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Marco Verratti Signs New 5-Year Contract with PSG
Tom Sunderland@@TomSunderland_Twitter LogoFeatured ColumnistSeptember 15, 2014
Marco Verratti has signed a five-year contract extension at Paris Saint-Germain, tying his loyalties to the club until 2019.
ESPN FC's Jonathan Johnson confirmed on Monday afternoon that the Italian international has put pen to paper on the new deal, eradicating all talk of a potential departure from the French capital:
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PSG have announced that Marco Verratti has officially extended his contract with the club until June 2019. #PSG #Azzurri
Johnson also provides quotes from the player and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi:
Verratti on new contract: "When I think about my career, I only see myself at PSG. I want to continue winning trophies with this club."
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Verratti deal: "All of Europe wants Marco. He is one of the most talented players of his generation."
Since arriving at the Parc des Princes from Pescara two years ago, Verratti has gone from strength to strength both on the club scene and in his international line-up.
Growing as a more prominent member of PSG's star-studded line-up, the 21-year-old has come to be revered as one of Europe's brightest assets. WhoScored.com and OptaJean provide some context to that billing:
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Marco Verratti: Has made at least 154 more passes (583) than any other player in Europe's top 5 leagues this season #psg
OptaJean @OptaJean
4226 - Marco Verratti has attempted (4646) and completed more passes than any other Ligue 1 player since he joined in 2012/13. Extension.
Verratti's previous deal wasn't in any jeopardy, set to run out in 2018, but it shows just how highly PSG rate their starlet in giving him renewed terms this early on, dissuading any notion of an exit.
The youngster has picked up where he left off last season, too, helping the reigning Ligue 1 champions to an unbeaten league campaign thus far, albeit including three draws perhaps considered slightly disappointing for Laurent Blanc.
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With the new deal in hand, Verratti can perhaps do away with any distractions that may have been blurring his vision in recent weeks and months, allowed to simply do what he does best and get on with the football at hand.
Blanc will be as pleased as any to see his playmaker sign on the dotted line, with the promise that it will be PSG who benefit from his immense talent for at least the next five years to come.


