e-mail – or any contact at all, come to that – from the Vote Leave campaign. Wouldn't it be pleasing if, in the spirit of sharing, I received and e-mail written jointly by both campaigns?
Anyway, here's that e-mail:
When David Cameron promised a referendum on EU membership at the beginning of the year, no-one — least of all Mr. Cameron himself — believed he would end up being held to his word.He didn't have a majority and no ruling party had increased its vote share between normal elections since 1955. With Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg both opposed, a referendum bill would never pass. It was supposed to be just another empty PR gesture to please party supporters.
Remember that previous "cast-iron" pledge?
But he didn't reckon with the determination of the Great British Public to finally have a say. For forty years we've been led down the path towards a United States of Europe we never asked for.
Mr. Cameron has had to keep his word this time. The referendum is on, and no-one is better placed to fight it than our team here at Leave.eu. With endorsements from politicians and campaigners across the political spectrum, we've signed up well over a thousand councillors, more than 3,000 businesses and 350,000 grassroots supporters — that's more than the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP have put together.
Without question, this is the biggest, fastest-growing political movement in our country's modern history, backed by an amazing team of professional analysts and campaigners from Cambridge Analytica, who worked on Nelson Mandela's presidential campaign, and Goddard Gunster, who have been fighting referendums for decades, achieving a 90% success rate.
Up against us are the Remains: a rogues' gallery of Brussels bureaucrats, disgraced politicians and EU-funded academics, trying to defend an out-of-date, out-of-touch customs union which has spent the past year bullying its members in Eastern Europe and squeezing the poor Greeks mercilessly. Its handling of the ongoing and self-inflicted migrant crisis has been abysmal and ultimately tragic, while the former head of Interpol has come out to condemn the fast-collapsing Schengen Area as "an international passport-free zone for terrorists".
We know that David Cameron's fudged renegotiation isn't going to change anything. He isn't asking for an end to the supremacy of unaccountable EU law over the laws of our own courts, elected parliaments and assemblies. He isn't asking for the power to be returned to strike trade deals with our friends outside the EU, or for our independent vote on global bodies like the WTO to be restored. He isn't even asking for us to be given back the power to manage our own fishing waters and farm policy, despite decades of ruinous mismanagement.
As for migration, well, we might be treated to a great, choreographed row over benefits and a few trivial concessions, but this is politics mimicking professional wrestling. What you see is not real; it is staged and it is fake. Real powers to control who can come into the country are NOT up for discussion.
A stiff breeze should be enough to knock down this crumbling edifice and we've spent the last year building a referendum machine which, with your help, should roll right over it. Let's get that motor running! Let's make 2016 a year to remember and one our grandchildren will thank us for.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from everyone here at the Leave.eu team,
Arron Banks
Co-founder Leave.EU
Seems like, thanks to Mr. Banks and his friends and supporters, and thanks to Vote Leave, and especially, of course, thanks to Nigel Farage and UKIP, we have a real shot at shaking off the EU shackles that our own leaders have placed on our ankles, and regaining our sovereignty and freedom. Sure, the Remain camp has the formidable Brexit referendum benefits of what they perceive as the "status quo", the woeful under-education of a UK public regarding the true, ugly purpose of the EU, a corrupt Electoral Commission, and an even more corrupt EU Commission with their access to our money to be spent in the Remain cause, and possibly the most corrupt institution of all – the BBC, which has lied about the EU in return for cash for decades.
But we on the Leave side have the biggest benefit of all: The truth. The truth about what the EU really is and intends for us and a UK population with liberty in its blood and that is increasingly turning its back on the lies of the EU and its corrupt supporters in our own country, and shunning the EU's, parasitic politics and fear-mongering.
Personally, I think, by trying to force the UK to stay in the EU, the EU and its supporters now have a tiger by the tail. Or, should that be a lion?


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Kevin Lasser is the founder and CEO of JEMS Technology (JEMS), a medical device provider of HIPAA compliant mobile live-streaming video (TeleVideo). The technology permits clinicians to safely use mobile technology, such as smartphones, to "Consult. Anytime. Anywhere." – while complying with patient privacy laws.
Having developed "best in class" encryption security and having been the Chairman of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, Kevin launched JEMS in 2010. JEMS is generally recognized as the first company worldwide to deliver medical-grade TeleVideo direct to a smart-device.
In 2017, Kevin started vetting Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Predictive Analytics platforms on behalf of his health care clients. Through the discovery process and needs analysis, he has been able to deliver, in a short period of time, an A.I. solution for Henry Ford Village (largest long term care facility in Michigan) and the Health Ministry of Canada.
Kevin is the Chair of Medical Main Street's Mobile Health Advisory Committee, a Board of Director of ALS Association of Michigan, and was an inaugural member of the HIMSS Mobile Health Committee.
Prior to JEMS, Kevin was CEO and co-founder of Encryption Security Solutions (ESS) and Pure Entropy Technologies (PET). Both companies were acknowledged as best in class providers of encryption and cyber security solutions for private (through ESS) and public (through PET) institutions.
Prior to ESS and PET, Kevin was President and founder of Sage Financial Corporation (Sage). Sage was consistently honored with "Top Ten Money Finders Group Awards" from esteemed financial organizations such as GE Capital, Pitney Bowes Financial and Maryland National Financial Corp. Sage funded approximately $230 million for small to mid-size businesses over a ten-year period.
Kevin is the recipient of various professional awards/recognitions including, "Information Week – Healthcare – 9 Mobile Healthcare Applications to Watch," "Edward C. Lowe Foundation – 50 Companies in Michigan to Watch," as well as a number of entrepreneurial awards.
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When Jesus offers us, calls us, to eat his flesh and drink his blood he is offering us divine life through his divine flesh and blood. Don't try to explain, but don't resist either, just enter into this mystery. Allow yourself to receive these words from Jesus. "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." John 6:51-56 ESV. We might try to relieve some of the tension here, tell ourselves that when Jesus says something like And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh, he's really just talking about his own sacrifice upon the cross. We're not really going to eat his flesh like we would eat bread. (Oh yeah?) We might do this because we need to make Jesus' words fit into our own theological and religious system. We might also ask, like the Jews here, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Bunch of empiricists, trying to figure it out…Truly, truly, I say to you…Jesus says nothing about the how, he just says it.
""Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church." Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV


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On behalf of Victoria Mills Developments Ltd Zerum prepared and submitted a full detailed planning application for Phase II of the Milliners Wharf development in East Manchester.
The application comprised a mixed use development comprising, 144 apartments split over two buildings and an A1 Retail Unit, with associated car parking, access, servicing and landscaping.
The development is ideally located immediately adjacent to a Metrolink stop, for easy access into the heart of Manchester or further afield within the Metrolink network.
Construction of the scheme was complete in 2016 and represents another step in the delivery of the East Manchester Strategic Regeneration Framework. It makes a positive contribution to the wider East Manchester area. The scheme represented significant investment that acted as a catalyst for further investment in the area. The development created a positive statement as to what can be achieved in New Islington.
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The herd of 11 Asian elephants that have worked for the Ringling Bros. Circus for decades have cause for celebration this week. The traveling circus announced that the herd will be punching the clock for the last time this May, 18 months earlier than expected. The elephants new home will be the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation.
The herd ranges from ages 5 to 47. The youngest elephant, April, will be returning to her mother after a year of service to the circus.
The original decision came in March after years of mounting pressure and accusations by animal rights activists that the circus was abusing the elephants. Stephen Payne, the vice president of corporate communications of Feld Entertainment, Ringling's parent company, insisted that the new decision came under no "external factors," and that the early retirement came as a result of open space of the conservation.
"When we announced last year that we would retire the elephants by 2018, we basically drew a line in the sand, then started to work backwards," Payne said in an interview with National Geographic. "We were surprised after a lot of hard work by the center staff that we had the barn space, the pasture space, and the water resources for moving the elephants sooner rather than later."
Although you can argue that the decision came a little late, it's hard to be upset with the steady progress of animal rights the past year. From SeaWorld's start to ending orca shows, to the National Institute of Health retiring all chimpanzees from their laboratories, the victories are starting to add up.
The herd will join a group of 29 other Asian elephants already on the conservation who are free from circus life and are contributing to an important cause. In a study published in October, researchers found that DNA found in Asian and African elephants may hold the key to a new breakthrough in cancer research. Humans and other mammals have one gene called P53 that may help in the fight against tumors. These elephants have 20 of the same gene. So, this news is an important step in the right direction for the conservation of these awesome creatures.


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Transformers Star Shia LaBeouf Apologizes for his Arrest
The movie star famous for his role in Transformers and Indiana Jones, Shia LaBeouf sheds light on his arrest.
The exploits of Shia LaBeouf off the camera have been well cataloged. The former face of the Transformers franchise has done everything from assaulting his neighbor back in 2005 to refusing to leave a Walgreens in Chicago in 2007. While he's had the chance to play many different roles for directors like Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay, his life outside the camera has been truly challenging for him. Many child stars such as Lindsay Lohan have struggled with these issues, especially some of the ones coming out of Disney like Lohan and LaBeouf. It seems a strange trend to think Disney, which produces some of most positive films out there, could start someone down such a negative path. Yet, LaBeouf and Lohan are merely a few of the young Disney stars that have had issues once they've gotten into the spotlight. As of late though, LaBeouf came clean after his most recent brush with the law.
LaBeouf had been arrested in Savannah, Georgia for public drunkenness, obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. He was able to post his $7,000 bail but it added to his already long rap sheet. Yet, he finally came clean about the problems he's been facing. As opposed to other occasions where he blamed people and was antagonistic toward others, he took the chance on Twitter to come clean about what exactly has been happening with him.
"I am deeply ashamed of my behavior and make no excuse for it," LaBeouf wrote. "I don't know if these statements are too frequent, or not shared often enough, but I am certain that my actions warrant a very sincere apology to the arresting officers, and I am grateful for their restraint. The severity of my behavior is not lost on me."
His apology seems much more genuine than when he hired an airplane to sky-write "I'm sorry, Daniel Clowes" after he copied a story from Clowes for his short-film HowardCantour.com despite Clowes receiving no credit for the work or when he decided to perform his #IAMSORRY piece. However, this apology seems to be not only a bit more genuine but honest too, which could seem to indicate his need for the best alcohol rehab.
"My outright disrespect for authority is problematic to say the least, and completely destructive to say the worst," LaBeouf said "It is a new low. A low I hope is a new bottom. I have been struggling with addiction publicly for far too long, and I am actively taking steps toward security my sobriety and hope I can be forgiven for my mistakes."
The ironic thing about LaBeouf is he never seemed the type to have any internal struggles. He did a fantastic job of playing many different characters from one of the great historic American golfers to a teenager struggling with familial issues while attempting to protect his mom from a serial killer neighbor. He also has not seemed ever to be someone who did not enjoy what he did. Yet, being thrust into the spotlight cannot come easily to anyone.
At 31-years of age, the actor is probably used to having all of his personal life and any struggles being broadcast on national television. Yet, the lack of privacy could have something to do with why exactly the actor is the way he is today. It could worsen his addiction and need for a best alcohol rehab. LaBeouf still has plenty of fans and has gotten work, despite his private addiction issues or has he calls them "public." People like Robert Redford have cast LaBeouf because he is a good actor and that's something that cannot be ignored.
Hopefully, LaBeouf finally gets the help he needs. His struggles are real but his fans don't want him to quit acting because they know he's got plenty of talent to show the world. He has many movies left to make. Can LaBeouf come back? It would be great to see him back in a Transformers movie after Transformers: The Last Knight implied something most fans were upset about.
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Elmira Ayvazyan's journey to the United States is something she has waited for her entire life. Life in the United States is something she never thought would be possible, and now she is grateful for the opportunity her host family has given her.
"First [when] they [The FLEX Organization] called me and said that I was a finalist, I couldn't believe my mind," Ayvazyan said. "I started crying and I was alone at home so there was no one there to celebrate with."
Ayvazyan's hard work paid off in so many ways. In the FLEX organization students must pass three rounds of tests in order to become an exchange student. The first round consists of an English test, so the organization can see where the student's English skills stand. The second round is a written composition, to test their English skills once more, and the third round is an interview with the student and organization.
"Last year I participated in the same program; I failed it on the third round, but this year I succeeded," Ayvazyan said. "Last year when I was trying I was really nervous because I wanted to come here badly, but this year I didn't think about it so much; it was a piece of cake."
Moving from Europe to the United States there are many differences, especially in schools. Most schools in Europe are very small and a bit less chaotic compared to American. When Ayvazyan first entered school in America it was everything she had expected.
