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The phrases on time and under budget are often used in discussions of project delivery, but how often can they actually be used to describe a project? Project schedules can fall apart for any number of reasons, but it's often a case of poor planning and a lack of communication. And if participants have uncommon goals or are left out of the early planning stages, a project can be doomed from the start.
The phrases “on time” and “under budget” are often used in discussions of project delivery, but how often can they actually be used to describe a project? Project schedules can fall apart for any number of reasons, but it's often a case of poor planning and a lack of communication. And if participants have uncommon goals or are left out of the early planning stages, a project can be doomed from the start. The lesson to be learned is that early decisions — both good and bad — have a cascading effect throughout the entire life of the project. Taking the time to establish a well-thought-out plan before the first drawing is printed may seem daunting, but it can help you improve both your budget and schedule performance by 30% or more.
Industry-wide studies conducted by the Havertown, Pa.-based Center for Business Practices (CBP) found that organizations that implemented project-planning initiatives report a 34% improvement in schedule performance, a 30% improvement in budget performance, and a 50% increase in projects completed.
You may not want to take the time to put together a formal plan, but the alternative could be even less desirable. When our firm was contracted to install the electrical portion of a food processing plant, we learned just what kind of an effect poor planning can have. Not only did the various trades not coordinate well with each other, nobody knew who was responsible for completing important tasks on the job. Part way through the project, we discovered large gaps where critical tasks hadn't been assigned to anyone, and other areas where the same task had been assigned to multiple groups. This created mass confusion for all. By the time the project reached completion, the value of our initial contract had doubled due to extra work and changeorders.
The extra money you can make on all those changeorders may seem worth it, but it can come back to bite you in the long run. Changeorders interrupt or alter the original work sequence and result in additional coordination and planning. They can also extend the use of tools and labor. Sometimes, they may even require you to completely redo your work.
Even a project as simple as switching out light fixtures and outlets requires adequate planning to be successful. It can be very time consuming and expensive to use a trial and error method (Fig. 1). Moving things around and making changes is much easier on paper than it is once you've got the space torn apart. The drywaller, painter, and electrician must all do their part to make everything come together in a smooth manner.
Whether you're wiring a new office building or retrofitting a multi-million dollar processing plant, the four keys to completing the project successfully are the same.
Key #1: Determine the overall goal of the project. Are you trying to improve the light levels in an office or change the electrical wiring to fit a new room layout? Does the industrial facility want to increase production capacity, improve safety, or reduce utility costs? Focus on the ultimate business goal rather than simply how to complete your given task.
The cost and duration of a project can slowly rise unnoticed until it's too late, so make sure that you understand and define a successful “complete project” so everyone involved — including the owner — is aware of expectations. Early planning and collaboration between the electrical professional and everyone else involved can take into consideration issues like reliability, upgrades, change readiness, operating costs, and energy savings. A good plan will help everyone win, including the customer and the other contractors involved.
Key #2: Get all the right people involved early. Everyone participating in the project must be involved and up-to-date from the beginning. Call a meeting and share all pertinent project information with other subcontractors, suppliers, internal engineering groups, accountants, and maintenance personnel. Early feedback from the assembled team regarding the design can go a long way in both adding value and preventing potential snags farther down the road (Fig. 2). It's much easier to make adjustments to the project/schedule now than later.
Each project has dependencies that need to be mapped out. For example, during office construction, it would be problematic if the electrician didn't know where each office was going to be located in the final layout or if the painter and drywaller had not received a copy of his work schedule. The carpenter must put up the stud walls before the electrician can rough in the wiring. The painter can't begin until the drywall has been mudded and sanded. Carpeting can't be ordered until the office dimensions and layout are known.
Trade coordination is especially important to a project in a processing plant. Many parts of a process plant must interface or other components will be negatively affected. One of our firm's recent projects faced both budgetary and technical challenges. By having engineering, construction, instrumentation, and control engineering work together on designing intrinsically safe instrumentation and control hardware in a hazardous area, we found that although more was spent on the initial devices, the reduced wiring costs that resulted (conventional instead of classified) not only compensated for the additional hardware cost but also resulted in overall savings on the project. On top of that, this design now allows the owner to maintain the equipment during operations in the sensitive area.
A big part of getting people involved is also getting their buy-in. Involving everyone in early discussion and decision-making creates a sense of ownership. When people understand why a decision was made, what's considered successful, and feel that their concerns have been adequately addressed, they'll be much more willing to cooperate. This sense of ownership will lead them away from a “looking out for me” mentality and promote overall project success.
Key #3: Coordinate and communicate — the earlier the better. Having a plan is great but it's not worth the paper it's printed on if no one follows it. Owner involvement is the key to ensuring that the plan is followed. Explain what needs to happen when and what the consequences will be if the schedule isn't adhered to.
Often once the “what” of the project is completed, the owner steps out and isn't involved in the “how.” All that matters is that it gets done. As one player among many, electrical contractors are very dependent on others to complete their work. It's very important to make sure that the owner understands how important each piece in the schedule is to the ultimate success of the project. The owner can then hold everyone accountable and make sure things get done when and how they're supposed to.
Knowing when things are going to happen allows team members to better schedule their time and resources. FMI, a Raleigh, N.C.-based management consultant to the construction industry, found that 80% of respondents to its 2004 Contractor Productivity Survey reported highly improved productivity when their field managers planned for resources more than five days in advance. Early and consistent planning and communication will help you identify the team's concerns and resource conflicts early enough to adjust without causing many problems for others.
During another recent project, our firm needed to install 2,000 feet of conduit within the concrete foundation, all during a very aggressive plant shutdown. By planning effectively, we were able to identify problems early, like drawing errors regarding existing conduit and concrete pier locations, trade stacking, and scheduling inconsistencies, that wouldn't have been discovered until installation. Instead of putting the entire project behind schedule, working closely with the other contractors helped cut three days out of the shutdown schedule.
Unforeseen issues always come up and put people behind schedule. But when the owner stays involved in the project schedule and everyone on the team communicates effectively, it's much easier to manage expectations and adapt accordingly.
Key #4: Hand off the completed project. A complex industrial project can be a once in a lifetime opportunity, so getting things right is critical. And a chief component of that is making sure that the right personnel are involved in the project wrap-up. Too often, while the installer is busy testing the equipment and making sure things are running smoothly, the people that will be responsible for operating the plant when they leave are busy painting railings, sweeping floors, or simply not around.
It's not enough to just get the owner's approval. You must also set up the appropriate support system to help those who will take over. Training and support can often leave a lasting impression on those who now have to operate and maintain the newly installed equipment. Appropriate documentation will make future support and maintenance much easier and also simplify the work for the next person who might have to modify your work.
No project goes exactly as planned, but it will be much easier to resolve problems if you understand the overall project goal, get early input from everyone involved, make sure people are communicating and working together, and leave behind an appropriate support system. These keys will go a long way in helping you achieve your “on time” and “under budget” goals.
Los is the operations manager of Interstates Construction Services, Inc. in Sioux Center, Iowa.

