Urban Spa - Shubin + Donaldson Architects have remodelled this house to soak up its Malibu shore front location. Sliding doors and windows allow the residence to be open plan or sectioned off at will. The site elements of the highway and beach challenged, and dispatched with charming results.
The initial task was to renovate the original 1976 dwelling into a contemporary urban retreat, whilst adding some structural reinforcement. Bought in 2001 for it's location, the owners, together with the architects, went on to extensively remodel the house into an urban oasis. Concious efforts to negate the road behind and emphasise the beach in front are evident throughout.
The overall concept for this 2,900-square-foot beach-side modern house was to transform it into an urban spa-like retreat. The house is perched along Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway, and features access to the beach at the back. Sheltering the house and providing a hard façade is the garage to the rear. As an area of transition between the street and beach, an interior entry courtyard behind the garage, laid with rectangular cement pavers and bordered by smooth river rock and tufted grasses, introduces the primary design element of the home — a seamless union between interior and exterior spaces. Through crisp linear architecture, a split level plan, and visual access throughout the house brings in the beach.
From the entry courtyard, a line of sight straight through the living room takes in the sea views. Dragging your attention away, to the left is a bay window type dining room, accented by a white grid of window panes and shadowed from the noon sun. This window grid is echoed by the geometric pattern of the cabinets and shelves that lead into the minimal kitchen. True to the open plan, the kitchen seamlessly overlooks the main living space, allowing distractions whilst cooking.
The interior design palette of natural woods and limestone, white walls and fabrics, frosted and clear plate-glass creates a crisp and airy environment to appreciate the Pacific Ocean setting. A true Urban Spa,the elements were hand picked to portray the theme of air, light, and water.
Ground-floor living room and adjacent sitting room offer shadowed relief from the sunlit terraces beyond, with cooling white and dark wood tones in the furniture and materials. Double-paned windows, which open onto the first-level terrace, offer several ways for freedom, permitting unrestricted views onto the ocean while buffering sound (from the highway).
The upstairs rooms continue the overall theme of air, light, and water with repeating materials and colours. The well-dressed master suite faces onto a second large terrace with pocket-glass doors that fold away, converting the stepped upper terrace into a sleeping porch reminiscent of designs by Schindler and Neutra (and last weeks post - David Hertz! [Image]).
For reclining on the teak chaises, billowing fabrics can be drawn above and alongside the terrace to shield the sun and wind.
With the clients goal being a boutique like retreat to entertain guests rather than as a reclusive beach getaway, opulent bright-white materials: Limestone and high gloss surfaces were used to give that crisp light filled feel. In fact, the owners found it too 'bling'. The house was cool crisp and far too full of light, with the white being overwhelming sometimes. Aware of this, Shubin + Donaldson had already incorporated exterior shutters and shades, which compensate in the southern facing rooms. Then in terms of layout, a simple North facing Media room was added with minimal windows at the rear, providing a further space to retreat in summer, and a little getaway for all.
Openness and transformation are themes throughout and are most expressive in the master bath. Cool, ocean-blue frosted glass lines the walls and windows (that face another house on these sought-after lots). Behind the glass swing doors are the toilet and shower. Three layers of floor-to-ceiling glass form a translucent door that closes the space off from the bedroom, or opens it up to the master suite, porch, and Pacific Ocean beyond. Dark wenge wood - used throughout the house as an accent - encases the tub, vanity, and spacious closets. The rich brown colour gently contrasts with the limestone counters and floors. Double mirrors are placed on poles in front of the frosted glass, rather than set into a wall. To name-drop, the tub is designed by Philippe Starck.
First level: living room, dining room, den area, terrace with beach access, powder room. Upper level: home office, guest room and bath, powder room, media room, and master suite with bathroom/walk-in closet, closet office, outdoor sleeping porch.
So how much would you have to pay for this house?
Not too sure on the exact price of this house, but over at weahomes.com they're talking $8 Million for other houses on the road!!!
Great house. The word conscious is spelled wrong.
I would love to see this house next time I have walk with my girlfriend at the beach.
I really like that, would be a nice overseas holiday home to have.
Fly out of my part of the world to spend time there.
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Which domestic and Hollywood stars are struggling with bipolar…
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Causes of BAD
Yulia Akhmedova
Rap artist Guf
Specialist Comment: Is BAD Treated?
There are many stars in Hollywood who live with a "bipolar". Many did not immediately decide to talk about the disease, but after a while they stated that this made their life much easier. In addition, bipolar disorder, although it almost always requires lifelong medication and observation, does not lead to personality deformation. According to experts, the disease has a hereditary nature, but has no predetermination. And approximately 7% of patients do not have any burdened heredity. Consequently, the disease is formed due to a combination of hereditary and environmental factors, with a greater role of genetic ones. People with BAD live like on a swing (to put it simply): from a feeling of hopelessness and despair, a breakdown and inability to get out of bed, to pronounced emotional upsurges, accompanied by bursts of productivity. Mood swings are possible even during the day, and more often the condition worsens in the morning.
Not so long ago, this diagnosis was discussed in the light of a frank interview with Yulia Akhmedova – she told Irina Shikhman how she lives with bipolar disorder. The participant of the Stand Up show was treated in the hospital and has been taking antidepressants for many years under the supervision of a doctor. She was not diagnosed immediately – BAD is easily confused with depression. At the moments when the emotional "swing" went down, Yulia could not, according to her, brush her teeth in the morning – she had no strength, and during the night she got up twenty times to check if the front door was closed. Having accepted her illness, Akhmetova felt relieved, because now she understands what is happening to her. She thanks her friends for supporting her all this time. Later, Julia found out that friends even created a chat where they discussed who would go next to visit and support the girl. Akhmedova talks about her depression from the stage, and also emphasizes that depressive disorders are not treated with shopping or friendly gatherings. But the word depression has become terribly blurred in our country – many people still do not understand that this is a serious illness.
Model Alesya Kafelnikova diagnosed herself, in any case, she herself wrote about it on Instagram. "After analyzing all my correspondence today, emotional jumps, emoticons used on the phone, I can firmly state that I have bipolar disorder," the girl wrote. The daughter of a famous tennis player had problems with alcohol and not only, bulimia, a bad relationship with her father – a whole bunch that could provoke the appearance of BAD, her fans argue. However, as experts say, in most cases, bipolar disorder is hereditary. And frequent mood swings (from sadness to joy) is not a bipolar disorder. Also, do not confuse this disease with a split personality. People with BAD experience states ranging from super euphoria to depression.
Rap artist Guf talked about the "bipolar" in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak. According to the artist, he was in a psychiatric hospital 8 times. Alexei does not alleviate his condition, but only aggravates it with alcohol and not only. However, everyone makes his own choice: to stabilize his condition, accept the disease and learn to live with it, or literally test himself for strength.
There are many more artists in Hollywood who are publicly talking about living with bipolar disorder. More recently, during the spring quarantine, Selena Gomez spoke about her diagnosis. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Prior to this, the girl thought that she was suffering from increased anxiety and panic attacks. She also had to undergo a kidney transplant. Upon learning of the diagnosis, the singer, according to her, felt better. She realized that the necessary drugs and therapy sessions would make her life easier.
Drew Barrymore has been living with BAD for over thirty years, having been diagnosed at fourteen. The actress tells her "colleagues": "You will never be cured. You just learn how to deal with the problems that exacerbate your disease." Kanye West recently learned about the diagnosis, but already considers BAD his "superpower". Mariah Carey also calmed down internally – she was diagnosed with a disease in 2001, although before that she had sinned on her difficult character. It turned out to be a mental illness. What should people do who understand that something is happening to their psyche? And what should loved ones do when looking at a suffering person?
The course of the disease can be very different, that is, the phases (from mania, euphoria to depression) can pass one into another directly or through an intermission period. The duration of the phases can vary from a few hours to several years. It is clear that the severity of affective disorders has a significant range: from erased forms, in which the patient can continue to lead a normal life, to forms with inappropriate behavior that require isolation.
Patients come to a psychiatrist in different ways: depressives often come by themselves, although sometimes they are brought by relatives, and patients with a first hypo- or manic episode are more often brought by others. BAD is treated quite successfully. Medicines are taken for a long time, almost for life. The decision to reduce the doses of drugs or cancel them during a long intermission is made only by a specialist who has access to the patient's medical records and observes him for a long time.
