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Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety -- all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
The greatest stress reliever I can think of is laughter. Faces relax then everything else follows suit and a tide of comfort bursts from deep inside, washing away every negative in its path. Years dissolve from even the most care worn among us. Moods lighten, conflict becomes impossible; laughter is the soul exhaling with enough intensity to shake our frames and free our minds from doom and gloom.
There are places where human congregate to share light moments of hilarity of one measure or another. We have clubs dedicated to its production. We have game sites here on the internet. We have books and websites filled with jokes to read and share. We email or retell the best ones to our best friends in an attempt to pass on positive emotions to the one's we love.
Get the most out of these wonderful places that we set aside in the honor of God's medicine. The measured of joy you experience will be multiplied by how much you give or divided by how much you subtract from the surroundings. Places meant for laughter are not suitable for wars of egos or battles of wills. Spaces built to house laughter are desecrated when rage and blame are used to paint the walls.
Mirth is God's medicine and a priceless gift we can give one another. It is a form of entertainment that each economic class can enjoy to its fullest. It binds us together in such a pure way. No boundaries separate us when we laugh together. Allow your soul to exhale often and as deeply as possible. It is a lot cheaper and saner than trips to the doctor and drug store to find instant relief from the cares we are burdened with and the rush is more wonderful than any man made drug.
The text below came to me in email form and I place it here to remind everyone of the importance of respecting the three feet of personal space of the person next to you. Face-to-face or monitor-to-monitor we owe the same respect to others that we seek for ourselves.
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
(Most importantly the last sentence.)
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails
and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back
of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next
few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that
he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally
able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.


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It seems a little strange to me that at a time when banks are meant to be desperately trying to increase their balance sheets, they are offering such meagre interest rates. I dunnow but maybe offer some decent rates and people will shove their money in your bank? But it seems they have decided it's better to offer crap rates and hope we are too stupid to realise we can get better returns elsewhere.
So for a few years I've been stashing cash in Zopa and getting a return that manages to beat inflation by lending money directly to people, with the caveat that there is a higher level of risk than having money in the bank.
But I'm obviously not the only person to choose this option and rates have been falling of late. And although I'm happy to finance personal loans, i did have a hankering to lend money to businesses, especially since this seems to be something else banks are failing to do properly*
Which is where Funding Circle comes in. This is peer to peer lending but the other party is a business. Interest rates are currently some what better than Zopa. Time will tell how bad the default rates are but I'm going to drip feed some money in there and see how it pans out.
*I always thought banking was pretty straightforward, take in money from deposits, then lend it out to other people and skim a bit of profit from the transaction. Simple and a bit boring. Maybe they should have stuck to this slightly dull job, rather than inventing, buying and selling insane derivatives that nobody understands and nobody can quantify the associated risk. Get back to doing what you're meant to do and people might get off your back a bit…

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Subject: Dragon Soul Raid: Ultraxion 25
Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:34 am
Just because Ultraxion put "Ultra" in his name doesn't make it true. This guy is like a poorly branded car. Does a Ford Fiesta make you party or a Scion XD make you troll? If anything your raid should take this guy down just for false advertising.
L2R Difficulty Ranking = 2.4/5
This isn't a complex encounter and the biggest hurdle will likely be sorting out healing buffs and meeting the dps requirements.
•Tanking = 2/5
•Healing = 3/5
•Movement = 1/5
•Situational Awareness = 2/5
About the difficulty ranking: L2R ranks the difficulty of different fights based on an average of how difficult the different aspects (tanking, healing, and dpsing) are as well as the fights overall movement and situational awareness requirements. These stats are weighed on a scale of 1-5 and the values are averaged together to form the L2R Difficulty Ranking you see above. The rankings assume you are attempting the fight at the inteded gear level at the time it was most relevant.
Raid Makeup
•Tanks = 2
•Healers = 6
•DPS = Balanced DPS
•Unstable Monstrosity - Growing Twilight instability causes arcs of Twilight energy to erupt from Ultraxion's hide every 6 seconds. Instability prevents Ultraxion from parrying attacks.
•Twilight Shift - Ultraxion pulls his foes into the twiight realm, where they are suscpetible to his Twilight attacks.
•Heroic Will - Steels the caster's mind to resist the forces of Twilight. Pulls the caster out of the Twilight realm for up to 5 sec, but renders them unable to attack, cast spells, or move while concentrating.
•Fading Light - Sucks the light out of the target, drawing them into twilight. Upon expiration, targets in the Twilight Realm will be instantly killed. Targets in the normal realm will be pulled into the Twilight Realm, and all threat against Ultraxion will be reset. Additionally, Physical damage taken is increased by 100% for until cancelled.
