News for today's 2018: 11/01/12

Matt-Man's Vote: Gary Johnson

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheers Bitches…<br /><br />As Jayman eloquently stated in print, his preference and endorsement for President yesterday was <i>"none of the above"</i>, I, the Matt-Man am here today with my preference and endorsement as to whom I think should be President for the next four years.<br /><br />Yesterday, Jayman set forth his principles and reasoning which resulted in a well-thought out de facto, <span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/jaymans-vote-none-of-above.html" target="_blank">“none of the above”vote</a></i>,</span> which I honor and understand, I however?<br /><br />While close to doing the same, I am actually going to vote <i>for</i> a candidate for President of the United States.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWulcPaJjIjAUDsuTYm0wz0p2YIAMD47mmfxyK0nkrbyjg1S6Q1zMau_ldlMTXMv_enylyt-NMtZeBWWGU6HwEVxq0a8AqDIQecFQ0tcP2pa83rE7ZQDtXenpFdYcrD0LBJsMV1tVMA7Q/s1600/Gary-Johnson-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWulcPaJjIjAUDsuTYm0wz0p2YIAMD47mmfxyK0nkrbyjg1S6Q1zMau_ldlMTXMv_enylyt-NMtZeBWWGU6HwEVxq0a8AqDIQecFQ0tcP2pa83rE7ZQDtXenpFdYcrD0LBJsMV1tVMA7Q/s400/Gary-Johnson-2012.jpg" width="400" /></a>I am going to be voting for the Libertarian Presidential candidate, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM).<br /><br /><i>“Wait a second Mr. Matt-Man, you say...He can’t win?”</i><br /><br />Of course he can’t.<br /><br />There’s no way in Hell he can win.<br /><br />Rosie O’Donnell has a better chance of winning a non-lesbian beauty contest than Gary Johnson has winning the Presidency, however…<br /><br />While some of you may consider the casting of my ballot a protest vote, I consider it more of a wake up vote.<br /><br />And, I consider it my flash card to you that there exist more than two schools of political thought, or non-thought as it were, within this great nation of ours.<br /><br />I hear Republicans saying, <i>“You must be drinking the Kool-Aid.”</i><br /><br />I hear Democrats saying, <i>“You are sheeple.”</i><br /><br />You know what?<br /><br />They are both right, and they are both wrong in defending their own parties instead of defending and promulgating what is best for and about this great nation.<br /><br />Political Parties suck.<br /><br />Hell, the Libertarian Party sucks, but at least they are making waves and want to shake up this staid, political landscape.<br /><br />YOU…The majority of the American electorate suck...and I am not afraid to say that.  You watch MSNBC or FOX News and listen to their bent, and then agree with an empty nod of the head, and/or a "leave me alone and let me agree" feeling .<br /><br />You see?<br /><br />Cable news outlets are not there for actual reporting of the news any longer; cable news is there for affirmation and validation of what you already believe.<br /><br />24/7 cable news stations are your vicodin.  They are your dilaudid…They are your 5 o’clock Gin and Tonic.<br /><br />And?  That’s what Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are.<br /><br />They are your 5 o’clock Gin and Tonic, or if you prefer, your beer and a shot, or a glass of Pinot Grigio, or gutter wine.<br /><br />They are whatever you want them to be, and they know it…and that is what they will always be.<br /><br />Gary Johnson?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMfUeG2UCTZMTDyiUF3bUI92ZY8r2_4j90fYl3SF9vpRTnQ1LTCNmd_xt7hIfXi6ncXNVg3nCw8k2lKX5CmZqyt-2CUcbSo_uA8YcC9zswH-mf6GRIbUA0tkBL_adoq6z095j8hvgoiQ/s1600/Hot+Libertarian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMfUeG2UCTZMTDyiUF3bUI92ZY8r2_4j90fYl3SF9vpRTnQ1LTCNmd_xt7hIfXi6ncXNVg3nCw8k2lKX5CmZqyt-2CUcbSo_uA8YcC9zswH-mf6GRIbUA0tkBL_adoq6z095j8hvgoiQ/s320/Hot+Libertarian.jpg" width="320" /></a>I agree with him and the Libertarian Party maybe fifty percent of the time, and for me, that’s enough, because my vote for him is not really about him nor the Libertarian Party.<br /><br />My vote for Gary Johnson is clarion call to all of you, to think for yourself.  There are more than two parties in this country.<br /><br />There are several parties, and best of all, there could be at some point, no parties, or in a perfect world...<br /><br />There could be over 300 Million different parties in this country, with a myriad of ideas as to what is best for this country, and that is <i>exactly</i> what our country needs.<br /><br />When monolithic group think is torn down, ideas spring eternal, and seriously...this land has had the tired old two party system long enough.  It's time for new ideas.<br /><br />Gary Johnson is making that known, and on Tuesday, I shall join him in imparting just that, by voting for him.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></i></a><br /><br /></div>

