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Defiler of Tombs

“The King of High Adventure,” Starlog.

“Immediately convincing, classically brooding,” Steve Tompkins,

To the world at large, he is a mercenary and assassin, a brutal killer with a deadly blade. In reality Kormak is a Guardian, one of an ancient order sworn to protect humanity from the servants of the gathering darkness.

An open tomb, a dead child and an unleashed ancient horror send Kormak on a path of vengeance through the haunted northlands of Taurea. He seeks Morghael, a necromancer with a plan for resurrecting the dark empire of Kharon and the power to bring the dead swarming back to life.

Defiler of Tombs is the second thrilling installment of the Kormak saga. Buy it now and join Kormak on his terrifying quest to stop the return of an ancient evil.

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I started work on Defiler of Tombs almost seven years ago, back in 2006. I really wanted to write a novel about Kormak, the monster-hunting hero of The Guardian of the Dawn but I was trying to fit it into the template that would be acceptable to a conventional fantasy publisher. I’ve written about what a struggle that was elsewhere, but to recap, I was trying to fit a lean, taut sword and sorcery tale into an oversized vessel, to make it longer than it was meant to be. It could not to be done (by me at least) and thus I abandoned it.

I always thought it was a real pity, because the story had many strengths. There was Kormak himself, a somewhat different take on the conventional sword and sorcery hero, a savage outcast trained by an order of warrior-priests to battle the ancient demigods and demons of his world. There was the world: a dark strange place with echoes of Tolkien and Robert E Howard, where immortals walked the night, and elder races lurked on the edges of civilisation.

And there was the opening, one of the strongest I had written, as Kormak prepared himself to enter the freshly opened tomb of an ancient king to save a group of children from the awakened wight therein. It was dark and it was scary and it showed the Guardian going about his business in a way that made it clear he was a somewhat different kind of hero. Unfortunately, in my original draft the story then went off at various tangents after that and just kind of petered out. It had suffered because I had tried to develop the storyline organically, without any sort of outline and I had just ended up rambling.

When I came back to it I knew the best thing to do was to strip it down and concentrate on the ramifications of the first chapters. It turned out that one of the main problems was my sloppy approach to plotting and my inability to see what was in front of my face. Right, I thought, let’s deal with this. Someone is opening long closed tombs and letting out the undead horrors therein. That begs a number of questions that need to be answered. Who would open tombs containing barrow wights and why would they do it? And how did all of those ancient undead evils get in there in the first place. There were a lot of questions for Kormak and myself, so I set myself to getting the answers.

The sort of person most likely to be opening the tombs was a wizard or a tomb robber. Given the fact I was going to hang a book on this, I figured a wizard was the better bet for a villain because one) he would be powerful enough to be a formidable antagonist and two) it let me build the book around the classic sword and sorcery struggle between a wizard and a warrior. I’d been wanting to take a trek back to the roots of the genre and this pointed me in the right direction. Since he was opening tombs it seemed like a fair bet the wizard was some sort of necromancer. After that I made notes. I set down character descriptions and I created a detailed outline that incorporated some of the scenes from my original draft. I set down pages of history.

As I wrote the necromancer nation of Kharon ( a deliberate echo of Robert E Howard’s evil Acheron) came into focus, an empire that had once rivalled the ancient Solari and which had gone down in deadly conflict with the First Empire, shattering both. In a final apocalyptic gesture the ruler of that shadowy place had laid a curse on his land and its conquerors that poisoned the earth and caused the dead to walk unto this very day. Having established this, it seemed only right to point the action at the very heart of this dreadful evil and begin a desperate hunt to prevent it from being reawakened.

En route Kormak encountered many of the people who lived along the boundaries of this haunted land, finding enemies and allies in the most surprising places. He travelled with his old friend Brandon, an aging but still powerful knight with something to prove, and met the mysterious and beautiful witch Aisha and her Tinker companions along the way. He encountered the Twins, a pair of extremely sinister Old Ones who ruled the mining town of Elderdale. He fought many of the ancient monsters spawned by the undead curse. I worked and reworked my outline until I knew that I could quite definitely complete the story. It built to a mighty climax in a city full of the dead being restored to life by an awesome feat of necromancy.

I then set out to write the actual book. Of course, I had the usual problems you get when working from outlines. Some scenes worked well. Some scenes didn’t. The ones that worked tended to run long. The ones that didn’t needed to be excised. This meant that new scenes needed to be introduced to balance the flow of the narrative. No plan survives contact with the enemy.

Some of the characters turned out to be quite different from how I had imagined them. It took more work that I had originally thought to make it all fit together but eventually, it got there. I managed to complete the first actual Kormak novel (Stealer of Flesh is a collection of linked novellas) and I was pretty pleased with the result. It read like one of the fast-paced, action-packed sword and sorcery novels I had devoured as a youth. My test readers and my editor thought so too. I was so taken with the result that I started work on a third book as this one was being edited, which revealed more about the setting so I had to go back and incorporate these revelations into Defiler. This stretched out the process of rewriting even further. Now however, the book is done and available for sale.