•Hour of Twilight - The Hour of Twilight falls upon Ultraxion's foes. Enemies caught within the Twilight Realm take 300000 unresistable Shadow damage. Enemies within the normal realm are instantly pulled back into the Twilight Realm. If no enemies are hit by Hour of Twilight, the Aspects will take the full brunt of the attack, disrupting the shield protecting the Dragon Soul and heralding the end of all life on Azeroth.
•Twilight Burst - Twilight Burst inflicts 73125 to 76875 Shadow damage and increases magical damage taken by 50% for 6 sec. Stacks.
•Twilight Eruption - Ultraxion's instability reaches maximum levels, erupting outwards as a massive explosion that destroys all nearby foes and Ultraxion himself.
•Last Defender of Azeroth - Blessed by Thrall the Earth-Warder with the immovable strength of the ancient stones of Azeroth. Defensive cooldowns reduced by 50%. Defensive ability durations increased by 100%.
•Timeloop - Captures the spirit within a finite timeloop. Any attack which would otherwise kill the target will instead bring it to 100% of maximum health.
•Gift of Life - Imbues one target with the essence of life itself, increasing healing done by 100%.
•Essence of Dreams - Imbues one target with the power of dreams. Direct healing done is duplicated and distributed evenly amongst all friendly targets within 50 yards.
•Source of Magic - Imbues one target with the essence of magic, reducing the mana cost of all spells by 75% and increasing spell haste by 100%
Positioning on this encounter is very simple. Have all players stack in front of the boss. Nobody should need to move much if at all throughout the fight.
As stated, all players will be pulled into the twilight realm when the fight begins. This will allow players to use the Heroic Will spell. One of the tricky parts of this encounter is learning how to properly do this. Heroic Will pulls players out of the twilight realm and returns them to the normal realm. While in the normal realm, players will be protected from Ultraxion's attacks, but are not able to move, attack, or cast spells. After 5 seconds, players will be returned to the twilight realm. Players must use Heroic Will to avoid taking damage from or being killed by Ultraxion's two primary spells, Fading Light and Hour of Twilight. We'll discuss Hour of Twilight first. Around every 45 seconds, Ulraxion will begin casting Hour of Twilight. This is a very high damage spell that deals shadow damage to all players in the twilight realm. The damage must hit at least three players or the npcs will be killed by the attack, wiping the encounter. All players not staying around to take the damage will use their Heroic Will to temporarily leave the twilight realm. Players who stay behind for fading light will need to use powerful damage reduction cooldowns in order to ensure their own survival. Many classes can do this, but it is important to have this assigned prior to the fight. Once hour of twilight has been cast once, the boss will periodically use Fading Light. This is a debuff applied to the tank and and two random players. The debuff does nothing while it lasts, but upon expiration it will kill the player. Avoid death by using Heroic Will to leave the twilight realm before the buff falls off. This is also where a second tank will be needed to taunt the boss while the previous tank leaves the twilight realm. It is important that all players understand how Heroic Will works and when they are required to use it.
The next mechanic to understand are the npc buffs. Throughout the fight, the npcs will spawn 6 crystals that grant 3 different healing buffs. The red buff, that increases heals by 100%, the green buff that greatly increases aoe healing, and the blue buff that grants 100% haste and reduced mana costs. The raid damage will go up as the fight goes on, so healers will need these powerful buffs to keep the raid alive. Decide who gets which buffs before the fight. Most healers can make a case for the effectiveness of each buff so we won't tell you who to give which buff to here. Just make sure that has been assigned so that healers can grab their buffs quickly and continue doing their jobs. Healers may only have one buff at a time and each crystal that spawns will only grant its buff once. The raid damage will become very intense toward the end and even though Nozdormu grants you a buff that essentially gives the raid an extra life, don't hesitate to begin raid cooldown rotations. Keeping any player alive for a little longer can be crucial for a first kill. This fight has a 6 minute hard enrage timer that will instantly wipe the raid if you live to see it so the raid dps may easily be a factor in killing this boss.
Overall, this is a fairly simplistic dps check fight. The mechanics and spells sound much more complex than they really are so don't get too worked up over them. For most players it will be all about doing as much dps as possible and properly using Heroic Will. Assignments are a must for the healing buffs and for absorbing Hour of Twilight from the npcs. If you found this guide helpful or informative remember to bookmark us at LearntoRaid.com, subscribe to us on youtube, and follow us on Twitch.tv and Twitter. As always we hope this guide was helpful and we'll see you at the next boss.
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After years of working in the era of the personal computer, we've all grown accustomed to the familiar sight of a PC or workstation tower under our desks, or a notebook or mobile workstation on our laps. But with a host of new technologies and solutions coming to market — backed by the biggest names in computing silicon, systems, and software — CAD users may need to adjust their expectations about where their computers reside.
Server-based computing (SBC) is back in the IT limelight. Granted, it has taken a different shape than in the past, and marches under several different banners: cloud computing, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), client consolidation infrastructure (CCI), and hosted virtual desktops (HVD), to name a few...
