ul Public-Private Partnership results in Tourist Oriented Policing Squad By www.internationaldriveorlando.com Published On :: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:26:34 GMT ORLANDO, FL (April 19, 2010)-One of the worlds top tourist and meeting destinations, the International Drive Resort Area, continues with enhanced support of its highly successful prototype safety program, thanks to a grant that has been awarded to Orange County through the U.S. Department of Justice stimulus program. Full Article News
ul Popular Online Business Courses to Broaden Your Knowledge By smallbiztrends.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:40:13 +0000 Business owners are always keen to find ways to expand their business and improve productivity. Here are online business courses to make this possible. Full Article Small Business Operations Small Business Courses
ul You Should Outsource Business Travel Services – Here’s Why By smallbiztrends.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:20:02 +0000 Here are some resources and platforms you can start outsourcing by providing business travel services to optimize your business operations. Full Article Small Business Operations Small Business Travel
ul Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf - $1 off regular admission (up to 6 people) By www.internationaldriveorlando.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 15:19:29 GMT Valid Through: 10/31/2015$1 off regular admission (up to 6 people)8501 International Dr.Orlando, FL 32819 Full Article
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ul The Key to Ultimate Weight Loss By beansnotbambi.wordpress.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:00:00 +0000 In response to my recent success story I’ve been getting a lot of questions about exactly what I’m doing. What is the Ultimate Weight Loss Program and how do I get started? The “program”, as I usually refer to it, was originally taught as a multi-day seminar in-person by Chef AJ and John Pierre in Los […] Full Article Health and Wellness
ul Full-Time Faculty Appointment with Benefits - Environment Artist/Modeler: Ringling College of Art + Design By jobs.gamasutra.com Published On :: 2022-09-20 Beginning January 2023 or August 2023 Game Art Department Environment Artist/Modeler Full-Time Faculty Appointment with Benefits The Game Art (GA) Department is a nationally respected program with a highly collaborative teaching environment that merges the aesthetic of feature film with today’s most current interactive gaming hardware and software. Game students design, create and analyze the visual components of games. Facilities: Ringling College’s GA Department has facilities designed to replicate a professional studio environment, and boasts the highest-end, state-of-the-art computers, graphics cards, and is complete with ergonomic furniture. Full-time Institutional Technology staff support the Department. The Position: The Game Art Department is seeking an environment artist with Maya and Unreal Engine 4/5 (UE5) experience to join a dedicated faculty teaching Game Art. The primary responsibility of this position will focus on providing quality instruction, and teaching students to create the visual assets that make computer games. Included among the duties and responsibilities, this position requires experience in world-building, modeling, texturing, and lighting in a 3D application as well as in Unreal Engine 4/5 (UE4/5). The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching three courses or nine credits per semester using high-end resources. Assignments include teaching introductory through advanced courses in creating level and environment art assets, and game engine integration of those assets. Ongoing commitment to creative work/scholarship in the profession is expected. Active participation with faculty, department, and college service is required. This is a full-time appointment with benefits. The salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. The anticipated start date is January 2023 or August 2023. The College has a supportive, collegial faculty, a curriculum that strongly values excellence, and a robust support system dedicated to using the most current technology. (Minimum Qualifications) Include evidence of: A Master’s degree in Animation, Illustration, or a related field, OR a 4-year professional degree in art or design and equivalent professional experience, training and expertise with an appropriate record of achievement in the field. Ability to teach introductory through advanced classes in creating levels, environment art assets, 3D modeling, lighting, and texturing. Experience with Autodesk Maya. Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 (UE4/5). Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills. (Preferred Qualifications) Include evidence of: A terminal degree in an appropriate discipline. Advanced experience with level design. Experience with Zbrush. Experience with Substance Designer and Substance Painter. Expertise with Unreal Engine 4/5 (UE4/5) or a comparable game engine. Ability to create visually-sophisticated environments in UE4/5 Experience with game design. (Special Instructions to Applicants) Required materials include cover letter incorporating experiences that address the position requirements, resume or CV, employment history, contact information of three references (names, titles, email and telephone numbers), examples of personal work and an unofficial transcript copy of the most relevant degree. Official transcripts will be required upon hire. Student work examples may also be submitted, if available. Candidates may be asked to submit additional materials if needed. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For portfolio, you have the option to upload electronic documents/images, up to 5 MB, or a URL. General questions regarding the job application process may be emailed to aamail@ringling.edu. Apply on-line https://ringling.simplehire.com Ringling College of Art and Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer Full Article