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Sadly, doing the laundry is one of life's necessary evils. It's incredibly tedious, especially if you don't have your own washer and have to go to the laundromat. Plus, all of those laundry detergents and fabric softeners can get pretty expensive.

That is, of course, unless you harness the power of white vinegar! All you need to do is add a little vinegar to your next wash and you'll see results in no time. vinegar is great at fighting tough stains and will save you time, money, and effort. Here are 10 great ways to use white vinegar with your laundry:

  1. Soak dirty clothes in a solution of white vinegar and hot water overnight, then wash in the morning.
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Brad McKenzie is a professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba. From 1996 through 1998 he was anglophone editor of Canadian Social Work Review. His last book was Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services, co-authored with Brian Wharf.

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'Key to Locks' Award honors late history and tourism advocate Dianne Koplas

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City of Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey will present the 10th annual "Key to the Locks" Award to honor Lockport's Dianne Koplas, Saturday, May 9. Koplas, who passed away in 2014, was a driving force behind many programs that promoted tourism and the history of Lockport, the Erie Canal and the Lockport locks.

Koplas was instrumental in developing tours of First Presbyterian Church's Tiffany windows and architectural and trolley tours of historic Lockport. As a Niagara History Center volunteer, she and fellow volunteer Lois Begley created the center's "Step Back in Time Players," a re-enactor troupe representing famous Lockportians of the past. Koplas also was a past president of the History Center's board of directors.

She and her family created the Koplas Lecture Series, honoring the memory of her late husband, John, to sponsor annual speakers at the Lockport Public Library. This will now be renamed the John and Dianne Koplas Lecture Series.

The "Key to the Locks" Award was established to recognize persons in Niagara County who exemplify the community spirit or promote the heritage or preservation of the historic Erie Canal.

A partial list of previous winners includes Rosemary Bernard, for her continuing efforts to educate the community about the history of the Erie Canal; David Kinyon, for his promotion of the Flight of Five project; Carol Schmelz, for her work in establishing the Canalway Trail through Pendleton; artist Joe Whalen, for a lifetime of showcasing the Canal through his paintings; Jeffery Degnan, for his work in promoting the Erie Canalway Corridor; and Jane Whitmore, for beautification work along the historic Lockport locks.

The "Key to the Locks" award ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Erie Canal Discovery Center, 24 Church St., Lockport.

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We hold and attend events and reunions throughout the year in the UK and around the world.

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Summer Gaudy - Wolfson College, Oxford

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Oxford Reunions

Oxford Alumni weekend - Rome 2018 16 - 18 March 2018

Wolfson College Reunion: Drinks Reception
Friday 16 March, 18.30 - 20.00
Keats-Shelley House

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Oxford Alumni weekend - San Francisco 2018 6 - 7 April 2018

Wolfson College Reunion: Dinner
Saturday 7 April, 20:00
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar

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Old Wolves meet termly in College for lunches and sometimes talks. New OWs are always welcome: do come and join us.

There’s no charge, other than the cost of your lunch. A table is reserved in Hall, and lunch is on a self-serve, self-pay basis (cash or battels card at the till). Liquid refreshments, including a glass of wine, are provided (no charge).

The College Archives team will be there to welcome you back to College, and perhaps to eavesdrop on your stories.

Places are limited so please let us know you’d like to come:

Upcoming Old Wolves events:

We normally meet on one Thursday in term time. Lunches are at 12.30 in Hall; talks at 1.30 in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium.

10 May 2018: 12.30: Lunch. 1.30: Dr Roger Tomlin.  Topic: to be confirmed

1 November 2018: 12.30: Lunch. 1.30: Dr Stephen Grounds: Retracing Joseph Lycett: New   South Wales 1818 to Birmingham 2017

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Bury Knowle Art Group - Reflections
Monday 19 February - 10:00am to Friday 9 March - 7:00pm

Oxford Bury Knowle Art Group Winter Exhibition

A group of artists living in Headington came together to stage an exhibition in 1948 in Headington Library in Bury Knowle Park. It was a great success and a formal art group came into being adopting its present name. At present the Group has around 50 members and as well as exhibitions arranges monthly talks and demonstrations through the winter months which are open to everyone.

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We will meet to learn about and discuss the organisation of labour in South India (the Madras Presidency) during the decades surrounding Independence. Dr Karuna is expert on the formation of India's enormous informal economy and her talk will focus on the problems of, and opposition to, the unionisation of workers in the 'non-factory' economy i.e. in workshops, homes, bazaars etc.which still constitute most of India's 'firms'. All welcome.

