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Merkel: No Military Solution in Ukraine. Putin: Really? It's Working for Me!
Filed under: History,Military,Politics,Russia — The Professor @ 10:57 am
As surely as day follows night, Putin followed the most recent EU meeting with an escalation in Donbas. As is their wont, the Euros expressed outrage at Russian actions in Ukraine and threatened increased sanctions, but their body English/German/French/Dutch, etc., screamed a desire to avoid a confrontation at all costs. The delay of seven days in announcing sanctions was only the most visible manifestation of Europussilanimity. So Putin took his cue, and ratcheted up both the military tempo and his rhetoric.
Per usual, Merkel was the leader of the poodle pack. Even though Germany has agreed to send weapons to the pesh merga fighting ISIS (though Germany is unwilling to, and probably incapable of, assisting in military action in Iraq), Merkel stubbornly doubled down in her refusal to do the same for Ukraine (h/t Ivan):
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, speaking early Sunday after the meeting broke up, said that Germany "will certainly not deliver weapons, as this would give the impression that this is a conflict that can be solved militarily." But she said further sanctions were needed, as "the situation has deteriorated considerably in the last few days," and would be imposed "if this situation continues."
Apparently Putin didn't understand Merkel's pronouncement, despite his fluency in German, because he is clearly under the impression that the conflict in Donbas can be solved militarily.
Compare and contrast her stony refusal to arm the Ukrainians to her plaint on the need to arm the Kurds. With respect to the Kurds she said, "the immense suffering of many people cries out and our own security interests are threatened." First: there is immense suffering in Ukraine, even if it hasn't devolved to head chopping quite yet. Second: Germany's own security interests are far more threatened by Putin's actions in Ukraine than ISIS's actions in Iraq, as ominous as the latter are. I would say that Merkel is willing to arm the Kurds precisely because ISIS's threat to Germany is far more distant than Putin's is.
Merkel's idiocy is beyond measure. The point of supplying weapons to Ukraine is to deter Russian aggression. The prospect of facing Ukrainian forces amply armed with anti-tank weapons could be just the ticket to get Putin to un-deteriorate the situation in Ukraine. Given Russia's weak manpower situation, he cannot mount an even slightly extended campaign. His army is still highly dependent on conscripts, and with the one-year conscription cycle, units are deployable for only 4 to 6 months. Moreover, although some losses can be hidden from the Russian public for a period of time, large losses over an extended period cannot. Nations with very small cohorts of young men are especially sensitive to losing them.
Hence, it would not take much of a leap in Ukrainian military capacity to give Putin grave reservations about escalating the military confrontation even further. A liberal supply of selected weapons (as well as intelligence and communications and logistics support) would provide that capacity. But Germany-and the US administration-steadfastly withhold it. It borders on the criminal.
And here's a puzzler. Germany now ranks as the second largest arms exporter in the world. Since heaven forfend Germany would sell weapons to countries that would use them for aggressive purposes, it must be that the German weapons are being sold to countries that want to be able to defend themselves against aggressors, and by purchasing arms they can deter such aggression. So by making large weapons sales, Germany must be relying on the argument that the deterrence effect of these arms reduces the likelihood that countries will try to solve disputes militarily. But it is unwilling to apply that argument to Ukraine.
Or maybe it's just that Ukraine can't pay, so screw 'em.
Back in 2008-2009, I asked whether the situation was more like the 70s (the optimistic view, such as it was) or the 30s (the pessimistic one). I think the answer is now clear. We are in 30s mode, with a craven West cringing before emboldened autocrats in both Europe and Asia.
This provides a demonstration of why history cycles. The politicians who are elected in a time of (relative) peace and prosperity are usually the least fit to keep the peace and stability. They are focused on domestic issues, and take international tranquility for granted. They point to the absence of an imminent threat, and argue that militaries can be slashed. They are masters of projection, assuming that everyone is as pacific as they, and share their desire to focus on economic issues and domestic programs and spending.
But they fail to realize that threats are endogenous. When everyone is a lamb, there is an opportunity for wolves. Predators like Putin can succeed only because stronger nations and groups of nations become soft, let slip their vigilance, drop their guard. They are full of rationales for doing so, but in the end these are just manifestations of their denial of the reality that not all people, politicians, and leaders think the same way and pursue the same ends.
So after a period of conflict, strife-weary countries turn to softer leaders who sing siren songs, who are temperamentally and constitutionally averse to conflict, who despise martial matters (and who are hence ignorant of them), and who are strategic naifs who think that every dispute can be negotiated. Appeasement is their first instinct, and their second, and their third. They believe in win-win, in give-and-take.
This creates a main chance for aggressive opportunists, especially those of a zero sum mindset. Opportunists who interpret every concession made to them as an invitation to demand more. These wolves upset the peaceful (apparent) equilibrium, ushering in a period of conflict and disorder that the lambs are utterly incapable of addressing. Populations are interrupted from their reveries, and turn to more steely leaders, and the cycle begins again.
In the meantime, however, there is much trouble, suffering, and too often, bloodshed. Ukraine is the first to suffer from this phase of the cycle. It is almost certainly not the last.
Erm, actually Georgia was the first. Putin-Verstehers spared no effort to not notice it. Luckily, Dabya was still in office, or there probably would be no Georgia by now.
Comment by Ivan — September 1, 2014 @ 12:30 pm
@Ivan-fair enough.
Comment by The Professor — September 1, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
Yes there's a "roadmap" for what's happening in Ukraine and that was Georgia. In the French brokered ceasefire, Russia agreed to return her military to her borders. Still hasn't happened. Also, George war started in Aug 2008 and some mostly unknown Sen. Obama was running for president. I think GW Bush would have acted more forcefully if it hadn't been so close to the presidential election.
Re: Merkel. I've seen a couple news articles lately that are saying she might have been part of the KGB or E German intelligence before unification.
I think Germany should remember that KGB Col Putin probably had an office in Berlin — he may be planning on moving back in soon.
Comment by Jim — September 1, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
Which, when you think about it, makes Obama's look-how-witty-I-am "the '80s called" even more disgusting. Makes you wonder if he had actually just got off the phone with Chamberlain instead.
Comment by Ivan — September 1, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
@Ivan, very true, I am coming from the "right" side and you are 100% correct, only problem, people on the left can not find one single thing Obama has failed at, not one, all Kool-Aid drinkers- people on the right can find plenty wrong with Bush, it may be true that the only debate in the country now is betweeen the right and itself.
Comment by Tom Henderson — September 1, 2014 @ 1:50 pm
@Jim-re Merkel. I had been reluctant to embrace that interpretation, but that becomes more difficult by the day. It is more than plausible that she had some Stasi connection, which has made her vulnerable to blackmail.
Regardless, what it says to me is that the NSA had more than enough reason to spy on her, especially given the number of other German politicians and bureaucrats who have been found to have been Soviet/Russian assets.
Comment by The Professor — September 1, 2014 @ 2:37 pm
@Tom. Yes. Most conservatives, especially of the libertarian bent, are ambivalent about Bush, at best. But progs are totally slaves to the Obama personality cult.
