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We are a provider of communications and marketing services. We are part of the Exposure Group and our ultimate parent company is Exposure Holdings Limited, which has its head offices in the UK. The number of employees employed by the Group varies but normally stands at approximately 175-200. The Group operates in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.
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You are invited to comment on this policy and suggest ways in which it might be improved. Comments, suggestions and queries are encouraged and should be addressed to our People and Culture or Legal Teams.
You must notify your manager or the People and Culture Team as soon as possible if you believe or suspect that a conflict with this policy has occurred, or may occur in the future.
You are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chains of any supplier tier at the earliest possible stage.
If you believe or suspect a breach of this policy has occurred or that it may occur you must notify your manager or the People and Culture Team as soon as possible.
If you are unsure about whether a particular act, the treatment of workers more generally, or their working conditions within any tier of our supply chains constitutes any of the various forms of modern slavery, raise it with your manager or the People and Culture Team.
We aim to encourage openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If you believe that you have suffered any such treatment, you should inform the People and Culture Team immediately.
Training on this policy, and on the risk our business faces from modern slavery in its supply chains will be provided as necessary.
Our zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in our business and supply chains must be communicated to all suppliers, contractors and business partners at the outset of our business relationship with them (i.e. immediately upon their being established as a new supplier on our systems) and reinforced as appropriate thereafter.


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The Helvetica Hotel, From Soap To Signage – And A Little History.
For an independent study, Jung Hwan (Albert) Son, a senior communication design student at Parsons the New School for Design, decided to create and brand a hip and trendy hotel – inspired by the Helvetica typeface. In addition to taking a look at his elements designed for his conceptual Helvetica Hotel, we go into the history of the typeface, and the documentary about it.
The Helvetica Hotel
Room keys, signage, wall clocks and stationary:
Toiletries, hangers and minibar items:
The clean sans serif font has been a favorite of designers since its inception, used for many recognizable logos and even inspiring a full length film.
History of Helvetica:
The Helvetica font was developed by Max Miedinger with Edüard Hoffmann in 1957 for the Haas Type Foundry in Münchenstein, Switzerland and quickly became an international hit in the graphic arts world. With its clean, smooth lines, it reflected a modern look that many designers were seeking. At a time when many European countries were recovering from the ravages of war, Helvetica presented a way to express newness and modernity.
"First learn a proper trade." These were the words with which Max Miedinger's father put an end to the debate on the future career of his 16-year-old son, who longed to become a painter. Instead, in the autumn of 1926, Miedinger junior began an apprenticeship as a type setter with the Zurich printing company Jacques Bollmann. Four years later, he knew for certain: "I want to be a designer, not spend the rest of my life fiddling with columns of type in galleys". Evening classes with Johann Kohlmann at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts confirmed his interest. Finally, in 1936, Max Miedinger was able to put his talent to professional use – as a typographer in the advertising studio of the Globus department store chain. There, over the ten years that followed, he created posters, newspaper advertisements, the corporate lettering and printing for in-house use.
Some of the brands that use Helvetica for their corporate identity (image courtesy of typophile.com)
Once Helvetica caught on, the typeface began to be used extensively in signage, in package labeling, in poster art, in advertising—in short, everywhere. Innumerable corporate logos such as those of Lufthansa, Bayer, Hoechst, Deutsche Bahn, BASF and BMW use the font. Inclusion of the font in home computer systems, such as the Apple Macintosh in 1984, only further cemented its ubiquity.
The Helvetica Documentary
The poster for Gary Hustwit's documentary about Helvetica.
Directed by Gary Hustwit, Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrated its 60th birthday in 2017) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.
You can stream, rent or buy the Helvetica Documentary here on Amazon Prime
In his own words, designer Albert Son says "Essential theme of the branding is based on the visual attributes of the typeface, which is neutral, clean, simple. As it is most beautiful when it is by itself, focus of the overall branding was on keeping everything simple and clean in terms of typography as well as use of colors. While reinterpreting essential hotel products in 'Helvetica' way, the brand also introduces bunch of unconventional items in a range of categories."
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Henry George Raverty (31 May 1825 – 20 October 1906) was an officer and linguist in the British Indian Army.

Life
Raverty was born in Falmouth, Cornwall.

He served from 1843 to 1864, rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry.

Raverty fought in the Punjab campaign of 1849–1850 and Swat campaign of 1850. He compiled a gazetteer of Peshawar. While serving in Peshawar he was taught Pashto by the scholar Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai (1827-1899) and Mirza Muhammad Ismail (1813-1912) and he began to study Afghan poetry.

On retirement from the army, he returned to England and continued his oriental studies, culminating in his vast Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan and his unpublished History of Herat. He died at Grampound Road, Cornwall, England in 1906.

Works
A Grammar of the Pukhto, Pushto or Language of the Afghans (1855; 2nd edition 1860; 3rd edition, 1867)
Thesaurus of English and Hindūstānī Technical Terms (1859)
A Dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pushto, or Language of the Afghans (1860; 2nd edition, 1867)
Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century (1862)
The Gulshan-i-roh : being selections, prose and poetical, in the Pus'hto, or Afghān language (1867)
The Fables of Aesop al-Hakīm (1871)
A Pushto Manual (1880)
The Tabakat-i-Nasiri of Minhaj-i-Saraj, Abu-Umar-i-Usman: A general history of the Muhammadan dynasties of Asia, including Hindustan from A. H. 194 (810 A. D.) to A. H. 658 (1260 A. D.), and the irruption of the infidel Mughals into Islam (1881) (translation from the Persian)
Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan (1881–1888, Pakistani edition 1978)

References

Concise Dictionary of National Biography
Sindh jo Mehran (in Sindhi language), published by the Sindhi Language Authority, Hyderabad, Sindh.

Notes

External links
Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century, 1869 (full text)
A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues. Second edition, with considerable additions. London: Williams and Norgate, 1867 (as digital dictionary).

