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Work and play down under with full job support!
Make new friends down under!
Our Paid Work in Australia programme is designed to give you a fun introduction to Australia as well as arm you with the tools and knowledge you'll need to make your experience the very best it can be. Following a personal meet and greet from Sydney Airport, you'll spend your first nine days going jet boating, learning to surf, sand boarding, and cruising alongside dolphins, you'll get the lowdown on all the practical stuff, from setting up bank accounts to signing up to our huge jobs database and preparing for interviews; our expert team will offer you all the help and advice you'll need to bag yourself that all-important job, and will continue to offer their support throughout your time in Australia.
Day 1: Arrival – Welcome to Australia!
You’ll be personally met at the airport by one of the team, who will take you to your city centre accommodation to get settled in. Depending on the time you get to Sydney, you'll have time to unwind and relax before meeting the rest of your group.
You'll get a full city orientation on day two, where your local team will tell you about the area, the sorts of jobs on offer, explain about travelling around the rest of the country, and most importantly be able to point you in the right direction of all the best places to party at while you’re in the city! Afterwards you'll get to go on a brilliant jet boat trip through Sydney Harbour, which is a great way to see the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and spectacular views of Sydney.
Today the team will be giving you the lowdown on travelling around Australia - to give you all the information you'll need to make the most out of your travels whilst living and working down under. In the afternoon the group will head out on a private boat for a cruise around Sydney Harbour.
We'll visit the world-famous Bondi Beach today, so relax on the sand or enjoy splashing around in the sea. Afterwards we'll do the Bondi to Coogee coastal walk where you'll get to snorkel in secluded bays along the way, play beach volleyball and indulge in a proper Aussie beach BBQ with a few cold beers.
On day five we'll head north, out of Sydney, to the beautiful coastal town of Port Stephens. We'll stop off at a secluded sandy bay on route for a surf lesson with some brilliant qualified instructors and ride the waves with some proper Aussie surfers. In the evening we'll have a BBQ and sit around a bonfire on the beach before bunking down for the night in our unique bush bungalow accommodation for the night.
Please note in winter months (June, July, and August), we'll go on a brewery tour in Port Stephens rather than stopping for a surf lesson.
Today you'll get to feed wild kangaroos and spot koalas before we head off to sand board down some of the biggest sand dunes in the Southern Hemisphere! After lunch we'll hop aboard our private boat for an excellent dolphin cruise and have fun being towed along at the back of the boat. Heading back to Sydney later on, we'll have just enough time to freshen up before turning out for a fun night on the town.
Day seven is pretty chilled, but it's also an opportunity for you to take advantage of the team's expertise and make arrangements for moving on. They'll be able to advise you on accommodation and house shares and make arrangements for you and your new friends to set up home together.
Today is all about getting geared up for working in Australia, so after a comprehensive 'how to find work' seminar, we'll get you signed up on our jobs board and find out exactly what sort of work you're after. In the evening we'll get dressed up for dinner at Australia's highest and most spectacular revolving restaurant.
On day nine you'll check out of the hostel and move on to your house share or other accommodation – unless you've decided to stay on at the hostel, which you're more than welcome to do.
Our dedicated jobs team will take a good look through your CV and help you make it even better and more geared up towards the sorts of jobs you’re after in Australia; you’ll get to tell them what sorts of jobs you want to do and whereabouts you’d like to work and live in Australia, they’ll get you set up online with full access to the jobs board, help sort you out with a tax number, Australian bank account, and Medicare membership, they’ll help put you forward for jobs, give you advice and a bit of interview coaching, arrange interviews for you with prospective employers, and help you with the logistics of getting around – pretty good, huh? Even after all this, you’ll still have the team’s complete support, so you can drop in on them anytime to ask their advice, give them a bell if you’re unsure about anything, or simply pop by to say hi.
Bars, cafes, restaurants, and hotels provide a variety of different jobs for travellers. You could find yourself working on the reception desk of a swanky hotel, helping out in a busy restaurant kitchen, waiting on tables at a popular cafe, or mixing cocktails at the best bar in town! It totally depends what skills and experience you have as to the role you’ll end up in, but generally hospitality jobs are fun and sociable – and suited to those with brilliant people skills.
Typical hospitality roles: receptionist, hotel staff, bar staff, waiting staff, baristas, food prep/chef, valet, event runners, customer service.
A great option for anyone with experience of working with children, home help and au pair work is varied and interesting, and will give you a good insight into the Australian way of life. Most of these placements will include your accommodation – which is perfect if you’re looking for more of a family setting to call home while you’re away.
Typical home help and au pair roles: domestic cleaner, companion to elderly or disabled people, care provider, live-in home help, live-in au pair, registered day carer, nursery staff.
Farm work can be paid or voluntary in exchange for food and accommodation – so check the details of each job you apply for. You can expect to do anything from fruit picking and crop harvesting, to helping with maintenance and animal care. It’s a popular option for a lot of travellers, and while it’s fun, do be prepared to be on your feet doing physical work most days.
Typical farm/seasonal roles: fruit picker, ranch hand, farm worker/farmer, cattle herder, shepherd, maintenance staff, plantation worker, crop harvester, beach patrol, lifeguard, tour guide.
You’ll find a selection of jobs in the construction industry that require a mix of skilled and general workers, but the most important thing an employer looking for a labourer will want to know is that you’re physically fit to carry out tasks that will include heavy lifting. Experience will be a huge advantage for this kind of work, but you might find some companies simply looking for grafters.
Typical labour and construction roles: builders, construction/site labourers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, roofers, plasterers, site security staff, miners, engineer, project manager, mechanic.
Most towns and cities will have a constant need for temporary office workers, whether a company has a big project that requires an extra pair of hands or needs help covering staff absences, and are a good source of income as you move from place to place. The opportunities for this sort of work are limitless – you could be working in IT, admin, graphic design, sales, marketing, accounts, banking... any industry really! And there should be a good selection of different length contracts for you to choose from.
Typical short and long term temping/office roles: retail staff, telemarketing/call centre operatives, sales, marketing, fundraising, canvassers, customer service, insurance, banking/accounting, teaching/coaching roles, admin, IT, graphic design, web, media.
Your accommodation in Sydney is a lively backpacker’s hostel in the heart of the city, close to the harbour and lots of brilliant sights. You’ll be sharing a comfortable mixed dorm with 7-9 others, and have access to shared areas, Wifi, and your own locker. You’ll also spend one unforgettable night in a typical Aussie bush bungalow in stunningly beautiful Port Stephens – this is an authentic Aussie experience and is sure to be a true highlight!
On days three and five you'll enjoy beach BBQs and lunch will be included on day six, then on day eight you’ll enjoy a delicious group dinner at Australia’s highest revolving restaurant.
After your initial eight nights, you can choose to extend your stay at the hostel, or look at getting a house share with other travellers. Our friendly local team will be able to help you arrange this as well as advise you on work, places to visit locally, and travel throughout the rest of the country.
You should arrange flights to Sydney International Airport (SYD) to arrive on the first day of your programme start date. You will be met by one of our friendly team at the airport who will take you to your accommodation in the centre of Sydney.
You will need to obtain a Working Holiday Visa to work in Australia, please ensure you have applied for the correct visa before travelling. We can assist you with your application – ask us for more details when you call to book.
You will need to be aged 18-30 to take part in this programme due to Australian Working Holiday Visa regulations.
You must apply for a Working Holiday Visa for this programme, which you’ll need to obtain before travelling to Australia. Your work type will be casual, where you’ll spend no more than six months working for one employer.
Be aged between 18 and 30 years old at the time of application.
Hold a valid passport, with at least six months remaining following return.
Not be accompanied by children on your visit.
Have not previously entered Australia on a working holiday visa.
Meet the relevant health and character requirements.
Be outside of Australia at the time of visa grant.
Agree that your main reason for travelling to Australia is for a holiday.
Not undertake studies or training for more than three months.
Have plans to leave Australia following your authorised period in the country.
For peace of mind, we can include your Working Holiday Visa as part of your Paid Work in Australia package for an additional fee – ask us about this when you call to book.
What Happens After The First Nine Days?
Most travellers choose to extend their stay at the hostel after the first week, but the staff there will be able to help you arrange a house share or accommodation in another part of the country if you’re moving on.
How Long Should I Stay In Each Job?
You’re allowed to stay for a maximum of six months with any one employer. How long a job lasts will depend on the type of job you’re doing, how you perform in that particular role, and whether or not you find the role suitable.
What Types Of Jobs Are Commonly Available?
There are a wide range of jobs available to you, so you have a great chance of finding something that suits your skill set! The most commonly available jobs include hospitality roles in bars, cafes and restaurants, office and admin positions, farm and seasonal work and labour and construction roles.
Can I Join This Trip If I Just Want A Holiday And Don’t Plan To Work In Australia?
Absolutely! We encourage you to take this trip as a holiday – Sydney is an amazing destination and this is an action packed week of fun that will show you the best of this amazing city! You’ll also meet some fantastic people and make some brilliant memories.
How Much Should I Expect To Pay For Rent?
Usually, travellers will stay in a hostel, a shared room in an apartment or a private room in a shared apartment. Rent will range from $150-$250 AUD per week, and of course this varies depending on the type of accommodation and the area in which it is situated.
A Working Holiday Visa is a Visa that allows you to stay in Australia for up to 12 months from the time at which it has been approved. Legally, you can work for each employer for up to 6 months with a Working Holiday Visa. To be eligible you must be aged between 18 and 30 (inclusive) and hold a valid passport from the list of eligible countries.
To ensure your booking experience is as fuss free as possible, we can sort out your Working Holiday Visa for you at an additional cost. The application is subject to certain conditions. Please contact us if you’d like us to arrange your Working Holiday Visa for you!
If you find you’re not ready to go home within 12 months, you can apply for an extension on your Working Holiday Visa for up to 24 months, but you’ll need to spend 88 days (3 months) carrying out specified work in a regional area of Australia, which is most easily achieved through farm/horticultural work or fruit picking. For a complete list of jobs that count as specified work, visit the Australian Visa Bureau. You can then use your second visa at any time before your 31st birthday. You’ll be given plenty of information about this second Working Holiday Visa during your first week in Sydney.
Do People Often Travel Alone?
Most people participating in this experience will be travelling alone. The experience is a fantastic way to meet new people, so if you’re travelling alone you’ll have an instant group of friends to share your adventure with and meet plenty of others along the way!
How Much Can I Expect To Earn In Australia?
The most common backpacker work in Australia pays around $18-25 AUD per hour. Of course this will vary depending on the type of work you’re doing, as well as your experience and location.
Medicare is Australia’s national health system; those holding a valid United Kingdom passport are entitled to subsidised medical treatment and medicine while in Australia. Your Medicare membership will be arranged for you during your first week.
We are requiring an additional labourer to meet its expanding work load. While the position is on a contract basis, ongoing work is expected. Work at heights card is necessary, roof work will be predominately performed. A focus on customer satisfaction is essential.
Professional temporary Office Support staff needed!
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Okamura Farm users are so handy, full of awesome ideas. One of our clients was buying Passion Beard Oil for her boyfriend but thought he was overusing it, not that it smelled too strong, he was going through it too fast. She put it into one of those pump misting kitchen tools with a little extra oil to stretch it out. He has a great beard, she's satisfied with her fix.
salt or epsom salt to stretch them out. The fragrance might be subtle but essential oils are powerful tools and it doesn't take much. Oops I did it again.
More bulk/family sizes are coming at a tremendous savings. Cat's out of the bag.

