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After Hawaii crash, NTSB calls for inspection of helicopters
FILE - The National Transportation Safety Board logo and signage are seen at a news conference at NTSB headquarters in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017. The National Transportation Safety Board, the federal officials investigating a helicopter crash in Hawaii, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, made a call urging U.S. and Canadian regulators to require immediate inspections of Bell helicopters that are commonly used by air tour operators, law enforcement and air ambulances. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Federal officials investigating a helicopter crash in Hawaii are urging U.S. and Canadian regulators to require immediate inspections of Bell helicopters that are commonly used by air tour operators, law enforcement and air ambulances.
The National Transportation Safety Board call on Friday stems from the agency's investigation of a June sightseeing crash in which the tail boom separated from the main body of a Bell 407 helicopter during a flight near Kalea, Hawaii.
The tail boom was found more than 700 feet from the main wreckage. The board said one of four hardware fittings used to attach the tail to the fuselage was not found at the accident site, and that there were fractures in the other three fittings.
The pilot and two passengers suffered serious injuries and three other passengers had minor injuries in the Hawaii crash, which occurred in a field of jagged lava rocks.
The NTSB recommended in a report that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Transport Canada require operators of Bell 407s to conduct immediate checks of similar hardware to look for signs of cracked or missing parts, and to require repeat inspections more often than the current requirement, which is every 300 flight hours.
The Hawaii accident occurred 114 hours after the helicopter's last inspection, which did not find any problems, according to the NTSB.
Safety board Chair Jennifer Homendy called the agency's recommendations urgent because hundreds of the helicopters are in use.
"We're calling on regulators to act immediately — before there's another accident," she said.
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Littlejohn & Co. Partners With Management to Acquire Ardurra Group, Inc. and Accelerate Growth
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U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union Gives Back to Disabled Veterans Through METAL™ Credit Card
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Only a few hours left to pre-order Samsung Galaxy S23 devices for up to $100 in free credit
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Azara Healthcare Launches New Data Visualization Application to Uncover Patterns in Resource Utilization and Drivers of High Costs
Azara Healthcare, a leading provider of population health management solutions, announced today the launch of Azara Cost & Utilization, its new application for effectively managing cost and utilization challenges across patient populations. This powerful addition to the Azara DRVS population health platform leverages Azara's ability to aggregate and integrate claims and clinical data, enabling provider organizations to confidently manage value-based care arrangements.
Global Bus Seat Market to Reach $17.2 Billion by 2030
The global economy is at a critical crossroads with a number of interlocking challenges and crises running in parallel. The uncertainty around how Russia`s war on Ukraine will play out this year and the war`s role in creating global instability means that the trouble on the inflation front is not over yet.New York, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Bus Seat Industry" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05798081/?utm_source=GNW Food and fue
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Launches ETF Platform
NEW YORK, February 01, 2023--Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM") today announced the launch of an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") platform with the listing of six Calvert ETFs on NYSE Arca. The ETF product suite features Calvert Research and Management's industry-leading approach to responsible investing and offers investors access to four indexed Environmental Social Governance ("ESG") strategies and two active ESG strategies across a range of asset classes.
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Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX:AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has announced a $250,000 investment into smart reusable food packaging start-up circolution, the third winner of Amcor's Lift-Off initiative. Launched in April 2022, Amcor Lift-Off targets breakthrough, state-of-the-art technologies that will further advance Amcor's goal to make the future of packaging more sustainable.
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The 'Bliss Vineyard', or 'Home Ranch' was purchased in 1943 by Irv Bliss. In the early days Irv farmed the land, grew grapes and figs, raised sheep and cattle. In the 70's all of the land was converted to grapes. Irv's great farming skills produced grapes that were sold to many well known local and regional wineries. In 1980, we produced our first wine and in 1990 we built a winery on the Bliss Ranch to make all of our wines Estate Produced. Because of our award winning wines, customer loyalty, and amazing growth, we outgrew the first winery and it has now become an onsite wine storage warehouse. A brand new winery was built in 2003 and expanded in 2009.
Purchased by Irv Bliss in 1943. On the Bliss Vineyard, we grow Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Merlot, Sangiovese, Barbera and Dolcetto. Soils are Talmage very gravelly sandy loam, Feliz gray loam gravelly substratum, Feliz loam, Cole clay loam, and Cole loam with effective rooting depths of 60+ inches. Available water capacity ranges from low to high to very high and permeability ranges from slow to moderate to moderately rapid.
Purchased in 1994 by Len and Marty Brutocao. We grow Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Dolcetto, Barbera, Zinfandel and Pinot Noir. Soils are Talmage gravelly sandy loam, Pinole gravelly loam, Yokayo sandy loam, Maxwell clay, Feliz loam, Cole loam, and Bearwallow-Hellman loams with effective rooting depths of 40 – 60+ inches. Available water capacity ranges from low to moderate to high to very high and permeability ranges from very slow to slow to moderate to moderately rapid.
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Purchased in 1996 and planted in 2001. We grow our Brutocao Pinot Noir here. It is the old Scharffenberger winery and also the location of our first tasting room. Soils are Casabonne loams and Wohly loams with effective rooting depths of 20 – 60 inches. Available water capacity is moderate to high and permeability is moderate.
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Two Weeks into the Job and..
I just wanted to pass on some words of wisdom about getting back into the office. There are so many things that I had forgotten.
#1... the Unspoken Dress Code.
Please remember when you get into a new office you have to impress not only your boss but also FIT IN with your co-workers.
I made the mistake of overdressing the first couple of days. I have dressed "Business Professional" for 20 years and I land a job in "casual" office. Well, I didn't own casual clothes. Heck! I only owned one pair of jeans.
My husband pointed out to me that women can be catty and strongly suggested I dress down for work just to fit in. I am so glad he reminded me of that little fact. I can't say that I'm fully in the Girl's Club yet but I'm still employed.
You put on your makeup when you get ready for work... right? Not always! I overheard two girls (women in their 40's) talking about so-and-so saying she was "just so plastic" because she wore makeup and dressed nicely. ...um, I took that as a Big Clue. Come day 3 in the office I did not wear any foundation or mascara; just a little blush and pale lipstick.
I can't say that I have long, luscious, golden locks of hair but it is fairly long and it is blond. If by chance you have semi-decent hair you may want to conceal that fact while you are still new in the office. Yes, women are catty. Yes, these women were there long before you. Yes, these women DO have a say whether or not you will get to keep your job. Yes, these women will tell their boss if you fit in or not. After all, how many times have we all heard, "It might be a good fit for you." from temp agencies. Well, you have to work to make it a "good fit". Put your hair in a pony tail high up on your head; that makes your hair look shorter.
#4... Listen to the Chit Chat.
Pay close attention to what the other girls are saying about your new co-workers. This will give you definite clues on how to fit in and not make the same terrible mistakes of the unsuspecting others. Very rarely do the catty women talk about another woman's ability to do her job well. They talk about her appearance: the way she talks, the way she walks, the clothes she wears... you get the idea.
A Candy Dish is a great way to break the ice. It will speak for you if you are feeling shy. (like I was) I thought I would just keep my head down and do my job... it ain't that easy.
I really do wish ALL of you the very best of luck in landing your next job. It has been such a struggle for me and I am certain it has been for each of you. I can't believe I had to file bankruptcy. I can't talk to much about that because it still makes me cry.
Good Luck. Remember the Unspoken Rules of the Office.
Re: Two Weeks into the Job and..
I recently had a f2f interview after a pre interview by phone with the HR person. Last thing she said was "wear a suit". Well of course! But a "suit" to me is a tailored blazer and pants (or skirt); to them it was matching designer suits complete with ties, yes women too, not scarves or necklaces- TIES. It was too late for me to go home and change even if I had had such a suit.
Oh and all the women I saw that day, with the exception of the HR person, were in their 20's, and the men in their 40's or 50's.


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Q: Range of $f(x,y)=\frac{4x^2+(y+2)^2}{x^2+y^2+1}$ I am trying to find the range of this function:
$$f(x,y)=\frac{4x^2+(y+2)^2}{x^2+y^2+1}$$
So I think that means I have to find minima and maxima. Using partial derivatives gets messy, so I was wondering if I could do some change of variables to make it easier computationally. But no change of coordinates that I can think of have really simplified it much. If I set $2w=y+2$, then I get a problem below. Am I thinking of the right strategy, or is there something better I could do?

