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Nothing brings on a bout of nostalgia quite like your childhood home. When I recently visited my hometown for a high school reunion, I drove by the house where I grew up and introduced myself to the new owners who were gardening outside. They insisted I come in for a tour, and stepping foot in that towering Victorian was akin to stepping in a time machine. Every nook and cranny I laid eyes on came with memories, from playing hide and seek in the coat closet to chasing my sister up the back staircase.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jennifer Aydin is likely reminiscing about her own childhood memories this week, now that the Long Island home she grew up in is for sale. Posting the listing photos of the home on her Instagram page, Jennifer wrote, "The Plainview Long Island house I grew up in is for sale Quiet street, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and in ground pool contact @reneemilanirealtor for more info." Considering Jennifer's got 106,000 followers, something tells us the property's broker Reneé Turchiano Milani is going to get a few leads this week!
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The last couple of weeks I have been working on the basics for a remote registry under linux for windows mobile devices.
I would like to include this as a new feature within SynCE-KPM, and because this is written in PyQt4, the addition needed to be in PyQt4 also. This meant investigating the MVC concept within Qt4, with the QAbstractItemModel, QModelIndex, and QTreeView (at least for the hierarchical folder structure on the left part of the remote registry editor).
After lots and lots of fighting with the QAbstractItemModel and QModelIndex, I think I have finally understood howto succesfully use them together in order to show a nice treeview structure in the QTreeView widget.
One part that caused me a lot of headaches is what the exact role of the QModelIndex is and how exactly to use these. The problem is that you are not allowed to save them in some dictionary, because they are considered to be volatile. Eventually, with some reading of the Qt website I found out how, given a particular registry key within my own backend registry storage classes (that gets its data eventually from the device), I can create the correct QModelIndex that can be used by the model.
In the end the QModelIndex turned out to be not that difficult, because it basically is only a small holding object, that contains a reference to the actual underlying data that I can access via the internalPointer() method. Another way is to use the internalId() method, but that would require me to keep my own dictionary from internalId to the actual data objects. My first thought, that this QModelIndex needs to contain all information about parents etc, turned out to be false: the QModelIndex just queries the model again for parent information.
When the user expands a node, he will first see the "Fetching…" childkey being displayed. At the same time Synce-KPM will be retrieving the data from the device. After all sub-keys have been retrieved, they will be shown and the "Fetching…" childkey will then be removed.
I have tried implementing the above approach within the current prototype program, but this resulted in a lot of segmentation faults that I could not place. I am not sure what is causing this issue, but it appears that the segfaults are caused when I both delete the "Fetching…" childkey and add the actual childkeys all within the code that handles the the node-expand signal. My guess (well, hope ) is that in the final SynCE-KPM version this should not be a problem: because of the two separated processes (GUI and dataserver) I can ensure that I am only doing either deletion, or adding, but not both.


