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When Kevin Rudd became prime minister of Australia in 2007, he achieved recognition for possessing a skill unique among leaders of a Western country: fluency in Chinese. Now based in New York, where he serves as president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, Rudd has emerged as one of the world's most sought-after experts on China and is a widely published author of scholarship and commentary on the U.S.-China relationship.
In this excerpt from his recently published memoir Not for the Faint Hearted, Rudd describes his lifelong fascination with a country he first encountered as a young man and knew, despite its poverty and years of chaos, would play a vital role in world affairs thereafter.
My reasons for choosing to study China were simple: The country had fascinated me since childhood, because it was so vast, so old and so different. I liked the relatively few Chinese people I had met, and I thought China would have a major impact on my country’s and the world’s future. I wanted to make a difference in our understanding of China, and someday I wanted to work there, although in what capacity I had no idea. Not much has changed in my thinking since, although there is now something of a greater global urgency about "the China question" than there was back in the dying days of Mao’s "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution."
Here was a vast world of fascinating history of which I knew nothing whatsoever: it did not enter the school curriculum at all (a strong point in its favor). As far as history at school was concerned, China did not exist, except for a very brief, totally one-sided and largely inaccurate mention of the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion. It was a field of interest wider and deeper than the Balkans; unknown, but absorbing ... China was the thing: from that very day I began to look in my father’s library for books on China.
What had stunned even the most culturally literate of Westerners over the centuries was the antiquity, continuity, sophistication and sheer scale of Chinese civilization. This was reinforced by China’s not unreasonable claim, when tested against the historical evidence, to be a complete, self-contained and exclusively self-referential philosophical, political, ethical and aesthetic system, as if the rest of the world simply need not have existed at all. Together, these deep characteristics of Chinese civilization have caused generations of Western intellectuals to conclude that in China there lay an as yet undiscovered world of the mind and one which had often reached conclusions about the nature of human society quite different from our own. As ancient as classical Egypt, but unlike Egypt, retaining for over 4,000 years its ancient pictograms as modern characters, producing the largest literary inheritance of any language on earth.
A territory as vast as Europe, but for the main part comprising just one nation. Also a philosophical system as old as, and in some cases older than, classical Greece. And with the single exception of the absorption of Indian Buddhism, its principal philosophical schools representing almost exclusively indigenous debates, evolved within the confines of the Middle Kingdom itself, and its principal subject matter, internal delineations and conclusions settled well before the dawn of the Christian age. And all this in contrast to the untidy, but ultimately stupendously creative amalgam of Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment beliefs and practices that evolved into the modern phenomenon we now call the "idea of the West."
China, by contrast, had evolved as a unified, civilizational state rather than as a conscious political construct across different cultures, ethnicities, religions and forms of government. For these reasons, the study of China was seen by Western scholars as so vast an area of inquiry, and one so alien to the traditions of the West, as to command a combination of deep intellectual respect, profound professional passion and often a lifetime of scholarly vocation. Not to mention the excruciating frustrations experienced by the Western academy when the subject in question, namely Chinese civilization in all its unity and complexity, did not readily yield its deepest codes to foreign, scholarly fascination, however earnest.
Understanding internal Chinese politics then was like understanding North Korean politics today. Opacity was the polite understatement.
Once the doors of this cultural universe are slowly unlocked by the keys of its forbidding language, the Sinologist can often become so consumed by this self-contained universe that a number of patterns of analysis, some would say pathologies of analysis, begin to unfold. One is when an unhealthy level of civilizational "awe" takes over as Western critical faculties are progressively suspended, and neither China nor its civilization are any longer capable of human error. These scholars see their mission as explaining, even evangelizing, the uniqueness of the Chinese civilizational perspective to the uninformed world of the foreign barbarian. Cultural or ideological capture is not unique to the study of China, but over time China has generated more than its fair share of the global caseload. A radically different pattern of scholarly response sees China written off as a fundamentally authoritarian culture, both in its classical past and its contemporary form, with nothing of value to offer the world today other than the monetary value of its markets. A variation on this response is one that holds ancient Chinese civilization to be sublime, but its modern equivalent to be nothing less than a course in cultural desecration, from the physical iconoclasm of the Cultural Revolution, through to the mass, materialist and characterless culture of the early 21st century. In other words, in the wide, wide world of Western Sinology, we see the full menu of Western ideational and emotional responses to China — from uncritical admiration to visceral contempt and/or profound disappointment.
Over the last 400 years China has attracted an army of Western missionaries, both secular and divine, and sometimes a curious combination of both — the former seeking to understand and then explain China to the rest of the West; the latter seeking to explain the West, and its God, be it Christianity or capitalism, to China, and if possible to remake China in the West’s own image. Four centuries later, the mutual non-comprehension between these two great civilizational traditions remains, despite the efforts of a small legion of British, American, French, German and Australian Sinologists, academics and officials, and their Chinese counterparts, most particularly over the last 150 years since China first fully opened its borders to the West, to somehow bridge the yawning chasm between the two.
A minor battalion of Westerners in fact worked as official advisers to various of the Ming and Qing emperors and later to the leaders of the fledgling, faltering Chinese Republic. Many of these foreign advisers, if you read their contemporary accounts with a generous and sympathetic cast of mind, were deeply committed to helping the cause of China’s political and economic modernization, so that China could once again stand up as a proud civilization against further foreign humiliations, especially against the fresh aggressions emanating from Japan in the half-century from 1895 until 1945. Perhaps these advisers were driven by their own sense of remorse, having seen the damage and destruction inflicted on China by their own countries, starting with the sheer obscenity of the Opium Wars, culminating in the West’s betrayal of the young Chinese Republic at Versailles, when the Allies refused to return Germany’s former Chinese colonies to local sovereignty after the Great War. These well-intentioned foreign advisers ultimately failed in their mission, as reflected in the Japanese invasion, which they were powerless to prevent. With the subsequent victory of the Communist Party in 1949, China neither trusted nor welcomed any further advice from the West. At least not until Deng’s decision another third of a century later to turn once again, albeit only in part, to the West to help negotiate the country’s current successful economic modernisation program — this time, however, without Western advisers within the Chinese court, where profound suspicions ultimately remain about the incompatibility of Chinese and Western views of the world.
A territory as vast as Europe, but for the main part comprising just one nation. Also a philosophical system as old as, and in some cases older than, classical Greece.
Learning about China and its language had, at the time, little to do with any of the arguments rendered above. These, in the main, represent cumulative reflections on the actual study of China over the many years since I attended my first Chinese class back in 1976. But they do say something of the intellectual environment in which I was to study for the next five years of my life.
As it turned out, 1976 was not to be your average year in Chinese politics. The death of Zhou Enlai in January was followed by unprecedented, spontaneous public demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in April in honor of his memory. The Great Tangshan Earthquake in July killed up to three-quarters of a million people not far from Beijing, evoking a belief among China’s vast peasantry that such a tumultuous natural calamity heralded impending dynastic change. September saw the death of the great helmsman himself, Mao Zedong, and the purge of the ultra-leftist Gang of Four in October, followed by the formal conclusion of the 10-year-long Cultural Revolution (a civil war by another name) by year’s end. So as we undergraduates struggled with our tones in the language laboratory, Chinese politics was turned on its head in the most momentous year in the history of the People’s Republic since its founding. Outside the language lab, we sat through grand public debates between the Maoist, the anti-Maoist and the "neither Maoist nor anti-Maoist, let’s see how all this turns out in the end" factions among faculty members. They were heady days for those of us struggling to pronounce Mao’s name correctly, let alone understand whether the helmsman had been a revolutionary hero or political mass-murderer, or sat somewhere along the considerable spectrum in between.
The truth was no one had any real idea what was going on in Chinese politics at the time. Understanding internal Chinese politics then was like understanding North Korean politics today. Opacity was the polite understatement. Conjuring images out of the darkness was nearer the mark. We squinted at hand-held video footage of the Tiananmen demonstrations in April 1976, smuggled out by a returning student who’d had a Kodak Super 8 camera lens hidden between the buttons of his massive PLA green overcoat. Our interest, imagination, engagement and excitement were spiked by our minor academic connection to the great events unfolding to our north and proximity to professors who had made Sinology their lifelong vocation. We were on our way to becoming, we hoped, bona fide "China-watchers," a term of art for those in the post-1949 academic and intelligence communities who tried to make sense of what was going on in China, when China, ensconced behind the Bamboo Curtain, had made it their business to prevent the world from finding out. There was no better year than 1976 to have begun our study of China (1977 turned out to be quite a downer by comparison) and as undergraduates we all wanted to understand more, some of us with a giddy sense that we were embarking on a truly grand enterprise.