A: See fig. below.
$5$ is the maximum. More precisely :
$$f(x,y):=\dfrac{4x^2+(y-2)^2}{x^2 + y^2 + 1}\leq 5 \tag{1}$$
with case of equality iff
$$(x,y)=(0,1/2)\tag{2}$$
Here is why : we form the "gap" between the LHS and RHS of (1) :
$$5-\dfrac{4x^2+(y-2)^2}{x^2 + y^2 + 1}=\dfrac{x^2+(2y - 1)^2}{x^2 + y^2 + 1}$$
This gap is always >0 with the exceptional case given by (2).
Besides, $0$ is clearly the minimum, realized for $(x,y)=(0,2)$.
Now the last question : is the range of values of function $f$ the whole interval $[0,5]$ ? Answer : yes by continuity.

Fig. 1 : Surface $z=f(x,y)$ with its unique minimum and maximum.

A: For
$$f(x,y)=\frac{4x^2+(y+2)^2}{x^2+y^2+1}$$
partial derivatives are not so terrifying:
\begin{align}
D_1f(x,y)&=\frac{8x(x^2+y^2+1)-2x(4x^2+(y+2)^2)}{(x^2+y^2+1)^2}\\[4px]
&=\frac{2xy(3y-4)}{(x^2+y^2+1)^2}
\\[8px]
D_2f(x,y)&=\frac{2(y+2)(x^2+y^2+1)-2y(4x^2+(y+2)^2)}{(x^2+y^2+1)^2}\\[4px]
&=\frac{2(-3x^2y+2x^2-2y^2-3y+2)}{(x^2+y^2+1)^2}
\end{align}
The first derivative vanishes for $x=0$, $y=0$ or $y=4/3$.
We have (the denominator is irrelevant as it doesn't vanish)
\begin{align}
D_2f(0,y)&=\frac{-2(2y^2+3y-2)}{\dots} \\[4px]
D_2f(x,0)&=\frac{4(x^2+1)}{\dots} \\[4px]
D_2f(x,4/3)&=\frac{-4(x^2+19/3)}{\dots}
\end{align}
Thus we only get critical points for $x=0$ and $2y^2+3y-2=0$, that is, $y=-2$ or $y=1/2$.
Since $f(0,-2)=0$ and $f(0,1/2)=5$, the minimum is $0$ and the maximum is $5$.
Well, how do we know that $0$ is the minimum? Because obviously the function only takes on nonnegative values. Why $(0,5)$ is a point of maximum and not a saddle point? Because $f(x,y)$ is bounded:
$$
f(x,y)\le\frac{4x^2+4(y+2)^2}{x^2+y^2+1}=4+\frac{16y+12}{x^2+y^2+1}\le16+\frac{16y}{x^2+y^2+1}
$$
Now note that $|y|\le x^2+y^2+1$, because $|y|^2-|y|+1\ge0$. Thus
$$
|f(x,y)|\le 32
$$
Hence the function must have an absolute maximum which has to be at a critical point. Checking with the Hessian would be indeed a nuisance.

A: Idea: $$f(x,y) =\frac{4x^2+4y^2+4+(y+2)^2-4y^2-4}{x^2+y^2+1}$$
$$=4+\frac{-3y^2+4y}{x^2+y^2+1}$$
$$\leq 4+\frac{-3y^2+4y}{y^2+1}$$ if $-3y^2+4y\geq 0$ (else it is reversed),
$$= 1+\frac{4y+3}{y^2+1} =:g(y)$$
So you have to find a maximum value of $g$ on $[0,{4\over 3}]$.

A: It is $$f(x,y)\le 5$$  if
$$4x^2+(y+2)^2\le 5x^2+5y^2+5$$ if
$$0\le x^2+(2y-1)^2$$ and clearly we get $$f(x,y)\geq 0$$

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World's most endangered cat species threatened by EU funds
WEBWIRE – Friday, March 3, 2006
03 Mar 2006, Brussels, Belgium / Gland, Switzerland – European Union funds are being used to build roads and dams that are destroying the habitat of the Iberian lynx, the world's most endangered cat species.
In Spain, the remaining Iberian lynx population — with around 100 individuals left, including just 25 breeding females — is under major threat due to loss and fragmentation of its habitat. New construction works will hamper efforts to conserve the endangered cat.
A new WWF report, Conflicting EU funds, shows that despite the EU's commitment to halt biodiversity loss by 2010, vast sums of European Union money are being spent on roads, dams and irrigation schemes which threaten critically endangered species and key habitats in Europe. In many cases, EU funds are being used for activities that are recognised as major threats by the EU itself.
"Europe has to take responsibility for its own species, but at present the European Union is using its funds to both support biodiversity and undermine it," says Stefanie Lang, Regional Policy Officer at WWF's European Policy Office. "This is an unacceptable situation caused by wrong decisions at national or regional level and poor coordination between Member States and the European Commission."
As the EU is shaping new funding regulations for the period 2007–2013, the report presents eight case studies where competing plans funded by the EU are damaging biodiversity.
In Spain, EU funds are used for infrastructure, such as 20 dams and 16 roads, including the new highway Toledo-Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Cordoba, that will have a detrimental impact on lynx habitat protected under the Natura 2000 network.
Similarly, EU funds have been used to overexploit bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean, and to promote damaging agricultural subsidies which have resulted in the mismanagement of cork oak forests in Portugal.
In Greece, while the EU Commission Directorate General (DG) responsible for the environment is supporting a LIFE project to protect brown bears, the DG Regional Development is funding the planned Egnatia Highway, which directly threatens these animals.
WWF urges the EU to withdraw funds that conflict with biodiversity goals and EU environmental legislation ,and says that EU funds must include priority measures to protect biodiversity and Natura 2000 sites. WWF also recommends that EU Member States develop good national programmes that contribute to the 2010 goal.
"If we are to halt the loss of biodiversity and preserve the remaining natural heritage of Europe, which is essential for long term economic prosperity, the EU cannot afford to continue funding the destruction of habitats and environmentally damaging infrastructures as it has in the past," says Gerald Dick of WWF's Global Species Programme.
• The eight case studies in the report are: Agricultural Subsidies and Cork Oak Ecosystems, Portugal; Threats to the Iberian Lynx, Spain; Brown Bears and the Egnatia Highway, Greece; Fisheries Funds and Tuna Farming, the Mediterranean; Via Baltica and Natura 2000, Poland; Navigation on the Danube and Natura 2000; Odelouca Dam and the Monichique Natura 2000 site, Portugal; and Western Algarve
Biodiversity and Irrigation, Spain.
• In the coming months, EU Institutions will decide on the European Fisheries Fund (Fisheries Council in April), the LIFE+ regulation (Environment Council in March and June) and the guidelines for Structural Funds. The European Commission is expected to publish in April a communication on biodiversity, with a roadmap to halt biodiversity loss in the EU by 2010.
• In 2004, the Structural and Cohesion Funds accounted for 34% of the total EU budget, while the LIFE-Nature budget accounted for only 0,06%.
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Lovebox 2017
Lovebox Festival 2017
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Lovebox 2017 Two days, ten stages, 80,000 people—Lovebox has come a long way since that first intimate party in an old strip club off Tottenham Court Road. The festival celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, hosting a mix of big names and rising stars from across house, techno, pop, grime R&B and more. I spent most of my time in the southern-most corner of Victoria Park, flitting between the Noisey and fabric tents, where the programming was strongest. The weather was kind to the sold-out crowd, which was noticeably younger on Saturday than Friday, with glitter, Stussy T-shirts and Armani man bags out in force. The sound across the site was solid, though the positioning of the stages on Friday meant that the more delicate moments of Sampha and Solange were subjected to the thumping bass from the nearby fabric tent.
This was fabric's second year at Lovebox. The club's low ceilinged tent was constructed around a central pillar, illuminated with LED lights. It had been fitted with a Pioneer soundsystem and a lighting structure built from mirrored cubes that sat either side of the DJ. When the smoky haze lifted, the fabric logo was lit in amber on the booth, while the visuals—like a flickering black and green Morse code—were simple and effective. KiNK's performance stood out on Friday. At one point, he dropped his 2001 edit of Loleatta Holloway's "Love Sensation," holding up his drum machine and MIDI controller while smiling as widely as the crowd. Bicep, who DJed, had hands consistently flying through the air with unreleased material from their debut album, including lead single "Aura." Seth Troxler took over to close, leaning towards big-room atmospheric house with smatterings of tribal percussion and spoken word vocals, like in KDA's "Hate."
Saturday's bill in the fabric tent was even bigger. Dixon brought steady, synth-heavy build-ups, throwing in the cowbell of Coen's "Yellah" before slowing things down with Marc Romboy's "Trapped In An Orbit." After Ricardo Villalobos's last-minute cancellation due to illness in 2016, anticipation for his closing set was high. He drew the tent's biggest crowd of the weekend, displaying his unmatched finesse for rhythm and reading a crowd. Layering twinkling piano riffs, soaring female vocals and jazzy saxophone over deep, rumbling basslines, he rocked the room with tried-and-tested hits like C-Rock's "Funky Dope Trakk" and Lil' Louis & The World's "I Called U (The Conversation)."
There was plenty to enjoy elsewhere. In the Noisey tent, South London singer Ray BLK's articulate vocals sounded exactly the same as on record, her honest and relatable lyrics shining through on "Doing Me" and "My Hood." XL Recordings' New Gen showcase on Saturday illustrated just how much talent there's to be found in London's burgeoning rap, grime and new wave R&B scenes. In a moment of wild, sun-kissed joy, Radar Radio's Kenny Allstar dropped "Wild Thoughts" and shouted out the ladies. After performing solo, Sampha joined Solange onstage for a powerful and exuberant rendition of "Don't Touch My Hair."
The new Transistor stage, which resembled a giant fire-breathing radio, towered over the crowd, and hearing Kölsch's "Goldfisch" as the sun went down on Saturday was a highlight. It wasn't all positive, though: at the Corona Sunset Stage, Gerd Janson and Late Nite Tuff Guy closed on Friday and Saturday respectively with undeservedly small crowds. Even beloved summer classics like Lovebird's "Want You In My Soul" failed to attract much attention from passers-by.
As for the Main Stage, it was apparent there was a problem from the moment Friday night headliner Frank Ocean took the stage. That's not to say his performance, which primarily centred on his latest album, Blonde, wasn't stunning, sensitive and beautifully produced, but in certain places the crowd came across as inattentive and disengaged. (I heard someone mutter that Ocean's show would be better suited to concert venues than festivals.) Crowd chatter wasn't an issue the following day, as Saturday headliners Chase & Status thundered their way through hits like "Eastern Jam," "Machine Gun" and "Flashing Lights." Pyrotechnics, dry ice cannons, lasers and guest appearances from Emeli Sandé and Kano ensured the band brought Lovebox 2017 to an explosive close.
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Many software development consulting companies will tell you that they follow an Agile Methodology, but upon inspection it seems that their billing policies often don't allow for the type of change that Agile allows. Many consulting companies will offer flat-rate billing, which appeals to businesses at the beginning, because what they don't realize is that the consulting company typically comes up with a cost estimate and then triples or quadruples it before giving the customer the quote, simply to handle any unexpected change. And of course, any changes will cause a deluge of change orders to be created, each of which ups the cost of the project even more.
Epic are the tales of the battles large companies get into with their consultants over such change orders, and in the end someone always loses. Because flat-rate billing or large minimum-billing increments (one company I'm familiar with charges $100,000 minimum increments) give both parties the incentive to say "No", the project suffers when new ideas for features are not allowed to be included. By establishing a fair hourly rate with small billing increments, your customers won't be afraid to ask for new features to match their changing business needs, allowing you to do what a good consultant should – say "Yes" to innovation.


