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I’ll be the first to admit when I first started my first business it was a disaster. However, over time I perfected my business growth strategy and I built a multi-million dollar business across India called BNI. The secret to a wildly profitable business is to treat your business as a whole system. Once I made this realization, my business became INSTANTLY profitable.
Customer centric companies have 2x higher average revenue vis-a-vis companies that are not according to a recent EY report. Welcome to first in a series of seven business growth pillars that can help your company scale up. So here are 5 ways to be a more customer centric company.
Let me share a personal story where I got very present to the need to be a customer centric company. I used to be in the rice business, over a decade back. We took part in an exhibition where we had an opportunity to interact with our end customers, and typically, those were housewives. Over three days we interacted with over 2,000 housewives. And we kept on asking them: “Why do you buy our rice? We got some surprising feedback.
90% of the housewives said that they loved our product because the rice was fat. Yes you read that correctly: FAT!
So we started to look into this deeper, and we looked at what did that mean for the rice to be fat? And we were able to identify that one cup of our raw rice was able to produce four cups of cooked rice.
We found out that the competitor’s rice was only able to produce two and a half cups of cooked rice. So our brand was delivering tremendous value. This is something that we had never even communicated to our customers. It’s our customers who were happy with the product, telling us this why they were buying our rice.
This new insight completely changed the way in which we marketed our product. We found a way to articulate the reason why customers bought our rice in our marketing and sales. We were able to grow our revenues by over 100% because of this new insight.
So let’s cover 5 simple ways in which your company can be more customer centric.
Proactively take feedback from your customers. And in this day and age, it’s so much easier. Use tools like Survey Monkey for online surveys.
Use every customer interaction to solicit feedback. For a customer centric company, feedback is the breakfast of champions.
Customer Relationship Management software helps you be more customer centric. Every time you have an interaction with either a prospect or an existing customer, always have it recorded. CRM software helps you manage this easily.
I personally use a free cloud based software called Hubspot. This software helps me track the interaction from a lead, qualify a prospect and then turn into a sale. This is a great way to track how many leads you have and the status on each.
Want to know how to persuade prospects and sell more? The power of influence is usually all that separates the successful from everyone else. These are some tactics, discovered through psychological research, that you have probably not yet heard about, but have the potential to increase your persuasive abilities. While many of you may be familiar with the concepts of persuasion by master influencer, Dr. Robert Cialdini in his book Influence, I’m going to cover 8 lesser known persuasion secrets to sell more.
Want to sell more? Talk with certainty and energy.
Don Moore from Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Behavioral Decision Research has published research showing that confidence even trumps past accuracy in earning the trust of others.
We prefer advice from a confident source. When people exhibit certainty and energy in their presentations are perceived to be more confident. Use body language which conveys certainty. Use a higher volume and pace in your speech. Both these convey greater certainty and energy.
People naturally associate confidence with expertise. Know your product, know the facts about its benefits and believe in what it does – true confidence becomes from knowing and believing what you’re saying. It’s essential that we communicate our confidence to others in order to persuade them.
If you want to persuade people to buy into your message, start with something they can agree with.
In a research study by Jing Xu and Robert Wyer established, there were lingering effects of messages people agree with.
So when you want to sell more, make statements or represent a world view your customers can agree with first – even if they have nothing to do with what you’re selling. I tend to use analogies and build agreement frames first. For example I might ask a series of three or four questions where the prospects answers will reaffirm a world view that they hold. After that I will introduce my product or service to them.
Repetition of words or a visual pattern not only causes it to be remembered (which is persuasive in itself), it also leads people to accept what is being repeated as being true.
Make sure you repeat key benefits or unique serving proposition in your sales copy, ad campaigns and presentations many times. Use friendly repetition to create familiarity and hence liking.
Growing your business requires you to develop products and services that clients want to buy. It is no use if you don’t have a market for your product or service. I share 2 powerful strategies to help you develop products or services that are designed to sell and grow your profits.
1. Know your existing clients – It is important to develop a close understanding of who buys from you and why they buy from you. I talked about this in detail in my blog why do customers buy from you really?
Develop a profile of your ideal client. Understand them in terms of psychographics and demographics. What are their pain points, aspirations, age, and gender? What sort of things would they say to others when they recommend your products or services? Make sure that your products are tweaked to more effectively meet the clients needs.
Be in regular touch with your clients to understand how things are changing in their business or life. This will give you clues and anticipate what sort of products to develop next.
Regularly review your Ideal Client Avatar to make sure that it reflects your current client base.
2. Use the product-market matrix – Once you have understood your clients well then use this product-market matrix to assess which markets or products to develop next to grow your business.
Who is your ideal client? Who is the market for your product or service. You can profile your target market in terms of both socio-economic data (such as age, income, gender etc.) and psychographic qualities (such as personality, values, lifestyle and attitudes).
Clarity about the kind of client you would like to serve allows you to say “NO” to others and help you streamline your services to dominate a niche.
What is the specific message you want to communicate to this target market. What is your Unique Serving Proposition (USP)? How do you and your company serve your target audience? How do you specifically add value for this target market.You have to find a way to communicate exactly how you are unique in serving your clients i.e. what customer problem do you understand deeply or what solution do you provide.


text: Marxer, Wilfried; Hornich, Patricia (2018): Country report on the European Pillar of Social Rights. Liechtenstein. Report for the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED).

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Being a Good Mentor. Does It Just Come Naturally?
Mentors have the potential to have a significant role in the careers and lives of their mentees,and I have certainly benefited greatly from being both a mentee and a mentor. But does everyone have the skills to be a good mentor? Are the key skills and attributes naturally found only in a select few, or can they be nurtured/developed in others?
When Built By Us (BBU) is working on the implementation of a mentoring programme with clients, the questions most asked are about the selection and preparation of mentors. In BBU’s view irrespective of whether prospective mentors are already exhibiting appropriate skills sets and attributes for the role, there is a huge amount of added value and understanding that can be gained by providing opportunities to learn.
While some people naturally have the skills and attributes needed for mentoring – being a good role model and an active listener, having a willingness to share etc. - it’s important to prepare mentors for the application of those skills in the context of this role.
There are a number of styles of mentorship, for example, traditional (1-1), Circle Mentoring, and Reverse Mentoring, to name a few. In addition, mentoring as a strategy can be used to tackle a number of different challenges, such as leadership development or support for youth or diversity.
The huge variety of mentoring programme styles can lead to some misunderstandings as to what mentoring is and it is often and easily confused with other forms of bespoke support such as coaching, befriending, counselling, teaching and advising.
Training offers potential mentors an opportunity to better understand the role with regard to expectations and outcomes, while ensuring consistency of approach for mentees. In this way, training has the potential to create multiplier effects for the participants and the programme overall.
It’s absolutely natural for mentors no matter what they achieved in their careers or their level of experience to be nervous about undertaking the role. New mentors, despite their enthusiasm, may feel that they have “little to share” or believe that their role is to know everything! Getting to grips with any anxieties and learning from more experienced mentors is key to growing the confidence to provide support to others.
Potential mentors may come to the role with very particular expectations of their mentees. They may have expectations about their background, perspective or behaviours. In addition, they may have already envisioned an ideal relationship dynamic. It is incredibly important that expectations are explored and where needed, challenged.
Mentoring relationships when they go well, can be powerful catalysts for change in a person’s life. It is worth investing time in preparing potential mentors for success, ensuring that they can contribute fully and confidently to their role.


text: If you’ve moved into a new apartment, have a really tiny bachelor pad/bedroom, or you’re simply running out of storage space for your clothing and other odds and ends, getting a bed that can double as a storage compartment is a clever idea. You could make it a DIY project, get custom built storage to add to your bed or purchase chic and trendy beds with storage online. Here are a few options to consider.

