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UNHCR’s 2016 projected global resettlement needs is a treasure trove of context as to what’s going on, statistically, and the behind the scenes of global resettlement.
• Expand global capacity and response: Resettlement needs continue to outstrip the number of available places, particularly emergency places.
• Streamline procedures: Resettlement processing challenges require collaboration and resources by UNHCR and States to further simplify resettlement procedures while ensuring the integrity of the process.
• Preserve the humanitarian foundation of resettlement: UNHCR will continue to advocate for States to avoid restrictive selection criteria based on integration potential and to receive refugees recognized under UNHCR’s mandate.
• Expand reception and integration capacity: UNHCR will support the ongoing efforts of resettlement partners and networks to reinforce the integration capacity of receiving communities.
• Situate resettlement within comprehensive solutions: UNHCR will work with host and resettlement countries to integrate resettlement more effectively with other durable solutions.
• Promote multi-year commitments: The use of multi-year resettlement commitments has been identified as a best practice that enables predictable planning and resource allocation, particularly for priority refugee situations and protracted situations.
• Boost field capacity: UNHCR will provide eld-oriented guidance, practical training and operational tools, as well as strategic deployments of af liate workforce.
• Foster partnerships: UNHCR will continue to ensure the effective management of global resettlement efforts through partnerships with the wider NGO community, IOM and other institutions.
• Ensure the integrity of the protection response: UNHCR will develop specialized training and guidance on fraud prevention, investigation, and response, and on ensuring integrity at all stages of the protection-case management process.
• Improve global coordination: UNHCR and resettlement partners will maximize the use of the ATCR/WGR process to enhance the effectiveness and capacity of the global resettlement programme including through the review of existing core and contact groups.
New innvandrings- og integreringsminister Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) put out a 150 page (! document available here) document outlining proposed changes to the Norwegian asylum and immigration policy today, including 40 major + minor changes to laws and regulations. Debate will is scheduled to conclude by 9 February, with proposals presented to Stortinget soon after.
Tightens rules governing family reunification so that a person must have four years of work or education in Norway before family reunification can take place.
The government will issue payment cards to refugees instead of giving them cash. The aim is to prevent refugees sending money to family back home.
Asylum seekers arriving by transit visas across the border from Russia will not be able to get asylum.
Restricts visa freedom for asylum seekers. This means that asylum seekers are not entitled merits of his application for asylum in Norway, can be expelled from the border.
Creating a regulatory authority that gives right to grant temporary residence permits without taking a final decision on the need for protection. The temporary residence permit does not give the right to permanent residence, and does not provide a basis for family immigration.
It is proposed that the basis for permanent residence will lapse if the need for protection lapses within a period of five years.
The Government will reintroduce the distinction between people who are entitled to stay for the UN Refugee Convention, and those who are entitled to protection against return to their homeland after the human rights returning ban.
Unaccompanied minors seeking asylum to be given protection until the age of 18 years. It should then be re annual assessment, which determines whether an alien fulfills conditions for protection or stay in Norway on other grounds.
That an applicant shall be entitled to a permanent residence permit in Norway, the foreign national must sit the final examinations in Social Studies in a language he or she understands, as well as a final exam in Norwegian, indicating they master a minimum of spoken Norwegian.
Ministry wants to change Introduction Act so that people between 55 and 67 years of age must undergo training in Norwegian and social studies.
Permanent residence shall be refused if the applicant can not determine their own identity, or failure to obtain travel documents when it has prevented the return, or that the need for protection due to the applicants’ own actions after the applicant left the country of origin, and that the main purpose of these actions has been to obtain a residence permit.
The Government proposes that the appeal deadline is reduced from three weeks to one week in cases where the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) considers it obvious that an applicant does not meet the conditions for protection or protection against return.
The Government also proposes to make certain changes to the rules on legal aid in immigration cases, and proposes to remove the right to free legal advice in rejection cases under the Immigration Act.
It is proposed that the police should get store fingerprints of asylum seekers for 10 years.
[Antonio Guterres] called for the numbers of refugees being resettled in Europe to be increased.
“We are encouraged by the fact that a number of European countries have been saying, and I believe this is on the table to the European Council, that a massive resettlement programme needs to be put in place for Syrians, but I would expect also for refugees in general,” he told a news conference.
“And when I mean massive, I mean hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, not just what has been discussed until now in relation to resettlement.
EU states have agreed to resettle 22,000 people direct from UN refugee camps but so far only about 600 have arrived.
Peter Sutherland, the UN special envoy for migration, also called on European states to take more refugees.
Here’s a concept new to me: godhetstyranniet.
Listhaug mener meningsmotstanderne framstiller ønsker om kutt og innstramminger som slemme og kalde, mens de som ønsker en mer liberal politikk er gode og rause.
– Jeg reagerer på dette godhetstyranniet som rir det norske samfunnet som en mare, sier hun.
I en rundspørring TV 2 har utført blant nesten 1.000 asylsøkere på 19 asylmottak over hele landet, svarer 79 prosent av de spurte at de ser for seg en permanent fremtid i Norge.
TV 2 besøkte 19 akuttmottak for asylsøkere over hele landet der de delte ut et spørreskjema med ni spørsmål, på ni språk, for å få vite mer om asylsøkerne som er kommet til Norge.
984 voksne asylsøkere svarte på spørsmål om seg selv og fremtiden. Svarene viser tydelig at asylsøkerne ikke ønsker å reise hjem. Selv om forholdene i hjemlandet bedrer seg er det bare 15 prosent av de TV 2 snakket med som vil reise tilbake. Vel 5 prosent svarte at de ikke visste.
Undersøkelsen fra TV 2 er ikke statistisk representativ. Konklusjonene baserer seg på svarene som 984 voksne asylsøkere har gitt. Det har kommet vel 30.000 asylsøkere til Norge i år.
It follows from current rules that an asylum seeker, who brings sufficient means to take care of him- or herself, should not also receive support from the Immigration Service. The asylum seeker is obliged to inform on any means the asylum seeker brings with him or her. The bill presented on 10 December 2015 provides the Danish authorities with the power to search clothes and luggage of asylum seekers — and other migrants without a permit to stay in Denmark — with a view to finding assets which may cover the expenses mentioned above.
The law would apply both to refugees entering Denmark in the future and to ones there now.
see also: Denmark wants to seize jewelry and cash from refugees.
Sylvi Listhaug (37) går inn som innvandrings- og integreringsminister, en ny post som blir liggende under justisdepartementet.
– Det kan bli store synergieffekter av å se de to tingene sammen. En ekstra statsrådsstilling på det området er ganske nødvendig med den flyktningsituasjonen vi ser i dag, sier Solberg.
– Vi skal gjøre en rekke endringer som Stortinget står bak. Jeg gleder meg til å gjennomføre denne politikken, og jeg skal gjøre mitt ytterste for å holde tilstrømningen nede. Jeg skal også sørge for at de som ikke har rett til opphold, sendes ut så raskt som mulig, sa Listhaug.
Hun mener Norge står overfor store utfordringer, og minnet om at tilstrømmingen av flyktninger til landet har vært rekordstor i 2015.
– Det er viktig at nye borgere bidrar og ikke bare blir passive mottakere av ytelser. Vårt samfunn er ikke bærekraftig dersom vi får et samfunn hvor mange personer lever på offentlig overføringer, sa Listhaug.
Hun lover å kjempe for at færre kommer til landet.
– Jeg er forberedt på at det kan komme flere flyktninger til våren, og derfor er det viktig å gjennomføre innstramminger, sa statsråden.
An interesting aside: the day before the announcement, there was a collective freak out in the Norwegian news that Frp’s Per Sandberg was going to be given a similar job. My question: why the diversion? (are such leaks common in the Norwegian press?) To make Listhaug look less … by comparison?
16.12.15: 10 sitater som viser at Sylvi Listhaug liker å slå med storslegga.


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A cliche...in fact it was USA Today's #1 cliche of 2004! You have probably heard it before. It states the obvious and leaves the rest to interpretation. It has no resolve...it leaves the mind dangling. I've heard it used by business execs, coaches and preachers too. Most folks would translate it like Tony Soprano...fagetaboutit!
When I use it it is more definitive.It really means...yes, it happened. But I am going to move on and I am going to get passed this...it is what it is. There is no reason to argue with it because...it is what it is. There's no purpose in trying to retaliate because...it is what it is. There is absolutely no reason to stay in this place because...ok, you got it! It is what it is!
So if things start to go wrong for you this week...if the tide starts to change...if circumstances become strenuous, remember these five words and move past it...it is what it is!