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The Misadventures Of Playing God Of War With My Dad
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Atreus
I played the first few hours of the newest God of War—a game about a father, son, and their host of relationship issues—with my dad. The experience turned out exactly as I anticipated: it involved a series of mishaps, frustrations, and a ton of laughs.
Warning: Mild Spoilers to Follow
When the latest entry in the action-adventure God of War series released on PS4 a little over a week ago, I wavered between buying or skipping. The earlier games were fun for their hack and slash action, but I wasn't very invested in Kratos as a character. Kratos' unrelenting rage served a purpose, that purpose being the bloody gore and fantastically close-up violence the games are known for.
I had a tradition to uphold (and it helped that reviews were glowing). I played the first two God of War games with my dad many years ago. He's a man who enjoys fantasy fiction, and a good action-packed movie or game. We've bonded over other video game franchises, too. He knows a bit about Drake, Elena, and Sully because he watched me play Uncharted 2, and really liked it! Until he felt nauseated watching as I rotated the camera too quickly, and too many times, trying to shoot a helicopter out of the sky. Whoops. God of War, however, is the series he enjoyed most.
Best of all, as I become acutely aware of time, and panic that my parents are in retirement and getting older, it's nice to connect with them however I am able. And so it made sense to invest in the latest God of War, even though I knew that when I invited him to watch me play he'd drive me slightly insane in the most 'Dad' ways possible.
Fight Strategies
These aren't the same ones we fought on that particular island but they also destroyed me.
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My dad always has advice for how I should be playing. Much of it ranges from the obvious plans of attack to what makes sense to him as an onlooker. His latter advice usually results in conversations in which he'll prompt me to "attack its head, man!" Usually, after letting him know that his particular observations are not possible in a specific situation or would not work effectively, he'll acknowledge that. And then he'd reiterate his advice. Typical dad behavior of knowing what's best, I think.
To give credit where it's due, he did keep pressing me to tackle a rock creature (a 'Soul Eater,' as per the game's lore) a certain way. The solution was obvious to me as well but my timing was off, and I couldn't land hits. The result was that I ignored the obvious solution and tried to tackle it another way, much to my dad's annoyance.
In the end, I mastered my timing and fought the battle the way it was meant to be. My father could not have been prouder (and ever so slightly smugly justified) of his strategy.
It's times like these I'll give him these small victories.
He Laughs At The Silliest Things. Sometimes That Means Me.
Whenever Atreus, Kratos' son, jumps on Kratos' back to climb cliffs, my dad laughs. I chuckle along with him. Atreus seems to appear from nowhere to hitch a ride, and it's amusing. That's one little thing we share a laugh over. But a later adventure to topple a statue is the one sidequest he can't stop talking about. The quest isn't particularly inspired but to him, our approach to it was.
This specific sidequest required us to make a detour to an island where stronger enemies awaited. In God of War, different colored health bars indicate how much more powerful an enemy is than Kratos. The reavers (enemies) we found had purple bars, which were well above Kratos' strength. I decided to stop and see just how much of an ass-kicking I'd get. It was over in one hit—for me, that is.
Never the quitter (yeah, right), I went back to see if I could dodge my way to victory. Two dodges and one hit later, it was over again. A blow to my ego.
I see this "Game Over" screen often
On my third attempt, I tossed the axe at the enemy as it rushed forward, had Atreus shoot a few arrows, then hurried back to the boat. Something told me to return to the island right after. Maybe it was a divine act of the gods, or what I call a 'fluke,' but I proceeded to engage the reaver again. Lo and behold, its health had not regenerated, so I enacted my dad's plan: I snuck a hit in, ran like a coward to the boat, shoved off, turned the boat around with my terrible rowing skills, docked, rinsed and repeated.
This scenario was strategic brilliance to my father but mostly it was comical: running back to the boat, watching our foe try to swipe at our heads,but failing to connect once the boat boarding animation sequence began. In the end I spent a solid ten minutes clearing the island of reavers this way. My dad was proud (and couldn't stop laughing the entire time), and he insisted I make note of this story for the article I was writing. But hey, it worked. As cheap, tedious, and ridiculous as it was, it was our moment; one of the funnier ones we've had that I'll surely remember. It's these lighter, accidental moments I appreciate.
Even when dad laughs at me for missing hitting an object, it's understandable. Again, it comes back to the wealth of advice he always seems to give. As frustrated as it makes me, I know he's got my back. These are stories for him to remember, and to share, on days when we're reminiscing over the stupid things in life.
About This New God of War Story
I have a confession to make: I've been observing Kratos' behavior to see not only how he's changed and if he can be redeemed as a character to me, but to draw parallels in the story to my own relationship with my father. No, my father isn't the blood-obsessed murdering machine of yore. Nor am I an Atreus—a child who doesn't understand her father.
By all indications thus far, Kratos is a changed man. I'm not surprised by how the writing has handled his newly found fatherhood. The story is everything I expected it to be so far in his journey of redemption, and establishing and navigating a more rooted, caring relationship with his son.
Atreus' acting has felt fluid and natural, even if he sometimes has to deliver stock dialogue. There's no real connection I can make between my own relationship with my father and that of Kratos and Atreus. Doing so would be a stretch. It's a story about family and the bonds we create, and that's pretty much as far as the parallels go. That's something many of us can relate to with our own loved ones, and it's what makes this God of War more mature.
As for my dad's thoughts on the story? He's more into the lore of the world, watching Kratos execute his finishing kill moves, and directing me to what I should do next.
So much for my thought experiment.
Dad jokes. The Kratos way.
There's a point in the game where Atreus will ask Kratos to tell him stories as they paddle along in their boat. Kratos, being the no-nonsense, stiff, unfunny man that he is, tells these stories without padding and they're all matter-of-fact lessons of life. They're some of my favorite moments in the game thus far because they're hilarious, in part for Atreus' reactions and Kratos' lack of humor. They're quiet moments which are necessary for development of their relationship—the type we've seen before in lots of games.
In a way, these stories remind me of my dad. The warmth he has for his family radiates, even if he doesn't always show it outwardly, like Kratos. Somehow I saw my dad and his corny jokes in Kratos' dead-pan story delivery.
We didn't end up too far in our joint playthrough of God of War. It was just enough to go on a few sidequests, get lost in our boat, and have my dad question many of my decisions about how to unlock chests or fight swarms. My response has been mostly giving him a fierce side-eye look of exasperation, with playful, light bickering.
I knew there'd be no grand revelations about our relationship while playing God of War. This was much simpler: I've been meaning to play a game again with him for a long time. Maybe it's fitting that God of War—a game about a father and son strengthening their relationship—is the one a dad, his daughter, and their unwavering family bond, chose to play together.
All I know is that I am thankful that years later after our first two adventures with Kratos, we could still sit together to share in new moments—both the frustrations and the laughs—which are some of the most important to me.
If you've got stories of playing games with your beloved parents, I would love to hear them.
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Motorola announces E6S budget smartphone and range of Android TVs
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Motorola today announced its budget smartphone, the Motorola e6s. This phone is powered by MediaTek Helio P22, octa-core, 2.0GHz processor and features 4GB RAM with 64B of internal storage. The phone also supports MicroSD card. The Motorola e6s features a 6.1-inch u-notch with HD+ display (720p). The phone has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor that is capable of clicking bokeh (portrait) photos. The front-facing camera is 8-megapixel. The phone has a 3000mAh battery and runs on Android 9 OS. The phone also has a rear fingerprint sensor and supports face unlock feature. The Motorola e6s is priced at Rs. 7,999 and will be available from 29 September on Flipkart.
Alongside the e6s, Motorola also announced its foray into Android Smart TVs. Motorola Smart TV will be available in 7 variants ranging from HD ready to UHD (4K) resolution. All the Smart TVs run on Android 9 and feature Gaming controller inside. The 32-inch screen size TV is only HD ready, meaning it has a resolution of 720p, There are two 43-inch screen, one is is Full HD (1080p) resolution and the other is UHD 4K TV. The other screen sizes in the range are 50-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch. The 4K range of Motorola Smart TVs are powered by Dolby vision with HDR10. They also come with a wireless AndroidTV Gamepad to play games directly on the TV. The TVs also feature Motorola's AmphiSoundX and in-built 30W speaker with DTS TruSurround Sound. Besides this, the TVs feature all the Google related services like Google Assistant, Chromecast and more. All the UDH 4K TVs have 16GB of internal storage.
The 32-inch HD ready Smart TV is priced at Rs. 13,999. The Motorola 43-inch HD TV is priced at Rs, 24,999 and Ultra HD (4K) LED Smart Android TV (43SAUHDM) is priced at Rs. 29,999. The 50-inch UHD TV is priced at Rs. 33,999, 55-inch at Rs. 39,999 and 64-inch at Rs. 64,999.
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"I have a piece of paper that I've kept for more than twenty years. On it are two questions. 'What do you want?' and 'What are you willing to do to get it?'" said Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, President and CEO of the YWCA of Boston. Ms. Ferrell-Jones is a community leader who is advancing Greater Boston's understanding of social justice and change. She and I happened to be guests at a dinner party of a mutual friend. Her comments emerged during a discussion among attendees about her organization's goals: to serve Boston's neighborhoods where health, education and safety inequities are most significant. It is against these formidable challenges that she measures progress.
My plan this week was to talk about, "Action Trumps Everything: Creating What You Want in an Uncertain World," by Len Schlesinger and Charles Kiefer with Paul Brown. In the moment that Sylvia shared with us her view of action as a critical change tool I was struck by how many similarities there are across the broad genre of change — not just change related to transition or social justice.
I've posted about Len Schlesinger in the past. He is the president of Babson College and also a veteran business leader. In writing their book Schlesinger and his co-authors leveraged research on entrepreneurship that was recently conducted by Babson. Not entirely altruistic since Babson is known for its teaching in this arena.
The book is a quick read. If entrepreneurship is one of your interests the book offers quite a bit more than the 'loop' above. Near its conclusion Schlesinger and friends offer a chapter entitled, "How entrepreneurial thought and action can change the world." (Action Trumps Everything, Schlesinger, et al, pg 137+) They suggest that any problem, even big amorphous ones whose outcomes are unpredictable, can benefit from this action loop.
I wonder about the implications of this loop for transition. I'm all for experiments that lead to testing and re-testing new paths. Thank you Herminia Ibarra and her experiments in Working Identity. Over the course of my career I feel as if I've tested hundreds of paths. To my benefit I might add….
That said I'm afraid of what I describe as the Tasmanian devil syndrome, think Looney Tunes not the ferocious animal found off the coast of Australia. Let me say more about this view. In the cartoon the Tasmanian devil spun around very fast but never covered much ground. All velocity but little forward progress. See my fear?
Action for action's sake can have its risks. Remember Eleanor Roosevelt's words, "women should be able to realize that making up our minds as to what gives us the greatest amount of pleasure and then working for it, is one of the (great) satisfactions of life. Drifting along is too easy to do." (It's Up to the Women, 1934 Eleanor Roosevelt) I'm all for action during transition related to investigating, hypothesizing, realizing, and refining. It's the other side that worries me. Months can slip by with distractions posing as priorities.
At dinner after Sylvia shared her two questions another woman shared a story about a friend who survived breast cancer. The story was really about the action that swirled around this woman during her fight. The short of it is that the ladies mobilized around her: visits; appointment shuttling; dinners prepared and dropped off. I couldn't help but think that women are masters at mobilizing in countless acute situations. I'd give us lower grades on the requirements to act purposely along a personal trajectory over the long haul.
If you could take just one action, do you know what it would be? Any guess at what you might learn?
I guess I could send Len Schlesinger's book to Sylvia or shoot Mr. Schlesinger a copy of Sylvia's trusty 2 question note. Both are actions. Do you see my concern?
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A few thoughts on steps b and c in the loop cited in your post [(b) take a small step towards obtaining it; (c) stop and think]: I find it is often more comfortable to take action that FEELS like action – it has a "doing" component to it. I have more trouble with the "thinking" piece even though action (my brain working) is required. Until I make myself STOP "doing" it is difficult for me to get to the important action of "thinking".


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Q: Logic in Finding the accuracy of user selected point to ideal one I am stuck at this point where I need to find the accuracy of the user selection.
This is my case : I have an image of height and width $h and $w. and there is an ideal point in the image namely $x,$y(Co-ordinates). User selects a coordinate which is $x1,$y1.
What I am trying to find is. how close, or how accurate is the user selection to the ideal selection.
Looking for the output in percentage.
Not looking for the code, just the logic.