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BEIJING (Bloomberg) -- China's Ministry of Commerce said it has approved Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.'s purchase of Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit, paving the way for completion of the $1.8 billion acquisition agreed by the two companies in March.
The ministry signed off the deal recently, a ministry spokesman said by telephone today from Beijing.
Geely agreed on March 28 to buy the Volvo car business from Ford, marking the biggest overseas acquisition by a Chinese automaker. Volvo is the latest premium European brand to be sold off by Ford CEO Alan Mulally, who has divested Aston Martin, Land Rover and Jaguar since joining the carmaker from Boeing Co. in 2006.
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Geely's Hong Kong traded unit, rose by 11.3 percent, the most in five months, today to close at HK$2.95. The stock has fallen 31 percent this year, compared with the benchmark Hang Seng Index's 3.6 percent decline.
Ning Shuyong, a spokesman for Geely, declined to make an immediate comment as he was in a meeting.
Ford plans to complete its sale of Volvo to Geely next week, according to two people familiar with the plans. Ford and Geely executives are aiming to close the sale, pending final regulatory approvals and financing, said the people, who asked not to be identified revealing internal plans.
Ford has said it will continue to supply Volvo with engines, transmissions and other vehicle components. It also agreed to provide engineering and technology support and access to tooling for common components for an unspecified period.
Volvo Car has about 20,000 employees worldwide, including almost 14,000 in Sweden. The unit had pretax profit of $53 million in the second quarter, compared with a $237 million loss a year earlier, Ford said last week.
Selling Volvo would complete Mulally's strategy of exiting European luxury lines to focus on Ford's namesake brand.

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The president has so many things going on to wear us out. It is so hard for us to keep up and I am willing to wager many things he is doing is nothing more than a distraction. There are many things we take for granted. So many things are engrained in our way of life, we do not consider them as rights but as standards of our way of life. We take for granted the right of free speech, religion, the right to own a gun, the right to have any seat we want on a bus or the right to live anywhere we want. Many men and women, black, white, Asian and native Americans have fought and died for the rights of us to live in a free society. Now, some members of congress and the candidate for the Supreme Court are willing to do what they can to retract some of these rights. One of the rights under attack is the Seventeenth Amendment.
Although less than two thirds of Americans voted in 2016, we also take for granted the right to vote for our elected officials. The 15th Amendment gives every American citizen the right to vote. The Seventeenth Amendment gives citizens of each state the right to vote for two senators. This Amendment was enacted in 1913 to put an end to corruption. Now, quietly, this amendment is under attack and we must wake up!
When the Constitution was originally written, each state legislature elected its state’s senator for a six year term. This caused corruption within the state legislatures. The offices could be bought and sold to the highest bidder rather than the candidate to be picked based the ability of the candidate. State legislatures also faced deadlocks when it came to them having the ability to agree on the candidates. These deadlocks caused delays in the federal government getting things done. Lord knows we do not need any more delays. Just imagine if the state of Tennessee promoted Marcia Blackburn to the office without an election. This is a way to silence your voice and give power to the big corporations.
The seventeenth amendment is an amendment I knew little about. There are reports that undermining this amendment will give power to single entities. Do not become too consumed with Russia, collusion and Stormy. These are all fascinating subjects but if we don’t pay attention, we will lose some of the rights we hold dear. History is a valuable asset. If you do not know your history, you are doomed to repeat it. We have an effective weapon to use and this is our right to vote. We must use this weapon in November and get as many people as possible woke and registered. The last day to register to vote for the November 6th election is October 9.

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What kinds of writing should our students learn to do?
How will we help students develop the ability to write effectively in the genres and forms that matter in our field?
The Integrated Writing requirement strengthens the attention given to the specialized forms and situations of writing within academic fields. When we encourage students to use writing as a tool for exploring content in the major, provide guidance and feedback on their writing, and help them learn to use the styles and genres of our fields, we help them strengthen both their understanding of their fields of study and their communication skills.
You can find your department’s IW strategy here (and check out what other programs are doing, too).
To see how other faculty teach writing in their courses, see these reports and ideas from colleagues across campus.
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The old town is charming and if you don’t mind a bit of a trek to the lifts there are a few gems to be found. For a taste of the authentic Bansko experience the Dedo Pene Inn is in the centre of old town, a traditional house reonovated into a hotel. For a slightly more expensive option try the Hotel Banderitsa, with its’ popular restaurant and central location. Another central and upmarket option is the Hotel Martin, one of Bansko’s oldest independent hotels, just a short walk from the centre of the old town.

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Success at Ban Pao Wattatakarn School!
As of 29 May 2015, the children, teachers and staff at Ban Poa Wittatakarn School now have clean drinking water provided through an excellent water filtration system.
The Rotary Club of Chiang Mai Thin Thai Ngam which introduced the school and provided much needed introductions at the site.
Chiang Mai International Rotary Club which coordinated the project and provided the water filtration system through Actiwa Swiss.
Rotarian Gary Soles from the Rotary Club of Kamloops visits Thailand almost every year and has become aware of the good work done by Rotarian Hope Watcharaprecha and her club, The Rotary Club of Chiang Mai Thin Thai Ngam. He mentioned that his club was looking for a project to support. She recommended the Ban Pao Witiyakhan School. In conjunction with the Chiang Mai International Rotary club due diligence was conducted and it was decided to proceed.
Agreement was quickly reached between the Ajarn , the Principal of the Ban Pao Wittatakarn School, and the three Rotary Clubs; Rotary Club of Kamloops West, British Columbia, Canada, Rotary Club of Chiang Mai Thin Thai Ngam and Chiang Mai International Rotary Club. The project became official at the regular meeting of Chiang Mai International on March 17, 2015 when Gary Soles from Rotary Club of Kamloops presented 28,000 baht to CMIRC for disbursement.
The Agreement is Signed! .
Chiang Mai International Rotary Club would contribute the water filter system. Rotarian Colin Jarvis made the contacts and was able to secure the Actiwa Swiss water filter system with manual backwash with the help of a donation from the GOL Iluminado Foundation of Brazil. At the CMIRC meeting the agreement between the Rotary Clubs and the school was signed. On the 18th of March the first disbursement was made; the project is underway!
On first arrival Jorkg from ActiwaSwiss immediately realized that the existing structure was unsuitable. My first thought was about the fact that he and Lutz had driven 7 hours from Bangkok to Chiangmai then another hour to the school- only to find that he couldn't install the filter with what was in place! Solution-based thinking quickly developed between he and Colin Jarvis particularly. "We need a tank and we need a pump and it will still happen". (A perfectly fine stainless tank which had earlier been donated by the Rotary Club of Thin Thai Ngam, was there waiting to be used).
A quick call to Treasurer John Schorr established that the financial contribution from RC of Kamloops West still had sufficient reserve to provide what was needed- so we were back on track. A 20-minute trip to a nearby plumbing store provided what we needed and installation began early in the afternoon. Took a bit longer than expected but between ceremonies with the local Civic and Education communities, photo-taking and very importantly the video interviews taken by Colin, the structural process was mostly completed by the end of day one.
The big test was on day two when the hydraulics and electrical were completed. Everything worked perfectly! Pipes were then flushed and sanitized, high fives all round and hearts full from a job well done!
Jorkg was well happy that he could complete the first of many such Rotary-related projects and all parties took a breath to recognize the good that has been done. Colin is working on the video and hopes to have it ready in a week or so.
This project is very important to CMIRC because it's our first official collaboration with other clubs. We recognize that one of the most powerful aspects of Rotary is our ability to come together for a common good. Even more importantly, because of the success of this joint project, we should be able to do much more in the future!
More photos are available at www.cmirotary.org Enjoy as you contemplate the good done here.
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To introduce students to some of the established work in the field of neural computation.
To highlight some contemporary issues within the domain of neural computation with regard to biologically-motivated computing particularly in relation to multidisciplinary research.
To equip students with a broad overview of the field of evolutionary computation, placing it in a historical and scientific context.
To emphasise the need to keep up-to-date in developing areas of science and technology and provide some skills necessary to achieve this.
To enable students to make reasoned decisions about the engineering of evolutionary ("selectionist") systems.
nature and issues related to problems using ANNs including symbol grounding, bootstrap, representation. Issues in practice (3 Lectures).
10 WHY DO GENETIC ALGORITHMS WORK ?
Part I: Artificial Neural Networks.
William W. Lytton. From Computer to Brain. Foundations of Computational Neuroscience. 2002. Springer-Verlag New-York, Inc.
Judith Dayhoff. Neural Network Architectures. 1990. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New-York.
Handbook of Neural Computation. Ed. E. Fiesler and R. Beale, 1996. Oxford University Press.
Raul Rojas. Neural Networks. A systematic introduction. 1996. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Simon Haykin. Neural Networks. A Comprehensive Foundation. Second Edition. 1999. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Jacek M. Zurada. Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems. 1992. West Publishing Company.
K. Mehrotra, C.K. Mohan, S. Ranka. Elements of Artificial Neural Networks. 1997. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Handbook of Evolutionary Computation, Ed. T. Back, David Fogel, and Zbigniew Michalewicz, Oxford University Press, 1997.
David E.Goldberg. Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimisation, and Machine Learning. 1989. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Melanie Mitchell. An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms. Fifth Printing, 1999. "A Bradford Book", The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England.
Thomas Back. Evolutionary Algorithms in Theory and Practice. Evolution Strategies. Evolutionary Programming. Genetic Algorithms. 1996. Oxford University Press, New York Oxford.
Comprehension/review exercise - two courseworks, one on Artificial Neural Networks and one on Genetic Algorithms, following supervised discussion and Q/A sessions in the seminars.

