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This article is about the gameplay statistic. For other uses, see Strength (Disambiguation).
A stat that is compared with an enemy's vitality to determine the base damage of a character's attacks.
Strength also has a direct impact on a character's attack and Ranged Attack.
For every 2 points STR increase a character has, his/her attack and Ranged Attack value is raised by 1 point. However, when using a Two-Handed Weapon, for every 4 points of STR, your attack value is raised by about 3 (.75 per one point of STR).
This article uses material from the "Strength" article on FFXIclopedia and is licensed under the CC-BY-SA License.

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This product is totally complied with ISO PAS 17712.It is made of plastic, total length 255mm.It needs more than 0.25KN to break.
User coporate logo can be moulded on the back of the seal.The sequential number is hot stampled. Any color available.

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text: Location & Parking: COMO The Halkin is located on a peaceful street within the stylish Georgian neighbourhood of Belgravia. Close to Knightsbridge, Mayfair’s Regency squares and St James’ parks. Heathrow airport is a 45-minute car journey, or 15 minutes by train. Gatwick, accessed by the Gatwick Express, operates from nearby Victoria station.

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Our Sterling payday loan can help!
Are you an Sterling resident who is in need of quick cash to tide you over until payday? If so, then you need to consider payday loans to help you through the rough times.
As an Sterling resident, you have many choices in payday loan lenders you can choose from. You just need to fill out an application – either online or in person – to start the Sterling payday loans process. In most cases, once you’re approved, you can have the money in as little as 24 hours (or one business day).
Should Sterling Residents Get A Payday Loan?
The biggest reason – the number one reason – payday loans are so popular is that they fill the gap for immediate funds. For example, your car breaks down, and you’re told it’ll be $1,000 to repair it, so it works again. Payday isn’t until two more weeks. What do you do then? This is why Sterling payday loans became so popular. They addressed the unexpected issues that arise in your life.
Although the payday loans industry has received more negative backlash than positive, the stance still stands that they are an ideal solution to a financial burden. Of course, if you’re constantly faced with financial problems, you don’t want to get a loan in the hopes to fix it. Instead, you need to work on your overall budget and see what needs trimming. Sterling Payday loans are for people who absolutely have no other means to address a financial crisis.
What Does A Payday Loan in Sterling Mean?
Sterling Payday loans are a short-term fix to address an immediate negative situation, helping you to overcome the problem and get back on your feet.
How To Attain An Sterling Loan?
Sterling residents who decide to ask for a payday loan from a lender are protected thanks to the laws of the state. Before you send off applications to a lender, make sure you read and understand the laws to ensure you know what rules and regulations you must follow and the lending industry must abide to. Sterling residents who seek these loans should never be caught unawares, as it could lead to a continual cycle of debt that you may feel you’ll never get out from under of.
Finance Charges – This is the amount you are charged for every so many dollars you borrow. Sterling residents who get a $30 loan cannot be charged in excess of $1 for every $5. For a $30 loan, this translates to $6.
Acquisition Charges – Sterling residents who borrow between $30 and $100 have a one-tenth of the loan acquisition charge. A maximum acquisition charge of $10 is applied to any Sterling loan over $100.
Maximum APR – The annual percentage rate for an Sterling resident’s 14-day, $100 loan is 309 percent.
Maximum Amount – There is no maximum payday loan amount specified for Sterling residents.
Maximum Term – Residents who get payday loan in Sterling may have a repayment term of one week up to 31 days.
What Are The Sterling Payday Loans Requirements For Eligibility?
A legal Sterling resident. You must provide documentation that proves you live in the area.
You must also provide your name, address and social security number. You must let the Sterling payday loans lender know how much you want to borrow. If approved, the lender will reach out to let you know that the loan’s terms and conditions are.
Sterling residents who need immediate cash can use this short-term loan option to help them through the tough times. While it’s not going to fix all your financial problems, it will address the immediate need you have.

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Indian authorities caught Rahat Fateh Ali in 2011 with foreign currency amounting to about $124,000 which he had not declared at New Delhi Airport. He is a popular singer in Pakistan and India for churning out hit Bollywood songs.
New Delhi (Sputnik): India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a notice to Pakistan's Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for flouting the country's forex rules after a probe into him was completed recently. The notice seeks a reply from the singer within 45 days.
According to the ED, Khan violated the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) on his visit to India in 2011. During the said visit, Khan and his manager, Marrouf Ali, were intercepted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence at New Delhi Airport carrying an undeclared amount of $124,000 and some other financial instruments denominated in foreign currency.
A probe under FEMA was initiated in 2014 by the ED.
The singer has denied receiving any notice from the Indian government as per Pakistani media reports.
Khan maintains that he hasn't done anything wrong, as the cash found on him could be explained away because he was travelling with his associates in a group.
A report in the newspaper The Dawn cited a press release issued by the management team of the singer stating: "It comes as a surprise that a notice is being served to Khan Sb. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's management company has no idea about this. Interestingly our lawyers in India are also known to the relevant authorities and as of now they have not received any notice either".

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Past year at Build, Microsoft officials talked up the edge-computing piece of the company's evolving "intelligent cloud/intelligent edge" strategy.
Microsoft did not say when it will update Microsoft Launcher with Timeline. Sets will allow you to open multiple instances of your apps in tabs, just like you would use your browser. Microsoft is also expanding its Sets experience to third-party apps, allowing users to group apps together in a tabbed interface.
Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive development platform - with pen, ink, mobile, devices, cloud and developer tools - all with infused intelligence, bringing simplicity to customers and streamlining development. With the newly released preview of Office 2019, Microsoft might also give some details regarding a few important features of the software at its Build Conference.
Microsoft Remote Assist will enable users to communicate remotely via hands-free video calling, image sharing and mixed-reality annotations. This majorly included MR headsets from HP, Acer, Asus, Lenovo and others.
That's one of the takeaways from Nadella's opening talk on Monday from Microsoft's annual Build conference for developers in Seattle, Wash. A new Speech Devices SDK will provide improved audio processing for higher accuracy in speech recognition, while updates to Azure Cognitive Services will bring enhanced speech recognition and text-to-speech, as well.
Microsoft today announced that it will be bringing Windows Timeline to its iOS Edge Browser later this year. He bragged about Microsoft's specialized chips when compared to Google's own custom chips (TPUs), saying that they were faster at some tasks, a claim the search giant would likely differ on.
One company exploring the use of the Brainwave technology is electronics manufacturer Jabil. We might have seen a number of devices featuring AI; however, Microsoft has not been able to hold up its position when it comes to AI.
We expect we'll hear about Microsoft AI plans, and of course there will be plenty of focus on what Microsoft will be offering businesses. It is also expected that it would announce updates to it personal digital assistant Cortana, which has been getting a fresh push from the company in the past couple of months.
However, the infamous slip from Gerrard during the Reds' defeat to Chelsea all but handed Manchester City the title that season. Always, when you have someone with this passion for football , with people around with more experience, they can do well.
However, on April 23 , the day Bridenstine was sworn into office, the Resource Prospector mission was formally canceled by NASA . Known as the Resource Prospector (RP), this robotic rover was under development for over a decade, notes a report by PhysOrg.
The Capitals seemed shorthanded for the entire contest . "Trust me, Ovi will get his shots", Capitals Coach Barry Trotz said. Given how critical Guentzel's scoring has been, Penguins fans will easily forgive and forget his boneheaded penalties.
AJ adds that he knew he would retain the title but he didn't want the match to end like that, he wanted a 1-2-3 finish. Seth Rollins beat out Finn Balor, The Miz and Samoa Joe in ladder match to still be the Intercontinental Champion.
The visitors took the lead after 33 minutes when Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic set up Joao Mario. He will fancy his chances of closing the gap against the Premier League's bottom side.
Assuming this functionality comes back pretty soon, the cryptocurrency community has something to look forward to. That decision was not too popular, for obvious reasons, but the company chose to take this approach regardless.
The fans will get to see a lot of familiar characters on the show, as the war between the Old gods and the New gods starts. American Gods is the latest show to take 2018 off following Game of Thrones , Stranger Things , Rick & Morty and others.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: Tecno Fidta 2012 is an international fair for food technology, additives and ingredients and will be held at Costa Salguero Center. The event has gained much importance in the market, for the variety and quality of items, it bestows upon the visitors. At the 11th Tecno Fidta tradeshow, the visitors will find the latest products and technologies on: processing, packaging, bottling, additives, ingredients and raw materials, refrigeration, laboratory and quality control, automation, accessories and services. Tecno Fidta 2012 will provide technical know-how to the potential visitors, along with increasing buyers’ base, throughout America.