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In July of 2014, Australia repealed the carbon tax it had implemented only two years earlier . In 2013, after only 9 months of the carbon tax, Australian emissions from electricity generation fell by 5.4% and renewable electric generation spiked by 28%. Although the tax was successful in cutting emissions and spurring industry, it was repealed.
The tax was not 100% revenue neutral: Distribution of the carbon tax revenues were not fully transparent resulting in confusion and backlash among Australians. Instead of giving back all of the money evenly to households, the revenues were allocated to a raft of sustainability programs and to offset energy price increases among lower income families . Further complicating revenue dispersal, some of the money was given back to the very polluters being taxed as an assistance program to ease their transition into cleaner technologies .
The tax was not economy-wide: the tax was imposed selectively among 500 of the nation’s largest emitters rather than as an upstream, blanket fee to all carbon based fuels. For example, under the Australia tax, road transport fuel was exempt .
If there is a lesson to be learned here it is that ALL of the revenue from a carbon tax must be returned to households. Under the Australian carbon tax, some of the revenue was used to help residents cover rising energy costs. Had all the revenue been returned to households, the Australian carbon tax might have enjoyed more popular support.
We hope supporters of the carbon tax in Australia will regroup with a revenue-neutral fee. With the REMI study showing that such a fee will add jobs to the economy in the US, a truly revenue-neutral carbon fee could still be a win-win for Australia.
“Where Carbon is Taxed”. The Carbon Tax Center. Last updated: Jul 17, 2014.
Arup, Tom. “Carbon price working? Coal slumps, clean energy soars”. May 10, 2013. The Age.
“Coal-fired generation assistance”. Clean Energy Regulator – Carbon Pricing Mechanism.

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Snapforce builds quality software to solve business problems. Founded in 2013 to deliver a suite of online enterprise applications that together, can be used as your back office operating system.
Our Mission is to deliver best in class cloud computing software. While minimizing and eventually breaking down the complex barrier most businesses face when attempting to obtain their own business management solutions.
Snapforce is driving innovation while staying committed to small business and the simplicities they require to operate effectively.
We are a (Saas) Software as a service provider of enterprise cloud computing solutions. Our company was founded on a single idea of delivering businesses a way to deploy their own business management system, or CRM system via the internet. A lot of businesses are not aware how to go about building or purchasing their own company system, well that was what we were going to change. We introduced our first product as a basic CRM solution and we have expanded our line of offerings with new editions, and enhanced features, 99% of which is built “in house” through internal development and R&D.
We sell our line of applications to businesses of all sizes and cater to almost every industry worldwide on a subscription basis (Saas), primarily through our internal sales force and indirectly via our large number of affiliate partnerships.
I have been using Snapforce for several months now and I absolutely love it! I'm not sure why the complaint below me. It is incredibly easy to use, self explanatory, multi-functional, easily customized, and the customer service rep I've been dealing with, Michael Morris, has been fantastic.
My sales team uses snapforce to easily bid on future jobs, managing their opportunities and sending quotes to our network of contractors. My service reps manage the contact we have with our contractors after we sell the job. Snapforce makes my job simple by checking the stats on my dashboard, confirming all sales reps hit their quotas, and service reps close all tickets and complete all tasks.
I like the fact that it's easy to use and the tech support is awesome! I haven't discovered anything I dislike, yet. :) Everything is very simple to use and it does just what we need it to.
Do a demo with several different CRM companies. I did and found that SnapForce was definitely the way to go.