Great commentary! This has to be the most intelligent commentary, regarding Ukraine, that I have read in a very long time. I am sitting here in Kiev, Ukraine, very closely following events on various news sources from various countries in various languages and am shocked by how badly the EU countries (and Obama) understand Putin's motivations in Ukraine. I have followed Putin's anti-Ukrainian hysterics for many years now. He has been preparing Russians and, even the world, for his attack on Ukraine for quite some time. This is certainly the case since the Orange Revolution. At that time, the Russian press went overboard in spreading hatred towards not only the Ukrainian government but even ethnic Ukrainians themselves. This was the Kremlin's policy. Of course, the press in Russia has not been free or independent for quite some time. "Live TV" has not been around for quite some time, since God forbid, someone could say something critical of Putin without the government being able to control it. In April 2008, I recall seeing various articles and news reports from leading newspapers and news services (BBC, Deutsche Welle, The Telegraph and Daily Mail and many others), from around the world which claimed a toymaker in Ukraine was making Hitler dolls for Ukrainian children and that the dolls were a "big hit". This was explained as being due to the fact that Ukraine was becoming "fascist" under Yushchenko's rule. This news was being spread by Russia's government owned "Perviy Kanal" (Channel 1). In fact the BBC report was practically a direct copy of the Perviy Kanal report. This is probably the first time that I noticed, internationally, that the Kremlin was waging a war against Ukraine and trying to convince the international community that Ukraine was "fascist". However, there have been many other examples of such anti-Ukraine hate crimes coming from Russia in more recent years. If you look at Russian cinema (unfortunately, you'll have to understand Russian to pick up on much of this) you'll notice that the "Ukrainians" in Russian movies are almost always negative persons meaning fascists, evil, cowards, traitors, nazi collaborators etc., etc. In the movie "Match" (2012), anyone who speaks Ukrainian is a Nazi collaborator. Only the Russian speakers are the true anti-Nazi Soviet patriots. Everything else that has to do with Ukrainian culture or the Ukrainian identity is also denigrated. Thinking about this situation now, when Russia is waging a war against Ukraine and is calling Ukrainians "fascists" and "nazis", it is quite obvious that Russia was planning some sort of a takeover of Ukraine, whether peaceful (through his puppet Yanukovych) or by way of force, for quite some time. It has also been very obvious, to those of us who have followed events in Russia over the years, that Putin true goal is the recreation of a new "Soviet Union" or "Russian Empire" dominated by Russia and lead by him, regardless of whether he calls it a "Eurasian Union" or "Customs Union" or anything else. But without Ukraine, such a "union" could never work. Russia's population of ethnic Russians is declining fast and Putin needs Ukraine's human and other resources. But where I can certainly say that Putin is a fool that has no idea about Ukraine or Ukrainians, is that his method of getting Ukraine to join Russia has been through the most evil of means in crapping all over Ukrainians, their culture, history and identity. If he knew anything about Ukrainians, he would have tried a nicer tactic since Ukrainians, unsurprisingly, are only driven away from Russia when they are offended like this. Thus, his new empire is doomed to failure since Ukrainians certainly want nothing to do with Russia for a very long time to come and will fight hard for their independence.
Comment by Dave Thomas — September 1, 2014 @ 4:55 pm
@Dave-Thanks for your kind words. Russian military attacks on Ukraine are only the culmination of a broad array of other attacks dating back years. You provide considerable detail illustrating just how comprehensive these attacks have been been.
I am always astounded at Russian attitudes towards Ukrainians. The more Ukrainians attempt to forge an identity independent of Russia, the more crazed the Russians become. It can only be described as psychotic.
Why doesn't Poroshenko make a deal with Putin? He has only bad choices in front of him, but many are much worse than others. The Ukraine military is no match for Russia, and NATO and the Western powers have unambiguously announced that they will not come to the aid of Ukraine. Poroshenko can fight, but ultimately will lose the battle, many lives and destroy the livelihood of ordinary Ukrainians. He is fighting for fairness and to save face for a political boundary that has moved continuously over the centuries?… Instead be realistic, and save thousands if not millions of lives. Let the boundary go, and give Putin a land bridge to the BlackSea. Porochekno – make a deal with Putin while you still have leverage, and join NATO at the same time as a trade. Give up SouthEast Ukraine. Even better, let Russia buy SE Ukraine by offering the people compensation for anyone to migrates to Western Ukraine and gives up their property. Many Ukrainians will likely stay as part of Russia, and not want to move. It may not be a "fair solution", but it is clearly a more peaceful one than Obama/Merkel/Putin/Poroshenko are stumbling into. With Kerry on the job, the crisis is doomed.
Comment by scott — September 3, 2014 @ 2:54 am
Scott, that will only encourage Putin. Appeasement always fails in the end.
Comment by Andrew — September 3, 2014 @ 6:20 am
Why doesn't Poroshenko make a deal with Putin?
I fear Poroshenko isn't fighting for Ukraine, but for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Shame the cretins in the EU capitals and Washington DC don't realise this.
Comment by Tim Newman — September 3, 2014 @ 6:24 am
Scott, I am not sure if Putin is still in his right mind. In the literal sense, this is not a rhetoric figure.
Comment by LL — September 3, 2014 @ 7:11 am
@Tim
> Shame the cretins in the EU capitals and Washington DC don't realise this.
And what would indicate they don't?
http://en.delfi.lt/central-eastern-europe/grybauskaite-ukraine-fights-for-us-all-we-should-help-in-any-way-possible.d?id=65739552
Realise but refuse to admit it is more like it.
Comment by Ivan — September 3, 2014 @ 11:14 am
@Ivan,
Quite, the Lithuanian president is the only one speaking any sense and calling things how it is. I guess because she has more skin in the game than these assholes further west.
Comment by Tim Newman — September 3, 2014 @ 11:58 am
The problem with any deal is that we have zero confidence that Putin will make no more demands. The man has consistently lied throughout the entire Russo-Ukrainian War, and his statements make it very clear he envisioned Russia obtaining a much larger piece of Ukraine.
The leaders of NATO thought Crimea would be the end. Then they thought the anti-Kiev insurgency would be limited to the Donbas until it exploded across all of "Novorossiya" – that didn't end until the local population got fed up with the police not keeping law and order and took matters into their own hands. Once the pro-Moscow thugs knew people would fight back (and were too far away to have Russian weapons and agents arrive to assist them) the revolt completely collapsed. It didn't end in Kharkhov, Odessa, or Kherson because Putin decided to restrain his appetite, it only ended because resistance made it impossible.
Nobody has any reason to believe Putin's goals would end at autonomoy of the Donbas. The idea that Poroschenko can make a deal and end the conflict is false. There is every reason to believe Putin just needs the conflict to be kept at a certain level because it current status is creating problems for him. Since this is so, once the conflict deescalates to an acceptable level to Putin and Poroschenko has taken political damage for the deal, and the West becomes less concerned, Putin will escalate it again in an attempt to take more land.
At some point, Ukraine has to fight. At some point, the security of NATO is so endangered that support to Ukraine must be given. Better to do it now while the Russians are so far east than when they are in Odessa.
Comment by Chris — September 3, 2014 @ 1:31 pm
If Russians are adamant there are no Russian troops in Donbass, then we certainly can help the Ukrainians with airstrike campaign, right?
Comment by LL — September 3, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/386990/vladimir-putins-hitlerian-mind-george-will
At least someone is beginning to make sense.
Poroshenko making a deal with Putin is the opposite of appeasement…(Didn't anybody here play Risk or Stratego?). Belgium in WW1 and Poland in WW2 can hardly be considered guilty of appeasement before those countries were overrun by Germany. Strong neighboring parties do the appeasing (or reneging) It was the military powers (UK,France, USA) that are guilty of appeasement in that era, and same ones guilty today. Poroshenko's options are limited, and he should act to maximize his interests now that the Western powers have clearly signaled that Ukraine is on his own militarily. Be strategic- slow Putin down and keep him from coming to the Baltics by negotiating a deal. Instead if you let him overtake Kiev, he may be even more emboldened by the weakness in the West.
How different this battle might have been in Jim Baker had not convinced the Ukraine to give up its nuclear arsenal in 1990.
@scott
> Instead if you let him overtake Kiev, he may be even more emboldened by the weakness in the West.
Euromaidan has clearly demonstrated that Ukrainians are fed up with Putin's control over Ukraine, be it via use of force as you fear or via threat of force, as would be under the "deal" you propose. Putin's being more emboldened is something for the West to worry about: he is already emboldened enough by the West's pusillanimity, as far as Ukraine is concerned. The West can and probably will insist on continuing to behave arbitrarily idiotic vs the Russian threat, but to insist that Ukraine has to surrender so as to lower the chance that the West will pay the full price for its idiocy is a bit too much. Ukraine's best strategy is to raise the perceived threat to the West by all reasonable means, not to lower it by an illusion of piece.
Comment by Ivan — September 4, 2014 @ 5:17 am
erm, that was peace
@Ivan- good point it maybe in Ukraine's best interest to escalate the threat to existential levels, and move the flash point and bloodshed further west. But with friends like OboMarkel (arbitrary & idiotic), many Ukrainians might simply prefer to live under the predictable tyranny of Putin than the capricious NATO alliance (VICE news has some good footage of this).
Even without the Russian military threat lapping at my doorstep, I am worried that NATO could not find its way out of paper bag.
"the predictable tyranny of Putin"? http://es.ucsc.edu/~hyperwww/chevron/land3.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor … predictable (maybe) but preferable?
Comment by Dixi — September 5, 2014 @ 7:52 am