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People make or break organisations, regardless of what the strategy or the leaders say. The greatest tension between the HR department and organisation leaders is working out how to align every single individual as an important contributor to the strategy. Failing to get every worker to understand their own part in the strategy can easily lead to a failure of the strategy itself. If nobody gets it, how can they achieve it ?
But if the leaders don�t participate, who else will bother ? The process used to set these targets at C level is called Strategy Mapping.
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A strategy map is built from the top down, so it is important to understand the ultimate objective of the organisation before identifying the supporting objectives needed to achieve it. There are several benefits to be gained from strategy mapping. Perhaps the most critical is the focus on cross-functionality. The strategy map forces the organisation to think about how the various functions interact with and support each other. Another benefit to be gained is the improvement in organisational communication.
Therefore, alignment can be created around the strategy, which makes for much easier implementation and execution.
A common disconnect is that employees see no connection between their job and the strategy of the organisation; the Strategy Map can help close this gap. A clear picture of what the ultimate objective of the organisation is and how the various functions fit into achieving it goes a long way towards illustrating the �fit� of different employee groups.
The strategy map provides a good start to the strategic process. It assists in taking multiple departments with multiple objectives and to develop a common purpose and direction. It can also provide the framework to determine what initiatives are critical to facilitate strategic plan execution and what measures would be best to assess strategic performance.


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The president apparently woke up in a bad mood Friday morning and took it out on his Twitter account. "The Fake Media is working overtime today!" he tweeted. He also pushed his stale argument that the investigation into questions of collusion between Russian meddlers and his presidential campaign is nothing more than a Democratic fabrication to explain away how that party lost the election. Then he suggested canceling daily press briefings because his spokespeople can't get the White House facts straight (never mind that the facts seem to change with every breath the president takes).
Buried in the morning rant was a dangerously worded warning to James Comey, the recently fired director of the FBI: "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"
What exactly was the threat? That Trump did indeed record those conversations and he might release audio to rebut whatever comments Comey might make? That seems to be the clearest reading of a typically muddy Trump tweet. And if so, that means evidence should be available to shed light on how the president of the United States used a private meeting with his FBI director to seek inside information on the status of an investigation into the actions of some of Trump's campaign aides.
In his press briefing Friday morning (yes, he's still holding them), just hours after Trump's tweets, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer refused to say whether the president had indeed recorded conversations with Comey (Democratic members of the House Judiciary Oversight Committee immediately requested copies of the tapes if they exist). And Spicer denied that Trump had asked Comey for his loyalty in a dinner meeting, as the New York Times reported. The story added that Comey declined but pledged that he would act honestly. Given how many lies, distortions and errors have come out of the White House press office since the inauguration, Spicer's denial of the New York Times version doesn't bear much weight.
This is dangerous ground when the nation's presumption whenever the president or his spokespeople say something has to be disbelief. Nothing can be taken at face value, from White House estimates of the size of the inauguration crowd, to Spicer denying that Trump's effort to block entry of refugees and travelers from a number of predominantly Muslim countries is a "ban" (the word Trump has used), to the events that led to Comey's dismissal.
Most alarming, though is that Trump himself doesn't understand that the president of the United States is powerful, but not omnipotent, something he seems to crave as part of an irrepressible authoritarian instinct. He doesn't want to be president, he wants to be emperor. He has praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, shrugging off the anti-crime crusader's admissions that he has murdered. He congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a referendum that shifted power from the parliament to his own office. His adoration of Russian President Vladimir Putin borders on the embarrassing.
Leaks from the White House disclose a president who lashes out at aides when news coverage churns beyond his control. He has threatened to change libel laws to make it easier to sue over articles he doesn't like (and is seemingly oblivious to the fact that libel laws are state-level and beyond his reach). Never mind the Supreme Court's history of defending the media's 1st Amendment right to publish what it wants about public figures as long as the material is factual or that errors were not published with malice or reckless disregard for the truth. Though Trump also has disparaged the courts — again, after he didn't get his way.
This is dangerous ground when the nation’s presumption whenever the president or his spokespeople say something has to be disbelief.
Confronted with political opposition in Congress, Trump's response was to question the rules under which Congress operates and, defying the separation of powers, suggested he, as president, would try to change Senate rules.
"There are archaic rules, and maybe at some point, we're going to have to take those rules on, because for the good of the nation, things are going to have to be different," Trump told Fox News. "You can't go through a process like this. It's not fair, it forces you to make bad decisions."
So just because the president couldn't get Congress to bend to his will, he wants to change how Congress — which he doesn't control — operates. So much for the self-vaunted deal closer.
No one knows how this mess will settle out. Did Trump campaign aides collude with Russia in the run-up to the election? Has Trump gone further than breaking with tradition and meddled in a federal investigation with his questioning of Comey? Will the House or Senate committees ostensibly mounting investigations actually get anywhere? Will the FBI? Will the nation get the special prosecutor it so desperately needs to cut through the smoke, denials and obfuscations to get at least a semblance of a clear picture of whether Trump aides worked with Russia, and whether Comey's dismissal was an attempt to interfere with the investigation?
We can have the audacity of hope (a phrase Trump did not coin), I suppose, but as Benjamin Franklin warned: "He that lives upon hope will die fasting."

