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Invite new businesses to compliment existing ones, a second parking structure on B Street between Fifth and Sixth streets, and make it pedestrian friendly with no semi or trucks downtown, local deliveries only.
Permit curb cuts with conditions. No RVs, boats or mechanical work.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters who don't have valid photo identification could be asked to have their picture taken at the polls if they want to vote.
The state Senate voted 18-6 on Wednesday to require voters to show photo identification issued by the federal government, the state, a New Hampshire municipality, a licensed school or one approved by the postsecondary education commission or a business or institution recognized by local election officials.
If the voter doesn't have a satisfactory photo ID, local election officials can satisfy the requirement by taking the person's picture and keeping it on file.
Supporters argue the requirement will prevent fraud. Opponents say it infringes on individual voting rights.
The bill will now be considered by the House.
WASHINGTON—Compared to a survey conducted nearly 20 years ago, about twice the proportion of addiction counselors now find it acceptable for at least some of their patients to have a drink occasionally — either as an intermediate goal or as their final treatment goal, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.
The researchers surveyed 913 members of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Counselors from across the United States. About 50 percent of the respondents said it would be acceptable if some of their clients who abused alcohol wanted to limit their drinking but not totally give up alcohol. In the earlier survey published in 1994, about 25 percent of the responding administrators of substance abuse treatment agencies found moderate drinking acceptable for some of their clients.
When asked about treating clients who abuse drugs, about half the counselors in the new study accepted moderate drug use as an intermediate goal and one-third as a final goal — this is about the same as it was in a similar survey 10 years ago.
“Individuals with alcohol and drug problems who avoid treatment because they are ambivalent about abstinence should know that — depending on the severity of their condition, the finality of their outcome goal, and their drug of choice — their interest in moderating their consumption will be acceptable to many addiction professionals working in outpatient and independent practice settings,” wrote study co-authors Alan K. Davis, MA, and Harold Rosenberg, PhD, both with the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. The study was published online in the APA journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors®.
However, for clients diagnosed with alcohol or drug dependence — which is considered more severe than alcohol or drug abuse — respondents to the new survey were less accepting of clients aiming for limited or moderate substance use. Specifically, at least three-quarters of respondents said they would not approve of limited or moderate consumption for clients with alcohol or drug dependence, as either an intermediate or final goal.
Substance abuse often results in relationship, work or legal problems, such as driving under the influence. Substance dependent people have many of the same problems, but they also experience markedly increased tolerance, withdrawal symptoms and a sense of compulsion or loss of control over their substance use, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States.
When respondents were asked why they rejected any consumption at all by their clients, many said it would send the wrong message, is not effective and is not consistent with their treatment philosophy. When asked what other client characteristics they thought were important to evaluate when clients wanted to limit or moderate their substance use, respondents rated a patient’s health, age, emotional stability and “drug of choice” as important.
The study also found that limited or moderate substance use appears less acceptable to counselors in the United States than in several other countries. For example, a nationwide survey of British alcohol and drug treatment agencies found 86 percent considered continued use acceptable as an intermediate goal and 81 percent found it acceptable as a final goal for clients with a history of alcohol abuse. In that same survey, 68 percent accepted continued use as an intermediate goal and 50 percent as a final goal for clients with alcohol dependence. In addition, a recent survey of Swiss alcohol treatment agencies also found that respondents rated limited or moderate drinking as more acceptable for clients with alcohol abuse and dependence than did the American addiction counselors.
All the U.S. survey respondents were NAADAC members, and their views about the acceptability of limited or moderate substance use by clients may differ from therapists who are not members of the organization, the authors noted. Also, previous studies of counselors’ views of outcome goals were usually based on responses from administrators of substance abuse treatment facilities rather than individual counselors.
“Our study did not examine whether those who want to moderate their drinking or drug use had better or worse outcomes than those who attempt to abstain immediately and completely, and research has found that episodes of lapse and relapse are common among clients no matter what outcome goal they pursue. In light of this study, we suggest that clients ask about their counselor’s openness to limited or moderate consumption as an outcome goal, and that agencies acknowledge their policy regarding negotiation of outcome goals as part of informed consent,” Rosenberg said.
Article: “Acceptance of Non-abstinence Goals by Addiction Professionals in the United States,” Alan K. Davis, MA, and Harold Rosenberg, PhD, Bowling Green State University, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, online first Oct. 22.
Harold Rosenberg can be contacted at (419) 372-7255 or by email.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world’s largest association of psychologists. APA’s membership includes more than 137,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.