Matt-Man's Vote: Gary Johnson

Cheers Bitches… As Jayman eloquently stated in print, his preference and endorsement for President yesterday was "none of the above&quo...

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: NEVADA'S OMNIBUS HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL

4:11 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         After a church-sponsored presentation here on child sex trafficking last Spring, one person in the audience asked the panel, “What can we do about this?” The panelist answered, “Just be aware.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         That doesn’t help. Telling us the world is a mess and there’s nothing we can do about it doesn’t help. But there are things we can do about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Nevadans for the Common Good has already been instrumental in combatting child sex trafficking as we have worked with schools, law enforcement, and social services. We are positioning ourselves to do a great deal more. Human trafficking is a large, complex problem, a tangled evil. There is not a single silver bullet solution. We cannot solve this problem through legislation alone. But we cannot effectively combat it without legislation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">        We have advocated for legislative reforms in the past. We have won some and lost some. But now we have the Big Battle. Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will present an Omnibus Human Trafficking Bill (currently, BDR 403) to the next legislative session.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Here’s what that Bill will do:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Broaden the definition of the criminal conduct to include all aspects of pimp activity – recruiting, harboring, soliciting, etc. At present many aspects of the pimping process are not criminal. This bill will allow proof of any one aspect of the process to result in a conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Remove the violence requirement for those who traffic children. While violence and coercion would still be an element in the charge of trafficking adults, children are more likely to be enticed and manipulated into prostitution. This statute would remove the violence requirement in cases against child sex traffickers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">For each of the crimes covered, the penalties would be increased by one felony level. In the case of a child sex trafficker, the penalty would go from 1-5 years with the possibility (in fact the likelihood) of probation to 3-20 years with no probation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">The law would apply criminal penalties to Johns (customers) so as to attack the problem from the demand side.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Provide specific authorization of wiretaps based on probable cause to suspect human trafficking is being conducted via telephone.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Apply racketeering, conspiracy, and gang enhancement penalties to human trafficking. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Add human traffickers to the sex offender registry. (In my opinion, this is one of the most important and potentially effective parts of this bill in actually preventing human trafficking of children.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Strengthen the existing (new) provisions allowing law enforcement to seize the trafficker’s assets that are the fruits of illegal activities. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Use the proceeds from seized assets to provide restitution to the victims of human trafficking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Create a civil cause of action so that a victim of human trafficking can sue the trafficker for money damages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">11.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Give the state the right to a preliminary hearing. This can preserve the testimony of trafficking victims who often disappear or become unavailable before trial resulting in dismissal of the charges. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">12.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">Extend the statute of limitations on rape charges arising out of child sex trafficking.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">This is not about the legalized and regulated prostitution in some rural Nevada counties. There are arguments for and against that. But this legislation is about a very different situation. This is about the coercion of adults and the manipulation of children into the illegal sex trade.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         Our task now is to persuade legislators to pass this Bill. Do you think it is a slam-dunk? Think again. Bills increasing the penalties for child sex trafficking have repeatedly been defeated in our State Assembly. They don’t even make it out of committee. Human trafficking is a highly lucrative business. Passing this legislation will require a concerted effort by the faith community.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         So, let’s get organized! Nevadans for the Common Good will have a strategy session on how we can pass this bill:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    Thursday, Nov. 29<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    Zion United Methodist Church<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    2108 Revere St.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">                                    North Las Vegas</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">                   </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">We need 5 or 6 people from each Episcopal Church (2 or 3 from the smaller ones), and each Church, Synagogue, Mosque, or non-profit organization that is working with Nevadans for the Common Good. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt;">         This Bill will not solve the problem. But it is a huge first step. See you at Zion UMC on Nov. 29.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: NEVADA'S OMNIBUS HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL

After a church-sponsored presentation here on child sex trafficking last Spring, one person in the audience asked the panel, ...

Book Review: Two Photography Books

3:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<b><i><a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890414">Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography</a></i></b> by John Comazzi<br />Princeton Architectural Press, 2012<br />Hardcover, 192 pages<br /><br /><b><i><a href="http://www.artbook.com/9780983394211.html">Construction</a></i></b> by Brian Finke<br />Decode Books, 2012<br />Hardcover, 80 pages<br /><br /><img alt="book-2photos.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-2photos.jpg" title="Book covers" /><br /><br />At first glance the title to this biography of <a href="http://www.balthazarkorab.com/">Balthazar Korab</a> is a bit confusing, but learning that Korab considers himself "an architect who makes pictures rather than a photographer who is knowledgeable about architecture," it makes perfect sense. Comazzi traces Korab's life from Budapest to Paris (École des Beaux-Arts) to Michigan (Eero Saarinen's office and independent practice), where he still resides. Three visual sections follow the biography: Case studies of Saarinen projects that Korab documented (TWA Flight Center in New York and Miller House in Indiana); "Inflected Modernism" and "Beyond Modernism," which include more Saarinen projects but also buildings by other modern architects (Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Minoru Yamasaki, Louis Kahn, etc.) and later architects (Steven Holl, Frank Gehry, Williams Tsien, etc.); and "Additional Portfolios" of photos taken on trips (Florence, Rome) and places in and around his Michigan home (vernacular buildings, "car culture," etc.). An emphasis on Midwestern buildings and places prevails throughout the whole book, which arises both from circumstance and an appreciation of what he grew to understand. The portfolio that ends the book is the "Presidential Portfolio," a selection of photos he took when upon request of the U.S. State Department. The images capture some familiar landmarks, but as a whole they paint a complex portrait of the country and reflect a person able to find beauty in life's contradictions.<br /><br /><i>Balthazar Korab</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=161689041X&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydose02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=161689041X" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/161689041X?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=161689041X" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b><br /><br /><a href="http://brianfinke.com/">Brian Finke</a>'s <i>Construction</i> is the photographer's third book, following <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576874273?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1576874273&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Flight Attendants</i></a> (2008) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884167349?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1884167349&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>2-4-6-8: American Cheerleaders and Football Players</i></a> (2003). Like the first two books, the most recent one focuses on a group of people distinguished by a profession/activity. As the cover makes abundantly clear, the construction worker's place of work—the job site—is probably the profession's most defining characteristic. The photographs veer between two extremes: long shots of buildings and sites under construction, and close-ups of construction workers, with some gradients in between. Many of the former do not include humans within their frames, yet they clearly convey the effects of people—excavations, erections of structures (like the cover), or even something as mundane as stacks of construction materials. The latter, in a similar vein, are often removed from the job site, yet they are clearly portraits of construction workers—men sitting in their wood-grain-panel trailers, a man sitting in his van, or a man cracking open a can of beer in front of a backhoe. Only one woman is photographed in the book, but given Finke's documentarian eye, this is a fact of the construction industry rather than a commentary on things. What is perhaps most fascinating is the way Finke has documented job sites without making it clear where they are: One photograph near the middle of the book has the Empire State Building as a backdrop, but most backgrounds are occupied by skies and generic buildings that reveal how construction takes place anywhere and everywhere.<br /><br /><i>Brian Finke</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0983394210&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydose02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=0983394210" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0983394210?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=0983394210" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Review: Two Photography Books

