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Karen Herrera-Ferrá, MD, MA lives in Mexico City and founded the Mexican Association of Neuroethics. She has a Post-doctorate in Neuroethics (Neuroethics Studies Program at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics (PCCB) at Georgetown University), a MA on Clinical Psychology, and an MD. She also has a Certificate on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and another one on History of Religions. She has a one-year fellowship on Psychosis and another on OCD. She is currently a PhD Candidate on Bioethics. On May 2016 she developed a national project to formally introduce and develop neuroethics in her country. The main focus of this project is to depict and include national leaders in mental health, interested in neuroethics, so to inform and divulge this discipline among scholars and society. She also works as a mental health clinician in a private hospital, lectures in different hospitals and Universities in Mexico and is an Affiliated Scholar of the Neuroethics Studies Program at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics PCCB at Georgetown University. Her interests and research focus on two main topics: recurrent violent behavior and globalization of neuroethics in Latin America.
Arleen Salles, Senior Researcher, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Sweden, Task leader and research collaborator in the Ethics and Society subproject (SP12) of the EU-flagship Human Brain Project, Director of the Neuroethics Program at CIF (Centro de Investigaciones Filosoficas) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr. Laura Cabrera is Assistant Professor of Neuroethics at the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. She is also Faculty Affiliate at the National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia. Laura Cabrera's interests focus on the ethical and societal implications of neurotechnology, in particular when use for enhancement purposes as well as for treatments in psychiatry. She has been working on projects at the interface of conceptual and empirical methods, exploring the attitudes of professionals and the public toward pharmacological and brain stimulation interventions, as well as their normative implications. Her current work also focuses on the ethical and social implications of environmental changes for brain and mental health. She received a BSc in Electrical and Communication Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico City, an MA in Applied Ethics from Linköping University in Sweden, and a PhD in Applied Ethics from Charles Sturt University in Australia. Her career goal is to pursue interdisciplinary neuroethics scholarship, provide active leadership, and train and mentor future leaders in the field.
The impact of scientific brain research and the effects of neurotechnology on human beings as biological and moral beings is increasingly felt in medicine and the humanities around the world. Neuroethics attempts to offer a collective response to the ethical issues raised by rapidly developing science and to find new answers to age-old philosophical questions. A growing number of publications show that the field has disseminated to many countries, including developing countries (1-3). Mindful that ethical issues are typically shaped by the interplay of science and society, there has been a recent emphasis on the need for a more culturally and socially sensitive field and a call for a wider and more inclusive neuroethics: a “cross cultural” “global” or “international” neuroethics (4). While the sentiment is good, what exactly a more inclusive neuroethics entails is not necessarily clear. Does it entail just recognizing the need for the field to be more aware of existing disparities in brain and mental health issues and their treatment in different regions? Does it entail recognizing the global scope of neuroethical problems? Or possibly working towards a common, unified approach to neuroethical issues that incorporates different viewpoints and methods?
While increased awareness of the scope of international issues is easier to accomplish, such awareness is less impactful if not followed by some kind of action. But if action is needed, the issue becomes: what is the moral framework that should guide it? More fundamentally, is there a unified moral framework that will allow us to address neuroethical issues in their cultural and social contexts? While the search for a unified framework might sound promising, its existence is not without difficulties. It requires rethinking usual approaches and ethical frameworks, making us aware of local context as a critical element when addressing the issues, and considering history and prevalent socio-cultural traditions that might play a key role in shaping people’s attitudes towards neuroscience, the questions it raises, and the potential ways to resolve them. This requires a good deal of conceptual work on issues such as how to understand notions of culture and difference and the potential stereotypical understanding of the values and beliefs of different groups. It also requires examination of the moral weight of particularities in order to ensure that inclusivity recognizes differences but at the same time does not overstate their impact or otherwise promotes further separation of other cultures.
As we show next by focusing on some Latin American particularities, this is still a challenge.
Latin America is a vast and multi-ethnic territory, rich in cultural traditions and histories that vary from country to country. Thus, it is difficult to talk about Latin American values and beliefs in a generalized way. This becomes evident if we focus on topics such as the brain-mind relation, approaches to research and technology development or adoption, as well as approaches to mental health and brain diseases.
In general, people’s views on brain health, mental health, and mental well-being are shaped by historical, social, cultural, political, and even economic considerations and they typically influence each specific culture’s attitude towards the use of neuroscience and neurotechnology for diagnosis, treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, and academic concerns (such as the discussion of neuro-enhancement). The same happens in Mexico and Argentina. In addition to economic and political considerations that clearly impact people’s perceptions, there are medical, cultural, and/or social factors that impact people’s perceptions and shape their ethical priorities in a way left unaddressed in much mainstream neuroethical literature.
a) Medical and Scientific: Both Mexico and Argentina are not only consumers of advanced neuroscientific techniques and neurotechnological tools in the clinical and research areas (e.g. Genomics, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Deep Brain Stimulation, Transcranial Electric Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) (5-12) but also producers of neuroscientific research (13,14). Importantly, while both countries share global medical priorities, such as the correct diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson Diseases, there are additional local relevant neuropsychiatric priorities. For instance, in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil, etc., brain parasites accounts for up to 30% of epilepsy’s etiology (15).
b) Cultural: Another important issue is how mental health and wellbeing are perceived and addressed locally. For example in Mexico, the mix of western and pre-Hispanic philosophies has been an important factor in leading many patients to consider going to a priest or a Chamán before consulting a psychologist or a psychiatrist (16). On the other hand, in Argentina, the prevalence of a psychoanalytic culture often results in people visiting psychoanalysts rather than psychiatrists (1). Indeed, the discipline of psychology, particularly in its psychoanalytic form is part of the everyday landscape and has shaped the language and beliefs of a significant portion of the population (1, 2).
c) Social/practical: When thinking of a global, cross-cultural or international neuroethics it is key to consider international collaborations. This requires reflection of the day-to-day practical considerations of carrying crossborder collaborations. Cultural differences bring challenges in terms of different bureaucratic hurdles. In some locations, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) might work quite differently, in terms of the expertise of their members, the number of meetings they have, the information requested for protocols that might not involve clinical research. In fact, in some places IRBs might not even exist. There might be places where collaboration with certain countries only occurs in certain research areas, but not so much in the field of neuroethics. In order to develop fruitful international collaboration to better understand neuroethical issues from a cross-cultural perspective more needs to be done to address those more day-to-day practical considerations.
A continuous discussion around what it means to do global, international, or cross-cultural neuroethics has many merits: a better understanding of cultural relevant practices, beliefs, and concerns will strengthen neuroethics goals beyond the few countries where it has flourished. Yet much conceptual and groundwork remains to be done to respectfully learn from different cultures and promote frameworks that advance the local and global goals of neuroethics.
Careful reflection on cultural diversity, what it means, how it shapes the perception of neuroscience, neurotechnology and mental health, and how respect for cultural diversity might unintentionally lead to stigma and discrimination of “different others” is a necessity.
Such reflection will hopefully enrich a ‘global neuroethics.' This is however, a work in progress that starts from a re-evaluation from global concepts to clinical and research contextual challenges.
1. Salles A. Neuroethics in a "psy" world. The case of Argentina. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2014;23(3):297-307.
2. Salles A. Neuroethics in Context: The Development of the Discipline in Argentina. In: Johnson L. S. M. RK, editor. The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics. New York, NY: Routledge; 2018.
3. Buniak L, Darragh M, Giordano J. A four-part working bibliography of neuroethics: part 1: overview and reviews--defining and describing the field and its practices. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2014;9:9.
4. Lombera S, Illes J. The international dimensions of neuroethics. Dev World Bioeth. 2009;9(2):57-64.
5. Morales-Marín ME, Genis-Mendoza AD, Tovilla-Zarate CA, Lanzagorta N, Escamilla M, et al. Association between obesity and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism Val66Met in individuals with bipolar disorder in Mexican population. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016; 25 (12):1843-8.
6. San-Juan D, Sarmiento CI, Hernandez-Ruiz A, Elizondo-Zepeda E, Santos-Vázquez G. Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: A Potential Risk for Genetic Generalized Epilepsy Patients (Study Case). Front Neurol. 2016; 28 (7): 213.
7. Alvarado-Alanis P, León-Ortiz P, Reyes-Madrigal F, Favila R, Rodríguez-Mayoral O, et al. Abnormal white matter integrity in antipsychotic-naïve first-episode psychosis patients assessed by a DTI principal component analysis. Schizophr Res. 2015; 162(1-3):14-21.
8. Piedimonte F, Andreani JC, Piedimonte L, Micheli F, Graff P, et al. Remarkable clinical improvement with bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation in a case of Lesch-Nyhan disease: five-year follow-up. Neuromodulation. 2015; 18 (2).
9. Bendersky D, Ajler P, Yampolsky C. [The use of neuromodulation for the treatment of tremor]. Surg Neurol Int. 2014; 5 (5): S232-46.
10. Fisher RS, Velasco A. Electrical brain stimulation for epilepsy. Nat Rev Neurol. 2014; 10 (5): 261-70.
11. Piedimonte F, Andreani JC, Piedimonte L, Graff P, Bacaro V, et al. Behavioral and motor improvement after deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus externus in a case of Tourette's syndrome. Neuromodulation. 2013; 16 (1):55-8.
12. Rocha L. Interaction between electrical modulation of the brain and pharmacotherapy to control pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Pharmacol Ther. 2013; 138 (2): 211-28.
15. World Health Organization. WHO, 2017. Recovered November 2nd 2017, from WHO: http://www.who.int/taeniasis/epidemiology/en.