Relatives of patients undergo psychoeducational training. Their role is to support medication intake, encourage treatment at the "first signs": changes in activity, sleep duration/appetite level, speech rate, and help maintain a stable daily routine for the patient.
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20 Under 20 honors students for community service
Nishka Bahl, News Reporter|February 1, 2019
Westminster has never given its students mandatory service hours to fulfill, yet so many of the school's students still engage in giving back to the community. Atlanta Intown recently published the 11th annual 20 Under 20 honorees that highlighted 20 students and 26 runners-up who found time to give back in extraordinary ways. Three juniors from Westminster, Anup Bottu, Zander Kassabian, and Daven Yadav were all recipients of the award, and five other Westminster students received recognition for their service.
The 20 students recognized have amassed thousands of hours of volunteer time, created nonprofits, and worked with the underprivileged as part of their service. Bottu, Kassabian, and Yadav created a nonprofit called START, Inc. (Science to Action Road Trips) that aims to inspire students to learn different math and science concepts through experiential learning opportunities that may not have otherwise been provided to them.
"We're just trying to get kids that don't have an opportunity to go to a school like Westminster, that're in fourth and fifth grade, inspired to learn math," said Kassabian. "Otherwise, it's like they're stuck in this level where they don't fully understand, and we want to get them to these STEM levels that we think are going to be the future."
In order to help the students understand science better and embed a desire in them to reach higher levels of understanding in areas of science, technology, engineering, and math, Bottu, Kassabian, and Yadav take the students on field trips. The group visits places such as SkyZone or iFly where the juniors try to pair fun with learning in the minds of the fourth and fifth graders with them.
"When we go to a place like SkyZone, we will let the kids bounce around for a while, and then we will have them do an experiment that really shows physics in motion," said Bottu. "Our goal is to show them that all the concepts they're learning on the whiteboard can be applied in real life."
Atlanta Intown asks public and private schools, service organizations, and the general public to nominate students who have actively volunteered in their community. Bottu, Kassabian, and Yadav received one nomination from Meghan James, the community service coordinator at Westminster.
They also received a nomination from the service coordinator of a program called GivingPoint that they participated in a year ago. GivingPoint is a local nonprofit that aims to bring together innovative technology, social networking, and hands-on training programs to help youth find and use their unique passions to contribute to a better world.
Bottu, Kassabian, and Yadav, initially developed the idea for START, Inc. in the final months of their ninth grade year. They began the actual work of starting the nonprofit the next fall. Receiving the 20 Under 20 award has encouraged the juniors to continue to build towards their goal.
"I feel the 20 under 20 recognition is just a milestone," said Kassabian. "It's just an inspiration to keep going and be able to improve on what we're doing."
Through their work with START, Bottu received a clear view of the current educational system and changes that could be made to improve the standard based learning that is primarily seen in classrooms.
"There's one student, in specific, his name is Cody, and he was really interested in science, but his scores didn't reflect how interested and how good he was at science," said Bottu. "It showed me that, to a certain extent, tests that we have in our current educational system stunt the kids that are more creative and may actually end up doing the STEM field."
It was always important to Bottu to inspire and give back to others, as it was something Jan Allen, seventh grade girls grade chair and middle school english teacher, told him in class when he was in sixth grade that inspired him to begin the process with START, Inc.
"Ms. Allen said one thing that really stuck with me," said Bottu. "It was that for you to do something in the world or for you to figure out your meaning, it's going to be a combination of three things that gets you there: what you're good at, what you're interested in, and how you can give back to the community. We all liked math, we're all pretty good at math, so we had to figure out, in order for us to have this kind of meaning in our high school career, how we are going to give back to the community."
This year, there was a trend among the 20 Under 20 honorees of an interest and passion for social justice causes. Many of the students' volunteer work was geared towards helping underserved minority communities around the city. Senior Baird Kazazian was an honoree for the 20 Under 20 and founded the Atlanta Junior Chapter of The Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief. Kazazian also serves on the executive committee of the UNICEF Southeast Youth Board, and he was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his volunteer efforts in 2018.
Another student who worked to help an underserved minority community was junior Brooke Stevens. Her passion was helping those who have disabilities and working to create bonds between those with and without disabilities.
Stevens started a chapter of Play Unified, which is a national organization through the Special Olympics. She came up with the idea in 2016 and started the chapter at the beginning of 2017 after she realized there wasn't a lot in our community that helps those with disabilities.
"My cousin, Logan, was actually born with down syndrome, and I realized that Westminster, before the Play Unified club, didn't really do anything with kids who had intellectual disabilities," said Stevens. "I saw this as an opportunity to implement change to help bridge the gap between people who do and don't have disabilities."
Play Unified aims to help people become more comfortable interacting with people who have disabilities. Stevens strongly believes in the importance of people understanding that those with disabilities are just like those without.
"The biggest thing I've learned is that people with disabilities have the same feelings and emotions as us," said Stevens. "They're sweet and caring, they mean well just like we do, and it's really important to see past their challenges because they can't control it."
As a club, Play Unified wishes to reach out to more people in the Westminster community. Every month, Play Unified takes part in activities such as volunteering at Top Soccer, an organization that partners kids who have disabilities and who don't have disabilities together to participate in a soccer scrimmage, helping Gigi's Playhouse, a development center for kids with down syndrome, playing basketball with the North Atlanta High School unified basketball team, and building new portable bocce ball courts for the Atlanta Public Schools adapted physical education program.
Senior Jessica Lao was also an honoree of the 20 Under 20 award for her work co-directing the student run nonprofit club at Westminster, Circle of Women. The club aims to increase access for secondary education for girls around the world. Lao's biggest responsibility through the club was managing the budget; as director of fundraising, she helped raise $15,000 for the organization.
"I'm baffled that a high schooler got the chance to manage a budget in the tens of thousands," said Lao. "But more than anything, I'm grateful for how the experience showed me that there are no limits to how to touch lives."
Her experience volunteering for Circle of Women involved successful grants, emails to sponsors, and hosting events such as Mother-Daughter brunches on Mother's Day, movie screenings, and selling products at gift fairs. In addition, the Circle of Women experience benefits the volunteers as much as it impacts the recipients.
"When I look back on my work with the Circle, it's easier to imagine the work we sweated over at home than the buildings that must have risen up miles away," said Lao. "While plane tickets to Peru would have bankrupted the whole project, I'm all the more thankful for the girls I did get to meet and the trials we scrambled through together. For the price of one, there were two schools of girls who learned the meaning of sisterhood, sweat, and miracles."
Many of the 20 Under 20 honorees traveled to other countries for their volunteer work. Junior Albert Liang volunteered his time in Guatemala building houses. He also helps as a tutor and mentor in Spanish, and he created Chess Buddies Foundation, a nonprofit that teaches the game of chess in both Spanish and English.
Chess Buddies is dedicated to spreading the benefits of chess to children of all ages and backgrounds one game at a time. The organization visits local communities and provides them with chess boards, pieces, books, and training programs. Liang has played chess for 11 years, and he now passionately teaches kids and aims to spread joy through the game in their community alongside other members of Westminster and Walton's chess club.
"No matter how tired I was at the end of the week, the kids always gave me the energy and inspired me to match their enthusiasm in my teaching," said Liang. "They've taught me what it means to have a genuine connection and listen to their stories."
Liang started Chess Buddies with the desire to bring fun and challenge into the lives of the students he teaches especially since he recognizes the high costs of such after school programs. Chess Buddies aims to teach time management, critical thinking, and creativity to the kids through the game of chess, and provide them with a curiosity for learning.
"I've really gained a different perspective of what opportunity means to underprivileged kids," said Liang. "I'm proud of being part of the team to provide that opportunity, whether it's for the kids I'm teaching chess to or for the families we built houses in Guatemala."
Sophomore Aaron Yu was also nominated for the 20 Under 20 award for his volunteer work with Meals on Wheels, tutoring in mathematics, musical performances at local retirement homes, and helping others sharpen their debate skills.
These members of the Westminster community inspire others to find ways to engage with the community. These eight students went above and beyond, performing hours of volunteer work while also managing their own busy schedules, and contributing to making the world a better place by following their passions and motivating others to do the same.


