Is your company's atmosphere helping you succeed or paving the road to failure?
Is your company's atmosphere helping you succeed or paving the road to failure? In these increasingly difficult economic times, an enjoyable office can translate into a competitive advantage for your business.
A positive workplace creates much more than a 'feel good' factor, it leads to happier and more engaged employees and higher productivity. And a good business leader can learn how to set the tone. Escalating workplace happiness can benefit a company with increased productivity, reduced turnover, and greater employee flexibility.
A workplace where employees want to be will be far more productive than one where they literally force themselves to come to work. Happiness is one of the most powerful and fundamental of the elements necessary to attract and keep the right people. Employees who are happy in their jobs will work hard and well – and will be reluctant to leave. The ultimate level of happiness, is the feeling that you have a pleasant life. That kind of feeling comes from liking what you are doing and feeling good about your job. The most sustainable level of happiness is being able to feel like you are giving back to this world.
Hire happy, optimistic people and create a "work family" atmosphere. If an office is filled with positive, friendly co-workers, your employees are more likely to want to be there. Hiring people who are going to help make your workplace happier will take a little thought and preparation. It is natural to focus on relevant experience and past achievements when interviewing a candidate. And you are right to want those things for your company. But ignoring the personality is a mistake.
The greatest candidate on paper might be the worst person to bring into your office. Look for the intangibles. Be very aware of how you feel around the person. Do they seem like they focus on the positives or negatives? Do they laugh? Do they smile? Do they seem like they create and nurture relationships? While their track record in terms of performance is very important, a person that brings gloom and doom to the workplace will kill productivity and motivation.
Empower employees to think through important decisions on their own, providing the necessary mentoring and support along the way. An employee who plays an important role in the business is more likely to derive fulfillment and happiness from the job. Make a point of encouraging people to say hi to each other. Sounds simple but it is actually an incredible way to build a sense of workplace community and something that busy focused people forget. Start by making it a policy to have your executives and managers make sure to take the time to say hi. Choose ambassadors from all different levels and areas of your company to do the same. Acknowledging people can change the entire atmosphere and make your workplace be a much nicer place.
3. Know what makes people happy – and unhappy.
Research tells us that, if we were asked to remember the last time we felt unhappy, we would probably be thinking about what we don't have. As a manager, therefore, your task must be to affirm the positive, reinforce individuals' and groups' accomplishments, and share their successes. People love to be asked their opinion, so go out of your way to ask, "What do you think belongs in this report?" or, "How do you think I should handle this situation with client X?" Then give the advice giver a sincere thank-you, even if the ideas are less than helpful. Keep employees focused on achievements and discourage dwelling on what could have been or what they don't have. Napoleon's description of leaders as 'dealers in hope' seems appropriate.
A balanced employee who has time for friends, family, and outside interests can be much more dedicated and focused when at work. Be flexible with time when possible as long as the work is getting done. We have a tendency not to focus on the big picture when we are really busy. This prevents us from creating perks or planning fun events that make the workplace happier. Treat people to something surprisingly good and fun. A day at the amusement park, a movie in the afternoon with popcorn and candy, chair massages. Anything you can think of to make people feel that you are doing something nice for them will make people feel happier.
Ever hear of the Hawthorne effect? It's the increase in productivity in the workplace when people feel that they are cared about. It makes people happy to be asked how they are and for you to take a little time to find out how things are going in their lives. That doesn't mean spending hours at the water cooler having conversations about people's lives. It means remembering to take the time to say, "How are you". Excellent, two-way communication is the cornerstone of a happy workplace. Employees feel valued when their ideas are heard and they are trusted with important or confidential information. Ask your coworkers about their interests — their favorite music, movies, and books, as well as their hobbies, suggests Larina Kase, Ph.D., a psychologist at the Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. "Showing a genuine interest in them will make them feel comfortable around you," she says. Once you know what floats their boat, clip items from newspapers or magazines to help start conversations.
This is a key ingredient to creating a happy workplace. Employees need to feel like they have value within the organization. Create programs that recognize the employees for their contributions to the company. But try not to over do it. Its one thing to have an "employee of the quarter", its another thing to have "cleanest cubicle" and "best haircut" awards. Another thing you can do is to provide free lunches, happy hours, or donuts/bagels to celebrate good work. Part of the secret to being happy at work is to encourage people to have personal career goals. When people feel that they are working toward something, the day-to-day politics and stresses of the workplace don't matter as much. Each challenging day can be better tolerated because it is a means to a personal end. People are able to separate themselves from their jobs and not become mired in the negativity when they are focused on reaching personal goals.
Lots of places get caught up in the negative. They debrief by going over what didn't work. Turn that around. Focus on the positive. That doesn't mean that you should ignore the things that need to be improved on, it just means that when you are looking for the good, you will find the good. If you look for the bad, everything will seem bleak. I've been in companies where the owners/management will openly complain about a client or worker. This will surely drag down morale. Negativity is contagious, and while it might feel good to vent your frustrations to everyone, it has a tremendous effect on the morale of your employees. If you have a problem with an underperforming worker, or a mistake has been made, address it in private.
8. Develop a pleasant management style.
Managers who enjoy their work will do their job in more positive and constructive ways than managers who are unhappy or frustrated in their jobs. You and your attitude help set the tone. Employees are happier in a workplace run by managers who enjoy themselves, their work, and their employees. (The opposite also applies.) So target these things: Manage your thoughts. Think positively, choose to think the thoughts and stories about your work that you enjoy thinking about – and avoid thinking about the rest. Enjoy your work. The most important thing for you and for all those around you is that you like what you're doing. If you're not enjoying work, do something about it. Act spontaneously. Share those qualities that make you special.
Throw a party every once in awhile. Its important to provide an avenue for socializing within your organization. The best companies I've worked for have had a definate "family" feeling to them, where people were free to get to know each other outside of their regular work environment. People tend to be more communicative when they have a personal relationship with their fellow employees. Do something to give back to your community or to the world. Having a company wide initiative that makes a difference will make people feel connected to the greater good. Take a poll. Find out what people care about and get their opinions on how best to accomplish those goals.
There is now extensive research showing the health benefits of happiness for individuals. For example, the evidence that positive emotions contribute to better health and longer life is stronger than that linking obesity to reduced longevity.2 Happy people are also significantly less likely to catch the cold virus than others who are less happy. Similarly, we know that happiness brings big benefits for organisations too. For example, how happy people are has been shown to have a significant causal effect on their productivity. In a recent study, one group received an intervention which increased their happiness levels, while those in a control group did not. Treated subjects were found to have 12% greater productivity in a paid task.
We can all play a part in creating a happier workplace, by encouraging our employers to take happiness seriously and by doing what we can personally to create a more fulfilling, positive and collaborative working environment. The key to all of these tips is to create a sense of pride and ownership within your organization. You want to have your employees feel as though they are an essential part of the the company. Employees that feel this, will work harder and more productively, and in the end your company will reap the rewards.


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Q: Cliente Rest em Java recebendo um LocalDate Estou fazendo um cliente teste em java.
Minha classe livro é assim:
public class Livro {

    private Long id;
    private String nome;

    @JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING,pattern="dd/MM/yyyy")
    private LocalDate publicacao;

    private String editora;
    private String resumo;
    private List<Comentario> comentarios;
    private Autor autor;

   // get and sets
}

Recebo o seginte json.
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "nome": "Livro de teste 2",
    "publicacao": "20/05/2014",
    "editora": "teste",
    "resumo": "teste de resumo"
  }
]

Se utilizo o campo publicacao como Date funciona perfeitamente.
Mas gostaria de utilizar como Localdate como esta definido na Clase
Contudo da o seguinte erro.