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On a lovely spring day we wandered down Duke Street in Marylebone to have lunch at Zoilo, an Argentinean tapas restaurant that opened about six months ago. It’s not really been on my radar (and I tend to know about most restaurants in Marylebone) so I didn’t know what to expect. At first glance, it has rather low key unassuming appearance and when we walked in, we felt a bit odd to be the only customers there for lunch on Sunday afternoon. Any doubts I had were pushed aside by the friendly welcome from the staff and we were invited to take our pick of seats. We opted to perch ourselves at the bar counter and soon found ourselves in a discussion about Argentinean wines with the bar manager.
We started with some empanadas – one spiced beef and the other spinach with raisins and pine nuts. The empanadas were decent but rather forgettable to be honest. We also had Provoleta - a type of salty cheese melted with almonds and honey. An interesting flavour combination but it needs to be eaten quickly otherwise it gets fairly hard and chewy.
What stood out for me were the main dishes. The best was the Asado– Flank steak with bone marrow and a celeriac mash. The steak was cooked perfectly pink with hint of red and the bone marrow just intensified the flavour stunningly. A simple yet heady dish.
The Morcilla with Criolla was amazing as well. Grilled Spanish Black pudding garnished with thinly sliced scallions, peppers and red onions which perfectly offset the density and earthiness of the black pudding. Next was the Grilled Octopus which got rather side-lined by the gorgeous potato and leeks salad it was served with.
And the star of the show was the dessert – Dulce de leche Crème Brulee with banana ice cream. It was like everything good in this world came together to create these perfectly harmonious flavours. Right, that may be a tad bit dramatic but you really need to order this if you go.
The funny thing was despite being the only ones in the restaurant, we didn’t feel awkward or isolated at all – thanks to the welcoming and friendly manner of the staff at Zoilo. The bar manager was telling us where he was from in Argentina and drawing us maps of the Salta and Mendoza wine regions, the waitress was chatting to my companion in Spanish, the chefs who were working downstairs would pop in and out to pick up and always have a friendly smile. The entire dining experience was so pleasant and relaxed – making me feel utterly comfortable. I believe they are much busier in the evenings but on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I had such a good time there and can’t wait to try more things on their menu (like the braised crispy Pigs head!) and have that heavenly dulce de leche crème brulee again.
So don’t get perturbed by the rather unassuming exterior or the heavy black curtains framing the doorway (which they really should get rid of.) Inside is a perfectly good restaurant with lovely staff who serve up gorgeous plates of Argentinean food.

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a charismatic hero of France, who led a Grand Army to victory, and defeat. Discovering Napoleon in Paris with kids, everything about Napoleon is “larger than life” – monumental paintings at the Louvre, enormous triumphal arches, battle history at the Army Museum (Musee de l’Armee), and a majestic tomb.
Exploring Paris with kids, visit the Museum of the Middle Ages (and see the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries), Tour Jean San Peur, remains of a medieval fortress under the Louvre, and the tallest castle keep in Europe, Chateau de Vincennes.
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood) is the motto of France and symbolic of the French Revolution. Traveling with kids in Paris, make a treasure hunt to see how many places kids can spot these three words – on buildings, murals, statues, coins, souvenirs.

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BRUSSELS, 24 October 2017 – The European Parliament environment committee’s vote on Monday for a total phase-out of crop-based biofuels by 2030 takes a bad proposal from the European Commission and makes it even worse – threatening EU climate goals and discouraging investment in advanced renewables.
The Commission had proposed reducing the cap on crop-based biofuels from 7% to 3.8% by 2030, but a thin majority of MEPs on the environment committee want that cap set at 0%. ENVI MEPs differentiate among biofuels and reward those like European ethanol with high GHG savings and low risk of adverse impacts. But the agreement falls short of setting any incentive for the blending of these sustainable low-carbon biofuels.
The European Parliament’s move contrasts with the latest draft proposal from the Council, which calls for more flexibility for Member States in meeting their targets for renewables in transport.

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Tonight is an evening of worry and concern. I left early from work to care for my wife who call and asked if I could come home early. She is sick and has been sick more often lately. The last time was a trip to the ER for a long night and no answers. Tonight, it’s just about trying to make her feel comfortable.
Upon arrival at home, I learned that one of my sisters has gone into ICU due to liver failure. Because I’m not sure what my wife is fighting, I hesitate to go to see my sister in her compromised situation.
Emotionally, I feel stretched and drained. And a little helpless. I hope this weekend brings healing.
I can empathize with you. My brother was torn last week between being with his 39yr son who was going through a triple by-pass surgery and being with our dying mom. I told him to go tend to his son, I had mom covered. It’s hard being between and rock & a hard place.
I’ll lift prayers up for you and your family. Keep your faith. It will see you through.


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It’s heartbreaking to watch a family member struggle with drug or alcohol addiction. You naturally want to help them but that may be easier said than done. Those who are in the grip of addiction can sometimes struggle to see and acknowledge the problem, which means they’ll dismiss your entreaties for them to seek help.
A more focused approach may be needed—specifically, a formal intervention. Interventions are often successful in coaxing an individual to seek addiction rehab—but what is an intervention, exactly?
During the intervention, you and the group will sit down with the person who’s struggling with addiction and speak together about your concerns. It’s generally recommended that you provide the person with some specific examples of how their addiction has impacted the family. Also provide a prearranged treatment plan—giving your loved one some hope, and a specific path forward.
Interventions are confrontational by their very nature, and it’s important to speak firmly. With that said, it’s also critical to stress how much you love the person who’s struggling; make it clear that you’re worried and just want to see the person seek the help they need.
Arranging an Intervention? If you believe it’s time to stage an intervention for your family member or close friend, we invite you to contact Seacliff today; we’ll guide you through the process and outline some treatment options you can provide to your loved one.

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The Producer Center (North Hall) : Featuring marketplace of materials, equipment, demos, and seminars for concrete producers.
Material Handling (Central Hall) : Offering trucks, excavators and more for material delivery, distribution, concrete placement, and earth moving.
Concrete Repair & Demolition (South Hall) : Housing a display of surface preparation equipment, scarifying, grinding, sawing equipment, and other demolition products.
Technology for Construction (North Hall) : Featuring the newest products and tools for the commercial construction industry from top information technology and systems providers.
Concrete Surfaces & Decorative (South Hall) : Showcasing the popularity of decorative concrete for both commercial and residential applications.
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The river along Bedford's Embankment.
A man discovered dead in the river at Bedford just days before Christmas has been named.
Sebastian Sobol, 36, of no fixed abode, was pronounced dead after being recovered from the river along The Embankment on the afternoon of Sunday, December 20.
The cause of death, subject to confirmation at a full inquest hearing to be held at a later date, has been recorded as asphyxia and drowning.
An inquest into Mr Sobol’s death is due to be opened by the coroner for Bedfordshire on Thursday (December 31).
The death is not being treated as suspicious by police.

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Maiwand Kabob, a local fast-casual Afghan restaurant chain, recently celebrated its 15th year in business, which is a testament to its established position in the community. It’s regularly been profiled by both the DC and Baltimore press as one of the best quick-serve and take-out restaurants, and a glance at Yelp reviews confirms that regular customers back up this assessment with consistently high ratings.
Located just moments from Arbors at Arundel Preserve, Maiwand’s Hanover location is true to the chain’s larger reputation, serving high-quality Afghan food quickly and at affordable prices. Try the tandoori bread (made inside an authentic clay oven), the aushak (a type of ravioli, stuffed with scallions and topped with ground beef), or the chicken and lamb kabobs (marinated for 24 hours before being grilled).
Thanks to its speedy service, Maiwand is popular among office workers out on their lunch breaks, as well as diners seeking take-out orders at the end of a long work day.
Question for Residents of Arbors at Arundel Preserve: What’s Your Favorite Fro-Yo Combination at Yogurt In Love?
Located in Ridgeview Plaza, Yogurt in Love aims to be Hanover’s go-to location for guilt-free frozen desserts. With a selection of frozen dessert flavors that runs the gamut from vanilla to pink lemonade, plus an array of toppings and sauces, it’s a pretty good bet that you’ll find something to appeal to anyone’s sweet tooth! The yogurt selection also includes gluten-free, dairy-free, low-fat, and kosher alternatives, with fresh fruit smoothies and bubble teas also on the menu.
Regulars note that some of their favorite flavors include the rich and decadent salted caramel yogurt topped with graham crackers, as well as simple vanilla yogurt with fresh fruit on top. The honeydew fruit smoothies are also a local favorite, as is the passion fruit bubble tea. This place is family-owned and -operated, and reviewers on social media praise the friendly atmosphere, as well as the regular coupons.
Be sure to give it a try, Arbors at Arundel Preserve, then tell us which flavor is your favorite!
If you want to save big on essential items, visit the Hanover Walmart. Whether you need to restock the groceries in your refrigerator or you’re looking for the latest electronic gadget for a child’s birthday, you’ll find it all here. This popular supercenter is located just moments from Arbors at Arundel Preserve, making it a very convenient place to stop after work or on your way home. What's more, the store is open from 6 a.m. to midnight daily!
You’ll find a full grocery section filled with your favorite snacks, fresh produce, and even a deli counter offering meats and cheeses at affordable prices. In the home goods section, customers can take advantage of great deals on bed linens, furniture, and electronics, while the health and wellness department offers vitamins and medicines for any ailment. Walmart even contains a pharmacy and vision center to help you run all of your errands in one place.


