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Convention Reports Nfb Conference, Anaheim, California
The 1996 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind, which was held at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel during the first week of July, was the largest gathering of blind people in the world last year.Sixty-four Canadians took an active part in the week's proceedings.There were meetings for parents of blind children, blind lawyers, blind diabetics, guide dog users, beginning computer users, and hard- core "techies". Blind teachers gathered to discuss techniques and strategies for coping with the schools of the 90's. Blind college students also met to discuss educational issues from their point of view. In other words, whether one is interested in raising goats or landing a job at the local bank, the Convention of the National Federation of the Blind is the place to go to gather information and to meet like-minded blind colleagues.
One of the purposes of the NFB:AE is to bring together blind persons for just such networking. We were fortunate to be able to assist a number of blind Canadians to attend the Anaheim Convention. Although the 49th parallel separates two very distinctive countries, it's no barrier to the formation of friendship and the sharing of information.
The following three articles from Convention attendees give just a hint of the infusion of enthusiasm and know-how brought back to the NFB:AE.


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Grambling's Hill Leads BOXTOROW Women's Basketball Division 1 All-America Teams
With the women's basketball season officially over, BOXTOROW releases its annual All-America Teams.
Grambling guard Shakyla Hill was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. She was the only player in the top 10 in the SWAC in scoring (16.8 points per game, 4th), rebounding (7.5 rebounds per game, 3rd), assists (5.7 assists per game, 1st), steals (4.8 steals per game, 1st) and field goal percentage (.459, 5th). She made national headlines by recording a quadruple double scoring 15 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, handing out 10 assists and grabbing 10 steals in Grambling's 93-71 victory over Alabama State on January 3.
Last year, Hill was named First Team BOXTOROW All-America and two years ago as a freshman was a second team selection.
North Carolina A&T head coach Tarrell Robinson was named BOXTOROW Coach of the Year. In his sixth season at the helm, he led the Lady Aggies to a 23-9 record and a share of the MEAC regular season title and led them to their second MEAC Tournament championship title in three year and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
First Team All-Americans
Shala Dobbins, Prairie View A&M (G, Jr., Tulsa, Okla.)
Briana Green, Southern (F, Sr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
Angel Golden, Bethune-Cookman (G, Jr., Tampa, Fla.)
Shakyla Hill, Grambling (G, Jr., Little Rock, Ark.)
Joyce Kennerson, Texas Southern (G, Jr., Port Arthur, Texas)
NaJai Pollard, Delaware State (F, Jr., Richmond, Va.)
Tia Wooten, Tennessee State (F, r-Jr., Memphis, Tenn.)
Second Team All-Americans
Tatyana Calhoun, Alabama State (C, Jr., Montgomery, Ala.)
C'Coriea Foy, North Carolina A&T (G, Soph., Fayetteville, N.C.)
Alexus Freeman, Alcorn State (G, Sr., Navasota, Texas)
Ashanti Hunt, Bethune-Cookman (G, Jr., Washington, D.C.)
Genesis Lucas, Coppin State (G, r-Sr., Brandywine, Md.
Kayla Roberts, Norfolk State (F, Sr., Miami, Fla.)
Taylor Roberts, Tennessee State (F, Fr., Oklahoma City, Okla.)
BOXTOROW Player of the Year: Shakyla Hill, Grambling
BOXTOROW Coach of the Year: Tarrell Robinson, North Carolina A&T

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Why Are Married Women Required to Submit Their Marriage Contract to the LTO?
For no clear reason, married women are being required to submit the original copy of their marriage contract before they could get a student's permit to drive, according to the requirements set by Land Transportation Office (LTO).
To be exact, married women must submit an "original and photocopy of birth certificate and marriage contract (for married women) duly authenticated by the National Statistics Office (NSO)/Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)."
Ironically, minors have an easier set of requirements to fulfill than married women—all they need to procure is a photocopy of one of their parent's valid IDs and a letter of consent.
When we checked the requirements for the non-professional driver's license, there is no rule requiring women to submit a copy of their marriage license, so why is it required for married women seeking to get a student's permit?
However, married women who need to apply for a conductor's license for public utility vehicles are still required to produce an original and photocopy of their marriage contract.
Assuming the LTO is requiring women to submit their marriage contract for identification purposes (in case they changed their surname after marriage), a valid ID such as a passport, voter's ID, SSS ID, UMID, and many others would invalidate this reason.
And why are foreign women who are also married not required the same documents? All they need is a passport and their visa.
The LTO will have to explain why it is still requiring women to submit their marriage contracts for student permits.


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Letter: Virus reminds me what life should be about
During this pandemic, it's easy to be fearful. While we should all take the necessary precautions to protect the most vulnerable among us, we can also look at our time away from school and work as a blessing.
When news of the virus started spreading, I was afraid. But then I realized this could be an unexpected gift to be together, reconnect with my teens and immerse in the fresh air and sunshine that comes every spring. It could be a time of rejuvenation, a reminder of what truly matters, a time to slow down and appreciate all that is good around us.
Then it hit me: These are things we should be doing all the time.
We get so busy with to-dos and must-haves that we run ragged, overscheduled because we think we are superhuman. In normal times, common sense doesn't sink in.
We should always get enough rest, eat healthy foods and exercise. (Obesity epidemic, anyone?)
We should always wash hands and drink water.
Spending time in nature is a better pursuit than vegging in front of screens.
At any time, not just during a pandemic, if a person is sick, they should stay home until they're better. Why make others sick?
Of course, many workplaces do not provide ample sick leave or flexibility to care for a sick relative. A societal problem demands a societal solution.
Instead of freaking out about the coronavirus and its impact, we should shift focus on what this says about how we live the rest of the time, with concern for what we have allowed to happen. The American way of living and working does not set us up for good health or a calm state of mind.
One of my closest friends grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in London, England. When she began working at 22, she received six weeks of paid vacation. It was standard — along with bank holidays that extend the time working adults have to rest, restore and reconnect.
Work should not be our end-all, be-all. We should focus on building a balanced life, with time for enjoyment and fellowship.
Resisting group gatherings might force us to reconnect as humans, remembering what life is truly all about.
Lynne Golodner, Huntington Woods


text: PHYSICIST Einstein Once Had Important Public Debate With PHILOSOPHER Bergson About the Nature of Time. We Live in Einstein's Winning Wake… And Machines Work On His Model Well. But The Human Mind is Not a Machine, and Quickly Dies When Forced Into the Mold of One. In 1922, Albert Einstein and the great French philosopher Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. In The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time, historian of science Jimena Canales tells the remarkable story of how this clash impacted fields from logical positivism to quantum mechanics and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today. Further, she explains how then-new technologies—such as wristwatches, radio, and film—helped shape people's conceptions of time. This program is presented in partnership with the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois. Share this:TweetPrintShare on TumblrPocketTelegramWhatsAppEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related


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Allow this well balanced, interchangeable Goddess Pendulum to aid you in finding the answers you seek. Either side of the chain can be used as the grip or the pendulum.
Pendulums are an intuitive extension of yourself, a device of communication. As one of the oldest and simplest methods of obtaining information intuitively, people have used pendulums to guide them toward the correct answers to their important questions for centuries.


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Wyoming just landed a big fish for their 2011 recruiting class. QB Adam Pittser from Richmond, IL verbally committed to the Pokes are visiting Laramie last weekend. Pittser is rated three stars by Rivals and 5.7 rating which is just one tenth of a point from being rated four stars.
This summer he made a name for himself at Elite 11 Quarterback Camp where he compared favorably to highly rated commits from Florida, Oklahoma and USC. His powerful and accurate arm impressed the media and scouts in attendance. He is currently ranked the 13th best prospect in IL, 19th best duel threat QB and rated 5th strongest arm.
Watch his footage from the camp and you'll be impressed. More on Piitser and other recruits after the jump.
Pittser goes to a smaller school in Illinois that runs a Delaware Wing T a run heavy offense. So there isn't any game footage that would show off his arm very much. That may be the reason by such a high rated prospect wasn't offered by some of the bigger schools. Western Michigan and Ball State also offered but it came down to Wyoming and Western Michigan. Pittser still has a visit set for this weekend so we'll see exactly what happens.
Earlier this year Cole Stoudt from Ohio verbally committed to Wyoming and then changed his mind and committed to Clemson shortly after visiting. Hopefully history won't repeat itself here for the Cowboys. I believe Pittser will stick with Wyoming and see the upside this program is building towards. He is setup for an opportunity to learn the system for two years while ACS starts finishes up his career and then compete for a starting job as a redshirt Sophomore.
For the year Richmond Burton finished 11-1 with their lone loss happening in the playoffs. The team was close to producing three 1,000 yard rushers. On the year Pittser finished with 737 yards passing and nine touchdowns with just a lone interception. He also had 110 yards rushing in 2010. None of these stats are earth shattering but their offense never required a lot passing and by blowing out teams with their 41 point average it never required a lot of passes.
He still does plenty of work on throwing drills despite the run orriented system his school runs.
Pittser has worked out with former NFL quarterback Jeff Christiansen for three years, and frequently has thrown with Jake Christiansen, Jeff's son, who played at Iowa and Eastern Illinois. Pittser also has thrown with former Northwestern and Bears quarterback Brett Basanez.
Wyoming now has 12 commits for 2011 and there are plenty of recruits coming to visit this weekend. Two other QB's as well as several offensive linemen will be in Laramie. A number of athletes that visited Laramie earlier in the year should also decide soon. Wyoming is looking to sign two quarterbacks this year.


