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Davey stood in the center of the family room, his arms down at his side, waiting patiently for the full attention of his brothers.
Don and Dennis laid their sticks on the pool table, then plopped down hard on the sofa, making Doug bounce just a little. Doug shifted his weight, but remained focused on his magazine. Dennis elbowed Doug, who grumbled "wait a minute" and continued reading the Sports Illustrated article until he reached the end of the page. Then he dropped the magazine to the floor.
All eyes were now on Davey. "Okay, go ahead little man," Don said. Davey cleared his throat, smiled nervously and started to sing. "My-y-y-y country ..."
When he finished singing, he said "thank you" and took an exaggerated bow. All three of his brothers politely applauded Davey's rendition of "My Country Tis of Thee," even though he sang it too fast, mumbled many of the words and was mostly off-key.
"Good job," Don said. "Yeah, good job," Dennis echoed. "Excellent," Doug chimed in.
Davey stood there, a smile stretching across his little face. "It's a good song, huh guys, a real good song." Davey felt so proud. "It's all about America. We learnt it in school. Ms. Nancy, she taught it to us. She's our music teacher." He leaned forward like he was about to divulge a big secret. "Y'know what? Her first name is Nancy. She's got a real long last name. That's because she got married; so now she's got two last names and it's really, really long. It's like this long," he said, extending his arms to illustrate his point. "So that's why she lets us call her Ms. Nancy. She's real nice. And pretty too. She's not our regular teacher, just music. It's lots of fun. Sometimes when the whole class is singing, she starts flinging her arms all over the place; she calls it conducting."
Doug hooted. "Oh yeah, like this," he said, moving his arms around like a conductor. "Yeah, just like that," Davey said. "And y'know what else guys, when she's doing her conducting, sometimes she raises her arms so high, you can see the slip that's under her dress. Yesterday she had the leopard slip on again. She wears that one a lot. It's cool. It's got leopard spots on it just like the leopards at the zoo."
The three brothers eyed each other. "Leopard slip," Don said in a half-whisper.
"Sounds like little Davey's getting himself quite an education," Dennis said with a sinister laugh, turning to high-five Doug on his left, then Don on his right. Doug let out a hoot and Don and Dennis joined in, getting a good laugh going.
"Yeah, that's pretty funny, huh guys," Davey said, even though he didn't see what was so funny about Ms. Nancy's slip showing. But he figured it must be funny if his brothers were laughing, so he laughed too.
"Okay, show's over," Don announced, jumping up from the sofa. "C'mon bro'," he said, motioning Dennis to follow him over to the pool table. "The couch is all yours Dougster," Don said. Doug fidgeted to get himself back into a comfortable reading position.
Davey, still standing in the center of the room, waited patiently for Don to take his shot and then said: "Hey Don, I got a question. What does 'tisafee' mean?" Don turned around, the pool stick still in his hand. "Huh? Say what?"
"Y'know, 'tisafee,' from the song, 'My Country Tisafee'," Davey said. Dennis made a face and walked around the pool table so that he was standing right next to Don. "What did he say?" Dennis asked. Doug set down his Sports Illustrated and sat up straight. All eyes were on Davey.
Davey was exasperated. "So, what's a tisafee? Is that what they called America back in George Washington's time? Or is it like a happy feeling or something else?"
Don and Dennis eyed each other. "Tisafee don't mean squat," Dennis snorted. Doug slapped at his knee. "Oh boy!" he shouted. Don shook his head. "You little dope, it's not tisafee, it's tis of thee. Tisafee isn't even a word!"
Davey got defensive, throwing his arms back. "Well it sure sounded like a word when Ms. Nancy was teaching it to us. And that's how it sounded when the whole class sung it at school!"
Don, now leaning on his pool stick, shook his head. "No, what she was saying was tis of thee. It's three words dummy, tis of thee."
"Tisa three?" Davey whispered.
"No! Not three!" Don shouted. "The word is thee!" Davey's eyes blinked rapidly.
"Didn't mean to yell," Don said in a normal-volume voice. "It's tis of thee," he said, stretching out the words. "Tis of thee, got it?"
Davey scowled, scratched at his head, then said "oh" as if he understood. But he didn't understand. Tis of thee didn't make any more sense to him than tisafee. He knew "of" was a word, but he never heard anyone say "tis" or "thee." But at least his brothers had stopped laughing. Then Doug had to go and open his big mouth.
"Oh boy, tisafee, that's a good one," Doug hooted. "We gotta tell Mom and Dad that one, they'll ll get a big kick out of it." Again, Doug slapped at his knee, hooting with laughter and egging Don and Dennis to join in, which they did.
Davey looked down at his shoes. They were all laughing at him. He was so embarrassed he felt like crying. So he pressed his lips together real hard so he wouldn't cry. And it worked. He didn't dare ask them anything else. They had laughed about tisafee, so he knew they'd laugh even more if he said he still didn't know what tis of thee meant. So he kept his mouth shut. He wasn't about to let his brothers make him feel stupid twice on the same day.


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Real Salt Lake welcome San Jose Earthquakes to the Rio Tinto Stadium in the MLS on Thursday morning, and are big favourites to pick up all three points given the hosts have been hard to beat in recent weeks while the visitors have can't stop the rot on the road. Real Salt Lake could go within a point of their opponents with a win this week narrowing the gap to a Final Series Playoff place.
As for the hosts, Mike Petke's Real Salt Lake side are currently eight in the Western Conference with 29 points from 26 games this season. Real have suffered just one defeat from their previous seven outings and will fancy their chances against San Jose given how poor the visitors have been on their travels.
Chris Leitch's San Jose Earthquakes side find themselves one place and four points better off than Real Salt Lake, but the away side's form is likely to see them falling short. San Jose have suffered five consecutive defeats on their travels and are unlikely to deliver a shock performance at the Rio Tinto Stadium as a result.


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No, this is not a plug for the wine enjoyed by the bands Black Sabbath and Judas Priest (though I have it on good authority it's Clos de Tart, a small Burgundian vineyard in the Cote de Nuits appellation). Rather, it's a bemused reference to a new product, or at least new to me, called FLASQ. You know those Budwiesers that are sold in an aluminum bottle, for people who like their beer in bottles, but can't be bothered with actually buying the bottle? Well, someone had the idea to do the same thing for wine. I haven't made up my mind whether this represents a step forward from box wines, or backwards.
I am, as I mentioned, perplexed by this concept and have not come down firmly on one side or the other. On the one hand, I am a traditionalist and think glass bottles are the only acceptable way (until now, possibly) to store wine. On the other hand, I think the same thing about beer, but I have been known to crack a frosty can on occasion. Like when it's free. Or they don't have it in bottle and holding my breath until I turn blue turns out to be an ineffective strategy to produce a change in this situation. Or it's almost free. On the other, other hand (if you're counting, that's three hands to date), I am an engineer and there's nothing engineers like to do more than shake things up and implement some cool tech into an otherwise stuffy old business. Well, we like to spend office hours playing on-line games a little bit more, but if there's some new tech to implement, then we'll get right on it, sometime after we finish this dungeon run. But, aluminum bottles for wine? Hmm….
To be honest, I'm just not feeling the love for this product. Sure, it'd be great when you want to ice down a bucket full of FLASQ's (what would the plural of FLASQ be?) of chardonnay for the playoff game with the guys. But other than that, where does it really make sense? It's not like people chug-a-lug a merlot, and then crush the aluminum bottles on their foreheads. Oh, I suppose if you're French, you might do that, but the rest of us have a little couth. So, I guess I'm going to have to admit to a bit of Luddite type tendencies here and submit, sadly, that I don't think this is a particularly great advance in the field of alcoholic beverage delivery technology. But when they get around to bottling a old vine Zinfandel in a titanium-cermet composite flask, then I'll be first in line to get that.


