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That "tall tale" of Anuja Baniya in the Kathmandu Post and its sister publication Kantipur (dateline April 19) seemed to be reviving our fading humanity, our individual sense of integrity. It visibly moved our honorable president and our outgoing Chief Justice. And then abruptly, just like that, it stripped us of our little-remaining sense of dignity.
Until then, I was thinking of contemplating yet again on how "a little more reason" could protect us from wild generalizations and misplaced judgments in public life.
Coincidentally, this epic "lost-and-returned" episode, which turned out to be a full-blown "unreality show," underscores the case for an evidence-based journalism that I referred to at the closing of my previous article (A little more reason- II, April 13). I had observed that journalists, who traditionally were in the lead of professional skeptics, find little enthusiasm these days for getting the facts right or verifying the givens. This increasing trend in our source-driven media culture has hindered professional journalistic pursuit of truth.
So here, I continue the thread of that earlier discussion in light of this BIG hoax that has apparently redefined our constructions of facts or story-telling practices more sharply into pre- and post-Anuja news making, although the roots of this distinction should actually be traced in the highly-exaggerated story about one "super-rich" Dr Rasendra Bhattarai published in 2003 in the same dailies mentioned above.
Both of these serve as classic text book case studies of how a reasonably "professional" media outlet and some of its most credible bylines can fall for fake characters, fictional leads and freaky material all because of economic logic or a lapse in news judgment. Conversely, they also highlight how news sources or subjects can deceitfully manipulate even the leaders in the news business.
Being a skeptical type, I withheld judgment about the veracity of the Anuja news series. But I fully enjoyed chatting with people who absorbed and processed the story. It is only rarely that you get to see a social scoop engaging our many publics in such a big way. It was unreal for many, yes, but something real by way of representation in the news. For others, it seemed that the increasingly scarce virtue of "rock-solid integrity" was worth believing in, and the ordinary lady from Dharan merely offered to host that virtue via the newspapers.
Yet, there were some others, who did not seem interested in separating news from fiction, for there is not much distinction on television made these days between the two, between knowledge and entertainment. When news shows offer live coverage of real people routinely chasing ghosts and witches, and even reality shows hyping extremity, aggression and stupidity, such hoaxes actually foster selective reality at the cost of actual reality. In fact, the fascination behind the recent Anuja episode had more to do with what we could possibly become, than what we actually are, or have been.
You cannot hold the public accountable for their acts in a democracy, unless its members are legally deviant. In principle, we cannot vote them out like we can do with our leaders. Just as artists use dramatic license to openly distort facts and truth, the general public is free to use their civil rights to absorb realities the way they like, even if doing so may be self-destructive. Hence, the journalistic principle, "to inform and educate" the public is significant.
Therefore, on the other level, it is important to ask how the published stories informed and educated the general public about the "remarkable women's honesty," as the newspapers put it. The widely accepted professional news construct requires reporters to corroborate the facts in every news story via at least three credible or "expert" sources. It also asks reporters to be sure about the other or opposing side of story.
Correspondent Harsha Subba's scoop in Kantipur ("Dhanya Anuja", April 19), in fact, attributes to four sources, a daughter, a son and a relative of Purushotam Poudel (the man who allegedly lost the Rs 9.1 million and a diamond necklace), and the lady who found and returned those belongings to the owner. All these are one-sided sources confirming the storyline, and it is reported that Anuja herself did not want to talk much. However, the Post version of the same story cites Purushutom himself in quotes, as if he were talking directly to the reporter. In that sense, lacking balance and cross-verification, the story was not complete or "in-form."
Kantipur has apologized (Apology, TKP, April 25) to its readers saying that the characters attributed in the story "were fictitious." The apology note said the paper(s) were not able to locate the whereabouts of Poudel. They checked the call details of Anuja's mobile phone but none of the numbers led them to Poudel. Based "on those inconsistencies", they concluded that "the news was untrue and so were the characters involved."
There is some room for skepticism here, for it is still not clear if this is a case of complete misrepresentation since one of the main characters, Anuja, is already public and that she still seems to be sticking to her story. Whatever educational value the story promised initially in its highlight of Anuja's extraordinary morality, the apology, however, without her last words, sounds lacking in full disclosure.
And a couple of serious questions about journalistic integrity remain unanswered: Was the hoax part of a premeditated move by someone to discredit Kantipur's brand of journalism? How could a newspaper with a lesson learned earlier in 2003, fall into a similar trap again? Finding the facts about these questions is the only way that will help prevent future Rasendra Syndromes.
Another factor to be taken into consideration concerning this issue is the psychological side which is intimately linked to individual users of media. Psychologists have long studied people with Attention-seeking Personality Disorders (ASPD), who, they say, exploit every opportunity to get attention, by means of misrepresentation, distortion or acting as saviors. Even normal-looking people could be ASPDs, and they are usually those with low-esteem, trying to exert their self-worth. Access to media, however, does not eliminate this narcissistic tendency. Examples include Lady Gaga, the pop singer, and many other world-renowned characters who are on 24/7 news spotlight, and still continue to play mass-mediated pranks.
If this is the case with our Lady WahWah (briefly), she needs medical or psychological attention. Millions of Nepalis and others lost precious hours and other resources while engaged with the story that now, we are informed, was simply bogus. Who will compensate them for their waste in that non-news?
It is also true that the problems connecting ordinary users of media with media institutions go deeper than circulation numbers or remote clicks. The numeric growth in media does not balance with quality in access and content. Our news has little to do with the actual lives of ordinary people. Under such conditions, it can be difficult for the majority of them to imagine a role outside the usual political spectacles or fantasy shows in our media. Those remain fertile breeding grounds for such tall tales.
Published in the Republica, April 27, 2011


