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Lasvit LIQUIDKRISTAL parametric Architecture Salone Milan 2012:
At the triennale di milano during milan design week 2012, lovegrove and lasvit exhibited an parametric architecture pavilion.
The 'liquidkristal' technology in the 'lasvit liquidkristal (LLK) pavilion': a curved, flowing installation open to exploration by visitors, upon which video by computational designers biothing was projected to highlight the reflective qualities of the material. the panels of the parametric architecture pavilion themselves are smooth on their exterior, while the inner surface follows a valley of dips and pockets, which is what causes the fascinating play of light on objects visualized through the panels from any angle.
The system permits the precise forming of any mathematically describable design, and individual panels can showcase slightly 'shifted' versions of the model, creating the effect of an organically flowing pattern across a building or other large structure. the innovative method also lets designers or architects control the level of opacity of segments of glass, utilizable in creating spaces where certain features are highlighted and others blend off into a blurry play of colour and light. parametric
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Project Team: Christoph Hermann
Client, Production: LASVIT
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The 5 Stages of Back to School Emotions
The summer is usually the best time for your children. Vacations, fireworks, sprinklers, cartoons and no school. This can be wonderful for you as a parent as well because it means you get to spend more time with them. However, it can also mean cries of "I'm bored" and them saying, "Wait, I'm not that bored" when you suggest they clean their room or sweep the kitchen floor. But they won't be bored for long, as back to school is right around the corner. With school also comes the sinking realization that the freedom they've been enjoying is soon over. Early bedtimes and homework looms. But for parents, there's also a little relief. Though you'll also miss them. We think we summed up all your emotions pretty well, parents and kids, in our back to school infographic.

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American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow once said that "no cash register ever rings when a mind is changed." As such, measuring success in public diplomacy has always been a challenge. Because the impact of public...KEEP READING
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World Humanitarian Day – why does it matter and what can we do?
August 19 marks World Humanitarian Day, and according to the UN, this year, more than 100 million women, men and children need life-saving humanitarian assistance. We are working to transform humanitarian response with technology and to support partners in the field every day to help create a positive change.
As individuals, social media allows us to raise our voices at a grassroots level and raise awareness about social issues. You can follow Ericsson on Technology for Good or join the #ShareHumanity campaign today.
There are increasing natural disasters and manmade conflicts, which has led to over 50 million refugees and displaced people around the world. Many are separated from loved ones for years, but now refugees are being empowered by the Refugees United tool which helps people search for family and reconnect.
With more countries in conflict than ever in the history of human kind, what can we do to foster a culture of peace? The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative is focusing on youth and peacebuilding in countries like South Sudan, Uganda, and Mexico.
Some of our longest-standing humanitarian partners include the Emergency Telecom Cluster, World Food Programme, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children. This year Ericsson Response volunteers have supported humanitarian relief efforts in South Sudan, Liberia, Guinea, Iraq, Vanuatu, and Nepal. Learn about the latest Ericsson Response mission in Nepal.
Today gives great reason and room for pause: What can you do as an individual or in your company to create positive change?
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Carnival's Arlene Marichal, Sr. Director Solutions & Special Services & Justin French welcomed the group to Carnival Conversations.
With returning Western Canada BDM Cindy Chau and baby Cameron.
Melt in your mouth short ribs escalates Carnival's food quality to a high level.
Stunning lobby of the Carnival Legend, we wish we
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Travel agents were invited aboard the Carnival Legend
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Justin French, Carnival's Managing Director International Sales presented a slideshow on the new Carnival Vista, followed by lunch and a Q&A session. Michelle Sutter, Senior Sales Leader of Carnival's fathom, piggy-backed on the opportunity to present on how travellers to the DR and Cuba can help make a difference to education, economic development and the environment of these countries.
Justin also announced the return of Cindy Chau, Carnival's BDM in Western Canada, on 21OCT from mat leave.
Unfortunately the agenda did not allow time for a tour of the Legend, which disappointed everyone. This is the 1st time the Legend has been in YVR, a ship tour was highly anticipated. In my opinion this was a lost opportunity to showcase the Carnival hardware. Many also felt that the Carnival Vista slide show, although very informative, should have been done as a separate webinar, and using that time for a ship tour instead.
On the "Conversations" front, it appears that YVR agents did not have many burning issues with Carnival, unlike our very vocal American counterparts. One agent suggested a single sign-on to access all Carnival online products, and another asked about Carnival's tight policy on bringing onboard bottled water and non-alcoholic beverages. The Carnival team discussed their revamped group policy and monitored Canadian exchange rate, and promises an exciting new air program on the horizon.
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This ranges from safety instruction for new employees to comprehensive training measures specially tailored for the work situation and the risk potential of occupational groups or individual employees. Training is given by internal HSE managers and also by external experts, both in the form of face-to-face events as well as digitally. Brenntag is also continuously investing in its equipment and infrastructure so as to optimize plant safety and work processes at its locations and thus further minimize safety risks and sources of accidents.
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Felicity Merchant and Christine Weaver are the local area representatives for this area.
Meetings are generally held monthly, on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Some of these are informal playing afternoons; others are workshops with an invited tutor. Email reminders for these meetings are sent to members who are local to the area. If you would like to be added to the distribution list, or would like to come to one of these meetings, please contact us.
All meetings are for elementary standard upwards.
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Children have an image of adults as being these old, strong, knowledgeable , brave beings. But we are not are we. We are weak and often afraid. We worry, we cry, we get frustrated and we don't listen. We are often trying to always be a perception of this child's image and we fail. Every day.
