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#include <aws/drs/Drs_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>

namespace Aws
{
namespace drs
{
namespace Model
{
  enum class FailbackReplicationError
  {
    NOT_SET,
    AGENT_NOT_SEEN,
    FAILBACK_CLIENT_NOT_SEEN,
    NOT_CONVERGING,
    UNSTABLE_NETWORK,
    FAILED_TO_ESTABLISH_RECOVERY_INSTANCE_COMMUNICATION,
    FAILED_TO_DOWNLOAD_REPLICATION_SOFTWARE_TO_FAILBACK_CLIENT,
    FAILED_TO_CONFIGURE_REPLICATION_SOFTWARE,
    FAILED_TO_PAIR_AGENT_WITH_REPLICATION_SOFTWARE,
    FAILED_TO_ESTABLISH_AGENT_REPLICATOR_SOFTWARE_COMMUNICATION
  };

namespace FailbackReplicationErrorMapper
{
AWS_DRS_API FailbackReplicationError GetFailbackReplicationErrorForName(const Aws::String& name);

AWS_DRS_API Aws::String GetNameForFailbackReplicationError(FailbackReplicationError value);
} // namespace FailbackReplicationErrorMapper
} // namespace Model
} // namespace drs
} // namespace Aws

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After the Sunday afternoon patrols - the photos of which you've seen on previous pages - I slept for an hour. Then I struck the parachute. Ranger Lefty volunteered to dismantle the rest of camp and stow it in our truck so that we could make a getaway after my Rangering duties for the evening's burn. (Tim had plans other than Rangering; he was going to go Playa Diving.) On the roof you can see the portable strobe light that we used to mark Camp Vermeer, in addition to the tree lights.
Perhaps next year I'll take my camera with me to the burn. It always seems too busy to stop and snap pictures, but we'll see.
At 1500 the Rangers hold a mandatory pre-burn meeting, during which we discuss the strategems for keeping hundreds of altered, sleepy particpants from being crushed under the Man as he falls. We organize into teams; I'll be Ranger Boggman's radio person. That done, we're dismissed, told to relax and regroup mentally before the evening. Most of us file out of the meeting area and walk directly to the commisary for a dinner of sausages and white bread. Filling and tasty. Mmmmmmm.
Then we fill up on water, test radio and light batteries, and pick up attention-getting flares for directing medical teams to hurt particpants.
I also walk by the dispatch center and obtain a helicopter-style headset for radio, which is the only way to hear anything over the radio during the burn. I head out to the Man with Ranger Tipi Dan, where we assemble Boggman's team, estabish a perimeter and have the participants help by sitting down in a circle. We are given glow tubes to identify the medical teams; I put all of the ones I'm given around my neck, making me easy to see.
Just before the burn the Entity circles the Man; the crowd following the Entity crashes into the crowd sitting around the Man. We recover. Finally, the Man burns. No matter how many times I see it, it's just amazing, and the crowds make it better and better for me. I love it!
Some folks love it too much. Our teams deals with a 5150 ("danger to self or others") in the fire's glow, who is taken away by ambulance. (He's fine, once rehydrated.) We stay at the Man until there's nothing left but embers, and most of the crowds have wandered on to enjoy other things being burned. Our team returns to HQ to fill up on water and get new assignments from Ranger Hail Mary.
I take a solo patrol of Pi Circle, see a fire (under control, as it turns out) and talk some very friendly Bureau of Land Manangement (BLM) officers. I return the radio to dispatch, and on the way back to the car I'm stopped by a very nice group of people, one of which gives me a kind greeting and a stick of Nag Champa incense (which makes our car smell very nice on the ride). It's 0003 on Monday morning as we drive away from the playa. We arrive at Reno two hours later, where we check in to the Nugget and enjoy a huge Cobb salad before crashing. We sleep until 1030. Then we stroll outside for Reno's Hot Summer Days festival of country music, bar-b-que food, and cheap beer. Worlds apart from Burning Man. We stay for a buffet breakfast in the hotel, meeting other Burning Man alumni.
Then it's back in the car, stopping only for a quick fresh-fruit milkshake lunch at Murder Burger in Davis (take the Richards Avenue exit). It's such a pleasure being back in San Francisco again, the cool breezes after a week of baking desert sun. But Ranger Lefty and I are already planning our adventures of next Burning Man.