Caused by: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '20/05/2014'
  could not be parsed at index 0    at
  java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseResolved0(DateTimeFormatter.java:1949)
    at
  java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1851)
    at java.time.LocalDate.parse(LocalDate.java:400)    at
  java.time.LocalDate.parse(LocalDate.java:385)     at
  com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.deser.LocalDateDeserializer.deserialize(LocalDateDeserializer.java:67)
    at
  com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.deser.LocalDateDeserializer.deserialize(LocalDateDeserializer.java:32)
    at
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty.deserialize(SettableBeanProperty.java:490)
    at
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.impl.MethodProperty.deserializeAndSet(MethodProperty.java:95)
    at
  com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializer.deserializeFromObject(BeanDeserializer.java:341)
    ... 14 more

Ou seja como faço o parse de um campo json "publicacao": "20/05/2014",
para um campo Localdate ?
Para fazer o client estou utilizando as seguintes dependencias no maven.
<dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>4.2.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
            <version>2.4.0</version>
        </dependency>
</dependencies>

A: Opa!
Atualmente na minha aplicação estou fazendo da seguinte maneira:
@JsonFormat(pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy", shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING)
@JsonDeserialize(using = LocalDateDeserializer.class)
@JsonSerialize(using = LocalDateSerializer.class)
@Column(name = "data_vencimento")
private LocalDate dataVencimento;

Espero ter ajudado!

A: Mude a versão da dependência jackson-datatype-jsr310 para a mesma versão da dependência jackson-databind:
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
    <version>2.7.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
    <version>2.7.2</version>
</dependency>

E registre o módulo JavaTimeModule ao invés do módulo JSR310Module. Exemplo:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    mapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());

    Livro livro = mapper.readValue("{\"id\": 1,"
                                + "\"nome\": \"Livro de teste 2\", "
                                + "\"publicacao\": \"20/05/2014\","
                                + "\"editora\": \"teste\","
                                + "\"resumo\": "
                                + "\"teste de resumo\"}", Livro.class);
}

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Hugh Segal's Conservative Foreign Policy
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By: Hugh Segal
Conservative Senator from Ontario
Election 2015: Where is the debate on defence and security?
Protecting the Responsiblity to Protect
What troubled many Conservatives, non-partisan Canadians, and most of our international allies about the Trudeau-Chrétien periods of foreign policy was the extent to which it misrepresented and overstated the Pearsonian approach, and the fact that it did so as a way of running from core values. Lester B. Pearson was a competent and thoughtful cold warrior who accepted nuclear weapons on our shores. His Suez intervention was an inspired effort to reduce tensions between NATO allies while reducing the prospect of a client state driven Soviet – American thermonuclear exchange over Suez at the height of the cold war. When Pierre Trudeau visited throughout the Middle East but pointedly did not visit Israel; when Jean Chrétien oversaw the wind down of any meaningful military capability; and when both sought ways to sustain domestic partisan interest by tweaking relations with the United States, they underlined Ted Heath's great line about Canadian support of NATO under Trudeau – "all aid short of help!"
Liberal internationalism was devoid of core values or principles. We avoided taking sides. Yes, we were part of NATO, but we had minimal deployable capacity; yes, we advanced the "responsibility to protect" (R2P) without accepting that that premise, without the capacity to deploy, was both cynical and hollow. We set aid goals we did not meet, we made few serious humanitarian differences, and we spent our time structuring and restructuring foreign affairs and international trade; and, all the while, Canada's footprint and real impact was diminishing.
Mulroney's nine-year administration at least struck positive blows on free trade, support for democracy in the Middle East, stabilization forces in Bosnia, genuine engagement on Haiti, and principled support of Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid insurgency in South Africa, despite Margaret Thatcher's and Ronald Reagan's reservations.
Chrétien's engagement with Afghanistan, while meritorious in its own right, was viewed by most as a dodge from the Iraqi second Gulf War issue. The first Gulf War saw Canadian air and sea forces engage fully in the liberation of Kuwait, just as our naval and air forces engaged with other allies in defending Libyan civilians from their own air force, armoured corps, and army with our other NATO and Arab League allies.
Tory internationalism differs from the Liberal version in meaningful ways. We invest in the "capacity to deploy," so whether we respond to humanitarian, stabilization, peacekeeping, or even alliance combat exigency, we have the ability to engage with well-equipped and well-trained troops with the right kit and materiel.
About three years ago, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Canadian Forces at a dangerous forward operating base in the Panjway district of Kandahar, he was the first Canadian PM in a quarter of a century to be able to do so on Canadian helicopters and planes, under Canadian command, and with an airborne armed escort, without getting a lift from American or other allies in the region.
Our internationalism is also about values. We do not attend Durban conferences that are not about human rights but about vicious anti-Semitism; we bring in annual resolutions at UN councils attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran for its oppressive and violent suppression of minorities; we stand by our allies and do not look the other way when they require support; we back up hemispheric internationalism with real trade treaties that will make a real difference to employment, stability, democracy and economic prospects in the Americas. The Liberals advanced R2P under Chrétien and Lloyd Axworthy, for which they both deserve credit. Harper and Peter McKay deployed warplanes, pilots and naval assets and sailors to make that concept real in Libya.
Prime ministerial statements before and after our most recent election underline that values, democracy, rule of law, freedom and human rights will expand our geopolitical footprint upon the foundations of sovereignty – as well as humanitarian and traditional Canadian geopolitical interests –and that we will maintain the capacity to deploy diplomatic, development, military and intelligence capacity abroad, as required in concert with our allies. The Tories have never questioned support for the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction.
On a global and historic continuum, conservative foreign and development policy is about reality on the ground and how to deal with it, not some contrived liberal aspirational view of how reality "ought to be." Hezbollah is a terrorist organization with political and social-service wings, as is Hamas, which does not make them appropriate interlocutors with other sovereign states in the Middle East. Castro was never a democrat in any way. We care about freedom of religion worldwide, and organizations like the Commonwealth matter if the multilateral framework for development and democracy are to mean anything.
Prime Minister Harper is a moderate, a pragmatist and a strong believer in a Canadian foreign policy that is reflective of who we are, what underlines our civil and economic interests and priorities (note the opening to India), and the core values of democracy, human rights, rule of law and gender equality. He also enunciated the clear view that international engagement without the ability or will to engage is no real engagement at all. That will to engage involved procurement of a large transport air wing, new mobile armoured capacities and helicopter and unmanned air reach for intelligence and troop support requirements. It now requires a re-investment in vital sea-based capacity, especially as both Russia and China cut steel to expand their flight with declared goals of greater dominance in international waters.
This stand, which integrates foreign policy coherence and defence capacity, puts Harper to the modest right of the traditional soft centre of Canadian foreign policy under the Liberals, and centre-left of the Conservative foreign policy spectrum across western nations a good place for a Canadian Conservative prime minister to be.
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You've likely heard that the Apple Watch 2 is water-resistant, but one could assume that this means that the smartwatch is waterproof. It isn't. One could also assume that water-resistant means that the Apple Watch 2 repels water. If you assume that water-resistant and water-repellent meet in the second-generation device, you'd assume wrong.
The reason? Apple's fine print tells you this is not the case.
Apple's words in the quote above tell us (though in a roundabout way) just what happens when you take your smartwatch on a swim: when the Water Lock function locks the screen, it actually traps water inside the Apple Watch 2 in the speaker (the Digital Crown is used "to unlock the screen and clear water from the speaker," Apple says). This is why you can use the Digital Crown "to...clear any water from your Apple Watch."
The whole reason why Apple encourages you to clear water from your Apple Watch 2 is because water gets trapped into the Apple Watch after a swim. The water is trapped into the speaker, which explains why some may have muffled speakers after a swim. Apple says that charging the device may help the water evaporate, but it's a matter of wait-and-see if you do not turn the Digital Crown and release the water manually.
This may have you wondering: Why does Apple trap the water in the smartwatch's speaker? The answer can be found in that, while Apple has sealed all other components of the smartwatch, the speaker needs air to produce sound (according to the company). Thus, the speaker must remain unsealed - which means that it is the component that will trap water in the event of a pool or ocean swim. This reason may explain why a number of smartwatch OEMs refuse to provide such water resistance for their smartwatches (it seems as though water resistance is called into question when water can get into the watch speaker.
While 50-meter water resistance appears to be a lot (far more than an IP68 rating at first glance), in reality, it only goes so far. You can go for a swim but can't use the Apple Watch Series 2 for anything above that.
Apple tells us what standard the Apple Watch Series 2 adheres to: "Apple Watch Series 2 has a water resistance rating of 50 meters under ISO standard 22810:2010." This is the numerical name for the specific international standard to which Apple adheres with its latest smartwatch series. What this means is that you can reasonably trust your Apple Watch Series 2 smartwatch to function as all other watches with 50-meter water resistance ratings (just don't go crazy with it).
Well, we knew the device had some measure of water resistance, but with it trapping water in the speaker (that then must be manually repelled), the Apple Watch 2 is nowhere near water-repellent and perhaps not the standard water resistance that can be seen on smartwatches such as the Gear S2 and new Gear S3, for example. If I were a swimmer, I'd like a smartwatch that didn't mandate I turn the Digital Crown to clear it out and protect the speaker on the device – but that's me, I guess. Smartphones that are water-resistant trap water into their speakers, so perhaps Apple's logic here is correct. What it means though, is that your watch isn't as invincible to water as you may have hoped.
What do you think? Were you aware of Apple's fine print about the water-resistant nature of the Apple Watch 2 before reading this? Are you reading Apple's statement now that you've read this post? Does this change your view of the smartwatch, frustrate you, and so on? We're waiting to hear your thoughts.