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S&G Response has appointed Charles Layfield as its new chairman.
Layfield has had a career in law that spans over twenty years, including almost a decade at Pannone Solicitors, where has was an equity partner. He has held various leadership positions, including the CEO of UK’s largest and leading legal network, Connect2Law, and the COO of Pannone Affinity. Layfield was instrumental in the creation of the Pannone Affinity brand, which principally focused on the delivery of a wide range of legal services to the customers of a number of major national blue chip UK brands.
In 2013 Layfield joined the BGL Group, which is most recognised for its comparethemarket brand. Layfield was a member of the executive team that oversaw the operation of both claims intermediary ACM and Minster Law before progressing to be appointed as a board director of Minster Law in 2014.
Following the successful completion of the corporate restructure that saw Minster Law sold by BGL Group to its parent company BHL UK Limited, and the conclusion of the transformation of Minster Law in late 2016, Layfield will continue as a non-executive board director but is also now taking up the position of chairman at S&G Response to help shape the strategic direction of the accident management company.

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Previous borehole investigations showed clayey silt overburden, weak red brown volcanic tuff, weathered brown andesitic rock and sound grey andesite with loose alluvial deposits of sand and gravel in the shallow river channel. No major faults were encountered. Earthquakes and seismic activity are anticipated.
On September 10, 1994, a major tropical storm Debbie hit the island of St. Lucia. The topography of the island resulted in high density rainfall over the centre of the island, in the headwaters of the major rivers, causing widespread flooding and damage. The partially constructed Roseau Dam was overtopped forming a breach 40 m wide by 15 m deep in the rockfill, delaying completion of the water supply dam by approximately six months. Two bulldozers, which had been parked on the dam crest, were carried approximately 0.5 km downstream during the overtopping and breaching event. Elsewhere on the island five bridges were lost and four damaged, the airport was flooded and closed temporarily, four deaths were attributed to the storm, 100 homes were destroyed, and approximately 1000 landslides occurred.
During the 1994 storm, the rainfall gauge nearest to the Roseau Dam catchment area recorded a maximum 1 hour rainfall intensity of 125 mm/h which was in excess of a 1000 year return period storm and well beyond the probable maximum precipitation for which the completed dam and spillway were designed.
The compacted rockfill dam and concrete spillway are founded on bedrock. The height is about 45 m, the crest length is 200 m, and the rockfill volume is 197,000 m . A temporary horseshoe shaped diversion tunnel with overhead rock anchor support was cut through andesitic rock on the west abutment. Compacted earthfill cofferdams were used to develop temporary upstream and downstream working areas. Earthworks involved access roads, slope stabilization, drainage ditches, downstream river channelization, rock quarry blasting and crushing, an upstream grout curtain beneath the concrete plinth, aggregate production for rockfill, drainage filters and cast-in-place concrete. The Roseau Dam reconstruction was completed in October 1995 and it is part of a larger water supply project on the island (C$56M).
Excavation Contractor: C.O. Williams Company Ltd.
Quarry Drilling and Blasting: Drillex Inc.
Crusher and Concrete Plant: Bimillenium Repair Services Inc.
GeoEngineering Review: Sarafinchin Associates Ltd.
Project Services: Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology, Design Review of Dam and Dam Site Reconstruction Monitoring.

