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The use of robotics in existing IT delivery models is fast becoming a whole new sector within the IT services industry. Known as Robotic Process Automation or RPA, this new technology is being seen as the next wave of innovation and improvement across many existing IT service areas.
This has come to recent prominence in relation to application development, off shoring, outsourcing and systems integration whereby robotic processes (or digital workers) are being used to replace human involvement and full time equivalents or FTEs (the unit of measurement commonly used to calculate cost for the use of individuals in providing services).
The effect of this is that robotic processes are being seen as a new way within which cost can be driven out of some of these IT service delivery models. It makes sense that, given the removal of FTEs, costs should decrease and delivery change to be 'product' based rather than service based.
Indeed, in a study in 2013, McKinsey & Company estimated that if the use of robotic processes grows at the rate expected , then by 2025, as many as 110 to 140 million FTEs will be replaced by automated tools and software.1
This has obvious advantages for suppliers and customers alike – but the impact for the offshoring industry, where its growth has been underpinned by the wage arbitrage effect, could be vast. No longer cheaper, it will have to adapt.
This article will look at the impact that robotic processes will have on contracting models in outsourcing projects in the future.
What types of services will be affected and how?
Services which are most likely to reap the benefits that RPA promises to deliver are those that are based upon repetitive, rules-based processes which are high-frequency in nature.
There are many examples of these across a wide variety of industry sectors but most commentators believe that the banking and insurance industries, healthcare and logistics will be the areas where uptake is likely to be at its greatest.
Specific examples within the banking sector would include:
- Account analysis;
- Payment processing;
- Credit checking;
- New product marketing campaigns; and
- Client detail updates.
For insurance, examples would include:
- Payment protections claims;
- Automation of administration;
- Reinsurance processes; and
- Data collection, cleansing and analysis.
For healthcare, one could look at:
- Patient database changes;
- Appointment changes;
- Drug administration; and
- Facilities management administration.
Every customer that adopts RPA as a new technology would look to obtain certain benefits from doing so. Cost savings would certainly be one – if not the most important – of the considerations but there are others.
As RPA integrates with existing legacy systems, one additional advantage would be the ability to obtain 'better' data and feed it into related applications. This would mean that the likelihood of data errors being compounded by human error would be reduced, allowing the enterprise to make better decisions.
Technology in this area is advancing rapidly and the use of cognitive computers and augmented systems (more commonly, and incorrectly in the author's view, termed Artificial Intelligence or "AI") allows for unstructured data to be collected and analysed far faster than humans are capable of. This is adding to the list of advantages that RPA is presenting organisations because they now have access to data within a time frame and in a form that is far more useful than previously imagined.
It is not all bad news for the FTE, however, as increased productivity; higher levels of customer satisfaction and removing repetitive tasks from the human workforce should increase levels of worker satisfaction as well as release them to perform higher value tasks.
What will be the impact on commercial contracts in the IT services industry and beyond?
As RPA is providing a different solution to end user customers and is delivered differently by suppliers, existing contract models may have to be adapted to provide for this change.
If we take the example of an insurance application and premium administration service, which is currently outsourced by a customer to an offshore based company, this service is normally provided by the supplier subject to the terms of a service agreement and priced, mainly, with reference to FTEs.
The software and support that sits behind the process is usually invisible to the customer but the scope of the services, the level of services and the cost of the same is transparent and is managed via the terms of the agreement between the parties. Therefore, any required interaction between applications will form part of the services scope and will be performed by FTEs and priced accordingly.
An RPA solution which adapts how a supplier provides its services to its customer may not necessarily be required to be spelt out via a contract change because the customer still sees the same service being provided to it.
However, if there are specific reasons why a customer would need to understand how the service is provided, for example because of regulatory compliance reasons or because the customer has a risk/reward agreement with the supplier for any cost savings, then the nature of the RPA may need to be fully described and added as a variation to the existing agreement.
The implications, therefore, of systems automatically making decisions in regulated areas without human involvement may be quite serious and this may result in some of these RPA solutions attracting the interest of relevant regulators if, for example, these systems are providing financial advice to end users.
Intellectual Property:
There may be intellectual property ("IP") considerations to be taken into account when looking at the nature of the delivery model. Suppliers tend to contract on the basis that they will own their own IP that is used to provide the services and any other IP is either licensed from a third party or provided by the customer. The ownership of any IP developed during the course of the agreement is usually the subject of debate between the parties but more often than not, if it is bespoke development for the customer, then the customer will own the IP in such development.
Such IP is usually created by the FTEs and assigned to the customer via an agreement – but what happens with any IP or database created by the robotic process software/hardware itself?
Most likely, such generated work will take the form of a software program and would therefore be copyrightable under English law and made subject to the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the "CDPA").
The CDPA already makes provision for works created by machines and defines 'computer generated' works as works generated by a computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work.2 It is not sufficient for a work to be carried out via a computer – that would not satisfy this definition – but rather the computer itself must create the work according to a programme without a human having been involved in the creation.
Regarding ownership of copyright, the normal rule is that the author who creates the work is the owner.3
Where a work is seen as being computer generated, the author is the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.4
In Nova Productions v Mazooma Games5, the question was who owned the individual frames that were shown on the screen when playing a computer game. Was it the player or someone else? The Court held that the player of the game was not the author of the copyrightable work because they had not contributed any artistic skill or labour. Rather, the author was the person who had devised the rules and the logic used to create the frames.
It should be noted, however, that between computer assisted creations (where the author uses a computer to assist the creation of the work, for example using a word processor application to write a book) and computer generated works (discussed above) there is a third category termed 'intermediate works' that may be applicable where a person becomes the author as a result of that person's skill and effort using a computer.
For RPA generated works, it would seem that the Section 9(3) CDPA position, as more fully explained in the Nova Productions case, would appear to be the most likely position from which to start when determining who the author is – namely the author of the RPA algorithm software itself. However, as robotic software and hardware becomes more 'cognitive' and learns and adapts from data inputs, the works created may have no relationship to the original author's software and so other factors may well come into play.
Contract Formation:
Robotic processes that feed into information loops – for example whereby the RPA will gather data from one application and apply its 'learning' to update inventory procurement from suppliers to an enterprise – create additional contractual issues to be dealt with.
Can a software program bind one company into an effective contractual relationship with another for the purchase of goods and/or services?
It is universally accepted that a robotic system does not have a legal personality and therefore is a 'mere tool' the legal responsibility for which lies with its human/corporate controller.6 Further, in relation to products, it is the producer of the product who bears liability for it pursuant to the terms of the Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC of July 1985.
However, this is a debate that may well change as RPA and the Internet of Things develop and cognitive computing becomes the norm. With machines talking to machines and learning from each other and the experiences shared across networks, the likelihood is that the contracting framework will need to be developed to take into account commercial dealings that take place without human involvement.
Inasmuch as the current law states that the 'owner' of computer programs (and in all likelihood the licensee who uses such programs in an automated procurement system) will be bound by the agreements that such systems enter into, it is when the machines themselves start to decide who to contract with rather than with pre-programmed suppliers, that such issues of robotic legal personalities will become more important.
Representations and Warranties:
When dealing with representations and warranties from customers and suppliers alike, do they take into account the activities of an RPA? Do suppliers really want to warrant that an RPA will use skill and care when performing the services – or is this merely a functionality issue that can be dealt with by warranting that software and RPA software in particular, will meet its level of functional specification and that is it?
Similarly, is a supplier happy to enter into agreements on the basis that the output of the RPA will meet a customer's specific business purpose? If the process is sold as 'being automatic, without the need for human intervention and thus it will increase productivity by 25%' – is this something that customers will expect to see reflected in their bottom line price, or will suppliers point to the functionality point again and say that the software 'just does this' and no further warranties will be made?
The approach to be taken by suppliers is particularly interesting because while they may be trumpeting the advantages of new systems and processes, what will they actually take responsibility to provide? Making fraudulent representations under English law relieves the supplier of the benefit of certain contractual exclusions that suppliers like to maintain and so salespeople will have to be careful when making exaggerated claims about benefits knowing that such benefits are not going to, or are very unlikely to, happen.
Summary and conclusion
The above represents an overview of the major contractual issues that RPA is creating at the present time and it does not purport to be a non-exhaustive list.
Certainly, RPA will have a large impact upon those areas of IT services performed by humans who are engaged in low-value, repetitive, high-frequency tasks and businesses that have grown up based upon such activities being performed by low paid workers may well see these being replacement by softbots or digital workers.
It is certainly not outside the realms of possibility to expect customers of this technology to be asking for contracts to be priced according to their own increases in profitability or revenue as a result of being sold 'intelligent and cognitive' systems that learn on the job and replace FTEs.
Price is but one element of the equation, however, and so increased efficiency, fewer (if any) mistakes, 24/7 availability, speed, data analysis and being part of an end-to-end IT system will undoubtedly also appeal to customers.
The above represents some of the intriguing questions which will have to be answered as the technology becomes more widespread and used within outsourcing and IT services, and contracting models will have to adapt in order to take these issues into account.
This article was first published on LawyerIssue, May 2016