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We're racing through history!
Time: February 25, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm
Location: Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum
Street: 5917 S 196th St
City/Town: Kent, WA 98032
Phone: (206) 764-9453
Event Type: lecture
Organized By: David D. Williams
Latest Activity: Feb 25, 2012
Come to Museum Saturday evening February the 25th and meet author Doug Ford and get your copy of "What Were They Thinking!" singed by the author.
As an added bonus here a great new lecture by Doug! He will talk at length about a number of the wild and innovative boats that are reviewed in his new book
Feburary 25th, at 7 PM Free to members, $5 for nonmembers
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French Open 2017: Andy Murray beats Kei Nishikori in quarter-finals
Last updated on .From the section Tennis
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|Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 28 May- 11 June
|Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Britain's Andy Murray reached his fourth consecutive French Open semi-final with a four-set win over Kei Nishikori in Paris.
The world number one came through 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7-0) 6-1 against the Japanese eighth seed at Roland Garros.
The 30-year-old goes on to face Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka, who beat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3 6-1.
It is a repeat of last year's semi-final, which Murray won in four sets before going on to lose in the final.
"Stan has played fantastic this tournament so far," said the Scot, who was beaten by Novak Djokovic in last year's showpiece.
"Last year when we met he was playing very well and I had to play one of my best matches on clay to beat him.
"It's not always been easy for me here but the last few years have been great."
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal will take on Dominic Thiem in the second semi-final, after the Austrian knocked out defending champion Djokovic.
- 'I'm not competing with Stan over Grand Slam numbers' - Andy Murray column
- 'He gave up' - McEnroe questions Djokovic desire
- Djokovic out as Nadal progresses to semi-finals
- Halep and Pliskova set up last-four clash
- Scores and schedule
Nishikori fades after fast start
After impressive wins in the previous two rounds, Murray claimed another fine result, albeit in less clinical fashion.
The pair shared 12 breaks of serve on another blustery Paris day, with Nishikori starting superbly but fading as Murray reeled him in.
Nishikori, 27, broke serve twice to take the first set as his groundstrokes had Murray constantly on the defensive.
Murray's mood was not improved by an early time violation from umpire Carlos Ramos, but it took another in the second set to fire up the top seed.
The Briton remonstrated with the official before returning to the action, fired by injustice, roaring "Let's go!" as he clinched the game.
The first streak of Nishikori brilliance was over and the Japanese player double-faulted to drop serve at 3-1, and then woefully misjudged leaving a ball that landed well inside the baseline to fall 5-1 down.
Nishikori twice fell a break behind with poor service games in the third set only to hit straight back each time, infuriating Murray, who served for the set at 6-5.
It might have been expected to shift the momentum in Nishikori's favour, but he played a desperate tie-break and Murray reeled off all seven points.
A brilliant piece of trademark Murray scrambling helped secure the decisive break midway through the fourth set and Nishikori's challenge was as good as over.
"Come on!" screamed Murray as he broke again for a 5-1 lead before closing out the match with one of his easier service games of the afternoon.
Murray 'fired up' by time violation
The momentum of the match switched sharply after umpire Carlos Ramos penalised Murray the loss of a serve for a time violation.
Murray later said any delay was down to him missing a ball toss.
"Obviously for a couple of points after that I was fired up, because I was frustrated at that moment," he said.
"It felt to me like it was a strange decision. I have never seen anyone get a warning after they have missed the ball toss. I have never seen that.
"So I was frustrated about it, but I don't know how much impact that had."
Wawrinka cruises through to the last four
Swiss third seed Wawrinka set up another Paris semi-final with Murray after breezing past seventh seed Cilic in the last eight.
The three-time Grand Slam champion, 32, cruised to a 6-3 6-3 6-1 win against the Croatian in an hour and 40 minutes.
Wawrinka, who won the Roland Garros title in 2015, has still not dropped a set in Paris this year.
He is the oldest man to make the last four since Jimmy Connors in 1985.
"It was perfect today, I'm very satisfied," Wawrinka said after his 12th win in 14 meetings with Cilic.
'Murray's display will not give Wawrinka sleepless nights' - analysis
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent
In terms of performance, this was a backward step, but Murray still managed to beat the eighth seed with relative comfort to reach yet another Grand Slam semi-final.
Murray was far from his best but, after an excellent first set, Nishikori was very poor. His contribution to the all-important third set tie-break was to make three forehand unforced errors, three backhand unforced errors and serve a double fault.
Murray's display will not give Wawrinka any sleepless nights, but he will remember how outstandingly well the world number one played to beat him in four sets in last year's semi-final.