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You may need heard from someone that exotic pets or so-referred to as wild animals are illegal to personal as pets, but this is precisely like saying it’s illegal to hunt animals. Most people in the reptile group care deeply for their pets but all people needs to judge all of us based on a number of bad pet homeowners when there are tens of millions of us going above and past to take care of our pets and keep everybody protected. Angela S. – Thank for helping the homeless n their pets.. Looking at these folks and figuring out they aren’t worthless as their pets will attest to, should encourage folks to reexamine the homeless.. No. Human. Surrender fees vary based on your handle, as different areas and municipalities have different policies concerning stray animal care and funding. Eggsploiters confer with pets who reside in an egg” whereas in your stock until you summon them into the world.
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Mr Ivy mailed ten greeting cards, each to a person who was a stranger to the others. None of them had ever met, and short of this greeting card, they may have never made contact. The man who mailed them, did a few unusual things to ensure that did not happen.
In each card, on the inside, the man included the name and address, of one of the other people in each card, with the edition of one word. His plan, was to gently nudge these people to connect with one another. After mailing the cards, he got in his red suv, and left town.
In addition to this, he did include one other thing, an explanation. It was that incentive, that insured the people would reach out to one another. It was the promise that if all the people came together, and put the phrase in the right order, they would find a fortune to share.
The first person the man reached out to, was Sam, a former accountant, in a difficult time of his life. His company had went bust, he had lost everything, and was planning on spending a very sad Christmas. That’s probably why he was the first person to reach out.
He mailed a note to Edna Haynes. She was a waitress with two children. A widow, she had lost her husband in the military. The hope of something better caused her to reach out, but not to Sam.
The name in her card was Charlie, a retired postal worker on a limited income. He volunteered in the community, and was happy. Charlie didn’t care about money for himself, but he knew that a fortune, even a part of it, would help a lot of people. So he reached out to Grace.
Grace was a teacher, just starting out. She had a huge amount of student loans to deal with, and a world to conquer. She was bright, optimistic, and totally exhausted. Extra funds would help, so we she reached out to Clara.
Clara was the owner of a small beauty shop, and a grandmother. The money could take her and the family on a much needed vacation. She reached out as well, to Heather.
Heather was a detective. She worked long hours, and worked hard, but she was lonely. Like Clara, she could use a vacation. Also like Clara, she didn’t have the money. So she reached out.
The others were Ken, a librarian, Deborah an insurance agent, Mike a contractor, and Paul a young Minister. Each had a reason to reach out to the others, and Harry knew it. Soon, all of them had gathered for a meeting.
They put the ten words together, “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave…” Obviously the phrase fit this way, except it didn’t lead to a fortune. They wondered if someone was playing a practical joke on them.
They talked for awhile. Ken discovered that he and Grace had went to the same college. Charlie had delivered mail on Clara’s street for years, but they had never met.
Mike dined at the restaurant where Edna worked, being a bachelor who didn’t cook. Finally Deborah and Sam lived in the same building. So there was some connections, but they couldn’t find anything, or anyone who connected them all together.
The ten agreed, and asked each other what they should do until Christmas Day. While they were tempted to go the next day, they all agreed that most likely, whatever was going to be available, wouldn’t be there until Christmas.
The funny thing was, while none of them went to the store early, they also didn’t go back to their individual lives. Paul and Heather ended up talking for awhile, and exchanging numbers. They told themselves it was to keep a lookout for any strange sightings near that area until Christmas.
Sam and Deborah seemed to notice each other more when they ran into each other at the apartment building. Charlie showed up at Clara’s shop to cut his hair, and asked her out. He said he was too old to make a big excuse, he wanted to see her.
Mike and Edna talked every time he went in the restaurant. Ken and Grace started talking too. The original topic of conversation had been the mystery gift. The more time each of them talked, the more they found in common. Before they knew it, each found something in the other that they realized they were missing.
By Christmas Day, where there had been ten individuals, there were five couples. The Minister and the Detective had started dating. Everyone at Paul’s Church was glad to see the new visitor sitting on the back row, and watch as she moved a little closer each week. They also noticed the smile when Paul looked that way.
Along the way, love wasn’t all that happened. Mike hired Sam to help with his books. Edna, her kids, and Mike started volunteering with Charlie’s charities. Ken and Grace both bought insurance from Deborah. In fact, the group ended up connecting with love, business, friendship, and faith.
Deborah wasn’t the only one that Paul welcomed into his Church. Over time, because each liked Paul, they found their way to the Church. Even those who had resisted at first, found themselves wanting to go to hear Paul.
With the group’s blessing, at the special Christmas Eve Service, he even told the story to the Church members of how they met. As he was telling it, he hit upon the one thing that none of them had taken time consider.
After Christmas Eve service, they all went to dinner. During that dinner, it was decided, they would arrive at the store at noon. Each had plans for Christmas, Sam was meeting Deborah’s friends. Paul was introducing Heather to his parents.
Charlie and Clara were serving Christmas Dinner at the shelter. Mike was taking Edna and the kids on a sleigh ride. Each couple had plans, and they weren’t going to make Christmas about greed.
So at noon, actually a few minutes late, they all gathered to the front door of the store True. They looked around for anyone, or anything, and at first, they saw an empty street. After about ten minutes, it was starting to snow pretty well, and they were almost ready to leave.
In it were ten greeting cards, nearly identical copies of the ones they had previously received. The one difference, was each had been given a check for 25,000. The ten just stood there, flabbergasted.
Each of them recognized the name on the check. They called out to see if anyone answered, but no one did. There was no one hiding in the store. So one by one, they wrote a thank you note, put it in the box, and left the store.
The ten of them went out for lunch. Heather had the precinct run the name of the person, and her suspicions were correct. Edward Ivy was the owner of True. He had packed up, and moved to Alaska the first of December, after selling his store for a huge profit.
Charlie had been his mailman. Deborah was his insurance agent. Paul was his Pastor. He knew he was moving, but they hadn’t talked about Edward’s store. Like Mike, the widower dined where Edna worked. Sam used to mow Edward’s yard when he was a teenager.
Edward had taught a business class at the local college, where Ken and Grace had both attended. Like Charlie did now, Edward got his hair cut at Clara’s. Heather had once helped catch a thief once that burglarized Edward’s store before she was a detective. They all had been strangers to each other, but not to Mr. Ivy.
They never knew what sparked the old store owner to take interest in them. Or how he convinced the new store owners to let him play Santa on Christmas Day. What they did know was this, he had made their lives better, asking nothing in return.
Edward Ivy knew why. He had wanted to give these people, who he had seen kindness and determination in, a Christmas present. He had been blessed, and wanted to bless others, especially on the day all remembered The Greatest Gift.
He did wonder one thing. Maybe one day he’d send them a card and ask? Did any of them notice the little partridge in a pear tree, engraved on the door of that little decorative mail box?

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The Australian School of Performing Arts, incorporating the Australian Girls Choir and ASPA Education, specialises in delivering high quality performing arts education to students and young people in a range of educational and community settings. We believe in the power of the performing arts to motivate, inspire and engage people of all ages and abilities.
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industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Peel and dice the apples into small chunks. In a saucepan, add the apples and sugar with a small splash of water. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger and simmer for around 10 – 15 minutes until the apple pieces are soft. If the saucepan looks like it’s drying out, just add another splash of water while it’s cooking.
Remove from the heat and divide the apple chunks into four mugs. In the same saucepan, add the cider and heat until just before boiling point.
Tip: Add whipped cream on top for a little extra indulgence or a cinnamon stick to garnish.

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Publisher: Calgary, Alta. : Detselig Enterprises, c1996.
Characteristics: 320 p. :,ill., ports. ;,24 cm.
Bush Pilots — Canada — History.
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So in a lecture Rowan Williams, admittedly in a display of "political ineptitude", makes some carefully reasoned and apparently reasonable (if obfuscatory) suggestions about how a single, unitary legal system (same laws for every citizen) might accommodate a diversity of religious and cultural practices on "certain carefully selected matters". Then what happens?
For a thoughtful analysis we can turn to David Field. Inane reactions are less difficult to find: "Arch enemy: bash the bishop ... in a damning You The Jury poll [b]y last night, 14,683 had called for his dismissal. Just 631 said he should stay", "barrage of criticism", "fatuous remarks".
And we turn up our noses when some Muslims react violently to an academic lecture by the Pope.
So my advice to Dr Williams, if he is reading, is this: keep it simple. If you can't make your point in half a dozen monosyllabic words, just don't say anything. Don't expect us to make an effort really to understand you. We won't. And be warned: if you get it wrong, we might form a mob and stone you (albeit with sponges).


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Employers must be aware of what they can and cannot ask.
it illegal for any employer to inquire about a job applicant’s salary history.
This follows a law signed last year which precluded government employers from asking these same questions. The new law states that employers cannot “rely on the salary history of an applicant in determining the salary, benefits, or other compensation for such applicant during the hiring process, including the negotiation of a contract.” The law broadly defines “to inquire” and includes questions to the applicant, the applicant’s current or former employer, or other employees of that employer. It also broadly defines “salary history” to include wages, benefits, or other compensation. The law does not preclude questions about revenue or productivity generated for the applicant’s prior employer. It also notes that employers can ask questions concerning salary expectations. Employers may also consider salary history if the applicant voluntarily and without prompting discloses that information. Employers should have a system in place to document and confirm the applicant’s voluntary disclosure of this information.
Violations of this law could be reported to New York City’s Commission on Human Rights, which can impose fines of up to $250,000 per violation.
A similar bill is currently before the New York State Senate, having already passed the State Assembly. We will continue to monitor this legislation and provide updates.
Contact Feldman Kieffer today to discuss your hiring policies.


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Hugo's Appliances in Melrose, MA is an authorized dealer of Hotpoint Products. Hotpoint has been around since 1918 and has launched many appliance industry firsts such as the first all-white, fully enameled electric range, electric "moistureless" clothes dryer, refrigerator on wheels. They also introduced the first 90 Day Replacement Guarantee of Satisfaction that allows any customer who is not satisfied with the performance of a Hotpoint appliance to replace it with a comparable model. They also brought in the first low-speed agitation clothes washer making it possible to machine wash clothing such as delicate lingerie, synthetics and cashmere sweaters which previously had to be washed by hand.
So if you are looking for Hotpoint products in Melrose, Malden, Medford, Wakefield, Stoneham, Everett, Saugus, Revere, Reading, Winchester and Arlington, or if you have any questions about Hotpoint products, please feel free to call us at (781) 665-5310 or simply stop by Hugo's Appliances at any time and we would be glad to help you.

