I spent a couple of days this month at Postgres Open in Chicago. It was a fantastic conference with a ton of good technical information. (Here are my notes from the Postgres Open sessions). However, my favorite part, by far, was going to check out the vascular surgery conference at the other end of the hotel.
I've always enjoyed peeking into other subcultures. I'll devour any trade magazine I can get my hands on. If you've never read Pit & Quarry Magazine, you probably never considered the importance of maintenance of the belt system on your aggregate conveyor. For all the differences between programming and, say, running a brake and alignment shop, the core business principles are still there. Everyone still wants to do a good quality job, do it cheaper, do it better, and without going crazy from unreasonable demands from customers or the bosses above. The wisdom of other groups can lead to insight to help our own.
I'd seen the signs for the conference in the hotel earlier that day, so I moseyed down to see what was going on. Inside a room full of exhibits, the vascular surgery community was having its opening get-together. I didn't see anyone checking badges at the door, which was good because I sure didn't have one. I figured they would probably ask me to leave, since I was so out of place, the only one without a suit, but no harm could come from trying, so in I went.
The first difference in parties thrown by medical companies vs. open source database consultants is just how much money the medical guys have. There was an open bar with a guy in a tux, and another guy was serving little roast beef sandwiches carved off the biggest piece of cooked meat I'd ever seen in my life. I hope that someone from the kitchen staff got to take home the leftovers and feed his family for a few weeks.
A sales rep in a suit came up and asked if I was familiar with his company's products. I figured it was obvious I wasn't one of the actual conference attendees, standing there in jeans with a laptop bag over my shoulder, so I said, "I have to confess, vascular surgery is just a hobby of mine, I just dabble on the weekends in the garage." Blank look. He didn't get that I was making a joke. "I'm not really a vascular surgeon," I confessed. He lit up, "Ah, what's your main area of practice then?" I guess it wasn't that obvious at all. I said, "I'm not a doctor at all, I'm from the database conference down the hall." He huffed back to his circle of friends in suits.
The range of products and needs of the vascular surgeons is amazing. There are instruments to go inside the vessels, and there are wrappers that go around them. Some products are fabric, and some are coiled wire. Signs trumpeted the capabilities of one brand of wire mesh over another, allowing 60 degrees of angulation over a 10mm distance, or up to 75 degrees of angulation over a 15mm distance. Who knew it was so tough to wrap blood vessels in wire?
She was selling surgical tools, and she explained a little about the various doodads that the doctors put in and around the arteries during surgery, although she was light on tech details. I asked her about the buying process, and who makes the decisions about which tools from which companies get bought by the doctors. Purchasing processes are interesting to me because my company at my day job sells books to school libraries, and how those purchasing decisions have become more centralized over time. She was more eager to talk about the sales process, and explained that it each surgeon decides which tools and appliances he or she will be using during the surgery.
Finally, I talked to a guy who was selling his company's form of thrombin. I told him right off that I wasn't going to buy any because I was not a doctor at all, but he was more than happy to give me a crash course in thrombin. Thrombin is a substance that helps close bleeds in blood vessels, and it's in our blood normally, but sometimes during surgery the patient's body needs help. The two major forms of thrombin are from human blood and bovine blood, but his company sells thrombin from Chinese hamster ovaries, which is better than the other two for some reason I don't recall.
I asked him about the purchasing decision behind thrombin, and he explained that it's usually made at a hospital level, but with a lot of hospital-wide debate. Some doctors only want human thrombin because they want as few potential complications as possible, and others want bovine for other technical reasons. The doctors also have to coordinate with the hospital pharmacy because they have their lists of concerns, not least of which is dollar cost of the products. Sounds like the eternal struggles between programmers and sysadmins, no?
… a dozen huge bulletin boards showing the research papers that were to be presented at the conference's sessions. Large full-color banners, 10'x3', gave the details of the research, often with large full-color photos of blood and guts and "frank purulence". Clearly, when you're presenting at a medical conference you can't pull a Schwern and crank out the slides in the hallway the morning of your talk. They were so detailed, I wondered what would actually get presented in the sessions. Would the doctors just restate what was already on the banners? I guess I'll have to crash another conference to find out.
I can't overstate how important I think it is for us to branch out and learn about more than just the jobs we do every day. We are all programming for some sort of business, and there is much to be learned from other businesses around us. Even more, we can learn from other communities as well. For example, at this year's OSCON, the convention hall also hosted the Sock Summit, a few thousand sock knitters getting together. Ricardo Signes paid a visit and found that they have a similar problem to the open source community: The sock knitter world is almost all female, and they want to attract more men to sock knitting, but the men that do show up often feel alienated.
What other communities and subcultures have you visited? What did you take away from them? Please post your stories in the comments.
Interesting! In a way, it reminds me of BarCamp, where you might be presented to learn about things you might otherwise never learn about.
I had vascular surgery last year, btw… and I didn't learn quite the same stuff. I got some great photos of my insides though!
I'm actually involved in both subcultures, being a doctor now, but dabbling in computers since I was 9. The posters on display are usually presented in ~5-10 min "poster presentations", the sessions are about different topics. You usually submit your abstracts before the conference and it gets either rejected or accepted as a poster or a talk.
CHO cells are superior because you can grow as much of them as you want and they produce recombinant (GMO) human thrombin. Bovine thrombin can pose allergy concerns although it's plentiful, and thrombin from humans is just not plentiful.
Hey, as far as I know poster presentations like you saw at that medical conference are standard practice at academic conferences. If you would go to http://www.vldb.org/2011/ (an academic databases conference) instead of Postgres Open, I bet you would encounter the same type of poster presentations but then on database systems.
A poster proposing a treatment for suspected deep vein thrombosis? As in the disease you can get from sitting in an airplane seat for hours and hours? I want a high-resolution picture!
The poster you show in the picture is normal practice in every research field. It is the equivalent of a BOF. If the presentation you submitted didn't make it, you might still be accepted to create a huge poster which is a summary of your presentation, and then sit next to it and talk about it to anyone who'll wander around.
Maybe that's the opposite, researchers in every field should learn from us, writing blogs, spreading the information for free and in realtime.
But then a surgeon wouldn't drive a porsche, he could only afford the same kind of car that a dev can (e.g. a BMW). So I guess it's not gonna change.


