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That means that the net employment outlook, calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers planning to cut jobs from the percentage of employers planning to hire, is 6%. In the first quarter, that outlook was -3%. A year ago, that outlook was -11%.
Hiring will be strong in construction, manufacturing, information, financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services and leisure and hospitality (education refers to private, rather than public, education). Employers in transportation and utilities, retail trade and government, whi...
The picture for Los Angeles is slightly better than the national average -- nationally, 16% say they'll increase their staff levels. Los Angeles is one of 10 cities emerging more quickly from the recession than the rest of the country, according to a Forbes study released last week.
Despite these prognostications, the current job picture is still shaky in the county. January jobless figures released Friday show that Los Angeles County lost 73,700 jobs between December and January. The county has lost 176,500 jobs between January 2009 and January 2010.
The HSE has secured a High Court order compelling a man, who it says has been fit for discharge for some time, to leave one of its medical facilities. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.
The HSE has secured a High Court order compelling a man, who it says has been fit for discharge for some time, to leave one of its medical facilities.
Mr Justice Garett Simons said he was satisfied to grant the injunction on terms including that the man vacates the facility in the coming days.
Lawyers for the man accept that he no longer needs to be at the facility, but argued that he has nowhere else to go.
Vincent Heneghan SC, for the man, told the court that granting an injunction would render his client “homeless” and would leave him “on the street”.
The judge said this was unfortunate but it is not the HSE’s duty to provide the man, who is in his 30s, with accommodation. He also noted that it was “significant” that the man had previously turned down a move to a step-down facility.
Mr Justice Simons also noted that accommodation provided by a local authority may be available to the man in the next two to six weeks and that he “is not alone in this world” and has family members and friends who visit him.
The injunction is to remain in place pending a full hearing of the dispute. Neither the man nor the HSE facility he is residing at can be identified for legal reasons.
The mas was last year admitted to a hospital and required surgery due to a very serious medical condition. He has since undergone various medical treatments. He made a relatively good recovery and for the last number of months has been staying in a single room at a HSE-run facility.
The HSE, represented by Shane Murphy SC and David Leahy Bl, claimed that given the man’s improvement there was no clinical reason for him to remain at the facility, and that he had been formally clinically discharged.
However, he refused to leave due to an inability to obtain any suitable alternative accommodation. The HSE said it needed the use of the room, and there was no medical basis for his continued presence there.
The HSE, which said it did what it could to help the man obtain accommodation, said that other patients are being prejudiced by the man’s unlawful occupation of the bedroom. He has no lawful entitlement to be there and was a trespasser, it claimed.
The man had opposed the injunction, arguing that the HSE had a legal obligation to allow the him to stay at the facility until suitable accommodation can be provided. The court also heard that it was not possible for the man to reside with family members or friends and that no suitable offer of accommodation that would...
In his ruling, Mr Justice Simons rejected the defendant’s arguments. The court also made orders restraining the man, or any other person, from seeking to return him to the facility other than by appointment, going near the facility, contacting staff there and from interfering with its operation.
The HSE, he said, had made out a strong case which was “almost overwhelming” in favour of granting the injunction.
KOTA KINABALU: Sulaman assemblyman Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Noor, welcomed the decision and stand made by Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) to accept Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s (Bersatu) entry into Sabah.
While thanking Warisan President Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, he said it shows Shafie is a matured and experienced leader who aspired to see the people of Sabah united, regardless of their races.
He said the good relationship and strong collaboration between the State and Federal Government is very crucial for the interest, betterment and wellbeing of the people of Sabah.
“Strong ties between the State and Federal Governments will enable a more effective continuity of development,” he said to the media when contacted in Mecca.
Hajiji said this when asked to comment on the decision and stand by Warisan to accept Bersatu spreading its wings to Sabah.
Shafie, in a press conference held yesterday, said his party cannot stop Bersatu, or any other party for that matter and the laws also allow for new parties to be formed.
Shafie also said Warisan have worked with Pakatan Harapan before, and after the elections, they formed the federal government together, and Warisan will continue to work with them, for the best interests of the people and to deliver what had been promised to them.