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Thermal coal exports through the US Gulf of Mexico are set to double two years in a row, producing the largest jumps in exports from any US region in the same period.
Coal through the Gulf in the first eight months of the year came to over 12.1 million mt, up 94.2% compared with over 6.2 million mt in the same time span last year.
Exports throughout 2017 totaled over 10.6 million mt, up 93% from 2016 when more than 5.5 million mt was exported through the Gulf.
Exports through the US Western states for the first eight months totaled less than 7.9 million mt, up 34.5% from 2017 with less than 5.9 million mt in the same period.
Northern exports totaled more than 349,000 mt, down 9.2% from the prior year with less than 385,000 mt during the first eight months.
From the East Coast, thermal coal exports in the first eight months of 2018 totaled over 10.3 million mt, up 22% from 2017 with less than 8.5 million mt.
In 2017 exports from the Eastern states were over 4 million mt more than exports from the Gulf; however, shipments through the Gulf this year have jumped ahead. Through August, thermal coal exports from the Gulf are over 2 million mt more than exports shipped through the East Coast.
Most of the coal exports, approximately 11 million mt, were shipped from the New Orleans census district, while the Houston district came in distant second with less than 768 thousand mt shipped.
The weekly assessed FOB New Orleans 6,000 kcal/kg NAR price for thermal coal, which S&P Global Platts began tracking in April, peaked at $70.50/st on October 5 and July 20.
Exports from the New Orleans census district had a year high of less than 1.7 million mt of coal in July, as well, and a low of $58.42/st from April to May alongside 1 million mt in exports, the eight month low for New Orleans district exports.
India beat out the Netherlands as the main destination for thermal coal through the Gulf, receiving over 2 million mt of US exports compared to the Netherlands 1.7 million mt in the first eight months of 2018.
Since 2014, the Netherlands had been the main destination of coal shipped from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Platts FOB US Gulf Coast thermal marker for 11,500 Btu/lb GAR coal $65.55/st on Tuesday.
The price reached a high point of $68.63/st on July 11, the month with the largest number exports, 1.8 million mt, from the Gulf in the first eight months of the year.
Since Sunday 10 vessels carrying coal have left ports in the Gulf, according to Platts Analytics Tuesday.
Three of the vessels left from the Port of South Louisiana, two each from Port Arthur and Davant, and one each from Houston, Corpus Christi and Lake Charles.
The five census districts for exports from the Gulf of Mexico are New Orleans, Houston and Galveston, Mobile, Port Arthur and Tampa, according to the US Census Bureau.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Chris Mizen explains how to save time and improve your custom typography with Illustrator's Calligraphic Brush tool.
With calligraphic and hand-drawn typography facing a resurgence lately, I will show you how to create your own custom typography quickly and easily in Illustrator.
Taking you through from a hand-drawn template to the final image, I will teach you how to set up your own calligraphic brushes to mimic the chiselled nib of a classic calligraphy pen. You will also learn how to use the Scissors tool to divide and separate paths into multiple sections without breaking a line, and the Expand Appearance option to turn single-lined paths into full vector shapes for refinement.
In addition, you will gain knowledge of how to use the Unite and Minus Front functions in the Pathfinder panel to refine any corners and curves. You will then be able to create your own custom titles to add a personal touch to your designs.
Start by drawing out a rough template for the layout of your type. It doesn’t need to be absolutely perfect, as it will most likely go through various changes and refinement throughout the process. Just focus on nailing the basic layout of your piece: work out how you want to form your letters and plan any extra ornamentation or swashes that you want to include.
Scan in the sketch, open it in Illustrator and place it on your Artboard, resizing it to fit (at this stage any pixelation doesn’t matter – so long as it’s clear enough to actually trace). Lock the layer and create a new layer. On the new layer, select the Pen tool and trace round your sketch.
You don’t need to trace around each element exactly as it was drawn, as the sketch was only a guide – you might decide to change or perfect certain parts as you go. It’s a good idea to separate the flourishes and swashes onto different layers to the main text – this will make things easier later on.
Now that we have all our letters as single width strokes, it’s time to create the calligraphic brushes. Choose the Direct Selection tool. This will bring up the Brushes panel. Select the drop-down menu, click New Brush and then select New Calligraphic Brush.
At this stage, you are able to adjust the angle, roundness and diameter of the brush. I generally leave the diameter at its default setting – we will be adjusting this individually later on via the normal Stroke Widths panel (Width Point Edit panel). Generally, calligraphic pens are held at a 45° angle, but anything between 30° and 60° should give the desired effect. The lower you make the roundness value, the more variation there will be between the thick and thin stroke widths.
Create a range of differing brushes so that you can experiment with different styles. I usually separate two glyphs from the main piece (in this case the ‘o’ and ‘y’) to test out the different brushes.
Once you have selected the brushes that you want to use, it is time to select your letters and give them your chosen brush strokes. Some of the strokes will overlap each other at the moment, but you can sort that out later on. I have given them all a stroke width of 2pt (5pt for the capitals – this is optional depending on your design). I wanted the flourishes lighter so I used another brush and a width of 0.5pt.
Now we can go in and change some of the stroke widths. This is to mimic the lighter pressure used on certain strokes of the letters – particularly the joining strokes. To do this, select the path you want and then choose the Scissors tool. Simply click directly on the path at the point where you want it to break apart, and you can change each letter into any number of separate paths.
Once you have broken up the letter, you can start changing the stroke widths of the different parts. Try to keep to a set of two or three widths though, to keep coherence between your letters. You can either lower the point size or select a similar brush for these strokes but, again, keep it uniform between the letters. Here I have chosen the same brush that I used for the flourishes, but at 1pt.
When you have edited all of the necessary stroke widths, choose the Direct Selection tool, and edit the paths and curves – you can also move some if you need to. This is to allow for the wider angled strokes, and will help finalise the layout and positioning. Now select all the stroked paths and go to Object>Expand Appearance to expand them into vector shapes.
The next step is to smooth off all the joins at the parts where you have changed the stroke widths. To do this, use the Pathfinder menu. Zoom in on the area you want to edit, and draw a shape over the top of the section, making the outside edge precisely how you want it. I have used pink here to stand out, but keep it the same colour as the letter. Highlight all of the shapes you want, and hit Unite.
Once you have filled in the gaps, trim off the excess lumps of each curve to make it perfectly smooth. To do this, draw the curve again how you want it, but rather than filling the positive space of the letter, fill the negative space around the edge. Again, I’ve just used pink to stand out – you should keep it the same colour. Next, highlight the shapes again and click Minus Front.
This step is optional. I have chosen to use some simple ornamented caps for this piece, but you might not want these in your design. I have used a series of horizontal lines and shaded the inner part of the caps, by drawing two identical horizontal lines – one above the other. Next use the Blend tool (Object>Blend>Make) and go to Object>Blend>Blend Options to edit the amount of lines. Lastly, copy the paths from the inside of the caps and use them as a clipping mask.
Again, this step is optional. For some added interest to your lettering, try introducing a pin-line shadow. The easiest and quickest way is to select everything (minus any decoration), click Unite and then duplicate the selection. Place this underneath the lettering and remove the fill, but add a thin stroke of a colour or black. Then place it slightly below and to the right of the original lettering. You might need to delete some lines on the very thin strokes.
You’re now ready to add the final elements. My piece is a standalone typographic image, so I added a border around the edge to frame it, and then some extra flourishes extending right up to the border. At this stage you can experiment and add to it as you wish, or you can import the vector title into your layouts if the piece is to be used in a spread alongside other content.


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Let's Talk About Heath Ledger: Should he have been cast as Legolas in LOTR?
Obviously, yes, but can we discuss this a bit more intelligently?
Disclaimer: I watched 10 Things I Hate About You on an airplane over the weekend. I developed a teenage crush on Heath Ledger, despite the fact I haven't been a teenager for a long time now. The novelty of that teenage crush feeling put me in a giddy mood. Also, sad, because Heath :'( Why did you do this to us/Why did we do this to you?
Background: My crushing made me realize that LOTR is one Heath Ledger away from being perfect. The only character I ever felt was miscast in LOTR was Legolas. Orlando Bloom took the wood elf thing too literally and played a piece of wood. Heath Ledger would have acted the snot out of that Legolas role.
GT, give me your thoughts?

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


text: 4C the Power is please to present an Acoustic Holiday Party which is being hosted by the Far*East Movement. Guest performers include AJ Rafael, Vudoo Soul, Lydia Paek, IZ and other special guests. We are so excited to be collecting small school supplies for the children of the Red Scarf Project in China. Nancy Nguyen will be taking the school supplies with her when she travels to China after Christmas! Please join us for this wonderful night of fellowship, music, gratitude, and giving!