A: You could measure the absolute distance from the ideal point and then apply a fall-off function. One possible choice is the gaussian function e^-(d^2).
So, one possible formula is
rating = e^{-[(x-xi)^2+(y-yi)^2]/radius^2}
where radius is the distance from the ideal location that gives the user the rating of e^-1 (38%). You can choose the radius based on your preference and then tweak it based on how strict you want your rating function to be. You could, for example, choose the radius to be 1/5 of the image diagonal.
Explanation:

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*dist^2 = (x-xi)^2 + (y-yi)^2 computes the square of the euclidean distance (pythagoras' formula).

*scaled^2 = dist^2 / radius^2 scales the distance

*e^-(scaled^2) is the gaussian distribution.

You can't get much better than that if you want:

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*the function to be radially symmetric (you have to compute the euclidean distance or its square)

*the function to be reasonably scaled (one pixel is not a reasonable scale)

*the function to fall off from [0;1] to [+inf;0] (e^-d^2 does that perfectly)

Here is a plot of the gaussian function with the aforementioned radius marked in red.

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@David-Harris ...so awful, and very sad, and worse-- scary...
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Still Think the U.S. "Flattened the Curve"?
Coronavirus wave pushes California to brink of 2 million cases
It took almost 10 months for California to record its millionth confirmed coronavirus case.
Now, just six weeks after crossing that milestone, the state is on the cusp of surpassing 2 million.
The staggering rate of growth demonstrates how widely the coronavirus is circulating statewide and underscores the reality that activities and behaviors thought to be relatively safe just weeks ago now carry a higher risk of infection than ever before.
"Without sustained efforts to stop the surge, we can expect that this tragic trajectory will continue," Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said this week.
Courtesy L.A. Times. Emphasis added.
Ah, welcome to the real world of science, consequences of irresponsible behaviors and exponential growth.
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This is a warning about how fragile we can be!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/us/covid-coronavirus-victim-story-haircut-chicago-trnd/index.html
First U.S. case of infectious Covid variant reported in Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis tweeted on Tuesday that the Colorado State Laboratory confirmed the case in a man in his 20s, who has no known travel history. State officials notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the individual was placed in isolation.
The news comes as hospitals across the country have been overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases with further spikes expected, likely due to holiday travel.
With the lamest, most embarrassing pandemic response the world over, you knew it was only a matter of time. Just in time for the upcoming New Year's Eve super spreader Covidiot surge. Sigh....
Not to be outdone by Colorado....
More Contagious Strain of COVID-19 Detected in San Diego County
For those who may be unaware, Colorado and California share a long rivalry over claims of producing "best cannabis" strains in the world. So, yeah, that was a pretty lame effort at levity... but what else ya' gonna do with this mess, eh?
Which also brings us to.....
As much as we're all eager for a return to some semblance of normalcy in 2021....
Fauci predicts normal life won't return in U.S. before fall 2021
That timeline, he warned, will be contingent upon the U.S. "efficiently, quickly and effectively" implementing vaccination programs that have thus far lagged behind schedule, as well as "a rather strict adherence" to personal mitigation measures such as hand washing, mask wearing and social distancing.
"It's going to take several months. ... It's not going to happen in the first few months," Fauci said in an interview on MSNBC. "If we do it correctly, hopefully, as we get into the end of the summer, the beginning of the fall of 2021, we can start to approach some degree of normality."
At the earliest, depending on how much we continue to tolerate Covidiots endangering and killing the rest of us. Cheery stuff!!
Errm....
Best wishes for a Happy 2022??
Not to be outdone by California and Colorado:
Cuomo confirms first case of Covid-19 variant in New York (emphasis added):
The Wadsworth Lab in Albany identified the strain, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, in a Covid-19 sample submitted by Saratoga Hospital.
The strain has also been identified in California, Colorado, Florida and 33 other countries.
So much for that "rather strict adherence" to protocols Fauci was urging. Not to mention thirty-three other countries!
State health officials are urging anyone who was at N. Fox Jewelers from Dec. 18 through Dec. 24, when it closed, to get tested for Covid-19.
Freakin' covidiots just had to get in that last minute holiday shopping.
Holy, holy, guacamole!! As the old addage goes: stupid is as stupid does: "One's actions indicate one's level of stupidity (or intelligence).".
But when, oh when, did we start celebrating it so?
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Several Canadian politicians have recently been caught vacationing in far-off lands after exhorting the people they represent to stay home except for absolutely necessary (i.e. grocery shopping) trips in order to avoid spreading the plague.
One of them, a cabinet minister from the province of Ontario, was even forced to resign when it was shown that he had pre-recorded some Christmas messages in front of his home fireplace, then posted them from his holiday resort in the Caribbean to make it appear he was still home.
Which is just the first half (the Coronavirus half) of this post. The second half is about the weather. The connection? The guy who is admin on the local FB Covid-19 Awareness group put up a really good post about the above behavior, encouraging people to do their best for themselves and for others by not doing what those politicians did. He ended it by saying that, while he was tempted to escape the local weather, he would stay home.
What weather? Well, here's how he described the storm we're in the middle of today. Maybe the best weather metaphor I've ever heard or read...
"And yeah, the rain comes in waves and the ferries stop running and the weather most resembles a soaking wet quilt in a giant blender. But that's ok: storms don't last, and I kind of like it. This is my home. I can stick around."
Yeah, we have howling wind, driving rain, and ten-tenths cloud pretty much right down to the deck. Weather like "a soaking wet quilt in a giant blender". Perfect.
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I sigh for the politicians, who make the rules, & then break the rules.
Heidi & I flew off to Maui on Jan. 4th last year, for a 10 day break from winter.
Unlike politicians, we are sticking close to home & enjoying 40 f. walks on our 5 acre rancette, with Harley (the cat).
Please, nooooo!! Mister Bill!!!!
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Q12.The number of female candidates who did not succeed in the interview in 2006 is what percent of the number of male candidates appeared for the interview in the same year?
Q13.What is the average number of male candidates unsucceeded in the interview in the years 2005 and 2009 together?
Q14.What is the difference between the total number of male candidates succeeded in the interview in the years 2004,2005 and 2009 and the total number of female candidates unsucceeded in the interview in the same years?
Q15.The number of male candidates succeeded in the interview in 2005 is approximately what percent more or less than the number of male candidates unsucceeded in the interview in 2004?


Past to Present: Taiwan's GuoGuang Opera Company and the Hong Kong Philharmonic come together to perform a musical interpretation of "Sunlight After Snowfall", a legendary piece of calligraphy penned during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Their unique blend of Peking opera and classical music – beautifully performed by a symphonic orchestra – delivers the historic piece of writing into the modern day.
When? 7:30pm, 10 November, 2018; 2:30pm, 11 November, 2018.
How to book? Tickets are available via urbtix.hk.