But not all is lost. This isn't a bad thing. I think we need to stop trying to be everything and more for our children and show them that, actually, some things are hard. Adults struggle just as much as children. Sometimes we cry too when we watch something sad or hurt ourselves. And that is ok.
We should be showing our vulnerability to our children because otherwise this perception of brave, strong adulthood is shattered when they realise that it's not like that at all. Questions arise like, "why can't I manage this if my father could?" "Why do I struggle? What is wrong with me?"
Yes our children need to depend on us. We need to step up. We need to model but we can make moments of worry, stress and sadness (anything that exposes our vulnerability) something they can see us working through. "Mummy is sad because…", "Daddy feels worried about…but he is going to do…and that might help".
One of the most powerful things we can say to our children that shows our vulnerability is "I don't know". Children get this, right? My son knows when he is being fobbed off on an answer to a question and this frustrates him. He knows now that, just because we've lived longer in the world, adults cant always answer his questions and that is ok. What we do do though, is make sure we find out. "I don't actually know why…but let's find out together."
Another powerful way to show our vulnerability is to say 'sorry'. As parents we mess up sometimes. Perhaps we've shouted or not handled a situation in the best way for our children and it is important for them to see that we all have bad days, bad moods and that we can apologise for our behaviour. When things have calmed down, a hug and a "sorry" are a simple way to model apologies and to show our children that adults don't always get it right.
I think resilience is built in children who see their parents struggle and show their vulnerability. Who see this but also witness the other side, the resolve, the reconciliation and understanding that it is ok to find life hard; because it is!


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Sonatane Takulua kicked a last-minute penalty to give Tonga a first victory over Italy since the 1999 World Cup.
The Newcastle Falcons player, who had already scored 11 points with his boot, sealed a 19-17 success at the Stadio Euganeo in Padua.
Italy had looked on course for victory following Edoardo Padovani's 78th-minute penalty, which added to converted tries from Lorenzo Cittadini and Tommaso Allan.
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The Alfa Romeo 4C is a mixed bag. It offers tons of beauty and charm, but mixes them with less-than-stellar driving dynamics. Alfa realizes this apparently, so according to Autocar, it's going to bring out a significantly updated version of the 4C sometime next year.
Roberto Fedeli, the head engineer at Alfa and Maserati, told Autocar that the 2019 4C will get revised suspension and steering, and possibly a new engine. Fedeli says he wants to transform the 4C into what it always should've been.
"We are coming back to Formula 1, and we need the 4C to be our halo car," Fedeli said, referencing Alfa's sponsorship of Sauber.
Autocar doesn't offer any specifics on the updates coming to the 4C next year, but Fedeli told the UK publication that it still won't get a manual transmission. In fact, no future high-performance Alfa Romeos will be offered with a manual, so Europe, enjoy your six-speed Giulia Quadrifogilios while you still can.
We should see the revised 4C make its debut late next year, with sales starting in January 2019. Perhaps now Alfa's junior supercar will live up to its looks, badge, and carbon-fiber tub.


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PUBLISHED: 11:18 22 December 2010 | UPDATED: 16:18 20 February 2013
TV competition winners Russell Clement and Michele English are realising their dream of running a restaurant in Marlow. Food writer Richard Cawthorne finds out how they are fairing
IT is five months since the opening at Marlow of The Cheerful Soul in the Hare & Hounds, dream child of Michele English and Russell Clement, winners of the BBC Two programme The Restaurant, and ingenuity is beginning to shine through.
A recession is not the best time to launch any new business. Chefs are back to basics; witness the resurgence of plain foods such as pork belly and home-grown vegetables to replace the more expensive exotics. The trick is in how you present them, an art with which Russell, the head chef, and the ever-smiling Michele, the front-of-house manager, seem completely at ease.
Thus Jerusalem artichoke soup (£3.50) comes with white truffle oil and an unannounced touch of thyme, while Brixham crab and clotted cream tart with horseradish dressing (£5.50) proves equally enticing. Both are ideal starters, and while the cream adds an unusual sweetness to the crab, Michele says the dish is already proving a best seller.
The mains feature a grill selection including Scottish salmon and four cuts of beef but my eye is already taken by the roast Gressingham duck breast (£15.50) with savoy cabbage, smoked bacon and hedgerow fruits, which turn out to be apple, pear and plum slices and blackberries.
My partner has no hesitation in choosing one of her favourite dishes, grilled calves' liver, as her main, served with champ potatoes and roast garlic sauce (£15.25), adding a plate of sautéed savoy cabbage and smoked bacon (£2.95) as an extra.
Although I am not asked how I would like the duck, it arrives as I would have wished, cooked just enough to bring out the flavour. As for the calves' liver, I am told not to interrupt the eating process because it is that good.
Desserts, ranging in price from £3 for ice cream to £6.50 for Eton mess or £7.50 for a cheese plate, are straightforward, though the crumble of the day, blackberry and apple, sets a high standard. The wine list is adequate with a Malbec among the reds and the noted Astrolabe sauvignon blanc among the whites.
The Cheerful Soul is clearly off to a good start and not just because of the send-off provided by the TV exposure. That might account for an initial burst of business, but it is the food, the warm welcome and the happy atmosphere that keep the punters coming back. We are there on a Wednesday, which Michele says is usually a quiet night, but the place is bustling. Fair comment.
