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In situations where there is a bomb hoax, bomb technicians like Ryan Burks are the ones to respond. He is one of the seven technicians that make up the Eugene Metro Bomb Squad.
Burks said the team undergoes intensive training. The team is equipped with tools to handle such situations. He said their duty involves responding to suspicious packages, suspicious devices, and investigations involving explosives.
When the bomb scare is a hoax, he said it impacts the resources available to the community.
"It really becomes a big drain on resources," said Burks. "There are a finite amount of officers in the Eugene-Springfield area or even small surrounding communities.
There are four teams in the state of Oregon like the Eugene Metro Bomb Squad. This unit is responsible for all of Lane County incidents.
Burks said the team was formed following an explosion that happened at the UO Campus in the mid-1970's.
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Wearables are the next big thing that will change how we live and work. This infographic gives us a view of how wearables is already impacting the retail industry.
Amazon has introduced a lot of new services and nomenclature in the last few years. How well do you know your Amazon lingo?
With more customers exhibiting the Veruca Salt syndrome, the competition for retail delivery is heating up and pushing innovation to fulfil demand.
Atul Jalan explores the evolution of data science beyond consumer behaviour to model a larger and seemingly more complicated and contextual human behavior in this article – on-demand happiness pill – fiction or data science?
Remember that old Chutes and Ladders game? Imagine shoppers need to reach the last square but with more ladders and less slides. An effective omnichannel strategy to help them win the game.
Retail analytics is shedding the complex IT attire and becoming more business user friendly.
Effective multi-channel marketing needs a calibrated four step approach that integrates every interaction with the customer.
Understand your customer deep down and provide a personalized shopping experience with the right assortment, right pricing and right promotions
Omnichannel fulfillment lets shoppers choose the way they shop and procure the products the way they want.
Most CPG retailers and manufacturers are noticing a downward trend in terms of sales and profits. Here is why…
Fashion retailers are moving quickly towards formulating a solid omnichannel strategy. Here are the top five elements to consider.
Path-to-purchase is gaining importance for CPG marketers in order to get into customers' pre-planned shopping list.
Context-aware offers are giving greater returns in CPG retail than any other marketing tactics for "me-specific" customers of today.
Real-time video chat is clearing the way for fashion retailers to build a future-ready customer engagement paradigm online.
Virtual web-based fitting rooms are making the shoppers be sure of the fit of a garment before they order it online.
Online fashion retailers are welcoming the trend of trying at home before buying to activate shoppers and boost sales.
Shopper marketing is gaining importance in retail and requires a high level of collaboration between retailers and CPG manufacturer for greater efficiency.
There are many challenges that retailers face when deciding to implement omnichannel strategies. Here are the top three hurdles to omnichannel success.
Analytics can make an incredible difference in the way Fashion Retail works, right from choosing the best pricing and markdown strategies to predicting the next season trends.
Fashion Retailers can trim the store while increasing the assortment, reduce the inventory while never going out-of-stock and above all boost the customer experience with 'endless aisles'.
Omnichannel retailing is opening new opportunities for apparel brands to create shopping differentiation by connecting customer journeys from clicks to bricks and vice-versa
Targeting the new fashion customer requires integrating a wider set of big data across store, digital, social and mobile interactions, and stitching together a picture of the customer journey
A key trend to watch out for this year in retail is personalization.[1] Though online retailers have been widely using personalization pioneered by Amazon for many years now, its new avatar in multi-channel retail
While leveraging multi-channel opportunities is the current darling of the retail world, there's one aspect that separates success from failure ? the ability to market to multichannel customers.
It's becoming increasingly clear that sticking to single-channel retail just doesn't cut it anymore. Customers need more than an attractive window-display to attract them into buying from a particular retail brand
Multi channel retailing is blending 'online' and 'digital' with 'brick and mortar' and 'in store' – to offer shoppers a range of self service retail options.
Today, shoppers don't need to be told what's hot and what's not by a retail representative – they already know what they want, how much it costs and where they can get it at the cheapest price!
When it comes to being truly cross-channel and offering a consistent customer experience across channels, where do you think your retail business stands?
What transaction and customer information should you track as part of your multi-channel retail strategy? How can you use this information in your strategic decisions?
What did some retailers who faced the brunt of Hurricane Sandy do to minimize the cyclone's impact on their business?
Retailers have to gradually scale up their multi-channel analytics abilities moving from historical data to real-time analysis of live data streams to master the multi-channel game across every retail touch-point.
Retailers are focusing on every aspect of store operations and fulfilment systems so that they form a part of a superior,seamless cross-channel experience for their customers.
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New study confirms that modernists were right about sunlight – it is the best disinfectant
This is how we got modern architecture and minimalism.
After the First World War, a new form of modern architecture appeared, modelled after the new tuberculosis sanitariums where they fought disease with design. They didn't have antibiotics, but they had light, fresh air and openness.
Neutra, Le Corbusier and Chareau all designed iconic houses for doctor clients around these principles. And now Noel Kirkpatrick of MNN points to a new study that confirms they were right; as Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis noted, sunlight really is the best disinfectant. The researchers of the study, Daylight exposure modulates bacterial communities associated with household dust, built little model rooms with little model windows and then "inoculated them with dust collected from residential homes in Eugene, OR, USA." The windows were variously clear glass, UV blocking glass, UV transmitting glass, or a solid aluminum plate.
After 90 days the dust was collected and checked. As Kirkpatrick recounts, "In the dark rooms, they found that 12 percent of the bacteria was still alive and able to reproduce, while the rooms exposed to daylight only had 6.8 percent viable dust bacteria. Rooms that received only UV light had 6.1 percent of viable bacteria."
Co-author Kevin Van Den tells NPR that, "Until now, daylighting [illuminating a building with natural light] has been about visual comfort or broad health. But now we can say daylighting influences air quality."
Kevin Van Den should read Paul Overy's book Light, Air and Openness; he would find that architects and doctors have known for many years that sunlight had this effect, and that it has profoundly influenced modern design. It's why we got modern architecture and minimalism. Overy wrote about the basic rules of design:
Dirt and dust harboured germs that must be destroyed by fresh air and sunlight. Homes should be cleaned thoroughly every day and windows and doors opened each morning to let in the sun and air, to destroy the germs. Heavy drapes and curtains, thick carpets and old furniture with decorative features that harboured dust and microbes should be thrown out and replaced with simple, easily cleaned modern furniture and light, easily washed curtains.
Don't give dust a place to gather. Keep furniture light and mobile and easy to clean so that sunlight can penetrate everywhere. As Mies van der Rohe noted about his tubular furniture:
It therefore promotes comfortable, practical living. It facilitates the cleaning of rooms and avoids inaccessible dusty corners. It offers no hiding place for dust and insects and therefore there is no furniture that meets modern sanitary demands better than tubular-steel furniture.
The new study authors conclude that "architects and lighting professionals designing building facades and rooms with more or less access to daylight may play a role in influencing the microbial communities of indoor dust." Indeed, architects and lighting professionals have known this for years. In his first major book, Towards a New Architecture, Le Corbusier wrote that you should "teach your children that a house is only habitable when it is full of light and air, and when the floors and walls are clear."
This is where minimalist design came from; it is all about creating a healthy, easy-to-clean environment where dust and dirt can't hide. And this new study shows that the modernists were right about light, too.