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This is what Mr. Darcy would have actually looked like — and it's not pretty
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By Rachel Thompson 2017-02-09 11:35:12 UTC
It's fair to say that Colin Firth's rendition of Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice captured the hearts of countless Jane Austen fans.
But a group of UK academics have discovered that Austen's fictional heartthrob Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy didn't look at all like the actors — Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen — who've played him.
SEE ALSO: Thirsty Mr. Darcy fans will soon be blessed with seeing THAT shirt up close
The research — led by Professor John Sutherland from University College London and Professor Amanda Vickery from Queen Mary University of London — involved a month-long study to gain a historically accurate idea of what Darcy would have looked like.
The academics looked into Austen's personal life and relationships to draw conclusions about who might have been the inspiration for Mr Darcy. They also looked into the descriptions and illustrations of the character and the socio-economic and cultural factors that would contribute to Darcy's background, appearance and lifestyle.
Matthew MacFadyen as Mr Darcy in the 2005 film "Pride and Prejudice".
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The study revealed that the revered Darcy would have had powdered white hair, a pointy chin, a pale complexion, a long nose and sloping shoulders. Not quite the brooding, chiselled chap portrayed on-screen by modern-day actors.
And, to help you get a sense of what Darcy would have looked like, the researchers commissioned a portrait of him.
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His hair, according to the research, would have been mid-length and powdered white, reflective of the norms of the Austen era. His face would have been long and oval-shaped with a small mouth — common features among gentlemen of the era. His skin would have been pink and white; a sign of wealth and privilege.
His build would have been slender, with a "modest chest", but with "large quads, thighs and calves". According to the research, strong legs were an attractive and important feature to females of the time, with "well-modelled thighs a sign of virility, a good fencer and horseman".
Unlike Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen — who are both over 6ft tall — the real Darcy would have only been 5ft 11 inches.
The study was commissioned by TV channel Drama to celebrate the "Jane Austen Season", which starts on Feb. 12, featuring Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Mansfield Park.
Perhaps Darcy's good looks aren't a truth universally acknowledged, after all.
BONUS: Seriously, stop telling everyone how SUPER chill your Valentine's Day will be
Topics: MashReads, colin firth, crush, Movies, Lifestyle, Sex & Relationships, mr darcy, pride and prejudice, Television, Work & Play


Since 2010, MDRC has released three research reports on the New York City Department of Education's multiyear initiative to create small public high schools that are open to any student who wants to attend. This brief adds evidence from a fourth cohort on high school graduation and presents MDRC's first results with respect to these schools' effects on postsecondary enrollment.
MDRC's rigorous assessment has demonstrated that these schools have markedly increased graduation rates for disadvantaged students of color, many of whom start high school below grade level. Yet it is no longer enough to improve high school graduation rates. In an economy that is increasingly characterized by technological change and globalization, it is widely accepted that enrollment and success in postsecondary education is necessary for young people to be prepared for the world of work.
Using college enrollment and degree attainment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, this policy brief provides evidence that the positive academic effects of attending an SSC continue beyond high school. Specifically, findings indicate that attending an SSC in high school substantially increases students' enrollment and persistence in postsecondary education — a finding that holds true for students of a wide range of abilities entering colleges across the spectrum of selectivity.


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HAMILTON-RYKER MAKES STAFFING INDUSTRY ANALYSTS LIST OF FASTEST-GROWING FIRMS
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Hamilton-Ryker has been named to the Staffing Industry Analysts Fastest-growing U.S. Staffing and Talent Engagement Firms list. Hamilton-Ryker's impressive 15.4% compound growth between 2010 and 2014 put the firm at number 96 out of 102 on the list. The median CAGR for the top ten firms on the list was 61.0% and for the full list was 24.2%.
"It is an honor to be named one of the fastest-growing staffing firms in the US," says Kelly McCreight, President. "This is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of our associates during this economic boom in manufacturing. We look forward to continued expansion—both in our existing markets and in new markets."
The Staffing Industry Analysts list of fastest-growing U.S. staffing firms has been issued annually since 2005 and is based on staffing revenue, which includes temporary staffing revenue, direct hire, retained search and temp-to-perm conversion fees. To qualify for the list, staffing firms had to post at least $1 million in revenue in 2010 and have compound annual growth of at least 15 percent between 2010 and 2014. A story will appear in the October 2015 issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine. The full list of the Media Contact: Tracie Alexander, Marketing Coordinator talexander@hamilton-ryker.com 615-291-2016 102 fastest-growing firms can be found on the web at fastestgrowing.staffingindustry.com.
The list of fastest-growing U.S. staffing and talent engagement firms is sponsored this year by Bullhorn, which provides cloud-based CRM solutions for companies in business services industries, including specialized products for staffing firms.
Founded in 1971, Hamilton-Ryker® is a multi-faceted company and industry leader for the provision of industrial, administrative, and information technology staffing, as well as, recruiting, management consulting, and information technology solutions. Headquartered in Tennessee, Hamilton-Ryker is located in twenty-seven locations across the U.S.
About Staffing Industry Analysts
Staffing Industry Analysts is the source of global business information about workforce solutions. Known for its objective, independent research, analysis and insights focused on staffing and contingent work, the company offers membership, events training and publications across the workforce solutions ecosystem. These proprietary tools and techniques enable companies to make better-informed decisions, execute strategies that accelerate growth, improve business results and minimize risk. Founded in 1989 and acquired by Crain Communications Inc. in 2008, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, England. For more information: www.staffingindustry.com.