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Time to amend the Second Amendment
Back when I was a kid, people would routinely ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. These days, perhaps the question should be, "What do you want to be if you grow up?"
I'm stretching the point, of course, but not by much now that deranged people seem to be opening fire on schools, churches, and concerts with increasing frequency and with military-grade firepower. And don't let anyone tell you an AR-15 is not a military-grade weapon. Take it from a retired Marine and a Vietnam veteran: The AR-15 is the civilian semiautomatic version of the M16 I carried in Vietnam. There are only two meaningful differences: (1) The AR-15 can't put out fully automatic fire — which we were always discouraged from doing anyway. (2) Civilians can buy 30-round magazines for their AR-15s. We had only 20-round magazines available to us in my unit in Vietnam, and we were instructed to load only 18 rounds because our M16s in 1967 had a tendency to jam — which was one of the reasons why fully automatic fire was discouraged.
Frankly, I wish I had had an AR-15 in Vietnam. I would have had more reliable firepower — and more firepower — than I had with my M16. But the fact remains that I don't have a need for an AR-15 and high-capacity magazines now.
Nicole Hockley would certainly agree. She was the mother of one the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, and she is now circulating an internet petition to ban high-capacity magazines. The shooter who killed her son, she points out, had ten 30-round magazines. In the time it took him to reload, 11 children escaped. If he had been limited to ten-round magazines and had to reload more often, she argues, many more children might have escaped. There are other variables, to be sure, but she does have a point. Law-abiding citizens don't need high-capacity magazines, and prohibiting their sale and possession just might save lives.
From Columbine to Newtown and now to Parkland, Florida, the common element has been alienated, emotionally troubled kids — outsiders, in other words. Making more mental-health professionals available to schools would help, but even they can't readily identify those intending to make their mark through mass murder. Hence, to give the NRA its due, I'll admit that mass shootings are, first and foremost, a mental-illness problem. We do need to revisit the laws that make involuntary commitment next to impossible. But the problem is greatly exacerbated by our easy access to guns, especially military-grade weapons designed to kill more people more quickly.
I'm especially sensitive to this issue now because Mrs. Palm and I had just met up with Danish friends in Las Vegas and were setting out on a Southwest tour on the morning of October 1, the day of Stephen Paddock's rampage. I was embarrassed for America. And on February 14, I was in Florida visiting relatives not far from Parkland's own Valentine's Day massacre, and I was surprised to learn that Florida requires a three-day waiting period to buy a handgun, but not an AR-15.
As I have in the past, I'm sure to receive angry, derisive responses from readers who hold the Second Amendment to be absolute and unconditional as well as from those who believe that an armed citizenry is necessary to keep our government in check. There is no a conspiracy afoot to disarm all Americans, and Trump's autocratic leanings notwithstanding, I can't foresee a time when Americans will need to take up arms against their own government. Call me anti-American if you will, but I believe it's time to amend the Second Amendment, making gun ownership a privilege and not a right.
I certainly don't have all the answers, but here, in no particular order, are the measures I would propose:(1) Special licensing and extensive background checks for the purchase of AR-15s and similar weapons. (2) An end to private gun sales. (3) Mandatory registration of all guns. (4) A national data base to track ammunition sales. (5) Limiting gun and ammunition sales to those 21 and older. (6) A seven-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. (7) Expanding existing background checks to include juvenile offenses indicative of mental instability.
Whenever a mass shooting happens, the gun lobby tends to throw up its hands, arguing for why this or that gun-control measure would not have prevented it. A background check, for instance, wouldn't have stopped the Las Vegas shooter or the Texas church shooter. The FBI dropped the ball in the case of the Parkland shooter. True, but we can't change the past. We can learn from it, and we can institute sensible measures that will improve the chances of our children growing up to be whatever they want to be.
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There is nothing like making a well-designed living room for family enjoyment and entertainment. This main location sets the tone for the rest of the decor of your home. It is also one of the best ways to showcase the style of design by playing with paint palettes, fabric layers and designs, and different furniture arrangements. It's meant to be relaxed, accommodating, and trendy. Moreover, whether you are a lover of fashion or a brazen metal wall painter, this is a perfect place to check your favorite patterns. It's the best choice for maximalist art.
Such designs for living rooms often demonstrate that good preparation and imagination will go a long way from the urban loft of New York City to Ibiza rustic bedroom. These series of beautiful living room designs is guaranteed to inspire ideas for your own house:
Choose the Right Furniture
Whether you start from scratch or improve a position in which you have been living for years, it is important to store what pieces of furniture you buy and how it would fit with your room. Redesigning the living room is an outstanding time to figure out what is important to you. The biggest piece of furniture in the living room is always the sofa, and it will create a difference in the right spot.
A good rule of thumb is that you put your sofa in front of the door, either in an angle, floating, or along a wall. If you are compelled to put it back at the entrance, and a console table with lamps and art books behind the couch for it to be more attractive. If you've kept a decade's old love or a recliner that doesn't work again, it's time to start again. The appropriate furniture will make or break a living space, both in scale and design.
Pick good looking Curtains
The Curtains are mainly made of cloth, and they are intended to cover the entire window or wall. Clothes hang over the window from one chain and come in a range of colors, designs, and shapes if you want elegant and smart curtains for your home and can't decide what, go for semi-sheer curtains.
What do semi-sheer curtains mean? Sheer curtains are transparent in design and do not withstand daylight in the rooms, which provide an almost unimpeded view of the outside. Sheer curtains deliver nothing throughout the day and virtually nothing during the evening. Whenever the sun falls, and the lights come in, sheer curtains will totally open you to external subjects.
Semi-sheers are less flexible and have a denser thread. While it is fluid and silky, they are not so flimsy as sheers. They block more light and help provide a little bit more privacy while still allowing the airy look of sheers.
Decide on a Focal Point
The focus of your room is where people's eyes will fall when they enter your room for the first time. If you have no normal emphasis, such as a wide fireplace and a mantle, build a mirror, piano, or extra-large works of art.
When you've made your decision, decorate a cohesive feeling in the room around your focus. Be sure that the attention is centered on the environment. For example, if you have a beautiful fireplace, a simple redesign will change the entire look of your living room and offer you a modern, upgraded feel.
Head for Big Art
Try a black and white image or add color using a vibrant abstract piece in a minimalist space. It contributes nothing like a gallery wall of atmosphere and colors.
Show art collections or photographs or add hangings to walls and other ephemera. Choose simple, cohesive frames to mix things with ornate variations. Extend the gallery wall to the ceiling to give the illusion of a larger space.
Balance Between Harmony and Elegance
It is important to make a balance between function and beauty to create a beautiful living room. It's alright to have a bright space, but you must also live in that space – and it is important to ensure that your room is not only tailored to your preferences but also to your lifestyle. The main element of a beautifully designed living room is that it is a spot where you just want to stay in.
Be Vigilant about Lighting
Only the finest interior design can make or break lighting. The perfect light source is hanging beautiful and interesting lights. Modernizing the lighting would effectively improve the mood of your living room without restoring the floor.
Find multiple lamp shots, switch or rearrange the light sources and see which high-performance positions or which places are less suitable. Getting the right lighting in your living room can be a challenge, but it can also draw your entire look together.


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Much is made of and written about the "hard skills" that a Product Manager must possess. She should be analytical, critical, methodical, detail oriented and master of a vast array of models, methodologies and techniques. But I find very little emphasis in the popular writings or training in our field about the "soft skills" that are essential to doing the job at hand.
Part of the reason for this is due to the inherent difficulties and challenges with teaching soft skills in a classroom setting. You can spend half a day or less teaching a complete novice the techniques needed to create Process Flows. Shortly thereafter, you can administer a test on the material. Depending upon their score on the test, you can with quite a high degree of confidence state that the student is ready to start creating Process Flows. And you would be right.
Try doing the same to teach a person how to run a meeting. Take the same novices who you were able to quickly bring up to speed on Process Flows and give them a half a day training session on running a meeting. Now, turn one of them loose on a room full of opinionated and contentious subject matter experts and see what happens. Even if you have an extremely skilled student, you will in all likelihood, end the meeting with a room full of angry, opinionated and contentious subject matter experts going at each other's throats, or worse yet, your young protégé. The simple truth is that it takes years of experience and practice before the "soft skills" can be mastered.
Yet, ironically, it is these non-technical skills that are critical to the success of a Product Manager. No matter how good their hard skills or technical competence may be, they cannot do their jobs without soft skills. There are two fundamental soft skills that a Product Manager must possess in order to be successful.
- Elicitation Skills
- Facilitation Skills
Let me first define these terms so that we are working from a common vocabulary.
Elicitation refers to the ability of the Product Manager to extract or gather information from stakeholders and users. It is how we understand what needs to be built, why it is being built, what the important features are and when it should be delivered. There are many Elicitation skills that do not need human interaction. For example, questionnaires, document review, application walk through, UI review and a whole host of other techniques can be used by the Product Manager working alone without the need for one on one interaction with stakeholders. However, it is practically impossible to use ONLY these techniques and completely bypass ever interacting in person with one or more stakeholders. The ability of a Product Manager to conduct face to face interviews will eventually break or make him.
Facilitation refers to the ability of a Product Manager to enable teams to resolve disagreements and arrive at optimal decisions that benefit everyone involved. This is the most difficult skill to develop and even the most experienced practitioners can struggle with an unruly or deeply divided team. As hard as it may be to do, the ability to resolve conflicts within teams is one of the key determinants of success. I have seen more projects fail or struggle due to unresolved conflicts and dysfunctional behavior than a lack of ability within the team.
From my experience, the best way to develop soft skills is with a combination of the methods below.
- Classroom Training
- Assisted Sessions
- Role Playing
- Practice
It may seem strange that I put Classroom Training at the top of the list shortly after seeming to imply that they are almost useless earlier in the article. Let me clarify. Unlike the hard skills, soft skills that are learned in a classroom setting take a lot of practice before they can be executed competently. Among the more useful things that anyone can learn in a classroom setting are what NOT to do in the area of soft skills. For example, try and involve everyone in a discussion instead of just focusing on a few people. With a little bit of practice, this can easily be incorporated into any person's skill set. They are also extremely useful to give people a set of best practices and techniques that they can start incorporating into their interactions with stakeholders. A lot of things taught around soft skills seem obvious or common sense. However, to not teach them because they do not contain any earth shattering revelations is a mistake. Just because something is obvious, does not mean that we will do it. We all know that eating the donut sitting on the kitchen counter is a bad idea but we do it anyway. Classroom training reinforces in us the things we ought to be doing (or not doing) and gives us a frame of reference around which to build our skillset.
Assisted sessions are simply interactions that the inexperienced Product Manager does in the presence of or with the guidance of a more experienced practitioner. The senior practitioner provides a safety net to the novice who can step in if things start to get out of hand. This kind of mentoring is done informally almost everywhere. It becomes a lot more effective if your organization does it formally and systematically. A good assisted program will have the following clearly defined phases for each session.
- Preparation. The trainer and the student go over the session or meeting details and define each other's roles and responsibilities. The most important thing to be decided is when the trainer will step in and in what circumstances the student can call on the trainer to step in. The trainer can also give the student a list of things to focus on and be careful about in the upcoming session.
- Execution. The trainer should make a point of attending the session and carefully observing the student in action. They should also step in whenever needed or as agreed during the preparation leading into the meeting.
- Debrief. Once the session is completed, there should be a formal debriefing by the trainer. The student should be given objective feedback of the things they did well, things they missed and areas for improvement. It is important to not overwhelm the student with a deluge of information during these feedback sessions, especially in the things that were missed or need improvement. It is best to focus on the most egregious mistakes that were made and tackle just a couple of areas for improvement at a time.
If these kinds of guided sessions are done systematically, the time needed to develop the soft skills can be reduced dramatically. Soft skills can be learned and taught. We just need to have the necessary patience and structure in place to enable learning to take place.
Role playing is another very useful tool where the student is able to work on specific skills in a structured learning environment. Role playing does not have to revolve around made up scenarios. One of the easiest ways of doing it is to run your internal meetings to the same standards as your customer facing interactions. We tend to be a lot more informal and loose in our internal meetings. These are actually excellent teaching opportunities for student practitioners in a low stakes environment.
And finally, practice. Practice, practice, practice. Then practice some more. There is no substitute for experience in the long run. No matter how many role playing sessions we have participated in around handling irate stakeholders, there is no substitute for the real thing. There is a huge difference between a role playing session where my partner pretended to be really angry and actually confronting a person who is out of control. The simple reality is we all have to go through bad meetings before we get better. The key aspect to getting better is introspection and debriefing. Make it a point to go over your meetings critically with an eye on the soft skills. See what you could have done better or differently. And try to get a little better the next time around.
Soft skills training should be approached systematically by your organization. They can be taught and learned. The most important thing to understand about them is that they take time. And patience. But the rewards are huge. Instead of having a team of Product Managers who are good at their job, you can have a team of great ones. Which would you rather have?