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X = Gather all X-Men: Nightcrawler, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, Storm. Then start the Phoenix Multi-ball mode.
M = Defeat the 4 Magneto Missions: Brooklynn Bridge, Pheonix In Peril, Capture Magneto, Magnetic Frenzy. Then start the Final Clash multi-ball mode.
E = Defeat the 3 Super Villians: Juggernaut, Mystique, The Blob. Then start the "Defeat the Sentinals" mode.
N = Upgrade 3 X-Men abilities: Cyclops, Colossus, Storm. Then start the Omega Mutant mode.
UNITE ramp: Hit this ramp 6 times (Once for each letter, and a final time to activate the mission) Afterwards, you will have a 10(?) second timer to hit one of the X-Men ramps. Whatever ramp you hit will collect that X-Man. Because this timer is short, I usually would try for the "difficult" X-men, and if time ran down go for the easy ones.
Cerebro Hurry Up: Hit the Storm ramp to send the ball to the Cerebro drain, this will fill the letters to "Xavier's Gift". Usually two hits can activate it, sometimes more are in order. Once activated, a hit up the Unite ramp with start the mission. The Cerebro mission will select a previously unobtained X-Man for you to collect. You have approximately 20(?) seconds to collect this X-Man. Note: When activating the Cerebro mission you reset the UNITE ramp back to zero, therefore, if you are close to activating the UNITE ramp, you may want to activate that collection method first, and then follow up with the Cerebro mission.
Bioscan Award: The Bioscan mission is activated by hitting the Colossus ramp 4 times, then hitting the Hidden Sink Hole. Due to the rarity of activating this mission, much less obtaining the award, I have no real advice on how to accomplish it. However, if you do activate the mission, and then hit the proper target, there is a chance you will automatically collect an X-Man. Another award is an Extra Ball, so this may be a worth an attempt (out of ALL of the times I played, I collected only 2 X-Men, and 1 Extra Ball).
"Gather The X-Men" Final Mode: Once all of the X-Men are lit up, hit the Unite ramp to start the Phoenix Multi-ball mode. Once this multi-ball mode is finished, the "X" will light.
Brooklynn Bridge: You will most likely activate this mission a lot more times than you need to. Start this mission by hitting the Cyclops ramp 4 times. You have 60 seconds to complete this mission. Once started, you first need to build an Ice Bridge by hitting the Iceman ramp 3 times. If you hit the Unite ramp, you will roll back one Iceman ramp hit, unless you have hit one of the Colossus bumpers first. Most other X-Man ramp hits will pause the countdown timer. After 3 Iceman ramp hits, a Unite Ramp hit will complete the mission.
Pheonix In Peril: Hitting the Jean Grey ramp 4 times will activate this. The ball in play is captured and another ball is launched. Use this second ball to free the first, thus activating a 2 ball multi-ball session. This is a standard theme for a few missions; first hit either the Iceman ramp or Unite ramp, then hit one of the Magneto targets. Once the final Magneto target is opened up, you can easily (relativly) activate the "Power Of Love" extra ball. Therefore, trapping both balls before you obtain the mission completion can help a great deal.
Capture Magneto: The most diffcult part of this mission is its activation. Hitting the Hidden Sinkhole is usually accomplished by a late flipper hit from the upper left hand flipper. Once the Hidden Sinkhole is hit twice you can attempt to Capture Magneto. First you use a skill shot to charge the ball with Cyclop's power. Next, you have to clear the three shields that Magneto has contructed across various ramps and loops. There are two countdowns for this mission, one for the amount of time the ball is charged, and another for the overall mission. If the ball runs out of power, hit the Iceman ramp to get another chance to charge the ball. Once activated, this mission is fairly easy to complete.
Magnetic Frenzy: This mission is activated by clearing the Magneto targets and shooting the ball into the Magneto sinkhole. When going for these targets, if you hit a target that has already been hit, Magneto will trap the ball and throw it in a random direction. Sometimes, this direction will look to be Straight Down The Middle (SDTM), but a correctly timed flipper action will save the ball. Once this mission is activated you have to hit the Iceman or Unite ramp and then hit the Magneto targets. On the upside, this mission will hold your progress up to a point. One letter of Magneto will light up for each successful Ramp+Target combo, up until the final three letters. Therefore, if you complete, MAGN, the next time you activate the mission, you will only have to deal with three more Ramp+Target shots. Unfortunately, the table does not continue with fewer than 3 letters.
"Final Clash": After lighting up all 4 Magneto missions, the "Final Clash" sink hole becomes available. Regardless if you complete this mission or not, the "M" light will light up once the mode ends.
Juggernaut: This is another mission that you will most likely activate multiple times. Hit the Iceman ramp 4 times to activate this mission. Afterwards, you will have to hit the Iceman ramp a total of three times before various timers (30 second timer or count down from 5 million points). Once you hit the Iceman ramp the final time, the Wolverine ramp is activated to lock a ball.
Mystique: Hit the Wolverine orbit 4 times to activate this mode. You have 60 seconds to complete this mission. Mystique is hidden behind one of the X-Men ramps. Her location is randomly selected as well as unknown to you. You have to keep hitting the various X-Men ramps until you discover her. When this mission starts, be ready. At the start of this mission it is the easiest time to hit the Cyclops and Storm ramps. You have 60 seconds to find the proper ramp. Once Mystique is found, the Wolverine ramp is activated to lock a ball.
The Blob: Hit the Nightcrawler ramp 4 times to start this mission. You have to hit the following ramps in order, with a 20 second timer for each shot. Cyclops Ramp, Iceman Ramp, Storm Orbit, Unite Ramp. Fortunately, the ball will teleport to a helpful start position after the completion of a successful shot, so this is not as hard as it sounds.
"Defeat the Sentinals": After each super villian ball is locked, this 3-ball multi-ball mode starts. You have to hit each ramp and then finish with a shot up the Unite Ramp, while keeping a minimum of 2 balls in play. Once this is completed, you have to do it again to beat this mission. Fortunately, win or lose, once this mode is done you will light the "E".
When Cyclops, Colossus, or Storm are activated (as covered in the first section of this guide), you will then have the chance to upgrade their powers. How you upgrade each superhero's power is detailed below.
Cyclops: Get a Super Skill Shot. To get into this mode, you need to hit the Iceman ramp.
Colossus: Hit the Colossus bumpers a total of 25 times.
Storm: Hit the Storm Spinner enough times so the letters underneath the Storm Spinner all light up.
"The Omega Mutant": Hit the Unite ramp once to start a 25 million point countdown. Hit the Unite ramp again to stop the countdown and collect the points. Finishing this will light up the "N".
There are currently no gaming sessions for the Bring Magneto To His Knees achievements that you can join - why not register and make a new session?

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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1. Don’t try to show off your financial capability.
Buying presents is common in the Russian culture as long as they aren’t lavish or too frequent. You will make it seem like she is a gold digger and you are trying to buy her affection. Instead of doing that you want to make it clear that you are interested in her character, and you value her as a person. Bringing a box of chocolates or a bouquet of flowers to a date is acceptable. Expensive restaurants every time you go out are not.
2. Falling in love with an idea instead of reality.
The majority of your conversations with Russian women will take place virtually, and that makes it easy for your imagination to add to the relationship. It is easy to add more excitement to the courtship in your head. Confusing reality with your imagination is dangerous. Sooner or later you will have to face the real world and may get very disappointed. Get to know her more.
3. Making decisions too fast.
Making decisions too fast has to do with the previous point. It is easy to get carried away in the virtual world, and it is easy to fall in love with an idea. The decisions could be meeting too fast or even getting engaged. Decisions like these need careful consideration so make sure you don’t rush into anything.
4. Not showing interest in her culture.
Not showing interest is a common issue in online dating. In a way it is understandable – you are trying to impress the person you like, and you forget that they want to share things about their life as well. Ask her questions about her culture and background. Also, read through her profile and ask her questions about her experiences and her hobbies.
Dating Russian women online can be a great experience if you know what you are doing. Be mindful of the tips we mentioned and came back soon for more online dating tips.

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Purchased 2017 Ram 1500 Maribel was great as was the GM. No pressure. Very professional. I highly recommend. They made the whole process very easy. They also included a detail that was completed after the purchase.
"Very responsive and healpful from beginning to end."
Jason was very responsive to my email questions from the first contact through eventual purchase of vehicle. He answered all questions, and seemed to really care about making sure I was comfortable with the condition of the vehcile prior to making the 2 hour drive to Gainesville to see the vehicle. Once on the lot it was apparent that this was not some pop-up car dealership with a few old cars. The dealership was clean and had a lot of really nice cars. This made me a little more comfortable about dealing with them. Buying a used vehicle is fairly stressful in itself, but Jason and his team were more than helpful while I took the vehicle through test drive and look over. I was a little apprehensive about the vehicle, because it really seemed to be too nice for the price..especially since they were willing to give me an even better deal once I was there. I have had the vehicle now for over a month and I am very satisfied with the purchase.
"False Advertising, Deceptive Sales Practices"
Negotiated deal with Sergio Coreno via phone. Purchased 2017 Toyota Tacoma on 12/9/17 for my son for Christmas. Vehicle was dealer transfer from Lawrenceville location. Paid CASH $37,775. Vehicle advertised and sold with 2 key fobs. David, salesman and Arlet, F&I said couldn't release 2nd key fob until check cleared. Check cleared 12/13/17 and still no 2nd key fob. Keep getting run around from salesman and F&I manager refuses to call back!
Marcela was a great sales advisor! She was was accommodating, knowledgeable, and personable. Highly recommend checking out Auto Gallery and be sure to ask for Marcela!
Quality and price are just right. Service was excellent and sale person was great. This is are Fifth car from them . I have never had and problems with any of the car's from them. Thank you Mrs. Acosta and MR. Sergio Coreno.
I loved it! Best treatment. Sweet person. Helpful. Lovely. Recommended!!! I loved my car. Perfect! Thank you Marcela! She the best saleswoman and person. Congratulations!!!
Marcela knew from the moment I walked in that I was determined to buy the car I wanted, and she’s enough she, along with everyone else made sure I walked out with my car! Everyone went above and beyond when helping me with my purchase and I couldn’t have asked for anything more! I recommend Marcela and Auto Gallery 100% to anyone buying a car!