A classic and funny bit of comedy from Johnny Carson: He eulogizes a thesaurus editor in a most appropriate way. A editor from Roget's Thesaurus gives a eulogy for another editor using synonyms in a comedic way. It is funny, hilarious, humorous , enjoyable, side splitting and funny.
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Following the union's termination of the month-long strike against the city's ending of job protections, New York City school bus drivers, escorts and mechanics returned to work on Wednesday. Already, the effects of the betrayal by the Amalgamated Transit Union have become evident, with hundreds of workers receiving layoff notices, in what is undoubtedly only the beginning of escalating attacks against the returning workers.
The ATU Local 1181 shut down the strike after the city's billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg accepted bids from contractors, which excluded the Employment Protection Provision (EPP). This provision, established in a bitter strike in 1979, allowed workers to maintain pay and benefits regardless of which private company won city contracts to operate bus routes.
Using the pretense of a worthless commitment from the city's Democratic mayoral candidates to "revisit" the bidding process at some time in the future, the Local 1181 leadership called off the strike without even a membership vote. In the meantime, as many as 3,000 of the 8,800 student transportation workers face layoff this June as 1,100 routes are contracted out to the new low-cost bidders who no longer have to hire from a citywide seniority list. The rest face demands for 20 percent wage cuts and other concessions.
The matrons were told that they could reapply for work, but only with a different union, one of those that did not strike. This is part of a shell game in which a single owner operates multiple "companies" under different names, which can be opened and closed to lay off and rehire workers at will. Without the EPP workers will no longer be guaranteed jobs and if they are hired, it will mean a loss of seniority, drastic cuts in pay, and reduction or elimination of benefits.
During the strike, companies hired scabs and threatened to make them permanent. The WSWS has received information from workers that 37 drivers and 31 matrons at Rainbow in Astoria, Queens and Avenue U, Brooklyn were also fired. Published accounts also indicate firings at Tufaro Bus Company, City Wide, All American, and Boro Wide Buses.
The WSWS spoke with some of the victimized drivers.
Ronald, a driver for the Rainbow school bus company in Astoria, explained that the company called him Tuesday, the day before all drivers and matrons were to report back to work, and told him, "Don't come tomorrow." He asked them why and was told, "Because we replaced you because you participated in the strike." He was told to call the union. Ronald said that he thought Rainbow fired about 26 people and that another company, JoFaz, in the Bronx, fired all of its matrons who were in Local 1181. The union told him to call unemployment, that it was an illegal decision.
Many workers at Rainbow did not know that other workers there had been laid off. The union is continuing to provide no information. It may be that the laid-off workers at Rainbow are being chosen by seniority in order to rid the companies of higher paid workers with more accrued pension time.


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Preview: World Trigger Season 2 Episode 1
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Based on a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara, 'World Trigger' or 'Wārudo Torigā' is a science fiction TV anime about heroic adolescents and otherworldly monsters. One day, a rift to an alien world emerges, and colossal creatures, which will later be known as "Neighbors," infiltrate Earth. After overcoming the initial shock, humanity beats the Neighbors back with the help of an enigmatic organization known as the National Defense Agency, or "Border." It has access to Neighbor technology since acquiring the weapons called "Triggers" from them. The Triggers are only weapons that seem to work against the Neighbors. They function by utilizing a certain type of internal energy known as Trion. When a Trigger is in use, it transforms the user's body into an armored-covered warrior form made of Trion. In this state, the wearer is nearly invulnerable and gains several abilities.
Toei Animation developed the series, which premiered on TV Asahi on October 5, 2014. Season 1 is comprised of 73 episodes, which finished airing on April 3, 2016. A 2nd season was officially confirmed Jump Festa '20. It was revealed that all members of the original cast are set to return for the sophomore season. Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming season premiere of 'World Trigger.'
World Trigger Season 2 Episode 1 Release Date: When Will It Premiere?
The 1st episode of season 2 of 'World Trigger' is set to air on January 9, 2020. Morio Hatano replaced Kouji Ogawa as the series director for the 2nd season. Hiroyuki Yoshino returned to serve as the scriptwriter. Kenji Kawai provided the music, and Toshihisa Kaiya handled the character designs. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, a boy band from South Korea, performed the opening theme track for season 2, "Force," while rock group Kami wa Saikoro o Furanai sang the ending theme track, "Mirai Eigō."
Where to Watch World Trigger with English Dub Online?
The 1st season of the anime is available on Crunchyroll with English dubbing. Viewers in Japan can also catch season 1 on Netflix Japan. Season 2 will simulcast on Crunchyroll in North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe. In France, it will be simulcast on Anime Digital Network.
World Trigger Spoilers
Four years after the first sighting of the Neighbors, the residents of Mikado City have come to accept the occasional Neighbor appearances as normal. The series begins with Yūma Kuga enrolling at a local school. it is later revealed that Yūma has an unconventional Trigger and is not really a human but a humanoid Neighbor from the other world. He befriends Osamu Mikumo, an idealistic young man who works for Border. After learning Yūma secret, he decides to protect him from his own organization.
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LUCKNOW: A competition involving 8 NGOs from across the country, combines the 3 pillars of successful social change. The event saw 750 students registering for it.
Among the 8 NGOs, was Lucknow's 'Wisdom Treasures Foundation', engaged in the upliftment of chikankari workers. This event, sponsored by the iconic ONGC was Manfest's way to help students take a step in the direction of 'business with purpose'. It saw its finale being held on the 21st of Jan in the IIM Lucknow campus.
The event's judges Magsaysay Award winner and founder of Asha for Education, Dr. Sandeep Pandey and Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, founder of Goonj, India were truly impressed with the effort that was put in by the participants to understand and ameliorate the problems being faced by these NGOs.
They were also in deep appreciation of IIM Lucknow's Manfest, and its efforts to sensitise business students to the issues that are plaguing the social sector and bringing management learnings into this much ignored field. The event was won by the team from SPJIMR (S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research). The team worked on designing a viable model for providing solar lights in slums and tribal villages of Thane district, Maharashtra.
They worked for the NGO Seva Sahyog, Mumbai. They won the first prize of Rs. 50,000. The second and third prizes were won by IIM Calcutta and SITM (Symbiosis Institute of Technical Management). They worked with Vikramshila, Kolkata and Seva Sahyog, Pune. Yajna stood true to its claim of an event committed to affect social change and spearhead the betterment of society in every way by making itself a truly Green Event. Manfest made sure that it reduced the carbon prints by conducting the event on Video Conference instead of flying the participants down. A true social initiative at IIM Lucknow's Manfest 2012.