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Sunshine tomorrow and then back to snow and a drop in temperatures on Saturday.


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On the 17th of March 1943, my navigator/wireless operator and I, a pilot officer, sat in the crew room at RAF Station, Port Ellen, on the Isle of Islay. We were waiting for the violent storm that was raging outside, to abate. We had orders to do a flight, the plan of which was Port Ellen to Rockall, a rock the size of a football field, some one hundred miles out west in the Atlantic Ocean. From Rockall we were to fly to the Isle of St Kilda. From there we were to continue to Taree, on the north west corner of Scotland, and then return to base at Port Ellen.
The purpose of this flight was to test the operation of the Beaufighter aircraft and its fuel consumption, preparatory to flying it to the Middle East. In this case, Cairo, Egypt.
My navigator, whom I had known only a few weeks, was Flight Sergeant Tommy Hulme, an Englishman who was born in the village of Marple Bridge, near the city of Stockport. He proved to be a gem of a man and also a gem at his job in the aeroplane.
At approximately 3.30pm the storm appeared to calm somewhat, and we were ordered to take off. This we did at 4.10pm. Very soon after take-off we found ourselves in the thick of the storm again. Tommy computed the wind at 63 knots, which is almost hurricane force. Cloud base was 500 feet and intermittent heavy rain made visibility difficult. However, Tommy was equal to the task. When our estimated time of arrival came, Rockall appeared in an enormous trough beneath us shedding tons of water from its granite surface, and then disappeared in a mountainous swell.
On reaching St Kilda we flew over the natural harbour and in it were four ships taking shelter from the storm. This made me think that we were idiots to be out in weather that made ships take shelter.
On the way to Taree, the weather started to improve and by the time we arrived a few of the last rays of a peeping sun glinted off the flooded landing field. On setting course for Port Ellen in failing light, I saw directly ahead of us a great bank of cloud, which seemed to indicate we were going to fly back into the storm. A short time later the cloud base was 800 feet and night was upon us.
Tommy contacted Base to check on our course and reported that all was well. A moment later there was a huge thump in the aircraft and a great sucking draft swept through the aeroplane. Our speed dropped by about 4 knots. I checked the controls and everything worked. The engines were still running sweetly. Then Tommy called me on the intercom and asked me if I wanted the bad news or the worse news first. I told him to give it to me as it came. He told me that the entry hatch cover had slammed open. It appeared that the ground crew had not shut it correctly and the slipstream had worked on it until it opened. Tommy had told me that the great draft had sucked out all his papers and maps and also the secret information we carried that could have helped us in finding our position from time to time.
The worst blow of all was at the time of the hatch cover slamming open, Tommy had been using the radio and it was in the "use" position that brought it out on a cantilever arrangement that placed it above the entry well. The hatch cover had hit the radio and caused a lot of damage.
So there we were, on course for Port Ellen, but with no way of knowing if we would remain on course. Any change in wind speed or direction could put us off course, and waiting by the runway was a 3 000m mountain. Our prospects at that time were not bright.
Tommy told me that he was going to try and repair the radio, and I told him, for the purpose of safety, I was going to climb through the overcast, remaining on the same course. We broke cloud at 7 000 feet and above the cloud there was a very small slice of moon.
Some time elapsed before Tommy told me that he had repaired the radio to work on one valve. However, we could not receive transmission; only transmit. He kept broadcasting our plight so our situation was well known to all.
When our estimated time of arrival had passed, I started to fly a square search pattern in the hope I would find a break in the cloud. All the time hoping a night fighter, fitted with radar, would intercept us and, with the aid of signalling lamps, we would be able to converse. This way we would be led to safety. It did not happen, and I decided to fly south to find a break in the cloud and escape from the influence of the storm. By this time we did not know our position and fuel was becoming important.
We were flying due south for about a half an hour when I saw light reflected on a bank of cloud. A minute or so on we were driving through a hole in the cloud with an image in my mind of a double row of light. My heart said flare path, but my brain said city lights in Eire. I found myself flying west, down a city main street at an altitude of 300 feet and as the twin row of lights ended, I could see white caps below us. This told me that we were over a city on the west coast of Eire.
Because of our fuel situation I had to make quick assumption as to which city this was. On the spur of the moment the city of Donegal was my pick. Knowing that the border between Northern and Southern Ireland ran roughly from east to west to a point where it turned north somewhat east of Donegal, I did a U turn and steered due east. Simultaneously I climbed hard to avoid any high ground. My aim was to cross the border before the fuel ran out. I decided not to take into consideration the Earth's magnetic variation or the aircraft's magnetic deviation. I thought that the maximum error in the course I was steering would not be more than 10 degrees, and in a flying time of about fifteen minutes or so the difference would not matter.
When I estimated that I had approximately five minutes of fuel left I told Tommy to prepare to abandon the aircraft. When the fuel gauges showed zero, I wished him luck and told him to jump. He returned my good wishes and was soon gone.
It was time for me to go, so I pulled the release for the hatch to open, with no result. I pulled the release a few times, but still without result. That left me with two choices and very little time. The first choice was to exit from the top hatch, which was used for escape after ditching into an ocean or lake. The disadvantages were, with parachute attached, it would take more time to exit because the top hatch is small, and there was a very real risk of being hit by the tail of the plane or the rudder.
The alternative and the course I decided to take, was to unbuckle my safety harness and parachute straps, lay back the backrest of my seat and turn over on my stomach, after making sure that the aircraft was flying straight and level. I then wriggled my head and shoulders down into the exit well, placed the four fingers of each hand onto the bottom edge of the hatch cover and pushed toward myself with all my strength. It did the trick, and I was lucky to get my hands and face out of the way as the hatch cover slammed up and locked.
Trying to remain calm, I pulled myself away from the well, turned the right way up and buckled on my parachute. I then took the controls and straightened up the starboard wing, which had dropped somewhat in the meantime. I then congratulated myself that I had done everything and was ready to go.
In quick time I climbed down the in-built ladder in the hatch cover, stood for a second on the bottom rung, then pushed myself off into space. There was a muffled roar and I looked up and saw my aircraft disappear. The parachute opened and I forgot all else, but the pain in my groin. I had forgotten to tighten the leg straps on the parachute harness. With a lot of pulling on the shrouds and the leg straps, I was able to sit on the straps in comfort but this took some time.
I was then able to look around. I had already gone through one layer of cloud and after a moment I went into another layer. Then below me was only scattered cloud with dark patches in between. It could have been either land or water. Then I was through that band and I could see fields and stands of timber and other patches I could not identify.
I thought to myself, "I must be getting close." Then my left knee hit the ground forcefully, turning me over. My head crashed into a depression. I was turned over onto my back with a terrible thump while rolling in between boulders. This knocked the breath out of me.
There I lay in a lot of pain. Some minutes later, after the pain had subsided sufficiently, I was able to ascertain if I had sustained any serious injuries. My body appeared to be unbroken and there was no blood. The wind was cold and strong and was the cause for landing so severely. I stood up and followed regulations by rolling up my parachute and tying it up into a bundle.
Voices answered and two shadows detached from the Cypress trees and came toward me. I walked forward to meet them. One of the two was a boy. They invited me into the house where a woman waited at the open door. It was apparent that the family had been disturbed by the crashing Beaufighter and had gone outside to see what had happened. They were a pleasant looking middle-aged couple with a boy who appeared to be about 12 years old. I told them why I was there, while enjoying the roaring fire that was alight in the farmhouse kitchen. I asked them if I was in Eire and they said yes, adding I was about three miles from the border. At that time it was just midnight.
In the meantime, the woman busied herself around the fire and in a short time I was sitting down to bacon and eggs, and appreciating their kindness to a stranger.
After some conversation, which I tried to keep to a minimum, I told them that I had to move on and if they would kindly point me in the direction of the border. They protested and told me that I was welcome to a bed for the night. I declined, explaining that I would be "interned" if caught by the authorities. They were not familiar with the term but when I substituted the word, "prison", they caught on.
After a small discussion between the man and the woman, they told me that they would send the boy down the mountain to bring back a man "who knew all about these matters" and would lead me to the border. This I accepted and the boy went off by himself.
About thirty or forty minutes later the boy returned with a man who appeared to be about forty years old. After greeting me, he told me that we would have to wait until 3 am so that there would be no one on the tracks. And so it was. We conversed in generalities until it was time to leave.
When I got up I thanked my benefactors for all their kindness and offered the woman my parachute to remember me by. She accepted it gladly and then my guide and I left on our journey to the border.
It took us about an hour of silent walking until my guide stopped and told me to sit on a handy log while he went to a nearby police station to bring back some transport. Some time later I heard a car coming and I hid behind a shrub. When I saw two policemen and my guide exit from an old Chevrolet I showed myself and was greeted by the police. I thanked my guide and shook his hand. He seemed anxious to be off and we said our goodbyes. Very quickly he disappeared and left me with the feeling that he had done things like this before.
The police took me back to the police station where I found a bed ready for me. After I gave them a rundown on what had happened, I finally got to bed at about 4.30 am. Just after 9 am a constable awakened me to more bacon and eggs and with the news that Tommy had escaped over the border. He was waiting to be picked up at an army observation post not very far away. The police car took me to the observation post where I was reunited with Tommy, a happy occasion.
From there the police took us to an Australian Sunderland Flying Boat squadron on Loch Neagh where we were debriefed and treated for our injuries. After five days of being pampered by the medical officer, we were flown back to Port Ellen. Our adventure was over.
Now I must tell you Tommy's story as he told it to me. Tommy always wore RAF issue flying boots, which were always a loose fit, and inside them he wore woollen socks. At the moment of his parachute opening, the shock peeled off his boots and socks leaving him to land in bare feet.
Tommy carried a small hand compass and with the aid of this he headed east. Finding a road that went in the same direction he walked for a short distance but his feet began troubling him. At that time he came to a house with some light showing and he knocked on the front door. A light was switched on and the door opened revealing a Catholic priest. Tommy explained the situation and asked the priest if he could give him a pair of old shoes. The priest shut the door but left the light switched on. Tommy waited and a moment later the door opened and a pair of old sandshoes was thrown out. Then the door was slammed shut and the light switched off.
Tommy continued in an easterly direction. His sore feet gave him a lot of discomfort as the sand shoes did not fit very well. As dawn broke Tommy saw a building ahead painted in camouflage colours. He headed for it. Someone shouted for him to stop but instead he ran. A shot was fired but Tommy reached the army observation post safely. Tommy told me he had walked nine miles to the border. This tallies with the fact that I used up a couple of minutes escaping from the Beaufighter.
This is what I remember, but perhaps I have forgotten a few happenings as my memory has been dimmed with the passing of the years. In four days I will be eighty-seven years old.
Tommy Hulme (T. W. HULME) died on the 28th of June 1995, aged 81.
This is Richard's own account completely as written and with no edits or alterations.