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Shriekfest will screen the LOS ANGELES PREMIERE of Alive!
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Shriekfest Film Festival to Screen Los Angeles Premiere of the Horror/Thriller Alive, Featuring Angus Macfadyen
The annual Los Angeles competition will kick off with an opening night gala October 4
The Shriekfest Film Festival, an international horror/sci-fi film and screenplay competition, has announced its 2018 finalists and is slated to screen the terrifying torture-based thriller Alive.
The feature film, directed by Rob Grant, follows a severely injured man and woman who awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity. The film stars Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, and Angus Macfadyen, the latter most famous for playing Robert the Bruce in 1995's Braveheart
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In addition to Alive and nine other feature films, Shriekfest will also screen more than 30 outstanding and diverse international short films, covering just about every aspect of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
The Shriekfest Film Festival runs October 4 – 7, 2018. The public is invited to an opening night party at Boardners/Club Sinister in Hollywood; all are also welcome to attend the screenings at the iconic Raleigh Studios on Melrose Ave.
Shriekfest, now in its 18th year, was created in July 2001 by Denise Gossett and has grown into the longest-running and one of the largest horror and sci-fi film festivals in the country. Shriekfest is bi-coastal for a second year as well, with Shriekfest Orlando kicking off on November 3.
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St. Sixtus Abbey, Belgium, 1981.
A significant aspect of Roseman's oeuvre on the monastic life is the passage of time expressed in returning to a place and the artist's paintings or drawings of an individual over the years, as with the drawings of Brother Jan Bosco with whom the artist shared a close friendship.
On Roseman and Davis' first sojourn at St. Sixtus in October 1978, Abbot Remi thoughtfully introduced his two guests to Brother Jan Bosco, an amiable, white-bearded monk in his early sixties and who became a memorable subject for the artist's drawings.
Prior Brother Bertrand, corresponding in English on behalf of Abbot Remi, addressed his letter to Davis, who had written to introduce his colleague's work on the monastic life and to request a sojourn at St. Sixtus. Brother Bertrand writes: "You will be very welcome here, you and Stanley. . . . It will be a pleasure for us to receive you in our monastery.'' That cordial welcome was to be repeated on their subsequent returns to St. Sixtus.
Brother Jan Bosco's outgoing personality is clearly evident in this marvelous portrait in which the amiable Trappist monk looks directly out at the viewer with a friendly regard.
Brother Jan Bosco, the subject of the superb portrait drawing from 1978 presented at the top of the page and below, (fig. 3), is the first monk standing in choir in the photograph shown here.
"At midnight I rise to praise you, O Lord'' (Ps. 119:62) and "Seven times a day I praise you'' (Ps. 119:164) states the Prophet in the Book of Psalms. Psalmody is the foundation of the Divine Office, which is central to the monastic life.
In the arresting portrait Brother Jan Bosco, Roseman has captured an immediacy of lively expression on the face of the Trappist monk. The portrait is drawn with sculptural modeling of the chalks on ochre paper, which imparts a warm tonality to the composition. The monk's ruddy complexion from years of working outside on the monastery's farm is complemented by his dark eyebrows, closely-cropped moustache, and silvery-white hair and full beard.
on returns to St. Sixtus in 1994 and 1998.
Roseman's drawings of Brother Jan Bosco coincide with several anniversary dates. Roseman drew Brother Jan in the summer of 1981, when the artist and Davis were invited to St. Sixtus on the festive occasion of the monastery's 150th anniversary. On a return to St. Sixtus in October of 1994, Roseman drew Brother Jan on his 78th birthday. Brother Jan was also the subject of Roseman's drawings when the artist and his colleague returned to St. Sixtus in 1998, the year the Cistercians and Trappists were celebrating the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Cistercian Order.
1998 commemorated the 900th anniversary of the Cistercian Order, which is dated from the founding of the Abbey of Cîteaux, in Burgundy, in 1098. Cistercian monasticism today comprises two branches: the Order of Cistercians of the Common Observance and the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, also known as the Trappist Order, which developed from a seventeenth-century reform movement centered at the Abbey of La Trappe, in Normandy.
In the autumn of 1978, the first year of Stanley Roseman's work on the monastic life, the artist and his colleague Ronald Davis sojourned at the Abbey of St. Sixtus, in Flanders, and the Abbey of Westmalle, in the province of Antwerp. Over the following years the two friends returned to St. Sixtus and Westmalle in the continuation of their monastic journey.
Roseman created a suite of impressive drawings of Brother Jan Bosco in that ninth-centenary year, exemplified by the present work. Twenty years had passed since the artist first drew the Trappist monk who had become a dear friend. At the age of 82, the monk had let his white beard grow longer. Brother Jan's face revealed a life of rigorous asceticism in adhering to the Trappist regime with its emphasis on manual labor, long hours of private prayer, and an abstemious diet that prohibits the consumption of meat, among other dietary restrictions.
In the present work, (fig. 4), strong, fluent strokes of black chalk delineate the voluminous cowl in harmony with the detailed modeling of the monk's face seen in profile. A natural daylight illuminates the monk's cranium and the whiteness of his closely cropped hair.
The artist's painterly use of the chalk medium combines detailed rendering with vigorous application of the chalks to define form and give a textural quality of the monk's white hair and beard. In the deeply felt drawing Brother Jan Bosco in Prayer, Roseman conveys a peaceful countenance on the face of the Trappist monk of advancing years who has devoted himself to the monastic life and a steadfast communion with God.
"The Monastic Life," Page - 3 "On the Continent to Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany.
1. The abstemious Trappist diet is explained by the Trappist monk Frère Elie, Abbey of La Trappe, in a letter to Roseman.
See the website page "Correspondence from the Monasteries."
St. Sixtus Abbey was where Roseman began his work on the Continent. In spring and summer of 1978 the artist and his colleague traveled to Benedictine and Trappist monasteries in England and Ireland and back to monasteries in England. At the end of September, the two friends crossed the English Channel to Calais and drove north through farmland of West Flanders to St. Sixtus Abbey, founded in 1831. The Trappist monastery, a compound of brick buildings, comprised the abbey church, the monks' living quarters, workshops, guesthouse, farm buildings, and brewery, which provided the monastery with its main source of income. In European countries where beer is the standard beverage, brewing beer is a centuries-old monastic occupation.
When the monastery bell tolled for the Divine Office, Roseman accompanied the community to draw at the Night Office and at the daytime offices of Lauds and Prime in the early morning, Terce at mid-morning, Sext at midday, None in the early afternoon, Vespers in the early evening, and Compline at the close of the day.
Brother Jan Bosco worked in the bookbindery as well as on the farm, where he took care of the herd of beef cattle that the monastery raised as a secondary source of income. The community referred to Brother Jan as "robust" due to the demanding, physical labor that farm work requires. The monks of St. Sixtus called one another ''Bruder" (Brother), regardless whether the monk was a priest, as was John Bosco. The abbot was respectfully called ''Vader'' (Father).