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This document describes the process we follow to reach to our design goal, advancing mindsets. We propose a three layered design process which consists of design basis, design body and design goal.
I Abstract
Our design process involves design basis, design body and a final goal. The threesome of technology, language and society form the basis of our design process. The body interacts with the basis including three leading activities: active observing, fading borders and creating harmony. Several filters are used in the process, helping make design decisions. As a whole, advancing mindset of human by enhancing meanings through design is our final goal.
II Design Basis
We consider designing as construction on the foundation of technology, language and society; three elements which are tightly linked together and influence each other.
While Design-driven approach considers language (Verganti, 2009) as the most determining element of design and user-centered approach considers user's needs ( Norman, 2002), we think these elements cannot be prioritize. Our description of these elements is as the following:
Technology: the knowledge, systems, processes, and products resulting from science and engineering
Society: considering each human as an individual and in relation with a group of people. This category includes all needs, values, relations, environment, economy and so on
Language: any form of expression and communication of thoughts, emotions and knowledge which is used in society and science.
III Design Body
The design body consists of all design activities which is done in the context of innovating meanings. It is a higher level than design basis while interactive processes going on between two layers. Three elements of design basis can be considered as design's sources. Designer has major influence on selecting and implementing sources; they can push the developments of these three elements when needed.
The leading principles in design body for us are comprehensive observing, creating harmony, and fading borders. There can be other design activities alongside to support the design process. This area is open and depends on the designer's position in the design industry.
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Comprehensive Observing
When the very first role of industrial designer was named in the United States, the design approach was simply market-pull; as Raymond Loewy indicated, "the most beautiful curve is the raising sales graph". The end-users were at the center of design process and designs intended just to meet their needs. The next stage was user-centered design, of which Donald Norman is the leading representative. In his theory, users' needs are still in the center of design engineering, while the goal is to develop a good and user-friendly design, instead of a good market result ( Norman, 2002). Years later, studio of IDEO proposed human-centered design that raised the focus towards societal level. The goal was to understand the society, which results in an innovative and user-friendly design (Kelley, et al., 2011). However, in Verganti's approach, users are eliminated from the scope. Interpreters are used as a resource for understanding the society (Verganti, 2009).
In our approach, we take a step back from eliminating users in the scope; instead, we observe users comprehensively as a whole. We do not participate directly in their activities; however we observe them from a third-person's view while comprehending the real meaning behind the activities.
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Creating Harmony
Designing is about balancing and trading off. On one hand, information derived from the three sources should be thoroughly argued, creating a harmony in between. On the other hand, industrial designers stand higher in a design process where the relation with design basis should be well maintained in such a way that, for example, designer can push technology towards meeting certain requirements and technology serves as an input and inspiration. Both connections should be harmonized, which is similar to the role of a conductor in an orchestra.
Bang & Olufsen presented their well-thought design approach towards design-driven innovation in November 2007. In their concept development phase, they use industrial designers as a conductor in the development team, engineers as musicians and customers as audiences. This is an ongoing and non-democratic process that the conductor continuously trains the musicians, achieving a harmonized unity. This integration helps Bang & Olufsen reach meaning innovations in home entertainment domain.
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Fading Borders
In this post-information era, the world has become a global village, where borders are blurred. We believe that industrial designers are working towards fading the borders not only in the geometrical sense, but also between the three elements in the design basis.
The most famous example in the information era is the Internet, which becomes a powerful tool to vanish the borders by itself. It shrinks the perception of time that things can happen within seconds rather than years. Therefore, the experience of spatial transformation is also altered that results in disappearing of borders. In society, people also see benefits of breaking down borders, for instance the birth of European Union in 1952. Later on, as Samuel J. Palmisano, CEO of IBM Corporation mentioned in his presentation in 2008 in New York, "The crisis in our financial markets has jolted us awake to the realities and dangers of highly complex global systems. But in truth, the first decade of the 21st century has been a series of wake-up calls with a single subject: the reality of global integration." This means that, the digital and physical infrastructures of the world are converging, because of the abundant available technologies and networking (A Smarter Planet: The Next Leadership Agenda, 2008). All these efforts contribute to the idea of formulating a unity, and we believe that industrial designer should utilize the possibilities to connect people and objects.
IV Filters
Design body is not a linear process, several convergent and divergent take place in it. Filters are used to conduct the design direction toward design goal. Two prominent filters which have profound influence on our decision making are environmental respect and appreciating cultures. They are described as following.
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Environmental respect: respecting the natural world by diminishing or possibly eliminating negative environmental impact.
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Appreciating Cultures: social anthropology defines "culture" as a pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving (Hofstede, 1997). Whereas this definition demonstrates the diversity of cultures, many similarities can be found within this scope. Finding cultural overlaps and designing base on these criteria.
It is worth mentioning that filters can differ according to the project nature.
V Design Goal
Rokeach's value theory defines values as instrumental and terminal. Terminal values are "end result" values while instrumental values are the ways to accomplish the terminal values (A Theory of Organization and Change within Value-Attitude Systems, 1968). While enhancing meaning is our instrumental value we intend to reach advancing mindset as the terminal value.
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Enhancing Meaning
Krippendorff (1989) defines design as "making sense of things" and in in his book " (Krippendorff , 2005)" criticizes the perspective of semiotics and suggests a paradigm shift in the design of artifacts from "an emphasis on how artifacts ought to function to what they mean to those affected by them"
Verganti in "Design-driven innovation" argues that various meanings are often attached to the same product by different users, stakeholders. He expresses, "Humans do not see and act on the physical qualities of things, but on what they mean to them" (p. 47). He suggests proposing radical meaning.
They all emphasize on importance of meaning in designing. Our initial design goal is to enhance the meanings by changing the notions that people already share.
In the field of lighting, some good examples can be found which fit in our vision; for instance, the Metamorfosi lamp developed by Artemide, an Italian lighting company. Metamorfosi is a lamp that comprises three light bulbs in different colours. By controlling through a remote controller, the user is able to change the colour rendering of the environment. Here Metamorfosi proposes a meaning that light is not only used to bright-up space, instead, it can also change people's perception. This new meaning is developed based on the traditional meaning that people gave to light. In this sense, the meaning of lighting is enhanced through design.
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Advancing Mindset
Human beings are changing, societies are changing and the word is changing. Hence we are able to change and create changes. We, as designers, believe advancing mindset is the terminal goal of enhancing meaning through design.
Compared to years ago, people nowadays share a general better understanding of what the "world" is. This implies the societal change towards a higher level of intelligence. It is developing over time, but still, different professions can boost this change it varies angles. We as designers, by designing or proposing new meanings, can have significant influences on the perception of the "world". IBM as a company, propose a large blueprint towards the far future that our planet is smarter with intelligent objects interconnected (A Smarter Planet: The Next Leadership Agenda, 2008). This theory of decentralized system with enormous power of computing is not innovative (Kelly, 1995); however, by proposing a new meaning, providing relevant services and leading in the industry, IBM does help advance human's mindset regarding a smarter planet (Service Science: Toward A Smarter Planet, 2009).
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A Theory of Organization and Change within Value-Attitude Systems. Rokeach, M. 1968. 1, Michigan State University : Journal of social issues, 1968, Vol. xxiv.
About : Quotes. Raymond Loewy the father of industrial design. [Online] http://www.raymondloewy.com/about/quotesby.html.
Hofstede, Geert . 1997. Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. s.l. : McGraw-Hill USA, 1997.
Kelley, Tom, Littman, Jonathan and Peters, Tom. 2011. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm. s.l. : Crown Business, 2011. 978-0385499842.
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Dam: Pocket Sized ZS Apricot (MCH Pocket Sized Zeus *S X Pocket Sized ML Zest)
DOB: April 21 2011
Banana freshened with a capacious udder, and although she might not have the best conformation, her udder is to be reckoned with.
For sale for $400 in milk. Image is of her with a 2-hour fill.


