SSD Harriet is well on her way to developing a new career. She's learning how to be a bomb detection dog for the CIA.
To become a service dog, a dog must have a certain temperament, and we always think about what would be best for the dog and the dog's potential partner. We want to make sure that service dog work is a good fit for the dog. Although Harriet may not have been well-suited to service dog work, that doesn't mean she's not suited for another career. She loves to train and work, so we're very happy that she's starting a new career with the CIA.
Her puppy raisers took her to Virginia to start her new training. They met her trainer, who showed them around the building and explained how she will be trained. Her training is actually going to be very similar to her training through SSD. She will be trained with classical conditioning to imprint different smells. When she smells a certain scent, she gets treated for touching her nose to the correct spot.
Harriet also met her new work partner. She spent some time playing with him, and then Peter, Harriet's puppy raiser, had her demonstrate some of the things she learned during her SSD training. She is going to live with a family, including four children and two dogs.
When she's on the job, she'll accompany her partner in a car that's specially outfitted for dogs. It has a special seat for Harriet, as well as automatic fans, air conditioning, and an alarm to alert when the car gets too hot for her. She may even learn how to ride in a helicopter and spend some time overseas with her partner.
Harriet is a very smart pup, and her puppy raisers worked very hard with her to build her skills. We have no doubt that she'll take to her new training and become a great partner and bomb detection dog.
SSD Seifert is the only puppy in his litter. That's doesn't mean he's lonely, though! He has his mom, SSD Opal, and his puppy raiser's dog Colby to keep him company.
We've also been making sure that he gets to meet lots of other dogs. Socialization is very important for young puppies, especially young puppies in training to become service dogs. For Seifert, it's even more important, since he doesn't have any brothers or sisters to teach him how to interact with other dogs.
Seifert has had several play dates with other dogs that are either relatively close to his age or relatively close to his size. Yesterday, he met SSD Fraggle and two of our trainer's dogs, Sonya and Rizzo. Check out the video of the dogs running in the yard!
Seifert also knows how to entertain himself. While he was waiting for his new friends to arrive, he had a great time playing with a bucket!
We're hoping there are more puppies in our future! SSD Midge traveled up to Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind to be bred to a tall, dark and handsome lab named Elton. Elton is about two years old and has a wonderful temperament. If Midge is pregnant, we're hoping for tall, lovely puppies.
In addition to breeding Midge with Elton, we had the opportunity to evaluate several of the Guide Dog Foundation's studs, and we took photos and videos so we can make breeding decisions about future litters.
One of the Guide Dog Foundation's studs sired the Eastern Star Litter, and we gave puppy Hope to them for their program. Usually, when we use a stud from another organization and there are five or more puppies in the litter, we send one puppy back to the organization that supplied the stud. When we visited the Guide Dog Foundation, we got to see Hope! Unfortunately, although Hope was doing very well in her training, she developed some health issues and had to be discharged. If Midge's litter with Elton is big enough, one of the puppies will be heading to its father's organization. Thank you to the Guide Dog Foundation for giving us the opportunity to see Hope!
Will there be more puppies in our future? We'll have to wait and see!
SSD Judge fell asleep less than three feet away from his favorite foods. That's pretty impressive all by itself, but what's even more amazing is that he could have easily grabbed that carrot cake or corned beef. He chose not to.
Judge's "leave it" skills didn't appear overnight. His puppy raiser, Donna, has been working with him from the start. She began by working on down-stays. When Judge was a young puppy, she and her husband used baby gates to keep him in certain areas, but then they progressed to using the down-stay to keep him from crossing the doorway. They also trained him to "go to bed," meaning he will go to a designated blanket and lay down. They used both of these skills to keep him in certain rooms.
Once Judge had mastered the skill of not crossing the threshold without his puppy raisers' permission, they decided to challenge him even more by adding a "leave it." She asked Judge to "down" and "stay" in the doorway of one room and then placed food on a plate in the other room. The food was within his reach, if he had chosen to get up. Donna then walked away and disappeared from his line of sight, although she could still see him. Then she walked back to him, clicked and treated him, as long as he didn't break his down-stay. Gradually, she increased the amount of time before she returned until Judge could hold his down-stay and leave it for over 30 minutes! He was even able to relax enough to fall asleep.
When Judge ignores the plates or listens to the cue "leave it," Donna picks up the plate and treats him with one of his favorite food items. For example, if he leaves a plate of his favorite salad greens, Donna will pick up the plate and give him a piece of salad greens by hand. That way, Judge learns that the good things in life come from his handler, not from the floor.
One time, Donna forgot to pick up the plates outside, and Judge started making a beeline for them. She quickly said "leave it!" and to her amazement, he did! He stopped as soon as he heard the cue.
Judge's next challenge is to learn to generalize the cue "leave it," so he can do it anywhere, not just at home. Soon he'll have no problem walking through a busy cafeteria and ignoring any food on the floor.
Maybe you're planning a summer vacation, or maybe you're planning to visit distant family over the holidays. Or maybe you have to take a business trip. No matter what your plans, if you're planning to travel by air and you have a service dog, chances are that you're also planning on taking your service dog with you.
Although we try to take our puppies to the airport at least once, this may still be the dog's first time on an actual flight. It may also be your first time flying with your service dog.
Here are some tips and other information for flying with your service dog. Even if you and your service dog are veteran fliers, we hope you'll find these tips useful.
We suggest packing some extra food in your carry-on, just in case you get separated from your checked luggage. Also be sure to pack a bowl that can double as a water bowl and food dish.
Some people pack one or two of their dog's favorite toys, which can be helpful if it's a long flight. We recommend quiet toys. Save the squeaky toys for when you reach your final destination.
Although many people book their flights online, it is often helpful to call the airport and let them know you have a service dog. By law, you cannot be charged an additional fee for your service dog, and they can travel in the passenger cabin with you.
By calling, you can also ask if the airport has any potty areas. Many airports are adding them, but not all personnel know where they are located, and those potty areas could mean the difference between a comfortable and an uncomfortable flight.
You never know how long you and your dog will need to be at the airport. Never feed your dog before your flight. You may also want to restrict their water.
The following airport security tips come from the Transportation Security Administration website.
Make sure your dog is wearing his service dog harness, and if you have any additional identification for him, carry it with you.
When you get to security, let the Transportation Security Officer know that you have a service dog. You should be given the opportunity to move to the front of the line.
At any point of the security checkpoint, you may not be separated from your service dog, and your service dog does not need to remove his belongings, such as his harness or other equipment.
Make sure you set your dog up for success. Plan how you're going to go through the metal detector. If your dog will be most successful going through with you, let the TSO know that that's how you and your service dog will be going through. You can also have your dog to through first and you follow, or you can go through first and have your dog follow.
The TSO should ask your permission before touching your dog. When the TSO is conducting a search of your dog, you are in charge of controlling your service dog. Keep him calm and focused so the TSO can do his or her job.
Please remember that if you need to take your dog outside to potty, you will need to pass through security again.
You and your service dog may be able to board your flight early. Make sure you get to your gate early, and let the gate agent know that you need to board early. Then make sure that you don't go too far away so you are easily ready when it's time for you to board.
Your service dog will be able to ride with you in the passenger cabin, but you must make sure that he is tucked away safely. It is extremely important that he not block the aisle.
When you have your dog settled, it's up to you to decide how you want to deal with people's attention to the dog. You may have a seatmate or other neighbors who ask to pet the dog. Here is where you'll have to do whatever will make your dog most successful. Some people ask their neighbors to ignore their dog until the very end of the flight. Other handlers may let people pet the dog as long as they stay in a down-stay.
If you're catching a connecting flight, try to make sure that you have enough time to get to your gate, and perhaps even take your dog for a potty break.
This is certainly not a comprehensive list of everything you need to know about flying with your service dog, but we hope you've found it helpful. If you have any other tips, please leave them in the comments.
Happy flying and safe travels!
At some point in their lives, service dogs may find themselves in an airplane 30,000 feet above the ground. To help prepare them for this experience, we take our dogs to the airport while their still in training.
On Saturday, our puppies in training went to the Harrisburg International Airport. Everyone met in the parking garage, and we gave the dogs the chance to potty. While service dogs must always be given the opportunity to potty before entering a building, it's especially important when entering an airport because they may not have another opportunity for several hours.
To enter the airport, there are both regular doors and rotating doors. We took the dogs through the rotating doors to give them the chance to experience it. If you practice this with your dog, be extremely careful that you and your dog are both safely in the door space before you start turning the door.
Once we were all inside, we headed to security. HIA was wonderful! They opened up a private line for us so that all of our dogs could gain experience without interfering with people trying to get through security to board their flights. Our dogs were able to go through security twice. The first time, our dogs and puppy raisers went through the metal detector and the dogs were patted down. The second time, the TSO used the wands to scan the dogs. Our puppy raisers did a great job keeping the dogs calm and focused so the TSOs could do their job! All of our dogs did great!
Thank you to the Transportation Security Administration at HIA for being so accommodating!
After all of our dogs had the chance to go through security twice, we went down to baggage claim to practice walking on a loose leash and to get the dogs used to being in that area. The baggage claim belts can be very strange to a dog, and they beep before they start moving.
The one thing we didn't do was go through security with luggage. Service dogs need to have an excellent down-stay for that because they need to be in a down-stay while you take off your shoes, put your luggage and personal items on the belt. Then they need to be in a down-stay while you gather all your items back together.
Tomorrow we'll share a post about what you can expect when you actually fly with your service dog.