text: "Official and free to download, the Premier League's app (PL) is your definitive companion to the world’s most watched league. A new way to manage your Fantasy Premier League team, research 25 years’ of statistics and watch some of the greatest moments in the League’s history. This is Premier League. - Full management of your Fantasy Premier League team - Matchday Live for live blogging and updates on every Premier League fixture - Fixtures, Results & Tables for competitions including PL2, U18 and Champions League - Video highlights of some of the world’s best players in action - Premier League news and features from your favourite Club - Detailed statistics providing insight on key performers in each position - In-depth profiles on all players to have played for a Premier League Club - Profiles on every Club in the Premier League’s 25-year history PL is available free of charge for as long as you want it, with regular updates throughout each season. Plus push notifications are available for you to control the information you wish to be alerted to. --- Clubs to have featured in the Premier League’s 25-year history and reflected within the app are: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, AFC Bournemouth, Bradford City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Swindon Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Wimbledon, Wolverhampton Wanderers. ---"

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Is there a dirty bottom in Marlow?!
Perhaps not the most desirable address in Great Marlow Parish? A lost place name from the 1800's.
With no end in sight for the warm weather, three of our favourite high street shops have shared their favourite summer items.
Bored children? Head to the library!
There's no need to be stuck for something to occupy children over the summer holidays - Marlow Library have lined up plenty of activities.
Wycombe Council are rightfully proud to release this press release on winning the prestigious Green Flag Award.
Riley's park Holistic Mystic and Craft Fayre on 24th July... experienced more mystery than just what was going on inside the tents.
Fancy a swim in the Thames? On Saturday I was in the park to spectate at the first Marlow Big Swim, and then competed in the Marlow Triathlon on Sunday.
**Community Information** Doctors, Councils, Libraries, Clubs, Groups, churches… a wealth of Marlow community info!
**Leisure in Marlow** Leisure activities in Marlow – sports, clubs and events.
**Pubs in Marlow** Listing of pubs in Marlow.
**Restaurant Reviews** Listing of restaurants and cafes in Marlow.


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After much anticipation, Snapchat's parent company finally debuts on the stock market. It gets off to a fast start.
Snapchat is officially a public company.
Snapchat, the disappearing-photo app that's an all-consuming obsession for young people, is coming of age.
In one of the most anticipated tech IPOs in years, its parent company, Snap, went public Thursday morning, with a preopen share price set at $17.
That price didn't last long. Snap shares started trading just before 11:30 a.m. ET with an opening price of $24, a jump of 41 percent and a strong signal that investors are buying into the young company's promise. During the course of the day, the stock price came within a few cents of $26 before settling to close at $24.48, a first-day gain of 44 percent.
The co-founders, CEO Evan Spiegel and CTO Bobby Murphy, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, where the shares are trading under the ticker symbol SNAP.
Snap is hoping to raise more than $3 billion with its IPO, money it's going to use to do things like hire more employees or make acquisitions.
If you haven't been keeping up, Snap has been one of tech's unlikeliest success stories in years. Started by Spiegel, a 26-year-old Stanford University dropout, the app was once dismissed as a sexting app before finding massive adoption among teens and young adults.
Now the Los Angeles-based social network is emerging as one of the biggest threats to Facebook and Twitter. Its claim to fame: popularizing casual social networking. Since posts quickly disappear, people don't have to worry about their photos and videos being around or impressive enough to stand the test of time. What Snap has shown is that people can feel comfortable posting anything, from the mundane to amusing.
And young people love it. Nearly 70 percent of all 18- to 24-year-olds in the US use the app, according to ComScore. More than 150 million people use the service every day.
That's why Snap has drawn the ire and envy of Silicon Valley's biggest companies. Most notably, Facebook is trying to duplicate its product mojo, with a near-identical clone of Snapchat Stories, which lets people post strings of videos and photos that self-detonate after 24 hours.
Still, the company has its challenges. In its IPO filing released last month, Snap warned of slowing user growth. That explains why Spiegel is hoping to convince investors it's not merely a social media company, but instead a "camera company."
Snap has already released Spectacles, $130 sunglasses equipped with a camera to make it easy for people to post photos and videos to Snapchat. The company also reportedly has worked on a drone for photographing people from overhead.
"In the way that the flashing cursor became the starting point for most products on desktop computers, we believe that the camera screen will be the starting point for most products on smartphones," the company wrote in its IPO filing. "This means that we are willing to take risks in an attempt to create innovative and different camera products that are better able to reflect and improve our life experiences."
But even though Snap had a good first day on the market, that doesn't mean it's in the clear. Twitter, which went public in 2013, had a very successful debut on the stock market, with its shares popping 73 percent. Four years later, the company is struggling to get mainstream users beyond celebrities and media types and to make money off its products.
Facebook, on the other hand, had what many characterized as a disappointing first day on the market in 2012. Now, of course, it has almost 2 billion users and is a perennial Wall Street darling.
In a note to investors late Thursday, Aegis Capital listed a number of concerns about Snap's business, including the lack of an ecosystem, lack of a clear path toward profitability, the mix and targeting of ads, and "the ease by which ... Facebook has been replicating parts of Snapchat's product." It set a year-end target of $22 for Snap's shares.
Still, there's a positive in Snapchat's allure for young people. "We conducted extensive checks within the ad industry," Aegis' Victor Anthony wrote, "and find that marketers are enthusiastic about the prospects of creating ads to get in front of Snap's coveted demographic."
The thing to remember is that an IPO is just one day. Now that Snap is a public company, a new marathon begins.
"We built our business on creativity," Spiegel told the LA Times on Thursday after the shares started trading. "And we're going to have to go through an education process for the next five years to explain to people how our users and that creativity creates value."
First published March 2 at 6:55 a.m. PT.
Updated several times, most recently March 3 at 6:02 a.m. PT: On Thursday, added the opening share price for Snap shares and, later, the closing price for the day and analysis as well as more background information. On Friday, added comment from Aegis Capital.

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Animal Control and Rescue Center (ACRC) provides traps for the public. A $40 deposit is required, which is refundable when the trap is returned.
For dog traps please call the ACRC office at 225-774-7700 to have one delivered to you.
Animal traps are collected only on Monday through Thursday. Please do not set traps on weekends or holidays.

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You have $N$ objects, each with $M$ copies. How many ways are there to take exactly $K$ of them?
The first line of input contains three integers, $N$, $M$ and $K$ respectively, subjected to $1 \leq N, M, K \leq 10^5$.
Output the number of ways. As the number of ways could be large, output them modulo $10^6 + 7$.

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Mai food hooman pretty good?
This is Roy. She wants a capshun.
/back a little later, guise!
did someone say super-sized Caturday?
This is Jack. He likes the Sunday paper.
Mr. Thimbs was still pretty young here, but now he weighs about 50 lbs. It's because he steals cheese and liverwurst I think.
Unfortunately I can't view the Moscow Cat Theatre because I'm in Canada. I bet it's head-assplodingly cute though.
won't be around much this week cause i'm moving. had to send the kitties off to vacation at my mom's house for a few days. but muggsy is on my feet right now, hooray!
/I was busy uploading pics of Dragon's new cousins.
//and, yes, I said dagnabit. Get off my lawn, you utes!
leftteffticle: won't be around much this week cause i'm moving.
Are you part of the homeless hordes in downtown Madtown tonight? And is it tomorrow that's Hippie Christmas?
Anyone who was around late last Caturday knows I cut out early because I promised to help the ex take 2 kittehs to their new forever home. Their caretaker lost her house and was not allowed to have pets in her new place. So, the ex found a new home for them and asked me to help transport them as we have done previously for about 20 - 25 homeless (or soon to be) cats.
this is the neighborhood whore, Guinness, who haunts all the townhouses in the area, looking for food and treats (and petting) despite having a good home.


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Despite being almost 50% more expensive, the incidence of caesarean section births in the UK has grown from around 10% of all births to 28% of all births over the last 20 years. At the same time the share of new mothers who were born overseas has risen alongside the share of immigrants among health professionals.
The paper examines whether and, if so, how there may be a causal link between these trends. We set up a model of CS deliveries that demonstrates a potential role for immigration in the preference set of both new mothers and health professionals. We then take the model to a local area panel data set that has 20 years of time varying information on CS incidence and immigrant shares of new mothers and health professionals.