1825 births
1906 deaths
British Indian Army officers
People from Falmouth, Cornwall
Non-fiction writers from Cornwall

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Next, your doctor will ask you to relax a muscle and then flex it slightly. As you are doing this, the doctor is looking at a monitor that broadcasts electrical signals. In addition to a visual display, you will hear an audio representation of the electrical signals that pass through your body as your muscles move.
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Before the procedure, the medical professional performing the procedure will ask you common questions about your health to make sure that the procedure does not put you at unnecessary risk. He'll also ask you to avoid using lotions and wearing jewelry in the area that is being tested.
The nice thing about a EMG is that you get the results immediately.
Nerve condition studies are often done in conjunction with an EMG. Their goal is to examine the functionality of your nerves. During this procedure, the doctor will attach electrodes to your skin along the nerves pathway that is being examined.
The doctor will use an electrical current to stimulate the nerve. As the electricity travels along your nerves, the doctor is measuring how fast it is traveling. If your nervous system is working an optimal condition, electricity should be traveling at around 120 mph.
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The reason why this is so beneficial is because you may feel pain in one part of your body, but the location of the nerve damage is completely different.
You should not feel uncomfortable about taking this test. Most people feel no discomfort during the procedure. The most they feel is a small jolt that is comparable to what you feel when you run your feet across the carpet and touch a metal doorknob.
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If you have been dealing with chronic nerve pain for some time, you know firsthand how frustrating it is to go to the doctor and not have them know why you are hurting. This test takes some of the guesswork out of the equation and helps to pinpoint the damaged area, thereby allowing the doctors to create an effective pain management treatment.
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Aspen contractor, inspectors indicted in 4…
Aspen contractor, inspectors indicted in 4 carbon monoxide deaths
Parker Lofgren, 39; Owen, 10; Caroline Lofgren, 42; and Sophie, 8 were found dead in 2008 in an Aspen home of carbon monoxide poisoning. This photo was displayed at a legislative news conference to announce the Lofgren Family Home Safety Act, designed to reduce threats from carbon monoxide.
By Jason Blevins | jblevins@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2010 at 4:56 a.m. | UPDATED: May 6, 2016 at 2:03 p.m.
A Pitkin County grand jury has indicted a contractor and two local building inspectors in connection with the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of a Denver family in November 2008.
Marlin Brown, owner of Roaring Fork Plumbing & Heating, and now retired City of Aspen building inspector Erik Peltonen were indicted on four felony charges of criminally negligent homicide and four misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, following a nearly one-year grand jury investigation into the deaths of the Lofgren family over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2008. Brian Pawl, a Pitkin County building inspector, is facing reckless endangerment charges. The indictments were announced Sunday.
Assistant Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said Brown installed the boiler and venting system at the newly built 10 Popcorn Lane home east of Aspen. Peltonen was the city's inspector for the home, where Denver investment banker Parker Lofgren, 39, his wife Caroline Lofgren, 42 and their children, 10-year-old Owen and 8 year-old Sophie, were found dead by family friends in a bedroom the day after Thanksgiving 2008. Police said venting pipes for the home's powerful hot water and snowmelt system had malfunctioned and flooded the home with deadly carbon monoxide as the family slept.
The family was found in the parent's bedroom. The children had apparently woken in the middle of the night and were found on the floor of the bedroom, where their parents' bodies were found in bed.
Brown and Peltonen, who were not immediately available for comment early Monday, were arrested and released on $11,000 bond. Pawl was released on a summons to appear. The trio will make their next court appearance on Aug. 16.
Jason Blevins: 303-954-1374 or jblevins@denverpost.com
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
//====================================================================

//
// Purpose: Lists the commonly-used Runtime Exceptions visible to users.
//

//
//====================================================================

// If you add an exception, modify CorError.h to add an HResult there.
// (Guidelines for picking a unique number for your HRESULT are in CorError.h)
// Also modify your managed Exception class to include its HResult.
// Modify __HResults in the same directory as your exception, to include
// your new HResult.  And of course, add your exception and symbolic
// name for your HResult to the list below so it can be thrown from
// within the EE and recognized in Interop scenarios.

//
// Note: This file gets parsed by the Mono IL Linker (https://github.com/mono/linker/) which may throw an exception during parsing.
// Specifically, this (https://github.com/mono/linker/blob/master/corebuild/integration/ILLink.Tasks/CreateRuntimeRootDescriptorFile.cs) will try to
// parse this header, and it may throw an exception while doing that. If you edit this file and get a build failure on msbuild.exe D:\repos\coreclr\build.proj
// you might want to check out the parser linked above.
//

// This is an exhaustive list of all exceptions that can be
// thrown by the EE itself.  If you add to this list the IL spec
// needs to be updated!

// Note: When multiple exceptions map to the same hresult it is very important
//       that the exception that should be created when the hresult in question
//       is returned by a function be FIRST in the list.
//

//
// These are the macro's that need to be implemented before this file is included.
//

//
// EXCEPTION_BEGIN_DEFINE(ns, reKind, bHRformessage, ...)
//
// This macro starts an exception definition.
//
// ns               Namespace of the exception.
// reKind           Name of the exception.
// bHRformessage    When the exception is thrown from the EE, if this argument is true
//                  the EE will create a string with the HRESULT, so that you get a more
//                  meaningful error message than let's say AssemblyLoadException.
//                  Usually you want to set this to true if your exception corresponds to
//                  more than one HRESULT.
// ...              The list of HRESULTs that map to this exception. The first of the list
//                  is used as the representative HRESULT for the reKind value.
//

//
// #define EXCEPTION_ADD_HR(hr)
//
// This macro adds an additional HRESULT that maps to the exception.
//
// hr          Additional HRESULT that maps to the exception.
//

//
// #define EXCEPTION_END_DEFINE()
//
// This macro terminates the exception definition.
//

//
// Namespaces used to define the exceptions.
//

#include "namespace.h"