Balthazar Korab: Architect of Photography by John Comazzi Princeton Architectural Press, 2012 Hardcover, 192 pages Construction by Brian F...

Accountant (Corporate General Ledger, SAP, SOX )(#108810)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">    <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Accountant</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br />  </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Job Description</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Responsibilities:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />1) Perform GL monthly close duties including but not limited to recording standard/accrual journal entries, account reconciliation, run revaluation and perform allocations.<br />2) Take full ownership of worldwide consolidation over 30 legal entities including translation, various types of<br />eliminations, and loading manual entities.<br />3) Ability to detect certain consolidation errors and provide solution to fix the underlining issue.<br />4) Perform Data validation to ensure accuracy and quality of data between FI, PCA, & Consolidation.<br />5) Full ownership of GL master data creation and hierarchy maintenance.<br />6) Perform key Sox controls related to General ledger and consolidation.<br />7) Work closely with project implementation team to perform testing, training, and documentation of new<br />processes.<br />8) Identify process improvement opportunities and develop solutions to improve operational efficiency.<br />9) Prepare business functional specification for new SAP reports, Perform testing and validation on the report in<br />QA before moving to production.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />10) Prepare and maintain proper documentation and records of accounting / financial reporting process.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />1) SAP/Oracle experience in consolidation and General Ledger preferred.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />2) This position requires both accounting and technical knowledge.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />3) Advanced analytical and critical skill to troubleshoot and identify potential gaps in new or current process.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />4) Strong communication skills and ability to translate end user needs into IT solutions.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />5) Strong leadership to manage small improvement projects which involve cross functional teams.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />6) Advance Excel Skills and ability to work with large data sets is a must.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7) Flexible with ad hoc requests in global corporate environment.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />BA/BS in Finance/Accounting or equivalent.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Minimums of 5 yrs of experience in GL/consolidation, or equivalent.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span></div></div>

Accountant (Corporate General Ledger, SAP, SOX )(#108810)

Position : Accountant Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : Responsibilities: 1) Perform GL monthly close d...

30 Days of Google #3: Create a Blogger blog

7:41 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithJMrGSW26zLMHCI5NGkepdilX7y6zTepyuWdNowi_p90VgVNuk6ygtmfOd_QTIyJ33LDoIUbQjXhhLKJ3gZ1CLOwj9n6_fspPjjRIcvhHPF-q3vhx6VYt9IcCTAVp-BSTniLg0ueS2o/s1600/blogger.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithJMrGSW26zLMHCI5NGkepdilX7y6zTepyuWdNowi_p90VgVNuk6ygtmfOd_QTIyJ33LDoIUbQjXhhLKJ3gZ1CLOwj9n6_fspPjjRIcvhHPF-q3vhx6VYt9IcCTAVp-BSTniLg0ueS2o/s320/blogger.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal </i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One of the first things I think any teacher who is interested in technology-integration sh<span style="font-size: small;">ould do is create their own classroom blog. </span> A classroom blog can <i>transform</i> your class even if the only computer in the class is yours - your laptop! It will give the parents<span style="font-size: small;"> a peek into the classroom setup, and it will join you to a whole lot of new blogging teacher f<span style="font-size: small;">riends around the world. You can involve your students in your blog in so many exciting ways.  <span style="font-size: small;">Google's </span>Blogger is a great blogging platform that gives a<span style="font-size: small;">mple free space, and it is also very attractive to look at and user-friendly to use. </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, take the challenge and see if my instructions will help you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div id="__ss_13018451" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/create-a-blog-using-bloggers-updated-interface" target="_blank" title="Create a blog using Blogger’s updated interface">Create a blog using Blogger’s updated interface</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13018451" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once you have created your blog there will be other <span style="font-size: small;"> </span>questions you will come up with. So the next Slideshare looks at the following questions and provides screenshots:</span></div><br /><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">1.How can people join my blog?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">2.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I add a </span><span style="color: black;">blogroll</span><span style="color: black;"> to my blog?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">3.How can I edit a post I have just written?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">4.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I change my </span><span style="color: black;">background template? </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">5.How </span><span style="color: black;">can I set up my </span><span style="color: black;">comment </span><span style="color: black;">box</span><span style="color: black;">?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><div id="__ss_13025412" style="width: 425px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/blogging-questions" target="_blank" title="Blogging questions">Blogging questions</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13025412" width="425"></iframe> </span></span><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> Well, that should keep you occupied for a while, but the end result will be something you can be proud of. Tomorrow w<span style="font-size: small;">e will take a look at how to backup your blog. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>