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Britannia Good Day is an INR 20,000M brand selling 70lakh packs every day. It is also one of the most cherished brands in India. While Good Day continued to grow strongly and expand its franchise, it was a challenge for the brand to keep pace with the evolving consumer and remain relevant. Being the market leader, the brand had to raise the bar for itself on visual identity, product and brand experience.
Britannia Good Day in its biggest change, since its inception 28 years ago, brings alive its philosophy not just in the identity and packaging, but also on the cookie in the form of Smiles. With the contemporary new logo and packaging, Good Day’s intent is to bring freshness and enhance its appeal with the consumers. Even the cookie has been enhanced with more visible rich ingredients and best ever taste.
360 degree communication plan – A communication plan was built using digital as the primary medium. The traditional mediums of print and television were used to support the digital plan and aligned back to the same. We used multiple digital platforms for Impact and continuity approaches.
Traditional mediums of hoarding, TVC, radio and activations were used to amplify the messaging and create a 360 degree reach – all integrated very strongly with digital.
Two phases of communication – The task of communicating change for a brand with a long past is always challenging. There is a high risk of alienating the customers. To make the process easier, we broke down the communication into two clear phases over 40 days.
The first phase was to communicate the initial visual identity change focusing on three primary items – logo change, pack change and product design change.
The second phase was to amplify the message of smile association with the brand. We used World Smile Day as the marquee calendar event to own smiles in India. This campaign was supported by surround activities like activations, videos, social media creatives – to reinforce the message.
Mix of high impact and repeated exposure properties/content – The launch communication and WSD campaigns were created around high impact properties like YouTube & Yahoo masthead and MSN & Gaana roadblocks. This was supported by multimedia content across channels for repeated exposure to register the smile association.
The larger theme of this phase of communication was ‘Har Cookie Mein Kayi Smiles’ – many smiles in every cookie. It lasted over ten days from 26th Aug – 5th Sep, 2015. Three focused creative concepts were developed to be used across channels – logo, cookie design and pack change.
High Impact properties as mentioned below were taken to maximise the reach of the communication.
A total of 34.4M impressions were delivered through these properties with a 1m clickthroughs. The TVC for the identity change was first launched on digital and run for maximum reach and impressions amounting to 11M video views.
Other channels online were used to reinforce the message of change.
YouTube 5 sec bumper ads – It was a breakthrough for any brand to use bumper ads successfully to communicate brand relaunch. All three concept of logo, cookie and pack change were run providing a total of 66M impressions. The results were phenomenal and was made into a Google case study.
World Smile Day is celebrated internationally on the first Friday of October – 2nd Oct, 2015. BGD brought the celebration closer to home. We used WSD as the biggest marketing event of 2015 building brand relevance with smile.
A startling fact was discovered during our research on the relaunch: India ranks 117 on World Happiness Index – lower than some of our neighbours! We believe that smile is a manifestation of happiness. And if Indians started smiling more, we could make a humble attempt in improving India’s Happiness Quotient!
We decided to ride on the fact that Indian consumers are heavily influenced by celebrities. We roped in 9 social media influencers who are genuinely loving and smiling people. We used them as brand ambassadors to spread the awareness about World Smile Day and encourage Indians to smile more often!
We also built in more purpose to the campaign to spread smiles by tying up with The Akshaya Patra Foundation – the leading NGO providing mid day meals in schools across India. For every smile picture uploaded, we donated a pack of Good Day cookies to the foundation. This helped build a huge traction online and generated a lot of conversations associating the brand strongly with smiles.
The communication is also supported by ongoing topical messaging building a brand recall around smiles across channels.
We did on ground activations during this phase to reiterate the message. On Ganesh Chaturthi, we created a Ganesha idol made of Good Day cookies. We also put up a slide at a busy metro station in Bangalore to make adults smile like children.
Considering 2nd October was a busy calendar day, we did lose our trending to IndvsSA in the evening. However, our one tweet brought back the trending! We capitalized on the match and its events and made it relevant for the brand.
Strategic integration of online and offline channels leads to a more cohesive communication strategy. Digital amplifies the message and acts as a media multiplier.
While influencer marketing is being used extensively, only a strategy led, result oriented campaign actually delivers results.


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DALLAS, July 24, 2017 – The Dallas office of Cushman & Wakefield is pleased to announce that Christy Means has been named Managing Director of Asset Services. She previously led DFW property management for Stream Realty Partners, where she oversaw a team of about 130 people and the management of office, industrial, and retail space.
Means will be responsible for operations, new business development, and financial oversight of the Asset Services platform in Dallas. She will also focus on recruiting top industry professionals, team engagement, cultivating best practices, and executing consistent processes and procedures across the portfolio.
Locally, Cushman & Wakefield oversees a 38 million-square-foot portfolio of property management and leasing assignments, including Lincoln Centre, Urban Towers, Riverside Commons, Sherry Lane Place, Solana, and Victory Park. Cushman & Wakefield’s total property management portfolio tops 600 million square feet.

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HR Club meeting was held at National Banking Institute, Narayanchour on August 27, 2015. Altogether 24 participants attended the meeting run for 2 hours. This time the club saw some new faces of HR personnel from Insurance companies.
The meeting discussed on the following agendas.
ICICI Bank On the job training experience sharing: Ms. KarunaTuladhar, Executive Program shared her experience learned from the training. She explained ICICI bank culture, their service standard, ICICI bank DNA amongst others. She has had an opportunity to learn the transformation process ICICI bank was undergoing to reach to this stage. During her assignment, she was placed in the Learning and development (L & D) of the bank for a week allowing her to have good opportunity to learn how this department functions which is very relevant to the entire banking industry.
She emphasised that the success of ICICI Bank is mainly attributed to effective Human Capital Management and leveraging on Technology platform.
Provision of BFI's staff recruitment/outsourcing as set by the recent Unified Directive 2072: The floor was open to everyone to share their view on this topic. Some participants shared their experience and the current practice they have in their banks. The discussion on this agenda concluded with a suggestion to put up such issues on our forthcoming Unified Directive workshop scheduled to be held on 4th Sep, 2015.
HR Workshop : NBI has been regularly organizing HR workshop every year. This is a residential workshop which is open for HR people from different organizations. HR related issues including paper presentations are made in the workshop. This workshop is due now and discussion on the modality of the workshop was one of the major agendas. Some of the topics of discussion for the workshop as advised include: 'Competency Mapping', 'HR role in Merger', 'Succession Planning', 'Learning and Development' etc. This agenda concluded assigning the responsibility to NBI to coordinate and finalize the program.
Annual Training plan for banks : In order to align NBI training programs with the training need of the industry, they were requested to advise us the training areas they have identified. If need be, we have also proposed to sit one-on-one for discussion/ planning.


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Wellspring’s more than 20 different programs and services are designed to meet your specific needs. Some are designed to help when you’re not feeling well, or if you are dealing with difficult symptoms. Others are intended to help with cancer recovery and restoring your health and wellness. And there are many programs that provide you with the tools, resources and knowledge needed to help you make a transition back into the community and manage your own health on a long-term basis.
Drop-In Programs: These programs do not require registration.
Registration or Appointment Required: Please contact the centre to register or book an appointment for these programs.
You will also note that programs are available for both patients and caregivers; for patients only and for caregivers only.
Please notes: Health recovery requires time and energy. Some members choose to take these programs after their treatment is over and they have more time and energy available, while others choose to participate during their treatment. It is never too early to enhance health, but time and energy to attend these programs are required to realize full benefit.
Members with metastatic illness may also find that these programs support their well-being.
Some coping skills programs, such as Yoga and Tai Chi are also health restoring. It is recommended that these programs also be considered by those seeking to repair unwanted effects from cancer or its treatment and achieve restoration of health and wellness.


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Less than a five-minute downhill stroll to Perranporth's vast expanse of beach and awesome Atlantic swell, Pemberley is a bright and comfortable ground floor flat with private access and allocated parking. Situated in an elevated position, Pemberley enjoys superb views over the village and boating lake to the links golf course and sand dunes.
A few steps from the parking area at the front lead up to the property which is then all on one level. The kitchen is open plan to the dining area and sitting room, and is fully equipped with electric cooker and hob, microwave, fridge and washing machine. The rest of the room is comfortably furnished with a two-seater sofa, two chairs, 32” TV, DVD player and dining furniture.
Two bedrooms sleep four: bedroom one is furnished with a double bed (4'6”) and bedroom two with twin beds (3' each), which can be zipped together to make a king-sized bed if preferred. The bathroom is fitted with a shower over the bath, a WC and basin.
The property is heated by electric central heating and has one parking space on the driveway. To the front of Pemberley a lovely decked area with patio furniture provides a great place to sit out on sunny days and enjoy the views.
Perranporth is a small but vibrant seaside resort with surfing, horse riding, tennis, golf and outdoor bowls all within the local vicinity. It is also a great location on the north coast with easy access to many places of interest and tourist attractions. Only nine miles from the train station in Truro's cathedral city with direct links to London, and 13 miles from Newquay airport.