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János Tóth is an experienced transaction lawyer who heads the local Corporate/M&A, Competition & Antitrust and Compliance teams in Budapest. János has advised on numerous significant M&A transactions, joint ventures, insolvency and restructuring proceedings, and commercial disputes. His competition law experience includes cartel investigations, dawn raids and leniency applications. János also advises clients on designing and rolling-out compliance programmes, internal guidelines and policies as well as whistle-blowing procedures in areas such as data privacy, antirust and anti-bribery. His practice includes running employee trainings and mock investigations, and he regularly supports clients in administrative (public and EU) law related queries. János also has considerable expertise in the real estate sector, such as in the sale and acquisition of real estate, project development and restructuring. He advises clients in a variety of industries, such as healthcare and life science, FMCG and TMT, on a range of regulatory and other issues.

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On 07 February 2018, the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") initiated Competition Advocacy proceedings in relation to the recently proposed amendments to the Bulgarian Energy Act ("EA"), aiming to increase controlling and enforcement powers of the Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission ("EWRC") in respect of possible energy market manipulations under REMIT (Regulation 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency).

Newssquare The New Law on Ukrainian Limited Liability Companies is adopted

On 6 February 2018 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a long-awaited Law "On Limited Liability Companies and Additional Liability Companies" No. 4666 (the "Law"). The law will supersede the legislation currently regulating the most popular type of Ukrainian companies – limited liability companies ("LLC").

Newssquare Bulgaria: Recent Employment Law Changes Restrict M&A Transactions for Bad Employers

Protection of employees which was given strong support by Bulgarian Parliament led to difficulties in closing M&A transactions

Newssquare Bulgarian Competition Watchdog Launches a Sector Inquiry into Electricity Markets

On 22 January 2018 the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") announced that it opened a sector inquiry into the electricity markets in Bulgaria. The formal decision has not yet been published. However, the sector inquiry is expected to cover the entire electricity value chain.

Newssquare New Rules For Summarized Calculation Of Working Time In Bulgaria

On 1 January 2018 important amendments to the Ordinance on working time, breaks and holidays (the 'Ordinance') concerning the summarized calculation of the working time ('SCWT') entered into force.

Newssquare Bulgaria: Private Damages Directive Implemented

On 3 January 2018, a new Law for Amendment and Supplementation ("New Law") of the Competition Protection Act ("CPA") was published in the Bulgarian Official Gazette. The New Law implements the European Directive 2014/104/EU of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of national or EU competition law (the “Damages Directive”). EU Member States were required to implement the Damages Directive in their national legal systems by 27 December 2016.

Newssquare The Polish Personal Data Protection Act Is Closer To Completion

On Monday, January 15th, 2018, in the Column Hall of the Polish Parliament, the Ministry of Digitalization organized a meeting to summarize the public consultations on the package of legislative changes required for implementation of “GDPR”, the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

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Before entering into a career, experiential learning gives students an opportunity to test drive their desired career. We spoke to Shelja Garg, a Senior Staff Accountant at Collins Barrow Windsor LLP. She began her role at the firm through a University of Windsor co-op placement. Shelja has successfully passed the 2017 Common Final Examination (CFE) and is working towards obtaining her Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.

What was the benefit of being part of the co-op program through the University of Windsor?

It allowed me to obtain employment with Canada Revenue Agency as well as Collins Barrow Windsor LLP which led to my current employment with the firm.

Tell us about your most meaningful experiential learning placement:

My most meaningful placement was with Collins Barrow Windsor LLP. It is an accounting firm and my role was of an accountant assistant. This placement gave me the opportunity me to apply my accounting knowledge outside of the classroom and develop expertise in areas such as bookkeeping, financial statement compilation, tax return preparation, and gain insight into the audit process.

Other associates would have me assist them with their files whether it was having me do bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, record journal entries, or even complete the entire file. I felt like I was contributing to the team’s and firm’s overall success in my role.

What made you decide to take an experiential learning opportunity?

I always understood the value of experiential learning even when I was in high school. When applying to universities, I specifically only applied to ones that offered co-op programs for my business major. This is because I had already set a goal of obtaining co-op employment during my four years at university.

I wanted to gain that work experience that would provide me with the skills and tools that I needed to become a CPA. I interviewed with a few accounting firms as part of the co-op process and I ended up being matched with Collins Barrow as part of a ranking process where candidates and employers rank each other.

How did your placement impact your career and educational pathway?

I was able to build the skills I needed to better apply myself in the classroom and my performance at my placement led to the firm offering me a full time position a few months before I had graduated from university.

What was the biggest lesson you learned through this placement?

I learned that what you learn in the classroom is not sufficient enough to help you excel in the workplace. It would be beneficial for universities to incorporate more practical skills into the curriculum as this will allow students to perform better in the workplace.

For example, offering a course on bookkeeping or tax return preparation using software would have prepared me better for my placement than just learning the theory behind bookkeeping and tax.

What information would be helpful for employers to know before arranging to host a student placement?

Employers should know that students may not necessarily possess all the knowledge and skills for the job. They are coming from the classroom with possibly some experience at a part-time job. They are willing to learn and develop these skills as they work in the placement.

What would you say to encourage younger students who haven’t yet signed up for some type of experiential learning opportunity?

I would encourage them to sign up for this opportunity right away as there is so much value in experiential learning. They need to know that the workplace is different than the classroom and this is their chance to get a feel for what happens in the workplace. It will also allow them to apply their knowledge in a practical way.

