We recently reported on Peter Sagan's glasses with integrated nose magnets. The 100% Speedcraft AIR glasses have now been officially launched.
The prominent motocross brand has partnered with AC Systems, also hailing from the moto scene to bring its patented 'breathing technology' to cycling.
Based on the normal Speedcraft glasses, the obvious change is the magnetic nasal dilator. Two arms extend down from the nosepiece and pull your nostrils open with magnetic pads stuck to either side of your nose.
The opening of the arms can be adjusted with a small dial at the top of lens, though given that the system is supposed to improve your breathing, we struggle to see why you would close the device.
According to AC Systems, using this technology allows for "correct breathing" i.e. nasal breathing, and AC Systems has collected several testimonials (from motocross riders) about the claimed benefits.
Nasal dilation isn't new tech and has been used by quite a few pro riders already. However, based on our research the jury is still very much out on whether it actually provides any performance benefits.
Arguably this magnetic system is sleeker than what we've seen before, but at $15 for 20 nose stickers (which we imagine means 10 applications) it's not really a value for money proposition for regular use.
The glasses come with an interchangeable HiPER lens that claims improved contrast and detail with a hydroleophobic coating and 100 percent UV protection. There will be a clear lens available too. The TR90 frame has the usual assortment of anti-fogging and ventilation features integrated.
The Speedcraft AIR will retail at $325. Who knows, you might just be able to eke out that extra bit of speed in your next race.


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Pati Preecha Siri is regarded as a very respectful elder among the villagers of Hin Lad Nai community. He was honoured by the United Nations, on April 10th 2012, at Istanbul, Turkey, with the "Forest Hero Award" for the the whole community's work in protecting and preserving the forest. There were only five people selected to receive the award from 47 people and 30 countries around the world, and Pati Preecha was the one selected from Asia. The committee explained that Pati Preecha was the leader in managing and developing the Ecosystem model of Hin Lad Nai, which succeeded in terrace-planting and rotational farming, as well as estabilishing a honey farm, farming of the local tea and bamboo forest. All of these practices go hand in hand with forest preservation (Green Globe Institute, 2018).
One of Hin Lad Nai's villagers, Mr. Chaiprasert Paka, mentioned that though Pati Preecha was nominated to receive the Forest Hero Award, he refused to receive the award indivually. His explanation reflected the importance of community. He stated that since everyone in the community takes part in protecting and preserving the forest altogether, the award, therefore, should be given in the name of Hin Lad Nai community instead of his name. He further mentioned that "the forest is the source of income and food, from the forest, we use water for farming and nourishing our lives. As we live with the forest, we appreciate and recognize the value of forest".
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YOUNG INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
YICPMA is open to students and young professionals so that they can be part of our association before becoming full active members as their careers develop.
The inaugural YICPMA Forum was held in Vienna in 2013 and the organisation has members from Austria, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA.
If you are interested in registering, please contact icpmamembers@gmail.com
YICPMA member Iosif (Joseph) Filosof has just graduated from UCL Bartlett School with his MSc in Construction Economics and Management. Many congratulations to him. He is now working for Atkins in London and all of our members, far and wide, wish him every success.
Michael Reiter spoke at the ICPMA Conference in Lausanne about his recent experiences in Tehran, Iran. City planning has not been that "joined up" and he has made some recommendations of how to improve the city by respecting natural pedestrian desire lines. Let's hope they are implemented.
Agnes Hazay spoke about city planning in Budapest, Hungary, and specifically how an area of the city is becoming greener and more accessible for public use. Budapest is increasingly popular for tourists too and the city plans to continue to improve its built environment to attract more in the future.
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Mapúa University - School of Civil, Environmental and Geological Engineering undergraduate student officers and members of the International Construction Project Management Association – Mapúa Student Chapter (ICPMA-MSC) held its 7th Bridge Building Competition last Dec. 5, 2018. Bridge building competition is one of the biggest events of the organisation which is being held annually. By the name itself, it's a competition where groups of undergraduate engineering students create model bridges where they are only allowed to use specified materials set by the organisers. This year, only popsicle sticks and wood glue were allowed, and they are asked to build bridges considering the guidelines particularly following the minimum dimension. It's a productive learning experience where it is not only beneficial for the organisation but for the students who participated as well.
by: Ma. Carmela L. Ronquillo
Artem Kholodiakov, one of our YICPMA members who attended our London Conference, has recently graduated from University College London with a MSc in Construction Economics and Management. His Bachelors was in Engineering and he has experience in this field. At UCL he was a departmental representative and change maker.
Artem is now looking for the next step in his career and is flexible in terms of location. If you are able to help Artem, or know someone who can, please leave a message here or contact him through LinkedIn.
Many congratulations are in order for Ryan Holland, who graduated today from the University of Derby with a First Class Honours degree in Construction Management. Ryan is newly registered with us, and all at ICPMA hope to help him to develop his career and to assist him in creating successful building projects. We also hope that he will encourage others to join our exciting profession.
If you would like to post some news or an article here, please email us at icpmamembers@gmail.com. Thank you!