TeacherActive is working closely with a local Monmouth based primary school, they are looking for an LSA / Learning Support Assistant who has previous experience working with children with Autism, to work closely with a small group of children and become part of their friendly and nurturing team.
In this post you will be supporting the teacher within the class and providing one to one support to children in their Nurture Group. Any previous experience supporting pupils in this situation would be highly beneficial. Any experience assessing learning and social & emotional needs. Having a positive attitude to give whatever help is needed to remove the barriers to learning would be ideal.
The school has an excellent reputation and is very welcoming and supporting. This is a great opportunity to join this school on a day to day basis with a view to enjoying a long-term opportunity and have access to the great CPD opportunities the school has to offer.
A man dressed as Darth Vader from Star Wars who has been spotted by residents all over Sheffield has been snapped by officers outside a police station.
It is not clear why the man - or woman - dressed in a full Star Wars costume has been running around across the city a full 10 days after Halloween.
There is no suggestion he's done anything wrong, but Sheffield South West Local Policing Team issued a statement, saying: "Are those rumours true? Are they filming Star Wars in Sheffield?
"Sighting of Darth Vader passing the Police Station on Chesterfield Road just now. The (Police) force was clearly with him!"
While rumours of Star Wars filming in Sheffield turned out to be a hoax, it's clear Darth Vader has been getting around the city.
Residents say he's been sighted in Meadowhead and on Derby Road in Clay Cross.
Cloud adoption is just in the very early days says Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block. He says that over the last few years we’ve been in a perfect storm of cloud and mobile and data science and artificial intelligence coming together that have given companies the opportunity to reinvent themselves and reinvent their business models. Block says that this has been an incredible wave and a global phenomenon of digital transformation.
I believe we’re in early days. Salesforce will be celebrating its 20th anniversary very quickly and we’ve had a meteoric rise. We’ve been the fastest enterprise software company and in the top five software companies in terms of growth to $10 billion. We just gave our guidance to $13 billion and we’ll do $16 billion for next year. But cloud adoption is just in the very early days.
What we’re really seeing right now is this incredible wave, this global phenomenon of digital transformation. Over the last few years, when you think about this conversion, this perfect storm of cloud and mobile and data science and artificial intelligence, these amazing technologies that have come together, it’s given companies the opportunity to reinvent themselves and reinvent their business models. I think classically of a company that is a B2B company that now wants to become a B2C company and that’s where Salesforce really plays beautifully in terms of getting closer to that customer.
Specifically on MuleSoft. A great example is really having the holy grail of the 360-degree view of the customer, where you have information about the customer, where you can personalize the experience for the customer, where the customer feels like they are personally engaged with the companies that they do business with. MuleSoft is an amazing integration technology and we’re very lucky to have it. It really completes the wave of digital transformation for our customers in the sense that it’s allowing you to unlock data from any source.
Think about decades of legacy data that have been built up and built up and built up and CEOs want to know how do we access that legacy data in a very agile and in a very quick fashion so we can serve it up to our systems of engagement? That’s why the marriage of Salesforce and MuleSoft has really become very compelling for CEOs all over the world. At the end of the day what the cloud brings you and what we bring at Salesforce is the ability to be agile, to be nimble, to be flexible, and actually bring something we refer to as a beginner’s mind. Completely taking a step back and saying, how do we reinvent, how do we innovate, how do we go quickly?
You can move, because of the technology that’s available today, far more quickly than you could in the age of the legacy system. It starts with that, bringing a point of view, speaking the language of the industry, understanding that talking to a bank is different than a telecommunications company. These technologies apply in different ways. Those are very fundamental than what you see with some of the legacy technology companies that are still using the same motion.
The second is it’s all about trust and making sure that you have a trust-based relationship with your customers. The third thing that I would tell you and I think is very very important is that we live in a world today where because of that convergence, that perfect storm of technology, we now have this global phenomenon called digital transformation. The most important aspect of that is the commitment from the CEO. The CEO has become and must be become the Chief Transformation Officer.
Montville — Candance Northrop's two kids usually hop on the school bus about 7:45 a.m., giving her about 10 to 15 minutes to get to work on time.
But in the middle of last year, "the bus situation became quite an adventure for working parents," Northrop recently told the Board of Education.
With a bus driver shortage impacting the state and hitting Montville hard the last couple of years, the district has faced delayed routes, forcing parents like Northrop to "rush to work."
"I won't leave my kids, but obviously there's some places that aren't easy with getting to work five minutes late," she said. "A lot of parents ... will probably end up leaving some of their kids so they don't lose their job."
Acting Superintendent Laurie Pallin said with 24 drivers, the district can meet all its runs as it kicks off the school year on Wednesday. But she noted "that is because our transportation coordinator, assistant coordinator and mechanic are also all qualified to drive."