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Press Release: New Report Shows Discriminatory Sobriety Restrictions Undermine Public Health Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis C
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The Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access National Progress Report shows that hepatitis C patients have better access to treatment, but that sobriety restrictions remain particularly harmful amid the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Washington, D.C. (May 19, 2021) – The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) today released a new progress report detailing the changes to hepatitis C treatment access in Medicaid programs since first publishing an analysis in 2017. The Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access May 2021 National Progress Report (Progress Report) demonstrates that while there is better access to hepatitis C (HCV) treatment today, discriminatory practices persist in some state Medicaid programs. In particular, sobriety restrictions continue to undermine public health efforts to eliminate hepatitis C in the U.S.
The State of Hepatitis C has since 2017 assessed and graded Medicaid programs in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. according to its overall "state of access" for HCV treatment. The State of Hepatitis C focuses on three of the most significant restrictive criteria that Fee-for-Service Medicaid programs use as methods of rationing access to the HCV cure: 1) fibrosis (liver damage or disease progression required prior to treatment); 2) sobriety (periods of abstinence from alcohol and/or substance use required); and 3) prescriber (prescribing eligibility limited to certain categories of specialist practitioners).
The Progress Report shows that advocacy and litigation have driven improvement to treatment access. Since 2017:
32 states have either eliminated or reduced their fibrosis restrictions;
21 have loosened their sobriety restrictions;
25 have scaled back their prescriber restrictions; and
Seven states have removed all restrictions and removed prior authorization for treatment entirely: Washington, Louisiana, New York, California, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
The improvement to patient access for hepatitis C treatment is also evident in the fact that there are now 27 states that have an A grade, improved from only 5 states in 2017. In addition, only 4 states currentlyhave a D or F grade, decreased from 27 states with a D or F grade in 2017.
"State Medicaid programs have made tremendous progress in five years in removing barriers to treatment, particularly with fibrosis restrictions. However, discriminatory restrictions remain in several states, and continue to undermine our collective efforts to address both hepatitis C and the growing opioid epidemic," said Phil Waters, Staff Attorney at CHLPI. "In order to move towards elimination of viral hepatitis, we call on states to drop all remaining restrictions and urge the federal government to hold states accountable for providing non-discriminatory coverage of HCV treatment in the Medicaid program."
"The sobriety restrictions remain the most pressing and widespread barrier to accessing HCV treatment at a time when the opioid crisis has fostered a new wave of HCV infections among younger people who inject drugs and whose needs are ill-served by sobriety restrictions," said Adrienne Simmons, Director of Programs at NVHR. "A generation struggling to survive the overdose crisis will face long-term health consequences from HCV if Medicaid policies are not revised to facilitate access to treatment now."
The State of Hepatitis C continues to hold state Medicaid programs accountable and drive advocacy urging the removal of all treatment restrictions in line with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the standard of care established by the AASLD/IDSA guidelines. Increasing access to hepatitis C treatment is especially vital as the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted prevention and treatment services, driving increased urgency around the need to remove barriers to treatment.
For more information about hepatitis C treatment access barriers and to read the full report, please visit www.stateofhepc.org.

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Women are more likely than men to click on mobile ads, and they also sport higher conversion rates and average purchase values.
PCs accounted for 72.2% of overall clicks for the subset of email addresses examined in the study, despite representing a smaller 64.2% of email addresses.


How Is Forgery Defined In Oklahoma?
has in his possession any forged or counterfeited instrument, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited or falsely altered with intent to injure or defraud by uttering the same to be true, or as false, or by causing the same to be uttered.
This crime is a misdemeanor if the value of the forgery is less than $1,000. The maximum punishment in the county jail is one year, and the maximum fine is $1,000. This crime is a felony if the value of the forgery is $1,000 or more; the maximum punishment in the Department of Corrections is seven years. If the total or aggregate value of the forgery is $2,000 or more, the maximum punishment in the Department of Corrections is seven years. Voters approved a change to this statute on November 8, 2017 by passing State Question 780. The change went into effect on July 1, 2017.
For more information on Forgery Crimes In Oklahoma, a free initial consultation is your next best step. Get the information and legal answers you are seeking by calling (405) 633-3420 today.


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The proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act, which reportedly seek to downgrade the status of the chief information commissioner and information commissioners, reduce the autonomy of this constitutional institution and are, consequently, an assault on the right to information and democracy.


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Q: getFilesDir() vs Environment.getDataDirectory() I want to replace one context method with Environment variable.
But not sure if they mean the same.
What is the difference between
getFilesDir() and Environment.getDataDirectory() ?
How can I get data\data as a from of data\data\com.Myapp using Environment Variable?

A: From the HERE  and HERE
public File getFilesDir ()
Returns the absolute path to the directory on the filesystem where files created with openFileOutput(String, int) are stored.
public static File getExternalStorageDirectory ()
Return the primary external storage directory. This directory may not currently be accessible if it has been mounted by the user on their computer, has been removed from the device, or some other problem has happened. You can determine its current state with getExternalStorageState().

Note: don't be confused by the word "external" here. This directory can better be thought as media/shared storage. It is a filesystem that can hold a relatively large amount of data and that is shared across all applications (does not enforce permissions). Traditionally this is an SD card, but it may also be implemented as built-in storage in a device that is distinct from the protected internal storage and can be mounted as a filesystem on a computer.