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I was recently given the opportunity to go hands on with a Nutanix NX-3000, the four nodes of which were running version 3.5.1 of the Nutanix operating system. It's important to point out that the Nutanix platform handles clustering and file replication independent of any hosted virtualization system...
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Yesterday it was the news that former bitter rivals, Salesforce and Microsoft, has found new love and respect and had entered into a broad-ranging partnership. Today Salesforce scored another coup with the announcement that it is the first vendor to be granted Federal Certification for both Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has long been the holy grail for cloud infrastructure vendors – since its introduction back in 2011 a number of infrastructure vendors have obtained certification. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard among them.
But until now FedRAMP hadn't covered the higher levels of the cloud stack, SaaS and PaaS. While this might sound like a confusing series of acronyms, it is actually pretty important. Infrastructure as a Service allows organizations to essentially buy servers on demand. Instead of having to buy physical boxes, build data centers and wrangle the details of running the same, they can instead "hire" infrastructure from a cloud vendor...
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But those closer to the ground in enterprise IT have always had a tendency to roll their eyes. They see the advantage of scale-out, self-service architectures for some applications -- such as dev and test -- but the return on investment in other areas is not always so obvious. Part of that resistance is the usual allergic reaction to change, because major shakeups mean fewer resources to meet project deadlines and keep legacy systems humming...
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To highlight the different approaches and strategies these companies are taking, we looked at six companies beyond the Web giants that have made or are planning major data center investments. Our point isn't that data center construction is booming; Gartner forecasts only 2.3% growth in data center spending in 2014, to $143 billion. Companies will spend more than twice that on enterprise software, by comparison, at a growth rate of nearly 7%...
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The top level statistics for OSX are impressive. The install base for Mac grew by 12% (compared to a 5% decrease for the PC market), and 40 million copies of OSX Mavericks have been installed. That?s more than 50% of the potential audience, and drew a humorous comparison to Windows 8's 14% adoption...
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Additionally, the managed private cloud allows agencies or departments to act as IT brokers through the use of a Web-based portal where resources like computing can be monitored and charged back through. Helion was designed with the "unique security requirements" of the government in mind, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, at the moderate impact level; Federal Information Security Management Act, or FISMA high; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, privacy rules; and the Defense Information System Agency Enterprise Cloud Service Broker impact Level-5, according to Jeff Bergeron, Chief Technology Officer for HP U.S. Public Sector...


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Re: 12.5.1typhoon87 Jun 14, 2017 4:20 PM (in response to damien.solodow)
Can't wait to see the release notes. If this just a release of 12.5 with patch 1 rolled in or if there are legit improvements.
Update release notes are live:
My 2 cents on notable changes first off no truly new features specifically the to 10 most upvoted items on Thwack nor further reporting improvements promised way back after 12.2 release:
They have moved some of the more popular port config options into the web interface it appears instead of only being in the tomcat/java config files, also SSL certs management config moved into web interface
They did update the email connector with Exchange 2016 and O365 support this has been brought on Thwack more than a few times recently.
List of general bug fixes as always.
Overall not totally terrible but also not as impressive as we really need/most were hoping to see.
Re: 12.5.1chinmaychavan Jun 15, 2017 12:19 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Just went through the release notes.
Few good features and fixes.
I was expecting the Asset Dashboard feature as we had a very fruitful discussion with mbussey
Also few more important features like Administrator account that does not use up a tech license Client Admin Dashboards Ticket Approval process should be visible to clients There should be an option for minimum Disapprovers or Reject CAB members. (One CAB member rejection should reject the ticket)
Configs and certificates management through web UI is a good feature.
But, overall a weak and below expectation update.
Re: 12.5.1damien.solodow Jun 15, 2017 8:25 AM (in response to chinmaychavan)
I agree that it would be nice to see more rapid releases, but given this was from 12.5.0 to 12.5.1, I wasn't expecting anything huge.
I'm just glad it no longer looks like an old Mac app.
Re: 12.5.1tqueenan Jun 15, 2017 9:12 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Where is the virtual appliance for the latest version?
Re: 12.5.1damien.solodow Jun 15, 2017 10:12 AM (in response to tqueenan)
That's a good question; I haven't seen it yet either.
Re: 12.5.1jeremymayfield Jun 15, 2017 11:18 AM (in response to tqueenan)
It was not there for me either. So updated my windows install, but noticed the reports had little to no work done to them.
Re: 12.5.1pabely Jun 15, 2017 10:50 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
None at the moment.
You can use the Linux .rpm but that will only do the WHD, nothing in CentOS
Re: 12.5.1kjstech Jun 15, 2017 11:45 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Any screenshots of the "New and improved user interface" ?
