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Response to OfS announcement about unconditional offers
Response to OfS...
Following the announcement by the Office for Students (OfS) on Friday 25th January 2019, University Centre Peterborough have confirmed that they do not offer 'unconditional offers' to students before they have achieved their qualifications.
The OfS has warned universities and other higher education providers that indiscriminately use of 'unconditional offers' is akin to pressure selling and could put them in breach of consumer law.
Over the last six years, there has been a growing trend of universities across the UK offering 'unconditional offers' to students to increase recruitment. Data provided by UCAS has shown the percentage of 18 year students in the UK who received an 'unconditional offer' increased from 1.1% (3,000) in 2013 to 22.9% (117,000) in 2018.
The impact of 'unconditional offers' has become more wide-spread across the UK and the region with the highest proportion is the East of England.
Despite this concerning trend, in the last year, University Centre Peterborough has seen a 100% increase of 18 year students starting an undergraduate degree compared to the previous year and a 66% increase of 18 to 20 year old students. This increase year on year has been achieved by following best practice of not offering 'unconditional offers' to students, but University Centre Peterborough firmly believe that this increase in students would have been much higher if there was not the widespread recruitment tactic of other universities offering 'unconditional offers'.
Liz Knight, Academic Director at University Centre Peterborough said: "At University Centre Peterborough we do not give unconditional offers before students achieve their grades as we believe it sets students up to fail. In life it is important to work hard and meet expectations and this means that those entering university on an unconditional offer do not do this. Students are actually attending university without achieving a level 3 qualification. For the last two years we have written to schools in Peterborough stating that we do not believe in the practice of offering unconditional offers to applicants who have not completed their level 3 qualification. As an educational institution we have adopted a responsible, ethical and professional approach and will continue to act in this manner."
University Centre Peterborough have been working closely with sixth forms, colleges and careers advisors to provide information and guidance to students and we have been aware of their concerns and which universities have been using this recruitment method to secure students in a highly competitive market.
Mr Tom Reilly, Head of Sixth Form at St John Fisher Catholic High School in Peterborough said "At least a third of our Year 13 students received an unconditional offer last year. Unconditional offers are really unhelpful to us as a school because they contradict the message that we continually give sixth formers that hard work will lead to success. However, just as we are pushing this hard work message a University gives a student an unconditional offer inviting them to join their course without any need to work or succeed at A-level or in their Level 3 course. Fortunately, the vast majority of our students ignored the unconditional offer in favour of universities offering grades which they achieved."
Unfortunately the report has not named and shamed which universities are more culpable than others, but University Centre Peterborough are proud not to have resorted to these recruitment tactics and continue to ensure that students achieve their qualifications. In order for students and parents to make informed decisions about their offers, they should be aware which universities offer the most 'unconditional offers', especially as the report from the OfS highlighted that applicants who accept an 'unconditional offer' are more likely to miss their predicted A-level grades by two or more grades.
On the OfS announcement, Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of the OfS, said: "We are concerned about the rapid rise in unconditional offers, particularly those with strings attached which are akin to pressure selling. It is plainly not in students' interests to push them to accept an offer that may not be their best option. Whatever admissions practices universities choose to use, they should clearly be encouraging students to make the decision that is right for them, and not the decision that best suits the university. If we identify cases where unconditional offers are having an obvious negative impact on students' choices or outcomes, we are of course prepared to intervene."
REPORT LINKS:
OfS report: Data analysis of unconditional offer-making
OfS Insight: Unconditional offers - Serving the interests of students?