The West Sussex Smallholders Club has grown steadily since it was founded in July 2005 by a group of like-minded friends under the guidance of Brinsbury College. We have an active membership spanning a broad age range with a wealth of skills and knowledge.
Our aim is to provide support and offer practical hands on training to any members, whether they have a passion or an interest in smallholding. Whatever your scale of involvement, you will be most welcome to come along and join us.
Members' activities run from keeping just a couple of garden chickens and a window box of herbs through to making a living from a large piece of land that includes pigs, sheep and cattle.
The club is sponsored by Mole Country Stores, Billingshurst and all members are given a 3% saving in store on everything purchased on production of your membership card. You are also eligible for trade price with McVeigh Parker fencing supplies BILLINGSHURST when you show your valid Smallholders' membership card.


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A handful of Novelis Supermodifieds have taken laps at Oswego Speedway since last Friday in anticipation of this Friday's CNY Chevy Dealers Qualifying Night at Budweiser International Classic Weekend with Pat Lavery and defending Classic champion Bob Bond so far leading the speed charts. Lavery leads the way as of Tuesday evening, driving the Graham Racing No. 12 Xtreme Supermodified with a lap of 16.403 seconds.
Labor Day weekend means different things to different people. End of the summer, start of school, beginning of football season. At the Fulton Speedway it means two things, the crowning of track champions and the start of gearing up to the kick off of Super DIRT Week with the 31st annual Sunoco Fulton Ethanol Facility Outlaw 200 Weekend presented by SUNY Canton at the speedway.
In advance of the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote in the state, SUNY Oswego's gender and women's studies program will host a series of book readings and discussions.
LifeWay Christian Resources is slated to simulcast well-known Bible teacher and best-selling author Beth Moore live from Chicago, Ill., on September 24. Oswego Alliance Church is serving as a host location for the Central New York area.
CiTi released its first-ever "Central New York Deaf/HH Teens" magazine featuring the biographies, struggles and successes of teens who are hard of hearing. "Our purpose for the magazine was to highlight the talented deaf teens of CNY while also expanding the reader's knowledge of deafness," said CiTi teacher of the Deaf/HH Tamara Seymour.
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Beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday (Aug. 31), the intersection of South Second Street (State Route 481) and East Broadway (State Route 3) in the city of Fulton will be reduced to one lane in each direction for road construction.
Recently, Catholic Charities of Oswego County's CYO program made a field trip to Camp Hollis as part of its summer activities programs. Participants were able to enjoy baseball, the playground and many more activities at the camp.


Here's a dramatic scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic, The Birds. This model captures a scene near the end of the film when the Tippi Hedren character is trapped in an upstairs room and the birds are attacking. The art piece on the wall was "video grabbed" from the actual scene in the film. The challenge with this piece was keeping a few of the birds in flight.
The Birds is a 1963 suspense horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 novella The Birds by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts Bodega Bay, California which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks over the course of a few days.
The Birds was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Special Effects. The effect of the flapping of the birds' wings was done in the Disney Studios by animator Ub Iwerks who used the Disney's sodium vapor process ("yellow screen"). The SV process films the subject against a screen lit with narrow-spectrum sodium vapor lights. Unlike most compositing processes, SVP actually shoots two separate elements of the footage simultaneously using a beam-splitter. One reel is regular film stock and the other a film stock with emulsion sensitive only to the sodium vapor wavelength. This results in very precise matte shots compared to blue screen special effects, necessary due to "fringing" of the image from the birds' rapid wing flapping.


Home » Blog » CAREGIVING » HOW DO I KNOW I'M EXPERIENCING CAREGIVER BURNOUT?
Being responsible for the health and well-being of a loved one can make you forget to take care of yourself. But when your health is at risk, so is the health of your loved one.
Caregiver burnout is the experience of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion from caring for someone. The caregiver often feels "drained" and can develop feelings of anxiety and depression.
According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of caregivers show symptoms of depression.
Signs of caregiver burnout are similar to the signs of depression because they often occur together. While many of the signs of caregiver burnout are also signs of depression, there are a few that are worth discussing in detail.
If you're experiencing caregiver burnout, you may be feeling sad about your loved one's diagnosis or progression of Alzheimer's. Because there is no cure, it's easy to feel hopeless, and you may feel that nothing you do is good enough or that you're not an adequate caregiver.
You may also have thoughts of hurting yourself or the person you're caring for. These feelings may come out of resentment or a need to end the stressful situation.
If you ever have feelings of hurting yourself or someone else, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
You may feel this way because of the physical energy spent caring for someone, but you can also feel fatigued from constant worry, anxiety, and stress.
Because of your feelings of depression and fatigue, you may withdraw from your friends, family, and hobbies.
You may feel too exhausted to socialize or participate in your favorite activities, or you may feel guilty about the state of your loved one even if their condition is out of your control. Your feelings of helplessness and worthlessness may make it difficult to see what a good job you're doing.
Caregivers also often feel guilty about spending any time on themselves, including visiting with friends or taking time for hobbies.
While it may be common to have a drink after a hard day or take a sleeping pill during a particularly sleepless weekend, you should be mindful of how often you're doing this and why.
If you find yourself regularly using alcohol, drugs or sleep aids to cope with your feelings or regulate your sleep, you may want to speak with a doctor.
These behaviors may indicate depression and may cause damage to your health.
If you feel like you're catching every bug going around, you might be experiencing caregiver burnout.
It's easy to be so concerned with your loved one's health that you forget to take care of yourself.
You may notice you're getting sick more often or taking longer to recover from colds or other illnesses. Your sleep schedule may become irregular, and you may begin eating significantly more or less than usual. These changes in your regular habits often lead to quick changes in weight.
It's normal to occasionally miss a meal, sleep late one day or fluctuate a few pounds in your weight. When you notice significant changes happening quickly or often, you may need to speak with a doctor.
How do I prevent caregiver burnout?
When caring for someone else, it's important to have a clear understanding of the situation. If your loved one has dementia, there isn't anything you can do to cure this person. Your job is to make them comfortable and help care for them in ways they can't care for themselves. It's important to understand that the progression of their dementia is not a sign of poor caregiving on your part.
To prevent caregiver burnout, you must know your limits. Schedule regular breaks into your day or week to prevent yourself from feeling overwhelmed.
For example, set aside half an hour a day for personal time or do an activity that makes you happy. Have back up caregivers like other family members or respite care to allow you time off.
It's easy to miss a meal or workout when you're responsible for someone else's health and well-being. But keep in mind that you have to stay healthy in order to care for someone else. Make sure you're eating healthy meals, exercising, getting enough sleep and visiting the doctor regularly.
Make sure you have an outlet to talk about any frustrations or feelings of depression, whether that's a friend, family member or professional.
Find professional caregivers, support groups and financial assistance programs to lessen the burden of caregiving.
Lots of great information but the end is the best, the most important thing we can do is know how to prevent burn out.
Rena, then there is the guilt when you and other family get to the point of "that's it, we can't do it any more". Just so tired…my challenge is both a 90 year old mother in law (various health issues and a fall risk) recently diagnosed with dementia and my 59 year old brother in law, who has autism. I'm 65 and it really does make a difference. So today I (with other family caregivers – and all of us are senior citizens) toured a couple of assisted living/skilled nursing facilities for her. Maybe tomorrow I will feel better, but not tonight.
ask for help!that's the line that struck me the most…we must noe be afraid to ask help…to talk to someone that the only way to prevent it..is when you release it!thank yous so much for sharing this great article!
What a nice article. Nurses do a lot for us but in return, we do almost nothing. Thanks for your tips for preventing nurse burnout. It's time for us to do something for them who were beside us when we needed helps the most.
Thanks a lot for sharing such an amazing article, I am really thankful to my friends who never left me alone in such conditions, they don't let me go into depression, I think this is we all should do.