"I think everything is different here," Ayvazyan said. "We don't change our classes, and we don't have any lockers. It is really similar to the movies; for example, the pep rallies, football games, the behavior of the kids and the teachers and everything like that. I really like it; I always feel like I am a movie character."
What Americans will learn from a foreign exchange student is that school is much more difficult in their home country than in the United States. Most of their difficulties here are translation, but otherwise it is a walk in the park.
"I think in Armenia it is much harder because there are some things that we have that are much [more] difficult, and we don't focus on sports," Ayvazyan said. "We have sports, but they are outside of school like clubs. We focus more on the academics at school."
American history can also be a difficult subject for foreign exchange students.
"Armenia has a very old history, it is one of the oldest countries in the world, and we were the first country to make Christian religion our first religion," Ayvazyan said. "The town where I live is all about Christian history; the first Christian church in the world is in my country."
First experiences are the memories that most people keep near and dear to their heart. For Elmira Ayvazyan, her first American experience was very near and dear to her stomach. She found the expression "Everything is bigger in Texas," is most definitely true.
"After the airport I went with my family to the Mexican food restaurant and I was really surprised at the size of the plate; I could not finish it," Ayvazyan said. "I felt really sorry."
Ayvazyan's adventure in the United States is just now beginning, but as most know it will all fly by in a blink of an eye.
"I will miss everything, because everything is really nice here," Ayvazyan said. "I will miss my host family, my school, and my American friends."


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Buddy Werner Team (ages 10-15)
This program is for kids who are new to alpine ski racing or who enjoy running gates and skiing the mountain with their friends and coaches, but aren't ready to focus on a full competition schedule. Alpine ski racing is a great way to improve fundamental skiing skills that work for any discipline and Buddy Werner Team members can take their skills in any direction. There is a good balance between gate training and all mountain skiing. Training includes bumps, powder, tree skiing, jumps, steeps and race courses. Competition opportunities include the local Steamboat Cup series, and selected Youth Ski League and/or Age Class events at nearby ski areas in Colorado. For a uniquely Steamboat program, try the Buddy Werner Ski & Jump or Buddy Werner Ski Meister programs that add a day of ski jumping and/or cross country skiing to the mix for a well-rounded skill set and loads of fun!
Minimum skiing requirement: Comfortable on intermediate and expert trails.
Equipment requirements: Slalom or multi-event junior racing ski, properly fitted junior ski boots, helmet, goggles with UV lenses. An equipment ordering session is scheduled for September 5. Seasonal rental packages with appropriate skis and boots available through local shops, check with coaches for details.
Season pass information: Must have ski passes to Howelsen Hill and to Steamboat Ski Resort.
Competition information: All will participate in local Steamboat Cup races (included in program fee). Optional participation in selected Youth Ski League (YSL) and/or Age Class events sanctioned by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Licensing requirements: If participating in YSL or Age Class, skier must have U.S. Ski & Snowboard competitor membership, otherwise no memberships are required.
Buddy Werner Team (BWT)
Sept 30 – Mar 21
4:00-6:00pm @ HH
M 5:30-7:30pm @ SB
W 4:00-6:00pm @ HH
Sa 8:30am-3:00pm @ SB
Program Fee:
$2,630 (+$450 Work Deposit)
Buddy Werner Ski & Jump
Sept 18 – Mar 23
Mondays & Wednesdays starting Sept 30, 4-6pm @ HH
Fridays starting Sept 27 4-6pm @ HH
M 5:30-7:30pm @ SB (starting 12/16)
W 4:00-6:00pm @ HH
F 4:00-6:00pm @ HH (jump night, thru 3/13)
Sa 8:30am-3:00pm @ SB
Program Fee:
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Buddy Werner Ski Meister
Sept 27– Mar 21
Mondays & Wednesdays starting Sept 30 4-6pm @ HH
Fridays starting Sept 27 4-6pm @ HH
M Alpine ski 5:30-7:30pm @ SB (starting 12/16)
T XC ski 4-6pm @ HH (thru 3/10
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by Escape Reality Birmingham (website)
60-62 Constitution Hill, Jewellery Quarter, B19 3JT
2-6 players
60 minutes
Overall rating
based on ratings from 11 users
combined with 4 pro reviews
Player reviews
Well themed with some fiendishly difficult puzzles coupled with some really easy ones, the prison environment looks good and this is a split start game.
Absconding from Alcatraz
This was my third prison-themed room, but I'm always willing to see how different companies present them.
As convicted criminals, your fellow inmates have created a distraction, giving you one hour to escape before the warden comes back.
Somewhat traditional: a bit of counting, some arithmetic, a dash of practical. Teamwork was important, but only at the very start. As three decent players, we worked well together and didn't struggle on much.
The cells were credible...I wasn't particularly wowed by anything beyond that point.
Final Comments
This room doesn't deserve more than a three-star rating. When compared to Lucardo's The Prison, it shows there are definitely some missed opportunities!
This was my first ever escape room and it was amazing - being separated at the start immediately makes you work as a team. There were some easy parts and some much more difficult parts. We made the rookie mistake of letting a door behind us lock, other than that we didn't need any help from GMs. Would 100% recommend!
My favourite room they have here at escape reality.
Love the start of the room and it really demonstrates teamwork. The first half of the room is truly a teamwork game and co operation.
I know the prison feel can be overdone as its a common theme, however this was executed very well and made it feel like a true escape.
A couple of the puzzles were a little ambiguous with very little signposting, however i would say that its certainly not the hardest room we have ever played by a long shot and i and that all the rooms at escape reality cater for beginner players rather than intermediate or advanced.
if you are ever in manchester, please make sure you stop by and give this game a go. a team of 4 is optimal
Overused theme with cheap props and unusable tablet hint system. No GM interaction apart from actually having to come into the room to do something. Easy puzzles bar one incredibly frustrating supposedly obvious action. Do not recommend.
This is a tough game. We didn't get out, but it's a good type of tough.
Got to the last puzzle in 35 mins.... last puzzle spoilt it. Even with the guy in the room explaining to us how to do it we were still a bit like 'that makes no sense' apart from that cannot fault the team or the place whatsoever. Brilliant!!
Reviews by escape room review sites
Time penalties were given for each clue given which is the only downside for Escape Reality, however, we escaped within the 60 minutes we were given, so I'm taking it as a win.