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The study took place over five months, with nine residents and seven care staff in the intervention group. The residents received a 1:1 active music therapy session once a week. Each 30-minute session was conducted by an experienced, qualified, HCPC registered MHA music therapist and was video-recorded.
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The Reader works collaboratively with CRILS - The Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society at Liverpool University. Both organisations exist to bring reading into closer relation with health and wellbeing and this practice example is to be read alongside the CRILS submission to the APPG.Aims and Objectives:1. To model a volunteer-based project capable of bringing about transformative change for volunteers who were unemployed and/or experiencing mental health problems.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
As winter break quickly approaches, the excitement for the end of exams and deadlines increases and thoughts of three weeks of sleeping and catching up on Netflix brings a smile.
But it's also a great time to reflect on your past semester at SHU. What new things did you try? Did you declare a new major or minor? Or take a class that inspired you?
As you think about all of this, ask yourself if there is something you have been meaning to do (start that LinkedIn page) or questions you still have (is this the right major for me?). If you create a short list of goals for the winter break, we have a feeling you will come back in January feeling even more refreshed!
Here are some tips on how you can contribute to your career success over Winter Break:
- Look for local seasonal opportunities or community service. This can be a great way to meet new people.
- The holidays often bring with it many events and gatherings where you can visit with friends and family, and even meet an extended network of people in your community. Think about some questions you may want to ask that focus on careers. Is there someone in the community who changed careers and you wonder how the risk paid off? Does your uncle have a position you have always been curious about? What does your cousin who recently graduated from college recommend you try before graduating? Now's the time to ask!
- Update your resume. As you reflect back on all you have done this past semester, make sure you include that information on your resume. Don't forget to update your LinkedIn profile, too (or fit in time to finally start your own page!).
- Conduct informational interviews. These are conversations with professionals in an industry or job that interests you. Ask if you can schedule a time to meet/speak after the holidays. This is a chance for you to ask questions about their career background, what a typical day is like, or any advice they may have. Learn more about setting up an informational interview or other ways to explore careers here.
- Don't forget about SHU alumni as a great resource. Have you joined Pirate Connect yet? This is an exclusive platform for SHU students and alumni, allowing you to reach out to ask questions or even find alumni mentors: https://hallpirates.com
- Thinking about become a lawyer? Considering switching your major to public relations? If you're thinking about a particular field, but you are unsure what to expect, job shadowing can be a great activity over the break.
Research local companies or explore that list of family and friends you planned to see over the break. Contact them and ask if you can visit for a day, or maybe just a few hours, to observe what a typical day is really like. Here are some articles with advice on how to set this up, and maximize the experience:
- Show appreciation. If you take up any of these activities over the break, be sure to send a "thank you" note to express what you learned and how you will stay in touch. Here you will find some examples: https://library.shu.edu/careers/interviews
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Alberta's Lost Opportunities Due to Oil Dependence
It is getting harder for Alberta to ignore the fact that clean energy is meaningfully contributing to the Canadian economy and providing jobs.
The tremendous volatility of oil prices and the increasing pressure to scale back fossil fuel use make the province's current all-in oil strategy very risky. This is about addressing the very real risks of stranded oil assets that would leave the province with massive quantities of reserves which cannot be exploited. At current prices the tar sands are marginally viable, if the price of oil sinks much lower they will cease to be profitable.
In the long term there are tremendous economic costs to the Canadian economy due to its reliance on fossil fuels.
As explained by Alberta Finance Minister Robin Campbell, the province has to "get off the oil train."
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According to some cookbooks,[1] a chef by the name of Pantarelli or Pantanelli invented the dough in 1540, seven years after he left Florence with Catherine de' Medici and her court. He used the dough to make a gâteau and named it pâte à Pantanelli. Over time, the recipe of the dough evolved, and the name changed to pâte à popelin, which was used to make popelins, small cakes made in the shape of a woman's breasts. Then, Avice, a pâtissier in the eighteenth century, created what were then called choux buns. The name of the dough changed to pâte à choux, as Avice's buns resembled cabbages—choux in French.[dubious ]
From there, Antoine Carême made modifications to the recipe, resulting in the recipe most commonly used now for profiteroles.[2]
Essential ingredients and manner of risingEdit
The ingredients for choux pastry are butter, water, flour and eggs. Like Yorkshire pudding or David Eyre's pancake, instead of a raising agent, it employs high moisture content to create steam during cooking to puff the pastry. The high moisture content is achieved by boiling the water and butter, then adding the flour. The mixture is cooked a few minutes longer, then cooled before adding enough eggs to achieve the desired consistency. The boiling step causes the starch in the flour to gel, allowing the incorporation of more water.[3]
Foods made with choux pastryEdit
This pastry is used to make profiteroles, croquembouches, éclairs, religieuses, French crullers, beignets, St. Honoré cake, Parisian gnocchi, dumplings[4] and gougères.
Choux pastry is usually baked but for beignets it is fried. In Spain and Latin America, churros are made of fried choux pastry, sugared and dipped in a thick hot chocolate for breakfast. In Italian cuisine, choux pastry is the base for zeppole di San Giuseppe which are cream-filled pastries eaten on March 19th for the feast of Saint Joseph. In Austrian cuisine, one variation of Marillenknödel, a sweet apricot dumpling[5] cooked in simmering water, uses choux pastry; in that case it does not puff, but remains relatively dense. Choux pastries are sometimes filled with cream after baking to make cream puffs or éclairs.[6]
Chouquettes, named for the diminutive of choux, are small, round, hollow choux pastry covered with large-grain sugar. Craquelins are covered in a "crackly" sugar topping — and often filled with pastry cream, much like éclairs.
