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is this problem specific to ubuntu only or to all linux in general?? i'm a novice and i'm pretty curious about the life of my new dell laptop, but still want to run linux though (suse 11 seems promising)
is this problem specific to ubuntu only or to all linux in general?? i'm a novice and i'm pretty curious about the life of my new dell laptop, but still want to run linux though (suse 11 seems promising)
I have confirmed the Cycle Load Issue on my Samsung HM121HI hard drive and i found that there is no response to the fix posted in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795327
I tested the fix using parameters from 200 to 253 in the hdparam, and the Cycle Load Counting increades always by about 120 per hour or more. When i tried -B 254, it stopped Cycling at all. The counter stopped and i have the heads of my hard drive always flying on the disk. That's not what i wanted... i wanted to reach some reasonable counting rate, like 20 or 30 per hour... but this was impossible for me...
any other alternative?
This fix doesn't worked for me.
Heads can't park correctly on linux and most OS so the best is to disable this feature till laptop makers, hard drive manufacturers and OS developpers can reach an interesting compromise between efficiency, power saving and disk protection.
Having your head parking 20 or 30 per hours is almost useless on linux as because the kernel in its current state polls too often the disk so that they will unpark almost immediately and thus make you lose the interest of parking the heads anyway.
So if you can't reach the value you target just use -B 254.
BTW if you use hardy the fix presented in the thread you linked is obsolete and could explain why you can't reach your goal.
BTW i have a question about the hardy fix, is the laptop supposed to switch to ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_OFF} when power adaptator plugged in and to DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_ON when working on battery ?
Or do you just set it manually with "pm-powersave true" and "pm-powersave false" ?
Also the scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d are executed on hibernate, suspend, resume, thaw (and the $1 variable of the scripts gets a value of hibernate, suspend, resume, thaw).
[note: thaw = resume from hibernate, resume = resume from suspend]
And this brings me to my improvement on the opensuse fix.
Lets take another script, and lets call it disk again.
And place it in /etc/pm/sleep.d/Code:#!/bin/bash . /usr/lib/pm-utils/functions . /etc/pm/config.d/disk if test -z ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}; then exit 1 fi case "$1" in hibernate|suspend) echo "**nothing i need here fo now" ;; thaw|resume) /usr/bin/on_ac_power; if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then echo "**disabled PM for harddisk" for DISK_NAME in `echo ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}`; do ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_OFF} ${DISK_NAME} done elif [ "$?" -eq 1 ]; then echo "**enabled PM for harddisk" for DISK_NAME in `echo ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_NAMES}`; do ${DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_ON} ${DISK_NAME} done fi ;; *) echo "**this shoudn't be called right now..." ;; esac
Now lets make it executable
This ensures, that when the computer wakes up from hibernate/suspend it will set APM according to our settings in /etc/pm/config.d/disk depending on whether we are on AC or on battery.Code:$ sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/disk
Well at least it works that way for me, dunno if it's universal... my bash scripting skills are somewhere between none and lame
Now i need to solve mi final problem, and that is if i have laptop mode enabled in /etc/default/acpi-support the evil /etc/acpi/power.sh keeps setting hdparm when i plug in/out the power cord. Now i want to keep laptop mode for battery because is reduces disk polling significantly thus making disk APM more efficient, but i want pm-utils (SUSE scripts) to handle the hdparm settings not the old scripts in /etc/acpi/ .
This is what happens when ubuntu/debian devs just take something (pm-utils) and slap it on the system with just glue and duct tape ;D
Thanks, i have still to test things as for me applying the fix just stop head parking whatever the value i put for "DEVICES_DISK_PM_POWERSAVE_ON", but that's not a big problem as heads don't park in a useful way on linux anyway.
BTW: more info on pm-utils scripting: http://en.opensuse.org/Pm-utils
laptop-mode does not play well at all with pm-util (i tested this myself) in hardy and doesn't work after suspend/hibernate, in addition my previous laptop-mode config is way less efficient than it was before with gutsy. On top of this laptop mode doesn't prevent most of the most important and regular IO pollings which are deeper in the kernel.
These are the reasons why they do not park in useful way, parking in a useful way would be parking the heads and keeping them parked as long as the kernel do not have important things to do, thus protecting the disk, decreasing power consumption and decreasing the disk temperature.
So for the moment head parking is more a problem than a useful tool unfortunately, hopefully OS developpers will fix this in next version, lets wait a year and see.
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Sister, Surgeon, Soldier
By Jeffrey Donahoe
Editor's note: This is an abridged version of a story in the fall/winter 2016 issue of Georgetown Medicine. View the full story in the Georgetown Medicine online archives.
The life and career of surgeon Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D. (M'82, R'97), has included the political tensions of war and conflict, as well as deep inner peace.
She has performed surgery under challenging conditions in Afghanistan and provided care to returning soldiers as she rose to become a colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and as a reservist. She has served as a missionary surgeon responding to natural and man-made crises in Kenya, Sudan, Haiti, and Iraq.
Throughout these experiences and more, Byrne was on a personal journey to discern her calling and to profess her vows as a woman religious. She is now a sister of the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts in Washington, D.C., where she serves as medical director of their pro bono Physical Therapy and Eye Clinic at their convent, as well as a volunteer surgeon at the Catholic Charities Medical Clinic (formerly of the Spanish Catholic Center).
Serving the Country Through Army Medicine
A life of medicine, service to the poor, religious vocation, and a Georgetown education now seem that they were all but inevitable for Byrne.
She grew up in the Washington suburb of McLean, Virginia, in a large, devout, go-to-daily-Mass, Roman Catholic family. Byrne quotes her mother that her call to serve others as a religious sister "started in utero," simultaneously laughing and serious as she shares the story. Mother Teresa was her high school hero.
If the life of a religious was a calling, so too was the life of a physician. By "a miraculous event," as she calls it, Byrne was accepted to Georgetown School of Medicine. Georgetown was a family tradition: her father, thoracic surgeon William Byrne, was medical class of 1948 and completed a residency at Georgetown in 1956, in addition to her brothers Kevin (M'79) and John (M'87).
With seven siblings, Byrne knew that money was tight. The military offered a scholarship program, so Byrne joined the Army in 1978 as a medical student, and received a military medical scholarship.
After a three-year family medicine residency at the U.S. Army hospital at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Byrne began the scholarship "payback" period. As a full-time military officer, she served 13 months in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt as liaison between the Army and the monks of St. Catherine's Monastery.
After Sinai, Byrne volunteered to serve in Korea to practice family and emergency medicine. "I was thirsty for hands-on experience and was already toying with the idea of doing general surgery," she says.
"The military was pretty hard core, but I don't regret a minute of it," says Byrne.
A Grueling—and Humbling—Surgical Residency
After completing a seven-year commitment of full-time medical service in the Army Medical Corps, in 1989 Byrne spent a year doing missionary medicine. During part of that year she worked in India with a surgeon named Sister Frederick, who had done her surgical training at Georgetown. The friendship and mentorship strengthened Byrne's dual vocations, but the call to be a religious was put on hold for the call to be a surgeon.
Byrne was accepted into an Army general surgical residency program and deferred this to do surgical training beginning in 1990 and ending at Georgetown in 1994.
"I was thrilled to get into the program," she says. Work weeks of 100 or more hours are grueling for any surgical resident, but Byrne also remembers the excitement. "The Army had boosted my confidence, and I really flourished in those days."
"The military was pretty hard core, but I don't regret a minute of it."
After residency, Byrne practiced in Ventura, California, training missionary doctors for two years. In 2000 she completed her board certification in surgery. "People sometimes think, 'Oh, you do missionary medicine over there somewhere, you serve the poor. You must not be able to hack it in private practice'," she says.
They would be mistaken, because this is a physician who does not settle for good enough. Byrne brings not only top professional training—she is board certified in family medicine and general surgery as well as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons—but also brings years of invaluable experience in resource-limited settings to her practice.