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The Bass in Jazz should not be Neglected.
The double bass in Jazz is an important instrument. Soloists and singers may appear to take all the limelight, but without a solid rhythm section there is no solid platform for soloists. In “mainstream Jazz” where for example, a trio or quartet is playing Jazz Standards (basically the core Jazz repertoire), the double bass player must have a good understanding of chord changes and where the music is moving harmonically. If a bass player is working with a pianist in a Jazz Quartet, then the bassists must work very closely with the pianist. The pianist, guitarists, vibes or organ player may “comp”, that is, play a series of chords as backing. The double bass player usually supplies the root of each chord. Again double bass players have to know where they are all the time in the music. Two great names from the 1950s, Ray Brown, and Percy Heath, really exemplify this way of playing. Again, it is a matter of listening practice and application. Therefore, bass lessons Brisbane has today can supply the framework necessary for any aspiring bass player.
In mainstream jazz, there are occasional opportunities to solo, usually towards the end of a piece of music. Where the bass does feature as the main instrument is in Jazz Funk. Quite often this is the Fender Bass. The Bass and Drums are critically important in these styles and carry most of the “musical weight” at times. Here it is about the groove and technique. Stanley Clark and Marcos Miller stand out as major exponents of this style. Jaco Pastorius was the great electric bass genius in Jazz Rock. In Rock in general, the best bands, the “tight” bands, have good and consistent drummers, and electric bass players, be it the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, through to Death Metal now.
A musical framework supplied by bass lessons Brisbane has today is a good starting point for anyone wanting to start a musical career playing the bass.
There are structured courses at certificate, diploma, and degree level.
For the Bass, be it a double bass or electric bass, knowing all the important scales, chords and arpeggios is very important. A double Bass player, like Ray Brown, would practice all day running through arpeggios, always working with a metronome, to make sure that all this was learnt and internalized. A sense of time is very important for a bass player as well and knowing different rhythm styles. A small group or big band might start drifting off somewhere, but the bass and drums must hold all the music together.
Theoretical studies in harmony and music, ensemble work, individual tuition, working with professionals, understanding the music business, and the chance to jam and play with different people in different styles can all be offered by bass lessons Brisbane has available. This is all part of the Jazz Music Institute, which in turn is part of education in Brisbane.
Jazz is a live music form mostly. Seeing great players for real and taking part is an important part of the learning process. Consequently, finding relevant events Brisbane has today is a good way to catch regular gigs. This is an important part of understanding the music. There is also fee help available under the Australian government’s study assist program for tertiary education.

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If you'd like to join the 10-week InnerGood Place Running Club, you can sign up on the day or online for just £20. Your fee goes straight into the Regent’s Place Community Fund so you also do your bit for charity.
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Despite rainy weather, a hard gym floor, and sometimes ill-prepared campers, our 5th Grade Coastal Adventure was a mega-hit with kids, parents, and teachers alike. Our first major stop was at the South Slough Estuary near Charleston. Here the kids hiked down the Hidden Creek Trail to activity stations where they learned about pickleweed, migrating birds, estuary soup, and uplands wildlife. Next, we pulled in at Sunset Bay State Park where rain and surf combined to soak the majority of our students. Fortunately we had rented the gazebo. Kids crowded around picnic tables covered with hotdogs, potato salad, chips, cookies, and soda, then gathered around the campfire to roast marshmallows and to keep warm. Once we’d rescued all the lost shoes, jackets, and frisbees from the beach, we headed to North Bend High School. After setting up our bunks, we then walked to the aquatic center down the street for a vigorous swim and a few Tarzan escapades on the rope swing. What followed was a rough night on the gym floor under lights that couldn’t be fully dimmed, but the kids awoke in good spirits and headed off to breakfast at Cape Arago. We then descended on the tide pools, applying what we’d learned from our research projects to a series of short videos (see below). We concluded our day with brief stops at the Simpson Reef Viewpoint where we watched harbor seals and sea lions through telescopes, and at the Charleston Marina where we checked out the fishing vessels.
Special thanks to all the amazing parents who assisted with the trip: Mrs. Odom, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Collom, Mrs. Westbrock, Mr. Herbst, Mr. Gerhard, Mrs. Hamre, Mrs. Gregg, Mrs. Acrey, Ms. Coy, Mrs. Colbert, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Medina, Mrs. Bass, and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer.
Doesn’t that just look fun.
cant wait till the coast MR.LEWIS!!!
The 5th grade coast trip was so much fun, I wish I could do it again!


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at the glory days of Lumia Phones, everyone can remember the pureview camera technology, and one of the big factors, that i used to have many Lumia Phones Lumia 900 920 930 and the very last 950, so the reason i post to this forum is, any chance to see the pureview technology on the coming andromeda? any source?.
Bump. I'd like to know any information out there on this as well.
I think most of the Nokia camera engineers that worked on Pureview got swiped by Apple. Makes sense when you look at the newer camera features on iPhones.
Here's some. HMD Global now owns the trademark.
Proves MS is not interested in coming back to mobile market, Can it be the final blow to hopes of ppl still expecting to pocket a surface "phone" ?
For now its only a name. Until Nokia proves its worth I have not seen anything spectacular from them in the camera department yet. None the less the name will still sell even if the technology is not the same or even better than before.
That's what I got out of this news too.
I never expected Microsoft to even continue carrying the mantle of the PureView name which I assume goes along with its technology.
Now at least we know where it has ended up.
Yeah, I guess it's expected, but if they release a new mobile device or phone and the cameras aren't at least as good as the flagships around at the time, people are going to pounce all over this decision.
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Glee star Lea Michele, Best Actress nominee in the upcoming Emmy Awards, was all praises for Glee guest star Filipina Charice Pempengco, reports TV Patrol World. "She and I filmed a hilarious scene the other day. Just hearing her hum and sing backstage... She has a gorgeous voice." She added, "She is the teeniest, most wee person I’ve ever seen in my life. She’s so darling and so sweet."
Early reports and Glee creator Ryan Murphy himself has said that Charice will play the rival of Michele’s diva character Rachel Berry. However, Michele said in a clip shown by TV Patrol World report, "I would give Ryan Murphy a little bit more credit than that. She is going to be a rival in a sense, but... Knowing Ryan, he’ll probably make us become best friends or something." DigitalSpy.co.uk reports Michele said, "But we might be in a catfight, I don’t know."
Charice will portray a Filipino (as she and her mother insisted) exchange student in the show that’s in the running for 19 Emmy Awards. The second season of Glee, the 2010 Golden Globe Best TV Series (Musical or Comedy), starts on September 21 on Fox.
For more on this story, log on to ABS-CBNNews.com and DigitalSpy.co.uk.

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This small leather slapper comes in handy when a full-size slapper might be too big or heavy. The looped handle allows it to hang nicely on a belt loop or hook as well!