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Wal-Mart introduces its own wireless plan
By: The Associated Press	September 13, 2010	Comments Off on Wal-Mart introduces its own wireless plan
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain's own branding, further demonstrating its clout in getting special deals from wireless carriers.
The Wal-Mart Family Mobile service will run on T-Mobile USA's network. Unlimited calling and texting will cost $45 per month for the first line and $25 for each additional line for the family. The service will be offered starting next week in most of its stores across the nation.
Since last year, Wal-Mart has been the exclusive seller of the Straight Talk service, which runs on the Verizon Wireless network. Wal-Mart is also trying out another service from Sprint Nextel Corp. called Common Cents.
Those are both "prepaid" plans, under which customers pay in advance and don't need to sign contracts.
Wal-Mart Family Mobile will be "postpaid" like conventional contract-based plans, so the family bill is paid at the end of the month. But in other ways it works much like prepaid service, and it won't come with a contract requirement or early termination fees. Buyers also won't need to go through credit checks.
Greg Hall, vice president of merchandising at Wal-Mart U.S., said there's a perception among customers that prepaid service doesn't offer access to the best phones or the best network quality. He said the postpaid nature of the plan is a way to avoid that.
Starting Monday, the chain plans to sell five phones, including a full-blown smart phone, the Motorola Cliq XT, which will cost $249. T-Mobile sells it for $329 without a contract, or gives it away to buyers who sign two-year contracts (with monthly fees that are higher than the no-contract option).
The cheapest phone for the service will be a simple Nokia phone for $35.
Straight Talk also costs $45 per month for unlimited calls and texting, but doesn't offer a discount for additional lines. And while Straight Talk offers unlimited free data, there are no smart phones available for it; the new Family Mobile plan includes only a small amount of free data. Common Cents is a basic pay-by-the-minute service.
"What we saw was an opening in the marketplace for really bringing family savings and a family plan and T-Mobile was a great partner there," Hall said.
The plan undercuts T-Mobile USA's own prices, but Jim Alling, its chief operating officer, said that Wal-Mart putting its own stamp on the brand name was a "tremendous endorsement."
While there's no contract, Ailing said the phones will be "locked" to Wal-Mart Family Mobile, so they won't be usable on another network, or even under a T-Mobile-branded plan.
There will also be a prepaid component to the service: extra charges for data use and international calls will come from a prepaid account, pooled for the whole family. For instance, one gigabyte of data usage will cost $40. By comparison, AT&T's contract customers pay $25 per month for 2 gigabytes of usage, but the data allowance doesn't carry over from month to month the way Wal-Mart's will.
T-Mobile USA is a subsidiary of German phone company Deutsche Telekom AG.
Shares of Wal-Mart, which is based in Bentonville, Ark., increased 37 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $52.34 in midday trading Monday.
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EXPLAINER: Microsoft's Activision buy could shake up gaming
Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.


Two frontline service providers have combined their spaces to better integrate how students are served.
Kamilla Bahbahani has been appointed equity manager for the Okanagan campus.
What makes a healthy university community?
The UBC community is invited to visit brand.ubc.ca, a new microsite full of tools, templates, guidelines and downloads related to telling our UBC story.
The latest edition of the School of Engineering's SOE Connect is now online to read, download and share.
Biology Prof. John Klironomos of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences is co-author of a study with colleagues at McMaster University and the University of Guelph that shows that ragweed behaves altruistically with its siblings, investing precious resources for the benefit of the group.
Hearty congratulations go out to the School of Nursing team that participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure on September 30.


Via Technologies Inc. has announced the KT266A for the Athlon series of chipsets, featuring an enhanced memory controller.
As expected, Via announced the chipset on the eve of the Via Developoer Forum, to be held this week in Taipei, Taiwan, also the company's headquarters.
The chipset is a pin-to-pin compatible replacement for the Apollo KT266, but with "tightened timings and deeper queues to greatly increase memory and system bus performance," according. The chipset could offer as much as a 10 percent improvement in total performance over the KT266, Richard Brown, the company's director of marketing, said last week.
The VIA Apollo KT266A chipset is manufactured in a 0.22-micron, 3 metal layer process, and is priced at US$26 in OEM quantities.


A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS Web Services Business Process Execution Language Technical Committee (WSBPEL TC) has been proposed by the members of OASIS listed below.
The proposal for a new TC is appended to this message. The proposal, which includes a statement of purpose, list of deliverables, and proposed schedule, will constitute the TC's charter. The TC Process allows these items to be clarified (revised) by the TC members; such clarifications (revisions), as well as submissions of technology for consideration by the TC and the beginning of technical discussions, may occur no sooner than the TC's first meeting.
As specified by the OASIS TC Process, the requirements for becoming a member of the TC are that you must 1) be an employee of an OASIS member organization or an Individual member of OASIS; 2) notify the TC chair of your intent to participate at least 15 days prior to the first meeting; and 3) attend the first meeting of the TC.
For OASIS members, to sign up for the TC using the new OASIS collaborative tools, go to the TC's public page at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wsbpel and click on the button for "Join This TC" at the top of the page. You may add yourself to the roster of the TC either as a Prospective Member (if you intend to become a member of the TC) or an Observer. A notice will automatically be sent to the TC chair, which fulfills requirement #2 above. You must sign up for membership at least 15 days before the first meeting and must attend the first meeting of the TC in order to become a member.
Note that membership in OASIS TCs is by individual, and not by organization.
For non-OASIS members, a public comment list wsbpel-comment@lists.oasis-open.org is available for the public to make comments on the work of this TC; the public may subscribe to this list by going to the mail list web page at http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl.
The archives of the TC's private and comment mail lists are visible to the public at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/.
Accept contributions as input within the TC's defined scope. BEA, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Siebel intend to submit the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) V1.1 specification  at the first meeting of the TC. This BPEL4WS document is an update to the BPEL4WS specification published by IBM, Microsoft, and BEA on August 9th 2002. The revised document is a modularized and updated version of the original specification that clearly identifies the core concepts and required extensions for BPEL4WS.
Produce as output a specification, in one or more documents, for the "Web Services Business Process Execution Language", hereafter referred to as the "resultant specification". This resultant specification will reflect refinements and corrections that are identified by the TC members within the scope of the TC charter. In the interests of stability, continuity and speed, the committee will not make arbitrary changes, i.e., scope will be limited to material technologic improvements. At the TC's option, suggestions for future features, out-of-scope extensions, harmonization with other or broader work and the like may be noted and archived for possible future work after the conclusion of this TC's lifecycle. The final draft of the resultant specification will be due within 9 months of the first meeting.
Identify relevant Web services efforts to assist in leveraging the resultant specification as a part of their specifications or solutions.
Establish appropriate relationships and coordinate with the chairs of the other business process related standards organizations and industry groups as appropriate, and in accordance with the OASIS Bylaws and TC Process.
Oversee ongoing maintenance and errata of the resultant specification.
The first meeting will be a conference call held on May 16, 2003. The meeting will start at 7 am and adjourn at 10 am US Pacific time.
The Web Services Business Process Execution Language TC will hold an in person meeting on May 28, 2003 and May 29, 2003 in New York City. Following this, the TC will meet via weekly conference call, and will hold quarterly face-to-face meetings on a schedule determined by the Web Services Business Process Execution Language TC members. The meeting and call sponsors will be determined at the initial meeting.
John Parkinson, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, john.parkinson@cgey.com.
Pending input from the TC, IBM will sponsor the first TC conference call and the calls for the first year of the technical committee. The first TC meeting will be sponsored by IBM. Subsequent meetings for the first year will be sponsored by Microsoft, SAP and BEA.
Prepared by Robin Cover for The XML Cover Pages archive. See other details in the news story "OASIS Forms Web Services Business Process Execution Language TC (WSBPEL)." General references in "Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS)."