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Why a well-designed website is just as important for insurance companies as it is for retail
A quick browse through a range of insurance company websites will soon tell you that insurance is lagging behind retail when it comes to website design. So why are websites for insurance companies looking out-dated? Could it be that their target market has different requirements from their retail counterparts? Or could it be something more worrying – that many insurance companies don't realise the important part played by website design in winning and retaining business?
What do we mean by good design?
A well designed website includes the following:
A good user experience
This is the number one consideration for any website design. Initial user attention and decision making takes place in seconds, not minutes. Anything that makes life awkward for the user will have them leaving your site and browsing your competitors before you can get anywhere near showing your fantastic insurance policies.
Clear and comprehensive functionality.
Customers expect to be able to complete their business simply and quickly online. Your site should be easy to navigate and include platforms that enable users to purchase their perfect insurance policy with confidence.
The ability to access the site from any device
Responsive design. Two words that can make or break your website. Put simply, responsive design allows your site to be used equally well from any device – such as a laptop, phone or tablet. Not only does this tick the boxes for user experience and functionality, but it also means that your website will be rated much more highly by search engines such as Google, bringing customers to you.
Why look to retail for good design?
The answer is simple – because your customers do. While retail and insurance may seem like very different businesses, ultimately they have the same target audience – people. People are used to easy online transactions from the best retail websites and expect similar standards elsewhere. The best insurance company website design understands this and uses it as a model for business advantage.
What makes a good retail website?
Some of the common factors of popular, well-designed retail websites are:
- Simplicity and clarity
- It's easy for people to find the products they want.
- Products on offer are clearly displayed with relevant information.
- Clarity on price.
- Easy, instant transactions.
- Clear and consistent branding throughout.
- Useful, clear content.
- Regular updates
- Good contact information.
How does this relate to the insurance business?
Let's look at how we can apply these standards to insurance company website design.
Simplicity and clarity – Insurance can be confusing to clients. Keep your message simple and direct with clear text and visuals that gain consumer confidence. All content needs to be useful and avoid unnecessary detail.
It's easy for people to find the products they want – Use filters that take people straight to the insurance products relevant to them.
Products on offer are clearly displayed with relevant information – Your customers will be comparing products and policies from a range of insurance companies. Encourage them to put yours in the mix, through clear descriptions of exactly what they're buying.
There's clarity on price – Be upfront about pricing. Hidden extras that show up later can make people nervous and suspicious, sending them to competitor insurance businesses.
Easy, instant transactions – Your customers are used to instant purchasing. They'll expect an instant quote and if they like it, they'll want to buy their insurance online immediately. The process needs to be simple to carry out.
Regular updates – This might include new products, but it's also a great way of showing the human face of your business (always a winner), alongside your expertise and high standards of customer service. Think about things like a Q and A section and a blog that updates people on related topics and industry news. Regular updates are vital to your online presence and those all-important Google rankings.
It's all about selling
When it comes down to it, whether your business is insurance or retail, it's all about selling. You need to get customers attention, show them what you've got, and then persuade them to make a purchase.
The best insurance website design encompasses all that makes major retail brands into business success stories. Outstanding insurance web design is vibrant and alluring, but also efficient and familiar, taking the anxiety out of insurance policy purchase.
Get the design right and you make your insurance business an obvious choice for customers.

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Evaluate stress response to travel or environmental change
When there are changes in your horse's daily routines - travel, new environment, new equipment, different riders, learning new skills – the horse's heart rate may be unusually high. Heart rate gives you an idea of how your horse is coping with the changes so that you can modify their activity as needed.