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Its not just enough to have a business website. But its more important to have secure website. With secure website, people visitors have more trust to do any deals. If your site is not secure, it could be one of main reason that your business is not doing good.
We offer Trust Guard , a mark of trust for security of doing business online. By having trust guard on your site, your business will raise to new heights.
Its easy to make your site secure with trust guard.
We offer the following plans to choose from. Choose which suits the best.
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Can I use Single Seal on Multiple websites ?
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PBMs are third-party administrators contracted by health plans, large employers, unions and government entities to manage prescription drug benefits programs. They were created in the 1960s to process claims for insurance companies. By the 1970s, PBMs were serving as fiscal intermediaries adjudicating prescription drug claims. Today, PBMs not only adjudicate claims but also develop and manage pharmacy networks, determine drug formularies, set co-pays, and set criteria for prior authorizations and the patient’s choice of pharmacy.
Originally intended to process claims on behalf of clients within a set fee structure, they are often called “invisible middleman” because they are hidden between the patient’s insurance company, who the PBM works for, and the pharmacy, who the PBM reimburses for dispensing the prescription. Currently the three largest PBMs - CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx (a division of United Healthcare) hold nearly 80% of the prescription benefits market in the U.S.
It starts with the nature of the PBM business model, which masquerades as a “cost saver” but is actually a cost multiplier. PBMs profit at nearly every stage of the supply chain from the drug manufacturer to the patient purchasing the prescription at the pharmacy: PBMs negotiate and keep manufacturer rebates in exchange for adding some drugs to formularies (the lists of medications covered by a given health plan) over others; they determine how much to bill the insurance plan per prescription and what they will reimburse the pharmacy for dispensing that prescription--the difference between the two prices, often referred to as the spread, is kept by the PBM. PBMs manage Medicaid and Medicare prescription plans and bill the government the same way they bill their private insurance clients.
PBMs own their own pharmacies - both retail stores and mail order - and make money when patients are forced to use mail order or only purchase from a PBM-owned pharmacy, such as CVS. PBMs also reimburse their own pharmacies more than they reimburse non PBM-owned pharmacies, especially small community and independent pharmacies. Altogether, PBMs generate more than $315 billion annually in revenue for themselves and their shareholders by adding their cost of doing business to the end cost of the prescription paid by insurance plans, taxpayer dollars and patient copays at the pharmacy counter.
PBMs work with drug makers to develop the formulary. In the process, PBMs negotiate, and are incentivized by, manufacturer rebates -- which they keep in part or whole. The more expensive the covered drug, the higher the rebate. And while the term “rebate” usually means the buyer receives some money back post-purchase, this is not the case for prescriptions. The patient and the insurer buy the product but the PBM receives the rebate. PBMs will often structure their contracts to allow them to collect and keep rebates as part of an “administrative fee” or “rebate sharing” arrangement with the health plan instead of passing the rebate to its rightful owner - the purchaser of the medication.
PBMs are responsible for reimbursing the pharmacy for dispensing the patient’s medication. The pharmacy, who has already incurred a cost for stocking and dispensing the medication, has no control over any aspect of the medication’s sale. It is the PBM who determines the patient’s copay and the PBM who determines in advance how much it will reimburse pharmacies for each medication covered under the drug plan. It is the PBMs who pre-determine how much each drug covered under the plan should cost, and this is the amount it reimburses all pharmacies but the ones they own. Often the reimbursement rates are well below the cost of the drug, putting pharmacies in the position of having to fill a prescription at a loss. No one is sure how the cost for each covered drug is determined because PBMs are not regulated and not required to disclose their formulas for determining cost. PBMs consider this information a “trade secret”, leaving pharmacies with no choice but to appeal losses they incur in order to fill the prescription. Often those appeals are denied, or simply ignored by the PBM --despite laws in New York State requiring very specific appeal procedures.
Because pharmacies are dependent on having patients, and most patients depend on having a prescription drug plan to help offset the cost of expensive medications, pharmacies are left in a “take it or leave it” situation, business-wise. Most pharmacists take it, because they are in the business of providing care and the PBMs have the patients.
Currently there’s no law preventing PBMs from owning retail, mail order, specialty or any other type of pharmacy - a clear conflict of interest since PBMs not only negotiate which drugs will be covered and at what cost, they have direct and proprietary access to their prescription drug benefit plan enrollees and can use their access as a platform to guide, steer, direct or mandate which pharmacies plan enrollees can use. PBMs use their role as drug plan administrator to entice plan enrollees to use PBM pharmacies by offering incentives to patients that they directly disallow other pharmacies to use. For example, a PBM can offer a 90-day medication supply for the price of 60 days at its mail order pharmacy, but prohibits the local community pharmacy in your neighborhood from being able to do the same thing, even though your community pharmacy may be part of the PBM’s pharmacy network. Furthermore, CVS and Express Scripts have been caught in the act - and fined - for engaging in misleading scare tactics that pull patients away from their local pharmacies to a CVS or Express Scripts “preferred status” (large retail) pharmacy, claiming if patients don’t leave their local pharmacy, the price of their medication will greatly increase.
Recent investigations in states like Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas have uncovered serious questions about the level of profit generated by PBMs contracted to manage Medicaid Managed Care prescription benefits. As with private health plans, PBMs provide a third-party prescription drug benefit plan to Medicaid and Medicare enrollees, and bill the government for their services. State government pays for services with money raised by local taxes and receives matching federal funding (also taxes) to cover costs. In Ohio, an independent investigation by the Columbus Dispatch has shown CVS Caremark charging the state as much as 9 times the cost of a prescription drug while reimbursing local pharmacies below cost. As a result, Ohio is overpaying CVS Caremark, CVS Caremark is underpaying the pharmacies and taxpayer dollars are funding historical profits for CVS Caremark through this “spread pricing” model.
While adding a mark-up to a good or service is standard business practice and not illegal, the alarmingly rampant practice of PBMs marking up their clients’ prescription costs and then under-reimbursing pharmacies for actual cost of those prescriptions leaves pharmacies unable to predict cash flow, stock inventory, or sometimes to even meet payroll. Meanwhile, health plan administrators think they are paying the true cost of the drug while the local pharmacy hasn’t been paid enough to cover the cost of goods sold.
Patients depend on their local pharmacies to fill prescriptions when needed and trust their pharmacists to answer questions or guide them through treatment. Yet the unpredictability of the PBM spread pricing model threatens the viability of most community pharmacies, resulting in the potential for a patient’s loss of access to medicine and/or the risk of nonadherence to their medications.
The scarcity of regulatory oversight and lack of transparency in the PBM industry have allowed PBMs to overcharge for prescription drugs for decades. PBMs typically don’t provide clients with complete, itemized billing statements so it’s only when informed patients and health plan sponsors “put 2 and 2 together” that they begin to understand how they’re probably greatly overpaying for their prescription medications while the “savings” they thought they would see go directly into the pockets of the PBMs - and their shareholders.
The result is a fomenting crisis among smaller independent and community pharmacies that can no longer afford to keep their doors open or employ staff and are forced to close. The closure of small business pharmacies mostly affects communities and rural areas with populations of less than 50,000 and leaves patients with diminished access to medication while health plan sponsors and taxpayers are left to foot the much-higher bill.
These standard business practices demonstrate the impact PBMs have over pharmacies and healthcare as a whole. In our view, it makes a convincing case for federal and state regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. Currently, NO state or federal law in place is effectively protecting patients, pharmacies or entire health delivery systems from the destabilizing actions of one, two or all three of the large pharmacy benefit managers.
For more information email pharmacist@pssny.org or call PSSNY at 800.632.8822.


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mechanical plumber required - Western Sydney University!
FT Workforce is a leading Australian owned and operated Recruitment and Labour Hire business with head-quarters in Perth and offices in Brisbane & Sydney, specializing in Construction, Mining, Civils, Rail and Trades recruitment.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced mechanical plumbers. Working with HVAC systems for the hot and chilled water pipework for a commercial building. candidates must have commercial plumbing experience and be able to oxy weld/ silver solder. project will start t western sydney university in Richmond and move into the CBD once complete.


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Do you have a story to share with The Preluna & our esteemed clients?
This was submitted by Mr Geoff Nelder, a repeat guest of The Preluna Hotel for a few years.
For his seventh novel, Geoff Nelder former teacher living in Chester, UK, has plundered a shocking true crime on a grand scale in a favourite British holiday spot.
As a change from his science fiction, Geoff has turned his hand to historical fiction but with a twist.
In 1551 pirates abducted 5,000 people from Gozo, one of the islands of Malta. Those that survived the sea journey were sold into slavery, some of the men as galley rowers, women into harems in Constantinople.
Those spirits have cried out for revenge for nearly 500 years and in Nelder’s XAGHRA’S REVENGE they get it.
Geoff and his wife stay at the Preluna whenever they visit Malta. Some of the chapters of Xaghra’s Revenge were written while at the Preluna, sometimes in the top floor lounge.
XAGHRA’S REVENGE is available as a Kindle ebook and as a paperback from Amazon. It’s the only book with that title so it is easy to find.
ARIA Voted best science fiction novel of 2012.