Mixing choux pastry dough for beignets
Piping out the dough for beignets with a pastry bag
See alsoEdit
- ^ Le Cordon Bleu patisserie foundations. Clifton Park, New York: Delmar. 2 December 2011. ISBN 978-1-4390-5713-1.
- ^ Juillet, Claude (1998). Classic Patisserie: An A–Z Handbook. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3815-X.
- ^ McGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Completely rev. and updated. ed.). New York, New York: Scribner. pp. 552–553, 612. ISBN 0-684-80001-2.
- ^ Henri-Paul Pellaprat, Jeremiah Tower, The Great Book of French Cuisine, 2012
- ^ "Recipe for this variation of Marillenknödel" (in German).
- ^ "Basics: Choux pastry". Just Hungry. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
External linksEdit
|Look up choux pastry or pâte à choux in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.


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Verizon Copper Going To Seed
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- Case number = "PUC-2007-00041" document filed date = 07/03/2007
- Case number = "PUC-2007-00008" document filed date = 04/20/2007
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) submits these comments…
The employees CWA represent make up the day to day workforce of Verizon. These employees are the ones who interface with the customer over the phone to take the trouble reports and requests for new service. They are also the employees who will repair the lines, install new equipment and service the lines to ensure that quality service is provided. In this capacity they are uniquely qualified to provide insight into Verizon's operations from the level of actual work performed, customer comments and any preparation to respond to service issues. Uniformly, the employees of Verizon see a major switch in the allocation of resources away from the traditional copper plant. Copper plants not only provide POTS (plain old telephone service) but also carry much of the business circuits and is instrumental in connecting the wireless network to the rest of the telecommunications infrastructure. Without such connections, cell phones would not function."Yet, it appears that Verizon has made a business decision to focus on building its new Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) Network in selected areas of the state instead of maintaining the copper plant in areas without the fiber network. This shifting of resources is not just in equipment but also in staffing as well."
Condition of the Copper Plant
The condition of the telephone plant has been described universally as "deplorable" and in "bad shape". One Cable Splicing Technician in Danville, with 9 years of experience, said, "We have copper cable that is in terrible condition". Another technician from Chesapeake, with 10 years of experience, commented, "The outside plant is in the worst condition that I have seen it, in my 10 years. The cables are so defective that when a customer has a trouble, we can't repair it. We just change it to the best bad pair, knowing that they are going to notice a trouble again in the near future." A cable technician in Norfolk, with 6 years of experience, commented, "The current condition of the copper plant is poor. We are unable to replace any cable or do any major repairs on the cable. This results in dispatch after dispatch on the same trouble. Damaged pedestals are bagged all around the area with no timeline for replacement". Bagging pedestals refers to placing a trash bag over top of it to keep out the elements when it is damaged. The plastic bags only last for a short time before they deteriorate and also expose the delicate cable pairs to condensation and moisture. Another technician from the Radford area added, "Verizon's policy is to put a band-aid on it and forget it. The word "policy" is used because the employees believe this is a plan to let the copper plant "die" and shift customers to Verizon's Fiber network. "Band-aid" is even the term that Verizon management is using to direct employees. A technician in Virginia Beach, with over 30 years of experience, noticed, "Our third level told us that no money would be expended to maintain the copper plant. We would be putting band-aids on it". A Cable Splicing Technician from Roanoke, with 12 years of experience, stated, "There are constant repeats because cable has lightning damage and is full of water and Verizon will not fix or replace". A technician in Suffolk, with over 10 years of experience, commented on this by saying "That the 30-40 jobs (to replace the cable) our supervisor submits are shot down".
Service Commitment Time
Service Quality Standards require that Verizon complete 80% of the Out of Service trouble reports within 24 hours and 95% within 48 hour. Since Verizon began deploying their FTTP network the commitment dates that have been given to customers has steadily risen. Our members are seeing commitment dates upwards of 5-10 days on a regular basis… From Warrenton a Cable Splicing Technician with over 25 years experience echoed, "We are giving customers 2 week commitments on troubles even when they are out of service". A medical emergency used to be a priority and would be dispatched on immediately." Another technician, with over 20 years of experience, told a similar story in Lynchburg; "I repaired a line last Friday that was out of service for a week and the customer was severely disabled. In the past this was within 24 hours."
CLEC's such as Cavalier Telephone Get Service Priority
In contrast to the way that Verizon is treating customers, they make a point to give priority to CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange Carriers). The employees suspect that this is because Verizon feels that they will face penalties and fines more severe than for failing to service their own customers. A technician from Virginia Beach, with 9 years of experience, advised, "CLECs get first priority on dispatches. Their load must be cleared before we run work on our own customers". He went on to say that in his area "CLECs are given 1-2 day commitments versus Verizon's own customers with 5-6 days." Some employees have been told directly to give special treatment to CLECs. An Engineer from Richmond, with over 20 years of experience, states, "We are told to give CLECs preferential treatment to avoid paying fines. Our own customers get bumped so we can jump through hoops for CLECs". According to a Richmond technician, "If Verizon has missed the 24 hour service interval benchmark, the company will bump that service order to the bottom of the list and serve those with more recent outage reports in order to manipulate reporting on "percentage of outages repaired within 24 hours".
