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Skjang Kangri je hora v pohoří Baltoro Muztagh, jež je součástí pohoří Karákóram. Dosahuje výšky 7545 m n. m. Leží na pákistánsko-čínské hranici přibližně sedm kilometrů severovýchodně od K2.

Historie výstupů
O vystoupení na její vrchol se poprvé pokusil Luigi Amadeo di Savoia během své výpravy na K2 v roce 1909. Na vrchol se pokoušel vystoupit přes východní hřeben. Další z neúspěšných pokusů proběhl v roce 1975 (stejnou cestou). Jeden z horolezců zde zahynul, druhý byl evakuován vrtulníkem. První úspěšný výstup dokončila v roce 1976 japonská expedice (opět přes východní hřeben). V roce 1980 se američtí horolezci Jeff Lowe a Michael Kennedy pokoušeli vystoupit na vrchol přes západní stěnu, avšak dosáhli pouze přibližně 7070 metrů.

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Van Halen, OU812 1988. I am a Van Hagar fan for sure. Possibly their best album (or at least better than Van Cherone's III). We wore the cassette out. My brother introduced me to Van Roth and I never looked back. Did you notice the double entendre in the title? This album played during several of my failed bets.
Winger, Hungry 1988. Yes, I was a fan of the supergroup Winger. I wished I had hair like that. I get the air guitar out and lip sync my lungs off every time I spin this cd. I had a mullet but never had glam hair.


Diamonds are apparently a baby's best friend, too. Jessica Chastain recently shared her very first picture of her daughter, Giulietta Chastain Passi, ahead of the Golden Globes on Jan. 6. In the adorable Instagram post, Jessica captured her newborn's expensive taste, as Giulietta reached for a massive Piaget ring. The actress wrote, "You've got good taste, kid."
Jessica privately welcomed Giulietta, her first child, on April 4, 2018, with her husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo. Jessica and Gian had been together for five years before getting married at his family's estate in Treviso, Italy, in 2017.
While she isn't up for an award this year, Jessica was nominated at last year's Golden Globes for best actress in a drama for her role in Molly's Game, and she's set to present at this year's ceremony.