Re: 12.5.1ktillman Jun 15, 2017 12:11 PM (in response to kjstech)
Had to go through the Admin Guide for screenshots. Helluva step up... hopefully
Re: 12.5.1jeremymayfield Jun 15, 2017 12:19 PM (in response to kjstech)
Re: 12.5.1tony.johnson Jun 26, 2017 5:13 AM (in response to jeremymayfield)
Also added export to TSV for tabular report results
Re: 12.5.1milan.hulik Jun 16, 2017 5:56 AM (in response to kjstech)
you can play with the new UI here: Web Help Desk
Re: 12.5.1milan.hulik Jun 16, 2017 6:00 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
we had to take the VAs down as our default root password was compromised. Everyone with WHD license should see a customer portal notification as soon as you log into the customer portal. We encourage everyone to change the root password:
- From the virtual server host, open the console of the WHD Virtual Appliance, select "Login" and then "Enter"
- When prompted, enter the username "admin", and the account password (the default account password is admin unless you have changed it)
- When logged in as admin, type the command: "sudo passwd"
- When prompted, enter a new root password
- To confirm the change, type: "su –". This will prompt you for the root password (it may take a few seconds to login)
- Enter your new password, and confirm you can log in as root
- After confirming the password has been updated, logout
We're working on ways to harden the VAs security, so we can provide upgrade.iso. In the meantime you can use the .RPM installer to update WHD.
Release notes are now live. Also guides are live in form of PDF.
Re: 12.5.1milan.hulik Jun 21, 2017 8:31 AM (in response to tqueenan)
Not at the moment. There is a way to update VA - using Linux RPM package.
Re: 12.5.1tqueenan Jun 25, 2017 10:35 PM (in response to milan.hulik)
Yeah sure if you have the time.
Re: 12.5.1mark.dangelo Jun 16, 2017 8:17 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Not a bad update. It's a step in the right direction.
Still would like the ability to add sections in the tech bar itself (such as "unassigned tickets," "[insert name]'s tickets," "New hire requests") and not having to run a query every time. I think that would be very useful. Vote for the feature request here:
Re: 12.5.1mguizzetti Jun 22, 2017 10:26 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Wish the AD Attribute lists were fixed, drop downs still do not display all attributes.
Re: 12.5.1rberger Jun 26, 2017 10:40 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
So what is the "Solarwinds Supported" method to update using the RPM?
Re: 12.5.1damien.solodow Jun 26, 2017 12:07 PM (in response to rberger)
I'm not sure on that (as I'm not a SW employee), but I can tell you what worked for us:
Download the RPM, and copy it to the appliance/Linux box
extract it via gzip
sudo service webhelpdesk stop
yum localinstall webhelpdesk.rpm
sudo service webhelpdesk start
Make sure the console doesn't report any errors after the start; we had a few headaches around our keystore, but we'd installed a custom cert on it
After a minute or two, hit the web UI and wait for it to prompt for a database upgrade
Re: 12.5.1damien.solodow Jun 27, 2017 10:42 AM (in response to damien.solodow)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Looks like there is an official document up now: Upgrade WHD on a Linux virtual appliance - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support
Re: 12.5.1tqueenan Jun 27, 2017 9:53 PM (in response to damien.solodow)
I'm going to go with this for now. Thanks.
Re: 12.5.1milan.hulik Jun 27, 2017 4:41 AM (in response to rberger)
We'd like to encourage you to move from VA to your own OS: Migrate the WHD virtual appliance VA to Linux or Windows - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support
Re: 12.5.1tqueenan Jun 27, 2017 5:03 PM (in response to milan.hulik)
Does this means that SolarWinds will no longer be releasing WHD as a virtual appliance?
Re: 12.5.1milan.hulik Jun 28, 2017 6:25 AM (in response to tqueenan)
We definitely want to provide fixed upgrade.iso to current customer base. However, it is taking time to fix it and as the current VA is vulnerable, we'd like you to move to a safe solution.
Re: 12.5.1kwallace Jul 10, 2017 9:11 AM (in response to damien.solodow)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Has anyone actually installed this yet? I am going to do mine this week but wanting to pre-empt any issues that you all might have had. We are running it on a 2012 R2 box with the embedded database.
I do like that there are more widgets on the Dashboard, they will defo be handy for the managers
Love the Demo of the new one as well Very Useful
Re: 12.5.1pabely Jul 10, 2017 9:16 AM (in response to kwallace)1 of 1 people found this helpful
If you use an exchange server you might have to update the cacerts file to include your local certificate, other than that it looks stable.
Re: 12.5.1dive7 Jul 10, 2017 3:56 PM (in response to kwallace)
I upgraded. Quick and painless, no issues. Just don't forget to backup.
Re: 12.5.1kwallace Jul 10, 2017 9:26 AM (in response to damien.solodow)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Sorry - but how is this done, I don't remember having to do this when I set it up...I might have just forgotten, that's likely lol!
Have you used the PostGreSQL database as well? Will these settings remain or will they have to be input again?
Thanks for the speedy reply!!
