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Black Women Living With AIDS Thrive Thanks to Peer Support
Andrea King Collier
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Roberta Willis (name changed), 26, has come a long way since first discovering she was HIV-positive, thanks to a little help from her friends: peers and mentors who are also living with HIV. Raped and impregnated by a neighbor when she was 15, Willis didn't tell anyone, including her ob-gyn. It wasn't until her daughter was born that she learned they were both infected. "A year later my mother put us out," Willis says. "I was overwhelmed and ashamed, with nowhere to turn."
Willis saw a newspaper article about a clinic that specialized in caring for women and families affected by HIV/AIDS. "We just showed up, not knowing what to expect," she says. A female volunteer who had been living with AIDS for a decade greeted them. "She told me her story, helped me fill out the paperwork, and introduced me to the case managers and told me about services," Willis says. "I trusted her because she wasn't afraid to say that she was living with AIDS, and she wanted to help me." Nine years later and doing well, Willis volunteered as a peer advocate at the same clinic, offering emotional support and helping to link other women to medical care; sharing information on treatment, resources and support services; accompanying women to the doctor to help them ask questions and take notes; and role-modeling how to live a productive HIV-positive life. A year later she was hired as a paid peer advocate-educator -- the first job she had ever had. "I never want another girl or woman to go through this alone," Willis says.
Most HIV programs and support services were designed to address the needs of gay men, the largest demographic group living with HIV/AIDS and, during the early years, the most visible. But having peer support can help keep women in care, says ob-gyn Jean R. Anderson, M.D., the founder and first director of the Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Health Program. Her program is one of the first to utilize HIV-positive women as peer advocates. Dr. Anderson says, "The social framework within which women live ... is perhaps the major determinant of their quality of life, and ultimately serves as either a facilitator or a barrier to good clinical care." Peer counseling is "an effective strategy for helping patients overcome some of those barriers," she adds.
Linda Scruggs of the Washington, D.C.-based AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families (AACYF) was diagnosed with HIV 20 years ago. Instead of seeing her diagnosis as a death sentence, Scruggs saw her journey as an HIV-positive woman as an "opportunity to be a lifeline for other women." She now manages the AIDS Alliance's peer-training program for women. "We've trained 200 women from all over, and that work has touched 37,000 people around the country," Scruggs says. "I consider those 200 women my sisters."
Vanessa Johnson, executive vice president of the National Association of People With AIDS, was one of the first women to attend Scruggs' training. "I was already working in HIV/AIDS," Johnson says, "but this program gave me a different perspective on working with women. One of the big challenges is that women often struggle with disclosing their status."
Willis can relate. "It wasn't until I was 20 that I told anyone that I am HIV-positive," she says. "I got into a women's group that encouraged us to not just talk about the stuff around infection, but to talk about what it means to be an HIV/AIDS-infected woman." She adds: "How can you be a support to somebody if you won't talk about the thing that brings you together?"
"As difficult as an HIV/AIDS diagnosis can be, it can also be a turning point in a woman's life," says sociologist Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Ph.D., the lead researcher on "Health, Hardship, and Renewal," a study looking at the specific economic and emotional experiences of low-income Chicago women living with HIV/AIDS. Many HIV-infected women learn how to navigate services and systems in a way that they could never seem to do before their diagnosis, she says.
"Connecting with women who have walked in my shoes helped me, as a young mother, be determined not just to survive infection but to make a good life for me and my daughter," Willis says. "I am not an AIDS victim or a victim of my circumstances. That's what the ladies taught me." That is a lesson she will keep on teaching as she pays it forward.
Andrea King Collier is a freelance health and health-policy journalist. She is the lead author of The Black Woman's Guide to Black Men's Health.
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I spent Thursday and Friday at CodeMash in Sandusky, OH. Quick Solutions (my employer) is a major sponsor of this event that features speakers and developers from both the .Net and the Java community. Quick strongly encouraged me to attend but I didn't need any convincing.
The sessions were great. Jeff Blankenburg's demos on Silverlight and Scot Hanselman's Friday keynote address stand out in particular for me.
But I think I got more benefit from the fact that I was able to meet so many other people in the developer community here in the midwest. I've been traveling so much the last few years that I don't really know that many local people. I met more developers from Michigan these 2 days than I met during the 4 years I've lived here.
I also had a chance to mingle with the other folks from Quick Solutions, which is a rare treat. Although I work for Quick, I live a couple hundred miles from their office in Columbus, so my interaction with them is limited.
The conference was held at the Kalahari Resort, which features a huge indoor water park. There wasn't much time to enjoy the park during the conference, but some attendees brought their families who splashed around while their spouse did the geek thing. I promised my 13-year-old son that he could meet me on Friday night with a friend and go to the park. Unfortunately his ride fell through so I ended up driving back to Michigan Friday night and returning to Ohio Saturday morning to take the boys to the park for the day. We had a blast!


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As part of his first ever American arena tour, British singer-songwriter Sam Smith stops at the 1STBANK Center on Monday, January 26. Tickets ($35-$75) go on sale on Friday, October 24 at 10 a.m.
A reunited Sleater-Kinney, who just announced its first new album in ten years is due in January, hit the Ogden Theatre on February 12, 2015, and tickets ($27.50) go on sale on Saturday, October 25 at 10 a.m.
Jenny Lewis, who sold out the Bluebird Theater last August, will be at the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, December 2, and tickets ($22.75) go on sale on Friday, October 24 at 10 a.m.
See also: All upcoming concerts in our constantly updated Denver Concert Calendar
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Lord Dying: With Castle, Thu., Nov. 13, $10.
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Ariel Pink: Sat., Feb. 14, 9 p.m., $22/$25. Doro: Wed., March 11, 8 p.m., $20/$25. Esme Patterson: With Kitty Crimes, Land Lines, Wed., Dec. 17, 8 p.m., $12/$15. Zach Heckendorf: With Covenhoven, Sat., Dec. 27, 9 p.m., $15/$20.
The New Deal: With Escort, Fri., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., $20/$25. St. Paul & the Broken Bones: Tue., Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m., $20/$22. Trace Bundy's 6th Annual Acoustic Holiday: With Katie Herzig, Fri., Dec. 19, 7 p.m., $18.50-$24.50.
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Cervantes' 12th Anniversary: Feat. surprise mystery guests, Fri., Jan. 16; Sat., Jan. 17, $5 and up. Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Fri., Jan. 2, $15/$20.
Ben Howard: Sat., Feb. 7, 7 p.m., $27.50-$30.
97.3 KBCO Holiday Series Concert: Featuring Spoon, Sun., Dec. 7, 8:30 p.m., $30. MSTRKRFT: Sat., Nov. 22, 11:59 p.m., $20-$25.
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Sam Smith: Mon., Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., $35-$75.
Colin Hay: Sat., April 4, 8 p.m., $32.50-$40. Eric Johnson & Mike Stern: Thu., Feb. 12, 8 p.m., $35.75-$50. Russian Circles: With Native Daughters, Dead Temple, Sun., Dec. 27, 9 p.m., $20.75/$25.
Caramel Carmela (CD release): Thu., Nov. 6, 7 p.m., $8. The Coast is Ours: Thu., Nov. 20, $5/$10. Lord Dying: With Castle, Tue., Nov. 11, $10.
Guster: With Kishi Bashi, Sat., Jan. 17, 9 p.m., $27.50. Imagine Dragons (acoustic): Featuring the students of Youth on Record, Thu., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., $40. Sleater-Kinney: Thu., Feb. 12, 8 p.m., $27.50.
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Chieli Minucci & Special EFX: Sat., Jan. 31, 8 p.m., $20-$25.
August Burns Red: Fri., Oct. 31, $27.50/$32. Decibel Magazine Tour: Feat. At the Gates, Converge, Vallenfyre, Fri., April 3, $27.50/$32. No Fair Fights (CD release): Mon., Dec. 22, $10/$12. Slim Cessna's Auto Club and Wovenhand: With Denver Broncos UK (12/30) and Munly & the Lupercalians (12/30), Tue., Dec. 30; Wed., Dec. 31, $17-$30/2-day pass $30.
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Should "formalization" be part of the post-Covid economic agenda?
By Julie Zollmann
Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books.
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"Informality is a boogeyman, but not for the reasons we sometimes think."
As African economies continue to stagnate in the wake of Covid-19, policymakers are scrambling to put in place plans for economic recovery. Reading about these recovery plans (such as here, here, and here), I've been struck that formalization is again on the agenda of policymakers ravenous for revenues to boost recovery budgets. This formalization agenda has a modern twist, with some governments viewing the "digital economy" as a priority arena to both boost business activity and to tax. A number of these digital economy firms are platforms, like ride hailing companies, where individual workers are newly visible to the state, because their work is mediated by digital technology. In other words, they, in part, tackle the "formalization" agenda.
Now well into a PhD dissertation on platforms in Kenya, I am not very optimistic that such services will lead to the kind of economic advancement and transformation policymakers intend. Platforms can and often do create marginally better work opportunities for atomized, informal workers. What they do not and cannot do is to fix more endemic productivity challenges. We need many and diverse firms to do that.
"Informality," though often used as a pejorative and treated as something that market-oriented policymakers ought to eradicate, is the outcome of systemic dysfunction and trade realities. It is the result of weak market governance, not the cause. That informal self-employment is so much more desirable than formal work in Kenya today—a robust finding of my 10 years of research in the country—ought to cause alarm. Without firms—firms where Kenyans want to work—the country's long-term future is bleak. Kenya will be a country that stays in a productivity trap, one that wastes its human capital, that cannot innovate, and where the gaps between the owners of productive firms and everyone else widens every year.
Since its emergence in the early 1970s, informality has become the shorthand we use to label what James Ferguson called the abundant "improvised" livelihoods in Africa. But definitions of informality pool several incongruous attributes. The 1993 International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) defined the informal sector as "production and employment that takes place in unincorporated small or unregistered enterprises." This definition was updated in 2003 to also include "informal employment" covering employment without legal and social protection. Informality has also been used to refer to enterprises without government regulation, and some simply use firm size as a proxy for informality, considering any self-employment activities "informal." The reality, however, is that firm size, regulatory status, and employment protections are three distinct features. If we worry that informality is "bad," what exactly are we protesting? What actually matters to workers and economies?
Those concerned mostly with worker welfare worry that informality leads to unreliable wages and no benefits like paid leave and health insurance. Such workers are "precarious" and in need of protection. However, where formal work is rare—and itself quite precarious—many have raised questions about whether such protections ought to be delivered by employers or directly by the state to all members of society. In reality, the demand for such protections from workers themselves varies, with some workers feeling that the state and employer take more than they give back when it comes to benefits. My own respondents told me that they felt workplace benefits like government healthcare and pensions were "a scam." Employers not infrequently deducted payroll taxes without ever submitting the funds to the tax authority, causing endless headaches for workers. It has become notoriously difficult to ever reclaim pension savings collected by the state through payroll deductions.
From an economic perspective, Hernando de Soto (2003) famously argued that the lack of government registration was holding back the productivity of informal workers who could not collateralize their assets. The natural policy response was to register them and make registration easy. In practice, registration alone failed to unleash new productivity. Still, governments have tended to be very excited by this idea. When firms are visible to the state, they are, in theory, taxable. However in places like Kenya, so called "informal" firms actually are registered in dozens of ways through many different government agencies. Such permitting requirements amount to revenue generation via fees (if not income taxes, which are very difficult to document without advanced bookkeeping) and private extortion from civil service agents sent out to enforce these many varied permitting requirements. Through both "small taxes" (like burdensome licensing) and their relatively low ability to account for expenditures, small firms often already bear a disproportionate burden of taxation in Africa, as demonstrated by Moore, Pritchard and Fjeldstad in their recent book, Taxing Africa.
Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development is an African Arguments book published with Zed.
Where we should actually be concerned is with the productivity of informal firms, and in particular, through self-employment. The atomization of the workforce—the absence of the technology of a firm—prevents the productivity gains that come from specializations in functions, economies of scale, and much greater market access.
My previous research in Kenya shows that micro-enterprises are most constrained by the small scale of the markets they serve and their lack of a management and market apparatus. I found, for example, that small retail operations with growth potential were often slowed by an inability to manage employees, ensuring they put forth strong effort in the absence of the owner and also did not drain the business through theft. Looking at even smaller businesses through a household lens, I found that such enterprises passed through (or failed to pass through) a series of growth bottlenecks that alternated between capital constraints preventing new investments in equipment or stock and, often more importantly, the limits of local market size that prevented them from selling more products in the areas where they lived. Growth would require either relocating to a busier area or opening a new branch, both options coming at a high cost and the option of new branches simultaneously creating the new challenge of remotely managing personnel.
The more sophisticated entrepreneurs I study now are limited by rather constant government harassment and extortion, perpetual inept management of the port, cyclical demand contractions around potentially violent elections, and whimsical policymaking and regulatory enforcement. Government has made growth too risky and too costly. Entrepreneurs choose to stay small, and that is crippling the country's capacity to ensure that productivity advances and that many Kenyans share in those gains.
Platforms, like Uber, Safeboda, and Jumia, can help address the productivity challenges of informal entrepreneurs by providing the technology of a firm to better manage production. Those who participate access a larger local and more distant markets. That is good news for the many Kenyans who can ride a motorbike or drive a taxi for a living. But platforms remain small and focused on a limited set of specialized, direct-to-consumer services.
When we zoom out, we see that the workforce remains atomized. And that means that thousands of Kenya's best educated young people are doing homework for "lazy" American undergrads on writing platforms instead of developing software, managing factories, and modernizing agriculture. Writing apps offer more and better paying work than Kenyan firms. Many of these university-educated workers feel ashamed they can't get work in their fields of study. They are ashamed in front of the parents and communities who sacrificed so much so that they could develop, to participate in the Kenyan dream of maedaleo (development). But careers are just not an option today. There are very few paths to nurture an amateur coder into a world class developer, a hobbyist videographer into a filmmaker, for a political science student to become a think tank analyst (and put me out of work). Firms don't just make productivity they also make professionals.
This is not the graduates' failure. Many of them over time become comfortable with their alternative paths writing essays, driving for Uber, or selling smartphones on Jumia. The fact that they had no better choice is something none of us should be okay with.
As we all weigh in on government and donor plans to rebuild African economies, let us think beyond small, palliative victories and be willing to invest in big wins, ones that involve making more space for the miracle of firms, firms that make space for managers, technology, productivity, and global competitiveness. Let us think about how we can connect more workers to these spaces in quickly recovering sectors—and longer-run possibilities as well. Let us make it safer for Kenyan men and women to make some of those big bets, too.
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Julie Zollmann is a Nairobi-based independent researcher and PhD candidate at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Her dissertation research examines the economic impact and worker response to platform-mediated work in Nairobi. Julie's other research attempts to deeply understand people's money and technology lives with an aim to helping build and regulate systems that work better and more fairly for ordinary people. She leads the Kenya Financial Diaries project and is the author of the new book, Living on Little, to be published by Practical Action Publishing in July 2020.
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OTTAWA June 1, 2021–In honour of National Indigenous History Month, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is proud to announce a collaboration with NVision Insight Group to offer an Indigenous cultural awareness training program for the architecture community.
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Sans Souci is a café in a quiet and secluded residential district in the village of Kitanakagusuku. The café has developed a reputation for its food and desserts, prepared by its owner—who trained at Kappou, a Michelin star-rated restaurant in Kyoto's Gion district—using ingredients produced in Kyoto and Okinawa. The Kyoto-style udon noodles and matcha (green tea) desserts are particularly popular. The café also has a children's playroom, making it a calm and comfortable space that is also easy for parents with children to enter.


Someone sent me a post on cleaning out junk from a computer and now I can not find it. Please send again. I get so tired of the pink finger removing my pictures.
try CCleaner. Can get a free copy at Hippo.com. I have used the free copy to clean my online files for years. When you go to hippo, look for CCLeaner and select not the newest verson because you won't get it free. Select an older verson and get free download.
Please download software from the authors website. Some of the others in different locations have been hacked and can cause the very problem you are trying to get rid of.
I have used Advanced SystemCare 7 Pro for many years, and I am very pleased with the product,(The paid for version)and re-up it each year. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
WHAT DOUG SAYS!! Know the source of the software your downloading of suffer the consequences!
Actually you probably don't need to download anything. For starters hit your START icon and select COMPUTER on the right choices in the box. Then go to INTERNET OPTIONS. Click on DELETE HISTORY and UNCHECK the BOX at the top where it says "preserve websites cookies". Hit OK and let it do it's thing.
Next go back and hit the start icon if need be and click on DISC CLEANUP. Then keep clicking on the choices until it runs through its cleaning.
Once that is done go to DISK FRAGMENT. Click when it asks and let it do it's thing. MAy take a while.
If you have virus and malware issues, I highly recommend F-SECURE subscription download. It's cheap ($45/yr.) and stops everything cold. Best stuff I have ever used.
OOPS! Should have read "disc defragment".
Also, be sure to delete everything in your Windows Prefetch folder. If you've never done that, you will probably see a noticeable difference in performance. And yes what Kevin said too.
However, neither of these suggestions will fix registry errors which also slows stuff down. And if you've ever DLd and/or deleted stuff from your computer you will have them.
My favorite cleaner is Iolo's System Mechanic. You can DL a full functioning demo for free and it will work for 30 days after you activate it.
I DL'd and used it the first time several years ago after I read several exceptional reviews of the product. I was never disappointed.
As for ongoing protection and 100% free and very effective, I use Windows Security Essentials and Spybots Search and Destroy.
I am a power surfer. I run an international web site (www.LiquorList.com), game profusely, watch movies, communicate and so much more nightly and have never had so much as a bump in the internet road using those two free programs.
On a side note, I run 3ea 24 inch monitors and 1ea 42 inch monitor in my computer room.
Correction - That should read "Microsoft Security Essentials".
Down load the free version.
Thanks Gang: Something should work.
Dave one more thing that I noticed was absent from this thread. You may also need to clean out the macromedia "saved files" there version of cookies. To clean out their files bring up any video but do not play it, pause it if necessary. Right click on the view window and click on global settings go to storage then go to local storage settings by site and delete them all then reboot your machine. I do this about once a month for macromedia because there is a weakness that allows hackers with older flash players to send you a virus.


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Shea Gordon scores for Partick tonight.
If Hastie departs for Ibrox, then the clubs will try to negotiate a figure. If that isn't possible it'll go to an SPFL trinbunal. I'm sure there's some kind of formula in place taking into account such factors as age, first team appearances, wages etc. It would seem that we've done internally this some time ago and arrived at a figure of about £350K which has been fairly well publicised since. In negotiaions we might acccept a lower figure in return for add ons. Expect Sevco's opening bid to be about £50k.
I also counted cup goals.
Vic Davidson did it two seasons in a row.
Just a quick post to let everyone know that the Society will be organising a Bucket collection this coming Saturday at the Dundee game. They were looking for volunteers but I haven't heard any updates.
Accies were given far too much leeway down both flanks today and that was from 3pm. As you've said switch Tait to right back and bring in a new left back. Maybe give Adam Livingstone some game time as long as he has a decent player in front of him. I'm not fussed about Frear's contract being renewed - he made little impact today. Ariyibi flattered to deceive. Teams have our wingers sussed now.
A reasonable summing up. A share of the points was the right result today. Accies provided the commitment and work rate and we provided most of the skill on show. Apart from the first 10 minutes or so we controlled the first half but rarely threatened the home keeper. Some nice but ultimately sterile football without much punch up front. Had Aldred's header gone in instead of crashing off the bar then we might have taken all 3 points. We deservedly led at half time. The second half was pretty much a non event with Accies dominating the game. Maybe a mixture of Brain Rice booting Accies up the jacksie, making changes; us thinking the game was won and going into holiday mode. It became increasingly obvious to me that Accies would get a goal but maybe not the quite the way we gift wrapped it for them - a friendly neighbourly touch and I hope they appreciate that goodwill gesture come the end of the season. After they scored it was full panic mode for us as we completely collapsed. Still we held on for the draw. As Ya Beezer wrote above, our defence and defensive midfield looked uncomfortable all afternoon and we looked especially vulnerable down our right flank as Accies noticed from the off. Campbell and Gorrin weren't quite their usual combative selves. Turnbull had some nice touches in the first half but largely disappeared after the break. Our starting wingers did nothing of note and both were rightly hauled off. That said the much vaunted Hastie did nothing to enhance his reputation when he came on either. Scott looks a bit raw yet but in fairness wasn't helped by the service and lack of protection he received. I'm surprised he still had a shirt on his back after 45 minutes with the amount of jersey pulling he suffered. Referee was poor and made 2 game changing errors. Firstly he should have red carded MacKinnon but simply bottled it. Secondly he made a bad call when he yellow carded Campbell for simulation after he was clearly barged off the ball. Accies took full advantage of the wrongly called foul to score. At the end of the game maybe Robbo and his management team benefitted as few, if any, of the out of contract players did anything to impress watching eyes or them.
After today's game I think its become clear , if it wasn't before, that we're going to need a whole new strikeforce. Sammon will leave at the end of his loan period. Danny Johnson just doesn't fit our current style of play. Main, who was unhappy today at being left out of the squad will be offski and James Scott is not ready for first team football yet - a spell out on loan in the Championship will do him a lot of good.
It seems that Robbo is now playing hardball with our out of contract players. He's stated publicly that we won't wait forever for them to put pen to paper as we will have to find suitable replacements. Quite right too. From various sources I reckon the six we've offered contracts to are: Gorrin, Tanner, Cadden, Hastie, Aldred and McHugh. Frear may not be included.
I suspect this saga has a wee bit to run yet.
Naivety maybe but I would think his agent would try to control what he says in public.
Perhaps a shift in emphasis at least in part. Other Scots clubs such as St Johnstone and Hamilton Accies have cast envious eyes over our recruitment from English lower leagues and have now turned their attention to this source of talent. Maybe hotter competition then this particular pool of players.
Yes, basically that. He didn't want to leave Fir Park and hoped to have a new deal signed with us within a fortnight (of the quote).
Pretty much sums up a lot of previous discussion on here but like yourself didn't know the details. The club's general policy on this is pretty good but there will always be one or two it gets wrong. We were caught out with Hastie but few, if any, predicted his early impact on his return from loan. We all know he's had his head turned hence his apparent U turn on what he said publicly earlier. It wasn't wise to come out and say what he did. He's been made a very good offer, by our standards and its now up to him. He's quite entitled to move on but we can't wait on him forever though.
Thats my immediate thoughts too.


It's been a busy first quarter for some of the nation's financial advisors as small advisory shops leave one broker/dealer for another in search of better client service or more support to sustain their growth, but the final day of the quarter delivered the biggest whopper of them all.
That was when Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network announced March 31 that it had landed one hell of an account operating out of Birmingham, Mich.: Jeffrey M. Fratarcangeli and his $424 million in assets under management (AUM).
"Our supported model of independence helped draw Fratarcangeli, the largest individual financial advisor in terms of AUM to choose us," Kent Christian, president of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, said in a statement.
Reeling in Fratarcangeli was the big catch. Fratarcangeli, with offices in New York and Florida, was in the top 1 percent of all advisors for 12 years running at his former broker/dealer Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo said.
A perennial "top 40 under 40" standout, the industry is curious to see how his independent practice thrives under the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial network umbrella.
The financial services industry refers to big-money types as whales – as in "the London Whale," the JPMorgan Chase trader who lost $6 billion dollars two years ago on credit default swaps, and almost cost chief executive officer Jamie Dimon his job.
For an independent financial advisor, $424 million in AUM is a big number, even if the new wirehouse affiliations they join are measured in the tens of billions of dollars or trillions of dollars in assets under management.
The other major "get" in the first quarter went to Raymond James, which added the independent advisory firm Winter Park Wealth Group headed by Ben Weiner, Michael James Hlavek, Lawrence Marsh III and Daniel Iosue, according to media reports.
Winter Park Wealth Group, located near Orlando, Fla., manages more than $550 million in assets under management. Winter Park Wealth Group was previously with Morgan Stanley.
LPL Financial, which recently settled fines with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) over compliance issues, upgraded its computer systems.
The improvements appear to have benefited the company, which competes for bragging rights with Bank of America's global wealth and investment management unit (Merrill Lynch), Wells Fargo Advisors and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.
In the first three months alone, LPL brought on three advisory practices representing more than $500 million in assets under management.
January saw Brookfield, Wis.-based Granite Financial Group join LPL, from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Granite, dubbed an "award-winning wirehouse breakaway team," brings more than $130 million of client advisor and brokerage assets to LPL, a top-five broker dealer measured by the number of advisors.
Veteran financial advisors Ellen M. Duhamel and Thomas J. Dornoff, both Certified Financial Advisors, lead Granite Financial.
On Feb. 3, LPL announced that Minnetonka, Minn.-based 360 Financial, an advisory shop with $150 million in brokerage and fee-based accounts, and $120 million in retirement planning assets, had come aboard.
Later that month, Matawan, N.J.-based Atlas Private Wealth Advisors, with $125 million in brokerage and fee-based client assets, also joined LPL. Atlas is the new name for a team of five professionals led by veteran financial advisors Vladislav Krubich and Tony Mayo, LPL said.
Krubich and Mayo said LPL's "product-agnostic" orientation and LPL's support of a "truly independent advisory model," will help Atlas better serve its core client base of mass-affluent baby boomers. Atlas' fee-based services are offered through the independent registered investment advisor Flagship Harbor Advisors.
LPL has more than 13,000 financial advisors on its platform.
Advisors, who routinely jump from one network to another, leave large wirehouses for independent broker/dealer platforms. The independents offer more flexibility, and some advisors also see independence as a way to improve service to clients and collect more profit.
Wirehouses, on the other hand, offer a robust national network and infrastructure. Small advisory practices with three to four advisors, for example, can "scale up" easily since wirehouses offer many administrative and record-keeping functions, in addition to their recognizable brands.
In January, advisors Michael Cott and Donald Nejedly joined Morgan Stanley Wealth Management from RBC Wealth Management, bringing with them $250 million in assets under management, according to media reports.
J. Patrick Kearns, an advisor with $185 million in assets under management, also joined Morgan Stanley in January from Fulcrum Securities.


REALLY, IF / REALLY, ALWAYS was put together with spreadsheets and scotch tape. I started working on it sporadically in early 2016, and finished in April 2018, in time to plant it in the Back Garden of the Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction, and to have it published by the Orange Juice Public Library. This post summarizes the game's development and construction.
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Liese Prokop (* 27 de marzo de 1941 en Viena como Liese Sykora; † 31 de diciembre de 2006 en St. Pölten) fue una político austríaca del ÖVP, que ejerció el cargo de Ministra de Interior entre 2004 y 2006. Antes de su carrera política fue una exitosa atleta en su juventud.

Liese Sykora nació en Viena durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial pero creció en las cercanas localidades de Korneuburg y Tulln, fuera de los límites de la ciudad y ya en el estado de Baja Austria. Estudió biología en Viena, pero en 1962 interrumpió sus estudios a causa del fallecimiento de su padre. Trabajó como consejera de jóvenes y empezó también su carrera como deportista.

En 1965 se casó con el entrenador Gunnar Prokop del que tomaría su apellido y con el que tendría dos hijos y una hija, la jugadora de balonmano Karin Prokop. Perteneciente a una familia de deportistas, fue hermana de la atleta Maria Sykora y tía del esquiador Thomas Sykora.

Carrera deportiva
Prokop destacó en diversas modalidades atléticas dentro de su país, pero a nivel internacional compitió en pentatlón femenino, una modalidad atlética femenina predecesora del actual heptatlón, que se practicó en los Juegos Olímpicos entre 1964 y 1980. En el pentatlón femenino se combinaban las pruebas de lanzamiento de peso, salto de altura, 100 metros vallas, salto de longitud y 100 metros lisos. En 1967 ganó la competición de pentatlón femenino de la Universiada de Tokio. Su máximo éxito llegó en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1968 en Ciudad de México donde obtuvo la Medalla de Plata por detrás de la alemana Ingrid Mickler-Becker. En 1969 estableció un récord mundial de pentatlón femenino con 5352 puntos y obtuvo el Campeonato de Europa en Atenas. Además fue elegida deportista del año en Austria. Fue 50 veces campeona de Austria, los records que estableció en salto de longitud y lanzamiento de peso no fueron superados hasta 1998 y 1999 respectivamente.

Carrera política

En 1969, en el cenit de su carrera deportiva y popularidad, abandona su carrera deportiva e inicia una también destacada carrera política, siempre en las filas del conservador Partido Popular de Austria (ÖVP). El 20 de noviembre de 1969, valiéndose de su popularidad y a pesar de carecer de experiencia política previa, es elegida diputada del parlamento regional de Baja Austria. Permanecería en este cargo entre 1981 y 1992, dedicando principalmente sus esfuerzos a temas como la familia y la promoción del deporte. En 1992 fue elegida presidenta del estado de Baja Austria.

El salto de la política regional a la política nacional lo dio el 22 de diciembre de 2004 cuando sustituyó al dimitido ministro Ernst Strasser en la cartera de Interior, convirtiéndose en la primera mujer en ocupar ese cargo.

Ministra de Interior de Austria (2004-2006)

Durante su mandato como ministra de interior Liese Prokop se destacó por su lucha contra el crimen callejero. Entre las medidas tomadas para luchar contra el crimen, destacó la instalación de cámaras de vigilancia en varios lugares de Austria, así como la instalación de equipos para el rastreo de matrículas en las autopistas. Estas medidas resultaron impopulares en ciertos sectores de la población y la ministra fue galardonada en 2006 con el anti-premio Gran Hermano por su contribución a la violación del derecho a la intimidad.

Otras críticas que recibió la ministra durante su mandato se centraron en la violación de derechos humanos por parte de la policía y en acusaciones de actitud racista de la misma. Estas críticas se centraron especialmente en el caso del ciudadano gambiano Bakary J. que fue maltratado por 4 policías. Otras críticas se centraron en el recorte de los derechos de los inmigrantes y en el del derecho de asilo.

Una importante polémica que protagonizó Liese Prokop en su mandato fue la de del estudio titulado Perspectiva de la integración de ciudadanos musulmanes en Austria que presentó Prokop en mayo de 2006. Haciendo referencia a dicho informe Prokop afirmó públicamente que el 45% de los musulmanes de Austria no deseaban integrarse en la sociedad austríaca. El autor del estudio (Mathias Rohe) se distanció públicamente de dicha interpretación del informe, lo que hizo caer un aluvión de críticas en las semanas siguientes sobre las afirmaciones de Prokop. Esta, sin embargo, se mantuvo firme en sus conclusiones.

Fallecimiento
Su fallecimiento se produjo de forma sorpresiva el 31 de diciembre de 2006 a causa de la ruptura de la vena aorta, según indicó el Ministerio del Interior austríaco. La política comenzó a quejarse de dolores en el pecho y sufrió un colapso falleciendo de camino al hospital de la localidad de Sankt Pölten mientras era trasladada desde la localidad de Annaberg donde poseía una casa.

Atletas de Austria
Damas grandes cruces de la Orden de San Gregorio Magno
Políticos de Austria del siglo XX
Políticos de Austria del siglo XXI
Nacidos en Viena
Políticas de Austria
Fallecidos en Sankt Pölten
Políticos del Partido Popular Austríaco
Pentatletas
Deportistas femeninas de Austria
Austríacas del siglo XX
Atletas femeninas

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Calcaritis is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie spanners (Geometridae), uit de onderfamilie Ennominae.

Soorten
C. flavescens Alphéraky, 1892
C. megacentron Wehrli, 1931
C. pallida Hedemann, 1881


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Quantitative Trait Loci for Murine Growth
James M. Cheverud, Eric J. Routman, F. A. M. Duarte, Bruno van Swinderen, Kilinyaa Cothran and Christy Perel
Genetics April 1, 1996 vol. 142 no. 4 1305-1319
James M. Cheverud
*Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
For correspondence: cheverud@thalamus.wustl.edu
Eric J. Routman
†Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132
F. A. M. Duarte
‡Department of Genetics, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bruno van Swinderen
Kilinyaa Cothran
Christy Perel
Body size is an archetypal quantitative trait with variation due to the segregation of many gene loci, each of relatively minor effect, and the environment. We examine the effects of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on age-specific body weights and growth in the F2 intercross of the LG/J and SM/J strains of inbred mice. Weekly weights (1-10 wk) and 75 microsatellite genotypes were obtained for 535 mice. Interval mapping was used to locate and measure the genotypic effects of QTLs on body weight and growth. QTL effects were detected on 16 of the 19 autosomes with several chromosomes carrying more than one QTL. The number of QTLs for age-specific weights varied from seven at 1 week to 17 at 10 wk. The QTLs were each of relatively minor, subequal effect. QTLs affecting early and late growth were generally distinct, mapping to different chromosomal locations indicating separate genetic and physiological systems for early and later murine growth.
Received June 12, 1995.
Volume 142 Issue 4, April 1996
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Q: How to put what the user picks for the row and column in the board So my question is how do I put what the user enters, for example, they put row : 1 and column: 2 in my board that I made. I'm working on this in the void playerChoice function.
I've thought of some solutions to this problem like board[row][column] = 'X' in like an if statement with board[row][column] = 'O' as well. Is this alright?
Hopefully you guys can help figure this problem this out with me.
const int ROWS = 3; // For the rows
const int COLS = 3; // For the number of columns;
void showBoard(const char[][COLS], int); // Shows the board
void playerChoice(char[][COLS], char); // shows the player choice
int winner(const char[][COLS],
  const char, string);

int main() {
  char board[ROWS][COLS] = {
    {
      '*',
      '*',
      '*'
    },
    {
      '*',
      '*',
      '*'
    },
    {
      '*',
      '*',
      '*'
    }
  };
  string winner = " ";
  showBoard(board, 3); // displays the board

  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    playerChoice(board, 'X');
    showBoard(board, 3);

    playerChoice(board, 'O');
    showBoard(board, 3);
  }

  cout << "The winner is:" << winner;
}

void showBoard(const char arr[][COLS], int SIZE) {
  for (int row = 0; row < SIZE; row++) {
    for (int col = 0; col < SIZE; col++)
      cout << '|' << arr[row][col];
    cout << '|' << endl;
  }
}

void playerChoice(char arr[][COLS], char name) {
  int row, columns;

  cout << "What row would you like?\n";
  cout << "Row: ";
  cin >> row;

  while (row < 1 || row > 3) {
    cout << "Error please pick a row in between 1 and 3.\n";
    cout << "Row: ";
    cin >> row;
    cout << endl;

  }

  cout << "What column would you like?\n";
  cout << "Column: ";
  cin >> columns;

  while (columns < 1 || columns > 3) {
    cout << "Error,please pick a row in between 1 and 3.\n";
    cout << "Column: ";
    cin >> columns;
    cout << endl;
  }

}
int winner(const char[][COLS],
  const char, string) {

  // working on this.

  return winner;

}

A: Will this work for you?
unsigned int row = 0u;
unsigned int column = 0u;
char board[3][3] = {' '};

std::cout << "Enter row: ";
std::cin >> row;
std::cout << "Enter column: ";
std::cin >> column;

// Insert a character at the User's row and column
board[row][column] = 'X';

If you want to insert the User's coordinates into the board, you'll need a different type of board.
Edit 1:  A different type of board
Let's call the items of the board a Cell.
In order to store the row and column, you'll need a cell that can store the row and column:
struct Cell
{
  char c;
  unsigned int row;
  unsigned int column;
};

Cell board[3][3];
//...
board[row][column].c = 'O';
board[row][column].row = row;
board[row][column].column = column;

A:
I've thought of some solutions to this problem like board[row][column]
= 'X' in like an if statement with board[row][column] = 'O' as well.

Yes. You can try the code below:
if (arr[row - 1][columns - 1] == '*')
{
    arr[row - 1][columns - 1] = name;
}
else
{
    cout << "Retry" << endl;
    playerChoice(arr, name);
}

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The Most Perfectly Designed Everyday Objects, According to Designers
From eggs to Louboutins, our Designers of the Year share the objects that spark a nod of admiration.
By Western Living
Image Via: (Photo: Byeong Woo Kang, Unsplash)
Of course our Designers of the Year are proud of their own accomplishments and creations. But truly great designers appreciate the design that's all around them, too — whether it's another artist's work, or something awe-inspiring in nature — so we polled our 2021 DOTY winners to find out just what everyday object manages to impress.
Egg-cellent design... straight from the farm
The egg. It's incredibly strong, feather light, houses life, is exquisitely beautiful and is completely biodegradable. Perfection. —Kevin Vallely, Vallely Architecture, 2021 Arthur Erickson Memorial Award Winner
Awesome anatomy
The human body. Not an object I know much about, but it still amazes me. —Lisa Bovell, McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, Architectural Designer of the Year 2021
(Photo: Diego Botero, Unsplash)Bare bottles
I'm partial to elect everyday objects as closer to perfection in the realm of industrial design rather than many "design" objects. Banal objects that don't necessary stand out yet must be useful, durable and relatively affordable can be sublime. Their utility, form, material and production process streamlined for effective use makes them unassumingly beautiful. Collect an assortment of glass bottles, strip the labels off and try convincing yourself that there isn't something interesting about them. —Caine Heintzman, Industrial Designer of the Year 2021
High-glamour footwear
Louboutins. Regardless of the creative industry, we all lean on similar methodologies to create exceptional design by balancing scale, colour, form with function, contrast and so on. I've always felt these shoes were expertly crafted and while I'm delighted to rock a pair from time to time, I know they don't always check the "function" box for everyone. (I've been in heel training since high school—ha!) —Amanda Hamilton, Interior Designer of the Year 2021
A glossy red roadster
The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale. —Matt McLeod, McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, Architectural Designer of the Year 2021
Photo: Byeong Woo Kang on UnsplashA landscaping essential
That's a tough one—but with some context to landscaping, I'll go with the landscaper's bicycle: a wheelbarrow. We recently moved, and the gardens were really let go by the former owners. I've been doing a lot of work without a machine to try to make it my own: moving soil, rocks and other items back and forth on the property. I often think that whoever designed the wheelbarrow was very intuitive. —Ryan Donohoe, Donohoe Living Landscapes, Landscape Designer of the Year 2021
A memorable monster
The creature from Ridley Scott's Alien movies by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Excellent bio-structural design. —Sumer Singh, Mtharu, Maker of the Year 2021


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De Collectie De Bode is een private kunstverzameling van de zakenman en NVA-politicus Herman De Bode.

Toelichting

De Bode legde zich onder meer toe op het verzamelen van schilderijen van Vlaamse expressionisten van het interbellum zoals Gustave Van de Woestyne, Constant Permeke, Gustaaf De Smet, Frits Van den Berghe, Valerius De Saedeleer en Henry Van de Velde. De verzamelaar bezit een ruim aantal werken van Edgard Tytgat.

Een deel van de verzameling werd ontsloten via een tijdelijke tentoonstelling in samenwerking met ondernemer Fernand Huts. Dit gebeurde in 2017 in de tentoonstelling OER in het Gentse Caermersklooster waar de wortels van Vlaanderen via haar kunst belicht werden.

Een deel van de kunstverzameling, met name werk van de Vlaamse expressionist Gustaaf De Smet, werd in 2018 ontsloten via een tijdelijke tentoonstelling in de Latemse Kluis, eigendom van Herman De Bode, en gelegen in Sint-Martens-Latem.

Referenties

DeBode
Beeldende kunst in Vlaanderen


text:
import sys

import mock
if 'hp3parclient' not in sys.modules:
    sys.modules['hp3parclient'] = mock.Mock()

from manila import exception
from manila.share.drivers.hp import hp_3par_driver as hp3pardriver
from manila.share.drivers.hp import hp_3par_mediator as hp3parmediator
from manila import test
from manila.tests.share.drivers.hp import test_hp_3par_constants as constants

class HP3ParDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        super(HP3ParDriverTestCase, self).setUp()

        # Create a mock configuration with attributes and a safe_get()
        self.conf = mock.Mock()
        self.conf.driver_handles_share_servers = False
        self.conf.hp3par_debug = constants.EXPECTED_HP_DEBUG
        self.conf.hp3par_api_url = constants.API_URL
        self.conf.hp3par_san_login = constants.SAN_LOGIN
        self.conf.hp3par_san_password = constants.SAN_PASSWORD
        self.conf.hp3par_san_ip = constants.EXPECTED_IP_1234
        self.conf.hp3par_fpg = constants.EXPECTED_FPG
        self.conf.hp3par_san_ssh_port = constants.PORT
        self.conf.ssh_conn_timeout = constants.TIMEOUT
        self.conf.hp3par_share_ip_address = constants.EXPECTED_IP_10203040
        self.conf.hp3par_fstore_per_share = False
        self.conf.network_config_group = 'test_network_config_group'

        def safe_get(attr):
            try:
                return self.conf.__getattribute__(attr)
            except AttributeError:
                return None
        self.conf.safe_get = safe_get

        self.real_hp_3par_mediator = hp3parmediator.HP3ParMediator
        self.mock_object(hp3parmediator, 'HP3ParMediator')
        self.mock_mediator_constructor = hp3parmediator.HP3ParMediator
        self.mock_mediator = self.mock_mediator_constructor()

        self.driver = hp3pardriver.HP3ParShareDriver(
            configuration=self.conf)

    def test_driver_setup_success(self):
        """Driver do_setup without any errors."""

        self.mock_mediator.get_vfs_name.return_value = constants.EXPECTED_VFS

        self.driver.do_setup(None)
        conf = self.conf
        self.mock_mediator_constructor.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call(hp3par_san_ssh_port=conf.hp3par_san_ssh_port,
                      hp3par_san_password=conf.hp3par_san_password,
                      hp3par_san_login=conf.hp3par_san_login,
                      hp3par_debug=conf.hp3par_debug,
                      hp3par_api_url=conf.hp3par_api_url,
                      hp3par_san_ip=conf.hp3par_san_ip,
                      hp3par_fstore_per_share=conf.hp3par_fstore_per_share,
                      ssh_conn_timeout=conf.ssh_conn_timeout)])

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call.do_setup(),
            mock.call.get_vfs_name(conf.hp3par_fpg)])

        self.assertEqual(constants.EXPECTED_VFS, self.driver.vfs)

    def test_driver_with_setup_error(self):
        """Driver do_setup when the mediator setup fails."""

        self.mock_mediator.do_setup.side_effect = (
            exception.ShareBackendException('fail'))

        self.assertRaises(exception.ShareBackendException,
                          self.driver.do_setup, None)

        conf = self.conf
        self.mock_mediator_constructor.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call(hp3par_san_ssh_port=conf.hp3par_san_ssh_port,
                      hp3par_san_password=conf.hp3par_san_password,
                      hp3par_san_login=conf.hp3par_san_login,
                      hp3par_debug=conf.hp3par_debug,
                      hp3par_api_url=conf.hp3par_api_url,
                      hp3par_san_ip=conf.hp3par_san_ip,
                      hp3par_fstore_per_share=conf.hp3par_fstore_per_share,
                      ssh_conn_timeout=conf.ssh_conn_timeout)])

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls([mock.call.do_setup()])

    def test_driver_with_vfs_error(self):
        """Driver do_setup when the get_vfs_name fails."""

        self.mock_mediator.get_vfs_name.side_effect = (
            exception.ShareBackendException('fail'))

        self.assertRaises(exception.ShareBackendException,
                          self.driver.do_setup, None)

        conf = self.conf
        self.mock_mediator_constructor.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call(hp3par_san_ssh_port=conf.hp3par_san_ssh_port,
                      hp3par_san_password=conf.hp3par_san_password,
                      hp3par_san_login=conf.hp3par_san_login,
                      hp3par_debug=conf.hp3par_debug,
                      hp3par_api_url=conf.hp3par_api_url,
                      hp3par_san_ip=conf.hp3par_san_ip,
                      hp3par_fstore_per_share=conf.hp3par_fstore_per_share,
                      ssh_conn_timeout=conf.ssh_conn_timeout)])

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call.do_setup(),
            mock.call.get_vfs_name(conf.hp3par_fpg)])

    def init_driver(self):
        """Simple driver setup for re-use with tests that need one."""

        self.driver._hp3par = self.mock_mediator
        self.driver.vfs = constants.EXPECTED_VFS
        self.driver.fpg = constants.EXPECTED_FPG
        self.driver.share_ip_address = self.conf.hp3par_share_ip_address
        self.mock_object(hp3pardriver, 'share_types')
        get_extra_specs = hp3pardriver.share_types.get_extra_specs_from_share
        get_extra_specs.return_value = constants.EXPECTED_EXTRA_SPECS

    def do_create_share(self, protocol, share_type_id, expected_project_id,
                        expected_share_id, expected_size):
        """Re-usable code for create share."""
        context = None
        share_server = None
        share = {
            'project_id': expected_project_id,
            'id': expected_share_id,
            'share_proto': protocol,
            'share_type_id': share_type_id,
            'size': expected_size,
        }
        location = self.driver.create_share(context, share, share_server)
        return location

    def do_create_share_from_snapshot(self,
                                      protocol,
                                      share_type_id,
                                      snapshot_id,
                                      expected_share_id,
                                      expected_size):
        """Re-usable code for create share from snapshot."""
        context = None
        share_server = None
        share = {
            'id': expected_share_id,
            'share_proto': protocol,
            'share_type_id': share_type_id,
            'size': expected_size,
        }
        location = self.driver.create_share_from_snapshot(context,
                                                          share,
                                                          snapshot_id,
                                                          share_server)
        return location

    def test_driver_check_for_setup_error_success(self):
        """check_for_setup_error when things go well."""

        # Generally this is always mocked, but here we reference the class.
        hp3parmediator.HP3ParMediator = self.real_hp_3par_mediator

        self.mock_object(hp3pardriver, 'LOG')
        self.init_driver()
        self.driver.check_for_setup_error()
        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.debug('HP3ParShareDriver SHA1: %s', mock.ANY),
            mock.call.debug('HP3ParMediator SHA1: %s', mock.ANY)
        ]
        hp3pardriver.LOG.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_check_for_setup_error_exception(self):
        """check_for_setup_error catch and log any exceptions."""

        # Since HP3ParMediator is mocked, we'll hit the except/log.
        self.mock_object(hp3pardriver, 'LOG')
        self.init_driver()
        self.driver.check_for_setup_error()
        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.debug('HP3ParShareDriver SHA1: %s', mock.ANY),
            mock.call.debug('Source code SHA1 not logged due to: %s', mock.ANY)
        ]
        hp3pardriver.LOG.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_create_cifs_share(self):
        self.init_driver()

        expected_location = '\\\\%s\%s' % (constants.EXPECTED_IP_10203040,
                                           constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_NAME)

        self.mock_mediator.create_share.return_value = (
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_NAME)

        location = self.do_create_share(constants.CIFS,
                                        constants.SHARE_TYPE_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_2)

        self.assertEqual(expected_location, location)
        expected_calls = [mock.call.create_share(
            constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
            constants.CIFS,
            constants.EXPECTED_EXTRA_SPECS,
            constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
            constants.EXPECTED_VFS,
            size=constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_2)]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_create_nfs_share(self):
        self.init_driver()

        expected_location = ':'.join((constants.EXPECTED_IP_10203040,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_PATH))

        self.mock_mediator.create_share.return_value = (
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_PATH)

        location = self.do_create_share(constants.NFS,
                                        constants.SHARE_TYPE_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                        constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_1)

        self.assertEqual(expected_location, location)
        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.create_share(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                   constants.NFS,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_EXTRA_SPECS,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_VFS,
                                   size=constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_1)]

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_create_cifs_share_from_snapshot(self):
        self.init_driver()

        expected_location = '\\\\%s\%s' % (constants.EXPECTED_IP_10203040,
                                           constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_NAME)

        self.mock_mediator.create_share_from_snapshot.return_value = (
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_NAME)

        location = self.do_create_share_from_snapshot(
            constants.CIFS,
            constants.SHARE_TYPE_ID,
            constants.SNAPSHOT_INFO,
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
            constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_2)

        self.assertEqual(expected_location, location)
        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.create_share_from_snapshot(
                constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                constants.CIFS,
                constants.EXPECTED_EXTRA_SPECS,
                constants.EXPECTED_FSTORE,
                constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                constants.NFS,
                constants.EXPECTED_SNAP_ID,
                constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                constants.EXPECTED_VFS),
        ]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_create_nfs_share_from_snapshot(self):
        self.init_driver()

        expected_location = ':'.join((constants.EXPECTED_IP_10203040,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_PATH))

        self.mock_mediator.create_share_from_snapshot.return_value = (
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_PATH)

        location = self.do_create_share_from_snapshot(
            constants.NFS,
            constants.SHARE_TYPE_ID,
            constants.SNAPSHOT_INFO,
            constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
            constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_1)

        self.assertEqual(expected_location, location)
        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.create_share_from_snapshot(
                constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                constants.NFS,
                constants.EXPECTED_EXTRA_SPECS,
                constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                constants.NFS,
                constants.EXPECTED_SNAP_ID,
                constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                constants.EXPECTED_VFS)
        ]

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_delete_share(self):
        self.init_driver()

        context = None
        share_server = None
        share = {
            'project_id': constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
            'id': constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
            'share_proto': constants.CIFS,
            'size': constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_1,
        }

        self.driver.delete_share(context, share, share_server)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.delete_share(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                   constants.CIFS,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_VFS)]

        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_create_snapshot(self):
        self.init_driver()

        context = None
        share_server = None
        self.driver.create_snapshot(context,
                                    constants.SNAPSHOT_INFO,
                                    share_server)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.create_snapshot(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                      constants.NFS,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SNAP_ID,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_VFS)]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_delete_snapshot(self):
        self.init_driver()

        context = None
        share_server = None
        self.driver.delete_snapshot(context,
                                    constants.SNAPSHOT_INFO,
                                    share_server)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.delete_snapshot(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                      constants.NFS,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_SNAP_ID,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                      constants.EXPECTED_VFS)
        ]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_allow_access(self):
        self.init_driver()

        context = None
        self.driver.allow_access(context,
                                 constants.NFS_SHARE_INFO,
                                 constants.ACCESS_INFO)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.allow_access(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                   constants.NFS,
                                   constants.IP,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_IP_1234,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                   constants.EXPECTED_VFS)
        ]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_deny_access(self):
        self.init_driver()

        context = None
        self.driver.deny_access(context,
                                constants.NFS_SHARE_INFO,
                                constants.ACCESS_INFO)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.deny_access(constants.EXPECTED_PROJECT_ID,
                                  constants.EXPECTED_SHARE_ID,
                                  constants.NFS,
                                  constants.IP,
                                  constants.EXPECTED_IP_1234,
                                  constants.EXPECTED_FPG,
                                  constants.EXPECTED_VFS)
        ]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

    def test_driver_get_share_stats_no_refresh(self):
        """Driver does not call mediator when refresh=False."""

        self.init_driver()
        self.driver._stats = constants.EXPECTED_STATS

        result = self.driver.get_share_stats(refresh=False)

        self.assertEqual(constants.EXPECTED_STATS, result)
        self.assertEqual([], self.mock_mediator.mock_calls)

    def test_driver_get_share_stats_with_refresh(self):
        """Driver adds stats from mediator to expected structure."""

        self.init_driver()
        expected_free = constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_1
        expected_capacity = constants.EXPECTED_SIZE_2
        expected_version = self.driver.VERSION

        self.mock_mediator.get_capacity.return_value = {
            'free_capacity_gb': expected_free,
            'total_capacity_gb': expected_capacity
        }

        expected_result = {
            'driver_handles_share_servers': False,
            'QoS_support': False,
            'driver_version': expected_version,
            'free_capacity_gb': expected_free,
            'reserved_percentage': 0,
            'share_backend_name': 'HP_3PAR',
            'storage_protocol': 'NFS_CIFS',
            'total_capacity_gb': expected_capacity,
            'vendor_name': 'HP',
            'pools': None,
        }

        result = self.driver.get_share_stats(refresh=True)
        self.assertEqual(expected_result, result)

        expected_calls = [
            mock.call.get_capacity(constants.EXPECTED_FPG)
        ]
        self.mock_mediator.assert_has_calls(expected_calls)

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About the New Colombo Plan
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The New Colombo Plan Mobility Program
The New Colombo Plan Mobility Program provides funding to Australian universities and consortia to support Australian undergraduate students to participate in semester-based or short-term study, internships, mentorships, practicums and research in 40 host locations across the Indo-Pacific region.
The Mobility Program is open to Australian university undergraduates aged 18 to 28, with capacity to include some students over 28.
Join the thousands of students who have taken part in the flexible New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.
2020 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grants
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and the Minister for Education, the Hon Dan Tehan MP, have announced the successful applicants for the 2020 New Colombo Plan Mobility Program. In the 2020 Mobility Program round, the New Colombo Plan will support 11,196 students from 40 Australian universities to participate in projects in 36 locations across the Indo-Pacific.
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It is expected that applications for the 2021 New Colombo Plan Mobility Program will open in March 2020.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Program Guidelines and FAQs from previous years can be found on the previous rounds page.
Queries about the 2020 application process should be directed to the Department of Education and Training at student.mobility@education.gov.au. For other matters, including business liaison, internships and mentorships, public diplomacy and alumni, the New Colombo Plan Secretariat within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade can be contacted at ncp.secretariat@dfat.gov.au.
Undergraduate students interested in participating in a New Colombo Plan mobility project should contact their university's international liaison office.


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Discussing Death = Better Living Today
The CIIS Alumni Office hosted two events focused on the difficult subject of death—and how facing death can enrich your life.
By Richard Buggs and Sarah Heady December 7, 2018
In connection with this autumn's launch of the CIIS Heritage Society, the Alumni Office hosted two evenings where participants dialogued about the importance of facing death as a motivation for more conscious living. The first event, a Death Café, allowed for a spirited discussion of the factors contributing to a "good death."
The second event featured Michael Hebb, author of Let's Talk About Death (over Dinner), in conversation with Laurel Braitman, Writer-in-Residence at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As Michael notes, "how we end our lives is the most important and costly conversation America is not having." Laurel suggests that conversations among loved ones, friends, and even strangers could begin to shift our discomfort with death, which is a natural part of living.
Watch Michael and Laurel's conversation, and stay tuned for more events about conscious dying!
Join the CIIS Heritage Society, a growing community of people who have included CIIS in their estate plans—a meaningful way to ensure your legacy. Learn how to support CIIS.
Laurel Braitman and Michael Hebb
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Journalists target Obama over 'shield law'
CNN Associate Political Producer Emily Sherman
WASHINGTON (CNN)– Journalists are blasting President Obama over his stance on proposed legislation that would protect journalists from having to reveal the identity of their sources.
In an email sent out late Friday, the Society of Professional Journalists expressed 'outrage' over President Obama's proposed changes to the shield bill that would protect reporters from having to divulge confidential sources in court.
"Not long ago, President Obama was a key supporter of this bill, but after one meeting with his national security team he appears to have been scared into making this poor decision," SPJ President Kevin Smith said in a statement. SPJ cited an event in April 2008, where candidate Obama threw his support behind the proposed legislation, the Free Flow of Information Act.
"President Obama was elected by the people, for the people. It's time for him to stand up and support legislation that gives those people the power to have better oversight of their government," Smith said.
The Society of Professional Journalists, which was founded in 1909, has boast over 10,000 members nationwide. Its Their mission to promote "the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press."
Lawyers for journalists have often cited a 1972 Supreme Court ruling to say they were protected by the First Amendment from having to testify about confidential sources. But in 2003, a federal appeals court judge said that ruling does not protect journalists.
Thirty-six states (including Washington, D.C.) have enacted some form of shield law, but there is no Federal law protecting a reporter's privilege, which the sponsors of the Free Flow of Information hope to correct.
–Ram Ramgopal and Katie Glaeser contributed to this report
Jeff Spangler, Arlington, VA
The president is a mere academic in constitutional law who merely lectured on it. He is more than willing to sell out the First Amendment rights of journalists to the military geniuses who got us into unwinnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A one-termer in my book, unworthy of the high office.
October 3, 2009 04:03 pm at 4:03 pm |
There are very few real journalists left in America. What poses as "journalism" are half truths, unsubstantated rumours and controversy supplied by an endless stream of "anonymous sources". never is there a retraction when rumours are presented as factual and later proven to be false. The over use of "anonymous sources" leaves room for completely fabricated stories and the public at the mercy of unscurptuous, corporate owned media.
The only way to protect validity is to make sure the "reporter" knows s/he could be held accountable for their writing. The "press" should reflect on the extremely low trust the general public has for them and their "reporting" /.
When the Media ceases following the principle of profit reporting by that it means to distort the truth to sell papers than we might want to give the more protection. Right now NO. They lie and do not report both sides of any issue except what they see as supportive of their position. They MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TILL TRUTH RETURNS TO OUR MEDIA.
I'm tired of these statements saying the President is for or against something without providing any evidence. Heresay for personal gain is all I hear in this attack. "One meeting with his National security team", oh yeah I'm sure you were privileged to that information. Give me a break!
Our government, needs some privacy as it pertains to protecting Natioanal Security, because the commited Americans whos job it is to protect America, must be protected. If the enemy knows what we are doing, then that is not national security.
please BARRY don't let your wife get involved in government or anything that help the people, I knew the U S A would not get the Olympiks as soon as she got involved, BE a WISE muslim
Can you smmmeeeeeelllllllllll what's cookin, Government takeover.
Truth-Bomb Thrower
Obama is not and never has been a man of the people. He is a man of the government, like all socialist. Why would someone who thinks the government should be all-powerful have any sympathy for journalists? As a candidate, Obama saw journalists as tools to getting elected, so he took their side. Now that he's elected, he sees journalists as agitators and impediments to building the totalitarian society, which all socialists and marxists crave. Obama's about-face should not be a surprise to anyone. WAKE UP! WISE UP!
You guys got him elected! How you like that change. You get what you deserve. If you cant do, then become a journalist and report on other great people.
worriedmom
ooooh, think the jouranalists are getting thrown under the bus. he used you, now he doesn't need you. it is your own fault.
GuyInVA
Mr. President. We are JOURNALISTS. Don't you realize we are above the law?
The only real reporters are independent bloggers. Like bowwowtalk.blogspot.com. Check it out, hard truth, cool.
Keith in Austin
Looks like the Liberal Media isn't immune from Comrade NoBama's heavy-handed will for big-government control of everything, including the Media.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds him! Wake up and smell the odiferous stench of Socialism before it's too late for all of us.
Oberman,Maddow,
Rather, Mathews et al might want to consider some real journalistic credibility vs. their obvious love-affair with liberal ideology.


Ven. Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was ordained as a nun in 1974 and is one of the foremost Western teachers in the FPMT tradition.
Her book How to Meditate is an excellent introduction to Buddhist practice.
Ven. Sangye Khadro served as the resident teacher of the FPMT's Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore and now travels around the world to study, teach, and engage in retreat.


Furniture maker here and I need a high end feeling box to send out to our retailers so they can display our wood samples in-store. There are 50 wood samples that are 4" x 4" and about 3/4" thick. I'm going for a minimalist look that is still elegant with maybe a magnetic lid catch or something to hold the samples so that they can be accessed frequently.


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Poll: Most Believe Biden Admin Allowing Gas Prices to Rise to Get Americans off Fossil Fuels
Most voters believe the Biden administration is allowing gas prices to rise to force Americans to use less fossil fuel, a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey released Friday found.
The survey asked, "Do you believe the Biden Administration is intentionally letting gas prices rise to make Americans use less fossil fuels?"
Most, 53 percent, said "yes," they believe the Biden administration is allowing it to happen purposely to force Americans to use less fossil fuel. Another 39.6 percent, however, do not believe that is the case, and 7.4 percent are unsure.
Opinions are divided along party lines. Over three-quarters of Republicans, 77.3 percent, and 56.5 percent of independents believe the Biden administration is deliberately allowing gas prices to rise for those purposes. Most Democrats, 68.7 percent, disagree and do not believe the administration is doing so.
The survey was taken May 25-29, 2022, among 1,091 likely general election voters and has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percent. It comes as gas prices broke yet another record high on Friday, jumping to $4.986 overnight, according to AAA. That reflects a 22 cent rise in the last week and a 61 cent rise in the last month.
All the while, the Biden administration has refused to take responsibility for ever-rising prices under Biden's presidency, ignoring the fact that he attacked American energy independence on day one by nixing the Keystone Pipeline and continued the trend by rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and canceling oil and gas leases. In recent months, Biden has placed the blame on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, even though prices were on the rise far before that event.
"Here's what your president did when he first came to office," Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm during a hearing last month.
"He immediately reentered the Paris Climate Accord. He canceled the Keystone Pipeline. He halted leasing programs in ANWR. He issued a 60-day halt on all new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands and waters. That's nationwide," he said.
"He directed federal agencies to eliminate all supports for fossil fuels. He imposed new regulations on oil and gas and methane emissions. Those were all just in the first few days. Are you telling me that had no effect on our energy supply?" he asked as Granholm remained in denial.
Missourians are paying $4.10 a gallon for gas and @SecGranholm takes ZERO responsibility – and has zero plan pic.twitter.com/doBTAeDs3O
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 19, 2022
Bill Gates Reportedly Spotted Inside the US Capitol Two Days in a Row
Exclusive — Rep. Elise Stefanik: Americans 'Don't Really Care' About January 6 'When They Can't Afford Their Grocery Bills'


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Finn Russell went over for two tries Glasgow secured top spot and a home PRO12 play-off after today's bonus-point win over Ulster at Scotstoun.
With both sides having already qualified for the play-offs, the outcome means the two teams meet again in Glasgow next week.
With a powerful wind behind them Ulster had the better of the first half scoring a maul-over try through flanker Chris Henry, converted by stand-off Ian Humphreys, who added a penalty.
Glasgow were slow into things from the restart but following a wonderful individual try from full-back Stuart Hogg after 56 minutes, three more followed in a 12-minute period through Richie Vernon and a couple from Finn Russell, who converted all three.
Ulster kicked off in bright sunshine but Ian Humphreys was deceived by the gusting wind and the ball failed to go 10 metres.
Glasgow took the advantage to camp in the visitors' 22 and went ahead in the fifth minute with a penalty from Russell.
However it was the last time in the half that Ulster failed to harness the wind at their backs.
With Glasgow put on the back foot they conceded half a dozen penalties between the 24th and 29th minutes, the last one seeing lock Jonny Gray dispatched to the sin bin.
The Glasgow defence now cracked and Ulster's pack drove over from a close-in line out with captain and flanker Chris Henry awarded the try, converted by Humphreys.
It then became Ulster's turn to foul fall of referee Ian Davies with four penalties awarded, the final one allowing Russell to claw back three points.
However Glasgow then offended at the restart with Humphreys landing the penalty that stretched the visitors' lead at the break to 10-6.
Among a number of blood injuries Ulster lock Franco van der Merwe suffered a serious one, replaced in the 19th minute by Iain Henderson.
By the restart the wind had fallen away and Glasgow were making little of things until Hogg stepped in with a wonder try in the 55th minute to give them the lead.
A long pass from Finn Russell found him just over half way. He accelerated to the Ulster 22, chipped perfectly, gathered and scored in the corner.
Russell was next to go over, barging through several Ulster tackles to score by the posts and then to convert.
Now rocking, Ulster had prop Andrew Warwick, playing his first game since January, sin-binned in the 64th minute.
Six minutes later Russell made it a brace, side stepping over after huge Glasgow pressure and converting.
Two minutes later Glasgow had the all-important bonus point when centre Vernon broke a tackle on the Ulster 22 to score with Russell adding the extras.