A good looking room, with good puzzles, this was the last of 4 for us, I thoroughly enjoyed it, we could have, and probably should have made it easier for ourselves, but despite that we got through. The iPad with time penalties for clues is probably the only downside for me.
Alcatraz is a well-produced room with good puzzle diversity. The overall experience is ultimately let down by the sub-par hint system, but the room itself is good quality. I'd recommend this room for larger teams that have a few escape room victories under their belt – you'll need every brain in the room!
See also
- All games by Escape Reality Birmingham
- All games in Birmingham
- Escape Reality Cardiff: Alcatraz (Cardiff)
- Escape Reality Coventry: Alcatraz (Coventry)
- Escape Reality Edinburgh: Alcatraz (Edinburgh)
- Escape Reality Glasgow: Alcatraz (Glasgow)
- Escape Reality Leeds: Alcatraz (Leeds)
- Escape Reality Leicester: Alcatraz (Leicester)
- Escape Reality Manchester: Alcatraz (Manchester)
- Escape Reality Preston: Alcatraz (Preston)


text: Digital Mobile Game Roundup: Faily Brakes, Retro Shot and More Here's a look at some of the new mobile games released this week.By Brandy Shaul|February 26, 2016 Share By Brandy Shaul|February 26, 2016 Share If you're looking for a new mobile game to try, plenty of new options were released this week, including Slide the Shakes from Prettygreat. The game asks players to slide milkshakes across a bar top so they land in a target zone.In addition, Wooga released its newest game this week: Futurama: Game of Drones. The match-four puzzle game challenges players to help Fry, Leela and other Futurama characters defeat an army of drones controlled by the evil MomCorp.Finally, Bandai Namco Entertainment America released Pac-Man Puzzle Tour, a match-three puzzle game challenging players to help Pac-Man retrieve the world's stolen fruit from Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, as well as new ghosts.Are you looking for a different game to play? Here's a look at some of the additional games which launched this week. Faily Brakes (Free on iOS) – From Spunge Games, this endless driving game challenges players to survive while driving down a mountainside in a car with no brakes. Players can tap on left and right buttons to steer their vehicle and avoid obstacles, like trees, trains and rocks, as examples. Gamers can collect coins as they drive, and spend these coins on new vehicles. Players will also receive free coins as gifts over time, and can earn additional coins by watching video ads. Faily Brakes is expected to launch on Android in March.Fire Fu ($1.99 on iOS) – From RetroFist and publisher All 4 Games, Fire Fu is an arcade game, challenging players to drag their finger on the screen to destroy enemy creatures with fire. Players have 60 seconds to earn as many points as possible, and can earn extra time by burning special enemies which appear on the screen. While playing, gamers must avoid destroying bombs and other obstacles, which can take away their points. In addition, gamers begin with a special potion which can help them while playing. As players progress, they'll collect currency which can be spent on four additional potions, and can choose which potion they'd like to use in each game.Assassin's Creed Identity ($4.99 on iOS) – From Ubisoft, and developed by Ubisoft studio Blue Byte, this action RPG takes players to the Italian Renaissance, and allows them to create their own assassin in one of four classes: Berserker, Shadow Blade, Trickster or Thief. Gamers will complete missions as they work to solve 'The Mystery of the Crows,' and can customize their character with different outfits and weapons over time. The game allows players to use 'tap-to-move' controls or dual virtual joysticks, and also supports gamepads. Assassin's Creed Identity will release on Android in Spring 2016. Robocide (Free on iOS) – This RTS from PlayRaven allows players to control a robot army as they fight against an enemy robot invasion. In each battle, players tap on the screen to direct their units around the battlefield, and have the goal of wiping out every enemy robot on the screen. Both sides begin each battle with a group of robots to command, and their bases will spawn additional robots as the battle progresses. Players must destroy the enemy's building(s) to prevent these enemy robots from spawning. In addition to normal robots, players can collect upgradable robots called Titans, and use their special abilities during battle. In addition to a single-player campaign, Robocide allows gamers to battle against other players in an arena, and join other players in alliances.Mystic Kingdom (Free on iOS, Android) – From Netmarble Games, this RPG asks players to help King Arthur return to his place on the throne while defeating others who wish to make themselves king. The game includes more than 50 collectible characters, each with unique skills, and allows players to complete more than 200 levels in the game's story mode. During each battle, players' heroes attack enemies automatically, leaving gamers to tap to activate their special abilities when they're available. In addition to the single-player mode, the game offers a player-vs-player dungeon, guild battles, boss battles and infinite dungeons. Users can also compete in Territorial Wars, which allow them to steal resources from other players. Continue ReadingPages: 1 2 Share http://adweek.it/1OyKZuu copy Adweek Adweek


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It's the week of October 1
This week's Word is Consequence
Begin each class period by typing in Microtype for 10 minutes
Begin each class period by typing in Microtype for 10 minutes
BIG IDEA - Objectives
Uses a mixture of both BIM I and PIT TEKS standards.
Responsive & Interactive
Click above Image to open and do the worksheet.
Turn in for a daily grade.
E3 Skills Reinforced:
Type Questions and Answers in Word and upload file in the form. Same as last week, Only submit once.
TEST Grade
Ethical Citizenship - Q. Have you ever felt guilty for the way you treated someone Online? Has someone ever made you feel bad Online? How did you deal with it?
Entrepreneurial Spirit - Q. Have you created your e-Portfolio yet? Do you need help or have questions?
Engaged Problem Solvers - Q. What kept you engaged in class this week?
BPA Ready - NO BULL!!
The Great American NO BULL Challenge is a social action organization that offers youth the opportunity to promote digital responsibility, leadership and social change using creativity, the power of peer-to-peer education, and the magic of filmmaking.
The NO BULL Challenge is a global video contest that impact millions of teens every year by spreading awareness about anti-bullying and digital responsibility in a unique and exciting way. NO BULL inspires youth to speak up, affect change at the youth level and demonstrate leadership skills through the creation of short film and public service announcements.
How to get started HERE
unit overview
Digital Learning
What is Social Media? What do you think they mean by a digital life? What is Digital Citizenship?
This week, we look at the way Digital Media is interwoven into our lives.