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Can the Maple Leafs Make the Playoffs in 2010-2011?
Francois Beauchemin
Before I begin, I want to say that I am not like a lot of other Leafs fans. In other words, I am not going to sit here and tell you that the Maple Leafs are going to make the playoffs and maybe even win the Stanley Cup just because they haven't for so long now. With that being said, if you disagree with what I am about to say than don't comment saying that I am just someone who thinks that their team is better than every other.
It is no secret that the Maple Leafs have not made the playoffs since the lockout. In 2004, the last time they made the playoffs, the Maple Leafs beat out the Ottawa Senators in seven games before being eliminated in the second round by the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.
It has been five on-ice seasons since we have experienced one of those seasons with legitimate hope. Hope that we experience a Stanley Cup victory.
Although it's highly unlikely the Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup this season, they may be one step closer to breaking the forty year slump.
Phil Kessel and Kris Versteeg will be the likely leaders of the Maple Leafs offence, and possibly the most loved by fans.
Kessel managed to score 30 goals in 70 games last season with the Leafs which is six less than what he scored in the same amount of games with the Bruins in 2008-2009. Kessel seemed to be the leader of the Maple Leafs' offence last season, scoring more than once in a game on six different occasions.
He also knows how to persevere. Kessel, who suffered from testicular cancer in 2006, is now cancer free. He won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for his perseverance during the 2006-2007 season.
Kris Versteeg, who is fresh off a Stanley Cup victory with Chicago, scored 20 goals and 44 points last season after netting 22 goals and 53 points in his rookie season.
These two young veterans will be a large part to any success that Maple Leafs have during the coming season. In fact, Kris Versteeg and Phil Kessel will likely be the biggest providers of the Maple Leafs offence aside from Tyler Bozak, who has the potential to put up 50 points this season.
Lets not forget about Nazem Kadri though.
Kadri, the Maple Leafs' seventh overall draft pick in 2009, scored 92 goals and has helped out on another 166 (258 points) in 242-career regular season games in the Ontario Hockey League. The 19-year-old also has one NHL game under his belt after an emergency call-up last season. He went pointless in that game while going -1.
Although he may not start there, Kadri will end up as the Maple Leafs' second line centre.
When put together, the four of them could be a large part of the Maple Leafs' top-six forward group, with two other spots remaining. Those other two spots will be made up Nikolai Kulemin and any forward that Brian Burke might get back in return for Tomas Kaberle.
Nikolai Kulemin will be entering his sophomore season after an impressive rookie season. Playing on the Maple Leafs' second line with Kris Versteeg (assuming that the Maple Leafs get a top-line winger in return for Tomas Kaberle), Kulemin could score 20 goals and put up 45 points, which is four more goals and nine more points than his production in 2009-2010.
With a group of top-six forwards that will be entering the campaign with more experience and very good potential, the Maple Leafs' offence will be much more dangerous than last season.
While the top two lines will be putting the puck in the net, the third and fourth lines will be nothing short of intimidating. Boasting the likes of Colton Orr, Mike Brown and (if the Maple Leafs do not acquire a top-six forward by training camp) Colby Armstrong.
Orr and Brown will be used on the fourth to punish the other teams physically, while Fredrick Sjostrom will skate along with them on most nights. Colby Armstrong could find himself skating with Luca Caputi and John Mitchell to try to shut down the top line of the opposing teams while scoring goals when needed.
As you look into the Maple Leafs' defence, you will notice that Francois Beauchemin had a slightly below average season in 2009-2010, scoring just five goals while adding 25 assists and posting a +/- rating of -13. If Beauchemin, who won a Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007, can have a better season in 2010-2011, then he may find himself being leaned on by Ron Wilson in big moments.
Beauchemin has the potential to reach 10 goals and 40 points. If he can, then the Maple Leafs power play will improve dramatically.
Of course Beauchemin will not be the only defenceman the Maple Leafs need help from if they want to improve their power play. Dion Phaneuf struggled last season before being acquired from the Calgary Flames in late January. The 25-year-old scored two goals in 26 games with the Buds last season, but don't let the statistics fool you.
Phaneuf was leaned on very often by the Maple Leafs as the guy who could give the team a massive spark.
The former 20-goal-scorer was named captain of the Maple Leafs this off-season after being recognized for his great work ethic and ability to lead a team both on the ice and in the dressing room. Assuming that Phaneuf can balance the duties of captaining the Maple Leafs and being a top defenceman, the entire Maple Leafs defence will be strong for the latter half of the season.
With that being said, don't be disappointed if Brian Burke elects to keep Tomas Kaberle.
Kaberle, an 11-year veteran of the league, is one of the best defenceman in the National Hockey League. As long as Kaberle is playing for the Maple Leafs, the young players, especially the young defencemen, will follow him. If Kaberle and newly named captain Dion Phaneuf are both playing the for Maple Leafs, the young defence corps will learn a lot.
With the being said, the Maple Leafs could make some big mistakes in their own end for the first couple weeks of the season, but the potential to rebound nicely is there.
However, just because things are looking good so far doesn't mean that the Leafs will make the playoffs for sure.
For years, the Northeast Division was known as one of the toughest in hockey. Now that the Atlantic Division has taken shape and the Pacific Division is well on its way, the Northeast is not quite as comparable as it used to be.
Nevertheless, the Maple Leafs are still going to have to deal with teams that are tough to play against. Buffalo, Boston, Montreal and maybe even the Senators have the potential for big seasons in 2010-2011.
After loosing Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman and Raffi Torres in the off-season, Buffalo rebounded fairly well with the signings of Jordan Leopold, Rob Niedermayer and Shaone Morrisonn. The Sabres are likely to have a similar season as they did in 2009-2010 (45-27-10, 100 points, 1st in Northeast Division) since they didn't really improve their team.
The Senators lost two very solid defencemen in the off-season in Anton Volchenkov and Andy Sutton, while also watching Matt Cullen leave the Nation's capital. They did, however, manage to lure Sergei Gonchar away from Pittsburgh and into the red, black and gold. Gonchar, who scored 11 goals last season, is the puck moving defenceman the Senators were looking for.
Even though they lost Miroslav Satan, Dennis Wideman and Byron Bitz, the Boston Bruins still managed to improve their offence by acquiring Nathan Horton. Horton, who has played his entire six-year career with the Panthers, put up 57 points in just 65 games last season. There is no doubt that the Bruins improved their offensive attack after finishing dead last in the league in goals scored per game and total goals scored last season.
Last but possibly not least, the Montreal Canadiens didn't exactly improve their team during the 2010 off-season. After losing the likes of Jaroslav Halak, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Glen Metropolit and Sergei Kostitsyn, Pierre Gauthier only managed to sign Alex Auld and Dustin Boyd. The Canadiens are taking a massive risk with Carey Price as he has not proven that he can come through when the crowd turns on him while Jaroslav Halak, who was traded to St. Louis, carried the Montreal Canadiens to the Eastern Conference final.
The Maple Leafs, who went 5-2 last season against Ottawa, will need to start the season series against the Senators the way they finished it in 2009-2010 if they want to prove that they can win in their own division. But of course, they will need to be able to beat the best in the division, and the league, to prove that they are a brand new team.
So, can the Maple Leafs make the playoffs? Yes.
Will it be easy? No.
As a young team, the Maple Leafs will make a lot of mistakes, especially early in the season. But just like we saw last season, the Maple Leafs have the ability to string some wins together. It won't take long before the Maple Leafs can start to string multiple wins together with the potential the offence actually has.
There will be a lot of ups and downs during the 2010-2011 season, but in the end the Maple Leafs will make the Stanley Cup playoffs, finishing seventh in the Eastern Conference just three points in.
Lukas can be contacted by e-mail at lukas.bib@gmx.com. Follow Lukas on Twitter @lukas_nhl for breaking sports scores, news and rumors.
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Little Boy Doesn't Let Anyone into His Room until Policeman Arrives and Steps Inside — Story of the Day
By Comfort Omovre
https://amodays.com/285902-little-boy-doesnt-let-anyone-his-room-po.html
A poor neglected boy's life changes after a concerned neighbor informs the police about him, and they visit for a wellness check.
Paige Bailey had observed that the boy who lived next door always spent all day outdoors. If he was not riding a bike, he was skating or talking with other boys his age.
That was all normal child behavior, but the odd thing was that when the other boys all got called home for dinner by their moms, only the boy was left on the street.
Paige informed a police officer about what she noticed about a boy who lived next door | Source: Shutterstock
He didn't seem to mind much and would simply shrug his shoulders and keep on riding his bike to and fro by himself, with his ever-present hat screwed on backward.
Something didn't look right, and Paige was not about to let it go without an investigation. So one evening, she put on her coat and hat then went for a walk that took her to the local police precinct.
Once there, she walked up to the desk sergeant and offered a greeting. "Good morning officer!" she said with genuine cheer.
The man, who had gotten accustomed to people visiting the police station with bony faces, was stunned, but he smiled back uneasily.
"Good day to you, Ma'am!" he said. "How may I be of assistance?"
Paige shook her head. "Correct me if I'm wrong, officer but back in my day, the police were the people to see when things seemed awry — and right now, something doesn't seem right — not that there's something criminal going on or anything..."
The cop scratched his head as he thought about it, then he beckoned to one of his colleagues, Officer John Leon. John took Paige to the officer's mess room, where he sat her down and asked her to tell him everything.
Paige told the officers that even when it was time to go home for dinner, Seth remained on the street | Photo: Pixabay
"Well, there's not really not much to tell," she began. "There's this boy, Seth Martin — a good boy to be sure — and he never misses a day of school and all ... But when it's time to go in for dinner, he remains on the street all by himself."
She paused to hear the officer's input, but he just kept mute, encouraging her to continue.
"And I'm just wondering, maybe he stays back on the street because something terrible awaits him at home or there's nobody at home at all. We can both agree that he's not old enough to be on his own!"
John took a few moments to consider her words then he spoke. "I agree that something is definitely off here, Mrs. Bailey," he said. "But not to worry, I won't rest till I get to the bottom of this."
The officer first visited Seth's school, where he discovered that the boy never skipped classes and always turned in his assignments long before the deadline—above all, his teachers referred to him as quiet and unassuming.