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November 30, 2021 1:00:25 am
Daily US Times: Australian banking giant Westpac has admitted to breaking the law after it was hit with six lawsuits by regulators over its poor treatment of customers, including charging fees to dead people.
It will pay $81m (A$113m; £61m) in penalties, subject to court approval.
The bank will also hand $57m of compensation to its customers.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Westpac needs to urgently improve its "poor compliance culture".
"The conduct and breaches alleged in these proceedings caused widespread consumer harm and ranged across Westpac's everyday banking, financial advice, superannuation and insurance businesses," ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said.
ASIC, Australia's corporate watchdog, said one of the six investigations found the bank had charged more than $7m in fees over a 10-year period to more than 11,000 "deceased customers for financial advice services that were not provided due to their death."
The regulator also said Westpac distributed duplicate insurance policies to more than 7,000 customers, causing customers to unnecessarily pay for two, or more, policies.
It also estimated that at least 25,000 customers were charged more than $5m in fees that had not been disclosed adequately.
ASIC said Westpac had admitted the allegations filed in the federal court.
"In each of these matters, Westpac has fallen short of our standards and the standards our customers expect of us.
"The issues raised in these matters should not have occurred, and our processes, systems and monitoring should have been better. We are putting things right and unreservedly apologise to our customers," Westpac chief executive Peter King said in a statement.
It is the latest major regulatory blow for Westpac. In September last year, it agreed to pay a record $930m fine for the country's biggest ever breach of money laundering laws.
The previous year, Westpac's then-chief executive Brian Hartzer stepped down after the bank became embroiled in the money-laundering scandal.
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The Royal Commission – Australia's highest form of public inquiry – spent 12 months investigating wrongdoing by some of the country's biggest institutions.
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At a meeting Tuesday of Farmer's Market vendors, Sarah Wallick, downtown and community outreach coordinator of the Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce, announced that $600 to $750 would be spent on an umbrella liability insurance policy.
Vendors who also sell in other locations probably have their own liability insurance, she said, but anyone who does not will be covered for the Macomb events.
The Farmer's Market will continue to take place in the inner circle of the downtown square on Thursdays and Saturdays from May 1 through Oct. 18.
There were 12 vendors in attendance at the meeting in the Macomb City Hall Community Room.
Also present were three city representatives, three chamber representatives, and employees of the McDonough County Farm Bureau and the McDonough County Health Department.
Wallick said a plan to create a separate board of directors for the Macomb Farmer's Market has been set aside in favor of it staying under chamber auspices with decisions made by the vendors at their semi-annual meetings.
The vendors will continue to designate a market manager for each day of operation.
That person will collect fees and submit a report sheet tallying the number of participants.
Wallick said each vendor will fill out a participation form in lieu of paying an insurance charge.
"Always keep a copy of your participation form," said Eric Moe, board chairman for the chamber. "If an alternate manager is working, this can be matched to the daily report sheet."
Chris Adams of the health department said licenses must be held in order to sell certain foods. A list was provided to all vendors.
Wallick said the Illinois Farmers Market Association has scheduled vendor workshops on March 20 in Rockford and on March 27 in Springfield. There will be a $35 participation fee for those who wish to attend.
Hours for the Macomb Farmer's Market will continue to be 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays during the season.


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Boris Godunov and the Terrorist
Emily Frey
Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 70 No. 1, Spring 2017; (pp. 129-169) DOI: 10.1525/jams.2017.70.1.129
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This article considers Musorgsky's opera Boris Godunov in light of the outbreak of political violence in Russia during the 1860s and 1870s. Attempting to make sense of Dmitry Karakozov's ideologically motivated attack on Alexander II in 1866, Russians sought parallels in literature—where authors such as Dostoevsky and Turgenev had begun to explore the psychology of ideological commitment—and in history, the Time of Troubles (1598–1613) serving as a particularly salient point of reference. Boris Godunov, on which Musorgsky began work in 1868, brought these two strands together: set during the Time of Troubles, the opera features the upstart Pretender Dmitry, a historical figure in whom some writers found an ancestor of the modern political terrorist. But Musorgsky's treatment of the Pretender character diverges sharply in his two versions of Boris Godunov, suggesting shifting ideas about the role of this figure both in the opera and in history. Musorgsky's first attempt at the character produced a Pretender every inch the undeterrable "new man" of Russian literature; evincing little subjectivity beyond his obsession with his cause, the Pretender of 1869 escapes out a tavern window in act 2 and exists thereafter only as a musico-dramatic idea. In Musorgsky's 1872 revision of the opera, however, the Pretender pops up again in Poland, where both his self-determination and his dogged recitative style are easily bowled over by Marina Mnishek's triple-metered tunefulness. Like Ratmir in Ruslan and Liudmila's enchanted garden, this Pretender forgets his cause—but participates in the opera's most ravishing music. Drawing on a wide swath of literary and historical writings, this article explores Musorgsky's participation in an urgent contemporary discussion about the personal ramifications of absolute commitment to an idea and the limits of individual agency.
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Q: I'm trying to use a continue statement with a list spam = 0
while spam < 10:
    spam = spam + 1
    if spam == 3 or spam == 6 or spam == 9:
        continue
    print('spam is ' + str(spam))

threes = [3,6,9]
spam = 0
while spam < 10:
    spam = spam + 1
    for i in threes:
        if spam == i:
            continue
    print('spam is ' + str(spam))

The first code runs perfectly but the one after doesn't.