// Temporary workaround - adding some HRESULTs that the Jupiter team will define and
// add to one of their header files for errors.  Once these have been RI'ed into
// windows and are in a file adjacent to winerror.h, we can remove these constants.
// Given integration time, remove this by August 2011 at the very latest.
#ifndef E_XAMLPARSEFAILED
#define E_XAMLPARSEFAILED _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x802B000AL)
#endif
#ifndef E_LAYOUTCYCLE
#define E_LAYOUTCYCLE _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x802B0014L)
#endif
#ifndef E_ELEMENTNOTENABLED
#define E_ELEMENTNOTENABLED _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x802B001EL)
#endif
#ifndef E_ELEMENTNOTAVAILABLE
#define E_ELEMENTNOTAVAILABLE _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x802B001FL)
#endif
#ifndef RO_E_CLOSED
#define RO_E_CLOSED _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x80000013L)
#endif
#ifndef APPMODEL_ERROR_NO_PACKAGE
#define APPMODEL_ERROR_NO_PACKAGE        15700L
#endif

//
// Actual definition of the exceptions and their matching HRESULT's.
// HRESULTs are expected to be defined in CorError.h, and must also be
// redefined in managed code in an __HResults class.  The managed exception
// object MUST use the same HRESULT in all of its constructors for COM Interop.
// Read comments near top of this file.
//
//
// NOTE: Please keep this list sorted according to the name of the exception.
//
//

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       AmbiguousMatchException,        false,  COR_E_AMBIGUOUSMATCH)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ApplicationException,           false,  COR_E_APPLICATION)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ArithmeticException,            false,  COR_E_ARITHMETIC)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ArgumentException,              false,
                 COR_E_ARGUMENT, STD_CTL_SCODE(449), STD_CTL_SCODE(450), CLR_E_BIND_UNRECOGNIZED_IDENTITY_FORMAT)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ArgumentOutOfRangeException,    false,  COR_E_ARGUMENTOUTOFRANGE, HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_NO_UNICODE_TRANSLATION))
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ArrayTypeMismatchException,     false,  COR_E_ARRAYTYPEMISMATCH)

// Keep in sync with the list in EEFileLoadException::GetFileLoadKind in clrex.cpp
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,       BadImageFormatException,        true,
                 COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT, CLDB_E_FILE_OLDVER,
                 CLDB_E_INDEX_NOTFOUND,
                 CLDB_E_FILE_CORRUPT, COR_E_NEWER_RUNTIME,
                 COR_E_ASSEMBLYEXPECTED,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_EXE_MARKED_INVALID),
                 CORSEC_E_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_NOACCESS),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_ORDINAL),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_DLL),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_CORRUPT),
                 IDS_CLASSLOAD_32BITCLRLOADING64BITASSEMBLY,
                 COR_E_LOADING_REFERENCE_ASSEMBLY,
                 META_E_BAD_SIGNATURE,
                 COR_E_LOADING_WINMD_REFERENCE_ASSEMBLY)

// CannotUnloadAppDomainException is removed in CoreCLR
#define kCannotUnloadAppDomainException kException

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_CodeContractsNS,    ContractException,              false,  COR_E_CODECONTRACTFAILED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       CustomAttributeFormatException, false,  COR_E_CUSTOMATTRIBUTEFORMAT)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_CryptographyNS,     CryptographicException,         false,  CORSEC_E_CRYPTO)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           DataMisalignedException,        false,  COR_E_DATAMISALIGNED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               DirectoryNotFoundException,     true,   COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND, STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND, CTL_E_PATHNOTFOUND)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           DivideByZeroException,          false,  COR_E_DIVIDEBYZERO, CTL_E_DIVISIONBYZERO)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           DllNotFoundException,           false,  COR_E_DLLNOTFOUND)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           DuplicateWaitObjectException,   false,  COR_E_DUPLICATEWAITOBJECT)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               EndOfStreamException,           false,  COR_E_ENDOFSTREAM, STD_CTL_SCODE(62))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           EntryPointNotFoundException,    false,  COR_E_ENTRYPOINTNOTFOUND)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           Exception,                      false,  COR_E_EXCEPTION)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ExecutionEngineException,       false,  COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           FieldAccessException,           false,  COR_E_FIELDACCESS)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               FileLoadException,              true,
                 COR_E_FILELOAD, FUSION_E_INVALID_PRIVATE_ASM_LOCATION,
                 FUSION_E_SIGNATURE_CHECK_FAILED,
                 FUSION_E_LOADFROM_BLOCKED, FUSION_E_CACHEFILE_FAILED,
                 FUSION_E_ASM_MODULE_MISSING, FUSION_E_INVALID_NAME,
                 FUSION_E_PRIVATE_ASM_DISALLOWED, FUSION_E_HOST_GAC_ASM_MISMATCH,
                 COR_E_MODULE_HASH_CHECK_FAILED, FUSION_E_REF_DEF_MISMATCH,
                 SECURITY_E_INCOMPATIBLE_SHARE, SECURITY_E_INCOMPATIBLE_EVIDENCE,
                 SECURITY_E_UNVERIFIABLE, COR_E_FIXUPSINEXE, HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION), HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_OPEN_FAILED), HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_DISK_CORRUPT),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_UNRECOGNIZED_VOLUME),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED),
                 FUSION_E_CODE_DOWNLOAD_DISABLED, CORSEC_E_MISSING_STRONGNAME,
                 MSEE_E_ASSEMBLYLOADINPROGRESS,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_INVALID))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               FileNotFoundException,           true,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND), HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_NAME), CTL_E_FILENOTFOUND,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND), HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_BAD_NET_NAME),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_BAD_NETPATH), HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_NOT_READY),
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_WRONG_TARGET_NAME), INET_E_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL,
                 INET_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, INET_E_CANNOT_CONNECT, INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND,
                 INET_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND, INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE, INET_E_DATA_NOT_AVAILABLE,
                 HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_DLL_NOT_FOUND),
                 CLR_E_BIND_ASSEMBLY_VERSION_TOO_LOW, CLR_E_BIND_ASSEMBLY_PUBLIC_KEY_MISMATCH,
                 CLR_E_BIND_ASSEMBLY_NOT_FOUND)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           FormatException,                false,  COR_E_FORMAT)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           IndexOutOfRangeException,       false,  COR_E_INDEXOUTOFRANGE, (int)0x800a0009 /*Subscript out of range*/)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           InsufficientExecutionStackException, false,  COR_E_INSUFFICIENTEXECUTIONSTACK)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           InvalidCastException,           false,  COR_E_INVALIDCAST)
#ifdef FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          InvalidComObjectException,      false,  COR_E_INVALIDCOMOBJECT)
#endif //FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       InvalidFilterCriteriaException, false,  COR_E_INVALIDFILTERCRITERIA)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          InvalidOleVariantTypeException, false,  COR_E_INVALIDOLEVARIANTTYPE)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           InvalidOperationException,      false,  COR_E_INVALIDOPERATION)