What Are the Advantages of Purposive Sampling?
❶In a nonexistent correlation, no relationship exists between the variables.
The best and most representative sample is a random sample , in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being chosen as a subject. In quantitative research , information collected from respondents for example, a respondent's college ranking is converted into numbers for example, a junior may equal three and a senior four.
In qualitative research , information collected from respondents takes the form of verbal descriptions or direct observations of events. Although verbal descriptions and observations are useful, many scientists prefer quantitative data for purposes of analysis. To analyze data, scientists use statistics , which is a collection of mathematical procedures for describing and drawing inferences from the data.
Two types of statistics are most common: Scientists use both types of statistics to draw general conclusions about the population being studied and the sample. But a sociologist can surely experiment in the laboratory of the world by employing the Comparative Method. Similarly, Weber also finds direct relation between the practical ethics of a community and character of its economic system.
But the application of this method is not as simple as it may appear. The first difficulty in the application of this method is that social units have different meanings in different countries. The institution of marriage, for instance, has different meanings for the people of India and for westerners. We consider it as an indissoluble sacred bond of union between husband and wife whereas the western people take it as a union of loose type breakable at the will of either party.
Sociology makes use of Inverse Deductive Method on a large scale. This method was advocated by J. Mill and involves the following procedure:. In the first place, it assumes that there is relation between different elements of social life.
As we have mentioned above, Taylor had applied this method to the comparative and statistical study of the institutions connected with the family among the primitive peoples and showed that the practice of mother-in-law avoidance is co-related with the custom of matrilocal residence.
Similarly, it has been suggested that there is some relationship between industrialisation and capitalism, between urbanisation and disintegration of the family, between war and class differentiations and so on.
The rise of nobility and the extensive development of serfdom appear to be correlated with the growth of the economic system.
Secondly, after finding the correlation between the institutions, we come to the study of sequences i. Thirdly, if the laws of co-relative changes or sequences are established they provide what J. Mill called the middle principles of sociology.
Finally, such laws would not, however, yield the final explanation of social phenomenon; they would require to be related to more ultimate laws of Psychology and Social Psychology which govern the life and evolution of human societies as such. Thus Sociology cannot make use of either deductive method or inductive method. It makes use of inverse deductive method which is a combination of inductive obtained by means of the comparative method or by statistical method with deduction from more ultimate laws.
According to this method an ideal is constructed from concrete cases and then a particular case is evaluated according to the degree of its approximation to the ideal. According to Weber, an ideal type of social behaviour involves a description of certain aims and normative controls, from which springs a notion of the rational course of action. The ideal type analysis and scales of personal values have proved very valuable for descriptive and analytical studies. This method has further been employed with profit in Marxian interpretation whether the ideal types are classes having conflicting objectives.
But this method has its difficulties the construction of an ideal is not an easy task. It is a subjective process, influence of personal preference cannot, therefore, be ruled out in constructing an ideal.
Secondly, the ideal once fixed cannot be good for all times as it is liable to change with the change in situations. Thirdly, this method is not adequate to understand the complexity of society. The Statistical Method is used to measure social phenomenon mathematically that is with the help of figures.
It is obvious that Statistics can be used with advantage where the problem can be expressed in quantitative terms as in measuring the growth of population, the increase of birth and death rates, rise and fall in income etc.
Giddings was the first great sociologist to emphasise the importance of statistics for sociological researches. Much of the research work in Sociology is currently being carried on with the help of the data collected through statistics, for example, in studying population, migration, economic conditions, human ecology etc. But the great difficulty in adopting the statistical method is that mostly the social problems are qualitative and not quantitative.
This method can, therefore, be used in a limited sphere only. In American sociology statistics have played an important role. There sociologists have been able to reduce more and more of sociological data to quantitative terms and thus to deal with them statistically. A new method of sociometry has been recently evolved by some sociologists for the measurement of such nonstatistical relations as envy, class conflicts, social adjustments etc.
Sociometry is a set of techniques to measure in quantitative and diagrammatic terms attractions and repulsions in interpersonal relations. The approach has been very useful in the study of small group structures, personality trait and social status. It discloses the feelings people have for one another and provides various indexes or measures of interaction.
The sociometric test can be very helpful in the assignment of personnel to work groups in such a way as to achieve a maximum of inter-personal harmony and a minimum of inter-personal friction. This technique is, in a sense, a combination of ideal type analysis and statistics. The method was at first initiated by G. Moreno in his book. Though it was primarily and chiefly used by psychologists but its value in the study of sociological problems is now being gradually recognised.
This method is simple and reliable; however, it measures only one aspect of inter-personal attitudes and is not quantified. The social survey method consists in the collection of data concerning the living and working conditions of people in a given area with a view to formulating practical social measures for their betterment and welfare.
Thus social survey is concerned with collection of data relating to some problems of social importance with a view to formulating a constructive programme for its solution. It is conducted within a fixed geographical limit. Social surveys are of various types. These surveys are very useful as they do not only provide detailed accounts of the social and economic facts but also bring home various social evils prevalent among the people of the area concerned and thereby draw the attention of the government to eradicate these evils by passing appropriate legislation.
America and England have been making use of social surveys, both general and specialized, since long on a very large scale to solve some of their social problems. India and other underdeveloped countries are also now benefiting from social surveys both in the urban and rural areas which they are conducting either on their own or with the co-operation and help of other advanced countries.
Gathering of enough information about a person to understand how he or she functions as a unit of society. The case study method is employed in studying an individual case or that of a group, a community or an institution.
The contention underlying it is that any case being studied is a. Burgess assigns it the name of social Microscope. This method is usually employed for the study of professional criminal and other social deviants and involves an investigation and an analysis of all the factors entering into the case and its examination from as many points of view as possible.
Any adequate sociological study shows fusion of case method and historical method. Expressed somewhat differently it is an approach which views any social unit as a whole. Some of the techniques used in the method are interviews, questionnaires, life histories, documents of all kinds having a bearing on the subject and all such material which may enable the sociologist to have a deep insight into the problem. Thoroughness is the keystone of this method. Case work is based on the principles of acceptance, self determination and confidentiality.
A classic example of field research is Kai T. The flood occurred when an artificial dam composed of mine waste gave way after days of torrential rain.
The local mining company had allowed the dam to build up in violation of federal law. When it broke, million gallons of water broke through and destroyed several thousand homes in seconds while killing people. Some 2, other people were rendered instantly homeless. Erikson was called in by the lawyers representing the survivors to document the sociological effects of their loss of community, and the book he wrote remains a moving account of how the destruction of the Buffalo Creek way of life profoundly affected the daily lives of its residents.
Intensive interviewing can yield in-depth information about the subjects who are interviewed, but the results of this research design cannot necessarily be generalized beyond these subjects. Similar to experiments, observational studies cannot automatically be generalized to other settings or members of the population.
Sometimes sociologists do not gather their own data but instead analyze existing data that someone else has gathered. Census Bureau, for example, gathers data on all kinds of areas relevant to the lives of Americans, and many sociologists analyze census data on such topics as poverty, employment, and illness.
Sociologists interested in crime and the legal system may analyze data from court records, while medical sociologists often analyze data from patient records at hospitals. Analysis of existing data such as these is called secondary data analysis. Its advantage to sociologists is that someone else has already spent the time and money to gather the data.
A disadvantage is that the data set being analyzed may not contain data on all the variables in which a sociologist may be interested or may contain data on variables that are not measured in ways the sociologist might prefer.
In several nations beyond the United States, nonprofit organizations often use social science research, including sociological research, to develop and evaluate various social reform strategies and social policies.
Canada is one of these nations. Information on Canadian social research organizations can be found at http: According to its Web site http: This project at the time of this writing involved a team of five senior researchers and almost two dozen younger scholars. CRISP notes that Canada may have the most complete data on child development in the world but that much more research with these data needs to be performed to help inform public policy in the area of child development.
Everything in its path: Destruction of community in the Buffalo Creek flood. Tell them who I am: The lives of homeless women. The specific deterrent effects of arrest for domestic assault. American Sociological Review, 49 , — The social structure of an Italian slum. University of Chicago Press. This is a derivative of Sociology: For uses beyond those covered by law or the Creative Commons license, permission to reuse should be sought directly from the copyright owner.
Understanding and Changing the Social World. Learning Objective List the major advantages and disadvantages of surveys, experiments, and observational studies. Large surveys are expensive and time consuming. Although much information is gathered, this information is relatively superficial. Experiments If random assignment is used, experiments provide fairly convincing data on cause and effect. Because experiments do not involve random samples of the population and most often involve college students, their results cannot readily be generalized to the population.
Observation field research Observational studies may provide rich, detailed information about the people who are observed. Because observation studies do not involve random samples of the population, their results cannot readily be generalized to the population. Existing data Because existing data have already been gathered, the researcher does not have to spend the time and money to gather data.
Sociological Research: Designs, Methods Sociologists use many different designs and methods to study society and social behavior. Most sociological research involves ethnography, or "field work" designed to depict the characteristics of a population as fully as possible.
Using sociological methods and systematic research within the framework of the scientific method and a scholarly interpretive perspective, sociologists have discovered workplace patterns that have transformed industries, family patterns that have enlightened parents, and education patterns that have aided structural changes in classrooms. Sociological research methods fall into broad categories of quantitative and qualitative approaches, but studies frequently use "mixed methods" incorporating both. Quantitative methods include measurement by sample surveys, statistical modeling, social networks, and demography.
1. What is Sociological Research? - Positivist, Interpretive and Critical Approaches Human society is a complex network, and there are many ways to study it. In this lesson, we'll look at three. Filter by Custom Post Type. Home» Sociology» Research Methods in Sociology. Research Methods in Sociology.