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Tony DiBenedetto (left) Rich Heruska (right). Photo by Megan Holmes.
Last year, Startup Week Tampa Bay brought in Gary Vaynerchuk, media mogul and best-selling author with 1.81 million Twitter followers at last count. He brought the hype, and thousands of people turned out to see him for an electrifying talk on the state of entrepreneurship. In fact, one of my very first pieces for the Catalyst was written that night. You can read my piece,The Evangelism of Gary Vee, here.
Thursday night, we heard from DiBenedetto, co-founder of Tribridge, the Tampa tech company that sold for nearly $160 million in 2017. DiBenedetto gave an unfettered and uncensored fireside chat on failure, persistence, and leading with great culture, at Armature Works in Tampa.
DiBenedetto cut straight into the start of his entrepreneurial journey, the story of his first entrepreneurial endeavor and failure – A Taste of New York – in the early ’90s. At 24, DiBenedetto was a young IT/tech consultant at Arthur Andersen living in Tampa. He was hungry for opportunity – and pizza from his native city of Brooklyn, New York.
“We were going through the George H.W. Bush recession, so of course my smart idea in a recession was to go into retail,” laughed DiBenedetto. With zero retail knowledge and even less experience in the kitchen, DiBenedetto came away with a few important takeaways. He lost about $50,000 (twice his yearly salary at the time), learned how to make pizza and bagels, and vowed never to invest in retail again.
His ‘Come to Jesus Moment,’ he says, was when he was an “Arthur Andersen consultant, tech consultant by day and delivering pizza by night.” A run-in with a client helped him realize that he wasn’t quite living the life he wanted.
“But from an entrepreneurial perspective, I don’t think it phased me at all,” he mused. “I just thought, ‘Man I’m never doing this again.’ But I was walking away with a lot of value. Not green value, but a lot of other colors. Vomit and everything else,” he laughed.
That sense of “dumb confidence” has gotten DiBenedetto through good times and bad – even a particularly spotty childhood. DiBenedetto was born in Brooklyn during a period of pervasive drug use in New York City. His mother was a heroin user for much of her life, his father absent. He was raised by his grandparents from the time he was a year old until his grandmother’s traumatic death when he was 12.
After bouncing around from house to house for two years, DiBenedetto began supporting himself at 14, using fake identification and a pseudonym (Tony Russo) to begin working as an adult.
That persistence, dumb confidence, or short memory – whatever you’d like to call it – is part of what makes a good entrepreneur, DiBenedetto said. The important thing is knowing which voices to listen to.
Tom Wallace, now the managing partner of Florida Funders, was one of the right voices for DiBenedetto. When Tribridge was not yet a twinkle in the eyes of the three co-founders, they pitched Wallace on a CRM platform similar to what Salesforce would later become.
While he declined their $3 million pitch, he told them – three young Arthur Andersen consultants at the time – to stick with what they knew (IT) and let customers dictate the need for a CRM later. He believed in them so much, he wrote a check on the spot for $300,000. They listened.
“We left that day feeling on top of the world,” DiBenedetto recalled. “Tom literally pushed us off the ledge and we built the business plan for Tribridge after that.
Tribridge has long been celebrated for its exceptional culture, but it is probably best known for its $160 million sale to DXC Technology, a multi-billion dollar IT services company, in 2017. That sale made Tribridge an undeniable Tampa Bay success story, and brought DiBenedetto to further prominence as a tech influencer. DiBenedetto acknowledged that he’s often credited with the company’s success, despite co-founding the company with fellow entrepreneurs Brian Deming and Mike Herdegen.
The fully-fledged story of DiBenedetto, unfiltered and nonegoic, comes at a time when Tampa Bay’s tech ecosystem is taking off: more capital is coming in than ever before, and second and third generation entrepreneurs are building companies throughout the region. Self-described as both straight-talking and verbose, DiBenedetto could be the influencer Tampa Bay needs to build and tell our own story.


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“I’ve been working here for ten years, I know my job!” How many times have you heard something like that? A few times I would hazard a guess. I have, facilitating training over the years I’ve heard it a lot. It usually means “Don’t tell me how to do my job”. Or, “You can’t teach me anything”. Sadly it cannot be further from the truth, people who have worked in one place over a number of years, unless they have had access to other experiences and a solid CPD, will have become too comfortable in their habits, too used to local ways of doing things and undertaking ‘short-cuts’. There core skills recycled year on year.
Do I sound cynical? Perhaps, but I’ve taken over units, departments as the ‘New Guy’ and heard things like “He’ll soon get used to us” and”We’ll train him”. That is besides the “I’ve worked here for years” comments. So perhaps I’m a realist.
A skilled and competent workforce is needed! A workforce that think they are skilled and competent because of the time they have served is not.
A workforce should be continuously developing, building on their core skills, but gaining adjunct skills to broaden their competency base and enhance the level of the care they provide.
Train for Care offers Organisations support in embedding CPD into their culture. We offer workshops, coaching and mentorship to enable that process to happen.
So why not get in touch and see how we can help.

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-SCDMV Road/Skills Test administered by Trussell Driving School - we are certified third party testers for the SCDMV.
*This is the SCDMV minimum required course.
*This package does NOT include the SCDMV road test. Student/parent would be responsible for scheduling and testing at the SCDMV. Chose Basic Plus Package if you would like us to administer the road test.
Our mission is to provide exceptional education in the techniques that will keep you safe and secure in any and every possible driving situation.


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STOCK FARM CONSTRUCTION LLC is a business entity registered in the state of New York under the legal form of DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. It can be found in the register by the DOS ID 5476401. The company was established and set into the register at 16th January 2019 and its current status is ACTIVE. Company´s jurisdiction is in the state of NEW YORK in county WARREN. Process address of this entity is at POST OFFICE BOX 40, CHESTERTOWN, 12817, NEW YORK.
NEW YORK GIRIGA FOUNDATION, INC.
TRINCHESE & PARADISO CONSTRUCTION & LANDSCAPING CORP.
HAD ASSOCIATES OF N.Y. INC.
TWO BY TWO PRODUCTIONS INC.
NSF TIOGA SITE 1 INC.
1886 COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY, INC.
LIVING WATER COUNSELING MINISTRIES, INC.
RALPH E. SMITH MEDIA & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.
I & H VARIETY INC.
2137 DEER PARK AVE. CORP.
CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC.
BRYAN GALLAGHER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC.
OFFICINA RETAIL FASHION USA, INC.
MAXIMA REALTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY INC.
BUSY BEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
CARSTEN STEENBERG & ASSOCIATES, INC.
NY 5 BORO CAR SERVICE, INC.
ASOCIACION DE VILLASINDEROS AUSENTES Y SERVICIOS COMUNITARIOS, INC.
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When Lisa got in touch and asked if I would do Lifestyle Newborn Photography including her two dogs, my answer was a very big yes!
I LOVE dogs and so am always happy to include them in any lifestyle shoot.
When you first find out you're pregnant it feels like you have all the time in the world. You're careful not to start buying things too early (you know, apart from that little outfit that you just couldn't leave behind) and you wait longingly for each scan to see that little face one more time and the reassurance that everything is a-ok.