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Continuing the exploration of acrylic paints, I did the painting shown below of the hill across the valley from my house. This one went a lot better than the last one. It's on a new canvas, rather than recycled like the previous. The paint seemed to flow onto the canvas much more easily, and I think I'm starting to get the hang of blending.
Still need to do a bit of work on colour mixing - the foreground trees didn't quite work out the right colour but the background hill worked out quite well I think. The colours don't show up very well in the photo.
I bought some more canvases at 60% off, so plenty of practice ahead.
Part of the idea for a forthcoming exhibition is to show pastel paintings with corresponding small ink drawings. Following this idea I've done drawings corresponding to my paintings "Low Tide, 8 a.m.", "Distant Volcano (Ruapehu)" and "Tora" (see the drawing page). There are some others I'd already done that fit this theme, so I'll probably have half a dozen or so matching pairs.
Some time ago I sent in an entry for the "New Zealand Art Show" for a 2.4 x 2.4 m wall space. These cost $600, but a couple of sales would cover that.
But today I got the notification that my entry had been rejected. This is rather disappointing. I had a look at the entries that got accepted last year, and I would say that either the standard must be a lot higher this year, or they have used some other criteria than the quality of work to select the entries.
I know that rejection is part of the game and one has to get used to it, but it's hard not to take it personally.
Next one coming up is the Peters Doig Marlborough Art Awards, which I should hear about in the next few days. Here's hoping this will not be another rejection.
On the other side of the coin, Ngaio Fine Arts has sold one of my ink drawings, and the buyer is apparently keen on another one. The gallery is also exhibiting another of my paintings - "The Lone Paddler". It's always encouraging when something sells - need a lot more of that if I'm going to make a living at it though!

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If you are visiting China for the first time then you should explore The Great Wall Of China. It is one of the seven wonders of the world. It is China's most important cultural and historic symbols. It starts from the Shanghaiguan in the east of China and ends in the Jiayuguan in the west of China. It covers a total distance of around 6,300 kilometres.
The Great Wall of China was first built as a defence line against the nomadic incursions. The construction of this wall was begun around seventh century BC. Every year millions of tourists visit the great wall and are amazed by its sheer scale. The Wall of China is also known as a paradise for photographers. So, if you have a passion for photography, take your camera and be sure to visit this amazing sight.
To experience the marine life of China, you can explore the Ocean Aquarium in China. This is one of the favourite tourist spots of the country. Ocean Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world. You can see several marine creatures here and it is well worth a visit.


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Mineralogy is the study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization.— Excerpted from Mineralogy on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
NB: Minerals are pure chemical compounds; rocks are mixtures or aggregates.

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The Astor Amethyst Sequin Cushion is part of the Kylie Minogue at home range available at Nicholas John Interiors. This luxurious cushion is adorned with purple sequins. This cushion can be used to complete a modern bedroom or living room look. Pair this cushion with the Astor quilt cover or the Amethyst.
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Local SEO - Dominate your own Backyard!
Why should I consider Local SEO?
Local SEO is a commonly overlooked element in SEO. Every small business should aim to be as highly optimised as possible for their local listing for three reasons. 1/ This is one area where they are on a level playing ground against the multi-nationals and chain store brands 2/ The local listings, for the terms where they exist, appear above the organic listings so it really stands head and shoulders above the organic listings 3/ Searches made by these prospects are on your doorstep, so should be highly motivated to consider you. This is particularly true if you have many positive reviews from a range of sources!
With our Opportunity Reprt we show you you where you stand against your competitors. We then advise which keywords might be able to rank quickly and those that may be a more long term goal.
There are 14 key local directories who need consistent information submitted across each of them. Using the keywords discovered in the Opportunity Report play their part in developing the company profile for them.
Once the directories have the consistent information submitted then additional efforts play their part. This includes the gaining of reviews and the addition of further picture and editorial content.
Is winning local business important to you? Then so should Local SEO!
There’s little point promoting your services locally till you’re confident in the search terms that your prospects are using to find your’s or your competitor’s services. This is the essential underpinning of any SEO campaign.
Google in the UK relies on 14 essential directories for it’s local listings. Getting your entry in to these with the consistent company name, address and phone (NAP) data is crucial. Populating with further esential information like opening times also improves your listing whilst also informing prospects (a win-win).
Getting great reviews across a number of platforms including local listings and social media should be a goal in itself for any company. However, it also serves a useful purpose in assuring the local listings that you both exist and provide a service people value.

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Antigonish, NS – The Dalhousie Tigers stole a 4-2 game from the U SPORTS No. 6 ranked StFX X-Women Wednesday night at the StFX Keating Centre. The win snapped StFX's five-game winning streak.
Two power play goals in the third period were the difference in the game for the Tigers who are battling for an AUS playoff position.
It was the X-Women who opened the scoring in the game, scoring the only goal of the first period just over 13 minutes in. Sarah Bujold (Riverview, NB) won a face-off in the Tigers zone and the puck went right to the stick of Emily Power (Airdrie, AB) and she wristed a shot past Dalhousie netminder Fabiana Petricca (Woodbridge, ON).
StFX outscored the Tigers 9-5 in the first period, taking the 1-0 lead into the locker room after 20 minutes.
The second period opened with a quick flurry of goals. Keana Oshowy (Woodbridge, ON) brought the puck around the back of the StFX net, then found Corinne Desjardins (Ottawa, ON) open in the slot. Desjardins connected her pass and one-timed it past Carley Molnar (London, ON) to get the Tigers on the board.
The tie did not last long however, as on the ensuing possession the X-Women stole the puck in the Tigers zone and Emerson Elliott (Aurora, ON) fed freshman Lea MacLeod (Dartmouth, NS) who was wide open in front of the Tigers net and she made no mistake depositing it past Petricca. The goal came only 12 seconds after the DAL marker.
The Tigers evened it up again at 5:07 as Lauren Ellerton (Toronto, ON) brought the puck into the StFX zone and dumped a seemingly harmless long shot on goal but it beat Molnar and the game was evened once again at 2-2.
The tie held up through the remainder of the period. Shots favoured StFX 14-7 in the middle period.
Ellerton scored what would hold up as the game winning goal 1:33 into the third period while on the man advantage. Brooklyn Paisley (Shawinigan Lake, BC) got the puck across to the fourth year defenceman whose shot from the point beat Molnar on the far side as she notched her second goal of the night.
The Tigers went up 4-2 while on a 5-on-3 power play as Autumn Moors (Ottawa, ON) banged in the puck at 12:03 on a tic-tac-toe play from Bobbi Strople (Halifax, NS) and Taylor Carr-Babineau (Moncton, NB), giving the Tigers and insurance marker.
The X-Women continued to press for a goal to get back into the game and pulled Molnar with 1:40 left to play in favour of the extra attacker but they could not capitalize.
Petricca had 31 saves for the Tigers for the win and was named second star of the game. For her two-goal effort, Ellerton took home first star and Subway player of the game honours. X-Women defense Hannah MacDonald (Wetaskiwin, AB) was the third star.
The Tigers are back in action Friday night when they host the UPEI Panthers. The X-Women will be back on home ice Saturday night to host the same Panthers squad.