South Africa's Bidvest Group on Monday named Mark Steyn, the financial head of its freight business, as the next group chief financial officer after the trading, services and distribution firm posted a 12.5 percent rise in first-half earnings.
Steyn will replace Peter Meijer, who is retiring on Wednesday after 28 years with the company.
Steyn, who will take over from March 1, joined Bidvest in May 1997 and has held various financial positions within Bidvest Freight.
Bidvest, which is also involved in financial services, said headline earnings per share in the six months to Dec. 31 rose to 574 cents from 510.3 cents a year earlier.
The services, freight, and office and print divisions were the outstanding performers, with trading profit climbing 24.3 percent, 18 percent and 12.7 percent, respectively.
"This performance again demonstrates the benefits of our robust and diverse operating units, which collectively serve many key sectors of the South African economy," group Chief Executive Lindsay Ralphs said in a statement.
The ECOWAS Commission has signed a trade and investment cooperation agreement with the Republic of Turkey as part of efforts to deepen economic cooperation between members of the Sub-regional body and Turkey.
Signing the 'Turkey-ECOWAS Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement', is seen as a principal step toward institutionalising relations between Turkey and the ECOWAS Commission.
The two parties also welcomed the establishment of an ECOWAS-Turkey Joint Commission by signing the Turkey-ECOWAS Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement.
The development follows talks by representatives of 15 ECOWAS member-states led by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Industry and Private Sector Promotion, Mr. Kalilou Traore, with the Turkish government represented by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey, Nihat Zeybekci, at the first Turkey-ECOWAS Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul.
In line with the decisions taken at the first and second Turkey-Africa Partnership Summits, held in Istanbul in 2008 and Malabo in 2014, and the Turkey-Africa Economic Business Forum in 2016, Turkey and ECOWAS decided to jointly organise this business forum to foster closer cooperation between Turkey and West African states.
The business and economic forum brought together more than 500 Turkish and West African businesses which engaged in one-on-one business to business meetings to explore opportunities for business engagement.
In the meeting that led to signing the latest agreement, the parties decided to intensify their collaboration in several identified areas of interest.
They include: Ensuring finalisation of the legal framework for developing and promoting trade and investment cooperation; Increasing the trade volume in a balanced manner; and, Implementation of joint infrastructure and development projects.
Other areas also identified were: developing financing mechanisms for trade and investment; Improving the logistics connectivity between Turkey and ECOWAS member-states; developing trade facilitation in line with WTO Trade Facilitation Agreements.
It was also agreed to establish a dialogue between the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) and Federation of West Africa Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI), and to strengthen relations between private sectors through the establishment of Business Councils at the bilateral level, inter alia.
To achieve these objectives, the Turkish side indicated its readiness to enter into negotiations for Free Trade Agreements, considering the priorities and specificities of the ECOWAS member-states.
ECOWAS, however, indicated it intended to consider the proposal at the appropriate level.
At the Forum, the parties noted with great satisfaction the growing and diversifying Turkey-ECOWAS partnership.
South Africa's rand hit a fresh three-year high against a weaker dollar in early trade on Monday, amid talk that President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to announce a new cabinet this week.
At 0627 GMT, the rand was at 11.5300 per dollar, 0.11 percent firmer than its New York close on Friday.
The currency hit 11.5100/dollar earlier in the session, its firmest since February 2015.
Ramaphosa has said he is considering a cabinet reshuffle after replacing former leader Jacob Zuma. The former president's nine-year rule was marred by a series of scandals. Ramaphosa has pledged to fight official corruption.


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Description: The members of the academic staff and, where applicable, their dependents or members of the family, shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as the Central Government may, after entering into an agreement with the University, notify under section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947).
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Description: The following shall be the authorities of the University:-- (1) the Governing Board; (2) the Academic Council; (3) the Boards of Schools of Studies; (4) the Finance Committee; and (5) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the University.
Title: The Academic Council.
Description: (1) The Academic Council shall be the principal academic body of the University and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, have the control and general regulation of, and be responsible for, the maintenance of standards of learning, education, instruction, evaluation and examination within the University and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes. (2) The constitution of the Academic Council and the term of office of its members shall be prescribed by the Statutes.
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Regardless of the weather, it is a rarity to see Thurles Racecourse losing a race meeting, even in the depths of winter when many of the track's meetings take place. Jokingly and affectionately referred to as "Ireland's first all-weather racecourse", Thurles is the only privately-owned track in the country and is located only a few kilometres from the town centre. It is a right handed track of one and a quarter miles and hosts a number of top-class Flat and National Hunt (jumps) meetings including the Grade 2 Kinloch Brae Chase and the Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle.
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Thurles Racecourse is situated 1 mile west of Thurles town and 5 miles west of the N8 (Dublin / Cork), on the road to Limerick, Shannon and Galway.
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The railway station on the Dublin / Cork line is approx. 1 mile from the Racecourse. A free mini bus service brings racegoers to the course.
Bernard Kavanagh and Sons Bus service provides transport to and from Thurles. See timetable here; www.bernardkavanaghcoaches.com
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The closest major airport to Thurles is Waterford Airport. This airport has international and domestic flights from Waterford, Ireland and is about 73 km from the center of Thurles, Ireland.
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Robert Miller and Stephen Heiman developed the Buy-Sell Hierarchy, and explained it in their 2005 book, The New Successful Large Account Management.
I have adapted the model to help design studios assess how their clients view them as a supplier. I explain this tool in the Designing demand for your studio workshop.
Level 1: delivers design as a commodity that meets specifications.
Level 2: delivers design solutions.
Level 3: delivers design and consultancy.
Level 4: uses to design to solve business issues.
Level 5: integrates design throughout the whole business.
At level 1, there's no collaboration between your studio and your clients. You provide a design/artwork service that meets a clients' basic needs, but you may be one of many suppliers. Clients may shop around to get better support and service, and to meet more strategic needs.
You can move up the hierarchy by understanding more about your clients' needs, and by doing more than your competitors to meet those needs. For example, at level 2, you provide higher quality services. At level 3, your services outperform others in the market.
By level 5, you and your clients are strategic partners: you understand their long-term needs, and you work together to meet them. Most importantly, your clients recognise that you're a key partner, and that you're indispensable to their growth. Obviously this is a the place you want to be.
Miller and Heiman point out that it's your clients who ultimately decide which level your organisation has reached in the hierarchy. However, you can still make your own assessment of your client relationships.
Below, I outline the characteristics of each level of the hierarchy. Use these to think about your client relationships, and then apply the approaches identified to move to higher levels.
At level 1, your clients consider you to be one of many suppliers. Your design service meets basic specifications, and it's similar to those offered by your competitors.
There's little sense of a relationship at this level. You've likely won this account based on price or availability, which means that your position is not secure. If a competitor makes a better offer, your client will switch. You are engaged in transactional design.
At the second level, your clients see you as a supplier of "good" but not "effective" design. You've understood some of their needs, you've gone an extra step to meet them, and they can see a tangible benefit to working with you because of this.
However, you can't stay at level 2 for long. Once your competitors learn about the new aspects of your service, they'll quickly follow suit. These features will then become industry standards, and, without further innovation, you'll be back at level 1.
Level 3 relationships are often based on customisation or exceptional client service. You demonstrate your commitment to your clients by investing a lot of time in your relationships, and by providing close personal attention.
However, competitors can still "up their game" and match your offering.
The leap from level 3 to level 4 amounts to "crossing a chasm". When you have a level 4 relationship, your clients see you as an ally who helps them solve business issues, and helps them be more profitable.
To reach this level, your client must see the connection between the place of design in their success. For example, you may have worked with them to find solutions to complex problems, or helped them meet the needs of major clients.
Your clients are unlikely to want to work with more than one designer at a strategic level, so, if you can reach level 4, your competitors will no longer pose a serious threat.
When you reach level 5, you've truly become your clients' partner. You work closely together to solve pressing organisational issues, and they see you as someone they can't do without. You are a design consultant rather than a designer.
At this level, you have an ironclad competitive advantage, because you provide solutions that robustly contribute to your clients' bottom line.
It is a worthwhile exercise to look at where your clients fit in this hierarchy.
The Designing demand for your studio workshop shows how to use this tool as part of building a new business model for your studio.