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When will CUI markings and practices take effect?
may begin to receive information marked as CUI before your own agency begins implementing the Program.
What do I do if I receive marked CUI and my agency has not yet implemented the program?
Follow your agency’s guidance in how to handle such marked information.
Why do we need to mark our information?
Markings allow recipients to tell at a glance that they have something that requires protection. Not marking CUI would result in failure to adequately identify unclassified information requiring control, or lead to unauthorized disclosure and improper handling. The results could subject employees, contractors, partners, and other recipients of CUI to an increased likelihood of sanctions for mishandling information that laws, Federal regulations, and Government-wide policies require them to handle as CUI.
What is always required when marking CUI?
The CUI banner markings and designation indicators are required when marking CUI.
When do agencies use a category/subcategory in the marking?
Category markings are mandatory in the case of CUI Specified; and used for CUI Basic when required by agency policy (encouraged). Category markings are approved by the CUI EA and are associated with the categories and subcategories listed in the CUI Registry.
What is a designation indicator and what are the best ways to display it on a document?
A designation indicator is a required marking that must be included on the first page (or cover page) of a document to inform the holder of the information of what agency created that information. It must indicate what agency created the information, but may include more information as well, like the office, address, email, or phone number.
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What if a law, Federal regulation, or Government-wide policy requires a specific indicator?
For some CUI Specified, there may be required indicators prescribed by law, Federal regulation, or Government-wide policy. These indicators must not be included in the CUI banner or portion markings, but must appear in a manner readily apparent to authorized personnel and consistent with the requirements of the relevant law, Federal regulation, or Government-wide policy.
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What do I do if I receive CUI in an unclassified environment that is portion marked and I need to reuse some of the information in a new document?
Your agency will provide guidance on whether you can use CUI portion markings. Agencies are permitted and encouraged to portion mark all CUI to facilitate information sharing and proper handling.
What does the “(U)” portion marking mean?
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What are Limited Dissemination Control markings?
Agencies may place additional limits on disseminating CUI only through the use of the limited dissemination controls approved by the CUI Executive Agent and published in the CUI Registry. These limited dissemination controls are separate from any controls that a CUI Specified law, Federal regulation, or Government-wide policy requires or permits. Follow your agency’s guidance on the application of limited dissemination controls and corresponding markings.
Does marking information as CUI preclude the information from being reviewed and potentially released if it is requested under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or otherwise considered for public release?
Have any federal agencies implemented the new CUI Program yet? When they do, will a link to their respective policy document be included on the CUI Registry? Will a blog post be made when each federal agency comes out with their new CUI policy and implementation?
The CUI Program will be implemented in phases within Executive branch agencies and as of today there are no agencies that have fully implemented the program. By phases I mean that agencies must first issue a policy that adapts existing practices to those of the CUI Program. Once policy is established, agencies can begin to train the workforce, adapt physical safeguards, and system configurations to align to these standards. There are no plans to provide links to agency implementing policy from the CUI Registry. Some agencies are planning to post their policies to a public facing website. There are no plans to post to the blog when agencies issue their policies but we will be addressing the progress of agencies to implement the program during our regular updates to stakeholders (next is scheduled for Feb 15, 2018, 1-3 EDT).

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The CELLSEARCH® Circulation Tumor Cell Kit is intended for the enumeration of circulating tumor cells (CTC) of epithelial origin (CD45-, EpCAM+, and cytokeratins 8, 18+, and/or 19+) in whole blood.
The presence of CTC in the peripheral blood, as detected by the CELLSEARCH® CTC Test, is associated with decreased progression free survival and decreased overall survival in patients treated for metastatic breast, colorectal, or prostate* cancer. The test is to be used as an aid in the monitoring of patients with metastatic breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer. Serial CTC testing should be used in conjunction with other clinical methods for monitoring metastatic breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer. Evaluation of CTC at any time during the course of disease allows assessment of patient prognosis and is predictive of progression free survival and overall survival.
CELLSEARCH® CTC Test results should be used in conjunction with all clinical information derived from diagnostic tests (eg, imaging, laboratory tests), physical examination, and complete medical history, in accordance with appropriate management procedures.


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I get bike started and ride home about ten minutes. Park. Next day go to start bike. No power. Smh look down and notice my harness from ignition and start stop switch are melted and grounded out... uh o... well it’s early spring and I had just put new tires on and recovered my saddle.... so I’m thinking I’ll band aid this and just re solder ... pull everything off start soldering then decide, maybe cheap is not the way to go... So I order an aftermarket ignition (still being cheap... fu*%&$) And put it and a used switch back on.
1.What might I have f’d up either by using a boost box to jump?
3. Other than main fuse any other fuses or electrical components I should test first?
Thanks for any insight. Much appreciated!
What is the state of your Battery? Remove the battery charge it (if possible) and have it load tested, it may have developed an internal short.
Is your bikes wiring stock standard?
Have you confirmed that both A and B 30amp fuses are OK? These should have blown to protect the wiring of your ignition switch etc.
Do you have the Service Manual? It can be downloaded from the home page.
Unplug your Alternator output lead from the R/R (3 yellow wires) make sure there are NO short to ground. Your R/R may also be in a sorry state!
Your initial connection of the "Jump Box" was that correct polarity???? You may have cooked your charging system.
Good Luck - Sounds like you're going to need some!
Thanks I really appreciate your input, yes I’m hoping for best but preparing for worst... This helps me with things to check... I’ll post when I get it sorted.
I’m pretty sure the massive amperage output of the jump box toasted your wire harness. The wire to the ignition switch is not fuse-protected and always hot, from the battery. When you turn the key on, that triggers a relay, which powers up the fuse block and the rest of the bike, which are all fuse-protected. Your best bet is to pull the entire harness out of the bike and completely strip it, to assess damage. With any luck, it won’t have melted a bunch of wires together and you can simply repair what you need to. Worst case is you have to find a complete harness and swap it in.
Keep in mind, the battery in your bike is less than 200CCA. A vehicle can require upwards of 700CCA. If that jumper box can overcome the dead battery in something that can require three times the cranking amps of your bike and can still start that vehicle, you shouldn’t use it.
I’ve completely stripped my harness, due to previous stator and R/R issues. It’s not that bad, once you get it out of the bike.
Sorry Ducnut, I beg to differ.
We are talking about a 2002 6gen.
The circuit diagram I have shows No such relay controlled by the Ignition Switch to power the fuse box! The Ignition Switch supplies power directly to the Fuse Box.
The main RED wire to the Ignition Switch is most definitely protected by Main Fuse A 30amp.
All electrical wiring services from the battery are at least protected by 30a fuses A and B. And the sub fuses.
Provided there are No unprotected wiring shorts then adding a 12v Boost battery in parrellel should not cause an issue in starting the bike. 12v is 12v, current draw is set by the resistance of all the loads.
Absolutely correct. There is no way to cram more current through a circuit without changing the voltage applied or resistance of the circuit. CCA is just a measure of current capability, not the amount of current that is delivered. It wasn't a 24V jump box, was it?
The problem here sounds like a resistive short (like corrosion bridging two terminals) in the ignition switch. The ignition switch is protected by a 30A fuse, however you can do a lot of damage before that fuse blows. Imagine if you have 20A flowing through the ignition switch through a ~1.5 ohm load on a 14V circuit for hours. The ignition switch is not designed to dissipate that kind of power and would predictably melt.
Agree with you MadScientist. This is a very unusual situation described by the OP and I'm suspicious of possibly non standard wiring. A protective fuse should have blown in his situation before melting wires if the wiring is stock standard.
A lot of people believe that fuses are there to protect the devices, this is not correct, fuses are there to protect the wiring. More details have been requested but no answer as yet, doesn't help in trying to diagnose his issue!!

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Drapery Design - Start Your Summer with Sunbrella!!
Summer is officially here and we could not be happier! If you’re getting ready to relax poolside or spendsome time down the shore, the last thing you want to worry about is scrubbing up spilled ice cream stains on your furniture or damaging mildew! Luckily, there is a perfect solution…Sunbrella fabrics! Sunbrella is durable, water resistant, and easy to clean. Best of all, it comes in gorgeous colors and patterns so you won’t have to compromise on style; it even is available in sheer!
1. Water Resistant: Looking to spend time poolside in style? Because Sunbrella is water resistant, one of its best uses is by the pool or on your boat!
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In the new buying paradigm in the small- and medium-sized business space, customers are looking for an out-of-the-box, ready-to-use ERP solution with few customizations. They are even willing to adjust their needs to accommodate the solution from the ERP vendor. In return, they expect low start-up and maintenance costs. In other words, customers are not looking for a complex solution (like a Ferrari); instead, they want a solution with the best ROI (like an economy class car). For these customers, less is more.
Have you looked at the certification requirements for Microsoft Dynamics and already feel lost about where to start? It was daunting for us as well when we got our first CfMD request in 2012. Since then we’ve learned the ins and outs of the program and would like to share some key takeaways with you – our partners.
In this article, I’ll review 6 key certification requirements and highlight the main things you should know before starting your solution certification process.
Microsoft has announced a powerful promotion: The more you integrate your NAV SaaS customers with Microsoft Azure and Office 365, the less you pay for Microsoft Dynamics NAV licenses. It is a nice addition to the overall NAV on Azure in O365 offering that will help Partners to add new customers that are looking for Cloud or subscription-based ERP.
In this post, you will learn what Cloud ERP means for Customers, why we as Microsoft Partners have more chances to win new customers compared with other Cloud players and how we need to align our offerings to tell a compelling Cloud story.
If you are selling Dynamics NAV on Microsoft Azure, you might already have considered optimizing your website for relevant keywords.
I took a short look at the most searched terms related with the topic “Dynamics NAV on Microsoft Azure”, and not surprisingly, I found that there is some volume of related searches. Taking a look at the competition level for these keywords, it’s obvious that some businesses already use these search term in their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices.
Webinar: Is Dynamics NAV on Microsoft Azure secure?
The primary fear your customers face when moving their Dynamics NAV solutions to Microsoft Azure is losing data or losing access to data in the cloud. "Is Microsoft Azure a safe and secure option for our business systems?" is probably the #1 Question developers are asked today by their management. We hosted webinar "Is Dynamics NAV on Microsoft Azure Secure?" where partners discussed the security of Microsoft Azure with Dynamics NAV Technical Evangelist from Microsoft, Freddy Kristiansen and Giedrius Kakanauskas, NAV Cloud Consultant at 1ClickFactory. Watch the video!
In the previous blog post, I shared how to speed up your Classic to RDLC reports transformation by using the FREE Express version of 1ClickFactory’s Classic to RDLC report transformation tool. In this post I will use the same example, show how you can easily create a word layout from RDLC, also how to get a report with both RDLC and Word layouts.
Rebuilding Classic reports in the RDLC is both a costly and time consuming task for Dynamics NAV Partners. To help Partners overcome this challenge, we at 1ClickFactory have created the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Classic report to RDLC transformation tool that speeds up transformation and enables Partners to meet project deadlines.
Are you one of the many Dynamics Partners finally embracing going to the cloud – but that cloud is raining on your revenue and productivity parade? You have more questions than answers, more new acronyms to learn and you feel like you are working 40 hours to make $5 in profit – what was Microsoft thinking?!?
Whether Dynamics NAV solution you’re selling will run on Microsoft Azure or in the customer’s datacenter, you should think about doing the proof of concept on Microsoft Azure. Keep in mind, there are specific characteristics that make some custom development projects an especially good fit for Microsoft Azure.
With over 300 million members on LinkedIn, this is a growing network you cannot ignore. It is a powerful platform for all professionals, but particularly sales professionals. Here are a few tips how you can use LinkedIn to build business – connect to the decision makers, build your personal brand and encourage your customers to connect with you.