#ifdef FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION_HR_WINRT_ONLY(g_SystemNS, InvalidOperationException,  COR_E_INVALIDOPERATION,
                                                                       E_ILLEGAL_STATE_CHANGE,
                                                                       E_ILLEGAL_METHOD_CALL,
                                                                       E_ILLEGAL_DELEGATE_ASSIGNMENT,
                                                                       HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(APPMODEL_ERROR_NO_PACKAGE))
#endif  // FEATURE_COMINTEROP

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           InvalidProgramException,        false,  COR_E_INVALIDPROGRAM)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               IOException,                    false,  COR_E_IO, CTL_E_DEVICEIOERROR, STD_CTL_SCODE(31036), STD_CTL_SCODE(31037))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          MarshalDirectiveException,      false,  COR_E_MARSHALDIRECTIVE)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MethodAccessException,          false,  COR_E_METHODACCESS, META_E_CA_FRIENDS_SN_REQUIRED)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MemberAccessException,          false,  COR_E_MEMBERACCESS)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MissingFieldException,          false,  COR_E_MISSINGFIELD)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ResourcesNS,        MissingManifestResourceException, false,COR_E_MISSINGMANIFESTRESOURCE)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MissingMemberException,         false,  COR_E_MISSINGMEMBER, STD_CTL_SCODE(461))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MissingMethodException,         false,  COR_E_MISSINGMETHOD)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           MulticastNotSupportedException, false,  COR_E_MULTICASTNOTSUPPORTED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_RuntimeNS,          AmbiguousImplementationException, false,COR_E_AMBIGUOUSIMPLEMENTATION)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           NotFiniteNumberException,       false,  COR_E_NOTFINITENUMBER)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           NotSupportedException,          false,  COR_E_NOTSUPPORTED, STD_CTL_SCODE(438), STD_CTL_SCODE(445), STD_CTL_SCODE(458), STD_CTL_SCODE(459))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           NullReferenceException,         false,  COR_E_NULLREFERENCE)
// Note: this has to come after NullReferenceException since we want NullReferenceException to be created
// when E_POINTER is returned from COM interfaces.
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           AccessViolationException,       false,  E_POINTER)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ObjectDisposedException,        false,  COR_E_OBJECTDISPOSED, RO_E_CLOSED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           OperationCanceledException,     false,  COR_E_OPERATIONCANCELED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           OverflowException,              false,  COR_E_OVERFLOW, CTL_E_OVERFLOW)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_IONS,               PathTooLongException,           false,  COR_E_PATHTOOLONG)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           PlatformNotSupportedException,  false,  COR_E_PLATFORMNOTSUPPORTED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           RankException,                  false,  COR_E_RANK)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       ReflectionTypeLoadException,    false,  COR_E_REFLECTIONTYPELOAD)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_CompilerServicesNS, RuntimeWrappedException,        false,  COR_E_RUNTIMEWRAPPED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SecurityNS,         SecurityException,              true,
                 COR_E_SECURITY, CORSEC_E_INVALID_STRONGNAME,
                 CTL_E_PERMISSIONDENIED, STD_CTL_SCODE(419),
                 CORSEC_E_INVALID_PUBLICKEY, CORSEC_E_SIGNATURE_MISMATCH)

#if FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          SafeArrayRankMismatchException, false,  COR_E_SAFEARRAYRANKMISMATCH)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          SafeArrayTypeMismatchException, false,  COR_E_SAFEARRAYTYPEMISMATCH)
#endif //FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SerializationNS,    SerializationException,         false,  COR_E_SERIALIZATION)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           StackOverflowException,         false,  COR_E_STACKOVERFLOW, CTL_E_OUTOFSTACKSPACE)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ThreadingNS,        SynchronizationLockException,   false,  COR_E_SYNCHRONIZATIONLOCK)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           SystemException,                false,  COR_E_SYSTEM)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       TargetException,                false,  COR_E_TARGET)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       TargetInvocationException,      false,  COR_E_TARGETINVOCATION)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ReflectionNS,       TargetParameterCountException,  false,  COR_E_TARGETPARAMCOUNT)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ThreadingNS,        ThreadAbortException,           false,  COR_E_THREADABORTED)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ThreadingNS,        ThreadInterruptedException,     false,  COR_E_THREADINTERRUPTED)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ThreadingNS,        ThreadStateException,           false,  COR_E_THREADSTATE)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_ThreadingNS,        ThreadStartException,           false,  COR_E_THREADSTART)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           TypeAccessException,            false,  COR_E_TYPEACCESS)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           TypeInitializationException,    false,  COR_E_TYPEINITIALIZATION)

#ifdef FEATURE_COMINTEROP
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           TypeLoadException,              false,  COR_E_TYPELOAD,
                 RO_E_METADATA_NAME_NOT_FOUND, CLR_E_BIND_TYPE_NOT_FOUND)
#else
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           TypeLoadException,              false,  COR_E_TYPELOAD)
#endif