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BIA Issues New Indian Child Welfare Act Guidelines; HHS Issues Final Rule Which Includes Collection of ICWA Data
In the past year, long-term efforts by tribes, Indian organizations and child welfare advocates to improve the implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) were realized when federal agency regulations were finalized regarding both ICWA implementation and inclusion of ICWA data in the federal child welfare placement database. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) issued its ICWA Proceedings Final Rule on June 14, 2016 (to take effect December 12, 2016) followed by issuance of Guidance for that Rule on December 30, 2016. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued on December 14, 2016, a new Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Final Rule which for the first time will require state Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption agencies to report on data elements specific to ICWA.
BIA ICWA Implementation Rule and Guidance. The BIA Rule on ICWA proceedings addresses state court implementation of ICWA in Indian child welfare proceedings and the required state maintenance of ICWA records. It also provides clarity regarding numerous matters including: identification early in the proceedings as to whether a child is Indian; notice to parents and tribes in involuntary proceedings; standards for denial of transfer of cases to tribal court; expert witness criteria; placement preferences; rights of adult adoptees to information from the state; emergency proceedings; and clarification regarding what some courts have deemed the "existing Indian Family exception". (See our General Memorandum 16-038 of June 20, 2016.)
The BIA Guidance for this Rule was issued on December 30, 2016. The Guidance does not have the effect of law. Rather, it includes explanatory information about the ICWA statute and regulations and provides concrete examples for consideration by state agencies and state courts when implementing ICWA. The Department of Interior press release of December 30, 2016, notes that state agencies and state courts have "sometimes differed in their interpretations of the law and been inconsistent in their implementation of it. To address this problem, the updated guidelines provide information for them to consider in carrying out the Act's and the final rule's requirements, often drawing upon approaches states have already used."
The BIA Rule may be found here:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-06-14/pdf/2016-13686.pdf
The BIA Guidance may be found here:
http://bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/HumanServices/IndianChildWelfareAct/index.htm
You may also access the Guidance by going to www.bia.gov and clicking on "Indian Child Welfare Act" on the right-hand side of the page.
HHS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Rule. The HHS Rule on AFCARS was issued December 14, 2016. AFCARS provides national information on children in foster care and children who are adopted and is used to inform national policies and to guide child welfare practices. The data is made available in a Child Welfare Outcomes Annual Report. This Rule replaces the one issued in 1993.
Of significance is that the Rule incorporates over 30 ICWA-related data elements that are to be collected and reported on to HHS by state Title IV-E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) agencies in an effort to have more comprehensive national data on the status of American Indian/Alaska Native children to whom ICWA applies. Among the ICWA data elements are: whether a child is a member of, or eligible for, membership in a federally recognized tribe; efforts made at family reunification; whether the placement was an ICWA preferred placement; and the status of transfer of the case to tribal court. The National Indian Child Welfare Association will be making available a detailed paper on the various ICWA-related data elements in the AFCARS Rule.
The AFCARS Rule may be found here:
Please let us know if we may provide additional information about the BIA Indian Child Welfare Act Rule and Guidance or the HHS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System Rule.
GM_17-002_BIA ICWA Guidance; HHS ICWA Final Rule Reporting Requirements.....pdf


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Investing in Digital Brand Building
Experts in real estate investment, development and property management, Hines is one of the largest and most respected companies of its kind in the world. It was time for their website to better reflect their evolving and expanding business model.
Branding a Global Giant
How does a real estate investment powerhouse build a recognizable, beautiful brand for the web that builds on their reputation and appeals to a broader audience?
Hines came to One Design looking to better tell their story, with a specific request to highlight their leadership in real estate investment without detracting from their other areas of success and expertise. Photography, video and content—everything was in play for expanding the conversation away from solely property development to focus on the firm's prowess as an investment platform.
A Solid Strategy
Appealing to the needs of a different audience
Already one of the largest real estate development organizations in the world, Hines was interested in bringing their real estate investment expertise front and center through impactful digital strategy and storytelling. Rather than simply telling a different story, we needed to expand the story with a shift in focus, narrative and perception to appeal to visitors perhaps familiar with Hines but eager to learn more about their real estate investment capabilities.
It's hard not to be impressed by the company's history and position, if the story is told right. The One Design team worked to create a content strategy worthy of the global position Hines has earned. From that solid strategic foundation, we could then move on to execution: positioning for the web, content creation, photography direction and video direction.
Redefining a visual identity for the web
Our design team worked with Hines to provide a modern aesthetic direction that's both consistent with the caliber of Hines' work and better suited for the web. Beyond a real estate portfolio site, Hines needed a vehicle to tell an investment story through data-driven, impeccably presented content.
Complex made simple
The technical challenges of the site included working with integrations built in-house by the client. And, despite the sheer size of the site, it needed to be a tool Hines could easily maintain in the long term.
Good thing ODC is an official Craft CMS partner. Our Craft integration works with Hines' existing IT team's property data. Craft makes it easy to access and manage new content creation, offering a high degree of control across all pages. We also gave the Hines team a toolkit allowing them to build flexible, new layouts as the site expands in the future.
The result is a robust experience that can be easily maintained, even as new robust content is added down the line.
Navigating five continents with a single click
We created a custom property finder that allows a broad spectrum of users to intuitively navigate Hines' global property database, finding exactly what they need with a minimum of effort.
A tool and a point of view
The site has been met with universal praise, elevating the digital presence of a real estate icon while shifting the narrative to focus on where the firm is headed in the future. Functionally, the site has become a flexible tool for a wide variety of users: a centralized hub for data, a robust research tool for individuals both inside and outside of the organization, and a content publishing house for marketing teams around the globe.
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Q: How to add an argument in MIPS assembly? So I have written a simple program for my comp arch class in MIPS assembly. We are now required to enhance this program so that it takes two arguments. If the arguments are both the same then the answer should be the same as that of the original program that takes only one argument. If they are different then you should figure out what your program should do based on the above. Try to make as few changes as possible. Enhance the program to allow it to receive the two arguments from the keyboard and display the result in the console window of SPIM. If any of the input arguments is a negative number (less than zero), your enhanced program should display a zero in the console.
Here is my code from the un-enhanced part:
.data
arg:    .word   5

.text
.globl main
main:

la  $t3, arg
lw  $t2, 0($t3)
lw  $t3, 0($t3)

addi    $t1, $zero, 0
beqz    $t2, fin
fori:

add $t1, $t1, $t2
addi    $t3, $t3, -1

bnez    $t3, fori

fin:

li  $v0, 10
syscall

A: Here's code to read an integer from the keyboard and store it in arg1.
        .data
  arg1: .word 0
        .text
        li $v0, 5        # system call code for read int
        syscall          # read the int
        la $t0, arg1
        sw $v0, 0($t0)   # store the integer at location arg1


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Backlog4net.Api.Option
{
    public class GetRepositoriesParams : GetParams
    {
        public GetRepositoriesParams(IdOrKey projectIdOrKey)
        {
            AddNewParam("projectIdOrKey", projectIdOrKey);
        }
    }
}