Re: 12.5.1pabely Jul 10, 2017 9:32 AM (in response to kwallace)1 of 1 people found this helpful
All PostgreSQL settings remain the same, just make sure it continues with backups if you are using that option in Setup > General > Database
For exchange cert issues, see https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Web_Help_Desk_(WHD)/Web_Help_Desk_stops_collecting_email_after_an_SSL_Certificate_update
Re: 12.5.1kwallace Jul 10, 2017 9:49 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Brilliant thanks - Going to save this thread incase I come across some issues and need help
Re: 12.5.1pabely Jul 10, 2017 9:55 AM (in response to kwallace)
Good luck, the golden rule is backup for any upgrade project!
Re: 12.5.1kwallace Jul 12, 2017 8:08 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
Hi All,
Well post upgrade and all is working ok....What was I worrying about!!
I do have a question though - When I played around with the Demo client I noticed there were more Widgets for the Dashboard than I have currently in my install - Is there something I have to do to get these? Please be aware that we work on a network that sits away from the Internet, just incase these additional features are a factor in this. My widgets I have are in my screenshot below
Thanks All
Re: 12.5.1kwallace Jul 12, 2017 9:29 AM (in response to damien.solodow)
I did that, but the screenshot I added above are the only options I get
The Service Desk is on a 2012 box
Re: 12.5.1kellytice Jul 12, 2017 9:49 AM (in response to kwallace)
OK, so if the problem is that the online demo is showing widgets that you don't have in your environment: you can build your own widgets.
The first step would be to go make your own search query under Tickets -> Search Tickets -> Advanced Search.
For example, you could create a query there to show all tickets for the "IT General" Tech Group that also have a Status of Open. There is an option to save your query so you could give it a name like "IT Gen Open" when you save it.
Once you have your query built/saved, you'll go back to that widget drawer and click and hold the mouse on the "ticket chart widget" option and drag it down to the area below. That will create a basic widget.
You can then click the bit in the upper right of the widget (with the 3 lines) to edit the options for that widget.
You'll want to choose your query from the drop-down box at the top right.
You'll have an option to choose a "Category". That will determine what the pie slices in the graph are showing. In my case, my original query was already looking for only Open tickets (when it comes to Status), so i change the Category from Status to Priority instead.
Once you save it, then you'll have a widget like this:
Re: 12.5.1pabely Jul 12, 2017 9:57 AM (in response to kellytice)
This is no different from previous versions, only the use of the Widget Drawer is


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It's a sad fact that many people are born into this world with some form of inherent disability that prevents them from living as normal people. It is clearly not their fault to be born this way. Nevertheless, they need all the help they can get. Each country presents some programs to give disabled persons the opportunity to live normally. In the United Kingdom, both the government and private organizations join forces to promote disability awareness to all local and foreign residents. Let us take a brief look at some of the disability awareness programs in the United Kingdom.
Disability rights are protected by the laws of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom upholds the Equality Act of 2010 and the United Nations (UN) Convention on Disability Rights wherein the rights of the physically challenged are enforced, protected, and promoted. Disabled persons have the right to be protected from discrimination especially in areas of employment, education, and dealing with the police.
In the United Kingdom, it is against the law for employers to discriminate anybody because of a disability. The Equality Act of 2010 ensures this right that includes areas related to application forms, interview arrangements, aptitude or proficiency tests, job offers, terms of employment (including pay), promotion, transfer and training opportunities, dismissal or redundancy, and discipline and grievances.
In matters of education, it is against the law in the United Kingdom for any school or other education provider to treat disabled students unfavorably. This includes situations involving direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment, victimization, and discrimination arising from disability.
Furthermore, an education provider has the duty to make "reasonable adjustments" to make sure disabled students are not discriminated against. All publicly-funded pre-schools, nurseries, state schools, and local authorities also have the duty to identify and help assess children with Special Education Needs (SEN). All universities and higher education colleges must have a person assigned to take charge of disability issues and provide support to disabled students.
Disabled persons have certain rights, depending on the impairment, if being questioned or interviewed at a police station. For deaf or hearing impaired persons or somebody with speech difficulties, the police must arrange for an interpreter to be present during the proceedings. Police can only interview people with learning disability when a responsible person is present. If a disabled person is kept in a police cell, that person has the right to get a medical examination.
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Among the many private organizations, the Scouts Association of the United Kingdom (scouts.org.uk) promotes disability awareness and teaches all members scouts to help all needy persons regardless of the extent of the disability. The organization awards special Disability Awareness Activity badges to deserving scouts.
Another private organization, Disability Awareness UK (disabilityawarenessuk.org) promotes disability awareness in primary schools through drama workshops.


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Under the With Existing Measures scenario, Ireland is projected to cumulatively exceed its obligations by 13.7Mt of CO2 eq over the period 2013-2020. Under the With Additional Measures scenario, Ireland is projected to cumulatively exceed its obligations by 11.5Mt of CO2 eq over the period 2013-2020.