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           TypeUnloadedException,          false,  COR_E_TYPEUNLOADED)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           UnauthorizedAccessException,    true,   COR_E_UNAUTHORIZEDACCESS, CTL_E_PATHFILEACCESSERROR, STD_CTL_SCODE(335))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SecurityNS,         VerificationException,          false,  COR_E_VERIFICATION)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          COMException,                   false,  E_FAIL)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          ExternalException,              false,  E_FAIL)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_InteropNS,          SEHException,                   false,  E_FAIL)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           NotImplementedException,        false,  E_NOTIMPL)

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           OutOfMemoryException,           false,  E_OUTOFMEMORY, CTL_E_OUTOFMEMORY, STD_CTL_SCODE(31001))

DEFINE_EXCEPTION(g_SystemNS,           ArgumentNullException,          false,  E_POINTER)

#define kLastExceptionInMscorlib kArgumentNullException

//
// All exceptions defined in other .NET Framework assemblies have to be at the end
//

#ifdef FEATURE_COMINTEROP
// Jupiter needs some HRESULTs mapped to exceptions in .NET Framework assemblies other than mscorlib.
DEFINE_EXCEPTION_IN_OTHER_FX_ASSEMBLY(g_MarkupNS, XamlParseException, "System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml", ECMA_PUBLICKEY_STR, false, E_XAMLPARSEFAILED)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION_IN_OTHER_FX_ASSEMBLY(g_AutomationNS, ElementNotAvailableException, "System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml", ECMA_PUBLICKEY_STR, false, E_ELEMENTNOTAVAILABLE)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION_IN_OTHER_FX_ASSEMBLY(g_AutomationNS, ElementNotEnabledException, "System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml", ECMA_PUBLICKEY_STR, false, E_ELEMENTNOTENABLED)
DEFINE_EXCEPTION_IN_OTHER_FX_ASSEMBLY(g_DirectUINS, LayoutCycleException, "System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml", ECMA_PUBLICKEY_STR, false, E_LAYOUTCYCLE)
#endif // FEATURE_COMINTEROP

// Please see comments on at the top of this list

#undef DEFINE_EXCEPTION
#undef DEFINE_EXCEPTION_HR_WINRT_ONLY
#undef DEFINE_EXCEPTION_IN_OTHER_FX_ASSEMBLY


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3. Remember your successes
Some people downplay their successes and focus on those things they struggle with. Always remind yourself of your past accomplishments no matter how small they may be. Stop focusing on the negative parts of your life and remember your past achievements.
4. Think about your future
Take time to think about what you really want out of life. Do not live your life for others. Once you determine what you want to accomplish, the next step is to develop a strategy that will help you to accomplish your goals.
5. Create goals
Set achievable goals on a regular basis and then take small steps to accomplish them. Make sure your goals are measurable and monitor your progress. Don't get upset if you don't accomplish all of your goals. You can always change your goals so that you can be more successful.
6. Talk to others
It is important that you talk to other successful people in order to get a better perspective of your life. Listening to other people's challenges and accomplishments can go a long way in feeling better about yourself. You can also learn how to overcome the obstacles in your life.
7. Be persistent
Do not give up on achieving your goals in your life. Learn from your mistakes and try to improve your situation. Do not make excuses for why you should quit or give up. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to be successful. The key is to keep at it until you get what you want.
Stan Popovich is a Penn State graduate and the nationally known anxiety author of "A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear"— an easy-to-read overcoming anxiety book that's helped thousands of people to confidently manage their persistent fears and anxieties. Stan has over 20 years of personal experience in dealing with fear and anxiety. For more free mental health advice visit Stan's website at managingfear.com and read Stan's articles and his blog. The above is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Mr. Popovich is not a medical professional. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read here.
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MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities pursues sustainability on both ends of the wire. MSU moves to reduce energy consumption and transition to an energy grid that increasingly relies on renewable sources, it is clear that MSU's hundreds of buildings must operate more efficiently. MSU IPF is leading the way with several significant energy-conservation initiatives.
In conjunction with the Better Buildings Challenge, a federal sustainability initiative through the U.S. Department of Energy, the university has committed to reducing energy use by at least 20 percent over approximately 20 million-square-feet contiguous campus by 2020. To achieve that goal, the existing-building commissioning process will be deployed across MSU's aging building fleet. This process is used to "tune up" campus buildings so their systems operate as efficiently as possible. IPF's Commissioning Services crew is devoted solely to this effort. The campus schedule lets campus users know when and how buildings will be affected.
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Today, 54% of the global population now live in urban areas.
54% van de wereldbevolking woont al in de stad.
By 2050 this number is expected to reach 85% in the developed world*.
As the our planet undergoes the largest wave of urban growth in history, we urgently need solutions to help nature flourish in the city and restore our connection with it.
Tegen 2050 is dat in Europa naar verwachting 85%*.
De verstedelijking gaat sneller dan ooit tevoren. De gestage opmars van de steden vraagt om actie: de balans te herstellen.
* Source: United Nations: World Urbanization Prospects.
*Bron: Verenigde Naties, World Urbanization Prospects.


