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Laura: Thank you very much for this excellent blog. You said what needed to be said and said it very well. Using humor is great! |
Why not tweet Trump with a link to this blog? He night actually see it. |
Hooray for the Food Party! |
Thanks Louise68 and welcome back! |
Great tasting food is everybody's interest. |
Excellent read Laura Stec. You DO have a way with words! |
Aug 29 (Reuters) - As the West obsesses over Donald Trump’s legal and political challenges, Brexit and a host of other domestic crises, Chinese troops will join their Russian counterparts for Moscow’s largest military exercises in more than three decades. |
Coming six months after Beijing’s biggest ever offshore naval drills, the joint war games are another reminder of how central military posturing now is to the world’s two most powerful authoritarian states. While neither likely desires or expects war with the United States or its allies, both Beijing and Moscow want to... |
The Capitol in Horsham has some high-energy musical tributes lined-up for August. |
First up, on August 16 (8pm), is acclaimed singer-songwriter Elio Pace with his unique concert about Elvis Presley. |
August 16, 1977, was the day that the King of Rock ’n’ Roll died. To mark the 40th anniversary of that day, Elio honours his childhood idol with a personal and powerful performance featuring many Elvis Presley classics, as well as some rarely-heard and forgotten gems. |
Elio’s sensational singing and piano-playing will be accompanied on stage by only a special guest drummer. |
Faith: The George Michael Legacy comes to the venue on August 19 (7.30pm). |
The show is a stunning celebration of one the greatest singer-songwriters of all time, featuring international George Michael tribute Wayne Dilks and his eight-piece band. |
Lastly, pop music fans can experience The Story Of The Beach Boys on August 25 (8pm). |
Five performers reproduce the complex orchestral arrangements and intricate harmonies of one of America’s biggest ever bands. |
The show offers audiences a wave of adrenaline and nostalgia that aims to sweep them from surf to sun and from hit to hit. |
Dr. Morse is an internal medicine physician and researcher with special skills, training, and experience regarding women with co-morbid substance use disorders, under-treated medical conditions, trauma history, domestic violence, and criminal justice involvement. She also has extensive experience as an educator and res... |
Dr. Morse is currently engaged in health services research in a project entitled "Women's Initiative Supporting Health" (WISH). A subset of WISH is the clinical project, Women's Initiative Supporting Health-Transitions Clinic (WISH-TC). She is investigating methods to support physical and mental health among women with... |
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/psychiatry/wishtc/. To read a recent Research@URMC blog post describing one of Dr. Morse's research interests, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/dsmorse2. |
Bedell PS, So M, Morse DS, Kinner SA, Ferguson WJ, Spaulding AC. "Corrections for Academic Medicine: The Importance of Using Person-First Language for Individuals Who Have Experienced Incarceration." Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2019 Feb 0; 94(2):172-175. |
Goldberg ZE, Chin NP, Alio A, Williams G, Morse DS. "A Qualitative Analysis of Family Dynamics and Motivation in Sessions With 15 Women in Drug Treatment Court." Substance abuse : research and treatment.. 2019 13:1178221818818846. Epub 2019 Jan 04. |
Morse DS, Wilson JL, Driffill NJ, Lauture J, Khan A, King-Turner SO. "Outcomes among pregnant recently incarcerated women attending a reentry transitions clinic." Journal of community psychology.. 2018 Dec 17; Epub 2018 Dec 17. |
EUSEBIO was considered by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time...but sadly died of heart failure at his home on January 5. |
JIM SCOBBIE (Milton) - I was saddened to learn of the death of Portuguese legend Eusebio. I'm sure that, as a young boy, my father took me to see him play at Hampden against Scotland. However, I think Eusebio was substituted at half-time. Any details? |
I believe the match you are thinking of was played at Hampden on October 13, 1971. This was a European Championship qualifier which Scotland won 2-1. |
Eusebio was, indeed, replaced at the interval. The substitute was Artur Jorge. |
This was the match in which new manager Tommy Docherty took charge for the first time. Bob Wilson of Arsenal also made his goalkeeping debut for Scotland. |
John O'Hare and Archie Gemmill scored for Scotland. The Portuguese scorer was Rodrigues. |
The Scotland team was: Wilson, Jardine, Hay, Stanton, Colquhoun, Johnstone, Bremner, Graham, Cropley, Gemmill and O'Hare. |
The Portugal team was: Damas, Da Silva, Calo, Rodrigues, Calisto, Graca, Concalves, Simoes, Nene, Baptista and Ferreira. |
R. DAVIES (Glasgow) - Looking for details of a Rangers game in 1958 when they scored six goals against Queen of the South at Palmerston Park. |
On December 6, 1958, Rangers defeated Queen of the South 6-3 at Palmerston in a Division One league match. Queens took the lead in the first minute, but by half-time it was 3-2 to Rangers. |
In the second half, Rangers' superior fitness began to show and they went on to lead 6-2, but in the last minute Queens pulled one back to make the final score 6-3 to the Ibrox side. |
Scorers were Oakes, McGill and Paterson for the Dumfries side and Brand (3), Scott, Murray and McMillan for the Ibrox side. |
The attendance was given as 10,000. |
J. KELLY (Glasgow) - In season 1966-67, did Celtic win the Scottish Cup without having to leave Glasgow for any of the ties. |
Yes they did. In the first round, at home to Arbroath, they won 4-0. |
In the second round, they were at home to Elgin City and they won 7-0. |
The third round, which was the quarter-finals, saw them beat Queens Park 5-3 at Parkhead. |
They were now in the semi-finals which were at Hampden and they beat Clyde 2-0 after a 0-0 draw. |
In the final, also at Hampden, they met Aberdeen and beat them 2-0, so they never had to leave Glasgow to win the trophy. |