Watch "No Where Safe Part 1 and 2" (CD behind my desk on video stand)
In Class, take the Digital Life 102 Quiz...QUIZLET LIVE
Personalized Learning
1. Watch the video below, Similes in Movies.
2. Start thinking about your simile. What role does digital media play in your life?
3. Answer this Question: My media life is like a ____________ because_______________.
4. Answer this Question: My media life is as ____________ as a _______________because_______________.
5. Pick one of these similes to create a Movie about your Digital Life.
formative assessment
6. Go online and start collecting pictures that tell your story. Save your URLs with name of images to a Word document as Simile Credits.
7. Find a song to use as background music. Music flash drives or soundbible.com.
8. Go to Animoto.com and sign up for an account (use your school email address). Put in this PROMO CODE to get Pro for 6 months FREE. (a4e1c68d8da6d8a)
9. Hit Create and start creating your own Simile Movie.
10. Make sure your title slide answers one of the above questions: My Media Life is like a ??? Because ???? and includes your name and class period.
11. Be sure you create a works cited or credits slide that includes where you got your pictures and other information.
12. For the BEST Grade, your Animoto must contain at least 7 slides, which includes the title and credit slides.
13. You can work on this project at home and during tutorials (in any computer lab). We will show them in class Monday - Wednesday!
Turn in all assignments for daily grades. Allow yourself enough time on Friday to update your e-Portfolio (Posting projects will be a daily grade). Create a reflection about what you learned by doing this assignment.
You may work on your e-Portfolio from home, or ask to come in to my room for tutorials. Don't allow yourself to fall behind...this class moves fast!!
Examples of similes used in movies
Quick Answers
Click on Quick Answers to post any question or MISCONCEPTIONS you have about this weeks lessons.
Common sense
Express yourself! More than one in four teens says social media is "extremely" or "very" important to them for expressing themselves creatively.
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This is the latest update to the official Gmail app for Android which brings several new features — just in time for the holidays! You can now download Gmail for Android 4.7 from the Google Play Store. APP DETAILS. APP You can now send emails for printing directly from your Android phone or tablet running on Android 4.4 KitKat and another most wanted feature was to be able to download ZIP files from your email attachments. We have the Gmail 4.7 APK for download as well for those who can't download from the Google Play Store.
The app has been optimized for low-end devices and runs faster on them now. Let's look at what new features Gmail 4.7 has to offer and download the APK file. For those who do not know to install an APK manually, we have a tutorial for them on the next page.
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ND Leadership
Notre Dame benefits from the talent and support of a distinguished Board of Directors and an experienced team of administrators committed to stewarding our Catholic, Holy Cross mission. The collaboration of leadership ensures a vibrant and evolving school that meets the needs of today's students and prepares them for lives of leadership, faith and service.
Leadership Team
|2019 - 2020
|Mr. Robert F. Curis, President
|Mr. Michael J. Abbott '95, Director of Mission Effectiveness
|Mr. Pasquale (Lino) G. Izzo '00, Vice President for Enrollment Management
|Mr. Joseph A. Ramirez, Vice President for Student Success
|Mr. Ruben Valencia, Vice President for Academic Affairs
|Mr. Jason M. Shea, Athletic Director
|Mrs. Kathleen K. Wielk, Vice President for Community Relations and Leadership Giving
|Mrs. Emily Brady, Vice President for Development
|Mrs. Rachel Blessing, Business Manager
Board of Directors
|2019-2020 Board Members
|Ms. Lissette Andino: Manager, Community Relations; Eversource Energy
|Mr. Brendan F. Canning '86, Treasurer: Senior VP for Business Development; Silver Chalice Ventures
|Mr. John Ciarleglio III '69: Co-Founder, Longfellow Investment Management; Retired
|Mrs. Francine Coss: Superintendent of Schools; Thomaston School District
|Rev. Michael J. Dolan: Pastor; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
|Mr. William J. Dooley '73: Senior Account Manager; Essentra
|Mr. Mark A. Federico '72, C.P.A. Chair: Chief Executive Officer; Providence Specialty Foods
|Mr. Stephen R. Fogler '78: President; Stevens Manufacturing
|Mr. David E. Garamella '88, Vice Chair: Principal; The Giving Collaborative
|Mr. Denis P. Garvey, Sr. '65: Communications and Marketing Specialist; Retired
|Ms. Deborah Graziano: Retired Educator
|Sr. Anne Kilbride, OP: Special Assistant to the President for Dominican Mission; Albertus Magnus College
|Mr. Mark A. Milano '78: Attorney; Milano & Wana
|Mr. Brian A. Miller, Esq. '83: Senior Vice President and General Counsel; AquaVenture Holdings
|Mr. Edward M. O'Connell: Retired Educator
|Mr. Christopher I. Parks, Jr. '00: Global Supply Chain; Parker Hannifin
|Mr. Joseph R. Pepe, Jr. '03: Owner; ECP-PF Holdings Group, Inc.
|Mr. Peter W. Peterson '72, Secretary: Senior Partner; Delio, Peterson, and Cursio
|Mr. Vincent J. Pitts, PhD '65: Adjunct Professor; Quinnipiac University
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Mike Holley
From time immemorial, good leaders have struggled with a persistent question: Should I focus primarily on pursuing the purpose of my organization, or should I focus on attending to the welfare of the people who accomplish that purpose? Is my focus on our purpose or on our people? This is not an easy question for the thoughtful leader. Sometimes the demands of an office supersede the needs of the individual. At other times, the individual's needs are so significant that the interests of the office must be relegated to second place. The needs of people are important, yes, but the reason for a person's presence in an office is to accomplish a specific purpose. When does one give way to the other? How does a leader reconcile these two competing interests?
Here's a modest proposal.1 Generally, if we take care of our people, our people will take care of the purpose. What's more, if we fail to take care of our people, we endanger not just the welfare of the individual, but also the purpose of the organization.2 Aim for the first goal, and we get both thrown in. Aim for only purpose, and we may achieve neither.
Work-life balance
A fundamental framework for taking care of people is found in the concept of a good work-life balance. By "work-life balance" (WLB), I am using the term in its broadest sense. I mean, in essence, finding a rhythm and approach to work that allows for the purposes of the office to be accomplished at a high level while still allowing the people who accomplish that purpose to have a reasonable opportunity to lead healthy, happy, productive lives both within and outside the office.