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Local retailers are upping the ante when it comes to providing quality customer service to Whistler's visitors.
About 25 businesses chose to participate in the Whistler Chamber of Commerce's new Mystery Shopper program, which launched in December.
The concept behind the program is pretty simple: the Chamber hires local "mystery shoppers" to go into participating stores, cafes, restaurants or service providers to ask employees questions and browse.
The shopper spends about 10 minutes at each location, and fills out a report on their experience after they leave.
At the end of the month, the retailer is emailed a link that allows them to view four reports filled out on their business, and a combined score for the overall reporting period.
While individual results are kept confidential, the data will be pooled to compile an overall report and score for the Resort.
The first round of mystery shoppers hit the streets in mid-December, with reports given back to retailers in the first week of January.
And so far, at least one business owner is pleased with the results.
Tom Horler, executive director of the Chamber, is also the owner of Whistler's McDonalds, one of the businesses trying out the new program.
While every McDonalds is mystery shopped once a month by an independent third party, according to corporate policy, Horler says the secondary mystery shop will make his job easier and can only improve service.
He adds that the program isn't just about catching negligent employees, but about rewarding people for good work.
In their first round of feedback, McDonalds received positive reviews and Horler says he now plans to reward the employee identified in the report.
Horler is encouraging other businesses to get onboard and help improve service at the Resort as a whole.
"The key to the success of Whistler is great customer service. But that's the key to any good product," said Horler.
Julie Morris is project manager for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, and has been working on the new Mystery Shopper program.
She explains that the Mystery Shopper program is designed to support and measure the effectiveness of the Spirit Program, which teaches the "Connect, Assist, Exceed" service philosophy.
Morris says they've received a good response to the new program so far, but are hoping more businesses come forward once they see the results from the first round of mystery shopping.
Horler agrees the new program will provide a benchmark for assessing the effectiveness of the Spirit Program.
Before the Chamber launched their Mystery Shopper program, Morris says they researched professional mystery shopping companies, and discovered that many were charging about $200 per shop.
The chamber provides four mystery shops per month, plus the reports, for $60 a month.
Horler says he is "amazed" by the value of the program, compared with similar programs available.
Each report provides feedback on the mystery shopper's experience in stores, including detailed comment boxes, and suggestions on how managers can use the feedback, whether it's rewarding employees for good performance, or improving upon negative feedback.
The program is still in a six-month pilot stage, but Morris is optimistic that it will expand and become a permanent fixture in Whistler.
For more information, or to sign up for the Mystery Shopper program online, visit the Chamber's website at http://www.whistlerchamberofcommerce.com.


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[01] Papandreou: households 'hostages' to debt
[02] Gov't on cost of living issue
High prices and bank cartels had turned borrowers into hostages of upward spiralling debt, main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou stressed in Parliament on Friday and said the government should urgently adopt PASOK's proposals for aiding over-indebted households. The prime minister could no longer hide behind the global economic crisis, he added.
"You have not protected the Greek economy. With your policies, you are undermining social cohesion," Papandreou emphasised. He painted a dire picture where desperate loan-takers were constantly trying to recycle their debts and resorting ever higher borrowing, while adding that the numbers for auctions and foreclosures concealed real people.
"There are thousands of tragic stories of families that lose their homes, are thrown out onto the street, even led to complete collapse," Papandreou said. He cited the example of a court case to reverse the foreclosure and seizure by a bank of a house of 70 square metres in Nikaia that belonged to a large family with small children for a debt of just 2,000 euros. The mother had apparently borrowed the sum of 4,700 euros and repaid about half but the bank was going ahead with the foreclosure because she was unable to pay the rest.
"This is a regime of arbitrary lawlessness that you have allowed to bloom," he accused Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, while noting that the government had simultaneously passed laws that essentially handed millions of euros to those owing much greater sums.
Papandreou repeated his party's proposals for over-indebted households, such as increasing the lowest limit for banks to seize properties from 10,000 euros to 20,000 euros.
"We expect you to do your duty and not to just support the big interests that support and guide you," he added.
He also asked Karamanlis how long he intended to continue occupying himself with the "sell-off to foreigners using scandalous means of state enterprises," listing Greece's former state phone utility OTE, the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki, the Athens water company EYDAP and the Public Power Corporation (PPC) in the future.
"For how long will Greeks see the state's property but also his own being sold at bargain basement prices while various middlemen profit," PASOK's leader said.
Karatzaferis says main residences should be exempt from foreclosure
Speaking in Parliament during the debate, Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) president George Karatzaferis reiterated his proposal that primary residences be exempt from seizure, stressing that they "are not just concrete, but memories of a family's life."
He also charges that banks have increased profits of between 45 and 240 percent, with only Hellenic Post Bank showing a reduction in profits.
Regarding spiraling prices, he said the same products were being sold cheaper in Germany than Greece, although salaries in that country were double those of Greece.
"When we have such immense differences in households' 'basket', how can consumers be on time with their debt repayments?" he asked.
Caption: Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou on Friday tabled a question in Parliament regarding over-borrowing by Greek households and a rise in mortgage foreclosures by banks. ANA-MPA - Maria Marogianni
The government spokesman on Friday answered repeated questions involving cost-of-living indexes and the inflation rate in the country, given a bevy of press reports the same day pointing to a consumers report apparently showing certain Greek products being sold at higher prices in Greece than in other European countries, with one high-profile example pointing to the sale of Greek feta cheese for less in Berlin than in Athens.
"Some of the press reports touch on issues that no one can say do not exist," alternate government spokesman Evangelos Antonaros said during his regular press briefing, while acknowledging that certain products in the local market are expensive for the average wage-earner's pocket book.
Additionally, the spokesman said the government is serious about tackling the problem by implementing some 41 recently announced measures to boost competitiveness and free market practices.
In specifically commenting on the "feta example", Antonaros said he will not comment on specific products, while noting that it is always beneficial, however, to compare similar quantities, products and similar sales contexts.
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I haven't figured out who is the bigger sadist: is it the Joker for the horrifying paces he's put Batman and his entire family of allies through? Or is it the man writing the actions of the Joker, Scott Snyder?
In this latest issue of Batman, #16, which hit stores today, the Joker has weaved an intricate tapestry of his greatest hits out of the tattooed flesh of Arkham Asylum inmates as a monument to his brutal career. It's both unnerving and frightening, but it's so patently Joker that it's almost unsurprising. Almost.
But how can you not be surprised by a man who cut his own face off and is now wearing it as a mask, strapped to his face with leather belts?
Those who have only seen the Joker in action in the movies really have no idea what he's truly capable of, but Scott Snyder knows. And I'm not sure if that should freak me out or not.
This arc of Batman is one of the single best I've read in years (perhaps since the Bruce Wayne: Murderer arc, or Hush), and Snyder is putting Batman in the most uncomfortable and compromising situations, all at the hands of the Joker. If you read one Batman story arc this year, you'd do well to make it Death of the Family.
"Well, I can tell you there are definitely some insane moments in the conclusion and some crazy things happen so, I've always been braced for it as something that isn't designed to just shock for the sake of shocking, but is the culmination of the story in a way that feels organic and surprising. I can't remember who it was, but I had a teacher that gave me a writing quote when I was a student that said 'Every ending should be both inevitable and totally surprising,' and I completely believe that. Hopefully this is an ending that feels organic to the story we've been telling, and when you get there you'll say 'I can't believe this just happened,' and at the same time, you'll feel that it's a cumulative, horrible thing out of everything that's been going on."
Something awful is going to happen in this book, and I know it. I can feel it. Snyder is a master at irony, making victories for characters feel like losses. I've been stressed out over the fate of certain characters in a way that you wouldn't even believe if I described it. And the next issue is the finale we've been waiting for. What will we see?
I asked Scott and he was cryptic, but equally confidence shaking.
"Our goal with this is to tell a Joker story that hopefully people will respond to in a way where they think that it deserves to be on that same horrible tapestry he creates in #16 at some point, that it will sit among some of the stories I love so much with that character. I definitely see him [Joker] as hoping it goes on that tattooed horrible tapestry."
It really needs to be seen to be believed. Batman is every bit a horror comic at the moment as he grapples with the Joker, and Snyder (known for his work in horror with American Vampire), is absolutely the right man for the job.
To leave you with a tease, here are two pages of art from the next issue, hitting comic book stores in February.
You should really pick up the issues to this point and get on board. Then you should let me know if it's Scott that's being the sadist, or if the Joker is real. Either way, I'm not sleeping any easier.
Bryan Young is an author and the editor in chief of the geek news site Big Shiny Robot! Be sure to visit Big Shiny Robot! to read the complete interview with Scott Snyder.