Kate Freeman, near right, pictured last year, led a breakdown of the proposed 2019-20 district budget at this month's board of education meeting. Superintendent John DeTommaso, far right, said he was excited about some of the district's new programs.
Using the district's capital reserve fund — so residents won't have to pay more in taxes — the district is proposing renovations to the Calhoun and Mepham high school buildings totaling $1.9 million.
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Additional renovations are proposed for both Calhoun and Mepham High School, but residents would not be responsible for the costs. Instead, the district would use $1.9 million of its capital reserve fund (see box).
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Q: Precise assumption in spectral theorem of unbounded operators The most general version of the spectral theorem I am aware of is the spectral theorem for unbounded normal operators (firstly proven by von Neumann in 1932, I think). An operator $T:\mathcal{D}(T)\to\mathcal{H}$ in some Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ is called normal, if
$$TT^{\ast}=T^{\ast}T.$$
Note that this is an equlity on the level of operators, which means that we require that
$$\mathrm{D}(TT^{\ast})=\{\psi\in\mathcal{D}(T^{\ast})\mid T\psi\in\mathcal{D}(T)\}\stackrel{!}{=}\{\psi\in\mathcal{D}(T)\mid T\psi\in\mathcal{D}(T^{\ast})\}=\mathcal{D}(T^{\ast}T)$$
as well as
$$TT^{\ast}\psi=T^{\ast}T\psi,\hspace{2cm}\forall \psi\in\mathcal{D}(TT^{\ast}).$$
Roughly speaking, the spectral theorem for general normal (possibly unbounded) operators states in its measure-theoretic formulation the following:

Let $T$ be a normal operator $T:\mathcal{D}(T)\to\mathcal{H}$. Then
there exists a unique spectral measure
$P:\mathcal{B}(\sigma(T))\to\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$, where $\mathcal{B}(\sigma(T))$ denotes the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on the spectrum $\sigma(T)$ and $\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ the set of bounded operators on $\mathcal{H}$, such that
$$\mathcal{D}(T)=\bigg\{\psi\in\mathcal{H}\,\bigg\vert\,\int_{\sigma(T)}\,\vert\lambda\vert^{2}\,\mathrm{d}\langle\psi,P_{\lambda}\psi\rangle\bigg\}$$
and  $$T=\int_{\sigma(T)}\,\lambda\,\mathrm{d}P_{\lambda}.$$

Now, unfortunately, it is quite hard to find a discussion of the spectral theorem in this general version in the literature and hence, I am unsure about the precise requirements: In particular, I have the following short questions:

*

*Does one have to assume separability of the Hilbert space
$\mathcal{H}$?

*Shouldn't one assume more precisely that $T$ is
closed and densley-defined? As far as I know, there is a theorem
stating that if $T$ is densely-defined and closed, then $TT^{\ast}$
is itself densely-defined and self-adjoint and I guess that this is
what we need in order to proof the spectral theorem.

*Is there any other requirement for the theorem to hold? Does one have a good literature, which treats the spectral theorem in this level of generality?

A: *

*No. You can always write $H$ as a direct sum of pairwise orthogonal separable reducing subspaces for $T$.

*Yes.

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To Arena Birmingham on a Winter's evening to spend the evening in the company of three friends who formed a band in the early 80's. They went on to massive success - including a listing in the Guinness World Records as the all female group with the most chart entries in the world! With 10 top #10 singles in the UK, they went on to sell over 40 million records. Being in the right place at the right time paid of for them and the friends are reformed in their original line up - welcome Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey - hey hey it's Bananarama.
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Q: How to properly deallocate memory for a 2d array in C++? Here's how I allocate it:
float** matrix = new float*[size];
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    matrix[i] = new float[size];
}

And here's how I deallocate:
if (matrix != nullptr) {
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        delete[] matrix[i];
    }
}
free(matrix);

Is this correct or should I also delete[] the outer array?

A: delete[] is always paired with a new[].
delete is always paired with a new.
So yes, in your case, you need to call delete[] matrix; to release the array of float* pointers. Don't use free unless that pointer has been obtained with a call to malloc &c., which would be unusual in C++.
Although, if you want to model a matrix in the mathematical sense then might I suggest you use a 3rd partly library. I use BLAS, part of the Boost distribution.

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How to properly deallocate memory for a 2d array in C++?

Not manually. Use an abstraction like std::vector that deallocates memory for you thanks to RAII, or std::array if you know the size of your matrix at compile-time.
{
    std::vector<std::vector<float>> matrix(size);
    for(auto& v : matrix) v.resize(size);
}

// memory automatically freed at the end of the scope

You should almost never use new and delete in Modern C++. Refer to my answer here for more information: Malloc vs New for Primitives

If you are writing a program that requires an high-performance matrix implementation, please do not create your own. Your code and my example using std::vector both have a cache-unfriendly jagged layout which can severely harm performance. Consider using an high-quality production-ready library such as Eigen, Blaze, or BLAS instead.


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By The Editor - January 31, 2020
The thriving independent bookshop based in Holmfirth will be hosting book stalls at HLF2020 events across the town this March
A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival.
Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured in a Guardian article: 'People are so happy we exist: indie bookshops grow despite retail slump'.
The bookshop will be supplying books and hosting stalls for events with authors such as Strictly pro and Sunday Times bestselling novelist Anton Du Beke at the Town Hall (24 March), Queen of Crime Val McDermid at Huddersfield University (27 March) and Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister, with Anne Choma at the Holmfirth Civic Centre (22 March). Several events will take place in the bookshop, including: Waymaking with Yorkshire Poet Helen Mort, a talk on graphic novels with Jamie Rhodes and Darryl Cunningham, a talk by novelist Jenn Ashworth and a chance to meet Julia Donaldson's Zog.
Many more events will be taking place at venues across Huddersfield town centre. These will include performance poetry, a Moomins Puppet Show and discussions on subjects from mental health, Asperger's and working as a paramedic to TV crime dramas and the 'hostile environment' around immigration.
Where there is more than one event taking place on the same evening, Kirstie Lount of Fox Lane Books, a freelance bookseller, will step in to ensure that audiences don't miss out on a chance to purchase a book and get it signed by the author.
HLF Festival Director Michelle Hodgson said: "We are very excited about this new partnership with Read bookshop. Louise and James have created a little gem in Holmfirth and their passion for books and bookselling shines through everything they do."
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Owner of Read bookshop, Louise Ashmore, said: "One of the first events we ran after opening was our Elmer event with the Huddersfield Literature Festival. It's fantastic that this year we have the chance to further develop this partnership through a number of events across Huddersfield and Holmfirth. This partnership is extremely important to us and we're excited to see it grow year on year."
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Nöther is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the far northern latitudes, to the northwest of the walled plain Poczobutt. About two crater diameters to the north-northwest of Nöther lies Niepce.

This is an old, eroded feature with an outer rim that has become round-shouldered and marked with several small craterlets. The inner wall is narrower along the northeastern side, while the southern half is the most heavily marked by impacts. The interior floor is nearly level and featureless, with only a small craterlet near the north-northeastern inner wall and a tiny crater in the south-southwest.