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 * @author DarwinOnLine
 * @author Maks3w
 *
 * @see https://github.com/DarwinOnLine/DoLLdapBundle
 */
interface LdapDriverInterface
{
    /**
     * Initialize the driver (new options).
     *
     * @param array $options new options to connect
     */
    public function init(array $options);

    /**
     * Bind to LDAP directory.
     *
     * @param UserInterface $user     the user for authenticating the bind
     * @param string        $password the password for authenticating the bind
     *
     * @return bool true on success or false on failure
     *
     * @throws LdapDriverException if some error occurs
     */
    public function bind(UserInterface $user, $password);

    /**
     * Search LDAP tree.
     *
     * @param string $baseDn     the base DN for the directory
     * @param string $filter     the search filter
     * @param array  $attributes The array of the required attributes,
     *                           'dn' is always returned. If array is
     *                           empty then will return all attributes
     *                           and their associated values.
     *
     * @return array|bool Returns a complete result information in a
     *                    multi-dimensional array on success and FALSE on error.
     *                    see {@link http://www.php.net/function.ldap-get-entries.php}
     *                    for array format examples.
     *
     * @throws LdapDriverException if some error occurs
     */
    public function search($baseDn, $filter, array $attributes = array());
}

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public abstract class AbstractPersister
extends java.lang.Object
implements DatabasePersister

Abstract implementation of the Persister interface. This class wraps an
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protected <T> T
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This method is responsible for executing a simple query using Spring's
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void
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Sandy became a smiling, reassuring beacon of hope for my family. She constantly asked how she could make our stay during those long days better, and she took the time to listen.
Sandy showed true dedication to her nursing career with an obvious love for her job and the health system while caring for a patient and his family post coronary artery bypass grafting. This surgery was unexpected, so there were many fears and questions about post-op care at home. Sandy was contacted several times throughout the patient's hospital stay to assist with education. She was always patient, calm and reassuring. She went above and beyond by changing her schedule to adjust to the family's needs. She also returned to the patient's room to answer additional questions after her shift on her own time. She provided continuous encouragement and education reinforcement. She is an exemplary nurse.
Sandy became a daily bright spot in our lives during my mother's recovery from open heart surgery. She was nurse extraordinaire in her care, compassion, and treatment of my mother. When a bleed developed, my 88-year-old mother had to undergo a 2nd emergency open heart surgery in 8 days. Sandy became a smiling, reassuring beacon of hope for my family. She constantly asked how she could make our stay during those long days better, and she took the time to listen. Her confidence in my mother's recovery and the kindness shown to our entire family will never be forgotten. She is truly a DAISY Nurse!


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Prof. Sarah Perrett OBE FRSC
sedp2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Perrett is Course Director at the Faraday Institute. She has been a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2003 and divides her time between Beijing and Cambridge, where her family is now based. Sarah studied Natural Sciences (Chemistry) at the University of Cambridge and completed a PhD in Protein Chemistry in 1997, supervised by Prof. Sir Alan Fersht. She then held a Research Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge before moving to Beijing in 2000, via a year of full-time Mandarin Chinese language study at the National University of Singapore. She was awarded an OBE for services to UK/China relations in the scientific field in the 2015 Queen's New Year Honours List. Sarah is an Editor of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) and the Editor-in-Chief of Essays in Biochemistry (Portland Press). Her research interests include mechanisms of protein folding, amyloid formation and prion propagation. She has published around 80 research articles and has edited three books.
Perrett S., Buell A.K. & Knowles T.P.J.K. (Editors) Biological and Bio-inspired Nanomaterials, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1174, 2019, Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-981-13-9790-5.
Sunde M., Chapman M., Otzen D. & Perrett S. (Editors), Functional Amyloids Biomacromolecules 7, 2017, MDPI. ISSN: 2218-273X.
Perrett S. (Editor), Amyloids in Health and Disease Essays in Biochemistry 56, 2014, Portland Press. ISBN: 978-185-57-8192-4.
Recent Research Papers (selected)
Wu, S. Hong, L., Wang, Y., Yang, J., Yang J., Zhang, H. & Perrett, S.* (2020) A kinetic view of the conformational cycle of Hsp70 reveals the importance of the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of Hsp70 for its function. PNAS 117, 7814-7823.
Yang, J., Dear, A.J., Yao, Q., Liu, Z., Dobson, M., Knowles, T.P.J., Wu, S.* & Perrett, S.* (2020) Amelioration of aggregate cytotoxicity by catalytic conversion of protein oligomers into amyloid fibrils. Nanoscale 12, 18663-18672. (On the inside cover)
Yang, J., Zhang, H.*, Gong, W., Liu, Z., Wu, H., Hu, W., Chen, X., Wang, L., Wu, S., Chen, C.* & Perrett, S.* (2020) S-Glutathionylation of human inducible Hsp70 reveals a regulatory mechanism involving the C-terminal α-helical lid. Biol. Chem. 295, 8302-8324.
Yao, Q., Hong, L., Wu, S.* & Perrett, S.* (2020) Distinct microscopic mechanisms for the accelerated aggregation of pathogenic Tau mutants revealed by kinetic analysis. PhysChemChemPhys 22, 241-7249.
Yao, X., Chen, C., Wang, Y., Dong S., Liu, Y.J., Li, Y., Cui, Z., Gong, W., Perrett, S., Yao, L., Lamed, R., Bayer, E.A., Cui, Q., Feng, Y.G.* (2020) Discovery and mechanism of a pH-dependent dual-binding-site switch in the interaction of a pair of protein modules. Science Advances 6, eabd7182.
Dear, A.J., Michaels, T.C.T., Meisl, G., Klenerman, D., Wu, S., Perrett, S., Linse, S., Dobson, C.M., and Knowles, T.P.J.* (2020) Kinetic diversity of amyloid oligomers. PNAS 117, 12087-12094.
Yang, J., Dear, A.J., Michaels, T.C.T., Dobson, C.M., Knowles, T.P.J.K.*, Wu, S.* & Perrett, S.* (2018). Direct observation of oligomerization by single molecule fluorescence reveals a multi-step aggregation mechanism for the yeast prion protein Ure2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 2493-2503.
Gong, W., Hu, W., Xu, L., Wu, H., Wu, S., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Jones, GW.* & Perrett, S.* (2018). The C-terminal GGAP motif of Hsp70 mediates substrate recognition and stress response in yeast. J. Biol. Chem. 293, 17663-17675.
Lou, F., Yang, J., Wu, S.* & Perrett, S.* (2017). A co-expression strategy to acheive labeling of individual subunits within a dimeric protein for single molecule analysis. ChemComm 53, 7971-8094.
Yang, W., Willemse J., Sawyer E.B., Lou F., Gong, W., Zhang, H., Gras, S.L.*, Claessen, D.* & Perrett, S.* (2017). The propensity of the bacterial rodlin protein RdlB to form amyloid fibrils determines its function in Streptomyces coelicolor. Scientific Reports 7, 42867.
Zhang, H., Yang, J., Si, W., Gong, W., Chen, C.* & Perrett, S.* (2016). Glutathionylation of the bacterial Hsp70 chaperone DnaK provides a link between oxidative stress and the heat shock response. J. Biol. Chem. 291, 6967-6981.
Zhou, X.M., Shimanovich, U., Herling, T.W., Wu, S., Dobson, C.M., Knowles, T.P.J.* & Perrett, S.* (2015) Enzymatically-active microgels from self-assembling protein nanofibrils for microflow chemistry. ACS Nano 9, 5772-5781.
Rees, J.S., Li, X.W., Perrett, S.,* Lilley, K.S.* & Jackson, A.P.* (2015) Protein neighbours and proximity proteomics. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 14, 2848-2856. (Invited Review)
Zhou, X.M., Entwistle, A., Zhang, H., Jackson, A.P., Mason, T.O., Shimanovich, U., Knowles, T.P.J., Smith, A.T., Sawyer, E.B.* & Perrett, S.* (2014). Self-assembly of amyloid fibrils that display active enzymes. ChemCatChem 6, 1961-1968.
Li, X.W., Rees, J.S., Lilley, K.S., Howard, J.A., Zhang, H., Peng, X., Hamaia, S.W., Farndale, R.W., Perrett, S.* & Jackson, A.P.* (2014). New insights into the DT40 B cell receptor cluster using a proteomic proximity labeling assay. J. Biol. Chem. 289, 14434-14447.