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Joya de Nicaragua is famously known as the first and oldest premium cigar manufacturer in Nicaragua. The brand was introduced in 1968, only six years after President Kennedy signed a trade embargo that banned the sale of Cuban cigars in the U.S. Joya capitalized on this and quickly became one of the most popular choices among connoisseurs — the cigars even became an official selection at White House events throughout the ‘70s.
After Nicaraguan civil war throughout the ‘80s, Joya began rebuilding the company and, eventually, their iconic factory in Estelí. This included the rehiring of many of Joya’s original factory workers and torcedores; some of whom would contribute to a nostalgic project in 2000, aimed to recapture the glory days of Joya de Nicaragua. Joya’s team of five original cigar rollers worked to recreate the original Joya blend for two years (and thousands of blend experiments) before striking gold. The final blend was dubbed “Antaño 1970,” meaning “Yesteryear” in Spanish.
Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 made waves when the cigar first hit the market; few smokers had ever experienced a cigar with such fullness in every dimension of the profile (flavor, strength, body). The blend would embody the quintessential Nicaraguan experience, using all-Nicaraguan tobaccos to capture the raw power of Nicaragua’s soil, while not sacrificing a deep complexity from the puro blend. Antaño 1970 tops the Nicaraguan fillers with a gorgeous, oily, Nicaraguan Habano Criollo wrapper, offering a true Nicaraguan experience, loaded with powerful flavors of earth, red and black pepper spice, dried stone fruits, leather, and molasses.

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Supported by the Lynch Foundation, this three-way collaboration between BCCS, the Jeremiah Burke High School, and Cristo Rey Boston High School aims to prepare teams of teachers for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In the 2012-2013 school year, teachers of ninth grade English Language Arts and Math worked together to create Common Core-aligned assessments, administer them to students, and come together to review student work. In the 2013-2014 school year, this work has been expanded to include teachers of Physics and Global Studies.
One of seven projects funded nationwide by the United States Department of Education, this project deepens the work between BCCS and the Jeremiah Burke High School. While One Dorchester (link back to one Dorchester write up) looks ahead to the Common Core State Standards, this grant supports work in the here and now, aimed at raising the MCAS scores of the Jeremiah Burke through teacher-to-teacher collaboration and support for data-driven instruction. BCCS and Burke teachers work together to administer assessments, group students for remediation, and leverage technology for tutoring support. The project’s aspiration is to increase the MCAS scores in 10th grade English Language Arts and Math by a minimum of 10 points each. Another portion of the project is to intensify BCCS’ dissemination work through codifying and making available online the “100 1% Solutions” of Boston Collegiate.
In Spring 2013, Lawrence Public Schools (LPS) reached out to BCCS regarding support for middle school math teachers. The district recognized that Lawrence teachers needed support developing cohesive curricula that respond to student needs while also moving towards Common Core alignment. BCCS and LPS have developed a three-stage project to meet this need. In Phase I, two BCCS teachers are working to post curriculum online so that LPS teachers have access to their materials. In addition, the BCCS Math Coach is reviewing the curriculum and giving targeted feedback to ensure product quality. In Phase II, the BCCS Math Coach will facilitate professional development opportunities to help LPS Math Coaches implement the newly-designed curricula. In Phase III, BCCS will partner with LPS to craft the math planning meetings (approximately 12) throughout the year. Video from BCCS math teachers, including planning and instructional strategies, will be used. The focus of these meetings will be on understanding the connection between standards and lesson design.
This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to use the story of BCCS and their transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), with all of its opportunities and challenges, and provide access to that story to 8,000 teachers nationwide through The Achievement Network (ANet). The vision is to leverage ANet’s national network by capturing the story of one school—BCCS—and its transition to the CCSS, and sharing it widely through the ANet channels that can reach 8,000 teachers. BCCS and ANet plan to build out the content on ANet’s online portal to include teacher testimonials, case studies, and planning documents, among other content. The focus will be on five BCCS teachers, called Transition Fellows, in grades five through eight.


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This is part two of my series on locus of control. In my introductory post, I introduced the idea of locus of control and the behavioral patterns of people who exhibit both an external and internal locus of control. In this post, I’m going to discuss the biological basis of your need for control and it’s impact on your motivation.
“[c]onverging evidence from animal research, clinical studies and neuroimaging suggests that the need for control is a biological imperative for survival”.
In one study, infants were trained on a simple task that involved moving their arm in a certain way, which resulted in an image of a happy baby being displayed on a screen for three seconds, with accompanying music. The researchers describe this pattern as “contingency” training, in that the desired outcome (i.e. displaying the pleasant image) is contingent upon a specific action performed by the child.
Once the infants learned this action-outcome pattern, they were able to generate the pleasant images and music at will. After this initial training, the study then transitioned to what they called a “frustration period”. During this phase, the screen responded in one of three ways to the movement of the child’s arm.
They did not receive the pleasant image or music at all.
The image and music would only appear every third time they moved their arm.
They still received the image and music at the frequency they were accustomed to, but its appearance was no longer controlled by the action of the child.
In another study, children between 7 and 15 months of age displayed active resistance to attempts at removing choice or taking control away from them once they had developed a skill, e.g. feeding themselves. This result is not surprising to anyone who has spent time with babies and toddlers, whether you’re a parent or not.
Young children are constantly exploring their environments and trying new things. That’s how they master new skills and develop their mental model of the world. Any attempt to do something for them that they are capable of doing themselves is viewed as an infringement on their nascent self image; that of a separate being who is capable of mastering increasingly complex tasks and exerting increasing control over their environment.
This behavior of young children is really an illustration of both autonomy and locus of control, as they not only get to choose their actions but they learn that those actions can influence the outcomes they experience in the world around them. This need for control, coupled with active resistance to anything that tries to take it away from them, further reinforces the idea that our need for control is an inherent psychological need that humans are born with.
Your psychological and biological need for control is, like many other instinctive behaviors, a self-preservation mechanism. If you feel like the world is unpredictable and that nothing you do has any effect on the outcomes you experience, it can be very stressful. Think back to a time where you were in a location or environment that was extremely unfamiliar to you. It was at least a little uncomfortable, wasn’t it?
In those situations, your brain has to be on high alert all the time. Since everything is new, it has to constantly work to piece together clues in an attempt to extract meaning from the information it’s receiving. And since nothing is predictable, it never knows when it may need to respond to some kind of threat. Your brain is hardwired with many instinctive behaviors whose only purpose is to ensure your survival. Considering the challenge of that task in a complex and dangerous world, it’s understandable why your brain craves situations that are within your control.
In the next post in this series, I’ll be discussing the effect that your perception of control over your life has on your psychology and even your physiology. Be sure to check it out.