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Ask managers what their biggest challenge is these days, and many of them will say the same thing: finding the right people and getting them to stay. For qualified candidates, not only are opportunities a dime a dozen, but the ecosystem also encourages movement—employees expect to have a job, not a career, at each organization.
Such turnover comes at a cost. Companies spend time and money on training and the “ramp-up” period (after an employee starts, but before reaching his rhythm and full potential), only to see it go out the door after two years, or less. Employees can rarely do meaningful work when they are disengaged and not aligned with the company culture, as is the case when they have one foot out the door.
Sure, money plays a role, but studies have shown that it’s far from being the most important thing to employees. They want to feel that their work matters and has meaning, that they are part of a cohesive culture, that they have opportunities to learn and grow and that they feel engaged. According to the 2012 Gallup Employee Engagement Study, 71% of all employees do not feel engaged—and that has a serious impact on profitability, productivity, quality and, of course, the bottom line. Engaged employees account for a 22% increase in profitability, 21% increase in productivity, 37% decrease in turnover and 41% fewer quality defects.
At Eloops, employee engagement is the name of our game, and we’re hard at work developing a “future of work” platform that enables HR and management to communicate with, engage and train employees effectively and in a way that is fun and impactful.
The bad news: New back-office software and branded Ping-Pong tables are just Band-Aids and won’t solve your productivity- and turnover-related challenges. But there is good news, too: You don’t need to start handing out $10,000 bonuses or build an organic smoothie bar in your office. Increased employee engagement comes from something you’ve probably already mastered: marketing.
Marketing, it turns out, isn’t just what you do to bring on new clients. It also plays a big role within your company. Internal marketing, as it is known, is the ongoing process within an organization of aligning, motivating and empowering employees at all levels. Fortunately, it begins with resources you already have: a kickass marketing squad that understands your company’s values and knows how to communicate them. When you bring together your marketing and HR, you have a team that’s well positioned to crack the employee engagement code.
So how does internal marketing actually play out?
Values are important, but they can’t be so abstract that no one understands what they mean. To transmit them, they need to be tied to tangible rewards that are within reach. Employees can be rewarded for any number of things related to company values, such as sales achievements, thinking bigger, participating in surveys and giving feedback.
The Eloops platform makes it easy to give rewards through an engaging app and a system called Incentives, where a company sets up its own internal virtual currency (for example, at Adidas it’s called adiCASH). Employees earn coins for different activities that matter to the company and can then spend them on certain perks.
Adidas employees, for instance, can use their Adicash rewards on exclusive company merchandise. Who doesn’t love swag? Think about it: Lots of companies invest in big prizes and perks, but ultimately, whenever you pull out branded merchandise at company events, employees line up to grab it—including extras. Swag isn’t just fun to get; it does the marketing for you. When your employees wear their company shirts or backpacks outside, they turn into your ambassadors, drawing potential new hires.
Let’s be honest: There are plenty of internal processes, especially at large companies, that are anything but engaging. But just because it’s always been that way doesn’t mean it has to stay that way forever—or even that that’s the most effective way. What’s more likely to stick: sending a new employee to his desk for a few hours to read the employee handbook or letting him learn the company rules through an interactive game on an app, where he can also interact with and get to know his colleagues?
One of the Big Four accounting firms wanted to promote wellness among its employees, who are scattered throughout the US. Using the Eloops app, the company created a weeklong game made up of indoor and outdoor challenges, both fun and professional (including some that employees had dragged their feet about previously). It was a hit, with thousands of employees participating and the winner taking home a $6,000 prize.
When an employee has feedback, how does she communicate it? Can she be sure that it gets to the right place? With employees receiving hundreds of emails and chat messages a day, it’s important to communicate special benefits and perks in a way that stands out. Your employees want to know about company and individual achievements, new team members and products, support for employee initiatives, collaboration between departments, professional development opportunities and more. Don’t let those important messages get lost in their inboxes or on a hidden bulletin board in the lunchroom! The Eloops app consolidates everything our partners’ employees need to know in one accessible place. They are sorted by topic and easily searchable, and employees can comment and interact with each other within the feeds.
Bottom line: When your employees feel engaged, you don’t have to spend money on flashy recruiting campaigns that tout the dog-friendly nature of your office and the free beer. Happy, productive employees do the talking for you, they bring the talent and skills you need, and they stick around themselves.


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Look for Google Play Games.
When all three buttons are grayed out, go on to the next step.
There should be a button labeled either Uninstall or Uninstall Upgrades. Click it.
After the uninstall is complete, open the Google Play Store app and install the Google Play Games app. It may be the same version as you just uninstalled, but that's okay; the point is that it was installed from a clean slate.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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When do you pay a transition payment?
If you dismiss an employee who has worked for you for 2 years or more or you do not extend their contract, you have to compensate them for expected costs with regard to their finding new employment. The payment can then be used for scholing or outplacement. This is called a transition payment. A transition payment is not obligatory in cases where Severance payment has been agreed.
When you dismiss an employee who has been employed for 2 years or longer.
When you do not extend the contract of an employee who has been employed for 2 years or longer.
An employee resigns following seriously culpable conduct or neglect on your part.
In some cases you do not need to pay a transition paymentExternal link (in Dutch).
They receive 1/6 of their gross monthly salary for each period of 6 months.
If your employee has worked for you for more than 10 years, they will receive 1/4 of their gross monthly salary from the 10th year of employment.
If your employee is 50 years of age or olderExternal link (in Dutch) and they have worked for you for more than 10 years, until 2020 they will receive 1/2 of their gross monthly salary for each 6 month period. This only applies if your company has more than 25 employees. This temporary measure applies until 2020.
In the Prinsjesdag 2018 (Budget Day) proposals, fixed and flexible contracts are to be brought in line with one another with regard to transition payments to make it more attractive for employers to offer a fixed contract rather than a flexible one. This is subject to this measure being passed in both Houses of Parliament.


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This detox/reboot happened while Thriving Wives was only a distant dream, so I decided to share our journey with friends and family via email. Now that TW is a dream come true, I wanted to share it with you. I have broken it down into daily installments to make reading a little easier, I hope you enjoy the juicing journey as much as we did! Right now is a perfect time to try a juice 'cleanse', since the holidays can leave us all feeling a little more bloated than we'd like. In fact, this actually took place after the holidays last year!
Make sure to check out our previous posts on how I got started with juicing, here and here!
Let me start by saying, this choice to do a 10-day detox is and never was for weight loss. It is more to cleanse our bodies and give them all the nutrients they need, and as Joe Cross says, "to reboot". After watching my mom successfully shed weight and feel great on her own juicing journey, I was intrigued. As children often do, I needed to hear it from someone else before I was REALLY ready to give it a try. So, with an ever-present push from my momma, I watched the documentary, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Needless to say, I loved it and was more ready than ever to listen to my mom! I did a little research of my own and read some critiques just to make sure I had a well rounded understanding of what juicing was all about. I decided, I wanted IN! I watched her juice at home over my winter break with her Breville Juicer and even drank juice throughout a few days with my mom; only breaking at dinner for a healthy whole-food plant based meal.
But, after the holidays I felt I really wanted to "reboot" and wanted TH to do the same. So, I talked him into giving the movie a try and used my rhetoric skills to persuade him into juicing for 10 days. We ordered a juicer and waited anxiously as our new stainless steel beauty traveled to our home. Once she arrived, we quickly went to our local fruit and veggie stand and purchased $30 of fresh, locally grown and organic fruit. Our bounty included: One box of apples, two pineapples, a large bag of oranges, 12 kiwis, 3 mangoes and six cucumbers. Then it was on to a locally owned market to get the veggies. $9 later we were out the door with: 2 heads of kale, 1 head of green lettuce, 3 beets, 12 carrots and 2 heads of swiss chard. We were pumped and ready to start our 10 days of juicing!
Thank you for commenting! Not only was it a great idea, it felt great too!
Thank you for commenting! Isn't juicing just the best? I love how it can always make me feel refreshed and super healthy!
I have always wanted to try juicing! Looking forward to hear how it goes ;) Nice to meet your blog!
If you are interested in trying then this journey is just what you've been looking for. I always tell my new juicing buddies to start with the film. Check out my previous posts for more info!
Nice! Sounds amazing actually! Love this.
If there is one thing I love more than juice it is NYC! I am sure you have tons of killer juice bars. I will be heading out for my annual trip this June and will get a great list going for all our East Coast readers!
Thanks for sharing this journey. And I'm totally jealous that you were able to get your TH on board. Mine would roll his eyes and tell me I'm crazy. And a path like that one is always better with a friend. I'm excited to read more!
I think we have your next 30 day challenge...getting your TH on board for a juicing detox!!! You can just tell that little sweetie of yours, to pick those eyes right up off the floor and man up! What, he can't handle a little challenge? Ha! I remember vividly mind manipulating my TH and making it sound like I was sure he couldn't do it. I mean, come on...10 whole days of nothing but juice, there was NO WAY!...sure enough he didn't like that doubt one bit and rose to the occasion. Keep reading an hopefully get some tips on how to get him on board. Good luck!
Hey this is awesome. I just found this post and can't wait to start readng it and find out how your journey went. I think a "reset" or cleanse a couple of times a year is awesome. I've done it myself and always feel good afterwards. It breaks old habits and starts new one's. Thank for taking time and posting your results. Best wishes and juice on!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I am so pleased to see you too are a part of the "juicing community" and also reap the rewards only juicing can give you. Enjoy!


