R932-1. Purpose: To outline the Commissioner's Office vacation policy.
3.1. "Anniversary Date": the month and year in which the employee becomes eligible for time benefits (i.e., holidays, vacation and sick leave). The anniversary date is the employee's hire date as a permanent staff employee regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week (.75 FTE or greater), date of change from a temporary position to a permanent position, or date of change from regularly working less than 30 hours per week to regularly working 30 or more hours per week (.75 FTE or greater). If the effective date of eligibility falls on the 2nd day of the month or later, the first day of the following month becomes the anniversary date.
3.2. "Adjusted Leave Accrual Anniversary Date": the new anniversary date given to a permanent staff employee for prior service in accordance with the provisions of R908, Reinstatement of Permanent Staff Employees and R912, Transfer of System Institution Employees to the Office of the Commissioner.
3.3. "Employee Categories": are defined in R901, Personnel Definitions.
3.4. "Vacation Leave Benefits": include the right to accrual and use of vacation leave, and payment upon termination for unused vacation time, in accordance with and subject to the limitations prescribed in this Vacation Policy.
3.5. "Termination": the end of the permanent/regular employment relationship between OCHE and the individual, as a result of resignation, full retirement, dismissal, non-retention, expiration of contract, or death. In the event of termination because of death, the right to payment for unused vacation leave inures to the estate of the deceased employee.
4.1. Eligibility: Commissioner's Office employees are eligible for vacation benefits if they hold permanent (longer than eight months) positions at not less than 75% of full time. Staff personnel in temporary positions, or whose assignment is for less than 75% of full-time, are not eligible for vacation benefits.
4.2. Changes to Leave Accrual Anniversary Dates: Former permanent staff employees who are re-employed into a permanent staff position shall have their prior service reinstated in accordance with the provisions of R908, Reinstatement of Permanent Staff Employees. Permanent staff employees who are transferred to OCHE from USHE institutions shall have their prior service applied in accordance with the provisions of R912, Transfer of System Institution Employees to the Office of the Commissioner. Anniversary dates and vacation accrual rates shall be adjusted as appropriate.
4.3.2.1. For 0 through 5 years of service: 12 vacation hours per month (18 eight-hour days per year).
4.3.2.2. For 6 through 10 years of service: 13.33 vacation hours per month (20 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation leave begins in the first month following an individual's fifth anniversary.
4.3.2.3. For 11 through 15 years of service: 15.33 vacation hours per month (23 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation leave begins in the first month following an individual's tenth anniversary.
4.3.2.4. For 16 or more years of service: 16.67 vacation hours per month (25 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation leave begins in the first month following an individual's fifteenth anniversary.
4.3.3.1. For 0 through 5 years of service: 10.00 vacation hours per month (15 eight-hour days per year).
4.3.3.2. For 6 through 10 years of service: 12.00 vacation hours per month (18 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's fifth anniversary.
4.3.3.3. For 11 through 15 years of service: 13.33 vacation hours per month (20 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's tenth anniversary.
4.3.3.4. For 16 or more years of service: 14.67 vacation hours per month ( 22 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's fifteenth anniversary.
4.3.4.1. For 0 through 5 years of service: 8.00 vacation hours per month (12 eight-hour days per year).
4.3.4.2. For 6 through 10 years of service: 10.00 vacation hours per month (15 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's fifth anniversary.
4.3.4.3. For 11 through 15 years of service: 12.00 vacation hours per month (18 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's tenth anniversary.
4.3.4.4. For 16 through 20 years of service: 13.33 vacation hours per month (20 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following an individual's fifteenth anniversary.
4.3.4.5. For 21 or more years of service: 14.67 hours per month (22 eight-hour days per year). Increased vacation credits begin in the first month following the individual's twentieth anniversary.
4.3.5. Accrual and use of vacation leave for eligible employees is recorded in OCHE's Human Resource Management System.
4.4.1. Vacation benefits continue to accrue during leaves of absence with pay, but do not accrue during a leave of absence without pay, or during the period when the appointment is not active.
4.4.2. Eligible personnel accrue vacation benefits in the first pay period of the month following the month in which the time is earned.
4.4.3. The vacation accrual schedules in Section 4.2, above, designate the amount of vacation time earned by employees working 100% time. If an eligible employee works less than 100% time, but 75% time or more, the vacation time specified in the appropriate schedule is factored by that individual's percent of full-time. Example: If an employee holding a position that accrues vacation at the rate of 10.00 hours per month works only 80% time, the vacation accrued each month is 10.00 hours x 80% = 8.00 hours.
4.4.4. An employee may accumulate and carry forward to each new calendar year unused vacation leave which does not exceed 240 hours plus the employee's current annual vacation leave entitlement. During the subsequent calendar year an employee may earn and accumulate additional vacation hours. However, if the additional vacation hours are not used by December 31 of the subsequent year, any accrued vacation leave in excess of that which may be carried forward will be eliminated from the employee's accrued vacation leave balance. Example: A full-time employee whose employment status provides for 120 hours of vacation leave per year may accumulate and carry forward to a new calendar year 360 hours of unused vacation leave (one year's entitlement plus 240 hours). In the new calendar year, the employee will be allowed to accumulate as much as 120 hours of additional vacation leave, or a total of 480 hours. If, through usage, the accrued vacation leave is not reduced to 360 hours or less at the close of business on December 31, any balance in excess of 360 hours will be lost to the employee. A maximum of 360 hours may be carried forward to the next calendar year.
The unused vacation leave for which an employee may be paid upon termination of employment cannot exceed one year's vacation leave entitlement plus 240 hours (see paragraph 4.6.).
4.5.1. Eligible staff members are encouraged to take vacations periodically pursuant to schedules arranged in advance to prevent disruption of departmental operations.
4.5.2. Paid holidays that occur during a vacation period are not charged against accrued vacation.
4.4.3. Eligible OCHE personnel are expected to schedule vacation leave at reasonable intervals by arrangement with the cognizant department head or supervisor.
4.5.4. Unauthorized vacations, and vacation usage in excess of accrued vacation time, are treated as absences without pay.
4.6.1. An eligible staff member is entitled upon termination to payment for vacation leave earned but not taken.
4.6.2. Payment for unused vacation leave is computed by multiplying the employee's current hourly rate of pay by the actual number of accrued hours, not to exceed the maximum of 240 hours plus the employee's current annual vacation leave entitlement.
4.6.3. Authorized compensation for unused vacation time is included normally in the individual's final payroll check.
4.6.4. Payment for unused vacation leave, to the extent authorized by this vacation policy, is a form of deferred compensation and as such, cannot be withheld from an eligible individual who has been terminated for any reason, but is subject to deductions and offsets authorized by the Commissioner's Office policy or by legal requirements.
4.6.5. Unless a different distribution schedule is approved by the cognizant associate commissioner, vacation pay at termination is proportionately distributed to those accounts from which the employee was being paid on the effective date of termination. The Commissioner's Office, however, reserves the right to establish different methods for funding vacation pay on termination, to the extent permitted by law, including the establishment of reserves derived from the charging of unused vacation time to accounts from which the employee was being paid during the period of accrual.
4.6.6. The word "termination," as used in this Section 4.6, means the end of the active employment relationship between the Commissioner's Office and the individual, as a result of resignation, full retirement, dismissal, non-retention, non-renewal of employment, or death. In the event of termination by reason of death, the right, if any, of the employee to payment for unused vacation time inures to the estate of the deceased employee.
4.7. Transferability of Vacation Benefits: It is the policy of the Utah System of Higher Education that employees in the System who transfer from one employing unit to another within the System should be deemed to retain their accumulative service credits for the purpose of calculating their accumulating vacation benefits earned while in the new employment situation.
Approved July 19, 1983, amended March 18, 2005 and September 5, 2008.