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Potters Bar slump to defeat at home to Enfield Town
Mark Hemmings
Published: 2:58 PM December 6, 2009 Updated: 8:06 PM November 3, 2020
IT was derby day heartache for Potters Bar Town against Ryman League rivals Enfield Town on Saturday.
POTTERS Bar Town were on the wrong end of a 4-1 derby defeat at home to rivals Enfield Town yesterday (Saturday).
The visitors flew into a 3-0 half-time lead in the Ryman League Division One North clash.
A brace from Adam Wallace, who had a brief spell with Potters Bar last term, and a Liam Hope goal put the game out of the hosts' reach.
In the second half Scholar Ola Williams put into his own net before ex-Enfield man Ellis Remy scored a consolation from the penalty spot after Jordan Watson was fouled.
* Potters Bar are away in the league to Leyton on Saturday.


There may come a time, in your life, in your Sober Life, that you reach a tipping point. A moment of Do or Die, or more aptly, Do or Drink … A moment where the resentments of the past, are about to rush over you like a BIG wave on the beach.
That time may come for you, as it came to me, not so long ago.
For many years, when I worked my steps, I had resentments that ended up on the Never list for my Step Nine Amends. That anger of my idealistic melancholic hopes that "The Past could have been any different, thereby giving me the end I wanted, instead of the end that I got.
There was not ONE sober member, when it was needed so badly, not one member who gave me a solution to my anger. Oh, they recognized my anger, then told me to go, and deal with that on my own, leaving me to my own devices.
My solution, the Very Spiritual Solution came from my spiritual advisers.
The format of the inventory I needed to work came from them, and them alone.
I learned to Pray a Forgiveness Prayer, for those who had harmed me so badly. Praying to forgive them of pain, knowing that my prayer was not one of absolution, but in the end, of Release.
There may come a time when resentments that end up on your amends list, that fall in the Never Column. There are three columns. Now, Later, and Never.
For the whole of my sobriety I sat on anger and fear. I sat in sick anger that invaded my spirit, and as the book tells us, that sickness, keeping us from the Sunlight of the Spirit.
I heard it said tonight, that when we are in that place, we are walking around the world, with an open umbrella, shading ourselves from the Sunlight of the Spirit, intentionally.
We have to let go the expectation that the Past could have been any Different.
The example I was given, was Corrie Ten Boom, a survivor of the Holocaust. After the war, that she survived, she later met a man who stopped her on the street in Berlin.
He said Corrie, Don't you know who I am ? Yes, she did. Before her stood one of the guards that killed her family, in front of her, and terrorized her in the camps.
He asked her for forgiveness … And on that pass, she said Absolutely Not.
In time, she came to the Spiritual Battle Ground, where she learned about Faith, God, The Cross of Crucifixion, Jesus, and of Forgiveness.
She found forgiveness for that man.
When her story came to me, via my spiritual director, my very banal resentments and anger, paled in comparison to this very tragic story of suffering and death. I thought out loud that I could not compare my pain, to that pain of someone who survived the death camps.
I had to let go my pie in the sky expectations of the past, and get to the forgiveness prayer, for me, for them, to be free, finally, once in for all. Because I needed to move on with my life, and I truly needed to shut the door on this past story, forever.
I came to this point. I had a spiritual solution that worked.
We are imperfect humans, and as soon as we recognize that, within the frame work of the Spirituality of Imperfection, and we make that crucial decision to LIVE in the Spiritual Solution, we begin to live Freely, Humbly with Gratitude and Love.
The Solution to Sober Problems can be found in Spiritual Principles.
The Spirituality of Imperfection is a good place to start.