Verizon Reluctant to "Roll a Truck"
One of our major concerns that most of our members have commented on is Verizon's reluctance to physically send out a technician. This is universally known as "scrubbing". It appears that Verizon will test a line and if that line tests ok then that trouble will be closed. Scrubbers have also closed out jobs that were returned to cable by a service tech. If the line tests ok using the imperfect testing process, it is closed out even though a technician has already found a problem that needs to be addressed. A Maintenance Administrator in Richmond, with 7 years of experience, explained: "We are told to save/close tickets in order to save a truck for a FIOS install, leaving the customer out of service longer". Many of the same technicians work on the Fiber network and the copper network, so the company is urging more time to be spent on installing new fiber service than fixing existing copper customer troubles. A technician in the Virginia Beach area, with 9 years of experience, made this statement: "Verizon is holding on to repair tickets long enough for weather related problems to clear, than closing them".
Fewer Resources Allocated
An example of this is offered by a Cable Splicing Technician in Richmond, with 9 years of experience, "The group I work in handles the traditional fiber and electronics in the Richmond area. There are currently eight people working in this group. Before FIOS and FTTP there were close to thirty". A Cable Splicing Technician in Danville commented: "Years ago we would keep working until everyone we knew was out of service was taken care of, now it's no overtime". A Service technician in Spotsylvania, with 10 years of experience, was told, "We are no longer investing in the copper plant, all money goes to FIOS".
Data supplied by Verizon to the FCC
ARMIS Report reveal these alarming trends in the years from 2000 to 2006:
- Out of Service Repair Intervals for residential customers increased 51.5% over this period.
- Complaints filed by residential customers with the FCC increased by 73 percent over this period.
- In 2006, one-quarter of Verizon customers reported a "repeat" trouble on their line. A "repeat" trouble is a problem on the line that a customer previously reported, Verizon
claimed that they resolved, and that the customer then experienced again as a trouble within 30 days.
CWA convened a roundtable on April 16, 2007 of CWA-represented technicians who work at Verizon as cable splicers. The technicians were based in the communities of Richmond, Virginia Beach, Lynchburg, Falls Church, and Roanoke. They average 18 years service with Verizon. A technician from Roanoke said, "if there is an outage due to defective cable, there is no money in engineering to replace it. I put the customer on the "best bad" copper pair available. Next time it rains and there is water on the line, I'm called back because we haven't really fixed the problem". Another technician based in Lynchburg added that Verizon's Performance Plan (called "PEP") that requires technicians to complete at least four jobs a day to get a good evaluation creates perverse incentives. "We're up against the clock, and sometimes can't thoroughly fix a problem without sacrificing a good performance evaluation. Since a portion of Verizon managers' pay depends upon meeting performance benchmarks, they push the technicians to make quick fixes rather than solve the underlying problem. A Roanoke-based technician noted that "if I fix a cable with a squirrel bite and another technician simply moves the line onto another pair, he looks like a saint and I look like I'm messing up".
Richmond Times Dispatch 07/26/2007
Verizon union employees in Virginia say the state's copper (POTS, DSL) network is in serious disrepair because the company directs the majority of its resources and attention to selective FiOS deployment. According to workers, the copper plant is "deteriorating badly" and is "stretched to the limits." Some noisy lines and other problems are simply being ignored. Workers say that preventative maintenance programs have been abandoned, and they're being asked to implement band-aid repairs — which are meant to be temporary but are left permanently. The workers are also complaining that the tools they once relied on to support the DSL network are no longer available.
SCC: Verizon Broke Rules but Won't be Fined
On March 1st, 2008 the State Corporation Commission ruled that Verizon violated a state rule on its handling of service calls from customers. Even so, it won't have to pay a penalty. The staff of the SCC communications division asked that Verizon pay a multi-million dollar penalty for claims of violating service quality standards from 2005 through early 2007, but the commission found that its regulation does not specify a penalty for noncompliance. The standard requires that Verizon clear 80% of its service trouble reports each month within 24 hours, and 95 percent of trouble reports within 48 hours. The commission rejected Verizon's defense that the standard was vague and that the company was justified in missing the standard because it was busy installing fiber-optic lines around its service territory. The commission said that it intends to clarify its service-quality rules. Verizon spokesman Harry Mitchell said after the ruling, "We can always do a better job on customer service, and we're focused on doing that. Verizon's investment in fiber optics is one of the things the company is doing to improve service. In a competitive communications market, the true standard of acceptable service is determined by the customer who chooses to stay with a telecommunications service provider."


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Oswald Kabasta
Oswald Kabasta (December 29, 1896 – February 6, 1946) was an Austrian conductor.
Life and careerEdit
Kabasta was born in Mistelbach, Austria and later studied with composer Franz Schmidt. In 1931 he became head of conducting at the Vienna Academy. He also served as musical director of Vienna Radio about this time.[1] In 1938 he became principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic. His interpretations, especially of Anton Bruckner, are admired for their intensity and rhythmic drive. He enjoyed the public approbation of Adrian Boult, who announced in a 1938 radio broadcast that:
The present high reputation of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is due to Professor Kabasta who, with Sir Henry Wood and Dr. Mengelberg, commands our admiration by virtue of sheer mastery in the business of conducting. Quite apart from their merits as musicians and artists, they are superb craftsmen.[2]
Kabasta was an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazi regime. After the Anschluss in 1938, he signed all his letters with, "Heil Hitler!". After the end of World War II, Kabasta was forbidden to work as a conductor by the Allies when he admitted that he had applied to join the Nazi party (although he claimed to be "inwardly anti-Nazi").[3] In October 1945 the denazification authorities ordered the city of Munich to discontinue his salary.[3] Devastated by his dismissal, and his relegation to the status of "common laborer", he committed suicide in Kufstein, Austria in 1946.[4]
Notable premieresEdit
- Franz Schmidt, The Book with Seven Seals, Vienna Symphony, Vienna, 15 June 1938.[5]
- ^ Cole, Malcolm S.; Barbara Barclay (1984). Armseelchen: The Life and Music of Eric Zeisl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-313-23800-6.