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Globally, we have been working to improve the quality and access to education for nearly a decade and this includes improving opportunities for today's children & youth to enable not just basic digital literacy skills but also to be exposed to 'higher' level skills. In India we're making this possible through collaboration with partners such as the Bharti Foundation.
Ericsson Digital Labs – inspiring the next generation of technology
The Digital Labs program is a one-of-a-kind innovative education program that introduces children to the world of programming and new technologies.This program aims to inspire young minds to approach technology and problem-solving by creating an open environment for learning, where instructors share their love of coding, thus inspiring youngsters to pursue a career in STEM.
In collaboration with the Bharti Foundation, the program will roll out in Satya Bharti Schools and will fuel curiosity , develop awareness and lead to improved level of learning for students in the areas of technology, coding , programming, robotics & lots more.
The three-year partnership between Ericsson and Bharti Foundation seeks to use Digital labs and focused ICT learning for the children of Grades IV – VII in a senior secondary School at Jhaneri, Punjab. 300 children will directly benefit from the project along with teachers in the school who will be imparted training.
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At Ericsson, we believe in proactive management of energy, environment and climate action. We are committed in working to reduce environmental impacts and emissions. Forming a key part of our resolve towards the environment, Ericsson in India has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to address the growing air pollution in Delhi.
The project aims to empower citizens and policy makers by providing them with real-time air quality data. A network of 30 such air quality monitors will be deployed across Delhi to generate a live dashboard of the city's air quality data.
As part of the MoU, Ericsson will use locally developed air quality sensors that are capable of sharing environmental data at defined time intervals. This will lead to better monitoring and analysis of data collected from different parts of the capital. The partnership will also include working with community-based organizations to raise awareness regarding air pollution and steps that can be taken to reduce it.
Such initiatives are a testament to Ericsson's strong resolve in enabling a cleaner future & contribution to reduce environmental impacts and emissions
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Information communications technology (ICT) has the power to transform society & plays a key role in the quest for social good as well as towards empowering people to share knowledge, advice as well as gain instant access to information, content & services.
It is with the endeavor, Ericsson partnered with the Graamvani project in Ghazipur, India which is a mobile based district level citizen communication and engagement platform. Ericsson played a key role in the project by way of conceptualization and design as well charting out the execution of this innovative project .
The initiative not only makes available hyperlocal content on one platform, but also simplifies access by way of a missed call to a toll free number. Key information on news, government schemes and programs can be availed by the local population for consumption anytime, anywhere. Along with information sharing, the platform not only captures feedback but also provides people with limited literacy to engage with the community and government. It is also used as a grievance redressal platform.
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Reinforcing this commitment in India, Ericsson partnered with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India and Focal Skills to impart specialized electronics skill training to unemployed youth in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.
As part of the program, students are provided practical hands on training for mobile, hardware, computer peripherals repair along with a focus on improving soft skills and basic IT skills. The course curriculum is certified by the National Skill Development Council. In line with the NSDC guidelines, the training is followed up by a third-party assessment by a government authorized agency.
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In India, Ericsson has partnered with the Telecom Sector Skills Council to impart specialized skill training as ICT Engineers to young girls pursuing engineering degrees, encouraging them to join the country's growing ICT workforce.
The training is being delivered at the Ericsson Skill Center, setup within the premises of the Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, a women's university established by the Government of Haryana in Sonipat District. The project aims to train 200 female students in the ICT Engineer job role. The course provides essential telecom and networking skills.
The candidates will also be provided soft skills improvement training and placement support in the relevant industries. Upon successful completion of the course candidates are certified by the Telecom Sector Skills Council of India.
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GSK's consumer marketing boss on his mission to save the NHS £2bn
Marketing director of GSK Consumer Healthcare, Craig Percival, wants his team to capitalise on the Covid-19 fuelled trend for "self-care" in a bid to empower consumers, drive brand growth and divert pressure away from the NHS.
By Charlotte Rogers 15 Sep 2020 7:00 am
In a world where health has become our primary concern thanks to Covid-19, GlaxoSmithKline is on a mission to bring self-care into the mainstream in a bid to grow its consumer business and take the pressure off the NHS.
Last July the company formed pharmaceutical super-group GSK Consumer Healthcare, in a £10bn deal uniting GSK brands including Sensodyne, Voltaren and Panadol, with Pfizer brands such as Centrum and Caltrate.
The company is now the global leader in over-the-counter pharmaceutical products, spanning pain relief, cold and flu symptoms, allergies, vitamins and minerals. The organisation has ambitious plans to reinvest 25% of the £500m savings generated through the joint venture into innovation and other "growth opportunities" over the next two years.
Craig Percival assumed the role of marketing director for GSK Consumer Healthcare UK and Ireland in January, having previously served as oral health marketing director as part of a 14-year career at the pharma giant. His task is to unite the two product portfolios and develop a marketing culture that maximises the opportunities presented by the new business.
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Interviewer Hamid Mir claims chat with Pakistan's ex-president was taken off air within minutes under duress
Pakistan's largest private broadcaster abruptly took an interview with former president Asif Ali Zardari off air shortly after it began, deepening fears of increasing censorship in a country already deemed among the most dangerous in the world for media.
Geo News did not give a reason for why it cut the interview—mere minutes after it started—with Zardari, who is also the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. There have been accusations in recent years of the country's military putting pressure on the media to stop coverage critical of its policies—allegations it repeatedly denies.
Zardari and his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have a tense relationship with the military, and he is currently facing corruption charges as part of a wider crackdown.
Hamid Mir, the interviewer, complained on Twitter about increasing censorship in Pakistan after the show was taken off the air Tuesday night. "Those who stopped it [the interview] have no courage to accept publically that they stopped it," he tweeted, without identifying any single culprit. He apologized to viewers, adding: "it's easy to understand who stopped it? We are not living in a free country."
Mir made international headlines in 2014 after surviving multiple gunshot wounds in an attack he blamed on Pakistan's top spy organization. A subsequent inquiry report claimed his allegations were based on assumptions rather than reality.
Criticism of Pakistan's security establishment has long been seen as a red line for the media, with journalists and bloggers complaining of intimidation tactics including kidnappings, beatings, and even killings if they cross that line. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) alleged in a report that the military has "quietly, but effectively, set restrictions on reporting."
Geo News has faced pressure from authorities in the past. Last year, it was temporarily taken off the air in the run-up to the general election won by Imran Khan. Some of Pakistan's biggest and most powerful media outlets have claimed they were pressured to tilt their coverage toward Khan during the campaign, an accusation denied by the military—and the PTI.