At the outset, WLB certainly involves the quantity of time people spend at the office. Many people in our profession have experienced the 70-hour-plus workweek. Those grueling workweeks, while sometimes required, are clearly neither healthy nor sustainable. As just one example, people who work 55 hours or more per week have a 33 percent greater risk of stroke.3 Prosecutors and other employees must put in extensive hours from time to time, but a life spent overwhelmingly at the office is simply not "balance."
But WLB goes beyond simply the amount of time spent at work. The concept of WLB recognizes that the climate and culture within an office can be so detrimental to our lives outside the office that the amount of time we spend in the office is almost immaterial. So there are two sides of the WLB coin: the amount of time we spend at the office and the quality of that time. Both are important to good WLB. When we do not have good WLB in the office, certain problems manifest themselves.
Problems Associated with Poor WLB4
• Chronic fatigue, headaches, and digestive difficulties
• Increased illness and absenteeism
• Unreasonable or unprovoked anger
• Feelings of pessimism and hopelessness
• Addictions of various sorts
• Depression and other mental health issues
• Broken and damaged personal relationships
• Poor performance generally
Because problems that flow from poor WLB are so common, we are tempted to accept them as normal. This state of affairs is not normal, nor should we accept it as such. Even for those of us who recognize this state of affairs as problematic, we often find ourselves struggling to change an organization. Sometimes this struggle arises from the limitations of our authority or influence. Very often, the struggle arises from the natural challenges to WLB in a prosecutor's office, of which there are many.
Employees with Good WLB are:
• Sharper, more confident, and less likely to make mistakes
• More likely to be productive, creative, and sympathetic5
• More likely to get along with others and contribute to their teams
• Less likely to cause division, strife, and frustration in others
• More likely to make good judgment calls6
• Less likely to commit significant errors7
• Less likely to develop harmful addictions or struggle with mental health issues8
• More likely to remain in the profession9
Challenges to WLB
• Common lawyer personality traits work against WLB.10
• Difficult work with serious consequences.11
• Conflict driven, complex, high-paced work required.12
• Lack of adequate resources including pay.13
• The public's negative perceptions of the criminal justice system.14
• Lack of leadership training for lawyers and other supervisors.15
The leader's role
Despite these real challenges, I urge you, as a leader (that is, someone who can direct or influence others at any level), to do what you can to improve the WLB of your office. Don't be discouraged by an inability to make sweeping changes. Do what you can, when you can. There are a number of benefits to your employees connected to improving WLB. More importantly, as a person, it is the right thing to do!
Nine suggestions for leaders
If you are ready to work toward good WLB, what are some practical suggestions for doing so?
1. Manage expectations. Prosecution is a tough job, and it's not for everyone. Help your people understand this reality. Explaining to the young attorney (or other new employees in the office) what is expected regarding the pressures he'll face, the hours he'll work, and the standards to be maintained is the starting point of maintaining WLB. Explain that the profession is a progression: The nature and number of the hours worked early on may be different from those later in a career as the employee develops, becomes more efficient, and handles cases that are different in nature. Explain that excellence is the expectation, and that excellence requires hard work, full stop. To do otherwise is to guarantee that the employee will struggle with WLB as his expectations are incompatible with his experience.
2. Listen to increase efficiencies. Set about reducing or eliminating inefficiencies as much as reasonably possible. Doing so improves WLB both by saving time and effort and by reducing stress and frustration. Communicate with your people regularly about what changes make sense and what resources are really needed.16 The benefit of mining the valuable feedback that exists in any organization is two-fold: It intelligently improves the functions of the organization, and it also gives subordinates vital "buy-in" to the process, both of which can significantly improve WLB.
3. Ruthlessly combat "mission creep." Otherwise-excellent leaders are often enticed to sign on to interesting and meaningful projects not connected to the core purpose of the office. The quick and easy "yes" by the leader, however, is often followed by a significant cost later—costs generally borne by the subordinate. Those costs take their toll on WLB. The accumulation of many "minor" side missions or the agreement to pursue major objectives outside the office's core purpose is "mission creep."17 Mission creep is a real and constant threat to WLB and one that must be constantly monitored and mercilessly combated. To avoid mission creep, the leader must indeed be ruthless, often giving the quick "no" and providing only a slow "yes" to any request that strays from the real purpose of the office. (For more on this very important idea, please see Shanna Redwine's review of Essentialism.)
4.Intentionally supervise. Leaders too often succumb to this attitude regarding their subordinates: "When I was at his position, I often had to do X. It was even harder to do X back then, and I did it without complaint." While this may have been true, it also may not have been necessary!18 Simply because you struggled mightily at a point in your career does not mean this is a necessary or wise path forward for those you lead.19 A distinction needs to be made at this point. Sometimes a leader will place a prosecutor in difficult, stressful situations for a specific purpose. For example, a supervisor may choose to have a particular prosecutor first-chair three serious, complicated felony cases in a three-week span to teach the prosecutor that such a thing can be done and to help the prosecutor improve her confidence and time-management skills. To do so in a particular situation might be wise.
Too often, however, the general practice is to allow such an event to happen out of a leader's passivity, not from an intentional decision. The prosecutor who tries three (or more) cases in three weeks usually does so without much help not because there is a specific goal in the leader's mind but because the leader is not paying attention, is indifferent to the challenges the prosecutor is facing, or is reverting back to the "when I was at her position" mentality. This is leadership flowing from negligence and apathy. Leadership that leads to good WLB requires intentionality.
5. Know your people and communicate with them regularly. Like members of the military, prosecutors and others who work in a prosecutor's office are often reluctant to admit when they are struggling and will invariably refuse to ask for help, even when they need it. Leaders must, therefore, affirmatively, actively, and consistently keep close tabs on their people and help them when and as needed. The most effective way to do this is for leaders to get to know their people well enough to appreciate when they need a break in the rotation, to recognize signs of stress, and to identify the best approach to dealing with a specific pressure.20 This may take the form of reminding the employee to get adequate sleep, to eat regularly, and to develop healthy outlets independent of work, all of which requires the leader to know and care about the employee as an individual. (As an aside, the old saying, "People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care," will take leaders a long way in this regard.)