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What Are the Possible Period Changes After 40?
About Perimenopause Symptoms
Period Changes After 40
1 Cramps During the Menstrual Cycle
2 Heavy Periods
3 Periods Occurring In an Irregular Fashion
4 Bleeding During the Menstrual Cycle
When to See a Doctor for the Changes
What Body Changes Will You Have After 40?
1 Increment in Weight and Lowering of Muscle Mass
2 Loss of Bone
3 Cancer in Breasts
4 Other Issues Concerning Hormones
Diminishing levels of progesterone and estrogen, which are the two hormones ovaries produce for controlling the menstrual cycle, can result in changes in periods. These changes are an indication of the impending menopause. Most women in their mid-30s or early 40s don't anticipate the symptoms of menopause transition which include menstrual bleeding that become unpredictable with each passing day and hot flashes that seem like fever. The period changes after 40 can manifest slowly and seem more like PMS whose signs are anxiety, weight gain, depression, crankiness, exhaustion and sleeping troubles. Some changes might even be a sign of a serious condition that does not involve menopause.
In order to understand the changes in periods which occur after 40, it is important to learn about menopause and its various stages. The first stage of menopause is perimenopause.
Perimenopause has an average length of about 4 years. However, some women might not experience this stage of menopause for more than a few months, while for others it might last for up to 10 years. If a woman goes without having a period for over a year, then it is a sign of the conclusion of the perimenopause stage.
The following are some of the symptoms that are experienced by women in perimenopause:
Tenderness in the breasts
Severe premenstrual syndrome
Diminished sex drive
Sleeping troubles
Periods that occur irregularly
Dryness in the vagina that causes discomfort when having sex
Leakage of urine when sneezing and coughing
Increased need to urinate quickly (Urinary urgency)
Cramps During the Menstrual Cycle
Dysmenorrhea or menstrual cramps are common period changes after 40 experienced by women during their monthly periods. They are usually accompanied with lower abdominal pain. Endometriosis is supposed to be the cause of dysmenorrhea which is a benign condition resulting in the scarring of the pelvic organs and the development of chocolate-colored cysts in the ovaries. Oral contraceptive pills and analgesics are common forms of treatment while keyhole surgery is an option that is used in case of big cysts.
Heavy Periods
Heavy blood flow during the menses is known as heavy periods or Menorrhagia. It involves passing of blood clots during the initial days of the period. Heavy periods before menopause can result in fibroids which could then lead to anemia and cause symptoms like fatigue and lethargy. The severity of the symptoms and number and size of fibroids decide the treatment option to be used. Treatment options include NSAIDs, contraceptive pill and tranexamic acid. Surgery to remove the fibroids or the womb is also an option and so is the use of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine contraceptive device.
Periods Occurring In an Irregular Fashion
28 days is the usual time gap between two periods. Last periods before menopause can become irregular and start occurring earlier like every fortnight or infrequent like not occurring for over 3 months. Menopause or dysfunctional uterine bleeding can be the reason of irregular periods. Menopause is characterized by insomnia, hot flashes and mood swings and is reached by most women in their 50s. These symptoms are pure physiological and start around two years before menopause. Osteoporosis is caused by long-term menopause which is why calcium supplements and exercise is recommended for women over 50.
Bleeding During the Menstrual Cycle
Irregular bleeding which occurs before or after the period is called intermenstrual bleeding and it is among the period changes after 40. This is not like irregular menstruation. Women suffering from intermenstrual bleeding must get a pap smear to rule out cervical cancer. Moreover, ultrasound scan of the pelvis must be done to check the womb and hysteroscopy dilation must be performed to check for uterine cancer. Treatment for cervical or uterine cancer depends on how far the cancer has metastasized and generally involves chemotherapy and radiation surgery.
It is perfectly normal during perimenopause to have irregular periods. However, there are other conditions that might change the course of the menstrual bleeding. See your doctor immediately if you notice any of the following situations:
The periods either have blood clots or they are very heavy.
The periods stretch longer than normal.
Spotting occurs between periods.
Spotting occurs after sex.
There is no sizeable gap between periods.
Blood clotting issues, hormone problems, fibroids, birth control pills, pregnancy and occasionally cancer are some of the reasons that might cause abnormal bleeding.
Increment in Weight and Lowering of Muscle Mass
It is common for both men and women to start losing muscle mass as they age. Women over 40 tend to lose half pounds of muscle per year. Because of the loss of muscle, the resting metabolism declines resulting in less burning of calories and weight gain.
Loss of Bone
Bone density remains more or less the same until women reach the age of 35 years. However, after crossing this age, women lose 1 percent of bone each year. This loss of bone can be stopped by weight bearing exercises and strength training. It can even help in making bones denser and stronger.
Cancer in Breasts
National Cancer Institute notes that women in their 30s have a 1 in 233 chance of developing breast cancer but during the years from 40 to 49, it increases to 1 in 69. Although the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women have regular mammograms after the age of 50, Mayo Clinic researchers are adamant that women start having them when they turn 40.
Other Issues Concerning Hormones
With age, the thyroid gland becomes less effective and starts producing too much or too low amount of thyroid hormones resulting in symptoms like fatigue, weight loss, temperature intolerance, diarrhea and constipation. The processing of insulin by pancreas is also affected by aging which might lead to diabetes.
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Realized solid growth in broadband subscribers with 2,400 in the quarter and 9,700 year-over-year.
Delivered our best ever ILEC access line performance.
Announced the SureWest transaction and made substantial progress towards the closing.
MATTOON, Ill., May 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNSL) reported results for the first quarter 2012.
Net cash from operations was $22.8 million.
Cash and cash equivalents ended at $98.5 million.
"I am very pleased with the financial results in the quarter and our continued operating success," said Bob Currey, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We achieved solid cash flows in support of the dividend, made significant investments for growth and delivered strong broadband and access line performance. We maintained focus on delivering results and serving the customer, while completing the work associated with the announcement of the SureWest acquisition."
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Operating Statistics at March 31, 2012, Compared to March 31, 2011.
"The first quarter included $4.8 million in transaction related expenses that, pursuant to our credit agreement, were added back as adjustments to EBITDA. Also, during the quarter, we reduced our debt by $2.2 million through our first quarterly amortization payment and contributed $1.9 million to the pension plan," said Steve Childers, Chief Financial Officer.
For the quarter, cash available to pay dividends, or CAPD, was $20.3 million, and the dividend payout ratio was 56.9%. At March 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents were $98.5 million. The Company made capital expenditures of $11.2 million.
Revenues were $93.4 million, compared to $95.4 million in the same period of 2011. Excluding a $0.7 million settlement from NECA in the first quarter of 2011, revenues declined by $1.3 million, or 1.4%. Declines in local calling, network access and long distance revenues were partially offset by increases in data and internet due to our continued growth in broadband and backhaul services.
Income from operations was $11.0 million, compared to $16.9 million in the first quarter of 2011. In addition to lower revenues, the decrease is due to $4.8 million in transaction costs related to the SureWest acquisition, which were partially offset by improvements in access costs and personnel expenses.
Interest expense, net was $14.6 million, compared to $11.9 million in the same quarter last year. The increase is primarily due to $3.1 million in amortization of the committed financing for the SureWest acquisition. In addition, we completed an amendment and extension of our credit agreement in June of 2011. The A&E increased the rate on a portion of our debt by 125 basis points, while extending the maturity for three years resulting in approximately $1.4 million in higher year over year interest costs. These items were partially offset by $1.8 million in lower expenses from our interest rate swap agreements.
Other income, net was $6.5 million, compared to $7.1 million for same period in 2011. Cash distributions from our Verizon wireless partnerships were $6.2 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $6.9 million for the same quarter of 2011. The decline was primarily due to handset subsidies with respect to the iPhone4s launch.
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $1.8 million, compared to $7.4 million in the first quarter of 2011. "Adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders" excludes certain items in the manner described in the table provided in this release. On that basis, "adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders" was $5.2 million, compared to $7.7 million in the same quarter of 2011.
Diluted net income per common share was $0.06, compared to $0.25 in the first quarter of 2011. "Adjusted diluted net income per share" excludes certain items in the manner described in the table provided in this release. On that basis, "adjusted diluted net income per share" for the current quarter was $0.18 compared to $0.26 for the prior year period.
Net cash provided from operating activities was $22.8 million, compared to $31.1 million for the first quarter in 2011. The decline was driven primarily by transaction costs, lower income tax receivables and the timing of prepaid expenses.
Adjusted EBITDA was $46.3 million, compared to $48.4 million for the same period in 2011.
For 2012, the Company is reiterating the following full year guidance for capital expenditures and cash interest (excluding any expenses relating to our agreement to acquire SureWest). Capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $42.0 million to $44.0 million and cash interest is expected to be in the range of $44.0 million to $46.0 million. Cash income taxes are now expected to be in the range of $6.0 million to $9.0 million compared to previous guidance of $15.0 million to $18.0 million. This change reflects the estimated impact of the transaction related expenses for the SureWest transaction.
On May 1, 2012, the Company's board of directors declared its next quarterly dividend of $0.38738 per common share, which is payable on August 1, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 13, 2012.
The Company will host a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 10:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss first quarter earnings and developments with respect to the Company. The call is being webcast and archived on the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at http://www.consolidated.com. If you do not have internet access, the conference call dial-in number is 1-877-374-3981 with pass code 71371164. International parties can access the call by dialing 1-253-237-1158. A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available starting three hours after completion of the call until May 10, 2012 at midnight Eastern Time. To hear the replay, parties in the United States and Canada should call 1-855-859-2056 and international parties should call 1-404-537-3406.
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. is an established rural local exchange company providing voice, data and video services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Each of the operating companies has been operating in its local market for over 100 years. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had 226,167 ILEC access lines, 89,672 Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) access line equivalents, 112,368 high-speed internet subscribers, 35,337 IPTV subscribers and 9,569 VOIP lines. The Company offers a wide range of telecommunications services, including local and long distance service, custom calling features, private line services, high-speed Internet access, digital TV, carrier access services and directory publishing.
Any statements other than statements of historical facts, including statements about management's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and should be evaluated as such. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance. Words such as "estimate," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan, "target," "project," "should," "may," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements (including oral representations) involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include the ability of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") to complete the acquisition of SureWest Communications ("SureWest"), successfully integrate the operations of SureWest and realize the synergies from the acquisition, as well as a number of other factors related to the businesses of the Company and SureWest, including various risks to stockholders of not receiving dividends and risks to the Company's ability to pursue growth opportunities if the Company continues to pay dividends according to the current dividend policy; various risks to the price and volatility of the Company's common stock; the substantial amount of debt and the Company's ability to repay or refinance it or incur additional debt in the future; the Company's need for a significant amount of cash to service and repay the debt and to pay dividends on the Company's common stock; changes in the valuation of pension plan assets; restrictions contained in the Company's debt agreements that limit the discretion of management in operating the business; regulatory changes, including changes to subsidies, rapid development and introduction of new technologies and intense competition in the telecommunications industry; risks associated with the Company's possible pursuit of acquisitions; economic conditions in the Company's and SureWest's service areas; system failures; losses of large customers or government contracts; risks associated with the rights-of-way for the network; disruptions in the relationship with third party vendors; losses of key management personnel and the inability to attract and retain highly qualified management and personnel in the future; changes in the extensive governmental legislation and regulations governing telecommunications providers and the provision of telecommunications services; telecommunications carriers disputing and/or avoiding their obligations to pay network access charges for use of the Company's or SureWest's network; high costs of regulatory compliance; the competitive impact of legislation and regulatory changes on the telecommunications industry; and liability and compliance costs regarding environmental regulations. These and other risks and uncertainties are discussed in more detail in the Company's and SureWest's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our respective reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.
Many of these risks are beyond management's ability to control or predict. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, SureWest or persons acting on behalf of each of them are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in this communication and the companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not undertake any obligation to update or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This material is not a substitute for the joint proxy statement/prospectus the Company and SureWest filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2012, which, as amended, was declared effective on April 24, 2012. Investors in the Company or SureWest are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which contains important information, including detailed risk factors. The joint proxy statement/prospectus is, and other documents which will be filed by the Company and SureWest with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be, available free of charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website, www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Consolidated Communications, 121 South 17th Street, Mattoon, IL 61938, Attention: Investor Relations; or to SureWest Communications, 8150 Industrial Avenue, Building A, Roseville, California 95678, Attention: Investor Relations. The definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus was first mailed to the Company's stockholders and shareholders of SureWest on May 1, 2012.
The Company and SureWest, and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees are participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transactions. Information about the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Information about the directors and executive officers of SureWest is set forth in SureWest's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants in the proposed transactions by reading the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus for such proposed transactions.
(5) Transaction and integration related expenses permitted as adjustments under the credit facility.
Calculations above assume a 34.9 percent and 38.1 percent effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.