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They Walked Like Men, by Clifford Simak
Posted on April 17, 2018 by pete
In the comments of my last review of Simak's work, a 1970 novel named Out of Their Heads, it was suggested (in agreement with the critical convention), that the book was published after the author's creative prime. I ended up giving it a thoroughly middling rating (the lowest out of several Simak reading experiences, in fact), putting me in no position to argue.
They Walked Like Men, from 1962, is also an uncelebrated Simak novel, but it hails from the era of the Hugo-winning Way Station and "The Big Front Yard." It is a compact alien-invasion yarn with some interesting characteristics than separate it from the pulp tales of bug-eyed creatures out of the so-called "Golden Age." However, these same characteristics — intentionally, I believe — recall the separation from a more significant "golden age." That is, the time when American monetary policy was based on the gold standard.
Tony Destefano cover for Manor Books. isfdb.org
Newspaper man Parker is stumbling home to his dingy apartment after a night of drinking. Before he reaches his door, he bends over to find a dropped key. He notices that a three-foot semicircle in front of his door is not the original carpeting, but a papery cover over what appears to be a kind of animal trap. Backing away from it, he watches the thing lose its form and reshape itself into a ball. The thing rolls away down the apartment stairwell; the first instance of Parker encountering shape-shifting alien bowling balls.
Parker soon embarks on a solo fact-finding mission, conveniently driven by his professional pursuit of a story. It's a handy plot device for Simak, who at least can sell the character from his own career experiences as a reporter. People everywhere are being bid out of their homes and businesses by a company with seemingly endless supplies of cash. As soon as the purchase is made, the home, store or shopping mall is closed off. Many in the city are jobless, or living out of their cars in search of a new residence.
Parker encounters more and more strange stories of ball-shaped aliens and interacts with odd-smelling decision-makers, until he finally breaks into an office building of the financier behind the mass of buyouts. In the executive suite, he pulls aside a heavy curtain to reveal a wardrobe for the entire staff:
I stood there, gaping at them. And as I look at them, I began to see them, not as a mass of garments, but as separate garments. There were men's suits an topcoats; there were half a dozen shirts; there was a hanger full of ties. On the shelf above the rack, hats were primly arranged. There were women's suits and dresses and some rather frilly garments that I suppose you cold call gowns. There was underclothing, both men's and women's; there were socks and stockings. Underneath the clothing, on a long rack standing on the floor, shoes were precisely placed, again both men's and women's.
While TWLM was published in the early 1960s, a historically low period of inflation, it carries some obvious anxieties over the policies (and existence) of the Federal Reserve, which had been gradually regrading the physical value of currency since its creation in 1913. The "Nixon shock" of abandoning the gold standard did not happen until 1971, but there were still anxieties over the government's increasing tendency to create money out of nothing and then charging a cost of borrowing it to the general public, thereby concentrating economic power in the hands of unelected bankers. The presence of debt in a world of rising asset prices haunts the everyday denizens of Simak's Midwestern city, coaxing them out of their homes and businesses with cash — before they learn that there is no larger house on the market to buy.
But, as explained by an alien to Parker in a late-story confrontation, it is not only our ignorance about money that makes us vulnerable, but the irrational reverence we have for it:
Money here on Earth is more than the paper or the metal that you use for money, more than the rows of figures that account for money. Here on Earth you have given money a symbolism such as no medium of exchange has anywhere else that I have known or heard of. You have made it a power and a virtue and you have made the lack of it despicable and somehow even criminal. You measure men by money and you calibrate success with money and you almost worship money.
This spin on the alien invasion story, a rich vein for SF ever since H.G. Wells came out with The War of the Worlds, has an uncommonly sharp satirical edge. Our own monetary institutions, and the inability of the common man to understand their power or insensitivity, are just as dangerous as spindle-legged giant robots and heat rays. Despite its potency, the theme of conquest through wealth is not hinted at by any of the cover art for the various editions of TWLM, with the notable exception of the original hardcover.
Lawrence Ratzkin cover for Doubleday. isfdb.org
There are certainly many conventional parts to TWLM, and I'm not tempted to claim classic status for it. For example, the bowling ball aliens are explained in part by another, more benevolent alien who takes the form of a talking dog. Parker has a casual love interest who predictably draws closer to him as they contend with the invasion (she at least shows competence and strong will of her own, however). The other female character is a prototypical "icy" blonde. However, the inscrutability of the economic forces that rule our modern society plays well with Simak's trademark use of characters who never fully grasp the motivations of the aliens they encounter. The novel is also a definite narrative improvement over the fantasy Out of Their Minds, which in my opinion made a hash out of its ending. TWLM is recommended for Simak readers, as a worthwhile foray into his concerns about the people around whom he spent his professional life. 7/10.
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My Simak thus far has been limited to short stories and City, which is really just a bunch of connected short stories with linking material. But that's more than enough to detect his themes. He's reacting to a shrinking world, where the familiar and the unfamiliar seem in constant conflict, new arrivals all the time–new dangers, and new opportunities. And he really really loves dogs.
I'd compare him to Lovecraft, in his fear of change, of the alien, mingled with a deep attraction to it–but he's a more positive personality, less fearful. Whatever comes, he suggests, we're equal to it–if we keep a hold of who we are. And if we can't, the dogs can do it for us. 🙂
This is way after the fact, and a bit of a spoiler, but this novel features a strange character – – a rustic but knowledgable recluse who lives in a cottage and keeps a herd of skunks as pets. These skunks turn out to be the aliens' undoing.
The man with the skunks is clearly a stand-in for the early 20th Century economic theorist — and native of Northern Wisconsin — Thorstein Veblen, author of The Theory of the Leisure Class and progenitor of the phrase "conspicuous consumption." Had I known about Veblen and his pet skunk at the time of the review, I would have highlighted it. It does tie in with the economic theme underlying the alien-invasion motif, and makes for an appropriately symbolic ending.
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Simak's The Visitors is another alien invasion novel with an economic theme.
My sense is that, if it hasn't been done already, somebody could do an interesting article on economics in Simak's work.
That would be an interesting project, especially if some of Simak's newspaper work were made available.
I live in Simak country, so I should look into that for online articles or at the morgues of the local papers. I believe he was a science reporter, and I heard a story once that the only story of his ever spiked was one questioning the authenticity of the Kensington Runestone.
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Misery all round as England crash out
England head home from the European Championships with the national game in crisis - and that's according to the coach Kevin Keegan.
Four years ago the focus was on whether we could take penalties, but now it has changed to whether we can play at all.
Keegan admitted: "You cannot spend 60 minutes in each of your three matches chasing the ball, chasing the game and expect to succeed at this level.
"We know our strengths - passion and commitment - but they alone are not enough. You have to be able to pass a football and show some invention.
"We have to ask if we can pass it better and control a game. The answer in this tournament is sadly we couldn't. We just weren't good enough to win."
Keegan was heavily criticised after Portugal hit back from 2-0 down to win the first group match 3-2, mainly due to their five to four advantage in midfield.
England were also outplayed in midfield by Germany and Romania, who had the lion's share of possession in each match.
We had a plan for Romania and talked for three days about passing the ball better, but we never did that.
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Keegan seemed to be saying that the problem was not so much with his tactics, as with the players' inability to adjust to a game plan.
He said: "We had a plan for Romania and talked for three days about passing the ball better, but we never did that.
"I said to the lads that you can't ask yourselves to play like that in this heat against these quality sides and squander possession so easily.
"And when we were being over-run in midfield, the truth is I didn't have much variety available on the bench. I could have swapped type for type, but that's about it."
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Keegan did not confine his criticisms to the players and seemed to raise serious doubts about his own ability to do the job.
He said: "As a squad, we didn't get anywhere near our peak and I take responsibility for that.
"I never got out of the team the performances they are capable of."
He added: "I have not set the world on fire so far with my management skills but I still hope to get the opportunity to do that in a World Cup.
To sum up, in Keegan's own words, we have a team whose strengths are "honesty and integrity" rather than the skill, technique and ability of the likes of France or Holland.
We have players who cannot stick to a game plan and a coach who cannot get his ideas through to them.
There is not enough variety in the squad to change the pattern of the game from the bench.
And there is an almost complete absence of international quality left-sided players, leaving England weak and unbalanced on that wing.
Add to that the self-analysis the widespread criticism of Keegan's tactics, particularly the failure to match opponents in the number of players committed to midfield, and the imminent international retirement of a number of very experienced players, and the picture of a team in crisis is complete.
Perhaps the only saving grace is that World Cup qualifying group rivals Germany are even worse.
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San Diego officers who shot, killed liquor store robbery suspect ID'd
Police investigate after three officers shot and killed a man in an alley near 31st Street between Imperial and Commerial avenues Monday morning. The shooting followed a robbery at a nearby liquor store in San Diego's Memorial neighborhood.
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The officers were identified as Michael Martinez, Michael Muniz, and Angel Vidrios. The 21-year-old man who died was ID'd as Isaac Andrade
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The three San Diego police officers who shot and killed a suspected liquor store robber in the Logan Heights neighborhood on Monday morning were identified Thursday.
Two of the officers, Michael Martinez, who has been with the department five years, and Michael Muniz, who has been with the department six years, were working an overtime assignment with the Neighborhood Policing Division when the shooting occurred.
The third officer, Angel Vidrios, has been with the department for almost seven years and is assigned to Central Division.
The incident started around 7:30 a.m. when police were sent to a liquor store near 30th Street and Imperial Avenue, where a robbery had been reported, police homicide Lt. Andra Brown said.
Soon afterward, two of the responding officers saw a man who matched the description of the robber in an alley off Imperial and tried to stop him. Brown said the man immediately reached into his jacket, despite orders not to, and pulled out a large knife with one hand and what appeared to be a handgun with the other.
The man pointed the gun at one of the officers, and all three officers drew their weapons and fired, Brown said. Investigators later determined that the gun the man held was an Airsoft pistol.