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As I found myself driving cross country recently, I was repeatedly reminded of that Neil Diamond song, "America." The one with the line, "On the boats and on the planes, They're coming to America." As an immigrant from Iran, I get nostalgic at times.
For one week, I went on a road trip of epic proportions, with an unimaginable purpose. A colleague and I rented an SUV in Charleston and drove it to Philadelphia to pick up former Gov. Mark Sanford. In case you hadn't heard, he is seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States.
On Independence Mall, that song came to life: There I was, an Iranian-American, standing outside of Independence Hall with a presidential candidate. A self-admitted long shot candidate, but a candidate nonetheless.
From there, we drove that GMC all the way to Los Angeles, where my American experience started back in the 1980s.
Even though I'd driven cross-country several times with my canine sidekick, Finn, we never really pulled over to meet people and explore the towns and cities that appear out of nowhere on the horizon.
I made it a point to explore as much as possible during this trip. But things didn't start out well. After a grueling 11-hour drive to Philadelphia, our morning started on a gloomy, rainy Wednesday. No offense to my Philly friends, but without a doubt I can attest that the City of Brotherly Love is anything but loving. Instant remorse set in. Especially after a local reporter completely misrepresented the purpose of our trip.
But, on we went, with at least three media stops a day. Fast forward to Saturday night's arrival in Denver after we must have driven through thousands of miles of farmland. Cattle and cornfields as far as the eye could see.
Sanford, of course, did what he is remarkably good at: retail politicking. I overheard a man in Iowa say, "Oh look, there's that Trump hater." After he spoke with Sanford, he turned to his wife and said, "He actually makes sense."
I did my best to talk to as many people as well, just to understand what's happening in their worlds. I was disappointed with myself if I'm honest. I harbored a sense of elitism I thought had been lost when I moved to Charleston from D.C. But there it was, rearing its ugly head.
I had plenty of time to reflect, to compare the experiences of the people I met — knowing how diverse we are as a nation geographically, demographically, politically, and culturally.
At a farmer's market in Iowa, for example: I saw an Asian immigrant couple that spoke little English selling dumplings, next to an Ethiopian family selling produce, next to a white guy in a cowboy hat selling an assortment of beef jerky in front of a pub owned by an Irishman.
Experiences like that are how that chip on my shoulder began to wear away. Being a not-so-shy person, I started asking folks more personal questions. Where are you from? Are you Republican or Democrat? If you're a Republican, do you like Trump? If you're a Democrat, who do you support, and so forth. Some people gave me easy answers. Some were uncomfortable and didn't want to answer at all. Most were polite about either telling me they didn't want to answer or gave their answer pretty straight-forwardly.
After getting off my high horse, I came to a few conclusions. First, it's a humbling experience to travel from coast-to-coast. Once you get out of your comfort zone a bit, an entire world opens up. Talk to the down-on-his-luck guy at the gas station. Talk to that man or woman at the bar. The only way you'll change and have any shot at having an impact in this world is to do something different. But don't go all in at once — I don't want the angry emails as you find yourself in a spiral in the middle of nowhere.
Second, we live on a beautiful continent with over 300 million souls. One person who grew up during the Vietnam War era, exhaled and told me she never felt this country being so divided. I find that incredibly sad. Why? Because just like that Neil Diamond song says, "We huddle close, hang on to a dream." Those individuals at the Iowa market couldn't be more different, but they were all there because of a dream. The same dream you and I have. You, me, and those folks may look different, behave differently, and believe in opposing politics, but we all share the same freedoms and burdens.
Rouzy Vafaie is a Mt. Pleasant resident and former Charleston County Republican leader currently involved with former Gov. Mark Sanford's presidential campaign.


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PODCAST: Spring sports galore
Listen to the first segment of the Bear Republic Podcast HERE.
Listen to the second segment of the Bear Republic Podcast HERE
SAN FRANCISCO -- With most of the regular crew unable to return to The Republic, the Bear Republic Podcast invites former California offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz back as a special co-host this week, to talk spring football, baseball and yes, even the unanimous No. 1 Cal softball team.
Of course, any talk about the queens of the college diamond would be woefully incomplete without bringing back old friend Jace Williams, who joins the first segment for a midseason update as she and the rest of the Bears (37-1) prepare to face off against No. 13 Arizona in a three-game set this weekend at Levine-Fricke Field, which just doubled its seating capacity by adding 704 bleacher seats in the outfield.
In our first segment, Williams and I go through the superlative performances of Valerie Arioto and Jolene Henderson, who have combined to take home six weekly conference awards, with speedster Jamia Reid bringing home a Player of the Week award of her own on April 2.
Cal has three players among the 25 finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, including Arioto, Henders and Reid, with no Bears player having taken home the award before. Arioto is also in the running for the Lowes Senior Class Award, and you can vote for her right here.
Arioto is tops the Pac-12 in home runs with 17, with freshman third baseman Danielle Henderson tied for fifth with 12 longballs. Arioto is two homers away from tying her 2010 output, and also two away from registering the most round-trippers in a season by a Cal player, which was set back in 2001 by Veronica Nelson, and tied by Arioto two seasons ago.
Danielle Henderson, with one more, would tie Haley Woods and Nelson for the fifth-most home runs in a season in Bears history.
Former Bears ace Kristina Thorson is in the news, as well, auctioning off an autographed sports bra on eBay, with the proceeds going towards breast cancer research. As of this printing, the sports bra is up well over $250, and with the help of you Cal fans, it can go even higher, and it all goes towards a good cause, so with two days left, go ahead and check it out.
In our second segment, we're joined by our old friend Jon Doss, calling in all the way from his new post at the ABC affiliate in Rochester, N.Y.
Along with Jon and Schwartz, we talk about all the latest happenings in Cal football and around the NCAA, finally settling on the slumping Bears baseball team and exclusive observations from inside the fence at Witter Rugby Field, as Cal tries to find replacements for Schwartz and the rest of the departing seniors.
After a foray into the latest happenings in baseball, we return to the gridiron and break down some of the youngsters making moves in spring camp, and to finish off our podcast, Rivals.com regional recruiting analyst Keith Niebuhr breaks down the Bears' latest commitment from Georgia defensive back Trey Cheek.
You can catch the softball team as they battle the Wildcats this weekend at 3 PM on Friday, 1 PM on Saturday and noon on Sunday.
The Cal baseball team begins a seven-game homestand with a three-game set against Washington, starting Friday at 2:30 with Michael Theofanopoulos on the hill, and continuing with senior righty Matt Flemer at 1 Pm on Saturday and junior lefty Justin Jones finishing off the series in a 1 PM start on Sunday.