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My Summer Biannual Bibliothon went well all in all. However, a few changed had to be made to the TBR that I started out with.
I was quite busy this week as I had my 6 year anniversary with my boyfriend and we spent the weekend in Bath in the UK. Then I travelled back to my parent’s house for my sisters birthday. I have young siblings and a nephew which requires a lot of attention. This meant that my reading progress was slightly stunted. However, I still managed to complete 3 1/2 books.
A very special year was a very faced paced book about finding yourself in a bookshop and it being okay to change direction. It also has different representation within the book from different cultures and different age ranges. It is a sweet little book.
Typical Ya, however, the paranormal elements are good. I did not like the romance between the main characters though as it just seemed a little off. Especially the end. Although it was a good read and the plot was very interesting learning about the myth and folklore surrounding the town.
Adam Silvera is such a wonderful writer and I am going to continue on the journey of his writing. This is certainly a predicted five star read for me.
I am loving listening to the Audiobook of this novel as it is so well done. I will have great fun completing this.
I will have more in-depth reviews either already up on my blog or they will be coming soon if you want more of my thoughts surrounding these texts.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Ian Watson has announced the winners of the 2009 International Aeon Award contest for unpublished short speculative fiction. First place winner is “Frogs on My Doorstep” by Annette Reader, with a cash prize of €1000. Second place, with a prize of €200, goes to “Bridges” by Nick Wood, and third place, with a prize of €100, goes to “Canis Lupus, Rosa Canina” by Judith Brown. The three winning titles will be published in Albedo One.
Submissions for the Aeon Award 2010 are now open. 2010 judges will be Ian Watson, Anne McCaffrey, Mike Resnick, and Sam Millar. For guidelines visit Albedo One.


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The 49ers released Wright last week after the unhappy cornerback, inactive for the first four games, asked to be traded or released. Wright said he was doing everything he could to help his new team, including offering tips about the 49ers.
Defensive coordinator Eric Mangini noted that Wright is a smart, veteran player and that the 49ers would have to take some precautions Sunday. But he also said that’s often a mixed bag of information when a player moves from one team to another and then faces the former squad.
Wright told reporters in Baltimore that the 49ers initially told him he would have a prominent role on defense. In training camp, however, he fell behind a trio of young cornerbacks -- Kenneth Acker, Dontae Johnson and Keith Reaser -- and asked to be traded or released.
Wright said he figured the 49ers changed their plan because, shortly after he was signed, they lost several key players to retirement and because of that may have been in more of a rebuilding mode than they figured they'd be in when the offseason began.
“Honestly, to me, I just feel like they wanted to go a different direction,” he said. “I feel like when I signed there, they had plans for me, and a lot of things happened on the defense. They lost a lot of guys. I feel like losing all those guys, they kind of went a different direction. I don’t know if there was a rebuild-type of mode. And (with) me being on a one-year deal, I kind of didn’t have a future with them."
Wright also said there had been discussions with Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome about acquiring him in a trade with the 49ers.
With so many injuries to the Ravens secondary, there is a good chance that Wright will see action against the 49ers just eight days after they let him go.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Evaluation of our writers week at the Arvon centre.
Siblings Together is a UK based charity that promotes positive contact between brothers and sisters separated in foster care, kinship care, residential care, or adoption.
We are the only UK-based organisation focused on this need, and are widely acknowledged as the leading independent voice on issues of sibling contact in care.

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text: $263. per tire, only sold in sets of 4. shaved to 3/32 last month, they can be picked up in Austin or I can deliver Sat. Sept. 21st at TWS. Perfect for AI.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Discussion in 'Accepted and on Probation' started by sunshyne, Aug 3, 2009.
well no division can be complete without sunshyne.
yay ima play with buttshyne again!!!
great.. so we got buttshyne, myself, and asheni all together.. you know what that spells? Disaster... oh yeah..
no i think that spells buttshynemyselfasheni!


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This Underwater Camera is a great tool for fishermen or anyone involved with underwater activities or sports. Now you can see how your fish bite and what is happening under the water. Imagine what you can see and what everybody else is missing! This is also great for ice fishing. Connect with video monitor to record the action of your fishing trips or diving trips, show friends & family what they have been missing, look down and inspect the bottom of wells, tanks and dams.
This waterproof camera has a water depth of 20 - 50 meters and has an IR distance of 2 - 3 meters, is provided with an insulated 20 meter signal and power cable, has a high quality CCD image sensor, use a large capacity rechargeable power pack to give your camera plenty of power for the days exploration ahead. A professional underwater camera kit for anyone who is serious about learning more about what is in the water below. This is a professional grade video camera product for fishermen, scuba divers, marine biologists, or anyone else that wants a better appreciation of what is happening under the water.


text: IQS Directory is a top industrial directory listing of leading industrial stainless steel coil manufacturers and suppliers in Indiana. Access our comprehensive index to review and source stainless steel coil manufacturers with preview ads and detailed product descriptions. These stainless steel coil companies can design, engineer and manufacture stainless steel coils to your specifications and application needs. A quick and easy to use request for quote form is provided for you to contact these stainless steel coil manufacturers and suppliers. Each company has detailed profile information, locations, phone number, website links, product videos and product information defined. Read customer reviews and product specific news articles. We are the right resource for your information requirement whether it's for a manufacturer of stainless steel foil, stainless steel sheets, or stainless steel wire.


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GGI member firm Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorney Randy Epting has been named to the International Financial Law Review 1000 United States guide. This is the first time IFLR1000, the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms, has ranked law firms and attorneys at a state level since its inception in 1987.
Randy has been rated as Highly Regarded in M&A in South Carolina. He has been lead counsel in transactions ranging in size from USD 1 million to more than USD 550 million.
The IFLR1000 United States guide contains rankings from 25 key state jurisdictions. Rankings are primarily based on transactional evidence and client and peer feedback. Categories include banking, capital markets, M&A and restructuring and insolvency.

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Fear Me December's "Fly, Fight, Dream" is our Song of the Week! Get ready to be blown away!
Trust me, this is a band you wish you could give 10 stars to! Introducing Fear Me December!
Fear Me December’s roots began in Argentina in 2012. The band, which includes Vocalist/Bassist Victoria (aka Lintu Doll) and Guitarist/Background Vocalist Valentín Macagno, are currently based in Manchester, England, United Kingdom and have toured extensively in support of the full-length album, Between Violence and Silence.
While the members describe the band’s sound as Alternative Rock, Fear Me December is so much more. Take a listen to this duo and wonder why they haven’t been signed to a major label yet. A complete review of the band’s album is coming up this week.