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I was raised in the 1970s-80s on Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, and George Carlin.
As we approach October, it becomes increasingly closer to that time of the year again. Have a listen!


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Fatal Smile has all the elements of an arena band. They actually can play and the song freaking rocks! Ten Years in the making to be an overnight success!! Check them out!
Previous Post: Marilyn Manson really has gone down hill hasn’t he?

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British writer, journalist and poet; best known as editor of Punch, from 1906 to 1932.
Pro Patria from Poems of the Great War (1914).
"To Belgium in Exile" pp. 76-7.
"Thomas of the Light Heart" p. 201.
"To the Memory of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts" p. 387.
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text: “Generator Man is based on me,” he explains. “Not only can he shoot healing energy out of his hands, he also has the powers of mind control.” Other super-powered features include a glow-in-the-dark outsole that reveals the words BE STRONG. “With all my surgeries, I’ve had to be really strong,” he explains. There’s also a giant BPM down the side, which stands for “beats per minute” as well as his initials, Brody Preston Miller.


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Triathlete Karol Doherty who is training for the firmus energy, City of Derry Triathlon 2015 which takes place on Sunday 14 June.
In a first for the local triathlon world, organisers of the firmus energy City of Derry Triathlon 2015 have announced that this year’s event, which will take place on Sunday 14 June, will include a Para-Triathlon element.
Paul McGilloway, Race Director of the firmus energy City of Derry triathlon, explained: “We are delighted that both our main triathlon and the Kids’ TRYathlon will be open to para-triathletes.
“These will be the first para-tri races in Ulster to be run in conjunction with a Club’s Triathlon and both Triathlon Ireland and Disability Sport NI have been integral to enabling us to include this element in our events.
“We will be working closely with them in the run-up to the race to ensure that any adaptions necessary are made and that the right support is in place to allow the para-athletes to compete safely and to the best of their abilities on the day.
“We were keen to make this event as inclusive as possible and this new element is a great way to open the experience to even more people who previously haven’t been able to participate in this Triathlon.
The firmus energy City of Derry Triathlon, now in its third year, will see more than 500 people gather to compete in the event.
The race comprises a 750m open water swim in the River Foyle followed by a 20km closed road cycle and culminates in a 5km flat run that takes in key attractions including the iconic Peace Bridge.
The events will be open to any para-triathlete wishing to compete.
Those interested in taking part in the main event should visit www.triathlonireland.com and for more information on the Kids’ para-TRYathlon, contact thomas.mccallion@derrycity.gov.uk.


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Port-IT is an all in one specialized Maritime business IT supplier. We supply a wide range of IT products and services for your vessel needs. Port-IT is very flexible in delivering service on your vessel. On this website you can find a variety of our products. If you have any question about our services feel free to contact us.
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Providing complete security solutions for every vessel.
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How do I adjust my rates and tasks?
How do I change my available hours?
Is my bank information secure?
Can I change my rates whenever I want?
Do I need to include GST/HST on my invoices to clients?
How does a HeyBryan Expert Accept a Job?
How do I bill customers for expenses?
What if there are unexpected expenses or the job takes longer than anticipated?


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Even though Tiger Woods is behind Jack Nicklaus when it comes to holding the record for winning the most major titles, Tiger Woods is responsible for taking the game to the masses almost single-handedly. While he only won 14 titles against Jack’s 18, Woods has been in the news for all the right reasons, and then, all the wrong reasons.
Although Nicklaus failed to dominate his opponents and walk away like it was a walk in the park, like Woods was able to do almost every time he participated, he was called the Golden Bear for a reason. He has been a consistent performer with 18 majors and coming a close second 19 other times.
Ben Hogan has been known to struggle for the longest time before he got his breakthrough performance. They say practice takes time and for Hogan, that was certainly true. Even after meeting with an automobile accident that almost destroyed his career, Hogan went on to win 9 major titles and a career-best of 62 wins. It is often said that Hogan could have been at the top if he hadn’t met with the accident.
In the days of Bobby Jones, there were only four open championships and Jones took an early retirement at the age of 28. Had he played in the days of Tiger Woods, things could have been different. He went on to win all four titles 13 times in a row making him one of the greatest golf players of all time.
The list is not exhaustive and there are many others who could have easily made the list but didn’t base on our criteria of selection.


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Spirit levels are used to check if a surface is horizontal (Level) or vertical (plumb) by using bubble vials, most levels have both horizontal and vertical vials, although some levels also have an adjustable vial for angled use. Measuring with a spirit level is one of the oldest and one of the most accurate, building procedures for determining horizontal and vertical lines. Levels are easy to use by professional tradesmen and DIY enthusiasts alike.
End caps: End caps, found at each end of a level act to protect the measuring surface. Many are shock-absorbent, such as on the Stabila 96-2 Series to ensure effective energy absorption upon impact. Other levels, such as the Stabila Masons Level have removable end caps, which allow the level to mark right into corners and lay on narrow edges.
Measuring surfaces: The measuring surfaces on spirit levels can be designed in various ways. In most cases, the complete body of the spirit level, including the measuring surface, is powder coated, painted or anodised . However, on some levels, such as the Stabila 196-2 Double Plumb level, the measuring surface is also milled flat.
In addition, levels, such as the Stabila 81 SV Magnetic Torpedo Levels also have a V-shaped groove, which allows it to fit over and measure pipes. Some levels, like the Stabila 96-M-2 Level also have a strong magnet on the measuring surface, which is ideal for steel construction work.
Girder Levels (also known as I beam) are more robust and are more suited to heavy-duty use.
Electronic (or digital) Levels combine a spirit level with vials, along with a digital screen to measure and display angles. These levels allow setting of a ‘false zero’ to allow marking out falls, such as in plumbing applications. They are also ideal for repetitive tasks.
Line, Pocket & Post Levels - A pocket level is the most simple type of level. It consists of just one vial, and is compact in size for easy storage and transportation. A line level is similar in size to a pocket level, but is fitted with a hook at either end to attach to a taught cord to ensure that a levelling line is truly horizontal. Post levels are ideal to ensure fence posts are upright prior to fixing. Other uses include plumbing pipes, levelling of RSJs and other applications where both a vertical and horizontal is needed.
Torpedo, Scaffold & Boat levels are much smaller levels than box section or girder levels making these ideal for light DIY use but especially suitable for scaffolders, pipe fitters and steel erectors where the traditional longer levels are more difficult to work with. Many have bevelled shape which makes then suitable for working in cramped spaces.
Water Levels such as the Faithfull 10M Water Level utilise the principle that water will always find its own level. They are very accurate instruments which are used widely throughout the construction and building industries. A water level is the ideal tool for accurate unsighted room to room measurement or distant levelling, when using a spirit level would be ineffective.
Angle Levels such as Box Spirit Levels are a versatile measuring instrument, which combine the functions of both a spirit level and protractor. The levels allow precise measurement and marking out of angles.


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Light, aggressively styled and highly durable - the GP-Air is an ideal summer street riding glove. Incorporating a robust carbon knuckle guard in a multi-panel and extremely robust main shell that is reinforced in critical areas the GP-Air is a superb performer.
• Durable, multi-panel main shell construction incorporating full-grain goat’s leather, Spandex and 3D mesh for durability, abrasion resistance and high levels of breathability.
• Synthetic suede and leather reinforced palm for improved grip and abrasion resistance.
• Outer edge of hand and pinky finger reinforced with synthetic suede for excellent tear and abrasion resistance.
• Ergonomic carbon compound knuckle guard provides exceptional impact and abrasion protection.
• Finger tops feature innovative Fused Carbon Deflector TBC sliders and EVA padding for excellent coverage in critical area.
• Ergonomic, advanced hard polymer slider on palm is backed with EVA foam for impact performance.
• Impact absorbing EVA foam panels on thumb for additional impact performance. Panels are perforated to promote ventilation.
• Finger-bridge prevents excessive finger roll and separation during impacts.
• Lightweight silicone printing on fingertips for increased grip and control.
• Accordion Neoprene® stretch inserts on fingers and extensive gusseted opening on thumb allows flex and freedom of movement.
• Finger sidewalls incorporate stretch inserts and synthetic suede reinforcement to flexibility and durability.
• Neoprene wrist cuff with EVA foam padding plus Velcro® and TPR closure for personalized closure. Wrist cuff is extended on the outside to offer protection to wrist bone.
• Touch screen compatible index fingertip and thumb for use with smartphones and GPS systems.


