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Bestselling Historical Fiction Ebook, Aarons War, Detailing A Jewish Soldier's Moral Dilemma And Struggles With PTSD During WWII, Available At No Charge October 22 Through October 24, 2024

Aaron's War is a masterful piece of writing that will likely take its place as one of the best WWII historical fiction novels ever written. McMaster deftly weaves coming of age, antisemitism, PTSD, and substance abuse into a masterpiece of a novel.




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Marta Riggins Lauded for Excellence in Branding, Company Culture & Communications

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Easyfun.gg Launches New Cloud Gaming Platform, Achieves 10,000 User Hours Daily

Easyfun.gg, a newly-launched cloud gaming platform designed for PCs to play mobile games, offers users the ability to enjoy various mobile games online for free. The platform has quickly achieved a significant milestone of 10,000 user hours daily.




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New EP 'Dear Diary' by Apryl: Pop Melodies Meet Emotional Depth in a Tale of Youthful Struggles. A Heartfelt Musical Journey Through Love, Loss, and Self-Discovery

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Prominent Social Content Creator and Rising American Reggae Talent Releases First Single

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Mesmerizing Follow-Up Single Unveiled by American Reggae and Pop Sensation

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Debut Album Unleashes Social Content Creator's Powerful Voice on Pop/Reggae Music Scene

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The Biggest Names in Sports Came Out for GBK Brand Bar's Pre ESPY Luxury Lounge Presented by MEND

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Reggae Recording Artist, SUN SHADE, poised to release "Against All Odds," Phil Collins Cover

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The Biggest Stars of Television Came out to Celebrate at the GBK & MEND Luxury Prime Time Television Awards Lounge

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Affinity Nightlife's Post Television Awards After Party Celebrated with the Industry's Biggest Stars

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Aggressive Driving Impacts Electrical Contractor Fleets

Aggressive Driving Impacts Electrical Contractor Fleets hsauer Mon, 11/28/2022 - 10:41

Aggressive Driving Impacts Electrical Contractor Fleets

Aggressive driving—a term coined in the 1990s—consists of several potentially dangerous behaviors, such as speeding, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, changing lanes without signaling and running red lights and stop signs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) further defines aggressive driving as “the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property.”

The National Conference of State Legislatures found that excessive speed was a factor in 27% of all fatal crashes in 2015, with a cost of $40 billion annually. Additionally, if speed increases by 50%, the energy released in a crash more than doubles.

Aggressive driving can escalate to “road rage,” a more extreme version of aggressive driving, typified by cursing, obscene gestures, ramming, sideswiping or running other vehicles off the road. It’s important to distinguish between aggressive driving—a traffic violation—and road rage—a criminal offense. Data compiled in 2019 by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety indicated that almost 80% of drivers exhibit aggression, road rage or significant anger while behind the wheel.

“Aggressive drivers hurt their fleets,” said Belinda Rueffer, vice president of marketing at GPS Insight, Scottsdale, Ariz. In addition to the obvious safety concern, aggressive driving can increase fuel costs. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that aggressive driving can decrease gas mileage by 15%–30% on highways and 10%–40% in cities. This can have a cumulative impact on a fleet’s budget.

To counteract the negative effects of aggressive driving, fleet manager can use telematics and smart dash cams to collect data on each of their driver’s behaviors and implement driver coaching. These measures can help fleet managers end aggressive driving, cut expenses, improve efficiency and protect drivers.

“Using telematics and dashcams can help reduce aggressive driving by revealing each driver’s behavior,” Rueffer said. “Telematics can monitor a driver’s speeding, harsh braking and other bad habits, identifying coaching—and discipline—opportunities.”

Telematics combined with dashcams can also protect drivers by determining if a behavior was warranted in the context of their driving conditions, thereby boosting safety and reducing accidents. 

Rueffer observed that even experienced, conscientious drivers can lose control when furious or agitated. “On-time delivery or service demands and long hours on the road can make fleet drivers hostile,” she said. “Putting an end to aggressive driving is in the best interest of everyone on the road.”

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Airback: Backpacks and Luggage That Can Shrink Their Contents with a Vacuum

Dutch company Airback has invented a backpack that can shrink its contents. Their eponymous backpack ($185) features a zippered airtight compartment with a port; once you've stuffed this compartment full, you attach either a household vacuum cleaner, or the company's small electric pump, to the port.

All of the air gets sucked out of the compartment, compressing the clothing within. The company reckons this allows you to cram in 50% more stuff.

The backpack also has a scale built into the handle, so you can avoid exceeding airline weight limits and being forced to check it at the airport.

The overall design is quite intelligent, featuring a passport stash pocket, a locking laptop compartment, bottle holder and more:

Following the popularity of the backpack—which was Kickstarted to the tune of €350,000 (USD ~$380,000), they designed a smaller Airback Go ($152) which fits beneath an airplane seat. This design lacks the scale in the handle.

There's also a larger Airback Max ($361), which boasts rollers and a telescoping handle…

…as well as the Airback Next ($416), a hard-sided carry-on roller.

All of the bags feature a built-in USB-C port, to which you can connect your own powerbank.

The company's separately-sold pump runs $52. One does wonder what to do if either that or the handle scale breaks. For their part, the company says "we've committed to a circular system - allowing you to send your bag back to us when it's lived its life, whereupon we, along with our partners, will give it a new purpose." However, what I'd prefer to see is some mention of repair options.




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One of OpenAI's biggest new investors explains why it made its $500 million bet

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She wants to know what are best practices on flagging bad responses and cleaning survey data and detecting bad responses. Any suggestions from the tidyverse or crunch.io?