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#define InternalEnumerator_1__ctor_m3382762476(__this, ___array, method) ((  void (*) (InternalEnumerator_1_t2937224772 *, Il2CppArray *, const MethodInfo*))InternalEnumerator_1__ctor_m2616641763_gshared)(__this, ___array, method)
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In the young lady's own interest the insult ought not to have been flung into the teeth of the Christian public.
Without taking into consideration the old and wise axiom, that honesty is the best policy, we can only regret for our Christian opponents that they should so soon "unveil" their cunning policy. While in the eyes of every honest "heathen" Theosophist, there can be no higher recommendation for a person than to have the reputation of being truthful even at the expense of his or her "interest," our Christian Review unwittingly exposes the concealed rope of the mission machinery, by admitting that it is in the interest of every person here, at least—to appear a Christian or a possible convert, if he is not one de facto. We feel really very, very grateful to the Review for such a timely and generous confession. The writer's defence of the 'public" for which it speaks as one having authority is no less vague and unsatisfactory, as we all know that among the 240,000,000 of native population in India, Christians count but as a drop in an ocean. Or is it possible that no other public but the Christian is held worthy of the name or even of consideration? Had converted Brâhmans arrived here instead of Theosophists, and one of these announced his profession of faith by italicizing the words, not a heathen, we doubt whether the fear of hurting the feelings of many millions of Hindus would have ever entered the mind of our caustic paragraphist!
I have done; adding but one more word of advice to the Review. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when the latest international revision of the Bible—that infallible and revealed Word of God!—reveals 64,000 mistranslations and other mistakes, it is not the Theosophists—a large number of whose members are English patriots and men of learning—but rather the Christians who ought to beware of "wanton aggressiveness" against people of other creeds. Their boomerangs may fly back from some unexpected parabola and hit the throwers.


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Map of Neveronys
Map of Neveronys on The company experienced a phenomenal growth as a result of its expansion into electricity production and distribution, and trading Enron 253 commodities globally. In December 2001, the company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 (reorganization) so that it could be protected from creditors' claims. In just 15 years, Enron grew from nowhere to be America's seventh largest company, employing 21,000 people in more than 40 countries. At its peak, Enron's worth was estimated at about $70 billion and its shares traded at $90 per share. Enron's bankruptcy has been described as the second largest bankruptcy in the world history (after WorldCom). The rise and fall of Enron attracted widespread attention from academics, news media, stock exchanges, and regulatory agencies including the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC), lawmakers, and also from the general public. What went wrong? What lessons can be learned and what are its implications on securities laws, accounting practices, campaign contributions reforms, and lobbying practices? Enron's story is now included as a topic of discussion in the auditing classes required for undergraduate and graduate level accounting students at many business schools throughout the country. Map of Neveronys 2016.
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In the second episode, Tim talks to Danielle Bernstein, entrepreneur and blogger behind @weworewhat. We're also joined by her longtime friend and Fohr Brand Communications Manager, Stephanie Rubin.
Recording from Danielle's downtown apartment, they talk about her recent milestone of reaching 2 million Instagram followers, how she began blogging and fashion designing, and ways she unwinds in between her many projects.
Danielle is the powerhouse behind the successful fashion brand Second Skin Overalls and We Wore What Swim collection for Onia. At 26, she made it on Forbes 30 Under 30.


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Q: Problems viewing indexes I've created a very simple index and now I just want to display the information of the index but I can't be able to do it for some reason... I know I have done it before but now I can't manage to. I've tried different methods but I just get errors (Invalid SQL statement). What I'm looking for is a view that is the same as I get when I do DESC Test_Table which like this:

I'm using Oracle Application Express.
The index I've created looks like this:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX Test_Index ON Test_Table(Attribute1, Attribute2)

I tried these different methods to display the index but none of them works
SELECT Test_Index FROM dba_indexes WHERE table_name='Test_Table';

"Table or view does not exist"
exec sp_helpindex Test_Table

"Invalid SQL statement"
SELECT * FROM sysindexes WHERE id = object_id('Test_Table')

"Table or view does not exist"
Why am I getting these errors?

A: Seems like you don't have privileges to view the dba_indexes. sysindexes don't exist on Oracle, only on SQL Server(from what I gather, anyway - I'm not versed in SQL Server)
The exec thing also is a SQL Server hangover.
Try querying user_indexes table –
select index_name from user_indexes
where table_name= 'TEST_TABLE'

Note that  SQL is case sensitive whenever something is quoted, so if you pass table name as 'Test_Table' it is likely to fail


Jay rejoined Cascadia Law Group after more than six years as Director of the Department of Ecology and Governor Gregoire's Chief of Staff. His practice focuses on environmental and energy issues. Jay provides consulting and legal services to clients involved in significant issues of public policy, major projects seeking government approval and/or funding and on difficult management challenges.
Jay has significant experience in all areas of environmental law and policy, including state, federal and local regulatory programs. He has worked extensively in administrative, judicial and legislative and congressional settings. His practice focuses on making clients successful in avoiding litigation and achieving positive outcomes on projects, policy improvements and important transactions.
From 2009 to July of 2011, Jay was Governor Gregoire's Chief of Staff, providing day to day management of an organization with over 100,000 employees and a biennial budget of over $30 B. In that role, Jay worked closely with the Governor on all aspects of state government, including budget development, achieving the Governor's policy and legislative agenda, all management issues, appointments and other personnel decisions, and political issues.
As Chief of Staff, Jay headed the Governor's Cabinet and Senior Staff and the Job Creation, Natural Resources, Health Care and Energy and Climate Sub-Cabinets.
Since 2011, Jay has provided foundational, launch, and ongoing critical support to the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a joint effort of the Governors of Washington, Oregon, and California, and the Premier of British Columbia. The PCC has emerged as a strong advocate for our "mega-region and global economic powerhouse, driven by innovation, energy, geographic location and sustainable resource management, attracting new jobs and investment while enhancing an already unparalleled quality of life."
In December 2015, on behalf of the Pacific Coast Collaborative, Jay attended the COP-21 UN Climate Talks, the international conference that resulted in the globally historic signing of the Paris Agreement to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so.
In 2013, Jay led the legislative team that achieved a conservation goal sought for twenty years: to secure authorization and funding for the acquisition of a beautiful 50,000 acre parcel of land in the Teanaway Valley. The Teanaway includes critically important terrestrial and riparian habitat, free flowing streams, and incredible recreational opportunities.
From 2005 to 2009, Jay was Director of the Department of Ecology, Washington's primary environmental agency. Leading a staff of 1500 and managing a biennial budget of almost $1.0 B, Jay focused on successfully managing water resources across Washington, leading the effort to restore and protect Puget Sound, and jump-starting Washington's efforts to limit emissions of greenhouse gases and prepare for those impacts of climate change that are unavoidable. Jay also spent significant time on water pollution, air pollution, waste management (with a special focus on reducing toxics in the environment) and environmental cleanup. Jay also continued his long history of holding the federal government accountable for cleaning up the Hanford site.
From 1998 to 2005, Jay was a partner with Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC, the predecessor to Cascadia Law Group. Major clients included Fortune 500 companies, local businesses, municipalities, and nonprofit groups. In 2004, Jay was the managing partner of Brown Reavis & Manning.
From 2000 to 2004, Jay was President of the Washington Environmental Council, serving as a leading representative of the environmental community on a number of significant legislative and policy issues.
From 1983 to 1998, Jay was an assistant attorney general, representing the Department of Ecology in all areas of environmental law. From 1993-1998, Jay headed the 30-person Ecology Division, leading the 18 attorneys and 12 staff members who provide legal services to the Department of Ecology.
In 1994, Jay worked closely with the then Attorney General Chris Gregoire to win a landmark Clean Water Act case in the United States Supreme Court. In PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. State of Washington, the Court ruled that states have legal authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate hydroelectric projects, breaking 60 years of unbroken precedent holding that State authority is preempted by the Federal Power Act.
In 1989, after four years of negotiations, Jay helped finalize the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement, a landmark agreement between the State of Washington, EPA and the federal Department of Energy, requiring a 30-year cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington. Jay has continued to work on Hanford issues, and during his time as Director of Ecology, a major new agreement was completed, accelerating key aspects of the cleanup that had been lagging behind schedule.
Jay is a Trustee of his alma mater Eastern Washington University, appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to a six-year term in November 2015.
Jay chaired the Columbia River Water Committee that in 2006 developed and help pass legislation that revolutionized water management in the Columbia Basin.
In 2016, Governor Inslee appointed Jay to Chair the Puget Sound Partnership. In 2007 and 2008, Jay co-chaired the Partnership with Bill Ruckelshaus; together they helped develop and legislation that created this new state agency responsible for ensuring that Puget Sound is restored to a healthy condition by 2020.
Jay led the Governor's Climate Action Team, charged with developing recommendations for how the state should address the looming challenge of global warming. The Team developed and helped enact legislation establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for Washington, and a number of other emission reduction, energy efficiency and climate change adaptation policies that are in place today.
Jay is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who Legal: Environment, and Thomson Reuters SuperLawyers.