"This campaign demonstrates the rise of a new force in New York politics and in American politics. It’s a fearless force. It’s of Democrats who believe in all of us and are willing to fight for it." |
JUDICIAL activism in Pakistan is more egregious and audacious than in other democratic countries. In the US, Supreme Court judicial activism involves expansion of fundamental rights guaranteed by its constitution. |
The judicial activism of our SC is more like judicial excessiveness as it erodes some of the bedrock principles on which our constitution and republic are based. Activism by our judiciary may be classified into two broad categories. |
First, the SC’s interpretation and use of suo motu provision of Article184 (3) as a limitless jurisdiction and power to issue orders on any matter under the sun on the pretext of fundamental rights of high public importance. |
The second category has a long history of meddling in the political domain and dismissing governments besides legitimatising coups and the repeated overthrow of our constitution. |
Such activism took root as early as 1955 when in the Tamizuddin case, CJ Munir justified the illegal dissolution of the assembly on the grounds of ‘doctrine of necessity’. From then on, it assumed a life of its own in a stunning series of landmark cases. |
To counter such debilitating judicial excesses many legal experts pray to have judges who are free of ambition and lust for power and have a built-in sense of judicial restraint. However, relying only on the judges’ persona for judicial restraint is no solution. |
What is needed is a permanent, institutional solution. A two-step constitutional solution may be a remedy. |
First, tackle the suo motu powers of Article 184 (3) as this provision doesn’t exist in any constitution in the world in such shape and form. A constitutional amendment should repeal or substantially modify the provision. |
If we opt to modify 184 (3) then the SC’s jurisdiction regarding the enforcement of fundamental rights of high public importance should be curtailed to the SC’s jurisdiction for the enforcement of its orders to administrative agencies and to the production of detained citizens (writs of mandamus and writs of habeas cor... |
Second, to reduce judicial activism the superior judiciary should be barred from removing or disqualifying an elected head of government since this can be done in parliament and by the electorate. |
These provisions may seem harsh and overbearing, but our nation has suffered much because of judicial excesses. Sometimes unique, drastic situations call for unique, drastic measures. |
IBM's researchers have found a way to build computer memory that's incomparably faster to anything we have today. Besides being that much faster, it’s also more enduring and dense. |
Sounds a bit like science fiction, doesn’t it? |
Anyway, the new technology is called PCM, or phase-change memory, and it revolves around storing three bits of data per cell. It doesn’t lose data when powered off, and it can live through ‘at least’ ten million write cycles (average USB stick can endure some 3,000 cycles). |
The company said the new technology’s application is wide. It can be used as storage, as RAM memory or cache. It gives a couple of interesting examples, saying a mobile phone’s operating system could be stored in such memory, offering booting up in just a few seconds. |
PCM could also be used to store large data sets, for extremely fast query processing. |
"Phase change memory is the first instantiation of a universal memory with properties of both DRAM and flash, thus answering one of the grand challenges of our industry," said Dr. Haris Pozidis, an author of the paper and the manager of non-volatile memory research at IBM Research - Zurich. |
"Reaching 3 bits per cell is a significant milestone because at this density the cost of PCM will be significantly less than DRAM and closer to flash." |
So basically, we can have a memory module that’s extremely fast, very durable, usable in various instances, and at a price close to flash memory. Yes, please. |
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he was ending all of his relationships with several corporations and nonpofit organizations, including his own K-12 advocacy group, the Foundation for Excellence in Education, the Washington Post reported Jan. 1. |
Bush's aides told the Post in an email that he was leaving these groups in order to focus more time on politics, although the paper also notes that his decision could be an attempt to disentangle himself from relationships that could complicate his potential run for the White House next year. The decision to end his le... |
With Bush as its founder and chairman, the Foundation for Excellence in Education has supported an A-F accountability system, school choice, digital education, and teacher evaluations based on test scores, among other policies. It grew out of Bush's work during his time as Florida governor from 1999 to 2007, when he ov... |
The foundation has become one of the most influential advocacy groups in the country, and it has lobbied and otherwise worked closely with officials in Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and elsewhere to adopt and implement those policies. See my colleague Sean Cavanagh's story from five years ago about... |
Speaking to Sean for that story, Bush compared the foundation's work and its goals, appropriately enough, to a run for office: "What I try to tell people interested in starting down this path is [that] taking an idea, converting it into policy, turning that policy into law, and then executing that law is a process that... |
Critics, however, have alleged that the foundation inappropriately lobbies and influences state education leaders on behalf of for-profit entitites, particularly digital education services, as I reported two years ago. |
Bush also announced he was ending his relationship with Academic Partnerships, a company that has converted over 4,000 courses to online formats in over 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, according to the company's website. He earned $60,000 a year as a paid adviser, according to the Post, and also owned a... |
Among the company's senior advisors is James Hunt Jr., the former governor of North Carolina and leader of the Hunt Institute, a K-12 research and advocacy group. Both Hunt and Bush are outspoken supporters of the Common Core State Standards. It's the standards that will more likely cause Bush heartburn in a run for th... |
The Foundation for Excellence in Education has actively supported the common core in several states, and whether or not Bush is leading the organization during a presidential run, he would likely face questions about his extensive work on behalf of the common core that goes beyond public speeches. |
IT teams are the backbone of every organisation, be it a large enterprise, a medium-sized firm or a small, growing company. They are an integral part of the business, ensuring a smooth functioning of its internal operations. |
However, the one thing that has not changed all these years is the enormous pressure placed on IT teams to resolve issues swiftly while being cost-effective. Nowadays, most organisations are focused on improving time to market, and it has become essential to resolve issues faster. |
This white paper will explore the benefits of adopting a methodology such as the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to manage IT service management, and using an ITSM tool to improve the efficiency of an IT team. |
Country star Trent Tomlinson has rallied for Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles in support of his mom's ALS diagnosis, with the Shine for Susie ALS Benefit Concert. |
Tomlinson joins such country acts as Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr, Jerrod Niemann, and Canaan Smith, among others. This acoustic event will take place on December 4 at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and it benefits the ALS Association of Tennessee and the Burchett & Liles Family in their fight against AL... |
Susie Burchett, the mother of country star Stephen Barker Liles of Love and Theft, was diagnosed with ALS in March of 2017. "When my mother was diagnosed with ALS, in March of this year, I was devastated," Stephen Barker Liles said in a press statement. "But I also felt called to make a difference to help her and other... |
This year, Tomlinson released his critically-acclaimed album, That's What's Working Right Now, which features his lead title track single. |
Tomlinson is headlining Trent Tomlinson and Friends during CMA week at Wildhorse with Micheal Ray and Love and Theft. He co-wrote Brett Young's "In Case You Didn't Know," and the new Chris Young single "Where I Go When I Drink." |
To learn more about the Tennessee Chapter of the ALS Association, check out its official homepage. |
There are many federal and state laws governing franchising. |
1 What Are Franchise Agreements? |
The procedures for terminating a franchise relationship are part of the franchise agreement, including the guidelines for franchisees who plan to exit the franchise business. Some agreements also include a confidentiality clause. This nondisclosure clause prevents current and former businesses from disclosing specific ... |
The franchise agreement establishes the franchisor’s rules and guidelines for a franchise owner’s exit from the business. A franchisee is generally required to provide notice within a specific time frame before terminating the contract and pay a franchise exit fee. If a franchise owner leaves the franchise before the e... |
The franchisee has the right to utilize the franchisor’s business model as well as market products and services developed by the franchisor. The franchisor retains the intellectual property rights relating to the operations of all of the franchise businesses. Trademarks, trade secrets, patents and designs are included ... |
The franchisor may reserve the right to protect exclusive information that has commercial value from third parties. This information is included in a confidentiality clause designed to protect the company who owns the products or services of the business. By signing the confidentiality clause, any business who exits th... |
Trade secrets involve several facets of confidential information concerning designs, business procedures, formulas, financial data, business plans, customer lists and other information that may harm the company’s value if disclosed to competitor businesses. The confidentiality clause does not include information about ... |
As part of a confidentiality clause in a franchise agreement, the franchisor may prevent a franchisee from using trade secrets to operate a competitor business in the same territory or business market. |
Subsequent nondisclosure agreements are also binding on the franchisee. This type of agreement may be put into effect during the franchise relationship. It generally covers additional confidential information disclosed to the franchise owner after the signing of the original franchise agreement. Thus, the franchisee wo... |
Huntington, Marie. "Confidentiality Clause of Franchise Exit Agreements." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/confidentiality-clause-franchise-exit-agreements-74764.html. Accessed 24 April 2019. |
What Three Ways Is a Franchise Business Organized? |
Iranians struggle with Internet disruptions ahead of the June 14 elections. |
An Iranian girl surfs the web in an internet cafe in Tehran, Iran, 28 April 2013. |
Is Iran going offline ahead of its upcoming election? Iranian web users are reporting slow Internet speeds, difficulties accessing email, and faulty Virtual Private Networks. The government confirmed slow speeds but denied it has to do with the June 14 election. Critics, however, say the Internet crackdown is all about... |
What do you think? Let us know in a 30-second video or in the comments below. |
There are 33 graduates in Paris Gibson’s winter class of 2019 and 28 walked during last night’s commencement. |
Jasmine Smith was not a fan of high school. In fact, she hated it. |
In California during her freshman year of high school, she became of target for bullying. |
She then moved to Great Falls and attended Great Falls High School. |
She said she still dealt with some of the same issues she had at her previous high school. |
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