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Herbes de Provence is my absolute favorite seasoning blend for roasted vegetables. I literally put that on any vegetable and it tastes SO GOOD.
This would also make a wonderful side dish for your upcoming Thanksgiving or Christmas meals!
Herb Roasted Vegetables with Homemade Pork Sausage Recipe
Recipe Ingredients:
1 medium butternut squash, peeled and diced
2-3 apples, diced
2-3 carrots, diced
1 red onion, diced
1 tbsp Herbes de Provence
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp or more ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Avocado oil or cooking fat of choice
Recipe Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Dice up the butternut squash, apples, carrots, and onion.
3. Toss with avocado oil (or cooking fat of choice) and season to taste (or use general guidelines above) with sea salt, black pepper, garlic powder, Herbes de Provence, and ground cinnamon.
4. Roast for about 30 minutes.
Recipe Ingredients:
1 lb ground pork
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp ground mustard
1 tsp ground sage
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Avocado oil or cooking fat of choice
Recipe Directions:
1. While the veggies are roasting, heat a skillet over medium heat and add a bit of cooking fat (as ground pork can be pretty lean) and the ground pork.
2. Crumble with a wooden spoon and season with 1 TSP each of sea salt, black pepper, ground mustard, ground sage, and paprika.
3. Continue to cook until no longer pink and cooked through.
Once the vegetables are done roasting and the ground pork sausage is cooked, combine both into a bowl and enjoy!
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After that night's show at the club is finished, Mike and Adam go to a club. Mike brings home a girl he meets there, and Adam meets up with a party girl named Nora (Riley Keough) whom he originally met at Dallas' party and brings her back to Mike's house, nearly overdosing on Nora's drugs before being found by a worried Brooke the next morning. Brooke angrily confronts Mike and accuses him of failing to protect her brother as he promised and ends her friendship with him. Later on, Tobias' suppliers break into Mike's house looking for Adam, who owes them money for the lost drugs. Realizing Adam lied to him about the drugs' worth, Mike gives them $10,000 - the majority of his savings - to pay Adam's debt. Later that day, Mike goes to Brooke's apartment looking for Adam. She tells him that Adam no longer lives there and she believes he has moved in with Nora. She reveals to him that she thinks it's a mistake for the two of them to go to Miami, with Mike telling her that being a stripper is not who he is, and the reason he is going to Miami is so that he will someday be able to leave that lifestyle entirely, asking Brooke to believe him. Brooke tells Mike that she wonders if he, himself, really believes it.
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A short time later, during the dancers' final Tampa performance at Xquisite, Mike decides he's had enough. Pretending he needs to use the restroom, he instead leaves through the club's exit and drives away in his truck, effectively quitting. After deciding Mike isn't coming back, Dallas invites Adam to replace Mike as the frontman of the dancers. After leaving, Mike goes to Brooke's apartment. He tells her that he has quit and isn't going to Miami. He apologizes to her for not protecting Adam better. She then tells Mike that after he left her apartment earlier, Adam called her to tell her that Mike had paid off the drug dealers for him. She also tells him she has broken up with her boyfriend in Orlando. They forgive each other, admit their mutual attraction, and decide to begin a relationship.


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This morning I made a sweet yeasted pretzel, a German Neujahrsbrezel. While waiting for the dough to rise, I checked my e-mails. Every single one from friends or family in Germany wished me "Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr", literally a good slide into the New Year. It occurred to me that I have said that all my life myself yet I have no idea where the expression originates. Continue reading
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Stollen meets bread
It was butter that made the city of Dresden the home of Germany's most famous edible Christmas tradition. In 1491 Pope Innocent VIII gave in to the request of the Saxonian rulers to lift the ban on dairy products during the days of fasting. After he sent the legendary Butterbrief ("Butter Letter") the bakers in Dresden started to use butter in their Stollen, and the sweet bread that we know today was born.
I love a good Stollen and frankly, in the time leading up to Christmas, I could eat it every day – if only it was a little less rich. Continue reading
German food basics: How to make vanilla sugar, vanilla pudding and and vanilla sauce
In a recent podcast with my friend and fellow blogger from Phoebe's Pure Food I talked about the diversity of German cuisine as opposed to the common stereotype of sausage, sauerkraut and beer. Phoebe asked me whether there is a condiment that's used all over the Germany. I had to think hard for a moment, then I said, "Vanilla sugar". Continue reading


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Something important is about to happen in Washington D.C. If you care about protecting innovation and the rights of inventors, you need to be aware.
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As currently written, this overly broad provision provides unfair exceptions for special interest groups and financial institutions. These unfair exceptions – designed to specifically benefit big banks and financial services companies – will come at the expense of America's inventors and the businesses they represent. As written, this provision would also put a large number of current patent holders at risk by devaluing tens of thousands of U.S. patents by subjecting them to protracted challenges at the U.S. Patent Office.