You may have seen Adrian and Ashton's take on Screencheat as part of their article quickly playing some of this year's Indie Showcase, but I also got a chance to play the game for a couple of minutes. A friend of mine attending the show suggested that I should go play this game, saying it was pretty fun.
And I have to agree, it was pretty fun.
Screencheat looks like a standard first-person shooter, but it comes with a twist. Everyone is invisible. So how do you win? Well, you 'cheat' by looking at your opponents' screen, in order to find where they are in the map. And it is not as easy as you would think. You have to figure out how to keep an eye on all three of your opponents to make sure they're not behind you and being able to aim and shoot at your opponent.
The game is designed to be a party game, where it is played amongst friends or family.
Developed by Samurai Punk, the game was originally developed at the Global Game Jam held earlier this year with the theme "we don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." After winning multiple awards from the Global Game Jam, they got a call from Surprise Attack to help them release the game.
The game has eight weapons, five distinct game modes – the traditional Deathmatch, Hillcampers, One Shot, Murder Mystery, and Capture the Fun – and five distinct and colourful maps. The game also has a colourblind mode as well, which changes the colours and adds shapes to help them uniquely identify each floor level.
Screencheat is available on all PC computers from Steam, Humble Store, GOG and other digital stores.


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Die Fahrzeuge der kkStB-Reihe A waren schmalspurige Tenderlokomotiven der k.k. österreichischen Staatsbahnen (kkStB), die ursprünglich als Baulokomotiven beschafft wurden.

Geschichte

Die als A.001–010 bezeichneten Maschinen mit einer Spurweite von 760 mm wurden anlässlich des Baues des dritten Gleises der Bahnstrecke Prerau–Oderberg als Baulokomotiven beschafft. Sie wurden von Orenstein & Koppel 1917 mit den Fabriknummern 7579 bis 7588 geliefert. Wie bei den Schmalspurlokomotiven der kkStB üblich, erhielten sie einen Buchstaben als Reihenbezeichnung.

Nach dem Zerfall Österreich-Ungarns nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges verblieben die zehn Lokomotiven zur Gänze auf dem Staatsgebiet der Tschechoslowakei. Drei Stück reihten die Tschechoslowakischen Staatsbahnen (ČSD) als U 25.001, 005 und 010 in ihren Bestand ein, die anderen Lokomotiven wurden 1924 vor ihrer Umzeichnung an private Baufirmen abgegeben.

Die ČSD setzten die Lokomotiven auf der Strecken Bärn-Andersdorf–Hof (Beroun-Ondrášov–Dvorce), Röwersdorf–Hoteznplotz (Třemešná ve Slezsku–Osoblaha) und der Waldbahn Tereswatal ein. Bis 1937 wurden sie ausgemustert.

Literatur

 Jindřich Bek, Zdeněk Bek: Encyklopedie železnice - Parní lokomotivy [3]. Nakladatelství corona, Praha, 2000 ISBN 80-86116-20-4
 Johann Blieberger, Josef Pospichal: Enzyklopädie der kkStB-Triebfahrzeuge, Band 4: Die Reihen 83 bis 100, Schmalspur- und nicht mit Dampf betriebene Bauarten. bahnmedien.at, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502648-8-3
 Karel Just: Parní Lokomotivy na úzkorozchodných dratích ČSD. Vydavatelství dopravní literatury Ing. Luděk Čada, Litoměřice, 2001 ISBN 80-902706-5-4
 Josef Motyčka: Encyklopedie železnice - Parní lokomotivy [5]. Nakladatelství corona, Praha, 2001 ISBN 80-86116-23-9