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As the airline industry continues to consolidate, it has become apparent that today’s model for contracting up-front corporate discounts will change. Airlines’ increasing load factors and companies’ lowest-logical-airfare policies create awkward conversations during quarterly review sessions. In this model, the airlines assume all the up-front risks, hoping to grow market share, and they cannibalize business they likely would have received without a corporate program. On the back end, airlines have invested heavily in scores of analysts and IT to administer the programs.
It’s a common misconception that airlines need higher load factors. In reality, they can’t carry more people. Using a 100-seat aircraft as an example, the airline wants the 100 people willing to pay the most for each flight. They can’t carry the 101st person. Meanwhile, a fragmented buying channel could enter the picture as supplier-direct models mature. If and when corporate travel buyers embrace those models, they’ll bypass current channels like ARC and Prism, making today’s model even riskier.
A corporate account would prepay a guaranteed amount of travel to be used over a specific period of time. The airline would increase the available credit by the corporate’s cost of capital in lieu of receiving the bulk payment up front.
Pros: It’s a win-win—for the corporate account and airline partner. Bulk-buy programs would eliminate mar-ketshare agreements and thus performance conversations.
Resources could be freed up on the airline side, as the need to manage programs would diminish.
Cons: Funding the program would be a challenge for the corporation, as would managing the cost center or cost allocations internally, including refunds and credits. There most likely would be a “use it or lose it” clause, which could introduce other awkward conversations or stress the partnership.
It’s a no-risk option that’s based on tiers. The airline would rebate the corporate account based on spend, making it a pay-for-performance model. It would compensate for high-load factor issues, whereas today’s model expects corporates to deliver the same market share even if no seats are available.
Pros: All revenue could be accounted for with the improved data from card issuers. As Level 3 data becomes more prevalent, airlines and corporate accounts would have visibility into line-item detail like checked bags and purchases of on-board meals, premium seats, club passes and other ancillary revenue. High-yield corporate customers would benefit by design, as the payout tiers would be richer as the revenue increased.
Cons: Corporates would lose the ability to compare fares at the point of sale and would have to allocate or distribute the rebate check.
Variations of these basic models could arise, too. Soft-dollar tools, waivers or other “rule breaker” options could provide incentives for “focus markets.” Underperforming accounts would receive no payout and the airlines would capture 100 percent of the fare, which could fund a richer program for corporates without incremental cost or dilution for the airlines. The perfect framework may not be clear, but the current model is not sustainable, especially as richer data and new technologies converge. Models like these are portable and apply to small, medium and large corporations, which creates efficiency in program management and produces a winning outcome for all stakeholders.
Duane Goucher is director of enterprise travel, entertainment and expense for Allstate Insurance Co. and participated in The Future of Business Travel Buying think tank at The BTN Group’s recent Innovate conference. This column is based on the task force’s work.

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Peter Alan Thum is an American social entrepreneur, business executive, and humanitarian. He is the founder of the social venture Ethos Water and the non-profit organization Giving Water.
Thum had the idea for Ethos Water in 2001 while working for McKinsey & Company on a project in South Africa where he saw water issues firsthand. Thum led Ethos as President through its acquisition by Starbucks in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he managed Ethos and other businesses as a vice president of Starbucks and guided its philanthropy as a Director of the Starbucks Foundation.
Starbucks donates US$0.05 per bottle sold to the Ethos Water mission. To date, Ethos Water has generated more than $6.2 million for water programs around the world, helping more than 420,000 people get access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.
Thum’s current venture is called Fonderie 47, which buys up AK-47s in Africa, smelts the metal down to make jewelry.
Peter Thum: We think of water being available, as being free, as being a human right. And yet at the same time, we abuse the availability of water.
I think it’s going to become a significantly greater problem than most of the other problems that we have. And the levels at which we consume water and the levels at which we consume energy aren’t sustainable. If you stretch American behavior over the entire global population, and so we will collectively have to change.
I was working for McKenzie in 2000. And I got an assignment to go work on a post-merger project in South Africa and I saw lots of different problems and met people both from other countries doing development work there as well as people from South Africa.
There was a time when I was driving down a road in South Africa where I distinctly remember driving past this woman on a dusty road and she was carrying a large pot of water on her head. And it was clear to me that she was very far away from wherever she had come from and from wherever she was going. And I think that was the moment where I thought something has to change so that people’s lives aren’t like this anymore.
And not long after I got back from Africa, I was assigned to a project to work for a company that produced soda, bottled water. And I was looking specifically at a few product categories and I was looking at bottled water and I realized that much of the consumption of bottled water and the use of brands was about people looking for emotional benefits. And so I thought, there might be a way to create a brand that effectively would be a funding and communications platform. And that became Ethos, which ultimately was bought by Starbucks.
After we were acquired by Starbucks, when we went from giving away hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of dollars to scaling the business and giving away a million dollars. And now, probably something like 100 million people in the U.S. and Canada have bought Ethos and it’s generated several million dollars worth of funding to give water to about half a million people around the world.
In creating Ethos, the whole premise was we’ll use consumer behavior to tackle a social issue. At the same time, the people who you would think would naturally be excited about the mission that we were pursuing, providing water to people around the world are also very concerned about the environment.
I think the number one concern that people have and the thing that people harp on about Ethos Water is that it participates in an industry that is ultimately not necessary and in which creates a lot of waste materials.
But I think a bigger issue is our reliance on plastics, which are ultimately derived from petroleum. And it’s in everything that we use. It’s part of almost everything that we produce, every industry that we operate. So I think we aren’t the only people who face these kinds of dichotomies, and in fact, most industries will have to reconsider not only how they are gong to make money, but how are they going to make money in a world where things like newspapers and bottled water are going away.
I think a good analogy for Ethos Water is the Prius, which basically doesn’t solve any problems, but it takes advantage of an imperfect technology and it takes a step in the right direction. It’s economically viable at scale, and it moves people emotionally and intellectually in a direction where the competition then sees an opportunity to beat the Prius, whether it’s the Volt of some other product. And then you have an entirely new market even though the first step, whether it’s Ethos or the Prius arguably are not perfect. And so you see these early adopters, people who… a small percentage of the population who start buying things because they make a decision, because they tend the be the kinds of people who make decisions internally, that they want to have that thing because it makes sense to them. And then other people follow and then the competition follows and then you have a new market.
1 billion people in the world lack clean drinking water and over 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitation services. Peter Thum came up with the idea for Ethos Water in 2001 while working for McKinsey & Company on a project in South Africa where he saw water issues firsthand. Thum led Ethos as President through its acquisition by Starbucks in 2005.