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Fifteen days have passed since the miners were trapped in a mine in Meghalaya and everyone is still horsing around. At this late stage, there is no data to indicate the condition of the miners let alone have a blueprint of how to reach them.
Flooding from the torrential rains from this year’s monsoon maybe our immediate concern, but, we have to be equally aware that India is highly vulnerable to other natural disasters like cyclones, tsunamis, landslides, avalanches and earthquakes.
The "Help and the Crisis Donate Button" has garnered over 1,300 posts from the affected areas.
The college was led to believe that NDMA was conducting the fire drill. Which is why on 11 July, it sent out a letter to both Tamil and English newspapers to publish news about the drill by the NDMA training officer, Arumugam from 9:30 am.
A 19-year-old student died during a disaster preparedness drill in her college in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
Most of the deaths have occurred due to electrocution and building collapse caused by the heavy downpour, according to the officials.

industry_corpus2: Mining


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May 23 Did You miss Friday’s show with Cary Bohn from Relay for Life?
This past weekend Team Social Media Delivered stepped on to the track and put their foot to the pavement so that we could raise awareness about the fight against cancer and support Relay For Life, an international philanthropy that helps thousands of cancer survivors every single day. Before the event kicked off, our hosts Eve & Mary also took some time to discuss how this inspiring community service event grew huge through social media. If you missed the show, not to worry because it's live on iTunes for your listening convenience.. Cary’s Bio At the age of 10, Cary watched his father fight lung and brain cancer. The images left a footprint on his soul that would later help drive his passion for finding a cure for cancer. Today, Cary serves as the Chairman of the Wise County Relay for Life. He started “relaying” because of his dad, and continues to “relay” for his wife and children. The network of Relay For Life events serve as the American Cancer Society’s largest source of funds and is the world’s largest fundraiser.
Cary is also the agent/owner of the Cary Bohn State Farm Agency in his home town of Decatur, Texas. He has his BBA in Insurance and Finance and is a Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant. Cary is married to his beautiful wife, Shannon Bohn and has four children, Lauren, Brandi, Matthew and London.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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The Salieri String Quartet - "Suite Romance"
Suite Romance features Salieri's most popular lighthearted classics and contemporary melodies. From Bach to the Turtles, this collection offers some delightful surprises in arrangement and instrumentation. The rich string harmonies are accompanied by mandolins, horns, penny whistles and dancing feet.


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“What has been done by Cuba and Venezuela is a tangible demonstration of the support that the members of the Alliance provide to their people,” said Dominican official Jan Douglas.
At the XVI Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples’ Trade Treaty, referred to as ALBA-TCP, Dominica expressed gratitude for hurricane aid from the alliance countries.
Having begun Thursday in Havana, Cuba, Dominica’s Minister of Trade, Energy and Employment, Jan Douglas, said while the country continues to recover from both Hurricane Irma and Maria, help from ALBA countries has been monumental.
He also highlighted aid received from Venezuela, including Venezuela’s forgiving of Dominica’s debts.
“What has been done by Cuba and Venezuela is a tangible demonstration of the support that the members of the Alliance provide to their people, 13 years after the Alliance was created,” he emphasized.
The 18th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for the Cuba-Venezuela Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement — the agreement that birthed ALBA — was also held Thursday in Havana.
The Final Declaration and Cooperation Plan for 2018 was approved at the meeting, which features 27 joint projects between Venezuela and Cuba in the areas of healthcare, human resource training and culture.
Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, in a speech at the meeting, affirmed Cuba’s long-standing support for Venezuela, praising the anniversary of the creation of ALBA.
The Cuban official described the alliance as one based on fraternity, solidarity and mutual benefit, also highlighting recent victories by Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution after it won 71 percent of the vote in the December 10 municipal elections.
The foreign minister also noted that the Agreement’s commitment to unity and the struggle against imperialism is a tribute to both the late revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the late revolutionary Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

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Does building rich internet, customer applications in a fast-paced environment with SCRUM methods excite you? Imagine living and working in Lake Tahoe where quality of life does not include smog, traffic and the hectic pace of a large city. We focus on building technology with a soul and a purpose. Every day, our developers create real-life solutions that touch real people-from brokers to bankers, asset managers to first-time home buyers. Our sophisticated, analytics-based Home Data Index Market Report is consistently reported on by numerous national news outlets like Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Forbes, MarketWatch, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Reuters, to name a few.
You are an experienced Applications Developer seeking to be an integral member of our development team. Your demonstrated proficiency with AJAX, jQuery, ColdFusion and/or J2EE web application development, will help us build new web applications from the ground up. You will be equally comfortable jumping into existing applications and pushing out a large volume of high quality code in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment. The ability and willingness to pick up new technologies quickly is essential.
We are Clear Capital, a Real Estate Valuation Data and Analytics Company, working hard to make people’s lives better, everyday. With technology at our core, we’ve assembled a staff of bright people who thrive in an environment where ingenuity and innovation take center stage to create and develop the best tools in the industry. We are obsessed with setting standards for customer service and quality, and have an exceptional leadership team dedicated to making Clear Capital the best at everything we do.
We located our company headquarters near the beautiful Lake Tahoe area in the beautiful mountain town of Truckee CA for a specific reason. We are able to attract and hire very intelligent, passionate and friendly professionals that have decided to pursue a quality of life that includes world-class skiing/riding, beautiful alpine lakes, 300+ days of sunshine, no traffic, clean air and a sense of community you find in a small town. Truckee is consistently rated one of the top ski/mountain towns in the world by magazines like National Geographic Adventure, Men’s Journal and Outside Magazine. Our campus is surrounded by stunning natural beauty including pine trees, ski slopes, alpine lakes, snow capped peaks, mountain trails and wildlife.


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Internationally renowned journalist and foreign correspondent Keith Richburg ’76 will be honored in May as University Liggett School’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.
Richburg, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his 1992 coverage of Somalia, spent more than 20 years overseas for The Washington Post, where he served as bureau chief in Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Nairobi and Manila. He also served as The Post’s foreign editor from 2005-07.
During his time at The Post, he reported on the invasion in Iraq, the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the U.S. military intervention in Somalia, the genocide in Rwanda, the 1997 Hong Kong handover, the Asian economic crisis, and the Chinese Communist Party's 18th Party Congress in Beijing in 2012.
Richburg, who turns 60 on May 19, the night of the Distinguished Alumni Award reception, says he is honored to be recognized by his alma mater.
“I'm really honored, and I've had a charmed life, but there was a whole lot of luck involved,” he says. “As an old colleague from Liggett says, 'Luck is where preparation meets opportunity'. And Liggett gave me the preparation, so when the opportunities came along, I was able to grab them. That's true for all the jobs I wanted, including my current job."
Richburg began working for The Washington Post as a summer intern in 1978 while he was a student at the University of Michigan. He joined The Post after college and since then received a number of accolades and honors including being a Journalist in Residence at the East-West Center in Hawaii in 1990 and president of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club in 1997 during the year of Hong Kong’s handover to China.
He has won several awards, including the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, the National Association of Black Journalists Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Africa. Richburg speaks English and French, a smattering of Spanish, and has been studying Mandarin Chinese. He also earned a master’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics.
Richburg was the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University in spring 2014, when he taught an undergraduate course, "Foreign Policy, Public Opinion and the Press," and he was a 2013 Spring Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy Institute of Politics, where he led a weekly study group called "China Rising."

industry_corpus2: Media & Journalism


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Thanks to assistance from the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system can now automatically brake trains when earthquakes threaten to rattle the Bay Area, allowing perhaps tens of seconds to a minute for trains to slow down before the ground starts to shake.
Instituted last month, the earthquake early warning system was created with the help of University of California, Berkeley, seismologists who hooked BART into data flowing from the more than 200 stations throughout Northern California of the California Integrated Seismic Network.
Electronic signals from seismic stations travel much faster than seismic waves. For quakes outside the Bay Area, these data give BART’s central computers advance notice that shaking is on the way; for quakes in the Bay Area, they provide more rapid warning. If the messages from the seismic network indicate ground motion above a certain threshold, the central computers, which supervise train performance, institute what BART calls “service” braking, which is a normal slowdown to 26 miles per hour.
BART’s manager of computer systems engineering Kevin Copley will describe BART’s early warning system in a talk this afternoon (1-3 p.m. Sept. 27) organized by the Bay Area Earthquake Alliance. Copley will be joined by UC Berkeley seismologist Peggy Hellweg, who will discuss plans for a broader early warning system along the Pacific Coast that would rival Japan’s well-known earthquake early warning system, which not only slows trains but alerts schools and can even automatically shut valves at industrial sites.
The talks are free and open to the public in the East Bay Municipal Utility District board room at 375 11th St. in Oakland.
BART has long had accelerometers – devices that detect strong ground movement – positioned along the tracks. They ring an alarm bell in the Central Control Facility when the local shaking exceeds a specific threshold. Supervisors then made the decision whether to radio train operators and tell them to initiate emergency braking to a full stop.
A year ago, BART instituted automatic service braking when the system’s own shake sensors detect ground movement. That only works when shaking reaches the BART system, however. But the new system gives warning as soon as shaking is felt at remote sensors, which can be sooner because of the time it takes for the strong shaking to radiate from the epicenter.
The California Integrated Seismic Network is a collaboration among various groups that operate seismic sensors, including the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), California Geological Survey, Caltech Seismological Laboratory and the California Emergency Management Agency.
Allen and other seismologists will be in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sept. 28, to talk with House and Senate staffers about the benefits of earthquake early warning systems.
Development of an earthquake early warning system has been supported in part by funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to a team of seismologists from UC Berkeley; Caltech, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the USGS. The system is also supported by ongoing funding from corporate and government partners of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and of Caltech.