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Life Science Inkubator
The Life Science Inkubator supports teams at central locations in Bonn and Dresden, who want to start a business and dare to take the leap from the laboratory to business.
There are many hurdles to overcome when starting a company in the life sciences based on research results with promising potential for application. Long development cycles and high research costs, as well as a lack of knowledge in operational and business management carry a particularly high degree of risk for all parties involved. As is the case with GO-Bio, this is where the Life Science Inkubator (LSI) comes in. The LSI supports the practical development of products and technologies in the life sciences. Several spin-offs have been successfully created as a result.
Excellent conditions at a central location
The LSI supports researchers who want to start a business and aims to prevent failure owing to financial reality prior to the completion of innovative development and application. In Bonn and Dresden, researchers find modern and well-equipped research institutes to develop their ideas for commercial exploitation. In addition, they receive business training. Project and personnel costs are completely covered during that time and LSI-employees take care of ongoing financing. Furthermore, the LSI develops a viable, 'IP strategy' to protect intellectual property.
The LSI as public-private partnership
The LSI originated as a public-private partnership in Bonn in 2008 and has been in operation since 2009. In addition to the BMBF, partners include the Ministry of Culture and Science from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz Association, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the research institute Caesar, the NRW.BANK and the Stadtsparkasse Bonn. Since 201, the Life Science Inkubator Sachsen has been a second location for potential founders of life sciences companies in Dresden. The BMBF funds projects in the pre-start-up stage, which have been accepted by the LSI, on a rotational basis with the participating state ministries.
At the LSI Bonn:
VLP-technology – Development of a new kind of transfection system for targeted transport of agents in cells, based on "virus-like particles"
Mesentech – New kind of regenerative cell therapy for treating patients who suffer from peripheral retinal degeneration based on bone marrow stem cells
Provios – Epigenetical early diagnosis of carcinoma, prostate and bladder cancer in particular
Monikit – Development of a system to detect and record epileptic seizures
CLICKMER Systems – Alternative detection reagents for diagnostics and research
At the LSI Dresden:
- ProDetekt – Development of new, highly sensitive ELISA and point-of-care immunoassays for the research and diagnostics market
- SmartNanotubes – Production of homogeneous single-walled nanotubes for utilisation in biosensorics
Adjustment of the LSI strategy
To optimise funding, pool existing resources, as well as improve technology transfer, the LSI strategy has been extended in various ways over the last few years.
Meanwhile, the LSI also operates supra-regionally, because it doesn't always make sense for a project to move to the sites in Bonn and Dresden. This is especially true if expensive devices can be used at the home institute and at the same time it would exhaust the LSI's capacity if new devices had to be acquired. Therefore, the LSI has been testing what is known as the decentralised incubation since 2014. In that case, the LSI teams don't work at the central location, but project management and corporate development remain integral parts of the projects.
Founding without founder
Beyond that, the LSI has set its objective to promote commercially promising technologies from German research institutions even if the respective inventors don't want to start a business. Since 2014, the incubation concept "Founding without founder" has been put in place to continue using and applying inactive life sciences technologies. The project team is then newly formed in accordance with the requirements.


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Wezi is 41, 5'1", and she has dropped nearly 50lbs and a combined 55 inches! This is the story of her Lifestyle Transformation.
I was a skinny child until around age 9 when I became quite overweight but then lost the weight by age 11. I managed to stay within a normal weight until my late twenties when the yo-yo weight gain started and stayed with me until recently.
I think I got my biggest weight at age 30/31. I don't think I weighed myself but based on my cloth size then (size 18) I think I must have been close to 200 lbs.
I was around 188 lbs. when I started working with Body Refined.
I had been trying on and off to be healthy for a long time. In mid-2016 I developed a varicose vein in my right leg, which I realized was due to me being too heavy for my own body. That made me want to do something to lose weight and get healthier.
After reading some stories on Facebook of people who had worked with Kurt, I decided to get in touch with him. I had by that time reached a desperate point, where I had been trying all sorts of ways to lose weight for close to 8 years but not losing more than 10 lbs. at most and then gaining it all back and some more.
I had never been through the kind of program that Kurt has. It is truly a program personalized to me, and my life situation- the meal plans, the exercise program etc. Kurt is a very dedicated, and knowledgeable professional. He truly cares about his clients, and his focus is on helping you adopt habits that will improve your overall health and not just about dropping the weight or getting fast unrealistic results using harmful methods.
His support and sometimes tough love (for which I hated him sometimes) over the last year and a half has really been instrumental in my healthy transformation. Working with him has been the only thing that I have tried that has helped me to lose weight and get healthy, and I am truly grateful.
I recommend Body Refined without reservation to anyone who wants to change their lives and get healthy.
I started working with Kurt at Body Refined in late 2016 and started changing my daily habits. I learned, for instance, the power sleep has on my health, and now try to get at least 7.5 hours every night, aiming for the same bed and wake up time. I also changed how and what I eat- drinking at least 3 liters of water daily, I eat 5-6 small nutritious meals every 3 hours and significantly cutting down the amount of alcohol I take.
Initially, I cut out red meat and only ate turkey, chicken, and fish and a lot of vegetables, and healthy carbs. Since several months ago, I have largely reduced any meat intake, and have healthy carbs, plant-based protein, fruits, and vegetables. I also try to consistently do some kind of physical activity at least 5 days a week, even if it's just a 30-minute walk.
One of the most significant changes I made was getting to bed by 10 pm every day and getting up by 5.30 or 6, which works for my work schedule. After some initial resistance, I came to see that even if I exercised hard, and ate right, if I didn't get enough sleep I either gained weight or didn't lose at all. I also tried to use meditation/relaxation to help manage stress and improve my sleep.
Yes, I struggled and still do at times, even though many of the lifestyle habits I have adopted have almost become second nature. One of the biggest struggles was changing my mindset in how I approached being healthy/losing weight. I thought I could still do things like have wine, sleep on time for a few days a week, and get 4 hours a night the other days, and if I got my workout in and ate healthily most of the time the weight would drop.
I learnt the hard way, that the body doesn't work that way- I must do all the healthy things, all the time to see results. Once this clicked in my mind and I made the effort, I was shocked to see my body change.
Getting people around me to understand that I no longer eat or drink certain things or saying no to social events that will keep me up late is another aspect that has been challenging, but I have learned to say no to certain things and do what's best for me.
Keeping my motivation going and not reverting to old habits has been a recent challenge, that I am working on. Looking back and seeing how far I have come and realizing that I never want to go back to where I was, is helping to renew my resolve to stick with my healthy lifestyle and finally getting to my goal.
I am now at 147 lbs., and I literally feel light on my feet. I did not realize back then how much weight I was carrying around physically, and how it was harming me. My emotional and mental health has also changed quite a lot, I feel less stressed, and I manage my stress differently than in the past.
In a way, I have gotten rid of a lot of physical and mental baggage over the past year and a half.
Change your mindset and make a commitment to yourself and well-being and be ready to change your daily habits. And more importantly not to get frustrated and give up when things don't seem to be going the way you expect….and call Body Refined for sure.