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Tommy is maybe one of the most controversial and polarising characters the UK has ever seen, from founding the EDL to becoming a political commentator, to being jailed for contempt of court and so much more in-between.
Arsonists have allegedly 'burnt out' Tommy Robinson's car outside a hotel in Telford. The former English Defence League leader has claimed his vehicle was torched in the town by people determined to 'silence him'.
It is believed to be the third time controversial campaigner Robinson – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – has had his car set alight. It comes as cops have stepped up patrols amid growing 'tensions' and 'continued concerns' in Telford, West Mercia Police revealed.
The documentary Tommy is doing is based around the seven men who were jailed after a series of complex court cases, the reporting of which has been banned until now while legal battles raged on.
Details of those court cases following a hearing in the High Court today in which a judge upheld a decision that another man accused of child sex abuse offences was not mentally fit to be retried.
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Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer)
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Doctors and scientists work together to develop new options for people with bile duct cancer.
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic are studying new ways to diagnose and treat cholangiocarcinoma. This research is conducted as part of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program and in coordination with Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and is an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center — recognition for an institution's scientific excellence and multidisciplinary resources focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Areas of research include:
Studying the association of aspirin and statin medications with a reduced risk of cholangiocarcinoma
Investigating the molecular genetics of a tumor and identifying biomarkers, which may aid in early diagnosis or lead to new targeted therapies
Doing clinical trials for new targeted therapies, which is possible because of Mayo Clinic's high patient volume for primary sclerosing cholangitis and bile duct cancer
Improving safety of procedures and developing new ones
Proving that the biomarker CA 19-9 is useful for staging cholangiocarcinoma and understanding the prognosis for people with the disease
See a list of publications about cholangiocarcinoma by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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"It is a night of colossal victory," 69-year-old Benjamin Netanyahu told cheering supporters last night after voting tallies showed he been reelected prime minister of Israel. With more than 97 percent of votes counted, Netanyahu's conservative Likud party looked likely to muster enough support to control 65 of the Knesset's 120 seats and be named to head the next coalition government - a record fifth term as premier.
As Israel secures it's next prime minister, Britain's might be on her way out. British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Brussels today for an emergency EU summit, where European leaders will grant a further extension to the date that Britain will leave the bloc. May has promised not to seek a new term as prime minister at the next election, and has offered to quit sooner if parliament backs her divorce deal. Her goal now is to get a deal through parliament that would allow her to leave with some kind of legacy.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers on Tuesday that he intends to release a redacted version of the long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election "within a week". During a congressional hearing, Barr was repeatedly challenged by Democrats who raised suspicions that he may have misrepresented Mueller's report to paint the Republican president in a better light.
Blizzards and windstorms will punish the U.S. Plains and Midwest on Wednesday and into Thursday as a powerful storm threatens more flooding in areas such as South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and farms along the Missouri River.
Wall Street is bracing for large U.S. companies to report a decline in quarterly profits even after raking in higher revenues, something that has not happened in more than a decade. S&P 500 companies due to report in the coming weeks face tough comparisons with last year, when the U.S. tax code overhaul helped boost profits by more than 20%. But with rising costs, some resulting from tariffs, analysts see profit margins shrinking by 1.1 percentage point, the first year-over-year decline in at least two years, IBES data from Refinitiv showed.
Exclusive: Uber has decided it will seek to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in its initial public offering, and will make public the registration of the offering on Thursday, people familiar with the matter said. An IPO of this size would make Uber one of the biggest technology IPOs of all time. The company is seeking a valuation of between $90 billion and $100 billion, influenced by the poor performance of smaller rival Lyft's shares following its IPO last month, the sources said. Investment bankers previously told Uber it could be worth as much as $120 billion.
Boeing's legal troubles grew on Tuesday as a new lawsuit accused the company of defrauding shareholders by concealing safety deficiencies in its 737 MAX planes before two fatal crashes led to their worldwide grounding. The proposed class action filed in Chicago federal court seeks damages for alleged securities fraud violations, after Boeing's market value tumbled by $34 billion within two weeks of the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX.
World stocks slipped below the six-month high they reached earlier this week as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariffs against the European Union, though the prospect of European Central Bank largesse kept them from falling too far. "Risk assets have been threatening to take their foot off the pedal in recent sessions and yesterday we finally saw that with a delayed reaction to the U.S.-EU tariff headlines," said Deutsche Bank's chief market strategist Jim Reid.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been the subject of a sophisticated spying operation in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has been holed up since 2012, the group said on Wednesday.
Lawmakers in New Zealand have voted almost unanimously to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Parliament passed the gun reform bill by 119 to 1.
Eastern forces and troops loyal to the government in Tripoli are fighting on the outskirts of Libya's capital in a battle that has forced thousands to flee their homes. The United Nations said that at least 4,500 Tripoli residents had been displaced, most moving away from conflict areas to safer districts of the city. But many more were trapped, it said.