ul On the Art of Not Living a Careful Life By diydiva.net Published On :: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:48:12 +0000 I started off the year by writing about measuring sticks. The metaphorical kind, not actual tape measures (although I’ve written plenty about those too.) And while I used bodies and physical aesthetics as an example, that is really just one of many ways Other People’s Measuring Sticks™ show up in our lives. The way people […] Full Article All Time Favorite Posts On Kicking Ass
ul Carroll/Langer: Credulous, scientist-as-hero reporting from a podcaster who should know better By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:19:57 +0000 tl;dr. To the extent that healing is important, I think it’s important not to overstate evidence for speculative claims about what works. Individual and societal resources are limited. If you want to say something like, “Sure, this is pie-in-the-sky research, … Continue reading → Full Article Public Health Zombies
ul Supporting Bayesian modeling workflows with iterative filtering for multiverse analysis By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:16:30 +0000 Anna Riha, Nikolas Siccha, Antti Oulasvirta, and Aki Vehtari write: When building statistical models for Bayesian data analysis tasks, required and optional iterative adjustments and different modelling choices can give rise to numerous candidate models. In particular, checks and evaluations … Continue reading → Full Article Bayesian Statistics Miscellaneous Statistics Stan Statistical Computing
ul Which book should you read first, Active Statistics or Regression and Other Stories? By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:25:40 +0000 Kiran Gauthier writes: I was checking the web pages for Active Statistics and Regression and Other Stories and although I saw that Active Statistics is meant to accompany Regression and Other Stories, I was wondering how you would recommend reading … Continue reading → Full Article Bayesian Statistics Literature Miscellaneous Statistics Teaching
ul Postdoc opportunity! to work with me here at Columbia! on Bayesian workflow! for contamination models! With some wonderful collaborators!! By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:16:46 +0000 Laboratory assays are central to much of biomedical research. My colleagues and I recently received a research grant to do better assays using Bayesian inference. Beyond the usual challenges of fitting nonlinear hierarchical models to real data that can sometimes … Continue reading → Full Article Bayesian Statistics Jobs Multilevel Modeling Public Health Stan Statistical Computing
ul Flatiron Institute hiring: postdocs, joint faculty, and permanent research positions By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:00:26 +0000 This is Bob. We’re hiring It’s that time of year again and we’re hiring at all levels at the Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM) at Flatiron Institute (the in-house research arm of Simons Foundation). As they are listed, job ads … Continue reading → Full Article Jobs Statistical Computing
ul Freakonomics does it again (not in a good way). Jeez, these guys are credulous: By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:43:21 +0000 From the team that brought you “good-looking parents are 36% more likely to have a baby daughter as their first child than a baby son” and “The PDO cool mode has replaced the warm mode in the Pacific Ocean, virtually … Continue reading → Full Article Miscellaneous Science Sociology Zombies
ul “Trivia question for you. I kept temperature records for 100 days one year in Boston, starting August 15th (day “0”). What would you guess is the correlation between day# and temp? r=???” By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:18:03 +0000 Shane Frederick writes: Trivia question for you. I kept temperature records for 100 days one year in Boston, starting August 15th (day “0”). What would you guess is the correlation between day# and temp? r=??? Shane sends me this kind … Continue reading → Full Article Miscellaneous Statistics Teaching
ul Violent science teacher makes ridiculously unsupported research claims, gets treated by legislatures/courts/media as expert on the effects of homeschooling By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:56:37 +0000 Paul Alper shares this horrifying news story by Laura Meckler: Brian Ray has spent the last three decades as one of the nation’s top evangelists for home schooling. As a researcher, he has published studies purporting to show that these … Continue reading → Full Article Causal Inference Sociology Teaching Zombies