Weblinks

 Lokomotivliste auf Lokstatistik Pospichal

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A Weekend in Music City – By Tabitha Smith
Features, Reviews, Tours
This time last week my Mom and I were on a plane from Seattle Washington to Nashville Tennessee. She needed a break from life (It was also her Birthday weekend) and I was off to go see the Mighty Alter Bridge.
Back in November, they announced another string of US tour dates supporting their newest album Walk The Sky. Nashville was included on this list and after a dear friend of mine reached out and suggested I come visit I knew I had to leave home and see this band out of state.
Excited was an understatement. So here we were, just my Mom and me. I can't recall much about Friday other than flying because it took up most of the day. Saturday started out with coffee and a quick bite to eat with my Mom before I left with a few friends to go get in line for soundcheck. There is more to this adventure than just the music and great food. There's music family and new friends to be made at every show. Some of my closest friends were made through the Internet because of certain bands that we both really enjoy.
Anyway, soundcheck. We are escorted into the War Memorial Auditorium by VIP staff and the band starts up. They play through two songs and have the whole place rocking out. It felt like a pre-show before the actual show. I find soundchecks so fascinating. You can almost hear the wheels turning between the musicians as they work to fix something if it sounds off or isn't to their liking.
After the soundcheck finished, we all lined up to meet the band. I'm always asked why I spend so much money just to get a picture. It's more than just a picture. These musicians in particular are so grateful for and kind to their fans. Ask any Alter Bridge fan who's met them and most will have nothing but great things to say.
After we got our pictures taken with the band members, we headed back outside to wait for the doors to open. When they did, it was a mad dash for the rail and thankfully I made it..
Half an hour or so later, the first band Deepfall came out. They played their set which included an impressive Journey cover and then Clint Lowery (Guitarist of Sevendust) came out. He also played a fantastic set featuring songs off his new album God Bless the Renegades. He played an impressive set as well.
Then it was time for Alter Bridge. They came out and started their set. The way they've started every show on this tour so far is with their opener on their latest album called "One Life." It's a one-minute piece of what one might call meditation music. After this short piece they transition right into another new song "Wouldn't You Rather?", followed by other long-time fan favorites such as Isolation, Come to Life, another new track called Pay No Mind, Ghost of Days Gone By, and Broken Wings.
All throughout the entire set I found myself mesmerized by the heavy rhythmic guitars, Mark Tremonti's solos, along with the dynamic rhythm duo comprised of Scott "Flip" Phillips on drums and that incredibly rhythmic bass-playing by Brian Marshall and of course, the sound of the band is never complete without the melodic vocals and the rhythmic guitar craft of front man Myles Kennedy. The show continued on with a new song called "Dying Light", the anthemic "Rise Today", then the heavy track Cry of Achilles, followed by Mark Tremonti taking lead vocals for "Waters Rising."
After this Myles Kennedy slows the night down with a beautiful acoustic version of "Watch Over You" off of Alter Bridge's album Blackbird. And to the crowd's surprise the band joined in after the first chorus of the song. A beautifully rockin' ballad called Blackbird followed this song and then they played my personal favorite, "Open Your Eyes." This song always gets the crowd singing along. There's even a part in the bridge of the song where Myles has the whole crowd sing and it's beautiful every time. I do have to add that this is not the only song where Alter Bridge fans sing together. In fact, Alter Bridge (Myles Kennedy in particular) has a way with audience engagement. Everyone's always either clapping or singing along and it's all just part of the fun that is an Alter Bridge show.
The night ended with the songs "Metalingus", "Godspeed" "Addicted to pain". All in all, it was honestly one of the best shows I've ever seen and if you have not had the chance to fly out of your home state to go see a show or a band, I highly recommend doing it. Especially if it's a band you really love. The next day, Sunday, was a very short day but I spent it with my mom. We explored downtown Nashville, lots of music to be heard everywhere you went. I met up with a friend for lunch and visited the Johnny Cash Museum. That ended my weekend and I was not ready to go home when we got to the airport. Traveling and music are, and always and will be, one of my biggest passions. Thank you to Alter Bridge for an excellent show last week.
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2 thoughts on "A Weekend in Music City – By Tabitha Smith"
Bo Cunningham says:
Awesome review Tabitha! Hope to meet you on the road one day too!
Paula Holliday says:
Great review Tabitha, hopefully many more to come!


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CREATE TABLE Booking
(BookingNumber int IDENTITY (1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
BookingDate datetime,
BookingTime datetime,
StatusID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES [Status](StatusID),
CustNumber int FOREIGN KEY  REFERENCES Customer(CustNumber),
EmpNumber int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Employee(EmpNumber)
);
GO

I also have a class Order and ClassList OrderList inheriting from the orderClass
 public class Order
{
    public int OrderNumber { set; get;}
    public int CustNumber { set; get;}
    public int EmpNumber { set; get;}
    public DateTime OrderDate { set; get;}
    public char Deliver { set; get;}
    public int StatusID { set; get;}
    public int BookingNumber { set; get; }
    public float TotalAmount { set; get;}
    public float OutstandingAmount { set; get; }

  public Order()
    {
        OrderNumber = 0;
        CustNumber = 0;
        EmpNumber = 0;
        OrderDate = DateTime.Today;
        Deliver = ' ';
        StatusID = 0;
        BookingNumber = 0;
        TotalAmount = 0;
        OutstandingAmount = 0;

    }

    public Order(int a, int b, int c, DateTime d, char e,int f, int g, float h, float i)
    {
        OrderNumber = a;
        CustNumber = b;
        EmpNumber = c;
        OrderDate = d;
        Deliver = e;
        StatusID = f;
        BookingNumber = g;
        TotalAmount = h;
        OutstandingAmount = i;

    }
namespace EAMS_BusinessTier
{
public class OrderList : System.ComponentModel.BindingList <Order>
{private EAMS_DBDataSetTableAdapters.OrderTableAdapter OrderTA = new EAMS_DBDataSetTableAdapters.OrderTableAdapter();
    private EAMS_DBDataSet ds = new EAMS_DBDataSet();

    /////////// Read OrderList //////////////////////////
    public OrderList()
    {
        OrderTA.FillbyOrder(ds.Order);
        foreach (EAMS_DBDataSet.OrderRow r in ds.Order.Rows)
        {
            Order m = new Order(r.OrderNumber,r.CustNumber,r.EmpNumber,r.OrderDate,Convert.ToChar(r.Deliver),r.StatusID,r.BookingNumber,Convert.ToInt32(r.TotalAmount),Convert.ToInt32(r.OutstandingAmount));
            this.Add(m);
        }
    }

    public OrderList(int id)
    {
        OrderTA.FillbyOrder(ds.Order);
        foreach (EAMS_DBDataSet.OrderRow r in ds.Order.Rows)
        {
            if (id == r.OrderNumber)
            {
                Order m = new Order(r.OrderNumber, r.CustNumber, r.EmpNumber, r.OrderDate, Convert.ToChar(r.Deliver), r.StatusID, r.BookingNumber, Convert.ToInt32(r.TotalAmount), Convert.ToInt32(r.OutstandingAmount));
                this.Add(m);
            }
        }
    }
    /////END////

    ///////////////////// get OrderList ////////////////////////
    public OrderList getOrderList()
    {

        return this;
    }

    public OrderList getOrderList(int id)
    {
        OrderList t = new OrderList(id);
        return t;
    }
    ////END////

    /////////////////////  Save Order ////////////////////////
    public void SaveOrder()
    {
        EAMS_DBDataSet.BankDataTable temp = new EAMS_DBDataSet.BankDataTable();

        foreach (Order r in this)
        {
            EAMS_DBDataSet.OrderRow nr = ds.Order.NewOrderRow();
            nr.OrderNumber = r.OrderNumber;
            nr.CustNumber = r.CustNumber;
            nr.EmpNumber = r.EmpNumber;
            nr.OrderDate = r.OrderDate;
            nr.Deliver = Convert.ToString(r.Deliver);
            nr.StatusID = r.StatusID;
            nr.BookingNumber = r.BookingNumber;
            nr.TotalAmount = r.TotalAmount;
            nr.OutstandingAmount = r.OutstandingAmount;

            temp.Rows.Add(nr.ItemArray);
        }

        ds.Order.Merge(temp, false);

        foreach (EAMS_DBDataSet.OrderRow r in ds.Order.Rows)

            if (r.RowState == DataRowState.Unchanged)
            {
                r.Delete();
            }

        OrderTA.Update(ds.Order);
    }
    ////END////

    //////////////// Insert Order //////////////////////////////
    public void InsertOrder(int a, int b, int c, DateTime d, char e, int f,int g,float h,float i)
    {
        Order m = new Order(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i);
        this.Add(m);
    }
    ////END////

    /////////////////Delete Order /////////////////////////
    public void DeleteOrder(int del)
    {
        int i = 0;
        int d = -1;

        foreach (Order r in this)
        {
            if (r.OrderNumber == del)
            {
                d = i;
            }
            i++;
        }
        if (d > -1)
        {
            this.RemoveAt(d);
        }
    }
    ////END////