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Inter-caste marriages taking toll in jatland #Vaw
Deepender Deswal, TNN | Apr 20, 2013,
ROHTAK: Inter-caste marriages, along with those of same gotra, are taking a toll on young couples and further deepening the rift between different castes in Haryana. In the last six days alone, three youths have lost their lives over relationships not given social sanction.
While an inter-caste marriage triggered an attack on dalits at Pabnama village in Kaithal district, a young dalit was brutally murdered for opposing his sister's relationship with an upper caste youth in a Bhiwani village. In Rohtak, an upper caste girl student of Maharshi Dayanand University and her dalit friend of the same university committed suicide after their families opposed their relationship.
According to D R Chaudhary, the founder of Haryana Parivartan Manch, an NGO, the problem lies with the upper castes. "The caste bias is prevalent across social, political and administrative systems in Haryana. A girl from upper caste marrying into a low caste is strictlytaboo, while it is accepted if the boy is from upper caste," said Chaudhary.
"This is especially common among Jats and Rod ahirs. These communities have muscle power, political power and are land owners. They can approve of their men having relations with dalit women, but go mad if a dalit man has a relationship with their women," Chaudhary added.
According to him, absence of a powerful social reform movement against caste system in India, especially in Haryana, has been mainly responsible for this deep-rooted problem. "The new generation seems quite liberal in mixing up with cross communities but the elders still reign supreme in families when it comes to taking a decision about marriages," he said.
Sube Singh Samain, a Haryana khap leader, said although khaps have decided to keep away from inter-caste marriage rows, young couples tying the nuptial knot need to have the approval of their families. "The opinion of families matters a lot. If they are against a relationship, then these couples should understand it and heed by the advice of their parents. Problems begin only when they don't (go with the family's wishes)," said Samain.
One week's toll
April 14: Dalit boy Surya Kant marries upper caste girl Meena at Panbama village of Kaithal district, triggering an upper-caste backlash. While the couple managed to flee the village, lower caste villagers bear the brunt
April 16: Jaimal Kumar, a dalit, brutally murdered by an upper caste youth of Devsar village in Bhiwani district, for objecting to the advances made by the accused, from the upper caste, towards his sister
April 17: An upper caste girl student of MA economics in Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, commits suicide after her family disapproved of her plans to marry a dalit youth. Her boyfriend commits suicide a day later
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package com.samsung.sec.dexter.eclipse.ui.util;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;

public class EclipseLog {
	private String pluginId;
	private Plugin activator;

	public EclipseLog(String pluginId){
		this.pluginId = pluginId;
	}

	public void setPlugin(Plugin activator){
		this.activator = activator;
	}

	public void log(final IStatus status){
		assert activator != null;

		activator.getLog().log(status);
	}

	public void info(final String message){
		log(IStatus.INFO, IStatus.OK, message, null);
	}

	public void warn(final String message){
		warn(message, null);
	}

	public void warn(final String message, final Throwable exception){
		log(IStatus.WARNING, IStatus.WARNING, message, exception);
	}

	public void error(final String message, final Throwable exception){
		log(IStatus.ERROR, IStatus.ERROR, message, exception);
	}

	public void error(final String message){
		error(message, null);
	}

	public void log(final int severity, final int code, final String message, final Throwable exception) {
		log(createStatus(severity, code, message, exception));
	}

	private IStatus createStatus(final int severity, final int code, final String message, final Throwable exception) {
		return new Status(severity, pluginId, code, message, exception);
	}
}

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Authors: Hartley, Dicka | Large, Andrewb | Martin, Judyc | Tabah, Albertd | Wallis, Margarete | Underwood, Peter G.f | Khouri (St-Pierre), Anastassiag
Affiliations: [a] Department of Information and Library Management, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom | [b] Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | [c] Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | [d] Ecole de bibliothéconomie et des sources de l'information, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | [e] Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Brighton, United Kingdom | [f] School of Librarianship, University of Cape Town, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] | [g] McGill University Libraries, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


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Q: App Crashes when Button is clicked (Passing a string between two classes.) I've started on another class that get's two strings from another class, I've only set up one so far, but I just tested it out, but when I fill in my two edit text's and hit submit it crashes.
First Class (Launcher Class)
package com.gta5news.bananaphone;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import android.R.string;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

 public class LogIn extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
Button send;
EditText user;
EditText pass;
CheckBox staySignedIn;
FileOutputStream Fos;
String FILENAME = "userandpass";