Prime Minister who is also Bersatu Chairman, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, before this announced that Bersatu had decided to expand its wings to Sabah.
“I would like to thank Shafie for welcoming Bersatu’s entry into Sabah. This shows he is a leader with a big heart.
“Together with my other colleagues, we will continue to give our cooperation to the State Government, especially on good policies meant for the betterment and good future of the people and the State,” said Hajiji.
Spectacular rehearsals of the international military music festival Spasskaya Tower have taken place on Red Square prior to the September event.
The presentation of Moscow’s Military Tattoo took place Tuesday on Red Square. Aleksandr Zhukov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian government told journalists and foreign guests at the opening that they were seeing an early preview of the military music festival, reports news channel Russia 24.
According to Zhukov, over one thousand soldiers and musicians from 12 countries will take part in the event, which is expected to draw over 30 000 spectators. Many more will be able to enjoy the performances online. Over 5 000 tickets will be distributed free among veterans. On the city’s birthday, which is September 5...
The Spasskaya Tower military music festival was first held in 2009. Then, besides military marches, the festival featured French singer Mirei Matier and unusual performances of the Beatles’ hits.
This year the event is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.
Also, during the festival spectators will have a chance to listen to some unique interpretations of contemporary classics, such as militarized version of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ played by a band of bagpipers. Among other spotlights is the performance of the world famous Russian Special Guard of the Presidential Regi...
The Big Bang Team ImmunoTag has beaten out 12 other teams in the competition to be one of the top 5 teams in the competition!
The team will be presenting a shorter (5 min.) presentation for the public on Thursday May 26th, during the final awards show.
The presentations start at 6 PM and end at 8 pm and are hosted in the Alumni center. The team presentations on Thursday are to win the people's choice award. The audience votes on the team that they want to win this award.
Please grab a friend and join us Thursday night. Your support for the ImmunoTag team is greatly appreciated. You will also see the other innovations ongoing at UC Davis.
We develop novel cancer therapeutics through the use of our patented platform antibody linker technology.
Wicomico County Board of Education member David Goslee, Sr. has died, the school system announced Tuesday.
Wicomico County Board of Education member David Goslee Sr. died Monday morning, the school system announced Tuesday.
Goslee was elected to represent District 3 in Wicomico County and was sworn into his seat on the school board in December 2018. He was 78 years old.
“In his short time with the Board, Mr. Goslee showed a true passion for seeing both our students and the school system excel in all areas. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time,” said Board Chairman Don Fitzgerald in a news release.
Goslee decided to run for the position as he felt changes needed to be made to the board of education, he told Delmarva Now in an election questionnaire. His top three issues were transportation, safety of students and reviewing how students with disabilities are taught.
"With my substantial background in law enforcement and transportation experience. After review of the transportation portion of the board of education duties, it my goal to get a clear and concise plan of action. I also bring to the table years of business experience as business owner," Goslee wrote in his questionnair...
Goslee was happy to begin his new position on the board and work toward his goals.
"The Lord wanted me to have it," Goslee said in a November interview.
To fill Goslee's seat, the Wicomico County School Board Nominating Commission will select nominees to recommend to the Wicomico County Council.
The Wicomico County School Board Nominating Commission consists of 14 members who were appointed to the Commission by County Executive Bob Culver, according to a news release.
Two recent missives from unexpected sources have served as a stark reminder of just how reliant we are on electronic communications, both personally and for business.
The first was from a front line administrator for an NGO, who is under very strict rules as to work communications and therefore relies heavily on personal accounts for all else, and the second was from a technical guru in the engineering business.
In the first instance, I received an email from the person asking for advice as an old personal email account of theirs that had been dormant for some time, was hijacked and being used in an attempt to extort.
The old ruse of kompromat and pony up or we will distribute was used, but the person knew no such material existed. Authorities had been notified but the person was wondering what else to do.
In the second instance, the individual email account of a highly respected author, designer and engineer at their business was compromised, and forced the notification of all contacts in the address book of not only the termination of that account, but also the domain.
For the former, there really was little else that could be done, except of course to change all passwords on other accounts, especially if there were common or similar passwords used. The second was antivirus and malware scans on all machines and ensure everything is patched and up to date. Alas, there’s not much else ...
In the latter case, the engineer in question had built a business over decades, with a reputation for innovative solutions to age old problems in the industry that not only saw them lead the field with distinctive design, but become a published authority on several key topics. To have a potential threat to that reputat...
Two cases of compromised emails, two sets of potentially disastrous consequences if things turn for the worst.
And here lies the conundrum of email, passwords and communications security.
We all know there is a difficult yin/yang balance between accessibility and security. But in this day and age of ubiquitous mobile devices, surely two factor authentication for something as important as an element of your identity (your personal email address) would be de rigueur? It would appear not.
Only recently, there have been reports that business have been slow to adopt 2FA for email.
And a security pro and blogger from Duo Security has done some extensive number crunching to show that even when Google made 2FA available, it was slow in adoption and uptake is still low in proportion to user base.
So even when such facilities are made easy to use, people seem unwilling to adopt them for their own protection. Why is this?
Should the issue be that if people won’t use the tech, it is redundant? And therefore, a technology they will use is necessary? Or is it a case that with proper education, people will come around to the need and the wisdom and just get on with it?
If I had the answer to that, I’d be a tech start-up founder and not writing this blog.
If technology adoption has taught us anything it is that human adaptation is a wonder of nature, but a very difficult capability to accelerate. It would seem that boffins need to develop the user experience of such security measures to make them either enjoyable or invisible, otherwise they will not be adopted.
Education is vital to ensure that people are aware of threats and the need to take action, but all the education in the world will not overcome basic human behaviour.
While we may be getting better at determining how successful in adoption a new technology might be, we are still facing the same old problems of appeal or invisibility in technological interaction that are driving design and innovation.
An economics professor sparked widespread online outrage and ridicule over the weekend after writing an op-ed piece for Forbes titled “Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money.” As of this writing, the piece had been removed from Forbes' website.
Since public libraries are financed with public dollars, Mourdoukoutas argues that replacing them with brick-and-mortar Amazon bookstores would save taxpayers money. (The founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, Jeffrey P. Bezos, owns The Washington Post).
Mourdoukoutas’s piece is notable less for the arguments it contains than for sparking a backlash that was loud and fierce, two traits not typically associated with libraries or their patrons. Much of it is unsuitable for publication in a family newspaper.
It’s worth considering why so many people reacted to Mourdoukoutas’s op-ed the way they did. Fortunately, data from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) offers some clues.
As it turns out, lots and lots of people use their local libraries. In 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, “more than 171 million registered users, representing over half of the nearly 311 million Americans who lived within a public library service area, visited public libraries over 1.35 billion ti...
Over the long term, library visitation is up, although it has trended down in recent years. In 1995, for instance, there were only 3.9 library visits per capita in the United States. That figure peaked at 5.4 in 2009 and has declined moderately since then.
The IMLS recommends interpreting year-over-year changes with caution. It noted in a report last year that it doesn’t track virtual visits to libraries, when patrons visit their local library website to, say, download an e-book to their reader. Those virtual visits may account for some of the decline in library traffic ...
The IMLS notes that in 2016 about 171 million people — more than half the total U.S. population — were registered library users with a library card. It’s little wonder that a suggestion to render those cards worthless would inspire raucous backlash.
This isn’t particularly surprising. Libraries have coexisted peacefully with brick-and-mortar bookstores, big and small, for decades. There’s no obvious reason a physical Amazon bookstore would change that relationship.
We’re headed to Gen Con this year!
We’re headed to Gen Con this year! What upcoming tabletop games are you excited about?
Porter Wagoner is recuperating at a Nashville hospital after undergoing surgery Friday (July 14) to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The surgery was successful, and doctors anticipate a full recovery for Wagoner, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry. An aortic aneurysm involves a large arte...
The famous weight-loss company is wooing a younger generation with new products and a new philosophy that sets it to compete in the booming wellness space.
Mindy Grossman was only 14 years old when she was first introduced to Weight Watchers. At the time, she was a chubby Long Island teen who had one dream: to make the cheerleading team. But for that, she’d need to lose 10 pounds.
Her mother, who struggled with the scale her entire life, took her to a local Weight Watchers meeting. There, the staff weighed the young Grossman, asked her to monitor her daily calorie intake, and encouraged her week after week to keep at it.
Grossman kept that touch point—namely, what she describes as “the human emotion behind the brand”—when she took on the position of president and CEO of Weight Watchers International, Inc., in July this year. Her goal was to protect the company’s legacy of a community support system, while ushering in a new era that wou...
In fact, upon accepting her new position, Grossman says that colleagues and friends kept asking her the same two questions: Are you going to change the name of the company? And will you keep the physical weekly meetings?
“I said, ‘You’re asking the wrong questions,'” Grossman tells Fast Company. Instead, she countered: What does the brand stand for? And what is the future articulation of the brand?
Weight Watchers, she reminded new employees and friends, comes with 54 years of history. American consumers view the weight loss brand as a credible, scientific company that delivers on its fuss-free promises. But at the same time, it’s considered old-fashioned, one many associate as “their mother’s” diet program. Not ...
Weight Watchers now competes against a host of companies, from weight loss apps like Lose It!, to fitness trackers like Fitbit, to fitness classes that have morphed into lifestyles like SoulCycle. As such, the iconic brand is on a mission to move toward a more holistic approach, while simultaneously convincing the publ...
The start of a new calendar year is typically Weight Watchers’ highest-performing period—a time that delivers the most sign-ups by those eager to jumpstart their New Year’s resolutions. But in January 2015, subscribers declined 20% year-over-year to 2.9 million, from 3.6 million in the first quarter of 2014. Deb Benovi...
Ironically, one of Weight Watchers’ biggest selling points—and one that gave way to decades of success—was its unrestrictive, flexible approach to eating. Members are not commanded to eat certain foods, curb intake at certain hours, or simply consist on cabbage soup. Weight Watchers assigns foods specific points that o...
But what the brand heard, loud and clear, was that the term “diet” was rife with negative connotations. It’s a word that feels more reactive than proactive, and screams failure should they ever fall off course.
What Weight Watchers found was that consumers wanted, more or less, a lifestyle brand. They want to eat better, move more, and feel zen about the entire process. They also wanted to do this all within a strong community that’s both modern and accessible. And they’ll spend money on it: Consumers (29% of millennials and ...
Benovitz says that consumers liked a lot of things about their program (like how easily it fit into their lifestyle), they just wanted it packaged in a new way. “We realized that if we talked about [Weight Watchers] differently and we upped certain things and played down other things, we would really be giving people p...
In 2015, Weight Watchers got to work shedding its old-fashioned image while beefing up what members appreciated most, which includes, among other things, Oprah Winfrey. The beloved celebrity signed on as a spokesperson and bought a 10% stake in the company, prompting a significant stock boost.
Shortly thereafter, the brand revealed its Beyond the Scale program, which brought its new “livable” philosophy to two more sectors: fitness and mind-set. It’s an interconnected approach that incorporates equal amounts of movement, happiness, and meditation to one’s weight loss goal. And instead of pure calorie countin...
Their program is also affordable compared to other diets, such as NutriSystem ($298 for four weeks). The average monthly cost of a standard Weight Watchers membership, which includes unlimited monthly meetings and digital tools, is $44.95.
In 2015, Weight Watchers also launched what they hoped would be millennial bait: a digital community, called Connect, where for $19.95, members swap healthy living tips, recipes, and nudge one another to keep at it. (It looks a lot like Instagram, but with far more motivational quotes and pictures of Greek yogurt.) Ins...
“Where we do best for our members is where we intersect the area between science and consumer insights,” says Gary Foster, PhD, chief scientific officer at Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Even the physical meetings received a nip and tuck. In years past, Weight Watchers staff weighed attendees and assigned them a weight loss goal. Now, the members dictate to the staff how much they want to lose, along with other life goals they hope to achieve. Some are weight-related—like sitting in an airplane without...
In this era, physical interaction is a chief goal, especially in the age of “experiential” consumerism. A study by the Harris Group found that 72% of millennials prefer to spend money on experiences rather than material objects. And seeing how wellness travel is now a $563 billion global industry, and growing at double...

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