Ever had that million dollar inventive idea (or service) that you just knew could change the world? I'm about to share mine with you because I know that you're mature enough, and kind enough, to handle it without laughing at it...right? Right?!
I love wacky and amazing inventive ideas. I don't know why, but I do. I'm the guy that you see on the airplane combing through the SkyMall magazine just waiting to come across the next doohickey (is that still a word?) that will utterly change my life. To this day I would love to own one of those Sofa Over Arm Caddy Organizers. Have you seen those?
They're just a little ugly, which is why (my wife won't let me) I don't have one, but I can still imagine owning one and finally knowing where the remote control is in my living room. That would be amazing.
Now, I myself have dabbled in the art of dreaming up the next big inventive idea. In fact, one time I sat my family down to let them in on it. I just knew it was going to blow them away because the idea itself came to me seemingly out of nowhere while I was showering, and it literally took no effort at all on my part to put it all together. Like none, whatsoever.
Those ideas are THE BEST!
So, I gathered my family around. I waited until I had their full attention, then I sprang it on them.
What's that you ask? Well, it's a taxi service, much like Uber, only I had this idea years before Uber was a thing. So...did Uber steal my idea? Ha! They wish! My idea was so much better. Here's how it would work: You would call for your taxi, when the taxi arrived, the driver would hand you the keys, get in the back of the taxi, and let...you drive!
I know, I know, it was a fantastic idea, and yes, it is so sad that instead of a warm reception I received nothing but laughter and derision, followed up with snickering and shaking of heads, much like you're probably doing right now.
The main thing that brought it to a crashing halt were two questions. One was, 'How would the car insurance work with something like that?' and the other was, 'What if the customer has no idea how to drive?' These questions were then followed up with...well, you guessed it, more laughter and more derision.
The good news is that I did not let this get me down. All it meant for me was that I needed to go back to the drawing board, or in this case the shower stall, and wait patiently for the next amazing idea.
I'm still waiting to this day.
However, I take comfort in searching for and reading other articles about wacky inventions. I highly recommend you read: 30 Weird And Awesome Invention Ideas. The Ostrich Pillow is on my wish list! It's a must-have, although I'm wondering how people breathe in it. However, I figure they wouldn't sell it if it wasn't safe, which still gives me hope that U-Drive will still someday become a reality!


A former lecturer alleges she was wrongfully terminated after defending teaching assistants who, she says, were being treated like "prostitutes."
A lawsuit claims teaching assistants at Amherst College in Massachusetts were encouraged to sleep with students to boost enrollment for the Spanish department.
A former lecturer has filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination, intentional infliction of emotional distress and claimed discrimination after speaking up for the assistants.
As of Thursday morning, Amherst had not filed a legal response to the claims.


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How Biden will roll back Trump's 'America First' legacy on foreign aid
Early foreign aid priorities for the new administration will include restoring aid to the Palestinians and potentially Yemen.
Former Vice President Joe Biden (L) and former Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend the National Committee on American Foreign Policy 2017 Gala Awards Dinner on Oct. 30, 2017, in New York City. Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for National Committee on American Foreign Policy.
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President-elect Joe Biden will assume office at a critical time for global development, with a looming famine in war-torn Yemen, the unparalleled Syrian refugee crisis and a global pandemic that has claimed over 1.2 million lives. On Biden's long foreign policy to-do list, development experts say, is restoring the American foreign assistance dollars imperiled by the current administration.
His key foreign policy adviser on the campaign, Antony Blinken, has pledged the Biden team would "bring aid back to the center of our foreign policy" through an emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and development.
In contrast, Trump has called for aid to be given only to "friends" and revoked from those who don't support US policies. Driven by his belief that other countries need to pony up their fair share, the Republican president sought massive foreign aid cutbacks during his four years in office.
His budget proposals, however, were routinely rejected by bipartisan majorities in Congress and the United States has remained, even under an aid-skeptic Trump, the largest donor of foreign assistance worldwide.
Biden will assemble a team that recognizes "foreign assistance is a positive tool for US influence abroad in that it can help achieve national security and geopolitical interests, and that we have an altruistic reason to provide assistance," said Conor Savoy, executive director of the bipartisan advocacy group Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network.
One possible target for additional US humanitarian support is Yemen, where a six-year-long war pitting a Saudi-led military coalition against the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels has created what the United Nations refers to as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The Trump administration has accused the Houthis of interfering with the distribution of food and humanitarian supplies, and earlier this year, slashed millions of dollars in aid to areas controlled by the rebels in northern Yemen. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has identified carve outs for life-saving aid, but relief organizations operating in Yemen say they are far too narrow.
A former US government official who advised the Biden campaign on foreign policy told Al-Monitor that the incoming administration, as part of its broader commitment to try to end the war in Yemen, will likely move quickly to return aid to previous levels.
The Biden administration will also pursue a restoration of aid to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which Trump pulled all funding from in 2018. Since losing its biggest donor, the cash-strapped agency has been forced to scale back on health care, education and other critical services.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has said the Biden administration would "take immediate steps to restore economic and humanitarian assistance" to the Palestinians, in addition to reopening the US consulate in East Jerusalem and the Palestinian mission in Washington.
Elizabeth Campbell, UNRWA's director in Washington, says her agency is optimistic and believes the new administration will provide assistance "on the basis of need and need alone, not for political reasons."
"You'll see a much more multilateral approach, rather than just a transactional, bilateral approach," said George Ingram, a former senior USAID official and current senior fellow for global economy and development at the Brookings Institution.
"It will be aimed at helping promote the economic, social and political development of other countries," Ingram said.
Ingram points to Biden's campaign commitments to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization on Day 1 of his presidency. Biden is also widely expected to revoke the so-called gag order that prevents federal funding from going to international nongovernmental organizations that provide, or even mention, abortions.
The incoming president intends to make human rights a cornerstone of his foreign policy. He's vowed "no more blank checks" for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and has signaled that Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other autocrats embraced by Trump can expect a cooler reception from his White House.
The rhetoric on human rights is certain to change under Biden, but Lester Munson, a former senior USAID official now with BGR Group, is skeptical the new administration would use foreign aid as leverage.
"I expect the Biden administration on human rights to be more outspoken, but not necessarily making more concrete national security decisions based on human rights concerns," Munson said.
One early indicator of Biden's foreign aid strategy could be the positioning of USAID within his administration. Many in the development community want the agency's administrator to be given a permanent seat on the National Security Council. It would be a first for any administration, but analysts say it's now more likely given the urgency of COVID-19.
At the very least, development experts expect a return to more normal practices under Biden. Trump's threatened aid cuts, some of which materialized, "introduced a level of unreliability in the budgeting process that created a tremendous amount of upheaval at a time when aid should have been playing a strong role," Savoy said.
With Biden, he said, "You're going to see an administration that will inject stability and a return to normality."
More from Elizabeth Hagedorn
Blinken: 'Vitally important' to engage with Israel, Gulf on Iran nuclear deal
Houthi terror designation could set off Yemen's oil tanker 'time bomb'
Biden names Samantha Power as nominee for USAID chief
Trump issues pardons related to Israeli spying, Iran sanctions on last day in office