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Equipping Women for Leadership
The Women's Foundation of Minnesota (WFM) makes grants, invests in research, creates cross-sector partnerships, and advocates for policies that seek to advance the status of women and girls, particularly females of color. WFM made grants of about $3.1 million in the year ending March 31, 2019, focusing on economic opportunity, leadership development, and personal and community safety for women and girls.
Gloria Perez, the organization's new president and CEO, began work in mid-February. No sooner did she start her job than the Covid-19 pandemic began to unfold in Minnesota, and schools, businesses, and civic institutions were shuttered. The result: an even more urgent case for supporting vulnerable women and girls and their families. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women's employment and income and resulting in increased domestic violence. Further, coronavirus death rates are higher for people of color than for white Americans.
The Women's Foundation responded immediately, allocating $500,000 for emergency grants to organizations that support women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, older women, and women and girls with short-term financial needs to pay for childcare, elder care, food, housing, transportation, and health and wellness.
"The coronavirus is making longstanding inequities starkly visible, and at the Women's Foundation we are doubling down on our mission to invest in innovation to drive gender and racial equity," Perez says. The foundation created a Covid-19 response fund for women and girls who are particularly affected by the pandemic; service workers, caregivers, and older women are twice as likely to be living in poverty already, Perez says.
In the first round of grants, WFM invested more than $230,000 in 27 organizations and initiatives throughout the state, most of which are led by women of color and indigenous women. Through the grantmaking process, she says, WFM learned that the leading need is short-term financial support.
Perez came to her new position as an experienced advocate for women's opportunity. She led the Jeremiah Program for 20 years, supporting low-income single mothers and their children by using education as a platform. For Perez this was a very personal mission. "I was raised by a single mom, because my dad died when I was young," she says. "Both of my parents, and everybody within the Latino community in San Antonio [Texas], where I grew up, talked about education as the key lever out of poverty."
She moved to Minnesota and graduated from Macalester College, volunteering as an undergraduate at Casa de Esperanza, a St. Paul-based Latina organization working to end domestic violence. Before she entered the nonprofit sector as an employee, Perez was a small business owner. "I was given the opportunity to buy a franchise of a diner," she says. "It was a risk for both the owner of the business as well as for me. I thought, 'I'm young enough. And if I fail, I'll learn a lot.' " At 24, she scraped together a business plan and the money to buy the diner on a contract for deed.
As a small-business owner, she was invited to forums to sit at the table for a business association or the neighborhood economic development organization, and she realized the power and opportunity that came from being a business owner. During a market downturn, Perez sold the business at a loss, then she was recruited to the executive director position at Casa de Esperanza, where she once volunteered.
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Three years later, Perez was hired to lead the Jeremiah Program. "It was a nonprofit that was going to operate differently. It wasn't going to be government funded. It wasn't an entitlement program where any single mother and her children could attend, but rather the ones who had the motivation to focus on their own personal development through education." She built Jeremiah from the ground up; it's now active in six cities across the United States and by 2018 had an annual operating budget of nearly $10 million.
Asked about potential themes in her work at WFM, Perez says, "Today, the voices of people of color are being heard. We're being given voice. My leadership at the foundation will continue to lean in, by my own expression of what I see and what I think needs to happen, as we partner with organizations and communities across the state of Minnesota. But also, narratives really matter. Women must take ownership of the narratives that we tell ourselves, because they're powerful. And I'd like for that to be an emphasis."
The foundation also is equipping young women for leadership roles. By making those investments, she says, WFM is "helping them to lead change, helping young women and girls see themselves as part of the corporate leadership in the future, or government leadership, or philanthropic leadership in the future."
She's inspired by organizations that are focusing on advocacy, training women to vote, to run, to lead. "It is a matter of persistence," she says. And persistence is a subject Perez knows well. She models it in her own life and in her leadership.
Sarah Lutman is a St. Paul-based independent consultant and writer for clients in the cultural, media, and philanthropic sectors.


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The Growing Global Reliance On Antidepressants
According to the latest OECD data, Iceland continues to have one of the highest levels of antidepressant use in the world – with an average consumption of 16 daily doses per 100 inhabitants in 2021.
In general, the northern countries are among the biggest consumers, with Canada and Sweden also showing a ratio of over 10 doses per 100 inhabitants per day.
Worth noting however is the absence of the United States from the data.
As Statista's Martin Armstrong shows in the infographic below, antidepressant use has become more widespread all around the world, with major increases from 2015 to 2020 or 2021 observed in Iceland, Portugal and Sweden, as well as Belgium and Greece.
You will find more infographics at Statista
The places with the lowest consumption levels of those analyzed are South Korea and Lithuania (not displayed), with a ratio of 2 to 3 daily doses per 100 people.


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A woman allegedly confined inside a toilet for over a year by her husband was rescued from Rishpur village in Haryana's Panipat district. The husband, meanwhile, claimed that the woman was mentally unstable.
Women Protection and Child Marriage Prohibition Officer Rajni Gupta, who led the rescue operation, said that the woman did not seem mentally unstable and her physical condition indicates she has been starved. "I received information that a woman was locked in the toilet for over a year. I come here with my team. When we reached here, we found that it was true. It seems that woman has not eaten anything for many days," Gupta said, news agency ANI reported.
A case has been registered and probe is underway.
The woman's husband, however, claimed there was no improvement in her mental condition despite taking her to doctors
"She was mentally unstable. We ask her to sit outside but she does not sit there. We have taken her to doctors but there was no improvement in her condition," he said.
Gupta added that they had spoken to the woman and the police will take further course of action. "It is being said that she is mentally unstable, but it is not true. We have talked to her and it was apparent that she is not mentally unstable. We can not confirm whether she is mentally unstable or not, but she was locked in the toilet. We rescued her and washed her hair. We have filed a police complaint. Police will take action accordingly," she added.
The police, meanwhile, said they will approach doctors to ascertain the mental status of the woman. "Rajni Gupta went to the village and rescued the woman who was locked by her husband Naresh for over a year. We have registered a complaint and we will take action after investigation. It is being said that the woman is mentally unstable. We will take the advice of the doctor and proceed further," a police officer said


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I had a chat today with clients who just returned from a vacation in Ireland. Seems they enjoyed themselves immensely while there. One of the things they mentioned that was so different with the people in general, was that they appeared to take everything that happened in stride and always seemed to make light of things that many of us become easily upset over like having forgotten their wallet at home. Surely there was a response when discovered something like, "Well, I guess the Devil won't have his plate set out tonight." They even had a clever euphemistic saying for those who are in a hurry. I said they must still be able to kiss the Blarney Stone when appropriate.
After walking away, I began to think about this and it brought me right back to what I consider a real problem with much of society. We don't soulfully encourage each other to be the best we can be. Whenever I have had to give instructions or work with someone who is stumbling with a given task, I don't hesitate to correct, but as well encourage. It's not good to simply correct because it gives the one learning a feeling of being a below standard human. Perhaps this is why so many workers feel alienated by upper management. Too many times I've heard the not so pleasant stories about companies being only concerned with the bottom lines of their balance sheets rather than taking an active step in creating a better team spirit withing their corporations.
I was reading the international business news several months ago and happened upon an article about the country of Norway's national fund which if it paid out to every citizen the amount contained, every national would be worth over a million dollars. What I found surprising is that the general population of Norway believe their government has their best interest at heart; therefore they trust that their government watchdogs over this fund is doing their absolute best in managing their national wealth. They don't live like kings nor do they brag about their wealth; they simply live, work, play, educate, and investigate new ways of making their lives and the world around them better.
I would say they hold a treasure greater than gold. Their wealth comes from wishing the best for each other and teaching those around them to soar to heights they never thought possible. All of this is done in their very quiet Nordic way. I guess when you think about it, soaring birds really don't make much noise at all. Let's all encourage each other to soar.