He was identified Thursday as 21-year-old Isaac Andrade of San Diego.
After the department's Homicide Unit completes its investigation of the shooting, the case will be reviewed by the county District Attorney's Office to determine if the officers bear any criminal liability for their actions.
The Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit also reviews the incident to ensure no department policies were violated, and the Shooting Review Board evaluates the tactics the officers used. The Commission on Police Practices, a civilian oversight board, will also review the incident.
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I first met Roy Childs in the late 1970s when I joined NFER-NELSON, a major source of the UK's now flourishing psychological testing industry. I wanted to capture his views about how psychology has changed, the challenges of running a company and the role of psychometrics in delivering psychological services.
Roy's route to working in psychology seemed very informal compared with now. 'Yes, I did my degree and then I learnt on the job. At NFER, when I was asked to do things like deliver a course, I would read a book, design the course and deliver it (one such was for the British Council to an international audience with government ministers).
the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials.
it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.
I left university unsure of my next move. I had taken up a placement in my third year at a memory clinic in Manchester and enjoyed the work there, but I was keen to further my education and knowledge, so I opted to complete my master's in research. I had an opportunity to work in collaboration with my university and the memory clinic to complete this. Here I compared neuropsychological test performance with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia and specifically focused on tests that require semantic functioning.
Throughout this year, I learned a tremendous amount around managing my own time, using statistical analysis and designing my own research. For a year after graduation, I took up various voluntary positions in different charities, working with populations such as adults with learning difficulties, adult mental health, rehabilitation into the community and computerised CBT. This was a perfect opportunity to understand the work of a psychologist outside of the academic world and gauge whether psychology was the career for me.
I had been fortunate to be offered a voluntary placement for six months at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Liverpool as an honorary assistant psychologist. I worked for the Pain Management Programme, auditing for service evaluation and shadowing some of the psychology sessions with clients with chronic pain. I enjoyed the experience and it gave me an insight into how NHS settings are structured, how multidisciplinary teams work and what it means to live with chronic pain.
is a difference between reading around a neurological disorder and working alongside clients in an assessment environment.
My role at the Walton Centre consists primarily of neuropsychological testing with individuals who have neurological difficulties and head injuries. I use a variety of different assessment tools to measure cognitive and memory functioning along with mood levels. Additionally, I am able to get involved with assessments needed in surgical procedures such as the Wada test for epilepsy patients. This is a very exciting opportunity as it allows you to understand how different lateralised areas of the brain are responsible for each function.
Research is ongoing at the Walton Centre and it is nice to be involved in such ground-breaking projects. Recently, I have been involved in designing an episodic memory test for use with epileptic patients to access accelerated forgetting. Often I am asked to do literature searches, such as if a patient has attended with symptoms that are unusual or if we want to look into specific information of certain tests.
As part of my role I work in association with a wider multidisciplinary team within the hospital, for example neurologists and neuropsychiatrists. I have enjoyed taking time away to understand their job role and how they interlink with neuropsychology. I get to understand where referrals come from and to see a full initial assessment carried out with a varied population.
At the Walton Centre, I get to work with clients that have a wide range of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy (see box, 'A typical case'), infections of the brain and traumatic brain injury. It is eye-opening working with such a variety of clients as each has different strengths and weaknesses, range of difficulties and attitudes to testing.
Neuropsychological assessments in this setting are used to gauge suitability for surgery and recovery afterwards. It is also used for repeat assessments over 12 months to determine whether there have been changes in a client's cognitive profile or mood. Here, I am able to see specialist cases and assess clients that have specific, localised difficulties that require specific neuropsychological tests to measure specific cognitive functioning. I have been able to observe clinical psychologists at initial interview to see how different assessments are selected for each individual and their difficulty.
It is a pleasure working with the department, surrounded by experienced clinicians able to provide advice on clinical doctorate applications, and ways to further personal and professional progression. Every month the whole department attends a department meeting where we discuss issues and opportunities. Attached to this meeting is an educational teaching session where current research is presented to us and speakers are invited to talk about how their service can help us in terms of referrals.
Once a month, we come together for lunch and journal club. This is a brilliant opportunity to critically appraise current literature around neuropsychology. You learn ways to evaluate journal articles and understand what makes a good piece of research, and to keep up to date with current issues in the field.
I receive supervision every week for approximately an hour. I use supervision to discuss support issues and needs, to learn and access knowledge and to develop my self-awareness. It is a useful space to discuss difficult situations that I have found challenging with patients and other professionals.
Every eight weeks, I meet with my line manager to discuss my professional development. Here we discuss ways that I can grow as a professional and ways that will help me to further my knowledge in the area of neuropsychology. This often leads to helping out with research projects within the department, providing intervention with patients that require additional memory strategies or anger and anxiety issues. It could also include observing new clinics or surgery procedures, such as awake craniotomy.
I also meet with the other assistants within the department every week to discuss issues and topics and to share experiences. Peer supervision is a great way to explore the role of the assistant psychologist and suggest ways in which we can help one another progress. I also attend university assistant psychologist meetings, where we can share information and network.
Of course, there are difficulties too. Working in a busy clinical environment can often lead to an intense workload. Being able to balance administration and clinic time is difficult when you are keen to get involved in other projects. Time management and organisation is key. Working with such a supportive and understanding team makes it is easy to discuss and resolve situations with them.
One of the major difficulties within this role is managing emotions. Working with patients that often have progressive and chronic illnesses becomes hard when you know there is only a certain amount that you can help and intervene, especially in an acute setting. When testing patients there is a rapport built, so it is very important in the role to remain empathic but understand distance.
The temporary nature of the role is difficult in the sense of how fast you have to learn new information and that you have such a short time to understand the client group. It is difficult to find any stability within the profession when you have to move around after contracts are completed. I see the benefit of having 12-month contracts as it allows you to get more experience in different fields of psychology. In reality, in this current economic climate, it is very difficult to move around as there are not as many jobs available.
With this temporary nature comes change and new assistant psychologists: this results in training and adjustments for the whole department. Already during my stay at the Walton Centre the team has expanded. We have new additions to the team, neuropsychologists and a new line manager. This alone shows that it is the whole of the profession that is ever-changing and evolving.
The learning curve since getting a job at the Walton Centre has been massive. Each day I learn more from other assistants, trainees and clinicians about the profession. Having only worked in neuropsychology settings to date as an assistant psychologist, I know a great amount about neuropsychological assessments, but I would like to know how they fit into different areas of psychology. Unfortunately, working as an assistant psychologist, getting the opportunity to see this is limited, which makes the aspect of clinical training more appealing.
This year has been my first time of applying to the clinical course, and I am excited to start my journey through the application process. Although it is daunting, I am very keen to see what each stage consists of: initial application, online written tests and interviews – if I get that far! Although I am looking forward to hearing back from the universities that I applied for, I am also happy with the position I am in at the moment. Working as an assistant psychologist has many benefits, and it means that I get to learn as much as I can before I do get accepted onto the course to complete training.
As much as I am keen to further my knowledge and skills, I feel that I am learning each day in the setting I am in now.
Today I am seeing a 21-year-old woman who experiences tonic clonic seizures as a result of epilepsy. Unfortunately all medications have been exhausted and her epilepsy is now drug-resistant. The team at the Walton Centre are now considering surgery to stop or at least reduce seizure activity.
Epilepsy has dramatically affected her day-to-day life and her quality of life has suffered as a consequence. Prior to having seizures, she was a happy, sporty and academically minded individual. Now, she is unable to drive and has not been able to maintain a job. Most upsetting for her is that being alone with her newborn baby is considered a risk. Today, she is visiting the Walton Centre to undergo neuropsychological assessments as part of her pre-surgical work-up.
This assessment examines current cognitive functioning and psychosocial factors relevant to considering the impact that epilepsy has, what the benefits may be for the individual and whether there are any psychological and social factors that may affect the long-term outcome for the patient. This patient is first seen by a neuropsychologist, who discusses the background to their difficulties, impact on their life, current functioning, expectations of surgery, their level of support and plans post-surgery.
I will then conduct a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests to assess their abilities in a range of cognitive functions, such as intellectual ability, memory and executive functioning. We also collect questionnaire-based data that quantifies levels of mood symptoms and quality of life. This data is collected and is used as part of the pre-surgical evaluation and also as a baseline for post-surgical assessments.
Several weeks later, we see this young lady again. This time it is for a Wada test. During this test one hemisphere of the brain is temporarily anaesthetised while the patient is awake so that we can test the integrity of memory and language functions in the non-anaesthetised hemisphere. During this procedure we work collaboratively with colleagues from neuroradiology and neurophysiology and have to work very accurately and efficiently in a time-pressured and difficult environment.
We see this patient again after successful surgery. She is now seizure free and we can see that she has now adopted a new way of life. She is able to complete tasks that she once wasn't able to; she is back at work and, more importantly for her, she can now hold her baby knowing that there are no risks of seizures. We talk about some of her anxieties regarding the future and feelings of loss about things she missed out on as a teenager. Overall, she a happier and more confident person and her life is no longer dominated by epileptic seizures.