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Looking for an original birthday present to get your friends or loved ones? At Leetchi.com we've come up with some thoughtful ideas to consider, including individual gifts as well as clubbing together for one big group gift!
Celebrating one's birthday is a special life event that's meant to be shared by loved ones. We all enjoy birthday parties and it feels nice when we honor our loved one's birthday by sharing the day with them. A typical birthday party involves gifts, music, dinner, and games, and is usually attended by friends and family.
Make your loved one's birthday wishes come true with these unique and thoughtful birthday gifts. Remember your choice of birthday gift should reflect the taste and style of the recipient.
We can't imagine a celebrating a loved one's birthday without a birthday cake. Enchant your loved one with a beautiful birthday cake customized with their names or photos delightfully created on it. Heighten their special day with an attractive personalised birthday cake and let your loved one know the care and appreciating you feel for them. This might be a real treat for your gluten and dairy intolerant friends who don't have too many occasions to indulge in a eating a cake.
Instead of fetching an electronic gadget that will be antiquated or get lost in a matter of time, a birthday gift that truly keeps on giving is a lucky plant like Bonsai tree, honeysuckle, Bamboo or money plant. This gift not only is a work of living art that they can craft into a great front-office or in-house companion, but also a perfect gift to cherish and love for the rest of their lives. Here are some recipes to help you with this challenging task.
Instead of inviting your friend out for a drink to celebrate their special day, give them a monthly wine box subscription and sample new wines together! This is a great gift for your gourmet friends who appreciate fine things in life, and who are always looking to discover new flavors. You can either get them a gift card or a monthly subscription with Le Petit Ballon Wine Club and a surprise them with carefully curated, handpicked wines delivered to their door!
Elevate their special day with scented candles to give off a subtle aroma as well as adding candlelight ambiance that puts everyone in the mood for celebrations. The fabulously fragrant candle stimulates everyone's sense of smell putting everyone in a festive mood. With Etsy you can find a beautiful candle basket selection. Back it up with an assorted chocolate gift box for a delicious surprise.
Gift crowdfunding is another unique and thoughtful way to find a perfect present for your loved ones and friends. It involves pooling funds together as a group, so we can purchase a really special birthday gift those we love. Each individual is asked to contribute a certain amount and once it's pooled together, we can buy a perfect birthday gift for our loved one.
Leetchi.com provides the perfect way to create unforgettable life memories. We want to help you throw a lavish birthday bash with an exclusive entertainment without going through the pain of having to choose individual gifts or advancing money from friends and never getting paid back.
Use the idea of gift crowdfunding to pool funds together as a group at Leetchi.com and purchase one special group gift for you loved ones.
Create an online money pot and celebrate your loved one's birthday with a memorable group gift!
Those are some really unique ideas, specially i liked the gift crowdfunding idea.
Hi, Those are some really unique ideas, specially i liked the gift crowdfunding idea.


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Off-Highway Market Leaders Working with Flybrid Energy Recovery Technology from Torotrak Group
Flybrid Flywheel
High efficiency flywheel system reduces fuel costs in two ways: recovers energy that would otherwise be wasted and enables smaller, more economical engines to deliver high power when required
1st December 2016… Low carbon vehicle technology innovator, Torotrak Group, is working with some of the leading off-highway equipment manufacturers to achieve significant fuel savings on future generations of off-highway vehicles. The company's Flybrid flywheel energy recovery system (ERS) features in two programs currently underway; one with JCB and another recently announced with Turner Powertrain Systems Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc.). Though quite separate, both programs are part government-funded by Innovate UK through the Advanced Propulsion Centre.
Torotrak Group research estimates that fuel savings of between 15 and 30% could be achieved by off-highway machine operators opting to specify Flybrid ERS, significantly reducing operating cost. The system achieves the improvement by capturing and re-using energy that is normally wasted during repetitive cycles and operations such as raising and lowering the boom of an excavator or the mast on a fork lift truck; slewing on an excavator; or shuttling between forward and reverse with a loader.
By pre-charging the flywheel, Flybrid ERS can also provide load-levelling, meeting surges in power demand by providing a boost in peak power of between 10 kW and 1000 kW, depending on application. This means that smaller engines and those de-rated to below 56 kW to meet emissions legislation, can match the performance of more powerful units without incurring the fuel consumption penalty resulting from a bigger engine.
"A mechanical flywheel is a compact, well proven and highly efficient way to capture and release large amounts of energy very quickly," commented Steve Hughes, Chief Operating Officer, Torotrak Group. "The low cost of Flybrid ERS provides fuel savings that pay for the technology within the first year of operation."
Torotrak Group's Flybrid ERS is self-contained and designed for minimal maintenance. It can be connected to the vehicle via the hydraulic system, engine, transmission or driveline. It can be easily designed into many machine types without disrupting the basic vehicle architecture, according to Hughes. "Flybrid ERS is very compact; we can transfer up to 1,400 kJ at up to 900 kW using just a space-efficient, 10 kg flywheel," he said. "The typical installation envelope is smaller significantly than a DPF exhaust after-treatment system."
Flybrid ERS is market-ready using a hydraulic interface through a pump/motor and valve block; alternatives which interface via the engine or transmission are at an advanced stage of development. The system is currently being presented at a series of prestigious technical conferences and events, most recently on 9th November at the Electric & Hybrid Industrial Vehicle Technology symposium in Cologne, Germany. A further presentation will be take place next week (6th December) at the 15th International CTI Symposium, in Berlin.
About Torotrak Group
Torotrak Group (LSE: TRK) is an innovator and supplier of low carbon vehicle technologies, focussing on mechanical solutions that increase efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in vehicles. These include the V-Charge variable-drive supercharger, a range of Torotrak gearless traction drive transmissions, and the Flybrid energy recovery system, which uses a mechanically-driven flywheel to capture kinetic energy during braking and efficiently return it to the wheels. The company's engineering team works with proven, global tier one technology partners to provide a validated route from prototypes to production. Customers include major vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers in the light duty, heavy duty and off-highway sectors as well as leading motorsport teams. www.torotrak.com
Richard Doherty at Market Engineering
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Last week, we released a cumulative update for TFS 2010 SP1. You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bca68e8d-4612-48cd-9418-1b973d41073f. The KB article is in the process of being published and should be available soon.
*UPDATE* – This update prereqs SP1 and should be installed on TFS application tiers and build servers. It need not be installed elsewhere (clients or proxies).
*IMPORTANT UPDATE* – Don't install this patch on a TFS proxy! It will break the proxy. We'll fix the patch and address the issue but for now just don't install it on a proxy. The issue is very narrowly affecting proxies. We added a new defense-in-depth security check to some low level TFS infrastructure that happens to be shared between the app tier and the proxy. It turns out the logic will only work in the AT code paths and not in proxy code paths. We're still trying to figure out why our testing missed it but my speculation is that it is because our client is resilient to proxy failures – it just falls back to accessing the server directly. I suspect the test logic just didn't notice the fallback to the server but we'll investigate, confirm and fix it, whatever it is. I appologize for the inconvenience.
A couple of years ago, SQL Server moved to a model of quarterly cumulative updates as a way to make it as easy as possible for customers to stay up to date with the latest SQL fixes. I liked the model a great deal but wasn't ready to invest the effort and time to make a significant change to the TFS servicing model. Rather, I've been gradually moving the team in that direction. We did a big cumulative update last fall when we released the Lab Management capabilities. And now we are releasing another one.
Basically the model we're in now is that we'll release cumulative updates periodically when we believe we have a critical mass of fixes that warrant asking the customer base to update. They'll include all of the QFEs (hot fixes) that we've released since the previous cumulative update and any really important issues we've found internally. You can almost think of them as mini service packs. I strongly encourage you to stay up to date with them. As a general rule, they will contain fixes that we really believe you should have – they may be security fixes, performance fixes or fixes that will save you from a problem down the road.
Over time, my goal is to get to a predictable quarterly schedule for them. For now, we'll do them on demand and I expect we'll have a couple per year. I don't have a list of the fixes that this one contains but I know it's all the QFEs since SP1 plus fixes for 3 or 4 bugs we've found internally in the process of developing V.Next.
Please let me know if you have any issues installing it. You shouldn't really notice any difference after you do – nothing visible has changed. It's all under the covers stuff but it's still important that you update.