This will give them a leg up over someone who didn’t take advantage of the same opportunity because future employers look for relevant work experience in qualified candidates after graduation.


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Sheffield Wednesday: Carlos Carvalhal welcomes teams’ interest in Fernando Forestieri and the rest of his Owls stars

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Owls head coach Carlos Carvalhal has stressed he is happy to have teams interested in his players.

But the Portuguese chief insists none of his Wednesday stars, including influential striker Fernando Forestieri, will be sold this month.

Forestieri, the Owls’ matchwinner against Aston Villa last weekend, has been the subject of a £7m bid from Derby County earlier this week. The Star understands that offer was flatly rejected.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Norwich City, Carvalhal said Wednesday’s top priority is to bring in more reinforcements on a full-time or temporary basis before the August 31 transfer deadline.

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It is believed the Owls tabled sizeable bids for Rams pair Jeff Hendrick and Tom Ince yesterday.

Carvalhal said: “I am happy when the players improve, get a new contract, or if in the future the players move to big clubs. That’s part of my work, to improve the players. If my players are playing well, and big clubs are interested in my players, or buy them in the future, to me that’s like a trophy. I am very happy. All the players are improving, Fernando is one of them, he has a very good status in the club. We like him a lot, his colleagues like him, the fans love him.”

Carvalhal feels he has a “good relationship” with all members of his squad, saying: “I like them like my kids. Everyone is working hard.”

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Meanwhile, Joe Bennett’s proposed move to Hillsborough has collapsed after Villa’s new owner Tony Xia blocked the transfer at the 11th hour. Both clubs had agreed a deal and the left-back had passed a medical but reports in the Midlands suggest Xia was concerned about losing a player to a potential promotion rival.

Bennett tweeted: “Been a hectic few days. Won’t be moving though.”

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• Ireland, France Aid Banks, as Jitters Go Global

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Can You Quit Your Job...and Then Decide to Stay?

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Employees can give notice at work, but then decide to stay if they like a counter-offer. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger explains how to sidestep awkwardness. Photo: iStock/Yuri_Arcurs

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Rudy Giuliani on Preventing Identity Theft

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani discusses ways to keep your identity safe during the holiday shopping season.

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A new survey has revealed increasing support for measures to tackle climate change in Wales.

The public poll shows strong backing for renewable energy and energy efficiency, just two weeks after government advisers warned Welsh climate targets are likely to be missed.

WWF Cymru, who commissioned the survey, is calling for politicians to step up efforts to bring down emissions.

The nfpSynergy public survey of over 1,000 people found that:

  • 73% think the Welsh Government should invest more in improving the energy efficiency of homes across Wales to reduce emissions and ensure no-one is living in a hard-to-heat home (compared to 65% last year);
  • 68% would like to see a Wales that generates all of its electricity from renewable sources (up from 64% in 2016);

  • 66% think the Welsh Government should invest in projects that reduce emissions, like public transport and affordable heat networks, to create a low carbon Wales (up from 59% last year);

  • 64% would like to see Welsh Government increase jobs in the low carbon ‘green’ sector, such a renewable energy and energy efficiency and also develop peoples’ skills in these areas (new question).

The results come as WWF Cymru launches its ‘Message in a Bottle report’ on public support for climate action. Hundreds of messages from across Wales were gathered as part of this year’s Earth Hour activities. Energy, waste and transport emerged as the key issues.

Messages gathered include:

Claire from Cardiff: “I want our government to think about long term plans for the environment rather than short term gains.”

Kaye, Newport: “Please invest in public transport to make it greener and a viable alternative to driving a car. Cut emissions and pollution!”

Petra, Machynlleth: “Please use the fact that the UK is leaving the EU and Welsh farmers will be losing their EU subsidies as an opportunity to instigate positive changes in land use and agricultural policy. Subsidies need to be used to support farmers in tackling climate change, flooding, biodiversity loss, soil depletion.”

Jessica McQuade, WWF Cymru, says “These latest figures and messages are a clear indicator that people in Wales support action on climate change. We hope politicians in Wales use this signal to push forward with significant programmes to reduce our emissions. Climate change will have a big impact on peoples’ lives, here in Wales and around the world. Many programmes to tackle emissions also have benefits to our health, economy and communities and that why so many people want more action”.

Recent findings of Committee on Climate Change show Wales is reducing its emissions at a very slow rate, which is not in line with existing Welsh Government targets. WWF Cymru welcomes the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs recent re- commitment to reduce emissions by 40% by 2020 and hopes to see the detail on how this will be achieved - including through the anticipated government strategies in support of the Programme for Government

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How to choose technology for your firm

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Technology lies at the heart of most modern accounting firms and supports tax preparation, accounting and auditing. There are countless products and services on the market to help your firm improve workflow and productivity. How do you choose technology that’s right for your firm?