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Denon expands over-ear headphone range, launches portable pair | What Hi-Fi?
The existing four-star AH-D7200s (£699) sit between the AH-D5200s (£549) and AH-D9200s (£1399). The also-new AH-D1200s are £169 closed-backs.
While AV and hi-fi components are very much Denon’s bread and butter, the brand hasn’t been afraid to branch out into the likes of wireless speakers and headphones over the years.
Of the latter, one of the more recent examples is the AH-D7200 over-ear (£699) we awarded four stars to last summer.
Any brand or person garnering fair success will naturally be egged on to become more ambitious, and here the result are the AH-D9200s (£1399), due in October (which will mark two years since the launch of the AH-D7200).
They share some likenesses with their siblings: a stitched sheep-skin leather headband, and earpads made from synthetic leather and memory foam – which can only be a good thing considering we called the AH-D7200s “beautifully made” and, because of their enduring comfort, “perfect for long hours of listening”.
The AH-D9200s, however, feature a newly developed version of the AH-D7200’s 50mm Nanofiber FreeEdge diaphragm, and have Japanesse bamboo housings as opposed to walnut enclosures.
With Denon keen to attach different housing materials to each model (which makes for an aesthetically pleasing line-up, for starters), it’s not surprising the AH-D5200 – the most affordable pair in the range – utilise neither walnut nor bamboo.
Instead, it features ‘zebrawood’ (which gets its name from its distinct striped form rather than any ligneous feature you didn’t know a zebra had). It’s supposedly very dense, good for reducing resonances.
To hit that lower price point of £549, the AH-D5200 has a 50mm Paper FreeEdge diaphragm, a less advanced neodymium magnet and a faux-leather headband. They also forgo the headband stitch, as well as swapping siblings’ metal inlay logo for a printed version.
Denon has also revealed a pair of £169 portable headphones, the AH-D1200s, with the ‘portable’ label referring to their comparatively practical size rather than any Bluetooth or noise-cancelling functionality. They are good ol’ straight-up wired cans.
The AH-D1200s feature 50mm drivers and a neodymium magnet inside their smart, minimalist (black or white) ear cups, attached to which are memory foam and faux-leather ear pads.
A foldable design and detachable cable with an Apple-compatible in-line remote also helps them fly the flag for portability.
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There are a lot of lists out there that talk about all of the skills that managers need to be successful. This post isn't disputing any of them. But let's be realistic. It's very difficult for a new manager to be proficient in everything. Being a good manager takes time.
So instead of addressing management development from a broad perspective, organizations might want to focus their resources on developing knowledge and skills based on the specific stage of a manager's career: early, mid or late. In this three-post series, we're going to do just that-outline the knowledge and skills that managers need during their early, mid and late career.
One of the first tasks that we give managers is interviewing. It's helpful for managers to understand the entire recruiting process. Talent acquisition professionals might want to consider revamping the traditional "intake interview" into more of a recruiting strategy meeting. This new format could give managers greater insight into the entire process and their responsibilities.
Unfortunately, there is no training class for managers on how to conduct onboarding. The way most managers learn how to onboard is just by being onboarded into their organization. That could be a good thing...or a not-so-good thing. Learning and development professionals can help new managers by giving them their own onboarding program including some instruction and checklists on the best way to onboard the employees they hire.
A key responsibility for managers is evaluating performance. If organizations want managers to do this effectively, they need to understand their role in the performance management process, which is more than how to complete a performance review form. Managers should understand how performance standards are set, know what performance standards are in place and how to effectively communicate performance standards to employees.
On some level, this seems obvious. Managers need to know how to deliver feedback as well as accept it. They need to know how to coach employees, both in terms of rewarding and recognizing excellent performance and correcting poor performance. Unfortunately, in some organizations, feedback training isn't conducted for new managers. Or it's conducted after a manager makes a mistake. For managers to become comfortable with feedback, they need to do it a lot. Give them training early in their career so they can use the right tools from day one.
As a member of the management team, managers need to understand accountability and their obligations. They need to hold themselves personally accountable. Employees need to be held accountable. There could be situations where managers need to hold a peer or their boss accountable. Organizations should make sure that new managers understand accountability, what it means to the company and how to effectively hold someone accountable.
Managers are responsible for 70 percent of the variance in employee engagement, according to Gallup. Investing in their training and development only makes good business sense. And not just training in the technical areas of their work. That's important. But also developing their knowledge and skills in areas related to hiring, coaching and accountability, so they can create high performing teams.
If managers are given the training, development and coaching they need in these areas, then they start to build a foundation of managerial knowledge and skills that they can build upon as they approach their mid-career stage. Stay tuned for the next post in this series...knowledge and skills for managers in the middle stage of their career.
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The TomTom Multi Sports (and Runner) GPS Watch seemed – from the reviews – to be the ideal choice for me, I did look at the newer heart rate one, but for an extra £100 it was too much of a price hike to warrant me not being able to feel when my heart was working harder!
The watch itself is fairly bulky on my small wrist, but it still has two notches to go so definitely able to cater for women, or young adults.
The graphics are big, big enough to clearly see when running, and the handy little light can be on permanently if out at night.
You can see your pace, time, or distance (in Miles or Km) as the larger of the three areas on the face, so you can choose what you want to concentrate on, I find I mostly use the pace, but have recently taken to longer runs and just need the distance, this view is frustrating though as this is the only layout where all three main items aren’t displayed, you get the distance in two of the sections, an unnecessary duplication and loss of information.
The GPS always hooks up quickly, although if I’m walking up to my starting point it can need me to be stationary before it locks my position in, a little annoying, but the good points outweigh this niggle.
I liked it so much I bought one for my husband and his favourite feature is the Race This option, where you can set one of your last recorded races as a guide to race yourself, it shows you how far ahead – or behind – you are from the last race and even if you go back to the pace screen to see how you’re doing, you’ll get a buzz on your wrist when you go in front, or fall behind, and if you win you get a celebratory trophy on completing the previous distance.
You can see your split times, elevation and I love the visual tracker showing where you went, it’s so accurate and thoroughly fascinating to analyse after a run, and then you can compare this to others in your dashboard.
Really great to see how you are doing – I seem to be quite consistent – compared to other runs and courses and slowly see improvements.
The visual online area is a stand out feature for me and one of the things I really rave about to others if they ask me about my TomTom watch.
The Watch is great and I would recommend it to others, it probably has so many more things you can do with it, but for me it does the basics really well and shows me in a clear and visually interesting way.
I hate it when bloggers say sorry I’ve been away for a while I’ve been busy at the beginning of a post, but here’s my apology at the end, I’ve been running!


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How can you pass on a opportunity to add not just another Bomber cria but also a proven, fine grey dam and a breed back? We couldn't. So, L'Oreal will be coming to our farm after she has birthed her fantastic Bomber cria!
"L'Oreal is our farm darling, extremely cute and very inquisitive. She is always the first to come see what's happening or who's visiting. Winning over "the boss" as favorite alpaca was no simple task, she just has one of those personalities and a look to go with it. She has great conformation with VERY FINE fleece, add in a shade of gorgeous dark silver grey and you see why we think she is so special. Lori is a wonderful mom and given us gray and black when bred to gray. At 10, she pronks and plays with the cria, this is no old gal....several more babies are possible from her. She is very healthy and acts like she is 2! Lori is bred to Bomber and at this price - a STEAL for someone!"
Annie is a shy and timid girl and a GREAT mom! Her lovely light silver grey blanket is oh so soft!
Her 2015 daughter is a gorgeous light rose grey sired by Annual's Bea-2 Bomber and has already been sold!