Seth's colleagues thought he was cool and great at playing games, but he allegedly never invited anyone to his home. Word was, none of his classmates had ever walked into his room.
Officer John Leon first visited Seth's school, where he discovered that the boy never skipped classes | Source: Pexels
According to the school principal, Seth moved to town with his mother from Alabama three months before. Seth's mom, Linda, came off as a pleasant, hardworking woman doing a pretty good job of bringing up her 13-year-old son by herself.
Officer John's next step was to go visit Seth's home immediately after he knew their school would close. Seth, already growing into his height as a man, answered the door and stood there, deliberately blocking John's view into the house.
"Good afternoon officer," the boy said with a straight face.
"Good day boy," John replied, smiling. "I'm Officer John Leon. Is your mother around?"
Seth eyed John suspiciously. "Mom's not home at the moment," he said.
"OK..." John said. "Would you mind if I step in for a moment?"
"I hope you have a search warrant," Seth said sharply.
"No, of course not! This is not a criminal investigation," said the stunned officer.
"Well I follow "Law & Order" with my mom, it's our favorite show, so I know you can't come in without a warrant if I don't want you to."
John shook his head. "I'm not here for trouble Seth, I just want to make sure all is well with you."
"Everything is as it should be!" the boy cried. "Why shouldn't it be?"
"Well, when children avoid going home for dinner, it's sometimes because they're afraid. Or perhaps something is awry." John said gently. "I just want you to know that if something isn't right, you can come to me."
Seth blushed, then he said, "I just enjoy riding on the street when it's quiet and less crowded, OK? That's all!"
Seth answered the door and stood there, deliberately blocking Officer John's view into the house | Source: Unsplash
John nodded. "I can certainly understand that feeling. Sometimes when I'm on a late patrol and I'm the only person alive on the streets, it feels pretty cool."
Seth smiled. "Exactly! And when mom's gone…."
"Your mom's away?" John asked. He had finally hit gold, and Seth knew.
The boy hung his head as he answered. "Yes. She's had to constantly go back to Alabama these past few weeks because granny broke her leg and my gramps has Alzheimer's..." then he straightened his shoulders. "But I'm doing just fine on my own!"
"I can see that you are Seth, you're a good boy. Do you mind if I come in?" John asked.
Seth let him in after hesitating for some time, and John saw that the house had been barely furnished. All Seth had for sleeping was a mattress on the floor in his room.
"Mom was going to get some furniture," Seth said when he saw the look on John's face, "but then grandma fell sick..."
"It's OK," Officer John said, interrupting him. "I understand. But listen, your mom clearly has no other option and I don't want to get her into trouble, so how about I visit you every night to fix your dinner while you sleep at Mrs. Bailey's house?"
The boy reluctantly agreed, and for the week that followed, the officer visited him after work to make him dinner, check his assignments, and make sure he went next door to Paige's house to sleep in her spare room.
John saw that the house had been barely furnished and all Seth had for sleeping was a mattress on the floor in his room | Source: Pexels
"Mom will be arriving tomorrow," Seth told John one evening. "And this time, she's coming home to stay!
"That's great," said John with a smile. "Would you like to help me set up a surprise for her?"
"A surprise?" Seth asked. "What sort of surprise?"
In reply, John led him outside and parked in front of the boy's house was a truck which contained all sorts of presents, including a bed for Jack, a TV, table and chairs, and all sorts of things John thought women would fancy.
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By the time Seth's mom returned from Alabama the following day, the house had been transformed into a cozy haven. It looked so different; Seth's mother was sure she had walked into the wrong home. But as she was about to head back out, Seth, John, and Paige screamed, "Welcome home!" then materialized out of the boy's room.
Seth introduced his mom to the officer, who explained everything to her, and from that moment on, Seth and Linda had two new friends they could count on.
Along the line, John, who thought Linda was really pretty, sort of started courting her, so one of these days, Seth will no longer be the only man in the house.
By the time Seth's mom returned from Alabama the following day, the house had been transformed into a cozy haven | Source: Unsplash
A community is only as strong as its members. Members of a certain community are responsible for its well-being. When Paige saw that something was off with Seth, she did the right thing by asking for help.
If everyone could pitch in during trying times, the world would be a better place. If we all could find it within ourselves to lend a helping hand to those in need, then society would be a more conducive place for growth. Linda and her son will never forget the help they received from Paige and the officer.
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Facebook launches 'Advanced Measurement' so advertisers can compare whether Facebook is more effective than its rivals
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Facebook is launching a new tool called Advanced Measurement that lets advertisers stack up how their Facebook campaigns performed compared with other platforms.
The launch comes at a time when advertisers are highly critical of the platform's measurement offering, after Facebook made some high-profile metrics errors.
The roll out of Advanced Measurement marks the end of the Atlas ad tech brand that Facebook acquired from Microsoft in 2013.
Facebook announced Tuesday it is rolling out a service called "Advanced Measurement" to all advertisers — not just its biggest spenders — that will allow them to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns across Facebook's properties versus how they performed on competitor sites and apps.
Advertisers can soon use Advanced Measurement to assess which platforms — such as Facebook, Instagram, search, or display ads on Google — drove the most purchases on their online store, or had the highest reach among their desired target audience.
The launch comes at a time when platforms like Facebook and Google are under heightened pressure from advertisers to improve their measurement systems and ensure they are properly audited by third parties. The two are often accused of being "walled gardens" that "mark their own homework" because they do not allow third-party measurement firms and auditing firms access to as much of their data as other online media owners do. In its defense, Facebook says letting third-parties have open access to all its data could pose a serious risk to the security of the information that users trust it with.
Those measurement criticisms were amplified after Facebook admitted, on four separate occasions in recent months, to making a number of errors that both over-counted and under-counted its measurement metrics.
For example, Marc Pritchard, the chief marketing officer of the biggest ad spender in the world, Procter & Gamble, said while he had been encouraged by the two ad giants recently saying they would let the Media Rating Council audit some of their ad metrics, that was "not enough" and he would only be satisfied when those intentions were turned into actions.
"We've been more than patient because we made these requests nearly a year ago. So we need urgent completion, because then we can get to the more important work of understanding the value we're getting," Pritchard said in a speech at the Association for National Advertisers media conference in Florida earlier this month.
Speaking to Business Insider, Facebook product marketing director for measurement Scott Shapiro said the company has made a serious effort to increase the amount of partnerships it has in place with third-party measurement firms. Advertisers using Advanced Measurement can also get access to attribution data from firms like comScore and Visual IQ, for example.
Shapiro said: "Our goal is not to [mark our own homework]. Our goal is to offer marketers the tools to make their own decisions. A lot of the measurement we do does not say Facebook is the best place [for your advertising campaigns]. Our goal is to be able to learn and improve what marketers are doing."
But Shapiro added that Facebook won't be using the data from Advanced Measurement to optimize the advertising on its own platforms to be more competitive with rivals.
"We don't use any of the data we collect from across other publishers to do any optimization on Facebook. It just displays measurement results," Shapiro said.
The Advanced Measurement tool will be available to advertisers via the Business Manager section of the Facebook site. It uses technology from the Atlas ad server and measurement platform Facebook acquired from Microsoft in 2013.
It works by using a measurement tag to track users as they cross around the web and apps and from one device to another. Facebook users often log into the platform using different devices, so the tool has reliable first-party data about whether people who saw an ad for a product on one device checked it out on another. It also claims to offer advertisers a more accurate measure about the reach of their campaigns because it can rule out duplicates — users who may have seen an ad multiple times across different devices.
RIP Atlas
The news marks the final chapter of Facebook's Atlas brand.
Facebook's acquisition of Atlas was initially viewed by industry observers as a way Facebook could use its vast repository of people-based data to challenge Google DoubleClick's monopoly of the display advertising business. Facebook was even working on a demand-side platform — software that helps advertisers buy online ads at scale using automated systems — but it pulled the project in March 2016, blaming the quality of inventory on the open web.
In September last year, Business Insider first reported that Facebook was shifting Atlas out of its ad tech group and into its measurement division. In November 2016, Facebook announced it was winding down the ad server that sat within the division so it now only offers advertisers a measurement tag.
Business Insider was shown a test version of the new "advanced measurement" capability, and the user experience made no mention of the Atlas brand, although its technology still lives on in the product.
Enterprise customers who were already using Atlas will be the first to get access to Advanced Measurement, which was previously priced on a CPM (cost-per-mille — a cost per thousand impressions).
As for pricing for Advanced Measurement, Shapiro said: "We haven't worked out the pricing model yet. All the testing going on [for Advanced Measurement at the moment] is not priced: the objective for us is to demonstrate the value and really understand what we can offer marketers."
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Munni Saha (MS): Welcome and good morning.
Secretary Clinton (SC): Thank you.
Ejaj Ahmed (EA): Madam Secretary, welcome to Bangladesh. First time you visited us 17 years ago in 1995 as the First Lady of the United States and second time, now, as the Secretary of State. How do you feel to be in Bangladesh?
SC: Well, first I want to thank you -- Ejaj, Munni and all of you for being here at the International School for this conversation because I am very interested in Bangladesh and everything that you're doing. I'm particularly interested in the young people of this country.
I was here 17 years ago and had just the most wonderful experience with my daughter meeting so many Bangladeshis at that time not only here in Dhaka, but going out into the country, going to villages, visiting Grameen Bank, people working at BRAC projects, really getting a sense of the potential of the country. And coming back 17 years later, it just confirms my confidence that there is a tremendously positive path for this country. And it's not easy but the changes, the economic growth and the continuation of democratic sustainment all of that is very encouraging. As I said last night in my press conference, I'm betting on Bangladesh. I'm betting that you'll be able to work through all the problems that developing countries have everywhere.