Choose technology based on your firm’s unique circumstances

Any professional will tell you that one size doesn’t fit all. How you use technology to manage your clients and provide excellent service is based on a number of factors including:

  • the size of your firm
  • the size and expectations of your clients
  • the technical setup of your clients
  • your clients’ sector and niche requirements
  • your firm’s areas of expertise
  • the tax and reporting obligations of your clients.

You may have to lose a little to gain a lot

When you introduce change to an organization there’s always some disruption. And there are usually times of frustration as people get used to new ways of doing things.

For example, changing software may cause disruption to your firm’s workflow and productivity. Your clients may even experience some interruption to their normal service. Don’t let this put you off. Make sure you manage expectations by communicating the benefits that the change is going to bring.

New technology requires new thinking and fresh approaches

You may need to adjust your firm’s workflows and processes or staffing to maximize the potential from the new technology.

Let’s say you introduce a paperless document management system. This could completely change the way your staff interact with client files. And while this may be disruptive at first, your staff will soon be able to:

  • access files anytime, anywhere
  • electronically add, edit, comment or delete them
  • instantly share documents with coworkers or clients
  • set limits about who has access to what.

Overall, this will boost productivity and improve client service. But it may take time to settle in.

Change is inevitable and necessary. The best way to gain the most from technology changes in your firm is to follow a few simple steps.

1. Stay up-to-date with key trends

You don’t need to be at the bleeding edge of change. After all, adopting every new technology would waste a lot of time and money. Instead, see what other accounting firms are doing – particularly those similar to yours.

Another way to watch trends is by using online resources like the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

2. Make sure you think strategically

When you hear about technology, platforms or practices that might be right for your firm, take a step back. New accounting products and services are released all over the world every day. You need to think about what’s right for your firm. Is the new technology something that can have a real impact on your firm and clients? It’s easy to be swept up in the buzz and hype.

Identify the measurable productivity goals for your firm. Think about how the new technology can help you achieve these goals in the near and the long-term. Remember that technology decisions are an investment in your firm’s future growth and stability.

Technology underpins everything accounting firms do today, so it makes sense to choose wisely.

3. Accurately understand your current technology

Introducing new technology can be tricky because it needs to work smoothly and seamlessly with your existing software. You may have heard IT people talking about integration. This just means different systems that connect and share information easily. For instance, you may need your new time management software to interact with your tax preparation system.

4. Be honest about the ways your firm needs to improve

Make sure your technology choices are driven by the needs of your firm – not the other way round. Ask yourself what business processes are working and which ones need to be changed.

The best time to figure this out is during or after your busy periods. Take the time to sit down with your staff and figure out where the productivity bottlenecks are. Once you understand what you need to fix, it’s easier to find the right solution.

5. Choose technology that simplifies your existing business processes

Think about your existing business processes:

  • What are the business problems facing your firm?
  • Where and how could you reduce the problems?
  • What are the tasks that cause the problems?
  • What technology performs or assists with these tasks?
  • How will the new technology make your life easier?

Although you may save only seconds or minutes each time on day-to-day functions, that can quickly add up. For example, if you already use an internal chat system, imagine how cumbersome it would be if all that communication could still only be done by email. The efficiency gains make the change worthwhile.

6. If you’re not sure, ask a professional

You may be an expert when it comes to business accounting, management and taxes, but you’re probably not an IT professional. If the systems you are considering require a large investment, it may be worth hiring a consultant to help you choose.

An independent consultant who isn’t from a hardware or software company may be best. They can objectively view your entire business and help you choose the best solution.

7. You must be prepared to invest in training

To get the most from any new technology your staff will need training. And not just on how the technology works on day one. Your staff need to keep up-to-date with new versions, releases and features. Sometimes the training can be self-directed and online, but people still need to be given the time to learn.

8. Think about the impact on your clients

Whether your technology focus is on client service or on internal productivity, think about the effect on your clients. The impacts may only be short-term – for example during the transition to a new system. Or they may affect real client work – for example client reports and documents may change. Let them know what to expect and why the change has taken place. Importantly, let them know how the changes will benefit them. Walk them through it.

Moving your accounting practice to the cloud may completely change the way clients interact with your firm. Have you thought about everything from their perspective? Even new email or tax software can change how you present and communicate client information.

9. Consider your future needs and costs

Many of today’s technologies are cloud-based and make it easier to scale, for example if you need to add more users or clients as your business grows. However, some changes can affect the tier (or package pricing level) of the technology your firm selects. Technology pricing can also be affected by:

  • the number of users
  • integration options (what other software the new system will connect with)
  • social media options
  • mobile connectivity (is the technology accessible on mobile?)
  • data hosting
  • features and functions of the software or hardware.

Always keep your potential needs and potential cost increases in mind when assessing new technologies.

10. Introduce your new technology in phases

Focus on one technology improvement at a time. Introducing a new system or process can be complex. You need your staff to buy into the process. If the first few steps are simple, people are more likely to embrace the change. Better still, the early adopters will champion the new system and encourage other staff to make the change. If new technology gets a bad reputation, it can be hard to change the initial perception.