An executive for the northeast division of a national healthcare provider has been appointed to be the new CEO of Worcester's Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital.
Anne Roper, a Northbridge woman and former northeast regional vice president and controller for Alabama-based Encompass Health, will take over leadership of the 110-bed hospital, which is an affiliate of Encompass.
Roper is a former president of Fairlawn's board of directors and is a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association.
Roper's appointment comes after her predecessor, Mary Louise D'Avino, was appointed to the role in August 2017.
The hospital did not detail when D'Avino left or under what circumstances. A spokeswoman would not provide additional information.
That now makes three CEOs in less than two years for the rehab hospital. The hospital's previous CEO, David Richer, left earlier in summer 2017, but a spokeswoman for the hospital could not confirm the reason.


So, when I started put thoughts down on this blog (2012), I was in a pretty "in session" part of life. I had recently left my spouse of 18 years for infidelity and felt released to go on with my life, figuring out what single looked like. I accepted a promotion to a C-suite position in public sector work – as an HR professional – and was extremely blessed to have that 3 years to focus, learn, grow and dive into something bigger than me and my problems.
Things have shifted again (as they usually do). I've been in a different role in another public organization because, quite frankly, the stress got to me and I needed a change. I had so much going on… I was now remarried, adjusting to life with a husband, helping my three teenagers with that adjustment while they all bravely navigate between two households on a weekly basis. We then built a home and moved and have been settling into the new norm. The change of paths at work was needed, but has not been a bed of roses, not even a little bit. It's been a struggle, and I find myself in a season of waiting.
Waiting. What does that even mean? Waiting for the bus? Waiting for a table at my favorite Saturday night bistro? What am I waiting for? To try to describe the waiting is a bit like nailing jell-o to the wall, but here goes. Waiting feels like this space of time between the pain or struggle, and the breakthrough. I know breakthrough is going to come, but I don't know when and I don't know what it will look like. ARRRGGGHHHH!!! (Think Charlie Brown as Lucy is pulling the football out from under him, yet again.) My friend Elaine told me once that there is so much to be learned in the waiting. I'm taking that promise as a claim-check, and hanging on to it!
For someone who (apparently) struggles with control, this season is tough. Rather than feel like a helpless victim of circumstance, I've put a few action items together to try to help me make some sort of sense of it all. I learned from #recovery, that taking action over areas I can control helps me feel empowered, and keeps me moving forward.
Get certified. Study for and sit for the SHRM-SCP exam and pass. DONE. This is a milestone for my profession that honestly should have been accomplished about 15 years ago. I kept kicking that can down the road. "I just had a baby." "I have three little ones at home." "I don't want to." "My husband just started a new shift." "My toe hurts." Lots of really legit excuses. He he he… This one took a while, a small investment and dedication. It was a commitment. I took an online prep course that was 30 hours in total, spent approximately 1,000 hours a day in personal study time, reviewed nearly 1,000,000 flash cards, and took the practice exams about 100 times, each. I had scheduled the exam for about 2 1/2 weeks after the class was over at a proxy test center in my area. I arrived, got frisked, and was chastised about the contraband (a tissue in my pocket) (they take their jobs seriously); I was allowed to take only photo ID and locker key into the exam room. I was ushered to an old PC in a room full of old PCs and other test-takers. I sat down in front of the computer and thought – let's do this. I prayed silently – God, I've put the work in. Help me finish this task today – bring the information to my remembrance, and help me to be careful as I read and thoroughly understand what the question is asking. Then, something happened. The first question was something I felt confident about. So was the next one. And, the one after that. I thought, this is really weird. I didn't feel this confident with the practice exams at all. But, now, I actually felt good about my answers.
Update resume and obtain review and feedback from two trusted colleagues. IN PROCESS. This one is tricky because I'm not necessarily looking to leave my job, but I do want to position myself for the next thing if/when God brings it along my path. Plus, what better time to update my resume with the little letters at the end of my name now earned. Kerry Mader, SHRM-SCP. Hmm, nice ring to it.
Think differently. IN PROCESS. Romans 12:2 commands, "And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], SO THAT you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]" (AMP, emphasis mine). I've put this verse into action by setting up a semi-professional executive coaching situation with a family member of mine who is working towards becoming an executive coach. Win-win! For starters, I'm reading a new book called, "Designing Your Life" by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, along with using the companion workbook.
So far, I'm really enjoying it. I would sum it up as a book that introduces the reader to a design mindset. This has been freeing for me so far – as someone who struggles with perfectionism. (Maybe I'll do a full book review at the end of my process, if that's something of interest.) At this point, my coach and I meet about every other week via phone due to distance and in person when we're able. He has a unique mindset and very different experiences in life than I do, I respect his wisdom, and so I think that it's going to be extremely valuable to have this exchange and accountability.
Seek God. Honestly, why isn't thing one in the #1 slot? It should have been. If I'm being real, and I am, it wasn't at the time. I have a really amazing resiliency (that's code for stubbornness) for trying to do it all on my own. It's a very clear pattern in my own life, as I know it is for so many. (Here's an older post on that very theme.) I am now earnestly seeking God – I spent the better part of a day this week seeking Him, learning, growing, healing. I needed a level set, a refresher. One of the key things that I am pressing into right now is my identity. How do I see myself? More on that in a future post!