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Two videos, about three minutes each. The grass moves a bit, the water ripples occasionally and, if you watch really closely, the clouds drift by. Cardinal Wolsey at rest. I know that not many of my readers (either of you…) will have six or even just three minutes to spare from the (insane) pace of "modern" "life", but the videos are here in case you can.
Ignore the timestamp, the video camera fibbeth – this was 02/02/2018 or, if you're American, 02/02/2018.
I left the microphones running but there was not really a soundtrack to catch. A bird-call in the distance, an aeroplane droning overhead, a cow singing opera somewhere in winter cover or a sheep bleating on about "ooh – grass! my favourite!" so I put you a couple of thrash rock "the heaviest metal" tracks on instead. Pump up the volume (ooh, that dates me)!
Forget Formula One, forget down-hill skiing and forget live video feeds from the Palace of Westminster – watching a narrowboat sitting at his moorings is where the groove thang is at.
We've had the frantic activity of crossing the World Heritage Site Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, I've talked you around perhaps a hundred and eighty miles so far in this licence period (probably two hundred and something by the end of it). The next few months will include – I hope – the Anderton Boat Lift among other Victorian engineering wonders. For now though, tis time to relax, time for you to ease yourselves into the pace of canal living as I oft experience it.
This is what the Cardinal does when we get where we've got and after I tie the planet to him with a couple of stout ropes. He goes to sleep, I put the kettle on and my feet up.
The flue here is smoking because I had just re-animated the stove after his nocturnal slumbers. The "smokeless" (invisible smoke) fuel kicked in soon enough afterwards. Yep, that scuzz on the canal is ice.
He's not "just" a boat, he's my home. To borrow the language of Wallace and Gromit, it's a reet grand feeling to walk back along a towpath and see him patiently waiting there for me.
We've mooched on again a little since the videos – Her Maj's Meteorological Office predicted that this week would be the coldest (so far) of the winter, so we're re-serviced, fully watered, emptied, re-bunkered and hunkered down farther up the canal. Let the polar bears commence.
There's a couple of months at least to Spring, mayhap three or more until we get to more clement weather – as reliably clement as it ever gets in England. I have a growing list of DIY jobs to do then. Some paintwork, maybe the tunnel and bow stripes (possibly in a very non-traditional silver-grey zig-zag), a couple of electrical jobs and some woodwork.
One of the woodwork jobs is to replace a large footstool with a "retained heat" cooking box (a "hay box cooker"), ready for next Autumn. I've designed one that will also be storage for my selection of billycans and still see service as a footstool. Not only will I then be able to cook – what else? – curry and rice on a gnat's fart-worth of gas, but having somewhere to store the billycans will free up a corner of the worktop in the galley for other things. Wine-making for one.
I am going to make some secondary double-glazing units ready for next winter too, slip-in, slip-out jobs that store away neatly when not in use.
The 8th of February 2018 sees the completion of my first year of cruising about, and my second year of living aboard. Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana.
Farther and wider will be some of the formula this coming year, a few adventurous arcs outside of my "familiarity zone". I do reserve the right to hoof it back to the tried and tested should I feel the need to not explore for a while!
We've very comprehensively, very slowly, explored all of two canals and parts of two others – the Llangollen, the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union, some of the main Shropshire Union and a smidgen, the tiniest smidgen of the Trent & Mersey. Being a nosey bugger I haven't just limited my sniffing about to the canals, I've wandered off a few miles either side of the towpath, and seen a mile or two of England (and some of Welsh Wales) in the process.
We've baked, we've frozen, we've been becalmed and we've been lashed repeatedly with 60mph gales. We've done deals (for coal, wood, ironmongery, chemicals and ropes) boat-to-boat in the dark in the middle of nowhere. We've been damned near sunk by being cilled by the "professionals" at a certain set of staircase locks. We've been screeched at by harpies on boats who screeched at us because they couldn't get close enough to the person they really wanted to sceech at and we were second best option (fortunately I had a packet of fresh Short Shrift with me). We've had our ropes peed and pooped on by mutts untended by their keepers (and we've had words with the keepers). I've monumentally cocked up some manoeuvres (with international audiences), and I've performed other manoeuvres magnificently (though rarely with any witnesses).
I don't doubt that it will continue to be so.
In my childhood and youth the politicians promised us that we'd all be living Jetsons-style lives in outer-space before the century was out, but somehow in the dim and distant, futuristic world of 2018 I seem to be living with a taste of the Victorian ethic, in an oddly-shaped bucket floating along a damp ditch. I didn't see this one coming, but it's really rather splendid now that it has.
I have the feeling I need a cigar somehow and there was a distinct feeling of discomfort in my nether regions with my voice going up an octave but perhaps thrash music always has that effect.What I am fascinated by are the silver zig-zag go faster stripes you're contemplating. I assume it's all something to do with air resistance when you pick up speed?
Takes me back to my own days in the choir – I only ever sung in the noisy bits, I didn't want my screeching and warbling to ruin the really musical parts!
It is rather splendid. In touch with real life well lived – not the busy being busy loud one most live thinking that's all there is.
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Just what the doctor ordered on a busy day in the 'bubble'. You play the piano beautifully and I guess you will sound a little different when your voice drops…..
They remind me that life is at it's best when are just feeling a moment of quiet.