11. Don’t forget to continually assess your needs

You firm should already be measuring productivity and profitability. You need to be able compare the improvements that occur before and after new systems are introduced. Let’s say that you introduce a mobile sales platform that lets your staff enter client records on the go. How does this affect their productivity? Can they do more client visits in a month?

You need to measure the changes to understand the value of your investment. Consider creating a technology group in your firm to continually assess technology that comes onto the market. This group should understand the evolving needs of your firm. They can help match new technology and innovations to your needs.

Technology isn’t part of your business – it is your business

Gone are the days when technology could be seen as a silo in your firm, like HR or marketing once were. Technology underpins everything modern accounting firms do today, so it makes sense to choose wisely. Don’t invest in something just because it’s the hot new trend. It has be something that will improve the way you work: faster, smarter and more accurate, enabling closer relationships and better business.

And if you the think rate of change is fast now, be prepared for much more. The amount of data you collect about your business, your staff, your clients and their sectors will grow dramatically. Choose technology that makes it easy to turn this data into insights and real value. Your productivity and profitability will increase, and life at your firm will be more satisfying as well.


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Cambridge, England, 10 July 2013 — XJTAG today launched a new product, XJInvestigator, an advanced analysis and debug tool for use in the production of electronics.

XJInvestigator is available as part of XJTAG’s latest v3.1 JTAG boundary scan software release. XJTAG’s tools are used across the product life cycle from development and prototyping into production.

XJInvestigator combines an easy-to-use testing environment with advanced fault-finding and debug capabilities, so engineers can diagnose boards which fail a production-line test. See the difference immediately on a test screen when you toggle otherwise inaccessible pins under BGAs; accurately pinpoint and solve problems using the Layout Viewer and pin mapping capabilities.

‘With the launch of XJInvestigator, XJTAG has extended the test capabilities available to engineers’, commented Simon Payne, CEO. ‘XJTAG focuses on providing solutions that can help speed up fault diagnostics. XJInvestigator has a simple pass/fail test capability that can be broken down and analysed in detail. This makes testing easy and informative – you can not only find faults easily but also diagnose the source of the problem.’

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The Best Equipment for Single-Handed Care

Single-handed care is a particularly prevalent topic now in the healthcare sector. With a growing demand for home care and issues with funding and staffing, this discussion of single-handed care comes up a lot more often now than ever before. But one of the most important issues of single-handed care is having the right equipment that can be used by just one person. We’ve thought of a few key items that can help to keep single-handed care as quick, easy, and safe as possible.

1. Slide Sheets

Any OT or moving and handling specialists will be able to tell you about how important it is to use sliding sheets when repositioning an individual. It would usually take 2 carers to reposition someone in bed in a safe and effective manner. With the help of slide sheets, a single carer can safely reposition an individual with very little risk of injury to the person or themselves.

When it comes to single-handed care, we often recommend the WendyLett System. This 3-part product uses different fabrics to give incredible flexibility when moving someone around in bed. The base sheet is put on top of the mattress. The carer can then choose between a 2-way or 4-way sheet to use on top of this depending on how much manoeuvrability they need. The sheets have stripes on them to indicate the directions that they can be moved in, and the material also stops the user from sliding down the bed.

2. Transfer Aids

Transfer aids are also a must have for single-handed carers. These handy pieces of kit are a great help in repositioning people from seated to standing position and vice versa. Designed for usage with a sling, transfer aids can also be used to move users from one location to another at no extra physical cost to the carer.

The QuickMove, ReTurn, and the Yorks Minilifts are brilliant transfer aids for single-handed carers. Whether it’s pivoting, getting to a standing position, and being moved around the room, these lifts are very easy to use and require only one operator. This again helps to reduces any possible extra physical exertion or strain doing a job that would usually be carried out by 2 carers.

3. Lifting Chair

One of the most challenging tasks to a single-handed carer is getting someone back on their feet after they’ve had a fall. The usual falls lifting devices don’t usually cater to single operator usage, and you don’t want to risk injuring yourself by undertaking any strenuous lifting and such in an attempt to compensate for the shortfalls of other emergency lifting devices.

The Raizer is an excellent falls lifting device specifically for single-handed care. This chair is assembled around the fallen person, and can lift them back up to a seated position. The colour-coded parts of the Raizer are put together whilst the individual is laid down, and the carer can then use the handset to make the chair move and lift the person up. The carer would then use their other hand to support the person’s head; this easy system also allows the operator to keep eye contact with the fallen person, which is a great comfort.

Single-handed care can be made much easier with just a few items like these. Having the right equipment is key to delivering excellent care as an individual. It’s also a good way to safeguard yourself from any potential injuries that could be obtained through strenuous moving and handling that is usually carried out by two carers. There are plenty of other bits and bats available to ensure that single-handed care is easy and safe, just get in touch with us to find out more.

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Not so many years ago, after a round of golf, tour players would often be found in abundance gracing the 19th hole bar and grill.