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The most obvious way to connect to a data source using the Java programming language is by making use of the JDBC API. MonetDB supplies a 100% pure Java JDBC driver (type 4) which allows to connect and work with a MonetDB database from a Java program.
This document gives a short description how to use the MonetDB JDBC driver in Java applications. Familiarity with the Java JDBC API is required to fully understand this document. Please note that you can find the complete JDBC API on Oracle's web site http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/index.html.
The latest release of the MonetDB JDBC driver has implemented most of the essential JDBC API classes and methods (only CallableStatement is not yet implemented). If you make extensive use of JDBC API and semantics and rely on its features, please report any missing functionality on our bugzilla.
In order to use the MonetDB JDBC driver in Java applications you need (of course) a running MonetDB/SQL server instance, preferably via monetdbd.
The easiest way to acquire the driver is to download it from our MonetDB Java Download Area. You will find a jar file called monetdb-jdbc-X.Y.jar where X and Y are major and minor version numbers. The other two listed jar files (jdbcclient.jar and monetdb-mcl-*.jar) are optional utility jars. jdbcclient.jar contains a java command line program similar to mclient, see below.
If you prefer to build the driver yourself, make sure you acquire the MonetDB Java repository, e.g. as part of the source downloads. The Java sources are built using Apache's Ant tool and a make file. Simply issuing the command ant distjdbc should be sufficient to build the driver jar-archive in the subdirectory jars. See the ant web site for more documentation on the ant build-tool: http://ant.apache.org/. The Java sources currently require at least a Java 7 compatible compiler.
To use the MonetDB JDBC driver, the monetdb-jdbc-X.Y.jar jar-archive has to be in the Java classpath. Make sure this is actually the case. Note: as of Jul2015 release (monetdb-jdbc-2.17.jar) the MonetDB JDBC Driver only works with Java 7 (or higher) JVMs.
where elements between "<" and ">" are required and elements between "[" and "]" are optional.
* This example assumes there exist tables a and b filled with some data.
* on it's accuracy and robustness against 'users'.
String qry = "SELECT a.var1, COUNT(b.id) as total FROM a, b WHERE a.var1 = b.id AND a.var1 = 'andb' GROUP BY a.var1 ORDER BY a.var1, total;"
// it can optimize on this value, and will not fetch any more than 5 rows.
as the MonetDriver registers itself with the JDBC DriverManager automatically when the monetdb-jdbc-X.Y.jar file is loaded.
Welcome to the MonetDB interactive JDBC terminal!
From this sql> prompt you can enter an SQL query (include an ; as end-of-statement) and execute it by using the enter-key.
If the connection fails, observe the error messages from JdbcClient (and/or the merovingian logs) for clues.
Use \q to quit the program.

industry_corpus2: Programming


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This December Fairview Park dinner meeting might just be the best meeting of the year. We have convened a panel of leaders & speakers who will share some of the key challenges of leadership and how to overcome those challenges. Since this is an interactive session, you will have the opportunity to ask questions about some of your more pressing challenges. You will learn about leading leaders, leadership by influence, technology leadership, leadership & emotional intelligence and virtual leadership. Jason Legum will moderate the panel.
Please send your questions by Dec. 10th to volunteer@pmiwdc.org.
We will also be honoring all our volunteers for their dedication and commitment to the chapter. PMIWDC is the largest chapter in the world and it offers a large variety of programs, events, and activities that would not be possible without their hard work. Please join us to show your appreciation!


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Monaco was my least favourite place to visit. It is indeed an incredibly beautiful place to visit. The architecture alone is enough to take your breath away.
The city’s two biggest attractions are the Casino de Monte Carlo and the car race circuit. Since I don’t like to gamble and I’m not a fan of car races, neither was really an attraction that caught my interest.
I am also convinced that the idea for the episode from Star Trek the next generation “Justice” came from Monaco. It is illegal to step on the grass here. You cannot eat in the park. There is a dress code for public parks. You must pay to use public bathrooms. Everything costs way too much.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Applications are now open for the 2019 AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship, a program that has supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to study medicine since 1994.
The successful applicant will receive $10,000 each year for the duration of their course.
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said that previous recipients have gone on to become prominent leaders in health and medicine, including Associate Professor Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Aboriginal surgeon.
“Latest records show that there are just 427 Indigenous doctors and 327 Indigenous medical students across Australia,” Dr Bartone said.
“We know that Indigenous people have a greater chance of improved health outcomes when they are treated by Indigenous doctors and health professionals. They are more likely to make and keep appointments when they are confident that they will be treated by someone who understands their culture, their language, and their unique circumstances.
“Closing the disgraceful gap in life expectancy and health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians requires real action from all levels of Government, the private and corporate sectors, and all segments of our community.
Applications close on 31 January 2019. Applicants must be currently enrolled at an Australian medical school, be in at least their first year of medicine, and be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background.
Further information, including the application form, is at https://ama.com.au/indigenous-medical-scholarship-2019.
The AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarship was established in 1994 with a contribution from the Commonwealth Government. The AMA is seeking further donations and sponsorships from individuals and corporations to continue this important contribution to Indigenous health.
If you are interested in making a contribution, please go to https://ama.com.au/donate-indigenous-medical-scholarship. For enquiries, contact indigenousscholarship@ama.com.au or (02) 6270 5400.
Visit the AMA website to view the original media release.