- ^ Adrian Boult, Music of the Week, February 13, 1938, as quoted in Wood, Henry J. (1971) [1938]. My Life of Music. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press. p. 347. ISBN 0-8369-5820-9.
- ^ a b Monod, David (2005). Settling Scores: German Music, Denazification, & the Americans, 1945-1953. University of North Carolina Press. p. 59. ISBN 0-8078-2944-7.
- ^ http://classicalcdreview.com/kabasta.htm classicalcdreview.com
- ^ Steinberg, Michael (2005). Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 0-19-512644-0.
External linksEdit
- Oswald Kabasta at AllMusic
- Oswald Kabasta Discography
- Oswald Kabasta - 1943/44 Broadcasts (Audio CD). Music & Arts Program. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- Oswald Kabasta biography
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|ASO II: Last Guardian
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|SNK Playmore
|SNK Playmore
|Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo MVS and Neo Geo CD
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|Main Credits
|Eikichi Kawasaki
|North American Release Date(s)
|Neo Geo
Neo Geo CD
|Awards | Changelog | Cheats | Codes
Codex | Compatibility | Covers | Credits | DLC | Help
Localization | Manifest | Modding | Patches | Ratings
Reviews | Screenshots | Soundtrack
Videos | Walkthrough
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ASO II: Last Guardian (also known as Alpha Mission II) is a vertically scrolling full screen shoot 'em up released by SNK in 1991 for the Neo Geo MVS arcade and home systems. It was later released for the Neo Geo CD in 1994.
The player controls a fighter spacecraft (Armored Scrum Object) and can shoot enemies in the air, bomb enemies on the ground, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels.
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
The game has only 2 or 3 buttons used depending on the selected shuttle mode. Pull the joystick to maneuver the shuttle. The first shuttle mode enables you to fire missiles and laser shots simultaneously with Button A, but in the alternate mode press Button A for laser shot and Button B for missile shot. Laser shots are used for air-to-air attacks and Missiles are used for air-to-ground attacks. When a drone is shot, power ups can be collected: S for Speed, L for Laser shots, M for Missile shots and G for credits. Credits are useful for purchasing weapons in between stages. The power ups are changed by shooting them. When Laser shots and Missiles are maxed, they are more widespread and combined in power. There Hidden items can do certain things like an R item can put the shuttle in Reverse for a certain distance. The shuttle is destroyed by the one shot or by running into an enemy unit or hazard. Unless the player collects enough K power-ups beforehand, the missiles and laser shots will be lost to minimum power when the player loses a life.
This page will use first mode (Type A) to explain the controls.
Press Button B to bring up the weapons selection provided you have weapons available, select the weapon (which also act as armors) with Button A. To cancel the weapons selection press the button used to bring it up. Different weapons serve different purposes, though most allow you to retain your basic laser-missile firing, which means you press C to activate them. Some weapons override the main laser-missile weaponry and thus will use the A Button to activate.
Laser maximizes your normal laser power and provides a wide-range charge option but limits air-to-ground attacks in a way that the best way to perform it is to hold the A button under the first mode (thus simultaneously charging the laser cannons). Very low energy consumption.
Fire fires a flamethrower that is very destructive on both air and ground targets. It even eats up enemy energy bullets. This weapon overrides the main missiles and lasers. The flamethrower's length is about half the screen and its hitbox increases when farther away from the ship. How long you hold down A determines how long the flamethrower is out. The damage done by this armor is incredible; it's ideal for taking down bosses. Moderate energy consumption.
Shield gives your ship an energy shield. It's easily the most defensive armor in the game, taking only about 10% of what other armors would have had from enemy fire. (Bear in mind that all armors have different defense ratings.) This armor also has an offensive option where one can charge six energy balls that fire out in a spiral-spread formation. However, this drains a lot of energy from the armor. On the downside, this armor gives the ship a bigger hitbox because of the shield.
Phoenix has a huge start-up time that summons flames in a bird formation (hence the name) to act as a shield that fires forward when the C button is released (affects both air and ground enemies). It's arguably the most advanced armor in the game, as it has more offensive options than any other armor. Holding the button down for a short span of time will only result in wasted energy. The phoenix flame can act as a shield, but it consistently and quickly drains your energy. On the other hand, a held-down phoenix flame can be used offensively. Used properly and it becomes an armor with firepower that will surpass even the Thunder armor's. Larger enemies will only be destroyed after a phoenix is fired (touch first). High energy consumption.
Black Hole literally fires a black hole that will completely remove the screen of all airborne small enemies and projectiles temporarily. It also does considerable damage to both nearby ground and aerial enemies. Missiles cannot be fired while the a black hole is in effect. Moderate energy consumption.
Homing is basically a homing missile launcher that launches six homing missiles upon command and is strictly designed for air-to-ground combat. These missiles are significantly stronger than your standard missiles. Low energy consumption.