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for believers, doubters and hopeful pouters, rockers, ravers, lovers and sinners, poets, fighters and smokers everywhere fighting with their lighters.
Sunday, August 09, 2009
I don't have answers. I try to not preach. So don't come to my door selling eschatologies. I'll make you think before you talk. I keep my head down. I read books. I limit TV. I drink too much. I've had my ass kicked. There's never more than $40 dollars in my wallet unless I'm at the peelers. I put way too much horseradish on my roast beef. I like loose fitting jeans. I have bad sleeping patterns. I should get out more. I often think about getting a pet. Then I slip on pet urine in the elevator and cancel the idea. Around 2pm everyday I feel like I'm gonna go nuts. A friend of mine says Japan is the answer to everything. I could work at being a better person. I have to work at not getting erections. Sometimes I dream about a lighthouse with a burnt out bulb. I find political jargon fatiguing. I play right field on my softball team. The bat cracks and the ball seems to hang up there for days. I tap my hat back and try to get under it. Sometimes I just can't get under it.
"I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive"
---Gloria Gaynor
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Cover & Synopsis: SEVENEVES by Neal Stephenson
Here's the (unspectacular) cover and (way more interesting) synopsis for Neal Stephenson's upcoming novel Seveneves….
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anatham, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.
What would happen if the world were ending?
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .
Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.
A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
Book info as per Amazon US [Also available via Amazon UK]:
- Hardcover: 880 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow (May 19, 2015)
Cover & Synopsis, Neal Stephenson


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Wondering where awesomely quirky physicist Daniel Faraday has been over the past few Lost episodes? Well, perhaps he's stuck here, in 1992, selling the universe some pretty "punk rock" Subarus. Hilarious clip after the jump.
This commercial was actor Jeremy Davies' big break: after it aired, he began to receive offers for bigger roles in various films. You guys, I love this commercial. Mostly because I am obsessed with Lost and it is kind of awesome to see the Faradayisms going on here. And also because the main premise is "punk rock Subaru" which is now the name for my imaginary band:
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I can confirm that class colouring works now
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* Class colouring is not working (english client), but i see this has been noted. However, i also noticed (while going from Chatterbox->Chatter) that it saves the class of various characters by name in the saved variables. I urge you to take a look at the code of Teknicolor. It performs the desired functionality very well with 3KiB of code and no saved variables. I'd hate to have every players name and class stored in my saved variables just to be able to show their class instantly.
* When i right-click one of the tabs i get the classic Blizzard drop down menu, and the last item is the Settings for filters (which is of course also Blizzard stuff). Is it possible to add a shortcut to the Chatter Settings to this menu as well. That would make it really easy to configure everything that is chatbox related without remembering any slash-commands. I think that context based navigation is always the best, especially when you have a lot of addons all with their own idea of how to configure them (and thumbs up for going the standardized way with Chatter!).
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So this pretty much seems to replace Prat but what Iam personall missing:
AltNames module!!!!!
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I'd miss that too. But it's quite possible that this belongs in a separate addon. It does a LOT more than just fiddle with chat.
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Uh. The only Ace2 mod I ran was Prat, and the only Ace3 mod I ran was Chatterbox. Modules disembedded vs not doesn't matter in this case. I ran them both fully embedded specifically so that performance problems could not be masked in disembedded libraries or modules.
I wrote Chatterbox after discovering that a) Prat was accounting for over half of Ace2's reported CPU time, and b) it had code that made it appear less bitey when profiling was turned on.
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Hey - the way I was always told was that if people had an issue with Prat's performance, they should run it unpacked. I even said that I didn't not believe that Chatter had better performance - I'm often saying that Prat is more than some people want in a chat mod. I was just playing devil's advocate in saying that you (or whomever took the screenie) weren't doing Prat any favors in the comparison. :P And I had personally never noticed performance issues with Prat with it running unpacked (though, yes, it is a beast).
I just looked, and running Prat unpacked with default settings (and embedded libs) puts it at 2.5MB. But there was also not much chat going on in SW. It's not much of a difference, and I never said that it would be. But, meh, I can handle people jumping on me.
Thank you, thank you for creating the standalone config window. About BetterBlizOptions... I appreciate that it's your addon, and I appreciate what it does. But I had never had cause to install it until now. IMO, a user should not *have* to install another mod just to be able to configure the first one. Notes for improvement: could /chatter open the standalone config instead of the Interface Options window? Also, could the standalone config remember size settings between openings? (It does remember placement, so this could just be a bug.)
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4. And I know there's an addon that actually saves your chatsettings since blizzard sucks. Sadly I forgot the name of it as I thought that prat would eventually fix this ;P is there a way to implement this into Chatter?
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Hi, just want to report that copying profiles seems not to work.
I already configured everything on my warrior and want to copy these settings for my rogue. I can see my warriors name in the copy dropdown box, but I cannot select it. It just does nothing! Pls have a look at it.
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Over the past few weeks, we have given you several reasons as to why you should consider moving to the Gramercy Park neighborhood in Manhattan. Be it the luxury of having a private park to yourself, or simply the joy of having an assortment of great cafes to choose from every day, it is almost guaranteed that you will have a great lifestyle if you move to Gramercy Park.
Now, if you are still unconvinced about how desirable this neighborhood is, maybe a look at some of the celebrities that live here will help change your mind. Here, in no particular order, are some of Gramercy Park's most famous and notable residents.