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Dusk Of Delusion – Watch Your 6
Spell – Opulent Decay
Dool – Summerland
Label: Prophecy Productions / Release date: 10th April 2020
Dool- Summerland - 85%
First glance at the cover and for a moment there, one wonders if this is another remix of Trentemøller's Into the Great Wide Yonder, but no, this is something quite different, with perhaps only that gorgeously dark aura about it, that is similar to Trentemøller.
Sophomore album by DOOL sees the Dutch quintet unfolding noticeably more in just about all directions, while at the same time staying very much true to the footing established on the strong 2017 debut Here Now, There Then.
The growth on this album is not necessarily that of additionally broadening their musical inspirations and touching upon even more genres. What it primarily is, is growth of the band as a whole and their ability to create more focused work, while at the same time maintaining their broad spectra of artistic expression.
On Summerland the band is even better at carefully balancing the countless influences, which helps band's own identity to not only shine through, but actually dominate the nine-track album. Influences shift between general dark rock Benelux scene, the overall impact of The Sisters Of Mercy, the power of properly executed repetitive patterns of Swans, hauntingly enchanting arrangements of Bel Canto or Faith And The Muse and even the uncanny resemblance of the singer's Ryanne van Dorst's voice and vocal approach to that that of Flowing Tears and their vocalist Stefanie Duchêne.
But while the influences are there and they are at times quite apparent, the overall feel of Summerland is that of confident band at prime of their creativity and hunger, which undeniably marks this album with its own DNA.
Balance is in many way the keyword for this release, with band juggling between almost poppy and infectiously catchy songs ("Sulphur & Starlight", "Ode to the Future") on one side of the spectra and more epic and heavy in form and expression ("Dust & Shadow", "Summerland") on the other. And then there is everything in between, and common for it all is that is't almost painfully well balanced; be it the instrumentation, mix, intensity or just about anything else.
Throughout the album the band maintains the hypnotic and at first glance slow-moving pace, but keeping the music ever dynamic and interesting thanks to creative arrangements, one strong melody after another and guitar work that might not be in-your-face, but it's extremely interesting and one of the main driving forces of the songs, ensuring their push/pull and in that their very vitality.
Overall Summerland is a big step forward for DOOL, without it using much of a different formula than on its predecessor. That is an insignia of genuine growth as a collective and individuals. It's a collection of music which bubbles with creativity and seductive determination and which embraces the listener gently, yet with razor sharp touch.
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Wow. Just Fk'n Wow! I've been gone from here for over a year. I can't believe that when I come back, This is still being discussed. What the hell is there to discuss? Controlled Demolition brought down all 3 buildings. Trust Your Eyes for Godz Sakes. Simple. Done. Wow. Just WOW!!
TheAbove
Exactly!!!
More testimony:
"What happened with Building 7 is incredibly suspicious. I have video that shows how curiously small the rubble pile was, and how the buildings to either side were untouched by Building 7 when it collapsed. It had not been hit by an airplane; it had suffered only minor injuries when the Twin Towers collapsed, and there were only small fires on a couple of floors. There's no way that building could have imploded the way it did without controlled demolition. Yet the collapse of Building 7 was hardly mentioned by the mainstream media and suspiciously ignored by the 9/11 Commission."
--Kurt Sonnenfeld, director of broadcast operations for the FEMA's National Emergency Response Team and its official videographer. He was sent to Ground Zero on 9/11. He filmed for a month and produced 29 tapes.
And let's not forget that both CNN and the BBC reported on the collapse of WTC7 almost a half hour before it even happened. In the case of the BBC, when reporter Jane Standley was reporting live about the collapse, WTC7 could be seen in the background during the actual report. Conveniently enough, Richard Porter of BBC said that they no longer have the tapes of their own 9/11 coverage.
So, no evidence of columns being actively cut simultaneously from the video, photographic, audio, seismic evidence.
"By 2010, there was still no explanation for the collapse of Building 7 that satisfied the members of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Furthermore, their attempts to gain access to the NIST's Building 7 collapse-analysis data have been rebuffed. 'Most troubling is the reason given for the denial,' wrote retired NASA flight engineer Dwain Deets for OpEdNews. 'The Director of NIST has determined that release of the information might jeopardize public safety. [emphasis in original.]"
Marrs, p. 111
Richard Porter of BBC said that they no longer have the tapes of their own 9/11 coverage.
Porter is the former script writer for Top Gear, not head of the news or archive.
He is most famous for getting decked by Clarkson.
originally posted by: contextual
To clarify: Richard Porter was a spokesperson for BBC.
He made those statements in a BBC press release.
By 2010, there was still no explanation for the collapse of Building 7 that satisfied the members of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
Why would there be. They make money by keeping the mythology of conspiracy alive. State a definitive answer, they are out of business.
Most troubling is the reason given for the denial,' wrote retired NASA flight engineer Dwain Deets for OpEdNews. 'The Director of NIST has determined that release of the information might jeopardize public safety.
So no new building codes were a result of the NIST investigation. Seems like the NIST investigation has increased public safety. New Codes Richard Gage thinks are are not needed.
So. Still no evidence of columns being actively cut simultaneously from the video, photographic, audio, seismic evidence.
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Exclusive interview: continuous positive results in the Construction of a Community with a shared Future between China and Laos-- an interview with Jiang Zaidong, Chinese Ambassador to Laos
Vientiane, 15 Nov (Xinhua)-- an interview with Jiang Zaidong, Chinese ambassador to Laos,
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jianhua
In an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters a few days ago, Chinese Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong said that bilateral relations between China and Laos are currently in the best period in history. In April this year, the leaders of the two countries signed the Action Plan for Building a Community with a shared Future between China and Laos, which provided guidance and compliance for the long-term development of China-Laos relations and ushered in a new era of China-Laos relations. With the implementation of the action plan, positive results have been achieved in the building of a community with a shared future between China and Laos.
First, the top leaders of the two parties and countries maintain the tradition of annual meetings and strengthen strategic communication on major issues in bilateral relations and the international and regional situation in a timely manner. The two sides carried out omni-directional, multi-level and institutional exchanges and dialogue, and learned from each other to learn from each other's experience in managing the party's administration. The two sides also strengthen cooperation in the field of national defense and public security, closely cooperate in international and regional affairs, and earnestly safeguard common interests.
Second, China's "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative and Laos's "land-locked country into a joint land country" strategy to speed up docking. As a major project of "Belt and Road Initiative", the construction of the China-Laos railway is progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of 2021. The Vientiane-Wanrong Expressway is progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. In the first three quarters of this year, bilateral trade volume between China and Laos reached US $2.86 billion, an increase of 18.7 percent over the same period last year. China has become Laos's second largest trading partner and the largest source of foreign investment.
Third, as of this year, the total number of Lao students who have won Chinese government scholarships has exceeded 4000, ranking among the highest among ASEAN countries. About 15000 Lao students study in China, ranking second among ASEAN countries and eighth out of 196 countries and regions in the world. The Chinese fever is in the ascendant in Laos, and the Lao Chinese Cultural Center and the Confucius Institute of the National University have become a new platform for cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries. 2019 is the "year of tourism between China and the elderly." in the first three quarters of this year, the number of Chinese tourists reached 757000, an increase of 26 percent over the same period last year.
Jiang Zaidong said: with the in-depth development of Sino-Lao relations, the friendly exchanges between the two peoples have become increasingly close. Since 2002, there have been 11 groups of 119 young Chinese volunteers to engage in Chinese teaching, physical education, medical and health, information technology counterpart exchange support. Since 2004, more than 400 Chinese teaching volunteers have gone deep into remote and poor areas of Laos to send "Chinese light" to primary and middle school students.
Jiang Zaidong said that he was deeply moved by the enthusiastic people of the two countries who spontaneously went to the hospital to take care of the injured and donate materials in the course of dealing with the serious traffic accidents that occurred on the Chinese tourist bus on August 19 this year. Let the injured and their families feel the warmth of borderless. This year, many provinces in Laos have been hit by major floods, and Chinese-funded enterprises have shown their strengths while organizing donations and helping to build bridges and roads in the disaster areas. It can be said that the people of the two countries have always been watching and helping each other, interpreting the common aspirations of the people with practical actions, and laying a solid foundation of public opinion for the building of a community with a shared future between China and Laos.
"I believe that with the joint efforts of both sides, the building of a community with a shared future between China and Laos will certainly take root and blossom and bear fruit." Jiang Zaidong said.
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Judge Steven R. Nation of Hamilton County Superior Court awarded $5,000 to Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program, an early intervention program for at-risk youth and their families.
Freedom Kolb, special projects officer for Hamilton South Eastern Schools, awarded $5,000 to Child Advocates to enable Hamilton County residents to attend Undoing Racism Workshops at no cost.
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Q: How can I stop the closing of a Java application I have a Java Desktop application and I would like when the user selects Exit to get a pop-up window that asks him if he wants to proceed with closing the application or not. I know how to make the window come up and read the user's response but what I need to know is how I can stop the application from closing (something like System.close().cancel()).
Is that possible?

A: Yes it is possible.
After calling setDefaultCloseOperation(DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE), add a WindowListener or WindowAdapter and in the windowClosing(WindowEvent) method, pop a JOptionPane.
int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(frame, "Exit the application?");
if (result==JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
    System.exit(0);
}

A: You can add a window listener. (Note: WindowAdapter is in the java.awt.event package)
myframe.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
        // do something
    }
});

A: After setting the setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE); to your JFrame or JDialog, add a windows listener :
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent arg0) {
            int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog((Component) null, "Do u really want to exit ?!",
                    "Confirmation", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
            if (result == 0) {
                System.exit(0);
            } else {

            }
        }
    });

A: On your JFrame, you have to set a defaultCloseOperation:
JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);

Then set your pop-up's closing operation to EXIT_ON_CLOSE.