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California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is notable for being the first data protection legislation introduced in the United States that has clearly been influenced by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is also notable the the state's legislature passed CCPA unanimously and it will come into operation from 1st January 2020, a relatively quick implementation period compared to the lengthy gestation and transition period allowed for GDPR.
So why was California in such a hurry to update its existing privacy laws and how did something that has a very European flavour get passed in the heartland of the tech giants that GDPR so clearly had in its sights? "There was increasing interest among consumers about giving companies their data and how it was being used which gave the issue some urgency," noted Elizabeth O'Callahan, VP legal for NetApp in an interview with DataiQ. Perhaps more pressing was the move by a number of lobby groups and privacy organisations to put a ballot item in front of voters when Californians vote in the November mid-term elections. With over 500,000 signatures already on that motion, it was clear there was a need to act.
"Legislation can be put forward by ballot, but to amend something passed into law that way needs another ballot," pointed out O'Callahan. To avoid this risk of privacy by plebiscite, the state legislature decided it would be better to draft a new law and put it through the conventional channels. It was signed into law two days later by the state's governor on 28th June, triggering the countdown to becoming operational 18 months later.
As is often the case with laws in the US, amendments have already been made, although chief among those made on 31st August was to make it clear that the law is already in effect, just not operational. This prevents localities from introducing their own privacy laws that might conflict with CCPA.
"CCPA is modelled on GDPR, but it is not as thorough."
Comparisons with the preceding law or even GDPR are not entirely relevant, according to O'Callahan. "CCPA is brand new legislation compared to the partial laws it takes over from. It is more comprehensive and is modelled on GDPR, but it is not as thorough."
While the EU Regulation is about balancing the legitimate, public, emergency or contractual reasons why organisations need to process personal data against the consumer's rights, the CCPA (caprivacy.org) starts from the proposition that, "your personal information is being sold to companies you don't even know exist." That sets a consumer-first tone which might seem surprising in the context of the heartland of tech and digital platforms, but is fully in line with the consumer advocacy approach found in America since 1959 when Ralph Nader first warned about the hazards of how motor cars were being manufactured (an issue he continues to campaign around on nader.org).
So Californians can now find out all the data being collected on them, twice a year for free, creating a more structured, cyclical approach to disclosure than the perpetual Subject Access Requests granted to Europeans. This is bounded by the right to opt-out and to delete data that has been posted. Other key rights cover information security, freedom from discrimination based on disclosed personal data, and disclosure of the categories of third-parties to or from which data is shared.
"For companies interested in privacy, CCPA is not a big issue."
Despite seeming to run counter to the data harvesting practiced in Silicon Valley, O'Callahan says that, "for companies like us that have been interested in privacy, particularly in dealing with the impact of GDPR, CCPA is not a big issue." But she adds: "For others, it will be."
She believes the introduction of the Act in California is likely to trigger similar legislation elsewhere in America because companies trading across the nation will not want to work to two different standards. "It has the opportunity to be a model at state level, although it remains to be seen if there will be a consensus around it and even at a federal level - that is not a given," she said.
California differs in many respects from other US states, not least in being the biggest economically (it is actually the sixth biggest economy worldwide in its own right), but in being home to both idealists and innovators who can be simultaneously at opposite ends of the political spectrum and in close agreement about the benefits of what they do to individuals.
By getting ahead of the curve - or catching up with the EU, depending on your perspective - California is simply doing what is voters have been demanding of it. Embracing that trend should be seen as a positive act, argues O'Callahan: "Anything that can enhance consumer privacy rights and puts the emphasis on the need for companies to manage data should be viewed as an opportunity to improve the business in our view. It is very similar to GDPR in that respect."


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The Socialist Correspondent exposes capitalism and promotes socialism. Supporters of capitalism said that the end of the Cold War would mean peace and growing prosperity but the opposite has happened. The world is now a much more dangerous place since the defeat of the Soviet Union, leaving the US and other capitalist countries relatively free to exert their power. Following western wars of aggression, regime change and the so-called 'War on Terror' there has been an increase in instability, terrorism, human migration, hunger and poverty. The economic crash was a result of Bankers' greed and now a decade later nothing has changed. Working people were made to pay for the crash and are now worse off - capitalism intends to keep making them pay.
The mainstream capitalist media do everything to hide the truth about history and current events. They claim to be impartial reporters but the view of the world they present is always in the interests of their paymasters. The Socialist Correspondent attempts to get to the truth behind events. Using Marxist principles, it shines a light on those responsible for war, terrorism and exploitation and reports and analyses the struggles of working people across the globe. The Socialist Correspondent is partisan. It unashamedly supports those fighting for peace, justice and socialism.
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The Brexit crisis has come to a head with Prime Minister Johnson's confrontational tactics, which have served to unite the Remainer majority in Parliament. It is now intent on stopping a No Deal Brexit. Johnson has turned on his own MPs who dare to dissent, expelling recent former ministers and Tory grandees. A general election is now inevitable, but Labour would find one fought solely on Brexit difficult as it has shifted further in the direction of Remain, but still needs the support of Leave voters. It will need once again to focus on policies beyond Brexit, unifying people round an anti-austerity platform and its positive vision for Britain.
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Jack came across as sweet and fun and slightly neurotic. I was quite surprised then to see him pop up again as a supercool Iggy Pop-esqye baritone in his great single "Cry these tears."


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GoPro HERO7 compability
Good news, the GoPro HERO 7 black camera is compatible with Airdog ADII!
GoPro Hero 7 is similar to Hero 5 and Hero 6 cameras, in dimensions and weight. The Hero 7 Hypersmooth image stabilisation system makes a real difference compared to older models.
Like Hero 6, Airdog is not able to control (start and stop recording) the Hero 7 camera. To use Hero 7 with Airdog ADII please switch off camera control. Read this article for more info.


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Young's announces 13.1% rise in profits, reveals new logo
Revealing its financial performance for the 52 weeks to 1 April 2013, the London-based firm announced revenue had grown by 8.2 per cent year-on-year to top £193m. Adjusted profit before tax was also up to more than £24m.
The 'strong' performance was, Young's said, down to a growth in like-for-like sales in the second half of the year which was all the more impressive given the company performed well in the latter half of the previous year.
Managed pubs and venues with rooms have both helped deliver a growth in profits for Young's. Managed house operating profit was up 12.2 per cent year-on-year.
Meanwhile the pub operator, which added 27 bedrooms to its properties during the last year, now boasts revenue per available room (RevPAR) of £49.26 - an increase of 27.6 per cent since 2010.
Accommodation remains an 'important' part of the Young's growth strategy and, subject to planning, 16 rooms are set to be added to one of its sites in Wimbledon this year.
Stephen Goodyear, chief executive of Young's, said the last 12 months had been: "An exceptional year in a number of ways.
"One-off events such as the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic and Paralympic Games helping us to deliver strong like-for-like performance in the first half of the year despite some decidedly unseasonal weather, followed by further like-for-like growth when London returned to normal in the second half.
Goodyear also revealed the company would be introducing a new logo and corporate identity. This, the chief executive explained, would be progressively incorporated into the company's pub signage and ale brands and was designed to reinforce the firm's 'premium positioning'.
Young's has nearly completed a re-shaping of its tenanted estate to make it both smaller and of a higher quality and is increasingly focusing on its expanding premium managed estate, primarily in London and the south east.
"Our premium offer, through both Young's and Geronimo, continues to prove attractive despite the continued caution on the part of the UK consumer.
"With the quality of our estate, the talent within the business and our balance sheet strength, Young's remains in a strong position to continue to grow and deliver value to our shareholders," Goodyear added.
Geronimo, which is now led by managing director Ed Turner, grew its revenue by 19.2 per cent.
Across the entire Young's managed estate, food sales now account for nearly 30 per cent (29.8) of total revenue - up from 29.1 per cent a year ago.