    /////////////// Update Order ///////////////////////
    public void UpdateOrder(int a, int b, int c, DateTime d, char e, int f, int g, float h, float i)
    {
        Order r = new Order(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i);
        foreach (Order nr in this)
        {
            if (r.OrderNumber == nr.OrderNumber)
            {
                nr.OrderNumber = r.OrderNumber;
                nr.CustNumber = r.CustNumber;
                nr.OrderDate = r.OrderDate;
                nr.Deliver = r.Deliver;
                nr.StatusID = r.StatusID;
                nr.BookingNumber = r.BookingNumber;
                nr.TotalAmount = r.TotalAmount;
                nr.OutstandingAmount = r.OutstandingAmount;

                break;
            }
        }
    }
    ////END////

The way this has to work is not every order has a booking number, so it is possible to have a null value for booking number in the Order table.
When I try to load the OrderList in the presentation tier after building the business tier and connecting to the OrderList Data object the error occurs. here is the  code that i used to load the OrderList from the presentation tier
using EAMS_BusinessTier;

namespace DXApplication2
{
public partial class Form5 : Form
{
    public Form5()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    internal OrderList OrderLis = new OrderList();
    private void Form5_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        orderListBindingSource.DataSource = OrderLis;
    }

I Keep getting this error when I try to load the OrderList at runtime
"The value for column 'BookingNumber' in table 'Order' is DBNull." how do i handle this error?
Thank you in advance

A: Change type of Order.BookingNumber from int to Nullable<int> . Or just int?.
Verify your EDM. The field BookingNumber in table Order must allow nulls.
Change
Order m = new Order(r.OrderNumber,r.CustNumber,r.EmpNumber,r.OrderDate,Convert.ToChar(r.Deliver),r.StatusID,r.BookingNumber,Convert.ToInt32(r.TotalAmount),Convert.ToInt32(r.OutstandingAmount));

to:
Order m = new Order(r.OrderNumber,r.CustNumber,r.EmpNumber,r.OrderDate,Convert.ToChar(r.Deliver),r.StatusID,(int?)r.BookingNumber,Convert.ToInt32(r.TotalAmount),Convert.ToInt32(r.OutstandingAmount));

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I am currently house shopping for my first home. It was cool and exciting for about the first week, and now it is just frustrating and annoying.
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text:
import proto  # type: ignore

from google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types import machine_resources
from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2  # type: ignore

__protobuf__ = proto.module(
    package="google.cloud.aiplatform.v1",
    manifest={
        "IndexEndpoint",
        "DeployedIndex",
        "DeployedIndexAuthConfig",
        "IndexPrivateEndpoints",
    },
)

class IndexEndpoint(proto.Message):
    r"""Indexes are deployed into it. An IndexEndpoint can have
    multiple DeployedIndexes.

    Attributes:
        name (str):
            Output only. The resource name of the
            IndexEndpoint.
        display_name (str):
            Required. The display name of the
            IndexEndpoint. The name can be up to 128
            characters long and can consist of any UTF-8
            characters.
        description (str):
            The description of the IndexEndpoint.
        deployed_indexes (Sequence[google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.DeployedIndex]):
            Output only. The indexes deployed in this
            endpoint.
        etag (str):
            Used to perform consistent read-modify-write
            updates. If not set, a blind "overwrite" update
            happens.
        labels (Mapping[str, str]):
            The labels with user-defined metadata to
            organize your IndexEndpoints.
            Label keys and values can be no longer than 64
            characters (Unicode codepoints), can only
            contain lowercase letters, numeric characters,
            underscores and dashes. International characters
            are allowed.
            See https://goo.gl/xmQnxf for more information
            and examples of labels.
        create_time (google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2.Timestamp):
            Output only. Timestamp when this
            IndexEndpoint was created.
        update_time (google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2.Timestamp):
            Output only. Timestamp when this
            IndexEndpoint was last updated. This timestamp
            is not updated when the endpoint's
            DeployedIndexes are updated, e.g. due to updates
            of the original Indexes they are the deployments
            of.
        network (str):
            Optional. The full name of the Google Compute Engine
            `network <https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networks-and-firewalls#networks>`__
            to which the IndexEndpoint should be peered.

            Private services access must already be configured for the
            network. If left unspecified, the Endpoint is not peered
            with any network.

            [network][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.IndexEndpoint.network]
            and
            [private_service_connect_config][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.IndexEndpoint.private_service_connect_config]
            are mutually exclusive.

            `Format <https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/networks/insert>`__:
            ``projects/{project}/global/networks/{network}``. Where
            {project} is a project number, as in '12345', and {network}
            is network name.
        enable_private_service_connect (bool):
            Optional. Deprecated: If true, expose the IndexEndpoint via
            private service connect.

            Only one of the fields,
            [network][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.IndexEndpoint.network]
            or
            [enable_private_service_connect][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.IndexEndpoint.enable_private_service_connect],
            can be set.
    """

    name = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=1,
    )
    display_name = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=2,
    )
    description = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=3,
    )
    deployed_indexes = proto.RepeatedField(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=4,
        message="DeployedIndex",
    )
    etag = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=5,
    )
    labels = proto.MapField(
        proto.STRING,
        proto.STRING,
        number=6,
    )
    create_time = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=7,
        message=timestamp_pb2.Timestamp,
    )
    update_time = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=8,
        message=timestamp_pb2.Timestamp,
    )
    network = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=9,
    )
    enable_private_service_connect = proto.Field(
        proto.BOOL,
        number=10,
    )

class DeployedIndex(proto.Message):
    r"""A deployment of an Index. IndexEndpoints contain one or more
    DeployedIndexes.

    Attributes:
        id (str):
            Required. The user specified ID of the
            DeployedIndex. The ID can be up to 128
            characters long and must start with a letter and
            only contain letters, numbers, and underscores.
            The ID must be unique within the project it is
            created in.
        index (str):
            Required. The name of the Index this is the
            deployment of. We may refer to this Index as the
            DeployedIndex's "original" Index.
        display_name (str):
            The display name of the DeployedIndex. If not provided upon
            creation, the Index's display_name is used.
        create_time (google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2.Timestamp):
            Output only. Timestamp when the DeployedIndex
            was created.
        private_endpoints (google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.IndexPrivateEndpoints):
            Output only. Provides paths for users to send requests
            directly to the deployed index services running on Cloud via
            private services access. This field is populated if
            [network][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.IndexEndpoint.network]
            is configured.
        index_sync_time (google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2.Timestamp):
            Output only. The DeployedIndex may depend on various data on
            its original Index. Additionally when certain changes to the
            original Index are being done (e.g. when what the Index
            contains is being changed) the DeployedIndex may be
            asynchronously updated in the background to reflect this
            changes. If this timestamp's value is at least the
            [Index.update_time][google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.Index.update_time]
            of the original Index, it means that this DeployedIndex and
            the original Index are in sync. If this timestamp is older,
            then to see which updates this DeployedIndex already
            contains (and which not), one must
            [list][Operations.ListOperations] [Operations][Operation]
            [working][Operation.name] on the original Index. Only the
            successfully completed Operations with
            [Operations.metadata.generic_metadata.update_time]
            [google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.GenericOperationMetadata.update_time]
            equal or before this sync time are contained in this
            DeployedIndex.
        automatic_resources (google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.AutomaticResources):
            Optional. A description of resources that the DeployedIndex
            uses, which to large degree are decided by Vertex AI, and
            optionally allows only a modest additional configuration. If
            min_replica_count is not set, the default value is 2 (we
            don't provide SLA when min_replica_count=1). If
            max_replica_count is not set, the default value is
            min_replica_count. The max allowed replica count is 1000.
        dedicated_resources (google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.DedicatedResources):
            Optional. A description of resources that are dedicated to
            the DeployedIndex, and that need a higher degree of manual
            configuration. If min_replica_count is not set, the default
            value is 2 (we don't provide SLA when min_replica_count=1).
            If max_replica_count is not set, the default value is
            min_replica_count. The max allowed replica count is 1000.