Finding a Religious Home
Also in 2000, Byrne came back to Washington to begin an intense discernment process, finding and joining the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, an Italian order more than 120 years old, made of both teachers and health professionals. It was a natural and immediate fit.
"It's a very traditional order," Byrne says. "We pray together every day, including daily Mass and Adoration. We live in community. We're old-fashioned girls."
Finally finding a religious home, Byrne took her formal formation in 2002 and professed first vows in 2004. But, once again, the Army would interrupt. "I had one foot in the religious life and one foot in with Uncle Sam," says Byrne.
In 2003, the Army brought her back as a reservist after she made first vows and deployed her three times over the next six years. This meant trading in her habit for scrubs and fatigues.
"I had one foot in the religious life and one foot in the Army."
In 2009, she finally retired from the Army for good and professed final vows with the Little Workers two years later.
Meeting Medical Needs at Home
Wearing a black veil and full-length white habit, Byrne enters an office at the Catholic Charities Medical Clinic in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood with apologies for running late. A minor but emergent surgery had presented a few hours earlier. She performed the surgery in a small but well-equipped room down the hall; for more complex surgeries, she works out of a number of affiliated hospitals.
The modest clinic, a convent until it was renovated in the 1980s, resembles any private practice suite. A tour of the first floor reveals a closet-sized but well-stocked pharmacy, a lab, an ultrasound, three exam rooms, and a patient counseling room. Upstairs, there's a well-appointed dental clinic and a light-filled chapel. There are two full-time doctors in addition to Byrne, several nurse practitioners, and rotating medical students, including some from Georgetown.
Byrne estimates that most of the clinic's patients live well below the federal poverty line (about $24,000 for a family of four and about $12,000 for an individual). About half are undocumented. Few patients have insurance, but many pay what they can. "It helps with their dignity," Byrne says.
A Model of Courage
Byrne, who's staring age 60 in the eye (a fact that she dismisses with a wave of the hand), says she's content to stay home, treat patients, and be Mother Superior of the Washington Little Workers sisters. "Mostly I fix the leaky toilets in the house and make sure the bills get paid," she says modestly.
But she's been lured back into extreme medicine a few times lately to deliver care in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The Global Surgical and Medical Support Group (GSMSG), founded in 2015 by Georgetown alumnus and current medical student Aaron Epstein (G'12, M'18), provides medical care in war-torn regions.
The program provides not only care—from front-line medics to advanced cardiothoracic surgery—but also training for local doctors. To date, the GSMSG has had six trips to Iraq. Epstein says that Byrne was one of the first to believe in him and back his ideas, volunteering to go with him to Iraq and recruit other U.S. doctors. She went on the first GSMSG medical mission for two weeks. She's also on the board of medical advisers.
"She brings a credibility to our efforts that only a former U.S. Army surgeon turned sister of the Church can—and I think there is only one person like that in the world," Epstein says. "She is unique, and courageous beyond all measure."
Byrne says she is blessed. "I entered Georgetown knowing what I wanted to do. It's what I am doing now: I'm a religious sister and a surgeon," she says. "I am able to serve Christ in the poor and was able to care for our incredible soldiers."

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As fate would have it, here I am standing with Burmese monks in front of the stupa (please see photo below) that will make my Burmese friends in New York happy, one who also became a lay monk but leads a civilian life with his lovely family.
While Varanasi jolted my six senses and turned my world upside down in a good way, Sarnath calmed my spirit like a cool, ocean breeze kissing my face despite my being in the middle of a dry, dusty desert like atmosphere; even though Deer Park is spotted with trees and preserved like a World Heritage site.
My take away from Buddhism is about walking the middle path, acting with loving kindness and enacting tolerance. In short, let's be respectful of religious diversity as all faiths lead to the same destination.


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We believe that recruiting graduates and developing them within the business is a sound strategy for effective succession planning. Each year we recruit permanent Graduate Engineers, as well as undergraduate students on summer placements and 12 month industrial placements.
The Grainger & Worrall Graduate Development Programme involves an initial 4 month rotation through the main business areas to ensure a basic understanding of the main disciplines undertaken within the Company. You will be assigned a mentor to support you with your career development plan. Your line manager will meet with you every 6 months, a performance review will take place to identify professional targets, review performance, allocate projects and identity training and development needs. We offer in-house and external training & development to improve engineering knowledge & skill.
A number of our experienced engineers are members of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (ICME). The ICME is a nominated body for the Engineering Council.
Here is what some former Graduate Engineers have to say about working at Grainger & Worrall:
The knowledge, values and practices which I learned throughout studying for my degree helped to prepare me for the practical, 'hands-on' nature of working in the Prototype Division of Grainger and Worrall. The wide variety of new experiences and challenges have enabled me to rapidly develop my engineering knowledge base.
The Graduate Programme at Grainger and Worrall includes a rotation between several main departments, giving invaluable insight into these different areas including how they operate, the services which they provide, and how they interact and support other departments. Understanding how all the various areas interact and support one another is critical, and allows for a more in depth understanding of the company and industry as a whole.
As part of the rotation between departments, you are exposed to and encouraged to learn how to operate and effectively use various types of hardware and software such as; CAD, CAM and 3D Printing, along with different methods of measuring and inspection of parts such as X-Ray and CT Scanning, all from highly skilled and knowledgeable engineers.
I work in the Prototype Division of Grainger and Worrall as a Product Engineer. In Prototype, we launch around 350 new projects a year, or an average of around 1 new project per day, every day. I am responsible for overseeing the manufacture of sample and production castings within the Prototype Foundries, along with aiding in the initial feasibility and design for manufacture of the castings. I have been involved with designing, implementing and monitoring process improvements at different stages throughout the Prototype Foundries, tasks which has involved working with small and large teams of multi-skilled colleagues.
With the fast pace in the Prototype Division, there are new challenges and projects presented every day, an environment which allows for rapid growth of knowledge and skills, an area in which I can learn and develop my engineering knowledge base further, something which I am looking forward to in the future.
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My time so far at Grainger and Worrall has allowed me to apply the values that I gained throughout my degree and develop my engineering competency through a variety of new experiences. My early days with the company have consisted of working alongside experienced engineers on a variety of projects, allowing me to pick up new responsibilities and gain new skills.
As part of my graduation programme I rotated through different departments to aid me in understanding the scope of the business. This enabled me to meet a large amount of my colleagues throughout the company and learn about how they operate as a team. This experience has granted me the opportunity to quickly become familiar with key concepts of the industry. During this period, I have spent time using different technical hardware and software used for applications such as geometrical measurement and casting simulations, as well as becoming more familiar with a wide range of our products.
After my rotation, I settled in the Series department fulfilling a satisfying role in the quality team. This involves working on projects for customers including Aston Martin, Porsche and McLaren; meeting the demanding quantities of high performance engine castings that they require on a day to day basis.
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I used to get my nails done religiously at the salon when I was younger so I never really had to think about buying new nail varnishes as they had all the colours in the salon.
I like to keep my nail varnish collection fresh (saying that, I haven't brought any for the past year!) So when I was in Next the other day purchasing some bedding, by the till is the makeup section and I came across this Set Of Four Nude Nail Polish Collection, the colours are absolutely gorgeous and the thing I love about nude/neutral colours is that they literally go with anything and everything,
The set of varnishes cost me £10 which personally I think is a great price, especially if they are good. The set consist of 3 pinky nudes and a very light nude shade that I'd say is on the cream side but I'm a huge fan of all the colours.
The packaging is very simple but I don't mind that as the colours are the statement piece. The font kind of reminds me of the Nails Inc Nail Varnishes.
The first colour in the set is called 'Barely There' which is a stunning pinky nude with gold flecks when it hits the light. I really like the formula as its not thick but not watery either and the brush is a decent size so you can do two strokes and you've covered your whole nail. I tried this colour on one of my nails (I did with all them before deciding what colour to choose first) and 2 coats is plenty for all of them.