Zardari has accused Prime Minister Khan of being the military's "blue-eyed boy."
After his wife's assassination, Zardari served as president from 2008 until 2013, and has long been the subject of corruption allegations. He is widely known in Pakistan as "Mr. Ten Percent." He was arrested last month in connection with a high-profile money laundering case that saw millions allegedly siphoned out of the country, allegations he has denied.
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Ammad July 3, 2019 - 5:17 pm
Apparently the writer doesn't know shit about Pakistan. He has conveniently forgotten to mention that the person who was being interviewed was supposed to be in judicial custody n was out to attend parliament session since his "production orders" were signed by the speaker of National Assembly but instead Mr Zardari chose to do this interview while out to malign the judiciary and create a favourable image about a case pending in court. Mr Hamid Mir is a known liar who has reported falsely many times in the past. If he considers himself so righteous, why doesn't he name the person who stopped the interview. The writer really should get some schooling before penning a one-sided article..
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Sam came to AZZ with an open mind. In the popular imagination and many actual workplaces, corporate environments entail repetitive and sometimes humdrum work, but Sam enjoyed the daily tasks and the company of AZZ's largely friendly staff. Sam is not the now former employee's actual name.
While the locally based galvanizing and welding solutions company employs around 4,300 workers across the globe, the company's longtime home base is in Fort Worth. The corporate headquarters, located just north of the Cultural District, is also where AZZ's CEO, Tom Ferguson, manages the company's global operations. Were it not for numerous religious and politically charged company emails — many of which were listed as optional reading — and a workplace culture that Sam said often trivialized the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic, the one-time employee would have stayed on at AZZ.
Sam learned about the CEO's personal beliefs primarily through company emails. A November 4, 2019 email, which I reviewed along with more than a dozen similar company emails by Ferguson, was surprising to Sam and several colleagues, the former employee said.
"Wage inequality […] suffers from too many crazy and illogical arguments, usually framed by socialists, many of which have been tasked with educating our kids," Ferguson wrote, going on to say that the United States needs to reform its immigration policy "while not taking jobs away from legal citizens that want to work. I'm old enough and wealthy enough. This won't impact my lifestyle, but y'all that are younger and still working for that comfortable and worry-free retirement, I figured I should at least give you a heads up! Please get out and vote."
Sam thought the email was sent accidentally. "Why was he sending this to 5,000 people?" she asked.
A steady stream of top-down emails continued that winter and into the spring. Many of Ferguson's workplace communications were evangelical in nature. Two months into the pandemic, Ferguson said his family did not fear COVID-19 because they were "bathed in the blood of Christ."
The CEO said in a phone interview that his personal beliefs never interfered with his commitment to following guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other governmental health groups. Around the time he sent the "blood of Christ" email, he thought Texas was going to weather the pandemic with minimal public health problems. Since then, his take on COVID-19 has changed, he said.
Ferguson said that the optional Christian readings were intended to help employees with their "spiritual and emotional" growth. The faith-based readings were commonly sent in conjunction with "holidays or special events, such as Easter, Christmas, Labor Day, and Independence Day," he added. "These have been explained as being 'not business-related,' so [there is] no concern if a person chooses not to read them. No favoritism is given for somebody that reads these, or claims to be a Christian, and I do not even know who reads them unless they give a response."
Sam said it was common knowledge at AZZ that Ferguson left early retirement to seek the position of CEO as a means of saving souls. Ferguson did not reject that generalization, but he did clarify it.
"I have not been a strong Christian my whole life," he said. "I had been one of those Christians who checked my faith at the door. Now, I'm going to let y'all know that I am. Here's what that means. I'm not going to use it in terms of how I deal with you."
In March, as news of COVID-19 spread, Sam heard from the human resources department that AZZ employees who could work from home should work from home. While outside offices may have followed those guidelines, Sam believes Fort Worth's corporate office did not.
"This is when the country is in lockdown, and we are still going to work every day," Sam recalled. "The CEO was discouraging working from home. It was like working in the Twilight Zone."
After three weeks of remote work, Sam was called back to work via a message from the CEO. When asked about Sam's experience, Ferguson said he would be surprised if that was what the employee heard from management. From March through most of the summer, around 80% of employees were working from home, he said, and only a core team of around 15 needed to be in the office when it was safe to do so.
"I was upset," Sam recalled. "I went back to the office the next day [after that email]. The office was packed. My boss told me [Ferguson] was upset that everyone was working from home. No one was wearing masks. People were not implementing the CDC guidelines whatsoever. Not once did I ever see [Ferguson] wear a mask."
Ferguson said he is a strong believer that properly worn face masks can slow the spread of COVID-19. His history of asthma and other respiratory issues does not allow him to wear a mask safely for extended periods of time, he said, but he does wear them periodically while taking extra precautions to stay "two meters" away from coworkers as an added precaution.
Sam saw one supervisor hold up nine fingers when conversing with a colleague. The topic of conversation was the number of employees stricken with COVID-19, mostly from the IT department, Sam said. Being exposed to someone who had COVID-19 was not grounds for leaving work, Sam said.
"I know for certain that the people who were exposed to those nine people were told to get a COVID test and that they weren't allowed to quarantine," Sam said. "They would get a COVID test on their lunch break, and they had to come back to work."
Ferguson said employees who were potentially exposed to COVID-19 were allowed to quarantine at home if the worker wished to. Employees were never pressured to remain at or return to work if they were potentially sick, he said.
"At our corporate headquarters, our chief human resources officer provided COVID guidelines to [employees], and we mandated that anyone who had symptoms or had been in close contact with a person with a COVID-19 infection must stay home, seek medical attention, follow CDC's recommendations, and not return to work until approved by a medical professional. We also encouraged managers to allow employees to work from home if possible."
Two months ago, Ferguson sent a company newsletter that read, "Unfortunately, COVID-19 will likely hang around longer than expected, and I know you're probably tired of hearing the media claiming that everybody is either unable to work or working from home."
Around that time, the CEO sent an email to nine employees that asserted that COVID-19 was actually saving lives. Ferguson was opining on a story link included in the email from a far-right online publication.
"This resonated with me as it has been my contention that we are not experiencing more deaths because of COVID but that people may be dying slightly earlier than they may have from their other health issues," Ferguson wrote. "A morbid topic but an important one as topics like school openings, sports, and work are concerned. Perhaps COVID is actually saving lives by reducing car accidents, deaths from elective surgeries, and the improved hygiene regimens."
Globally, there have been 43,341,451 cases of COVID-19 and 1,157,509 COVID-19-related deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Locally, the pandemic has devastated many local businesses — especially restaurants and bars and any establishment that typically relies on tourism. Heated Fort Worth school district board meetings have shown that local parents have strong feelings about whether or not to return kids to classrooms. Even as North Texas experiences a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, many locals are experiencing pandemic fatigue and a reluctance to maintain social distancing guidelines.
AZZ simply became too dangerous of a work environment, Sam said, describing her chief reason for resigning.