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Relax in the spa
Dubai has established itself as a luxury destination, appealing to wealthy visitors with plenty of money to spend. Many luxury hotels feature opulent guest suites and very expensive restaurants, as well as beautiful spas. After a day of sunbathing, sightseeing and shopping, take a relaxing break in one of the enormous spa complexes.
The Assawan Spa
A 7-star spa
The landmark Burj Al Arab is the only (self-proclaimed) 7-star hotel in the world and of course offers a 7-star spa. The Assawan Spa on the 18th floor offers a panoramic view of the city and the Palm islands. But most guests come here to relax and enjoy one of the dozens of treatments on offer, ranging from Ayurvedic candle wax treatments to herbal compresses. The signature spa treatment is an hour-and-a-half massage that uses a mixture of Japanese, Thai, Swedish and Balinese techniques.
Ancient Constantinople bath ritual
5-star bath ritual
The showpiece of the vast One&Only Spa is the oriental hammam that offers a bath ritual inspired by ancient Constantinople transported to a 5-star luxury setting. The entire ritual takes 2 hours: first you are washed and scrubbed, then wrapped in detoxifying clay. Next you are given a facial treatment with honey and finally a relaxing body massage.
Lime Spa: wellness temple in the desert
Wellness temple
The Desert Palm designer hotel is located in the desert on the outskirts of Dubai. The hotel's wellness temple offers a large menu of spa treatments. Choose a facial with protein-rich caviar, a cleansing sea salt scrub or a soothing shiatsu massage. Compile your own spa package by choosing several treatments that are combined into a seamless 2-and-a-half hour or half-day spa session.
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For the residents of the United Arab Emirates, Friday is like Sunday in the west – a quiet, lazy day of rest. On the first day of the weekend, restaurants try to outdo each other with delectable gourmet brunch buffets. Oysters served on shaved ice, crab, lobster and crispy Peking duck are among just some of the delicacies offered. Decadence is a virtue, as it is after all the most festive meal of the week.
In the mini state of Dubai, home to 600 hotels of which 65 are 5 stars or higher, it will take a lot more to impress guests than a simple bottle of wine or free Wi-Fi in their room. How about a hot tub with a view of 65,000 bright fish in a subtropical lagoon? Or perhaps a dining table at a ski slope while the outside temperature rises above 40 degrees?
It is no longer the largest shopping centre in the world − that title has belonged to The Dubai Mall since 2008 − but the Mall of the Emirates is definitely still the craziest shopping centre in the world. It has a ski slope, après-ski bar and ski chalets, hundreds of clothing stores and approximately 100 bars and restaurants. The mall is also home to two 5-star hotels, a theatre, a multiplex cinema and the largest Harvey Nichols outside of England.
There is no shortage of sun, sea and sand in Dubai – although finding a free beach can be a challenge. The lion's share of beaches are owned by the large resorts, so those who are not guests of the Four Seasons, Hilton or Madinat Jumeirah may have a hard time finding a place to spread their towel. But don't worry, it may take a bit of effort but even in hyper-expensive Dubai there are free beaches.
A day at the beach in Dubai doesn't have to cost a thing, but it is a lot more fun to relax on a comfortable chaise in the shade with a glass of chilled white wine and a dozen oysters. While there are dozens of classy beach clubs to choose from, most clubs are part of the best 5-star hotels and range from comfortable and pricy to luxurious and outrageously expensive.
With more than 1200 shops, 120 restaurants and cafés, an enormous aquarium with 30,000 fish, and an Olympic skating rink, the Dubai Mall is a spectacular attraction. Shop at Marc Jacobs and Manolo Blahnik and eat at Ping Pong Dim Sum or Yo Sushi. Enjoy a few rounds on the skating rink when the outside temperature soars to 40 degrees, or relax in a bubble bath at Acqua di Parma.
Whether you prefer countless shopping centres, theme parks or colourful souks, there is no reason to be bored in Dubai. Those who are looking for some peace and quiet may head to one of the many beaches and forget the hustle and bustle of the city. A tour along Dubai's best beaches.
From the moment you step off the plane in Dubai you will embark on an unforgettable experience. The term 'shop 'til you drop' seems to have been invented here. The selection of shops ranges from small individually owned businesses to the world's most exclusive designer stores; there is never a dull moment when it comes to shopping in Dubai.
Roaring engines, enormous sand trails and deep tyre tracks in the dunes: a desert safari is a popular excursion for visitors to Dubai. Race across the blistering hot sand in a large four-wheel drive, or maybe ski down some sand dunes – anything is possible in Dubai.
Nobody knows for how long the Burj Khalifa will continue to be the highest tower in the world. For now, the impressive 829.84-metre-high building in Dubai still holds this record. To get an idea of just how tall the Burj Khalifa is, it is twice as high as the imposing Empire State Building in New York.
Although many visitors regard Dubai as one big amusement park, the city actually features several real amusement parks. Enormous water slides, real-life movie studios, camel rides and even indoor skiing; everything is possible in Dubai.
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Sleep Brain and Mental Performance Computers and Medicine Medical Technology
Enhancing deep sleep
Image: The SleepLoop system developed by ETH researchers emits a sound at the right time to amplify the slow brain waves. Photograph Credit: SleepLoop ETH Zurich
Researchers have developed a wearable device that plays specific sounds to enhance deep sleep. The first clinical study has now shown that the device is effective, but not at the same level of effectiveness for everyone.
Many people, especially the elderly, suffer from abnormal sleep. In particular, the deep sleep phases become shorter and shallower with age. Deep sleep is important for the regeneration of the brain and memory, and also has a positive influence on the cardiovascular system.
Researchers have shown that the brain waves characterizing deep sleep, so-called slow waves, can be improved by playing precisely timed sounds through earphones while sleeping. While this works well in the sleep laboratory under controlled conditions, there has thus far been no at home solution that can be used longer than just one night.
SleepLoop to the rescue
As part of the SleepLoop project, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a mobile system that can be used at home and aims to promote deep sleep through auditory brain stimulation.
The SleepLoop system consists of a headband that is put on at bedtime and worn throughout the night. This headband contains electrodes and a microchip that constantly measure the brain activity of the person sleeping. Data from this is analysed autonomously in real-time on the microchip using custom software. As soon as the sleeping person shows slow waves in the brain activity characterising deep sleep, the system triggers a short auditory signal (clicking). This helps to synchronise the neuronal cells and enhance the slow waves. What makes the solution unique is that the person sleeping is not conciously aware of this sound during deep sleep.
The first clinical study
Researchers from ETH Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, led by Caroline Lustenberger, group leader at the Neural Control of Movement Lab, have conducted a clinical study with this device for the first time. The results have just been published in the journal Communications Medicine.
The study involved equipping participants, between 60 -- 80 years old, with the SleepLoop system, which they were required to operate themselves in their own home. The system is designed to function independently even by users with little technical experience. "This worked very well. We had surprisingly little data loss and the participants rated the device as user-friendly," says Lustenberger.
They wore the device every night for a total of four weeks, with the auditory stimulation given on a nightly basis for two weeks and no stimulation for the next two weeks. Neither the subjects nor the researchers knew in which two weeks the auditory signals were played and in which two they were not.
Auditory stimulation is indeed feasible
The results of 16 participants of the study show that it was indeed possible to enhance the slow waves through auditory signals during deep sleep in most participants. However, the individual differences were extensive with some of the subjects responding very well to the stimuli, while others responded minimally or not at all.
According to Lustenberger, the question of whether a person reacted to a stimulus did not depend on their well-being during the day. "Some people generally responded well to the stimuli and clearly showed enhanced slow waves, while others showed no response, regardless of their daily well-being."
The researchers have used these individual differences to better predict how a given individual will respond to the auditory stimulus. This in turn helps them to optimise and improve the performance of SleepLoop.
On track for market launch
A spin-off company Tosoo AG, is currently working on developing the device further and preparing it for the clinical market. It is already clear that it will not be freely available, but only via a doctor's prescription.
"This is a medical device, not just a wellness consumer product you can order online when you have trouble sleeping," emphasises Walter Karlen, who developed the technology at ETH Zurich. 1 Karlen has been appointed Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Ulm University in May 2021. "Use of the device must be medically indicated and supervised by a doctor," he says. Further development of the technology will now continue also in Ulm.
This article was written by Peter Ruegg at ETH Zurich
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Are you one of those crafters that saves every empty jar from the kitchen? Jelly, pickles, capers, etc, they all get washed and turned into some sort of craft project, don't they? What do you do with the lids if you don't use them? That's when you turn to the kids and make a fun recycled lid craft like this one!
This cute recycled lid craft is made from different sized jar lids, glitter paint, some googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. It's a great project for Earth Day, which is approaching quickly!
I always have a stack of jar lids waiting in the craft drawer. If I use jars to make luminaries or other jar crafts, I never throw out the lids. There are just too many possibilities!
For these, paint the lids with white paint first, to cover up any words or patterns from the original lid design. Then coat them with a generous amount of glitter paint. While the paint is still dry, add the googly eyes. This saves you the step of gluing them on.
When they are completely dry, turn them over and glue the pipe cleaners in place for the legs.
Paint the lids with two coats of white paint, allowing the paint to dry between coats.
Paint each lid with a generous amount of glitter paint.
While paint is still wet, position two goggly eyes on each lid. Allow paint to dry completely.
Cut pipe cleaners into thirds. Turn lids over and hot glue pipe cleaners to the inside of the lid for the legs. You can bend them so that the legs are straight out to the sides or erect.
These are super cute!I am off to pin them.
Great idea for the grandkids. I've discovered your site from a post at Dollar Store Crafts.
AWWWW How Cute.. I always have lids that either the jar got used for something else or they've gotten broken. Now I know what to use those lids for LOL. Thanks for posting this.