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Peacefully situated amidst the gently rolling landscape of the Llyn Peninsula, this stylish and comfortable detached barn conversion makes a delightful year round retreat for couples. Enjoying its own private decked area, with stunning rural views, it sits within the grounds of the owners' home. Just 3 miles from Pwllheli, where visitors will find not only an excellent weekly market, shops, inns and restaurants but also a leisure centre, golf courses and impressive marina, as well as a choice of beaches. Opportunities for walking, cycling and a myriad of outdoor pursuits are all easily accessible in the nearby Snowdonia National Park, whilst lively and fashionable Abersoch, with boat trips from the harbour around St Tudwals island to fish or watch seals, and a fine selection of water related leisure activities, is a short drive.
All on ground floor: Living/dining room/kitchen/bedroom area with double bed and wooden floor. Shower room with toilet.
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Farm Fresh Weekly
Green bean surplus
We have green beans coming out of our ears! These all-natural beauties are in the farm store– $4 for a 1.25lb bag. If you'd like a large quantity, let us know and we'll see what we can do.
Freezer expansion in the works
Freezer space continues to be one limiting factor to our production. This time of year, as we are in the throes of harvest, the big question is: Will it all fit in the freezer? Consequently, we have begun a project to double our walk-in freezer space in the next few weeks. This will be a huge asset to the farm and to the amount of products we can provide to you!
Stories from the farm
The turkey poults that arrived this week didn't fare so well from the heat. When Daniel picked them up from the post office, nearly 20% of them were dead. Fortunately, the hatchery carries insurance and we were able to be reimbursed for the loss. The heat has also dramatically impacted milk and egg production.
Healthy food for healthy living.
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The Reversible Sequins Jersey fabric is an exquisite imported fabric with 8mm sequins which can be reversed to reveal a different color for a two-tone effect on the garment. The dazzle and shimmer of the sequins makes this stretch fabric suitable for any special occasion. Sequins have long been associated with red carpet arrivals and high glamour events and the reversible sequins fabric can be used for many special occasion and formal apparel projects, as well as dance and other costumes.
86% Nylon 14% Spandex
8mm Reversible Sequins on Poly Spandex
60 Inches Wide
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Handfeel is bumpy due to the sequins.
4-way stretch (About 70% size increase when stretched on crosswise grain, 60% stretch on lengthwise grain). Soft drape with smooth, silky handfeel
This fabric is very shiny
Tips and Tricks:
- Use with nap cutting layout (i.e. all pattern pieces laid out in the same direction) so all pattern pieces reflect light the same way and shading is prevented
- Crosswise stretch should go horizontally across the body
- For cutting, lay out fabric on dressmaker's cutting board, hold down pattern pieces w/fabric weights and trace around pattern pieces with a sharp rotary cutter. This allows for more precise cutting with knit fabrics.
- If cutting with shears, pin pattern pieces with thin, sharp pins (try our extra fine pins)
- If interfacing is needed, use lightweight fusible knit interfacing
- Use a ballpoint (stretch) needle when machine sewing
- Use a knit stitch to maintain stretch – chainstitch is ideal, but you can also use overlock (serger) to sew seams without additional stitch
- If you have to use a regular straight lockstitch, lower your stitch size (8-10 stitched per inch is a good estimate, but it's best to experiment on a test swatch before sewing), and gently stretch the fabric while sewing to maintain stretch. Steam seams on lower (polyester/nylon) setting to eliminate unwanted puckering. You may want to use a pressing cloth if you have a particularly hot iron.
- Use self-binding, overlock (serger) or a roll-back hem with coverstich for hems and edges
Wash cold on gentle cycle or hand wash in cold water, hang dry.
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It's A Mall World after All; Critics Love to Hate Shopping Centers as Symbols of All That Is Wrong with American Culture. but as They Go Global, They Are Stimulating Economic Growth throughout the Developing World
Byline: Mac Margolis (With Sudip Mazumdar in New Delhi, Sumeet Chatterjee in Mumbai, Quindlen Krovatin in Beijing, Joanna Kowalska-Iszkowska in Warsaw, William Underhill in London and Alexandra Polier in Nairobi)
When the Los Angeles firm Altoon + Porter Architects set out to design a shopping arcade in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a few years ago, it faced a delicate mission: to raise a glitzy pleasure dome full of Western temptations in the maw of fundamentalist Islam. Not that the Saudis were consumer innocents; King Khalid airport in Riyadh fairly hums with wealthy Arabs bound for the lavish shops of Paris and London. But the trick was to lure women buyers--the royalty of retail--who are not allowed to shed their veils in public. "Women can't be expected to buy anything if they can't try it on," says architect Ronald Altoon, managing partner of the firm. So Altoon + Porter came up with an ecumenical solution: the Kingdom Centre, a three-story glass-and-steel Xanadu of retail with an entire floor--Women's Kingdom--devoted exclusively to female customers. "We took the veil off the women and put it on the building," says Altoon.
The modest proposal paid off. In Women's Kingdom, Saudi women can shop, schmooze, dine or even loll about at the spa without upsetting the sheiks or subverting Sharia, the country's strict Islamic laws. Normally the third level of any mall is a dud, but it's become the most profitable floor in the whole arcade. The Kingdom Centre may not be revolutionary; no one is burning veils at the food court. Still, it represents a small but meaningful freedom for Saudi women. And its success points to the irrepressible global appetite for consumer culture, as well as to the growing role that the right to shop plays in fostering democratization and development.
It's been more than two decades since John B. Hightower, the director of New York City's South Street Seaport Museum, a combination cultural center and shopping arcade, brazenly declared that "shopping is the chief cultural activity of the United States." Since then, it has also become one of America's chief exports: shopping malls, once a peculiarly American symbol of convenience and excess, now dot the global landscape from Santiago to St. Petersburg and Manila to Mumbai. In 1999, India boasted only three malls. Now there are 45, and the number is expected to rise to 300 by 2010. The pint-size Arab Emirate of Dubai, sometimes known as the Oz of malls, clocked 88.5 million mall visitors last year; nearly 180 million Brazilians mob shopping arcades every month--almost as many as in the United States. Where elephants and giraffes once gamboled along the Mombasa road leading into Nairobi, the African mall rat is now a far more common sight, with four gleaming new malls to scavenge in at the Kenyan capital and three more in the works. And no one can keep pace with China, where foreign investors are scrambling to get a piece of a real-estate boom driven in part by mall mania. "The same energy and dynamism that the shopping industry brought to North America 30, 40 years ago is now reaching overseas," says Michael Kercheval, head of the International Council of Shopping Centers, an industry trade association and advisory group. "Now it's reached the global masses."
Indeed, the planet appears deep in the grip of the retail version of an arms race. For years, the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, with 20,000 parking spaces, an ice-skating rink, a miniature-golf course and four submarines (more than in the Canadian Navy) on display, had reigned as the grandest in the world. Last October it was overtaken by the $1.3 billion Golden Resources Shopping Center in northwest Beijing, with 20,000 employees and nearly twice the floor space of the Pentagon. Developers in Dubai are breaking ground on not one but two malls they claim will be even bigger, one of which boasts a man-made, five-run ski slope. Yet all these have been eclipsed by the behemoth South China Mall, which opened its doors in the factory city of Dongguan this year. …


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Adobe After Effects :: How to censor face in video
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This video will guide you and teach you about censorship. You will learn about, blur a motion part in a video i.e. face in easily simple method. Sometimes, we not really want identify of person or object in video to hidden/hide from viewer. This tutorial video will guide you best to do that.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 16GB with £30 worth of Argos vouchers is currently £179 from Argos
There are listings for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 that are slightly cheaper, but what makes this offer worth highlighting is that by collecting the item from your local Argos you can get £30 worth of vouchers to spend of anything else. Just to clarify - you must purchase it for collection - not for delivery - to quality for the vouchers, with the offer ending on June 3rd. As for the item itself, the cameras on the Galaxy Tab 4 aren't great, but otherwise it's a decent Android tablet, especially at this price. Thanks to millarcat @ HUKD!


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Your author brand is how your fans identify you.You might have an idea of your brand but how do you build it? Try these 5 ideas.
Is Facebook A Fad?
By Thomas Umstattd in Facebook
Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo… Are they a passing fad or are they changing everything? If you have not seen this video you must. It will rock your world. Everytime this video uses the word "product" or "company" just think "book." It will help you see where the future …
9 Tips for Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn
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Ok so a friend sent you a LinkedIn invite and you signed up. Now what? This article will show you how to turn LinkedIn into a powerful tool. If you don't know what LinkedIn is or why you should use it read 4 Reasons Why Every Author Should Use LinkedIn. …
4 Reasons Why Every Author Should Use LinkedIn
By Thomas Umstattd in LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. If you want to be a professional writer you want to be on LinkedIn. Here are 4 ways LinkedIn is better than Facebook.


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JEGS Easy Kits are designed by JEGS professionals so you get all the parts you need. Kits include a Hurst 3-Speed Indy Truck Shifter with a JEGS Shifter Boot.