Well, that's another week gone in a flash. It won't be long before John Lewis will be showing off this year's Christmas advert! They say that time flies when you're having fun and this really is true when you look at what the boys get up to in just one week. The Travelling Book Fair departed after a successful stint at Willington. I know the English Department are delighted at the number of boys who purchased a book or two and we look forward to the fair returning soon.
A number of boys throughout the school have been lucky enough to have been out and about on educational visits this week. Year 5 had a fantastic time at the Thames Explorer, where there was an exciting programme of curriculum-linked activities for the boys, using the river as an outdoor classroom. At the same time, the Reception boys had a great day out at RHS Wisley. Mrs Spence was raving about it to me and saying how amazing it looks at this time of the year.
The exhausted looks on the faces of the Year 2 teachers were enough to tell me that the boys had had a fun time at Hampton Court Palace learning about the Tudors. Having seen the boys working on this period of history in the classroom, we are lucky that we have such places to visit to add to their understanding. As I write, the school is strangely quiet due to the Year 8 boys being away on their Geography field trip (pictured). This crucial part of the Common Entrance syllabus sees the boys off to Amersham to gather data for their fieldwork report. I'm not sure they will see it as fun, but it is important!
This week we joined a number of schools at Wimbledon Common Prep School (Squirrels) for their Future Schools' Evening and met many future Willington parents. Next week sees our own Future Schools' Evening, with over ten schools attending, and we do hope to see as many parents as possible from Years 3 to 7 for what we are sure will be a relaxed yet informative evening. I know many parents will have questions once they have had a look at the schools and I would like to invite them in to talk with me after the evening, so I can help you with these difficult decisions.
The Harvest Festival was a roaring success this week and my thanks to Richard Dryer for leading the service. Both the Juniors and Seniors were extremely generous with their gifts. Jonathan from the Wimbledon Foodbank was overwhelmed with the response and wanted to pass on his thanks and gratitude to the boys and parents of Willington for their generosity. He also offered to take some of the boys to the foodbank nearer to Christmas to see how it operates. I hope we will be able to take up this opportunity as I feel it is really important for the boys to see how their donations are actually used to support those less fortunate.
It's been another busy week on the sporting front and Mr Gibbs and the team have been racking up the wins with matches against Hampton Prep and Homefield. Well done, boys, and I am looking forward to tomorrow's 1st XI Tournament, which, I believe, we are the holders of! No pressure.
Next Friday sees our Autumn Term Open Morning and we are expecting a full house. As ambassadors of Willington, I know all our boys will do a wonderful job of showing off our school and I appreciate how much they do for us.
Well done to all the parents who have successfully registered on the parent portal and a big thank you to everyone who took the time to fill in the parental survey. I have found it really beneficial to get a rounded view of the school; what we do well and what we need to improve upon. Have a great weekend everyone.