This study was designed to assess the effects of saffron (Crocus sativus) on rats' heart with isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury. Animals were divided randomly into four groups: vehicle-control group (CTL); ISO group, administrated with Isoproterenol 85 mg/kg s.c.; saffron group; and finally combined Saffron + ISO group. Basal and final serum levels of heart troponin I, heart tissue antioxidants and histopathological indices were assessed in all groups. Isoproterenol administration significantly increased serum level of troponin I when compared to control group (3.46 ± 0.77 vs. 0.53 ± 0.35 ml in ng/ml, P < 0.001) and reduced significantly the glutathione peroxidase activity of heart muscle (1.63 ± 0.21 vs. 4.01 ± 0.64 nmol/mg protein, P < 0.05). The grade of heart muscle damages was severe in more than 70% of ISO group animals. Saffron + ISO group showed remarkably decreased intensity of tissue destruction and significantly decreased serum levels of heart troponin I, when compared to ISO group (1.25 ± 0.23 vs. 3.46 ± 0.77 ng/ml, P < 0.05). The level of glutathione peroxidase activity in Saffron + ISO animals did not have significant decline compared to saffron alone. These results suggest the protective role of saffron on ischemic hearts by biochemical and histopathological findings.
The authors are thankful to Ms. S. Saeb and Ms. Z. Razmi of clinical biochemistry MSc students, for collaborating in biochemical tests' performance and the Vice Chancellor of Research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences for financial support.
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Kerry Purcell attended his first wrestling bout when he was around 10 years old. It was 1980, and his dad took him to the pier at Cleethorpes to watch Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks compete in the ring. Purcell wasn't an avid fan of the sport but he often watched the wrestling segments on ITV's Saturday primetime show World of Sport and was intrigued by the idea of seeing TV wrestlers in the flesh. He went along and remembers being fascinated by the spectacle of the sport.
Purcell and his dad started going more regularly. At the time wrestlers such as Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks were household names and would compete in ballrooms and halls up and down the country night after night. Wrestling was seen as a predominantly working class sport but the audience at bouts ranged from small children to elderly women.
The sport played out like a pantomime. 'Goodies' were known as 'Blue Eyes' and 'baddies' as 'Heels' and each wrestler had invented their own persona and backstory. The costumes were elaborate but often homemade – one wrestler Adrian Street raised eyebrows in working men's clubs with his glam rock-inspired sequin capes and lashings of glitter while Big Daddy preferred leotards with his name crudely sewn on the front. Wrestlers would interact with the crowd and provoke them to react with boos or cheers.
"I wasn't thinking in these terms at the time but when I look back there was something almost like a silent movie about some of the wrestlers' performances," says Purcell. "They were really comedic – they'd be falling over each other … and there was a real playing up to the crowd which I think comes from the history of wrestling in the world of circuses and music halls. It was always part sport, part pantomime," he adds.
Purcell stopped going to wrestling bouts as a teenager and had largely forgotten about the sport until he came across some letterpress posters for sale on eBay. He teaches Design History at the University of Hertfordshire and has published books on graphic design and influential designers so is often on the look out for printed ephemera.
His discovery sparked a fascination with the visual culture of the sport. He has since collected hundreds of posters plus rare magazines, photographic portraits of wrestlers and costumes worn by Big Daddy and Street.
In 2016 Purcell put on an exhibition in Tunbridge Wells showcasing his collection (more info about the show here). The show travelled to Doncaster last year and will soon be visiting the Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester. He is now hoping to publish a book on the visual culture of wrestling and has set up a crowdfunding page to raise the funds needed to make it.
Alongside posters, which are reminiscent of circus and music hall play bills with multiple typefaces in contrasting colours, Purcell has collected official portraits of wrestlers.
"When wrestlers started their careers they would have a portrait taken of them – [they were] a bit like a Richard Avedon photograph with the wrestler shot against a white background. The photography was very stripped down and very minimal, which enabled the printer to easily transfer photographs on to posters [this was, after all, an era before Photoshop]," he explains.
"Even though the photographs were quite functional, there was something really striking about them. The wrestlers really had to foreground their characters, so there was a lot of performance to the camera." Purcell likens this collection of images to a typology or "visual dictionary" of wrestlers and the types of characters they tended to play.
He has also collected some issues of The Wrestler – a wrestling magazine with a surprisingly minimal cover and Helvetica masthead – and a handful of costumes including a transparent fur-lined cape loaned to him by Street.
Through the exhibition – and the book if it meets its funding target – Purcell hopes to document an area of design history that has been largely overlooked. To Purcell's knowledge there are no existing books documenting the visual culture of wrestling (though artist Jeremy Deller made a film about Street, which you can watch in full here).
Purcell is still collecting material and is hoping to find more photographs and ephemera documenting women wrestlers. The portrayal of women is problematic – female wrestlers were often objectified and sexualised. Some would find ways to use this in their routine and provoke anger or excitement in the crowd – Purcell likens it to the representation of women wrestlers in Netflix series G.L.O.W.
Many of the things that defined British wrestling – such as the element of pantomime and garish costumes – are the same in wrestling all over the world. But Purcell's collection of ephemera reveals some British idiosyncrasies, with wrestlers often playing up to regional stereotypes.
British wrestling was less extreme than the US version of the sport where the likes of The Rock and Hulk Hogan would compete in massive stadiums. "A lot of the British wrestlers, they were big guys … but they wouldn't have been out of place propping up the bar in your local pub," says Purcell. "There was something a bit more 'everyday' about them." It was also a more lo-fi and low budget affair, played out in smaller venues (and without the fireworks or pyrotechnics).
Purcell's ephemera dates from 1950 to 1990 – an era he describes as the golden age of British wrestling. The sport's popularity declined after World of Sport was taken off air in the late 1980s and wrestlers were no longer household names. "It had lost its shop window. The reason I first went to wrestling was because I thought 'wow, Big Daddy is going to be there' … but once it was no longer on TV people didn't see [the wrestlers] anymore," explains Purcell. He also believes it became too focused on entertainment – leading long-standing fans to see it more as performance than sport.
Wrestling is no longer a part of the nation's weekend TV viewing but it seems to be enjoying something of a quiet resurgence. The WWE held its inaugural UK Championship at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool last year. The Attenborough Arts Centre recently held a wrestling match in its gallery and Purcell says some of his colleagues attended a bout at Alexandra Palace. The audience may be a little different – Purcell believes it is more middle class and viewed in a "more knowing" way than it was in decades past – but the sport is still known for its costumes and pantomime.
Around 20,000 people turned up to see Purcell's Grunts and Grapples exhibition in Tunbridge Wells but he admits that the book has a fairly niche appeal – which is why he's decided to crowdfund it rather than approaching mainstream publishers.
If he doesn't manage to secure funding for the book he is keen to take the Grunts and Grapples exhibition to more UK towns and cities (particularly resort and seaside towns where wrestling was popular).
Purcell isn't a wrestling fanatic and says he is more interested in the visual aspect of the sport than wrestling itself. His designs document a particular period in popular culture as well as a time when posters were still made by hand and printers doubled as designers.