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According to tradition the Cathedral of St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo) was built on the ruins of a pagan temple dedicated to Hercules. A church dedicated to San Lorenzo has existed on the Duomo hill since the 8th century. In 1192 work began on the Romanic building which is still visible, transforming the church and giving it the status of Cathedral.
The bell tower, modified in 1369, recalls the Gothic style with its characteristic two color stripes. The façade of the Cathedral was commissioned by Cardinal Giovan Francesco De Gambara in 1570. The cathedral has been restored many times, by De Gambara and later in the 17th century.
Along with many other historic buildings of Viterbo, the Cathedral was hit by the bombs in 1944 and later restored, bringing much of it back to the original Romanic style we admire today.
The interior is divided in three naves. In the right nave we can admire the 15th century Baptisimal font, the chapel of Santa Caterina near the entrance and that of Saints Valentino and Ilario halfway down the nave, plus many 17th century paintings.
The central nave is decorated by a Cosmatesque pavement that has been restored many times. The post-war reconstruction created a double apse with the Baroque part hidden behind the central altar: here we find the frescoed vault by Giuseppe Passeri (17th century) with the Last Judgment and the Cardinal Virtues as well as a canvas by Romanelli showing San Lorenzo in glory. The area can only be visited during the guided tour of the Museum Colle del Duomo (the Cathedral Museum).
In the left hand nave we find the funerary monument for Pope John XXI, the chapel of S. Lucia with Baroque frescoes and other paintings done between the 17th and 18th centuries. Note the chapel of St. Joseph which has recently been reopened.
At the beginning of the guided tour, which includes the Cathedral and the Museum, we see a reproduction of the Madonna della Carbonara, the original is kept in the The Cathedral Museum. At the beginning of the left nave the Blessing Redeemer between St. John the Evangelist, San Leonardo, S. Benedict and St. John Baptist by Gerolamo da Cremona (1472).
The itinerary includes a visit to the Conclave Hall, the Papal Loggia, Gualterio Hall and the Baroque Choir and Sacristy in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. The ticket includes entrance to the Museum Colle del Duomo.

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Fakenham's successful Sunday Mail Classic team.
Fakenham ladies progressed for the first time to the fourth round of the Sunday Mail Classic competition last weekend.
The match against Hunstanton ladies was an extremely competitive affair with the home team eventually winning 3½ to 1½.
Rose Conyers beat Gemma Whitehead, Jo Robotham beat Cheryl Saunders, Vanessa Brumby beat Morag Kitchener, Jean Seppings lost to Sue North, Vickie Cunningham halved with Jean Saunders.


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At our very first session, you will hear different speakers cover a variety of topics on the practice of service design in Saskatchewan.
We are excited to announce the very first event for the new Service Design Network chapter in Saskatchewan.
This two hour event will provide an overview of service design and why Forrester called it "the most important design discipline you've never heard of."
We will cover some leading methods and tools as well as provide some insight into how companies in Saskatchewan are using service design to create better experiences both internally and externally.
It's a great opportunity to come together, enjoy some refreshments and connect with a variety of design leaders in business in the province.


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This annual event is an opportunity to network with colleagues, celebrate member achievements with our awards ceremony, and learn from our speakers: Maike Luiken, President of IEEE Canada, and Jim Nicell, Dean of Engineering at McGill, who will be talking about the Future of Engineering.
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I also married into a very musical family, which has eventually ended up with me joining Cornerstone, one of our church’s Music Ministeries. My official title is Technical Director, Website Designer, which really means I’m the roadie, and the guy behind the mixing desk. In the process of doing that, going to Hillsong Conference and reviewing various sound cards and speaker systems, I’ve become interseted in the technical side of music and how it all works. I’ve just bought two books, Sound Reinforcement Handbook and Guide to Sound Systems for Worship which to be honest I haven’t had a chance to read more than a few pages. I do know now, that Sound is a Wave etc. etc.
I also came across this site about buying what you really need which I thought might be interesting later.


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The last center I worked was in no way a Montessori school. The more I learn about Montessori the more I realize how much it influenced the curriculum at the my last center. I'm learning that there was more intention behind what I did in my classroom than I even knew. Montessori has intrigued me since college when I went to observe a Montessori preschool center. Now that I am intentionally teaching Bookworm and Gypsy at home I am looking into some of the methods more and enjoying how much purpose is behind all they do and teach.
I have read the Four Little Penguin blog for some time now. Recently she has switched over to a Montessori feel for her children. Last night I spent some time reading her recent posts again and reading recent posts of some blogs that influenced her decision. I got a few activities together this morning and we had Tot School after lunch.
Bookworm wanted to do every activity two times! She loved pouring the dried noodles back and forth between the cups. Her tweezer skills were awesome! I definitely need to find an alternative for the clothes pins. While she can pinch them open clipping them onto the bowl while pinching them was a challenge. I think a challenge that is a bit too soon. She was so excited to make "her L" on the white board.
We also made an Alien A which I found over here.
what a great week! looks like lots of fun!


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I am in a literal state of disbelief that 2015 is over and that so much has happened in it. So many books read and so many more I want to read. I guess that is always the case. I read some really lovely books that will be reread again and again, and stay with me both as a writer and as a person this year (because writers aren’t people, obvi). It was near impossible to whittle the list down to ten, but here’s what I came up with! Would love to know what you think of any of these books, or what your favorite books of the year are in the comments!
So many good books on your list!! We both have Simon on ours, of course. I am so happy you loved TRB! I’ve got to read Grasshopper Jungle soon; I loved the two Andrew Smith books I read this year. My TTT!
Simon is so amazing! I’m not surprised to see it on so many lists today!
I completely forgot about The Raven Boys! Shoot, I’m really sad now. I also had The Wrath & the Dawn on my list. Can’t wait for the sequel!
Me too. That book totally took my breath away!
Great list. I see one I’ve read and a couple I have on my TBR pile.
I Also LOVED I’ll Give You The Sun!
Wow, you really have had an amazing year of books! Long may it continue.
Oh you definitely should! It’s my favorite of all of Maggie Stiefvater’s books. So good!
Yay more The Raven Boys lovers! It is such an excellent series ❤ My TTT.