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The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot are proof that the science fiction future we dreamt of as kids is finally upon us.
The real star is Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated AI assistant. From her lofty position somewhere in the Amazon cloud Alexa can, via her Echo and Echo Dot minions, respond to an impressive array of voice commands to orchestrate our homes, calendars and – it is Amazon after all – our shopping basket.
Power is nothing without control, however, and as Alexa’s capabilities expand to voice purchasing, smart home management and even personal transportation, many will rightly ask just how secure Amazon Echo is and whether Alexa can be trusted in our homes.
By way of reassurance Amazon claims to have baked security into the very foundation of the Echo with many features to ensure privacy, security and transparency.
Here we look at some headline tips to keep your Amazon Echo safe and secure.
While nobody outside of Amazon knows what she looks like, one thing is for certain: Alexa has incredible ears.
The Amazon Echo’s ability to discern a wake word amongst a sea of ambient noise is nothing short of remarkable, assisted in no small part by a seven-microphone array atop both the both devices.
However, there may be times when Alexa’s super sense might be the last thing you want.
Perhaps when watching the Adam Sandler romcom 50 First Dates, for example, or episodes of EastEnders circa 2012 (both of which feature characters called ‘Alexa' - thanks Wikipedia).
News reports have proven problematic too. For reasons that will become clear, you might also choose to mute her mic if you’re away from your home.
That’s when 'Microphone Off’ button on the top of the Echo family comes in handy. The glowing red light across the top of the Echo and Echo Dot is the big clue that Alexa’s ears are muffled.
According to Amazon, pressing this mute button disconnects the microphone circuitry in such a way that software cannot reconnect it. Even a reboot won’t wake her up, the only fix being another press of the button.
By default, Alexa answers to her name. You say it, she listens.
However, this may not always be convenient – what if you, one of your family or your pets are also called Alexa (or something that sounds like Alexa)? A casual conversation with a spouse could quickly wreak havoc with your things to do list or result in Spotify playlist hell.
Thankfully, as an alternative to muting the microphone altogether, Echo lets you change the wake word.
At present you are limited three options: the default Alexa, Amazon, and Echo.
Head into the Alexa app, open the main menu from the home screen, tap ‘Settings’, select your Echo from the ‘Alexa Devices’ menu, scroll down to ‘Wake Word’ and choose from the list.
Some voice-activated assistants sound an audible notification once they recognise the wake word and again when they detect the end of the command or question – the iOS voice assistant Siri is a choice example.
The benefit of this notification sound is immediate feedback in case the assistant gets triggered by accident.
By default the Echo doesn’t mark her wake word with a sound – the blue ring light on top of the unit serving as notification – but she can be cajoled into making audio notifications too.
In the Amazon Alexa companion app’s main menu select ‘Settings’ followed by the name of your Echo in ‘Alexa Devices’ (it’s configurable on a device-by-default basis if you have multiple Echos). From here tap ‘Sounds & Notifications’ and adjust the toggle switches to play sounds at the ‘Start of Request’ and/or ‘End of Request’.
Now, before you start tutting, we have actually tested this – much to our neighbours’ amusement.
Standing on the street and shouting ‘Alexa – play some Slayer’ through our front window resulted in a pretty horrendous din back on the inside. But don’t fret Slayer fans: in fact, Alexa has misheard and instead had popped on a playlist of Selina Gomez hits.
This illustrates an important point that Alexa’s pin-sharp hearing can be open to abuse. What could be worse than a Selina Gomez playlist? Well, how about making a voice purchase, controlling a connected smart home device or – shudder – playing a Michael Ball playlist. We know, right?
The takeaway is to be mindful where you place your Echo – ideally not near a window or front door (unless you live in a block of flats). And bear in mind the other tips about disabling the microphone while you’re away and enabling a voice purchase PIN.
If in doubt, head outside to test for yourself – your neighbours will thank you.
Not only is the companion smartphone app a gateway for configuring your Echo devices, it maintains an activity log of all voice interactions with Alexa devices associated with your Amazon account.
From the ‘Settings’ menu tap ‘History’. Here, each voice interaction – or ‘utterance’ in Alexa-speak – is available to see and hear in a chronological timeline.
In a family home or shared house the real utility of this timeline from a security standpoint is to review exactly who said what to Alexa. Depending on your level of paranoia – or if random alarms start sounding or items of shopping get delivered – it may be wise to check on this history every now and then.
All of these recordings are stored in the Amazon cloud and available in the Alex app until deleted by the Amazon account owner.
Amazon stores recordings of all your interactions with Alexa, both for your own records and to improve Alexa’s ability to understand and respond to your voice commands.
If this makes you feel uneasy for any reason then Amazon will let you delete them.
From the Alexa companion app you can delete utterances one by one by visiting ‘Settings’ > ‘History’, selecting the interaction you wish to remove and tapping ‘Delete voice recordings’.
Alternatively, from a web browser visit your Amazon account’s very useful Manage your Content and Devices portal.
In the ‘Your Devices’ tab select your Echo and beneath this hit ‘Manage voice recordings’. From the resulting pop-up you now have option of hitting ‘Delete’: unlike in the Alexa app it’s a delete-all-or-nothing affair here without the ability to review individual recordings.
Let us not forget that for all her helpful enthusiasm, Alexa is still the spawn of the largest online retail empire in the world. Amazon’s success has been built on removing friction from the purchase process and Alexa is not immune.
Out of the box you’ll find ‘voice purchasing’ is enabled on your Amazon Echo, letting you shop ‘till you drop without so much as lifting a finger (although with caveats).
In the Alexa companion app tap ‘Menu’ then ‘Settings’ and head to ‘Voice Purchasing’ towards the bottom. From here you can toggle the ‘Purchase by voice’ switch to put an immediate stop to any voice-activated shopping sprees.
If disabling Alexa’s ability to shop by voice feels a little too draconian then why not consider popping in a voice security PIN instead? Although not enabled by default, it’s simple to set up.
From the main Menu in the Alexa companion app select ‘Settings’ and then ‘Voice Purchasing’. A ‘Require confirmation code’ dialogue prompts you to enter a 4-digit PIN that you’ll now need to say aloud with each voice purchase.
It goes without saying that speaking your PIN does bring security risks of its own and it would be incredibly ill-advised to use the same PIN here as for your other cards or accounts.


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Robert Rotenberg is a Canadian criminal lawyer and writer, based in Toronto. Rotenberg studied English literature at the University of Toronto, and then earned his law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. He went to the London School of Economics for a masters degree in International Law.
Rotenberg’s first novel, Old City Hall, is set in Toronto, and as the name suggests, features pivotal scenes in the city’s historic Old City Hall, now used as a courthouse. Since then he has published “The Guilty Plea,” in 2011, “Stray Bullets” in 2012 and “Stranglehold” in 2013. All of his books have been on the Globe & Mail bestseller. All are set in Toronto, and feature the same ensemble cast.
In 2013 NPR broadcast a feature story about Rotenberg and Toronto for their “Crime in the City” series, describing how he develops his characters by giving them actual locations in Toronto to live.
Rotenberg also teaches part-time at the Humber Writing School correspondence course and does writing seminars at various law firms in Toronto as well as lecturing at an LLM program at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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The Town of Fort Erie wants to know how it’s doing and what issues are most important for residents.
The Town is in the process of developing its new Strategic Plan, which means residents, businesses and community partners are being asked to complete a survey to provide feedback that will help improve programs and services.
In a news release, Mayor Wayne Redekop said it’s important to be open to all feedback.
Three surveys have been launched for the following groups: all residents of Fort Erie; community partners, which include community agencies, groups, services clubs, associations and government partners; businesses and business associations. The intent of the three different surveys is to capture “diverse perspectives across the community,” the news release said.
The surveys take about five to 10 minutes to complete and the hope is that they will generate ideas regarding community priorities and themes; feedback on current initiatives and priorities; insight into common municipal priorities for the next four years; an understanding of barriers and challenges facing the Town; emerging issues, ideas and opportunities for the Town and opportunities to engage the community to achieve the Town’s vision.
Online surveys will be available by visiting www.forterie.ca and clicking on the most relevant survey or by visiting Town Hall or Fort Erie library branches to complete an online or paper survey. The deadline for completing surveys is March 8 at 4:30 p.m.
All survey information will be summarized, by the Town’s consultant, and used by Town Council in upcoming strategic planning workshops to guide and inform the 2019-2022 Strategic Plan.