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Global Business Today sets the standard for International Business courses and is the proven choice at both the undergraduate and graduate level. It offers a complete solution that is relevant (timely, comprehensive), practical (focused on applications of concepts), and integrated (logical flow of topics from chapter to chapter). The success of the first eleven editions (and its longer, more in-depth textbook option, International Business, now in the 13th edition) was based on the incorporation of leading-edge research, the use of the up-to-date examples and statistics to illustrate global trends and enterprise strategy, and the discussion of current events within the context of the appropriate theory. Building on these strengths, the goals for the 12th edition have focused on the following: 1. Incorporate new insights from scholarly research. 2. Make sure the content covers all appropriate issues. 3. Make sure the text is up-to-date with current events, statistics, and examples. 4. Add new and insightful opening and closing cases in most chapters. 5. Incorporate value-added global EDGE™ features in every chapter. 6. Connect every chapter to a focus on managerial implications.
PART ONE Introduction and Overview
Chapter One Globalization
PART TWO National Differences
Chapter Two National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems
Chapter Three National Differences in Economic Development
Chapter Four Differences in Culture
Chapter Five Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability
PART THREE The Global Trade and Investment Environment
Chapter Six International Trade Theory
Chapter Seven Government Policy and International Trade
Chapter Eight Foreign Direct Investment
Chapter Nine Regional Economic Integration
PART FOUR The Global Monetary System
Chapter Ten The Foreign Exchange Market
Chapter Eleven The International Monetary System
PART FIVE The Strategy of International Business
Chapter Twelve The Strategy of International Business
Chapter Thirteen Entering Developed and Emerging Markets
PART SIX International Business Functions
Chapter Fourteen Exporting, Importing, and Countertrade
Chapter Fifteen Global Production and Supply Chain Management
Chapter Sixteen Global Marketing and Business Analytics
Chapter Seventeen Global Human Resource Management
Charles Hill
Charles W. L. Hill is the Hughes M. and Katherine Blake Professor of Strategy and International Business at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. The Foster School has a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), one of only 17 funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and is consistently ranked as a Top-25 business school. Learn more about Professor Hill at foster.uw.edu/faculty-research/directory/charles-hill
A native of the United Kingdom, Professor Hill received his PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. In addition to the University of Washington, he has served on the faculties of the University of Manchester, Texas A&M University, and Michigan State University.
Professor Hill has published over 50 articles in top academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Science. Professor Hill has also published several textbooks including International Business (McGraw Hill LLC) and Global Business Today (McGraw Hill LLC). His work is among the most widely cited in the world in international business and strategic management. Beginning in 2014, Dr. Hill partnered with Dr. Tomas Hult in a formidable co-authorship of the IB franchise of textbooks (International Business, Global Business Today). This brought together two of the most cited international business scholars in history.
Professor Hill has taught in the MBA, Executive MBA, Technology Management MBA, Management, and PhD programs at the University of Washington. During his time at the University of Washington he has received over 25 awards for teaching excellence, including the Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award.
Professor Hill works on a private basis with a number of organizations. His clients have included Microsoft, where he has been teaching in-house executive education courses for two decades. He has also consulted for a variety of other large companies (e.g., AT&T Wireless, Boeing, BF Goodrich, Group Health, Hexcel, Microsoft, Philips Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Seattle City Light, Swedish Health Services, Tacoma City Light, Thompson Financial Services, WRQ, and Wizards of the Coast). Professor Hill has also served on the advisory board of several start-up companies.
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AI-powered automation can transform legal practises into client-centric firms of the future
The legal sector, traditionally powered by inefficiencies and resistant to change, is on a wave of digital transformation fueled by growing competition from new market entrants who can provide alternative legal services more efficiently and cost effectively.
According to Thomson Reuters, the use of alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) "is now a $10 billion market and growing."
For traditional legal practices wanting to engage and compete for new, digitally driven clients, becoming more client-centric is key. 37% of clients and 43% of small businesses now turn to the internet for legal providers; catering to this demand for fast, convenient service will 'make or break' the success of firms. By automating time-intensive manual processes such as reviewing legislation, lawyers can free up valuable time to focus on providing tailored, high quality customer service to their clients.
So are legal departments and firms ready for such a shift in traditional practices? It's no secret that change is happening, but emerging technologies can be intimidating for legal professionals whose expertise is in law, not knowledge maps and automation. There is a sense of urgency in the sector, emphasised by Deloitte's recent estimation that the tipping point for changing work demographics in the legal profession is approaching as soon as 2020.
At Rainbird, our AI-powered automation platform provides a unique approach to digital transformation for legal firms struggling to adapt. Through a formal certification programme which leads to a three-stage artificial intelligence qualification, employees can positively embrace technological change. One recent organisation to undergo the process is international law firm Taylor Wessing.
"Anyone new joining the legal profession probably has some exposure to AI already as all the training establishments and universities are talking about it, but anyone who's been here more than 4 or 5 years has never had any education on it", said Kevin Harris – IT Director at Taylor Wessing – of the Rainbird implementation process. "This gives us a way where those who haven't gone through a modern degree programme can get exposure to at least a level of knowledge."
Rainbird CEO Ben Taylor (see header image) discussed how legal practices can make the most of the recent AI boom as keynote speaker at the recent British Legal Technology Forum in London. "With the right understanding and execution," he explained, "every law firm can become a tech company."
Follow the link for video footage of the talk.


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Hong Sang-soo's third film of 2017 (after On the Beach at Night Alone and Claire's Camera) is another melancholy comedy of booze and infidelity with a scrambled time structure. Here the philanderer is a publisher who has damaged his marriage by having an affair with an office assistant who has since left his employ. He pours out his heart to her replacement (Kim Min-hee, star of all three of Hong's 2017 features and the director's current flame). "A loquacious, Rohmer-kissed comedy of missed chances and misunderstandings, in which matters of the heart are drawlingly discussed over lashings of soju…Regular [Hong] acolytes will drink it up." –Variety. Subtitles. DCP. 91 min.


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Q: Decrypting a A256GCM-encrypted JWT in PHP so i'm trying to decrypt a JWT (that i get in context of "German Post-ID") in PHP and i've tried a couple of libraries for that, mainly 'firebase/php-jwt' as its some easy to use library with a decryption-function.
Unfortunately it doesn't support A256GCM-algorithm so i ended up with 'spomky-labs/jose', but it seems to not support decrypting and i'm starting to believe that PHP is quiet uncommon to decrypt JWT's (unfortunately im bound to use PHP).
Does someone have experience with this kind of JWT and / or have a recommendation for a working library?
Thanks in advance for any answers and, since it's my first post, feel free to leave any suggestions how i could make my posts better.

A: The spomky-labs/jose fully supports AES GCM encrypted tokens. It is tested using the test vectors from the RFC7520 and based on a library that is also tested with vector from the NIST and IEEE802.
However a bug may exist so I suggest you to open an issue on the library repository and share more information about that issue (tokens, key, error messages and so on).
It may also come from external problems (not related to the library itself) such as your private key, a corrupted JWT, a wrong format (base 64 instead of base64 url safe) or a claim that is not supported and marked as critical.
Could you provide a link to the token provider ? I tried to find information about the German Post ID you mentionned but the answers are related to the OpenID specification and there is no mention of token encryption.

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Gemserv boosts strength with double acquisition
Home » Insights » Gemserv boosts strength with double acquisition
'Step change' deal comes amid huge digital disruption for clients
Professional services firm Gemserv has acquired two specialist consultancies in Digital Transformation and Cyber Security in a move to strengthen and broaden services to clients and open up new markets.
The company, which is involved in high-profile projects across the energy market and other sectors – including the smart metering rollout in the UK – has bought ASE Consulting and Aprose Risk.
The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will create a combined group with 180 staff and annual revenues of more than £20m. The enlarged business has clients across the public and private sector, including energy, government and healthcare, as well as rapidly evolving areas such as electric vehicles and the Internet of Things.
Alex Goody, who was appointed chief executive of Gemserv in July, says the acquisitions represent a step change for the combined business at a time when significant opportunities are emerging from the disruption underway in its core markets.
"The pace of change in the energy sector is accelerating and technology and data advances means it is increasingly connecting with other sectors such as transport and telecoms," he explains.
"These acquisitions will help Gemserv keep ahead of developments by enhancing our digital expertise. As well as significantly strengthening and broadening the services the combined business can offer to our existing clients, it will also expand the reach of Gemserv into exciting new areas."
Alex stressed it will be 'business as usual' for clients of the enlarged group.
"The existing strong relationships we have will continue but clients will now have access to greater capacity and capability."
Alex says the skills and client base of the two sister companies being acquired are highly complementary and that the staff of the combined group will also benefit from enhanced career opportunities.
"We have been looking for the right match to meet our growth ambitions for two years and ASE Consulting and Aprose Risk are a very good fit in terms of services, clients and sectors."
Robin O'Connor, a director of ASE and Aprose who is taking up the position of Director of Digital Transformation at the combined business, says becoming part of Gemserv was a natural evolution.
"We have helped a range of clients across a number of sectors to identify, procure and then embrace the challenge and opportunity of technological change. That has given us valuable insight which we can now bring to a broader range of clients through joining forces with Gemserv," he says.
"Our clients will also benefit from access to Gemserv's expertise and being part of a larger organisation will offer greater career development opportunities for our staff."