When asked if he took the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 223,000 American lives seriously, Ferguson didn't hesitate.
"Absolutely," he said. "I had a friend die of co-morbidities [and COVID-19]. I take it very seriously, and I take the mental impact on people seriously. I've been a witness to it. When we had that outbreak in IT, we sent everyone home immediately. We have to keep people calm and focused by following good protocols."
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This St. Louis family lost their dog to toxic algae. Why aren't more states testing their lakes?
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A portrait of Mandi Miller and Austin Elkins' late puppy "Zeus," at their home in Mehlville. The couple's dog Zeus died in 2020 after ingesting toxic algae at Lake Centralia in southern Illinois.
It was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway to celebrate Mandi Miller's 30th birthday.
She and her husband, Austin Elkins, chose an Airbnb on Lake Centralia in Illinois that was dog-friendly, a must for the suburban St. Louis couple.
Just moments after arriving on an unseasonably warm September day, their beloved 115-pound golden retriever, Zeus, waded into the lake and lapped up the crystal clear water.
That night, Zeus started vomiting. At first, Mandi and Austin didn't think too much of it. But the next morning, he got worse. He was largely unresponsive and having constant seizures. So Mandi and Austin loaded Zeus into their truck on a beach towel and rushed to the nearest veterinarian.
Mandi Miller and her husband Austin Elkins pose for a portrait with Midas, their 1-year-old Golden Retriever, last month, outside of their home in Mehlville.
"I remember … just asking Zeus to hold on, and that we were going to do everything we could to get him help," said Mandi.
But the seizures kept getting worse.
"We started telling him that it was okay. That if he had to go, that he was loved and he was a good boy," she said. "When it became very clear that he had just moments left, [we] pulled over and just held him until he was gone."
Within 10 hours of being in the water, Zeus died. He had shown textbook symptoms of toxic algae poisoning.
Toxic algae is a health threat that's lurking in more and more Midwestern lakes and ponds. The blooms are growing more common with increasing fertilizer runoff and warmer temperatures linked to climate change. Yet, like Mandi and Austin, many people have no idea whether a lake is toxic before they swim, because very few states are testing regularly.
A staggering test result
Mandi and Austin were stunned by Zeus' death, but having grown up in Nebraska, they had an idea of what had happened.
"I had a suspicion early on that it had something to do with toxic algae," Austin said. "Because it was something in Nebraska that, especially in the summertime, lakes were getting closed all the time."
Within days, the couple developed symptoms, too. They had sores all over their body that stuck around for months. Mandi experienced gastrointestinal issues, muscle aches and vomiting. They eventually got blood work done, which showed severe liver damage.
When they returned to the lake house the day Zeus died, Austin said it looked like someone had spilled neon green paint on the surface of the water. They immediately called the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, which sent a representative out to test the water for a toxin called microcystin.
The U.S. EPA's recreational health guideline for microcystin is 8 parts per billion. The test at Lake Centralia came back at 41,000 ppb.
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The toxic algae bloom on Lake Centralia in Illinois became visible the day after Zeus died.
Lack of testing
Illinois largely relies on responsive testing of microcystin, meaning only after a suspected bloom has been reported do they test its toxicity. That means they only test a small fraction of the state's recreational lakes.
"We're not seeing even close to all the recreational water bodies in the state of Illinois being tested every year," said Anne Schechinger, Midwest director of the Environmental Working Group, a research and advocacy organization. "They're not tested necessarily every week throughout the summer, either."
And it's not just Illinois. Iowa, Missouri and Kansas also don't test their waters regularly.
That's despite the region's propensity for blooms. Toxic algae needs two things to form: warm temperatures and nutrients — namely phosphorus and nitrogen — which flow from fertilizer-laden farm fields.
"We see algae blooms happening throughout all of the Midwestern states, and it's not a coincidence that these states also are very agriculture-heavy states," Schechinger said.
Some states have plans in place to reduce nutrient runoff, but few are making real progress. In fact, nutrient pollution has gotten worse in many states, largely due to increased rainfall linked to climate change. That's contributing to an infamous dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, but also thousands of mini dead zones more locally.
Looking to Nebraska
In Nebraska, regular testing is a priority. The state allocates money to testing all of its main recreational lakes — 53 in total — once per week during the summer months.
"We have a lot of lakes, we have a lot of public water, we have a lot of great public parks that people use often, you know, millions of visitors each year," said Mike Archer, the state lakes coordinator for Nebraska's Department of Environment and Energy. "We wanted to be able to make sure that everyone there is as safe as possible."
The department posts results to a publicly available dashboard, which residents can check to ensure it's safe before swimming.
The robust testing program was prompted by a situation similar to Mandi and Austin's. In 2004, the department received a call that two dogs had died after drinking from a private pond near Omaha. A necropsy revealed high concentrations of microcystin, and almost immediately, the department helped launch the statewide testing program.
Nebraska's testing program is costly — each sample runs about $20 to analyze, and they collect an average of 1,200 samples per year.
Archer says the program has been very well financially supported.
"Everyone understands the importance of what we're doing," he said. "Public health is very important to us."
No money, no testing
Many states, including Illinois, don't have that level of funding available for such a comprehensive testing program.
"We do not receive any general revenue funds from the state of Illinois," said Kim Biggs with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "So we are reliant on grants from the federal government and other forms of funding."
The Illinois EPA, which oversees the testing program, does some routine testing for toxins like microcystin, but only on a small number of lakes, 4-5 times per year. They do not publish results publicly, but do issue notices if tests come back above the safe limit.
However, the agency recently received a $270,000 federal grant from the U.S. EPA to improve its testing program. Biggs says the funding will help the agency develop a web page for posting test results publicly.
A paw print cast of Mandi Miller and Austin Elkins' late puppy "Zeus," who died after ingesting toxic algae in 2020.
Until that happens, Mandi Miller says she won't be swimming in any Illinois lakes.
"We have to either increase testing and increase mitigation or just be very accustomed to throwing the dice whenever you get into a body of water," she said. "And I know that I'm certainly never going to do that again."
After all — she's got a new golden retriever to look after. A few weeks after losing Zeus, Mandi and Austin adopted Midas.
"He had some big paws to fill, and some broken hearts, but he's done a remarkable job."
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It's not only the weather that's heating up, things are hotting up here at East Herts People as we start our next election campaign for the Hertford Town Council by-election on Tuesday 21st July 2009. But we were thoroughly surprised that only one political party, the Conservatives, have put forward candidates.
Upon hearing of the anti-BNP protest taking place at County Hall this week my reaction was to roll my eyes as if to gesture 'not this again'. Not because I don't believe in standing up to the BNP's brand of divisive politics, but because experience shows that ham-fisted anti-BNP protests have a horrible tendency of giving the party a twisted sense of the moral high ground.
The live music venue, Hertford Marquee Club, on Railway Street closed on the 6th June 2009. Big names have played at the venue including Graham Coxon, Dirty Pretty Things and The Macabees.
In the last few days the political make-up of the UK has changed radically. The County Council elections have destroyed Labour and the Lib Dems came fourth in some regions. The BNP won seats in both the European Elections and the County Council elections; there are now 3 BNP County Councillors (1 in Hertfordshire) and 2 MEPs.
I cannot see that the way we fight County Council election campaigns can last much longer. Consider this:


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Global Campaign on @433
PUMA, Neymar Jr. and 433 joined forces to inspire the next generation to Only See Great. The campaign featured Neymar Jr., one of the biggest stars in the world, and connects him with his roots in Saõ Paulo, Brazil.
Young Dreams
433 has managed to capture the vision of PUMA and one of the biggest athletes on the planet before the Copa América, as he set out to inspire the next generation of young footballers in his home nation of Brazil. As part of the campaign, Neymar Jr. surprised a local football team in São Paulo with a brand new collection of PUMA and Neymar Jr. boots, kits and footballs and encouraged them to imagine their dreams.
We are Brazil
In an inspiring follow up video, Neymar Jr. speaks to the whole nation of Brazil to unite and get behind the national team. Inspired by the kids in the first video, Neymar Jr. vows he's ready to chase glory at the Copa América. By giving back to communities in Brazil and inspiring the next generation to chase their dreams, the story comes full circle.
Inspiring the next generation to Only See Great
Results & Conclusion
The performance of both the videos and the giveaways was off the charts. The strong content types mixed with one of the hottest players in the industry resulted in expectations-exceeding performance in terms of impressions (84M+) and engagement.
total impressions
story completion rate
unique giveaways by Neymar Jr.
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Juncus martimus Lam. Encycl. 3: 264. 1789.
Stems 20-40' high, i"-2" thick, erect from a stout horizontal rootstock. Outer basal leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths, the innermost foliose, with a long terete stout blade about equalling the stem; leaf of the inflorescence erect, sometimes 1° long, sometimes barely exceeding the panicle; panicle 3'-8' high, its branches stiff, erect; heads 2-6-flowered; perianth 1 1/2"-1 3/4" long, its parts green, lanceolate, with hyaline margins, the outer acuminate, the inner a little shorter; flowers perfect; stamens 6, two-thirds as long as the perianth; filaments about as long as the anthers; capsule 1 1/2"-1 3/4" long, narrowly ovoid, acute, mu-cronate, brown above, 3-celled, with thin placentae; seed brown, about i" long, the body narrowly and obliquely oblong, about 1" in length, 20-30-ribbed, indistinctly reticulate, tailed at either end.
Coney Island, New York, the station now, perhaps, destroyed. Common on the coasts of the eastern hemisphere.
juncus bufonius L. Sp. PL 328. 1753.
Plant branching from the base, annual, erect, seldom exceeding 8' in height, the stems in large plants with 1 or 2 leaves below the inflorescence; leaf-blade flat, i"-i" wide, in low plants often much narrower and filiform-involute; inflorescence about one-half as high as the plant, with blade-bearing leaves at the lower nodes; flowers inserted singly on its branches, in one form fasciculate; perianth-parts 2"-3 1/2" long, lanceolate, acuminate, equal; stamens usually 6, sometimes 3, seldom half as long as the perianth; anthers shorter than the filaments; capsule about two-thirds as long as the perianth; narrowly oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 3-celled; seed broadly oblong, with straight tips, 1/6"-1/4" long, minutely reticulate in 30-40 longitudinal rows, the areolae broader than long.
A cosmopolitan species, occurring throughout North America, except the extreme north, frequenting dried-up pools, borders of streams and roadsides in clayey soil. Frog, Toad or Coe-grass. Salt-weed.
Juncus trifidus L. Sp. PI. 326. 1753.
Densely tufted, 4'-12' high; stems closely set on a it rootstock, erect, about 1/4" thick; basal leaves reduced to almost bladeless sheaths, the uppermost with a rudimentary blade and fimbriate auricles; stem-leaf 1, inserted near the inflorescence, with a narrower slender, flat or involute blade; inflorescence a cluster of 1-3 flowers, the lowest subtending bract similar to the stem-leaf, the succeeding one much smaller or wanting; perianth dark brown, 1 1/4"-1 3/4" long; stamens 6; anthers about as long as the filaments; capsule equalling the perianth, coriaceous, 3-celled, obovoid with a conspicuously mucronate-aristate top; seeds few, narrowly obovoid, acute at the base, irregularly angled, minutely striate both longitudinally and transversely.
Greenland and Labrador, south on the higher mountains of New England and New York to Sam's Point, N. Y., and in North Carolina. Also in Europe and Asia.