The next colour in the set it called 'Sahara Desert' which is the most perfect dusty pink shade.
Next we have the colour 'Sheerly Not' which is a creamy shade. This is the lightest colour out of the 4 but I don't hate it! Its such a gorgeous shade, I literally cannot wait to wear this one!
And last but at no means least we had the colour 'Stay Sassy' which is darker pink but still nude shade. This is the colour I chose to pop on my nails and I adore this colour. All of the shades are super pretty and I used a top coat which wasn't from next but my colour has stayed on for the past 3 days without chipping and they still look great!
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Ex-PIMCO CEO and co-CIO Mohamed El-Erian has broken his silence on why he left the bond shop earlier this year.
Speaking on Bloomberg TV Wednesday, the economist said he wanted to focus on a "portfolio of part-time activities" and spend more time with his family. "It was time for me to do something different … I was there 14 years," he said.
"When your daughter comes to you, as mine did about a year ago, with a list of 22 … specific events that were important to her that I had missed… that served as a wakeup call," El-Erian said.
PIMCO co-founder Bill Gross went public with his views on El-Erian's departure in a Bloomberg BusinessWeek story that appeared two weeks ago.
In that article, Gross explained that he and his team pleaded with El-Erian not to leave. "I begged, as much as a man in my position can beg," he said. "I didn't get on my knees, but — 'Don't leave. What are you doing? Don't!' And at some point it was, 'All right, already.' "
Then, Gross and the shell-shocked PIMCO team had to tackle on El-Erian's grueling globe-trotting schedule.
"We said, 'What are we going to do now?' So, I started to think about the things that he did—I'm not hopping on a plane and going to Abu Dhabi and going to Munich and London, I'm too old for that stuff! Who's going to do that? You can't leave, you're the CEO who travels around the world and represents PIMCO! So we're still getting used to that."
In addition to operational issues, there was the turmoil tied to a February story in the Wall Street Journal, which discussed personality issues between the two executives, as well as investor outflows. "Then the aftermath," Gross told Bloomberg. "I never expected that."
While PIMCO continues to adjust, El-Erian gives Gross his full support.
"Bill is one of the world's best investors …," the economist said on TV. "He's able to differentiate signals from noise and is committed to delivering value."
Plus, the PIMCO team, El-Erian notes, "has a deep bench." Since he left the bond shop in January, PIMCO has tapped Doug Hodge as its CEO and appointed six deputy chief investment officers.
For his part, El-Erian says he is keeping busy with his work as a daily columnist for Bloomberg, an occasional commentator for the Financial Times, the chief economic advisor at Allianz and member of its International Executive Committee, the chair of President Obama's Global Development Council and the author of an upcoming book on the world's central banks.
Gross Desperation
According to one expert, the pain of the breakup still stings for Gross and other PIMCO managers.
"They've spent two months really trying to explain away why El-Erian left, so that's obviously not good," said Dartmouth College economics professor Danny Blanchflower, speaking on Bloomberg TV Wednesday. "And there are concerns that people will pull their money."
According to Morningstar, PIMCO funds had outflows of $7.4 billion in March, while $15.5 billion was withdrawn by investors in the first quarter.
As professional investors, "You certainly don't want to be focused on personalities," explained Blanchflower. "And I'm sure Bill Gross … is desperately trying to change the subject back to their business."
The economist, who served on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from 2006 to 2009, added that, "Obviously, what we learned from this is that personalities matter."
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Google Reader + iPhone = Awesome
If you're one of the lucky ones to get an iPhone today, and you want to use Google Reader on it, developer David Cann has a smart solution. The "Google Reader iPhone skin" uses javascript to provide an iPhone-sized interface for your feeds.
Here's how it works: you go to his site, drag the bookmarklet into Safari 3, visit Google Reader and click the bookmarklet. In a Greasemonkey-like fashion, it will change the look and feel of Google Reader using dynamically loaded javascript. And if you're not lucky enough to land yourself an iPhone, you can still test it on Safari 3 for Mac or Windows.
The Google Reader iPhone skin was released in part due to our article about 7 Kickass iPhone Apps That Don't Exist Yet, in which we said we'd love to see an iPhone version. If you have an app you'd like to see iPhonized, head over to David's site and let him know.


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It's the heart of your home. And the centerpiece of your style. Your kitchen should be a place to gather, share and savour. A space that's inspiring and welcoming. Not only a place to make a meal, but a place to make a statement. As the holiday season approaches, we look at the four kitchen designs that inspired us most in 2017.
Minimal and magical
This simply stunning kitchen by Winnipeg's Dlux Design and Co features a beautifully minimal esthetic and a striking countertop with a waterfall edge in 5031 Statuario Maximus. This crisp, clean look pairs white and off-white hues with natural woodgrain textures, while geometric tiles and patterned metal stools keep it on-trend and thoroughly contemporary.
Lofty aspirations
Interior Designer Christopher DeBoer of Sybrandt Creative brings a fresh and bright look to this contemporary loft kitchen. Caesarstone countertops and a matching island in 4001 Fresh Concrete, paired with lower cabinets in white, provide a unified base. Balanced with rich accents of walnut, brushed brass hardware and deep blue chevron tiles for the backsplash, the space has a clean yet textured feel. Its refined, mid-century modern style makes for a functional space that's both trendy and timeless.
Small is beautiful
This sleek penthouse kitchen by Toronto's Sheree Stuart Design makes the most of a small space with a design that's big on luxury. Blending wood, glass, concrete and steel in a seamless and highly functional design, the kitchen includes five integrated Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances and unique custom finishes. The focal point of the space is a modern island with a waterfall edge in 4004 Raw Concrete.
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Avenue Design created this state-of-the-art urban oasis in the quiet countryside of Stouffville, Ontario. The heart of this custom, 8,500 square-foot home has a modern, Miami feel with rustic undertones, creating the perfect space to entertain in style. With ample prep space and an airy ambiance, the design maximizes natural light with a downdraft cooktop allowing for an unobstructed view from the large, central window. Designed to bring an element of the natural surroundings inside, the large open-concept kitchen includes wide plank wood flooring and a striking walnut breakfast table integrated with an island in 1141 Pure White.
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The Prestigious Status of Law Enforcement Accreditation
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program offers an accreditation process for police agencies across the Commonwealth. Like other accreditation programs, the process consists of two major components: (1) the establishment of a body of professional standards for police agencies to meet, and (2) a voluntary assessment process by which agencies can be publicly recognized for meeting those standards considered best practices for the profession.
Standards generally dictate which topical areas an agency must have policies and procedures on leaving the development and enforcement of agency-specific policies and procedures up to the agency's CEO and supervisory staff. The vast majority of the Commission's standards require agencies to commit their often unwritten policies and procedures to writing. The remaining standards are equipment or facility related generally found in communication centers, holding facilities and property/evidence rooms.
The program involves a thorough examination of the agency by the agency to determine compliance with program standards. That internal review or self-assessment that is initiated by the agency's CEO is then followed by an external, peer review by Commission-appointed assessors. Assessors are typically Police Chiefs and Accreditation Managers who have been specially trained to conduct on-site assessments on behalf of the Commission.
Assessments for these awards are similar in purpose to line and staff inspections in that they both serve to monitor compliance with standards and provide a timely means for corrective action to be taken when necessary.
The Commission offers two professional credentialing programs: Certification and Accreditation.
Accreditation is the higher of the two program awards consisting of 382 standards: 257 are mandatory; 125 are optional. Mandatory standards that do not apply to the agency are waived. Only a percentage of the optional standards must be met; the percentage is based on agency size.
The Certification Program consists of 159 standards, all of which are mandatory. Since these 159 standards are part of the 257 mandatory standards for accreditation, certification is a significant milestone towards accreditation.
It is the policy of the Commission that agencies must successfully achieve certification before being assessed for accreditation.