On devices with multiple users (as described by UserManager), each user has their own isolated external storage. Applications only have access to the external storage for the user they're running as.
If you want to get your application path use getFilesDir() which will give you path   /data/data/your package/files
You can get the path using the Environment var of your data/package using the
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.getDataDirectory().getAbsolutePath()).getAbsolutePath(); which will return the path from the root directory of your external storage as
/storage/sdcard/Android/data/your pacakge/files/data
To access the external resources you have to provide the permission of WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in your manifest.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Check out the Best Documentation to get the paths of direcorty

A: getFilesDir()
Returns the absolute path to the directory on the filesystem where files created with openFileOutput(String, int) are stored.
Environment.getDataDirectory()
Return the user data directory.

A: Environment returns user data directory. And getFilesDir returns application data directory.

A: Try this
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.getDataDirectory().getAbsolutePath()).getAbsolutePath()

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Preview: Dons v Sky Blues
Rob Cornell
Quotes and match stats ahead of tonight's game
AFC Wimbledon take on EFL Trophy finalists Coventry City in Sky Bet League One at the Cherry Red Records Stadium tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.
The Dons will be looking to build on their improved second half show from Saturday, when a late Tom Elliott goal earned them a point from the London derby with Charlton Athletic. The Sky Blues are rooted to the bottom of the table and it's all about survival and picking up points, but have a date at Wembley Stadium to look forward to.
The Dons' home form is impressive - as they look to make it seven games unbeaten in the league.
Neil Cox –
"They've got a lot of spirit. It'll be a difficult game for us. It doesn't really matter where they are in the league – it's Coventry City coming to play us at our ground and they'll be looking for three points and to push themselves up the table. They had a good win last week to get them to the final at Wembley, so they'll be quite confident."
"Russell Slade has changed it since he has come in as manager. You can tell they are a little bit more organised. It's a little bit more of a 4-4-1-1 situation defensively, but they spring forward, they've got a lot of good players in their side and a lot of young players. They're a big, strong side so it'll be a difficult game for us."
"We're not looking over our shoulders, we're looking positive. It's another home game, after finishing the second half (against Charlton) really strongly we'll be looking to start this game really quick and fast and get in amongst them and try and get the win at home on a Tuesday night – which is always good playing at home on a Tuesday night."
George Francomb –
"I've no problems dropping back into right-back, if required. As long as the manager needs me to play there, if Barry (Fuller) is recovering from his injury, I'm happy to do so for the team.
"Although Coventry are bottom of the league, you can't take things like that for granted as they are going to be fighting for their lives to get three points and try and catch up and get out of that relegation zone. We want to take our second-half from Saturday into Tuesday night and make sure that we are on our game."
"As professionals we want to strive to hit some targets. We don't want the season to just fall away and end up finishing in the bottom half, we want to be as high up the league as we can as it's our first season in League One."
"I think if we finish in the top half or the top ten – that's a great season for us. We're going to look to strive towards that and hopefully that will start with three points on Tuesday."
"I want to play as many games as I can. It's been a tough season for me really. I had my knee injury at the start, came back from that, had seven teeth dislodged and I was out for a bit with that! Then I had a hamstring injury so it's been pretty tough, but I try and play as many games as I can and help the team achieve those goals."
talking to Dons Player and our official YouTube channel ahead of tonight's game.George Francomb
Tom Elliott is suspended for this match, but will be available for selection at Shrewsbury Town on Saturday. Darius Charles and Dean Parrett come into the squad, captain Barry Fuller went for a scan yesterday and will be assessed with others today. Jon Meades is still ruled out.
Coventry yesterday completed the signing of former Everton forward Yakubu Aiyegbeni on a deal until the end of the season, subject to international clearance. Captain Jordan Willis is set to serve the final game of his suspension. Stuart Beavon remains a fitness doubt.
28 September, 2016 –
Coventry City 2, AFC Wimbledon 2.
(Our picture shows Jon Meades equalising for the Dons to make it one all.)
(Last six games in all competitions)
AFC Wimbledon DLDLWD
Coventry City LWLLWL
AFC Wimbledon 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
Oldham Athletic 3, Coventry City 2.
AFC Wimbledon – 15th
Coventry City – 24th
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I was recently a panelist at the Forte MBA Women's Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Forte Foundation. Forte Foundation is an outstanding organization that helps launch women into fulfilling and significant business careers. They encourage women of all ages to pursue positions of leadership in business.
My co-panelists were Danae Ringelmann, Co-founder of Indiegogo, and Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest. Danae founded Indiegogo with 2 partners as a crowdfunding solution that empowers ideas and enables people to donate funds easily. Alexa founded LearnVest to make trusted personal financial information easily accessible.
As we were waiting for the panel discussion to start, someone raised an interesting question. Do women make better entrepreneurs?
An interesting debate was started that reminded me of an article by Carly Fiorina -- founder of the One Woman Initiative, global ambassador for Opportunity International and former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard – that was published recently in Harvard Business Review ….
When Carly Fiorina participated in the Center for Strategic and International Studies' effort to outline "a vision for global prosperity," all participants were in agreement on one of the many recommendations put forth: invest more in female entrepreneurs. While the focus of this CSIS effort was empowering women in lesser developed companies to become economically independent, this recommendation could equally apply to women in more economically developed countries.
At the conference, we discussed some of the qualities that are stereotypically attributed to women that, if true, might be qualities that give women an edge running their own ventures. If you buy into the stereotypes, you could argue that women's more empathetic, questioning, collaborative and consultative styles can give women the adaptive resilience required in start-up situations as initial business ideas morph into unanticipated business opportunities.
However, thinking beyond the discussion, I believe that in the working world – whether corporate or start up – you need to look past gender to the abilities of the person. That is what will determine the likelihood of success. Gender traits don't preprogram us for success. Like men, women fail or succeed based on their abilities and the skills they have to do the job.
Women should be judged as professionals (not a gender-type) and judged on their ability to perform – whether they are aiming for the corporate c-suite or starting their own company. Look at the CEO of Yahoo , Marisa Mayer. After 3 different CEO's since 2009 -- both male and female – the company finally found someone who can lead the company. The stock price has soared, up 73% since Mayer became CEO a year ago. Why? Not because she is a capable woman….but because she is a capable CEO. And look at my company, Ivy Exec, or Indiegogo or LearnVest – our companies are growing and succeeding, not because they are women-led, but because they are capably led.
We need to move past questioning whether women are as capable as men, or are better suited for this role or that role…and focus on the skills and capabilities they bring as professionals.
Elena Bajic is the founder and CEO of Ivy Exec, as well as a contributor to Forbes on topics of HR and Entrepreneurship.