Added by Luke Tomaneng about 2 years ago. Updated almost 2 years ago.
Whenever I start Audacious, a window pops up, saying: "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disc into drive I:.". When I click "Continue," Audacious starts up just fine. There is indeed no disc in that drive, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the function of Audacious. I'm running Windows 10 Home 64-bit.
Do you have a playlist referencing files on I: ?
I've tried "Playlist > Remove unavailable files," as well as uninstalling and reinstalling Audacious. The error is still there. I do not recall adding any files from any drive other than C:.
I don't know what is trying to access I: then. Maybe something in GLib. It would probably take a debugger backtrace to figure out. Unfortunately I have never seen this problem on my system.
What debugging tool should I use, and how?
I would use GDB in a MinGW environment, but it's an involved process, so unfortunately I can't walk you through it.
Since Audacious seemed to retain my library (and the bug) after a reinstall, I assume Audacious relies on the Windows registry to maintain some of its settings. Can I delete or change some keys to do a completely clean reinstall?
We don't keep any settings in the registry; they are under AppData\Local\audacious.
I have tried a clean reinstall of Audacious by using uninstall.exe, then deleting the folder you mentioned, then running the NSIS installer. I have done this with versions 3.8.2, 3.8.1, and 3.8., in that successive order. The bug persists.
If you can find a file named .recently-used.xbel within your user folder, try deleting that file.


As an example for videogame journalists, I'm detailing a small claims suit I filed against a travel magazine that was led by, in this case, a less-than-honest editor in chief.
So what happened when I took the train downtown to court on a chilly spring evening?
In front of a genial mediator, I pled my case. I showed him the contract, the email threads and the receipts for expenses to South Africa.
The editor pled her case as well. She said she didn't have the money to pay me. The mediator leaned forward and said, "Are you paying your staff?" "Yes," she said. "But…" The mediator interrupted, "Are you paying them every week?" "Yes," she said.
The mediator asked if that was her signature on the contract. "Yes," she said. "But…" Again the mediator interrupted. "Then you have to pay this man. This man has a contract. He did the work. This contract is legally binding. And you've incurred interest as well," he added.
I was happy, to say the least.
As an aside, it used to be that you had to travel to downtown Manhattan to file a claim. The process took hours. Now, through a third party service, you can file a claim electronically for a mere $14. But you do have to travel downtown to small claims court for the case itself. Once you arrive for your court date, the legal representative for your publisher may ask for more time and the case may be adjourned. That means another trip to court. But you'll get your day with the mediator. And, as detailed above, the mediator generally looks kindly upon you, the litigant – as long as you can prove you're owed money.
What happens once you've won the case? How do you collect your payment? And, once you've sued, can you ever write for the same publication or Web site again?


I am considering building a fader box for MIDI control around a Teensy 3.2.
However I don't know which fader brand/model to choose, starting with the value of the resistance, especially if I am to use the Teensy's pullups.
- edit: low consumption (I need the board to power 11 faders).
Thank you in advance for helping.
The (internal) pull up resistors are only relevant for digital inputs.
A standard value for this application would be a 10kΩ lineair slide potentiometer. ALPS and Bourns are widely used. The exact type would be dependent on your specific application (build) and budget.
The 'Many_Button_Knobs' example in the Teensyduino install (under 'Examples > Teensy > USB_MIDI') contains what you need, especially the usage of the ResponsiveAnalogRead library. It is advisable to place a 10nF capacitor from the wiper to ground against RF and other interference.
Thanks a lot for this information. However I don't understand why the pullups are not relevant for analog signals. You need a voltage divider to get the measure, don't you?
The slide pot IS the divider: at the middle there'd be 5K above and below the wiper.
Having the pull-up on would add a third resistor and make it less than linear. that might be desirable in some corner cases, but it's better to start simple. If you want a non-linear response, you can buy a non-linear potentiometer or fix it in software.
But what happens when the slider resistance is set to minimum? Isn't there a risk of short-circuit without a pullup? By the way my idea is not to have a non-linear response, but just not to break the board.
No, there's no problem. It is true that the analog input is shorted to ground when the slider is at the bottom end but that's not a problem because it is an input and there's no current flow from an analog input to ground.
I completely forgot that a fader is already a voltage divider itself except when the wiper is at either end.


Join Mrs. Martin, Spanish teacher, for the final session of Craft Club for the 2018-2019 school year! Possible projects include a burlap bunny (front door hanger), modge podge confetti eggs, a bunny can, bunnies on a 2x4 wooden block, a felt chick on a stick, and a modge podge flower pot.
This club will take place on Thursdays from 3:00-4:00 p.m. for 6 weeks--March 14th, 21st, 28th; April 4th, 11th, 18th. The cost is $125 and includes all supplies needed. This club is open to all students in EC and 3rd--8th grades.
Please register by March 11th, 2018.