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Strzok, Page messages from Mueller probe lost after phone resets: IG
Stephen Dinan The Washington TimesDecember 13, 2018 GMT
Investigators weren't able to find any text messages between fired agent Peter Strzok and former bureau lawyer Lisa Page from their time on the Mueller probe because by the time their phones were recovered, they'd been reset for others' use, an inspector general said Thursday.
The report also said the FBI still isn't reliably collecting text messages of all of its employees despite the black eye the bureau has suffered from Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page.
The revelations came in a report Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released to detail the efforts his team made to try to recover the texts between the two, who traded anti-Trump messages during the course of an affair they were having.
Investigators have already released many of the controversial messages, including one in which Mr. Strzok promised they would "stop" Mr. Trump from winning the White House.
But there was a gap in the text messages, or what the inspector general dubbed a "collection tool failure," and the new report detailed investigators' efforts to try to recover those messages directly from the Samsung Galaxy phones issued to both Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page.
While messages were recovered from some phones, the inspector general said that wasn't the case for the phones assigned to the two during their time on the special counsel's probe.
Ms. Page joined that office on May 28, 2017, and left on July 15, 2017. Mr. Strzok joined in early June and was ousted from that team in late July, with his final clearance from the team coming Aug. 11, 2017.
They returned the phones issued to them, and they were both reset to factory settings and had no content from their use.
The FBI employee who received Mr. Strzok's phone says she didn't remember it containing any substantive messages. Ms. Page's phone couldn't be located for several months, but when it was finally found this September it had also been reset and had no messages.
The deputy attorney general told the inspector general that such resets are standard procedure when a user returns a device and it is to be reissued to another user.


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Most tourism to Ireland unfortunately misses the best parts. The cities are historical relics, but they can't compare to the natural beauty and splendor of the emerald island. While this is probably true of all countries, if you stick to the main cities and tourist attractions, you're missing out. This is true to a greater extent in Ireland.
Ireland's historical significance and accessibility make it a perfect destination for American travelers. Given the geographical proximity and fact that 11% of Americans are descendants of Irish immigrants, visiting the motherland is both affordable and culturally rewarding.
Below are five significant destinations in Ireland to visit that only a road trip can fulfill. Afterwards, I'll give you my blueprint to have a successful road trip in Ireland or anywhere else in the world.
Dunamase - Built in the 12th century, this castle was one of the most important pieces of Irish history. At one point, it was the prized fortification of the island relevant for centuries of war.
Despite the importance, my visit was indicative of how rare visitors are. There was nobody else visiting the castle and despite being only 5 - 10 minutes off the main highway between Dublin and Cork, the entrance is tucked behind the back alley of a modern village. If you question the road your GPS leads you, you're probably in the right spot!
Kinsale - Located on the southern Irish coast, the city of 3000 is only a quick 45 minute drive from Cork city. The city had close ties with Catholic Spain and in 1601 a Spanish invasion was defeated by English troops just outside the city.
In addition to historical significance, the city has brightly colored buildings and shops on an idyllic, lush green coast. It does attract some tourists, but most do not visit without a car.
Schull - The tiny village of Schull is home to only 700 people and is literally on the edge of the world. Luckily, I was invited to a traditional Irish performance at Hackett's bar in the heart of the village. Here, I got to experience traditional music of the native Celtic people, speak to locals and stay on a proper Irish farm.
While I didn't know it at the time, Anthony Bourdain visited this remote village, the same bar, and tried the same world famous cheese that the locals forced me to eat. For the record, the cheese was amazing, the music was incredibly unique, and the people were exceptionally warm.
Donegal (County) - Often neglected as a county, Donegal is on the remote northwestern tip of the island. You can find public transportation into the town, but a car is the easiest route. The county doesn't get as much tourism as other regions, but it is arguably more beautiful.
After getting lost at night, I stumbled on a bar located in a barn and a friendly couple invited me to stay in their tiny home. By getting off the beaten path (even accidentally), somehow I managed to sit around a roaring fire speaking with Irish villagers and experiencing an authentic piece of Ireland.
Slieve League & Silverstrand - Although I wanted to visit the popular Cliffs of Moher tourist destination, hurricane force winds prevented me from doing so. Rather than sulk, I resolved to see some coastal cliffs before my trip was over.
On the west coast of county Donegal are cliffs called slieve league, which are far less traveled and more raw and rugged than the Cliffs of Moher. There was exactly one other tourist (who was actually working) whom I befriended and traversed the cliffs.
Because we were off the main tourist path, we experienced extreme winds without problems from the authorities. Check out this video of Marco while we were on our hike up to the cliffs.
Just down the road from slieve league is a cove and beach with pristine sand, beautiful surf, and it is completely empty. In fact, the only life anywhere near silverstrand were goats and sheep brought near the landmark to keep the grass short!
Anyone preparing for a road trip knows it can be fun, but when you are alone, basic needs for survival are highest on the priority list.
Shelter - traveling across a country like Ireland can leave you stranded in some pretty awkward situations. While there are plenty of friendly people in the countryside and you always have your car to sleep in, this isn't always the most comfortable situation. In one instance all the hostels and bed-and-breakfasts in Kinsale were closed so I had to sleep in my tent.
Unfortunately, not all tents are made equally. My girlfriend and I spent a rainy night in a temporary tent she purchased from Walmart and that was not enjoyable. Especially for a rainy climate like Ireland, I suggest going with Cotopaxi (whether it is the Inti 2 or the Techo 3).
Food & Water - as great as Ireland is, they are not known for their food. This is true even more so in the villages and countryside. My relatively health-conscious existence in Austin, Texas (home of Whole Foods and many other health brands) was impossible to maintain while I was on the road. To remedy this situation I had a few simple solutions.
For one, I ate primarily rice cakes, dried meat, and bags of leafy greens. My treats were a couple boxes of RX Bars I took on the road with me (any natural food bar will work, but I prefer this one). To make sure the meat stayed fresh I got myself a small cooler as well. Depending on the duration of your road trip I'd recommend a Yeti cooler. Obviously I didn't carry one across the ocean to Ireland, but as a general rule coolers are more useful than you'd think.
As much as I love food, a recent camping trip with my girlfriend reminded me how much more important water is. Luckily the river water was potable, but having enough water to last your journey is important. Typically I use a Hydroflask, but if you are going on a road trip in desert climates you might need something bigger.
Power Source - My work is all remote, which means I can be on a road trip in rural Ireland and still be getting paid if I have access to my computer and an internet connection a few hours of the day. Ireland was pretty reliable, but there are other places I have visited (like Colombia) where energy wasn't as easy to come by.
I've started carrying a solar portable generator (I'd recommend Goal Zero) when I travel on road trips so I can always get my work done no matter what. It's not always necessary, but they aren't too big and don't take up a lot of space.
My experience in Ireland taught me how fulfilling a road trip off the beaten path could be. As an American driving solo on the opposite side of the road in the dead of the rainy Irish winter, there were plenty of fears, but I made it through alive and so can you.
If you decide to visit Ireland, hopefully the recommendations prove useful. However, by following the suggestions about road trips in general, you can apply these lessons and enjoy wherever you choose to explore.