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It was a few weeks into my psychiatry residency, the print barely dry on my medical school diploma, when I met a patient we'll call Sarah. Up to that point, the majority of those I had cared for on the inpatient psychiatry ward had been in and out of mental health care for years. When they came to our team, they arrived at least partially pre-packaged, with a working diagnosis that they carried — many for decades — along with a laundry list of medications that they had tried. After interviewing them and gathering collateral information from friends, family, and outpatient care providers, my attending and I would discuss treatment plans, taking some time to consider whether their current signs and symptoms aligned with their pre-existing diagnoses.
Sarah was different. In her late twenties with her auburn hair cropped short and stylish, she spoke to us in earnest. "Please — I need you to help me. I need my identity back. The government has taken it." Her sentences were clipped, her eyes darting fervently around the room, taking in my attending and me, along with a pair of medical students. Her voice dropping to a whisper as she implored, "And they're doing testing on me. Microsoft wants my organs. They've already taken my brain. This might sound crazy, but, I'm telling you, it's the truth. I don't want the medications they're giving me. The nurse told me it will clear my mind and I don't want to forget. I have remembered everything."
"She's never done this before," her father said to us later in the hallway outside the psych ward, having flown across the country after his daughter's frantic call home rambling about her neighbors trying to steal her kidneys. From all accounts, up until a few days before, Sarah hadn't so much as set foot in a psychiatrist's office and now she had earned herself a stay with us on a locked psych ward. Here was a patient, new to psychiatry — a diagnostic puzzle waiting to be solved.
It is just such puzzles that lend themselves well to James Morrison's most recent edition of Diagnosis Made Easier: Principles and Techniques for Mental Health Clinicians. In his book, Morrison, a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University and author of many other guides for clinicians, details and diagrams the sometimes nebulous process of arriving at a diagnosis.
What the seasoned attending may do almost without thinking, drawing on his or her years of experience, Morrison lays out in highly readable text. He combines case vignettes with a stepwise approach to analyzing the information and narrowing in on a final verdict.
And while much of the skill of diagnosis is learned through the catch-as-catch-can system that is medical school and residency (with the learning continuing into more advanced roles), Morrison has set down in text a practical way of going about the process. His book is highly useful for the inexperienced clinician, or even an experienced one who wants a different perspective.
"What's imperative to learn," Morrison writes, "is the scientific method — yes, and the art — of evaluating patients and arriving at logical diagnoses consistent with the facts."
The book is divided into three sections. The first focuses on the diagnostic process. Morrison introduces us to his diagnostic roadmap, moving through seven levels, starting with information gathering and identifying syndromes and then on to constructing a differential, evaluating, and re-evaluating. He places significant emphasis on systematically developing and organizing a differential diagnosis.
I particularly appreciated his inclusion of extensive tables. One particularly illuminating one details which medical conditions can masquerade as psychiatric maladies; another offers differentials for more than forty mental illnesses. I plan to reference these in the future.
The second section explores the background data needed to understand a patient and be able to make a diagnosis, and discusses the importance of history-taking and gathering collateral as a key part of the process. Finally, the third part puts to use the skills described in the first two sections, applying them to various clinical disorders.
Throughout, the text is focused on the practical and written in the conversational tone of a friendly mentor. Originally released in 2006, the new edition reflects the changes made in the DSM-5 and updates the resources and suggested reading.
But can a book really teach clinical diagnosis? you may be asking, and rightly so. No book is going to replace the in-the-trenches training of residency. (If it could, we'd all be reading it to skip past the weeks of night float and soar up to an attending-level salary.)
However, there is benefit to a closer examination of the process itself, which can sometimes get lost as we race to get work done and fit each patient into a diagnostic box. Here is an opportunity to pause and learn about the process — one that will serve us, and our future Sarahs, well.
Diagnosis Made Easier: Principles and Techniques for Mental Health Clinicians, 2nd Ed.
The Guilford Press, February 2014
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You expect comfort, dynamics and safety from a prosthetic hip joint? Then you will find the benefits of our innovative Helix3D hip joint system convincing. It is the world's first hip joint that is able to hydraulically control three-dimensional movements in the swing and stance phase.
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LUANDA, January 13, 2014 – The World Bank's Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, will visit Angola from January 15 -16, 2014 for development talks with Vice President Manuel Vicente, the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Territorial Development, and the Governor of the Angolan Central Bank.
Mr. Diop's visit, the first by an Africa regional Vice President since 2007, reflects the World Bank Group (WBG)'s strong commitment to revitalizing its relationship with Angola and supporting its long-term development priorities.
In its recent Country Partnership Strategy for Angola (2014-17), the World Bank Group (WBG) committed its support to Angola's transition to the Bank's IBRD or middle-income borrowing status, which will unlock potential for more extensive future collaboration. The Vice President's visit comes several months after successful talks with the Angola government at the WBG's Annual Meetings held in Washington in October 2013.


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Our principal financial sponsor is the Heritage Lottery Fund, Northern Ireland, without whose help this project would not have been possible. Our thanks go to Angela Lavin and Stella McDermott in particular for advice and encouragement.
Queen's University, Belfast has been most helpful in providing office space and equipment for the project, as well as historical and computing expertise.
We have had co-operation and help from a range of organisations and individuals, not all of whom are mentioned here. But the list includes: National Archives, Ireland; the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland; Ulster Folk & Transport Museum; Ulster Museum; Central Library, Belfast; Linen Hall Library, Belfast; Ulster People's College, Belfast; Shankill Women's Centre; West Belfast Historical Society.
Among the individuals we would particularly wish to acknowledge are Clare Murphy, Andrew Sneddon, Fearghal McGarry, Ann McVeigh, George Dunn, and Karen McCartney. Liam Cameron and Jonny McCullagh did wonderful work on the design and implementation of the website.
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Very often, we are asked by visitors, "How can I get the Mohicans theme?" Craving those sound files for your own system? You can now freely obtain any of the clips we use on this Web Site! Click on the file(s) of your choice to retrieve them to your hard drive! The files vary in length, from a mere 2KB to well over four full MB, and could take some time to download. Be patient! All are in .wav format except for the LOTM theme which is available in both .wav AND .mid formats, one tune from Wes Studi's Firecat of Discord, Full Moon on the Danceground, which is in the .mp2 format, and Dougie MacLean's The Gael, in .mp3.
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August 13th was Earth Overshoot Day. Less than eight months into 2015, mankind had already gobbled through a year's worth of the Earth's resources. This got me thinking about whether the demands of the planet and the demands of the retirement crisis might just overlap.
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From Remington and Russell to Native American works, see some of the finest Western art in the country during this docent-facilitated Museum tour. View ethnographic material from Native Americans and mountain men, and learn about frontier military life. Round out the tour with a look at the evolution of the working cowboy, from the range to their portrayal in film and pop culture. Walk away with a better understanding of the diverse cultures that have shaped the West – but…Find out more


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Like a private detective out of a Dashiell Hammett novel, researching SEO Keywords is one of the most rewarding activities you can undertake in your SEO strategy. By studying your competitors, and doing the detective work, you can discover which terms and phrases are pertinent to your market and client base, and discover which SEO keywords you should focus on, and even more importantly, find which SEO keywords your competitors aren't currently exploiting, and use that to your advantage. This kind of research should be the launching point of any well thought out SEO strategy. But how does one go about doing this sort of research?
A great skill you will need to develop, is deciding the value of specific SEO keywords. Every time a search is placed on the internet, it is recorded somewhere, and there are plenty of great tools you can use to find out what those keywords are. Sites such as the Google Adwords Keyword Estimator, Google Insights for Search, Microsoft AdCenter Keyword Forecasting and Wordtracker's Free Basic Keyword Demand can give you plenty of information. However, this alone w0n't let you know which SEO keywords are the most valuable. For that, a smart web designer needs to do a little more detective work, using the following easy and logical steps.
First, ask yourself if this keyword is relevant to your website, your business, and the services you offer. Does this keyword make sense for your business to focus on? And will the traffic directed to your website generate revenue and new business for you or your client?