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The connection between dog and owner has just gotten stronger, with recent studies revealing that our hearts beat in sync when together.
Dr Duncan and Mia Cobb, a PHD student and canine scientist, discovered that when the pet and its owner were in contact, the heart rates of both lowered significantly.
Around 20 points were dropped in the heart rate of the human, whilst the dogs decreased by around a whopping 40 points when the two were united.
For every post until the end of May, Pedigree will donate $1 to national rescue organisation Pet Rescue.

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10-hour engagement with our technical & SEO experts. This SEO audit will identify areas of improvement for your site & map out a course of action to improve your rankings.
This service includes a 10-hour engagement with our technical & SEO experts.
We will audit your site and determine points of improvement for on-site SEO, run an analysis of backlinks, a link profile comparison with your competitors, and develop a strategy to improve your site’s rankings.


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I’m not from the Facebook Generation. You know them. In an instant, they pose glamorously. Hands on hips. Cute smile. Posted. Every moment is their Kodak Moment.
We didn’t take many photos growing up. Our Kodak Moments were formal dances, holidays, maybe a birthday. That’s a good thing. We got away with a lot of fun and mischief because there were no photos around. No photos; no proof.
Photo Day at school was a fun day, overall. We’d line up alphabetically. Girls first. Girls shined on Photo Day. New dress and hair perfect, with a red bow. Boys were boys on Photo Day. Chocolate milk stain on a brand new shirt.
One by one, we’d sit on the big stool. All the other boys made bathroom noises and monster faces to make me look as goofy as possible. It worked.
The best thing about Photo Day was we didn’t have to wear school uniforms. We visited Robert Hall’s over the weekend. Bought a paisley, oxford shirt with a cool white dickie underneath. Or a snazzy argyle sweater vest. Some guys wore a white shirt and tie. We made fun of them until Sister Theodoretta threatened us with her dreaded ear-pull across the room.
Let’s just get it over with, OK ?
Some years, the photographer handed me a small black pocket comb from a jar of blue antiseptic. He asked me to comb my curly, red nest of hair. No way.
“Just like that,” she’d say.
Laughed like I should have laughed in the photo, right?
Unmemorable photos have followed me in life. Schools. Sports. Driver’s licenses. Work ID cards. Yes, newspaper columns. There are no favorite poses, or bad sides or good sides. Just take the photo, will you?
A common reaction to my mug shots from friends, family?
Like I should have laughed when the photo was taken.
I showed up at the paper last Monday morning to get my picture taken. Of course, I was a week late.
I haven’t seen the photo that was chosen. I trust the editors chose the best photo of the bunch. I’m sure all my photos looked pretty much the same.
Look closely. Yep. You’re right. It looks like I have a stomach ache, doesn’t it?


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Every local authority must publish a Local Offer. The Local Offer tells you what support the local authority expects to be available for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. It must include information about education, health and care provision. It should also tell you about training, employment and independent living for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
You can find the Local Offer for Camden here.
tell you where you can get further information.
The Local Offer should also make services more responsive to local needs.
the help available to resolve disagreements.
The Local Offer must also tell you about services provided outside your area which local people are likely to use.
You can find the full list of what must be included in the SEND Code of Practice section 4.30.
The local authority must involve children and young people with SEN and disabilities, and parents and carers in preparing and reviewing the Local Offer. If you would like to be involved, or make some comments, you can find out more on the Local Offer website or e-mail localoffer@camden.gov.uk.
Parents who want to be more involved in developing and reviewing the Local Offer can contact Fahim Ahmed, Project Officer (SEN Reforms) Fahim.Ahmed@camden.gov.uk.
Children and young people who want to be more involved in developing and reviewing the Local Offer can contact Fahim.Ahmed@camden.gov.uk.
The local authority must publish what children, young people and parents tell them about the Local Offer. It must also say clearly what it will do about the comments it has received.
Where can I get further information, advice or support?
Chapter 4 of the SEND Code of Practice tells you more about the Local Offer.
impartial advice and support to get more involved.


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El Atascadero sits peacefully atop downtown San Miguel de Allende. We are located less than a mile from downtown San Miguel de Allende and El Jardín, just a short 10-15 minute walk or a quick 5 minute drive.
San Miguel de Allende is located about 170 miles northwest of Mexico City. The most convenient airports to fly into are the Mexico City International Airport (MEX, 166 miles away), The Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO, 53 miles away) or the Guanajuato Internacional Airport in León (BJX, 62 miles away).

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The British Government's refusal to offer boys aged 14 to 18 years old catch-up HPV vaccination based on the argument that it will provide "limited additional benefit" is quite possibly the thinnest argument ever used in public health policy – particularly while the Department for Health and Social Care's stated priority is to "vaccinate adolescents before they reach sexual maturity".
The Government's own advisory committee on vaccinations, the JCVI, recommended boys be added to the national vaccination programme against HPV. This was essentially because the protection against HPV-induced cancers offered by gender-neutral vaccination was greater than that offered by the herd immunity generated by the selective vaccination of girls only. Since all boys are equally protected by herd immunity, the additional benefit obtained by vaccinating a 16-year-old is the same as that expected from the vaccination of a 13-year-old boy.
If the priority of DHSC is to vaccinate adolescents before they reach sexual maturity, then a catch-up programme would be the option of choice. The protective effect of the vaccine is maximised before an individual becomes sexually active. The average age of this in the UK is 16-17, depending on a series of socioeconomic factors. On the grounds of improved public health, the optimal strategy would be to vaccinate as many boys as possible up to their 18th birthday, while they are still at school.
Failing to implement a catch-up programme would constitute a double inequality for the more than one million boys aged 14 to 18 in England. Firstly they would be discriminated against by gender compared to girls in terms of direct protection against HPV-induced malignancies. Secondly, they would be discriminated against by age compared to younger boys with the same risk profile.
This is the most disconcerting aspect of this decision, since it proves, once again, the failure of the British Government to understand, mitigate and ultimately eliminate inequalities in public policy decisions.
Find out more about postgraduate courses at Kingston Business School.