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Travel is most exciting to me whenever I get to a destination and I can park my car and not go to it again until we are done touring the area. I love not having to utilize my car for the rest of the time because it feels like I really unpacked and am on vacation.
The Inner Harbor allows me this luxury of unpacking one time and then traveling throughout the Inner Harbor for a few days at a time and this is the perfect location to find those perfect dining places. Day by day I explored the Inner Harbor area and today I came upon one of the most exciting finds: a very Allergen friendly dining place.
Miss Shirley’s Café is an award-winning breakfast brunch and lunch location. I can testify to the amount of awesome that is being dished up with every meal served! Lavishly live food and travel out loud as we head to Miss Shirley’s Cafe.
Our personal thanks to Miss Shirley’s Cafe for hosting our morning and providing top notch service! Miss Shirley’s Cafe focuses on breakfast, brunch, and lunch and the earlier you get there the better. Indulgent spirited beverages, sandwiches, breakfast foods so many Southern specialties are what we found. We did not have to worry about cross-contamination or being turned away because we have someone with severe food allergies. Food is prepared and presented so magnificently that you will think you are in a 5 star restaurant.
Miss Shirley’s Cafe was featured on Diners, DRIVE-INS & DIVES “Family Legacies” Episode. The food is everything that you could imagine it to be and more, as this is truly a DESTINATION, not just a place that is in the Inner Harbor.
It is to be noted that the menu does change and it takes months of preparation to present a new menu. Side note: I want on that tasting panel, mmmmmm!
Fresh ingredients from the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, mind-blowing plated presentation, and great location create what I consider an upscale, casual restaurant perfect for any couple, family or solo diner. Don’t miss your chance to dine here!
Before we ever went, I called and made sure that they were Allergen friendly. When we got there I also announced to the hostess, and our server that my son had food allergies and we specifically listed them as we always do. The staff absolutely catered to his food allergies without question and notated which food we could not consume. Which leads me to the next person that I met.
One of my greatest pleasures on this trip was meeting Ms. Stephanie. She is the district manager and she knows the food inside and out. Ms. Stephanie and I went through the menu and she highlighted all of the different options that my son with food allergies could dine on. There are so many different ways that they can prepare food and are willing to prepare food that it makes them superstars in the allergen from the dining scene.
Ashely is the what’s what of Miss Shirley’s Cafe and has tried pretty much everything on the menu. Ashley had her favorites a few recommendations, and wait til you see what we came up with for our table! Thanks, Ashley!
There was no shying away from the Funky Monkey Bread which was a cinnamon scented, pull-apart and loaded with bananas, chocolate, and pecans. Before it made its final landing the Funky Monkey Bread was dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon.
The head chef took off the bananas eliminated the pecans and guess what suddenly my son could eat food that he normally couldn’t eat when we would be out. The bread did not contain nuts and there was no honey and they did not use latex and their status meant, therefore, it was Allergen friendly foodie time!
This tasted as good as it looks and I wish I could eat more through the screen LOL.
Benne Seed Peach and Goat Cheese, drizzled with honey, Buttermilk Biscuits were something my daughter and I were dying to try.
These were nothing short of incredible. They’re pretty much no words to describe this awesome taste. I do suggest you try on your own as a starter.
My morning was already so spirited and so happy because I had found Allergen friendly dining for my son I decided just to keep me spirited and going I indulged in a Spicy Shirley.
Who needs a cup of coffee when you can have a little bit of Maryland the glass.
Shirley’s version of the bloody Mary and it included and Old Bay rim. Now what made this drink completely cool looking and it tasted as good as it looked was the deep Eddy citrus vodka that was garnished with the green tomato slice and pickled okra, peppers, jalapeno and the celery inside the drink. On the skewer, you will also see peppadew, green olives, and a lemon and lime wedge. Of course, I went all out and had 2 ounces of jumbo lump crab meat added and this just sent the drink over the top.
Basically, Miss Shirley’s is like a salad and a glass and if you just got this in an appetizer you would be good to go but of course I trudged on ate more because this foodie loves her food.
My daughters experience at Miss Shirley’s was an incredible taste sensation of fried green tomatoes with apple-wood bacon complete with avocado mash, cheddar cheese and then a fried egg which was served on pumpernickel. The delicious didn’t stop here as she chose her side of stone-ground grits with diced bacon.
The sandwich was decorated with jumbo lump crab cakes and eight Tabasco bacon onion jam that you would find on the side and dressed with lettuce, red and yellow tomatoes served on a Ciabatta that was dusted with old Bay completing the lavish taste. There was nothing poor about the sandwich.
My oldest son is a connoisseur of French toast and when he heard that they had an Oreo cookie in this he just could not resist. As you can see the dish just turned up the volume on breakfast and brunch dining.
You might wonder what the child with food allergies dined on? There was no question that he could eat so many of the foods and that the chef would handle any of the food allergies. My son ordered mini Belgian waffles with chocolate chips and dusted with powdered sugar. The smile on his face says it all.
At this point, I’m sure you’re wondering how you’re going to find this awesome dining location that is not only delicious for breakfast but for brunch and lunch as well. No worries all you have to do is look for the orange umbrellas that are set out on the sidewalk on E. Pratt St. in inner Harbor. They also have other locations in Roland Park and Annapolis. Just use my photo to find Miss Shirley’s Cafe.
Head to Miss Shirley’s Cafe to enjoy the spirited beverages, they are a meal on their own.
Go to Miss Shirley’s either really early or later in the day before they close to avoid waiting. If you are planning to tour Inner Harbor fuel up before walking. While there are plenty of seats there are plenty of people that know about this delectable and incredible cafe.
Perhaps you just think you’re going to be hungry in the middle of the day but you don’t want to stop? Call ahead make an order pick it up and take it with you there are plenty of great locations to stop while you are touring through Inner Harbor.
Lavishly live this foodie destination out loud and travel to Miss Shirley’s Cafe while you are Maryland. Your stomach will thank you!
If you are seeking things to do while in the Inner Harbor Area or are looking for great dinner spots check out these great articles.
Oh wow! It’s the first time I’ve heard of Miss Shirley’s Cage and I’m wishing I’m near that restaurant! I love to try everything you tried.
This looks like such a fun place to visit. That Summer Slammer Sandwich looks delish!
How wonderful that you had this experience. I love that there was an allergen-free award winning cafe to visit!
I LOVE going to places where Diners Drive in’s and Dives has been. My husband check for these places every time we’re traveling.
Neat place. The pictures look great.
I like the idea of having a Southern Theme to the dishes.
The food looks so delicious. I’d love to try this place, keeping it on my list next time I visit!
My cousin lives in Maryland. I will have to ask her if she and her family has ever dined at Miss Shirley’s cafe. The food photos are so awesome. It makes me want to sample them right now.
That sounds like a great cafe. I love going to cafes. It looks like they have a lot of great foods too.
Look like this place food is made with pure love. Literally I was drooling over almost everything great captures of the food!
I’d love to drop by there once I visit Maryland. Scratch that, I’d like to stay there and just fall in line at the soonest morning opening for a taste of that slammer, it looks scrumptious! The same can be said for the other highlights here and I like how the staff addressed your needs, very accommodating.
I have actually heard of this place and everything people have said is that it is amazing. One of these days I will have to start on my foodie bucket list.
Maryland the glass sounds really interesting. I would like to have a dinner at this place soon.
I’d definitely want to stop at Miss Shirley’s Cafe on a Maryland trip. Those dishes sound great and it’s nice that they can accommodate for food allergies.
Good to hear that they paid such close attention to your son’s allergies.
Our son has food allergies too and we’re always conscious of what he can/can not have when we eat out.
That’s all so delightful and I’m glad you were able to come across this restaurant! They cater for your son’s needs and I’m sure he was delighted to be able to eat the food they prepared without having to worry about his allergies!
I love anything French toast. The one you have here looks amazing! In fact, everything looks yummy! I do watch that Diners show on tv all the time. I love how every region/city in the country has places like this that make their food in so many unique ways.
I like tot try the funky monkey bread. This is a nice cafe, I like the ambiance too because it is so cozy!
It all sounds good to me. I love too that you can eat outside.
Brunch is my favorite meal. I could eat is almost everyday. I love that Miss Shirley’s is allergen friendly and actually cares about addressing their patrons needs. That monkey looks amazing, btw.
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That monkey bread looks heavenly!
This looks like a great place to go eat that also has great food. Thanks for sharing!
Miss Shirley’s Cafe looks like a great place to sit down, relax and enjoy some great food. The selections you shared here look delicious!
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I love how alley friendly Mrs. Shirley’s is. My daughter has celiac and it can be hard to find places that can cater to her.
Oh wow. Miss Shirley’s sounds like an amazing place to eat! I love the atmosphere, and that food looks so good. Thanks!
The food there looks great. I definitely want to go eat there.