When my mind is mostly occupied by books, i decide to open this blog.
It is like a library for myself, to do some shelfing is better for a nerd.
I sell books sometimes, occasionally, non-professionally.
The blog is only in chinese though.


About 15 years ago my Texas radio career took an unexpected turn & I ended up in New Orleans. Living in the The Big Easy was certainly a "unique" experience, but one of the most enjoyable parts was the terrific food. Top-shelf creole-style dishes are everywhere, with the relatively simplistic yet incredibly delicious Po' Boy sandwiches a lunchtime staple.
This week, Lola's in Tyler pays homage to the NOLA classic, offering up their "Catch 22". It's an awesome combo of fresh lightly hand-battered fried shrimp on a French roll, dressed with lettuce, tomato, & Lola's own take on remoulade. While the "Catch 22" is available all week, the daily shrimp supply is limited (to guarantee freshness), so the later in the day it gets, the more likely you'll get shut out. Sounds like a great reason to head over to Lola's for an early lunch!


#9568 (Can Babel be made an optional component for 0.12?) – Trac Hacks - Plugins Macros etc.
Can Babel be made an optional component for 0.12?
WikiCalendarMacro-nobabel.patch (622 bytes) - added by Patrick Schaaf 3 years ago.
Sure, already did so for a number of plugins.
I need to look into the source and apply changes needed i.e. to retain the locale directory in packages even without compiled message catalogs and make sure that translation helpers really fallback gracefully in situations without Babel installed.
Thanks for pointing out this weakness. I accept this as complaint about an obvious regression. Babel is not hard to install, but OTOH it is still optional in Trac these days, no question. BTW, the requested changes are needed for re-gaining backwards-compatibility down to Trac 0.11 too, and it's not too hard.
Beware, that I pulled WikiTicketCalendarMacro development (back) to WikiCalendarMacro. (We even talked about it some time ago, didn't we?) While I'm currently not completely satisfied with trunk code, it is nonetheless running well - for me - with Trac 0.13dev, now providing both macros, better user input sanitization and unicode support, and should do equally well at least with Trac 0.12 too.
Had I been paying more attention I would have reported this as an enhancement, but thanks for accepting the feedback anyway.
I'm in the process of a Trac 0.11.7 -> 0.12.2 switch over. I hope to have that completed by the end of the weekend. I'll be able to do lots of testing on 0.12.2 for you.
(In ) WikiCalendarMacro: Apply fix for packaging without compiled message catalogs, refs #9568.
Similar issues existed for AccountManagerPlugin (#7850), TagsPlugin (#7787) and others before. Previous code (done by me) was just too inconvenient and didn't respect current Trac policy to still treat Babel as optional dependency.
Other, not striktly related changes are just more steps towards next release. This includes especially ongoing documentation of changes.
I'm up and running now. I'll report back after I've done some additional testing. Thanks!
(In ) WikiCalendarMacro: Try header localization according to user pref, refs #7564 and #9568.
Calendar headers are localized according to user preference, if the server has suitable locales installed. Unrelated micro-improvement: CSS tooltip text is slightly magnified now.
With the current version of the macro installed on trac 0.11.6 without babel, I needed two more mocks, classes Locale and UnknownLocaleError, to get it to work. Patch follows as attachment.


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Once you have chosen the best poker agent, you should sign a contract with them and they could spend more months for making emails and calls, before they secure deals that they want. In order to sign up in any agent on online, it is fully free to sign up and receive a profit based on a commission's basis. Moreover, the successful poker player can always find the right poker agent and trust that they could help you make sufficient amount of money. Thus, the poker players are not only have to be familiar with the poker rules, but also impress the poker agent to attain a decent win rate as well as achieve success in the high profile tournaments such as online poker ranking and so on.
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Stop Waiting To Put Your Stone In
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The question things come down to for ambitious young people with few connections and fewer resources is "What's the cheapest, fastest interesting thing I can do?". It's not how to make the most money, avenues for making lots of money aren't available to those who don't already have some. It's not necessarily about the most important thing, the really long term important things in life probably haven't even been figured out by a young person yet. Even if they have, it takes resources to get there that generally aren't available for youth. It's about the cheapest, most immediate concrete contribution that proves someone is capable of doing something.
To some readers this may sound entirely obvious, but it can be a hard idea to internalize. Recently I talked to a young man in the throes of existential despair. He lives in poverty after a bitter online feud with political rivals, is seemingly unemployable with a liberal arts degree, and feels alternately that it might be best to self-immolate outside an Ivy League school's diversity office or change his gender to become intrinsically valuable. I asked him what the cheapest interesting thing he could do right now is, with his current skillset, something that would make him feel like he's going somewhere. He told me he'd like to start a political magazine. I asked him how much that would cost, on a scale from 500, to 5000, to 50,000 dollars. He said it could be done for $5000.
Reader, I want you to imagine considering suicide when the closest stepping stone back to self actualization is a mere five grand away. The agony! The anguish all for want of such a moderate sum. Now it should not be handwaved away that this gentleman is in terrible poverty, but he also has many friends who would probably be willing to help. I immediately pointed out that in the grand scheme of things, $5000 is not a lot of money. There are indie films from no-name directors which raise twice that. I asked him to consider who would be interested in the political speech he's looking to fund, and how he could prove to them that he's a good investment.
There is a common misconception that you must do something big to 'have an impact'. Nonsense. The truth is that you would be much better off starting with something small and executing it competently. Do this several times, and you will be able to attract more resources by conspicuously providing a quality return on yours and others investments. Skills gained during even ostensibly 'small' endeavors are essential to making the big ones work. Think of it less like a glorious battle and more like building a cathedral. Historically, a cathedral was a project that took many people and multiple generations to build. Someone who began a Cathedral did so in the confidence that they would pass the torch to their son. The 'dragons' of our age are slain by a million men cooperating across vast distances of space and time on a shared mission, rather than a lone knight in shining armor.
So stop waiting around to put your stone in, if you die tomorrow your dreams will go with you but the stone will still be there.