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El objetivo es que si se inserta un dato con id 1, el campo registro tenga CQ-1 tambien y asi sucesivamente con todos los datos.

A: Al final simplemente coloque el CONCAT('CQ-'), tambien me di cuenta de que el campo registro no era de tipo Varchar sino INT
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'Tis Tuesday — 'tis Hellboy — let us Trailer.
On the reports that critics aren't being allowed to screen the new Hellboy movie in advance, this kind of trailer gives you a pretty good case as to why: gratuitous visceral violence. Guess I'd better make plans to see this twice; bloody fingers crossed!
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Morgan Stanley Discovery seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in high-quality established and emerging companies with capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell Midcap Growth Index. To help achieve its objective, the investment team seeks companies with sustainable competitive advantages, strong free-cash-flow yields and favorable returns on invested capital trends. They focus on long-term growth rather than short-term events, with their stock selection informed by rigorous fundamental analysis.
Counterpoint Global believes that it may achieve value-added investment results more consistently through bottom-up analysis and qualitative judgment rather than through top-down forecasting. Additionally, the team holds that optimal stock selection is primarily a function of making long-term investments in companies with: inherent sustainable competitive advantages (such as a patent portfolio, a network or community effect, etc.); brand-name recognition; the ability to redeploy capital at high rates of return; and strong free-cash-flow yield three to five years in the future. These characteristics, in the team's view, provide the potential for consistent long-term growth and competitive returns.
The team believes that the development of insights is valuable to the investment process, and guiding principles combined with intellectual and process flexibility are critical to strong decision-making in pursuit of attractive investments.
The team's culture is shaped by four core values that are cultivated and reinforced in many ways: intellectual curiosity and flexibility, perspective, self-awareness and partnership.
The team's reading network includes more than 100 investor and non-investor participants at Morgan Stanley, leverages the distributed knowledge of the firm and encourages cross-disciplinary thinking. Each week the team circulates articles, essays and thought pieces from a wide range of sources outside mainstream Wall Street in order to help enhance its knowledge and inform investment decisions.
The investment team analyzes companies across the market-capitalization spectrum, and each team member typically follows more than one industry where the business models are distinctly different.
The team generates investment ideas through an ongoing set of activities: (i) involvement in contact networks across industries and in the investment management business; (ii) its reading network; (iii) its focus on Return on Invested Capital and free-cash-flow yield; (iv) team discussions; (v) the identification of patterns; (iv) conventional-valuation and coverage biases, among others; and (vii) continual research on current company holdings.
The team's portfolios are actively managed and built to maximize expected value. Company weightings are primarily determined by the quality of the idea and the team's conviction. Each member of the investment team helps drive stock-picking, with at least two of the three most senior members typically involved in final construction decisions. The team expects its portfolios to be well-diversified, and reviews factor analysis on a monthly basis in order to ensure the portfolio's risk is more idiosyncratic than systematic.
There is no assurance that a strategy will achieve its investment objective. Portfolios are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the portfolio will decline. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this strategy. Please be aware that this strategy may be subject to certain additional risks. In general, equity securities' values also fluctuate in response to activities specific to a company. Stocks of medium-capitalization companies entail special risks, such as limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and greater market volatility than securities of larger, more established companies. Investments in foreign markets entail special risks such as currency, political, economic, and market risks. The risks of investing in emerging market countries are greater than the risks generally associated with investments in foreign developed countries. Privately placed and restricted securities may be subject to resale restrictions as well as a lack of publicly available information, which will increase their illiquidity and could adversely affect the ability to value and sell them (liquidity risk).
The Russell Midcap® Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell Midcap Index is a subset of the Russell 1000 Index and includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities in the Russell 1000 Index, which in turn consists of approximately 1,000 of the largest U.S. securities based on a combination of market capitalization and current index membership.