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Are you a Shell employee? Now's the time to watch your account for 2019 awards. In February, Shell stock awards were granted under the Performance Share Plan (PSP) and the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).
What are Shell Stock Awards?
This discretionary incentive benefit program is provided to certain Shell employees, based on performance and other factors.
The original Shell stock grant comprises an estimated number of shares. The actual shares vested after three years are based on the recipient's work status and company performance measures. The actual award is communicated to the grantee in March of the third year and shortly thereafter appears in a vested share account at Computershare.
When do Shell Stock Awards become available?
Each year, in February, these stock awards are granted in a restricted fashion. The stock becomes vested (fully owned) three years after the award. This can be a great employee benefit, as an enhancement to compensation and it gives recipients a stake in the success of the company.
While recipients do not own the Shell stock shares outright during the vesting period, they are credited with each vested share's dividends during that three-year period.
Shell Stock Award Season Calendar for 2019:
How Should I Plan for PSP and LTIP Shell Stock Awards?
The PSP and LTIP awards require some management for the following reasons:
-- Taxation: Managing and paying the income tax. Timing sales to manage gains or losses.
-- Investment: Building a strategy that best meets short- and long-term goals.
-- Risk: Diversifying assets to reduce financial exposure to the company from which income and retirement benefits are derived.
Will I Be Taxed on My Shell Stock Award?
In most cases, recipients are not taxed when the stock award is granted. When the award vests, recipients are typically assessed income tax (federal, state, and local — as applicable) as well as Social Security and Medicare. (Note: Special rules apply to expatriate recipients who are on long-term international assignment). There are strategies to manage the income taxation, which we discuss in an article later this year.
The amount of the vested award establishes the tax basis of the stock to calculate gains or losses going forward. Short-term gains/losses are realized on shares sold within one year of vesting. Long-term gains are realized on shares sold more than a one year after vesting.
What Happens to Shares After Retirement or Death?
If performance stock recipients retire before an award vests, the amount of shares in which the recipients vest usually will be prorated to the amount of time they remain in service with Shell during the three-year period. If performance share recipients die before an award vests, the full award will be delivered to their estate.
WJA team members are experienced in executive and professional compensation and have helped many Shell employees and retirees plan their objectives and manage their benefits. If you have any questions, please contact us for a consultation.


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Since so much in the industry has changed lately, NAWLA has recognized that its members and the industry are looking for ways to learn about current issues.
Webinars have been particularly effective lately, as companies have cut back both their travel and training budgets. The webinars allow employees to get the information they need without having the time and expense of an onsite program. It also has enabled companies to have multiple employees to attend, which always helps with the takeaways and long-term implementation of the knowledge.
If you have any questions about our webinars and online learning materials, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Past Webinars
Past webinar recordings are only available to members.
No More Lumbering Talent: Best Practices on Hiring and Retaining Talent in The Lumber Industry
Presenters: Natalie Heacock, Corporate Controller, Patrick Lumber Company, and Dr. Tom Schoenfelder, Principal Scientist & Head of Academic Research and Partnerships, Caliper
In a candidate's market, one of the biggest obstacles lumber companies face is how to recruit and retain talent. From finding and supporting new talent, to setting a standard for success, lumber professionals want to know that their people and processes are growing in the right way. Join this panel of representatives from Caliper and Patrick Lumber Company, as they discuss tools, tips and tricks to attracting the right talent, and help you understand what it takes to have a robust talent acquisition plan!
The Outlook for the U.S. Economy
Presenter: Dan North, Chief Economist – Euler Hermes North America
The U.S. economy has finally escaped from a decade in the doldrums. Pro-growth policies have spurred optimism in both consumers and businesses, and a strong labor market and rising incomes will support the economy through 2019. But headwinds are starting to emerge. Fed tightening, waning fiscal stimulus, a stumbling housing market, and the possibility of a trade war are all significant risks, and in the long-term, workforce demographics are likely to keep growth rates from returning to levels seen in previous recoveries.
The presentation will provide Euler Hermes' forecasts for 2019, and will examine developments in consumption, manufacturing, housing, financial markets and employment, and how fiscal and monetary policies could affect the economy.
Lumber Grading
Presenter: Lon Sibert - Renewable Resource Associates, Inc. (RRA)
This webinar will enlighten the audience about basic, but abstract concepts, related to the grading that one cannot assimilate by simply reading the lumber grading rules.
Participants will not become lumber graders by the end of the webinar (this takes weeks to accomplish); however, they will be empowered with new, substantive information & insight about structural lumber and lumber grading.
Transportation Capacity - Perception v. Reality
Presenters: Jay McElroy – President, McElroy Truck Lines, Inc
Don Mattocks – COO/CFO and Partner, Big Level Trucking
Jacqueline Bendon – AVP Industrial Products, Union Pacific
Brian Vittur – Director Marketing Forest & Consumer Products, Norfolk Southern
Capacity is getting a lot of attention in the transportation circles these days, and its implications are starting to evolve the entire industry. This webinar will provide participants with a greater understanding of current capacity constraints as they relate to both truck and rail freight handling, the current and future impacts of these constraints, industry trends and possible operating strategies to provide solutions moving forward.
Hiring Entry-Level/Hourly Positions - Tips for attracting and engaging front-line workers
Presenter: Claudia St. John - President, Affinity HR Group
Do you have the right strategies to attract entry level and hourly talent. Have you done everything in your power to retain that talent and reduce turnover? This session will provide an overview of the tips for creative recruiting strategies for hourly workers, and the critical components of how to improve overall employee engagement and retention. Participant outcomes include:
- Identifying strategies for improving in-house recruiting efforts
- Learning tips and techniques for successfully onboarding and retaining employees
- Understanding the components of employee engagement and how to improve employee satisfaction
Tips for Hiring In A Tight Labor Market
Presenter: Claudia St. John - President, Affinity HR Group
With the unemployment rate at historic lows and finding qualified employees increasingly difficult, it is now more critical than ever that you deploy the right strategies to attract talent. Where is the best place to find talent? What qualities of your search will ensure that you have greater success in finding and landing talent. And what are some critical not-to-do's in your recruiting efforts. Participant outcomes include:
- Understanding the unique challenges of the current labor market
- Identifying successful and unsuccessful strategies for posting your position
- Learning tips for ensuring that your recruiting efforts are as effective as possible
Lumber Grading 101
Presenter: Lon Siebert, Renewable Resource Associates, Inc.
This presentation was designed to help lumber traders better understand the products they deal with. Lon focused on how to "read a piece of lumber" and appraise and measure abstract structural characteristics
Leveraging Credit Information for Profit
Presenters: Mark Erickson, Sr. Vice President at Blue Book Services, Larry McDaniel, Vice President of Finance at Blue Book Services, Aaron Lindstrom, the Pacific Northwest Agent for Euler Hermes
Participants learned trade credit policy and procedure best practices, and how to use these to drive business growth.


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Ottoman Beds
How does an Ottoman Bed work?
There's something at the heart of every ottoman bed which allows it to operate in such a useful way. The mattress rests on a slatted base which hinges at the upper end, so that it can be lifted clear from the storage space underneath. This is aided by a pair of gas struts either side of the base, which help you to lift the mattress and lock the frame in the open position. This is extremely useful, so that you can place and retrieve items freely, without having to hold the mattress in place yourself.
The base and mattress can be freed from this position with a simple tug, and the struts ensure the base drops back down gently.
Ottomans are actually simple upholstered boxes or chests, which double up as a seat, similar to a cushioned footstool or pouffe. They're derived from a piece of furniture which was prevalent in homes across the Ottoman Empire, although these were typically made from wood. The ethos however is what carried over to ottoman bed frames; a storage space which has a dual purpose.
All of these ottoman beds come with Free Delivery, with most of them including Next Day. Either way you can specify an exact date at the checkout and choose the most convenient day for you. All products come flat packed for self assembly.