A green jacket, a fat paycheck and a restored reputation aren't the only rewards Tiger Woods will receive after winning his fifth Masters on Sunday, capping one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
He'll also be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, according to President Donald Trump.
Trump didn't announce a date for that honor, which would put Woods in rarefied company along with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Charlie Sifford, the only other golfers to have received the award. George H.W. Bush presented the medals to Nicklaus and Palmer; Barack Obama to Sifford. So far, Trump has honored three athletes with medals of freedom: Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach and Alan Page.
Trump, of course, is an avid golfer, who played alongside Woods and Nicklaus in early February at one of Trump's Florida courses, with Nicklaus's son Steve rounding out the foursome. The president later shared a photo of the group on social media, and a Trump Organization official noted that Woods and Nicklaus have designed courses for the company.
The victory for Woods at Augusta, of course, represented an epic comeback, nearly 11 years after his last victory in a major tournament. But the victory also represented more than his fifth green jacket and 15th major title. It was a conquest over physical injuries, personal demons and other problems largely of his own making.
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After some time i have managed to get an upload API together. It's live and it is working. This a big part towards peoples bots to automate processes. I shall be releasing it properly along with an update but wanted to give the chance for readers here to perhaps use it early. It is NOT beta testing, i just cba to write a page for it yet.
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August Vollmer Essay
August Vollmer
Principles of Law
Michelle Buckner
Ned Watson
August Vollmer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both of Vollmer's parents were German immigrants. After the death of his father his mother took the family back to Germany. Two years later his family moved to San Francisco. When the Spanish- American war broke out Vollmer was old enough to enlist in the Army. He served one year. After he served in the war, Vollmer worked as a letter carrier. After years of working as a letter carrier Vollmer was approached to run for town marshal. He won the election. When Vollmer was elected the police department was is very poor condition. Crime was so bad ...view middle of the document...
In 1898, August enlisted in the United States Marines, fighting in 25 battles in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Vollmer left the military in August 1899. After returning home he was employed as a letter carrier for four years and was eventually approached to run for the office of town marshal. Vollmer's notoriety was enhanced when he leapt onto a runaway railroad freight car on Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley and applied the brakes. This made him a public hero and in April 1905, at the age of 29, Vollmer won the election 3 to 1 (Bennett, 2010).
At the time Vollmer was appointed, the police department was in shambles. Crime in some areas of Berkeley was so bad that the Southern Pacific transcontinental trains refused to stop at the stations. His belief was that the police force should be run, operationally, like the Army. He made it his goal to do just that. Vollmer demanded a high level of honesty, efficiency, interest and hard work by his officers. As an opponent of capital punishment and brutality against criminals, Vollmer believed in attacking the social roots of the problems. This has been the foundation for our worldwide reputation in the law enforcement field. Although he himself had only six years of schooling, he made education a top priority among his recruits. Vollmer felt this was critical. "The policeman's job is the highest calling in the world. The men who do that job should be the finest men. They should be the best educated. They should be college graduates. That's what policemen should be. And what are they? Dumbbells." (Bennett, 2010). In 1908 August Vollmer started the Berkeley Police School. The instructors were himself and an Oakland police inspector. Subjects included first aid, photography, and courses in sanitation laws and criminal evidence. Under the leadership of Vollmer the Berkeley Police Department went through many firsts. These firsts included the first use of scientific investigation, the first Police Motorcycle Patrol (1911), the first School of Criminology at University of California, at Berkeley (1916) and in 1920 the first lie detector instrument was developed at University of California for use by the Berkeley Police Department. (Bennett, 2010).
In 1919, when Vollmer was at the peak of his career, he placed an ad in the school newspaper at the University of California soliciting students to serve as police officers while attending college. Dr. John Larson, a 27-year-old medical student with a Ph.D. in physiology, joined the department that year and became one of Vollmer's first "college cops." (Fisher). Two years after joining the department, Larson read an article in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology about the effects of lying on the deceiver's heart rate and blood pressure. The article had been written by a Boston lawyer named William Marston. Marston had been studying the effects of lying on blood pressure since 1915 and had written other pieces on the subject. Marston...
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"Chasing Summer" review: SiR drops masterful R&B gem
Kyle Atkinson
To put it simply, 2019 has been quite a strange year for hip hop and R&B compared to the last few years. We haven't seen many of the biggest names in the genres release projects and I'm not sure if they actually plan on it. But even in a "down year", we can still see many great projects drop from those that aren't as well known.
One of these lesser-known artists that thankfully ended up dropping a project is Inglewood, California singer SiR. If you are unfamiliar with SiR, he is a melodic R&B singer that is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment. He has featured on recent TDE albums including 90059 and The Sun's Tirade. He released his first project with Top Dawg, November, in January of 2018.
November was met with high praise from many, meaning that its follow up is expected to be great as well. This new project contains big name features from labelmates Kendrick Lamar and Zacari as well as Lil Wayne, Smino, and more. Let's jump in and see what SiR has for us this time around!
The Good: During my first listen through this project, I was really surprised at how consistent it sounded throughout. That isn't a bad thing at all. I enjoyed how each track sounded slightly similar but also had its own distinct sounds that made it unique.
The Bad: This isn't a huge knock on SiR himself, but I feel like he got outshined a bit on some of the tracks that had featured artists. For example, Kendrick Lamar absolutely crushed his verse and Sabrina Claudio basically took "That's Why I Love You" over and made it her own.
Lyrics/Flow
The Good: One thing that I really like about this project is how personal we see SiR in his lyrics. We hear him introspectively examine his relationships on "You Can't Save Me" and his self confidence issues on "Hair Down", among other topics on subsequent tracks. He has a beautiful singing voice and switches it up enough to keep it an interesting listen throughout.
The Bad: This isn't really a huge knock on SiR seeing as all of the songs are pleasing to the ears, but I would really like to hear him explore more uptempo flows on his tracks. I understand that this is an R&B album but vocal experimentation, especially for someone with such a great voice, isn't a bad thing at all.
The Good: Right off the top you see that the album's production is something that SiR really cared about while creating it. Each beat has its own unique flavor and distinct sound and they sound different enough from each other. SiR is a master at creating different vibes on his tracks because he puts it on full display here.
The Bad: Even though the beats are good quality on this project, I can't help but feel like we could have still had more diverse sounds. I would have liked to hear more like "Fire" and "Touch Down" to see what SiR can really do. Nonetheless, that isn't a huge knock because the album is beautiful for what it is.
Replayability
The Good: I've been waiting for this section. I could go on and on about how replayable this album is but I'll say it simply: please listen fully more than once. It only gets better as you keep listening and that's a special quality these days. Not many albums can still be interesting after a few listens but this one definitely is. The diversity of sound is great and it doesn't all blend together so you don't get bored.
The Bad: The only negative about this project's replayability is that it is pure R&B in hip hop's world. If you aren't a huge R&B fan, you may not want to listen more than once. Don't go in thinking that it'll sound anything like another TDE project because you may be disappointed when it's not.
Although there isn't a bad song on this album, there are still certain joints that stand out from the rest. This album's standout songs include "Hair Down", "John Redcorn", "Lucy's Love", and "LA".
Don't you love when you discover a lesser-known artist and they become one of your favorites in a short time? That's how I feel about SiR. I first listened to November about 6 months after it dropped in 2018. "D'evils" immediately became one of my favorite tracks of the year and I still have it in rotation now. If you have yet to hear it, please click that link and check it out.
Once I had digested November, I was fiending for some new music from this man. He was silent for a minute but once he announced "Hair Down" with K. Dot, I was super intrigued and hyped. The album announcement came shortly after that and only raised my expectations.
If you haven't already figured it out, I absolutely loved listening to Chasing Summer. The project had the amazing R&B that I was hoping for, along with some great surprises and features. I think that TDE has a rising star (at least I hope so) in SiR. He can only go up from here in my opinion. I think that I like this new album even more than I liked November, which was a lot in its own right.
Even if you aren't the biggest R&B fan, I would still urge you to check this project out. It is simply too good to ignore and has at least one track you'll enjoy. You will be seeing Chasing Summer on album of the year lists at the end of 2019, bet on it.
Final Score: 8.6/10
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				<property name="items">
					<list>
						<bean parent="Uif-Message" p:messageText="[strong]Document Info[/strong]"
							p:order="10" />
						<bean parent="Uif-MessageField" p:label="Doc Nbr"
							p:messageText="@{document.documentNumber}" p:order="20" />
						<bean parent="Uif-MessageField" p:label="Initiator"
							p:messageText="@{documentInitiatorNetworkId}" p:order="30" />
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							p:messageText="@{document.developmentProposal.proposalState?.description}"
							p:order="40" />
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				</property>
			</bean>
		</property>
		<property name="lowerGroup">
			<bean parent="Uif-ActionBar">
				<property name="items">
					<list>
                        <bean parent="Uif-Message" p:renderWrapperTag="false" p:refreshWhenChangedPropertyNames="validateData" p:order="10">
                            <property name="messageText" value="[0] @{validateData?'[color=#090](on)[/color]':'[color=red](off)[/color]'}"/>
                            <property name="inlineComponents">
                                <list>
                                    <bean parent="Uif-ActionLink" p:methodToCall="validateData"
                                          p:actionLabel="Data Validation"
                                          p:iconClass="icon-ok"
                                          p:successCallback="retrieveComponent('PropDev-DataValidationSection');showLightboxComponent('PropDev-DataValidationSection');"
                                          p:style="padding-left:0px;margin-right:0px"
                                          p:order="10"  />
                                </list>
                            </property>
                        </bean>
						<bean parent="Uif-ActionLink" p:methodToCall="noop"
							p:actionLabel="Print" p:iconClass="icon-print" p:order="20" />
						<bean parent="Uif-ActionLink" p:actionLabel="Copy"
							p:iconClass="icon-copy" p:order="30" />
						<bean parent="Uif-ActionLink" p:actionLabel="Medusa"
							p:iconClass="icon-tasks" p:order="40" p:actionScript="showLightboxComponent('PropDev-MedusaSection');" />
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							p:iconClass="icon-list-ol" p:order="50" />
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							p:iconClass="icon-lock" p:order="60" />
                        <bean parent="Uif-ActionLink" p:actionLabel="Summary" p:methodToCall="populateCreditSplits"
                              p:iconClass="icon-eye" p:order="70" p:successCallback="showLightboxComponent('PropDev-SummarySection');" />
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Box 2.9: Combatting hunger and poverty
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The three Rome-based United Nations organizations, FAO, WFP and IFAD, are working with a common vision and complementary mandates to end hunger and poverty. FAO provides technical expertise and policy guidance. WFP provides food aid in response to emergencies and contributes to economic and social development, through such programmes as Food for Work and School Feeding. IFAD provides loans and grants to help the rural poor overcome poverty and gain the means to achieve food security.
FAO, WFP and IFAD have developed strong collaboration in both operational work and policy development. At the country level, they are assisting smallholder farmers and other rural producers to increase productivity and incomes and to reduce their vulnerability. By addressing the structural causes of food insecurity and poverty, they are helping to create the conditions for more rapid and balanced development. The agencies support an approach that combines food assistance for preventing malnutrition with longer term investments in agricultural production. Through their action, they have provided immediate access to food and improved the livelihoods of populations in need.
In the context of emergencies, FAO and WFP carry out needs assessments and help develop a response on food security in coordination with other relief organizations. IFAD supports the efforts of affected peoples to rebuild normal lives, by assisting their transition to rehabilitation and development.
The agencies are also working together on policy issues to highlight the centrality of agricultural and rural development to achieving the MDGs. Their joint launch of the Millennium Development Project Report in Rome, in consultation with the Government of Italy, reflects their strong commitment. Symbolizing their close collaboration, FAO, WFP and IFAD presented their views jointly at the Financing for Development Conference in Monterrey and at subsequent discussions in the General Assembly. The three agencies are also working together to support the efforts of African countries within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The three organizations are collaborating within the framework of the International Alliance Against Hunger (IAAH). Established by the World Food Summit: Five Years Later, the Alliance advocates for greater political will and practical action to rapidly reduce the incidence of hunger and rural poverty. Core membership in the Alliance also includes the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and NGO networks. A UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security—promoted by FAO, IFAD and WFP—supports the activities of National Thematic Groups within the Resident Coordinator system and enables information exchange on best practices.
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CHA has a longstanding policy of working with residents and resident leadership whenever relocations are necessary for construction work or other reasons. This includes advance meetings to discuss the scope of work, timing and impact on residents and regular updates on the project's progress.
CHA already has in place policies of its own for relocation of residents and adheres to federally mandated relocation policies set forth by HUD.
CHA understands the impact construction work can have on residents and for that reason, is committed to ensuring that residents are informed in advance of and given updates during any construction work at their buildings.
As a part of the initial planning for rehabilitation or renovation project the Local Advisory Council (LAC) elected building representative(s) are informed of the project plans and solicited for input.
Conducts a community meeting open to all residents at least 120 days prior to the start of construction.
Monthly community meetings are held and include project updates by CHA staff. The LAC are included in bi-weekly construction meetings once the project begins.
Provides 120 -ay general information notice informing residents of the project.
A relocation coordinator is assigned to a project at least 120 days in advance of the first relocation to work individually with impacted residents.
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Provides 90-day written notices to each resident where relocation will be required as part of project.
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package org.hawkular.inventory.impl.tinkerpop.provider;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.configuration.MapConfiguration;
import org.hawkular.inventory.api.Configuration;
import org.hawkular.inventory.impl.tinkerpop.spi.GraphProvider;
import org.hawkular.inventory.impl.tinkerpop.spi.IndexSpec;