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.login);
    send = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bLogIn);
    user = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.eTuser);
    pass = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.eTpassword);
    staySignedIn = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.Cbstay);
    send.setOnClickListener(this);
    try {
        Fos = openFileOutput(FILENAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
        Fos.close();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    if (staySignedIn.isChecked()) {

        String a = user.getText().toString();
        String b = pass.getText().toString();
        File f = new File(FILENAME);
        try {
            Fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
            //Write some Data
            Fos.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}

public void onClick(View v) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    switch (v.getId()) {
    case R.id.bLogIn:
        if (pass.length() == 0)
            Toast.makeText(this,
                    "Try to type in your username and password again!",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        else if (user.length() == 0)
            Toast.makeText(this,
                    "Try to type in your username and password again!",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        else {

            String u = user.getText().toString();
            String p = pass.getText().toString();
            Bundle send = new Bundle();
            send.putString("key", u);
            send.putString("key", p);
            Intent a = new Intent(LogIn.this, logincheck.class);
            startActivity(a);
            Toast.makeText(this, "Were signing you in!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .show();
            break;
        }
    }

}
}

Second Class:
package com.gta5news.bananaphone;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class logincheck extends Activity {
String GotBread;
TextView user;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.logincheck);
    user = (TextView) findViewById(R.layout.logincheck);
    SetUp();

}

public void SetUp() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    Bundle GotData = getIntent().getExtras();
    GotBread = GotData.getString("key");
    user.setText(GotBread); {

}

}
}

LogCat:
01-19 08:53:56.641: E/AndroidRuntime(3319):     ... 11 more
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start  activity ComponentInfo{com.gta5news.bananaphone/com.gta5news.bananaphone.logincheck}: java.lang.NullPointerException
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
 01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at com.gta5news.bananaphone.logincheck.SetUp(logincheck.java:24)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at com.gta5news.bananaphone.logincheck.onCreate(logincheck.java:17)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
01-19 08:56:28.561: E/AndroidRuntime(3384):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
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A: On your main activity you're creating the Bundle and inserting the content in it, but you're not sending it to the the intent.
You should put the information on the Intent before starting the second activity. Do something like this:
    Intent a = new Intent(LogIn.this, logincheck.class);
    a.putExtra("key", u);
    a.putExtra("key", p);
    startActivity(a);

A: Get Bundle in Oncreate Method
And
Use Like
Intent i = new Intent(Login.this,logincheck.class);
i.putExtra("key", user);
i.putExtra("key1", pass);
startActivity(i);

And
 user = (TextView) findViewById(R.layout.logincheck);

Instead of
user = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.logincheck);

So User is Null

A: I will try to give u a clue how to solve it..it can be even more fail-proffed but this should work for u..
Intent i = new Intent(LogIn.this, logincheck.class);
i.putExtra("username", sUsername);
i.putExtra("password", SPassword);

To get the saved data in new activity try with:
String newString;
if(extras == null) {
        sUsernameInNewActivity = null;
        sPasswordInNewActivity = null;
} else {
        sUsernameInNewActivity = extras.getString("username");
        sPasswordInNewActivity = extras.getString("password");
}

btw. A lot of bad practice in your code.. :( I have troubles to read it easy..
for example:

*

*you have two variables with different scope and type but exactly the same name (try to find it)

*did u want to join something with this code or???
send.putString("key", u);
send.putString("key", p);
how u thought to get them later? together/separately?
Hope u will solve it. Cheers