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Commentary surrounding Meghan Markle's entrance into the British royal family following her engagement to Prince Harry has been focused on the fact that she will mark a big change for 'the firm'. Meghan is a famous American actress, and many royal observers have suggested that her marriage to the fifth-in-line to the throne will be a big change in tradition for the current royal family.
And it will certainly be an even bigger change for Meghan, as she prepares to become a full-time, working royal. Meghan has already moved from Toranto to her new home in London, and is soon to be baptised and confirmed ahead of her wedding to Harry.
However, it seems that there's one aspect of being a royal family member, out of all the challenges the role throws up, that Meghan could find particularly different.
A biographer of the Queen, Robert Lacey, told The Guardian how politically active Meghan could find it a "problem" that members of the royal family are required to be politically neutral.
In the past, Meghan has spoken openly about her view of how "divisive" current US president Donald Trump is, calling his views "mysoginistic". She also spoke up and said that Trump has made it easy to see that you "don't want that kind of world" that he is creating.
Speaking on how Meghan's political views might prove problematic in the royal family, Lacey said, "You have to go back to Prince Philip to think of a recruit to the family who is so evidently feisty and spiky.
At times, members of the royal family have however vocalised their opinions on political issues, with Princes Charles a well-known champion of environmental causes.
However, it seems that Meghan is already fully accepting of all the changes her new role is likely to bring, including neutrality on these kinds of issues.
In recent months, she's refrained from posting on her various social media channels, and has also taken down her lifestyle website, The Tig.
On her Instagram in the past, Meghan has been clear in expressing her views on certain issues. She posted a tounge-in-cheek photo around the time of the Brexit vote, which read, "If EU leave me know, you take away the biggest part of me" – clearly showing her views about Britain leaving the European Union.
Dickie Arbiter, former press secretary to the royals however suggested that she's well aware of her new requirements, and seems to be embracing it.
He said, "Now she has come into the royal family, she will have to be politically neutral. Harry has probably made that perfectly clear.


The agenda will give the trade union movement a common set of bargaining asks in workplaces. And it sets out what we want the government to do to ensure that every worker has a great job with fair pay, regular hours and the opportunity to progress.
Once again, a hard Brexiter has let the mask slip on workers' rights.
What would it take for trade deals to protect workers' rights?
Protecting workers' rights in trade deals is essential to ensure trade is fair.
Guide for Reps. Unions have their own policies which reps should follow. This document is not formal legal guidance, but it summarises the Act and provides some tips for reps.


Electronic Online Systems (EOS) International has announced the release of its Q Series 3.0 library information management and access system. The company has also announced the introduction of GLAS (Graphical Library Automation System) 3.1 along with a companion toolkit for use with the GLAS Cataloging and Circulation modules.
Q Series version 3.0 supports Z39.50, an industry standard that allows dissimilar library automation systems to share information. The Q Series Z39.50 Client enables library OPAC (online public access catalog) users to search other Z39.50-compliant library databases using the Q Series OPAC. Conversely, the Z39.50 Server allows Q Series libraries to make their databases accessible to other Z39.50-compliant library system OPACs.
EOS International's latest release of the Q Series complies with version 3.0 of the Z39.50 standard and includes support of the Bath Profile level 1 functionality for searching and displaying MARC 21 records. The Bath Profile was developed by the Z39.50 Implementors Group (ZIG). Level 1 is currently the highest implementation level defined in the profile and includes 19 search-field types including keyword, field truncation, and exact-match searching.
According to the release, Q Series 3.0 also features additional system security options to provide libraries with increased flexibility in defining how users access the Q Series system. Libraries can now set minimum and maximum user password lengths, determine whether alphanumeric passwords are required, ensure that passwords never expire, or set up passwords to expire on a specific date or in a number of days, weeks, months, or years. New reports provide a list of all valid and invalid Q Series logins during a specific date range as well as listings of which user passwords are set to expire during a given period.
"The implementation of Z39.50 gives our Q Series customers the ability to share their library information with the rest of the world via the Internet. And the enhanced security features will help them better control how their system is accessed," said Scot Cheatham, president and CEO of EOS International.
With Q Series 3.0 libraries can define Z39.50 host sites and databases available to their staff (in Powersearch) and/or to the public (in OPAC) using a Z39.50 setup function. OPAC users can select any combination of Z39.50 sites and perform a single search for materials at all of the selected sites. Record retrievals display in a consolidated list with each separate database clearly identified.
The Q Series is a full-featured library-information-management system that provides information retrieval with advanced searching options that overcome the limitations of Boolean searching. Q Series does this by offering additional tools, such as natural language querying, "hypersearching," concept searching, and pattern matching. Through these tools and other features, the Q Series provides a single point of access to information. This can include a library's own information collection; a branch library's collection; multimedia files; CD-ROMs; URL links; and commercially or internally published documents found on the Internet, intranets, and extranets.
GLAS version 3.1 features enhancements such as the ability to link and manage URI (uniform resource identifier) hyperlinks within bibliographic records that appear in EasySearch and in the GLAS@ccess Web OPAC. Other new features include calendar support on all data fields, added browse lists for selecting field ranges in all report dialog boxes, and selectable library-definable pick lists for common fields such as Item Type, Location, and Medium. Also new in GLAS 3.1 is an optional, integrated Main Menu providing easier access to installed GLAS modules.
The GLAS Toolkit is a collection of nine special utilities that provide added functionality to the GLAS version 3.1 Cataloging and Circulation modules. The GLAS Toolkit includes utilities for self-serve circulation, exporting and merging records, creating checkout and hold-status files, and more.
GLAS is a comprehensive library information system for small to mid-sized libraries. According to the company, it features an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) and flexible data entry screens designed to streamline work flow and provide easy access to library information. GLAS offers several options for searching your online catalog including EasySearch for quick and simple searches, GoPAC (Graphical OPAC) for more advanced searches, and GLAS@ccess (a Web OPAC), which enables libraries to make their online catalogs accessible via the Web. GLAS provides full MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) support for the bibliographic record. It also supports Windows standards such as multitasking, scrollable windows, pull-down menus, pick lists, and MicroHelp. The complete GLAS user manual is also available online via keyword searching and hypertext links.
Source: EOS International, Carlsbad, CA, 760/431-8400; http://www.eosintl.com.


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Peace Out! Week Sixty-eight
Mosaic detail, St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Santa Fe, NM
Deep in our hearts, the fire of justice burns; a vision of a world renewed through radical concern. As Christians we are called to set the captives free, to overthrow the evil powers and to end hypocrisy. This is our task today to build a world of peace; a world of justice, freedom, truth, where kindness will increase; a world free from hunger, a world where people share, where every person is of worth, and no one lives in fear. We take the step of faith, and leave the past behind and move into the future's world with open heart and mind. By grace we work with Christ as one community, to bring new hope and fuller life to all humanity. AMEN
Evening Prayer, Church of South India
A message from EPF's National Executive Council
about the work of EPF. Give here to support our mission!
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship is an inclusive community rooted in active love. Her members endeavor to follow Jesus into the world, bearing witness to injustice, while striving for justice, and prayerfully expecting that peace will follow. We offer resources to help form human beings who understand that our call to be Christ's hands and feet compels us to live into our Baptismal promise to strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every person. We cannot imagine our lives as followers of Christ without doing the work of social justice advocacy. We are about using our prophetic voices for radical peacemaking. Our places are marked by our dedication to non-violence, and to creating peace even with those with whom we deeply disagree. Our movement is ever toward the immovable cornerstone, Jesus, who can always be found standing beside the other, the stranger, the oppressed, the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the condemned, the victims of a broken justice system, the displaced and those who are alone or who have lost hope.
Save the date! Wear orange for gun violence prevention is June 5-7, 2020. We will be filling up the social media airwaves to create awareness around the prevention of gun violence. Do you have great ideas how we can do this virtually? Let us know, and send us your photos and videos so we can share the energy you have for this vital social justice effort!
EPF DELEGATION TO GENERAL CONVENTION,
APPLICATIONS ARE HERE! LINK BELOW!
For the sixth consecutive General Convention, in June, 2021, EPF will send young adults between the ages of 18-30 to General Convention to advocate for peace and justice by drafting legislation, testifying in committee, and building support for resolutions. Delegates will experience first hand how The Episcopal Church functions as the largest democratically elected governing body in the world. For applications for delegates to General Convention, click here!
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
congratulates EPF on 80 years of loving action and witness,
declaring that our activity is,
"Nothing less than the work of God!"
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By June 20, 2020, when this important day of advocacy happens, what will the number of poor and low wealth people be? How many more than 140 million? How many will have died by reason of lack of access to health care, to sanitary conditions, decent housing, or adequate wages? Those of us in quarantine can use this time to pray, study and act on the issues that impact the most vulnerable among us, and plan to show up and show out, virtually, on June 20. Demand that our elected leaders lead for the benefit of all of us!
Our upcoming schedule:
We are physical distancing in Sisters, Oregon with friends and EPF supporters Rev. Jack and Rev. Christy Erskine for a little while longer due to COVID-19. Eventually, we will be rescheduling our pilgrimage to the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest when the coast is clear. Meanwhile, I'm doing some administrative chores, trying to keep in touch with EPF supporters, reading and praying and taking action for those for whom EPF advocates -- the people living in Palestine/Israel affected by the violence there, those affected by gun violence, those affected by war, the people being held in unconscionable circumstances in our unjust and racist criminal justice system, those being treated inhumanely as they try to find safe harbor in our country of abundance, those being trafficked and abused, our beautiful planet which often feels like she is in her own death throes, and all those who feel disconnected from the rest of humanity. With God's help. . .
power to the peaceful!