The district contracts out some special education runs for out-of-district students, and currently is processing three more applicants, Pallin said.
"In an ideal world, we would also have some cover drivers to pick up runs when drivers are out sick, etc.," she said. "We are still actively recruiting drivers."
To combat the shortage this year, the district offered $1,000 signing bonuses for drivers who maintain clean records and meet attendance expectations; in-depth training for new drivers awaiting licenses; and $250 referral bonuses for bus garage employees drawing new drivers with a Commercial Driver's License.
The Board of Education added another incentive earlier this month: drivers who care for a child or grandchild can now request permission for the child to ride the bus during normal route hours if space is available. Employees who do so must assume complete responsibility for the child whether at the bus facility or on the bus, and must abide by several rules geared toward safety.
Pallin noted the timeframe for obtaining a CDL remains a roadblock to overcoming the shortage. The fingerprinting process, she said, takes about 10 to 12 weeks to clear the Department of Motor Vehicles and state police.
"We are not receiving many applicants who already have their CDL," she said.
School Bus Fleet magazine notes many states are experiencing driver shortages as they head into the 2018-19 school year, with relatively low pay, time-consuming applications and training and licensing requirements often cited as reasons.
Jim Carson, a spokesman for the DMV, said the DMV annually processes about 1,500 CDL licenses, including new applicants and renewals. There are currently 8,670 school bus CDL endorsements statewide. A CDL is good for four years, Carson said.
"In the last year, DMV has reduced our processing time for school bus drivers, cutting a week off from what we did a year ago," Carson said, noting background check time frames can vary depending on state police workload.
He added that the DMV inspects almost 11,000 school buses annually.
To limit the number of potential hires who might seek work elsewhere because they can't wait for a CDL, new Montville drivers can work up to 30 hours at minimum wage while shadowing a current driver, according to new incentives approved by the Board of Education.
Transportation Coordinator Kerry Tetreault held a meeting with all drivers last week, going through runs and expectations for the school year. Drivers practiced runs throughout last week.
"On our first day, bus runs are often a little slower than usual, so we ask parents not to delay their child's boarding of the bus and to be patient if the buses run a little behind schedule," Pallin added.
While Montville's bus driver shortage may not be resolved this year, this fall the district will receive eight new buses, part of a five-year lease plan approved by the Town Council to replace the town's aging bus fleet.
Pallin said the new buses will ease the head mechanic's workload. She added that the district actively is advertising for an additional mechanic.
A top aide to National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is off the National Security Council after being denied high-level clearance, Fox News confirmed Saturday.
Why Robin Townly, an NSC senior director for Africa and a former Marine, was denied access remains unclear. But his departure appears to be another problem for Flynn roughly two months into the job as President Trump’s top adviser on national security issues.
Townly’s exit Friday was reported first by Politico.
Flynn also is also under fire for a phone call he had with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, before Trump was sworn-in as president in late January because it purportedly included talk about U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Vice President Mike Pence last month said the call included no such discussion. And Flynn this week continued to say likewise, until news reports stated U.S. intelligence officials heard sanction talk on the call.
Politico reports, according to sources, that Townly’s clearance was blocked by the CIA because he has been critical of the agency.
However, a military intelligence source told Fox News on Saturday that CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Flynn have an "extremely solid" working relationship.
Trump administration critics have raised concerns about the connections between Russia and Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, citing a paid speech Flynn gave in Russia and a dinner he had in 2015 with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Catherine Herridge contributed to this story.
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Australia’s Telstra is transforming the IT infrastructure that supports its Global Enterprise and Services businesses-to-business (B2B) unit, which supplies services to large enterprise market internationally. The project will see the overall company become cloud first with a focus on better use of data and application programming interfaces (APIs).
The IT transformation project will be phased in over two years as the company tries to minimise disruption to customers on legacy platforms.
The International unit, as it is known, of Australia’s largest telco, which grew by 44% last year and has sales worth AUD 1.3bn, serves a customer base of enterprises and governments, largely in Asia.
It provides technology including data and IP networks as well as network application services, such as managed networks, unified communications and cloud services. It also has interests in software, video delivery, online sales and e-health.
As an IT and communications service provider, Telstra’s B2B arm is well positioned to support group adoption of modern technologies such as cloud computing, business intelligence and artificial intelligence.
The Telstra group’s main business is its AUD 17bn retail operation in Australia, which covers services such as fixed voice, mobile, PSTN and NBN across the consumer, small business and large enterprise markets. Telstra has 35,000 employees, including more than 3,000 across 20 countries outside of Australia.
The retail and International businesses used to operate autonomously, but after a move to the cloud its B2B operations, it was decided to do the same for the whole company.
“Telstra has a company-wide IT strategy and is organised in business engagement and platform groups,” said Sundi Balu, CIO at Telstra International. “Across the organisation, our IT focus is data-centric, cloud-based and API-driven,” added Balu, who works closely with overall CIO Erez Yarkoni, who heads IT in the retail business.
Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed.
Before the B2B operation completed its transformation, it was split among several regions.
Most of the company’s IT infrastructure supporting global customers is in Australia, with about 2,000 IT staff overall. Last year, Telstra B2B acquired Asian telecoms company Pacnet, which increased the scale and scope of its international connectivity business and doubled its customer base in Asia.
Balu said Telstra is going through a similar transformation as its business customers are, including harnessing the cloud. “Apart from the obvious business benefit of capital expenditure savings, cloud computing and software-as-a-service applications are helping us achieve better business agility across our global operations,” he added.
Artificial intelligence (machine learning) is also enabling Telstra to understand customer behaviour and helping it ensure that customer service levels are met. “In the operations support, through the use of machine learning, Telstra systems are able to predict impending failure or the breach of service-level agreements through the analysis and prediction of network performance,” said Balu.
DK-Technologies has incorporated Dolby E technology into its PT0760M HD/SD multi-channel video waveform monitor.
Dolby Laboratories has certified the PT0760M as being able to handle Dolby E decoding, either from embedded audio within the HD/SD video or through separate AES inputs via Dolby's Cat. No. 552 OEM decoder module.
The PT0760M also supports analogue or AES audio outputs with integral level control, making it an all round option for managing and monitoring Dolby Digital 5.1 coded audio signals.
A lightweight and easy to operate unit, the PT0760M is aimed at Outside Broadcast vehicles, production studios, Master Control Rooms and Camera Control Units.
Additional features include horizontal and vertical zoom via an inbuilt jogwheel and internal memory. The monitor also offers four separate auto-sensing HD/SD inputs for simultaneous display of four individual waveform monitors showing G, R, B, Y, Cb, Cr and Luminance, plus a vectorscope is also included. A DVI output enables the user to view multiple screens on a single external display. The images can comprise of all four waveform monitors and the selected audio metering.
User presets, user definable Gamut error settings and user definable soft keys make for fast set-up and greater flexibility.
The PTO760M incorporates DK-Technologies' MSD range of audio software, which feature the company's JellyFish and StarFish displays for stereo and surround sound monitoring.
The OmniTek TQ waveform monitor will provide a complete decode of Dolby E metadata with PPMs, logging and alarms warning of any error conditions.
Among the introductions is the PT0740M, an audio-only version of the PT0760M waveform monitor.
Intersections: Is Columbus Day worth celebrating?
Every child who has attended elementary school in the U.S. can without a doubt recall the famous "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" rhyme.
Though the rest of the poem is a distant memory, as adults, many of us have been exposed to the less celebratory side of Christopher Columbus and the horrific circumstances — slavery, exploitation, disease and, ultimately, genocide — credited to his name that ravaged indigenous people in America after he arrived.
For the last few decades, anti-Columbus Day activism has been steadily growing amid a day usually celebrated with mall sales, time off from school and extended bar hours.
And in a truly virtual age, the dissent has never been more apparent than it is now, where social networks are there to provide an outlet to everyone looking to express an opinion, whether through video, photography, petitions, tweets or status updates.
Look across the networks in your Internet life and you might come across the phrase, "Let's celebrate this Columbus Day by walking into someone else's house and telling them that we live there now," juxtaposed next to a comical illustration of Christopher Columbus.
Look on the websites of news outlets across the country, and you'll find dozens of editorials for or against Columbus Day.
But given its controversial nature, is Columbus Day still worth celebrating? I knew how strangers and acquaintances felt on Twitter, but for more thought-provoking responses, I was interested in hearing from those who introduced us to the man himself in the first place: teachers.
Scott Andrews, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and coordinator for the American Indian Studies Program at Cal State Northridge said that as a nation that celebrates freedom and opposes tyranny, it's odd to celebrate the expansion of the Spanish Empire into North and South America, which ultimately led to the death and enslavement of millions of human beings.
"But recognizing that irony allows us to honor the memory of the indigenous people of this world, which was 'new' to the Europeans, but an ancient home to its inhabitants," he said. "And the day allows us to acknowledge the many beautiful indigenous people and cultures that are alive today — including about 200,000 American Indians in Los Angeles County."