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At the time of writing this article, the current MariaDB 10.2 offers MariaDB TX Subscription to access the feature MariaDB MaxScale. MariaDB TX subscription offers high-end functionality like implementing business-critical production, test and QA deployments, management, monitoring and recovery tools, mission-critical patching and above all, access to the MariaDB Database Proxy, MaxScale.
Data Masking to protect sensitive data.
This article discusses steps to secure your MariaDB Server installation from the installation phase onwards.
mysql_secure_installation is an executable shell script available with MariaDB to install it with added security measures like setting password for root accounts, remove root accounts that are accessible from outside localhost, remove anonymous user accounts and remove test database (along with its privileges) that can be accessed by anonymous users.
If the mysqld user has Linux System user “root” access and MariaDB FILE privilege, then he can modify any files in the system. To prevent this, always create or use the included user mysql to run the mysqld process. For this start mysqld with mysql as user.
Grant root access only to local clients. Example: apache server installed on the same machine or restrict host name to specific host only. ‘root’ @ ‘192.250.200.25’ – specifies access to user root from the host 192.250.200.25 only.
Use strong passwords for users.
Have separate users for each database.
Restrict the hosts or IPs that can access the database server.
Grant only required privileges to client users. Administrative privileges like GRANT etc. are not needed for client users.
The Password Validation Plugin API in MariaDB allows for ensuring that user passwords meet at least minimum security requirements. There are 2 plugins – simple_password_check plugin and cracklib_password_check plugin that use this API. Since they are not enabled by default install them manually. Atleast one plugin needs to be enabled to implement password validation checks. If multiple plugins are loaded, all validation checks must be passed for setting or changing passwords.
At least 8 character in length.
Requires at least one digit.
Requires at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter.
Requires at least one symbol or special character.
If password is directly set by hash, then these validations are bypassed. In order to avoid this, enable the strict_password_validation variable (along with validation plugin) that reject passwords that cannot be validated (hash passwords).
The SET DEFAULT ROLE statement uses MariaDB’s User Roles feature to assign a default set of packaged privileges as roles to new users.
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) can be used to encrypt data during transfer. In MariaDB TLS support is pre-compiled, but disabled by default. To enable it, start the server with –ssl option. Configure the server for encrypted connections by adding the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate, Server Public Key Certificate and the Server Private Key in my.cnf.
Use the file names as applicable.
Table encryption ensures that even if someone intrudes into database or access data, the data is protected due to encryption and is immune to tampering. In MariaDB the storage engines XtraDB, InnoDB and Aria supports encryption with Aria needing tables to be created with the default option ROW_FORMAT=PAGE. All tablespaces, individual tables and log files can be encrypted. Only data that are at rest in the database are encrypted and transferring data sent to the client are not encrypted. For that, secure connections using TLS protocol needs to be used.
Disk based Galera gcache is not encrypted.
The Audit Plugin cannot create encrypted output. Instead the output needs to be sent to syslog for configuring protection.
File based general query and slow query logs cannot be encrypted.
Aria log is not encrypted.
Error log is not encrypted since it contains query text, data, crashes, assertion failures etc. It can also be protected through syslog.
The MariaDB Audit Plugin logs lot of security and performance related relevant information like incoming connections, executed queries, accesses to individual tables and information about users who read/write at what time to the database. The logs are entered on a file or syslog. This information helps us to detect suspicious activities and to investigate security breaches.
Enable logging by setting server_audit_logging to ON.
User activities are also logged since the activities belong to any one of the types connect, query or table. You can include or exclude users whose events are to be logged using the server_audit_incl_users variable.


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Bruce’s Summary: Who literally doesn’t use independent contractors at some time or another? Using independent contractors helps companies offset short periods of spikes in volume and/or workload requirements, testing or potentially expanding new routes or known spikes in seasonal sales or volume, etc. It seems that with most workplace issues today it helps to have some type of checkoff list. Regardless of the subject matter using some form of checkoff lists ensures consistency and less chance for human error.
The author’s review a recent California case decision and provide just such an overview (checkoff list) that the court used in determining that a California claimant was an independent contractor and not an employee.
Bruce’s Summary: Well 2018 is here and workplace harassment and retaliation allegations are still rolling in. It seems the talk is that everyone is still waiting for more workplace harassment and retaliation complaints to surface and surface they will. The tip of the iceberg is glaring and what’s underwater is yet to clearly surface and continue to raise more eyebrows with the shock of who it may be. Today, no one is shielded by the nature of their position, their status or current reputation, as has been seen of late.
However, one visible change in today’s work environment is a higher number of complaints are being openly and pointedly directed at the very top of the executive level regardless of industry or size. As we all know in the past for HR Professionals and small businesses one of the biggest challenges was not the fact of getting the message down through the employee ranks but more getting the message to permeate up the executive ladder. It no longer is acceptable for the executive ranks to ignore or not take such allegations seriously. Everyone is watching.
For HR Professionals and small businesses, now is the time is to ensure their house is in order for responding to workplace harassment and retaliation complaints. The author(s) indicate that although employers may have standard harassment and retaliation policies and procedures currently in place and they may have worked in the past, they may not work so well today. If there ever was a time to ensure both the “I”s are dotted and the “T”s are crossed in an employer’s policies, it’s now.
In reference to regulatory type training on such subjects as anti-harassment and retaliation training, more positive results were always achieved when the training was live and interactive.
In addition, as more allegations move up the executive ladder, employers must ensure that a clear recognition of neutrality of any investigation is paramount to the individuals involved, work environment and organization. One clear signal of neutrality of the investigation, especially within the executive ranks, is the use of an outside neutral investigator.
Should You Look Outside Your Organization To Investigate A Sexual Harassment Complaint?
Bruce’s Summary: Interesting article from the New York Times presented by the author on the effectiveness and pitfalls of sexual harassment investigations being performed by a company’s internal human resource department.
The theme seems to be that more times than not, based on the fact we are dealing with human beings, the investigation itself can become entangled in political intrigue or the presence of an imbalance of internal power. At times, if not recognized, this type of behavior can result in a negative political effect on the internal HR person performing the investigation and/or the HR department itself.
During my 30 plus years of both performing internal and external investigations including sexual and harassment type allegations, the first question was the safety of the complainant and second as a HR Professional, was evaluating the internal political and power status of the parties (perceived or real) involved. Based on the evaluation, determine the best course to follow in either performing the investigation internally or using an outside neutral investigator. Third, if it was felt an outside investigator was warranted being solidly prepped to answer the management “why” questions with good business logic and reason. Here lies one of the litmus test for HR Professionals in being able to demonstrate an understanding of and speak the business’s fundamental language.
It’s not whether an individual or department can do the internal investigation itself, that’s not the point, the point is; are there enough political and/or power struggle issues that could potentially prevent someone as a HR Professional from effectively performing a through and complete investigation regardless where the evidence leads.
Bruce’s Summary: Well, timing couldn’t be better to address and recognize the dirty little secret that everyone has known about, however for some crazy reason continues to consciously ignore for various reasons until possibly now. If I learned nothing else over the last 30+ years in industry, there are not secrets.
You know that’s just Harvey, you know how he is. As a reality test for yourself, who is your Harvey and what should be done about him/her? I do know the earlier the inappropriate behavior(s) is recognized and confronted for what it is, the less dramatic the issue(s) are for all concerned. Simply, do you expose, address and nip it internally or allow it to continue and just wait until someone (probability scale is going up) internally addresses it in a public forum for you.
Is it worth damaging your brand, your public image and more than likely once exposed tons of expenses under the guise of damage control? In addition, no one goes un-scathed, besides the perpetrator, a few others may also pay the ultimate price of termination possibly for having known of the inappropriate and unprofessional behavior and not stepping forward. For those terminated, when interviewing for their next job ultimately the question about their departure from their old company will come up. It doesn’t go away.
The author does a good job of going a little deeper into the problem and provides some thoughtful solutions for the reader.
Bruce’s Summary: As HR professionals, we are quite often the expected resource for addressing and handling issues that arise unexpectedly. Natural disasters whether forest fires, tornados, hurricanes or earth quakes, depending on our geographical local. would come to mind. Being prepared is always the solution, but being prepared is a novel quest when you’re understaffed and low on budget. There are ways around large cost items.
Bruce’s Summary: I mentioned in my Part I overview, that having been in industry for some 35 years and working from the ground floor (brick and mortar) to the executive suite has provided me with a birds eye view of the how organizations get themselves in trouble because basically the culture, morale and engagement all start and finish in theexecutive suite. The biggest challenge was always keeping the opinions where they belonged, out of the investigation. I can’t tell you how many times I had the conversation that opinions are not policy. Even today as a consultant offering mentoring/coaching, conflict resolution and internal investigations services, on numerous occasions this conversation had to be addressed. As in all discussions, it’s not what you say but how you describe the difference between the two.
Both Part I and II would be great overviews to give organizational staff by their HR Executives. This is more the why and how of a good solid investigation. As I said in my overview of Part I, performing internal investigations has become one of the largest underlying potential cost items for business. If we don’t start off, as the author says with, “the person in the position to make decisions recognizes and can identify possible biases and takes steps to correct what might be negatively affecting the decision-making process” this will come out sooner or later at a cost and the potential embarrassment publicly for the organization. This shouldn’t have to occur. By reviewing the potential for bias early and either recognizing this may or may not be a potential issue, if felt an issue then the person making the decision can counter by bring in an outside neutral investigator. This is where the investigation should start.
Bruce’s Summary: Having been in industry for some 35 years and now providing investigative consulting in the HR arena, I know performing internal investigations has become one of the largest underlying potential cost items in business. The word neutral should be paramount when considering doing an investigation internally. This article (Part I.) is a good overview on the subject of unconscious bias by the author(s) and certainly brings home the fact of being extremely conscious at the very beginning, in the decision process, when a potential internal investigation is on the horizon of what potential liabilities lie ahead.
This certainly doesn’t happen in every case but in those where this kind of discussion occurs you already have unconscious bias but not from the investigator, this lies with middle and upper management. Is this the tail wagging the dog? This is a clear signal that something is up and those in power positions are possibly too close and some form of outside help may be needed. It’s not that you can’t do it, the basic reason many times is you and/or the management team are just too close to the issue/person and that is when unconscious bias can and does very easily come into play.
Bruce’s Summary: In reference to the EEOC Commission Report for Fiscal Year 2016, the authors do a good job of presenting the key highlights outlined in the report. One key element discussed by the authors is the overall numbers for total “number of charges” being only slightly higher than the numbers in 2015 and 2014. Shown also is the LGBT-related statistics now followed by the EEOC showing a consistent increase in charges. Another number is the litigation statistics for FY2016 which show the total number of lawsuits being significantly down.
One number within the EEOC’s report that I feel somehow seems to get lost is the number and percentage found under the “No Reasonable Cause” section. There’s an old saying I like to use during regulatory training sessions in reference to this section, “If you aren’t talking to your employees, someone else is” and I feel that this section says it loud and clear.