Spring in to Spring Garden Challenge!
Jubilee, along with our Owners Corporation, Engine Property Group, invite you to participate in our Spring in to Spring Garden Challenge! We are looking for gardens that are beautiful, maintained and go above expectations.
Ten Jubilee property owners have the chance to win a $200 Bunnings voucher!
To be in the running, please ensure we have your current contact details and you are aware of the minimum landscaping requirements, as per the Design Guidelines. Eligibility requires Owners Corporation fees paid to date and no breaches of the rules.
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4 Bedroom Detached House To Rent in Bridgwater for £1,350 per Calendar Month.
This is a detached village home situated at the end of a quiet lane and offers charm and delight throughout.
The property comprises of an entrance hallway leading to a dining area and fitted kitchen with double oven and hob. From the kitchen, there is a rear door leading outside to the large enclosed rear garden with patio.
Also by the enclosed rear garden, is a spacious office room and an additional kitchenette/utility room.
The hallway also leads through to the spacious living room with feature fireplace and the first of three bathrooms.
On the first floor there is the landing leading off onto two of the double bedrooms and the second bathroom suite with shower over.
Further into the hallway you reach the third double bedroom and finally the master bedroom, offering lovely views to wake up to. The master bedroom connects into the spacious dressing room with 6 integrated wardrobes. Additionally, there is a bathroom ensuite soon to be fitted with vinyl.
Outside to the front of the property there is a lovely laid to lawn area with netted fish pond and ample space for parking up to five cars!
The village of Othery, sits on a detached extension of Sowy island on the Somerset Levels. It is 7 miles east of Bridgwater and 11 miles to the town of Taunton.


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Q: Not seeing a dip in intensity for Surface Plasmon Resonance I wanted to do a quick test with a Kretschmann Surface Plasmon Resonance setup. So I got a glass slide with 50nm coating, a 650 nm, 0.9mW laser diode, and a prism. I essentially place this as a vertical setup  with the glass slide on top of the prism with immersion oil in between. I placed it vertically so that gravity keeps the prism, immersion oil, and glass slide in place.
Then I manually move the laser slowly till I see a dip in the reflected beam, but I never see any dips. I even placed a linear polarizer in front of the laser, but I still see no dips in intensity. I was wondering what the issue could be? Or is there a 3D printable vertical SPR setup that I could replicate as I am doing this at home, so a horizontal setup is a bit difficult to do without the oil leaking downwards or some other solutions on top of the gold film.

A: The best approach is to plate a gold film directly on a flat side of a semi-circular polarizer. The next best approach is to have the gold film surface clamped tightly down on the polarizer. The third best approach is to have a liquid film between the polarizer and the gold surface.
The index of refraction changes as the light exits from the polarizer to air/liquid to the gold surface (and back after reflection). The plasmon resonance depends on the angle incoming to the gold and the index of refraction of the medium above the gold. You must eliminate as many of the intermediate changes as possible. Hence plating the gold film directly on the polarizer. Oil or water physisorb on the gold surface and can cause change in surface plasmon density. Using a non-circular polarizer will cause a change in refraction angle as the light goes into and exits the polarizer.
You do not want to be looking down the path of the reflected laser light to try to "see" this phenomena! You could try using a paper that is coated with a fluorescent dye that is sensitive to the laser wavelength as a sensor for the reflected light. The pattern could reveal itself more strongly that way.


Shelby Evans made a nice recording about the sailing competition, scripted by Kayaker Magic and deployed on Trouble Aheads' Tessin Region on Kitely grid. The video demonstrates a race between our own Cata Raven and Trouble Ahead.
Sailing race in the MUVEs: MUVE stands for "Multi-User Virtual Environment".
Video of a race among virtual state yachts of 18th century Utrecht.


Cookies are small, flat, baked treats or confectionery items. The term rainbow cookie is used specifically for the cookies that are multi-coloured as the name suggests. They may have any number of the rainbow colours. There are a variety of recipes for rainbow cookies depending on the ingredients used to make them. The calories in the different rainbow cookies may also differ accordingly.
The Rainbow Cookies manufactured by Stop & Shop have a calorie count of 90 calories per serving. The serving size is 1 cookie or 17.0g of cookies. The fat content in a cookie is 5.og with 3.5g of it being saturated fat. The calories from fat specified to be 45 calories. The sodium content is 40mg, cholesterol is 10mg and protein is 1.0 g. The total carbohydrates are 10.0g of which 6.0g are sugars.
Betty Crocker produces a cookie mix called the Pouch Mix Rainbow Cookie. The calories contained in 3 tbsp or 28.0g (serving size) of the mix are 110 calories. The calories from fat are 18, while the fat content is 2.0g of which 1.0g is saturated fat. The sodium and protein contents in the mix are 100mg and 1.o g. The total carbohydrates are 22.0g with 13.0g of sugars. The high amounts of sugars are a bad from the health point of view.
Another producer by the name Keebler manufactures rainbow cookies by the name Gripz Chips Deluxe Rainbow Cookies which are graded D. The serving size being one pouch (25.4g) of these cookies, the total calories are 120 and the calories from fat are 40. The fat content in the cookies is 4.5g with saturated fat being up to 1.5 g. The sodium content is 95mg, protein is 1.0g and carbohydrates are 19.0g (with 8.0g of it being sugars). The high amount of sugars in the cookies is negative while the absence of cholesterol is a positive point.


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Q: Updating JavaScript function for multiple individual elements I wrote the following code for an example of standard checkboxes vs. ARIA checkboxes and included the CSS and JS in one file so it can be copied/pasted. I haven't written JS in a while and I got the function I want working by calling an element by its id. I have multiple elements and I'd like to update the function to work for each one. I know it's super easy but, as I said, I haven't written JS in some time. I have the following checkboxes written by including ARIA attributes to span elements.
<fieldset>
    <legend id="check_title">ARIA Checkboxes</legend>

Checkboxes using ARIA and JavaScript:

                Option A

                Option B

</fieldset>

Then I have the following JavaScript to toggle the aria-checked attribute and the image from unchecked to checked:

Clicking the image or label for Option A or Option B will toggle the class and image for Option A. This code currently works but what I can't remember and for the life of me can't figure out what to google is how to update this to account for each individual checkbox. I believe I need to create an array then reference the right point in the array but I don't recall how to accomplish that.