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Are You Saving Enough Money To Hit Your Financial Goals?
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The majority of individuals will spend a significant amount of their earning years saving up to reach common financial goals such as a down payment for a home, purchasing a car and investing for retirement. If one, or all, of these goals are ones you want to reach, chances are you might wonder whether you're saving enough money.
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"It's important to take stock of your goals at different stages of your life," Morris said. "By getting clear on your goals today, you're taking the first step towards achieving a bright financial future."
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BB King: Google Doodle pays tribute to legendary American singer on his 94th birth anniversary
BB King won 15 Grammys and sold more than 40 million records worldwide. He also received honorary Doctorates of Music from various universities.
BusinessToday.In New Delhi Last Updated: September 16, 2019 | 11:05 IST
BB King's 'Three O'Clock Blues' released in 1951 became his first and biggest hit, topping the Rhythm and Blues charts for five weeks.
Google on Monday paid a tribute to legendary guitarist BB King on his 94th birth anniversary by creating a Doodle on him. BB King was known to be an American ace-songwriter and record producer. The doodle on BB King is created by guest artist Steve Spencer and guest animator Nayeli Lavanderos.
Who was BB King
BB King, who is known as 'King of Blues', was born in 1925 near a town called Itta Bena in Mississippi. He grew up singing gospels in churches. BB King was also known as the travelling blue-man having travelled across the country with his guitars that he named 'Lucille'.
King's 'Three O'Clock Blues' released in 1951 became his first and biggest hit, topping the Rhythm and Blues charts for five weeks. His other popular classic pieces remain 'The Thrill is Gone', 'To Know Is To Love You', 'Chains And Things' and 'Every Day I Have the Blues'.
Google Doodle on BB King
The Google Doodle portrays BB King with his popular classic piece, 'The thrill is gone away, the thrill is gone away baby'. The doodle shows how King performed on streets and then hitchhiked to Memphis, Tennessee, and got a job at the radio station WDIA. The doodle also shows him performing at the famous Beale Street, which gave him the name 'Beale Street Blues Boy,' later shortened to "B.B".
BB King's awards and recognition
Rolling Stones called BB King one of the world's greatest guitarist. King won 15 Grammys and sold more than 40 million records worldwide. Besides, John Lenon once said, "I wish I could just do like B. B. King. If you would put me with B. B. King, I would feel real silly."
Additionally, BB King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. He also received honorary Doctorates of Music from various universities. On February 21, 2012, he performed at the White House. In October 2012, a feature documentary on the life of King titled was released, titled "B.B. King: The Life of Riley" , it was narrated by Morgan Freeman and directed by Jon Brewer. King died a natural death on May 14, 2015.
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LK Shields | Employment Law Legislative Update 16 December 2017 – 31 January 2018
PUBLISHED: 9th February 2018
Summary of Legislative Developments
In this edition of our regular update on legislative developments in employment law, we focus on the provisions of the Data Protection Bill 2018, which is intended to give effect to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We also summarise a range of new legislation providing for matters including the extension of maternity leave entitlements in the event of premature birth, the restoration of public servants' pay, and the introduction of rules to facilitate the operation of the Mediation Act 2017.
We look forward to hearing any comments or questions you may have in relation to the contents of this update.
Data Protection Bill 2018 – Bill to give effect to the General Data Protection Regulation.
Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018 – proposal to require employers to recognise unions for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 – restoration of pay and pensions for public servants.
Social Welfare Act 2017 – entitlement to maternity leave and maternity benefit extended in the event of premature birth.
District Court (Mediation) Rules 2018 (SI No 9/2018), Circuit Court Rules (Mediation) 2018 (SI No 11/2018), Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation) (SI No 13/2018) – rules introduced to facilitate operation of Mediation Act 2017.
European Communities (Seafarers) Regulations (SI No 15/2018) – seafarers included within scope of collective redundancy and transfer of undertaking rules.
Data Protection Bill 2018
Purpose of Bill
The purpose of this Bill, which was introduced in the Seanad on 30 January 2018, is to transpose the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the 'GDPR') into domestic law.
The Bill gives further effect to the GDPR in a number of areas by way of repeal and amendment of certain provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, and establishes a Data Protection Commission to replace the Data Protection Commissioner as the national supervisory authority for the purposes of the GDPR.
While the GDPR will be directly effective in Irish law once the deadline for transposition has passed on 25 May 2018, the GDPR allows the Member States a degree of discretion as to how they give effect to the GDPR in certain areas, notably in relation to data processing in the context of employment.
Processing in the context of employment
Article 88 GDPR provides that the Member States may provide for more specific rules to ensure the protection of rights and freedoms in respect of the processing of employees' personal data in the employment context, in particular for the purposes of:
recruitment,
the performance of the contract of employment,
management, planning and organisation of work,
equality and diversity in the workplace,
health and safety at work,
protection of an employer's or customer's property,
the enjoyment of rights and benefits related to employment, and
the termination of the employment relationship.
While the Bill as a whole will have significant implications for employers (as data controllers and/or processors) and employees (as data subjects), the following features of the Bill are of particular note from an employment law perspective.
Enforced subject access requests
The Bill prohibits the practice known as 'enforced data subject access', whereby an employer requires an employee or prospective employee to make a data subject access request, and to provide the data obtained on foot of that request to his or her current or future employer.
Under the Bill an employer who requires an employee or prospective employee to make a subject access request, or to supply the employer with the data obtained as a result of such a request, in connection with recruitment, continued employment, or a contract for the provision of services, will be guilty of an offence. The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of up to €50,000 and/or imprisonment for a period of up to 5 years.
Special categories of personal data
The Bill makes provision for the processing of 'special categories of personal data' (currently known as 'sensitive personal data') in the employment context. The processing of special categories of personal data will be lawful under the Bill where such processing is necessary for the purposes of exercising or performing any legal right or obligation of the employee (as data subject) or the employer (as data controller) in connection with employment. This is subject to suitable and specific measures being taken to secure the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject concerned.