Aims: Egg parasitoids, Trichogramma are recognised as natural enemies of many lepidoptera pests worldwide. In Kenya, a number of indigenous parasitoids species have been recovered. We evaluated the relative preference (parasitism) by four Trichogrammatid egg parasitoid species/strains, namely, T. sp. nr. mwanzai (L), T. sp. nr. lutea (H), T. sp. nr. mwanzai (M) and T. sp. nr. lutea (M) for the African bollworm Helicoverpa armigera on two of its host plants, tomato and okra usually intercropped in smallholder farms in Kenya. Study Design: Host parasitism on host plants. Methodology: Evaluations of parasitism for H. armigera by Trichogrammatid species/strains on Tomato and Okra in bioassays in both laboratory and field cages, in choice and no-choice conditions were undertaken. Results: In general, species/strains exhibited significant differences in parasitism for the host (F=2.8; df =3, 7; P= 0.05) but neither the host plant nor host plant x species/strain interaction affected parasitism. Chi-square analyses showed no significant preference by species/strains between the two host plants although there was greater tendency by the parasitoids to go for H. armigera on okra than tomato. Conclusion: The results give useful insights in planning for augmentation biological control of H. armigera in mixed farming agroecosystems. The four Trichogrammatids could effectively be used in augmentation programs in the tomato-okra cropping systems.


Wild boar in hunting sauce (21%) (wild boar meat 18%, onion, white wine, extra virgin olive oil, brandy, salt and spices), bacon, chicken liver, extra virgin olive oil, butter, onion, Oporto wine, sugar and spices.
Felix soto wild boar pate is always a convenient and delicious way to quickly prepare a snack or meal.
We recommend serving cold and mixing in the superficial layer of fat after opening.


There is no ONE right way to make a certain video for your agency. You may see some of the videos in this blog and think, "I like the concept, but not that video." And that is fine. The point of this blog is not to show you the exact way to create videos but to give you video concepts to consider.
I will show you videos examples and then discuss briefly the value and benefits of that TYPE of video (not the video layout itself).
There are many things you can do with videos, but the next few ideas will be a good springboard to diving into video.
One of the most important videos your agency can have is the about us video. Think about it from the standpoint of those searching for insurance. In a 20 mile radius of your office there are a couple dozen or even a couple hundred other agents who have the same companies, products, and value statements.
The about us video can give you an edge by making your agency personable and giving you a chance to showcase why your agency is different than all those other agents who offer the same service.
Make sure your about us video is visible on social channels and website where prospects can easily find it while checking you out.
Can we all agree that insurance is a little complex? One of the best ways to help your prospects or clients understand coverage is through video.
This can come in handy when it comes to educating prospects, selling, and even cross-selling.
Sometimes it is more efficient and effective to send a video explanation than it is to explain something over the phone.
Making a habit of backing your selling with a product video helps you demonstrate your expertise and also gives the prospects something they can take "home" with them to review again and again.
If you really want to show your prospects what it is like to interact with you then a vlog is perfect. This allows your audience to get an inside look at how you conduct yourself every day and the type of person you are.
Not only can you establish yourself as a certain image, you can also educate your clients and use it as a selling tool.
The cool thing about vlogging is that you can make it about more than just insurance. For example: If your agency focuses on total well being, physical, mental and financial well being, your vlog can cover all these things.
Another example could be if you are the "fitness insurance gal" your vlog can focus on healthy living, fitness, etc... giving you a huge competitive advantage when selling to gyms, studios, fitness instructors, and so on.
As an insurance advisor, your job is to educate. Why not do it in video form?
Anytime you take time to create videos to educate on topics you are showcasing your expertise and establishing yourself as trustworthy.
You can use this type of video as content for social media, to add depth to your blogs, to add insight to product pages or even to send to prospects during the sales process.
Just make sure that you are truly adding value and answering questions.
Not always the most professional looking videos, but these videos are great on social media especially Facebook.
These quick videos tend to grab the attention of the audience more effectively than other styles of videos. They are great for grabbing the aduience's attention then getting them to take an action.
If you are looking to get better engagement or views on your Facebook content then this is a great video style. It can also be great for social ads if your focus is lead generation or growth.
Take individual pain points of your ideal prospects and educate them on how to alleviate that pain.
The video style you choose will depend on your agency. What are your goals? Where can your agency increase effectiveness? How can you better your customer's experience?
Once you take a step back and view how you want to market your agency and the potential impact video can have on your agency is the moment you want to decide the type of videos to use in your agency.
I don't suggest simply jumping into video because something seems fun or intriguing. Find out what your agency can really do with video then dive in!


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About Us Company Summary
Somnogen is an early stage pharmaceutical Company, launched by highly acclaimed sleep research expert, S.R. Pandi-Perumal. Its global headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada and its operational headquarters are scheduled to launch in south India during Q1, 2011. The Company aspires to develop and sell products in the rapidly growing India market and beyond. Somnogen specializes in sleep related therapeutic medications and treatments for sleep disorders, such as insomnia. Sleep is an important issue from personal, societal, and public health standpoints. Somnogen is positioned not only as pharmaceutical Company, but also as a life-style brand. In addition to selling sleep therapeutics, we strive to educate the public about healthy, "well-rested" living. Treatment of sleep disorders, particularly insomnia is uncommon and the sleep therapy market is reasonably unknown in India; based on our research, the vast majority of the general public remains unaware of sleeping disorders and/or available remedies. As a sleep focussed Company guided by leaders in the field, Somnogen has the opportunity to establish itself as pioneer in this niche industry. Assuming success in India, Somnogen will use its resources and reputation to expand to neighbouring markets before going global.
To establish a number of wholly owned subsidiaries, foster joint ventures for the transfer, delivery and uptake of appropriate products and services, and to establish representative offices at strategic locations across the globe which will enable Somnogen to expand rapidly into a truly global player in the pharmaceutical industry. The aim is to deliver concrete value to the stakeholders and promote the development of sustainable market condition for Somnogen.
Somnogen
is proud to be carbon-neutral and engage actively in outreach initiatives with community partners to increase visibility and awareness for socially responsible causes.
At Somnogen, we are committed in reducing our environmental impact through the advancement and use of technology and ensure that the sustainable business practices are one of our top policy agenda. It is our intention to operate our production in an as environmentally friendly way as we can.
Our green strategy and procedures are designed to make all employees, visitors and suppliers aware of their actions and contributions that may make an impact on the environment.