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Last lifting season is a prime example of just how much business Havator books for the CC 2800 crane. Over a relatively short period of time, the company moved the versatile Terex crane three times, logging over 350 km (217 mi), for three very different applications.
Havator first used the crawler crane in an industrial application, changing 62-tonne (68-US-ton) process washers at a paper mill in Pietarsaari, Finland. Crew members then loaded the crane on 15 trailers, plus three heavy haulers for the crane superstructure and crawlers, and led the convoy 250 km (155 mi) north over a three-day journey to Oulu for changing electric plant filters at the Toppila Power Station. The third leg of the trip saw the crane moving another 100 km (62 mi) north by land and then barged to an island for a windmill project to switch out turbine gears.
One of the largest peat-fired power stations in the world, the Toppila Power Station generates 210 MW of electric power and 340 MW of thermal power. The four massive air filters pull from the airstream the particulate matter generated by the peat-burning process. The filters are changed on a 20-year cycle. "The filters are typically covered with dust, rust and other items, which can increase the filters' weight," comments Simola.
Since space was at a premium at the electric plant site, Havator chose the short boom/jib configuration and worked at a relatively narrow radius, ranging from 24- to 27-m (79- to 89-ft). "At the minimum radius in this configuration, the CC 2800 crane offers a lift capacity of up to 227 t (250 US tons) and 205.5 t (226.5 US-ton) capacity at the maximum working radius, so we built in extra lift capacity to account for the possibility of additional weight with the used filters," adds Simola. Once on site, Havator's rigging crew took just 2.5 days to set up the crane. This included additional steps required to meet the strict 15 t/m2 (1.5 US-ton/ft2) ground load pressure limit. Even though the crane's weight is spread over its large crawler tracks' 31-m2 (332-ft2) area, the CC 2800 crane could not reach the relatively low load limit for the job.
"We had to strictly adhere to the ground load pressure limit, because of the risk of damaging the many pipes and canals running under the ground," explains Simola. "We placed multiple special kinds of pontoon plates under the lifting/driving area. They are approximately 6.5-m-long by 3.5-m-wide by 0.6-m-thick (21.3- x 11.5- x 2.0-ft)." For contractors that often face applications with low ground load pressure restrictions, Terex offers 1.8-m (4.9-ft) wide crawler tracks, so weight can be disbursed over a wider area.
Over the next week and a half, Havator's two crane operators, supervisor and radioman used the Terex CC 2800 crawler crane to perform the eight major picks – four to remove the old filters and four to install the new – and several minor lifts. "We had to carry the load of the old filters over a distance, so it was necessary to use the crawler crane," says Simola. The used filters were placed on a special Havator trailer that carried them over to the assigned storage location, approximately 300 m (984 ft) from the lift area.
The CC 2800 crane performed flawlessly removing and replacing the 20-m-long by 10-m-deep by 20-m-high (65.6- x 32.8- x 65.6-ft) filters. "Everything went well," says Simola. "We worked according to plan and completed the job on time." Then the crews quickly dismantled the crane, loaded it back onto the 15 trailers and three heavy trailers, and moved it to Kemi for the windmill project.


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USD MPH and SD KIDS COUNT Research Reveals Troubling Trends
VERMILLION, S.D. – A collaborative research project between South Dakota KIDS COUNT and USD's Master of Public Health (MPH) program reveals that rising numbers of South Dakota families with children rely on safety-net health and social service programs. The research highlights changes in child poverty and enrollment in health and social service programs since the Great Recession, and it includes data from Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program.
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The report indicates that South Dakota children enrolled in SNAP increased by 47 percent between 2007 and 2017. In 2007, 29,695 children from newborn to age 17 were enrolled in the SNAP program. That number jumped to 43,739 by 2017. SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the nation.
The research effort also revealed that between 2007 and 2017 the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP increased by 20 percent, and the percent of children eligible for free or reduced priced meals in the state's school lunch programs increased by 10.5 percent. Enrollment in WIC remained stable over the same time period with a slight decrease of 1 percent.
Chelsea Wesner, an instructor with the USD MPH program, led USD's participation in the research in partnership with South Dakota KIDS COUNT director Carole Cochran and MPH student Taylor Clemmons. Findings can inform the administration and funding of health and social service programs, as well as the work of local nonprofits and schools.
"We know that access to healthy food and health care are really important social determinants of health, especially among families with children," Wesner said. "Hunger and food insecurity are adverse childhood experiences and something we should be able to prevent."
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Third Academic All-America honor for Duffy
AUSTIN, Texas — South Dakota senior guard Ciara Duffy was one of five Division I women's basketball players selected to the Academic All-America first team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Duffy earns Academic All-America honors for the third consecutive season.
Perfect Finish Coyotes beat Jacks for Summit crown
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — All five South Dakota starters scored in double-figures and the Coyotes completed perhaps the greatest regular season in Summit League history with a 63-58 win against rival and second-seeded South Dakota State in the tournament championship game Tuesday inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.
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It's our first home decor update for 2019! Those who have been following along for a while will know that Tom and I moved into our first home together about a year ago. Since then we've (I've) been busying myself with decorating our space into one to call our own. I want to create a space that's warm and inviting, but also spacious and not too cluttered.
I've been filled with ideas for the office space for a while now and we've just welcomed the first little update to this room, some beautiful new chairs from Matt Blatt and this leather magazine rack to pretty up our office space. I've been eyeing these beautiful chairs for a while now and am so excited to have these in our home. I love the neutral, natural shades of leather here, they'll go perfect with anything! The chairs are also so comfy – super important when you're in front of the computer for so many hours a day.
Our next plan is to find the perfect office rug for this space, so that we can give this space an even more cosy look. Natural/jute or warm/bohemian patterned.. let me know what you think in the comments below!
Christmas Gift Guide – Eco-Conscious gift ideas from Biome!


Have you had a disagreement with your business partner? Or perhaps your latest contract has taken a turn for the worse? Commercial disputes are an inevitable part of business. However, thanks to the team at Prosperity Law LLP, they can be resolved quickly, easily and without hassle.
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Here at Prosperity Law LLP, we take the time to listen to our clients and gain an understanding of their objectives. This is often key to a successful dispute resolution. We combine your wishes with our legal knowledge and use this to create a strategy that is tailored to your individual needs.
Whenever possible, we strive to use alternative dispute resolution techniques – such as commercial mediation and arbitration. We find that most commercial disputes can be resolved in this way, giving you a chance to exchange information in a cordial manner and reaching a satisfactory solution for all. However, if necessary, we can also help with commercial litigation and court proceedings.
If you are struggling to deal with a commercial dispute, please feel free to get in touch. You can either contact our Liverpool or Manchester office, or send an email to info@prosperitylaw.com and take the first step towards your business dispute resolution!


Factory Records Ltd (the resurrected imprint via LTM) releases a new double vinyl edition of Section 25's 1984 landmark album From The Hip on 28 May. The album, produced by Bernard Sumner, combined smooth synthpop with seamless electro beats. This new version features digitally re-mastered audio, with the original FACT 90 album on a single LP plus a bonus 12" single with two versions of seminal single FAC 108 Looking From A Hilltop. The 8-minute proto-techno Megamix version was edited and mixed by Sumner and Donald Johnson of ACR, and later sampled by both Orbital and The Shamen. The flip features Stephen Morris's (New Order/The Other Two) 2010 remix.
Peter Saville has 'digitally remastered' his original cover design with help from Matthew Robertson and Idea Digital.


IRELAND - Speaking on Friday (12 April), IFA's Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan said the decision by Glanbia and Lakeland to cut their respective milk price was a big blow for farmers.
IFA had lobbied co-ops intensively over the past two weeks, outlining in detail the ten reasons why they should hold their price.
Mr Phelan said, "Today's decision by both co-ops is unwarranted. Cash flow on dairy farms is critical at this time of the year, with farmers facing increased costs of production across the board.
"When you consider that Ornua will be paying a €19m year-end operating bonus to member co-ops, up 27 percent on last year, you'd have to say the decision by Glanbia, in particular, is completely unjustified."


Sue Tumelty of The HR Dept on interviewing, training and listening.
As budgets tighten staff training can suffer, but cutting back in this area would be a mistake according to Sue Tumelty of The HR Dept. She shares her tips for building a strong, motivated and well trained workforce that will help your business weather any storm.
As British businesses struggle to survive the recession, strategic recruitment, investment in training and motivation of employees are being considered luxuries of the past and ambitions for the future by many employers.
Yet these have to remain key priorities in the present if businesses want to reach the other side as painlessly as possible and with their teams intact.
Currently employers tend to want to recruit people with experience rather than running the risk of taking on raw talent – an understandable decision in these difficult times, although not necessarily helpful to the government as it desperately tries to reduce unemployment, especially among the under 25s.
It is still essential, however, that businesses continue to use good recruitment practices to identify those potential members of staff with the knowledge, skills – and above all – attitude to provide the right people within the team.
If we are all being honest we, as employers, often make up our minds about candidates in the first minute and spend the rest of the interview justifying our decision. This is particularly true when Christmas is coming and we are desperately short of staff ahead of this crucial trading period.
However urgent the need for fast recruitment seems, however, a carefully-constructed interview with well-considered and planned competency-based questions is a far better way of ensuring successful long-term recruitment.
Especially at a time of high unemployment it is likely that you will receive a large volume of applications, of which many may be totally unsuitable. Using a well-defined person specification you can screen many of these out early in the process. Short telephone interviews can eliminate another batch. A good question is "What do you know about our company?". If they cannot answer that one, they are not for you. This means you save time by only interviewing the best.
Whilst a well-planned approach demands a small investment of time, it will pay dividends in terms of saving money longer term, as poor recruiting in the first place results in higher and more costly recruitment further down the line when you're trying to rectify the situation. Meanwhile, of course, you've also put pressure on good loyal employees, that is until they get fed up and go too.
Another important mistake that we hear often at The HR Dept is that of trusting employers wishing they had taken up references. However successfully the interview went it is essential practice to always follow-up by obtaining references. Candidates can behave beautifully, answer questions fluently and have all the right qualifications – but can they get out of bed in the morning?
Training staff should start from day one. Every business does things differently and the induction process gets the new recruit to understand the way you do things at your business. Introducing them to the rest of the team and monitoring their progress over the first few weeks will pay dividends.
Remember though that this is the starting point, not the end. Thinking back to the Olympics, the medal winners were the ones who were out there training daily to ensure they remained at the top of their game. If employees are given no training or development and if they are not adequately encouraged to aim high then inevitably their skill base will slide. They will probably still be competent, but not highly motivated or stretched.
Every industry sector faces change in terms of technology, legislation, fashion, cultural styles; the list of areas in which we all need to keep pace goes on and on and can be seemingly endless.
Building a culture that embraces change and constantly looks for new ways of improving is the way forward. If you invest in your staff they will feel valued and, in turn, more motivated. Building a high performing team is crucial if you are going to achieve your targets.
Many employers we meet worry that they may invest in all this training only for the member of staff to go to a competitor. However this concern can be easily addressed by adopting a simple study assistance agreement whereby the employee agrees to repay the cost of their training if they leave within a certain period, usually one or two years.
There are a variety of ways to identify individual training needs, ranging from carrying out a full training needs analysis to simply preparing a personal development plan as part of annual appraisals.
"Oh no! Not appraisals." I hear some of you cry. But be reassured that this does not have to be the complicated or overly-time consuming process many turn it into. Surely you can spend 45 minutes a year to discuss an employee's performance, hear their hopes and aspirations and together set objectives that will help your business grow? If not, do you really deserve the team you hope to build?
Inevitably some staff will leave and if they have been with you for a considerable length of time then a great deal of knowledge walks out of the door with them. If they were in a supervisory position how much easier it will be if you already have a well-trained employee ready to step into their shoes.
So many businesses ignore this forward-thinking approach but no-one lives forever and the day may well come when you, as the employer, want to hang up your gold-plated boots and hand over. However even if you sell your business the buyer will seek reassurance that the level of business you have built up will continue and that the investment they make will not be in jeopardy when you leave.
For all the reasons above training at every stage of the employment cycle is essential. And be imaginative. Training is not just about going on expensive courses, it can be sharing interesting articles, attending webinars, practical workshops, mentoring and coaching, shadowing and a host of other areas. Why not ask your employees for their ideas? Perhaps even during their appraisals.
Sue Tumelty is founder and managing director of The HR Dept, which has 45 offices around the UK and supports small and medium-sized businesses and organisations with everything employment related. hrdept.co.uk This article was taken from the December 2012 issue of Professional Jeweller. To read the issue online, click here.


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In an interesting about-face, Porsche has revealed the first images and details on its new racer, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid.
Based on the rear-drive 911 GT3 R that's set to take to the track in privateer hands later this year, the GT3 R Hybrid utilizes a rear-mounted, 480-hp 4.0-liter flat-six in conjunction with two electric motors that drive the front wheels. Residing in the space normally reserved for the passenger seat sits a flywheel, which harnesses kinetic energy under braking and can spin upwards of 40,000 rpm. Once enough energy is stored, the system lets loose up to 120 kilowatts – approximately 160 horsepower – to the front wheels in six to eight second bursts that are controlled by a steering wheel-mounted button.
Porsche apparently hasn't released official performance specs, but the GT3 R Hybrid's world debut will take place at the Geneva Motor Show before it hits the track for its motorsports debut at the Nürburgring 24 Hours on May 15. Devised as a rolling "racing laboratory," after the Hybrid takes to the Green Hell this year, Porsche plans to assault the 24 Hours of LeMans in a refined version in 2012, just as the sanctioning body begins to favor hybrids. Now about that "no hybrids" thing...
Gallery: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid
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interesting............. I have hybrid technology class the end of the month, the X6 Hybrid, as much as I hate them and thing they have no place in a sport/performance car, is actually really cool technology.
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hey word on the street has it that the next focus rs, both euro and state side will be a hybrid as well. with a 2.0 four instead of the 2.5 five with an electric engine running the rear.
oh and are you on your way to become an automotive engineer, mike?
No, I'm trying to keep up with the engineers fuck ups. The BMW X6 uses the GM hybrid drive trans. Trans is $100K, (YES, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS), so, if it is damaged by road debris, car is totaled. If it goes out, ahhahahah. We are only building 500 of them.
We will also get the Hybrid 7, and a weird alternator/generator/starter assembly on the 1 and 3 series the will shut off and restart the car at stop lights or in traffic.
We have no business getting into this, but the global warming/energy crisis fad brought this on. We had a hydrogen powered 7 for YEARS. You never hear about them. We may still sell them. You aren't allowed to park them in your garage, or near an open flame (I'm not kidding) and we aren't allowed to touch it. There is nothing wrong with pollution control to a certain extent. Its getting to the point where it is unmanageable, difficult and costly for the customer to repair, and drives up the price of the car new, and lowers the value used due to the repair costs. Let Toyota lose money and deal with hybrids. BMW builds sport sedans (I hated seeing the X5 concept, as most BMW enthusiasts did, but yes, they actually do handle like a car). We use to do a really good job at it, still do but are side tracked throwing our hat into the SUV and hybrid arena's. Messing with over the top technology, useless engineering that has no real benefit from the systems they replaced. I have watched BMW grow from a really nice niche sport sedan car line in the mid to late 90's, to the monster of what it is today. Atleast our brakes work, gas pedals don't stick (toyota) and airbags don't blow up in your face (Honda).
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I agree that hybrid technology for environmental reasons is very lame, and actually starting to taint everyday driving. Example, when I think "get that freekin Prius out of my damn way."
I am, however, highly curious to see what some of the top racing manufacturers can do with hybrid technology. The power that can be harnessed directly from electricity are endless as long as you can store or generate ample amounts efficiently. I think what Tesla Motors is doing is pretty cool; 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and 2x more efficient than a Prius!
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14 Years and Going Strong!
Posted in: Employment
Custodian Holly Cordary hadn't anticipated being a custodian for longer than her
temporary placement through the State Hospital and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
(DVR) to gain work experience through the B.O.C.E.S….. 14 years ago.
"When she first came here and said 'Hi' to us she had her head down, and now she will
make eye contact and will make some conversation, "Mike Williams, B.O.C.E.S. Executive
Director said of Holly." We had no obligation to keep her on after a period of time, it was
just a chance to get her out to develop her work skills and we put her on, and we've never
been unhappy with that decision. In fact, we kept the job open when she got hurt [she had
a knee injury that laid her up for several months] we just filled it with subs until she got
Echoing his thought was Facilities Specialist Trudy Biorn, Holly's immediate supervisor,
who said Holly had only ever called in sick twice in 14 years, other than her knee injury
then took a few months to heal.
"Well, she's gained so much confidence in herself," Trudy said when asked what she thought the benefit was to Holly in having a career of her own. "When I asked her about retiring [cause she's 62] she said well, as long as I'm healthy I'm gonna keep working!"
"I work as a custodian, I wash the tables and mop the floors and vacuum and clean the
whiteboards," Holly shared. Regarding her working relationship with her boss Trudy,
Holly said she appreciated that "She's very direct and I'm able to understand what all she
has."
Trudy shared that Holly has become like family throughout their years of working
together and they've shared life experiences outside of work, including helping Holly move
to a new residence much closer to work, making Holly's commute a much easier one as she
walks or rides her bike.
"The only reason we don't hire more people with disabilities is that we don't hire
anybody right now, but we do have people with disabilities work for us on every
level, " Williams said of the B.O.C.E.S. regarding hiring people with disabilities. "If they
can perform the job any accommodations that you give them is well worth it, what you
get back is a lot better than what you have to do to hire them. We have several people
with disabilities who work here who are well worth our time."
"Well, as long as I show up and they still like me I figure I still have a job," Holly
concludes.
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HII! And WELCOME BACK to Meet The Authors! Since February (when the last Meet The Authors Was), I've had a ton of submissions, a whole set of semester finals and two sets of mid terms, I worked at an advertising agency for a month and went out of the country on vacation. It's been a LOT and I only just had time last month to contact some AMAZING Authors for a week long Meet The Authors feature.
There are a few giveaways coming up over the next week along with some BRILLIANT authors who've agreed to come onto my blog, and I do hope you all have fun (virtually) meeting them and get to know a little more about them and their books!
For day one, please do welcome the WONDERFULLY TALENTED Debut Author, Karen McManus who wrote the YA Mysters, One Of Us Is Lying.
Music is an essential part of writing for me. While I was drafting One of Us Is Lying, I used certain songs to get into the overall mood of the book, and—probably more importantly—into the minds of the characters. Now that the book is out in the world, I feel a twinge of nostalgia every I hear one of "my" songs, because they remind me of that intense drafting period when the Bayview Four were living inside my head.
1. Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds. This one's pretty obvious, since The Breakfast Club was the original inspiration for the book. Also, the lyrics "Going to take you apart/I'll put us back together at heart" sum up one of the book's major themes.
2. Kids by MGMT. There's a scene in the book when a clip of the four main characters set to this song goes viral. People have asked me why I picked this song, and it's basically because I could picture it. Four kids accused of murder walking in slo-mo against the backdrop of trippy music with dark undertones just felt right.
4. Maybe I'm Right by Pete Yorn. This is Cooper's song, and for this one, the lyrics don't really matter. It's more the yearning, searching tone of the music that got to me while I was writing.
5. Secrets by One Republic was Simon's song, which is probably self-explanatory.
6. Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick. I had this song on constant repeat when I wrote scenes with Nate and Bronwyn. Bronwyn even borrows part of a lyric at one point to describe Nate.
7. First, by Cold War Kids. This applied to all the main characters, particularly these lines: "There comes a time/In a short life/Turn it around, get a rewrite/Call it a dark, night of the soul/Ticking of clocks, gravity's pull".