30 Days of Google google Slideshare Tutorials 30 Days of Google #3: Create a Blogger blog

Submitted by Fiona Beal One of the first things I think any teacher who is interested in technology-integration sh ould do is create their o...

Creating A Living Lab For Health And Wellness | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

2:52 AM Tukiyooo 0

If you're venturing to Orlando, Florida, there's a decent chance that you're one of the 51 million-plus tourists that goes there every year, mainly to one of the city's theme parks. But over the next decade, a planned community in Orlando called Lake Nona will become something of an attraction as well--not for tourists, but for researchers and medical professionals.<br /><br><br /><br>Today, Lake Nona is a health-focused community that has about 7,000 people living and working in its borders. It's home to the Orlando VA Medical Center, the University of Central Florida's Health Sciences Campus, and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. In the coming years, that number will balloon to 40,000 to 50,000 people as the community grows its "innovation cluster" of "health and life science innovation," according to Thad Seymour, president of the Lake Nona Institute.<br /><br><br /><br>That means looking at biomarker and genetic assessments to predict the likelihood of disease, but also studying online personal health assessments from the residents. Wellness & Prevention isn't just sitting on the sidelines, observing people throughout their lives--it also plans on intervening with real-time coaching and advice. Says Wiegand: "We want to understand the cohort first. If we see there is a propensity for obesity, we can provide access to weight-loss counseling."But here's where things get interesting: Johnson & Johnson's Wellness & Prevention Inc. is teaming up with the Lake Nona Institute to create a longitudinal health and wellness study of people living and working the community. "Traditionally [longitudinal studies] have always looked at disease progression, but we want to understand how people are healthy and how to keep them healthy," explains Ben Wiegand, vice president of science and innovation at Wellness & Prevention Inc.<br /><br><br /><br>Wellness & Prevention can also intervene in Lake Nona's many health care settings, potentially controlling how care is provided for the better. Among the initiative's goals: improving modifiable risk factors for disease, cutting down on chronic disease rates, and reducing participants' RealAge by 10%. In other words, the initiative is attempting to turn a slice of Orlando into a model of health for the rest of the country (and the world) to follow.<br /><br><br /><br>In addition to the longitudinal study, Lake Nona is also teaming up with Cisco, which just named it a "Smart+Connected" city for its built-in connectivity (i.e. gigabit Internet connections for all new homes). As Lake Nona grows, Cisco will help add IP video surveillance systems, energy-management systems, better cellular connections, and more.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680801/creating-a-living-lab-for-health-and-wellness?#1">http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680801/creating-a-living-lab-for-health-and-wellness?#1</a>

Creating A Living Lab For Health And Wellness | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

If you're venturing to Orlando, Florida, there's a decent chance that you're one of the 51 million-plus tourists that goes there...