In effect, if Section 18 remains, U.S. inventors and businesses who seek to protect their inventions from infringement by the financial services industry will be unfairly subjected to a double standard and they will find their invention rights tied up in endless review process while banks utilize the fruits of their ideas without compensation.
As Black History Month comes to a close, we're highlighting the landmarks and places where African American inventors changed the American way of life for the better.Read More
Edisons everywhere, we salute you! Read on for more on the celebrations that happen throughout the year to honor past and present inventors including how National Inventors Month (May) came to be.Read More
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What Happened to Woman the Gatherer?
Zihlman, Adrienne L.
Reactions to the "woman the gatherer" theory, introduced in the 1970's as an alternative to the "man the hunter" thesis in anthropology, have been to accept, ignore it, or combine it with the hunting theory. The "man the hunter" model stresses that primitive males hunted for meat and provided food and protection for their mates and children who stayed at the home base. The competing hypothesis suggests that major food of early human beings consisted of plants, obtained by women with the use of tools and shared with their offspring. The contrast focuses on how female behavior is conceptualized: as mobile and active or as sedentary and passive. Responses to both theories, however, depend on which anthropological evidence is used, how it is interpreted, what animal models are used, and which behaviors form the starting point. Future analysis should recognize the underlying continuity in the evolutionary process, question the tendency to assign roles by sex, recognize that no one scenario exists for the four million years of prehistory, and focus on questions outside the models, both of which have stressed food and gender roles. (KC)
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In 2014, an audit of emergency departments' (EDs) patient charts determined that while First Nations patients with Indian Status could be identified through their status numbers, it was difficult to identify Métis people who were visiting EDs, the number admitted to hospital, their length of stay and the reasons for why they were admitted.
"Without this information it is impossible for us to track Métis patients' use of EDs and their hospital stays," says Dr. Caroline Tait, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Lead of First Peoples, First Person Indigenous Mental Health Research Network, Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network. "This information is critical if we want to see improvements to healthcare services for Métis people."
The creation of a clinical intake tool for self-identification by Métis patients would be a valuable resource for the Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) and the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan (MNS) because it would provide information about the movement of Métis patients through EDs and hospital care. This would allow for a better understanding of the experiences of Métis patients and their families within the SHR, what specific gaps and barriers exist, and create an opportunity for patient-centered research, policy development and changes to health care that privileges the voices of Métis patients and their families. The MNS and the SHR recognize that before a culturally safe clinical tool can be created and applied to patient intake, a formalized agreement about the governance of potential data generated from the use of the tool is required.
As a result, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, health representatives from the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, health and policy managers from the Saskatoon Health Region and a Métis graduate student were recently awarded a SHRF Collaborative Innovation Development grant to improve research governance, health care policies and patient-oriented care delivered to Métis peoples of Saskatchewan.
"I think our health region is being very progressive," says Dr. Tait, "particularly, Cory Neudorf, Gabe Lafond and Corey Miller. These three people really see that in order to move this project forward we need the involvement of Métis people."
Métis people have unique health needs, and an overall gap exists between the health status of Métis people and that of the non-Métis population. The aim of the study is to develop a robust Métis-specific research governance model that can be employed for a range of research partnerships.
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Last week there was an article on ESPN about Tony Gonzalez's last game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Gonzalez is a future Hall of Fame football player and after announcing his retirement after this season and the closing of Candlestick Park after this season, last Monday night's game would be his last there.
In the article they spoke of an incident involving Gonzalez on November 12, 2000 while he was playing for the Kansas City Chiefs. After being forced out of bounds Gonzalez took a late hit and ran into a photographer, knocking him unconscious.
The photographer was Mickey Pfleger. Gonzalez tried to help him, but was needed back on the field to resume play. When Pfleger regained consciousness he was taken to the hospital for further testing.
Pfleger's brain scan revealed a significant brain tumor that was cancerous. It saved his life as it would have been too late had they not found the tumor when they did.
This is what Pfleger said about the incident;
"I was supposed to be knocked out by Tony Gonzalez at the football game, I was supposed to go into a seizure while I was unconscious, so that Dr. [James] Klint of the 49ers would tell the paramedics to tell the emergency room doctors to do a CT brain scan on me. I was supposed to be taken to San Francisco General Hospital and land in the hands of Dr. Martin Holland, an incredibly talented neurosurgeon. I was never supposed to get hurt from the 'hit' by Tony Gonzalez."
Pfleger referred to himself as the "luckiest person in the world" after that. He wound up living 10 more years before his death on Dec. 10, 2010, at age 61.
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I have been married for several decades and I want to file for a divorce. I have been the sole supporter in my household for the past several years. We have resided in my mother's home since she passed away many years ago. There was an outstanding small mortgage on the property, and my husband and I paid it off. My husband told me he would give me a divorce if I give him half of what we paid on this property. I don't want to give him anything because I've been supporting him for years, but I would like a simple, no-stress solution. What should I do? Should I give him the money and accept the loss from supporting him?