import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.PropertyKey;
import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanFactory;
import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.schema.TitanManagement;

/**
 * @author Lukas Krejci
 * @since 0.0.1
 */
public class TitanProvider implements GraphProvider<TitanGraph> {
    @Override
    public TitanGraph instantiateGraph(Configuration configuration) {
        return TitanFactory.open(new MapConfiguration(configuration.getImplementationConfiguration(
                EnumSet.allOf(PropertyKeys.class))));
    }

    @Override
    public void ensureIndices(TitanGraph graph, IndexSpec... indexSpecs) {
        Map<String, Class<?>> undefinedPropertyKeys = new HashMap<>();
        Map<String, PropertyKey> definedPropertyKeys = new HashMap<>();
        Map<String, IndexSpec> undefinedIndices = new HashMap<>();

        TitanManagement mgmt = graph.getManagementSystem();

        for (IndexSpec spec : indexSpecs) {
            String indexName = getIndexName(spec.getProperties().keySet());
            if (mgmt.getGraphIndex(indexName) == null) {
                undefinedIndices.put(indexName, spec);
            }

            //the indices might share keys, so we need to check for the keys even if the index doesn't exist
            for (Map.Entry<String, Class<?>> p : spec.getProperties().entrySet()) {
                PropertyKey key = mgmt.getPropertyKey(p.getKey());
                if (key == null) {
                    undefinedPropertyKeys.put(p.getKey(), p.getValue());
                } else {
                    if (!key.getDataType().equals(p.getValue())) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("There already is a key '" + key.getName() +
                                "' that would be needed for index " + spec + ". The key has a different data type" +
                                " than expected, though. Expected: '" + p.getValue() + "', actual: '" +
                                key.getDataType() + "'.");
                    }
                    definedPropertyKeys.put(p.getKey(), key);
                }
            }
        }

        //first define all the undefined property keys
        for (Map.Entry<String, Class<?>> pk : undefinedPropertyKeys.entrySet()) {
            PropertyKey key = mgmt.makePropertyKey(pk.getKey()).dataType(pk.getValue()).make();

            definedPropertyKeys.put(pk.getKey(), key);
        }

        for(Map.Entry<String, IndexSpec> e : undefinedIndices.entrySet()) {
            TitanManagement.IndexBuilder bld = mgmt.buildIndex(e.getKey(), e.getValue().getElementType());

            for (String k : e.getValue().getProperties().keySet()) {
                bld.addKey(definedPropertyKeys.get(k));
            }

            bld.buildCompositeIndex();
        }

        mgmt.commit();
    }

    private String getIndexName(Iterable<String> propertyNames) {
        StringBuilder bld = new StringBuilder("by");

        for (String propertyName : propertyNames) {
            bld.append("_").append(propertyName);
        }

        return bld.toString();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private enum PropertyKeys implements Configuration.Property {
        STORAGE_HOSTNAME("storage.hostname", "hawkular.inventory.titan.storage.hostname",
                "HAWKULAR_INVENTORY_TITAN_STORAGE_HOSTNAME", "CASSANDRA_NODES"),
        STORAGE_PORT("storage.port", "hawkular.inventory.titan.storage.port", "HAWKULAR_INVENTORY_TITAN_STORAGE_PORT"),
        STORAGE_CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE("storage.cassandra.keyspace", "hawkular.inventory.titan.storage.cassandra.keyspace",
                "HAWKULAR_INVENTORY_TITAN_STORAGE_CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE");

        private final String propertyName;
        private final List<String> systemPropertyName;
        private final List<String> environmentVariableName;

        PropertyKeys(String propertyName, String systemPropertyName, String... environmentVariableName) {
            this.propertyName = propertyName;
            this.systemPropertyName = Collections.unmodifiableList(Collections.singletonList(systemPropertyName));
            this.environmentVariableName = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(environmentVariableName));
        }

        @Override
        public String getPropertyName() {
            return propertyName;
        }

        @Override
        public List<String> getSystemPropertyNames() {
            return systemPropertyName;
        }

        @Override
        public List<String> getEnvironmentVariableNames() {
            return environmentVariableName;
        }
    }
}


The U.S. unemployment rate has held steady at 4.1% in recent months (through March 2018). This is near historical lows, indicating a very tight labor market.
By contrast, the broader measure of labor market tightness called U6 has remained somewhat elevated compared with past lows. Why? The main reason is that U6 includes individuals who are employed part time but want a full-time job—the so-called "involuntary part-time" group, or IPT, labeled "part time for economic reasons" by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Policymakers have flagged the extent of IPT work as one important indicator of the state of the labor market in the wake of the Great Recession (Yellen 2014).
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and author's calculations.
Note: Involuntary part-time rate expressed as share of total civilian employment. Gray shading denotes NBER recession dates.
Figure 1 displays the IPT and unemployment rates over the past few decades. The IPT rate has remained somewhat high compared with the unemployment rate during the recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09. The gap between the two series closed from 2010 to 2014 and has been quite narrow since then, compared with earlier periods.
During early 2018, involuntary part-time work was running nearly a percentage point higher than its level the last time the unemployment rate was 4.1%, in August 2000. This represents about 1.4 million additional individuals who are stuck in part-time jobs. These numbers imply that the level of IPT work is about 40% higher than would normally be expected at this point in the economic expansion.
In a 2015 FRBSF Economic Letter, a coauthor and I asked whether elevated IPT in the aftermath of the Great Recession was here to stay (Valletta and van der List 2015). Or, did it represent labor market slack—that is, weakness associated with the business cycle—that would completely dissipate as the recovery proceeded? Using data through 2014, we uncovered an important contribution of persistent structural factors, suggesting that IPT was likely to remain elevated even as the unemployment rate fell. Figure 1 largely confirms this earlier prediction.
An updated, more complete analysis pins down the factors associated with high levels of involuntary part-time work (Valletta, Bengali, and van der List 2018). Our analysis relies on annual data for the 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia for 2003 through 2016. Beyond IPT and unemployment rates, we include direct measures of structural features of state labor markets that affect the demand and supply for part-time work, such as industrial composition and demographics of the workforce. For example, industry composition matters because industries differ in their reliance on part-time work schedules, with high rates in selected service industries such as leisure and hospitality—consider hotels and restaurants. Conversely, the demographics of the workforce could matter because some groups, such as teenagers, work part time voluntarily, thereby reducing the incidence of IPT.
We find that the changing structural features of state labor markets have propped up IPT work in the aftermath of the Great Recession. This is shown in Figure 2 below, which breaks down the overall changes since 2006 into portions of IPT attributable to the business cycle and to the measured structural factors (see the research paper for details on how we do this).
Source: Valletta, Bengali, and van der List (2018, Figure 6).
Note: Series measured as shares of total civilian employment. Gray shading denotes NBER recession dates.
Most of the variation over time has been cyclical. As of 2016, however, the cyclical component had returned approximately to its pre-recession level. Most importantly, the structural factors account for about a percentage point of the elevated IPT share through 2016. This is consistent with the discussion of Figure 1, with very little change in its overall contribution since the recovery began in 2010.
Changes in industry composition account for almost all of this slow shift toward increased IPT work. Rising employment in the leisure and hospitality sector and in the education and health-services sector, both of which have high rates of part-time employment, made especially large contributions to the overall change. We also found evidence that the amount of IPT work and informal "gig" economy jobs tend to move in tandem at the state level.
The shift toward service industries with uneven work schedules and the rising importance of the gig economy appear to be long-term trends that are unlikely to reverse in the near future. As such, in the absence of public policies aimed directly at altering work schedules, it looks like higher rates of involuntary part-time work are here to stay.
Rob Valletta is vice president in the Economic Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Valletta, Robert G., Leila Bengali, and Catherine van der List. 2018. "Cyclical and Market Determinants of Involuntary Part-Time Employment." FRBSF Working Paper 2015-19. Updated March 2018.
Valletta, Rob, and Catherine van der List. 2015. "Involuntary Part-Time Work: Here to Stay?" FRBSF Economic Letter 2015-19 (June 8).
Yellen, Janet. 2014. "Labor Market Dynamics and Monetary Policy." Speech at the FRB Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (August 22).


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The Italian Institute of Culture in Montreal (cultural section of the Italian Consulate General in Montreal), an official body of the Italian government, has as its aim the promotion of Italian language and culture in Quebec through the organisation of cultural events fostering the diffusion of ideas in the arts and sciences.
The Italian Institute of Culture in Montreal offers the following services to the Quebec public:
Italian language and culture courses held by suitably qualified, mother-tongue teachers;
two annual examination sessions for attaining the diploma in Italian as a foreign language
a library which members of the Institute and students enrolled in a language course can use for the consultation and borrowing of books, videos, CDs, DVDs and Italian newspapers and magazines;
an information and documentation service on Italian cultural life.


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