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Justin Bieber says his drug addiction was so bad he felt like he was 'dying'
Justin Bieber has opened up about the "scary" depths of his drug addiction and the extraordinary measures he's taken to get healthy.
The Sun, staff writers
News Corp Australia NetworkFebruary 5, 20206:49am
Justin Bieber is set to release a documentary covering the past four years of his life away from touring....
Justin Bieber is set to release a documentary covering the past four years of his life away from touring.
Justin Bieber has opened up about the depths of his drug addiction and the measures he's taking to get healthy in a new documentary. Picture: YouTubeSource:YouTube
Justin Bieber has revealed his drug addiction was so bad he felt like he was "dying".
The pop star, 25, said he would smoke marijuana and pop pills as soon as he woke up.
He told how he was dependent on marijuana at 13 – and later took other drugs including a codeine-based cocktail plus MDMA and mushrooms, reports The Sun.
"My security were coming in at night to check my pulse," Bieber says in the YouTube documentary, Seasons.
"People don't know how serious it got. It was legit crazy, scary."
Bieber said he stopped as he feared he would die.
Justin Bieber, with wife Hailey, has opened up about his past drug addiction. Picture: Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images
His doctor Daniel Amen says "he was a wreck" when he first met the star in 2014.
Bieber also said that: "Anti-depressants help me get out of bed."
Bieber's recovery routine now includes a hyperbaric chamber and endures IV infusions to rid his body of toxins following years of drug abuse.
Hailey Bieber said people would think her pop star husband's hyperbaric chamber was just "rich people s**t". Picture: YouTubeSource:YouTube
The 25-year-old singer explained that he had been "struggling with a lot of anxiety" as he climbed into his own personal chamber during the 14-minute video.
"I've abused my body in the past and now I'm just in the recovery process trying to make sure I'm taking care of my body and taking care of the vessel that God's given me," he said.
In the documentary, Bieber explained how the hyperbaric chamber worked.
"It fills up with oxygen," he said.
"I really have been struggling with a lot of anxiety. You get more oxygen to your brain so it decreases your stress levels. It's pretty cool."
Justin Bieber has said his security were "checking" his pulse at nights when he was in the depths of his drug addiction. Picture: YouTubeSource:YouTube
Hailey Bieber has said her husband was "so sick". Picture: YouTubeSource:YouTube
Bieber's wife, Hailey, admitted that the couple has various chambers available for the singer to use at their house and in the studio.
"People are going to think he is a crazy person," she said. "People are going to be like, 'What is this contraption machine, that's some rich people s**t.'
Justin and Hailey Bieber on their wedding day. Picture: YouTubeSource:Supplied
"Mental health is so important to get on top of," Bieber added. "If you have ADHD if you have … something and you don't want to take medicine, I strongly believe in it."
The episode also documents him being diagnosed with Lyme disease after he was mistakenly told he was bipolar.
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Shannen Doherty's sad cancer news
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Justin Bieber with his mum, Pattie Mallette, and wife, Hailey. Picture: getty ImagesSource:Getty Images
He said: "It feels good to now know why I felt so crappy all this time."
Hailey Bieber added: "He just felt so sick and there was no explanation for what was going on."
Justin Bieber has struggled with addiction and mental health problems. Picture: YouTubeSource:YouTube
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Debut nonfiction account with all the ingredients for a rip-roaring guy's adventure yarn: deep-sea diving, big money, avarice, the allure of medieval Oriental history.
In the mid-1400s, a ship stocked with valuable Vietnamese ceramics sank into the South China Sea. Half a millennium later, an ingenious maritime archaeologist and a sharp-eyed Malaysian businessman figured out a way to recover the underwater treasure. The star of this tale is Oxford don Mensun Bound, host of Discovery TV's Lost Ships series. Maritime excavation is expensive, so Bound was delighted by the financial backing of Ong Soo Hin, whose interest, of course, was in eventually selling a portion of the recovered ceramics. (The ethical ambiguities of exporting antiquities to other countries shadow this story.) The author, who worked with Bound on this and numerous other projects, here comes off as knowledgeable and ardent, but not self-indulgent. The dive itself was historic, the deepest archaeological excavation anyone had ever undertaken. (It was also one of the most staggeringly expensive.) A particularly funny scene shows Bound explaining to a diving crew used to cruder salvage operations exactly what archaeological work entails: 12-hour shifts, in which the divers would have to be the archaeologists' "fingers and eyes," not only recovering as much material as possible but also noting where in the ship each piece came from. The text's emotional energy comes from the clash between disinterested academic research and profit-driven commerce; midway through the trip, Bound and Ong Soo Hin found themselves at odds. Readers will find themselves whipping through the last 100 pages, eager to know how—or if—those tensions were resolved.
Has "make me a movie" written all over it.