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Friday: check in starts at 3pm. Get your tent placement, explore the area and make some new friends before our welcome dinner at 7pm.
Saturday: the day will begin with a yoga movement class and we have speakers and workshops sprinkled on throughout the day with a lunch break. We will have dinner and a bonfire ceremony that evening.
Sunday: the day will begin with a yoga movement class followed by a nice light brunch to say good-byes to our new friends.
Our weekend is all-inclusive with meals and lodging (don't forget to bring bedding for our luxury tents!). Tickets are $720* with payment plans available.
Our women who warrior weekend was created for women, by women.
This weekend is built to get you in your body through movement, out of your head with workshops, and into your heart with a variety of powerful speakers.
It is for women who want to leave knowing more people and knowing themselves better. This includes the dreamer, the creative, the mom, the CEO, the inspired and more.
What if I've never been to a retreat before or don't know anyone going?
We would love to be your first retreat experience! We know it can be intimidating to go somewhere new without knowing anyone. But don't worry, our staff will be there to make you feel welcome and loved.
We recommend that you join the event Facebook group to get to know other attendees before you even arrive. This can also be helpful in arranging rides. Our hope is that you leave the Women Who Warrior Retreat with a solid group of down to earth, genuine, supportive friends.
Santa Barbara Airport is the closest airport. However, you can also fly into Santa Maria or LAX and rent a car.
It will be beautiful weather in Jalama in July with temperatures in the high 70's. We do receive a nice coastal wind, evenings can get a little chilly.
Yes, we will provide wine if you choose to partake.
Will there be cell phone or internet service?
There will be minimal service and no WiFi at the venue, but we promise you a better connection:) We will be encouraging a no cell phone atmosphere during your weekend.
Tickets are non-refundable, however, they are transferable on your own. This means Women Who Warrior will not handle this for you, but you can handle this independently with someone interested in buying your ticket.
Please email us at Connect@womenwhowarrior.com, we want to make sure you have an amazing event, so please don't hesitate to reach out if you need assistance.


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More Flooding in Central Europe
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The historic flooding throughout central Europe continues, as the Elbe River has broken through several dikes in northern Germany, and the crest of the swollen Danube River has reached southern Hungary, and threatens Serbia. Parts of Austria and the Czech Republic are now in recovery mode, as thousands of residents return home to recover what they can. Gathered here are images from the past several days of those affected by these continuing floods. See earlier entry: Flooding Across Central Europe. [24 photos]
A garden with a swimming pool is inundated by the waters of the Elbe River during floods near Magdeburg in the state of Saxony Anhalt, on June 10, 2013. Tens of thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuated from their homes as soldiers raced to pile up sandbags to hold back rising waters in the region's worst floods in a decade. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)
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Attila Kisbenedek
Balazs Mohai
central Germany
Christian Charisius
Christof Stache
Corrupt American City
Darko Milicic
Fischbeck
Game Co.
Gemenc Forest
Gemenci Forest
Geography of Germany
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JOHANNES EISELE
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Manuela Schmid
Mulde River
Nagymaros
Niesau
Peter Kohalmi
River Danube
Schoenebeck
Schoenhausen
Singerhof
Son Duo
southern Hungary
spilled heating oil
Talks Redesign
Tangermuende
the Matter With TV News
Tobias Schwarz
U.S. Army Intelligence Center
Uwe Peterle
Wolfgang Rattay
Flooding Across Central Europe
Heavy rainfall over Europe during the the past week has swollen many rivers past their flood stage, wreaking havoc unseen in decades across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic. At least 18 people across the region have been killed, and tens of thousands have been evacuated. In Germany, the crest of the Elbe River is now approaching the North Sea, as the swollen Danube River is surging toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Collected here are images from the past several days of those affected by these historic floods, even as meteorologists predict more rain over the coming weekend. [36 photos]
The city hall of Grimma, Germany, surrounded by floodwater, on June 3, 2013. Flooding has spread across a large area of central Europe following heavy rainfall in recent days. Eastern and southern Germany are suffering under floods that in some cases are the worst in 400 years. Tens of thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuated from their homes as soldiers raced to pile up sandbags to hold back rising waters in the region. (AP Photo/dpa, Jens Wolf)
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Eastern Germany
Emmersdorf
flooded heating oil tanks
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Inn river
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Jewell Faces
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Leonhard Foeger
Litomerice
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Matthias Schrader
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Michal Cizek
Mlekojedy
oil sheen
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Peter Bader
Petr Josek
Petra Breitenfeller
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river Vltava
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Driverless Cars Will Make Intersections So Efficient It's Scary
Driverless cars may be coming sooner than expected.
With companies like Google and Audi already working on ways to make our vehicles more autonomous and safe, we're left wondering what the future will look like once every car has that ability.
Today we found a simulation via The Atlantic Cities that answers how a four-way intersection could work in an era of driverless cars.
...driverless cars will make intersections much more efficient. Right now, you may wind up sitting at a red light for 45 seconds even though no one is passing through the green light in the opposite direction.
But you don't have to do that in a world where traffic flows according to computer communication instead of the systems that have been built with human behavior in mind.
The cars zoom and twist through the intersection, miraculously avoiding each other. While it seems quite scar,y there is much more to consider than red lights, green lights, and stop signs when computers are in control.
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TEDxTrieste 2/4/11 - Albrecht von Müller - The forgotten present
Prof. Dr. A. v. Muller is director of the Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking. He teaches philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and theory of thinking at SISSA (the International School for Advanced Studies,Trieste) where he is also co-director of the international masters program MCA. His two main fields of interest are the phenomenon of thinking and the concept of time. After a PhD on "Time and Logic" at the University of Munich, he worked for many years in the Max Planck Society, taught in parallel at the University of Munich, and was subsequently director of EUCIS (European Center for International Security). He developed the visual reasoning methodology "Eidos" that supports complex thinking and decision making processes and he served as scientific advisor to several governments, supranational institutions and some large corporations. Von Müller is member of two multi-disciplinary research centers at the University of Munich, the Human Science Center and the Munich Center for Neuroscience, partner at the methods and consulting firm Parmenides Innovation, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institutes of Neurobiology and Biochemistry. He is co-editor of the Springer book series "On Thinking". In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep <b>...</b>
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European Center for International Security
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Munich Center for Neuroscience
Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking
Parmenides Innovation
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The taps were flowing and the oom-pah bands were oom-pahing again in Germany. It's Oktoberfest time, and the world's largest festival celebrating beer reportedly attracted some 6 million visitors this time around before the taps ran dry earlier this week. The origin of the event dates back to 1810 when Crown Prince Ludwig was married to Princess Therese and the people of Munich were invited to attend the festivities. Only beer brewed within the city limits of Munich can be served at the festival. -- Lloyd Young (30 photos total)
Revelers attend the last and sunny day of Oktoberfest beer festival on Oct. 2 in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
Alexandra Beier
Frank Leonhardt
German culture
Karl-Jodef Hildenbrand
Lloyd Young
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Michael Dalder
St. Severi's Church
the 178th Oktoberfest
the 2011 Oktoberfest
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Mitch Epstein's Berlin
By Rebecca Horne
Between the pages of Mitch Epstein's new book Berlin from Steidl is an elegant collection of photographs showing a city nearly devoid of people, under pale blue skies. Epstein directs his lens at architecture, art, infrastructure and other markers of history that Berliners have purposefully kept as reminders. A personal foreword by Epstein offsets the cool and precise images.
Epstein came from a Jewish American family that refused to visit Germany because of kin lost in the Holocaust. Breaking with family tradition, Epstein visited Germany. He found Berlin to be a source of fascination. He and his family moved to Germany for a six month residency at the American Academy in Berlin. Epstein writes: "I looked for the remnants of those tormented wartime and postwar histories; they were often overt, and sometimes lay just below the thin skin of contemporary Berlin. With an 8×10″ camera, I started at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in January and ended with the Dalai Lama speaking at Brandenburg Gate in June."
Jewish Cemetery, Weissensee — the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe, established in 1880 for Berlin's substantial Jewish population.
Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain). This artificial hill was built from World War II ruble on top of a Nazi technical college.
Checkpoint Charlie. This was an East-West crossing in divided Germany from 1961 to 1989. The original guardhouse and sign were moved to the Allied Museum and replaced with an on-site replica.
Lichtenberg. These Soviet inspired pre-fabricated Plattenbau (panel-building) housing complexes became prevalent in Berlin after WWII. The elephants were part of an itinerant circus.
Dalai Lama, Brandenburger Tor. The gate was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II to represent peace and constructed in 1791. IN 1933, storm troopers held a torchlight procession through it to celebrate Hitler's rise to power. Languishing in a no man's land between two portions of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War, the Gate was the site of speeches by US presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
Stasi Memorial Garden. The rosebushes were cultivated by former Stasi prisoners.
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American Academy in Berlin
Anna Effect
Friedrich Wilhelm II
Rebecca Horne
Remembering the Berlin Wall
In 1961, East Germany erected a wall -- initially barbed wire, eventually concrete -- in the middle of Berlin to prevent its citizens from fleeing the communist country to West Germany during the height of the Cold War. It has been reported that 136 people died while trying to escape, but the total number is unknown. The wall finally came down at the beginning of November in 1989, part of the reunification of East and West Germany. Here are images from this past weekend's recognition of the construction of the wall 50 years ago, as well as historic images. -- Lloyd Young (30 photos total)
A nun walks in front of a line of wreaths during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin Aug. 13. Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the day communist East Germany sealed itself off behind the Wall. Germany had been divided into capitalist western and communist eastern sectors after the end of World War II. At the height of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, the East German regime started building the wall through the capital on Aug. 13, 1961. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press)
Allied occupation of Germany
Axel Klausmeier
Berlin Wall Foundation
Bernauer Straße
Carsten Koall
Christian Wulff
Documentation Center for Nazi Crimes in Berlin
Florian Brauer
Hans Conrad Schumann
Jo Parks
John Gaps III
Linke party
memorial site
Michele Tantussi
Peter Fechter
Peter Leibing/Assocaited Press
Ralph Gatti
Social Democratic Party
Sylvia von Scheidt
West Berlin police
The fight over Berlin's Tacheles
The Tacheles art center mirrors the evolution of Berlin's underground culture in many ways.
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Kunsthaus Tacheles
real estate development boom
Reuters Photographers
Antonia Zennaro
There are quite a few interesting projects in Antonia Zennaro's portfolio, such as one about a hip-hop group in Medellin or Hamburg's red-light district.
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Contemporary European Photography