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Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he wrote his first story at the tender age of five about a spaceman called Spike and his dog Spook. He is a talented illustrator and writer, and he has illustrated several titles in the Horrible Histories series. Philip is best known for his multi award-winning Mortal Engines quartet, which won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, and the Guardian Children's Book Award. Philip has also won the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal with Here Lies Arthur.
Oliver and the Seawigs
Author: Philip Reeve Illustrator: Sarah McIntyre
Philip Reeve and Sarah McInytre have joined forces to create a wonderfully wacky nautical tale.
Kevin's Great Escape
The second brilliant adventure featuring the exploits of Kevin the flying pony - this time, pop star Misty Twiglet wants to buy him, but will his friend Max be able to stop her?
Author: Philip Reeve Illustrator: David Wyatt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Award-winning Reeve indulges his love of historical technology in a new novel for younger readers, which is as captivating as the Mortal Engines quartet was for an older audience.
Author: Philip Reeve
Far into the future, cities are earth-churning, mobile predators which eat smaller towns and villages and fight the Anti-tractionists, who long for the demise of the cities and for the world to be green again.
The Legend of Kevin
Author: Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Max longs for adventure in his life – then one day, a flying pony called Kevin crashes into his flat, blown in by a magical storm. Mayhem, friendship and a brilliant cast of characters combine in this fabulously funny tale.
Volume two in the Larklight saga continues all the delightful eccentricities of its predecessor, and further convinces us of Reeve's amazing literary versatility.
A sci-fi adventure about a petty thief who gets in way over his head when he's asked to infiltrate the Emperor's train.
A race to the far north among some very unconventional competitors and their vehicles. A winning combination of text, image, humour and sadness.
The violence is darkly terrifying, the sense of landscape immediate and haunting and Gwyna/Gwyn's shifting gender permits Reeve to cast a unique, strikingly vivid glimpse into dark-age Britain.
London is on the move again: the traction city trawls the world on wheels, capturing and eating smaller towns.