The processing of special categories of personal data for the purposes of assessing the working capacity of an employee is also permissible under the Bill, provided that the requisite safeguards are put in place. The assessment must however be undertaken by or under the responsibility of a health practitioner or some other person who in the circumstances owes a duty of confidentiality to the data subject equivalent to that which would exist between an employee and a health practitioner.
Restriction of data subject rights
The Bill provides for the making of regulations with a view to restricting the exercise of data subject rights, provided such regulations are necessary for the purpose of safeguarding important objectives of general public interest, including that of protecting the health, safety, dignity and well-being of individuals at work against risk arising from their employment.
Employees and data processing
In order to ensure that data are processed in a secure manner, employers are required under the Bill to take all reasonable steps to ensure that employees of the data controller (or data processor), together with any other persons at the place of work concerned, are aware of and comply with the relevant technical and organisational measures introduced for the purposes of ensuring data security.
While employees who carry out data processing during the course of their employment are excluded from the definition of 'processor', an employee of a processor who discloses personal data without the data controller's prior authority may be guilty of an offence.
Further, employees may be required to provide documents or records relating to the processing of personal data to an authorised officer in the course of investigations by the newly established Data Protection Commission.
Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018
This private members' bill, introduced by Sinn Féin, provides that where an authorised trade union is granted a negotiation licence, an employer (or employer's organisation) must recognise the right of the authorised union to represent its members for the purposes of collective bargaining, including grievance and disciplinary issues.
Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017
This Act provides for a restoration to the basic pay of public servants, and for the restoration of pensions payable to public service pensioners.
The Act repeals the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009, and provides for the conversion of the pension-related deduction into a permanent additional superannuation contribution for all public servants who are members of a public service pension scheme.
The Act also provides for the regulation of professional fees and other payments.
Social Welfare Act 2017
This Act provides for the extension of maternity benefit and maternity leave in the event of premature births.
The Maternity Protection Act 1994 is amended to provide for an extended period of entitlement to maternity leave in cases of premature births which occur on or after 1 October 2017, equivalent to the period between the actual date of birth of the premature child and a date that is two weeks before the expected date of birth. The period of entitlement to maternity benefit is also extended in the event of a premature birth
New rates for maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, and paternity benefit are introduced with effect from 26 March 2018.
District Court (Mediation) Rules 2018 (SI No 9/2018)
Circuit Court Rules (Mediation) 2018 (SI No 11/2018)
Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation) (SI No 13/2018)
These rules have been introduced to facilitate the operation of the Mediation Act 2017 in the District Court, Circuit Court, and Superior Courts.
The rules, which came into effect on 12 January 2018, provide for the manner in which various applications are to be made to the courts under the Mediation Act 2017.
The rules make provision for matters including applications for mediation, invitations by the court to the parties to engage in mediation, the adjournment of proceedings to facilitate mediation, the submission of mediator reports to the court, and the enforcement of the terms of mediated settlements.
Disputes that are the subject of investigation and mediation by the Workplace Relations Commission will continue to be dealt with under the relevant provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 2015.
European Communities (Seafarers) Regulations (SI No 15/2018)
These regulations transpose Directive (EU) 2015/1794 into Irish law by removing the exclusion of seafarers from the Protection of Employment Act 1977 and the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 ('the Transfer Regulations').
Where a proposal to create collective redundancies concerns members of the crew of a seagoing vessel that is flying the Irish flag, the employer must notify the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. If the vessel flies the flag of another State, then the competent authority of that other State must be notified.
The Transfer Regulations will now apply to a transfer of a seagoing vessel that is part of a transfer of undertaking, business, or part of an undertaking or business, if the transferee is situated, or the transferred undertaking remains, within the territorial scope of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU.
The Transfer Regulations will not however apply to a transfer which consists exclusively of one or more seagoing vessels.
The content of this publication does not constitute legal or other professional advice and is not intended to be relied upon as such.
Aoife Bradley
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Am I missing something here, or is this just about a grown man acting like a very peculiar 8-year-old?
Apparently that sound is insanely annoying to some people. I've got a teacher who keeps (having to) requesting various students _not_to_do_that_…I don't even hear the clicking, but the fact that she's had to request it more than once (and this is an adult class) is amazing(ly horrible).
I think it's a movie tv visual trope. The big bad is going to do something big and bad and it is foreboded by him casually taking at a pin and methodically clicking it and we just know the next few hours are going to be tense, edgy, and moodily violent.
In one of the James Bond films he had a ball point pen that was a bomb, triggered to go off a few seconds after clicking the cap. One of the bad guys intercepted it, who just happened to have the nervous tick of repeatedly clicking on the pen. Everyone knows that Bond is not going to die, but the viewer is forced to spend the rest of the movie wondering when this other guy is going to get blown up.
I think the bad guy's thumb will wear out sooner than 'a few hours'. Or maybe his carpal tunnel syndrome will kick in.
There are people who do this clicking as a fidget; they do it a lot and may not even be aware when it happens. There are also people on whom this grates exceedingly.
So the bad guy is looking for something that will break the good guy, and he's tried a bunch of things that didn't work, so now he's going to try this to see if it works. Based on the good guy's expression, it might.
I saw a movie some years ago called The Astral Factor, about a murderer who could turn invisible. There were two policemen investigating the crimes, and the second-banana guy kept clicking his pen constantly whenever he was on screen.
I bet the guy in the chair holds out a lot longer than the guy clicking the pen will: his thumb will cramp up within the first couple of minutes.
Pen-clickers can go hours at a stretch. Have you never known anyone who fidgets?
I agree with JP. I've been in meetings with compulsive pen clickers.
Fidgeting for hours is one thing: Doing a single repetitive (not simply annoyingly frequent) action like clicking a pen for hours straight is something else.
Fidgeting is fidgeting, whether it's clicking a pen or something else. Fidgeters can go for hours.
OH MY GOODNESS MY COMP 1 TEACHER ABSOLUTELY HATES CLICKING PENS OR WHEN WE TAP THE DESK WITH OUR NONCLICKING PEN (cough cough this morning 😶). This made me laugh way too hard.