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Cryoprobe Skin Leison Removal
Say goodbye forever to unwanted skin lesions. Your confidence will be renewed with this quick, simple & painless procedure. Delivering superior results.
The CryoProbe treatment uses the latest cryotherapy technology to precisely freeze and eliminate skin irregularities with minimal discomfort. It is a unique precision pen-like instrument that delivers a fine pinpoint spray of pressurized liquid nitrous oxide (NO) at constant temperature of -127F, with destroys annoying skin leison such as:
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Benefits of Cryoprobe Therapy
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* Non-invasive
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What lesions can be treated with Cryoprobe?
The Cryoprobe can successfully treat epidermal skin lesions such as warts, seborrheic keratosis, cherry angiomas, skin tags, epidermal neviand solar lentigos ( brown liver spots, sun spots ). Plantar wart removal may require 2-3 treatments spaced at 2-3 weeks intervals.
How does the skin lesion look after treatment?
There is usually an immediate response of erythema ( feeling of skin burn ) near the area around the lesion, with a slight rising of the lesion away from the surrounding skin. Also, depending upon a patient's skin type, there may be an appearance of small "white halo" around the lesion, indicating that histamine was released from the destroyed cells of the lesion. A blister may also form in areas where the surrounding skin is extremely thin. The blister should left intact and allowed to gradually peel off. It may takes 3-6 weeks to complete.
What is the typical aftercare for treated lesions?
Typically lesions treated with Cryoprobe do not require any post-treatment medical management since the epidermis remains intact. This reduces the danger of infection and reduces postperative discomfort.
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Stress-Free Start as EU Tightens Up Financial Rules to Avoid Future Collapse
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New rules have finally been introduced to make European Union financial markets safer, more transparent and avoid a repeat of the financial crisis of more than a decade ago happening again.
The roll-out of the changes that aim to boost investor protection happened on Wednesday, January 3, and has, so far, been glitch-free, according to the EU's markets watchdog, although it cannot rule out any disruptions in the near future.
Under the new regime, banks, asset managers and financial traders must now provide detailed information on trillions of euros in transactions.
All of the major banks across the European Union have spent an estimated US$2 billion collectively in the last 12 months upgrading IT systems in preparation for the introduction of the new rules that will boost transparency.
"What we can see for our part, is no glitches so far," Steven Maijoor, chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) told Reuters hours after its launch. "It will be the first time we have a complete overview of all financial instruments in the EU."
Bankers will work through the night to iron out last minute hitches before Wednesday's launch of a major reform of European Union financial markets that aims to apply lessons from the financial crisis nearly a decade ago.
Promising start
Early trading in European stock and bond volumes were, however, relatively light, possibly allowing the new systems to bed in properly.
"So far (there is) no difference compared to a regular day," Markus Huber, a trader at City of London Markets, as quoted bu Reuters. "Volume isn't expected to be massive or back to normal either due to not everybody being back from holidays, and not much going on in regard to major news or economic data."
Some bankers worked through the night on January 3 to iron out last-minute hitches before its introduction.
Due to the complexity of the new rules, the change was delayed by a year, while regulators had to issue 11th hour guidance to banks and financial firms to avoid freezing up trades as well as calm nerves of those not yet full compliant.
More losers than winners
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's warned, however, there would likely be more losers than winners from the changes brought in in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
Under the new rules fund managers and others must for the first time fill in a transaction report with up to 65 bits of data within 15 minutes of a trade — or risk being fined. They will revamp previous directives and broaden scope to take in more financial products.
Less than half of the EU's 28 member states have adopted the change into national law, although financial firms can carry on trading even if their home state has not completed the legislative process.
Big three
Germany, France and Britain, home to the EU's top financial centers in Frankfurt, Paris and London, are among those nations whose laws are up to speed, with big banks likely to be ready.
Everyone who pays in, or draws a pension, will be affected by the changes as traders will in future have to be able to justify investment decisions to investors. The European move is being eagerly watched in the United States where traders have been under pressure to introduce a similar arrangement.
Sourse: sputniknews.com


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The BFD
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has signed a $390 million agreement with optical components maker Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR). Proceeds would be used to refurbish and reopen a manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, which in the middle of next year would begin making optical components called VCSELs (i.e., the wafers that power such new iPhone features as Face ID and Animoji.
- Why it's the BFD: Because even though the money is coming from Apple's $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund — and despite many headlines to the contrary — Axios has learned that this is not an equity investment. That's why Apple's own press release refers to it as an "award," and reflects how AMF is much more of a strategic platform than a financial one.
- Ticker tape: Finisar shares were up more than 25% at market open.
- Bottom line: This is about Apple helping to create supply to meet its own demand. For context, it expects to buy 10 times more VCSELs in Q4 2017 than were made globally in Q4 2016.
Private Equity Deals
🚑 Care Advantage, a Richmond, Va.-based home healthcare services company owned by BelHealth Investment Partners, has acquired Care Solutions, a Hampton, Va.-based provider of non-skilled personal care services in the home for private pay patients. www.careadvantageinc.com
• Core Industrial Partners has acquired Prototek, a Contoocook, N.H.-based rapid prototyping service provider of machined and sheet metal parts and components. www.prototekmanufacturing.com
• Evolution Research Group, a Watchung, N.J.-based portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners, has acquired Endeavor Clinical Trials, a San Antonio, Texas-based clinical trial operator. www.endeavorct.com
⛽ KKR has provided additional capital to portfolio company Joulon, a Dubai-based provider of asset management services to the energy industry. Some of the proceeds were used to acquire Harris Pye Group, a UK-based provider of engineering and project management services to the marine, offshore and industrial sectors. www.joulon.com
• Rogue Wave Software, a Boulder, Colo.-based portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has acquired ZeroTurnaround, an Estonia-based provider of software tools for Java developers. www.roguewave.com
• TPG Growth has acquired fitness class company StretchLab. It will be rolled into a new platform called Xponential Fitness, which also includes existing portfolio companies Club Pilates and CycleBar. http://axios.link/EBzy
Public Offerings
• CIBC (TSX: CM) is planning to float its $2 billion Caribbean unit, FirstCaribbean, in New York, according to Reuters. http://axios.link/WYww


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Women, Leadership & Philanthropy Council
WLPC members at an Institute for Leadership Studies reception in honor of author, Arianna Huffington
WLPC is a wonderful place to converse with a diverse group of thought leaders who seek to engage and broaden our understanding of new practices and ideas.
Susan Dickson
President, WLPC
Inspiring women to Lead, Collaborate, and Contribute. We strive to empower women leaders to effect change through their collective philanthropic efforts at Dominican.
Guiding Principles
- We leverage our combined experience to advocate for balanced representation of women in leadership and philanthropic roles in organizations and society.
- We educate people to become better leaders and philanthropists to effect positive change.
- We model and teach philanthropic, collaborative and inclusive leadership to engage our community of women.
- We coach and mentor upcoming generations to become educated, philanthropic leaders others will follow and who encourage diverse representation at all levels of leadership.
As a member, you will learn about what it means to be a philanthropic leader. With unique access to inspiring women leaders from the University and the broader Bay Area, we'll work to expand women's leadership in business, education, non-profit organizations, philanthropy and the arts.
WLPC Projects
A powerful ethics-based leadership development program, hosted by Dominican for undergraduate students from leading universities.
A public forum, created by Dominican's Institute for Leadership Studies in partnership with Book Passage, featuring noted authors such as Caroline Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, and Arianna Huffington, who inspire socially relevant discussions and calls to action.
We collaborate with community organizations such as Marin Women's Commission and Speak to Me Events to expand our reach within Marin County and support activities that align with our mission.
We encourage involvement with local non-profits through volunteer projects.
See calendar for details.