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What do USF students, Florida Hospital staffers, and Walgreens shoppers have in common? They’d prefer not to have to get in their cars when they have to cross Bruce B Downs Boulevard.
In March 2016, the MPO in cooperation with Hillsborough County Economic Development Department, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, and Tampa Innovation Alliance, met to explore options for transit service within the University Area’s Innovation District. The proposed USF Area Circulator Shuttle would be the first of its kind to serve the University Area and, if completed, could seamlessly connect riders to USF, Busch Gardens, Moffitt Cancer Center, and the VA Hospital.
At the meeting, the MPO and its partners sought to assess demand for ridership in the area and determine the next steps.
Study recommendations will be completed in July 2016.
Contact Allison Yeh for more information.

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As you further your (and your dog’s) training, the idea of competing may slowly creep into your mind. Whether you do well at your first trial or not, competing tends to drive you to train harder and increase the bond with your dog. So, what types of competition are there? What titles can be earned and what do those mysterious letters mean?
*The PACH title (Preferred Agility Champion) has the same requirements as the MACH, but the dog jumps at 4-inches lower than their regular jump height. Basically, PACH = MACH – 4 inches of jump height.
**Tracking titles may not be available for non-AKC recognized breeds.
So how do you get started? Ask any instructor or student that is competing (we love to talk about it). Every so often, SDOC will offer trial prep / competition prep courses. When these courses are offered, they will be listed on the Classes page.

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Jackson Hole, Wyoming's homegrown movie-house, Storm Show Studios celebrates their 15th anniversary ski/ride/adrenaline film with "Cliff Hanger"!
Jackson Hole, Wyoming's homegrown movie-house, Storm Show Studios celebrates their 15th anniversary ski/ride/adrenaline film with "Cliff Hanger"! Destined to become another classic Jackson Hole ski film from veteran producers Darrell Miller & Ryan Halverson. Featuring your favorite Storm Show stuntmen & women including Derek Depiero, Rajat Bhayani, Jason Elms, Rob Kingwill, Dave Van Ham, Halina Boyd, Kelly Halpin, Daniel Tisi, and many other ripping shredders. Highlights include harrowing first ski descents in the Jackson Hole backcountry, major peaks of the Teton Range, neck-deep powder in Hakuba, Japan, and Wind River's Gannet Peak, the highest peak in Wyoming! Get your ski-flick fix for the impending winter season with Storm Show/FRP’s “Cliff Hanger”!


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I am closing this report which is a duplicate of bug #44776.
Clicking in the title bar should not be enough to cause a re-draw, but clicking on a menubar item (File, Edit, Help), or one of the toolbar widgets such as Autoscale, Grid, etc. is.
The actual sombrero will now take up only a small portion of the blank white canvas area.
I'm sure this is because we're not processing some of the events like Maximize Window. This thread looks relevant: http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/46548-Catch-maximize-and-restore-events.
The code to modify is going to be in libgui/graphics. Probably Canvas.cc, but maybe Figure.cc. In any case, this can't be fixed for the 4.4.0 release, but maybe for the 5.0 release.
@sebald Clicking the title bar is not enough to trigger a refresh for me, but I noticed that opening a menu from the menu bar is.
Sorry for the category, I agree that it should be changed.
Confirmed that this is still in the development version in Linux as well. It seems that clicking in the title bar is enough to cause a redraw. This should be "Plotting with OpenGL" category, as both FLTK and gnuplot toolkits redraw upon clicking one of the resize buttons.
I see this in windows too.
I actually just noticed that it seems to happen for any drawing, including initial draw of a figure's legend, or multiple superimposed plots with hold on. So it could very well be a buffering issue.
however, it doesn't seem like this fixes anything.
What's more, this is cumulative with the other bug, so that you can't plot an image, then maximize it, otherwise you end up with an image the original size in one corner of the window.
Now that I think about it (this is a wild guess, I never looked at the code), this could have to do with double buffering, as the behavior is consistent with it being always short of one flip.
My desktop environment is KDE (on Arch Linux 32 at the moment), though I seem to recall this happening in Unity and other DEs as well.
This has ben bugging me for quite some time, as this bug has been present on every computer that I recall using with Octave with, for the past four years or so, though this doesn't seem to be systematic.
When resizing a plot window trough one of the above actions, the plot inside it occasionally doesn't update, and leaves the windows with its new size, and correctly drawn, except for the contents of the plot, which keep the old size.
As a workaround, the drag button can be selected, and the graph clicked once, which seems to trigger a redraw. Losing the focus also seems to trigger a redraw, and so does taking a screenshot, so this could be compositor-related (kwin here, but definitely happen(ed?) with others), but makes it difficult to take screenshots.
I don't know if this is related or not, but when selecting save as , and saving as png with the window maximized, Octave generated a similar image, with a small graph in one of the corners of the resulting image.
I was able to reproduce this with qt, but not fltk (though I thing it used to happen with fltk as well in the past).