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Tangled [PG]Walt Disney [DVD]
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DescriptionDisney's CGI-animated comedy adventure which retells the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Rapunzel'. While hiding out in a seemingly abandoned tower deep in the forest, handsome young bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) is surprised to discover that the tower does in fact have an occupant in the form of feisty long-haired teen Rapunzel (Mandy Moore). Rapunzel, who has been looking for a means of escape from the tower in which she has been grounded for her entire life, strikes a deal with the dashing outlaw and the unlikely pair soon find themselves caught up in the adventure of a lifetime as they face magic, monsters and villains in their quest for freedom.
Nathan Greno • Byron Howard
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Well, this topic might sound easy but when I and my colleague searched in the net for one of the scenario under this topic,we could not find an easy solution to it.
Now let me describe the scenario:
Consider the image at the right side. Here the first rectangle is the screen. And your webpage size is lesser than the screen. That is it occupies half of the screen. There are spaces on both left and right side of the webpage size. In simpler words, if the screen size is 1024*768, the webpage width is only 862.
Also consider there are 4 menus in the webpage namely A,B,C and D as given in picture.And each menu has its own drop-down menus. This drop-down menus expand and collapse on mouse over and mouse out respectively.
Here the main menu A,B,C and D and drop-down are seperate div.And the div position for the drop-down menu is absolute.
Like in the figure, the last menu's drop-down list goes out of the webpage size limit thus occupying some space in the screen width. To make it come inside the webpage size,we tried a lot of stuffs which didnt work. Finally we came to the below conclusion.
First thing is that we can position the div element to the corresponding place. But when the menus are dynamic we have to find out another solution but with respect to positioning the div.
There is an property in div called div.style.right which has value 0 and 1. 0 means the style of the div becomes right aligned.
Now if we give this, the div will be right aligned to for all the menus. But what we want to achieve is not that rather only for the menu D.
There is another property in html called offset,right? Remember? Wont this be useful to achieve our purpose? Yes, ofcourse it will. Now lets c how we need to use this.
Offset has certain property associated.
offsetParent - is the screen size
offsetWidth - gives the width of the specified object
offsetLeft - Retrieves the left edge of the specified object
offsetRight can be calculated by the sum of left and width
Now,what we need to check is if the div goes beyond right side of the screen, we have to make it to align to right.
var screenRight = div.offsetParent.offsetWidth;
var divRight = div.offsetLeft + div.offsetWidth;
if(divRight > screenRight)
div.style.right =0;
This 3 lines will make the drop-down align to the right of the webpage(i.e. div).
Now this solves the problem.


text: There is no equity without solidarity, no justice without a social movement. Globalize the notion of basic human dignity. These were the charges Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School's division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, bestowed upon the 250-plus students at GlobeMed's Global Health Summit in her keynote address. Students from 32 universities across the country converged at Northwestern Univ. for a weekend filled with engaging discussions, interactive panels and inspirational speakers.


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E Park Link Drive 9 is a $333,000 property on a 36.01 acre lot located in Tucson, AZ.
Range pricing 333,000 - 373,000. High end of range includes seller providing underground electric to lot line and a capped private well, low end of range includes no utilities. Enjoy pristine desert, lush vegetation, rolling terrain with gorgeous sunset and mountain views in Seven Owls Ranch, a planned development of 36 acre parcels 25 miles NW of Oro Valley, AZ. Nine remaining sites; all subject to thoughtful, common sense CCRs and a max. of 4 splits. Restricted to single story, site built homes. Taxes reflect larger parcel. Listing Agent related to Owner. Beneficiary of ownership trust is licensed to sell AZ Real Estate.
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We all know that Android has done a remarkable job growing and expanding in the past year. However, I do not think any of us could have predicted just how much the maturing operating system has grown. Canalys, a research firm, is reporting today that Android OS has grown a whopping 886% year-over-year in the second quarter!
That is ridiculous growth for any product and shows just how popular Android is becoming worldwide. Here are some of the interesting statistics Canalys has gathered:
- Symbian OS took 38% market share worldwide in Q2 (41% year-on-year growth)
- Android had 23% market share (884% year-on-year growth)
- BlackBerry OS took 18% share (41% year-on-year growth)
- iOS came in with 13% share (61% year-on-year growth)
Apple's iOS displayed the second-best growth numbers, but as you can see, came nowhere near Android, which blew everybody else out of the water.
Android did just as well in the US with 34% market share during Q2, which is a growth rate of 851%. The enormous growth can be attributable to the large number of handset makers that have embraced Android, such as Motorola, HTC, Samsung, LG and Sony.
The momentum is with Android at the moment and it has shown no signs of slowing. With more manufacturers entering the game, the operating system looks to have a bright future. [Canalys]


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Having moved to Boise in late 2007, I've only known the monolithic Capitol building as the gated structure that sits between Sixth and Eighth Streets, always with a watchful security guard and bevy of construction activity. Boise natives have often told me of their fourth grade trips to the Idaho Statehouse, and their lessons on the architecture by John E. Tourtellotte.
So when I found myself staring straight up into the oculus of the 208 foot tall Rotunda of Idaho's most stately building, I was overcome with vertigo. I craned my neck to capture all of the gleaming marble. I believe my simple statement was something like: "Wow."
Robyn Lockett, capitol services coordinator, guided me through the new underground legislative hearing rooms that replace the old fashioned 'Knight of the Round Table' style rooms that were used in the early part of the century.
After we descended the outside staircase into the basement, we walked down a long marble hallway. Robyn told me, as we passed an antique 20's roll-top desk, that we'd just entered the original basement. A few short steps seamlessly blend the new with the old.
The additions are capped with skylights made of a special glass that keep the basement from roasting, but allow both an excellent natural light source, and provide a view of that impressive dome.
The Idaho State Capitol Commission released a statement this week, deeming the Capitol building "substantially complete."
The Legislature will begin moving in, selecting chamber seats, and finalizing furniture arrangements this coming Monday, with the executive following within the next month and a half. The building will open once more to the public on Jan. 9, "on-time and on-budget" as Robyn put it.