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Список атомних підводних човнів США — перелік підводних човнів з ядерною силовою установкою, які були побудовані і перебували на озброєнні, а також розроблялися для ВМС США, але не були завершені.

Перелік атомних підводних човнів Холодної війни

Підводні човни атомні торпедні (ПЧАТ)

Підводні човни атомні з крилатими ракетами (ПЧАРК)

Підводні човни атомні з балістичними ракетами (ПЧАРБ)

Перелік атомних підводних човнів після Холодної війни

Багатоцільові атомні підводні човни

Підводні човни атомні з балістичними ракетами (ПЧАРБ)

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★ — човни, що зазнали глибокої модернізації зі зміною типу (класу) корабля

Див. також
 Список підводних човнів ВМС США
 Список атомних підводних човнів СРСР та РФ
 Список кодових імен НАТО для типів підводних човнів СРСР
 Список затонулих атомних підводних човнів
 Атомні підводні човни з балістичними ракетами США
 Список атомних підводних човнів Великої Британії

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Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA > Current US$: Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$). Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. OOF are transactions by the official sector whose main objective is other than development-motivated, or, if development-motivated, whose grant element is below the 25 per cent threshold which would make them eligible to be recorded as ODA. The main classes of transactions included here are official export credits, official sector equity and portfolio investment, and debt reorganization undertaken by the official sector at nonconcessional terms (irrespective of the nature or the identity of the original creditor). UN agencies are United Nations and include the United Nations Childrenu2019s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Regular Programme for Technical Assistance (UNTA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Fund for Agriculxadtural Development (IFAD), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Population Fund (UNPD), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP), and World Health Organization (WHO). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNPBF > Current US$ per 1000: Net official flows from UN agencies, UNPBF (current US$). Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. OOF are transactions by the official sector whose main objective is other than development-motivated, or, if development-motivated, whose grant element is below the 25 per cent threshold which would make them eligible to be recorded as ODA. The main classes of transactions included here are official export credits, official sector equity and portfolio investment, and debt reorganization undertaken by the official sector at nonconcessional terms (irrespective of the nature or the identity of the original creditor). UN agencies are United Nations and include the United Nations Childrenu2019s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Regular Programme for Technical Assistance (UNTA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Fund for Agriculxadtural Development (IFAD), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Population Fund (UNPD), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP), and World Health Organization (WHO). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Net official flows from UN agencies, WFP > Current US$: Net official flows from UN agencies, WFP (current US$). Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. OOF are transactions by the official sector whose main objective is other than development-motivated, or, if development-motivated, whose grant element is below the 25 per cent threshold which would make them eligible to be recorded as ODA. The main classes of transactions included here are official export credits, official sector equity and portfolio investment, and debt reorganization undertaken by the official sector at nonconcessional terms (irrespective of the nature or the identity of the original creditor). UN agencies are United Nations and include the United Nations Childrenu2019s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Regular Programme for Technical Assistance (UNTA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Fund for Agriculxadtural Development (IFAD), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Population Fund (UNPD), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP), and World Health Organization (WHO). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of registered cases). Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of new, registered smear-positive (infectious) cases that were cured or in which a full course of treatment was completed.
Select year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Top stats 15
All stats 49
Air transport, passengers carried 46,100 1991 135th out of 152
Air transport, passengers carried per 1000 7.29 1991 143th out of 152
Export value index > 2000 = 100 per million 27.06 2011 122nd out of 197
Export volume index > 2000 = 100 129.46 2011 126th out of 197
Import value index > 2000 = 100 342.46 2011 97th out of 197
Import value index > 2000 = 100 per million 34.56 2011 112th out of 197
Liner shipping connectivity index > Maximum value in 2004 = 100 4.34 2012 129th out of 155
Liner shipping connectivity index > Maximum value in 2004 = 100 per million 0.426 2012 134th out of 155
Merchandise exports to developing economies in East Asia & Pacific > % of total merchandise exports 1.05% 2011 113th out of 130
Merchandise exports to developing economies in Latin America & the Caribbean > % of total merchandise exports 0.0994% 2011 143th out of 168
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World > % of total merchandise exports 92.47% 2011 2nd out of 174
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA > Current US$ $2.09 million 2011 46th out of 116
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNPBF > Current US$ per 1000 $206.91 2011 10th out of 20
Net official flows from UN agencies, WFP > Current US$ $30.91 million 2011 1st out of 76
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 86% 2011 62nd out of 187