To process the unstructured and unprocessed forms of knowledge to draw out sensible meaning is taken as cognitive analytics. The vast amount of data, referrals, and search resources that enterprises generate have large amount of information hidden inside it. In the current days of artificial intelligence (AI), information processing technologies are at epicenter to draw new useful enterprise data, which can be in high volumes, mainly text, and coming through multiple sources.
There are two prominent analytics process – intelligence analytics and cognitive analytics. Both contribute in drawing out a combined result for decision making and expanding the market reach for various businesses. There correlation justifies there existence where intelligence assistance analyses a formatted question and the way to response it by understanding words used, whereas cognitive solution focuses on understanding human thoughts to participate in giving suggestions as per the situation asked. Both these analysis processes have impeccably grown with time, but cognitive is able to learn and adapt new changes as per the environment without external help through coding.
Cognitive analytic have a unique way of approaching toward an information where it reveals patterns, connections and juxtaposition of unpredicted insights. These processes will assist in bringing out possibilities and will be managed by autonomous and self-learning platforms. The self-learning pattern of cognitive enterprise will pave the way in leveraging multifaceted technologies as blockchain, internet of things, and 3D printing and will gain competitive advantage by giving effective results. Organizations are adopting cognitive analysis for better planning and gain an advantage over their competitors.
The companies that aspire to incorporate these technologies for their business need to make conscious efforts and intake these technique with clear mind. Businesses working in primeval manner need a structural change to go digital and drive services in the connected world of technology.
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Cognitive analytics forms volumes of complex information, in this way accidentally upgrading the undertakings profitability levels. Cognitive analytics is considered as cutting edge framework that chats in human dialect and causes specialists to settle on better choices by understanding the complexities of huge information. In the present situation, the vast majority of the information got is unstructured, for example, pictures, recordings, normal dialect and images. Cognitive analytics, with the assistance of various advances, for example, characteristic dialect handling, machine learning and robotized thinking, makes an interpretation of unstructured information to detect, induce and foresee the best arrangement.
Cognitive analytics is significantly utilized as a part of BFSI, human services, security, retail, web based business and different areas. Expanding volume of unstructured information and progressions in innovation are the significant main impetuses of the cognitive figuring market. Cloud based mechanical headways, advancement of creative equipment and programming frameworks and cognitive experience interfaces would cultivate the development of the cognitive processing market.
Characteristic dialect handling is the most conspicuous innovation utilized as a part of the cognitive registering industry inferable from its inalienable ability to process regular dialect connections.
Industry players are logically contributing a noteworthy add up to receive the cutting edge cognitive arrangement by significant innovative work. Since 2010, a few mergers and acquisitions have occurred by huge undertakings to use this intrinsic innovative stage into the association.
The fuse of highlights, for example, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence that empowers robotized joining between programming, equipment stage, and the customer, is stimulating the business development prospects. These highlights in this manner impact the market flow and quicken the development force to ascend to its ideal level.
The regions that are likely to be considered in the cognitive analytics market are North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Rest of the World. North America and Europe might emerge as key regions with the early adoption of technology in these regions and ongoing research and development for technological advancements in this field.
Core players operating in the global cognitive analytics market are IBM, Google, Microsoft Corporation, SAP, Oracle Corporation, Statistical Analysis System (SAS), Cognitive Scale, Saffron Technology, Tibco Software, Palantir, Numenta, and Vicarious, among several others.


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While, I appreciated the feedback, let me first go back in time for a quick minute and explain why it took so long to roll out a direct, powerful and life-changing coaching program based on my 20+ years in the marketing, sales and motivation arenas.
Some people know the full story of the challenges I've faced the last few years ranging from a painful divorce to keeping the company afloat during massive transition, lawyers, and a variety of other unique surprises. I don't mention this to be a downer or dish dirt as there have also been many successes as well. I give you this quick assessment to lay the foundation as to why the coaching program has taken nearly almost five-years to be created and is finally ready to roll.
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How Much Time Will it Take Each Month?
Not everyone is the same, so it might take you less time than others to prepare for your Revenue Seat and one-on-one calls.
I estimate you will spend no more than 3 hours per month; the 2 hour group coaching call; with expert interview, lesson and Revenue Seat plus for ELITE members, your 30 minute one-on-one call with Paul and me.
Of course you will you will want to allocate time to study the material, listen to the recordings as well as implement what you learn into your business, since that is what this is all about, transforming your business!
The additional time you spend implementing is the most valuable time you can spend in your business, and it is up to you, and if you're serious about transforming you business, it takes time and persistence, but I'm sure that is no problem for a go-getter like you!
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Grilled cornbread with beer-spiked cheese sauce. Photo by Anne DesBrisay.
Lunch this week takes us to a brand new restaurant for the Centretown neighbourhood, in the place where the Italian restaurant Chianti used to be,and to a second project from the good people of Grounded Kitchen and CoffeeHouse on Gloucester.
There's little of Chianti left. The look at Backdrop is more nightclub than restaurant, all cool in red and black with an odd sort of theatrical-space theme going on. And the sound was a bit much for lunch. The music on my visit was played at a level that required some shouting to chat. But the service was sweet and the food I sampled, really good.
Particularly good was the crunchy winter slaw of Napa cabbage, carrot, and red onion warmed with sesame dressing; and full marks to the grilled cornbread with beer-spiked cheese sauce. I could eat this every day: moist, just sweet enough and with a fine corn flavour, spiked with jalapeño and drizzled with a nippy cheese sauce made with Vanilla Stout (likely from Ashton Brewing Company?) Next time, I'm having it with a pint.
Looking forward to returning at night. Maybe the space works better in the dark. I'll let you know.
Salad and the bread were considered 'small plates' but together, they made a big lunch. Cornbread $8, salad $9.