Second, search for the keyword or phrase in all of the major search engines. Were there a large number of results, and were there many paid advertising results along with the organic results? This means that it is a high value SEO keyword, and can be highly lucrative for your company.
Third, try purchasing a sample campaign for the chosen SEO keywords using Google AdWords or the Bing Adcenter, and direct it to the most relevant page on your website. Then, track the traffic to your website, and the amount of revenue it generates over several hundred clicks. This could take a few days, or weeks, depending on how high demand the keywords are.
Lastly, using the data from the previous step, make an educated estimate of the value generated by a single visitor from that SEO Keyword. As an example, if over the previous 24 hours your SEO keyword generated 10,000 views, of which 500 visited your website, and 5 of them made purchases averaging $500 in profit, then you can calculate that each click through generated is worth $1. According to click through rating estimates, you could likely have a click through rate between 30-40% with a #1 ranking on that particular SEO Keyword. This translates to 3,000-4,000 visits per day, at $1 each, could mean an additional $1,460,000 a year.
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- 3 Beds
- 3 Full Baths
- 1,641 +/- Sqft
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Property TypeResidential – Townhouse
SubdivisionPar Six Condo
Listing Date09/10/20
Year Built1979
Lot Size0.11 Acres (4,835 SqFt)
Property Description
Enjoy an ideal EagleVail location, with open and unobstructed mountain views, from this spacious three-bedroom, plus additional office, end-unit townhome with an oversized 1-car garage. Situated at the end of Gopher Road and along the first hole of the EagleVail golf course these private and quiet townhomes have always been highly desirable. A completely remodeled exterior with new roof, siding and windows is complemented by a meticulously maintained and upgraded interior featuring vaulted ceilings, gas fireplace and hardwood floors. A spacious and private main living room deck steps right down onto the expansive common yard, and you are literally steps to the driving range, pool and tennis courts. Short-term rentals allowed and you are minutes from Vail and Beaver Creek. Being sold partially furnished.
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- Fireplace - Gas
- Multi-Level
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- Cable Available
- Electricity Available
- Natural Gas Available
- Sewer Available
- Snow Removal
- Trash
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Situated between two world-class ski resorts, the community of EagleVail is one of the valley's most prime locations in terms of access. With an 18-hole golf course, par 3 golf course, tennis courts, community pool, hiking and biking trails, sporting fields, a community garden, local restaurants and more, this community has something for everyone. EagleVail serves as a basecamp for families, second-home owners and adventurous thrill-seekers alike. Wave hello to your neighbors on an evening stroll around the golf course, hang out at the community pool or ski home from Beaver Creek — whatever lifestyle you're looking for, EagleVail delivers the perfect setting for it. Real estate in the community includes a healthy mix of condominiums, townhomes, duplexes and single-family homes. In EagleVail, neighbors hang out together at the community garden, driving range, Turkey Trot or the pool. EagleVail is also just a bike ride away from Vail, Avon and Edwards, and multiple county bus stops in the neighborhood provide easy shuttle service to anywhere in the valley. With its commercial and residential zones, adjacent National Forest lands, beautiful green spaces thanks to the golf course and other pocket parks, EagleVail features alpine living without sacrificing any conveniences. It's also a community that offers pricing from entry-level to luxury buyers.
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Until then, enjoy the tools!
The data relating to the real estate for sale on this website comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange program of the Vail Multi-List Service, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Vail Multi List, Inc. (VMLS). The information displayed herein was derived from sources believed to be accurate, but has not been verified by VMLS. Buyers are cautioned to verify all information to their own satisfaction. This information is exclusively for viewers' personal, non- commercial use. Any republication or reproduction of the information herein without the express permission of the VMLS is strictly prohibited.
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A recently renovated terraced house, situated close to all amenities, comprising of an entrance hallway, a living room with a fire place, a kitchen/dining which leads onto a good sized yard, with outside furniture; three double bedrooms, and two shower rooms. Property is highly finished, fully furnished and fully equipped with all modern day gadgets. One of a kind. Definitely not to be missed!
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Are you a parent who is parenting your grandchild(ren)? You are not alone!
Join us for and eight week support group for the opportunity to meet other grandparents, and receive support, and share ideas and resources.
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Where: Ubuntu at 14023 Victoria Trail
When: October 2 - November 27, 2018
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The SFV Shooters Club is a chapter under the National African American Gun Association and located in the San Fernando Valley in So Cal.
The club will meet monthly to;
1.) Come together as a community to discuss firearms ownership, laws & regulatory updates that affect our state and city
2.) Go over a pre-designated targeted firearms topic (i.e. safe handling, self defense in the home, tactical training)
3.) To have some fun with other folks in our community whom may not feel as welcomed in other Gun Club groups.
Currently our first 50 members of the club are free. We are at 31 members and counting. After 50 members we will charge an annual fee for the cost of speakers, instructors, but the annual fee will cover 1 free FFL Transfer per year with Redstone Firearms.
This SFV Shooters Club patch is to show off your membership pride!
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Lambda-kube is a Clojure library for building inputs for Kubernetes.
Add lambdakube as a dependency to your
project.clj, and (preferably), lein-auto as a plugin.
:require the namespace:
(:require [lambdakube.core :as lk]
[clojure.java.io :as io])
Define a module function, defining the different parts of the system.
;; A module function takes an injector ($) as parameter, and adds rules to it.
(defn module [$]
(-> $
;; A rule defines a resource (:frontend) and dependencies ([:num-fe-replicas]).
(lk/rule :frontend [:backend-master :backend-slave :num-fe-replicas]
(fn [master slave num-replicas]
;; We start with an empty pod.
(-> (lk/pod :frontend {:app :guesbook
:tier :frontend})
;; We add a container, specifying a name, image and environments.
(lk/add-container :php-redis "gcr.io/google-samples/gb-frontend:v4"
(lk/add-env {} {:GET_HOST_FROM :dns}))
;; We load three files from resources and mount them to the container
(lk/add-files-to-container :php-redis :new-gb-fe-files "/var/www/html"
(map-resources ["index.html" "controllers.js" "guestbook.php"]))
;; Wait for the master and slave to come up
(lku/wait-for-service-port master :redis)
(lku/wait-for-service-port slave :redis)
;; Then we wrap the pod with a deployment, specifying the number of replicas.
(lk/deployment num-replicas)
;; Finally, we expose port 80 using a NodePort service.
(lk/expose-node-port :frontend (lk/port :php-redis :web 80)))))))
Define configuration.
(def config
{:num-fe-replicas 3})
Define a
-main function.
(defn -main []
(-> (lk/injector)
(lk/get-deployable config)
(lk/kube-apply (io/file "guestbook.yaml"))))
Run it:
$ lein auto run
It will create a YAML file (
my-app.yaml) and call
kubectl apply on it. Then it will remain to watch your source files for changes, and when changed, will re-apply automatically.
A complete example can be found here.
Kubernetes is a really great tool, which transforms the task of deploying complex systems from an IT task to a software development task. Lambda-kube takes this one step further and turns the generation of the YAML files which describe the deployment declaratievly, from a "configuration" task to a programming task.
Imagine you are developing a new database system. Your database system consists of a few different kinds of nodes. Now imagine you wish to allow your users to deploy this database as part of their software. A good first step in this direction would be to package your software as Docker images, one for each type of node. But a Docker image does not answer the question of how these nodes should be connected to one another.
To answer this question, you could, for example, provide example YAML files for Kubernetes, to give the user a sense of what they need to do in order to deploy your database as part of their system, given they are using Kubernetes. However, the files you provide are no more than an example. Eventually, the user will have to update these files to match their needs.
Lambda-kube allows you to provide them a Clojure library, which generates these YAML files according to the recipe you design, but matching the parameters they provide. Being a Clojure library, it can be then integrated in a library they write, which integrates your database with their software, and potentially other microservices, each coming with its own Lambda-kube-based library.
The above description matches the mission of the Helm project, and Helm charts could indeed stand in place of Lambda-kube libraries. However, the way I see it, Helm has two significant drawbacks.