6. Destigmatize resources. Not only are people who work in a prosecutor's office disinclined to ask for help when needed, they are reluctant to receive help when offered. This is particularly true if that help is connected to any type of mental health assistance, assistance that prosecutors very often need. It is therefore important for leaders to talk early and often about resources that can be helpful and to legitimize these resources. The Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program (TLAP) is an example.21 Employee assistance programs are another. There is help for lawyers who struggle with depression, anxiety, and addictions, all problems that are an occupational hazard for prosecutors.22
The leader cannot simply relay the existence of these resources in a rote or dismissive manner and consider the job done. Instead, the leader should sincerely and regularly communicate the value these resources and encourage their use whenever appropriate. Speaking about TLAP or similar resources, for example, with a mocking tone or even a light joke does far more harm that one might guess. The message from the leader in that situation is clear—you would be weak to avail yourself of this help. On the other hand, the leader who can sincerely communicate the value of these programs and destigmatize their use will greatly advance the effort to obtain and maintain good WLB.23
7. Create organizational safeguards. Maintaining good WLB is difficult partly because it's a constant struggle to deal with many different types of problems. Good leaders can help themselves in this effort by setting up systems and procedures to acts as fences and gates to deal with differing problems. As an example of an organizational fence (meaning, a boundary), the leader can require prior approval for employees to work on holidays. The leader who observes an employee working every holiday might then inquire further into that person's work habits, schedule, and general well-being. Another example of an organizational fence is the insistence that leaders at all levels honor, both in letter and in spirit, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), vacations, time off, etc. Still another safeguard is to either completely sever or strictly control the use of after-hours electronic tethers, such as email and texts, except in legitimate emergencies.24
Examples of organizational gates (meaning, openings, as opposed to fences, which are obstacles) for WLB are psychological assessments and monitoring of individuals in particularly sensitive positions in the office by trained mental health care professionals. This is particularly important for individuals who are more likely to experience secondary trauma based on the nature of their work.25
8. Create a positive work environment. A critical part of the leader's role in obtaining good WLB is to make work enjoyable whenever possible. The leader who creates a safe, positive, professional environment can contribute greatly in this regard. Set aside time and resources for breaks from the pressures of work. The leader can encourage the celebration (within reason) of major life milestones like holidays, birthdays, births, engagements, awards, etc.26 Training events—particularly those where staff members can get out of the office—can be made to be fun and enjoyable.27 Encouraging staff members to eat lunch together and to spend time together outside of the office can be helpful.28
Even more important than these planned activities, however, is the leader's role in creating a positive office culture. Praise publicly whenever possible and criticize privately. Leaders should endeavor to inspire instead of leading solely by fear. Consistently demonstrate that you trust your employees.29 Foster an environment where the individual is valued and developed as an individual, not simply as a cog in the machine. Focus first on fixing problems rather than rushing to affix blame. Concentrate on, as my District Attorney Brett Ligon says, "preparation and presentation" rather than specific results at trial, and inspire subordinates to the higher call of seeing that justice is done in all circumstances. Use humor to help ease pressure and express genuine gratitude to those who do the hard work of the office. Don't reward abusive behavior by others; take actions to eliminate this behavior whenever it occurs.30
9. Be self-aware. Last but certainly not least, self-awareness is arguably the foundation for effective leadership. Recognizing your own strengths and weaknesses is the starting point for leading others. Leaders often struggle with WLB themselves, and sometimes these struggles need to be acknowledged and addressed. If a leader has a significant problem in this regard, she has a responsibility to get help for herself and make the necessary changes for the sake of the people she leads. Leaders must be careful not to assume that what is "balance" for them ought to be balance for those they lead. For example, a leader may prefer to consistently work 60 hours a week, but the leader should not presume that their subordinates feel the same way. Similarly, a leader may not be emotionally overwhelmed in dealing with a case involving say, the murder of a child, but she may need to recognize that another prosecutor trying the same type of case might be deeply burdened by such work.
Final thought
Employees of a DA's office are in many ways similar to those Americans who serve in the Armed Forces. Like many members of the military, DA employees are talented, dedicated, selfless, tough-minded, brave, and incredibly resilient. Our leadership challenges, though difficult, are tremendously benefited by these characteristics. Our cause, too, is noble. Our people want to do well, and with a little skill and intentionality on our part, they will. Creating a good WLB is not an obstacle to excellence—it is the path to excellence. Take care of your people, and enjoy watching them take care of the purpose in ways that will make us all proud to work in a prosecutor office!
1 I served on active duty in the United States Army from 1993 to 2006. I was initially a Military Police officer, then went to law school at the Army's direction. I served as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and instructor at the Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I subsequently spent six years at plaintiff's firm in Houston before joining the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. I have been married for 26 years and have four children.
2 A basic example of this point is the prosecutor who becomes so overburdened with personal or professional problems that he fails to attend to a discovery matter, which in turn results in a case being reversed or dismissed.
3 Kivimaki, Miki et al. "Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603,838 individuals." The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 10005, 1739-1746.
4 Carter, Sherrie "The Tell Tale Signs of Burnout…Do You Have Them?" Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, LLC, 26 November 2013. Web. 2 August 2017. https://www .psychologytoday.com/blog/high-octane-women/201311/ the-tell-tale-signs-burnout-do-you-have-them.
5 Emma Seppala and Kim Cameron, "Proof That Positive Work Cultures are More Productive," Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Publishing, 1 December 2015. https://hbr.org/2015/12/proof-that-positive-work-cultures-are-more-productive
6 Overwork and the resulting stress leads to myriad serious health problems and cause problems for the office, including increased absenteeism and turnover. Overwork can also make "interpersonal communication, making judgement calls, reading other people's faces, or managing your own emotion reactions" more difficult (emphasis added). Carmichael, Sarah Green, "The Research is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies." Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Publishing, 19 August 2015. https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-research-is-clear-long-hours-backfire-for-people-and-for-companies.
7 Adam M. Gershowitz and Laura R. Killinger, The State (Never) Rests: How Excessive Prosecutorial Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants, 105 Nw. U. L. Rev. 261,282 (2015).
8 A study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine found that over 20 percent of attorney respondents in the study suffered from problematic drinking. More specifically, men were more likely to be problem drinkers than women, and younger, newer attorneys were more likely to be problem drinkers than older, more experienced attorneys. The study also found that 61.1 percent of participants reported struggling with anxiety, while nearly half, 45.7 percent, reported struggling with depression. The two most common barriers to seeking treatment reported by participants were not wanting others to find out they needed help and concerns regarding privacy or confidentiality. Patrick R. Krill et al., The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys, J. Addiction Medicine, Jan.-Feb. 2016, at 46, 48-50.