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Looking for a healthy St. Patrick's Day recipe to serve your kids on March 17th? Give this Leprechaun Juice recipe a try! It's a fun accompaniment to breakfast, but it's also a great alternative to green punch or Kool-aid for St. Patty's Day dinner.
With just the right balance of sweet vs. tart, this St Patrick Day smoothie is sure to be a hit with your kids. I won't tell them it's good for them if you won't!
Leprechaun Juice is really just a green smoothie in disguise. It's amazing what you can get get your kids to eat when you give it a silly name! My kids love green smoothies now, but when we started drinking them, I had to get a little creative. You may find that a fun name or presentation might be just the ticket to get your kids to try healthy foods.
The first year I made this special St Patrick day juice for my kids, I served it in glass mugs and had a little felt leprechaun hanging off of each handle. I called it Leprechaun Juice and the name stuck. Now they ask for it every year for breakfast on St. Patrick's Day.
Leprechaun Juice Healthy St Patricks Day Recipe
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 2 1/2 oz raw baby spinach (half of the standard 5 oz plastic tub)
- 1 banana
- 1 cup green grapes
- 2 kiwi fruit, peeled
Making the St Patrick Day smoothie
If you have a professional grade blender, like a Vitamix or Blendtech, you can just throw all of the St Patrick Day juice ingredients in the pitcher and process until smooth. I usually add the liquid first, the greens, and then the fruit, but it really doesn't matter. The high powered blenders will liquify it no matter what order you add the ingredients.
If you don't have a high powered blender, I recommend blending the juice and spinach first. Then add the other ingredients and process until smooth. This helps to ensure a smoother texture. Before I got my Vitamix, I made green smoothies for years with a cheap $30 blender using this technique.
Makes approx. 4 1/2 cups
Vitamix 5200 Series Blender, Black
If you make green smoothies regularly, I highly recommend upgrading to a high powered blender. It gets green smoothies completely smooth, which makes it more likely kids will drink them. I bought my Vitamix 6 years ago and have never once regretted the purchase!
Print the Leprechaun Juice Recipe
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 2 1/2 oz raw baby spinach (half of the standard 5 oz plastic tub)
- 1 banana
- 1 cup green grapes
- 2 kiwi fruit, peeled
- Blend the juice and spinach first.
- Then add fruit and continue blending until smooth.
Health Benefits of this St Patrick Day Juice:
Leprechaun Juice has a healthy dose of Vitamin A – important for healthy eyes, Vitamin K for healthy bones, Vitamin C – for a healthy immune system, and Potassium – which helps with fluid and electrolyte balance. It also has a good bit of fiber – which you won't find in regular juice.
I know a lot of parents give their kids vitamins as sort of an insurance policy, but a green smoothie each morning is a great alternative. Your body is able to more easily use vitamins and minerals from food in comparison to a synthetic form like a vitamin pill.
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I hope you will give this healthy St Patrick Day recipe a try this year. Who knows – you may be the next green smoothie convert! If you and your kids try this Leprechaun Juice recipe, be sure to leave me a comment and let me know how you like it. So tell me… Are you making any special foods for your family this St. Patrick's Day?


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2017 Honda X-ADV Confirmed for EICMA
After teasing us with a couple of videos, Honda announced its adventure-styled scooter will enter production bearing the name "X-ADV" (which we were the first to report). The X-ADV was first previewed by the City Adventure concept at last year's EICMA show so it's no surprise that the production model will make its debut at this year's show in Milan.
The X-ADV maintains the maxi-scooter shape but with hand guards, long-travel suspension, and a tall riding posture for some light off-road riding. The windscreen is adjustable between five positions and Honda says the storage space has enough room for an off-road style helmet.
From what we saw from the City Adventure concept, the X-ADV is based on Honda's NC750 platform, likely sharing the same 745cc engine with a 270 degree crank and its twin cylinders banked forward at a 55-degree slant. Honda says its Dual Clutch Transmission will be offered as standard.
We'll have more information and specifications when Honda presents the X-ADV Nov. 8 at EICMA.
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Picking a wonderful quote made by an educationist and a freedom-fighter; late Nelson Mandela, from my last article titled Empowerment through scholarship, he said and I quote, "a good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special." He reiterated further that, "education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Almost everybody in an education world wishes to have a scholarship at one point or the other in their academic sojourn but in spite of everyone wanting one, scholarships are complicated things. This article looks at ways you can increase your chances of winning the highly coveted scholarships.Much strife to fill out forms and apply for the few candid ones that are available and only a small number of people get them. It appears that there are even many of those scholarship offers out there that go unexploited on a yearly basis. Scholarships cannot be placed in the same category as loans as they differ due to the fact that they are free money that does not require any pay back or interest, hence, they are highly coveted things. And for every soon-to-be graduate or intern-interested student, scholarships are brilliant resume boosters and make an eye-catching effect on any resume. For someone hoping to win a scholarship, the most excellent way to start seeking scholarships is to embark on series of enquiries and search. Most colleges and universities have affiliations with several local, international and private/individual scholarship boards. More often than not, the various scholarships will be highlighted on the school's website; however, a scholarship applicant can always make enquiries as to their genuineness and availability. When this has been confirmed, one can find out how much is up for grabs as scholarship offer and the reasons why they are established. In actual fact, scholarships are not handed over to an applicant on a platter of gold; although some people might be lucky with theirs, you must definitely do your research and application. One of the few ways to increase your chances of winning scholarships is to pay attention to details and contents. Scholarships always come with ample instructions explaining and showing directions on how to effectively and efficiently apply for scholarships. Such information can be found in books, scholarship board websites and also referrals from previous successful winners of scholarships.Al
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Why Is This Soccer Star Moving to Angola?
The Latest Stop in Brazilian Legend Rivaldo's Long, Strange Career; Faith in Kabuscorp
It's not a mystery why Rivaldo, FIFA's 1999 World Player of the Year, is still playing soccer a few months shy of his 40th birthday. As long as you love the game—and your body allows you to do so—you'll keep going. And Rivaldo was good enough to play 37 times last season for Sao Paulo, one of Brazil's biggest clubs.
But it is a mystery why you would choose, as Rivaldo did Friday, to spend the twilight of your career in Angola.


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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
2010 Myrtle Bike Rally - Photos & Street Talk
Also plenty of Southern Belles directing traffic to bars and restaurants all up and down the 60-miles of "Grand Strand" island towns in South Carolina during the 2010 Grand Strand Rally - A.K.A. the 70th Myrtle Beach Bike Week!
Here are some more images from rally photographer Jack Mcintyre - see his galleries at BIKERPICS.ORG. - Plus some "Street Talk."
The Myrtle Beach Spring & Fall rallies were still a blast last year. There were not as many bikes as years before but there were still A Lot of bikes.
The bars and concerts were kickin ass and the cops did not bug us like I thought they would.
We all thought it was better because there was less time waiting for drinks, food and parking. Hell Yeah!! We are going back for the 70th year celebration! We still love Myrtle Beach!!
Myrtle Bike Week 2010 kicked off Friday, May 8th and continues through Sunday, May 16th.
More bikes are rolling in every day, and the bars are all packed at night.
Jack and his model are based at Wimmer Performance - 11670 Highway 17 Byp, Murrells Inlet - 843.492.0412. Bring your bike by to be shot for magazines, print and net! Check out his rally photography at BIKERPICS.ORG.
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Bridal eye makeup is a key element in the bridal makeup and can do wonders to your overall look if it is done the right way. It can make your eyes look big, lively and glamorous. More than anything else, just with a little practice, you can get the glamorous look on your own!
With the wedding functions lined up, a few tips on bridal eye makeup will definitely come handy.
Lets start with the steps involved in getting that perfect eye makeup.
So now that you know the four steps, lets get into the details.
All women hold eyeliner and kohl in their makeup kitties, but did you know that there are many ways in which you can apply that liner and look different each time.
Some of us have small eyes, but not to worry, some bridal eye makeup tricks can make your eyes look big and beautiful…
The smokey eyed look is the perfect bridal eye makeup for a night wedding party or a reception, it'll make you look stunning and hot…
The pinks, reds and goldens are the most popular wedding colours and most of your wedding special dresses would have those colours in them. So red and golden eyeshadows are a must have in your bridal eye makeup kitty to get that dramatic look!