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Black Nova Scotians
Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the beautiful Niagara region of Ontario. Less than two hours from the modern bustle and chaos of Toronto, this part of the country is an oasis of bucolic charm, with quaint old villages, stunning views of the Niagara River, and beautiful and first-rate wineries dotting the map. But there is history here too, and a lot of it. During the War of 1812, Niagara was invaded by American forces and was the scene of many violent and decisive battles that determined the course of the war.
I have a book that I am preparing for publication that is set in Niagara in the immediate aftermath of the war, dealing with – among other issues – slavery and the black loyalists. But southern Ontario was not the only part of British North America where Black Loyalists settled. In fact, one of the earliest and largest Black communities in what is now Canada was found in Nova Scotia. Although this does not play a large role in my recent release, The Assistant, I was nevertheless drawn into my research about the early Black communities in that province.
Black Loyalists, Bedford Basin Robert Petley 1835 (Library and Archives Canada)
By 1800, Nova Scotia was home to people of a variety of cultural, national and ethnic backgrounds, including the indigenous Mi'kmaq, French, Scottish and German settlers, the English (of course), and Black Loyalists.
Nova Scotia has been home to a Black community since the 1770s. The first Black person in the region arrived with the French founders of Port Royal in 1605 as a slave, and slavery was not unknown in the province, despite a great sense of distaste for the practice amongst social and political leaders of the time. In 1788 the first anti-slavery literature in Canada was published by James Drummond McGregor, who personally began purchasing the freedom of some slaves, and the province refused to pass legislation legalizing the practice of slavery.
The first major migration of free Blacks occurred during the American Revolution. Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of 1775 promised that any slaves offering to join British lines would automatically receive their freedom; more than 30 000 people escaped to British lines in response to this proclamation. In 1783, as a British defeat became inevitable, the army evacuated more than 2000 of these Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia. Many of these Loyalists landed near Shelburne and established their own community in nearby Birchtown; others settled around the province and in New Brunswick.
Thomas Peters (1738-92) was a Nigerian-born slave and Black Loyalist solider. He was one of the early Black settlers of Nova Scotia, and later on, one of the leaders of the Nova Scotia Settlers, who returned to Africa and founded Sierra Leone.
These communities, however, did not receive the supports and funds they had been promised, and the people—many of whom had been born in Africa and had lived in far more temperate climates—suffered in the harsh weather. When, in 1791, a British company offered to resettle former slave communities in Sierra Leone in Africa, half of the population of Birchtown emigrated, leaving about 2500 Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia. Their situation slowly improved as they qualified for skilled trades and wages rose, and they felt enough part of the community to form three Black militia units to fight for the British in the War of 1812.In Halifax itself, the first Black community settled on Albemarle Street, which, in 1786, became the site of the first school for Black students in the province. The previous year, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts was established, offering other educational opportunities for the community.
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Fascinating post!
Thanks! There is so much history out there that is just glossed over most of the time.


Editor's note: The following post was written by Office Servers and Services MVP Eric Overfield as part of our Technical Tuesday series.
We certainly have a dream team here at PixelMill, a California based digital agency specializing in bespoke Office 365, SharePoint, and Azure solutions. But to paraphrase MLB Hall of Famer Casey Stengel, building a dream team isn't the hard part - getting them to play together is the real challenge. For all companies, collaboration and teamwork is far from easy. Thankfully, Microsoft has a pretty nifty and aptly named tool that helps teams play better together: Microsoft Teams.
For those new to Microsoft Teams, the cloud based platform provides a one-stop workplace service for chat, meetings, and more. It's integrated directly into Office 365. Even more at Ignite 2017, Microsoft announced that Skype for Business is now integrate. PixelMill recently adopted Microsoft Teams and we've seen impressive results in record time. Setup is simple and intuitive, and we found user adoption was faster than anticipated. So how did PixelMill do it? I'll walk you through our adoption process and our favorite things about Microsoft Teams. More, I'll show you our Microsoft Teams wish list, and how PixelMill plans to use this exciting new tool in the future.
We chose Teams for many reasons, but one of the biggest deciding factors was that it integrates with Microsoft Suite. We also had been actively using Slack, and although a good tool, it did not have the integration points we wanted.
Besides cutting off Slack, as well as finalizing migration to OneDrive for Business and SharePoint, we knew we had to stop using the other duplicative tools to effectively activate the Team potential. Skype, Dropbox, and GoToMeeting have their time and place in our governance, but are near extinction in our day-to-day use.
To effectively adopt this new platform, we had to define how our organization planned to use it. We knew we wouldn't have all the answers or a perfect governance from the start, but you can't play a game without any rules. We began with a loose living governance document that we updated weekly to ensure we were following practices that made us more effective. Initial governance included how Teams and Channels would be defined and named, guidelines on when to create a new team or channel, and how best to organize tabs and files. Each Friday we discussed what was working and what wasn't working as a team and adapted our governance until we got to a place that worked for the collective. Now that other departments are adopting Teams here, we have a Best Practices governance that all departments follow. There's also individual department governance that outlines their department specific uses.
Leaders, I'm talking to you. Your employees are watching to see if you do what you say - so, do what you say. It's really that simple. Lead by example, follow your governance to a "t". After all, if your governance is thoughtful and strategized you should want to follow your own rules. That being said, you should open to feedback. The team will be much more likely to adopt governance of a tool that they feel they're part of.
It's crucial to have Team advocates in and outside your department that can help encourage adoption. For example, when someone messages you outside the Team environment, kindly direct them to Teams to finish the conversation. If you see someone not following governance, help them get back on track—nip those unhealthy habits in the bud.
There's "i" in this Team — 4 i's to be exact. They're Information, Interaction, Independence and Intuition.
Teams makes file collaboration a breeze! It's easy to share a specific file in a Conversation Thread and have an in-depth conversation related to that file for the whole team to see. Conversations in Channels helps keep everyone up to date and on the same page. The Files tab in Teams also saves time so you don't have to leave the app to share and collaborate on content with your co-workers.
One of our favorite features is the 'like'. It's a great way to ensure a team member has read your message. Conversations have also encouraged more open dialogue and idea sharing while cutting down on meeting time because everyone is up to speed on where projects stand with transparent access to conversations that once may have been in personal emails or messages on a messaging app. Plus, who doesn't love a great gif—after all a picture is worth a thousand words, right? The ability to share specific files ensures everyone is looking at the correct file version. Collaborating has saved us a great deal of time and resulted in superior, more efficiently executed collaborative works.
Quick access to files, recordings, pertinent and relevant conversations, and important company information makes for independent workers. Everyone has easy access to the vital information they need and a quick easy way to collaborate with their team when necessary.
Integrations like Planner, Forms, OneDrive, Stream and meetings make for more efficient and happier employees. Keeping our team in Teams has definitely helped raise moral. Gone are the days of more switching between multiple apps and services to find information. It's encouraged us to better utilize our other tools like Forms and Planner as well.
We do love teams, but we also knew going in that this is a young product with a lot of opportunity. Here's our wish list for the utopian Teams tool. Most of these are well known to Microsoft, and it appears as though a few are already in the works.
Pop-out windows for chat. We're not alone and if you wish for this too. Make your voice heard in Microsoft's User voice by voting here.
Assign specific members to a Channel. Do you wish this too? You can vote in User Voice for this request here.
Improved integration with Forms, Flow and Planner. They're working on it! Vote and/or give Microsoft feedback here.
Delete/hide old Conversations. Vote here.
Ability to Archive Channels. Vote here.
Share screen without calling. Hooray! This is likely to come out in September. You can still vote here.
Link files to SPO instead of OneDrive. Agree? You can vote in User Voice here.
IOs Teams conference calls. Agree? You can vote in User Voice here.
Renaming a Team Channel would rename the associated SharePoint file folder. Others agree on this wish and you can vote in the User Voice here.
Recording option in Team Meetings. Agree? You can vote in User Voice here.
So, what's next for PixelMill and Teams? As we continue to see more and more improved integrations we expect to take better advantage of Forms and Flow, streamlining our processes. We also see promise in integrating much of what we do in Teams with other services, such as integrating Jira, our project management solution of choice, directly with specific channels associated with each project. With the resources we see Microsoft committing to Teams, we are excited for it's potential.