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3 years ago in Of Dogs and Men Puppycide documentary Ozymandias Media statistics police shoot a dog every 98 minutes Michael Ozias Patrick Reasonover Kickstarter ~ read.
In Part Two, PuppycideDB researchers investigate the claim that "Every 98 minutes a dog is shot by a police officer". We look at how the statistic first found its way to the national press with the help of a pair of young documentary film-makers, and eventually became one of the most widely used references concerning police shootings of dogs in the United States. Newspapers, magazines and nonprofit groups continue to repeat the "98 minutes" statistic: but is it true?
Just a little over two years ago, a Kickstarter campaign was started in order to raise funds for a proposed documentary. The project was to be called Puppycide: The Documentary and would be a one hour long feature film.
The Kickstarter campaign was created by a California-based company called Ozymandias Media, which consists of Michael Ozias and Patrick Reasonover. The claim that a dog is shot by police officers every 98 minutes featured prominently in the film's fund-raising efforts. Ozymandias Media asked for $100,000 to complete the film.
"Police officers unnecessarily shooting dogs has become a silent epidemic. It’s called 'puppycide,' and every 98 minutes there’s another victim".
No source for the claim was provided.
The Kickstarter raised a tidy sum, but not enough to meet the $100,000 goal. The Kickstarter campaign failed on November 15th, 2013 after having raised $60,397 from 958 backers. When a Kickstarter campaign does not achieve its' fund-raising goal, each contribution was refunded to backers. Ozias and Reasonover were back to square one.
Following the disappointment of the first campaign, but perhaps encouraged by their now-proven ability to quickly gather tens of thousands of dollars, Ozias and Reasonover decided that they could make a shorter film with less than $100,000. A week after their first Kickstarter failed, the pair launched a second campaign. This time, they asked for only $40,000, but the film would only be half as long. Just like the first campaign, the claim that a dog was killed by police every 98 minutes was front and center in the promotional fund-raising on their Kickstarter page.
The second Kickstarter campaign exceeded its goal, raising $45,463 from 693 backers. Those who provided funds were offered incetives based on the size of their contribution: everything from an Executive Producer credit on the film to merchandise like handkerchiefs and sweatshirts. 652 backers were to be provided with a physical copy of the film.
Following the success of the second Kickstarter campaign, the media coverage surrounding Puppycide: The Documentary accelerated. The claim that a dog is killed by police every 98 minutes started to undergo a subtle and gradual change, as well. Its one thing to be raising funds for a film, but now Puppycide: The Documentary was greenlit.
But after Puppycide: The Documentary began production, something strange began to happen. In news coverage mentioning the documentary before the film completed its fundraising efforts, "Every 98 minutes a dog is shot by police" was pretty clearly the tagline for a film. For 1979's Alien, the tagline was "In space, no one can hear you scream." The 1931 classic Frankenstein: had "A monster science created - but could not destroy!" And Puppycide: The Documentary used: "Every 98 minutes, a dog is shot by law enforcement".
After the Kickstarter succeeded, "98 minutes" stopped being used in articles about Puppycide: The Documentary and started being used in articles about dogs who had just been shot by police, or about the phenomenon of puppycide. News organizations began saying the source for the "98 minutes" statistic were not filmmakers, but "animal rights activists" (International Business Times) and eventually an "animal care group" (NBC Miami). The popular liberal news website AlterNet called the film's production company, Ozymandias Media, an "independent research group". There was no mention of any documentary in AlterNet's article.
The statistic ceased to be included in articles about the film "Puppycide: The Documentary", and instead was used in hard news stories reporting animals killed by police.
The appearance of the "98 minute" statistic in AlterNet is a point of interest in itself. Both Patrick Reasonover and Michael Ozias have been described as libertarians in interviews, which may explain why they chose the conservative-leaning Breitbart News to write an Op-Ed piece and why a glowing interview with Reasonover appears in the famed National Review (to their credit, the National Review declined to publish the "98 minute" statistic - but they also declined to ask about it, opting instead to gushingly refer to Reasonover as a "happy warrior"). AlterNet is very much on the opposite end of the of the political spectrum, and spared the filmmakers from any form of partisan sniping. Commentators and news outlets of every political stripe have uncritically repeated the "98 minute" statistic. Ozymandias Media's Kickstarter page has become a trusted, bipartisan source for news media across the country.
This transformation is all the more remarkable as it occurred without the film ever having been released. The documentary has still not been shown to the public or made available for public purchase. The second Kickstarter campaign announced an estimated release date of December, 2014. But come December the only item released was an announcement that the name of the film had been changed from Puppycide: The Documentary to Of Dogs and Men. A new website and a re-vamped trailer accompanied the announcement.
It would be another 11 months before the film premiered on November 1st, 2015 at the Austin Film Festival. As of the time of this writing on December 10th, even the 652 backers who were promised a physical copy of the film by the end of 2014 have yet to receive one, according to the film's Kickstarter page (a smaller number of backers received sweatshirts and stickers in April 2015).
So what is the source for the claim published by Michael Ozias and Patrick Reasonover that a dog is killed by police every 98 minutes?
There does not appear to be a source.
"We’re planning on doing a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests," Reasonover says. "We think it’s happening way more than the statistic we have [...] We think we can get the data by looking at firearm discharge reports. There might not be a box on reports that says, 'Check here if you shot a dog,' but they will probably include information like, 'I discharged my firearm at a dog.' We’d like to show the scale."
"Filmmakers Patrick Reasonover and Michael "Oz" Ozias hope to nail down a rough estimate as part of their research for a documentary called Puppycide."
"'We think it’s happening way more than the statistic we have.' That statistic, which sits at the top of Puppycide's [The Documentary] Kickstarter page: 'Every 98 minutes, a dog is shot by law enforcement.' Activists came up with that number after tallying accounts of dog-shootings from news stories across the country."
The article provides no clarification as to who those activists are - and The Puppycide Database Project was unable to find any examples of activists stating that a dog is killed by police every 98 minutes before Ozymandias Media's Kickstarter. It is possible that such a claim circulated throughout some ephemeral series of social media posts that are no longer available, but that hardly adds credibility - quite the opposite, in fact. All future references for the 98 minutes claim that provide a citation use either Ozymandias media promotional materials or an interview with Ozias and Reasonover as the source.
We made several attempts to contact Ozymandias Media via the email address posted on their website, beginning over a year ago. In our initial contact, we offered to provide Ozymandias Media with access to our research. We never received a response.
Meanwhile, there has been no slow-down in the use of the 98 minutes statistic. If anything, the reliance on its use by the media and activists is increasing. The Puppycide Database Project found it repeated dozens upon dozens of times - by animal welfare organizations like the National Animal Interest Alliance, on television programs like Inside Edition, in centrist policy journals like the National Journal, inside of technology periodicals like WIRED Magazine, in dog breeder magazines and on environmental websites.
Rarely if ever have we seen the statistic provided to readers critically, it is always presented as the result of some vaguely specified investigation. In the few instances where journalists express some reservation about the accuracy of the "98 minutes" claim, it is only to offer an equally-dubious statistic. In an article with the deliberately (and questionably) provocative title "Why People Care More About Pets than Other Humans", Wired Magazine offered the "98 minute" statistic only to contrast it's resulting annual rate of animal killings with a number proposed by Merritt Clifton, editor of Animals 24-7. Clifton commits essentially the same offense as the Puppycide Documentary filmmakers, attributing 300-500 annual killings of dogs to police based on un-sourced and un-published "analyses of media reports". Wired than goes on to state that if Clifton were correct, it would mean that animals are killed at an annual rate that is "about the same as human cop shootings". Their source for human cop shootings? The totally inaccurate and thoroughly debunked FBI accounting of police justifiable homicides.
The producers of "Of Dogs and Men" have a clear-cut fiduciary interest in drumming up media attention for their work. Each uncritical news story that uses the film as a source is providing the producers with a rave review: even better, they suggest that Ozias and Reasonover's film is the summation of socially relevant research and analysis. By contrast, few newspapers would be interested in a headline like "Film makers confirm cops shooting dogs is really no big deal". When a researcher has a financial stake in a specific outcome of their research, we must pay particular attention to the proof of their claims. Ozias and Reasonover have no proof, so we must disregard their claims - (or at least, the "98 minute" claim - there may be other more specific claims in the film that have been thoroughly researched).
That is not to say that we should ignore the individual stories that Ozias and Reasonover no doubt share through their film: stories of families whose lives have been up-ended as the result of police violence that could very likely have been avoided. We do not wish to give readers the idea that Of Dogs and Men is a bad film, or that it has a bad message, or that Ozias and Reasonover did not put an incredible amount of work into making their film. To the contrary, making any film is an extraordinary undertaking that requires skill and determination. Of Dogs and Men could be a great movie, but its producers are not a great source of statistics.
Films have a powerful ability to communicate ideas and emotions. Movies allow us to travel through space and time, limited only by our imagination. Despite this, there are some things that films are simply not all that good at and that are important.
Films can't do your taxes.
Films are absolute rubbish when it comes to clipping your toe-nails.
And as it turns out, films are no good at math, statistics or long-term research that requires tedious fact- and error-checking.
No matter how compelling the story, or how mind-blowing the special effects, no matter how much we believe or how much we want the end result, no matter how much what we are told fits with what we think ought to be right, movies can't make what is make-believe into what is true.
Of course, all of this leaves one last question un-answered. We established that "Every 98 minutes a police officer shoots a dog" was made famous by a pair of young filmmakers. We also established that this claim was offered with no research or analysis with which to confirm it.
Is a dog really shot by police in the US every 98 minutes?
The answer - the only true and honest answer that anyone can provide to this question as of the time of this writing is this: We don't know. No one knows.
There is no complete accounting of the number of dogs shot by police in the United States. No federal government agency requires police to let them know each time they kill a dog. No federal government agency requires police to let them know each time they kill a human being. Puppycide Database Project has a lot of work to do before we can be sure that we can account for every killing.
And it may be impossible to account for every killing. We have learned through our research that police departments across the country regularly destroy lethal force records after a short period of time - typically between 3 to 5 years. We suspect that at least a few police departments or officers within those departments manipulate, hide or even destroy lethal force records. We suspect this because it has been proven this occurs with violent crime records, because police departments have all of the same incentives to manipulate use of force data and because in many instances it would be easier to manipulate use of force data than it would be to manipulate violent crime data. We also suspect that at least sometimes police kill an animal without reporting it to anyone. There are almost 20,000 law enforcement agencies in the US. Almost all of them make it incredibly difficult and expensive to acquire their records related to the use of deadly force. The Puppycide Database Project has no money and a very small number of volunteers.
But few are satisfied with this sort of thing. People demand instant gratification, not answers on the law-away plan! So we will end this article with a brief examination of what we do know.
There are 525,600 minutes in a year. So if one dog is shot by police every 98 minutes, it would mean some 5363 dogs are shot by law enforcement every year.
Within this sample, a police department shoots an average of 10.5 dogs a year. The sample includes police departments shooting dogs at a alarming rate, like Chicago Police Department which is recorded shooting over 80 dogs a year. The sample also includes multiple departments that for periods of multiple years shot absolutely no dogs, such as Carlsbad, Chula Vista and Coronado.
If this sample were representative of all police departments in the country, it would suggest that police are shooting enormous amounts of dogs - many more than one dog every 98 minutes. If all 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States are shooting 10.5 dogs a year, it would put the annual number of dogs shot by police at over 188,000. That rate translates to a shooting every 2 minutes 47 seconds.
So why isn't this series about that? Why are we debunking statistical claims instead of focusing on the even more alarming national statistics that can be deduced from the Puppycide Database?
Our sample, as currently presented, does not adequately address problems of statistical bias. Counter-intuitively, the secrecy with which police departments handle their use of force records have forced us to rely on a substantial amount of data obtained either as part of a Consent Decree agreement between a municipal police department and the Department of Justice, or on bulk Freedom of Information or other types of transparency requests performed by journalists in order to obtain complete numbers of shootings within a single department over a significant period of time. Both of these sources of information tend to include police departments in trouble - agencies that engage in systemic patterns of excessive force. Such problems exist in many police departments, but not all of them.
The smaller a statistical sample, the less likely it is to be accurate. The larger Puppycide Database contains thousands of records related to individual animal shootings from hundreds of police departments in all 50 states; we suspect that this wider sample, as well as a more varied array of sources of information, provides a more moderate (and possibly more accurate) look at national puppycide trends.
The truth is that determining trends among a population (in this case, the population of dogs shot by police) quickly becomes complex when the size of the population is unknown [PDF]. The Puppycide Database Project is working on an accurate estimate of the total number of annual dog shootings in the United States. Ultimately the answer will come from a substantial and transparent sample of puppycides from across the country, one or more established statistical analysis techniques from the academic literature and the public review of that work by independent researchers.
In Part Three of our series "Statistics are Misleading 100% of the Time", we will investigate another statistic that is even more widely accepted than the claim we reviewed here in Part Two. Is it true that "Half of all police shootings involve a dog"? Who came up with this statistic and what research is it based on? In order to understand the answers to these questions, we will discuss some basic concepts in research and statistics, like primary sources, bias, sampling and randomness. Click here to read the next article in this investigation!
NOTE: Despite the use of the word "Puppycide" in both Puppycide Database Project and the title of Puppycide: The Documentary, there is absolutely no relationship between our our project and the film. PuppycideDB did write a brief article about the film's first trailer.