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Q: Habilitación del atributo disabled mediante script Hola de nuevo grandiosa comunidad :D
Lo que pasa es que tengo 3 input con id y name:

*

*mb_adicional

*precio_mb_adicional y

*precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago

Y necesito que el input 2 y 3 estén deshabilitados en un principio, solo al escribir en el 1ro los otros dos cambien a habilitados.
Hasta el momento tengo lo siguiente:
<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $('#precio_mb_adicional').attr("disabled", true);
        $('#precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago').attr("disabled", true);

        $('#mb_adicional').onkeyup(function () {
            var value = $(this).val();
            if (value.length == 1) {
                $('#precio_mb_adicional').val('');
                $('#precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago').val('');
                $('#precio_mb_adicional').attr("disabled", true);
                $('#precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago').attr("disabled", true);
            }
            else
                $('#precio_mb_adicional').removeAttr("disabled");
        });
    });
</script>

Pero al escribir en el 1ro no se habilitan los otros dos.... ya le di muchas vueltas y no se por que no lo puedo lograrlo.... Help please

A: No necesitas remover el atributo disabled del elemento para que se habilite al usuario, solo debes cambiar su valor a false, estabas muy cerca de lograrlo.
Además he mejorado un poco tu condición para que siempre estén deshabilitados los input si el valor del primer input contiene menos de 2 caracteres.

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            $('#precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago').attr("disabled", true);
        }else{
            $('#precio_mb_adicional').attr("disabled", false);
            $('#precio_mb_adicional_pronto_pago').attr("disabled", false);
        }
    });
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A rare car restoration in progress on display
by Keith Morgan on Sunday, March 20th, 2016
1932 Desoto
Custom car shop, 360 Fabrication of Abbotsford is planning a very unusual exhibit for the Vancouver International Auto Show next week at the Vancouver Conference Centre West.
It will showcase a "restoration in progress" display of one of the country's most anticipated restorations for 2016. The rare 1932 Desoto is being completely modified for a high-profile Calgary auto enthusiast. It will be stretched and widened and feature other extreme metal work and design.
"The extreme nature of this build is creating excitement across North America, and we're very proud to be working on such an exciting project, especially in our 10th anniversary year," says 360 Fabrication President Rick Francoeur.
"We've had the car largely secured from public viewing during this build given the intellectual property around the artistic nature of the design, but given the number of people who have expressed an interest in seeing the vehicle, the owner has agreed to a very special "under construction" viewing only at the show. This car will travel the international show circuit once done, but to be able to unveil it in full metal, in progress is very exciting."
The rebuilt Desoto will feature a LS9 ZR1 motor.
Other elements of the 360 10th anniversary display will include a rare, fully restored 1967 T5 Mustang.
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At Studio 3.0 we don't have a mission statement.
Using the unique demands of each project as a prism through which our design work is guided, we strive for fabulousity.
Studio 3.0 is lead by principal Josh Slater. Josh has been obsessed with design for as long as he can remember: After outgrowing Legos around the age of 15 he turned his attention to more permanent structures, and won his first national architecture competition while still in high school. Josh attended Cornell University where he received his Bachelor of Architecture. He is licensed in Massachusetts, and has significant design experience with both new construction and renovation work, including numerous single family and multi-family residences, as well as commercial, retail, and restaurant projects.


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Don't Hide From Your Fears When I look back on our decision to proceed with planning and implementing our 1 year sabbatical I had a lot of reservations and fears. I mean seriously it's a big decision to pick up stakes and move around the world with your kids. ...
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What is the #1 thing you can do to achieve your dreams? It's not making a lot of money. It's not being super smart; although I personally think being street smart helps. It's not being lucky; although if you are lucky and want to throw a few lotto numbers my way...
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If there was an Olympic sport for worrying I would be up on that winners podium receiving the gold medal and singing the national anthem with tears streaming down my face. Of course I'd also be thinking, "What if my singing isn't any good? What if people think I...
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I once owned a 1969 Pontiac Firebird. It was the first car that I purchased with my own money. This car was dark green with a black vinyl top, Muncie 4 speed transmission with a Hurst shifter, Posi-track rear, and a Pontiac 350 full-throttle lay on the G's kick-ass...
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Starting June of 2011 my family and I will sell everything we own and embark on a 1 year sabbatical of self-discovery and adventure. We'll be moving to Indonesia and traveling throughout SE Asia. This site is the story of that journey.