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The thing to observe is everybody has crossed the impediments of the vices, one by one, by His grace. This means each and every person can cross all the vices slowly if one cultivates steadfastness and bhakti with a calm and composed mind that enables one to respond to any given situation, that does not react. With bhakti and love of God or Guru, one can easily transcend these vices. One should have shradDhA, and steadfastness with patience.
you are the one with the form, you are also one without a form.
you are present in the smallest, in the flower, in the ring of the bell, and in the Light.
You are the embryo, you are the life, you are the destiny, and you are the fate.
Please come upon us as our Guru and bestow your blessings.
This is the last verse of Kandar Anubhuti.
on the day to day expenses, and also to marry way his daughter. Mahaperiyava asked: Do you chant any swami slokas?
He said: I am chanting Kandhar Anubhuti every day apart from sandhya vandanam on the three occasions on any day.
income also, he will give enough income to you in due course. Do not worry. Keep chanting Kandhar Anubhuti.
". GuruvAi, varuvAi aruLvAi guhane! varuvAi means income also, he will give enough income to you in due course. Do not worry. Keep chanting Kandhar Anubhuti"
Truly typical of Kanchi Mahaperiyava!He pulls off these things from nowhere!
The Devotee has now got the 'Varuvai' from 'Guru Vai'-How can the words of the Guru ever go amiss.I am sure it would have borne fruit.
Tamizh is such a wonderful language ,so expressive and succinct.People think that there are not enough alphabets to support it phonetically but the richness of this ancient language is elsewhere!
Tamizh is the language of heart .
The saint poet says: O my Master, give me devotion to pray to your two golden feet and and attain them.
The devotees who are with ardent love for you, have reached your Abode already. I am merely standing outside.
some thing for my sake).
These oor A and kuruttu A, are a rare simile / metaphor which I have not seen elsewhere.
தமிழ் இன்பத் தமிழ் எங்கள் உயிருக்கு நேர்.
தமிழ் எங்கள் சமூகத்தின் விளைவுக்கு நீர்.!
தமிழ் எங்கள் வாழ்வுக்கு நிருமித்த ஊர்.!
தமிழ் எங்கள் உரிமைச்செம் பயிருக்கு வேர் !
தமிழ் நல்ல புகழ்மிக்க புலவர்க்கு வேல்.
தமிழ் எங்கள் அசதிக்குச் சுடர்தந்த தேன்.
தமிழ் எங்கள் கவிதைக்கு வயிரத்தின் வாள.
Tamil. is extolled as per with our lives !
Tamil is the root of all our liberty"
Tamil for the scholars, is a powerful arrow !
Tamil is an invigorating honey sweet !
Tamil, to our verses, is a diamond sword !
Tamil is a powerful and enthusing flame !
and said: Oye, Kanaka Subburatnam, you are really a poet!. Ratnam also changed his name as Bharati Dasan.
active politician nor a glorious poet. His stars did not rise further.
Wonderful poem of Bharatidasan;I had intended posting it the moment I saw Krishna's comment.Bharatidasan's devotion to his Guru Mahakavi Bharati is something that lasted throughout his life.Bharatidasan was a wonderful person,very upright,downright honest,uncompromising in not pandering to anything selfish.Truly a noble soul despite his joining the Dravidian movement.Once it so happened that when he along with other DK enthusiasts were going along a road when he came across chellamAL bharati(wife of the Mahakavi)unexpectedly.He immediately went and greeted her and prostrated full length in that open road.When the other 'Rationalists' questioned him on this,he said-'This is my Iyer's consort'.He never used to call the Mahakavi by name and used to address him as 'Iyer'(Head,Chief).There was this other instance when AnDAL's TiruppAvai used to be played through the Loudspeakers in a nearby temple,near Bharatidasan's home,early in the morning during the month of mArgazhi.Someone lodged a police complaint that the playing is disturbing the Neighbourhood and their early morning sleep!Police approached the Temple Trusties and asked them to play it at low volume.News travelled apace that someone had lodged a complaint with the Police regarding the playback through loudspeakers of TiruppAvai.As usual rumours spread that it must be Bharatidasan ,since he belonged to the Atheist DK group and his home is in the immediate neighbourhood.This was conveyed to Bharatidasan who lost no time in organizing a public meeting that very evening.A huge crowd gathered and Bharatidasan announced that he had organized this meeting to clear the false Ground that he had lodged a police complaint.He said ,is a devotee of AndAL's sangath Tamizh maaLai of tiruppAvai and gets up early in the morning just to listen to the Broadcast and not miss it! He added 'I Go to sleep again only after listening to it'!If someone who doubts this,he may come forward....That was the end of that rumour.
Nice information about Bharati Dasan. Thanks.
Excellent write up about Pavendar Bharatidasan .
Here is an excellent song by Pavendar Bharati Dasan Sangae Muzhangu for Tamil.
சங்கே முழங்கு , சங்கே முழங்கு , சங்கே முழங்கு எங்கள் வாழ்வும் எங்கள் வளமும் மங்காத தமிழென்று சங்கே முழங்கு சங்கே முழங்கு! எங்கள் வாழ்வும் எங்கள் வளமும் மங்காத தமிழென்று சங்கே முழங்கு. எங்கள் பகைவர் எங்கோ மறைந்தார் இங்குள்ள தமிழர்கள் ஒன்றாதல் கண்டே! பொங்கும் தமிழர்க் கின்னல் விளைத்தால், பொங்கும் தமிழர்க் கின்னல் விளைத்தால் சங்காரம் நிஜமெனச் சங்கே முழங்கு!
வெங்கொடுமைச் சாக்காட்டில் விளையாடும் தோளெங்கள் வெற்றித் தோள்கள்.
கங்கையைப்போல் காவிரிபோல் கருத்துக்கள் ஊறுமுள்ளம் எங்கள் உள்ளம்!
வெங்குருதி தனிற்கமழ்ந்து வீரஞ்செய்கின்ற தமிழ் எங்கள் மூச்சாம்! தமிழ் எங்கள் மூச்சாம்!
Nice poem by Bharati Dasan. One can see the 'tone' of Subrahmanya Bharati here.
Governement. Of course, they have named one university as Bharati Dasan University.
Bharatidasan was a wonderful person,very upright,downright honest,uncompromising in not pandering to anything selfish.Truly a noble soul despite his joining the Dravidian movement.
Unfortunately to the extent to which Subramania Bharathiar songs are popular Pavendar Bharatidasan's songs have not been made popular and it is just confined to DMK,DK ,Rationalist and Atheistic circles in TN and Pondicherry . Might be because he expounded the cause of Tamil Nationalism and Atheism a lot than talking about God and a United India which Subramanya Bratahi did .
But he has sung about Parasakhthi starting with "Engengun Kaanum Sakthi..."
I and unable to get the lyrics of the same .If someone has it kindly share the same . The above film song "Sangae Muzhangu.." by Pavendar Barathi Dasan is what I listen to it regularly .