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As I have written about models, I have talked about comparing models to observations of the processes that they are meant to represent. I talked briefly about model parameters and how they could be tuned to make an individual model better represent the data at hand. Each parameter is like a knob that can be turned to adjust the details of the given model.
For example let's consider the linear model illustrated below. In this model, factory output is assumed to be proportional to the input of labor. For a given increase in the hours worked, the factory produces a corresponding increase in output. The constant of proportionality (a, the slope of the line) and the amount of labor necessary to simply maintain the factory at zero output (the labor-axis intercept (b is actually the output-axis intercept)) may be different for different factories. A factory characterized by the red line will be more efficient and more productive than one characterized by the green line.
The dots in the figure are observations of the relationship between output and input from some factory. While the data are pretty linear, it is easy to imagine a line that would fit those data better than the ones I have drawn. The better fitting line would be described by adjusting the slope (a) downward and shifting the intercept to the right.
In the example above there are more data points than there are parameters and we may find that the best fitting line does not actually pass through any of the observations. The extent to which the data are close to the best fit model is a measure of how good the model fits the data; it can also be a measure of the certainty with which the model can be used to predict behavior in the future. The case where there are more data points than there are parameters is called over-determined; over-determined is good because it gives you a measure of certainty regarding the fit of the model to the data.
Now imagine we had only two data points. In that case there is exactly one line that fits the data exactly. This is ok, but we can fit those data equally well with any two-parameter model and we have no measure of certainty. It is generally true that you can exactly fit N data points with a model that has N parameters.
Good models have considerably fewer parameters than there are observations to constrain the model. As models become more complex they acquire more tunable parameters. In the case of GCMs there are many many tunable parameters, but there are also many many observations to constrain the models.
In using models to help us think about how Earth functions, we must trade off the simplicity of a model that significantly abstracts Earth systems by modeling them with a small number of easily understood parameters with the complexity of models that attempt to include more detail of Earth functioning but contain a larger number of parameters with more technical meanings and interconnections. Choices about this tradeoff will be different depending on our purpose. Climate modelers who use models to test their detailed understanding of Earth functioning will obviously choose to work with more complicated models. Decision makers who have have to include many factors beyond the climate in there work, may be better served by simpler models that capture the well understood behavior of the climate.


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There's a new way to see the city – tourist helicopter flights have launched.
The London Helicopter company will run up to 15 flights a day from Battersea heliport at £199 per person for a 20 minute flight (or from Redhill if you find yourself £70 short). It's a price that makes the Shard look reasonable, but we suppose you're not paying for the view as for the experience. The BBC's Tom Edwards went up yesterday and tweeted some photos of the South Bank, Greenwich and Hyde Park.
Helicopter tourist flights have been common in New York for years and it's perhaps surprising that London's taken so long to join in; though coming so soon after the crash at Battersea, we wonder if passengers will be put off. Another dissenting voice has come from the Globe Theatre, where helicopter noise regularly disrupts the open air performances. We were there yesterday and heard about an incident Tuesday night where a – what is the collective noun for helicopters? A fleet? A Budgie? – flew over and the poor actors could barely be heard. (The rumour is it was Beyonce on her way to the O2.) The London Helicopter company promises it'll avoid the Globe during performances, but its route is restricted to the river. Basically, Shakespeare never had to put up with this shit.
In any event, this is as good a time as any to dig up our old post about views of London cheaper than the Shard (which we may now retitle with something about helicopters).
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Spending time with my daughter, Melody, has really paid off. She adores me! How many movies have you watched where children feel so unhappy because their parents are working all the time? Fifty years ago, families could live off one wage, so what the hell is going on? I have seen loads of sad films with very unhappy children, wishing they just had more time with their parents. Growing up, I felt blessed that I had my Mum around. She was always at home when I returned from school. It just makes you feel loved, important and it gives you the family security all children deserve!
Financially, it has been difficult. Because the Elites destroyed my home on-line business. And tight Elites have not paid my partner his well earned wages. But, every minute I have with her, I cherish. You just cannot put a price on spending time with your children, compared to money. I still hope that I can get the support to help families earn from home and grow their own organic foods. Fingers and toes crossed! I feel if I can offer my engagement ring up for auction to help fund a free website for families, then I expect far, far more from tight/selfish Elites.
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Wow this year is travelling by so fast! March is here already... This months theme frightened the heck out of me. I don't normally DO punch art but thought I'd give it a go. This month is hosted by the gorgeous and amazingly talented Carolina at Studio Evans.
If you have got here in order you should have just left stop 9 which was of course the faboo Michelle Mills. If not its all good you can work your way around the hop starting from here. Have a blast and be sure to comment on all the blogs.
So this is my creation... I started with whisper white to make my prototype, I have never done anything punch art so was surprised how easy it was. I just got the large oval punch punched it out in full, then I used the cut out and cut it again with the same punch on a different angle, I chose this angle because I already had in mind the idea of it jumping out of water. I used the scraps to make the fins then used the small oval punch to feed the snout in one side of to make it rounded. the tail I punched a oval again and used the decorative label punch to make it look just right. I then sponged all the pieces and stuck them together using sticky strip and made an eye with basic grey stamp-n-write marker.
I set up my white card base, then cut some basic black card to fit the front. Stamped the image from the love you to the moon stamp set with the white craft pad. Smudged some into the moon with a sponge to make the moon softer. Then smudged/ sponged in the 'reflection' on the water. I then adhered the dolphin and voila!
Notice I used my prototype for my final result, I fell in love with it as soon as it was finished lol.
I hope you all love it too.
Next up on the hop is Karen Coulter, be sure to drop back in again soon :)
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Lee Min Ho : cause he has many scene at "Heirs", he usually take 2-3 hours for sleep. So when there is an opportunity to rest, he spent his time for sleep
Kim Ji Won : Yoo Rachel look so very tired, maybe effect from "angry" character :D
Kim Woo Bin : He usually sleep even though it is only five minutes at filming location. Filming which he lived is quite heavy and consume energy. hihi he look so funny ^^


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So, I am into mainly healthy type foods...new buzz word: real foods! This post will make my real food readers scream in horror!! I am making..made some processed typed desserts. My daughter, an assistant teacher at a Christian school, always sees ideas from other teachers or students. Though not so 'real food' the creative food ideas they come up with are sure fun.
Here are some fun food ideas for Thanksgiving. We are planning scattering these non real foods around dessert bar. We have several more wholesome desserts we are planning but I think these cute little delectables will accent our Thanksgiving dinner.
I apologize for not having the step by step pics of making these desserts. I hadn't planned on letting anyone know that we made them since they don't fit the bill for 'real food.' :) They ended up soooo cute that I had to confess my non real food desserts. :)
Not so real food #1: A bowl full of Acorns
Hershey Kisses
Miniature Nutbutter Cookies
Chocolate chips
Separate the miniature Nutbutter cookies and then cut them in half. Press a Hershey Kiss on the peanut butter cookie side and then 'glue' with melted chocolate chips the other plain Nutbutter cookie with a Hershey Kiss onto the other Nutbutter cookie with melted chocolate. "Glue" a chocolate chip onto the other side of the Nutbutter cookie.
Note from Paula: We are planning on scattering 'acorn' around the desserts. Yum...chocolate and peanut butter...a great combination.
Not so real food #2: Chocolate Pilgrim Hat
Chocolate covered cookies
Reeces Peanut butter cup
Chocolate chips...melted
White Icing
Peanut butter chips
"Glue" the Reeces Peanut butter cup onto the Chocolate covered cookie with melted chocolate chips. Decorate with white icing and garnish with a peanut butter chip.
Not so real food #3: Oreo Cookies Turkey
Oreo Cookies
Reeces Peanut butter cup
Chocolate chips...melted
Red chocolate chips (these are new at the store, at least at our store...red and green chocolate chips!)
Place a whole cookie flat and cut another Oreo in half and remove the filling. "Glue"with melted chocolate a Reeces Peanut butter cup upside down on the flat cookie. Next, "Glue" with melted chocolate the half cookie to the whole Oreo cookie behind the Reeces peanut cup. Garnish with a red chocolate chip.