9 Royal, Mark, "Everybody Wins with a Healthy Work-Life Balance," CNBC, 8 May 2013. https://www.cnbc.com/id/ 100720414
10 Latham, Tyger "The Depressed Lawyer." Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, LLC, 2 May 2011. Web. 2 August 2017. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/therapy-matters/201105/the-depressed-lawyer. Latham describes the personality types of many lawyers and how these personality types contribute to stressful lifestyles.
11 For an excellent treatment of this subject, see Miles-Thorpe, Stacy, "Trauma for the tough-minded prosecutor." The Texas Prosecutor, July-August 2016, Volume 46, No. 4.
12 Wil Miller, who spent 10 years as a sex crimes prosecutor, the last six months of which he was addicted to methamphetamines, described it this way: "Being a surgeon is stressful, for instance—but not in the same way. It would be like having another surgeon across the table from you trying to undo your operation. In law, you are financially rewarded for being hostile." Zimmerman, Eilene "The Lawyer, the Addict." The New York Times, 15 July 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/business/lawyers-addiction-mental-health.html.
13 Interestingly, the difference in pay between "service lawyers" (i.e., prosecutors) and "prestige lawyers" (i.e., civil lawyers) does not result in less job satisfaction for the service lawyer. Lawrence S. Krieger and Kennon M. Sheldon, "What Makes Lawyers Happy? A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success," 83 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 554 (2015). On the other hand, every dedicated prosecutor has, at some point, wished for more resources to prosecute cases, and government service (at least at the state level) is clearly limited in that respect. Additionally, I suspect that the shadow of student-debt impacts the WLB of many prosecutors as they dutifully work long, hard hours at very modest salaries.
14 Jones, Jeffrey. "In U.S., Confidence in Police Lowest in 22 Years." Gallup, 19 June 2015. http://www.gallup.com/poll/183704/confidence-police-lowest-years.aspx I suspect that the real issue is not whether the public has lower confidence in prosecutors than they had before, but whether the individual prosecutor believes the public has less respect and appreciation for the prosecutor's work. Anecdotally, at least, this seems to be the case.
15 For an interesting discussion of why this might be the case, see Furnari, Stephen, "Are Lawyers Horrible Bosses?" Law Firm Suites, 2 September 2014. http://lawfirmsuites.com/2014/09/lawyers-horrible-bosses/.
16 We have had some success with the use of "sensing sessions." The term "sensing session" comes from the practice in the military of obtaining feedback from subordinates. The commander attempts to get a "sense" of the how well things are working in a particular military unit. Generally, this is done by assembling a relatively small group of individuals who are similarly situated (in our example, all court legal assistants or all misdemeanor prosecutors). Someone with good discretion and good judgment and who is not in the supervisory chain of command then facilitates a series of guided questions and records the results. Generally, these results are reported without attribution unless the individual providing the feedback specifically agrees. Typical questions might be, "In your opinion what is working well?"; "In your opinion, what is not working well?"; and "What would help you to do your job better?"
17 The Oxford Dictionary defines mission creep as "a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a military campaign, often resulting in unplanned long-term commitment."
18 My friend and colleague Lisa Stewart cleverly characterizes this attitude in the following: "We always hear the stories about how so and so went up hill both ways in the snow carrying firewood in both hands. My question is, 'Why didn't you get around to building a sled?'"
19 There is an interesting mental error we are all subject to, a specific variant of the "availability bias" called "the headwind/tailwind asymmetry." In essence, we tend to remember the challenges we had in a particular endeavor, but we forget the benefits we had at the same time (when running, we are very aware of the headwind, but once we make the turn, we quickly forget the tailwind). For example, the prosecutor who remembers preparing for five trials on a given Monday may not remember that, say, the discovery obligations for those cases were much different from what they are today. For more on this interesting concept, see Davidai, S., & Gilovich, T. "The headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry: An availability bias in assessments of barriers and blessings." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(6), 835-851 (2016).
20 For a helpful list of behaviors to look for, See Hughes, Rick, "10 Signs Your Employees are Suffering from Stress and Anxiety." HRZone, Sift Media, 21 May 2013. https://www.hrzone.com/perform/people/10-signs-your-employees-are-suffering-from-stress-and-anxiety.
21 Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program can be found at https://www.tlaphelps.org/.
22 Lawyers With Depression is a very helpful website that can be accessed at http://www.lawyerswithdepression.com/.
23 When appropriate and in the right setting, sharing the leader's personal experiences with these types of programs can be extremely helpful in convincing others of their value.
24 As a general rule, there is a direct correlation between the frequency of checking email and stress generally. Kushlev, Kostadin and Dunn, Elizabeth. Checking Email Less Frequently Reduces Stress. Elsevier, Computers in Human Behavior 43 (2015) 220-228. I'm confident that this would apply to checking email while off work. https://happylabubc.files.wordpress.com/ 2010/11/kushlev-dunn-email-and-stress-in-press1.pdf.
25 For those personnel in select assignments, such as in our Internet Crimes Against Children Division, we have a psychologist do initial, interim, and exit interviews to assess mental and emotional health issues. The screening includes anxiety, depression, and secondary trauma assessments, with a follow-up interview by the psychologist.
26 Two of the highlights of our year occur at Thanksgiving when we shut the office down for two hours and enjoy a pot-luck meal together, and then again at Christmas when we again eat with one another and do a Secret Santa gift exchange. Throughout the year, we also gather together to commemorate arrivals and departures and significant achievements in the office.
27 Our chief prosecutors recently underwent training using sub-munitions with one of our police agencies. The prosecutors cleared rooms and conducted traffic stops. The training was enjoyable and very effective in communicating the realities and limitations of using deadly force in citizen interactions.
28 Be careful about centering these events primarily on alcohol or glamorizing excessive drinking generally. In a profession where addictions claim so many of us, a little caution and common sense should be exercised.
29 "High-trust organizations have been shown to outperform low-trust organizations by 286 percent in total return to shareholders." James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Truth About Leadership. p. 75. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.
30 Few things are as disheartening to good employees as leaders who fail to affirmatively deal with a substandard performer or mean-spirited employee. The "jerk" in the office, in particular, is an obstacle to good WBL. For more on this subject and at the risk of a purveying a mild obscenity, I point you to Robert Sutton's book, The No A**hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn't. (Apologies, Mom: That's actually the title of the book.)


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