The issue of biodiversity (conservation and development of wildlife) has received considerable and early attention in the UAE, reflected in the tremendous efforts made by the country and its significant achievements in this area, from enacting legislation and monitoring its implementation, establishing and expanding protected areas, to protecting, breeding and reintroducing endangered species into their natural habitats.
Considering that land and sea diversity is an integral part of the UAE's heritage, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment continues to work, in collaboration with its partners, to strengthen efforts in this context through the implementation of a wide range of plans and initiatives in the framework of the National Biodiversity Strategy, the National Strategy to Combat Desertification and the Strategy for Sustainability of the Marine and Coastal Environment, among others.
A functional unit consisting of living organisms, their nonliving environment, and the interactions within and between them. The components included in a given ecosystem and its spatial boundaries depend on the purpose for which the ecosystem is defined: in some cases they are relatively sharp, while in others they are diffuse. Ecosystem boundaries can change over time. Ecosystems are nested within other ecosystems, and their scale can range from very small to the entire biosphere. In the current era, most ecosystems either contain people as key organisms, or are influenced by the effects of human activities in their environment.
Ecosystem services: Ecological processes or functions having monetary or non-monetary value to individuals or society at large. These are frequently classified as (1) supporting services such as productivity or biodiversity maintenance, (2) provisioning services such as food, fiber, or fish, (3) regulating services such as climate regulation or carbon sequestration, and (4) cultural services such as tourism or spiritual and aesthetic appreciation.


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General education courses may overlap, but all GE requirements that are unique to one college must be completed.
No overlap is allowed between major coursework.
The City and Regional Planning curriculum requires 32 credit hours of electives. Within those electives, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of City and Regional Planning departmental electives.
The remaining 20 credit hours of City and Regional Planning electives may overlap with the second-degree requirements.
Students must earn a minimum of 151 credit hours.
Students receive two degrees, one from each college, and must choose a college to walk with at commencement.
Students may graduate with both degrees in the same term or in different terms for each degree.
Students receive two diplomas.
Policies for Double Majors: City and Regional Planning Primary Major
Students must complete the general education requirements for the City and Regional Planning major only.
Overlap between majors and between GE and majors is permitted, provided each major has a minimum of 18 unique hours, and coursework for the second major is approved by the M2 department.
Students are not required to complete City and Regional Planning electives.
Students must earn a minimum of 122 hours.
The Knowlton School is responsible for certifying the students for graduation. The second department is responsible for certifying the second major if not already done by DARS (similar to the policy regarding minors).
Any honors student pursuing a second major outside of City and Regional Planning is not required to complete an honors version of the second major.
Students receive one degree from the university. The second major appears on a student's transcripts only.
Students must graduate with both majors in the same term.
Students receive one diploma in the Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning. The M2 appears on the student's university transcript.
Policies for Double Majors: City and Regional Planning Secondary Major
Students must complete the general education requirements for their primary major only.
Students must complete defined requirements for both degree programs. Consult with the Knowlton Student Services staff for City and Regional Planning course selection.
Students must earn the minimum hours required for the primary program.
The primary major is responsible for certifying the students for graduation. The Knowlton School is responsible for certifying the CRP major if not already done by DARS (similar to the policy regarding minors).
Any honors student pursing a second major in City and Regional Planning is not required to complete an honors version of the major.
Students receive one degree from the university. The City and Regional Planning major appears on the student's transcript only.
Students receive one diploma with the degree from their primary department. The M2 in City and Regional Planning appears on the student's university transcript.
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What time is Trump's State of the Union address?
Published: Jan. 29, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. ET
Robert Schroeder
President to speak before Congress on Tuesday night
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives on Feb. 28, 2017.
President Donald Trump is set to give his first State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, laying out future plans and reflecting on his first year in office, as some Democrats say they'll boycott the event.
The address is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Trump spoke before a joint session of Congress in February 2017, but that wasn't a State of the Union address. Among other things, the president says he'll talk about a plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure in this year's speech — something he also discussed last year.
Also read:How the stock market has reacted to State of the Union speeches.
The president's address will be carried on major television and cable networks, as well as the White House's own website.
Democrats have chosen Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III to give their party's response to Trump. Several Democrats have said they plan to skip Trump's speech, and many female Democrats reportedly plan to wear black, in solidarity with movements protesting sexual harassment.
Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Maxine Waters of California are among the Democrats who have said they would boycott the event. The lawmakers have protested Trump's vulgar comments about African countries.
Read: Eric Trump defends his 'least racist' father: The only color he sees is green.
Robert Schroeder is the Washington bureau chief for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @mktwrobs.