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Thomas M. Schoewe
Thomas M. Schoewe has been a member of the board of directors since March 14, 2011. Mr. Schoewe was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a position he held from 2000 to 2010, and was employed by Walmart in a transitional capacity to January 2011. Prior to his employment at Walmart, Mr. Schoewe served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Black and Decker Corp., a position he held from 1993 to 1999. Prior to that, he served for four years as Black and Decker's vice president of finance. He previously held the position of vice president of business planning and analysis. He joined Black and Decker in 1986 after serving at Chicago-based Beatrice Companies, where he was chief financial officer and controller of Beatrice Consumer Durables, Inc. He has served on the board of directors of Northrop Grumman Corporation and General Motors Company since 2011. From 2001 to May 2012, he served on the board of directors of PulteGroup Inc., which merged with Centex Corporation in 2009 and previously served on the Centex board. Mr. Schoewe graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a bachelor's of business administration degree in finance. Mr. Schoewe's experience in financial reporting, accounting and controls, and business planning and analysis, together with his significant international experience as an executive of large multinational companies, brings important expertise to the oversight and development of our business. Mr. Schoewe also has experience with large-scale, transformational information technology implementations at Wal-Mart and Black and Decker.


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Aren't our spiritual lives similar? Don't we also often face raging waters, destructive winds and devastating storms? What can help us in those times is not the people around us, but the ground we are standing on. How strong is your foundation? How trustworthy are your anchors? I would like to discuss a couple of things you cannot and should not neglect in your life ahead:
It is in this personal relationship with God, that you have an assurance of your salvation. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. (Rom 8:16) You have to take out time to know Him for yourself in prayer, in worship, in seeking Him, and in waiting on Him in order to avoid failing in that personal relationship you have with the Lord. (Matt 26:41)
2. Anchored with Good Theology:
I remember Dr.Jacob Cherian of Southern Asia Biblical College title his message "Theology is not a bad word" as opposed to so many christian ministers of today for whom the word theology is a taboo. In fact, it is very essential that we base our lives on good and thorough knowledge of God and His Word. I know ministers and godly men and woman who backslid due to bad experiences in life. The reason being that they was not anchored and grounded in good theology.
Good theology is not achieved by going to a bible college or by studying Greek and Hebrew terminologies. Good theology is about developing a complete and balanced understanding of the Scriptures. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Tim 3:16)
3.Anchored under Godly Leadership:
This is one of those most ignored aspects among ministers in the Kingdom today. Everybody loves to work and move independently. To be accountable to a leadership seems like a difficult task. Submitting to leadership doesn't necessarily curtail your growth as some people think. Because your growth and promotion always comes from God.
Please remember that you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus himself as the cornerstone. (Eph 2:20) Submitting to authority and being accountable makes you see many of the blind-spots of your life, your walk with God and the ministry he has entrusted you with. Ask God to give you discernment to help you know who is correcting you and who is manipulating you. Stick close to the ones who correct you. (Prov 15:32)
If your foundations are good, you will remain strong and will last long. In Bishop Jakes' language: Come hell or high water, you will not be moved. Would you take time and efforts to anchor yourself deep into God, with a right understanding of His word and under Godly men/women He has placed over you? Share your thoughts in the comments below:


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Month: December 2014
On Hold Case Status – Pause SLA calculation in CRM 2015
SLA feature was introduced in CRM 2013 but, CRM 2015 has introduced an interesting feature to pause SLA calculation for specific On Hold statuses. This essentially ensures that SLA calculation gets stopped. This can be achieved by
1. Going to to Settings -> Administration
2. System Settings -> Service Tab
3. Select valid On Hold Case Statuses to pause SLA calculation.
Note – Available Values automatically populate the status reasons added for On Hold status.
Could not publish report 'Neglected Cases' when installing reporting services extension for CRM 2015
I got this error while installing CRM 2015 reporting services after successfully installing Dynamics CRM 2015. Trick here is to delete the existing Encrypted Content for SQL SSRS Reporting Services. To achieve this –
1. Open Reporting Services Configuration Mangaer
2. Go to Encryption Keys and click on Delete under "Delete Encrypted Content" section –
Trigger plugin for N:N relationships in Dynamics CRM
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Yesterday I was working on a requirement to trigger a plugin for N:N relationship. The idea is as soon as a record on N:N subgrid is added, trigger the plugin. Follow steps below for this –
1. Create a PreUpdate plugin on the entity
2. Check Message Name in from the PluginExecutionContext. Use Associate if checking for addition of a record in N:N or Disassociate for deletion of record in N:N
3. Validate Context depth is 1, this is to avoid recursive / infinite loops
4. Use "Relationship" input parameter to get current entity
5. Use Relation Entity schema name to get related entity record. This can be found by opening the respective N:N relationship.
6. Ensure the Plugin is registered with following values –
Code snippet below –
Hope it helps..
CRM 2013/2015 Language Packs
Great article on Technet on how to install Language Packs –
Key here is that Language packs are installed at the server level. But, a System Admin can decide which Languages are available on an organization hosted on that server by –
- Start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM web application
- Verify that you have either Full or Administrator privileges on Microsoft Dynamics CRM
- Start Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and go to Settings > Administration > Languages.
- The Language Settings dialog box opens
In it, are listed each Language Pack installed in your Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment, with a check box to the left of each listed Language Pack.
- For each Language Pack that you want to provision (enable), select the check box next to it. For each Language Pack that you want to unprovision (disable), clear the check box
- Click or tap Apply. Click or tap OK on any confirmation dialog boxes that open.
Dynamics CRM 2015 Calculated fields
Great article by fellow MVP Leon Tribe on MVP Award Program blog