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May 30, 2014 | Alex Stevenson
Are the U.S. and U.K. Imperiling Nuclear Non-Proliferation by Sharing Atomic Secrets?
Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama
The United States now shares so many atomic secrets with Britain that many believe both countries are breaching the international treaty banning nuclear weapons proliferation, and risking the spread of warheads to other countries.
The "do as we say, not as we do" element of the U.S.-U.K. atomic cooperation is emboldening other countries with nuclear weapons capabilities that want to have the same kind of freedom to share atomic technology.
Article One of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) bans all countries that have nuclear weapons from transferring "to any recipient whatsoever" any weapon or control over any weapon "directly or indirectly."
David Lowry, former director of the European Proliferation Information Centre, told WhoWhatWhy that analysis of interpretative memoranda from the Foreign Office in the late 1960s reveals officials clearly intended the "indirectly" to cover the kind of activity now undertaken by Britain and America, i.e., the sharing of sensitive information about weapons, and not just the weapons themselves.
"You can see what they meant by those articles quite clearly," he says. "Once they got the non-nuclear states to sign up to it they backtracked and said, 'It doesn't apply to us'."
Where's the Weapons-Grade Uranium?
Supporters of rogue Pakistani nuclear proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan are now pointing to the British-American agreement to justify their country's right to share nuclear secrets more freely, Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think-tank, told WhoWhatWhy.Fitzpatrick visited Pakistan in May.
Thanks to Khan's past proliferation activities, Iran now has a uranium-enrichment complex based on the Pakistani model. And Khan is suspected of sharing enrichment technology with North Korea. It's still not clear whether he did so with the sanction of the government of Pakistan, which is—like Britain and America—an NPT signatory.
The depth of the U.S.-U.K. cooperation will doubtlessly be a focus at next year's review conference for the NPT. Nations that don't have nuclear capabilities are expected to be critical of the limited disarmament steps taken since the last summit in 2010.
A Double Standard
"The close collaboration between the U.S. and U.K. over their nuclear arsenals remains not only a breach of the spirit and letter of the NPT but a huge symbolic roadblock to disarmament," Kate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, told WhoWhatWhy.
"It is a useful barometer to ask: would the U.S. or U.K. tolerate other states doing the same? Of course the answer is no."
For decades Americans have been sharing their atomic secrets with the British. The Eisenhower administration approved the first Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA), allowing the U.S. to get its hands on Britain's civil-energy plutonium stockpile in 1958. Since then the nuclear partnership has continued unopposed. The latest version of the MDA is up for renewal later this year.
In terms of sheer numbers, both countries are slowly whittling down their nuclear arsenal. Last month, the U.S. government released the precise number of its nuclear weapons for the first time since September 2009: it's now at 4,804, down from 5,113. The British are currently reducing their stockpile to somewhere in the 120-160 range.
What's causing disarmament experts to worry is the extent to which technical knowledge is being shared between the U.S. and U.K. This is facilitated by a cross-Atlantic exchange of personnel. Paul Flynn, one of the few British legislators who has raised red flags about the collaboration, recently discovered that right now there are two staff from the U.S. Department of Defense in Britain. And there are 15 staff from the British Ministry of Defence in the U.S.
The Ever-Blurring Boundary
One cross-Atlantic project reaching an advanced stage is the design of what experts call the guts of the next-generation nuclear submarine. The core missile compartments, the cruise quarters and the main part of the command-and-control communications facilities within the submarine will all be identical in British and American subs.
"It's a deeper step than previously into a shared submarine capability," says Paul Ingram, executive director of the British-American Security Information Council, which advocates for non-proliferation.
That kind of cooperation ultimately saves a lot of money for both nations through shared development costs. France, which has a more independent nuclear weapons infrastructure, spends twice as much as the U.K. does for the same result.
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It's no surprise, therefore, that in a 2013 report from the Royal United Services Institute, the authors concluded that "collaboration between the two countries under the MDA has evolved to the extent that the boundary between the design and construction of U.K. and U.S. warheads has blurred."
This is why some believe the arrangement is now so deep it leaves both Britain and the U.S. in breach of the NPT. Lowry, formerly of the European Proliferation Information Centre, is among them.
"None of it is permissible in my view. For 40 years the U.S. and Britain have completely ignored that because it doesn't suit them," he told WhoWhatWhy.
Fitzpatrick, from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says the whole issue may not matter at the state-to-state level where diplomacy is conducted. He says: "No country that is considering proliferation would think about whether the U.S.-U.K. nuclear cooperation provides a precedent or an incentive or in any way would justify such proliferation."
The Proliferation of Distrust
And yet Fitzpatrick recounts how on a trip to Pakistan in May he found supporters of Khan citing the U.S.-U.K. relationship as an example of countries giving themselves the green light to go ahead.
The issue could very easily come up at next year's summit in New York to review the treaty, when tensions are likely to be running high over the failure of nuclear-armed countries to make much progress on disarmament. Heather Williams, an American research fellow at the think tank Chatham House, warns:
"Seeing nuclear weapons states cooperating further could ruffle some feathers with the non-nuclear states and exacerbate underlying trust issues."
That matters, because it's about more than just diplomacy. If the ongoing talks with Iran over its nuclear program break down, a country like Pakistan could well decide to help Middle Eastern states like Saudi Arabia get their own nuclear capabilities.
"We doubt they would do that," says Fitzpatrick. "There're many disincentives for Pakistan. But I suppose most worrisome is the possibility that retired Pakistan nuclear weapons scientists could be lured to Saudi Arabia."
With so much at stake, you'd expect this year's U.S.-U.K. renewal of the MDA to be a big deal in both countries.
We Won't Tell If You Won't
Why, then, has there been virtually no debate about this issue in either the Houses of Parliament in London or in Congress? The answer, Ingram believes, lies in credibility. Neither country wants to draw attention to the fact they are not fully independent nuclear states.
American interests, moreover, rely strongly on their extended nuclear deterrent: the idea that if any ally of the U.S. gets hit, the aggressor will have the U.S. to reckon with. "They do not want the Saudis to be deploying their own nuclear weapons—it gets out of control," Ingram says. "So they provide an extended nuclear deterrent, explicitly to their allies in NATO, and less explicitly to other allies."
The reasons may be more practical than that.
"It's proven to be mutually beneficial for both sides, both politically and financially, so there hasn't been a real need to raise it as an issue," American think-tank expert Williams says.
This year the renewal of the MDA will receive limited scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic. British opponents of the treaty expect it to be rushed through the House of Commons at the last possible moment, "at about 5 p.m. on the last day before Christmas." according to Flynn, the Labour Party veteran.
"We're living in an anti-democratic bubble as far as security and planning for weapons is concerned," he says. "It's a good idea, democracy. It started 2,500 years ago in Greece. It's coming in slow stages but it hasn't got through to the defense sector just yet."
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It is said that in 2013 (tho hidden by major media) Syria sank a German-built Israeli submarine surfacing with infiltrators, and Israel then dropped a mini-nuke (much smaller than Hiroshima) on Syria, here is the 2min. video 'Tactical nuclear strike on Homs', visibly a mushroom cloud, very chilling (tho film crew is pleased, shouting 'Allahu Akbar!'):
http://youtu.be/S–5_2EpsPc
Saudi Arabia is sometimes said to already have a Pakistani nuclear weapon, or at least an option on quick delivery of a few for which they have already 'paid' via past aid to Pakistan … US-UK nuclear 'proliferation' makes one immediately think of US-Israel. Fascinating recent discussions claim Israel's Dimona has secretly had huge problems, to the point that some of Israel's nuclear supply, esp. some mini-nukes (as perhaps in Homs video above), are just direct hand-overs from US inventory.
There are suggestions Israel itself may be a proliferator, brokering ex-South-African or USSR or even US nukes to North Korea etc, to help US regime stoke global military fires and chaos. Much interesting nuclear material on Veterans Today site (to be read with pinches of salt, but often quite intriguing).
Eshel Dapez says:
the very reason that why we are failed to control nukes in the world and it is
mainly because double standards possessed by the major powers. Apparently, there are high voices about countering proliferation but in reality nuclear
weapons represents in their self interests. How we should address the USA and
UK nuclear secret channel? Regarding Pakistan, I am unable to understand that why
country is an an apple's eye for every one. Why we always question about Pakistan nuclear assets. It is a time to stop being sceptical about Pakistan nuclear credential.
My take says:
First of all let me make you clear that Pakistan isn't a rogue state. Pakistan did more since 2012 to boost protection of its atomic-bomb fuel than any other nuclear-armed country, analysts at Nuclear Threat Initiative, a U.S.-based advocacy group. Also whatever Pakistan did was for its security purpose which cannot be denied at any cost when you are surrounded by nuclear neighbours around you. Finally, increasing the level of transparency and predictability between super powers is absolutely vital.
First of all USA was the country who actually supported the NPT and later on signed it but USA stance over the disarmament and arms control issues have always remained double standard. Pakistan is a state who got nuclearized by the efforts of Dr. A Q Khan a person who actually given a defensive capability to Pakistan. As long as the proliferation of nuclear material is concerned then government of Pakistan was not involved in this activity rather a group of foreign scientists and company asked Dr.Khan to join in with them to proliferate the nuclear material. But now that chapter has been closed. Secondly Pakistan is not a signatory to NPT so it is not bound to any non proliferation clause but still it is a state who has maintained its safety and security establishments according to international norms..