SOURCES: International Civil Aviation Organization, Civil Aviation Statistics of the World and ICAO staff estimates.; International Civil Aviation Organization, Civil Aviation Statistics of the World and ICAO staff estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Review of Maritime Transport 2010.; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Review of Maritime Transport 2010. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates; www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline; www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report.
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Germany's railway network could stretch all the way around the Earth.


Hoping to turn her friendship with Kyle into something more, Grace Holliday jumps at the chance to accompany him on a pre-New Year's Eve romantic train ride through the mountains. But a threatening message scrawled on the bathroom mirror turns their romantic getaway into a nightmare.
Soon, she discovers that all of the passengers have been lured to the train under false pretenses and that a sinister presence lurks among the luxurious accommodations.
When one of the passengers is murdered, and the train becomes stranded in the middle of nowhere, Grace and Kyle find themselves in a race against time to trap a killer before the clock strikes twelve.


We would like to thank Veterans for their service to ensure that we enjoy our freedom everyday. Your service will never be forgotten and is appreciated. Although we can't repay you for your dedication, we'd love to offer a free concert and military discount.
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Q: linux top memory utlilization - RES column We are having a java process with 2g Heap size. But top command "RES" Column displays only 143m. Later on we found that, we are allocating, 2.5g of hugepage size with the following command. If we remove this command for hugepage creation, then "RES" column shows correctly as 2.3g.
echo 1280 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepage

So from this, we can conclude that when hugepage allocated, hugepage area of the memory allocation doesn't get displayed in "RES" column of top output.
Can anyone answer my questions -

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*Is there any other linux command from where we can find out the memory allocation from the hugepage area of the process?

I used /proc/<pid>/smaps as well as pmap -X <pid>. But not able to find it.

*top command "RES" 143m -> what does it mean? Is the pagetable size or memory allocation of the process outside the hugepage area.

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The 'King of Prosecco' dedicated his special fizz to Angels, because your feedback inspires him every day.
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It's full of fruit and delicate refreshing bubbles. Perfect for parties, weddings, or just making your Friday night fish and chip supper sing.
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We couldn't be prouder of the grapey, apple laden fist of fizziness that Franck's delicious Cava punches out with every mouthful.
Best of all Angels get it a ridiculously low price, allowing you to splash out on a little hot-smoked salmon alongside it.
Being a big producer, Alessandro has access to some amazing parcels of grapes. This Prosecco is his pride and joy.
Crisp apples, soft pear and a bright citrus zing make it a stonking match with seafood. And at pretty much less than half the price of a bottle of traditional Champagne it's top value.
Cyrille is a bit of a genius when it comes to fizz. Hand picked, treated with love and blended to perfection, this champagne is seriously plush.
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Delicious crisp fruit and posh toasty flavours, it's the perfect tipple for seafood.
Charles Simpson's specialty is taking well known grape varieties in the Languedoc, and giving them a little bit of a twist.
So when the locals said you can't make Blanc de Blancs, he went out to prove them wrong.
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If you've not tried a lightly sparkling Moscato before, then you cannot start with a better example than this. Magnificent and only 7% ABV because not all the sugar is converted to alcohol.
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Defend free speech and battle nonsensical diversity programs. But rally for everything else too. Because inconsistency is what forces conservatives to look racist, sexist, and generally insane. Principled conservatism means nothing without principles. Principles mean nothing without consistency.
BLM always screamed that "systemic racism" was the root cause of police brutality, but even if it is a factor it is not the underlying cause—and pretending it is does not solve and even trivializes the scope of the problem. Anybody can be a victim—even if police brutality disproportionately affects blacks—and everybody should be afraid. The root of the problem is bad training and a philosophy that values the cop's life more than the civilian's.
When the authorities are inconsistent about who is virtuous and who is so bad he should be expelled, it destroys trust and creates fear.
This case is unique in that exceedingly drastic measures were taken against students who were having harmless fun pushing boundaries in a private groupchat devoted to pushing boundaries. To say that their memes were dangerous is ludicrous. What is dangerous is when we let the administration get away with this without putting up a fight.
If you see someone at the corner with a gun in his pocket, what would happen if you jumped and killed him? Good luck getting out of jail. Your lawyer would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that your life was under imminent threat. But there's a double standard if you're a cop.
The Republican Party is in shambles. They do not want to unite under Trump. They all have different ideas on what to do. The media suggests this is terrible for the Republican Party. Or is it? What is so bad about party division?
Scalia is dead. Congress is fighting over who will replace him. Who should we pick? Do we want a legal pragmatist who will create a more activist court? Or do we want a legal formalist, in the same vein as the late Justice Scalia, who will limit judicial activism?
I have been watching CNN daily for over two weeks now. During this time, CNN's coverage centered almost exclusively on the election, and almost exclusively on Donald Trump—his bad points and bad things he did.