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SubjectApplied ScienceArts and HumanitiesBusiness and CommunicationCareer and Technical EducationEducationMathematicsNatural SciencePhysical ScienceSocial Science Education LevelCommunity College / Lower DivisionCollege / Upper DivisionGraduate / ProfessionalCareer / TechnicalAdult Education Course Alignment
Circular Flow Diagram, Goods and Services Market, John Maynard Keynes, Labor Market, Model, Theory, ba
Principles of Macroeconomics 2e
Welcome to Economics!
Choice in a World of Scarcity
Labor and Financial Markets
The Macroeconomic Perspective
The International Trade and Capital Flows
The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model
The Keynesian Perspective
The Neoclassical Perspective
Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation
Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows
Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy
The Impacts of Government Borrowing
Macroeconomic Policy Around the World
Globalization and Protectionism
The Use of Mathematics in Principles of Economics
The Expenditure-Output Model
How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues
What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
How To Organize Economies: An Overview of Economic Systems
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Interpret a circular flow diagram
Explain the importance of economic theories and models
Describe goods and services markets and labor markets
John Maynard Keynes One of the most influential economists in modern times was John Maynard Keynes. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century, pointed out that economics is not just a subject area but also a way of thinking. Keynes (Figure) famously wrote in the introduction to a fellow economist's book: "[Economics] is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking, which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions." In other words, economics teaches you how to think, not what to think.
Watch this video about John Maynard Keynes and his influence on economics.
Economists see the world through a different lens than anthropologists, biologists, classicists, or practitioners of any other discipline. They analyze issues and problems using economic theories that are based on particular assumptions about human behavior. These assumptions tend to be different than the assumptions an anthropologist or psychologist might use. A theory is a simplified representation of how two or more variables interact with each other. The purpose of a theory is to take a complex, real-world issue and simplify it down to its essentials. If done well, this enables the analyst to understand the issue and any problems around it. A good theory is simple enough to understand, while complex enough to capture the key features of the object or situation you are studying.
Sometimes economists use the term model instead of theory. Strictly speaking, a theory is a more abstract representation, while a model is a more applied or empirical representation. We use models to test theories, but for this course we will use the terms interchangeably.
For example, an architect who is planning a major office building will often build a physical model that sits on a tabletop to show how the entire city block will look after the new building is constructed. Companies often build models of their new products, which are more rough and unfinished than the final product, but can still demonstrate how the new product will work.
A good model to start with in economics is the circular flow diagram (Figure). It pictures the economy as consisting of two groups—households and firms—that interact in two markets: the goods and services market in which firms sell and households buy and the labor market in which households sell labor to business firms or other employees.
The Circular Flow Diagram The circular flow diagram shows how households and firms interact in the goods and services market, and in the labor market. The direction of the arrows shows that in the goods and services market, households receive goods and services and pay firms for them. In the labor market, households provide labor and receive payment from firms through wages, salaries, and benefits.
Firms produce and sell goods and services to households in the market for goods and services (or product market). Arrow "A" indicates this. Households pay for goods and services, which becomes the revenues to firms. Arrow "B" indicates this. Arrows A and B represent the two sides of the product market. Where do households obtain the income to buy goods and services? They provide the labor and other resources (e.g. land, capital, raw materials) firms need to produce goods and services in the market for inputs (or factors of production). Arrow "C" indicates this. In return, firms pay for the inputs (or resources) they use in the form of wages and other factor payments. Arrow "D" indicates this. Arrows "C" and "D" represent the two sides of the factor market.
Of course, in the real world, there are many different markets for goods and services and markets for many different types of labor. The circular flow diagram simplifies this to make the picture easier to grasp. In the diagram, firms produce goods and services, which they sell to households in return for revenues. The outer circle shows this, and represents the two sides of the product market (for example, the market for goods and services) in which households demand and firms supply. Households sell their labor as workers to firms in return for wages, salaries, and benefits. The inner circle shows this and represents the two sides of the labor market in which households supply and firms demand.
This version of the circular flow model is stripped down to the essentials, but it has enough features to explain how the product and labor markets work in the economy. We could easily add details to this basic model if we wanted to introduce more real-world elements, like financial markets, governments, and interactions with the rest of the globe (imports and exports).
Economists carry a set of theories in their heads like a carpenter carries around a toolkit. When they see an economic issue or problem, they go through the theories they know to see if they can find one that fits. Then they use the theory to derive insights about the issue or problem. Economists express theories as diagrams, graphs, or even as mathematical equations. (Do not worry. In this course, we will mostly use graphs.) Economists do not figure out the answer to the problem first and then draw the graph to illustrate. Rather, they use the graph of the theory to help them figure out the answer. Although at the introductory level, you can sometimes figure out the right answer without applying a model, if you keep studying economics, before too long you will run into issues and problems that you will need to graph to solve. We explain both micro and macroeconomics in terms of theories and models. The most well-known theories are probably those of supply and demand, but you will learn a number of others.
Key Concepts and Summary
Economists analyze problems differently than do other disciplinary experts. The main tools economists use are economic theories or models. A theory is not an illustration of the answer to a problem. Rather, a theory is a tool for determining the answer.
Self-Check Questions
Suppose we extend the circular flow model to add imports and exports. Copy the circular flow diagram onto a sheet of paper and then add a foreign country as a third agent. Draw a rough sketch of the flows of imports, exports, and the payments for each on your diagram.
Draw a box outside the original circular flow to represent the foreign country. Draw an arrow from the foreign country to firms, to represents imports. Draw an arrow in the reverse direction representing payments for imports. Draw an arrow from firms to the foreign country to represent exports. Draw an arrow in the reverse direction to represent payments for imports.
What is an example of a problem in the world today, not mentioned in the chapter, that has an economic dimension?
There are many such problems. Consider the AIDS epidemic. Why are so few AIDS patients in Africa and Southeast Asia treated with the same drugs that are effective in the United States and Europe? It is because neither those patients nor the countries in which they live have the resources to purchase the same drugs.
How did John Maynard Keynes define economics?
Are households primarily buyers or sellers in the goods and services market? In the labor market?
Are firms primarily buyers or sellers in the goods and services market? In the labor market?
Critical Thinking Questions
Why is it unfair or meaningless to criticize a theory as "unrealistic?"
Suppose, as an economist, you are asked to analyze an issue unlike anything you have ever done before. Also, suppose you do not have a specific model for analyzing that issue. What should you do? Hint: What would a carpenter do in a similar situation?
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The film dates back in Pune during the 1900s where a small village of Tumbbad is cursed with rains happening every day. This prompts the young Vinayak and his family to go away and never come back. Many years later, adult Vinayak (Sohum Shah) comes back to the village to inherit the treasure which is housed in his ancestral mansion. Despite not paying heed to the villager's warnings about a monster haunting there, Vinayak's greed keeps him going and he goes completely deep into the mansion. An eerie and haunting voice stops him from inheriting the treasure and then that brings the ball in motion. Tumbbad is a Hindi Drama movie directed by Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi. The movie stars Sohum Shah, Harish Khanna in the lead roles and Ronjini Chakraborty, Anita Date, Mohd Samad, Jyoti Malshe, Dhundiraj Prabhakar Joglekar, Deepak Damle in Supporting roles.The movie is produced under the banner Eros International, Sohum Shah Films, Colour Yellow Productions. Music is composed by Ajay-Atul, Jesper Kyd. Pankaj Kumar has handled the cinematography while Sanyukta Kaza has done the editing.
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Q: WiMax or alternatives I my spare time I'm a member of an international search and rescue team and one of the problems we have is communications. We can get international communications going using satellite phones and although they are expensive and sometimes slow, the systems are fairly robust. We'd like to find a system that will improve netwroked communciation over a few miles radius whilst we are in country so we can easily transfer information like maps, reports, photos etc. Is WiMax or something similar an option for us given we need something relatively simple and relatively small and lightweight to travel with or is there any other system that might be able to help?

A: My ISP uses WIFI / WIMAX.  They use Tranzeo products.
My Route to the internet
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2 - 10 miles via Point-to-point WIFI
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5 - router connected to CenturyLink


The Venetian period was followed by the first French occupation in 1797, It was the end of the feudal system, and the people burned the book of Gold (libro d` oro) where all Aristocrats were listed.
In a symbolic gesture the libro d`oro was burned in all Ionian islands.
The initial euphoria after the arrival of French, who were welcomed as liberators, quickly turned to severe distress due to French arrogance towards the locals and the heavy taxation.
Followed by a period of instability, people were divided, the Nobles began to exploit the popular discontent against the French, and began to plot for the occupation of Corfu by the Russians.
They finally succeeded in 1799 when a strange alliance of Russians and Turks occupied Corfu.
The Russian admiral Ousakof, of aristocratic origin, immediately restored the privileges of the nobility and later on 21st of March 1800, at the instigation of Ioannis Kapodistrias, then foreign minister of Russia, founded the Ionian State, also known as Septinsular Republic, this was the first independent Greek state, something that Kapodistrias envisioned as a harbinger of the rebirth of a Greek state.
It was a federation of the seven larger island states, Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos(Zante), Paxos, Lefkada, Ithaka and Kythyra, also included all other smaller Ionian islands, the capital was Corfu.
This state remained until 1807 when the French under Napoleon returned and stayed until 1814.
It was the time when the two buildings which today are the famous Liston were built by the French for use as military barracks.
In 1815 Corfu went under British rule, the seven Ionian island state declared its independence under British protection with Greek as the official language and Corfu town as the capital.
The first "Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands" was Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland.
The state`s govertment had 29 members, 7 members from Corfu, 7 from Kefalonia and 7 from Zante, 4 were elected from Lefkada.
Paxos, Ithaka and kythyra elected 1 each plus a second member which was elected in rotation by the three.
The official name of the new protectorate was: "United states of Ionian islands", During this period the Ionian Academy, the Reading Society and the public library were established.
Under British rule the local economy was well developed, the palace of Saint Michael and George was built and also the road network of the island was expanded as well as the construction of the aqueduct that supplied Corfu town with water from the hills around Benitses.
Power plants too were built in Corfu, which however after the union with Greece were moved to Piraeus.
Many other projects and significant improvements to the island's infrastructure were made during this period.
On 21 May 1864 after the London treaty and the positive vote of Ionian parliament, Corfu and all Ionian islands united with Greece.
It was one of the most important turning points in the history of Corfu, the turbulent historical past of the island ended, so ends the prominence of Corfu as capital of the Ionian state, the emergent Greek state could not afford the existence of two centres of economic and cultural strength, so in the battle with Athens Corfu lost its university, its fame, its cultural lead and after just 40 years became a Greek provincial town.
But the memories of the glorious past remain and this is what makes Corfu unique, a Greek island which does not look like the others.


The Cape Town office of Paterson & Cooke, a global specialist engineering consultancy, was presented with the award for BEST INTERNATIONAL PROJECT at the recent SAICE – SAFCEC awards ceremony held at the Bay Hotel in Cape Town on 8 October 2015 for the Khouribga to Jorf Lasfar Phosphate Slurry Pipeline in Morocco. The award was accepted by Project Manager, Julian Rusconi, Director, Angus Paterson as well as key members of the project team. Julian thanked the organizers and paid tribute to his team members who had dedicated themselves to ensuring the success of the challenging project.
The project consists of a network of slurry pipelines which transport milled phosphate rock from the mining areas near Khouribga in Morocco to the port and chemical processing facility located at Jorf Lasfar, nearly 200km away. It is one of the world's largest slurry pipelines, the main section of which has a diameter of 900mm, is 187km long and is able to transport 4400 dry tonnes per hour of phosphate. The product stored at the head station of this main pipeline varies in grade and quality and is stored in separate agitated storage each with a volume of 5000 m3. As these various batches of phosphate slurry arrive at the terminal station they are diverted to dedicated storage tanks that feed separate process streams in the chemical refinery. This means that the pipeline design needs to accommodate the pipeline transport requirements of the different batches and be able to identify where these batches are during transport so as to ensure they are allocated to the appropriate tanks. As the batches are intermittent and have variable flow properties the pipeline design needs to accommodate a wide range of operating conditions. This is achieved by varying the pumping head and through a series of pressure monitoring stations and a choke station at the terminal. The system is monitored and controlled from a central control room. Due to the scale of the project the system includes some of the largest slurry handling equipment yet produced and this presented many unique challenges to the engineering team that required an innovative approach to solving the unique problems.
The project has helped to cement Paterson & Cooke's reputation as a leading provider of slurry transport systems and mineral processing solutions. Formed in 1991, Paterson & Cooke now has offices in Calgary, Cape Town, Cornwall, Denver, Johannesburg, Lima, Perth, Santiago, Sudbury and Vancouver.
Julian is an experienced engineering manager. He held key positions at various manufacturers of industrial automated machinery and worked for Dow Chemical before joining Paterson & Cooke in 2005 where he currently manages the engineering of major slurry pipeline projects.


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China > Mainland > China-YSL relics row
China fights to stop sale of looted relics
2009-02-25 00:32:15 GMT2009-02-25 08:32:15 (Beijing Time) China Daily
China Tuesday demanded the auction of two looted historic bronze sculptures in Paris be canceled, saying it broke international conventions.
The auction seriously violates the country's cultural rights and interests, and hurts national sentiment, it said.
A Paris court on Monday ruled against stopping the sale of the sculptures, rejecting an appeal filed by the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe.
The sculptures, of rat and rabbit heads, are part of an art collection from the estate of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, which went on sale at a Christie's auction that started in Paris on Monday.
The heads were taken from Beijing's Old Summer Palace when it was razed by invading French and British forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War.
"The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) has formally informed the auctioneer of our strong opposition to the auction, and clearly demanded its cancellation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a news conference.
"The Western powers have plundered a great amount of Chinese cultural relics including many precious items robbed from the Old Summer Palace. All these should be returned to China," Ma said
SACH said Tuesday that it "strongly objected" to the auction and had written to Christie's asking it to stop the auction.
"We believe there is a common understanding in the international community that looted cultural objects should be returned to their countries. This is a basic cultural right of people in the origin countries," the SACH statement said.
"We requested they stop the auctions and hope the parties (to the auction) understand and respect this proper request from Chinese people," it said.
Song Xinchao, director of the SACH museum department, reiterated Tuesday that China would not buy back the bronzes that rightfully belong to the country.
The auction comes at a time when both China and France are cautiously trying to improve bilateral relations which suffered a setback after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama late last year.
Ren Xiaohong, a Chinese lawyer involved in the bid to stop the auction, said the lawsuit aims to "raise awareness among the public in Europe" about the fate of the numerous looted Chinese relics.
Chinese netizens are furious about the planned auction. An online survey conducted by ifeng.com showed more than 90 percent of the netizens want the bronzes back.
According to the UNESCO Convention on Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, any cultural relics looted or lost during wars should be returned without any limitation of time span.
Meanwhile, Chinese lawyers will "make every effort" to halt the auction despite the unfavorable court ruling, said Li Xingfeng, one of the 81 lawyers involved in the bid to stop the auction. But he refused to elaborate on what they would do.
"If they are sold, we will start legal proceedings against the buyer," he said.
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This will remain to be a dedicated thread to update status of Rohtang Pass this season and in year 2019.
Last winter did not see any snow at all across the entire Himalayan region. Even in areas like Ladakh and Spiti, it did now snow until mid January and that too just once. After January, Feb went dry completely and then it started to snow again in March. Passes like Rohtang too did not receive even half of the usual amount of snow that they do. This year however, the story is entirely different. Winter seems to have arrived early. A surprisingly heavy and early snowfall in the month of September saw roads getting blocked across Spiti valley and Ladakh. So heavy the snowfall was that tourists had to be airlifted out of Chandratal and Kaza - Manali stretch.
The trend is still continuing. It has been snowing in Manali all day yesterday and Rohtang Pass received quite a bit of snow. If the weather remained the same way, it is expected that it may even start to snow in Manali as well; which would again mean a very early snowfall in the town. Rohtang Pass as a result has been closed for all types of vehicles. Even motorcycles are not being allowed and it is highly unlikely that it will open again this year. For now, it is safe to assume that Rohtang Pass is officially closed for this season. Even if they open it for a few more days, I would advise against traveling.
The recent spell of snow in early February followed by rainfall near the foothills have resulted in a lot of snow all across Himalayas, way more than previous years. More snow is expected in coming week and throughout the month of February. If the weather continues this way, opening of Rohtang Pass will be no earlier than early May.
So by mid of may, there is a chance for Rohtang to open? I'm planning to do spiti circuit in bike.
Rohtang will definitely be open by early May but Kunzum won't be till mid May. To be on a safer side, plan towards end of May because Chandratal and camping sites there usually do not get operational by either May end or early June.


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GRATITUDE - הכרת הטוב - HAKARAT HATOV
Contributed by The Blue Dove Foundation
Gratitude, the feeling of thankfulness or appreciation, can be easy when experiencing a simcha (happy occasion). But it is no less important during our toughest moments. When we lose a loved one, many of us say Kaddish. In this moment of grief, we say, "Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored, adored and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He."
This may seem counterintuitive, and yet Jewish culture teaches that in moments of pain, fear and instability, a gratitude practice can help us cope. As we incorporate it into our own self-care, gratitude can play a large role in healing, both physically and mentally. For those living with depression or other mental illnesses, it can be even more important — especially right now, when many of us remain isolated from others.
In the Torah, Leah gives birth to her son and says "I will give thanks to Adonai." Odeh et Adonai. In Hebrew, the root letters of odeh (אודה) — "I will give thanks" — form the basis of the name Leah chooses for her son: Yehudah (יהודה). In English, we translate Yehudah to "Judah," the root of "Judaism."
With her choice, Leah teaches us our greatest Jewish responsibility is to seek moments of thankfulness. When we do, we recognize the holy potential of our world and our ability to bring more of it into people's lives. (Adapted from the article To Be a Jew is to Give Thanks-By Definition, originally published in the Huffington Post.)
So how can we begin to infuse gratitude into our daily lives?
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