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Yes! Not kidding, JerryRig also showed in a 7-minute video more how he tested the durability of the Apple- made smartphone body by scratched, burned the screen, and the peak was to bend the smartphone sold starting from the price of US $ 1,099.
As usual, the first test is to scratch the iPhone Xs Max screen. Smartphone made by Apple with a 6.5-inch AMOLEDscreen apparently has a durability that is no different from most Android flagship smartphones in general.
Yes! The iPhone Xs Max in JerryRig's hands is only able to withstand the 6 Ohm pressure level. It seems clear, at this level the iPhone Xs Max screen starts to be slightly scratched. Worse, at a pressure of 7 Ohm, the scratches became clearer.
Strung with a stainless steel frame, it doesn't mean the iPhone Xs Max can't be scratched with a cutter. Evidently, a frame that protects the screen is also easily scratched. Likewise with the glass coating on the back panel and the glass that protects the two main camera lenses.
Even so, this smartphone must be recognized as having a solid body. Because to produce scratches in all modules tested, it must be done with high pressure. This also proves that Apple has designed its latest iPhone body well and perfectly.
Enter the next extreme test, which burns the iPhone Xs Max AMOLED screen. Very surprisingly, when burned in about 1 more minute, the iPhone Xs Max screen in JerryRig's hands did not cause black spots at all.
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Cigarette Smoking In The U.S. Continues To Fall
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen from 21 percent of the adult population in 2005 to 15 percent in 2015, when the agency conducted its latest survey. The smoking rate fell by 1.7 percentage points between …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen from 21 percent of the adult population in 2005 to 15 percent in 2015, when the agency conducted its latest survey. The smoking rate fell by 1.7 percentage points between 2014 and 2015 alone — a substantial decline, according to a report Thursday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Smokers light up less when cigarettes are more expensive. So, more smokers may have been nudged to quit after the federal government increased tobacco taxes by 62 cents a pack in 2009. California voters approved a $2 a pack tax on Election Day, so rates there are likely to fall further.
"Raising the tobacco tax is probably the single most effective way to reduce smoking, especially among kids," says Vincent Willmore, vice president for communication at the Center for Tobacco Free Kids. That organization and other public health advocates pressed for passage of the California tobacco tax. "The California vote was a huge victory for kids and health," he says.
The tax will not only discourage people from purchasing cigarettes, it will also fund a renewed anti-smoking effort in the state, Willmore says.
While that initiative won, tobacco control advocates lost similar efforts in Colorado and North Dakota.
The story was topsy-turvy in Missouri, where the tobacco industry actually supported a 17-cent-per-pack tax, while advocates opposed it as too little to discourage smoking. Voters in Missouri rejected that tax.
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. The CDC says it's linked to 40 percent of all cancer cases, and 30 percent of cancer deaths. The government is striving to reduce smoking rates to 12 percent of the adult population by the year 2020, and is making progress toward that goal.
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Navajo president pushes for gaming loan
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. urged the Navajo Nation Council to approve a $100 million line of credit to finance the tribe's gaming operation.
Shirley said conditions for a loan are favorable right now. Further delays could risk the tribe's gaming plans, he told council delegates during his annual State of the Navajo Nation address.
"Right now, interest rates are very favorable to the Nation, but obviously, the longer we delay the more we run the risk that the rates will increase to the detriment of the Nation," he said.
The council has weighed the issue twice but has not made a decision.
Shirley urges importance of gaming, credit line in State of the Nation address (The Farmington Daily Times 10/16)
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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Perform Suspiria (Live)
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Disorientating, unsettling live soundtrack to a classic 70s Italian horror film
Suspiria is probably the pinnacle of giallo filmmaking (a heavily stylised subgenre of Italian horror cinema). A gloriously grotesque tale of murder and witches in a remote ballet school told via swathes of vivid colours and striking set pieces, sometimes rejecting logic in favour of meticulously crafted imagery. Director Dario Argento's masterpiece. But an integral part of its capacity to shock and enthral lies in the startling soundtrack from prog rockers Goblin.
Performed live by founding member Claudio Simonetti and his new band, it's even more powerful and disorientating. The soundtrack is still unsettling and creepy with the musicians positioned in front of the big screen. The title track, a motif that recurs throughout the movie, is a mini-masterpiece of terror: a warped nursery rhyme that trembles with echoing bass. Towards the climax the music builds to a cacophony of clashing cymbals, discordant guitar riffs and sharp synths.
Admittedly Suspira does look a bit dated and some of the acting is kinda creaky but it's still a visually stunning piece of work. Accompanied by an almost note-perfect rendition of the original score, composed by Simonetti back in 1977, bringing the music to the fore proves how integral the soundtrack is in setting the mood and tone of any film.
Summerhall, 6 Aug, 8.50pm (Goblin also perform a 'Greatest Hits' set at 5.30pm), £26.
Goblin Perform Suspiria (Live) – 40th Anniversary
One Inch Badge The Italian horror soundtrack maestro Claudio Simonetti and his band Goblin perform their classic 1977 score live to a screening of the famous Dario Argento film Suspiria (celebrating 40 years). In 1975, Goblin were called in by director Argento as a replacement for Giorgio Gaslini on his film Profondo…
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The job of preserving the Marathi language and culture is left to the old.
One house in the hills of Ramot in Northwest Jerusalem stands out from others. On its lawn, the Indian tricolor takes its place alongside the blue and white flag of Israel. Inside the house lives a portly, friendly, Marathi Jew named Noah Massil and his wife Sybia.
Now 65, the one time Mumbai electrician, and long time president of the Central Organization of Indian Jews, immigrated to Israel in 1970. Most of the Maharashtra-rooted Bene Israel community, to which Massil belongs, came here on the heels of Israel's victorious Six Day War in 1967. They are by far the largest of the three Indian émigré groups that together number around 75,000. Jews from Cochin and the Baghdadis from Calcutta mainly, are the other two. There are perhaps 30,000 Bene Israel, but estimates vary. Some put the figure much higher.
New jobs were opening up with the expanded economy, and for the religious, it was a chance to fulfill the exilic longing of Passover: Next year in Jerusalem.
Acceptance took a while. Eventually, the rabbinate backed off, and the Bene Israel earned the reputation as a hard working people. They began as textile workers in Dimona. Many are now dock-workers in Ashdod, with the younger generation increasingly surrendering to the allure of high-tech.
Massil estimates that as many as 80% of the Bene Israel still marry within the community, a high figure for Israel, where the intermingling of Jews from all over world is facilitated by the public school system, the learning of Hebrew and military service.
"We publish seasonal stories, first person stories, poems about India and about Israel," he says.
In 1996, a delegation from the International Marathi Speakers Conference arrived in Jerusalem, along with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, to honor Massil for his efforts in keeping the Marathi language alive among Indians abroad. Massil still glows over the certificate that hangs on his wall over the piano.
In Israel, that is understandable. Hebrew is more than just the national language. It was resurrected from Biblical times by Jewish settlers in the early twentieth century. Synonymous with Jewish liberation, it has evolved into a quasi-mystical entity that is very hard to compete with. There are no Marathi classes in Israel, even in places like Ashdod, where the Bene Israel community is strong. The young are too busy assimilating. The job of preserving the Marathi language and culture is left to the old.


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Fossil's Q Founder Smartwatch Now Available Starting at $275
By: Todd R. Weiss | November 25, 2015
The Q Founder, which has a touch-screen display and runs on Android Wear, is being sold in selected Fossil stores and at Fossil.com.
Fossil's Q Founder smartwatch, which was announced in October, is available now in select Fossil stores and at Fossil.com starting at $275.
The Q Founder, which is the company's first touch-screen-equipped timepiece, features an Intel Atom processor, 4GB of internal storage, a 400mAh battery with an expected 24 hours of use on a charge and a 1.81-inch tall, 0.51-inch thick stainless steel case. The Q Founder runs on the Android Wear operating system and is compatible with Android devices running Android 4.4 or above and iOS 8 or above on Apple iPhone 5 or later models.
The Q Founder also includes a three-axis accelerometer and a three-axis gyroscope and Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy connectivity. The smartwatch includes an activity tracker, outside temperature display, a timer, text and voice capabilities, and notifications for texts, emails, appointments, flights, calls and more. The timepiece weighs 2.54 ounces and meets IP67 water resistance standards.
The watch also allows users to swap digital faces to change the appearance of the timepiece for any occasion. Users can download new watch faces as they are released.
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The Q Founder was the result of a collaboration between Fossil, Intel and Google.
The smartwatch works with Fossil's new Q Activity app, which gives users a wide range of information about their physical activities, including how many calories they've burned. It will also work with a user's other favorite fitness apps such as Google Fit, Health, UP by Jawbone and UA Record by Under Armour. The Q Notifications component of the app provides updates about social media alerts, important calls or upcoming meetings, and more. A Q Curiosity component of the app alerts users that it's time to break free from their routines and try something different in their communities, work or activities, according to Fossil.
"Technology is a major disruptor in many industries right now—even fashion," Jill Elliott-Sones, chief creative officer of Fossil, said in a statement. "But to successfully merge the two, you need to have the fashion design expertise and focus on it first. Thanks to its ability to pair with both iOS and Android devices, and the personalization opportunities it brings, we're more accessible to more people, and able to complement even the most unique personal styles."
Fossil announced the Q Founder in October as part of its new Fossil Q line, which also includes two models of stylish fitness bands and an analog wristwatch that connects to a wearer's smartphone via Bluetooth for alerts.
The Q Grant watch is an analog wristwatch that can connect to a wearer's smartphone using Bluetooth to give alerts for messages, emails, calls and more. It also can provide fitness tracking and apps news for wearers. Key contacts can be given a specific color to alert users when their calls and messages come in, and vibrations alert the wearer when those contacts are calling or messaging. Two LED indicators are located on either side of the watch, providing color-coded notifications. The Q Grant analog watch, which went on sale Oct. 25, is priced from $175 to $195.
Fossil's two fitness bands, the Q Reveler and the Q Dreamer, are both designed to be worn by men or women. The Q Reveler can keep track of how far its wearer runs and can notify the user when incoming calls or messages are received from people and apps notifications that are important to them, according to Fossil. The Q Reveler notifies the wearer of incoming alerts via a subtle nudge and color LEDs.
The other band, the Q Dreamer, is a fitness tracker that looks more like a stylish bracelet and offers both a leather band for work and a silicone band for physical activities, according to Fossil. The Q Dreamer also features vibrating alerts and customized color notifications for key contacts and apps. Both went on sale Oct. 25 for $125 each.
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