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Pinterest has more women in its workforce now
"By no means do we think we've got it figured out."
"It really is about making sure we have progress over perfection," said Nichole Barnes Marshall, Pinterest's new global head of Diversity and Inclusion.
Photo: Courtesy Pinterest
Amber Burton
Pinterest just released its latest Inclusion and Diversity Report, revealing a slight increase in the number of women in leadership and an increase in the number of women employees worldwide. The news comes on the heels of a rocky year with the departure of several senior-level executives. Pinterest's new global head of Diversity and Inclusion, Nichole Barnes Marshall, still seemed optimistic following the release of the company's modest progress in representation.
Last year, Pinterest announced its goal to increase women in leadership roles to 36% and increase representation of Black, Latinx and Indigenous employees to 20% by 2025. In 2021, 33% of leadership roles were filled by women, up from 30% the year prior. And the representation of employees who self-identify as Black, Latinx or Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander rose to 16%, from 12%.
"What surprised me the most is just how much progress we made from 2020 to 2021, particularly in the representation of women. We're halfway to our goal," said Barnes Marshall.
Barnes Marshall, who is now on the cusp of her first 90 days in the position, was named the head of Diversity and Inclusion in January. Her predecessor Tyi McCray departed from Pinterest last July after just a year in the role, following a year wrapped in controversy related to alleged discrimination and retaliation against two Black female employees.
Despite the controversy, Pinterest has continued to see overall gains as it relates to total representation of women. Women now make up 51% of Pinterest's global workforce, up from 49% in 2020. However, the company's engineering team has seen slower growth in representation. In 2021, 30% of Pinterest's global engineering team identified as women, up from 29% the year prior.
And like most companies in the tech industry, Pinterest is still primarily white. Black employees account for 7% of its U.S. workforce, and 4% of both its leadership and its engineering team respectively. Of all U.S. employees, 6% identify as Latinx or Hispanic, and even fewer are in engineering or leadership.
"By no means do we think we've got it figured out," said Barnes Marshall in conversation with Protocol. "But I think with the progress that we're making it just creates even more opportunity for us to put our foot on the gas, if you will, especially since we have some momentum."
She points to the company's apprenticeship program as one of its largest efforts underway to recruit and cultivate more diverse talent. Its Engineering and Products apprenticeship programs have a specific focus on attracting talent from underrepresented backgrounds with non-traditional tech experience like those who are self-taught or attended a boot camp. In general, the company has removed degree requirements from 90% of its job postings to widen the amount of talent it attracts, according to the report.
Barnes Marshall also said continuing to call out each individual group in the Inclusion and Diversity Report, rather than lumping them all in one category as "underrepresented," is an intentional way of expressing Pinterest's values to employees and future hires alike. Despite how it may look to others or the risk that the numbers reflect poorly on the company, "calling out each of the individual groups is another subtle, but intentional effort saying, 'We see you,'" she said. "It is about that opportunity of being seen and, really for us, inviting accountability. It really is about making sure we have progress over perfection."
Amber Burton (@amberbburton) is a former reporter at Protocol. Previously, she covered personal finance and diversity in business at The Wall Street Journal. She earned an M.S. in Strategic Communications from Columbia University and B.A. in English and Journalism from Wake Forest University. She lives in North Carolina.
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The National Book Awards are produced by Cactus TV and the headline sponsors are Specsavers. The Awards are being relaunched this year to celebrate the books that real readers have bought, read and loved in 2018. The Awards cover 13 categories, including Popular Fiction Book of the Year; Food & Drink Book of the Year; Children's Book of the Year and UK and International Author of the Year. Works eligible for this year's awards were all released in the UK in 2018.
The winners in each category will be announced at The Specsavers National Book Awards, hosted by Zoe Ball, at a glamorous ceremony at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, on the evening of Tuesday 20th November 2018, with a whole host of stars confirmed to attend. Highlights will be aired on ITV during a Christmas special of Zoe Ball on Saturday/Sunday on the 22nd and 23rd December.
Shortlisted authors include Stephen Fry, Jojo Moyes, Robert Harris, Graham Norton, Ian Rankin and JK Rowling in popular fiction and crime/thriller categories. Jamie Oliver, Nadiya Hussain, Prue Leith and Yotam Ottolenghi are just some of the A-list names set to battle it out for the Best Food and Drink Book. Jacqueline Wilson, Sebastian Faulks, Matt Haig and Philip Pullman also feature as UK Author nominees. Meanwhile, contenders for the Autobiography category include: Lily Allen, Peter Crouch and Sue Perkins.
The shortlist was chosen by the National Book Awards Academy, which is formed of a panel of industry experts, including retailers, publishers, agents, authors, reviewers and influencers, who will also vote on the eventual winners.
More information on the National Book Award shortlist can be viewed at www.nationalbookawards.co.uk.