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The Laws of Purim
16. Costumes and the Prohibition of Lo Yilbash
Chapter 16: The Mitzvot of Joy and Kindness
Many people customarily wear masks and costumes on Purim. Even though there is no source for this in the writings of the Sages, and the Aĥaronim did not write that one must wear costumes, various reasons have been given for the custom.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 10 5782
15. Scheduling the Se'uda when Purim is on Friday
When Purim falls out on Friday, it is customary, le-khatĥila, to begin the meal before the afternoon, in honor of Shabbat. Alternatively, there is a custom to combine the Purim meal with the first Shabbat meal on Friday night.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 5 5782
14. Can a Drunk or Tipsy Person Recite Berakhot and Pray Ma'ariv?
On Purim, a drunk person may recite all Birkhot Ha-nehenin, Birkat Ha-mazon, and Asher Yatzar. One who is tipsy or drunk after finishing the meal must wait to pray Ma'ariv until he is sober and able to pray with a clear mind.
13. When to Eat the Festive Meal
Most Jews begin the Purim meal in the afternoon, after praying Minĥa. Some people start the meal very late, just before shki'a, eating most of the meal after dark. Many authorities question this practice, as the mitzva is to eat the meal on Purim.
12. The Meaning of the Mitzva of Drinking
Both in Tanakh and in rabbinic literature, it is made clear that drunkenness is disgraceful and liable to bring one to sin. Why, then, are we commanded to get drunk on Purim?
11. Laws of Drinking
One fulfills his obligation to drink on Purim with any intoxicating beverage. However, it is preferable to drink wine, because the miracle came about through wine. It is a mitzva even for women to drink a lot of wine that brings joy on Purim. However, they must be careful not to get drunk. If one knows that when he gets drunk he goes wild and hurts others, or he ends up wallowing in his own vomit and degrading himself in public, he should not get drunk.
9. The Mitzva to Rejoice and Eat a Se'uda
We are commanded to observe Purim as a day of feasting and joy. Even though the mitzva of rejoicing continues throughout the night and day of Purim, it reaches its climax at the se'uda, the festive meal.
10. The Mitzva to Drink
On Purim, there is an explicit mitzva to drink a lot. Therefore, the Sages said, "A person is obligated to get drunk on Purim until he does not know the difference between 'Cursed is Haman' and 'Blessed is Mordechai'".
7. The Proper Time for Matanot La-evyonim and Mishlo'ach Manot
One must send mishlo'aĥ manot and give matanot la-evyonim on Purim day. If one cannot find poor people to receive matanot la-evyonim on Purim, he should set aside his gifts and save them until he finds poor people
8. Between Mishlo'ah Manot and Matanot La-evyonim
The mitzva of mishlo'aĥ manot is designed to increase love and harmony between fellow Jews. Therefore, one who sends mishlo'aĥ manot to his friend anonymously does not fulfill his obligation. Matanot la-evyonim, on the other hand, is like charity and is designed to help the poor in the best possible manner. Therefore, when possible, it is preferable to give matanot la-evyonim anonymously.
6. Who Is Obligated in Mishlo'ach Manot and Matanot La-evyonim?
Every Jew is obligated in mishlo'aĥ manot and matanot la-evyonim. Even though women are ordinarily exempt from positive time-bound mitzvot, they must fulfill the mitzvot of Purim, since they too participated in the miracle. Even a married woman must fulfill these mitzvot.
4. Mishlo'ach Manot
Every person must send two gifts of food to a friend on Purim, in order to increase love between them. Increasing love between Jews is part of the essence of Purim, as it was on Purim that the Jewish people's holiness was revealed.
5. Types of Foods for Mishlo'ach Manot
The two food portions must be different from each other. One who sends his friend a garment or a book does not fulfill his obligation. One who sends a live fowl to his friend does not fulfill his obligation, because it is not edible as is; it must first be slaughtered, cut, salted, and cooked.
2. Jewish Unity on Purim
Purim is a special day for displaying Jewish unity. Haman's decree was aimed at the entire Jewish people, with no distinction between righteous and wicked, poor and rich.
3. Matanot La-evyonim
It is a mitzva for each and every Jew to give matanot la-evyonim on Purim. In order to fulfill this mitzva, one must give a minimum of two gifts – one each to two poor people – but it is praiseworthy to give more.
1. Joy and Kindness
The mitzva to rejoice on Purim is quite unique. This joy must be accompanied by a heightened sense of love and unity among Jews. This is true joy, as it expresses a broadening of life and its spread through the love of all people.
15. Working on Purim
Chapter 15: Purim and Reading the Megilla
The Sages did not originally establish Purim as a holiday on which work is prohibited. Over time, however, the Jewish people developed a custom to refrain from work on Purim.
14. Al Ha-nisim, Torah Reading, Eulogies, and Tahanun
The Sages formulated the Al Ha-nisim prayer so that we may thank God for the salvation He performed for the Jewish people at the time of Purim. The Sages enacted that three people are called to the Torah on Purim to read the section beginning with "Amalek came".
13. Taking Revenge on Haman and His Ten Sons
The execution of Haman and his ten sons is an integral part of the Megilla, for it confirms that justice was done and the wicked people who rose up against the nation of Israel were punished and put to death.
11. The Laws of Reading the Megilla
Since Megilat Esther is referred to as a "letter," it is customary to prepare the scroll for reading in public by spreading it out and folding it over. One may sit or stand while fulfilling the mitzva of reading the Megilla.


On bank holiday Monday, Horsham Park Bowls Club held a party to celebrate the anniversary of 50 years of playing bowls in the park.
Many ex-members were invited to join in the fun and renew friendships made over the years. Club members were asked to wear something colourful rather than club uniforms to enhance the party mood.
The afternoon started with a spider where all bowlers positioned themselves around the edge of the green and on the sounding of a bell everyone bowled at the jack in the centre of the green.
The spider, which cost a pound to enter, was in aid of Visually Impaired Bowls England. The winner was Martin Bryant who got his bowl nearest the jack. With so many bowls aimed at the same time, it was inevitable that many on target bowls were knocked off course.
This was followed by a number of teams playing different variations of bowls, the most difficult of which was to bowl with no jack, the skips then took it in turns to put the jack up, hopefully into the middle of their own bowls. This proved to be very tactical as players tried to cover off the oppositions bowls, this was more difficult than it sounds.
There was then a superb celebration tea with anniversary cakes plus many glasses of bubbly.
Everyone voted the afternoon a great success, roll on the next 50 years.
Bowls is a game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Anyone interested in taking up bowls in the park, please contact David Peters on 01403 266170. All equipment plus coaching available.