text: PESHAWAR, Dec. 17, 2014 - People read newspaper reporting a militant attack on an army-run school in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Dec. 17, 2014. A total of 141 people, including 132 students and nine staff members, were killed and 133 others injured in Tuesday's terror attack at an army-run public school in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.


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We just released build 0.4.2 on Steam's Early Access. It has a new Halloween themed encounter that should prove challenging! Oh, and offer a special reward, of course. Full notes can be found right here.
There isn't a whole lot of new things to report this week. We're still focusing on getting all our dialogues fully written so we can have a big review of them and then start the localization process. We're focusing on new maps, story events and dialogues right now and this will remain the case for a while still.

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The Smith & Wesson Model 500 is a five-shot, double-action revolver produced by Smith & Wesson, firing the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge. It is the largest magnum and the most powerful production revolver in the world today. The Model 500 can fire a bullet weighing 350 gr at 602 m/s generating a muzzle energy of over 4.1 kJ.
David uses the Smith & Wesson Model 500 magnum revolver. Although it is too large to use for an agent, David has no other option as he has to fight Chiropterans.


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Coming soon … Emily’s Numbers is a story about a girl who learns to express her creativity through counting. Her journey explores the deep patterns of everyday numbers and why the primes occur as they do.
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Going to SLC next week on business. Would like to take my skates. Anyone know of any good trails near downtown?
Pack your skates. Minutes from downtown is the Jordan River Trail. for shorter skates, the Liberty Park loop is nice.