MS: Well, before I take question from the audience, I would like to ask you one question. We heard that you had a meeting with Sir Abed and Dr Yunus. And how was that?
SC: Well, first of all, I was honored to meet with both Sir Abed and Yunus. I've known them for many years. I've actually known Yunus longer, for more than 25 years. I think they are two national treasures of your country. They are two men who have created organisations like the Grameen Bank and BRAC that are viewed internationally as the two best development organizations in the world.
And I will say that I am committed, in every way that I and my government can, to supporting their efforts. I have followed the dispute over Grameen Bank from Washington, and I can only hope that nothing is done that in any way undermines the success of what Grameen Bank has accomplished on behalf of many millions of poor women and their families.
MS: We know what happened with Dr. Yunus and we feel very sorry for that. But I'd like to know where the US Administration stands on the matter of Grameen Bank.
SC: We do not want to see any action taken that would in any way undermine or interfere with the operations of Grameen Bank or its unique organizational structure where the poor women themselves are the owners. That has never happened anywhere in the world. It is now being duplicated. Other countries are looking to see what worked here in Bangladesh.
MS: Well, you have just visited China and you will visit India too. Now, you are here in Bangladesh. So how do you consider Bangladesh as an emerging soft power?
SC: I think you have extraordinary soft power. And let me just explain why. First of all, you are strategically located between east and west of Asia. You have the opportunity to be a crossroads, as you historically have been; the Grand Trunk Road, the old Silk Road, all came to Bangladesh. And now you have an opportunity to serve the same role in the 21st century.
I think the success that you've seen in lifting people out of poverty over the last years, dropping the poverty rate, I was told, from 40 percent to about 31 percent is a very good sign. The fact that you've maintained democracy through a really difficult set of challenges is important and the fact that civil society is developing, as evidenced by all of you. The education system is being more responsive; you're getting, I think, close to 100 percent primary school enrollment. I think that those are all very strong signals to yourselves as well as the rest of the world.
You're the largest contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations. You have seen an increase in agricultural productivity. You've dropped child and maternal mortality so that it appears that you will meet the Millennium Development Goal for maternal and child mortality. In a democracy, the people have to be given the credit because the government, remember, as Abraham Lincoln said, is of, by, and for the people. And so the people have demonstrated great resilience and determination.
But you've got some challenges. I mean, you still have too many unemployed and underemployed young people who are not seeing a good future for themselves. You are starting to see some worrisome labor problems in the garment industry, which have to be solved, because you don't want a situation where labour leaders and activists are murdered or where people are taken advantage of or abused in poor working conditions, because in today's world, that will cause big manufacturers of clothing to be afraid to stay or come to Bangladesh. So the government and the garment factory businesses and the labor organisations have to work together to bring and create more jobs and have more exports.
There needs to be a total rule of law, no impunity. The recent killing of the labor activist Aminul Islam has to be investigated, and the perpetrators, if they can be found, need to be brought to justice, because you have to constantly be demonstrating that no one is above the law no matter how powerful or positioned in society.
MS: Whenever we talk about our internal politics, we seek US advice. Why is that?
SC: Well, I think that for people who believe in democracy, the United States is now the longest-lasting democracy in the world, and we're very proud of that. But we didn't get there overnight, we didn't just wake up in 1789 and say everything is solved. We had a lot of problems, I mean, we had slavery still. We didn't empower women until the 20th century. We had to fight a civil war to end slavery, and we had to keep working on our civil rights movement to recognize the human dignity of every person. We had to work on religious tolerance.
The United States is a very religious country, but it's also a very pluralistic country. You can go and see churches, mosques, synagogues, Hindu temples where people are free to worship as they choose. And all these took time and it took a lot of work by succeeding generations of Americans.
SC: Well, we know that all we can do is offer advice. It's ultimately up to any country whether to take it or not. But I want to stress something I said in my press conference. The United States is investing significant sums of money in Bangladesh. And one of the reporters said, well, why are you doing that? We're investing in helping in helping you improve agricultural production through our Feed the Future program. We're investing in helping you build health systems through our Global Health Initiative. We're investing in technology and other approaches to mitigating climate change. We're working with various groups within Bangladesh on economic projects and other things.
So why do we do that? Well, we do believe that spreading democracy is good for the world. We believe that. Now sometimes the decisions democracies make are not ones that you or I would make, but we think, over the long run, having people empowered, given their rights, is the best form of government that has been invented. It certainly beats all the others. And so we think a strong democracy here that is able to realize the aspirations of your people is not only good for you, but it's good for the kind of world we would like to see. And that's our hope.
MS: Thank you. Ejaj, now can you take questions from the audience?
Nausheen Khan: I'm a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College. We know that Bangladesh is one of the lowest contributors to carbon emissions, but it's the worst affected by climate change. So I would like to know, Madam Secretary, what initiatives or what commitment is the US planning to make at the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June that would help Bangladesh or other developing nations to tackle this challenge, either financially or in other means?
SC: Well, thank you. And congratulations on your graduation.
You're right. Climate change is one of the biggest threats to low-lying countries like yours, to island nations across the oceans. So we are particularly focused on seeing what we can do to help, and here are a couple of things. I also announced yesterday a grant to work between our research institutions and yours, $17 million over the next few years, to think of ways so that we can help mitigate the effects of climate change here in Bangladesh how we use technology, what kind of agricultural practices, what kinds of other responses to rising waters, or the effects of increasing and intense intensity of storms, and all of the issues that we are studying together.
We are looking to figure out ways to actually put into practice the fund that has been agreed to with the large economies, making contributions to try to help countries that are at risk. But among the challenges we face is to make sure we all know what works best, because as we try to reduce emissions, we still have to deal with the dangers that you are facing at the same time. So we that's why this grant to work with you is so important.
The other thing I have just started and Bangladesh was a charter original member is something called the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to prevent short-lived polluters pollution like methane or black carbon or soot. And we are working with a small but growing group of countries like Bangladesh, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and others to take action on these pollutants while we still work on carbon dioxide, because they're about 30- to 40 percent of the problem with greenhouse gas emissions.
So there are numerous ways we are working directly with your country, and then more generally, in preparation for Rio+20, looking for how we're going to build on the commitments of Copenhagen, Cancun, and Durban, where for the first time, developed and developing countries together said we all have to work to limit climate change. So we're working at it. It's a very difficult, long-term challenge. In the United States, we're increasing gas mileage for cars; we're cleaning up coal-fired power plants; we're working on a number of areas, even though we don't have an overarching, comprehensive legal framework. That was not possible with our Congress, but President Obama is continuing to make progress despite that.
MS: Now, we have some questions through social media, through Facebook and our ATN News email. So I'd like to ask you one on behalf of ATN News. This question came from a public poll conducted by ATN News. The question is from Piel Alem. What do you say about the common perception held by many young people that the US is anti-Muslim?
SC: Oh, that hurts me. That hurts me so much, honestly. I mean, it's a painful perception to hear about, and I deeply regret that anyone believes that or propagates it. So let me say first that certainly I think the way the United States demonstrates respect for religions of all kinds, and particularly gives people from every religious faith the opportunity to participate in our society, is an important statement of our beliefs and our values.
And is there discrimination or prejudice in the United States, like in every society and country in the world? Unfortunately, yes. I mean, human nature has not changed dramatically. There is discrimination against people of different religions, of different races, of different ethnic groups all over the world. We see the results of that. But I don't think that it is at all fair to hold up the United States, separate and apart from the challenges that we all are confronting to make sure that we respect the rights of every human being. And I believe that the United States, through our laws and through our constant political dialogue, has gone probably farther than anywhere else in the world in trying to guarantee legal protections for people. I would like to see more countries do more to protect the rights of minorities because I think that's an important part of democracy and of recognizing that no matter what our religion or whatever our background might be, we share this planet with people from many different vantage points, and we should be respectful.
So I think that part of it is the fact that we have been engaged in self defense and in protecting ourselves for more than 10 years. And we have gone after the terrorists who, personally, I do not believe is in any way reflective of Islam. I think that people who use religion, who pervert religion, for their own power or their own personal needs or their own desires are doing a great disservice to religion. And you find people who, over history, have used every religion for that purpose. And it's unfortunate that terrorists today, at this point in history, are too often using a religion that is one of the great reflections of man's faith and one of the three monotheistic religions that I came out of, as a Christian.
So we know that there are those who, for their own reasons, try to politicise what the United States has done in a way that I think is unfortunate and unfair. And I certainly think President Obama has sent a very clear message of respect and appreciation of all religions, and in particular of Islam. So it is something we're aware of and something we will continue to speak out against, but I think, looking at how the United States practices religions tolerance is something that speaks louder than any person's political statement would.
Munni Saha is Head of News, ATN News. Ejaj Ahmed is President, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre.