Helm charts use text-based templates to generate YAML files. While this can work properly in simple cases, this can break horribly for others.
For example, the template engine used by Helm does nothing to escape string values. For example, if you provide a string value to a field and that string value contains new-lines, these new-line characters will break the YAML syntax.
Similarly, if you use a template to create a block (e.g., a map of values), it is your responsibility to indent the output properly, or else you will break the YAML syntax.
One of the problems with Kubernetes YAML files to begin with, is their verbosity. These files make extensive use of names, which are defined in one place, and used in another. These names bloat up the YAML files.
Helm does not provide a real answer for this bloat. It hides the bloat in charts, but the charts are even more verbose than the YAML files they produce. Wanting to account for every possibility, real-life charts are bloated with many esoteric options, making them hard for developers to understand them and maintain them.
The root cause for this is that Go Templates do not provide a good abstraction mechanism. What you want to have is the ability to create small things, each responsible for one thing, and to have the mechanism to compose them together. Go Templates are not good at this, but functional programming is.
Lambda-Kube is a Clojure library. It contains three families of functions:
Lambda-Kube takes follows a few best practices made to make the systems you build with it maintainable.
If a function we provide does not do exactly what you are looking for, you can replace it, or better yet, augment it with your own. For example, our
pod function creates a very basic pod. It allows you to add additional fields, but if there is a pattern you want in your pods, and the
pod function doesn't support it, you can (and should) write an augmentation function to modify the pod in any way you want.
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Palm Beach County commissioners have their committee and board assignments for 2017, with the commission�s newest members � Dave Kerner and Mack Bernard � getting spots on the Criminal Justice Commission and the Homeless Advisory Board, respectively.
In addition to serving on the Criminal Justice Commission, Kerner, who succeeded the term-limited Shelley Vana as the District 3 commissioner, will serve on the Public Safety Coordinating Council and the Value Adjustment Board.
Bernard, who defeated Priscilla Taylor to win the District 7 seat, picks up a spot on the CareerSource Palm Beach County committee in addition to the Homeless Advisory Board seat.
The two new commissioners will serve as alternatives on the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Their five colleagues will serve as regular members of the MPO.
District 1�s commissioner, Hal Valeche, will serve on the Artificial Reef and Estuarine Committee. He will be an alternate on the BioScience Land Protection Advisory Board and will serve on the Loxahatchee River Management Coordinating Council, the Northlake Boulevard Task Force and the Pal Mal Water Control District.
District 2�s commissioner, Paulette Burdick, will serve on the Children�s Services Council and the Water Resources Task Force. Burdick has been chosen by her colleagues to serve as county mayor.
Steven Abrams, who represents District 4, will serve on the Kravis Center board, the Multi-Jurisdictional Issues Coordination Forum Executive Committee, the Palm Beach Broadband board, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority and the Value Adjustment Board, where he will be chairman.
District 5�s commissioner, Mary Lou Berger, will serve on the BioScience Land Protection Advisory Board, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Water Resources Task Force.
In District 6, Melissa McKinlay will serve on the Business Development Executive Board and the County Coalition for Responsible Management of Lake �O.�
Valeche, Burdick and Kerner will serve as regular members of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, with Abrams, McKinlay and Bernard serving as alternates.
Commissioners declare which boards and committees they want to serve on, with the mayor making the final decision on assignments.
�I�m a firm believer in, where possible, having a commissioner serving on each of these committee during their term in office,� Burdick said.
The county mayor said she also was mindful of commissioner expertise and interest such as Abrams� extensive knowledge of transportation issues.


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Fed's Conundrum on Treasury Purchases
For all the worry about how the government will finance its deficit spending, it is having little trouble so far.
The Treasury Department is scheduled to release Treasury International Capital, or TIC, data for April on Monday. Tracking the flow of money across U.S. borders, it includes data on foreign demand for government debt.
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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are to divorce.
The pair, who celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary on Monday, had been at the center of rumors surrounding the end of their relationship for several months.
And on Tuesday the couple confirmed the end of their union.
"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce," Jennifer and Ben said, according to TMZ.com. "We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time. This will be our only comment on this private family matter. Thank you for understanding."
According to the outlet, the actors are planning to file for divorce but won't do so immediately. Instead, they are apparently trying to work the details of their split out with a mediator and their various business managers.
They are believed to be sharing custody of their three children.
The news comes after it was reported that Jennifer, 43, is determined not to come off a victim in the split.
Instead she is doing her best to get "back into fighting shape" – the shape she was in when she starred as Sydney Bristow in hit television series Alias.
"Jen can really kick some butt," a source told RadarOnline.com. "She's a very competent martial arts expert thanks to Alias and she wants one more chance to prove herself in the genre."
In order to get her career path on track, Jennifer is said to have enlisted the help of her ex Alias trainer Valerie Waters to get her figure back to where she wants it to be.
When it comes to upcoming roles, Jennifer is apparently using her contacts in the industry in an attempt to line up some stellar parts to mark her re-emergence as a single woman.
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Studying Humanities Teaches You How to Get a Job
Forget the tut-tutting of politicians: The skills you learn in the humanities are exactly the skills you use in a job search.
Ilana Gershon is an associate professor of anthropology at Indiana University and author of the recent book, Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don't Find) Work Today. Noah Berlatsky is the editor of the comics and culture blog The Hooded Utilitarian and author of the book Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics 1941-1948.


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Situation: The Company is losing money and has been approached about a merger. The CEO's ideal outcome would be to get cash on the table, integrate with the merger partner and continue business. The other alternative – downsizing – may hurt company morale. What are the best options available?
Advice from the CEOs:
- The realities of mergers:
- 70% of mergers fail, and the merger process often leaves founders with a minority stake in the company.
- Experience of others with partners has been disappointing – better to control your own destiny.
- Look at all alternatives before you jump into a merger. You founded the company and have brought it this far. The company will be a different company following a merger, and not the company that you founded or have led to date.
- Message to your potential merger partner:
- Be a reluctant bride.
- "We are making improvements to return to profitability and I've joined a board of CEOs who are consulting me through the process."
- If the partner sweetens the offer to keep the merger on the table, make sure that you get 51% of the merged company and retain control of your own fate.
- Reconsider downsizing – Others have found the downsizing experience wrenching, but with far more positive results than they expected.
- More on this in the next ceo2ceos blog.
- Summary: look more closely at your situation before your jump into a merger. If you can save expenses, return to profitability and stay independent you will be happier.
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French-Cambodian Benjamin Sebire delivers a knee to the face of Mov Tong Hoeun. Photo by: ROBERT STARKWEATHER
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Shouts of "finish him" from French coach Philippe Sebire echoed throughout the air on Saturday as 20-year-old fire fighter from Marseilles, Celestin Mendes, delivered a sustained flurry of punches to the face of his Cambodian opponent Peo Cheydarith.
Collapsing in the face of the assault, Cheydarith lay prone as Mendes applied a chokehold that saw him tap out only 50 seconds into the first round of their fight, a pattern repeated throughout the day as a team of French fighters dominated their more experienced opponents in the first international Bokator tournament held on Cambodian soil.
Held at an elephant corral in front of Phnom Bakeng temple, the Bokator in Angkor tournament was billed as a "return to the historic site of that saw the birth of the sport a thousand years ago", by Pierre Yves Clais, who helped organise the visit of a five-man French team of Bokator students to face off against a selection of home-grown fighters from clubs across the Kingdom.
Only Siem Reap native Say Tevin from the Mohanokor Club managing to stay upright in the ring for the entire nine minutes of contest, with the French contingent recording two outright wins via chokeholds and two submissions.
Better nutrition, coaching and previous training in Jiu-Jitsu, Karate and Muay Thai helped win the day for the tourists according to Benjamin Sebire, who dispatched his opponent Mov Tong Hoeun, also from the Mohanokor club, with a chokehold early in the second round.