After a fat-burger, steak or generous helping of fat-laced foods and a couple of libations, they would find a way to entertain themselves until tee-off time the next day.

Things have changed.

These days the Tour fitness trailer is waiting room only. Players are being massaged and worked over by personal trainers before and after rounds. Most ride the exercise bike or run the treadmill before a round of golf. Golfers at the highest level are much more attuned to fitness now more than ever.

The average player can also reap the benefits of golf specific exercise, and play the game at a higher level for a longer period of time. After all, a main reason to be more physically fit is to prevent injury.

If your golf muscles are stronger and more mobile, they will tend to withstand stress and resistance during the swing. They will also transfer more energy during the swing motion - creating more power.

It is important as a golfer to strengthen and build the correct muscle groups. The first step is to have your PGA Teaching Professional evaluate which muscles need to be strengthened based on your golf swing.

Your teacher should take into consideration your build and natural swing type. He won’t necessarily have you change your technique to mirror Tiger Woods or Paula Creamer.

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HOUSTON - Houston coach Gary Kubiak presented Arian Foster with the game ball after his record-setting game against Indianapolis. Foster immediately handed it to his offensive linemen, saying they deserved the credit.

Kubiak said Monday that just about everyone merited some praise after the Texans’ convincing 34-24 win over the defending AFC champions.

“It was a good, solid effort by our team,” Kubiak said. “Our effort was very good, our conditioning level was very good, the things you worry about going into the first game. Our guys responded.”

And then some. Foster ran for a team record 231 yards against the Colts, the second highest rushing total in history on the opening weekend. The offensive line paved huge holes for him, and Kubiak said fullback Vonta Leach had his best game in four-plus seasons here.

The Texans defense pressured Peyton Manning all day and sacked him twice. The linebacking corps played well without 2009 Defensive Rookie of the Year Brian Cushing, and the young secondary held up and forced a key turnover.

Even the new kicker came through. Neil Rackers connected from 30 and 49 yards to give Houston the early lead. Rackers won a preseason competition with Kris Brown.

The Texans had boldly talked for months about challenging Indianapolis in the AFC South, even though the Colts won 15 of the first 16 meetings. Houston dominated both lines on Sunday, and hung onto a fourth-quarter lead this time to earn one of the biggest wins in the franchise’s eight-year history.

“A lot of our offseason was geared toward trying to achieve something as a team,” Kubiak said. “A lot of things we’ve been working on came up, and we handled it pretty good. There’s a long, long way to go, but it’s a dang nice start.”

The Texans (1-0) play at Washington (1-0) on Sunday. This week, Kubiak said the team will look for a free agent defensive end after Connor Barwin was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. Barwin was Mario Williams’ backup and will have surgery on Wednesday.

Houston contacted Aaron Schobel during training camp, but the former Bills defensive end retired.

“Anybody who’s out there as a free agent is a possibility,” Kubiak said. “I think all doors are open. We continue to listen to every possible avenue.”

Barwin had the only significant injury for the Texans. Tight end Owen Daniels, seeing in his first action since the eighth game of last season, played about 40 snaps and said his surgically repaired knee held up fine.

Daniels and Leach helped the offensive line dominate the Colts up front. Houston finished with a team record 257 yards rushing.

Kubiak said center Chris Myers had his best game as a Texan, Antoine Caldwell and Mike Brisiel ably split duty at right guard and former first-round pick Duane Brown held his own at left tackle against Colts All-Pro Dwight Freeney.

The Texans hardly needed their passing offense, which was the best in the NFL in yards last season (291). Matt Schaub completed 9 of 17 passes for 107 yards, his lowest totals since joining the Texans in 2007. All-Pro receiver Andre Johnson made only three catches for 33 yards.

“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to win,” Kubiak said. “There was no doubt, once we started the second half and throughout that first drive, we had some momentum running the ball. We weren’t going to stop.”

One of Kubiak’s main concerns before the opener was his secondary, where rookie Kareem Jackson was making his debut and Glover Quin was starting only his second season.

Manning had a huge day, throwing for 433 yards and three touchdowns. But while the Colts scored 24 points, they went just 4-for-12 on third-down conversions.

Safety Bernard Pollard forced a fumble in the fourth quarter, and Quin recovered. Foster broke a 42-yard run on the next play, and scored two minutes later to virtually secure the victory.

“I was impressed with what we did,” Kubiak said. “I won’t let those guys get caught up in the passing yardage. I worry about the final result.”