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Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
Picture 5 of 20Grammarly's mistake modifications were very easy to see contrasted to various other on-line grammar checkers. Photo 6 of 20Grammarly discovered much more content-based mistakes than other on the internet grammar checkers. Picture 7 of 20Grammarly sends once a week records with updates about your most usual blunders as well as the number of words you checked.
Photo 9 of 20I liked that Grammarly allows you establish a composing genre, which alters just how you may modify your work. Photo 10 of 20Compared to other online grammar checkers, I found Grammarly regularly discovered more errors and also made far better pointers. Photo 11 of 20It takes a couple of secs for Grammarly to refine your paper.
By doing this, I didn't have to wait for it to process my text numerous times. Photo 13 of 20I had Grammarly check pupil work in addition to a sentence mistake examination record I created to see the amount of sorts of mistakes it could capture. It outperformed other grammar checkers. Picture 14 of 20I liked how simple it was to approve Grammarly's tips from the program, online or in Word documents.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
I found this beneficial when composing regarding various items online. Image 16 of 20Grammarly deals several strategies, but they are rather pricey month to month. Picture 17 of 20The free version captures less mistakes than the paid-for variation, yet I suggest utilizing it for a minimum of a little while due to the fact that Grammarly will email you discount rates for the premium variation.
The company plans to launch an Android version quickly. Image 19 of 20Grammarly has a robust, searchable FAQs web page where you can discover help with any type of issues you might have with the program. Image 20 of 20Grammarly's on the internet message box checker was the least invasive as well as least disruptive of the software application we evaluated.
Compared to the competitors, it isn't as buggy or sluggish, as well as it catches much more errors and offers excellent recommendations for repairing them. Grammarly is particularly handy if you have a rather good take care of on grammar as well as punctuation already as well as know what you're doing. I'm not exactly sure I 'd suggest this program to English language learners, students or creating newbies.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
I ran Grammarly with a handful of tests and utilized the program in my everyday writing for over a month to get a feeling of just how valuable it is. The software discovers comma errors with convenience, which is among one of the most typical errors I viewed as a composing trainer.
For the tests, I created a file that had sentences with common English grammar blunders along with student-written sentences which contained errors or poor routines to avoid when composing. Grammarly scored a 60 percent discovery price, which, while not fantastic, blew the competition out of the water; the following finest rating was 30 percent from ProWritingAid. Grammarly has a complimentary version, which is helpful, however the service desires you to upgrade and is constantly advising you about all the features you're missing out on.
Because of this, I wouldn't recommend mounting the program unless you intend to update to premium. As soon as you have actually authorized up for the cost-free variation, Grammarly starts sending you emails for discounts on the costs strategy, so I likewise suggest waiting for those before you update to the complete price option.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
You can after that scroll with the doc to deal with errors. In situation an error confuses you, the system offers a short description for its tip. While valuable for somebody fluent in grammar and punctuation, these aren't rather finding out devices. They operate extra like pointers. When you buy the premium variation, you obtain weekly standing updates that let you understand how you're doing, which I thought was a nice feature.
With Grammarly, it's ideal to wait until you finish making up prior to you look for errors. Despite the fact that it is better at examining your work as you go than any kind of other program, there's a lag in its capability to sign up when you're repairing typos on your very own. As such, you'll intend to wait to click with the evaluation as opposed to try to edit within the text box or digital file.
Among the variables that makes Grammarly the most effective selection for an online grammar mosaic is how very easy it is to make use of on different web applications and also in Microsoft Word. Unlike various other grammar checkers, the application isn't intrusive, and it shows up in texts boxes online. A lot of the various other programs I reviewed made it hard to properly determine the problem text, however Grammarly's red highlighting is simple to see and also plainly marks where the mistake is.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
The site after that redirects you to a suite where you can read the text in your email or message with even more details as well as helpful input from the checker. There's a short lag while the software examines your content, as well as it adds a couple of additional actions to your creating procedure. However, Grammarly's helpful and also proper pointers trump the small hold-up.
You can compose and conserve files within Grammarly if you would certainly like, and you can likewise install an application on your phone to examine your writing on the go. While I assume Grammarly operates much better than its competition, its cost is a little much. It sets you back simply under $30.00 for the premium variation each month.
The price of the service is lower when you pay ahead of time for longer durations of time. The annual plan is the finest bargain if you can handle parting with $139.95 upfront. You can change to any of these strategies whenever you 'd like, so I advise trying the monthly version for a while prior to committing to the quarterly or yearly strategies.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
This is extremely useful because you utilize various voices when writing for various target markets, and also it's wonderful that Grammarly can adapt to various kinds of projects. The application additionally makes it very easy to disregard its advice, which is particularly useful if the software obtains something incorrect in your document, which happens occasionally.
I found this feature beneficial when I utilized unusual terms meant for an inner target market. Registered subscribers can get 24-hour assistance from Grammarly's website through a request function. If you can not discover the answer you need on the searchable FAQs page, the system motivates you to submit a ticket. The solution promises to reply to your concern within a day.
From the homepage, you can produce or publish records and edit them directly. You can likewise add a Grammarly expansion in Microsoft Word. While I found this grammar mosaic the least invasive and also buggy, there were times I needed to wait for it to load, as well as often it really did not quickly register the modifications I made within the record.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
Grammarly is a wonderful device that can aid you stay clear of typos when working online. It's not rather good enough to keep those who aren't positive in their creating capabilities from making big mistakes in their web content. It additionally includes a few added steps to your composing process, as well as there is a slight delay while the system checks your work.
I suched as having an additional set of eyes on my work, and also making use of the program provided me additional confidence before I sent my contacting my editor. While it behaves not to miss a comma in an e-mail or while uploading on social media sites, I'm not exactly sure the program is worth its hefty cost month-to-month, specifically if you're a newbie seeking to learn even more concerning writing.
This Grammarly testimonial will dive in deep with pros as well as disadvantages to fully unload just how this platform can be of usage to. Recognizing these elements will certainly be necessary in establishing if Grammarly fits your needs or not – Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software. If you are taking into consideration making a dedication to this application, be sure to do the research.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
This makes editing and also checking your job a lot faster than conventional methods. Instead than examining at the end, you will certainly see immediately if you have made an error or error. This is specifically helpful if you forget to hit that "check punctuation and also grammar" button before submitting work. Rather, you can transform and also accept the blunders and also mistakes as they occur, producing a clean outcome.
There's no requirement to track the blunders and dual back. Grammarly does the work for you. You can additionally hover over the recommended errors to see if you must accept it or otherwise. People make blunders. If we didn't, we wouldn't require Grammarly or other spell checker tools. Thankfully, the Grammarly editor is very precise as well as does not make a great deal of mistakes.
Some suggested mistakes could not be appropriate. However, this is rarely when it pertains to Grammarly solutions. When it pertains to carrying out reliable grammar checks, accuracy is vital for the last item. Grammarly does greater than correct straightforward mistakes. The program also clarifies the errors. This can aid you to enhance and to gain from errors for future work.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
This is various than traditional grammar checks like those in Microsoft Word. Word cpus do not always discuss why something is inaccurate. The descriptions from the program can be found in two alternatives. A quick-view can provide a quick bit of the adjustment. From there, you can accept the change as well as advance your way.
This helps in discovering what the blunder is, why it is a blunder, and exactly how to get rid of the error (Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software). Making use of Grammarly regularly will help in understanding where to position commas and also reinforce sentence wording. Overall, it will help you become a more powerful writer. At the end of the day, it's a terrific source for people that not just create frequently yet are seeking to progress writers.
Grammarly enables you to select a favored language. It also lets you determine which sites to utilize Grammarly on and also include brand-new words to the thesaurus. Including words to the thesaurus is terrific if you frequently make use of slang, trademark name, or acronyms. This can be practical particularly for individuals in the advertising field.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
This software application is relatively simple to use no matter what your degree of technical skills could be. Once you mount the plugin or extension, you are excellent to relocate forward!Grammarly will highlight wrong grammar or words. From there, you hover over it to see what the suggested change is and determine to approve it or not.
Grammarly is fantastic for people that find grammar is not in their convenience zone. It's an easy service that creates quality results. Grammarly has app variations that can be downloaded and install and also utilized on mobile devices. Grammarly is readily available on both Android and also iPhones. It installs a keyboard particularly for checking mistakes while on your phone.
Grammarly is not for everybody and every sort of use though. Depending upon your location of work, composing needs, as well as favored platforms, you could be able to avoid out on Grammarly completely. Particular functions can be enhanced as well as must be considered before deciding to make use of Grammarly. Grammarly does deal with most websites yet not with everything.
Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software
If you often make use of Google docs, Grammarly could not be that valuable for you. Grammarly is likewise not compatible with Microsoft products, like Word, on Mac laptops. Grammarly is presently in beta screening for Google docs compatibility. Nevertheless, as of right this writing, it is not a solidified feature – Review And Unboxing Grammarly Proofreading Software. Grammarly works with Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Side.
This serves if you require to prevent regularly pasting e-mails, social media material, and other jobs right into a word cpu to figure out if it appropriates for publishing. Grammarly is likewise compatible on systems like Facebook Carrier, Slack, Salesforce, LinkedIn, as well as Jira. While it does cover a lot, the Grammarly complimentary variation is still instead limited.
If you just need fundamental grammar spelling, you will be good to go. For some people, this is sufficient. If you are simply wanting to have an email proofread, the free version will deliver in this capacity. The checks are a lot more comprehensive than word cpus, so it does still offer adequate protection.
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Saint Maria Goretti Catholic School
May 22 - 26, 2017
Mission Statement
8th Grade off to Walk with Christ
Upcoming Events
Monday, May 22
Regular school uniform
Full Day - Regular dismissal - 3:00PM
8th Grade Final Walk through and dismissal at 10:00AM (8th Grade in Full Uniform for last walk down the hallway)
Kinder Promotion @ 1:30PM
8th Grade Promotion @ 7:00PM
Tuesday, May 23
Regular school uniform
Full Day - Regular dismissal - 3:00PM
Step-up Day - Students get to experience and visit next year's grade level
Wednesday, May 24
Regular school uniform
Career Day
Indoor Noon Dismissal (SMEED available)
Thursday, May 25
Field Day - Wear Field Day shirt, athletic shorts, and tennis shoes! (Make sure to apply bug spray and sunscreen before coming to school.)
Indoor Noon Dismissal (SMEED available)
Friday, May 26
Last Day of School
9:30AM Mass
Awards Ceremony after Mass (9:30AM)
Mass Uniform
Indoor Noon Dismissal (No SMEED)
2017-2018 Calendar will be ready at the end of this week!
Summer Reading
2017-2018 School Supplies Order Instructions
Pre-Packaged School Supplies Sale 2017-2018
Order online at www.schoolsuppliesco.com
Click on "Order Now"
Click on "St. Maria Goretti"
Click on your grade level(s) for the NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
Follow prompts to order and pay with credit card.
Packet prices will include sales tax.
Online ordering opens on May 11, 2017.
Online ordering closes on July 3, 2017 at 11:59 PM.
All orders will be delivered to the school in August.
Spirit Hour Update
Hello SMG Families,
Your partnership with St. Maria Goretti School is important. One of the ways you demonstrate this partnership is through your contribution of SPIRIT hours. As Mrs. Rios stated at the beginning of the school year, your SPIRIT hours will be considered when making enrollment decisions for next year. If you are still in need of SPIRIT hours to meet your commitment, we have a few more opportunities for volunteers in May. If you are unable to meet your commitment, please contact the school to discuss a plan.
The deadline to turn in SPIRIT hours was Friday, May 12th to have them included on your final report. Final SPIRIT Reports for the year will go out May 17th. If you earn SPIRIT hours after May 12th, please submit those hours to the office before you leave the school so that your totals can be adjusted before I submit the final report to Mrs. Rios.
Please check our SignUp Genius page for opportunities to volunteer. We currently have the following needs:
· 4th of July Parade
· Field Day, May 25 – need supply donations
· Mass Welcome Table
· Summer project help – there are always projects that come up over the summer. If you would like to be contacted to help with these, please sign up.
Mary Rowell, SPIRIT Coordinator


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Getting released from prison and ingratiating yourself back in the world isn't always a smooth transition. Ex-cons face hurdles landing a job, frequently suffer from PTSD and other social and psychological disorders, and must come to terms with how the outside world has changed while they were locked up on the inside. But sometimes American evolves for the better, and those nation-wide changes can indirectly help alleviate the conflicts that come with re-entering society. For some former convicts, medical marijuana and the industry of legal weed has provided just that.
There's an obvious irony when talking about medical marijuana benefitting people who served time. As WEEDIQUETTE host Krishna Andavolu recently wrote for VICE, "Draconian sentencing laws surrounding marijuana have led to the imprisonment of millions of American citizens, many of whom are still serving time for possessing small amounts of weed for personal use… Weed is still a tool of the incestuous political economic machine of mass incarceration." In fact, several ex-cons I spoke with now have medical marijuana cards when weed was what got them locked up in the first place.
Regardless of the failure of war on drugs, weed can help prisoners get adjusted to the outside in ways past methods couldn't. Many suggest using medical marijuana more effectively treats PTSD or Post Incarceration Syndrome (PICS) than prescription pills, and could benefit not only prisoners but also veterans. Others ex-cons have even been able to get jobs as growers in states where commercial weed is legal. To learn more about how the plant has helped one-time prisoners adjust to life after incarceration, VICE talked to three ex-cons with medical marijuana cards.
Eyone is a 38-year-old Washington, DC native who did 17 years in federal prison for a second degree murder charge. He was released in 2010 and got a medical marijuana card a year ago, despite being on parole for life and taking regular urine tests for drugs. Jay (who asked to have his name changed) is a 39-year-old ex-con who was released from federal prison in 2008 after serving 108 months for an LSD charge. Jay resides in California and got a medical marijuana card in 2010 while he was still on federal probation. Chris is a 41-year-old from Illinois who got out in 2014 after being locked up for three years for growing marijuana. He now lives in Washington where he works for a recreational dispensary as a marijuana grower.
For more on medical marijuana, watch episode one of 'WEEDIQUETTE' below:
VICE: What benefits do you get from smoking medical marijuana?
Eyone: I need weed because it helps to keep me calm. It's helped me integrate back into society because out here in society there's a bunch of crash test dummies. If I don't have any weed, I'm going to be checking every crash test dummy I come in contact with.
Jay: I smoke weed because it alleviates anxiety and stress and all the PTSD symptoms that prison afflicted me with. I had anxiety issues before I went to jail and I was prescribed Xanax, but that's horrible for you so I don't use it. I opted for weed in place of pills and it's helped me a lot.
Chris: It's definitely helpful in some of the stressful situations you find yourself in as you re-acclimate back into society. Anybody who's has done any time behind the wall knows that you get institutionalized. It's all about routine [in prison] and then you get home and it's all on you. And it all costs money. It's not just putting in a slip to see the [prison] doctor. Everything can be stressful and I definitely believe that smoking weed helps with the process. There's weird shit from prison, like being in your room, that you just don't get over. For example, I was freaking out last week because I moved into a new place and this is the most space I've had since I got released. My bathroom is as big as the cell I stayed in for two years. It can be overwhelming, but marijuana helps me accept these new realities.
What did you tell your doctor in order to be licensed a medical marijuana card?Eyone: I had to find a doctor in DC who could issue me one on the fly because I'd caught a dirty urine and the parole people were pressing me. But I got nerve damage from my neck to my fingers. I got stabbed in the neck in prison and it still bothers me. A doctor actually told me to file for disabilities. He didn't think a medical marijuana card was enough. She wanted to put me on anti-anxiety medication like Xanax for the PTSD, but marijuana is my medicine. I paid like $125 at the doctor's office then I selected a dispensary.
Jay: When I got out, I was thinking that everyone was a rat and I was scared to share any information or talk to anyone. I was very defensive if someone was up in my space. I told the doctor that I had anxiety and stress issues, along with insomnia—all which are true.
Chris: I've had my own problems since I've been home. You get home and you get a real bed again and it takes time to get used to a real bed again. I went to go see a doctor, and after he gave me a physical and checked me out, he wrote me a prescription.
Did getting a medical card affect your relationship with your PO?
Eyone: My PO was acting like he was upset that I had a medical marijuana card, but there's nothing he could do once the Department of Health issued it to me. I gave my card to the parole supervision people and they cleared me to be able to smoke marijuana. Now, if I have to take a drug test for the parole people, I'll smoke some weed on the way to the court building.
Jay: When I got the card, I didn't tell my PO. When you sign up, there's nothing that goes to their table. The federal probation officer didn't know about the state issued card. They moved me to low-intensity probation after 18 months and I wasn't being drug tested anymore. I ended up getting off probation two years early, too. The medical marijuana card actually saved me a couple of times too. Once, I got pulled over and the cop smelled weed. He ended up showing me his own medical marijuana card and then let me go.
Chris: I didn't have to tell my probation officer anything because I was completely paper free as of April 1, 2015 after one year on probation. It was such a relief when [my PO] came to my house and I took my last urine test. A really good friend in Washington gave me a call and asked if I wanted to move out there and work for him growing weed. I moved the week after I got off parole.
Now, if I have to take a drug test for the parole people, I'll smoke some weed on the way to the court building. — Eyone
How did your use of weed affect your job prospects?
Eyone: If the job has drug tests for pot, I would be hit. But I don't want to go to McDonald's and make $10 an hour when I can make $10 an hour elsewhere and still smoke. I write books and do appearances and signings.
Jay: Not at all. In fact, I own my own gym right now. I'm doing better than a lot of the people that did time, got out, and went right back in. A lot of the people I know have ended up in prison again.
Chris: Unfortunately, in most states, it's still illegal. Even in Washington, where it's legal recreationally, there are jobs that drug test for marijuana. There's a certain amount of puffing allowed at the job where I'm at, but you can't puff in the confines of the yard where we grow the weed.
How much did you smoke before prison and in prison, in comparison to now that you can smoke legally?
Eyone: I didn't really smoke a whole lot of weed before prison—probably like two to three j's a day. In prison, weed was scarce. I might have smoked 50 dollar's worth a day in the feds, if it was around. Out here now, I smoke an ounce a day. Smoking is a regular part of what we do. It's culture.
Jay: Before prison I smoked a lot. I self-medicated illegally. Now I smoke less because I work out a lot. I didn't work out before prison, but inside I picked it up and that helps me manage my anxiety, as well. I smoke about an eighth of an ounce every two days.
Chris: I puffed quite a bit before prison, but not at all once locked up. When I got out, I didn't puff for another four years—until I moved out to Washington. I smoke pretty moderately now because I work a lot. I like to puff when I get home at the end of the night.
How does the quality of the weed you smoked before or in prison compare to the legal weed you smoke today?
Eyone: The quality of the weed that we get from the dispensaries is the best. There is no comparison to the weed I was smoking before I came home. You get the highest THC contents in the medical weed. The higher the THC, the higher the high.
Jay: I've always smoked the dank. I tried that Mexican swag in prison once, but after I wouldn't smoke that if it was the last shit on Earth. Sometimes good weed goes around in prison, though. Now, I smoke hydro and dank bud out here. The quality has got a little bit better than I remember due to hybrids.
Chris: It's astronomically better.
What's the difference between getting weed before illegally and getting it now legally?
Eyone: Getting it now is like a blessing. We can walk around with two ounces. I've been locked up for a nickel bag of weed before, so to be able to walk around without the fear of the police bothering you is great. It's kind of unbelievable when I see the police jump out and a guy has weed on him and they don't lock him up. It takes a whole load off.
Jay: I'm licensed to grow now. I can grow up to 99 plants. I can go buy it in the store, too. I can have 11 pounds on me. I can get pulled over and the car can reek like weed and the cop can be like, "Hey, do you got any weed in the car?" I can reply, "Yeah, I got ten pounds in the back," and there's nothing he can do about it.
Chris: Before it was all black market stuff, but now everybody has weed. It's so easily accessible that it's ridiculous. Right next door to Walmart is the weed shop where I can pick up a bag of weed.
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text: Brescome Barton recognized 25 employees for individual 2017 sales achievements during an award ceremony at its North Haven headquarters on January 12. General Sales Manager Steve Lentz led the ceremony, highlighting each award recipient. Brescome Barton President and CEO Gene Sepe gave closing remarks. "This room is loaded with talent. To win one of these awards, look around you … there's some tough competition. It's really an accomplishment." Sepe continued, "When all our groups are working together, our zone managers are working with our ADMs [who] are working with our merchandisers to support the sales force, that's when we get a lot of our results done."