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Rabat, Morocco @ 11:41 p.m.
While you all were taking a snow day, I was in the air. On the flight from ATL to Paris, I didn’t sleep. On the flight from Paris to Rabat, I didn’t sleep. But about an hour before departure to Rabat, I powered all the way down and went to sleep. My friends woke me and I drowsily got up, drunk with sleep. One person asked if I rested well, and all I could manage was, “Grrruppp,” which meant “No, I want to go back to sleep.” You know the sleep was good, too, because a line from my jacket imprinted on my cheek. When I deposited myself in my seat, sleep returned.
British playwright and poet William Shakespeare once wrote that “sleep is the cousin of death.” Lord, that’s true because I didn’t hear the food cart — they fed us a delicious lunch — or the drink cart, or the baby or any of the events that made noise. My seatmate and fellow teacher, Patrick, saved my tray and when I awoke, the food made its way into my mouth before I returned to sleep. When I awoke the next time, there was an older, short gentleman 4 inches away from my face (no lie) flashing the biggest smile at me.
I looked at him, sleep in my eyes. “Bonjour,” he said, before finishing a long sentence in French that I did not understand.
“Ah,” he answered, then looked away.
I met a fellow tourist in the airport and wanted to remember the colorful prints she wore in a sea of black and gray. Everyone in the airport, including me, seemed to b joined in the same color palate except her.
When you disembark from any plane after traveling from one country to another, you must complete a customs declaration form. The government wants to know where you have been and what you intend to do while in their country. I completed my slip marking tourist, though I’m not really doing much of that, and easily passed through the checkpoint. Meanwhile, Travis, the only other person of color on the trip was receiving the fifth degree.
OK. So I was a bit of a tourist today.
I bought a modem stick — in order to use wifi at the school where I’m stationed, I need to bring wifi with me in order to manage parts of my presentation.
Asked for directions several times.
Went to Medina, one of the city’s oldest market. It’s situated in and around Medina’s walls. There, I bought a delicious homemade cinnamon bun and bartered for fabric.
My phone was dead, so no pictures from any of this, but I’ll be revisiting the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, which houses the bodies of the current Moroccan king‘s grandfather, father, and uncle.
We ended our night at a restaurant within eyesight of the Mausoleum, docked on the pier holding one of the best views of the shoreline at night. Tonight’s dinner with fellow teachers was an amazing exchange of stories and laughter. Um, yes, I struggled with staying awake — again.
Maybe Prospero said it best in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, “We are such stuff/As dreams are made on, and our little life/ Is rounded with a sleep.” With that I’m turning down and going to sleep ready for the U.S. Embassy’s security briefing.
Enjoyed reading this! Keep writing and hope you feel more rested by the time you read this 😉 Well done and well deserved!!
Monet, I too am enjoying the first hand account of your journey. I’m just sorry I wasn’t aware of your site back in 2014. Although I spent some of my snow day catching up. The information was so interesting. It helped me to empathize even more with our students. Now that I’ve been added to the class list serve, I’m all in for the Morocco! I’ll be checking this site daily for inspiration, beautiful imagines and educational information.
Looking forward to seeing Morocco through your eyes. Already traveling with you.
Hope your having fun but not to much fun. We miss you you should face-time us and show us what you have been up to.
Yes, it will be next week because of the time difference between the two countries. You all would have enjoyed the class we met today! They reminded me so much of E Period! Also, they loved the video they saw of you all and wanted to meet you all, so I will definitely do my best to make it happen.
They have a two-hour lunch, which is great, but presents it's own challenges since that's a key time when some of you all meet for class. I'll do my best to make it happen. But next week will be easier since I'll be on the same campus for most of the day at the same school with the same students.
This is so awesome Monet! I hope to make it there this summer for a yoga retreat.
Girl, you have to tell me more!!


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Galston Construction is owned and operated by Matt Galston who has been specializing in Concrete and Construction work since 1996. Matt is a licensed and insured contractor with the state of Minnesota and serves the Lincoln Lakes Area and surrounding communities.
At Galston Construction, we listen carefully to your ideas and needs, providing solutions that respect your unique budget, timeline and vision.

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I completely threw out my back today after doing a warm-up set of dead-lifts at the gym. After 3 hours and 3 Vicodin, I still can’t move. This is the worst pain I’ve ever experienced.
No more morning dead-lifts or squats. I promise. I’ve learned my lesson for real this time. When it comes to leg strength, I’ll stick to hiking up mountains. I promise.


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"You are never too young to start handling the problem of aging." I was about 18 when I first heard that. You might take it as a recommendation to wash your face and use a good moisturizer, but I knew this person was telling me I should pray to know my ageless, timeless being as a spiritual idea, a reflection of God.
I remember thinking it was a great idea. But I didn't do it.
So when I was in my thirties and developed arthitic symptoms in one of my hands, I felt guilty and scared. All the shoulda, woulda, coulda thoughts hit me like a falling anvil from the Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoons of my youth.
I berated myself with the question, Why didn't I deal with this sooner? Now that the problem had taken hold, it felt too late. Guilt and fear duped me into ignoring the problem for some time. Then the condition worsened and my knuckles became malformed.
I thought of a flower with a broken stem, and a candle that is snuffed out, with nothing but a plume of smoke to indicate the flame that had once been. Divine Spirit can restore life even where it seems to be completely over.
I stopped condemning myself and started to pray for healing. I can still remember certain elements of that prayer because they produced such memorable and quick results.
The leading thought that I took from this was that I was neither growing up to a perfect and eternal noon, neither was I declining from my highest and best. To stop disease from aging me, I had to see myself as eternally spiritual. Spirituality must be understood to be my permanent state and not merely the product of human development.
As I prayed about what it meant to be fully spiritual now, equiped to be and to do anything God prepared for me in life, I looked down at the painful, disfigured knuckles and said aloud to myself, "That has nothing to do with me."
I remember, upon awakening the next day, I discovered my knuckles to be smooth, supple, painless, and restored to their normal color and function - in a word, perfect.
In the years since, no such symptoms have ever recurred.
Sure, we are never too young to handle the problems of aging. Or too old, for that matter. It looks to me like understanding God as Spirit and what it means to be truly and fully spiritual as God's creation, is the key.
Remember, you are like the indestructible Roadrunner!
"That coyote is really a crazy clown.
When will he learn that he never can mow him down?"


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First of all, I refuse to accept the fact that Kermit is a sock puppet, he is and always will be a hand rod puppet to me haha.
But on a more serious note, as you said, sockpuppets use “techniques such as hashtags, automated posts, location settings to achieve the illusion that they’re a real person.” You covered what sockpuppets are, but my only advice is to mention how potentially dangerous they are aswell!
Being able to create the appearance that hundreds of thousands of people agree on a certain issue to change public opinion on debated subjects is immensely dangerous as it means a minority of people can manipulate the online public sphere how they want.
I read this article about the US military using sock puppets on social media you may find interesting to read.
I’ve always been aware of deceptive accounts online, but it’s crazy just how serious it can be and how unnoticed it can go.
Its hard to believe how many socks puppets we have probably all encountered, but just never payed attention to due to the use of a variety of techniques to appear as a real person.
As much as it can be dangerous and manipulative, it truly is a clever way to spread information/misinformation. I wonder if sock puppets have ever been used for the greater good? Something similar to Hacktivism maybe.
The internet is a much darker place than originally anticipated, that’s for sure.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127107-sock-puppet-accounts-unmasked-by-the-way-they-write-and-post/ I found this article which discusses individuals trying to hone in on sock puppets, and disclose ways to identify them.


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When it comes to gaming-specific graphics cards, the current trend is focused on ray tracing, which is an enhanced rendering technique which improves the overall visual performance that a GPU can yield.
Naturally being one of the biggest chipmakers around, Nvidia has been investing heavily into ray tracing capabilities in order to improve their latest GPUs.
Case in point their new GeForce RTX 2080 graphics cards for notebooks – which sport better ray tracing functionality than its predecessors, with games like Battlefield V said to be benefitting greatly from the improvements.
The GeForce RTX 20280, as well as Nvidia’s other new RTX 20 series graphics cards will be making their way to notebook manufacturers in coming months (40-plus models), with some such as the Samsung Notebook Odyssey already sporting it.
For those wanting to upgrade, the mdesktop GeForce RTX 2080 is already available to purchase locally from distributors like Evetech, with it starting from R14 999 for the 8GB GDDR6 flavour.
As for the improvements that Nvidia is eulogising for its latest graphics cards, the RTX 2080 supports the company’s proprietary technology such as G-SYNC, Shadowplay and ANSEL, all of which are designed to deliver better visuals.
Looking at some of the other specs touted by the RTX 2080, Nvidia says it can muster up to 14Gbps memory speeds, as well as boosted MHz clock of between 1 095 to 1 590. It also ticks all the boxes in supporting Nvidia’s technologies.
If, however, all the improvements touted by the RTX 2080 is a bit of overkill, Nvidia also debuted a new RTX 2060 aimed at the mid-range market, and arriving a bit earlier than its more powerful brethren.