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How does branding help a non-profit? Does it really do them good?
Reading this statement, we’re already given a glimpse of the importance of branding to raise funds. But let’s delve deeper into it.
What’s the trend? Many of the leading non-profit organizations in America get services of brand experts and agencies to help improve people’s way of experiencing and engaging with non-profits.
What’s the controversy? There are those types of fundraisers who believe otherwise. They claim that branding doesn’t raise money; and worse, they say that new brand guidelines sometimes actually get in the way of fundraising success.
Realistically speaking, organizations and companies have learned that if you build positive brand recognition for a product, people will be more inclined to buy it. A strong brand has the capability to guide and motivate purchases.
Charitable giving works very similar with media-fueled calamities. Earthquakes and hurricanes that are aggressively being covered by the media often push people to provide a helping hand. The disaster plus media coverage create the distinguished need to respond. This then encourages donors to donate to organizations with strong brand presence.
But the problem is, when it comes to giving to charity, it doesn’t exactly work the same way. In spite of the web sites that claim to be channels to charitable giving, it doesn’t really become successful if it does not get exposure from the media.
Let’s put it this way; if your cause gets regular media attention resulting to regular raise in funds, then building a strong brand is important. But, if it’s the complete opposite, then it’s just not enough to create and build a non-profit brand – not yet, at least.
Sometimes, we just need to start from square-one when brand-building. Who needs them?
1. Organizations that are not perceived as they wish to be.
2. Those that have changed.
3. Group whose current brand image does not positively influence their peers.
Establish a team that consists of individuals who represent different parts of your organization. This brings more ideas on the table and shows unity and oneness.
Draw them into your organization. Using what you’ve learned through research and experience, think of ways to appeal to donors and prospects.
Identify important connections. Figure out which group’s interest, participation, and commitment are critical to the organization’s success. What’s your current status with them? What should you do to establish a strong bond?
Your mission and vision statement should be genuine. If you’re being honest, more people would want to connect and help.
Examine your brand promise. Have you given any promises? Do you follow through?
Showcase stories that denote—and put a face on—how your organization makes a difference.
Your logo is important. Do they mean what you want them to? Or are they sending wrong signs?
Spread the word. Let everyone know the message you want to share. Craft a communications architecture that helps establish consistent contact.
Engage your organization. Provide the thinking, tools, and training so that everyone can effectively share and speak on the organization’s behalf.
Befriend social media. This is one of your most powerful weapons. Use it in a way that will reflect positively on your organization.
Your brand is your baby. Make sure you take care of it, you make it bigger and better, and you not let it be tarnished.
There we have it. Branding is important when trying to push for something that is as important as fundraising. This is quite a different way to produce funds for your organization, but will surely be rewarding. It will help a lot as long as you use your means wisely. But of course, there are non-profit grant writing services out there that’ll be more than willing to help you out by guaranteeing you get the financial help you’ll need for your organization’s support.


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UN Human rights officials are saying that there is evidence that China is holding one million Muslim Uighurs in "re-education" camps in the western part of the country.
Bloomberg reports that Gay McDougall, a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, "cited 'credible reports' that China had turned the western region into 'something resembling a massive internment camp, shrouded in secrecy.'"
Local governments have also ordered residents to install satellite-tracking systems in their cars, while people must submit to facial scans to enter markets, buy fuel or visit places such as the capital Urumqi’s main bus terminal.
China’s President Xi Jinping said the country should “strike first” against Islamist extremism after deadly attacks involving Uighurs in 2013 and 2014, as well as reports of some fighting in Syria.
Oh, really? I guess there's "freedom of religion" and then there's the Chinese version of it.
An official Communist Party newspaper was quoted as saying that no religion is above the law in China, which fits nicely with government policy that basically says the "law" is whatever the hell we say it is. Certainly some additional security in the region is necessary given past attacks by Uighurs. But "re-education"? Those camps are as Stalinistic as the gulags were. Inmates "are forced to denounce Islam and profess loyalty to the party." Not "God is Great," but rather "The State is Great" -- or else.
Muslims are not alone in being oppressed in China, but the idea you can force someone to give up their belief system to accommodate the wishes of the state is the antithesis of liberty and should be condemned by the civilized world.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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NTS GAT for post-graduate studies in Pakistan or applicant's evaluation for foreign scholarship.
The sample or past papers of NTS GAT provided are based on interviews of past test takers. However; similar MCQs have been added to complete the sample paper.
The NTS GAT general test specifically measures the candidate’s verbal, quantitative and analytical writing aptitude. The test is offered in a paper pencil based format. Test taker is to fill ovals (blank spaces) for correct answers.
In Pakistan, NTS-GAT General is commonly known as GRE Local.
Many of Pakistani universities require that any candidate seeking admission in their MS, M. Phil., or PhD program besides NTS GAT - General must also qualify NTS GAT - Subject in the relevant subject. GAT - Subject is also conducted by NTS.


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Kenya is a food-deficit country, importing up to 20% of its annual cereal requirements. Improvement in production of the main cereal commodities – maize, sorghum, and millet; and associated pulses is constrained by limited adoption of improved crop technologies and practices such as improved seed varieties, adequate fertilizer use, soil and water management, good agricultural practices including conservation agriculture, access to timely agro-climatic information, processing and storage.
Although almost two thirds of total grain production in Kenya comes from the high- and medium-potential areas, the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) are also an important producing area and account for 30% of cereals production and 54% of pulses produced in the country. Indeed, the semi-arid areas have a comparative advantage in production of pulses, accounting for 99% of production of pigeon peas, 95% of green grams and 93% of cow peas as well as in the production of millet (60%). Semi-arid areas are also important in production of sorghum, accounting for 48% of total production, 37% of beans and 26% of maize.
The KCEP-CRAL is an expansion to the ASALs of the Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme (KCEP) which became effective in April 2014 through a partnership between the Government of Kenya (GoK), the European Union (EU), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The overall development objectives of the KCEP are to contribute to national food security and smallholder income generation by supporting farmers to increase the productivity and profitability of key cereal commodities – maize, sorghum, and millet, and associated pulses.KCEP support is focused on farmers in medium- and high-potential production areas of the country. In line with the Government’s priorities, KCEP-CRAL will expand this support to smallholder farmers in the ASALs.
World Food Programme (WFP), IFAD and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), building on their comparative advantages to support GoK in farmer graduation from food insecurity to market-oriented farming, including Good Agricultural Practices, resilience, and sustainable Natural Resource Management (NRM). The Programme approach also encompasses the National Policy on developing ASALs which recognizes the diversified livelihood coping strategy as key in the dry-lands where smallholder farmers grow different crops with varied tolerance to drought and keep livestock as an insurance against crop failure.


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Belgian local elections – don’t miss your chance to vote!
The next communal elections in Belgium will take place on Sunday 14 October. Did you realise you can vote?
Electoral law in Belgium recognises the right of all EU citizens to vote in – and stand for – local elections, and casting your vote could make all the difference in your commune.
But you have to register. If you haven’t done so yet, then don’t delay!
Brussels Labour strongly urges you to take up this opportunity to support the socialist candidates in the Brussels communes, who will include candidates from other EU member states. At least two Brussels Labour members will stand.
Your registration form has to be submitted by 31 July 2012 and copies are available at the electoral registration service (service électorat) in your commune, with specific details provided on their websites. If you registered for the 2006 elections, then you don’t need to do so again.
You can find out why your commune matters to you here.