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Teach kids how to grow a green vocabulary and mind-set, whether it's at home, at school, or in a community garden...
Teach kids how to grow a green vocabulary and mind-set, whether it's at home, at school, or in a community garden.
By Stephen Ritz and Suzie Boss, Rodale Wellness.
School gardens and green classrooms are ideal ecosystems for growing your students' academic vocabulary and thinking skills.
Here are some key terms, concepts, big ideas, and little nuggets to introduce and build on across grade levels. They're equally applicable in classrooms, in community gardening programs, or at home.
Dirt versus soil
"What's the difference between dirt and soil?" That question stumps many children at first, but my veteran gardeners know the difference: "Dirt is what's behind your ears. Soil is what we plant in." Soil is a living thing. It's a community. Dirt is a liability. Soil is the greatest asset in the world; it provides a medium to grow.
[post_ads]Expect your new gardeners to be surprised to learn that soil is a living, breathing material. Challenge their assumption that it's "just dirt" by having them investigate healthy soil using all their senses. Using an inexpensive handheld magnifying glass, they can get a close-up look at soil samples. Teach them to roll a pinch of soil between thumb and fingers to see if it forms a ball—a way to check for clay content. What do they notice when they close their eyes and smell a handful of soil? Their observations lead naturally to descriptive writing activities.
In outdoor gardens and container gardens, soil is what holds plant roots in place and delivers nutrients and water essential for healthy plant growth. Soil contains millions of living microorganisms; it is an ecosystem unto itself.
Academic language will blossom along with scientific understanding as students learn to identify organic and inorganic materials. Encourage questions about what they can do to improve soil quality. Earthworms, anyone? Good questions open the door to scientific investigations along with profound conversations about how we can improve our own environment.
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Think (and fail) like a scientist
[post_ads]A green classroom invites students to think like scientists every day. I keep a visual reminder of the scientific method posted on the wall of our National Health, Wellness, and Learning Center and refer students to it regularly. I want to power up their thinking by using the active verbs that scientists use: ask, wonder, inquire, question, test, measure, observe, evaluate, analyze. And fail. Fail often. All scientists need to know that failure is part of the scientific method. Failure is data. It tells us when we're wrong and need to try a different approach. Understanding what doesn't work is a step toward success. In a classroom filled with growing things, you have the perfect opportunity to remind students that nature succeeds by adapting to failure. The strong survive. Students will thrive when they understand that failure gives us all the opportunity to learn and grow.
Make your thinking visible
I want to honor my students' thinking, but I'm not a mind reader. That's why I constantly ask them to make their thinking visible. Once you know what's on their minds, then you can follow up to go deeper. Some of my favorite questions to uncover students' thinking: Why do you say that? Why you think that way? How can you defend what you're saying with evidence? There's never a one-word answer to why or how.
If it turns out that students are basing their thinking on incomplete information or misunderstandings, then you can correctively instruct. What's the thinking behind their mistakes? They need to feel safe in answering that question. One of my favorite strategies is to say, "Talk to me like I'm a two-year-old. Help me understand." That flips the script, and now a struggling student gets to teach you what he or she is thinking. From there, I always build on the positive. It's not about what you can't do but what you can. "No" shuts down learning. Instead, build on "yes."
Genetic potential
Seeds are amazing little metaphors to help students understand the world—and themselves. Every tiny seed comes packed with genetic potential. It's a promise, and promises really matter to children. Promises are about the future. Show a child a picture on a seed packet and they get it: A carrot seed promises to grow into a carrot. Every seed is another story waiting to happen, but the story can't begin until the conditions are right. The same is true of children. Each one is filled with potential. Every child has a story to tell. Our job as educators and nurturers is to create fertile conditions so that all children can achieve their potential. When you make a promise to a child, be sure you can fulfill it.
Rain forest versus oasis
I used to be flattered when people called my green classroom an oasis. Not anymore. An oasis may seem wonderful while you're hanging out there, but it's not a sustainable environment. It's isolated from what's around it. In contrast, a healthy ecosystem puts out roots and shoots. It's hyper-connected and regenerative. It's more like a rain forest. That's the ecosystem I'm striving for in my green classroom.
In fact, I think it's time to challenge the current focus on sustainability. Sustainability is about maintaining the status quo, keeping things going. That's barely a starting point. I want us to aim for transformation. How can we grow something greater? How can we restore and regenerate our communities? That's what rainforest thinking will help us achieve.
Related: 10 Skills You'll Need To Know For The End Of The World
Joyful learning
When you walk into a green classroom, you can't help but feel happy and alive. That's how I want my students and fellow teachers to feel every day. The learning we do together addresses important academic concepts, but it's not about skill-and-drill or memorization. There's room for joy and laughter along with the serious business of learning. That's refreshing for everyone—children and adults alike.
My story has been an odyssey, but I still walk into school every day with a smile on my face. I can't wait to show up and figure out what's next. If you're not having fun yet, and if your students aren't enjoying the journey, then there's something wrong. Focus on joy and you'll be amazed by what you can accomplish together.


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The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to suspended Gujarat IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, who was jailed in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
A Bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi noted that Pandian had been in judicial custody for around seven years now and the co-accused have already been granted bail.
The court also transferred the trial of the case to a court in Mumbai. The bench asked Pandian to appear before the trial court whenever directed and not to threaten witnesses or try to influence the case in any manner.
The CBI said it will approach the court if Pandian breaches any of the bail conditions. Pandian had moved the apex court after the Bombay High Court on November 20 rejected his bail application. The CBI had opposed the bail application in the high court saying that the police officer is a key accused who had picked up the duo from Hyderabad before they were killed in the alleged fake encounter.
Pandian, along with IPS officer Abhay Chudasama, Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Dinesh M N and other low-rank policemen are lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai after the Supreme Court transferred the trial in the case to Mumbai from Ahmedabad.
The other accused IPS officer, D G Vanzara, was brought back to Ahmedabad in connection with the case of alleged encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others remain lodged in the Sabarmati Central Jail. Former Minister of State for Home and BJP leader Amit Shah, who is out on bail, is also an accused in the case.
Sheikh and his wife were allegedly abducted by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorist Squad from Hyderabad and killed in a suspected fake encounter near Gandhinagar in November 2005.
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text: "Yours truly" shares a trait with former President George H.W. Bush: Dislike of use of perpendicular pronoun. How does this blogger tell the reader about the purchase of a 1938 Packard Hearse? For eleven years, "we" were a military family. A thirty-five foot Spartan trailer house was our home; we moved from coast-to-coast. Our Oldsmobile tow vehicle went to Newfoundland with Army husband while Spartan, wife and two sons were in Southern California. It's a l-o-n-g story but pertinent remembrance at this time. Another tow vehicle was needed when the next duty station was Fort Devens, Massachusetts. In Lancaster, California, the 1938 Packard Hearse was advertised "for sale" by local funeral home. The year was 1957; the price was $500.00. From active funeral "service" one week to private owner the next. The loving father, and grandfather, stripped out the equipment and converted the Packard to a beautiful hard-working tow vehicle. Our two year old son was quick to say "Oh, what a bootiful staysee-wagon." (Beautiful station-wagon [and joy to drive].) ~~ Our pictures are packed away in the cargo trailer. The accurate images (below) are from the Internet.


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In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday, I thought that it was only appropriate to dedicate a few of my postings specifically to the things in my life that I'm thankful for. This past year has really opened my eyes to the things, both big and small, that are important in my life.
Because its 7AM on Saturday morning, I'll start with the obvious....
1) I'm thankful for a full nights sleep....which I didn't get last night...not even close! Sleep has been up and down in our house for the past 6 months. Just ask my mom, I called her a few mornings ago and was soooo excited because I slept for 7 hours straight.
2) I'm thankful for carrots. Without them I wouldn't have this picture.
My last "thankful" for today goes back to the title of this post..."100th Post." Wow. I can still remember the very first one. It took me the span of about 6 hours to write it and to get the courage to actually post it. I would type paragraphs, only to delete them 5 minutes later. I struggled with the thought of putting myself out there for everyone to read. I'm pretty sure that there were tears running down my face the whole time.
3) I'm thankful for this blog...it may sound strange, but I really am. For those of you that know me, I wear my heart on my sleeve and it doesn't take much to elicit tears from my eyes. This blog has been a great outlet for me, a place to share our struggles and our successes, our fears and our joy. That's easier for me to do here than face to face. It has allowed me to keep you all posted on our lives--after all, you have helped us through some of the most difficult times. Not only that, but this blog also provides a record of how far we have come since last January when we learned about Charley's heart. Some day she will be able to read her story from the beginning and I hope that she can feel the love that has surrounded her through it all.
So there you have it, a few things I'm thankful for. Obviously these aren't the BIGGEST things, but important none the less. Now that I think about it, I don't know if a week is enough time for me to name them all......