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text: Sierra is currently attending Bryn Mawr College, where she was awarded a $100,000 merit based scholarship, and is studying Pre-Medical / Psychology. She is the establisher and President of Her Campus Bryn Mawr, a chapter of Her Campus, the #1 global online community for college women. Sierra is also an active member of the Belmont Mentoring Club and visits Belmont Charter School once a week to mentor young students. Outside of school, Sierra has also beenvery involved in her community. In the 4th grade, she created the PB&J Week food drive to collect peanut butter and jelly for hungry children and has since collected over 16,500 jars, all of which has been donated to local food banks. PB&J Week has been awarded a Sodexo Foundation Grant and Disney Friends For Change Grant. Sierra also created Snotty is Naughty, a workshop used to educate girls on the negative effects of girl-to-girl meanness. Because of her work with Snotty is Naughty, she was selected by Youth Service America and the Festival of Children’s Foundation to represent Idaho as our National Child Awareness Month Ambassador and received a $1,000 grant to create a documentary. Sierra was 1st runner up and the scholastic award recipient at Miss Idaho Teen USA 2015 and 1st runner up and the overall talent and scholastic award recipient at Miss Idaho’s Outstanding Teen 2014. Sierra plans to become a pediatric psychiatrist.


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The star of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel had never read the source material until he scored the contract.
Watching the old Rankin/Bass animated film of The Hobbit when I was a kid prompted me to go out and read the book. I devoured it and The Lord of the Rings soon after, followed by The Silmarillion and all things Tolkien by the time I was 8 years old. That's why it's inconceivable for me to hear that Martin Freeman, in addition to being an Englishman like Tolkien but also everyone's unanimous choice to play Bilbo Baggins, admits to never having read it growing up. At least Freeman had the wherewithal to say in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais that he has done so since he learned of his casting, and that he enjoyed it.
"I wasn't a fan of Tolkien before, I am now," Freeman said. Good man, doing your homework.
Despite that, I do think that Freeman is a great choice to play the adventurous hobbit, but there was a worry that Freeman wouldn't be able to film The Hobbit in New Zealand due to commitments to the BBC series Sherlock. That has all been worked out, apparently. "I know my work plan," Freeman said. "I start in January, then I'll have a break in the summer so I can shoot the second season of Sherlock, the BBC show where I portray Watson, and then I'll be back in New Zealand in September in order to finish the movie by the end of the year."
Freeman is more concerned with appearing in a strongly written film than becoming a big movie star. "[The story is] the most important thing for me. My priority has always been to find a great script," Freeman said before backtracking a bit. "It's true, there isn't a final script for The Hobbit yet. That's why Peter can't tell me much about how Bilbo is going to be. In spite of that, I trust him completely. He's obviously going to be younger than the Bilbo portrayed by Ian Holm in the Lord of the Rings."
The biggest difference for Freeman in playing Bilbo is that he finally gets to play a character that takes some initiative. "I love the fact that the majority of the characters I've portrayed in the past always react to something, Bilbo, on the contrary, is an active character. He creates his own adventure."
Freeman's gotten the chance to play around with some of the prosthetics that he will have to wear. "A couple of weeks ago, I tried Bilbo's hairy feet for the first time, and also the ears, although mine are big enough already, he said. "Moreover, they made molds out of those parts of my body since I'm going to be using prosthetics for many months."
How does he think the role will change his career? "Well, my career has always been step-by-step, always in the search of good scripts: Love Actually, The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy, TV shows like The Office or Sherlock," he said. "I look for honesty in every work I do. I never wanted to have a bigger pool in my yard."
So wait, when The Hobbit comes out, Freeman will have played Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide, Watson, and Bilbo Baggins. I mean that's like a nerd trifecta. What's next? He plays Doctor Who, Indiana Jones, Flash Gordon, Rick Deckard, and Khan Noonien Singh over the next ten years? Sheesh, save some roles for the other actors would you?

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When Maule Aircraft added a 420shp Allison turbine to their M7 taildragger, they created an awesome piece of General Aviation kit. Expect a rate of climb of 3,000fpm, a take-off distance of 200 ft, and to create a stir ever time the engine begins it’s ‘tic tic tic, whirrrrr’ soundtrack.
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I have hypoglycemia and am unable to find anything on the web or in stores that directly talk about it. I need to find out what types of food I can eat, what to stay away from, and recipes if possible. Any ideas on where to look?
The best thing I can recommend is for you to meet with a Registered Dietitian who specializes in diabetes and/or hypoglycemia. There are generally two forms of hypoglycemia, reactive and fasting. A dietitian can individualize a meal plan that fits your schedule and eating preferences. Ask your physician for a referral to an RD who can assist with portions and timing of meals.
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By the time we add in the complications and machinations of media it is damn impossible to know what is going on. Some call it Marketing 3.0….
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I keep returning to the lessons of futility. We are admonished to, “Try harder!”in the face of that which we cannot change, leaving us spinning our wheels…. It has to do with cause & effect…. But this is only part of what’s going on.
Today is an anniversary. A day we have been entreated for fourteen years now to never forget. An insistent cry that was already there, ready-made from previous assaults on American Exceptionalism. A vehemence that has had little to do with remembering the loss of life and everything to do with justifying aggression.
Intoxication once had a purpose. It was a way to reset, to scramble, to introduce random-ish variables into how we responded to our weorld. Intoxication has long been reduced to a reaction, to frustration at the fact that we are stuck. Have no way out.


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A. Disclaimer. YOU AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL SMD OR ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCTS OR RELATED MATERIALS, LOSS OF DATA, THE COST OF RECOVERING SUCH PRODUCTS, RELATED MATERIALS OR DATA OR, THE COST OF ANY SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS, ARISING FROM ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE SALE, LICENSE, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCTS, OR RELATED MATERIALS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
B. Maximum Damages. in no event shall SMD’s aggregate liability arising in connection with a product exceed THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO SMD IN THE THEN-PRIOR TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD.
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11. Governing Law. This Agreement is made in, governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, excluding (i) its principles of conflict of laws, (ii) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; (iii) the 1974 Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods; and (iv) the Protocol amending the 1974 Convention, done at Vienna April 11, 1980. You consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with all disputes related to this Agreement.
12. General. The Conditions provided herein shall supersede any prior agreements, understandings, oral agreements, or other contracts in place between the parties. This Agreement may only be modified by a written amendment or agreement signed by authorized representatives of SMD and You. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and any unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a legally effective provision that comes as close as possible to the purpose of the unenforceable provision. Failure on any occasion by either party to enforce any term of this Agreement shall not prevent enforcement on any other occasion. If either party's performance under this Agreement (except payment of monies due) is prevented, restricted, or interfered with by reason of any act, circumstance, or condition whatsoever beyond such party's or its suppliers' or licensors' reasonable control (including government action), the party whose performance is prevented, restricted, or interfered with, upon notice to the other party, shall be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction, or interference. This Agreement is not assignable by You and any attempt to assign any rights, duties or obligations arising hereunder shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding on each party’s successors and assigns.