Write again. Write until there are no more words for today. I'm picking up the blog again. I have a story to tell, hope to spread, and a light to shine.
Am I on a path at all?
I love that you are writing again! Keep it up. You have so much to share that we all can learn from!
@stomp was super fun tonight!!! And um, we cannot take a selfie to saves our lives.
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My son was staring off into space, and I was yelling at him, "Son, where is your head? Why are you not listening to me?!" Having just arrived home from a 12-hour night shift as a nurse assistant, I was beyond exhausted and not understanding why my 14-year-old son was not ready for school. I also couldn't understand why he wasn't responding as he usually would.
After talking to him for just a few more minutes, I observed him making an awkward, loud noise coupled with some involuntary muscle jerks in his limbs. Then, his head swung forward forcefully, right onto the dining room table with a loud boom. My son had experienced his first grand mal seizure, also known as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. The odd stare that had come over his face, a pre-epileptic aura, signaled that a seizure was imminent.
Still in my scrubs from work, I instantly sprang into mom mode. I knew what was coming next because of my own childhood diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, which began when I was 14. I grabbed my son and lowered him to the floor as he went into a full grand mal seizure, and after the longest two minutes I have ever felt, his muscle spasms began to subside. He went into a deep, unresponsive sleep, known as the postictal state, for about 15 minutes. After an ER visit that day and several physician follow-up appointments, my son's diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy was confirmed.
This was the first time I had witnessed a seizure in another person, and in my own experiences, I would remember very little when I awoke from the postictal state. Because of my own experience with the disorder, I knew what was happening and how to respond; this kept me from panicking, but it was still scary and emotional to live through.
As an adolescent with epilepsy, I endured years of exploring different medications, visiting many different doctors, and managing the difficult side effects of the drugs used to treat my condition. I did not want my son to have to go through the same thing, so I was very engaged with his care from the beginning. As a single mom of three boys, the younger ones being four and five years old, this new diagnosis was stressful to take on. However, I am happy to report that we are making strides and pushing through.
My son has only had two more seizures since that day, and he now takes daily medication, at the lowest safe dose, to keep his seizures under control. In my own journey with epilepsy, I remember the peace I felt when we finally found a drug that not only worked well for the condition, but also worked for me. I was eventually able to learn how to manage my epilepsy and be attentive to my body, and although it took 11 years, I have been able to live with epilepsy, medicine free, for the past decade. I hope in due time, my son can reach a similar goal.
For my son and for myself, I have learned to remain encouraged. More often than not, epilepsy is a condition that can be managed, and many can live a life that is nearly completely typical once they learn and listen to their seizure triggers.
For parents, know that your child may need time to adjust to the terms of this condition, and your child will need you to remain strong through that process. If the side effects of any particular treatment or medication outweigh the benefits, continue to seek alternatives until you find one that will keep your child mostly as he or she was prior to the diagnosis. Although this experience will take you on a journey that may present some unexpected turns, remain steady and strong for your son or daughter to navigate through it successfully.
Teara Young is the mom of three boys and a member of the Patient and Family Partnership Council at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. As a first-generation college student, she completed a bachelor's in finance and an MBA, working for eight years as a banker and financial advisor. She volunteered with the Patient and Family Partnership Council of the Seidman Cancer Center while her ex-husband battled T-Cell lymphoma skin cancer. Complications during the birth of her third son reignited her passion for the medical field, and Teara is now working as a nursing assistant, completing her nursing degree, and looking forward to eventually becoming a nurse practitioner.


Modernity, while often understood as a secular project, seems to be inseparable from its theological origins. The thought of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke makes clear that the relationship between modernity and religion is far more complicated than the standard narrative suggests. Both Hobbes and Locke use state of nature scenarios in their thought, but these states look quite different. This is rooted in theological differences. Hobbes was a nominalist, and his God is distant and arbitrary. This renders Hobbes's state of nature a dangerous ethical vacuum. Locke's God was more rational. Through reason, Locke's God, and his commandments, are knowable. Thus, the state of nature is far more ordered and peaceful, because there is a knowable and morally obligatory natural law. What this suggests is that the foundations of modernity were highly theological, and thus our understanding of the relationship between modernity and secularization needs to be rethought.


Antonia Hirsch lives and works in Berlin. Her practice consistently engages with systems—geographical, quan- titative, syntactic—that underwrite the most basic understandings of the world. She questions the often invisible hierarchies of these epistemological structures by relating them to more familiar territory: embodied experience. Her work has been exhibited at Program, Berlin; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; and Power Plant in Toronto, among others.