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BELLARMINE-JEFFERSON HIGH — It was nothing short of a dogfight Thursday evening when the Bellarmine-Jefferson High girls' basketball team took on a tough St. Anthony squad in a crucial Santa Cruz League game.
Both teams took turns holding the lead throughout four quarters — with 13 lead changes and nine ties in the second and third quarters alone — with the Guards and the Saints not being able to take more than a five-point lead.
But despite falling behind with less than two minutes left, Bell-Jeff maintained its composure, took advantage of some missed St. Anthony free throws in the final seconds and received a big rebound to earn a 64-60 victory at home.
The Guards (14-6, 3-0 in league), ranked No. 9 in CIF Southern Section Division IV-AA, expected nothing less than a hard-fought battle from the Saints (10-8, 2-1), the No. 10 team in the division. St. Anthony, which has been the league runner-up the last two seasons, has quality wins this season against competitive teams and possesses an accomplished player in 6-foot-3 junior Kendall Cooper.


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I also have to be at a ceremony for my Honors society. I'm going to be in business attire and everything, and going up on stage, and voting for the new officers, and wearing my golden pin, and parking in the faculty parking lot.... What an honor!! :)
But all this can give me pressure, and I can get overwhelmed and stressed very easily at these sorts of things. I guess that's mostly why I'm glad this semester is almost over, and that the homework won't be pouring in, and next semester I'll be a Sophomore (they say Freshman year is the hardest).
It's not that I can't handle it, but it can still be rough. I think I'm ready for Christmas or something. Or some more heart exercises. All this stuff has stretched my heart's abilities to be patient, calm, enduring, and dedicated. And to trust God and praise Him even when I'm crying over a bad grade or too much work. I can confidently say that I will walk out of this a different person, and then laze around for a few weeks emptying my brain of everything I just learned XD


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently established new regulations in Section 403 of the Stafford Act qualifying libraries, along with police, fire protection/emergency services, medical care, education and utilities, as essential community services. The change helps libraries in need to relocate so they can keep serving the public in the wake of a disaster, flood or other emergency.
See: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
Provision of Temporary Relocation Facilities:
Section 403 of the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide Federal assistance to meet immediate threats to life and property resulting from a major disaster. Specifically, Section 403 (a)(3)(D) allows for the provision of temporary facilities for schools and other essential community services, when it is related to saving lives and protecting and preserving property or public health and safety.


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America Would Benefit from a Balance of Power in the Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia's current trajectory is toxic and threatens America's interests in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump once was skeptical of the totalitarian dictatorship commonly known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). He complained, correctly, that Saudis had funded terrorism against America and wondered why the United States subsidized the protection of a wealthy petro-state.
After taking office the president, perhaps affected by abundant flattery judiciously employed by people highly skilled in the art, acted like just another Westerner hired by the Saudi royals to do their bidding. After his visit, highlighted by his uncomfortable participation in the traditional Sword Dance, he added the KSA to America's pantheon of "special relationships." Riyadh's wish seemingly became Washington's command. The result has been a steady assault on American interests and values.
The West's relationship with the Kingdom always has been transactional. Abdul Aziz ibn Saud forged the new Saudi nation after the fortuitous collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. The kingdom mattered little until the discovery of oil in 1938. Abundant petroleum won America's "friendship," though in the 1970s the Saudis turned their resource into a weapon. Successive presidents have celebrated the bilateral relationship, sometimes with unseemly faux intimacy, even though the two countries shared little other than a desire to keep the oil flowing one way and dollars the other.
The KSA belongs in another age. The country is an absolute, not constitutional, monarchy. Nor is rule based on primogeniture. Rather, until a couple years ago the crown was passed among an ever-aging set of brothers who were sons of ibn Saud. That tended to result in short and decrepit reigns, as well as collegial rule. The benefits of a royal pedigree were substantial; by one count around 7,000 princes shared the nation's bounty.
The royals long ago made a deal with fundamentalist Wahhabist clergy: the former would enforce social totalitarianism at home in return for the latter teaching obedience to the royals. One result was to create a state perhaps more hostile to Christianity and other non-Muslim faiths than even North Korea. At least the latter hosts a few official churches, presenting a thin veneer of religious diversity.
However, low oil prices and youthful population created increasing strain in the KSA. But hope for reform never was satisfied. Elderly and infirm kings came and died, only to be replaced by even more elderly and infirm rulers.
Now the United States is dealing with a very different personality, the thirty-two-year-old crown prince (and de facto sovereign) Mohammed bin Salman (MbS). In 2015 King Salman assumed the throne and anointed his favorite son as deputy crown prince, then appointed MbS as heir apparent last year, as the current crown prince is known.
The Saudi regime once was cautious and measured, unwilling to let anything disturb the good life enjoyed by royals with few skills other than maneuvering amidst the complex al-Saud family. However, King Salman almost immediately put MbS in charge of the kingdom's affairs. The latter immediately took his nation in conflicting directions. His government promoted economic opportunity and social modernity, while deepening political repression and seeking military hegemony.
It is a toxic mix that threatens America's interests in the Middle East.
MbS won a reputation as a reformer by relaxing some of the KSA's most archaic restrictions, especially on women. These were welcome, long-overdue steps. However, liberty, such as it is, remains limited to personal life. Islam may become looser, but it remains the only acceptable faith. Although the young are invited to choose a more liberal lifestyle, they may not intrude in politics, and certainly not criticize the Saudi "Decider," as President George W. Bush once anointed himself.
Indeed, MbS turned a rather ramshackle, collegial authoritarian aristocracy into a more traditional personal dictatorship. It is to speed the process of reform, insist the crown prince's overseas admirers. Yet the ruthless seizure of power, calculated centralization of authority, and brutal shakedown of wealth bode ill for the future. Repackaging what would be viewed as shocking abuses elsewhere cannot sanitize MbS's rule.
Particularly striking is the ongoing use of the security agencies to arrest and torture high profile members of the hyper-moneyed class to force them to disgorge their assets. This supposed crackdown on "corruption" looks more like the better-armed gang members changing how the loot gets divvied up once the criminal heist is completed. After all, the al-Sauds have no moral claim to their people's wealth. Which of the elite gets to spend most of it—MBS recently acquired a luxury yacht, French estate and DaVinci painting—is a practical issue of little consequence for average Saudis.
Riyadh's new foreign policy has been even more problematic. Before MbS claimed kingly authority, Saudi Arabia intervened in Syria on behalf of radical jihadists who pose a far greater threat to the West than ever did the repressive, but secular, Assad regime. Riyadh also intervened militarily to back Bahrain's Sunni monarchy against the majority Shia population. However, the crown prince is responsible for Saudi Arabia's worst blunder, launching a brutal, bloody war in neighboring Yemen to reinstall a puppet regime. The long-running domestic Yemeni conflict has turned into an international sectarian war in which at little cost to itself Iran has been able to bleed Saudi Arabia.
MbS also launched last year's de facto blockade of Qatar, which divided the Gulf—the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain joined Riyadh, while Oman and Kuwait remained neutral—and pushed Doha toward both Iran and Turkey. Although the KSA claimed to be targeting terrorism, historically it has been one of the most important sources of money and people for terrorists, especially those targeting America. President Trump tweeted his support for Riyadh, but the Departments of State and Defense tilted toward Qatar.
More recently MbS invited the Lebanese prime minister to Saudi Arabia, then effectively kidnapped him and forced him to proclaim his resignation. International pressure forced the kingdom to release Saad Hariri, after which he recanted his resignation. The KSA threatened to destroy that nation's fragile peace in an attempt to weaken the Shia Hezbollah movement, backed by Iran, but ended up strengthening Riyadh's opponents.
MbS' pursuit of Mideast hegemony would be antithetical to U.S. interests at most any time. Adding to his recklessness is the fact his primary target is Iran. Admittedly, the latter poses an existential threat to a royal form of government which makes no sense in the modern age. Although Tehran's Islamic dictatorship begs for a popular revolution, at least the existing Iranian government is based on principle, though highly flawed. People are willing to die for Islam. But for a pampered royal elite which believes itself to be entitled to power, position, wealth, and more? Not so much.
So the crown prince hopes to convince—or, more likely, manipulate—the Trump administration to do Riyadh's dirty work and attack Iran. Indeed, MbS's government charged Tehran with alleged committing an act of war by allegedly arming Yemen with missiles which were being fired at Riyadh. The claim was unsupported. Moreover, Saudi Arabia was routinely bombing Yemen, including the capital of Sanaa, and had killed thousands of civilians. Contending that Yemenis had no right to fight back was, well, obscene. Such is the Saudi code of war.
The United States needs to put distance between it and a regime that undermines both U.S. values and interests. Best for America would be rough parity between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Despite fear-mongering promoted by both the Saudi and Israeli governments, Tehran so far poses little threat to anyone, especially the United States.