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The Sugar Land Animal Shelter is extending reduced Independence Day holiday prices on adoptions through Aug. 10.
The adoption fees for dogs and puppies are $50, and cats and kittens are $30. This is a reduction from $105 and $90, respectively.
These reduced fees include vaccinations, spaying or neutering and a microchip with lifetime registration.
All animals come with a sleepover option that allows prospective families to try out a pet for three to five days. If it is not the perfect fit, they can bring them back. If it is love at first sight, they need to return to Animal Services and complete the adoption.
For more information, contact Sugar Land Animal Services, 101 Gillingham Lane, at 281-275-A-DOG (2364).


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Support Across BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1 And BBC Radio Scotland For Charles Bradley!
Charles Bradley has received amazing support across the BBC for his latest single ‘Aint It A Sin’, taken from the critically acclaimed album ‘Changes’!
After being added to the B list at BBC 6 Music, ‘Aint It A Sin’ moved straight up to the A list, accumulating 71 plays across the network.
Support also came from BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary, Craig Charles, Alex Lester and Jo Whiley, who has Charles booked in for a session at the start of August, Radio 1’s Huw Stephens and BBC Radio Scotland’s Billy Sloan and Roddy Hart.


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Kaspersky Lab has denied any knowledge of or involvement in an alleged Russian state campaign to steal US intelligence documents using its anti-virus software, which was spotted by Israeli spies.
Israeli intelligence hacked the Russian AV company in 2014 in what the firm subsequently dubbed Duqu 2.0 attacks, when it discovered the breach of its systems months later.
The Israelis allegedly installed multiple backdoors and info-stealing tools in a bid to gather intelligence on a UN-Iran nuclear deal from hotels and conference rooms used by the Security Council to discuss the deal.
However, until now unknown was the fact that Israeli intelligence discovered evidence that Kremlin hackers were also using Kaspersky Lab’s tools to scan for and steal information on top secret US government programs.
This operation apparently resulted in the theft of classified material from a contractor using Kaspersky Lab software at home, but not the hugely damaging leak of Equation Group tools to the Shadow Brokers hackers.
The Israelis passed this information on to their counterparts in the NSA, leading ultimately to the federal ban on Kaspersky Lab, according to the New York Times.
“As the integrity of our products is fundamental to our business, Kaspersky Lab patches any vulnerabilities it identifies or that are reported to the company. Kaspersky Lab reiterates its willingness to work alongside US authorities to address any concerns they may have about its products as well as its systems, and respectfully requests any relevant, verifiable information that would help the company in its own investigation to certifiably refute the false accusations.
The firm maintained that its software doesn’t contain any 'undeclared' capabilities such as backdoors and that it has never helped any government with its cyber-espionage efforts.


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Flexicon's new Sanitary High Lift Drum Dumper allows drums to be loaded at floor level, sealed against a discharge cone, elevated and tipped, mating the cone to a gasketted receiving ring on downstream process equipment.
Trademarked Tip-Tite, the dumper accommodates drums from 30 to 55 gal (114 to 208 liter) and can discharge bulk material into process vessels and equipment inlets 5 to 10 ft (1525 to 3050 mm) above the plant floor.
A second hydraulic cylinder raises the platform-hood assembly vertically before tipping it to a dump angle of 90 degrees, causing the vertically oriented cone to mate with a gasketted receiving ring. The ring can be fitted to the lid of an optional hopper with integral flexible screw conveyor or pneumatic pick-up adapter, or to existing process equipment.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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As we continue to gather information surrounding the ISIS terror attacks in Paris, the worst atrocity in the country since World War II, controversy over the Syrian refugee crisis has escalated.
UPDATE: A Paris prosecutor has also confirmed the passport that was found. The Associated Press is reporting the passport was found on the body of one of the suicide bombers, who went through Greece as a refugee in October.
The Greek Alternate Minister for Citizens Protection has confirmed that a passport belonging to a Syrian "refugee" was found in the area of the attacks. The passport holder registered as a refugee in October, just last month.
"With respect to the case of the Syrian passport that was found in the area of the terrorist attack. We announce that the passport holder had passed by Leros on 3/10/2015, where he was identified, based on EU rules, as these were established on the Summit Meeting about the refugee issue," the Minister Nikos Toskas released in a statement Saturday. "We do not know whether the passport was checked from other countries through which it is possible the holder passed. We will continue the painstaking and persistent effort, under difficult circumstances, to ensure the safety of our country and Europe, insisting on the full identification of those that pass through the refugee stream."
President Obama has called for an increase in the number of refugees the United States admits from the war torn areas of Syria and Iraq, but the FBI and Homeland Security have warned there isn't a system in place to properly vet for terrorism.
We're also increasing the number of Syrian and other refugees we admit to the U.S. to 100,000 per year for the next two years.
We have a moral responsibility to do what we can for families forced from their homes. Find out how you can help at http://t.co/J8A6mTD6D4.
Further, ISIS has declared it will use the refugee crisis to send trained fighters to western countries and the FBI currently has more than 1,000 active ISIS probes in the U.S.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has nearly 1,000 active probes involving the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inside the United States, dozens of law enforcement officials disclose in a letter to President Obama.
When do we have a moral responsibility to protect Americans from ISIS terrorists who want to "taste their blood"?

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Sorry for the delays and thanks to Douglas for the data (and happy Passover to TravisYanan!). The format is a little different than usual, but you’ll figure it out.
Some of this data has already been posted separately, but a lot of it hasn’t and I know many of you just can’t get enough of Sam Axe and Game of Thrones!
NBA playoffs led Sunday night with adults 18-49, with the 2.5 adults 18-49 rating for game one of the Knicks/Celtics easily topping everything. Storage Wars scored a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating, and Khloe & Lamar lost a tenth from their premiere to score a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating.
The Killing was up a tenth from its first two weeks to a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating.
Breakout Kings was steady with a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating.
The Real Housewives of Orange County was steady with a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating.
Army Wives was steady with a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating.
At the time of this post, I hadn’t seen ratings for The Borgias on Showtime yet.