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'Undergoing a transformation': How increased high tide flooding could reshape the NC coast
Gareth McGrath
USA TODAY NETWORK
Southport is no stranger to dealing with tidal flooding.
Bordered by the Cape Fear River on the east and the Intracoastal Waterway on the south, the Brunswick County community at the river's mouth has been in a constant tug-of-war with Mother Nature since its founding in 1792. Although residents have grown to live with the nuisance flooding, high water events have been growing more common.
Infrastructure and post-storm emergency repair projects in recent years have helped stabilize some waterfront areas, and city officials are hoping recently allocated state funds can offer some relief for the flood-prone Yacht Basin area. But Mayor Joe Hatem knows that climate change means it's going to be a constant battle to hold back the rising waters.
"We are undergoing a transformation and we want to be ready for that, and we intend to do everything we can with the technology available to us to do that," he said.
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But Southport could soon be facing a raft of new challenges.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this month reported that nearly 2/3 of the federal tide stations along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts saw increased flooding last year, and the rising tides are a sign of what's to come.
That's because high-tide flooding (HTF), defined as anywhere from 1.75 to 2 feet above the daily average high tide, is becoming increasingly common due to years of sea-level rise. The government's latest estimate calls for the seas to rise 1 foot over the next 30 years — as much as the rise measured over the past 100 years.
According to NOAA, East Coast and Gulf Coast states will experience at least a 150% increase in HTF compared to the year 2000, limited only by periodic weather and climate events. And that trend is only going to continue as the warming of the planet, tied to temperatures changes that are already baked in due to the massive release of greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution, gathers speed. By 2050, NOAA predicts high-tide flooding on a national scale is expected to be between about 45 to 70 days a year on average.
Some estimates for parts of coastal North Carolina could see even more high-tide days. In 2021, the tide gauge near the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington recorded two high-tide flood days. That could jump to 40 to 65 flood days in 2050, according to NOAA. The situation is even more concerning farther up the N.C. coast on the Outer Banks. There, projections show Oregon Inlet experiencing 110 to 166 high-tide days in 2050. That's up from just five recorded last year. In Duck, 30 miles north of Oregon Inlet, NOAA projections forecast up to 120 high-tide days by 2050. The town experienced 11 in 2021.
"Water levels are nearing the brim in many communities," William Sweet, a NOAA oceanographer told USA Today earlier this month. "We're having sunny day flooding, (with) no storm at all and you're starting to overwhelm the defenses."
'Can't floodproof everything'
As concerning as the NOAA forecasts are, Dr. Larry Cahoon thinks the real situation could be even worse.
The oceanographer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington said his review of data from Wilmington's tidal gauge, backed up by a look at water levels recorded at gauges in Beaufort, N.C., and Myrtle Beach, shows regional water levels are rising more than had been predicted. Cahoon said that's because the Gulf Stream, which swings close to the Carolina coastline as it moves north, has itself warmed up. That makes the water less dense and allows it to ride higher, pushing even more water toward the coast.
"We've seen a dramatic increase in sea-level rise," Cahoon said. "Where it goes from here, I couldn't begin to tell you."
The rising water levels are also allowing sea water to push further inland, a situation amplified by high tide events. Cahoon said that means more stress on freshwater and brackish habitats, many of which are already struggling from the increased salinity, as seen by the proliferation of "ghost forests" of dormant or dying trees all along the N.C. coast and increased erosion in many areas.
It also increases inland flooding, especially when tied to a tropical storm event. Cahoon noted that one of the highest water levels ever recorded at the Wilmington tide gauge was during 2020's Hurricane Isaias, a weak Category 1 storm that happened to follow a path along the coast that allowed its righthand quadrant — which is a hurricane's strongest section — to blow right up the Cape Fear River.
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"When hurricanes happen, they're going to do far more damage than what we saw just 20 years ago," Cahoon said.
The higher tides, and not just from HTF or storm events, are also impacting coastal infrastructure. Cahoon said seawater can be very destructive, corroding and collapsing utility lines and pipes, undermining stormwater systems as it pushes up into drains, damaging buildings and vehicles, and short-circuiting electrical systems.
"It's a very tough situation a lot of our communities are facing because we can't floodproof everything," he said. "There's no engineering way out of it."
'No quick or easy solutions'
The Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority, which provides water and sewer services to most residents of New Hanover County, is already planning to live with higher water levels.
Gary McSmith, the utility's chief engineer, said resiliency and an eye to the future is taken into account every time a pump station, pipe or manhole is rehabbed or replaced.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan saw a record-breaking voter turnout for Tuesday's election, according to the state.
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# mf-sync-client
A client application to upload local files to Mediaflux server. It can also be configured to run as a background daemon to scan for local file changes periodically and upload to remote Mediaflux server.

## 1. Installation

* [Java 8](https://java.com/en/download/) must be installed.
* Download latest release from: [https://github.com/UoM-ResPlat-DevOps/mf-sync-client/releases](https://github.com/UoM-ResPlat-DevOps/mf-sync-client/releases)
* Unzip it to the install directory:
  * **`cd opt; sudo unzip ~/Downloads/mf-sync-client-x.y.z.zip`**
  * **`sudo ln -s /opt/mf-sync-client-x.y.z /opt/mf-sync-client`**
* (Optionally, if you are using Bash shell) You can edit your **`~/.bashrc`** file to add **mf-sync** to your environment variable.
  * **`echo "export PATH=/opt/mf-sync-client:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc`**

## 2. Usage

The command `mf-sync` is be executed in a Unix terminal (or Windows Command Prompt).

### 2.1. Command arguments

The arguments of **mf-sync** are described below:
```
USAGE:
    mf-sync [options] [<src-directory> <dst-asset-namespace>]

DESCRIPTION:
    mf-sync is a tool to upload files and directories to Mediaflux server. It supports also daemon mode, which runs in background to scan for local changes and upload to Mediaflux.

OPTIONS:
    --help                               Display help information.
    --mf.host <host>                     The Mediaflux server host.
    --mf.port <port>                     The Mediaflux server port.
    --mf.transport <transport>           The Mediaflux server transport, can be http, https or tcp/ip.
    --mf.auth <domain,user,password>     The Mediaflux user authentication deatils.
    --mf.token <token>                   The Mediaflux secure identity token.
    --conf <config-file>                 The configuration file. Defaults to '~/.mediaflux/mf-sync.properties'
    --number-of-workers <n>              Number of worker threads to upload the files. If not specified, defaults to 1.
    --max-checkers <n>                   Maximum number of checker threads to compare local files with Mediaflux assets. If not specified, defaults to 1.
    --check-batch-size <n>               Batch size for comparing files with Mediaflux assets. Defaults to 100, which checks 100 files within single service request.
    --exclude-empty-folder               Exclude empty folders. In other words, upload files only.
    --csum-check                         Validate CRC32 checksum after uploading. It will slow down the proccess.
    --notification-emails  <a@b.org>     The (comma-separated) email addresses for notification recipients.
    --log-dir <logging-directory>        The directory for log files. If not specified, defaults to current work directory.
    --daemon                             Runs as a daemon to periodically scan the changes and upload.
    --daemon-port <port>                 The listening port of the daemon. Defaults to 9761. It accepts connection from localhost only. It responds to 'status' and 'stop' requests. If 'status', it responds with the current application status; If 'stop', it will shutdown the daemon and exit the application. You can use netcat to send command to the daemon listener port, e.g 'echo status | nc localhost 9761' or to stop the daemon 'echo stop | nc localhost 9761'
    --daemon-scan-interval <millisecs>   The time interval in milliseconds between scans. Defaults to 60000 (1 minute). It only starts scanning when the daemon is idle. In other words, it skips scans if previous scan or upload has not completed.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS:
    <src-directory>                      The source directory.
    <dst-asset-namespace>                The destination (parent) asset namespace.
    Note: to specify multiple 'source directory' and 'destination asset namespace' pairs, you need to add them to the configuration file as upload jobs.
```