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Q: ArangoDB failed to start I have installed the lastest version of arangodb 3.1.25.
Follow the installation manual , when I start it I get
[root@cloudera-manager init.d]# arangod start

2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO ArangoDB 3.1.25 [linux] 64bit, using VPack 0.1.30, ICU 54.1, V8 5.0.71.39, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO using SSL options: SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE, SSL_OP_TLS_ROLLBACK_BUG
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO Starting up with role SINGLE
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO Authentication is turned on
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO Authentication system only
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO Authentication for unix sockets is turned on
2017-07-15T09:40:15Z [19742] INFO file-descriptors (nofiles) hard limit is 8192, soft limit is 8192

    FATAL unable to create database directory 'start': Failed to create directory [start] Permission denied

I need to start it on remote so I changed it in the cnfiguration file as follows
    [console]
    pretty-print = true
[server]
endpoint = tcp://0.0.0.0:8529
authentication = true
# username = root
# password =

[javascript]
startup-directory = usr/share/arangodb3/js

Running Arangosh I get :
Pretty printing values.
Connected to ArangoDB 'http+tcp://0.0.0.0:8529' version: 3.1.25 [server], databa                                                   se: '_system', username: 'root'

Type 'tutorial' for a tutorial or 'help' to see common examples

Yet it is not accessible  .
Where could the problem be from ?
any help would be appreciated,Thanks

A: You should create a folder /opt/arangodb/start :
mkdir -p /opt/arangodb/start
chmod 777 /opt/arangodb/start