A: You need to pass through the target to the functions:
onclick="toggleState(this);"
onkeyup="ARIA_Checkbox_Key(event);"

Then for the event, use the event target:
function ARIA_Checkbox_Key(event) {
    if (event.keyCode == 32) {
        toggleState(event.target);
    }
}

And once the target element is passed through you can get the child using getElementsByTagName:
function toggleState(el) {
    var img = el.getElementsByTagName('img')[0],
        getvalue = el.getAttribute("aria-checked");

    if (getvalue == "false") {
        console.log('toggleState', true);
        el.setAttribute("aria-checked", "true");
        img.setAttribute("src", "checked.png");
    } else {
        console.log('toggleState', false);
        el.setAttribute("aria-checked", "false");
        img.setAttribute("src", "unchecked.png");
    }
}


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package com.spriteproject.pocketpet.main.gameobjects.pet;

import com.spriteproject.pocketpet.main.MainView;

public class ConditionController {

	private Condition condition;
	private MainView view;

	public ConditionController(MainView view) {
		this.view = view;
	}

	public Condition getCondition() {
		return condition;
	}

	public void setCondition(Condition condition) {
		if(condition == null) {
			// conditions are part of the game object stack and need to be removed the same way as other objects
			// do this before setting condition to null
			view.Remove(this.condition);
		}
		// set condition!
		this.condition = condition;
	}
}

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Tea Tree essential oil is one of the most commonly used essential oils due to its well known and wonderful healing properties. Essential oil is extracted from the leaves and twigs of Australian Tea Tree by the process of steam distillation. Tea Tree oil has a strong, spicy and earthy smell. It is considered as mood elevator and is known to help combat fatigue as well as depression. Tea Tree oil can help with a variety of skin conditions such as insect bites, athletes foot, cold sores, blisters and wounds.
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Q: C++: Design: should I use enum here? What is the preferred and best way in C++ to do this: Split the letters of the alphabeth into 7 groups so I can later ask if a char is in group 1, 3 or 4 etc... ? I can of course think of several ways of doing this myself but I want to know the standard and stick with it when doing this kinda stuff.
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best way in C++ to do this: Split the letters of the alphabeth into 7 groups so I can later ask if a char is in group 1, 3 or 4 etc... ?

The most efficient way to do the "split" itself is to have an array from letter/char to number.
//                      A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H...
const char lookup[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0...

A switch/case statement's another reasonable choice - the compiler can decide itself whether to create an array implementation or some other approach.
It's unclear what use of those 1-6 values you plan to make, but an enum appears a reasonable encoding choice.  That has the advantage of still supporting any use you might have for those specific numeric values (e.g. in < comparisons, streaming...) while being more human-readable and compiler-checked than "magic" numeric constants scattered throughout the code.  constant ints of any width are also likely to work fine, but won't have a unifying type.

A: Given the small amount of data involved, I'd probably do it as a bit-wise lookup -- i.e., set up values:
cat1 = 1;
cat2 = 2;
cat3 = 4;
cat4 = 8;
cat5 = 16;
cat6 = 32;
cat7 = 64;

Then just create an array of 26 values, one for each letter in the alphabet, with each containing the value of the category for that letter. When you want to classify a letter, you just categories[ch-'A'] to find it.

A: Create a lookup table.
int lookup[26] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0 .... whatever };

inline int getgroup(char c)
{
    return lookup[tolower(c) - 'a'];
}

call it this way
char myc = 'M';
int grp = lookup(myc);

Error checks omitted for brevity.
Of course, depending on what the 7 groups represent , you can make enums instead of using 0, 1, 2 etc.


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Even with a mass COVID infection model, Israel still needs a plan
by JewishNews-Ben
Opinion: Despite what some may think, government's current pandemic policies weren't reached without discussions, and are a result of a calculation of risks; but leaders must not relinquish responsibility for public's safety
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government is now facing its biggest challenge yet. Millions of Israelis have been left confused about the government's pandemic policies, which appear to be based on the principle of having zero restrictions.
Contrary to how most of the world is dealing with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Israel has decided to adopt the British model that saw 150,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic.
A coronavirus testing facility in Tel Aviv (Photo: Motti Kimchi)
Despite what some may think, this decision was not made without forethought.
Like the UK, a sizeable chunk of Israel's population is vaccinated with the booster shot. But contrary to Britain, our population is much younger.
The government has decided to take a calculated risk that assumes the rise in cases will not cause the health system to collapse. They may very well be proven right, but Israelis assumed that if the country adopts a model of mass infection, ministers would at least have some sort of plan in place alongside it.
What are we going to do with classes where 50% of students are sick, a third quarantined and the rest still told to attend in person learning? Nobody knows.
Are there long queues for a PCR test? No problem. Let's prevent Israelis under the age of 60 from taking them. We are the only country in the West to do so.
Are there still massive lines of people at facilities offering the rapid antigen test? Not a problem. Do we help them by adding more manpower? Don't be silly.
Long queues at a coronavirus testing facility in Tel Aviv (Photo: Motti Kimchi)
Each one of these centers looks like the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant in the Soviet Union at Moscow's Red Square 30 years ago. Those people back then at least had hope, while we, here, have to make do with frustration.
Frustration for young parents who have to go to work and for responsible citizens who don't want to infect their parents, but cannot find a home-testing kit at any pharmacy, and when they do, the kits are exorbitantly priced.
While the whole world is struggling to keep up with the Omicron variant, at no point did any country decide that the rapid tests, with their questionable accuracy, should be the main tool in the fight against the pandemic.
Someone in the government, took advantage of the media reports about huge queues of Israelis waiting for a PCR test, so they made them unavailable to most people because they are expensive to perform, and sent citizens home to subsidize the home test business. Now they realize that the whole business is not working.
People, some wearing protective face masks, line up for PCR coronavirus tests in Tel Aviv (Photo: AP)
One health expert after another told the government to stop this madness. Limit some of the mass gatherings and try to slow the infection rate, not just to protect hospitals, but simply to avoid further damage to the economy.
The government and the hospitals are coming up with new ideas, suggesting that doctors should continue to work even if they were confirmed to have been infected with coronavirus.
How can the virus not spread through the hospital to the inpatient ward and kill the 80+-year-old patient being treated there? How can the oncology patient not be infected?
The Omicron variant certainly requires a paradigm shift. It is possible that there is no escape, and everyone will be infected eventually.
But the government must make sure that the country continues to function, as well as protect the weak, immunocompromised, the elderly and others at risk.
Do these people have a hotline in case they need to leave their homes but don't want to run the risk of getting infected? Is anyone helping them with their groceries? Did the government send them N95 facemasks to reduce the risk of getting infected when they go to the supermarket?
Rabin Medical Center's coronavirus ward (Photo: Rabin Medical Center)
A day ago, I received a message from my child's school. The principal was worried that she had been infected, but the antigen test showed a negative result. She requested a PCR test to be performed so as not to infect the teaching staff and shut down the school. The Health Ministry refused her request because she was not yet 60 years old. What nonsense.
In the end, one can hope and assume that the current infection wave will not end in disaster like the previous ones, and that mortality and hospitalizations will be lower. But until then, there is still a country to run here and urgent action is needed.
The government and the coronavirus cabinet did not meet at all to discuss the change in the testing policy, future scenarios, or supplies.
The Prime Minister's Office worked hard to bring Pfizer's anti-COVID pill and examine the various types of rapid tests so that the more accurate brands will be available in stores, and that's nice. But the big, logistical preparations were left to chance, and to the different ministries to figure out.
Israel's leaders must grab a hold of themselves and act before it's too late.
As reported by Ynetnews