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The politicians and economists have assured us that we are in a period of economic recovery, albeit a slow one.
Unfortunately, for most businesses, their customers don’t agree. Money is tight (unless you are a hedge fund manager); and businesses and consumers are far more cautious about spending than they were in the past. This, together with increasingly knowledgeable buyers with 24/7 access to information and opinion, present unprecedented challenges to marketers.
Marketing has become an even more explicitly bottom-line function than ever before. The new economy mandates a more direct and intense alignment among marketing, sales, customer service, product development, and technical support. The dotted-line relationship among these functions that existed in the past will no longer sustain margins, revenues, and growth of market share.
Today’s Chief Marketing Officer must be the marketplace’s internal advocate, a communications guru, and a product development visionary. Further, he/she must be an organizational bridge-builder.
For organizations to survive and – dare I say it? – flourish in this economically Darwinian environment, there must be a quiet revolution in the executive suite.
The CMO must actively partner with the CEO, the CFO, the CTO, and chief sales executive to create a seamlessly integrated constellation of products, pricing, and positioning. The success of businesses now, and in the foreseeable future, depends on these three P’s. And it is every executive’s responsibility to ensure that they, and their departments, are in alignment. Now, more than ever, departmental success can not be measured apart from the corporate whole.
Now, more than ever, marketing must assume a bottom-line responsibility for product, pricing, messaging and positioning integration, and the corporate cooperation to achieve them. Marketing, now more than ever, has a central responsibility to ensure that the organization has a unified face to the world, and that the world has a unified voice in the organization.
Dr. Coleman – it would be interesting to see your take on the pros and cons of having an 1) Internal full-time CMO 2) Dedicated Business consultant or 3) Independent 3-rd party company that provides marketing plans?
Your suggestion places a huge responsibility on marketing. So, what are the strategies we may employ to achieve this task? How do we rein in the CEO, CFO, the technical guys, and the others to see that marketing is the key to survival and success in a depression? What do you expect the Sales guy to do? You think he will just nod his head and agree that without marketing he is doomed?
Why do you assume that we have to “rein in” the CFO, CEO, etc. The whole point is that marketing is a key member of the team, not a solo player. And no where do I suggest that “without marketing [the sales guy] is doomed.” Marketing supports and enhances sales’ ability to close the deal. If you don’t agree with that, what do you think marketing is for?


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A new album that I’m enjoying. Could be coincidence that I’ve been listening to Talking Heads - Fear of Music and also digging this new album by Ought - More Than Any Other Day. There’s a track ‘Habit’ on MTAOD that Talking Heads could be proud of if they were still making great music. Maybe sprinkle in a touch of the Pixies on that one.
I see ‘post-punk’ attached to the band. I’m not entirely sure what post-punk is supposed to mean. But here’s a few snips of what others say.
Drowned in Sound “But here’s the payoff: although Ought meld proto-hipster touchstones like Richard Hell, the Modern Lovers, Shellac and Talking Heads, they completely reject snideness. In fact, it all translates with such empathy and euphoria as to suggest something subversive to modern indie, that hipness isn’t a quality to patronise or covet, and that maybe our resistance to being pigeonholeable or passé is precisely why we’re so confused and lonely.” << sounds like you could write a thesis figuring out what this is supposed to mean.
Clash “this is music that’s made to make a difference, or else turn in ever-decreasing circles until it consumes itself. It has too much fire to not either spread or self-combust entirely.” << a bit of an oversell.
Pitchfork, on the other hand, loved it.
I like the spirit, the humor even in the album. One of the few things I’ve listened to that I’ve put on repeat. There’s several really good tracks. The aforementioned ‘Habit’ and the nearly title track “Today More Than Any Other Day”.
The album captures a lot of what I’ve liked of other more avant garde acts like the Pixies (brashness), Talking Heads (quirk and honesty), Modest Mouse vocal, jangle)…Velvet Underground (drone) ,Violent Femmes (humor, loneliness). What I hope is that the blend of anxiety and sincerity and love of life sets them apart.
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TeenHelp Mind and Body Eating Disorders I have a problem!
I don't know what to do. I have a problem with food, so I don't eat all of my food when we are having dinner together as a family, my sister is always yelling at me to eat more and then my mom will tell me to eat more. Then when my mom and dad and sister get up from the table I throw my food away in the trash and act like I ate the food. I don't know what is wrong with me, I will eat breakfast and lunch, but why can't I eat all of my dinner? Is something wrong with me? I don't get it. Can someone please help me with this?
Do you know why you aren't eating? Are you not hungry? Are you afraid you will gain weight? Do you not like the food being served?
I used to skip Breakfast and Lunch a lot of the times. Sometimes it was due to my disordered eating habits and other times it was due to being busy. I would sleep in and wouldn't have time for breakfast and when lunch came around the school didn't always have the best options.
If you can try and figure out what is causing this you can work on figuring out how to improve the situation. If you are not eating because you don't want to gain weight than that would likely be a disordered eating behavior and you would want to look into therapy or something.
If there is a reason outside of gaining weight that you are doing this then it might not be disordered eating. Some people have difficulty eating because of nerves or because they are picky.
If you can supply a bit more information I might be able to give a better response.
Yes sometimes I just can't eat the food, it's hard to eat it. Sometimes it takes me a while to finish breakfast or dinner. Yes I am afraid to gain weight. I even have a hard time eating the food that I like. I don't know what is wrong with me, and my mom and sister are always yelling at me to eat more dinner. I just can't sometimes and I don't know what to do now.
I had an issue with struggling to eat my dinner. I never really understood why. I was kind of scare to be gaining weight and I even like the food sometimes. But u know what I did? I sat there and I kept telling my self one more forkful. Even if you jut eat half of what's left it's better than nothing. Your mum and sister are probably yelling at you because they care for you and don't want to see you get hurt. My sister has her own issues and she thinks I hate her because I'm hard on her. I just want her to get better. Maybe also talk to your sister to get some of her advice. Sorry ifs advice is crap. Stay strong!
Is the fear of weight gain your main reason for not wanting to eat? Do you know what's exactly causing the issue, particularly with dinner, as opposed to other meals?
No it's not just a fear of weight gain. It's other things too.
What kind of other things? I'm just asking because it'll impact the advice I'll give.
Having your mother and father and sister all yell at you certainly is counterproductive. That will stress you out, and stress is what triggers this problem. They're just making it worse!
It's the emotional midbrain that doesn't want to eat. The rational frontal cortex already knows you need to eat. But the fear comes from the midbrain.
The midbrain decides it doesn't want to eat, and you don't eat.
Oh, also, if you look at a diagram, notice the frontal cortex is on the top, and the spine which carries the nerves to the rest of the body which make the body move, and between the two is the midbrain! All decisions from the rational thinking frontal cortex have to go through the midbrain to reach the spine and the rest of the body! The emotional midbrain gets to review all instructions from the frontal cortex. You have to get the emotional midbrain on board to go along with this eating idea, because the midbrain can block any idea it doesn't like, and it can run off on it's own if it wants to do something else. If it doesn't want to eat, then your body isn't going to make the motions so you eat.
So one trick is to focus on how the midbrain is feeling, how are you feeling? The midbrain doesn't work on logic and rational thought, it runs on primitive emotions.
Thank you for your help, I get what you're saying.


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Melanie Griffith will guest star on “The Path” Season 2, Variety has learned exclusively.
Griffith has been cast as the mother to Noa (Britne Oldford), a new recurring character this season. Griffith’s character is described as being successful in the music industry, so Cal (Hugh Dancy) will do anything to get her support for the Meyerist movement.
Oldford’s character, Noa, is a Novice searching for herself within The Movement who catches Hawk’s (Kyle Allen) eye and shows him that real change can only be achieved through radical means.
“The Path” stars Dancy, Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan. The streaming series is about members of a fictional cult, known as Meyerism. Jessica Goldberg created the series, and serves as executive producer with “Parenthood” creator Jason Katims and Michelle Lee. Universal Television is the studio.
The second season of “The Path” picks up after Eddie’s (Paul) departure from the Meyerism movement. Season 2 launches on Jan. 25 with the first two episodes.


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Campaigns for nonsmokers' rights and against smoking have had much success in the US and in parts of Europe. But elsewhere, they still have a long way to go.
US tobacco companies aren't helping much. They generate more than $62 billion in annual revenues, and more of that is being made in foreign markets where antismoking efforts are generally weak.
Philip Morris' international sales, for instance, went up a whopping 18 percent to $39.54 billion last year. This week it said it would pay out $5.2 billion to purchase Sampoerna, the third-largest cigarette producer in Indonesia.
The purchase represents another example of a disturbing trend. Philip Morris and other big tobacco companies have sought to penetrate world tobacco markets since the 1980s - with either outright purchases of companies such as Sampoerna or state-owned tobacco enterprises being privatized (e.g., Russia), or through joint ventures.
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In the next phase of initiatives under its ‘country digital acceleration’ or CDA programme, Cisco Systems works with countries across the world to accelerate existing government goals for driving economic growth through high-tech innovation.
NEW DELHI: American technology firm Cisco Systems has entered into a partnership with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to demonstrate India-centric fifth-generation or 5G technology-based use cases.
The US firm has signed an agreement with BSNL under the aegis of DoT to set up a dedicated location to demonstrate use cases of 5G to solve problems faced by users in areas such as education, healthcare and agriculture using technologies such as Internet of Things, surveillance and artificial intelligence, the company said in a statement on Friday.
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Truro Prep School entered a team of six fencers to the IAPs Fencing Championships, held at Millfield School on May 10.
Led by Truro Head Coach Mr Salfield and Truro School’s teacher in charge of fencing, Mrs Jupp, the team was also accompanied by a referee from Truro Fencing Club, Miss Marta Baeza. The group of six competed in the U11 sabre category, with Darcy, Max, Wiktor and Sam fencing in the boys’ event, and Poppy and Lexie fencing in the girls’ competition.
Max, Darcy and Wiktor cruised through the early rounds with good quality technical actions, excellent discipline and hard work on the piste. Young Sam, still an U9 but competing up an age group, fenced excellently with two wins from five matches in round 1 and three from five in round 2. Sam reached the L32 stage where he lost a close match and was placed 17th – a strong performance from such a young fencer with two more years left in the U11 age group.
Wiktor, Darcy and Max all fought through to the top 8 without being threatened, but Wiktor fell at this stage, losing out 10-9 in a nail-biting quarter final. Darcy and Max both progressed to the semis, and both then won in style to make it an all-Truro boys final! In a close final Darcy’s fast footwork and confident attacks just pipped Max’s outstanding technique and tactics. Darcy took the gold medal 10-8, with Max winning silver and Wiktor placed 5th.
In the girls’ event both Poppy and Lexie started slowly, and after the first two rounds were seeded 6th and 3rd respectively. Both then found their form and won their L32 and L16 matches. Unfortunately they met each other in the quarter final and after a seesaw match, in which Poppy took a 7-1 lead and Lexie came back to 8-all, Poppy closed out the fight 10-8.
In the semi-final Poppy dominated with good feint attacks and reached the final defeating the 2nd seed comfortably. Unfortunately Poppy couldn’t quite find her opponents timing in the final and lost out 10-6, but won the silver medal, with Lexie, like Sam still with two years left in this category, placed a strong 5th.
This is the 3rd time Truro prep has entered this event, and once again the school came away as Britain’s strongest in the sabre category.


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July 18, 2017 addendum: Gökçe responded to this article by tweeting "Dr Pipes attempting to attract attention by twisting facts, regrettably sad...Will decline to respond for it is unworthy...", then blocking me from his Twitter account.
In his time as Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria, Gökçe frequently has been in the headlines amid domestic political controversies, most recently during Bulgaria's March 2017 early parliamentary elections.
Gökçe was the subject of calls from nationalist and other political parties for his expulsion over alleged interference by Ankara in the elections, for supporting former Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan's breakaway DOST party.
Gökçe was photographed at the founding event of Mestan's DOST party in April 2016 and reportedly was presented at party events around Bulgaria.
Erdogan's Turkey was seen as having switched its backing from the MRF to DOST. Mestan had been ousted as leader of the MRF amid the Russian-Turkish tension over Ankara's downing of a Russian military aircraft, after he publicly backed Turkey in the dispute.
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry had handed Turkish ambassador Gökçe a note about his actions and behaviour, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told the National Assembly in January 2016.
Borissov did not specify which "actions and behaviour" on the part of Gökçe had led to the note being handed to the ambassador.
Earlier, however, Borissov had said publicly that there had been attempts by Turkey's president and prime minister to pressure him to take the side of Mestan in the dispute in the MRF.
Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry in March 2017 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu was reported to have made a public call to Bulgarian citizens in Turkey to vote for DOST.
A private source informs me that the Bulgarian government indicated its displeasure with Gökçe in other ways besides those noted above. For example, ministries and other official institutions declined meetings with him. He was also excluded from the Turkish delegation when Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım visited Sofia a month ago.
Comments: (1) I appear to be not alone in noticing, as I tweeted on June 30, that "Erdoğan has turned his diplomats into clowns."
(2) That's one of Erdoğan's minions gone "bag and baggage" from Bulgaria.
(3) I can't wait to follow Gökçe's antics in Guatemala City.


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In a departure from focusing on academic achievements, innovation and operational topics, I would like to turn to our most recent athletic accomplishments in this Reflection.
On the field, the boys soccer team had one of its most successful seasons ever. They claimed the conference championship for the first time in program history, won a first ever 2A regional game and finished with a 16-3-1 record.
On the greens, IMSA sophomore T.J. Ptak advanced to the IHSA Boys State Golf Tournament and placed 65th. T.J. was the first golfer in IMSA’s co-ed program history to make it to state since Elise Douglas in 2013 and the first male since Luke Nayak in 2009. T.J. was only the fourth boy from IMSA ever to qualify for the state tournament, joining Nayak, Joe Janiczek (2005), and P. J. Alfrejd (1989). Senior Abi Ramakrishnan advanced out of her regional to play in sectionals for the third consecutive year. She is the only IMSA golfer ever to make it to sectionals all three of her years at IMSA. Abi is also only the fifth IMSA female ever to advance to sectionals, joining Elise Douglas (2012, 2013), Jill Starzyk (1997), Kathleen McGhee (1991, 1992), and Danielle Pyevich (1989, 1990).
Torres, José M., "Personal Reflections" (2017). Personal Reflections. 5.