### 2.2. Configuration file

Alternative to command line arguments, you can also specify the corresponding properties in a XML configuration file. The advantiages of using configuration file instead of command line arguments are:
  * you can specify multiple upload jobs (src-dir to dst-namespace pairs) in the configuration file;
  * you can specify (inclusive or exclusive) filters for each upload job to select files in the source directory in the configuration file;

The default config file location is **$HOME/.mediaflux/mf-sync-properties.xml** (or **%USERPROFILE%/.mediaflux/mf-sync-properties.xml** on Windows)
  * On Windows you can create the directory in **Command Prompt** with following command:
    * ```md %USERPROFILE%/.mediaflux```

The **mf-sync** loads the configuration file in the following order:
  1) try loading the configration file from its default location: _**~/.mediaflux/mf-sync-properties.xml**_;
  2) if **--conf** argument is specified, load configuration from the file (and it will overwrite the values loaded previously);
  3) if specified in the command line, it will overwrite the values loaded previously;

### **[Sample XML configuration file](https://github.com/UoM-ResPlat-DevOps/mf-sync-client/blob/master/src/main/config/mf-sync-properties.sample.xml) (with property descriptions as comments)**
```xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<properties>
	<server>
		<!-- Mediaflux server host -->
		<host>mediaflux.vicnode.org.au</host>
		<!-- Mediaflux server port -->
		<port>443</port>
		<!-- Mediaflux server transport. https, http or tcp/ip -->
		<protocol>https</protocol>
		<session>
			<!-- Retry times on Mediaflux connection failure -->
			<connectRetryTimes>1</connectRetryTimes>
			<!-- Time interval (in milliseconds) between retries -->
			<connectRetryInterval>1000</connectRetryInterval>
			<!-- Retry times on service execution error -->
			<executeRetryTimes>1</executeRetryTimes>
			<!-- Time interval (in milliseconds) between retries -->
			<executeRetryInterval>1000</executeRetryInterval>
		</session>
	</server>
	<credential>
		<!-- Application name. Can be used as application key for secure identity
			token -->
		<app>mf-sync</app>
		<!-- Mediaflux user's authentication domain -->
		<domain>system</domain>
		<!-- Mediaflux username -->
		<user>wilson</user>
		<!-- Mediaflux user's password -->
		<password>change_me</password>
		<!-- Mediaflux secure identity token -->
		<token>xxxyyyzzz</token>
	</credential>
	<sync>
		<settings>
			<!-- Number of workers/threads to upload data concurrently -->
			<numberOfWorkers>8</numberOfWorkers>
			<!-- Number of checkers/threads to compare local files with remote assets -->
			<maxNumberOfCheckers>4</maxNumberOfCheckers>
			<!-- Batch size for checking files with remote assets. Set to 1 will check
				files one by one, which will slow down significantly when there are large
				number of small files. -->
			<checkBatchSize>100</checkBatchSize>
			<!-- Compare CRC32 checksum after uploading -->
			<csumCheck>true</csumCheck>
			<!-- Running a daemon in background to scan for local file system changes
				periodically. -->
			<daemon enabled="true">
				<listenerPort>9761</listenerPort>
				<!-- Time interval (in milliseconds) between scans -->
				<scanInterval>60000</scanInterval>
			</daemon>
			<!-- Log directory location -->
			<logDirectory>/tmp</logDirectory>
			<!-- Exclude empty directories for uploading -->
			<excludeEmptyFolder>true</excludeEmptyFolder>
			<!-- Send notifications when jobs complete (Non-daemon mode only) -->
			<notification>
				<!-- The email recipients. Can be multiple. -->
				<email>admin@your-domain.org</email>
			</notification>
		</settings>
		<!-- Upload jobs -->
		<job type="upload">
			<!-- source directory -->
			<directory>/path/to/src-directory1</directory>
			<!-- destination asset namespace. Set parent attribute to true if the
				namespace should be a parent namespace. -->
			<project parent="true">51</project>
			<!-- inclusive filter. The filter below select all sub-directories' name
				start with wilson under the source directory, and all their descendants. -->
			<include>wilson*/**</include>
			<!-- exclusive filter. The filter below excludes all files with name:
				.DS_store -->
			<exclude>**/.DS_Store</exclude>
		</job>
		<job type="upload">
			<!-- source directory -->
			<directory>/path/to/src-directory2</directory>
			<!-- destination asset namespace -->
			<namespace parent="false">/path/to/dst-namespace2</namespace>
			<!-- The filter below excludes all .class files. -->
			<exclude>**/*.class</exclude>
		</job>
	</sync>
</properties>
```

## 3. Examples:

### 3.1. Upload single directory to a Mediaflux asset namespace

To upload directory **/data/src-dir1** to asset namespace **/projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.66**
  * **option 1**:  using configuration file:
```xml
<sync>
    <job type="upload">
        <directory>/data/src-dir1</directory>
        <namespace parent="true">/projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.66</namespace>
    </job>
</sync>
```
  * **option 2**: using command arguments:
    * **`mf-sync /data/src-dir1 /projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.66`**