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Article 7 of the Foundation Principles of The Covenant Partnership Agreement states:
The Fuller Center does not seek and will not accept government funds for the construction of houses. The Fuller Center welcomes partnerships with governments that include accepting funds to help set the stage for construction, provided that doing so does not limit our ability to proclaim our Christian witness and does not create dependency or undue control on the Covenant Partner. Setting the stage means the donation of land and/or houses for rehabilitation, providing infrastructure for streets, walks and utilities, and assistance with administrative expenses. These limitations do not apply to government funds coming from third parties who have sole discretion over their use.
We are sometimes asked why we would adopt this policy when government funds could potentially expand the work that we do. There are a number of reasons:
Government funds sometimes come with restrictions that conflict with our foundational principles, e.g. limiting our Christian witness or prohibiting repayment of the construction costs.
The Fuller Center seeks to be a blessing to both the recipients of our programs and the donors who provide the funds. Such donations are given freely, often as an expression of Christian love. Government funds come from taxpayers who may or may not agree with how they're distributed and may or may not be giving joyfully.
Accepting government funds can adversely affect other fundraising efforts as donors may feel that they have already given by paying their taxes.
Government funds are fickle and organizations that depend on them are at the mercy of the governing party or unelected bureaucrats. Observers of tax policy have found that non-entitlement social program funding is among the most unpredictable of all government budgeting.
Government has a role to play in helping those in need who don't meet The Fuller Center's criteria—those who are unwilling to be true partners or whose circumstances prevent them from repaying the construction costs.
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ROBERTO APARICIO MORENO. Born in México City, October 5, 1971, Admitted on 1995. JD Degree by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Postgraduate studies on International Commercial Arbitration by the Escuela Libre de Derecho, along with the International Chamber of Commerce. Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London, Member of the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados. Former member of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration of The Center of American and International Law. Former member of the Legal Committee of ABN AMRO BANK (México), S.A. Institución de Banca Múltiple.
Former associate for the Firms of Santamarina y Steta, S.C. and Baker & McKenzie-Cancun Office and partner of Martinez Rodriguez y Asociados, S.C. Mr. Aparicio is currently Partner for our Firm since 2005. Secretary of the Board of Citizen Participation of the State Attorney's Office. Former Law Professor of Universidad Anahuac Cancun and current member of the American Football Council of said University.
SILVIA DIAZ SOLIS. Born in México City, March 15, 1974, Admitted on 2000. JD Degree by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Former officer of the Ministry of Labor in the Administrative Office for the Labor Agreement of NAFTA. Former Officer of the Social Security Institute participating as legal advisor of the Financial Office and as counsel for the World Bank for the Health Sector Reform in Mexico. Legal Counsel of Foreign Affairs Office in the same Institute. Since 2005 founding partner of Aparicio y Diaz, Abogados, S.C.
MARICELA NAVA ARZATE: Born in Toluca, México in 1986. Admitted on 2008. JD Degree by Universidad La Salle. Master in Constitutional and Administrative Law by Universidad La Salle. Partner for Aparicio y Díaz Abogados, S.C. since 2013 and member of the Firm since 2007. Practice Areas: Litigation on civil, commercial, constitutional, family, administrative and tax.
MIGUEL ALBERTO ANDRADE SOLIS: Born in Merida, Yucatan, May 15, 1986, Admitted on 2009. JD Degree by Universidad del Sur. Former officer of the Office of Legal Affairs of Cancun Municipality. With Aparicio y Diaz, Abogados, S.C. (2008-2009 and since 2012). Corporate, Administrative and Real Estate Law.
FRANCISCO SANTOS CORDOVA. Born in Cancun, Quintana Roo on December 14, 1981, Admitted on 2007. JD Degree by Universidad Anahuac Cancun. Postgraduate Studies in the New Criminal Legal System in Oral Trial. Former officer of the State Attorney Office and member of other local Firms. In charge of the criminal practice area for Aparicio y Diaz, Abogados, S.C. since 2015.