Side is basically an auto-targeting armor for air-to-air combat, which is designed to fire secondary lasers in a specific direction outside the player's control (straight at the nearest enemy) (hold down the A button to not fire the side lasers). This is the perfect armor besides Shield for those times when there are several enemy homing missiles coming at you. Low energy consumption.
Bubble basically replaces the laser with a single bubble, which "explodes" upon contact with airborne enemy and does a sizable amount of delayed damage. However, only one bubble can be on-screen at a time, making this armor a little less than useful in hordes of enemies. Save it for boss battles (try it on the Area 3 boss). Low energy consumption.
Shotgun fires two huge waves of energy that only affects ground-based enemies. It's fairly low firepower makes it good for taking on a row of enemies rather than bosses (very useful in the 2nd half of Area 2). Moderate energy consumption.
Nuclear gives you the option to fire a single, powerful nuclear missile that can damage both air and ground targets. It has about 70% of the firepower of Thunder. It's circular hit box makes it very useful on clusters of enemies. Moderate energy consumption.
Thunder, arguably the best armor in the game, makes your ship fly to the center of the screen and fire off a huge blast of lightning that destroys (or damages immensely) all that is onscreen. High energy consumption, takes away 1/3 of the energy bar per use.
The weapons have a limited power indicated on an energy meter on the left or right side of the screen, depending on whether if you're player 1 or 2. Using the weapons or getting the ship damaged lowers the energy. When the energy level is low, a warning sound will play. The energy can be recharged by E power ups. Red Es fully restore energy, Blue Es restore an amount approximately equivalent to one Shotgun fire, and small red Es that come from the blue diamond capsules recharge only one bar.
There are seven stages in the game, with the last one consisting of a single boss battle. The player has to fight through them avoiding hazards in addition. Mid-bosses very occasionally appear in the game. When the player meets a mid-boss or end stage boss, the player must destroy weak points and various parts of the boss to destroy it.
Series[edit | edit source]
- 2. ASO II: Last Guardian (1991)
Arcade Specifications[edit | edit source]
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|SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
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As part of a series on French Muslims, Henri Astier spoke to two businessmen about their perception of prejudice against them.
"A lot of people don't like my face," says the 55-year-old industrialist.
Whether or not corporate France is "viscerally racist", as Mr Sabeg contends, it certainly lacks diversity.
The chief executive of CS, a big communications group, he is the only person of North African origin to head a leading French company.
His father, an Algerian worker, came to France in 1952. Young Yazid studied hard and worked as a civil servant before setting up his own finance company.
The takeover met with fierce resistance. "The establishment, notably the military establishment, did not like it," he recalls.
In 1991 intelligence services wrote a scathing report about Mr Sabeg, based on false rumours that he was financing Algerian militants.
Investigative journalist Christophe Deloire - who uncovered the report - says the rumours about Mr Sabeg were malicious.
"It looks as if somebody tried to sink him," Mr Deloire said.
Damaged relationship
Mr Sabeg says he has no idea who started the whispering campaign. But he is convinced people with intelligence contacts are still trying to undermine him
"Some people spend their whole lives spinning tales, because in certain circles the Algerian war continues," he says.
Mr Sabeg says the reputation of his firm is his best protection. CS is a listed company with 4,000 employees in France and abroad and a 400m-euro turnover.
"I am established. To sink me they would have to find more than rumours, and that's all they've got."
Still, the company has suffered. It took Mr Sabeg three years to get the security clearance needed to work on military projects.
He says his relationship with the defence ministry never completely recovered.
His claim that his Algerian roots have been used against him is hard to verify.
But what is certain is that you see few black and brown faces in France's boardrooms. The only Arab entrepreneurs you are likely to meet run corner shops.
Going halal
For an illustration of the problems faced by North African-born businessmen at the other end of the economic ladder, a good place to start is Evry, south of Paris.
The town has an Avenue des Champs-Elysees, but it is a far cry from its grand Parisian namesake.
In 2002 Abdel and Mohamed Djaiziri bought a small supermarket chain in one of bleakest of these estates, Les Pyramides - named after one of Paris' glitziest areas.
The Tunisian brothers then did a fateful thing. They turned the supermarket, affiliated to the Franprix chain, into a halal shop.
It was purely a business a decision, they insist: In a predominantly Muslim area, there was no point stocking pork or alcohol that would stay on the shelf.
"When a shopkeeper has a range of 15,000 products available to him, he
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But the mayor felt the move contributed to creating a ghetto by making life difficult for non-Muslims, and tried to get the store closed on health grounds.
"There was nothing to buy, so we lost all our customers," Mr Djaiziri says.
It took the brothers three months to find other suppliers - by which time they had got heavily into debt to pay the rent and salaries.
Ongoing fight
Mr Djaiziri says he does not know why Franprix withdrew the franchise. Perhaps the chain wanted to steer clear of the conflict with the mayor, he speculates.
Franprix, when contacted, declined to comment.
But relations with the mayor, he says, have improved. Health inspectors still come round regularly, but the visits are courteous.
"I consider the matter closed," Mr Djaiziri says.
The problem is that Mayor Manuel Valls does not.
"The store is filthy," he says. "I want them to go. I want to rehabilitate the square and bring in quality shops."
It is impossible to say for sure the brothers suffered on account of their origin.
They had no previous experience in retailing - and Mayor Valls, a socialist with a record of reaching out to minorities, is no xenophobe.
But their experience - as well as Mr Sabeg's and the general scarcity of immigrant entrepreneurs in France - helps explain why some Muslim businessmen feel as marginalised as ghetto youths.