ul Should pollsters preregister their design, data collection, and analyses? By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 22:40:12 +0000 There are actually two questions here: 1. Should pollsters share all the information on their design, data collection, and analyses? 2. If yes on question 1 above, should this information be made public ahead of time, before the survey is … Continue reading → Full Article Miscellaneous Science Political Science Sociology
ul Polling by asking people about their neighbors: When does this work? Should people be doing more of it? And the connection to that French dude who bet on Trump By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:11:07 +0000 Several people pointed me to this news report on a successful bettor in an election prediction market: Not only did he see Donald Trump winning the presidency, he wagered that Trump would win the popular vote—an outcome that many political … Continue reading → Full Article Miscellaneous Statistics Political Science Sociology
ul Help teaching short-course that has a healthy dose of data simulation By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:15:36 +0000 This post is by Lizzie. I hope you like the cats photo from this summer. I do. I am looking for help. I decided to change my term course (12-14 weeks-long) on `introduction to Bayesian modeling with some hierarchical modeling’ … Continue reading → Full Article Bayesian Statistics Teaching fake data teaching
ul Specification curve analysis and the multiverse By statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:31:52 +0000 I just learned about this paper from 2020, Specification curve analysis, by Uri Simonsohn, Joseph Simmons, and Leif Nelson: Empirical results hinge on analytical decisions that are defensible, arbitrary and motivated. These decisions probably introduce bias (towards the narrative put … Continue reading → Full Article Miscellaneous Statistics Multilevel Modeling Sociology Zombies
ul A Mouthful of Praise By joniandfriends.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000 It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does, it’s ecstatic. The other night, after the lights went out, I tried to get to sleep but couldn’t. My prayer... Full Article Daily Devotional daily devotional devotional More Precious Than Silver Devotional
ul Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Carousel Module 2.0 By www.elegantthemes.com Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Carousels are a great way to interactivity to your website. With the Divi Carousel Module 2.0 plugin, you can create carousels for just about any type of content. Showcase client testimonials, images, logos, team members, and more with this intuitive tool. Read on to learn about its features, how to use it, and what it […] The post Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Carousel Module 2.0 appeared first on Elegant Themes Blog. Full Article Divi Resources divi marketplace Divi Product Highlight
ul Worker Should Have Been Denied Leave to Add Defendant to Labor Law Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been denied permission to amend his complaint to add a new defendant to his Labor Law action. Case: Rowe v. Full Article
ul Court: Dispute Over Alleged Sexual Abuse Shouldn't Have Gone to WCB By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A New York appellate court ruled that a dispute between former newspaper delivery persons and the successor-in-interest to the newspaper for alleged sexual abuse should not have been referred to… Full Article
ul Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for falling from a scaffold. Case: Amaro v. New York City… Full Article
ul Court: Property Owner Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s claims against it. Case: Miranda v. 1320 Entertainment Inc., No. 2022-09472,… Full Article
ul Court: Worker Should Have Been Allowed to File Late Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted leave to belatedly file a claim for injuries allegedly received while working on a school construction project. Case:… Full Article
ul WCS Graduated Fine Schedule Takes Effect By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that its Audit Unit will implement and enforce a new graduated fine schedule for subsequent violations. Nevada law authorizes penalties of up to $375 for… Full Article
ul DIR Proposes Rules to Implement SB 274 By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations proposed rules to implement the various provisions of a multifaceted 2023 bill that made a host of changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. The… Full Article
ul WCA Seeks Public Review of Rule Changes By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 New Mexico's Workers' Compensation Administration says rule changes will take effect on Jan. 1, and the agency invites the public to take part in a webinar and to submit comments… Full Article
ul Fee Schedule Public Comment Period Opens By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is accepting public comments on the 2025 fee schedule and billing instructions. Written public comments will be accepted until the close of business on Nov. 1 and should be… Full Article
ul WCA Proposes Package of Rule Changes By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration proposed a package of rule changes that would increase food and lodging reimbursements and double the payment owed to doctors for deposition testimony. The rules… Full Article