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The Volkswagen Golf is without a doubt one of the most popular family hatchbacks around and it’s easy to see why.
Providing lots of space and available as a 3 and 5-door, the VW Golf is extremely practical and also comes as an estate, showing it’s versatility. It boasts highly economical and efficient engines and although it might seem a bit steep in initial cost to some, it holds its value very well.
The VW Golf may not be quite as exciting to drive as the Ford Focus for example but it is still enjoyable. It has excellent suspension that smooths out any bumps and weighs less than previous models, giving it a light and responsive feel on the road.
In terms of looks, Volkswagen has made the sensible decision not to dramatically change the current Golf. Having been around since the late 70s, the VW Golf has of course undergone a number of facelifts, but the modest exterior and upmarket interior have been retained, with simply more equipment, better engines and more space being added. Arguably, the VW Golf isn’t particularly stylish and is even a little boring to look at but having sold over 29 million models over the last 40 years, it’s clear that this doesn’t hold us back.
If you are looking for a practical, reliable and affordable family car, then the VW Golf should definitely be at the top of your list.
While the VW Golf doesn’t match the speeds of competitors like the Audi A3 or reach quite the level of fun that the Ford Focus offers, it does offer a safe and reliable ride that’s perfectly enjoyable.
Coming with a number of safety features like the electronic anti-skid control and city emergency braking system, you can drive the VW Golf at some speed and still feel secure. There is minimal body roll and the suspension smooths out any bumps in the road with ease as well as making your ride more comfortable. It’s not quite as agile as some of its rivals but is still very responsive with tight, accurate power-assisted steering.
The newest models of the VW Golf are a whole 100kg lighter than its predecessors, which has improved handling significantly and makes the (slightly bigger) car simple to park. All models have good refinement, with weighted pedals that make changing gear slick and stop-start city driving easier. Visibility is also excellent with minimal blindspots, adding to the sense of control you feel behind the wheel.
This is where the VW Golf shines next to its competitors. While the series might seem expensive (especially the sportier models) upon purchase, the VW Golf holds up to 48.2% of its original value after 3 years, giving you a decent resale price.
On top of this, the VW Golf is extremely economical with all of its engines being highly efficient. The most impressive is the BlueMotion 1.6-litre TDI, which reaches 88.3mpg and only produces 85g/km of CO2 emissions, beating both the Ford Focus and the BMW 1-series. Being this clean also means no road tax, so running costs for this model are incredibly low.
Even petrol engines and sportier models like the GDT are still economical. The entry-level 1.2-litre petrol may not be fast but it produces 113g/km of CO2 and can achieve 57.6mpg, which is pretty good and the GDT only just misses out on no road tax by emitting only 109g/km.
The VW Golf boasts the kind of interior that you would expect from Volkswagen. It is spacious, comfortable and classy.
It can easily accommodate a car full of six-footers, providing them with plenty of leg and headroom and both the driver and front passenger in particular benefit from the very adjustable seats and arm rests. There’s room in the back too. One minor problem is that the 5th person who gets stuck in the middle will have to straddle the transmissions tunnel, which raises the floor slightly but this is the same in most other rivals and cars in general.
The good suspension across the range also adds to the comfort, smoothing out any bumps in the road even in the sportier GT. Wind and road noise levels are kept to a minimum and the VW Golf’s engines are particularly quiet as well. Visibility is good and the amount and size of storage space, including the boot, is impressive.
Soft-touch plastics cover the buttons on the attractive dashboard and all cars in the VW Golf series come with a touchscreen control panel. This includes DAB, Bluetooth and iPod connectivity but can be upgraded to include satnav in sportier models like the GT.
On the outside, the VW Golf hasn’t changed too much over time, but is slightly more angular and SE models get 16-inch alloys and an upgraded grille. Arguably it is not a particularly eye-catching car and it may not have as many gadgets as some others like Mazda or Skoda but the VW Golf provides everything you actually need in a car whilst giving you a safe and enjoyable ride.
The VW Golf is both a safe and reliable car, making it perfect for your family. It comes with a 3-year warranty and free brake-down assistance in the first year of purchase.
Every model in the series comes with 7 airbags, including 1 for the driver’s knees. The Golf achieved the maximum 5-star rating in the Euro NCAP crash tests and scored particularly highly for both adult and child occupant protection; beating both the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra.
Ford may have taken the lead for pedestrian protection but coming equipped with stability control, city emergency braking system, tyre pressure warning and more certainly means you can put your trust in the VW Golf, whichever model you choose.

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Documentary video about the concert of group Miladojka Youneed.
Music video of garage rock group called Dicky B. Hardy.
A document on graffiti action in the Ljubljana district Koseze: positive vibrations, colours and creativity make the real rainbow come after the rain.
Video for the song Auslander of Slovenian singer Roberto Magnifico.
A collage of documentary shots of totalitarian regimes of various periods and places.
Video for the song called Mala terasa of Slovenian group U redu.
A fleeting glance and noise bring us into a space of consciousness where the real and the abstract unite on the border of perception.


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“Since launching the paywall, we have focused mainly on the quality of the content that we publish on our digital platforms,” Kleine Zeitung’s editorial manager Michael Sabath told WAN-IFRA a few weeks after his presentation at Newsroom Summit in Oslo.
Kleine Zeitung was the first daily newspaper in Austria to introduce a paywall, taking the leap in October 2016 with the launch of a freemium model.
It did so with the luxury of dominating its core markets in Austria, in the southern states of Styria and Carinthia where it has an (overall) subscriber share of 95.6 percent. Kleine Zeitung has a circulation of about 280,000 copies a day, making it the country’s second-largest newspaper, with a portfolio that includes a website, apps, as well as online portals, such as marketplace willhaben.at or review platform gutgemacht.at.
Yet even with that presence and brand awareness, the company knew the paywall brought its share of real risk.
“We were aware from the beginning that launching a paywall would generate massive losses in terms of traffic,” Sabath said.
In fact, visits to all platforms fell to 7 million after introducing the paywall, experiencing the first considerable drop during the pre-paywall phase.
“From the beginning, however, the editorial strategy was focused on showcasing our strength as a prime destination for regional news, local and preferably exclusive, that is,” he said.
Therefore, Kleine Zeitung puts local and exclusive content behind the paywall, while also experimenting with other content offers and formats to attract subscribers, such as livestreams of games from the regional football league or photo galleries of local events.
And it appears to be working. Kleine Zeitung currently has 30,000 digital subscribers (half of which are existing print subscribers who signed up for a digital subscription), attracting an average of 150 test subscribers per day.
“About ten percent of those turn into permanent subscribers,” Sabath said.
Subscribers have the option of taking out a trial subscription for two or four weeks, or going straight for a normal digital subscription. Though hard to quantify, around 60 percent of articles are behind the paywall.
Visits have been on the rise over the past couple of years, reaching an all-time high of 14.1 million this year.
The launch of the paywall was predated by a switch to an integrated editorial office in 2014, merging 174 print editors and 40 digital editors.
“First and foremost, it was about changing the mindset from the familiar routine of ‘print first’ to ‘digital first’, across all departments but especially among newsdesk staff,” he said.
So what are some of Sabath’s other main takeaways and lessons learned?
It's a continuous process to change mindsets, and working in an integrated editorial setting requires permanent change of organisation. As for the paywall, it serves as an instrument to push the brand, and allows one to gather more and better feedback about user behaviour. And, lastly, for a newspaper like Kleine Zeitung producing local, exclusive content for all platforms is key.

industry_corpus2: Media & Journalism