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Norway Premier "Begged" Putin To Stop Massacre Planned By "Elites".
A startling Federal Security Service (FSB) report on the 22 July massacre in Norway states that two-days prior to this catastrophic attack Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg placed an “urgent” call to Putin “begging” Russia’s leader to help stop the events that left nearly 100 innocent civilians dead.
Paul Hellyer: Abolishing Fed and new energy disclosure key to U.S. survival - Seattle exopolitics.
In an exclusive ExopoliticsTV interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre, Paul Hellyer, former Canadian Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau, stated that abolition or nationalization of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and disclosure and public application of new energy technologies such as anti-gravity propulsion now held in sequestered projects in the black budget national security state are a key to survival of the United States as a prosperous society, and to humanity’s survival and to its charting a positive future.
In fact, the quake was a bold faced lie, packing a political agenda. There is even more proof now, and it goes beyond the linked Japanese chart. This original seismic data is the smoking gun, however, I have something better. I finally suppressed the urge to vomit and analyzed the lies told by the USGS, and from them wrote this sad, sad story about how it really was, not what you will see in the video. Keep in mind that precise top speeds of flying debris cannot be determined with accuracy, but this story will at least be close to the numbers put out by the USGS.
Jimstonefreelance.com - Did the Dimona Dozen murder the Fukushima 50?
Cost of air conditioning for U.S. troops in MidEast more than NASA budget.
The United States spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan — more than NASA's entire budget, NPR reported. In fact, the same amount of money that keeps soldiers cool is the amount the G-8 has committed to helping the fledgling democracies in Tunisia and Egypt. The necessary cooling costs so much because of the remote locations and danger involved in delivery equipment and fuel, Steven Anderson, a retired logistician who served under Gen.
De Dode Getuige - The Dead Witness - (Het Verboden Interview Deel 1) ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
Rare Snowfall Blankets African Desert - Irish Weather Online.
To this day, Coca-Cola still imports coca leaves which are used to manufacture cocaine in the United States.
More speculation has been raised on the reasons for NATO's intervention in Libya. As RT's Laura Emmett reports, the organisation may have been trying to prevent Gaddafi from burying the American buck.
The Secret Agenda According to the Central Intelligence Agency's Fact Book,  the United States has carried on foreign intelligence activities since the days of George Washington, but only since World War II have they been coordinated on a government-wide basis. Under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, the NSC (National Security Council) and the CIA were established.
A flashmob in Washington has felt the full force of the law, by being forcibly arrested by police - for dancing in public. They'd gathered at the Jefferson Memorial in defiance of a ban on dancing at the monument. Among those held were RT America presenter Adam Kokesh, who says he was slammed to the ground by officers. The ban came in during 2008 when an activist sued police for arresting her for public dancing. The group say they were paying tribute to her as a champion of the First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom, and in response to US District Judge John D. Bates' ruling that denounced dancing on the site.
For the first time after the beginning of the "war" correspondents of Russian First Channel (national TV) came to Libya to make really independent of Western Media Propaganda Machine report about the situation in country.
Water may be as plentiful in the moon's interior as the Earth's, a study of Apollo mission lunar rocks has revealed. Trapped water was found in tiny volcanic glass beads returned to Earth in 1972 by the final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17. Analysis of the samples suggests there could be 100 times more water in the lunar mantle, the thick rock layer beneath the surface crust, than was previously thought.
Bacteria may be responsible for the formation of hail and snow.
A new study has shown that microbes are present in the heart of these materials Living bacteria that gets whipped up into the sky may be just the spark needed for rain, snow and even hailstorms, research now finds. In June 2010, a hailstorm with stones of more than five centimeters in diameter in the state of Montana, United States, led to a unique singular discovery: bacteria may be responsible for the formation of rain, snow and hail. "I was on the campus of the University [State of Montana in Bozeman, in the United States] when these huge stones began to fall, breaking windows. We collected them and analyzed what existed in their center and we found large amounts of bacteria," explained Alexander Michaud, during a teleconference call to present the research at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, which ends on Tuesday (24th) in New Orleans, United States. The ice cubes were divided into four layers, melted down and their composition was analyzed separately. The closer Michaud and his colleagues got near the nucleus of the hail, the more bacteria there was. "They were alive, although it is not necessary for this to happen so they could form the hail," said Brent Christner, Louisiana State University, who also participated in the work. Their presence in the atmospheric region from which the hail is formed is an indicator that they may be one of those responsible for its formation. "What we can say now is that the bacteria had a part in creating this hail. Now how important is it on a global scale is not yet known, " said Christner. Normally, minerals and other particulates were considered responsible for agglutinating the particles of water present in the clouds until they are large enough to turn into rain, snow or sleet. For this to happen, however, the water must be at a temperature much lower than usually exists in the clouds. In other words: in theory the minerals should not be responsible for creating the nuclei that give rise to rain, ice and hail. The key may lie in bacteria. "We know of only 1% of microbes are able to create these nuclei. We still need to discover about the remaining 99%," explained Christner. The new research shows that a large variety of bacteria, and even fungi, diatoms and algae, are found in the clouds and can be used as precipitation starters, a growing field of study called bioprecipitation. The plant pathogen Psuedomonas syringae was studied and plays an important role in snow formation all over the world, including Antarctica, where there are few plants. Very good at creating ice at temperatures above the normal freezing point of water, the pathogen is equipped with a special substance that binds water molecules in an orderly arrangement, and in this way can more easily form ice particles.


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How much does your money cost?
Nope, we’re not talking about the cost of the paper or the ink used to print money. Though that might make an interesting article too. Do you know how much your money costs you? It’s a strange concept. It seems obvious that a €5 note costs and is worth €5. But if you go to the bank and “buy” €5, the price will be 5€ plus interest. A-ha! That’s how much money costs.
In our economy, banks buy and sell money from each other in the money market under the supervision of the European Central Bank. These banks charge each other an interest rate for the money borrowed, depending on the term of the loan.
A panel of 26 banks provide daily quotes of the rate at which they believe a prime bank is quoting to another prime bank for interbank term deposits. The choice of banks quoting is based on market criteria (e.g. the ones with the highest volume of business in the euro zone money market) and ensures that the diversity of the euro money market is adequately reflected.
The highest and lowest quotes are eliminated, and the remainder are averaged (truncated mean) to give the relevant Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered Rate) rate, the daily reference rate of the euro money market since 1999.
Similarly, Libor or London Interbank Offered Rate, is the reference rate for other main currencies such as the British pound sterling and the US dollar since 1986.
The same way the baker passes on to the buyer the cost of flour, eggs and sugar used to make a cake, banks pass on the cost of borrowing money to their clients when they charge interest for loans. Many euro consumer loans are based on Euribor plus a commercial margin, such as certain types of mortgages, while others might have a less direct relationship with the reference rate.
And the same is true for savings! The more your bank receives from other banks for the money it lends, the more it will pay you on your deposits.
There are different Euribor rates depending on the term of the loan/deposit. You can check the current Euribor rates here.
Do you know how much you are paying for your loan?

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics