How does one distill the essence of a company that dates back to 1780 into eight chapters? It is a mammoth task, but the team at French jeweller Chaumet has adeptly risen to the challenge with Les Mondes de Chaumet (The Worlds of Chaumet) exhibition that recently opened at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo, until September 17, 2018.
The exhibition explores the storied legacy of the French maison, and divides its varying themes, inspirations, and jewels into eight distinct chapters that recount its history in the context of the world, corroborated by bejewelled examples from its substantial archives.
The history of the French jeweller is intrinsically linked to Napoléon and his reign as an emperor, and a significant portion of the chapters delve into the landmark appointment of Marie-Étienne Nitot (founder of the maison) as court jeweller.
But perhaps the room that elicited the most gasps was the one with all the tiaras. Lining the wall were some hundred-odd tiara moulds that the jeweller had made (Chaumet was the first jeweller to create and keep these moulds), and opposite, guarded safely within glass displays, was a wealth of crowns for the aristocratic class.
Whittling down to our favourite pieces from 300 jewels, artefacts and art on display was certainly not easy, but here are five that should not be missed, for their aesthetic beauty and their historical significance.
Commissioned by Emperor Napoléon for Pope Pius VII, this papal tiara was designed by Nitot & Fils (before it took on the name of Joseph Chaumet, the company was initially called Nitot & Fils), featuring some 3,345 gemstones and 2,990 pearls, including a 414-carat emerald that has since been sold by Pope Benedict XV to raise funds for the victims of the First World War.
It was upon seeing this tremendous headpiece that Joséphine, wife of Napoléon, bestowed upon Marie-Étienne Nitot the honour of court jeweller.
When we asked curator of Chaumet's archives Béatrice de Plinval her favourite piece from the exhibition, she diplomatically answered that she loved them all. But upon gentle prodding, she admitted to having a soft spot for this Indian bayadère necklace: "It is sophistication, it is a pure fashion accessory (more than a social emblem), it is a masterpiece, it is so feminine, it is fragile, it's wonderful," she told us.
It was only in the early 1900s that an artistic exchange between the French jewellers and the royal houses of Japan and India blossomed. In fact, French jewellers would travel to India to discover the spectacular stones and parures owned by the maharajahs, who had acquired some of the most incredible diamonds, rubies and emeralds of the time. Chaumet had the honour of being the first French jeweller to go to India, and this majestic Bayadère necklace is just one of the many spectacular creations made for the maharajahs. Named after the tasselled chains worn by Hindu dancers, the necklace is constructed with natural seed pearls (it took the maison 30 years to find all of them), platinum, sapphire cabochons and rose-cut diamonds. The curators from Chaumet's heritage department tell us they were most intimidated to touch this necklace due to the delicate nature of the seeds, and the fact that the needles required to thread the pearls are no longer in production.
In Chaumet's history, Jean-Valentin Morel's name stands out for his grandiose jewels and artefacts that dutifully followed the Renaissance-genre of the 19th century. Within the chapter called Chaumet's Distant Horizons, one of the rooms is adjacent to a smaller one fitted with a fireplace, and there, only one object takes centre stage: the Hope Cup, which was made from 1853 to 1855 for Henry Thomas Hope. He requested for his family motto—"but all hope is not lost"—to be artistically rendered onto the cup, which serves as a canvas for the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda.
This masterpiece is truly a feat of opulence and artistic mastery, as a bloodstone cup serves as the base around which gold and enamelled figures represent the mythology. While Morel was not one of the more commercially viable heads of the house, his creative vision, ingenuity, and innovation lives on in such artefacts—in fact, Chaumet tells us that the cup recently underwent a procedure to determine the damage that time has inflicted upon it. They discovered a golden rod in the centre of the piece—almost unheard of in that era—that has kept it standing until today. Genius.
There are several motifs that appear time and again within Chaumet's repertoire, and the wing is one of them. Symbols that evoked the beauty of nature flourished under the keen eye of Joseph Chaumet, and he appropriated these motifs to herald the era of Belle Epoque and beyond.
This particular jewel, where platinum, diamonds, and enamel are articulated to resemble the wings of a majestic bird, was created for Gertrude Vanderbilt, of the American Vanderbilt and Whitney fortunes, in 1910.
The French Revolution might have been sparked in part by the lavish lifestyles of the royal family, but within their treasure chest were artworks and artefacts that hold tremendous historical value today. In fact, in 1793, the French government sought the expertise of Nitot to evaluate the artefacts that had once belonged to Marie-Antoinette, and within the collection, he found a set of 17th-century Japanese lacquers that were on the verge of being destroyed.
He requested that they be saved, reporting at that time: "All these objects are magnificent ornaments, well-suited to enriching the collection of the Musée National not just in terms of the singularity and nobility of the materials and forms, but also regarding their actual value. The beautiful craftsmanship and complexity of the work mean they are of greatest importance." The lacquer box displayed here is a masterpiece of gold and silver maki-e.


The calorimeters in the ATLAS experiment measure the energies of the particles created in the collision of protons. Some particles (electrons, for example) only penetrate the first layers of the calorimeters; others (such as pions) scatter their energy over the entire depth of the calorimeters. Still others (muons and neutrinos, for example) leave behind little or no energy in the calorimeter.
Thus the information from the calorimeters is crucial for identifying the particles produced by the collision. The scientists of the MPP co-developed and took part in construction of the so-called hadronic endcap calorimeter for ATLAS. This part of the calorimeter connects to the first calorimeter layers. It therefore registers mainly particles, such as the pion, that release their energy over the entire depth of the calorimeter.
If such a particle hits the calorimeter, its energy is converted to a "shower" of particles. These new particles ionize a liquid gas – argon – embedded in the calorimeter. This sets free electrons that generate a measurable current.
The hadronic endcap calorimeter covers roughly one-third of the angular field in ATLAS. In the central and forward thirds, which frame the area of the endcap calorimeter, other types of calorimeters take over the task of energy measurement.
How does the calorimeter work?
The hadronic endcap calorimeter is a so-called sampling calorimeter. Here copper plates and liquid argon alternate in regular intervals. The copper layers serve as an absorber and the argon as an emitter.
The actual shower generation takes place in the absorber – high-energy particles are converted into two or more particles with correspondingly less energy. These in turn fan out into many daughter particles. The process stops when the energy of the daughter particles becomes too small to produce further particles.
In the thin argon layers between the copper plates, the daughter particles currently present ionize the argon. The electrons set free in the process are extracted, with the help of a high voltage applied to the argon layer, and are detected as current. The ionization current per daughter particle is constant – and the sum of all currents is a measure of the number of the daughter particles in the shower at a given place. Combine the currents from all of the argon columns, and the result is a mass for the original energy of the particle that hit the detector.
Furthermore, the high-voltage electrodes in the argon columns are finely segmented, so that the position where the energy is deposited in the calorimeter is also measured. The pulses of current are amplified immediately at the edge of the detector – directly in the liquid argon. Special electronics based on gallium-arsenide semiconductors make this possible.


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NACCHO's Board consists of the Chair, Deputy Chair and 14 directors. The Chair and Deputy Chair are elected by NACCHO members for three-year terms. The 14 directors are nominated by affiliates in each state and territory. Two each from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, WA, SA, and the Northern Territory, and one each from Tasmania and the ACT.
NACCHO Board of Directors
Donnella Mills
NACCHO Chair
Donnella Mills is a proud Torres Strait Islander woman with ancestral and family links to Masig and Nagir. She is Chair of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), Chair of Wuchopperen Health Service, a member of James Cook University Council and was recently appointed to the Commonwealth Government's Advisory Council on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. From 2014 to 2021, she worked as a Cairns-based lawyer with LawRight, a community legal centre which coordinates the provision of pro-bono services for vulnerable people. She was also the managing lawyer for the innovative Wuchopperen Health Justice Partnership, in which lawyers and health professionals partnered to achieve improved health, wellbeing and justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In 2020-21 she served as the Partnerships Director at Health Justice Australia. In August 2021 she was appointed Senior Associate, Pro Bono Project Lead at King Wood & Mallesons.
Chris Bin Kali
NACCHO Deputy Chair
Christopher (Chips) Bin Kali was born in Derby WA and is a Gija/Bardi man from the Kimberley region. Chris started in the health field as Director/Chairperson of Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (KAMS) and BRAMS before being appointed as the CEO of BRAMS. Chris is currently on the boards of BRAMS (local), KAMS (regional) and AHCWA (state).
Donna Ah Chee
CEO of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation
Donna is the CEO of CAAC, an Aboriginal community controlled primary healthcare organisation servicing Alice Springs and nearby remote communities. A Bundgalung woman from the far north coast of NSW, Donna has lived in Alice Springs for over 25 years and has been actively involved in Aboriginal affairs for many years. Donna is a board director of AMSANT, NACCHO and the NT Primary Health Network.
Adrian Carson
CEO Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH)
Adrian Carson is a Cobble Cobble man from Queensland's Western Downs Region who was born and spent majority of his life on Turrbal and Jagera country in Brisbane. Adrian has almost thirty years' experience in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector. He is currently the CEO of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) Ltd in South East Queensland (SEQ), and has held this role for over 10 years. Adrian is a former CEO of Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council (QAIHC), Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) Brisbane Ltd – Queensland's first Community Controlled Health Service – and is a founder member of the Galangoor Duwalami Health Service within Queensland's Fraser Coast Region.
Adrian holds a Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management from Griffith University and is completing a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.
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Gladstone Region Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Service T/A Nhulundu Health Service
Matthew is a proud Aboriginal Man from the Byellee people in Gladstone. He has a strong background in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs having served as both a Company Director and CEO for more than 15 years. His active involvement spans all jurisdictions; local, regional, state and national including representation at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.
Matthew's current leadership roles include Chairperson of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC), Executive Chairman of the First Nations Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng Taribelang Bunda peoples Prescribed Body Corporate, Board Member Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service and CEO of Nhulundu Health Service. During the construction of the LNG industry on Curtis Island he was appointed as the Indigenous Affairs Manager for Bechtel Oil Gas and Chemicals, a renowned worldwide engineering, procurement and construction company.
Kane Ellis
CEO, Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
Graduating in 1998, Kane started as a health worker at Danila Dilba Health Service in Darwin, NT, then moved to a community health clinic (Bagot) for two years. Kane ran the men's health program in the NT at the Heart Foundation before moving into the Clinic Manager's role at Danila Dilba for seven years; during this time he acted as the CEO for a period of six months. Kane then moved to Wollongong, NSW, commuting to Sydney to work at the Aboriginal Legal Service as the Regional Manager of the South-Central Region and acting for a period as the legal service's CEO. Kane returned to his original passion when he took on the role of Comprehensive Care Practice Unit Manager at NACCHO affiliate, the AH&MRC. He is currently CEO of lllawarra Aboriginal Medical Service and a proud board member of both the AH&MRC and NACCHO.
Raylene Foster
Chief Operating Officer Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC)
Raylene represents Tasmania/Lutruwita on the NACCHO Board. She has a deep and historical understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, at national and local levels. For the past 25 years, Raylene has worked for TAC in various leadership roles building the capacity of the organisation, staff and community to provide health services tor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Chairperson of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Michael is a Dja Wurrung and Waywurru man, who has been part of various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations since the age of 16. He was raised by a politically proud family who prompted him to empower and make positive changes for his community. Michael is the CEO of The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and was recently appointed Chairperson of the VACCHO Board.
Vicki O'Donnell
CEO Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Ltd
Vicki is a Nyikina Mangala Aboriginal woman from Derby, who has worked as a Strategic Leader in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health for 15 years.
Vicki is currently CEO Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service (KAMS) in Broome. Vicki was instrumental in the establishment of both the DAHS dialysis unit and the Kimberley Renal Service.
Vicki has been a board member of AHCWA for over 15 years (8 years as the Chairperson), and is Chairperson of the WA Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee. She is an advisor on numerous State and Federal Ministerial Committees involved in Aboriginal health issues including representing WA on the Closing the Gap Coalition of Peaks and the WA Aboriginal Advisory Committee.
Vicki has a passion for Aboriginal Health which is noted on a state, regional and national level. She has gained enormous respect for her knowledge, attention to detail, and communication skills at a grass roots level.
Craig Ritchie
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services
Craig Ritchie is a Dhunghutti man and is the Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Craig's career spans senior roles that include work heading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education, university access and participation for people from low-SES backgrounds and international student mobility. He was founding Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the ACT Government. Craig's community sector work includes serving as CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), and Chair of the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services.
Polly Sumner-Dodd
Aboriginal Health Council of SA Ltd
Polly Sumner-Dodd is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Ltd (AHCSA).
Now retired, Polly was the Chief Executive Officer of Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA Inc. for over 30 years. Polly advocates strongly for Aboriginal community control, self-management and self-determination.
Polly has participated on a wide and varied range of Committees and Board Memberships, including the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), Aboriginal Sobriety Group, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Women's Legal Service, Pharmacy Board SA and the Women's Art Movement, to name a few.
Polly's involvement with AHCSA has spanned more than 38 years, beginning with the Aboriginal Health Organisation (AHO). The AHO underwent major transformations, giving birth to the Aboriginal Health Council of SA and more importantly, moving to Aboriginal community control.
Polly believes that ongoing improvement to the health and well-being of all members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is both pivotal and crucial if we are to reach and maintain a quality of life equal to that of the wider community.
Suzanne Squires
CEO Lake Tyers Health and Children's Services (LTHCS)
Suzie Squires is a Yuin Woman, that was born and raised on Gunai Kurnai Country. Suzie is currently the CEO of Lake Tyers Health and Children's Services and has positions on a number of Boards as the Chairperson of the Gippsland Aboriginal Alliance and Vicechair of Yoowinna Wurnalung Healing Service. For the past six years Suzie has been committed to advocating for change not only for Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust and the community that reside there but for Aboriginal People across Victoria.
Preston Thomas
Deputy Chair of the Ngaanyatjarra Group
Preston Thomas known as "Mr T" is a former Deputy Chairperson of the Aboriginal Land Trust. He is the currently the Deputy Chair of the Ngaanyatjarra Group (Includes the Ngaanyatjarra Council Aboriginal Corporation, Ngaanyatjarra Services and Ngaanyatjarra Health Service) Mr T is also Chairperson of Kanpa Community Council.
He is an active member of the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA and has been a Director of the Aboriginal Health Council of WA since 2015. He is committed to the increasing development of Aboriginal Western Australians.
Previous chairpersons
Dr Puggy Hunter
Ms Pat Anderson
Dr Naomi Mayers
2001 & 2005 (acting)
Mr Henry Councillor
2001 – 2002, 2003, 2005 – 2007
Mr Tony McCartney
Dr Mick Adams
Mr Justin Mohamed
Mr Matthew Cooke
Mr John Singer

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Remember the great bookshelf that Handy Hubby was building for our daughter. The good news is that the base is done. The bad news... it doesn't fit in the intended location! Measure twice, cut once, right?!
Looks like we've already sold it though and he'll start on a new one.


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How to use the Windows 10 Microsoft Store if you're a gamer
The Windows 10 app store continues to be rather bad you're a gamer, but with Xbox Game Pass it's becoming a necessity for some quality titles.
Jez Corden
The Windows 10 app store, officially branded the "Microsoft Store," comes as standard with Windows 10, offering a handful of great apps and games based on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). UWP has a raft of benefits (as well as downsides), but the idea is to help developers create games and programs with a single codebase for several different endpoints. For example, Sea of Thieves for PC uses the same code as it does for Xbox One and Xbox One X.
For those who might be interested in picking up Microsoft Store-exclusive PC games, such as Gears of War 4 and beyond, the store can be a bit convoluted to navigate. Here's what you need to know to survive Xbox gaming on PC.
Managing your game library
Unfortunately, there's no easy way to simply manage and view your installed games. The game library on the Xbox app does bring in all the games installed on your PC, but you can't uninstall, update, or manage the installations from that location, which is frankly bad design. You also can't view your purchased titles from this location either. You'll need to use a combination of the Start Menu, the Xbox app and the Microsoft Store app to manage your games and invite friends into multiplayer parties.
Buying games
Open the Microsoft Store by typing "Microsoft Store" into the Start Menu. (Note: You can also right click it and pin it to the Taskbar or Start Menu for easy access).
Use the search box at the top left to find a game you want to buy, or browse the store by clicking Games.
Select buy on the store listing for the game you want to purchase.
After the purchase is complete, you can then select install to download the game.
Finding your previously purchased games
To find your owned titles, first, open the Microsoft Store by typing "Microsoft Store" into the Start Menu.
Select the dots in the top right-hand corner to open the menu.
Click on My library.
Here, you can view a full list of your games and queue them for download. You can also filter the list to hide any owned Xbox One titles.
Viewing downloads and updating games
To update currently installed titles, first, open the Microsoft Store by typing the same into the Start Menu.
Select Downloads and updates to view your download queue.
Click Get updates to scan if any apps or games are due an update.
Finding, launching, and uninstalling games
You can launch titles from the Start menu, and also pin them to your start screen, taskbar, or desktop for easy access.
Simply type the name of the game you're looking for into the Start Menu.
Right click to pull up a context menu for pinning for easy access, or uninstalling.
Simply left click to open the game.
Managing co-operative Xbox parties on PC
Some titles on UWP have in-game party systems, but many of them have Xbox-integration for co-operative multiplayer management and voice chat.
Open the Xbox app by typing "Xbox" into the Start Menu. (Note: You can also right click to pin the app to your Start Menu or task bar for easy access.)
On the right side is a list of your friends. Select the friend you want to join with a left click.
If your friend has a party already open with a joinable game, you can simply select Join party or Join game in the middle to instantly start co-op play.
You can create your own party by selecting the party icon in the top right-hand corner, and hitting Start a party.
There are other nuances involved with getting parties going and managing UWP games on your Windows 10 PC, but these are the basics you need to know to get started. If you have any more questions, drop them in the comments below and we'll try to solve your problems!
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New year new VR
PSVR2's market appeal isn't going to help with WMR's stagnation
Sony unveiled a bunch more details about PlayStation VR2 at CES 2022, and it looks like it's set to take on a much wider segment of the VR market. What does that mean for Windows Mixed Reality?
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The Subantarctic Islands are tiny havens for some of the most abundant and unique wildlife on the planet. They lie in the cool temperate or Subantarctic Zone to the south and east of New Zealand in the great southern ocean that encircles Antarctica. This is a windswept and at times forbidding swath of sea, surprising in its fecundity.
The Subantarctic Islands are comprised of six groups: the Bounty Islands, the Antipodes, the Snares, the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and Macquarie Island. Flora and fauna are densely concentrated in the Subantarctic Islands: the number of indigenous plants and seabirds found in the Subantarctic Islands is far greater than that found on similar groups in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
It is little wonder that these islands of the Subantarctic are all Nature Reserves and World Heritage sites. As such, the New Zealand and Australian Governments that administer them afford the Subantarctic Islands the highest protection. Tourism is allowed, but only under special license, and numbers are restricted to minimise impact and to ensure a world class wilderness and wildlife experience. The Subantarctic Islands not only play an important role in the Southern Ocean ecosystem - they also have a rich human history. From their discovery 200 years ago, they were exposed to an era of exploitation. In time we began to understand their true worth and treasure them for their intrinsic value as wild and beautiful places. Visiting them is a pleasure and a privilege. You will not be disappointed.
Birding Down Under is our most comprehensive exploration of the Subantarctic Islands. This 18 day expedition explores seven different island groups including the remote Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands. Our Galapagos of the Southern Ocean voyage encompassing the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands as well as wildlife rich Macquarie Island, is so popular that we now run two voyages per season.
Our eight day Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific voyage takes you to a part of New Zealand that few have been privileged enough to visit. On Beyond Fiordland: New Zealand's Wildest Islands we explore Fiordland, Stewart and Ulva Islands and the Subantarctics as we journey back to where the Heritage Expeditions story began more than 35 years ago.
Every expedition aims at maximising the opportunities for all participants, regardless of your interest, with quality time ashore with experienced guides who know the islands and the wildlife well. We also include the Subantarctic Islands on our Antarctic Expeditions.
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Discover the 'Albatross Latitudes and explore the most remote Subantarctic islands including Snares, Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell, Macquarie & Chatham Islands on this comprehensive 17-day expedition perfect for those interested in birds, history, wildlife.
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Campbell Island, Auckland Islands & the Snares Islands, these UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of the most wildlife rich islands. This voyage is timed to coincide with the flowering of the megaherbs which paint the landscape vivid colours.
Galapagos of the Southern Ocean: New Zealand and Australia's Subantarctic Islands
Explore wildlife rich Macquarie Island as well as Campbell, Auckland Islands and the Snares. These UNESCO World Heritage Sites are home to a vast array of albatross, penguins, petrels, elephant seals and more.
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News you wish you hadn't heard
There's never a good time to hear bad news. Just ask Jerome Preisler
08/15/2007 2:12 PM ET
By Jerome Preisler / Special to YESNetwork.com
Rizzuto was honored Wednesday night. (AP)
There are days when you're glad to be home.
We found out about Scooter while driving down from Maine for some Yankee games. Our dash radio's been trouble lately and we haven't had time to get it checked out, so I'd brought a bunch of music CDs for the ride into New York. But yesterday our reception wasn't too bad, and I was able to pick up Boston sports talk radio WEEI AM right around the Kittery toll plaza.
The news came on the hourly sports update after the previous night's Red Sox and Yankees scores, and a capsule breakdown of the Sox game, and the American League East standings. New York Yankees legend Phil Rizzuto had died at 89. There was no other information.
"Wow," I said. "Wow."
That was about all I could manage, and The Wife didn't fare much better.
We'd suspected Scooter wasn't doing well. He'd missed this season's Old Timers' Day, and hadn't been at the Stadium for the roll call before last year's rainout. He hadn't thrown out the first pitch at any big games, nor made his customary appearances at charitable golf tournaments, nor been heard from at all on the radio-not for the longest time. It was obvious he was very ill, and it wasn't a shock to hear of his passing, but it was still hard to take.
We stayed tuned to WEEI AM hoping to hear more about Scooter. But there was no mention of him besides another of those updates. The Dale and Holly Show is Boston's most popular sports radio program and co-host Dale Arnold was incensed by a Boston Herald article that implied a Roxbury youth team had gotten snubbed by the Celtics, who apparently hadn't provided them with a team van or bus that might or might not have been promised. For an hour or better, this was the primary topic of discussion.
I don't know whether Arnold ever got around to talking about Phil. Somewhere on I-95 in New Hampshire, I'd gotten impatient, turned off the radio, and dropped a CD into the tray.
The music didn't comfort us much, but it was better than WEEI, and we figured it would do until we'd gone midway through Massachusetts. There's a roadside plaza where we gas up before turning off the Mass. Pike, and the New York radio stations often start coming in as we get close to it-the strongest signals are from WCBS or WINS AM, and occasionally WFAN sports talk.
Yesterday, it didn't happen. Because the radio's been balky, we'd gotten nothing but earfuls of static coming up on the plaza. But once we stopped, WFAN reached us okay.
I walked the dog and then sat listening to Joe Benigno while The Wife went for coffee and snacks. The talk on his show was all about Scooter-much to my relief. That hour or so of Dale and Holly had made me wonder.
After The Wife brought our food, we stayed put awhile and ate there in the parking area, knowing we'd lose the radio again when we were back on the highway. Benigno took a lot of calls from New York sports fans who shared their recollections of Phil. Some of the older ones talked about having watched him on the field. Most talked about how they'd grown up listening to him call Yank games on television and what he'd meant to them in their formative years. More than a few had stories about meeting him in person. The memories were essentially the same; everyone whose life Phil touched seemed to feel affection for him. The memories, all of them, made us smile.
Finally, we got underway. The radio signal drifted in and out, but it never dropped off altogether, and really came in well once we exited the Pike and bore onto I-84 West. For the next three or four hours, we stayed tuned to the New York radio tributes to Phil. We listened to interviews with former Yank manager Ralph Houk, and Joe Garagiola, and Scooter's former Yankee double-play and broadcast partner Jerry Coleman. We listened to audio clips of his broadcast career highlights-the Maris #61 home run call, and his wildly energetic call of Chris Chambliss' walkoff homer in the 1976 ALCS, a hit that took the Yanks to the World Series for the first time in over a decade. We listened some of Phil's less famous calls, and I guess I enjoyed hearing them even more than the others. Maybe because they were like those I remembered hearing firsthand on television . . . punctuated by all those "Holy Cows!" and happy birthdays and goofy non sequiturs.
Meanwhile, it was still sinking in that Scooter was gone. Wow.
I really didn't know what else to say. I complained some to The Wife when the WFAN sports updates had Phil as born and raised in Queens-he wasn't, he was born in Brooklyn, and we Brooklynites are proud of our own-but the error was eventually corrected, and we drove on through Connecticut and Westchester and upper Manhattan in silence, glad we had the radio to keep us company.
I'm always the first one in when we reach our apartment. While the Wife waits in the SUV, making sure it doesn't get towed, I bring up the cats and feed them, and then unload whatever stuff we've brought from our other place. It takes me several trips in the elevator, and sometimes I'll put on the television so I can watch it as I drop off our bags. Yesterday, I immediately turned to YES. The Mike and the Mad Dog simulcast was on and, down in the SUV, I'd heard Mike Francesca say he was about to run a June, 2005 interview that he and Chris Russo had done with Scooter . . . his last on their show, I believed.
Up in the apartment, I sank into a chair and listened to the whole thing. I had a heavy travel bag on each shoulder but didn't bother shucking either of them. I was oblivious to their weight.
Though his health had been failing, and his voice was kind of weak, the interview was vintage Rizzuto. He talked about the steroids his doctor had prescribed for his illness, and how they'd restored some of his strength and appetite, and that led to some baseball-related wisecracks. He told some stories we'd heard before, and never seemed to hear often enough. The segment lasted fifteen minutes, and when it was over I took a deep breath, drank a glass of water, went back downstairs, and told The Wife I was sorry for taking so long.
She said I didn't have to apologize. She'd also been listening to the radio. Her eyes were moist.
At Yankee Stadium that night, we watched the video tributes to Phil, and listened to Bob Sheppard's touching words, and condolences to his wife Cora and their four children. A wreath had been hung on his monument, and his retired jersey number was painted in white on the grass outside the first and third base lines. Yogi was around somewhere, I knew. Of course Yogi was around.
On the mezzanine high above home plate, a fan had hung a sign that read, "A TOUGH YANKEE LOSS 10". I pointed it out to The Wife, and found myself looking at it throughout the night, and thinking it was right on. A tough, tough loss. There are days when you're glad to be home, and for me, yesterday was one of them.
Goodbye, Scooter. May you rest in peace.
Jerome Preisler is the author of almost two dozen novels and works of nonfiction, including the New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy's Power Plays series. With co-author Kenneth Sewell, he has recently completed the book ACT OF WAR: THE SOVIET ATTACK AND KILLING OF THE USS SCORPION, a narrative history to be published in hardcover by Simon and Schuster later this year. Under the pseudonym Suzanne Price, he and his wife Suzanne are the co-authors of SCENE OF THE GRIME, a comedic mystery that will be released from Signet Books in June.


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The Careers department supports pupils to actively seek, engage and reflect in relevant and meaningful careers activities to inform career choice for their future career paths. We do this by ensuring that all children follow an educational pathway which is appropriate for them and to inform students of potential career opportunities available, for example with STEM qualifications.
The CEIAG policy is reviewed yearly by feedback from pupils, parents, staff and the Board of Governors.
All staff are encouraged to take responsibility for careers within their subject, this information has been collected through a career audit on career activities experienced by our pupils in their school subjects.
To enable students to make informed choices about their future career paths.
To be committed to giving students an insight into developments in careers information, including social media and networking.
To maintain and develop links with a range of external and community organisations to provide students with opportunities for Work Placements, mentoring etc.
To provide comprehensive information, advice and guidance in all student's career education.
To provide opportunities for students to identify their strengths, aspirations and options through a variety of means, including discussions with subject teachers, class teachers and career staff.
To help students understand and develop the necessary skills to equip them for whatever career path they choose, this is an important aspect highlighted in their LLW classes.
To research and provide up-to-date information about employment, labour market trends, FE courses, undergraduate courses and work experience.
To ensure and promote the importance of the Careers Service and ensure that all pupils at KS4 have interviews with a DEL adviser.
Staffing:
Mrs V Beattie Senior Teacher Careers Education
Mr B Adams LLW Subject Leader & Career Teacher
Ms J Russell Entitlement Framework & Career Teacher
All staff will contribute to CEAIG through their roles as class teachers and subject teachers. Specialist sessions are offered through Learning for Life and Work (LLW), under the co-ordination of the LLW Subject Leader. Specialist Careers Information and Guidance is provided in collaboration with Careers Advisers from DfE.
Currently the Careers department have Room 145 which has 5 computers and Room 147 has University, Apprenticeships, Employment and FE college information.
Student Entitlement:
As a minimum entitlement all students will have the opportunity to:
Identify their career interests through their LLW programme.
Discuss career plans in individual interviews, class discussion and with careers staff and DEL advisers.
Access a range of materials for careers research for example handouts, software programmes and internet.
Information, advice and guidance on application forms, CVs, and interviews.
Work experience at KS4 & KS5.
Attend information evenings, Career Conventions, open days etc. which are relevant to their needs.
Access university and FE prospectuses.
Additional information, advice and guidance given to those pupils with Special Needs.
All students to be given advice and guidance on their chosen career pathway and the opportunities and progression routes associated with their choice.
Key public agencies, employers of all sizes in the private, public and voluntary sectors, schools, colleges, universities and training organisations, guidance practitioners and individuals all have a specific and important role, individually and together in assisting with the promotion of CEIAG in Ballyclare Secondary School.
Transition Points:
Key Stage 3 Programme: LLW
To help pupils understand themselves and develop their capabilities.
To investigate careers and opportunities.
To implement their career plans
Informed choices ('Option choices' assembly, small group discussions, Career Convention and Year 10 Options evening).
To understand themselves and develop capabilities
To investigate careers and opportunities
Interview Skills
Informed choices (Year 12 Guidance Evening & Career Convention)
Key Stage 5 Programme
At Sixth Form level, support and advice is available to all students. They have 1 period per week of careers but can speak to a careers teacher at anytime. Our aim is to help the students to make realistic and informed decisions about their future beyond the 16 – 19 Curriculum and to help students to manage the transition from the sixth form into Higher Education, Training or Employment.
Careers for Special Education Needs (SEN)
To provide advice and support to pupils aged 14+ with a statement of special needs a transition plan is drawn up. The Transition Plan meeting aims to put in place all necessary measures to ensure a successful transition, identifying and overcoming barriers or difficulties in the process. The Transition Plan will be reviewed along with their statement at each annual review meeting within their last years of school.
There will be various people that may attend the transition plan meeting:
Careers Teacher
Careers Advisor DfE
Education Transition Co-ordinator
Representative from your Health & Social Care Trust
Other Voluntary Organisations
On leaving school the pupil's skills, talents, communication and personal care needs are met by the allocation of a suitably tailored career pathway.
LLW: See more detail in: Learning Areas- Learning for Life and Work
In Learning for Life and Work, pupils follow a five year pathway in the 'Education for Employability' element of the course.
Year 8: pupils look at their skills and their abilities, and learn about how employers need these skills.The focus is on what the pupils can already do, and then on what skills they need to develop.
Year 9: focuses on local and national job employment trends, and pupils will analyse a particular job which is of interest to them. Pupils also look at avoiding problems in the workplace, and learn about Health and Safety.
Year 10: work helps the pupils to make sensible choices for their future, and looks at what jobs are linked to various GCSE subjects. Pupils also start their progress Files in Year 10.
Year 11: pupils start to plan for their Work Experience, and this is linked to work in their Citizenship course, looking at how employers and employees can maintain good working relationships. Pupils also develop their work in their Progress Files.
Year 12: is a very careers orientated course, and after dealing with Work Experience, pupils prepare practice Application Forms for their Interview Skills days, and complete a CV and a Personal Statement as the final elements of their Progress Files.
STEM: General Information
Why STEM?
There is a huge variety of exciting career paths open to people with STEM based skills.
In addition, almost every organisation today relies on people with STEM qualifications – including technology skills to run their IT systems and maths skills to manage their accounts: 72% of all UK businesses rely on people with STEM skills.
58% of all new jobs will be STEM related. There will be significant growth in new jobs but also massive replacement demand. Economically valuable skills such as STEM skills will matter most.
Young people with STEM qualifications are in demand in the job market and have good long term career prospects.
Choosing science, technology, engineering and maths subjects opens up options later in life.
59% of employers expect to find difficulty recruiting enough people with STEM qualifications in the next few years.
STEM careers lead to good salaries later in life: Graduates earn £160,000 more than non-graduates in their working life time, and STEM graduates tend to earn nearly £250,000 more.
Many large businesses offering STEM based apprenticeships pay for apprentices to go on to take a university degree – e.g.: in telecoms BT, in aerospace, in energy British Gas, in accountancy KPMG.
STEM careers offer good prospects for the long term: Most science and engineering companies provide training opportunities and map out long term career paths. There is a demand for people with STEM skills globally, careers can often include the opportunity to travel.
People with STEM skills can make a big contribution to many of the big challenges facing society today.
Many of the great challenges we face in the 21st century need science and technology based solutions – for instance:
You could be developing crops which provide greater yield to farmers – in a world where one billion people don't have enough food to eat.
You could be designing safer cars – because almost 3,000 people a year are killed on UK roads alone.
You could be working on a cure for cancer – because over 300,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK.
You could be creating educational software to help children with dyslexia – because 1 in 10 children suffer from some level of dyslexia in the UK.
One of the great challenges of our age is the search for new energy solutions. We have to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel and find new sources of energy, from wind to solar to wave power. Rising to this challenge is creating many new STEM based jobs for the future – for example:
There is expected to be a 48% increase in demand for physical environmental science graduates in the next eight years.
The UK government estimates that the renewable energy sector alone could create 500,000 jobs by 2020.
The UK wind industry has the potential to create 60,000 new jobs over the course of the next 10 years – effectively expanding the current workforce in this sector tenfold.
CEIAG and STEM at Ballyclare Secondary School:
The Careers department believes that the promotion of STEM subjects is important for our economy. Ballyclare Secondary School have a fantastic range of STEM subject options at GCSE and Post 16 to suit all learning styles.
The school takes all opportunities to promote STEM. The STEM team co-ordinated by Ms Russell promotes career pathways through numerous STEM events:
Making Choices in Year 10:
Students should keep in mind that their GCSE choice is unlikely to make any difference in their career choices except in certain circumstances for example:
Teaching: you should be studying the subject you would like to teach
Medicine: it is advisable to study the 3 sciences as single subjects as this will provide a strong basis for A Level science study and increase the chances of an offer from university.
Design: you should study Art & Design.
Generally you should take into consideration your:
It is difficult at this young age to decide what your long term career will be, BUT
DO NOT choose subjects just because your friend is doing them
DO NOT choose subjects just because you like the teacher as they may not be taking the class you are in.
Making Choices in Year 12
Ask yourself this important question: What do I want from my future career?
-A job that's challenging and interesting
-A job that's well paid
-A job that has good prospects for future promotion
If you are really unsure of your future career, or have no idea at all, then think about :
Your interests in general, (subjects, hobbies, part time jobs, voluntary work)
Your abilities, (good communicator, mathematical/scientific/artistic)
Your values and attitudes, (do you want to earn lots of money, help other people)
Before making any decisions be sure to speak to your parents/carers, teachers, the careers teacher and DEL advisers and exhibitors at the Career Convention.
It is also a good idea to look at the content of A Level courses, how they are taught and assessed as these factors will have an impact on your enjoyment of the course. Remember certain courses at university require specific subjects at A Level, (e.g. medicine requires chemistry), as well as subject combinations, so you should do some research on this as well. Some universities also recommend subjects, or have a list of preferred and non-preferred subjects at A Level.
You can find information on some of these in the document 'Informed Choices', downloadable at www.russellgroup.ac.uk
If you are unsure but do want to study A Levels then consider taking 1 or 2 'facilitating subjects'. These are subjects that provide a broad range of skills and keep your options open in a range of areas. For example:
-Maths
-Biology
-Chemistry
-Physics
-Languages
-History
-Geography
Making your decisions REMEMBER:
Know what you want to do? Check university entry requirements for any required/recommended subjects/courses.
Not sure What subjects to do: Keep your options open and take the 'facilitating' subjects.
GCSE grades matter! Many university courses, training courses and jobs have specific GCSE grade requirements beyond the basic 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C. You should check this before choosing your Post-16 course.
Do your choices reflect a balance of your abilities, interests and strengths?
Make sure you know WHY you are choosing a course, especially if you are taking a 'new' subject for the first time at A Level.
Careers Downloads
Career Events 2017-18
Career Over View
Map for career organisation
Work Experience Data Base
Work Experience Policy Document
Work Experience a Parent's Guide
University WS
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When it comes to bid writing for charities, there are some common, key elements that generally need covering which can often be hard to demonstrate, such as:
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Charity Case Studies
Ministry of Justice Offender Management
Our client, Willowdene Rehabilitation, a social enterprise, commissioned us to prepare nine Selection Questionnaires so they could go on to bid for contracts supporting women with complex needs across West Mercia. For many, their chaotic lifestyles lead them to become involved in offending or puts them at risk of doing so, and our client offers services that help them recover from trauma and turn their lives around.
We worked closely with the client, interviewing their management team to identify the evidence to demonstrate their capability, experience, and capacity to deliver successful outcomes for the women, their children and families, and their communities. We also articulated the benefits of the client's approach to wider society by breaking links with issues that lead people to commit crime.
All nine of these SQs were successful in passing to the next stage of the competition.
We have also supported the client to prepare a tender to the Ministry of Justice to provide residential support to women who need significant intervention to help address substance misuse. Again, we worked closely with the client's team to understand, and then articulate, their approach and evidence to show it would deliver positive outcomes and benefits.
This was also a successful bid, and the client was awarded the contract.
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Intervention Services and Helplines
Freeva (Free from violence and abuse) is a charity that is working towards reducing domestic violence, rape and sexual assault in Leicestershire. They empower and support victims of domestic and sexual violence/assault, and challenge abusive behaviours. They also support perpetrators who recognise the need to change their behaviour. Freeva works to break cycles of violence and abuse to build cohesive families and communities.
We worked with Freeva on three tenders to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire.
All three of these bids were successful.
Rape Crisis England & Wales
Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) are a membership organisation for Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales who deliver specialist services to those affected by sexual violence. They aim to educate, influence, and make change by providing expert information and support.
We supported the charity in 2022 for a bid to develop and launch a service for victims-survivors of sexual violence which would be available 24/7. Two writers supported this high priority bid in which RCEW planned on making a partnership with their South London Centre who currently run the existing national helpline. RCEW already run a Live Chat service, and therefore this bid involved gaining a deep understanding into these services that would amalgamate into one and expand to become a new service for this tender.
This was a successful bid, leading to a contract with the Ministry of Justice.
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
We supported a small charity in Dover providing practical support and advice to homeless people across the district. We provided support for two bids over 12 months to compete for funding from the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner to advance its work with those with mental health issues living on the streets.
For the project, our writer worked with the charity's management team to understand the nature of their work, issues they were facing, and how their proposed diversionary interventions would meet the Commissioner's objectives. These objectives were to have positive outcomes for those being supported and prevent them from becoming victims or perpetrators of crime. Beneficiaries were, therefore, both the homeless individuals and the police, and ultimately, the people of Dover.
These two funding bids were both successful and the charity was able to advance its work in the town.
Southwest of England Community Rehabilitation Company
We worked with a charity based in the South West providing support to women who are victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence, and were at risk of becoming offenders themselves.
We worked with the client to develop their proposal for the South West Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) to provide a combination of interventions to help the women desist from crime and to help them heal from trauma. For us, this meant interviewing subject matter experts, exploring their solution, and identifying evidence that supported their methodology. We also needed to evidence outcomes for the women and how the service would support the CRC to achieve its outcomes and offer value for money.
This was an urgent project, with a tight turnaround of 3 days to prepare the submission, and we worked flexibly with the client to fit around their schedules.
The outcome was a successful tender with our client being awarded the contract.


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McConnell: Dems' latest payroll proposal no compromise
By Josiah Ryan - 12/06/11 03:09 PM EST
"He rather misleading referred to it as a compromise on the payroll tax," said McConnell, delivering his first speech of the week on Tuesday. "I call it misleading because we had to find out about it from reporters."
"This was not another compromise, this was another bill designed to fail," said McConnell.
The bill McConnell was referring to was presented by Democrats on Monday and would extend the payroll tax holiday by hiking taxes on the rich. The tax hike, however, is about $85 billion smaller than the one included in a similar bill presented by Democrats last week, which was soundly defeated. That reduction in the surtax on the rich has led Democrats, including Reid, to refer to this week's bill as a compromise.
McConnell pointed out that once again the Senate will spend the week deliberating legislation that has almost no chance of clearing the Congress.
"The majority leader has yet to introduce legislation that can actually pass the Senate or the House," said McConnell. "[S]o this is what Washington has been reduced to: a president and a Senate that would rather spend their time doing cheap political theater than giving people the certainty they want."
Reid on Monday, however, warned that "Republicans in Congress dismiss our plan at their own peril."


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Los Angeles & Southern California – Mediocre Growth Among California Fencing Divisions 2016-2017
The Southern California Division of the United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the 6th largest Division in the nation in terms of the of local and regional fencer-events generated by members of the Division¹. It is home to the Los Angeles International Fencing Center, a 2016-2017 "Fencing Club of the Year" recipient for its #1 Top 8 Medals Points for Cadet Women's Epee and #1 International Designated Points Junior Women's Epee. In addition, eight of the Division's clubs were awarded the "Best Fencing Clubs" designation for 2016-2017; Avant Garde Fencers Club (Saber), Beverly Hills Fencers' Club (Epee), Conejo Fencing Club (Foil), Fortune Fencing (Epee), Salle Couturier (Foil/Epee), Swords Fencing Studio (Epee), United Fencing Academy (Foil) and Z Fencing Los Angeles (Saber).
The Division has jurisdiction over the following counties: Kern County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County and Los Angeles County except for the cities of La Verne, San Dimas, Pomona, and Diamond Bar, which belong to the San Bernadino Division, and that part of Los Angeles County which lies south of the 91 freeway and east of the 710 freeway, which belongs to the Orange Coast Division.
In 2016-2017 the Division was ranked 6th out of 68 in terms of the number of local and regional fencer-events generated by members of the Division. It ranked below New Jersey, New England, Central California, Illinois and Metro NYC but above Virginia, Northern California, Gulf Coast and Georgia to make the Top 10 list of the most active fencing Divisions in the nation.
The number of local and regional fencer-events generated by members of the Division has grown at the compound annual rate of 4.8% per year since 2008-2009, compared to the national average of 4.4% per year over the same period.
The growth in fencer-events has been underwritten by the healthy growth in saber, which has grown at the compound annual rate of 6.2% since 2010-2011. This compares with the mediocre growth experienced by foil which has grown at the compound annual rate of 1.0%. Epee has not grown over the past past seven years. The historical growth in fencer-events is illustrated in the accompanying graph. Epee now accounts for about 38% of fencer-events generated in the Division followed by foil at 36% and Saber 26%.
Club Activity
The number of local and regional fencer-events generated by a club is related to the number and profile of competitive members in the club, the approach of the club's coaches regarding competitive tournaments and the quality and distance of nearby fencing competitions. Local tournament events include events that are organized by clubs, consortia of clubs and USFA Divisions. They do not include ROCs, RJCCs, SYCs, RYCs and Divisional Qualifiers which are all classified as regional tournaments. National tournaments include NACs, Championships, and the July Challenge.
The composition of fencer-events generated by the largest clubs in 2015-2016 is illustrated in the accompanying graph. The Los Angeles International Fencing Center, Fortune Fencing, Swords Fencing Studio and United Fencing Academy accounted for about 57% of the fencer-events generated in 2015-2016. Fencers from the Los Angeles International Fencing Center generated the most fencer-events in 2015-2016 at 903, about 42% from epee, 37% from foil and 21% from saber. Fortune Fencing followed with 727 fencer-events, 92% epee, 6% foil, and 1% saber. Swords Fencing Studio is a single weapon club specializing in epee as illustrated in the graph.
The following graph shows the growth in foil fencer-events generated by the largest clubs with foil programs in the Division over the past five years. Located in Woodland Hills, the United Fencing Academy generated the largest number of local and regional foil fencer-events in 2015-2016 at 393, up from 25 in 2013-2014, the year the club was established. In second place is the Los Angeles International Fencing Center. It has recorded a decline in the number of foil fencer-events over the past few years, falling from a peak of 867 in 2012-2013 to 334 in 2015-2016 as illustrated in the graph.
The following graph clearly demonstrates that Avant Garde Fencers Club, located in Los Angeles and Z Fencing Los Angeles located in Pasadena, are the largest generators of saber fencer-events. They accounted for about 68% of all the local and regional saber fencer-events generated in the Division in 2015-2016.
Fortune Fencing, Swords Fencing Studio, and Los Angeles International Fencing Center were the dominant clubs generating local and regional epee fencer-events as illustrated below. Between them, they accounted for 87% of the epee fencer-events generated in the Division in 2015-2016.
¹ Source: askFred.net
We recognize that askFRED.net data includes non-sanctioned USFA tournaments such as high school tournaments, private club tournaments, and a few tournaments associated with fencing camps. While the data is not perfect, it nevertheless allows for a comparison of medium to long term growth rates in fencer-activity across States, Divisions, and Clubs. Provided the inconsistencies are consistent over time we are able to get a trend, and therefore an average growth rate. Despite the data limitations, we are able to make valid comparisons on the performance of States, Divisions, and clubs. For strategic decision making, timely, consistent, and directionally correct information is more important than data that is one hundred percent accurate.


This blessed hunger is a hunger for God. Blessed Augustine is right in his Confessions before God: "Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless until it repose in Thee." The only guest who can make our soul happy is God. And if God is our paramount bliss, it is clear that which obstructs the way to God must be the greatest evil for us. Such an evil is sin.
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There's no doubt that innovation in IT can help the industry drive revenue and offer more customer centric offers. However, due to the challenges such as data silos and legacy systems, the hospitality industry is hindered from advancing and taking advantage of its most valuable resource - data.
While there is a lot of existing innovation from a technology perspective in companies and startups that are building new applications and software, as highlighted by Pillau, the integration of legacy systems with such technology is not that easy and is very costly.
There are many reasons for data problems to occur, but one of the biggest ones is simply from low maturity and low value of treating the data.


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Langworthy: Bring the Legislature back to Albany
By Cayla Harris on November 25, 2019 at 7:44 PM
State GOP Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy on Monday said the state Legislature should hold a special session next month to overturn the expected plan from the state's public financing commission that could threaten the viability of minor parties.
And while they're at it, he said, lawmakers should also repeal the sweeping criminal justice reform set to take effect Jan. 1.
"They should come back and vote down this ridiculous public financing proposal," Langworthy said. "I haven't even read it yet, but I know that I'm against it. I don't need to read it before I know I'm against it."
"And if there are other things, like repealing some of this nonsense that was in the budget with the criminal justice thing, that would be great too," he added. "They can do that in one day."
Langworthy's calls will offer him some unusual company, as progressive groups and lawmakers decry the public finance commission's expected plan to significantly heighten the vote thresholds parties must hit to maintain ballot status.
On Monday, the commission voted to set that threshold at 130,000 votes or 2 percent of the total votes in that year's presidential or gubernatorial race, whichever is greater. Its final report is expected on Wednesday.
The move threatens the viability of several minor parties – most notably the Working Families Party – while the Conservative Party appears to be safe.
"I will be singing to the heavens about how terrible this product is and how the Legislature should come and probably vote it down, unless we have a drastic sea change in the next few days," Langworthy said. "One, we don't need taxpayers funding all of our statewide elections or our state legislative elections. And two, they shouldn't mess with the minor parties."
Supporters of the increased threshold say the current limit – 50,000 votes every four years – allows parties that are not "credible" to have excessive influence on elections.
Meanwhile, state officials are also in the middle of a political feud over landmark criminal justice reforms that will go into effect at the start of the New Year. Part of the reforms include eliminating the use of pretrial bail for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony offenses.
"Anyone that thinks that the mass exodus from our jails isn't going to lead to more crime and deterioration of our public safety – they're sadly mistaken," Langworthy said.
Proponents of the bail reforms have dismissed the calls for repeal as fearmongering, pointing to similar laws enacted in New Jersey that have not led to increases in crime. The bail reforms will move New York away from punishment and toward rehabilitation, while also making the criminal justice system fairer to those who cannot afford cash bail, they argue.
Langworthy touched on both issues while fielding reporters' questions at an unrelated event outside U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko's office in downtown Albany, where the chairman had gathered with Republican supporters to hold an anti-impeachment rally.


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McLean, Virginia- On Thursday, January 22 at 2 p.m., Navy Marine Coast Guard Residence Foundation (NMCGRF) and Vinson Hall Retirement Community (VHRC) in McLean, VA joined local armed services veterans in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Independent Living apartment building and Community Building. The additions to VHRC add 75 new apartments and 12 new short-term rehabilitation suites to the Continuing Care Retirement Community.
The ribbon cutting ceremony culminated nearly a decade of designing and planning. Board members and administration came together in May 2012 to break ground on the new addition sites which would continue under construction until the late fall of 2014. The original VHRC campus, established in 1969, includes Vinson Hall Independent Living apartments, Arleigh Burke Pavilion Assisted Living and Health Care, and The Sylvestery memory support assisted living. Together, the new $42 million Independent Living building and $14 million Community Building add 268,000 square feet to McLean's premier retirement community.


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Q: Java @Singleton EJB executing method at most every 5 seconds Hi I am implementing a web application with email sending functionality. In order for our email server not to be blacklisted we have to send at most one email per 5 seconds. So I was thinking to create an @Singleton EJB Email sender, in that way only one EJB instance will be responsible for sending all the emails in whole application. How should I implement the 5 seconds counter in order to send at most 1 email per 5 seconds? e.g the class will look like that
  @Singleton
  public class EmailSender {
       public void sendEmail(String msg){
                 ....
       }
  }

A: Try using @Schedule:
@Singleton
public class EmailSender {
     Queue<Email> queue;

     @Schedule(second = "*/5", minute = "*", hour = "*")
     public void sendEmail(String msg){
          if (!queue.isEmpty()) {
               //get queue element and send email
          }
     }
}

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namespace spvtools {
namespace fuzz {

class TransformationReplaceBooleanConstantWithConstantBinary
    : public Transformation {
 public:
  explicit TransformationReplaceBooleanConstantWithConstantBinary(
      const protobufs::TransformationReplaceBooleanConstantWithConstantBinary&
          message);

  TransformationReplaceBooleanConstantWithConstantBinary(
      const protobufs::IdUseDescriptor& id_use_descriptor, uint32_t lhs_id,
      uint32_t rhs_id, SpvOp comparison_opcode,
      uint32_t fresh_id_for_binary_operation);

  // - |message_.fresh_id_for_binary_operation| must not already be used by the
  //   module.
  // - |message_.id_use_descriptor| must identify a use of a boolean constant c.
  // - |message_.lhs_id| and |message.rhs_id| must be the ids of constant
  //   instructions with the same type
  // - |message_.opcode| must be suitable for applying to |message.lhs_id| and
  //   |message_.rhs_id|, and the result must evaluate to the boolean constant
  //   c.
  // - The boolean constant usage must not be an argument to OpPhi, because in
  //   this case it is not legal to insert a binary operator instruction right
  //   before the OpPhi.
  //   TODO(https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/issues/2902): consider
  //    replacing a boolean in an OpPhi by adding a binary operator instruction
  //    to the parent block for the OpPhi.
  bool IsApplicable(
      opt::IRContext* ir_context,
      const TransformationContext& transformation_context) const override;

  // A new instruction is added before the boolean constant usage that computes
  // the result of applying |message_.opcode| to |message_.lhs_id| and
  // |message_.rhs_id| is added, with result id
  // |message_.fresh_id_for_binary_operation|.  The boolean constant usage is
  // replaced with this result id.
  void Apply(opt::IRContext* ir_context,
             TransformationContext* transformation_context) const override;

  // The same as Apply, except that the newly-added binary instruction is
  // returned.
  opt::Instruction* ApplyWithResult(
      opt::IRContext* ir_context,
      TransformationContext* transformation_context) const;

  std::unordered_set<uint32_t> GetFreshIds() const override;

  protobufs::Transformation ToMessage() const override;

 private:
  protobufs::TransformationReplaceBooleanConstantWithConstantBinary message_;
};

}  // namespace fuzz
}  // namespace spvtools

#endif  // SOURCE_FUZZ_TRANSFORMATION_REPLACE_BOOLEAN_CONSTANT_WITH_CONSTANT_BINARY_H_

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Bulls taking an early haircut against Warriors
Recaps & Reactions
The Sam Smith Podcast
Sam & BullsTV
Bulls defenseless and offensive to watch vs. Warriors
by Sam Smith
Posted on Dec 27
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or endorsed by the Chicago Bulls. All opinions expressed by Sam Smith are solely his own and do not reflect the opinions of the Chicago Bulls or their Basketball Operations staff, parent company, partners, or sponsors. His sources are not known to the Bulls and he has no special access to information beyond the access and privileges that go along with being an NBA accredited member of the media.
Derrick says he's going back to being Derrick.
"I think in the first quarter I've got to establish myself a little bit more," said the reigning league MVP who aside from that wonderful game saving floater against the Lakers Christmas Day hasn't been very valuable at all as the Bulls were bludgeoned 99-91 by the Golden State Warriors Monday. "I see that being laid back is just not doing it. I think both games in the first quarter I shot the ball just one or two times (one of four total and zero free throws). I see that approach is not working. So next game I've got to change it up."
Though according to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, the larger question is whether the Bulls will go back to being the Bulls, one of the league's premier defensive teams.
"Defend, rebound, inside out, share the ball, low turnovers," Thibodeau said shortly after the Bulls only made it look better to those not watching after trailing by 19 with less than nine minutes remaining. "You have to know who you are."
Yes, as Warriors coach Mark Jackson might have said, "Bulls, you're better than that."
Apparently Thibodeau in a very loud voice said something of the sort to his players.
"He just said it was bull (stuff) and it was right," said Joakim Noah. "We're not going to get to where we want to get to playing defense like that. We have to improve. It's frustrating. Our defense was just bad."
Really, there's plenty of good news in this because the Bulls should really be 0-2 instead of 1-1. They were outplayed everywhere in the box score against the Lakers but the bottom line thanks to some awful Lakers free throw shooting and some inspired defensive plays in the closing seconds.
It has been a fairly lousy Bulls team thus far, looking nothing like the team that ran through the Pacers in a pair of preseason games with spirit and hardly measuring up to their own expectations of being serious contenders in growing up a year.
Whatever the reasons, it's mostly, other than in some spurts, a passive team that shouldn't be with so many returning players, a familiar system and overall continuity.
Richard Hamilton is basically the only new addition, and after a good start offensively with three baskets against shorter Monta Ellis, Hamilton was two of eight the last three quarters and didn't play in the fourth quarter along with Noah and Carlos Boozer.
"We were just searching," Thibodeau said of his fourth quarter small group that opened the period trailing 78-61. "It was a flat game. We had to get some energy into the game. We went with the two point guards (Rose with C.J. Watson). Kyle (Korver) gives us the three. We felt we could get it up quickly and make it up with the three."
Watson and Korver did combine for five threes in the quarter, but there were no miracles this time. More of the post Christmas day returns in reverse, giving back the few good things they received on Christmas.
"Defense, defense, defense," Rose said when reporters approached him, obvious Thibodeau had made his point. "We always say we can live with missed shots. Of course, I missed a lot of bunnies tonight (four of 17, one of eight on threes). Open shots I normally hit along with other people on the team. But we can always fix it. We know that without us playing defense, it was going to be a hard game, especially with the scorers they have on their team."
Rose didn't help much defensively either, constantly being beaten by Stephen Curry, who had 21 points, 10 assists and six steals. Curry and later Monta Ellis after Curry tweaked his ankle late went back door on Rose several times with Rose turning his head to watch the ball inside, once late in the game Rose angrily counseling Taj Gibson about not protecting the baseline.
The Bulls are supposed to keep the ball out of the middle in their defense, but the Warriors constantly came open off their pick and roll with David Lee adding 22 and Ellis high with 26. And that's with the Warriors shooting four of 15 on threes.
And old issue developed as Boozer, again taking too many fadeaways, had just six points and three rebounds. Though the problem arose again of an opponent constantly putting Boozer in the pick and roll and Boozer not stepping up to help enough. I could see the impact of former Bulls assistant Pete Myers, now on the Warriors bench as an assistant, having a huge effect as Myers was one of the best former Bulls assistants in breaking down teams and attacking weaknesses.
For the Bulls, there also was too much hand down, man down.
And that was Curry's cue in the second quarter when the Warriors broke open the game to take a 46-27 lead. Starting and continuing mostly against Watson and with Rose coming in, Curry scored 12 straight Warriors points on an assortment of transition jumpers and runouts as the Bulls were soft with the ball and committed 14 first half turnovers. Perhaps the most remarkable was Curry switching hands and shooting a left handed 15 footer as he was pinched on his right hand by Watson. Hard to blame the Bulls for that one. Hard to get happy as well with that bunch of guano. Heck, when Jordan did those it was legend.
"No defense, turn the ball over, put them in the open floor," Thibodeau lamented. "You gave them a lot of confidence early and you can't do that against a team like this. Turnovers are a result of one of two things, the risky pass or one on one. We had a combination of those two things.
"They're hard to guard normally," Thibodeau noted. "You put them into the open floor and they're coming at you with a live ball (eight first quarter Bulls turnovers and 20 total). And then we're not protecting the basket. You give a team like that easy baskets their confidence goes way up and they are not easy to stop after that. We can't play like that. We have to play defense, rebound and we've got to take care of the ball. They're jumping out on pick and rolls and we're not protecting the ball and that's what happens."
Thibodeau will blitz the Bulls about the team's lack of defense, though more a sort of indifference in which the Bulls even kept getting caught watching the Warriors lob passes for dunks, even 50 and 60 feet passes over the heads of barely retreating defenders.
It suggested more a team satisfied with the acclaim and acceptance it has been getting rather than working to earn it. That's something we never expected from this group, and perhaps there is some of adjusting to Hamilton. Is Keith Bogans being missed for his defensive tenacity? Mamma, where is that man?
That man is Rose, the MVP, and though the defense will be the topic du jour this week, much seems to rest with just what Rose is doing.
He's talked a lot of being a facilitator and more selective in his shooting, suggesting more the classic point guard. But even with the upgrade of Hamilton over Bogans—and it is—there still isn't that explosive second scorer to create on his own. Regular readers know I've long championed Monta Ellis, who made a mess of Brewer after he came in to replace Hamilton with the score tied at 16 with seven minutes gone.
Hamilton had been having some success posting the smaller Ellis as the Bulls even went at him with Brewer, hardly a postup threat. But Hamilton had contributed to the early turnover fest (three in the first five possessions) with some of that bothersome overdribbling Thibodeau complained about after the Lakers game.
So out he went and Ellis started hitting his shots, which he hadn't in Game 1 and was getting heat from the local fans and media. The Warriors remain somewhat indifferent about their high scoring, non point guard backcourt with Ellis and Curry. Jackson is trying to implement more a defensive game and the quick shooting that too often comes from two shooting guards in the backcourt diminishes that.
But when Ellis gets going, as he did Monday, it's something to see and opens the court the way he occupies the defense. That's someone the Bulls miss other than Rose.
Which is why Rose suggested he's got to change his game plan after two games. He's coming out too passive, seemingly in the playmaker mindset. And the Bulls simply do not have enough pure shooting or a creator to match a high scoring team. Sure, if they could pitch shutouts every game. But that's not about to happen, and the Warriors took a 30-22 first quarter lead on—gasp!—61.9 percent shooting. Meanwhile, Rose had two points and wouldn't get his first free throws of the season until four minutes gone into the second half. Of Game 2!
Look, the MVP will get calls. But you've got to give the officials something to call.
Though Rose's three point shooting was good against the Lakers, Rose turned into a jump shooter thus far with 14 threes attempted in two games. He's 13 of 30 overall and four of four at the line in more than 74 minutes.
When Rose isn't scoring, the pressure is on for others. Though it's not easy for Rose.
The Warriors' plan, not that Rose hadn't seen it before, was basically to ease off the inside and blitz or trap Rose on the pick and roll. In effect, the Warriors were saying Noah and Boozer aren't going to hurt us.
Noah's strength on offense is in transition, but the Bulls have shown very little of that or any real inclination to get there with Rose not pushing the ball much and giving it up and then circling around to set up a half court play.
Noah did throw in a couple of left handed hooks, and he did have 10 rebounds in just under 26 minutes. But he's not six of 19 in the two games without most being runouts or lobs. If he's posting up the offense has problems.
Likewise, Boozer after a nice start against the Lakers was again a bit too reliant on the shallow fadeaway in the halfcourt. That pick and pop game isn't getting you anywhere for long stretches.
"In the first quarter we've got to find a way to stop people," said Rose. "Guys we know can score the ball, we're giving them too many easy looks. When you give a scorer looks like that they're going to get confidence. You don't want to let them get going like that.
"I guess we weren't too focused. I don't know what it was," said Rose. "We just don't want one of these nights again anytime soon. Keep it moving, but try to remember it. That's what I'm real concerned about, us being able to get easy baskets. Last year we rarely got them. This year we have to find a way."
Actually, it is becoming like Mike for Rose. Jordan practically feared playing in Oakland after breaking his foot there in his second season in the NBA. He had his career low scoring average against the Warriors. And now Rose may be following in Jordan's only playing flaw. Rose had nine turnovers in a loss in Golden State last year and an ineffective 13 points and eight assists Monday. Rose had just three turnovers, but they also were brutal, a bad pass inbounds, stripped on the dribble and the miscues turning into fast breaks. The Warriors ended with 20 fast break points.
"We can't let teams score on us the way they've been scoring on us," said Noah. "There's a lot of improvement to be made. It's frustrating to lose the way we lost. There's definitely a lot of things we need to do better defensively to go where we want to go."
There was some really awful stuff going on for the Bulls in the kind of horror show of a game the Bulls often lost here even in their best days. No excuse, though. The place isn't really cursed, even if sometimes there's no there there.
Omer Asik, with three fouls and zero rebounds, threw the ball over the rim where it was rebounded by Boozer who had it blocked. Gibson overdribbled into a turnover. Boozer shot a straight on jumper off the back rim, Luol Deng committed a turnover when he was dribbling the ball and changed pivot feet. Call that one dancing with the guys who aren't playing like stars.
It was 57-41 Warriors at halftime and the Bulls could never really get into this game. They never led by more than two and only in the first six minutes, and that after trailing the entire fourth quarter against the Lakers until the final Rose shot.
Rose got caught several times watching the Warriors go inside at Boozer, only to see the ball flash out for an open shot as he was late to get out. The Bulls were extremely poor covering out to the deep shooters, a category they led the league in last season. Hand down, man, oh, you know.
Down 61-45 early in the third, Hamilton missed three shots on one possession, short handing a two footer in the lane on one. Deng led the Bulls with 22 points and 10 rebounds, emerging as the team's most consistent thus far. So after his big close against the Lakers, Thibodeau went to him on the opening play to start the game and Deng dribbled into a turnover. He has to play off others doing well.
Every time the Bulls hit a few shots, like Korver with a three after making a technical in the second and Rose with a transition three and two on one break later in the quarter, the Warriors would get an open shot and make it or beat someone off the dribble without enough help stepping up and get fouled.
Brewer and Watson bricked wild jumpers to end the third after the Bulls got it within 73-59 with a few minutes remaining. So they were down 17 heading into the fourth. And every time the Bulls made a little run with Watson and Korver threes, Dorell Wright or Ellis answered, the fitting conclusion to a miserable night for the Bulls when Ellis slammed on a baseline backdoor against Rose and then again, coming all the way from the wing without being contested.
Thibodeau even tried some hack-a-Dominic McGuire late with not much success as the final score hardly represented the disparity in the play.
"We can't let teams score on us the way they've been scoring on us," said Noah. "There's a lot of improvement to be made."
Tags: c.j. watson, carlos boozer, david lee, joakim noah, keith bogans, luol deng, omer asik, richard hamilton, taj gibson, tom thibodeau
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Smith covered the Bulls and the NBA for the Chicago Tribune for 25 years. He is the author of the best selling The Jordan Rules, which was top ten on the New York Times Bestseller List for three months. He is also the author of Second Coming: The Strange Odyssey of Michael Jordan and co-author of the Total Basketball Encyclopedia. Smith served as president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association for four terms, a feat no one else has accomplished. He has also served on committees for the NBA and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2012, Smith was honored by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with its Curt Gowdy Media Award.
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