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Between May 10 and May 13, 1931, over one hundred convents and other religious buildings were burnt by anarchists and other extreme left anticlericalists in Spain during riots that started in Madrid and spread throughout the country.

On May 10, a right-wing group played a recording of the monarchist Marcha Real by an open window in the Calle de Alcalá while a large crowd were returning from the Buen Retiro Park. Some members of the crowd were enraged, and protests the following day swept across Spain. While some members of the new government of the Spanish Republic wanted to restore order, others in the cabinet resisted. According to the canonical narrative Manuel Azaña allegedly stated that "all the convents of Spain are not worth the life of a single Republican".

References

1931 in Spain
Second Spanish Republic
1931 riots
May 1931 events
Anti-Catholicism

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Air is the Guru; Please do not pollute: Manpreet Badal
Updated on 20 Aug, 2019 04:05 PM IST BY Editor
INVC NEWS
Chandigarh,
Don't drift away from the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Finance Minister appeals to people of Punjab
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Tuesday exhorted the people of Punjab and Haryana not to burn paddy straw as that would be a true tribute to the Guru Nanak Dev ji, especially with the ongoing 550th Parkash Purab celebrations. The Minister was talking to the media personnel after attending a public function at Bathinda.
Taking a pledge not to burn stubble and paddy remnants will be in tune with the message of 'Sarbat Da Bhalla', said the Minister. In this way, Punjabis could set a remarkable example of environmental consciousness and also spread the message of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Mr. Badal stated.
He said that Guru Nanak Dev Ji has clearly stated that "ਪਵਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ" (Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all), but by burning agricultural residues, we are defiling Air, which has been described as our Guru.
The Finance Minister said, "If the founder of the Sikh faith had treated air, water and earth with such reverence, then we should follow the teachings and not defile and pollute our environment. By not following the message, we are drifting away from the path that has been so beautifully prescribed for us".
Manpreet Singh Badal also stated that millions of pilgrims and general public from across the globe is expected to converge in Punjab for the auspicious occasion. "Keeping in view the true traditions of Punjab and Punjabiat, I am sure that we will greet them with folded hands, bow our heads in respect to our guests; and also open our doors and kitchens and langar; but additionally, we should also commit ourselves to providing them with a clean and pure environment", he added.
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Years and Years
Years and Years More songs
I caught you (watching) me under the light
Can I realign?
They say it's easy to (leave) you behind
I don't want (try)
Cut cover, take that (test)
Hold (courage) to your (chest)
Don't wanna (wait) for you
Don't wanna have to (lose)
All that I've (compromised)
to feel another (high)
I've got to keep it (down) tonight
And oh, oh, oh
I was a (king) under your control
I wanna feel like you've let me go
So let me go
Don't you remember how I used to like
Being on the (line) ?
I dreamed you (dreamed) of me calling out my name
Is it (worth) the price?
Cut cover, take that test
Hold courage to your chest
Don't wanna wait for you
Don't wanna have to lose
All that I've compromised
to feel another high
I've got to keep it down tonight
I was a king under your control
I had to (break) myself to carry on
No love and no (admission)
Take this from me (tonight)
Oh, let's fight
Let go, let go, let go of everything
Olly Alexander explained to Digital Spy the meaning of the song:
It's about being in a relationship with someone and how that can feel really intoxicating, but that can be really addictive and you can feel like a king. You know it has to end and you feel it's going bad, but you don't feel strong enough to end it yourself. You want the other person to end it. That's what I felt like I was going through over the period of a year, and then towards the end, I wrote the song.
realign
to put something into a new or correct position
leave you behind
depart and not take along
He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe
to expose or make vulnerable to danger, suspicion, scandal, etc.; jeopardize
to keep it down
to stop the number, level, or size of something from increasing
I have to exercise to keep my weight down.
acknowledgment of the truth of something
be on the line
to be at risk
Firefighters regularly put their lives on the line
Jill was on the line once more


What is the Florida 30A?
30A is short for Scenic Highway 30A, an 18.5-mile corridor that dips off and back on Highway 98 and hugs the Gulf of Mexico coastline in northwest Florida's Walton County. This stretch of sugar-fine white beaches and clear gulf water holds a diverse wonderland: sea oat-covered dunes, pine forests, wetlands, marshes and coastal dune lakes.
Few places lay claim to these rare coastal dune lakes, and the 30A area has several, to the delight of kayakers, paddle boarders and nature-lovers. 30A is a huge second-home market. Fortunately for visitors, this means access to a multitude of rental homes. We are consistently asked about where to go and what to pay for vacation rentals in this area. So, this article will focus on 30A vacation rental costs.
Hotels in 30A vary greatly from one village town to the next. For example, if you want to book a single hotel room for a long weekend in May, you'll pay between $400/night and $500/night for a luxury hotel room with a gulf view at the Watercolor Inn and Resort or the Pearl Hotel.
One important thing to note is that you won't find any major hotel "brands" in this area. There is not a Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, St. Regis, or even a W Hotel anywhere on 30A. Of course, you can generally find hotel rooms for less than $400/night, but they will usually be in three star or less hotels that will be unimpressive.
If you're looking to rent a beach condo in 30A, we suggest doing your due diligence and finding something on VRBO.com or Airbnb.com (see our article on "5 VRBO Problems and How To Avoid Them"). The real challenge with renting a condo in 30A is that unless you or a trusted friend has seen the apartment first-hand, it will be very difficult to know what you are getting from photos on the website.
There are over 950 listings in 30A listed on VRBO.com and many of them are outdated and poorly decorated. The views, feel of the layout, stairs, hills, parking situation and neighbors are very difficult to determine on these rental websites.
The highest end communities along the 30A are Watersound, Rosemary Beach, Alys Beach and Watercolor/Seaside. You should expect to pay around $250-$400 per bedroom per night for a high quality condo or home in one of these communities. That means that a typical 3 bedroom gulf front luxury condo will be around $950/night. Also remember that for most of these listings there is a 7 night minimum stay.
In summary, you should expect to pay anywhere from $400-500 per night if you want to rent a 4-star hotel room with one king bed or around $950/night ($315 per bedroom) for a 3-bedroom luxury gulf front condo in 30A. Many of our Members are able to pay $500 per night for a 3 bedroom gulf front condo in the beautiful WaterSound area, but they have also paid to join a private club that affords them lower nightly rental rates. If you would like more information on rental options in 30A, please call us at 678-506-2700 or email us at membership@g2gcollection.com.