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So the coming 2,5 months you will see only recipes on my blog that are both pregnant-proof and gestational diabetes-proof, lucky you 😉
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4 big tomatoes
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1/2 red onion (finely chopped)
2 tbsp white wine
olive oil
Heat the oven to 180ºC /350ºF.
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It was probably luck, but I was happy to claim the pat on the back for identifying the perfect candidate for a position at XYZ Technologies (not the real company name). After an intensive search in which we had uncovered more than a dozen candidate profiles that almost fit, I ran into a fellow from a lab I knew in an elevator at the Experimental Biology meeting. I mentioned my search briefly, gave the fellow my card, and started to walk out. With my back still toward him, I heard him say "You ought to talk with Susan Smith, she's looking." I hadn't even had a chance to let my eyes connect with this fellow to thank him when the elevator doors closed.
Soon enough, I had a productive telephone meeting with Susan, and we were off to a good start. She had a refreshing, open attitude about moving into industry and had in fact already been pursuing interviews on her own. I liked her technical skills and could tell by her demeanor that she would quickly rise to a lab manager level. Her people skills seemed first-rate.
Susan was very familiar with XYZ and knew enough about them to say that although the job would require relocating, she was very interested. I set up an initial interview for her with the firm's hiring manager, which went well by telephone and led to a face-to-face interview later that month.
An Interview Goes South
Although I realized at the time we set up the interview that Susan's husband was also a scientist, I didn't have a sense of doom and gloom. Often, two-party relocations are a much tougher proposition for a headhunter, because there is a strong pull by one of these parties against relocating. Susan's husband, on the other hand, seemed entirely supportive of his spouse's career interests. Although he would have the headache of the relocation and a job search for himself to contend with, he referred to this opportunity as "Susan's turn for a career decision." I believed at the time that I had made an excellent match.
However, upon debriefing my client company after the interview, I was surprised to learn that the firm wanted to pursue a different candidate. The new candidate was a scientist whom I thought had good potential but would have to be brought up to speed on a technical niche in which Susan was already accomplished.
"We felt that recruiting Susan would have been a complicated process," the hiring manager had indicated. "Although everyone here really liked her and agreed that she would have fit our position nicely, we felt that the issues she will face on a relocation could impact her happiness here. This position is absolutely crucial to the success of our project. We can't afford to fill it now and then fill it again in 6 months." It was a done deal; at that moment, I realized that Susan's personal life had impacted her negatively.
Here's how she had handled that on her interview day:
When asked about "issues involved for you in a relocation," Susan described her husband's science career and his need to relocate to the same location with a job. Instead of keeping the two issues separate (her employment and her husband's employment), she spoke of her husband's career in great detail--including his inability to move for financial reasons until a job was located in the new area.
How Two Science Careers Affect Employers
It certainly isn't true that all scientist-scientist combinations get shot down in this manner. Some go on to make these moves very successfully. Although the couple may find that there is an additional few months of stress involved in the relocation, both scientists can sometimes land on their feet. This is occasionally in the same company--proving that there is a potential positive outcome in this scenario.
"We have no problem hiring married scientists and in fact have a number of couples where both scientists are in our employ," reports a human resources manager at a San Francisco biotech firm. "But that is where we can incorporate them both because their science fits what we do. We don't have a corporate policy about this area--it just depends on the situation. On the other hand, if there are two scientists and one of them is out of our field, we'll try to put our resources to work to assist that person in finding work. Once again, nothing formal, but we do all we can to help a relocating spouse or significant other."
Although this may be true of some of the better companies, many of them still have difficulty relocating and hiring a couple. Here are some of the issues involved for these employers:
Companies often find that the scientist who wishes to relocate a spouse or significant other expects that the company will have a job for that person, known as a "two-fer" deal. In my example above, Susan made the mistake of allowing her discussion with the hiring manager to go in this direction, albeit unintentionally, instead of divorcing the two subjects. She should have made it clear that her husband's employment situation was not in any way related to her ability to accept an offer from XYZ.
Many couples decide that the way to make the move is to initially leave one party--the one who will be looking for a job in the new area--back in the old hometown. Although it sounds great to be able to keep that second income, long-distance job searches conducted by the spouse "back at the ranch" usually take a considerable amount of time. Employers find that months later, the newly hired scientist is still conducting a long-distance relationship. This stress will add to the rigors of adapting to a new job and a new environment, and it is the rare person who can handle this for more than 6 or 8 months. Human resource managers are aware that phone calls from a headhunter with a job offer in the old hometown can lead to a resignation from a newly hired employee--along with the loss of approximately $50,000 invested in hiring and training.
Recommendations for Dual Science Career Couples
When interviewing, it is not a good idea to present your situation as a "package deal." The more emphasis you put on your partner's options, the less likely that you will receive an offer.
Certain topics in an interview are taboo for legal reasons. Know what these are in advance, and try to avoid getting caught up in them during your interview. Many of these inappropriate questions involve the effects of going to work on your personal life.
In the employer's eyes, your ability to accept a job offer and start employment should be in no way related to another person's career. But if the reality is different, develop a strategy in advance and know how to answer questions about your possible relocation.
Find other two-career couples in the location you are considering and learn how they pulled off the move. It is likely that you will learn a lot about the process by talking with people who have been through it themselves.
Doing good science is exciting, and having someone who can share that excitement in your life can be wonderfully enriching. Just remember that the best way to plan a job search in this situation is by using good strategic planning and common sense.


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