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Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann was born in Hollywood, California, on February 5, 1933. His parents were Nicaraguan, and shortly after he was born they returned with him to their native land. Miguel received his primary education in the La Salle institutes of Diriamba and Managua. At the age of fourteen, he went to the United States, to attend Saint Mary’s College, in Moraga, California, and Manhattan College in New York City. He continued his studies in Latin and Greek in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and obtained his licentiate in philosophy in Glenn Ellyn, Illinois.
In 1956 he entered the novitiate of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll), near Boston, Massachusetts. He received degrees in theology (Maryknoll, New York) and education (New York State University), after studies lasting from 1957 to 1961. Upon completion of work in these two institutions he transferred to the Pulitzer Institute of Columbia University, New York City, for work in comparative journalism and political economics.
Miguel was ordained a priest in 1962, and in 1962 and 1963 served as assistant director of the Department of Social Communications of Maryknoll. In 1963 he went to Chile, where he worked in Santiago with the inner-city poor until 1969. There he founded the National Institute of Population Action and Social Research, with a view to improving the living conditions of the poor. This was an experience that marked his life permanently with the evangelical seal of dedication to the poorest of the poor. During these same years he made trips to Brazil and Mexico, called there by church officials to evaluate pastoral work with the marginalized in the “misery zones” of both nations.
In 1970 he was appointed director of social communications of the Maryknoll Society, in New York. In this position, which he held until 1979, he had occasions to journey throughout Latin America, Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, visiting Maryknoll missions. In the same years he founded Orbis Books and published the most influential writings about Theology of Liberation movement which was beginning to spread from Latin America to the whole catholic world.
Beginning in 1975, when he first came in contact with the Sandinista National Liberation Front, he collaborated more and more closely with the anti-Somozist struggle, promoting solidarity commitments in the United States. In October 1977, in San Jose, Costa Rica, he joined the Group of Twelve, made up of fellow scholars and professionals committed to the struggle against Somoza through the FSLN. With the Triumph of the revolution, in July 1979, Father Miguel d’Escoto was named foreign minister.
The Nicaraguan revolution was the first Catholic-Marxist experiment in history and it created a great deal of concern for the church of Rome particularly since figures like that of d’Escoto, priest and politician, were active parts of the government.
In 1985 d’Escoto took the case of Nicaragua against the United States for “acts of aggression” during the war with the U.S. backed CONTRA army to the International Court of Justice of the Hague were he achieved and historic victory. At the same time Pope John Paul II suspended him from the exercise of his clerical functions.
In June 2008 Miguel d’Escoto was elected President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly by acclamation. He ruled over the 192 members body until September the 14th 2009.
In August 2014 Pope Francis lifted the suspension "a divinis" and Father Miguel celebrated his first mass in 30 years in Managua.


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When Irene Rutledge, a brilliant and beautiful young graduate student, meets the mysterious and fascinating Frank Mattison, the two soon fall in love and marry, despite the warnings of Irene’s family and friends. But after their marriage, dark secrets from Frank’s past emerge to threaten their happiness, secrets that will lead to murder—and a shocking and horrific conclusion . . .
Craig Jones’s critically acclaimed first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated Blood Secrets (1978), was a bestseller when originally published and has since been acknowledged by many critics as a masterpiece of modern Gothic fiction. This edition features a new preface by the author.
Craig Jones was born in California and grew up in Michigan. He earned a B.A. in English from Michigan State University and an M.A. in Drama & Cinema from New York University. He has taught high school English (in Brooklyn), worked as a copywriter for Barnes & Noble’s Catalogue, written book reviews for a Connecticut newspaper, and served as a caregiver for two longtime friends. He lived in New York City for twenty-three years, in rural Connecticut for ten, and now resides in his home state. His other two novels are Fatal Attraction (not the basis for the film) and Too Late To Be Good. He is currently completing a new work.


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Rose Quartz, a crystal of unconditional love. Believed to dissolve emotional wounds, fears and resentments. Carrying an energy of compassion, peace, tenderness, healing, nourishment and comfort speaks directly to the Heart Chakra. Reawakening the heart to its own innate love, it promotes a deep sense of personal fulfillment and contentment. Encouraging the capacity to truly give and receive love from others.
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Julian Assange’s legal team is planning to take legal action against the Ecuadorian foreign minister, Jose Valencia, for having publicized confidential information about the whistleblower’s asylum process, Assange’s lawyer Carlos Poveda said Thursday.
“In the next few days we start legal proceedings. The proceedings will be against the Foreign Ministry and its legal representative, who is the foreign minister,” the lawyer said.
Late last week, the top Ecuadorian official earlier reaffirmed his country’s preparedness to grant Assange asylum.
“His status of the person who is seeking asylum still remains in force,” the foreign minister told the El Universo newspaper.
Valencia added that Assange’s issue must be resolved through an open dialogue between the whistleblower’s lawyers and the authorities of the United Kingdom, where he is currently residing in the premises of the Ecuadorian Embassy. In September, based on the information reportedly derived from the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Ecuador National Assemblywoman Paola Vintimilla asked the government to strip the WikiLeaks founder of his Ecuadorian citizenship, citing irregularities in the procedure and claiming it was established especially for him.
Ecuador granted citizenship to Assange last January in a move designed to gain his release from the embassy by making him an Ecuadorian diplomat. British authorities refused to accept the designation.
Assange has been staying in the Latin American country’s embassy in downtown London since 2012, when the United Kingdom pledged to extradite him to Sweden, where he was accused of sexual offenses. While the Swedish police dropped the charges in 2017, Assange is still wary of being extradited to the United States, where he is wanted for leaking classified documents of the U.S. State Department.