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U.S. Tax Filing Season to Open; Refunds to be Paid Despite Government Shutdown
With a partial shutdown of the U.S. government that includes the Internal Revenue Service in its fourth week with no end in sight, the Treasury Department has taken steps to assure taxpayers that vital tax filing season activities will not be disrupted.
Although only 12% of IRS employees are working, the IRS said it will nevertheless begin accepting and processing tax return filings on January 28, 2018. And according to statements on January 7, 2018, the office of Management and Budget has reversed guidance from previous government shutdowns and authorized IRS to pay refunds due.
IRS has begun recalling some of the estimated 20,000 additional employees who will be needed to implement the filing season. However, it is not unlikely that some disruptions will occur despite the agency's best efforts. This is the first filing season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which made numerous changes to tax rules applicable to individuals, and the shutdown has caused a delay in implementation of new IRS protocols designed to take those changes into account.
Tax practitioners worry that despite the availability of refunds, many return filers are badly unprepared for changes to those refunds. Because the withholding tables were substantially changed during 2018, and new Forms W-4 were provided, many taxpayers undoubtedly received more take-home pay during the year and will be surprised when they have a smaller refund, or actually owe tax, if they did not take the changes into account. According to an H&R Block survey, 47% of taxpayers think the TCJA will result in larger refunds, although 45% did not know what information they needed to determine their correct withholding allowances and 27% thought revised Forms W-4 were sent to the IRS rather than to employers. Unfortunately, not only are refunds likely to be smaller than expected, there will be some taxpayers who not only get no refund, but owe substantial taxes. These problems will likely be exacerbated by the unavailability of IRS assistance through telephone and walk-in services during the shutdown, and by the fact that IRS professional and public communications are also shut down.
As a result, Worldwide ERC® members should expect a substantially higher incidence of questions from transferees about taxes, their W-2's, and their gross-ups.
The IRS has also reopened its income verification service, which allows financial institutions and their customers to obtain tax transcripts necessary to process mortgage and other loan applications. But it remains unable to engage in many other activities, including audits, appeals, and collections. Correspondence from taxpayers is simply piling up because IRS is unable to respond during the shutdown.
Nothing about the shutdown changes due dates for payroll filing activities. Forms W-2 will remain due to employees and Forms W-3 must be sent to Social Security by the end of January, for example, and gross-up calculations will therefore need be completed as usual. Employment tax returns also remain due by that date. Most Forms 1099 must also be provided to individuals by January 31.
An open question being asked by many practitioners is whether there will be any penalty relief for late or incorrect tax filings due to the confusion of the first filing season under the TCJA combined with the problems created by the shutdown. As yet, neither Treasury nor IRS has commented. However, there is some expectation that applicable penalties will be waived or sparingly applied.
If the shutdown continues into the filing season, numerous additional questions and problems will undoubtedly arise. Worldwide ERC® is following this situation closely and will keep its members apprised.
With the suspension of the moving expense deduction and other individual tax changes Worldwide ERC® members can expect numerous questions and concerns about tax liability and gross-ups from transferees. Changes to withholding will significantly reduce the refunds for many, or cause some to owe taxes. The government shutdown makes many IRS services to taxpayers unavailable, which will increase the likelihood that companies will be asked for advice and assistance. Companies must still prepare payroll forms on the usual dates but should expect a somewhat disruptive tax filing season.


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Nov. 2002: Military Lawyers Raise Legal & Ethical Red Flags
Military Lawyers Raise Legal & Ethical Red Flags Rejecting Guantanamo Intelligence Request for use of torture.
The Chief of the Army's International and Operational Law Division wrote that techniques such as stress positions, deprivation of light and auditory stimuli, and use of phobias to induce stress "crosses the line of 'humane' treatment," would "likely be considered maltreatment" under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and "may violate the torture statute." The Army labeled GTMO's request "legally insufficient" and called for additional review.
The Air Force cited "serious concerns regarding the legality of many of the proposed techniques" and stated these techniques "may be subject to challenge as failing to meet the requirements outlined in the military order to treat detainees humanely…" The Air Force also called for a review.
The Chief Legal Advisor of the Combined Joint Task Force wrote that certain techniques "may subject service members to punitive articles of the UCMJ.' He stated he could not "advocate any action, interrogation or otherwise, that is predicated upon the principle that all is well if the ends justify the means…"
The Navy recommended "detailed interagency legal and policy review."
The Marine Corps expressed strong reservations, stating several techniques "arguably violate federal law, and would expose our service members to possible prosecution;" calling for "a more thorough legal and policy review."
Jane Dalton, Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said her staff discussed the concerns and she had directed her staff to initiate a thorough legal and policy review. The review was cut short by Defense Department's General Counsel, Jim Haynes. (Senate Armed Services Committee Report, 2009)
Nov. 23, 2002: A dispute over the use of aggressive techniques was raging at Guantanamo
The dispute erupted over the interrogation of Mohammed al-Khatani, a "high value" detainee who had been questioned by FBI agents from July 27, 2002 until Sept. 19, 2002. Personnel from the Criminal Investigative Task Force (CITF) and the FBI had registered strong opposition with the DoD General Counsel's office about coercive interrogation techniques proposed by JTF-170 for use on Khatani, including the presence of threatening dog – "all with negative results." (S. Armed Services Report, p.60)