Completed in the spring of 2010, the Montford Terrace has been featured in the local paper and in a home tour organized by Handmade In America. Designed by Steven Lee Johnson of Sitework Studios, it features structural stone steps and columns as well as this drystone retaining wall. The wall, columns, and step risers are made of granitic gneiss, mostly from the Hooper's Creek Quarry. The step treads and column caps are full-color Pennsylvania bluestone, fabricated by hand in my shop. Marbles hide in dark corners and provide flashes of color and intriguing details.
The image above shows the backside of the wall and steps, demonstrating the structure. I call this the ugly side of the wall, as I built it knowing that it would never be seen. I made no real effort to make the faces pretty or detail the joinery like I did on the front, but the structure of the back of the wall is carefully laid. The wall is bombproof. I took this image just before I laid a layer of geo-textile fabric along the back of the wall and then placed the caps.
It was a cold start to the Montford Terrace project. The steps and columns are structural stone, rather than the more customary veneer over block. The granitic gneiss I used is formed in layers, like a sedimentary stone though it's a metamorphic rock. As a result, it is susceptible to exfoliation when it's stood up on edge, as is commonly done in a veneer. I've seen stones in walls that were peeling apart like pages in a book. I laid all of my stone the bedded plane, as it came out of the ground. I used junk brick, scrap granite countertops and other 'found' materials as the fill for the inner structure. There's at least twelve tons of material in the steps and columns alone.
I fabricated the step treads myself. As with the Eight Leaves project I made paper, then roofing felt, templates. This time I used my seven inch grinder instead of the five inch. These radii are more gentle on these steps and the bigger blade made it easier to get through cleanly, but the downside is that the bigger grinder kicks like a mule when the blade catches.
This project was designed by Steven Lee Johnson of Sitework Studios. This is his conceptual sketch.


Reports to CNO and is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and maintaining the management and delivery of quality patient care on all shifts within assigned service area. Regularly reviews and revises, as necessary, standards of care ensuring compliance with department and Hospital-wide performance improvement initiatives. Participates in investigation and resolution of patient concerns and complaints and ensures compliance with Hospital and regulatory agency requirements.
Approximately five to seven years progressively more responsible related work experience, with two years concurrent management experience in assigned specialty area, necessary in order to gain comprehensive knowledge of the organization, operation and coordination of several patient care units, in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of patient care theories and practices, and ability to contribute to overall department administration.
Current State license in Texas as a Registered Nurse required.
Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider certification required (BLS).
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification is required.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is required.
Advanced knowledge of nursing theory, practice and administration in order to direct planning and implementation of patient care over multiple units, and to prepare related reports, analyses, polices and budgets.
A Bachelor's of Science degree from an approved School of Nursing is required. A Master's degree from an approved School of Nursing or related field is preferred. If a Master's degree is not held or employee is not currently working towards a Master's degree, certification in area of responsibility or certification in management is required.
Interpersonal skills necessary in order to provide effective leadership, maintain a variety of internal and external contacts.
Work cooperatively with a variety of Hospital managers, executives and staff.
Analytical abilities necessary in order to evaluate delivery of care systems and nursing results; respond to deficiencies by identifying and implementing appropriate corrective action; develop and administer procedures and budgets; and organize and direct work of subordinates.


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We were three hours outside of Dhaka in the Hindu village of Baliya. All day long smiles and hand-gestures had been our best means of communication. Our guides and translators had taught us a few key phrases: "hello", "thank you", "Bangladesh is beautiful." And truly, Bangladesh was beautiful. And a long, long way from home.
We had just played two festivals in Eastern India, and had decided to fly over and see what our friends were up to in that region. They work for an organization called Food For The Hungry empowering poor communities with education, micro-finance, clean water, and a better life. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Such an amazing perspective: to see a village transformed through education, clean water, empowered women, and micro-finance. This village was making an incredible life from the ground up. I'll never forget the village. Or their faces! The colours, the flavours, the traffic, the smells. even jet-lag felt different in Bangladesh. In every way, we were as far away from California as you can get.
And now, after a lunch in the Muslim side of the village we were heading back to the Hindu side for a concert performed by some of the locals: Bangla musicians who would show us how music is made in Bangladesh.
It's hard to describe music from that part of the world. As a band, we love to embrace new ideas: But these Bangla songs would make Jimi Hendrix or Zappa seem pedantic. My brother said it well: "The music made me want to move, but for the first five minutes I couldn't even figure out when to bob my head." The music in Bangladesh is an intricate dance that is unfolding. Each new song, like the traffic: beautiful, and dangerously free. As spicy as Bangla cuisine. As vibrant as the colours of the saris on the local women. As musicians, we were overwhelmed. Dancing, laughing, trying our best to sing along. What joy! What art!
Every so often our friends who could translate would whisper to us what the lyrics were aiming at. But as the afternoon passed, music was the only language we had in common: a language much older than any of our words.
After hours of this Bangladeshi musical feast, an idea came to me. What if we could play a song together? Souls from around the world converging to join voices in the common language of music. (If you can't tell by now, I'm a bit of an idealist from time to time). When I leaned over and told the idea to my more practical younger brother, he started laughing.
"Seriously? If you're really feeling it, we can try our best!" he said, still laughing. "But there's a lot of ways that could go horribly wrong."
The rest of the band gave a similar response, "it's probably a bad idea, but let's give it a shot."
So we grabbed our guitars out of the van and tried our best with interpreters and hand motions to spell out what we were aiming for. The local Bangla musicians were willing to give it a go, but they seemed about as sceptical as my brother: doubtful that this was going to end well.
I pointed a key to the melodica player. He held down a F# major chord with a questioning look. I moved the third down a half step to the minor. Then we started to clap out a tempo and we were off. We were playing a song called NATIVE TONGUE (a song that we had only played once or twice ourselves, much less in a setting like this). The first verse was a sea of questioning faces. I looked to my left at my bandmates, wondering what I had roped them into. I looked to might right at the Bangladeshi musicians, wondering what they were thinking of these surfers from California crashing their set. I looked back at the local villagers, whose questioning faces said it all: what was this cacophonous noise? What was happening?!
It was awkward. And strange. And uncomfortable. And then somehow, everything changed. The chorus arrived and all the notes began to find each other. The east and the west holding hands. The Bangladeshi musicians all stood up and began chanting and dancing with us. Somehow, there on the soil outside of Dhaka there was a spontaneous eruption of song and rhythm unlike anything I've been a part of in any number shows around the world. No lights. No PA system. No rehearsal. No words. Just music.
After the song, we were all laughing and sweating and trying to talk to one another. After all my efforts in English, the leader of the Bangladeshi band simply embraced me six or seven times. The first few times I was a bit self-conscious. I was sweating and I felt out of place. But by the fourth embrace, my defences broke, and I embraced him back.
Oil and water. The waves on the sand. The mountains and the sky. Every day, there are conversations happening all around us. Beyond fear. Beyond culture. Beyond our comfort zones. In that village outside of Dhaka I was loved. I was welcomed. I was met with open arms that saw past our differences. Seeing past the mistakes, the wrong notes. Cause the truth is, we're not that different from each other. We've all got scars, and hopes, and dreams, and fears. We all need forgiveness. We all need grace. Maybe it's time to communicate with a language deeper than fear. Hate is not your native tongue. No, my friends. Love is our native tongue.