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Guts and Family
Our week-long look at men in the military continues. Not even a tour of duty in Iraq could break this father-son bond
by Lynda Churilla and Adam Campbell Published: Oct 11, 2005
"It's a fact of life that I may not come home," says Lieutenant Colonel Skip Johnson, a battalion commander in the army's 101st Airborne Division. "But I have the peace I need, because my family is taken care of." Ask the colonel to expand, and it's clear that the scope of his statement reaches far beyond financial affairs. "They've got one another," he says.
In September, Johnson, 45 -- a Gulf War veteran and former military aide to Vice President Dick Cheney -- shipped out for a 1-year deployment to Iraq. He left behind his wife and three sons: two who play college football and another, Micah, who's a senior at Fort Campbell High School and rated the number-three prep player in the nation by the Sporting News.
It's a difficult time for the entire family, but right now the spotlight shines brightest on Micah, a 6'2", 265-pound 17-year-old who, in the absence of his father, is trying to choose the right school from among his 40 scholarship offers. "I know Dad would be here if he could," he says. "My only concern is that he comes back safely."
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Colonel Johnson is resolute that he doesn't need to be physically present to help Micah with his decision. That's because he feels he's done his job as a father, a tour of duty that began 22 years ago with the birth of his first son. "It's not what you do while you're away that matters," he says." It's what you do while you're home."
Here are his prescriptions for how to stay close, no matter where your job takes you.
Cultivate Discipline
"My boys grew up saying, 'Yes, sir' and 'No, sir,' not just to teach them respect for their elders, but as a simple way to instill discipline," says Johnson. "Introduce discipline early, especially in little ways that your kids have to practice frequently, and it will help them succeed in every aspect of their lives, whether it's school, family, athletics, or work."
Be a Teammate
"In the army, we use physical training and team-building exercises as a way to create esprit de corps in a unit, and it works the same way to foster relationships in a family," he says. Instead of being only a spectator, participate with your kids by regularly jogging or playing sports with them. "As the years pass, you'll have great memories to look back on."
For Johnson, building a strong family unit begins with the most basic elements of life. "My wife and I taught the boys how to fish when they were really young," he says. "To this day, it's something all of us enjoy doing together, and it gives us a special connection," he says.
The colonel believes that connection -- whether it be fishing, basketball, or even backyard wrestling -- has helped create enduring bonds among the whole family, which means Dad isn't the only one they can lean on. "While he's gone, I'm looking after Mom," says Micah. "We're all taking care of each other."
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Leah talks her "walking out the color" technique!
"Keep the color strongest on the heavy side, so when your client pushes his hair the way it naturally falls, he'll get more texture and movement from the color," Matrix Educator Tara Koenig says. The key to men's color is to make sure everything is left off base.
Robert Santana showcases his coloring during the Color Outside the Lines Class.
The key to a seamless color blend is placing your foils on horizontally and softening the chunkiness by painting in a "V" shape.
George focuses on the crown when working with blondes, using only 10 foils and stacking them every inch. This is a successful way to work quickly in the salon and to get that sun-kissed color your clients will love.


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House is the definitive guide to Irish interiors gathering premium designers, architects, craftsmen, home improvement specialists, furniture and fit-out suppliers together for a 3 day festival of style. Hosted by Independent News and Media, House showcases the very best of interior design, highlighting the hottest trends, most stylish products, and chicest designs for discerning Irish homes.
Bursting with wedding inspiration, The Bride of the Year Show and the Wedding & Honeymoon Show are the ultimate day out for all with a wedding to plan. Your visit will be packed with inspiration and creative ideas from over 150 of the finest wedding suppliers, and our programme of features will ensure every detail of your wedding is fine tuned.
Dublin Coffee and Tea Festival will took place from 11th - 13th September 2015 in the Industries Hall of the RDS is a collaborative enterprise from two Industry bodies namely The Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance (IFSA) and the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE- Irish branch). The aim of the event which attracted over 5,000 visitors was to educate and inspire the public and the national media to embrace speciality coffee and teas and the associated culture and lifestyle.
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