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Subsequent to the judgment of the Court of Final Appeal in Nice Cheer Investment Limited v CIR, the Department has agreed, as an interim administrative measure while pending review, to accept 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 profits tax returns in which the assessable profits are computed on a fair value basis.
By the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 2019, sections 18G to 18L of the Inland Revenue Ordinance were enacted. The new sections allow taxpayers to elect to align the tax treatment of financial instruments with their accounting treatment and have the related profits assessed in accordance with the new sections. Sections 18G to 18L apply in relation to a year of assessment for which the basis period begins on or after 1 January 2018.
For taxpayers who adopt a basis period which begins before 1 January 2018 for the year of assessment 2018/19, the Department is prepared to extend the interim administrative measure further to the filing of the 2018/19 profits tax returns. That is, the Department agrees to accept the 2018/19 returns in which the assessable profits are computed on a fair value basis. Similarly, the Department agrees to re-compute the 2018/19 assessable profits on a fair value basis if the taxpayers subsequently adopt the realisation basis. However, any request for re-computation should be made within the time limits laid down in sections 60 or 70A of the Inland Revenue Ordinance.


Susan Harper is a business psychologist who specializes in human resources program development, leadership development and cultural assessments. Since 1995 she has provided leadership consulting, training solutions and executive coaching to a wide range of organizations including Fortune 100, mid-cap, government and healthcare. Most recently she has worked with a 100,000+ employee company developing their succession planning process. She led the development of e-learning an instructor-led materials to train leaders on identifying high potential leadership candidates as well as how to utilize SuccessFactors, an online tool to support the process.
Prior to working in management consulting, Susan has held positions as a strategic planning consultant with Coopers & Lybrand, Director of Strategic Planning for a Chicago hospital, Organization Effectiveness Consultant with Amoco Corporation, Director of Change Management for CNA Insurance and Director of the Development Center at Savannah's Memorial University Medical Center. Susan understands the unique challenges of leading organizations and teams and brings this perspective to her consulting and training programs. She also believes that learning should translate to action, therefore, she uses real-time examples from the clients own experiences and works to help training participants understand how to apply concepts and techniques. All of her work is customized to the needs of the client.
Susan holds a Masters in Public Health from Tulane University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Chicago. She has been an adjunct faculty member of Loyola University School of Business, Lake Forest College School of Business and an Associate Professor at Armstrong Atlantic State University teaching organizational behavior and leadership.