            Available machine types: n1-standard-16 n1-standard-32
        enable_access_logging (bool):
            Optional. If true, private endpoint's access
            logs are sent to StackDriver Logging.
            These logs are like standard server access logs,
            containing information like timestamp and
            latency for each MatchRequest.
            Note that Stackdriver logs may incur a cost,
            especially if the deployed index receives a high
            queries per second rate (QPS). Estimate your
            costs before enabling this option.
        deployed_index_auth_config (google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.DeployedIndexAuthConfig):
            Optional. If set, the authentication is
            enabled for the private endpoint.
        reserved_ip_ranges (Sequence[str]):
            Optional. A list of reserved ip ranges under
            the VPC network that can be used for this
            DeployedIndex.
            If set, we will deploy the index within the
            provided ip ranges. Otherwise, the index might
            be deployed to any ip ranges under the provided
            VPC network.

            The value sohuld be the name of the address
            (https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/addresses)
            Example: 'vertex-ai-ip-range'.
        deployment_group (str):
            Optional. The deployment group can be no longer than 64
            characters (eg: 'test', 'prod'). If not set, we will use the
            'default' deployment group.

            Creating ``deployment_groups`` with ``reserved_ip_ranges``
            is a recommended practice when the peered network has
            multiple peering ranges. This creates your deployments from
            predictable IP spaces for easier traffic administration.
            Also, one deployment_group (except 'default') can only be
            used with the same reserved_ip_ranges which means if the
            deployment_group has been used with reserved_ip_ranges: [a,
            b, c], using it with [a, b] or [d, e] is disallowed.

            Note: we only support up to 5 deployment groups(not
            including 'default').
    """

    id = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=1,
    )
    index = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=2,
    )
    display_name = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=3,
    )
    create_time = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=4,
        message=timestamp_pb2.Timestamp,
    )
    private_endpoints = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=5,
        message="IndexPrivateEndpoints",
    )
    index_sync_time = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=6,
        message=timestamp_pb2.Timestamp,
    )
    automatic_resources = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=7,
        message=machine_resources.AutomaticResources,
    )
    dedicated_resources = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=16,
        message=machine_resources.DedicatedResources,
    )
    enable_access_logging = proto.Field(
        proto.BOOL,
        number=8,
    )
    deployed_index_auth_config = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=9,
        message="DeployedIndexAuthConfig",
    )
    reserved_ip_ranges = proto.RepeatedField(
        proto.STRING,
        number=10,
    )
    deployment_group = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=11,
    )

class DeployedIndexAuthConfig(proto.Message):
    r"""Used to set up the auth on the DeployedIndex's private
    endpoint.

    Attributes:
        auth_provider (google.cloud.aiplatform_v1.types.DeployedIndexAuthConfig.AuthProvider):
            Defines the authentication provider that the
            DeployedIndex uses.
    """

    class AuthProvider(proto.Message):
        r"""Configuration for an authentication provider, including support for
        `JSON Web Token
        (JWT) <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-32>`__.

        Attributes:
            audiences (Sequence[str]):
                The list of JWT
                `audiences <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-32#section-4.1.3>`__.
                that are allowed to access. A JWT containing any of these
                audiences will be accepted.
            allowed_issuers (Sequence[str]):
                A list of allowed JWT issuers. Each entry must be a valid
                Google service account, in the following format:

                ``service-account-name@project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com``
        """

        audiences = proto.RepeatedField(
            proto.STRING,
            number=1,
        )
        allowed_issuers = proto.RepeatedField(
            proto.STRING,
            number=2,
        )

    auth_provider = proto.Field(
        proto.MESSAGE,
        number=1,
        message=AuthProvider,
    )

class IndexPrivateEndpoints(proto.Message):
    r"""IndexPrivateEndpoints proto is used to provide paths for users to
    send requests via private endpoints (e.g. private service access,
    private service connect). To send request via private service
    access, use match_grpc_address. To send request via private service
    connect, use service_attachment.

    Attributes:
        match_grpc_address (str):
            Output only. The ip address used to send
            match gRPC requests.
        service_attachment (str):
            Output only. The name of the service
            attachment resource. Populated if private
            service connect is enabled.
    """

    match_grpc_address = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=1,
    )
    service_attachment = proto.Field(
        proto.STRING,
        number=2,
    )

__all__ = tuple(sorted(__protobuf__.manifest))

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This Monday, all Facebook users will receive a notice on their Facebook feeds with a link to see what apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. They'll have a chance to delete apps they no longer want.
Users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will be told of that. Facebook says most of the affected users are in the US.
With outsiders' access to data under scrutiny, Facebook outlined several changes to further tighten its policies. Facebook is restricting access that apps can get about users' events, as well as information about groups such as member lists and content.
In addition, the company is also removing the option to search for users by entering a phone number or an email address. While this helped individuals find friends, Facebook says businesses that had phone or email information on customers were able to collect profile information this way.
No matter what platform you use and you swear by it, data and personal's are sold on the dark side of the Internet. The Net is too good to be true to form only as information highway. It has gone beyond mere access.
I see. Cambridge stole my fake name, fake DOB, fake location, fake career, and no hobbies or interests. They're welcome to it.