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In a U.S. publicly traded company, an audit committee is an operating committee of the board of directors charged with oversight of financial reporting and disclosure. Committee members are drawn from members of the company's board of directors, with a Chairperson selected from among the committee members. A qualifying (cf. paragraph "Composition" below) audit committee is required for a U.S. publicly traded company to be listed on a stock exchange. Audit committees are typically empowered to acquire the consulting resources and expertise deemed necessary to perform their responsibilities.
The role of audit committees continues to evolve as a result of the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Many audit committees also have oversight of regulatory compliance and risk management activities.
Not for profit entities may also have an audit committee.
Internationally, the audit committee is a committee of the board of directors responsible for oversight of the financial reporting process, selection of the independent auditor, and receipt of audit results both internal and external. The committee assists the board of directors fulfill its corporate governance and overseeing responsibilities in relation to an entity’s financial reporting, internal control system, risk management system and internal and external audit functions. Its role is to provide advice and recommendations to the board within the scope of its terms of reference / charter. Terms of reference and requirements for an audit committee vary by country, but may be influenced by economic and political unions capable of passing legislation. The European Union directives are applied across Europe through legislation at the country level. Although specific legal requirements may vary by country in Europe, the source of legislation on corporate governance issues is often found at the European Union level and within the non-mandatory corporate governance codes that cross national boundaries.
Institute of Internal Auditors definition: "The Audit committee refers to the governance body that is charged with oversight of the organization’s audit and control functions. Although these fiduciary duties are often delegated to an audit committee of the board of directors, the (...) Practice Advisory is also intended to apply to other oversight groups with equivalent authority and responsibility, such as trustees, legislative bodies, owners of an owner-managed entity, internal control committees, or full boards of directors" (IIA Practice Advisory 2060-2 of 2004).
In Nigeria, the Audit Committee is defined as a “Committee of Directors and the enterprises shareholders representatives whose specific responsibility is to review the annual financial statements before submission to the Board of Directors”.
The above definitions are focused on the private sector. A similar definition has been developed by the government auditors in the INTOSAI’s Internal Control Standards: "A committee of the Board of Directors whose role typically focuses on aspects of financial reporting and on the entity's processes to manage business and financial risk, and for compliance with significant applicable legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee typically assists the Board with the oversight of (a) the integrity of the entity's financial statements, (b) the entity's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (c) the independent auditors' qualifications and independence, (d) the performance of the entity's internal audit function and that of the independent auditors and (e) compensation of company executives (in absence of a remuneration committee)."(Standard INTOSAI GOV #9100, "Internal Control Standards for the Public Sector”, annex 2) "INTOSAI definition" (PDF). INTOSAI definition. INTOSAI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
Loans + Borrowings + Debentures + Deposits ≥ ₹50 Crore.
Usually, membership of the Committee is subject to the maximum number of 6 persons.
In the USA, a qualifying audit committee is required for listed publicly traded companies. To qualify, the committee must be composed of independent outside directors with at least one qualifying as a financial expert.
Institute of Internal Auditors best practice: “The audit committee will consist of at least three and no more than six members of the board of directors... Each committee member will be both independent and financially literate. At least one member shall be designated as the "financial expert," as defined by applicable legislation and regulation”.
Overseeing the financial reporting and disclosure process.
Monitoring choice of accounting policies and principles.
Overseeing hiring, performance and independence of the external auditors.
Oversight of regulatory compliance, ethics, and whistleblower hotlines.
Monitoring the internal control process.
Overseeing the performance of the internal audit function.
Discussing risk management policies and practices with management.
European Union: Directive  2006/43/EC, article 41.2: (...) the audit committee shall, inter alia: (a) Monitor the financial reporting process; (b) Monitor the effectiveness of the company's internal control, internal audit where applicable, and risk management systems; (c) Monitor the statutory audit of the annual and consolidated accounts; (d) Review and monitor the independence of the statutory auditor or audit firm, and in particular the provision of additional services to the audited entity.
Audit committees typically review financial statements quarterly and annually in public companies. In addition, members will often discuss complex accounting estimates and judgments made by management and the implementation of new accounting principles or regulations. Audit committees interact regularly with senior financial management such as the CFO and Controller and are in a position to comment on the capabilities of these managers. Should significant problems with accounting practices or personnel be identified or alleged, a special investigation may be directed by the audit committee, using outside consulting resources as deemed necessary.
External auditors are also required to report to the committee on a variety of matters, such as their views on management's selection of accounting principles, accounting adjustments arising from their audits, any disagreement or difficulties encountered in working with management, and any identified fraud or illegal acts.
Audit committees typically approve selection of the external auditor. The external auditor (also called a public accounting firm) audits the entity's financial statements quarterly and issues an opinion providing assurance on the entity's annual financial statements. Changing an external auditor typically also requires audit committee approval. Audit committees also help ensure the external auditor is independent, meaning no conflicts of interest exist that might interfere with the auditor's ability to issue its opinion on the financial statements.
European Union: Directive 2006/43/EC, article 41.3 and 41.4: "In a public-interest entity, the proposal of the administrative or supervisory body for the appointment of a statutory auditor or audit firm shall be based on a recommendation made by the audit committee. The statutory auditor or audit firm shall report to the audit committee on key matters arising from the statutory audit, and in particular on material weaknesses in internal control in relation to the financial reporting process."
Audit committees discuss litigation or regulatory compliance risks with management, generally via briefings or reports of the General Counsel, the top lawyer in the organisation. Larger corporations may also have a Chief Compliance Officer or Ethics Officer that report incidents or risks related to the entity's code of conduct.
Internal control includes the policies and practices used to control the operations, accounting, and regulatory compliance of the entity. Management and both the internal auditing function and external auditors provide reporting to the audit committee regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of internal control.
European best practice for the role of the Audit Committee in overseeing internal audit: cf.
Organizations have a variety of functions that perform activities to understand and address risks that threaten the achievement of the organization's objectives. The policies and practices used by the entity to identify, prioritize, and respond to the risks (or opportunities) are typically discussed with the audit committee. Having such a discussion is required for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Many organizations are developing their practices towards a goal of a risk-based management approach called Enterprise risk management. Audit committee involvement in non-financial risk topics varies significantly by entity. Dr. Ram Charan has argued for risk management early warning systems at the corporate board level.
European best practice for the role of the Audit Committee in risk management: cf.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 increased audit committees’ responsibilities and authority. It raised membership requirements and committee composition to include more independent directors. Companies were required to disclose whether or not a financial expert is on the Committee. Further, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock exchanges proposed new regulations and rules to strengthen audit committees.
1939: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) first endorsed the audit committee concept.
1972: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first recommends that publicly held companies establish audit committees composed of outside (non-management) directors.
1977: NYSE adopts a listing requirement that audit committees be composed entirely of independent directors.
1988: AICPA issues SAS 61 "Communication with Audit Committees" addressing communications between the external auditor, audit committee and management of SEC reporting companies.
1999: NYSE, NASD, AMEX, SEC and AICPA finalize major rule changes based on Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of the Corporate Audit Committee.
2002: Sarbanes-Oxley Act is passed in the wake of corporate scandals and includes whistleblower and financial expert disclosure requirements for audit committees.
"The work of the audit committee can only be valuable if sufficient time is allotted on the board agenda for the audit committee to present the results of its work. The audit committee should also feel that the board is taking appropriate action on its report."
Many audit committee chairpersons conduct interim calls with key members of management between quarterly meetings. Key contacts may include the CEO, CFO, Chief Auditor, and external audit partner. Many boards also schedule dinners prior to formal meetings that allow informal interaction with management. Some companies also require their boards to spend a certain amount of time learning their operations beyond board meeting attendance.
These are formally scheduled private meetings between the audit committee and key members of management or the external auditor. These meetings typically are unstructured and provide the opportunity for the committee to obtain the feedback of these managers in private. A key question audit committee members ask in such sessions is: "Is there anything you would like to bring to our attention?"
Audit committees should complete a self-evaluation annually to identify improvement opportunities. This involves comparing the committee's performance versus its charter, any formal guidelines and rules, and against best practices. Such a review is confidential and may or may not include evaluations of particular members.
54% of committee members surveyed felt the audit committee was "very effective," while 38% indicated "somewhat effective."
Risk management, internal control, and accounting estimates and judgments were the top priority areas for 2007.
Most audit committees have 3-4 members and are usually chaired by persons with experience as a CFO, external auditor, or CEO.
Audit committees meet 6-10 times per year, either face-to-face or via teleconference, with the former lasting from 1–4 hours and the latter 1–2 hours.
Audit committee members devoted 50–150 hours to their responsibilities each year.
The percentage of audit committees with oversight responsibility for: IT compliance (66%), business continuity (50%), and information security(45%).
41% were "very satisfied" with the internal audit function, while 52% were "somewhat satisfied."
Two-thirds felt the Chief Internal Audit position was for a professional internal auditor, rather than as a "stepping stone" to other roles.
93% indicated the audit committee was "somewhat" or "much more" effective since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was implemented in 2002.
58% of committee members were "somewhat satisfied" that they understood management's processes to identify and assess significant business risks.
Only 17% of audit committees had primary responsibility for oversight of non-financial risk; the full board had this responsibility in 56% of companies.
In a 2011 study, the Council of Europe concluded that: “The Benchmarking results from a sample of 15 international organisations in Europe show that 11 have an audit committee (of which the name may vary from Audit Committee, Advisory Committee on Audits, Audit Advisory Board, Audit Progress Committee, Finance and Audit Committee, Independent Advisory Oversight Committee, Independent Audit Advisory Committee of Experts) and in seven, the Audit committee plays a role in the selection of the External Auditor".
A 2009 study on 23 international organisations showed that 10 had an Audit Committee and 3 considered having one in future, with 8 reporting to the Governing Body level and 2 reporting to DG/Executive Director level. The sizes of all Audit Committees were between 3 and 9 members, with 5 committees having a mix of external expert members and internal members.
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^ AICPA "The Audit Committee Toolkit" New York; 2004.
^ "CPA Journal AC Responsibilities". Nysscpa.org. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
^ "Sample Charter". Dell.com. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
^ "INTOSAI definition" (PDF). INTOSAI definition. INTOSAI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ "Audit Committee Effectiveness: What Works Best-2nd Edition." Institute of Internal Auditors and Price Waterhouse. Altamonte Springs, FLA; 2000.
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Example of Audit Committee Terms of Reference: at the Council of Europe (1. Guiding principle, 2. Role of the Committee, 3. Membership of the Committee, 4. Terms of appointment, 5. Rules and procedures, 6. Access to documents, 7. Reporting, 8. Resources): wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1684131&Site=CM 12 January 2011.
Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc.
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The secret is activity stuffed which has Rajini’s stamp on top of it. Blend Thalaivar’s activity with Santosh Narayanan’s experience score, you have something that is past clarification. It’s unadulterated enchantment!
The secret wraps up with Rajini’s exchange: ‘Intha Karikaalan oda muzhu rowdithanatha neenga patha thila la? dad pinga'(You haven’t seen my absolute rowdyism right? You will!
‘Kaala’ marks the second trip between Superstar Rajinikanth and Pa Ranjith after ‘Kabali’. The film stars Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, Samuthirakani, and others in lead parts. The film is slated to hit the screens on April 27, 2018. Stay tuned for additional.

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