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Mostashari rankled over HIT survey conclusions
At the HIT Policy Committee meeting on March 7, Farzad Mostashari, federal health IT czar, expressed strong disagreement over a new health IT survey published in the March issue of Health Affairs. The study has drawn a slough of national media attention.
he study touted that use of health IT is likely driving healthcare costs up. Mostashari said he was frustrated with the researchers' "conclusion," saying it was good for "grabbing headlines," but not accurate.
[See also: e-Health records don't always equal reduced costs.]
The study was authored by Danny McCormick, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School; David Bor, chief of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance; and Stephanie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein, both professors at CUNY School of Public Health.
The authors said they based the study on the analysis of 28,741 patient office visits to a nationally representative sample of 1,187 office-based physicians in 2008.
According to the authors, they found that doctors who have access to computerized imaging were 40 to 70 percent more likely to order additional tests. "The availability of an electronic health record in itself had no apparent impact on ordering; the electronic access to test results appears to have been the key," the researchers claimed.
"We conclude that use of these health information technologies, whatever their other benefits, remains unproven as an effective cost-control strategy with respect to reducing the ordering of unnecessary tests," they said.
[See also: EHRs are inevitable, experts say.]
"I want to set the record straight on what the study found and what the study actually did," said Mostashari. "The study was not about EHRs, much less about the meaningful use of EHRs. It was about the electronic viewing of imaging results."
He said the researchers failed to take into account the use of decision support and information exchange for reducing costs, available through the use of health IT. In addition, the data was from 2008. "And, as we know, a lot has changed," he added.
The study also failed to analyze whether the additional testing that physicians ordered was appropriate, he said.
"When we talk about health IT reducing healthcare costs, it's not going to come about by more or fewer lab tests. The big savings will come from improvements in the coordination of care," Mostashari said. "Despite the power of anecdotes and headlines making an impact on our consciousness, we have to be careful to systematically review the evidence."
"Health IT has the ability to give providers the tools and power to effectively reduce healthcare costs," Mostashari insisted. "Yes, we are succeeding in making progress in health IT. That part is no longer in question."
Mostashari's remarks come as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prepares to release in a week its latest data – for February --on Stage 1 meaningful use of EHRs. As of January 2012, the government has paid out $3.1 billion dollars in federal incentives for the meaningful use of electronic health records.
The abstract for the Health Affairs study can be found on the publication's website, here. The abstract is available for free.
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Opinion Journal: Tea Party Obsession at the NAACP
Jason L. Riley of the editorial board says there are bigger problems for the NAACP to worry about.
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Researchers at the ANU in Canberra have isolated genes in algae which could be integrated into cereal plants within the next 10 years. These genes, according to Professor Murray Badger, would help the plants conserve water and deal with higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. They do this by impoving the efficiency of photosynthesis in high temperature and CO2 environments.
The research has provoked some interest, particularly in rice dependant countries. The International Rice Reasearch Institute in the Phillipines is interested in the technology, in the context of integrating maize genes into rice, but for the present, this scale of genetic engineering remains unfeasable.
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Two Concerns You Do Certainly Not Understand In Connection With LASIK Eye Surgical ProcedureThe eye can be taken a look at with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional examination includes the capability to relocate the orbit and the response of the student to light and lodging.
The function of the eye may be tested in several methods. The client might be asked to recognize illuminated letter or objects of varying sizes on what is referred to as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in numerous methods. Stress within the eyeball is determined by a "tonometer." In particular diseases, specifically in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased noticeably.
It must be well remembered that a client with an eye problem may have other issues. Typically other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a consequence. The look of the eye can inform the patient and the physician to difficulties in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
As a result, one's reliance on sight is highlighted when one faces a possible or momentary long-term loss of this vital sense. When corrective procedures are looked for, particular types of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are prescribed.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this factor, advanced surgeries were developed to motivate reduced utilization of contact lenses or glasses. One of which is the now popular LASIK eye surgery.
Basically, LASIK eye surgery is the short term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another form of vision correction. The only difference is that with this type of surgery, one's vision is corrected permanently.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive errors in the cornea are view it completely changed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The main purpose of this surgical treatment is to develop a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade called "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, enabling better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing appeal of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that individuals must know. Most likely, the main reason this type of eye surgical treatment has become well accepted is since the majority of its cases had been effective.
In spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most sensitive part of the eye
Because LASIK eye surgery includes the operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate parts of the eye, the majority of people say that the operation can be really dangerous.
In other words, a simple mistake could nearly trigger an individual's lifetime loss of sight. It is important to think about reference lots of elements before choosing whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the best corrective step one has to undergo.
2. It is not a ideal procedure
LASIK eye surgery may remedy your vision however it does not always indicate that it can provide you a twenty-twenty. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the clients may have 20/20 vision, this does look at these guys not always imply they have ideal vision.
Offered all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK may not constantly be the ideal eye surgery the way many people view it
On the other hand, the examination of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. It should be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye issue might have other issues. Often other physical conditions are main and affect the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can inform the patient and the physician to difficulties in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another type of vision correction.