Before the fight, 18-year-old Sebire told The Post that while he was the probably the most well versed in Bokator of the French team – having studied under Grandmaster San Kim Sean, founder of the Cambodian Bokator Federation – he had not fought in a professional match since 2004 and was anxious about the outcome.
"This is my first time on the floor fighting Bokator, although I've fought boxing bouts in the past," he said. "We don't know what they're going to do out there because Cambodians are like animals in the ring. They are very unpredictable, and we fear that."
Sebire's apprehension proved unfounded as the international fights kicked off with a bout in which 19-year-old Julien Carrara's three years of Kun Khmer boxing experience was applied to brutal effect against Angkor Reach Bokator Club fighter Ki Deth.
Submitting by tapping the matt in the second round after Carrara bested him in a series of grapples, Ki's quick and brutal defeat set a pattern that quickly became the norm for the day.
Next up was 23-year-old Dered Bidaut, who in addition to a year's Bokator training previously learned Wushu and Muay Thai kickboxing, against 26-year-old Kampot fighter Meng Samath from the Neak Krahom Bokator Club.
Bidaut's fight was an exception to the two round norm as, after unleashing a series of solid kicks to Meng's legs, he grappled his shorter opponent to the ground and choked him repeatedly until submission in the closing minutes of round one.
This was then quickly followed by Celestin Mendes's lightning fifty-second victory over Peo Cheydarith.
The emotional high point of the day came as Moha Nokor Club member Say Tevin, a Bokator teacher with ten years experience and the winner of two Gold Kramas at the last national championship, faced off against 19-year-old French fighter Jordan Gomez.
Both fighters rested on 19 points after the first round as they retired to their respective corners, the crowd wildly cheering on Tevin, who clearly represented the home team's best chance of winning a bout.
Sustaining a number of head punches during the closing minutes of round one, the Cambodian was in worse shape than his opponent at they reentered the ring, an opportunity Gomez exploited to it's full effect by grappling Tevin to the ground to finish up the second round five points ahead.
Despite rallying in round three, a clearly exhausted Tevin scored 48 points to his opponents 56, the best result of any local fighter.
The fightcard was then completed by French-Cambodian Benjamin Sebire, who overcame his opponent Mov Tong Houen in two rounds, finishing up with a slide tackle that thrust the Cambodian out of the ring.
Speaking before the first international fight, Grandmaster San Kim Sean told The Post that he hopes the tournament will mark Bokator's emergence as a officially recognised world sport.
"Bokator is like a diamond for Cambodia, if we let it die out we will lose a sport that has a 1000 years of tradition behind it. If we let the sport shine internationally through tournaments like this then we can secure a future for it," he said.
The five international fights followed two earlier national matches which featured Sovann Chahna against Yuth Yot and Tha Sao against Try Kun Thea.
Sovann won the first with a 59 to 54 points margin while, despite a short rain interruption, Tha walked away with a one point victory after scoring a quick punch in the closing minutes of the third round.


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We need several new volunteers for the following shifts:-
Thursday 1 – 3.00 to serve in the shop including shelf stacking etc.
Thursday 9 -11.00 to serve in the shop including accepting deliveries.
Fridays 9 – 11 and 11 – 1.00 every other week
Flexible holiday cover
If you can help in anyway please contact Sally the shop manager in the shop or Gill the volunteer co-ordinator on 01626 873614.
Look forward to seeing you soon
2015 AGM report
There was a very successful Shareholders Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 24th June 2015 in the village hall which was well attended. We are pleased to announce that the following committee members were elected:
David Brown, Gill Drake, Barbara Fearn, Peter Rees, Rosemary Schonfeld, Eddie Spencer-Small, Bernard Stanley & Isolde Sullivan. Stuart Travis remains company secretary
The officers will be elected at the next committee meeting and will be announced in the August magazine.
Our treasurer of many years, Barry Evans stood down at this years AGM and thanks for all his work was given by Dave Brown who presented Barry with a token of our appreciation. Brian Cooke also paid tribute to Barrys' work especially when the shop was first being set up. It was Barry who persuaded the committee, at that time, of the need for a computerised system EPOS which we still have today!
Wine tasting and other products from the shop were enjoyed by those who attended.
On the 1st July 2014 we heard that out of 310 entrants your village shop was runner up in the Plunketts National Awards. Stuart Travis attended the prize giving ceremony in Oxford on the shops behalf and was able to network with lots of other people in the business!
2014 Management Committee
Dave Brown (chairman), Barbara Fearn, Barry Evans, Gill Drake, Peter Rees, Ann Tune, Rosemary Schonfeld & Sue Small were all re-elected at the AGM
Stuart Travis (company secretary) & Francesca Rolph (shop manager) remain as ex-officio members
A committee list is also displayed in the shop.
OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 9.00 – 5.30 Saturday 9.00 – 12.00 Sunday 9.00 am – 12.30 pm email@example.com Contact number for orders etc 01626 872931
Monday-Friday 8.30 am – 5.30 pm email@example.com
Saturday 9.00 am – 12.00 pm 01626 872931
Sunday 9.00 am – 12.30 pm
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting will be held on Weds 25th June in the Church House Inn at 7pm. Do come along and have your say on the next 5 years of your community shop. The targets set for the the first five years were met and we now need to plan the next 5 years. Proposals will be put forward by the committee for approval and new ideas will be welcomed.
Survey Feedback.
One of the sugestions made by a couple of people was that the shop should offer postal services. The history of this for those new to the village is that in 2008 the village post office was shut as part of the national drive to improve the performance of the postal network. When the shop was opened in 2009 the possibility of a re-opening of the post office was researched. This would have involved finding a subpostmaster to run it as well as considerable security measures for the post office which would include a seperate counter. This was not possible in the premises and the costs were prohibitive. Unfortunately the situation has not changed. in March 2012 it was reported there were 11,818 Post Office branches open and trading and the Post Office continued to meet and exceed Government accessibility criteria with currently 93.1% of people in the UK living within a mile of a Post Office, and 99.7% within three miles so sadly there are no grounds for the committee to push to reopen the post office. No more placard waving at the moment!
However we do stock first and second class stamps, regular and large and our scales will weigh post. We have the latest charges by the till so we can work out if the item will go as a large letter or not.
Local produce
The shops policy is to source as much local produce as we can and we do have a lot
eg: Bread made in Paignton
Free range eggs laid in Newton Abbot
Organic eggs also from a local farm
Milk from cows in Cornwall
Meat from Kingsteignton
The list goes on but if you know of a local producer who could supply the shop please let us know
The number of volunteers has dropped slightly and we do need a few more for holiday cover. If you are in a term time occupation and have free time during the school holidays, or any other time, we'd love to hear from you!
Quality, choice and price, with friendly service – doing our best for you!


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Food Puzzles
Puppies get excited about food. Really excited. And when they're excited they tend to inhale food. Eating too quickly can upset a puppy's tummy, so help them slow down at mealtime with food puzzles. You can try bowls with mazes or snuffle mats that hide food. These puzzles give pups a safe space for acting out instinctual behaviors, such as foraging and digging, so it's a great mental exercise, too.
The Right Chews
One of the most common struggles parents have with puppies is chewing furniture. You can't stop a puppy from chewing because dogs need healthy outlets for instinctual behaviors they would do in the wild. And chewing is actually a stress-reliever for dogs, but it's important to use positive reinforcement to teach a puppy what's OK to chew. Rubber chews, such as Kongs, are great, long-lasting toys with secret pockets for stuffing treats. Spread a little bit of peanut butter on the inside for a 20-minute healthy chew session.
Flirt Pole
If you're not a morning person, the first couple of months with a puppy can be rough. Puppies wake up with tons of excess energy and they need to get it out. Immediately. Flirt poles are a miracle that allow you to make your coffee in peace without a little shadow nipping at your feet. It's basically a giant cat toy but it triggers a dog's instinctual need to hunt and chase after prey. Just swing and dance the felt end around and your puppy will burn off all that energy in a healthy way.
