Compatibility
One of the things we had to do for a recent client was a gallery and slide show of their organizations photos.
Pretty straightforward, yes? They were running wordpress and all I needed to do was find a suitable plugin that would provide the Gallery feature which would probably have a slideshow module as well.
That’s what we thought too, until we realized that the mysql database on the client’s server was of a lower version than what the wordpress plugin required. Since we did not have administrator access to the server, we could not effect an upgrade to the mysql database. And the client was clueless as to how to request it.
And when we coached the client into telling the host that we needed an upgrade, the client was told to wait until the host was ready. We’re still waiting.
In the meantime we relied on Google’s picasaweb slideshow feature to provide the required gallery and embedded slide show.
Bawal Magkasakit
Our company provides insurance for all its workers, with special coverage for those of us who travel and spend time on the remote sites that we service. One of the leading health insurance providers, Blue Cross, takes care of our insurance needs.
The Blue Advantage may not be available for us here in the Philippines, but the package we do have takes care of us adequately, and provides for emergencies that will require us to walk in to an accredited hospital or clinic. Since the plan covers our dependents, I was also able to take advantage of it a few years ago when my son was admitted into hospital for dengue.
I have not used it personally, and for practical reasons I hope I never will — in these tiring, taxing and stressful times, hospitalization is not a welcome option.
What is the Law School Admission Test (LSAT)?
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a half-day standardized test administered four times a year at designated test centers worldwide. All ABA-accredited law schools, most Canadian law schools, and many other schools, the law requires applicants to take most recently as part of the admission procedure. It provides a standard method for measurement of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants.
The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple choice questions. These sections include one reading comprehension section, one analytical reasoning section and two logical reasoning sections. The unscored section, commonly referred to as a variable section, typically used to preview new test questions and pretest new test forms. Placement of this last section will vary. The score scale for the latter is 120-180. A 35-minute writing sample is administered at the end of the test. Writing process testing is not of LSAC scored, but copies are sent to all schools law that you seek.
The LSAT is designed to skills measured as essential for success in law school: reading and the understanding of complex texts with accuracy and insight, organization and management of information and the ability to appropriate conclusions from it, the ability to think critically, and the analysis and evaluation of reasoning and arguments of others.
What is the best way to take to prepare?
LSAT measures skills and knowledge developed over a longer period. You can not prepare for the test by trying at the last minute to master specific subject areas. Finding lsat prep courses should not be a problem, to help you get familiar with test directions and question types.
Training Daze
Our office sent a bunch of us for project management software training this week. The first day was memorable because it was the first time we had ever encountered a trainor who was so obviously unprepared for the job. We traded a few text messages with our own office admin and in a few minutes our boss was at the training center demanding that we get our money’s worth. The training center management apologized, and extended our training session to three days instead of two, with no extra charges, and quickly came up with a substitute who more than made up with the time and resources wasted with the first one.
The food was good too. 
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