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Posted in pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , , , on June 6, 2013 by xi'an

Ton Duc Thang University entrance hall, June 5, 2013Due to a tight June schedule (3rd conference in a week!), I only stayed one day at the SIOD 2013 conference in Saigon. (SIOD means Statistics and interaction with other disciplines.) The conference was housed by Ton Duc Thang University, on a very modern campus, and it sounded like the university had drafted a lot of his undergrads to catter to the SIOD participants: similar to the Bayesian conference in India a few months ago, those students would stand at the ready to guide us around the campus and to relay any problem to the organisers. This was very helpful and enjoyable, a plus being that most female students wore the traditional pink costume adopted by the university, but it also made me a wee bit uncomfortable as I do not know how much say those students had in this draft… In particular, most of the students I talked with were from other fields than Statistics. (And definitely not complaining, but being on the opposite very friendly the whole time!) A funny side story is that I got a wake-up call from the conference organisers in the morning as I had missed a welcome ceremony with the president due to oversleeping (itself due to an excess of iced coffee rather than minimal jetlag!). Among the few talks I attended, some French school statistics due to the presence of a large contingent from Toulouse, a talk about zero inflated normal distributions which sounded like missing-at-random normal observations (hence easy to process), and a talk about the point of using Bayes factors in hypothesis testing which essentially if independently provided a second version of my course from the previous day.

DSC_4983Yesterday, I also had a short discussion with Paul Minh who presented a talk on a general regenerative device for MCMC algorithms, using a bound on the target density rather than on the Markov transition in order to achieve easier regeneration. While a neat idea, this method requires the construction of a lower bound that can easily simulated. Furthermore, if the regeneration probability is low, the mixing speed may remain similar to the original MCMC sampler, as the method ressorts to a standard MCMC step on the remaining part of the target density.

advanced Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Posted in Books, Statistics, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2011 by xi'an

This book, Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods: Learning from Past Samples, by Faming Liang, Chuanhai Liu, and Raymond Carroll, appeared last year and has been sitting on my desk all this time, patiently (?) waiting for a review. When I received it, I took a brief look at it (further than the cool cover!) and then decided I needed more than that to write a useful review! Here are my impressions  on Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods after a deeper read. (I have not read any other review in the main statistical journals so far.)

The title, Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, is a clear warning on the level of the book: “advanced”, it certainly is!!! By page 85, the general description of MCMC simulation methods is completed, including perfect sampling and reversible jump MCMC, and the authors engage into a detailed description of highly specialised topics of their choice: Auxiliary variables (Chap. 4), Population-based MCMC (Chap. 5), Dynamic weighting (Chap. 6), Stochastic approximation Monte Carlo (Chap. 7), and MCMC with adaptive proposals (Chap. 8).  The book is clearly inspired by the numerous papers the authors have written in those area, especially Faming Liang. (The uneven distribution of the number of citations per year with peaks in 2000 and 2009 reflects this strong connection.) While the book attempts at broadening the spectrum by including introductory sections, and discussing other papers, it remains nonetheless that this centred focus of the book reduces its potential readership to graduate students and researchers who could directly work on the original papers. I would thus hesitate in teaching my graduate students from this book, given that they only attend a single course on Monte Carlo methods. Continue reading

Adap’skiii [day 2]

Posted in R, Statistics, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2011 by xi'an

Another exciting day at Adap’skiii!!!

Yves Atchadé presented a very recent work on the fundamental issue of estimating the asymptotic variance estimation for adaptive MCMC algorithms, with an intriguing experimental observation that a non-converging bandwidth with rate 1/n was providing better coverage than the converging rate. (I always found the issue of estimating the asymptotic variance both a tough problem and an important item in convergence assessment.) Galin Jones showed new regeneration results for componentwise MCMC samplers, with applications to quantile estimation. The iid structure produced by the regeneration mechanism allows rather naturally to introduce an adaptive improvement in those algorithms, if regeneration occurs often enough. (From the days of my Stat’Sci’ paper on convergence assessment, I  love regeneration techniques for both theoretical and methodological reasons, even though they are often difficult to efficiently implement in practice.) Matti Vihola summarised several of his recent papers on the stability and convergence of adaptive MCMC algorithms, pursuing the Finnish tradition of leadership in adaptive algorithms! One point I found particularly interesting was the possibility of separating ergodicity from the Law of Large Numbers, thus reducing the constraints imposed by the containment condition. In the afternoon, Dawn Woodard discussed the convergence rate of the Gibbs sampler used for genomic motif discovery by Liu, Lawrence and Neuwald (1995). Scott Schmidler concluded the workshop by a far-ranging talk distinguishing between exploration and exploitation in adaptive MCMC algorithms, ie mixing vs burning, with illustrations using the Wang-Landau algorithm.

Thus, as in the previous editions of Adap’ski, we have had a uniformly high quality of talks about the current research in the area of adaptive algorithms (and a wee further). This shows the field is very well active and expanding, aiming at reaching a wider audience by providing verifiable convergence conditions and semi-automated softwares (like Jeff Rosenthal’s amcmc R code we used in Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R). Looking forward Adap’ski 4 (Adap’skiV?!), hopefully in Europe and why not in Chamonix?! Which could then lead us to call the next meeting Adap’skiX…

Monte Carlo Statistical Methods third edition

Posted in Books, R, Statistics, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2010 by xi'an

Last week, George Casella and I worked around the clock on starting the third edition of Monte Carlo Statistical Methods by detailing the changes to make and designing the new table of contents. The new edition will not see a revolution in the presentation of the material but rather a more mature perspective on what matters most in statistical simulation:

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