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Paul Krugman: Things will get better. Really.
Once the good news starts, the improvement in our condition will be much faster than many people expect.
(Calla Kessler | The New York Times) A sign of encouragement hangs at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, June 1, 2020. The next few months will be hell in terms of politics, epidemiology and economics. But at some point in 2021 things will start getting better — likely, faster and for much longer than many people expect, Paul Krugman writes.
By Paul Krugman | The New York Times
The next few months will be hell in terms of politics, epidemiology and economics. But at some point in 2021 things will start getting better. And there's good reason to believe that once the good news starts, the improvement in our condition will be much faster and continue much longer than many people expect.
OK, one thing that probably won't get better is the political scene. Day after day, Republicans — it's not just Donald Trump — keep demonstrating that they're worse than you could possibly have imagined, even when you tried to take into account the fact that they're worse than you could possibly have imagined. One of our two major political parties no longer accepts the legitimacy of elections it loses, which bodes ill for the fate of the Republic.
But on other fronts there's a clear case for optimism. Science has come to our rescue, big time, with the miraculously fast development of vaccines against the coronavirus. True, the United States is botching the initial rollout, which should surprise nobody. But this is probably just a temporary hitch, especially because in less than three weeks we'll have a president actually interested in doing his job.
And once we've achieved widespread vaccination, the economy will bounce back. The question is, how big will the bounce be?
Our last economic crisis was followed by a sluggish recovery. Employment didn't return to 2007 levels until 2014; real median household income didn't regain the lost ground until 2016. And many observers expect a replay of that story, especially if Republicans retain control of the Senate and engage, once again, in economic sabotage under the pretense of being fiscally responsible.
But the crisis of 2020 was very different from the crisis of 2008, in ways that make our prospects look much better this time around.
The last economic crisis involved a Wile E. Coyote moment: The private sector suddenly looked down, realized that there was nothing supporting extravagant housing prices and extremely high levels of household debt, and plunged. The result was an extended period of depressed spending. The only way to have avoided multiple years of high unemployment would have been sustained, large-scale fiscal stimulus — and the GOP prevented that.
This 2020 crisis, by contrast, was brought on by a headwind out of nowhere, in the form of the coronavirus. The private sector doesn't seem to have been particularly overextended before the pandemic. And while we shouldn't minimize the hardships faced by millions of families, on average Americans have been saving like crazy, and will emerge from the pandemic with stronger balance sheets than they had before.
So I'm in the camp that expects rapid growth once people feel safe going out and spending money. Mitch McConnell and company will, no doubt, do what they always do when a Democrat occupies the White House, and try to sabotage the recovery. But this time the economy won't need support as badly as it did during the Obama years.
And I suspect, although with less confidence, that the boom will go on for a long time. Why? Because like a number of other people, I'm getting optimistic about the future of technology.
The years that followed the 2008 crisis weren't just marked by sluggish job growth. They also coincided with a period of technological disappointment. As entrepreneur Peter Thiel — whose politics I loathe, but who's a good phrasemaker — put it, it was an era in which we wanted flying cars but got 140 characters instead. (It's a mark of how trivial this stuff is that raising the limit to 280 characters seemed like a big deal.) That is, we were doing some flashy stuff pushing information around, but not making much progress in the material world, which is still where we mainly live.
Lately, however, I've been hearing a lot of buzz around new physical technologies that reminds me of the buzz about information technology in the early 1990s, which presaged the productivity surge from 1995 to 2005. Biotechnology finally seems to be coming into its own — hence those miraculous vaccines. There has been incredible progress in renewable energy; I'm old enough to remember when solar power was considered a hippie fantasy, and now it's cheaper than fossil fuels. There's room for more skepticism about the near-term prospects for things like self-driving vehicles and lab-grown meat, but the fact that we're even talking about such innovations is a good sign for the future.
This new wave of innovation doesn't have much to do with policy, although progress in renewables can be partly attributed to the Obama administration's promotion of green energy. But the Biden administration, unlike its predecessor, won't be anti-science and won't try desperately to preserve the coal-burning past. That will help us take advantage of progress.
I'm less confident in my techno-optimism than I am in my expectations for a rapid employment recovery once we've been vaccinated. But all in all, there's a pretty good chance that Joe Biden will preside over an economy that surprises many people on the upside. Happy New Year.
Paul Krugman | The New York Times (CREDIT: Fred R. Conrad)
Paul Krugman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times.
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A self-described "people person," Juana Gomez naturally gravitated toward a career in caring. She earned two degrees in nursing and enjoyed working closely with patients as an LPN—until Stargardt's disease got in the way. With her eyesight deteriorating and an as-yet-undiagnosed condition affecting her hearing, Juana had to step back from the work she loved.
Juana decided to travel from her home in El Paso, Texas, to HKNC headquarters in Sands Point, New York, to explore her options and get some training. Through HKNC's Vocational Training Program, she had the opportunity to learn new skills and put them to the test in a real work environment.
The first step was to evaluate her interests and aptitudes. Juana showed potential in several areas—even breaking a record in a challenge that simulated a retail work experience—but her heart kept bringing her back to her original field of choice. The vocational training team suggested that she revisit the idea of staying in health care, but approach it from a different angle.
"It was hard to find something in the field, but they didn't give up," she says. Ultimately, Juana's HKNC job coach found her a placement at a physical therapy clinic in Port Washington, New York—a temporary work experience that led to a full-time job offer. "My last day is Thursday, and my boss keeps asking, 'Do you really have to go home to Texas? Can't you stay with us?'" she says.
The repeated attempts to convince her to stay are especially gratifying because her success at the clinic didn't come easy. On Juana's first day on the job, people seemed to tiptoe around her; they were reluctant to let her do anything on her own. "I had to win my place," she says. "I had to show them that they didn't have to take care of me, that they could depend on me."
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Now that Juana's training is complete, her HKNC job coach is partnering with the vocational rehabilitation agency in El Paso to find her job opportunities closer to home—ones that will enable her to keep helping people.
Juana's concern about her career prospects wasn't the only thing that brought her to HKNC. "I didn't want to become isolated from my family. I knew I needed to learn how to communicate in a new way," she says.
When Juana first arrived at HKNC, she didn't know any sign language or braille. Many people are intimidated by braille, but Juana dove right in, doing more work than she was assigned each day and advancing to Grade II in a remarkably short time. She exhibited similar enthusiasm for her sign language studies, creating her own "book of signs" to record everything she picked up through interactions with other students during her downtime. Today, Juana can communicate with everyone she meets on campus. And her family has taken an interest in learning her new languages.
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CEO unveils key features of 'Music for All' project
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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Music Authority will strive to translate into action the objectives of the Ministry of Culture to make culture a lifestyle for the society with providing the younger generation, especially those with special needs, the opportunity to study musicology as well as to empower children, who are gifted with musical talent, in all possible ways.
Jihad Al-Khalidi, CEO of the newly-created Saudi Music Authority, emphasized that "Music for All" will be the slogan of the authority while implementing its strategies for promoting music in the society.
Speaking to Saudi Press Agency, Al-Khalidi thanked Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan for the trust reposed in her in appointing her as the CEO of the authority. She underscored her keenness to provide everything that meets the aspirations of the ministry in serving the music sector. "The authority will work out strategies for establishing infrastructure for musical culture in the Kingdom and its application, by building an integrated and effective system that helps spread cultural awareness and musical taste among members of the society."
Al-Khalidi stressed the importance of teaching music to children as a science and an art. "The authority will work to create innovative, creative and balanced youth in all academic disciplines and that will not restrict only to those who want to master in music. The authority will take music to both the levels of education and that of events and activities."
Al-Khalidi said educational programs for various segments of society, including children under the age of six and youngsters between seven and 16 years of age will be provided under the "Music for All" project. "Educational and training programs will be designed in accordance with international musical curricula. The project aims to establish specialized music institutes in the Kingdom for offering programs for all levels in the fields of Arab music and international classical music," she said adding the project also includes encouraging group performance through teaching choral to children in cooperation with specialized international institutions.
Al-Khalidi said this project is a basic goal that is in sync with the ministry's drive to promote arts of music in both the public and private education, because of its conviction of teaching children various art forms at their tender age itself.
The Music Authority chief said the project would also pave the way for opening new jobs for music teachers in all phases of education by providing intensive educational and academic training and orientation programs for teachers and awarding them diplomas consistent with the academic standard they have acquired in teaching music.
She pointed out that the project also aims to open up multiple tracks to spread the cultural awareness about music in society, including gathering music fans and developing their hobbies by conducting various courses in cooperation with artistic associations, and establishing youth orchestra, choir for children and adults. There are also plans to organize music events throughout the year in various regions of the Kingdom and that will include music festivals for children and youth with the focus on exchanging different cultures and forms of music.
Al-Khalidi said the Saudi music sector is rich and varied in colors, molds and folkloric rhythms. "The authority will work to revive and codify various forms of Saudi folklore and music so as to develop the national and social sensibility and musical and cultural identity of the Kingdom before spreading it regionally and globally," she said while emphasizing the importance of musical cultural awareness within the requirements of Quality of Life Program in the light of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.
Al-Khalidi has vast experience in the field of music spanning over 33 years. She obtained Bachelor's degree in the theory of music and performing violin from the National Higher Institute of Music or Conservatoire in Cairo. She had worked as a violinist being part of the Egyptian Orchestra for eight years, in addition to her administrative knowledge and experience.
The authority is one of the 11 new bodies launched by the Ministry of Culture to manage and develop various branches of Saudi cultural sector following a Cabinet decision in this regard earlier this month. This is part of the ministry's vision and orientation document announced in March 2019.
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