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With the 2017/18 football season now ended and attention now on the biggest soccer fiesta – the FIFA World Cup in Russia, big money is already chasing after players around the world as clubs are keen on fortifying themselves. Kunle Adewale, in this report, asks when will the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) produce players that would attract global attention in terms of transfer fee?
At the beginning of the ending season, the football world was agog with the news of Brazilian football superstar Neymarâ€™s Â£200 million transfer move from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, and to some, â€˜football had gone crazyâ€™. This, however, raises questions on why Nigeria local footballers could not also attract some reasonable transfer to big European leagues and generate money to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) vis-Ã -vis the country.
Up till the mid-90s, soccer fans in Nigeria looked forward to weekends, so as to watch their darling teams and favourite football stars, and the stadiums were always jam packed. It would take a miracle for a fan to get a seat at the UAC, as Teslim Balogun Stadium was then called, or the Onikan Stadium if the fan were not seated by 2pm for a game billed for 4pm, especially if the game involved clubs like Enugu Rangers, IICC Shooting Stars, Bendel Insurance, Abiola Babes or Leventis United. But not anymore.
Those were the days when a player would play in the Nigerian league this weekend and the following weekend heâ€™s donning the colours of an European league without going through trials.
It is on record that former Super Eagles winger, Finidi George, played in the colours of Ajax Amsterdam without going through trials, a week after he played for Calabar Rovers in the local league.
Many Nigerians were shocked at seeing Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Dosu Joseph, in the colours of Italian Serie A side, Reggina, two weeks after staying between the sticks for Julius Berger in a league game in Lagos.
But for a Nigerian player to play for an average European club now, he must go through series of trials, because Nigeria league is little or nothing to write home about. Unlike before when it was at per with the Belgian league and close to the Dutch league.
Proprietor of second division side, AS Racine, Emmanuel Ibru, attributed lack of security, poor officiating and nonexistence of local rivalries as the bane of Nigerian league, which he said were also some of the reasons why fans had decided to shun league matches in the country.
â€œFor fans to return to the stadium, their security must be guaranteed. They must be sure of their safety such that one can bring his family to the stadium without any molestation from Area Boys (miscreants). Until then our league will still be in shambles.
â€œThe lack of local rivalries competing in league has also taken the shine off the league. Those days in Lagos, there were rivalries among Stationery Stores, NEPA, ACB and Julius Berger; in Ibadan, the city stood still whenever IICC was taking on Water Corporation and later Leventis United. So too in Benin, when Bendel Insurance and New Nigeria Bank confronted each other. Rangers versus P&T Vasco Dagama was always a cracker.
â€œAll these clubs had huge followership and therefore fans could not wait for the weekend to come and watch their idols play,â€ Ibru noted.
The bad state of our pitches has also not helped in developing the countryâ€™s football. Most of the pitches are in terrible shape due to lack of maintenance, which does not allow for free flow of football. What would be the end products of these kinds of pitches are quite obvious.
As a matter of fact, some states even resorted to using synthetic pitches, which analysts say are only good for television but not football.
â€œOne of the biggest problems confronting Nigerian football is the artificial pitches everywhere now. They are only good for viewership and television but they are not good enough for football and football development.
â€œWith artificial pitches you cannot play attractive football and you pick injuries very easily. If we don’t go back to the days when we had good lush green pitches, which allowed for good football and go back to secondary school football, which allowed administrators of football to pick from the very best, I’m afraid Nigeria would continue to struggle against small football nations.
â€œLook at the best football nations in the world you don’t find artificial pitches all over like you see here in Nigeria,” Odegbami said.
Another major problem confronting Nigeria football is the issue of poor officiating; teams could hardly go away and win. Home teams are almost sure of winning. â€œWhen we all know that it is the host team that would win, then why go to the stadium,â€ Ibru queried.
Nigeria football also lacks good administrators that could really drive the countryâ€™s football to where itâ€™s supposed to be. Administrators had been seen engaged in legal battles rather than concentrating on administrative business.
According to Odegbami, the foundation of Nigerian football was rock solid when he (Odegbami) was an active participant in football in the country from the early 70’s up till the turn of the ’80s.
“After the Moscow Olympics in 1980, then arise some avoidable and unnecessary developments which occurred that started to rock that solid foundation and it all started with the unceremonious removal of Mr. Isaac Akioye as the Director of Sports. He was the one with the training skills in sports that established the solid foundation.
â€œHe also trained and hired people who were to sustain the development. So, when he was removed in 1981 it set up a catalytic situation and those who took over from him, though tried to sustain what was on ground but the turnover of personnel in the administration of sports, especially football, in Nigeria became accelerated and it became more watery.
â€œBy the time we got to the beginning of 1990 it was so watered down, though the effect of that solid foundation was still strong to sustain sports development but by the early 90’s it became less in terms of human capacity.
â€œThough, we were still winning laurels but the fact remains that the administrators that came in thereafter did not have the original vision of the initial founders. And by the time we got to the late 1990 the new administrators that succeeded came in with their own shallow vision and so the quality of the game started to drop, so much so that we no longer could recognise the original foundation.
â€œThere is no longer any connection between the original foundation and where we are now. We are just drifting; there is no clear vision and direction again. All the things that were initially built are now lost,” Odegbami lamented.
The NFF also have no record of the number of football academies that exist in the country, hence, no proper monitoring.
That is why a player could leave an academy to be signed-on by a European club without the football governing body having any knowledge of it and therefore gets nothing on the player. All the financial gains go to the football agents.
“We don’t have football academies in Nigeria. The only academy I know in Nigeria that is coming up is the Kwara Football Academy in Ilorin. That is one of the reasons we are still behind in football today in this country. We should stop deceiving ourselves. The truth is that there is no football academy in country. Everybody isÂ claiming to have an academy and yet they cannot boast of ordinary camp. So you can see that we are not there yet,” former Nigeria international, Friday Elaho, noted.
Top North African clubs like Al Ally and Zamalek, both of Egypt, Raja Casablanca, Morocco and the likes boast standard training grounds and club houses, which are well maintained courtesy of money made from players they ship to European clubs.
Enyimba of Aba striker, Ezekiel Bassey, secured a loan move to the B-team of FC Barcelona in January, though he was shipped back to Enyimba after failing to make the cut at Barcelona. However, during the deal, nothing was mentioned on how much was really involved, how much Enyimba was going to get and how much would go the pause of the NFF.
Currently, the most attractive player in the Nigeria League is Kano Pillarsâ€™ marksman; Junior Lokosa, with 18 goals in 20 league matches and has gone off to BulgariaÂ to have his medical and fitness tests with Ludogorets. But by the time he finally joins the club, nothing would be heard about his sign-on fee, weekly earnings and how much accrues to his local club viz-a-viz the football federation.
Â â€œYou should know the mentality of Nigerian players once they are contacted by any European club. They and their agents will put pressure on you to allow them to go,â€ Chairman of Kano Pillars Tukur Babangida said.
Unlike when Neymar was leaving his boyhood club, Santos, for Barcelona for Â£48.7m, all the cards were put on the table, viz-a-viz when he left the Catalan club for PSG for a whooping sum of Â£200m.
It is a shame that in this clime, sports is still seen as recreation rather than big business. It is therefore not surprising that out of the 20 clubs in the Nigeria top division, 16 are owned by government.
State governors see these clubs as a way of greasing their political machinery and a way of compensating some of their supporters rather than making the clubs vibrant and turn them into money making machines.
Until football academies in the country are properly registered, managed and monitored, talents would continue to leave Nigeria to Europe without the federation getting a whiff of the money.


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“[m]ost companies do not collect the correct information in the most efficient manner”.
I have to take issue. While external organizations (such as my firm) have much more flexibility in collecting data than do our corporate counterparts, part of the significant difference between government collection of intelligence and corporate collection of CI lies in resources. That is, a team of two or three (private sector) employees (or consultants) cannot be expected to collect, maintain, and continuously analyze the vast amounts of data on a competitor or competitors that an entire team of analysts, supported by a separate team of full-time data collection professionals, in career governmental positions, can generate and maintain.
In addition, the private sector is constrained from many forms of data collection available to the government, so that they rely on a smaller range of options.
For example, signals intelligence, based on the interception of communications, is absolutely barred for the private sector, while it is available, admittedly under certain constraints, to the governmental sector.
Many businesses, properly so, limit or even forbid direct contact with competitors about certain issues including, of course, prices and pricing.
Some, to protect against accidental violations of this standard, even bar one-to-one communication with employees at any competitor.
In addition, CI ethical standards do not permit an employee of one company to collect human intelligence (via elicitation interviews) from competitors by lying about his identity or her employer.
Similar limits do not exist for the government.
Overall, the strong parallels between the governmental collection of and development of intelligence and business’ intelligence activities are increasingly diverging. After years of development, government intelligence culture, tools, analytical and communications protocols differ more from those of CI than they did 30 years ago. That is because the missions, the methodology, the legal constraints, and the total resources devoted to the respective tasking has less and less symmetry (properly so, because there is a difference between losing market share and losing lives). In light of that, I expect that competitive intelligence can and should differ from governmental intelligence both in intelligence collection and analysis, and should be allowed to develop and differ without inappropriate comparisons.
 Edward Mozley Roche and Michael James Blaine, “The Intelligence Gap: What the Multi-National Enterprise Can Learn from Government and Military Intelligence Organizations“, Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 57, Issue 1, pages 3–13, January/February 2015.
 See, e.g. The Helicon Group, “Ethical Standards”, Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals, “SCIP Code of Ethics for CI Professionals”, and John J. McGonagle and Carolyn M. Vella, Proactive Intelligence – The Successful Executive’s Guide to Intelligence, Spring, 2012, Chapters 5 and 6.
 In the words of Eddie Wilson, “Hey! I didn’t say better, I said different”, Eddie and the Cruisers, Embassy Pictures, 1983.
Thanks John for the two articles. I’m not sure that I agree with you. CI mainly in OSINT has been developed greatly in last 5-10 years and government intelligence has a lot to learn after it was stuck for years with over relying on covert sources and undermining OSINT. This is relevant more in strategic intelligence while in tactical / intelligence, the government intelligence tools are much stronger while CI is not there.

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A survey looking at public views on stray dogs was initiated at three location in Colombo this morning.
The Cabinet recently approved preparation of a mechanism to reduce the difficulties caused by stray dogs in public areas.
A committee was appointed to carry out a study and prepare a report with regard to this matter.
Ministry of Secretaries of Provincial Councils and Local Governments, Health and Indigenous Medicine, Livestock Development and Community Development, Western Provincial Council Commissioner, and Colombo Municipal Council Veterinarians are members of this committee.
Provincial Councils and Local Governments Minister Faizer Mustapha further explained about the inauguration of the gathering of public views.


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Another price Game drop from again presumably also part of their Easter Sale, Game.co.uk are selling the 250 GB version of the Xbox 360 console for just £149.98 delivered making it the cheapest price online by around £9 at the moment (John Lewis and Dixons).
Possibly the cheapest price we have seen the 250GB version drop to and at this price it’s only £10-£15 more than the 4GB so a no brainer if you want a new Xbox 360 console.
For an extra £10 they will throw in a copy of either Fable 3 or Halo Reach so if either of them interest you at all then that is an even better deal.
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