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[[Presentations]]: Are there any modern lists of speakers about the projects simiar to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/speakers ? I bet that as a group we could get speaker or panel invitations to a number of digital library, elearning, linguistics, &c conferences for people who were really up on the latest efforts to improve each of the projects -- once we knew there were speakers to fill the bill. Is there someplace other than [[Presentations]] and [[Posters]] where people are expected to share new media? I see a different set on slideshare. [[Marketing]] : Arne and elian and guillom, call your office :) this page has helpful links, even if they are out of date. WMDOC for instance... I liked this idea a lot, though it takes a lot of effort for the first edition. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDOC/matrix Do we have a modern press kit? I was looking for one the other day... Elian's is still up on meta, but not updated. That page should be tagged with a link to the current equivalent, or at least marked historical. Has anyone been working on this sort of effort more recently? Sj, Looking over not-quite-historical pages,
Austin Hair
2 Aug 2 Aug
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Samuel Klein<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do we have a modern press kit? I was looking for one the other day... Elian's is still up on meta, but not updated. That page should be tagged with a link to the current equivalent, or at least marked historical. Has anyone been working on this sort of effort more recently?
I went looking for this, not long ago, and was surprised to find that the most recent general-purpose press kit was the one we made up for WM05. I have to say that I felt kind of silly handing out the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. annual report at Maker Faire. Austin
The annual report is pretty shiny. Did people like it? Who did that layout and design? The 'news' parts of the annual would make for a good one-pager in a modern kit. And a monthly summary of Signpost, Kurier, and equivalent zines with a handful of photos might make another one... S. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Austin Hair<adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Samuel Klein<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The annual report is pretty shiny. Did people like it? Who did that layout and design? The 'news' parts of the annual would make for a good one-pager in a modern kit. And a monthly summary of Signpost, Kurier, and equivalent zines with a handful of photos might make another one...
It's shiny, for sure, but the average spectator didn't care. The most effective handouts, actually, were the B&W xeroxed flash cards highlighting projects people hadn't heard of. ("I use Wikipedia all the time, but I had no idea there was a Wiktionary!") The zines would have actually been great, if we had only thought of it. I think everyone will agree that we need to come up with a better event kit, and at least two of the current proposals on the strategy wiki refer to that. I don't think we need to wait for any kind of formal process to get started on it, though. Austin
phoebe ayers
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Austin Hair<adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think everyone will agree that we need to come up with a better event kit, and at least two of the current proposals on the strategy wiki refer to that. I don't think we need to wait for any kind of formal process to get started on it, though. Austin
Funny you should mention this :) I recently started http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events_kit based on a very similar conversation. Just a stub now -- please add to it. Hopefully the bookshelf project will come up with some shiny fliers etc. that can be used for events, but in the meantime we *really* need a nice-looking one page overview about the projects to hand out -- any graphic designers up for this? And of course a new press kit too (there must be one -- is it just not on meta? Anyone?) -- phoebe
K. Peachey
Hopefully the bookshelf project will come up with some shiny fliers etc. that can be used for events, but in the meantime we *really* need a nice-looking one page overview about the projects to hand out -- any graphic designers up for this? And of course a new press kit too (there must be one -- is it just not on meta? Anyone?) -- phoebe
Not exactly a graphics designer but i'm pretty handy with InDesign so there is the content somewhere I can try to make something from it. - Peachey
Nemo_bis
phoebe ayers, 02/08/2009 08:50:
in the meantime we *really* need a nice-looking one page overview about the projects to hand out -- any graphic designers up for this? And of course a new press kit too
I suppose local chapters have many... See Wikimedia Italia last one: http://www.wikimedia.it/images/Guida_Wiki2009_folder_8facce.pdf (text refined by WM-IT members in years of experience, graphics donated by Diskos, a graphics school, for the Digital freedoms festival: http://www.libertadigitali.org/). Nemo
Guillaume Paumier
Hello, On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Samuel Klein<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
[[Presentations]]: Are there any modern lists of speakers about the projects simiar to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/speakers ?
Not to my knowledge.
Is there someplace other than [[Presentations]] and [[Posters]] where people are expected to share new media?
No. But these pages are not publicised a lot.
[[Marketing]] : Arne and elian and guillom, call your office :) this page has helpful links, even if they are out of date. WMDOC for instance... I liked this idea a lot, though it takes a lot of effort for the first edition. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDOC/matrix
WMDOC is not "out-of-date"; I started it a few weeks ago, but since I'm the only person working on these documents, it takes a lot of time.
I worked with Sandra Ordonez (the foundation's previous Communications Manager) on a new one. When Sandra was replaced by Jay, Jay told me a new press kit wasn't his priority. As a consequence, I am working on it alone (as part of WMDOC), as a volunteer, and it takes a lot of time. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Guillaume Paumier<guillom.pom(a)gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Guillom.
True. They need a set of navigation links, for one.
Yes, that's why linked to it. I mean that some of the links there may be old, but they are all helpful.
I worked with Sandra Ordonez (the foundation's previous Communications Manager) on a new one. When Sandra was replaced by Jay, Jay told me a new press kit wasn't his priority. As a consequence, I am working on it alone (as part of WMDOC), as a volunteer, and it takes a lot of time.
Ah, that rings a bell. I tied these two subjects together because every time someone attends an event at a booth or as a speaker, they have a need for one of those docs, and often work on one (in private). If we get more organized about helping people go present, it will lead to a better WMDOC library. It's worth pinging the people who have submitted presentations so far. I added a few navigation guides to help improve traffic to those parts of Meta. Sj
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