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Differences in herbivore preferences, phlorotannin production, and nutritional quality between juvenile and adult tissues from marine brown algae
K. L. Van Alstyne
S. L. Whitman
J. M. Ehlig
Juvenile and adult marine organisms differ in their morphology, chemistry, physiology, behavior, and ecology. Because juvenile algae are thinner, smaller, and have more delicate tissues than adults, they are often assumed to be more susceptible to grazers. We examined within-species food preferences of four common generalist herbivores for juvenile and adult tissues of eight common brown algae in two-choice laboratory food-preference experiments. Our results showed that juvenile algae did not tend to be a preferred food of herbivores. Juvenile tissues were significantly preferred over adult tissues in only four of the 32 combinations of algae and herbivores tested. In 12 experiments, adult tissues were preferred over juvenile tissues, and no choice occurred in the remaining 16 experiments. When sea urchins exhibited a preference, it was always for adult tissues. The other three herbivores, an isopod and two snails, were more variable in their choices, sometimes preferring juveniles, sometimes adults, and sometimes having no preference. We measured nitrogen and phlorotannin concentrations in adult and juvenile seaweeds to see whether these parameters were correlated with herbivore food preferences. Nitrogen levels were similar in juveniles and adults of three algal species and were higher in juveniles of two. Phlorotannin levels were higher in juveniles of four species and lower in juveniles of one. The other three species showed no differences in phlorotannin levels. Phlorotannin concentrations decreased with increasing juvenile size in three species and increased with increasing size in one species. Neither nitrogen nor phlorotannin concentrations explained overall herbivore food preferences for algae of different stages. Our results suggest that preferences of certain grazers for juvenile algae are not as strong as previously assumed and are dependent on herbivore species. Preferences between juveniles and adults are likely to be determined by a combination of morphological and chemical features of the tissues and the unique responses of herbivore species to those features.
Marine Organism Brown Alga Nutritional Quality Algal Species Food Preference
Received: 10 April 2000 / Accepted: 19 November 2000
1.Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USAUS
Van Alstyne, K., Whitman, S. & Ehlig, J. Marine Biology (2001) 139: 201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000507
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000507