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AT THE 2018 CATEY AWARDS
Claude Bosi, who took over the helm at South Kensington's iconic Bibendum restaurant last year, was awarded the Chef Award at the 2018 Catey Awards.
French-born, Bosi moved to the UK in 1998 to work as a sous-chef at Overton Grange. In 2000, he opened Hibiscus restaurant in Ludlow, Shropshire, which was later moved to Mayfair and held 2-Michelin stars.
Bosi took over the kitchen at Bibendum, which has been owned by Sir Terrence Conran since 1987, in March of 2017 and was subsequently awarded 2-Michelin stars in the 2018 Michelin Guide, a mere six months after opening. In addition to Bibendum, Claude also owns a gastropub in Surrey, The Swan Inn, with his brother Cedric.
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In our second installment of Raytheon Professional Services' Learning with the Experts series, we catch up with Betsy Myers, founding director of Bentley's Center for Women and Business. Betsy served as a senior advisor for both the Obama and Clinton administrations and leads workshops around the world on the changing nature of leadership. She is the author of Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You.
Read our first installment with Betsy Myers here.
RPS Q: Who are some of the best leaders you have seen in your career and what were some of their common qualities or traits?
Over the years, there are many leaders I have come to admire from Hugh Beaton, my fifth grade teacher, to Des Lizotte, my mentor in the life insurance and financial services business, to Warren Bennis, David Gergen, Gloria Larson, and President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama.
Take President Clinton. I had the privilege to work for President Clinton in the White House as his senior advisor for women. It was a highlight of my career to work with him on the issues that I care deeply about such as domestic violence, breast cancer, women in business and reproductive choice. His leadership traits inspired his team. He exuded energy and passion for his work. I asked him once, "Mr. President, how do you handle the negative press?" He answered, "Betsy, I love my job on the worst of days!" What captured me most about his leadership was how no one was invisible to him. He always found time to thank his team and acknowledge our accomplishments. Great leaders create a feeling in their employees of being valued, heard, appreciated and part of something bigger than ourselves.
The common trait is that these leaders created a feeling in me. They believed in me, valued me, heard me, and made me feel part of the team. That's what good leaders do.
RPS Q: How have your positions with the Clinton administration, on the Obama campaign and at Harvard and Bentley prepared you to help others become leaders?
When I joined Bentley as the founding director of the Center for Women and Business, I established our vision as creating a world where women no longer make up a small fraction of corporate leadership. The way to support rising leaders is to engage current senior business leaders and thought leaders in developing action steps and best practices that support, retain and advance women in the business world. My previous work in Clinton's White House, on the Obama campaign and at Harvard has shown me that engaging men is especially critical to the mission of advancing women leaders. The good news is that the vast majority of CEOs no longer ask "why" they should include and advance women in their organizations, they ask "how." Supporting women leaders is consistent with supporting men leaders because it is ultimately about creating a workplace where employees can thrive.
RPS Q: In looking at the future development needs of our corporate leaders, what changes or advances do you see as the most critical especially as we look to train the next generation of leaders?
Corporate overwork needs to be addressed. Take the LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. study on Women in the Workplace. It shows that workplace cultures need to evolve and support the modern worker. More than two-thirds of American employees surveyed in a Gallup poll report being disengaged from their work. In an ever more competitive global economy, that's nothing short of a ticking time bomb. There are a variety of reasons for this disturbing revelation, but the corporate culture of overwork tops the list. Harvard Business School Professor Robin Ely has conducted research that shows Americans continue to live in a culture of overwork. The glorification of "busy" affects everyone, reflected in the fact that the number of hours worked has increased by 9% in the last 30 years. More than ever, people believe it takes long hours to succeed, and the definition of the ideal worker, who is always available and who always makes work a priority, prevails. This leads to crash and burn, and increasing stress for the everyday worker. Companies will need to consider how to provide a supportive workplace, and I think a huge first step would be replacing the yardsticks that have traditionally defined advancement — such as long hours, frequent relocation and unyielding adherence to policy for its own sake — with one major metric: productivity. Does the employee meet or surpass the goals she or he agreed to? In the process, corporate leaders have to recognize that people's lives change and that those companies that respond to and care about their people will create environments where both men and women thrive and leaders can be developed.
RPS Q: What one piece of advance would you give learning professionals, today, to help manage the uncertain times ahead?
A single piece of advice I would offer young professionals in the workplace is to bloom where you are planted. You often see people plotting their next job opportunity before they have established themselves in the current situation. Senior members of organizations are always looking for talent and especially young people who are dedicated to excellence, willing to go above and beyond expectations, honest and trustworthy. I tell young professionals to ask themselves: How can I best support my boss today and make his/her life easier? What can I do today to support the organization's goal? What are the important relationships that I need to develop and nurture to succeed? This awareness will enable you to focus on the important aspects and relationships of your current job while contributing in ways that will create your next opportunity.
Betsy Myers is Founding Director of Bentley's Center for Women and Business. A dynamic speaker, Betsy leads workshops around the world on the changing nature of leadership. She is deeply committed to the Center's mission to enable all women to realize their leadership potential and to assist companies to harness the full potential presented by talented women. Betsy is the author of Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You.
As a senior adviser to Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign, Betsy served first as Chief Operating Officer and then as Chair of Women for Obama. During the campaign, Betsy travelled extensively, speaking to undecided voters and leading the campaign's outreach to women.
Betsy previously spent several years at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, ending as the Executive Director of its Center for Public Leadership.
During the Clinton Administration, Betsy spent several years at the U.S. Small Business Administration in posts that included Director of the Office of Women's Business Ownership. She then moved to the White House as President Clinton's senior advisor on women's issues and Director of the Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach. She currently lives in Boston with her husband and young daughter.
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