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Fake data on the honeybee waggle dance, followed by the inevitable “It is important to note that the conclusions of our studies remain firm and sound.”

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Suggested reading: Hallnäs, L., & Redström, J. (2002). From use to presence: On the expressions and aesthetics of everyday computational things.

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Anonymity in Blogging

I had been considering whether to start up a personal newsletter. I subscribe to friends’ letters, in which they describe the various goings on in their life—family, house projects, travel, etc. As an email, it feels more intimate.

Couldn’t what I say in an email also be said on the blog? Which led me to consider a number of things…

With social media, we can see who follows us. Sure, there’s no guarantee our posts will make their way into their algorithm. Maybe they’re not online this week. Yet, we can see their names and know that they have a likelihood of seeing them.

A newsletter is quite similar. There’s a subscriber list and we can see every name that’s on it. Sure, they can be busy and archive it without reading it. The email can get caught in a spam filter. Yet, people want to fill their already busy inboxes with what you have to say and are likely to read it.

For anything impersonal, like brand marketing, promotions, or sales, it makes sense and is highly advantageous to know who your audience is. When I sold a book, it was useful to be able to market to those who bought the book to buy the workshop. It was useful to market to those to come to a conference.

Blogging feels detached from the audience. I can write knowing that nobody or anybody might be reading it. I can write for me and hope the words resonate. And having taken analytics off, I have absolutely no idea if anything resonates. It’s like putting artwork up in a museum. Each person gets to enjoy it in their own time and in their own way and the artist is likely never to know. Unless you say something to me, I have no idea if you’ve read these very words. [People would approach me at conferences and mention something going on in my life and I would briefly think, “How do you know about that?!” Only to remember that I had written about it publicly.]

What’s likely evident based on the mere title of this post is the conclusion that blogging is to an anonymous audience. I can guess who my audience is but I will never truly know. Not only will I not know who my audience is when I initially post, I won’t know who my audience might be at some point down the road.

I might still start up a newsletter but in the meantime and until then, I’m enjoying the process of writing to an unknown audience.


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Overcoming the Biggest Challenges Facing Growing Businesses

Whether you’re a brand-new startup or a small business trying to scale, you will need nerves of steel when you are dealing with a laundry list of concerns that are not always straightforward to solve. The best solutions are sometimes a bit unorthodox, which, of course, makes them ideal for those who not only want […]

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Guide to Building a Pinterest Presence for Bloggers

Introduction Why Pinterest Deserves Your Attention Now, let’s talk numbers—impressive numbers. With over 450 million active dreamers and doers, Pinterest is not merely thriving; it’s bustling with opportunity. For the astute blogger, these aren’t just stats—they represent a bustling metropolis of potential readers, engaged followers, and eventual customers. Each user is searching, planning, and ready […]

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Researchers Discover Aberrant Proteins That Trigger Lupus

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Defending Against Aggressive DOL Child Labor Enforcement

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Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Finds Aggravated Damages Award Can Be Made Without Medical Evidence of Diagnosable Psychological Injury

  • Court of Appeal for Ontario allowed aggravated damages for an employer’s bad-faith conduct during an employee’s dismissal in the absence of medical evidence identifying a diagnosable psychological injury.
  • Court also found medical expert testimony is not required to show an employee is physically incapable of mitigating damages during the reasonable notice period.




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Fifth Circuit Rules that COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Trigger the “Natural Disaster” Exception to WARN Notice Requirements

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Colleges and universities that employ their own students face conflicts about how to protect student information, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), while disclosing information about student-employees who seek to unionize, as required by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

On August 6, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel issued a memorandum with her advice about how higher education institutions should handle this dilemma.




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Companies Seeking Stimulus Funds Should Expect a More Aggressive OFCCP

As part of the Obama administration's commitment to accountability in spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will be tracking its ARRA-related and non-ARRA-related enforcement activities separately and aggressively auditing recipients of ARRA funds.

On July 7, 2009, OFCCP released a new directive that explains the different procedures that will apply in scheduling and conducting compliance evaluations for ARRA-funded contractors versus other federal contractors.




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Employers in Europe struggling to manage political discussions at work

Stephan Swinkels and Jan-Ove Becker discuss workplace issues that European employers are struggling with, including geopolitical events, political debates and LGBTQ+ rights. 

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Few of Workers’ Biggest Gains From Biden Era Are Safe From Trump

Michael Lotito says everything is on the table when it comes to changes the Trump administration will make in American labor.

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TeraFlowSDN Release 3 Provides a Cloud-based Network Automation Platform Featuring New Optical SDN Controller and Expanded Support for Disaggregated Networks

Sophia Antipolis, 30 April 2024

The ETSI TeraFlowSDN community is proud to announce the third release of TeraFlowSDN, an innovative and robust SDN orchestrator and controller, delivering a fully featured Network Automation Platform. In this latest release, TeraFlowSDN enhances its capabilities with the integration of an Optical SDN controller, expanding device support to include gNMI and OpenConfig protocols. It also features enriched network integrations for end-to-end orchestration like IP over DWDM, L3VPN, MEC, and network topology exposure. The management of network topologies is improved with the addition of a new BGP-LS speaker able to discover the topologies, and a new Forecaster component is introduced, providing predictive insights for network management. These additions substantially augment the versatility and management capabilities of the TeraFlowSDN platform.

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SpotOn London 2012: My not-so-secret-anymore double life: Juggling research and science communication

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Aggressive Stock Promotion Exploits Fears of Coronavirus Recession

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is warning the public about aggressive promotion of Crestview Exploration Inc.