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There is a first for everything. This year, for the first time, I’m going to announce some goals I have for 2009. Before this, if I set any goals for myself, I kept them to myself. This year, I think these goals are reasonably achievable and announcing them will give me more incentive to actually do them.
Ride at least 6000 miles: Last year I road 3000 miles. I started in late April and took a month or three off after that. This year, I can do better. I doubt you should expect more than 6000 in 2010, but anything is possible.
Lose another 20lbs: One year ago, I weighed myself at 212lbs. At my height, that is “obese” according to BMI. Before that I had been up to around 220lbs. I’m down around 190lbs now and hit a low of 180 this year. I’d like to lose another 15 to 20lbs and end up around 170. And while exercise, like all that cycling I’ve been doing, is healthy, I actually lost most of the weight before I began biking. My secret? The Hacker’s Diet. Essentially: your body is a machine that consumes calories and burns them off or stores them as fat. If you want to lose fat, consume fewer calories.
Start teaching my children to program: I wrote about this two years ago but never did it. Part of it was a lack of preparation and material on my part and a lack of interest on theirs. My son just turned 10 and has begun to show an interest in the work I do. My oldest daughter is almost 12 and should know some basics. And I should take some time out to focus on this sort of activity with them. I’ve been going over the problems on Project Euler and I think some of those problems are simple enough to start with. As an added bonus, they’ll learn some math concepts. I think I’ll set up Squeak on their laptops to teach them.
Go the whole year without buying a TV: My wife threw out the TV last month. It was probably inevitable anyway since we were completely analog and don’t even have basic cable — in February we would have been stuck with the DVDs we had sitting around. This doesn’t mean we’re without video entertainment — laptops and a DVD system in the minivan take care of that — but it does mean that no one is asking to turn on the TV or play the PlayStation. When she first threw out the TV, there wasn’t even any moaning from the kids. TV was nice to have, but no one needed it. My wife even said she felt less stressed without the TV around.
That seems like a good way to start off the new year. What are your goals?
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We started with the longest pause yet at the top of a #FutureChat session. Crickets.
As it turned out, humour was one of the most helpful aspects of our weekly chat on Friday (5th May). We were eventually joined by both Nicola Griffith and Kamila Shamsie, the key players in a new round of gender-balance concern in publishing and both clearly convivial, smiling chat companions. If some had feared glowering intolerance, they found none of it in#FutureChat.
Join us each Friday at 4:00 p.m. London (BST), 3:00 p.m. GMT, 5:00 p.m. Rome (CEST), 11:00 a.m. New York (ET), 10:00 a.m. Chicago (CT), 9:00 a.m. Denver (MT), 8:00 a.m. Los Angeles (PT), 5:00 a.m. Honolulu (HAST).
My colleague Sarah Shaffi has a selection of reactions at The Bookseller in Trade has mixed views on Shamsie’s Year of Publishing Women.
And in our chat, Shamsie certainly held her own, easily and good-naturedly. Her articulate proposal (for theWriters’ Centre Norwich for The National Conversation) of a year in which only women would be published — has caught the attention of the industry. Griffith, of course, had preceded Shamsie’s essay with her development of research indicating that books either about men or written from a male perspective win far more major literary awards than those about women or written from a female perspective.
If, say, you count the manuscripts submitted to your publishing imprint, what percentage are written about women and about men (and then the percentage of each that’s eventually acquired, then supported, then submitted to awards) and if someone else is counting what’s being submitted to a particular award (and long-listed, and short-listed, and chosen as a winner) we get a sharp and useful picture of what’s going on.
The positive effort, of course, is the focus on women. But many, as we very well know, will see it as a denial of our male colleagues and their place alongside the women of publishing. Will we be comfortable with this? As Shamsie so wisely asks, where will that leave us in 2019?… Do we honestly promote and celebrate the needs and genius of women in publishing by practising any form of reverse exclusivity against men? Is that who we want to be today? Or in 2018? Is that how we value and honour women?
Helpfully before #FutureChat opened, I’d heard from a great and smart friend who wanted to say that he has seen “positive discrimination” produce good results in certain instances. He couldn’t join us for #FutureChat but I take his input seriously. Not having had a chance to see an instance of positive discrimination work well, I can rely on my faith in this friend’s thinking to put some weight into that side of the argument. And the term positive discrimination is a good one to get well in mind as we go forward in our conversations about this. That is what Shamsie is talking about in what may not seem a fully practical suggestion but is obviously, as I said to her, undoubtedly a timely one — a nerve has been touched quite expertly here, and we owe her and Griffith our thanks.
I applaud Shamsie for making us think harder about how best to take affirmative action. But I cannot agree with a year of publishing only women. I believe the way forward is not by excluding, discriminating or preventing any group of people from publishing their work. When faced with a wall, you have more options than knocking it down. Scale it alone, make your own door, tunnel under or do what women do best. Lift each other up.
Of everything that has come out of the “Year of Publishing Women” discussion so far, what strikes me most forcefully is the question of where the challenge begins. Well, not quite where it begins: we know it begins with several millennia of inexcusable oppression of women by men. But I’m talking about a more actionable question about which mechanisms in place right now — quite possibly without conscious operation on anyone’s parts — keep re-upping old imbalances.

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The day started off early (4 AM) as we prepared to go wolfing. I definitely should have had caffeine this morning but did not and instead gorged myself on the delicious crumb cake that Peter made last night. As we left, I had high expectations for the morning and was not disappointed. While driving, a fox darted across the road and a grouse was spotted. Later, from quite a distance, Will spotted a grizzly bear. What amazing vision! I certainly would not have been able to spot it. While watching the grizzly bear we heard the howl of wolves somewhere in the distance. It was something quite special and I was not expecting it at all when I got up this morning.
After, we went out for breakfast, and I was able to get some caffeine, which was good, because I had been falling asleep in the front seat of the car. We then went to collect bulk samples and returned to the lab to sieve them. It was tiring work, but we gradually got better at it. CO2 levels were measured, and we started to measure denitrification.
Later, on our way to the Rusty Rail, we made a detour into the park and got to see big horned sheep at a close distance (spotted by Will again!). We even got to see them ram each other a couple of times. It amazes me how they are able to stand on sides of cliffs so steadily without falling. It looked like a couple of them slipped a little at some points, by they recovered themselves very gracefully. We then went to the Rusty Rail, played pool and returned to the lodge for some foodgasmic chorizos.

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text: Blushing Books author, Louise Taylor, is with me today. Not only does she share Spanking the Heiress, but she provides me with an author interview, which I’m happy to get to know her better. She has a new release too, Having Faith (The Ruttingdon Series Book 3). If you like Victorian era historical romance, you should check her out.


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Prof Neil Turok is the Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Neils Bohr Chair at the Perimeter Institute. He is also the founder of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences(AIMS). Previously, he was Professor of Physics at Princeton University and Chair of Mathematical Physics at the university. His research focuses on developing and testing fundamental theories of the cosmos.
Prof Neil Turok (PhD Imperial College London, 1983) is the Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Previously, he was Professor of Physics at Princeton University and Chair of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge before assuming his current position as Director of Perimeter Institute in 2008. In 2013 he was re-appointed for a second term and additionally awarded the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Niels Bohr Chair at the institute.
Turok’s research focuses on developing fundamental theories of cosmology and new observational tests. His predictions for the correlations of the polarization and temperature of the cosmic background radiation (CBR) and of the galaxy-CBR correlations induced by dark energy have been recently confirmed. With Stephen Hawking, he discovered instanton solutions describing the birth of inflationary universes. His work on open inflation forms the basis of the widely discussed multiverse paradigm. With Paul Steinhardt, he developed an alternative, cyclic model for cosmology, whose predictions are so far in agreement with all observational tests.
Among his many honours, Turok was awarded Sloan and Packard Fellowships and the James Clerk Maxwell medal of the Institute of Physics (UK). He is a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Fellow in cosmology and gravity and a Senior Fellow of Massey College in the University of Toronto.
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LAMPASAS — The Brownwood Lions opened their spring golf season with a fourth-place team finish at Monday's Badger Invitational, hosted by Lampasas High School.
The Lions fired a 335 composite score, led by the second-place performance from Jaryn Pruitt, who fired a 3-under par 69. Caden Reagan followed with a 76 trailed by Ben Kallman with an 87, Ian Harris with a 103 and Ceasar Rodriguez with a 110.
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In a nutshell: Don’t overlook the need for strong, distinctive and well-written mission and vision statements. They will guide daily operations and help you set a direction for the future.
Do you know where your business is headed? And how it’s going to get there?
Clear mission and vision statements will certainly help you focus on your core competency and achieve your goals. They should not be overlooked or considered an unnecessary marketing ploy.
Sometimes people use “mission” and “vision” statements interchangeably, and sometimes you’ll notice a company has one or the other. But they are two distinct statements that your company uses to guide you and your employees to meet your objectives as well as make consumers aware of what you do and how you do it.
A mission statement defines the business, its objectives and how you reach those objectives. And a vision statement is goal-oriented and describes the future position of the company. Here are some do’s and don’ts in creating your small business’ mission and vision statements.
Get input from stakeholders and customers. Asking advice in business is a good practice. Working smarter means seeking counsel from mentors, peers, employees, suppliers, vendors and customers. Survey them to see what they want you to do and how they would define success in that realm.
Keep it short. If your mission and vision statements have a clear focus, they don’t need to be multiple pages in length. According to Inc.’s “5 Tips for a Useful Mission Statement,” they should only be one to two sentences each. A step further: A well-written mission statement could double as your slogan. By keeping it concise, it not only makes it clear what you do but it’s more memorable externally.
Make sure it’s unique. You would think that if your mission statement describes the purpose of your business and your reason for starting, that it must be unique. But many small business owners are so worried about making their mission statement concise or really don’t know how to efficiently describe their business’ value proposition. If your first attempt doesn’t spell it out, ask clarifying questions with the goal of being more specific.
What image do you want to convey to the public?
Don’t set unachievable goals. When it comes to your vision statement, you want to aim for the stars. After all, this is supposed to describe your company’s desired future state. But be sure the aspiration is attainable. As a small business in a competitive space, you probably won’t be able to become the market leader within six months, for example – so don’t go there. It will only work against you in terms of motivating yourself and your employees to achieve the objectives you set forth.
Albertson’s mission: “To create a shopping experience that pleases our customers; a workplace that creates opportunities and a great working environment for our associates; and a business that achieves financial success.” If you’re not sure what Albertsons does (it is not mentioned it the mission statement), it sells groceries.
Avery Dennison’s vision: “To help make every brand more inspiring, and the world more intelligent.” Now, that’s a lofty goal for a company that makes labels.
Hershey’s (previous) mission: “Undisputed marketplace leadership.” Thankfully, the candy company has since updated its vague mission statement to be more specific.
Enron’s mission statement: “Respect, integrity, communication and excellence.” While it’s vague, that’s not even the major problem. The now-defunct energy company didn’t adhere to its mission statement, made evident during its accounting fraud scandal in 2001.