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We're taking a long, slow look at bias — that set of unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that inform our behavior without our being aware — this week. And, given the news we're surrounded with, it's timely.
I was also taught (in that grade school exercise I mentioned in last week's post) that bias is different from prejudice.
My teacher said the difference resides in whether or not facts are involved (bias, yes; prejudice, no).
I want to make a further distinction, that of conscious awareness.
conscious awareness: prejudice, yes; bias, no.
While it was quite easy for me to identify "motorcycle riders" as a group I wanted nothing to do with, my biases are less clear to me. I'm sure I have them. We all do. But are we aware of them? Can we name them?
I'll go one better. I'll wager that we can all identify bias in people close to us (or even some not so close) yet believe we ourselves are quite free of bias. At least the kind that results in unfair or stereotypical behavior toward others.
Ethnocentrism — the idea that our own culture is the "right" one — is a particular favorite bias of mine.
Of course, THIS is the right way; it's the way it's always done.
This only means we haven't yet met enough people.
Today though, my attention is focused here at home.
We are engaged in this country in a battle over what is right, what is decent, what is true.
and over whether racism thrives.
To survive this battle, it seems to me, we first need to understand our own biases.
you've got three more pointing back at you.
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So, the job we have is to look at ourselves, for we are, really, the only ones we have any control over.
In that spirit, I've begun to reexamine my own assumptions about racism, and the patterns of institutionalized white privilege that have long surrounded me.
Here's a fun and fascinating link from MTV that offers two short quizzes, testing your own bias on gender and race.
And here's a graphic that narrows a list of over 150 different biases down to the top twenty. It's put out by Business Insider.
So, there's research out there on bias, whether from university social psychology departments or the financial services industry.
Before we go further, just note your reaction to that logo.
Any judgments? Any memories? Any associations?
Do you remember the first time you heard their name?
Do you counter Black Lives Matter with All Lives Matter?
Do you feel you'd support the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement if only they'd speak more softly, be more polite, know their place, wait their turn?
Do you hear yourself saying, "Color doesn't matter to me; I'm colorblind." And, its natural consequence, do you hesitate to even mention skin color to the blacks you meet?
You can read more about the Black Lives Matter movement on their website.
Have you seen the five-minute video of the "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist?" Broadway show? Do you think its funny? Do you agree with their claim?
I don't have anything particularly wise or at all entertaining to leave you with today. My aim is not to talk you out of any of your biases.
I have only a request for you to pay attention to their impact, identify them, maybe understand where they come from.
And vow to not let them color your compassion.
I also wanted to clarify that "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" is a song from the musical, Avenue Q. It's not exactly a spoof of Sesame Street, but it is all puppets, and many of them are similar to Sesame Street characters. I think the show came out when my older daughter was in high school.
Also–there's a summer TV show on called "Brain Dead." It's by the creators of The Good Wife, and it involves Washington politics and alien creatures that eat parts of the brain. It's kind of a spoof of people's prejudices and biases–so people become more conservative or more liberal. One woman doesn't understand when someone tells her that they can't just kill liberals, while another guy–brandishing the knife he got during a pledge drive to The Splendid Table– is going crazy over cuts to NPR.
You're the second person to recommend Brain Dead to me. It sounds hilarious actually. But it's on at 10 pm ! And it's network (I think, yes?) which means commercials. I'm afraid I've gotten quite spoiled watching Netflix. You might say I'm now biased against network TV.
Thanks for taking the time to check out all my various links, Merril. And I'm glad you liked the graphic.
You know I don't stay up late, Janet. We record shows and then fast forward through the commercials! 🙂 But I like Netflix, too.
Biases? We all have them and they seem to stem from the experiences we've had during our lifetimes. Did living in Germany as a four year old after WWII affect how I feel about war and politics? You betcha. Along with simple things like always having small dogs versus large dogs as I grew up and being fed the kinds of food I prefer to eat now all have played a part in sculpting my person and my biases. To be aware of them is the ticket to moving on or not. It all depends on what you choose in any given circumstance.
Joan, I hope you've included this chapter in your soon-to-be-released memoir. It's a part of your story I hadn't known before.
Thanks so much for stopping by and adding your voice.
Thank you Tim. That means a great deal to me. We'll keep encouraging each other. AND, I'll remind my readers that if you click on Tim's missing photo (smiley face here), you'll be connected to his blog. I recommend it.


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Tompkins' jail alternatives report spurs discussion
Lawmakers hear recommendations for more programs, reducing jail population
Tompkins' jail alternatives report spurs discussion Lawmakers hear recommendations for more programs, reducing jail population Check out this story on ithacajournal.com: http://ithacajr.nl/VGoUX1
Andrew Casler, acasler@gannett.com Published 6:27 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2014
A Tompkins County Corrections Officer works at a station that overlooks multiple inmate living areas. (Photo: SIMON WHEELER / Staff Photo )Buy Photo
Jail Alternatives Task Force released final report on Monday
"Obviously what we've been doing doesn't work," task force co-chair said.
The Legislature will be asked to accept the report at a future meeting
ITHACA – Meetings packed with picket signs and hearings occupied by hours of public comment led Tompkins County to explore more alternatives to incarceration, and lawmakers Tuesday night heard recommendations from the six-month-long review.
The county legislature formed its Jail Alternatives Task Force in response to pressure from the public.
Unlike the crowded public meetings that led to the creation of the task force, just two people spoke about incarceration issues at the public comment period during Tuesday's meeting.
Eric Lerner, a former Tompkins lawmaker, used his public-comment time to say that jail makes people more dangerous over the long run. The county jail is a destructive institution that isolates people from those who could be a positive influence in their lives, Lerner said.
Making the presentation were Jail Alternatives Task Force co-chairwomen Suzi Cook, of the county attorney's office, and Deborah Dietrich, director for Tompkins County Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources.
"I won't argue with anybody when they say it's barbarous to put human beings in cages, and I agree with it," said Legislator Peter Stein, D-Ithaca. "On the other hand, I'm damned if I know what to do without it (jail)."
Stein said he thinks focusing on crime is more effective than working to lower the jail population.
"Obviously, what we've been doing doesn't work; we haven't seen a reduction of crime in my lifetime, even though we've certainly built thousands more jails and cells," Dietrich said.
Legislator Martha Robertson, D-Dryden, challenged Dietrich's statement.
"It's a really crude measure, but our jail population has been pretty stable for a long time, even though the (Tompkins County) population is growing. That kind of does say that we've actually somehow managed and maybe kept the rates down," Robertson said.
Dietrich said she was talking about incarceration nationally, not in Tompkins County alone.
Among other suggestions, the task force found that Tompkins could increase the number and timeliness of alcohol and drug assessments at the jail, and provide additional life-skills, vocational and educational programming within the jail.
Assigning officers to more in-jail programing would require overtime pay for corrections officers, Tompkins County Jail administrator Capt. Raymond Bunce said in an interview after the meeting.
"We also have limiting factors of program space," he said.
The county jail offers programming such as high school equivalency diplomas, life-skills coaching, and Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous counseling, Bunce said.
Bunce added that he thinks inmates need to be genuinely motivated toward changing their lives for programs to be effective.
"I think a lot of times, people are offered a choice: 'You can go to this program, or you can go to jail,'" he said.
Programming is an easy choice for most, but that's often because it's perceived as the easier path, Bunce said.
"That's usually an easy choice ... but it's not a decision that's really coming from within that person," Bunce said.
The legislature will be asked to accept the report at a future meeting, according to a county news release.
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Tompkins County Jail Alternatives Task Force findings
• Tompkins County provides a wide array of effective alternatives to incarceration that contribute to the county's low incarceration rate.
• Future discussion should consider ways to address gaps in the human-services safety net that may contribute to recidivism.
• Recreate the Reduced Incarceration through Community Service program, resulting in a shorter sentence for inmates who participate in a supervised daytime community-service work program.
• Institute a desk bail program, establishing low bails at the time of arrest.
• Augment current alternatives to incarceration programs, and enhance networking and training for decision-makers to achieve near-term jail population reductions or avoid increases.
• Reduce the number of "weekenders" in jail by using the Probation Department's Supervised Work Alternatives Program as an alternative to weekend jail sentences.
• Increase the number and timeliness of alcohol and drug assessments done at the jail.
• Provide additional life-skills, vocational and educational programming within the jail.
• Expand the state-funded Assertive Community Treatment program countywide, providing intensive mental health services to individuals when and where they need them.
• Establish a formal re-entry case manager that identifies and works with inmates appropriate for transitional services.
New initiatives enacted
• A countywide requirement that legal counsel be present at initial arraignment, costs funded by a State Indigent Legal Services grant.
• A defender-based advocacy pilot program, funded with a State Indigent Legal Services grant, available to defense attorneys as a part of sentencing.
• An open access policy for mental health services by the County Mental Health Department.
• Sheriff participation in a pilot software-based inmate assessment program, from the provider of the jail's booking software, that formulates individualized offender re-entry plans to reduce recidivism.
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