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After a loss, no matter the size, it is important to know where to turn for help. Your first contact will most likely be your insurance agent. Your agent will likely put you in contact with an insurance adjuster.
The next step will be finding someone who can take care of any emergency services and work with you to begin the process of restoring your property. An insurance claim can be a difficult and emotional experience, and it is important to find a company who understands and has experience in helping homeowners navigate the process.
Slate Creek Contracting Services is trained, staffed, and equipped to handle a claim from start to finish by providing emergency services, performing mitigation, and restoring your property to its pre-loss condition. We offer remediation and restoration services from wind, water, fire, smoke, and mold damage.
Once we arrive on property, we will survey the damage and perform any emergency services that may be needed to prevent further damages and to make sure your home is secure. We have specialized training in handling the unique conditions that come with fire, smoke, water, and wind damage.
Before any emergency services are started, we will discuss the plan of action with you and secure your approval and permission through a Work Authorization Form. We will report our findings and our course of action to your insurance adjuster.
When a determination has been made by your insurance adjuster that a justified claim exists, we will move forward with an estimate for the restoration services. We use industry specific estimating software with standardized pricing for each component of the estimate. Estimates will cover only repairs directly related to the claim and will cover replacement materials based on your individual policy stipulations. Hidden structural defects, code violations, pre-existing conditions, and material upgrades will not be covered and could result in additional charges. These additional services will not be performed nor charges incurred without your knowledge and consent.
The estimate will be reviewed by the adjuster, and when it is approved the restoration services may begin. We will keep you regularly updated by sharing our plans and progress updates throughout the process and address any questions or concerns you bring to our attention.
Once work is substantially completed, we will perform a walk-through inspection with you to identify and address any remaining items needing attention. When all claim related work is completed to your satisfaction, you will sign a Satisfactory Completion Form and final payment will be made.
insurance company payments: Slate Creek Contracting Services can be directly paid by the insurance company or listed as a co-endorsee with you on payment.
homeowner payments: We can arrange several payment options for claims to cover deductibles, for any depreciation amounts, and for any additional work performed above the scope of the claim. We accept checks and credit card payments.
deductible: Your deductible is the amount you will pay towards the total of any insurance claim, and the amount varies based on the type of policy you have. The deductible amount is subtracted from the total claim amount reimbursed by the insurance company and is your financial responsibility. Payment of the deductible amount will be due upon final completion of work. We have several payment options outlined to the left.
depreciation: Depreciation is the difference between the actual value of an item and the amount it would cost to repair or replace it (examples: replacing old and worn carpeting or replacing a 10 year old TV). Some insurance policies have depreciation components, and there may be some depreciation costs in your claim that will be your financial responsibility. Payment of any depreciation amount will be due upon final completion of the work. We have several payment options outlined to the left.


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OI is an autosomal genetic disorder characterized by brittleness of bones and susceptibility to bone fractures from very mild trauma. Fractures may be rare or frequent (more than 200 prior to puberty), and bone fragility may be accompanied by reduced life span and various connective tissue abnormalities: short stature, blue sclerae, joint laxity, dentinogenesis imperfecta, easy bruising, and hearing loss. OI represents extreme variation in severity from lethal perinatal to barely detectable. These clinical features, along with radiological and genetic criteria, were used to separate four major clinical types of OI. The patients affected with the mildest (type I) OI have blue sclerae, osteopenia, slight growth retardation or normal height, and premature deafness; dentinogenesis imperfecta is less common. Fractures are not commonly observed at birth, but begin with am-bulation and decrease following puberty. Type II is the lethal perinatal form; infants exhibit multiple intra-uterine fractures of the ribs and long bones. They have a relatively large and soft cranium, short limbs, and a narrow thoracic cavity; death usually results from pulmonary insufficiency. Type III is the progressively deforming form with multiple fractures, short stature, and severe dentinogenesis imperfecta. Children with type III may die of respiratory problems in infancy; surviving patients require multiple orthopedic rodding procedures and wheelchairs for mobility. Type IV OI is characterized by phenotypical variability, from severe to mild bone deformity, normal sclerae, variable short stature, and possible brittle teeth. The Sillence classification of OI is being expanded to include a greater range of subgroups of patients. Patients with type V, VI, and VII OI exhibit moderate to severe bone fragility. Type V is characterized by three distinctive features: the presence of hypertrophic callus formation at fracture sites, calcification of inter-osseous membranes between the bones of the forearm, and the presence of a radio-opaque metaphyseal band immediately adjacent to the growth plates upon X-ray. The distinctive features of type VI OI are the fishscale-like appearance of the bone lamellae and the presence of excessive osteoids. The characteristic feature of type VII is a rhizomelic shortening of the humerus and femur.
In its various forms, OI probably affects about 1 in 5000 to 1 in 10,000 individuals of all ethnic origins.

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A fun and active source of play was lacking in Severn Beach Primary’s outdoor learning environment. Having a playground that provides both physical and mental challenges, is vital for the development of children, especially those at KS1 and KS2 level.
From viewing the area, there was a lack of physical challenges for the children of that age range and as a result, they were using other not-well suited resources to climb and unleash their bundles of energy on. This was a major issues as this could potentially cause the children to injure or harm themselves or others around them.
“I think from the school’s perspective the children didn’t have any opportunities to climb, at all. What we had was a small tepee and a little role play area, but the children were using the role play area to climb on which was quite dangerous and not fit for purpose”.
Our play enthusiast, James Collis-Pritchard, worked alongside Severn Beach to provide the school with an area that would challenge the children physically and adhere to the demands that the curriculum has in place.
The space we were utilising to develop was very open and at that moment, was not a very appealing place to play. There was no zoning or opportunities for variety in their play to excite and motivate them to partake in fun activities.
To tackle the zoning issue and give the children their own play island, we introduced a dark green all-weather Playbond surface. This meant that the area’s floor had a different colour to both the playing field and the tarmac playground, giving it its own special feel. This also means the children now have a variety of play options… they could play sports on the grass field, they could run around on their tarmacked area or now, test their abilities in the newly installed active zone. With these active choices, the role play area can now be used for what it was designed for.
The next step was to install the chosen Active Play Equipment. The school favoured the Web Explorer which is a fantastic resources that provides 6 different physical challenges. This climbing structure has the capacity for multiple children to use it at any given time, helping to boost co-operation, team work and communication whilst children will use their imaginations to create new situations to play in. For instance, they could become strong monkeys swinging and climbing through the jungle.
We also installed our Log Net Climber with Tunnel, as it has its own unique physical challenges. It’s the perfect resource to develop upper and lower body strength as well as gross motor skills that can even further aid children in other educational activities such as handwriting. As always, imaginative play will thrive as it can be transformed into a friendship den, a secret escape tunnel or a treacherous Mountain that needs to be overcome.
To go alongside these two active resources, we provided Pull Up Bars to help children build their upper body strength and promote muscle development. This will create a competitive edge as children begin to compare the amount pull ups they can do with each other.
We returned to the school to talk to Head teacher Alison Read about the difference the equipment has made to the play time and development of the children.
“It has been the perfect resource for motivating the children, it doesn’t just get used in play times and lunch times, we use it as part of golden time and we have small groups going out there, so we are not just limiting it for the children’s free time. It’s a reward”.
“Working alongside Pentagon has been a mutually collaborative experience, I felt the children were at the centre of all the decisions being made and I wouldn’t think twice in going back and adding to the equipment”.
Do you have an area that needs developing? We are experts in the design and installation of school playground equipment to best fit around your needs and demands. Do not hesitate to Contact Us on or give us a call to speak to one of our specialist consultants.

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Welcome to the European Identity event of the year, EIC 2018! Over 200 speakers from all around the world, 800 delegates, 50 exhibitors, 160 inspiring sessions, 25 social events and unlimited networking opportunities. Leading analyst KuppingerCole is hosting this event in Munich, held from May 15-18 2018.
Get to the place where the Digital Transformation is alive. The European Identity & Cloud Conference offers a mixture out of best practice discussion, visionary presentations and networking with a future orientated community. The participants, consisting out of end users and worldwide leading vendors, thought leaders and analysts, get together in Munich to be inspired by a high-class list of international top-speakers.
Of course, the iWelcome-team will also share knowledge in presentations and panels. We will update you with more information soon!


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A seminar for mass media representatives was held in the National Bank of Azerbaijan (NBA) on introduction of the mortgage system.
The executive director of the Mortgage Fund of Azerbaijan (MFA) Faig Mammadov opened the seminar with an introductory speech and said that the goal of organizing such events was to thoroughly inform mass media and the public about mortgage, APA informs.
Mr.Mammadov speaking about provision of mortgage credits at the expense of MFA's funds noted that the key objective of the Fund was to establish a mechanism in the country for providing population with apartments though long-term mortgage crediting: "The basic functions of MFA is to refinance mortgage loans granted by authorized credit organizations. The state budget, MFA inpayments, placement of securities, institutional investors, foreign credits, aids, grants, and other non-prohibited sources participate in formation of funds of MFA."
Mr.Mammadov said that among the participants of the mortgage market were MFA, authorized credit organizations, insurers, evaluators, notaries, and registration authorities and noted that the number of participants of this market would increase in the future.
The deputy executive director of MFA Rahman Humbatov attending the seminar and speaking about the mortgage system in the world's practice said that there were four main models of funding of residential building in the world. These models are implemented through securitization of mortgage credits, specialized mortgage banks, residential-building deposits and banks in universals form. As to the terms for receiving mortgage credits, Mr.Humbatov noted that the number of joint mortgage borrowers could not exceed 3, joint mortgage borrowers could be only near relatives of a borrower, a seller of an apartment purchased through a mortgage credit could not be a near relative of the borrower, mortgage must be absolutely officialized with a mortgage security, and one person could not simultaneously borrow two mortgage credits.
It should be noted that in addition to main salaries of borrowers, allowances, annual bonuses, leasing charges and other additional incomes will be taken into account during calculation of average monthly income when borrowing a mortgage credit. Concessions will be applied to credits provided by MFA.

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The Java virtual machine tool interface (JVM TI) provides the services that virtual machine (VM) required for debugging. It examines the state and controls the execution of applications running in the JVM. It supports all the tools that need access to JVM state such as debugging, profiling, thread analysis, monitoring and coverage analysis tools.
The role of JDWP is to define the format of requests and information between the debugger front end and the process being debugged. Thus, it enables a communication between debugger and the JVM.
It allows the debugger to work in a different process either on the same computer or on a remote computer. Although JDWP is optional.
JDI is the uppermost layer of Java debugger that defines the information and requests at the user code level. It has ability to control the execution of virtual machine. Apart from that, it can also suspend and resume threads.


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One of the UK’s growing Leisure Companies are offering excellent career progression and development into the role. These venues are very sociable and offers superb facilities!!!!
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From all our natural resources, water is maybe the most valuable of all for us, because without water, human body can only live during 3 days. We must take care of our water, and Sun & Climate offers different products of water recycling with this aim: sewage treatment, grey water recycling, rainwater harvesting, decalcification and reverse osmosis.
Sewage comes from kitchen and toilet waste. According to the FAO, they are especially efficient for irrigation.
Water is an essential natural resource for human survival and for ecosystems balance. In some countries with dry climate, goberments are already taken measures to ensure water supply, for example the outspread of desalination plants. But there are already strong water shortage in some places, as some Indian states. California and Arizona could possibly also have problems.
gray water recycling: water coming from baths, showers and lavatories.
recycled residual water is specially recommended by FAO for irrigation beacuse its treatment removes all germs, but keeps sulfats and nitrats, that stuff applied as fertilizer.
Sun & Climate offers you its broad experience installing seawages. Our products range offers you the best solution for your needs.
Water is a limited natural resource, essential for human life and ecosystems. Once used, our water remains polluted. It is our responsability to recycle it.
Total oxidation sewage Picobell is based on a continuous process in three phases: accumulation, oxidation and decantation, that reaches very good levels of depuration. Picobell sewage is compound of a Carat S tank with three different chamberes, and exterior compressor, a ventilation pipe and support stuff for oxidation (Picobells).
Air compressor that aports oxidation is integrated into a compact closet outside the tank. The same compressor makes all the movements and processes inside the depuration system, using a very simple and efficient system.
It is possible to keep the high level of depuration even with variable input regimes.
Maintenance of this equipment is minimal thanks to the constant autocleaning process of Picobells stuff and its control system. Thus, maintenance is only to control the correct functioning periodically.
Exclusive system Picobell is constantly in contact with residual water. This balls get clean by theirselves thanks to the constant movement and the contact with the air, so they don't need maintenance.
Why total oxidation sewage ?
Total oxidation, as its name says, means a forced oxigen contribution during depuration process. It is proved that this anaerobic process of oxidation is the depuration technology with best results by giving oxigen to organism microorganisms responsible of biological cleaning of water.
La comodidad de una depuradora compacta es que todo el proceso se lleva a cabo en el mismo tanque y solamente tenemos en el exterior el compresor junto al punto de control de todo el sistema. Junto con la garantía de durabilidad y robustez que ofrecen nuestros tanques de polipropileno y la simplicidad de su instalación, nuestras depuradoras son una solución ideal para depurar aguas residuales domésticas de una forma simple y eficaz.
A compact sewage means a high degree of comfort because the whole depuration process takes place in the same tank and we only have outside the compressor next to the control point. Our sewages are the best option for domestic residual water recycling because of its long life, robustness and simplicity.
They base their process in three chambers.
First chamber. Residual water comes into the first camara, and solids are put down at the bottom. More clean water of top goes into the second chamber throught a overflow system.
Second chamber. Biological depuration takes place with two basic elements: Picobells and oxigen injection. Picobells are hemispheres with about 3 cm of diameter that moves throught the whole chamber, where microorganism get bound. Thanks to exclusive design of Picobells, contact surface in oxidation chamber is multiplied. Air is apported by means of an external comrpessor that we installa in basement or in the garden.
Third chamber. Rest of mud get down to the bottom and water goes into the first chamber to start the process again. Clean water can start to be used.
Total oxidation sewage Klaro uses sequentical depuration SBR. All the process phases such as accumulation, oxidation, clarifying and extraction are made with three pumps.
Compressor also feeds diffusing membrane at the bottom of the tank, whichis the one provoking the oxidation of reagent mud. Maintenance of all the components is minimal, then they are in an external closet with easy installation inside the house.
Klaro sewage, with SBR technology, doesn't need mecanichal movements inside the tank. Every movement are generated with compressed air coming from compresser.
Compact closet inside the control system is installed inside the house and requires a minimal maintenace. LCD screen shows service hours of every element. Any electric supply failure is shown with a visual and sound alarm. Every closet components are easy to reach if a repair is necessesary. Modular design allows to save time and many in case of repair.
Maintenance only means to prove regularly the proper working of the whole system.
Compressed air hose, located between the tank and the control system, are distinguished with colours codigs. This avoids failures in the installation. Depuration system is already installed in the factory, so it is only necessary to join it to the wall of the tank. Klaro system allows a really fast assembly.
Klaro sewage can get adapted to conditions change with the ajust of cycles times. This system also have a holiday status, so aeration ajusts to the loading.
residual water comes into the decantation chamber and solids got down to the bottom. More clean water of the top goes into SBR chamber, the second chamber.
Biological cleaning through microorganisms and reagent muds takes place in this phase. The process is made by means of a combination of alternative periods with oxigen treatment and rest.
Reagent muds develop millions of microorganisms that clean up water on a totally natural way.
Mud rest on the bottom of the tank, while clean water is on the top of the tank.
Clean water comes out of the tank and can be directly used. Mud accumulated on the bottom of the tank comes into the first chamber to start a new cycle.
By recycling wastewater, also called black water, we can obrain water that is not potable but, sufficiently sanitized to use safely, for irrigation. In fact, the FAO recommends the use of this type of water for irrigation, because the treatment given to it, does not remove the phosphates and nitrates, which are chemicals that are utilized in artificial fertilizers. This way, the benefit is twofold. On the one hand, we recycle the water in places where water is a scarce resource and secondly, we can irrigate some plants that might otherwise dry.

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This series includes three live courses: Influence (7 CME), Negotiation (7 CME), and Communication (3.5 CME) at Spring Summit as well as two online courses on Finance (7 CME) and Quality (7 CME) that can be completed when you return home.
Are you ready to begin your leadership journey but don’t know where to start? Then it’s time to register for the Fundamentals of Physician Leadership series. At Spring Summit, you’ll be able to attend live courses on communication, influence, and negotiation with your physician leader peers as you engage in lively discussion and activities together. You’ll leave Washington D.C. with answers to questions like, “what are the values I hold that drive my decisions?” “How do I best deliver messages to my team that will result in the desired outcome?” And, “how can I successfully negotiate a higher salary?"
The American Association for Physician Leadership® designates this enduring material for a maximum of 31.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


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Ignite your run in the latest adidas Springblade model, the Springblade Ignite, and you're sure to love not only the stellar performance, but also the standout good looks. With a redesigned techfit upper in bold prints, the Springblade Ignite is primed to become the running shoe of the season.
Featuring high-tech elastic-polymer blades under the heel, these sneaks snap back with almost the same amount of force put into them, leading to a more efficient stride. Propel forward with one of the most effective energy returns in the industry. Overlasted forefoot mesh ensures maximum breathability, while welded overlays supply support right where you need it. Plus, the advanced lightweight lining wicks away sweat to keep you cool and fresh on the run.


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A fantastic opportunity to purchase a second rotation forestry block with lifestyle potential, only 10 kilometres from Gisborne city.
At 73 hectares (more or less) this property already has forestry infrastructure in place, including approximately 3 kilometres of roading. The property lends itself to forestry, but being zoned rural residential could also be utilised for lifestyle property and / or forestry subdivision.
The top of the property captures picturesque views over Gisborne city so for those looking for forestry, lifestyle and recreation, this is well worth a look.


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Kuiri, Manabendra and Chakraborty, Biswanath and Paul, Arup and Das, Subhadip and Sood, AK and Das, Anindya (2016) Enhancing photoresponsivity using MoTe2-graphene vertical heterostructures. In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 108 (6).
MoTe2 with a narrow band-gap of similar to 1.1 eV is a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications, especially for the near-infrared photo detection. However, the photo responsivity of few layers MoTe2 is very small (<1mAW(-1)). In this work, we show that a few layer MoTe2-graphene vertical heterostructures have a much larger photo responsivity of similar to 20mAW(-1). The trans-conductance measurements with back gate voltage show on-off ratio of the vertical transistor to be similar to(0.5-1) x 10(5). The rectification nature of the source-drain current with the back gate voltage reveals the presence of a stronger Schottky barrier at the MoTe2-metal contact as compared to the MoTe2-graphene interface. In order to quantify the barrier height, it is essential to measure the work function of a few layers MoTe2, not known so far. We demonstrate a method to determine the work function by measuring the photo-response of the vertical transistor as a function of the Schottky barrier height at the MoTe2-graphene interface tuned by electrolytic top gating. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.


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Oct. 22, 2013—Audra Fordin, the founder of Women Auto Know, announced Tuesday that she is starting a crowdfunding campaign to enhance the reach of the organization’s consumer education initiatives.
Women Auto Know is a grassroots organization that educates consumers on auto repair through workshops, videos, peer-to-peer support and various other avenues.
Fordin, a fourth-generation repair and body shop owner has been featured for her work with WAK on the Today Show and American Express’s #Passion Project. She wants to enhance the organization's offerings and implement a new repair shop review-and-rating feature on her website that she is hoping to build into the “Angie’s List of auto repair,” she said in an email.
To do this, Fordin has created a crowdfunding campaign through the website Indiegogo in hopes of raising more than $250,000 for website maintenance and development, supplies and additional staff.
The new Women Auto Know website, when finished, will have a new focus on peer-to-peer reviews and rankings of auto repair shops nationwide, covering every aspect from trustworthiness to cleanliness. The website, which will also include automotive training videos, will be free for consumers, while shops will pay a “small” annual fee. A monthly newsletter and exclusive manufacturers coupons will be sent to those who support the campaign.
For more information, visit the Women Auto Know Indiegogo site. Additional questions can be directed to Audra@WomenAutoKnow.com.

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Residents in Northern Nova Scotia will have more ways to walk or cycle to key areas in their communities with support from the province's Sustainable Transportation grant program, Connect2. Sustainable transportation is about driving less and moving more. It means providing more mobility options to more people, and greater connectivity between the places we need to go.
Convenient, safe, clean, and attractive modes for sustainable transportation are key to building vibrant, livable, and low-carbon communities that are suitable for aging populations, young people, newcomers, and small businesses.
The Connect2 grant program expands Nova Scotian communities’ options for walking, biking, rolling, shared mobility, and transit while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by funding great projects that create sustainable transportation options and build infrastructure for short-distance sustainable travel. Projects that use new ideas or best practices to connect destinations and decrease dependency on personal vehicles by improving transportation hubs and integrated mobility are eligible for up to 50% funding.
The program considers applications under two categories, Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure and Design and Sustainable Transportation Enabling. This program is open to any type of organization registered under Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies that is seeking progressive and practical solutions to sustainable transportation issues in Nova Scotia. The primary partner must be based in Nova Scotia and ideally will be based in the community or region the project will serve.
Finance Minister Karen Casey, on behalf of Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette, announced recently $83,900 for three projects that support physical mobility options."We know that people are more likely to walk, run or cycle within their communities when the right infrastructure is in place," said Ms. Casey. "These projects will help residents choose healthier transportation options, while reducing carbon emissions for all Nova Scotians."The Springhill Communities in Bloom Committee will receive $50,000 to create a two-kilometre trail. The project will see the development of a safe and accessible walking path around the pit pond property, with connectivity links to key assets around the community. The path will provide significant opportunity for safe physical activity in the county while connecting people with the history of Springhill's mining heritage.The Town of Pictou will receive $28,900 to implement active transportation projects, and the Town of New Glasgow will also receive $5,000 to study the Samson, Pioneer and Johnny Miles Trails.Connect2 aims to create and promote active transportation options for trips of two kilometres or less between community hubs in rural and urban parts of the province. This year, Connect2 will invest more than $600,000 to support 21 projects across the province. All projects will be completed by the end of March 2019. Application deadline has passed for the 2018/19 fiscal year.For more information about Connect2, visit www.novascotia.ca/sustainabletransportation .

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — South Carolina coach Frank Martin couldn’t help but see the similarities between the team he faced Tuesday and the Final Four squad he coached last season.
″(Tennessee) reminds me a lot of my team last year, just a team that’s tied at the hip and relentless on both ends of the floor,” Martin said after the Gamecocks lost 70-67 to the 18th-ranked Volunteers.
Tennessee was just good enough Tuesday to get its NCAA Tournament drive back on track while continuing South Carolina’s slide.
“Defensively we were a much better team tonight than we were at Alabama,” coach Rick Barnes said.
After trailing 68-59 with 2 1/2 minutes left, South Carolina scored eight straight points and pulled within one on Frank Booker’s driving basket with 36 seconds remaining.
Barnes didn’t get his foul, but the Gamecocks didn’t get the look they wanted, either. Justin Minaya’s 3-point attempt fell short of the front rim as the buzzer sounded.


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The Door Company (TDC), California’s garage door installation and repair specialists, wants homeowners to know that it is not just your front door that needs to be sound and safe secure, equally important is a home’s garage door. Whether you have children or pets in the home, you need a garage door that boasts the best safety features available.
Concerns about leaving the garage door open can be a thing of the past. New garage door openers can be equipped with an automatic timer that can be set to close automatically. The forgetful homeowner can set the door to close after a period of time (5-10 minutes), alleviating lapses in safety and concerns about critters entering the garage.
Driveway gates come in a variety of styles and functionality; choosing the right system will depend on your overall goals. Whether you’re interested in adding visual appeal to your property, monitoring or reducing unwanted traffic, or looking at automating an existing gate system, let us help you choose the right solution for your needs.
Motion activated light sensors around your garage door will help thwart unwanted guests from trespassing on the property. When something comes near the sensors, automatic lights will turn on and illuminate the area.
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On June 6th, US-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced the acquisition of Keystone Capital, a California-based securities dealer. This step is an effort to enable tokenized securities trading on Coinbase through the acquisition of a broker-dealer license that Keystone holds.
Additionally, it may also help Coinbase in expanding their offerings and make their way into non-crypto financial products. Keystone being a registered broker-dealer also has licenses to run an alternative trading system or ATS. These licenses could open up business opportunities for Coinbase but requires regulatory approval to run under them.
However, the terms of this deal were not disclosed.
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Svantek's 971 and 977 sound and vibration meters are new for 2013.
The pocket-sized SVAN 971 Sound Level Meter and Analyser is a handy, up-to-the-minute, lightweight, Class 1 instrument. Features include audio event recording, detachable pre-amp and microphone, and a dosimeter function. Conforming to IEC 61672-1 standard, the 971 is suitable for industrial hygiene, short period environmental, and general acoustic noise measurement.
The SVAN 977 Type 1 sound and vibration instrument, has the ability to record results in three acoustic or vibration profiles, so that measurements can be performed with three separate filters and three distinct detector time constants. Lightweight and robust, the 977 is simple to use to measure and analyse both sound and vibration in workplace health and safety and/or environmental monitoring.
Both the 971 and 977 provide broadband results with all the standard weighting filters and offer an impressive time/history logging capability.


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So You've Bought HIJAB ... Now What?
Is Tech Making Sealing company Better or Worse?
A blog of record store “A-1 Records” in Japan.

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For some clients, hiring a Christian attorney in Heber Springs, Arkansas, is the initial step they take to resolve a legal issue.
Due to such concerns, the rules and regulations for practice in Heber Springs, Arkansas require Christian attorneys to refuse any case that might present a moral conflict for them. Also, Christian attorneys in Heber Springs are required to follow professional and ethical rules of conduct when practicing law.
Many different forms of Christian attorneys can provide legal assistance in Heber Springs. According to the type of claim you're involved in, you may need a specific type of attorney in Heber Springs, Arkansas.
How Can a Heber Springs Christian Attorney Help?
If you require the services of a lawyer in Heber Springs, LegalMatch can match you promptly with a good lawyer. An experienced Heber Springs Christian lawyer can provide you with legal advice, answer any legal inquiries you may have, and represent you in court during formal proceedings.

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text: Steve Teare is an illustrator and art teacher living in West Philadelphia. He has illustrated for VICE, Philly Voice, WHYY, Philadelphia City Paper, Philly Weekly, and various educational websites and children’s books. His comics have appeared on The Nib, Bright, and elsewhere.


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Info Lud Kramer was born into a wealthy New York family on June 10, 1932. After graduating from Brooks Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he joined the Air Force, serving as a sergeant for four years. He moved to Tacoma in 1955 after completing his military service, and began a career in banking. There he met and married his wife Patricia, with whom he had four children.
The Kramers moved to Seattle, and in 1961, at age 29, Lud Kramer was elected to the Seattle City Council. On the council, Kramer supported efforts by fellow council member Wing Luke to enact an open housing law banning racial discrimination in housing. Voters rejected their efforts in a March 1964, referendum, but an open housing law was subsequently passed in 1968.
In 1964, Kramer won the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Secretary of State Vic Meyers (1898-1991), the former bandleader who had served five terms as Lieutenant Governor and two as Secretary of State. Kramer campaigned alongside Senate President Dan Evans (b. 1925), a fellow moderate Republican who was challenging two-term governor Albert D. Rosellini (b. 1910). The two young progressives ousted the Democratic incumbents, overcoming what was otherwise a Democratic landslide -- President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) and Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) won by huge margins and Democrats took every other statewide office.
"He had such a big heart. If he found something that upset him, he'd say, "We'll take care of that" (Kaiman).
Kramer traveled to migrant farmworker camps and volatile urban neighborhoods to hear residents' grievances. He registered Hispanic voters in the Yakima Valley and played a key role in getting the Legislature to improve housing standards for migrant workers. In Seattle's Central Area following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Kramer acknowledged the need for change, appealed for calm, and listed efforts the state was making.
In 1969, Kramer chaired the Washington State Commission on the Cause and Prevention of Civil Disorder. The Kramer Commission, as it became known, issued a 63-page report documenting the housing discrimination and disparate treatment of African Americans in the criminal justice system that created the potential for unrest in Washington cities. Kramer pushed for fair housing laws and prison reform legislation.
He also worked to reform election laws. Kramer advocated reform legislation that led to formation of the Public Disclosure Commission, which monitors campaign contributions, and he supported lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
Early in 1974, Kramer took a temporary leave from his position as Secretary of State to help lead a controversial $2 million food giveaway to the poor in California, which was organized by the family of kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst in response to demands from her kidnappers. That same year, Kramer ran for the open U.S. House of Representatives seat from the Third District in Southwest Washington, but lost the race to Democrat Don Bonker (b. 1937).
Following the Congressional race, Kramer resigned as Secretary of State on January 15, 1975. Kramer and his family established the Ludlow Foundation to give small grants to needy individuals and nonprofit organizations that are not funded by large foundations. He also pursued business ventures in Washington, Alaska, and Montana.
Lud and Patricia Kramer moved to the Spokane suburb of Liberty Lake in 1995. Kramer became a leader in the effort to incorporate Liberty Lake and worked to develop parks, trails, and a library in the new city.

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text: When the contents of a block emphasise the rotation of the block you might want to change it's rotation to match the content of your drawing. With 'Align Block to Linear' you can make a selection of blocks and align them all at once. You only have to select the blocks and once you confirmed that selection select a linear element. The command will align all the blocks to the selected linear element.


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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that a lot of people whether in or out of government, would have been in trouble, if he had died in last February’s helicopter crash in Kabba, Kogi state.
The vice president made this known, while speaking during a special thanksgiving service for the All Progressives Congress (APC) victory at the just concluded polls.
“I wouldn’t have believed that I would be going round the country campaigning for votes in 2015 and thereafter”.
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Jason Kenney warned Ottawa that one reason he’s fighting hard for a “fair deal” and promising a potential referendum is because separatist sentiment in Alberta could be capitalized on in the future.
The United Conservative leader said he’d never get behind separation, and that he’s fighting for Alberta in a “united Canada,” but, in Red Deer on Saturday, he reiterated that he’d give Albertans an equalization referendum vote in 2021 if a pipeline to tidewater isn’t built.
There was a popular joke on the playgrounds of Alberta elementary schools back in the early 1980s.
“Hey, do you know what Petro-Canada means?” a kid would ask.
“Pierre Elliot Trudeau rips off Canada,” another would fire back, setting off snickers all around.
It didn’t matter if the kids really understood the joke. What mattered was that the anti-federal government feeling in Alberta ran strong and deep. All that kids knew at the time was that this guy was a jerk, and that their friend’s dad somehow lost his job because of him.
Then, their dads lost jobs. And suddenly, it wasn’t funny.
Three decades later, in the age of memes and tweets, the jokes are different, but the anger is back. And no one in Alberta is laughing.
A GTA man who paid a Toronto family lawyer about $200,000 in legal fees says the lawyer later wanted an extra $100,000 as a bonus after his divorce case was settled.
Asim Khan told Global News the lawyer, Tilda Roll, initially refused to release the balance of the roughly $1-million settlement until the extra charge was paid.
If Alberta can’t get its oil to international markets in a timely manner United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney said he is prepared to hold a referendum to amend the country’s constitution.
During a luncheon in Canmore on Thursday (March 14), he said if he is elected he will let Albertans vote in a referendum on the federal government’s equalization program, which relies heavily on Alberta to support provinces that are struggling economically.
In December, the federal government announced $18.86 billion of equalization money would be transferred to the provinces, including more than $13 billion to Quebec. Alberta receives nothing through the agreement, but sends billions annually to Ottawa.
“We Albertans are generous, we pride ourselves on sharing some of our prosperity with other parts of Canada when times are good here and bad elsewhere, but what we can not abide are politicians, or governments in other parts of the country benefiting massively from transfers generated from the hard work and resources of Albertans only then to seek to block those resources and damage our economy,” said Kenney.


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text: We live in a world of screens. While smartphones, computers and other technology are a key part of our existence, there’s something to be said for a digital detox now and then. Carve out time in your life, away from screens, to connect with yourself, your significant other, your children ― any of your loved ones. Your mind and body will thank you!


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About eight miles from the Inner Station, the steamer stops for the night, and in the morning, a heavy fog descends, impeding further progress. They hear a great cry and a series of shrieks amidst what was previously total silence. Marlow wonders why the cannibals they are traveling with have not eaten them. They decide the cry was an attempt to repel them—to protect something, and the fog lifts. Suddenly the air is "thick" with arrows as they are attacked by swarms of jungle natives. The handful of "pilgrims" onboard return fire with rifles. The unstable helmsman foregoes steering the vessel to join the shooting into the bush. Marlow grabs the wheel and straightens out the steamer, and meanwhile the helmsman is killed by a spear. Marlow blows the steam whistle, which scares off the natives and ends the attack.
Marlow takes a break from telling the story to smoke, and when he begins again, he speaks of Kurtz and the women Kurtz was to marry. He also muses about the differences between the developed world and the jungle wilderness and what it means to live in those disparate environments. Marlow continues speaking about Kurtz, and discloses that Kurtz took " 'a high seat amongst the devils of the land—I mean literally' " (116) and that Kurtz presided " 'at certain midnight dances ending with unspeakable rites' " (117).
Marlow throws the body of the helmsman into the river to keep the cannibals from eating him. Still moving down the river, the "pilgrims" conduct a short funeral for the dead man, and then the steamer comes at last to the Inner Station. Marlow sees a hut with what he thinks are fence posts and a white man beckoning him in. The man assures the manager that everything is all right despite the recent attack. The manager and the pilgrims, armed, go ashore to the hut, and the man, who reminds Marlow of a harlequin, comes aboard and introduces himself as a Russian. He says he is the one who left the wood at the abandoned hut. Marlow returns his beloved book to him. The Russian informs Marlow that they were attacked because the natives did not want Kurtz to leave and that Kurtz has enlarged his mind.

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Kenyan elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick has died of cancer aged 83.
She helped save the lives of more than 230 elephants - many of which had lost their mothers to poachers or drought - by developing a milk formula and successfully rearing them.
Her Kenyan charity is world-renowned for its care of orphaned elephants.
Dame Daphne "lived alongside elephants and learned to read their hearts", read a statement on her charity's website.
Born and raised in Kenya, Dame Daphne spent the first half of her career working alongside her British husband David, who founded Kenya's biggest national park, Tsavo East.
After his death in 1977, she founded the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT), which is best known for rescuing and reintegrating orphaned elephants into the wild.
It took her 28 years to develop the special milk formula to bottle-feed baby elephants.
She warned in 2016 that if the rate of ivory poaching continued, African forest elephants - the smallest of the three elephant species - could be extinct as early as 2025.
Dame Daphne published several books and was featured in many television programmes and films, including the 2011 documentary Born to be Wild, reports BBC.
In 2006, Queen Elizabeth made her a dame.

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Here are the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions about Toastmasters.
Toastmasters is a training and educational organisation which teaches its members communication, leadership, training and management skills, and builds their self-confidence through enhancing public speaking skills. It is the largest and most successful organisation of its type in the world.
How long has Toastmasters been around?
Toastmasters International was founded in 1924 and now has over 16,000 Clubs in over 140 countries around the world. There are over 770 Clubs in Australia, with more than 350 of them being in NSW or the ACT. As a Toastmaster you will be welcome in any of these Clubs.
Why do people join Toastmasters?
What specifically will you learn to do as a Toastmaster?
All these skills will help you develop self-confidence.
How do you learn these skills?
When you join a Toastmasters Club you will be enrolled in a program called Pathways. This is a cutomised learning experience designed to help you meet your personal and professional goals. It is built around the four guiding principles of Toastmasters, being experiential learning, self-paced learning, peer evaluation and mentoring.
In particular you learn by doing with your efforts evaluated by your fellow Club members. You will be gradually introduced to the various roles within a Toastmasters meeting. Gaining proficiency in these helps build up your skills.
How soon will you be an expert?
People all progress at their own pace. Some move faster than others but everyone that joins Toastmasters and participates in the program can be sure they will become a competent speaker. Your skills develop gradually. As you proceed you will find that situations that once terrified you, now hold no fears for you.
No. In fact in comparison to various courses, seminars, programs, CD and DVD kits offered through the media, Toastmasters is the least expensive and in our opinion the most effective way to learn public speaking and to develop confidence and self-esteem. There is a joining fee to pay and meal costs at meetings. Otherwise the ongoing membership fee is less than $3 per week, payable either 6 monthly or 12 monthly with a discount.
Anyone over the age of 18 years may join Toastmasters.
Parramatta Toastmasters has been one of the most successful clubs in Australia throughout its more than 50 years of existence. Many of our members have been Toastmasters District Officers and, with our other members, are very dedicated to making our Club successful and to helping steer other Clubs to success. We are also a group of people who are quite focused on improving our own communication and leadership abilities and who know that, to do this, we must assist others in achieving their similar goals. We are a diverse group of people from different backgrounds and of different careers. We have enjoyable, informative, fun meetings. That's what makes us one of the strongest and best Toastmasters clubs in the world.
You can read more about our club here.
How can I find out more about Toastmasters or the Club?
Having browsed this website, the next step is to visit one of our meetings to observe the program in action. This will help you find out the type of commitment involved in joining our Club and whether the program will meet your needs. See Where our club meets.
Is there a pre-requisite to joining the Club?
Before joining the club it is normal to attend a club Speechcraft course which is an introduction to public speaking. This enables a new member to achieve a level of competence ready to participate in club meetings. See our Speechcraft page.
What is involved in visiting Parramatta Toastmasters Club?
Please be at the Club by 6.15pm and expect meetings to finish at 9.30pm after which you may choose to socialise with club members. You don't need to ask for anyone in particular as you will be made welcome by all you see. The dress is normal business attire (no T shirts or jeans). You do not need to prepare anything and will not be asked to participate. You can visit us often as you like to observe the program in action without any obligation to join.
If planning to visit the club, please complete this simple registration form to assist us with planning for your visit. You can be assured that you will be made to feel welcome by friendly people. It will cost you RSL Club buffet prices should you choose to have a meal, but otherwise there is no charge for a first time visitor.
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Larry Aurelio is striving for another term on the McDonough County Board.
Some may know Aurelio from the 19 years he has served on the board, while others may know him as the owner of Larry A’s, Macomb’s first pizza restaurant. Aurelio has found success in both business and politics, which he finds is a helpful mixture.
Born and raised in Macomb, Aurelio has always had an interest in the community’s well being. In addition to representing District 1, which includes the Western Illinois University campus and Spring Lake, he also sits on three committees: Buildings and Grounds, which oversees the court house and Elms Nursing Home; Claims, which handles all bills for the month and Finance, which is made up of chairmen of other committees. There are 21 county board members in total, with seven members representing each of the three districts. On Nov. 6, voters will have the option of voting for three of the following candidates: Aurelio, Wm. Digger Oster, Tessa Pfafman, Lee Calvert and Craig Burns. Scott Schwerer is the Chairman of the McDonough County Board, and he believes Aurelio deserves one of those votes.
Schwerer also thinks Aurelio’s years of business experience has given him knowledge of the direction McDonough County residents would like to take.
“One of his greatest attributes is he has a restaurant and he visits with people, so he knows what people want and what people are thinking,” Schwerer said.
There’s no question whether owning a local business gives area residents easy access to Aurelio’s ears.
Aurelio doesn’t feel that there are any major issues facing the county at the moment. Regarding the declining enrollment at Western, where his daughter attends school, it hasn’t had an impact on his restaurant. He also has yet to see a loss of life in the community.
When it comes to hiring employees at Larry A’s, which has been using the same ingredients since the restaurant’s inception in 1954, Aurelio knows exactly what to look for.
“They have to be willing to show up and be willing to work,” he said. “They have to have a good work ethic.” Even with the diversity of opinions among board members, Aurelio still focuses on working with everyone.

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