and run this command thsis should work i tested:
arangod /opt/arangodb/start

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SimplyHired Imposes $500 Monthly Ad Spend as it Cracks Down On Errant Job Publishers
By John Zappe April 21, 2009 August 7, 2015
SimplyHired is cracking down on sites, especially job boards, it believes are gaming the system by posting phony listings, repackaging listings from other sites as their own, or which use so-called black hat tricks to improve the organic positioning of their jobs and thus increase their clickthrough traffic.
"We are trying to make sure the jobs in our index are as high quality as possible," explains Gautam Godhwani, co-founder and CEO of SimplyHired, a search engine for job listings. "People are actively gaming the system," he says, telling us that those who refuse to change are being removed from the search engine's index.
That means that a job which previously would have been found by searching SimplyHired will now no longer appear there. For a small job board which depends on the visibility provided by the search engines, being excluded may not be quite a death sentence, but it can mean a huge drop in traffic, which can translate into an equally big drop in revenue.
The site's FAQs do spell out the requirements, among them: "Provide unique and relevant content that adds value to the job seeker experience." Black hat tricks are specifically prohibited: "Do not provide job content loaded with extraneous or artificially modified content (i.e. keyword stuffing, etc)." And the jobseeker who clicks through on a job ad can't be required to register to see the full ad.
The crackdown on alleged bad practices (which can also include uncorrected, though innocent, technical flaws such as broken links), has gotten mixed up with a new, and surprising business practice requiring new advertisers to commit to a minimum $500 monthly spend.
We say surprising because as far as we can tell, SimplyHired is now the only jobs search engine with a minimum ad spend, and the highest overall minimums of any search engine.
Indeed.com, SimplyHired's rival and the leader in traffic between them, has no advertising minimum. Search giant Google also has no minimums for its Adwords program.
Meanwhile, SimplyHired also instituted a new flagging system that lets jobseekers report a particular listing.
All this has caused enough confusion to prompt a couple of job board owners to suggest SimplyHired was now charging $500 a month to have listings included in the index.
"We are not charging to have listings included in the organic search results," Godhwani insists. What's happened, he says, is that two different company teams have been in touch with some job board operators. One team, apparently, is scolding the operator for the quality of the listings, and threatening to remove the listings from the index, while the other is detailing the new advertising minimums.
Simone Emmons, owner of three job boards that have now been delisted by SimplyHired, was the first to post about the advertising minimum. She tells us SimplyHired had issues with some of the listings on one of her sites, but claims that even though she made adjustments, listings from her sites no longer appear in the SimplyHired search results. She suspects it's because she decided against meeting the new ad spending minimums.
There are a few things interesting here, all of which should matter to recruiters who place job postings on commercial services.
First off, the fracas over the delisting of some job boards amounts to the airing of some of the industry's dirty linen. Know that old saw about which came first? In the job board business, that's no mere intellectual puzzle. To attract jobseekers, you have to have jobs. To get employers to pay, you have to deliver candidates. (Ignore the candidate quality issue just now.) So for years startup job boards (and even a few with some maturity) have been copying listings from other sites, and passing them off as their own.
There's nothing new about this practice. When print was the advertising medium of choice, small newspapers and free advertising papers routinely copied the classifieds from the big dailies. Today, it's just a whole lot easier to do digitally.
Ironically, that's pretty much how the job search sites — SimplyHired included — operate. The difference is that they send the jobseeker back to the originating site. Because the search sites now attract millions of jobseekers a month, job boards and employers actively work to get included in the index. Even a small job board can now claim access to those millions, thanks to Indeed, SimplyHired, Google, and others.
Godhwani says it's when the job boards purloin listings that SimplyHired draws the line.
"We have received complaints from employers that clicks (jobseekers) are going to sites where they never posted a job," he says, describing one way SimplyHired has of finding out. Another is when the job boards themselves complain. "We've actually had job boards complain to us," he notes. And then there are other, technical ways of inferring that jobs are being repackaged, but he didn't get into those.
Sites that refuse to stop the practice are being removed from SimplyHired's index, says Godhwani. There are also other reasons for being delisted as we noted in the beginning. These include popular job descriptions for real or more often fictitious jobs that have been written in such a way that they rise to the top of search results. (Legitimately done, this is merely search engine optimization.) The idea is to get candidates to click through to the job board site where they can then be pitched for a resume or forced through a series of pop-up ads.
If there is a real job at the end of the road, the employer's brand can be hurt by the association with the job board.
Posting a job ad to get click throughs to a site where, says Godhwani, "they are going to milk the jobseeker" will get the offending site banned.
While monitoring has been going on since SimplyHired was launched back in 2005, it is curious that the crackdown and the flagging system were introduced at the same time as the new advertising minimums. Incidentally, the minimums don't apply only to new advertisers; some existing customers — like Emmons, for instance, if she hadn't been 86ed entirely — also are subject to the $500 monthly requirement.
What's the criteria? It applies, Godhwani says, "to problem accounts." These, he defined for us, as publishers and ad buyers who "overwhelmed" the sales team with too many service requests.
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No explanation has been offered, and she knows better than to ask for one. She can tell by the slight frown on her husband's face that he too is puzzled - and concerned. Their eyes meet, and he allows her to see the uncertainty, to share the waiting. She knows that his thoughts, as hers, are with the man who sleeps in the room overhead. There will be an explanation - of sorts - in the morning, and with it another parting. How many have there been over the years? And each one with its own memories, joy, pain and pride hopelessly mingled in a storm of forbidden emotion.
The first time - so long ago now, it seems - brought the special heartache of a mother who must watch her son sever the ties of childhood. Such a small, solemn-eyed child, stiff-lipped with the effort not to cry. The formal parting was still to come, downstairs, with the family watching; but her husband had offered this moment of privacy. A gift of love indeed, for he understood that both mother and child needed this last expression of tenderness. Somehow she found the courage to smile at her son proudly, and had her reward in the glow of unspoken affection in the dark eyes. He came forward, winding his thin arms around her neck, and as she hugged the small body close she knew it was for the last time. She kissed him, smoothed the dark hair, then with more courage than she had known she possessed drew back to fix in her mind this picture of her son, clad for the journey in a desert suit of soft leather. Such determination! Even T'Pau had offered to postpone the Kahs-wan for a year, as had been done for his cousin Stonn, but he would have none of it. Her fears vanished as she met his determined eyes. He would not fail.
The next parting had been harder. Even after all these years she could recall the anguish of that whispered conversation in the cool shade of her garden. Her husband, although he had turned from his son, understood his wife well; he would not demand that she too part from their child with cold formality, and had told her that although he would not see the boy again until he repented of his error, he would not forbid her to send or receive messages. It was unheard-of for a son to defy his father... but the boy was not Vulcan - not fully. Why did her husband find that so hard to understand? She was torn between them, her love for them both pulling her this way and that. The boy had struggled for years to satisfy his father's expectations, to win his approval; but his Human needs had grown stronger, the stars had called, and the rigid tradition of Vulcan had stifled his soaring spirit. Realising that, he had pleaded for his father's consent - and had been refused. He had answered his call; the resulting breach had been deep, and left bitter memories. She had lost her son to Starfleet, not knowing if she would ever see him again; but being Human - and so illogical - she had clung to hope.
That hope, thin though it grew with the years, had been fulfilled at last during the trip to Babel. There had been the joy of seeing her husband and son reconciled. Her fear for their lives had vanished in the pleasure of watching the dark heads inclined together as they spoke of eighteen lost years. When they reached Vulcan on the return leg of their journey she had stood with her husband in the transporter room and watched as her son moved to his place at his Captain's side. The hazel eyes had smiled an affectionate welcome, and gratitude had rendered her voice husky as she bade farewell to the proven friend who had held out his hand to ease her son's loneliness. Watching them together, she knew that each filled a need for the other. Two men, both set a little apart, one by his heritage, the other by his command, they had found or made a friendship that broke all barriers. It had been a happy parting, for it held the promise of reunion; the tears that shone in her eyes as she stepped once more onto the surface of her adopted planet had been tears of thankfulness - all was well with her son.
But two years ago the tears had been those of loss and sorrow. The icy-eyed stranger who had spoken the ritual words renouncing his home and family could surely have none of her Human frailty in his passionless heart. Why he had chosen the path of Kolinahr, she had never learned; perhaps it had something to do with the announcement, shortly afterwards, of the newly-promoted Admiral who had been appointed Chief of Starfleet Operations. She had not dared to ask. He had turned his back and walked away, a tall, too-thin figure in the robes of an Aspirant of Gol, and his step had not faltered, he had not once looked back for a last sight of his home and parents. She had watched with blurred eyes until a turn of the path took him out of sight, then clinging to her husband's arm she had gone back into the empty house, gathering all her courage to face the years ahead. Her husband's eyes had mirrored her own grief; it had been hard for him to lose again the son so recently found. As he had... for no family ties, no affection, no memories could bind an initiate of Kolinahr. Husband and wife stood face to face, knowing that the son they both loved had left their home and lives for ever.
For two years there had been no word. Then, only hours ago, a dust-covered figure, long hair veiling a face lined with anxiety and suffering, robes stained and tattered, had walked quietly through the door. His voice harsh with worry, he had asked for help - the use of a diplomatic shuttle, and immediate clearance to leave Vulcan. With an effort they had restrained themselves from asking questions, and pausing only to give him a quiet welcome, they had done as he asked. Her husband had left immediately to arrange for the ship, she had busied herself preparing food and clothes. Her reward had been the hesitant gratitude in the dark eyes. For them both, he had said all that was necessary.
"My t'hy'la has need of me."
Refused Kolinahr? She had felt the shock that rocked her husband. Many had failed the harsh discipline - it was no disgrace - but never, in all Vulcan's long history, had initiation been refused by one who had achieved acceptance by the Masters. Yet the reason was there, in his own words, and it was enough. He was needed. Nothing, not even Kolinahr, could stand before the claims of a t'hy'la. Tomorrow he would return to the companion who had called him back. Perhaps she would see him again, perhaps not, but that call had freed him, finally and forever, from the chains that had bound his spirit to Gol. Whatever the future held for him, she was grateful for that.
Across the room she meets her husband's eyes, and she can tell that his thoughts and hers have followed the same path. Tomorrow they will stand together and give their son to the future. There will be another parting - but this time it will be of his own choosing... and with their blessing.