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EU targets energy sector in bid to reduce methane emissions
EU Member States and the Commission have agreed to a proposal requiring the energy sector to accelerate its efforts on methane emissions reduction, as part of its 'Fit for 55' package. The bloc has yet to do the same with the agriculture sector, which is the largest emitter of anthropogenic methane.
By Jawahar Hingorani
21 December 2022, 08:46 Updated: 21 December 2022, 08:47
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EU Member States have proposed new rules to reduce the energy sector's methane emissions, which cause global warming and air pollution.
Responsible for 19% of EU methane emissions, the energy sector has the highest potential for rapid, efficient, and cost-effective methane emissions reductions.
The proposal may need to be expanded to include agriculture which, together with waste and biomass burning, accounts for 41% of the EU's methane emissions.
New proposal targets energy sector which emits 19% of the EU's methane
An agreement between the Member States and the Council proposes new rules to tackle the EU energy sector's methane emissions. It would place new, more stringent requirements on the oil, gas and coal sectors to measure, report and verify (MRV) their methane emissions.
The new rules would apply to all forms of energy infrastructure, including platforms, underground pipelines, or distribution networks. Operators would also have to document all sites, including wells and mines, trace their emissions, and ensure proper mitigation steps had been taken to prevent or minimise emissions.
The devil is likely to be in the details
The new rules relating to MRV will have to be checked by independent verifiers. The role of MRV has been established as a critical step in implementing effective climate action. The use of digital tools can add to the effectiveness of any MRV effort.
Reducing emissions will require mitigation plans for active sites and remediation plans for inactive or abandoned sites. For active sites, leak detection and repair will be mandatory, for example by venting and flaring at energy production plants.
Energy companies across the value chain will also be responsible for monitoring and tracing emissions from their fossil fuel imports. A need for transparency may require global monitoring tools to be used to track existing policies in countries of import.
Why are methane emissions being targeted?
Methane emissions are second to CO2 emissions among the four greenhouse gases (GHG) responsible for global warming. While the level of methane emissions is about 15% that of CO2, it has a greater potential to trap heat, with a potential for global warming that is 84 times that of CO2 on a 20-year time scale.
According to the EU, human activity is the cause of 60% of global methane emissions. Of these activities agriculture and energy make up the bulk, with waste and biomass burning accounting for the rest.
Reducing methane emissions is one of the priorities of the European Green Deal, and hence is a priority in the EU's Fit for 55 package.
Methane emissions reductions support the EU's Fit for 55 package
The Fit for 55 package intends to put together a set of proposals to update EU legislation to meet its climate goals. The main aim is to reduce GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030. The proposals cover several policy areas including the environment, energy, transport, and economic and financial affairs.
The proposals for methane removals were first presented in December 2021, and agreed to a year later. The EU Parliament and the Council will now have to agree on the final text of the act, and once both legislative bodies have formally adopted it, the proposal will become law.
The EU's efforts to reduce its methane emissions have included its signing of the Global Methane Pledge at COP26, wherein over 100 countries committed to a 30% reduction in their methane emissions by 2030, on 2020 levels. Prior to that, the EU had also set its Methane Strategy in 2020, which intended to focus on emissions reductions in the energy, agriculture and waste sectors.
Tacking energy sector methane is a start, but ignores the elephant in the room
According to a report by NGO Changing Markets, the major countries that signed the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 are dragging their feet. Its report investigates the methane emissions of some of the largest meat and dairy-producing companies in the world, as 32% of anthropogenic methane emissions come from livestock agriculture.
Based on its findings, however, only one EU country, the Netherlands, had seen an increase in its methane emissions in the last ten years. Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland had achieved small reductions, albeit at a pace not in line with the pledge. France, the largest livestock methane emitter in the EU, was the only country to have achieved a decrease of over 5%.
In tackling the methane emissions of the energy sector, the EU may be looking at another way to affect the transition to green energy. Meaningful methane emissions reduction, however, will only come from tackling the issue in the agriculture sector, and to a lesser extent in better waste management policies.


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How Google Got Rid Of 1.7 Billion Bad Ads
We've all experienced a bad ad. From fake news to disguised malware, bad ads can take many forms. But in their latest Bad Ads Report, Google claims to have removed 1.7 billion of them in 2016 alone. So how did they do it?
Removing almost 1 billion more ads compared to the previous year is no mean feat, and Google credits their success to a combination of expanded policies and cutting edge technology. The introduction of their policy banning predatory payday loan ads led to the removal of over 5 million of these ads since July. Even some 7 million disguised ads which attempt to slip through Google's defences were identified and banned as part of the crackdown. The site also expanded its AdSense misrepresentative content policy to clamp down on website owners publishing misleading or deceptive content.
Seemingly mirroring the trend of 2016, the use of fake news (or 'tabloid cloaking') ads is also on the rise. Google took steps to combat this by identifying and suspending scammer accounts to prevent further misleading ads, and despite the relatively new nature of these ads over 1000 scam accounts were suspended in 2016. If necessary Google can also suspend the websites which these ads lead to, as shown by the 8000 payday loan websites which had action taken against them. Google also targeted 'self-clicking' ads on mobile devices, with 23,000 being disabled last year, improving the overall mobile browsing experience.
(Image credit: Search Engine Land)
Not only that, but Google's advanced technology has accelerated the response time for disabling 'trick-to-click' ads by 600% compared to 2015. These ads often cause users to accidentally download viruses, so their increased removal improves both the user's online experience and safety. Along with disabling 900,000 malware-containing ads, Google also took action against 15,000 websites which pushed unwanted software on the user. An additional 6000 sites were also suspended for advertising counterfeit goods. Bans imposed on ads promoting illegal products skyrocketed too, with 68 million of these being for healthcare violations alone.
Despite these increases in safeguarding and detection, scammers are relentless in their attempts to trick Google's systems. While advances in technology lead to improved defences, they also lead to improved attacks. However, Google stands firm in its commitment to protecting its users, their safe online experience, and the overall sustainability of the web.


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The Ferrari Club Australia celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2012.
Founded in 1972 by a group of enthusiastic owners who originally wanted to create a register of Ferraris in the country, the FCA is one of the longest established Ferrari owners' clubs in the world and is recognised by Ferrari as the official owners' club in Australia.
The Club has a constantly growing membership, which currently stands at over 1200 and who between them own approximately 1100 vehicles, representing a significant percentage of all the Ferraris currently resident in Australia.
Club members enjoy their cars on the many organised events that are held across the country which include drive days, concours events, track days, weekends away, social events and special rallies.
The club's premier event is the annual national rally which each state hosts in turn. The 2017 national rally will be held in Melbourne and 2018 in South Australia.
All members receive our National magazine "HorsePower" which is published 4 times per year, and state-based publications in NSW and WA.
Members can access historic vehicle registration for their Ferraris, subject to state eligibility criteria.
The FCA is affiliated with CAMS and AASA.
The Club is governed by the national committee of representatives from each state and territory. Each state has an elected committee that arranges events in that state throughout the year. The rules that govern the operation of the club are set out in the constitution.
Copyright © Ferrari Club of South Australia 2020. All Rights Reserved


Author: Kenneth Baker ► The Complete Keyboard Player series will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of your electronic keyboard, in a fraction of the time it takes to learn a conventional instrument. Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music. Book One contains: playing technique and style • about your keyboard • the accompaniment section • single-finger and fingered chords • major and seventh chords • 12 right-hand notes • and more.