Enzyme Spray
The best advice I received about house training is: Puppies don't make accidents. Owners do. Puppies don't know any better. It's on the parents to watch them like hawks, take them outside every hour or two hours and praise good behavior to reinforce training. But no one is perfect. And carpet stains happen. When it does, it's important to clean with an enzyme spray, such as Nature's Miracle, that breaks down the proteins in urine. That's critical because it will eliminate the smell for a dog. If they start smelling their scent inside, they'll think it's OK to go inside and will revisit the spot.
Training Pouch
It may look like a fanny pack, but you'll want to wear this accessory 24/7 during the first couple months with a puppy. It's important to praise good behavior immediately so a puppy understands the connection. (And nothing motivates a pup more than food.) Keep several different high-value, tasty treats in your handy pouch to praise instantly.
Towels are the unsung hero of raising a puppy. They can be used as furniture protectors, keeping a puppy warm, crate covers and cleaning up messes. Keep a stack of old towels or blankets in reach the first couple of weeks.
Puppy First Aid
Make a space in your medicine cabinet for pups, too. The most common injury puppies get is a cut on the paw so keep loose bandages and gauze handy to wrap a wound. You can DIY your own kit or buy doggie kits online such as the Adventure Dog series from Adventure Medical Kits.


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You may have heard recently that after 80 years, Engineers' Society of Tulsa was dissolving. I am pleased to inform you this is no longer the case. Thanks to the valuable efforts of some of Tulsa's best young movers and shakers, it is being revived—and you can be a part of it. Join the movement today to experience a new, modern take on an engineering society that fits within your schedule.
Get ready for an engineering society you actually have time for. One of a kind, EST is using modern technology and social media to reach you wherever and whenever you are available. Whether you are just beginning your career or approaching retirement, EST has the resources you need to stay current and network with other engineers to help you achieve your business goals.
In the coming months, you will have the opportunity to interact with Tulsa's engineering community in person and online. Network with engineers from all disciplines at TEF's monthly Engineers' Night Out, or come listen to speakers talk about engineering and innovation. If you can't make it, view their presentations online at your convenience. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to let us know your interests—continuing education, business skills, community activities—and help us give back to the engineering profession in Tulsa. The new EST is here to help engineers at every phase of career, from STEM student to retiree. Join us, and make this the engineering society that fits your needs. I look forward to hearing from you!
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American blueberry pancakes are a classic breakfast recipe that everyone loves, and you can give them your own twist depending on what you fancy. If you don't have blueberries to hand you can always swap these for other summer fruits – like blackcurrants, or raspberries.
The bacon adds a delicious savoury element and contrasts with the sweet pancakes perfectly. Plus, bacon and maple syrup is the classic accompaniment to American pancakes.
You can make up the batter for these delicious blueberry pancakes the evening before. Simply pop the blow covered in the fridge and cook when you're ready. The flour may absorb a little extra moisture so when you take it out give it a stir and add a little more milk if you think it's necessary.
- 1 large free-range egg, lightly beaten
- 130ml (4½fl oz) milk
- 2tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly, plus extra for frying
- 135g (4¾oz) plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 200g (7oz) blueberries
- to serve
- grilled streaky bacon
- maple syrup
Mix the egg, milk and butter in a jug until well combined. Set aside.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, making a well in the centre. Gradually add the egg mixture and use an electric whisk to create a smooth batter. Stir in half the blueberries and set aside to stand for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, put the remaining berries in a small saucepan with 2tbsp water and cook for a couple of minutes until just starting to pop. You don't want a mush!
Heat a non-stick frying pan to hot, reduce to medium and brush lightly with melted butter. Allow around 2tbsp of mix for each. Turn once golden on the underside and cook for another couple of minutes. Serve with bacon, maple syrup and cooked blueberries.


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Mubarak trial evokes mixed emotions in Arab world
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The live TV images of a caged and bedridden Hosni Mubarak being held to account for alleged crimes against his own people -- by his own people -- captivated viewers across the Middle East and appeared to many to be a powerful turning point in this year's uprisings.
Some hoped the trial, which began Wednesday in Cairo, would be the first of several bringing longtime autocrats to justice. Others weren't quite sure what to make of the spectacle, torn between a desire for justice and the discomfort of seeing a once-all-powerful Arab leader treated like a common criminal.
For many others from North Africa to the Persian Gulf, the trial carried a deeper meaning. It was, in the words of pastry shop owner Saif Mahmoud in Baghdad, a rewriting of the rules between the region's people and their leaders. That's because unlike Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who was captured by American forces, Mubarak was brought to court by his own people.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, 29-year-old Palestinian Salah Abu Samera saw emerging democracy.
"It's unusual in the Arab world," he said. "This is the first time we see a leader in a real court. This is good for democracy, good for the future." It's a first in the Arab world, he said.
Palestinian Mohammed Adnan, 64, described Mubarak's trial as a "huge move" for the region.
He said the longtime Egyptian strongman never would have treated his people as he did had he headed a democratic country and knew he would be held accountable for his actions.
The trial especially resonated in countries where citizens are still agitating for change against their own longtime rulers.
Activists in Syria, where tanks and shellfire continued to hammer the opposition in the city of Hama, accused the regime of Bashar Assad of striking hard at a moment when world and media attention were distracted by Mubarak's trial.
In Egypt's next-door neighbor Libya, rebels concentrated in the east are fighting to try to oust Moammar Gadhafi, who has held power even longer than Mubarak did.
Mohamad al-Rajali, a spokesman for the rebels, said he welcomed the trial against Mubarak, who like Gadhafi was a military officer before taking power.
"We wish to see Gadhafi in a similar cage one day," al-Rajali said. He insisted the Libyan leader would have a fair trial if the rebels ever get hold of him "because we are a country of laws and we are against public executions."
Across the region, on the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain, state-run television aired a local tourism program as Mubarak's trial got under way. The tiny kingdom has been roiled by the Gulf's biggest protests, themselves inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that eventually brought both countries' leaders down.
A Twitter feed used by activists involved in the Bahraini protest movement questioned the decision to keep the trial off the air.
"Bahrain TV promoting Bahrain tourism, ignoring broadcasting Mubarak's trial???" read one tweet in Arabic. Another read: "Mubarak's trial is a warning letter to other Arab regimes like Bahrain and (shows) people can one day take a brutal ruler and a corrupt regime to trial."
Sayed Ahmad, 29, an unemployed Bahraini, said he hoped his countrymen would learn from Egypt.
"I wished I were in the courtroom to shout loudly: 'Long live justice!"' he said. "Today is the beginning of the victory for the Egyptian revolution and (for the) martyrs who demanded pride and honor to achieve the rule of law."
Not everyone saw the courtroom drama as a step forward, however.
"The Mubarak trial today is a massive shame for the Arab world. For 30 years he served the people. ... They should have made him a statue of honor next to the Sphinx," said Hassan al-Masri, 45, from Gaza City.
He described Mubarak as a fighter and said a great leader for the Arabs "does not deserve to sit inside a cage like a criminal."
Mahmoud, the Iraqi pastry store owner, also criticized the way the Egyptian authorities dealt with Mubarak by bringing him into the courtroom on a hospital gurney.
"We know that he made mistakes since he took office, but authorities should have shown some respect to this leader ... instead of dealing with him in such a humiliating way," he said. "They should have waited until he can stand trial with an elegant suit, not lying on a stretcher."
Sultan al-Qassemi, 33, a widely followed Twitter user and columnist in the United Arab Emirates, voiced similar feelings. On one hand, he said he doesn't like seeing an elderly man being treated as Mubarak was, but on the other, he said he thinks of what kind of justice those killed in the uprising deserve.
"I almost wish he had stepped down earlier" so things wouldn't have come to this, he said.
But he added that Mubarak's fate should be left to his fellow countrymen. "It's not for me to say how it should proceed. ... In the end it's up to the Egyptians," al-Qassemi said.