ul Bill Would Increase Cap on Contingency Fee By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 New Jersey lawmakers are considering raising fees for attorneys who represent injured workers. The Senate last week voted 27-9 to pass bill S2822/A3986, which would increase the cap on attorney fees… Full Article
ul Court Says Violation of Safety Rules Alone Doesn't Constitute Intentional Harm By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court affirmed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment that dismisses an intentional harm case, saying the injured worker failed to clear the high… Full Article
ul Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Poultry Plant Worker for COVID-19 Infection By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a poultry plant worker for his occupational disease claim based on a COVID-19 infection. Case: Fowler v. Perdue Inc., No. 412, 2023,… Full Article
ul Lack of Evidence Connecting Worker's Alleged Injury to Job Results in Denial of Claim By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim because she failed to demonstrate a causal connection between her alleged injuries and her workplace accident. Case: Chavez v. Tyson… Full Article
ul Court Revives Health Care Worker's Claim for Tuberculosis By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Hawaii Court of Appeals revived an injured health care worker’s untimely claim for her tuberculosis infection. Case: Weis v. Pali Momi Medical Center, No. CAAP-19-0000575, 06/04/2024, unpublished. Facts: Teresa L. Weis… Full Article
ul Math Explains Why Your Friends Are More Popular Than You By www.scientificamerican.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:30:00 GMT The inspection paradox makes sense of social networks, long train wait times and why the call center is always busy Full Article Math Mathematics
ul WCD Bulletin Explains Self-Insurer Premium Assessment By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Monday published a bulletin explaining how to calculate self-insured employer premium assessments for the upcoming fiscal year. Self-insureds can choose premium assessments using either a… Full Article
ul Comp Division Pitches Changes to Assessment Rules By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Oregon's Workers' Compensation Division has posted amendments to rules governing the assessment that supports the state's Workers' Benefit Fund. The proposed changes are as follows: Amended Rule 003 includes the effective date for OAR 436-070,… Full Article
ul Rulemaking Advisory Committee Reviewing Treatment Regs By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division's rulemaking advisory committee will review medical treatment regulations during a Nov. 5 meeting. The division said a preliminary list of topics that the committee will discuss… Full Article
ul Judge Miscalculates Insurance Provider's Lien Against Amputee's Tort Settlement By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge miscalculated an insurance provider’s lien against a truck driver’s third-party recovery for an accident that resulted in the loss of… Full Article
ul Worker Gets PTD for Loss of Vision, Additional PPD for Nonschedule Injuries By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits for the loss of use of the eyes, plus additional permanent partial disability benefits for… Full Article
ul Multifaceted Comp Bill Heads to Governor By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Illinois General Assembly sent the governor a recently amended bill including provisions that would increase surcharges by 8% and charge the state attorney general with collecting unpaid penalties for… Full Article
ul Court Upholds Dismissal of Carrier's Garnishment Claim to Collect on Default Judgment By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s garnishment claim against another carrier seeking to collect a default judgment against an employer for a workers’ compensation claim. Case:… Full Article
ul Court: Fatal Heart Attack Compensable, Worker's Adult Son Qualifies as Beneficiary By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 An Illinois appeals court overturned the denial of death benefits to a deceased worker’s adult son, finding that the father's fatal heart attack was compensable and that the son was an… Full Article
ul Adjuster's Miscalculation of Lien Doesn't Allow Worker to Avoid Payment By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker was required to pay the full amount of her employer’s lien against her third-party recovery, even though the estimate… Full Article
ul Bill Would Limit Employment Protections for Medical Cannabis Users By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Pennsylvania employers would be allowed to make adverse employment decisions against employees and job applicants who legally use medical cannabis, under recently introduced legislation. Senate Bill 1290, introduced Wednesday by Sen. Patrick… Full Article
ul Employer Should Have Been Allowed to Set Aside Stipulation Based on Worker's Lies By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer should have been allowed to set aside its stipulation of facts agreeing to the enlargement of an employee’s claim. Case: VNA of… Full Article
ul Supreme Court to Address Exception to Going-and-Coming Rule By ww3.workcompcentral.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on the applicability of the “no-fixed-place-of-work” exception to the “going-and-coming rule” for a tree-trimming supervisor. In February, the Commonwealth Court issued a decision finding that Jorge Martinez… Full Article