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To bolster Taipei 101 revenue, firm considers selling NT$5b of shares
By Bloomberg
Taipei Financial Center Corp., owner of the world's tallest building, may consider selling NT$5 billion (US$160 million) of shares to bolster revenue by expanding the amount of retail space at the tower.
The company may sell shares through a rights offer or seek to tap outside investors, said Michael Liu, a company spokesman. Average retail rents at the 101-story building are NT$7,000 per ping (US$68 a square meter), more than double the average rent for the tower's offices.
"The size of any capital increase, if approved, would depend on whether the borrowing rate at that time is favorable or not," Liu said yesterday by phone. "We may raise the funds internally or seek outside investors."
The building, which opened in 2001, will start making a profit in three to five years, Liu said.
Taipei Financial Center also wants to expand the building's observatory deck and may open the 88th floor to the public, giving visitors a better view of the hanging ball that stabilizes the tower, Liu said.
The expansion proposal will be discussed by the board at a meeting on March 7.
"The breakeven point was set at a time frame of six to eight years from completion," Liu said. "That target hasn't been changed."
Liu rejected a report in the Commercial Times that Taipei Financial Center plans to write down the value of its capital by half because of losses. The Taipei-based, Chinese-language newspaper didn't say how it obtained the information.
Major shareholders of the company include China Development Industrial Bank, China United Trust & Investment Corp. and Chunghwa Telecom Co.
A ping, the standard measure property in Taiwan, is 3.3 square meters, or 35.5 square feet.


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A list with selectable and keyboard navigable items. Useful as a dropdown (autocomplete), right click menu, or a simple list with actions triggered on item select.
A feature-rich dual listbox for React.
react-msa-viewer is a performant, extendable, highly-customizable, production-ready React Component that renders a Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA).


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<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Presentation</title>

    <meta charset='utf-8'>

PracticeUpdate

You asked, We delivered!

Mobile Accessible (Access anywhere, anytime, on any device)

Personalization (Custom view based on specialty and specific preferences)

Rapid improvement schedule (Ability to more quickly add additional information and improve site features)

What is Coming Next?

Ed Board Site Suggestion Process (Working on a process to better collect reoccurring Ed Board feedback on non-editorial topics)

Development Site Launched (Ed Board can continue to use as a preview of changes that are in development)

Transparent Priority List (Will show priority of Product ToDo's, In Process Fixes, and Future Changes)

Why change is necessary:

PracticeUpdate as a Clean Slate (Created from the ground up, as a common foundation to build on in the future)

Focus Shifted from Practice to Physician (New site is physician focused and customizable for a truly unique user experience

Flexible Content (More flexible content creation for staff and more flexible content consumption for end users)

Consistency in Naming (Site & some features to more appropriately capture the speed in which users will be receiving relevant, updated content, globally)

We Need your Feedback!

Topic: Story of the Week

Issues

Name ties us to a weekly timeframe

Multiple specialties chosen, would result in multiple "Stories of the Week"

Criteria for Change

Feature bar and presence in slide show

Feedback Needed

Our current suggestion is Featured Item

Topic: Practice Relevance

Issues

Need to properly convey relevance of articles to end users so they can easily identify articles with highest relevance

Criteria for Change

Feature bar and presence in slide show

Feedback Needed

Our current suggestion is

Should we rate news articles in the future?

Should we rate expert opinion articles in the future?

Topic: Infoblast

Issues

Should be our best performer, but currently doesn't get many user hits

Surveys tell us that Users don't understand what Infoblast is, based on the current name

Criteria for Change

"Stream" page in new design is based on this concept

Surveys tell us that when users learn what it is, they are more likely to read it so name needs to be more intuitive

cont'd

Feedback Needed

Would like to add a "week in review {name undecided}" to the top of the Infoblast, allowing the Editor-in-Chief to explain the week's events and choices

Rename infoblast to OncologyUpdate is our suggestion

Topic: Newsletter

Issues

provide users more control over what they receive and how often

Current Beta Site

Questions

How we will be collecting feedback

Who will be invited

Preview of the invitation

What's missing?

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