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2. The fact that he is not employed is important, but the effect of it really depends on why he is unemployed. Is he not working because he's disabled and dependent on you? Or is he just content to live off of your earnings? If he's able to work but is intentionally unemployed, and you establish those facts in court, the judge may "impute" income to him (meaning, the judge will assume your husband is earning and has been earning the income he is capable of earning) for purposes of determining spousal support. But, taking that route is not a simple, no-stress solution.
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Introduction 129 Introduction A comprehensive study of the rhythm of Bach's music is still outstanding. At the same time, probably no one has any doubt that rhythm is an essential aspect of Bach's personal style. Musicians and music historians have always sensed and praised the rhythmic vitality and complexity of Bach's compositions. They did so mostly under the im- pression of the polyphonic texture of voices with its perfect balance of horizontal flow and vertical anchorage. The fact that a man like Igor Stravinsky, who has en- larged the rhythmic means of expression like no other com- poser, saw above all a rhythmist in Bach should suffice to prompt a more intensive investigation of this side of Bach's music. In 1924, Stravinsky went on record saying that »the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, whom I regard as the imperishable ideal of us all, consist entirely of rhythmics and architectonics.« 1 Hans Werner Henze shows himself to be equally fascinated by the rhythmic qualities in Bach's music. In a lecture on »Johann Sebastian Bach and the Music of our Time,« he said in 1983: Let us imagine a multi-part setting of Bach's vocal and instru- mental music performed solely with percussion instruments with- out fixed pitches: we would hear only the contrapuntally counter- acting rhythms, no harmony, no melody. But the energies, the elasticity, the pulsating effect, the altogether worked-out and thought-through quality of such a structure is what would appear surprisingly and spectacularly to our ears and eyes in all...
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The emergence of cardiovascular disease as the major cause of death in the industrialized nations is a recent phenomenon, but deaths due to heart attack and stroke have long been of interest to physicians and scientists. Unfortunately, the approaches to the treatment of heart dis- ease that have seized the most media attention—heart transplant surgery and the artificial heart—are methods that are unlikely to have commen- surate effects on morbidity and mortality. The first human heart trans- plant operation was performed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard in December 1967. In the wake of Barnard's emergence as a world-class celebrity, other heart surgeons were soon performing equally dramatic operations. Some of most daring and unsuccessful efforts in the 1960s and 1970s involved the transplantation of the hearts of chimpanzees, baboons, sheep, and artificial hearts into moribund patients. Ten years after Barnard triggered an era of boundless excitement and fierce com- petition among surgical centers, the heart transplant industry experi- enced a wave of disappointment and disillusionment.
When cyclosporin was introduced in 1980 to suppress rejection after heart transplantation, its success stimulated the development of new cardiac transplantation programs. By the mid-1980s, at least two thousand cardiac transplant operations were being performed in more than one hundred transplant centers in the United States each year. Organ transplantation has been called the greatest therapeutic advancement of the second half of the twentieth century and also the sub- ject of the most hyperbole. But post-transplantation issues, such as com- plications arising from immunosuppressive drugs and the recurrence of the initial disease, as well as ethical issues, including the problem of the utilization of scarce resources, persist.
The demand for organs has expanded to include people with a wide range of ailments, like hepatitis C. Although the number of people, living or dead, donating organs has increased each year, the number of people waiting for organs has more than quadrupled. Thus, thousands of people die each year while waiting for organs. In retrospect, it is clear that the great expectations generated by the first heart transplants were based solely on the boldness of the surgical feat, rather than any rational hopes of long-term success.
The same prob- lem that defeated Denis three centuries before—the body's rejection of foreign materials—insured the failure of organ transplantation. Unlike Denis, however, doctors in the 1960s were well aware of the body's immunological barriers. Even with drugs that suppressed the patient's immune system, and attempts to provide some degree of tissue matching, the risk of organ rejection and postsurgical infections were virtually insurmountable obstacles. Optimistic surgeons pointed out that blood transfusion had once faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and they predicted that organ transplants would one day be as commonplace as blood trans- fusions.
Advocates of organ transplantation even managed to ignore the obvious objection that while blood is a renewable resource, hearts are not. Nevertheless, as surgeons proclaimed a new era in which organ transplants would be routine rather than experimental, healthcare pro- phets warned that in the not too distant future, the supply of money rather than hearts might become the rate-limiting factor. Given the tremendous toll taken by cardiovascular diseases, some analysts con- tend that prevention rather than treatment is our most pressing need. High-risk, high-cost therapy has been likened to fighting infantile paral- ysis by developing more sophisticated artificial-lung machines instead of preventive vaccines. Unfortunately, prevention lacks the glamour and excitement of surgical intervention.