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I've been the civilian coordinator for the 21st Michigan for ten years now, and I am very pleased at the direction our ever-growing group has taken. When I began this reenacting trek 12 years ago, the civilians of the 21st were mainly a few women - less than a dozen - who tended to follow and cook for the men.
With me being the sole active male in our unit, I was a rarity, for there were very few civilian men in any unit!
Since then we've become a viable force of over 60 citizens representing the 1860s reenacting/living history world, which now includes numerous men as well.
21st Michigan Civilians: a wonderful group of people!
And while many reenacting civilian groups also have meetings, they tend to be modern dress and concentrate on projects such as quilt making or sewing - great things for women, I suppose, but hardly something I man would like to take part in.
I know this to be true for I've heard it first-hand (I also know not all groups are like this, but truth be told, most are).
The 21st Michigan civilian meetings lean heavily toward the promotion of the study of social history - everyday life - and how to present this in a fun and interesting manner to the visiting public.
Our meetings are also for all civilians - not just for women or just for men. Numerous times it's been suggested that we have separate meetings for men and women so men can learn and do period men things and women can learn and do period women things.
I disagree - why have a separate meeting?
Then it becomes a men's club or a women's club, and that's the last thing we want to see happen.
Nope - our 21st Michigan civilian meetings are all inclusive - heck, we even have some military show up so they, too, can learn about their lives beyond the military.
(I'm not speaking of men's or women's social gatherings here, by the way - we're talking about a unit meeting).
It's a difficult task, you know, to oversee such a large contingency of 1860s citizens. By oversee I don't mean I'm their boss or that I tell them what to do. I only make suggestions, for "taking control and telling members what they have to do" is not the job of a coordinator.
~much like the military drills, period dress meetings are a sort of drill for those of us on the homefront, where we can improve our presentation and hopefully gain new knowledge and insight in showing the past to visitors.
~being in period clothing helps us to remain in focus; it can be difficult to act like a 21st century person while in 19th century clothing. Try it sometime - it just doesn't feel right.
~sometimes it just feels good to throw on your period clothing when you may not have worn them for months and visit with your 19th century friends without feeling as if you're on display.
But the main course of action is to learn how to present history comfortably in knowledge and in presentation.
And that's what this year's civilian meeting was about: how to have exciting public presentations without doing 1st person.
If you recall in the previous Passion for the Past posting, I wrote about how many accredited history majors do not take reenactors seriously, considering us nothing more than fluff and hobbyists.
Of course, we know better than that, and as I stated, most of us intently study the past, many times more often and more detailed than some history majors.
That being said, my subject for this year's meeting was knowledge.
I began by stressing that knowledge has to be thee top priority here; knowing about the time period you are presenting - absolutely knowing - can make all the difference in how serious you are being taken.
As I've written in older postings, too many focus solely on clothing or quilting or sewing...but what I've imparted on the civilians of the 21st Michigan is to look beyond the obvious.
Yes, clothing is important, but it only tells a small part of the story. To give a more complete picture one needs to look at the 1865 world around them - put themselves in that world - and then they will be able to develop more fully a presentation of greater interest for not only the general public, but for themselves as well.
~who was the post master and how did he get the position?
~was this his only occupation? If not, what else did he do?
~what did he see when he looked outside his window?
~how did he interact with his family, neighbors, and customers?
~how much of a 21st century personality should be a part of a 19th century personality?
Just these and a few other simple questions took me on a figurative journey beyond anyplace I expected to go. And it was this knowledge quest that enabled me to reach out and grab the visitor by bringing the past to life in a very real way where they could identify. In fact, there are numerous variables of my 19th century life that I am now able to present. For instance, I run a stagecoach stop, and because of this I also am able to send and receive mail for the locals of my area. So now I can speak not only of the importance of mail delivery and the subjects of letters themselves in relation to the men off fighting the War, but I also have been able to expand to the subject of 19th century travel and all it entailed during the period as well.
Now, let's take it yet to another level: I am also (like so many of this time) a farmer. Depending on the season of the year, there are all sorts of things to talk about including the daily home chores as well as the farming chores of each member of the family, which would include the running of a household from morning til night time along with seasonal farm activity.
And to make it all complete, I can also tell of the area I live by researching the history of the city, town, or village in which I currently (in my 21st century life) live and/or grew up, and then incorporating that into my delivery.
All of this stemming from telling people about the importance of mail writing and delivery during the Civil War.
This is what I mean by making our presentations a bit more exciting.
And if you are able to add accessories to your overall delivery, all the better.
Lanterns and oil lamps will go far, as will other items of the home or work place.
I found a friend to make me a pigeon-hole letter holder based on an original from the earlier part of the 19th century - that's it to the left. Also, even simple gestures such as putting your bread, muffins, apples, and other period-correct "snacky" food-stuffs in bowls of the time set out on a table under your fly can also go a long way in the overall appearance. Harper's Weekly, letters, writing utensils, and even period photos and household tools will really accent your space. Having a small bushel of apples and corn will help to give that harvest appearance come fall. A scythe or sickle, maybe an old plow (all can be found fairly cheap at country garage or barn sales) will garner plenty of interest from the visiting public.
To me the idea is not only to teach but to stand out in an enticing manner.
kitchen set-up under her fly!
We all know that nearly everyone cooks over an open campfire at reenactments, this is pretty much standard practice, but a few reenactors really stand out in this by turning their tent and fly into a literal kitchen (see right)! And they will include more tools than the standard fry pan; many will also include a dutch oven and a reflector oven (among the other cooking utensils) to show the differing ways of cooking over an open fire or a hearth. Others may bring their iron cookstoves to events, taking the cooking presentation along another historical path. A stove can be another wonderful opportunity to teach about heating and cleaning a stove as well as the different types and sizes of wood used for cooking. They can even teach a bit about which days of the week were for cooking and which were for baking, giving the visitor an idea of how a household was run.
Something else I like to do is reenact seasonally. When our "official" reenacting season begins here in Michigan in the merry month of May, I can still speak of late-winter chores & activities and lead right into the spring chores & activities, which will then head into preparation for summer chores & activities.
And let's not forget the fall harvest. If you recall, in October of 2014 our unit had a fall harvest festival at our last major reenactment, and a majority of civilians from the 21st Michigan actively and excitedly took part in celebrating this time of year in numerous ways. Many have said this was the best reenactment they've ever taken part in.
This is the way I try to guide our civilians in the 21st Michigan in bringing the past to life; Mrs. Folcarelli, in the photo above, is just one of our numerous members who does not do 1st person, but she (and other 21st Michigan civilians) have an awesome historically-based set-up and knowledge that more than keeps the visitors interested.
It's in this manner where we, as living historians/reenactors, can be considered an equal to the accredited historians; as long as we research the perceived world we intend to present to the public, we can bring their written words inside the history books to life.
This is how, in a very real sense, we actually become part of that long-ago world - even without 1st person.
And for me, that's what it's all about.
I took a picture of Larissa taking a picture of Kristen taking a picture of Robert taking a picture of Violet. Did you get that?
These two ladies put the "gans" in sheninagans!
We didn't just pose for photos - we did have a meeting, too!!
Yes, that's some of my research library you see behind these lovely ladies.
Baby Cynthia learned quite a bit, too! She does an awesome job portraying a one-year-old of the 1860s.
Kristen has portrayed my daughter so often that she now uses her hands when she speaks!
Your hosts with the mosts - My wife and I: she was not feeling her best on this day but she outdid herself on the wonderful potato soup she made for our guests! We're going to be quite a conversation piece for our grandson and any future grandkids, eh?
(To help you figure out your back story and to help formulate a more realistic presentation, please click HERE for a previous posting I wrote.
And to read about my back story and how I utilized my hometown's history as well as everyday knowledge of the past, please click HERE.