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The Confederation Centre of the Arts recently announced that the 2020 Symons Medal will be awarded to Mr. Bob Rae, PC, CC, OO, QC on October 30 in Charlottetown.
The Symons Medal recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to Canadian life. Each fall, the medal ceremony and its associated lecture offer a national platform for an eminent Canadian to discuss the nation's current state, shared histories, and future prospects using themes related to their professional pursuits.
Bob Rae is currently serving as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee Issues. He is Senior Counsel at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, a law firm that focuses on Indigenous issues, and also teaches at the University of Toronto as a Professor of Public Policy in the Munk School, the Faculty of Law and Victoria College.
Elected eleven times to the House of Commons and the Legislature of Ontario, Mr. Rae served as Ontario's 21st Premier as well as Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He is the author of five books and three government reports, most recently on the Rohingya Refugee crisis, where he has served as Special Envoy for the Government of Canada.
Mr. Rae is a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, a Privy Councillor, and a Queen's Counsel. He is a Senior Fellow of Massey College and of the Forum of Federations, an international NGO, which he co-founded in 1998. He received a Lifetime Parliamentary Achievement Award in 2018.
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The pace of cost-cutting reforms peaked in 2011, when 134 state and local government plans made some type of cuts that year. They run the gamut from increasing the tenure requirement or retirement age applied to new employees' future pensions to trimming the cost-of-living adjustment on all pensions.
To gauge their impact, the researchers used U.S. Census Bureau interviews to follow individuals' employment movements from one year to the next. They then looked at the average private-sector wages of both the new government recruits and the people who'd left the public sector.
The thinking behind their approach was that pension cuts might discourage private-sector employees with their relatively high wages from switching to public service. On the flip side, the pension reductions might also make it more difficult for the public sector to keep its own highest-paid employees, if, by migrating to the private sector, they could increase their pay.
It turns out that the impact was on the recruiting side. Pension cuts "appear to reduce the ability of public-sector employers to compete with the private sector," the researchers said.
What helps (?) is that most people have very little idea of the efficiency of pensions, how pooling longevity risk and distributing sequence of returns risk across cohorts affects that amount of income that can be generated from a given amount of payroll. Instead, the problems that plans have encountered (not least from suspending employer contributions when returns were good) are given to suggest that pension plans are inherently unstable. Were that the case, there could be no insurance industry.
Pensions are all well and good, but things like the California Rule that allow elected officials to hand out retroactive enhancements and, when fiscal disaster results, do not allow electeds to fix the problem by reversing the retroactivity or even changing accrual rates prospectively. Further, they stick taxpayers with the bill, creating huge unfunded liabilities (which, ultimately, are funded by taxpayers in higher taxes or fewer services). I don't think most would take issue with reasonable pensions (and NOT 90%+ of final, highest year of pay with automatic COLAs of 3% per year, for example), based upon realistic rates of return assumptions, reasonable retirement ages (NOT 50 when people are living 80+ years), and with risk (cost of unfunded liabilities) shared equally between employers and employees. Choices between traditional pensions and more flexible options (such as a 403b or 457-style plan w/matching) for those who want to spend SOME time in government but not an entire career, should also be available to employees. Finally, we need to get rid of the California Rule that makes zero sense. To say that you can give retroactive increases but cannot take them back when you find out they are unaffordable is absurd.
Ken, there is much to be said for defined benefit pensions as risk sharing mechanisms and Shane, there are very serious problems in how pensions are now operated. Only if issues can be resolved, such as those raised by Shane, will the case by Ken be persuasive.
I would add another fix: Where many pensions only consider earnings over the highest few years, Social Security considers the highest 35 years (and thus is much less subject to being gamed). The Social Security approach, if implemented for public and private pensions generally, would reduce the problems of people switching jobs.
After, in many cases, retroactively enriching pensions for those cashing in and moving out, most of those "pension cuts" have been for the new employees governments need to attract. In NY this "screw the newbie, flee to Florida" cycle has happened several times in 50 years, leaving behind sky high labor costs for jobs only the unqualified will take.
When you average in older, new AND retired public employees, the total compensation of state and local government workers is is soaring relative to the serfs who pay the bills.
Bureau of Economic Analysis data here.
New York may be an outlier, the place where the unions have been most unjust and everyone else, the most ripped off. Other places, Arizona for example, may be the opposite. But this chart shows the national average for total earnings (wages and benefits) per worker in the U.S.
Long ago I read that popular benefits, like pensions, health coverage, and vacations were a result of wage freezes mandated by the Office of Price Administration in the years following WW II. Employers couldn't offer higher salaries so they used these benefits to "sweeten the pot" and attract more job applicants.
I live in NJ, the state with the highest property taxes in the U.S. The single biggest line item on my tax bill, at 63%, is for education. Teachers here have a very strong union and enjoy benefits most of us can only dream of. I am in favor of honoring deals already made but feel it's time to re-write the book for new hires. Educators tell me there are lots of unemployed teachers out there, and stories of grad students working in the fast food industry are common, possibly because school districts are reluctant to hire, given the costs and responsibility of providing (sometimes) lifelong benefits.
Defined benefit plans require a work force of a large, stable size. One factor in the decline of defined benefit plans in the private sector is that there are fewer really large companies in terms of number of employees.
The new governor in N.J. wants to raise taxes, not do anything about the unsustainable benefits generously bestowed at the taxpayers' expense. The pension fund is so underfunded, it may have the largest liability in the nation. It's in crisis mode. The politicians know it can't last but don't care. Just tax more and line their pockets.
My husband and I have to pay a startling amount for our health care premiums which rise the older we get, and no pension benefits. In addition, we also have to pay for the state employees benefits. In addition to the highest property taxes, we also have a high progressive income tax system. Talk about inequality.
Repeal WEP & government pension offset!!! In 15 states, teachers don't pay Social Security. That means widowed teachers can't receive their survivor benefits. Support HR 1205, S 915, HR 1902, and POWR HR 1583! As Kevin Brady says: time to correct the math!!!


Talisman Theatre is a charity run solely by volunteers in the heart of Kenilworth.
We're fully inclusive and warmly welcome anyone who'd like to volunteer. There are many opportunities whether you've an odd hour to give or you'd like to get more involved.
Either email us at talismancontact@gmail.com or leave a message on the box office answer machine. You can also pop down to 'Members night 'on a Friday evening (after 8.30pm) when there's always someone to talk to. And on the first Thursday of each month we hold 'Tea at the Tali' from 10.30am to 1pm. Feel free to drop in you'll always receive a warm welcome.
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Box office: ticket sales are our prime income source so if you can spare an hour on a show night – we'd love to show you the ropes.
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Coffee bar: for our patrons who enjoy a cup of coffee (or tea),we need volunteers for our coffee bar on show nights.
Set building & painting: our building and painting team welcome new members so whether you're good with a hammer or just happy to wield a paint brush there's plenty to do.
Light & Sound: our technical team product some wonderful effects for our many productions each year. If you have skills in this area or want to learn – please get in touch.
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Wardrobe: we've an extensive wardrobe and to costume each show many hands make light work of sourcing the right outfits and fitting them. During shows we also need help in the dressing rooms making sure the cast manage quick changes and to make minor running repairs.