### 3.2. Run **mf-sync** as daemon:

  * **option 1**: using configuration file:
```xml
<sync>
    <settings>
        <daemon enabled="true">
            <listenerPort>9761</listenerPort>
            <scanInterval>60000</scanInterval>
        </daemon>
    </settings>
</sync>
```
  * **option 2**: using command arguments:
    * **`mf-sync --daemon --daemon-port 9761 --daemon-scan-interval 60000`**

### 3.3. Upload a directory to a Mediaflux project

To upload directory **/data/src-dir1** to Mediaflux project **proj-abc-1128.4.66**. You can only achieve this by using the configuration file.
```xml
<sync>
    <job type="upload">
        <directory>/data/src-dir1</directory>
        <project parent="true">66</project>
    </job>
</sync>
```

### 3.4. Upload multiple directories

You can only achieve this by using the configuration file.
```xml
<sync>
    <job type="upload">
        <directory>/data/src-dir1</directory>
        <namespace parent="true">/projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.66</namespace>
    </job>
    <job type="upload">
        <directory>/data/src-dir2</directory>
        <namespace parent="true">/projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.67</namespace>
    </job>
</sync>
```

### 3.5. Upload matching files/directories by specifying pattern selectors/filters

  * Upload all (direct) sub-directories with name starts with _**wilson**_; and exclude all files with name _**.DS_Store**_
```xml
<sync>
    <job type="upload">
        <directory>/data/raw-data</directory>
	<include>wilson*/**</include>
	<exclude>**/.DS_Store</exclude>
        <namespace parent="true">/projects/cryo-em/proj-abc-1128.4.68</namespace>
    </job>
</sync>
```

  * **Note:** If both **include** and **exclude** filters are specified. First, files are selected from the **includes**. Then, this file set is trimmed of all files match **any** **excludes**.

  * More details about the pattern syntax, see [here](http://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html#patterns)

### 3.6. Configure to send notification emails (non-daemon mode)
```xml
<sync>
    <settings>
        <notification>
            <email>admin1@your-domain.org</email>
            <email>admin2@your-domain.org</email>
	</notification>
    </settings>
</sync>
```

### 3.7. In daemon mode, check the status of the daemon

When running **mf-sync** in daemon mode, you can run netcat to send command to the daemon listener port to check the status of the daemon:
  * **`echo status | nc localhost 9761`**

In the above example, 9761 is the daemon listener port. The **mf-sync** restrict to listen to only localhost. You cannot access the port remotely.


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Scientists Now Support Elijah Muhammad's Story Of Creation Of Caucasian Race Around 6,000 Years Ago
Myth or high science? Is there evidence of the "Yakub story" by Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam? If we removed the name Yakub from the story, how accurate is the timeline in which the caucasian appeared on earth?
These and many more are the questions which this article will be trying to answer, with various statements and findings from various scientists.
So please keep an open mind, as we dive into this long standing debate, and rare account of human history.
According to Alan Muhammad, of FinalCall.com – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered part three of his monumental lecture series, answering for all time the question, "Who Are the Real Children of Israel?"
He spoke eloquently to those gathered at Mosque Maryam about The Messenger's teaching on Yakub. He said "They make mockery of what God has revealed to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, they say that Yakub was an evil scientist. Wrong! Yakub was a scientist who saw the genetic makeup of the Black man that he could bring out of us a new people, the opposite of the original and that is not evil, that is high science."
Since the June release of The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, Vol. 2, Ashkenazi or White European Jews have scrambled to create a diversion from the unanswerable 512 page indictment by ridiculing the history of Yakub. The latest open attack was orchestrated by the ADL's Abraham Foxman, with the milquetoast acquiescence of radio host Michael Eric Dyson.
Foxman brought along with him the disaffected negro Judeophile Stanley Crouch to defend him against The Minister's crushing indictments revealed in The Secret Relationship. Foxman had Crouch to question The Messenger's teaching about the origin of the White man, but all that Crouch could say was "You can't call Farrakhan a truth-teller. A guy who has a religion, purportedly, based upon the idea that the White man was invented 6,000 years ago by a mad Black scientist."
This sentence by Crouch is the substance of his entire challenge to the Yakub story. Let us look into Crouch's concerns.
From the teachings of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the White man first appeared 6,000 years ago on the Island of Patmos or Pelan in the Aegean Sea, where they had been made by a 600-year process of selective breeding called grafting. Under the auspices of a brilliant Black scientist named Yakub, and by the divine authority of Allah Himself, the Blacks who came with Yakub to the island were placed under a system of laws by which mating was based on skin color and in which only lighter-complexioned babies were allowed to survive.
Over the course of many generations, the population of Patmos began to have lighter skin and they became lighter. After 600 years of this dedicated grafting process, the people became very pale with blue eyes and blonde hair. From this island-based tribe of white-skinned albinos came an aggressive race of rulers named the Caucasians who represent 9% of the world population which is equivalent of 1 to 11 humans, who then spread into every corner of the world.
The Messenger is not the only source that addresses the origin of the White race. There are many echoes of this account chronicled by other histories, religions, and folklores, including Judaism. The ancient rabbi's use the biblical account of Jacob's grafted flocks of sheep and goat to bear witness to the teachings of Mr. Muhammad. Genesis 30:35 says that Jacob (English translation of the name Yakub) was able to produce unusual colored livestock through the use of a skillful breeding technique. Significantly, it took Jacob six years to successfully change the color of the flock (Genesis 31:41). The book of Jewish traditions called the Midrash Rabbah also uses this Bible story to explain the birth of White children to Black parents. The rabbi's present this parable of the king of the Arabs question to the Rabbi Akiba.
"I am Black and my wife is Black, yet she gave birth to a White son. Shall I kill her for having played the harlot while lying with me?"
The other answered "Are the figures in your house painted Black or White?" "White," the king replied. Then, the rabbi assured him "When you had intercourse with her, she fixed her eyes upon the White figures and bore a child like them."
The Caucasian rabbis, who always present themselves in their writings as superior to both the Arab and the Blacks, also use this apocryphal passage to explain their own racial origin in terms of a breeding process.
And with the assistance of Lawrence Guthrie's powerful little book- "The Making of The Whiteman", we are led to other more recent testimonials.
The Baptist theologian Bernard L. Ramm explained;
"By scientific breeding, we can shuffle these genes with their characteristics and breed traits in or breed them out. The laws of heredity plus principles of separation or selection operating over a period of time will produce the various races of the world."
Religious leaders and men of science have also grappled with what they saw as the unusual appearance of this odd human anomaly, the White man. The Dutch anatomist Lodewijk Louis Bolk wrote in the Origin of Racial Characteristics in Man- "White skin started from an ancestor with a black skin, in whose offspring hair and iris color were suppressed more and more."
The notable English naturalist Charles Darwin concluded that without some form of selective breeding, such skin color differences simply cannot be accounted for in a satisfactory manner. He further said, "We have thus far been baffled in all our attempts to account for the differences between the races of man; but there remains one important agency, namely, Sexual Selection, which appears to have acted as powerfully on man as on many other animals."
The English physician James Cowles Prichard likewise concluded that the physical differences between the races of man could only have resulted from a method comparable to the process of artificial selection carried on by plant and animal breeders. He said, "probably the fairest races of White people of Europe, are descended from Negroes."
American biologist Dr. Edwin Grant Conklin wrote in The Evolution of Man;
[I]t is evident that distinct races could not have been established and perpetuated except by the aid of isolation, chiefly geographical.
The ancient Egyptians worried about an immigrant tribe of blue-eyed people among them that seemed to have a proclivity for trouble-making. They had red or blonde hair and blue eyes and lived at the edge of the desert. The Egyptians called them Tamahu meaning the created ones, a clear allusion to their unnatural origins. Recently, a Jewish scientist at the University of Copenhagen confirmed that all blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor. Dr Hans Eiberg refers to this condition as a "genetic mutation" and he says it occurred 6-10 thousand years ago. According to Mr. Elijah Muhammad, this is exactly when Mr. Yakub's work began on Patmos.
Further, Dr. Eiberg and his team found a specific gene known as the OCA2 gene, which if altered would result in human beings without melanin in their hair, eyes, or skin color – a condition known as albinism. Thus, this OCA2 gene was targeted and manipulated by some force or event around 6,000+ years ago.
A 2006 New York Times article is more proof of a drastic alteration of genetic structure within this 6,000-year time frame. It reported that researchers at the University of Chicago had found where genes appear to have been reshaped by natural selection within the last 5,000 to 15,000 years. Incredibly, Dr. Jonathan Pritchard estimates that the point in time when the genes of the Asian and European populations were altered was 6,600 years ago, the exact date that The Messenger said that Mr. Yakub began his grafting process. The scientists say that the selected genes, which affect skin color, hair texture, and bone structure, may underlie the present-day differences in racial appearance. How they were selected, why, and by whom or by what process, the scientist cannot or will not say. But in a human timeline of millions of years, this recent genetic alteration is drastic indeed and suggests a purpose-driven effort to create this incredible change.
These are extraordinary testaments to the truth taught by the Most Honourable Elijah Muhammad. Believe it or not, none of the aforementioned witness bearers have ever been members of the Nation of Islam. These scientific sources have never been impeached or even interrogated by the mischievous voices of mockery that have yet to account for the independent findings of all these White scientists. Despite the recent radio hijinks of Foxman and crew, it is the truths revealed by The Messenger and his most powerful Servant, The Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhan, which are vindicated by science, and that still stands alone.
Culled from: Finalcall
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Now here is my holo comparison. With 18 silver linear holo shades it's just too many to do them in a finger swatch. I think you will find this comparison interesting. A friend of mine recently acquired a bottle of Chanel Holographic, so I'm hoping I might be able to sneak a swatch stick out of her bottle to be able to include in my silver holo comparisons going forward.
Above said friend clearly has an issue with silver holos like I do, as she is the one I first saw with her amazing silver holo Guess handbag. After seeing hers, I had to buy one immediately! You can't tell from this photo how totally amazing this silver holo bag is, but it is incredible! Love rocking my matchy matchy nails and bag.
I LOVE this comparison! I've been so tempted to buy Mega (S) but after seeing all the other shades next to each other (and owning at least half of them myself lol) I think I might be covered for silver holos! XD Also, where did you get the purse?! It's to die for!
The Babis from Guess Australia online. Shop.guess.net.au.
And that bag is amazeballs!!!!!! <3 I think I need one to match my holo shoes and wallet lol.
I'm goo goo ga ga over anything holo...right now I'm obsessed with that bag. Where did you get it and do they still have it for sale???
Oh, if ILNP's mega s isn't the most holo- EST out there what do you think is out of the ones you own?
For me, the most intense holo I own is the original Nfu Oh 61.
Yes, OMG is one special polish, there has been. Nothing like it since! I'm lucky I was into polish when those sets were still easily available.
Ahhh!! I NEED that handbag! I wonder if I can find it in the US.
Thanks Kittie26 for replying. I live in the US, and don't even know where to get the Nfu brand.
In the US you can buy Nfu Oh from http://www.fabuloustreet.com/ , but the new formula of 61 isn't like the original. If you google for comparisons you will see that the new version is much much less holo and more metallic.
I need that bag, too! I didn't find it on the guess.au site. I'm in US if anyone finds it.
Woaw... I have about the same as you !!! Except for OMG, the 2 Dance legend, and Mirror ball. But I do have the 3 Mega, original, L and S, and the 2 versions of Gosh holo ! And the wonderful Dime piece from Enchanted Polish. Try Perfect Holo H2, it gives Fnug a run for its money !
And I want that bag !!!
Thanks for sharing the swatches. Just what I was hoping to see. Do you use a special base under GOSH Holo or Nfu Oh 61? If so what kind and is it still available? I have the GOSH holo but don't have the right base for it. I'm in the US and can't find MUS aqua fix or anything else anymore.
Also did you see that ILNP now has a Mega (X) that's suppose to be a stronger holo?


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Виктория Карълайн Бекъм () е английска поп певица, танцьорка, моден дизайнер и бизнес дама. Тя става известна като член на популярната в края на 1990-те група "Spice Girls", където е наречена Пош Спайс (posh – шикозен).

Семейство
Виктория е първо дете в семейството на Жаклин и Антъни Адамс. С времето семейството се увеличава с втората им дъщеря Луиз и сина им Кристиян. Родителите успяват да осигурят добър жизнен статус на децата си. Едва седемгодишна, Виктория е решена да се превърне в звезда, силно повлияна от филма "Слава". Така младата амбиция попада в известното театрално училище Джейсън.

Spice Girls (Спайс Гърлс)
На 17 години Виктория завършва театралното училище и продължава звездния си път в колеж за изкуства и театър, където изучава танци и мода. През този период попада на реклама във вестник, в която се търсят забележими, талантливи и амбициозни певици и изпълнители. 400 жени участват на кастинга. За бъдещата поп-група са избрани Виктория (Пош), Мелани Браун (Мел Би), Ема Бънтън, Мелани Чизхолм (Мел Си – Спорти) и Гери Халиуел (Джинджър). Петорката се превръща в най-успешната женска група на столетието – Спайс Гърлс. Следва първият сингъл – "Wannabe", който изстрелва момичетата на върха. Те не спират да радват феновете с незабравими хитове като Say You'll Be There и 2 Become
Всичко се променя през 1998, когато един от лидерите на групата, Гери Халиуел, напуска. Останалите "спайски" продължават без нея за известно време, но сватбите, майчинството и соловите кариери взимат превес. Пош остава последната от Спайс гърлс, която се изявява соло. След разпадането на групата Бекъм продължава да се занимава с поп музика и попада в UK Top 10.

Албумът ѝ обаче Not Such An Innocent Girl е буквално незабелязан от появата на хитовия албум на Кайли Миноуг – Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

Въпреки че Виктория издава свой хит и едноименен дебютен албум през 2001, семейството е на първо място в живота ѝ. След провала на проекта ѝ през май 2003 с американския хип-хоп изпълнител Деймиън Даш, тя съсредоточава вниманието си върху модата, като си сътрудничи с няколко международни марки.

Въпреки това тя е международно известна предимно като поп икона, обществена личност и предприемач.

Семейство Бекъм
От 1999 г. е съпруга на английския футболист Дейвид Бекъм, от когото има трима синове и една дъщеря. През 2007 двамата, заедно с децата си, се преместват да живеят в САЩ. Малко след това Виктория има кратко участие в един от епизодите на сериала Грозната Бети.

1997 е годината, в която на мач на Манчестър Юнайтед Виктория среща футболиста Дейвид Бекъм, който държи да се запознае с шеметната петорка. Двамата започват да излизат и това предизвиква всеобщ медиен интерес. 23-годишният Дейвид Бекъм предлага брак на 24-годишната Виктория, като ѝ подарява трикаратов диамантен пръстен на обща стойност 65 000 долара. След като приема предложението, певицата връща жеста на бъдещия си съпруг, като му подарява гривна с 96 диаманта на стойност 80 000 долара. Първото дете на звездната двойка се ражда на 4 март 1999 г. – момчето Бруклин. Четири месеца след раждането на сина им Виктория и Дейвид вдигат сватба в Ирландия. След скорошното си раждане Виктория изглежда по-добре от всякога в сватбената си рокля с корсет с диаметър 46 cm.

Следваща изненада, която приготвя поп иконата, е появата ѝ на ревю на дъщерята на Мик Джагър – Джейд. Г-жа Бекъм успява да втрещи всички със слабата си осанка. На 1 септември 2002 г. сем. Бекъм посрещат своя втори син, Ромео. През февруари 2005 приветстват вкъщи третия си син – Круз. След три момчета, през 2011 г. на Виктория и Дейвид Бекъм им се ражда дъщеря – Харпър.

В света на модата
През 2006 Виктория Бекъм издава наръчника по стил "That Extra Half Inch" и създава своя линия с дънки, дамски чанти и серия от слънчеви очила с марката DVB.
С увеличаването на модните ѝ ангажименти се увеличават и социалните ѝ контакти. Тя затвърждава приятелството си със звездната двойка Том Круз и Кейти Холмс и е сред поканените на сватбата им в Рим през 2006 г. Завързва и приятелства с други холивудски знаменитости като Дженифър Лопес, Марк Антъни и Уил Смит
През следващата година Дейвид Бекъм подписва договор с американския футболен отбор LA Galaxy и през юли семейството се мести в Калифорния.

През юни 2007 Виктория отново се потапя в света на музиката, като се събира с останалите момичета от Spice Girls за реализирането на албума с най-популярните им хитове, който е последван и от световно турне.

Истинските интереси на Виктория обаче остават в областта на модата.

През 2009 Виктория създава пролетно-лятна колекция с рокли за новата си марка Victoria Beckham. Постепенно нейната колекцията се разраства, а едни от най-популярните личности от световния шоубизнес избират да носят нейните творения върху червения килим.

През 2013 г. тя създава съвместно с Land Rover дизайн за автомобил, озаглавен Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham Special Edition, а г-жа Бекъм дори заговори и за пето дете.

Поредното предизвикателство пред Виктория Бекъм е желанието ѝ да проектира костюми за персонажите във филма "Петдесет нюанса сиво", адаптиран по едноименната книга от Е. Л. Джеймс.

Книги
На 13 септември 2001 г. тя издава първата си (автобиографична) книга, озаглавена "Да се научиш да летиш". В нея Виктория описва детските си години, любовните си истории и живота си с "момичетата" (Spice Girls). Четивото се превръща в бестселър в американските книжарници. През 2006 г. се появява и втората ѝ книга, озаглавена "Този допълнителен половин инч: косата, токчетата и всичко между тях" и съдържа съвети за стила и красотата.

Дискография

Студийни албуми
 Victoria Beckham (2001)

Сингли
 Out of Your Mind (2000)
 Not Such an Innocent Girl (2001)
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