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Cast Bars vs. Minted Bars – What's the difference?
Global Gold
We are often asked what the difference is between cast and minted bars. Here's a short summary of the most relevant points, including the pros and cons, as well as a few comments beyond the obvious.
When it comes to the fabrication of bars, two principle manufacturing processes are differentiated – casting and minting. Minted bars are generally considered more beautiful and are also generally handled with more care.
Cast Bars
The process of casting has existed for thousands of years. Estimates go back to 5000 to 7000 years. While the technique has evolved over time, the modern process does not greatly differ from the ancient days.
In essence, cast bars are fabricated via a method of "molding" or "pouring". The metal is heated and then poured into a mold in its liquid form. The mold is designed for a certain weight and shape. The metal becomes solid quickly and is taken out of the mold after it has cooled off. Subsequent steps frequently include the stamping or engraving of the bar, identifying things like the refiner, format and bar number. However, often the information is also already included in the mold.
Minted Bars
Minting creates a bar that is often more creative, with more intricate and finer design details. Minted bars are cleaner, straighter and perhaps more fitting of the image that many of us have for gold bars.
Historically, the minting process started at a much later point than casting. In fact, it was a further step in the processing of cast bars. After molding, the cast bars were fed through a machine that compressed them into a uniform shape. Although this method is still known and used at times, most mints today use "continuous casting" machinery.
Long strips of metal are produced in a certain width and thickness. Then the strip is cut to pieces of precise length, thus resulting in neutral "blanks" without distinguishing character.
The minting process differs depending on the metal being fabricated between silver, gold or platinum. In any case it is a process that is multi-staged and more complex than the casting process. Therefore, the premium asked for minted bars is generally higher.
Pros and cons – a comparison
Whether you prefer to own a minted or cast bar may come down to nuances of personal preference, some of which may be purely emotional. In our team at Global Gold, some of us just love the beauty and craftmanship of minted bars. Others prefer the ruggedness of cast bars and are more focused on the bullion content and value of the product.
I'm sure they will be happy to discuss and chat the pros and cons with you. Whether in the end the difference between minted versus cast really matters, that's a different story. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Sleeper is the title of the most recent album by Kan, a contemporary Celtic music band based in the UK. Kan features some of the finest musicians in the current Irish and Scottish roots music scene. The musicians describe their act as "a homogenous quartet of lead instruments."The four musicians demonstrate admirable skill as instrumentalists and perform highly creative music. Kan composes original material that combines traditional music from Great Britain and Ireland with Asturian jigs from Spain, Breton dances from France and modern jazz elements. Although the interplay of flutes, whistles and fiddles are in the forefront, rhythm, specially drums, plays an essential role in Kan's music with inspired drum kit work and expert tempo changes.
Release in December 2012, A Wayfarer's Lament is a chapter on lifes beginnings, endings, and the hope that shines through it all. Uplifting honest songs that go deep. Simple arrangements create a beautifully sparse room of sound and soul. Featuring many of the same musicians as on Tex Smith, and To a Bird Singing Woe, A Wayfarer's Lament follows the first two like Part 3 of a story. All original songs, written and produced in Austin Texas by Tex Smith along with Brother Machine. A great follow up to his first two records, you will want all 3.
Hundreds Of Lions was crafted over three years – an unprecedented, luxurious amount of time that allowed Erin to nurture new songs to life, and gave producer Sam Kassirer the freedom to produce a watershed, modern Erin McKeown album, with her voice as its center. Sam and Erin retreated to a farmhouse studio in rural New England and experimented. They squished acoustic sounds through synthesizers. They programmed electronic squiggles to mingle with orchestral strings recorded in a country church down the street. Brass and woodwinds, traditionally last, were recorded very early on so they built the core of the record instead of just being layered on top.The result is a record fit to bookend the first ten years of a dynamic career of a unique American artist.


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What The World's Most Innovative Companies Have in Common
What do the world's most successful companies do right? There's no magic recipe for business success, but there are some things the world's most innovative companies have in common.
What differentiates the world's most innovative companies are their creation and use of Artificial intelligence (AI) and Platforms with Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook leading all others. Each of them is actively creating and providing AI-based applications, platforms and ecosystems that enable enterprises to improve customer experiences, creating entirely new revenue streams, business models and competitive advantages.
Alphabet/Google has defined its direction as an "AI first" company, intentionally creating a culture of AI-driven innovation. It has long embraced both platforms (think Android) and ecosystems (consider how Alphabet has worked with others to develop Waymo, its autonomous driving venture).
Next in line is Amazon, which, besides using AI in its retail business, has pioneered voice recognition technology (Alexa) and platform-based services (Amazon Web Services).
Apple, at number three, helped pioneer voice recognition software (Siri) and provided a premier virtual workplace for app developers with its iOS platform.
Fourth-place Microsoft has also evolved from a software company into a provider of AI and platform-based services.
The effects of AI will be magnified in this decade, as virtually every industry will transform their core processes and business models to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The bottleneck now is in business imagination, implementation, and management. For business leaders, it is imperative to get a plan for making AI work in the organization.
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Combating Financial Exploitation Of The Elderly - McConville Considine Cooman & Morin, P.C.
Financial exploitation of the elderly continues to be one of the fastest growing forms of elder abuse. As population dynamics shift to a higher percentage of U.S. citizens over 65, the trend is likely to grow. Misdeeds often include unauthorized use or theft of property, abuse of powers of attorney, misuse of ATM, credit cards and joint bank accounts, appropriation of pension and benefit checks, illegal property transfers, consumer fraud and scams. For example, a daughter transferred her mother's funds into her own checking account using a power of attorney that did not allow gifting. In court, the transfer was deemed invalid because the daughter could not show that the transfer was made in a fair, open, voluntary and well-understood manner.
To combat these issues, new regulations are underway.
Proposed amendments to the New York Banking Law would allow banks to put a hold on transactions when the bank has a reasonable belief to suspect financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and require them to contact Adult Protective Services for potential investigation. The Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association objected to the proposal because the definition of "vulnerable adult" and the transaction hold and reporting requirements were vague.
As a result, the proposed bill now requires the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services to develop guidelines for reporting suspected financial exploitation and provides immunity to third parties disclosing potential abuse. The bill passed the New York State Assembly and currently awaits a vote in the New York State Senate.
Effective February 5, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued new regulations approved by the SEC that permit members to place temporary holds on disbursements of funds or securities from customer accounts if there is reasonable belief the customer is being exploited. This applies to adults age 65 and older, and to those age 18 years and older when the member believes the individual has a physical or mental impairment.
Members are further required to make reasonable efforts to obtain the name and contact information of a trusted person to be listed on the elderly customer's account in the event of questionable activity. Generally, asking customers to provide the contact information is sufficient to satisfy this requirement. Should the customer decline to provide such information, the member may still open an account.
Every elder law attorney has an obligation to their clients to ensure they are protected financially and to avoid conflicts of interest. Taking the above preventative regulatory steps is important as it can be difficult and costly to unwind the effects of elder financial exploitation.
For assistance with these matters, please contact a member of our Wills, Trusts & Estates practice.