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Austin Police Identify Protester Shot, Killed by Driver
By Associated Press • Published July 27, 2020 • Updated on July 27, 2020 at 9:55 am
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Police have identified an armed protester who was shot and killed by a person who had driven into a crowd at a demonstration against police violence in the Texas capital.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Garrett Foster, 28, was shot and killed Saturday night as demonstrators marched through downtown Austin.
Manley said officers heard "two separate volleys of gunfire" and made their way to the crowd where they found Foster suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Foster was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Manley said a vehicle turned onto the block where protesters stood and honked its horn. Police declined to say why the driver was there at that time or whether his intent was nefarious.
Witness Michael Capochiano told the Austin American-Statesman that the car sped through the protesters before it apparently hit an orange barrier and stopped.
In video that was streamed live on Facebook, a car can be heard honking before several shots ring out and protesters start screaming and scattering. Police can then be seen tending to someone lying in the street.
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Manley said the driver and several witnesses told police Foster approached the driver side window of the vehicle and pointed an assault rifle at the driver.
The driver said they shot Foster and drove off, police said.
Manley said the driver called 911 and reported the incident. That person was taken into custody but later released. The driver's name wasn't immediately released.
The second round of shots was fired by protesters who witnessed the shooting, Manley said. The shooter fired at the car while it drove away. That person was also taken into custody but later released, Manley said.
In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," Sheila Foster said Garrett was her son and he had been a regular at the protests with his fiancée.
"They've been participating in these protests almost every day for the past 50 days," she said.
Sheila Foster said she was told her son was pushing his fiancee, who uses a wheelchair, through an intersection when the suspect was driving "erratically" through the crowd. She said she was told the driver shot her son three times.
The shooting happened during a night of protests and unrest in several U.S. cities.
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