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280 letters, including some autograph letters of Panciatichi, secretary of state for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Anton Francesco Montauti, special envoy from Tuscany to the imperial court in Vienna.
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Women have always featured in the news, at times as commodities, sometimes as art. But it is still rare for an immigrant woman to become the talk of the town for her entrepreneurial debut and leadership skills.
Aneela Zaib, the founder and CEO of emergiTEL, one of Canada's leading IT recruiting and staffing companies is one of these exceptions. After immigrating from Pakistan to Canada, she went through some of the toughest challenges that immigrants face to make a life and finally rose like a phoenix to inspire women from across the world. In a candid conversation, Aneela Zaib gives an insight into her journey.
What made you decide to leave your home in Pakistan to come to Canada?
Back home, at that time, science and engineering weren't common subjects among women. I still remember, in a class of 200 students, we were only 14 girls at the university. So, when I wanted to do my Masters in Engineering, there was little scope and I wanted more. I always wanted to learn and empower others with my knowledge. So, it was purely educational reasons that made me take the decision to leave Pakistan and move to Canada.
How was the move?
Honestly, it wasn't like a bed of roses. I was very excited that my husband and I were both accepted to study at the University of Toronto, which we had both aimed for since childhood. But getting to Canada wasn't easy. I had to sell off my jewelry, my car to afford the flight for both of us. Also, I was pregnant at the time of the move. Like most immigrants we underwent a lot of hassle and trouble to build a life in Canada.
How did you continue your studies despite being pregnant?
Well, I had to take time off, defer my study plans for a while until I gave birth to my son. When he was 11 months old, I went back to my studies again. I could have started earlier, but we could not afford daycare. I started studying at night, coming home in the morning to do my duties as a mother and a wife. I am thankful to my husband for his enormous support thanks to which I was able to finish my studies on time, despite being a new mother.
What inspired you to start emergiTEL?
I was working for Sprint Canada as a process engineer. And it was there that I got to know a lot of cross functional teams. Some of the resources, i.e. employees, were not working in their areas of expertise, using what they had learned in schools or colleges. This made me think about the qualification process at the time of their hiring. Hence, the concept of a recruitment agency that does in-depth screening to qualify and improve compatibility between prospective employees and employers led me to start emergiTEL. Initially, I started it from the basement of my house, single-handedly, and over time, today emergiTEL is acclaimed Canada-wide for its premium staffing solutions.
What challenges did you face in your journey as an immigrant and entrepreneur?
Oh there were many. It was a very tough environment to start. We did not have any friends, acquaintances, relatives, associations or anything that could really give us the comfort and solace that one needs to set up something in a new place. Financially too, it was quite challenging. I started emergiTEL as a bootstrap company, so my collaterals were my invoices of my clients who were established players in the market. There was a big risk assessment exercise that I had to go through. But thankfully RBC helped me a lot to get the line of credit to start my business judiciously. Again selling the idea of my company, the uniqueness of ours over the other established sharks in the industry was also pretty challenging.
What challenges do you still face now?
Right now, our challenge is to understand whether we are really diversified or not. If we are diversified, how far are we diversified in this workforce, as a company? Also, am I doing justice to emergiTEL as a CEO, by making sure that the company is run by good managers, Directors, VPs, who can take the concept of the company to the next level. So constantly, nurturing, mentoring of people, to set them in the right direction, this in itself is a big challenge.
Although Canada is lauded as the land of immigrants, many immigrants face hardships when it comes to entering the job market. How do you address this issue?
When immigrants come over they bring experience and knowledge with them. However, in Canada, employers tend to look out for candidates who have Canadian experience. And this has diverse effects on both. Non-Canadian candidates are baffled by this, while employers want people who are acclimatized to the Canadian workforce and culture so that they can start immediately. We address this issue by following a thorough model of screening which we call 3D. In this we give a deeper assessment to our clients about that particular profile. We check their references and do all the work for our clients and this basically gives the satisfaction and peace of mind that they need before hiring someone. And it's not an easy thing to do as it takes up a lot of our good time.
How do you motivate and train them?
Well, as I said, we have a 3D screening process of recruiting. Once we find a candidate, we interview him/her to find out more about his/her expertise and soft skills. Once we know that a person is good in say Java, we will get a subject matter expert to interview him/herabout Java as per the project requirement. If s/he qualifies, we will train and guide the candidate to best meet the client's requirements. Once s/he is satisfied with the role, we project them before the client and ensure that they treat him akin to someone with Canadian experience, since we have verified his credentials. Having said that, we cannot help every immigrant to get a job in Canada. For example, if someone worked as a project manager back home and is looking for a job here in Canada but does not have a PMP certification, we will explain how to get this and then try to help them get a job here. We also connect them to various networking associations, so that they don't lose hope, and understand that Canada needs them, it's just a question time and things will be fine.
You have been a key participant in strengthening the idea of a diversified workplace. How did you nail it?
I don't think I have nailed it yet. (Laughs). But the idea of a diversified workplace stems from the idea of 'Thought Diversity'. For example, if you have a problem and there are 10 people who were all Canadian-born and raised working on it, in my opinion they will have a limited skill set. But if we bring a diverse participant into the discussion, diverse because of a different gender, age or nationality and was trained in a different way to tackle a problem, they can bring in innovative ways of solving the same problem. And this innovation in time creates better productivity in the workplace. If all companies introduce this concept, then we will have a much stronger, innovative and quality driven Canadian economy. I advocate it everywhere and believe that talent has no boundaries. The trick is how you can fit the right person in the right place.
You have received a number of awards for your accomplishment as a female entrepreneur, a female immigrant as well as a policymaker for a diversified Canada. What would you say has been the most challenging task so far?
(Laughs) Ooo difficult to say. (Ahem) I think they have all been tough in their own ways. I would say even being a mum of two, a wife, as well as having other work and a business has been challenging., Asa female entrepreneur, settling the foundation of a new concept of hiring, building a company, and getting it established in the industry was tough. Because we were challenging the traditional modes of recruitment. I used all the possible feathers in my cap to get this concept socialized and turn this pioneer concept to action.
Any regrets in your life?
No absolutely not! Oops yeah, maybe I could have more kids. (Laughs). I think I have enjoyed my life to the hilt. I am just loving it. Now I am more satisfied with my life and wish to help others around me to grow and build themselves in their interests.
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The pure tone test is fundamental to audiology and it gives us the first indication of what you can and what you cannot hear.
The first test of hearing ability is pure tone audiometry.The audiologist will place headphones on your ears through which you are presented with a range of different pitched beeps (called pure tones) and asked to indicate by pressing a button when you can hear them. The presentations will be made separately to each ear.
The loudness of each tone is reduced until you can just hear the tone. The softest sounds you can hear are known as your hearing thresholds, and these are marked on a graph called an audiogram. Your audiogram tells us a lot about your specific hearing loss.
The audiogram is the graph which plots your hearing threshold resulting in a line which marks the softest sounds you can just hear at various frequencies or pitches.
The vertical axis shows loudness measured in decibels, and the horizontal frequency in herz (cycles per second). The further down the chart the plot appears the greater is the hearing loss, the further to the right, the higher the pitch.
The example chart shown here shows this clearly as well as an area known as the speech banana, showing where normal speech sounds are made. Note that consonant sound is high in pitch. Also shown are some common environmental sounds.Click here for a full screen version of this form.
This could be your audiogram if you had normal hearing. Your hearing threshold level is at zero decibels across all frequencies. You can hear any sound below this threshold (or louder than threshold) and as almost everything is below this line you can by definition hear all normal sounds.
This includes all of the sounds of speech, which are shown on the so called "speech banana" on this audiogram and all environmental sounds such as bird song at the pleasant end of the spectrum and a motorbike at the other end.
You will also hear music clearly and with all bass, treble and the harmonic timbre which make listening to it such a pleasure.
If you suffered from a moderately severe high frequency hearing loss in your right ear, the audiogram would look like this. The further down the chart you are the greater your loss of hearing. Here the loss is greater in the high frequencies. Now the area above the line, the sounds you cannot hear become more significant.
Note how you would be better able to hear vowel than consonant sound. Vowels give speech a lot of its qualities of loudness and consonants its clarity , or understandability. You may often find that you know that people are speaking but you don't know what they are saying.
Notice how well you can still hear environmental noise and think about how much more difficult it would be for you to follow speech when in a noisy environment.
Music may be lacking a lot of softer treble sounds , it may have lost a lot of its brightness.
We plot a threshold in two ways.
Using a bone conductor straight into the inner ear or cochlea.
This is a conductive hearing loss and should, if it has not been previously cleared by a medical professional, be referred to one.
You would probably be feeling blocked up and your hearing would have lost qualities of both loudness and clarity.